The New Hampshire gazette (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1794-12-23 00:00:00

THE New Hampshire Gazette.
Published by JOHN MELCHER, Printer to the State of New-Hampshire, at his Office, corner of Market-Street, Portsmouth.
Vol. xxxvii.—Numb. 1987.]
TUESDAY (Evening) December 23, 1794.
[9s. pr. Annum.]
Interesting State Papers.
Mr. Hammond to Mr. Randolph. Philadelphia, 25th Nov. 1794.
SIR,
IN conformity to the assurance contained in my letter to you of the 3d of September, I took an early opportunity of transmitting yours of the 1st of that month, to Lieut. Governor Simcoe; from whom I have received a letter, a copy of which I esteem it not altogether useless and improper to communicate to you; as it tends to throw considerable light upon transactions in Canada, to which you have at different periods adverted, as it evinces the anxiety of Lieut. Governor Simcoe, to remove by the exposition of the motives of his conduct, the misapprehensions to which you, Sir, and the citizens of the United States in general, may have been exposed by the misrepresentations of interested individuals.
I have the honor to be, with great respect, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant,
GEO: HAMMOND.
The Secretary of State.
Upper-Canada, Navy-Hall, October 20th, 1794.
SIR,
I was last night honored with your Excellency's dispatch, enclosing the copy of a letter to you from Mr. Randolph, Secretary of State, dated on the first of September, and your answer, which intimates the intention of transmitting it to me by the first opportunity.
It appears upon the perusal of Mr. Randolph's letter, that I am called upon by the respect due to his official situation, publicly, to state, the misrepresentations of that gentleman; and on this consideration, not to pass them over in that silence, which would otherwise best become the language and manner which the Secretary of State permits himself to make use of, in his animadversions on my conduct.
My having executed the orders of his Majesty's Commander in Chief in North America, Lord Dorchester in re-occupying a post upon the Miami River within the limits of those maintained by the British forces, at the peace in the year 1783, upon the principles of self defence against the approaches of an army, which menaced the King's possessions, is what I presume Mr. Secretary Randolph terms "Gov. Simcoe's invasion."
The motives which led to this re-occupation furnish the true grounds for discussion, but the establishment of a military post, from its own nature, must have been so unquestionable, as not to have required from you, Sir, on the part of Mr. Randolph an avowal or a denial; nor does it appear to me, that he has introduced so public an event as a matter of doubt in itself, but solely as a ground work for ushering into the world "opinions" transmitted to the executive government of the United States, which however respectable are but "opinions" that "British officers and British Soldiers, aided an attack made by the Indians on Fort Recovery." Such an insinuation, Sir, introduced as subsidiary evidence of a fact which required no proof, will undoubtedly, on the undiscerning impress a belief, that the British troops, instead of adhering to that principle of self-defence, on which a post at the Miamis was re-established, were united in arms with the Indians in an attack upon a post, held by the United States.
As if to promote such a belief, Mr. Randolph proceeds to comment on the proposal delivered to Mr. Williamson at the harbor of the Great Sodus; he terms this protest which I transmitted in obedience to Lord Dorchester's orders, "a mandate borne by Lt. Sheaffe, under a military escort, and in its tone, corresponding with the form of its delivery, being unequivocally of a military and hostile nature."
Mr. Randolph seems peculiarly anxious to consider every transaction of the King's government, in its mode, as well as in its
substance, as hostility, otherwise he could not but have seen, in the protest delivered by Lt. Sheaffe to Mr. Williamson, not a tone of hostility but a spirit of conciliation, explanatory of the just principle, on which the settlement in question is termed an aggression; the inexecution of the Treaty on the part of the United States—Nor is it possible to conceive that less offensive language could be made use of, consistent with the formality necessary to substantiate a protest requiring the suspension of the exercise of a controverted claim.
Had Mr. Secretary Randolph, made due enquiry, he would have found that the military escort, consisted of an officer, expressly sent to accompany Lt. Sheaffe, and 7 persons to row the boat, soldiers most certainly, but unarmed, without military habiliments, and in the dress they wear for the purposes of fatigue. It also might be presumed from Lt. Sheaffe's letter, that he was personally acquainted with Capt. Williamson, and in truth this circumstance was of some weight in the appointment.
The general language and conduct of Mr. Williamson, particularly in the proposals of this speculation at the Sodus, have, of late, manifested a disposition so incompatible with those views of conciliation, which are the true interests of Great Britain and the United States, that it became proper to select such a person as Mr. Sheaffe for this duty; being a gentleman of great discretion, incapable of any intemperate or uncivil conduct, and certainly not disqualified by being a Lt. in his Majesty's service.
Such, Sir, are the circumstances of this transaction, which Mr. Randolph is pleased to term my "hostile views."
The following paragraphs do not seem to require illustration—It can escape no person, that what in the beginning of Mr. Randolph's letter to you he had stated as respectable "opinions" transmitted to the executive government, is no longer confined to "opinions," but the Secretary of State asserts as matter of fact "that the Governor of Upper Canada associated British with Indian force to assault our Fort."
In respect to Mr. Randolph's assertion and his appeal to you Sir, that "it is grown into a maxim that the affairs of the Indians within the boundaries of any nation exclusively belong to that nation." I cannot admit so general and so novel a principle, as applicable either to the territory or boundary under consideration—I do not recognize its birth, nor any state of its existence. It will be difficult for the Secretary of State to prove, that it has governed the conduct of the United States; it is not to be found in the express provisions of the Treaty of Utrecht; it was never assumed by the British nation prior to that compact; it is incompatible with the national rights; and injurious to the acknowledged independency of the Indian Americans.
The British government has not involved itself into disputes with the Indians by acting in so vague and indeterminate a manner. It has ever done justice to their natural rights; nor has it violated the stipulations purposely made for their support and definition; in consequence of such an uniform conduct, Sir, the Indians are constantly solicitous for the presence of some of the King's Officers, or subjects, at their public meetings, and I have the most full persuasion, that had the United States concurred with the confederacy to their request, that the King would extend his good offices to the mediating between them in the present war, and that in consequence his Majesty had graciously permitted me, as requested, or with more obvious propriety yourself, to have been present at the late Treaty, in such a case, I am confident that peace would have been established on this Continent, to the satisfaction of the United States, and the comfort of the Indian Nations; and scarcely in a lesser degree to the benefit of his Majesty's subjects in this Province, who are materially interested that their neighbors should on all sides flourish in wealth, peace and prosperity.
As the close of the Secretary of State's letter seems intended through you, Sir, "to apprise me of the consequences of self-defence, should I not be restrained by remonstrances," the date of it cannot possibly escape my notice; it bares that of the first day of September, and on the 22d of August, General Wayne advanced to the Post at the Miamis, laid waste to the possessions of the King's subjects under its protection, and summoned it to surrender. It may here be proper to observe that so ill informed was that Officer of the very principles on which he made his invasion or "self-defence," that in his summons he requires "the garrison to remove to the nearest Post occupied by his Britannic Majesty, in 1783." Had this requisition been complied with, the Garrison must have advanced up the Miami River into the Indian Country beyond the Post whose evacuation had been demanded as a recent aggression.
The discretion, good conduct and magnanimity of Major Campbell, the Commander of that Garrison, prevented the commencement of War, and all its dreadful consequences.
