The New-Hampshire gazette and general advertiser (Portsmouth [N.H.]), 1788-09-11 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND GENERAL THURSDAY, PORTSMOUTH: By JOHN MELCHER,
GAZETTE, THE ADVERTISER.
SEPTEMBER 11, 1788.
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED IN MARKET-STREET.
“WHEN ANGRY NATIONS PART IN LEAGUES OF PEACE, LET PRIVATE FEUDS AND CIVIL DISCORDS CEASE”
THOUGHTS on Imprisonment for DEBT, &c.
IT has ever been a matter of extreme surprise to me, that among a people so jealous of their liberties, so tenacious of their properties, and so zealous of the trading interests of their country, as Americans would be thought, their liberties, properties and commercial interests, should still be sacrificed to the prejudice of custom. As traders, we cannot doubt that the laws and customs, respecting debtors and creditors, are of the highest importance to the community; and that they ought to be such as would tend at once to prevent the frauds and insolvency of the debtor, and best secure the property of the creditor. As Americans, jealous of liberty, and famed throughout the world for generosity, we cannot but be struck with the absurdity, of setting the freedom of individuals at so low an estimation as the paltry sum for which an insolvent is liable to be thrown into prison, & confined there during the good pleasure of his creditor. As Men, that should have a due regard to natural justice and the rights of humanity, we cannot but reflect with shame and indignation, at a legal custom of blending the honest and the fraudulent, the innocent, and the guilty, in one common punishment; or what, if not equally cruel, is equally unreasonable and absurd, the inconsistency of deeming imprisonment a punishment in criminal cases, and not in civil ones. Can we as human, as rational beings, see, without a mixture of indignation and contempt, a libeller, a common cheat, a bawd, and even an infamous pedereft, make any part of a legal expiation of their crimes, by suffering a few weeks or months imprisonment; while the weeks, the months, the years, of a civil debtor's confinement, make not the least expiation of his inability to pay, nor diminish one farthing of his debt. It is long since a learned judge expressed himself freely on this disproportion in our regards between liberty and property; saying, he thought a years imprisonment equivalent to a debt of a thousand pounds. However, this may be estimated by others, certain it is, that if imprisonment be deemed a punishment in any one case, it is absurd to suppose it none in another. And, if it be a punishment, it ought not to be inflicted on debtors at all; supposing insolvency not criminal, the debtor, by suffering such punishment, ought surely, as in all other criminal cases, to expiate his offence. A man who has paid the penalties
imposed, and undergone the pains inflicted by law, in other cases, is conceived to have made a full reparation to society; and it is actionable to reproach him with the ignominy of his sufferings. But the insolvency of a debtor renders him the property, the slave of his creditor, with this cruel, this absurd difference, that, excluded from the common benefits of earth and air, which the brute beasts enjoy so far above him, he is denied the opportunities of acquiring any thing to discharge the debt he owes; is in some cases even a burden to his injured, and therefore resentful creditor, and in all a dead weight to community. By what means it had happened, that a sense of justice, and the common feelings of humanity, have been in this case so little attended to by those whose duty it is, and whose honor it be to right the injured and relieve the oppressed, is not my business here to enquire. By the injured and oppressed, however, I do not mean only the imprisoned or banished insolvent. The property of the creditor should doubtless be considered; in which he may be as much injured, as the debtor in his liberty. But neither of them ought to be overated with respect to each other; but a just and equitable compensation be established for both. Shall the freedom of our artisans, manufacturers, and tradesmen; that freedom which every individual has a right to boast of as so justly due to Americans; continue to be held so cheap, as to be valued at less than the twentieth part of the price of an African slave? God forbid! There can surely be some more equitable and more expeditious method hit upon for the recovery of debts, and the prevention of the various misfortunes that attend both debtor and creditor by insolvencies, than the present, of personal interest for small sums and long imprisonment for any. That some such method also is necessary and important, will further appear, on considering the insufficiency of the present means to answer those ends; means, that are to the highest degree approporous to an enlightened age, a christian, or even a civilized country.
A FRIEND TO LIBERTY.
A Tribute of Sensibility, from Frances to Georgiana Christiana On seeing her sucking her Child.
HOW ardent soever the lover may be, previous to marriage, a child must increase and more closely cement his affections.
A beautiful girl must ever kindle emotions of desire, in a man of sensibility.—But a chaste and ten-
der wife, with an infant smiling at her breast, must be, to her husband the most exquisite, enchanting object upon earth.
She must also be the most flattering; for every endearment bestowed upon the child will find credit in his heart, as a proof of affection bestowed on himself.
