The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1783-08-16 00:00:00

Mr. Tabyr THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE. AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Vol. XXVII.]
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1783.
[No. 1398.]
From the London ANNUAL REGISTER, for 1783. Exemplary Instances of Justice in the present King of PRUSSIA.
ONE John Michael Arnold, a miller, had bought the lease of a mill, belonging to the estate of Count Schmetrau of Pommerzig, situated in the New Marche of Brandenburg, near the city of Custrin, and known in that province under the name of the Pommerziger Kreb's mill. This mill, at the time when Mr. Arnold bought the lease of it, was plentifully supplied with water, by a rivulet which empties itself into the river Warta. During six years, Mr. Arnold had made various improvements in the said mill, and, by means of his labour and industry, had been enabled to pay his rent regularly, and to acquire a sufficiency for the maintenance of his family. At the end of that period, about four years ago, the proprietor of the said mill resolved to enlarge a fish-pond contiguous to his seat, and caused a canal to be cut from the said rivulet, at a small distance above the mill, to supply his fish-pond with water. By these means the current of the stream was lessened, and the quantity of water so much diminished, that the mill could no longer do the usual work.
The miller had foreseen the event, and from the beginning had remonstrated against the cutting of the canal. But his remonstrances, as well as his solicitations for cancelling the lease, proving in vain, he was at last forced to seek redress in a court of judicature at Custrin, to whose cognizance the affair belonged: but his lord being a man of fortune and consequence in that province, soon found means to frustrate his endeavours. He continued to enlarge his fish-pond, so that the miller, instead of finding redress, found his water daily decreasing to such a degree, that at last he could only work during two or three weeks in spring, and about as many in the latter part of the year.
Under these circumstances, the miller could no longer procure his livelihood, and pay his rent, and consequently became indebted to his lord for a considerable sum. The latter, in order to obtain his rent, entered a suit against him in the same court of law at Custrin, which had before refused relief to the miller, & soon obtained a sentence against the miller's effects; which sentence being approved of and ratified in the High Court of Appeals at Berlin, was put into execution. The miller's lease, utensils, goods, and chattels, were seized, and sold, in order to pay the arrears of rent, and the expences of a most iniquitous lawsuit; and thus poor Arnold and his family were reduced to want and wretchedness.
A glaring injustice of that kind could not pass unnoticed by some friends to humanity, who well knew the benevolent and equitable intentions of their sovereign. They advised and assisted the miller to lay his case before the king. His majesty, struck with the simplicity of the narrative, and the injustice that had apparently been committed, resolved to enquire minutely into this affair, and if the miller's assertions were founded in truth, to punish, in an exemplary manner, the authors and promoters of such an unjust sentence.
The king accordingly made enquiries, and the informations he received corroborated
the miller's narrative. His majesty afterwards ordered the Register of his High Court of Appeals, as also all the memorials and pleadings of the said law-suit, to be laid before him, which he revised himself, assisted by an eminent lawyer; and that nothing might be wanting, his majesty sent a person of confidence to Custrin, with orders to survey the said mill, the rivulet, and the new canal, as also to enquire into the miller's character, his former situation in life, the true cause of his failure, and all other circumstances attending this affair. And after being fully convinced, as well from the report of the said commissioner, as also from the papers laid before him, that the sentence against the said miller Arnold was an act of the most singular injustice and oppression, his majesty immediately dictated and signed his resolutions thereupon.
On the next day the king ordered his high chancellor, baron Furst, as also Messrs. Christ. Eman. Friedell, Henry Lewis Graun, and John Lewis Ransleben, the three counsellors learned in law, who, with the chancellor, had signed and approved the said sentence, into his cabinet, and on their arrival his majesty put the following questions to them:
QUESTION I.
When a lord takes from a peasant, who rents a piece of ground under him, his wagon, horse, plough, and other utensils, by which he earns his living, and is thereby prevented from paying his rent, can a sentence of distress be in justice pronounced upon that peasant?
They all answered in the negative.
QUESTION II.
Can a like sentence be pronounced upon a miller for non-payment of rent for a mill, after the water, which he used to turn his mill is willfully taken from him by the proprietor of the mill?
They also answered in the negative.
"Then (said the king) you have yourselves acknowledged the injustice you have committed.—Here is the case:—A nobleman, in order to enlarge his fish-pond, has caused a canal to be cut, to receive more water from a rivulet which used to turn a mill. By these means the miller lost his water, and could not work his mill above a fortnight in spring, and about as many days in autumn;—notwithstanding it is expected that he shall pay his rent as before, when his mill was plentifully supplied with water; but as that was out of his power, from the impossibility of pursuing his trade, the court of justice at Custrin decreed, that the miller's effects, goods and chattels, should be sold, to pay the arrears of rent; which sentence being sent to the High Court of Appeals here, is confirmed and signed by you, and has since been executed."
