The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1783-08-02 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE. AND GENERAL ADVERTISER.
Vol. XXVII.]
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1783.
[No. 1396.]
To the CITIZENS of NEW HAMPSHIRE.
UPON observing in the New Hampshire Gazette of the 27th inst. a most scurrilous, abusive and illiberal performance, signed CINCINNATUS, indirectly charging me with having been remiss in performing the duties of my office as Attorney General, either through inattention and idleness, or the influence of bribery and corruption, and being totally unversed in slander, and consequently unable to render railing for railing, I shall leave the abusive writer to enjoy, in imagination, the pleasure of supposing himself the author of an unanswerable production, the genuine picture of his malevolent heart, and appeal to your reason and judgment, by which alone I must stand either acquitted or condemned.
The crime with which I am accused, is, suffering the estates of absentees to remain unappropriated, thereby withholding from the soldier his stipend, from distressed widows and helpless orphans the means of support. If I am not mistaken in the author of that illiberal performance, I will venture to assert, that among the several classes, whose cause he pretends to espouse, he cannot produce a single witness in favor of his tenderness or humanity; the whole would unite in declaring that his generosity is circumscribed by the contracted limits of his own selfish & unfeeling bosom; but base & ungenerous as my accuser is, if I have been negligent in the performance of my duty, I wish not to escape your censure.
Upon my return from the army, where I endured (at least) a common share of sufferings with my fellow soldiers, I found myself under a necessity of resuming my former practice at the bar, and the last year was without my privity, appointed Attorney General for this state; upon being informed of the appointment, I wrote a letter directed to the Committee of Safety, signifying my determination to decline the honor intended me by the Assembly, (which was then under adjournment,) but through the persuasion of a number of my friends, I was prevailed upon to delay my answer until the meeting of the Superior Court at Exeter, in September last, when with reluctance I accepted the office, but with this express reservation, "That I was not to be called upon to act in behalf of the state against those persons for whom I had been previously engaged" the persons were particularly mentioned, & among them Col. George Boyd was named, whose estate in particular I doubt not the author of that ungentlemanly performance wishes to be fingering in the character of trustee; I had been engaged as council for Col. Boyd since the year 1765, and had been employed by Mrs. Boyd, to assist in preserving so much of his estate as would secure her and her children against poverty and distress; it was accordingly agreed by the Justices of the Superior Court before the President of the state, that whenever actions in which I had been before engaged were brought on, some other person should be appointed to act in behalf of the state; and to prevent this malicious writer from suggesting that I might have been employed by Mrs. Boyd after my appointment, I refer him to the Clerk of the Assembly, who gave me the first information of my having been appointed, and to
whom I immediately communicated my being engaged for Col. Boyd's estate.
These preliminaries being thus publicly settled, I entered upon the duties of the office in September last: it was not possible that I, who had been absent almost eight years, never in the Legislature, and a perfect stranger to most of the absentees, and to their estates, could in a single hour be able to ascertain their property, and at that time draw bills against them; however, it being mentioned in the charge to the Grand Jury, I enquired of them whether they knew of any such estates, to which they answered in the negative, this was the case also in Strafford and Hillsborough counties, and it is well known that in Cheshire the jurisdiction of New-Hampshire was disputed, by four or five hundred men assembled in martial array, and the authority of the state was with difficulty restored in that county; and Grafton prior to that period was nearly in the same situation; all this was within two months after my accepting the office, a space much too short for ascertaining and describing the property of absentees, even if the before mentioned circumstances had not taken place.
Early in the following winter we received information that the preliminary articles were signed at Paris, on the 30th of November preceding (less than three months after I came into office) by the fifth article of which it is expressly agreed "that the Congress shall recommend to the Legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects; and also of the estates, rights and properties of persons resident in districts in possession of his Majesty's arms, and who have not born arms against the said United States," and by the article 6th, "that there shall be no future confiscation made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war, and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property," these preliminary articles were ratified at Versailles, on the 20th of January, and came to hand before the spring circuit commenced; how much more explicit the definitive treaty may be; and what obligations may still be laid upon the United States for the restoration of confiscated property, time alone can discover.
This being a true state of the facts, I now appeal to your candor; whether as Attorney General of this state, I could have been justified in assisting to appropriate and make sale of estates, which, by being entrusted to the management of this Pseudo CINCINNATUS and others of his stamp, who have more art to procure offices than honesty to execute them, might have netted to the treasury one eighth of their real value, by means of which we might have had the double pleasure of distributing one eighth part among the soldiers, widows and orphans, whom he mentions; and of repaying it at the eight dollars for every one received: had I been thus inattentive to the interest of my fellow citizens, and regardless of my own, I should have justly merited the censure of every individual in the state.
