The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1792-03-21 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 & entertaining.
PORTSMOUTH: Printed by JOHN MELCHER, at his Office in Market-Street, at nine shillings per Annum.
Second CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES,
AT THE FIRST SESSION,
Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the 24th of October, 1791.
AN ACT to establish the POST-OFFICE and POST-ROADS within the United States.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of June next, the following roads be established as post-roads, viz ; From Wiscasset in the district of Maine, to Savannah in Georgia, by the following rout, to wit : Portland, Portsmouth, Newburyport, Ipswich Salem, Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Hartford, Middletown, New-Haven, Stratford, Fairfield, Norwalk, Stamford, N. York, Newark, Elizabethtown, Woodbridge, Brunswick, Princeton, Trenton, Bristol, Philadelphia, Chester, Wilmington, Elkton, Charlottetown, Havre-de-Grace, Hartford, Baltimore, Bladensburg, Georgetown, Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Fredericksburg, Bowling-Green, Hanover Court-House, Richmond, Petersburg, Halifax, Tarborough, Smithfield, Fayetteville, Newbridge over Drowning creek, Cheraw Court-house, Camden, Statesburg, Columbia, Cambridge and Augusta ; and from thence to Savannah, and from Augusta, by Washington in Wilkes County to Greenborough, and from thence by the great falls of Ogechee and Georgetown to Augusta, and from Statesburg to Charleston, and from Charleston to Georgetown, from Charleston to Savannah, and from Savannah by Newport bridge to Sunbury ; and also from Portsmouth by Exeter and Concord, to Hanover in New-Hampshire ; and from Salem to Marblehead, and from Salem to Gloucester : and from Boston, by Providence, Newport and NewLondon, to Newhaven ; and from Boston, through Taunton, to New-Bedford ; and from Taunton, through Warren and Bristol to Newport ; and from Boston, by Plymouth, to Barnstable ; and from Springfield in the State of Massachusetts, to Kinderhook in the State of New York, and from Springfield, by Northampton, Brattleboro' and Charlottetown, by Windsor in Vermont, to Hanover, and from Hartford, by Middletown, to NewLondon ; also from Hartford to Norwich and Providence ; and from Providence to Worcester ; and from Philadelphia, by Lancaster, Yorktown, Carlisle, Shippensburg, Chambersburgh, Bedford, and
Greensburg, to Pittsburg ; and from Philadelphia to Bethlehem ; from Bethlehem, by Reading and Harrisburg, to Carlisle ; and from Bethlehem, by Easton, Sussex-Court-house, Goshen, Ward's Bridge, and Kingston, to Rhinebeck ; from Philadelphia, by Salem, to Bridgetown ; and from Wilmington, by Warwick, Georgetown, Crows-roads, Chestertown, Chester-mills, and Easton, to Vienna ; and from Vienna, by Salisbury, to Snow-Hill ; also from Wilmington, by Newcastle, Cantwell's Bridge and Duck-Creek, to Dover ; and from thence by Milford, Dagsborough, Snow-Hill, and Northampton Court-house, to Norfolk in Virginia ; and from Baltimore to Annapolis, Upper Marlborough, Piscatawa, Port-Tobacco, Allen's Fresh, Newport and Captico, to Leonard-Town ; and from Richmond, by Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Hampton, to Norfolk ; and from Fredericksburg, by Port-Royal, and Tappahannock, to Urbanna ; and from thence, crossing Rappahannock, and proceeding by Northumberland Court-house, to Kinrossale on the river Yeocomico ; thence by Westmoreland Court-house, through Leed's town, to Fredericksburg ; and from Petersburg, by Cabin-Point, Smithfield and Suffolk, to Portsmouth, and from Suffolk to Edenton, and by Plymouth to Washington ; and from Washington to Newbern, and thence to Wilmington ; and from Fayetteville, by Elizabethtown to Wilmington ; and from Halifax, by Warrington, Hillsborough, Salem, to Salisbury ; from Halifax, by Blunt's ville, Williamston, Daileys to Plymouth ; and from Edenton, by Hertford, Nixonton, Sawyer's Ferry, in Camden County, to Indian Town, in Currituck County ; and from New York, by Albany, Bennington, Manchester and Rutland, to Burlington on Lake Champlain ; and from Albany, by Schenectady, to Connajorharrie ; from N. York to Hartford, thro' Whiteplains, North-Castle, Salem, Poundridge, Ridgefield, Danbury, Newtown, New-Milford, Litchfield, Harrington and Farmington ; from Newark or Elizabethtown, by Morristown, to Sussex Court-house ; from Woodbridge to Amboy ; from Alexandria by Salisbury, Leesburg, Shepherdstown, Martinsburg, Winchester, Stevensburg, Strasburg, Woodstock, and Rockingham Court-house, to Staunton ; and from Richmond, by Columbia, Charlottetown, Staunton, Lexington, Fincastle, Montgomery Court-house, Wythe Court-house, Ab-
