The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1791-10-20 00:00:00

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By His Excellency JOSIAH BARTLETT, ESQ. President of the STATE of NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
A PROCLAMATION
For a day of Public THANKSGIVING.
THE Supreme Governor of the Universe having conducted us thro' the changes of another year, it is our duty to come before him and with grateful hearts to acknowledge his goodness, and humbly to implore his protection and favour.
I have therefore thought fit, by and with advice of Council, agreeably to a vote of the General-Court, to issue this PROCLAMATION, appointing THURSDAY the Seventeenth day of November next, to be observed as a day of Public Thanksgiving throughout this State, recommending it to ministers and people of every denomination to assemble in their respective places of public worship, to adore and praise the glorious author of all the mercies we enjoy—with grateful hearts to acknowledge his manifold goodness, notwithstanding our aggravated transgressions—particularly to thank him, that the voice of health is so generally heard in our habitations—for the continuance of peace, and the general plenty of the present year—for the success that has attended our husbandry, trade, navigation and fishery—for the revival of public credit—for the civil and religious liberty which we enjoy, and the means of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge—but above all things, for the good hope the gospel of grace affords guilty mortals.
And also to unite in our supplications and prayers to Almighty God, beseeching him to pardon all our sins, to enable us to discharge the duties of our several stations with fidelity and propriety—that he would bless this State, smile upon the administration of our civil affairs, give wisdom to the members of the Convention, that they may propose such amendments and alterations in the Constitution of the State as shall be most beneficial, and that the people may be able to discern their true interests, and adopt such measures as shall be most conducive to their real happiness—that he would promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and increase of science, continue the blessings of liberty, peace, health and plenty in this and the United States, that pure and undefiled religion may spread its benign influence through all nations, and the whole earth be filled with the glory of the Lord.
And it is recommended, and expected that all persons religiously abstain from all servile labour, and such recreations as are unbecoming the solemnity of the day.
Given at the Council Chamber in Exeter this twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America, the sixteenth.
JOSIAH BARTLETT. By his EXCELLENCY's Command, with advice of Council.
JOSEPH PEARSON, Sec'y ry. GOD-SAVE THE STATE.
MAXIMS.
SILENCE gives weight to our tho't's and importance to our words.
We ought to have one age to acquire experience, and another to benefit by it.
Nothing is more weak than youth; nothing believes it less.
Either speak well or hold your tongue. The first will display your abilities—the second will conceal your defects.
Confident that every friend to virtue, science and the best interests of society and the rising generation, must be delighted on reading the following ingenious, pathetic and truly elegant Address of the Hon. Mr. HOWELL, to the Graduates of the University at Pennsylvania, at their last commencement—It can scarcely be perused without pleasure and advantage by persons of every age, but to young minds in particular, it conveys the most important lessons of life; we therefore give it a place in the GAZETTE.
From the (Providence) U. S. Chronicle.
CHARGE,
Delivered by the Hon. DAVID HOWELL, Esq. to the Graduates on Commencement Day.
YOUNG GENTLEMEN, THE occasion which has devolved on me the duty of addressing you cannot fail to impress your minds with an uncommon degree of seriousness.
Your beloved President, from whose lips you have been accustomed to receive lessons of wisdom, is not here to give you his last benediction—He is gone to the World of Spirits—and, as we hope and trust, to receive the rewards of his labours of Love and of Virtue.
The Patrons of the College could not, however, permit you to bid adieu to this institution without authorising one of their number to address you.
Although I have not a personal acquaintance with all of you, and cannot, therefore, be supposed to entertain such an affectionate solicitude for your welfare as your immediate instructors: yet the part I have taken as an Overseer of your progress in learning, and the former relation I sustained to this College, for many years, as a teacher, awaken in me, on this solemn occasion, the most tender and sincere concern for your future welfare in life.
The pittance of time allotted to a collegiate education, can only suffice to lay the foundation of learning; the superstructure must be reared by the assiduous attention of after years.
This day enlarges you into the world. Extensive fields open to your view.—You have to explore the scenes, and to make an election of the character that best pleases you on the great Theatre of Life.
