The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1791-03-19 00:00:00

Joseph Whipple Esq.  New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful and entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
Mr. PRINTER, The following piece, taken in part from an old neglected book, will be read by many more, if published in a newspaper, than it otherwise would be—it is Jethro's advice to Moses upon the appointment of Judges, by Dr. Hunter.
THE first requisite in a Judge, according to Jethro, is ability. He must be a man of sense, penetration and discernment. Because with the best intentions, a stupid weak or dissipated man, will be apt to err in judgment, either because he is unable to comprehend the cause, or will not employ the necessary time and pains to understand it.
But what are the greatest and most shining abilities destitute of a principle of conscience? they are but a mischievous weapon in the hands of a bad man. A Judge therefore ought to be a man that fears God. A man, not only restrained by respect to the world, or actuated by regard to reputation: these are found feeble and inefficacious in the hour of temptation; these are fluctuating and unsteady, as the opinions, passions and interests of men; but the fear of the Lord, is a perpetual, unchanging motive and restraint; the same in darkness as in the light, the same in secret, as before the eyes of the whole world.
This principle is closely connected with, and indeed it naturally produces, a third quality, of primary importance in this character. A Judge must be a man of truth. A sacred observer of truth, in what he says himself; a diligent promoter of truth and an impartial avenger of falsehood and injustice in others. Even a regard to some of the principles of religion, unconnected with the love of truth and justice, which are of the number of those principles, might be apt to mislead a man. Compassion, for example, dispose a judge to favor the poor man, though he has the worst cause. The all-wise God therefore, thought it necessary to throw in a special caution to this purpose, left a principle, amiable and excellent in itself, should be perverted into a source of injustice; and has enjoined by a positive statute* that the cause, not the person or condition of the man, be considered by him who sits in judgment.
Jethro finally lays it down as essential to the character of a judge, that he be a man who hates covetousness. In which there is a strong insinuation, that where the love of money predominates, the exercise of all other necessary and suitable qualities are likely to be obstructed or perverted; ability, rendered only more dangerous and hurtful; the fear of God lulled asleep; the heart hardened; the conscience, by the strong opiate of gold, reduced to a state of insensibility; and truth and justice hoodwinked, on the tribunal.
WHEREFORE is law; wherefore are there tribunals? They are for "the lawless and disobedient." Make men just, gentle, kindly affectioned; make them Christians indeed, and then war is at an end; the courts are shut up; then there would be no need of judge, because no offender.
* Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. Exod. 23. 3.
A N E C D O T E.
A N Irishman was lately brought before a justice at Bristol, on a charge of having six wives !—The magistrate asked him, how he could be so hardened a villain as to delude so many? "Please your worship" says Pat, I was only trying to get a good one!"
All persons interested in the following Resolve of the General-Court, are desired to call at the Secretary's Office for the adjustment of their accounts.
State of New-Hampshire.
In the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Feb. 1, 1791.
RESOLVED, that the President with advice of Council, give order for the payment of such sums as may be found due to the Members of the Council and House of Representatives of the late Province of New-Hampshire, for their attendance during the two last years previous to the commencement of the late Revolution, at the rate of seven shillings pr. day for each member of the Council, and six shillings pr. day for each member of the House, pursuant to a vote of the Legislature at their present Session for that purpose.
Sent up for concurrence, JOHN S. SHERBURNE, Speaker P.T. In Senate the same day read and concurred, JOSIAH BARTLETT, President. Attest, JOSEPH PEARSON, Sec'ry.
LAW'S of the UNITED STATES.
CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES AT THEIR THIRD SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the 6th of December, 1790.
An ACT for the admission of the State of VERMONT into the UNION.
THE State of Vermont having petitioned the Congress to be admitted a member of the United States—Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That on the fourth day of March one thousand seven hundred and ninety one, the said State, by the name and style of "The State of Vermont," shall be received and admitted into the Union, as a new and entire member of the United States of America.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, February the 18th, 1791. GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. Deposited among the rolls in the Office of the SECRETARY of STATE. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary [of State.]
CONGRESS,
THIRD SESSION. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
TUESDAY, FEB. 15.
SUNDRY petitions were read and referred to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Several reports from the Secretary of the Department of War, on sundry petitions heretofore referred to him, were read and ordered to lie on the table.
On motion of Mr. Seney, the report of the select committee on the memorial of Captain J. Barney, was taken up for a second reading; after which the committee, who made the report, were directed to prepare and bring in a bill to allow a compensation to the said Captain Barney.
The message received yesterday from the President of the United States, on the subject of a commercial treaty with Great-Britain, was referred to a select committee.
A message from the Senate was delivered by Mr. Secretary Otis, informing that they had concurred with the house
in their resolution on the report of the Secretary of State, relative to the memorial of Andrew Brown, of the city of Philadelphia, printer.
The amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, repealing, after the last day of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon spirits distilled within the United States; and for appropriating the same, were read, and referred to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.
The House then, pursuant to the order of the day, resumed the consideration of the bill, to establish offices, for the purpose of granting lands within the territories of the United States; and having gone through the same, ordered it to be engrossed.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16.
Sundry petitions were read and referred to the heads of departments.
A letter was read from the Secretary of the Department of War, accompanied with reports on a number of petitions heretofore referred to him.
