The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1773-02-12 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the FRESHEST ADVICES
Friday Feb. 12, 1773.
Vol. XVII. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. NO. 852 { Weeks since this Paper was first Published.
Unusquisque ad sui ipsius professionem. Let each one mind his own Concerns. SINCE I have been upon the Stage of Life, which has been no short Space of Time, I have had frequent Opportunity to hear it observed by Persons of almost every Rank and Occupation, that their own Employment is the most laborious—requires the most Care, Attention, Toil, Solicitude of Mind, and the like—in short, that their Situation is more disagreeable than any other Person's whatever: And I confess, that in my melancholy Hours, which in frequent Succession overtake me, I have had some such Reflections roving in my own Mind:—A late Approach of which, with some other concurring Circumstances, have led me to examine into the State of that Matter, in order to find whether those Complaints have any just Foundation—I have, for that End surveyed, as I have had Opportunity (which has been pretty favorable) Persons in almost every Age, State, Condition and Circumstances of Life, but particularly my own; and find, on strict Enquiry, that these unjust (not to say sinful) Conceptions arise from our not being so well acquainted with others Circumstances, Crosses and Vexations as our own—we feel for ourselves, but not for others—we know what we have to concern and occupy ourselves about, but not others. And because we see more in our Sphere, which we are acquainted with, than that of others, which we are not acquainted with; we thence falsely conclude, that is really the Case—How false and superficial such Conclusions are, every one may judge—And if we are not yet convinced, such murmuring Observations are unworthy Beings, endowed with rational Faculties, let us all join and change our Situations—The Statesman turn Priest, and the Priest Statesman—The Physician Merchant, and Merchant Physician—The Man of Business a Man of Pleasure, and the Man of Pleasure a Man of Business—the Rich Poor, and the Poor Rich,—The Husband Wife, and the Wife Husband—and what a Figure should we make? Yet, let every one chuse the Situation and Employment he imagines most delightful, and in Addition to it, every Thing his Heart can wish, the World affords, we shall find none will be content—but I rather apprehend, the greater Part of those who had made new Choices, would with themselves replaced into that State where a gentle over-ruling Providence first cast them, and out of which they lately threw themselves in Quest of Happiness—And I can think of no good Purpose such Mutations would produce, only to show us what the wisest of Men, by Experience learnt, and which it would be our Wisdom to believe concerning the Affairs of this vain World, “that all is Vanity and Vexation of Spirit.”
COGITATOR.
Quam quisque norit artem, in ea se exerceat. HORACE.
EXTENDING my observations from matters of speculation, to the various employments & practices of life; I but too easily discover, why the generality of the world are no more successful in their several pursuits.—The reason is as obvious as general—Mankind, without consulting their natural geniuses , or acquir'd abilities;
hurry on to those professions and exercises, which best gratify the caprice and indolence of a misguided inclination .—They make reason subordinate to appetite; their passions are uncontrollable, and their views illaudable. Many are so confined within the narrow and contracted limits of self-love, and so actuated by the sordid and grovelling motives of self-interest; that they imagine there are no virtues nor excellencies, but what they themselves possess: Thus are they prevented from making a figure, or being useful in their employment.
Infinite are the wants to which persons are liable; and innumerable the pleasures of which they are susceptible.—It is therefore not only expedient but necessary, in order to relieve the former and satisfy the latter, that there should be both a variety and multiplicity of pursuits and enterprizes in common life.
For this end, nature has been admirably liberal and almost profuse, in furnishing mankind with powers, faculties and talents proper and inclinable to different objects, which, if they were invariably observed, would prevent all confusion and irregularity, that arises from their not pursuing those measures which best suit their abilities.—By engaging in improper undertakings, many noble and vigorous capacities must lie barren, useless and unexercised; and in the progress of action one inconvenience only ceases, that another may take place—Whereas by due cultivation and proper application of these talents, the design of nature would be answered, and the benefit of the public promoted.
Why do we find the more eminent stations in life so unworthily supplied; unless that the professors of them are unqualified for the task?—The ancient and honorable profession of law, is rendered almost contemptible, by the vast unworthy and illiterate train of pettifoggers who present themselves, as suited to the calling; But are so far from being illustrious in their employment that they bring contempt on their office, and censure on themselves. Extending my views still farther, I observe the profession of physick as ignobly furnished as that of law .— Quacks are no less numerous than odious: And the populace are as much imposed on by them, as they are seduced by the lawyers . How many awkward pedants , exhibit themselves as candidates for the gospel , who are scarce qualified for the common exercises of life? These, with an air of assurance, and an appearance of sanctity, attempt to display to the world, the nature, object and form of their present duty, and eternal felicity.
