Fowle's New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser ([Portsmouth, N.H.]), 1784-12-24 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE,  A N D  GENERAL ADVERTISER.
PRINTED BY M E L C H E R AND O S B O R N E.
Vol. XXIX.]
F R I D A Y, December 24, 1784.
[No. 1468.]
REVENGE EXEMPLIFIED.
Wounds are more incurable than those of honor. In almost all nations & ages, men have willingly sacrificed their lives rather than pocket an insult, and we seldom suffer unjustly without wishing to retaliate the injury, invariably presuming that we have a right to treat others as we ourselves have been treated.
One of the most striking instances of this kind is recorded of a young Spanish officer, who being ordered on service in some of the West-India islands, happened to settle in one where the Governor or Viceroy had made a law that no Indian should be employed in carrying the baggage of Europeans. The young officer whose name was Aguirra, notwithstanding, engaged an Indian or Negro in carrying several parcels belonging to him. He was instantly accused, and condemned to the usual punishment, which was, that the criminal should be whipped on an ass. Great intercession was made for him without effects. With much ado, however, a reprieve was at last obtained for him for a fortnight, which reached him just as he was set on the beast stript, exposed, and prepared for punishment. Nay, says Aguirra, the shame is suffered, and I am only respited for a fortnight; executioner, do your business and return the tyrant his reprieve. The sentence accordingly took its course, and the young man endured the punishment which he had incurred. But he never after could be brought to associate with gentlemen. He was constantly strolling about, gloomy and melancholly, in solitary corners. Soon after the Viceroy was removed, and another sent in his stead. Aguirra was still seen hovering round his palace. On this he was advised to remove, which he did from the Havana to Quito, which is 900 miles. Thither in a week's time Aguirra was seen to have followed him, as close as he could. From thence the Viceroy removed to Mexico, which is at least 1800 miles; and in about a fortnight, there Aguirra was also. I am resolved, says the Viceroy, to tire this fellow out, and so transported himself from thence about 3000 miles; but there also did he soon find Aguirra. Nay then, said the Viceroy, I will fly the villain no more, but keep a guard about me and defy him; which he did. But the palace gates being one day open, & the guards engaged in play, Aguirra entered, boldly mounted the apartments, and there finding the Viceroy single and unarmed, stabbed him to the heart, and having no means of escape, stabbed himself at the same time.
RICHMOND, November 20.
Last Sunday in the afternoon came to this city, his Excellency General George Washington, Esq. the next day was ushered in with the discharge of thirteen cannon, when every countenance shewed the most heartfelt gladness on seeing our illustrious and beloved General in the capital of the state, and in the bosom of peace. In the evening the city was illuminated, and every demonstration of joy was shewn on the pleasing occasion.
Last Wednesday agreeable to the constitution of this state, came on the election of Governor, or Chief Magistrate, in the room of his Excellency Benjamin Harrison, Esq. Patrick Henry, Esq. was unanimously chosen to that high and important office.
On Thursday the merchants of this city gave an elegant dinner to his Excellency General Washington; the same day came from Boston, the Marquis de la Fayette, accompanied with Capt. Granshaw, of the navy of his most Christian Majesty, and the Chevalier Caraman.
The two houses of Assembly appointed Committees to wait on his Excellency and the Marquis la Fayette, who severally addressed them. We are sorry that we have not been able to procure a copy of them, with the answers, to present to our readers this week.
Last night the Corporation of this city gave an elegant ball, in honour to our illustrious and much beloved visitor, General Washington.
On Monday the Corporation of this city waited on his Excellency, and presented him with the following address:
To GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq. late Commander in Chief of the American Army.
S I R,
ACTUATED by every sentiment which can inspire a grateful people, the Mayor, Recorder, Alderman, and Common Council men of the city of Richmond, embrace this long wished for opportunity of congratulating you on your return to the bosom of peace and retirement in your native country, after so many years honourably spent, amidst the toils and tumults of war, which through the smiles of Heaven on your exertions, has been productive of liberty, glory and independence to an extensive empire.
On seeing you, Sir, in this city, we feel all that men can feel, who are indebted to you for every social enjoyment, and who are deeply impressed with a conviction, that if the late illustrious leader of the armies of America, had not possessed, but exercised every talent and every virtue, which can dignify the hero and the patriot, we might not at this day have dared to speak the language of free born citizens, nor would we have seen commerce and navigation with their fruitful train, liberated from their shackles, meriting the inhabitants of distant nations to seek an asylum and residence among us.
