The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal — Boston [Mass.], 1773-09-16 00:00:00, page 2

yie’ded he peop’e; hew will you anfwet
their delegates when they call you to accoum
for daring a contempt of their authoiity f
Yuu must eirher deem ynut'e f luperior
tn ’heir unit'd power, or think if compro
mising the nutter a hule while before hand
You have Saint ]n< mas a Becket, lor an
examp e in the GUI cale, and no very briliam
character that I know of in the latter, it
you are jealous of the honour of your high
Nation and can hardly think of Hooping to
tender »lu faiisfaclory account of your
intention o any nun or even to any body
of men in this country, it is believed an e
qua!, if not superior CpUst will be found in
the power which the conltitution has ap
pointed to curb (uch intclkrable haughtiness.
Duty* patriotism, indeed every obligation
divii e and human Ive upon them to bring
you to terms, and if you cm fucce'sfudy
wirhftand them, there is fttU a power in re
serve, which hardly ever miHes its aim
when thoroughly engaged to rid itlelf of a
tyrant, though immured in a lu'kifh
Seraglio. This power, Sir, ]ou have ever
*fl"6ted tode'pife; how wifely ,experience
will doubtless inform you.
• 1 am Sir, with insuperable deference to the
able and impartial distributers of justice,
Your honor’s molt obedient humble servant.
. An Indtpcndant WHIG.
County of Suffo’k, Stpmnbtr ® 773
F R I D |A Y September io.
BO S T O N.
We hear from Worthington, that on
the 31st ult. as a man was aflifting to un
load lome hay in a barn there, he fell from
off the mow to a lide ladder, the sharp end
of which entered near his groin, and tore
him in a Ihocking manner, Io that he bled
to death in a few minutes after.
Portsmouth, September 10. On the
25th ult. the Commencement was held a:
Dartmouth C Hege, at which after the in
troduCVuy prayer,.a salutary oration tn Eng
lift) was delivered by M>. Dian ; then fol
lowed a syllogistic deputation in Latin ; then
a Hebrew oration on the beauties of the
Old- Testament, by Mr. Smith.
In the afternoon was delivered an oration
in Latin, by Mr. Huntington, on the ad
vantages of the arts and sciences; a Foren
fie deputation in English; an oration in the
Indian language by Mr. Dean, on the cus
toms and manners of the Indians, and a
dialogue in Enghfh.
After which the following young gentle
men were admitted to the degree of mallei
of Arts, viz. Stephen Davis, Joseph Gro
ver, James Dean, David Huntington, E
merson Fuller, and John Smith.
Also the following gent emcn who have
heretofore had the degree of Mailer of Arts
conferred on them at other Colleges, viz,
The Rev’d. Meliks. Dav.d Rowland, Sa
muel Kirkland, Eden Bourroughs, David
Avery, Obadiah Noble, and David Mac
cluer. John Hurd, Elisha Marlh, John
Wendell, Simeon .Olcot, and Bezaleel
Woodward, E(quire% Mr. John Hotch
kifs, Mr.Ra'ph Wheelock, Mr. Ebenezer
Gray, Mr. Oliver Whipple, and Mr. Elijah
Williams were admitted ad eundem.
At the fame time the degree of DoCtor
of Laws, was conferred on his Excellency
luhn Wentworth, Elq; Governor of this
province 3—and the degree of Dodor in
Divinity on the Rev. Samuel Haven, of
p«ZLh, .nd ,<be R«»- Stephen WUI
- public exercifa (which
were perfmond in >he presence of a eery
Jarec and refpedble audience) were dosed
with an anthem tollable to the occasion.
The whole being conducted with great pro
priety and decorum. .
N B The commencement is held at
hid College on the fourth Wednesday in
Augult annually I wh.ch the year entomg
will not be lad Wednesday, which has by
many been toppofed to be the day appoint-
SATURDAY, September ii.
.BOSTON.
The Select Men of Marblehead have
rublifhed a notification, whereby they in
furm the pub ic, that there is not one per
l3n in that town sick ot the Ima!) pox ;
that the boufe where that difttmper firtt
b oke out, is nearly cka led ; and that ail
market men and t avcikn may now come
there with fafety. .
Wc hear that advice is received of the
death ofCapt Croft of his Majesty’s (hip
[amar, at Carolina.
Newport, September 6. At a town
meeting, held on last I uelday, the fame
gentlemen recho f en Representatives
f-- this town, who served lail f.'hion of
vT-mbly.
We this minute leant, th-t the faflory
xnd al! the other buildings at Senegal have
been lately defboyed by fi e.
M O N D A Y, September 12.
BOS r O N.
