The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1789-10-22 00:00:00

New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful and entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Congress-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
A General THANKSGIVING.
By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA.
A Proclamation.
WHEREAS it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty GOD, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favour: And whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States, a DAY of PUBLIC THANKSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty GOD, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."
Now therefore, I do recommend and assign THURSDAY the Twenty-sixth day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States, to the service of that great and glorious being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be: That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks for his kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation;—for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favourable interpositions of his providence in the course and conclusion of the late war;—for the great degree of tranquility, union and plenty, which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish Constitutions of Government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted; for the civil and religious Liberty with which we are blessed and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge;—and in general, for all the great and various favours which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.
AND ALSO, That we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions;—to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a government of wise, just and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations, (especially such as have shown kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and us; and generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.
GIVEN under my Hand, at the city of New-York, the third day of October, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.
George Washington.
ELEVENTH ACT of CONGRESS.
An Act for REGISTERING and CLEARING VESSELS, REGULATING the COASTING TRADE, and for other purposes.
Sec. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, That any ship or vessel built within the United States, and belonging wholly to a citizen or citizens thereof, or not built within the said States, but
on the sixteenth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, belonging, and thereafter continuing to belong wholly to a citizen or citizens thereof, and of which the master is a citizen of the United States, and no other, may be registered in manner hereinafter provided, and being so registered, shall be deemed and taken to be, and denominated, a ship or vessel of the United States, and entitled to the benefits granted by any law of the United States, to ships or vessels of the descriptions aforesaid.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the person or persons claiming property in any such ship or vessel, in order to entitle her to the benefits aforesaid, shall cause the same to be registered, and shall obtain a certificate of such registry from the collector of the district to which such ship or vessel belongs, in manner herein-after directed, which certificate, attested by the secretary of the treasury, under his hand and seal, and countersigned by the collector, shall be in the form following, viz
"IN pursuance of an act of the Congress of the United States of America, entitled, "An act for registering and clearing vessels, regulating the coasting trade, and for other purposes," [here insert the name, occupation and residence of the subscribing owner] having taken and subscribed the oath or affirmation required by said act, and having sworn or affirmed, that he together with [names, occupation and residence of non-subscribing owners] is (or are) sole owner (or owners) of the ship (or vessel) called the [ship's name] of [place to which the ship or vessel belongs] whereof [master's name] is at present master, and is a citizen of the United States, and that the said ship (or vessel) was [when and where built] and [name of surveying officer] having certified to us, that the said ship or vessel, has [number of decks] and masts, that her length is
breadth her depth and that she measures tons, that she is [here describe the vessel and how built] has gallery and head: And the said subscribing owners having consented and agreed to the above description and measurement, and having caused sufficient security to be given as is required by the said act, the said [kind of vessel and name] has been duly registered at the port of
Given under our hands and seals of office, at [port] this day of in the year [words at full length.] And the collector shall transmit to the secretary of the treasury a duplicate of every such certificate so granted. And it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to transmit to the collectors of the several ports of the United States, a sufficient number of certificates attested under his hand and seal, leaving the blanks to be filled up by the collectors respectively.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That to ascertain the tonnage of all ships or vessels, the surveyor or other person appointed by the collector to measure the same, shall take the length of every vessel, if double decked, from the fore part of the main stem to the after part of the stern post above the upper deck, the breadth at the broadest part above the main wales, and half such breadth shall be accounted the depth of every double decked vessel; he shall then deduct from the length three-fifths of the breadth, multiply the remainder by the breadth, and the product by the depth, dividing the product of the whole by ninety-five, the quotient shall be deemed the true contents or tonnage of such ship or vessel. To ascertain the tonnage of every single decked vessel, he shall take the
length and breadth, as directed to be taken for double decked vessels, and deduct three-fifths in like manner, and the depth from the under side of the deck plank to the ceiling in the hold, and shall multiply and divide as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the true contents or tonnage of such single decked vessel.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the port to which any such ship or vessel shall be deemed to belong, agreeably to the intent and meaning of this act, shall be the port at or near which the husband or acting and managing owner or owners of such ship or vessel usually resides or reside: and the name of such ship or vessel, and of the place to which the belongs shall be painted on her stern, on a black ground with white letters of not less than three inches in length.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That no ship or vessel owned in whole or in part by any citizen of the United States, usually residing in any foreign country, shall, during the time he shall continue so to reside, be deemed a vessel of the United States, entitled to be registered by virtue of this act, unless he be an agent for, and partner in, some house or co-partnership, consisting of citizens of the United States, actually carrying on trade in the said States.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That no registry shall be made or certificate granted, until the following oath or affirmation be taken and subscribed, before the officer herein before authorised to make such registry and grant such certificate, (which oath or affirmation such officer is hereby empowered to administer) by the owner of such ship or vessel, if owned by one person only, or in case there shall be two or more owners, then by any one of such owners; namely,
"I, of [place of residence and occupation] do swear or affirm, that the ship or vessel of [take the description from the certificate of the surveyor or other person authorised by this act] was built at in the year or was the entire property of
on the sixteenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and hath continued to be the property of a citizen or citizens of the United States, that
the present master, is a citizen of the United States, and that I,
and [the other owners names, occupation, and where they respectively reside, viz, town, place county and state, or if resident in a foreign country, being an agent for, or partner in any house or co-partnership] am or are sole owner or owners of the said ship or vessel, and that no other person whatever hath any property therein, and that I, the said
[and the said owners, if any] am or are truly a citizen or citizens of the United States, and that no foreigner, directly or indirectly, hath any part or interest in the said ship or vessel."
