The Boston gazette, or, Country journal — Boston [Mass.], 1776-07-22 00:00:00, page 3

Ia pursuance of the Declaration for Tndepen
¢y, a general goal delive .;git;h;iefp;&;m;dgﬁ;f -‘
ors, tovk plec: _Lest,qn}gg“ BRI P, S TR
Last 1 hu:fday moraing it was reporied ia
tewn, - that Lord Howe was artived it Sandy-.
Hock, with a large flect from Ecgland. Between
land 2 o’clock P.M. twe (tips hove in ﬁﬁ?t"‘ and
joined the flzct at the Watering Place ;about au’
nour aftera ship fuppefed obe the Phaiix. ofg
guos, a frigate of 28,aad 3 renders -got uad.¢
way at Staten lfland, and tteod up for ihis city.
= {he arcoy soon tock the alarm, andin a few
inutes every man wasat hiz fation, well provi:
ved with all neceffarics for a vigorous deience ;-
but as (oemas the thipscame near Bedlow’s tlind,
theyinclioed towards the Jersey Shore, Lo avoid
ofr baiteries that then begsn to play upon them:
from every guartér on buth sides of wie river ;
and aotwithiiaadiog they mult havereceived con
fiderable damage, they ood their course up ud
fon’s River, firing {everal broadsides as they went
along, without either killing or woundisg auy of
our prople, who on the occalon behaved with
uocamamon bravery. A Rrocg (cutherly wind,
and the tide of flood faciitated the thips geiting
sb.ve the batteries near the town, ta. we hear
they were roughly Bandled abjut 12 miles up the
river, trom waeance they have ust yet . attempted
so return, bui we hear lay at T'arry- Fown, apout
30 mil.s up the tiver, on Saturday eveaing.
Scveral thot went thro’ diffzcent houafes in the
towa; two intothe houje of Mr, Verdine £+
worih, at PowlisHook; three inte Capt, Clarke's
houlé at Greenwich; one of which weat through
the front and lodged in abcick wall atthe heoad
of Miss Clarke’s bed, in her chawb:r ; a iccond
went thro’ the hou'e, and the third destroyed se
veral trees before the dooryaud teckits cuurie -
to the woeds. Sie g LG or
A ball alfs frock the howfe of Mr. Daniel Pie:
pix, and frem chactook tisceurfe to the new dwel
liagot Me, Chriltopher Smith,ia the oppofi.clide
ol thafireet. : ;
4 R O VED/EN CEy Joly a3z
Since eur lalt fore Officers of tae Bauth Fleet,
who had broke their Parole of Honer, by going
b:yoad rie Limucs prescribed by the Generai Cow.
grels, were brought toTowa, and icceredisGoal,
Saridn R g Wl Jun ol
Lal Saturday arrived at Salen . trom Guada:
loups,the SchoonerPalley, Daviu G loud, Malter,
wh has boo’t 100 Cufks of Pewder, üboui y 0 or
80 Small Arms, and a Number of Curniap: aad
Swivel Guas. % . o x
Lvis-reported, that Captain Johalon in ths
Yaakee Privatecr, who ient iate this Port two
waluablePrizes;atewlDays ago,on hisPailigcHome
the Prifsners rofs and evercome the Privateer,
_coufin’d &im apd his Crew im irons, and carricd
themiats Halifx. - = = SN,
. On Thuriday was committed to Exster Goad,
the noted Samuel Dyer.” e is {ufpedicd i being,
-concerned in giviag lntelligeacs to Geueralizow,
WAL ERTOQO W:N, July a 2,
Ths Post for Crowg Poiat fess oui this Day
(and gvery Monday).at Ten o’clack, from e
Houfs of Mr, Stepien Harris ta this fowa, where
Licviers are to be feni, in order to-be torwardud,
.Gratis. He returns oa Saiurdays, 0. .-
Thursday falk, parfuins 1o he Orders-of the
honorable Couacil, was procl:imed,ivom theßal
cony cfthe State House in Bodon, the BECLA
RATION: of the AMERICAN CONGRESS,
abfelving the United Colonics from their Adls
giance to the Britith Crewn, and declaring thsm
FREE and INDEPENDEN L STATES. [here
were prefeat. on the Occalion, in the Councit-
Chamber; the Committee of Conncil, .aNumber
of the honmorable House of Representatives, ihe
Magifirates, Minillers, Scle@tmen,and other Gen.