This writer observes that "New Hampshire to her glory has been among the foremost to confiscate the property of refugees to the use of the brave defenders of the Commonwealth" and he might have added with strict truth, that the property of absentees, which has been appropriated and sold in this state, though in itself of great value, has scarcely yielded to the treasury a sum sufficient to pay for the paper, which he has stained with his malicious pen; it is exceedingly fortunate for the inhabitants of New Hampshire, that they are not bound by the articles of peace, to make restitution for the estates of the late Governor Wentworth and Col. Holland; for in that case they must have been taxed to refund money, which they never received, and to make restitution for the sale of property from which they never derived the least advantage. I am sensible that the judicious part of mankind, and the true friends to this state, would have advised the public to take possession of all the estates of absentees, and let them on the most advantageous terms, until it could be known where the property was finally to centre; had this measure been adopted, those two estates and some others might now have afforded to the orphan, the widow and the soldier that relief, of which they are at present totally destitute; perhaps the fluctuating state of our currency, and many other reasons, may be assigned in excuse of the measures adopted respecting the before mentioned estates; but, however justifiable those proceedings may have been, it could never be deemed even pardonable in any person as a public servant, to appropriate and make sale of estates, which the preliminary articles of peace informed him should be restored, or to institute prosecutions, which were by those articles prohibited from being carried on.
I wish this writer would point out to the public, those persons who have estates unappropriated, and have born arms against the United States; I surely know of none, nor do I know of any estates belonging to absentees, of any considerable value, which yet remains unappropriated, except those of Mr. Fisher and Colonel Boyd, the former of whom is said to be absent by leave of the Convention, and the latter I have already said I could not in honor, and was not required by office to appear against: it may be enquired why I took up for Col. Boyd's estate? to which I answer, that as a lawyer not engaged by the state, I had an undoubted right, and more, especially as I suppose Mr. Boyd not to have done the ten thousandth part so much against the American cause, as some others, who by a great display of zeal, strive like Simpronius, to cover the deep hidden villany of their souls.
Boyd prompted by ambition, accepted a mandamus; but forbore to revile American measures, which others, now in office, censured without reserve.
Boyd went off in the fall of 1775, for the purpose of taking care of his effects in England; and permit me to enquire, whether no other gentlemen from the same town where Mr. Boyd formerly lived, as well as from other parts of the continent, departed under the same pretence, and at the same time.
I am happy that my conduct, as a servant to

he feels is well known throughout the United States, it has ever been open and uniform; I have not during the contest with Great Britain, been the inveterate tory or the rancorous whig; I confess myself unequal to the task of deceiving mankind, by flying from the extreme of one of those characters to that of the other; I have never approved the measures of Britain, or solemnly protested against those of America; neither have I ever merited the character of an idle drone, or has my public conduct even been called in question, until a certain Junto, composed of this political Camelion, his friend the special Justice at Concord, and one or two others of like talents, and political honesty, thought proper to make the attack.
I am always happy in laying my conduct, and the reason therefor before the public; and doubt not that your candor and good judgment will induce you to approve the measures, which as your servant, I have adopted.
If the Grand Juries had found bills against any estates, I should undoubtedly have drawn them; but for me to have filed informations of my own head, and put the state to the expence of prosecutions, when there was not a possibility that the public would reap even the least advantage therefrom, must have excited the astonishment of all mankind, and justly brought upon me the indignation of an "injured people." JOHN SULLIVAN.
Durham, July 21.
L O N D O N, May 29
The Russians enter so cordially into the spirit of a Turkish war, that should it be commenced, it will be conducted in the most vigorous manner. Temporal ambition, actuated by religious zeal, may shake the basis of the Ottoman power, and bid defiance to the standard of Mahomed.
Article for the Litterary — From the curse of North's war, and the blessings of Shelburne's peace, Good Lord deliver us!
Extract of a letter from Constantinople, April 3
The warlike preparations, both by sea and land go on here with all possible alacrity. All the castles upon the coasts of Natolia and Thrace are full garrisoned, and well provided with ammunition and provision. Vast numbers of soldiers are passing from Asia to Europe: their number already amounts to upwards of 100,000 men. A Tartarian courier is sent to Belgrade with important orders, and a vast quantity of artillery. Camels and all sorts of ammunition and provisions, are sending towards that place. The preparations by sea are no less considerable: — The latter end of last month 13 sail of the line entered the channel, all well equipped; 4 more, of 80 guns each, are already in the Archipelago; near the lighthouse, 40 ships of war are fitting out, besides others at Gallipoli and in the Black Sea; so that about July there will be 70 ships of war, of different sizes, ready for sea; 2700 complete sailors are expected from the Archipelago islands.
C H A R L E S T O W N, (S. C.) June 7.
By accounts received last evening from Georgia, we learn, that a certain Mr. Maxwell, (who had frequently assisted in murdering several of the good people of these States) had returned there without permission, and has met with the punishment due to his crimes, by some persons unknown.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, July 16.
A correspondent observes, that there is scarcely an instance in which the citizens of Philadelphia have shown more good sense, united with good disposition and manly patriotism, than in their address to Congress, which is now signing and will be presented in a few days. It happily falls in with the sense of all parties, and is not only a measure of the most perfect cordiality, but consistent with the nicest and most delicate sense of honor.