A memorial from sundry dealers in East-India goods, was read and ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Fitzsimons, from the Committee appointed for that purpose, reported a bill to compensate Capt. Joshua Barney in consideration of expenses by him incurred in effecting his escape from captivity in Europe, and returning from thence; which, after a first and second reading, was referred to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.
Mr. Madison, from the Committee, appointed to enquire into the administration of the late Superintendant of Finance, made report, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.
The engrossed bill to establish offices for the purpose of granting lands within the territories of the United States, was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Floyd, from the committee of enrollment, reported the bill for the admission of the State of Vermont into the Union; a bill to continue in force for a limited time, the act regulating civil processes in the federal courts; and a resolution of the House on the petition of Andrew Brown, printer; and Mr. Speaker signed them.
The House then took into consideration the report of the committee, to whom was referred the petition of Col. George Gibson; and after some time spent therein, adjourned.
THURSDAY, FEB. 17.
Mr. Sedgwick, of the committee appointed, reported a bill for giving effect to the laws of the United States within the State of Vermont, which was read the first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.
The petition of Joseph Nicholson, late interpreter to the Six Nations in the service of the United States, praying a settlement of his account, was read and referred to the Secretary of the Treasury.
The order of the day was then called for, viz. to pursue the consideration of the amendments proposed by the Senate to the excise bill, in committee of the whole. Mr. Livermore moved that the committee be discharged from any further consideration of the amendments;—his motion was seconded and agreed to.
The House then took up the consideration of the amendments, and having made progress, postponed the further consideration of them until to-morrow. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, FEB. 18.
Mr. Secretary Lear delivered the following message from the President of the United States.
United States, Feb. 18, 1791.
Gentlemen of the Senate, and House of Representatives,
I HAVE received from the Secretary of State a report on the proceedings of the governor of the northwestern territory at Kaskaskia, Kahokia and Prairie, under the resolution of Congress, of August 29th, 1788, which containing matter proper for your consideration, I lay the same before you.
G. WASHINGTON.
Mr. Secretary Lear, after delivering the above message, informed the House, that the President had this day approved and signed an act, which originated in the House of Representatives, entitled an act to continue in force for a limited time, an act entitled an act to regulate processes in the Judicial Courts of the United States;
And that he had approved and signed a resolution permitting Andrew Brown, or any other Printer, to publish authenticated copies of the laws of the United States.
The message and report, were, on motion, transmitted to the Senate.
A message was afterwards received from the Senate, informing the House, that the President had this day approved and signed an act for the admission of the State of Vermont, into the Union.
The House then proceeded to the further consideration of the amendments, proposed by the Senate, to the bill repealing, after the last of June next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead; and also upon spirits distilled within the United States: And for appropriating the same." And having made some progress therein, adjourned.
SATURDAY, FEB. 19.
Sundry petitions were read, and severally referred to the Heads of Departments.
Mr. Smith (S. C.) gave notice, that on Monday next, he would move for leave to bring in a bill, to continue in force an act passed at the first session of Congress regulating the post-office.
On motion of Mr. Carroll, the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, concerning the exports of the U. States, was referred to a special committee, consisting of Messrs. Carroll, Bourne and Sedgwick.
The House, pursuant to the order of the day, proceeded to the further consideration of the amendments proposed by the Senate to the revenue bill; and having gone through the same,
Resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill giving effect to the laws of the United States within the State of Vermont. The committee having gone through the bill, rose and reported it, with an amendment, which being adopted by the House, the bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill regulating the number of Representatives to be chosen by the States of Kentucky and Vermont; and having gone through the same, rose and reported it without amendment: Whereupon it was read a third time and passed.
The House again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill providing compensations for clerks, marshals, and jurors; and after some time spent therein, rose and reported progress—Adjourned.

MONDAY, FEB. 21.
Reports from the Secretary of War on sundry petitions were read.
An engrossed bill to give effect to the laws of the United States, within the State of Vermont, was read the third time, the blanks filled up, and the bill passed.
Mr. Goodhue , of the committee, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, of the 14th inst. brought in a report, which was read and laid on the table.
In committee of the whole on the bill making compensation to Clerks, Marshals and Jurors.
The committee discussed the several sections of the bill; which were so amended as to leave the compensations to arise altogether from the fees: They then rose and reported the bill to the House, which further amended the same. The bill was then referred to a select committee of five, to report a table of fees.
Mr. Madison reported a bill to explain a clause in the act making provision for the public debt—respecting the duty on lead and printed calicoes; which was read the first and second time, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
In committee of the whole on the bill to compensate Captain Joshua Barney. A motion for filling up the blank with 896 dollars, occasioned a considerable debate, and was finally negatived.
The committee then rose and reported the bill to the House with a blank. A motion for engrossing the bill was also negatived.
A message was received from the Senate informing the House that they have passed a bill which originated in the House with sundry amendments.
Some private business occurring occasioned an order for clearing the galleries.
TUESDAY, FEB. 22.
Mr. Sedgwick of the committee appointed for the purpose, reported a bill to make further provision in the law for the collection of the duties on Teas, which was read a first and second time, and referred to the committee of the whole House.
Sundry reports from the Secretary of War, on petitions referred to him, were read.
A bill supplemental to the act for establishing the Treasury Department, was read the first and second time, and made the order of the day for to-morrow. This bill provides for extending the clause in the bill which enjoins an oath or affirmation, from the principal officers of this department to the clerks.
