The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1791-06-23 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 & entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
State of New-Hampshire.
An ACT to regulate the exportation of Beef and Pork.
BE it enacted by the senate and house of Representatives, in General Court convened, That from and after the last day of September next, no barrelled Beef or Pork, shall be shipped, or exported out of this State, but such as has been surveyed and found to be good.
And be it further enacted, That the President by and with the advice and consent of the council, be and hereby is empowered and directed to appoint one or more suitable person or persons to be searchers and packers of barrelled Beef and Pork, in all such towns within this State where such officers in their opinion are necessary, who shall be sworn to the faithful execution of their trust, whose duty it shall be to pack and search all the Beef and Pork packed in the same town, designed for exportation—and that from and after the said last day of September, every barrel of Beef salted for exportation shall contain at least two hundred pound weight of Beef, without any Hocks, consisting of a full proportion of the best part of each quarter respectively, and also without having any of the best pieces culled out—and that there be four ounces of salt petre and good salt in each cask, sufficient to preserve the Beef or Pork from damage, to any part or place to which it is designed to be shipped, to be packed in good sound full bound casks, made of well seasoned wood, clear of sap.
And it is further enacted, That from and after the said last day of September every barrel of Pork salted for sale or exportation, shall contain at least two hundred pounds weight of Pork—consisting of a due proportion of the best as well as the poorest part of each Hog, without having any of the best parts culled out, and that each barrel shall contain not more than three half heads and six legs, to be packed in good, sound full bound casks, clear of sap.
And be it further enacted, That in every town where such beef or pork are packed up for exportation, the searcher and packer of such town or the town where they are to be shipped, shall previously thereto, properly pack all barrelled pork or beef, and it shall be his business to see that the beef or pork in each barrel or half barrel, be of a quality equal to the average of the beef or pork to be packed, and that the best be not left out, and that the beef or pork in each barrel shall weigh two hundred pounds weight without hocks, and that the casks be made of good and proper well seasoned wood and full bound. And that all casks so packed, searched, examined and approved, the said packer shall brand or imprint with a burning iron the following brand or mark, N. Hamp. with his surname at large, and the letter P. at the end thereof, denoting that the same is merchantable and in good order for exportation: and all such other provisions, as said packer shall find wholesome and useful though for its quality it be not merchantable, he shall cause to be well packed and salted in manner aforesaid, and the same branded and marked in manner aforesaid, with the word refuse in addition thereto, for which he shall receive from the owner, six pence, for each cask packed and marked as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted, That if any cooper, packer or other person, shall shift any beef or pork either on board any ship or vessel, or on shore, after the same has been so branded stamped or
marked by the packer or take out any part thereof, and export the same or a new brand, imprint, or mark the casks whereinto such provisions are shifted all persons acting ordering or assisting therein and being thereof convicted, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty pounds, nor less than three pounds, and if any person or persons other than the proper officer, shall presume to mark stamp or brand any cask of beef or pork, with the stamping instrument belonging to such officer, or other instrument made in imitation thereof, such person or persons on conviction thereof, shall forfeit and pay a sum not more than twenty pounds nor less than three pounds for each cask so marked, stamped or branded, to be sued for and recovered in any court of record in this State proper to try the same; and the several packers of beef and pork, who may hereafter be appointed within this State, are hereby directed to govern themselves accordingly.
And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons from and after the said last day of September, shall ship or export any salted beef or pork, not containing the quantity, and packed, imprinted or branded in manner aforesaid, he shall forfeit the same, and pay a fine of forty shillings for each barrel so shipped or exported; to be sued for, and recovered in any court of record within this State proper to try the same, one moiety thereof for the use of the prosecutor, and the other moiety thereof, for the use of the town wherein the offence shall have been committed.
And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any Justice of the peace, upon information given of any barrelled beef or pork being shipped, laden or put on board any ship or other vessel for exportation as aforesaid, not being packed, marked or imprinted as aforesaid, to issue his warrant directed to the sheriff or his deputy or constable, requiring them respectively to go on board any such ship or other vessel, and make seizure of any such beef or pork, shipped and not packed and marked as aforesaid, and to secure the same in order for trial, and such officers are respectively empowered and required to execute the same process.
State of New-Hampshire. In the House of Representatives, June 16, 1791.
THE foregoing bill having been read a third time, passed to be enacted.
Sent up for concurrence, WILLIAM PLUMMER, Speaker. In Senate the same day,—This bill having been read a third time, voted that the same be enacted, JOSIAH BARTLETT, President. A true copy—Attest, JOSEPH PEARSON, Sec'y.
Extraordinary Will, made by a Miser in Ireland.
THE words are:—"I give and bequeath to my sister in law, Sarah Dennis, four old worsted stockings, which she will find underneath my bed: to my nephew, Charles Macartney, two other pair of stockings lying in the box where I keep my linen; to Lieutenant Johnson, of his Majesty's 5th regiment of foot, my only pair of white cotton stockings, and my old scarlet great coat; and to Hannah Bourke, my housekeeper, in return for her long and faithful services, my crackt earthen pitcher." Hannah, in anger, told the other legatees, that she resigned to them her valuable share of the property; and then retired. In equal rage, Charles kicked down the pitcher; and, as it broke, a multitude of guineas burst out and
rolled along the floor. This fortunate discovery induced those present to examine the stockings, which to their great joy were crammed with money.
WISDOM in an INDIAN.
