The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1788-06-05 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND GENERAL
GAZETTE, THE ADVERTISER.
THURSDAY,
JUNE 5, 1788.
PORTSMOUTH: By JOHN MELCHER,
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED IN MARKET-STREET.
"WHEN ANGRY NATIONS PART IN LEAGUES OF PEACE, LET PRIVATE FEUDS AND CIVIL DISCORDS CEASE."
AN ACT
Passed June 27th, 1787, In addition to an Act, intitled, "an Act to establish certain impost duties on various foreign articles imported into this State."
Whereas the before recited Act, is in sundry respects insufficient to empower the impost officer, to enforce the collection of the revenue thereby intended to be raised, Therefore,
BE it enacted by the SENATE and HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES in GENERAL-COURT convened, That the impost officer, or in his absence one of his deputies properly authorised for that purpose by said impost officer, may enter on board any vessel coming into any port, haven or creek within this State, and remain on board said vessel himself, or place a deputy to remain on board, until the time appointed by law for making report to the impost officer. And after said report is made, the said impost officer, or his deputy, is hereby empowered, to examine and compare the cargo imported, with the report made. And in case any part of the cargo consisting of dutied articles, shall not be reported, such articles shall be forfeited: one third part thereof, for the use of the said impost officer, or deputy, (complaining) and the other two thirds, to, and for the use of the State. To be recovered as in, and by said act is provided.
And be it further enacted, That all bonds, given for impost duties, shall be discharged in silver or gold according to the tenor thereof: any tender acts, or acts for off setting mutual demands to the contrary notwithstanding.
And in case any bond given for the payment of impost duties, shall not be paid at the time limited in the condition thereof, the impost officer shall lodge the same, with the Treasurer of the State, who shall within thirty days after his receiving the same, issue an extent thereon, in the same manner as is now practiced by law, on bonds given for the payment of excise.
And be it further enacted, That the impost officer shall give bond, in the sum of three thousand pounds, to the Treasurer of this State for the time being, conditioned for his accounting with the Treasurer of the State, quarterly, for the duties by him received. And in case of failure of his duty, the Treasurer shall, within thirty days after the expiration of any quarter, issue his extent in common form, against said impost officer, and his sureties.
And be it further enacted, That the said impost officer, shall not allow any draw back of duties on imported articles, for, or on account of monies imported, unless the captain shall make oath before the said impost officer, and prove by the oath of one witness at least, that the said money was on board the vessel, when she sailed from some foreign port, and shall produce and count the said money, in the presence of the said impost officer.
AN ACT
Passed June 28th, 1787, For the more speedy recovery of small debts, and to save the cost usually attending the recovery thereof, in the present course of the law.
Whereas the common and ordinary method of recovering small debts, proves very burthensome to poor debtors; Therefore,
BE it enacted by the SENATE and HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES in GENERAL-COURT convened, That any person or persons, who shall voluntarily appear before any Justice of the Peace, in the county where he, she or
they live, and confess that he, she or they, do justly owe, and stand indebted to any other person or persons, in any sum not exceeding ten pounds, and that such person or persons, consent that a record thereof be made and execution issued accordingly, or be stayed for such time as may be agreed by the parties; The Justice is hereby authorised and directed to make a fair record of such confessing, and likewise the creditor or his agent to sign the same; and the Justice shall enter up judgment thereon, and issue execution according to such judgment. And such justice shall enter on the evidence of the demand, the sum for which judgment was confessed, together with the time and place of doing the same, and keep the same in a proper file for that purpose.
And be it further enacted, That such execution may be saved (within said county) in the same manner as executions issued from the Inferior Court by law may be done.
And be it further enacted, That any two or more persons, having a controversy between them of ten pounds value or under, may apply to a justice of the peace, and enter into a rule, to refer the same to such person or persons as they may agree upon. And the said Justice, is hereby empowered to receive the report, enter up judgment and issue execution thereon, for the damages and costs of suit: provided the damages do not exceed the sum of ten pounds: which report being received, and judgment entered thereon as aforesaid, the same shall be final and conclusive between the parties.
OBSERVATIONS on the CONSTITUTION proposed by the FEDERAL CONVENTION.
THE WRITER of this address hopes, that he will now be thought so disengaged from the objections against the part of the principle assumed,—concerning the power of the people, that he may be excused for recurring to his assertion—the power of the people pervading the proposed system, together with the strong confederation of the states, will form an adequate security against every danger that has been apprehended.
It is a mournful, but may be a useful truth, that the liberty of single republics has generally been destroyed by some of the citizens, and of confederated republics, by some of the associated states.
It is more pleasing, and may be more profitable to reflect, that, their tranquility and prosperity have commonly been promoted, in proportion to the strength of their government for protecting the worthy against the licentious.
As in forming a political society, each individual contributes some of his rights, in order that he may, from a common stock of rights, derive greater benefits, than he could from merely his own; so, in forming a confederation, each political society should contribute such a share of their rights as will, from a common stock of rights, produce the largest quantity of benefits for them.
But, what is that share? and how to be managed?—Momentous questions! Here, flattery is treason; and error destruction.
Are they unanswerable? No. Our most gracious Creator does not condemn us to sigh for unattainable blessedness: But one thing he demands—that we should seek for it in his way, and not in our own.
Humility and benevolence must take place of pride and overweening selfishness. Reason, then rising above these mists, will discover to us, that we cannot be true to ourselves, without being true to others—that to be solitary, is to be wretched, that to love our neighbours as ourselves is to
love ourselves in the best manner—that to give, is to gain—and, that we never consult our own happiness more effectually, than when we most endeavour to correspond with the Divine designs, by communicating happiness, as much as we can, to our fellow creatures. INESTIMABLE TRUTH! sufficient, if they do not barely ask what it is, to melt tyrants into men, and to sooth the inflamed minds of a multitude into mildness—sufficient to overflow this earth with unknown felicity—INESTIMABLE TRUTH! which our Maker, in his providence, enables us, not only to talk and write about, but to adopt in practice of vast extent and of instructive example.
Let us now enquire, if there be not some principle, simple as the laws of nature in other instances, from which, as from a source, the many benefits of society are deduced.
We may with reverence say, that our Creator designed men for society because otherwise they could not be happy. They cannot be happy without freedom; nor free without security; that is, without the absence of fear; nor thus secure, without society. The conclusion is strictly syllogistic—that men cannot be free without society. Of course, they cannot be equally free without society, which freedom produces the greatest happiness.