tlemaen of Boston and the neighbouting Towss ,
also the-Commiffi)n Officers. of the Contineniy)
Regiments Bationed i Boften, and otherOffic_ps,
Tvio of tholz Regiments were under” Arms in
Kingltreet, farmed into three Lines en the Norch
Side of the Sueet, and in thirteea Diviffons ;
and a Detachdent from the Maflichuferts Regi
mentof Artillery,with two Picces of Canaon was
gg‘thciergm Wing. At One ¢'Cleck the De.
claration was proclaimied by the Sheriff of ¢he
County of Suthulk,which was reccived withgreat
Joy, expreflied by theee Huzzas from a‘great Con
couife of Peogle afl:mbl:d on the Occalion. After
whicl, on a Signal givén, Thirteen ‘Pieces of
Caanon were fived at the Fort on Fort-Hill, the
Foits at Derchelter Neck, the Caflle, Nantafket,
and Point Alderton, likewise discharged their
Cazoon : Then the Detachment of Artillery fired
thiir Cannon thirteen Times,which was followed
by the two Regiments giving their Fire from the
thirteen Divifi’ns ia Succeflion. These Firings
corresponded o the Number of the American
States United. The Ceremony was closed with
2 proper Collation totheGentlemen in theCoua
il Ckamber ; daring which,ths following Toalls
'were given by the Prefilent of the Covneil, and
heactily pledged by the Compavy viz.
. Prosperity aud Peipetuity to. tic United Statés.
BOANOReR T Tv g ey A i s
Y he-Amerigan Gomgraft..; ) RS L
. The General Court of the State Jﬂd]f'}“’v
ﬁ‘} :B'a}:". 3.‘ ok e Y .‘l\' io 2
General WASHINGTON, nd‘iujc:'éﬁ; to Ihe
Arms of the United States. s & ~ilpec i o
The dowrifall of Tyrants and Tyranny. . - -
" The universal Prevalence of Civil and Religious
Llbeity 5e g R T
Ths Friends of the United Stater in all Quarters
of the Gishe. ¥l “ £is7
" The Bells of the Town were rusg en the Oc
‘cifion ; and urdiffembled Feflivity -cheer’d and
‘brighten’d every Face. , N
* On the famé Daya Number of the Members
of ‘hs Ccuncil {(who were previnted auvendivg
thz Cercmony at Bafton, on account of the Sem:ll
Pox being there) together, with thefzof the Hon,
Heafe of Reprejentatives whowere in Town, and
a Number of other Gentlemen afferobled at the
Council Chamber ia this Town, wiere the said
Decclaration was also Pr cl<imed by the Secreta
ry, from oneof ths Windows’; afier which, the
Gentlemen present partack of a deieent Collaticn
prepared cn the Occalion, and’ drank a Nemper
ofc.r Ritational Toafls; andthen retived, ;
' We'bear thet en Thuc{day lait cvery King’s
Arms in Bolion, and eviry Sign with any Re-.
ferablance of it, waether Lion & rown,Pefileand
Mortar & Crown, Feirt & Crown, &c. together
“with every Sign: that beiooged to a’Tory, was
tzken down, and made a geaeral Confl . gratien
of in-King Street._ . hsss SRR O
The King’s Arms, in/ this Town, was on Sa
turday lalk, also defaced, -~ . WS
Thursday last ihé Tyrannicide Privateer, in
the Service of this Stdte, commanded by Jobn
Fitk, carried iato Salem, an zrmed Schooner of
8 Carriage and jg Swivel Guns, and 30 Men,
which he tock off Gperge’s Barks abou: thiee
Wecks ago, after ‘agpobinaie Engegem:at of
three Glufls, T«JSchrmncr belonged ro-and
fail’d with the Fleet which is arcived at New-
Yo.k, and . wis ong of those which B:lougcd to
the Rear Division. The Tyrarnicide had one
Man killed, and one Weund:d, and was much
thatter’d, butis narsrefitting. and willfoon berea
dy franother Cruize. The Captain of th eSchoo,
ner and oae Manwas killed ; the Master loftone
&rm, andahear 10 woundad, several mogtally.
