The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1783-11-22 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE. AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Vol. XXVII.]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1783.
[No. 1412]
Messieurs PRINTERS,
IT is earnestly wished, by many well disposed citizens of this infant State, that some observations in a late paper, relative to the appointment of proper persons to the executive departments of Government, at this critical period, may draw the serious attention of our legislature, at their approaching session, to this most important concern. Though we search the archives of the ancients, and draw wisdom from the experience of past ages; tho' we assemble the sages of the land, and consume the midnight lamp, to invent laws that will secure our dear earned liberties, and hand them unsoiled to posterity; yet if we intrust the execution of such salutary laws, to men, who, thro' indolence, inability or age, affection to our enemies, or disaffection to the revolution, shall be negligent in the performance of their duty, our labor will be in vain, and we shall spend our strength for nought.
Though Solon should arise to lend us his aid, or a Lycurgus dictate our laws, one disaffected character in the executive sphere of government, would prevent the operation of their wisest institutes, and defeat their best designs. How essential is it then for the Legislature most minutely to inspect the characters, the connections, the principles and conduct of their present servants in office! That they take a retrospective view of the days of our affliction, and advert to those times that "tried men's souls," when freedom seemed uttering her last groan, and the light of liberty glimmered in the socket; when our Congress, our Courts, and our Cause were a by word and a reproach. How necessary is it, (I say) for the legislature to extend their view to that doubtful period; and to examine the conduct and connections of men at that crisis. For principles that only spring up in the sunshine of success, at the clouds of adversity, will droop and decay: If any therefore, who then avowedly reprobated our measures, have by any means crept into office, they ought to be dismissed, with such marks of public displeasure, as their duplicity deserves. 'Tis high time for our rulers to arise, to take their fan in hand, and thoroughly purge the floor; for the world must confess, that the man, who was ever lukewarm, at the time our fates hung doubtful, cannot with safety be trusted now. Such characters are political weathercocks, whose conduct is governed by events or concealed friends to the tyrant of England, and would gladly seize an opportunity of reducing us again under his yoke. Each individual ought to conjure his representatives, by all they hold dear, to loose no
"What think ye of the Congress now," was a cant phrase among those people, when the American arms received any check.
time in causing such a compleat investigation of the characters of those men to whom the executive authority of our government is committed, that no person, whose principles have heretofore been darkened by the least shadow of suspicion, may any longer retain, nor ever be able to attain any post of honor or profit, under the constitution they have ever sought to destroy.
The emoluments of office, and the honors of the commonwealth are the right of those brave men, who have bled in her defence, and ought not to be lavished on those State Leeches, who are ever fruitful of means to avoid danger, and never deficient in arts to wriggle themselves into place. Those who have toiled and borne the heat and burthen of the day, have a just claim to the fruits of their labor.
By promoting men, whose principles have stood the test of adversity, we erect a barrier for our liberties, which the united efforts of our enemies can never break down; while by entrusting men of dubious principles, we lay an ax to the root of our constitution, which in falling, will involve us all in its ruins. Since we have obtained independence and peace, let us by our vigilance in guarding them, secure ourselves worthy of such inestimable blessings. Let us not be circumvented by the insidious arts of any, who under a lately assumed mask of patriotism, conceal a deep rooted attachment to our ancient task masters. But let the catalogue of executive officers in each county be speedily and carefully revised, and if the name of any man is there found, who has not been uniformly zealous in the cause of his country, let it be instantly expunged; and some of known and tried fidelity appointed to his place.
By thus guarding against our enemies, and rewarding our friends; individuals will be stimulated to exertions for the public service, and we shall never fail of a continued succession of honest and able men, while the people are assured, that the gratitude of government, will shower down her richest blessings on her friends. The old adage, "pay well and bang well," is fraught with matter worthy of a statesman's notice, and the nation that pursues this salutary maxim, will be a terror to evil doers, and a praise to them that do well. JOYCE.
Exeter, November 21, 1783.
From a late LONDON PAPER. USEFUL INTELLIGENCE.