As these promises are invincible, we have advanced a considerable way in our enquiry upon this deeply interesting subject. If we can determine, what share of his rights, every individual must contribute to the common stock of rights in forming a society, for obtaining equal freedom, we determine at the same time, what share of their rights each political society must contribute to the common stock of rights in forming a confederation which is only a larger society for obtaining equal freedom: For if the deposit be not proportioned to the magnitude of the association of the latter case, it will generate the same mischief among the component parts of it, from their inequality, that would result from a defective contribution to association in the former case, amongst the component parts of it, from their inequality.
Each individual then must contribute such a share of his rights, as is necessary for attaining that security that is essential to freedom; and he is bound to make this contribution by the law of his nature; that is, by the command of his Creator; therefore, he must submit his will in what concerns all, to the will of the whole society. What does he lose by this submission? The power of doing injuries to others—the dread of furthering injuries from them—and the incommodities of mental or bodily weakness. What does he gain by it? the aid of those associated with him—protection against injuries from them or others—a capacity of enjoying his undelegated rights to the best advantage—a repeal of his fears—and tranquility of mind—or, in other words, that perfect liberty better described in the Holy Scriptures, than any where else, in these expressions—"When every man shall sit under his vine and under his fig-tree, AND NONE SHALL MAKE HIM AFRAID."
The like submission, with a correspondent expansion and accommodation must be made between states, for obtaining the like benefits in a confederation. Men are the materials of both. As the largest number is but a junction of units, a confederation is but an assembly of individuals. The sanction of that law of his nature, upon which the happiness of a man depends in society, must attend him in confederation, or he becomes unhappy; for confederation should promote the happiness of individuals, or it does not answer the intended purpose. Herein there is a progression, not a contradiction. As man,
he becomes a citizen; as a citizen, he becomes a federalist. The generation of one, is not the destruction of the other. He carries into society his naked rights:—These thereby improved, he carries into confederation. If that sacred law before mentioned, is not here observed, the confederation would not be real, but pretended. He would confide, and be deceived.
The dilemma is inevitable. There must either be one will, or several wills. If but one will all the people are concerned; if several wills, few comparatively are concerned. Surprising that this doctrine should be contended for by those who declare, that the constitution is not founded on a bottom broad enough; and, though THE WHOLE PEOPLE of the United States are to be TREBLY represented in it in three different modes of representation, and their servants will have the most advantageous situation and opportunities of acquiring all requisite information for the welfare of the whole union, yet insist for a privilege of opposing, obstructing, and confounding all their measures taken with common consent for the general weal, by the delays, negligences, rivalries, or other selfish views of parts of the union.
Thus, while one state should be relied upon for the union by giving aid, upon a recommendation of Congress, to another in distress, the latter might be ruined; and the state relied upon, might suppose, it would gain by such an event.
When any persons speak of a confederation, do they, or do they not acknowledge, that the whole is interested in the safety of every part—in the agreement of parts, in the relation of parts to one another—to the whole—or, to other societies? If they do, then, authority of the whole, must be co-extensive with its interests—and if it is, the will of the whole must and ought in such cases to govern.
If they do not acknowledge, that the whole is thus interested, the conversation should cease. Such persons mean not a confederation, but something else.
As to the idea, that this superintending sovereign will must of consequence destroy the subordinate sovereignties of the several states, it is begging a concession of the question, by inferring that a manifest and great usefulness must necessarily end in abuse; and not only so, but it requires an extinction of the principle of all society: for, the subordinate sovereignties, or, in other words, the undelegated rights of the several states, in a confederation, stand upon the very same foundation with the undelegated rights of individuals in a society, the federal sovereign will being composed of the subordinate sovereign wills of the several confederated states. If as some persons seem to think, a bill of rights is the best security of rights, the sovereignties of the several states have this best security by the proposed constitution, and more than this best security, for they are not barely declared to be rights, but are taken into it as component parts, for their perpetual preservation by themselves. In short, the government of each state is, and is to be, sovereign and supreme in all matters that relate to each state only. It is to be subordinate barely in those matters that relate to the whole: and it will be their own faults, if the several states suffer the federal sovereignty to interfere in things of their respective jurisdictions. An instance of such interference with regard to any single state, will be a dangerous precedent as to all and therefore will be guarded against by all; as the trustees or servants of the several states will not dare, if they retain their senses, so to violate the independent sovereignty of their respective states, that justly daring object of American affections, to which they are responsible, besides being endeared by all the charities of life.
The common sense of mankind agrees to the devolution of individual wills in

society; and if it has not been as universally assented to in confederation, the reasons are evident, and worthy of being retained in remembrance by Americans . They were, want of opportunities, or the loss of them, through defects of knowledge and virtue. The principle however has been sufficiently vindicated in imperfect combinations, as their prosperity has generally been commensurate to its operation.
How beautiful and forcibly does the inspired Apostle SAUL , argue upon a sublimer subject, with a train of reasoning strictly applicable to the present? — His words are — “If the foot shall say, because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? and if the ear shall say, because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?” As plainly inferring, as could be done in that allegorical manner, the strongest censure of such partial discords and discensions, especially, as his meaning is enforced by his description of the benefits of union in these expressions — “But now they are many members, yet but one body; and the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee; nor again, the head to the feet, I have no need of you.”
When the commons of Rome upon a rupture with the Senate, seceded in arms upon the Mons Sacer , Menius Agrippa used the like allusion to the human body — in his famous apologue of a quarrel among some of the members. The unpolished, but honest-hearted Romans of that day, understood him, and were appeased. They returned to the city, — and the world was conquered.
Another comparison has been made by statesmen and the learned, between a natural and a political body; and no wonder indeed, when the title of the latter was borrowed from the resemblance. It has therefore been justly observed, that if a mortification takes place in one or some of the limbs, and the rest of the body is sound, remedies may be applied, and not only the contagion prevented from spreading, but the diseased part or parts saved by the connection with the body, and restored to former usefulness. When general putrefaction prevails, death is to be expected. History sacred and profane tells us, that, CORRUPTION OF MANNERS IS THE VERY BASIS OF SLAVERY. FABIUS, No. III.
British NAVIGATION ACT.
ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO GEORGI II Regis. CAP. IV.
