The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1773-02-05 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday Feb. 5, 1773.
THE
Vol. XVII.
GAZETTE,
CHRONICLE,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
NO. 851 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd.
Literatura ad republicæ utilitatem et ornamentum referenda est ac refert. CICERO.
THE Faculty of REASON is the grand Characteristic whereby Mankind are distinguished from the brutal Herd. 'Tis the Exercise of this Donation of the God of Nature, that constitutes the MAN: And all his other Appendages are given him to be used subservient to it. Have we Riches, Health, Prosperity, and all the Comforts of a social Life, what good Improvement can we make of them, other than promote this noble Faculty? Even a heathen knew "that Mankind resembled the Gods in nothing more than this." Without it we should be depressed to the deplorable State of that proud, haughty King, who was driven from Men, and sought his Food and Shelter with the Beasts of the Field, who became his Associates. Without it we should be destitute of all the Comforts which originate from Society, Connection and Commerce with our fellow Men. In fine, without it we can't enjoy the Sweets of Life, nor Happiness hereafter.
And if this Endowment, granted to us by indulgent Heaven, is in itself of such Importance, how noble, how desirable, how excellent and necessary is the Improvement of it! by which Mankind are distinguished from one another; as by enjoying the Faculty, they are distinguished from Brutes. The Cultivation of it renders Mankind serviceable to Man. Hereby it is that one is rendered more capable of serving his Generation than another; by this Means one and another are qualified to fill those Posts in Church and State which are of greatest Importance to us. These should be Men of Knowledge, whose Souls are enobled and enlarged by an extensive Acquaintance with those Sciences and Arts, which the penetrating Geniuses of the Literati have unfolded to the World. Thus and thus only can they become wise, (for even Solomon himself obtained Wisdom in this Way,) but wise they must be in Order suitably to teach, instruct, lead, and give Laws to others.
And where shall they be sent to acquire that Fund of Knowledge necessary to qualify them to act in such important Characters? To the Field? No! to their honest, but illiterate Neighbours? No! To the busy World, where are continual Litigations rising from contracted Views? No! but to Schools where Sciences are taught— yes, and there let those who thirst for Knowledge drink full Draughts at those Pierean Springs. Let Colleges be erected, Youth educated, Literature encouraged and promoted— Let Officers be carefully chosen and supported, such as will exert themselves to instil noble, generous and virtuous Sentiments, into young and tender Minds, which will grow up, flourish and bear Fruit like the beautiful Olive. Thus will the Desk and Courts of Justice be filled with those whose Frowns will strike a Dread to Vice: whose Knowledge will be diffused in golden Streams, & whose wise and virtuous Practice will lead the unthinking into peaceful Ways. And as the Colleges in New-England, are almost universally patronized and endowed by the legislative Body of the Province where they are situate, may we not with eager Expectation look for the desired Effects; especially may we in New-Hampshire hope for them from young DARTMOUTH-COLLEGE, which now just begins to shoot forth & Cicero. || Daniel 4th Chap.
tender Vines, reaching to clasp the stately Elm, that rules and gives Laws to the Forest, which if it should effect, can't fail to adorn and beautify it. PHILOMATHES.
Messieurs Printers, SINCE I sent you a Piece subscribed Amicus Pauper , which was so happy as to gain a Place in your weekly Paper, and to reach the public Eye, thro' that Channel, I have met with a very strange Reversion of Fortune, resulting from a Humour her Ladyship is frequently in, who delights with her revolving Wheel, to turn one up, while she hurls another down; this she calls her Play and Caprice; and this same Fortune that once frowned on me, as grim as Winter, is now become my reconciled Friend. My former Piece representing my extreme Indigence; tho', from the happy and contented Circumstances of my Mind, might provoke the Envy of some; yet in general my Charity concludes, that it rather commanded Pity, and tender Compassion and Sorrow— I heartily thank every one for every Tear he shed, and look upon one generous Tear a greater Homage paid to real Distress, and more indicative of a Disposition kindly affected; than all the fair Withes, and plausible Compliments in the World— But now the Scene is changed; my Circumstances are rich, and affluent; but my Mind is not in the least altered: As I was perfectly reconciled to a State of Indigence, when in my humble Condition, and looked upon it as no real Evil, nor as capable of adding any real Disgrace to my Character; so now I am not as some may fondly imagine, and very often happens, four, imperious, and swelled to Heaven with Pride; no! I continue the same uniform Man, and my State of Affluence distinguishes me from my former State of Poverty, only in the following Externals, viz. that I am introduced to a larger Share of Cares, and placed in a Capacity for greater Usefulness, and more extensive Liberality and Beneficence, and am much distinguished with Regard to the Treatment I receive from some of my Fellow Men: — Now my House is constantly surrounded with Variety of Wretchedness, and strange Shapes and servile Creatures, are doing Reverence about me, poor meagre Miscreants, who are only Shadows of Men, disgracing human Nature, under their human Appearances, and idolize my Person, on Account of my Gold— Likewise Variety of Commissions, Pensions, Posts of Honor, Places of civil Trust are crowding continually upon me, soliciting my Acceptance and courting the Favor of my Money, not discerning my Merit; but as I loved Obscurity in my State of Indigence; so I now dread a State of Advancement in Affluence: I consider that tall Trees are often struck down by the angry Bolts of Heaven, while the humble despicable Shrub remains inviolable, and secure; therefore must plead Excuse from Heighth of Station, and Eminence of Place. But it will be very natural for the Reader to enquire how I intend to dispose of my extensive Interest? I don't design to leave it to fickle Chance to dispose of, after my Decease, when I know not who will enjoy it, whether a wise Man or a Fool. I have no Heir in the World; I was never married in my Life; the fair Part of the Creation were never well affected toward me, which has been a Source of no small Grief: And