Upon the comparison of circumstances, the march of General Wayne, the date of Mr. Randolph's letter, its immediate publication, and the manner of it, I cannot but conjecture that it was written not to remonstrate against "my excesses," but to prepare the minds of men for whatever consequences might have arisen from the movement of General Wayne's army; and could the temperate forbearance of Major Campbell and the event of the enterprize have been foreseen (if I may be permitted to revert to the object of this letter) I cannot believe that I should have been spared the necessity of taking notice of Mr. Secretary Randolph's publication, or of controverting the assumptions of a gentleman, for whom I have always entertained the most profound respect.
To all, Sir, who know my private sentiments—to yourself, Sir, who are acquainted with my public conduct, to his Majesty's Ministers, and the officers chief in command who have approved of my strict adherence to their orders, and the consequent impartiality which I have maintained between the United States and the Indian Americans, any justification or exposition of my sentiments is unnecessary; even Mr. Secretary Randolph has officially in his possession sufficient proofs of my good will to the government and the people of the United States.—They ought to have sheltered me from the imputations to which I have been exposed. I have even shown the utmost inclination to cultivate the most perfect harmony between his Majesty's subjects and those of the United States, and have looked forward to an honorable termination of existing differences with the most anxious solicitude.
(Signed) L. G. SIMCOE. His Excellency George Hammond, &c. &c.
Bermuda, Nov. 15, 1794.
Messrs. Dunlap & Claypoole,
The Schooner Patty, belonging to Mr. Daniel Scott, of Boston, commanded by the subscriber, was captured and brought into this place by the Schooner Thetis, Capt. Thomas Brownlow, who robbed us of all our money, not leaving us one penny. Many other vessels belonging to different parts of America have been brought in—their masters and crews experiencing the same treatment. One or more American vessels are daily sent in, by the cruisers of this island, and all condemned.
JOHN TAYLOR.
Bermuda, Nov. 13, 1794.
Messrs. Dunlap & Claypoole,
The subscriber, master of the Schooner Industry, belonging to Mr. David Spear and Joseph Ripley, of New-York, was taken by the Schooner Favourite, of Bermuda, Capt. Alford Harson, and stripped of all our money, buckles, and most of our cloaths, and turned on shore without a penny to assist us.
JOHN GROZIER.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 26.
From a Correspondent.
Arrived yesterday morning from Charleston, the Swift Packet. We have it from respectable authority, that the brings intelligence of 3 French frigates having chased an English one
into our Capes; or, in British language, one of his Majesty's frigates having seen three French men of war, was from various circumstances, induced to heave away towards the Chesapeake, and cruise (alias, seek safety) within the capes. It were to be wished, from the insults heaped upon our flag by these same robbers, and on the same limits—and from the hostile measures of the British to the westward—that a broadside from the friends of our commerce, had sent the licenced pirate to the bottom. But the French through respect to the neutrality of our nation, passed her unresisted.
BOSTON, Dec. 11.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in London, to his friend in Philadelphia, dated October 3, 1794.
"I enclose you several newspapers—You will be pleased to find that the Convention of France begin to gather courage enough to speak of the Jacobins as they deserve. I am not without a hope, that the empire of these self-constituted Rules will soon yield to that which the people constituted."
"But whatever detestation many may feel for the violence of Paris, I think none can refuse admiration to the courage and constancy of the armies and mass of the nation: Not an instance has yet occurred of defection or revolt in any quarter: but on the contrary, an energy pervades their military system of conduct, of which the world has not before seen an example—from the 15th to the 22d of September has been a scene of constant action on the frontiers of Holland, where the allies have been everywhere worsted—there appears now no chance of their being able to rally on this side of the Rhine, and Holland is in serious danger."
"Where all this is to end I know not, but I think there exists on this side the Atlantic a strange delirium, from which some will only be awaked by ruin."
ORIGINAL ANECDOTE.
AN Irish gentleman, in company the other evening, the conversation turning to political affairs, among other sensible and witty observations, said, that, "by the time the prince of Wales, comes to be King of England, by my soul, it will be no kingdom at all, at all!"
House of Representatives, Nov. 26.
The bill to empower the President to embody and station a corps of militia in the four western counties, passed this day. Two thousand five hundred men is the number.
From a Paris paper, of Sept. 22. The American Ambassador with his Lady, and the Minister of the Geneva Republic assisted yesterday at the feast of the decade in the temple of morality, in the section of William Tell; where citizen Barny pronounced an elegant discourse on the danger of idolizing individuals in a Republic.
From a Philadelphia paper, of Dec. 3.
"Invite none but Republicans to my funeral, don't let any follow me to the grave who are enemies to the Rights of Man," are the words uttered by a genuine Republican, in the 80th year of his age, but one hour before he expired. (The above is a fact, which happened in this city but a few days ago.)
There have lately died at Horridge, near Bolton-le-Moors, (Eng.) a man and his wife, aged upwards of 60 years, who were both born on the same day, married the same day, died the same day, and were buried the same day!!
PORTLAND, Dec. 8.
Capt. Perkins who arrived at Pepperelborough from Martinico, on Friday last, informs—That a French naval force of several ships of the line and frigates had arrived in the West Indies, and captured the windward islands, and were about proceeding to leeward. This account is corroborated by an arrival here on Saturday, which spoke a vessel from London, a day or two before, that informed a considerable French armament had sailed—their destination unknown.
SALEM, Dec. 9.
Capt. JOHN FOSTER, who arrived on Sunday in 26 days from Fort-Royal, Martinico, reports, that the day he cleared out, he heard a fleet had been seen between Martinico and Dominico; that when he went to the custom-house, he heard the officers speaking of it; afterwards when he was going to the fort, to show his passport, a merchant informed him a fleet had been seen, that orders had been given for baking a large quantity of bread, and he advised Capt. FOSTER to get under sail immediately, as he expected an embargo would be laid. Capt. FOSTER did not see the fleet.

LATEST European Intelligence.
[By the ship General Lincoln, Capt. JOY, from London]
COLOGNE, Sept. 25.
All is absolutely lost, if the French do not afford peace to the Emperor—he ought to implore it with clasped hands. The Austrians have been completely beaten at every point from the 19th to the 23d of the present month, when the French entered Aix-la-Chapelle.
The retreat of the Austrians beyond the Rhine is only retarded by the time necessary to render it safe, and preserve the immense magazines at Cologne. Two bridges of boats are for this purpose thrown across the river, above and below Cologne, which demonstrates their intention to cross it.
The Citizens here fly to arms, not to defend themselves against the French, but the rabble, who menace them with pillage. The Austrian Head-Quarters are at Juliers, between Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle. Gen. Clairfayt will defend, as long as possible, the passage of the Roer. A general action is expected daily which will be the coup de grace.
The military chest of the Austrians, which has been two days at Cologne, has passed the Rhine, and is actually at Dusseldorf, which place all foreigners have had orders to quit within 4 days. The Members of the Government of the Pays Bas, and the seat of Government are to be transferred to Wilbourg, to which town I am about to depart. I leave Cologne on Tuesday.
It is announced to me this moment, that the Emperor has nominated the Count de Clairfayt, Governor General of the Pays Bas per interim, with full powers—intelligence which announces the design to re-enter Brabant, and to establish a military Government.