A Spanish traveller met an Indian in the middle of a desert—they were both on horseback. The Spaniard, who feared that his horse would not hold out to the end of his journey, because he was none of the best; asked the Indian who had a young and strong one, to make an exchange; but this he refused. The Spaniard, upon this, quarrelled with him—in short they came to blows, and the aggressor being well armed, easily seized the horse he desired, and continued his journey. The Indian followed him as far as the nearest city, and then went and complained to the judge. The Spaniard was obliged to appear, and bring the horse with him; he treated the Indian as a cheat, affirming that the horse belonged to him, and that he had bred it from a colt.—There were no proofs to the contrary; and the Judge undetermined, was going to dismiss the pleaders from the Court when the Indian cried out "The horse is mine and I'll prove it!" He immediately took off his mantle, and with it quickly covered the head of the animal; then addressing himself to the Judge, "since this man," says he, affirms that he has bred this horse, command him to tell in which of his two eyes he is blind. The Spaniard who would not seem to hesitate, instantly answered. "On the right eye,"—"He is neither blind," said the Indian "on the right eye nor on the left." The Judge, convinced by a proof so ingenious and decisive, decreed him the horse, and the affair was terminated.
THE PROMPTER. I told you so.
WHAT a wise man is this I! He foresees all evils and tells them and how they will happen. He warns every one of every misfortune that ever falls upon him—after the mischief is all done, he struts and says with a boasting superiority, I told you so, though perhaps he never said a word about it, until the thing happened.
It is warm weather—a man buys a quarter of veal or mutton—he deliberates whether he had better hang it up in the buttery or in the cellar—he does not know whether the heat above stairs, or the damp air below is most injurious to fresh meat—finally he puts it in the buttery—his wife knows nothing of this—but the next day the meat is spoiled—the husband says, "My dear, the meat is spoiled." "Where was it put?" says the good woman. "In the buttery." "Aye, I told you so," says the wife.
"My dear," says the wife, one very pleasant day, not a cloud to be seen; "I shall visit Mrs. such a one to day; will you come and drink tea and wait on me home?" The husband pouts a little—but the woman makes her visit—in the afternoon a shower comes over, and the earth is covered with water—in the evening the woman comes in, dripping with water—her husband meets her at the door, exulting, Aye, I told you so, but you are always gossiping about.
A young man is going to take a ride—it is fine weather, and he thinks it useless to take a great coat—a shower comes upon him suddenly and he gets wet—he comes home at evening and is met at the door with this consoling address, I told you so.
From the HAMPSHIRE CHRONICLE.
Mr. PRINTER, Please to insert the following, if you think it merits a place in your paper. To the PROMPTER. SIR,
I HAVE waited a considerable time, hoping you or some of your correspondents would take notice of an evil, very common; but as none have touched upon it as yet, I beg leave to lay the matter before you, and with your opinion upon it.—There are many farmers within the small circle of my acquaintance, who raise barely grain sufficient to bread their families from year to year; yet these men will run to the merchant and retailer, and because they can be trusted until fall, and then pay in grain, they will take up twice as much gauze, cambric, lace, &c. and three times as much rum as they want. When fall comes (and it will come once a year) a great part of their grain must go to pay up the merchant's and retailer's bills; and by March or April they are rambling about to buy bread for their families, and very often go to traders they have dealt with, and must give twenty-five or thirty per cent. higher than what they sold for, and must pay the money too. Now, Mr. Prompter, I want to know whether these men work it right; or whether, as Dr. Franklin says, they do not pay very dear for their whistle? J. K.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Sutton, that the selectmen of said town have assessed their lands, agreeable to an act of the Hon. General Court of the State aforesaid, passed January 1789, for to assess, levy and collect one penny annually, three years next following, on each acre of land in said town—therefore, unless they pay said taxes to us the subscribers, on or before the 9th day of August 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 Matthew Harvey, in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   Div. Lots. Acres. 1. s. d.     Mark Plummer, 3 64 33 0 2   George Jaffrey, 0 15 153 0 11   Moses Clement, 3 29 21 0 1   B. Eaton 1st & 2d years, 2 53 70 1 11   Jonathan Poor, 3 27 11 0 0   MATTHEW HARVEY, } Selectmen BENJAMIN WADLEY, } Sutton, May 2, 1791.  
THE Supervisor for the District of New-Hampshire being desirous of preventing any forfeitures, accruing by the delinquency of persons who may be unguardedly subjected to the penalties which are enjoined by an act of Congress of the United States, passed the third of March, the present year—In-titled,
"An ACT, repealing after the last day of June, the Duties heretofore laid upon distilled Spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead, and also upon Spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same,"
Hereby informs all persons, importers of distilled Spirits, and distillers of Spirits from foreign materials, and of those the growth or production of this country, that the said act requires a return to be made within three days, next after the first day of July, to the Officer of Inspection of all such Spirits they may have on hand, on the said first day of July. Portsmouth, May 27, 1791.

L O N D O N, April 2.
A few days ago was married at Old Deer, near Edingburgh, a decent, well-looking widow, aged fifty, to a widower, in Stuart-field, aged upwards of eighty, who then entered into his Seventh matrimonial engagement. This is perhaps the first instance of the kind that has occurred in the memory of any person living.
APRIL 3.
The late GRAND VISIR,
Before he could be put to death, discharged two pistols at the officers sent to execute him. A third then shot him through the breast, and his head was immediately cut off.
