The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1790-09-23 00:00:00

New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &amp;c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful and entertaining
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
On Tuesday the 14th inst. the Supreme Court of Judicature was opened at Dover. The Honorable JOHN PICKERING, Esq. having previously taken the oaths required by the constitution, took his seat upon the bench—and delivered a spirited, learned, and elegant charge to the Grand Jury.
Upon his accession to the Bench he made the following address to the Bar.
Gentlemen of the Bar,
MY removal from the Bar to the Bench, will never efface the affection and esteem I have long entertained for the gentlemen of your honorable profession; an order of men when possessing natural, moral and literary abilities in an eminent degree, a thorough systematic knowledge of the laws of their country, and devoting their time and talents to defend the rights of mankind, to advocate the cause of Justice, and vindicate that of the injured and oppressed, must be highly useful and respectable—Your duty to the court as well as your clients, perhaps would be best discharged by a candid and plain statement of the causes in which you may be engaged, and by setting the evidence and law respecting them in their true light—I mean not on this occasion to dictate rules for your conduct, but only to bespeak your friendly aid to alleviate the weight of care and business necessarily devolving on the court in general, and me in particular, as Chief Justice, for the support of which I feel myself unequal.—I am sure, gentlemen, you will pardon these observations, when you consider, that although the court alone are responsible for the qualities of the heart, yet those of the head depend much on the candour and fairness of the bar. The security of life, reputation, liberty and property is the grand object of the courts of justice; and it is from the purity and uprightness of their decisions that any Government or State derives its truest praise—If nothing can interest us more than life, reputation, liberty and property—if the enjoyment of these constitutes happiness, our beings end and aim; what can be more praiseworthy than to labour for their security.—An honor, you gentlemen of the Bar, have in your power to share in common with the court—happy indeed shall I think myself, if in a well intended, though imperfect discharge of my duty, I could contribute but in the smallest degree towards the execution of good laws, or the improvement of morals.
Permit me only to add, that a good understanding between the Bench and the Bar will give authority and credit to both; and that it is my wish, and shall be my constant endeavour, and I trust that of the whole court, to cultivate it.
JOHN PICKERING.
Answered by Col OLIVER WHIPPLE, Senior Attorney, in behalf of the Bar.
Sir,
BY your removal from the Bar, we realize an essential loss, which nothing could compensate, but the appointment you now sustain. We felicitate ourselves, the State, and every individual, on this auspicious occasion: Wisdom surely presided and directed our court to point you out as the head of the judicial department in this State; and our hopes and expectations, are not more elevated, than the cause will warrant us to anticipate. We are obliged to you for that affection and esteem which you express, and which we have in your society so frequently enjoyed—and we assure you, while we have the honor to address you, we shall ever exert our best abilities to render the laws systematic and efficient, promote justice,
vindicate the rights of our country, give dignity to the profession, and endeavour to make the whole order both useful and respectable. We agree with you, that plain statements of facts, in law proceedings, are the best means to give the court a competent knowledge of the cause, to investigate truth, and insure the administration of justice, and we shall, impressed with these ideas, ever studiously avoid every species of subtlety (so abhorrent to the honest mind) by a steady adherence to the principles of the fairest practice—and happy shall we be, if through the united efforts of the court and Bar, the grand objects of civil government (the security of life, reputation and property) shall in any degree, be secured on the basis of equal liberty;—and while we see your bright examples, and experience your patronage, we feel an animation to share in common with the court, that palm of honor, you have so gracefully delineated in the pursuit of virtue and morality. We beg leave to add, and it is our sincerest wish, that harmony may ever prevail between the court and Bar, and while we treat the court with becoming respect, we may meet the smile of approbation and candor, and by this pleasing accord, support a just authority, and give a dignity of character to both, and that the happy effect may be, to cause judgment to run down our streets like a river, and righteousness as a mighty flood.
REPLY.
Gentlemen,
THE favorable opinion of so respectable a Bar, will ever give me strength and confidence in the discharge of my duty. I am much indebted to your partiality, for the kind sentiments expressed in your address, tho' I am conscious they do not describe what I am, but what I ought to be.
Gentlemen while I have the honor to sit here, next to the approbation of my own conscience, I shall be solicitous to merit yours. JOHN PICKERING.
LAWS of the UNITED STATES.
CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES: AT THE SECOND SESSION, Begun and held at the City of New-York, on Monday the 4th of January, 1790.
An ACT for the Government of the Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Territory of the United States south of the River Ohio, for the purposes of temporary government, shall be one district; the inhabitants of which shall enjoy all the privileges, benefits and advantages, set forth in the ordinance of the late Congress, for the government of the Territory of the United States, north-west of the River Ohio; and the government of the said Territory, south of the Ohio, shall be similar to that which is now exercised in the Territory north-west of the Ohio; except so far as is otherwise provided in the conditions expressed in an Act of Congress of the present session, intitled "An Act to accept a cession of the claims of North-Carolina, to a certain District of Western Territory."
And be it further enacted, That the salaries of the officers which The President of the United States shall nominate, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint by virtue of this Act shall be the same as those, by law established, of similar officers in the government north-west of the River Ohio.
And the powers, duties and emoluments of a superintendent of Indian Affairs, for the southern department shall be United with those of the Governor.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
Approved May 26th, 1790.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
President of the United States.
(True copy) THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES: AT THE SECOND SESSION.
An ACT for the Relief of THOMAS JENKINS, and Company.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the duties amounting to one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents, be remitted on a parcel of hemp, duck, ticklenburgh, and molasses, the property of Thomas Jenkins and Company, merchants, of the city of Hudson, in the State of New-York, which were lost by fire in the brig Minerva, on her passage from New-York to the city of Hudson, her port of delivery. And the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States is hereby authorized and directed to allow a credit on the bond or bonds executed by the said Thomas Jenkins & Co. for the payment of the duties on the said goods.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
Approved, the 14th of June, 1790.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
President of the United States.