Lift Friday to/nrright the Grand Jury
fi ufheu their bufiaefs) befideb the
Bills found by them, prclented the Superior
Court with a paper of which the following
is a copv. ’ -
To the Honourable Superior Cwt of Judi
cature, holdin at Boston, i« the County of
thirty fir ft day of J.
The Member of the Grand Jury of Inqutft*
for the Jaid County, beg leave humbly to
represent,
“ I HAT, as they conceive, the Grand
Juries of this province, have ever been
remarkable for the faithful difeharge
of their duty ; nevertheless it appears by
a number of letters written by genilemen
who hold the highest rank in the Province,
that they have been otherwise reprelented,
as greatly deficient in the execution of
their important trust ; being under the in
fluence of a fadon, in opposition to good
order and government : Of this, the giand
jury complain to your Honours, ?s a very
great public grievance, tending to destroy
the neceflary-impartance, if not the being
of juries (which have long been the envy
of foreigners, and as this honourable Court
have justly observed in their charge to us,
“ the protection of Englilh liberties, with
their good W Ihes that they may be con
tinued for ever.” Ihe grand jury look
upon it that in the exercise of the powers
they arc vetted with, by the laws ot the
land, they arc accountable to no man,
however great ; but only to God and their
own confidence : And that they have a
right to claim ail that protection to which
this Honourable Com t, in their jurifdiCbon,
are entitled. —Aad it is their moil
request, that this Honourable Court wou.d
take tome tffcCtual meatores for the preter
vatiun of this mod valuable branch of our ex-
C lien civil constitution from ruin or con
tempt lhc grand jury would beg leave
humbly to represent, luat the minds of the
. o. pcop col thi-county aregfcat’.ydiftrel
leu with the uncertainty concerning tbe sup
port of this Honou able Court, whether it
is, for the future, to depend upon tne free
grants of the General Affcmbly of this
province, according to the invariable cuf
t >m and usage, or upon the grants of the
crown t Your Honours full determination
upon a point of lo interesting a nature, is a
matter of the moll anx ous expectation in
this county, and probably throughout the
province : A dependance upon the crown
has been in our opinion justly resolved by
the Houle of Representatives, which is the
'grand inquest of the province, to be sub
versive of just ce and equity : We sos-
licitioufly hope that your Honours have de
clined such a dependance agreeable to the
expectations of that Honourable Houle ;
And wc beg leave to express our o
pinion, that such a determination explicitly
made public, on the part of your Honours,
would quiet the ruftkd minds of all ranks
of men in the county, and we conceive in
the province ; and it would remove certain
doubts and difficulties which the grand
jury at present labour under.
As in duty bound the grand jury Ihall
ever pray. Signed,
Oliver Greenleaf, C'erk,
Per O der
TUESDAY, September 13.
BOSTON
Capt. Watson, who is arrived at New-
York from Ncwfoudland, on the 14th of
Anguft.. in lat. 39. long 6j. fpokc with
Capt. Andrews in snow irom Boston for
the Weft-Indies.
MARRIED.) Mr. William Spooner,
Merchant, to Mrs Lucy widow
of the late Dodor Samuel Marlhail, de
ceased.—At Grafton, Mr. Samuel Elliot,
a noted Taylor from London, to Mrs.
hetabic Blanchard, widow of the late Mr.
Joseph Blanchard or Oxford.
DIED.) Mrs. Lydia Lewis, widow of
the fate Phillip Lewis, dreeafed.—At
Charlcftown, Mrs. Screech, widow.—At
Salem. Mn. Mary Hodges, wife of Capt.
John Hodges—At Beverly, Mrs. Abigail
Davis, wife of Capt. Thomas Davis.
New-York, September, 6. Mr. Timo
thy Soper the Mate of Capt. Moore.informs,
that on the 28th of April last, the sloop
Capt. Fairley, of this place, put in
to Hispaniola in distress ; that the Spaniards
immediately seized the vessel and cargo, and
after plunder the Captain and bis people,
carried them to the pt 1 ton, anO put them in
irons, where they all remain in dole con
finement, except the above Timothy So
per, who was then Captain Fairley’s Mate,
and made his escape the 4th of August.
WEDNESDAY, September 14.
BOSTON.
On Mouday last arrived here Capt. Calef
and yesterday Capt. Calahan, from Lon
dm, by whom we have the following
EUROPE AN INTELLIGENCE.
PE I ERSBURGH, [ Rvffia ] June U*
HE letters which arri*-
' «dyefterdayfromMof
\ / rs cow, brought (he me-
lancholy account a
v| ? having happened
V in tha ' J Ci,, ' ( ’ by W u hiCh
upwards of one thou
; 7 sand houses wereburnt,
It broke out on both fidcs of the river, and
was not extinguilhed at the departure of the
post. There likewise have been fires at
Knftrom and Chabacfay, which have done
great damage ; but it is hoped that the lin
en manufactories at Koftrom have been saved.