Convinced, that different geniuses require different pursuits: I am bold to assert, that the chief, and indeed the only cause, why the dignity of almost every station, is so rarely secured, is because many who engage in them, are not endowed with means of transacting with propriety & decorum. Why then should we restrain our most bitter invectives, from those who are so inconsiderate? For that exercise in which one person might be conspicuous, would be utterly unfit for another, who by persisting in, and consulting the bent of his genius , might not only become famous, but also be of important service to society.
No person can justly be esteemed honorable and praise worthy, for his birth and oc-
cupation, unless by his wise conduct he dignifies the post conferred on him, and reflects that lustre & glory on his predecessors which he derived from them;—for praise, which is purchased without merit, and bestowed without discretion, is of small consideration.
If it is enquired, why persons do not pursue those measures which are easy, proper and natural; it may be imputed to their different sentiments of honour;—for animated by these prospects of applause, they are excited to so many and various attempts! To this insatiable fondness of fame they incautiously sacrifice both interest and happiness. But unfortunate are they in falling infinitely short of their design; for want of capacity to shine in their enterprizes, prevents their obtaining that reputation, which a series of prudent transactions would justly merit.
Frequent and glaring are the instances of those, who, employed in some profitable office, aspire after something still higher, either in point of ease, honour or interest; and while they are compleat in one post, by engaging in a different one will become defective.—This observation reminds me of a remark upon Periander , who was a physician, and in the greatest esteem, when unsuccessfully he turned poet. On which account Archidamus said, “How comes it about Periander , that instead of an excellent physician you would chuse to be stiled a bad poet?” He reflected on the practices of those men, who succeeding in honorable professions, degenerate from their characters, by an application to a different one, which they can't shine in, for want of proper talents.—Another remark no less adapted to our present occasion, is that of the celebrated Aristotle , who seeing a man boast, that he was employed in a very profitable office, told him, “That does not so much matter! the question is, whether or no, you are worthy of such an office?”
The qualifications of one man, are peculiarly adapted to govern, direct & contrive plans, for the benefit of others, to institute rules and laws, and finally to polish and civilize human manners. Others again may be void of this wit and judgment, but yet have more probity and integrity, and gain themselves applause by their extensive benevolence. If there are any, not remarkable for sense or honesty, they may become useful by their exercise or labour. So that there are no set of men, however despicable may be their abilities, or however mean their condition, but what may by some means, and in some measure, be of advantage to the community.
Those who are incapable of directing, must voluntarily submit to more judicious opinions; and those whom fortune has favoured with abilities and opportunities of being conspicuous in life, may gain esteem by their universal justice and virtue; and ought therefore to be wise in their institutions and just in their administrations. By such a mutual benevolence & complacency, in the governing and governed party, good order would prevail, contentions cease, and all things concur to support the dignity, and promote the felicity of the whole political body.
On a Bad Poet. Thy Verses are eternal, O my Friend! For he who reads 'em, reads 'em to no End.

O fortunatos nimium, sua si bona norint Agrcolas & fabros! VIRGIL.
THE Egyptians, Grecians and Romans, who in their early and glorious Periods, were Nations the most renowned in war, the most civilized in their Manners, and the most celebrated for their Improvements, ever held in public Esteem, Tradesmen and Husbandmen . Altho' Soldiers, Philosophers and Priests were distinguished with particular honours, yet no profession, that was useful to the state, was esteemed ignoble .
Censure was rarely imposed on any, except the indolent, useless & perverse. Birth and fortune were subservient to merit and virtue.—No employment, however famous, darted the least contempt, on another of a lower degree.—Honours and promotions, distributed among the good and worthy, excited in them a laudable emulation, not to rival each other in points of grandeur and riches, but in the exercises of publick justice and fidelity.—So many and various are our necessities, that it is requisite there should be a diversity of callings; and whoever excels, in his allotted post, is justly entitled to honour and recompence. Was this the case as formerly in Egypt, every art would be brought to its higher perfection. No trade would be accounted sordid & grovelling; and the rewards by which, they were supported, would be an incitement, to quicken the diligence of their several professions; and every one contented with his condition, would not through avarice, or vain glory, aspire after circumstances more exalted.
“Indeed the difference of conditions, and the contempt, with which persons of lower rank are treated, are owing meerly to their distance from the common root; which makes us forget, that the meanest plebian, when his descent, is traced back to the source, is equally noble, with those of the most elevated ranks and title.”—It was once asked Chilo the Lacedemonian (said to be one of the seven wise men of Greece) what Jupiter was doing? He answered, “depressing the high, and exalting the low”. Fortune, ever capricious, regards not the merit of her favourites; but often raises vice to the summit of popular applause, while injured virtue, unpatronized, becomes the ridicule of bad men, the fear of good ones, & the dupe of society.
Animated by a zeal for industry, fired with a thirst of liberty, the Roman Magistrates did not disdain to cultivate their own fields:—nor would the populace suffer the least insult to be layed on the labourious husbandman. While this was practised, Rome was in a state of freedom, and prosperity; but when honours became venal, and low birth contemptible; they insensibly declined from their primitive valour and patriotism.
