The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1791-01-22 00:00:00

New - Hampshire Gazette, and the General Advertiser.
Containing the Laws, &c. of the United States, as well as those of this State passed since 1787, with a variety of other matters both useful and entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
LAWs of the UNITED STATES.
CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES: AT THE THIRD SESSION.
Began and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the 6th of December, 1790.
An ACT supplementary to the Act intitled, "An Act making further Provision for the Payment of the Debts of the United States."
WHEREAS no express provision has been made for extending the act, intitled, "An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels," to the collection of the duties imposed by the said "Act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the U. States," doubts concerning the same may arise: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the act, intitled, "An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandise imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels," doth and shall extend to, and be in force for the collection of the duties specified and laid in and by the act, intitled, "An act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States," as fully and effectually, as if every regulation, restriction, penalty, provision, clause, matter and thing therein contained, had been inserted in and re-enacted by the act last aforesaid.
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. Approved, 4 December the 27th, 1790:
GEORGE WASHINGTON, President of the United States. (True copy)—THO'S JEFFERSON, Secretary of State.
CONGRESS.
THIRD SESSION.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, DEC. 30.
THE engrossed bill, providing for the unloading of wares and merchandise, in case of obstruction by ice, being read a third time, was passed.
Mr. Sedgwick, from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported a bill, to repeal the act laying certain duties on distilled spirits, and lay others in their stead: which was read a first and second time, and referred to a committee of the whole on Tuesday next.
Mr. Clymer presented a memorial from the College of Physicians of the city of Philadelphia, praying that high duties may be imposed on distilled spirits in order to prevent the intemperate use of them.
On motion, it was ordered, that the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to lay before the house, a statement of the amount of the exports from the different districts of the United States, and also of the amount of the duties arising on imports and tonnage, from the first of August 1789, to the thirtieth of September 1790—and as soon as may be from the last mentioned period to the end of the present year.
A message was received from the President of the United States, accompanied with a report from the Secretary of State, relating to the American citizens now in captivity at Algiers.
About half past one, Mr. Speaker ha-
ving some communications of a private nature to make, ordered the House to be cleared of all persons except the Members.
The doors were not afterwards opened until the House adjourned.
FRIDAY, DEC. 31.
The business, which came first under consideration, being of a secret nature, the doors were for some time shut.
A letter from the Attorney General was read, accompanied with his report respecting the judiciary system of the United States.
Ordered, That the said report be taken into consideration on Wednesday the 12th of January, and that 300 copies of it be printed in the mean time.
The house having then resolved itself into a committee of the whole on the state of the union (Mr. Boudinot in the chair) proceeded to the consideration of the report of the Secretary, respecting the land office, and after some time spent therein, the committee rose and reported sundry resolutions.
The Manner of Travelling in RUSSIA. [By Peter Henry Bruce, Esq.]
THE manner of travelling in Russia is extremely commodious, especially in winter, when their sledges glide away on the surface of the ice or snow, in a flat country, with incredible dispatch, and so very little labour to the horses, that they can easily perform fifty or sixty miles a day. Their sledges are made of the bark of the linden tree, fitted to the size of a man, lined with some thick felt, and when a man is laid along in them, he is wrapped up and quite covered in good furs. The driver for the most part runs by the sledge to keep himself warm, or sits at the feet of the person who travels; the sledges being built very low, should they happen to overturn, there is little danger in the fall. In this mode of travelling, the time is mostly spent in sleeping, the easy, almost imperceptible motion, favouring their repose. When they happen to pass through deserts, or great forests, where they are obliged to remain all night in the open air, they kindle a great fire, round which they range their sledges, so that being well closed on all sides, and well covered up with their furs, they rest more commodiously than in a country cottage, where men and beasts being lodged together in one room, greatly disturb a man's rest. The greatest inconvenience in travelling those parts is the want of inns on the road, which obliges the travellers to carry provisions along with them, and other necessaries they may stand in need of; but those who travel singly commonly go post, when they pay the whole expence of the journey at setting out, and have no more occasion to put their hand in their pocket till they come to the end of it, which is very convenient. The post boy receives a written order, which he delivers to the next who succeeds him, and so on to the end; and they go day and night, having fresh horses every ten miles, so that the traveller may sleep all the way in his sledge, if he chooses. They commonly travel an hundred and fifty miles in twenty-four hours. I have often travelled three stages without waking.
"In the summer they travel either by water, on the rivers with which this country abounds; or by land on horseback, by coach, or sleeping waggon; the roads in Russia being very broad, beautiful and easy for travelling. For
passing the rivers they have a kind of floating bridges, made of large fir trees, fastened together, which can support a great weight. But the violent heat of the summer, and the prodigious quantities of muskitoes and flies, are very troublesome, and greatly interrupt the pleasure a stranger would otherwise have in passing through this country from the beauty and variety of its forests, rivers and lakes."
Some Account of the Inhabitants and Productions of the Sandwich Isles.
[From the Journal of Capt. Cook's last voyage to the PACIFIC OCEAN.]
THESE islands, which lie in the latitude of 21 deg. 44 min. N. and in long. 199 E. are not, in beauty and fertility, inferior to the Friendly islands in the southern hemisphere, nor are the inhabitants less ingenious or civilized. Excepting the first quarrel that happened, we had not the least difference with any of them during our stay. What they had to dispose of they parted with upon the easiest terms, nor did they seem so thievishly inclined as those on the other side the line.