Here the King ordered the sentence, with their respective signatures, to be laid before them, and afterwards commanded his private secretary to read the resolutions which his majesty had dictated to him, and signed before, and which are as follow:
The sentence decreed against the miller Arnold, of the Pommerziger Krebs Mill, in the New Marche of Brandenburg, being an act of the most singular injustice, and entirely opposite to the paternal intentions of his majesty, whose desire it is that impartial
justice be speedily administered to all his subjects, whether rich or poor, without any regard to their rank or persons; his majesty, in order to prevent similar iniquities for the future, is resolved to punish, in an exemplary manner, the authors of that unjust sentence, and to establish an example for the future conduct of judges and magistrates in his dominions. For they are all to consider, that the meanest peasant, nay even the beggar, is a man, as well as the king, and consequently equally entitled to impartial justice; especially as in the presence of justice all are equal, whether it be a prince who brings a complaint against a peasant, or a peasant who prefers one against a prince; in similar cases, justice should act uniformly, without any retrospect to rank or person.—This ought to be an universal rule for the conduct of judges; and if the courts of law in his majesty's dominions should ever deviate from this principle of equity, they may depend upon being severely punished. For an unjust magistrate, or a court of law, guilty of wrong, and subservient to oppression are more dangerous than a band of robbers, against whom any man may be on his guard; but bad men entrusted with authority, who under the cloak of justice practice their iniquities, are not so easily guarded against; they are the worst of villains, and deserve double punishment.
"The king, at the same time, hereby signifies to all his courts of law, that he has appointed a new high chancellor, and that his majesty will be very exact for the future in the examination of his, and of their proceedings. They are, moreover, hereby strictly commanded.
"I. To bring all law-suits to the speediest conclusion.
"II. Carefully to avoid that the sacred name of justice may never be profaned by acts of oppression and injustice; and
"III. To act with the most absolute impartiality towards every one, whether prince or peasant, without the least regard to situations in life.
"And in case his majesty should find their proceedings in any ways contrary to the above orders, they may depend upon a rigorous punishment; the president as well as the respective judges and counsellors, who shall be found guilty of, or accessory to, any sentence directly opposite to the fundamental principles of justice. Whereof all the courts of law in all his majesty's dominions are to take notice.
(Signed)
FREDRICK."
Berlin Det. 11, 1779.
After the reading of the above, the king told the high chancellor that he had no further occasion for his services, and ordered them all to withdraw, and the three counsellors, Friedel, Graun, and Ransleben, to be taken into custody. He also sent immediate orders to Custrin, for the president, judges, and counsellors, who had decreed the unjust sentence in the first instance, to be arrested; and afterwards nominated a commission, under the direction of Baron de Zedlitz, minister of state, to proceed against them all according to law.
His majesty, in consideration of the said injustice, has presented the miller Arnold with the sum of 1500 six-dollars. He also

ordered, that a sum equal to that produced by the sale of the miller's effects, be stopped and paid to him from the salaries due to the respective judges, &c. who had any share in that unjust sentence; and has, moreover, condemned the proprietor of the mill to reimburse to the miller the rent he had received, from the time when he first opened the canal.
From the Westminster Magazine , for 1783. Anecdotal Notices of Dr. FRANKLIN. THIS man, who for many years carried on the business of a printer in Philadelphia, may be considered as the first fruits of American genius; and perhaps no man ever owed more to the time and place of his birth: had he been a native of London instead of Boston, and born into the same rank of society,* the world would probably never have heard his name either as a philosopher or politician. Pent within a populous city, his occupation would have been more laborious, and his incentives to cultivate speculative science, would have been suppressed by every consideration of interest or ambition. He might have distinguished himself as an ingenious artist, but he would neither have formed an hypothesis to account for the phenomenon of the Aurora Borealis , nor have traced out the principles and operations of the electrical fluid; and what is much more important, he would never have become a powerful engine to shake a great empire, and to erect a congeries of republics from its dismembered parts; nor would he have had the appropriated distinction of being the principal agent to introduce a new era into the history of mankind, which may prove as important as any which has yet elapsed, by procuring a legislative power to the western hemisphere. In this view he may be considered as a greater enemy to England than even Philip II. or Louis XIV.
His love of science marked his early years; † and, as if no event of his life was destined to be unimportant, even an intrigue, which caused him to quit Boston and settle in Philadelphia, brought him into a wider sphere of action, and placed him in a more respectable situation: he had, however passed the meridian of life, before he rendered himself conspicuous as a politician. As his influence became extensive, it was exerted to inculcate among the people the virtues of frugality, temperance and industry; and all his labours were directed to advance the essential interests of humanity. He possessed the plainness of manners, and precision of thought, which characterise John de Witt, but he ever escaped falling under any popular odium, either by being master of superior address, or acting under more fortuitous contingencies than that devoted patriot.
