The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1790-05-27 00:00:00

New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful and entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.
MONDAY, MAY 10.
THE North-Carolina Bill was read a third time and passed.
Several petitions and memorials were read and referred.
Four Bills were presented from the Committee of Enrollment, and received the Speaker's signature.
Baron STEUBEN'S Compensation Bill was read a third time—The blank for the annuity, it was severally moved should be filled up, with 2700 dollars—with 2500—with 2420—and with 2000. The three first were negatived by Nays and Yeas—Nays 30—Yeas 25. The latter was carried—Yeas 30—Nays 24.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The report of a select committee, respecting an increase of duties on foreign tonnage, &c. was considered, and progress made therein.
TUESDAY, MAY 11.
After reading and committing several petitions, &c. a Bill for repealing the Act laying duties on Wines, after a certain date and laying other duties in lieu thereof, was read.
The Secretary of the Treasury reported an abstract of the duties received on American and Foreign Tonnage, to 31st Dec. last, which was read.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The report respecting an increase of duties on Foreign Tonnage, was again considered—and a motion, To strike the clause which proposed the duty on Foreign Tonnage should be raised to one dollar, occasioned much debate, and the committee rose without taking the question.
A report from the Secretary at War, with a statement of the troops and militia furnished by the several States during the late war was read.
Also, a Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the statement of monies paid by the several States from the commencement of the revolution to the ratification of the Constitution.
The North-Carolina Bill came down from the Senate amended—and the amendments were considered by the House, but no decision this day.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12.
The Bill for repealing after the last day of—next, the duties heretofore laid upon Wines, imported from foreign ports or places, and laying others in their stead, was read a second time, and referred to a committee of the whole house on Monday next.
The house then proceeded to reconsider such of their amendments proposed to the bill sent from the Senate, entitled, "An act for giving effect to the act therein mentioned, in respect to the State of North-Carolina, and to amend the said act," as were disagreed to by the Senate; and thereupon the house
Resolved, That a conference be desired with the Senate on the subject matter of said amendments; and that Mr. White, Mr. Steele, Mr. Foster, Mr. Livermore, and Mr. Williamson, be appointed managers at the said conference on the part of the house.
Agreeable to the order of the day, the house again resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the report of the committee to whom was referred the petition of the merchants and traders of the town of Portsmouth, in New-Hampshire. The motion for striking out the clause which proposes a tonnage of 100 cents on foreign bottoms, was put and negatived. A motion was then made to insert 75 cents in lieu of 100. This was also negatived. The
committee rose and reported progress.
Mr. BENSON from the joint committee of both houses appointed to consider and report their opinion on the question "When according to the Constitution, the terms for which the President, Vice-President, Senators and Representatives, have been respectively chosen, shall be deemed to have commenced" and also to consider of and report their opinion on, such other matters as they shall conceive to have relation to this question, made a report, which was read, and is as follows.
"That the terms for which the President, Vice-President, Senators and Representatives of the United States were respectively chosen, did, according to the Constitution, commence on the 4th of March, 1789, and so the Senators of the first class, and the Representatives, will not, according to the Constitution, be entitled by virtue of the same election by which they hold seats in the present Congress, to seats in the next Congress, which will be assembled after the third day of March, 1791. And further, that whenever a vacancy shall happen in the Senate, or House of Representatives, and an election to fill such vacancy, the person elected will not, according to the Constitution be entitled by virtue of such election, to hold a seat beyond the time, for which the Senator or Representative, in whose stead such person shall have been elected, would if the vacancy had not happened, have been entitled to hold a seat.
That it will be advisable for Congress to pass a law, or laws for determining, agreeable to the provision in the first section of the second article of the Constitution, the time when the electors shall, in the year which will terminate on the 3d of March, 1793, and so in every fourth year thereafter, be chosen, and the day on which they shall give their votes, for declaring what officer shall, in case of vacancy, both in the office of President and Vice-President, act as President; for assigning a public office where the lists mentioned in the second paragraph of the first section of the second article of the Constitution, shall, in case of vacancy in the office of President of the Senate, or in his absence from the seat of government, be in the mean time deposited; and for directing the mode in which such lists shall be transmitted. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, MAY 13.
Sundry petitions were read and referred.
In committee of the whole on the proposition in the report of the select committee for enhancing the duty of tonnage on foreign bottoms.—Mr. Seney in the chair.
Mr. SMITH (S. C.) moved an amendment to the clause—postponing the commencement of the duty to the first of January next; this amendment was agreed to.
Mr. MADISON after a debate of considerable length, proposed an amendment to the proposition, by adding after the words "foreign bottoms," these words—"Belonging to nations not in commercial treaty with the United States."
This motion was opposed by Mr. Fitzsimons, Mr. Lawrance, Mr. Ames, Mr. Sherman and Mr. Wadsworth; and supported by Mr. Page and Mr. Williamson: the question being put it was carried in the affirmative—Ayes 32, Noes 19. The resolution as amended, was then agreed to by the committee and stands thus—
That the tonnage on all foreign built bottoms belonging to nations not in commercial treaty with the United
States, be raised to the sum of one dollar per ton, from and after the first day of January next.
The committee rose and reported progress.
The report of the committee on the memorial of the officers of the late navy of the United States was read; this report was in favor of granting the prayer of the memorialists, viz. that they should be placed on a similar footing with the officers of the late army of the United States—and be allowed five years pay; laid on the table.
Adjourned.
Amount of the duties received on tonnage from 1st September to 31st December, 1789.
