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THE New Hampshire Gazette.
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PORTSMOUTH: (NEW-HAMPSHIRE)—PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY JOHN MELCHER, PRINTER TO THE STATE, AT HIS OFFICE CORNER OF MARKET STREET, WHERE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THIS PAPER, ADVERTISEMENTS, AND ARTICLES OF INTELLIGENCE ARE THANKFULLY RECEIVED.
No. 8, of Vol. XLV.]
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1800.
[One Dollar 3 half pr. Annum.]
Published by Authority.
ACTS passed at a session of the Hon. General Court, holden at Exeter, December, 1799.
[Continued from our last.]
An Act for the better observation of the Lord's day, and for repealing all the laws heretofore made for
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened, That no tradesman, artificer or any other person whatsoever shall do, or exercise any labour, business or work of their secular callings, works of necessity and mercy only excepted, nor use any game, play or recreation on the first day of the week, commonly called the Lord's day, or any part thereof, upon pain that every person so offending shall forfeit a sum not exceeding six dollars nor less than one.
And be it further enacted, That no person shall travel on the Lord's day between sun-rising and sun-setting, unless from necessity, or to attend public worship, visit the sick, or do some office of charity, on penalty of a sum not exceeding six dollars nor less than one.
And be it further enacted, That no taverner, retailer or other person keeping a public house of entertainment, shall suffer any of the inhabitants of the respective towns where they dwell, or others, not being strangers, or lodgers in such houses, to abide or remain in the houses, yards or appendages thereof, drinking or idly spending their time on the Lord's day, upon the pain and penalty aforesaid. And the person or persons who shall be found so drinking or abiding in such house or dependencies thereof as aforesaid, shall each suffer the like penalty.
And be it further enacted, That each town and district within this State shall at the time of choosing town or district officers annually, and every year choose by ballot certain persons, being of good substance and sober life, to be Tythingmen of such town or district, of which officers no town or district shall appoint less than two, whose duty it shall be to inform of all breaches of this act.
And be it further enacted, That if any person shall on the Lord's day, within the walls of any house of public worship, or about such house, whether in the time of public service, or between the forenoon and afternoon services of said day, or on any part thereof, behave rudely or indecently, he or she shall pay a fine not exceeding six dollars nor less than fifty cents.
And be it further enacted, That the oath of any tythingman or selectman shall be deemed full and sufficient evidence, upon trial of any offence against this act, unless in the judgment of the court or justice the same shall be invalidated by other evidence that may be produced.
And be it further enacted, That the parents of any children under age, the guardians of any minors, and the masters of servants, who shall have no parents or guardians, shall be respectively liable for the fines and costs of their children, wards or servants, who shall be convicted of any offence against this act. And the said fines and costs may be levied by warrant of distress issued against the parent, guardian or master, as the case may be, according to the form herein after prescribed. Provided always, that such parent, guardian or master shall be duly notified of the time and place appointed for the trial of such children, minors or servants for the offences aforesaid.
And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for each and every selectman and tythingman within their respective precincts to take and command such assistance as may be needful, and forcibly to stop and detain any person or persons who shall suspect of travelling unnecessarily on said day, for and during such time, as shall be necessary for demanding the cause or reason of such person's travelling, his name and place of abode, and receiving the answer to such demands. And in case any such person shall not give satisfaction to the selectman or tythingman, demanding the same, that there is sufficient reason for his travelling, such
selectman or tythingman shall have full power and authority to detain in his custody such person or persons, until a regular trial can be had, and to command the necessary aid therefor.
And be it further enacted, That if any person shall refuse to give aid and assistance to any selectman or tythingman, who may require the same for the purpose aforesaid, such person so refusing, shall upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding six dollars nor less than one.
And be it further enacted, That if any person found travelling upon the Lord's day shall give any false answer to any of the before mentioned questions, which may be asked him by any selectman or tythingman, the said person shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding thirteen dollars nor less than one.
And be it further enacted, That the selectmen of the several towns and places in this state, and the tythingmen chosen as aforesaid, be and they hereby are required to inform of all breaches of this act within their precincts. And, if any person charged with a breach of this act, shall be acquitted upon trial, he shall recover costs against the complainant, unless the complainant be a selectman or tythingman; and in that case no cost shall be allowed to the person acquitted. And for the better execution of all and every of the foregoing orders, every Justice of the Peace, within the county where any offence against this act shall be committed, shall have power and authority to convene before him, any person or persons offending as aforesaid, and upon his own view, or other evidence sufficient to convict any person of such offence, to impose the fine and penalty for the same with costs, and to restrain and commit the offenders until the same be satisfied, or to cause such fine, penalty and costs to be levied by distress and sale of the offender's goods, returning the overplus, if any be. All fines and penalties accruing by this act, to be for the benefit and relief of the poor of such town or place where the offence is committed, and delivered into the hands of the selectmen or overseers of the poor for that purpose.
And be it further enacted, That any person shall have the right of appeal to the court of common pleas from any sentence of a justice given against him or her in pursuance of this act, he or she recognizing with sufficient sureties to prosecute his or her appeal with effect. Provided nevertheless, that it shall and may be lawful for any justice of the Peace, on application to grant a licence for any person to travel, or do any secular business on said day, which shall appear to him to be a work of necessity or mercy. And such certificate shall be a bar to any prosecution therefor. And the informing officers aforesaid shall have a right to enquire of any person apparently offending against this act, the cause or necessity of his so doing, and if he or she shall neglect or refuse to assign such reason or reasons as may appear on trial to be sufficient, or show such certificate, he or she shall pay costs of prosecution, any other reason he or she shall give on trial notwithstanding.
And be it further enacted, That all prosecutions for offences against this act shall be commenced within thirty days after the offence shall have been committed and not afterward.
And be it further enacted, That the Warrant of distress before mentioned may be in the form following.
State of New-Hampshire, R To the Sheriff of the said county of R or his Deputy or any Constable of Greeting.
WHEREAS O. F. an infant under the age of twenty-one years on the day at in said county of R before the subscriber one of the justices assigned to keep the peace within and for said county was duly convicted of [here describe the offence as it is described in the complaint or conviction] which offence was committed contrary to the form of an act entitled "an act for the better observation of the Lord's day, and for repealing all the
laws heretofore made for that purpose;" and for said offence the said O. F. was ordered to pay a fine of and costs of prosecution, amounting in the whole to the sum of and whereas A. B. of &c. (Addition) at the time of the conviction aforesaid was [Parent, Guardian or Master as the case may be] of the said O. F. and by law liable for the said fine and costs
and hath been duly notified of said conviction, and the same fine and costs still remaining unpaid—These are therefore in the name of the State of New-Hampshire to command you to levy the said sum of by distress and sale of the Goods and Chattels of the said A. B. found within your precinct, and the same sum when levied to pay to the subscriber, to be disposed of according to law. And for want of such Goods or Chattels of the said A. B. to take the body of the said A. B. and him commit unto the gaol in and the keeper of said gaol is hereby commanded to receive the said A. B. into his custody, and him detain in said gaol until he pay the aforesaid sum of with fifty Cents more for this warrant, together with all fees, or until he be discharged by order of law.—Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings therein, unto the subscriber, within thirty days next coming.
Given under my hand and seal at in said County, the day of A. D. J. P.
And be it further enacted, That the said warrant of distress shall be served and executed in the same way and manner as Executions against the body and personal estate are by law to be served and executed, and the Officer serving the same shall be intitled to demand the same fees as he may lawfully demand for the service of such Executions and no more.
And be it further enacted, That all the laws heretofore made in this State for the better observation of the Lord's day, be, and they hereby are repealed. Provided nevertheless, that this Act shall not be in force until the first day of March next.
And it is hereby recommended to the ministers of the Gospel to read this act publicly in their Congregations annually on the Lord's day next after the choice of Town Officers.
Approved December 24, 1799. An Act to incorporate a company by the name of the proprietors of the second Turnpike Road in New-Hampshire.
B E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened, That Josiah Stevens, Isaac Green, and Nathan Coolidge and their associates and successors, be, and they hereby are incorporated and made a body corporate and politic, under the name of the proprietors of the second Turnpike Road in New-Hampshire, and in that name may sue and prosecute, and be sued and prosecuted to final judgment and execution, and shall be, and hereby are vested with all the powers and privileges which by law are incident to corporations of a similar nature.
