The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1791-03-26 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 Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
LAWs of the UNITED STATES.
CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES AT THEIR THIRD SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the 6th of December, 1790.
An ACT to INCORPORATE the SUBSCRIBERS to the BANK of the UNITED STATES.
WHEREAS it is conceived that the establishment of a Bank for the United States, upon a foundation sufficiently extensive to answer the purposes intended thereby, and at the same time upon the principles which afford adequate security for an upright and prudent administration thereof, will be very conducive to the successful conducting of the national finances; will tend to give facility to the obtaining of loans, for the use of the government, in sudden emergencies; and will be productive of considerable advantages to trade and industry in general: Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That a bank of the United States shall be established; the capital stock whereof shall not exceed ten millions of dollars, divided into twenty-five thousand shares, each share being four hundred dollars; and that subscriptions, towards constituting the said stock, shall, on the first Monday of April next, be opened at the city of Philadelphia, under the superintendence of such persons, not less than three, as shall be appointed for that purpose by the President of the United States (who is hereby empowered to appoint the said persons accordingly) which subscriptions shall continue open, until the whole of the said stock shall have been subscribed.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for any person, co-partnership, or body politic, to subscribe for such or so many shares, as he, she, or they shall think fit, not exceeding one thousand, except as shall be hereafter directed relatively to the United States; and that the sum, respectively subscribed, except on behalf of the United States, shall be payable one fourth in gold and silver, and three fourths in that part of the public debt, which, according to the loan proposed in the fourth and fifteenth sections of the Act, entitled, "An Act making provision for the debt of the United States," shall bear an accruing interest, at the time of payment, of six per centum per annum, and shall also be payable in four equal parts, in the aforesaid ratio of specie to debt, at the distance of six calendar months from each other; the first whereof shall be paid at the time of subscription.
And be it further enacted, That all those, who shall become subscribers to the said bank, their successors and assigns, shall be, and are hereby created and made a corporation and body politic, by the name and title of The President, Directors and Company, of the Bank of the United States : And shall so continue, until the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven: And by that name, shall be, and are hereby made able and capable in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy, and retain to them and their successors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects of what kind, nature or quality soever, to an amount, not exceeding in the whole fifteen millions of dollars, including the amount of the capital stock aforesaid; and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien or dispose of; to
sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded and be answered, defend and be defended, in courts of record, or any other place whatsoever: And also to make, have and use a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew, at their pleasure; and also to ordain, establish, and put in execution, such bye-laws, ordinances and regulations, as shall seem necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation, not being contrary to law, or to the constitution thereof (for which purpose, general meetings of the stockholders shall and may be called by the directors, and in the manner hereinafter specified) and generally to do and execute all and singular acts, matters and things, which to them it shall or may appertain to do; subject nevertheless to the rules, regulations, restrictions, limitations, and provisions, herein after prescribed and declared.
And be it further enacted, That, for the well ordering of the affairs of the said corporation, there shall be twenty-five directors; of whom there shall be an election, on the first Monday of January in each year, by the stockholders or proprietors of the capital stock of the said corporation, and by plurality of the votes actually given; and those who shall be duly chosen at any election, shall be capable of serving as directors, by virtue of such choice, until the end or expiration of the Monday of January next ensuing the time of such election, and no longer. And the said directors, at their first meeting after each election, shall choose one of their number as president.
Provided always, and be it further enacted, That, as soon as the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, in gold and silver, shall have been actually received on account of the subscriptions to the said stock, notice thereof shall be given, by the persons under whose superintendence the same shall have been made, in at least two public gazettes printed in the city of Philadelphia; and the said persons shall, at the same time in like manner, notify a time and place within the said city, at the distance of ninety days from the time of such notification, for proceeding to the election of directors; and it shall be lawful for such election to be then and there made; and the persons, who shall then and there be chosen, shall be the first directors, and shall be capable of serving, by virtue of such choice, until the end or expiration of the Monday in January next ensuing the time of making the same, and shall forthwith thereafter commence the operations of the said bank, at the said city of Philadelphia.
And provided further, That, in case it should at any time happen, that an election of directors should not be made upon any day when pursuant to this act it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved; but it shall be lawful, on any other day, to hold and make an election of directors, in such manner as shall have been regulated by the laws and ordinances of the said corporation. And provided lastly, That, in case of the death, resignation, absence from the United States, or removal of a director, by the stockholders, his place may be filled up, by a new choice, for the remainder of the year.
And be it further enacted, That the directors for the time being shall have power to appoint such officers, clerks, and servants under them, as shall be necessary for executing the business of the said corporation, and to allow them such compensation, for their services respectively, as shall be reasonable; and shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authorities, for the well go-
verning and ordering of the affairs of the said corporation, as shall be described, fixed and determined by the laws, regulations and ordinances of the same.
And be it further enacted, That the following rules, restrictions, limitations and provisions, shall form and be fundamental articles of the constitution of the said corporation, viz.
I. The number of votes to which each stockholder shall be entitled, shall be according to the number of shares he shall hold, in the proportions following: That is to say, for one share and not more than two shares, one vote: For every two shares above two, and not exceeding ten, one vote: For every four shares above ten, and not exceeding thirty, one vote: For every six shares above thirty, and not exceeding sixty, one vote: For every eight shares above sixty, and not exceeding one hundred, one vote: And for every ten shares above one hundred, one vote: But no person, co-partnership, or body politic shall be intitled to a greater number than thirty votes. And after the first election, no share or shares shall confer a right of suffrage, which shall not have been holden three calendar months previous to the day of election. Stockholders actually resident within the United States, and none other, may vote in elections by proxy.