   States. Foreign tonnage. American tonnage. Total amount of tonnage.     N.Hamp. 469 50 339 30 808 80   Massa. 4,829 37 1/2 3,855 60 8,684 97 1/2   Connect. 618 8 722 47 1/2 1,340 55 1/2   N.York 8,739 87 1/2 1,496 66 1/2 10,236 54   N.Jersey. 83 50 224 31 307 81   Pennf. 11,587 64 1,515 6 13,102 70   Delaware. 603 123 96 726 96   Maryl. 4,994 5 1/2 1,728 88 1/2 6,722 94   Virg. 11,210 93 1/2 1,423 30 1/2 12,634 24   S.Caro. 4,630 59 433 84 5,064 43   Georg. 2,600 17 126 65 2,726 82  
50,366 72 11,990 5 62,356 77
FRIDAY, MAY 14.
In committee of the whole house on the report of the select committee respecting an enhanced tonnage on foreign vessels.—Mr. Boudinot in the chair.
Mr. MADISON moved an addition to the resolution agreed to yesterday in the following words, viz: That from and after the day of next the tonnage on all such vessels be raised to and from and after the day of next no such vessel be permitted to export from the United States any unmanufactured article being the growth or produce thereof.
This motion occasioned a debate—but was finally carried in the affirmative 28 to 19.
The second resolution proposed by the select committee for an addition of 10 per cent on the duties already imposed by law, on goods imported from places to which American vessels are not admitted, Mr. Lee moved should be expunged from the report, this motion was seconded by Mr. Parker, and carried in the affirmative. The committee then rose and reported progress.
The house took up the resolution, which was further amended, by adding the following proviso, viz.
Provided that this resolution shall not extend to prohibit vessels of any nation which permits the importation of fish, and other salted provisions, grain, and lumber in vessels belonging to the citizens of the United States. The resolution being thus amended was adopted by the House, and a Committee of three appointed to bring in a bill pursuant thereto.
A message was received from the Senate informing the House that they have adopted the report of the joint committee, appointed to consider and report their opinion, when according to the Constitution, the terms for which the President, Vice President, &c. have been respectively chosen, &c. and request the concurrence of the House. That they have also passed a bill for the encouragement of literature, by securing to authors, &c. the copy right of their works—with amendments.
Mr. BLAND of the committee appointed to take into consideration the arrears of pay ordered to the officers and soldiers of the Virginia and North-Ca-
rolina lines of the late army, brought in a report.
A petition from the American prisoners in Algiers, was introduced by the Speaker—read and referred to the Secretary of state.
A report on the petition of Thomas Jenkins and Co. was read, which was in favor of granting the prayer of said petition.
Adjourned 'till Monday next.
OF RHODE-ISLAND.
We are informed that the following is now pending before the Senate of the United States.
An ACT to prevent bringing Goods, Wares and Merchandizes from the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, into the United States; and to authorize a demand of money from the said State.
WHEREAS it is necessary to the security of the revenue, and other essential interests of the United States, to provide against goods, wares and merchandizes, being brought into the same through or from the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, so long as that State shall refuse to assent to the Constitution and laws of the United States:
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of July next, no goods, wares or merchandizes, of the growth or manufacture of whatever place or country, shall be brought into the United States, from the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, by land or water; nor shall any ship or vessel belonging to any inhabitant or inhabitants of the said State, enter any port, harbour, creek or river of the United States, except in case of distress; nor, except in a like case, shall any ship or vessel belonging to any inhabitant or inhabitants of the United States, enter any port, harbour, creek or river of the said State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations; And all goods, wares and merchandizes, which shall be brought into the United States contrary to this Act, shall be forfeited, together with the ships or vessels in which the same shall be brought, if brought in by water; or together with the carriages, horses and oxen employed in conveying the same, if brought in by land. And all ships and vessels which shall enter any port, harbour, creek, or river of the United States, contrary to this Act, shall be forfeited, together with their lading: And all ships and vessels which contrary to this Act, shall enter any port, harbour, creek or river of said State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations, shall be forfeited and shall be liable to seizure in any port of the United States at any time within one year after such forfeiture shall have accrued. And all persons who shall bring into the United States any goods, wares or merchandizes, contrary to this Act, or who shall be aiding therein; or who, being owners or captains of any ships or vessels, shall contrary to this act, order or navigate the same into any port, harbour, creek or river of said State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations, shall forfeit dollars; and be moreover liable to imprisonment not exceeding months.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the forfeitures accruing by breach of this Act, shall be recovered in the manner provided in the case of forfeitures of a similar nature in the Act to regulate the collection of the duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships and vessels, and on goods, wares and

merchandizes imported into the United States; and shall be disposed of in the manner provided in the case of penalties, fines, and forfeitures, in the said Act: And every collector, naval-officer and surveyor, or other person, specially appointed by either of them, or aiding and assisting in the execution of this Act, shall have the like power and authority, and be entitled to the indemnification and mode of defence, expressed or given in the said Act, to regulate the collection of duties.
SEC. 3. And to the end that the said State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations, may contribute to the supplies raised for discharging the engagements of the United States entered into previous to the 4th day of March, Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid , That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is authorized and requested to demand of the said State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations, dollars, to be paid into the Treasury of the United States, on or before the day of next; which being paid, shall be credited to the said State in account with the United States.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted , That this Act shall continue in force until a Convention of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations, shall assent to and ratify the Constitution, and give notice thereof to the President of the United States, and no longer.
L O N D O N, Feb. 21.
PRUSSIAN ALLIANCE with TURKEY.
A treaty is permanently arranged between the King of Prussia & the Grand Seignior, by which Prussia is engaged to side with the Turks until an honorable and equitable peace can be obtained.
It may further be depended on, that the King of Prussia at this moment, has a large body of troops on their march to join the Ottoman forces, and check the further progress of the Austrian arms.
A man, a good husband, but a better citizen, unable to pay the fourth part of his revenue, for it was deeply mortgaged, went to Mr. Neckar, and thus addressed him—“Sir, it is out of my power to pay you the quarter, but here is my wife, she is handsome—She is my better half—take her.”
