The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1792-06-14 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.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 14.
ON Tuesday the 5th instant, the Convention at Concord adjourned to meet again at the same place the 5th of September next. Upon examining the returns from the several towns, it appeared that many articles were approved by two thirds of the voters; but as there were many not approved, which were so connected with those approved, that the Constitution would not be explicit and easily understood—The Convention was therefore under the necessity of sending out new articles, that the whole should be approved or rejected. The articles again to be submitted comprehend the whole under the heads Governor, Council and Senate—and are, with little alteration, the same as before sent out. The alterations are, twelve Senators instead of thirteen—And leaving out the last Wednesday of October and inserting the first Wednesday of June—And the qualifications of Counsellors to be the same as Senators. The following articles (being unconnected with any thing not approved) were found by the Convention to be approved by two thirds of the voters, and are therefore become part of the Constitution. The articles are the following, viz.—
II.
Article 17.—THAT the word “Assembly” be expunged and the word “Legislature” inserted.
III.
Article 18.—THAT the words “those of” be expunged and the word “dye” be expunged and the word “offences” inserted.
IV.
Article 19 to be expunged and the following to be inserted:
EVERY subject hath a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his houses, his papers and all his possessions;—Therefore all warrants to search suspected places, or arrest a person for examination, or trial, in prosecutions for criminal matters, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation; and if the order, in a warrant to a civil officer to make search in suspected places, or to arrest one or more suspected persons, or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a special designation of the persons or objects of search, arrest or seizure: and no warrant ought to be issued but in case and with the formalities prescribed by law.
VI.
Article 31 to be expunged and the following substituted in lieu thereof:
THE Legislature shall assemble for the redress of public grievances and for making such laws as the public good may require.
VII.
Article 35 to be expunged and the following substituted in lieu thereof, viz.
It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as impartial as the lot of humanity will admit. It is therefore not only the best policy, but for the security of the rights of the people, that the judges of the Supreme Judicial Court should hold their offices so long as they behave well, subject, however to such limitations, on account of age, as may be provided by the Constitution of the State; and that they should have honorable salaries ascertained and established by standing laws.
IX.
No member of the General Court
shall take fees, be of Counsel, or act as advocate, in any cause before either branch of the Legislature; and, upon due proof thereof, such member shall forfeit his seat in the Legislature.
X.
THE doors of the galleries of each House of the Legislature shall be kept open to all persons, who behave decently, except when the welfare of the State, in the opinion of either branch, shall require secrecy.
XXVI.
THAT the sixth article under said head be expunged and the following added:
THE members of both houses of the Legislature shall be compensated for their services out of the Treasury of the State by a law made for that purpose, such members attending seasonably and not departing without licence. All intermediate vacancies in the house of Representatives, may be filled up, from time to time in the same manner as annual elections are made.
XXVII.
THE House of Representatives shall be judge of the returns, elections and qualifications of its members, as pointed out in this Constitution.
THAT the last paragraph under said head be expunged and the following added, viz.
XXVIII.
THE journals of the proceedings and all public acts of both houses of the Legislature shall be printed and published immediately after every adjournment of prorogation; and upon motion made by any one member, the yeas and nays upon any question shall be entered on the journals; and any member of the Senate or House of Representatives shall have a right, on motion made at the time for that purpose, to have his protest or dissent, with the reasons against any vote, resolve or bill passed, entered on the journals.
XXXIX.
THE several paragraphs under the head President in the Constitution shall be altered by expunging the word President and inserting the word Governor in lieu thereof.
Under the head Secretary, &c.
XLIX.
THE Secretary of the State shall, at all times, have a deputy to be by him appointed, for whose conduct in office he shall be responsible; and in case of the death, removal, or inability of the Secretary, his deputy shall exercise all the duties of the office of Secretary of this state, until another shall be appointed.
L.
THE Secretary, before he enters upon the business of his office, shall give bond, with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable sum, for the use of the state for the punctual performance of his trust.
County Treasurer, &c.
LI.
THAT the paragraph under this head in the Constitution be expunged and the following substituted in lieu thereof.
THE County Treasurer and Register of Deeds shall be elected by the inhabitants of the several towns in the several counties, in the state, according to the method now practiced, and the laws of the state; Provided nevertheless, the Legislature shall have authority to alter the manner of certifying the votes and the mode of electing those officers, but not so as to deprive the people of the right they now have of electing them.
LII.
AND the Legislature, on the application of the major part of the inhabitants of any county, shall have authority to divide the same into two districts for registering deeds, if to them it shall appear necessary—Each district to elect a register of deeds.
LIII.
THE County Treasurer and Register of Deeds, before they enter upon the business of their offices, shall be respectively sworn faithfully to discharge the duties thereof; and shall severally give bond, with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable sum, for the use of the county or district, for the punctual performance of their respective trusts.
LVIII.
THE General Court are empowered to give to Justices of the peace jurisdiction in civil causes, where the damages demanded shall not exceed four pounds, and title of real estate is not concerned; but with right of appeal to either party to some other court, so that a trial by Jury, in the last resort, may be had.
LIX.
No person shall hold the office of Judge of any court, or Judge of Probate, or Sheriff of any county, after he has attained the age of seventy years.