"The men in these islands are of the middle size, of a dark complexion, not much tatted, but of a lively open countenance. They were no otherwise clothed than decency required, and what they had on appeared to be of their own manufacture, of which there were various fabrics, and of a variety of colours. Some were made with borders exactly resembling coverlids, and others appeared like printed cottons: and, besides cloth, they had many other articles which shewed that they had artificers among them, not wanting in ingenuity. One peculiarity we observed among the men, and that was in the cut of their hair, which they trimmed up to a ridge along their heads, in form like what, in horses manes, is called hogging. Others again wore it long, plaiting it in tails, which hung below the waist; and these we took for marks of distinction among them. Add to this, a kind of short cloak worn by their chiefs, in shape like those worn by the ladies in England, and composed of most beautiful feathers, ranged in rows one over another, and narrowing from the lower border till they terminate in a kind of net-work round the neck. The women in general have shock hair, which they were at great pains to ornament. They had large holes in their ears, that filled as they were, with most beautifully coloured shells made up in clusters, served for jewels, and had no bad effect. Their head-dress consisted of wreathes of flowers, decorated with feathers, chiefly red; and having, in general, lively piercing black eyes, white teeth, small features, and round faces, were not a little inviting, had not Capt. Cook's severe prohibition put a check to the predominant passion of our men."
"Their dress, upon the whole, was more decent than that of the men, and few were without neck-laces and bracelets, of which they seemed very fond, and for which our strings of beads were well suited."
"Their manufactures the people freely sold for nails, hatchets, scissars, knives, or iron instruments of any kind; glass bowles was a valuable article, so were beads, buttons, looking-glasses, china cups, and in short any of our European commodities."
"Excepting the sugar-cane, which appeared indigenous to these islands, and which were rare in those on the other side the line, their produce was much the same; only the cocoa-nuts were by no means so large, nor in so great plenty here as at the friendly Isles."
"Wood was not to be purchased in plenty, nor did we stand much in need of that article."
"Hogs, dogs, ducks, and poultry were here in greater abundance than on the other side the line, but their plantations were not so beautifully ranged, nor so well cultivated. The houses here are warmer as the air is colder. They are built tent-fashion, and are covered from top to bottom."
"There seems indeed a remarkable conformity between these islands and those of the opposite hemisphere, not only in their situation but in their number, and in the manners, customs, arts, and manufactures of the inhabitants, though it can scarcely be imagined, that they could ever have any communication, as the globe is now constituted, being at more than 2000 miles distance one from the other, with very little dry land between. From observing this general conformity among the tropical islanders, some have been led to believe, that the whole middle region of the earth, was once one entire continent, and that what is now the Great South Pacific ocean, was, in the beginning, the paradise of the world: but whoever would wish to hear more on this subject, will do well to read Burnet's Theory of the Earth, where, if he does not find arguments solid enough to convince his reason, he will meet with reasoning sufficiently plausible to amuse his fancy."
STATE LOTTERY.
Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS. THE Managers of the STATE LOTTERY present the Public with the first Class of the Massachusetts Semi-annual State Lottery, which will commence drawing in the Representative's Chamber, in Boston, on the seventeenth of March next, or sooner, if the Tickets shall be disposed of.
NOT TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE.
25,000 Tickets, at FIVE DOLLARS each, are 125,000 Dollars, to be paid in the following prizes, subject to a deduction of twelve and an half per cent. for the use of the Commonwealth.
   Prizes. Dollars. Dollars.     1 of 10000 10000   2 of 3000 6000   3 of 2000 6000   6 of 1000 6000   10 of 500 5000   30 of 200 6000   80 of 100 8000   90 of 50 4500   100 of 40 4000   120 of 30 3600   161 of 20 3220   200 of 10 2000   7585 of 8 60680  
8388 Prizes. 125000 16612 Blanks.
25,000 *** TICKETS may be had of the several Managers, who will pay the Prizes on demand—of the TREASURER of the Commonwealth—of JAMES WHITE, at his Book-store, Franklin's Head, Court-Street, and at other places, as usual.
BENJAMIN AUSTIN, jr. DAVID COBB, SAMUEL COOPER, GEORGE R. MINOT, JOHN KNEELAND,  Boston, July 28, 1790.
TICKETS in the above Lottery, and in the Fifth Class of the Massachusetts Monthly State Lottery, either whole, in halves, or quarters may be had of B. DEARBORN, at his shop in Portsmouth. Tickets may likewise be had at the Post-Office.

Proceedings of CONGRESS.
(Continued from the first page.)
MONDAY, JAN. 3.
A MESSAGE was received from the President of the United States, accompanied with a letter, inclosing an act of the legislature of the state of New-Jersey, vesting in the U. States, the lot of land called Sandy-Hook.
The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee of the whole House upon the bill for establishing Land-Offices, for the disposal of the vacant lands belonging to the United States, and made some progress therein, but not having gone through the same, the further consideration was postponed.
TUESDAY, JAN. 4.
This day a bill providing for the admission of the district of Kentucky into the Union, was read a first and second time.
The House proceeded to the further consideration of the report of the committee of the whole on the Secretary's report, relative to the establishing land offices. The House went through the report, and upon motion a committee was appointed to bring in a bill, in conformity to the resolutions adopted by the House. The committee to consist of three members, viz. Mess. White, Scott, and Bloodworth.
The committee appointed to bring in a bill to provide for the public defence, by establishing a militia, reported. The report was read the first time and ordered to lie on the table.
A letter from the treasurer of the United States, accompanying a statement of his accounts, was read. The accounts were ordered to lie on the table for the inspection of the members.
The letter communicated yesterday from the President of the United States with an exemplified copy of an act of the legislature of the state of New-Jersey, vesting in the United States of America the lot of land called Sandy-Hook, in Monmouth county, whereon the Light-House is erected—was read and ordered to lie on the table.
Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5.
A petition was presented from the Baptist Society in the State of Massachusetts, requesting that Congress would take some steps to ensure accuracy in the American editions of the Holy Scriptures.
The House, in committee of the whole, took into consideration the bill repealing, after the last day of next, the duties heretofore laid upon distilled spirits imported from abroad, and laying others in their stead, and also upon spirits distilled within the United States, as well to discourage the excessive use of those spirits, and promote agriculture, as to provide for the support of the public credit, and for the common defence & general welfare; and having made some progress therein, rose and reported.
The militia bill being read a second time, was referred to a committee of the whole, and made the order of the day for Wednesday next. Ordered that 100 copies be printed in the interim.
Adjourned.
From the UNITED STATES GAZETTE.
[The following Memorial has been presented to the Congress of the United States.]
To the SENATE and HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES of the UNITED STATES, in Congress assembled.
The MEMORIAL of the College of Physicians of the City of Philadelphia, RESPECTFULLY SHEWETH:
THAT they have seen with great pleasure the operation of a National Government which has established order in the United States.
They rejoice to find amongst the powers which belong to this government, that of restraining, by certain duties, the consumption of distilled spirits in our country.
It belongs more particularly to men of other professions to enumerate the pernicious effects of these liquors upon morals and manners. Your memorialists will only remark that a great proportion of the most obstinate, painful, and mortal disorders which affect the human body, are produced by distilled spirits. That they are not only destructive to health and life, but that they impair the faculties of the mind, and thereby tend equally to dishonor our character as a nation, and to degrade our species as intelligent beings.
Your memorialists have no doubt that the rumour of a plague or any other pestilential disorder, which might sweep away thousands of their fellow-citizens, would produce the most vigorous and effectual measures in our government, to prevent or subdue it.
Your memorialists can see no just cause why the more certain and extensive ravages of distilled spirits, upon human life, should not be guarded against with corresponding vigilance and exertions, by the rulers of the United States.
Your memorialists beg leave to add further, that the habitual use of distilled spirits in any case whatever, is wholly unnecessary—that they neither fortify the body against the morbid effects of heat or cold, nor render labor more easy, nor more productive—and that there are many articles of diet and drink which are not only safe and perfectly salutary, but preferable to distilled spirits for the above mentioned purposes.
Your memorialists have beheld with regret, the feeble influence of reason and religion, in restraining the evils which they have enumerated. They center their hopes, therefore, of an efficient remedy for them in the wisdom and power of the Legislature of the United States; and in behalf of the interests of humanity, to which their profession is closely allied, they thus publicly intreat the Congress, by their obligations to protect the lives of their constituents, and by their regard to the character of our nation, and the rank of our species in the scale of beings, to impose such heavy duties upon all distilled spirits, as shall be effectual to restrain their intemperate use in our country.
Signed by order of the College, JOHN REDMAN, President. Philadelphia, Dec. 27th, 1790.
DUBLIN (Ireland) Oct. 16. IRONY.
Ireland is the most happy and flourishing nation on the face of the earth, notwithstanding the murmur of the Whig Club and other factious and turbulent characters—it is manifest from the following considerations:—
Because the lands not being set too high, or at rackrents, the farmers have profitable tenures—are enabled to live comfortably, and to constitute respectable yeomanry in the kingdom.
Because the peasantry having full employment and good wages, are well fed, clad and lodged, and are not under the necessity of thieving to support themselves.
Because the manufactures of the kingdom are protected by heavy duties on foreign importations—the raw materials kept at home, and of course our manufacturers are constantly employed, the home markets supplied by the product of national industry, and a large redundancy exported to the most distant quarters of the globe.
Because trade is immense—the merchants opulent, and the shipping innumerable.
Because the specie of the kingdom is not drained by absentees, and spent in a foreign country.
Because the country is never disturbed by insurrections excited by civil or ecclesiastical oppression.
Because the judicial seats are immaculate, and never suffer politics or party to come into their Courts.
Because the personal liberty of the subject is secured and cannot be violated by a power of holding to excessive bail.
Because the Peerages are not venal, but conferred as the reward of public or private virtue, and of course our Peers are all noble, independent, love their country, and pay their debts.
Because the dignities of the national church are conferred on natives as the reward of piety and learning—not on aliens, as renumeration for political, or for private, and perhaps infamous services.
Because the Bishops are consequently learned and pious, despising the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and solely occupied in discharging with meekness and humanity the rigid duties of their sacred function.
Because the King often visits the kingdom, cheering the nation with the benignant rays of his Royal presence, and in his absence makes it the constant residence of one or other of the Royal offspring.
L O N D O N, Oct. 12. ENGLISH SYMPTOMS OF WAR.
The Spanish Ambassador blew his nose in a red silk handkerchief, and shutting the left eye whilst the right experienced the pressure of his forefinger, was heard to exclaim in Italian "con todo mondo guerra!" "War with all the world."
The Cabinet Council used red ink in their last dispatches to Mr. Fitzherbert—red ink is as certain a sign of war, as the croaking of a Raven is the forerunner of death.
Mr. Pitt's Laundress, in washing one of his cambric handkerchiefs, observed that the P. came out, and the W. remained. Sir Gregory Page Turner, being told of this, said that P stood for Peace and W for War, and that the washer woman's fact was a certain omen of a rupture with Spain.
Several Rats have attempted to get at the papers of the Cabinet, which is a sure indication that hostilities are at hand. It is very extraordinary, but not less extraordinary than true, that the Rats never attempt the secret papers of the Cabinet, only in time of eminent National danger. They gnaw any dirty matter in time of peace.