Sec. 7. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That whenever the owner or owners of such ship or vessel, usually resides or reside out of the district within which such ship or vessel may be at the time of granting the certificate of registry, that such owner, or where there are two or more owners, any one of them may take and subscribe the said oath or affirmation, before the collector of the district within which he usually resides, omitting in the said oath or affirmation the description of such ship or vessel, as expressed in the certificate, of the surveyor, and inserting in lieu thereof, the name of the port and district within which such ship or vessel may then be; and the collector before whom such oath or affirmation may be taken and sub-
scribed, shall transmit the same to the collector of the district where such ship or vessel may be, upon the receipt whereof the said collector shall proceed to register such ship or vessel, in like manner as though the usual and regular oath or affirmation had been taken and subscribed before him.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the surveyor or other person, to be appointed in pursuance of this act, shall previous to the registering or granting of any certificate of registry, as aforesaid, examine and measure such ship or vessel, as to all and every particular contained in the form of the certificate aforesaid, in the presence of the master, or of any other person to be appointed for that purpose on the part of the owner or owners, and shall deliver a just and true account in writing of the built, description, and measurement of every such ship or vessel as are specified in the form of the certificate above recited, to the person authorised as aforesaid, to make such registry and grant such certificate thereof; and the said master or other person attending on the part of the owner or owners, is hereby required to sign his name also to the certificate of the surveying or examining officer, or other person duly appointed, in testimony of the truth thereof, provided such master or other person, shall agree to the several particulars therein set forth and described.
Sec. 9 And be it further enacted, That when the certificate of registry aforesaid shall be granted, sufficient security by bond, shall be given to the collector in behalf of the United States, by the master and owner or owners, or by some other person or persons on his, her, or their behalf, such security to be approved of by the collector, in the penalties following, that is to say; if such ship or vessel shall be above the burthen of fifteen, and not exceeding fifty tons in the penalty of four hundred dollars, if exceeding the burthen of fifty tons and not exceeding one hundred tons in the penalty of eight hundred dollars, if exceeding the burthen of one hundred tons, and not exceeding two hundred tons, in the penalty of twelve hundred dollars, if exceeding the burthen of two hundred tons, and not exceeding three hundred tons, in the penalty of sixteen hundred dollars, and if exceeding the burthen of three hundred tons, in the penalty of two thousand dollars. And the condition of every such bond shall be, that such certificate shall not be sold, lent, or otherwise disposed of to any person or persons whomsoever, and that the same shall be solely used for the ship or vessel to which it is granted, and that in case such ship or vessel shall be lost or taken by an enemy, burnt, or broken up, or otherwise prevented from returning to the port to which she belongs, the certificate, if preserved, shall be delivered up within three months after the arrival of the master in any port or place in the United States, to the collector of the district where he shall arrive; and that if any foreigner, or any person or persons for his use and benefit, shall purchase or otherwise become entitled to the whole or any part or share of, or interest in such ship or vessel, and the same shall be within any district of the United States, in such case the certificate of registry shall, within seven days after such purchase or transfer of property in such ship or vessel, be delivered to the collector of the said district; and in case such ship or vessel shall be in any foreign port or place, or at sea when such transfer of interest or property shall take place, the said master shall, within eight days after his arrival in any port or place within the United States, deliver up the said certificate to the collector of the district where he shall arrive; and all the certificates so delivered up,

shall be forthwith transmitted by the secretary to the collector of the treasury to be cancelled.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted , That whenever any ship or vessel registered in conformity with this act, shall in whole or in part be sold or transferred to a citizen or citizens of the United States, the former certificate of registry shall be delivered up to the collector, and by him without delay transmitted to the secretary of the treasury to be cancelled, and such ship or vessel shall be registered anew by her former name, and a certificate thereof shall be granted in like manner as herein before directed.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted , That whenever any such ship or vessel shall in whole or in part be sold or transferred to any other person or persons, the certificate of the registry of every such ship or vessel, shall be recited at length in the instrument of transfer or sale thereof, and in default thereof, such instrument of sale or transfer shall be void, and such ship or vessel, shall not be deemed or denominated a ship or vessel entitled to any of the benefits or advantages of a ship or vessel of the United States.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted , That whenever the master or other person, having the charge or command of any ship or vessel registered in manner herein before directed, shall be changed, the master or owner of such ship or vessel, shall deliver to the collector of the district where such change shall take place, the certificate of registry of such ship or vessel, who shall thereon endorse and subscribe a memorandum of such change, and forthwith give notice of the same to the collector of the district where such ship or vessel was last registered pursuant to this act, who shall likewise make a memorandum of the same in the book of registers, and transmit a copy thereof to the secretary of the treasury.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted , That if the certificate of registry of any ship or vessel shall be lost or destroyed, the master or other person having charge of the said ship or vessel, may make oath or affirmation before the collector of the district where such ship or vessel may arrive, who is hereby authorised to administer the same in the words and form following:—