When, in the review of a few past years, we behold you, not only forming soldiers, but also teaching to conquer, that prescience, courage, and magnanimity, which, surmounting every difficulty, regardless of every danger, and contemning every reward, excited not only the veneration of your country, but even commanded the admiration and applause of your enemies, and spread the fame of America to the remotest corners of the world, giving her rank and consequence among the kingdoms of the earth; and when we think, what we might have been if Washington had not existed, our hearts expand with emotion too strong for utterance; and we can only pray, that the supreme giver
of all victory, may crown you with his choicest blessings here, and never failing glory hereafter.
Signed by order and on behalf of the Common Hall,
ROBERT MITCHELL, Mayor.
To the worshipful the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Council of the city of Richmond.
Gentlemen,
I DERIVE great honour from your congratulatory address, the language of which is too flattering not to have excited my utmost gratitude.
To the smiles of Heaven, to a virtuous and gallant army, and to the exertions of my fellow citizens of the union, (not superior talents of mine) are to be ascribed the blessings of that liberty, independence, and peace, of which we are now in the enjoyment. Whilst these are afforded us, and while the advantages of commerce are not only offered, but are soliciting our acceptance, it must be our own fault indeed, if we do not make them productive of a rich and plethous harvest, and of that national honour and glory which should be the characteristic of a rising empire.
That this growing city may enjoy the benefits which are to be derived from them, in the fullest extent, that it may improve such of the advantages as bountiful nature has bestowed, and that it may soon be ranked among the first in the union, for population, commerce and wealth, is my sincere and fervent wish.
G. WASHINGTON.
THE Committee appointed by this Town at their Annual Meeting in March last, to inspect the Schools, having represented to the Selectmen, a Plan proposed by them for the Government of the several Schoolmasters, respecting the Education of Youth, and recommending among other things, the Use of the British Grammar; and it appearing to the Selectmen, that the Method proposed by them, would be of great Utility,—They therefore do recommend it to the Parents of the Children (especially those that are able) to furnish them with that Book, not doubting but the Advantages likely to be gained in their Education, would more than compensate for the Expence attending the same.
By Order of the Selectmen.
PORTSMOUTH, December 22, 1784.
Whereas NATHANIEL LADD of Gilmantown, in the County of Strafford, hath been represented to the Judge of Probate &c. for said County, Non Compos, and the said Judge has appointed me, the Subscriber, his Guardian. I do hereby give Notice, and caution all Persons against trading with, or trusting said Ladd, on any Account whatsoever, as I will pay none of his Debts so contracted.
ANTIPAS GILMAN.
Gilmantown, Dec. 10th. 1784.
S A L T.
Choice Rock SALT, sold by N. McIntire, near the Market, Portsmouth, Wholesale and Retail

Foreign Intelligence.
V I E N N A, August 29.
The following circumstance, which occurred here lately, does so much honour to the wisdom and justice of our Monarch, that it seems necessary to be made known to the world:—A certain jeweller, of this place, left a box of jewelry and precious stones with a certain nobleman of this city, in order that he might pick out such as he intended to purchase. The next morning the jeweller came to take away his box, but to his great astonishment, the nobleman told him he knew nothing of it, and that he had not seen it. The jeweller described the box, and mentioned every stone in it; but all his words were of no effect. At last he found himself under the necessity of making application to the Emperor. With tears in his eyes, he appeared before his Majesty, and related to him his grievance. His Majesty, after hearing the circumstances, seemed to be highly displeased at the dishonest behaviour of the nobleman; and ordered the jeweller to withdraw for a while into another chamber, and summoned the nobleman to appear before him immediately. He accordingly attended, and denied, in the most solemn manner, that he had ever seen the jeweller or his box. Upon which his Majesty ordered the jeweller to come forward, but the nobleman still denied it as before, and called the jeweller a madman, &c. after this the jeweller was again told to withdraw, and the Emperor ordered the nobleman to write to his wife as follows.
“My dear wife,
“If you are desirous of preserving the life and liberty of your husband, give the bearer hereof the box of jewellery left with me yesterday, &c.”
This letter was immediately dispatched to the wife of the nobleman, by one of the Emperor's own domesticks, who was ordered to wait for the answer. This had the desired effect, as the box with the jewellery was immediately sent. The jeweller threw himself at the feet of his Majesty, and humbly thanked him for the restoration of his property. The punishment the dishonest nobleman is to receive for his perseverance in denying the matter, in presence of the Emperor, is not yet known.
M A D R I D, August 27.