Count O'Donnel succeeds de Metternich—De Muller preserves his situation as Secretary of State.
VIENNA, Sept. 26.
Letters, and particularly the official accounts from Warsaw, of the 9th inst. give us the most ample details of the circumstances attending the retreat of the Prussians, on the night between the 5th and 6th.
Various causes contributed to this retreat. The insurgents in Great Poland not only cut off the supplies of provisions and ammunition from the army of his Prussian Majesty, but also cut off the communication between the other parts of his dominions and his camp, in the environs of which the Poles had demolished all the streets, and attempted to entrap the Prussians in a number of grand abbaties, which the rubbish enabled them to form.
In the pursuit, the Prussians were miserably slaughtered, the streets thro' which they passed were covered with the carcasses of men and horses; and as they had not time to bury their dead, the air about Warsaw, for four or five days was greatly infected by the putrid exhalations from their bodies.
The enraged Prussians fled like mad dogs, destroying in their way, all the houses of the peasants; so that the places through which they passed are as dreary as a desert.
In their march to Great Poland, they have but a melancholy prospect of penetrating into the country, the Insurgents having carried off all the magazines and arsenals, and occupied the strong places in force, and are firmly determined to oppose them.
If the Warsaw Papers do not overcharge their accounts, the King of Prussia is in great danger of being cut off, with his whole army.
The Insurgents have possessed themselves also of Pazin, a city with a fortified castle, which is the centre of the government of the whole province.—They have no further intelligence at Warsaw since the arrival of the Prussians at Sochaczew, in the Palatinate of Rawa.
A report prevails, but unauthenticated by any date of name or place, that an action has already taken place between the Poles and Prussians, in which the latter have been beaten!
They again talk here of a peace, of which the House of Austria would be very desirous, if it was not bound by its engagement with the Allies, of whom it wishes to know what terms are expected. If the French would consent to establish the National Convention upon more solid principles, humanity itself would call for a peace, of which the Austrians stand more in need than any of their Allies.
If it is required that the House of Austria should try another campaign with the money offered them, it must be very disagreeable to the Emperor and his Ministers, that it should be so long forthcoming.
Great difficulty also arises in finding recruits to replace the men lost in the different regiments, and to augment the armies.
Hungary has already contributed sufficiently, and by its constitution no person can be forced to enlist against his will.
Neither is it inclined to furnish any money; and it is even doubtful whether it will furnish the sums promised to the Emperor at the time of his Coronation.
Much of this, however, is founded only upon conjecture; nor is there any better ground for the report, that the King of Prussia is very urgent with our Court, to furnish him with the troops stipulated by the Treaty of 1791, by which the two Powers reciprocally guaranteed to each other their possessions, and which troops the insurrection in Poland now rendered necessary to him.
HAGUE, Oct. 1.
Fort Crevecoeur, after having been bombarded by howitzers, surrendered to the French on Saturday last at midnight. The garrison laid to consist of 250 men, under the command of Col. TIEBAL, of the Engineers, made a capitulation by which it was allowed to march out with the honours of war, the troops laying down their arms on the Glacis and engaging not to serve against France for the space of a year and six weeks.
The terms of this surrender cannot fail to have a great influence on the siege of Bois-le-Duc, against which place the most violent fire is kept up.
Since the 28th, at night, the bombardment and cannonade have been extremely severe. On the 29th, a fire broke out, which appears to have been extinguished.
BERLIN, Sept. 26.
According to the most recent advices, the insurrection in South Prussia prevails more and more. The Insurgents, for the most part, not only cut to pieces the small detachments sent against them, but hang the Officers.—This fate has recently befallen a counsellor of War, and a young Excise man.
The general opinion is, that propositions of peace will soon be made, and that a General of distinction is about to set off for Warsaw, with instructions to this effect.
LONDON, Oct. 11.
It has been said, that in consequence of the Prince of Wales' intended marriage with the princess of Brunswick, the Duke of Brunswick, her father, is once more to take the command of the Allied Armies, and that the Duke of York has signified his readiness to serve under him. The Duke of Brunswick had the command in chief the first campaign, and the plan may perhaps, now be to fight all the commanders over again, and then Du capo . We do not hear that the French have yet proposed recalling Dumourier, their commander in chief for the first campaign.
Advices from Constantinople inform us, that a part of the Ottoman empire has lately been visited by an earthquake.
On the third of July, three towns were swallowed up between Angora and Effium, in Natolia, formerly known by the name of Asia Minor, situated something more than 200 miles S. E. of Constantinople, viz. Tchograin, which consisted of about 5000 houses; Amasia, the capital of the government of that name, which was still more extensive and populous, and which is famed as the birth place of Strabo; and Englem, which contained between three and four thousand houses.
The population of these three is estimated at 100,000 souls; and besides these a number of villages in the same territory, were likewise destroyed, scarcely a tenth part of the inhabitants having escaped the dreadful catastrophe.
The principle of taxing places and pensions for the support of the war, has already spread from Spain to Germany. Our Ministers, and their adherents are all in a state of the utmost alarm.
October 13.
Yesterday a messenger brought dispatches to Government, from his royal highness the Duke of York, dated headquarters at Grosbeck, 7th inst. The Dutch mail due on Friday last, also arrived. The one due this morning has not yet come in.
The principal intelligence, brought by the messenger and the mail, is that the unfortunate Gen. Clairfayt, who after his defeat in the neighbourhood of Liege, about four weeks ago, had taken up so
good a position on the banks of the Roer, as to make him even with the enemy might assail him, has been again attacked by the enemy and sustained a fresh defeat. The accounts so far as the particulars are yet known, state, that on the 1st inst. the French crossed the Meuse and the Roer, and attacked all the posts of the Austrian army, from Ruremond down to Juliers and Dueren. These posts were defended with great bravery and skill; but were at length carried by the masses sent forth by the Convention, who were every where victorious. The Austrians, in consequence, were forced to cross the Rhine, near Cologne, with the loss of more than 5000 men—some accounts say almost twice that number, with a great part of their artillery and baggage; so that the French are masters of almost the whole territories, on the west side of the Rhine which may now be considered as their eastern boundary.
Their next attempt will be against the fortress of Luxembourg—Maastricht is already completely invested, and all communication with that place may now be considered as entirely cut off; for they have been transferring to that quarter the greater part of the force which they had in the neighbourhood of Venlo and Ruremond. There is some hope, however, that both Luxembourg and Maastricht will be able to stand out against all their attempts. The former can hardly be besieged regularly, and can only be reduced by famine; the latter is defended by a garrison of 13,000 men, under the orders of Gen. Kray, a very experienced and brave officer.
When the messenger left the army, the Duke of York had not changed his position; but the defeat of Gen. Clairfayt rendered his situation far from being a safe one; and we expect our next advices will inform us that he has crossed the Waal, which runs into the Rhine, or perhaps the latter river. The heavy baggage had already been removed as a matter of precaution, across the Rhine, near Emmerick, and the cordon of Hanoverians and Hessians, which had been stationed upon the Meuse, had joined the main body. The Elector, brother to the Emperor, has quitted Bonn, on the Rhine, and with his Court has fled to Mergentheim, near Wurtzbourg, in Germany. The inhabitants of this country are also flying their homes, and abandoning their property, rather than expose themselves to the depredations of their ferocious enemies.