And be it further enacted, That the said Josiah Stevens shall call a meeting of said proprietors, by advertisement in the newspapers printed at Walpole and Amherst, to be holden at any suitable time and place, at least fourteen days from the first publication of said advertisement, and the proprietors, by a vote of a majority of those present or represented at said meeting, accounting, and allowing one vote to each share in all cases, shall choose a clerk, who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of said office, and shall also agree on the method of calling future meetings, and at the same time, or at any subsequent meetings, may elect such officers and make and establish such rules and by-laws, as to them shall seem necessary and convenient, for the regulation and government of said corporation, for carrying into effect the purpose aforesaid, and for collecting the tolls herein after established, and the same by-laws may cause to be executed, and annex penalties to the breach thereof, provided the said rules and by-laws are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this State; and
all representations shall be proved by writing signed by the person to be represented, which shall be filed with the clerk, and this act and all rules, by-laws, regulations and proceedings of said corporation, shall be fairly and truly recorded by the clerk, in a book or books provided and kept for that purpose.
And be it further enacted, That the said corporation are empowered to survey, lay out, make and keep in repair, a turnpike road of four rods wide, in such route or tracts as in the best of their judgment and skill, shall combine shortness of distance, with the most practicable ground, from the lottery bridge in Claremont, to the plain in Amherst in this State near the court house.
And be it further enacted, That if the said proprietors and the owners of land; over which the road may run, shall disagree on the compensation to be made for said land, and the building or buildings thereon standing, and shall not agree in appointing persons to ascertain such compensation, the judges of the court of common pleas in the county in which said land lies, if not interested, & if interested, the judges of the Superior Court, upon application of the said proprietors, or the owners of the land, reasonable notice of such application having been given, by the applicants to the adverse party, shall appoint a committee, who shall ascertain the same, in the same way as compensation is made to owners of land for highways as usually laid out, and execution, on non-payment, against said proprietors, shall issue of course.
And be it further enacted, That the corporation may erect and fix such, and so many gates or turnpikes upon and across said road, as will be necessary and sufficient to collect the tolls and duties herein after granted to the said company, from all persons travelling in the same, with horses, cattle, carts and carriages.
And be it further enacted, That it shall, and may be lawful for said company, to appoint such, and so many toll gatherers, as they shall think proper, to collect and receive of, and from all and every person or persons using said road, the tolls and rates herein after mentioned, and to stop any person riding, leading, or driving any horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, sulkey, chair, chaise, phaeton, coach, chariot, cart, waggon, sleigh, sled, or other carriage of burden or pleasure, from passing through the said gates or turnpikes, until they shall have respectively paid the same, that is to say, for every mile of said road, and so in proportion for a greater or less distance, or greater or smaller number of sheep, hogs or cattle, viz. for every ten sheep or hogs, one cent; for every ten cattle or horses, two cents; for every horse and his rider or led horse, one cent; for every sulkey, chair or chaise with one horse and two wheels, two cents; for every chariot, coach, stage, waggon, phaeton or chaise with two horses and four wheels, three cents; for either of the carriages last mentioned with four horses, four cents; for every other carriage of pleasure, the like sums according to the number of wheels and horses drawing the same; for each cart or other carriage of burden, drawn by one beast, one cent; for each waggon, cart, or other carriage of burden, drawn by two beasts, one cent and one half; if by more than two beasts, one cent for each additional yoke of oxen or horse; for each sleigh drawn by one horse, one cent; if drawn by two horses, two cents, and if by more than two horses, one cent for every additional horse; for each sled drawn by one horse, one cent; for each sled drawn by two horses or a yoke of oxen, one and a quarter cent; and if by more than two horses or one yoke of oxen, one cent for each additional pair of horses or yoke of oxen; and at all times, when the toll gatherer shall not attend his duty, the gates shall be left open. And if any person, shall, with his carriage, team, cattle or horses, turn out of the said road, to pass the said turnpike gate on ground adjacent thereto, with intent to avoid the payment of the toll due by virtue of this act, such person shall forfeit and pay three times so much as the legal toll would have been, to be recovered by the treasurer of the said corporation, to
the use thereof, in an action of debt or on the case; provided that nothing in this act shall extend to intitle the said corporation to demand toll of any person, who shall be passing with his horse or carriage, to or from public worship, or with his horse, team or carriage, or on foot, to or from a mill, or on the common and ordinary business of family concerns within the same town.
And be it further enacted, That the said proprietors are hereby empowered to purchase and hold in fee simple, so much land as will be necessary for said turnpike road, and the share or shares of any of said proprietors, may be transferred by deed duly executed and acknowledged, and recorded by the clerk of said proprietors, on their records; and the share or shares of any proprietors, may be sold by said corporation, on non payment of assessments duly made, agreeable to the by-laws that may be agreed upon by said corporation.
And be it further enacted, That no toll shall be taken by said corporation for any mile of said road, until eight hundred dollars shall have been expended thereon, or a proportionate sum upon the whole number of miles, reckoning from the lottery bridge in Claremont, to the place where said road may terminate.
And be it further enacted, That said corporation may be indicted for defect of repairs of said road, after the toll gates are erected, and fined in the same way and manner as towns are by law liable for suffering roads to be out of repair; and said fine may be levied on the profits and tolls arising or accruing to said proprietors.
Provided nevertheless, and be it further enacted, That if the said Turnpike road shall in any part be the same, with any highway now used, it shall not be lawful for said corporation to erect any gate or turnpike on or across said part of the road, that now is used and occupied as a public highway, any thing in this act, to the contrary notwithstanding.
And be it further enacted, That when said proprietors shall make it appear to the judges of the Superior Court of Judicature, that they have expended said sum of eight hundred dollars on each mile, or a proportionable sum as before mentioned, the proprietors shall have the liberty to erect the gates as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted, That at the end of every ten years, after the setting up any toll gate, an account of the expenditures upon said road, and the profits arising therefrom, shall be laid before the judges of the Superior Court, for the time being, under forfeiture of the privileges of this act in future; and if the neat profits for the said ten years, shall exceed twelve per cent. per annum, the said Court may reduce the future toll, so far as that it may not exceed twelve per cent. and if the profits shall not amount to six per cent. the said Court may raise the toll, so that it shall not be less than six, nor exceed twelve per cent.
And be it further enacted, That if in ten years, the said road shall not be completed, according to the provision in this act, every part and clause thereof shall be null and void. Provided also, That the State of New-Hampshire, may at any time after the expiration of forty years from the passing of this act, repay the proprietors of said road, the amount of the sum expended by them thereon, with twelve per cent. per annum, in addition thereto, deducting the toll actually received by the proprietors; and in that case, the said road shall, to all intents and purposes, be the property of the State of New-Hampshire, any thing in this act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved December 25, 1799. [To be concluded in our next.]
TO BE LET, A CONVENIENT DWELLING HOUSE, four rooms on a floor, with a good garden, &c. situated in Pleasant-street,—ALSO, A DWELLING HOUSE two rooms on a floor, calculated for one or two families—Apply to Elisha Whidden. Portsmouth, Feb. 12.

SIXTH Congress of the U. States. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29.
MR. Griswold , from the committee of unfinished business reported the following resolution:
Resolved , That a committee be appointed to prepare and report an act to continue in force an act intitled, "an act for providing means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations."
It was agreed to and referred to that committee.
Mr. Randolph's affair was again brought up, and discussed for a considerable length of time; but no final decision had thereon.
THURSDAY, JAN. 30.
A number of petitions of a local nature, were disposed of.
THE BANKRUPT BILL.
Was recommitted to a committee of the whole. A clause was introduced limiting the period of its existence to five years.
FRIDAY, JAN. 31.
A motion was made and agreed to, that the amendment to the bill entitled "an act to establish an uniform system of Bankruptcy throughout the United States," fixing a day certain on which it should go into operation—the first of June is the day. The further consideration of the bill was postponed to the 11th of February.
A message was received from the Senate informing the House that they had agreed to the bill providing for salvage in cases of recapture.
MONDAY, Feb. 3.
Mr. Griswold, from the Committee of Resival and Unfinished-business, reported a bill entitled, "An act providing the means of intercourse between the U. States and foreign nations"—which was read and committed to a committee of the whole House.
Mr. Livingston laid the following resolutions on the table:
Resolved , That provision ought to be made by law for carrying into effect the 27th article of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation between the United States and the King of Great Britain.
Resolved , That the President of the United States be requested to lay before this House copies of the requisition for, and other papers relative to the apprehension and delivering of Jonathan Robbins, under the 27th article of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation between the United States and the King of Great Britain, together with copies of the communications (if any) between either of the executive departments and the judge of the district court of South Carolina, on the subject.
TUESDAY, Feb. 4.
Mr. Smith, chairman of the committee of commerce, reported a bill to establish the fisheries of the United States, and to regulate the fishermen, which was twice read and referred to a committee of the whole for to-morrow.
Mr. Harrison, chairman of the land committee, reported a bill in addition to an act entitled "An act for regulating the grants of lands for military services; and for the society of the United Brethren for the propagation of the Gospel among the Heathen."
It was twice read, committed, and made the order for to-morrow.