LX.
No Judge of any court, or Justice of the peace shall act as attorney, or be of counsel to any party, or originate any civil suit in matters which shall come, or be brought before him, as Judge or Justice of the peace.
LXI.
ALL matters relating to the probate of wills, and granting letters of administration shall be exercised by the Judges of Probate, in such manner as the Legislature have directed, or may hereafter direct. And the Judges of Probate shall hold their courts at such place or places, on such fixed days, as the convenience of the people may require, and the Legislature from time to time appoint.
LXII.
No Judge or Register of Probate shall be of counsel, act as advocate, or receive any fees as advocate or counsel, in any probate business, which is pending, or may be brought into any court of Probate, in the county of which he is Judge or Register.
LXIII.
THAT the paragraph under the head Clerks of courts, in the Constitution be expunged and the following substituted, viz.
LXIV.
THE Judges of the courts (those of probate excepted) shall appoint their respective clerks, to hold their office during pleasure; and no such clerk shall act as an attorney, or be of counsel in any cause in the court of which he is clerk, nor shall he draw any writ originating a civil action.
LXV.
THAT the paragraph in the Constitution under the head Delegates to Congress, be expunged.
LXVI.
THE Oath of allegiance in the Constitution shall be expunged, and the following substituted in lieu thereof, viz.
I A B do solemnly swear, that I will bear faith and true allegiance to the State of New-Hampshire, and will support the constitution thereof.—So help me GOD.
LXVII.
ANY person having taken and subscribed the oath of allegiance, shall not be obliged to take said oath again.
LXVIII.
AND the oaths or affirmations shall be taken and subscribed by the Governor, before the President of the Senate, in presence of both houses of the Legislature, and by the Senators and Representatives, first elected under this Constitution, as amended and altered,
before the President of the State and a majority of the Council then in office—and forever afterwards before the Governor and Council for the time being, and by all other officers before such persons, and in such manner as the Legislature shall from time to time appoint.
LXIX.
THAT the fifteenth paragraph in the Constitution, under the head oaths and subscriptions, &c. be expunged and the following substituted in lieu thereof, viz.
LXX.
No person holding the office of Judge of any court (except special Judges) Secretary, Treasurer of the state, Attorney General, Commissary General, Military Officers receiving pay from the continent or this state, excepting officers of the militia occasionally called forth on an emergency, Register of deeds, Sheriff or Officer of the Customs, including Naval Officers, Collectors of Excise, and State and Continental taxes hereafter appointed and not having settled their accounts with the respective officers, with whom it is their duty to settle such accounts, Members of Congress, or any person holding an office under the United States, shall, at the same time, hold the office of Governor, or have a seat in the Senate, or House of Representatives, or Council; but his being chosen and appointed to and accepting the same shall operate as a resignation of his seat in the chair of the Senate, or House of Representatives, or Council; and the place so vacated shall be filled up. No member of the Council shall have a seat in the Senate or House of Representatives.
LXXI.
To the end that there may be no failure of Justice, or danger to the state by the alterations and amendments made in the Constitution, the General Court is hereby fully authorized and directed to fix the time, when the amendments and alterations shall take effect, and make the necessary arrangements accordingly.
THAT the last paragraph in the Constitution be expunged and the following substituted in lieu thereof, viz.
LXXII.
IT shall be the duty of the Selectmen and Assessors of the several towns and places in this state, in warning the first annual meeting, for the choice of Senators, after the expiration of seven years from the adoption of this Constitution as amended, to insert expressly in the warrant this purpose, among the others, for the meeting, to wit, to take the sense of the qualified voters on the subject of a revision of the Constitution: And the meeting being warned accordingly, and not otherwise, the moderator shall take the sense of the qualified voters present, as to the necessity of a revision, and a return of the number of votes for and against such necessity, shall be made by the clerk, sealed up and directed to the General Court, at their then next session; and if it shall appear to the General Court, by such returns, that the sense of the people of the state has been taken, and that, in the opinion of the majority of the qualified voters in the state present, and voting at said meetings, there is a necessity for a revision of the Constitution, it shall be the duty of the General Court, to call a Convention for that purpose; otherwise, the General Court shall direct the sense of the people to be taken, and then proceed in the manner before mentioned. The delegates to be chosen in the same manner and proportioned as the representatives to the General Court—Provided that no alterations

shall be made in this Constitution, before the same shall be laid before the towns and unincorporated places, and approved by two thirds of the qualified voters present, and voting on the subject. And the same method of taking the sense of the people, as to the revision of the Constitution, and calling a convention for that purpose, shall be observed afterwards at the expiration of every seven years.