An ACT for regulating the trade between the subjects of his Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in North-America, and in the West-India islands, and the countries belonging to the United States of America; and between his Majesty's said subjects and the foreign islands in the West-Indies.
WHEREAS the regulations made by his Majesty's several orders in Council, for carrying on the commerce between his Majesty's subjects in North-America, and in the West-Indies, and the inhabitants of the territories belonging to the United States of America, in pursuance of the powers vested in his Majesty for that purpose by several acts of Parliament, have by experience been found to be beneficial: And whereas it is now proper that the said regulations should be established and made permanent; be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That no goods or commodities whatever shall be imported or brought from any of the territories belonging to the said United States of America, into any of his Majesty's West-India Islands (in which description the Bahama Islands , and the Bermuda or Somers Islands , are included) under the penalty of the forfeiture thereof, and also of the ship or vessel in which the same shall be so imported or brought, together with all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel, except tobacco, pitch, tar, turpentine, hemp, flax, masts, yards, bowsprits, staves, heading boards, timber, shingles, and lumber of any sort; horses, net cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry and live stock of any sort; bread, biscuit, flour, peas, beans, potatoes, wheat, rice, oats, barley, and grain of any sort; such commodities respectively, being the growth or production of any of the territories of the said United States of America.
II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That none of the goods or commodities herein before excepted, enumerated, and described, shall be imported or brought into the said islands from the territories of the said United States, under the like penalty of the forfeiture thereof, and also of the ship or vessel in which the same shall be so imported or brought, together with all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle and apparel, except by British subjects, and in British -built ships, owned by his Majesty's subjects, and navigated according to law.
III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful to export from any of the said West-India islands to any port or place within the territories belonging to the said United States, any goods or commodities whatsoever, which are not now by law prohibited to be exported from the said islands to any foreign country or place in Europe ; and also sugar, molasses, coffee, cocoa nuts, ginger and pimento: And that all cocoa nuts, or ginger, which shall be so exported, shall be subject and liable to the same duties to which the same are now severally subject and liable if exported to any British colony or plantation in America ; and that the said duties shall be raised, levied, collected, paid, recovered and applied, in the same manner as the duties on cocoa nuts or ginger exported to any British colony or plantation in America are severally raised, levied, collected, paid, recovered and applied: Provided always, That no sugar, molasses, coffee, cocoa nuts, ginger or pimento, nor any other articles or commodities whatsoever (except salt from the islands called Turk's island , being part of the Bahama islands ) shall be so exported, except by British subjects, and in British -built ships, owned by his Majesty's subjects and navigated according to law, under the like penalty of the forfeiture thereof, and also of the ship or vessel in which the same shall be so exported, together with her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle and apparel.
IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in every case where, on exportation of any goods or commodities to any British colony or plantation in America , a bond is now or may be hereafter required by law for the due landing of such goods or commodities in such colony or plantation, and a certificate is required to discharge such bond, a similar bond shall be required, on exportation of such goods or commodities to the territories of the United States, for the due landing the same in the said territories; and such bond shall and may be discharged, upon a certificate under the hand and seal of the British consul or vice-consul, provided such consul or vice-consul shall be resident at the port or place where such goods shall be landed; or in case there shall not be any such consul or vice-consul so resident, then under the hand and seal of any officer or officers who are or may be appointed by the said United States, or any of them, for the purpose of granting such certificate; and if it shall happen that there shall not be any officers so appointed, then, and in such case, such bond shall and may be discharged, upon a certificate under the hand and seal of any magistrate of the said United States, or any of them, certifying that there is no such officer at the port or place where such goods shall be landed, and that oath hath been made before such magistrate by the master, or other person having the charge of command of such ship or vessel, that the goods for which such certificate is required were duly landed by him at such port or place within the territories belonging to the said United States.
V. And whereas it is expedient to give due encouragement to the making of salt in the said islands called Turk's Islands ; be it therefore further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for any ship or vessel belonging to the inhabitants of the said United States of America coming in ballast, and not otherwise, to enter the ports of the said islands, called Turk's Islands , for the purpose of being there laden with salt, and for no other purpose whatever; under and subject to the provisions, regulations, and restrictions, herein after mentioned; any thing in this act, or any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
VI. Provided always, That the master, or other person having or taking the charge or command of such ship or vessel shall immediately after the arrival of
such ship or vessel, into any port of the said islands, make a just and true entry, upon oath, before the collector, or other principal officer, of such port, of his ship or vessel, declaring of what country she is built, how manned, who was the master during the voyage, and who are the owners thereof, and the purpose for which he enters the said port, in order that such ship or vessel may undergo the search and examination of the proper officers of his Majesty's customs; and such master, or other person taking the charge or command thereof, shall truly answer upon oath to such questions touching and concerning the same, as shall be demanded of him by such collector or other principal officer, upon pain, for any default therein, that such master or other person having or taking the charge or command of such ship or vessel, shall forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds; and the collector, or other principal officer of his Majesty's customs at such port, is hereby authorized and required to administer the said oaths herein-before required to be taken.
VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be raised, levied, collected, and paid unto and for the use of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, a tonnage duty at and after the rate of two shillings and sixpence sterling, payable in dollars at the rate of five shillings and sixpence per ounce, for each and every ton burthen of every ship or vessel belonging to the inhabitants of the said United States of America, so coming to the said islands called Turk's Islands ; and that the tonnage of every such ship or vessel shall be ascertained by admeasurement, made by such officer or officers, as shall be appointed for that purpose by the commissioners of his Majesty's customs in England for the time being, or any four or more of them; which said officer or officers so appointed as aforesaid shall admeasure such ship or vessel according to the following method, videlicet , drop a plumb line over the stern of the ship, and measure the distance between such line and the after part of the stern post at the load water mark; then measure from the top of the said plumb line, in a parallel direction with the water, to a perpendicular point immediately over the load water mark at the fore part of the main stem; subtracting from such measurement the above distance, the remainder will be the ship's extreme length, from which is to be deducted three inches for every foot of the load draught of water for the rake abaft, and also three fifths of the ship's breadth for the rake forward, the remainder shall be esteemed the just length of the keel, to find the tonnage; and the breadth shall be taken from outside to outside of the plank, in the broadest part of the ship, either above or below the main wales, exclusive of all manner of sheathing or doubling that may be wrought upon the side of the ship; then multiply the length of the keel for tonnage by the breadth so taken, and that product by half the breadth, and dividing by ninety-four, the quotient shall be deemed the true contents of the tonnage.
VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the full and true amount of the said tonnage duty, so ascertained as aforesaid, shall be paid into the hands of the collector of his Majesty's customs in the said islands respectively, at the port or place where in he shall be appointed to reside in any of the said islands before any salt shall be loaded or laid on board of such ship or vessel; and such duty shall be under the management of the said commissioners of his Majesty's customs, and be raised, levied, collected, paid, and recovered, in such and the like manner, and by such and the like rules, ways, means, and methods respectively, and under such penalties and forfeitures, as any other duties now payable to his Majesty on goods imported into any of the said islands, plantations, colonies, or territories belonging to or under the dominion of his Majesty in America or the West-Indies , are or may be raised, levied, collected, paid, and recovered by any acts of Parliament now in force, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if the several clauses, powers, directions, penalties, and forfeitures relating thereto, were particularly repeated and again enacted in the body of this present act; and such duty shall, under such management, be subject to the payment of the salaries of the officers and other incidental charges of the port, and the residue be paid to the receiver-general of the customs in England for the time being, to be paid by him into the receipt
of his Majesty's exchequer, under the head of the consolidated customs.
IX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no goods or commodities whatsoever shall be exported from the said islands called Turk's Islands , to any part of his Majesty's dominions in America or the West-Indies , or shall be loaded or laid on board any ship or vessel in the said islands called Turk's Islands , for that purpose, except salt; and that no goods or commodities whatsoever shall be exported from the said islands called Turk's Islands , to Great-Britain or Ireland , or shall be loaded or laid on board any ship or vessel in the said islands for that purpose, except salt, and also except such goods and commodities as may now or may hereafter be by law imported into this kingdom from all other countries whatsoever, free of all duties, under the penalty of the forfeiture of all such goods or commodities as shall be so exported, laden, or laid on board, and of the ship or vessel in or on board of which the same shall be so exported, laden, or laid on board, and of all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel.
X. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no tobacco, pitch, tar, turpentine, hemp, flax, masts, yards, bowsprits, staves, heading boards, timber, shingles, or lumber of any sort; bread, biscuit, flour, peas, beans, potatoes, wheat, rice, oats, barley, or grain of any sort, shall be imported or brought into any island, under the dominion of his Majesty in the West-Indies (in which description the Bahama Islands and Bermuda or Somers Islands are included) from any island in the West-Indies under the dominion of any foreign European sovereign State, under the penalty of the forfeiture thereof, and of the ship or vessel in which the same shall be imported or brought, together with all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle, and apparel; any law, custom, or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding.
XI. Provided always, That it shall and may be lawful, in case of public emergency or distress, for any of the governors, lieutenant-governors, or commanders in chief for the time being, of any of the said islands in the West-Indies — under the dominion of his Majesty, his heirs and successors, with the advice and consent of their respective councils, to authorize the importation of tobacco, pitch, tar, turpentine, hemp, flax, masts, yards, bowsprits, staves, heading boards, timber, shingles, or lumber, of any sort; bread, biscuit, flour, peas, beans, potatoes, wheat, rice, oats, barley, or grain of any sort, for a limited time, from any island in the West-Indies , under the dominion of any foreign European sovereign or State, for the supply of the inhabitants of the said islands: And provided always, That such goods and commodities, so authorised to be imported, shall not be imported, except by British subjects, and in British -built ships, owned by his Majesty's subjects, and navigated according to law, under the penalty of the forfeiture above-mentioned.
XII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no goods or commodities whatever, shall be imported from any of the territories belonging to the said United States, into the provinces of Nova-Scotia or New-Brunswick , or the Island of Cape-Breton , Saint-John's , or Newfoundland , or into any country or island within their respective governments, under the penalty of the forfeiture thereof, together with the ship or vessel importing the same, and all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle and apparel.
XIII. Provided always, That it shall and may be lawful, in case of public emergency or distress, for any of the governors, lieutenant-governors, or commanders in chief for the time being, of the provinces of Nova Scotia or New-Brunswick , or of the islands of Cape-Breton or Saint John's , with the advice and consent of their respective councils, to authorise the importation of scantling, planks, staves, heading boards, shingles, hoops, or squared timber of any sort; horses, neat cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, or live stock of any sort; bread, biscuit, flour, peas, beans, potatoes, wheat, rice, oats, barley, or grain of any sort, for a limited time, from any of the territories belonging to the said United States, for the supply of the inhabitants of the said provinces, islands, or countries respectively: And provided always, That such goods and commodities so authorised to be imported, shall not be imported, except by British subjects, and in British -built ships, owned by his Majesty's sub-

jects, and navigated according to law, under the penalty of the forfeiture above-mentioned: Provided also, That it shall and may be lawful for his Majesty in Council, by order or orders, to be issued and published from time to time, to authorize, or by warrant or warrants under his sign manual, to empower the governor of Newfoundland for the time being to authorize, in case of necessity, the importation into Newfoundland , of bread, flour, Indian corn, and live stock, from any of the territories belonging to the said United States, for the supply of the inhabitants and fishermen of the island of Newfoundland , for the then ensuing season only: And provided always, That such bread, flour, Indian corn, and live stock, so authorized to be imported into the island of Newfoundland , shall not be imported, except in conformity to such rules, regulations and restrictions, as shall be specified in such order or orders, warrant or warrants respectively, and except by British subjects, and in British -built ships, owned by his Majesty's subjects, and navigated according to law, under the penalty of the forfeiture above-mentioned.
XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no goods or commodities whatever shall be imported from any of the territories belonging to the United States of America , by sea, or coastwise, into the province of Quebec , or into the countries or islands within the government thereof, or up the River Saint-Laurence from the sea, under the penalty of the forfeiture thereof, together with the ship or vessel importing the same, and all her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle and apparel.
XV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to repeal an act passed in the last session Parliament (intituled, An act for allowing the importation and exportation of certain goods, wares and merchandizes, in the ports of Kingston, Savannah La Mar, Montego Bay and Santa Lucia in the island of Jamaica; in the port of Saint George, in the island of Grenada; in the port of Roseau, in the island of Dominica; and in the port of Nassau, in the island of New-Providence, one of the Bahama islands; under certain regulations and restrictions ) ; but that the same, and every provision thereof, shall continue and remain to be in force, and of the same effect, as if this act had never been made.
XVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all and every the goods or commodities, and all ships or vessels forfeited by this act, shall and may be seized by the commander or commanders of any his Majesty's ships or vessels of war, or any commissioned, warrant, or petty officer, specially authorized by him or them, or by any officer or officers of his Majesty's customs ; and that every forfeiture and penalty incurred by this act shall and may respectively be sued for, prosecuted and recovered in such courts, and by such and the like ways, means and methods, and the proceeds, and the produce thereof respectively disposed of and applied in such and like manner, and to such and the like uses and purposes, as any forfeiture incurred by any law respecting the revenue of the customs may now be sued for, prosecuted or recovered, disposed of and applied, either in this kingdom, or in any of his Majesty's dominions in North-America or the West-Indies respectively, as the case may happen to be.
XVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall commence and be in force from and after the fourth day of April , one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.
L O N D O N, March 20.
The late defeat of the Imperialists by the Turks was perhaps one of the most bloody engagements ever known. The Austrian detachment amounted to 2500 men, all of whom were put to the sword, except about 150 men, and their heads severed from their bodies.
Extract of a letter from a Danish settlement, on the Coast of Coromandel , June 13, 1787.
"All the Coromandel Coast, particularly the Northern, felt on the 30th of last month, a most dreadful hurricane.—On the 17th of May the wind began to blow from the North-East with very great violence. On the 18th it increased, and the sky was enveloped
in very thick clouds. The 19th announced a perfect tempest, with constant hail, and an horizon entirely obscure. At length, on the 20th, the hurricane broke out in all its violence. Scarcely is there a place on the coasts, as well inhabited by the Danes and Hollanders, as those bordering upon the English settlements, which was not entirely ruined. A district called Uppora , was swallowed up by the sea (with all its unfortunate inhabitants) which on this occasion arose more than fourteen feet above the ordinary level, and overflowed the country for some leagues distant. It is impossible to judge what number of people may have perished in consequence of this calamity; though in our neighbourhood alone, they compute them at 12 or 13,000 souls. It is thought that nine tenths of the population of the country have been destroyed. Jagonaperam , a place, belonging to the Dutch, is entirely ruined. The town of Coringa is no longer in existence, it was wholly swept away by the waves, and only about four or five men saved themselves by clinging to palm trees. The sudden rise of the sea to so extraordinary an elevation, prevented the miserable inhabitants from saving themselves by flight. Besides, the inundations was general, and in all quarters the level of the water was higher than the tops of the houses. These last could not resist the impulse of the waves; very few of them remained on their foundations. The largest trees were torn up by the roots and carried away; ships were cast upon the shore, and wrecked, in the fields. The sky recovered its serene aspect but slowly. The hurricane lasted, in a greater or less degree, to the 28th of May. Then the waters, encroached upon for more than 10 leagues, retired gently, and left the whole country a confused scene of the wreck of ships, houses, trees furniture, and human bodies. The last are so numerous, that an infection is greatly apprehended. In short, a more ruinous and dismal scene cannot be imagined."
N E W - Y O R K, May 30. Extract of a letter from Charleston, May 22. "Yesterday a motion was made for adjourning our Convention, and lost by a majority of 46.
"Many persons who voted in favour of the adjournment, did so merely from mild and accommodating principles, but since the motion is lost, will vote in favor of the constitution.
"The question will this day be put, Whether the Convention will ratify the new Constitution —Some debate will ensue, but it is confidently said there will be a very great majority in favour of it."—The above may be relied on as authentic.
The canvassing of votes for members of Convention for this city, closed yesterday.—The whole number of votes 2836—of which John Jay, who is the highest of the federal ticket, had 2735, and Nicholas Low, who had the least votes of the federalists, had 2651. Of the opposite party, his Excellency Gov. Clinton had 134, Col. Willett, 108, William Denning, 102—The remaining candidates held up, had not, we are informed, more than 30 votes each.
B O S T O N, May 29.
All the material intelligence, by the late arrivals, which the public have not already had, is comprised in the following abstract from European papers:—That the States General had granted permission for briefs to be exhibited in all the churches of the United Provinces, to collect money for the relief of the poor, whose distresses are arrived at a prodigious height, occasioned by the late public disturbances; that at Utrecht , in particular many were starving.—That France does not appear inclined to make any reduction in her army; on the contrary, she is adopting measures for augmenting it—That many volunteers from France had entered into the service of Russia against the Turks ; and not a few had gone for Constantinople , to offer their service against the Empress of Russia —That the position of the two armies of Russia and the Porte , was, when the last letters came away, as
critical as could be; scarcely any thing, but the river Neister , separated them: the adjoining country is of course depopulated, one part of the inhabitants passing into Poland , the other spreading through Moldavia —That the standing army of the Turks is now upwards of 400,000; that of Russia 300,000—That the Porte appears determined to refuse every proposition for peace, till the Crimea is restored to them. That the Dey of Algiers had sent a considerable sum to the Porte , for carrying on the war against the Russians , and also four large galleys, and frigates, to join the Turkish fleet.
Information from South-Carolina as late as the 21st of May. CONVENTION OF SOUTH-CAROLINA, May 13.
ONE hundred and seventy-three members present—It was moved, that His Excellency Gov. Pinckney take the chair—on which the Gov. arose and said, that he had been informed of the honor intended to be conferred upon him, but begged leave to decline it; not that he wished to avoid trouble, or withhold his assent to the ratification of this Constitution, on the contrary, he sincerely wished and hoped that it would be adopted; but when he saw upon the floor several gentlemen who had eminently served their country a series of years, and were respected in this country and in others; and the ratification of this Constitution being of immense importance to the union, the names of some of those gentlemen, might weigh with those States who were balancing, especially as this state would be looked up to by them. He hoped therefore, a ballot might take place. A ballot took place, and the Governor having 110 votes took the chair.
Dr. Ramsay wished the house would to-morrow go seriously into the business and this day settle the mode of proceeding—he was for following the practice of other States, to debate it article by article, and take the question on the whole.
Col. Hugar asked how the State of Massachusetts proceeded; and was told.
Mr. Bee shewed that the Convention had better take up the question on the whole as they had no power to make alterations. If the house thought proper to follow the example of Massachusetts by recommending alterations, it might be done either by the Convention, or a committee.
