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of liberty went along the Greets with his brush and
lamp-black, and obliterated or unpainted the word
TEA on the (hop signs.
Thus the funeral of Madam Souchong was cb
ferved.. She was a native of China, and after
traveling into several parts of Europe, where she
found great noti& among the great and luxurious,
she took a trip to America, She came into this
country about forty years ago, and hath been great
ly caressed by all ranks. She lived in reputation
for several years, but at length became a common
prostitute among the lower class of people. She
became very poor,, and her price was so lowered,
that any one might have her company for almost
nothing. The quality defected her, and by hard
living in log-houses and wigwams, her health v/as
impaired. Broken spirits. and hysterics Seized her,
and she died on the £rlt day of, March, 1775, at
midnight, . I'
ANTI G U A, Jan. 25.
We have received the following melancholy, ac,
count of a storm which happened at Madeira, by
Captain George Keys, just arrived he±e, ..and whole
ship was loftin it: On the Sth of December lad, the
gale came on, which obliged all the flapping then
in the bay to put out torfea, among which a large
Dutch ffiip bound for Surrinam, was drove ashore
and totally 1011, also a Portuguese brig, of widen no
account has been received firtce, and is supposed to
have foundered at sea.,
On the 17th being fine weather, and the wind
dafterly, the dipping all returned to anchor in the
bayof Fynchall. It continued fair 'till f nday the
18th, about three o'clock, P. M. when a sudden
and heavy squall came on from the south, and con
tinued to blow with such unrelenting fury, as to
prevent the shipping getting out, attended with
thunder, lightning and rain. 1 ^
About midnight fix fail out of seven were dallied
in pieces, their names as follow: The Aurora,
Captain George Keys, from London, ship loft, with
three of his hands, the Captain happily was ashore.
The Betsy Gregg, Captain John Griffiths, vessel
loft, the Captain with the whole crew, in number
fifteen, perished. The Peggy and Betsy, from Ma
ryland, Captain Lewes, ship loft, the crew laved.
A Danish ship, Captain Bee, the vessel loft, fourteen
hands and one woman passenger perished, the Cap
tain being ashore, his life was saved. Two Por
tuguese vessels, the commanders and crews leaving
them in the beginning of the gale, saved their lives,
the vessels totally loft. Captain Stewport, of the
ship Dawkins, from London for Jamaica, was the
only vessel that rode out the storm, having parted
one cable, and the other near going, when the
dreadful tempest abated. So terrible and tremen
dous a gale has never been known, in the memory
of the oldest man living in Madeira.
S A L E M, March 7.
Last Sunday Capt. Benjamin Weft arrived here,
and the next day Capt. Pearson arrived at Cape-
Ann, both from St. Euftatia. They inform us,
that on the gth of February, a whaling vessel be
longing to Nantucket, arrived at St. Euftatia from
Antigue, the matter of which, who appeared to be
an honest, intelligent person, asserted, that on the
7th, just before he failed, a ship from Liverpool ar
rived at Antigua, in about thirty days passage, that
he went on board her before she anchored, and on
asking the Captain what news he brought, was an
swered, “ The parliament is dissolved ;" The old
parliament, fays the whaler; no, fays the Captain,
the new. This intelligence was confirmed by four
or five passengers. On the whaler's asking the oc
cafiou of the parliament's being dissolved, he was
told that it was owing to their opposing the king's
measures.
The South-Carolina provincial Congress, in their
late session, unanimously resolved, that no action
for any debt (hall be^commenced in that colony,
nor any such action depending there, which was
We have inserted the above extraordinary intelli
gence just as we heard it related. We only add,
that the two Captains agree in their accounts, and
that the news occasioned great speculation at An
tigua.
We hear from Danvers, that last week one quar
ter of the trainband soldiers of that town inlifted
themselves as minute men, agreeable to the recom
mendation of the provincial congress.
Col. Lellie's rediculous expedition, on the 26th
alt. occasioned fucli an alarm, that the people of all
the neighbouring towns, as well as those at thirty
or forty miles didance were mustering, and great
numbers actually on their march for this place, so
that it is thought not less than 12 or 15,000 men
would have been afTembled in this town within
twenty-four hours after the alarm, had not the pre
cipitate retreat of the troops from the Draw-Bridge
prevented it.
Capt. Leighton arrived yesterday from Virginia,
with 1000 bushels of Indian corn and 90 bushels of
wheat for the poor of Boston.