A Gentleman of the faculty, sitting by the fire at breakfast, by some accident the tea kettle was thrown down, and the top falling off the boiling water was discharged on one of his legs from the knee to the ankle. It happened that there stood in the window a basin of cold water and a towel, with which he was going to wash.
In the agony of his pain, not knowing what might be the effect, he threw the towel into the cold water, and then wrapped it round his leg, and was astonished to find that in a few moments the pain was entirely assuaged. However, when the towel began to grow warm, the pain returned; he then dipped the towel again in the water, and applied it as before, with such success, that in two hours time, the pain was totally removed, and his leg was so well, that he could wear his boot. He did not take off his stocking during the application of the wet towel. This recital was communicated by a friend of the sufferer, one who lately had occasion to repeat the experiment upon the arm of a maid servant, who was terribly scalded by the boiling over of a pot; and in which instance, the effect of the wet towel was no less successful. The publication of this simple remedy, which accident has discovered, may perhaps prove useful.
Just Published, And ready for sale, at the Printing Offices in Portsmouth and Exeter, by the quantity or single.
SEWALL'S ASTRONOMICAL DIARY; or ALMANAC,
For the Year of Christian Era, 1784: Being Bissextile or Leap Year.
[Embellished with two elegant types of the most remarkable Eclipses in the year.]
CONTAINING—(Besides the Astronomical Calculations)—A Scale of Depreciation for the Massachusetts.—A Table of Interest at 6 per cent.—Weight and Value of Coins in Lawful Money and Sterling.—Resemblance of the Tulip and Coquette.—Observations on the Impropriety of using useless Words.—A curious Anecdote.—Select Maxims.—Yearly Meeting of the Friends in New-England.—The Anatomy of Man's Body as governed by the 12 Signs or Constellations.—Names and Characters of the Planets.—Distance of the principal Towns from Portsmouth, with the most noted Houses of Entertainment on the Roads, &c.
POETRY—On the Seasons.—The Fair Idiot.—A Parody from Hamlet, by an Attorney's Clerk.—Epitaph on a Country Sexton.—Soliloquy on a Spring Morning.—The Fall of the Leaf.—Hope.—From a Lady to her Daughter, on the Present of a Watch, &c.
As this Almanac contains every thing necessary and useful for such a work, the public will find their account in making use of it; as they may be assured the calculations are as complete as any in the United States.—Great allowance will be made to those who purchase a quantity.

L O N D O N, September 28.
By the K I N G.
A P R O C L A M A T I O N. GEORGE R.
WHEREAS a definitive treaty of peace and friendship between us, the Most Christian King, and the King of Spain, hath been concluded at Versailles on the 3d day of this instant, September, and the ratifications thereof have been exchanged upon the nineteenth inst. in conformity thereunto, we have thought fit hereby to command, that the same be published throughout all our dominions: And we do declare to all our loving subjects our will and pleasure, that the said treaty of peace and friendship be observed inviolably, as well by sea as land, and in all places whatsoever; strictly charging and commanding all our loving subjects to take notice hereof, and conform themselves thereunto accordingly.
Given at our Court at St. James's, the twenty sixth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty three, in the twenty third year of our reign.
God save the King.
PHILADELPHIA, November 5.
General WASHINGTON's farewell orders to the Armies of the United States.
Rocky Hill, near Princeton, November 2.
THE United States in Congress assembled, after giving the most honorable testimony to the merits of the federal armies, and presenting them with the thanks of their country, for their long, eminent and faithful services,—having thought proper, by their proclamation, bearing date the 18th of October last, to discharge such part of the troops as were engaged for the war, and to permit the officers on furlough to retire from service, from and after to morrow, which proclamation having been communicated in the public papers for the information and government of all concerned,—it only remains for the Commander in Chief to address himself once more, and that for the last time, to the armies of the United States (however widely dispersed the individuals who compose them may be) and to bid them an affectionate—a long farewell.
But before the Commander in Chief takes his final leave of those he holds most dear, he wishes to indulge himself a few moments in calling to mind a slight review of the past,—he will then take the liberty of exploring, with his military friends, their future prospects—of advising the general line of conduct, which, in his opinion, ought to be pursued; —and he will conclude the address by expressing the obligations he feels himself under for the spirited and able assistance he has experienced from them, in the performance of an arduous office.
