The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, September 18, 1761, Page 1

) ~ i o , YRS | New-Hampfhire ¥ Ve ¢ THE - .Containing the Frefbeft Ad*vigé,f, . A newr Method to g;:)inguijb Fires, which we doubt mot will be acceptable to our Readers, .more efpecially thofe who live ir populonsTorwns. . ’ . ‘.. Y L O ND:-O N, June 11 Fire, 'is reccommended to she atgntion, -Pablic. . i I'T is apprehended ‘that this dreadfu! calamity, which on & fadden reduces num- bets to a difttefledecondition, mey be mate effetually ptevented, or leflen’d, by the ule of earth, than water. To prove this opinion by experiment, let two fires - bé made of the fame fize and firength, each confifting X’ v of three or four tons of coal, and let the ame number of men be employed to extinguith each fire, one With earth, and the other with water ; let the earth and water be carried at equal diftance, or let the fame quantity of earth and water be flung on each firg, and it will be found that the earth will [coner and more cffectuslly an{wer the end. In this experiment the earth is fuppoled to be dry, without she affiftance of any water to moiften i, and that one remedy may be 25 readily procured sas the other ; whereas it is certainly otherwiie : earth is very often nearer-e¢t hand, efpecially in country villages and about detached houfes, and may be conveyed by more ways and methods than water ; and tho’ moft cities snd towns are furnifhed with fire engines greatly im- oroved by the ingenious Mr. Newfham, yet it is im- agined the perfons neceflary to work one of thefe en- gines may do more efif(&unl fervice, and ftop the pro- grefs of fire fooner, by carrying earth : befides, fo much time is generally taken up, in procuring and fetting n engine to work, that a fire often gathers fuch ftrength, and rifes to fuch a head, lhri( becomes very difficult to furthount. Now, if the firft opportuaity was em- braced of applying earth, very probably the fire might be fmothered in its birth. Earth has, undoubtedly, one very vifible and fignal advantage of water, in flopping the progrels of fire, Suppols the roof and upper floor of a houle are burn- ing fo violently that theév cannot be prelerved, if the floor beneath is covered over with earth or {and a foot or fix inches deep, (and there isfrequently time enough for doing this ) the progrefs of the fire downwards will be checled, and by this means all the lower part of the Roule fecured, for whenever the upper floor falls in, the fire not meeting with frefh fuel, will graudally diminifh, and may foon be guite excinguifhed. It is the nature of fire (o a&t upwards, as water does downwards ; to incresfein velocity as it alcends ; and to communicate in houfes from roof to roof. There- fore, when g fire bresks out in a town, the inhabitancs of the houfes adjoining to the houfe on fire fhould im- mediscely bé employed in covering their garret floors -with eerth; that in cafe the fire fhould reach them and their roof be deftroyed, all the other part of their houfes might be preferved. ! The effe€ts which dry earth has on fire, is every day feen by the Makers of Charcoal, tho’ not thought leait of in thiscafe ; when their fire is at the greateft height, it is the conftant practice to [mother it with dry dult, even its own dult and afhes. I will venture to zfirm, that, in many cafes, one bufhel of earth will be more {erviceable than a hundred gallons of water. -When water is thrown on a floor that is on fire, it inftantly runs off, and if the quantity is not fufficient to quench the fire, it adds to the tirength and fury of it. A fmall quencity of wateron a hot fire alts like wind, as may be proved by the blatt of the Elopile. Wind and water have the farns effet on fire ; if the quantity of wind isfufficient, it will put out a fire ; but it not (afficient to extinguifh,it incresies the flame:; as may be obferved by a lighted torch ; a great wind will blow it out, 8 morderate one make it burn fait, On the contrary, whatever quentity ef earthis thrown on a fire, it remains there, and no degree of heat is capable of making it increafe fire, butas faras it covers, it prevents the progrefs. Mauny bad fires have begun in [mell chimoies of bed chambers ; the foot taking fire, falls down, and fets fire to the floor, and ( if the fire be not timely extinguithed) to the whole room. Suppofe there were only two peo- ple in this houfe, and the room was two ftories high, and thefe people fetched up as much water as they could azarry, and flang it on the fire, by the time they could return with ‘more, it is very probable the fire might be greatly increafed ; whereas if each of thefe perfons had fetched an spron full of fand or earth, and fpread it on the floor but half an inch thick, and that moiftened with & fmall quantity of water, it would have prevent- ed the floor trom burping, and give fufficient time to ex;inguith the whole. The befk method of putiing FRIDAY, SerTEMrE 18. 