II. Not more than three fourths of the directors in office, exclusive of the president, shall be eligible for the next succeeding year: But the director, who shall be president at the time of an election, may always be re-elected.
III. None but a stockholder, being a citizen of the United States, shall be eligible as a Director.
IV. No director shall be intitled to any emolument, unless the same shall have been allowed by the stockholders at a general meeting. The stockholders shall make such compensation to the president, for his extraordinary attendance at the bank, as shall appear to them reasonable.
V. Not less than seven directors shall constitute a board for the transaction of business, of whom, the president shall always be one, except in case of sickness or necessary absence; in which case his place may be supplied by any other director, whom he, by writing under his hand, shall nominate for the purpose.
VI. Any number of stockholders, not less than sixty, who, together shall be proprietors of two hundred shares or upwards, shall have power at any time to call a general meeting of the stockholders, for purposes relative to the institution, giving at least ten weeks notice, in two public gazettes of the place where the bank is kept, and specifying, in such notice, the object or objects of such meeting.
VII. Every cashier or treasurer, before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall be required to give bond, with two or more sureties, to the satisfaction of the directors, in a sum not less than fifty thousand dollars, with condition for his good behaviour.
VIII. The lands tenements, and hereditaments which it shall be lawful for the said corporation to hold, shall be only such as shall be requisite for its immediate accommodation in relation to the convenient transacting of its business, and such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts.
IX. The total amount of the debts, which the said corporation shall at any time owe, whether by bond, bill, note
or other contract, shall not exceed the sum of ten millions of dollars, over and above the monies then actually deposited in the bank for safe keeping, unless the contracting of any greater debt shall have been previously authorized by a law of the United States. In case of excess, the directors, under whose administration it shall happen, shall be liable for the same, in their natural and private capacities; and an action of debt, may in such case be brought against them, or any of them, their or any of their heirs, executors or administrators, in any court of record of the United States, or of either of them, by any creditor or creditors of the said corporation, and may be prosecuted to judgment and execution; any condition, covenant or agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. But this shall not be construed to exempt the said corporation, or the lands, tenements, goods, or chattels of the same, from being also liable for and chargeable with the said excess. Such of the said directors, who may have been absent when the said excess was contracted or created, or who may have dissented from the resolution or act whereby the same was so contracted or created, may respectively exonerate themselves from being so liable by forthwith giving notice of the fact, and of their absence or dissent, to the President of the United States, and to the stockholders, at a general meeting, which they shall have power to call for that purpose.
X. The said corporation may sell any part of the public debt whereof its stock shall be composed, but shall not be at liberty to purchase any public debt whatsoever; nor shall directly or indirectly deal or trade in any thing, except bills of exchange, gold or silver bullion, or in the sale of goods really and truly pledged for money lent and not redeemed in due time; or of goods which shall be the produce of its lands. Neither shall the said corporation take more than at the rate of six per centum per annum; for or upon its loans or discounts.
XI. No loan shall be made by the said corporation, for the use or on account of the government of the United States, to an amount exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, or of any particular state, to an amount exceeding fifty thousand dollars, or of any foreign prince or state, unless previously authorized by a law of the United States.
XII. The stock of the said corporation shall be assignable and transferable according to such rules as shall be instituted in that behalf, by the laws and ordinances of the same.
XIII. The bills obligatory and of credit, under the seal of the said corporation, which shall be made to any person or persons shall be assignable by indorsement thereupon, under the hand or hands of such person or persons, and of his, her or their assignee or assignees, and so as absolutely to transfer and vest the property thereof in each and every assignee or assignees successively, and to enable such assignee or assignees to bring and maintain an action thereupon in his, her, or their own name or names. And bills or notes which may be issued by order of the said corporation, signed by the president, and countersigned by the principal cashier or treasurer thereof, promising the payment of money to any person or persons, his, her or their order, or to bearer, though not under the seal of the said corporation, shall be binding and obligatory upon the same, in the like manner, and with the like force and effect, as upon any private person or persons, if issued by him or them, in

his, her or their private or natural capacity or capacities; and shall be assignable and negotiable, in like manner as if they were so issued by such private person or persons—That is to say, those which shall be payable to any person or persons, his, her, or their order, shall be assignable by indorsement, in like manner, and with the like effect, as foreign bills of exchange, now are; and those which are payable to bearer, shall be negotiable and assignable by delivery only.
XIV. Half yearly dividends shall be made of so much of the profits of the bank, as shall appear to the directors advisable; and once in every three years, the directors shall lay before the stockholders, at a general meeting, for their information, an exact and particular statement of the debts, which shall have remained unpaid after the expiration of the original credit, for a period of treble the term of that credit; and of the surplus of profit, if any, after deducting losses and dividends. If there shall be a failure in the payment of any part of any sum, subscribed by any person, co-partnership or body politic, the party failing shall lose the benefit of any dividend, which may have accrued, prior to the time for making such payment, and during the delay of the same.