Lord Rodney dream't—he dream't that Charles Fox was Prime Minister, and that he had appointed him Commander in Chief against the Spanish Fleet, in order to atone for disgracing his Lordship in 1782, just after his signal victory in the West-Indies—and he dream't that there was a war, and that he had the gout, the pain of which awoke him—and from all this he thinks War is certain.
Spanish Onions have risen a half-penny in the hank—and the Lord Chancellor has ordered all Spanish Snuff out of his box. This secret was known in the Ally on Monday last, and caused an immediate fall of 2 1/2 per cent. on the consols.
Grenville has given away his Green Spanish Leather Slippers, and ordered a red Morocco. The moment this transpired, it was evident that we meant to take part with the Barbary States against Spain—and that in doing so we must go to War. Jerry Harrgrave at the Rainbow Coffee-House, first made this observation, although Dr. Truster contends the priority with him. Be it however, as it may, War must be the consequence.
In short the House of Bourbon having lost its main-prop or what may be called the chief sinew of war, will certainly come to an open rupture with Great-Britain, because she is less able to maintain a War against us now than she ever was since the Family Compact existed.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1.
Good beef sells now in the market of this city, at two pence half penny to three pence per pound—fresh butter at one shilling, and hickory wood, brought in from the country by land, at forty shillings (5 dollars and one third) per cord. When we consider the superior quality of the Pennsylvania hickory, and that the citizens are not subjected to the expense of carting, we shall find that fire-wood is, at this season, cheaper than it was at any time last fall.
Extract of a letter from Cape Francois, of the 8th of November, to a gentleman in this city.
"Since writing my letter of the 6th inst. the insurrection of the Mulattoes has nearly been put to an end; and yesterday a greater part of the volunteers returned, having left a few to watch the motions of the few remaining rebels, who are about 400, the rest having dispersed, and with them their leader, whose name is Oge, not Ojay, as I before wrote it, who has fled to St. Jago, in the Spanish part of the island. A reward of 1000 joes has been offered by the government for apprehending him. Thus has a dangerous insurrection been quelled by the spirited exertions of the volunteers."
Extract of a letter from the same, to the same, dated Nov. 15.
"My last contained a sketch of the transactions of the volunteers from this town and its vicinity, and the mulattoes to that date. The same day an account arrived that in a few days after Oge had fled; he was delivered up to the officers of this government by the Spanish Governor of St. Jago, where he had taken refuge. He is expected in town every day, together with a number of the principals of the revolt. His life with those of a number of his fellow prisoners, it is said, will pay the forfeit of their temerity."
"Yesterday the remainder of our troops returned from the expedition: Consequently the troubles from this source may well be said to be at an end."
Extract of a letter from Cape Francois, dated November 21.
"With this you will receive a few of our papers—you will also see by reading them, what a tyrannical government we live under. This unhappy colony is distracted with parties—and what the Provincial Assembly does, the General Assembly undo: The printer of the Gazette du Jour, has had judgment given in his favour; but the president has commenced another process against him."
"I am happy to inform you, that the insurrection of the mulattoes has been quelled, all the chiefs being taken. The leader (Oge) has been here but about five weeks from Charleston. He was under sentence of death last year, for a similar offence, but made his escape—and went to France, from whence he went to London, and it is thought received money, with which he was enabled to effect this insurrection, from Mr. Calonne, the minister of France, and Mr. Pitt—especially as Mr. Sheridan has accused Mr. Pitt of embezzling a large sum of money. The Capt. who landed him without entering his name in the office, agreeable to law, was imprisoned, but by the intercessions of the Americans is released."
ELIZABETH-TOWN, Dec. 29.
Extract of a letter from Willborough, on Lake Champlain to the printer hereof, dated Dec. 10, 1790.
"The crops of every kind of grain, on the borders of Lake Champlain, have been very great this year, winter and summer wheat especially; a farmer in Willborough, had, from one single root of wheat, one hundred and forty-eight ears, most of them of a large growth; one of the reapers cut the grain before the number of ears, were noticed, so that the number of grains could not be counted; but the field in which it grew, contains twenty-eight acres, on which was sown, thirty-one bushels, and it yielded upwards of eight hundred."
ALBANY, Dec. 30.
Mr. SHELTON, an experienced distiller, in this city, has brought the distilling of GIN to such perfection, that the first judges (Europeans and Americans) pronounce it equal to the best imported from Holland. Mr. SHELTON having made some experiments on the Juice of the Maple-Tree, declares, that when distilled, it yields a liquor not unlike Arrac, and superior in flavour—and that, from the best computation he has been able to make, a tree will produce as many pints of this liquor, as it does pounds of sugar. Admitting this

fact, a conclusion highly favourable to the interest of the United States must be drawn, viz. that our import trade from the West-Indies must soon decline, as the two principal articles of it are sugar and rum—the first of which we can produce superior, and in sufficient quantities, and a substitute for the latter not inferior to the best Jamaica spirits.
B E N N I N G T O N, Nov. 15.
By reports from different quarters it appears, that the people of this State are generally pleased with the determination of the legislature, relative to the York claim. The only quere is, in what manner it will be paid, and the general surmise, that as land is the occasion of the cost, land should bear the burden. If general report can be credited, antifeederalism scarce can be found in Vermont.
N E W-Y O R K.
The following statements of the number of inhabitants in the northern parts of this State, at the several periods therein mentioned, are accurate and authentic.
[Note—The counties of Albany, Montgomery, Washington, Columbia, Clinton and Ontario, were, in 1771, comprehended in the county of Albany, and at present compose two of the great districts of this State, called the eastern and western districts.]