(True copy) THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES: AT THE SECOND SESSION.
An ACT for giving Effect to the several Acts therein mentioned, in Respect to the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the several and respective duties specified and laid in and by the act, intitled, "An act for laying a duty on goods, wares and merchandizes imported into the United States," and in and by the act, intitled, "An act imposing duties on tonnage," shall be paid and collected upon all goods, wares and merchandizes, which after the expiration of five days from the passing of this act, shall be imported into the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations from any foreign port or place, and upon the tonnage of all ships and vessels which after the said day shall be entered within the said State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations subject to the exceptions, qualifications, allowances and abatements in the said acts contained or expressed, which acts shall be deemed to have the like force and operation within the said State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations as elsewhere within the United States.
And be it further enacted, That for the due collection of the said duties, there shall be in the said State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, two districts, to wit, the district of Newport, and the district of Providence. The district of Newport shall comprehend all the waters, shores, bays, harbours, creeks and inlets, from the west line of the said State all along the sea-coast, and northward up the Narragansett-bay as far as the most easterly part of Kinnimicut point at high water mark;
and shall include the several towns harbours and landing places at Westerly Charlestown, South-Kingston, North-Kingston, East-Greenwich, and all that part of the town of Warwick southward of the latitude of said Kinnimicut point; and also the towns, harbours and landing-places, of Barrington, Warren, Bristol, Tiverton, Little-Compton, and all the towns, harbours and landing-places of the Island of Rhode Island, Kennimicut, Prudence, New-Shoreham, and every other Island and place within the said State, southward of the latitude of said Kennimicut point. The district of Providence shall comprehend all the waters, shores, bays, harbours, creeks and inlets within the said State northward of the latitude of said Kinnimicut point. The town of Newport shall be sole port of entry in the said district of Newport, and a collector, naval-officer and surveyor shall be appointed to reside at the said town of Newport; and North-Kingston, East-Greenwich, Barrington, Warren, Bristol, and Pawcatuck river in Westerly, shall be ports of delivery only, and a surveyor shall be appointed to reside at each of the ports of North-Kingston, East-Greenwich, Warren, Bristol and Pawcatuck river; and the surveyor to reside at Warren shall be surveyor for the port of Barrington. The town of Providence shall be the sole port of entry in the said district of Providence, and Patuxet in the same district shall be a port of delivery only: and a collector, naval-officer and surveyor shall be appointed to reside at Providence, and a surveyor shall be appointed to reside at Patuxet.
And be it further enacted, That all the regulations, provisions, exceptions, allowances, compensations, directions, authorities, penalties, forfeitures, and other matters whatsoever, contained or expressed in the act, intitled, "An act to regulate the collection of the duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels, and on goods, wares and merchandizes imported into the United States," and not locally inapplicable, shall have the like force and effect within the said State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, for the collection of the said duties, as elsewhere within the United States, and as if the same were repeated and re-enacted in this present act. Provided always, and be it declared, That the thirty-ninth section of the said act, and the third section of an act, intitled, "An Act to suspend part of an act, intitled, "An Act to regulate the collection of the duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels, and on goods, wares and merchandizes imported into the United States, and for other purposes," did, by virtue of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States by the said State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, cease to operate in respect to the same.
And be it further enacted, That the Act, intitled, "An act for registering and clearing vessels, regulating the coasting trade, and for other purposes," shall, after the expiration of five days from the passing of this act, have the like force and operation within the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, as elsewhere within the United States, and as if the several clauses thereof were repeated and re-enacted in this present act.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate.
Approved, June the 14th, 1790.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
President of the United States.
(True copy) THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.

L O N D O N, July 1.
Recruiting parties and press-gangs, like excise officers, are now to be found every where; there is scarce a town of any note that has not part of a regiment quartered in it, nor a regiment of any denomination that has not three or four parties in each county. One belonging to the 24th regiment of foot, under the command of Capt. S. Moufeyney, has returned from Leicester to Dumfries with a number of men. The 1st, 2d and 3d regiments of dragoons are divided and subdivided into parties, at Lincoln, Stamford, Blandford, Sleaford, Manchester, Hereford, Exeter, Dorchester, &c.
JULY 6.
A material article of intelligence is just received from Spain; namely that the Spanish Government have put an entire stop to the few public channels of intelligence, and allow none but such as are printed by authority.
Had Spain been seriously disposed to war, her policy would have been to endeavour to strike some important blow in the first instance, instead of waiting coolly till we were prepared to meet her.
JULY 12.
A greater change is expected in next Parliament than has been the consequence of any prior dissolution for the last thirty years. It is calculated there will be 150 new Members.
The Dutch fleet, on Thursday morning, came up to Spithead, and are as follows:
Vryheld, 76, Vice Admiral Kingsbergen, and Capt. Aberfon; Venwayting, 63, Rear-Admiral Den Schout; Gelderland, 68, Capt. Tullerton; Brakel, 56, Capt. Rolls; Munni Kendon, 44, Capt. Bois Van Treelang; Pollux 44, Capt. Mischop; Venus, 26, Capt. Alliers; Pyle 16, Lieut. Oldonhoufen; Portilur, 16, Lieut. Beyens; Courier, 16, Lieut. Marschall; Shertere, 12, Lieut. Brois Van Treelang.
By the late accounts from the Baltic, the junction of the Russian fleets does not seem to have been so formidable to the Swedes as was at first expected. The King of Sweden, far from appearing to be awed by that junction, or seeking the protection of his own shores, not only keeps the sea, but insults the coast of his enemy, and actually makes a descent within a few miles of her capital.
