Fowle's New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser ([Portsmouth, N.H.]), 1786-12-16 00:00:00

Under the great proportion of industrious and frugal farmers inhabiting the interior parts of the American states, and of whom the body of our nation consists, and whether it is possible that the luxury of our sea-ports can be sufficient to ruin such a country. If the importation of foreign luxuries could ruin a people, we should probably have been ruined long ago: For the British nation had a right, and practised it, of importing among us, not only the superfluities of their own productions; but those of every nation under heaven, we bought and consumed them, and yet we flourished and grew rich. At present our independent government may do what we could not then do, discourage by heavy duties, or prevent by prohibitions, such importations, and thereby grow richer; if indeed, which may admit of dispute, the desire of adorning ourselves with fine cloaths, &c. is not, by strongly inciting to labour and industry, the occasion of producing a greater value than is consumed in the gratification of that desire.
The agriculture and fisheries of the United States are the great sources of our increasing wealth. He that puts a seed into the earth is recompensed perhaps by receiving forty out of it; and he who draws a fish out of our waters draws up a piece of silver.
Let us now (and there is no doubt but we shall) be attentive to these; and then the power of rivals, with all their restraining and prohibiting acts, cannot much hurt us. We are sons of the earth and seas, and like Anteus in the fable, if in wrestling with a Hercules we now and then receive a fall, the touch of our parents will communicate to us fresh strength and vigour to renew the contest.
For the NEW HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE.
Mr. PRINTER,
Paper money has so often been the subject of speculation with your correspondents, that one would think nothing new could be said upon it; but as I do not remember to have seen clearly pointed out the cause of complaints which have led to the great cry for paper-money, or a rational remedy proposed,—I would beg leave to add a few words to the many which have been written on this subject.
LET us for a moment trace the cause of our complaints, the source of our distress: In proportion to the trade carried on in any country the medium of trade called money is necessary, and such has been the ambition of every order of people to commence trader, that it has extended itself to the farmer, sailor, mechanic and even to the common day labourer, inasmuch, that four times the number and ability of consumers would not give employ, and a living to half the number of merchants and traders at a decent profit on their goods. This hath rendered the sale of goods slow and dull, and the slow sale hath made a high profit unavoidable, to save the vendor, and the high price hath turned away every ready money customer, who would think it worth his while to travel 20 miles to save from 10 to 20 per cent in the cost of his purchase. The want of a sale for ready money hath introduced almost an universal credit, the merchant and the shopkeeper hath credited the country trader, and the country trader hath trusted his neighbouring farmer or tradesman with every article of luxury that he could crowd upon him, from a suit of clothes down to a yard of gauze, or a pound of bohea tea; by this easy way (on credit) of obtaining the comforts and luxuries of life, the unwary have been led into the expence of consuming many unnecessary foreign articles which his sphere in life did not intitle him to, and which his income cannot afford or discharge, so that by this means almost every one is in debt ten times the medium we are possessed of is therefore necessary to carry on such extensive purchases, or discharge such numerous debts, hence also the cry for paper money, accustomed to the base purpose of defrauding the too credulous creditor. I am speaking now particularly of this state.
This universal credit that has been given, hath caused many a carpenter to throw by his tools, many a farmer to quit his plow and hoe; thus we find our traders and idlers increased, and our useful mechanics and cultivators of land lessened in number. This easy way of obtaining the necessaries & luxuries of life has also slackened the industry of the remaining farmers, and prevented new adventurers from opening new farms in the uncultivated wilds of the frontier, hath caused a consumption of foreign articles to a much greater amount than the whole produce and manufacture of the state; how then is it possible to retain a medium in the state that will pass elsewhere? If the whole annual produce of the state is set at
90,000. and the whole consumption at 100,000. and I have no doubt there is still that proportionate difference, the balance of 10,000. must be drawn out annually, 'till we have not a dollar left, hundreds of individuals involved in debt, and all the exertions of the state to encourage the importation of money will be ineffectual. The remedy proposed for this want of a medium, that of introducing paper, is no remedy, at best it can only be a temporary relief to a few, and bring on a tenfold distress on all. This paper it is presumed is to be redeemed by specie, or drawn in by a tax; it is certain, that having a plentiful medium in paper, if it should answer the purpose of a medium, the use of silver among ourselves will be rendered less necessary; the merchant therefore, who is now obliged to import half his returns in specie, to defray the necessary expences of his voyage, will cease to make such importations; so that at the time of redeeming our paper, silver and gold will be ten times as scarce as at present, and the difficulty of raising it for that purpose, in that proportion greater than it now is to raise it for our several occasions. If this paper is not to be redeemed by silver and gold, but gradually drawn in by a tax, where is our relief? we still must levy a tax to get rid of it, after the accumulated misfortune of having driven away all our specie.
