The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1784-05-22 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Vol. XXVII.]
SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1784.
[No. 1438]
PARIS, December 20.
MUNIER , of the city of Tours, lieutenant of the corps of engineers, &c. proposes to build a vessel of the size of a 74 gun ship, but made as light as possible, and in lieu of a mast to have a large dome, which is to be filled with inflammable air; this machine is to have 25 men on each side with oars, who by cutting the air, will make the vessel, if it weighs 50,000 lbs. move actually constructing under the direction of the inventor.
COPENHAGEN, December 6.
The master of a Dutch ship, a native of Iceland, and named John Engemundson, has depoded, that passing under Greenland he discovered a new island, from which a thick smoke issued out by day, which by night became a flame, and enlightened the surface of the sea a great way; he added, that part of his sails were burnt by the sparks which issued from that island, and which were driven to a great distance.
LONDON,
MARCH 2. So intense is the frost in Holland, that water is sold at Amsterdam at seven stivers (near 80 English per pail); and at Rotterdam there is the largest fair on the ice ever known, with play-houses, and other places of diversion.
MARCH 19. Accounts from Pypen in Norway mention, that one Christian Houghmeil, a fisherman, died there in the beginning of this month; his posterity was exceeding numerous, and it is remarkable that at his decease, several of his grand-children saw their grand-father and their grand-children at the same time. Houghmeil had by two wives 18 children, nine only of whom survived, and produced him 35 grand-children; from these descended 201 great grand-children; and from them five great grand-children. Total, 309.
However improbable it may appear, it is an absolute fact, that an Air Balloon set off by the King at Windsor, was lately found 23 feet from the door of the building where Congress sit. Extract of a letter from Frankfort, February 10.
His Highness the Prince Bishop of Treves, has published, in his dominions, a general toleration, in favor of the Lutheran and other reformed churches. His Highness has not confined himself to a simple toleration, but has also put them in possession of a church, and enabled them henceforward to hold all state and military employments, without distinction, equally with the Catholics. The Ministers of their church are permitted to perform the rites and ceremonies according to their rites and customs.
It is worthy of notice that this liberal and unlimited toleration is not only the act of a Temporal Prince, but that of a Bishop of the Church of Rome, whose doctrines have been stigmatized in this country, as bloody, tyrannical, and persecuting. But if those heavy accusations can ever be enolly and impartially considered, it will be discovered, that ambitious and designing men have constantly been the first movers of those diabolical systems. No established church is free from the like reflections, and it should never be forgot, that no two things are more alike, than the bigot of one religion is to the bigot of another."
ANNAPOLIS, April 8.
On the report of a committee to whom were referred a letter of the 25th of December, 1783, from John Ailen, and the papers therein enclosed:
Resolved, That a copy of the said letter be sent to the Governor of Massachusetts, with a recommendation that he cause inquiry to be made, whether encroachments therein suggested, have been actually made on the territory of the State of Massachusetts, by the subjects of his Britannic Majesty, from the government of Nova-Scotia, and if he shall find any such to have been made, that he send a representation thereof to the British Governor of Nova-Scotia, with a copy of the proclamation of the United States of the 14th instant, which is to be inclosed to the Governor of Massachusetts for that purpose, requesting him in a friendly manner, and as a proof of that disposition for peace and harmony which should subsist between neighboring states, to recall from off the said territory, the said subjects of his Britannic Majesty, so found to have encroached thereon; and that the Governor of Massachusetts be requested to inform Congress of his proceedings herein, and the result thereof.
NEW-YORK, May 6.
Extract of a letter from St. Johns, East-Florida, February 14. "The Packet is just arrived from England, and it seems, this place is to be given up to the Spaniards. There are some transports now here, and 500 tons more are taking up by government, and are expected here daily, to carry us poor Tories off, some to Providence, and others to the West Indies."
The Governor of East Florida has given notice to the inhabitants, that, after the expiration of the term limited in the 5th article of the Definitive Treaty of Peace between Great Britain and Spain, unless they actually reside in the province, and publicly profess the Catholic religion, they must absolutely quit their estates. That British ships will, after the time limited, be refused entry into that province, and the property of the resident inhabitants must be sent to Spain; and that those who may withdraw themselves to West Florida, will be in the same predicament both with respect to religion and property.
A late London paper has the following article:—Mr. Herschell, the celebrated astronomer, whose discoveries in optics have been wonderful, has tried a new specula, so powerful, that the objects in the moon are twice as distinct as ever they were. He is decidedly of opinion, that there is a burning mountain in the moon, as he sees such irregular vapors on the point of one of the mountains in her, that no other supposition will sufficiently account for them.
LONDON, March 10.
We learn from Lyons, that on the 2d ult. the Academy of that city declared Mr. Edward Montgolfier a Fellow of that Society. They announced at the same time an extraordinary premium of 1200 livres, appropriated by the Sieur Fleffels. Intendant of that Generality, and the Marquis de St. Vincent, for "the discovery of the most certain and simple method of directing at pleasure the ærostatick balloon horizontally." The different competitors are to deliver in their pieces on the first of Sept. 1784, and the premium is to be distributed in the public assembly on the 7th of December following.