On the continent, so much of the campaign has been spent in the negotiation, that there is reason to hope for a conclusion to the bloody and destructive contest of ambition between the two Empires and the Porte. The King of Prussia, backed by the Alliance of Great-Britain and Holland, holds the balance of arbitration with an army of fifty thousand men ready to act as occasion may require.
Though the Dutch squadron, now at Spithead, consists but of four ships of the line, yet by there being a Vice Admiral and a Rear Admiral they shew their intention of complying effectually with the terms of the Treaty, and their squadron will no doubt, consist in a few weeks, of ten ships. Admirals would not be employed if there were to be no more than four ships.
By a Courier dispatched from Vienna to Luxembourg the 15th ult. we learn that the King of Hungary entertains the most pacific intentions with regard to Prussia. But the Belgic confederacy is threatened with the severest vengeance. A train of artillery was on its way to Brabant, when the messenger left Vienna, consisting of eighteen twenty-four pounders, many twelve and six pounders, three thousand corbines, one thousand waggons of ammunition, and a great number of troops.
Lord Rodney and General Vaughan have lodged 50,000l. towards the payment of the St. Eustatius's claims; and the Lords of the council are expected to bring that business, which has been so long in dispute, to an immediate issue.
CHAMBSBURGH, September 2.
Several persons lately from the Ohio Country inform, that great prepara-
tions were making, by the immediate direction of Governor St. Clair, for a formidable expedition into the Indian country. The forces, it is said, will consist of 500 militia from the frontier counties of this State, and 1000 from Kentucky, to be supported by a detachment of Continental troops.
The whole to rendezvous about 10 miles below Whelen some time in the beginning of this month. Whether this force is designed to cover some negotiation with the Indians on that quarter, or to commence hostilities against them is not yet certainly known; but the latter is expected, and hoped for, by the inhabitants of the Western Waters.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11.
Yesterday morning the Vice-President of the United States, set out from this city for New-York. We hear that Mr. Hamilton's elegant Mansion on Bush Hill is to be his future residence, and that he is to return in the course of a month, with his family.
ALBANY, August 30.
On Tuesday last, as Mr. Samuel Cogswell of Lansingburgh, and two other gentlemen were shooting pigeons in the vicinity of that place, by the accidental discharge of a piece in the hands of one of his companions, he received its contents in the upper part of his neck, which put a period to his existence in 30 minutes after the accident. He has left a disconsolate widow, and two small children, to bemoan his untimely fate.
MIDDLETON, Sept. 18.
Yesterday se'nate a boy aged 10 years, living near the river in this city, leaped from a garret-window and fell 26 feet to the ground, with very little injury to himself only spraining his wrist and otherwise slightly bruising himself.—The lad had the preceding day made fast some logs to a wharf, and dreaming about ten o'clock in the evening, that they had gone adrift, he thought he dove from the wharf to stop them; instead of which he dove out at the window. The family heard him groan, and went to his assistance—he appeared as if just awaking from a sound sleep, and could give no account of what had passed, except his dream which he perfectly recollected.
NEW-YORK, Sept. 3:
Extract of a letter from Nassau, New-providence.
"Here we are so perfectly satisfied that WAR will be declared against SPAIN, that we are sitting out privates, and eagerly anticipate not only rich captures, but an expedition against Cuba. Should an enterprize of the kind be undertaken, the event is certain at the price of fewer lives, than the last invasion of that island cost:
The celebrated Col. TARLETON is elected member of the new Parliament for Liverpool.
On Friday evening last the weather was exceedingly tempestuous in this city and environs. In the Sound, at East river, the was tremendous from south to east, shifting suddenly in squalls, and creating a mountainous sea. In this tempest a sloop from Gardner's Island, Zopfar Smith, of this city master, was foundered, being off Plumb Island; after having scudded before the hurricane for upwards of two hours, she was overpowered by the merciless waves, and beat to pieces, about nine o'clock, P. M. Mr. Smith his son, and Mr. William Post, who was a passenger, being the whole number on board, fastened themselves to the wreck as well as they could, the billows incessantly rolling over their heads—Smith and his son died on the wreck with cold and wet, about two at night, and fell off; Mr. Post alone survived, who was taken off the next morning, by a brig from New-London, Capt. Star, fourteen hours after the foundering of the sloop.
WORCESTER, September 16.
We hear from Holden, that on Sunday last, a son of Mr. Hezekiah Walker, about ten years old, in attempting to get out at a window, accidentally
run a penknife, which he held in his hand, into his body, between two of his ribs, which put a period to his life in about eight minutes.
BOSTON, Sept. 18.
WAR—AGAIN.
By a vessel arrived at Marblehead , from Spain , letters have been received by gentlemen in this town, from their correspondents at Cadiz , dated as late as July 23, 1790. The following are extracted therefrom, viz.
"CADIZ, July 8th, 1790.
"We shall be relieved from the state of suspense, in which we are, in the course of a few days, as the armament is finished, and every thing appears to announce a speedy declaration of War with England.
"There are reports now in circulation, that the Americans are embarking troops for Georgia . For what purpose we dare not conjecture.
"There are several English Cutters within the Cape, watching the motion of the Spanish Fleet—which is now in the bay, and which consists of Thirty-two ships of the line, Twenty frigates, and a great number of small vessels; and are daily augmented—they are principally new, and reputed to be the strongest built ships in the world. Three of them are of 112 guns. Indeed they make a fine appearance.—As many more will be put into commission as soon as possible.
A few days since, a squadron of three ships of the line, and one frigate, with 1500 soldiers on board, sailed for Porto-Rico .
JULY, 19, 1790.