Agriculture is the origin of wealth, the support of trade, and the barrier of power. In proportion, as this encreases, a state becomes rich and independent, & consequently as it declines, the people must dwindle into sensualists and bankrupts.
In former ages, husbandmen resented the lightest offence, from persons of order and authority; of which, which we have a remarkable instance, in the affair of Scipio Nasica , candidate for the place of curcule edile , who, meeting a plain countryman, took him by the hand, and asked him for his vote, but finding his hand very hard, says, “honest friend do you walk upon your hands?” Which so chagrined the countryman, that he complained of the affront, by which Scipio lost his edileship . An unparralled instance of strict justice !
How degenerate are our times, with respect to sentiments of honour? A merchant's clerk, a physician's mortar-scourer, an attorney's apprentice, or even a priest's waiter, boldly assume the arrogance, to claim an undoubted superiority over the useful, the honest farmer. Reflect then, husbandmen! no longer let such persons, dispute preeminence with you, who are the bulwarks of a state, the supporters of citizens, and the honour of your country—Assert your privileges, maintain your dignity, and despise oppressors—Make known to the world, that you esteem yourselves, equal to the citizen, the gentleman,
the magistrate, or the ecclesiastic; who, tho' in more popular esteem, and in more dignified stations, are yet dependent on you, for daily subsistence.
This employment is fallen into such general disesteem, that a wealthy citizen, enervated with luxury, useless to society, and void of all merit, is preferred to the man of industry, merely because he lives a more delightful life, or has more money. But let every one consider, that his interest, altho' large and amassed by artful schemes, all originates from the lands of the farmer.
Nothing can be more necessary, in order to make life easy, and a people happy, than for them to unite in their opinions of merit, fix honour on proper objects, and pursue it with assiduity. One man is preferable to another, proportionably, as he is more worthy and useful to society.—Nor indeed is any one to be reproached for mean birth or adverse fortune. Virtue is seldom practised, because merit is more rarely successful. Indeed, no person deserves honour or promotion, unless he is governed by good principles, prosecutes his affairs by generous means, and conducts them to noble purposes.
Contempt of industry, is the principle cause, why there are so many idle persons loitering, from place to place; and who as they are so prevalent, will employ my attention in some future paper. Labour is by many, termed dishonorable: and any kind of life, altho' founded on injury and conducted by it, is preferred to that of business and oeconomy.
Merit, when in the most obscure peasant, buried in the deep marks of rusticity, and concealed under the modern disgraces of poverty; has yet something attractive!—which shining thro' a wild and uncultivated nature, engages the disinterested Observer, and excites him to publish this essay.
From a late Publication in French.
HOW different are the manners of a Frenchman & a Spaniard? A Frenchman wears a little black hat, with a large white feather in it—a Spaniard wears a large white hat, with a little black feather in it—A Frenchman wears his hair long—a Spaniard wears his short. A Frenchman eats fast and a great deal—a Spaniard eats slow and very little. A Frenchman is served with the boiled meat first—a Spaniard with the roast. A Frenchman usually puts wine into his water—a Spaniard puts water into his wine. A Frenchman talks a great deal at table—a Spaniard says not a word. A Frenchman takes a walk after eating—a Spaniard takes a nap or sits still. A Frenchman walks fast—a Spaniard walks slow. A French servant walks behind his master.—a Spanish servant before him. A Frenchman when he makes a sign for any one to come to him, raises his hand and waves it towards his face—A Spaniard for the same purpose lowers his hand towards his feet.—A Frenchman, by way of compliment, gives the upper part of the pavement—a Spaniard gives the lower. A Frenchman, enters and goes out of his own house last—a Spaniard always the first. A Frenchman asks charity with humility—a Spaniard with a kind of gravity which has a great appearance of arrogance. A Frenchman reduced to poverty sells every thing but his shirt, a shirt is the first thing a Spaniard rids himself of, retaining his ruff, his sword, & hiding his wants under his cloak, even to extremity. A Frenchman in the morning puts on his coat the last—a Spaniard begins to dress himself with it. A Frenchman in buttoning himself, begins at the cape and ends at the waist—a Spaniard begins at the waist and ends at the cape.