June 10. We have just received the ve
ry agreeable intelligence of the town cf Ba
chifenai, in Crim Tartary,being taken from
the rebellious C< flacks,&c. who had poflefT
ed themlelves of that,and many other towns
of great importance, efpccially Oczakow,at
the mouth of the Nieper or Bonfthenes,
where they have now returned to. In th's
action above 7000 of the rebels fell, but not
one was taken prisoner. On the fide of her
Imperial Majeftv’s army,Count Gorsffe, and
frveral 01 her Officers,with about 6000 men
were killed, and near 4000 wounded. In
this adtion no other a. vantage was gained
but taking the town, as the rebels had moved
off all their baggage, ammunition, guns,&c-
Alexandria, [to Egypt] May 1. We
are at the eve of feeing Egypt become the
theatre of the war that has for tome years
ravaged Syria. We have just learnt that A
li Bey, after having repaired the fortificati
ons of Jaffa, and assembled all his forces
near that place, has advanced as far as Ga
za, a veiy ancient city, famous in holy writ,
and situated on the confines of Paleftir.e, at
the entrance of the defart, which parts Syria
from Egypt. Gaza is one of the fatrapies
of (he Philistines, 20 furlongs distant from
the sea, and built on an eminence, had been
besieged by Alexander and Ptolomy,deftroy
ed by these conquerors, rebuilt by Gahinius
restored to Herod by Augustus, poflefled toc
ceflively by the Jews, the Romans, ne
Greeks, the Arabs, the Crufadii, forfeited
by the latter, and taken from thorn by Sala
din. It is now like most of the other towns
in those regions, without fortifications, and
ill peopled, Ais Bey was to have set ou<
Are. &c &c. bead*. pound
cards, puymg Highlander end Andrew merry
hat?, riding ladies for plume# a'.ercips, b fur
black and white boys trimmings, fur and muff*
genteel very flue*, Lyr.n and Engiilh gnlolhses,
clogs, tea, Hyton befl ware, China mace, cloves,
megs, nu n, cinnam p-immers, and p'akers
books, fpel'ing , teftsment Btb.ei, B N.
Europe. from ported
im usually goods other all and fiiks ings.fewing
b.n.d paper, board Royal and writing needles,
p'n?, fnai’s Lee, frife de chevaux laces, trcHy
aid blond bone, ; pumps and shoes mirtxco
ren g and rei childrens cruel?, and warded
thimbles, fciffais, razors, penknives, combs,
n ho and ivory lawns, cambricks, je»ns, s, liar
fuf fsttinetts. muslins, g'oves, and mitu silk
ings, net catguts, gauze*, cJlicces, carpeting,
ar.d carpets handkerchiefs, romall and danno
.n b diapers, drabs, Ruflia abu-gs, of lenburgh,
tick duck, ravens d ai Ruflia checks. furniture
borders, fattin handkerchiefs gauze gldvca, buck
belt mens backs, worked gloves leather faitin
purple and blue pompadour, childrens and
womens linen, table damsfle and diaper ticks,
bed dowlafles, widths, all linens Irifli checks,
quilting, loom white petticoats, quilted ruffcll,
black velveretts, velvets, twild drawboys, plain
and figured calamancoes, durants, tammies,
fhalioors, fluffs, figured cambleteens, cambletts,
teens, fet do jubilees, butdetts. brolins, grazets,
meflir.etts, luftres, Denmark poplins, crapes,
farfnerrs, perfians, taffaties India and Englilh
ks, fi capuchin fattins, figured and plain ell
half and 4 3 caps and gloves milled hole, rent
child, and womens mens of sflbnment 'mpleat g
a whitnevs, ditto, stripped blankets, 10-4 and
9-4, 4, 8 7-4, 4, 6 serges, irnbofTed halfthicks,
baix:s, drapery »nd Colchelter aiinels, 11 plains.