No foreign vessels can yet be entered at New York, neither is the American flag suffered to fly in the harbour. The few French and others that arrived hitherto, have either returned and entered some other port, or sailed up the North-River, where it is said they find sure vent for their cargoes.
By a vessel just arrived from Bermuda, we are informed, that a French sloop of war, which lately left Philadelphia, bound to Martinico, ran on the rocks off Bermuda,
and beat to pieces—the crew, with much difficulty, were saved.
Advices from New-York, as late as Friday last, mention, that 26 sail of vessels, with Refugees on board, were to sail that day for Nova Scotia.—That the Hessians and other foreign troops, taken with General Burgoyne, were sailed for Canada.—That another embarkation, consisting of British troops; was preparing. Among the vessels fitting up for transports, was the South Carolina frigate, it was said, she would accommodate near 1000 men: the advices add, that from the above, and many other causes, it was probable the city would be clear of the British army in the course of the months of August and Sept.
Extract of a letter from Newburgh, 24th June, 1783, from his Excellency General Washington to the President of Congress.
S I R,
IT was not until 3 o'clock this afternoon, that I had the first information of the infamous and outrageous mutiny of part of the Pennsylvania troops; it was then I received your Excellency's letter of the 21st, by express, and agreeable to the request contained in it, I instantly ordered three complete regiments of Infantry and a detachment of Artillery to be put in motion as soon as possible; this corps will consist of upwards of 1500 effective men. As all the troops who composed this gallant army, as well those who were furloughed as those who remain in service, are men of tried fidelity, I could not have occasion to make any choice of corps; and I have only to regret that those existed a necessity they should be employed on so disagreeable a service. I dare say, however, they will, on this and all other occasions, perform their duty, as brave and faithful soldiers.
While I suffer the poignant distress in observing that a handful of men, contemptible in numbers and equally so in point of service, if the veteran troops from the southward have not been seduced by their example, and who are not worthy to be called soldiers, should disgrace themselves as the Pennsylvania mutineers have done, by insulting the sovereign authority of the United States, and that of their own, I feel an inexpressible satisfaction, that this behaviour cannot stain the name of the American soldiery, that it cannot be imputable to, or reflect dishonor on the army at large; but on the contrary, it will, by the striking contrast it exhibits hold up to public view the other troops, in the most advantageous point of light. Upon taking all the circumstances into consideration, I cannot sufficiently express my surprise and indignation, at the arrogance, the folly and the wickedness of the mutineers; nor can I sufficiently admire the fidelity, the bravery and the patriotism, which must forever signalize the unsullied character of the other troops of our army; when we consider that these Pennsylvania levies, who mutinied, are recruits and soldiers of a day, who have not borne the heat and burthen of the war, and who can have, in reality, but few hardships to complain of; and when we at the same time recollect, that those soldiers who have lately been furloughed from this army, are the veterans who have patiently endured hunger, nakedness and cold, who have suffered and bled without a murmur, and who, with perfect good order, have retired to their homes, without a settlement of their accounts, or a farthing of money in their pockets; we shall be as much astonished at the virtues of the latter, as we are struck with horror and detestation at the vices of the former, as we are struck with horror and detestation at the proceedings of the former; and every candid mind, without indulging ill-grounded prejudices, will undoubtedly make the proper discrimination.
N E W - Y O R K, July 8.
In the Rosbuck packet came passenger, LE COMTE DAL VERME a young Nobleman from the Duchy of Milan, in Italy, who, after having made the tour of Great-Britain, proposed to visit the principal parts of this continent.
The ship Stat Kortryck, Peter Harmsz, from Dominico for Ostend, with 550 hogheads of rum and sugars, and a quantity of coffee, cocoa and cotton, was cast away on the island of Bermuda on the 28th of May: She sprung a leak some time before, and could not be kept free with both her pumps. The vessel and cargo were lost, and three of the crew drowned.
By letters from the several military agents, we learn that the reduction of the army is to reach the 50th regiment of Infantry, which is to be the youngest standing corps; and that there are to be only 8 companies to a battalion. This large reform of the Land Forces is to be made up by continuing in the service a much larger Naval establishment than ever was hitherto known, as the British and French Courts, equally jealous of each other, do not expect the peace between the two countries will be of long duration;
the great number of French Engineers, of late secretly sent to the East-Indies with some other enterprises, not of a pacific tendency, amply justify the suspicions of the British Ministry.
F I S H K I L L, July 24.
Late advices from Britain mention, that Arnold has certainly had the government of Bermuda (worth about 5000. a year) offered to him; but it is thought he will decline it, as he has more than once intimated that he is well convinced of the cursed spite of the New Englanders against him, and that they would go all lengths to get him off the island, to gratify their nefarious designs against his life.
N E W - L O N D O N, July 18.
Wednesday last arrived Capt. Bishop, in a brig from Guadalupa; with whom came passengers a number of French Gentlemen and Ladies, who intend settling in Pennsylvania.
B O S T O N, July 31.