“I, _____ being master, or having charge of the ship or vessel called the _____ do swear, or affirm, that the said ship or vessel hath been, as I verily believe, registered according to law by the name of _____ and that a certificate thereof was granted at the port of _____ but that the same is lost or destroyed (as the case may be) and that the same if found again, and comes again within my power, shall be delivered up to the collector of the port where it was granted; and that the master of said ship or vessel is a citizen of the United States; and that the said ship or vessel is, as I believe, the entire property of a citizen or citizens of the United States, and that no foreigner has, to my knowledge and belief, any property or interest therein;” and the said oath or affirmation shall be filed in the office of the said collector before whom it was made, who is hereby required to register the said vessel anew by her former name, and take the security in manner herein before directed, and deliver the certificate of such registry to the owner or owners, if residing within his district, or if not resident there, to the master or other person having charge of said ship or vessel, that such certificate of registry is granted in pursuance of this act, instead of a former certificate of registry, which appears by such proof as this act requires to be lost; and such certificate of registry shall have the same effect with the original, and the said collector shall, within three months, transmit a duplicate of the said certificate to the secretary of the treasury, to be registered in his office, who shall notify the collector, who granted the certificate which was lost or destroyed, of the same, who is hereby required to cause a memorandum thereof to be made in his book of registers.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted , That if any ship or vessel, after having been re-
gistered in pursuance of this act, shall in any manner whatever, be altered in form or burthen, by being lengthened or built upon, or from one denomination to another, by the mode or method of rigging or fitting, in such case, such vessel shall be registered anew by her former name in manner herein before directed, as soon as she returns to the port to which she belongs, or to any other port in which she may be lawfully registered by virtue of this act, otherwise such ship or vessel shall not be deemed and considered as a ship or vessel of the United States.
(To be concluded in our next.)
WILMINGTON, (N. C.) Sept. 10.
The amendments in the constitution of the United States, proposed by Congress, will undoubtedly satisfy the minds of all its enemies. Not a door is left open for complaint, should the amendments be ratified by three fourths of the legislatures of the several States. Every friend of the Union may now with pleasure anticipate the adoption of the Constitution by this State, and of its again becoming one of its members.
NEW-LONDON, Oct. 16. Substance of a Protest of Stephen Waterous, late master of the sloop Rebecca, of Baltimore.
Captain Waterous failed from St. Martins with a cargo consisting of salt, wine, almonds and dry goods—bound to Baltimore. In latitude 19 30 N. long. 64 00 W. on the first day of Aug. and the 2d day after he failed—the sloop sprang a leak, and the wind being far to the southward they concluded to bear away for Turks-Island—and employed all hands in heaving out salt and other goods which promoted her sinking—They continued pumping and lighting the sloop till the next day at noon—when she overset and was under water. The master and crew, together with the owner, who was also on board, continued on the wreck about four hours—when having got their boat free from water they took to her, being without oars, provision, water and compass, and in the night passed by Turks-Island—in this distressing situation they remained three days. On the 6th of August they made the Grand Caucus, and about noon endeavoured to get in;—but it being surrounded with a reef, the wind blowing, directly on, and a great sea going they thought it impracticable, and were deterred from the attempt and put off again; but a little after sun-set—fearing the consequences of the night they attempted to get on shore, and in passing the reef, the surf ran so high that in the hollow of a sea the boat struck and overset; by which misfortune they were all thrown out, and the owner, Mr. Le Gros and one of the hands were drowned; the others, six in number held to the boat—and after being five or six hours in the water reached shore; from whence in three weeks the master got a passage to Turks-Island, from thence to Cape Francois where he arrived the 8th September—and the next day took passage for Rhode-Island.
HARTFORD, Oct. 12. Last Friday the following melancholy accident happened at West-Hartford—A son of Mr. Allyn Steel, of about ten years old, fell from the horse, as they were grinding apples, the wheel of the mill passed over his head, and instantly put an end to his life.
RICHMOND, Sept. 17. Thursday last Hugh Shavers from this city, for house breaking, and John Woodram from Goochland, for horse stealing, were brought to the bar of this district court, and had sentence of death passed on them by the judge of the said court, who recommended them to the executive as objects of State mercy.
PHILADELPHIA, October 1. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Ireland.
“During the months of May and June last, nine or ten American vessels have failed from Belfast, Newry and Derry, chiefly bound to the Delaware and New-York, and took with them upwards of two thousand emigrants from the North
of Ireland, almost the whole of them first advancing their passage money, and not going out as redemptioners, as was heretofore the case—Many hundred useful artisans and tradesmen went in these vessels; and such was the ardor of the people of the north of Ireland to get to America, that there was a great overflow of each ship, and some were even disappointed in getting passages for want of more American vessels to take them, for it is a well known fact they will not go out in any Irish vessel, or with an Irish captain when an American offers, from a supposed better treatment from the latter.
NEW-YORK, Sept. 26. Extract of a letter from St. John's Newfoundland, dated July 22.
“Last week were landed on our coast, 102 men, and 10 or 12 women, convicts. They were shipped at Dublin for Botany Bay, and ordered to join the convoy at Plymouth. Such miserable ill-looking wretches you never beheld; some highwaymen, some murderers, &c. They are going to be secured till our governor arrives, who is expected daily.—It is supposed they have run away with the vessel; or that the Captain landed them to get rid of such rubbish, and is gone off.”