A message was received from the Senate, informing the House, that they recede from some, and adhere to others of their amendments to the bill laying duties on distilled spirits, &c.
The committee appointed to consider and report what further provision is necessary to secure the duly accounting for monies appropriated for the War Department, reported a resolution for the appointment of a paymaster, which was read and laid on the table.
In committee of the whole, on the bill supplementary to the act to incorporate the subscribers to the bank of the United States.
Mr. Smith (S. C.) moved that the first section of the bill should be expunged—and proposed the following in substance, as a substitute, viz. That subscriptions for the bank should not be opened until the first Monday in July next, and that the first payment in the six per cents of the United States may be deferred until the first Monday, in January next; this was agreed to.
A clause to prohibit any person or body politic, except on behalf of the United States, from subscribing within three months from the said first of July, more than shares in one day—was agreed to.
A clause proposed by Mr. Fitzsimons , enjoining the payment of the specie proportion of the subscription at the time of subscribing, and subjecting the subscribers to a forfeiture of the said first pay-
ment, in case the subsequent payments are not made—was also agreed to.
Mr. Madison proposed a clause, in substance, making it optional with the subscribers to pay their subscriptions, either in the three or six per cents, both of the continental and assumed debt—the three per cents at two for one of the six per cents; agreed to.
The committee reported these amendments to the House, which were adopted, and the bill ordered to be engrossed for a third reading tomorrow.
The enrolled bill to regulate the number of Representatives for the States of Kentucky and Vermont was reported, and signed by the Speaker.
The amendments to the bill laying a duty on distilled spirits, &c. which had been disagreed to by the Senate, were taken into consideration. The first amendment to which the Senate had disagreed, respected the limitation of the compensation of the officers to two years; they proposed a substitute, by which the provision was to continue, until altered by law: After some debate, the question for agreeing to the amendment of the Senate, was negatived—Ayes 24—Nays 36. The house then voted to insist on their amendment. The House concurred in the other amendments.
A message was received from the Senate, informing the House that they have negatived the bill determining the time of the next meeting of Congress; also communicating a vote of the Senate in which they request the concurrence of the House, for transmitting to the President of the National Assembly of France, a resolution expressive of the sensibility of the legislature of the United States at the very respectful attention paid by that free and enlightened Assembly to the memory of Benjamin Franklin.
The report of the committee on the message of the President of the United States of the 14th inst. was read the second time.
A motion to refer this report to a committee of the whole, was super-seded by the call for an adjournment—which took place.
For the NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE.
To the ELECTORS of Portsmouth.
Friends and Fellow Citizens,
THE friends to peace and good order have long wished, that your approaching, and all future Elections, might pass off without that confusion and disorder that too frequently arise on those occasions, from the struggles of self-interested and ambitious men to get into office—If men had only in view the public good, without regard to selfish and private ends, the peace of society might still be preserved.
The constitution to prevent the servants of the people from abusing their power, has given them the right of changing their Representatives every year, if they do not do well: If they behave ill , they ought to be displaced, but if they behave well it is against the interest of the public to change them—because the longer they are employed in public business, the more they are acquainted with it, besides it is ingratitude to neglect an old servant who has done his best to serve you; and ingratitude we are told is worse than the sin of witchcraft—In addition to all this, an attempt to turn out an old and deserving officer always creates strife and ill blood. If therefore we would avoid these evils, you should continue your old servants in office, unless they have opposed your interests, and this we are informed is not the case, but that being chosen by the people, they have invariably pursued the interests of the people—they have exerted themselves to encourage trade and tradesmen —they have exerted themselves for the repeal of laws that were against the people's interests—they have obtained a repeal of the arbitrary and unjust EXCISE ACT, by which we in this town have been oppressed for years—They have procured the expence of
the LIGHT-HOUSE to be borne in future by Congress, which will be a great saving to the State and an advantage to this town; and they have prevented any STATE TAX from being laid on your shoulders this year—by which the back country towns will be obliged to pay their proportion of out-standing taxes, which have always before been paid by this town. What more could they do for us, and who before ever did so much?—From this we know, that our old servants have been friends to the people , and if the people are not ungrateful, they will again give them their votes. For my part I am determined to, and so are
200 MECHANICKS.
PARIS, December 7.
You may be assured that some dreadful blow is about to be struck in this distracted country!! Germany has sent to the very gates of France, her slaves to give shackles to the deluded Flemings! Sardinia is recruiting her land forces with great expedition! Spain seems to have made peace with Britain, that she might the more effectually disturb the repose of France; her cabinet was never more busy, nor more mysterious; she continues to increase her army to the war establishment, and the best understanding prevails between her and Portugal, where the same extraordinary movements are taking place; where all is equally mysterious; where the naval forces are on a formidable footing; and where, in short, the unusual exertions wear every appearance of some important event. To give strength to this bold assertion, I send the address of the people of Alsatia to the national assembly, as it was read at the bar last Saturday evening: "Placed on the frontiers of the kingdom, we have every thing to fear from the enemies of our new and glorious constitution; we expect, ere long, to see our foes in arms, but we shall receive them as freemen, should slaves; we are ready to shed our blood in the cause of liberty. We are sixty thousand strong, and an over-match for millions in the pay of despotism! We request twenty thousand muskets, bayonets, hangers and cartridge boxes, with six hundred thousand cartridges."
LONDON, Dec. 7.
The following are the gross sums of expense, as given in by the respective officers, up to the 11th of November, 1790.
