The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1772-10-23 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday Octo. 23, 1772.
Vol. XVII. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
NO. 836 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
The following interesting Piece was designed for our last Paper, but for Want of Room, omitted till this Week—If any more is said on this harmonious Affair, it's requested, it may be more concise, as it will never answer for one Township to ingross so large a Share of the Gazette.
To the Printers of the New-Hampshire Gazette. I should think myself unpardonably guilty of gross Impositions, as also of Neglect to the Interest of my Constituents, if I passed over in silence the Confidence with which Capt. John Moulton of Hampton, in your Paper of the 28th of August has denied his having never refused me my Request of calling a Meeting of the Proprietors of Orford, which occasioned my Application to the Hon. Daniel Rogers Esq; as a Magistrate to pursue the Steps appointed by Law. My being absent in the Country, and otherways closely engaged has prevented my replying to his Publication sooner, in which he reflects on me, to justify his own Assertions, which are really his own, whereas mine shall be supported by such Characters whom I would not dare to make use of if they were not knowing to the Facts, so that the Public may judge where the Falsehood and Imposition lays: It would be necessary to observe that a number of the Proprietors of Orford have long been uneasy, (to use Capt. Moulton's own Expressions) with the remarkable peaceful harmonious Meetings of said Proprietors at Hampton, which were transacted by three or four Persons who called themselves a Majority of the Proprietors, Notified by posting an Advertisement at the Meeting-House Doors in Hampton—At these Meetings many unreasonable Votes passed calculated to serve the Turn of the few present who were in the same Plan, but frequently opposed by Mr. Jeremiah Marston, who saw through the Design; some extraordinary Votes at some of these peaceful Meetings (when they came to be known) greatly alarmed the absent Proprietors at Orford, and eleven of them solicited me to appear for them to oppose such Impositions, and a Notification for another of these Meetings on the 15th June last being posted up, in the same Manner in which many unreasonable things were inserted, occasioned the Hon. Col. Atkinson and Mark Hunking Wentworth Esq; to order me to appear for them and enter their Dissent to any votes that might pass upon Matters notified. I accordingly attended, but very little or nothing was then done, and the Meeting was adjourned to the 22d. because Colonel Moulton could not attend, which Adjournment I strongly opposed, by reason of my being upon Expence 120 Miles from Home. At this Adjournment the Moderator did not attend; and Capt. Moulton (without any Authority) adjourned to the next Day; at which Adjournment the Moderator, (who was Israel Morey Esq;) Jonathan Moulton, Esq; his Son Mr. Josiah Moulton, Captain Marston, Captain John Moulton (the Clerk,) and myself attended, and several Votes passed, to which I objected, but the meeting being again adjourned to the third of August, and it being late at Night, I did not then enter my Dissent but reserved it, for the Adjournment, as there were many other things to be acted upon which I had Instructions to oppose—At this Adjournment I again attended at a great Expence but no Moderator appeared, I therefore supposed
the Meeting to be dissolved of Course, but I found the Clerk, (in his said Capacity) could do any Thing, for he with Mr. Josiah Moulton attended about 8 o'clock, P. M. at Mr. Jonathan Leavitts, and expressed great Surprize to find me there attending. I then together with Capt. Marston objected to the legality of transacting any thing further at that Meeting, but Capt. Moulton first adjourned the Meeting by Order (as he said) of the absent Moderator, until the 10th of August; but upon Reflection and advising with Mr. Josiah Moulton, he being suspicious such an Adjournment would not do, proposed to have another Subterfuge.
Mr. Josiah Moulton and Capt. Marston, each of them refusing to be Moderator, the Clerk thought proper with the advice of Mr. Josiah Moulton to nominate himself for Moderator pro tempore, which he carried on with the Suffrage of his Friend, and adjourned the Meeting until the 6th Day of August. Thus by an excellent Manoevre he supported his favourite Meeting, which is the same he alludes to that was on Adjournment when I applied to him for calling another.—Having Advice the Meeting was dead in Law, I applied to the said Moulton in which I was joined by Mark Hunking Wentworth Esq; to call a Meeting at Portsmouth, at which the Proprietors (who lived there) might attend, he said he would grant it, and when I went to him the next Morning, for the Warrant, he then said, we have consulted and we don't think it proper as there is a Meeting under Adjournment; I replied, I don't esteem that Meeting any longer existing, which was the Reason I applied for another, and I did not know who he meant by we, I applied only to him— He said it was the Opinion of Daniel Pierce, Esq; that calling Meetings in this Manner was preposterous. I left him at that Time, and in a short Time spoke to him again, in the presence of Col. Christopher Tappan and two others, to grant my Request, and give me a Warrant; we told the Case to Col. Tappan, and he replied, inasmuch as I had requested a Meeting at which there were several other things requested to be done, which were not notified in their adjourned Meeting, he did not see how the Clerk could refuse my Request; the Clerk then said he did not refuse it, but said he might chuse whether he would give me the Warrant then or at any Time within fourteen Days before I requested the Meeting to be held, I told him, the Proprietors at Orford lived a great Distance, and I wanted the Warrant to put into the Print, that they might have an Opportunity to be notified and attend, if they thought Proper, but he declined doing any thing further, till he had further consulted, which I knew was only a Put-off, and told him I should take this as a Denial, and would apply to a Magistrate, agreeable to Law, which he made very light of then, but now calls it an Imposition—I left him and got a Meeting notified to meet at Portsmouth, at which the said Clerk and Mr. Josiah Moulton appeared, who then acknowledged that he had Instructions from his Father, to appear there and dissolve that Meeting; When Col. Atkinson, and Mark Hunking Wentworth Esq; came and found only three Persons, who said they represented near all the Propriety of Orford, they replied it was not the Intention of the Law, that any one Person should
have so much Power vested in him, as to carry the major Vote, that they would not act where only five Persons represented a whole Propriety; and having freely given their Opinion upon the Transactions of former Meetings, that were notified at Hampton, they left us, only saying they recommended an amicable Meeting, and whatsoever I did in agreeing upon Terms they would consent to, for they had given me their full Power; but as Col. Moulton was not present, and I knowing their Intentions of dissolving the Meeting without any Regard to the Matter in the Notification let it drop through, but only agreed that we would try to accommodate Matters, as soon as Col. Moulton came from Moultonboro'; upon whom I have been waiting until this Time, but he has not yet appeared, and my domestic Concerns oblige me to leave the Affair unsettled and return Home.