The wife, then, who suckles her own infant, evinces her wisdom, as well as her tenderness; she lays both her husband and her child under an obligation of kindness, that can never be absolved.
Women should recollect, there is a time when the charms of beauty must cease, and the passions of youth give way to the intellectual pleasures of age. It is then good nature and good sense, with the essential ingredient, a chearful disposition, that complete the conquest of female influence.
From the EUROPEAN MAGAZINE, for April, 1788.
An Account of the dreadful Inundation of the Sea, and terrible Hurricane, on the coast of Coromandel, in the East Indies, by which upwards of fifteen thousand souls perished.
In a letter from Mr. William Pearson, to Alexander Dalrymple, Esq. INGERHAM, June 7, 1787.
My dear friend,
YOU wish to have a just and circumstantial account of the late calamity we have sustained. It is no wonder the accounts you have seen should be incoherent and imperfect; for while the misfortune was recent, our minds were distracted with a thousand fears and apprehensions for the consequences: Indeed people less alarmed and less gloomy than ourselves, might have admitted the apprehension of pestilence and famine; the former, from the air being tainted from some thousands of putrid carcases, both of men and cattle; and the latter, from the country around us being destroyed, as well as all our stock of provisions, and the fruit of the earth.
From the 17th of May, it blew hard from the N. E.—but as bad weather is not unusual at such a season, we did not apprehend that it would become more serious; but on the 19th, at night, it increased to a hard gale; and on the 20th, in the morning, it blew a perfect hurricane, insomuch that our houses presently untiled, our doors and windows beat in, and the railing and part of the wall of our enclosures blown down. A little before eleven it came with violence from the sea, and I presently perceived a multitude of the inhabitants crowding towards my house, cry-
ing out that the sea was coming in upon us. I cast my eyes in that direction, and saw it approaching with great rapidity, bearing much the same appearance as the bar in Bengal river. As my house was situated very low, I did not hesitate to abandon it, directing my steps towards the Old Factory, in order to avail myself of the Terrrace; for in that dreadful moment, I could not so far reflect upon causes or effects, as to account for the phenomenon, or to set bounds to its increase. I had indeed heard of a tradition among the natives, that about a century ago, the sea run as high as the tallest Palmari trees, which I have ever disregarded as fabulous, until the present unusual appearance called it more forcibly to my mind. In my way to the Old factory, I stopped at the door of Mr. Boures's house, to apprise the rest of the gentlemen of their danger, and the measures I had concerted for my safety: They accordingly joined me; but before we attained the place of our destination, we were nearly intercepted by the torrent of water. As the house is built on a high spot, and pretty well elevated from the ground, the water never ran above a foot on the first floor, so we had no occasion to have recourse to the Terrrace. Between one and two o'clock, the water began to subside a little, and continued gradually decreasing, till the body of it had retired; leaving all the low places, tanks and wells full of water. I think the sea must have risen fifteen feet above the natural level.
About the time of the water subsiding, the wind favoured it by coming round to the Southward, from which point it blew the hardest. As the Factory-house was in a very ruinous state, and shook exceedingly at every gust, we were very anxious to get back to Mr. Boures's house. I attempted it twice, but found I had neither power nor strength to combat the force of the wind, getting back with the greatest difficulty to my former station. About five o'clock, during a short time, we happily effected a remove. It blew very hard the greatest part of the night: at midnight it veered to the Westward, and was so cold, that, I thought we should have perished as we reclined in our chairs. I shall not attempt to describe to you the scene that presented itself to our view, when day light appeared; it was dreary and horrid beyond description. The trees were blighted by the salt water, & the face of the country covered with salt-mud; yet it had more the appearance of having suffered by a blast of hot wind, or by the erup-

tion of volcanos, than by an inundation of water, such an effect had it in destroying the herbage and foliage of every description. Our houses were found full of the inhabitants who had taken refuge therein, stripped of doors and windows, and quite open to the weather at the top; — the godowns mostly carried away, and several substantial tiled houses so completely levied, as scarcely to afford a mark of their ever existing: but our sufferings were light when compared with those of Coringia, and the rest of the villages nearer the sea. At Coringia, out of four thousand inhabitants, not more than twenty were saved, and those mostly on Mrs. Corfair's Terrace, and on the beams of Captain Webster's house. Mr. Gideon Firth, Mr. Gregory Day, and the Portuguese Pardre, were, I believe the only Europeans that were drowned. At first the sea rose gradually, and as it came so with the tide, the people were not much alarmed; but when they found it increase so as to render their situation dangerous, they mounted on the top of their Cajanhoues, till the sea, impelled by a strong Easterly wind, rushed in upon them most furiously, when all the