XV. It shall be lawful for the directors aforesaid, to establish offices where soever they shall think fit, within the United States, for the purposes of discount and deposit only, and upon the same terms, and in the same manner, as shall be practised at the bank; and to commit the management of the said offices, and the making of the said discounts, to such persons, under such agreements, and subject to such regulations as they shall deem proper; not being contrary to law, or to the constitution of the bank.
XVI. The officer, at the head of the treasury department of the United States, shall be furnished, from time to time, as often as he may require, not exceeding once a week, with statements of the amount of the capital stock of the said corporation, and of the debts due to the same; of the monies deposited therein; of the notes in circulation, and of the cash in hand; and shall have a right to inspect such general accounts in the books of the bank, as shall relate to the said statements: Provided , That this shall not be construed to imply a right of inspecting the account of any private individual or individuals with the bank.
And be it further enacted , That if the said corporation, or any person or persons for or to the use of the same, shall deal or trade in buying or selling any goods, wares, merchandise or commodities whatsoever, contrary to the provisions of this act, all and every person and persons, by whom any order or direction for so dealing or trading shall have been given, and all and every person and persons who shall have been concerned as parties or agents therein, shall forfeit & lose treble the value of the goods wares, merchandizes, and commodities in which such dealing and trade shall have been; one half thereof to the use of the informer, and the other half thereof to the use of the United States, to be recovered with costs of suit.
And be it further enacted , That if the said corporation shall advance or lend any sum, for the use or on account of the government of the United States, to an amount exceeding one hundred thousand dollars; or of any particular state to an amount exceeding fifty thousand dollars; or of any foreign prince or state (unless previously authorized thereto by a law of the United States) all and every person and persons, by and with whose order, agreement, consent, approbation or connivance, such unlawful advance or loan, shall have been made, upon conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay, for every such offence, treble the value or amount of the sum or sums which shall have been so unlawfully advanced or lent; one fifth thereof to the use of the informer, and the residue thereof to the use of the
United States; to be disposed of by law and not otherwise.
And be it further enacted , That the bills or notes of the said corporation, originally made payable, or which shall have become payable on demand, in gold and silver coin, shall be receivable in all payments to the United States.
And be it further enacted , That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, at any time or times, within eighteen months after the first day of April next, to cause a subscription to be made to the stock of the said corporation as part of the aforesaid capital stock of ten millions of dollars, on behalf of the United States, to an amount not exceeding two millions of dollars; to be paid out of the monies which shall be borrowed by virtue of either of the acts, the one entitled, "An act making provision for the debt of the United States;" and the other entitled, "An act making provision for the reduction of the public debt;" borrowing of the bank an equal sum, to be applied to the purposes, for which the said monies shall have been procured; reimbursable in ten years, by equal annual installments; or at any time sooner, or in any greater proportions, that the government may think fit.
And be it further enacted , That no other bank shall be established by any future law of the United States, during the continuance of the corporation hereby created; for which the faith of the United States is hereby pledged.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, February the 25th, 1791.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. Deposited among the rolls in the Office of the SECRETARY OF STATE. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
CONGRESS, THIRD SESSION. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23.
An engrossed bill, supplementary to the act incorporating the subscribers to the bank of the U. States, was read a third time, and (the blanks being filled up) was passed.
The House took up for consideration and concurred in a resolution sent yesterday from the Senate, requesting that the President will communicate to the National Assembly of France the sense which Congress entertain of the honour paid by that body to the memory of Benjamin Franklin.
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the grant of further compensation to the commissioners of the loan office, for extraordinary expenses incurred in the execution of the act making provision for the public debt, was read and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Williamson, Partridge and White.
A message was delivered by Mr. Secretary Otis, informing the House that the Senate had passed, with amendments, the bill, giving effect to the laws of the United States within the State of Vermont; and requested the concurrence of the House in the said amendments. Mr. Otis further informed the House, that the Senate had resolved, that the bill, authorising the President to cause the debt due to foreign officers, to be discharged, should not pass to a third reading.
The House then proceeding to secret business the gallery was cleared.
After the opening of the doors, a message was delivered by Mr. Secretary Otis, informing the House, that the Senate insisted on their amendment to the revenue bill, and had appointed a committee to confer with a committee of this House. Messrs. Boudinot, White, and Livermore were appointed on the part of the House.
On motion, it was resolved, that the report of the select committee, on the
President's message of the 14th inst. be referred to the Secretary of State, and that he be directed to report to Congress the nature and extent of the privileges and restrictions of the commercial intercourse of the United States with foreign nations, and such measures, as he shall think proper to be adopted, for the improvement of the commerce and navigation of the United States.
On motion, a committee was appointed to prepare, and from the said committee, Mr. Smith (S. C.) reported, a bill to determine the day of the next meeting of Congress; which bill, after a first and second reading, was ordered to be engrossed. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, FEB. 24.
Sundry memorials and petitions being presented, read, and severally referred to the heads of departments—Saturday next was assigned for taking into consideration the reports of committees, and of the Secretaries of the Treasury, and of War, on petitions referred to them.
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in favor of the petition of William Sunmons, was read, and the house having agreed to the same, appointed Messrs. Trumbull, Bourne, and Foster , a committee, to prepare and bring in a bill in conformity thereto.