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Of Paris is without doubt the most superbly accoutred of any troops in Europe. Their General opulence may be estimated, from the circumstance, that the grenadier company of one battalion possesses an annual income of 1,700,000 livres.
K I N G S T O N, March 19.
The circumstances which lead to the death of the gallant and unfortunate Col. Mauduit, have been much misrepresented. It seems that the troops lately from Old France, were no sooner landed at Port-au-Prince, than they revolted, joined the party which were contending for an independent legislature, and put their officers to defiance. Seduced by the example, Col. Mauduit's regiment likewise deserted their colours, and joined the rest. In this situation, they thought proper to call to mind a disturbance that had formerly happened among the people, and which the Colonel had employed them to quell; and formed a determination to compel him to disavow his fidelity to the National Assembly, or deprive him of life. In this frame of mind the officer was led to the scene of the former action, and there pressed to a compliance with their demands, which he peremptorily refused. They urged and threatened in vain. Firm in his opinions, the Colonel, first taking the cross of St. Louis from his bosom, and giving it to a soldier, then breaking his sword in two, told the men that his honor was in his own keeping, his life was in their hands; and, baring his breast, he added that his determination was fixed, and they might use their pleasure. At this moment a multitude exclaimed, COUPE! and in an instant a soldier severed his head with a sabre, while another pierced his body through with a bayonet. Thus fell an officer of tried bravery and good conduct, and who, but a few short weeks before, had been crowned with a laurel, as the true friend and defender of the colony!
THE PATRIOTICK COOK.
An aristocratical lady of Caen, gave out two days ago, that there would be every day, two covers at her table for Priests who had not taken the Civic Oath. Her cook, hearing of the invitation of his mistress said—Let the bad Priests come, I will prepare for them a better feast than they are aware of. I shall write the Civic Oath on small tickets and put them up nicely in petty pates; so that if they have not the oath in their hearts, they shall have it in their bellies.
P A R I S, April 1.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
The following is the DECREE on the importation and exportation of Tobacco, and on the duties on the importation thereof.
Article I. the importation of manufactured Tobacco is prohibited throughout the kingdom, nor shall it be imported in the leaf but in hogsheads through the ports and in the ships hereafter mentioned.
II. Leaf Tobacco shall only be imported by sea from the United States of America, the Spanish colonies, Russia and the Levant—these Tobacco must be imported direct, that is those from the United States in ships of the said States, or in French ships—those from the Spanish colonies in Spanish or French ships—those from the Ukraine in Russian or French ships—those
from the Levant in French ships only—all importation of the said Tobacco in other bottoms is prohibited.
III. The importation of Tobacco from the United States, the Spanish colonies, the Ukraine and the Levant, shall only take place at the ports following, to wit: Beyond, Bourdeaux, Rochefort, La Rochelle, Nantes, L'Orient, Morlaix, St. Maloes, Grand Ville, Honfleur, Cherberg, Rouen, Havre-de-Grace, Dieppe, St. Valery on the Somme, Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk, Marseilles, Toulon, Cette, Point-au-de-mer.
IV. It is further permitted to import foreign Tobacco in the leaf and in good order whatever be the growth of it—through the custom-houses of Strasbourg, Valenciennes and Lille, paying duties thereon of 25 livres per quintal.
V. The same duty of 25 livres per quintal shall be paid on all Tobacco imported in the ships of the United States, Spain or Russia.
VI. A duty of only 18 livres 15 sols per quintal shall be paid on Tobacco imported in French ships direct from the United States, the Spanish colonies, Russia or the Levant.
The assembly suspends the consideration of the importation of Tobacco from the colonies of France;—by the above regulation a hogshead of Tobacco imported in an American bottom into France pays about 12 dollars more than the same hogshead would do in a French ship.
SHEPHERDS-TOWN, May 23.
Extract of a letter from West Liberty, Ohio county, to a gentleman in this town, dated May 9, 1791.
"We are all well, except having a bad spell of the pleurisy, which disorder rages through our country—our other complaints are, the savage depredations, (and with just cause) viz. Governor Mifflin, of Pennsylvania, offering a reward of one thousand dollars for each and every man which was at the taking of the five scalps at Beaver-creek—but we of Ohio county have, by subscription, raised fifty pounds per scalp for the first Indian, thirty for the second, and twenty for the third. Now, sir, I will inform you of the loss last week—but, before this must inform you, that about the 16th of February, the Indians in a most cruel manner murdered Francis Ryley's family, of five persons, at the mouth of Buffaloe; a party of about 26 pursued, with Capt. Brady, (formerly of the 8th Pennsylvania regiment, and an officer well known for his bravery) at their front—they took five scalps—for that action Governor Mifflin issued his proclamation. The loss of men, women and children, since the first of May, are twenty-nine—all within a few miles of your humble servant. Among the slain of the West-Liberty company, there is, John Walker—the mortal wounded are, Joseph Biggs, commandant, Elijah Hedges, Joseph Vanmeter, and a son of Col. Lem. Barret.—The wounded are like to recover.—These are facts."
N E W Y O R K, June 11.
By the English Chronicle of April 9, just received, it appears that the Attorney-General of Great-Britain has received instructions to prosecute Mr. Paine, for his Pamphlet on the Rights of Man.