The Spaniards have since the last peace paid an attention to their finances, which they never appear to have noticed so materially before. They have now laid a new tax on all goods of every kind imported, which will produce near 600,000l. per annum, without being felt, except by such as can well afford to contribute to the public exigencies. The King of Spain's present prime minister is an Italian; he succeeded the celebrated Grimaldi & was introduced into the Spanish Cabinet by the Prince of Asturias, who is the heir to the Spanish crown, and busies himself very much in the affairs of the nation. All the powers of Europe are now making such arrangements in their affairs as are enough to make us set about a reformation in earnest, and not, like the squabbling mariners, dispute among themselves till the ship ran aground.
The Inhabitants of the Town of
PORSMOUTH, are hereby requested, to give in to the Select Men of said Town, a just and true INVENTORY of all their Rateable Estate, agreeable to Law, viz. All Male Polls from eighteen to seventy-five Years of Age, Male and Female Negro Servants, from 16 to 45 Years of Age, Number of Acres of Orchard Land, ditto Arable or Tillage and Mowing Land, ditto of Pasture Land, Number of Horses and Mares, and Colts, Number of Oxen, Cows, and Cattle of 1, 2, or 3 Years old, distinguishing the Number of different Ages; also the next yearly Income of Mills, Wharves, and Ferries, and the Value of all Real Estates and Buildings owned by the Inhabitants, or Non-Residents, the Sum total of the Value of all Stock in Trade or Money in Hand or at Interest, not in Public Funds. The Select Men will be ready to receive all such Invoices until the 10th of June next, and not afterwards, for the current Year. Portsmouth, May 1. 1784.
State of New Hampshire.
THE non-resident owners of land in the following towns, viz. Alstead, for the year 1779; Nottingham West, for 1780, 1782 and 1783; Amherst, for 1781 and 1782; Walpole, for 1780, 1781, and 1782; Bow, Canaan, Lyme and Peterborough, for 1782; Strafford, for 1782 and 1783; Washington, for 1782 and 1783; Gilmantown, Francistown, Loudon, Barstead, Haver, Pembroke, the Gore, Croydon, Acworth, Epsom, Mason, Deerfield, Wentworth, Warren, Lyndborough, Weare, Wakefield, Effingham, Fishersfield, Dearing, Andover, Sanbornton, Sandwich, Middleton, Nottingham, and Unity, for 1783, are hereby notified that their lands in said towns are taxed for the years aforesaid, and if they are not paid within eight weeks from the first publication of this advertisement, either to the collectors or the subscriber, they will be advertised for sale.
THOMAS ODIORNE. Receiver (of Non-Residents taxes.)
Exeter, April 23, 1784.
An Assortment of the best kind of
Garden Seeds,
Just received in the brigantine Olive Branch, from LONDON, and now selling by JOSEPH BASS, in Portsmouth.
A. HILL,
HAS imported in the Olive Branch, from LONDON, a valuable Assortment of Spring and Summer GOODS, which he is selling at his Store on Spring Hill, formerly improved by Major William Gardner:—
Among which are
  A Variety of Call  Balloon Hatts.    coes, Chintzes, Caps, Bonnets, and  Patches, and prin    ted Linnens.  Cloaks.    Black and white sau  Ribbons of all colors.    fee Gauzes.  Irish Linnens.    Ditto & dit. chain dit.  Dowlas.    Ditto & dit. saffee  Brown Holland.    Aprons & Hand-  Men and Women's    kerchiefs.  cotton and thread    Black and white chain  Hote.    Gauze Aprons and  Men and Women's    Handkerchiefs.  Gloves.    Black love Handker-  Pins Needles, Threads    chiefs.  and Buckram.    Black Barcelona  Shoe and London    Handkerchiefs.  Quality.    Printed linen ditto.  Buffers—Ostrich Fea    Scotch check ditto.  Chip Hatts.    Printed Tiffany ditto.  Men and Boy's Lea    Lawn ditto.  ther Breeches.    White, black, blue,  A few 18 thread Cod    green, straw, lay-  Lines.    lock and pink  An elegant Assort-    Tiffanies.  ment of Paper-    Modes, Sattins, Per-  Hangings.    sians, and Sarsnetts  ALSO,    of all colors.  An assortment of    Galoon, Ferrit and  Glass Ware, and    Velvet Edging.  Stationary.   As said Goods are procured on the best terms, they will be disposed of by wholesale or retail, as cheap as at any store on the continent.
JOSHUA PIKE,
Peruke Maker and Hair Dresser, INFORMS his customers and others, that he has removed his Shop from the lower end of Queen-Street, to the Shop adjoining the Post Office. May 8, 1784.
TO BE SOLD
For Continental or State Securities, A FARM in Newmarket,
CONTAINING about 90 acres of good land; with a good house, barn and orchard thereon, pleasantly situated on the country road, near the New Fields landing, adjoining to Exeter river, on which there is a commodious place for a building yard.—Inquire of Capt. Samuel Gilman of said Newmarket or of William Neal living on the premises.
William Parker, Silver-Smith,
BEGS leave to inform the gentlemen of the town and country, that he carries on his business as usual, at his shop opposite Mr. Stanwood's shop, where he also carries on the business of clock and watch repairing and cleaning, in the best and cheapest manner.
A second hand CHAISE for sale; cheap for cash, or country produce.

L O N D O N, March 10.