A contemplation of the complete attainment (at a period earlier than could have been expected) of the object for which we contended, against so formidable a power, cannot but inspire us with astonishment and gratitude.—The disadvantageous circumstances on our part, under which the war was undertaken, can never be forgotten.—The singular interpositions of Providence, in our feeble condition, were such as could scarcely escape the attention of the most unobserving—while the unparalleled perseverance of the armies of the United States, thro' almost every possible suffering and discouragement, for the space of eight long years, was little short of a standing miracle.
It is not the meaning, nor within the compass of this address, to detail the hardships peculiarly incident to our service, or to describe the distresses, which in several instances have resulted from the extremes of hunger and nakedness, combined with the rigours of an inclement season; —nor is it necessary to dwell on the dark side of our past affairs.—Every American officer and soldier must now console himself for our unpleasant circumstances which may have occurred, by a recollection of the uncommon scenes in which he has been called to act no inglorious part; and the astonishing events of which he has been a witness; —events which have seldom, if ever before, taken place on the stage of human action, nor can they probably ever happen again. For who has before seen a disciplined army formed at once from such raw materials? Who that was not a witness could imagine, that the most violent local prejudices would cease so soon, and that men who came from the different parts of the continent, strongly disposed by the habits of education, to despise and quarrel with each other, would instantly become but one patriotic band of brothers? or who that was not on the spot, can trace the steps by which such a wonderful revolution has been effected, and such a glorious period put to all our warlike toil?
It is universally acknowledged that the enlarged prospects of happiness, opened by the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, almost exceeds the power of description: And shall not the brave men who have contributed so essentially to these inestimable acquisitions, retiring victorious from the field of war to the field of agriculture, participate in all the blessings which have been obtained? In such a republic, who will exclude them from the rights of citizens, and the fruits of their labours? In such a country, so happily circumstanced, the pursuits of commerce and the cultivation of the soil will unfold to industry the certain road to competence.—To those hardy soldiers, who are actuated by the spirit of adventure, the fisheries will afford ample and profitable employment; and the extensive and fertile regions of the West will yield a most happy asylum to those who, fond of domestic enjoyment, are seeking for personal independence. Nor is it possible to conceive that any one of the United States will prefer a national bankruptcy, and a dissolution of the union, to a compliance with the requisitions of Congress, and the payment of its just debts, so that the officers and soldiers may expect considerable assistance, in re commencing their civil occupations, from the sums due to them from the public, which must and will most inevitably be paid.
In order to effect this desirable purpose, and to remove the prejudices which may have taken possession of the minds of any of the good people of the states, it is earnestly recommended to all the troops that, with strong attachment to the union, they should carry with them into civil society, the most conciliating dispositions; and that they should prove themselves not less virtuous and useful as citizens, than they have been persevering and victorious as soldiers.—What though there should be some envious individuals, who are unwilling to pay the debt the public has contracted, or to yield the tribute due to merit, yet let such unworthy treatment produce no invective, or any instance of intemperate conduct,—let it be
remembered that the unbiased voice of the free citizens of the United States has promised the just reward, and given the merited applause,—let it be known and remembered, that the reputation of the federal armies is established beyond the reach of malevolence, and let a consciousness of their achievements and fame, still excite the men who composed them, to honorable actions, under the persuasion, that the private virtues of œconomy, prudence and industry, will not be less amiable in civil life, than the more splendid qualities of valour, perseverance and enterprise, were in the field: —Every one may rest assured that much, very much of the future happiness of the officers and men, will depend upon the wise and manly conduct which shall be adopted by them, when they are mingled with the great body of the community. And although the General has so frequently given it as his opinion, in the most public and explicit manner, that unless the principles of the federal government were properly supported, and the powers of the union encreased, the honor, dignity & justice of the nation, would be lost forever: yet he cannot help repeating on this occasion, so interesting a sentiment, and leaving it as his last injunction to every officer and every soldier, who may view the subject in the same serious point of light, to add to his best endeavors, to those of his worthy fellow citizens, towards effecting these great and valuable purposes, on which our very existence as a nation so materially depends.