I believe I must be Master of my own Fortune, and shall consequently distribute it according to my Pleasure, and not leave it uncertain and indiscriminate, to a giddy greedy World to wrangle about, when I myself am crumbling back to Dust: Neither have I the same Conceptions respecting a Man of Opulence, and Wealth, as some entertain, who suppose that he of all others has the most extensive Latitude and Liberty to be niggardly and unmannerly, and to hoard up his rusty Lucre in the Chest; but I view the Man of Wealth quite in a different Light, and I look upon myself a real Debtor to every poor, wretched ragged Beggar, that walks despised along the Streets; his miserable Circumstances bring in a Bill of Account against me, and demand pay as severely as any of my duning Creditors; and these dumb Mouths plead with a Language more moving and rhetorical, than the greatest Orators of the Age. How satisfying it is to give them Relief, to hear their Gratitude expressing itself in the most thankful Accents; and to make their Loins bless me, and to see them go bowing off, as pleased and contented, as if they had the whole World in sure Possession. Likewise I confess myself a Debtor to this Province, in it's youthful State, whenever it stands in apparent Need of Assistance; to stimulate me to which Charity, I have every Motive and Encouragement; whether I consider the native Goodness and Fertility of it's Soil in general, or the Conveniency of Navigation in particular, some Part of it enjoys, or the present animating Prospects exhibited under the happy Administration of Government; each Circumstance of which seems to provoke my Benevolence, and invite my Generosity to something of a public Nature. And can I forget our infant College, that little Plant in the Wilderness; that little Apple Tree among the Trees of the Wood! If I forget thee, O! thou little Nursery of Virtue, and Science, then let my right Hand forget her Cunning; I have no Heir to immortalize my Name; come then be thou my Heir, which will more effectually secure to me the Honors of Immortality, than Thousands of Sons and Daughters. May this be ever the Heighth of my Endeavours to desire to imitate the supreme Governor of the Universe, the Rays of whose infinite Beneficence bless and shine on the whole Creation, and whom we can resemble in nothing more, than in great, noble, disinterested and benevolent Actions— If my Situation in Life should change again, as doubtless it will, I shall not fail to give public Intelligence. From your sincerely benevolent PAUPER AMICUS.
N. B. The Public may justly wonder why I don't subscribe myself Dives Amicus ; but it will excuse me, when I inform that I am more contented with my former humble Name PAUPER AMICUS.
ALL PERSONS Indebted to the Town of Portsmouth, are earnestly requested to pay their respective Ballances immediately to the Selectmen of said Town.
And all Persons that have any legal Demands on said Town, are desired to bring in their Claims to said Select Men in Order for Settlement.

From the Providence Gazette.
ABOUT the middle of March last an armed Schooner appeared in our Bay, that boarded, searched and ill-treated every Vessel she came up with, not shewing any commission or authority for so doing.
This matter was represented to his honor the Governor of the colony, who sent the high-sheriff of the county of Newport on board the Schooner, to see who and what she was. Lieutenant Duddington who commanded her, did not think proper to wait on the Governor with his papers as he was required, and as it was his indispensable duty to have done; but sent the master of the Schooner, with some Papers from the Commissioners of the customs at Boston, empowering them to make seizures of any vessels that should be found smuggling, &c. Several messages past between the Governor and Lieutenant Duddington, in which the impropriety of Mr. Duddington's conduct was pointed out; and he was even told, by one of his friends, what must be the consequence of such behaviour: but he blustered much, and swore the whole Colony could not get on board his vessel.
Admiral Montagu was made acquainted with the dispute, which he soon took a very improper part in, and treated the Governor with great indignity. After Mr. Duddington had yoked the Admiral in his cause, his behaviour became more haughty, insolent and intolerable, personally ill-treating every master & merchant of the vessels he boarded, stealing sheep, hogs, poultry, &c. from the farmers round the bay, & cutting down their fruit and other trees for fire-wood. In a word his behaviour was so piratical & provoking that Englishmen could not patiently bear it. This gave rise to the unhappy scheme of destroying the Gaspee, which though it has been represented, by the King's officers, as an affair preconcerted by the inhabitants round the Narraganset Bay, and that almost all the whole town of Providence were concerned in it; I say this action was done by about forty people, in five or six long boats, as the Gaspee's people declared on oath the day after she was destroyed.