Last Friday Night twenty- Seven pieces of cannon
lucre moved out of this town, in order to be out of the way
of robbers.
commenced nice last September return, be pro
ceeded in without the permission of the committee of
the parish or diftrift in which the defendant resides,
until it shall be otherwise determined in their pro
vincial congress. The committees are, however,
directed upon application, to give permission for
the bringing or proceeding on such suits wherein the
debtors refufe to renew their obligations, or to
give reasonable security, or are justly fu fpeded of
intentions to leave the colony, or to defraud their
creditors, or where there shall appear, to the ma
jority of the committee, any other reasonable cause
for granting such permission. The congress voted
to indemnify the committees.
BOSI 0 N, (Thursday) March 9.
Ihe freeholders of the county of Pittflvania, in the
province of Virginia, agreeable to the direction of the
grand Congress, on the 2,6 th of January last, afonbled
and chose a committee to enforce the affination ; at which
meeting the utmost good order and harmony was observed
and all the inhabitants of the county then present (which
were very numerons ) seemed determined and resolute in
defending their liberties and properties, at the rijk of their
hies, and if required, to die by their fellow fuehrers the
Bofonians, whose eaufe thy confider as their own.
The county of Fairfax, in the fame government
have resolved that the sum of three (hillings per
poll be paid by. every thithabde person in that
county, to the fheriff, or other collector, who is to
render the fame to the committee with a lift of such
persons as refufe to comply with this requisition.---
Also resolved, that the inhabitants, from sixteen to
fifty years of age, form themselves into companies
of sixty eight men, chpofe their proper officers,
and ule their utmost endeavours to make themselves
makers of the military exercise ordered by his
M jefty in 1764.
We bear from Setton,,hat on the 22a of last Month,
Mr. Daniel Bucknam of that place, in the 78th year of
his age, had a so» born by the fourth wife, which he
had been husband of in the fort face of four years. ; and
the third huJband f his prejent wife, who is in the 47th
year of her bge :---Their Jaid fen was baptifed on the
sabbath following by the name of RUSSEL. This Mr.
Bucknam had a grand child married about 8 ,ears ago.
H A RTFOR D, March 13. ,
The South- Carolina Provincial Congress have made
Choice oftbejr former Delegates, viz. H. Middleton,
T. Lynch, C. Gadjden, J. Rutledge, and E. Rutledge,
Efqrs. to attend the Continental Congress, in May next.
Last Friday his Honor Governor Trumbull pro
rogued the General Assembly of this Colony to
Thursday the 13th Day of April next, then to meet
in this Place.
Last Evening departed this Life, Mrs. Eliza
beth Bull, Wife of Capt. Daniel Bull, of this
Place, and Daughter of the Rev. John Graham,
late of Woodbury, deceased.
, Last Wednesday Mr. Thomas Ensign of this Place kill'd
a fat Cow raijed by him from a Calj, and was a few
Days Jhort of 18 2 ears old, out cj which was taken the
17th Calf of the Male Kind which Jhe had brought.
Extract of a Letter from Montreal, Jan. 18.
" The French translations of the address to the
inhabitants of this country, which are ordered by
the Congress to bh sent here, are not yet come to
hand; but there has been a translation made at
Quebec, and manufeript copies of it handed about
among the French Bourgeois (our printer dares not
publilh any thing of that nature) but they have been
of little accustomed to speak or think on fubjeds of
that kind, and are so much afraid of giving the
fmallell offence to government, that they will avoid
taking any part in the matter The Noblesse en
ter very fangumely into the scheme of railing troops,
but the priests we are well affur^d disapprove of it.
The greatoft part of the Noblesse reside in this dif
trid, and upwards of 50 of them are now gone do'wn
to Quebec, to pay their refpeds to the Governor,
and attend a ball usually given by government on
the Queen's birth-night. They expert to come
back with commissions in their pockets, but our go
vernor has not yet received hi; inftruftions. Wheat,
owing to the great orders last year, is extravagantly
high, nothing less than 3s d. (equal to ss. 3d, Penn
sylvania currency for our bushel.) We would be
glad to know whether the resolve of the Congress
will be adhered to, in dropping connection with us
unless we come into their measures. In this case,
we must order (hipping from England. We have
never exported more than 10,000 bushels of flaxfeed
in a year ; the small quantity exported is owing to
the low price, being often at as. and 2s. 6d. L This
year it has been as high as js. 6d. and if before
spring the people are assured of a good price, there
will be 100,000 bushels railed in the province, or
even more."
May Truth's bright Beams and Freedom's Rage;
Confound the Villains of the Age.
