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he can only 2zain-offer, in their behalf, bis
recommendaiions to their grateful country
and his prayers to the God of armies.—
May ample justice be done them' here,
and may the choicest of heaven’s fa
vours, both bere and hereafcer attend those
who under the Divioe auspices have secured
innumerable blessings for others: With
these withes, and this benediftion, the
Commander in Chief is about toretire from
service— The curtain of {eperation will soon
be drawn-=and the military scene to bimy
will be closed foraver. e
EDWARD HAND, Adj. General.
S A L E M, November 20,
The Dutch Ministers in France, in a lets
ter to the States General, atier reciting their
proceedings in the late negeciations, Con
cludeas follows: |
¢ The Miniflers Plenipotentiary of the
Courts of France, England, and Spais,have
signed the Definitive Treaties at Versailles,
and that of America yesterday at Paris. By
the latter the formar Preliminaries are only
converted into a Definitive treaty 5 there
yet remain some contentious matters 00
which the parties have not altogetaer
agreed.”’ § 8 o
General Thomas Mifilin is chosen Prefis
deni of Congress. ———General Dickenfon i
ele@ed Governor of New Jersey. v
PORTSMOU T H, Noveber 22:
’E“HE Greneral Court, at their jate Session in
Concord, after pafling ( among other
Thiogs) the following Ass and Resolves;
adjourned without Day. ‘
Refclved, Tolengthen out the Tims for
fettling the Boundary Lines of fundryTow ns
in the County of Gratton, r
Resolved, That the Continental Loan Of
ficer in this State ( for the Time being ) be
dire&ad to issue Certificates tor the Payment
of Interefl due on Monies loaned at bicOtice
and owned by theCitizens of this State,com
pwing the fame for as maty fuill Years as
thay be dus on cach té:fl'fieé&évav Ceritigaie
prior to the 28:h Day ot vebruary 1783,
An A& fur the hzzgouragemcnt of Liter
ature & Genius,and for securing to Authars
the cxclufive Right & Beaefit of pubiifliing
their literary Produlticus for twenty Yeais,
“An A& for allowing a further Time to
record Grants and Charters of Land within
this State. .' 2 ESN
An A& to nullify an Ouder of the Court
of Sessions for the County of Hillfbsough,
relative to an Highway, .
Thursday merciog iafl; an lifh fallor was found
drowned near the lopg-wharf in this town ; it being
very dark the s7:ning be'ore, it was supposed he fell
vl nemping (8 g 0 os Voard Awgfel. .
[OTICE it hereby givea 10 the noa-cefident
owners of land in the town of Ackworib
that so moch of their laud will be [ld a: public ven
due en Tuelday the niach day of December, 2t ning
o'clock A. M. zt:he houls of Henry Silby, Efg; in
said Town, 2 will pay the tax for the year 1782
with incidertsl charges, anie(a prevenied by previous
‘paymant; No. R. PR T I
James McGregore 3 7 Timothy Dustin i 1 10
David McGregoie 5 7 Jem.s McGregore 12 10
Oliver Pierce 6 7 Ditig ;- 2319
Ssmpfloa Stedderd 17 7 Jorachan Hardy 12 11
'{:mfl Nevens 311 Wifeman Clagget 13 11
obert Fleicher -~ 3 12z Wiliiam Simons 15 12
- Preprietors 21z SolcmonGre i 1 48
~ Dinto 7 32 Jemes Blaachard ¢ ¢
Jame» McQuillla 15 1035 Fowers =~ g 9
foha Gilmore i 8 7 Elguire Luchwich 1 ¢
Samuel Cuminicgs 3 8 Mauhew Thornion 2 10
David Barpe 14 8 3amuel Weniworthi6 10
Jonsthan Biam 15 8 Ro“ert Adems = g 11t
. Fermer 7 ‘g Col.Grecly . " 10 11
Besjamin Biam ~ 6 g Ditio 11 1
-James Blanchard - 310 Wifeman Clagget 12 1
David Brown 4do cibnng . [ag ol
J. Fermer 7 10 ) Craige,half - 2 5
The Tsx vpoa e:ch of the aforefaid Lots s ning
Gillings avd fix pence new emiflion money, and fwe
pence infilver, JAMES CAM/LELL, Co:lt.