PROVIDENCE, October 3.
Wednesday morning last, the brig Esther, Capt. Coffin, arrived here in fifty days from L'Orient. He left that port the 11th of August, when perfect tranquility and order were restored in France. The portrait of Mr. Neckar had been carried in triumph through the streets of L'Orient, by the most respectable inhabitants, and placed in the town-hall. A Constitution it was expected would be established agreeable to the wishes of the people. Lettres de Cachet were to be abolished, and the benefits of the English writ of Habeas Corpus introduced. The Harvest had so far failed in Brittany, that it was expected that there would not be more than half crops.
Oct. 10. Monday Night last the Powder-Magazine in this Town was broke open, and two casks of Powder carried off the Property of the United States.—The same night a Joiner's shop and the Cabin of a Sloop, were broke open; from the former some Tools were taken.—And on Wednesday Night a Shop was broke, and robbed of sundry Articles.
The following STORY used to be told by that illustrious Prince, King George I at his time of relaxation from business, and unbending from regal concerns.
ABOUT the year 1615, there was a Nobleman in Germany, whose daughter was courted by young Lord _____. When he had made such progress in this affair as is usual by the interposition of friends, the old Lord had a conference with him, asking him, how he intended, if he married his daughter, to maintain her? He answered, equal to her quality.—To which the father replied, that was no answer to his question; he desired again to know, what he had to maintain her with? To which the young Lord then answered, he hoped that was no question, for his inheritance was as public as his name. The old Lord owned his professions to be great, but still asked if he had nothing more secure than land, wherewith to maintain his daughter? The question was strange; but ended in this, that the father of the young lady gave his positive resolve never to marry his daughter, though his heir, and who would have such great estates, but to a man who had a manual trade , by which he might subsist, if driven from his own country. The young Lord was master of none at present; but rather than lose his mistress, he requested only a year's time, in which he promised to acquire one; in order to which he got a basket-maker the most ingenious he could meet with, and in six months became master of his trade of basket-making, with greater improvements than even his teacher himself, and as a proof of his ingenuity and extraordinary proficiency in so short a time, he brought to his young lady a piece of workmanship of his own performance, being a white twig basket,
which, for many years after became a general fashion among the ladies, by the name of dropping baskets , and brought into England from Germany and Holland. To complete the singularity of this relation, it happened some years after this nobleman's marriage, that he and his father-in-law sharing the misfortunes of the wars of the Palatinate, were driven naked out of their estates; and in Holland, for some years, did this young Lord maintain both his father-in-law and his own family, by making baskets of white twigs, to such an unparalleled excellency as none could attain; and it is from this German Lord that the Hollanders derive those curiosities of twig work that are still made in the United Provinces.
To the honourable MOSES DOW, Esq. one of the justices of the peace and of the quorum, throughout the state of New-Hampshire.—
THE subscribers, proprietors and owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of Bath, in the county of Grafton, and state of New-Hampshire, request you to call a meeting of the proprietors of said township, to be holden at the dwelling-house of Col. Ebenezer Sandborn, in said town, on Wednesday, the 25th of November next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, to vote and act on the following articles, viz.
1st. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
2d. To choose a proprietor's clerk, assessors, collector, and such other officers as occasion may require.
3d. To appoint a committee to receive and examine the pretentions or title the settlers or inhabitants set up to the lots they have pitched, settled, or live upon, to state facts, and report their opinion, which and how many of said pitches, and settlements ought to be confirmed.
4th. To agree and determine upon some method for drawing or appropriating the lots that have not been pitched, in such way and manner as to give the proprietors who have not made pitches an equitable chance with others.
5th. To appoint a committee to adjust and settle all accounts and demands against said proprietors; and also to prosecute or defend any suits which they may think proper to commence, or that may be commenced against them.
6th. To raise by tax such sum of money as they may think necessary, for discharging demands against said proprietors, defraying expenses, and other purposes, as they may find occasion to require.
7th. To reconsider and make void any votes or proceedings, or any parts or clauses thereof, which said proprietors have already passed; or to ratify and confirm any votes or proceedings, or any parts or clauses thereof, as they may judge most agreeable.
8th. To appoint a committee to preambulate the outlines of said town, agreeably to charter.
9th. To appoint a committee to examine the proprietors old book of records, and compare the same with the new, and report whether the latter ought to be accepted.
10th. To vote and act on any other matters and things that may be found necessary or expedient.
JOHN HURD, THOMAS LEAVITT, Executor of the last will and testament of Jonathan Moulton. TIMOTHY BARRONS.
October 12, 1789. State of New-Hampshire.
PURSUANT to the foregoing application, the said proprietors are hereby notified to meet at the time, place, and for the purposes therein mentioned.
MOSES DOW, Justice Peace. Haverhill, October 15, 1789.
Forms of Manifests and Entries of merchandise, as requested by a late Act of Congress to be delivered at the Custom Houses in the United States, may be had at J. MELCHER's Office in Congress-Street, together with a great variety of other blanks, at the lowest cash prices.

L O N D O N , August 24. Advices were received in town this morning by way of Dantzick, that there has been a most bloody engagement in Finland between the Russian and the Swedish armies on the 31st ult. the King of Sweden commanding his own troops in person. There are no other particulars.