The title of Cabal was first given to that of Faction, which in the reign of Charles II. filled the King with such high notions of prerogative; and the Sovereign was wise enough to desert those measures which his Ministers would have led him into, by which Buckingham, Shaftsbury, and Lauderdale, were at last disgraced. At length the name was changed to Faction; then to Party; and afterwards, from a singular instance recorded in our history, to Whig and Tory, epithets which stamped the truest marks of political intrigue. Cabal has however again reared its head; but whether the Sovereign may not find it his truest interest, like his predecessor, to suppress its influence very early time will shew.
MARCH 11. It is much feared by the friends of Mr. Pitt and Mr. Fox, that a cordial union is impracticable, as no two tempers are more violently contrasted in every point of view. Mr. Fox is manly, Mr. Pitt reserved; Mr. Fox has dignity, Mr. Pitt caution; Mr. Fox is liberal, Mr. Pitt is prudent; Mr. Fox would save the empire by the application of such measures as its exigencies require; Mr. Pitt, it is presumed, would attempt the same, but would do it by cold and careful systems, the effects of which are ever exceedingly precarious.
The advocates for the slave trade argue that the natives of Africa are at perpetual war with each other; and that if they had no method of selling their captives, they would fall upon the more inhuman practice of murdering those unhappy creatures whom the chance of war flung into their hands. This however, is far from being the truth; for it is notorious that the petty Princes on the sea coasts of Guinea are tempted to make war on their neighbors only for the sake of making prisoners to sell to the Europeans. Was this practice done away, the source of their contention would be immediately done away.
The natural antipathy the bull-dog has to the bull is generally believed, inasmuch, that when it has fastened itself to that animal, it will not be removed from its hold, even by the quantity of pain; instances of their suffering their limbs to be amputated rather than release the object of their fury, are well attested and many—but the following, which happened in the presence of at least twenty people, all of whom are ready to affirm it upon oath, will put it beyond a doubt. A number of graziers happened to be at the bell inn in Smithfield, round the kitchen fire, taking a glass before dinner; they were making, as is customary, sops in the dripping pan, which was under a sirloin of beef roasting for dinner; the beef was nearly ready, when a butcher happened to come in with a true bred dog; the meat being bull beef, attracted the dog's attention; he instantly flew at it; and notwithstanding every effort of his master and the rest of the company, so firmly had he fixed his hold that he went round with the beef as the spit turned, till he was reduced to ashes.
MARCH 25.
House of Lords, Wednesday, March 25. His Majesty being seated on the throne the Commons were sent for, and being come with their speaker, the King gave the Royal assent to 17 public and 6 private bills; after which his Majesty made the following most gracious speech from the throne:
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"On a full consideration of the present situation of affairs, and of the extraordinary circumstances which have produced it, I am induced to put an end to this session of Parliament; I feel it a duty which I owe to the constitution and to the country in such a situation, to recur as speedily as possible to the sense of my people by calling a new Parliament.
"I trust that this measure will tend to obviate the mischiefs arising from the unhappy divisions and distractions which have lately subsisted; and that the various important
objects which will require consideration, may be afterwards proceeded upon with less interruption and with happier effect.
"I can have no other object, but to preserve the true principles of our free and happy constitution, and to employ the power, entrusted to me by law, for the only end for which they were given, the good of my people."
Then the Earl of Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, Speaker of the House of Lords, by his Majesty's command, said:
"My Lords and Gentlemen,
"It is his Majesty's royal will and pleasure, that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday, the sixth day of April next, to be then here holden, and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the sixth day of April next."
MARCH 27. They write from Berlin, that the Prussian Minister at the Hague is instructed to oppose the treaty between France and Holland, which is certainly in agitation, and it is well known the influence of his Prussian Majesty is much too powerful to be slightly treated on this occasion.
The great Seal of England, soon after the dissolution of the Parliament, was stolen, an accident which greatly obstructed the issuing of writs for the new election, and was the occasion of much trouble and confusion.
H A L I F A X, April 16.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in London, to his friend in this town, dated March 4, 1784.
"It gave me real pleasure to hear from several different quarters, that the establishment where you now are, is likely to turn out a comfortable asylum, to you poor ill used Loyalists; and I am certain, that if activity and vigor of mind can produce happiness and independence, you will not fail of success.
"To give you an adequate idea of the state of politics at present here, is impossible within the compass of a letter; I will only say, that, for these two months past, there has not been any thing like an efficient government; and public business put an almost entire stop to.—We are at issue with the constitution—a small majority in the House of Commons on one side—the Ministry supported by his Majesty, the Lords, and (to all appearance) the sense of the people on the other; so that a union of the heads—a return back again of the late Ministry—or a dissolution of Parliament must be the consequence—in the present time, every independent, and disinterested man, feels the most serious anxiety for this distressed and distracted country.
Notice is hereby given, that the vendue that was holden at Samuel James's house in Chichester, on Thursday the 6th day of May 1784, stands adjourned to the 9th day of June next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon at the house of John Cramb, Esq; in Pittsfield, for sale of non-residents land in said town. SAMUEL JAMES, Constable.
Notice is hereby given, that the vendue that was holden at the dwelling house of Simon Hilyard in Chichester, on Wednesday the 5th day of May 1784, for sale of sundry lots of non-resident land, is adjourned to the tenth day of June next, at one o'clock P. M. at the dwelling house of Lt. Edmund Rand Leavitt in said Chichester, for the above purpose. ELIJAH RING, Constable. Chichester, May 8, 1784.