The accounts from Spain are also of a distressing kind. The French are there making rapid progress in the eastern, as they have lately done in the western provinces. On the 25th ult. the strong fortress of Bellegarde, which it was hoped would have baffled all their attempts to reduce, containing a garrison of 6000 men, surrendered by capitulation; in consequence of which, the whole province of Roussillon is exposed to the ravages of the enemy, who have now an easy passage for their armies into the very heart of Spain.
NORFOLK, November 29.
From the verbal information of the Captain and passengers of the ship Richmond, we learn, that from the immense body of Republican troops on the borders of Holland, the comparative small force drawn up to oppose them, and the apparent inclinations of the lower classes in Holland, the arrival of the French at Amsterdam may be deemed as a matter of certainty, as the force of the French is nearly ten to one in their favor.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 5.
Arrived yesterday, in 30 days from Jacquesmel, the schooner Abeona, Capt. Martin, who informs, that on the 25th ult. he fell in with a French fleet, consisting of twelve sail; one of which was a 64, and carried the Admiral's flag, spoke him—but it appears, did not inform him what port they sailed from, nor where they were bound—he was very full of troops. As for the rest, the Captain was not near enough, as he had no spy glass, to discover their force nor discern the number of men; he thinks, however that there were at least 7 ships of war. They were in about lat. 30, long. 75, standing to the southward and westward.
Capt. Martin cannot positively assert that the British had entirely evacuated Guadaloupe, but he says, news had arrived at St. Bartholomews, and was published as authentic, that Basseterre was taken, and that the French had regained possession of all the Island.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 9.
Arrived brig Adventure, J. Mease jun. master, 16 days from St. Domingo. Before Capt. M. left St. Domingo, the French negroes had taken from the Spaniards all their frontier towns, St. Raphael, St. Michel, and Hincha. The Spanish army had retreated to another small town called St. Jago, where they were in the greatest fear. All the French emigrants that have received the King of Spain's pay at St. Domingo, have been or-
dered to proceed to the frontiers, in order to join the Spanish army—but their fears were great lest the counterpart of the Tragedy of fort Dauphia would be acted. Many of them have refused, and were immediately put in prison or sent to Porto Rico in irons.
Capt. Sullivan, of the schooner Sincerity, 18 days from Guadaloupe, informs, that neither a French or British fleet had arrived at the West-Indies—but that a French fleet was hourly expected at Guadaloupe.
BOSTON, December 17.
From the CENTINEL.
A PLEASANT PROSPECT, of the triumph of pacific measures.
AUTHENTIC.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Europe, to his correspondent in this town, dated
"London, 11th Oct. 1794.
"Though I often pay my respects to Mr. JAY, when all present are in the American interest, yet we, none of us, ever could get from him any thing respecting the state or forwardness of his business, and from the necessity alone of the British Cabinet's granting all, and even more than he at one time would have exacted, we have reason to suppose he will by and bye return back, and be heartily welcomed by his fellow-citizens. It is rumoured, and not without some truth, that the British Cabinet never had a harder or tougher hand to deal with than they find in Citizen JAY; this, with the critical situation of Great-Britain just now, will insure him success; and it has been mentioned in circles where I have been, who are not in the American interest, that he, Mr. JAY, is embracing the present opportunity, and will obtain the privilege of the carrying trade to the West-Indies, so far as that the United States shall have access to all the islands with free liberty to carry and bring any thing to and from them they please:—For instance, a vessel not exceeding 120 tons burthen may go from Boston, with a cargo of any thing, to the island of Jamaica; there sell, and purchase a cargo of sugar, and carry it back to Boston, land it, and then, if you please, reship it, in any size vessel, and carry it to any European market, except Great-Britain and Ireland. This point gained, as the United States can carry, in times of peace, for about one half what Great-Britain can, she will go near to make a monopoly of the whole carrying business. Although Mr. JAY, as before observed, is close in the extreme, yet from this leaking out of the other party, I hardly doubt its truth; and as Great-Britain must be at peace with the United States, she will just now grant almost any thing Mr. JAY may demand, and I do not think he will be wanting or sparing in his exertions.
"To attempt to give you a particular account of the political world at this time, would be endless and needless, as you will doubtless have things fully detailed in your own papers; and give me leave to observe, generally, that France is every where successful, and such extraordinary genius and energy does she possess, that if the executive of that country should declare they would build a bridge from Calais to Dover, I should think it accomplished. Going on for three months more as they have for the three past, they will have all the cannon in Europe, and half the merchant vessels of Great-Britain. Holland must either make a separate peace or be conquered in all the present month; and in either case, France will have the Dutch navy in her scale, and then by next spring, she will be both disposed and able to break the back of the British navy; of such importance does France conceive this object to be, that she will not make peace till it is accomplished."
We have pleasure in informing the public, that Captain NORTON, of this port, who had been carried into Liverpool, (England,) for adjudication, has received full satisfaction of all he has demanded; and in ready cash. He may be hourly expected.
December 18.
COMMERCE.
We hear, that, in the month of October last, the imposts in the port of Philadelphia amounted to four hundred thousand dollars. The Philadelphia imports of this fall have been, it is calculated, not less than four millions of dollars.
THE LEGISLATURES
of the states of Virginia and Maryland, now in session, have ratified the amendment, proposed by Congress, to the constitution of the United States, respecting the suability of the individual states.
SHIP NEWS.
Capt. Porter, of the ship Carlisle, 56 days from Liverpool, sailed from thence on the 15th October.
November the 9th, in lat. 39, long. 39, 30, spoke the brig Nancy, Capt. Cook, from Boston bound to Lisbon, out 15 days, all well.
The 10th, in lat. 39, long. 58, spoke the ship Wilmington, of Wilmington, Capt. Mariner, from Philadelphia, bound to Bristol, out 7 days, all well.
The brig Hero, of Portsmouth, N. H. was to sail for Philadelphia 4 days after him.
In the Carlisle came 6 passengers.
From the CHRONICLE.
SUMMARY.
FROM respectable authority we are informed, that Mr. DICKINSON of London, has written a letter to an opulent correspondent of good mercantile information in this town, un-

der the date of Oct. 8, which states—that the affairs of Holland were almost desperate. It is said, young Mr. DICKINSON, lately of this town, was in Holland, on the 28th Sept. and his intelligence may be depended on—he says, that the Dutch are, as six to one in favour of the French Republic—he further says, that he expects every day to hear of the surrender of Amsterdam. We have not seen this letter, but from the respectable authority from which we received the above, we have no doubt but we have stated nearly its contents.
The discipline of the French army is almost perfect.
There is no positive intelligence of the successes of Mr. JAY. It is not even said, what satisfaction the sufferers by British spoliations are to receive. But if they should receive any, it will be wholly owing to the French successes, which are superb and transcendant.
The cause of Democratic Republicanism gains strength, as the French advance.
The affairs of the combined despots are desperate beyond conception.