BOSTON, February 8, 1773. Extract of a letter from a gentleman belonging to the 14th regiment, dated Calliaqua, in the island of St. Vincent, October 30th, 1772. “WE arrived safe here on the 3d of last month, after staying a few days at Barbados for the transports coming up.—Our regiment was all in perfect health when we landed, and are now advanced about ten miles into the Caraibs country.—
These Caraibs (so called) are the fellows who give the present trouble; they are a race of Guinea Negroes, who, it's said, were shipwrecked on this island several years ago, they are now become numerous, and are in possession of the best land in the island. I imagine our stay here will be longer than we at first expected; for though these Blacks dare not fight us fairly, yet they give trouble by ambuscading us, for which they have an excellent opportunity; the country is naturally strong, being very mountainous and woody: We have destroyed many of them, and on our side there has been some few killed and wounded.—Our regiment has had only two wounded. This island when properly cultivated will be very valuable, the soil being esteemed the best in the West-Indies; Coffee and Cotton are here in great perfection, with all kinds of tropical fruits; but what is principally regarded by the Planters, is the Sugar-Cane, which grows here surprizingly:—The face of the country in the uncultivated parts, makes a most romantic appearance; hills, whose summits reach the clouds, (many of them above) covered with perpetual verdure; deep vallies, in which generally runs a stream of fine water; furnished with a number of birds of very good song, makes upon the whole a scene not unentertaining to a thinking mind. It would indeed be highly so, if every thing was in tranquility and the heat of the climate not so intense, being only about 12 degrees from the line. This letter is dated from the place where we first landed, (being about four miles from Kingston, the principal place in the island) and where we have left our baggage, women and children; among the latter there has been great mortality, about a dozen being dead since our arrival.
“P. S. I have sent you one of our papers, but it contains little or nothing, the Printer being out in the militia; every man in the whole island, without exception, is obliged to be under arms that is able to carry them. There was to have been an account of an attack we made upon one of their strongest posts, with our whole force, about ten days since, which we carried, having only one man killed & two wounded; if my ears had been a little longer, I believe I should have lost a piece of one of them.”
We hear that many of the Planters at St. Vincents were about disposing of their estates, in order to quit the Island, on account of the war with the Caraibs.
Boston, February 8.
Wednesday last the Hon. House of Representatives sent the following Message to the Governor.
May it please your Excellency,
THE House of Representatives having directed the Secretary to inform them, whether you have been pleased to give your Assent to the Grants lately made to the Justices of the Superior Court of Judicature, &c. and it appearing that your Excellency had not done it, it is their Request that you would be pleased to make known to them the Difficulty (if any there be) in your Excellency's Mind, which prevents your assenting to said Grants. The People without Doors are universally alarmed with the Report that Salaries are fixed to the Offices of the said Justices by Order of the Crown; and an unusual Delay to confirm the Grants now made, is judg'd by this House to be a sufficient Apology for this Enquiry.
The GOVERNOR's Answer.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, I Have received Information, that his Majesty has been pleased to order, that Salaries shall be allowed to the Justices of the Superior Court, and that such Salaries shall continue so long as those Justices shall reside within the Province, and while they are absent from it with his Majesty's Leave; but I have no Information that any Warrants for the Payment of such Salaries have been issued. I therefore did not give an immediate Assent to the Grants which you have made for their Services the Year past, as the Warrants, if they should hereafter be transmitted, may include Part of the same.

Time for which your Grants are made, but thought it most adviseable to consider of some Precaution to prevent all Claim from the Province for any Services for which the Justices may also be entitled to a Salary from the King. I hope therefore a short Delay which has been occasioned by a Regard to your Interest, as well as by a Sense of my Duty to his Majesty, will not be thought unnecessary. T. HUTCHINSON.
Province House, Feb. 4. 1773.
S A L E M , February 9.
Last Friday James Clarke, a Stranger, & Sarah Black of Danvers, were whipt at the publick Whipping Post in this Town, for stealing sundry Sorts of Goods a few Days before, the former 25, and the latter 10 Stripes. A third was convicted of the like Crime, and was to have been whipped the same Day, but got clear by paying a Fine.
N E W B U R Y - P O R T , Jan. 25.
On the 21st of January 1773, died at Newbury-Port, JOSEPH ATKINS , Esq; in the 93d Year of his Age. He was born at Sandwich, in Old-England. In the early Part of his Life he was of the Royal Navy of England, and an Officer therein: He was in the Sea Fight between the English and French in the year 1692, when the English gained a famous naval Victory: He was at the taking of Gibraltar and Port-Mahon, from the Spaniards: Afterwards he was a noted Sea-Commander in the Merchant's Service. In the latter Part of his Life he settled in this Place, and was an eminent Merchant, and one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Essex; a Man of much Politeness, and sustained a fair Character through his whole Life.
O D E.
I.
