The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1788-05-22 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND GENERAL THURSDAY, PORTSMOUTH: By JOHN MELCHER,
[VOLUME XXXII.—No. 1654.] GAZETTE, THE ADVERTISER, MAY 22, 1788, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED IN MARKET-STREET.
“WHEN ANGRY NATIONS PART IN LEAGUES OF PEACE, LET PRIVATE FEUDS AND CIVIL DISCORDS CEASE.”
AN ACT
Passed June 25th 1787. For reviving an act, intitled “An act in addition to an act intitled an act to repeal sundry acts of this state, relating to Taverners, Innholders, Retailers and common Victuallers, and for regulating Taverns, Inns and Retailers within said State,” passed March the 22d, 1782. Whereas said act is expired, and as it is thought necessary to revive the same; Therefore, BE it enacted by the SENATE and HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES, in GENERAL-COURT convened, That the said act, with every clause thereof, be, and hereby is revived, re-enacted, and continued to be in force for the term of three years and no longer.
AN ACT
Passed June 27th 1787. In addition to, and explanation of, an act, entitled “an act for granting an Excise on several sorts of Liquors for the use of this state.” Whereas by an act made and passed the first day of September, Anno Domini 1781, intitled, “an act for granting an excise on several sorts of Liquors for the use of this State,” it is provided, that such excise, shall be paid quarterly to such receiver or farmers of said excise, as shall be appointed to receive the same, or to his deputy, in lawful money of this state, (the tavern-keepers, and retailers, being allowed a deduction of twenty per cent. on all such wines, rum, brandy, or other distilled spirits, as they shall have sold; an account of which they shall give quarterly to said receiver, farmer, or deputy, upon oath if required, which oath the said receiver, farmer or deputy, is thereby authorised to require, and administer, without fee or reward. And further, that if any such taverner, innholder or retailer, shall refuse to take such oath, at the request of the said receiver, farmer or deputy, they shall forfeit the sum of ten pounds, and so toties quoties, to be recovered by the said receiver, farmer or deputy, upon complaint made to the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, within the County where such delinquent dwells, who are hereby empowered to give judgment and award execution thereon accordingly.
Which said act does not make, the person rendering said account, and taking said oath, liable to the penalty aforesaid, in case he refuses to pay said excise, when said account is rendered, and sworn to as aforesaid. For remedy whereof, BE it enacted by the SENATE and HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES in GENERAL-COURT convened, That in case any taverner, innholder or retailer, shall refuse to pay his or her excise as abovementioned, upon request made by such receiver, farmer, or his deputy, at the time of rendering his or their account as aforesaid, they shall forfeit the sum of ten pounds, to be recovered as aforesaid and so toties quoties, for every such neglect.
And whereas, by said act, two credible witnesses are required to prove any offence against the same, for selling without licence; which often renders it impossible to prove the fact. Therefore for remedy of the same: BE it enacted , That no other mode of evidence, shall be required, upon any trial or any offence against said act, than what shall be deemed sufficient at common law, any usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided always, That nothing in this act, shall be construed to be retrospective.
OBSERVATIONS on the CONSTITUTION proposed by the FEDERAL CONVENTION.
THE Constitution proposed by the Federal Convention now engages the fixed attention of America. Every person appears to be affected, Those who with the adoption of the plan, consider its rejection as the source of endless contests, confusions, and misfortunes; and they also consider a resolution to alter, without previously adopting it, as a rejection. Those who oppose the plan, are influenced by different views. Some of them are friends, others of them are enemies, to the United States. The latter of two classes; either men without principles or fortunes, who think they may have a chance to mend their circumstances with impunity under a weak government or in public convulsions, but cannot make them worse even by the last—or men who have been always averse to the revolution; and though at first confounded by that event, yet, their hopes reviving with the declension of our affairs, have since persuaded themselves, that at length the people, tired out with their continued distresses, will return to their former connection with Great-Britain. To argue with these opposers, would be vain: The other opposers of the plan deserve the highest respect.
What concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments. It is therefore not only their right, but their duty, to declare them. Weak advocates of a good cause or artful advocates of a bad one, may endeavour to stop such communications, or to discredit them by clamour and calumny. This, however, is not the age for such tricks of controversy. Men have suffered so severely by being deceived upon subjects of the highest import, those of religion and freedom, that truth becomes infinitely valuable to them, not as a matter of curious speculation, but of beneficial practice—A spirit of enquiry is excited, information diffused, judgment strengthened.
Before this tribunal, let every one freely speak, what he really thinks, but with so sincere a reverence for the cause he ventures to discuss as to use the utmost caution, lest he should lead into errors, upon a point of such sacred concerns as the public happiness.
It is not the design of this address, to describe the present derangement of our affairs, the mischief that must ensue from its continuance, the horrors of a total dissolution of the union, or the division of it into partial confederacies. Nor is it intended to describe the evils that will result, from pursuing the plan of another Federal Convention; as if a better temper of conciliation, or a more satisfactory harmony of decisions, could be expected from men, after their minds are agitated with disgust and disappointments, than before they were thus disturbed; though from an uncontradicted assertion it appears, that without such provocations, the difficulty of reconciling the interests of several states was so near to INSUPERABLE, in the late Convention, that after many weeks spent in the most faithful labours to promote concord, the members were upon the very point of dispersing in the utmost disorder, jealousy and resentment, and leaving the states exposed to all the tempests of passions, that have been so fatal to confederacies of democratical republics.
All these things have been laid before the public in a much better manner, than the writer of this address is capable of, and to repeat what has been said, he means not. What he wishes, is to simplify the subject, so as to facilitate the enquiries of his fellow citizens.
Many are the objections made to the system proposed. They should be distinguished. Some may be called local, because they spring from the supposed interests of individual states. Thus, for instance, some inhabitants of large states may desire the system to be altered; that they may possess more authority in the decisions of the government; or some inhabitants of commercial states may desire it to be so altered, that the advantages of their trade may centre almost wholly among themselves; and this predilection they may think compatible with the common welfare. Their judgment being thus warped at the beginning of their deliberation, objections are accumulated as very important, that, without this prepossession, would never have obtained their approbation. Certain it is, that strong understandings may be so influenced by this insinuated patriotism, as to doubt, whether general benefits can be communicated by a general government.