  Navy Office £. 2,465,521 8 5   War Office 224,017 2 5   Ordnance office 301,476 3 7 
The Exchequer Bills made out by virtue of an act passed in the last session of Parliament, for raising a certain sum of money by Loans or Exchequer Bills, amount to the sum of £.3,500,000
Money issued to Messrs. Neave and Aislable, for the purchase of provisions for the troops in the East and West-Indies, in consequence of the late powerful armaments £.81,099 15 3
DECEMBER 18.
Yesterday some dispatches were received at the Duke of Leed's Office, from Lord Effingham, Governor of Jamaica, which were brought over in the Recovery, Capt. Woodham: they contain an account of four Spanish ships, armed en flute , putting in there dismasted, and in great distress; they had been out nine weeks and were bound to the Havannah.
Yesterday some dispatches were received at the Duke of Leed's office, from Governor Clark, at Quebec, which were brought over in the Nautilus, Captain Stone, arrived in the Downs: They are dated the 10th of November, and contain an account of every thing remaining quiet, and that trade was very brisk.
The Rev. Mr. Haws, of Box, near Bath, has invented and nearly perfected a very useful piece of machinery for pumping water from a well, by means of steam, and raising it to the usual heights wanted in breweries and manufactory, at a very trifling expence of coal. That the cost of machinery large
enough to raise three thousand gallons of water per hour, by means of half a peck of coal, will not exceed fifty pounds. Also that on the same new and curious principle of power is demonstrable so far increased, by increasing the scale of the machinery to about one hundred pounds expence, as to raise with a proportionate quantity of coal ten thousand gallons within the hour.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 15.
We have had a most tremendous storm at this place, which has done very considerable damage to the shipping. The Levant , from Philadelphia , is on shore. There are more vessels on shore but cannot get their names.
PHILADELPHIA, March 3.
Extract of a letter from London, dated December 22, 1790.
"Yesterday produced the melancholy account of the Maria, Captain Eunson, from Charlestown (only 26 days out) being totally lost and gone to pieces off Biddeford, in Devonshire. The carpenter, mate, and three others of the crew were drowned. Not much of the cargo or ship's materials will be saved. The letters were all saved. For four or five days past Lloy'd books have exhibited many losses each succeeding day. There are two vessels from North-Carolina, besides your Georgetown, viz. the Golden Rule , Atkinson, off St. David's, on the coast of Wales, bound here, and the Newbern , Scott, for Glasgow, off Hoylake, near Liverpool, and many more like disasters are still expected."
Extract of a letter from Ohio county, dated February 19.
"Six men being over the river hunting, and on their return homewards were overtaken (Saturday 29th January) about break of day, the Indians fired on them as they lay sleeping in their camp, and also rushed in with their tomahawks—and what is still surprising, only one man was killed, the other five got off clear, only two of them were wounded, and almost naked; they had to come about 30 miles thro' the frost, to Wheeling, where they lived. On Friday the 11th inst. about one mile from Charlestown, at the mouth of Buffaloe, five persons were killed, and two taken prisoners: there were three taken, but one got off."
Extract of a letter from the town of Washington, in Pennsylvania, Feb. 22, 1791.
"We have sent a man express to Congress, requesting their aid and protection. You may be assured our situation never was so dangerous since I came to this country, with respect to the Indians; they are killing almost every day more or less of the inhabitants on our frontiers, and have declared they would have possession of our town in April. Last Friday week they killed one man and four children, and two young women prisoners, about 27 miles from this town. When they act in this manner, at this season, what must we expect in the spring and summer."
NEW-YORK, March 7.
It is said that the Senate of the United States were to have met on Friday last by order of the President. As that honorable body, with the President, compose the executive authority of the United States, it may be conjectured, that executive business of some importance was then to be concluded.
It is supposed Gen. Harmar will be super-seded in the command at Muskimgum—For, his direction is far from being elegant! Some say that Col. Morgan, our late rifle veteran is to be the man—and others whisper, that Gen. Lincoln lately step'd from Hingham, in Massachusetts, to speak with the President, by his request; what could this be for, is now the question.
In our next we expect to present the last proceedings of the first Congress of the United States under the new constitution; on Thursday last that honorable body constitutionally dissolved—the act for the meeting of the next Congress on the fourth Monday in October next, has been signed by the President.

PORTLAND, March 10.
About 1000 emigrants from Scotland, have lately arrived in the State of North-Carolina, who are justly considered a valuable acquisition to that State.
It is said, that the Committee for the sale of the Eastern lands, have sold since the commencement of the present Session, lands to the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars.
BOSTON, March 16.
FROM PHILADELPHIA,
FEB. 27, 1791.
"We are now near the close of the session—and happy am I to inform you that the most important business is completed.—It has on the whole, been a very interesting session—a great deal of business has been done—and very little time wasted—indeed, a more assiduous and punctual Legislature never, I believe assembled.—The principal speeches have been made on the Excise and Bank Bills—those subjects were interesting and merited a full discussion.—A disagreement between the Senate and House, respecting limiting the time or the emoluments of the officers to be employed, occasioned the former of these bills to hang in suspense for a few days; but a compromise took place on Friday, and the bill is now finished.
"A Bill has passed the Senate to confirm the location for the permanent seat of Government, to the PRESIDENT's proclamation—it is now before the House, and I suppose will pass.