The rapid improvement and increase of the city of Philadelphia are really astonishing—and bid fair to verify the prediction of William Penn, that Philadelphia would extend from Delaware to Schuylkill, and from Kensington to Gloucester-Point, in less than two centuries.
By a late survey made of the coal mines in the neighborhood of Birmingham (England) it appears that they can produce 600,000 tons of coals, annually, for a thousand years.
SEDUCTION. —By a law in Tuscany, as uncommon as it is just, a breach of modesty is as severely punished in the male as in the female sex; and a seducer, be his rank what it will, is obliged to marry the object of his seduction.
C H A R L E S T O N, May 26.
At a meeting of the citizens and inhabitants at the City-Hall, the following resolution was adopted:
Whereas the establishment of a branch of the National Bank in this city, would be of great and general advantage to every class of inhabitants in the state,
Therefore Resolved, That it be recommended to all persons to subscribe for a share or shares in the proposed National Bank, and to the subscribers to use their endeavours to procure the establishment of a branch thereof in this city, and that the undernamed gentlemen (there are 13 named) be a committee to hand about a subscription for the purpose.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, June 6.
Amongst the many accounts of the flourishing state of the infant manufactures of America, it seems strange that the
CARPET MANUFACTORY
has been hitherto so little noticed. A correspondent who lately visited that establishment in the Northern Liberties, informs us, that he has seen some of the carpets manufactured there by WILLIAM PETER SPRAGUE, of those durable kind called Turkey and Axminster, which fell at 20 per cent. cheaper than those imported, and of double their durability.
The carpet made for the President, and others for various persons, are master pieces of their kind, particularly that for the Senate Chamber of the United States. The device wove in the last mentioned is the Crest and Armorial Achievements appertaining to the United States. Thirteen stars forming a constellation diverging from a cloud, occupy the space under the chair of the Vice-President. The American Eagle is displayed in the centre, holding in his dexter talon an olive branch, in his sinister a bundle of thirteen arrows, and in his beak a scroll inscribed with the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM . The whole surrounded by a chain formed of thirteen shields, emblematic of each state.
The sides are ornamented with marine and land trophies, and the corners exhibit very beautiful Cornucopias, some filled with olive branches and flowers expressive of peace, whilst others bear fruit and grain, the emblems of plenty.
Under the arms, on the Pole which support the Cap of Liberty, is hung the Balance of Justice.
The whole being executed in a capital style, with rich bright colors, has a very fine effect, notwithstanding the raw materials employed, are of the refuse and coarser kind: So that this manufactory is an advantage to others by allowing a price for those articles which could not be used in the common branches of woolen and tow business.
Manufactures of all kinds will generally meet with the support of the friends of the country, and this in particular, which already gives employment to a number of poor women and children, will no doubt be encouraged. The article of Carpeting is now imported in considerable quantities, for which large sums are annually exported to Europe; but if due encouragement is afforded, there is every reason to believe that it may become an object of exportation.
Lately arrived here a Mulatto from Martinique. He appears to be a person of fortune, and is recommended to several respectable characters in this city. His business here, is of a singular nature, and with the President of the United States: He tells, that an invitation from our supreme executive magistrate, had reached the French West Indies, holding out encouragement to such oppressed people of colour, as chose to remove, and form a colony in Virginia. He shews a translation of this invitation, which was printed in great numbers, and distributed throughout the French colonies, and which produced considerable effect, and a desire in many to remove to Virginia: However, he says, they first thought it most prudent to send him as their deputy to the President of the United States, to collect further information. By the nature of the invitation, and especially the terms held out in it, it can be nothing less
than a gross imposition, and the most favorable construction that can be put upon the conduct of the Mulatto is, that he is imposed upon.
CHARLES FOX's head is placed as an ornament to the title of the ARGUS, a London paper. The idea is new and singular, and the likeness well preserved.
Extract of a letter from Amsterdam, April 1, 1791.
"The migration from Germany to America is expected will be greater this year than ever: The princes of that country; fearing the fate of France, have lately granted more liberty to their subjects than usual. They arrive in divisions from three to four hundred in this city, in order to take shipping for the land of liberty and peace!"
JUNE 11.
Tuesday afternoon Col. Proctor arrived in town. He informs that on the 21st of last month he held a conference with the Chiefs of the Six Nations, who appeared perfectly disposed to remain at peace with the United States: Col. Pickering is to hold a treaty with them on the 15th inst.
The late Rev. Mr. Wesley, during the last 50 years of his ministry, is, upon the most moderate computation, supposed to have preached upwards of 35,000 sermons, and in that time is supposed to have travelled 160,000 miles. (Mail.)
B E N N I N G T O N, June 1.
We learn, that the party of British troops who lately held a post in this State, have been recalled.
B O S T O N, June 18.
T I P P O S A I B
By accounts received at Philadelphia, from the Isle of France, has defeated the British General MEADOWS, in a general engagement—The accounts add, that this amiable and valiant officer is among the slain. The loss of this General, would be a loss to mankind.—The Christian Soldier is his universal character.—His orders to his army are an evidence of his merit—"Should the fortune of war put the ambitious Prince (Tippo Saib) into our hands, uncontaminated by his base example, let him be treated with every act of humanity and generosity; and enlightened, if possible, by a treatment so much the reverse of his own.—To a generous mind a fault acknowledged is a fault forgot, and an enemy in our power is an enemy no more."
On Thursday the Right Rev. Bishop CARROL left this place on his return to Maryland. During his visit here he suspended Mr. Rousselot from his ministerial functions, and confirmed Mr. Thayer as Pastor of the Roman Catholic Church in this town.