A few days since, a mob, at a place called Argentan, attacked the castle of the Marquis de FALCONET, the lord of the place. They seized him and were burning him alive, when the executioners began to quarrel among themselves, which saved his life though not until his two feet and one of his hands were burnt off. The mob made him sign a deed, renouncing his estate and title, observing, that as a king had arranged himself among the Commons, they would no longer have Lords in France.
N E W-Y O R K , Oct. 14. On Friday last his Excellency the COUNT DE MOUSTIER had his audience of leave from the PRESIDENT of the United States, having received permission from His Most Christian Majesty to return to France.
Among other distinguished Personages at the President's LEVEE yesterday, His Excellency the late Ambassador of France attended as the Right Hon. the COUNT DE MOUSTIER.
On Saturday sailed the snow San Nicholas, Melide, for Bilboa, His Excellency Don DIEGO DE GARDOQUI, Encargado de Negocios, and Minister of his Catholic Majesty to the United States, went passenger in this vessel, accompanied by his son, and one of his secretaries.
Previous to His Excellency's departure, he waited on the PRESIDENT of the United States, and had his audience of leave in due form: At the same time His Excellency introduced the Hon. Mr. VIAR, as CHARGE DES AFFAIRES from His Most Catholic Majesty.
Antigua has lately been so severely afflicted with drought, that the Government thereof, it is said, has paid near 40l. sterl. per diem, for a supply of water to the garrisons.
NEWS FROM FRANCE.
By a gentleman arrived here from France last evening, via Philadelphia, we learn, that the tumults in that kingdom have subsided; that newspapers in every province are published with the same freedom as in America, the liberty of the press being perfectly established; that the English newspapers abound with accounts of horrid executions having taken place in France in consequence of the revolution, on several principal gentlemen, who were in perfect health and security when this gentleman left it.—That the rubbish of the late Bastille was clearing away, on the site of which was to be built in an elegant square, and in the center the statue of Louis the XVIth is to be placed, among other devices on the pedestal will be the following motto, "Louis XVI, the defender and restorer of the Liberties of France."—The gentleman who favoured us with the above, left Paris the 15th of August.
B O S T O N , Oct. 21.
Approach of the PRESIDENT.
By Capt. PEASE, who arrived in town last evening from New-York, we are informed, that the illustrious PRESIDENT of the United States lodged at Fairfield on Friday evening last—that he arrived at New-Haven on Saturday night, continued in that city the next day, and lodged at Hartford on Monday night; that it was conceived that he would tarry at Hartford yesterday, and this morning, and this morning set out from that city.
Preparations are making at Marlborough, for lodging THE PRESIDENT, and the escort which will attend him, on Friday next, so that he may be expected in this town on Saturday.
His Excellency the Governor, we are informed, has dispatched an express to meet THE PRESIDENT of the United States, in order to know on what road he will travel, and when he will arrive in this town, that those preparations may
be made to receive him, which the honor and dignity of the State require.
His Excellency the Governor, we are told, has forwarded to THE PRESIDENT of the United States, a message, offering to that illustrious character the use of his seat while he shall continue in this town.
The Viscount de PONTEVES, we are told, has given orders, if it should be agreeable to the citizens of Boston, that the Active and Sensible frigates be moored off the end of the Long-Wharf, on the evening of the day when THE PRESIDENT shall arrive, which will be splendidly illuminated with above one thousand lanthorns each.
Major-General BROOKS, we are told, has dispatched one of his Aids-de-camp, to meet THE PRESIDENT of the United States, and to request him on his arrival at CAMBRIDGE, to review three brigades of the MIDDLESEX Militia, which will be assembled there on his arrival. It is said, that this review will exhibit upwards of 1000 men in complete uniform.
Since our last his Excellency the VICE-PRESIDENT of the United States arrived at his seat at Braintree, from New-York.
Letters from Georgia mention, that the Hon. Gen. LINCOLN, and the other commissioners for settling a treaty with the southern Indians, arrived at Savannah, on the 10th of September, in good health. That they were to set out for the place of treaty the 13th—and that it was expected, that several thousand Indians would attend.
P O R T S M O U T H , October 22.
By a late London paper it appears, that the duty on tobacco, from the 4th of April 1788, to the 5th of April 1789, amounted to four hundred and ninety-eight thousand and twenty-one pounds, seven shillings, and two pence halfpenny, and that the tea for the same time only produced one hundred and twelve thousand and one hundred five pounds, one shilling, and two pence.—What a fund America supplies!
THE BASTILLE.
IN consequence of the destruction of the Bastille, the grave of many miserable thousands, or rather millions of French subjects, such horrid scenes are come to light, as make human nature even shrink at itself.
Our Parisian correspondent has just informed us, through the means of a wretched captive, who had been confined 47 years in those infernal regions of despotism, tyranny and misery, that when a prisoner was committed to that horrid place, he was immediately confined in a solitary cell, where the sun could not penetrate; and whatever food might be allotted him, was served by mutes.—It was death for either to speak!
The emancipated author of this narration having, however, by his good conduct, and the well known goodness of his heart, excited some feelings in the breast of one of the under officers of the fortress, who had been a servant in his family, was one day permitted to walk on the place of Massacre.