My remedy for our distress and consequent complaints shall be general, I have taken up too much of your time already to be particular. Let us lessen our importations one half, let us bring into fashion our own manufacture, though of homely appearance, let laws be made and well executed for regulating the quality of our exports, especially our lumber, that we may no longer suffer the odium of exporting the worst of every commodity produced in this part of America. Let us lessen if possible the number of our smaller traders seven eighths, and our merchants one half, let those remaining, trade at half the advance now laid on vendee articles, which will give them (their number being thus lessened) double their present profit, and bring money to our principal trading towns, instead of turning it out of the state, which would soon be disseminated through the several counties for the purchase of their produce for exportation, or home consumption, the profits of which now go to our neighbours. Let us also encourage the emigration of working people from all countries, those acquainted with agriculture to be encouraged to that work, those bred to manufacturing, to be thereto employed. Lay heavy duties on all articles of luxury; light ones on necessaries, encourage manufactures of the latter, encourage the raising of hemp, flax and wool, encourage economy, frugality, and industry in all its branches; and of all things, agriculture, which should be considered as the principal source of riches to this state. I may trouble you further on these important subjects when time will permit.
A FRIEND TO THE STATE.
AMSTERDAM [Capital of the United Netherlands] August 31.
Letters from Guelderland, received yesterday and the day before, inform us, that all the troops in garrison in the different cities of that province, are in motion. Although some circumstances give us occasion to fear that a design is on foot against those cities, the Burgeffes of which have demanded their privileges, yet we have no immediate cause of apprehension, as it is given out that these troops are to replace those of Holland, which have been ordered to repair to their own territory.
They write from Zwolle, in Overysell, that on account of the march of some troops to take possession of Hattem, 300 of the Burgeffes of Zwolle, armed, had resolved to go to Hattem, and repulse the troops in case of an attack. The inhabitants of Elbing have put their fortifications in order; the cannon are mounted on the ramparts, the gates shut, the wooden bridge can be broken down in a moment if necessary, and they have assurance of assistance from the armed Burgeffes of Campen, which is the next town. We hope our fears will not be justified in these events, but it is a dangerous thing to irritate the Burgeffes to extremity.
ALGIERS, June 19.
The regency of Algiers is, as may well be expected, become more difficult to deal with since their accommodation with Spain: that nation being the nearest, furnished great business for their corsairs, but now being deprived of that easy and daily opportunity of making prizes, they redouble their forces to prey upon other nations. On the 26th of last month, 11 corsairs sailed from our port; one of which was a chubec of 34 guns, one of 24, &c. all these sailed for the coast of Italy. The Dutch are in high esteem with the Algerines, and so are the Danes, both by the means of the considerable presents they make annually to the
Dey; the vessel with the Danish presents arrived lately; they consist of powder, balls, ship-building timber, cordage, sails, and every thing necessary for the fitting out of the Algerine navy; some of the ammunition has been landed, and among the rest 780 barrels of powder. These presents are better calculated to satisfy our regency, than those offered by the Venetians last month, which consists of 8500 sequins in specie, a gold repeating watch and chain, richly set in diamonds; a very rich ring, a caftan, and several pieces of rich stuff, &c. the Venetian Consul however was hardly returned to his house, from presenting the above, before the Dey sent all the presents back, except the sequins, which he keeps; he at the same time sent a messenger to let the Consul know that those were not such presents as he could accept; that he would give him two months to procure more acceptable ones, which time expired, he should know what part to act towards the republic. All the ministers and courtiers followed the example of the Dey, and sent back to the Consul the presents they had received; but the term of two months being too little for the Consul to receive fresh instructions from his Court, he is in much embarrassment; he is in the mean time pretty well apprised that the Dey not only wants the Venetians to furnish him with arms and ammunition, but he also demands payment of the value of a vessel, loaded with linnen, from the coast of Bougie, which the Chevalier Emo took last year on the coast of Tunis; two Jews who were on board were killed in the engagement, and for their loss the Dey demands 2000 sequins. The Dey has also summoned the Ragusan agent to come before him, whom he ordered to inform the Senate of that Republic, that he required them to send presents as other nations do, in default of which he would declare war against them.