houses at the same awful moment gave way, and nearly four thousand souls were launched into eternity. This tremendous scene was visible from Mrs. Corfair's Terrace, over which the sea sometimes broke, and they were frequently in great danger from the drifting of vessels and other heavy bodies, which must inevitably have brought down the house had they come in contact. At the Dutch village of Jaggernaickporan, I hear the distress was very great, and that above a thousand lives were lost; many of the villages in the low country between Coringia and Jaggernaickporan were totally destroyed, and the inundation penetrated inland about ten coss from the sea in a direct line; but did little more damage to the Westward of us than destroying the vegetation. It would be very difficult to ascertain, with any precision, the number of lives lost in this dreadful visitation; the most intelligent people I have conferred with on the subject, state the loss at from ten to twenty thousand souls. This is rather an indefinite computation; but I think, if the medium be taken, it will then rather exceed than fall short of the real loss. They compute that a lack of cattle were drowned, and from the vast numbers I saw dead at Nellapilla, I can easily credit their assertion. For two or three days after the calamity, such was the languor of the inhabitants, that not a Cooly or workman was to be procured at any price; it required our utmost exertion to get the dead bodies and the dead cattle buried with all possible speed, to prevent the air being impregnated with putrid effluvia. This, to be sure, was a task we could not fully execute, except just in the villages. However, no bad effects have ensued, which I impute to the continual land winds that have blown strongly for some time past. These have the property of drying up the juices of the dead bodies and preventing putrefaction, which must necessarily have been the consequence
in a damp air. It is extraordinary, that the vast tract of low ground on the south side Guadavery, from Gottendy to Bundermalanka, suffered very little from the inundation, and scarcely a soul perished. This country lies so exceedingly low, as to be flooded by the common spring tides, and a great deal of it was, in consequence, covered with salt jungle. It is probable they owe their safety to those small islands at the mouth of Guadavery, as well as Point Guadavery itself, which must have both contributed to break the force of the sea.
When we had recovered from our consternation on 21st, began to consider how we should be able to exist in such a field of desolation, as our wells were filled with salt water, our provisions destroyed; and we found, by digging in several places, that no sweet water was to be procured; when it was discovered that Providence had so far interfered in our favour, as to bring down the freshets at a very early and unusual season. From what accounts we could hastily gather, we were apprehensive that the stores of rice were either much damaged, or totally destroyed, as the rice godowns and gomarks are generally secured against an accident less formidable than this. However, the event has happily falsified our surmises, and proved our information fallacious, for rice has hitherto been plentiful and not dear. The generous supplies that have been lent us from the Presidency, will I trust, secure us from serious want. Our markets have not yet been attended by a person with any article for sale; but this is not to be wondered at, as our supplies have been generally furnished by the villages at no great distance in land; and these countries have been drenched sufficiently in salt water, to destroy their produce. The fishermen, a most useful body of people, inhabiting chiefly by the sea side, have been almost totally extirpated; and we are hereby deprived of a very material part of our subsistence. Time alone can restore to us the comforts we have lost, and we have reason to be thankful that things have not turned out so bad as we apprehend. I have tired myself in attempting this narration, and I fear I have almost tired you in the perusal of it. A great deal more might be said on the subject in a flowery garb; if it yields a moment's amusement to my friend, my end is fully answered. The greatest part of this intelligence you have already had in detail, but it is your desire I should bring it into one point of view. It is hastily written, and very inaccurate: but you will remember I was in a good deal of pain at the time of writing it, from an inflammation in my legs, so had not sufficient ease or leisure to correct or transcribe it.
Your's affectionately, (Signed) WILLIAM PEARSON.
LONDON, June 24.
A warrant passed the royal signature last week for granting Sir Frederick Haldiman, late Governor of Quebec, the sum of 2504l. 16. 10d. for law expenses
incurred during the time he filled that post.
At the same time a warrant also passed the royal signature, for granting to Evan Nepean, Esq. one of the United Secretaries of State, the sum of 25,007l. 1s. 8d. expended in presents sent to the Indian Chiefs in Canada.
Monday the Marquis de Luzerne, the French Ambassador waited on the Marquis of Carmarthen, formally to inquire into the tenor of the articles of the provincial treaty lately concluded at Loo in Holland, between his Majesty and the King of Prussia. The same is expected to be demanded of the Duke of Dorset at Paris.
PITTSBURGH, August 9. MEDICAL WATERS.
The publick are hereby informed that a discovery hath lately been made of some Medical Springs in Washington county, from the use of which many afflicted persons have already experienced the most salutary effects.