"The sudden departure of Captain Patten , deprives me of the pleasure of giving you any satisfactory account of the destiny of the Spanish grand fleet, which is now riding at single anchor, with their topmasts loose, and ready to sail at a moment's notice. It is conjectured, by some that it is bound to Brest , there to join the French Fleet—as many of the officers have bought bills on that place.
JULY 20, P. M.
"Our Fleet is now under way.—The Almighty protect, and give it success."
The vessel arrived at Marblehead from Spain , left Cadiz the 28th of July, eight days after the Spanish Fleet failed; at which time every preparation for carrying on the war was making; and Mr. Duff , the British Consul was then fitting out a vessel, in which he expected to sail for England in a few days.
Yesterday failed from this harbour, his Britannic Majesty's frigate Penelope . This frigate is completely equipped for war—with hammocks in her nettings, and having a full complement of men.
[Our readers will remember, that we published, a few days since, an article of intelligence from Spain , founded on a letter received from Mr. GARDOQUI , a reputable gentleman of Bilboa ; in which it was asserted, that TRANQUILITY was restored between Spain and Great-Britain . This letter was dated the 22d of July. The above accounts are from respectable gentlemen in Cadiz and bear date one day later than Mr. Gardoqui's . The one or the other is erroneous—Which—we know not.—But from other information we have received, we are of opinion, that the Sword must decide the dispute: Though we confess, there are circumstances which point to the Olive Branch .]
As there is now a greater prospect that WAR will take place between Spain and England than heretofore—and as we know our readers wish to be acquainted with such particulars as will give them a just idea of events as they shall arise, should the Temple of Janus be opened—we have arranged the fleets of the two nations in order of battle; by which the strength of each will be plainly seen. We must at the same time, observe, that the English Fleet is already joined by 10 sail of the line from Holland , besides frigates; and
that the Spanish force will be augmented with 14 sail of the line, and 14 frigates, from France .
SPANISH and ENGLISH FLEETS.
   Guns. Guns.     Salvador 112 Victory 100   Cond. de Regla 112 Barfleur 90   Mexicano 112 Princess Royal 90   San Carlos 94 Impregnable 90   Rayo 80 Valiant 74   San Rafael 80 Magnificent 74   Bahama 74 Arrogant 74   Europa 74 Illustrious 74   Serio 74 Cullodon 74   San Gabriel 74 Edgar 74   Oriente 74 Alcide 74   Arrogante 74 Carnatic 74   San Telmo 74 Bombay Castle 74   San Justo 74 Courage aux 74   San Pedro Apol. 74 Colossus 74   Magnanimo 74 Saturn 74   San Pablo 74 Bedford 74   S. Franc de Asis 74 Orion 74   San Ildefonso 74 Bellona 74   Terrible 74 Cumberland 74   Atlante 74 Director 64   Angel 74 Besides Frigates.   Firme 74   S. Fulgencio 74 Admiral Barrington commands the   S. Franc d. Pau 74 centre division—   Guerrero 74 Admiral Hood , the   San Lorenzo 74 Van, and Admiral   San Genaro 74 Hatborn , the Rear.   San Ramon 64 The Victory has   S. Pedro Alcan. 64 872 men—the Bar-   San Leandro 64 fleur 782— Princess   Astuto 58 Royal 767—& the   Loreto 40 74 gun ships 600.  
The British have, besides the above, fitting and almost ready for sea, the Royal George , and Royal Sovereign of 110 guns each; the Gibraltar of 80; Hannibal , Egmont , Captain , and Swiftsure of 74; and the Nassau , of 64.
SEPTEMBER 22:
Extract of a letter from a respectable Merchant in Cadiz, to his Correspondent in this town, July 22, 1790.
"An immediate Rupture with Great-Britain seems inevitable. We have advice that a fleet failed from thence the 28th ultimo; and ours consisting of 32 ships of the line, three of them of 112 guns, and about 20 frigates, put to sea the 20th instant.—Orders has been received from Court to put into Commission as many more: Provisions and Naval Stores are much wanted, and could be run off at very high prices, as it cannot be had from the Baltic, by the troubles there, nor from Ireland, on account of the impending War with England: We therefore have no other Resource but your States to apply to, and make no doubt, they will on this occasion, confirm the Judgment and good sense they have always shewn, by preserving a Neutrality; they will thereby become the carriers not only of their own produce, but of those of others, and participate of the commerce of our West-Indias, which opens a field for advantageous speculations.—Pork of the largest and tastiest kind any quantity; one sixth of the number of barrels may come of regular Beef. Bacallas, the consumption will encrease considerably, its being permitted to be used in the Navy. Pitch, Rozin and little Tar, are articles much wanted."
We hear from Sanford, in the county of York; that on Wednesday the 8th inst. as two young children, sons of Dr. Abiel Hall , were playing near a well, the youngest of them, about three years of age, leaning against the curb of a well, the upper board of which was nailed on the inside, it gave way, and the child pitched in and fell twenty-three feet, when his head struck the water into which he plunged, and immediately rising received instantaneous assistance; Capt. Ebenezer Hall descending into the well, by the pole, seized the child, before it could sink again, and taking it into his arms was drawn up and restored him to his distressed mother; the child having not received the least bruise or wound. The well was less than two feet in diameter and stoned to the bottom. The parents and friends of the child sensible of the goodness of divine

providence desire that this remarkable preservation may be made public.—Let this serve as a caution to all persons to see that the curbs of their wells be properly secured !
AUTHENTICK INFORMATION OF TRANQUILITY.
Since our last the following letter has been received by a gentleman in this town from his correspondent at Madeira: viz.