L O N D O N,
Sept. 9. On Saturday Mr. Becket, of Pall-mall, Bookseller to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, sent the following address from the Right Boys, in Ireland, to the Right Honourable Lord George Gordon. The mode of distressing for the tythes, to support the Bishops, gives rise to their complaints. Lord George Gordon, having never before received any communication from the poor people of Ireland, thought it his duty to inform his Majesty's servants and the public (without loss of time) that the cries of the poor and needy may be attended to immediately, and their minds quieted by wise counsel.
"MY LORDS,
"From the active and spirited part you have so frequently taken in redressing national grievances, We, the Right Boys of the kingdom of Ireland, are induced to address you.—We have been long groaning under the weight of the most grievous oppressions, but are at length determined to seek redress; as we have little to expect from cringing to and supplicating the flinty-hearted tyrants of the land, we find coercive means become necessary; to put these into execution, we want only a spirited leader.—To you we look as to the man who is to be our saviour; if you will undertake a cause worthy of you, you have now an opportunity of rendering your name immortal as it is illustrious.—Be our leader, my Lord, by whatever title you shall choose, and you shall find in this kingdom two hundred thousand brave men ready to enlist under your banner—men differing widely from a dastardly, enervated London mob—men bold as lions, and whose firm nerves are not yet unstrung by luxury—the hardy and robust sons of Hibernia, early inured to hardship, and by poverty restrained to temperance, are fearless of danger, and able to sustain severest toil: we are not carnivorous animals; even milk is a luxury we can but seldom afford to indulge in: from dawk of morn 'till dark of night we labour.—This incessant toil is rewarded by a scanty meal of potatoes; those are truly become our daily bread; our drink, indeed, comes unadulterated from the fountain.—To be sure, at a fair or a pattern, when we get a croushkeen of whiskey, we don't throw it over our shoulders—but this occurs so seldom, it is not worth talking of.—But to the purpose; as Irishmen are famed for strength and courage, so are they remarkable for a steady perseverance in any cause they undertake.—Such then are the men fit to engage in the glorious enterprise; and now they are roused to a sense of the wrongs they and their ancestors have long, too long patiently borne, they will not be appeased 'till they at least redress those wrongs, in defiance of any obstacles that may stand in their way. You, my Lord, are a man born for great undertakings; do not then in the name of liberty lose the glorious opportunity of exerting your innate disposition; let not a foolish, narrow-minded idea of religious distinctions prevent your embarking in our cause; we for our parts entirely lay aside

all such idle distinctions.—Men of all persuasions join heartily in the common cause, united by our common sufferings—Lead us on, my Lord, in the name of liberty and success—lead us on—we burn to be led on to victory, certain to meet it under such a leader; then shall the land once more flow with milk and whiskey, and your laureled name be transmitted to posterity foremost amongst heroes!
“Do not disappoint the hopes of 200,000 brave fellows, in whose names I subscribe myself, my Lord,
Your Lordship's most devoted humble servant, MURROUGH M'SWEENEY RIGHT, First Captain of the Right Boys.
“Your Lordship will please to direct your answer to the Rev. Mr. Hewitson, Sairville, Carrick on Luir.
“Through the channel now made use of, our correspondence will be safe.
“Babur More, Aug. 15, 1786.”
CHARLESTON, (S. C.) Oct. 31.
Last week Mrs. Moses, of King-street, leaning too forwardly over a fire, where she was cooking some rice, the heat overcame her and she fell into the fire, which burnt the poor woman so excessively that she expired in a few minutes.
RICHMOND (Virginia) Nov. 26.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Danville county, to his correspondent in this city, dated Oct. 27, 1786.