Dr. Ramsay moved, that the Convention should take up the Constitution by paragraphs or sections, and after going through the same, then to put the question whether it should be adopted or rejected. After some debate, in which Dr. Fayssoux declared himself opposed to the Constitution; the motion was agreed to. Previous to reading the first article, the Hon. Charles Pinckney, Esq. made an elegant introductory speech. The Convention went through the four first sections and then adjourned.
May 22. Tuesday last the Convention went through the discussion, by paragraphs, of the federal Constitution; and yesterday Gen. Sumpter, agreeably to notice, moved for an adjournment to the 20th of October next; in order to give time for further consideration. When, after a considerable debate, the motion was rejected.
Yeas 89—Nays 135.—Majority 46. Did not vote 13.—Total 237.
P O R T S M O U T H, June 5.
☞ The Editor of this paper, has prepared a box in his Office window, for the reception of such compositions as many persons wish to pass to him, but not with their own hands: He will be much obliged to his friends and customers, for any essays of their own, or extracts from their reading, that may render the New-Hampshire Gazette more useful and pleasing to the public.—Attacks upon individuals, party quarrels, satire aimed at religious denominations of every name, immorality and obscenity, are foreign from promoting any real benefit, or proper amusement;
therefore he must be excused from presenting them to the public eye.
The loss sustained by the fire, in the city of Orleans , the 21st of March last, amounted to between seven and eight millions dollars.
By the return of votes from the several towns in the Commonwealth, it appears, that His Excellency JOHN HANCOCK, Esquire, is re-chosen Governor and Commander in chief of the same.
On Tuesday last, was executed at Dover , Mr. Elisha Thomas, who received sentence of death the 18th of April last, for the murder of Capt. Peter Drowne.
DIED at York , Mrs. Mary Sewall, in the 50th year of her age, consort of the Honorable Judge Sewall, and Daughter of the late Judge Parker.
☞ Take Notice!
The sale of several rights
and parcels of land in the towns of Gilmantown , Bretton Woods , Relhan and Canaan , in the State of New-Hampshire , and Barnet , in the State of Vermont , belonging to the estate of Daniel Fowle, Esq. late of Portsmouth , deceased, which were to have been sold by an adjourned sale, this day, is further adjourned to the 26th day of June, instant. The sale will then be held at Dearborn's Auction-room at 3 o'clock, P. M. when and where the terms of sale will be made known.
Portsmouth , June 5, 1788.
O N P O E T R Y.
Ganganelli to the Abbey Iruconi. COMPARE Poetry to those variegated flames that we see blazing in some kinds of fire-works, which we do not discover clearly, unless we are deeply impressed with their beauty.
Besides, we must be totally insensible to the beauties of nature, if we are not affected by the images which are presented to our view by the great poets. Such, for example as may be found in our metastasio , and in your works, my dear Abbe , that must affect the most unfeeling souls, it is a new world, enriched with unexpected delights, much superior to our most beautiful flowers, as these, at the end of a few days fade away, while sublime poetry descends to the latest posterity.
Poetry is like an excellent musical instrument, it is not to be touched but by the hand of a master. A piece of wretched poetry is like a musical composition performed by an execrable fiddler, which grates the soul, torments the mind and disgusts the man of true taste. There is not a man capable of relishing slights of genius, whom the beauties in the book of Psalms do not render an enthusiast in spite of himself, I confess that I feel myself a poet every time that I repeat the Psalms .
What energy, what descriptions, what majesty! We leave the subject, we forget ourselves, we become the prophet himself, or rather let me say, we become divine. But alas, how ought we to be grieved, when we see poetry, which was originally designed to sing the praises of the eternal (since Moses , who employed it for so glorious a purpose, is the most ancient writer) descending from such sublimity to deify some mortal, more brutal than the brutes themselves.
The poets, for the honour of art, which elevates them to so high a rank, ought never to have prostituted it. They would have had much more respect, and more honour paid them, and the whole world would not have commenced poets with or without genius. Every one must now sing the object of his passion; and we see poems, which are both ridiculous and indecent, busting forth from all quarters.
Clumsy prose is very defective, but Clumsy poetry is intolerable. There ought not to be a single superfluous epithet, and every word, as far as is possible, should convey a thought.
Isaac Symes,
Stay-Maker from London. INFORMS the Ladies in the town and country, that he makes Stays of every kind, in the genteel taste, and newest fashion;—likewise turn'd stays, pack-thread stays, bodices, &c. at Mr. Daniel Symes's, in Congress-Street :—Those Ladies who please to employ him, may depend on having their commands executed in a superior manner and every favour gratefully acknowledged.
Portsmouth , June 3d, 1788.

Parnassian Spring.
EARLY RISING.
W IVES, awake! unveil your eyes, Sluggards, no more yawning; See the Delphick god arise, Bright Apollo dawning.  Husbands, rouse at love's alarms, Drowsy slumber's scorning; Rovers, quit your favourite charms, Up, behold 'tis morning.  Virgins fair, have at your hearts; Hymen's torch is flaming; Cupid whets his pointed darts, And look! the rogue is aiming.  Fair the bud of beauty blows, Mellow sweets are pallid; Crown us with the virgin rose, And so prevent its falling.  See the charms that nature yields; Why sleep away your duty? Arise! the fragrance of the field, Is friendly to your beauty.  Lads, for shame! abed till now! Forsake them, and be wiser; There's health and pleasure, you'll allow, In being an early riser.  Bound with ivy, bound with vines, Youth serenely passes; Bacchus round our temples twines, And sparkles in our glasses.  No longer drown the mind in sleep; But breathe the vernal air! Our hours may thus improvement reap, And who has any t' spare?
(A M H E R S T.)
State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of Amherst, who have not paid their taxes for the years 1782, 1785 and 1786, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before Thursday the 10th day of July next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the dwelling house of Capt. Ephraim Hildreth, innholder in said town, unless prevented by previous payment.