There were a majority of the voters for every article except the 1st, 8th and 57th. The 27th of August next is the day for the town-meetings, in which the fate of the new articles is to be decided—Some people have complained of the mispence of time, and the great expense of the Convention. But they ought to remember that there never was any thing submitted to the people of New-Hampshire, as a Constitution, in which they were so nearly united as in the amendments. The Constitution proposed by the first Convention in 1778 was rejected, though it required but a majority to adopt it. The second Convention met many times before the people agreed upon any thing proposed; and many parts of the Constitution were adopted by a bare majority of voters. The amendments changes the old Constitution materially. It gives a separate independent branch in the legislature, in which there is the highest responsibility: As the Governor is not only liable to be left out for malpractice, but may also be impeached. The Executive is also separate from the legislative. And the Senators to be chosen by districts, consequently every part of the State will have its just weight in the Senate. If a majority could have adopted these amendments, our Constitution would now be complete; and it is the opinion of many, that if there had been no alteration of the annual meeting of the General-Court, and some trifling matters (which made it the object of some in order to get rid of them, to reject the whole) had been left out—the amendments would have been approved by more than two thirds. There were wanting but 191 votes to give the Governor the qualified negative, but 65 to give him a negative in nominations and appointments, and the 20th article being approved, shews it to be the opinion of the people, to divide the State into districts for choosing Senators, though they are against the article for choosing thirteen.
THE MONITOR.
WHEN casting the eye over the bif-torick page, and viewing the bloodshed and devastation which a difference in religious principles have marked so many ages, how must the heart of an American exult, that he is a citizen of the country he inhabits, and that he was born in this age of reason and philosophy. Frequently to call the attention to this consideration is a pleasing task to the MONITOR.
For more than five hundred years the field and the scaffold ran with blood, on account of theological arguments in Europe—and part of that time in America—and during this long period morality always was neglected—to indulge in the spirit of dogmatizing. The Religion of the Heart, un shackled by the formulas of Synods, or the creeds of ecclesiastical Conventions, teaches the same principles of morality to all nations without exception. The adoration of the Deity and a love for mankind—is natural to all rational existing beings, and mankind ought to have no other rules prescribed them in regard thereto, but such as arise from the necessity of order and decorum. The ceremonies of the Asiatics are ridiculous; but their precepts, which spring spontaneous from the heart, are just—The Dervise, the Faquir, the Bonze, and the Tapolin, when they express the real emotions of their bosoms, cry out, “Be just and benevolent.” It is the indulgencies and absolutions of the Church, which it is known can be purchased, that has made cheats of men who if they never had been a priest, would have been honest and upright. This has been demonstrated by experience, so be fact; but the MONITOR, in asserting it, mean not to infer, that the Ecclesiastical
Officers are dangerous or unnecessary. As far as they assist in promoting Piety to God—harmony and order among men—and extend, by their influence and example the happiness of mankind—they are not only useful but desirable. This, thank Heaven, is the object of many of our Clergy—and their numbers is daily increasing. That they may increase—and that Prejudice—Priestly Pride, and Intolerance, may speedily be driven from among us, is and ought to be, the prayer of every free and enlightened mind.
ENGLISH BULL.—In a London paper (the STAR) we are told that the pistol which the assassin fired at his Swedish Majesty had been charged with slugs and a SQUARE BALL—a square mass of rotundity is rather incomprehensible. This absurdity, however, was not too gross for most of the Dublin prints, whose columns have been adorned with it.
ORIGINAL PUN. From a SELWYN, a BYLES, or JO. MILLER, the following would be relished with a haut gout . A short time since, when a great scarcity of corn was experienced in the Eastern parts of this State, a farmer carried to Portland, his only lamb, to sell for corn. The chapman had no corn, but offered the farmer almost any thing else for the meat—and after enumerating many, asked him if he would take Indigo for it? “No, No,” replied the farmer, “I cannot, for we are now all dying without Indigo.”
[By the Brig Sally and Polly, Capt. Rich, arrived at Boston, papers has been received to the 20th April (six days later than any before received) from which are extracted the following Important FOREIGN ADVICES.]
DEATH of the KING of SWEDEN.
STOCKHOLM, March 30. His Swedish Majesty expired yesterday morning. The Prince Royal was immediately proclaimed King, by the name of GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS; and the Duke of Sudermania, in compliance with his late Majesty's will, was declared sole Regent, or Guardian of the young Sovereign, until he attains his majority, which is fixed at the age of eighteen.
The assassin, who appears to be the dismissed Captain AUKENSTROM, was detected, and arrested the next day about ten in the forenoon. He immediately confessed the fact, and said, that the pistol he fired was loaded with two balls, 12 small slugs and seven heads of nails; that the second pistol was charged in nearly the same manner; and, moreover, he had a very sharp knife, with a hook to it. He has been twice put on the rack, but has hitherto refused to discover his accomplices.
Yesterday, Count CLAUDE DE HORN and Count RIBBING, were arrested. The consternation in this city was so general, that almost every one trembles for his own family as well as for the public welfare. The proceedings at the Diet are not sufficiently understood; but it is apparent, that their effect was to exasperate the minds of the discontented, who immediately after the return of the King, began to plan attempts against his person.
LONDON, April 14. Last night, about ten o'clock, letters were received at the Secretary of State's office, from ROBERT LISTON, Esq. the British Envoy at the Swedish Court, stating, that the King of Sweden died on the 29th of last month.
The greatest part of the slugs had been extracted, and appearances indicating a recovery were visible for about a week after he was wounded. But part of a rusty nail and some small pieces of iron had penetrated where it was dangerous and difficult to follow them; the surgeons concluded, at one
time, that the whole shot was extracted, and that the pains were only in consequence of the unhealed sores; but, soon after they had flattered themselves with a perfect recovery, they perceived symptoms of a mortification, nor could they remove the cause.