Mr. Sherman reported a bill, providing compensations for the officers of the several courts of law, and for jurors, and witnesses; which, after a first and second reading, was referred to a committee of the whole house to-morrow, and ordered to be printed.
The amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill giving effect to the laws of the United States within the State of Vermont, was agreed to.
Mr. Bourne reported a bill, to repeal so much of the impost law, as rates the Danish rix dollar at 100 cents. Read a first time.
The report of the committee, to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of the exports of the United States, was twice read, the house, having agreed to the same, ordered that 300 copies of the committee's report, to include that of the Secretary of the Treasury be printed.
Mr. Floyd from the joint committee on enrolled bills, reported that the committee had this day presented to the President, for his approbation, the enrolled bill regulating the number of Representatives to be chosen by the States of Kentucky and Vermont; also that they had examined, and found to be duly enrolled, the resolution of both houses requesting the President to communicate to the National Assembly of France, the sense which Congress entertain of the honor paid by that body to the memory of Dr. Franklin.
Mr. Williamson reported a bill making compensations to the commissioners of loans, for their extra expenses and services, which after a first and second reading, was referred to a committee of the whole house to-morrow.
On motion of Mr. Lawrence , resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report, whether any, and what, additions are to be made to his return of the exports of the United States.
The engrossed bill, fixing the time for the next annual meeting of Congress, was read a third time and passed; the blank being filled up with " the fourth Monday in October next. "
In committee of the whole, on the bill supplementary to the act, establishing the Treasury Department; the committee made some amendments, which being agreed to by the house, the bill was ordered to be engrossed, for a third reading.
On motion of Mr. Sedgwick , the memorial of Thomas M c Kean and others, public creditors, was taken up for a second reading; and after some debate, the following resolution, moved by Mr. Sedgwick , was agreed to—53 to 2.
Resolved, That it would be inexpedient to alter the system for funding
the public debt, established the last session of Congress; and that the prayer of the petition of Thomas M c Kean, and others, filing themselves a committee of the public creditors of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and also of other petitions on that subject, cannot be granted.
The house again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, on the bill to establish the post-office and post roads within the United States: The committee debated the subject, and rose without any decision.
A message from the Senate was delivered by Mr. Secretary Otis, informing, that the Senate had passed the bill, sent to them by the House of Representatives, entitled, "An act to explain and amend an act, entitled, an act, making further provision for the public debt."
DUBLIN, January 13.
A few days ago, a young woman coming to town, was stopped near the second lock of the grand canal, by a footpad, in the middle of the day, armed with a pistol. With horrid imprecations he demanded what money she had about her, which being but a guinea, and begging not to be ill used, she speedily gave him. The villain espied silver buckles in her shoes, which he likewise demanded. The poor young woman, in the greatest fright, readily condescended, and proceeded to take them out of her shoes to give the robber. As soon as she had taken out one, the villain stooped down to exchange it for his own, and put it in his shoe, leaving the pistol he had in his hand at the same time on the ground near his foot. The young woman instantly seized the opportunity, and whilst she pretended to be taking out the other shoe-buckle, snatched the pistol, then on the cock, and shot the robber through the head. Several persons presently came up; and on searching the pockets of this unfortunate delinquent, forty guineas were found, which probably were rifled from the possession of other passengers. The body was brought to town to be owned.
LONDON, JAN. 10.
It is reported on good authority, that dispatches have been received from lord Elgin, Ambassador to the Court of Vienna, relative to the movements of the Northern Powers; which have given his Majesty's Ministers a serious alarm.
The Board of Admiralty are daily paying off the ships now in commission in the several ports of this kingdom.
The latest advices which have been received, declare that the Turks and Russians continue the war with unabated fury.
BALTIMORE, (Mar.) Feb. 25.
A new Regulation has taken place in the Post-Office Department, which deprives the PRINTERS of the privilege they have long enjoyed (even when under the British Government) of exchanging News-Papers with their brethren, through the medium of the mails.
GEORGETOWN, Feb. 25.
On Tuesday, the first instant, died, near the North mountain, Frederick county, —Zoll, aged nineteen years. His death was occasioned by a slight cut in one of his feet with an axe. From the time of his receiving the wound, until he expired, no method could be devised to stop the bleeding—if the wound was bound up, the blood gushed out at his mouth or nostrils. Five brothers to the above person have bled to death at different periods, from the following simple accidents:—One received a prick with a thorn—another a scratch with a comb—a third, a prick with a needle—a fourth bruised his cheek against a stove—and the fifth received a cut in one of his thumbs—The father of the above persons has had two wives, and by each of them several children; those who died in this singular manner, were all by the first wife. It should be noted, that when they arrived at a certain age, several black

spots were discernable upon their bodies.—However marvellous this account may appear, our readers may rely on its authenticity.
NEW-YORK, March 14. Since our last several vessels have arrived in this Port from Europe, which bring European accounts to the 20th January. The papers contain very little of any consequence to Americans—some Extracts will be given as soon as we can find a vacant corner.
By the last London Papers it appears, that opposition to the Minister is left in the minority by 134 Members, on a motion to have the papers produced respecting the Spanish convention. The numbers for the motion were 124; against it 258; majority for the Minister 134.
ELIZABETH-TOWN, March 9. Sunday last was apprehended, and committed to the gaol of this county, Dr. Freeman, said to be partisan of those certificate forgers, who for some time have played off their villainy, on unsuspecting individuals, with too much success.