“The troops under the command of General Clarke returned the 15th instant, and I am informed, the greatest disorder prevailed among them from the time they marched from Clarkeville; some of the officers were arrested and broke a court martial on their march to Post St. Vincent, which occasioned an uneasiness among the soldiers, but was made easy in some measure by the General's re-instituting them again to their former commands; thus they arrived at Post St. Vincent, where they made prisoners 42 Indians, who were with the French and Americans at that place in a friendly manner; they were kept in confinement but a short time before the General set them at liberty, and insisted 300 men from the Post with him, and appointed officers to command them, to keep garrison at Post St. Vincent for one year, this business detained them ten days. In this time the soldiers began to be very uneasy and wished to return home; however the General prevailed with them to march from that place towards the principal towns on the Wabash river, with assuring them the business which they came on could be effected in a few days; on the third day's march towards the towns, about 200 of the men were very clamorous, and in the afternoon refused to march any further: on the first information the General received of it, he ordered a halt, and in the most pressing manner begged them only to march with him three days more, in which time he had reason to believe the Indians would either be received in a hostile manner, or they would make application for peace, no argument the General could make use of had any effect with them. The General thought most advisable to collect his officers in council, when it was agreed upon to return, and they accordingly set off. The General himself staid at Post St. Vincent with a view of holding a treaty with the Indians provided they were inclined for it.
“Col. Logan marched from the mouth of Lime-stone, about the 1st instant, with 300 men. (600 of whom were on horse-back) against the Shawanese towns on the head of the Great Miami; and had it not been for a deserter that got in and informed the Indians of their approach, in all probability the whole army would have been in their towns before they had known any thing of their coming. It appears that before the deserter got in, most of the warriors had gone out in order to meet General Clarke, not knowing of any other party marching against them, so that by the time Col. Logan arrived in sight, most of the Indians had left the towns, they made prisoners 32 women and children and killed 11 men, among them was their chief King Milantha, who gave himself up without any resistance, with his wife and children, and afterwards was murdered by a Col. M'Gary; they burnt ten towns and villages and all their corn, brought off several horses and a quantity of plunder. The squaws and children prisoners arrived here the 21st instant, where I expect they will continue until exchanged.”
NEW LONDON, November 24.
Extract from Thomas Allen's Marine List.
Sunday, 19th. Arrived, a French ship from Bourdeaux, who took up Capt. Sayer and crew, belonging to brig Betsey, which foundered in lat. 19. 21. (this and others in the equinoctial gale.) From the 22d to the 30th of September, Capt. Sayer saw 11 sail of vessels dismantled: he was bound from North-Carolina to Surinam.
Brig ——, Skinner, master, advises he boarded the sloop ——, Saban, master from New-Haven, who had lost all his stock, his mast, mate,
and one man, and upset three times in the equinoctial gale.
Arrived at Martinico, Capt. Lee, from Salem, who advises that in lat. 38. he boarded a sloop that was foundered, and partly sunk, no person on board, nor any chests—some clothes. She was a redish, new vessel, of 60 or 80 tons, had brought out stock on deck; green stern and quarter streaks; could not tell what colour her bottom was, because she was almost under water.
Arrived here, sloop Harriot, Smith, master, from Surinam, in 32 days; who on the 14th of October, spoke brig ——, Thomas Tracy, master, from Boston, bound to Demarara, out 39 days, just made the land, and come to anchor.
Advice from Guadaloupe:—The Captains of French ships lying there, impress American seamen to carry their vessels to France, they having had a severe sickness on board their ships, which had carried off their crews.—And so we go.
The equinoctial gale continued from the 22d of September to the 30th, from lat. 30 to 18.
Thursday, 23d. Arrived, sloop Keiley, Overton master, from Cape Francois, in 17 days; who left their brig Brothers, Jared Starr, who on his passage was struck with lightning, in which he lost his main-mast and main-top-mast, and six horses killed.
A late London Evening paper, contains the following paragraph:—“Lord Dorchester, we hear, goes to his government armed with powers to settle any disputes between the Congress and the Canadians relative to the boundaries fixed on at the conclusion of the late war; but at the same time strictly to enforce the terms of the treaty of peace, nor suffer, by any means, the infraction of the smallest article thereof, or any measure to be pursued that may add to the insults already offered by America to this country.”
BOSTON, December 5.
Extract of a letter from Jamaica, dated Oct. 16, 1786.
