The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1773-04-02 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday April 2, 1773.
Vol. XVII. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
NO. 859 } Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
Province of New-Hampshire, Rockingham ss.
PORTSMOUTH, March 25, 1773.
A T a Town Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of this Town, at the North Meeting House, the Hon. DANIEL ROGERS, Esq; was chosen Moderator, and the following Town-Officers for the ensuing Year, viz.
John Penhallow, Town-Clerk.
Select-Men ; Samuel Cutts Esq; Benjamin Akerman George Gains, William Langdon, George Hart.
Overseers of the Poor ; John Sherburne, Esq; John Pickering, Esq; Ammi R. Cutter, Esq; Nathaniel Treadwell, and Joseph Whipple.
Assessors ; Hunking Wentworth, Esq; Jacob Sheafe, Esq; John Dennet, Esq; Auditors ; Jacob Treadwell, John Parker, Esq; Capt. William Whipple.
Agents ; Samuel Cutts, Esq;
Capt. William Whipple.
Attorneys ; Samuel Livermore, Esq;
John Pickering, Esq;
Firewards ; Hon. Theodore Atkinson, Esq; Hon. Mark Hunking Wentworth, Esq; Major Samuel Hale, John Sherburne, Esq; Mr. John Griffith, Mr. Jacob Treadwell, Capt. William Whipple, William Knight, Esq; Mr. Woodbury Langdon.
Constables ; Richard Mills, Clement March, David Gardner, Joseph Moulton, junr.
Tything-Men ; Thomas Pierce, Esq; Abraham Elliot, Samuel Bowles, Elisha Hill, Gershom Flagg, Ephraim Ham, Capt. Peter Shores, Moses Brewster, Thomas Bickford.
Clerk of the Market ; Charles Banfield.
Fence-Viewers ; Samuel Sherburne of the Plains, Nathaniel Peverly, Perkins Ayers, Leader Nelson, Abraham Elliot, William Ham, Sen'r.
Searchers and Sealers of Leather ; Jonathan Ayers, Perkins Ayers, George Dame.
Surveyors of High-Ways ; Thomas Pierce, Esq; Thomas Seavy, Abraham Elliot.
Lot-Layers ; Thomas Pierce, Esq; William Hart, John Dennet, Esq;
Bread-Weighers ; John Fernald, Alexander Morrison, Temple Knight, George Dame, Benjamin Mackay.
Cutlers and Packers ; William Brewster, George How, Joseph Walton.
Pound-Keeper ; Joseph White.
Surveyors of Boards ; Gershom Flagg, Capt. John Briard, Samuel Waters, John Cutt.
Hogg Reeves ; Henry Benson, Edward Ayers, Joseph Sherburne, John Thomas, James Melcher.
Measurers of Wood ; Capt. John Briard, Richard Shortridge, Gershom Flagg, Daniel Grant, Ephraim Ham, John Beck, Reuben Snell.
Corders of Wood ; Joseph Benson, Alexander Jones, John Ayers junr. Mark Foster, Thomas Thurber.
Sealer of Weights and Measures ; John Griffith.
To enquire who kills Deer contrary to Law ; Jonathan Ayers, Thomas Peirce, Esq;
From the London Papers by the last Packet.
L O N D O N, Dec. 24.
L ORD Dartmouth, we are well assured, expressed to Mr. Garth the highest satisfaction at the plan for manufacturing Starch from RICE instead of wheat; & indeed when the benefit that will there-
by accrue to the colonies, as well as the service that will redound to the poor, is considered, it would be singular if a nobleman famed for every Christian virtue did not countenance and patronise a measure so obviously calculated for publick utility.
Dec. 24. Yesterday the Atmosphere was so obscured by the Fog, and the Darkness so great that at Noon Day, Carts, Coaches, &c. ran against each other, whereby a great Number of Accidents happened: The Carriages of the Nobility & Gentry had Lights, &c. in the Forenoon, the same at Midnight: Two Horses getting loose from their Driver, running furiously into the Haymarket, beat down 2 Men, who could not see them coming, and killed them on the Spot; One or two others escaped the same fate at Temple Bar & in the Strand:—The Taunton Stage Coach was overturned near Stanes: One old John Taylor, Carpenter, a Man much esteemed, lost his Way at Furnham Green, fell into a Pond and was drowned.
Dec. 25. In the House of Commons on Wednesday last, Mr. T. Townsend made a motion, that the enquiry into the expedition against the Caraibs should be on the 27th of January next; and he read a list of officers of the 32d regiment, with Governor Melville and General Trapaud, to be examined at the bar: which was assented to. Governor Pownal made a motion, that the papers containing the treaty between the English and Caribbs in the year 1660, the account of the barter and sale of St. Lucia in the year 1663, & the account of the expedition against the Caraibbs, and the taking of St. Vincents in the year 1669, be laid before the House; which was also assented to.
Wednesday night a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Neal, James Fordyce, and Down, was holden at Guildhall, to declare a dividend, when it appeared that the proofs and claims under the commission amounted to 181,330l. 19s. 5d. and the assignees having produced their accounts, a balance remained in their hands of 33,019l. 15s. 2d. whereupon a dividend of 4s. in the pound was ordered to be made.