"Seeketh thou great things to thyself? Seek them not," said the ancient prophet to Baruch his scholar and scribe. An overweening fondness for our own abilities leads us, in the ardour of youth, to portray in our imagination future greatness: Time and experience only can correct the error, and reduce us to think of ourselves soberly, as we ought. Human life is full of disappointments.
A readiness to listen to council is the surest mark of wisdom in youth—"in the multitude of council there is safety." When therefore you are about to take any important step in life, omit not to consult your friends, and let your decision be the result of deep reflection, and the most careful circumspection.
If you wish for prosperity in your worldly affairs, rise early in the morning, and attend to your own business with diligence, punctuality and order—pay a sacred regard to truth and justice—live temperately, and moderate your passions by listening to the voice of reason. Take not the lead in fashions—nor suffer yourselves to be noted for singularity. Discover your knowledge on proper occasions, but avoid an affected and pedantic display of it.
Let the Rights of Man ever be held sacred—a moment's reflection will convince you that others' rights are as inviolable as your own; and a small degree of virtue will lead you to respect
them. He that serves mankind most successfully, and with the best principles, serves his Creator most acceptably. Be cautious of bandying into parties—they regard neither the abilities nor virtues of men, but only their subserviency to present purposes, they are a snare to virtue and a mischief to society—With this caution on your mind, you will never revile or speak evil of whole sects, classes or societies of men.
In the choice of friends and companions, rather aspire to those above you in life, than sink to those below; the former line of conduct will mark a generous ambition, the latter indicates baseness and exility of thought; from the former you are to expect advantages, from the latter an incumbrance. To obtain this object will require the extension of your abilities and the growth of your virtues.
Never aim to rise in life by depressing others—it is more manly to rely on the strength of one's own abilities and merit. Avoid publishing or even listening to scandal. To mention with pleasure the virtues even of a rival denotes a great mind.
Trifle not with yourselves, nor suffer yourselves to be trifled with by others. If you rightly estimate your own merit the world will not long differ from you. Avoid contradictions or soften them. Aim to instruct and entertain your company rather than to divert them with the affectation of wit and scurrility of a droll.
Render to your superiors due respect. Order is Heaven's first law. Nature teaches subordination—society demands it. The best soldiers make the best officers, and the best citizens the best rulers.—Yet carefully distinguish the honors paid to rank and office, from those paid to personal merit; and let the latter be the principal object of your ambition.
Forget not this precious motto—"Nihil humanum a me puto alienum." Consider every one in human shape as your brother—and let charity in golden links of love connect you with the brotherhood of Man—Let your benevolence be broad as the ocean—your candour brilliant as the sun, and your compassion and humanity extensive as the human race.
The brevity and uncertainty of human life should admonish us never to procrastinate the duties of the present time. Of all things our salvation is of the greatest moment. Man is fallen into a wretched state of sin and depravity, and needs a renovation of nature, the implantation and cultivation of the sublime virtues of christianity, to restore him to his true dignity—to qualify him for happiness.—The very natures of GOD and his creatures give birth to fixed and immutable relations between them. These are the foundations of virtue, and as solid as those of the everlasting mountains. It is not possible for man to become happy otherwise than by conforming to the Laws of his Nature—by becoming really and truly such as man ought to be, in thought, word and deed.
The sacred scriptures are to be the study of your lives;—nor let it be thought an employment beneath a gentleman, Newton, Locke, and the most eminent Philosophers studied and wrote commentaries on them. It is a mark of vanity to speak lightly of revelation, not to admire those ancient and sublime books shews a want of taste in fine writing as well as of real judgment in discerning truth. And here let me caution you never to ridicule whatever may be held sacred by any devout and judicious man—If you cannot join with him, at least do not disturb him by your irreverence.
Young gentlemen, it is your good fortune to enter on life in a country peculiarly favoured by the bounteous hand of nature, and blessed with the best government in the world. Your education distinguishes you among your fellows—the eyes of many are fixed on you. Your parents and friends have, no doubt, the most flattering hopes of your future eminence; do not disappoint them. The patrons of this College also feel a peculiar interest in your prosperity, let me intreat you therefore, as you esteem your friends—as you respect the place of your education, resolve to act your parts in life well, and may Heaven strengthen you with grace to do so.