Our readers will recollect that the latest official intelligence from the seat of war, was published in the Chronicle , received via Brest: This was the official letters from Gen. Jourdan, &c. of the 3d or 4th Oct. giving the particulars of the last and most bloody battle of Juliers, in which that important city fell, and the Austrians, consisting of 80,000 men, were totally routed and broke up. This effective blow to the combined powers, was but just received, and not officially, in London, at the date of our last accounts from that city. This is the last battle we have received any account of, and this laid all Holland open, to the all conquering arms of the Sans-culote soldiery of France. What impression this defeat made upon the people of England, is easier imagined than expressed.
From NEW-YORK, Dec. 13.
Capt. Mallaby, in the ship Charlotte , left the Texel, Oct. 16, and informs that the inhabitants of Amsterdam are in great consternation at the approach of the French. He brings no news of any great event; but it seems inundations are begun in some parts of Holland.
All accounts from Amsterdam agree, that the city is disturbed with internal dissensions—parties run high, and threaten serious consequences.
NEW-YORK, DEC. 13.
Extract from the Log Book of the brig Peru , Capt. O'Brien, in 37 days from Teneriffe.
Dec. 6. 3 P. M. saw a sail a head with her starboard racks on board, close hauled; at half past 5 came up and spoke her: she was an English ship from St. Augustine in Florida, bound to Hamburg; she mounted 10 guns; the Captain of which informed us there were a number of French privateers on the coast, and said he had a severe engagement the night before with one of them and beat her off.
8th. At 4 o'clock, P. M. saw a schooner to leeward; bore away for her, at 6 spoke her—she was bound from Port-au-Prince to Philadelphia, 6 days from the Keys; she informed us that the French had got the entire possession of Guadalupe, and had also taken Port-a-Pec, on Hispaniola; he likewise said, they hourly expected in the West-Indies a formidable French fleet, for the purpose of subduing the West-Indies.
When the Captain was at Teneriffe, a Spanish ship of 110 guns put into Lanzarote, who had an engagement with a French 74—and had her masts and rigging so disabled that she could with difficulty get into port.
RICHMOND, Dec. 3.
Extract of a letter from Harrison County, 20th of November, 1794.
"I have the pleasure to inform you, that 3 or 400 of the insurgents were taken last Thursday night; some say 400, but the exact number is not known to us. All the light-horse were in motion that night, five were taken in Monongahela, viz. Major Wm. John, Thomas John, Samuel John, Wm. Chittester, and one Cracraft. It is said, Cracraft has since turned state's evidence, and probably has informed of others. The John's and Chittester, are not admitted to bail, therefore it may be supposed they will be under the necessity of marching to the federal jail, dressed in such ruffs as becomes Tom Tinker and his adherents. I was informed last Monday, by a gentleman from Marietta, that the men in pursuit of Bradford, passed the mouth of Big Yannahina, (in a flat bottom) had left that place. It may be supposed he is a prisoner by this time, or pleading law at the bar of Tom Tinker's father, for I understand the Captain's orders, are to take him if he can, otherwise to bring a token of his death. Levi Morgan, with near 40 of the militia under his command, has been a long distance in the Indian country, destroyed a small village, brought in the scalp of one warrior, and three squaws and two boys prisoners."
BALTIMORE, Dec. 3.
Capt. anchor below the fort, on Saturday last, the schooner Polly , Capt. Vickery, from the Havannah. Capt. Vickery, we are told, brings an account of a revolution having taken place in the province of Mexico: At the head of which is the Archbishop himself.
December 5.
Several changes have taken place among the English—Sir Charles Gray is recalled, and Admiral Jarvis is displaced; Sir John Vaughan succeeds Gray, but Jarvis's successor is not yet known.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13.
From good authority we learn, that Mr. Jay
has made application to the government of France for permission to communicate directly with our Minister in Paris, by means of a packet that should enjoy the usual privileges of vessels employed by diplomatic characters, of not being liable to search or examination. This demand is that by some to be indicative of a desire in the British Court of commencing a peace negotiation with the French, in which Mr. Jay should be the mediator. This idea was some time since held out in the English prints, and the circumstance above related appears to give it weight.
Yesterday returned from the Western expedition, McPherson's volunteer battalion of blues, headed by their friend General Frelinghuysen, who commanded the legion. At Broad-street they were received under a discharge of artillery by a detachment who went out for that purpose. From Schuylkill they were escorted into the city by Captains Dunlap, Singer, and McConnel's horse in full uniform, their companions in the late truly glorious, successful and bloodless expedition. The concourse of citizens which shouted a welcome to their return, was immense, every eye beamed gratitude and pleasure.
As they passed the President's house, the band played: The Father of his country expressed in his countenance more than can be described.
The colours of the shipping in the harbour were displayed, and the bells of Christ Church rang a joyful peal on this occasion.
A letter from Paris says,
"Mr. Munroe has lately taken up the subject of American claims, and the very important one of the present state of commerce between the two countries which has and does continue to derogate from some of the articles of treaty of commerce and amity subsisting between them. I am in hopes soon of being able to inform you of Mr. Munroe's complete success."
The mate of the sloop Elizabeth informs, that 12 French privateers had failed from Charleston on the same day they came out, in order to intercept part of the West-India homeward bound fleet. Information of the time of their sailing was received by a British Prize, lately carried into Charleston.
NEW-YORK, Dec. 13.
Capt. BUTLER, in the sloop George , arrived last evening in three days from Norfolk, informs that last Saturday, a sea fight took place off the Capes of Virginia, between one French 64 and two frigates of 36; and one British 44 and two frigates of 36; that several boats went out to see the fight, but he had not learnt how it terminated.
Capt. TICE, of the sloop Nancy , arrived at Philadelphia, from Alexandria, informs, that on Saturday morning last, he heard a heavy firing off Chincoteague, which lasted above two hours.
Capt. DUNTON, of the schooner William and Mary , also arrived at Philadelphia, from Virginia, off Chincoteague, in lat. 37. 20. heard a heavy cannonading N. N. E. of him, which commenced about six o'clock in the morning, and lasted until 11, he could distinguish by the report of their cannon, that a material difference appeared in the weight of their metal; at times, he says the firing was quick and tremendous, which would cease at intervals, and begin again: He believes it was a running sea-fight.
Extract of a letter from Amsterdam, dated Oct. 1. "Our commerce has been totally suspended for three weeks, in consequence of the rapid advance of the French army. Since the capture of Sluys, and other frontier places, they have arrived at Bommel, about seven leagues from Utrecht; and as there is no opposition on the part of the allies, it is generally thought they will be in the neighbourhood of this city in less than a month."
In addition to this extract, we learn, that in Amsterdam they are so fearful of mobs, that they have placed cannon and 200 armed men, with lighted torches to prevent the people from rising—also at the bank are placed two cannon for the same purpose.
The Dutch papers confirm the defeat of the combined armies, and their inability to give the least succour to the Dutch in this their critical situation.
SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 16.
While it is considered by American citizens as a benefit, to be served in their offices of the highest importance, by men of uncommon talents, of clear heads, and pure hearts, Mr. HAMILTON's relinquishment of the arduous duty of Secretary of the Treasury, will be deemed an inestimable loss to our Republic—his abilities have never been disputed even by his most implacable enemies; their persecutions have produced the most incontestible evidence of his integrity, and have served to disclose truths great to his honor and reputation, and to the extension of his fame.
STOCKBRIDGE, Dec. 9.