Trammelled in no system, he may be said to be a philosopher without the rules, a politician without adopting the Roman pandects, and a statesman without having sacrificed to the graces; possessing a diversity of genius without a versatility of temper.
Such was the man, thoughtful, deliberate, collected and circumspective; who, when more than seventy years of age, appeared at the Court of France, first as an agent, and afterwards as a Plenipotentiary, from the New American States. All ranks vied with each other in paying their court to this hoary headed sage. Among the subjects of an absolute monarch, it being fashionable to admire the spirit of freedom, and the new member of the corps diplomatique was complimented in an hyperbole of panegyric ‡. Public admiration, however, is no proof of merit; the frivolous frequently obtain it when it is denied to the wise. His negotiations with the Court of France required uncommon abilities, and that he has succeeded in his arduous work, proves, that during his long life, he had practically studied the philosophy of man.
* His father was a tallow chandler.
† There are some letters now extant which he wrote to Sir Hans Sloane, in the year 1726, when he was only twenty one years of age.
‡ The motto affixed to his bust at Paris, is, Exipuit coelo fulmen, sceptrumque tyrannis.
FRESH INTELLIGENCE,
Extracted from the English papers, to the 1st of July, brought by the Count de Grasse, Captain Johnson, who arrived at Newbury-Port, last week in 28 days from London.
AMSTERDAM, June 9.
Some letters from Paris mention the arrival, in Cadiz Bay, of a French ship called the Well beloved Julia, with advices from the East Indies. She came from the Isle of Bourbon, and made the passage from the Cape in 74 days. The accounts received by her are, that Mons. de Suffrein has taken 50 transports from the English; and that three ships of the same nation have perished, and one French, doubtless by a tempest.
LONDON, June 5.
The Americans have made a demand for seven hundred thousand pounds, principally for the subsistence of the prisoners taken at Saratoga.
Had Mr. Pitt's original bill passed into a law, the ships of the United States of America would have had free liberty to bring away the produce of our West India islands to Great Britain, or any part of Europe; but as the bill now stands, there is an exemption from American ships bringing to Great Britain any of the produce of the English islands, for reason that the Americans, by such advantage, might become the carriers, in prejudice to our shipping. It is impossible yet to judge which bill is the most judicious; for on the news of the alteration of the original bill getting to Virginia, that state immediately entered into a resolve in the Assembly, "that whatever restrictions England laid upon the American carrying trade and intercourse with the West India islands, the exact similar restrictions should be laid upon British ships in Virginia." The law of lex talionis seems to have been long the adopted system of the Americans.
July 7. They write from Gibraltar, that a Spanish frigate and an Algerine corsair lately had an engagement in the Mediterranean, of five glasses, yard arm and yard arm; the sea running very high, the Spaniard sunk, and both the vessels being grappled, carried her antagonist with her to the bottom.
June 16. By a letter from Spa, in Germany, which arrived by yesterday's post, we learn, that war has been declared by the Emperor against the Turks.
The foreign prints mention a Turkish war as a matter not to be avoided, and some of them have affirmed that hostilities are already commenced.—The scene of murder is no sooner closed in one quarter of the world, than the sword of destruction is unsheathed in another.
June 21. The definitive treaty between the Courts of London and Versailles is not signed by either of the contracting parties, owing to the following singular circumstance:—Mr. Swinburne, who possessed considerable property in St. Kitts, sustained great losses during the siege of Brimstone hill: his lady, a woman of the first talents and address, went in consequence thereof to Naples, and solicited the Queen of that kingdom, by whom she was always very graciously received, to interpose her good offices with the Court of France, in order to procure some compensation for Mr. Swinburne's heavy losses. The Queen of France was immediately applied to, and Mr. Swinburne, in consequence thereof, obtained "a grant of all the unceded and uncultivated lands in the island of St. Vincent, to be enjoyed by himself and his heirs forever."—This circumstance coming out after the signing of the preliminary treaty, the British ministers do
not think themselves bound to accede to the grant, on re possessing the island; the Cabinet of Versailles, on the other hand, insists upon the fullest ratification thereof—and there the matter rests for the present.
June 24. Yesterday morning some dispatches were made up and sent express to Plymouth, in order to be put on board a fast sailing ship, to carry them over to Sir Guy Carleton, at New-York.
Advices received from Breslaw bring intelligence of a messenger having arrived from Warsaw, with an account of a war being actually declared by Russia against the Porte.
July 1. They write from the Hague, that the American commissioners cannot give their final assent to the definitive treaty, till they receive further instructions from Congress, of which they were in daily expectations when the last accounts came from Paris, yet a report prevails in that city, that the first of July is now appointed for putting the last hand to the definitive treaties, every concomitant difficulty being now entirely removed. The same advices add, that the Dutch have at last agreed, that the English shall retain Negapatam, on the coast of Coromandel, on condition that every thing else remains in the same state as before the war.
