The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1773-03-12 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday March 12, 1773
THE
Vol. XVII.
GAZETTE,
CHRONICLE,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
NO. 856 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
L O N D O N.
Further Extracts from the Proceedings of the House of Commons, December 11.
MR. Thomas Townsend addressed the House to the following purport:— There can be very little occasion to remind this House of what I am certain is at present so fresh in their memories; I mean the subject of the propriety of sending out an armed force to St. Vincent's, in order to make war on the wretched natives, nor of the noble Lord's promise, at the same time that we should have every satisfactory information on this head that could be possibly desired. In the motion I am about to make, I would avoid every appearance of any thing particular or personal, having nothing in my attentions but that the question, without any relation to party spirit, may be fairly and openly discussed: it is for that reason, therefore, that I shall state it in general terms, to which in my opinion, there can be no objection. It is true indeed, that in treating with foreign states when any request of this nature is made, there may be many plausible reasons assigned for the difficulties attending such a compliance both in point of delicacy and delay, but in the present instance nothing of that nature can be pleaded. We are not afraid that such an enquiry as the present will be the means of disclosing the secrets of the cabinet to the unfortunate Caribbs, or that they are likely to know any thing at all of the matter. I know the Ministry despise the rest of Europe; I should be therefore extremely glad to discover what it is that is so dangerous in the appearance of those banditti as to claim the attention of Administration in so singular a manner, and who, by the whole tenor of their conduct, have shewn an inattention to every thing besides.
Lord North, I rise to inform the gentleman who spoke last, that I am extremely ready to comply with what he now desires. I should have readily thanked him, and given him credit, for his professions of moderation and impartiality, if he had not unhappily, in the midst of those professions, (by way of parenthesis) put the Ministry in mind of an improper attention on the point under consideration, and an inattention to every other part of our duty. Such a prejudging of the case, by no means gives me a favourable opinion of the impartiality of a person who is to be a judge; however every necessary paper shall be laid before this House, and, I make no doubt, but then, on a candid perusal, every objection hitherto started will fall to the ground. The motion was accordingly agreed to; and being delivered by Mr. Townsend to the Speaker, was read, and is to the following effect:— That his Majesty be addressed by this House to lay before them a copy of the several papers relative to the sending an armed force, to St. Vincent's, and the orders issued by the Secretaries of State for that purpose.
A Proposal was made in the House of Commons to prevent the distillery of Barley. It was computed that England and Wales contain a Million of Houses—that the Brewery consume 3,300,000 quarters of barley made into Malt,—the distillery 1,500,000, made into bread 1,006,000,—consumed by hogs, poultry, &c. 1,720,000.
L O N D O N, Dec. 15.
The Betsey, Fowke, from Cape Fear, was found lying on her broadside, without any living creature on board, and towed into Polperra, a fishing town near Plymouth, the 7th instant.
By the last letters from Warsaw, we are informed of the death of the famous Count Potocki, who was the life and soul of the Confederates.
N E W-Y O R K, February 22.
OUR last Advices from St. Vincents, are, That Col. Walch, with 6 Men, having penetrated too far in the Caraibs Country, were attacked by them, and after a most noble Defence were all killed on the Spot; that the Charibs had sent a Messenger to Col. Dalrymple to know what Terms he would give them, but that the Answer sent them by the Col. was not known by the last Letters from thence which are as late as the 28th January.
Thursday last Capt. Duncan arrived here in 18 Days from Dominica, who informs us, That the Brig Industry, Capt. Cushon, from Boston for South-Carolina, having on the 18th of January, in Lat. 45, 40, met with a violent Gale of Wind, in which he lost both his Top-Masts, and one Man overboard, was obliged to stand for the West-Indies, and had put into that Island; and that a Brig from Liverpool for Virginia had also put into Dominica.
N E W-P O R T, February, 22.
By a letter from St. Vincents of the 14th of January, ult. we are informed, that a regiment from Antigua, arrived there two days before, and were then preparing to disembark, in consequence of an order from the camp, and that they were to march by day-light to the head quarters—that the army consists of 2500 men—that the Indians have but little success, and will not give the troops an opportunity of fighting them openly, preferring their usual method of bush fighting: That a Lieutenant Colonel, and three other officers had been killed, besides privates, and that the Charibs seem determined to stand out to the last extremity, though they had been obliged to retire to the mountains: That the sea coast had been taken possession of, quite round the island which prevented their receiving any supplies, and the men of war being constantly cruising:—That the country is very hilly, with a vast deal of under-brush, which obliged the English to cut their way through, and fight at the same time:—That they march all night in parties, and lie by in the day.
B O S T O N, March 4. 1773.
By a vessel from North Carolina, we learn that a small Schooner belonging to Wellfleet, which sail'd from hence some time since, was lately cast-away a little to the Northward of Ocracock Bar, and the Vessel lost.