The enterprize was hastily concluded on; and very secretly executed, so that the authority of the town of Providence had not the least knowledge of it. The most effectual steps were immediately taken by the authority in this colony, to discover the perpetrators of this riotous affair. A proclamation was issued, offering a large reward to any that would give information, so that the offenders might be brought to justice; but no witness of validity appearing the Brave Captain Linzee kidnapped a mulatto, and by fair promises and threats made the villain swear to a number of falsehoods, whereby he has impeached some of the best characters in the colony; and because the civil authority did not think the evidence sufficient to apprehend them for trial the Admiral and other officers in their great wrath against the colony, have so represented this matter to the ministry, that his Majesty has been pleased to appoint special commissioners, for examining and sending to England as many of the offenders as can be apprehended.
I trust when the commissioners come to have a true account of the exertions of the authority of the colony, and that they now stand ready to give every one accused, on sufficient evidence, lawful trials, they will give his Majesty a favourable account. On the other hand when they see gross misrepresentations that have been made, and all from a lying servant that has not spoke a word of truth, it is expected the commissioners will do justice to the characters of those gentlemen that have been unjustly accused.
PROVIDENTIA.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman of the Law, to his Friend in Providence.
"The very extraordinary Stretch of Power, in erecting a Court of Inquisition at Rhode-Island, arbitrarily to apprehend, and most cruelly and unconstitutionally to carry beyond Sea for Trial, those Persons concerned in burning the Gaspee, is justly alarming
to every Lover of his Country.
"We ought to consider the Measure as levelled not at Rhode-Island merely, but as a flagrant Attack upon American Liberty in general. The Commission granted in 1664 to Maverick, Car and others, tho' acknowledged by all to be destructive of the Liberties of the People, and unsupported by the Constitution, was not so fatal as the present Commission. There our Ancestors had the small consolation of having their Causes heard and determined where they were able to procure their Evidences, &c. but to be drawn three thousand Miles from the Jurisdiction where the supposed Offences are committed, to be there tried by the Minions of Power, renders all Hopes of Acquittal vain, and a Defence impossible."
B O S T O N, January 28.
On the ninth day of January the community was deprived of a very valuable member by the death of the truly reverend and venerable ISAAC JEFFERY, for many years past a preacher of the gospel to the Indians at Monument-ponds in the township of Plymouth—Altho' naturally grave & reserv'd; he would freely and chearfully communicate his sentiments upon the subjects of practical religion to those who enquired from a good principle, and with such he would converse in plain English and in a stile peculiarly laconick and comprehensive; but to the artful interrogatories of designing persons who (by their mysterious questions) attempted to perplex him he would very solemnly answer, Wunnamumog neg pechketeahonehew newutche pish nauhog GODUH. —In a Wiggam he spent such a life of piety, peace & contentment, that Princes might have envy'd him.—Tho' an Indian, he was a pattern of temperance and sobriety.
His numerous and respectable acquaintance can witness, that hospitality, and a willingness to oblige, were parts of his character. In short JEFFERY in every station of life "did the best his circumstances allow'd," & therefore (as the Poet adds) "did well, acted nobly—angels could no more."
N E W-Y O R K, Jan. 21, 1773.
On Tuesday the 5th Instant, about 2 o'Clock in the Morning, an Oyster Boat, burden about 10 Tons, loaded with near 400 Bushels of Oysters, both the Vessel and Cargo belonging to one James Thompson, of this Town, (Oysterman) and being all that he was worth in the World, was castaway on the East End of Rockaway Bar, about a Mile from the Shore; there were on board with Thompson two other Men, viz. John Buzzy, who was hired in this Town, supposed to be a single Man, & Thomas Riley who lived near Horse Neck, where he left a Wife and three Children: This Boat set off from Blue Point (about forty miles to the Eastward) the Morning before, and there being no Harbour where she could come to an Anchor, continued sailing till she struck, half an Hour after which she bilged, and filled; Buzzy and Riley presently became spiritless, and seem'd to have lost all Reflection, in the Terror of their present situation: Thompson, whose Spirits, & Hopes of Deliverance never forsook him, endeavoured to cheer their Spirits, and prevail with them to exert themselves, but all in vain; they sat down on the Quarter deck, where the Sea continually beat over them, nor could they be persuaded to stand up; but incessantly enquired if there was no prospect of deliverance. In about two hours from the time the vessel struck, Riley expired, and Buzzy in half an hour after. Thompson, still hoping the best, as soon as it was Day, endeavoured to make a Signal of Distress; but seeing no vessel on shore, he searched for, and found a handsaw, wherewith he went to sawing down the Mast, in order to make a raft; but before he had compleated it, a Petty Augre which came for Sand, sent their Canoe and took him off; then a little frostbiten in his fingers and toes, & so far exhausted, that he could not without help, get on board the Petty-Augre. Another vessel was sent to the wreck to take off the dead bodies, but it was then beat to pieces, and the dead bodies not to be found.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 31.
On Saturday, the 19th instant the Phoenix, Captain Lamount, in six weeks and four days from Glasgow, was stranded off the Capes, and the ship and cargoe entirely lost. The weather being very dark & hazy for several days, rendered it impossible for them to take an observation; but about nine in the evening, finding they were coming to soundings, they slackened sail, and were pleasing themselves with the agreeable expectation of their voyage being nearly compleated, when, about eleven the ship struck, the water rushed in upon them with great impetuosity from all sides, and before day was ten feet deep in the hold. Finding themselves on the brink of perishing, they took to the long boat, and, with great difficulty, reached the shore.