In 1771, a census of the inhabitants in the province of N. York was taken, by order of the then Governor, Lord Dunmore.
  Albany county contained  42,706     In 1786, a census was taken by Order of the legislature.      Albany C'ty contained  72,360  } 91,873    Montgomery  15,057    Washington  4,456    Increase in 15 years  49,167   
Within which time, these districts (forming an extensive frontier) suffered from frequent and almost constant invasions of the enemy, during a seven years war; at one time, by two formidable armies, one under St. Ledger, against Fort-Schuyler, and the other, of 10,000 men, under Burgoyne, who actually penetrated so far as Stillwater.
  The present census makes      Albany county  75,180  } 149,827    Montgomery  28,848    Washington  14,025    Columbia  27,552    Clinton  1,222    Ontario  3,000     Increase in 4 years  57,954   
B O S T O N, January 18.
F E D E R A L R E G I S T E R.
R E P R E S E N T A T I V E—Connecticut. Hon. JEREMIAH WADSWORTH, Esq. elected, vice PIERPONT EDWARDS, Esq. who had declined.
E M B A S S I E S.
We are informed from good authority, that Col. DAVID HUMPHREYS, and Col. WILLIAM SMITH, have lately been dispatched by THE PRESIDENT of the United States, to Europe, in official capacities. Col. SMITH, it is supposed, to the Court of London. But it is merely supposition .
Sir ROBERT BOYD, K. B. was appointed, Oct. 13, by the King of Great-Britain, Governor, and Gen. Sir HENRY CALDER, Bart. Lt. Governor of Gibraltar.
A C A U T I O N.
A few days since, a citizen in examining a cake of Babary-Wax , which he had just bought, thinking it rather heavier than usual, broke it, and found therein, three large stones, weighing more than two pounds each. It is hoped this detection will prevent similar instances of rascality—the perpetrators of which ought most severely to be punished.
“Every dog has his day”—though a vulgar, is nevertheless a true adage.—A few months since, in all the pride of British valour , the Tars of Old England , were taught to sing:—
BOYS, the happy moments watch, Let 'em know their Masters; From the Indies ship-loads fetch Of dollars and piastres. “Britain, smiling, seems to say, “What is e'er expended, “Cost and suit the Dons shall pay, “Before the cause is enad. “O'er the Spanish main to ride, “Not a soul will grumble; “Till the haughty Dons, their pride “And insolence we'll humble.”
The tune is now changed—for the Dons without any humiliation, but with genuine Spanish gasconade, in their turn can sing:—
“Now Johnny Bull, what can you say, “Come—is not this a griper, “That when your HOPES are danc'd away, “'Tis you must pay the piper.”
F R O M P H I L A D E L P H I A, DEC. 29.
“The Militia Bill , I think is hung up for a season—how it will come out is uncertain! *****
“The Secretary of the Treasury , in his Reports, discovers more and more the boundless resources of his mind—the last efforts may justly be ranked, with the first productions of human ingenuity—But it is expected they will be carped at by some, who could as easily count the particles of light, as comprehend his reasonings.
“The celerity with which Congress has proceeded this session pleases all.—Having become acquainted with the routine of business, they dispatch it at a great rate. We expect some Speechifying when the Excise matter comes before the House.
“ Public Securities rise most rapidly—the 6 per cents must soon be at and above par—as the credit of government must be held superior to any private credit.
“We have a report here, that great uneasiness prevails among the troops at the Westward, occasioned by a failure in the Contractor's not supplying them with provisions—and that a Mr. MacFarland , the Agent of the Contractor's, has shot himself.
“ Harmar , notwithstanding his conduct in the late war is acknowledged to be unimpeachable, is censured from Georgia to N. Hampshire .—It is said, that during the critical time in the late expedition he was T D.—His conduct will be looked into.”
A letter from a gentleman of the first distinction, in Philadelphia, informs, that he had received positive information that the funded 6 per cents of the United States, were selling in Holland at the date of the last intelligence, at 23 per cent ABOVE par. Agreeable as this information is, we are assured that it is authentic.
P O R T S M O U T H, JAN. 22.
T I P P O S A I B.
By an arrival at Salem , from India , a Calcutta paper has been received, which gives accounts of the operations of that inveterate enemy of the English, TIPOO SAI B , the successor of the famous Hyder Ali , against the Rajah of Travencore . In one battle with the Rajah , Tippo is said to have been defeated, with the loss of 1300 men—and in a second, he is said to have assaulted the Rajah lines with incredible ferocity and bravery, and after a long contest, obtained a victory. The Rajah of Travencore is assisted by his ally, the English, with considerable bodies of troops, and according to the last accounts, Tippo , with 150,000 men, was preparing to attack them—between whom a serious battle was expected.
B U L L S
Are not wholly monopolized by the Irish;—In an English paper of August 26, is an Advertisement, beginning, in capitals, thus,
“VAUXHALL.
“This DAY, the 26th inst. being the last NIGHT for the season, the gardens will be illuminated, &c.”
Salaries allowed by the Legislature of New-Jersey , at their late Session—Governor 600l. Chief Justice 400l.—other Justices of Supreme C. 250l. Treasurer for himself and Clerks 525l. Members of Legislature 12s. per diem. Clerks 16s. per diem during the Session.
An advertisement in the New-Jersey Journal , of a certain Matthias Reys , with whom the subscriber of the lines had been in litigation—concludes with the following sublime seat of the poetick steed:—
“Now to Kentucky they say the rogue has gone, “Come back thou Son of Be—li—al, “And pay for what evil thou hast done, “For I am ready for Tr—i—al.” DAVID WHITEHEAD.”