At New-London they had advice, that the Vessels which sail'd from that Port in November and December last for the West-Indies, all had remarkable fine Weather and quick Passages.—That Capt. George Olcott died at St. Eustatia, after 3 days sickness of a Fever.
We hear from Newport, Rhode-Island, That on Thursday Morning, just at Day-
light, the Dwelling House of Mr. Easton, towards the Beach, was consumed by Fire? The Man, his Wife, and six children, only had Time to save their Lives, and the House being a Mile from the Town it was impossible timely Assistance could be had to save any Thing in the House.
CHARLES-TOWN, (S. Carolina,) Jan. 12.
A grant of an immense tract of country back of the northern Colonies, which, we hear, will be established into a Propriety Government, hath been obtained from the King, by Thomas Walpole, Dr. Benjamin Franklin, John Sargent, and Samuel Wharton.—General Lyman, in behalf of himself and other Provincial Officers who served in the late war, hath likewise obtained a grant of an extensive country, on the Mississippi river. His Excellency Governor Wright has also obtained a grant of a tract of land in the Province of Georgia, supposed to contain three millions of acres.
And several other grants have also been made to other Persons, of great bodies of land on this Continent, for the better settling and populating this extensive part of the British Dominions.
PROVINCE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Province Excise.
ON THURSDAY the Eighteenth Day of MARCH next, will be exposed to SALE at PUBLIC VENDUE, to the highest Bidder, by the Committee appointed by Vote of the GENERAL-ASSEMBLY, for that Purpose, at the House of James Stoodly, Esq; in Portsmouth, the PROVINCE EXCISE on SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, granted by an Act passed in the 5th Year of his late Majesty's Reign, entitled an Act for granting unto his Majesty an Excise on several Liquors, &c. &c. The said EXCISE will be sold for only one Year, to commence from the First Day of November last,—and in five separate Divisions, in the following Manner:
COUNTY of ROCKINGHAM.
The first Division to include all the Towns and Parishes within the County of Rockingham.
COUNTY of STRAFFORD.
The second Division to include all the Towns and Parishes within the County of STRAFFORD.
COUNTY of HILLSBOROUGH.
The third Division to include all the Towns and Parishes within the County of Hillsborough.
COUNTY of CHESHIRE.
The Fourth Division to include all the Towns and Parishes within the County of Cheshire.
COUNTY of GRAFTON.
The Fifth Division to contain all the Lands in the Province, not comprehended in the other Divisions, including all the Towns and Parishes within the County of Grafton.
CONDITIONS of SALE shall be made known at the Time and Place of Sale.
JONATHAN WARNER, Chairman. Portsmouth, 16th February 1773.
Several Rights of Land, to be Sold, cheap for Cash, in different Townships, some of which is very good—Esquire of the Printers.

SAVANNAH, (in Georgia,) Jan. 6. We are informed that very lately some people belonging to this province & South-Carolina, going to view the Okne lands were met by some creek Indians, one of whom having carried off a blanket from the white men, was fired at by one of the company named Austin, which made him drop the blanket and with the others getting behind trees, exchanged several shot with the white people, and Mr. Martin of Ninety-six having received a ball in his body, the Indians went off, and the wounded person soon expired after being carried to a camp of Cherokees about 20 Miles distant.
B O S T O N, March 4, In the House of REPRESENTATIVES, March 3, 1773.
WHEREAS by an Act of the British Parliament made and past in the Sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign it is declared, That the King, Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled have, ever had, and of Right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America Subjects of the Crown of Great-Britain in all Cases whatever; and afterwards the same Parliament made and passed an Act for levying Duties in America with the express Purpose of raising a Revenue, and to enable his Majesty to appropriate the same for the necessary Charges of the Administration of Justice and the Support of civil Government in such Colonies where it shall be judged necessary, and towards further defraying the Expences of defending, protecting and securing said Dominions: And His Majesty has been pleased by Virtue of the same last mentioned Act to appropriate a Part of the Revenue thus raised against the Consent of the People, in providing for the Support of the Governor of the Province; and from His Excellency's Message of the 4th of February we cannot but conclude, that Provision is made for the Support of the Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature, independent of the Grants and Acts of the General Assembly, contrary to invariable Usage of this Province:
Therefore THAT the admitting any RESOLVED , authority to make laws binding on the people of this province in all cases whatsoever, saving the Great and General Court or Assembly, is inconsistent with the spirit of our free constitution; and repugnant to one of the most essential clauses in our charter, whereby the inhabitants are entitled to all the liberties of free and natural born subjects to all intents, constructions and purposes whatsoever, as if they had been born within the realm of England. It reduces the people to the absolute will & disposal of a legislature, in which they can have no voice, and who may make it their interest to oppress and enslave them.