The Public may judge whether Capt. Moulton has not dealt very unfairly by denying me a Warrant, for a Meeting, when he granted one (as he says) per the verbal Request of Col. Moulton and himself, which appears by the Prints to be only eight days afterwards, in my absence, and while I had a Meeting otherwise notified—However, I shall forbear taking Notice of many Instances of partiality in some of these peaceful Meetings, where every Thing went on swimmingly while none appeared to oppose.
If Property is held upon so slender a Tenure as on the Will of a Person who is able to purchase more than Half a Propriety, and by his having a major Vote can grant away Lands for his own private Emolument; though perhaps under disguised Purposes, such a Tenure is the most precarious, for if such a Power is good to grant away an hundred Acres, by the same Parity of reasoning it is good to grant one Thousand, and in short the whole, so that an absent Proprietor may have the Honor of his Name in the Charter, but no Land in the Township: As the legislative Body have made a Law, seeming to countenance such a Proceedure, every Advantage has been taken of it, by designing Persons. But it is evident to every considerate Person that this Law was never meant to alienate Property, but only to give a Person Power to appear and vote in Proportion to his Interest, in such Matters as regard the internal Policy and well being of the Township, of which he was supposed to be the best Judge, as being a greater Proprietor—But I cannot think it ever was imagined any one Person would engross the better Half of a Propriety—I cannot conclude without taking Notice of an oblique Stroke in his Vindication, wherein he supposes Money and Time has been spent to disturb these peaceful harmonious Meetings, which might be employed to better Purposes: I must freely tell him these Meetings were held in such a private Manner, and Votes passed thereat, that lessened the Interest of Proprietors who were then settled agreeable to Charter, that they could no longer sit easy, and therefore urged me, (much against my Inclination) to attend at these harmonious Meetings, which I accepted of only upon the apparent Injury done to those who purchased original Rights at a great Cost, by voting away Land out of their Shares contrary to the express Words of the Charter, which gives to every Pres
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By a Vessel arrived at Falmouth, Casco-Bay, last Week from Liverpool, we have the following Articles from a Liverpool Print of the 28th of August.
W A R S A W, August 2. EVERY thing is at present in perfect tranquility in Polish Prussia. The total number of Prussian Troops, horse and foot, now in Poland, amount to 26,800 men; the Russian troops in the different parts of the country amount to 40,000; and the Austrians to about 20,000.
L O N D O N, August 19. A Council is summoned to meet at St. James's next Friday on some extraordinary affairs, which have been received from our Ambassador at Paris, Expresses are gone into the country to several of the Privy Council to attend.
The exact state of the Spanish marine according to letters lately received from Madrid, is said to be as follows, viz. Seventeen ships of the line at Ferrol, thirteen of them rigged & in commission, thirteen at Carthagena, only eight in commission, 20 mine at Cadiz, twenty two in good order, no mention is made of frigates or men of war upon the stocks.
Saltine corsair of fourteen guns, is stranded near Gibraltar, and all the crew perished.
August 20. Yesterday his Excellency the French Ambassador took leave of his Majesty, and this morning he set out on his return to Paris.
Fordyce's debts, by an authentic list just handed about, amount to 552,000l. of which 70,000l. are called small debts, and 150,000l. debts of honour, being the difference of Stock to have been delivered the 16th of July.
Captain Jones in a few days will receive his Majesty's Pardon. He has promised to leave England, and go to America, where his Majesty has given his Royal Word he shall have an appointment equal to what he had here. He is to leave Newgate in the night.
It is said that a proclamation will shortly be issued, offering great advantages to those people who embark for America, in order to cultivate the country, and facilitate the Mississippi scheme.
August 21. One objection which L. Hillsborough had to the intended settlement on the Ohio, was its inaccessibility to the naval forces of this kingdom if ever the Colonists in part like those of Boston, shall presume to dispute the authority of Great Britain. His Lordship declared himself sensible that the mere refusal of one particular settlement would by no means check the progress of American emigration but to form a settlement which we were by no means able to command, he insisted, was repugnant to every idea of sound policy, and would be productive of very dangerous consequences to posterity.
On Saturday last as some labourers were at work in a chalk-pit, near Sarr, in the isle of Thanet, one of them was greatly surprised on finding three human skulls, (supposed to have been there several hundred years) and in each skull a sparrow's nest. One of the nests, with five eggs, is now in the possession of Mr. Ruckland, at the Half-way house, going from Canterbury to Margate.
August 22. On the 8th inst. was found among the heaths upon the mountains, about one mile South of Cambletown, a prodigious swarm of locusts, which afterwards destroyed all the herbage at Dalintober. And then went off in a full cloud due South.
Yesterday morning early a butcher passing by the house of Mr. Williams, a Pawnbroker at Poplar, going to market, observed the shop broke open, and looking in discovered a quantity of linnen goods on fire, which lay upon the shelves; upon which he alarmed the family, then got a pail, and with 2 or 3 pails of water, he extinguished the flames. Mr. Williams, on examining his shop, found that he was robbed of plate, watches, rings, and cash, to the amount of 170l. Had the fire continued half an hour longer, the whole house must have been in flames. The villains had left a piece of candle close to the linen goods, and a tinder box. The shopbook was so much burnt, that the goods are not legible.
Captain Freeman, who is arrived at Newport, in New-England, has carried in with him part of the crews of three whaling vessels belonging to Boston, whose vessels were taken by two Spanish guarda costas.