Probably nothing would operate so much for the correction of these errors, as a perusal of the accounts transmitted to us by the ancients, of the calamities occasioned in Greece by a conduct founded on similar errors. They are expressly ascribed to the cause, that each city meditated a part in its own profit and ends—so much that those who seemed to contend for union, could never relinquish their own interest and advancements, while they deliberated for the public.
It is a lament—and noted by historians, whether their measures may not tend to draw down the same distractions upon us, that desolated Greece.
They may now tolerably judge from the proceedings of the Federal Convention and of other Conventions, what are the sentiments of America upon her present and future prospects. Let the voice of her distress be venerated—and adhering to the generous Virginian declaration, let them resolve to CLING TO UNION AS THE POLITICAL ROCK OF OUR SALVATION. FABIUS, No. I.
From the LADY'S MAGAZINE. The GAY CONVERT.
PHILOSOPHERS have told us that though motion may, in some places, be impeded, and in others be accelerated, yet there is always the same quantity of motion, and that our present solar system could not have been preferred hitherto without this principle. I do not find that moralists have been of the same opinion; but if we trace them backwards, to the most early ages, we find them through every successive age, complaining that their own was more depraved than that which preceded it. The plain consequence of their observations must be, certainly, that there are now no virtues existing, but that they all followed Astrea in her voluntary exile. Yet still we find that society subsists, which it could not do, without the existence of social virtues; we find that the courts of justice are every session inflicting punishments on criminals, which would never be the case, if all virtue were eradicated, and every principle of moral goodness were no longer existing in the human mind.
The general complaints, therefore, against the depravity of the age in which we live, must be the offspring of petulance, or the effusions of malice. Yet it is not sufficient amidst these moral grumblers, to decry the virtues of the present age; but likewise to pronounce that every one who is now going astray, may not in future strike into the paths of virtue.
I was brought into this train of reflection by the history of Donna Isabella. Though a Spaniard—she had all the vivacity and gaiety of the French; her
father dreaded the consequences of warmth, not tempered by discretion, and therefore, as a preservative of her virtue, proposed her retiring into a convent.
Isabella rejected the proposal; and in revenge, knowing that it had originated from the gaiety of her disposition, strove to appear more gay.
Her father, hurt with her perverseness, but determined to try every means to prevent consequences, he could not think of without horror, persuaded her to accompany him to a seat he had in the country. She consented, being ignorant that it had no neighbourhood, and that she could have no converse but his, which always was employed in remonstrances against that excess of dissipation, of which she seemed to be too fond.
She suffered herself to attend, for some time, to discourses which were tiresome, and to advice which she resolved never to conform to. Whenever she could avoid them, she would ramble about the fields, with which the rural mansion was surrounded.
In one of these excursions, she spied an hermitage, and curiosity hastened her steps towards it. In her approach she heard a plaintive voice, which by the softness of the accent, she knew proceeded from the lips of a female.
A recluse sitting on a chair, at the door of the hermitage, with a book before her, and on her left hand a crucifix! the sight more her natural gaiety, than her usual gravity.
“O! how I regret,” said she, “that I left in the flowery path, have felt the fatal consequences of inconsideration! I pity, I pray for them. I pray for all who are now walking amidst those precipices I disdained, and with that they may be convinced that the only way of enjoying pleasure is to abandon it.”—Here the female sage stopped.
Isabella was affected with her soliloquy, a thousand virtuous thoughts crowded into her mind, she revolted at the idea of the danger to which she had exposed herself, and fetching a sigh drew the attention of the religious stranger; looking behind her she saw Isabella, her gaiety struck her, and she seemed pleased to think that her ejaculation seemed applicable to one of her appearance; she desired her to enter her cottage and after a short discourse Isabella took her leave of her.
On her return to her father, her deportment was so grave, her observations so discrete, that he could not help asking her the reason of the alteration he perceived in her. She, in reply, informed him of her excursion, the ejaculation she had heard, and the impression it made on her mind. Her father embraced her with the glowings of paternal affection, and left her with this reflection, “that they who pronounced the aberrations of youth to be incorrigible, shewed more petulant malice than prudent foresight.”
The JEW and the CHRISTIAN.
A JEW and CHRISTIAN were conversing familiarly by the brink of a well, when the former happened to fall in without receiving much hurt, and the Christian flew for a ladder to help him out. As he was eagerly endeavouring to put it down into the well, it is not worth while, says the Jew, I will make no use of your ladder; to-day is Saturday. He remained, therefore, up to the chin in water until the next morning when his friend came to know how he had fared during so cool a night. “The ladder, the ladder, cries the Jew, for the love of God bring back the ladder:—Heaven forbid, replies the Christian to-day is Sunday.”

VIENNA , (Ger.) December 26.
Above 400 horses are now employed transporting from Eclavonia and Croatia, ovens for baking bread. They are on a new construction, each weighing 30 quintals. They may be fixed any where in the space of an hour, and will bake 600 loaves at once.
Feb. 27. Our last advices confirm the intelligence, that after four assaults, in which we lost a thousand men, our army subdued the fortress of New-Grandisca, and that the whole garrison, which had been reinforced by troops from Banialuke, were either put to the sword or taken prisoners.
HAGUE , March 11.
We learn that M. Caillard, Charge des Affaires from the Court of France, has demanded from the States-General, on behalf of that Court, the sum of 150,000 livres, being the estimated value of the Semillante frigate, which had been entrusted to the commander of a Dutch fleet, and was burnt the 24th of January, 1787.
LONDON , February 20.
Wednesday last, a set of beautiful ivory chairs, partly gilt, consigned from India for Mr. Hastings, were sold at the company's sale, to ascertain the duty, at 30l. 5s. each chair. Mr. Tyler, belonging to the India house, was the purchaser. It is said the prime cost of each chair in India amounted to upwards of 135 guineas.
Jan. 12. A very melancholy circumstance has lately transpired at Lyons.—A young lady, of the name D'Aumont, was executed in that city about ten years ago, for the supposed murder of her uncle; it has now been discovered that she was totally innocent of the crime, and the real murderer has confessed the whole of the transaction, for which she suffered death.
March 11. BON MOT —Lord North, a few days ago, on mentioning how much party spirit had subsided, said—"However Col. Barre and I may have formerly disagreed. I believe no two men now would be more happy to see each other." They are both now blind.
No very particular news of a political nature is brought, though our private letters from Paris, mention, that something important may soon be expected. The King is resolved on a General Assembly of the states.