ingdon, and Hawkin's Court-house, in the territory south of the river Ohio, to Danville in Kentucky ; and from Baltimore, by Fredericktown and Sharpsburg, to Hagarstown ; and from thence to Chambersburg : Provided , That the route, by which the mails are at present conveyed, shall in no case be altered without the consent of the contractors, till the contracts made by the Postmaster-General shall be determined.
And be it further enacted , That it shall and may be lawful for the Postmaster-General to enter into contracts, for a term not exceeding eight years, for extending the line of posts, and to authorize the person or persons, so contracting, to receive, during the continuance of such contract, according to the rates by this act established, all the postage which shall arise on letters, newspapers and packets, conveyed by any such post ; and the roads therein designated, shall, during the continuance of such contract, be deemed and considered as post-roads, within the terms and provisions of this act : Provided , That no such contract shall be made to the diminution of the revenue of the general post-office, and that a duplicate of every such contract, under hand and seal, shall, within sixty days after the execution thereof, be lodged in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury of the United States.
And be it further enacted , That there shall be established, at the seat of the government of the United States, a general post-office. And there shall be one Postmaster-General, who shall have authority to appoint an assistant, and deputy post-masters, at all places where such shall be found necessary. And he shall provide for carrying the mail of the United States, by stage carriages or horses, as he may judge most expedient ; and as often as he, having regard to the productiveness thereof, as well as other circumstances shall think proper, and defray the expense thereof, with all other expenses arising on the collection and management of the revenue of the post-office. He shall also have power to prescribe such regulations to the deputy post-masters, and others employed under him, as may be found necessary, and to superintend the business of the department, in all the duties that are, or may be assigned to it, and also to direct the route or road, where there are more than one, between the places above established, which route or road shall be considered as the post-road.
And be it further enacted , That the Post-master-General shall, once in three months, obtain from his deputies, the accounts and vouchers of their receipts and expenditures, and the balances due thereon, and render to the Secretary of the Treasury, a quarterly account of all the receipts and expenditures in the said department, to be adjusted and settled as other public accounts, and shall pay, quarterly, into the Treasury of the United States, the balance in his hands. And the Post-master-General, and his assistant, the deputy-post-masters, and such as they may employ in their offices, shall, respectively, before they enter upon the duties, or be entitled to receive the emoluments of their offices, and the contractors for carrying the mail, and their agents or servants, to whom the mail shall be entrusted, before they commence the execution of said trust, shall, respectively, take and subscribe, before some justice of the peace, the following oath or affirmation, and cause a certificate thereof to be filed in the office of the Post-master-General ; "I do swear (or affirm as the case may be) that I will faithfully perform all the duties required of me, and abstain from every thing forbidden by the law in relation to the establishment of post-offices and post-roads within the United States."