The city of New-York contains, according to the census lately taken, 30,022 souls. In 1786—it contained 23,614
Increase 6,408
The number of males is 13,330 Of Females 14,420
The number of Slaves 2,263
No. 4156 drew the prize of 1000 dollars, in the Massachusetts State Lottery .
We are happy to hear, that the subscription for publishing the 2d and 3d volumes of the Rev. Mr. BELKNAP's History of New-Hampshire begins to fill fast.—One gentleman in Massachusetts has subscribed for six complete sets, and advanced the whole of the money therefore—An example worthy of imitation!
A clergyman lately (not an Irishman) preaching on the omnipotence of the Deity, observed, that in every part of the world, and in every event, the footsteps of his almighty hand were visible.
Congress are proceeding in business with facility and much harmony. The Militia business is extremely arduous.
E C C L E S I A S T I C A L D U E L.
In the Newbury-Port paper of the 22d ult. is the following article. “ Newbury-Port , Dec. 1, 1790. As the gauntlet has been thrown by Mr. John Thayer , in favour of the Church of Rome—the challenge is accepted, by GEORGE LESLIE, Pastor of the Church in Washington, state of New-Hampshire.” We have not learnt where the field of action is pitched upon—or who are to be the seconds.
Last Saturday the Rev. JOSEPH PRINCE, who has been blind ever since he was 14 years old, departed this life, at his Son's house in Newbury-Port , in the 68th year of his age.
E N T R I E S at the C U S T O M-H O U S E of this district.
C L E A R E D F O R Ship Nancy , Wardrobe, West-Indies. Brig Polly , Rice, England.
A N E C D O T E S.
IN 1697 there were four wits graduated at Cambridge, in New-England, viz. COLLINS, READ, ADAMS, and SOUTHMAYD. Adams being somewhat odd, the others were pleased to divert themselves with him—though they seldom got much by it.— Southmayd provided himself a great chair, that if any body sat in it, they would immediately fall to the floor, of which Adams was ignorant; but the other two knew of it—and meeting with Adams one day in the yard, they invited him to go with them to Southmayd's chamber; and no sooner had he arrived there, than he was invited to sit in the chair, and meeting with an Irish hoist, there was a broad shout—but immediately starting upon his feet he uttered the following lines:—
Blest is the man, who bath not lent, To wicked Read his ear; Nor spent his life as Collins bath, Nor sat in Southmayd's chair.
This Read was afterwards the famous lawyer Read , who shone with double resplendency at the bar, possessed of much honor, and vied with Tully for his classical purity, and manly orations at the bar.—His name ought to be handed down to posterity as an honor to Connecticut, and to the town of Fairfield, which may lay claim to his nativity, and when they reckon up their worthies, they may glory in this, that he was born there—and Harvard may boast that she was his alma mater .
AT the siege of Yorktown, when the approaches were pretty far carried on, the troops mounted guard in the trenches by regiments.—The Rhode-Island regiment of Blacks mounted guard one night, at a time when the British kept up an incessant cannonade of round, grape and cannister shot: two Blacks were placed as centinels together, upon the same spot: one sat down, the other laid upon his belly, to observe the motions of the enemy, and to give timely notice if they should attempt to sally. When the relief came, the Corporal found both in the same position he had left them: on demanding of the one sitting, why he did not arise, he answered laconically, “I bleve massa Ise wounded, an I guese Coffee dead, hant poke dis good wile.” On examination, Coffee was really dead, a cannister shot having entered his head; and poor Sambo had the bones of his leg and arm both terribly shattered. On carrying them within the lines, the surgeons found it necessary to amputate Sambo's leg: when the poor fellow was informed of it, he, with a true heroic spirit, replied, “Well, come massa, take um off, and say no more about em.” Having borne that with the patience of an Epictetus , he was informed it was absolutely necessary to take off his arm, although under the most excruciating pains, when the surgeons began to condole with him on his peculiar misfortune, he exclaimed, “Neber mina massa, take um off—tanke God, I got noder leg and noder arm left for um yet.” Had he been a Roman, instead of an African, how would he have been celebrated!
Mr. ADDISON was subject to a native timidity, which nothing could surmount. Upon a very interesting debate in the house of commons, he essayed to speak, and began with, “Mr. Speaker I humbly conceive.” This he repeated thrice. A gentleman in opposition replied, The worthy member has conceived thrice, and brought forth nothing;” which so effectually dashed Addison , that he was unable to proceed.
Portsmouth Academy.
THE SUBSCRIBER influenced by the success and encouragement of his labors in the cause of EDUCATION, is preparing accommodations for instituting an ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIES, connected with a BOARDING HOUSE, for which purpose he wishes to engage a Master to teach the FRENCH LANGUAGE and DANCING, and a Mistress, to instruct in the useful and ornamental branches of NEEDLEWORK; both of whom must be well recommended as completely qualified for their respective departments, and must (if their convenience will permit) board in the house, giving their assistance in superintending the Manners and Morals of those who may be under their tuition.
Any person willing to undertake either of the charges before mentioned is requested to make proposals to
BENJAMIN DEARBORN.
Portsmo' N. Hampshire, Jan. 1791.
Newcastle-Bridge-Lottery
The Managers have fixed on MONDAY, the thirty first this instant, JANUARY for drawing the third Class.

THE HERMIT and his DOG.