His Majesty was apprized of his certain dissolution several days before it took place; he bore the tidings of his doom with the most heroic fortitude and resignation; he retained all his mental faculties until the last, and gave orders about the arrangements of the Government, and other important affairs, with as much composure and wisdom as ever he could have done in his most happy moments; and after suffering the most excruciating tortures for twelve days, he expired.
Thus has fallen, in the 45th year, by the hands of an assassin, GUSTAVUS the III. of Holstein-Gottorp, King of Sweden, who was to have headed armies against the dawning Liberty of France.
He was a man of great personal accomplishments, and of extraordinary talents, either for the drawing-room, the cabinet, or the field: He was possessed of much penetration and duplicity; nor was he less remarkable for an insinuating address: He made an astonishing revolution in the government of his country in one hour; by which he transferred the power of the aristocracy into his own hands, and rendered himself absolute:—In short, he was the only King, in Europe, of splendid abilities; yet while we admire him for them, we must lament that he was a despot—one who thought the happiness, or even lives, of millions should be sacrificed to feed the vanity or profligacy of Kings.
About the time that his Majesty's wounds were pronounced to be mortal, he changed his mind with respect to the regency, and vested the whole of the authority in his brother the Duke of Sudermania.
The young King, who was instantly on his father's death proclaimed GUSTAVUS the Fourth, King of Sweden, is only fourteen years old, but he has discovered great and promising abilities, which it was expected that in a few years he will distinguish himself more than his father, and we hope to a very different purpose.
As yet no men of high authority in the kingdom are found to have had any share in the plot—they are chiefly young men—all noble indeed, but noblemen of desperate fortune—whether they were only put forward, and that they will not impeach their more powerful accomplices, we know not.
APRIL 21.
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
The King of Hungary's reply to the French King is considered as tantamount to a DECLARATION of WAR; he demands for the French Monarch, his Liberty and authority; for the Princes, their rights and possessions; for the clergy, its property and existence; for the Nobles, the privileges, titles, and hereditary transmissions. To support the above requisitions, the young Monarch will have in Brisgau and the Netherlands 150,000 Austrian soldiers, 50,000 Prussian, 15,000 Electoral, 20,000 Swedes and Russians, 25,000 Spaniards; another army in Piedmont, and the combined squadrons. To which may be added, the powerful body of Emigrants. All this prodigious force will be ready by the middle of May.
The King of Spain returns the Jacobins for answer, “That no power has a right to demand the reason of his actions, and that he shall assign none to any.” This is signed by the Count of ARANDA. WAR, therefore, with France may be looked upon as inevitable.
Extract of a letter from the Hague, April 13. “The important intelligence arrived yesterday by a courier from the Treves, says, it is absolutely determined on between the King of Prussia and the new King of Hungary, to unite their forces immediately, and march against France. The fate, therefore, of the present distracted Gallic Nation, will, in all hu-
man probability, be speedily determined.”
Letters by the Paris mail of yesterday mention, that WAR is now understood through Paris to be inevitable.
Fifteen hundred Prussians are ordered to quit the Duchy of Magdebourg, for the banks of the Rhine, where already there are 10,000 stationed.
Eight hundred artillery horse are arrived at Berlin, a certain mark of immediate war. A like number belonging to the Emperor are in motion, and 7000 Austrians on the 31st ult. took the route of Bavaria.
WINCHESTER, (Virg.) May 7.
We have received the melancholy information of the Indians having penetrated into the country as far as the head waters of Dunker Creek, within 15 miles of Morgantown, where they have committed murders on our innocent fellow citizens, the bare recital of which is sufficient to stir up every latent spark of American valor to revenge. On the plantation of one Leg there was a blockhouse in which nine militia men were stationed; seven of these having gone to the Pau Pau station, about 8 miles distant, on some business with their officer, and the other two being out, cutting timber for benches, a party of Indians, consisting of 15 or 20, came in the interim, took Mr. Leg, two of his children, a man by the name of Honsacre (who was out in a field, and was first wounded by them) a young woman by the name of Baldwin, and five children (part Honsacre's) prisoners. Mrs. Leg was wounded above the shoulder bone, but escaped to the house of one Curlet. Having secured the prisoners, the Indians set fire to the dwelling house and blockhouse, and then proceeded up the creek about nine miles, and encamped. On the march, Honsacre, being faint with the loss of blood, they pricked him with knives and spears to make him keep up. At the place they encamped, they scalped him and knocked out his brains. Mrs. Honsacre bemoaning the loss of her husband, was tomahawked by them; and her youngest child, who cried bitterly at the tragic scene she beheld, also fell a sacrifice to savage vengeance. A party of militia went in pursuit of them next day, arrived where they had encamped, buried the unfortunate Honsacre, his wife and child, and then proceeded on, but without effect, as they did not overtake the Indians. The militia returned the Sunday following, and reported that as they came back, they discovered a fresh trail, from which it is conjectured another party of Indians is still hovering about the settlements. The house abovementioned, said to be set on fire, was extinguished by a person who was passing by, before much damage was sustained; the blockhouse was reduced to ashes.