Dec. 28. Letters from Beauzen, dated Dec. 11. say, "A terrible fire this morning consumed 197 houses in the town of Zittau; and three persons are taken up on suspicion of being the incendiaries."
The following are the numbers of the christenings and burials during the present year:
Christened—males, 9172; females 8744; in all 17916.
Buried males, 13855; females, 12868; in all, 26053. Increased in the burials this year, 4273.
L O N D O N, January 1. 1773.
Last night precisely at twelve o'Clock, died that foul & bloated Hag, the Old Year; & though she was covered with almost every Disease that Heaven could inflict or Man create, she died of old Age.
Jan. 2. We learn from the neighbourhood of Toulouse in France, that great damage has been done by inundations in those parts, particularly at Montauban, and a great fire had broke out at the former, which consumed the Arsenal, the inside of the Town-House, part of the citadel, and several other buildings.
The French ministry have received an account that two vessels are arrived at Port
L'Orient, from the isle of Bourbon, near Madagascar, the officers and crews of which have affirmed in the most solemn manner, that after their sailing fourteen days from the isle of Bourbon, towards the Southward they actually fell in with, and discovered, the so-much-talked-of Southern Continent, the discovery of which has been the object of so many attempts by various nations.—They coasted it for eight days, but did not venture to proceed on shore, though the country seemed to appear very agreeable, and was diversified with a great variety of trees & shrubs; in consequence of this very alarming information, orders have been issued to sit out with all expedition, two frigates of war, provided with every thing proper for extending so very momentous a discovery.
Yesterday morning about seven o'clock died at his house at Whitehall, Sir Richard Glyn, Bart, Alderman of Dowgate Ward, Member of Parliament for the city of Coventry, President of Bridewell and Bedlam Hospital, and Colonel of the orange Regiment of the City Militia. Sir Richard attended the sessions-house on Wednesday sen'night, and was at Bridewell the next day to see the coals belonging to the charity delivered, and the following day was taken ill, and continued so till Thursday evening last, when he was so far recovered as to be thought out of danger.
There are lately erected on the north-west parts of the Lady Isle in the Firth of Clyde, two stone beacons for directing vessels and ships into the inside of that island, where they may ride in safety in good anchor ground, and be sheltered from the violence of the west and north-west winds.
Gosport, Dec. 20. The following account we know to be true.—A Woman named Holmes, at Newport in the Isle of Wight, to all Appearance died suddenly, in a fit, last Saturday was a week; but just before the Coffin was screwed, to the astonishment of all present, was perfectly restored to her life & health, & continues well at this time.
L O N D O N, Jan. 4.
A letter from Mantua, dat. Nov. 27, says, The river Oglio has overflowed the neighbouring country to that degree, that the inhabitants have been obliged to get on the tops of houses and upon trees, to save themselves. They have been two days in this melancholy situation without any nourishment, but the Magistrates are taking all possible measures for their relief.
Several parts of the city of Rome have been overflowed by the Tiber, particularly in the Jews quarter and the Pantheon.—This ancient temple, which is now a church was filled with water so much, that divine service could not be performed there.
Letters from Amsterdam, which arrived on Friday, confirm the account of two great houses having stop't payment in that city; the one is Mr. C—s, and the other Messrs. S— and F—; the former, we are assured, has failed for upwards of 700,000l.
On Thursday died, at his Sister's house at Highworth, Wilts, William Nash, Esq; Alderman of Walbrookward, to which he was elected in 1766, & served the office of Lord Mayor last year.
Jan. 5. Yesterday the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor held a wardmore at Salter's hall for the election of an Alderman for the

Ward of Walbroke, in the room of William Nash, Esq; deceased, when Nat'l Thomas, Esq; was unanimously chosen.
Extract of a Letter which Prince Gallitzin, Minister from the Empress of Russia at the Hague, received there the 28th of Dec. from Peterburgh, dat. the 8th of the same month.
"On Sunday last Te Deum was sung in the presence of the Empress and the whole Court, as a solemn thanksgiving for the cessation of the contagious distemper in this empire. The great precautions which the Government took upon this occasion, together with the severe frost last winter, contributed not a little to stop this calamity; and now we are quite free from it, orders are given to take off all the quarantines that were established between the two capitals, and to leave only those between Kiow and Moscow, on account of the great numbers of people which are continually passing into the provinces conquered from the Porte. Considering the rapid progress which the distemper made throughout this extensive empire, we ought to bless God that no more than 63,000 died of it, according to the accounts sent from the different provinces to the Senate."
Jan. 6. Yesterday Walter Rawlinson, Esq; was declared duly elected Alderman of Dowgate Ward, in the room of the late Sir Richard Glyn.
The Duke and Duchess of Athol have nominated the Rev. Dr. Richmond, domestic Chaplain to their Graces, and Vicar of Walton, to the Bishoprick of Sodor & Man, vacant by the death of Dr. Mark Hildersley, late Bishop thereof.
Jan. 7. Saturday evening the Etty, Capt. Jackson, from North Carolina arrived at Whitehaven, in a deplorable condition.—The corpse of the Capt. was brought ashore with the mate dangerously ill, two of the hands unable to work, and others little better. They had two months passage, and very bad weather.