Mr. Livingston called up the resolution he yesterday laid on the table, and proposed a modification to the first, so as to read in this manner:
Resolved , That provision ought to be made by law to carry into effect the 27th article of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation between the United States and the King of Great Britain, and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
This was agreed to, and three members appointed.
Mr. Harper, chairman of the committee of ways and means, reported a bill "to establish a general stamp office;" which was twice read and referred to a committee of the whole for Friday next.
Mr. Abiel Foster called up a resolution he laid on the table just at the close of the last session, to amend the constitution, so as that the election of President and Vice President might designate in their tickets for whom they vote for President, and whom for Vice President.
The resolution was referred to the committee of the whole House on the State of the Union.—Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5.
A message was received from the Senate by Mr. Otis, their secretary, informing the House that they had receded from their amendments to the bill respecting forfeitures, disabilities, &c. and had concurred in the amendments proposed by the House.
Mr. Livingston from the committee yesterday appointed to wait on the President with the request of the House that he would lay before them the papers relating to the apprehension and delivery of Jonathan Robbins to the British, informed the House that they had performed that service, and that the President informed them that he would take the request into consideration, and would return an answer in due season.
Mr. Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, with a report and two statements relating to the internal revenue of the United States, conformable to a former resolve of the House.
Mr. Otis observed that it was very irksome for the individual members of the House to be meeting day after day without doing any business or having any to do. There was business which must sooner or later be brought before the House this session; the early part of the session was too frequently spent to little purpose, and business crowded so much on the latter part, that there was not time to mature it. If a definite time was proposed at this early period, he conceived the inconvenience would be avoided. He had no doubt but the business that would be done this session could well be completed by the middle of March, or at farthest by the close of that month. There was more public business, he said, to do last session, at this time, than could come before the House during the present session, and that necessarily closed at the beginning of March. He would therefore lay on the table the following resolution:
Resolved , That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives be authorised to close the present session by adjourning their respective Houses on the first of April next.
NEW-YORK, Jan. 26.
Yesterday agreeably to the sentence of a General Court Martial, James (alias Parker) Hofer, and John Durrah, were drummed out of the United States army, with a halter about their necks after receiving 99 lashes each, and having half their heads and one eyebrow shaved off, and declared unfit ever after to serve in the Army of the United States.—The crimes of which they were convicted, and for which they suffered, were repeated desertions, and enlisting under different names.—The recruiting officers are cautioned against enlisting them—and the Printers are requested to publish the above for the good of the public.
DANIEL JACKSON, Major.
Feb. 5.
This morning arrived ship Mercury, Capt. Brown, 43 days from the Cape de Verd Islands. Two days after sailing, Capt. B. fell in with and was boarded by a French corvette, in company with two frigates, 16 days from Rochefort bound to Cayenne; the commissary of which informed, that Victor Hughes was on board one of the frigates; that they had orders not to molest any American vessels, provided they were furnished with proper papers, particularly the Role d'Equipage ; and that he did not doubt but all differences between America and France would be speedily and amicably adjusted. They supplied Capt. B. with a quantity of bread.
By the Betsey, from Surinam, we are informed, that a Putrid Fever raged on board of the vessels in the harbour to a very alarming degree. The Betsey lost two men; other vessels had lost as many as eight hands. Several vessels were detained there for the want of sailors. What is somewhat singular, the inhabitants on shore are perfectly healthy.
BOSTON, February 13.
Agreeably to previous notice, the GRAND LODGE of Massachusetts on Tuesday performed Masonic Funeral Services, in honor of their illustrious deceased Brother, GEORGE WASHINGTON. The tolling of the bells at eight o'clock, commenced the ceremonies. At 11, a Grand Procession, composed of upwards of sixteen hundred Brethren, was formed at the Old State House, and moved from thence in the following order:
TWO GRAND PURSUIVANTS, Clad in sable robes and weeds, mounted on elegant white horses, properly caparisoned, bearing an elliptical mourning Arch (14 feet in the clear) with the sacred text, in silver characters—"Blessed are the Dead which die in the Lord—For they do rest from their Labours." The Pursuivants were supported by two continental veterans, in uniform, with their badges of merit.
A Deputy Marshal. Nine Stewards of Lodges, with wands suitably shrouded. Two Toilers. Entered Apprentices of all Lodges. Fellow Crafts.
Master Masons. A Deputy Marshal. Stewards of Lodges, with mourning Staves. Deacons of Lodges, with mourning Wands. Secretaries and Treasurers. Junior and Past Junior Wardens. Senior and Past Senior Wardens. Past Masters.
The Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, as Past Masters. Masters of Lodges. An elderly Mason bearing an elegant Figure of Minerva on a banner,—emblem, " Wisdom. " Three times three Sons of Masons, about 11 years of age, bearing Sprigs of Cassia ; the centre supporting the banner of " Strength. " A Mason's Son bearing a banner, emblematical of " Beauty. " Nine Daughters of Masons, each bearing a basket of flowers. The Sons and Daughters were clad in Funeral Uniforms.
A Deputy Marshal. A full band of Music—The Masters of the three oldest Lodges, bearing three Candlesticks, with candles, the right one extinguished. The Rev. Clergy of the Fraternity. A Master Mason, bearing a black Cushion, with the Holy Writings, and a Grand Master's Jewel. Eight relieving Toilers.
Pall Supporters, Rt. W. Br. Seallay, R. W. B. Bartlett, R. W. B. Cutler, Pall Supporters, R. W. Br. Morton, R. W. B. Rowse, R. W. B. Warren.
The Funeral insignia—A Pedestal, covered with a Pall, the escutcheons of which were characteristic drawings on satin, of Faith, Hope, Charity, Brotherly-Love, Relief, and Truth. The Pedestal beside the Urn, which was upwards of three feet in length, and which contained a relic of the illustrious Deceased, bore also a representation of the Genius of Masonry, weeping o'er the Urn; and other suitable emblems. The whole of white marble composition. On the Urn was this inscription: "Sacred to the Memory of Brother GEORGE WASHINGTON; raised to the ALL PERFECT Lodge, Dec. 14, 1799. Ripe in years and full of glory."
On the Pedestal was an Apron, a Sword, and a Sash, worn by the illustrious deceased, while Commander in Chief of the American armies.
A Charger. Properly and superbly caparisoned, led by two brethren. Grand Marshal. The Most Worshipful Br. Dunn, as Chief Mourner, attended by the Grand Deacons, and Grand Sword Bearer.
The Deputy Grand Master. Grand Wardens. Grand Chaplain, and Orator. Past Grand Officers. Grand Treasurer and Secretary. Three Grand Stewards—bearing an Arch with the inscription, " And their works they do follow them. "
The Grand Master, Pall Bearers, and Grand Officers, were dressed in full mourning, with white scarfs and weeds. Each brother bore a sprig of Cassia; and every one wore appropriate badges of mourning.
In this order the procession moved through several of the principal streets, to the Old South Meeting House, where the solemnities commenced by an appropriate, fervent and judicious prayer by the Rev. Dr. Eckley. To this succeeded the following Ode, written by the Rev. Br. Harris, and sung by Br. Dr. Fay, and a choir of Brethren.
ANNIVERSARY ODE.
IS this the anniversary to dear, The gayest festival in FREEDOM's year, When millions met their gratitude to pay To their DELIVERER on his natal day; And glad applauses echoed through the throng, And festive joy inspired the choral song?
It is! but ah how chang'd its joys are o'er! Its WASHINGTON—its birth-right is no more! To civic triumphs, funeral rites succeed; To flowery garlands, this encircling weed, And to loud peans sounding to the skies, Deep, solemn dirges, & heart-rending sighs; Whilst those who welcom'd once the morn's return Assemble now around its patron's Urn. How chang'd the day! its gladsome scenes are o'er, Its WASHINGTON—its birth-right is no more!
An EULOGY, illustrative of the life, character, virtues and services of the glorious deceased, was then delivered by the Hon. Brother Bigelow, of Groton; which did justice to the subject, and honor to the speaker. It contained an assemblage of chaste portraits of the illustrious Washington, drawn as a Warrior, a Statesman, a Citizen, a Christian, a Man, and a Mason—adorned with suitable improvements for direction.
The Grand Chaplain then pronounced a Benediction, and the Solemnities of the House, were finished by the following Masonic Dirge, by Rev. Br. Harris, sung by Br. Eaton, and the choir:
MASONIC DIRGE. WHILE every orator and bard displays The HERO's glory and the PATRIOT's fame, And all the GUARDIAN of their COUN- TRY praise, Revere his greatness and his worth pro- claim.
We mourn the MAN, made ours by ten- derest ties: Their honor'd CHIEFTAIN, our lov'd BROTHER dies!