Whereas the time allowed is not sufficient for receiving the claims of the several creditors to the estate of Mr Jonathan Paddleford, late of Enfield, deceased, represented insolvent: We the executors to said deceased's last will and testament, Mary and Elijah Paddleford, together with the commissioners, give notice, that we will attend said business, at our dwelling house in said town, on the 21st day of May next and on the 21st days of the two following months, at 12 o'clock, of said days. Creditors are desired to bring in their accounts properly attested to.
ISAAC WALKER. } Commis- SAMUEL FELLOWS, } sioners. JACOB CHOAT. } Enfield, May 12.
P O R T S M O U T H, May 22.
Extract of a letter from Maritico.
"I chanc'd to be in St. Kitts when the island was restored to the English, but never did that nation appear more contemptible and mean. The rejoicings were conducted with unmanly insolence, and a baseness of spirit hardly to be equalled; especially in an evening exhibition, which I did not at first comprehend the meaning of, but inquired from a negro, who reply'd—'Massa, you no sabby what all cis-here men; I go tell you—no fee, dat great somebody dress like a d—ble? he replent Old-Englan; you see he hab Fance, Pain, Duchman, all under him feet—You know massa, Englan tink herself 'bove ebery body, and ebery body fear for him like deble with he great claws, dough he get him claws cut a little dis-here war to be sure; den you see he hab 'nother somebody in him mout, name 'Merica—he want for eat him all up, but 'Merica too hard for him tooth; so by-and-by, you see massa, deble go put him in fire, for all dat 'Merica come out fire again better dan before, and grow bigga and bigga, make all de world see him; so Englan mad like took 'cause he can't 'stroy poor 'Merica, and 'cause Franceman, Paniard, Duchman, all hab ship go on water like herself, dat's all massa, God bless you—I belebe you like in 'Merica 'cause your eye grow mad for see all dis nonsense—pray give poor Tony something for bye diam for make him hart glad, 'cause Englan deble can't eat 'Merica, no burn him neder.—I rewa ded that fellow for his candor and simplicity, and found it nearly as he said."
A figure dressed like the devil, appeared before a large bon-fire. Whether this figure represented England as Tony said I know not; but he was sovereign seated, with France, Spain and Holland, under his feet, and America in his mouth, all of whom at a certain signal was to be thrown into the fire, together with the arms of France; which ceremony, my indignation would not suffer me to stay and see performed."
Europe can at present boast of three Potentates, in whose breasts philanthropy shines with a lustre not equalled heretofore. Frederick, King of Prussia, though now in the decline of life, can be looked up to as the patron of science, and the lover of mankind. The magnanimity and virtues of that accomplished monarch that now fills the throne of France, are so well known and experienced, that illustration is needless. Joseph, Emperor of Germany, has dissipated the clouds of superstition, and Popish ignorance, that have for centuries hung over his Empire.
Yesterday arrived here Capt. White, in a sloop from St. Kitts, who on his passage, lost two of his hands, viz. Mr Richard Kitson, his mate, who fell overboard, and Mr. Joel Hutchins, of a fever, both of this town.
Died, Miss Elizabeth Bennet, aged 25, daughter of Mr. John Bennet, of this town.
N A V A L - O F F I C E,
PORT of PISCATAQUA, May 8, 1784.
E N T E R E D, from Schooner Friendship, Giddinge, St Eustatia, Brig Besley, Smallcorn, Philadelphia, Brig Ganganelli, Stacey, Turks Island.
C L E A R E D, for Ship Jupiter, Rofs, West Indies, Brig Honest Friend, Stokell, St. Martins.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Pittsfield, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1783, that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, on Tuesday the fifteenth day of June next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at my own house in Pittsfield, as will pay the taxes and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   D. R. N. s. d. q.    Jeremiah Page, 2 2 23 3 0 0  John Olin, 2 2 25 4 0 3  Jonathan Garland, 2 5 106 2 3 0  Joseph French, 2 6 116 2 7 1  Jonathan Leavitt, 3 22 6 4 1 1  John Sanborn, 3 3 46 3 7 1  John Webster, 2 2 1 3 7 1  James Towle, 2 1 17 3 7 1  Thomas Arnold, 3 5 69 2 5 0  Elijah Ring, 2 2 28 3 3 0  Elphalet Durgin, 2 3 46 3 3 0  Edward Shaw, 3 4 60 2 3 1  Benjamin Garvin, 2 5 70 2 2 3  Nathan Brown, 2 1 20 3 7 1  Samuel Page, 2 2 39 3 2 1  Samuel Trew, 2 3 44 6 6 0  Samuel Jennels, 3 2 23 3 3 0  Simeon Dearborn, 2 6 114 3 2 1  Samuel Jennels, 3 3 42 7 1 0  Hannah Hock, 3 3 45 3 7 1  Daniel Lamprey, 2 1 1 3 7 1  Pais Wingate, 2 5 112 2 7 0  Mary Frost, 2 0 131 3 2 1  Micajah Tucker, 2 4 69  2 4 70  2 4 71 11 8 7 1  
JOSIAH WHITE, Constable. Pittsfield, May 11, 1784.
State of New Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Candia, who have not paid their tax for 1782, that so much of the lot of land No 26 in the third division, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of John Carr, innholder in said town, on Tuesday the 8th day of June next, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, as will pay the tax with incidental charges.