L O N D O N, November 2.
THE celebrated Choiseul, late Prime Minister of France, being a few weeks ago asked why he ceded so amazing a Tract of Country as all Canada to Great-Britain by the last Peace, replied, "I ceded it on Purpose to destroy the English Nation:—They were fond of American Dominions, and I was resolv'd they should have enough, for I have given them not only a constant Drain for their most valuable Inhabitants, but a formidable Rival, which in less than a Centre, will find Employment for the Councils of that turbulent People." Choiseul's Words begin to discover that America is a very problematick Benefit to England, & Lord Hillsborough actually resigned because we were opening on the Ohio fresh Graves for the Inhabitants of this Kingdom.
B O S T O N, Feb. 1.
It is remarkable, that there was a perfect Unanimity in both Houses of the General Assembly last Week, when their several Answers to the Governor's Speech were passed. In the House of Representatives there were ninety-seven Members present. Thus we find the Sentiments of a full House confirming those of the many individual Towns who have fully declared their Minds respecting the supreme Authority of Parliament to legislate for those whom they in no Sense represent; and the Burden thereby brought upon them: Must not the good Lord DARTMOUTH, if he is a Friend to American Liberty, avail himself of these explicit Declarations, against the false Assertions of such as would fain have him believe that the People of the Province are universally contented with the Measures of Administration; there being no Grievances that "may be seen, felt or understood".
We are informed the Hon. House of Representatives last Friday enquired of the Secretary, whether his Excellency had signed all the Grants? and were answered, all besides the Judges.
Quere, does there need any further Confirmation of the Hon. Judges absolute Dependence on the Crown? And it that should appear to be really the Fact, what Steps are next to be taken? It seems even Falmouth itself allows this to be an alarming Measure.
Last Thursday Afternoon, died at the North-End, after a few Days Illness, Mrs. Christian Bell, Wife of James Bell, of this Town, Cordwainer, who is a Native of Scotland; it being notorious to Numbers of People that this Woman had for several Years past very undeservedly suffered frequent and cruel Abuses from her said Husband; a Suspicion immediately arose after her Death, that she had been murdered by him; in Consequence of which a Warrant was issued on Friday, by Mr. Justice Gardiner, and the said James Bell was apprehended, and after an Examination had before the said Justice, was on the Evening of that Day committed to Goal.—On Saturday a Coroner's Inquest was summoned, who after carefully examining the Witnesses, and critically inspecting the Body, with the Assistance of Messrs Danforth, Rand and Fudge, Physicians of the Town, upon their Oaths Declare, that the said Christian Bell came to her Death in Consequence of repeated Blows upon her Body, given her by her said Husband, James Bell; more particularly by one Blow or Blows

upon her Head, just over the right Eye, which she received from him, on and since the Evening of the 16th ult.
The Rhode-Island Post not expected in Town till Saturday next.
A Favourite AMUSEMENT.
SOME women take delight in dress, And some in cards take pleasure! Whilst other place their happiness In heaping hoards of treasure: In private some delight to kiss, Their hidden charms unfolding; But all mistake the sovereign bliss, There's no such joy as Scolding. The instant that I ope my eyes, Adieu all day to silence; Before my neighbours they can rise, They hear my tongue a mile hence: When at the board I take my seat, 'Tis one continued riot; I eat and scold, and scold and eat, My clack is never quiet. Too fat, too lean, too hot, too cold, I ever am complaining; Too raw, too roast, too young, too old, Each guest at table paining; Let it be fowl, or flesh, or fish, Tho' of my own providing, I still find fault with every dish; Still every servant chiding. But when to bed I go at night, I surely fall a weeping; For then I lose my great delight, How can I scold when sleeping? But this my pain doth mitigate, And soon disperses sorrow; Altho' to night it be too late, I'll pay it off to-morrow.
A CHOICE.
By a Batchelor of Twenty-Eight.
IF e'er I am in wedlock joyn'd, And quit the lonely single life, May all these charms adorn the mind Of her who is to be my wife.
May she in knowledge far excel, The low, unthinking, vulgar crew; May she know how to read & spell, As well as wash, and bake & brew.
May she know also how to write, And exercise (for need) the pen; And have a head that can indite, Letters to women or to men.
May she have an improved taste, Be much to books & reading given; Kind, modest, amorous and chaste, Her temper, chearful, mild & even.
May all her talk be full of sense, Refin'd and solid, purified, From folly and impertinence, From vanity, deceit and pride.
May all her mirth be innocent, At proper times and in due season; In every state therewith content, Nor never deviate from reason.
When passions hot disturb my breast, May she with prudence them allay, By few kind words wisely expre's'd, Call reason back to bear the sway.
May she in every thing be neat, Her dress tho' plain be always clean, Be charitable and discreet, And ever strive to keep the mean.
Be frugal and industrious, And by that means augment my wealth: In sickness, be a tender nurse, A pleasant friend in time of health.