Yesterday, at Guildhall, the drawing of the lottery was finished.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor sent for Mr. Akerman, keeper of Newgate, to know in what state the prisoners were relative to the Jail distemper, when the keeper declared that no such distemper raged there, which testimony Mr. Akerman will give to the Court at the opening of next sessions at the Old-Bailey.
The Chanel from Leeds to Liverpool is 108 Miles, 36 of which is compleatly finished with Bridges, Aqueducts, &c.
Extract of a letter from Warrington, Jan. 1.
"The Duke of Bridgewater's canal is now passable for boats between Manchester and the River Mersey at Runcorn, except about one Mile."
"The fall from the canal into the tide-way Mersey is near 90 feet, which within the distance of about 600 yards, is divided into ten locks, for vessels of upwards of 50 tons burden. They are supplied with water from the canal thro' batons and aqueducts formed in rock."
"Yesterday the locks were opened, and the Heart of Oak (a vessel of 50 tons burden, from Liverpool, belonging to the Duke) passed through them. This day upwards of 600 of his Grace's workmen were entertained upon the lock-banks, with an ox roasted whole, and plenty of liquor."
Jan. 8. It is reported that a certain late Viceroy, and an Irish ribboned nobleman, have been for some days under an arrest, and that the latter has been forbid the Court for sending a message to the former.
We have just received positive advices, that the Princes of the blood (in France) have at last submitted themselves entirely and implicitly to the will & pleasure of the King: so that there is now a final end to all the old Parliaments of France, and the King is as absolute as it is possible for any Monarch to be. It is true indeed, a few days before the abovementioned submission was made, the Princes of the blood wrote a very bold, and seemingly determined letter to this Monarch, but it had no effect; and they all of them went afterwards to Versailles, to make their submission in due form;
the Prince of Conti excepted, who at that time was politically ill.
There is now living at Antigua a Person whose Name is really as follows:
Jasperus Van Clump Humbert Lambert Lambert Clump Jacobus Lockman Jonas Lansford Redwood. Our Readers will hardly give credit to this article of intelligence unless they happen to recollect to what a pitch of absurdity this affair was carried by the Puritans from whom these Colonists are descended.
L O N D O N, Jan. 9.
Extract of a letter from Dover, dated Jan. 4.
"The post just setting out for London, I have only at present to acquaint you, that Captain Starr of the Union packet-boat, who brought over the French mail, &c. informs me of the melancholy account of the loss of his mate and seven Frenchmen, who were coming off Calais harbour in order to put the mail on board the express then on the road, as the Union could not get out of Calais to proceed to England; unfortunately for those then going on board the packet, the boat, by a sudden squall of wind, overset, and all in her were drowned; the mail was taken up some time after."
A gentleman who has been lately at Vienna says, that the public LIBRARY lately opened there is the greatest in Europe, after the Vatican, and infinitely better chosen, containing no less than 300,000 volumes of printed books, besides 12,000 curious manuscripts in various languages. It is said to excel in particular, in all kinds of learning.
We learn from Stockholm that the Senate was assembled on the 29th ult. by an express order of the King.
Two eminent houses at Lyons, in France, are said to have stop'd payment; occasioned by the late failures in Holland.
It is very confidently reported, that petitions to Parliament for opening the trade to India are shortly expected from Bristol, Exeter, Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin, Cork, and many other commercial towns in Great-Britain and Ireland.
The many bankruptcies which happened in the course of last summer gave a fatal blow to private credit; but as it fell chiefly on one particular set of merchants, who were not largely nor immediately connected with the trading cities in Europe, it was not productive of the bad effects which may be apprehended from the failures in Holland, of which advices are now received.
The distress arising from the first calamity was rendered very great; but still the consequences were not general; confined to a narrow circle, the misfortune was circumscribed within the bounds of it; and it was expected, as no capital bankruptcies took place in any of the cities abroad, that in a few months private credit might be re-established on a solid basis, and that trade might be again replaced in the same flourishing situation it formerly maintained.
But! alas! these hopes are vanished, and the most dreadful apprehensions are substituted in their room.
It is said that no Minister, since the time of Walpole, has been so firmly fixed in his high employment as Lord North. The confidence his Master has in him, considered as to his firmness and abilities, is unlimited. The opinion of those who are well acquainted with the political machine, its component parts and movements, are fully persuaded that it cannot be guided so much to the Monarch's approbation, by any great man of business, as by Lord North; and so persuaded are some of them of his Lordship's stability in his seat of power, that they have done his continuation in office five years, at only ten per cent. premium.
It is settled, we hear, that Lord Mansfield will resign at the commencement of the next long vacation.
The Queen, from undoubted authority we are informed, has given to three distressed families within these few days, 500l. each. Her Majesty, it is said, has declared that temporary donations are of no real service to the distressed, however they may relieve the immediate want. This is thinking philosophically, and acting royally.
We are assured, that above forty persons here in England had annuities issuing out of a great house lately failed abroad, to the amount of near 6000l. per annum; and that if the affairs of the house do not take a very favorable turn, the major part of the annuities will be reduced to the extremest indigence.
Died at Woolwich, the Rev. Mr. Stokes, a dissenting Minister.