Resolved , That by the royal charter aforesaid, the General Court or Assembly hath full power and authority to impose and levy proportional and reasonable assessments, rates and taxes upon the estates and persons of all and every the proprietors and inhabitants of the province, to be issued and disposed of by warrant under the hand of the Governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for his Majesty's service in the necessary defence & support of the government of the province and the protection and preservation of the inhabitants there; according to such acts as are or shall be of force within the province." And the making provision for the support of the Governor and the judges, otherwise than by the grants and acts of the General Court or Assembly, is a violent breach of the aforementioned most important clause in the charter---The support of government, in which their support is included being one of their principal purposes, for which the clause was inserted.
Whereas the independence as well as the uprightness of the judges of the land, is essential to the impartial administration of justice, and one of the best securities of the rights, liberties and properties of the people;
Resolved therefore , That the making the judges of the land independent of the grants of the people, and altogether dependant on
the crown as they will be, if while they hold commissions during pleasure they accept of salaries from the crown, is unconstitutional; and destructive of that security which every good member of civil society has a just right to be assured of under the due execution of the laws; And is directly the reverse of the constitution and appointment of the judges in Great-Britain.
Resolved , That the dependence of the judges of the land on the crown for their support, tends at all times, and especially while they hold their commissions during pleasure, to the subversion of justice and equity, and to introduce oppression and despotic power.
Resolved , as the opinion of this House that while the Judges of the superior Court hold their Commissions during pleasure, any one of them who shall accept of and depend on the pleasure of the crown for his support, independent of the grants and acts of the General Assembly, will discover to the world that he has not a due sense of the importance of an impartial administration of justice, that he is an enemy to the constitution, and has it in his heart to promote the establishment of an arbitrary government in the province.
The above RESOLVES were passed by a division of sixty-three to nineteen.
B O S T O N, March 8.
In COUNCIL, March 5, 1773.
Ordered that the following Address be presented to his Excellency the Governor, and that James Bowdoin, James Pitts, Samuel Dexter, Artemas Ward and Stephen Hall, Esquires be a Committee, to wait on his Excellency therewith.
THOMAS FLUKER, Sec'y.
May it please your Excellency, I N your Message to both Houses, of the 23d of February last, you were pleased to mention you had acquainted the House of Representatives with the Information you had received, that his Majesty had been pleased to allow Salaries to the Justices of the Superior Court, so long as they shall reside in the Province, or be absent with his Majesty's Leave---Which Salaries your Excellency tells us you have "no Doubt were intended to commence before the 1st of January last."
We humbly apprehend we should be guilty of an unpardonable Neglect, if, on this Occasion, we omitted freely expressing to your Excellency our Sentiments, respecting the Provision we have the utmost Reason to fear is made for the Support of the Justices of that Court, independant of the Grants of the General Assembly of this Province, in consequence of the Order of his Majesty for that Purpose.
We consider the full Power and Authority granted by the Royal Charter, to the General Court, to levy Taxes for the Support of the Government of this Province, as necessarily and constitutionally including the Right of supporting those Justices, and all other Officers of the Government who are intitled to Salaries from the Public: And we are constrained to say that such Provision for the Support of the said Justices as your Excellency's Message leads us to conceive is intended shortly to take Place, as it renders them altogether dependant on the Crown, will, while the Tenor of their Commissions continues the same as at present, have a Tendency to produce Consequences the most fatal to his Majesty's Subjects of this Province.
As the Happiness of a Community so much depends on an impartial Administration of Justice, this Board cannot but be deeply affected with the Thought, that by this Innovation in Government, a Foundation may be laid for rendering the Rights, Liberty's and properties of this People, in many Respects, precarious and insecure.
Our most Gracious Sovereign we regard as the tender Father of his People, however distant from his illustrious Person; while therefore we can by no Means attribute this Measure to a Disposition in him to diminish the Felicity of his faithful Subjects of this Province, we still entertain a Degree of
Hope that the Warrants for the Payment of such Salaries to the Justices may not have been issued---But altho' we should soon receive such disagreeable Intelligence, disagreeable not only to this Board, but to the whole Body of the People, we shall nevertheless firmly depend on the Benignity of his royal Mind for Relief under this and every other Grievance:
On Friday last the House of Representatives ordered the following Message to be presented to the Governor, By Capt. Heath, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Ellis, Col. Gilbert, and Capt. Greenleaf, viz.
May it please your Excellency, I N your Message of the 19th of January, your Excellency was pleased to acquaint the House of Representatives, that the Reputation which a Company of the Train under the Command of Major Paddock, in Col. Erving's Regiment, had very justly acquired, had encouraged your Excellency to form several other like Companies in the Regiments near the Sea; and recommended to the House to make such Provision for such Companies, as his Majesty's Service & the Interest of the Province should require. In Consequence of your Excellency's Message, the two Houses passed a Bill for the better regulating the Militia, in which, among other Things, Provision is made for providing such Companies with Cannon & Gun-Houses; which Bill the House cannot but flatter themselves will obtain your Excellency's Assent. The House still disposed to promote and encourage a Military Spirit, so essential to his Majesty's Service in the Safety of this Province, (being apprehensive the Uniforming and Arming of such Companies, will be attended with considerable Expence to the Privates) take the Liberty to address your Excellency, and to desire that you would be pleased to give Order, that such Artillery Companies, as your Excellency shall think fit to raise, may be furnished with so many of the Province Arms, on Condition that the Officers of such Companies become accountable that said Arms shall be kept in good Order at all Times, and to return them when call'd for by the Captain General.