A S B R I T A N N I A set a wailing With her Shield revers'd and torn, In the Dust her Spear was trailing, Th' Olive Branch no more unborn In deep Sighs her Grief she vented, Without Force or Spirit left; And regretfully lamented, Of all Joys her State bereft. 2. Where alas is fled my Glory: (In her Anguish thus she said) What a Figure now in Story Must I make, by all betray'd? On my Foes abroad confounded, I my Vengeance could have pour'd, But, at Home, with Woes surrounded, By my own Sons I'm devour'd. 3. They're the first to seek my Ruin, Who my Welfare should defend; Nor can see their own undoing, Must such Parricides attend: On my Vitals while they're playing 'Tis themselves, in Truth, they tear; Yet the frantic Part they're playing From soft Pity draws this Prayer. 4. God of Nations! Mankind's Father! From whom Mercy ne'er departs, Punish not their Guilt, but rather Mend their Heads and turn their Hearts, From their Eyes the Film removing, Let them see their Errors past; Through the Sense of Self-reproving May those Errors be their last! 5. Let all Sides their Faults confessing, Pass each other's Act of Grace, Of corrupting and oppressing, Let fair governing take Place: Hence with Faction's idle roaring! Let all civil discord cease, Cordial Harmony restoring, Give us Liberty and Peace!
L O N D O N , Oct. 29.
Tuesday last a severe battle was fought in St. George's Fields, between a coachman and a carman, which lasted upwards of 50 minutes, when the former beat his antagonist so that he died as he was carried to the hospital; and this morning the coachman died, who had his jaw bone broken in two places, his fore teeth knocked out, and one of his ribs broken.
On the news being brought to a great
personage that Mr. Wilkes had lost his Mayorality, it is said he replied —, "Then I don't care who has it, now I am delivered from the fight of his odious person."
Oct. 31. Mr. Alderman Townsend, out new City King, in his speech on Thursday said, "It has always been the height of my ambition to deserve the confidence of honest men." The monarch at St. James's likewise in his first declaration to the Privy Council at Charlton-House, Oct. 25, 1760, declared, "that he depended on the support and assistance of every honest man." The King of Sweden likewise in June last declared, "I will call God, and all honest men to witness to the sincerity of my heart." Did ever a really modest woman talk of their virtue or innocence?
So critically are we situated with respect to our colonies, that it is dangerous to refuse them those very grants which must in a short time render them wholly independent of us; the establishment of a mint is at present the object of their desire, and there are but two more things necessary to give them consequence, so rapid is the progression of human affairs.
We hear from Dundee, in Scotland, that upon Saturday se'nnight, a farmer at the Corse had the misfortune to lose eight head of cattle, and four cows by the carelessness of a herd boy, who put the cattle into a field of wet clover, of which having eaten too much, they burst.
Nov. 10. It is reported that a frigate is arrived at Portsmouth express from the Mediterranean with an account that one of his Majesty's ships attempting to go into the harbour of Carthagena, was fired upon from the fort; and that the Captain of the English ship returned the fire, but was soon overpowered and obliged to strike.
L O N D O N.
By a late Computation made in America, it appears, there are eight Hundred and fifty Thousand Negroes in the English Islands and Colonies, and that the yearly Importation is one Hundred Thousand, of which Number about one Third perish, by the Goal Dillemper, on the Passage, and in the Sickness called the Seasoning, before they are set to Labour. — The Remnant make up the Deficiencies continually occurring, among the main Body of those unhappy People, through the Distempers occasioned by excessive Labour, bad nourishment, uncomfortable Accommodations, and broken Spirits. Can sweetening our Tea, with Sugar, be a Circumstance of such absolute Necessity? — an the petty Pleasure, thence arising to the Taste, compensate for so much Misery, produced among our fellow Creatures, and such a constant Butchery of the human Species, by this pestilential detestable Traffic, in the Bodies and Souls of Men. —
Pharisaical Britain, to pride thyself in setting free a single Slave, that happens to land on thy Coast, while thy Merchants, in all thy ports, are encouraged, by the Laws, to continue a Commerce whereby so many Hundreds of Thousands are dragged into a Slavery, that can scarce be said to End with their Lives, since it is entailed on their Posterity.
St. George's (in Grenada) October 24. — A few Days ago died here, JAMES FORTON , Esq; in the 127th Year of his Age. — He was born at Bourdeaux in 1645, arrived in the West-Indies in 1694, married at St. Kitts and removed from thence to Martinico, where he remained thirty Years, and has resided 48 Years in this Island. He retained his Eye-sight to his 117 Year, and enjoyed good Health and a cheerful Disposition till within a few Days of his Death. He was undoubtedly the oldest Man that ever died in the West-Indies; and, had he resided in a Climate more favourable to Longevity, he might in all Probability have attained to the Age of the famous Jenkins or Par, the former of whom lived 169 Years and the latter a Century and a Half.
L O N D O N , Nov. 15.
It is reported that the Colony Agents intend making Application to Parliament, for Leave to establish MINTS for the coining of Silver Currency in America.
The poetical Fire of Mons. de Voltaire is not yet extinguished, he having now in the Winter of Life produced a Tale in Verse, intitled, 'Life,'
which has all the Warmth of the Spring-tide of his Days.
WILLIAMSBURGH , (Virginia) Dec. 17.