The public, in the various conversations which have arisen on the subject of the new settlement in North America, generally confound the Mississippi with the Ohio; whereas the two rivers are very distinct; the first is capable of admitting the largest ships of war, the other is not able to admit a cutter. The first is already a part of West Florida, the last, which is 1500 miles higher up, is in no province whatever, but remains in its original state of nature, if we only except that several English families have emigrated thither on speculation, and taken up their residence, in hope merely of a civil government.
By a letter from an officer in the 14th regiment of foot, dat. at Boston in New-England the 6th of July, to a gentleman in Edinburgh, we are informed, that that Regiment had orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark on a secret expedition, the officers to provide every thing necessary for a warm climate, with tents and field equipage, as in time of war; the destination is a secret, but supposed to be for the Mississippi, to check the encroachments made on the British settlements by the Spaniards. The fleet was to sail the beginning of August.
There is a report, and we only insert it as such, that advice has been received from the Mediterranean, of a smart engagement, which lately happened between a ship belonging to Admiral Dennis's squadron, and a Spanish man of war of 60 guns, in which the latter was sunk.
At the last board of Treasury, money was issued out for the payment of the Government accounts on the civil list in America.
L O N D O N, August 24.
Copenhagen, August 8. By a publication of the treaty concluded between Admiral Hoogland and the Dey of Algiers, we have learnt the following particulars of the late agreement:--- The King of Denmark obliges himself to pay for the Regency of Algiers 50,000 Algerine sequins, (which are equal to 240,000 florins) 30,000 of which are for the renewal of the Treaty, & 20,000 for the ransom of thirty Danish slaves; besides which they are to have 4 brass mortars, and 400 bombs; 40 iron cannon, 20 of which of 24 pound ball, and the same number of 18, and 4000 balls in proportion to their caliber; 500 quintals of powder, 50 large masses, and as many cables; 5000 quintals of small cordage, and 1000 planks of the finest oak. The annual presents to be continued as heretofore. And, lastly, they have released, for 720 sequins, nine Danish slaves, who were the property of some private persons.
They write from Holland, that the Dutch East India Company have presented an ample memorial to the States-General, in which they complain of the encroachments of the English in Bengal; particularly of their engrossing the salt-petre trade, which hath always been a very considerable branch of the Dutch commerce in India.
Letters from Peterburgh say, that the Empress has recalled fifteen Noblemen from their banishment in Siberia, four of whom had resided twenty years in that desert; but so great is the force of custom, that they were obliged actually to shed tears at leaving it.
They write from Berlin, that the Empress of Russia has suddenly recalled her Ambassador from that Court; but on what account is not publicly known.
On Friday last, Ambrose Goddard, Esq; was declared duly elected Knight of the Shire for the county of Wilts, by a majority of 815 votes.
The creditors of Messrs. Neale, James Fordyce, and Down, have a right to prove their debts under the separate commission of Alexander Fordyce if they think proper to present a petition to the Lord Chancellor before his last examination.
Two Vessels arrived at Peterburgh from Glasgow having on board 18,000 Iron Cannon, cast in Scotland for the service of the Empress of Russia.
Two Companies of the Royal Train of Artillery are to be Embarked for the West-Indies immediately after the General Review.
The Islands of Martinico and Guadalupe, Exported last Year upwards of 5000 Hogheads of Rum, Treacle, and Sugar, to Greece, and their other Settlements on the Coast of Africa, on the Trading account.
Extract of a Letter from Saxa-Gotha.
"One John Nicholas Goldsmith, who followed the occupation of a Cowherd, at a small Village called Eichelborn, near Birka, by his own Confession, on the Day of his Execution, had killed several young Lads, and for no other reason but to gratify his unnatural and inhuman Passion for eating Human Flesh.--- He had, for this purpose, a Cottage, not far distant from the above-mentioned Village; near to his house he had a Cave, in which he deposited the Bodies of such Lads as he had Murdered from time to time; here he Cooked, and here he Feasted upon them. But another Cowherdsman who lived near, seeing him incessantly going backwards and forwards, and always with a little Bundle in his Hand, had at last the Curiosity to watch his Neighbour to the Cave of Death, where he saw the Wretch of Wretches carefully lay the Thigh of a newly Murdered Lad down upon a Stone, and then Pickle with Salt. Shocked at this inhuman Scene, the Man instantly attested the Fact, of which he had been an ocular Witness, to a neighbouring Magistrate, who had immediately ordered the Canibal to be brought before him, when the Malefactor, on his first Examination, Confessed the Truth, and declared that he Murdered, of young and old, no less a Number than Fifteen. He was Sentenced to be broke upon the Wheel alive."
A Person just arriv'd from Cadiz, says, that ten days before he left that place a detachment of Spanish troops embarked there on board three transport ships for the Havannah, escorted by two men of war.
Sunday evening a messenger arrived at the Secretary of State's office, with some important dispatches from Sir John Goodricke, his Majesty's Minister at the Court of Stockholm; amongst which, we are informed, is brought a copy of a private treaty lately concluded between France and his Swedish Majesty.
By advices from Spain we learn, that the enrolment of persons fitly qualified to serve on board his Catholic Majesty's ships of war, the number amounted to 22,000, besides those in actual service. More than one half of these registered seamen can be brought to their places of rendezvous in less than a fortnight, & the remainder within three months. By the above advices we likewise hear that the King of Spain has lately given orders for taking a list of all the foreigners settled in his dominions. The intention of this order, it is said, is to prevent the natives from assuming the quality of foreigners, in order to enjoy certain privileges granted by treaty.
Letters from Hanover say, that some workmen digging under the town-house of that city, discovered three iron chests, but the contents were not then known.
Some letters from the Hague mention, that a considerable loan is negotiating there for the King of Sweden; which from some advantageous proposals to the Subscribers, fills very fast.
From the Hague we hear, that Prince Zeartorinsky, his Princess, and two children, have lately arrived there, with an intention of residing there 'till the troubles of his native country shall subside.
Extract of a Letter from Gosport, August 20.