And be it further enacted , That if any person shall obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or of any horse or carriage carrying the same, he shall, upon conviction for every such offence, pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. And if any ferryman, shall by wilful negligence, or refusal to transport the mail across any ferry, delay the same, he shall forfeit, and pay, for each half hour that the same shall be so delayed, a sum not exceeding ten dollars.
And be it further enacted , That it shall be the duty of the Postmaster-General, to give public notice in one or more of the newspapers published at the seat of government of the United States, and in one or more of the newspapers published in the State or States where the contract is to be performed, for, at least, six weeks before the entering into any contract for the conveyance of the mail, that such contract is intended to be made; and the day on which it shall be concluded ; describing the places, from and to which such mail is to be conveyed ; the time at which it is to be made up ; the day and hour, at which it is to be delivered ; and the penalty or penalties for non-

performance of the stipulations. He shall, moreover, within thirty days after the making of any contract, lodge the same, together with the proposals which he shall have received respecting the same, in the office of the Comptroller of the treasury of the United States.
And be it further enacted , That every deputy postmaster shall keep an office in which one or more persons shall attend at such hours as the Post-master-General shall direct, for the purpose of performing the duties thereof. And all letters brought to any post-office half an hour before the time of making up the mail at such office, shall be forwarded therein.
And be it further enacted , That from and after the passing of this act, the Post-master-General shall be allowed, for his services, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, his assistant, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly, out of the revenues of the post-office: And no fees or perquisites shall be received by either of them, on account of the duties to be performed in virtue of their appointments.
And be it further enacted , That from and after the first day of June next, the deputy postmaster and persons authorized by the Post-master-General, shall demand and receive for the postage and conveyance of letters and packets, except such as are hereinafter excepted, according to the several rates and sums following: For the postage of every single letter, to or from any place by land not exceeding thirty miles, six cents; over thirty miles, and not exceeding sixty, eight cents; over sixty miles, and not exceeding one hundred, ten cents; over one hundred miles, and not exceeding one hundred and fifty, twelve cents and a half; over one hundred and fifty miles, and not exceeding two hundred, fifteen cents; over two hundred miles, and not exceeding two hundred and fifty, seventeen cents; over two hundred and fifty miles, and not exceeding three hundred and fifty, twenty cents; over three hundred and fifty miles, and not exceeding four hundred and fifty, twenty-two cents; and to or from any place by land, more than four hundred and fifty miles, twenty-five cents; and every double letter shall pay double the said rates; every treble letter, treble; every packet weighing one ounce avoirdupois, to pay at the rate of four single letters for each ounce, and in that proportion for any greater weight.
(To be concluded in our next.)
CONGRESS: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THURSDAY, FEB. 23.
A REPORT on the petitions of the tanners, respecting the exportation of bark, was read—
which states that the subject is of high national importance, but for want of proper documents, Congress cannot, at present make adequate provision in the case—The committee therefore propose that the business be referred to the next session, and that in the mean time the duties on imported manufactures of leather be enhanced; laid on the table.
A message was received from the Senate, with the bill making further and more effectual provision for the defence of the frontiers—passed the Senate with amendments.
FRIDAY, FEB. 24.
A memorial was presented from the merchants of Philadelphia , who trade to India , China , and other parts of Asia , praying the interposition of Congress to protect their trade, by making a greater discrimination in the duties imposed on Asiatic commodities, directly imported from Asia , and on articles of the same kind imported from Europe . Referred to a committee of the whole on the state of the Union.
The House proceeded to consider the amendments proposed by the Senate, to the frontier bill;—whereupon the galleries were cleared, and the doors continued for some time shut.
SATURDAY, FEB. 25.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the amendments proposed by the Senate, to the bill making further and more effectual provision for the defensive protection of the frontiers of the United States;—whereupon the galleries were cleared.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29.
Mr. Murray moved that the House should resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to take up a motion some days since laid on the table by Mr. Gerry, for the appointment of a committee to bring in a bill for the reduction of the postage of newspapers.