No attempt hath been yet made to analyze this matter, nor is it perhaps possible to ascertain its quality without some regular experiment; it issues in very large quantities from several large chasms or apertures in the rocks; is so very pure and light that any person may drink a gallon of it without feeling his stomach in the least oppressed, and possesseth such tenuity and subtilty as to penetrate the whole system immediately after being drank, and make its appearance in small globules on the surface of the body.
To enumerate a few of the many cures effected by these waters: A woman whose name is Crail, who had not walked for 15 or 20 years, is by the assistance of these waters restored to her strength and activity; another woman nearly in the same situation, with a white swelling, is considerably relieved in a short time: one — Turk afflicted with the gravel, received immediate benefit; several persons labouring under scorbutick complaints have experienced perfect cures, and for the rheumatism, that painful and common disorder in this country, it is a speedy and sovereign remedy.
The discovery was made as follows. Mrs. Clock and Mrs. Porter, who were taken prisoners by the Indians during the late war, were informed by some old Savages that on the branch of Chartiere creek describing this place exactly, were some springs which would cure wounds and sickness of all kinds, and that old age itself was considerably relieved by an external and internal use of them.
Those springs are on Tom's run, a branch of Chartiere creek, about ten miles from Pittsburg, and two from Gen. Nevil's; the country is remarkable healthy, provisions cheap, and comfortable accommodations to be had in the neighbouring farm houses; an indifferent bart is already prepared, and will be improved in a few days; from 40 to 100 people frequent those springs every day.
PHILADELPHIA, August 20.
Yesterday arrived here the ship Hope, from Londonderry, after a fine passage of six weeks and four days, she has brought 250 passengers in good health.
Sept. 1. Since the publication of the Journals of Congress respecting the question on the place where the Federal Government should assemble, a correspondent has favoured us with the respective pretensions of those places which have been in nomination, according as they regard centrality and population.
New York has seventeen representatives to be sent from the northward, which multiplied by 40,000, (being the number of inhabitants for each representative, as settled by the Convention) makes 680 000 inhabitants.
42 representatives from the southward, at the present rate, makes 1,680,000 Philadelp. 27 on 1 side, makes 1,080,000 30 on the other side 1,200,000 Baltimore, 23 on one side, makes 920,000 36 on the other side 1,440,000
So that, by this scale, New York has the worst pretensions to centrality and population, and is proportionally much further removed from the centrality of local situation. The centre of the population of the Union evidently falls in some part of Pennsylvania; why then are measures necessary to the existence of the Union delayed, to carry the Government from this central position?
These are characteristick evidences of difference of pretensions, which require no refinement of policy to discover, and which the people at large throughout the Union can determine, as well as the great council of the nation.
SPRINGFIELD, August 27.
In the afternoon of Tuesday, last week, was experienced in this and the neighbouring towns, a violent gale of wind, which totally destroyed a number of dwelling-houses and other buildings, and was productive of considerable damage to corn, fruit trees, &c. — Many cattle have been killed by the falling of trees, and losses to a great amount have been sustained by many of the inhabitants of this county.
WINCHESTER ( Virg ) July 23. Extract of a letter dated Fort Chisell, July 14.
“A most violent war has just broke out between the people of Holstein and the Cherokee and the Chickamawgeo Indians. It is said that the whites at different times this spring and summer, have lost 60 persons, and the Indians have lost ninety; amongst which are the Fool Warrior, Old Tatel, and Old Abraham, the Hanging Maw's brother, who is principal chief of those nations; and the following towns, on the Penefee, are evacuated, and several of them were in flames before the Indians left them: Highwasee, Chilhowa, Citico, Chota, Toca, Big Tallica, Big Island, Cayetch. Hostilities appear to be carried on by both parties with all the malice, horror and implacable hatred imaginable; to God only knows where it will stop”
BOSTON, September 8.
The reason assigned why the ring is placed on a woman's fourth finger, of her left hand when she is married, is that it is the last part alive when the body becomes a corpse, having a communication with the heart.
His Britannic Majesty by the advice of his Privy Council, has prohibited the importation of American Wheat into any of the British Dominions, on account of its being infected with an insect, which they are apprehensive might spread its baneful influence to the Grain of that Kingdom.
From the Federal Herald, of August 25, printed at Lanseburgh.
FEMALE FEDERALISM.