The day is at hand when all of us, whether young or old now, must appear and give an account of our conduct before the Creator and Governor of the world—"that is the day of days, the important day"—as the Poet lays—"for which all other days were made." Time, with all its concerns and enjoyments will then vanish from our eager grasp—Eternity will then commence—and a solemn COMMENCEMENT will that be—your worthy President has gone before you—If you loved him, or if you even love yourselves, let me in the most earnest and solemn manner, call on you to recollect, and imprint on your memory, his pious care over you—his faithful Admonitions, and his amiable example, and to prepare to follow him.
In behalf of the Corporation, Young Gentlemen, I bid you FAREWELL.
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LATEST European Intelligence.
WARSAW, July 18.
According to the last accounts from Petersburg, the peace between Russia and the Porte was on the point of being concluded, agreeable to the wishes of the Empress, by the acquisition of a new frontier place, to the extent of 18 German miles, on the confines of our territory, without any thing being mentioned in the treaty relative to our Republic.—This circumstance occasions us much uneasiness; and to add to it, a number of arms have been conveyed to Kiow, and a corps of 20,000 Russians is assembled in the environs of that fortress, who are certainly not to act against the Ottomans.
LONDON, August 16.
Letters from Toulon mention, that the Algerines are become worse than ever; they pay no regard to the colours of any nation, except to the English, whose flag they never molest. It is confidently reported, that several maritime powers boarding on the Mediterranean, have agreed to join their forces on purpose to sweep the coasts of those vindictive plunderers, who have so long infested these seas, and spread terror to the surrounding nations.
They write from Paris, that the eyes of all are turned towards the frontiers; an attack of a very formidable nature being confidently looked for. This is to be directed by the Prince of Condé, against the department of the Meuse and the Moselle, where M. de Bouille commanded. This Prince will make his invasion at the head of a corps of 7 or 8000 gentlemen volunteers, supported by another body of 8 or 10,000 men levied and paid by the emigrants, and the two brothers of the King.
The terrible fire which consumed the arsenal at Amsterdam, the Dutch are now convinced was not the effect of accident. Each party accuses the other. The friends of the stadtholder declare that the patriots did it to prevent a fleet being sent to aid the French King's cause; the mob have therefore insulted many of them, and orange cockades were never so frequent as now in Amsterdam, since all who appear without them are mal-treated.
MADRID, July 20.
A second decree has been published, relative to those strangers whose occupations do not require them to have a fixed place of abode. The following is the purport of it:
The strangers who dwell in Spain must be Catholicks, and take the oath of fidelity to the religion and the sovereign, before the tribunals, renouncing all privileges as foreigners, and all relation, union and dependence, with and on their native country, promising not to claim its protection, nor that of its Ambassadors, ministers, or consuls, under pain of being sentenced to the galleys, entirely expelled Spain, and losing all their possessions.
This decree was put in execution in this capital the 15th inst. and a fortnight only is allowed for the foreigners to quit their places of residence, and one month to quit the kingdom.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
The proceedings of Thursday and Friday, August 4 and 5, having been limited to matters of but little importance, we shall come at once to
THE FRENCH CONSTITUTION.
Such is the title of the report which M. THOURET presented on Friday from the Committees of Constitution and Revision, with the following short address:
"Last night was the anniversary of the memorable 4th of August, in which the Representatives of the French Nation laid the foundations of the Constitution. The day following, of which this is the anniversary, was consecrated to digesting those precious foundations, and at this epoch it is, that after two years labour, we present to you the Constitutional Act."
The report was read and applauded: And on the motion of M. LA FAYETTE, the Committee of Constitution was ordered to prepare a plan for presenting the Constitutional Act to the most independent examination and free acceptance by the King.
The National Assembly meaning to establish the French Constitution on the principles recognized and declared already, abolishes irrevocably the institutions that injure liberty and equality of rights.
There is no longer Nobility or Peer, Peerage or distinction of orders, or feudal system, or patrimonial jurisdictions, or any of the titles, denominations, and prerogatives derived from them, or any orders of chivalry, corporations, or decorations, for which proofs of nobility are required, or any other superiority, but that of public officers in the exercise of their functions.
No public office is any longer saleable or hereditary.
There is no longer, for any part of the nation, or for any individual, any privilege or exception to the common right of all Frenchmen.