The Commander in Chief conceives little is now wanting to enable the soldier to change the military character into that of the citizen, but that steady & decent tenor of behaviour, which has generally distinguished, not only the army under his immediate command, but the different detachments and separate armies, through the course of the war; from their good sense and prudence he anticipated the happiest consequences; and while he congratulates them on the glorious occasion that renders their services in the field no longer necessary, he wishes to express the strong obligations he feels himself under, for the assistance he has received from every class, and in every instance. He presents his thanks in the most serious and affectionate manner to the General officers, as well for their counsel, on many interesting occasions, as for their ardour in promoting the success of the plans he had adopted; to the Commandants of regiments and corps, and to the other officers, for their great zeal and attention in carrying his orders promptly into execution; to the Staff, for their alacrity and exactness in performing the duties of their several departments; and to the non commissioned officers and private soldiers, for their extraordinary patience in suffering, as well as their invincible fortitude in action; to the various branches of the army, the General takes this last and solemn opportunity of professing his inviolable attachment and friendship—He wishes more than bare professions were in his power, that he was really able to be useful to them in all future life—He flatters himself, however, they will do him the justice to believe, that whatever could with propriety be attempted by him, has been done.—And being now to conclude these his last public orders to take his ultimate leave, in a short time, of the military character—and to bid final adieu to the armies he has so long had the honor to command—

he can only again offer, in their behalf, his recommendations to their grateful country and his prayers to the God of armies.—May ample justice be done them here, and may the choicest of heaven's favours, both here and hereafter attend those who under the Divine auspices have secured innumerable blessings for others. With these wishes, and this benediction, the Commander in Chief is about to retire from service—The curtain of separation will soon be drawn—and the military scene to him will be closed forever.
EDWARD HAND, Adj. General.
S A L E M, November 20.
The Dutch Ministers in France, in a letter to the States General, after reciting their proceedings in the late negotiations, conclude as follows:
“The Ministers Plenipotentiary of the Courts of France, England, and Spain, have signed the Definitive Treaties at Versailles, and that of America yesterday at Paris. By the latter the former Preliminaries are only converted into a Definitive treaty; there yet remain some contentious matters on which the parties have not altogether agreed.”
General Thomas Mifflin is chosen President of Congress.—General Dickenfon is elected Governor of New Jersey.
P O R T S M O U T H, November 22.
THE General Court, at their late Session in Concord, after passing (among other Things) the following Acts and Resolves, adjourned without Day.
Resolved, To lengthen out the Time for settling the Boundary Lines of sundry Towns in the County of Grafton.
Resolved, That the Continental Loan Officer in this State (for the Time being) be directed to issue Certificates for the Payment of Interest due on Monies loaned at his Office and owned by the Citizens of this State, computing the same for as many full Years as may be due on each respective Certificate prior to the 28th Day of February 1783.
An Act for the Encouragement of Literature & Genius, and for securing to Authors the exclusive Right & Benefit of publishing their literary Productions for twenty Years.
An Act for allowing a further Time to record Grants and Charters of Land within this State.
An Act to nullify an Order of the Court of Sessions for the County of Hillsborough, relative to an Highway.
Thursday morning last, an Irish sailor was found drowned near the long-wharf in this town; it being very dark the evening before, it was supposed he fell over in attempting to go on board a vessel.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Ackworth, that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue on Tuesday the ninth day of December, at nine o'clock A. M. at the house of Henry Silby, Esq; in said Town, as will pay the tax for the year 1782 with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   No. R. No. R.     James McGregor 3 7 Timothy Duffin 11 10   David McGregor 5 7 James McGregor 12 10   Oliver Pierce 16 7 Ditto 13 10   Sampson Stoddard 17 7 Jonathan Hardy 12 11   James Nevins 3 11 William Clagget 13 11   Robert Fletcher 3 12 William Simons 15 12   Proprietors 2 12 Solomon Gee 1 8   Ditto 7 12 James Blanchard 9 9   James McQuillin 15 10 S Powers 9 9   John Gilmore 13 7 Esquire Lurchwich 1 9   Samuel Cummings 3 8 Matthew Thornton 2 10   David Barge 14 8 Samuel Wentworth 16 10   Jonathan Biam 15 8 Robert Adams 9 11   J. Fermer 7 9 Col. Greely 10 11   Benjamin Biam 6 9 Ditto 11 11   James Blanchard 3 10 William Clagget 14 11   David Brown 4 10 Ditto 15 11   J. Fermer 7 10 J. Craige, half 2 7  
The Tax upon each of the aforesaid Lots is nine shillings and six pence new emission money, and five pence in silver.