AT this inauspicious day, when tyranny lifts
her shameless front, and is followed by a
train of unfeeling apostates, I cannot let my pen
fleep.-—-,The enemies to freedom, convinced that
the Americans are not' to be cheated, now openly de
clare that the colonies must and will be fubjeded by
force : This brings up the last and great queffion,
The First and Second are already finifh
ed, and may be had of the Printer hereof, the third
and fourth will be dispatched with all Expedition.
Gentlemen who ^re pleased to dikinguifli themselves
a; P atrons for this American Edition, are requested
to be fpeeay in giving their names to the Printer
hereof, or to Ephraim Fen no, Inn-holder in Mid
dletown, that their Names may be published in the
fourth Volume, as the Subfcription.Lift will soon be
closed. I am the Subfcrjber's
Much obliged Servant,
'John M'Gibboms.
Daniel Whitmore.
Middletown, March, 10, 177,
To be SOLD, at a reasonable price,
g Small house and barn, with one acre and art
half of land with an orchard on the fame, lying
half a mile weft from Hartford town street, on the
road to Farmington, Also, fix acres of land about
the middle of Hartford South meadow. Whoever
may be disposed to buy, please to enquire of Mr.
Ebenezer Talcott of Wethersfield for parti
lars. March to, 177,
y^E the fubicribers, being appointed by the hon.
.Court of probate for the diftrid of Hartford,
commiffioriers to examine and adjust the claims of
the creditors to the eftatc of Allyn Stanly, late of
Hartford, deceased, represented insolvent, do here
by give .notice, that we (hall attend that business
at the house of the widow Elisabeth Sthnly,
in said Hartford, on the firft Monday of April, and
firft Tuesday of May and firft Monday of July next,
from two o'clock to fix, on each of said days.
Benjamin Colton,)
r Commissioners.
Gideon HUNNi)
Hartford, March 4., 1775.
"WANTED IMMEDIA1 0
JY Likely BOY, about 15 years of age, as an ap
prentice to a wheel wright. Such an one ma,
hear of a good place by applying loDavid Moore
of Simfbury. Ma-ch 10, 1774.
^LL perlons having any just demands on the ef~
late of Stephen Perry; late of Simfbury,
deceased, are desired to exhibit the fame to the sub
scriber for fettlemerit, and all indebted to said estate
Are requested to make immediate payment to
Judah Holcomb, A'miniftrator.
Whether the united colonies can defend their rights ?
If they cannot, of all men they will be the .most
miserable. But I believe they can and will de
fend them ; and if the sword should be drawn a
gainst them, they may strike such a blow as will
shake Britain to the centre. It is painful to the
Americans to contemplate measures which may be
ruinous to their brethren in Britain ; but a tyran
nical ministry, encouraged by the tories in both
countries, are now pushing their deftru&ive plans
with such rapidity and violence, that we must look
forward to the last grand hep for defence. And if
they will not hearken to the wife andjuft proposals
of the American congress, but dill continue to go on
from bad to wbrfe, the Americans will be CQmpel'd
by the great law of nature, to strike a decicive
blow, and follow the example of the cnce oppressed
United Prov:nces---pu'o\nh a manifefto to the world,
(hewing the neceflity of dissolving their connexi
on with a nation whose ministers were aiming at
their. ruin---offer a free trade to all nations—and
an affylum in the regions of America to all the op
pressed through the world This is the dernier
RESORT---and this, O Americans! you can
Do---and this you must do, unless tyranny
ceases to invade your land. This great fubjeft I
have viewed all sides round, and it might be de
monstrated by a million of reasons, that the Ame
ricans may thus secure to themselves and to poße
rity the blessings of freedom.
'.' ' TIME and JUDGMENT.
^LL persons indebted to Daniel Whitmore,
Clothier, of Middletown, are desired to make
immediate payment, or they must expert trouble.
FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS,
In Four Volumes, large OXavo, at the moderate
Price of One Dollar arid a Quarter, each Vo
lume, neatly bound and letter'd.
T HE proprietors of the fine and second Dela
ware purchases, so called, are hereby warned to
meet in proprietor's meeting at the town-house in
Norwich, in Connecticut, on Wednesday the 29th
day of March next, at 9, o'clock in the forenoon,
then and there to tranfad any matters of importance
that may be fairly offered relative to said purchases.
Dated at Norwich, February 2d, 1775.
Jabez Fitch, ,
Isaac Tract, „
Joseph Griswold,"
~ ,Elisha Tracy,
Printed by Eben. Watson, near the
Great-Bridge.
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