In the Death of Dr. PRICE
The world has lamented the exit of a christian, a philosopher, politician and a divine. The United States in him experience the loss of a sincere Friend, and zealous Defender of their Independence—and the cause of Universal Liberty will heavily feel the cessation of the labors of so able a supporter. He was a native of Wales, and his death was occasioned by a cold which he caught when attending the funeral of a friend—which terminated in a disorder in the bladder.
JUNE 22.
His Excellency Don JOSEPH JAVENES, Commissioner from his Most Catholic Majesty to the United States, arrived at Philadelphia, a few days since, from Spain.
THE LEGISLATURE
Of this Commonwealth was on Saturday last adjourned to the second Wednesday of January next.
The bounty on Hemp was continued two years and five months, from Jan. 1, 1792.
The Pay-Roll amounted to 14091. 10s.
The Empress of Russia, notwithstanding the hostile menaces of the English, Dutch and Prussian Courts, appears

still to hold an imperious tone—"Per- suaded" she says, "that she shall find those Courts whom she considers as her friends as much disposed to moderation, as she is herself—That is the only rival- ship to which her heart will open; it will be INACCESSIBLE TO EVERY THING OF FORCE AND POWER."
The monthly expense of the Bullocks attending the British army in India, under General MEADOWS, is estimated by the English Auditor of India ac- counts at 46,600l. exclusive of the sum to be paid at the end of the campaign for such as are lost or destroyed.
The two Mr. Choates, who were captured in January last, by the Dela- ware Indians, at Big-Bottom, have re- turned to their friends at Leicester, in Worcester county—They owe their li- berty to the generosity of the British commanding officer at Detroit.
In the severe thunder storm, on Friday afternoon, the house of Capt. TEELE, of Medford, was struck with lightning —and caught on fire, but the flames were soon extinguished with an engine.
CENTINEL MARINE JOURNAL. JUNE 18.
This day, about one o'clock, a Snow, completely rigged, with masts, spars and running rigging, will be launched from Mr. RHODES' yard, North-end.
Capt. Freeman, arrived at Portland, left at Ostend, the ship Abigail, Reed, of Boston—and spoke lat. 43, long 45, brig Active, Campbell, of Boston, for Oporto, out 21 days.
May 5, in lat. 26, 55, long. 61, the brig Sally, Jones, of Nawbury-Port, bound to the Cape, out 10 days, was spoke with.
The vessels from Foreign ports ar- rived at Philadelphia, from Jan. 1, to June 1, are 27 ships—79 brigs—4 snows—27 schooners—44 sloops—and 306 Coasters.
JAMAICA, April 9.—Capt. Hanna, lately returned from Virginia to this island, discovered on his passage, in lat. 19, 53, N. long. 63, 40, W. A RIDGE OF BREAKERS, stretching north and south, about a quarter of a mile in length: They lie a little above the sur- face of the water; and as the weather was moderate, Capt. Hanna, could the more easily determine their situation and appearance. They are not laid down in any of the charts, so far as can be discovered.
STOCKBRIDGE, June 14. In the storm of the 30th ult. accom- panied with thunder and lightning—a tree, not far distant from Col. Wil- iam's, in West Stockbridge, was struck near the top by the lightning, which ran down the body of the tree, to the ground, then under the surface, to a brook five rods distant, and killed about one hundred and fifty small fishes, and one eel, of considerable size, which were found floating the next morning near the place.
SALEM, June 21. In the town of St. Johnsbury and Lyndon (Vermont) have been made, the last spring, 13,000 lbs. Maple Su- gar. These towns are just settled, and contain, together, about 35 families.
TRANSLATED from the FRENCH.
To some reasonings on the question, Whether the Legislature of France should consist of one or two branches? The edi- tor of a French paper has the following note:
"By some gentlemen, the experience of the United States is quoted as a proof of the insufficiency of one legisla- tive House. No man has a better opinion than myself of the good sense of the people in America, but what was useful, even necessary in their govern- ment, may be very prejudicial in a go- vernment constituted like ours. A body of men, immediately chosen by the people, invested with supreme pow- er without any check, must become either arbitrary, like the former Assem- bly of Pennsylvania, or impotent, like to the former Congress. A House of Representatives in America was a mere
democratick Body—the National As- sembly of France is not and cannot be a mere democratick body. The differ- ence lies in the difference of election. An American Assembly was chosen by the Citizens at large —a French Assembly was chosen by qualified electors appointed by qualified citizens —that is, the precau- tions wisely taken by the Americans in the election of their President, have been taken in France in the election of every individual member to the Nation- al Assembly . If we go farther, and compare the power of an American Executive with the power and preroga- tives of a hereditary King, the differ- ence will be still more striking. The independence of the latter and the pre- carious authority of an elective Magis- trate, form almost the two extremes on the scale of power. Therefore, whilst I admire the wisdom of the American States in strengthening the hand of their Executive by the addition of an Upper House , I deprecate the idea of support- ing the authority of a hereditary King by a body of men, who must either govern or be governed by him. The history of a neighbouring Kingdom gives sufficient evidence to this truth. Our late experience shews that it is much easier to give powers than to take them away: If our future cir- cumstances render it necessary to sub- mit the decrees of the National Assembly to a Council of Revision, the good sense of an enlightened people will easi- ly concur in the modification of the system which is now proposed..