On Thursday the 14th instant, in imitation of the laudable example set

them the day before by the gentlemen, the Ladies of Half Moon district, joined by a number from Lanlingburgh, assembled at Waterford, and to manifest their attachment to the federal interest, formed as beautiful a procession as ever was beheld. They were 64 in number, dressed with the utmost neatness and simplicity, without the aid of foreign gewgaws to embellish their persons, but were like Thompson's Lavinai, "when unadorn'd adorn'd the most." Preceded by two ladies supporting the Constitution, ornamented with blue ribbon, on the end of a flag staff, they walked two by two, at a proper distance, and in perfect order, through the different streets, while the countenance of the numerous and respectable beholders repealed the transporting joy which reigned triumphantly within their breast on viewing the amiable espousers of the federal cause. They then moved to the green, west of the town, and beneath an elegant colonade, permitted a large number of gentlemen to partake with them of the bounties of the tea-table. While the company were thus regaling, eleven cannon were discharged in honor of the event they were celebrating.
Tea being over, a drum, fife and violin, gave the signal for a country dance, and the gentlemen handed out their partners, led down the dance in a perfectly rural style. The dance ended, the ladies again formed into a procession, and in the same manner as before walked through the town; and to close the order of the day, moved to a house prepared for their reception, safely deposited the constitution, and were again accompanied by the gentlemen in the innocent and elegant amusement of dancing, from which the company retired at an early hour.
SERIOUS and ACTUAL TROUBLES in FRANCE.
Extract of a letter from L'Orient, received by the Brig Lively, Capt. Kelsa, dated July 17.
"In this unfortunate and unhappy country we cannot depend upon any thing. The King is now at WAR with his subjects, & there are many regiments of infantry that have refused to serve him against their country. The peasantry begin to collect in formidable bodies, and have offered a large reward for the head of the Intendant of the city of Rennes, who has had the good luck to escape.
"Every thing at present seems to have a melancholy aspect; the minds of the people are much irritated. This has continued these three months and we do not know when nor how it will end. Thus we behold the consequences of a bad administration!"
EXETER, Sept. 6.
We hear from Sanborntown, that on Tuesday the 19th of August last, they had a violent gale of wind from the S. S. E. to W. N. W. attended with heavy showers of rain, which, at about half past one o'clock, A. M. blew a mere hurricane—Several hundred acres of thick wood land, in different parts of that town, were blown up and hurled to the ground—even the stoutest oaks and rock-maples were either broken off or hurled up by the roots—Many barns were unroofed, and hardly a shed escaped from being blown to pieces, one in particular, 70 or 80 feet long, was taken up by this powerful element and carried 150 rods from its foundation—Many young and beautiful orchards which teemed almost to the ground with their useful fruit, were suddenly broken off and destroyed—and those which remain unhurt have scarcely an
apple left on them—Whole cornfields were blown flat to the ground,—and even the pole fences did not escape its fury.—We are sorry to hear that many cattle were killed in the woods; but we are happy on the other side to hear that no person was killed, or received any material injury.
But its tempestuous fury did not stop here—In Meridith and New-Hampton, two adjoining towns, and as far to the northward as we can learn, were similar to the above, and equally dreadful—The sturdiest trees of the forest, fruit trees, fences, corn fields, and some buildings, were torn up and swept away by this irresistible tornado.—Several gentlemen, who happened to be in a piece of thick woods between Sanborntown and New-Hampton, narrowly escaped from their eminent danger by leaping their horses over the wind falls, which fell almost on them from every quarter.
We further learn from Hanover, in this state, that the hurricane, in many places, was dreadful beyond description, which has done material damage to many of the inhabitants—A new dwelling house, nearly finished, belonging to Capt. Samuel M'Clure, of that place, was blown down—and a shed in the same town, in which were two men and fourteen horses, was blown down, by which accident, the men and horses were bruised in such a manner, that they presently after expired. And in one of the adjacent towns as some people were attempting to pass through the woods to a neighbouring house, were crushed to pieces by the trees being hurled down on them. The effects, we fear, are equally melancholy in many upper towns in this state, of which we have not, as yet, obtained any account.
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 11.
The Governor of Georgia has issued a proclamation, commanding that all hostilities on the part of that state do cease against the Creek Indians; and forbidding all persons to interrupt or otherwise injure them on their way to, attending on, and returning from the treaty to be holden with them this month.
A letter from a gentleman at Muskingum, dated June 9. says, "Trees here are very large; one in particular, is 44 feet 2 inches in circumference.—Within these few days corn has grown 9 inches and an half in 24 hours."
It is said that the State of Vermont intends to send delegates to Congress, agreeably to the request of that Hon. body—and appoint a Convention to deliberate upon the Federal Constitution.
Congress have not declared Kentucky an independent state—they have only resolved, that it is expedient that Kentucky be declared independent. The actual reception of that district into the union, shall be referred to the new government.