There is no longer wardenship, or corporations of professions, arts, and crafts.
The law no longer recognizes religious vows, or any other engagement contrary to natural rights or to the Constitution.
LONDON.
WHITEHALL, AUG. 23. On Saturday last one of his Majesty's Messengers arrived at the Office of the Right Hon. Lord GRENVILLE, his Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with dispatches from the Right Hon. Sir ROBERT MURRAY KEITH, Knight of the Bath, his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Vienna, and Plenipotentiary at the Congress of Sistrave, containing an account that a definitive Treaty of Peace was signed on the 4th inst. between the Emperor and the Ottoman Porte, under joint mediation of his Majesty, of the King of Prussia, and of the States-General of the United Provinces; and that a separate Convention between his Imperial Majesty and the Ottoman Porte, for settling the limits between the two empires, was afterwards signed on the same day.
AUGUST 26. The secret negotiation which has been for some time past on the tapis between the King of Prussia and the Emperor we now understand to have related to a matter of very great moment. According to our information which comes from very good authority, we learn that the Emperor has agreed to cede to the King of Prussia all those places in Silesia now belonging to him, so that the whole of that fine province, which has caused such a constant strife between the two powers, is now to be wholly in possession of Prussia. For this cession, the King of Prussia is to lend his Imperial Majesty 25,000 men, which are to be employed against France.
That the Emperor purposes to attack the frontiers of France, and endeavour to recover the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, which for so many centuries belonged to the House of Austria, we have now no doubt. We understand that his Imperial Majesty will ground his claim to these provinces on the National Assembly's having infringed the treaty of 1735, between France and the Emperor Charles VI. one of the articles of which was, that the Duke of Lorraine should cede that province to France on certain conditions. These conditions having been broken through by the National Assembly in various instances, the Emperor means to contend that the right of France over those provinces has ceased. Should the Emperor therefore again obtain the possession of Alsace and Lorraine, he would not have made too great a sacrifice in having purchased the King of Prussia's neutrality, and even assistance in regaining those possessions to the house of Austria.
In comparing this information, therefore, with the arrival of the Count DE MERCY in London, we may conclude what is in part the object of his journey.
Although, perhaps he does not come to request the assistance of our Court in restoring the French King, there are other points which are material to be settled with our Minister. Great-Britain and Prussia are guarantees for the observance of the late treaty which restores the Netherlands to the Emperor. It is not improbable, but that should the latter attack the French they may, on the other hand, make an incursion into the Low Countries, and assist the mal-contents there;—and they are not a few. It is therefore necessary that his Imperial Majesty should know, whether the Allied Powers would protect their own guarantee, in case of the latter event.
These circumstances give us room to believe that the Count DE MERCY's journey hither has a reference to the politics of Europe.
Sept. 3. At the trial of the Birmingham rioters, it was found very difficult to obtain Jurors. Twenty of those returned, were severely fined for absence—and those who did act, shewed much temper, to say the least of it. However, the Court were firm; and a sufficient number will atone with their lives, for the enormities they have committed.
American Intelligence.
BOSTON, Oct. 11.
ANOTHER EUROPEAN MOB!
Alias , "A MOST ALARMING, TERRIBLE AND DREADFUL RIOT!" "Which happened at SHEFFIELD, 27th JULY, 1791."
"On Wednesday night, the 27th of July, hundreds of people assembled, and busily employed themselves in pulling down the town gaol, after first giving all the prisoners their liberty. From thence they went to Justice Wilkinson's house, and set fire to his valuable library, but happily the fire was got under. They then set fire to 7 large hay-stacks belonging to him, which were consumed."
"A party of light-horse, which arrived at Sheffield, came to the spot, and in a little time dispersed the Mob, from that quarter; collecting in another place, their unanimous determination was, to pull down the Duke of Norfolk's house, where his steward resides; and before the light-horse could be there, they had broken the windows of the Roman Catholic chapel."
"When the soldiers arrived, they were obliged to fire several times. The Mob then dispersed, and did not again assemble for that night. Another party of soldiers arrived on Thursday, and the justices, constables, and military were very active, and took some Rioters, prisoners. This disturbance is said to have arisen from an attempt which was made by Justice Wilkinson, and some others, to inclose the waste ground about Sheffield."