A treaty is concluded between the United States and the Indians of the Six Nations.—A gentleman who left the place of treaty since its conclusion, has favored us with a copy of the principal articles of it: viz.
The United States relinquish all claims to the lands known by the Oneida, Onondago, and Cayuga reservations, and a tract of country bounded as follows—beginning on the north west corner of a tract of land sold by the Six Nations to Phelps and Gorham; thence westwardly along the south shore of lake Ontario, to Johnson's landing place, thence southwardly up a creek which empties into the Bud Lake at that place, to the Main Fork; thence a straight line to the Main Fork of Stedman's Creek,
which empties into Niagara river, above Fort Slusher; thence down said creek to said river; thence along said river and the south shore of Lake Erie, to the north east corner of a tract of land sold by the United States to the state of Pennsylvania; thence along the eastern boundary of said tract, south to the north line of Pennsylvania; thence east to the south west corner of Phelps and Gorham's tract; thence northwardly along the western boundary of Phelps and Gorham's tract to the place of beginning.
The United States agree to pay the Six Nations an annuity forever of 4,500 dollars, and to deliver them at this treaty 10,000 dollars worth of goods.
In consideration of which the Six Nations relinquish their claims to all other lands, (within the United States) to the United States, and also grant the privilege of a waggon road from Slusher to Lake Erie, and the privilege of lading boats or vessels in any of the creeks or harbours within their country.
BOSTON, December 20.
A symptom highly favourable to the continuation of Peace, is, that the British government has displaced those privileged plunderers, GREY and JARVIS. A gentleman in London assures us, that the exchange they have remitted to London, has been attached by order of government.
We are told, that orders have been received at Halifax, not to molest American vessels.
By an arrival from Halifax, we learn that the schooner Delight , GIRDNER, of Capt. Ann, on her return from Bourdeaux, was captured by the Lynx British sloop of war, and carried into that port on the 30th Nov.—her fate uncertain on the 9th inst. when our informant failed from thence.
We hear that Messrs. THOMAS DICKINSON and Co. of London, well known to the merchants of this State, on hearing of the late fire in this town, very generously ordered their friend here to pay One Hundred Pounds, L. M. to the proper Committee, for the relief of the unfortunate sufferers.
THE SEASON.
By accurate observation, it appears that the aggregate of the degrees of the thermometer, for the first 14 days of December 1793, at Charleston, S. C. was 705—and at Salem, the first 14 days of this month 647.
It should seem from the continued openness and warmth of the weather, that the seasons had got jostled out of their place, or that December had actually been wedded to May.
SHIP NEWS.
Extract from the log-book of brig Three-Brothers , Capt. Edgerton, of New-London, from the West-Indies.
On the 19th Nov. in lat. 29, long. 73 was boarded by the French privateer schooner St. Joseph , 5 days from Charleston; refusing to hoist out our boat, they at first threatened to fire into us, and then boarded us with 10 men, took the Captain and his papers on board the privateer, and examined them. After returning him on board his vessel, they basely insulted him, took away two hogs by force, which endeavoring to prevent them, they threatened our lives with drawn swords, and daggers.
PORTSMOUTH, (Eng.) OCT. 9.
The transports with troops on board for the West-Indies, are still lying at St. Helen's; the Trusty of 50 guns, Capt. Drury, who is to convoy them, is not yet moved from Spithead, and has her signal flying to give instructions to any merchant ships who are bound to the West-ward, and will put themselves under his convoy.
COMMUNICATION.
AS Messrs. BOUDINOT and SMITH have begun their career of economizing, in the lavish expenditure of the public money, we cannot but hope that the spirit of reform will not rest here. It is high time to see whether any adequate benefit will result from the immense expenses incurred by the six frigates lately voted. The least sum of which cannot be a less sum than six hundred thousand dollars the first year. And for what? Why to watch the Algerines, and to dispose them to a reasonable peace; while Mr. HUMPHREYS declares, there is no prospect of this very agreeable event. Nor should we now be at rest but for the fortunate interference of the Portuguese. How much it would require to buy a peace is not known. But it is shrewdly conjectured that the above sum would go a great way towards it. But of this we are assured, that if our unhappy brethren are not released nor peace secured till these vessels are in failing order for a voyage to the Mediterranean, the public has no flattering prospect before it, as to this object.
Since our last, one of our brethren who has been in captivity in Algiers, for 9 years past, arrived in town. He was liberated in consequence of the treaty with the Dutch.
RURAL ARTICLES. However it may excite the sage grin of the cynic, we always feel happy in recording articles which shew the fertility, prosperity, or improvement of our country: We, therefore, inform, that this season, Mr. Barker, of Cheshire, killed ten hogs, about 20 months old, all from one sow, which weighed 3223 pounds. In one town, in the State of New-Hampshire, where 20 years since, there was not a white inhabitant, on a late occasion there were given in near 500 qualified votes.
NEWBURYPORT, Dec. 19.
Captain Richard Tappan arrived at this port
on Tuesday, 33 days from Point-Petre—The French had all Guadalupe, except Fort St. Charles before he failed, which could not hold out more than 3 days, as the French had 5 or 6 batteries open upon it, and a breach partly made. The English had not more than 200 men. Left there brig Harmony , John Dunphy, of Philadelphia—Brig Wells , master, Wetherfield. The morning after sailing, saw a fleet of ten sail, off the Point, 4 of them supposed to be men of war, but could not learn where from.
Yesterday Capt. Coledge arrived from Point-Petre, 35 days—Capt. C. lost all his men but one by sickness.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE
DistRICT OF PORTSMOUTH, N. H. CLEARED FOR Brig Thomas, Seaward, West-Indies. Schooner Adventure, Treadwell, Ditto. Schooner Betsey, Trefethen, Maryland. Brig Rebecca, Tredick, Barbadoes. Schooner Dispatch, Fernald, Surinam.
TO BE SOLD
At Public Vendue,
On Thursday the 8th of January next, at three o'clock, afternoon, at the Bell Tavern, in Portsmouth,
A good FARM,
PLEASANTLY situated on Spruce Creek, Kittery Point, within sight of Portsmouth, and convenient for the fishery. The Farm is enclosed with a stone-wall, and has a house and barn thereon, and contains about one hundred acres; now in the occupation of John Leavitt. To be sold at the above mentioned time and place, and conditions then to be made known; unless disposed of before at private sale.
DANIEL HUMPHREYS.
Portsmouth, Dec. 22, 1794.
THE Brethren of the Ancient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons are hereby informed, that the Festival of St. John the Evangelist will be celebrated by the Columbian Lodge, at Brother Benjamin Butler's in Deerfield, on Saturday the 27th of December instant, at eleven o'clock, A.M. when and where all the Brethren are desired to attend.—Dinner will be on the table precisely at half past two o'clock, P.M.
By order, NATHANIEL WEARE, Sec'y.
TO BE SOLD
At Public Vendue,
On FRIDAY the 26th day of December, inst. at 10 o'clock, A.M. on Mrs. Boyd's Wharf, Several valuable Lots
OAK, Pine, Beach and Maple Timber; Pine Plank, Joist, &c.
And on Wednesday the 31st day of December, inst. at 10 o'clock, A.M. at Col. LANGDON's Store,
Feather Beds, Blankets,
Sheets; Blocks; Cordage; Iron; Croscut and Whip Saws; Screw Augers; Tools, and many other articles; 5 Boats; 1 large Gondola, and a building as it now stands on Foxpoint, 60 by 16 feet.