A poor Woman in Charles Parish, York County, was delivered last Wednesday se'nnight of a fine thumping Boy, and about nine the next Morning of two bouncing Girls; who were all baptized the same Day, and seemed likely to live. The good Women in that Neighbourhood said that they were larger and finer Children than any Twins they had ever seen.
P O R T S M O U T H , February 12, 1772.
Wednesday last his Excellency the GOVERNOR, was pleased to Prorogue the General-Assembly of New-Hampshire, to the 11th of May next.
CUSTOM HOUSE , Piscataqua, Feb. 11.
Clear'd for Departure FOR: Brig Raisbew, William Gordon, South Carolina. Brig Polly, Joseph Tappan, Dominica, Brig Sally, Jonathan Boardman, West Indies. Brig Hannah, William Treschen, Ditto. Schooner Prosperus Rachiel, Samuel Elliot. Ditto. Ship Reeve, Giles Seaward, Ditto. Ship Philander, Peter Cooes, Ditto.
For Bristol
The Ship Abigail, NATHANIEL DOWSE, Master, will sail in ten days.
Good Accomodations for Passengers. N. B. A Bag for Letters is up at Mr. JOHN STAVERS, Innholder.
The Subscriber having lodged
a large Number of Accounts in the Hands of Mr. OLIVER WHIPPLE, Attorney at Law — This LAST Notice is given to the delinquents for this Gazette or Advertisements, that they may by very soon applying to the said Whipple, at his Office, nearly opposite the Post Office, in King Street, settle the same, without much Expence. — Those few who owe for less than a Year, or have any Thing due to them from the Printers, are desired to take no Notice of this Advertisement, as such Accounts will be settled at the Printing Office.
R. L. FOWLE:
Portsmouth, Feb. 11, 1773.
Bohea Tea.
CHOICE LONDON BOHEA TEA , by the Chest, Hundred, Dozen or single pound, to be Sold by JOHN MARSH , at the lowest Price, for Cash only. Likewise excellent SOUSHONG Tea; very cheap.
TO BE SOLD
At Private Sale by me the Subscriber,
A FARM in Londonderry,
Containing Eighty Acres, with a good House and Barn, an Orchard that will make Forty Barrels of Cyder yearly, together with a Weed Lot about 20 Acres well wooded and watered, within a Mile and half of either of the Meeting Houses in said Town, and within a Mile of a Grist and Saw Mill.
DAVID ANDERSON,
Londonderry, Feb. 8, 1773.
THE CREDITORS to the Estate of Joseph Pearson, late of Exeter, in the County of Rockingham, Yeoman, deceased, represented Insolvent, are hereby Notified, That the Commissioners appointed to receive and examine their several Claims to said Estate, will attend that Service, at the Dwelling House of Mr. Theodore Carlton, Innholder in said Exeter, on the last Monday of this and the five following Months, from three to six of the Clock in the Afternoon of said Days. Feb 6. 1773.
WILLIAM PARKER, junr. } Comm:ssioners SAMUEL LANE. }
WHEREAS his Honor JOHN
TEMPLE , Esq; and ROBERT TEMPLE , Esq; have invested me the Subscriber, with the Disposal of all their Lands in This, and New York Governments, to any Persons who may incline to settle thereon. These are therefore to notify all Persons that have any Demands for Taxes, on any of their said Land, or any Person inclining to settle thereon, by applying to me the said Taxes shall be paid, and the Settlers encouraged by JOHN WENDELL:
Portsmouth Feb. 10 1773.
Several Rights of Land, to be
Sold, cheap for Cash, in different Townships, some of which is very good — Enquire of the Printers.

Domestic Happiness.  O H HOME! thou only seat of every joy, The heart can relish or the judgment taste, Etrang'd from thee, the soul finds no employ, Nor feels the present, nor enjoys the past. O let me seek thee in thy calm delights, Thy looks of welcome, and thy friendly kiss; Thy cheerful morning, & thy peaceful nights, With all a husband's, all a parent's bliss. How sweet to pour my sorrows to a heart That feels, yet strives to check my rising sigh! How sweet my brighter prospects to impart, And kiss the tear of transport from her eye? How sweet the task, to trace with glad surprise, The young Ideas shooting unconfin'd, With fostering hand to cherish as they rise, The seeds of virtue in the infant mind! To bind the pliant soul to wisdom's lore, Firm honour's steady precepts to infuse, The fav'rite bent of genius to explore, And guide luxuriant fancy to its use. The sullen apathy and selfish pride That deems those heart-felt joys beneath their The candid muse will pity, not deride, (care, And wish their votaries bliss they will not How painful for a sympathizing mind (share To stray thro' life—unseeking and unsought, One cheerless barren wilderness to find, Without an object worth a second thought! Wilt thou, Amanda, come, and deign to fill This painful void that sickens o'er my soul; Wilt thou accept a heart estrang'd from ill, And fix that love, it knows not to control? Wilt thou, (for well thy heart knows how) supply, The tender cares of mother and of wife, And tutor'd by divine philanthropy, Fill the sweet duties of domestic life? Oft shalt thou turn to lend a patient ear, When suff'ring merit makes its sorrows known; Oft shalt thy hand wipe off the Orphan's tear, And lending others bliss, secure thy own, So shalt contentment bless our humble seat, And ev'ry gliding year new comforts raise; So shalt calm conscience make our slumbers sweet Whilst, tho' obscure, not useless pass our days.