"At which the lower classes of the people, both at Sheffield, and in the neighbourhood were so much enraged, that their common cry was, 'Liberty or Death.'"
"During these dreadful proceedings the workmen were all in an uproar, and business of every kind at a stand."
"Accounts received from Sheffield dated Friday morning add, that it was reported the out-buildings, &c. of Mr. Wheat, at Norwood-hall, were on fire."
From PROVIDENCE—Oct. 6.
Arrived in 65 days from St. Petersburg, Russia, the ship Hope, Captain Brown—who informs, That before he left that place, advices were received, that the Russian army were within two miles of Constantinople, the capital of the Turkish empire—That 45 sail of Russia line of battle ships with an immense fleet of gallies, frigates, &c. lay at Constadt—that there was no talk of peace—that the account of the Empress being sick was premature—he saw her at the masquerade a few days before he failed.
OCTOBER 15.
FURTHER NEWS
From CAPE-FRANCOIS.
From NEW-LONDON—Oct. 9.
"SIR,
"AGREEABLE to your desire have now to inform you, That Capt. TRYON and PITKIN, arrived this day, from the Cape, after a passage of 24 days; That the embargo still continues—as vessels arrive others that are ready are allowed to come away; That the Negroes continue destroying—putting to death men, women, and children, in general; That the morning they left there, all the troops, including the militia were to march to attack the Negroes; and they heard the cannonade commence. They have had before sundry skirmishes, in which the Whites came off victorious, killed numbers and took many, chief of whom they executed; That the Negroes have destroyed as far to the windward as Curicole, and about twelve leagues to leeward; heard they had destroyed a few plantations near Port-au-Prince—not a word did they hear from Aux-Cayes; That they hourly expected three frigates from Jamaica, with 15000 stand of arms, and what troops they could spare; That the Spaniards sent them for answer, they could not assist them, that they did not know any such people as National or Provincial Assemblies; they knew the King of France; That the Negroes are headed by White people and Mulattoes—two of the former have been taken and put to torture; That they could not tell how many plantations were destroyed—some said 100, others 150, others 200; but they expect ere long to bring the Blacks to their duty again, and then the Lord have mercy upon them, for they must expect no other."
In addition to the above, the Editor last evening received a letter from James Perkins, Esq. resident at Cape-Francois, which confirms the accounts heretofore received of the defeats, cruelties, depredations and force of the Black insurgents. The elegant detail of events, it contains, would almost exceed the limits of a newspaper, we cannot however omit laying before our readers the following paragraphs:
"Sept. 13. A general sortie is intended to-morrow evening. From two to three thousand men will march from hence. It is supposed the troops, under the command of the Marquis de Rouvray, and M. de Fontange, will advance and press the enemy to a point—The main body will probably wait this junction, and then try the issue."
"I am interrupted by public business from pursuing my detail. The General has requested 200 Americans to assist in the sortie—they cannot be obtained; they have regularly done duty in town, and are unwilling to leave it. They have been detained by an embargo until yesterday. The assembly have now ordained, that for every new arrival one of the vessels ready for sea shall be allowed to depart."
"There are about 220 plantations said to be destroyed—The cane patches have been set on fire, and the buildings mostly consumed. The damage is already estimated at the enormous sum of Three Hundred Millions currency!"
"SEPT. 17, 1791."
"Preparations for the grand sortie have been making, and it was expected the army would have marched yesterday to a general attack; but we are again disappointed, and matters remain much in the same position. A detachment, however, was ordered from Haut-du-Cap yesterday morning before day:—They surprized and cut to pieces 300 Brigands sur l'habitation du Nord, without any loss on our part.—Four pieces of cannon were brought off.—Dandon was burned a few nights past, and about twenty people massacred. This we regard as a heavy loss.—Many of the inhabitants have retired into the Spanish territory and others to our Camp at the Morne, which was yesterday abandoned for want of numbers."

"We yesterday presented a petition and effected an abolition of the Droit d'aubaine . I will send you a copy."
"We have no fear in town, and are personally easy."
"The Mulattoes have been in arms at Port-au-Prince, but as the decree of the 15th of May is granted, it is expected they will be quiet."