“MADEIRA 18th, Aug. 1790. “I have just received a copy of the letter sent by Mr. FITZHERBERT to Mr. WALEPOLE, at Lisbon.—It is as follows :
“Madrid 24th, July, 1790. “I have the pleasure to inform you, that I this day accepted, in his Majesty’s name, a declaration signed by Count Florida Blanca, in the name of his Catholic Majesty, and conveying to his Britannic Majesty the satisfaction and redress, which he had claimed from that court, for the capture of the British vessels, at Nootka Sound.”
As this is an authentic letter I take the first possible opportunity of making you acquainted with so important an event.”
NOTE.
§ The Ambassador sent by the Court of Great-Britain to demand restitution from the Court of Spain for the English vessels taken in Nootka Sound.
CONFIRMATION.
Capt. DAVIS, in the Ship Boston-Packet, arrived here last night, from London, in six weeks. Papers by him are down to August 7—and contain the OFFICIAL Declarations and Counter-Declarations of Satisfaction given by Spain to Great-Britain, by engaging “to make full restitution of all the British vessels which were captured at Nootka, and to indemnify the parties interested in those vessels for the losses they shall have sustained, as soon as the amount thereof shall have been ascertained.” Count Blanca, in the Spanish Declaration then adds, “It being understood that this Declaration is not to preclude or prejudice the ulterior discussion of any right which his (Spanish) Majesty may claim to form an exclusive establishment at the port of Nootka.”
These declarations were signed and exchanged at Madrid, the 24th July.
John Bull grumbles hideously—abuses the Ministry, and swears that the Spanish satisfaction is no satisfaction at all.”
Other information corroborative of the above has been received in town from Madeira; with the addition of the following particulars: That all war-like preparations are to cease for three months; and that before the expiration of that time, winter will effectually suspend every naval operation.
Our readers will observe that the concession made by Spain, is not only for the vessels taken in Nootka-Sound. The right of the English to trade on the north-west coast of North-America, is to be the subject of future litigation. At present the conduct of Spain does not appear very humiliating—for she has paid only for what she has taken, —But the British nation must be greatly disappointed when they find that Spain is not to pay the expenses of the British armament:—And that the demand for the vessels taken was only 200,000. sterling:—Whereas the extraordinary expenses of fitting the English navy for sea, amount to near Two millions. This, as Teague says in the play, “is gaining a loss.”
This event is important as it respects Europe; but, whether, as it respects the United States, we ought to congratulate our readers on it, we readily confess, that we are undetermined.
SHIP NEWS.
Passengers with Capt. DAVIS, Mr. Thomas Brewer, Mr. Phillip Jarvis, and Mr. Samuel Sparhawk.
Capt. Scott, was to sail soon after Capt. Barnard. Capt. Rogers, in the John and Ann, sailed about a month before Capt. Davis, but had put back into Dover pier.
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 23.
On Wednesday the 15th inst. the General-Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, agreeably to His Excellency the Governor’s proclamation, assembled at the State-House, in Boston; among other matters they have passed an act repealing their excise act, as far as the same respects articles imported; and is to take effect on the first day of October next: The General-Court, after three days setting, was adjourned to the last Wednesday of January next.—The total of the pay-roll of the House, was £305 11/—that of the Senate £65.
Thursday the 25th of November next, is appointed as a day of public Thanksgiving throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The 14th day of October next is the day appointed for the execution of Edward Vail Brown and Jack Bailey (a negro man)—severally convicted of burglary, before the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as mentioned in our last.
On Thursday the 2d inst. arrived at New-York, His Britannick Majesty’s Packet Grantham, in 49 days from Falmouth. Advices by this vessel are as late as the 15th of July, when nothing decisive had taken place respecting the War, but it was momentarily expected.
The President of the United States, has been pleased to appoint ROBERT MORRIS, Judge of the district of New-Jersey, in the place of the Hon. David Bearly, deceased.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in England, dated July 6.
“If we should have a war, and France should in time be induced (on account of their trade) to take a share in it; I have little doubt of the bubble’s breaking; which bubble is in other respects, a millstone about the necks of the poor in the country, that has long been sinking them in the sea of poverty. Were I an American, I would be amongst the first to sell my shirt (if necessary) to pay off the national debt, whilst it is possible. And if you are wise you will make it a fundamental law of your constitution, NEVER TO BORROW AGAIN. The moment any country borrows money, the inhabitants are metamorphosed into asses, and the rulers have nothing to do but to get up and ride, which they will never fail to do. If you should pay off your debt, and resolve never more to borrow, your empire will be the greatest the world has ever seen. It would be an asylum for the whole earth. All the nations would flow into it, and bring their silver and gold with them. But a NATIONAL DEBT; the very name would freeze their warm blood cold, and make them endure great toils at home, when they found that all governments were corrupt, and that oppression, with hands of iron, and hearts of brass, in the form of a National Debt, had seated herself in every clime.”
Votes for Representatives to Congress.
ANDOVER, Samuel Livermore 31, John Samuel Sherburne 31, Nicholas Gilman 15, Jeremiah Smith 14: PITTSFIELD, Samuel Livermore 35, John Samuel Sherburne 33, Nathaniel Peabody 10, Jeremiah Smith, 10, James Sheafe 9, Nicholas Gilman 11: RUMNEY, Samuel Livermore 30, Nathaniel Peabody 30, John Samuel Sherburne 30: SALISBURY, John Samuel Sherburne 19, Jeremiah Smith 16, Nathaniel Peabody 14: ORFORD, N. Peabody 26, Jeremiah Smith 24, John Samuel Sherburne 18, William Page 18: NEW-SALEM, Nicholas Gilman 29, John Sam’l Sherburne 28, Samuel Livermore 11, Nathaniel Peabody 10.
An approved method to preserve the fine flavor of Butter, and to prevent its growing rancid.