On VIRTUE.
WHILE some in Pleasure's flow'ry Lap repose, And in their Arms her fleeting Charms enclose: Live in a Maze of Folly while they've Breath, And thus prepare for everlasting Death;
Let sacred VIRTUE, Friend of human Kind! Rule ev'ry Thought of my immortal Mind! Her heav'nly Charms afford that solid Joy, Which Time can't weaken, age nor Death destroy.
True, 'tis a narrow, strait and thorny Road: But Oh! it leads to Heav'n that blest Abode, Where happy Spirits in Seraphic Lays Adore th' eternal, Ancient SIRE of DAYS!
Tho' sensual Pleasures flash upon the Sight, And for a Moment give a mock Delight: Yet when grim Death displays before our Eyes His glitt'ring Scythe; th' illusive Phantom flies!
How happy then's the Man whose virtuous Mind Resembles the great Parent of Mankind! Thro' variant Life, true Pleasure's golden Rays, Will gild the Morn, and Ev'ning of his Days.
Time rapid flies; man's course is quickly run; And all is vanity beneath the Sun! Then spurn this globe: mount th' ethereal skies! ETERNAL LIFE is VIRTUE's glorious prize.
LYSANDER.
THE Master of a Vessel arrived at Virginia from Havre de Grace, reports, that the King of Prussia's taking Possession of the City of Dantzick had given great Umbrage to the Court of France, and that it was every Day expected War would be declared against that Monarch; which in all Probability, will involve Europe in the same Calamity.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 19.
Extract of a Letter from Chester, Nov. 10.
On Thursday Night last the 5th Inst. the Inhabitants of this City were thrown into the utmost Consternation by an instantaneous Shock, supposed at first to have been occasioned by the Violence of an Earthquake, as the Houses in every Quarter of the Town were shook to their Foundations. The preceding Day, a Quantity of Gun-Powder, upwards of eight Hundred Pounds Weight, had been deposited in a Warehouse in Water-Gate-Street, under a Building known by the Name of Eaton's Room, in which one Williams, the Master of a Puppet Show, had for some Time past exhibited his Performances. The Company which these idle Amusements had drawn together on the fatal Evening was very great, (may
such another Evening never be known anywhere) and in the Midst of their Merrymert, the Powder, by what Accident is not known, took Fire, and in a Moment most of the unhappy People were buried under a prodigious Heap of Ruins; some were thrown into the neighbouring Courts, scorched, contused, and a few, but very few, had the good Fortune to escape with a slight Burn, or a small Scratch.
It is impossible to come at the Knowledge of the exact Number of those who shared in this shocking Calamity; the Account on which we can most depend is, that the Killed, and those since dead, amount to 23; and those that were much burnt, contusions, or broken Limbs, to 80, most of which are likely to recover. Williams himself, his Wife and three or four of the same Family, are of the Number of the Dead.
* Rumney. *
NOTICE is hereby once more given to the delinquent Proprietors of RUMNEY, who have not paid their Taxes to me the Subscriber, voted by said Propriety to be raised on each original Right in said Town—viz. one Tax of twenty Shillings and another of six Shillings, voted 21st of July, 1767, another Tax of thirty Shillings voted the third of November 1767; also a Tax of eleven Shillings on each Right voted the 13th Sept. 1768; and a Tax of twenty four Shillings and another of twelve Shillings voted the 15th of December, 1768, that so much of each Delinquent's Right of Land in said Township as shall be sufficient to pay the Taxes with incidental Charges, will be sold at public Vendue on the 25th Day of March next, at one of the Clock at arnoss, at the House of Capt Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth. The Names of the Delinquents are as follows, viz.
  l. s. d. l. s. d.   John Wright, 5 3 0 Humphry Lyon; 5 3 0   Abraham Libbe 5 3 0 
JAMES HEATH Collector, Rumney Jan 29th 1773.
Province of New Hampshire, Rockingham, ss.
[ Concord. ]
WHEREAS the Proprietors of Rumford, now Concord, at a legal Meeting of said Proprietors, held at Concord aforesaid, on the 29th Day of July 1771, voted a Tax of six Pounds lawful Money on each original Right, towards completing a Settlement between said Proprietors, the Proprietors of Baw, Mason's Patent, and the Proprietors of Canterbury, concerning the Title of their Land, these are therefore to notify said Proprietors to pay the aforesaid Tax to the Subscribers, or either of us, on or before the last Day of February Inst. at said Concord, otherwise so much of their Land will be sold as will pay the same with incidental Charges.