State county war tax Thomas Simes original proprietor, 13s. 6d. 2s. 8d. 2s. 0d. ZECHARIAH CLIFFORD, Collector. Candia, May 12, 1784.
BLANKS of most sorts, may be had at the Printing Office.

BOSTON, May 17. The city of Thessalonica, capital of Macedonia, a great magazine for the Levant trade, has been totally overthrown by an earthquake; in the lower part many French, English, and Italians are buried in the ruins. This disaster is more destructive than that of Messina. Warehouses of all kinds of commodities, belonging to the merchants of Marseilles and London, are swallowed up. The General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, at their last session, in consequence of an application from the town of Newport, passed an act for incorporating said town into a CITY.
The 8th instant arrived at Newport, the ship Haley, Capt. Macy, in 29 days from London. By papers which came in the Haley, to the 30th of March, we are informed, that the British Parliament was dissolved the 25th of that month, and that warrants were issued for calling a new one.
The following is an extract of a letter from Ireland, to a gentleman in this town.
CAHIR, near CLONMELL, Nov. 24, 1783. "I congratulate you, and every other spirited assessor of liberty and independence, on your late happy and ever glorious revolution, whereby you have emancipated a flourishing, though infant empire, from the iron hand of tyranny and oppression—I hope soon to have the pleasure of returning my most grateful acknowledgements, as I intend, with two or three neighbouring gentlemen, to embark for Boston."
Upon opening the above, it appeared to have been intercepted in Ireland and embellished with the following ingenious postscript.
SIR, Cork, Jan. 7, 1784. "A loyalist has perused this letter, and cannot help telling you, he thinks the writer must be a dam'd ignorant scoundrel; for America is, from the date of her independence, dam'd, and will live in broils and strife to the day of judgment."
(Signed) O. DELANCY } Loyalists. S. WATTS, }
S A L E M, May 18. The Governor of Nova Scotia has lately ordered an Act to be published, whereby "all and every his (Britannic) Majesty's subjects of that Province, and their heirs and every of them, are acquitted, pardoned, released and discharged, against the King's Majesty and his successors, of all manner of treasons, misprision of treasons, treasonable and seditious words, libels or correspondence by them or any of them committed or done, in aiding, countenancing or assisting his Majesty's late subjects in the Thirteen Colonies, during their rebellion, and from all pains, penalties, forfeitures, pains of death, and pains corporal, which may have been incurred or forfeited by them, or any of them (before the passing this act) by reason or means of the said premises."
Twenty six persons, who had been banished by an act of the Legislature of New-York, have lately been permitted to return to their respective homes, and to reside within that State.
SHINING  Blacking-Balls For Gentlemen's SHOES and BOOTS, Made and sold by wholesale and retail, By D. S Y M E S, Lady's Shoe Maker (lately from London) at the Buck and Glove Congress-street, Portsmouth.
These Blacking-Balls have met with general approbation in England, and thought to be the best composition yet found out for preserving the leather from breaking, it carries a good gloss and is an excellent black. You may brush the dust from your shoes with a clothes brush, or even with a pocket handkerchief, and not black them. The largest balls are sold at 1s. 6d. and the smallest at 9d. Portsmouth, May 22.
From a PHILADELPHIA PAPER of April 24: many erroneous opinions and ideas have been adopted respecting the TREATY OF PEACE, and a false and tortured construction put thereon by designing and selfish men, we are happy in having it in our power to present our readers with the following extract of an official letter, dated Princeton, October 16, 1783, from the Delegation of a sister State to the Governor thereof; which will, no doubt, satisfy every candid mind as to the true intent and meaning of the Preliminary and Definitive Articles of Peace.
"WE should before this time have transmitted to your Excellency the material parts of the communications Congress have lately received from the Ministers of the United States at Paris, had they not been under an injunction of secrecy, till lately, on account of their being under a commitment. In their joint letter of the 18th of July, the preliminary articles, and their reasons for concluding them, are explained. They observe, that the British were very unwilling to make use of any terms that might give uneasiness to the Refugee Tories; and that the words, 'for restoring the property of real British subjects,' were well understood between them not to mean or comprehend American Refugees. Mr. Fitzherbert and Mr. Oswald, they say, know this to have been the case, and will readily confess and admit it. They observe, it was a more delicate mode of excluding the Refugees, and making a proper distinction between them and the subjects of Britain, whose only particular interest in America consisted in holding lands and property."
They think, the 6th article, declaring that no future confiscations should be made, &c. ought to have fixed the time with greater certainty; and the more the constitution is, that it relates to the date of the cessation of hostilities; as they say, 'that is the time when peace in fact took place, in consequence of prior, uniform, though binding contracts to end the war.'
They consider the definitive treaty as only giving the dress of form to those contracts, and not as constituting the obligations of them: they observe, that had the cessation of hostilities been the effect of a truce, and consequently nothing more than a temporary suspension of war, another construction would have been the right one.
They say, Mr. Hartley had officially assured them, that positive orders for the evacuation of New-York had been dispatched, and that no avoidable delay would retard that event; that had they proposed to fix a time for it, the British Ministry would have contended that it should be a time posterior to the date of the definitive treaty, and would probably have been more disadvantageous to us than as that article now stands.