A gentleman is come to town from New York city; he left it last Sunday night. We learn by him, that two vessels arrived there while he was in the city, in short passage from England: the report by them was—That the Definitive Treaty of Peace had been signed and finally settled in Europe, previous to their sailing. [but whether it was brought over in either of these vessels, he could not ascertain] —That one hundred transports left England before these vessels, bound to New-York, in order to convey the British troops, Negroes, Refugees, and other Tories, from thence to England, Nova-Scotia, and elsewhere, consisting, in the lump, to upwards of 22,000 souls.
'Tis reported, that a number of persons have lately been taken up in New-York, and confined in goal, for counterfeiting Mr. Morris's notes.
A vessel is arrived at Providence in a short passage from England, and we hear, brings a certain account of the signing of the Definitive Treaty.
S A L E M, July 31.
The Vice President of the Council of New-Jersey, on receiving an official account of the late revolt of the Pennsylvania troops, immediately summoned a meeting of the inhabitants of Trenton, and the vicinity who, together with those of Princetown, unanimously expressed their utmost abhorrence of the gross and daring insult offered to Congress, the Supreme Government of the American Union; and cheerfully pledged their lives and fortunes to the government, in whatever way their services might be required, whether in repelling foreign invasion, or quelling intestine tumults.
N A V A L O F F I C E, Port of Piscataqua, August 2.
CLEARED,
Currier, for Nova Scotia. Gardner, for Martinico. Meagher, for Halifax.
N O T I C E is hereby given to the proprietors of Pleatham, lying upon the west side of Connecticut river, in the New Hampshire grant. Alas Vermont last at a legal meeting held at Newbury in said state in September last, voted a tax of forty shillings L. M. on each original right, and if said tax is not paid to me at my dwelling house in Boscawen within three weeks from the first publication of this advertisement, so much of the land as will pay said tax will be advertised for sale. Samuel Atkinson, Collector. Boscawen. August 1, 1783.
W H E R E A S the proprietors of Coventry, at their legal meeting voted a tax of nine pounds L. M. on each original right: notice is hereby given, that unless they pay the same to me at my dwelling house in Boscawen, within three weeks from the first publication of this advertisement, or the same will be advertised for sale. Samuel Atkinson, Collector. Boscawen. August 1, 1783.
A strong second-hand Chaise and Harness to be sold: Inquire at the Printing Office in Portsmouth.
One Hundred Dollars Reward.
W H E R E A S some evil disposed person or persons, on the 26th or 27th night inst. broke into the store of the subscriber, and stole the following articles, viz. About ninety pounds in French Crowns, and some small change; one piece of superfine scarlet broad Cloth a little damaged by the mice eating through some of the folds, 15 dozen black and coloured silk Handkerchiefs, 150 yards of black Alamos, half a piece black Everlasting, 4 yards brown broad Cloth, part of 4 pieces of Calicoes, 4 yards black Durant, 6 yards green Tammy, 3 lb. Nu-megs, one bundle Pins, one check'd worsted Plaid, (Scotch) Sugar, Coffee and Chocolate, with sundry other articles. Whoever will discover the Thief or Thieves, so that they may be brought to justice shall have the above reward.
JONATHAN HAMILTON, Jr.
Berwick, July 28th, 1783.

TO BE SOLD
Public Vendue,
On Friday the 8th Inst. at 10 o'Clock A. M on Moffat's Wharf, Forty pieces of damaged Sail Cloth, a few Codlines and sundry other articles. Portsmouth, August 1, 1783.
TO BE SOLD Cheap, Corn, Rye, Bran and Shorts, on board the Brig BETSEY, lying at Long Wharf.
Just opened and to be sold, at the shop of Samuel Hale,
near the Post Office, CHINTZES, Callicoes, Lawn Aprons and Handkerchiefs, Gauzes, black and white silk gauze Handkerchiefs, Kenning Lawns, Cambrick, Cargut, black, white and color'd silk Mitts and Gloves, Fans, Ostrich Feathers, Chip-Hats, Mode, Sattinet, Prunella, Shoe- Binding, Hair Ribbon, Temple Spectacles, Knives and Forks, Ink Pots, Men's and Wo- men's, Thimbles, Coat and Jacket Buttons, Tea, Queen's China, &c. &c. Portsmouth, August 1, 1783.
TO BE SOLD. Several valuable Tracts or Rights of LAND, in different Towns in Mason's Patent. For particulars inquire at the Prin- ting-Office, Portsmouth. July 26, 1783.
ALL Persons indebted to, or that have any De- mands upon the Estate of James Hart, Block- maker, late of Portsmouth, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Mary Hart of said Port- mouth, Administratrix, for a speedy settlement.
ALL persons indebted to, or that have any de- mands on the estate of the late Widow Hope Scammon, of Dover, deceased, are desired to render in their accounts immediately, in order for a speedy set- tlement to Ebenezer Tuttle, Administrator. Dover, June 9th, 1783.
NOTICE.
ANY PERSON desirous of Contracting to build a VESSEL, will be pleased to call on Richard Scaman, at Michael Went- worth, Esq's.