"There is a Bill for raising troops for the Western Frontiers, yet to be finished; if it was not done yesterday. The galleries were shut on the business.—It is said 3,000 men are to be raised—one third regular troops.—We shall know more about it in a few days.
APPOINTMENTS—March 4, 1791.
The President of the United States has appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the following persons, as Supervisors of excise and impost:
For the district of New-Hampshire, Joshua Wentworth; Massachusetts, Nathaniel Gorham; Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, John S. Dexter; Connecticut, John Chester; Vermont, Noah Smith; New-York, William S. Smith; New-Jersey, Aaron Dunham; Pennsylvania, George Clymer; Delaware, Henry Latimer; Maryland, George Gale; Virginia, Edward Corrinton; North-Carolina, William Polk; South-Carolina, Daniel Stevens; Georgia, John Matthews.
Nathaniel Chipman, to be Judge of the District of Vermont.
Stephen Jacobs, to be Attorney of the United States in the district of Vermont.
Lewis R. Morris, to be Marshal of the District of Vermont.
Stephen Keys, to be collector of the port of Alburgh, in the State of Vermont.
Extract of a letter from Londonderry (Ireland) of Dec. 23.
"Yesterday being Market day here, Mr. Cox, the undertaker of our new bridge, now almost finished, gave the people leave to pass over, in order to save them the expence of ferryage. Mr. Cox is an American, and really a very genteel young fellow, much in the estimation of the town's people in general; and as this was the first day that any persons were admitted to pass over the bridge he hoisted the American flag in the midst of it, without the smallest intention to give the least offence. This proceeding was looked upon by every person in a very innocent point of view till about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when detachments from the 40th regiment, under the command of the Mayor, marched to the bridge, and a desperate affray ensued, the American flag flying all the time; the workmen were all Bostonians, who in the very teeth of the magistracy and soldiery, cut, with their axes, the entrance of the bridge open, in order to let the people pass.
"Three Irishmen were killed and a
number of others desperately wounded. Mr. Cox. was soon after taken into custody for commitment.
"During the whole of the action the army fought under the 13 stripes: and what is very extraordinary an officer fired the first shot."
On Saturday last, the Legislature of this Commonwealth, was prorogued to the day next preceding the last Wednesday in May next; then to meet in this town.
Col. JOHN ASHE, is re-elected Representative, for North-Carolina.
We hear from Afton, that on the 2d inst. Mr. John Davis, aged 44 years, went to his well for water. After he had been absent nearly an hour he was found dead in the well. How this melancholy accident happened is uncertain. The well-pole was broken, and part of it in the well, with the bucket. The well was without a curb, and surrounded with ice. He either fell in when the pole broke; or by lying down to reach after it, slipped on the ice, and fell in.
Mr. Davis was found in an erect position, his head being downward, and his feet out of the water, and quite dry. Attempts were made to resuscitate him, but the length of time he was in the water, the inclemency of the season, and a long time elapsing before proper help could be procured, the attempt was ineffectual. He was to have been married in a few days.
LOTTERY.
Yesterday the Semi-annual Lottery began drawing in the Representative's Chamber, in this town. The anxiety of every adventurer—the disappointment of most of them—the joyful hearts of the lucky few—and sorrowful countenances of the luckless many—would afford a subject not unworthy the pencil of a Hogarth, or the pen of a Smollett.
An action brought by Mons. Jamque Nebon, against Mons. Baury de Bellerive, for a libel, was tried on Friday afternoon before the Judges of the Supreme Court—and the Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff, with seventy-five pounds damages, and costs of suit.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 19.
From the following summary of the taxes outstanding and due to the Treasury of this State, will evidently appear the policy of laying no new taxes for the current year, or until the outstanding taxes are collected—as it is a well known fact, that those towns which have been forward in paying have borne the burthen of taxation, while others have escaped—From the following it appears that more than thirty thousand pounds in specie (exclusive of paper) is now due, which added to the money now in the Treasury, and to the sums due on Excise bonds will amount to near fifty thousand pounds.—
Summary of outstanding Taxes from 1775 to 1790 inclusive.
   From 1775 to 1780 inclusive in certificates l. s. d.     1781 in Certificates 185 16 10   ditto in New Emission 186 6 10   1782 in Certificates 1130 15 6   1783 in Certificates 872 13 11   1784 in Certificates 406 19 10   1785 in Certificates 476 3 8   1786 in Certificates 137 11 7   ditto in Indents 619 18 4   ditto in Contin'l Specie 580 4 5½   ditto in State Specie 80 7 7   1787 in Certificates 1698 0 3   ditto in Indents 5270 3 5   ditto in Contin'l Specie 2660 18 4½   ditto in State Specie 691 5 8¾   1788 in Certificates 17929 10 9½   ditto in Indents 12615 0 10   ditto in State Specie 6208 7 1½   1789 in Indents 16158 11 2   ditto in State Specie 5968 18 11   1790 in State Specie 3956 0 6  
N. B. Due for Deficiency of Soldiers exclusive of the above Sums 2409l. 2s. 6d. (payable in Certificates or Notes) as by a separate List filed
with the Account for said Deficiency.
Errors Excepted, WILLIAM GARDNER, Treasurer.
(True copy) Treasury-Office (N. H.) July 31, 1790.
For the GAZETTE.