JAMES CAMBELL, Clerk.
Ackworth, Nov. 15. 1783.
A KNAPSACK, containing sundry Articles, was taken up on Tuesday the 18th Instant, in Portsmouth
To the learned and ingenious Author of A M A T O R.
SIR, PERMIT one of your very humble admirers to express the infinite satisfaction he has received by your late remarkable performances.—I am induced to sue for this indulgence, from my concern for you, on observing your treatises handled with disrespect.—You were compared in your squabble with Leonora, to a bad painter, who having painted a cock, drove away all the cocks and hens, and even the chickens, lest those who passed his shop, should make a comparison with his work: But it is equally obvious to the eye of common penetration, that your writings are really extra ordinary, as, that since wit and learning began to be made use of, they were never so scarce as within your own era, as a writer, or that dulness and ignorance were never so openly encouraged and promoted. You observe, that “nothing can operate where 'tis not,” and “that an effect follows (and is not prior to) its cause”—these arcana in philosophy grace the investigation of the modern Newton; but a question arises—should they be published to those who either are insensible to their merit, or have not gratitude to reward them? Your metaphysics might suffice a dye of consciousness on the cheeks even of the immortal Locke; and your perfect knowledge of the “affections of the heart,” mocks the documents of Chesterfield himself, which before your appearance in the literary world, were received with no small share of applause. Permit me to congratulate you on your late triumph.—Leonora has shrunk behind the scene, wounded with the keenness of your satire. 'Twas almost unpatronable that you knowing the consequence of a similar exertion of the sarcastic vein, did not restrain the impetuosity of your pen.—Don Quixote a sacrifice to the asperity of the English Rabdais, and I fear the shafts of the American may to Leonora prove altogether as formidable.
Your Major was secure 'till attacked by the unparalleled presumption of Leonora. Your Minor gave you a fair opportunity of brushing away her piti ful alperions; and your conclusion has not only brought you off victorious over all your enemies—proved all your writings a most perfect filligism—that there is not a sentence in either of them which can be said to be “in digested ideas”—but by a figure before your day unknown in logick, has in a surprising manner evinced your premises congenial with itself. You have been pleased to inform the public, you “desire only to be known and judged by your address—suffer not, I beseech you, long to agonize with expectation of indulgence—remove tantalism, and be persuaded that should your address prove as uncommon as your writings, the world will bestow on it the same degree of admiration.
“There is a natural vacuity in the mind which cannot be supplied by learning or philosophy”—in deference to you, this sentiment stands undisputed; yet as we are loth to forego our long established opinions, I am pained at the necessity you impose of considering a VACUUM in that head of yours, where, but for your writings, I had ever supposed a PLENUM.
I expect not to do justice to your pieces—particular comments cannot but injure them; your Latin and French phrases—your aptness at similies—your quotation of antient politics, and your extracts from the modern
poets, conspire to prove how far your admirator tends to improve an untutor'd mind—mankind can only lament that by confining them to a Gazette, you should prostitute those abilities which, well treasured, may grace the archieves of future ages, and make a conspicuous figure on the venerable list of literary heroes.
But I injure mankind in thus trespassing on your patience.—To conclude, I sympathize with you in bewailing the degeneracy of the times—agree that “virtue has but few sincere friends”—that “her post is a post of danger,” and if you please, a post of honor. Am persuaded you can refer us to many a period in the days of the old Romans, when her shrine was attended by a much larger number of votaries.—These my sentiments, are not singular; but a multitude of acknowledgments must wound the nice and delicate feelings your second treatise acquaints us, are in so high a degree your own. You have now given ocular demonstration there are no “observations” to you unanswerable; and that he is a fool or madman, who shall henceforth ever ‘impure your silence to an acknowledged lease of conviction.’