He describes it to be a pleasant promenade, on which the devoted victim of tyranny is invited to walk for the benefit of the air. On approaching a particular part (the signal being given) it gives way, and he is at once immersed into a horrid gulph, where several thousand engines cut him to pieces!
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this district,
   ENTERED from     Ship Hannah, Turner, West-Indies.   Schooner Nancy, Sellars, St. Peters.   Ship Peggy, Allardice, Grenada.   Schooner Industry, Brayn, Shelburne.   Schooner Nancy, Chauncy, St. Peters.   Ship Marchioness, De la Fayette Comerais. [St. Domingo.   Brig Statira, Manning, France.   Brig Astrea, Briard, Cape-Francois.   Brig George, Moore, Dartmouth.   CLEARED for   Sloop Laurel, Shores, Philadelphia.   Schr. Sally, Grinnel, Great Britain.   Ditto. Industry, Brayn, Shelburne.  
Why will you not give the man his bread and cheese when he hath earned it?
ALL persons indebted to the Printer hereof both in town and country for Newspapers, Advertisements, &c. are earnestly solicited to make payment, and thereby enable him to continue and improve the New-Hampshire Gazette agreeable to his wishes. Of those persons in the country who find it difficult to procure cash he will receive produce, if presented seasonably (notwithstanding every article in his line of business commands ready cash).—He hopes there are none of his country customers so ungrateful as not to wish him to share a part of what nature has so bountifully bestowed upon them, if there should be, he hopes they will not take it amiss if after neglecting to comply with this reasonable request he should apply the old proverb, "A bird that can sing, and wont sing, must be made to sing."—To those who have been punctual in making their payments he tenders his grateful thanks, and assures them he will use his endeavor to merit a continuance of their favours.—Persons who incline to advertise in the Gazette, which has a very extensive circulation, may depend on having them conspicuously inserted on as low terms as in any paper in America. Octo. 14.
G O O D S.
Just Opened, And to be SOLD by  Benjamin Leverett & Co. At their Store, Opposite the Mansion-House of the late John Moffatt, Esq. A General Assortment of  English & W. India Goods. at the lowest Rates for Cash or Country Produce. Any Favours from Customers will be gratefully acknowledged. Portsmouth, Oct. 12.
N E W-D U R H A M.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in New-Durham, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1788, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before Thursday the 5th day of November next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at my dwelling-house in said town, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon on said day.
N. 1st division. 2d div. specie. cert. spe. cer. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
   Thomas Langley 88 1 6 1 6 2 0 2 0   Valentine Matthews 84 1 6 1 6 2 0 2 0   Thomas Willey 70 1 6 1 6 2 0 2 0   Tho's Packer, Esq. 72 1 6 1 6 2 0 2 0   T. Mason & B. Bennett 89 2 0 2 0   Jos. and John Drew 82 1 6 1 6 2 0 2 0   Samuel Wille 71 2 0 2 0   Nic. Perryman, Esq. 2 2 0 2 0   Valentine Hill 4 2 0 2 0   Joseph Jones 8 2 0 2 0   Robert Burnam 5 2 0 2 0   J. Drisco & P. Moe 28 0 9 0 9 1 0 1 0   Matt. Livermore 26 2 0 2 0   Robert Kent 35 2 0 2 0   Dan'l Rogers, Esq. 31 2 0 2 0   Joseph Burnam 56 2 0 2 0   Will'm Jackson 47 2 0 2 0   Anthony Peavey 60 0 5 0 5   Sam'l Smith, jr. 30 0 9 0 9 2 0 2 0   Benj'a Jenkins 42 2 0 2 0   T. Wille & J. Bickford 6 2 0 2 0   J. & Francis Durgin 17 1 6 1 6   Benj'a Jackson 52 2 0 2 0   James Smith 89 2 0 2 0   Walter Bryant, Esq. 74 2 0 2 0   Thomas Cheley 96 1 6 1 6 2 0 2 0   Stephen Jones 90 2 0 2 0   Joseph Sias, Esq. 80 2 0 2 0   Joseph Smith, Esq. 55 2 0 2 0   Job Runnells 5 years 81 7 6 7 6 2 0 2 0   J. Smith, Esq. 24 acrs. 34 0 5 0 5    JOHN BENNETT, jun'r Collec. New-Durham, Sept. 24, 1789.
EVENING SCHOOL.
THE subscriber proposes (if encouragement offers) to open an EVENING SCHOOL, On the first Monday in November next, for the purpose of teaching Writing and Arithmetic; the terms may be known, by applying to RICHARD L. NELSON. Portsmouth, October 14.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Merre-dith, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1787, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before Monday the 30th day of November next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at ten o'clock A. M. on said day, at my dwelling-house in said town. fil'r certifi.