We hear the Inhdbirants of the Town of Bos
ton, both on the Alarm and Train Bard Lilts,
are Notifi:d and direét:d, tg obediepce ‘0 an Or
der of the Great andGeneral-Cotrt for tha! Pur
pole; to appzar on Boflon Common this Day, at
10 o’Clock Beforenoon, it fair Weasher, if mot
the gext fair Day These who have Arms and
Acceutreténts are to appear therewith. " They
are rot to F it upen the Penal y of Tea Pounds
82 be puid in twenty four Flouis after Demand .
- @3 Fhe Pablic ure hereby captioned to be on
their, Guird «giinft recciving Continenral Two
Dollar bills for Ten Dollars, (there being nofach
Dciominaiion,) us 2 Number of fach are now
p tiug, a Centleman i Berkshire hiving lately
taken two of those Bills. Al the aliera‘ionisin
the Werd T WO, which isaltered to TEN, and
easily discovered. .. : A
Yeflerday afhip with 15e0Barrels of Trovifion
arr ved fafe at Boston, from Ireland. | °
Alfoa Frencly (hip with Weßt India Goods.
The foilowing A pafled the General Assembly
in their lase Session, viz, B E
An A for makipg and emiiting Bitlsof public
Credit, 1o the 4mogm of £ 100,000
An A& for the Fepealing and ﬂ;aki.’:,f_l void one
Clanfe of an A 8 wade andpafed in the Tear of eur
Lord 1772, enlitled, An A& for '?/t:r:'ﬂg the Time
of holding the Court ff General S;ffion: of IhsPeace
and Luferisr Crurt of Gommon Pleas in the Céunt;
of Cumberland and for ¢ftablifbing one gtherCourt
of General Sessions sf the Peace and Inferior Cou-t
of Cominan Pleas to ée beld in said Ceunty annu
ally for the future. S, A
An A for altering the Stile of Writs Procefos
and all Law Proceedings witlin this Cslony, and
Sfor directing how Recognizances 1o the Ui: pftb'g
Gsvernment fhail [or the future be taken and pro
feented. el . ;
AnAG fo¥ erelling the Plantation cclled]+richo
in the County of -Berkfbire, into & Town, by the
MName of HANCGLK. y :
An Aﬁfar fuﬁpl_yl‘ﬂg f/!tTrlJﬁlrj qu:‘lé{;@oéo-o‘.
An A& ompowering the Juflices of the Corirt of
General S« ffians of the-Peaceinthe feveralCountivs
in this Golony. to permit one or more iniculating
Hospitals to be erelled in cach of the [aidCounties.
_ An A& toprevent the Continuance of the Small
Pox in the Town of Bofion, and ts licence lnocu
dation there, fora limitted Time. ;
{The Protest from the Town of Barnfiable. &yc. is
Gome toHard, and [ball have aPlace in our nesis,
. “." 455 "_-, l’ 54 y e . ;
THIS 15 to inform thele it may
coticern, Fhat, JOHN POPE, who of lareY cars,
hath been much nored in curing wialignantUlcers,
fcrolons Tumours, and inveterate Cancers
huviog by Reason of the difkrc{fed_Siiva:ion of
te Town of Boston, his-pauve Hoeme, removed
into the Country —now refi les at Smithficld,near
Woannfuker F:lls Ra-de ]=d Governorent. =
40 theplouie ot Kopr:jentstives juiy 12, 1776, ~
; N th- memorial of Fofeph Reed, in behalt of
O the inhabitants of Bosthbay, in the coun
ty of Lincoln, praying that the petition and me
morial presented by their agent to th: General -
Ccurt in cheir feflion in Marck lalt; for, quisting
the inhabitanes of said Bosrhsbay in theirpeledion,
may bz nowa&:don. = = ey e i
Refolvedy T hat the said petition and memorial
prefeored in March last, and the feyeral-an{wers
to he fams which haveheen received,togethsr witlh
the memorial of Paal Reed, and al} papers ac
‘comparying f4id memorial, be referred 1o the
third Tuesday of the next fitting of the General
Court; and that the Sccretary be dire@ed to
publish this orderin the Watertown, Boston and
Pertfmourh news papers, thar all perfonsiotereft”
ed as claimers of Jand in Bseibbay may be notified
to fhiew caole, if.any they have at that time, why
the prayer of the said pstition and memorial of
Marchlalt ‘thould not be grasted. .~
: Sent up for Concurrence. . .