Extract of a letter from Naples, Jan. 21. "M. Galanti, in the first volume published of his Geography of the Two Sicilies, the materials for which work were furnished him by order of government, makes the revenue of the clergy amount to 9,000,000 ducats; those of the order of Malta 79,000; and what we pay to Rome 59,000 yearly.—There are at Naples 1500 noble Families, and 45000 in the provinces. The tribunals, with their dependencies, employ 26,000 men; 600 persons are assassinated yearly; they reckon near 100,000 ecclesiastics and religious, and 12,000 doctors. The total population of the kingdom amounts to 4,780,000 souls, and according to M. Galanti's calculation they may amount to 10,000,000. (This first volume only treats of the kingdom of Naples without including Sicily.)
Friday died at Hoxton, HENRIETTE LONG , aged 121 years. She used to sell grey pease about the streets of the city 70 years ago.
March 29. The treaty between the United States and Prussia is concluded. That which impeded the treaty between Great-Britain and the United States, was the very important but very complicated business of the India commerce and settlements. And it is, we understand, at length agreed that a Convention should be signed, to arrange and finally adjust the India system within six months of the conclusion of the treaty alliance.
Paul Jones is not, as many papers have stated, at present on a negotiation at Copenhagen. So far from being able to undertake an office of this importance, his pirate is at present totally blind, and
has retired upon a flag given him, by way of PENSION, by the States of America.
SAVANNA , April 10. We have it from authority that the Generals Matthews and Pickens, the commissioners of this state and South-Carolina, acting under the continental establishment, have dispatched Mr. George Whitefield with a talk to the Creek Indians, pointing out the powers of their commissions, demanding to know if they have a disposition to treat and to suspend hostilities, and informing that in future it will be considered as a war of the union should they reject their pacific proposal and persevere in their depredations.
AUGUSTA , March 29.
A letter from Washington county, dated March 26, says, "The Indians seem to be very numerous in this county. Last Sunday week they killed and scalped Lieut. Hogan, near Kemp's Fort; on Friday after a Mr. Daniel met with the same cruel death; and on Tuesday last they killed Mr. David Jackson's family, consisting of his wife and four children, his brother and two negroes, and scalped another young girl."
"On the same day Capt. Wood, of the state troops, with four of his men, accompanied by Capt. Kemp, went reconnoitering on the river Oconee, and near the Long Bluff came up with about 30 or 35 Indians; upon which Capt. Wood's party turned back towards the fort, but had rode a small distance when the Indians fired at them, and killed one man on the spot. Capt. Wood is missing; we have since found his horse, without saddle or bridle, and very much bloody, from which circumstance we suppose he was either killed or taken. The savages have burnt three houses near Irwin's Fort, and killed a number of cattle and hogs."
CHARLESTON, (S.C.) April 12.
A correspondent has favoured us with the following information, which tells us may be relied on: A gentleman in Christ church parish planted one acre of land with cotton seed, which he
produced a bag of cotton wool weighing 11lb. 13s. 9d. It was on examination, of an exceeding good quality; the planter declares that had he attended it properly it would have produced more. He further says, that one of his hands could with ease take care of 7 to 8 acres, until the cotton is ready to take in, at which time he must have the assistance of small negroes to pick and carry it into safety. As the mode of cleaning it in this country formerly is what the planters dislike, we have the pleasure to add, that there are persons in this state who can make the necessary machines for picking it, as well as for carding and spinning it. This commodity bids fair to become a principal staple article of export from this state, for if one negro can manage seven acres of cotton, and it sells at the above price only, his labour, will bring his owner in 116l. 16s. 3d. per annum, supposing also that each acre of land produces only 267lb. of cotton. It is well known that the cotton manufactories in Great-Britain will take any quantity that this state can raise, as they are deemed by good judges to be now only in their infancy. Land that is unfit for rice or corn will yield cotton; as negroes, in raising this article, will have no occasion to wet their feet, they will of course be more healthy, and will live longer than they do by raising rice in swamps; besides which, as they will be able to earn so much money by the cultivation of it, the planters will thereby raise the value of every negro now in this state.
RICHMOND, (Vir.) April 24.
On Saturday last came on one of the severest gales of wind, accompanied with hail, rain, thunder and lightning, that has been experienced in this place for some time past; a woman who was taken in some clothes during the storm, was killed by a flash of lightning. The wind blew down a house or two which were lately raised on Schockochill.
WILMINGTON, (N. C.) April 3.
A few days ago I was informed of a very extraordinary occurrence, in the lower part of Maryland. A Thief had stolen a Hog and tied its legs together after killing it, and for convenience, he let the hog rest on his shoulders, while the rope it was tied with, went over his breast. On his way home finding himself somewhat fatigued, he laid the hog in the crotch of a tree, about the height of his shoulders, in order to rest himself, but by chance the hog slipped through, and the rope that was about his breast slipped up to his throat, and immediately choked him to death, and in the morning they were both found dead, one on one side and the other on the other side of the tree. Thus the thief hanged the hog, and the hog, by the rule of lex talionis , hanged the thief in his turn.
SHELBURNE , May 1.
Letters from Lisbon of the 20th of January, say, the weather there had been exceeding bad, that there had been very severe gales at sea, and that between 20 & 30 vessels had put in there distressed and otherwise distressed. There are only two particularly mentioned, viz.—Capt. Middleton, in a new brig, on a whaling voyage to the Brazils, who had lost three of his men; and Capt. Collins, of St. John's, New-Brunswick, bound to London, with the loss of his rigging and rigging. We are happy to say none of the Shelburne vessels had suffered.
PHILADELPHIA , April 30.
ALGERINES. The Society established in the City of Philadelphia for promoting the abolition of Slavery, having considered the situation of their unfortunate countrymen, now prisoners in some of the States of Barbary, and conceiving it to be within the design of the institution to extend their attention to every species of slavery, have appointed a Committee to obtain information on this subject, in order to devise some practicable means of affording relief to their distressed brethren.—The Committee therefore take this public method of requesting intelligence from the owners of the captured vessels, the friends and relations of the captives, or from foreigners or other persons who may possess a knowledge of the particular situation of the Americans who have been captured, or any circumstantial account of the mode of their capture by nations not in treaty with those States.
Letters addressed to any of the subscribers will receive due attention; and, being the cause of humanity, they request this notification may be inserted for a few weeks in each of the newspapers on the continent.