Choice Lisbon FEATHERS, TO BE SOLD By Timothy Mountford, On Spring Hill, Portsmouth.
A Farm
Containing 150 Acres of good Land, lying near the Powder-Mill in Exeter, about two miles from the Town, well situated, with good Buildings, Orchard- ing, Mowing, Pasturing and Tillage Land. Any Persons inclining to purchase, may enquire of Robert Kimball, living on said Farm. July 9 1783.
State of New-Hampshire. THE subscriber being appointed (agreea- ble to a Resolution of Congress) Com- missioner for settling the Continental ac- counts in this state. Hereby give public notice to all whose accounts are yet unsettled, or to whom the United States are indebted for monies advanced; supplies furnished, or services performed: that his office is kept at Exeter, and that he is ready to receive all such accounts and claims for liquidation and settlement. STEPHEN GORHAM. Exeter, July 16, 1783.
TO be sold on easy terms, for cash or produce, with reasonable credit, two very valuable rights of land in the town of Stoddard, being lots No 4 in the 2d range, No. 3 in the 4th range; for particu- lars inquire of the Printers at Portsmouth.
A quantity of China & Glass Ware
To be Sold, by Benjamin Dearborn. Portsmouth, August 1, 1783.
TO BE SOLD, BY Thomas Sheafe,
At his Store adjoining the upper town-wharf,
A Small package of English GOODS, amounting to about 100l. Sterling.— ALSO —An assortment of Irish and Dutch Linnens, Callamancoes, Tamnies, Shalloons, Rib'd Deluce, Black Sattinet, Sewing Silk, Men's fine brown thread Hose, Cambrick, Long Lawn; No. 4 Pins, best London Wo- men's Russel Shoes, Chinces, 18d. Thread, Breadport Lines by the dozen or single, small fishing Lines, Knives and Forks, Ger- man Steel, Sweeds Iron, Chocolate, Green Tea, by the dozen or single pound, Irish Malt Pork and Beef, Sugar by the hhd. or retail; Also a few Casks of 5 year old Grenada Rum, &c. &c. &c. Which will be sold at the lowest Price.
Isaac Williams,
BEGS leave to inform the PUBLIC, that he has opened a HOUSE OF ENTER- TAINMENT in Exeter, for Gentlemen Travellers, and others, at the Sign of the Arms of France and America; where good Attendance will be given, and the smallest Favors gratefully acknowledged.
Best Sweet Scented Virginia Tobacco, By the hundred wt. or smaller quantity, TO BE SOLD BY BENJAMIN DEARBORN.
TO BE SOLD, BY John Langdon,
At his STORE, By Wholesale,
The following articles cheap for cash, or good Bills on EUROPE, CHINTZES and Callicoes in Trunks —black Lastings and Sattinets in Cases—Glass Decanters, Tumblers, &c. in Casks—Queen's Ware in hds— a cask of Joiner's Tools—Boxes of Tin Plates, and Tin Ware—Cordage of all Sizes—Sewing Twine, Codlines, Sail Nee- dles and Fish Hooks—Chests of Medicine —Quadrants, Prospect Glasses—and many other Articles. Portsmouth, July 15.
THE Subscriber begs leave to inform the Public, that the SILK DYING and CLOATHING BUSINESS , in all their Branches, are carried on at his Mills in Durham.—Those who please to favor him with their Custom, may depend on being served with Fidelity and Dispatch.—Those Persons who have Cloth at his Mills are de- sired to send for the same. Durham, July 4. JOHN SULLIVAN.
State of New-Hampshire. THE non-resident owners of land in the following towns, viz. Lemster for 1779, 1780, 1781, and 1782; Unity for 1781, and 1782; Acworth for 1780, and 1781; Richmond for 1781, and 1782; Wendell, for 1781, and 1782; The Gore, Raby, Boscawen, Allenstown, Nottingham, Marlborough, Mid- dletown, Hillborough, Peterborough-Ship, Washington, New- Durham, second, and Fishersfield, second for 1782; and Pac- kerfield for 1783; are hereby notified that their lands in said towns, are taxed for the years aforesaid, and if the taxes are not paid within eight weeks from the first publication of this ad- vertisement either to the collectors, or the Subscriber, they will be advertised for sale. THOMAS ODIORNE. Exeter, July 5, 1783. Receiver of non-resident taxes.
TO BE SOLD,
A large Dwelling-House, at the
North-end of Portsmouth, partly finished, having a good cellar and arch, and also a barn; being part of the estate of Capt. Richard Shortridge, deceased; the land 168 feet running from one street to the other, and pleasantly situated in Deer Street, 49 feet front. Likewise, a small House standing on the same land, which may be easily removed off.
The payment for either of the houses will be made as easy to the purchaser, as can reasonably be expected. Further particulars Inquire of the Printers.
TO BE SOLD,
At Public Vendue, on Tuesday
the second day of September next, at eleven o'clock A. M. at the house of James Hickey.