TO a peck of fine salt add one ounce of crude sal ammoniac, and two ounces of salt-petre, both finely powdered, mix them intimately with the fine salt:—with this salt your butter, until the butter-milk is entirely extracted, then pack it in wooden firkins, salting it with the same mixed salt to such a degree as to be palatable when eat with bread, and no saltier. The mixture is stronger than fine salt, of consequence something less is required.
A CAUTION.
Counterfeit guineas and half guineas are mentioned in Woodfall’s (London) Register, of June 3; they are full weight, and are distinguished from a true coin with difficulty; on a close examination the letters appear further from the edge than on the mint guineas, and the head is not so well executed.
DIED]—A child of Mr. SAMUEL SHERIVE—a child of Mr. WILLIAM GERRISH and a child Mrs. DEBORAH PRIEST.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE of this district.
CLEARED FOR Snow Salter, Sands, Barbadoes. Schooner Industry, Miller, Shelburne.
ENTERED FROM Brig Polly, Smith, New-York. Brig Industry, Parsons, Pool.
Surprising instances of the LONGEVITY of TOADS.
AT the approach of winter, the toad retires to the hollow root of a tree, to the cleft of a rock, and sometimes to the bottom of a ditch or pond, where it remains for months in a seeming state of insensibility. In this last situation it can have very little communication with the air, but still the principle of life is continued, and the animal revives in the spring. What is more wonderful, toads have been found, in a hundred places of the globe, inclosed in the heart of solid rocks, and in the bodies of trees, where they have been supposed to exist for centuries, without any apparent access either to nourishment or to air; and yet they were alive and vigorous. In the memoirs of the Academy of Sciences for the year 1719, we have an account of one found alive and healthy in the heart of an old elm. Another, in the year 1731, was discovered near Nantz, in the heart of an old oak, without any visible entrance to its habitation. From the size of the tree it was concluded that the animal must have been confined in that situation at least eighty or an hundred years. In many examples of toads found in solid bricks, exact impressions of the animals bodies, corresponding to their respective sizes, were uniformly left in the stones or trees from which they were dislodged; and to this day it is said that there is a marble chimney piece at Chatsworth with a print of a toad in it, and a traditional account of the place and manner in which it was discovered.
NOTICE is hereby to all concerned, that on the petition of Supply Clap, James Sheafe, George Wentworth, and others, the following Act passed the General-Court at their late session:
Be it enacted by the Senate, and House of Representatives in General-Court convened, That the legal Representative of WILLIAM JAMES have leave to enter and prosecute his appeal made to the King of Great-Britain in Council, at the Superior Court of Judicature, to be held at Portsmouth, in and for the county of Rockingham, on the fourth Tuesday of April next, on or before the third day of the Court sitting, and upon failure or neglect, on the part of the legal representatives of the said appellant to enter and prosecute said action, that the administrator of the said George Meserve, be, and hereby is impowered to file a complaint at said Court, and have affirmation of the last
former judgment for reversal, with additional damages and costs, and that the said Superior Court be, and hereby is empowered and directed to take cognizance of said action, and give judgment and issue execution thereon in the same way and manner as though said action had regularly come before said Court upon action of review in the ordinary course of law.
Attest, JOSEPH PEARSON, Sec’y. Passed June 12, 1790.
P E R C Y.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Percy, who have not paid their taxes for the years 1787 and 1789, that unless they pay said taxes to one of the subscribers, on or before the 27th day of September, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the house of Mr. Daniel Symms, in Portsmouth, at 10 o’clock A. M. on said day.
   1787. £.    Benjamin Currier _____ 15  James Paul _____ 15  David Paul _____ 15  Joseph Peverly _____ 15  Daniel Spaldwin _____ 15  Stephen Wells _____ 15  Caleb Marshall _____ 15  Abner Osgood _____ 15  Caleb Toppan _____ 15  Nathaniel Healy _____ 15  George Walton, jr. _____ 15  Thomas M’Donough _____ 15  William L. Perkins _____ 15  William Blunt _____ 15  Stephen Sumner _____ 15  Jesse Johnson _____ 15  Joseph Holbrook _____ 15  John Melcher _____ 15  Moses Davis _____ 15  Jesse Johnson, jr. _____ 15  Jeremiah Eames _____ 15  Caleb Johnson _____ 15  Jonathan M. Sewall _____ 15  John Hurd _____ 15  Caleb Marshall _____ 5  
   1789. £.    Benjamin Currier _____ 12  James Paul _____ 12  Thomas Burnside _____ 16  David Paul _____ 12  Abner Osgood _____ 12  William Moulton _____ 12  Arthur Worster _____ 12  Jacob Tilton _____ 12  Joseph Moulton _____ 12  Caleb Toppan _____ 12  Nathaniel Healy _____ 12  George Walton, jr. _____ 12  Thomas M’Donough _____ 12  William L. Perkins _____ 12  Mark Sanborn _____ 12  Joseph Bishop _____ 12  William Blunt _____ 12  Stephen Sumner _____ 12  Joseph Peverly _____ 12  Daniel Spaldwin _____ 12  John Sanborn _____ 12  William Marshall _____ 12  Caleb Marshall _____ 12  Silas Marshall _____ 12  Eliphalet Day _____ 12  Moses Davis _____ 12  Moses Marshall _____ 12  Jesse Johnson _____ 12  Stephen Wells _____ 12  Jesse Johnson, jr. _____ 12  Moses Bartlett _____ 12  Jeremiah Eames _____ 12  Caleb Johnson _____ 12  Edmund Morse _____ 12  Reuben Hamman _____ 12  Jacob Walden _____ 12  John Hurd _____ 12  Joseph Holbrook _____ 12  John Melcher _____ 12  Jonathan M. Sewall _____ 12  John Hodgdon _____ 12   JOSEPH PEVERLY, } Collectors.   DANIEL R. ROGERS,  
Portsmouth, Sept. 2, 1790.