March 16. The importation of tallow from America is rapidly encreasing, to the consequent decrease of the importation of the same article from Russia. The change is particularly advantageous to this country, as the Americans in return take more of our manufactures than the Russians; the importation of American tallow ought therefore to be encouraged in preference to Russian, though every measure ought in policy to be taken by the Legislature to decrease the importation of tallow, by encreasing the consumption of oil, and thereby affording the greatest possible encouragement to the British whale fishery.
WILMINGTON, May 8.
Gregori, the Spanish pirate, is not yet taken; he has lately captured several vessels, and treated the crews with great inhumanity: His force consists of five schooners, well armed, three of which were taken off the Bahamas, and were the property of the inhabitants of those islands. The Governor of the Havannah sent a frigate in pursuit of him, which has returned without success. A vessel fitted out at Jamaica, and another from the Havannah, are now in pursuit of, and it is hoped will fall in with him, and put a stop to his depredations.
CHARLESTON, April 24.
Mr. Langstaff, a merchant of this city, has received an extraordinary turpentine, which was raised by Capt. James Vincent, late of the continental army, on Cumberland-Island. It weighed, when first taken out of the ground, about three months since, 90 lbs. since which it has shrunk near one third,
and now weighs 64 lbs. it is in sound order for re-planting to produce seed.
BURLINGTON, May 11.
Extract of a letter from Coopers Town, on Lake Otsego, to a gentleman in this city, dated April 8.
“We are working away among the sugar here, and have already collected 12 hogheads, the worst of which is equal, and some of it superior in taste, colour, and grain, to any I ever saw from the West-Indies.—The present season for manufacturing this valuable article, is remarkably backward, so that we are now only beginning.”
NEWPORT, May 13.
The General Assembly of this State rose on Saturday last, and adjourned to this town, the 2d Monday of June next.
The Lower House sent a message to his Excellency the Governor, requesting him to convene the Assembly immediately after the rising of the State Convention, in case they should adopt the Constitution of the United States. The Convention meets in this town on Monday the 24th inst.
PHILADELPHIA, May 8.
Extract of a letter from Bourdeaux, dated December 1, 1789.
“I must observe to you, that your planters and merchants have a great interest not to overstock the English and Dutch markets with that part of your tobacco which must be consumed in France, because our farmers are forbidden to buy any tobacco which should not have been imported into France, from America directly, in American or French bottoms; and the consequence of that kind of act of navigation is, that tobacco, suitable for our consumption, being imported in foreign places, cannot find with us a vent, but must remain there glutting the market, and spoiling in such places, the prices of the whole of tobaccos imported there, which was really the case in England last year.”
MAY 10. A pathetic and elegant tragedy, called the WIDOW of MALABAR, written by Col. Humphreys, late aid de camp to the President of the United States, was performed on Friday to a judicious and brilliant audience, with uncommon marks of approbation, whose repeated plaudits evinced the satisfaction they received. The scenery was striking and picturesque (that of the funeral pile full of majestic horror) and the dresses well chosen: The performers exerted themselves in a particular manner; in short no piece that has appeared in the western world has been received with louder bursts of applause, and from the general avidity expressed by all ranks of people for its repetition, there can be no doubt but it will be as largely productive of profit to the theatre, as it has been of fame to its amiable author.
THE INFLUENZA has again made its appearance in this city.
A medical correspondent, who has observed several mistakes in the accounts published in our papers, on the subject of this disease, begs leave to lay before the public, for the benefit of his countrymen, the following short account of it, taken from notes of lectures delivered by the professor of the theory and practice of medicine* in the college of Philadelphia last winter.
The Doctor denied that the Influenza was produced by any sensible or unsensible quality in the air; but allowed, that it was a good deal influenced, as to its violence and many of its symptoms, by the heat, cold, moisture, dryness and sudden vicissitudes of the weather. He added, that it was not a new disease; that it had only acquired a new name; that it had been known in the early ages of physic by the name of the catarrhal fever, and had been described very accurately by Dr. Cullen, and other writers, by the name of Catarrh. It differs from what is commonly called a cold, it being produced wholly by contagion. The origin of this contagion is involved in as much obscurity as the origin of that of the measles and small pox.
*Dr. Ruff.
Records are to be found of the prevalence of this disease in America, in the years 1733, 1749, 1761, 1771, and 1789. It is remarkable, that the weather, and sensible qualities of the air were different in each of the three last times of its appearance.
The treatment of the influenza, recommended by the Doctor, was different according to the symptoms, constitutions and habits of the patients.
Where the pulse is full, and the habit plethoric, especially if it be accompanied with delirium or acute pains in the sides or breast, blood letting, gentle laxatives, or (if attended with sickness at stomach) a vomit, abstinence from animal food, cold drinks and cold air were advised.—The drinks should consist of toast and water; barley water; balm, flaxseed, or bran teas; or water, in which raw or dried apples, peaches or cherries had been infused when it was boiling, and suffered to remain until it became cold.
Where the pulse is weak, and a cough attends, without much pain or signs of inflammation, the remedies should, in several particulars, be different from those which have been mentioned. Bleeding should be omitted. Warm punch, wine-whey, sage, camomile, dittany, or pennyroyal teas, should, in this case, be the constant drinks of the patients. The cough should be composed by a few drops of laudanum taken occasionally during the day, or by pleasant syrups of any kind. A sufficient dose of laudanum, or asthmatic elixir, should be taken at night to procure sleep.
Should the fever prove obstinate, and the symptoms be alarming, blisters ought to be applied. The patient should moreover, be indulged with pure fresh air.
In both states of the disease, frequent changes of linen will conduce much to the comfort, and not a little to the recovery of the patient.—During the convalescent, or recovering state, the diet should consist of broths, soups, and light animal food; and the drinks of malt liquors, and a little wine. With these, should be blended gentle exercise in the open air.