IN life's fair morn, I knew an aged seer, Who sad & lonely pass'd his joyless year; Betray'd, heart-broken from the world he ran And shunn'd, obdure extreme, the face of man; Humbly he rear'd his hut within the wood, Hermit his vest, a hermit's was his food, Nitch'd in some corner of the gelid cave Where chilling drops the rugged rockstone lave;
Hour after hour, the melancholy sage Drop after drop to reckon, would engage The ling'ring day, & trickling as they fell, A tear went with them to the narrow well; Then thus he moraliz'd as slow it pass'd, "This brings me nearer Lucia than the last; And this, now streaming from the eye (said he) Oh, my lov'd child, will bring me nearer thee"
When first he roam'd, his dog, with anxious care, His wand'ring watch'd, as emulous to share; In vain the faithful brute was bid to go, In vain the sorrower sought a lonely woe. The hermit paus'd, the attendant dog was near,
Slept at his feet, & caught the falling tear; Up rose the hermit, up the dog would rise, And every way to win a master tries. "Then be it so. Come faithful fool," he said; One pat encourag'd & they sought the shade; An unfrequented thicket soon they found, And both repos'd upon the leafy ground; Mellifluous murm'ring told the fountains nigh, Fountains which well a pilgrim's drink supply;
And thence, by many a labrynth is led, Where ev'ry tree bestow'd an ev'ning bed. Skill'd in the chace, the faithful creature brot Whate'er at morn or moonlight course be caught;
But the sage lent his sympathy to all, Nor saw un-wept his dumb associates fall. He was, in sooth, the gentlest of his kind, And tho' a hermit had a social mind: "And why, said he, must man subsist by prey, "Why stop yon melting music on the spray? "Why, when affail'd by bounds and hunter's cry,
"Must half the harmless race in terrors die? "Why must we work of innocence the woe? "Still shall this bosom throb, these eyes o'er-flow;
"A heart too tender here, from man, retires, "A heart that aches if but a wren expires." Thus liv'd the master good, the servant true, 'Till to its God the master's spirit flew; Beside a fount which daily water gave, Stooping to drink, the Hermit found a grave; All in the running stream his garments spread And dark, damp verdure ill conceal'd his head;
The faithful servant from that fatal day Watch'd the lov'd corpse, and hourly pin'd away; His head upon his master's cheek was found, While the obstructed water mourn'd around.
E P I T A P H.
YE souls of ease, who spread your sails In pleasure's silver stream, Believe not the fallacious gales, Nor trust the glittering beam.
But from Alevis learn to prize The joys by virtue given; These are the raptures of the wise, And point the road to heaven.
These every sorrow will appease, And every wish supply; And teach the just with equal ease, To slumber or to die.
REMARKS
ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
IT is curious to observe what important changes in language are sometimes introduced by circumstances altogether foreign or accidental. Thus
in modern mercantile stile, a draft or bill of exchange is honored by the payor, when it is accepted and paid. In this phrase honor is become synonymous with accept . The word honor was introduced by an excess of politeness; the respect or complaisance due to the drawer being expressed as if transferred to the bill drawn. Where a draft is made upon a man who does not owe the drawer, but who, it is supposed, will pay it on principles of friendship, or commercial confidence, the drawer may be said to be honored by the payment. But to say a debtor honors his creditor by paying him his just dues, is an excess of complaisance and an affront to language. It is to be wished that such affectation of civility were discountenanced, that words might retain their own proper meaning. Did a merchant ever signify his acceptance of a bill, by writing upon it, received and honored this day of? It is not probable; and some time or other good sense will bring back our merchants to the use of the plain, correct language, accept .
In the phrase, a letter honored by such a person, the word honor is misapplied. There are very few instances when it is an honor to a person, to convey a letter for him; but it is always a favour, an act of kindness. An extreme of politeness has introduced this abuse of words.
There is sometimes a confusion in the use of the words subject and object . For instance, goods, wares & merchandise are called the objects of revenue, which appears to me inaccurate. The articles on which a revenue is raised, are the subjects of revenue; the purposes to which it is applied, are the objects of revenue. Goods are the subjects ; payment of debts and support of government are the objects of revenue. In short, the articles on which are subjects; the articles or purposes to which, are the objects.
Intelligible and Intelligent are also frequently confounded. We often hear persons say of another, he is a very intelligible man, when it is meant he is a man of understanding, that is, an intelligent man. An intelligent man, is one who may be easily understood by others; an intelligible man is one who has knowledge or understanding. An intelligent man understands; an intelligible man may be understood. N. W.
Newcastle Bridge Lottery.
CLASS THIRD.
THE Managers present the public with a SCHEME of the third class , consisting of 3000 Tickets at ONE DOLLAR each, from which 1000 Prizes will be drawn out, of the following value, subject to no deduction.
  1 of 100 is 100   2 50 are 100   4 30 120   6 20 120   16 10 160   25 5 125   946 2 1892 
  1000 Prizes. 2617   2000 Blanks. Deduction 383   3000 3000 
The above Class will commence drawing immediately after the Tickets are sold,—A list of Prizes will be published in the New-Hampshire Gazette, and the Prizes paid off accordingly.
H. PRESCOTT, } Managers. S. JENNESS, S. MARCH, G. FROST, S. CHACE, October 21, 1790.
TICKETS in the Semi-
Annual, Massachusetts State Lottery—which commences drawing the seventeenth day of MARCH next (10,000 dollars the highest prize) may be had of BENJAMIN LEVERETT & Co. Portsmouth, January, 1790.
Clocks & Watches,
CLEANED and Repaired in the cheapest and best manner, by NATHANIEL S. GRIFFITH, at his shop in Daniel-Street, near the State-House; where he has for sale, Clocks, Watches, Watch-Springs, Chains, Keys, Seals, Crystals, and the best of Clarified Oil for keeping Clocks & Watches from stopping.—CASH given for old Gold and Silver at the same place. Portsmouth, Jan. 14, 1791.