They are surprised to hear that any doubts have arisen in America respecting the time when the cessation of hostilities took place there; and say, 'it most certainly took place at the expiration of one month after the date of the declaration, in all parts of the world, whether land or sea, that lay north of the latitude of the Canaries.' The ships afterwards taken from us in the more northern latitudes ought to be reclaimed and given up, and say they shall apply to Mr. Hartley on this subject, and also on the transportation of Negroes from New-York, contrary to the words and intention of the provisional articles."
ROBERT MAGILL, BEGS leave to inform his customers and others, that he has removed from the Store he lately improved on Spring Hill, to a house opposite Mrs. Packer's, in State Street. Where he has for Sale,  English and West-India Goods as usual. Portsmouth May 21.
State of New-Hampshire. PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that a petition hath been preferred to the General Court of this State, by Richard York, jun. in behalf of Robert Macklin, of Brimwood, in the county of Rockingham, and state aforesaid, yeoman, setting forth that he the said Macklin, in consideration that Richard Fols of said Brimwood, had agreed to support and maintain him and his wife during their natural lives, made and executed to the said Richard, a deed on or about the second day of December 1773, of all his lands in Brimwood, containing about 60 acres, with the buildings and appurtenances thereof; which deed was deposited in the hands of John Pickering, Esq.; at the time of its execution, and has remained there ever since. That the said Richard did by a certain writing by him signed, engage and promise that he would support and maintain the said Macklin and his wife as long as they should live, and pay all the rates assessed on said lands in consideration of said deed; and in case he should not, that the same deed should be null and void. That said Richard never performed his said promise; that some time after he went into the army, where he died; that the said Macklin and wife, being destitute of all means of subsistence, was obliged to sell and convey the said lands for that purpose, as the said deed to the said Richard, was made without any consideration for the only purpose aforesaid. Wherefore he prays that the same deed be made void. On which petition the General Court ordered, that the petitioner be heard thereon before the General Assembly on the first Tuesday of their first session, under the New Constitution (if they see fit) and that in the mean time the petitioner cause the substance of the petition and order of Court thereon, to be published three weeks (successively) in the New-Hampshire Gazette, that any person or persons may then appear and show cause (if any they have) why the prayer thereof may not be granted.
Attest JOSEPH PEARSON, D Sec'y. Exeter, May 8, 1784.
ACTS and LAWS passed the last Session, may be had at the Printing Office.
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State of New Hampshire Grafton ss.  NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors or owners of land in the township of Lyme, that there is a tax or assessment of three pounds eight shillings, L. M. on each original right or proportionate share that unless they pay them to me the subjoined, at my dwelling house in said Lyme, on or before the 2d day of June next, so much land in the several divisions of each right, will be sold at public vendue at my dwelling house in said Lyme, at 10 o'clock A. M. on said day, as will pay the taxes and charges.
   50A 5 A 100 A undivided.   1st D. 2nd D. 1st D. 2nd D. 1st D. 2nd D. 1st D. 2nd D.   s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. l. s. d. l. s. d.     John Thomson 9 9 0 0 19 6 0 0 1 9 4 0 0 0 0   Seth Shaw 9 10 0 0 19 7 1 19 3   Barnard Menitt 19 6 1 9 3   John Ley 9 9 9 10 19 6 1 9 3   Thomas Barker 9 10   Stephen Hatch 9 9 9 9 19 6   T. W. Waldron, Esq. 19 6 1 9 4   James Brown 9 10 9 10 19 6 1 9 3   Robert Hunter 9 9 1 9 4   Charles Nelson 9 9 9 9 19 7 1 9 4   Tim Mackelwain 9 10 9 10 19 7 1 9 3   William Bell 9 10 19 6 1 9 3   Samuel Chandler 9 10 9 9 19 7 1 9 3   Will Lemment 9 9 19 6 1 9 4   Isaac Fellows 9 10 19 6 1 9 3   Noah Thompson 9 9 19 7   William Spear 9 9 1 9 4   —Ranada 9 9   William Blunt 9 10   Charles Blunt 9 9 9 9   Nathaniel Fellows 9 9   Tho. Wentworth 9 9 9 9   Ben. Wentworth 9 10 9 10 19 7 1 9 4   Thomas Warren 9 9 9 9   T. A. Kinson jr. Esq. 9 10   M. H. Wentworth 9 9 9 9   Frances Lemont 9 9 19 6 1 9 3   John Langdon 9 9 9 10   Capt. T. Martin 9 9 9 10   Edward Avers 9 9 9 10   John Green 9 9 9 10   T. A. Kinson Esq. 9 9 9 10   William Shaw 19 7   Robert Brown, 9 9 19 6 1 9 4   Berja Johnson 9 9 19 6   William Brown 9 10 19 6   James Lemont jr. 19 7 1 9 4   J. A. Muckelwain 9 9 9 9 19 6 1 9 3   John Cutt 9 9   George Fernald 9 9   John Libbey 9 9 9 9   John Wentworth 9 9 9 9   Thomas Peasley 9 9 9 9   Isaac Preston 9 9 19 6 1 9 3    EBENEZER GREEN, Collector. Lime, May 3, 1784.