ALBANY, March 9. Great complaints are made, of the Post-Mails not being regularly attended to, and conveyed to this city.
PROVIDENCE, March 12. On Wednesday last Ichabod Darrow and Stephen Pettis, both said to be from the State of New-York, were apprehended here, and committed to gaol. One of them had offered for sale a Loan-Office certificate of the State of South-Carolina, which had been altered. Some blanks for forging Final settlements were found among their baggage, also a bill of exchange, and several pieces of thin paper curiously folded; on the latter, their practice it seems was to write a pretended bill of sale, &c. which having procured to be witnessed, the paper was unfolded, and the sham instrument cut off; the name then remained at the bottom of a blank, for the purpose of manufacturing promissory notes, &c. One or more of these specimens of ingenuity bore the name of a respectable gentleman in this State.
SAYBROOK, March 12. Yesterday departed this life Mr. CALVIN WEBB, of this town, aged 29 years: his death was occasioned by a wound which he received as he was sawing at a saw-mill. He went from home about 6 o'clock in the morning of the 10th instant to the saw-mill about three quarters of a mile from his house, and was found there a little afternoon, speechless, and to appearance almost senseless, with the end of a pole which was about an inch and a quarter in diameter, run through the side of his head, and broke off, leaving the end of it in his head. How long he had lain in that situation is uncertain, it was judged to be four or five hours. He was carried home, continued in extreme distress about twenty hours and then expired.
BOSTON, March 24. Extract of a letter from Madrid, dated December 5. This day his Catholic Majesty was pleased to honor his Excellency James de Gardoqui, Esq. Plenipotentiary to the United States, with the Cross of St. Charles, approving at the same time his administration during his residence in America."
Military Arrangement of the 2d Regiment of the United States. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL COMMANDANT.
JOHN DOUGHTY, New-Jersey. MAJORS.
1st. Lemuel Trefcott, Massachusetts; and, John Burnham, ditto; 3d. Jonathan Hart, Connecticut.
CAPTAINS. 1. Robert Kirkwood, Delaware.—2. Tho's Hunt, Massachusetts.—3. John Mills, ditto.—4. John Pray, ditto.—5. Richard Brook Roberts, South-Carolina.—6. John H. Buel, Connecticut.—7. David Sayles, Rhode-Island.—8. Jonathan Cals, New-Hampshire.
—9. Constant Freeman, Massachusetts.—10. Patrick Phelon, do.—11. Thomas H. Cushing, ditto.—12. Joseph Shaylor, Connecticut.
LIEUTENANTS. 1. Samuel Newman, Massachusetts. 2. Bezaleel Howe, New-Hampshire. 3. Henry Sherman, jun. Rhode-Island. 4. Daniel Bradley, Connecticut. 5. John Platt, Delaware. 6. William Rickard, Massachusetts. 7. Richard S. Howe, ditto. 8. Richard H. Greaton, ditto. 9. J. Higginson, ditto. 10. Winflow Warren, ditto. 11. Russell Bissell, Connecticut. 12. Francis Huger, S. Carolina.
ENSIGNS. 1. Martin B. Solhier, Massachusetts. 2. Richard Edwards, ditto. 3. Edward Miller, Connecticut. 4. John Thompson, ditto. 5. George Tillinghast, R. Island. 6. Joseph S. Gilman, New-Hampshire. 7. Joseph Pierce, jun. Massachusetts. 8. David Cobb, jun. ditto. 9. John Dickinson, S. Carolina. 10. Thomas Duff, Delaware. 11. Edward Turner, Massachusetts. 12. Theodore Sedgwick, 3d, ditto.
SURGEON. William Eustis, Massachusetts. SURGEON'S MATES. Joshua Sumner, Connecticut. John F. Carmichael, New-Jersey.
The Massachusetts semi-annual State Lottery (of which not one ticket was return'd into the State Treasury) commenced drawing on Thursday last (17th March) at four o'clock, P. M. the time assigned. Since the first afternoon of drawing—the managers have drawn 1000 numbers in the forenoon, and devoted the afternoon for the purpose of examination: and this mode we understand they mean to pursue, until the completion of the lottery.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 26. On Monday last the inhabitants of this town, agreeable to notification, assembled for the purpose of giving in their votes for a President and Senators, and choosing their Representatives for the year ensuing.—The ballots being taken for a Moderator, it appeared that the Hon. DANIEL RINDGE, Esq. had a majority, who accordingly presided at the meeting. At the close of the poll the votes were, for
PRESIDENT, His Excellency J. BARTLETT, Esq. 120 Scattering votes, 60
SENATORS, Nathaniel Rogers, 257 John T. Gilman, 239 James Sheafe, 231 Christopher Toppan, 221 Phillips White, 190 Nathaniel Peabody, 78 James M'Gregore, 44 Jonathan Warner, 39 Joshua Wentworth, 39 Supply Clap, 36 Daniel Rindge, 35 Abiel Foster, 27 Joseph Cilley, 17 Peter Green, 11
him with such force as drove the tongue of the sleigh into his bowels, which killed him instantaneously—all of which was accomplished in a few moments.
His Excellency the President, with advice of Council has appointed the Hon. Timothy Farrar, Esq. one of the Justices of the Superior Court of this State, vice Woodbury Langdon, Esq. resigned.