"Two Persons have attended at the Dock-Yard by a Board Order, with two different Chemical Preparations for preserving the Bottoms of Ships from being destroyed by the Worms: The experiment has been tried this Week on the Bottom of the Diligence Sloop of War going to Antigua; one side if her Bottom is Painted with black and the other with a white mixture."
Orders are given for two Sloops of War to be stationed on a Cruise off Bayque Road, to watch the Motions of some Men of War, which it is reported have been Visited there, and are taking Troops on board.
Copy of a Letter from a Gentleman in Publick Character to his Brother in London, dated at St. Jago de Compostella, in Galicia, 10 Leagues from Corunna, July 16, 1772.
"At half an hour past one o'clock yesterday morning a furious tempest arose, which began at Padron, a league to the westward of this place, when was heard a terrible clap of thunder, which was succeeded by a frightful noise, accompanied by a furious shower of hail stones, which immediately broke all the tiles and window glasses of the houses here, insomuch that the damage done to the buildings of this place is reckoned to amount to a million and a half of reals. During the tempest there was a cloud moved northward, which lasted ten minutes in its transit, and carried a globe of fire in its centre that cast out great flames, which made a continual illumination, and caused a light sufficient to have read the smallest print by; but, by good fortune, it all dissipated before it came to the ground."
The trees remain scattered and without leaves, the fields and gardens are ruined, and we are now acquainted that all the Country is destroyed from this place to Carral.
"The smallest hail stones that fell were as big as walnuts, the middle-sized ones as big as eggs, and the largest as big as oranges, and weighed a pound, and some were found that weighed a pound and an half."
SEEING in the papers a short time since, that a monument would shortly be erected to the memory of General James Wolfe, if you think the following worth inserting it is at your service.
FOR GENERAL WOLFE.
To read this monumental verse approach All whom the patriot's sentiments can touch; All whom the ardor of the field can fire; All whom the social virtues can inspire; All whom the sprightliness of youth can charm; All whom the graces and the lovers warm; And weeping read. This monument was built For Wolfe, whose blood was for his country spilt; Britannia's fortune had been rais'd too high, Had Wolfe surviv'd his matchless victory, And brought down envy from the rival sky. So firm the mark of hostile rage he stood, Still giving orders while he gave his blood; But pleas'd, refug'd when ravish'd with the sound, He heard that conquest had his virtue crown'd. Fresh bloom his laurels; they can never die, Water'd by ev'ry honest Briton's eye.
Extract of a Letter from Milan, July 29. The experiment lately made upon two mad persons from the hospital of St. Vincent, has happily succeeded in one of them. After having been taken out of the water, rubbed, and let blood, he was seized with a fever, which at length became pretty violent; but it is now abated, and the patient has recovered his senses. His cure is attributed to the fright at being thrown into the water unawares, and perhaps to the force of the fever, which having put his whole machine in motion, changed the course of the animal spirits, and produced the looked for effect.
N E W - Y O R K, October 12, 1772.
Extract of a letter from St. Martins, September 12.
I cannot omit acquainting you of the severe Hurricane that passed through all these islands upon the last day of August, and from Antigua to St. Croix hath made great devastation. The St. Kitts paper was very erroneous, and very precipitately given, however, St. Kitts and Statia have suffered greatly, at least three quarter parts of the houses on the Hill are destroyed, and scarce one but what is partly damaged: The Bay remained secure, the wind being to the Eastward, chiefly from N. E. to S. E. prevented the sea's rising, and saved the Bay. Mr. Cook's building to the southward of the Bay, and J. Devindt's to the Northward fell; and I hear of no other of Note. We happily escaped in this island. The secretary's plantation in the French quarter suffered very near as much as all the rest of the island together, his loss is about 1000l. sterling. One Toppan of Newbury-Port is here at Simpson's Bay, dismasted. How the shipping fared that put out of the several ports is not yet clearly known; two ships lost entirely at Saba; some are returned, but many yet missing, some of the lee isles will pick them up.
The two register ships lately cast away on Anguilla, and where they might have saved the greatest part of their cargo, had they been justly dealt with, were cruelly robb'd and retarded until another gale came and put an end thereto, whereby the dry-goods were as plenty round the shore as the rocks. They were worth, 'tis said, five hundred thousand pounds sterling, & I believe not one hundred thousand pounds saved by them, exclusive of what was robb'd, which might be as much more.
Capt. Montgomery in 30 days from Barbados, informs, that all the transports with the troops from Boston, had arrived safe there, and sailed again for St. Vincents. He also says, that he lay at Carlisle Bay the 27th and 28th of August, and that only one vessel was drove ashore there.
On the 21st of Sept. Capt. Montgomery spoke with Capt. Brown, from Guadalupe for Boston, who informed him that 18 sail of vessels were drove ashore at that island, and much damage done to the plantations.
Capt. Sweeten from New-Providence, three days ago, spoke with the transport ship Argo, 18 leagues from Long Island, from London for this port, 8 weeks out; she failed from thence in company with 5 other ships for this port likewise.
Last Saturday five Companies of the 18th regiment, commanded by Major Hamilton, arrived at Philadelphia from the Illinois.
B O S T O N, Thursday October 15.
We hear 14 sail of vessels were drove ashore at Cape Nicholas Mole in the late Hurricane.
We hear several Whaleman and Fisherman have been lost in the same gales of wind.
A Whaling vessel, arrived at Dartmouth, we are told, on the 24th of last month, met the Whaling sloop Pluto, belonging to Cushing, John Winslow, late master, in lat. 41 & half, long. 62, bottom upwards. They took out 40 barrels of oil, with the Captain's bed and chest. Same day met the wreck of the whaling sloop King of Prussia, Paul Rawson late master, belonging to Nantucket; took out her papers, a small keg, with the Captain's name cut at large, & a powder horn, with the mate's name. The crews of both vessels are supposed to have perished. About the same time, the above vessel met a Schooner's foremast, with the foresail on it, double reefed; also a Brig's main mast and mainsail.
Monday Octo. 19. We hear by several vessels from Cape-Nicholas Mole that the late Hurricane was not so severe there as at the Windward Islands, only 5 or 6 sail of vessels being drove ashore there, who all got off again.