“The Musquito Shore is finally given up by Great-Britain to the Spaniards. Orders are just come out for the evacuation, and a sloop of war is ordered down to carry the same into effect, and to superintend the embarkation. The boundaries of the Bay of Honduras are enlarged. Many of the settlers on the Musquito Shore will remove thither, and some will go to the Bahama Islands.”
By a gentleman from Lisbon we are favoured with the following extract of a letter, dated September 4, off the Straights of Gibraltar, from one Capt. Thompson, on board a Portuguese frigate, cruising against the Algerines, to his friend, Commodore Hardcastle, in Lisbon, informing him, that “on that day, in the morning, a large xebec, mounting 14 guns, which for many days had remained under shelter of the rock, came out about 4 o'clock in the morning with a very brisk breeze of wind, passing most of the cruisers unnoticed, except the Triton, who immediately engaged with her, at about a league distance, giving chase at the same time, the xebec then standing with her head to the eastward, and the Triton to the N. E. the xebec out sailing her withal;—but the wind hauling round to the eastward about 11 o'clock in the morning, and the other Portuguese cruisers being then station'd to the westward, gave the Triton an opportunity of forcing the xebec for the land; and coming near up with her, about four o'clock, a smart firing then commenced by both; but the xebec, finding herself overpowered, run for the shore at 8 o'clock in the evening. She was set fire to, and by the postscript of the 5th, Capt. Thompson further says, that on the morning they had the pleasure of seeing her burnt to her keel; 132 men getting ashore, and 8 missing, which were supposed to be lost in the action.”
On Monday evening last came on, and continued without intermission until Tuesday evening, as severe a snow-storm as has been experienced here for several years past.—The wind, at east, and north-east, blew exceeding heavy, and drove in the tide with such violence on Tuesday, as overflowed the pier several inches, which entering the stores on the lower part thereof, did much damage to the Sugars, salt, &c. therein—Considerable quantities of wood, lumber, &c. were carried off the several wharfs.—The shipping in the harbour, we are happy to find, received but little injury; yet our apprehensions for the vessels which were daily expected to arrive, and which were supposed to have been on the coast when the storm began, are great.
During the above storm, a brig was drove ashore at Point-Shirley, and five of the hands perished. Particulars we have not learnt.
The most absurd and contradictory stories have been circulated throughout the country; and it may be truely said, that they have supported a bad cause by the most scandalous deception, as well to their own strength, as to the views of government.
PORTSMOUTH, December 16.
Last Wednesday being the day, agreeable to adjournment, for the Hon. General Court to meet at the State-House in this town, but the roads being rendered impassable by the late snow storms, a sufficient number had not arrived to make a House, when this paper was put to press.
By very recent accounts from St. John, Nova-Scotia, we are informed that Benedict Arnold, having attempted to JOCKY some of the inhabitants out of their property, but being detected, and the people being much exasperated, offered to deliver him up to the Americans for ten dollars; but alas! before the bargain was firmly agreed on, he made his escape to Halifax, and there got protection from the populace.
Says a correspondent, “Our political system seems to be nearly this—We have grand-fathers||—fathers †—and a large family of conceited, proud, froward and unmanageable children—This family have a large and profitable patrimony among their hands; but for want of good economy, are likely to lose it—The sons † or rather the sisters, ¶ have settled thirteen or fourteen families on the estate, and have assumed the government each of a particular family—and affect sovereign authority over their several casts, to the exclusion of that progenitorial authority, which the radical laws of nature place in the Grand Fathers of the family—by which perversion of first principles, and the pusillanimity of those juvenile, incoherent sovereignties, all those effects, which are incident to power and sovereignty, wrong placed, are every day coming into view. It is the opinion of many, that a radical cure of those political evils complained of, and which are ripening every day, cannot be effected, however in some it may be to the sovereign Fathers, 'till the Grand Fathers of the community are the centre of power and sovereignty—then the community will once more consider themselves but one body politic; receive all their laws and regulations from one and not from thirteen political heads—then and not 'till then, will that guardian knot, the interest of the whole, bind all those jarring, incoherent parties and factions in one formidable phalanx.”
|| The Congress.
† The General Assemblies.
‡ The States.
¶ The People at large.