PROVIDENCE, May 15.
“Last Saturday, at Attleborough, a very sudden death, in addition to many which have lately called our attention, took place on Mr. TIMOTHY FREEMAN, of that town.—He was four miles from home, at a friend's house, and asked for some refreshment: having eaten, he reclined his head on the back of a chair, with a knife and fork in his hand, and died without a struggle.—Thus in the midst of life we are in death; of whom then may we seek for succour, but of HIM from whom are the issues of life and death?”
NEW-HAVEN, May 12.
A representation from the Chief Counsellors and warriors of the Six Indian nations is now before the Executive of Pennsylvania. The following quotations will give some idea of their view in sending it—“We now wish that farmers, tradesmen and schoolmasters may be sent among us, that we may learn to work and live like white people—deer and bear are now so scarce we can no longer live by hunting.—When we get any skins, we have no place to dispose of them but at Pittsburgh—when we come there our camps are plundered, our horses and canoes stolen, and frequently our young men killed by bad people—do we ask for redress? No man in Pittsburgh can understand us—neither is there any person appointed by the great council fire to redress our wrongs—It is not good to retaliate, neither do we wish it, we therefore pray the Great Fire of the Quaker State to consider our situation, and appoint some just men in Pittsburgh to judge and interpret for us, &c.”
BOSTON, May 19.
DR. FRANKLIN'S WILL.
The Selectmen having received from the Executors of Dr. FRANKLIN'S Will extracts therefrom, communicated the same to the town, at the adjourned town-meeting, yesterday.
The extracts are lengthy, and contain many of those judicious and elegant maxims and observations, for which the Doctor is so justly celebrated—They contain legacies to the Town, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and his relations. To the Town he has bequeathed 1000. sterling—One hundred pounds of which to the Grammar Schools—the interest of which is to be laid out in Medals, to be given to such scholars as shall excel in certain acquirements. The other ten hundred pounds sterling, the Selectmen of the town of Boston are to hold in trust, to be let out in sums not exceeding sixty pounds, nor less than fifteen pounds sterling, to young married Artizans, under the age of 25 years, who can procure sufficient recommendation for sobriety, and of having performed the duties required by their indentures, of at least two reputable citizens, who are willing to be sureties for them; at an interest of 5 per cent. per annum. The interest and a tenth part of the principal to be paid annually. This sum being thus made an accumulating fund, the Doctor has provided for the appropriation of its product in 100 years (when it will amount to 131,000. sterling)—one hundred thousand pounds for public works; and the remaining 31,000 to begin a second fund on the principles of the legacy now left; until another century expires, when it will accumulate to 4,000,000 pounds—One million of which the town is to dispose of; and the other three millions the State. The Doctor not wishing to extend his views any further. There are many other particulars, which, as we relate from memory, we cannot give correct to our readers. Nor can we attempt any part of it, in the language of the deceased. As a correct copy will undoubtedly be published—the foregoing sketch may suffice.
WAR SEED.
The accounts from Europe, by the latest arrivals, appear to us to be pregnant with general convulsion and war; partly owing to the ambition of Kings, who make a race-horse of devastation; and partly to that spirit of liberty, which, with electrical rapidity pervades almost every part of Europe.
The Russians and Imperialists on one side—the Turks and Swedes on the other—have been making greater preparations for continuing hostilities this year than ever. It is true, that Commissioners from the Turkish and Russian powers have met to negotiate a peace; but it is also true, that the demands of the Empress are so extravagant, that the Grand Seignior can never submit to them. Besides this, the Brabanters continue a thorn in the side of the House of Austria.
Prussia, Poland, Saxony and Denmark, all exhibit a conduct far from being peaceable. The Sovereign of the former has lately given his son leave to join the army; and the music which this son delights to hear, is that which so highly gratified the ears of Charles XII. of Sweden.
England is the ally of Prussia—and must follow its chariot.
France is far from being tranquil, as it respects even her neighbours, having lately sent a large detachment of troops to be encamped on the border of Germany.
Spain meditates some blow, to prevent its subjects from taking the French influenza; and Holland can be led in the leading-strings of either Prussia or England. The other powers are too insignificant to disturb or attract the attention of the world.
MAY 21. Capt. Russell, in the sloop Stork, from Cape-Francois, informs that a few days previous to his sailing, there was an insurrection among the troops: it took its rise in consequence of one of the officers striking some of the soldiers.—A party of them to the amount of 240 took their arms and marched off into the country, intending, as was supposed, to go to some of the Spanish settlements.—The whole town was alarmed, and all the inhabi-

tants under arms; the light-horse pursued and overtook them, and by their persuasions were induced to return, 15 or 20 of their leaders were tried & 8 or 10 condemned to hard labour, the remainder were to be sent to France, two excepted, who were executed the day before he left the Cape. The Inhabitants at the time of his departure, still kept under arms, and were in great confusion.
ELEGIAK ODE,
On the death of Dr. FRANKLIN.
THE fairest flow'rets bring In all their vernal bloom, And let the sweets of Spring Adorn great FRANKLIN's tomb. The patriot's toil is done, At length his labours cease, The unfading crown is won, His Sun descends in peace.
The sons of Science grieve, The patriot heaves a sigh And scarcely will believe That so much worth can die. No, deathless is that name Which ages shall admire; And FRANKLIN's splendid fame Shall but with time expire.
While rapid light'nings fly, While awful thunders roll While meteors gild the sky, And dart from pole to pole. Mankind shall still admire When FRANKLIN's name they hear * "Who snatch'd celestial fire, "And broke the oppressor's spear."
Through ev'ry future age, While hist'ry holds a pen, She'll rank our virtuous Sage Among the first of men; And when she counts her sons Who've earn'd immortal fame, Shall next to WASHINGTON's Record our FRANKLIN's name. * Eripuit Cælo fulmen, sce p trunquie Tyrannis.