CANDIDUS.
NAVAL OFFICE, Port of Piscataqua,
CLEARED, Nov. 22.
Schooner Dolphin, Spencer, for St. Johns. Ship Lydia, Roberts, Gaudaloup. Brigantine Fanny, Packer, Tobago. Schooner Mary, Donaldson, Barbados.
All persons having demands against the estate of Winthrop Pickering, late of Newington, gentleman, deceased, are hereby requested to exhibit the same to the subscriber, executor of the last will of the deceased; and all indebted to the deceased, are desired to make immediate payment.
Newington, November 12. Ephraim Pickering.
THE Commissioners upon the estate of the late Eliza Gurnison, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice that six months longer is allowed for receiving claims; and all creditors are desired to exhibit the same as soon as may be, to the said Commissioners, who will attend at the house of Mrs. Mary Frazell, in Kittery, on Monday the 24th inst. and on the first Monday of the five succeeding months, from two to six o'clock afternoon, to receive said claims. Kittery, Nov. 18. 1783.
WHEREAS Mary my wife, has behaved in my absence in a very unbecoming manner, by running me in debt, desiring my bed, and wasting my property: I therefore forbid any person or persons trusting her on my account, as I am determined not to pay any debt she may contract from the date hereof. Portsmouth, 21 Nov. 1783. Cornelius Ditsford.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors of the town of Boscawen, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1782, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber on or before Tuesday the 9th of December next, so much of their lands as will pay the taxes, with accruing charges, will be sold at public vendue, on said day, at my dwelling-house in Boscawen, at ten o'clock forenoon.
   No. acres. s.d. No. acres. s.d.     R. Greenough, half 100 9 2 half 45 0 4   half 80 4 4 James Merrill 45 0 8   45 0 0 Stephen Moody 45 1 0   Samuel Gerrish 100 2 0 William Ripp 100 2 10   Daniel Hale 100 2 6 Benjamin Smith 100 2 10   45 0 8 45 0 8   80 8 8 Arch. Woodman 100 5 8   Jonathan Ililey 100 11 0 80 11 16s. 8   Joseph Knight, half 80 5 8 45 0 8   half 45 0 4 Edward Emery 100 2 8   Moses Knight 100 3 8 Ebenezer Burrill 150 1 0   80 11 9 4 Samuel Bradford 150 8 4   45 0 8 Benja. Bird, half 150 5 8   George Little 100 3 8 John Choat, 150 5 6   45 0 8 150 5 6   Joseph Morse, jr. 100 6 2 John Wainwright hf 50 5 6   A. Titcomb, half 100 9 4  
Boscawen Oct. 6 1783. Curing Noyes, Clerk.
At PUBLIC VENDUE, Next WEDNESDAY, at TEN o'clock, At the Vendue Room
Next door to the Printing-Office—(where Goods are taken in & sold out at public Sale) Sundry sorts of Goods, &c. &c.
The owner may have it again, by applying at the

BY WHOLESALE,  Rich d Champney's Store opposite the Post Office,—  WEST India Rum, English Cordage, Molasses, Window Glass, Sugar, Bar Lead, Coffee, Bohea Tea, Lisbon and St. Martin's Salt, Best old Teneriffe Wine, &c. Portsmouth, Nov. 15.
St. Kitts RUM to be sold at Mr. Peter Redonet's Store on Hart's Wharf, at 4s 9d. by the single Gallon.
Just Imported, In the Ship Britannia from Bristol, By  Jonathan Warner, A valuable Assortment of Merchandise, suitable for all Seasons, for Gentlemen and Ladies, and to be sold at his Store in Port- mouth; likewise Cordage, Anchors, &c. And on Board said Ship, Coals,—Bottled Porter, Bristol and Taunton Ale, Cheese, Men's & Women's Shoes, & Men's Hats, Queen's Ware, Earthen Ware, Tin Ware, Window & other sorted Glass, Hard Ware, Nails of all sorts, Painters Colours, Refined Sugar, Pipes, Grindstones, Mustard, Blank- ets, Stockings, Wearing Apparel, Split Peas, Tripe; — with a Number of other Articles.—Inquire of said Warner, at his Store, or Capt. James Reid, on Board said Ship, lying at Warner's Wharf.