PHILADELPHIA, May 29. Extract of a letter from a house of reputation at Cape-Francois, to their friends in this city.
“This island is more and more approaching towards its total destruction, and in a very short time, if some considerable forces do not arrive from France, no kind of produce will be procured here.”
Capt. Macpherson, of this city recommends the following method to prevent the roofs of shingled houses taking fire. Let your shingles, when prepared for nailing on the lath, be soaked 14 days in a trough of strong pickle. The saline particles will in that time thoroughly pervade every pore of the shingles so as to render them in a great degree, incombustible; at least, if burning coals are put thereon, they will be extinguished without injuring the shingles.
NEW-YORK, June 2.
We can assure the public, from good authority, that the bank of the United States, lately made a loan to the government of 523,500 dollars, at a rate of interest of five per centum per annum, free from charges, and redeemable at the pleasure of the United States.

Extract of a letter from Thomas Ryerson, Esq. dated Morrisville, April 20, 1792.
The Indians are cutting us to pieces—my place has been attacked; several killed and made prisoners, and cattle destroyed—we are in great confusion; my horses are all taken by the Indians."
BOSTON, June 11.
Thursday arrived the brig Sally and Polly, 40 days from Belfast, (Ireland) in which came passengers, six families, and eight other persons, to settle in this country.
LEGISLATURE.
Since our last, a Committee has been appointed to consider the propriety of removing the General Court from this town—and one to consider and report suitable means for discharging the principal and interest of that part of the State debt due previous to April 19, 1775.
Major-General ANTHONY WAYNE, commander in chief, has sat out from Philadelphia, to join the army to the Westward.
On Thursday last a melancholy accident happened at Chelsea. Two sons of Mr John ADAMS, of that town, and a young man by the name of CUTTER, from Cambridge, sat out early in the morning on a fishing party. They had not left the shore more than 15 minutes, when the boat overset, and notwithstanding the exertions of several persons who saw the disaster, they all perished.
JUNE 13.
On Friday last, the Most Worshipful John Cutler, Grand-Master of the Grand Lodge of this Commonwealth, with his Officers, proceeded to Salem, for the purpose of constituting in that town, a Lodge, by the name of the Essex Lodge. The Grand Lodge being opened, and the throne of Grace addressed in prayer, by the Rev. Brother Bentley, the investments and organization of the Lodge were performed with great masonic propriety. The business of the occasion completed—on invitation of the Essex Lodge, the brethren partook at an elegant and sumptuous entertainment, at the Sun Tavern. The pleasure reciprocally communicated on this occasion, was great—and must tend to subserve the cause of an Institution, the pillars of which are Charity and Love.
Advices from France, as late as 16th April, mention the embarkation of 8000 troops, for the West-Indies, to quell the negro insurrection therein.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 14.
The Honorable JOSIAH BARTELETT, Esq. is again elected President of this State, by almost the unanimous voice of his fellow citizens.
The following gentlemen are Senators for the ensuing year, viz.
ROCKINGHAM, Hon. NATHANIEL PEABODY, Esq. Hon. JAMES SHEAFE, Esq. Hon. ABIEL FOSTER, Esq. Hon. CHRISTOPHER TOPPAN, Esq. and Hon. NATH'L GILMAN, Esq.
STRAFFORD, Hon. EBENEZER SMITH, Esq. and Hon. JOHN WALDRON, Esq.
HILLSBOROUGH, Hon. ROBERT WALLACE, Esq. and Hon. JOSHUA ATHERTON, Esq.
CHESTER, Hon. JOHN BELLOWS, Esq. and Hon. AMOS SHEPHERD, Esq.
GRAFTON, Hon. JONATHAN FREEMAN, Esq.
The Hon. JOHN S. SHERBUNE, Esq. is unanimously chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives.
A list of the House will appear in our next.
"How beautiful (says the Norwich Register) is the order of nature! The planets move on in their own orbits; the rivers in their own channels, and every good man in the way which na-
ture and education have allotted him; no man is robbed; no houses plundered; no town burnt; no sound of the warrior, and garments rolled in blood; no remarkable disaster befalls any one. But then there is a dearth of news, and the people feel uneasy. Newspapers, say they, are now a-days hardly worth reading: But let us put a proper construction on all events, and we shall find that no news is good news: because we are then to suppose that harmony and good order pervade the world.
When a Printer finds none of these calamitous matters to fill his papers with, he intersperses it, if he be a judicious man, with extracts and pieces on politics, husbandry, business, trade or morality; with now and then a sketch of wit and humor, which serve to exhilarate the spirits, inform the understanding, reform the manners, or mend the heart; which, though it be no news, is highly preferable to bad news."
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this district.
ENTERED FROM Sloop Sally, Drisco, Philadelphia. Brig George, Bowles, Dublin. CLEARED FOR Brig Polly, Rice, England.
AN ELEGY on CHARLES HUMPHREYS son of Daniel Humphreys, Esq. of this town, who perished in the shipwreck of the Columbia, March 11, 1792.
LONG perils borne, they near'd their home, And longing friends on shore; But ah! The fatal hour was come! Their voyage of life was o'er!