A correspondent, who read in a late paper, an account of the death of a man, occasioned by the sting of a bee, says, that to prevent such a melancholly consequence by the like accident, the wound must be washed with a few drops of Alkali Volatile Flour, as soon as possible
after the sting is given. It will prevent inflammation, and calm the pain.
The Princess Elizabeth, of England, has been alarmed by a journeyman barber, who is under examination for entering the ROYAL APARTMENTS of her highness.
Spiritous liquors have been lately proved to be ruinous to the bodies, souls and estates of the citizens of America.—But there is a fact lately come to light, which proves that they are equally ruinous to our country.
It appears from pretty accurate calculations that in the course of the years 1785, 1786 and 1787, TWELVE MILLION of DOLLARS have been expended by the United States, in purchasing West-India spirituous liquors. How much more has been spent in home distilled spirits, we cannot pretend to determine, probably near one half that sum.
What profit has the United States derived from the expenditure of this immense treasure? None at all—on the contrary, it has entailed diseases, idleness, poverty, and debt upon them.
DIED , suddenly at Wolfborough, while on a visit, in the 40th year of his age, MATTHEW PARKER, Esq. youngest son of the late Judge Parker.—His loss is great to the town in which he lived, but much greater to seven young orphans he has left.—In this town, Mrs. Margaret Brewster, aged 78, and Mr. John Libbey, aged 36 years.
MARRIED , Mr. WILLIAM PITT MOULTON, son of the late General Moulton, to the amiable Miss ABRA WENTWORTH, of Somersworth, and daughter of the Hon. John Wentworth, Esq. deceased.
NAVAL OFFICE. Port of Piscataqua, September 11, 1788. ENTERED From Ship Liberty, True, London. CLEARED for Schooner Industry, Burnham, Shelburne.
Burlesque on DUELLING.
A DUEL was lately fought at Ulverston, (England) between a young gentleman of the law and a teacher of youth. The former who was fond of this heroic art, had been a terror to the town for some time, as he could not bear any person to differ with him in opinion, and on every trifling occasion gave a challenge. At last it was agreed upon, that on a repetition, it should be accepted. The dispute between the parties arose on Sunday evening the 11th of May (the better day the better deed) in consequence thereof, this young learned limb of the law gave a challenge, which was accepted by the teacher; seconds fixed, the ground and time appointed for the next morning's amusement, which was strictly attended to by the parties. The seconds loaded the pistols; that of the schoolmaster being only primed, the other loaded with a paper ball: the distance of ten yards was marked out when each took their station. The schoolmaster fired first, but only flashed in the pan; the lawyer then fired, when his antagonist fell to the ground; being greatly alarmed and intimidated, he ran up to the second to enquire if he was wounded; the answer was yes, and very dangerously; the lawyer then said I cannot stop, I must be off; and immediately took to his heels for Broughton where he hired a horse and proceeded for Workington, in order to take shipping for Ireland. It was thought proper to send a messenger to acquaint him it was all a bum, and that the
schoolmaster was very well. The person got very near him before he reached the town, but being observed by the young man, who was afraid of being taken and carried before a justice, put forwards and reached Workington, where he enquired for a vessel going to Ireland, but found none; the messenger at last came up to him with the information to which for some time he could not give credit. However he was persuaded to return and as it is natural to suppose the laugh goes against him, we hope it will, have a good effect and teach him to behave properly in company, and prevent him giving any more challenges.
AN EC DOTE.
Old Hall, a comedian of facetious memory, having run up a long score with a widow, who kept a tavern, and having no prospect of wiping it off but by marrying her, became very melancholy for fear of not succeeding. Mr. Walker observing it, and suspecting the cause, asked him how he did? "Very ill, Tommy, very ill indeed." "Pray sir, what is your disorder?" "The heart-burn, Tommy, the heart-burn." "O! I understand you, reply'd Mr. Walker; the Widow." The old man fetched a deep sigh, and departed. A few days after, the widow consenting, they were married. Mr. Walker waited on his friend to pay his compliments of congratulation, and jocularly, said to him, "How do you now, sir?" The old man whetting his finger, and making a long stroke upon the table, cheerfully answered, "Perfectly well, Tommy, chalk and water is the best cure in the world for the heart-burn."
JUST COME TO HAND.
And for sale at B. DEARBORN'S Shop in Market-Street,
THE History of the Insurrections in Massachusetts, in the year 1786, and the rebellion consequent thereon, By George Richards Minot, A. M.
Also, for sale at the same place,
Printing-Paper
Of all kinds, and a variety of patterns of very neat HANGING-PAPERS. Portsmouth, Sept. 11, 1788.