A gentleman from Halifax informs us, that the four regiments of British troops lately stationed at that place, have embarked for Quebec—to be stationed in the Western Posts.
MAY 26.
THE PRESIDENT,
We are happy to learn by letters received last evening from the seat of Government, was, at the date thereof, in a state of convalescence. That his health may be restored, and his life and usefulness long continued, is the continual oration of all ranks and conditions of his FELLOW-CITIZENS.
A correspondent has communicated to us the following abstract of the cargo of the ship Federalist , Capt. DALE, lately arrived at New-York, from Canton, China:
1706 Chests HYSON TEA, 410 do. SOUCHONG do. 66 do. BOHEA do.
14,000 pieces of NANKIN, The Convention of RHODE-ISLAND —met on Monday last at NEWPORT— Whether or not, they have adopted the Constitution of the United States, we have not heard.
On Thursday evening, a small fishing schooner in coming up the harbour, ran on a ledge of rocks near the spit of sand, and immediately sunk, by which accident Mr. JOHN MANSIR, of Charlestown, and his eldest son, were unfortunately drowned.
THE SPRING
Has this year been extremely backward—the chilling winds from the North and East keep back the infant vegetation; nor permit the bud to burst from its inclosure. Unlike the season the Poet sings in his invitation:
While the rosy-footed May, Steals blushing on, unrapur'd let us walk The morning dews, & gather in their prime, Fresh blooming flowers.
SHIP-NEWS.
On Thursday last the Ships President Washington , Capt. Nicholson, and Gov. Bowdoin , Capt. Dows, sailed for the
East-Indies. The elegant structure of these Ships, and the strength and beauty of the workmanship; must, when it is known in the East, that they, their sails, cordage, &c. together with the other ships that have before failed, are entirely the product of Malle-chulets, insure it a reputation for ship-building highly advantageous.
Arrived at Alexandria, May 6, in 74 days from Havre-de-Grace, the ship Patriot , Capt. de Gras, with 200 passengers, natives of France. We are informed they are on their way to the western country, and that a much larger number may be hourly expected in the Potomack.
May 10. Arrived at New York ship Federalist , Capt. DALE, in four months from Canton, China. By letters brought by this ship, the concerned in the ship Columbia , Capt. KENDRICK, and the Sloop Washington , Capt. GRAY, are advised of the arrival of Capt. Gray, in the Columbia , at Canton, after a passage of about 3 months from the North-West Coast of America, 49, N.—Capt. Kendrick having given up the command of the ship for the Sloop, remained on the Coast to trade. The Columbia , in crossing the Pacific from America to Asia, touched at the Owee islands, for refreshment and provisions, which were there procured. The Columbia may be expected here in all next month, having discharged her cargo of Furs at Canton, and taken on board, Teas, &c. The ships Asia , America , Grace , Anthony , of New-York, and thirteen other American ships, were at Canton when the Federalist failed.
From Baltimore, in the six months from October to April, there was exported—of Flour 89,204 Barrels: of Wheat 229,262 bushels, besides vast quantities of meal, bread, &c. to England, Ireland, France, Holland, Spain, Germany, Portugal, the West-Indies and other foreign ports. We mention this circumstance, as demonstrable of the observation made some time since, That America will become the Granary of the old world. The exports from the small, though flourishing part of Baltimore, in the months above-mentioned, of provisions, &c. were worth at that place above a million of dollars.
35 Ships, 54 Brigs, 4 Snows, 25 Schooners, and 61 Sloops—in all 179—were in the port of Philadelphia, the 10th inst.
LONDON, March 15.
A grant to the Right Hon. Charles Stanhope, for his new invented method of conducting vessels without sails, against wind, waves, current and tide, passed the great seal.
BALTIMORE, May 11. Extract of a letter from a gentleman of Kentucky District, to his friend in Washington, April 4.
"AS to the Indians, they have been troublesome all winter. Since October last, sixty persons have been killed within the limits of this district; besides a number destroyed on the Ohio; among whom is our old acquaintance, Mr. JOHN MAY, late of Boterourt, whose exit deserves notice, because he was actuated by motives of humanity. The affair is thus related, by a captive that has lately made his escape from the Indians, who was a spectator, and an unwilling instrument in the tragedy:
"Mr. May, in descending the Great Kanawha and Ohio, about the 20th of March last, discovered on the western shore of the latter, near the mouth of Scioto, a white man, who, with a plaintive voice, was calling for God's sake, to come, and take a poor prisoner on board, that was endeavouring to escape from the Savages. This had the intended effect. Mr. May ordered the boat towards the shore, and did not discover his mistake until the Indians rose up from their ambush, fired, shot him dead, and wounded some others of the passengers on board, who immediately endeavoured to make off; but being told in the English tongue, they should have good quarters, surrendered, without resistance. The Indians, however, on boarding the boat, massacred all, without distinction. Two days after, the same party attempted to decoy three large boats, that were coming down from Fort Pitt, ashore, at the same place where they had captured Mr. May's; but luckily, they were
discovered in time, and our people fired off. The enemy, being prepared, suddenly manned the boat, taken from Mr. May, with about thirty Warriors, and gave chase. The crews of two of the boats, fearing they might be overtaken, quitted them, and went on board the best sailer, where they threw overboard all the horses, and some heavy articles, and plied all their oars to effect their escape. The Indians also, exerted themselves in the pursuit, keeping on a steady course for about 20 miles, notwithstanding 24 well armed white men were on board the American boat, with one of our Colonels of Militia, and the sides of the boat high, and bullet-proof. Thus for want of a little resolution & skill, a favourable opportunity was lost to destroy a number of the vile enemies to the human race. The Indians, on their return, took possession of the two boats that were abandoned, and found in them 17 horses, about 5000 dollars' worth of merchandise, and considerable property belonging to the emigrants."