   D. R. No. Q'ty s. d. s. d.     Woodb'ge Odlin 1 0 3 1 0   ditto 2 0 72 1 20   ditto 3 0 72 95 1   Jona. Longfellow 3 0 8 95 0   Dan'l Clark 1 4 4 50 0   Jona. Libbey 1 7 234 100 0   John Leavitt 2 0 37 120 1   Will'm Chase 3 0 45 95 1   Capt. E. Swasey 2 0 27 120 1   Joseph Jewett 2 0 36 120 1   ditto 3 0 49 95 2   Jona. Shaw 2 0 7 120 1   ditto 3 0 7 95 1   Capt. Jonath. Odlin's heirs. 2 0 23 120 1   ditto 3 0 23 95 2   Joseph Fifield 3 0 40 68 1   Benj'a Barker 3 0 75 95 1   Josiah Beal 3 0 14 95 1   Sam'l Goodhue 3 0 57 95 1   T. Wallingford 3 0 30 95 1   Elisha Thomas 3 0 58 47 0    JOSHUA WOODMAN, Collec. Merre-dith, Sept. 15, 1789.
A L S T E A D.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners and proprietors of land in the town of Alstead, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1787, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber on or before the 23d day of November next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling-house of Captain Nathan Fay, innholder in said town.
   No. R. Q. s. d. s. d.     3 3 66 1 5 1   3 0 50 1 0 11   3 6 110 2 10 2   1 4 150 3 2 7    ISAAC KENT, Constable. Alstead, October 10, 1789.
H E N N I K E R.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Henniker, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1788, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the second Tuesday in November next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at ten o'clock, in the forenoon, at the dwelling-house of James Wallace, innholder in said town. Sp. Sp. Cert. Ina's.
   Q'ty. No. R. d. d. s. d.     John Barr 100 17 2 3 3 1   ditto 100 9 5 3 3 1   S. Allison 50 7 5 4 1 6   J. Humphrey 50 4 6 4 3 1   M. Pinkerton 100 2 7 4 3 1   Jos. Wilson 50 10 8 7 7 3   Comm. land 60 6 11 2 2 1   ditto 100 6 12 4 3 1   J. Pinkerton 50 6 1 4 3 1   W. Holmes 62 10 1 2 2 0   Ministerial lot 100 13 1 4 4 1   Rev. W. Davidson 100 2 13 5 4 1   Blanchard & comp'y 100 3 13 6 6 2   School lot 100 7 2 3 3 1    JAMES JOSLYN, Constable. Henniker, October 2, 1789.

Parnassian Spring.
The PENSIVE SHEPHERD.
Written by Mr. J. LATHROP.
HOW gloomy are the fields and plains, How joyless all the languid swains, No more the pipes or tabors found, Or nymphs dance on the verdant ground, For Daphne's dead, and pleasure's gone, And silence reigns o'er mead and lawn.
I saw the fair in bloom of youth, As gay as love, as pure as truth; No affectation swell'd her breast, For their did mildest virtues rest, But Daphne's dead, &c.
Beneath yon shade I sit and weep, Where other mortals quiet sleep; No more I'll dance, nor play nor sing, Nor hail the blithe return of spring. For Daphne's dead, &c.
BARNSTEAD.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors or owners of land in Barnstead, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1787, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the 25th day of November next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at ten o'clock A. M. on said day, at my dwelling-house in said town.
First Division.
   No. Acr's. s. d.    John Brock 112 60 5 6  Samuel Rollins 113 60 6 9  John Hoggdon 118 60 6 9  John Bickford 51 60 5 6  John Walton 74 60 4 7  Thomas Trickey 75 60 4 8  Paul Gerrish 77 60 4 8  Joseph Downing 71 60 4 8  James Nutter 72 60 4 6  Harrison Downing 106 60 3 6  Ebenezer Weare 82 60 4 6  John Frost 81 60 4 6  Capt. John Gilman 82 20 1 6  John Pitman 87 60 4 8  Thomas Bickford 89 60 4 3  Jethro Furbur, jr. 95 60 4 7  Benjamin Downing 96 60 4 7  Samuel Rollins 44 60 4 8  Jethro Bickford 100 60 5 0  William Fellows 50 60 4 6  John Dame 56 48 3 4  Thomas W. Waldron 59 60 4 6  Levi Furbur 62 60 4 6  ditto 63 60 4 6  S. Jaffery 49 60 4 6  Mark Hunking 116 60 3 6  John Decker 65 60 4 9  Jonathan Bickford 58 60 4 6  John Fisher, Esq. 10 60 5 0  John Thompson 47 60 5 7  John Wallingford 20 30 4 0  Benj'a Adams, Esq. 31 60 4 3  S. Jaffery 49 60 5 6  
Second Division.
  Harrison Downing 102 90 8 9  Ephraim Pickering 103 100 10 0  Capt. S. Emerson 107 100 10 8  Lemuel Bickford 116 100 8 6  Benjamin Adams 26 100 9 0  Joseph Adams 65 44 5 0  Richard Wibert 83 100 9 0  Moses Dame 89 66 6 0  John Hodgdon 42 75 8 6  Paul Gerrish 94 100 8 3  Levi Furbur 28 75 8 6  Thomas Cogswell, Esq. 112 100 12 0  John Walton 74 100 10 6  Bartholomew Richards 101 100 5 6  F. Matthews, Common 0 40 2 10  John Fisher, Esq. } 2940 acr's 91. 15 0  
JOSEPH TASKER, Collector. Barnstead, October 7, 1789.
TO BE SOLD At Public Auction,
On Thursday the 22d day of October inst. at three o'clock, P. M.
A T the dwelling house in Market-Street, lately occupied by Daniel Fowle, Esq. deceased, the whole of the estate both real and personal of said deceased that remains unfold.