TURKS AND RUSSIANS.
Peace between these late hostile powers is nearly completed. Russia gains the advantage, receiving from the Turks  Oczakow , and all the country situated between the rivers Bog and Dnieper ; to enjoy the full sovereignty. Russia gives to the Porte , free navigation on the river Dnieper ; and no more; and this is all England and Prussia , can obtain for the Turks . So swears Catharine .
The western territory of the U. States is said to contain 220,000,000 of Acres inferior, in fertility, salubrity and conveniency, to no country upon earth. — What a fund for the future exigencies of our country! May the wisdom of our government keep it from the grasp of unprincipled land jobbers.
Thursday, the seventeenth day of November next is appointed by His Excellency the Governor, a day of Thanksgiving and Praise throughout this Commonwealth.
50,000 Shares in the Boston Tontine , have been subscribed for, by a few of the inhabitants of New-York.
SHIP NEWS.
The brig Recovery , Capt. Dougherty , which sailed from this port a few days since, for Liverpool , was accidentally sat on fire at Mount-Desert and burnt. After sailing, the wind being at E. Captain Dougherty was obliged to put in at Mount-Desert , where, on again coming to sail, a boy in drawing rum, sat fire to the spirits in the cask, which instantly communicated to the naval stores on board, and burnt with such fury as to preclude the possibility of saving any thing but the lives of the crew. There were a great number of letters on board, which were all consumed; and cash to the amount of 17,000 dollars, lost. She was owned by Mr. Dennison , of Georgia .
OCTOBER 19.
A London paper, of Sept. 5, received by the Editor yesterday, furnishes the following article.
BRITISH CONSUL-GENERAL.
"Mr. HAMMOND , the new Consul-General to the United States of America , and late Secretary to the Embassy at Madrid , will set off in the course of a very few days for Philadelphia . His appointment is of the highest importance to this country, as he has it in commission to conclude a treaty, which has been for some time in agitation, of offensive and defensive alliance between this country and America . The outlines of this treaty have been already discussed; and we learn that some very great commercial advantages are held out to America as the basis of it, which will in time supplant the greater part of the trade of Russia with this country."
The British papers received yesterday further inform, That Lord Cornwallis had captured Bangalore , a capital city of India , belonging to Tippoo Sultan, in which were found vast quantities of stores. It was taken by storm, and the garrison were massacred to the number of 4000. The British loss is stated to have been inconsiderable: — That the Russian and Turkish Monarchs had agreed upon an armistice for eight months, in order to give time for adjusting a definitive Treaty of Peace : That the British fleet had been hauled up, and the seamen discharged, except 20 sail: That the National Assembly had not completed their labours, but were steadily engaged therein: That the prospect of an invasion of France , by the Emperor , Prussia , Sweden , &c. thickened: But that the patriots of France smiled at the folly of the foes of freedom, and dared their strength.
Prince KAUNITZ , Prime Minister to the Emperor of Germany , on the 24th of July, informed M. DE NOAILLES ,
that his master, "would not recognize him as an Ambassador , until the Most Christian King was in the full and complete possession of Regal Power ."
FROM MARTINIQUE.
We learn, that M. M. LA COSTE , MACNYTOT , MONDENOIX , and LINGER , the King's Commissioners, sent to enforce the laws for restoring tranquillity to that island, have issued a very spirited Proclamation, in which they threaten with the pains of death , all who shall endeavor to foment , or aid an insurrection, by crying to arms , or appearing armed. This has had effect at St. Pierre —where tranquillity is preserved.
NATIONAL BANK.
Letters from Philadelphia, by last evening's mail, inform us, That the building, apparatus, vaults, &c. for conducting the Bank, are completed—and that it was expected, discounts would be made by the first of November . The Hon. GEORGE CABOT , Esq. Senator from this commonwealth, is mentioned for President.
The popularity of this Cement of the Union —the liberal principles on which it is bottomed—and the respectability of the gentlemen who are candidates for offices in it, must render the institution highly beneficial to the people, and government of the United States ; and must command the confidence of Europeans—whose property cannot be as safe in the confusion which perpetually reigns there, as in this tranquil country.