SALEM, May 18.
MARITIME INTELLIGENCE.
Extract of a letter from a House in Lisbon, to a Merchant in this town, May 12.
"We have read with indignation, in one of the London prints, a false and ridiculous paragraph, respecting an engagement between two Portuguese men of war and an Algerine corsair. As such a report may alarm the concerned on your side, we think it necessary to contradict it; and also to assure you, that none of those rovers dare stir out of port—much less to pass the Straits. A Portuguese squadron is to sail in a few days to their old station in the Straits; which will effectually shut up every Algerine, and make the navigation of your flag in these seas perfectly safe. It may be well to publish this in your papers, to quiet the minds of your navigators; for we consider that paragraph to have been invented for an evil purpose."
NEWBURY-PORT, May 26.
The number of deaths, from the Influenza and other disorders in this part of the country, exceeds that of any other period now remembered.
PORTSMOUTH, May 27.
HINT to FARMERS and OTHERS. A sure method of raising Indian corn on poor ground, as experienced by a gentleman of the State of New-York.
Dissolve salt-petre in water, so as to make it very strong; soak your seed corn therein until it becomes swelled, then plant it in the usual way; it will produce three times the crop, and will be ripe three weeks sooner, than the same sort of corn planted without soaking, on ground of the same quality and quantity.
DR. FRANKLIN'S EPITAPH.
[Many years since, Dr. FRANKLIN wrote the following Epitaph on himself—The republication, at this time, of a production so much celebrated for the sublimity of its simplicity, needs not any apology.]
THE BODY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
PRINTER,
Like the cover of an old book, Its contents worn out, and Stripped of its lettering and gilding, Lies here food for worms: But the work shall not be lost; For it shall, as he believed, appear once more,
In a new and more elegant edition, corrected and improved by THE AUTHOR.
[Born January 6, 1706; died April 17, 1790.]
The Hon. JOHN LAWRENCE, Esq., ROBERT BENSON and JAMES TOWNSEND, Esquires, are elected Federal Representatives for New-York.
The Inferior Court of Common Pleas, which by law was to have been holden in this town on Tuesday last, stands adjourned to the last Tuesday in June next, then to meet in this town, by reason of the Judges being sick.
Married, Capt. JOHN M'CLINTOCK, to the amiable Miss ELIZABETH BIGELOW, of this town.
Died in this town Mrs. TURNER, aged 40, consort of Capt. George Turner; Mr. GEORGE BOYD, aged 32; Mr. JOHN HART, aged 57; Mr. CLEMENT MARCH, aged 63; Mr. WILLIAM MONSON, aged 18 and Mrs. WHIDDEN, consort of Mr. James Whidden;—At Greenland, Mrs. HAINES and Mrs. RANLETT;—At Exeter, The Hon. JUDGE FOLSOM; Col. SAMUEL FOLSOM, and STEPHEN CREIGHTON.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE ENTERED FROM Schooner Nancy, Wyatt, Halifax. CLEARED FOR Sloop Laurel, Shores, Philadelphia. Brig Two Sisters, Fernald, St. Lucia. Brig Ceres, Long, West-Indies. Snow Mentor, Lyon, England. Schooner Mary, Tredick, West-Indies.
THE first American vessel that anchored in the river Thames, after the peace, attracted great numbers to see the stripes. A British soldier hailed in a contemptuous tone, "From whence came ye, brother Jonathan." The boatswain reported, "Strait from Bunker's Hill."
To the Honorable JOSEPH BADGER, Esq. Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. in and for the county of Strafford, and State of New-Hampshire.
The petition of John Gage, Esquire, of Dover, in said county, administrator of the goods and estate of the Honorable John Gage, Esq. late of Dover, deceased, intestate, in behalf of himself and the other heirs of the said estate, Humbly shews—
THAT in the year of the Lord seventeen hundred forty-nine, a tract of land in a place unincorporated, called New-Durham Gore, in said county, containing about 2200 acres, being two of the larger lots in said Gore, and numbered five and eleven, was granted by the Masonian proprietors to Walter Bryant, Thomas Bell, Joseph Blanchard, and the last named John Gage, Esquires. That the said heirs are seized of the one quarter part of said tract which they hold in common and undivided with the said Walter Bryant, or his assigns, and the heirs or assigns of the said Bell and Blanchard, deceased. That it is highly necessary said tract should be divided that a settlement may be made of the said estate on which your petitioner has administered.
He therefore prays that you would order process in the premises, and appoint a committee to make partition of said tract, and sever the share of the said John Gage, in the same, and set off said share to them in severality, according to law, and your petitioner, as in duty bound, will pray.
JOHN GAGE.
May 12, 1790.
Strafford.
AT a Court of Probate, holden at Rochester, in and for said county, on the second Wednesday of May, in the year of the Lord, seventeen hundred ninety, being the twelfth day of said month.
On reading the foregoing petition, it is ordered by the Judge that the petitioner be heard thereon, at the Court of Probate, next to be holden at Dover, in and for said county, on the third Wednesday of June next, and that in the mean time the said petition and order of Court thereon be inserted in one or more of the New-Hampshire newspapers, three weeks successively, that all parties interested in said tract of land may take notice, and then and there appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the said petition should not be granted.
Attest, WM. ATKINSON, Reg'r. A Copy examined by WM. ATKINSON, Reg'r.

Parnassian SPRING.
SONG ON MAY-MORNING.
A URORA now peeps o'er the hills, While fog still hangs about the rills: Scarce thro' the mists the hills are seen; And dew besprinkles all the green. The tuneful lark expands his wing, While linnets stretch their throats to sing: And now the rising God of day Does all his cheerful beams display, To usher in the blooming MAY.