Andrew M c Millan Timothy Walker junr. } Collectors. Thomas Stickney
Concord, Jan, 29 1773.
$ Rumney. $
NOTICE is hereby once more given to the delinquent Proprietors of Rumney, who have not yet paid their Tax to me the Subscriber, voted by said Propriety to be raised on each original Right in said Town, viz. one Tax of twelve Shillings, voted the twelfth Day of April, 1771, to defrey the Charges of an Action brought against the Proprietors by the Rev'd Mr. Niles;—also another Tax of two Pounds two Shillings, voted at a Meeting of the said Proprietors held by Adjournment, on the 14th August, 1771, that so much of each Delinquent's Right of Land in said Township, as will be sufficient to pay the Taxes with incidental Charges will be sold by public Vendue, on Thursday the 25th Day of March next, at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth. The Names of the Delinquents are as follows, viz.
  l. s. l. s.   John Wright 2 14 Humphry Lyon 2 14   Bickford Lang 2 14 Ebenezer Spencer 2 14   Abraham Libbey 2 14 
JAMES HEATH, Collector. Rumney Jan. 29. 1773.
Clocks & Watches,
Clean'd and repaired in the cheapest and best Manner, and with the utmost Dispatch by
NATHANIEL SHEAF GRIFFITH.
N. B. He has the best of Oil to prevent their stopping in cold Weather, and hopes the Public will favour him with the Continuance of their Custom,
Also an Assortment of the best of plated Buckles to be sold by said Griffith.
B A R U T H, July 29.
A Russian squadron of 11 ships, commanded by the Chevalier Pzaro, a Greek, came into our road the 12th instant and cannonaded the town almost without ceasing, till the 23d, when they made a general landing, leaving only sailors enough on board to take care of their ships. Their landing struck such a panic on those who might have defended the town, that they left the enemy to enter without any resistance. The houses were immediately plundered, the goods carried off, and those who did not get out of the way, were inhumanly massacred without distinction of men, women or children. The effects of the Emir Mansour, the ally of Ali Bey, were only respected. The Russians entered the town in the night between the 23d & 24th, but the next day some thousands of Druses, sent by the great Emir Yousof, suddenly came in sight of the town, and making a most dreadful noise, advanced to attack them. The Russians, frightened in their turn, retreated precipitately on board their ships, leaving behind them great part of the things they had taken. Since that time the squadron has remained out of reach of cannon shot, and the town has sent them refreshments. The commanders offered to retire, if they would send sixty purses; since which, having furnished them with the necessaries they wanted, they are gone away.
ALL PERSONS Indebted to the Town of Portsmouth, are earnestly requested to pay their respective Ballances immediately to the Selectmen of said Town.
And all Persons that have any legal Demands on said Town, are desired to bring in their Claims to said Select Men in Order for Settlement.
To be let and entered upon the Beginning of April next, A Farm in Kittery at the Head of York River, containing about 180 Acres of good pasturing, plowing, mowing, orcharding, and some Wood Land. Now in the Occupation of Mr. George Ham, there is on said Farm a good House and Garden, two Barns, a Brook running through, for Half a Mile, never dry with some Stock, as Cattle Sheep and Swine, whoever inclines to hire the same may know further by applying to John Moffat of Portsmouth.
William Knight,
PERUKE MAKER and HAIR DRESSER, from London, hereby informs the Public, that he has open'd SHOP near LIBERTY BRIDGE, where he will be ready to serve any Persons on reasonable Terms, who incline to employ him, and at the shortest Notice.
TO BE SOLD, A
GOOD HOUSE and LAND, with a BARN, and WELL: The Land is 40 Feet Front and 150 deep, lying in King Street, Portsmouth. For Particulars, enquire of the Printers.
TO BE SOLD, A LOT of LAND, in Barrington, containing one Hundred and twenty Acres, Number 173, in the 4th Range, laid out by William Peavy, Enquire of the Printers—The Land is reckoned very good.
PORTSMOUTH Feb. 11.
We hear from Pepperhillborough, that on the 2d Instant, as one John Langley, a young Man, who lived with Mr James Gray, was cutting down the Stub of a Tree, the Top of which was broke down, but still remained upon the Stub, the Top fell and struck his Head with such Violence, as to break in the Os, Frontis, and forced his Brains out at the Back Part, of his Head. His Wound was examined by two Surgeons and dressed, but to no Effect, for he expired soon after. The Coroner was called; but impannelled no Jury of Inquest, as he was fully convinced that he received his death Wound, by the Fall of the Top of the said Tree. The said Langley said he belonged to a Place call'd Lee, in New-Hampshire Province.