They write from Mexico, in their Gazette of the nineteenth of May last, that there is now living a man named Francis Saenz de la Rosa, who was born in the burgh of Topego, in the year 1662, and is now at Xalapa, in the 122nd year of his age; he was married in his 75th year, and has had ten children; he always travelled as a carrier; he enjoys strength and good health, and mounts and rides on horse back like a young man. It is said he sleeps only one hour each day.
L O N D O N,
Oct. 8. Mrs. Haley is said to have settled the business she went about, soon after her arrival in Boston, and has the pleasure to find her affairs in a better condition than she expected; many debts, that had been long outstanding, were paid soon after her landing on the American shore.
Oct. 14. Wednesday evening a ship bound for Hambro, lying in the Pool, was robbed by fourteen armed men, to the amount of 5000l. sterling in dollars. Several other ships have within these few days been robbed, and it is supposed by the same desperate gang.
It is given out, that a Spanish subject of some eminence, bearing the name of Viseni Alvariz, is in disgrace at Court, on account of a misrepresentation of the fortifications of Algiers. This man was several times reconnoitring the works from the sea, and great confidence was placed in his reports as a supposed very skilful engineer. The works, however, were considerably stronger and better disposed
than he had represented them: every part was equally strong on all sides, and so judiciously contrived, that very few men defended them as appeared evidently by information given; and the outworks were admirably disposed, precisely on the plan of those at Gibraltar. There is no doubt but that the Dey has availed himself, considerably, of the ingenuity and abilities of General Elliot, who is not only one of the first engineers, but one of the ablest mathematicians in Europe. This conjecture is well founded, because on every repulse of the Spaniards, the Dey testified his joy, and particularly on the destruction of the floating batteries, signalized his zeal by a very splendid illumination. And as he was too deep a politician not to know that the Court of Madrid intended him the favour of a bombardment, he consequently took every possible precaution to frustrate their design. The gallantry of Elliot animated every class of heroes: his fortitude, his judgment and talents, were a favourite theme for surrounding princes and bards.
Oct. 27. A ship has lain at Deptford more than six weeks with the King's broad arrow, and two officers on board, attempting, contrary to the statute laws of the land, to carry out of the kingdom, several workmen in different branches; among whom were curriers and tanners, with their working implements. These emigrators were intended for North Carolina, in America, where a very large leather manufactory is established near Wilmington, of which the proprietors had taken all imaginable pains to obviate every attempt of that kind in other parts of America.
Advice has been received by the Court of Spain, of several Indians having perished in descending into one of the mines of Potosio in South America; and that upwards of 100 were suffocated by a sudden exhalation from the veins, which are sunk to such a prodigious depth that a descent into them is become exceedingly dangerous. This same place, Potosio, or Mount Potosio, which is in the form of a sugar loaf, is reduced literally almost to a shell, from the vast quantities of silver which have been torn from its bowels.
M. Gomet has informed the societies and the public, that on the 18th ult. he saw at Tursly, near Bourges, in Berry, a globe of fire, the most brilliant, and about half the size of the moon. It followed the sun, and had a luminous tail of about 20 degrees. It constantly shot forth sparks of light as large and brilliant as the planets, and which instantly disappeared. The meteor continued between four and five seconds, and also disappeared. It was about 40 degrees above the horizon, and near the star Arcturus.
New Hampshire, Portsmouth, Nov. 12, 1784.
B y Virtue of Licence from the Hon. Judge of Probate for the County of Rockingham, will be sold by Public Vendue, on Monday the Third of January next, at one o'Clock P. M. at the Dwelling House of John Gilmore, late of Brintwood, yeomen, deceased, Two Pieces of LAND, being part of the Homestead of said Gilman, with Two Thirds of the Buildings thereon. To be sold for the payment of his Debts.
ABIGAIL GILMAN, Administratrix.
T HE Subscribers, appointed Commissioners to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of JOSEPH HOLBROOK, late of Portsmouth, Mariner, deceased, represented insolvent, give notice that they will attend that Business at the Post Office in this Town, on the last Monday of this and the five ensuing Months, from 6 to 8 o'Clock, P. M.
JOHN PARKER. SUPPLY CLAP. JEREMIAH LIBBEY.
Portsmouth, Dec. 21, 1784.
Lost or Stolen, about 15 Days ago, A Sixteen Feet MOSES BOAT, almost new, not Painted: Whoever finds said Boat, and returns her to the Subscriber, shall be generously Rewarded, ROBERT PARKER. Portsmouth, December 22, 1784.