A letter from Venice says, that they have received advice that a fleet of Turkish ships of war are arrived in the Adriatick sea, which has thrown that commonwealth into great confusion. An express is sent off to Vienna to acquaint the Emperor with it.
PHILADELPHIA, July 23.
Extract of a letter from the Banks of the Hudson, July 9.
"By the articles of the treaty, the British were to return our slaves, and harbour or conceal no more of them. Agents, on our part, from this state in particular, were sent to examine, and see that no slave belonging to us should be detained at New-York, or carried off in the vessels that sailed from thence. Those agents saw several slaves there, which they knew ought by the treaty to have been restored to their owners; they acquainted the Commander in Chief of it—they remonstrated, and protested against their detention or removal, but all in vain; they were not restored—they were carried off or detained. The agents quitted the place.
"A few days ago, Mr. Jacob Duryee, of Dutchess county, went down to New-York in a sloop, and carried with him a Negro man, who was to assist in navigating the vessel. When he had done his business, and was coming away, the Negro refused to return. On this, with the help of the master of the sloop, he tied the Negro, carried him in a cart to the water side, put him on board, and set sail. They had not sailed far, before they were boarded by a barge, with a Negro Colonel and a company of Hessian soldiers, who treated Duryee and the master with great insolence, obliged the sloop to go back to New-York, seized her, released the Negro, put the master and Duryee in the provost, where they are to remain, it is said, till tried by a court martial. Large bait was offered for them, but refused. The sloop was permitted to come up the river to discharge her cargo, on giving good security, to return her in twenty days to New-York. Such is the account we have here of this affair, which occasions great speculation and emotion."
The above accounts is corroborated by several others who were in the city at that time. Since which we have heard that Mr. Duryee and the master of the sloop have been tried by a court martial, but the result has not yet transpired.

The unnecessary delay on the part of the British to quit the city of New-York, has only served to increase the spirit & resentment of the people among the loyalists, which, instead of subsiding, seems every day to rise and be more determined against their re-admission among us; insomuch that most of those who had concluded to stay, now begin to think the experiment too dangerous to be tried, and have resolved to go off, which is indeed the most prudent step they can take.
BENNINGTON, July 31.
By a gentleman who arrived in town yesterday from Crown Point, we learn that his Excellency General Washington, (after having made a tour to Crown Point) has returned to Albany on his way to the army.
The same gentleman informs, that the Hon. Major-General Baron Steuben passed Crown Point a few days since, on his way to Canada. He is said to be on a tour to view the most proper places to establish garrisons on the frontiers, from the latitude of 45 deg. north, on the Lake Champlain, on the late established line to the mouth of the river Mississippi, for the defence of the frontiers. The greatest honor is due to this gentleman for his singular services in the display of the most consummate abilities in establishing complete discipline in the American army.
WORCESTER, July 31.
We hear from Petersham, that about a fortnight since, there was considerable damage done by the most terrible thunderstorm ever known in this country by the oldest man living. Several cattle, we are told, were killed, but do not learn that any persons lost their lives. It is said that the lightning struck in above an hundred places in and about that town, during the continuance of that storm, which, we hear, lasted upwards of two hours.
BOSTON, August 14.
Last Monday arrived the sloop Deer , Richard Grinnell, master, in 22 days from St. John's, Newfoundland, who informs, that American vessels were not permitted to enter, wear colours, or sell their cargoes, except such articles as the necessities of the garrison required—That a number of vessels were there, waiting the arrival of the Governor, who had been some time expected—and says that fish sold for 16/ sterl. per quintal.—Captain Grinnell, on his homeward passage, put into Halifax, where the troops from Penobscot had arrived, and the Hessian troops embarked—destination unknown.
SALEM, August 14.
Many evil disposed persons, obnoxious to the laws of Virginia, having found means to introduce themselves into the same, to the disturbance of the peace and harmony of the state, his Excellency the Governor of that Commonwealth has issued a Proclamation, commanding all such persons as have either voluntarily left the country and adhered to the enemy since the 19th of April, 1775, or have been expelled the same by any act of the legislature, or order of the executive, or such natives who have at any time borne arms in the service of the enemy against that commonwealth, and have since returned, without being authorized by law so to do, forthwith to depart the state. And he further strictly inhibits the return, as well of those as all others coming within the like description, until the determination of the legislature on the subject can be known.
PORTSMOUTH, August 16.
The lightning last Friday fennight in the evening struck a barn in Cambridge, belonging to the Hon. Nathaniel Tracy, Esq; which entirely consumed the same, together with 1 horse, several carriages, and 12 tons of hay.—Providentially no further damage was done.