Come then, the mystic rites no more delay, Deep silence reigns, the tapers dimly burn, WISDOM and FORTITUDE the re- quiem pay, And BEAUTY strews fresh garlands round the urn.
A Mason, brothers; a GRAND MASTER dies!
The acacia sprig designates where he lies. As LOVE FRATERNAL leads our foot- steps there, Again to weep, again to bid adieu;
FAITH views the soul, releas'd from mor- tal care, Through spheres empyreals its blest course pursue.
'Till in the Lodge of Perfect Light attain, There may we meet our WASHINGTON again!
Seats were assigned to the Mem- bers of the Honorable Legislature, which were filled; and a brilliant galaxy of Ladies, added dignity to the solemnities, and assisted in the perfect decorum which prevailed.
From the Old South, the Procession moved to the Stone Chapel, where an appropriate Funeral Ser- vice was performed by the Rev. Br. Bentley, Grand Chaplain, assisted by the Rev. Br. Dr. Walter. The flow- ers were then strewed, and the casket deposited. The Brethren returned in procession to the Old State-House, uncloathed, and separated.
The day was remarkably fine, and the concourse of spectators were im- mense.
The Procession was the most splen- did ever seen in this town,—and the exactness with which the arrange- ments of the Grand Lodge, were ex- ecuted; reflect high honor on those who conducted the solemnities.
TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF Gen. Washington, BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MAS- SACHUSETTS.
Agreeably to the Resolution of the Le- gislature, approved by His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, Saturday last was so- lemnly observed by the Government of Massachusetts to commemorate the sublime virtues and unrivalled services of the late Gen. GEORGE WASHINGTON. At 11 o'clock a Procession was formed at the New State-house, and moved from thence in the following order:
Military Escort—the Cadets—commanded by Col. Perkins. The Deputy Sheriffs of Suffolk. High Sheriff. Q. M. Gen. { His Honor the } Secretary. Adj. Gen. { Lt. Governor. } Treasurer. Honorable Council. President and Members of the Senate. Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives, Justices of the Supreme and District Courts. Attorney General and District Attorney. President, Fellows and Officers of Harvard College. Reverend Clergy. Federal Officers in the Civil Department. Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. Judge of Probate. Selectmen of the town of Boston. Overseers of the Poor. Board of Health. Officers of the Army and Navy of the United States. Officers of the Militia. Citizens and Strangers.
The Procession passed down Common- street, through Tremont and Court-streets, down and up State-street, and through Cornhill, to the Old South Meetinghouse, where the Cadets opened to the right and left, and the procession entered. The ex- ercises were commenced by a prayer by the Rev. Dr. Thacher, Chaplain to the Legislature. Then followed the Ode, "From Vernon's Mount," &c. which was sung by Mr. Eaton, with peculiar propri- ety. At the last couplet.
"While Angels trumpet-tongu'd proclaim through air— Due honors for the FIRST of MEN prepare!"
The whole choir rose and joined in the vo- cal performance. The Eulogy by the Hon. Fisher Ames, succeeded. It is suf- ficient to say, it was worthy of the Orator. —The Governmental part of the Procession was again formed and, escorted by the Cadets, returned to the New State-house.
Capt. Johonnot's company, fired minute guns, during the moving of the Procession and the delivery of the Eulogium.
Goods risen in Hamburg, from the 20th to the 26th November:— Sugar, hemp, oil of turpentine, black pepper, rice (Carolina.)
Goods fallen in ditto:—Rum, tar, pitch.
One hundred and twenty three fail- ures have taken place in Hamburg, since the commencement of the late interruption of the trade of that com- mercial place.
ORDINATION —At Quincy, on Wednesday last, Rev. Peter Whit- ney, colleague with the Rev. An- thony Wibird. Ordaining Clergy, Rev. Mr. Weare, Rev. Mr. Whitney, of Northborough, and father of the gentleman ordained; (by whom an
excellent Sermon was delivered) Rev. Mr. Fiske, Rev. Mr. Mackean and the Rev. Mr. Harris.—The order, harmony and decency which prevailed on this occasion, furnished the most agreeable prospect of the future use- fulness of the minister and happiness of the people.
Marine Intelligence.
New-York, Feb. 6.
Yesterday morning our harbour pre- sented a scene, very unusual at this sea- son of the year; there were nine ships, five brigs, four schooners, and three sloops, under way, outward bound, at the same time.
The afternoon exhibited a counterpart to this picture—no less than fourteen vessels arrived at the wharves in the course of the afternoon.
The ship John, Ingham, 35 days from Curracoa, left there the U. S. ves- sels of war Delaware and Scammel— Also, ship Hope, Clark, of Baltimore, to sail next day.
Capt. Ingraham informs, that the day before he sailed, a brig from Phila- delphia arrived there, which a day or two before had an engagement with a French privateer ship, which, in at- tempting to board the brig, had five men killed, and fifteen wounded. The brig lost no men.
Providence, Feb. 8.
Ship Charlotte, G. F. Tyler, Copen- hagen, 110 days; 27 days after she sailed, in a heavy gale, carried away her bowsprit by the bow, and next day rigged the stump of it; about 24 days since was on soundings off Nantucket, but was driven off by strong westerly winds. On the 26th ult. off Nantucket Shoals, spoke a British schooner, four days from Halifax, bound for New-York, Capt. Miller, who politely supplied Capt. Ty- ler with provisions and other necessaries, of which he was greatly in want.—The armed brig Friendship Leach, failed for Beverly three days before the Charlotte.
Newbedford, Feb. 7.
On the night of the 31st ult. in a se- vere storm of snow, was cast away on the south side of Nausawinna, in the Vineyard Sound, ship Diligent, Capt. Williams, 68 days from Gibraltar; be- longing to, and bound for Boston, loaded with wine and raisins—the vessel and a considerable part of the cargo lost. Capt. Williams came to this town the beginning of the present week, and procured a ves- sel to bring away what was or could be saved. He left Gibraltar in co. with ship Gov. Sumner, Young, and ship Maryann, Wait, both of Boston, bound to Surinam—kept co. about 20 days— leaving them in lat. 24, long. 26. Brig Three Friends, Allen, bound to Charles- ton, also failed at the same time. Left at Gibraltar, ship John, Saunders, of Salem, ship Defiance, Greenleaf, of N. York, and ship Georgia Packet, of Phi- ladelphia—the latter to sail next day for home.—In lat. 34, long. 56, about 30 days past, spoke a ship 50 days from London, bound to New-York, which, from the account Capt. Williams gives, it is highly probable is the ship Sarah, Moore, of this port.
JUST PUBLISHED BY J. Melcher,
And for sale at his Printing-Office and Book-Store, THE REV. MR. BUCKMINSTER'S Three SERMONS, ON THE DEATH OF General Washington, The whole, price only 20 Cents.
LIKewise, An EULOGY,
Pronounced at Berwick On the same melancholy occasion, By BENJAMIN GREENE, A. M. Price only 12 and half Cents.
In less than ten days after the above were committed to the Press of J. Melcher, the whole were ready for delivery.
A number of Sermons and Eulogies pronounced on the occasion, for sale at the above place.
TAKE NOTICE!
TO BE LET,
A small Farm
IN EPPING, well known by the name of the Baker place, with a HOUSE and BARN on the same, which will be let (if desired) with only a Garden, and liberty to cut wood to supply one fire.—Likewise, A small place in Chester, near Bell's tavern.
FOR SALE,
A small Farm in Epping,
With a HOUSE and BARN on the same, formerly owned by James Taylor. Likewise, About 15 acres of good LAND mostly mowing, near the Baker place (so called) in Epping.—Apply to JOHN P. WILLIAMS, At Newmarket, who will dispose of the same on very reasonable terms.

Foreign Articles.
PARIS, NOV. 19.
A pamphlet is in circulation, intituled, What necessity have we for Primary Assemblies?
NOV. 20.
One of the benefits resulting from the 18th Brumaire, one of the pledges of the re-establishment of order and tranquility in the interior, will be the Freedom of Religious Worship; a freedom which has been so often and so delusively promised.
Mamin, who took out the bowels of the Princess Lambelle, was arrested on the 17th. He resisted the Officers of the Police with the utmost desperate courage, and it was not until after a long and bloody contest, in which several of the officers were wounded, that they were able to seize the monster.
LONDON, NOV. 19.
AN obstacle has intervened to the form of the aid which the Bank of England meant to give to the West India Merchant. It appears that by the tenor of their Charter, and the Bye laws of the Corporation, they cannot discount Bills having a longer period than seventy days to run; nor is it consistent with their rules to enter into engagements to renew Bills.
NOV. 28.
A French squadron, consisting of La Concorde, of 44 guns, La Franchise, of 36, and the Medea, corvette, were at the Isle de Los, on the windward coast of Africa, early in September. They had made several captures, and were proceeding down the coast.