DIED.] In Grosvenor-square, Mrs. Skinner, wife of William Skinner, Esq; & second daughter of the late Sir Peter Warren, Knt. of the Bath.—At Oxford, Mr. Benford, formerly purser of a man of war, by which, with paying of seamen's tickets, he acquired a fortune of 30,000l.—In Bloomsbury square, John Ingoldsby, Esq; a gentleman of a large estate in Carolina, and lately arrived from Italy.
P A R I S, Nov. 20.
M ONS, the Abbe d'Expilly, assisted in his researches by Commissaries dispersed in the Generalities of France, have just published a curious account of the present state on a population in this kingdom, distinguished of different classes by which it appears that there are now in France;—Under 20 years of age 4,747,516 men and boys;—4,796,735 women and girls;—between 20 & 50, 4,243,516 males, 4,648,050 females;—Between 50 and 65, 1,097,306 males, 1,318,344 females;—Between 65 & 80, 413,240 males; 588,585 females;—Upwards of 80, 610,53 males;—100,012 females. Total males, 10,562,631;—females, 11,451,726;—Making in all, 22,014,357 persons. As France contains 30,000 square leagues of 25 to the degree, its present population is at the rate of about 734 persons to each square league.
Paris, Jan. 1. On Wednesday last (the 30th ult. between one and two in the morning) a fire broke out in the Hotel (an hospital for sick people.) All the avenues to the Hotel Dieu, are stopped, it is now midnight & the flames not extinguished, however, there are not so many lives lost, as was at first reported. Upwards of five hundred poor, sick, wounded, and maimed, perished in the flames. As it was situate on the banks of the Seine, many hundreds of unhappy souls threw themselves from the walls and windows into the river, most of them were drowned or killed by the fall. There were two or three hundred women, I heard of but two who escaped the flames, two Capuchin Friars, & twelve of the French guards perished in assisting to put a stop to the flames, which are still raging, and have been communicated to a Grocer's shop, and several other houses, which are burnt to the ground, and has seized a Magazine of oil; the consequences must be dreadful. The servant whose negligence occasioned this terrible disaster, escaped, but was taken this morning with two pair of sheets which he had stolen, and is lodged in the Chatelete.
* Marlow. *
Province of New Hampshire, Cheshire, ff
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, to all the delinquent Proprietors of said MARLOW, that the VENDUE MEETING of said Proprietors stands adjourned to the First Tuesday of June next, to the Dwelling House of Mr. Elisha Royce, Innholder in said Marlow, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon; And if all the Delinquent Lands are not sold at said Meeting, to be adjourned to the Monday following. EBENEZER LEWIS, Marlow, March 12. 1773: Collector.
TO BE SOLD.
By James Ewins,
Of Londonderry, a Large Tract Land, lying in Nottingham West, containing about Four Hundred Acres, within a Mile of two Meeting Houses, and on the main Road from Litchfield to Boston, and less than a Mile of Mr. Spaulding's Tavern: Any that incline to purchase the said FARM, may apply to said Ewins, and have it on easy terms, giving Security. Also to be sold two other Farms in Londonderry. James Ewins.
New Frame of a House
TO BE SOLD FOR HALF PRICE. Enquire of the Printer
The Partnership
OF JAMES & MATHEW HASLETT is dissolv'd.

PROVIDENCE, March 20.
At the Superior Court, now sitting here, a Cause was tried Yesterday, wherein Capt. William Rhodes of the Brig Spywood, was Plaintiff, & Robert Keeler, Esq; Commander of his Majesty's Ship Mercury, Defendant. The Plaintiff sued in an Action of Trespass, for assaulting and Imprisoning him on board the said Brig, at Newport 26 Hours, on her Arrival from the West-Indies, in Sept. last.—The Jury returned a Verdict for the Plaintiff, with Ninety-four Pounds, L. Money, Damages, and Costs of Suit.
Another Action was brought against Capt. Keeler by Seth Wiley, Mate of said Brig, for assaulting and imprisoning him in like Manner twelve Days. Verdict of the Jury Eleven Pounds, with Costs.
An Action of Trover was brought by Mr. John Wiley, Owner of said Brig, for the Embezzlement of 400 Bushels of Salt, Part of two Hogheads of Sugar, and Part of two Hogheads of Rum, which had been legally entered at the Custom-House; likewise Part of two Barrels of Beef, & a Barrel of Bread. Verdict of the Jury, Four Pounds, with Costs.
John Ellis Noble was tried and convicted of breaking open the Shop of Mess. Holden and Grainger, Taylors in September last, and stealing from thence a Quantity of Cloathing; but he is not yet sentenced.
Thursday last being the Anniversary of Repeal of the Stamp-Act, the Friends of Liberty and their country assembled in the Evening at Mr. Hacket's long Room, where a Number of patriotic and loyal Toasts were drank, and the Evening was concluded with a Ball.
BOSTON, March 25.
The latest Advice from St. Vincents.
Extract of a letter from St. Vincents, Feb. 14. "I arrived here the 11th Inst. but found the Island still in Arms against the Caraibs, who have done considerable Damage here, but these Troubles are near at an end, as they are drove to the last Extremity, and Nine of their Chiefs came in to treat on Terms, and the sixteenth Instant is the Day appointed to settle this Affair which has been so much Damage to this Island; it is thought the Caraibs are not above Seven Hundred strong."