Yesterday arrived Capt. Hammet from St. Croix; his vessel was drove ashore there in the late Hurricane, but got off again without much damage.
Capt. Jarvis in a sloop belonging to this place was also drove ashore there, and the vessel lost.
We learn from Antigua that all the vessels in the different Harbours there, (with very few exceptions) were either sunk, overset, or driven ashore; even that secure English harbour was not a sufficient asylum for the vessels there, his Majesty's ships Chatham, Active, Sea-Horse, and Falcon were driven from their moorings and suffered greatly, the former lost her foremast, and the others have not a mast standing.
At the small island of Saba, 182 houses were destroyed, and two ships, one a Guinea-man, are lost on the back of the island and all on board perished.
One day last week a cat belonging to a person in this town brought forth four kittens, which were alive; and in twenty-four hours after the same cat brought forth two puppies, though not alive had the perfect shape of puppies, to the great surprise of those that saw them.
Salem, October 20.
The Measles are now spreading in this Place, and it is tho' will be general in a short Time.
DIED.---At New-York, Mr. Mathew Clarkson.
Capt. George Dodge, junr. of this Place, came to Town last Week from Newbury-Port, to which Place he came Passenger in a Vessel from the West-Indies, having lost his Vessel and Cargo in the late Hurricane. Several other Vessels are missing.
Mason, in New-Hampshire, October 14. 1772. This Day the Rev. Mr. Jonathan Searle was ordained to the pastoral Care of a new-gathered Church, and of the Congregation in this Town.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, October 22d.
   Inward Entries.  FROM.      Brig Widows Son, Daniel Evans.  Grenada.    Brig Dolphin, Jeremiah Turner.  Ditto.    Brig Charming Betsy, Joshua Stackpole  Barbados.    Brig Irish Gimblet, James Guppy,  Tobago.    Brig Nathaniel, Samuel Newhall,  Guadalupe.    Sloop Dove, Jonathan Jewitt,  St. Martins.    Schooner Sally, Moses Hale,  Ditto.    Clear'd for Departure  FOR.    Brig Elizabeth, John Hart,  West-Indies.   
To be sold by John Marsh, A Few Casks of Sterling Red Port Wine, And fine old LONDON PORTER, in Bottles, very cheap for Cash.

Tuesday next,
The 27th Inst. at the ACADEMY ROOM in Pitt-Street, will be perform'd the following Pieces, viz.
 1. A NEW PROLOGUE.  2. A SONG.  3. THE DEVIL and the DOCTOR, or, a hint to the College of Physicians; A DRAMATIC SATIRE.  4. An Interlude of SINGING & DANCING, call'd, NAVAL GLORY; or, the BRITISH TARS TRIUMPH.  5. A PANTOMIMICAL ENTERTAINMENT in Grotesque Characters, call'd WIN HER, and WEAR HER; or, HARLOQUIN SKELETON.  6. To Conclude with an EPILOGUE, address'd to EVERY BODY, not meant at ANY BODY, to be spoke by SOME BODY, in the Character of NO BODY. 
The Doors to be open'd at 5 o'Clock, to begin Punctually at 6.
Complaints having been made that the first Gallery was very In-commodious, Mr. MORGAN takes this opportunity of informing the Town, that he has alter'd it as much for the better as the House will allow, in order to do which he has been oblig'd to take away the upper Gallery intirely.
TICKETS at 3, & 2 Pisters each, to be had at the Printing-Office, Mr. Morgan, and the other usual Places.
WANTED on hire by the Month, two House Carpenters, and a Blacksmith, young Men— Any such that incline to engage for 6 or 12 Months, in service to be done at the Island of Granada next Year, will meet with good Encouragement by applying to JOSHUA WENTWORTH. Portsmouth, Octo. 22.
To be Sold by JOSEPH BASS
At his Shop next Door to the Printing Office. The following GOODS at the very lowest Rate for Cash only.
BED Blankets, Coverlids, Quilts, Rugs, Bed Ticks, Mattresses, green, blue Chaney and print Curtains; Mahogany, and black Walnut Looking and Dressing Glasses; a small Quantity of good new Feathers, if applied for immediately, with a variety of other Articles, &c. &c.
Province New-Hampshire, Cheshire, ff.
(Marlow.)
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of MARLOW have been legally Notified, to pay their Assessments on each Proprietor's Right of LAND in said Township, to me the subscriber; and the said Proprietors being yet Delinquent, this is the notice to Notify such delinquent Proprietors that their Lands will be exposed to sale at Public Vendue, at the Dwelling House of Elisha Rayce of said Marlow, Innholder, on the 1st Monday in January next, at 10 of the Clock in the Forenoon, to make the Payment of said Taxes and the incidental Charges arising thereon, unless it's prevented by Payment of the same. Delinquent names are as follows.
   £. s. d. £. s. d.     Ezra Selden 0 8 0 Nathan'l Jones 2 7 0   Benjamin Hilds 2 7 0 Gideon Waterhouse   Samuel Maher 0 12 0 1 3 6   Ephraim Breckway Stephen Nat 2 7 0   1 17 0 Hopeful Crittenton   Evey Rolen 2 7 0 2 7 0   Jonathan Alger 1 12 5 Jared Spencer 2 7 0   Elisha Hudson 2 7 0 Rich. Wibert Esq. 4 15 0   Joseph Clark 0 13 0 Joseph Newmarch   William Lay 0 7 0 2 7 0   Jiles Leas 1 3 0 Capt Geo. King 2 7 0   John Bull 0 12 0 John Bettingham 2 7 0   Samuel Holden Parsons Ebenezer White 2 7 0   0 12 0 Joseph White 2 7 0   John Nelson 2 7 0 William Ayers 2 7 0   Stephen Wilcock 2 7 0 September 30, 1772.   Stephen Clark 2 7 0  
EBER LEWIS, Collector.