The youth so dear, the son so lov'd, Is seen on earth no more, By angry billows first engulf'd, Then wash'd upon the shore.
There strangers plac'd beneath the clod, The hapless stranger dead, And may the strangers gracious God, His blessings on them shed.
And may the sweetest dews descend, With green to clothe his grave, With drops of Heav'n our tears we'd blend, The flow'ry turf to lave.
How sweet, how pleasant, dearest youth, Thou like a plant didst grow, While to thy friends, thy love and truth, Uprose with little show:
But while we drop the indebted tear, And mourning seek relief, Holding his mem'ry ever dear; —Let's check the swelling grief—
He is not lost:—But to the land, Of little children gone, Who in their border soon shall stand, The en'my death o'erthrown.—
We'll mourn in hope, the youth to see, Glorious when Christ appears: Then rais'd in glory, his shall be Like Him, through endless years.
ANECDOTES.
A jockey lately selling a nag to a gentleman, at Glasgow, frequently observed, with much earnestness, "that he was an honest horse!"—After the purchase, the gentleman asked him "what he meant by an honest horse?" "Why I'll tell you"—replied the jockey—"whenever I rode him, he always threatened to throw me, and d—n me if ever he deceived me."
OECONOMY.
Twenty Frenchmen having determined to emigrate in company, agreed that alternately ten should personate masters, and the other ten servants. At Aix-la-Chapelle ten sat down to table, and ten placed themselves behind to wait. Those who were seated heaped their plates, ate the half, and handed the remainder to those behind, who immediately dispatched it.
On the following day, at some distance from Aix, the servants of the preceding day, acted the part of masters, and religiously followed the example set them by their comrades. Thus twenty persons ate wherever they went, and paid but for ten.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of Fitzwilliam, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1791, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before Tuesday the seventh 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 Col. Sylvanus Reed, innholder in said town, at nine of the clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. R. s. d. q    Edw. Kendal's heirs 8 in 1 6 7 2  Jeremiah Stuart 1 in 2 6 7 2  Colonel Stoddard 2 in 2 6 7 2  Zaccheus Hall 7 in 2 3 3 3  Zaccheus Hall 8 in 2 6 7 3  Colonel Stoddard 3 in 3 3 3 3  Benjamin Scott 14 in 3 5 5 0  Benjamin Scott 15 in 3 6 7 2  Colonel Stoddard 1 in 4 6 7 2  James Reed 4 in 4 6 7 2  Jotham Haven 19 in 4 1 1 2  Colonel Stoddard 1 in 5 6 7 2  John Whitney 3 in 5 2 9 2  Jacob Millar 4 in 5 4 7 2  Sampson Stoddard 8 in 5 5 0 2  Robert Mellen 14 in 5 6 7 2  Benjamin Davison 15 in 5 0 8 0  John Brigham 16 in 5 3 3 3  Abel Perry 21 in 5 3 2 1  Levi Wilder 2 in 6 3 3 3  James Stone 8 in 6 1 10 2  Joel Hayden 10 in 6 3 3 3  Sylvanus Reed 15 in 6 0 8 0  Elijah Phillips, 5 in 7 3 3 3  Samuel Patch 14 in 7 0 9 2  Sylvanus Reed 15 in 7 2 8 0  Robert Mellen 16 in 7 3 3 3  John Tanar 23 in 7 6 7 2  Levi Wilder 1 in 8 6 7 2  Asa Johnson 17 in 8 1 8 0  Daniel Farrar 21 in 8 4 1 2  Joshua Harrington 23 in 8 2 0 0  Thomas Carter 14 in 9 6 7 2  Joseph Foster 16 in 9 3 3 3  Daniel Farrar 21 in 9 6 7 2  Michael Sweetser 4 in 10 6 7 2  Joel Mellen 16 in 10 6 7 2  Sylvanus Johnson 17 in 10 6 7 2  Isaac Jackson, jun. 19 in 10 2 5 2  Daniel Gould 20 in 10 1 1 2  Ezekiel White 21 in 10 5 7 0  Benjamin Tolman 23 in 10 3 3 3  Asa Goodale 1 in 11 6 7 2  Nahum Howe 13 in 11 3 3 3  Peter Starkey 20 in 11 3 3 3  John Godden 21 in 11 6 7 2  John Swetland 22 in 11 3 0 0  Jacob Sargent 1 in 12 6 7 2  Micah Perry 2 in 12 2 8 0  Joel Whitney 6 in 12 6 7 2  Allen Grant 7 in 12 6 7 2  Silas Wheeler 16 in 12 6 7 2  Eleazer Mason 17 in 12 6 7 2  Agabus Bishop 18 in 12 6 7 2  Rufus Buckland 19 in 12 6 0 0  Colonel Stoddard 22 in 12 6 7 2  
JOHN BOWKER, Collector. Fitzwilliam, June 2, 1792.
State of New-Hampshire.
WE the subscribers being appointed by an act of the General Court, passed at their sessions in December last, for the purpose of collecting and appropriating a tax of two pence on each and every acre of land in the township of Orford, in the county of Grafton, for the purpose of making and repairing highways, notify the owners of land within the same, that the selectmen have assessed said tax,—and three months from this publication is allowed by said act to the land owners, for them to work out their taxes, and on failure of payment, their land will be advertised for sale, agreeably to law, for the payment of said taxes.