   State. county. town.   l. s. d. l. s. d. l. s. d.     Charles Furbush 1 2 5 0 0 3 0 4 5   Jacob Ames 0 9 7 2   Samuel Barnard 2 1 0 8 8 11   Samuel Tarbox 0 3 3 0 0 1   Kendol Boutwel, Constable for 1782.   State. county. town. minst.   s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.   Oliver Tinney 2 10 0 2 0 0 0 0   Benj. Newall's heirs 8 2   E. Porter Putnam 2 8 2   Thurston's heirs 6 6 3 8 5   Griffin's heirs 0 0 0 0 0 2 1   Dea. Thurston's heirs 2 1   Dr. Bulfinch 3 2 2   Joseph Kelly 1 1   William Brown 6 5 3   Daniel Campbell, } Constables for 1785. Peter Woodbury. }  
   State. county. town.   s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.     Oliver Tinney 4 3 0 6 0 0   Reed or Jaquith 0 4 0 1   Benj. Newall's heirs 0 11 0 1   Eleazer P. Putnam 0 11 0 1   Rev. Phineas Adams 1 0 0 5   Dea. Thurston's heirs 9 2 1 10 0 6   Joseph Kelly 11   Joseph Blanchard's heirs 11   Gerfson Flagg 4 1   William Brown's heirs 9 0 1 1   Dr. Bulfinch 1 6 0 7   Joseph Kelly 0 6 0 2   Blanchard and Wilder 0 8 0 3   Zaccheus Stearns 0 7 0 2   Joseph Blanchard 0 6 0 2   Reed or Jaquith 0 7   Solomon Hutchinson 4 1 0 6   Jacob Patingill's heirs 0 7 0 2   Bulfinch 3 0 0 0 0 0   Joseph Farnums, } Constables for 1786. Solomon Kittridge, Joseph Boutwell,  
Amherst, May 23d, 1788.
B LANKS of all sorts for sale at Melcher's Printing-Office, at the lowest Boston prices.
Stop Thief!
O N Sunday night, the 18th of May inst. was broken open the PRESS-HOUSE of the Subscriber, at Packer's Falls, and from thence stolen and carried away the following articles, viz.—  9 Yards thin Cloth, dyed green, and Marked E. D. with yarn. 12 yards thick—dyed claret brown, Marked I. M. with yarn. 6 yards thick—grey, Marked I. G. with yarn. 8 yards thick—dyed olive colour, Marked S. E. with cloth. 18 yards thick—grey, Marked S. I. with yarn. 4 yards thick—dyed claret colour, Marked D. B. with cloth. 3 yards thick—dyed black, Marked M. E. with yarn. 10 yards thick—dyed snuff colour, Marked S. E. with cloth. 13 yards thick—dyed olive colour, Marked I. H. with cloth. 8 yards blue cloth, Marked N. D. D. with cloth. 6 yards grey cloth, Marked I. B. D. with cloth. 9 3/4 yards thin cloth—dyed green, Marked S. E. L. with yarn. 14 yards thick—dyed green, Marked N. S. with cloth.  Whoever will apprehend and secure the Thief or Thieves, to that he or they may be brought to justice, shall have TEN DOLLARS reward, and all necessary Charges paid by JOHN SULLIVAN. DURHAM, May 20th, 1788.  N. B. If any of the Cloth is offered for sale, it is desired it may be stopped.
(NEW-HAMPTON.) State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of New-Hampton, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1786, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the second Wednesday in July next, so much of their land as will pay the same together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at my dwelling-house in said town, at ten o'clock, A.M. unless prevented by previous payment.
   N. R. Q'tys. s. d. s. d. s. d. q.     J. Moulton, Esq. 1 1 150 1 4 0 9 1 10 2   T. Atkinson, Esq. 3 1 95 0 8 0 4 1 3 2   T. Wallingford 13 1 250 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   S. Robinson 14 1 250 1 8 0 9 3 1 2   Ebenezer Blake 17 1 50 0 9 0 6 0 7 2   Simon Nudd 20 1 250 2 2 1 2 3 1 2   Ebenezer Lane 21 1 50 0 5 0 3 1 7 0   George Place 23 1 200 1 8 0 9 2 6 0   Josiah Moulton 25 1 230 1 8 0 9 3 1 2   Richard Nason 26 1 250 2 1 1 3 3 1 2   Jeremiah Towl 27 1 50 0 9 0 5 0 4 2   Josiah Dearborn 28 1 250 2 2 1 2 3 1 2   John Moulton 29 1 150 1 3 0 9 2 0 0   John Tuck 1 2 50 0 5 0 3 0 7 2   David Seuter 2 2 190 1 6 0 9 2 4 0   Wm Simpson 5 2 250 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   Worthy Moulton 7 2 250 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   Brad. Richardson 9 2 150 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   Joshua Towl 15 2 100 0 9 0 5 1 3 0   R. C. Shannon 16 2 200 0 9 0 5 2 6 0   Eph'm Marston 17 2 200 1 8 0 9 2 6 0   Nathaniel Towl 19 2 120 1 0 0 8 1 6 0   Benj. Mason 20 2 240 2 1 1 2 3 0 3   Joseph Palmer 21 2 240 2 1 1 2 3 0 3   Wm Vittum 23 2 150 1 5 0 9 1 10 2   Benj. Sanborn 24 2 150 1 4 0 8 1 10 2   Sam'l Brown, jr. 28 2 250 2 0 1 0 3 1 2   Jona. Shaw 29 2 150 1 4 0 9 1 10 2   John Lamprey 1 3 250 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   T. White & others 2 3 250 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   Joshua James 5 3 90 0 9 0 5 1 2 0   Jerem'h Marston 6 3 150 1 4 0 7 1 10 2   Elisha Towl 7 3 250 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   James Philbrook 9 3 120 0 9 0 5 1 6 0   Stephen Page 10 3 250 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   A. Emery, Esq. 12 3 176 1 4 0 8 2 2 1   Benj. Page 13 3 250 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   Joshua Towl, jr. 15 3 250 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   M. Common Land 4 250 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   J. Moulton, Esq. 5 4 150 1 4 0 8 1 10 2   Phillip Hooker 6 4 190 1 7 0 9 2 5 0   William Vittum 4 5 250 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   John Moulton Esq. 5 5 250 2 1 1 2 3 1 2   Common Land B 4 100 1 0 0 6 1 3 0   C 4 100 1 2 0 7 1 3 0   E 3 220 1 8 0 9 2 9 0   G 6 180 1 6 0 9 2 3 0   H 6 180 1 6 0 9 2 3 0   M 5 200 1 8 0 9 2 6 0   M 4 300 2 6 1 4 3 9 0   M 3 250 2 1 1 3 1 2 0  
SAMUEL KELLY, jr. Constable. New-Hampton, May 28, 1788
Take Notice!