Lieut. Gower of the 14th Regiment was carelessly leaning on his Fusee, it accidentally went off and killed him on the spot.
Last Monday Afternoon a Fire was discovered breaking out from the second Story of the new Court-House in this Town;—upon Alarm being made, the Inhabitants immediately attended with Engines & Buckets, and some of them entering the Court Chamber found the Seat of the Judges, the Wainscot and Cornice of that Part of the Houie all on Fire, and was communicating to the upper Story: It was happily soon extinguished; but the Building was considerably damaged. It is supposed some Sparks of Fire came through one Side of a Funnel of the Chimney that adjoined the Wood Work.
Appointed,] Lieut. Cross, of the Captain to be Captain of the Tamar, Lieut. James Montagu of the Mercury to be Lieut. of the Captain.—Mr. Drury Midshipman of the Captain to be Lieut. of the Mercury.
Belcherton, March 11, 1773.
The 7th instant a Child from Charlton died here aged 16 Months, and buried the 8th.—A Family moving from Mendon to Amherst, riding in a Waggon, a Woman carrying her Child in her Lap, being tired, gave the Child to its Father, who accidentally slipt into a Ditch, and the Child falling out of his Arms the Foremost Wheel of the Waggon runing over the Back of its Head and one Arm, and bruised it so that it died in two Hours: It was buried with the other Child and was of the same Age: One came 100 Miles from the Northward & the other 100 from the Southward.—The Mothers went out of Town two Days ago and left their Babies behind.
BOSTON, March, 29.
A Gentleman in Virginia in a Letter to his Friend here, speaking of the Court of Inquisition lately erected in Rhode-Island says, It is "so unreasonable and unconstitutional a Stretch of Power, that I hope it will never be permitted to
take Place, while one spark of Virtue remains in America."
Last Wednesday Faneuil-Hall Lottery, the Last, began drawing here; and on Saturday No. 122 came up a Prize of 2000 Dollars, which is the Property of six Persons.
Last Friday about 3 o'clock in the Afternoon, a Fire broke out in the Custom-House; but by the Timely Assistance of the Inhabitants of the Town, a stop was put to it's Progress before it had done much Damage.
DIED.] On Wednesday the 17th Inst. in the 59th Year of her Age, of an inflammatory Fever, Mrs. OLIVER, Lady of His Honor the Lieut. Governor of this Province.
S A L E M, March 30.
DIED.] At Boston, Mrs. Sarah Dunton, aged 86. Mrs. Lydia Osborn, Wife of Mr. John Osborn, Painter, aged 23. Mrs. Osgood, near Charlestown Ferry. Mrs. Stow, Widow of the late Mr. Stow, Merchant.
---At Haverhill, on the 9th Instant, greatly lamented, Mrs. Sarah White, the amiable Consort of Sam'l White, Esq; of that Place, aged 54.
---At Topsfield, on Monday the 22d Instant, Mrs. Sarah Fessenden, Consort of William Fessenden, A. M.
---At Dorchester, Mr. Ebenezer Mosely, aged 78 Years.
PORTSMOUTH.
Since our last died here Mr. Wil m Minzey, Ropemaker, formerly of Boston, aged 61.
Custom-House, Piscataqua April 1.
Inward-Entries FROM.
  Schooner Bradford, Josiah Bacon,  St. Eustatia.    Schooner Nancy, Shadrick Bell,  New-Haven.    Schooner Merrit, William Gee,  Virginia.    Outward-Bound  FOR.    Brig Occasio, Epes Greenough,  West-Indies.    Schooner Molly, Titus Salter,  Newfoundland.    Clear'd for Departure  FOR.    Brig Mary, Robert Jenkins,  Newfoundland.    Brig Britania, Matthew Lindsay,  Barbados.    Brig William, Samuel Paul,  West-Indies.    Brig Merriam, Joseph Noyes,  Ditto.    Sloop Dolphin, Joseph Simpson,  Ditto.    Schooner Samuel, John Salter,  Ditto.  
Lately Imported, And TO BE SOLD BY
Jacob Sheafe jun.
At his Store near the Long Wharf, extream low for Cash or short Credit.
NEAT ASSORTMENT of ENGLISH GOODS.—Also, Maderia, Lisbon, and Teneriff WINE—Choice BOHEA TEA. INDIAN CORN.—PORK—TURPEN. TINE—TAR—Large Iron KETTLES—POTS, New England RUM—A few Hogheads of MOLASSES, &c.
GARDEN SEEDS,
TO BE SOLD.
By John Wiggleworth,
At his Shop next Door but one to the Printing Office; Also and Assortment of ENGLISH GOODS, and CROCKERY WARE, cheap for Cash.