To which his Excellency was pleased to send the following Answer to the House, viz. Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
A LL the Military Stores under my Care are properly the King's Stores and to be applied for his Service in the Protection and Defence of the Province as the Captain-General shall think proper or as his Majesty shall think fit to direct.
I have not in my Possession a greater Number of Small-Arms than may be necessary for his Majesty's Service at Castle-William. Whilst they are there, under the immediate Charge of the Store-Keeper, I know that they are always kept in Good Order and fit for Service.---If delivered out and left in the Hands of the Officers of the Militia, I should be uncertain what Condition they are in. For these Reasons I must decline complying with your desire.
Province-House, 5 March, 1773.
T. HUTCHINSON.
This Message was the next Day read in the House, and being the last Day of the Session, was referred for Consideration till the next Sitting of the General Assembly, when we hope it will be attended to according to its real importance and Tendency.
B O S T O N, March 8.
The Committee appointed by this Town at their Meeting in March last, to make Application to some suitable Gentleman to deliver an Oration on the Fifth Instant, upon the dangerous Tendency of Standing Armies, & in Commemoration of the horrid Massacre perpetrated by a Party of the 29th Regiment on the Fifth of March 1770, having acquainted the Select-Men of the Town that they had apply'd to Doctor BENJAMIN CHURCH, and that he was ready to perform that Service for the Town; A Meeting was thereupon legally assembled by the Selectmen at Faneuil-Hall on Friday last at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon; when the Town unanimously voted their entire Approbation of the Choice the Committee had made, and appointed a Committee to wait upon Dr. CHURCH and acquaint him that it was the Desire of the Town that he would deliver the Oration in the Old South Meeting-House at 3-quarters after Twelve o'Clock, to which Time and Place the Meeting was then adjourned. When the intermediate Time was expired, that capacious House was so thronged with a very respectable Assembly consisting of the

Inhabitants, and many of the Clergy, not only of this, but the neighbouring Towns, that the Orator, and the Honorable John Hancock, Esq; Moderator of the Meeting were obliged to be taken in at a Window. The Orator had the universal Applause of his Audience; and his Fellow Citizens voted him their Thanks, and unanimously requested a Copy of his Oration for the Press.
In the Evening a great Number of the Friends of Constitutional Liberty met at Mrs. Clapham's in King-Street, near the Spot where the tragical Deed was perpetrated; at which Place was erected a Lanthorn of transparent Paintings, adjusted to the Balcony—In Front, exhibiting
"The fatal Effect of a Standing Army, posed in a free City:"
On the Right, the Figure of America, sitting in a Mourning Posture, and looking down on the Spectators, with this Label, "Behold my SONS:"
On the left Side, a Monument inscribed, "To the Memory of Messrs. Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, Patrick Carr, and Crispus Attucks, who were barbarously murdered by a Party of the 29th Regiment, on the 5th of March, 1770."
In a window East of the Balcony, was placed a large transparent Frame, containing the following Verses.
CANST thou Spectator, view this crimson'd Scene, And not reflect what these sad Portraits mean; Or can'st thou slumber'd Brethren's guiltless Gore, Revenge, from Year to Year, in vain implore? Ask not were Preston or his Butchers are, But ask who bro't those bloody Villains here? Never, for instruments, forsake the Cause, Nor spare the Wretch who would subvert the Laws. That ruthless Fiend, who for a trifling Hire, Would murder Scores or set a Town on Fire; Compar'd with him who would a Land enslave, Appears an inconsiderate Knave. And shall the first adorn the fatal Tree, While pimper'd and tares'd the last goes free? Forbid it Thou! whose Eyes no bribe can blind Nor Fear can Influence nor Favour bind. Thy Justice drove one Murderer to despair? And shall a Number live in Riot here! Live and appear to glory in the Crimes, Which hand destruction down to future Times! Yes, ye shall live, but live like branded Cain, In daily Dread of being nightly slain; And when the anxious Scene on Earth is o'er, Your Names shall stink 'till time shall be no more!
At a Quarter after Nine, the precise Time of the Evening when the bloody Scene was acted, the Paintings were taken in, and the Bells set to Tolling, which held till ten.
The Decency with which the numerous Spectators behaved, through the whole of the Evening, did great Honour to the Town; we may venture to say, in the Eyes of the whole Province, a great part of the Representative Body being present.
On Friday Evening the 5th of March, 1773, was delivered an ORATION at Milton, by Mr. JOSIAH BROWN. In this excellent Performance he endeavoured to reach the Understanding of his Audience, and seemed to feel with the keenest Sensibility for his oppressed Country; and with a manly and virtuous boldness defended its Rights. In short, he stood forth as a Champion of the Common rights of Mankind.