Fellow Citizens,
BEWARE of W-l-v-s in Sheep's clothing—many will say unto you in that day—Vote for Col. L—— as a Representative, he will accept: but believe them not—they are not his friends; consider, if they who tell you this, have not always been viewed differently—when it might serve him, they never gave him a vote in their lives. They now tell this to dishonor him—to create confusion and mischief, and so serve their own turn. He has lately wrote expressly that he chooses not to be voted for.—See for yourselves—be not deceived—their drift is plain. FAIR PLAY.
The Philadelphia papers are crowded with extracts of letters from the Ohio country, complaining of continual Indian depredations and massacres, setting forth their unguarded situation, begging for soldiers, &c.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this district.
ENTERED FROM Brig Elizabeth, Hooper, England. Sloop Sally, Drisco, N. Carolina.
The PROMPTER.—No. XI.
To the PROMPTER.
SIR, How should I work it?
A. Z.
ACCORDING to what is to be done. If you would do a great deal and do it well, write in large letters and paste up over the fire place of your keeping room, the following maxim of the great De Wit, Pensionary of Holland, do one thing only at a time.
Are you a farmer? keep each kind of work, as much as possible by itself. Don't run to half a dozen fields in a day and work a little in each—unless necessity obliges you to do it. That work which may be done at any time, should be done in winter or when you have leisure. Get wood in winter and cover it—if I see a man, in mid'st of harvest, forced to go after a load of wood, I am sure he has not worked it right. Keep a complete set of instruments or tools. When I see a man running to one neighbor after a fan, and to another after a shovel, I set him down, not only as poor, but as doomed to be poor. His neighbors fan or his shovel will do for the present, but the occasions for them occur often, and how much time and labor are lost in going after them? If you would work to advantage, keep a complete set of utensils for your business—keep them housed, that they may last long; and in their place, that you may easily find them.
Do not run in debt to buy land. Land will not generally support a family, and pay taxes and interest on its value. If you have but a small piece of land, cultivate it well, make it produce as much as possible, and if you can get more than will maintain you from this little farm, lay out the surplus in buying more. If you cannot get more than a subsistence, it is time to think of lessening expenses, or selling out and buying new land. Depend on it, farmers who pay interest, do not work it right.
Never do work to the halves. If you build a house or a barn, lay a plan that is within your power and then finish what you begin. For want of the last half, the first is often totally lost.
Never buy rum on credit, nor until you have laid up money enough to pay your years taxes. Then a little rum will taste good. The man who drinks rum before it is paid for, does not work it right. His appetite runs away with his purse and his judgment too.
A FAT man riding upon a lean horse was ask'd, Why he was so fat, and his horse so lean? Said, Because I look to myself and my man to my horse.
ANECDOTES.
AXCOMB asked a stuttering barber's boy, in New-Haven—Did you ever shave a monkey? No sir, said he, but if you'll please to sit down I'll t-t-try.
THREE gentlemen, by the names of Strange, Moore and Wright, happening to be in company—says Moore, "here are three of us neighbors together, and there is but one cuckold among us all, and that is Strange."—"O! yes, (says Wright) you are mistaken, there is one Moore,"—"Why, so there is, (says Moore, addressing himself to Strange) he is certainly Wright."
Dr. Hill's method of catching Wild Ducks: As communicated to the Royal Society.
TIE to the end of a long string a piece of fat bacon, two inches long, and half an inch thick, let the other end of the string be fastened to a tree, or post; then leave it the whole night. The first duck that comes will eat the bacon, and void it again in a few minutes; it will then be gobbled up by another, and after that by a third, and so on, each voiding it soon after the swallowing, and the string continuing fixed to it, and regularly passing through the guts of the whole covey.—Thus in the morning, a whole string of ducks will be found ready caught; and there needs only the drawing in the string to take them all up.
District of New-Hampshire. By Order of the Hon. JOHN SULLIVAN, Esq. Judge of the District Court of said District of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given that a Libel is filed before said Court by JOSEPH WHIPPLE, Esq. Collector of the District of Portsmouth, in behalf of the United States of America, against five Bags, one Barrel and one half Barrel of Coffee marked B, seized within the district aforesaid, for having been imported into the United States contrary to Law—And that the said Judge has ordered that trial be had on the Libel aforesaid at a Special District Court, to be held at Portsmouth in said District on the first Tuesday of June next.
JOHN PARKER Marshal of said District. Portsmouth, March 15, 1791.
VENDUE
By Adjournment.
NOTICE is hereby given that the sale of land for proprietary taxes in Chichester, is further adjourned from the first Tuesday in February to the 5th day of April next, when said Vendue will be held at the dwelling-house of Thomas Leavitt, innholder in Hampton, at 10 o'clock, A. M. when and where so much of each delinquent's land will be sold at public vendue, as will pay said taxes and incidental charges.
THOMAS JOHNSON, Collector. Chichester, Feb. 26, 1791.
ALL persons indebted to or that have any demands upon the estate of MARY WENTWORTH, late of Portsmouth, widow, deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement to
NATH'L ADAMS, Executor. Portsmouth, Feb. 22, 1791.
The Managers of New-
Castle Lottery hereby inform the public, that the 3d Class in said Lottery, will positively commence drawing on the first Tuesday in APRIL next, at Colonel Benjamin Garlan's innholder in Rye.
Portsmouth, March 14, 1791.
WANTED, an active, steady LAD, as an apprentice to the Printing Business.—Apply to JOHN MELCHER, printer, in Market-street, Portsmouth.