A VALUABLE tract of land in Bristol, in the county of Lincoln, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bay, which lays on Broad Cove, con- taining one hundred acres, with a dwelling house thereon; the said land is valuable on account of its being well timbered, consisting of spars, ship timber, and cord wood, and within a quarter of a mile of a good Grist Mill, and Saw-Mill; and also salt water landing, and a good harbour, about ten acres in grass of the best quality. The pay will be made easy, as it will be taken in produce, or in a vessel. Also,
At private sale a lot of land known by the name of Bailey's lot, in said Bristol, &c. containing one hun- dred acres, forty or fifty acres of the same under im- provement: pleasantly situated for a trader, tavern- keeper, fishery, or the brick making business, with a good house, barn, &c. and joins on an excellent har- bour. Also,
Sundry lots of land in this State, some under con- siderable improvement. For particulars Inquire of JAMES HICKEY.
Portsmouth, July 16, 1783 N. B. The above township of Bristol, was for- merly called Pemaquid. Said Hickey, has for sale a number of Horses in good order for shipping or any other use.
THE subscribers being appointed commissioners by the Hon. Judge of Probate, for the county of Rockingham, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of Michael Dalton, late of Londonderry, in said county, trader, deceased, represented insolvent, and six months being allow'd for that purpose, hereby give notice that we will attend on said business, at the house of Capt. Jacob Martin, landholder in said Londonderry, on the last Monday of this and the five following months, from two to six o'clock, P. M.
JOHN CALE, JOHN BELL, JOHN PINKERTON } Commissioners. Londonderry, July 17th, 1783.
WHEREAS on or about the 10th of April 1783, one Lt John Gile, of Nottingham, appeared at my house in Warner, and demanded of me twenty- five dollars, without having any just demand upon me to the value of one shilling, he said he had the offer of twenty five men to come with him, and if I refused paying him the said sum, when he re- turned they would immediately pay me a visit; and out of fear that he would return with his associates, as he told me that he would, and ruin me in body or estate, in that distress of mind, I signed a note of hand, to the amount of twenty five dollars, and gave the same to the said Lt. John Gile, in order to get rid of him, immediately upon making the above fact known to my friends and neighbours, and the authority of the county to which I belong to, they warmly resent- ed the matter, and told me to publish the same im- mediately. I therefore caution all persons from pur- chasing said note of hand, as I am determined not to pay the same, unless compelled to by law, said note being obtained by fraud.
ALL persons are cautioned against harbouring, or trusting Sarah Morrill, wife of me the subscriber, as she has eloped from my bed and board, and refuses to cohabit with me her lawful husband; as I am deter- mined not to pay any debt she may contract after the date hereof, unless compelled to by law.
EPHRAIM MORRELL. Warner, July 12th, 1783.
ALL persons who are indebted to, or that have any demands on the estate of John Smith 4th, late of Durham, deceased, are re- quested to make a speedy settlement with the subscribers.
Mary Smith, Administratrix. Ebenezer Smith, Administrator. Durham, July 22, 1783.

State of New-Hampshire.  NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Rindge, who have not paid their taxes for the years 1781 and 1782, that so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue at the house of Captain Solomon Cutler, innholder in said town on Tuesday the 19th day of August next, at 10 o'clock A. M. as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
James Streater's List for 1781.
   No. Range l. s. d.     Oliver Artherton 22 8 2 8 11   Jos. Jackson, Esq; 50 acres 10 7 2 3 0   Abel Sawyer 5 10 0 15 5   Jonathan Whitney 5 9 0 11 7   Peter Stevens, 51 acres 4 10 0 3 1   Capt. E. Knowlton, 70 acres 2 6 0 13 11  
Jeremiah Norcross's List for 1781.     Levi Fatt 3 2 1 3 0   Eleazer Blanchard 7 5 1 7 10    Jacob Gould's List for 1782.     Oliver Artherton 22 8 1 17 11   Jos. Jackson, Esq; 60 acres 10 7 1 2 0   Jonathan Hubbard 1 8 1 10 11   Capt. E. Knowlton, 70 acres 2 6 0 10 4   Jonathan Parker, jr., 15 10 1 0 7   Abel Sawyer 5 10 0 10 4   Peter Stevens, 51 acres 4 10 0 5 2  
Abel Perkins's List for 1782.     Peter Perham 16 1 3 10 4   Ditto 17 1 0 15 5   Silas Whitey 1 4 1 5 8   Ditto 2 4 1 5 8   Sampson French 9 1 0 15 5   Eleazer Blanchard, 66 acres 7 5 0 15 5   Levi Fatt 3 2 0 15 5    James Streater, } Constables Jeremiah Norcross, } for 1781. Jacob Gould, } Constables Abel Perkins, } for 1782.  Rindge, June 6, 1783.
State of New-Hampshire.  WHEREAS a petition has been preferred to the General Court by Joseph Johnson, in behalf of the inhabitants of Enfield alias Relhan, that some time past one Nathaniel Hovey, with some others, petitioned for an incorporation of a township of land called by a re-grant Relhan, and obtained the same without giving notice to the inhabitants, which township was first granted and incorporated by the name of Enfield, that the inhabitants of said township have all settled under the Enfield Charter and are desirous of continuing under the same; therefore they pray, that the act incorporating said town by the name of Relhan may be repealed.