Since the first Commencement of Hostilities against the Caraibs, in St. Vincents, there are killed, wounded and drowned, one hundred Rank and File, one Officer of the 14th Regiment killed by Accident, 1 ditto of the 31st killed by the Enemy, Ensign Mackay of the 68th, and one Officer of the 70th drowned at Grand Sable.
PORTSMOUTH, March 12. We hear from New-Boston, that about three weeks ago, the House of William Livilton took Fire, and was consumed with all his Furniture, and a Man in it was burnt to Death.
About the same Time the House of Samuel Boyd of the same Place, was also destroyed by Fire, and Part of the Household Furniture.
The last Week in February, as Mr. Robert Swanson was riding over the Great Bay, about eight in the Evening, the Ice gave way, by which Means he lost his Horse and what was on him and heard no more of him, till Thursday the 4th Instant, when he was taken up floating down the River, opposite to Mr. Warner's Farm, with the sundry's on him, Bridle, Saddle, &c.
Mr. Swanson, fell in three Times with his Horse, and narrowly escaped drowning.
Last Friday a Person belonging to this Town, receiv'd ten Stripes on his naked Back, well laid on, for stealing Cordage;—it seems he's an old Offender in that Way, considering his Age— However, 'tis hoped this will not only be a Means of saving him from the Gallows, but be for the Good of his Soul, and teach him to observe an ancient Saying which he may find on Record— Let him that stole steal no more —There was a great Number of People to see this Execution of the Law.
In our last Paper, where mentioning the Death of Mrs. Christian Baker, for Confirmation of the erroneous Principles, read Confutation.
   CUSTOM-HOUSE, Piscataqua March 1773.   Inward-Entries FROM.     Schooner York, Zebulon Harmon, Virginia.   Schooner Elizabeth, Epes Greenough, Ditto.   Schooner Briton, Luke Byerson, Ditto.   Brig Irish Oak, William White, Granada.   Brig Occasio, Timothy Mountford, St. Martins.   Outward-Bound FOR.   Brig Dolphin, Jeremiah Turner, Granada.   Ship Tormosa, George Snell, West-Indies.   Schooner Return, James Guppy, Ditto.  
Russia Duck,
Ticklinburg, Oznabrigs, Twine, Cod and Mackrel Lines and Hooks,— Bar Lead, Salt, &c. &c. for the Fishery,—
West India and New-England Rum, Muscavado Sugar, and Molasses by the Barrel.
Loaf Sugar of a particular Quality, cheap and profitable for Taverns—And good single refined Sugar, per the Hundred or less Quantity.
A few Cask of new Raisins and Philadelphia Flour
A Variety of Grocery, hard Ware, Clothiers Materials, English Goods, &c. to be sold cheap for Cash, by
Thomas Martin.
Likewise, 3 or 400 Quintals of good Jamaica Fish.
Edward Hacket,
From EUROPE, Begs Leave to acquaint the GENTLEMEN and LADIES, that at the Request of many of the principal Inhabitants of the Town, he shall on the First Tuesday in APRIL next, open a
Dancing-School,
At the New ASSEMBLY HOUSE, in Portsmouth, where he will teach Dancing in the politest Manner, for the low Price of Four Dollars per Quarter; half to be paid at Entrance— Those who send their Children, may depend that great Care will be taken of their Education, and good Order observed.— The Times proposed for public Schools, are Tuesdays in the Afternoon, and Wednesdays in the Forenoon. He will wait on any Gentlemen or Ladies, either at the Assembly House, or their own Houses, at such Hours as may be agreed on. Said Hackett has taught Dancing in many of the principal Towns in England Ireland, and America— He will begin on the first Tuesday in April.
Said Hacket keeps School in Newbury, Exeter and Haverhill. Likewise he will engage to learn them perfectly in a short Time, fit for any Assembly or Company whatsoever.
Portsmouth, February 11. 1773.
ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO,
OR that have any Demands on the Estate of Joseph Weare, of Kensington, Yeoman deceased, are desired, immediately to bring in their Accounts to Nathaniel Weare of Kensington, Administrator on said Estate, in order for a speedy settlement. Hanp-on Falls, March 11 1773.