W A N T E D,
A Lad about 14 years of age to tend a store in this town.—Enquire of the Printer.

CHICHESTER. — State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors or owners of the lots of land in the several divisions in said township, that the amount of the sum set down against each lot in each of the divisions hereafter mentioned, being a tax of eight shillings, L. M. on each lot in the first, second and third divisions, and four shillings and six pence on each lot in the fourth division of lots in said township, being a tax agreed upon, granted and voted by the proprietors and other legal voters at their meeting holden at Hampton by adjournment, January 25th, 1786, and ratified and confirmed at a meeting holden by adjournment, November 14th, 1787, in order to pay the money borrowed to carry on the lawsuit against Barnstead and other debts of the proprietors, the same being committed to the subscriber with a warrant to collect the same, therefore unless the same is paid to me the subscriber, so much of each proprietors right or share will be sold at public vendue at the dwelling house of John Cram, Esq. in Pittsfield, on the 2d day of November next, at ten o'clock, A. M. as will pay the same with incidental charges unless prevented by previous payment.
Orig'l proprietors. [Lots in 1st division.
   No. R. s.    Samuel Marston 4 1 8  Owner unknown 2 1 8  Theodore Atkinson 26 1 8  Jonathan Philbrick 28 1 8  John Frost 30 1 8  William Peperill 34 1 8  Capt. J. Gilman 1 2 8  Stephen Sanborn 3 2 8  Joseph Taylor 5 2 8  Jotham Odiorne 7 2 8  John Prescott 9 2 8  Thomas Pierce 11 2 8  Minister Whipple 13 2 8  Jonathan Cushing 17 2 8  Ebenezer Stevens 19 2 8  William Staniford 25 2 8  Owner unknown 27 2 8  Winthrop Hilton 29 2 8  Jonathan Garland 33 2 8  Peter Weare 1 3 8  Hezekiah Jenneps 2 3 8  Richard Waldron 3 3 8  Owner unknown 4 3 8  Joseph Dearborn 6 3 8  Owner unknown 9 3 8  George Jaffrey 10 3 8  Owner unknown 11 3 8  Ditto 13 3 8  John Redman 14 3 8  Ditto 15 3 8  Joseph Frost 16 3 8  Benjamin Thomas 1 4 8  Ephraim Dennett 3 4 8  James Davis 4 4 8  Thomas Cram 6 4 8  Joseph Taylor 8 4 8  John Redman 11 4 8  Nathaniel Lock 12 4 8  Hunking Wentworth 13 4 8  Jarvis Ring 14 4 8  Benjamin Sandborn 15 4 8  Charles Stuart 16 4 8  John Dearborn, jr. 17 4 8  George Jaffrey 2 5 8  Charles Treadwell 4 5 8  6 5 8  Jethro Tilton 8 5 8  John Plaisted 10 5 8  Nathaniel Healey 12 5 8  14 5 8  18 5 8  Nathaniel Drake 24 5 8  Peter Weare, jr. 26 5 8  28 5 8  Richard Wibird 3 6 8  Capt. Paul Gerrish 9 6 8  John Sherburne 11 6 8  Joshua Wingate 13 6 8  Ebenezer Weare 15 6 8  Jabez Smith 17 6 8  Benjamin Lampery 19 6 8  John Batchelder 21 6 8  Nathaniel Gookin 23 6 8  Benjamin Perkins 2 7 8  John Tuck 4 7 8  Josiah Moulton 6 7 8  Andrew Wiggin 8 7 8  John Jenneps 10 7 8  
   N. R. s.    James Leavitt 12 7 8  Col. Shadrick Walton 16 7 8  John Wentworth 18 7 8  Owner unknown 22 7 8  Ditto 24 7 8  Moses Blake 26 7 8  Benjamin Cram 28 7 8  Christopher Page 3 8 8  Peter Gilman 5 8 8  Archibald M c Fedris 7 8 8  Cyprian Jaffrey 9 8 8  John Webster 11 8 8  Benjamin Gamblin 13 8 8  John Gilman, Esq. 15 8 8  John Downing 17 8 8  Nicholas Gilman 21 8 8  George Frost 23 8 8  Nathaniel Weare 27 8 8  
Lots in 2d division.
  Owner unknown 2 1 8  Nathaniel Gookin 3 1 8  Capt. John Gilman 5 1 8  Charles Stuart 6 1 8  Jonathan Cushing 8 1 8  Joseph Redman 10 1 8  Ebenezer Stevens 11 1 8  Winthrop Hilton 12 1 8  Ebenezer Weare 14 1 8  Nathan Longfellow 15 1 8  Abraham Drake 19 1 8  John Sherburne 20 1 8  Jabez Smith 21 2 8  Christopher Page 22 2 4  Jarvis Ring 28 2 8  Shubael Sandborn 32 2 8  Jethro Tilton 33 2 8  George Jaffrey 34 2 8  John Prescott 35 2 8  Theodore Atkinson 36 2 8  Nathaniel Lock 39 2 8  William Staniford 44 3 8  William Odiorne 46 3 8  Hunking Wentworth 52 3 8  Nathaniel Drake 55 3 8  Josiah Moulton 69 4 8  John Frost 70 4 8  Samuel Thing 73 4 8  Charles Treadwell 88 4 8  Cyprian Jaffrey 88 4 8  Nathaniel Weare 90 5 4  Ephraim Dennett 92 5 8  John Downing 93 5 8  Benjamin Gamblin 98 5 8  Capt. Currier 99 5 8  Benjamin Sanborn 101 5 8  John Gerrish 108 5 4  Bradstreet Wiggin 111 5 8  112 5 8  John Batchelder 113 6 8  Benjamin Thomas 116 6 8  Jonathan Philbrick 117 6 8  Col. Tho's Westbrook 123 6 8  Samuel Palmer 124 6 8  Benjamin Perkins 125 6 8  John Cushing 126 6 8  Minister Whipple 127 6 8  Benjamin Thomas 128 6 8  John Batchelder 131 7 8  John Robinson 132 7 8  
   N. R. s.    Thomas Webster 133 7 8  Bradstreet Wiggin 134 7 8  William Odiorne 135 7 8  John Sweet 136 7 8  George Jaffrey 137 7 8  
The above lots are below the River, and the following list is the lots lying above the River.