York Is. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
AT a Court of Commonpleas began and held at York, within and for the county of York, on the second Tuesday of April, 1788; on the petition of Jonathan Young of York, in said county of York, husbandman, shewing that he is seized and possessed of thirty two shares in the lot called and known by lot number five, in the first division of the inner or stated commons lying in York aforesaid, in common and undivided with Jonathan Sargent, Tho's Boston and Jonathan Hutchins, each of whom own two fifth parts of two shares; and the petitioner knows of no other owners to the said lot, and prays that his part of the same may be divided and set off to hold to him, his heirs and assigns in severality.
Ordered that the said Jonathan Young the petitioner, notify the other owners with him in the said lot, by inserting the same in the public prints agreeably to law. Attest.
J. H. BARTLET, Clerk. Old York, Sept. 4.

Parnassian Spring.
The Dram Drinker.
A FRAGMENT.
G OOD God! is this my friend, I cry'd? By slow, but sure degrees, the poison sped. And sigh'd.
How alter'd from the man that once you knew, To whims of fashion, like the needle, true. Pride of the gay, and leader of the ton; The soul of pleasure's circle long he shone; 'Till draughts insidious, from the sparkling bowl!
Destroy'd the finer feelings of his soul! By slow, but sure degrees, the poison sped. Cathier'd the man, and left the beast instead.—
Ah! had you seen him in his snabby dress, You would have felt what language can't express:
Slipshod in shoes, both destitute of soles, And coal-dust colour'd stockings, full of holes; A pair of greasy breeches—knees quite bare—
With scarce a button modesty to spare; An old black rusty waistcoat, and his shirt Was, what remain'd, a perfect patch of dirt; His coat—which his great grandfathers wore when young—
In rags and tatters on his shoulders hung, Upon his head a rusty felt he wore, Which his short matted locks scarce cover'd o'er.
These form'd the wardrobe of our once gay friend—
These are the fruits that LOVE OF GROG attend; Nay, worse than these, for reason thus dethron'd, Such wretches are by all mankind disown'd;
Disease and infamy their woes increase, 'Till death in pity gives them a release!
LONDON, May 10.
The following curious piece of intelligence arrived from Scotland yesterday:
THURSDAY last, the 24th ult. was held at Aberdeen, a meeting of the Protestant Bishops or Scotland, who having previously consulted with their clergy, took into their serious consideration the state of the Church under their inspection, and unanimously resolved to give an open and publick proof of their allegiance to the present government, by praying in express words for his Majesty King George and the Royal Family. This is to take place in all their chapels on Sunday the 25th of May inst. to which day it is referred, that the Bishops may have time to give the proper directions to their clergy throughout the kingdom. Thus an end is put to those unhappy divisions which have so long subsisted among us; and many thousands of our countrymen, hitherto suspected of disaffection to the present government, will now be considered as dutiful and loyal subjects.
ALL persons having any demands on, or that are indebted to the estate of Lieut. SAMUEL CATE , late of Portsmouth, deceased, are requested to exhibit the same well vouched to the subscriber, administratrix to said estate, in order for a speedy adjustment.
MARY CATE.
Portsmouth, August 28th, 1788.
THREE months longer from the 19th of June last, are allowed the creditors to the estate of JOHN MOFFATT , Esq. deceased, to exhibit their claims.
Portsmouth, July 21st, 1788.
Boston, August 1788.
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TO BE SOLD,
All that Tract of Land that was taken off Packerfield and annexed the town of Sullivan , in the county of Cheshire , and State of New-Hampshire , by a late act of the General-Court. For further information enquire of the subscriber, or Joshua Bracket, Esq. of Portsmouth . THO'S PACKER. Greenland, August 11.
THE creditors to the estate of Cornet THOMAS WIGGIN , late of Stratham , deceased, represented insolvent, are hereby notified, that six months from the date hereof are allowed them to exhibit their claims against said estate; and the subscribers are appointed commissioners to receive and examine said claims, will attend for that purpose, at the dwelling-house of the widow Martha Folsom , innholder in Stratham , on the second Monday in September and of the five following months, from three to six o'clock, P.M. JONAT'N WIGGIN, } Commis- SAMUEL LANE, jr. } sioners. ANDR'W WIGGIN, jr. } Stratham, August 21st, 1788.