John Adams
Opposite the old South Meeting House, Boston, Acquaints his Customers and Others, of the Arrival of a fresh Assortment of
GARDEN SEEDS,
Imported in the last Vessels from London, which he can recommend to be good, and warrants them all to be of the last Year's Growth.—viz.— EARLY GOLDEN HOTSPUR, which is the earliest that grows, early Charlton ditto, ten Days later, Nicholson Hotspur, Ormerode hotspur, Ledman's Dwarf, Spanish Marrañones, b'us Rouncivals, large and Dwarf Marrowfat Peas, which are still later, large Windsor, early Lisbon, and early yellow Bush Beans, white and speckled Pole ditto, white Spanish, silver skin'd, Portugal white, and b'ood red Onion, early Dutch, early Yorkshire, early Battersea, Sugar Loaf, best red, and large Winter Cabbage, green and yellow curl'd Savoy, early and late Colli-flour, green and white Cose, and Cabbage Lettice, early yellow, purple and orange Carrot, red Beet, swelling Parsnip, early dutch Turnip, Pepper Grass, best double parsley, Summer and Winter Spinage, white Mustard, Salmon, scarlet, short Top, Turnip, and salsed Radish, Italian Celery, green Endive, early and long prickly Cucumber, Asparagus, large Mals and Watermelon, Summer and Winter Squash, Sweet Majoram, Thyme, Summer Savory, Baum, Sage, Lavender, Rosemary, blue and rose Lupins, Necturtains, Hemp, Rape and Canary.—Likewise, a general Assortment of Crokery and Groceries.
** Gentlemen in the Country, that will please to favour him with their Custom may depend upon Care being taken in the Packing of the WARE—and shall be supplied as cheap as can be bought in Boston.
Hart and Davis
Inform their Friends and Customers; that their Stage for Passengers sets out for Boston every Friday Morning, Precisely at 8 o'clock, from Mr. HART's House, near the Ferry in Portsmouth; where all Baggage, Bundles, &c. will be received and delivered as directed. Puts up at Mrs. Beane, Lower End of King Street, Boston, where all Baggage, Bundles, &c. will be Received and delivered, and Passages engaged.— All Favors will be gratefully acknowledged by their most humble Servants
BENJAMIN HART, THEODORE DAVIS.
N. B. To be sold by said Hart, a good second hand Chariot, very cheap, also a Post Chariot and Pair, to let, in Town or out.
[Monadnock No. 6.]
NOTICE, is hereby given to the Proprietors of MONADNOCK No. 6, in the County of Cheshire, and province of New Hampshire, that at a legal Meeting held in said No. 6, Feb. the 5th, 1772, a TAX of Eighteen Shillings was voted on each settling Right in said No. 6, towards making Roads and defraying proprietors Charges. Likewise on the 21st of April following, Fourteen Shillings was voted towards building a Meeting House and clearing the Ground, to set it on. This is to Notify the delinquent proprietors, that except said Taxes are paid to me the Subscriber at my House in the said No. 6, by the 16th Day of April next, their Lands will be advertised for sale according to Law, in the New Hampshire Gazette.
ABIJAH BROWN, Collector. Mendonock, No. 6, 1773.
Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, Feb. 22. 1773.
DESERTED from his Master's
Service on Thursday last, an Apprentice-Boy, named John Baptist Canavan, by Birth a Canadian, but talks good English, about twelve Years of Age, short and thick sett, of a ruddy swarthy Complexion, with short black Hair, dressed in a green lappell'd Jacket and Waistcoat, the latter with a Gold Binding and a blue Surtout Coat, with a narrow Brim'd round Gold laced Hat. Whoever will apprehend and cause the said Boy to be delivered to his Master, the Subscriber hereof, shall be rewarded for their Trouble.
And all Persons, as well Masters of Vessels as others, are hereby warned from harbouring, detaining, or taking away the said Apprentice Boy upon Pain of being prosecuted to the utmost Rigour of the Law. THOMAS WRIGHT.

Monsieur De Viart
Begs Leave to inform those GENTLEMEN and LADIES, who design to favour him with the Instruction of their Children in the Art of DANCING, that he has always endeavoured to merit the Approbation of those who have hitherto favoured him with their Custom, by having at all Times obliged himself to instruct his PUPILS in those Principles which he received in that Profession himself. — It is not every one who pretends to teach this delicate Art, who will take the Pains to instruct their Scholars in those Rules of Decorum and Politeness which are absolutely necessary to be known, before young Persons can step abroad into the World with Elegance and Ease . — And it often happens that Scholars, through the Ignorance of their Masters, are guilty of great Rudeness and commit gross Blunders on their first going into Company.
He designs to open his ACADEMY at his Lodgings in a House belonging to the Hon. DANIEL WARNER, Esq; near the long Wharf, on the first Monday of April next, and to hold his School three Days in the Week, viz. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays , from Two to Six o'clock, P. M. Those Scholars who attended him the Summer past, are to pay only Two Dollars Per Quarter, and those that are new Comers, are to pay Two Dollars Entrance, and two Dollars per Quarter.
N. B. Said VIART teaches Minuets, French Jigs, Horn-Pipes, Rigadoons, and English Country Dances of all Kinds.
If any Gentlemen have a Mind to be taught privately in the Evening, he will be ready to wait upon them any Time at their Leisure: and he likewise teaches the French Language in the easiest Method, so that Scholars may understand it in a very little Time; and several other Arts and Sciences which he is Master of; those Gentlemen and Ladies, who will honor him with their Custom may depend upon all the Satisfaction in the Power of their most humble and obedient Servant.