It is a circumstance which may not now be thought indifferent, that Sieyes, in 1791, wrote a book, in which he gives a decided preference to the Monarchical form of government above any Republic. Will the events which have occurred since that period induce him to change his opinion, and give the preference to a Republic? He has a constitution ready made, it seems, for which, in 1795, the people of France were not ripe. What then is to be the form of this Constitution? Is it to square with the Ex-Priest's ideas of Monarchy in 1791, or his professions of Republicanism since?
PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 6.
METEOR.
About 11 o'clock on Saturday evening, a meteor was seen in the Heavens of a somewhat singular form. It first appeared as a large globe of fire, 15 or 16 inches in diameter, shooting forth in an Horizontal direction, and emitting a great light. It then became apparently stationary, exploded and sent forth a stream of flame nearly 30 feet in length and a foot in breadth. The duration of this meteor was about two minutes.
There has appeared at Paris a soldier from the army of Egypt; he quitted that country since Buonaparte; he states, that the army, who did not know what was become of their General Chief was extremely discontented when they understood that he had quitted it; but they were soon perfectly reconciled by the high idea which they entertain of Kleber and Dessaix. They are in a position which leaves no reason to fear that they can be attacked by the enemy, and the troops begin to be habituated to a climate so different from their own.
Extract of a letter from London, dated 17th November, 1799.
"We had, as we supposed, a momentary glance at peace on the late revolution in France, but the new Consulate seem to concentrate the remaining energy of the country, and appear determined to exert it in one great effort, to over run the yet unconquered countries around them—the utmost secrecy is now preserved, not even the skeleton of their councils are open to the populace, as heretofore; in short, they have at last found that there is more mystery in the science of government than their chimerical doctrine of universal rights and suffrages, &c. once allowed—the consequence is, that the body of people cease to have a voice and are placed as they ought to be in a situation to have nothing to do with the laws but to be governed by them."
NEW-YORK, FEB. 6.
THE PERPETUAL MOTION.
In the jail of Goshen, in this state, two men are confined on suspicion of counterfeiting hard dollars. During their imprisonment, without any other instrument than a penknife, they have fabricated a machine of cedar-wood which discovers the Perpetual Motion. This machine consists of about thirty cog and spur wheels of various dimensions, and is set in motion by weights. It can be adapted to a clock, saw-mill, grist-mill, or any other piece of machinery that moves by weights, water or wind; and will continue them in motion so long as the machinery will last.
By the help of this machine, it is believed, water might be brought into this city with trifling expense.
Every friend to the arts and sciences will lament that the public are deprived of the benefit of this discovery, by the imprisonment of its authors.
BOSTON, February 17.
Capt. Lovell, of this place, has arrived at Baltimore from Demerara, who, on the 26th Dec. about 70 miles to windward of Defeada, early in the morning fell in with the U. States ship L'Insurgente, Alexander Murray, Esq. commander; by his request he lay by until they closed several packages—the lieutenant who came on board informed him that there was also, cruising to windward, the U. S. ship Connecticut, captain Tryon; the Adams, Capt. Morris, and the Invincible of 74 guns; the Baltimore and Pickering, cruising under the lee of Guadalupe. Likewise, informed him that three weeks before had arrived at Guadalupe, two French ships, one of 20 and one of 50 guns, which had brought out a new governor, Genet—Capt. Murray very politely told me he would stand on a piece with me to the northward, and accordingly did until 2 P. M. a lofty warlike looking ship with a crowd of sail hove in sight to windward, but on getting sight of us she in studding sails and hauled on a wind to the northward; the L'Insurgente then made sail and stood to windward after her; night came on, and she lost sight without knowing which had the better of the chase. On the 28th, I fell in with the United States brig Pickering, B. Hillar, Esq. commander, on a cruise: eight days before had captured the Voligeuse, of 10 guns, and 61 men, three days from Guadalupe, taken nothing, 3 months provision on board. It was expected that this privateer would have engaged the Pickering, as she shewed 14 ports; but on the Pickering's firing a shot athwart her fore foot, and giving 3 cheers, the French colors came down. He had the above news from lieutenant Ingraham, who came on board—he further said, that four days before he was himself on shore at Point Petre, to exchange the above prisoners, and there saw the two French ships before mentioned.
The Pickering during her cruise, has captured 16 sail; she was then full manned, and all her crew in good health: the doctor, Mr. Sargent, was so good as to come on board and prescribe for a man I had sick, who has since recovered.
The United States Sch. Experiment, Capt. Maley, with a convoy off the east end of Gonaives, in the Bite of Leogane, was attacked about the 10th January, by 12 of Rigaud's barges; during the action three of them went on shore and renewed their crew; the day being calm, they had every advantage of the schooner, but after she had sunk three of them, the remainder sheered off; they however took possession of a northern brig, Capt. Chipman, whom they instantly murdered, part of the crew saved themselves by jumping overboard—she was afterwards retaken by one of Toussaint's barges. Dr. Stevens was on board the Experiment at the time of the engagement.
POSTSCRIPT.
Letters were yesterday received in town, by express from Newport, communicating the agreeable information, that a large French ship, the Two Angels, having on board a very valuable cargo, has been sent in there by the Boston frigate, Capt. Little. She was taken on the 27th Jan. in the Canac passage, bound from Cape Francois to Bourdeaux, and arrived at Newport on Friday last; we understand she is to proceed, the first fair wind, to this port.
From Savannah, Jan. 21.
The following communication has been transmitted to us, from a correspondent at St. Mary's,
January 1st, 1800.
This day an express arrived at Point Petre, with dispatches from Col. Hawkins, the Indian agent, to Mr. Ellicott, the United States commissioner for running the boundary line. Among the dispatches received, there is a proclamation signed by William Augustus Bowles, styling himself chief and director general of the Creek nation, which has been stuck up and made public through the Creek Towns. This proclamation exceeds in infolence, impudence and bombast, any thing that hath hitherto been exhibited by this well known adventurer. Bowles in the most direct terms denies the right of either the United States or Spain to run the boundary line, or to have any intercourse with the Indians, but by his authority. He forbids this on pain of death, to all who may oppose
his royal will and pleasure. Bowles orders the Indians to send Mr. Hawkins and others out of the nation.
Certain it is, one or other of them ought not to be there; and the people of this country, will soon see which of these men have most influence among the Indians, as Mr. Hawkins must quit the ground or drive Bowles, after such a proclamation and threats against him and his country.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.
On Monday evening last, as Mr. Daniel Sawin, of Watertown, an elderly and respectable man, was sitting alone by the fire side (the rest of the family, being at that time only two children, having retired to bed) he was taken in a fit, in which situation he fell so near the fire as to find himself burnt, when he recovered, to such a degree that it was with much difficulty he succeeded in procuring a vessel of water to quench the flames which his clothes had communicated to the house in several places. He survived this sad catastrophe but a few hours.
SALEM, Feb. 14.
Outrage.—On Thursday night last, a most daring and violent outrage was committed against the civil authority, by a number of men, who, in disguise and with arms, forced the gaol in this town and took away a woman committed on suspicion of a most unnatural and cruel crime. Exertions are making to discover the persons who put the laws of their country at defiance, and the safety of individuals and the community at hazard.
PORTSMOUTH, February 19.
A correspondent is much pleased to find that the people of this State, are likely to receive more money from Government for materials to build an American navy, than the amount of their Direct Tax. This circumstance induced him to make an enquiry respecting the facility of collecting the tax; and he is informed by collectors that in two days attendance in some of the towns, more than three fourths of the taxes were paid.
We are authorized to mention, that the people of Allentown, almost to an individual, paid their federal taxes on the days which the Collector appointed to meet them—and they have his cordial thanks for their punctuality.
Saturday next is the day set apart by Congress for publicly and solemnly commemorating the death of our departed friend, General GEORGE WASHINGTON.
LITERARY NOVELTY.
We understand that a Manuscript has been purchased within a few weeks past, of Dr. Wheelock, President of Dartmouth University, by Mr. Jos'h Nancrède, bookseller, of Boston, which he intends publishing in a short time. It is a "Philosophical History of the advancement of Nations, with an Inquiry into the causes of their rise and decline." From the known talents and industry of the Author, the subject treated of, the time he has bestowed on it, and the expectations of Gentlemen who are acquainted with him, the public claims, high as they are, will not remain unsatisfied.
The French General BRUNE, who was opposed to the Duke of York in Holland, we are informed, was originally a Printer. Be this as it may, it is evident, from the resistance which he has made to the allies, that he is a distinguished Type of his new profession. [Land. pap.]
From a New-York Paper.
Never have we heard a better character of any naval commander, than that given to Capt. M'Neil, by the officers and seamen of the Portsmouth, now lying in this harbour. His humanity and attention to his men, are the subjects of their eulogium. Without inflicting corporal punishments, which so much degrade men, he preferred the strictest order and decorum on board his vessel.