May she have manly gravity, Extensive, fruitful, thinking powers, And be as proper company, In serious as in joyous hours.
May she the best advice afford, And be a help to my salvation: May I if not gain'd by the Word, Be won by her chaste conversation.
When I have such a consort found, I'll freely leave the single state, If e'er I am in marriage bound, Kind heaven grant me such a mate.
WHEREAS the Printers were imposed upon in the Article, in their last Paper directly under the Advertisement of George Body, Esq; which said Advertisement suggested that the said Boyd had acquitted the Person suspected of forging the Bills of Exchange, these are therefore to certify the Public that the said Article was published without the Knowledge or Consent of the said Boyd and against the Advice of his Attorney, who forbade the same being published: The Public will therefore give no Credit to the aforesaid Article, which is altogether false.
THE growing FOPPERY of the Nation, Has made, at length, such Proclamation, Our public News is well supply'd With Observations on their Pride. But Wonders rise still more and more, When we behold our Fops (before) Turn'd Satirists against the Trade, Which they with Dilligence have made! But Poets need not rack their Brain, This short Enigma to explain: For as the Thief, who hugs the Post, Lamenting much his Honor lost, Is always certain to declaim, Against the Roguery of that Name. So doth the Fop—to blind our Eyes, His own Exploits he'll satirize. A late OBSERVER, hath prepar'd An ample Subject for the Bard; Desires that ev'ry Railer's Wit Upon the OBSERVER'S Head may hit; And every Writer's piercing Art, Might point the Satire like a Dart, At him whose Actions all declare A rakish Turn, and soppih Air; Perhaps our Author's Mind consulted, Taut him from whence those Arts resulted, By which, Experience (made a Law) Learn'd him his Character to draw: If this be true, his Skill we praise, With num'rous Words, and lofty Lays. *Under the Observation of Debauchery and Fopery: The latter Part of the last Observation upon Fops, viz. Here then is a Subject for your Wit, &c.
A SALE.
DAME Liberty's breaking up House, Rent and Taxes unable to pay, The Fixtures and Goods to be sold, And the Premises clear'd in a Day. She long for a Housewife was known, Kept the Furniture tidy and sound; But the Servants so careless were grown, There's scarce a whole Thing to be found. But right them and put them together, They'll save the next Comer Expence; At least they'll do some Way or other; So, Neighbours, come lay out your Pence. Here's the Chair that the Stewards have sat in, Who held the Court Leet in the Hall; 'Twill serve when the Star-Chamber's paint- To set up against the old Wall. (ed, There's the *Clock & the Bell in the Tow'r, Old Graham ne'er finish'd a better; So Time points the Hand to the Hour, So just is the Hour to the Letter. This Lot, in such excellent Order, Would serve the great Man at Hayes, To put him in Mind of his Nurse, And toll upon all hanging Days. Or since, by unalter'd Records, It points out the Passage of Time; It may go to C—d, at my Lord's, And call up the Servants to dine. Does none buy the Roll, & or great Chart, The Dame held most precious of all? Take it then to the Son of her Heart, It may paper his Prison Wall. Her Settlement Deed lies here too, When she wedded the British King; Set that up to Don Saltero, 'Twill suit him like any Thing. Here's a Cask of Virginia Tobacco, The last we may have of the Weed; It's Ashes will heal in a Cracko, The Scab from beyond the Tweed. Thus the Lotts are open before ye, And what may the Price of them be? Why for Ridance and ready Money, Take the Lump at a Scotch Baubee.
R. D. C* LINGTON.
*This Clock and Bell were a Fine of Judge Ingham for altering a Record. †Magna Charta.
On Monday the 8th Instant, Between the Hours of Ten and Eleven o'Clock, will be SOLD at Public VENDUE, at my Office, The Hull of the Snow Fortune as she now lays on the Beach near Capt. Janvin's Wharf. PHILLIP BAILEY, Auctioneer. Portsmouth, Feb. 1. 1773.
TO BE SOLD, A GOOD HOUSE and LAND, with a BARN, and WELL: The Land is 40 Feet Front and 150 deep, lying in King Street, Portsmouth. For Particulars, enquire of the Printers.
TO BE SOLD, A Lot of LAND, in Barrington, containing one Hundred and Twenty Acres, Number 173, in the 4th Range, laid out by William Peavy, Enquire of the Printers—The Land is reckoned very good.
Proposed To be exchanged a very likely young COW to calve the latter End of March or begining of April, for a likely Cow with a Calf a Fortnight or Three Weeks old, or which will calve in a very short Time. Enquire of the Printers. Portsmouth Jan. 29, 1773.
Clocks & Watches, Clean'd and repaired in the cheapest and best Manner, and with the utmost Dispatch by NATHANIEL SHEAF GRIFFITH. N. B. He has the best of Oil to prevent their stopping in co'd Weather, and hopes the Public will favour him with the Continuance of their Custom. Also an Assortment of the best of plated Buckles to be sold by said Griffith.