* Excise. *
WHEREAS the Subscriber purchased the Excise on Spirituous Liquors in the two North Counties, viz. Grafton and Strafford , a few Towns only excepted, from the first of September 1771 to Nov. 1772, and the major Part of the Tavern Keepers and Retailers, also those that have sold without Licence, are yet backward in paying their Excise and Fines. Notice is hereby given, that unless they immediately settle the same they must expect Trouble. I intend to be at Portsmouth at Capt. Fols's the ninth and tenth Day of this Instant, March, and at Dover, at the House of Mr. John Burnham Hanson on Monday the 22d. of March Instant, from ten o'clock in the Forenoon to five in the afternoon. All those concerned are desired to take Notice accordingly. RICHARD JENNESS Receiver.
Rye March 2. 1773.
AL PERSONS INDEBTED TO,
OR have any Demands on the Estate of Elisha Briard, late of Portsmouth, Sailmaker, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Samuel Briard, Administrator on said Estate, in order for a speedy settlement.
Lost,
Supposed to be taken out of the Store of the Subscriber, a small Bundle of Papers, containing four Notes of Hand, and sundry Accounts, whoever will give Information of the said Bundle of Papers, so that the right Owner may have them again, shall be handsomely rewarded by WILLIAM APPLETON.
SAMUEL MOSES
HEREBY informs his Customers and others, That having left the Shop he worked in, he now works in Partnership with his Brother, opposite Capt. Fols's Tavern, where good Attendance will be given; and where WIGS of any sort are made cheap for Cash or good Pay. And all Favors gratefully acknowledged by the Subscribers, THEODORE MOSES, SAMUEL MOSES.
N. B. They also beg those who have Accounts open, to settle them up to the First of March.
Portsmouth, Feb. 25. 1773
[ Success. ]
PROVINCE of NEW HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham, ss. WHEREAS Application is made to me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for said Province and County, by the Proprietors and Owners of more than a sixteenth part of a Tract of Land in the Northern Part of said Province, lately granted by his Excellency Governor WENTWORTH, by the Name of SUCCESS, that a Meeting of the proprietors of said Township or Tract of Land, may be called and held, at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on Tuesday the twenty third Day of this Instant MARCH, at Four o'clock P. M. then and there to vote and act on the following Articles, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator to govern said Meeting. 2. To chuse a Proprietor's Clerk. 3. To raise Money to pay the Charges of procuring the Charter of said Township or Tract of Land, looking it out, and surveying it, and other Contingencies, and which may be further necessary for fulfilling the Conditions of the CHARTER. And to chuse proper Officers to collect and receive such Sums as may be taxed and raised. As also some Person to receive and keep said Charter in Trust for said proprietors. 4. To make Choice of any Officer or Officers, Committee or Committees, to transact all necessary Business for said proprietors. 5. To agree on some Method for calling and holding proprietors Meetings in future.
Pursuant to which Application, I do hereby Notify and Warn the proprietors of the Township or Tract of Land called Success, to meet at the place and Day aforesaid, at Four of the Clock in the Afternoon, to act and vote on the several Articles aforesaid. H. WENTWORTH, Just. Peace.
Portsmouth, March 4. 1773:
$ CONWAY. $
To Thomas Merril, Esq; Clerk to the Proprietors of CONWAY, in the County of Rockingham and Province of New Hampshire, We the Subscribers Proprietors of said Conway, and owners of more than one Eighth Part of said Township, desire you to call a Meeting of said Proprietors to be held at the Dwelling House of Mr. Joshua Heath in said Conway, on the Thirtieth Day of March next at ten o'clock in the Forenoon, to act on the following Articles. 1st. To chuse a Moderator. 2d. To chuse a Committee to settle with the Proprietors of Mason's Right, for their Claim in said Town. 3d. To see if they will lay out one or more Divisions of Land in said Township. 4th. To settle all Accounts respecting said Proprietors. 5th. To see if they will make a Grant of eighty Acres of Land to the Town for a Parsonage, and five Acres to set a Meeting-House on, and for other Public Uses. 6. To see if they will make a Grant to said Town of Conway of a Sum not exceeding Twenty Five Shillings on each Right or Proprietor's Share to assist them in building a Meeting House, and Support of a Minister in said Town, provided the Town shall set the House in such Place as shall be agreed on by the Proprietors, at the Adjournment of this Meeting, which shall be determined at said Heath's, on the last Tuesday of May next, at three o'clock, P. M. and also agree that the Money that shall be voted by the Proprietors towards building a Meeting House, shall be laid out for that Purpose, according to their Directions. 7th. To see what Money they will vote or grant for the Purposes aforesaid. 8 To chuse such Committees as shall be thought proper for the Purposes aforesaid, and Assessors and Collector or Collectors for the aforesaid. 9. To rectify and confirm any former Vote or Votes that shall be thought to Want either Regularity or Form.
Dated this 8th Day of Feb. 1773.