(Canaan.)
State of New Hampshire.
N OTICE is hereby given to the non resident owners of land in Canaan, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1782, that so much of their lands will be sold at public vendue, on the 7th day of April next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, at the house of Captain Robert Barber in said Canaan, as will pay the taxes and charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
JOHN BARTLET, Collector.
   1 st 100 2 d 100 3 d 100 100 Inter vale   s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. q.     Thomas Gustin 0 0 9 6 4 9 0 0 0   Gibson Harris 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Ebenezer Harris 2 4 2   Daniel Harris 4 9 2 4 2   Joseph Babcock 2 4 2   Amos Wallworth 14 3 4 9 2 4 2   Joseph Eames 14 3 4 9 2 4 2   Ebenezer Eames 4 9   Ebenezer Peck 4 9 2 4 2   Allin Whiteman 14 3 2 4 2   Jeret Spencer 9 6   Thomas Wells 14 3 9 6   Jedediah Lathorp   Clement Daniels 9 6 2 4 2   John Chamberlin 2 4 2   Benjamin Chamberlin 2 4 2   Abner Chamberlin 14 3 2 4   David Chamberlin 9 6 2 4 2   Richard Sparrow 14 3 9 6   George Harris 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Caleb Whiting 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   William Fox, jr. 14 3 4 9 2 4 2   Stephen Rellogg 9 6   Israel Rellogg 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Aaron Cadgin 4 9   Nathaniel Cadey 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Asa Daniels 2 4 2   Aaron Cadey 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   John Tribel 9 6 2 4 2   Samuel Dodge 14 3 4 9 2 4 2   Samuel Meacham 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Isiah Rathbone 4 9 2 4 2   William Chamberlin 9 6 2 4 2   William Chamberlin jr. 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Thomas Gates 2 4 2   George Lamphere 4 9 2 4 2   Thomas Miner 9 6 2 4 2   Phineas Sabins 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Joshua Rathbone 9 6 2 4 2   Selvester Randall 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Samuel Dodge 3d 14 3 9 6 4 9   Ephraim Wells 14 3 9 6 4 9   Josiah Gats, jr. 2 4 2   Luis Loverige 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Rutus Randall 14 3 9 6   James Jones 14 3 4 9 2 4 2   Jonathan Bebe, 3d 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Jabez Jones 14 3   Thomas Gustin, 2d range 14 3 9 6 2 4 2   James Nevens, Esq. 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Capt. John Wentworth 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Daniel Fowle 14 3 9 6   Capt. W m Wentworth 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   Thomas Parker 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   John Newmash, Esq. 14 3 9 6 4 9 2 4 2   One right given to Ebenezer Eames, to build Mills 9 6 4 9  
Canaan, December 14, 1784.
Ship Timber.
Wanted, if delivered in a Month, a Quantity of suitable White Oak SHIP TIMBER, for which Cash will be paid on receiving the same at the Landings in Portsmouth, or at his Ship yard in Kittery. Enquire of Mr. PECK, at his Lodgings at Mrs. Gerrish's, in State-Street.
Portsmouth, December 21, 1784.
The Brethren of the
Honorable Society of FREE and ACCEPTED MASONS, are hereby Notified, That the Brethren of St. PATRICK's LODGE, No. 14. propose celebrating the Feast of St. JOHN the Evangelist, on Monday the 27th inst. at the House of Capt. William Brewster, and all Free and Accepted Masons, who would wish to join in the Celebration, may be supplied with a Ticket, by calling on Brother Henry Sherburne, Samuel Place, or the Secretary.
By Order of the Master and Wardens.
JAMES GOOCH, Sec'ry.
N. B. Dinner to be on the Table precisely at Two o'Clock.
Portsmouth, Dec. 22, 1784.

CHARLESTON, October 18.
Last Friday was brought round from Seewee Bay, the yacht Diligence, after having been run into Bull's Inlet by two Frenchmen, and four negroes that were on board, belonging to the owner, a gentleman inhabitant of the island of Surinam.
All the information we are able at present to give, is from the following negroes, viz. a negroe man named Jack, a boy by the name of Tom, and a wench called Sally, who say, that their master (Capt. Francis Schlegel) was owner of the said yacht, and proceeded from Surinam to Demarara—that their master had sold some of his property in that island, and received the money—that in his voyage to Surinam, he went ashore on a desolate island, where he found two Frenchmen in distress, and upon the principle of humanity took them on board—that before they reached Surinam, the two Frenchmen took an opportunity to murder their master, and they, in attempting to save him, were stabbed and cut in the most cruel manner—that after they had killed their master, and taken his money, which they divided, they proceeded for this port, run into Bull's, and came to an anchor—that one of the Frenchmen went on shore at Sewee, and the other took the boat, and with one of the negroes came to this city.