James Pemberton, Jonathan Penrose, Tench Coxe, Richard Wells, Nicholas Collin, William Rodgers, Samuel P. Griffiths, Thomas Harrison, Francis Bailey, Thomas Wistar, John Olden, Caleb Lowndes, Gaspar W. Haines.
The following melancholy incident of the effect of lightning happened on the 18th instant, at Eastcaln township, Chester county; the weather being very hot and sultry in the afternoon, in the evening there appeared a black cloud to the westward, which came over that neighbourhood with uncommon flashes of lightning and severe claps of thunder. Between twelve and one o'clock the lightning struck the house of William Fisher, in that township; it first entered the chimney, which was torn all to pieces, and in its descent it greatly damaged the upper floors, with the stair case from top to bottom, ripped up the lower floor, thence proceeded out at the cellar door, and tore away a considerable part of the stone wall of the house. The man, his wife and child, about six months old, were in bed in a room where the partition close to it was shivered all to pieces, and the bed thrown some distance therefrom; the man's head singed and much benumbed, and the woman's arm, on which the child lay, was scorched, but providentially they all received no other hurt; the cradle, in which the child usually slept in the same room, was entirely destroyed. The bed on which two apprentices slept in the upper room fell to the joists, but they remained unburnt. The house was rendered an entire wreck, not a window but was destroyed, and the glass thrown some rods distant. A scythe that hung on the wall of the house, was twisted up like a wether, and a great part melted; the smell of sulphur was so strong, that they were in danger of being suffocated.
From the Kentucky Gazette of April 4. It is with the most sensible concern we announce to the public, the capture of three boats, on the Ohio, near the Big
Miami , by the savages. Familiarized as we have been for several weeks past, to murder and robbery, at almost every point of our frontiers, the sympathy of all ranks has been excited in an extraordinary degree by this deeply affecting catastrophe: Among the passengers in these boats, it is with great regret we mention Samuel Purviance, Esq. of Baltimore town, Mr. Ridont, of Maryland, Monsr. Ragaut, and two other French gentlemen, one a mineralist, the other a botanist, destined to explore the natural products of this country, a Mr. Peirce of Maryland, and a Mr. Ferguson, a trader; besides these gentlemen, there was a Mr. Gray, Garland Simmons, five other men, and a negro woman. The three French gentlemen and Mr. Peirce, who alone occupied one boat, were attacked on the 26th ultimo; from circumstances we are authorised to conclude, that the other boats were taken on the 21st, as they passed Limestone on the 19th.—The savages had in their possession a flat, in which eight or ten of them gave chase to the French gentlemen, who, finding they could not escape, determined to present a white hankerchief, with other demonstrations of friendship, and surrender without resistance; for this purpose, Mr. Ragaut took post at the stern of the boat, and when the savages had approached very near, he offered his hand, and in return received the barbarian's tomahawk—at the same instant the botanist was shot dead, and the mineralist badly wounded; the boat at this time had drifted near the shore, Mr. Peirce, and the surviving French gentlemen jumped overboard, and the current being rapid, the savages past them, whilst they were butchering and plundering Mr. Ragaut, and the other victim. They with difficulty gained the shore, and under cover of the night made a circuit, and fell in with the river below the savages, where they were, the next day, taken up by a boat, and conveyed to the Rapids the day after.
ON RULERS.
From Ganganelli's letter to an Abbe.
SINCE you ask my opinion, my dear Abbe, of the discourse which you sent me, I must tell you, that I think there is too much of the Rhetorician, and a want of that sort of eloquence which should be employed in speaking of the rulers of the earth. We have endeavoured to raise our thoughts as high as they are by their dignities, and to produce such noble strokes of eloquence from the bosom of religion herself, as may make them appear the images of the living God.
You have the finest of all subjects;—The respect and obedience which is due to Rulers, derive their source from the Almighty, who desires that we should honour those who are clothed with his authority. Besides, what will the heart not express when it is employed in praising our fathers, our masters, and protectors! The existence of the people is but very imperfect, when it is not closely united with that of the Rulers by whom they are governed. It then becomes compleat, and gives us a picture of the harmony of heaven, which scatters joy and gladness all around. That obedience that is due to Rulers, is essentially connected with that we owe to God, and the more we are Christians the more we respect government.
Tertullian, in his Apology for Christianity, paints the Faithful in his time, as subjects who were most attached to their Rulers, the most attentive in praying for them, and the most exact in paying their taxes. Jesus Christ puts the submission which is due to Kings, on a level with what is due to the Deity. Give to God the things that are God's, and give unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's.
BON MOT.
MILTON was asked, Will you instruct your daughter in the different languages? No Sir, said he, one Tongue is enough for a woman.
Pot-Ash & Bees-Wax.
Cash given for Pot-Ash & Bees-Wax, BY Keith Spence, Who has for sale at his Store in Market-Street, a consignment of English Goods, at the lowest Boston prices.—Also, Bohea Tea of the first quality and Philadelphia Flour.

L O N D O N, March 20.
The French Council of War have been sitting every day for these three weeks past; they have divided the forces of France into four armies. The first is to be immediately placed in Flanders, the second in Alsace, the third on the Coasts and the fourth in the interior parts of the kingdom.
Some disagreeable reports are at present in circulation, respecting the state of affairs between this Country and Russia. The conduct of the latter towards England, in the late war, is not to be forgotten by our Ministry; and while the Court of Petersburg keeps aloof with respect to a new treaty, government here from prudential motives, have thought proper to retain Mr. Thornton, who had contracted to supply the Empress of Russia with a number of ships, to be employed in the transport service, from fulfilling his engagement. They have no objections, it is said to his furnishing the ships, but will not permit them to be navigated by British sailors, alleging, that it is not the interest of this Country to give cause of offence at present; to any of the Belligerent powers, nor to have our sailors to seek in case of any unforeseen or unexpected emergencies.
The Spaniards have at length agreed to suffer the Russian fleet to enter the Mediterranean—this, was brought about by the interference of the French Court.
March 27. Although no American Agent is stationed at the court of Lisbon, we understand that a treaty of commerce has been agitated thro' the means of Mr. Adams, with the Portuguese and the United States. The only obstacle to its accomplishment respects the introduction of American wheat into Portugal, and the establishment of a free port in one of the Western Islands.