PORTSMOUTH, June 23.
Last Saturday the General Court of this State finished their session at Con- cord, and adjourned to meet on the last day of November next, in this town.
The President and Treasurer of this State are directed by the General Court to subscribe one hundred and fifty shares in the Bank of the United-States, the amount will be 60,000 dollars, one fourth to be paid in gold and silver, and three fourths in the funded debt of the United-States.
Sanford Kingsbury, Jeremiah Smith, and James M'Gregore, Esquires, are appointed to arrange and forward on the accounts and vouchers against the United-States.
By a late statement made by the trea- surer, there appears to be in the State treasury about six thousand pounds in silver and gold, of the funded debt forty-seven thousand pounds.
The revision of the State laws were completed at the late session, and an act passed suspending their operation un- til February next; they are committed to the press by the printer hereof, and will be completed with all possible speed.
An act has passed the legislature for calling a convention on the first Wed- nesday of September next, to meet at Concord, for the revision of the Con- stitution of this State. The act will be in- serted in our next.
Thursday the 17th day of November next is appointed to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving and praise throughout this state.
The value of the exports from the United States, from August, 1789, to Sept. 1790, according to the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, is Twenty Millions, Four hundred and Fifteen Thou- sand, nine hundred and sixty-six Dollars.
The subscriptions to the BANK of the United States, fill up with great ra- pidity in every part of the Union.
LOTTERIES Are instituted to raise certain sums for particular purposes: They always sink to the state more than double those sums, by the industry which they put a stop to, and the extravagance they oc- casion.
An act has passed the legislature, so far suppressing the Newcastle-Brige- Perpetual Lottery (so called) as to make it necessary for them to have the ap- probation of the selectmen of any town where they may again attempt to set on foot this canker-worm to the morals of our rising youth, and the interest and harmony of the community at
large; therefore, we presume this plan is at an end.—We would suggest to the honest managers, whether, if they ob- served the same punctuality in paying off the prizes, &c. that the managers of Lotteries in the neighbouring States do, whether they would not be able to complete their trust in the usual way of drawing Lotteries.—We have lately been informed by one of the Managers, that the highest prize in the first class is not yet paid off, which authority we do not doubt, this is not working it right, punctuality is the main spring to busi- ness.
A Resolve has passed the General- Court, ordering the selectmen of every town and place in this state, from whom any certificate or indent taxes are now due, to immediately call to account their collectors who are delinquent in indent and certificate taxes; and that said selectmen, within three months, certify to the Treasurer of this state the amount of the certificate, indent and specie taxes, due from the persons nam- ed in their lists to the several collectors: —And that the Treasurer receive from the several collectors seven shillings in lieu of every twenty shillings in said certifi- cates or indents, so certified by the se- lectmen to be due from the said indi- viduals, with a proviso,—that before any collector shall avail himself of the liber- ty given thereby, of paying in silver at said rates, he shall first pay to the Treas- urer, either in certificates, indents or state notes, indiscriminately, so much as may be due in certificates or indents to the treasury, and which are not so certified.
And for Certificate and Indent tax- es, the Collectors shall receive, indis- criminately, as may be offered them by the several delinquent persons in their lists, either State Notes, Indents, Certificates or Silver as before rated.— And the Treasurer shall keep an ac- count of what Certificates, Indents, State Notes, or Specie, he shall receive of each Collector for such outstanding taxes.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this district.
ENTERED FROM Snow Eliza, Martin, Tobago. Brig George, Moore, St. Eubes. CLEARED FOR Brig Polly, Rice, Poole.
Mount's Confession, &c.
JUST PUBLISHED,
And to be Sold by the Printer hereof,
THE CONFESSION and DY- ING SPEECH of THOMAS MOUNT, who was executed at Little- Rest, in the State of Rhode-Island, on Friday the 27th day of May, 1791, for burglary,—to which a dictionary of the Flash language (so far as it could be ob- tained from Mount) together with se- veral Flash songs, and the oath they ad- minister to flats (as they call the novices in the art of thieving) when they are admitted into the Flash society, are added.
THE subscriber, one of the Execu- tors of the estate of John Hart, late of Portsmouth, Rope-Maker, de- ceased, is very desirous to have a set- tlement of the accounts that are open with said estate, and would once more request those persons who have accounts yet unsettled, to call on him that the same may be adjusted in an amicable manner, as he is determined to finish the business as soon as may be; those persons who neglect a settlement, must expect that their accounts will, without distinction, be put into the hands of an Attorney.
JEREMIAH LIBBEY. Portsmouth, June 20, 1791.
State of New-Hampshire. To NATHANIEL PEABODY, Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace and of the quorum, throughout said State.
WE the subscribers being more than one sixteenth part of the proprietors of New-Grantham, request that you would warn a meeting of the proprietors of said town, to be holden at the house of Lieut. Robert Scott, in said town, on Thursday the fourteenth day of July next, at one of the clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz.
1st. To choose a Moderator. 2d. To see if the proprietors will give leave to those that own second hundred acre lots, belonging to each right, and who have not made pitches thereon, to pitch them any where in the undivided land, within three months from the passing such vote. 3d. To see in what manner the after division shall be laid out. 4th. To see what encouragement they will give for building bridges in said town. 5th. To see if they will adopt some method for the settlement of all old accounts. 6th. To see what sum of money may be necessary to be raised for defraying accounts, charges, &c. 7th. To agree on some method for calling proprietors meetings in future. John Duncan, Elijah Gleason, Charles Scott, Wm. Huntington, Robert Scott, Robert Duncan, Samuel Duncan.