JOHN MANN, DANIEL TILLOTSON, jr. ALEXANDER STRONG. Orford, June 1, 1792.
JUST RECEIVED
AND FOR SALE BY
John P. Williams,
AT HIS SHOP, MARKET-STREET, A general assortment of
European GOODS.
AT the same shop may be had RUM by the barrel—SUGAR by the cwt.—COFFEE, MOLASSES, and COTTON.
—ALSO—
The following articles per cwt. or in smaller quantities, viz.
LOGWOOD—REDWOOD—FUSTIC—ALLUM and COPPERAS.
Best BOHEA TEA, per Chest, hundred, dozen or single pound. Also, SOUCHONG TEA, per dozen or single pound—SPICE—PEPPER—NUTMEGS and OATMEAL—Fresh RAISINS and SHERRY WINE.
HARD WARE, NAILS, and WINDOW GLASS, &c.
The above articles will be sold as cheap as at any shop in town.
N. B.—FISH or Country Produce will be taken in payment.
Portsmouth, June 2, 1792.
State of New-Hampshire.
Strafford.
To the Honorable Joshua Foss, jr. Esq. one of the Justices of the peace, for the county of Strafford, in the State of New-Hampshire.
WE the subscribers being owners and proprietors of more than one sixteenth part of a township called Chatham, in the county of Grafton, and State of New-Hampshire, request your honor that a legal meeting of the proprietors of said township may be notified and warned to be held at the dwelling-house of David Page, Esq. in Conway, on Wednesday the eighth day of August next, at one o'clock, P. M. for the following purposes, viz.
 1st. To choose a Moderator.  2d. To choose a Proprietor's Clerk.  3d. To examine the records and all proceedings of former meetings, and to alter and rectify all irregularities, mistakes and mismanagements therein, and to confirm any votes passed at such meetings as they shall see proper.  4th. To see if the Proprietors will confirm to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Langdon and Thomas M'Donough, Esq. the locations by them respectively claimed within the said township, on conditions by them offered.  5th. To choose Assessors and such other officers as may be found necessary, for promoting the settlement and interest of the township.  6th. To see what encouragement the Proprietors will vote for building Mills, and opening and clearing Roads in the township.  7th. To take some method for calling Proprietors meetings in future.  8th. To raise money to defray all necessary charges already incurred, and for promoting the further settlement and lotting out the same. 
JOHN GLOVER, JOHN COSTELLOE, AMOS COGSWELL.
State of New-Hampshire,
Strafford ss.
PURSUANT to the foregoing request I do hereby notify and warn the Proprietors of said Chatham to meet at the time and place aforesaid, for the purposes therein mentioned.
JOSHUA FOSS, jr. Justice Peace. Barrington, June 1, 1792.
WANTED two Boys to serve as Apprentices to the Boat-building business—one of 14, and the other 16 years of age.—Inquire of NATHANIEL MELCHER. Portsmouth, May 17, 1792.

Parnassian Spring.
TRUE BEAUTY.
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PETERBOROUGH.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors of land in Peterborough, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 30th 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 Captain John Smith, in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. of Lots. Situation. Range. Q'ty. d. d. Specie. Con'ty.     10 1st East Range 100 6 6 6 100 1   94 5th West Range 100 6 6 6 100 1   95 ditto 100 6 6 6 100 1   63 1st West Range 100 5 5 5 100 1   48 3rd East Range 150 9 9 9 150 1   103 2nd East Range 100 3 3 3 100 1   104 ditto 100 3 3 3 100 1   99 1st East Range 100 3 3 3 100 1   101 2nd East Range 100 5 5 5 100 1   83 3rd West Range 100 6 6 6 100 1   81 ditto 100 6 6 6 100 1   73 2nd West Range 100 9 9 9 100 1   65 ditto 100 9 9 9 100 1    DAVID STEEL, jun. Collector. Peterborough, June 3, 1792.
ALL persons having demands against the estate of Levi Dearborne, late of North-Hampton, Esq. deceased, are desired to exhibit the same for settlement; and all indebted to said estate are desired to make immediate payment to  SARAH DEARBORNE, Executrix. DANIEL GOOKIN, } Execu- MICHAEL M'CLARY, } tors. North-Hampton, May 22, 1792.
JAFFREY.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Jaffrey, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1786, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 30th of June 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 Major Benjamin Prescott, innholder in said town, at two o'clock, in the afternoon of said day.
Contine'1.
No. R. s. d. q
   Captain Minot's lot 21 7 1 8 0   State Specie - - - 1 0   State Rate - - - 1 2   County - - - 0 5   Indents - - - 3 5    ELEAZER SPOFFORD, Constable. Jaffrey, May 26, 1792.
Grafton county.
THE proprietors of the township of Fairfield, in said county, are hereby notified that the proprietors at their meeting September 29, 1783, voted a tax of six shillings on each original proprietors right; and at their meeting Dec. 13, 1791, voted another tax of three shillings on each right in said township, which taxes are regularly assessed and committed to me to collect; and unless the said taxes are paid to the subscriber, at his dwelling house in Hartford, in the county of Windsor, and State of Vermont, on or before the first day of August next, the delinquent proprietors rights will be advertised for sale, and so much thereof be sold as will be sufficient to discharge said taxes and cost arising, as the law directs.