There are points anxiously stipulated on the part of Congress, but declared by the Portuguese Government to be incompatible with the treaties in existence with other powers, who are unquestionably to enjoy whatever may be conceded by any subsequent arrangements. The pride of that court seems a little hurt by the disrespect which has been shewn to it by the Americans, and the Queen peculiarly observes, that as she was always a Whig in her heart, the United States, in their rage for appointing Envoys and Ambassadors, might have favoured her with a visit.
Authentic intelligence has been received by Administration, that Sir Archibald Campbell took Pondicherry in three days after the arrival of the courier, who carried the dispatches announcing the probability of a war with France. How the French Cabinet may relish this we pretend not to say;—of the fact we have no doubt.
Extract of a letter from Constantinople, February 7, 1788.
Four American vessels are arrived in the Porte with cargoes of rice, which sell much cheaper than either the Egyptian or Italian rice, notwithstanding the length of the passage. These ships, whose cargoes are about a 1000 tons, will be cleared directly, and sent back for the same commodity, on account of the government, who buy all the corn and grain they can lay hands on. The Vizir Aly Ahmet Bassani, is preparing to set off for the army in Moldavia, with a reinforcement of men, and some purses of gold to be distributed among the soldiery. The Imperialists on that side make great strides, but our army is now so strong as must give them a severe check shortly. Public prayers are put up in all the mosques for success on the war. The Grand Seignior, with his attendants, went yesterday to the mosque of San Sophia under the royal banner, where a grand service was performed which took up seven hours; during which the Emperor of the Ottomans was never off his knees, and lay prostrate great part of the time.
Perhaps the following instance of gluttony has scarcely been equalled.—One Charles Tyse, of Stoke Abbott, in the county of Dorset, ate a few days since 133 eggs, within an hour, together with a large piece of bacon, and a quantity of bread; and afterwards complained of a want of more eggs, and that he had not made a full supper.
March 20. Cardinal York, with that impotent absurdity for ever doomed to adhere to the Stuart race in their last stand, has put forth a formal protestation, that he renounces not his pretensions to his Hereditary Realms—that the sanctity of his episcopal character can be no impediment, in the sight of God and man—that he therefore thus asserts his right
himself—and when he dies, transmits it to the Prince next akin. All this he fixes as his will. Extract of an authentic letter from Constantinople, dated January 25.
The most remarkable incident which has occurred in this capital in the course of the last fifteen days, is an extreme variation in the temperature of the weather; till the 12th instant unusually mild and open for the season, and ever since remarkably stormy and intensely cold. This change has not produced the desired effect of stopping the contagion, which continues to manifest itself in most quarters of this city and its suburbs. The late mortality has, however, sensibly decreased in the Bagnio, where about 200 slaves, or Russian prisoners, have been carried off, not from any want of proper care, but owing to their own negligence, one of whom pretended to treat the plague like the small-pox, by inoculation, by which he himself perished, and spread the contagion.
The Indian Ambassador, and his suite of about 300 attendants and soldiers, who were lodged in Constantinople, are now reduced under 70. In hopes of benefiting by a change of air, the Ambassador removed to Scutari, on the Asian side of the canals, where he lies dangerously ill. In short, it is highly probable, that, from the effects of cold and the plague, few of these people will ever return to their native country.
March 21. In one of Mrs. Thrale's letters to Dr. Johnson, she says, "Lord Robert Manners told me a pretty story here one day, a propos to nothing in the world; but I liked it, and I will tell it you; he would have willingly sworn to its truth. We were, says he, in the front of the battle at Fontenoy, when I observed my friend Honeywood endeavouring to cleave down a soldier of the enemy, but his hanger sticking fast in the shoulder, the fellow gained power to thrust him through the side with his bayonet, while another struck him on the head and face with a sabre, so that he immediately dropped: my attention being call'd away to annoy others, and defend myself, I thought no more on't, but next day, when the waggons were carrying off the wounded, I saw Honeywood on one of them with half a dozen of soldiers lying a top of him—Poor fellow, said I to myself, thou art done for now, sure enough. But what was my surprize when we came to Hanau, in receiving a message, with Mr. Honeywood's compliments, and desired I would come and see his wounds dressed; I went directly—and now Bob, look sharp, cries the gallant creature, and shalt see my brains; and Middleton the surgeon here, shall bear witness that I have some."
N E W - Y O R K, May 9. By a gentleman, just arrived from St. Kitt's we are favoured with the following articles of intelligence: April 16th, six sail of transports, with troops, arrived at St. Kitt's, from England, under the command of General Matthews, Colonel Cuyler, &c.
B O S T O N, May 20. The Courier de l'Europe, of Feb. 18th last, brought in Capt. Davis, has the following paragraph—"France has just concluded a treaty of commerce with the United States of America; his Majesty in subjecting the Bureau du Commerce (Commerce Office) to a new form, has ordered that all treaties relative thereto, shall be communicated to that office. Agreeably to the act of Council which creates its new form, the Councillors of the Royal Council of Finances, shall have a seat in it; also, a Counsellor of State—a President—an Adjoint, Lieutenant-General de Police—the Intendant of Commerce, two Deputies of the Farmer General—two Deputies of the Regie, and all the Deputies of the commercial towns."
By an act of the British parliament, lately passed, entitled, "An act for regulating the trade between the subjects of his Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in North America, and in the West-India Islands, and the Countries belonging to the United States of America, &c." it is enacted.—
"That no goods or commodities whatever shall be imported or brought from any of the territories belonging to the United States of America, into any of his Majesty's West-India islands (in which description the Bahama islands, and the Bermuda or Somers islands, are included) under the penalty of the forfeiture thereof, and also of the ship or vessel in which the same shall be so imported or brought, together with all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle and
apparel, except tobacco, pitch, tar, turpentine, hemp, flax, masts, yards, bowsprits, staves, heading-boards, timber, shingles, and lumber of any sort; horses, neat cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, and live stock of any sort; such commodities respectively, being the growth or production of any of the territories of the said United States of America."
The above enumerated articles that are permitted to be imported, must be brought by British subjects in British ships, on penalty of forfeiture.