The public are cautioned against Counterfeit Dollars, they are made in imitation of those bearing date 1768, they are well executed, but have a brass appearance, and have a different sound from those that are genuine.
NAVAL OFFICE, Port of Piscataqua, August 16.
INWARD ENTRY.
Sewall, from Cape Francois.
CLEARED.
Trefethen for New-York. Smith for Hispaniola. Salter for Grenada.
To be sold at public Vendue,
At the house of the subscriber in Exeter, on Tuesday the 26th inst. at 10 o'clock A. M. A number of articles, among which are some
Farming utensils, together with a Horse Cart, a Chaise, with Harness; a lightning Rod, made of Swedish Iron, suitable for a house of common height; a Jack; a number of empty cyder Casks; a bed Press, with a Mahogany bed-Stead, with Sacking Bottom; some articles of mahogany Furniture, among which are, a well'd front Bureau, neatly brass'd; one Desk, with a number of Tables and Teaboards. At the same time will be sold, if not disposed of before at private sale, about one acre of Land, opposite the dwelling house of the subscriber, together with the pleasantly situated buildings thereon, and about six acres of Land, forming the corner at the forks of the way leading from Exeter great Bridge, to Hampton-Town, and Hampton Falls. The two perhaps last, if desired, will be made easy to the purchaser, by having credit given for the greater part if desired. For particulars inquire of Joseph Adams , at his house in Exeter.
N. B. The subscriber is about removing out of this state, all persons that have any accounts open with him, are desired to call in order for adjustment. Exeter, August 14, 1783.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
WHEREAS some evil disposed person or persons, on the 26th or 27th night inst. broke into the store of the subscriber, and stole the following articles, viz. About ninety pounds in French Crowns, and some small change; one piece of superfine scarlet broad Cloth, a little damaged by the mice eating through some of the folds, 15 dozen black and coloured silk Hankerchiefs, 150 yards of black Alamo, half a piece black Everlasting, 4 yards brown broad Cloth, part of 4 pieces of Calicoes, 4 yards black Durant, 6 yards green Tammy, 3 lb. Nutmegs, one bundle Pins, one check'd worsted Plaid, (Scotch) Sugar, Coffee and Chocolate, with sundry other articles. Whoever will discover the Thief or Thieves, so that they may be brought to justice shall have the above reward
JONATHAN HAMILTON, Jr.
Berwick, July 28th, 1783.
WANTED TWENTY or THIRTY Good shipping HORSES,
for which Cash will be given. Apply to Mr. Elijah Tilton at Portsmouth, where the Horses will be view'd.
Portsmouth, August 14, 1783.
Elijah Tilton,
HEREBY informs the Public, that he has removed from the House he formerly occupied as a Tavern at the north end of the Town, to the easterly end of Queen-Street, at the sign of the Golden Ball and Mason's Arms; where every Favor from Town and Country Gentlemen will be gratefully acknowledged, and every reasonable Indulgence granted to any who shall be pleased to favor him with their Custom.
Portsmouth, August 14, 1783.
THE Vendue for the sale of Non residents Land in New Chester, is adjourned to the 16th day of September, then to be at the house of Capt. Cutting Favours in said Town, at 10 o'clock A. M. The original rights of land which was advertised by the name of Joseph Tolford in the last advertisement, should have been Joshua Tolford.
THOMAS WELLS, Constable.
New Chester, August 2, 1783.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the sale of Non Resident's Land in the Town of Effingham, is adjourned to the second day of September next, to be at the house of Capt. John Leavitt, inholder in said Town, at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
WEARE DRAKE, Constable.
Effingham, July 11, 1783.
TO BE SOLD Cheap For cash, or West-India goods,
A good Horse, fit for shipping, six years old. Enquire of the Printers.
Goddard & Storer,
Beg leave to inform the gentlemen of the Faculty, and others, that they have imported in the last Ships from London,
A large and general assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES,
Of the best qualities, which they will sell by wholesale or retail, at the lowest price, at their Store near the Market:—Where may be had— TENERIFF WINE of an excellent quality, by the pipe or quarter Cask; Sherry, Lisbon, Malaga, and Cavavilla ditto.—Spices, dry Fruits &c. by retail.
Alto,—A few Boxes of
Fresh Lisbon LEMMONS.
Portsmouth, August 16 1783.
TO BE SOLD
At Public Vendue,
At the house of Samuel Pickering, inholder in Greenland, on Tuesday the 19th inst. at 3 o'clock P. M.
A lot of Land in Northwood,
Containing about 200 acres, being lot N. 9 in the 10th range, also, at the same time will sell several other valuable lots of land, in different townships.
Several of the above lots will be sold for State securities.
Greenland, August 8 1783.