DIED—A child of the Hon. Woodbury Langdon's; a child of Mr. George Ham's; a child of Mr. William Moses's, and Mr. John Rindge, of this town in the 60th year of his age; Mr. Thomas Pickering, of Newington, in the 33d year of his age, and Mrs. Walton of Kittery, formerly of this town, in the 93d year of her age.
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HIGH WATER at PORTSMOUTH, From Saturday Dec. 16, to Saturday Dec. 23.
Forenoon. Afternoon. Saturday, 1m after 8 24 - - - 8 Sunday, 47m after 8 10 - - - 9 Monday, 34m after 9 58 - - - 9 Tuesday, 23m after 10 48 - - - 19 Wednesday, 13m after 11 38 - - - 11 Thursday, —m after — 3 - - - 21 Friday, 28m after 0 53 - - - 12
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To the KING of ENGLAND.
Written by T. PAINE, Esq. the celebrated Author of Common Sense, during the late War.
THE rain pours down—the city looks forlorn,
And gloomy subjects suit the howling morn. Close by the fire, with doors and windows fast, And sweetly shelter'd from the driving blast, To gayer thoughts I bid a day's adieu, To spend a scene of solitude with you.
So oft has black revenge engross'd the care Of all the leisure hours man finds to spare; So oft has guilt, in all its thousand dens, Call'd forth the vengeance of chastising pens, That when I fain would ease my mind on you, No thought is left untold, no passion new. From flight to flight the mental path appears Worn with the steps of near six thousand years, And fill'd throughout with ev'ry scene of pain, From Cain to George, and back from George to Cain.
Alike in cruelty, alike in hate, In guilt alike, and more alike in fate; Both curs'd supremely, for the blood they drew, Each from the rising world while each was new. Go, second Cain, true likeness of the first, And strew thy blasted head with homely dust, In ashes sit—in wretched sackcloth weep, And with unpiety'd sorrows cease to sleep; Go hunt the tombs, and single out the place Where earth itself shall suffer a disgrace. Go spell the letters on some mould'ring urn, And ask if he who sleeps there can return. Go count the numbers that in silence lie, And learn by study what it is to die.
For sure that heart if any heart you own, Conceits that man expires without a groan; That he who lives receives from you a grace, Or death is nothing but a change of place; That peace is dull, that joy from sorrow springs, And war's the royal raree-show of kings.
Else why the scenes that wound the feeling mind, This sport of death—this cockpit of mankind? Why sobs the widow in perpetual pain? Why cries the orphan, 'Oh my father's slain?' Why hangs the sire his paralytic head, And tells in manly grief, 'My son is dead?' Why shrieks the maiden, robb'd of ease and sense.
He's gone, he's kill'd, Oh! heaven, take me hence? Why drops the tear from off the sister's cheek, And sweetly tells the sorrow she would speak? Why lists the infant on its mother's lap, And looking round the parlour, 'Where is pap?' Why weeps the mother when the question's ask'd, And kifs an answer as the easiest task? Or why with lonely steps does pensive John To all the neighbours tell, 'Poor master's gone?' Oh! could I paint the passions I can feel, Or point a horror that would wound like steel, To thy unfeeling, unrelenting mind, I'd send a torture, and relieve mankind.
Thou, that art husband, father, brother, all The tender names that kindred learn to call, Yet, like an image carv'd in mossy stone, Thou bear'st the shape, but sentiment hast none, Ally'd by dust and figure, not by mind, Thou only herd'st, but liv'st not with mankind, And prone to love, like some outrageous ape, Thou know'st each class of beings by their shape.
Since then no hopes to civilize remain, And all petitions have gone forth in vain, One pray'r is left, which dreads no proud reply, That he who made you breathe would bid you die.
State of New - Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident owners of land in the township of New-Bradford who have yet neglected to pay their taxes, that the revenue for the sale of their lands which was to have been held this day as formerly notified in the Gazette, is adjourned to Tuesday the 9th day of January next, at ten o'clock A. M. and they may take notice that their lands are taxed as follows viz.
   Lot No. f. d. q. Lot No. f. d. q.     72 1 11 1 40 1 11 1   61 1 11 1 102 1 11 1   87 1 11 1 79 1 3 2   78 1 3 2 35 1 1 3   91 1 3 2  
for the year 1785, and that so much of their land will be sold on said day as will raise said tax with incidental charges unless prevented by previous payment.