The Senators and Representatives from this State to Congress have arrived at their respective seats in this State.
The 3d inst. closed the political career of the first Congress of the United States, under the new Constitution: As the skilful pilot, after he has conducted the vessel committed to his charge, through straits, abounding with rocks, quicksands and shoals, and has given her a fair offing to the port of her destination, experiences indescibable sensations of pleasure, so our political fathers may congratulate themselves on the success of their endeavours in conducting our political affairs through paths before untried. From this auspicious period, may they behold the labours of their hands maturing to a happy state of perfection. It is a pleasing reflection, that their administration has been so far to public acceptance, as to secure the re-election to office of a great majority of their number: In several instances, a re-appointment has been voluntarily declined—and those who have lost their re-election, are not without reflections to counterbalance the disappointment.
Letter from Mr. PINTARD, the Consul of the United States, at Madeira. SIR, Madeira, Jan. 23, 1791. I beg leave to inform you, that the Government of this Island, have prohibited the importation of Train Oil from America; which has hitherto been an article of some considerable import, particularly from the Eastern States.—I thought it proper to give you this information, that the merchants throughout the United States might be informed of it.
I have the honor to be, &c. JOHN M. PINTARD.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this district. ENTERED FROM Brig Betsey, Lord, Tobago. CLEARED FOR Schooner Dove, Tredick, St. Lucia.
A FABLE. A MAN who own'd a barber's shop At York & shav'd full many a fop, A monkey kept for his amusement; He made no other kind of use on't— This monkey took great observation, Was wonderful at imitation, And all he saw the barber do, He mimick'd straight, and did it too.
It chanc'd in shop the dog and cat , While Friseur din'd demurely sat, Jacks found nought to play the knave in, So thot' he'd try his hand at shaving. Around the shop in haste he rushes, And gets the razors, soap and brushes; Now pus he fix'd (no muscle mis's stirs) And lather'd well her beard & whiskers, Then gave a gash as he begun— The cat cry'd waugh! and off she run.
Next Towler's beard he tries his skill in, Tho' Towler seem'd somewhat unwilling, As badly here again succeeding— The dog runs howling round & bleeding.
Nor yet was tir'd our roguish elf, He'd seen the barber shave himself; So by the glass upon the table, He rubs with soap his visage fable, Then with left hand holds smooth his jaw,
The razor in his dexter paw; Around he flourishes and slashes, Till all his face is seam'd with gashes. His cheeks dispatch'd—his visage thin; He cock'd to shave beneath his chin; Drew razor swift as he could pull it, And cut from ear to ear his gullet.
MORAL. WHO cannot write, yet handle pens, Are apt to hurt themselves and friends. Though others use them well, yet fools Should never meddle with edge tools.
For the GAZETTE:
MR. MELCHER, I CANNOT feel easy in my mind, until I have made a public acknowledgement of my folly and indiscretion at the late town-meeting, and I am fearful that some few others from the same inattention have as ridiculously sported away their votes for a President—I had furnished myself with votes for Senators and Representatives, but had not taken one with me for a President; going up to the chamber to put in my votes, I found CHARLES HENZELL posted at the foot of the stairs with a large number of votes in his hands—he offered me one for a President, which I readily received, not in the least suspecting but it was for our present worthy President JOSIAH BARTLETT, Esq. who I was persuaded would have an unanimous election—the vote was put into the box without examination; I now find to my great chagrin, that I voted for this self same CHARLES HENZELL, and have lost the opportunity of giving a vote according to my intentions—not but that I think Sir Charles deserving a Post, and I am persuaded it would give great pleasure to the inhabitants in general to see him exalted.
For the GAZETTE:
MR. MELCHER, A CORRESPONDENT begs leave to assure the public, that Sir CHARLES HENZELL's solicitations for votes last Monday, was done entirely through ignorance; as he supposed that this town only (and not the State) made choice of President. Your correspondent is very sorry that his votes were published, especially with the votes given for that Hon. Gentleman, who now retains the office, and who probably will retain it as long as he has an inclination.—Sir Charles Henzell having exposed himself, and therefore he still ought to be exposed.—The votes that were given him for President, were distributed by himself, and to those who were equally ignorant; therefore this information is given to the public, that the votes Sir Charles receiv'd, were not a burlesque on the office, but on the man.
Singing-School. JOHN REED respectfully informs the public, that he has opened a SINGING-SCHOOL, for CHILDREN, on the afternoons of Thursdays and Saturdays, from 3 to 6 o'clock, P. M. at six shillings per quarter, at the house lately occupied by Mr. J. Marshall, in Pleasant-Street, near Capt. John Pickering's Mills—where he is ready to instruct scholars:—Likewise, an EVENING-SCHOOL, for young people of both sexes, through the summer. As he is lame, and can do no other business to obtain a livelihood for himself and family, he hopes the hearts of all feeling parents will expand to commiserate his present situation, and thereby patronize his assiduous undertaking. Portsmouth, March 26, 1791.
Taken up adrift.
TAKEN up adrift in the harbour's mouth, on the 22d inst. a White Pine Mast —60 feet long and 17 inches through.—The owner may have the same again by applying to Abraham Trefethen, of Newcastle, and paying charges. Newcastle, March 22, 1791.