Third division.
  Richard Wibird 1 1 8  Owner unknown 2 1 8  Shadrick Walton 3 1 8  John Cram 6 1 8  A. M c Fedris 14 1 8  William Wentworth 15 1 8  Benjamin Cram 17 2 8  Edward West 18 2 8  Jabez Smith 19 2 8  Owner unknown 20 2 8  Ditto 21 2 8  Hezekiah Jenneps 24 2 2  William Staniford 25 2 8  John Sweet 26 2 8  John Downing 27 2 8  Winthrop Hilton 28 2 8  Jethro Tilton 29 2 8  William Peperill 30 2 8  Peter Weare 31 2 2  James Leavitt 34 3 8  John Sherburne 35 3 8  John Tuck 36 3 8  Jonathan Eaton 37 3 8  Richard Waldron, jr. 38 3 8  William Fellows 39 3 8  Joseph Dearborn 40 3 8  John Jenneps 42 3 4  George Jaffrey, jr. 43 3 8  Thomas Pierce 44 3 8  Pain Wingate 48 4 8  James Jaffrey, jr. 49 4 8  James Jaffrey 50 4 8  James Davis 51 4 8  Nathan Longfellow 52 4 8  Hunking Wentworth 53 4 8  Jotham Odiorne 54 4 8  George Frost 55 4 8  John Redman 63 5 8  John Wentworth 64 5 8  John Gilman, Esq. 67 5 8  Jacob Fruse 68 5 8  Nathaniel Gookin 69 5 8  Benjamin Gamblin 70 5 8  Daniel Weare 71 5 8  Ebenezer Weare 73 5 8  Benjamin Lampery 74 5 8  Benning Wentworth 77 5 4  Samuel Gilman 79 6 4  Jarvis Ring 81 6 8  Jeremiah Sanborn 82 6 8  Samuel Tibbetts 84 6 8  John Frost, Esq. 85 6 8  Joshua Wingate 86 6 8  Theodore Atkinson 87 6 8  John Dearborn 88 6 8  John Webster 89 6 8  Thomas Cram 90 6 8  Samuel Thing 91 6 8  Capt. Currier 92 6 8  Cyprian Jaffrey 93 6 8  
List of three lots drawn in stead of lots in third division: The names of the original proprietors are as follow—
   No. R. s.    Bellow the river.  Christopher Page 17 0 8  Jonathan Garland 18 0 8  John Prescott 19 0 8  
Lots in 4th division.
   No. R. s. d.    Zebulon Hilliard 59 9 4 6  Zebulon Hilliard 60 9 4 6  Owner unknown 61 9 4 6  Ditto 62 9 4 6  Ditto 63 9 4 6  Ditto 65 9 4 6  Zebulon Hilliard 58 10 4 6  Zebulon Hilliard 59 10 4 6  Owner unknown 61 10 4 6  Ditto 62 10 4 6  Ditto 63 10 4 6  Ditto 64 10 4 6  Ditto 65 10 4 6  Ditto 66 10 4 6  Ditto 68 11 4 6  Ditto 69 11 4 6  Ditto 70 11 4 6  Ditto 71 11 4 6  Ditto 72 11 4 6  Ditto 74 11 4 6  Ditto 77 12 4 6  Ditto 78 12 4 6  Ditto 79 12 4 6  Ditto 80 12 4 6  Owner unknown 81 12 4 6  
These lots lie on the southwesterly side of the 1st division.
  Owner unknown 3 1 4 6  Ditto 7 1 4 6  Ditto 8 1 4 6  Ditto 9 1 4 6  Ditto 10 1 4 6  Ditto 12 1 4 6  Ditto 13 1 4 6  Ditto 14 1 4 6  Ditto 16 1 4 6  Ditto 17 1 4 6  Ditto 18 1 4 6  Ditto 19 1 4 6  Ditto 20 1 4 6  Ditto 21 1 4 6  Ditto 22 1 4 6  Ditto 23 1 4 6  Ditto 24 1 4 6  
The two following lots lie on the westerly side of Morrill's
  Owner unknown 23 3 4 6  Ditto 24 3 4 6  Two lots lying one above and the other below the Great-Suncook River.  James Garland 0 0 4 6  Hook 82 0 4 6  139 0 7 8  
P. Morrill's land equal to five lots in the 1st division } 21.
Governor Shute's 500 acres of land equal to ten lots } 31. gs. 6d.
THOMAS JOHNSON, Collector.
Chichester August 30, 1790.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors & owners of land in the town of Northumberland, who have not paid their taxes for the years 1787 and 1789, that unless they pay said taxes to one of the subscribers, on or before the 27th day of September, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at the house of Mr. Daniel Symms in Portsmouth, at 3 o'clock, P. M. on said day.
   £. s. d.    Edmund Morfe 1 7 0  Peter Morfe 1 7 0  Antipas Marshall 2 0 0  
 Benjamin Currier1