WILLIAM PRESBURY, Collector.
New-Bradford, November 27, 1785.
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State of New - Hampshire,
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, that a petition signed Ezra Child, agent for Bath, was preferred to the General Court, at their session in June last, setting forth, among other things, that the inhabitants of the said town of Bath, labour under many and great difficulties in repairing and making passable the roads through said town, without the assistance of the non-residents: Wherefore they prayed that they might be enabled to tax the lands of the non-residents for the use aforesaid, at the rate of three farthings per acre annually:
Whereupon the General Court ordered that the petitioners may be heard thereon before them on the third Wednesday of their next session, and in the mean time the petitioners cause that the substance of the petition respecting said tax and order of court thereon, be published three weeks successively in one of the New-Hampshire news-papers, that any person or persons may then appear and shew cause (if any they have) why the prayer thereof may not be granted.
Attest, JOSEPH PEARSON, Sec'ry.
N. B. The public hearings, which were to have been before the General Court at their session in September last, are postponed, to be heard on the same days, at their next session.
Exeter, November 20, 1786.
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By the late Dr. GREGORY, of Edinburgh. The whole admirably calculated for the improvement of youth, yet not beneath the attention of any.
A work published for the improvement of youth in useful and virtuous knowledge, is an object worthy the attention of every friend to the interest of learning and morality; to those this volume is presented as most excellently adapted to the important design expressed in the following INTRODUCTION to the PORTSMOUTH EDITION.
The two parts of this work, which have heretofore been printed separate, are now offered to the Public in one volume, as a system of polite and moral instruction for both sexes: This edition is critically corrected, with the special design of furnishing english schools, at a small expence, with a proper book for reading and parsing their own language, that the teacher may be provided with suitable means for mending the manners of his pupils, while he informs their understanding, by analyzing the grammatical construction, and pointing out the beauties of the most approved style.
WANTED immediately,
Five hundred Pound, in Orders
on the State Treasurer, for which Cash in part will be paid down, and good security given for the remainder, payable within twelve months.
Apply to the PRINTER hereof.
Coffee-House-Tavern,
William Brewster
BEGS leave to inform his friends and the public, that he has removed from the house he lately occupied as a Tavern in Congress-street, to that large and elegant house in Court-street, in which President Langdon lately lived, and which is commonly known by the name of PACKER'S HOUSE, where he has opened a
COFFEE-HOUSE and TAVERN, for the accommodation and entertainment of townsmen and travellers.—The elegance and commodiousness of his house (which, perhaps, surpasses any of the kind in New-England) with the convenience of its situation, induces him to hope, as well for the favors of his former customers, as for the company of strangers, whom he assures, that neither attention or expence shall be wanting to render their situation pleasing and agreeable.—His Stables are large and airy, with suitable coverings for Carriages.
He would likewise inform such Gentlemen as wish for private Lodgings, that he has appropriated one part of his house to the accommodation of Boarders, so that those gentlemen who may wish to take Lodgings with him, may be as retired and free from interruption, and be entertained with as much elegance, and as cheap a rate, as in any private House whatever.
Portsmouth, Oct. 25, 1786.
TO BE LET,
That large
Convenient House,
lately occupied by Capt. Zechariah Foss, being every way calculated for A Tavern or Boarding House.
For further particulars apply to Col. WILLIAM BREWSTER.
Portsmouth, Dec. 1.
COALS.
Louisbourg Coals, of a superior Quality, to be sold on reasonable Terms, for
Cash or Lumber.
Apply to
Jacob Sheafe, jun.
Portsmouth, December 8.
Complaints having been made that a number of children are found begging in the streets, and stealing on the wharves, it is requested of every inhabitant who knows of any such to give their names to the overseers of the poor. It is also recommended to such parents as cannot provide subsistence and employment for their children, to bind them out in the country or elsewhere, where, that the overseers may not be under the necessity of pursuing the steps appointed by law.
WANTED,
Fifty bushels of CORN, for
which the Cash will be given.
Enquire of B. DEARBORN.
TO BE EXCHANGED FOR Merchantable Pine BOARDS,
Several Orders on the State Treasurer.
Enquire of the Printer.