After a few defultory observations, the question was taken on the motion, and passed in the negative:—Yeas, 17;—Nays, 25.
Mr. Gerry hereupon gave notice, that he will move for taking up the said resolution to-morrow.
Mr. Page then called up the Report of the select committee on the Memorial of Mr. Churchman, and,
The House having agreed to take it into consideration, and the memorial, together with the report of the committee thereon, being read,
Mr. Page delivered a speech of some length, in which he advocated Mr. Churchman's cause, and concluded with a motion that the House should agree to the report of the committee.
After some debate, a division of the question being called for,
The House agreed (yeas, 26; nays 25) to the first part of the
report of the committee, which, though it does not confer any immediate benefit on Mr. Churchman, is yet worthy of notice, on account of a seeming connexion between it and a subject, which lately kept the House engaged in a warm debate of near four days continuance—viz. the power of granting 'bounties' or 'allowances,' &c. It is as follows:
“The Congress of the United States may, with great propriety, patronise such a person as Mr Churchman, and grant him such aid, as may be necessary to enable him to prosecute his laudable inquiries, to good effect.”
The latter part of the report was then agreed to, and in pursuance thereof a committee was appointed to bring in a bill to secure to authors or their assigns, the copy right of maps, charts, and prints, by greater penalties than those declared in the former act.
L O N D O N, Dec. 10.
There is nothing, perhaps, shews so much the absurdity of religious persecution and intolerance as the fact, which has been well ascertained, that there are no fewer than nine hundred and seventy-three different religions in the world, all, this moment, in active variance with each other.
A letter from Madrid says, that the French constitution is already in the hands of every literary man in Spain; and “the time is not remote when the graduates of the colleges in that priest-ridden kingdom, will sustain a thesis on the rights of man, in the presence of the grand Inquisition.”
Brigadier-General ARNOLD and family are arrived in England, from New-Brunswick, in Nova-Scotia.
The Sierra Leona company have increased their capital from 100,000 to 150,000.
Among other singular properties of charcoal, it has lately been discovered by a gentleman at Petersburg , that all sorts of glass vessels and other utensils may be purified from long retained smells and taints of every kind, in the easiest and most perfect manner, by rinsing them out well with charcoal reduced to a fine powder, after their grosser impurities have been scoured off with sand and pot-ash.—That people whose breath smells strong from a scorbutick disposition of the gums, may at any time get perfectly rid of this bad smell by rubbing and washing out the mouth thoroughly with fine charcoal powder.—This simple application, at the same time, renders the teeth beautifully white. And that brown (or otherwise coloured) putrid stinking water may be deprived of its offensive smell, and rendered transparent by means of the same substance. Hence he thinks it would be of
use for preserving water sweet during sea-voyages, to add about 5lbs. of coarse charcoal powder to every cask of water; it being only necessary afterwards to strain the water off, when wanted, through a linen bag.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 29.
Accounts are received in town from Fort Washington, which mentions that a serjeant and four men had lately been to the place where the bloody battle of the 4th of November was fought near the Miami villages, where they counted 538 dead bodies.—
One piece of artillery only was to be seen, but the carriages of seven others remained on the ground. The guns, it was supposed, were either buried or thrown into the water.
The party left Fort Jefferson at dusk in the evening, arrived at the place about day break, and staying long enough to make the above observations, left the melancholy scene.
Col. Wilkinson, with a party of about four hundred men, left Fort Washington the 25th of January, with intent to go to the place of action and bury the dead, and it was thought would visit the Miami villages before they returned.
Fort Jefferson had a sufficient garrison, and six months provisions.
AIR-GUN.
An Air Gun has lately been invented by a young man of Rhode-Island, now residing in New-York, which, when properly filled with air, will do execution twenty times, without renewing the charge, and for several times will send a ball through an inch board, at the distance of sixty yards.
By returns of the militia of this state, made to his Excellency the Governor, by the adjutant-General, it appears that the total number in the year.