The papers from England—in brief—inform us, that by advices of unquestionable authority from Constantinople, our Allies, the French, appear to have been secretly practising with the ministers of the Sublime Porte, to exclude the English from all trade and intercourse with Suez through the Red Sea. This, it is said, they have effected, by assigning as a reason for their not opposing the entrance of the Russian fleet into the Mediterranean, "that the English wereaverse to it." Be this as it may, an order has certainly been issued, in the form of a manifesto, and in the name of the Grand Signior, by which all English ships, and ships belonging to the East-India Company, are forbidden, after the first of December last, to approach the port of Suez, on any pretence whatever, on pain of having their ships seized, their goods confiscated, their crew imprisoned, and their commanders punished as pirates and rebels; the English Ambassador at Constantinople having declared, that all private ships were forbidden by his Court from presuming to enter the port of Suez after the day prefixed.—Other letters go farther and say, that the French have obtained from the Porte the sole privilege of navigating the Red Sea, and that all intercourse from India to Europe, through that channel, is shut from all nations, the Turks and French excepted.
M. Callonne, who lately fled from the justice of France, and who was charged with peculations to the amount of 20,000,000 livres, we observe by the London papers, is notwithstanding permitted to visit St. James's:—However we cannot be much surprized, since we know that Mr. Arnold found ready admission at that Court.
American vessels fitted in America, are admitted into the French settlements in the West-Indies. Extract of a letter from L'Isle, by Captain Chase.
"Capt. Campbell, in the brig Mary, belonging to this port, to the Eastward of the Grand Bank, saw an American sloop abandoned, and after going on board, by the Log-Book found her to be the Betsey, Captain—, belonging to Philadelphia, on her passage from St. Johns to New-York, laden with sugar and cotton, suppose, by appearance the crew were washed overboard."
Among other circumstances which have been made use of to delude the uninformed, is the idea of "a Federal City,"—this, with many in the country is held to be a terrible affair—"What, say some, only think, a city ten miles square, what a tremendous cost must this be—and to be wall'd in too—and these walls are to be as high as those of Jericho."
P O R T S M O U T H, May 22. To the friends of American Manufactures.
A correspondent, who has beheld with pleasure the rapid progress of useful manufacture in these States, begs leave to suggest to the farmers and manufacturers the great advantages that might be derived from an attention to shearing the wool off their lambs. In England, where this is a general custom, the manufacturers are supplied with large quantities of wool, particularly useful in the hatter's business; the natural growth of the wool is much increased, and the situation of the animal rendered more comfortable during the excessive heat of the summer. The operation is performed about six weeks after the time of shearing the sheep; the quantity of wool yielded by good lambs is about one pound and an half each. This would afford an ample supply to our hatters for the coarser branches of their manufactures, and prevent the necessity of large importations from Europe.
It is hoped, says a correspondent, that one of the first measures of the federal government will be to lay a large general tax or excise on spirituous liquors, to preserve morals, to prevent disorders, and to intro-duce substitutes the native
American beer, cyder, and to ease the landed interest and farmers of part of their present taxes. By pursuing the English method of using home brewed beer, our farmers might save all their taxes. County malt-houses, within the reach of a morning's carting with barley, and from which a farmer might return with his malt the same day, would greatly conduce to the public benefit and convenience.
His Excellency the President, with advice of Council, has granted a reprieve to Tuesday the 3d day of June next, to Elisha Thomas, who was to have been executed this day, for the murder of Capt. Peter Drown.
Died since our last, Mr. GREGORY PURCELL, aged 18 years; Mrs. MARY TURNER, aged 44 years; also Mrs. MARY PARTRIDGE, aged 47 years, consort of Capt. Benjamin Partridge, all of this town.
S H I P P I N G N E W S. St. George's, Bermuda, March 8. Arrived, sloop Venus, Nye, from Boston for Baltimore, beat off the coast after being 28 days out: During the gales, she lost her boat, carried away her throods, &c. and came in in great distress. Soon after, arrived sloop Richmond Packet, Carver, from Boston for Virginia, blown off the coast of America, 23 days out—lost her bowsprit, and received other considerable damage.—Arrived sloop Affray, from West-Indies: By her we learn it is very sickly there; at St. Kitt's, there are 10 or 12 funerals at one church in a day; and so many negroes have been carried off that it is feared there will not be enough left to get in the crops. It was supposed there were above 200 sail of European vessels, among the islands, which had been beat off the coast of America; at Antigua only, there were upwards of 30.
Shelburne, May 1. Letters from Lisbon of the 20th Jan. say, there had been severe gales at sea, and between 20 and 30 vessels had put in there dismasted and otherwise distressed.
E N T E R E D, From Brig Dauphin, Capt. L'Isle. Brig Montpelier, Wardrobe, Tobago. Sloop Dolphin, Dangre, Hispaniola. C L E A R E D, To Ship William, Pearle, West-Indies. Ship Keppel, Young, Cape Francois. For S A L E
At B. Dearborn's shop, a variety of genteel Hanging Papers, just received,—also, an elegant English Surveying-Instrument.
ALL persons having accounts open with, or demands against the Hon. George Boyd, late of Portsmouth, Esq. deceased, are requested to exhibit the same as soon as may be to the subscribers for examination and adjustment, and all persons indebted by note or otherwise are desired to make immediate payment.
JANE BOYD, } Executors. SUPPLY CLAP, } Portsmouth, May 8, 1788.
T O B E S O L D B Y Samuel Livermore, A tract of land
In New-Hollerness, containing about 700 acres, SITUATED on the public road within four miles of Senter-Harbour (so called) or Winipiseoke pond.—There is about sixty acres cleared and brought into grass, which has been used as a pasture, part of which would answer for mowing or tillage; also a small orchard which blossomed last year, and about five acres of rye now growing thereon. The land is in general good; the growth is red oak, white oak, beech, maple, &c.—about one mile from a saw mill and grist mill. It is expected to be sold cheap, and the payment made easy.
W E E K L Y A L M A N A C K. For PORTSMOUTH,—Lat. 43d. 51N. May. 1r. O. F. S. 1r. O. I. Calendar. 22 433 8 0 42 9 25 Warm. 23 437 8 1 31 10 15 7* set 7th. ym 24 436 8 2 19 10 45 D Apogee. 25 435 8 3 4 11 15 Lying is 26 435 8 3 48 11 42 mean vice. 27 434 8 4 31 morn. I. C. Port. 28 433 8 5 43 0 7 G. Elec. Bos

Parnassian Spring.