Yorkfliire ratteens. dvftil?, lanilikins. beavers,
bath bearlkin*,coadng, keifeyr. serges Germin
trimmings, able foi cloths,with bioad priced O
low and middling CUPERFINE,
viz following, the arc Goods h’s Ament?
wledged, acknr duly
favour every and given, is attendance Conilar.t
Retail, and sale Who), bought, well are That
GOODS, EUROPEAN
of Afld'tmer.t compleat A
Boston, ftresr, Union In
jun. INGRAHAM, DUNCAN
of (hop the at sale for rerdy now
DON,and LON from Calef Capt in arrived Just
Cash. for Cheap Extreme
ADV&R t I' ! KME n t
the frft d>y of the truer, vh\h n fv.ttt tn
the 22<l ut ftpiil, to u c and :o attack if 3
kingdom. •
LcNDON, July 3. It is said the
ate at last endeavouring to prevail on Gover
nor Pownal to go out once more to B< flor in
New-England, as nothing but dilcord, con
tufton and the greatest difl'arisfadtion have
have taken place in that province, fincc he
ttfigred the government of it.
We ateaftoted f.cm gerd authority, the
following charges are intended to take place
in the law, viz. LordMamfield to retiie with
a per.fion of 6ccol. fer anni.m j Sir Fletch
er Norton is to be created a Peer and Chief
Justice cf England j Mr. Thu.tow tour d»
Sir Fletcher as Speaker of the uk Cm
mons and Chief Juft.ce in Eyre j M . V\ <-o
---derburn is to be apponied Attorney ar.d Mr.
Wallace Solicitor General.
The Ruflians and Turks have both late
ly published memorials, accusing eich other
for their obstinacy in not giving up certain
points towards fixing a peace. The above
courts differ as gteatly in their accounts of
the behaviour of the rcfpe<ft.ve ministers at
the congrcfs. Ihe Ruflians in tbeir memo
rial fay, that on their part the cungrefs and
treaties were managed with the kirnoft rea
son, temper and chriftian ca.mncfs ; but
that the Turks were obfttnate, impatient
and full of pafiion, which were (he principal
reasons for breaking eff the negociations.
While the Tuiks afl*rt, that fevnal fittings
were held and the time p.flsd in leciprocai
difeuflions; but that ten days before the ex
piration of the atmiflice, the Sieur Obref
cow became more inflexib'c than usual, and
without abatcing a fmg e artic'e of what he
had demanded at the commencement of
tbe negocla ion, he added thereto cer
tain propufi icns equally oppreflive and im
perious,
Jttly 4. We are informed that a fchem
is oh toot to apply part of the crown reve
nues in America, towards the ccnftiuSh n of
a certain number of (hips of war and the e-'
ftablifhing regular a: fenals and dock yards,
in the chief maritime provinces on the
continent.
July 5. Notwithstanding the loan of
1,400,000!. lately granted to the India com
pany by Parliament, not a shilling of it have
they touched, the whole being appropriated
to the payment of their fevcral debts: In
confequeQce of this they are now to much in
distress for the further loan of 400 coo that
if that tom is not raised before August next
for them, they will not have mo *ey to
carry on the ordinary bufinels of the com- ,
pany.
Saturday at noon there was a numerous
and refpedhble appearance of the Livery in
Common hall affcmbled, for the purpose . f
re eledinga Sheriff, for the city and county
of Middlesex tor the entoing yea., in the
room of Aiderman Plomer,
that office by paying his fine, when U 1’ i,-,m
Lee, Esq: (a native cf Virginia was unani
mously eiedled ; after wh ch he ad dr ffed the
Livery substantially as follow*, v.z.
“ After expressing his thanks for the ho
nour his brother Liverymen ard fc’luw citi
zens did him, by ele&ng him one of iheir
Sheriffs, he said he entered upon that office
with chearfulnefs, as it was the cffcdl cf their
appibbation ; thu as he originally went up
on public ground, he would carry thefc
ments with him to the grave, uninfluer ad
by place or pension ; the duties of his office,
he would most punctually attend to,and ftttve
by every means in his power, to hand down
thele liberties and privileges, untouched and
inviolated, which they derive from the spirit
and freedom of their anceftors.**
Lord Dartmouth has appointed Capt. Ro
berts to go on an embiffy to tome of the
Indian tribes on the continent of No»th-
America, in order to fettle a branch of
commerce.
We hear from the Isle of Sky, in Scotland,
that near 800 people have agreed to go to
North Carolina, and have engaged a vessel
at Greenock to carry them over, which is to
fail next month. W’ehear that about 300’
people in Glengary, have also agreed 10 go
to New-York. *
July 8. Administration it is said are now
straining every nerve in erder to gain tome
certain pecuniary ad vantages, as well on the
American as tbe Allan continent; the success,
however, is much more doubtful than in
any cf tire most daring attempts they have
yet engaged in.
It is said that Lord North will resign as
P.emier, fpcedi'y after his return from Ox
ford, and - that his Lordfllip will be suc
ceeded therein by the Marquis of Roccing
bam.
It is said that the intended Premier has a
greed to defat a certam famous papict ar.d
ha pa»:y.