1789 was - 42679. 1790 - 44259. 1791 - 50399.
HARTFORD, March 5.
Sundry papers, we hear, are now before the Senate of the United States, relative to the formation of a treaty of pacification with the kingdom of Algiers.
On Sunday the 19th instant left Philadelphia, for the Cherokee country, the six Indian chiefs who arrived there on the 29th of December last; together with the Squaw, who came with them. They were attended with six wagons, containing their baggage, provisions, &c. and accompanied by a white girl, who had smitten the heart of one of the chiefs, during his residence in that city; and, it is said had consented to become his wife.
NEW-LONDON, March 8.
Yesterday arrived brig Hope , Capt. Pitkin, in 28 days from

Cape Francois, who informs, that two frigates and several transports having on board from 800 to 1000 troops, had arrived there from France, a few days before he sailed;—a part of which were immediately ordered on to Port-au-Prince. Eighteen thousand troops were expected out; and preparations were making in the Cape for an expedition into the country, but they did not yet think themselves sufficiently strong for the enterprize. All the plantations in the neighbourhood of Fort Dauphin, were burnt about the 1st of February, by the Mulattoes.
STOCKBRIDGE, FEB. 28.
REMARKABLE FACT.
In the Garden of Mr. John Seely of this town, the last season, on a single Squash Vine, about one yard from the end of the vine, grew Ninety Six Squashes, about one half of which were sufficiently large for sauce and were actually boiled and used by the family.
BOSTON, March 19.
The following written message from the President of the United States, was, by Mr. Lear, delivered to the Vice President—
United States, March 5, 1792. Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives,
KNOWING the friendly interest you take in whatever may promote the happiness and prosperity of the French nation, it is with pleasure that I lay before you the translation of a letter which I have received from his Most Christian Majesty, announced to the United States of America, his acceptance of the constitution presented to him in the name of his nation.
G. WASHINGTON.
Translation of a letter from the King of France, of September 19, 1791. "Very dear, great friends and allies,"
"WE make it our duty to inform you, that we have accepted the constitution which has been presented to us in the name of the nation; and according to which France will be henceforth governed.
"We do not doubt that you take an interest in an event so important to our kingdom and to us; and it is with real pleasure we take this occasion to renew to you assurances of the sincere friendship we bear to you.
"Whereupon we pray God to have you, very dear great friends and allies, in his just and holy keeping.
"Written at Paris, Sept. 19, 1791.
"Your good friend and Ally, (Signed) "LOUIS, (Signed) "MONTMORIN.
"The U.S. of North America."
Clause from the "Act for making farther and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States." —Passed by Congress, and ap-
proved by the President of the United States the 5th inst.
And be it further enacted, That the monthly pay of the commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians, on the military establishment of the United States, and of the three regiments authorised by this act, shall be in future, as follows, free of all deductions, to wit:—General Staff—A Major General, one hundred and sixty-six dollars. A Brigadier General, one hundred and four dollars. Quarter Master, one hundred dollars. Adjutant, to do also the duty of inspector, seventy-five dollars. Chaplain, fifty dollars. Deputy quarter master, fifty dollars. Aid de camp, in addition to his pay in the line, twenty-four dollars. Brigade Major, to act also as deputy inspector, in addition to his pay in the line, twenty-four dollars. Principal artificer, forty dollars. Second artificer, twenty-six dollars.
REGIMENTAL.—Lieut. Colonel Commandant, seventy five dollars. Major Commandant of artillery, and Major of dragoons, fifty-five dollars. Paymaster, in addition to his pay in the line, ten dollars. Quarter-master, in addition to his pay in the line, eight dollars. Adjutant, in addition to his pay in the line, ten dollars. Majors of infantry, fifty dollars. Captains, forty dollars. Lieutenants, twenty six dollars. Ensigns and Cornets, twenty dollars. Sergeants, forty-five dollars. Mates, thirty dollars. Sergeant Majors and Quarter Master Sergeants, seven dollars. Senior musicians, six dollars. Sergeants, six dollars. Corporals, five dollars. Privates, three dollars. Musicians, four dollars. Artificers allowed to the infantry, light dragoons, and artillery, and included as privates, eight dollars. Matrons and nurses in the hospital, eight dollars.