THIS is to certify all persons now purchasing a Note of hand signed by me the Subscriber to one Benjamin Pattinson, as said Note is now jointly due, and therefore shall not pay the same unless compelled thereto by law.
Canterbury, August 2 1783.
TO BE SOLD
For Cash, State Securities, or Country Produce, A Lot of Land in New Chester, for further particulars enquire at the Printing Office in Portsmouth or Exeter.
James Withart,
From London,
Has for sale at the house of Capt. Thomas Dalling, opposite the house formerly improved as a tavern house, by the late James Soodley, Esq; deceased:
Irish Linnens, Manchester Broad Cloths, Duffsels, Baize, Checks, Shalloons, black Russel, Tamnies, Duranis, black Calamancoes, Moree Gown Patterns, plain and striped Camblets, Shawls for the Ladies, from 10s 6d. to 42s. Hosiery of all sorts—Best Newcastle Crown Glass—Nails, 41, 6d, 8d, 10d, 20d,— Hard Ware Steel plated Hand Saws, Axes, Augers, Chizels, Gouges, Gimblets, Knives and Forks, Pen Knives, Womens Scissars and Buckles,—With many other Articles.
No Abatements made on the Price first asked.
Portsmouth, August 15, 1783.
To be sold at public Vendue,
On Thursday the 21st of this instant August, at Ten o'Clock before Noon, at the House of Samuel Odiorne, late of Portsmouth, deceased, at the Household Furniture belonging to the said deceased. Berj. Odiorne, Administrator.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have Demands on the Estate of Samuel Odiorne, late of Portsmouth, deceased, are desired immediately to bring in their Accounts to Benjamin Odiorne, of Little Harbour, Administrator on said Estate, for a settlement.
WHEREAS the proprietors of Coventry, at their legal meeting voted a tax of nine pounds L. M. on each original right: notice is hereby given, that unless they pay the same to me at my dwelling house in Boscawen, within three weeks from the first publication of this advertisement, or the same will be advertised for sale. Samuel Atkinson Collector.
Boscawen, August 1, 1783.
ALL Persons that have any Demands on the Estate of Richard Buxton, late of Pepperellborough, in the County of York, Trader, deceased, are hereby desired to bring in their Claims to Seth Storer of said Pepperellborough, Executor to said Estate, in order for a speedy Settlement. And all Persons Indebted to said Estate, are hereby requested to make immediate payment.
Pepperellborough, August 13, 1783.

All persons indebted to the Estate of NATHANIEL SPARHAWK, late of Kittery, Esq; deceased are once more desired to pay their respective dues immediately to JOHN SPARHAWK, who has to sell at his Store near the Market, a variety of West-India and English Goods , cheap for cash, or clean FLAX SEED, for which a generous price will be given. Portsmouth, August 7th, 1783.
State of New Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Chester, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1782, that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, on Monday the first day of September next; and if not all sold on said day, the sale to continue till all sold, at the house of Benjamin Hall, innholder in Chester, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, as will pay the taxes and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   No. Div. Qty. l. s.    William Rymes 80 1 50 12  Abraham Drake 29 5 40 9  Eleazer Russell 34 5 40 9  Thomas Whiting 35 5 40 9  Capt. Joseph Tilton 38 5 40 9  Henry Sherburne, half 44 5 20 5  Richard Haskell 55 2 100 18  Ditto 45 5 40 9  Jacob Gilman 47 5 40 9  Jacob Scamell 52 5 40 9  Samuel Thompson 115 4 60 12  Ephraim Dennick 55 5 40 9  William Gootswright 57 5 40 9  Amos Cate 58 3 40 9  Peter Weare 59 5 40 9  John Cram 67 5 40 9  Capt. Eben. Wentworth 69 5 40 9  Thomas Phips 78 5 40 9  Josiah Bachelder 79 5 40 9  Edward Gilman 43 2 100 18  Ditto 86 5 40 9  James Boyd 94 5 40 9  Reuben Sandborn 96 5 40 9  Nathaniel Bachelder 100 5 40 9  Benjamin Towle 102 5 40 9  Bennoni Fogg 101 5 40 9  Thomas Simes 120 5 40 9  John Prescott 113 5 40 9  Richard Clifford 118 5 40 9  Jonathan Kimball 105 2 100 18  Ditto 103 5 40 9  James Perkins 119 5 40 9  Stephen Johnson 122 5 40 9  Samuel Prescott 126 5 40 9  Jacob Garland 127 5 40 9  Capt. Thomas Pearce 121 4 60 12  Jethro Tilton 24 5 40 9  William Blake 93 2 100 17  Ditto 19 5 40 9  Deacon Samuel Shaw 96 