Upon which petition the General Court ordered, that the petitioner may be heard before them on the second Friday of their next session, and that in the mean time he cause the substance of the petition, and order of Court thereon, to be published three weeks successively in the New-Hampshire Gazette, that any person or persons may then appear and shew cause (if any they have) why the prayer thereof may not be granted.  Attest, JOSEPH PEARSON, D. Sec'y.ry. Exeter, July 27th, 1783.
State of New-Hampshire.  NOTICE is hereby given, that the estate of Isaac Hills, blacksmith, late of Concord, in the county of Rockingham, deceased is represented insolvent; the subscribers are legally appointed commissioners by the Honorable Phillips White, judge of the probate of wills for said county, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors, on which business they will attend at the house of Jacob Chase, Esq; innholder in Chester, on the second Tuesday of the five following months, from one to six o'clock P. M.  SIMON BAYLEY, } Commissioners. BENJAMIN BROWN, } STEPHEN CHASE, } Chester, July 27th, 1783.
State of New-Hampshire.  WE the Subscribers being appointed by the Honorable Judge of Probate for the County of Grafton, Commissioners to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of Thomas Niles, late of Rumney in said County, Clerk, deceased, represented insolvent; and six months from the twenty-fourth day of May last being allowed for that purpose: hereby give notice that we will attend the business of our appointment on the last Monday of this, and the five following Months from two to five o'clock in the afternoon, at the Office of Register of Deeds, kept by Samuel Emerson, Esq; in Plymouth.  SAMUEL EMERSON, } Commissioners. SELDEN CHURCH, } MOSES BAKER, } Plymouth, June 2, 1783.
State of New-Hampshire. Rockingham ss.  WE the Subscribers being appointed commissioners by the Hon. Judge of probate for said county, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of Alexander Roberts, late of Brintwood, yeoman, deceased; hereby give notice that we will attend said business at the house of Isaac Williams, innholder in Exeter, on the second Monday of the six following months, from three to six o'clock P. M. on said Days.  ELIPHALET HALE, } Commissioners. ISAAC WILLIAMS, } WILLIAM PARKER, jr. } Exeter, July 22, 1783.
ALL persons indebted to, or that have any demands on the estate of Josiah Chase, late of Deerfield, yeoman, deceased, intestate, are requested to settle their accounts with Mrs. Hannah Chase, administratrix to said estate, as soon as possible. Deerfield, July 24th, 1783.
State of New-Hampshire.  NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Keen, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1781, that so much of land will be sold at public vendue, on Tuesday the 12th day of August next, at 10 o'clock A. M. at the house of Aaron Ames, innholder in said town, as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
Ebenezer Carpenter's list.
   New Emis. Silver. Rum.   l. d. l. d. l. d.     Joseph Richardson, 0 9 8 2 8 0   Peter Hayward, 1 0 11 1 2 0   Rev. Mr. Rogers, 0 4 2 0 2 0   Asa Fairbanks, 0 11 3 0 8 0   John White, 0 4 2 0 3 0   Asa Richardson, 0 11 3 0 7 0   Jonathan Smith, 0 6 3 0 4 0   Jabez Bingham, 1 4 2 1 3 0  
David Foster's list.
   New Emis. Silver. N. Em. Sil. Rum.   l. d. l. d. l. d. l. d.     Mr. White, of Haverhill, 15 2 10 5 4 4 7   Jonathan Haws, 10 4 7 3 8 2 5   Nathan Scott, 4 2 3 1 6 1 2    Ebenezer Carpenter, } Constables. David Foster, } Keen, July 20th, 1783.
State of New-Hampshire.  NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in Gilson, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1781 and 1782, that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, the second Wednesday of August next, at the house of Ebenezer Church in said town, at ten o'clock A. M. as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   No. R. L. s. d. L. s. d.     Thomas Sumner, 3 7 0 6 10 0 6 0   James Spencer, 33 2 0 11 8 0 11 8   Clement Sumner, 34 2 0 11 7 0 13 0   Ebenezer White 0 2 0 11 8 0 13 1   Duran Ward, 10 4 0 11 7 0 13 0   Jabez Church, 0 5 0 11 7 0 13 0   Uriah Howe, 23 6 1 13 11 1 11 1   Job Gleason, 53 6 0 9 8 0 10 2   Joseph Southwick, 0 6 0 11 7 0 11 7   Stephen Bedding, 53 6 0 7 2 0 11 7   John Sterling, 35 6 0 7 4 0 6 9   Noah Bebee, 8 6 0 7 9 0 7 9   Allen Willy, 59 7 0 9 1 0 7 9   Seth Hall, 51 7 0 2 10 0 2 11   Isaac Demock, 21 8 0 3 10 0 3 11   Jonathan Wright, 12 8 0 5 9 0 7 9   Samuel Philips, 1 8 0 5 9 0 7 0   James Sayer, 0 5 0 5 9 0 6 0   Joshua Darr, 57 7 0 11 2 0 5 11   Joseph Kelburn, 16 6 0 3 10 0 11 7   Thomas Baning, 27 7 0 3 0 0 11 7   Israel Houghton, 50 2 0 3 10 0 3 11    LEVI BLISS, Constable. Gilson, July 26, 1783.