W HEREAS on the 15th inst. one Samuel Scammons, of Stratham, came to the subscriber, and under the specious pretext of wanting to purchase a note which he had against a certain person, in order to make a discount which would be agreeable to all parties, finally prevailed upon the subscriber to let him have that and six other small notes, amounting in the whole to twelve pounds nineteen shillings and three pence, for which the said Scammons was to pay the sum of nine pounds fifteen shillings, and agreed as can be proved to take said notes and run the whole risque of them, and never to recur to the subscriber for any part of them, should they never be paid, which notes he absolutely refused to indorse over, because he was not to be accountable, but gave a bare order to the signers of said notes on the back of them, to pay them to said Scammons, not mentioning any value received, or directing them to be paid to his order:—And whereas the said Scammons the next day procured a certain person to call on the subscriber pretending he had purchased said notes at their nominal and full value, and demanding that sum, and there is reason to think he will attempt yet to put them off, whereby some honest unwary person may be deceived, thinking the subscriber to be accountable, when he is not, nor ever will pay any part of them;—This is to forewarn all persons against purchasing said notes, and should any do it, and the notes not be recovered against the signers of them, or the said Scammons, such person must stand to the loss incurred by his imprudence. JOHN MELCHER. Portsmouth, May 16, 1788.
State of New-Hampshire.  T HE public are cautioned to beware of counterfeit Certificates, done in imitation of those issued for interest and fifteen per cent. of the principal on Notes of this State, dated July 31st, 1787. The whole impression is pale when compared with those that are genuine, and the letters in the Counterfeits, are smaller—The N o . in the beginning of the Certificates in the true ones, the o is near the top of the N. thus N o . in the Counterfeits the o is at the bottom thus N o . The top of the J in the beginning of the Certificates in those that are genuine is above the I, in the counterfeits rather lower. There are several other marks but those mentioned may be sufficient to detect them.
EXETER, May 22, 1788. The several Printers in the United States are requested to insert the above in their news-papers.
(NORTHWOOD.)
State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of Northwood, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1786, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the second Wednesday of June next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at one o'clock in the afternoon, at the dwelling-house of Col. John Harvey, innholder in said town, unless prevented by previous payment.
The taxes are three quarters silver and one quarter Certificates.
   R. N. Q'ty s. d.     Col. Richard Kent 7 12 26 1 0   Thomas Mosley 13 156 3 6   William Langdon 14 156 3 3   Cutting Noyce 16 130 3 3   Unknown lot 20 36 2 0   Samuel Penhallow 8 8 156 12 9   John Calf 13 156 5 2   Samuel Durant 15 75 4 6   Benjamin Bickford 19 50 3 6   John Waite 8 21 156 7 4   Richard Waldron 22 118 4 8   Mary Somersby 9 12 16 1 9   Samuel Jones 17 16 1 0   Benjamin Harris 21 156 4 9   Robert Acumdy 24 55 7 6   Dr. Nathaniel Sargent 10 9 85 2 8   William Bridges 10 78 2 0   Fann Clement 11 130 4 0   Abraham Rowel 9 23 68 3 0    ASAHEL BLAKE, Constable. Northwood, May 5th, 1788.
For SALE At B. Dearborn's shop, a variety of genteel Hanging Papers, just received,—also, an elegant English Surveying-Instrument. Portsmouth, May 21.
A LL persons having accounts open with, or demands against the Hon. George Boyd, late of Portsmouth, Esq. deceased, are requested to exhibit the same as soon as may be to the subscribers for examination and adjustment, and all persons indebted by note or otherwise are desired to make immediate payment.
JANE BOYD, } Executors. SUPPLY CLAP, } Portsmouth, May 8, 1788.
T HE subscribers appointed commissioners by the hon. Judge of Probate of Wills, for the county of Rockingham, to receive and examine the several claims against the estate of Captain WILLIAM WHITE, late of Portsmouth, in said county, Mariner, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice that we will attend for that purpose, at the house of JOHN GREENLEAF, innholder in said town, the first Thursday in June next, and the five following months, from six to nine o'clock, P. M.
JEREMIAH LIBBEY, JOHN EVANS, DANIEL PEIRCE, Portsmouth, May 21st, 1788.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the town of Barrington, that I shall begin to work on the Province road (so called) agreeable to an act of the General Court for that purpose, on Monday the 23d day of June next; any persons disposed to work are desired to attend at the house of Capt. Philip Caverly, at 8 o'clock, A. M. on said day. Each person is requested to bring a hoe, axe, spade or crow-bar.
Joshua Foss, jr. Collector. Barrington, May 26.
To be Sold or Let
on reasonable terms, a valuable WALL PEW, number 13, in Queen's Chapel, Portsmouth;—for particulars enquire of Mrs. Lettice Clagett or Clifton Clagett, at Litchfield.
(NORTHWOOD.)
State of New-Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in Northwood, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1787, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the third Wednesday in June next, so much of their land as will pay the same, together with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at the dwelling house of Jonathan Clark, Esq. in said town, unless prevented by previous payment.
   R. N. Q'ty l. s. d. s. d. s. d.     Thomas Mosley 7 13 156 0 7 5 5 6   William Langdon 14 156 7 5 5 6   Cutting Noyce 16 130 6 0 4 6   Peregrin White 19 27 2 5 1 10   Sam'l Penhallow 8 8 156 1 5 7 18   John Calf 13 156 10 7 6   Benjamin Harris 21 109 5 6 4   Thomas Cressey 30 90 9 6 9   Elisha Storey 9 32 150 8 6   Dr. N'l Sargent 10 9 85 1 6 1   William Briggs 10 63 3 2 3   Fann Clement 11 130 7 8 5 8   Samuel Whitwell 14 100 1 2 15 6   Joshua Moody 11 5 156 10 7 6   Sam'l Burly & Nath'l Stevens 9 6 104 1 3 16 3   Capt. V. Leathers 18 40 4 9 3 6   Capt. G. Tuttle 10 7 78 4 6 3 4   Stoten Tuttle 10 7 78 4 6 3 4   Col. Rich'd Kent 7 12 26 0 1 3 0 6  
JONATHAN BLAKE, Constable. Northwood, April 29th, 1788.
For SALE, A Genteel Chaife, cheap, Apply to the Printer hereof.