Information of the above horrid murder being given to the Judge of the Admiralty, a warrant was issued by him to apprehend the perpetrators; and it is supposed that the Frenchman who came to town was apprized of his danger, and made his escape on board a Spanish brig that sailed immediately after he embarked.
ANNAPOLIS, December 2.
On Monday last our late illustrious Commander in Chief arrived in this city, accompanied by the Marquis de la Fayette. And on the day following the general assembly to exhibit a small token of their gratitude and attachment to those extraordinary personages, directed an elegant ball to be provided for their entertainment. The evening was crowned with the utmost joy and festivity, the whole company being made happy by the presence of two most amiable and all-accomplished men, to whom America is so deeply indebted for her preservation from tyranny and oppression.
The Honorable Henry Laurens, Esq. formerly President of Congress, and late one of the commissioners of the United States for negotiating the peace, likewise arrived in town; but to our great regret did not arrive in time to partake of the entertainment.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.
We hear from Trenton, that Congress on Monday last, adjourned to this city.
NEW-BRUNSWICK, Nov. 30.
Notice is hereby given, by the True Friends of America, inhabitants of the township of Woodbridge, county of Middlesex, and state of New-Jersey, that it is requested that the Refugees, our greatest enemies, depart said township immediately.
BENNINGTON, (Vermont) Nov. 29.
The Hon. Moses Robinson, Ira Allen, and Nathaniel Niles, Esqrs. are elected Agents and Delegates to Congress for this State the ensuing year.
NEW-YORK, December 9.
The following Delegates are now attending in the Congress of the United States, convened at Trenton, viz.
 New Hampshire. The Hon. Abiel Foster.  Massachusetts. The Hon. Samuel Holten and George Partridge.  Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The Hon. William Ellery and David Howell. 
 Connecticut. The Hon. Joseph Platt Cooke.  New York. The Hon. Egbert Benson.  New-Jersey. The Hon. William Churchill Houston and John Beatty.  Pennsylvania. The Hon. Joseph Gardner and William Henry.  Delaware. The Hon. John Vining and Gunning Bedford.  Virginia. The Hon. Richard Henry Lee, President, Samuel Hardy and James Monroe.  North Carolina. The Hon. Hugh Williamson and Richard Dobbs Spaight.  South Carolina. The Hon. Jacob Read, John Bull, and Charles Pinckney.  Georgia. The Hon. William Houston and William Gibbons. 
On Friday last his Excellency P. J. Van Berkel, Minister Plenipotentiary from the United Netherlands to the United States of America, arrived at Trenton.
It is confidently asserted that Congress have it in contemplation to return to Philadelphia, as the most suitable place for their own accommodation, as well as for the convenience and reception of foreign Ministers, &c.
One of the first objects of their deliberation, it is conjectured, will be the dislodgement of the British troops, which still, contrary to treaty, insistently keep possession of our frontier posts. And it is expected that some spirited resolutions will be entered into for that purpose.
NEW-LONDON, December 3.
Sailed, on Wednesday last, a schooner, Capt. Freeman, for North Carolina, in whom went passengers twenty two young gentlemen to seek their fortune.
WORCESTER, Dec. 16.
Notwithstanding all the Resolves, &c. &c. of Congress, respecting the building a federal city, and the indignity offered them, not long since, in the city of Philadelphia, and the United States, in their Representatives, that august body, we are told, are now sitting and holding the Great Council of this Empire in that place, from whence it is supposed they will not speedily remove.
BOSTON, Dec. 20.
A Quebec paper of Nov. 11th, received by a gentleman from Canada, contains the following paragraph. "About 11 o'clock on Friday last, Charles Nishonit, an Indian lad about fifteen years of age, of the Penobscot tribe was executed on the road side, a little out of St. John's suburbs, for the most barbarous and savage murder of Mr. Archibald McNeil, and Dufour, his guide, in July last, while they were asleep some distance below Kamouraska, on their way to Halifax." The above savage was condemned by the Court, before whom he was tried, to be hanged; but Gen. Haldimand, from some motive or other thought fit to alter the sentence, and ordered him to be shot. This circumstance the Quebec paper conceals by using the word executed.
SALLEM, December 21.