LOST on the evening of the 20th inst. between Portsmouth and Stratham Meeting-House, a small silver Watch with a China face and steel chain, with a brass key and seal,—whoever has found the same and will leave it with the printer hereof, shall be handsomely rewarded for their trouble. December 21, 1790.
Strayed Geese!
CAME to the Barn of the subscriber about six weeks since, sixteen tame GEESE; the owner may have them by paying charges and applying to JOHN SAVAGE. Portsmouth, Jan. 10, 1791.
WE the subscribers being appointed Commissioners by the Hon. Judge of Probate, &c. for the county of Strafford, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of Lemuel Chesley, late of Lee, husbandman, deceased, represented insolvent—hereby give notice, that six months is allowed by the said Judge of Probate, from the 17th day of November last, for that purpose, that we will attend on said business, at the dwelling-house of the Widow Hannah Chesley, in said town, on the last Tuesday of this and the four following months, from 3 to 6 o'clock, P. M. on said days.
SMITH EMERSON, } Com- JOSEPH CHESLEY, } miss'rs Lee, Jan. 10, 1791.
DRYDEN.
State of New-Hampshire. PUBLIC notice is hereby given to all the proprietors and owners of land in the township of Dryden, in the county of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, that the proprietors of said Dryden, at their meeting held the 6th day of July, 1790, at Stratford, in the county of Grafton, in the State of New-Hampshire, voted a tax of three pounds, L. M. on each original right in said township, for the purpose of defraying proprietary expenses, which being duly assessed and committed to me to collect, which if not paid to me at my dwelling-house in Brunswick, in the county of Orange and State of Vermont, before the 17th day of February next, the delinquent rights will be advertised for sale as the law directs, by DAVID HIDE, Proprietors Collector. Brunswick, Jan. 13, 1791.
THE subscribers being appointed Commissioners by the Honorable Judge of Probate, for the county of Rockingham, to receive and examine the claims of the creditors to the estate of Benjamin Folsom, late of Newmarket in said county, gentleman, deceased, represented insolvent—hereby give notice that we will attend that business at the dwelling-house of Nathaniel Lord, innholder in said Newmarket, on the first Monday of February next, and of the five following months, from two to six o'clock, P. M. DANIEL TILTON, } Commis- NATHANIEL ROGERS, } sioners. JOSIAH ADAMS, Newmarket, January 6, 1791.
ALL persons who have any demands on the estate of GEORGE LANG, late of Greenland, deceased, are requested to present their accounts for adjustment—And all indebted to said estate are desired to make immediate payment to the subscriber. SARAH LANG, Administratrix. Greenland, January 1, 1791.
NORTHWOOD.
State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Northwood, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the 15th day of February next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Jonathan Clark, Esq. in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on said day.
  State. C. R. No. Ac'ts. s. d. d.   William Cleserton 7 10 42 0 3 1   Col. Richard Kent 0 12 113 0 5 1   Thomas Mosely 0 13 156 0 6 2   William Langdon, 0 14 156 0 6 2   Cuting Morris 0 16 130 0 6 2   Thomas Pierce 0 20 156 0 9 3   John Weight 0 21 156 0 9 3   Col. Gilman 9 25 78 0 6 2   John Tusk 10 4 156 1 8 6   William Briggs 10 10 78 0 6 2   Fann Clements 0 11 130 0 6 2   Samuel Whitwell 0 14 96 2 0 8   JOSHUA FURBUR, Constable. Northwood, Dec. 4, 1790.
TAMWORTH.
State of New-Hampshire. NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Tamworth, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1790, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 11th of February next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at the dwelling-house of Samuel Gilman, Esq. in said town, at 10 of the clock, A. M. on said day.
  Highway sp. or sp. No. Qty. s. d. d. d.   Enock Quimby 6 50 2 1 1 1   N. Remick, 1st R. 0 92 4 2   Common Rights.   George Jaffery, Esq. 10 5   Daniel Rindge 10 5 4 2   Jonathan Warner 10 5   JACOB GILMAN, Constable. Tamworth, December 28, 1790.
State of New-Hampshire.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given to all the proprietors and owners of land in the township of Franconia, in the county of Grafton and State of New-Hampshire, that the proprietors of said Franconia, at their meeting held by adjournment, on the 10th of November, 1790, at the house of Capt. Benjamin French, innholder in Dunstable, in the county of Hillsborough and State aforesaid,—Voted a tax of seven shillings on each original Right in said township, for making and repairing Highways, which being duly assessed and committed to me to collect, which if not paid to me at my dwelling-house in Waltham, in the county of Middlesex in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, before the 27th day of January next, the delinquent rights will be advertised for sale as the law directs, by JOSEPH NIXON, } Collector for the Proprietors of Waltham, November 12, 1790.
CHICHESTER.
State of New-Hampshire. WHEREAS the proprietors of Chichester in the State of New-Hampshire have been legally assessed for a sum of money to discharge the demands against said proprietors of which they have been duly notified, and their lands advertised for sale the 2d day of November last, to raise money for the purpose aforesaid, but the same being not completed at that time, the vendue was adjourned to the first Tuesday in February next, at ten o'clock, A. M. at the dwelling-house of John Cram, Esq. in Pittsfield, when and where so much of each delinquent proprietor's land will be sold at public vendue as will raise the same unless prevented by previous payment to the subscriber in Chichester. THOMAS JOHNSON, Collector. Chichester, Dec. 24, 1790.