TO BE SOLD, A first Division Lot in the Town of Middletown, in the County of Strabford, containing 100 Acres of exceeding fine Land; 12 of which was Plow'd, Harrow'd, and Sowed, last Fall, with Rye & Clover: The Conditions will be made vastly easy to any good Person who inclines to purchase and will go immediately on to l ve. Enquire of THOMAS MARTIN. Portsmouth, Jan. 5.
Province of New-Hampshire Rockingham ss. [ New-Holderness ] PURSUANT to the Petition of the proprietors or Owners of more than one sixteenth Part of the Town of New Holderness and agreeable to the Law of this province, in that Case made and provided—These are to notify and warn the proprietors of said Town of New Holderness, to meet at the House of Mr. James Dwyer, Innholder, in Portsmouth, on Monday the 22d Day of February next, at three of the Clock, Afternoon. First to chuse a Moderator of said Meeting. 2 to raise Money to pay for renewing the Charter of said Town, and other contingent Charges, and if Need be to chuse Officers to assess and collect the same; a full and proper person to receive said Charter. 3. To choose a Committee to demand and receive the Books and papers belonging to the Propriety, from the said Clerk, and deliver the same to the present Clerk of said propriety, or to prosecute any Action or Actions that may be needful in Behalf of said propriety. HUNKING WENTWORTH, Jus. Pac. Portsmouth, Jan. 21, 1773.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, ( Frances-Town )
WHEREAS a Number of the Inhabitants of Frances-town, in the County of Hillsborough, have presented a Petition to the General Assembly, setting forth, that there are no Lands left, or laid out by the original Proprietors of said Town, for the Encouragement of the first Gospel Minister, who shall settle among them; and therefore praying, That an Act may be passed, to lay a Tax of one penny half penny per Acre, more or less, as the General Assembly shall see fit, upon all the unsited Lots of Land, in said Town, except every Lot, at present settled or possessed by an Inhabitant, and also all the Lots owned by the Masonian Propriety at present, formerly belonging to that part, known by the Name of the New-Addition, to New Boston, for the Settlement of their first Minister, & building a Meeting House. These are therefore to give Notice, that a Hearing is granted on said Petition, on the third Day of the sitting of the General Assembly, after the first Day of March next, for any Person to show Cause, why the Prayer thereof may not be granted. GEORGE KING, D. Sec'y.

ALL PERSONS having ACCOMPTS open with SUPPLY CLAP, are earnestly requested to settle the same with him immediately—Those to whom he is indebted, may receive their Pay, and where the Balance falls in said Clap's Favor (except it be Cash) a NOTE only will be required, payable as the Debt was contracted.
Province of New Hampshire, Rockingham, ss.
(New-Britain.)
WHEREAS sundry Sums of Money have been voted and assessed on each Proprietor's Right or Share of Land, in the Township of New Britain, so call'd, in the County and Province aforesaid, and a List of said Assessments committed to me to collect, of which legal Notice has been given of Time and place for paying said Assessments, yet sundry of said proprietors are delinquent in whole or in part in paying their respective proportions,
These are therefore to Notify said delinquent proprietors, that so much of their Lands in said Township, as will be sufficient to pay said Taxes with incidental Charges, will be sold at public Vendue, at the House of Capt. Caleb Sanborn, Innholder in Hampton Falls, on Monday the First Day of March next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, unless payment be made to me at my Dwelling House in Hampton Falls before that Time.
Jan. 19. 1773. BENJAMIN LEAVITT, Collector. A List of the original proprietors, and sums now due on their respective Rights, here follows, viz.
   l. s. d. l. s. d.     Edmund Brown 0 15 0 Nath. Longfellow 0 15 0   John Brown 0 15 0 Tobias Lakeman 0 15 0   Israel Blake 0 5 0 Ebenezer Lovering 0 15 0   Edward Brown 0 15 0 Jonathan Leavitt 0 12 0   Sam. Berthrick 0 15 0 David Lowel 0 15 0   Sam. Blake Jun. 0 15 0 Daniel Marston 0 15 0   Samuel Blake 0 15 0 Robert Miller 0 15 0   Nath. Batchelor 0 15 0 John Marston 0 15 0   Wil. B. Clough 0 15 0 Simon Marston 0 7 0   Daniel Cram 0 15 0 David Norton 0 12 0   John Chapman 0 10 0 Nath. Prescott 0 15 0   Hezekiah Carr 0 2 6 Nathan Row 0 7 6   Amos Dwinels 0 15 0 Joseph Rollings 0 5 0   John Ellis 0 2 6 Benja. Sweat Jr. 0 15 0   Anth. Emery Esq. 0 15 0 Daniel Sanborn 0 15 0   Sam. French Jr. 0 15 0 John Sanborn 0 15 0   Joseph French 0 10 0 Richard Smith 0 15 0   Joseph Gove 0 15 0 Jona. Sanborn 0 15 0   John Heit 0 10 0 Benja. Shaw 0 15 0   Nath. Hovey, Esq. 0 15 0 Walter Williams 0 15 0   Arch. Lakeman 0 15 0 Daniel Weare 0 15 0   Benja. Leavitt 0 2 6  
These Sums are in Lawful Money.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham, ss.