A few Tickets in the Harvard College Lottery. (5000 Dollars the highest Prize) to be Sold by Joshua Wentworth, at 6 Dollars each. The Scheme was publish'd in this Paper a few Weeks ago.
[Leavitt's Town.]
THE Proprietors of Leavitt's Town, (so called) are hereby notified to meet at the House of John Leavitt Esq; Innholder in North Hampton, on Monday the 16th Day of November next, at 1 o'clock, P. M. for the following Purposes. 1st. To chuse a Moderator. 2, To chuse Assessors and a Collector. 3, To see if the Proprietors will preambulate the Range Lines in the second Division in said Leavitt's Town; and in Case the Lines are not to be found, to run them out and new lay the Lots, according to the first Survey of said Ranges. 4, To open and repair what Roads are wanted in said Township. 5, To see what the Proprietors will give toward hiring a Minister to preach in said Leavitt's Town the Year ensuing. 6, To see what the Proprietors will give towards building a Meeting-House in said Township, and also provide a suitable Piece of Ground to erect it upon. 7, To see if the Proprietors will chuse a new Committee to prosecute and settle with those Persons who have not fulfilled the settlements they have agreed to make in said Town. 8, To raise by Tax what Money is wanted for the Purposes aforesaid. 9, To chuse a Committee or Committees to represent and act for the Proprietors, in any of the Particulars above mentioned; by Order of the Committee.
September 9, 1772.
{ John Leavitt, Thomas Parsons.
(Orford.)
WHEREAS the Proprietors of ORFORD, in the County of Grafton, and Province aforesaid, have been legally notified to pay sundry Sums of Money, voted and assessed, on each Proprietor's Right or Lots of Land in said Township, to me the Subscriber; and several of the Proprietors being yet delinquent in whole or in part. There are therefore to notify such Persons that so much of their Lands lying there, will be sold by public Vendue, at the House of Lieut Jonathan Leavitt, Innholder in Hampton, in the County of Rockingham and Province aforesaid, on the second Monday in November next, at one of the clock, P. M. as will pay said Taxes and Arrearages of former Taxes with incidental Charges.
The delinquent Proprietor's Names, with the respective Sums due are as follows, viz
   Proprietor's Name Tax voted to be raised in March, 1772.   Arrearages of former Taxes. River Lot. Common Land.     Joshua Towle £. 2 10 12   Ephraim Marston 2 10 12   Edward Moulton 2 10 12   Thornton Watson 2 10 12   Jeremiah Marston 5 2 12   Meseach Weare, Esq; 2 10 12   Mark H. Wentworth Esq; 7 8 12   Theo. Atkinson, Esq; 7 8 12   Theo. Atkinson jun. Esq; 7 8 12   Philip Towle 12   Josiah Dearborn 12   Jonathan Philbrick 12   Jeremiah Dow 12   William Wallace 12   Cotton Ward 12   William Lane 12   Worth. Moulton 12   William Marston 12   Benjamin S. Randal 12   Nathaniel Showers 12   Edmund Mason 12   Thomas Nudd 12   Jonathan Towle 12   John Weeks 12   Jacob Brown 12   Joshua Lane 12   William Smith 12   Jos. Moulton 3d. 12   Jonathan Sanborn 12   Abraham P. Towle 12   John Moulton Junr. 12   Benjamin Batchelder 12   Joseph Philbrick 12   Jonathan Leavitt 12   Nicholas White 12  
JONATHAN MOULTON Pro. Col. Hampton Octo. 19 1772.
The Subscribers being appointed Commissioners by the Hon'ble John Wentworth, Esq; Judge of Probate for the County of Rockingham, to examine the Claims against the Estate of Joshua Beck, late of Portsmouth, deceased, Intestate, and Insolvent, give Notice that they will attend that Business on the last Monday of this and the five following Months at the House of Jacob Tilten's Innholder in Portsmouth, from 7 o'Clock 'till 9. P. M. Portsmouth, Octob. 20  { JOSHUA BRACKET SAMUEL HALE, junr. } Commissioners.
Province of New Hampshire, Hillsborough ss. Oct. 14
WHEREAS his Majesty's Goal at Amherst in the said County was broken this Day, and the following Prisoners made their Escape thereout, viz. JOSEPH KELLY, late of Nottingham - West, in the same County, Gentleman; and one JOHN THOM, late of Peterborough Slip. Whoever will apprehend the said Escaped Prisoners, and deliver them up to me the Subscriber, Sheriff of the County aforesaid, at Amherst Goal aforesaid, shall receive for Kelly a Reward of 100 Dollars, and 10 for Thom.
Said KELLY is a dark complexioned Man, is pitted with the small Pox, is about 5 Feet 9 Inches high, neck knee'd and had on when he went away, brown Manchester Velvet Cloaths very much faded. Thom is a tall Fellow, black Hair'd, and has a remarkable Scar on one of his Thighs. The said Kelly was lately advertised in the public Prints, for an Escape from a Sheriff's Officer.
BBNJAMIN WHITING, Sheriff.
To be sold by RUTH KELLY, a FARM in Nottingham West, sixty Acres of Land and a Wood-Lot, good double House, Orchard, a good forty Foot Barn, and may be cut near full of Hay; plenty of good plow Land also. One third of the Rent of the said Place belongs to a Widow Woman, during her Life; she is old and very infirm, and cannot be expected to remain long, otherwise the Place will be delivered up to the Purchaser, and a good Title given. It will be sold for about 135£. Lawful Money, on Account that my Brother Joseph Kelly is confined in Goal, and has no other Way to be relieved; the Money need not to be paid down, if good Security be given. Any person who wants a Place may enter immediately, and will not complain of the Price after seeing the Premises and Situation. The said Ruth lives on said Premises, near the Meeting House. It will be sold a great Bargain, which it is at that Price, and very soon; suitable for a Trader, and a pleasant Situation. Octo. 14, 1772.