JACOB WALDEN, Auctioneer. Dec. 22.
TO BE SOLD BY
Williams & Coffin,
At their STORE,
In Market-Street, Portsmouth,
WINDOW-Glass of
all sizes, by wholesale and retail, in excellent order; Philadelphia and Russia Iron by the ton; Nail Rods; St. Eubens and Liverpool Salt; Rum by the hhd; a few hhd Molasses; a few bags of excellent Cotton; Loaf, India and Brown Sugars; Teas; Chocolate; Coffee; Raisins by the cask; Brandy; Rice; Cinnamon; best of Iron Shovels by the dozen and retail; Grindstones; Nails; Poll Ware; Lame; Wrapping-Paper; Soap; Indigo, &c. with a variety of other articles in the Grocery line, as usual.
—ALSO—
A quantity of good Boards and Butter.
—LIKEWISE—
A considerable of an assortment of English GOODS
And Hard-Ware,
which will be sold very low for cash, country produce, or approved credit, as the subscribers intend to change their line of business, and consequently wish to complete the sale of these articles.
The subscribers are
under the necessity to request all persons indebted to them to make immediate payment, otherwise they must commence suits against all delinquents, at the next Courts.
Williams & Coffin.
Dec. 23, 1794.

Almanacks for 1795.
JUST PUBLISHED By J. Melcher, AND FOR SALE AT HIS OFFICE Corner of Market-Street, PORTSMOUTH, By the Groce, Dozen, or single; and by the Author, at his House in Old York, Sewall's genuine Almanack for the year 1795, Calculated for the Meridian of PORTS- MOUTH, New-Hampshire, But will serve for any of the New-En- gland States.
Containing besides THE Calendar pages, Eclipses, &c. A Table of the weight and value of Foreign gold, in dollars and cents, and in pounds, shil- lings and pence. A Table of Interest at six per cent. Time and places for holding the Federal- Courts. Time and places for holding the Courts in Vermont. Time and places for holding the Courts in Massachusetts. Time and places for holding the Courts of Probate for the county of York (Massachusetts.) Time and places for holding the Courts of Judicature for New-Hampshire. Time and places for holding the Courts of Probate for the county of Rockingham. Yearly meetings of the friendly society called Quakers. Distance of the principal towns from Port- mouth, with the most noted houses of entertain- ment. The nice Distinction. Sundry humorous Anecdotes. A short Treatise on Gaming. Plain and easy Rules to preserve Health, re- commended to every description of persons. A short Treatise on Eating. A Recipe to prevent Sheep from Vermin. A great variety of remarkable events, witty sayings, &c. interspersed in the calendar pages.
Also for sale at said office, The Massachusetts Register. Low's, Carlton's, The Farmer's, and a variety of other Almanacks for the year 1795. AN ASSORTMENT OF Books, Blanks, & Stationary.
Samuel Hill
Respectfully informs his Customers, & the Public in general, that he has just imported in the last Vessels from London, A fresh supply of Fall and Winter G O O D S: —ALSO—
A general assortment of Cutlery & Hard Ware, which he will sell at the lowest advance for cash, or approved credit, at his Store on Spring-Hill. Nov. 17.
P I T T S F I E L D.
State of New-Hampshire. N OTICE is hereby given to the non- resident owners of land in Pitts- field, who have not paid their tax for the year 1790, that so much of their land as will pay said tax, with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, on the 13th day of January, 1795, at the dwelling- house of Mr. Enoch Butler, in said Pitts- field, at 10 o'clock, A.M. unless prevent- ed by previous payment.
   Division. Range. No. Lot. No. Ac's. Spec. rate p. d. State rate p. d.    Thomas Peirce, 1 2 50 44 3 3  John Sweat, 1 2 50 26 2 3  Rich'd Waldron, 1 2 39 7 1 2  Samuel Gilman, 1 2 50 16 1 2  John Sherburne 1 2 50 20 1 2  Christ'r Page, 1 2 50 22 2 2  Paul Gerrish, 1 2 50 26 2 2  William Odiorne, 1 2 50 46 3 2  John Sanborn, 1 2 50 47 3 2  Stephen Page, 1 2 50 48 3 2  James Jaffrey, jr. 1 2 50 56 3 2  Benjamin Cram, 1 2 50 74 4 2  Joseph Palmer, 1 2 50 86 4 2    SAMUEL BROWN, Collector. Pittsfield, Dec. 11, 1794.
NEW FEATHERS
Just received by Abra m Isaacs, Who respectfully informs his town and country customers, that he has received a few bags of New Sea Fowl & Geese FEATHERS, warranted fresh and good.
—LIKEWISE— A great variety of Crockery Ware, all sorts & kinds.
—ALSO— Glass Ware,
C ONSISTING of Tumblers and Punch ditto; Wine Glasses; Quart & Pint Decanters; new fashion Vinegar Cruets; and a great variety of elegant Looking-Glasses of all prices. Constant attendance, and every fa- vor gratefully acknowledged. Portsmouth, Dec. 9.
Good St. George's
L I M E
To be sold at STORE No. 2, on Long Wharf. DUMMER.
To Ammi R. Cutter, Esq. Clerk of the pro- prietors of the township of Dummer.
W E the subscribers, owners of more than one sixteenth part of the township of Dummer, in the county of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, request you to call a meeting of the pro- prietors of said township, to be held at the house of Mr. John Greenleaf, inn- holder in Portsmouth, on Monday the 5th day of January next, at 3 o'clock, P. M. for the following purposes, viz. 1st. To choose a moderator, proprie- tors clerk and collector. 2d. To see whether the proprietors will vote any further tax, for defraying the expenditures of the propriety. 3d. To settle and balance all outstand- ing accounts of the propriety. 4th. To authorize and empower the present collector, or his successor to col- lect without delay all outstanding taxes, which have been already assessed, and to take all legal measures for the immediate collection thereof. 5th. To do and transact any other business which may then appear useful to the propriety.
SAMUEL HAVEN, JOHN PEIRCE, JOSEPH HAVEN, N. A. HAVEN. Portsmouth, Dec. 6, 1794.
PURSUANT to the foregoing request, the proprietors of Dummer aforesaid, are hereby notified and warned to meet at the time and place above mentioned, and to act upon the particulars mentioned in the foregoing re- quest.
A. R. CUTTER.
THE subscribers being appointed by the Judge of Probate, a committee to receive, examine, and ad- just all the claims of the creditors to the estate of Capt. JOHN SHERBURNE, late of Portsmouth, Mariner, deceased, rep- resented insolvent; hereby give notice, that they shall attend for that purpose at the Post Office, in said Portsmouth, on the last Thursday of this, and the five follow- ing months, from 3 to 6 o'clock, P. M. ISAAC RINDGE, GEORGE WENTWORTH, JEREMIAH LIBBEY. Portsmouth, Nov. 26, 1794.
THE subscriber being appointed Attorney to the Admini- stratrix of the estate of Thomas Packer, late of Portsmouth, in the county of Rock- ingham, and State of New-Hampshire, husbandman, deceased, intestate, to receive and examine all claims brought against the said estate—hereby give notice that he will be ready to receive and adjust the same from the date hereof, at his house in said Portsmouth, from the present date, 'till the expiration of the five following months—and all persons indebted to the said estate, are hereby notified to pay the same to the subscriber, at his house afore- said.