Ye jolly swains and nymphs draw near, On the enamel'd green appear; Fill your canisters with flowers, Dance away the smiling hours; Fleeting time is on the wing; MAY, the sweetest month in spring, Now invites to rural sport; Warbling songsters now resort To spreading trees, and from the spray Welcome in the cheerful MAY.
The Turtledove, with joy elate, In amorous sighs now woos his mate: While cooing she returns his love; And zephyrs sigh thro' all the grove. And lesser birds sing on the trees, Dancing to the fanning breeze.
Hark! the linnet and the thrush, Chanting forth from every bush; Nymphs and swains make no delay To welcome in the lovely MAY.
Marian now no longer goes Thro' frost and snow to milk her cows: But, clad in rustic habit clean, She seats her on the velvet green. Her pale receives the milky tide; While Tom stands smirking by her side: And all his looks and actions prove, That spring invites the swain to love. Nor does his chat displease the fair: She, pleas'd to hear her Tom declare, How on the green, and at the wake, He slighted Molly for her sake; Who sought his love, but sought in vain: Yet was below'd by many a swain. The milking o'er, he ends his tale; Gives her his arm, and takes the pale; As to her cot they jog along, He sings the maid her fav'rite song; While echo, pleas'd, returns the sound, And tells the hills and dales around, How Chloris did inconstant prove And how Sylvander died for love. Nymphs and swains make no delay To welcome in the blooming MAY.
Flowers bring of various hue, Fragrant glittering still with dew. Blooming Chaplets shepherds bring, Compos'd of all the pride of spring. In jovial mirth we'll spend the day; Shepherds sing a roundelay; While zephyr, on his downy wing, Bears our praises of the spring; And all the hills and vales around, Are rawash'd with the pleasing sound. Ye nymphs and swains make no delay To welcome in the blooming MAY.
PASTORELLA.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of Fitzwilliam, that there is assessed on each lot of land in said township, subject to a proprietors tax, a tax of six shillings & five pence three farthings, and unless the same is paid to the subscriber, proprietors collector for the year 1789, by the fifth day of June next, their land will be advertised for sale as the law directs.
MATTHIAS FELTON, Propr's Collector. Fitzwilliam, May 6, 1790.
T HE commissioners for receiving and examining the claims on the estate of Jonathan Moulton late of Hampton Esq. deceased, will meet at the house of Benjamin Leavitt innholder in North-Hampton on the last Thursday and Friday of this and the following month for that purpose, — The two last times.
May 7, 1790.
B LANK'S of all sorts printed and sold at J. MELCHER'S Printing-Office in Market-Street, VERY CHEAP.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Cornish, who have not paid their taxes for the years 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788 and 1789, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before Thursday the third day of June next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at my dwelling-house in said town, at nine o'clock, A. M. on said day.
   1785. Certif's Ind's D. N. R. Q'ty. s. d. q. s. d. q. s. d. q.     Thomas March — — — — 2 9 3 100 4 7 0 0 4 2   Ebenezer Cate — — — — 0 3 5 100 3 1 0 0 3 0   Gen. Jonathan Chase — — — — 0 16 6 100 3 4 2 0 6 0   Walter Bryant — — — — 0 16 7 0 4 1 3 0 2 2   William Blazo — — — — 0 17 7 0 4 1 3 0 2 2   Gen. Jonathan Chase — — — — 0 19 7 0 4 1 3 0 2 2   Widow Clark — — — — 0 5 7 0 8 3 2 0 7 2   George March — — — — 0 3 2 0 14 7 0 1 2 0   Simeon Dearborn — — — — 0 16 4 0 8 0 0 0 7 0   Stephen March — — — — 0 17 4 0 8 0 0 0 1 0   Noah Emery — — — — 0 2 5 0 8 0 0 0 7 0   Benjamin Philbrook — — — — 0 12 6 0 2 5 0 0 4 0   Thomas Sherburne — — — — 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 3   — — — — 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0  
   1786. Certif's County. Specie. Ind. D. No. R. Q'ty. s. d. q. s. d. q. s. d. q.     Benjamin Philbrook — — — — 1 5 4 100 0 6 2 0 5 0 1 5 0   John Dudley — — — — 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 3 1 1 0   John Weeks — — — — 0 17 3 0 0 9 2 0 5 2 1 8 2   William Temple — — — — 0 7 4 0 0 6 2 0 5 0 1 5 0   George March — — — — 0 16 4 0 0 6 2 0 5 0 1 5 0   William Cate — — — — 0 13 6 0 0 4 1 0 6 1 0 7 0   Thomas March — — — — 0 9 3 0 0 9 2 0 7 2 1 8 0  
   1787. Certif's C'ty. Specie. Ind. D. N. R. Q'ty. s. d. q. s. d. q. s. d. q.     Thomas March — — — — 1 9 3 100 0 10 0 7 2 3 1 8   Ditto — — — — 2 9 3 0 1 0 0 9 0 2 8 2 0   Ditto — — — — 0 16 3 0 0 11 0 7 2 3 1 10   Jonathan Marston — — — — 0 6 4 0 0 8 0 6 0 1 10 1 4   George March — — — — 0 16 4 0 0 2 0 6 0 1 10 1 4   Noah Emery — — — — 0 12 5 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 5   Joseph Jackson — — — — 0 15 5 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 0 5   William Blazo — — — — 0 17 7 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 8 0 6  
   1788. Certif's C'ty. Specie. Ind. D. N. R. Q'ty. £. s. d. s. d. q. s. d. q.     Thomas March — — — — 1 9 3 100 0 3 6 4 1 3 1 8   Benjamin Philbrook — — — — 0 5 4 100 0 18 0 3 1 0 1 4   Thomas March — — — — 2 9 3 100 1 7 0 5 1 6 2 0   George March — — — — 0 16 4 0 0 18 0 3 1 0 1 4   William Blazo — — — — 0 17 7 0 0 6 9 1 0 6 0 5  
   1789. D. N. R. Q'ty. £. s. d. s. d. q. s. d. q.     George March — — — — 2 16 4 100 — 0 9 —   William Blazo — — — — 0 17 7 — 0 3 —   Benjamin Philbrook — — — — 1 5 4 — 0 3 —   Bracket Johnson — — — — 0 8 4 — 0 9 —   William M'Clary — — — — 2 5 2 — 0 9 —    JOHN MORSS, Collector. — Cornish, May 7, 1790.