State of New Hampshire.  NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Alstead, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1783, that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, on Wednesday the 16th day of June next, at the house of Nathaniel S. Prentice, Esq.; at one o'clock P. M. as will pay said taxes and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   D N. R. s. d. s. d. s. d.   1st D. 2nd D. 1st D. 2nd D. 1st D. 2nd D. 1st D. 2nd D.     0 3 3 9 0 6 6 0 0 0   5 8 3 10 2 10 1 0 1 0   Daniel Goddard 1 2 9 5 6   White Land 1 7 1   2 10 1 7 1   2 13 1 7 1   Isaac Fellows 2 1   Eunice Thomson 1 7 1   Twelve acres 1 10 9 6 6 0 7   2   South part 5 2 6 3 3 11   Tubbs or Bax'er 4 10 5 2 3 9   East range 10 3 3 9   10   4 4   Tubbs or Crandel 3 6 4 1 3   5    SAMUEL KIDDER, Constable. Alstead, April 24, 1784.
State of New Hampshire.  Notice is hereby given, that the vendue that was holden at my dwelling house in Chichester, on Tuesday the 4th of May 1784, for sale of sundry lots of non-resident land is a-journed the tenth day of June next, at ten o'clock A. M. on said day, at the dwelling house of Lt. Edmund Rand Leavitt, in Chichester, for the above purpose. May 4. EDMUND RAND, Constable.

TOBACCO.
Excellent TOBACCO of all Sorts, at the Boston Prices, by Wholesale and Retail, sold by N. McIntyre at Portsmouth.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Croydon who have not paid their taxes for the year 1780, that so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue on Tuesday the 8th day of June next, at my own house in said town, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, as will pay the taxes and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   D. No Q. l. s. d. q. l. s. d. q.     Enoch Marble, 2 7 1 0 3 16 1 2 2 11 1 2   75 6 3 3 2 2 2 6   Jonathan Chase, 1 30 100 7 3 3 5 2 3   2 53 100 2 4 2 1 1 9 9   71 60 3 3 2 2 2 6   Timber 11 17   Seth Chase, 3 42 100 4 8 9 2 19 7 2   72 60 2 4 2 1 9 9   Daniel Chase, 1 55 100 9 10 1 2 6 17 9   22 60 6 3 2 4 3   David Temple, 1 58 100 7 12 3 5 2 3   2 40 100 3 16 1 2 2 11 1 2   10 60 12 7 2 8 6   Meadow 27 1 5 3 17   Timber 15 1 5 3 17   Gerhom Wait 57 60 2 4 2 1   William Wait, 1 73 100 7 13 3 5 2 3   2 6 100 3 16 1 2 2 11 1 2   61 60 2 4 2 1 1 9 9   Jona. Aldrich, 2 36 100 3 6 1 2 2 11 1 2   47 60 12 7 2 8 6   Wood, meadow 18 1 5 3 17   Timber 15 1 5 3 17   Eph. Sherman, 1 2 100 7 12 3 5 2 3   Joha Sow, 2 60 100 5 4 3 16 7 2   Joha Temple, 2 42 100 3 16 1 2 2 11 1 2   15 60 2 10 6 1 14   Meadow 18 1 5 3 17   Timber 15 1 5 3 17   Timothy Dalberg, 1 73 100 5 14 3 16 1 2   2 5 100 3 15 3 16 7 2   32 60 1 14 6 3 1 1 3   Meadow 3 1 5 3 17   Timber 17 1 5 3 17   Willie Hall, 2 23 100 4 6 9 2 19 7 2   Br. James Wallis, 2 14 100 4 3 9 2 19 7 2   10 60 2 4 2 1 1 9 9   William Dudley, 2 8 100 3 16 1 2 2 11 1 2   52 60 1 1 6 3 1 1 3   Jonathan Hale, 2 5 100 4 8 9 2 19 7 2   25 60 6 12 10 1 4 9 4 2   Col. Leland's timber, 1 4 17   John Downing, 1 18 50 4 15 3 3 3 0 2   (1st Range) 54 60 3 6 1 2 2 11 1 2   Benjamin Morse, 2 10 100 4 8 9 2 19 7 2   13 60 1 9 3 3 4 3   Joseph Meriam, 2 60 2 4 2 1 1 9 9   1 27 100 2 19 7 2   2 6 100 2 2 6   Benja. Morse, jr., 2 24 100 7 15 3 5 2 3   14 60 3 3 2 2 2 6   Samuel Chase, jr., 2 30 100 4 8 9 2 19 7 2   48 60 9 3 3 4 3   Stephen Chase, 1 6 50 5 14 3 16 7 2   (1st Range) 2 9 100 7 12 3 5 2 3   8 60 3 9 5 2 2 6 9   Ebenezer Rawson, 1 42 100 5 2 3   2 11 100 2 2 6   7 60 1 9 9   Timber 12 17   Samuel Sherman, 2 8 100 2 19 7 2   Meadow 30 17   Timber 5 17   Daniel Sherman, 2 54 100 3 16 7 2   1 60 8 6   Meadow 26 17   N. part, 1000 Ac. 400 25 11 5   S part ditto 400 15 6 9   Antipas Holland, 1 13 100 3 16 7 2   2 66 60 2 11 1 2   62 60 2 11 1 2   Meadow 11 17   Timber 4 17   E Sherman jr., 1 30 17   Meadow 30 17   Eben Waters, 1 6 50 3 17 6 2   (2 range) 1 4 100 2 2 6   2 44 100 2 19 7 2   65 60 4 3   Meadow 21 17   Timber 6 17  
AMOS HAGER, Constable. Croydon, March 26, 1784.