To a Lady very fearful of Thunder.  W HY should my fairest shudder with surprize, When the red lightning glances through the skies? Or why the virtuous soul be fill'd with dread, When thunder rattles o'er thy guiltless head; No storms should e'er invade that peaceful breast, That is of conscious innocence possess'd: Let lightnings strike with fear the guilty soul, And let him tremble when the thunders roll; His troubled conscience echoes back the sound, And in the awful noise his joys are drown'd; His fleeting joys at once now disappear, And leave the wretch a slave to servile fear; The darkest prospects must his mind o'erspread; Well may he shrink, and view it then with dread. But thou my fair! thy mind from guilt is free, E'en envy's dumb, at the approach of thee. View then the stormy and tempestuous scene, With calm composure, and with look serene.
THE HAPPY FIRE-SIDE.
T HE hearth was clean, the fire was clear, The kettle on for tea; Colin was in his elbow-chair, As blest as man could be. Clarinda, who his heart possess'd, His lov'd, his new-made bride, With head reclin'd upon his breast, Sat toying by his side. Stretch'd at his feet, in happy state, A fav'rite dog was laid, By whom a little sportive cat In wanton humour play'd. Clarinda's hand he gently press'd, And told a pleasing tale; He blush'd, and modestly confess'd The fulness of her bliss. Colin, with honest heart elate, Pray'd to benignant Jove, That it might be allow'd his fate, Just so to live and love. Be this my sum of joys, he cry'd, And if no more be given, Continue this my Fire-side, I'll praise indulgent heaven.
The Month of MAY.
F OR thee, sweet Month, the Groves green Liv'ries wear, If not the first, the fairest of the Year. For thee the Graces lead the dancing Hours, And Nature's ready Pencil paints the Flow'rs. When thy short Reign is past, the fev'rish Sun. The sultry Tropic fears, and moves more slowly on.
STATIONARY.
Just imported, in the NANCY , Capt. York, from London.  Demy, Crown, and Foolscap Printing Paper—an assortment of Writing Paper, in which is included some of very low Prices, for common uses—Quarto Post guilt, black edged or mourning ditto—common and best coloured Wafers, Sealing-Wax, Penknives—Ink-Powder and Printing Ink—Perry's pronouncing Dictionaries,—Bibles—Spelling, Children's, and a few other Books—black Lead Pencils—Blank and Copy Books—and Slip Copies—to be sold at the lowest Rates, by  Daniel Humphreys, At his House in Pleasant-Street, near the South Meeting-House.
Take Notice!
W HEREAS on the 15th inst. one Samuel Scammons, of Stratham, came to the subscriber, and under the specious pretext of wanting to purchase a note which he had against a certain person, in order to make a discount which would be agreeable to all parties, finally prevailed upon the subscriber to let him have that and six other small notes, amounting in the whole to twelve pounds nineteen shillings and three pence, for which the said Scammons was to pay the sum of nine pounds fifteen shillings, and agreed as can be proved to take said notes and run the whole risque of them, and never to recur to the subscriber for any part of them, should they never be paid, which notes he absolutely refused to indorse over, because he was not to be accountable, but gave a bare order to the signers of said notes on the back of them, to pay them to said Scammons, not mentioning any value received, or directing them to be paid to his order:—And whereas the said Scammons the next day procured a certain person to call on the subscriber pretending he had purchased said notes at their nominal and full value, and demanding that sum, and there is reason to think he will attempt yet to put them off, whereby some honest unwary person may be deceived, thinking the subscriber to be accountable, when he is not, nor ever will pay any part of them;—This is to forewarn all persons against purchasing said notes, and should any do it, and the notes not be recovered against the signers of them, or the said Scammons, such person must stand to the loss incurred by his imprudence.  JOHN MELCHER. Portsmouth, May 16, 1788.
State of New-Hampshire, County of Strafford.
T HE subscriber having purchased the excise on spirituous liquors & other articles excised in the county of Strafford, from the first day of October, 1787, to the first of October, 1788: Hereby gives notice to all taverners, retailers and others liable to pay excise in said county that he will attend himself or by his deputy, to receive accounts properly and regularly made out on oath of the two first quarterly payments for said year now due up to the first of April current, viz.—At Mr. Gage's tavern in Dover, on Monday the 12th day of May next, at Yeaton's tavern in Somersworth, the 13th of ditto, at Wentworth's tavern in Rochester, the 14th of ditto, at Isaac Waldron's for Barrington and Madbury, the 15th of ditto, at Richardson's tavern in Durham, the 16th of ditto, at Giles's tavern in Lee, the 17th of ditto: Attendance will be given at the before mentioned places, from nine to five o'clock of said days. At Hodgdon's tavern in Barnstead, the 2d of June, at Col. Antipas Gilman's in Gilmanton, on the 3d of said June, at George Leigh-ton's in Meredith, on the 4th of said June, at Daniel Sanborn's, Esq. in Sandborntown, on the 5th of said June, at Benning Moulton's, Esq. in New-Hampton, the 6th of said June, at Capt. Smith's tavern in Moultonborough, the 7th of said June, at Major David Folsom's in Tamworth, the 9th of said June, at Col. McMillan's for Conway and Eaton, on the 10th of said June, at Capt. Brown's in Ossipee, the 12th of said June, in the forenoon, and in the afternoon, of the same day at John Martin's in Wolfborough, at Capt. Copp's in Wakefield, the 13th in the forenoon, and at Richard Hanson's in Middletown, in the afternoon, at Joseph Roberts's, Esq. in the Gore on the 14th of said June, in the forenoon, and at Randel's tavern in New-Durham, in the afternoon of said day.
The town of Sandwich will attend on the notification of Mr. Benjamin Busley, to whom I have sold the excise of said town.
It is expected that all those that have sold with licence, will be ready to settle up to the time before mentioned; and all those that have sold without licence are desired to attend at the times and places before mentioned, and exhibit an honest account for settlement: And if after this notice they fail to comply, they must expect no other favour than the laws will allow them.
JOHN B. HANSON. Dover, April 28th, 1788.
Spring & Summer Goods.
SAMUEL HILL,
Informs his Friends and Customers, that he has received a General Assortment of  Spring & Summer Goods, (By Capt. York, from LONDON) Which will be sold as low for CASH, as can be purchased in the State. viz.