Treaty between Spain and Morocco.
A Treaty of Peace, Commerce, Fishery, and Navigation, has been concluded between his Catholic Majesty and the Emperor of Morocco, at Mequinze. It is a very curious treaty, and is looked upon in Spain as one step towards the civilization of Africa.
The difference of religious opinions is no longer made an obstacle with the Mahometans; and the latter, who offered to Christians no other alternative than slavery or the sword, speak in this treaty of their wishes to live in friendship, good understanding, and harmony with all Christian powers. In the 13th article the Emperor of Morocco declares, that he desires the odious name of slavery may be effaced from the memory of man.
This treaty regulates four different objects:
1. The conditions upon which peace shall continue to exist between the two nations.
2. The regulations relative to the reciprocal commerce between them.
3. The navigation.
4. The fishery.
We shall not dilate upon the two last articles further than to say, that the Spaniards and the inhabitants of the Canaries are permitted to fish to the north of St. Croix in Barbary.
The 19th article is a step towards the abolition of privateering. The Morocco sailors and effects taken on board ships at war with Spain are to be restored, without ransom, by the Spaniards. The same is to be done by the subjects of Morocco. Morocco ships and effects captured by a power at war with the Emperor, are not to be sold in the ports of Spain. This condition is also reciprocal.
Christian slaves, of any nation whatever, who having escaped from captivity, shall seek an asylum on board Spanish ships, or in the forts which his Catholic Majesty has on the coast of Africa, shall not be reclaimed by their masters.
The articles 26 to 35, regulate the custom, duties, &c. The 30th article declares, that the company of Cinco-Gremios of Madrid shall continue to enjoy the exclusive privilege of drawing corn from Morocco, by the port of Darbeyda.
An article states, that in case of a rupture between the two powers, the prisoners shall not be treated or considered as slaves; but they shall be exchanged as those of European nations are.
May that system of piracy and plunder which has hitherto characterised and disgraced the nations of Africa be speedily extinguished; and may it be replaced by the milder, the more enlightened, and more productive principles of commerce and cultivation.
The Legislature of N. York have resolved publicly to testify their sorrow for the death of Gen. Washington, and reverence for his virtues, by a religious observation of the 22d inst.
An Act has been introduced to the Legislature of N. York for the gradual abolition of negro slavery in that State.
A French Surgeon, sometime since at Philadelphia, frequently observed, that he was of the committee of Surgeons who examined the body of the child said to be the Dauphin, who died in the Temple at Paris. That they were directed not to examine the face; but that he, however, did on a favorable opportunity; but saw no resemblance of that Prince.
The U. S. Gazette of Feb. 3, says, That an high officer is rumoured to be in possession of advices, that Buonaparte has declared an intention to restore Monarchy to France and has declared himself Regent of the Kingdom.
The Hon. Judge Chase in crossing the Susquehanna lately, fell in; and was taken from the river almost lifeless.
The Delaware is frozen over, and the ice is of sufficient strength to admit of crossing with safety.
Splendid preparations are preparing at Amherst, for observing the 22d inst.
From Baltimore, Feb. 2.
We have scarcely ever witnessed a season in Maryland more remarkable for sudden transitions from hot to cold, than the present winter. Two weeks since, for five days, the thermometer stood at blood heat at noon; but for several days past, the weather has been intensely cold, and yesterday it commenced snowing, and we have now a level of 18 inches snow on the ground, and the storm still continues.
From Bourdeaux, Nov. 11.
The Directory have ordered the embargo on several vessels, and particularly on the John and Richard an American vessel, to be taken off.
On the request of the Consul of the United States, the Minister of Marine, after having consulted with that of the Interior, charged the Commissary superintendant of the Marine, to set at liberty all American prisoners detained in the prisons of this commune, who shall be claimed as natives of America, or as naturalized Americans. This measure, founded on the hope of an approaching treaty of alliance and of commerce between the government of the U. States and that of the French Republic, is a most happy omen for the speedy interchanging of that immense commerce which formerly enriched both countries.
The Delaware sloop of War of 20 guns, Capt. Baker, and armed brig Scammel of 14 guns, Lt. Fernald, were at Curacoa, Jan. 10.
The Philadelphia Frigate, of 44 guns, Capt. Decatur, is to be ready for sea in all April.
MARRIED.—At Newcastle, Maine, Capt. William Hale, of Exeter to Miss Sally Farley, of the former place. At Gilmanston, Mr. Allen Hackett to Miss Polly Young, daughter of Capt. Young.
At Exeter, Capt. Nathaniel Boardman to Miss Sukey Smith, both of Exeter —Mr. Simeon Folsom to Miss Mary Leavitt—Mr. David Tilton to Mrs. Mary Merrill—Capt. Joshua Neal, of Newmarket, to Miss Sally Lyford, of Exeter.
At Stratham, Mr. Joseph Moses, of Exeter, to Miss Patty Wiggins, of Stratham.
At Newmarket, Mr. James G. Bennet, to Miss Betsey Hilton.
DIED.—At Granville, (Con.) Capt. Shem Burbank, aged 63. He went to bed in seeming health, and was found a corpse in the morning. The text of the funeral Sermon was "Boast not thyself of to-morrow!"
At Hispaniola, on board the Schooner Dolphin of Boston, the Captain, Super-cargo, Mate and several of the Seamen.
In this town, Mr. John Reding, aged 85. On Friday evening, John G. Stevens in the 5th year of his age, a promising son of Capt. Thomas B.
THE PRINTER
MOST earnestly requests those of his customers who have been a long while indebted to him, to call or send to his office, and have their accounts settled up to the commencement of the present year, without further delay; otherwise the Limitation Act will soon compel him to pursue a course very disagreeable to himself, and expensive to those who have been a long time in arrears. J. MELCHER. Printing-Office, (Corner of Market-street,) Portsmouth, February, 1800.
PUBLIC VENDUE.
BY Licence from the Hon. Sam'l Tenney, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills for the county of Rockingham—Will be sold, on Wednesday the 5th March next, all the personal Estate of Mr. JOHN BROWN, merchant, late of Portsmouth, deceased—Consisting of the following articles, viz.
Superfine Broad and Dimities.
Forest Cloths.
Elaines.
Cassimeres.
Swansdowns.
Fancy Velling.
Velvets.
Thicksets.
Fancy Cords.
Blue, mixt & brown Coatings.
Duffs.
Blankets.
Baizes.
Flannels.
Carpeting.
Black Satins.
Lutestrings, and a variety of other Silks.
Scotch Threads.
Muffinets.
A large assortment of Snuff and Tobacco Boxes, and sundry small articles.—ALSO—
An assortment of Hard Ware, with two Trunks Wearing Apparel, &c. &c.
N. B. Sales to commence at 10 o'clock A. M. at the store opposite Col. Nath'l White's, and to continue till all are sold.
Abraham Isaac, Auctioneer.
WANTED TO PURCHASE,
A Horse Cart
—it must be a light one and in good condition. Inquire of the printer.
New China STORE.
Abraham Isaac
INFORMS the public that he has opened a NEW CHINA STORE at the sign of the Golden Tea-Pot—where he has for sale, complete Tea Sets of China, wholesale and retail, which he can sell cheaper than Liverpool China.
Crockery and Glass Ware AS USUAL.
NOTICE is hereby
given, that the subscriber has been duly appointed Administrator on the estate of WEARE COFFIN, late of Portsmouth, in the county of Rockingham, mariner, deceased, and has taken upon himself that trust, by giving bonds as the law directs.—All persons having demands upon the estate of the said Weare Coffin, are requested to exhibit the same—and all persons indebted to said estate are called upon to make payment to
CHARLES COFFIN, Administrator. Portsmouth, Feb. 14, 1800.

SONNET, To the Celestial WASHINGTON. SAY, pious shade, to what pure world of light, Hath guardian Angels wing'd thy happy flight: Or in what shining planet dost thou glow, And view the changing scenes of life below? Or dost thou, still, unleen by mortal eye, Watch o'er thy country, in this nether sky; Or yet preside in that great Court of state, And counsel those with whom thou art to late? If so, Great Spirit, let no foreign hand, E'er rise against the safety of our land; Bid discord hush, internal factions cease, And calm each wind 'twould blast Columbia's peace. And oft around thy sacred urn we'll join, To praise WASHINGTON , the Saint divine.