State of New Hampshire. July 23, 1783.  To AMMI RUHAMAH CUTTER, Esq; Clerk of the Proprietors of the Township of Dummer, in said State.
WE the Subscribers owners of more than one sixteenth part of said Township, desire you to call a meeting of said Proprietors to be held at the house of Col. Samuel Folsom, innholder in Exeter, on Tuesday the 12th day of August next, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act and vote on the following Articles:
 1st. To see what sum of Money the Proprietors will raise by tax for defraying the Charges of laying out the Township into Lots, and making such Roads as shall be thought necessary; and to choose a Committee to see the same executed.  2dly. To see what measures the Proprietors will take to forward the settlement of said Township.  3dly. To choose Assessors and a Collector.  4thly. To choose a Proprietors Clerk.  5thly. To choose a Treasurer.  Joseph Gilman, John Taylor Gilman, Nathaniel Folsom, John Giddings, Charles Ruellet, William Parker, jr. Daniel Tilton,
In consequence of the foregoing Application, I hereby notify the Proprietors of Dummer to meet at the Time and Place, and for the Purposes in the above Request. A. R. CUTTER, Proprietors Clerk.
ALL persons indebted to John Weeks, of Greenland, either by note or book debt, are desired to settle with him by the first of September next, or their accounts and notes will be put in suit without further notice. Greenland, July 24th, 1783.
Just opened and to be Sold cheap for cash, by
Samuel Bowles, a few English Goods, particularly  SUPERFINE beaver and felt Hatts, London Pewter, China, Queen and Glass Ware, good Green and Bohea Tea by the dozen or single pound, good West India Rum, loaf and brown Sugar, Coffee and Chocolate, Pepper, Spice, Copperas, Alum, Fustic, Logwood and Redwood, also, a variety of other articles, all of which he will sell as cheap as can be purchased at any shop in the town. Portsmouth, July 25, 1783.
State of New-Hampshire.  NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Barrington, that have not paid their last tax for the year 1781, that so much of their land, as will pay said tax with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, to the highest bidder, at the dwelling house of Isaac Waldron in said town, on Tuesday the 12th of August next, at ten o'clock A. M. unless prevented by previous payment.
   No. Acres. l. d.     Fourth Range.   Joshua Pierce, 156 720 10 9   Ephraim Jackson, 170 75 1 3   Widow Martin, 172 120 1 9   William Pevey, 173 147 1 9   Fifth Range.   Benjamin Cross, 189 120 1 3   James Pitman, 203 60 0 9   William Rols, 216 72 0 9   James Sherburne, 217 50 0 6   John Sherburne, 218 120 1 3   Nathaniel Melcher, 219 72 10   John Edmund, 222 48 6   Henry Sherburne, 224 182 2 3   Sixth Range.   William Fellows, 238 240 2   William Turrett, 243 24 4   Edward Ayers, 246 120 3 1   John Partridge, 252 72 11   John Sherburne 253 24 4   Edward Wells, 254 120 1 6   John Conen, 272 60 8   John Collins, 278 60 8   Hundred Acre Lots.   William Howard, 5 91 1 1   Benjamin Wentworth, 8 84 1   Joseph Brewster, 9 105 1 4   Samuel White, 28 105 1 11   John Jones, 29 105 1 10   Timothy Waterhouse, 30 50 10   Nathaniel Pevery, 40 105 1 4   David Jaffary, 216 6 9  
ISAAC WALDRON, Constable Barrington, July 8, 1783.
THE subscribers being appointed commissioners by the Hon. Judge of Probate, for the county of Rockingham, in the state of New-Hampshire, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of Benjamin Leavitt, junr. late of Stratham in said county, yeoman, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice that they will attend on said business, at the house of Dudley L. Chase, innholder in said Stratham, on the last Thursday of this, and of the five following months, from four to seven o'clock P. M.
PAIN WINGATE, } Commissioners. JONATHAN CHASE, } DUDLEY L. CHASE, } Stratham, July 17th, 1783.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber in October last, an indentured servant, named Thomas Shaw, about twenty years of age, five feet eight inches high, a remarkable lazy fellow, wears his own chestnut colour'd hair; carried off with him three suits of cloaths and a bed blanket: whoever will take up said boy and return him to his master free of expence, shall have five shillings reward. All persons are forbid harbouring said boy, if they would avoid the penalty of the law. THEOPHILUS GILMAN. Exeter, July 22d, 1783.
ALL persons that have demands against the estate of George Sherburne, late of Loudon, carpenter, deceased, and those who are indebted to said estate, are hereby desired to settle the same as soon as possible with Jacob Sherburne, administrator on said estate. Loudon, July 23, 1783.