[ Rumney. ]
PROVINCE of NEW HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham ss. WHEREAS APPLICATION is made to me the subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for said County, by the Owners of more than a sixteenth part of a Tract of Land, known by the Name of the Township of RUMNEY, that a Meeting of the proprietors of said Township, may be called and held at the House of Daniel Brainerd, Esq; at Rumney, on Monday the twenty sixth Day of APRIL ensuing, at Nine o'Clock A. M. then and there to vote and act on the following Articles, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator to govern said Meeting. 2 To know the Minds of the Proprietors, how they will proceed with any Person or Persons that claim or have in possession any of the common and undivided Land belonging to said Propriety, and to pass any such Vote or Votes relating to the same, as the Proprietors shall think proper.
Pursuant to which Application, I do hereby notify and warn the Proprietors of the Township of Rumney, to meet at Place and Day aforesaid, at nine o'clock in the Forenoon, to act and vote on the several Articles aforesaid. MOSES LITTLE, Just. Peace.
Portsmouth March 29, 1273.
Jonathan Moulton
OF HAMPTON, has to Let very reasonably, SEVERAL FARMS, at a Place called MOULTONBOROUGH— One of which has been improved by Mr. John Adams for three Years past, who having got his own Lands in such Forwardness in the same Town, that he intends to move thereon in a short Time.—Another of said Farms is that which Mr. Stephen Bennett has improved for several Years past, but like Mr. Adams, having Lands there of his own, has lately moved thereon.— There is considerable Quantity of English Hay cut on each of said Farms, and are got considerably into pasturing, insomuch that a Dozen of Cows may be well kept on each Farm this present Year, besides a proportionable Number of Sheep, and other Cattle. 15 Acres of suitable Ground prepared on each Farm for planting and sowing, including what was sowed with Winter Grain last Fall—Each of said Farms have a well finished Barn between 70 and 80 Feet in Length, and 32 Feet in Weadth, with comfortable dwelling Houses, with 5 Rooms. Said Farms may be let either on Shares or Hire very reasonably, for two Years or longer.
Also several other Farms in said Town which are not so well brought to, may be had on a very easy Lay.— And as said Moulton has found by a long Course of Experience, the great Advantages of improving New Lands; the Produce being so much greater than that of old, and the Settling of them being very beneficial and profitable to the Settlers, as well as to the Community, he is therefore disposed to give good Encouragement to such as incline to settle in the new Country. In particular to ten Families that will move into said Township, or the Additions of it, this present Year, that they may each of them have Liberty to plant this present Spring six Acres of good Land, that is already cut and cleared, and may have the Liberty of sowing the same with Winter Grain next Fall, and the next Year to plant or sow twelve Acres more of Land that is already cut and cleared. They taking the whole Produce to themselves free of any Rent. Also find them comfortable Dwelling Houses to live in said two Years, during which Time, if they are so disposed, they may have Places of their own, sufficiently prepared to move on.— Those inclined to accept the above Proposals are desired to apply to said Moulton soon, as the Season for planting &c. draws near. Those who should agree and settle themselves, may be supplied with Corn, Meat, Potatoes, &c. at the Price they are usually sold at in the lower Towns.
As red Clover, and white Honey Suckle Seeds, (so call'd) seem to suit new Lands much better than other Grass Seed, said Moulton has purchased a large Quantity of each, in Order to supply those that need it, which he will do at the usual Price, as sold in Boston.
Said Moulton would hire ten able bodied Men, to serve as Labourers for six or eight Months, for whom he will give good Wages if they apply soon.
Nathaniel Tilton
OF NEWBURY PORT, BEGS Leave to inform the GENTLEMEN of PORTSMOUTH, or elsewhere, that he is determined to use the Trade of Freighting from Newbury Port to Portsmouth, and would take it as a great Favour if the Gentlemen of Portsmouth would favour him with their Custom of Freight for Newbury Port, or Almsbury, which they may depend on being well used and carried on reasonable Terms.
And also would inform them, that MOLASSES by the Hoghead and New England RUM, by the Barrel sold at the Long Wharf in Portsmouth. For the same apply to ABNER BLAISDELL.
TO BE SOLD.
Four acres of good Orchard
and Mowing Land, lying on the Road leading to Little Harbour, about 100 Apple Trees on it—Enquire off Edward Cate, living near the Premises.—The above is well walled in.

[ East-Town. ]
WHEREAS the PROPRIETORS of EAST TOWN, so called, in the Province of New-Hampshire, and County of Strafford, having been legally Notified to pay an Assessment of Four Pounds Ten Shillings on each original proprietor's Share or Lots of Land in said Township, to me the Subscriber; and several of them being yet delinquent in the whole or part, this is therefore to Notify such delinquent proprietors, that so much of their Rights or Lots of Land will be exposed to sale at public VENDUE, at my Dwelling House in Rochester, in the County aforesaid, on Tuesday the twenty seventh of April next, as will pay said Taxes, with incidental Charges:— the sale to begin at ten of the Clock in the Forenoon:— the delinquent proprietors Names are as follows, with the sums due on their several Lots.