§ New-Britain. §
WHEREAS sundry Sums of money have been voted and assessed on each Proprietor's Right or Share of Land in the Township of New Britain, so call'd, in the County and Province aforesaid, and a List of said Assessments committed to me to collect, of which legal Notice has been given of Time and Place for paying said Assessment; Yet sundry of said Proprietors are delinquent in the Whole or Part, in paying their respective Proportions, These are therefore to notify said delinquent Proprietors, that so much of their Lands in said Township, as will be sufficient to pay said Taxes with incidental Charges, will be sold at public Vendue, at the House of Capt. Caleb Sanborn, Innholder in Hampton Falls, on Monday, the first Day of March next, at ten o'clock in the Forenoon, unless Payment be made to me, at my Dwelling House in Kennington, before that Time. SAMUEL PRESCOTT, Col.
Jan. 19. 1773. A List of the original Proprietors, and Sums due on their respective Rights here follows, v.z.
   l. s. d. l. s. d.     Edmund Brown 0 6 0 Nath. Longfellow 0 6 0   John Brown 0 6 0 Tobias Lakeman 0 1 0   Josiah Blake 0 2 0 Jonathan Leavitt 0 4 0   Edward Brown 0 2 0 David Lowell 0 6 0   Sam. Berthrick 0 4 0 Ebenezer Lovering 0 6 0   Sam. Blake Jun. 0 6 0 Robert Miller 0 6 0   Samuel Blake 0 6 0 John Marston 0 2 0   Nath. Batchelor 0 6 0 Simon Marston 0 2 0   Wil. B. Clough 1 1 0 Daniel Marston 1 4 0   Daniel Cram 0 6 0 David Norton 0 2 0   John Chipman 0 6 0 Nath. Prescott 0 6 0   Hezekiah Carr 0 0 9 Nathan Row 0 6 0   Amos Dwinels 0 6 0 Joseph Rawlins 12 9 0   John Ellis 0 10 0 Daniel Sanborn 0 4 0   Anth. Emery, Esq. 0 6 0 John Sanborn 0 6 0   Joseph French 0 4 0 Jon'a. Sanborn 0 6 0   John Hoyt 0 2 0 Benjamin Shaw 0 2 0   Nath. Hovey, Esq. 0 1 0 Daniel Ware 1 1 0   Arch. Lakeman 0 6 0  
These Sums are in Lawful Money.
TO BE SOLD or LETT. A FARM in Brentwood, Containing about One Hundred Acres of Land, with good Buildings thereon, for further Particulars enquire of Philips White of South Hampton, or John White, who lives on the Premises— Said Philips White has good Land he would give to those who would settle on the same, in the Township of Warren, also in the Township of Wentworth, where are a Number of Families, some of them have been settled there several Years.
Province of New Hampshire.
* Cockermouth. *
WHEREAS Application is made to me, by more than the sixteenth Part of the Owners or Proprietors of the Town of Cockermouth, in the Province of New Hampshire, that a Meeting of said Proprietors may be appointed to be held, at the House of Samuel Cumings, Innholder in Hollis, in the County of Hillsborough, on Tuesday the 9th Day of February next, at one o'clock, P. M. to vote and act on the following Articles. 1. To chuse a Moderator to govern said Meeting—To make Choice of any Officer or Officers, Committee or Committees, to transact all necessary Business for said Proprietors. To see if the Proprietors will regulate and accept of the Accounts for making the College Road, and other Roads, Bridges, laying out Land, &c. in said Town.—To see if the Proprietors will agree to a new Survey of said Town.—To see if they will draw the remaining Lots that are laid out, and exchange or dispose of some of the Lots that shall be convenient and necessary.—To raise any Sum or Sums of Money that is necessary in Order to defray all the Proprietors Just Debts and Charges.—To agree on some Method for calling and holding Proprietors Meetings in future.
In Consequence of said Application, I do hereby notify said Proprietors to meet at Time and Place, and for the Purposes aforesaid.
JOSIAH BARTLET Just. Pac.
Jan. 15th 1773.
[ Barrington ]
WHEREAS Application is made to me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Rockingham, in the Province of New Hampshire, by the Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the common and undivided Land in the Township of BARRINGTON, in the County aforesaid, to warn and call a Meeting of the Forty-Two Settlers of said Barrington, to be holden at the Dwelling House of Capt. Samuel Brewster, in said County, on Monday the Eighth Day of February next, to act and vote on the following particulars, viz. First, To chuse a Moderator for said Meeting. 2. To chuse a Settler's Clerk. 3. That whereas sundry Persons has transgressed by taking into possession some of the common and undivided Land belonging to the Forty Two Settlers of said Town, therefore to see if they will chuse a Committee to prosecute & reject them out of their possession. 4 To see whether the settlers will vote that part of the Money already raised by the sale of part of their common Land, in the Hands of their former Committee, shall be drawn out by a Committee which they shall appoint when met, for to prosecute all those that have taken into possession any of said Land belonging to said Forty Two settlers. 5. To chuse a Committee to do and perform any of the aforesaid Matters and Things as shall be agreed upon and voted at said Meeting.
Pursuant to which Application, I do hereby Notify and Warn the said settlers of Barrington, to meet at the Place and Day aforesaid, at One of the Clock in the Afternoon, to Act and vote on the Premises aforesaid. JOHN GAGE, Just. Pac.