A BOY about 10 or 12 years of age is wanted to serve in a Family.—Apply to the Printer hereof.

Parnassian Spring.
The JUG of RUM.
WITHIN these earthen walls confin'd The ruin lurks of human kind, More mischiefs here united dwell, And more diseases haunt this cell Than ever plagu'd the Egyptian flock's, Or even curs'd Pandora's box.
Within these prison walls repose The feeds of many a bloody nose, The chattering tongue, the horrid oath, The first for fighting nothing loth, The nose with diamonds glowing red, The bloated eye, the broken head!
Forever fasten'd be this door— Confin'd within, a thousand more Destructive fiends of hateful shape Ev'n now are planning an escape. Here, only by a cork controll'd And slender wall of earthen mould,
In all their pomp of death reside Revenge, that ne'er was satisfied, The tree that bears the deadly fruit, Of maiming, murder, and dispute, Assault, that innocence affails, The images of gloomy jails—
All these within this jug appear, And—Jack, the hangman in the rear! Thrice happy he, who early taught By nature—ne'er this poison sought; He, with the purling stream content The beverage quaffs that Nature meant;
In reason's scale his actions weigh'd— His spirits want no foreign aid— Long life is his, in vigor pass'd, Existence welcome to the last— A spring that never yet grew stale; Such virtue lies in Adam's ale.
February 10.
Just Published
By the PRINTER hereof, and for sale at his Office in Mar- ket-Street, for only Nine- pence, though really worth three shillings,
S E R M O N
PREACHED at the opening of the COLUMBIAN LODGE, of FREE MASONS at Nottingham.
By the Rev. JOHN C. OGDEN, Chaplain to the GRAND LODGE of FREE MASONS, in this STATE.
Loan-Office.
THE Subscriber being appointed Commissioner of the UNITED STATES LOAN-OFFICE, in this State—hereby gives public notice to all persons having business at said Office, that he is now ready to enter on the duties thereof.
WILLIAM GARDNER.
Exeter, N. Hampshire, March 4, 1791.
Bills for Sale.
THE Public are hereby informed, that the subscriber has for sale Bills drawn by the Treasurer of the United States (which may be filled up on Philadelphia or New-York, as shall best suit the purchaser) payable at sight —and will be disposed of at par.
WILLIAM GARDNER.
Exeter, March 4, 1791.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors & own- ers of land in the township of Acworth, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1791, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber on or before the 30th day of March next, so much of their land as will pay the same to- gether with incidental charges will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling- house of Mr. Eliphaz Silsby in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. R. Ac's s.d. q. d. q.     Ezra George 1 9 80 2 2 1 1   B. Wentworth 8 9 21 0 3 0 1   Silas Hodges & Jonas Parker 11 9 10 2 2 1 1   Ditto 12 9 85 5 0 2 3   B. Wentworth 9 10 91 2 3 1 2   Ditto 10 10 72 2 1 1 1    THOMAS SLADER, Constable. Acworth, Feb. 22, 1790.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Ackworth, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1789, that unless they pay said taxes to me the sub- scriber, on or before the 30th day of March next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Mr. Eliphaz Silsby, in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. R. Q'ty. s. d. d. q. d. q.     Jona. Hardy 10 7 100 1 0 3 1 1 3   B. Wentworth 8 9 21 0 2 0 3 0 1   Ditto 9 10 91 0 11 3 1 1 2   Ditto 10 10 72 0 8 2 1 1 2   S. Wentworth 16 10 39 0 5 1 2 0 3    THOMAS HILL, Collector. Acworth, Feb. 26, 1791.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Bradford, who have not paid their road tax of one penny per acre, laid on their land by order of the General-Court, for the year 1790, that unless they pay the same to us the sub- scribers, on or before Thursday the 14th day of April next, so much of their land as will pay the same, to- gether with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling- house of Ebenezer Eaton, Esq. in said town, at ten of the clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. s. d.     Theodore Atkinson, Esq. 38 8 4   ditto 51 8 4   ditto 38 8 4   ditto 54 8 4   ditto 96 8 4   Thomas Wallingsford 97 8 4   John Wentworth, Esq. 1 8 4   ditto 86 8 4   ditto 68 8 4   ditto 75 8 4   ditto 80 8 4   John Moffatt, Esq. 69 8 4   ditto 63 8 4   Solly and March 74 8 4   ditto 61 8 4   Joshua Peirce 27 8 4    EBENEZER EATON, } Selectmen. STEPHEN HOYT, } Bradford, Feb. 17, 1791. (6w)
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Antrim, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1789, that un- less they pay said taxes to me the sub- scriber, on or before the 7th day of April next, so much of their land as will pay said taxes together with inci- dental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Mr. Ebenezer Kimball in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   Q'ty. s. d. s. d. s. d.     Col. Packer 50 0 1 0 1 0 4   George Jaffery 700 1 7 0 11 4 9   D. Miltimore 75 3 4 1 10 9 11    ADAM NICHOLS, Collector. Antrim, March 5, 1791.
PORTSMOUTH.
State of New-Hampshire. Rockingham, ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of Real Estate in the town of Portsmouth, in the County and State aforesaid, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, that so much of said Estates will be sold as the law directs, on the 21st day of March next, at Col. Brewster's Tavern in Portsmouth, at ten o'clock, A. M. as will pay said taxes with incidental charges unless previous payment thereof be made to the subscriber.