JEDEDIAH STRONG.
April 30, 1792.
THE subscribers, executors to the Will of William Fernald, late of Portsmouth, mariner, deceased, once more request those persons that have any demands against the estate of said deceased, that they exhibit them in order for settlement, and those indebted, either by Note or Book debt, are called upon to pay their respective balances, by the last day of this present June, otherwise their notes and accounts will be sued without further notice.
EDWARD SARGENT, SAMUEL HUTCHINGS.
Portsmouth, June 1, 1792.
State of New-Hampshire,
May 6, 1792.
To the Honorable Matthew Thornton, Esq. one of the Justices assigned to keep the Peace throughout the State of New-Hampshire.
WE the subscribers, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of Thornton, in the county of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, hereby request your honor to call or notify a meeting of the proprietors of said township, to be held at the house of John Greenleaf, innholder in Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham, and State of New-Hampshire, on the first Wednesday of July next, at three of the clock, P. M. on said day, to act on the following articles, matters and things, viz.—
 1st. To choose a Moderator to govern said meeting.  2d. To choose a Proprietor's Clerk.  3d. To draw the second division lots, newly laid out in said township.  4th. To pay the surveyor and assistants for laying out said second divisions—Furthermore to act and transact any business said proprietors may think necessary. 
JOHN PEIRCE, THOMAS MARTIN.
State of New-Hampshire,
May 6, 1792.
THE proprietors and owners of the township of Thornton aforesaid, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes forementioned.
MATTHEW THORNTON, } Justice of the Peace throughout the State of N. Hamp.
STODDARD.
State of New-Hampshire:
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Stoddard, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, 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 the subscriber, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   Meeting-house tax. Highway tax. State Specie. County Rate.   Lot. R. Q'ty. s. d. q. s. d. q. s. d. q.     Peter Fletcher 3 11 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 3 0   John Chamberlin 11 6 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 1 3   North side 24 5 61 2 6 2 2 6 2 0 2 0   Tho. Packer, West end 16 13 61 2 6 2 2 6 2 0 1 3   Jotham Odiorne 24 12 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 3 0   Col. Stoddard, East end 6 13 15 0 7 2 0 7 2 0 0 2   Heirs, East end 22 6 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 2 2   28 5 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 1 3   3 4 74 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0   3 4 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 1 2   13 5 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 1 2   9 10 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 1 3   10 10 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 2 2   28 4 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 2 2   11 12 40 1 8 0 1 8 0 0 2 0   6 11 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 3 0   7 13 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 3 0   18 7 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 1 0   John Wentworth 11 13 35 1 5 1 1 5 2 0 1 1   Heirs 27 6 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 1 2   26 6 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 1 3   Oliver Parker 10 6 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 3 0   15 16 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 3 0   Capt. Peter Hunt 16 16 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 3 0   10 5 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 1 1   Nathaniel Cummings 11 5 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 1 1   6 14 22 0 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 3   Col. Jos. Blanchard's 16 2 38 1 7 0 1 7 0 0 1 1   Heirs 15 2 30 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 1   4 14 14 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 2   George Jaffery 26 3 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 3 0   15 12 50 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 2   7 5 11 0 5 2 0 5 2 0 0 2   Col. M. Thornton, 2 No 21 0 10 0 0 10 2 0 0 3   5 No 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 3 0   27 5 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 1 3   23 2 20 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 2   Joshua Peirce 9 8 80 3 4 0 3 4 0 0 2 2   Jotham Odiorne 12 13 30 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 1   David Jenkins 11 13 44 2 10 2 2 10 2 0 1 3   Samuel Stevens 9 11 40 1 8 0 1 8 0 0 0 3    JOHN TAGGERD, jr. Collector. Stoddard, June 6, 1792.
BEDFORD.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Bedford, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1788, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the 2d day of October next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Isaac Riddle, innholder in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   No. R. D. s. d.     Unknown, 8 1 0 4   and 9 1 0 0   Widow Henshaw 8 7 0 5   and 122 0 3 6   Samuel Hewes 110 12 0 2   and 114 11 0 0   John T. Mason, 1/2 11 5 0 6   and 15 5 0 0   Wm. Devenport 43 0 0 1   home lot 0 0 0 0   James Darrah, 47 0 0 3   home lot 48 0 0 0    GEORGE ORR, Collector. Bedford, June 7, 1792.
WOLFBOROUGH.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in Wolfborough, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the 18th day of June next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at 10 o'clock, A. M. on said day, at the dwelling-house of the subscriber in said town.
   No. Q'ty. s. d.     Solly and March, 13 200 1   William Torrey, 17 327 1    WILLIAM COTTON, Collector. Wolfborough, May 10, 1792.
FOR SALE,
SEVERAL Cows, with or without Calves,—Inquire of the Printer. May 23, 1792.
NOTTINGHAM.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Nottingham, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1789, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 2d day of July next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental
   No. of Lots. Ac'tr. s. d. q. s.d.q. Indents. Specie. Repre- Con'ty.