“ Acwaqreb, Novirg.capßg. tooc L TR
¢ A KNAPSACK, contisicg sundry Articles,
Fo the learned and ingemions Silioor of
e AR NPT OO
SRR R : ,
P ERMIT one of your wery bumlls
atmirers to express the mfinite fatisfac
tiom he has received by your late remarkalls
pertormances,—l am induced to sue for this
indulgence, from my concerd for you, on
obterving vour teatifes handled with dif
refpe@.— You were compared in your [quab
ble with Leonora, to a bad painter, who
having painted a cock, drowe away all the
cocks and hens, and even the chickeans, left
thole who puffed his shop; fhouid make a
comparison wich his woik + But 1t is equally
obvious o the eye of common penetration
that your writings are really extro ordinary,
as, that since wit and- iéarning began to be
mace u'e of, they were never o fearce as
within your own 273, as 8 writes, or ‘that
dunefs and ignorance were never [0 openly
eacouraged and promured. You observe,
that ** nothing can operate where ’us nor,”
and *“ that an effet follsws (and 1s not prior
to) its caule’’—thele arcama in philosophy
grace the inveltsgation of the medern NeEw -
TON 3 but a guesting arifes~=fhould they be
publithed to those who &ither are insensible
to their merit, or have not gratitude to re
ward them ?° Your mets physics might fuf.
fufe a dye of confcionfocson the cheeky
even of the immoreal Locke, 5 -and yeur
perfe& knowledge of the * affeclions of the
heart,”” mocks the documents of Chefter
fi_ld himfelf, which before your appearance
15 the literary worid, were teceived withno
small share of applaufle. Permit me (g
congratulate you on your laie trivmph.—=
Leonora "has fhrook behind the foene,
wounded with the keennels ¢f vour fadre,
> Twas almot unpardonable that you kaow
10g the consequence ot a similar exerion of
the sarcastic vein, did not restrain the impe
tuolity of yedr pen.—-iJ-—tt—nleil a facri
fice 1o the asperity of the English Rabdais,
and [ frar the fhates of the American may
to Leoriora prove altogether as formidable.
- Your Major was secure “till attacked by
the unparalleled prefomption of Leonora,
Ycur Minor gave you a falr opporrunicy
ot biuthing away her piki ful atpeifions ;
and your coNcLUsion has not only brought
you off viCtorious over il your eénetnies—
proved afl your wruiogsa most perfe@ fi'ly
gifm—thar there ils noz a sentence io either
of them which can be said to be ¢ in digefled
ideas” —butr by a Houre before your day
urkoown in logick, hasin afurprifing man
ner evinced your premfes congenial with
itlelf. You have been plesfed to inform
the pubhic, you * desire only to be known
and judged by your addrefs—fuffer not, 1
beseech you, long to agonize with expella
tion of indu’gence —remove tantalifm, and
be persuaded chat (hould your address prove
as amcemmon as your writicgs, the world will
bestow on it the fame degree of admiration.
e herc‘igafnam‘ra!‘gfifk}?;’jin the mind
which cannot be supplied by learning or
philofophy® —in deference to you, this fen
‘timent {tands undisputed ; yet as we are
loth to forego our long established opinions,
Yam pained at the neceflity you im’pele of
considering a vacuum in that head of yours,
where, but for your writings, 1 had ever
Yuppoltd 8 PLENUM. o\ sy oo £
T expeét not to do jufice to your pieces—
particular comments cannot but #njure them;
your Latin and French phrases—your apt
- nefs at fimilies—your quotation of antient
politics, and your extraéts from the modern
‘was taken op on Tuesday the 18:h laliant, 1a Portimouth -
Printiag Office, provipg his property, and payiaZ chazear
poets, conspire to prove how far vour a'ma
macor ter-ds toimprove an untuior'a mind—
mackind caa oniy lament tha by cor R.ing
them w 4 Guzegte, you should profinuge
{hole abilities. which, well ueatured, may
grace the arghieves of furure ages, and make
a ¢oz pirsens figore on the venerable Lt of
literary heroes. ‘
But | 1 jure mankind in"thas trefp:fliig
on your paticnce.— i'o conclude, I Iympa-:
thite with you in bewailing the degeneracyof
the times—agree that ** virtge has but few
sincere friends’”— that * her post 1s a pest
of danget,”’ and if you pleafe,a post of honor,
Am persuaded you can refer us to miny a
period in the days of the old Romans,when
her hrine was attended by .a much larger
number of votarics, == 1 hefe my sentiments,
ate not singular ; but a mulu.ude of ac
knowledgments must weund the nice aed
delicate feelings ~your fccouc treatise ae
guaints us, are so high a degree yoorown.