1761.. HE following method of ex:ingnifl\ir;g. i fubmitfed ¢5 the judgment, of the, G _out a fire in achifiney, is to ftop it at the bottom, for no fire can bura without air, ‘One inconvenience from water is obviousto every fpedtator at a fire ; that from the water thrown'upon it e_fteim is generated, which is oftentimes fo copious snd denle, as to intercept the 'views of the fire ; and fo ex- tremely hotas to preven: any near approach to it for a -confiderable time, during ‘which the fire 15 increafing: Another difsdvantage from tvater, when two ftories of a houfe are on firg, is, that the fteam of the water from the lower fire aéls liks & Pair of bellows to the fire above. Andthe’.sa fire happens 1a be foon extinguifhed by waier, the lof% fuftained is generally grear, by the damage done to fine ceiling, hangings and farniture, which are {ometimes entirely ruined by the water flung in : when thefire is only in one room, the water dam- ages moft part of the Moufe ; whereas if it had been extinguifhed by earth, no room would have fuffcred but that where the fire was, The principal objeétion to the ufe of earth »n this " occafion, is the difficulty of conveying it to the roof of = houfe, and when conveyed there making it to re- main. In anfwer to this, I think a machine may be contrived to convey it expeditioufly to the top of the higheft houfe : and in the next place, the lofs of the roof is inconfiderable in comparifon to the lofs of the whole houfe and what it contains. If the gerret floor was covered with a propér quantity of earth, the roof might be knocked down, without any danger of com- municating the fire to the lower part of the houfe ; and if the great advantsge of carth was generally known, and proper ufe made of it, many fires would be fup- prefled before they reached the roof. ’ Houles that have flat roofs or parapet walls, or where houfes are built clofe together, fome earth might be placed on the outfide of the roof to greatadvantage. I would recommend to the inhabitants of London, or any large town, by way of a precaution to have always a confiderable quantity of dry earth or fand in fmali bags, contsiping 50 or 100 wt. each, lodged in fome proper and convenient places, from whence it may be readily and expediticufly fetched on any em- crgency. And I wifh fome of thofe philofophical Gentlemen who delight in mechanics, would give themielves the trouble ot cont:iving two machines,one for expeditioufly raifing carth to the top of a houfe, and the other for tirowing of earth on a fire, when it is got to fucha height that no body can come near e¢noigh to throw it on by hand. : I have put thefe few hints toge her with a defign that they may be confidered and improved upon by perfons who are more capable ot handliag this fubjeét. If they fhall be deemed in any degree ufeful or ferviceable to theend propofed, I fhall have great pleafure and fatfs- faction ; if they are looked upon in another light, all I can fay in excufe, 1s, that I meant to contribute to the happinefs of my fellow crestures, if it had been in my power. ‘THIS is to NOTIFY the Pro- prietors of a Tra& of Land, granted to Jrhabed Robie, Efq; and others, by the Purchafers of the Right of Jonv TurTon Mason, Efg; to meet at the Dweiling Houfe ot Capt. Benjamin Swett, Innholder in Hampton- Fails, on Tuefday the Twenty Second Day of Septem- ber next, at Two of the Cleck in the Afternoen, to receive the Report of the Committee that was t0 lock out a Road in faid Trz& of Land : And alfo to take {uch Method as the Proprietors fhall think proper, to have the above [aid Road cleared, and if needfull ot raife Money therefor. And to take fuch Method as the Proprietors fhall think proper, with thofe delinquent Proprictors that have not paid the Charge of their Rights. Dated at Hampton Falls, ByOrder of the Committee, Aug. 26th, 1761. exrY Rosig, Pro. C/. R i i A e A e W [V WHEREAS I, the Underwritten Febabod Whiddest, of Newmarket, in the Province of New-Hampthire, Cordwainer, on the fiift Day of September 1761, gave a Noteof Hand, for the Sum of Siz Hundred Pounds, O.'T. unto Timathy Marray. of Strathgm, in faid Province, Mariner, payable on De- mand ; THESE are to Warh all Pérfons not to accept of the faid Note (thould it appear to be Negocisble) by Way of Endorfement;, becaufe the lasid Note was given a3 a Pledge., Iceason WHIDDEN, Portfmosith, Sept. 10. 