   First Division. Second Division.   £. s. d. £. s. d.    Joseph Hufsey 2 5 0 2 5 0  Samuel Jones 0 0 0 2 5 0  Allen Walton 0 0 0 2 5 0  Ebenezer Roberts 0 0 0 2 5 0  Solomon Hanson 2 5 0 2 5 0  Richard Hufsey 1 2 6 2 5 0  Daniel Young 2 5 0 2 5 0  Ebenezer Downs 2 5 0 2 5 0  Samuel Austin 1 2 6 1 2 6  Ebenezer Hanlon 2 5 0 2 5 0  Capt. Stephen Evans 0 0 0 2 5 0  Noah Emery 0 0 0 2 5 0  John Brown 0 0 0 2 5 0  Samuel Walton 2 5 0 0 0 0  Gersham Downs 0 0 0 2 5 0  Capt. Joseph Hix 2 5 0 2 5 0  Samuel Dam 0 0 0 2 5 0  Robert Hanson 2 5 0 0 0 0  John Ham 1 6 6 0 0 0  William Downs 2 5 0 0 0 0  William Gerrish 2 5 0 0 0 0  Phillip Yeaton 0 0 0 1 13 0  Richard Downs 2 5 0 2 5 0  Samuel Downs 2 5 0 2 5 0  Solomon Emerson 2 5 0 2 5 0  Ebenezer Tuttle 2 5 0 0 0 0  William Willand 2 5 0 2 5 0  Job Clements 0 5 0 2 5 0  James Canney 0 0 0 2 5 0  
NOTICE is hereby given, that there was twenty seven shillings voted on each original Right in the Year 1772. which they are desired to pay by the first Day of May next, to me the subscriber, otherwise their Lands will be advertised for sale.
BARNABAS PALMER, Collector. Rochester, March 23. 1773.
[ Success. ]
THE Proprietors of the Township or Tract of Land called SUCCESS, are hereby notified, that at a legal Meeting of said Proprietors on Tuesday the 23d of this Instant March, a Tax of Thirty Shillings Lawful Money on each Right was voted to be immediately paid for defraying the Charges of obtaining the Charter &c. Which Tax the several Proprietors are desired speedily to pay to me the Subscriber as they would avoid the Forfeiture of their Rights.
BENJAMIN MACKAY, Collector for the Township of Success. Portsmouth, March 24. 1773.
* Success. *
THE Proprietors of the Township or Tract of Land, called SUCCESS, are hereby Notified, that the Meeting which was held on the twenty third of this Instant, at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, stands adjourned to Tuesday the twentieth Day of April next, at Four o'Clock P. M. then to be held at the House of said Tilton's, in order to transact such Business as was not finished at the former Meeting.
PAUL LANGDON, Proprietors Clerk. Portsmouth, March 24. 1773.
§ Rumney. §
NOTICE is hereby given that the Vendue mentioned in this Paper of Feb. 26, for the Sale of Lands at Capt. Jacob Tilton's this Day, is put off to the Sixth Day of May next, at one of the Clock Afternoon, and will be attended at the above Place.— The Names of the Delinquents are as follows, viz. John Wright, Bickford Lang, Abraham Libbey, Humphry Lyon, Ebenezer Spencer. By JAMES HEATH, Collector.
John Hill, (Eastern-Post)
HEREBY informs the PUBLICK, That as Mr. James Milk has left off Riding, he shall proceed in Riding as POST from this Town to Falmouth, and sets out from hence on Friday Mornings at Ten o'Clock, and from Falmouth Wednesday Mornings early.
TO BE SOLD, a HOUSE, BARN, 28 Acres of Land, a small, but thriving Orchard, together with a very convenient well built Ten House and Yard, pleasantly situated upon the Country Road in Newmarket, at about a Mile and half Distance from the Landing, and a few Rods from the Meeting House. N. B. The Buildings are new; the House is 36 Feet by 28, two story, three Rooms well finished; the Land is chiefly tillage and mowing; produces yearly about 100 Bushels of Indian Corn and Grain, with a Variety of other Articles, and cuts six tons of good English Hay. Moreover, the Ten Yard and Buildings, and any part of said Lands are to be sold without purchasing the Remainder, or otherwise if required:— to be sold, adjoining to the premises, 40 Acres of principle good mowing, planting, pasturing and Wood Land; all which may be purchased at a reasonable Rate, as to price and time of payment. Enquire of JOHN DOE, living upon the premises.
On the Thursday the 8th Day of April next, at Four o'Clock, P. M. will be Sold at Public Vendue,
At the House of Enoch Clark, Esq; Innholder in Greenland, a
DWELLING HOUSE, Barn and Coopers Shop, with about three Acres of good Land, with a good Spring of Water running thro' the same, never known to be dry; very suitable for a Trader; about 10 Rods distant from Greenland Meeting House. Conditions of Sale to be seen at Time and Place aforesaid.
TO BE SOLD, ON REASONABLE TERMS, A SCHOONER,
Now lying at Kittery Point, of about 60 Tons burthen, has been improved in Fishing several Seasons, is well calculated for the Virginia or Carolina Trade.— For further particulars, enquire of John Sparhawk at Portsmouth, or Mr. Isaac Winslow, junr. Merchant in Boston.
LOST,
BETWEEN Exeter and Portsmouth, the 15th Instant a Pair of Leather Saddle BAGS, containing one Pair of Breeches, one pair of Hose, one pair of Shoes, and one pair of Silver Shoe Buckles.— Any Person who has taken up said Bags, and will either give Notice or carry them to James Stoodly, Esq; at Portsmouth, or Samuel Folsom, Esq; at Exeter, shall be paid for their Trouble.