From the Salem paper of last Tuesday.
Extract of a letter from Captain Jonathan Carnes, to a merchant in this town, dated at the Cape of Good-Hope, October 6, 1791.
"I arrived here after a passage of 116 days, and found the place in such confusion as to render it difficult to transact business. The Governor is sent to Europe—the Fiscal is absconded—the Company's property is all selling off—and the Company is said to be bankrupt. The troops are all gone to Batavia and Ceylon. The King of Candy has rebelled against the Dutch."
A letter of the 8th Feb. From Port-au-Prince says, "A droger, this moment arrived from the Cape, informs that 6,000 Troops have arrived there."
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Aux-Cayes, to a merchant in Alexandria, (Virg.) dated Jan. 17.
"A few days after the dis-
patch of my last, a tender belonging to a frigate took a small vessel from the mulattoes, with 25 men on board, and put every man to death; many of whom were killed in the water by the boat's crews, while swimming for the shore. This irritation produced on the part of the mulattoes a general massacre of all the whites in their power, or those they could get hold of since, attended with every barbarous circumstance.
On Thursday last they surprised Port Piemont on the Tiberoon shore, and put eighty (white) men, women and children to death.—Nearly at the same time, they attacked Cavillon, an inland place, seven leagues from hence, but were repulsed, and lost thirteen of their number.
After their departure, the inhabitants, fearing their return in full force, abandoned their situation, and with such things as they could bring with them, arrived here on Saturday morning, to the number of 4 or 5 hundred men, women and children.
The strength and situation of Laquemel, enable the whites to keep possession of it: Tho' it is on the land side blockaded by the enemy.
The inhabitants here have neither money nor produce at present; so that the whole of the colony from Attavles to Cape Tiberoon is in the hands of the mulattoes, this place and Laquemel excepted. There is a strong camp formed for the protection of this town, about two miles advanced, and the town is sufficiently fortified to resist an enemy superior to the present one, especially as they have no field-pieces.
We have just received news, that the mulatto General has arrived at their camp, with four hundred mulattoes from Port-au-Prince, and twelve field pieces, and that he purposes making a general attack in a few days on both town and camp."
SHIP NEWS.
Saturday evening the 10th inst., a ship from Liverpool, Capt. Isaac Chauncy, belonging to Col. Eliphalet Ladd, of Exeter, was bilged on a ledge of rocks off Duxbury beach. The master and thirteen other persons were drowned—two only of the bands were taken off the wreck alive by a boat from Plymouth light-house. Among the dead are two young gentlemen from Birmingham, who intended to settle in this town, and had large property on board. It is said that the Captain was confined in his cabin by sickness, and the Mate, trusting rather to his own judgment than the Captain's directions, kept the ship too far to the westward; and when the mistake was discovered it was too late to rectify it. Capt. Chauncy met death with much composure, and gave his pocket book, containing his most valuable papers, to his cabin
boy who happily was one of the survivors.—The corpse was brought hither on Wednesday last, and deposited in the family tomb with the remains of his worthy grandfather the late Rev. Dr. Chauncy.
The Mate, the passengers, and some of the seamen were washed ashore at Marshfield, and decently interred.
The shore for several miles round were covered with pieces of the wreck and goods which the Columbia was laden with.
Brig —, Holland, of Boston, is seized at Port-au-Prince, for short entry. Schooner —, Towns, from Philadelphia, is seized, vessel and cargo condemned.