1761. - TO BE SOLD Reafonably . By JOHN FLAGG, junr. Near the Hon. Marg H. WeNTworTH, Efg: Molaffes by the Hogfhead, Coffee Nuwms. { WeEks fince this Papzn - {was firft Publifh’d.” : AZETT E. Forecign and Domneftick. %59 tythe Bag, beft French Indigo by the Pound, or larget Quantity, New Jerfey Hams; Rice, Flour, Rhode Ifland Checfe, Alifpice, Onions in Traces, Whale Bone, Pra- vidence Lime, and Sheeps Wool. $1§ Molafles at Forty Five Shillings per Galloen by the Hogfhead, and Indigo at Eight Pound per Pound. N. B. Said Flagg gives Cath or any of the foregoing Articles for good Jamaica Fifh, Mackrell and Ojyl. L O N D O N, May28. Yefterday Morning John Brett was executed at Ty- burn for Forgery :He was genteely dreffed inMourning with a Cockede in his hat, having formerly been an Officer. At the pisce’of Execution. he made a fhort Sp'eech to the Populace, wherein he owned he was guilty of the Crime for which he fufferéd, and hoped others would take Warning by him.— May 30. The unfortunwie Mr Brett, who was ex- ecuted on Wednefday lalt was a moft accomplithed Gentleman, he wrote as fine a Hand as moft Men in England 5 his Thot’s lowed uncommonly clesr and quick 5 his Di€tion was admirably good ; he underftood mof_l Branches of the Mathematicks ; and was = good Latin Grammarien, of which he has left fome proofs. Dbz following imperfet Letter was fent by Mr, BrerT to a Friend the Day before bis E xecution ; ‘“ My dear Friend ! bt I *HUS is probably the laft time Ifhall put Pen ; to Paper—To morrow—To morrow— muft come, when I fhall launch into Eterrity ! —O my dearFriend / Itis a dreadful Plunge ; Nature recoils at the Thought of a Diffolution, and the human Frame flu}dd:r: at the Apprehenfion of Annihilation-- Anihi- laion! It cannot be --the Notion is injurious to the greac Creator of the Univerfe. Cen we fuppofethat & Man, formed after his own Image, fhould be fent to crawl upon this Earth fora Moment as it were, and be no more ? No : thereis certainly a Somewhere, in which we in a higher Station, fhall be made acquainted with the Purpole of our Creation, and enjoy eternal . Happinefs. O may this place be mine ! It muft! God 1s gracious, merciful and juft ; and will not for the Frailty of a wesk Mortal, doom him to sn Eternity of Torments. I redt in this Hope; and though my Crimes are manifold, Hsppine(s awaitsme ; and who dare to circamf{cribe the Power of God, and fsy I have cffended paft Forgivenefs ? The Laws of Man indeed doom me.to fhame and Punithment, which I confels have merited ; but the Mercy of the Almighty is un- bounded, and the Gates of Heaven are opin 10 8 re- pentant Sinner. My Penitence { if I know my [elf ) is {iMere, thercfore I doubt not of a Share in Glory.. . > Buct ftillT am called back to Life ;...an aged Father's Heart bleeding with Sorrow for an unhappy Son ;... s Wife... a tender Wife, and two helplels Babes, the Darlings of my Hope ; thefe, thefe, are left to mourn, & Hufband’s and a Father’s Fate. ... This is too much -+ - left to encounter the Scorn and Reproaches of an ill judging World. O my Friend ! be thou their Com- fore ; transter the Love you once bore for me to thofe unbappy, innocent Sharers of my Difgrace. I can no more . ... Farewel ... a Time will come when we fhall meet agsin ;. .. once more, Farewell ; pray for me ; and may the Lord receive my Soul into his hea-~ venly Manfions, into thofe Regions of Blifs, where L may join in Chorus with Angels and Archangels, in finging Mallelujah’s to the Moft High.” PORTSMOUTH. From a London Print of the 30th of June laft, which was bro’c by a Veflel arrived at Cape-Anne, from Lifbon, we have the following important Articles, L O N D O N, ]June 30. E can affure our Readers with the utmoff Com= W Sfidence, and from the beff Authority, that we are at the very Eve of PEACE. 4/l the fecre? Points of the Negociation between M. de Buffy and eur Minifiry are fettled, and nothing remains undetermined, except fome few Matters of meer Form. We may alfoon this important @ccafion, congratulate the Public on the Firminefs and Conflancy of the Englifb Minifiry, who, we are affured, bave not receded from the Terms at firfl in- JifBed om. Tke principal Preliminaries to it, w> are told, are, Thar the French reflore Minorea. That all Nersth America, dosyn to the Miffifippi, to be ceded to the Englifh. . That Nieupirt and Oftend be given up to the Queen of Fangany, on the payment of the Money due to the French on thems ‘T hat Guadaloupe, Senegall, Goree, and Belleifle be re- Sloredto the French. , We bear, bowever, the Minifiry are determined.not fo ceafe Hoflilities *till the Preliminares are figned by ‘the Duke of Choifeuil bimjelf, to prevent any Evafisn.whick might bereafter bappen from the Extent of the Power given to Monf. Buffy. Advices from Augfbourg inform us, that the Fremch