B. DEARBORN, Auctioneer.
MOULTONBOROUGH.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Moultonborough, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1788, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before Monday the second day of November, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at one o'clock on said day, at the dwelling-house of Capt. Elias Smith, innholder in said town.
   Non-resident, State and County taxes, for the year 1788.   No. lots first divisi-on. Range. No. lots 2d divi. Range. Quantity. com'n land. Silver. Indents. Certificates county in fil-ver.    Thomas Rand, 5 12 100 1 7 100 100 3 0 6  Jonathan Marston, 0 0 0 5 5 100 0 1 0 2  Richard Nason, 5 13 100 0 0 0 1 0 2 2  John Taylor, 0 0 0 7 1 100 100 2 0 4  Edward Shaw, 0 0 0 4 4 100 0 1 0 2  Joseph Johnson, 0 0 0 4 5 100 0 1 0 2  Samuel Livermore, 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 1 0 2  Jonathan Garland, 0 0 0 1 13 100 0 1 0 2  John Moulton, Esq. 0 0 0 3 B 100 100 2 0 4  Jeremiah Towl, 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 1 0 2  William Lane, 0 0 0 5 4 100 0 1 0 2  Thomas Packer, 7 7 100 0 0 0 100 2 0 4  Joseph Palmer, 0 0 0 3 2 100 0 1 0 2  Elisha Towl, 2 10 100 0 0 0 0 1 0 4  Joseph Garland, 6 10 100 2 D 100 0 2 0 4  Jonathan Leavitt, 0 0 0 5 D 100 100 0 0 2  Benning Moulton, 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 1 0 2  Ephraim Marston, 0 0 0 2 6 100 0 1 0 2  Amos Coffin, 9 13 50 0 0 0 0 0 6 1  
NATHANIEL WATSON, Collector.
Moultonborough, Sept. 26, 1789.
UNITY.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners and proprietors of land in the town of Unity, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1786, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber on or before the first Wednesday in November next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling-house of Joseph Glidden, in said town.
   No. Q. R. s. d. s. d. s. d.    John Sherburne, 1 50 1 0 6 0 4 0 8  3 50 1 0 6 0 4 0 8  James Bean, 40 100 1 1 0 0 8 1 3  70 100 2 1 0 0 8 1 3  58 50 6 0 6 0 4 0 8  23 50 4 0 6 0 4 0 8  Sam'l Winflow, 7 50 2 0 6 0 4 0 8  Nath'l Barril, 15 100 1 1 0 0 8 1 3  18 100 1 1 0 0 8 1 3  Meshech Weare, 21 100 1 1 0 0 8 1 3  20 100 1 1 0 0 8 1 3  74 100 2 1 0 0 8 1 3  9 50 2 0 6 0 4 0 8  John Moulton, 2 50 1 0 6 0 4 0 8  33 50 4 0 6 0 4 0 8  Trust. Sanborn, 59 50 6 0 6 0 4 0 8  6 50 1 0 6 0 4 0 8  Tho's Scribner, 155 50 7 0 6 0 4 0 8  9 100 1 1 0 0 8 1 3  13 50 3 0 6 0 4 0 8  159 50 7 0 6 0 4 0 8  
JAMES LADD, Collector.
Unity, Sept. 14.
DEARING.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Dearing, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1786, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 29th of October next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Mr. Robert Hogg, innholder in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M.
   Indents. l. s. d.    Thomas Packer, 2 12 6  Matthew Forfith, 0 5 0  John Chase, 0 1 0  Ebenezer Loverin, 0 13 0  Maj'r. Curtis, 0 2 6  Samuel Dodge, 0 1 3  Jesse Prescott, 0 1 3  Blood, 0 1 3  Ebenezer Kelly, 0 1 3  
THOMAS AIKEN, Collector.
Dearing, September 17, 1789.
WANTED,
A Quantity of FLAX-SEED, For which Cash will be given, by THOMAS SHEAFE.
UNITY.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Unity, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1780, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the last Thursday in October next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at ten o'clock, in the forenoon, at the dwelling-house of Jeremiah Glidden, in said town.
   No. Q. R. s.    John Sherburne, 1 50 1 3  3 50 1 3  14 50 3 3  156 50 7 3  Samuel Judkins, 37 100 1 6  Nathaniel Carroll, 55 100 2 6  18 100 1 6  21 100 1 6  Jacob Garland, 56 100 2 6  
JEREMIAH GLIDDEN, Collector. Unity, Sept. 14, 1789.
UNITY.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Unity, who have not paid their state taxes for the year 1787, and the high-way tax, for 1788, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the second Wednesday in November next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Joseph Glidden, in said town, at ten o'clock, in the forenoon. Road fil'r. certi. fil'r.
   No. Q'ty. R. s. d. s. d. s. d.    J. Sherburne, 1 50 1 0 11 1 3 4 2  3 50 1 0 11 1 3 4 2  14 50 3 0 11 1 3 4 2  James Bean 40 100 1 1 10 2 6 8 4  70 100 2 1 10 2 6 8 4  7 50 2 0 11 1 3 4 2  23 50 4 0 11 1 3 4 2  58 50 6 0 11 1 3 4 2  S. Winflow 15 61 1 1 2 1 6 5 1  Mes'h. Weare 20</