RAN away from his Master Josiah Barker of Exeter, an Apprentice Boy, named Henry Barter, he is about five Feet five or six Inches high, 20 Years of Age, thickset, of a ha's Countenance; he had on when he went away a brown fustian Coat, Jacket and Breeches, a felt Hat, &c. &c. Whoever takes up said Servant, and conveys him to his said Master shall have no Reward, nor Charges paid by JOSIAH BARKER.
TO BE SOLD BY
George Turner,
A few Hogsheads of Choice West-India RUM.
Portsmouth, Aug. 22:
A good COW and Calf is immediately wanted, for which the Cash will be given. Enquire of the Printers.
Imported from LONDON by
John Mc'Masters
and Company,
A General Assortment of English, Scotch and India Goods, suitable to the approaching Season, which are ready for Sale at their Shop on Spring-Hill, Portsmouth, where they give constant Attendance, and will sell wholesale and retail, as cheap for Cash as at any Store in America.
N. B. A large Assortment of Irish Linens of all Sorts from a Pistrareen to a Dollar pr Yard.
Strayed or Stolen,
from the Farm where Abraham Eliot lives on Sunday Night last, two HORSES, one Red, the other Black, about 14 Hands high each. Whoever takes them up, and conveys them to said Eliot, in Portsmouth, shall be well Rewarded.
Blanks of sundry sorts sold at the Printing-Office.

prietor an equal Share of the whole Township, which was to be divided into so many equal Shares—Now how absurd is it to suppose a Purchaser of a full Right or Share, who goes on the Land and settle it as per Charter, can be said to be equally interested when he finds one Quarter Part granted away without his Consent, for his Opposition would avail him nothing, even though present at the Meeting, since the Majority of Votes would carry it (according to the Idea some People have of the Law;) this Occurrence was the only Occasion of my remonstrating against it, by Request of the Sufferers, who will have no other Means than by suing out Wills of severance, unless an Accommodation shall be agreed upon by all Parties, which is earnestly wished for, otherwise more money still , and Time too will be spent.
WILLIAM SIMPSON.
Portsmouth October 13, 1772.
Province of New Hampshire.
Application being made to me
the subscriber, by more than one sixteenth part of the Proprietors of SAVILLE , to call a Meeting—I do hereby Notify the said Proprietors to meet at the House of Capt. Zachariah Foss, Innholder in Portsmouth, on Friday the 13th day of November next, at 3 o'Clock P. M. then and there to act upon the following Matters. First, To chuse a Moderator. 2dly, To appoint a standing Committee to determine where all necessary Roads shall be laid out for the Accommodation of the Settlers. 3dly, To appoint another Committee to sue or defend any Trespases or Encroachments made or to be made on his Majesty's Grant of said Township. 4thly, To appoint a Person to run out the North Line of the Township, with the proprietors of the Township of Protectworth , and to mark out a Road for a Communication with said Township, and to cut out the same of such a width as the proprietors shall think proper, by which the North Division will soon be settled, and such a Road soon become very publick. 5th, To receive the Reports of the Committee for settlement of all Demands upon the Propriety and Treasurers Account. 6th, To appoint a Committee to know the Reason, why the Town Roads are not compleated agreeable to their Contract with Capt. Oliver Corey, and to cause any Obstructions to be removed immediately, as good Roads will forever be a Credit to the Township. 7th, To see what Encouragement the Proprietors will give for the building of a Grist Mill and Saw Mill, as they are very much wanted, and the settlement greatly retarded. 8th, To see whether the Proprietors will hire Preaching for the settlers (of which there is a large Number) the next Summer, or a Schoolmaster which will greatly increase the Settlers, and be beneficial to a Number of poor Children, who are destitute of Schooling. 9th, To chuse a Committee to examine into any Petitions that may be sent in to the Propriety and report thereon for the Consideration of the proprietors. 10th, To raise such a sum of Money by Taxes as the Proprietors shall think may be wanted, for Roads, Mills, & Contingencies. 11th, To chuse Assessors and Collectors of said Taxes, and any other necessary Officers, and to do and act upon all such Matters as may promote the Benefit of the Township.
JOHN WENDELL, Prop's Clerk.
Portsmouth, October 13, 1772.
[ UNITY. ]
NOTICE is hereby given to the Proprietors of the Township of UNITY , in the County of Cheshire, that unless they pay the Taxes which has been assessed on each original Right or Share of Land in said Township, by the Fifth Day of November, next, to Benjamin Huntoon of Kingstown, in New Hampshire, Collector of said Taxes, they may depend upon it their Lands will be advertized for Sale at public Vendue according to Law.
BENJAMIN HUNTOON, Collector
Kingston, September 30th, 1772.
Choice Vinegar for Pickles , by the Barrel or less Quantity, to be sold by SAMUEL BOWLES , opposite the Post Office.
Notice is hereby given, that a FARE , will be held at the House of William Davison , Innholder in Hampton Falls, the last Tuesday and Wednesday in the present Month, October, being 7th and 28th.
[ Relhan. ]
PURSUANT to a Vote of the Proprietors of RELHAN , impowering their Clerk to call a Meeting of said Proprietors upon an Application of more than a 16th Part of said Proprietors; and such Application being made for that Purpose—The Proprietors are hereby notified and warned to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on Tuesday the 17th Day of November next, at five o'clock, P. M. Then and there to act on the following Matters and Things.
1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To receive the Report of the Committee, respecting the building a Bridge over the River Mascony, which they have been to view for that Purpose, agreeable to a Vote at a former Meeting. 3. If it should be determined upon to build a Bridge over said River, to chuse a Committee to contract with suitable Persons for building the same as soon as the Season admits. 4. To receive and examine the Accounts of the Treasurer of said Propriety, who is now considerably in Advance. 5. To see if the Proprietors will vote another TAX for the Payment of what Balance may be due to the Treasurer, and to pay the Cost of building a Bridge over Mascony River. 6. To chuse a Collector or Collectors for the said Tax. 7. To see what Encouragement the Proprietors will give for building a Saw Mill and Grist Mill, or whether they will vote to build such Mills at the Expence of the Propriety, and provide for the Expence of the same. 8. To chuse a Committee to consult with the Proprietors of Grafton , Alexandria , or Protectworth , about laying out a Road through the said Towns to Pemigewasset or Merrimac Rivers , which it's thought will be the most direct Road from Dartmouth College towards Portsmouth , and also, through Hanover to Relhan . 9. Also to consult upon some effectual Methods to forward the Settlement of the Township. The Meeting it's desired may be generally attended by the Proprietors, as it is of Consequence.