Joseph Odell David Page Joshua Heath Ezekiel Walker Abiel Lovejoy Enoch Webster Eben. Burbank Thomas Russell Enoch Merrill.
Rockingham, ss. Conway.
Agreeable to the aforesaid Application, I do hereby notify and warn said Proprietors of Conway, to meet at the aforesaid Time and Place, for the Purposes aforesaid in the Application. Given under my Hand this 9th Day of Feb. 1773.
THOMAS MERRIL Prop's Clerk.
All Persons
HAVING any DEMANDS on the Estate of Michael Whidden, late of Portsmouth, Joyner, deceased, are hereby desired to bring in their Claims properly attested, to Michael Whidden, Administrator on said Estate. And those who are Indebted to said Estate, are hereby desired to make immediate Payment to said Administrator, in order for a speedy settlement. MICHAEL WHIDDEN, Administ.
Blanks of all sorts, &c. fold at the Printing Office.
CHOICE
Philadelphia Flour
TO BE SOLD by GILLAM BUTLER, at his STORE near LIBERTY BRIDGE, cheap for Cash
[ Monadnock No. 4. ]
PROVINCE of NEW HAMPSHIRE, County of Cheshire WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of MONADNOCK, No. 4, have been Notified in the New Hampshire Gazette, according to LAW, to pay sundry Grants of Money legally assessed on each proprietor's Rights or Lots of Land in said Township to me the Subscriber, and several of the proprietors being yet delinquent in the whole or part, these are therefore to Notify such proprietors, that so much of each delinquent proprietor's Lands will be exposed to sale at PUBLIC VENDUE, at the House of James Reed, Esq; Innholder in said Township, on Wednesday the Nineteenth Day of May next, at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon, to pay said Taxes, with incidental Charges. The Delinquent's Lots are as followeth, with the Sums due in Lawful Money.
   Jonathan Blanchard's Lot, No. 11 in the l. s. d.     First Range, 2 14 0   The 22d Lot in the 9th Range, granted to Daniel Mellen, taxed to Thomas Tolman 0 12 0   Jeremiah Butterfield, taxed to Henry Poor, No. 1 and 2, in 12th Range 2 8 0   Thomas Spalding half No. 6 in the 2d Range 0 12 0  
DANIEL MELLEN, Collector.
[ New-Durham. ]
WHEREAS more than a sixteenth Part of the Proprietors of the Town of New-Durham in the County of Rockingham or Strafford, adjoining Rochester, in the Province of New Hampshire, have applied to us the Subscribers to call a Meeting of said Proprietors to consider what is necessary to be done relative to certain Vets, passed, and Measures planned, and partly pursued by the Inhabitants of said Town, towards the Settlement of a Minister among them; and to determine what Method will be best for the Propriety to enter upon, in Order to promote and facilitate his Settlement, and Maintenance, that it may not be burthensome to the Inhabitants; this is therefore to notify the Proprietors aforesaid to meet at the House of Mr. John Griffin, Innholder in Durham, in the Province aforesaid, on Wednesday the 24th Day of March next ensuing, at ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, then and there to pass any Vote or Votes relative to said Affair, that they shall then think proper; and likewise to vote upon any other Matters which may then be thought proper by said Proprietors.
   Daniel Rogers Cms mit- tee:   Thomas Tash   Volentine Mathes  
Durham Feb. 16, 1773
TO BE SOLD,
A SHIP of about 160 Tons,
Lying at Kittery Point; — she is about six Years old, and can be well recommended: For further particulars, enquire of JOHN SPARHAWK, Esq; at Portsmouth, or of Mr. ISAAC WINSLOW, jr. at Boston. — N. B. Any reasonable Credit will be given, provided the Payment of the Sum agreed on, and the Interest thereof is well secured.
TO BE SOLD, (near the Canoe Bridge) a DWELLING HOUSE, WAREHOUSE, and WHARFE; Also a Bake House and Garden Spot, now in the Occupation of George Walton, junr. of Portsmouth. Also to be sold a Lot of Land lying opposite the Mansion House of the Honorable Theodore Atkinson, Esq; 40 Feet on the Street, and about 100 deep. Also a Pasture of about nine Acres, within a Mile of the State House, adjoining Mr. Samuel Langdon's Land, and sundry other Pieces of Land, together with a Tanyard. For further Particulars, enquire of said Walton.
ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO,
OR that have Demands on the Estate of Lieut. JOSEPH SANBORN, late of Hampton Falls, Yeoman, deceased, are desired immediately to bring in their Accounts to Joseph Sanborn of Brintwood, and Jeremiah Lane of said Hampton Falls. Administrators on said Estate, in order for a speedy settlement. Hampton Falls. Feb. 23. 1773.
TO BE SOLD, a good
FARM lying in Madbury, containing 40 Acres, with a HOUSE 38 and 28 Feet, a BARN 30 and 51 Feet, — Also a good ORCHARD; and is well situated on the Road for a Tavern. Enquire of John Roberts, living on the Premises.