Alford Butler,  A Door or two below Mr. Bowles's, has for Sale, at the cheapest Rate.
Writing Paper of various sorts, Account Books, Cake Ink Ink Powder, Sealing Wax, Slates & Pencils, Ink Pots, Parchment Pocket Books, Henry 8th and Merry Andrew Cards. Spelling Books, &c. &c. —Also, for Masters and Misses, who have a Taste for mental Entertainment, he has a va- riety of select & elegant little Books, from four cop- pers to two shillings price. Also, Weatherwise's ,  Bickerstaff's , Low's and George's Almanacks , for 1784 by gross, dozen or single. Also, Thomas's much esteemed one, on a fine Type and Paper.—Gentle- men, who may have occasion for Record Books (for which he has some very suitable Paper) or Account Books of any kind, may on a short notice, have them bound up in Calf or Sheep, to their satisfaction.—
The Binding Business of all kinds, gilt and plain, done at the above place. An EVENING SCHOOL is also opened for Writing and Arithmetic, by said Butler.
STRAYED or stolen from the subscriber, on the evening the 5th inst. a very valuable horse, and one valuable mare. the horse was about 15 hands high, eight years old, trots and canters well, of a sorrel co- lour, with a light mane and tail, a large strip in his face and bunch on his right gambrel. The mare is about six years old, and about 14 hands high, trots and of black colour. Whoever will take up said horse, and mare, and return them to the subscriber shall have ten dollars reward or five dollars for either of them and all necessary charges paid by
RICHARD SINCLER, junr. Barnstead, November 7, 1783.
To be sold a valuable FARM, in the Town of Windham, in the State of New Hamp- shire. It contains about 260 acres of good Land, with a good House and Barn and is well accomodated with an Orchard, Mowing, Pasturing, Tillage, and a fine growth of Wood. It is about ten Miles distant from Haverhill, on the Road leading to Londonderry. ALSO, about 20 Acres of good Salt-Marsh in Rowley, in three Lots.—The terms of payment will be made easy to the purchaser. For further particu- lars Enquire of Mr. WILLIAMS of Cambridge.
Just imported from LONDON, And to be sold  By John Sparhawk, At his Store near the Market, very cheap for Cash, A Fine Assortment of Irish Linens and  Stationery —by Wholesale and Retail. Also, English Loaf Sugar, Nails— London, Crown and German Glass, Men's and Boys Worsted Hose, and Caps—Table Cloths, Sheetings, Dowlas, Bed Ticks, Tickingsburgs and Oznaburghs, Cambric, Lawns, Gauzes, Bandanno Handkerchiefs, Pins, Threads, Silks, &c. &c. &c. Portsmouth, Nov. 14, 1783.
TO BE SOLD, BY  Samuel Bowles, At his shop just below the State House, the following articles as cheap for cash as at any Shop in Portsmouth:—    B road cloths, Serges, Coatings, Baizes, Shalloons, Durants, Tamnies, Camblets, and Calamancoes, Cotton Velvets, Chinces & Calicoes, A good assortment of Linnens, Silk, cotton, linnen & Gauze Handker- chiefs, A good assortment of black and white, broad and narrow Gauzes, Gauze suitable for Bolting Cloths, Worsted Hose, Men's and Women's Gloves, Women's worsted and silk Muffs and Gloves, Men's Beaver, Bea- verett & Felt Hats, Gown, Cloak and Bonnet Silks, Sewing Silk, Mohair and silk Twift,  White and colored Thread, A variety of metal, horn and cloth co- lored Buttons, Sleeve Buttons, Shoe & Knee Buckles, Shoemaker's Tools, Case, Jack and Pen- knives, Desk Furniture, Locks and Hinges, Pins and Needles, and a variety of other Hard Wares, China, Queen's and Glass Ware, Pepper and Spices of all sorts, Starch, Indigo, Cop- peras and Allum, Red Wood, Log- Wood and Fustic, Rum, Sugar, Molasses, Coffee and Cotton, Oatmeal, Raisins, Currants & Figs, and a great variety of other articles.  