His Excellency William Paca, Esq. has been lately re-elected Governor of Maryland, and Patrick Henry, Esq. chosen Governor of Virginia.
The great quantity of Money which has been lately wanted in Boston, in order to be sent to London by Capt. Callahan, has occasioned numerous applications to the Bank; in consequence of which, the Directors have been induced to stop discounting, for a short time, by way of giving a check to so ruinous an exportation.
Capt. Revel, in a brig belonging to this port, bound in from the West-Indies, ran upon Plumb-Island, during the storm on Saturday night last. No lives were lost, and it is hoped the vessel will be got off.
Wanted, a BOY about 14 Years of Age, that can Read and Write tolerably well, as an Apprentice to a Genteel Business. Inquire at the Printing Office.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 27.
The Receiver of Continental Taxes for the State of Virginia, acknowledges the Receipt, for the Month of October last, of 40,000 dollars.
Died lately at Litchfield, in this State, WYSEMAN CLAGGETT, Esq. Barrister at Law, Solicitor General, and formerly King's Attorney.
"Weed his grave clean ye men of genius, for he was your kinsman, tread lightly over his ashes ye men of goodness for he was your brother."
He received the advantages of an early and a liberal education in Europe; having finished his academical studies, he repaired to the inns of court, where, having completed himself in that study, most useful and beneficial to mankind—the Law—he repaired to, and settled in this country. During the late revolution he was ever a steady and sincere friend—and tho' his body was bending under the infirmity of years, and his natural force in some measure abated, yet he was of eminent service in counselling his younger brethren.
His family, in common with community, feel his loss—the former a kind Husband and tender Parent, the latter, in a zealous patriot and good citizen—in short his virtues were such as call for every passing lover of merit to shed the sympathetic tear of humanity on his grave.
"Light o'er his grave spread the green sod, And dew it with a tear."
(Hancock.)
State of New-Hampshire:
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in Hancock, who have not paid their taxes for the year 1780, that so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, on Thursday the 13th day of January next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. at the dwelling house of Joseph Sinonds of said town, as will pay said taxes with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   Acres. No. R. s. d.     John Hancock, Esq. 100 4 1 3 4   Ditto 100 5 1 3 9   Ditto 100 10 1 3 4   Ditto 100 11 1 3 4   Ditto 100 1 2 3 4   Ditto 100 5 2 3 4   Ditto 100 6 2 3 4   Ditto 100 7 2 3 4   Ditto 100 8 2 3 4   Ditto 100 9 2 3 4   Ditto 100 10 2 3 4   Ditto 100 12 1 5 0   Ditto 100 13 3 3 4   Ditto 100 14 3 3 4   Ditto 100 15 3 3 4   Ditto 100 16 3 3 4   Ditto 100 1 2 3 4   Ditto 100 2 2 3 4   Ditto 100 2 1 3 4   Ditto 100 3 1 3 4   Hancock & Loynes, Esqrs. 330 intervale 0   Amos Barrett 100 3 1 3 4   Ditto 100 4 1 3 4   Nathaniel Homes 100 7 7 4 8   James Due 100 8 1 4 4   Joseph Hayward & Stone 100 13 5 3 4   Ditto 100 14 5 3 4   Ditto 100 15 5 3 4   Ditto 100 16 5 3 4   Col. R. Moor's heirs 100 12 4 3 4   William Heirs 85 5 4 2 10   Everet 50 6 3 4 8   Brooks 33 5 4 1 2  
JAMES DAVIS, Collector.
Hancock, October 30, 1784.
MIDDLETON, Strafford, ss.
AGREABLE to a Request of more than one sixteenth part of the proprietors of Middleton, NOTICE is hereby given, that a meeting of said proprietors is to be held at the house of Capt. Francis Mathes, in said town, on Tuesday the 28th day of December next, at two o'clock P. M. to act on the following matters, viz.
 1. To choose a moderator to regulate said meeting.  2. To choose a committee to settle all outstanding accounts.  3. To vote any sum of money which may be thought necessary to pay all debts due from said proprietor.  4. To choose assessors.  5. To choose a collector, collectors, and finally transact any other business that may be thought necessary. All persons concerned are desired to give their attendance at time and place aforesaid. 
JOHN GAGE, Proprietors Clerk.
Dover, November 26. 1784.

POET'S CORNER.
MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS.