Brig Felicity, Dotey, from this port, bound to Jamaica, sailed 14th Dec. touched at Turk's-Island, 8th Jan. lost two horses, some hay and small stock, in the race off Fisher's-Island, the day they sailed.—Independent of Ballast.—Strike home Brittons!—New-England stones very good to keep British bottoms down.
PORTSMOUTH, March 21.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of this town, on Thursday the 15th inst. for the choice of President, Senators, and Representatives—
The Hon. JONA. WARNER, Moderator.
Col. GEORGE GAINS,
JOHN PEIRCE, Esquire, and
Col. JOHN SAM'L SHERBURNE
Were elected Representatives, for this town, for the term of one year, from the first Wednesday of June next.
The votes for PRESIDENT were, for His Excellency J. BARTLETT, Esq. 190 Sundry scattering votes,
FOR SENATORS,
ABIEL FOSTER, Esq. 265 JAMES SHEAFE, Esq. 235 CHRISTOPHER TOPPAN, Esq. 228 WILLIAM PLUMMER, Esq. 221 PHILLIPS WHITE, Esq. 165 NATHANIEL PEABODY, Esq. 52 JOSEPH CILLEY, Esq. 46 NATHANIEL GILMAN, Esq. 55 JONATHAN WARNER, Esq. 44
and a number of scattering votes, for various people.
EXETER.
At the annual town meeting held in Exeter, March 5, 1792, the votes for PRESIDENT were, for His Excellency JOSIAH BARTLETT, Esq. 136
SENATORS.
JAMES SHEAFE, Esq. 139 PHILLIPS WHITE, Esq. 127 NATHANIEL GILMAN, Esq. 125 NATHANIEL PEABODY, Esq. 110 JOHN PRENTICE, Esq. 103 JOSEPH CILLEY, Esq. 31
CHESTER.
At a legal town meeting held in Chester, March 8, 1792, the following votes were carried in for
PRESIDENT,
His Excellency J. BARTLETT, Esq. 125 Honorable JOHN T. GILMAN, Esq. 5
FOR SENATORS.
CHRISTOPHER TOPPAN, Esq. 112 TIMOTHY WALKER, Esq. 92 NATHANIEL PEABODY, Esq. 81 JOSEPH BLANCHARD, Esq. 65 JOHN PRENTICE, Esq. 61 PHILLIPS WHITE, Esq. 58 ABIEL FOSTER, Esq. 49 WILLIAM PLUMMER, Esq. 30
A few scattering votes for Messrs. Pierce, Sheafe, Sherburne, and Gilman.
ENTRIES at the CUSTOM-HOUSE
C L E A R E D FOR Brig Betsey, Rollins, Tobago, E N T E R E D FROM Snow Eliza, Blunt, Tobago. Scho'r Industry, Amazee, St. Eustatia. Schooner Industry, Paul, St. Martins. Schooner Jane, York, Hispaniola.

Parnassian Spring.
STANZAS,
On the Birth Day of the PRESIDENT
NO peerage we covet, no sceptres desire, Nor gewgaws that garnish a throne; Yet Liberty loves on her own native lyre, To celebrate sons of her own.
And always with rapture, his virtue she sings, And exults on the morn of his birth—
Who spakes every throne of despotic kings, And gives a new lesson to earth.
O widely diffuse it, ye winds, as ye blow, O waft it ye waves, that they fan, For the choicest of gifts that the gods can bestow, Is the blessing of Freedom to Man.
O WASHINGTON, hail! whom the breath of pure fame With praises more sweet shall perfume, Than ever embalm'd or exalted a name In Macedon, Athens, or Rome!
For freedom, say, What did that foe of the Greek, Alexander, that hero admir'd?
Let the foes or the friend, whom he mis- su- cred, speak, Or the beautiful city be fir'd.
Ye unfetter'd freemen examine each deed That made him renown'd and ador'd, Then mention what race by his valour was freed, Or bless'd by his sceptre or sword.
Did conquering Cæsar Rome's Senate obey? Did the legions disperse at a word? Did he halt or retire from a summit of fway That saving his country conferr'd?