VICISSITUDE OF FASHIONS. THE following circumstance may be depended on as a fact. The Captain of a Well-India vessel, returning unexpectedly after several months absence to his home, and not finding his Cara Spouse in his parlour, run up stairs with all the speed of impatient affection to her dressing room—Horror of horrors! A spruce brow wig lay on the toilette of the absent. Seeing before his face the evident proof, as he deemed it, of his own dishonour, the Captain was in a paroxysm of fury. The bell rings violently. The lady's maid makes her appearance. Where is your infamous mistress? To what paramour does that ornament belong? —The girl protested, and called Heaven to witness, that her mistress was chaste as ice, as pure as snow—but when she attempted to persuade the irritated husband that the peruke was actually the property of the lady, and that she was in the habit of decorating not his head, but her own, he remained in vacant astonishment till the arrival of his wife: her perfect innocence of demeanour, her unfeigned joy at his return, her confirmation of his girl's narration, and above all, the ocular demonstration offered him by the investiture of the alarming appendage on her own person, put an end to his perturbation of mind, and turned all the torrent of his wrath against the capricious demons of fashion which had occasioned it.
APPLICATION being made to me the subscriber, by the owners of more than one eighth part of the proprietors of the township of Dorchester, that a meeting of the said proprietors be warned for the following purposes:— 1st. To choose a moderator to govern said meeting. 2d. To choose a treasurer. 3d. To see if the proprietors will choose a committee to draft a plan of said township, and to examine into and confirm (if thought proper) those third hundred acre lots that have been pitched, and also to complete the allotment of those that are not pitched in the aforesaid division of lots in said township. 4th. To see if the proprietors will raise a sum of money sufficient to defray all expenses, and to appoint assessors and a collector to collect the same. 5th. To see if the proprietors will allow any accounts that may then be exhibited, and to do any other business necessary to be done on said day. These are therefore to notify and warn the said proprietors to meet at the dwelling house of Joseph Burley, Esq. innholder in said town of Dorchester, on Thursday the 20th day of March next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon for the above mentioned purposes. JOHN WOODWORTH, Prop's Clerk. Dorchester, Feb. 4, 1800.
NOTICE is hereby given, that so much of each original right of land in the township of Kilkenny, situated in the county of Grafton, and State of New-Hampshire, viz. John Warner, Esq. Samuel Penhallow, John Wendell, Esq. Daniel Dole, George King, Esq. James Platts King, Paul Langdon, Jeremiah Libbey, Edward Sherburne, Isaac Smith, Temple Knight, Tho's Scamnell, Esq. George Libbey, William Torry, Esq. John Benner, Isaac Rindge, Roger Haves, George King, Shadrach Roddon, John Rindge, John Penhallow, Jotham Seward, Thomas Peirce, John Briard, John Parker, Esq. John Wall, Daniel Lunt, Thomas Chadbourne, William Welch, Humphrey Fernald, William Swanwood, Henry Sherburne, John Sherburne, Thomas Martin, Esq. Richard Treufeldt, John Peirce, Joseph Walton, Joseph Peirce, John Giddings, Esq. David Call, Woodbridge Odlin, Richard Shearman, Daniel Tilton, Paul Wentworth, John Giddings, jr. Thomas Hancomb, Dudley Odlin, Samuel Stackpole, Michael Reed, Thomas Horn, Elias Ewel Warner, Samuel Mills, Benning Wentworth, John Cockran, Esq. John Sherburne, Esq. James Bigbey, Samuel M'Clintock, James Monk, Esq. Supply Clap, John P. Williams. Will be sold to the highest bidder on the 5th day of March ensuing, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon at the dwelling house of Capt. JOSEPH RICHARDSON, innholder in Durham, in the county of Strafford, and State aforesaid, as will pay four dollars, on each of said rights and incidental charges, if payment be not previously made, which sum was voted by said proprietors at their meeting on the 30th day of October 1799, for the use and purposes mentioned in said vote, and duly assessed and committed to me to collect and duly notified for payment and still unpaid. WILLIAM BALLARD, Collector. Durham, February 13, 1800.
TO BE SOLD, Half a mile west of the Rev. Mr. Bradstreet's meeting house, in Chester.
TWELVE acres of LAND; a Dwelling House; Barn; and Blacksmith's shop, is a beautiful place for business.—Inquire of JAMES STEVENS, on the premises. Chester, Feb. 12, 1800.
State of New-Hampshire, Grafton, ss. WHEREAS Thomas Peverly, jr. Hezekiah Smith, Betsey Cargill and David Burnside, have preferred a petition to me the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum, in and throughout the county of Grafton, setting forth, that they are owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of Percy, in said county, and requesting that a meeting of the proprietors and grantees of the said township of Percy, might be notified and warned to be holden at the dwelling house of Capt. Stephen Willson, innholder in Lancaster, county aforesaid, on the third Monday of March next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, to vote and act on the following articles, viz. 1st. To choose a moderator for said meeting. 2d. To choose a proprietors clerk, assessors, collector, and treasurer. 3d. To see if the proprietors will vote such a sum on each right or share in said Percy, as shall be sufficient to defray the cost of laying out lots for settlers, and other charges against the propriety. 4th. To see if the proprietors will agree to lay out two lots, of one hundred acres each, to each grantee, if not, to see if they will give each grantee liberty of pitching one lot of one hundred acres, upon conditions that each one so pitching, lays out his lot at his own expense, and clears ten acres on the same in three years, from the time of pitching. 5th. To see if the proprietors will agree to raise money by a tax on each right to cut and make the road through said Percy, leading to Shelburne, and appoint a committee for doing the same. 6th. To agree on some method for calling proprietary meetings in future. 7th. To act on any other matter or matters that may appear necessary. Dated at Northumberland, 23d Jan. 1800. And Signed, THOMAS PEVERLY, jr. HEZEKIAH SMITH, BETSEY CARGILL, DAVID BURNSIDE. Therefore, pursuant to said request, and the laws of the State of New-Hampshire, in such cases made and provided, the proprietors and grantees, owners of lands in said township of Percy, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes set forth and mentioned in the before recited application. Given under my hand and seal, at Northumberland, the twenty third day of January, 1800. Jeremiah Eames, Justice Peace and Quorum.
State of New-Hampshire, Strafford, ss. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of lands in the town of Sandwich, in said county, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1799, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber on or before Wednesday the 9th day of April next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, at my dwelling house in said Sandwich, at ten o'clock A. M. on said ninth day of April next, as will pay said tax and incidental charges. County tax. Highway tax.  Eliphalet Coffin, R. L. Q. cts. cts.  Rev. John Chipman, 5 21 100 4  13 6 100 1  4 5 100 3  7 1 100 9  9 29 100 2  John Folsom, 3d, 10 22 100 1  John Bowden, 13 16 100 1  Richard Sinclear, 6 25 100 3  8 9 100 1  John Folsom, jr., 11 22 100 1  1 8 50 1  Sam'l Gilman, Esq., 12 29 100 2  Andrew Gerrish, 12 20 100 1  Joshua Young, 5 6 100 1  10 13 100 5  11 30 100 1  Robert Hale, Esq., 5 26 100 3  7 13 100 1  11 18 60 1  James Thurston, 9 23 100 1  6 6 100 1  Joseph Roberts, 12 4 67 2  Nathaniel Folsom, 2 1 100 5  Moses Perkins, 1 3 100 2  Samuel Folsom, 1 2 100 2  9 30 50 1  Enoch Clark, 1 4 100 3  6 8 100 1  N. Batchelder, short 4 1 38 3  Wadley Cram, 9 27 100 2  12 18 100 1  James Neven, 10 18 100 1  John Chipman, Esq., 7 6 100 2  Josiah Miles, 7 10 100 2  10 21 100 2  Thomas Odiorne, 12 18 100 2  13 15 100 1  Samuel Moody, 7 3 100 1  Joseph Gilman, 11 17 100 1  13 0 100 1  NATHANIEL WEED, Collector. Sandwich, Feb. 4, 1800.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the town of Eaton, who have not paid their Highway and County taxes for the year 1799, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber on or before the 17th day of April next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue on said day, at the dwelling house of Moses Davis in said town, at 10 o'clock A. M. as will pay the same with incidental charges.