—From a BRITISH MAGAZINE.—
L OCK'D are the golden gates of day, 'Tis thine, O Night! the keys to keep; Morpheus, in velvet's soft array, Has hush'd the busy world to sleep.  Now fancy waves her magic rod, And roving, spreads her airy wings; Now flatter'd kings assume the god, And dreaming vassals ape their kings.  The lover, free from hopes and fears, In ecstasy imparts the kiss; The nymph, undone, forgets her tears, Exulting in imagin'd bliss.  Deception all! 'tis thus thro' life, Our passions grasp at each extreme: Pleasure and pain's eternal strife, Convinces—life is all a dream.  Yet, hail, kind SLEEP! in poppies dress'd, Health's sweetest sister, queen of peace! In thee, distiñction sinks to rest, In thee, our daily troubles cease.  Thy willing captives bless thy chain, Yet slaves at thy command are free; Poets and princes own thy reign, And stand on equal terms in thee.  But, like the sons of gay delight, When most thy visits sorrow needs, Too oft thou tak'st a distant flight, And death's eternal sleep succeeds.  Eternal!—no—his transient reign, Like thine, shall revolution see; The solem trump shall burst his chain, And set whole realms of captives free.  And thee, O NIGHT! the muse shall hail, Whose awful gloom the soul invades; Suns in their burning spheres may fail, But thou shalt triumph in thy shades.  Ere order sprang in depths profound, Thy universal sway was known; Chaos, thy ruder brother, own'd The ancient sceptre thine alone.  O see! obsequious to thy nod, Dividing clouds obedient fly; See the drawn curtains of a God Untold the glories of the sky!  View the amazing canopy, The wide the wonderful expanse! Let each bold infidel agree, That GOD is there, unknown to CHANCE.  There the enchanting volume read, Where worlds illumiñ'd fill the page, Where radiant orbs their Maker plead, And in his great beheld engage.  There, learn'd dunces of the schools, Behold, the language stars can teach; Then, bending, own Jehovah's rules B. yond the pow'r of human reach.
T HE Subscriber having been long imposed upon by sundry persons, who make a practice of breaking down his Fences, riding and driving through his Farm, stealing his Fences, &c. once more gives this public notice, that he is determined for the future to prosecute all persons without distinction, who shall attempt to cross his Farm after this date. SAMUEL SHERBURNE. Portsmouth, December 2d 1784.
James Norie, The next door to Mr. Bowles's, Portsmouth. Tin Plate Worker and Brazier, From L O N D O N. MANUFACTURES and sells various sorts of Tin and Japan'd Wares, by wholesale and retail, on the most reasonable terms.—Also, makes the new invented Blocktin Kirchen Furniture, that is equally as wholesome as silver Brass and Copper tinned and mended.
T HE General Court of this State having passed an Act for a LOTTERY , to raise a sum of money not exceeding three thousand pounds, for the purpose of erecting an Edifice in Hanover, for the use and benefit of Dartmouth College; and appointed John Parker, Joshua Wentworth, Thomas Martin, Josiah Gilman, and Thomas Odiorne , or the major part of them, Managers of said Lottery, who are to be sworn to the faithful performance of their trust.
The following SCHEME Is accordingly offered to the PUBLIC , which it is to be hoped will meet with their approbation and encouragement.—
Dartmouth College LOTTERY, CLASS THE FIRST,
Consists of 6000 Tickets, } 12,000 at Two Dollars each, } 2009 of which are Prizes, viz.
  1 of 600 is 600   1 of 200 is 200   1 of 100 is 100   2 of 50 are 100   4 of 25 are 100   20 of 10 are 200   200 of 5 are 1000   1780 of 4 are 7120   2009 Prizes. 9420   3991 Blanks. 2580 
6000 at two dollars each, 12,000 As there are not two blanks to a prize, the Managers flatter themselves with a speedy sale of the Tickets, and that they shall be enabled to draw in a short time; public notice of which will be given, and a List of Prizes published in the New Hampshire Gazette, and paid off (if applied for) in thirty days after drawing of said Lottery.
Benefit Tickets not demanded in six months after said drawing, will be deemed as generously given for the purpose aforesaid.
It is needless to point out the great advantage this undertaking will be to the public, the present building not being sufficient to accommodate the Students, and having no proper rooms for the Library Apparatus, &c. there is no doubt but every friend to literature and useful knowledge, will promote so benevolent a design, and give all the encouragement in his power.
N. B. Tickets to be had of the Managers, and of Col. Pain, and Mr. Phelps, at Hanover.
Came into the inclosure of the Subscriber, about the latter end of August last, three CALVES, one a Heifer, the other two Bulls. The Owner, proving Property, and paying necessary Charges may have them, by applying to the Subscriber, WILLIAM POTTLE, jun'r. Stratham. Nov. 4. 1784.