Then WASHINGTON hail! whom the breath of pure fame With praises more sweet shall perfume, Than ever embalm'd or exalted a name In Macedon, Athens, or Rome!
Did Athens, did Sparta, one hero produce, T' extinguish their feuds by his mind, Or prove to the free the pre-eminent use Of union to them—and mankind?
Ab no! if wise Greece but one patriot adept, One leader like our's had enjoy'd, No lover of science or freedom had swept For science and freedom destroy'd.
Then WASHINGTON hail! whom the breath of pure fame With praises more sweet shall perfume, Than ever embalm'd or exalted a name In Macedon, Athens, or Rome!
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March 8, 1792.
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Relly's Universal
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Poem upon the
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British Grammar.
Fisher's English
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Perry's spelling-
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Federal Harmony.
Greek Testaments.
Accidences.
Primmers.
Young man's best
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Psalters.
Moore's daily as-
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Watts's lyric Poems
Aristotle's works.
Ditto master piece.
Economy of cove-
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God and man.
Milton's Paradise.
Æsop's Fables.
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History of the Buc-
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Secret history of
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Adventures of Gil-
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The Shepherd's
Kalendar.
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Royal Primer.
Pamela.
Virtue & vice, &c.
Holy bible abridg'd
History holy Jesus.
School of good
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Watts' divine songs
History Tom Trip-
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Clarke's Chart of the coast of
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The Act of Congress for the government
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A general assortment of Blanks,
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All kind of Printing executed
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Child's friend.
Conquest of
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Fordyce's addresses
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Ready Reckoner.
Ela, or the delu-
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Fables addressed to
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Lady's advice, &c.
Strictures on na-
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Young's night
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Euclid's Elements
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History of John Bull
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Military Dictionary
Philosophical
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Bonycastle's
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Homer's Odysse.
Adventures of Te-
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The Christian Pat-
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Evans's Poems.
Jenning's intro-
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Observations on
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Atkinson's Epito-
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Man worth forty
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Dr. Watts's first
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Pomphret's Poems.
The confession of
Thomas Mount,
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ly executed for
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PACKERSFIELD.
State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the owners of the following lots of land in Packersfield, that the same is assessed the following sums, agreeable to an act of the General-Court for raising a highway tax on the non-residents lands in said town, passed January 17, 1791; therefore unless the same is paid in labor on said highway, at three shillings per day, within six months from the date hereof, so much of the lands as will pay the same, with incidental charges, will be advertised for sale, agreeable to law.
SAMUEL GRIFFIN, SOLOMON BUCKMINSTER, AMOS CHILD,
Highway tax.
   No. R. Q'ty. 1. s. d.     Peirce & More, 4 4 100 0 16 8   John Wentworth 3 6 200 1 13 4   East of Beamus, 3 7   unknown 12 0 2 0  
   Wm. Tolford 1 4 250 2 1 8   John Tolford 2 4 250 2 1 8  
   Alexand. Rolstone 2 1 300 2 10 0  
   N. W. branch, 1 4   unknown 40 0 6 8   Capt. J. Minot 2 11 35 0 5 9   Isaac Griswold 93 0 15 6   Thomlinson and 10   Mason, half paid 1 11 200 1 13 4   Samuel Heaton 1 4 100 0 16 8  
   William Parker 1 7 90 0 15 0   Josiah Flynt, 1 8 100 0 16 8   Joseph Brown 2 7 30 0 5 0   Sam'l Chandler's heirs 95 0 15 9  
   Jere. Kittridge 2 3 69 0 11 6   N. W. quarter, 4 9   Tho's. Smith 1 1 100 0 16 8   Benj. Severance 1 3 50 0 8 4  
   Thomas Packer 1800 15 0 0   N. E. quarter, 1 1 55 0 9 2   Aaron Felt   Unknown 2 1 100 0 16 8