Dever, Jan. 18, 1773.
* Lancaster *
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors of the Town of Lancaster, in the County of Rockingham, and Province of New Hampshire, that at a legal Meeting of the proprietors of said Town, held at the House of David Page, Esq.; in said Lancaster, on the fourth Day of December last, an Assessment of seven Dollars was laid on each original Right or Share of Land in said Town, to build Mills, clear Roads, &c. and chose me the Subscriber Collector of said Assessment.—This is therefore to notify the proprietors aforesaid to pay the same to me at my Dwelling House in said Town, by the second Tuesday in March next, upon Failure thereof their several Rights will be advertised for Sale in the New-Hampshire Gazette as the Law directs.
EDWARD BUCKMAN, Collector
Lancaster Jan. 16. 1773.
Blanks of all sorts, &c. sold at the Printing Office.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham, ss.
[ Conway. ]
WHEREAS the Proprietors of CONWAY in the County of Rockingham in said Province, chose me the Subscriber Collector to collect a Tax of fifteen Shillings lawful Money on each original Right in said Conway, voted the 31st Day of August 1769. And whereas I have given proper Notice to said Proprietors in this Paper to pay the aforesaid Tax, and many of them have neglected to pay the same: This is therefore to notify those that are delinquent, that unless each of them pay the aforesaid Tax to me on or before the 23d Day of February next, so much of their Lands will be sold as will pay said Tax with incidental Charges, at the House of Andrew McMillan, Esq.; in Concord, on Tuesday 23d of February next.
The Delinquents Names are as follows, the original Rights
   s. d. s. d.     George Abbot 15 0 David Hise 15 0   Andrew Bunten 15 0 Daniel Ingals 15 0   Eben. Beerbank 15 0 William Ingals 15 0   Hen. Young Brown 15 0 Samuel Ingals 15 0   Nath. Barrel 15 0 Jeha Johnson 15 0   Thomas Brage 15 0 Asa Kimbal 15 0   Francis Care 15 0 Reuben Kimbal 15 0   John Care 15 0 John Lang 15 0   David Davis 15 0 Henry Lovejoy 15 0   Obadiah Eastman 15 0 Peter Levins Esq. 15 0   Nathaniel Eastman 15 0 John Masten jun. 15 0   Daniel Foster 15 0 John T. Malor, Esq. 15 0   Asa Foster 15 0 Peter Parker 15 0   Moses Foster jun. 15 0 Jonathan Stephens 15 0   Caleb Foster 15 0 Hen. Sherburne, Esq. 15 0   Moses Foster, Esq. 15 0 John Temple, Esq. 15 0   Joshua Heath 15 0 Daniel Warner, Esq. 15 0   Elias Heath 15 0   Benning Wentworth Esq; two Rights, 1. 1 res. d. o.  
Jan. 21.
JOSEPH EASTMAN, Collector.
[ BOW ]
Province of New Hampshire, Rockingham, ss. WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of BOW at their meeting held at Stratham, in said County on the 29th Day of September, 1761, by Adjournment, voted that there should be a Tax of thirty Pounds old Tenor forthwith assessed and raised on each Proprietor's Right or Share of Land within said Township; And that twelve Pounds of said Tax should be laid on the forty Acres Lot belonging to each Right, and twelve Pounds thereof on the hundred Acre Lot belonging to each Right, and the remaining Six Pounds should be laid on the common Land belonging to each Right, making in the Whole thirty Pounds, O. T. to be raised on each Right, as aforesaid.
And the same hath been assessed, and the Assessment thereof with a Warrant to collect the same, hath been committed unto me, these are therefore to notify the said Proprietors, or such of them as are still delinquent, forthwith to pay said Tax to me at my Dwelling House in Newmarket, otherwise their Land will be advertised and sold for the same, according to Law. WALTER BRYANT, Col.
Portsmouth, Jan. 16, 1773.
‡ Cockermouth. ‡
NOTICE is hereby given to the Proprietors of COCKERMOUTH, that a Tax of £3 3 0 is raised on each original Right, to defray the Expense of making the College Road, Bridges, &c. through said Town, which Tax is committed to me, and am directed to collect the same immediately, and sundry of the Proprietors are in Arrears for former Taxes; and unless all the said Taxes are paid to me, at or before the first Day of February next, their Lands will be advertised for Sale, in the New-Hampshire Gazette, as the LAW directs. Hollis, Jan. 4th, 1773. JOHN ATVILL.
ALL Persons indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Job Rowel, late of Goff's Town, Yeoman, deceased, are desired immediately to bring in their Accounts to Jonathan Rowel, the Executor, or to Lieut. John McCurdy of Dunbarton, in Order for Settlement. Goffs-Town, Jan. 10th, 1772.
William Knight,
PERUKE MAKER and HAIR DRESSER, from London, hereby informs the Public, that he has open'd SHOP near LIBERTY BRIDGE, where he will be ready to serve any Persons on reasonable Terms, who incline to employ him, and at the shortest Notice.
Printed by D. and R. Fowle.