The military which have very lately been reviewed in this State, Connecticut , New-Hampshire and Vermont , are estimated at 120,000 men, all well equiped and officered.
WORCESTER, OCT. 13.
His Excellency the Vice-President of the United States passed through this town, on Saturday last, on his way to Philadelphia.
On Monday last the Hon. JOHN LANGDON , Esq. Senator for New-Hampshire , and the Hon. FISHER AMES , Esq. Representative for Suffolk district , passed through town, on their way to take their seats in Congress.
On the same day, the Hon. ARTESMAS WARD , Esq. member of Congress for this district, passed through town on his way to Philadelphia; he was escorted from his seat in Shrewsbury into this town, by a number of gentlemen on horseback.
Extract of a letter from Marietta to a gentleman in this town, dated August 21.
"I am happy in being able to inform you that notwithstanding our being almost continually harassed by small parties of Indians, ever since the affair of the Big-Bottom, and our people frequently fired on, yet Providence has so ordered it that only two persons have been killed, viz. Capt. Rogers , and Mr. Keer , both late from Virginia ; and a lad, son of James Converse , formerly of Hardwick , taken prisoner: on our part one Indian has been killed, whose body we recovered, and there is reason to believe some others have been wounded. As soon as the war broke out, several of our out settlements were abandoned, & the people began to erect works for their security, at Marietta , Belleprairie , fifteen miles down the Ohio , and at Waterford , twenty miles up the Muskingum ; and although we have been able to clear very little new land, and a great deal of the lands which have before been cleared we have not been able to plant, yet we have harvested most of our English grain, which was very good, and a prospect of a good crop of Indian corn, sufficient for the settlement. We have suffered considerably in our stock, several horses having been stolen, and upwards of forty head of cattle either killed or driven off by the Indians."
"This unhappy war has involved us in a great deal of expense and trouble, and greatly checks the growth of the settlement. Several people have already left us, and should it continue longer than the present year there is great
reason to fear that the most of the non-proprietors will quit the settlement, as they can obtain no land on which they will be able to establish themselves; and the proprietors cannot employ them, because they, being restrained from prosecuting their farming business, and shut up in garrison, have no means in their power to pay for the hire of labour."
PORTSMOUTH, October 20.
Among a variety of accounts from Cape-Francois , the following has been related: — A widow, who owned a plantation on which there were about 500 negroes, having always treated them with humanity and kindness, on the alarm from the insurgents, these slaves applied to their owner for arms to defend her property—and when the plantation was attacked, they repelled and beat off the assailants, by which means the estate was preserved from destruction. Humanity as well as honesty will be found to be the best policy.
A Maryland negro, by the name of Benjamin Banneker , born of African parents has calculated an Almanack, for 1792, which has been published by Messrs. Goddard and Angel , of Baltimore .
The King and Queen of France are not permitted to speak together without the presence of some National Guards , and they are both obliged to dress and undress before them; and in the night when the guards change (every two hours) they look in the beds of the Queen or King, to see if they are there, and ask Madame or Sir , are you in this bed? And they repeat the question until their wretched prisoners answer, Yes.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this district.
CLEARED FOR Schooner Sukey , Chapman, S. Carolina ENTERED FROM Brig George , Moore, Dartmouth.
FOR THE GAZETTE.
Persecution! Persecution! Persecution! PEOPLE and rulers of America! are you asleep? if not, rouse and come forth to assist a persecuted brother—persecuted by his friends, persecuted by his enemies, and persecuted by every body.—The Champion of Episcopacy has come forth in last Saturday's Spy , and addresses himself to the people of the United States in language quite unbecoming a man of character, and more especially one of his profession. But I would ask what have the people of these States to do with a man that has been an enemy to himself, and why should he look up to them for succour, aid and assistance? Has he not taken the most ungentlemanlike part in scribbling in the public prints, and putting his signature to pieces that are a disgrace to themselves and their author? Has he not in the fiery disposition of his temper bid defiance to any thing that can be said against the rights of Episcopacy? Can any thing be more absurd and ridiculous than what appeared in Saturday's Spy , under his signature? What does Mr. O—— mean by saying that those of the cloth in opposition to himself, "bite like serpents and sting like adders"?—this is an expression from a clergyman—Could any thing look more reproachful from devils, or damned spirits? Is it not enough to raise the indignation of every man, and swear enmity to one of such a spirit? Can there be any thing more intolerable than for a man to advance sentiments like his, at this day? Methinks I hear every candid mind say NO.