2 100 17  Edward Sandborn half 94 4 30 6  Ditto 40 5 40 9  Robert Ford 98 4 60 12  Ditto 82 5 40 9  William Godfrey 99 4 60 12  Ditto 23 5 40 9  Col. Mark Hunking 100 4 60 12  Ditto 83 5 40 9  Stephen Sweet 111 4 60 12  Ditto 135 5 40 9  Elisha Smith 112 4 60 12  Ditto 13 5 40 9  Susannah Small 113 4 60 12  Ditto 68 5 40 9  Samuel Shackford 118 4 60 12  Ditto 62 5 40 9  Richard Kent 89 4 60 12  Ditto 4 5 40 9  Zechariah Clifford 116 4 60 12  Ditto 76 5 40 9  John Shackford 70 4 60 12  Ditto 75 5 40 9  Thomas Silver 117 4 60 12  Ditto 112 5 40 9  James Fogg 120 4 60 12  Ditto 25 5 40 9  Thomas Leavitt 125 4 60 12  Ditto 124 5 40 9  Rev. Theo. Cotton 127 4 60 12  Abraham Brown 73 4 60 12  Ditto 33 5 40 9  
  Ebenezer Eastman 69 4 60 12  Capt. Joshua Wingate 66 4 60 12  Michael Whiden 14 4 60 12  Ditto 77 5 40 9  Samuel Penhallow 54 4 60 12  Ditto 92 5 40 9  Joseph Young 57 4 60 12  Ditto 30 5 40 9  Nathaniel Drake 59 4 60 12  Ditto 10 5 40 3  Benjamin Sandborn half 60 4 30 6  David Tilton 5 5 40 9  Benjamin Smith 9 5 40 9  Jonathan Emerson 110 4 60 12  Ditto 123 5 40 9  Rev. Moses Hale 150 1 16  William White 132 5 40 9  John Prescott junr. 126 4 60 12  Ditto 21 5 40 9  Stephen Webber 58 4 60 12  Ditto 131 5 40 9  Capt. John Gilman 97 4 60 12  Jonathan Brown 68 4 60 12  Samuel Page 84 5 40 9  Josiah Bachelder 89 5 40 9  Nathaniel Sandborn 91 5 40 9  Enoch Sandborn 1 5 40 9  George Jeffrey 15 5 40 9  Archibald M'Frederick 18 5 40 9  James Prescott 90 3 40 9  John Cielley 6 5 40 9  Benjamin Hall, Samuel Underhill, } Constables.    Chester, July 15, 1783.
WHEREAS Anthony Nutter, of Portsmouth, yeoman, and Salome his wife; Joseph Rawlings of Newington, yeoman, and Susanna his wife, and Sarah Rawlings, of Newington, single woman, petitioned the Honorable Phillips White, Esq; Judge of probate &c for the county of Rockingham, setting forth among other things, that the said Salome, Susanna and Sarah, with their brothers Aaron Rawlings and George Rawlings, late of Newington, as children and heirs of Samuel Rawlings, late of Newington, yeoman, deceased, intestate, held in common and undivided with Noah Rawlings, of Newington, yeoman, one third of the following tracts of land in Newington; the first tract is bounded Northerly, by the highway, leading from Portsmouth to Knight's Ferry, Northerly, by the several lands of Benjamin Adams, and Paul Rawlings, Southwesterly, by land of Richard Downing, and Southeasterly, by lands of Samuel Rawlings, and Paul Rawlings; the second tract containing about eighteen acres, is bounded northerly, by the road leading to Capt. Joseph Patterson's, Northeasterly, by land of Noah Rawlings, Southeasterly and Southwesterly, by land of Paul Rawlings. That, the said George and Aaron had been absent beyond seas, more than four years, by which means the petitioners had been prevented from making partition of said lands. Wherefore they prayed that partition might be made, as the law in such case made and provided directs, &c.
State of New Hampshire, Rockingham ss. In court of Probate for said county, July 30, 1783. Ordered, that the petitioners notify the tenants in common, of the estate of which partition is prayed for, by having this petition, or the substance thereof published in the New-Hampshire Gazette three weeks successively, before the last Wednesday in August next, that they may appear and shew cause (if any they have) at the probate office, in Exeter, in said county, on the said last Wednesday of August, at 11 o'clock A. M. why the prayer of the petition should not be granted. Attest, William Parker, Register. June. 24, 1783
State of New Hampshire. WE the Subscribers being appointed by the Honorable Judge of Probate for the County of Grafton, Commissioners to receive and examine the claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of Thomas Niles, late of Rumney in said County, Clerk, deceased, represented insolvent; and six months from the twenty-fourth day of May last being allowed for that purpose: hereby give notice that we will attend the business of our appointment on the last Monday of this, and the five following Months from two to five o'clock in the afternoon, at the Office of Register of Deeds, kept by Samuel Emerson, Esq; in Plymouth. SAMUEL EMERSON, } Commissioners. SELDEN CHURCH, } MOSES BAKER, } Plymouth, June 2, 1783.