¢ o o William Ceoper, Speaker pro.tem. -
In Crancil July 12, 1776. Read and concurr’d,
: S Fehn Avery, Dep’y. Sec’y,
Consented to by the mejor Part of the Council. .
/]lru:Cqﬁy,; Attest FOHN SVERY D Sec,
2 e RO TR G L D),
Stout Rrong bealthy negro. man, about 2§
A years-of age, has had the small pox, can
turn his_ haind to almost any.thing ; he likes
farming bulinefs the best; ke is well cloath d,
The paymay be on interelt, giving security. En
quive of the printer, CETi SRR
Strayed away from the Subscriber, twoSieel
Calves, abopt fonr Months old, one a dark red,
the other has a white Face and some whire ftre«ks
on the Back'; ‘which went «ff about 14 Daysbe:
fore the date hereof.. Whoever fhail take up
said Creatures and convey them tg the Owaer, in
Watertown, shall be handsomely rewarded for
their Trouble, by | PrINEHAS CHILD.
- Watertown, July 20, 1976, = - .
& to be fold,. 1t app:ied tur:imxpcdu:_c!y, :
A small 2nd very neat Assortment of. En«
lith G00D5,; cheap for Cath, loquire of the
Priater. .. e Do e S oy
- dn O UNCLE: Julycis, 796" -
7 HEREAS the Maritime Court for the
g rv - Middle Diltri& of this colony, is adver
tised tobe heid at Boston, on the 23d dzay of july
inant, forthe trial of the jultice of cthe ciptures
of the thips namedthe Lord How, George, dnne
and Lady Juliana, 20d the brigantine pamed the
Anzabella. Anhd the Judge of [aid court present
ed a pstition to this court, The wing that finte 4o
advertifzment alorefaid, be Gads ic will be incon
vanient, if not impradic-ble, ta ho'd his court at
Bolton as aforefaid; and pruying this court_to e
nable kim 10 hold the fimec utt at Salem,in the
cousty of Flex.on the fuid 23d day of July'; and
this cour. #%crewpon, by a Ravlve pafled the gth
day of Julyinftant,ordered the faidMaritimaCourt
to be held at Salem accordingly : But it now ap;_'
pearing to this ceurt thatit will be most conveni.
ent th 't the said Maritime Ceurt forthe trials a
forcfaid, be held at Salem aflurefuid, en the 3oth
day of July mfanks S Ry 5
Resolved,” That the Resolve aforefaid of this
¢ourt, passed on the fuid ¢ h day es july, be and
hereby isteveked ; and that. the said Maritime
Court, for the trial of the jullics of the said cap
tures aforclaid,be held at the conrt-houleinSalem
aforefaid, on Tuesday the 30:h day of July in
stant, at the hour of ten in_ the forenocn ; and
that all preceedings at the fame court shall be
valid and ¢ffc@ual in law, io like maaner avif it
had been held in Boston, accerding te the origi
nal advertisement thereof —Of which all perfung
concerned will take natice,and govern themislyes
accordingly. Sent down for. Concurrerce./
: . s b dne. AVERY, ;Deb, Seel iy
In she House of Representatives, July 13th, 1476
1 Read and: concarr’d. el % :
. WILLIABM CUQPER, speak pratem, .|
Consented to by the majsr-Part of the Cousncil,
2 Atrus Copy. Atteli. - Fobn 4very, D, Sec.
WILLIAM PRENTICE
i NEFORMS the Publie, That he has r2uoved
l from Boston, asd has now for Sale at kisShep
eppcfite the Court House in Cambridgs —A va..
riety of Engiith Goods suitable for the Seafon—
émongl which is, a great choice of bread cloths,
callimanco 29d ruflcl shoes, Kippza’s Sauff by tlig
bottle, &c. &¢, :