CANDIDUS.
Portsmouth, October 19, 1791.
WHEREAS Mary my wife has eloped from my bed and board, and refuses to live with me in the way a loving and dutiful wife ought to,—I therefore caution any person from harbouring, or giving her credit on my account, as I will not pay any debt she may contract after the date hereof.
TRUSTRAM REDMAN.
North-Hampton, October 26, 1791.
State of New-Hampshire.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given to the proprietors of Stratford , in the county of Grafton and State aforesaid, that a warrant has been issued to me the subscriber to collect a tax voted by said proprietors on the 1st day of January last—Said tax is seventy-one pounds, to pay the arrearages of the proprietors debts, heretofore notified.
These are therefore to give notice—that there will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Mr. Isaac Johnson , in said Stratford , on the 21st day of November next, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day, so much of each delinquent proprietors right, lot or lots of land as will pay said tax and legal costs, unless prevented by previous payment.—Said vendue is to be continued by adjournment till all is sold. The names of the delinquent proprietors, with the sum due, is as follows—The following is whole rights, and twenty shillings to a right, except otherwise marked.
 Abner Judson Samuel Averill, j'r  Beach Thomlinson Stephen Curtis, j'r.  R. Hart, 2d, 3d 4th division, 18/6 Joseph Wells  Aaron Hinman Moses Averill  George Boyd Joshua Wentworth  Heze. Thomlinson William Gardner  Agur Thomlinson Joseph Seward  William Barker William S. Johnson  Dan. Judson, jun. 2d, 3d, 4th div. 18/6 Ezrahi. Whitmore  Stephen Curtis, 3d, 4th div. 12/6 W. A. Thomlinson  Truman Hinman Perry Averill  Thomas Towsey Elisha Mills  Renold Marvin Isaiah Brown  Samuel Curtis Nehemiah Curtis  John Wendall Josiah Willard, 2d, 3d, 4th div. 18/6  Heth Baldain Samuel Sherburne  Nathan Wells Daniel Fowle, 2d, 3d, 4th div. 18/6  Elijah Hinman, 2d, 3d, 4th div. 18/6 George Cragie  Nathan Booth John Holbrook, j'r  Tho's Wooster, 3d Moses Little  Jos. Holbrook, j'r. David Mun  Samuel Beers Jose. Thomlinson  Joseph Holbrook George Lewis  William King Jabez Baldain, 3d, 4th division, 12/6  Joseph Barlow Stephen Sherman, 3d, 4th div. 12/6  William Thomson George Marshall, j'r  Jacob Sheaves, jun. 2d, 3d, 4th div. 18/6 Benjamin Parker  Samuel Beard Judah Kellogg  Stiles Judson Daniel Judson  Ebenezer Wooster 
BENJAMIN STRONG, Collector Stratford, Sept. 14, 1791.
THE managers of the
STATE LOTTERY , inform the public, That they are obliged to Postpone the drawing of the Second Class of the SEMI-ANNUAL LOTTERY , for a short time —having deposited a great number of Tickets in the Southern States , for sale—and not having received, as yet, those that are unfold, they cannot comply with the requisition of the Act, for depositing in the Treasury such as may remain on hand previous to their commencing drawing : Added to this, a desire of the Managers to complete the object of the Act, without having recourse "to further Lotteries," they hope will be a sufficient apology for a Postponement, which the public interest has required.
THIS Class will positively commence drawing on THURSDAY the 24th of November next, at four o'clock, P. M. which will be completed with all expedition.—The Managers pledge themselves that no consideration whatever shall induce them to postpone the Drawing a moment beyond that time.
BENJAMIN AUSTIN, jun. DAVID COBB, SAMUEL COOPER, GEORGE R. MINOT, JOHN KNEELAND, Boston, October 14, 1791.
For PHILADELPHIA,
And will return immediately to this Port—
THE Schooner Industry , JOHN SHACKFORD, master, for freight or passage apply to the master on board said Schooner.
Portsmouth, Octo. 19, 1791.