JOHN WENDELL, Prop. Clerk.
Portsmouth, October 9.
Sam l Livermore,
and Richard Cutts Shannon,
Having entered into Partnership in the Practice of the LAW , have opened an OFFICE , next Door to the Rev. Dr. HAVEN's in Portsmouth, where constant Attendance will be given by one or both said Partners.
Leather Breeches of all sorts.
Made as neat as cheap & as good as any in New-England by
James and Mathew Haslett, Leather-Dressers, & Breeches-Makers, in Kingstreet. Portsmouth.
TO BE SOLD at PUBLICK VENDUE, By the Subscriber, on Wednesday the 28th Day of October next, at One of the Clock Afternoon, ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED ACRES of LAND in Deerfield, near Pleasant Pond, about 25 Miles from Portsmouth, being the FARM where Capt. John Dudley now lives, which Farm is well situated on a main Country Road, with a good House, Barns and Sheds, and many Conveniences, too many to enumerate in an Advertisement; and as there is a very great necessity for raising the Money for said Farm, it is likely any Person inclining to purchase, will have it at very reasonable Terms: The Subscribers will likewise attend with a Lot Layer of the Parish, on Monday and Tuesday before Sale, in order to shew the Lines of said Farm, &c. &c. The Conditions of Sale to be seen on the Day of Sale, at the House standing on the Premises.
Deerfield, Sept. 24.
1772.
Simon Marston, Patten Simpson, James Page, Daniel Page.
Strayed or stolen from Caleb Robinson's Pasture in Exeter, about 14 Days ago, a small dark gray Horse, 13 and half Hands high, Trotts and Paces, has a Bunch on the left side of his Belly, the bigness of a Teacup. Whoever has or shall take up said Horse and bring him to William Ward, or Duncan Langdon, at Portsmouth, shall be well Rewarded.
To DANIEL ROGERS Esq; one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace through the Province of New Hampshire.
WE the Subscribers who are
Proprietors of more than one sixteenth Part of a New Plantation called Perry's Town in said Province, desire that you will issue your Warrant for warning said Propriety to meet at the House of John Hall, Innholder in Plaistow on Monday the 26th Day of October next at nine of the Clock in the Forenoon to act on the following Articles, viz.
1st. To chuse a Moderator, a Clerk, Treasurer and Collector or Collectors for said Propriety. 2d. To rectify and confirm, or disannul any former Vote of said Propriety, that do respect Taxes or Assessments not yet collected or other Affairs in said Propriety. 3d. To choose Assessors for said Propriety with Power as a Committee to examine and settle the Accounts of former Collectors or Treasurers, and to commit all Assessments for Taxes not collected to such Collector or Collectors as they may think best for completing the several Collections. 4th. To vote such Sums of Money as may be thought proper to defray the Charges for obtaining the Grant of a longer Term for settling said Town, or for other Charges. 5th. To impower the Assessors or some other Persons to examine with Respect to those Persons who were under special Obligations to the Propriety to settle Families in said Town; and to determine how far all those who have settled Families there shall be favoured in the Charges for regranting said Town; and to compound and settle with all those who by neglect forfeited their Bonds or Obligations for settling there. 6th. To choose a Committee to determine what private Ways are necessary to be opened or cleared for Settlers, with Power to lay out or exchange such Ways where wanted, and to make a due Return thereof and also to labour or employ others for making said Ways Passable, all at the Charge of said Propriety. 7th. To see what the Propriety will vote about building a Grist Mill in said Town, by a grant of Land or otherwise. 8th. To direct the Treasurer to demand, sue for and recover all Money due to said Propriety. 9th. To examine and allow Demands or Claims on said Propriety. 10th. To determine what is necessary to be done to finish clearing the Country Road through said Town. 11th To determine and vote a reasonable Allowance for collecting Money.
Lastly to determine the Method for warning future Meetings of said Propriety.
And we shall as in Duty bound ever pray
Enoch Bartlet, John Knight, James Parker, Thomas Noyes, Benjamin Kimbal, Stephen Harriman.
August 29th, 1772.
Province of New Hampshire.
To ENOCH BARTLET, Esq; of Haverhill, in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay one of the Proprietors of Perry's Town mentioned in the foregoing Petition.
Greeting. YOU are in his Majesty's Name hereby required to notify and warn the Proprietors of said Township (in Time and Manner as the Law directs,) to meet at Time and Place and for the Purposes mentioned in said Petition, Given under my Hand and Seal the Third Day of October, A. D. 1772. In the 12th Year of his Majesty's Reign.
DANIEL ROGERS Jus. Peace.
PURSUANT to the foregoing Warrant I hereby notify and warn the Proprietors of said Perry's Town , to meet at the House of John Hall, Innholder in Plaistow, on Monday the 26th Day of October Instant, at nine of the Clock in the forenoon, for the Purposes set forth in the foregoing Petition.
Oct. 3d, 1772.
ENOCH BARTLET.
A Second Hand CURRICLE well fitted with two Sets of Harnesses, to be sold cheap.—Enquire of the Printer.
I propose to attend the 2d and 3d Days of November next at my own House in Nottingham, to receive EXCISE ; and at Pembroke at Samuel Conners, Thursday following, and at Chester, John Webster's Esq; next Day, 2 o'clock P. M. and next being Saturday at Col. Holland's, and Monday after at Peter Abbot's, Kingston, and Tuesday 10th same Month at Portsmouth, at James Stoodly's Esq; and desire the Taverners and Retailers, would meet me accordingly with their Accounts properly made out. BENJ. BUTLER , Excise Master.