To be sold at public Vendue, On the 4th day of December next, at two o'clock afternoon, by virtue of a licence from the Judge of Probate for said county, by Richard Boynton, Esq; at his dwelling house in Kingston.—
About 15 acres of Land in said Kingston, part of the homestead estate of William Boynton, late of said Kingston, deceased. Nov. 5
TO BE SOLD AT  PUBLIC VENDUE, At the house of Mr. Benjamin Lamson, in Exeter, on Wednesday the 10th day of December next. at 3 o'clock P. M. by Capt. Jonathan Tilton, and Daniel Tilton, administrators to the estate of Capt. Jacob Tilton, of Portsmouth, by virtue of a licence from the honorable Judge of probate; one whole right of land, and one 10 acre lot of intervale land in the township of Cockermouth, and also half an acre of land in Exeter, with a small house and barn on the same, and nearly opposite the training field.
TO BE SOLD, A Good FARM, in London, containing 170 acres, with two houses and two barns. a tan- yard, a shoe-makers shop, a good orchard of 250 apple trees, and plenty of maple and beech wood thereon; 25 tons of hay can be cut on the same of a common season.—Five years will be given for pay- ment of the principal. Inquire of John Sanborn, of Newmarket.
Thomas Martin, HAS FOR SALE, BEST French Brandy by the hoghead, barrel, or smaller quantity. A great variety of colours of superfine Broad Cloths. Barcelona Handkerchiefs, by the dozen or less quantity. Spanish Bar Iron. Bar Lead. Bohea Tea, by the hundred, dozen, or less. Steel, Coffee, Chocolate, &c. All which he will sell at the very lowest prices for cash, or merchantable Boards. Portsmouth, November 1783.
State of New Hampshire—Rockingham ss.  COURT OF PROBATE. NOTICE is hereby given, that the Court of Probate for said county, will in future, be held on the THIRD Wednesday in every month. By Order of the Judge, W. PARKER, Register. November 1, 1783. c. 8. w.
Isaac Williams, BEGS leave to inform the public, that he has lately opened a HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT, in Exeter, for Gen- tlemen Travellers, and others, at the Sign of the Arms of France and America.—Also, good Stabling for Horses. Said Williams continues to carry on the Branch of Wig Making, and gives cash for white Horse Hair. Exeter, Nov. 4, 1783.
THE Soldiers of the New Hampshire Battalion, who have not received pay for March and April 1783, are desired to call for the same immediately. DANIEL GOOKIN, P. M. North Hampton, Nov. 5 1783.
ALL persons that have any demands on the estate of Samuel Thurston, late of Epping, gentleman, deceased, are hereby desired to bring in their claims: And all persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the subscri- ber, attorney to Elizabeth Thurston admini- stratrix on said estate. Samuel Morrill. Epping, Nov. 18, 1783.
ALL persons indebted to, or that have any demands on the estate of Jonathan Padolford late of Enfield, deceased, are des- ired to bring in their accounts to Elisha Padolford of said Enfield, within six months from this date, in order for a speedy settle- ment. Enfield, October 9, 1783.
State of New Hampshire. WE the subscribers being appointed by the ho- norable Judge of Probate for the County of Rockingham, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of Joseph Godso, late of Madbury, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice, that we will attend said business on the last Thursday of the next six ensuing months, from three to six o'clock, P. M. at the house of Mr. Jona- than Gage, inholder in Dover.
Dover, Nov. 14. 1783. James Gilmore, 3 Commis. Amos Peasey, 3 Honors.
STRAYED or stolen from the pasture of Robert Ham on the night following the 4th inst. a fine grey horse, with a small star in his forehead, a long tail, natural pacer: whoever will return him to the subscriber, or to Mr. Mendes, at Portsmouth, shall have four dollars reward and all necessary charges paid by BERNUS. Portsmouth, November 14, 1783.
TO BE SOLD, A House, and Land 80 feet front and 90 feet back, situate in cross street, leading from the market to Col. Westworth's store. Inquire of Tobias Walker, of Portsmouth, for particulars.
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