WANTED , an active, steady LAD, as an apprentice to the Printing Business.—Apply to JOHN MELCHER, printer, in Market-street, Portsmouth.

LOTTERY-OFFICE.
THE managers of Newcastle Bridge Lottery, that they may proceed with vigor in accomplishing the Bridge across Little Harbour, have opened a LOTTERY-OFFICE in Portsmouth , at the Store adjoining Mr. William Dame's, merchant, nearly opposite the Post-Office, on an entire new plan from any heretofore published, to consist of four parts, contain'd in four barrels: Each barrel will contain an entire Lottery by itself, in order to accommodate them to the fancy of every adventurer, marked and numbered agreeable to the following
S C H E M E;
Not TWO Blanks to a Prize, and NO deduction from the Prizes:
   —No. 4.— —No. 3.— —No. 2.— —No. 1.—     Consisting of 4000 tickets, at 2 dollars each, are 8000 dollars. Consisting of 4000 tickets, at 1 dollar each, are 4000 dollars. Consisting of 4000 tickets, at half of a dollar each, are 2000 dollars. Consisting of 4000 tickets, at quarter of a dollar each, are 1000 dollars.   prizes. doll's. dol. prizes. doll's. dol. prizes. doll's. dol. prizes. doll's. dol.   1 of 300 is 300 1 of 150 is 150 1 of 70 is 70 1 of 30 is 30   1 100 100 1 50 50 1 20 20 1 10 10   1 50 50 1 30 30 1 10 10 1 8 8   2 40 80 2 20 40 2 6 12 2 5 10   4 20 80 4 10 40 4 5 20 4 3 12   8 10 80 8 5 40 8 4 32 7 2 14   20 8 160 20 3 60 20 2 40 20 1 20   1297 4 5188 1297 2 2594 1297 1 1297 1298 1/2 648   1334 prizes. 6038 1334 prizes. 3004 1334 prizes. 1501 1334 prizes. 752   2666 blanks. 2666 blanks. 2666 blanks. 2666 blanks.   4000 at 2 dollars. 4000 at 1 dollar. 4000 at 1/2 dollar. 4000 at 1/4 dollar.  
IN order to explain this Scheme, Lottery No. 4 contains 1334 prizes and 2666 blanks, making 4000 tickets. The adventurer on purchasing a ticket, may draw out his prize or blank, as may happen, himself, or he may (though at the greatest distance) substitute any other to draw for him, who will have equal justice done as though he were present; and if it should be a prize, he shall immediately receive his money before another can draw; the same ticket, whether prize or blank, shall be rolled up again, and replaced in the same barrel, so that the whole number of prizes and blanks will always be kept perfect in the barrels at the time of drawing.
TICKETS are to be sold in the forenoon, and 'till 2 o'clock, after which the drawing will commence, every day in the week, except Sundays.
Portsmouth, February 21, 1791.
H. PRESCOTT, } S. JENNESS, } Managers. S. MARCH, } G. FROST, } S. CHASE, }
District of New-Hampshire.
By Order of the Hon. JOHN SULLIVAN, Esq. Judge of the District Court of said District of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given that a Libel is filed before said Court by JOSEPH WHIPPLE, Esq. Collector of the District of Portsmouth, in behalf of the United States of America, against five Bags, one Barrel and one half Barrel of Coffee marked B, seized within the district aforesaid, for having been imported into the United States contrary to Law—And that the said Judge has ordered that trial be had on the Libel aforesaid at a special District Court, to be holden at Portsmouth in said District on the first Tuesday of June next.
JOHN PARKER Marshal of said District. Portsmouth, March 15, 1791.
ALL persons indebted to or that have any demands upon the estate of MARY WENTWORTH, late of Portsmouth, widow, deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement to.
NATH'L ADAMS, Executor. Portsmouth, Feb. 22, 1791.
The Managers of Newcastle Bridge Lottery hereby inform the public, that the 3d Class in said Lottery, will positively commence drawing on the second Tuesday in APRIL next (not the first Tuesday, as was mentioned, by reason of the Fast) at Col. Benjamin Garlan's innholder in Rye.
Portsmouth, March 14, 1791.
A Boy about 10 or 12 years of age is wanted to serve in a Family.—Apply to the Printer hereof.
Just Published By the PRINTER hereof, and for sale at his Office in Market-Street, for only Nine-pence, though really worth three shillings.
S E R M O N
PREACHED at the opening of the COLUMBIAN LODGE, of FREE MASONS at Nottingham.
By the Rev. JOHN C. OGDEN Chaplain to the GRAND LODGE of FREE MASONS, in this STATE.
State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Antrim, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1789, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 7th day of April next, so much of their land as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Mr. Ebenezer Kimball in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
State. County. Ind's Q'ty. s. d. s. d. s. d. Col. Packer 50 0 1 0 1 0 4 George Jaffery 700 1 7 0 11 4 9 D. Miltimore 75 3 4 1 10 9 11 ADAM NICHOLS, Collector. Antrim, March 5, 1791.