State of New Hampshire. Rockingham ss. WE the subscribers being appointed commissioners by the Hon. judge of probate for said county, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of Alexander Roberts, late of Brittonwood, yeoman, deceased; hereby give notice that we will attend said business at the house of Isaac Williams, innholder in Exeter, on the second Monday of the six following months, from three to six o'clock P. M. on said Days. ELIPHALET HALE, } Commissioners. ISAAC WILLIAMS, } WILLIAM PARKER, jr. } Exeter, July 22, 1783.
Just opened and to be sold, at the shop of Samuel Hale, near the Post Office, CHINTZES, Callicoos, Lawn Aprons and Handkerchiefs, Gauzes, black and white h k gauze Handkerchiefs, Kenting Lawns, Cambric, Cagut, black, white and color'd silk Mitts and Gloves, Fans, Ostrich Feathers, Chip Hats, Mode Sattinet, Prunella, Shoebinding, Hair Ribbon, Temple Spectacles, Knives and Forks, Ink Pots, Men's and Women's, Thimbles Coat and Jacket Buttons, Tea, Queen's China, &c. &c. Portsmouth, August 1, 1783.
State of New Hampshire. WHEREAS a petition has been preferred to the General Court by Just Johnson, in behalf of the inhabitants of Enfield, alias Relhan, that some time past one Nathaniel Hovey, with some others, petitioned for an incorporation of a township of land called by a re grant Relhan, and obtained the same without giving notice to the inhabitants, which township was first granted and incorporated by the name of Enfield, that the inhabitants of said township have all settled under the Enfield Charter and are desirous of continuing under the same; therefore they pray, that the act incorporating said town by the name of Relhan may be repealed. Upon which petition the General Court ordered, that the petitioner may be heard before them on the second Friday of their next session, and that in the mean time he cause the substance of the petition, and order of Court thereon, to be published three weeks successively in the New-Hampshire Gazette, that any person or persons may then appear and shew cause (if any they have) why the prayer thereof may not be granted. Attest, JOSEPH PEARSON, D. Sec'y. Exeter, July 27th, 1783.
State of New Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given, that the estate of Isaac Hills, blacksmith, late of Concord, in the county of Rockingham, deceased is represented insolvent; the subscribers are legally appointed commissioners by the Honorable Phillips White, judge of the probate of wills for said county, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors, on which business they will attend at the house of Jacob Chase, Esq; innholder in Chester, on the second Tuesday of the five following months, from one to five o'clock P. M. SIMON BAYLEY, } BENJAMIN BROWN, } Commissioners. STEPHEN CHASE, } Chester, July 17th, 1783.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors of Peacham, lying upon the west side of Connecticut river, in the New-Hampshire grant, alias Vermont late at a legal meeting held at Newbury in said State, in September last, voted a tax of forty shillings L. M. on each original right, and if said tax is not paid to me at my dwelling house in Boscawen within three weeks from the first publication of this advertisement, so much of the land as will pay said tax will be advertised for sale. Samuel Atkinson, Collector. Boscawen, August 1, 1783.
State of New Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Rindge, who have not paid their taxes for the years 1781 and 1782, that so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue at the house of Captain Solomon Cutler, innholder in said town on Tuesday the 19th day of August next, at 10 o'clock A. M. as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment. James Susseter's List for 1781.
   No. Range l. s. d.    Oliver Atherton 22 8 2 8 11  Jos. Jackson, Esq; 50 acres 10 7 2 3 0  Abel Sawyer 5 10 0 15 5  Jonathan Whitney 5 9 0 11 7  Peter Stevens, 51 acres 4 10 0 3 1  Capt. E. Knowlton 70 acres 2 6 0 13 11  
Jeremiah Norcross's List for 1781. Levi Farr 3 2 1 3 0 Eleazer Blanchard 7 5 1 7 10 Jacob Gould's List for 1782. Oliver Atherton 22 8 1 17 11 Jos. Jackson, Esq; 60 acres 10 7 1 2 0 Jonathan Hubbard 1 8 1 10 11 Capt. E. Knowlton, 70 acres 2 6 0 10 4 Jonathan Parker, jr. 15 10 1 0 7 Abel Sawyer 5 10 0 10 4 Peter Stevens 11 acres 4 10 0 5 2 Abel Perkins's List for 1782. Peter Perham 16 1 3 10 4 Ditto 17 1 0 15 5 Silas Whitney 1 4 1 5 8 Ditto 2 4 1 5 8 Samuel French 9 1 0 15 5 Eleazer Blanchard, 66 acres 7 5 0 15 5 Levi Farr 3 2 0 15 5
James Sire ser, } Constables. Jeremiah Norcross, } for 1781. Jacob Gould, } Constables. Abel Perkins, } for 1782. Rindge, June 6, 1783.