TO BE SOLD, For Cash West India Produce, or Merchantable Boards, A valuable Water Lott in the Town of Portsmouth, with a Wharf thereon, adjoining the estate of Capt. George Janvin, on one side; and very contiguous to the Long Wharf on the other, is a most excellent stand for any person interested in navigation, has been formerly in the occupation of Capt. John Evans, but now occupied by Mr. Jacob Sheafe, jun'r. —Any person inclining to purchase the same may have an opportunity by applying to the Printer. Portsmouth, December 10, 1784.
TO BE SOLD, On very low and reasonable Terms, A FARM lying in Deerfield, containing about 100 acres, with a good house and barn, an orchard of 130 trees, and pasturing sufficient to keep 30 head of cattle the whole season, and will produce one season with another about 12 or 15 tons of hay: the above farm is well wooded and watered, and lays on the south road, leading through Deerfield to Pembroke: for the convenience of the purchaser, one third of the pay will be received in West India Goods. For further particulars apply to David Batchellor of said Deerfield.
(Marlborough.) W HEREAS the proprietors of Marlborough, in the county of Cheshire, and State of New Hampshire, did at a legal meeting, held the second day of June 1779, vote to raise eight pence on each acre on all rateable land in said town, and a number of the owners of lots in said town are delinquent in the whole or in part, these are to notify the owners of the delinquent lots, that so much of each lot as will pay said taxes, with incidental charges, will be sold at public vendue, on the 28th of December next, at one o'clock P. M. at the house of Capt. Richard Roberts, innholder in said town, unless prevented by previous payment.     N  Lots.  1  s.  d.    Helbert Morrison  101   2  2  8    Thomas Mc Clary  100   3  1  4      James Flood, Collector:       Marlborough October 25, 1784.
Major Caleb Robinson of Exeter, has a note of hand with my name to it, for 250 pounds, Lawful Money: All persons are hereby cautioned against purchasing it, as it is not, nor ever was due to him, from JEREMIAH LEAVITT, Exeter, December 6, 1784.
On Thursday the 30th day of December next, at ten o'clock, A. M. will be sold at
PUBLIC VENDUE, At the house of JOHN STAVERS, innholder in Portsmouth, by virtue of a licence from the honorable Judge of Probate, by JONATHAN WARNER administrator,
T HE remaining part of the estate of the late Hon. DANIEL WARNER, Esq. deceased, viz.—Sundry Houses and parts of Houses, and Lots of Land in the town of Portsmouth; one House and Land at Newmarket, in which Mr. William Cario lives; one Lot of Land, with the Flat, in Exeter; one House and Land in New Castle, in which John Neal now lives, and one other Lot in said New Castle; with a number of Rights in the new Towns, some lying on the east, and some on the west side of Connecticut river. Portsmouth, October 25, 1784.
W E the subscribers appointed Commissioners by the Hon. P. White, Esq. Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. for the county of Rockingham, to receive and examine the claims of the several creditors to the estate of Joseph Cram, late of Raymond, yeoman, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice that we shall attend for that business on the last Tuesday of this and the five following months, from one o'clock till five, P. M. at the house of Capt. Seth Fogg, innholder in Epping.—All accounts to be well vouched. Jonathan Clark, Jacob Rundlet, Commissioners Thomas Norris,
WANTED , a BOY about 14 years of age as an apprentice to the Peruke making and Hair Dressing business. Inquire of JOSHUA PIKE, Portsmouth.
All persons having demands on the estate of Mr. ZECHARIAH FOWLE, late of Exeter, Printer, deceased, are desired to bring in their accounts, properly attested: and all persons indebted to said estate, are requested to settle the same immediately with SARAH FOWLE, Administratrix Exeter, December 7, 1784.
Ranaway an Apprentice Boy from his Master, Moses Thomson, of Sandbornton, in this State, on the 16th Instant, named Robert Darby, about 17 Years of Age— Had on when he went away, a dark colour'd Coat and Jacket, Leather Breeches, much dirted, and took with him a new piece of light colour'd Cloth — Whoever takes up said Boy, and conveys him to his said Master, shall receive seven Dollars as a Reward, and necessary Charges paid by me, MOSES THOMSON. N. B. All Masters of Vessels and others, are forbid entertaining or carrying off said Boy, as they would avoid the Penalty of the Law. Sandbornton, Nov. 22, 1784.
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