C A N D I A. — State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Candia, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1787, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before Thursday the 17th day of June next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Col. John Carr, innholder in said town, at two o'clock, P. M. on said day.
   No. Q. D. s. d. q. s. d. q. d. q.     Edward Sanborn 106 52 3 0 8 3 0 5 1 2 2   John Calf 109 60 0 0 8 1 0 4 3 2 1   Clement Hughs 110 65 0 0 8 3 0 5 1 2 2   Jacob Basford 118 80 0 0 11 0 0 6 1 3 0   John Prescott 122 40 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2   Thomas Packer's Gore 0 60 0 3 7 3 1 2 3 7 1   Edward Sanborn 28 36 2 0 11 0 0 6 1 3 1   James Perkins 88 35 4 0 4 2 0 2 2 1 1   Richard Clefford 93 36 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2    THOMAS COLCORD, Collector. — Candia, April 24, 1790.
I M P O R T E D
In Captains' Scott & Barnard FROM L O N D O N, and to be sold at the lowest Advance for Cash,
BY
William Boyd, at his Store in Market-Street, a neat assortment of English G O O D S,
suitable for the approaching Season, viz.—
CALICOES and fustian Chintzes, red & white Copper Plate, strip'd Muslinett with chintz colours, plain, strip'd and sprig'd Muslinett, six quarters and yard wide plain and strip'd Muslins, six quarters Book Muslin, yard wide and jaconet Muslin Handkerchiefs, ditto Book Muslin ditto, ditto Lawn ditto, Irish and check'd
Linens, Modes, Sattins and Sarfenets; silk, cotton, brown thread, and hemp Hose, childrens Morocco Shoes from number one to eleven; Hats, ladies long and short coloured Gloves, superfine and second Broad Cloths with Trimmings, Waistcoat Shapes of silk and cotton, and all silk, Shalloons, Tammies, Durants, Calimancoes, plain and spotted black Gauzes, white Crape and Chambre do. Powder, Shott, Hard Ware, &c.
Also, may be had at said Store, Tea, Coffee, Cotton, Chocolate, Sugar, &c.
N. B. Pot and Pearl-Ashe and Lumber will be received in payment.
Portsmouth, May 1, 1790.
T O B E S O L D
A LOT of land with a valuable Water privilege, pleasantly situated near Pickering's mills, at the south end of the town, terms of payment will be made easy to the purchaser, for further particulars apply to the printer hereof.
Portsmouth, May 6, 1790.
State of New-Hampshire.
To the Honorable NATHANIEL FOLSOM, Esq. one of the Justices assigned to keep the Peace throughout the State aforesaid.
T HE subscribers being owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of Franconia in the county of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, — hereby request your honor to call or notify a meeting of the Proprietors of said township, to be held at the house of Capt. Benjamin French, innholder in Dunstable in the county of Hillborough in said State, on the 9th day of November next, at one of the clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles and matters hereafter mentioned.
1st. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
2d. To choose a Proprietor's Clerk.
3d. To choose Assessors, a Collector, a Treasurer and other necessary Officers for conducting business respecting said township as the Proprietors may judge expedient.
4th. To see in what method the Proprietors will discharge the arrears of public taxes and requisitions due from said township.
5th. To agree on, and vote such sum or sums of money to be raised on the right or share of each original Grantee, as will pay their respective proportion of said taxes and requisitions, and for the expenditures of said Proprietors that hath or may arise in bringing forward the settlement of said township.
6th. To see how far the Proprietors will ratify and confirm any or all their former votes.
7th. To see what effectual method the Proprietors will take to settle all disputes respecting different claimants to said lands, and make such Grant or Grants, Deed or Deeds by themselves or Agent, or their Committee as may be thought necessary for the purpose or for any purpose.
8th. To receive examine and allow accounts brought against said Proprietors, or act thereon as may be thought proper.
9th. To settle with their former Agent, and see what further steps are necessary to be taken respecting the boundaries of said township.
10th. To raise such sum or sums of money for making and repairing Highways, & to pay the cost of the Survey and other Expenditures as may be thought necessary.
11th. To settle the pay for their Agent or Committee who have or shall serve them.
12th. To act themselves or by Agent or Committee upon all other matters which may be thought necessary.
13th. To agree on some method of calling Proprietors meetings in future.
 Jonas Minot, William Blodget,  Silas Rice, Giles Alexander,  John Drury, Artemus Knight,  Edward Aldrich, Nathaniel Snow,  John Nixon, Isaac Moore,  Benjamin Walker. 
State of New-Hampshire, May 18, 1790.
THE Proprietors of Franconia above mentioned are notified to meet at time and place, for the purposes above mentioned.
NATH'L FOLSOM, Justice Peace.
P I E R M O N T.
T HE non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of Piermont, in the County of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, are hereby notified that a tax is committed to me the subscriber to collect, and appropriate to the repairing the main road leading from Warren through said Piermont to Haverhill, agreeable to an act of the General-Court passed at their last sessions, granting leave to the said non-resident owners of land in said Piermont to work out their taxes, allowing to each able bodied man there shillings for each day's labor any time before the first day of September next; all those who shall neglect will have their land advertised for sale agreeable to law.
WILLIAM TARLTON, Surveyor. Piermont, April 26, 1790.