State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Effingham, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1789, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 3d day of May 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 Weare Drake, Esq. innholder in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. D. Q'ty. Indents. County. Specie Ord. Specie.   s. d. q. s. d. s. d. q. s. d. s. d. q. s. d. s. d. q. s. d. s. d. q. s. d. s. d. s. d.     Joshua Wingate, 3d 3 2 200 1 6 1 6 0 0 9 0 1 9   Abner Fogg, jun. 5 2 200 0 11 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 1   ditto 67 1 56 0 11 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 1   Abner Fogg 7 2 200 0 11 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 1   Jeremiah Dearborn 9 2 200 1 5 1 0 6 0 9 0 1 8   Benjamin Perkins 17 2 200 2 11 0 0 11 1 4 0 3 3   William Weeks, jun. 21 2 200 2 11 0 0 11 1 4 0 2 3   Ebenezer Smith, 23 2 200 3 4 3 0 11 1 4 0 3 6   John Johnson, jun. half 25 2 100 1 5 1 0 6 0 9 0 1 8   Jonathan Wedgwood 29 2 200 1 8 0 0 6 0 9 0 2 0   Ezekiel Russell 33 2 200 2 0 2 0 8 0 11 0 2 6   Nathaniel Gookins 35 2 200 2 10 0 0 10 1 2 0 2 0   ditto 46 1 56 0 7 2 0 3 0 5 0 0 10   James Marston 48 1 56 0 7 2 0 3 0 5 0 1 1   Samuel Smith, half 33 1 28 0 5 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 7   Matthew Livermore, 6 2 200 2 3 2 8 0 1 0 0 3 0   Nathaniel Hobbs 8 2 200 2 3 2 8 0 1 0 0 3 0   ditto 14 1 56 0 6 0 3 0 0 5 5 0 9   Simon Dearborn 10 2 200 2 3 2 8 0 1 0 0 3 0   ditto 54 1 56 0 6 3 3 0 0 5 0 0 10   Thomas Parsons, jun. 26 2 200 3 5 0 11 0 1 6 0 4 0   Lemuel Smith, half 2 2 100 1 1 0 3 2 0 5 2 1 3   Nathaniel Drake 32 2 200 1 8 0 5 0 0 8 0 2 0   ditto 29 1 56 1 2 3 4 0 0 6 0 1 1   David Marston, jun. 36 2 200 3 4 3 11 0 1 6 0 4 0   Solly and March 38 2 200 3 4 3 11 0 1 6 0 4 0   ditto 43 1 56 0 7 2 3 0 0 5 0 10 0   Levi Dearborn 53 2 200 1 2 3 4 0 0 6 0 1 6   Moses Leavitt 48 2 200 1 2 3 4 0 0 6 0 1 6   Joshua Brown, jun. 50 2 200 2 4 0 8 0 1 0 0 3 0   ditto 22 1 56 0 10 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 2   Zachariah Batchelder 74 2 200 1 2 3 4 0 0 6 0 1 7   John Rindge 73 2 200 1 5 2 5 0 0 9 0 1 9   ditto 3 1 56 0 8 2 3 0 0 5 0 0 10   Isaac Marston 4 1 56 0 10 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 2   Jeremiah Avery 41 1 56 0 10 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 2   John Wentworth, 63 2 200 2 9 1 6 0 0 9 0 3 4   ditto 13 1 56 0 7 2 3 0 0 5 0 0 10   Simon Marston 15 1 56 0 6 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 9   Daniel Sanborn 18 1 56 0 6 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 9   Jonathan Drake 66 1 56 0 10 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 2   Joseph Moulton 89 2 200 2 10 0 9 0 1 2 0 3 1   ditto 63 1 56 0 10 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 2   Thomas Parsons 95 2 161 2 7 0 9 0 1 2 0 3 0   John Wingate, jun. 96 2 175 1 2 2 4 0 0 6 0 1 10   David Wedgwood 57 1 56 0 10 0 3 0 0 5 0 1 2   Daniel Marston, half 98 2 100 1 2 3 4 0 0 6 0 1 10   James Wedgwood, half 57 2 100 1 1 0 3 2 0 5 0 1 3  
Effingham, March 1, 1791 — ASAHEL DEARBORN, Collector.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors & owners of land in the township of Acworth, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber on or before the 21st day of April next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Mr. Eliphaz Silsby in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   State & Deputy's   No. R. Ac's. d. q. d. q.     Ezra George 1 9 80 2 2 1   B. Wentworth 8 9 21 0 3 0   Silas Hodges & Jona. Parker 11 9 10 2 2 1   Ditto 12 9 85 5 0 2   B. Wentworth 9 10 91 2 3 1   Ditto 10 10 72 2 1 1    THOMAS SLADER, Constable. Acworth, Feb. 22, 1791.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Ackworth, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1789, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 30th day of March next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Mr. Eliphaz Silsby, in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   indents. sp. or. dep.   No. R. Q'ty. s. d. d. q.     Jona. Hardy 10 7 100 1 0 3   B. Wentworth 8 9 21 0 2 3   Ditto 9 10 91 0 11 3   Ditto 10 10 72 0 8 2   S. Wentworth 16 10 39 0 5 1    THOMAS HILL, Collector. Acworth, Feb. 26, 1791.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Bradford, who have not paid their road tax of one penny per acre, laid on their land by order of the General-Court, for the year 1790, that unless they pay the same to us the subscribers, on or before Thursday the 14th day of April next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Ebenezer Eaton, Esq. in said town, at ten of the clock, A. M. on said day.
</    No. s. d.     Theodore Atkinson, Esq. 38 8 4   ditto 51 8 4