June 9, 1791.
State of New-Hampshire.
PURSUANT to the foregoing ap- plication the proprietors of the said township of New-Grantham, in the county of Cheshire, and State aforesaid, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place, and for the pur- poses mentioned and set forth in said application.—Given under my hand and seal at Concord, in said State, this 13th day of June, 1791.
NATHANIEL PEABODY, Just. Peace
AT a legal meeting of the proprie- tors of land formerly owned by Samuel Allen, of London, laying in New-Hampshire and Massachusetts— holden May 5th, 1791, by adjourn- ment, at the house of the widow Mary Neal, in Londonderry—The Modera- tor not attending—voted and chose Sa- muel Dana, Esq. moderator for this meeting—The Clerk being absent— voted and chose John Neal, clerk for this meeting. Attest, SAMUEL DANA, Moderator.
THE meeting being duly organized, among other things, voted to adjourn this meeting until the 28th day of June next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. then to be holden at the house of the said widow Mary Neal, in Londonderry, where a general attendance is requested.—Pub- lished by order of the proprietors pre- sent.
Attest, JOHN NEAL, Clk pro tem. Londonderry, May 31st, 1791.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given to all proprietors or owners of lands in Fitzwilliam, that there is a tax of one penny on each acre of land in said town, assessed for the year 1791, by order of the General Court of this State, for the purpose of repairing the public roads in said town, and they have leave to pay the same in labour if done within eight weeks from the date. NAHUM PARKER, ABNER STONE, } Selectmen. MATTHIAS FELTON, Fitzwilliam, May 26, 1791.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the sale of the estate occupied by Mr: JAMES HASLET, and advertised for sale by auction this day, will be postponed to a future time. June 23, 1791.
BLANKS of all Sorts, may on the shortest notice be had at JOHN MELCHER'S Printing-Office.

From the Gazette of the United States.
SONNET. SAY, What is life? the sons of sorrow cry— Is it to breathe a lingering age of woe In vegetative being here below? To eat, to drink, to sleep, and then to die? Is it in pleasure's airy rounds to fly? To laugh, to dance?—the souls of joy would know— To plunge in lewdness, and no care bestow On what may greatly fit us for the sky? No, 'Tis the twilight of a heavenly day, Whose radiant glories opening on the soul, Shall raise, and bear it, from itself away, Far o'er the bounds of this terrestrial pole, Wak'd to new rapture by the living lay, Where God informs the immeasurable whole.
James Diman Acquaints the Public, that he has just opened a Variety of English and India GOODS:—ALSO— CROCKERY and HARD WARE;
Which will be sold at his shop in PORTSMOUTH, a few doors below Mr. Bowles's, in DANIEL-STREET—at so cheap a rate, as cannot fail to give full satisfaction to every reasonable purchaser.
Portsmouth, June 9, 1791.
PROBATE OFFICE—MAY 11. Hillsborough ss.
THEN Joseph Blanchard, of Amherst, in said county, Esquire, one of the heirs of the late Joseph Blanchard, Esquire, deceased, appeared and claimed an appeal from the grant of a letter of administration upon the said deceased's estate, to the widow Rebecca Blanchard, in March last, by the Judge of Probate for said county, to the Superior Court of Judicature, to be holden at Amherst, on the first Tuesday in October next—which was granted accordingly.
Attest, WM. GORDON, Reg'r.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given by the said appellant, that the aforesaid appeal will be duly prosecuted. WM. GORDON, Attorney for the Appel't Amherst, May 18, 1791.
WHEREAS the General Court of the State of New Hampshire, at their session in January last, granted a tax of three pence per acre on all the lands in New-Chester and Bridgewater (public lots excepted) for the sole purpose of making and repairing the highways in said town; and two years is given the non-resident owners of land in said town, for working out their taxes, providing the work is done between the first day of May and the last day of October, within the said term of two years. This is therefore to give public notice to all the non-resident owners of land in New-Chester and Bridgewater, that the selectmen will be ready to superintend the work agreeable to the aforesaid act; three shillings per day will be allowed for an able bodied man; and if the work is not done by the last day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, their lands will be advertised for sale.
THOMAS CRAWFORD, } Selectmen of Bridgewater. JACOB GURDY, } TIMOTHY KELLY, } PHINEAS SARJEANT, } Select. THEOPHILUS SANBORN, } of New Chester. THOMAS FEAUOUR, } Bridgewater, April 12, 1791.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors or owners of land in the town of Warner, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1788, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the seventh day of July next, so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges, at the house of Deac. John Currier, innholder in said town, at ten o'clock A. M. on said day.
Table with 4 columns: Name, D.No. Q'ty, s. d. q., Certifi. Indents. Specie. Names include: Jarvis Ring, Ezekiel Morrill, Jonathan Preseley, Maj. Nath'l Currier, Deacon N. Ordway, Doctor N. Ordway, Stephen Kelley, Col. Henry Morrill, Samuel & Israel Straw.
Table with 4 columns: Name, D.No. Q'ty, s. d. q., Certifi. Indents. Specie. Names include: Thomas Fowler, Warner, June 1, 1791. DAVID BAGLEY, Constable.