Edward Emerson, INFORMS his CUSTOMERS in TOWN and out, that he has a Fresh Assortment of English and West-India Goods in his Store opposite the Town House in YORK, Which he will sell at the lowest Advance, for Cash or short Credit. Also, Choice BOHEA TEA by the Dozen or smaller Quantity. Said EMERSON will give Cash for FURS.
ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO,
OR that have any DEMANDS on the ESTATE of Capt. JETHRO PEARSON, late of Exeter, in the County of Rockingham, deceased, are hereby desired to bring in their Accounts to Dole Pearson of Exeter aforesaid, sole Executor to said Estate, in order for settlement. Exeter, March 19. 1773.
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.
WHEREAS my Son Jehu Moulton 5th, of late has been, and still is so much impaired in his Mind, that he is quite incapable of doing and transacting Business, tho' he seems to be uncommonly inclined to bargaining, &c. and spends most part of his Time in Riding from Town to Town, for that purpose, whereby he has already very much hurt himself as well as my Estate— Therefore I desire, as also, caution, and forbid all Persons, bargaining with, or crediting him, either on his own, or my Account, as no such Debts will be paid, nor Bargains allowed good. JOHN MOULTON. Hampton March 11th 1773.
Choice Lemons,
By the Box, and RAISINS by the Cask, to be sold by JOSHUA WENTWORTH, at his Store near Liberty-Bridge, Cheap for Cash.
Bohea Tea.
CHOICE LONDON BOHEA TEA, by the Hundred, Dozen or single pound, to be sold by JOHN MARSH, at the lowest Price, for Cash only. Likewise excellent Souchong TEA, very cheap.
[ Wentworth. ]
NOTICE is hereby given to the delinquent proprietors of the Township of WENTWORTH, whose Lands have been lately advertised for sale for the payment of Taxes, in the New-Hampshire Gazette, by me, the subscriber, that for good Reasons, the VENDUE is adjourned to Monday the Nineteenth Day of April next, at the House of Colonel Jonathan Greely, Innholder in Kingston, at Four of the Clock Afternoon. JOSEPH PAGE, Kingston, March 14. 1773. Collector.
John Adams
Opposite the old South Meeting House, Boston, Acquaints his Customers and Others, of the Arrival of a fresh Assortment of
GARDEN SEEDS,
Imported in the last Vessels from London, which he can recommend to be good, and warrants them all to be of the last Year's Growth.—viz.—
EARLY GOLDEN HOTSPUR, which is the earliest that grows, early Charlton ditto, ten Days later, Nicholson Hotspur, Ormoreds hotspur, Ledman's Dwarf, Spanish Marraucos, blue Reuncivals, large and Dwarf Marrowfat Peas, which are still later, large Windsor, early Lisbon, and early yellow Bush Beans, white and speckled Pole ditto, white Spanish, silver skin'd. Portugal white, and blood red Onion, early Dutch, early Yorkshire, early Battersea, Sugar Loaf, best red, and large Winter Cabbage, green and yellow curled Savoy, early and late Cabbage, flour, green and white Cabbage, and Cabbage Lettuce, early yellow, purple and orange Carrot, red Beet, swelling Parsnip, early dutch Turnip, Pepper Grass, best double parsley, Summer and Winter Spinage, white Mustard, Salmon, scarlet, short Top, Turnip, and salad Radish, Italian Celery, green Endive, early and long prickly Cucumber, Asparagus, large Muls and Watermelon, Summer and Winter Squash, Sweet Majoram, Thyme, Summer Savory, Baum, Sage, Lavender, Rosemary, blue and red Lupins, Nasturtains, Hemp, Rape and Canary.—Likewise a general Assortment of Crockery and Groceries.
** Gentlemen in the Country, that will please to favour him with their Custom may depend upon Care being taken in the Packing of the WARE—and shall be supplied as cheap as can be bought in Boston.
Publick Vendue.
BY VIRTUE of a LICENCE from the Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; Judge of Probate for the County of Rockingham, there will be SOLD at PUBLICK VENDUE on Monday the 5th Day of April next, Part of the Real Estate of Michael Whidden, late of Portsmouth, in said County Joyner, deceased, Intestate, containing a Dwelling HOUSE, and LOT of Land, situate in Deer-street in said Portsmouth, being Fiftytwo Feet Front, and Eighty Feet Back, with the Incumbrance of the Widow's Thirds. Also sundry Household Goods—The sale to be on the Premises, at three of the Clock P. M. on said Day.— Conditions of Sale will be shown at Time and Place aforesaid, by MICHAEL WHIDDEN, Administrator on said Estate.
ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO,
OR that have any Demands on the Estate of JOHN ROBERTS, late of Somersworth Yeoman, deceased, are desired immediately to bring in their Accounts to Moses Varney of Dover, Administrator on said Estate, in order for a speedy settlement. Dover, March 17. 1773.
ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO,
OR that have any Demands on the Estate of Joseph Weare, of Kensington, Yeoman deceased, are desired, immediately to bring in their Accounts to Nathaniel Weare of Kensington, Administrator on said Estate, in order for a speedy settlement. Kensington, March 11 1773.