State of New-Hampshire , Strafford , ss. THE honorable the Judge of Probate for the county of Strafford , having allowed six months from the 8th day of July, instant, for the creditors to the estate of JOHN GRIFFIN , late of Durham , in said county, Esq. deceased, represented insolvent, to exhibit their claims: The subscribers being appointed commissioners to receive and examine such claims, hereby notify all persons having demands against said estate, that they will attend upon that business at the dwelling-house of Mrs. Hannah Griffin , in Durham , the afternoon of the first Monday in August, and the afternoons of the first Mondays of the four following months. JOHN SULLIVAN, } Commis- EBEN'R THOMPSON, } sioners. Durham, July 24th, 1788.
(CHESTERFIELD.)
State of New-Hampshire .
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the township of Chesterfield , who have not paid their taxes for the year 1777, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber, on or before the 25th day of September next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the dwelling-house of Eleazer Marble , innholder in said town, as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
   N. R. s. d.     Wilder Willard 9 3 4 1   10 4 4 8   Benjamin Lynds 5 3 3 9   6 3 3 10   John Kindall 2 3 2 4   E. Day 1 4 2 4   Thomas Smith 2 8 5 0   Simon Hunt 5 2 3 6   Oliver Butler 8 2 4 8   William Spaulding 8 7 3 6    JOHN PEIRCE , Constable. Chesterfield, May 30th, 1788.
A FURTHER time of 6 months being allowed for the settlement of the estate of JOHN WENTWORTH , Esq. late of Dover deceased, the commissioners will attend that service, at his late dwelling house, in said Dover , on the first Tuesday of the next, and of the four following months, from two to six o'clock in the afternoon. MOSES WINGATE } Comiss's. W. ATKINSON } Dover, July 17th, 1788.
WAKEFIELD
State of New-Hampshire .
NOTICE is hereby given to the non-resident proprietors and owners of land in the town of Wakefield , who have not paid their taxes for the year 1784, that unless they pay the same to me the subscriber on or before Tuesday the 23rd day of September next, so much of their land will be sold at public vendue at ten o'clock on said day, at the dwelling-house of Captain David Copp , innholder in said town; as will pay the taxes together with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
first division. 2d division.
   N. ac. s. d. q.     John Hayes 2 110 2 0 2   Nath'l Meservy 12 50 2 11 1   M.H. Wentworth, Esq. 21 110 1 9 2   Thomas Miller 22 62 1 9 2   William Stiles 23 26 0 8 1   Love Roberts 25 110 0 10 3   Richard Hofey 26 110 2 8 1   Paul Gerrish 27 110 1 9 2   Benjamin Roberts 28 110 1 9 2   N. ac. s. d. q.   E. Downs 30 100 2 6 2   Step. Varney 38 70 3 7 0   Step. Evens 42 110 2 8 1   Nath'l Horn 43 71 1 7 2   J. Brown 57 50 1 9 2   J. Roberts 58 100 5 7 2   A. Howard 60 50 3 7   G. Downs 63 100 3 7   S. Gerrish 66 50 2 8 1   E. Cromwell 62 100 8 0 3   T. Downs 72 110 1 9 2   J. Cady 75 66 1 1   Solley & March 77 110 1 10 5   W. Hussey 79 110 1 9 2   John Ham 82 70 3 1   John Miller 83 18 1 9 2   Benj. Horn 84 50 2   T. Wallingsford, Esq. 85 110 3 11 2   W. Downs 86 100 2 8 1   W. Gerrish 87 100 3 7   R. Downs 92 100 1 9 2   S. Downs 93 40 9   T. Nock 94 100 1 9 2   S. Emerson 95 100 1 9 2   John Horn 48 110 3 1   Samuel Page's Gore 147 110 10 3    WILLIAM MOOR , Collector. Wakefield, August 19, 1788.
(CANAAN.)
State of New-Hampshire .
NOTICE is hereby given to the proprietors and other owners of land in Canaan , in the county of Gratton , that at a legal meeting held in said Canaan , the 25th day of December, A. D. 1786, a vote was passed to lay a tax of eighteen shillings and nine pence lawful money, on each right of said proprietors for the purpose of making or repairing a state rode through said town; also, another vote passed on said day, to pay for settling the lines of said town: This is therefore to notify said proprietors, that unless they pay said taxes to me the subscriber, on or before the 20th day of September next, so much of their land will be advertised for sale in this paper, as will pay said taxes together with incidental charges, unless prevented by previous payment.
DANIEL BLASDEL , Collector. Canaan, August 22, 1788.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of JOHN TUFTON MASON , late of Buckden , in the kingdom of Great-Britain , Esquire, deceased, are desired to make speedy payment—and all who may have demands upon, or accounts open with said estate, are requested to settle them with
THOMAS MARTIN , Attorney (to the Executrix). Portsmouth, August 7th, 1788.
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