Two new CHAISE, with HARNESS complete, Grenada and Tobago Rum, by the hogthead or barrel; a quantity of Sheathing Paper; a small invoice of Cutlery Ware; a new cask of 8, 10, and 20d Nails; large and small Scale-Beams; very neat polished Fire Shovels and Tongs, —
TO BE SOLD, BY NOAH PARKER.
TO BE SOLD,
For ready Cash or short Credit,
A Small SCHOONER about 12 tons burthen, more or less, well found as to ground tackling; the sails and rigging extraordinary good.—She will be sold reasonable. Inquire of Capt. Ebenezer Dearing, Portsmouth.
ALL persons indebted to or that have any demands on the estate of Simeon Marden, late of Brimwood, deceased are desired to bring them in to James Carruth, in Kingston, and Jonathan Shaw, of Brimwood, or Lydia Marden, administratrix on said estate, in order for settlement.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors or owners of land in Northwood, who are delinquent in paying the taxes assessed on their lands for 1783, that unless the same be paid to me the subscriber, at Northwood, before the 12th day of June next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue at the house of Joshua Furber, innholder in Northwood, at ten o'clock forenoon, as will pay said taxes and accruing charges.
SAMUEL SHERBURNE, Constable.
   R. L. Ac. s. d. d. q.     Samuel Story, 7 7 78 4 6 4 1 2   Col. Richard Kent, 12 39 1 2 1 0 3   Uskown, 11 156 4 6 4 1 2   Thomas Moely, 13 156 4 6 4 1 2   George Jaffey, 15 156 4 6 4 1 2   John Allen, 17 81 3 0 3 0 9   Peregrine White, 19 27 1 6 2 0 4   Samuel Peabody, 8 8 156 9 5 9 2 7   Col. Renough, 7 53 2 5 3 0 8   Archibald McPhedus, 10 78 6 0 5 1 7   Benjamin Bickford, 19 45 4 6 4 1 3   Richard Waldron, 22 148 8 10 7 2 2   Mary Sanipsey, 9 12 50 4 10 5 1 5   Moses Stickney, 20 38 1 6 2 0 4   Benjamin Harris, 21 156 9 0 8 2 4   Curtis and Moulton, 26 26 1 6 2 0 4   James Hunger, 31 98 4 0 3 1 0   Nathaniel Sargent, 10 9 139 4 6 4 1 2  
State of New Hampshire.
WE the subscribers being appointed by the hon. judge of probate of wills for the county of Rockingham, Commissioners, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of John Gilman, late of Brimwood in said County, deceased, represented insolvent, do hereby give notice that we will attend on said business on the last Monday of May, and on the last Mondays of the five following months, at the dwelling-house of the said deceased, from one to six o'clock P. M. of each day.
William Morrill, } Commisrs. Levi Morrill, } Jona. Swain, }
Brimwood, May 5, 1784.
TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC VENDUE,
At the House of Mr. Benjamin Lamson, innholder in Exeter, on Wednesday the twenty sixth of May inst. at three o'clock P. M.
A Library containing a valuable collection of Books, formerly the property of a Clergyman—Among which are, Henezy's Expositions, Pool's Annotations, Stackhouse's Body of Divinity, Willard's Body of Divinity, Lock's Works a collection of History, a large number of Sermons on various subjects, Plays, Pamphlets, Magazines, &c. &c. &c. — At the same time and place will be Sold a quantity of very good Pewter, some China Plates, a Clock, China Cups and Saucers, and other Household Furniture.
Exeter, May 6, 1784.
State of New Hampshire.
THESE are to notify all the non-resident proprietors of the town of Packerfield, that have not paid the taxes assessed on their lands in said town for the year 1783, that so much of the following lots or tracts of land will be sold at public vendue on Tuesday the 15th day of June next, at the house of William Barker, in Packerfield, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   N. R. Q. L. s. d. q.     Jabez Grover, 0 0 60 0 4 3   Samson French, 800 1 19 11 3   John French, jun., 42 2 8 1   William Muffey, 1 2 100 5 5 0   Jonathan Blanchard, 50 4 0 3   U. known, 3 5 100 4 0 3   Col. Gilbert's heirs, 100 6 1 1   John Wright, 40 4 0 3   Thomas Davis, 80 8 1 2   John Ames, 40 4 0 3   Charles Rice, 180 14 2 3   Thomas Harris, 5 3 90 6 9 1   Fuller, 5 11 50 5 5 0  
WILLIAM FOLLET, Constable. Packerfield, March 14, 1784.
To be sold by the subscriber, At PUBLIC VENDUE,
On the premises, On Tuesday the first day of June next, at 11 o'clock A. M.
Thirty-two acres of good land, together with the buildings thereon, lying in Newcastle, on Little harbour road, being two thirds of the estate of Noah Sherburne, deceased. Said land consists of mowing, pasturing, and tillage, with a good orchard.
JOHN SHERBURNE, Adminis'r.
To be sold at public Vendue,
On the premises, on Thursday the 31 day of June next, at eleven o'clock, A. M.
ONE half of the House and Wharf, with the Ware-House thereon, in the lot of which Samuel Waterhouse sail-maker, now works: The half of the house fronts the street. — The premises lay the north side of the long wharf.
State of New Hampshire.