Superfine & Durant's, course Broad Cloths, Modes, Sarsnetts, Serges Forest Cloths, Silk, Linen & Cotton Handkerchiefs, and Plains Shawls, Flat and roundblack Feathers, Corduroys, Velvets, Cotton, Thread, Sergedenim, Satin Lastings, Hemp and Worsted and Lastings. Hose, Silk Mitts & Gloves, Florentines, Princes Stuffs, Jeans and Fustians, Writing-Paper, Trimmings of all sorts, A few boxes 10 by 8 and 9 by 7 Window Glass, Irish Linens, Cod-Hooks & Lines, Check'd Linens, Bed Mackerel ditto, Ticks, Chintzes, Seine, Herring, and Calicoes, Sewing Twine, Cambricks & Lawns, Sail Cloth of various sorts, Black & white Gauze, Shalloons, Tammies Bolting Cloths, Calimancoes, Stuffs. A General ASSORTMENT of Painters' Colours, Whiting, LINSEED OIL. POWDER, Shot, Wool, Cotton and Sheet and Bar Lead, Clothiers' Cards, Pewter, Brimstone, Nails and Brads of Copperas, Alum & all sorts. Dye Woods.
A general ASSORTMENT of Hard & Crockery Wares.
May be had at the same place.—  West-India N. Eng. Rum, Molasses, Loaf and Brown Sugars, Coffee Chocolate, Bohea Tea, Salt, and many other Articles, too many to enumerate in this Advertisement.
N. B. CASH, and the highest Price, given for—  Pot & Pearl Ash, Shipping FURS, BEES WAX, and FLAX-SEED, in its Season.
(NORTHWOOD.) State of New-Hampshire,  NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in Northwood, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1787, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the third Wednesday in June next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at the dwelling house of Jonathan Clark, Esq. in said town, unless prevented by previous payment.
   R. N. Q'ty l. s. d. s. d.     Thomas Mosley 7 13 156 0 7 5 5 6   Will'm Langdon 14 156 7 5 5 6   Cutting Noyce 16 130 6 0 4 6   Peregrin White 19 27 2 5 1 10   Sam'l Penhallow 8 8 156 1 5 7 18   John Calf 13 156 10 7 6   Benjamin Harris 21 109 5 6 4   Thomas Cressy 30 90 9 6 9   Elisha Storey 9 32 150 8 6   Dr. N'l Sargent 9 85 1 6 1   William Briggs 10 63 3 2 3   Fann Clement 11 130 7 8 5 8   Samuel Whitwell 14 100 1 2 15 6   Joshua Moody 11 5 156 10 7 6   Sam'l Burly & Nath'l Stevens 9 6 104 1 3 16 3   Capt. V. Leathers 18 40 4 9 3 6   Capt. G. Tuttle 10 7 78 4 6 3 4   Stoten Tuttle 10 7 78 4 6 3 4   Col. Rich'd Kent 7 12 26 0 1 3 0 6    JONATHAN BLAKE, Constable. Northwood, April 29th, 1788.
B LANKS of all sorts for sale at Melcher's Printing-Office, at the lowest Boston prices.
(NORTHWOOD.) State of New-Hampshire,
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of Northwood, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1786, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the second Wednesday of June next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the dwelling-house of Col. John Harvey, innholder in said town, unless prevented by previous payment.
The taxes are three quarters silver and one quarter Certificates.
   R. N. Q'ty l. s. d.     Col. Richard Kent 7 12 26 1 0   Thomas Mosley 13 156 3 6   William Langdon 14 156 3 3   Cutting Noyce 16 130 3 3   Unknown lot 20 36 2 0   Samuel Penhallow 8 8 156 12 9   John Calf 13 156 5 2   Samuel Durant 15 75 4 6   Benjamin Bickford 19 50 3 6   John Waite 8 21 156 7 4   Richard Waldron 22 118 4 8   Mary Somersby 9 12 16 1 9   Samuel Jones 17 16 1 0   Benjamin Harris 21 156 4 9   Robert Acumdy 24 55 7 6   Dr. Nathaniel Sargent 10 9 85 2 8   William Bridges 10 73 2 0   Fann Clement 11 130 4 0   Abraham Rowel 9 23 68 3 0    ASAHEL BLAKE, Constable. Northwood, May 5th, 1788.
(MIDDLETOWN.) State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of Middletown, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1783, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before Monday the 9th 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 my dwelling-house in said town, at ten o'clock, A.M., unless prevented by previous payment.
Said land all of the first division.     No. Q'ty l. s. d.     Benjamin Wentworth 19 100 0 12 4   Benjamin Roberts 38 100 0 11 0   John Herard 90 100 0 7 4   Ephraim Wentworth 18 100 0 7 4   Nathaniel Austin 10 50 0 7 4   Richard Philpot 14 100 0 11 0   Ebenezer Place 45 50 1 8 8   Stephen Roberts 46 50 0 3 8   John Tinker 59 50 0 7 4   Nathaniel Varney 77 50 0 3 8   Samuel Varney 49 25 0 2 7   Benjamin Evans 78 71 0 5 8   Andrew Marshall 39 100 0 14 8   George Hanson 76 100 0 7 4   Andrew Horn 64 50 0 3 8   Nathaniel Young 49 100 0 11 0    DANIEL DREW, Constable. Middletown, April 29, 1788.
(LOUDEN.) State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of Louden, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1786, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before Thursday the 29th day of May next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling house of Lt. Samuel Piper, innholder in said town, unless prevented by previous payment.
silver facilities. cert.     No. s. d. s. d. s. d.     John Hayes 119 2 8 3 3 2 6   William Jenkens 184 10 1 1 6   Ichabod Chesby 139 1 7 1 11 1 6   James Basford 132 1 7 1 11 1 6   Joseph Tibbetts 133 1 7 1 11 1 6   Benj. Mason 135 1 4 1 8 1 3   Daniel Davis 183 1 4 1 8 1 3   William Fellows 188 1 9 2 2 1 8   Rich'd Waldron 186 0 11 1 1 0 10   Timothy Tibbetts 72 1 7 1 11 1 6   Edward Tibbetts 96 1 4 1 8 1 3   Old hundred.   Frances Durgin 78 1 9 2 2 1 8   William Jenkens 79 1 8 1 3   Samuel Smith 99 1 9 2  2 1 8   John Woodman 130 0 11 1 1 0 10   Jona. Woodman 135 0 11 1 1 0 10    JONATHAN SMITH, Constable. Louden, April 29, 1788.
SUBSCRIPTIONS for this Paper at TWO SHILLINGS and THREE CENTS per quarter (which has a very extensive circulation) are taken in by the Publisher, at his Printing-Office in Market-Street, Portsmouth, where Advertisements are received, the favours of Correspondents carefully attended to, and Printing performed reasonably.—This Paper to contain a copy of all the Laws of this State, passed since January 1787.