INASMUCH as my Wife Eunice has deserted my house and board, I hereby caution all persons against trusting her on my account, I being determined not to pay any debt of her contracting from the date hereof. I am also determined not to pay any debt which may arise in consequence of a child of mine which she has taken with her. JOHN COLBY. Newbury, May 26, 1791.
WE the subscribers do notify the non-resident proprietors of land in the town of New-London, that the selectmen for New-London are impowered by an act of the General Court, to assess levy and collect a tax on all the lands of non-resident proprietors in said town, of three pence per acre, for the purpose of repairing the public roads in said town, or one penny per acre for the term of three years; the proprietors may do the labour at any time after the first day of May, and before the last day of October in each year.
JOHN MORGAN, } Selectmen. BENJA. WOODBURY, } JOSEPH COLBY, } New-London, May 2, 1791.
LANCASTER.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the town of Lancaster, that have not paid the tax voted at their meeting in said town the 25th day of February, 1785, of two dollars on a right, and the tax of three dollars on a right voted the 25th day of December, 1787, for lotting, &c. that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of the subscriber, in said town, on the third Tuesday of August next, at one o'clock, P. M. as will pay said taxes, with incidental charges—the delinquents names are as follow—viz.
Table with 6 columns: Name, Intervale, 20 acres, House lot, 50 acres, 3d division, 103 acres, 3d divisi. 103 acres, Undivid. s. d. q. s. d. q. s. d. q. s. d. q. s. d. q. Names include: John Warden, Nathaniel Barrell, Daniel Warner, John Wait, Daniel Searls, Ephraim Noyes, Thomas Rice, Maj. John Tolford, Jonathan Houghton, Joseph Page, Ebenezer Blunt, John Herriman, Joseph Marble, Jonathan Grout, Thomas Rogers, David Page, jun. Meshech Weare, Esq. Benjamin Sawyer.
Lancaster, June 10, 1791. EDWARDS BUCKNAM, Collector.
BRIDGEWATER.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Bridgewater, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1789, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the 18th day of July 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 Lt. Samuel Worthen, in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
Table with 4 columns: Name, No.D. Q'ty, s. d. q., Specie. Ind's. s. d. q. Names include: J. Tolford, Esq., Wm. Graham, Arch. Dunlap, Solly & March, Ditto, J. M'Farson, J. Blanchard, John Man, Wm. Parker, John Mills, James Moore, J. Moffatt.
CHACE FULLER, Constable. Bridgewater, May 31, 1791.
State of New-Hampshire.
Grafton ss.
NOTICE is hereby given, that whereas a vendue for the sale of lands in Concord, for a proprietary tax of five dollars on each original right of land in said Concord, public rights excepted, was advertised and holden at my dwelling-house in said Concord, on the thirteenth day of September last—which vendue has been adjourned from time to time to this day—and whereas sundry persons who bid off lands on said 13th day of September hath failed of paying the money according to the articles and conditions of sale made and published at said vendue.—These are to give notice, that unless a full compliance of said articles by all concerned be made and performed, or the taxes on such rights as are yet unpaid be paid, on or before the 19th day of July next, at my dwelling-house in said town, the right or rights of land then bid off, or in case any part of a right or rights were bid off, and the person or persons to bidding them off, or the owner or owners thereof, failing to comply with said articles, or to pay the taxes as aforesaid, the whole of said right or rights will be again exposed for sale at public vendue, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, on said 19th day of July, at my dwelling-house aforesaid, and so much thereof sold to the highest bidder as will pay the said sum of five dollars on each of said rights, and incidental charges.
JESSE YOUNG, Prop'rs. Collector. Concord, May 2, 1791.
A BOY is wanted to go into a small family—apply to the Printer hereof.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of New-London, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1788, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 21st day of July 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 the subscriber in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
Table with 4 columns: Name, No. d. d. d., flw. in sta. s. d. q. Names include: Jona. Bagley, 45 acres, John Ruis, 52 acres, Capt. J. Minot, 133 acres.
JOHN MORGAN, Constable. New-London, April 20, 1791.
LANCASTER.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the township of Lancaster, in the county of Grafton, that their lands are taxed one penny on the acre, for the year 1791—agreeable to an act of the Legislature, passed the 12th day of February, 1788, to be laid-out in building bridges and repairing roads, &c. at three shillings per day for a good labourer, finding themselves diet and tools, that those who incline rather to labour on said roads than pay their money, may be employed on the 16th day of August next—and all the delinquents of the one penny tax for the year 1790, are notified to pay said tax or to appear and do the work at the time above-mentioned.
EDWARDS BUCKNAM, } Selectmen. EMMONS STOCKWELL, } FRANCIS WILSON, } Lancaster, May 11, 1791.
ALL persons indebted to, or that have any demands on the estate of Mr. William Thompson, late of Portsmouth, deceased, are requested to present their accounts for immediate adjustment to
JOHN THOMPSON, } Administrators. SAMUEL THOMPSON, } Portsmouth, June 8, 1791.
AUCTION.
TO be sold at public auction at the house of Capt. Joseph Richardson, in Durham, on Monday the 4th day of July next, at 3 o'clock, P. M. one Lot of LAND, containing half an acre, adjoining lands in possession of said Richardson, situated as well for traders or tradesmen as any lot at Durham-Falls.—Conditions may be known at time and place of sale.
HANNAH GRIFFIN, Executrix to the testament of John Griffin. Durham, June 6, 1791.