Part of M c Neil's location 1300 ac's, 8 4 33 Nath'l Martin's location 2000 acres, 15 0 60 Colwell's location, 1800 acres, 13 50 50   Proprietors rights,  Col. Atkinson, two lots out, 10 1  John Briant, two lots out, 10 1  Ede H. Burgin, two lots out, 10 1  Arther Bennet, two lots out, 10 1  James Burley, two lots out, 10 1  Thomas Bennet, two lots out, 10 1  John Burley, two lots out, 10 1  Joshua Brackett, two lots out, 10 1  Benjamin Chatman, two lots out, 10 1  Samuel Chatman, two lots out, 10 1  Nicholas Duda, two lots out, 10 1  John Folsom, jr. two lots out, 10 1  Joshua Frost, two lots out, 10 1  John Folsom, two lots out, 10 1  David Folsom, two lots out, 10 1  Nathaniel Folsom, two lots out, 10 1  Jere Folsom, jun. two lots out, 10 1  Jeremiah Gilman, two lots out, 10 1  John Gilman, one lot out, 35 2  Capt. Israel Gilman, two lots out, 10 1  Samuel Gilman, two lots out, 10 1  John Harford, two lots out, 10 1  David Hicks, two lots out, 10 1  Nicholas Harford, two lots out, 10 1  John Johnson, two lots out, 10 1  Samuel Livermore, two lots out, 10 1  Clement March, two lots out, 10 1  Jonathan Moulton, Esq. two lots out, 10 1  John Mead, two lots out, 10 1  John Mead, jun. two lots out, 10 1  Nathaniel Stevens, two lots out, 10 1  John Smith, two lots out, 10 1  Stephen Mallon, two lots out, 10 1  Benjamin Mead, two lots out, 10 1  John Pickering, two lots out, 10 1  William Parker, Esq. two lots out, 10 1  Jonathan Roberson, two lots out, 10 1  Edward Smith, two lots out, 10 1  Bartholomew Smart, one lot out, 35 2  Winthrop Smart, two lots out, 10 1  Jonathan Stevens, two lots out, 10 1  John Sullivan, two lots out, 10 1  John Watson, two lots out, 10 1  Josiah York, two lots out, 10 1  Thomas York, two lots out, 10 1  Joseph Young, two lots out, 10 1 
 First Division of lots,  out of Col. Atkinson, 57 e. d. 100 75 3  Jere. Briant, 74 e. d. 100 75 3  John Briant, 54 e. d. 100 75 3  Ede H. Burgin, 61 e. d. 100 75 3  James Burley, 174 e. d. 100 75 3  Arther Bennet, 58 e. d. 100 75 3  Tho's Bennet, 48 e. d. 100 75 3  John Burley, 59 f. d. 100 75 3  Joshua Brackett, 12 f. d. 100 75 3  Caleb Bennet, 17 f. d. 100 75 3  Benjamin Chatman, 26 e. d. 100 75 3  Samuel Chatman, 170 n. d. 100 75 3  Nicholas Duda, 90 e. d. 100 75 3  Joshua Frost, 47 e. d. 100 75 3  John Folsom, 89 e. d. 100 75 3  David Folsom, 49 e. d. 100 75 3  Nathaniel Folsom, 12 e. d. 100 75 3  Jeremiah Gilman, 13 e. d. 100 75 3  John Gilman, 120 e. d. 100 75 3  John Harford, 73 e. d. 100 75 3  David Hicks, 67 e. d. 100 75 3  John Johnson, 53 e. d. 100 75 3  Clement March, 92 e. d. 100 75 3  John Mead, 34 f. d. 100 75 3  John Mead, jun. 29 e. d. 100 75 3  Paul March, Esq. 96 e. d. 100 75 3  Stephen Mallon, 91 f. d. 100 75 3  Daniel Mallon, 121 e. d. 100 75 3  John Pickering, 56 e. d. 100 75 3  Jonathan Roberson, 20 e. d. 100 75 3  Edward Smith, 70 e. d. 100 75 3  Bartholomew Smart, 126 e. d. 100 75 3  Winthrop Smart, 123 n. d. 100 75 3  Jonathan Stevens, 125 e. d. 100 75 3  Joseph Smith, 52 e. d. 100 75 3  John Watson, 150 e. d. 100 75 3  Thomas York, 106 n. d. 100 75 3  Joseph Young, 10 e. d. 100 75 3  Josiah York, 93 e. d. 100 75 3 
 Second Division of Lots,  Col. Atkinson, 185 f. d. 100 25 1  John Briant, 132 n. d. 100 25 1  Ede H. Burgin, 39 n. d. 100 25 1  James Burley, 89 n. d. 100 25 1  Arther Bennet, 131 n. d. 100 25 1  Thomas Bennet, 44 n. d. 100 25 1  John Burley, 179 f. d. 100 25 1  Joshua Brackett, 149 f. d. 100 25 1  Benjamin Chatman, 80 n. d. 100 25 1  Samuel Chatman, 48 n. d. 100 25 1  Nicholas Duda, 152 f. d. 100 25 1  John Folsom, jun. 83 f. d. 100 25 1  John Folsom, 3 n. d. 100 25 1  David Folsom, 122 n. d. 100 25 1  Jeremiah Gilman, 117 e. d. 100 25 1  Capt. Israel Gilman, 52 f. d. 100 25 1  John Harford, 172 f. d. 100 25 1  David Hicks, 102 f. d. 100 25 1  John Johnson, 128 e. d. 100 25 1  Samuel Livermore, 164 f. d. 100 25 1  Clement March, 159 f. d. 100 25 1  Jona. Moulton, Esq. 46 n. d. 100 25 1  John Mead, 124 n. d. 100 25 1  John Mead, jr. 79 n. d. 100 25 1  Stephen Mallon, 47 f. d. 100 25 1  Benjamin Mead, 198 f. d. 100 25 1  Daniel Mallon, 145 n. d. 100 25 1  John Pickering, 65 f. d. 100 25 1  Jonathan Roberson, 118 f. d. 100 25 1  Edward Smith, 165 f. d. 100 25 1  Nathaniel Stevens, 2 n. d. 100 25 1  John Smith, 150 f. d. 100 25 1  Winthrop Smart, 36 n. d. 100 25 1  Jonathan Stevens, 136 f. d. 100 25 1  Joseph Smith, 17 e. d. 100 25 1  John Sullivan, 122 e. d. 100 25 1  Thomas Traft, 55 e. d. 100 25 1  John Traft, 71 e. d. 100 25 1  John Watson, 119 f. d. 100 25 1  Thomas York, 183 f. d. 100 25 1  Joseph Young, 50 e. d. 100 25 1  Josiah York, 180 f. d. 100 25 1   Lots given to Settlers.   Thomas Danford, 9 e. d. 100 75 3  Jacob Blaisdell, 21 e. d. 100 75 3  Rowls 100 93 3  Ham place (so called) lay- 100 1 dol 4   ing forth of Harrington's, } call'd Kenniston place, } 100 75 3 Thomas Sherman, on deer mill, } 100 75 3 JOB ALLARD, Collector. Eaton, Feb. 5, 1800.
TO BE SOLD At Public Auction, By Jacob Walden, Auctioneer, TO-MORROW, at 3 o'clock, P. M. at Mr. Greenleaf's Tavern,
THE dwelling House of the subscriber in Cross-street, with the land belonging thereto, being two hundred and fifteen feet on said street, and sixty-three feet on Vaughan-street, the House is forty-six feet long and thirty-six feet in width, in good repair, and well finished from the lower floor to the upper chambers, an addition of a large kitchen and a chamber over it—a cellar under the whole; a well of good water in the garden which never fails of water, with a pump. It is a good House roomy and has every convenience for a large family—any person inclining to purchase may view the House any day previous to the sale.— ALSO, ONE HALF OF A Rope Walk,
At the North part of the town, now improved by Mr. Daniel Wentworth, and is covered 125 fathom, with a building at the West end of the Walk, with a loft that will contain 40 tons of Hemp, and in good repair. Conditions of sale will be made known at the time of sale, or previously by applying to Joshua Wentworth. Portsmouth, Jan. 13, 1800.
FRESH GOODS. Peter Coffin, Has just received per the ship Mentor , Capt. Flagg , from Liverpool, an additional Supply of GOODS; Among which are the following: A Great Variety of
MOCK Sable, red and grey Fox, Goats beard and Bear Muffs and Tippets; White Angola, Mock Sable, ting'd, Canary, and grey ERMINE. A large assortment of Worsted Hosiery, consisting of Mens' fine light grey, twill'd, plated, black and white; womens' black; youth's grey and marble; Worsted Pantaloon and Drawers; Worsted Socks; men's and boy's Worsted Gloves; women's color'd cotton Mitts; women's and misses black and color'd Worsted Mitts and Gloves. A great variety of fancy Nile, Duncan, plaid & mourning Chintzes; Ginghams; plain jacconet and check'd Muslins; Mullin Handkerchiefs; cotton Pocket Handkerchiefs. Fashionable steel, plated, gilt, japan, horn, and common Buttons; silver Thimbles; steel Knee Buckles; Tooth Brushes. Broad Cloths; plain and mix'd Forest Cloths; blue, mix'd and brown Coatings. Carpeting; cotton Counter-panes, &c.
FOR SALE, A lot of Land, ONE mile and a quarter from Portsmouth, opposite the Pound and joining land of John Dennet, said lot is eight rods wide, upon the road, is a good stand for a tavern. For particulars enquire of SAMUEL TUCKER. Portsmouth, Jan. 29, 1800.
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and owners of land in the town of Concord, county of Grafton, who