Xou bave now given occulir dementira
. . . 9 ;
tion there are no ““ observations” to yo#
unanfweizble ; and that he 18 a fool cr
fnadman,who (hali hencelorth ever “impute
your {iience to an acknowledged lenie of
conviétion.”’ CANDIDUS.
NaAvaL-Ors ick, Port Oi ' riscATAQUA
- CLrARED, Nov. 22.
Schonner Dolphin, Spencer, for St. Jubns,
diip Lydia, .» . Roberts, . Gaudaloupy
Brigantine Fxney; Pauker, Tobagad
Yehaoaner Ny b 1) natdfon, Bi-bodos,
8 Ll, s¢i O¢s | Ay ",{“lkm{l‘?‘;éhif fl (h- i‘fl;:ffl
L% of Binth:cp Pickering: lareol Newingieo. gen
veman, deceased, ste heecby reqaefied to exhubic he
ixme 10 the fabferiber, efscutor of the L.t will of
it ¢ decenfed ; aad ali indebied 10 the decealed; &i@
defiied to mtke immediate paymane,
Newirg.on. Nmfezqzcr tZ2 Epbraim Picke ino,
FEN B L Comm fosers Gpon he estate ¢t he 1€
3 Eiko Gueouifor, ¢ecenled, reprefened irfol
vewi; hareby give noiics tha fix menths Linger ‘s al
lnwed for recsiving cleime ; and ull crediors are o¢-
fi ed 19 exhibit the {smne 33 soon as may be. to the said
vomm fiosers, who w il atead arthe boule of Mg,
[iary Frizall, in Kuatery, —on Meaday the 24 hinf,
aud on she fitfl Ronday of she five [utceeivg months,
frem two to £k o'clock afiernoen, 1o reciive said
eims, _ Buees, Sov. 18 583,
%‘%'L::wm Bie y my wiic, has beboed in niy
f¥V abicies in a very unbetoming mancer, by
russing me ia debi, defiirg my bed, ard waflicg my
prope.iy : I thersicry forbid any perfoe or pe:f:ns
truflirg her om my &ccount, as f am dstermined not
¢ pav any debi (e may conrro &t from the d2ie heresh
Por{mouh, 21 Nuov 1783 Cormlisis Diffwrel.
% TOHLE s L eraby gues (5 the yor-rehiceat proA
L g prieicrs of (o 2 towe of Bricawen wro hive
pos psid the'r taxes fo7 'he yerr 1782, thet orlelethey
pay the famz .o me ihe {ablci o on ot befnre
Tuaeldzy che g h of December rext. {o much of their
Jands 23 will pay thersx=s,with sccrairg charges will
be {cld at public vendue, on {3id dsy, at my cdweliing
houle i Botcawsn, a: ten o'clock fersnom -
No. acre:. s d. N . xcree; s.d,
R.Grescgugh baliico g 2 ‘ haif 450 4
. haif 80 4 4 Jomes Mertill © 4508
‘ G _ 450 O+Stephen Moody 45 1.0
Samecel Gerrifh 100 2 © Wilijsm Ripp 1002 10
Daniel Hale 100 2 6 Besjumin Smith 100 210
3rd, RSB g : 4508
_ £ 8o 8 8 Arch, Woodmsen 100 58
Jonathan Illey 100 110 801 l 165.8
jofeph Knight,haifßo g 8 - 4508
’ half 4;19 4 Edward Emgry 1002 8
Moses Knight 1003 8 Ebenezerßurrilliso 110
-801 l g 4 Samuelßradford 1508 4
| iz § 45 o 8 Berja. Bird, half 150 5 8
George Litde Ico 3 8 Joan Choat, 15036
e ;4o LS G
Joseph Morse, jr. 100 6 2 JohaWsisnrighthf 50 5 6
‘A. Tiicom?b, helf Ico g 4 . FRS
- Bofcawep O& 6 1783 Curing Nover, Couß.
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. Next WEDNESDAY. at TEN c’clock,
At the Vendue Room
‘Next door to the Printing- Office—/whers
- Goods afe taken in & fold out ai pubiicSa'e)
“Sundry forts of Goods, &c. &ec.
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