DANIEL R. ROGERS, Attorney to the Administratrix. Portsmouth, Nov. 20, 1794.
Jackson and Wrigley, Silk, Linen, Woollen, Cotton and Hat DYERS, from London, and Manchester,
TAKE the earliest op- portunity of informing the Public in ge- neral—That they have erected a large and com- modious DYE-HOUSE, in Charlestown, Massa- chusetts, where they carry on the Dyeing Busi- ness, in all its various branches and colours— Such as dyeing all kinds of Silks, Satins, Tissues, Brocades, Damasks, Poplins, Cloth, new and old, to any colour or shade, and finished full as well as in London. ALSO—Moreens, Har- teens, Damask, Chinesse, &c. bed and window Curtains, &c. dyed and watered, to look equally as well as when new. LIKEWISE—Gentle- men's Clothes, and Ladies' Riding-Habits, scour- ed, and if faded, dyed over again; scarlet Cloths and Cloaks re-dyed, and all spots and stains taken out.
—ALSO—
The best English Blues,
or any other colours, dyed upon woollen Cloths, and finished. LIKEWISE, upon Cotton or Linen Yarn, for Checks, &c. and warranted to stand their colour. ALSO, patent washing Buffs, dyed on mullins, Cottons, &c. so as not to fade.
Men's, women's and
children's Hats, dyed black or any fancy colour, (such as green, pea-green, pink, plum, purple, Mazarine-blue, sky-blue, Devonshire-brown, white Hats, with green underfides) and stiffened if required.
Messrs. JACKSON and
WRIGLEY flattering themselves that they are perfect masters of their business, humbly solicit the patronage and favour of the public in gene- ral, for which grateful acknowledgments will be made, and the public may be assured, of having their goods well done, quickly dispatched, and upon the most reasonable terms.
Orders left at Mr.
Parry's store in Market-Street, Portsmouth, will be immediately communicated by him, and punctually attended to by Messrs. Jackson and Wrigley. October, 1794.
P I T T S F I E L D.
State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non- resident owners of land in Pitts- field, who have not paid their tax for the year 1789, that so much of their land as will pay said tax, with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, on the 8th day of January, 1795, at the dwelling- house of Mr. Enoch Butler, in said Pitts- field, at 10 o'clock, A. M. unless prevent- ed by previous payment.
   Division. No. Range. No. Lot. No. Acres. County. p. d. Spec. ord. p. d. Indents s. d. d. d.    Barz. Tappan, 0 10 3 2 1 50 76 5 3  Thomas Peirce, 1 2 4 2 1 50 44 3 3  John Sweat, 1 1 4 2 1 50 26 2 3  Richard Waldron, 1 6 3 2 1 39 7 1 2  Samuel Gilman, 1 8 2 1 1/2 1 50 16 1 2  Christopher Page, 1 8 2 1 1/2 1 50 22 2 2  Paul Gerrish, 1 8 3 2 1 50 26 2 2  Nathaniel Lock, 1 10 3 2 1 50 39 2 2  William Odiorne, 1 10 3 2 1 50 46 3 2  John Sanborn, 1 10 3 2 1 50 47 3 2  Stephen Page, 1 10 3 2 1 50 48 3 2  James Jaffrey, jr. 1 10 3 2 1 50 56 3 2  Benjamin Cram, 1 10 3 2 1 50 74 4 2  Joseph Palmer, 1 10 3 2 1 50 86 4 2  
SAMUEL BROWN, Collector. Pittsfield, Dec. 11, 1794.
W A R R E N.
State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non- residents, owners of land in Warren, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1791, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 29th day of January next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at my house, in said Warren, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, on said day.
   1st Div. 2d Div. und'd s.d.q. s.d.q. s.d.q.    Capt. Eph'm Brown, 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9  William Whitcher, 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3/4  Enoch Page, 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3/4  Andrew Greely, 1 0 0 0 2 0 1/4 1 6 3/4  Joseph Tilton, 1 0 0 0 2 0 1/4 0 0  James Graves, 1 2 0 3/4 0 0 1 6 3/4  135 acres of the Go- vernor's reserva- tion, 1 2 9 0 0 0 0  Truworthy Ladd, 1 9 2 0 0 0 0    JOSHUA COPP, Collector. Warren, Nov. 25, 1794.
District of New-Hampshire.
BY virtue of an Order from the Honorable WILLIAM CUSHING, Esquire, Judge of the Circuit Court hold- en at Exeter, in said District, on the 24th day of Octo. last, there will be exposed to Sale by Public Auction, at Moffat's Wharf, in Portsmouth, in the District aforesaid, on Wednesday the 31st instant, at 11 o'clock, A. M. THREE BAGS of COFFEE ; and also by one other Order from the aforesaid Judge, will be exposed to sale as aforesaid, at the same time and place, FOUR other BAGS of COFFEE and ONE BAG of COCOA .
NATH'L ROGERS, Marshal.
Dated at Portsmouth, Dec. 8, 1794.
WHEREAS Peggy
Butler, daughter of the subscri- ber, is wholly supported at my expence, and sundry persons have already, and are further trying to entice her from her lodg- ing, to board with them, that they may charge any price and distress me. I here- by caution and warn all persons not to take her upon any contract or promise except my own, being determined not to pay for any other, as I think myself capa- ble of providing for my own child, with- out the interference of any body.
JAMES BUTLER.
Durham, Oct. 22, 1794.
India Cottons
To be sold remarkably cheap at Peter Coffin's Store, in Market-Street, Portsmouth.
JUST PUBLISHED
Upon a beautiful large Type,
By J. Melcher,
(Handsomely bound and letter'd)
And for sale at his Office,
Corner of Market-Street, Portsmouth,
THE HOLY WAR
made by Shaddai upon Di- abolus, for the regaining of the Metropolis of the World:— or the losing and taking again of the town of Mansoul. By JOHN BUNYAN, author of the Pilgrims Progres.
Book-Sellers may be
supplied in sheets, or bound, in exchange for other books, by applying seasonably.
THE undersigned begs leave to take the earliest opportunity to inform the Ladies of Portsmouth, and its vicinity, that they have
Just received at their
Boot & Shoe Manufactory,
No. 1, High-Street,
An elegant assortment of
Sandal Patterns—Likewise—real and A- merican manufactured Morocco Leather, of various colours, and as they have in their service the most approved workmen, it would afford them singular pleasure to have an opportunity to execute their or- ders.
Leigh and Bowles.
Portsmouth, Dec. 16.
J. Wendell, jr.
HAS FOR SALE in the lower Store, on Sherburne's Wharf, Good Tobago Rum, by the hhd. and a few barrels Superfine & fine Flour. Portsmouth, Dec. 15, 1794.
Patent Windlass-Boxes.
Windlass-Boxes, with all other kind of Cast work executed in the best manner
By Ward Gilman,
At his Shop in Exeter, where the Founder's Business is carried on in its various bran- ches with neatness and dispatch.
All Orders shall be punctually attended to, and every favor gratefully acknowledged.
An Apprentice wanted
at the above business.