   £. s. d.     Estate late Stephen March's 1 18 0   Thomas Peverly 0 7 6   Estate late James Stillson's 1 10 0   Estate of Benjamin Parker 0 15 0   Daniel Odiorne 0 9 0   Col. Josiah Waters for the Estate occupied by J. Hallett 0 15 0   Estate late Sam'l Odiorne's 0 12 0   That part of the Estate of Joshua Pierce, Esq. owned by the Heirs of Joseph Pierce 0 6 0   John Rollins 1 2 6  
JOSEPH AKERMAN, Collector. Portsmouth, Feb. 25, 1791.
R I N D G E.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors or own- ers of land in Rindge, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, that unless they pay said taxes to me the sub- scriber on or before the 5th day of April next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with inci- dental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Capt. Solomon Cutler, innholder in said town, at ten o'clock A. M. on said day.
   Q'ty. N. R. s. d.     John White 100 1 8 0 4   ditto 100 5 10 0 3   Daniel Lincoln 10 21 3 0 1   ditto 50 21 4 0 3   Ben. Wentworth 100 12 10 0 3   William Parks 30 6 7 1 0   Miles Knowlton 70 2 6 0 10    JOSHUA WALKER, Constable. Rindge, Feb. 12, 1791.
R I N D G E.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owner or owners of land in Ringe, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1787, that unless said taxes are paid to me the subscriber, on or before the 5th day of April next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Capt. Solomon Cutler, innholder in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   silver. ind. cer. c'y N. R. s. d. s. d. d. u.     John Alofsmor, 50 acres, more or less, being the N. end, 8 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 3    OTHNIEL THOMAS, Constable. Rindge, Feb. 16, 1791.
W I N C H E S T E R.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Winchester, who have not paid their taxes for the years 1786 and 1788, that unless they pay said taxes to us the subscribers on or before the 5th of April next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling- house of Capt. John Alexander, in said town, at 10 o'clock A. M. on said day.
   For 1786. l. s. d.     Martain Ashley, 100 acres 0 12 7   Michael Martain's right 2 1 6   For 1788.   Martain Ashley 0 14 7   Daniel Shatteek 0 14 7   Aaron Coppes 0 7 8   Michael Martain 3 0 6    JUSTUS JEWELL, } Constables. SAMUEL WOOD, } Winchester, Feb. 21, 1791.
MOULTONBOROUGH.
To JOSIAH MOULTON, Clerk of the Proprietors of the Township of Moulton- borough.
WE the subscribers, owners or repre- sentatives in trust, of more than a sixteenth part of said township, do re- quest you to call a meeting of the said pro- prietors, at the house of Mr. Thomas Leavitt, innholder in Hampton, on Wednesday, 30th day of March next, at 11 of the clock in the forenoon, for the following purposes, viz.
 1st. To choose a Moderator.  2d. To consider of the doings of their meetings, September 15, 1788, and of January 29 and 30, 1789, and to receive the reports of the several, or either of their committees that were chosen at said Meetings—relating the Common Land—Land that has been in dis- pute with persons holding under Sandwich Proprietary grant—and on other matters for which committees were then chosen, and to pass any other votes concerning any of the premises which they may find ne- cessary.  3d. To vote to raise by tax such a sum of money as may be requisite.  4th. To choose Assessors, a collector, and other officers as they may also judge necessary. 
JOHN MOULTON,
THOMAS LEAVITT, } Execut r of the Will of Jona. Moulton, Esq. deceased.
PHILIP TOWLE, JONATHAN GARLAND. Hampton, Jan. 1, 1791.
PURSUANT to the above Applica- tion I do hereby notify and warn the a- foresaid proprietors to meet at the time and place aforesaid, for the purposes above mentioned.
JOSIAH MOULTON, Prop r s Clerk. Jan. 10, 1791.
T A M W O R T H.
To JOSIAH MOULTON, Clerk of the Proprietors of said Tamworth.
WE the subscribers, owners or re- presentatives in trust, of more than an eighth part of said township, request you to call a meeting of the proprietors of said township, at Mr. Thomas Leavitt's, innholder in Hamp- ton, on Wednesday the 30th day of March next, at 3 of the clock in the afternoon, to act on the following par- ticulars, viz.
 1st. To choose a Moderator.  2d. To agree on measures for estab- lishing the boundary line, between Sandwich and Tamworth.  3d. To consider and determine on several votes passed at their proprietary meetings, held February 10th, & 14th, and May 12th, 1780.  4th. To quiet certain pitches that have been made, on terms that will be offered at the meeting.  5th. To agree on a method for drawing the lots.  6th. To choose a committee to re- ceive, examine and adjust all accounts against the proprietors.  7th. To raise by tax, such a sum as they may judge necessary.  8th. To choose Assessors, Collector, Treasurer, or any other officers, Com- mittees or Agents, and confer on any other matters they may then think pro- per. 
JOHN MOULTON,
THOMAS LEAVITT, } Execut r of the Will of Jona. Moulton, Esq. deceased.
Hampton, Jan. 10, 1791.
PURSUANT to the above Applica- tion, I do hereby notify and warn the aforesaid proprietors to meet at the time and place aforesaid, for the pur- poses abovementioned.
JOSIAH MOULTON, Prop r s Clerk. January 10, 1791.