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In.Obfervance therefore of myDuty to the King;
in Tenderness to the Inhabitants of tin's Province ;
and.to the End that none whomay hereafter engage
in such dangerous Combinations,fln'ay plead, in
'Excufe of their Conduct, thatthey'Were ignorant of
theCrime in which they were involving themselves ;
Lhave thoght fit to issue this Proclamation, hereby
earned!y cautioning all Persons whatsoever within
this ^Province, against signing the aforefaid, or a fi
milafr Covenant, or in any Manner entering into,
or being concerned in Such unlawful, hostile, and
traitorous Combinations, as they would ' avoid the
Pains: and. Penalties due to Such aggravated and
dangerous Offences.
And I do hereby ftrialy enjoin and command all
Magistrates, and other Officers, within the several
Counties in this Province, that they take effectual
Care to apprehend and secure for Trial, all and eve
ry Person who may hereafter presume to publish, or
offer to others to be signed, or shall themselves sign
the aforefaid, or a similar Covenant ; or be in any
wife aiding, abetting, advising, or assisting therein.
And the refpeftive Sheriffs of the several Counties
within this Province, are hereby required to cause
this Proclamation forthwith to be polled up, in fume
public Place, in each Town, within their refpeftive
biftriffs.
GITEN under my Hand at Salem, the 29th Da, of
sane 1774, in the Fourteenth Year of his Majefy's
Reign- THO'S. GAGE.
By His Excellency's Command,
Tao's Flucker, Sec'ry.
GOD Save the KING.
Last week arrived at Portsmouth, New-Hamp
ffiire, a mast-ship in about 9 weeks from England/
We hear that one of the East-India company sent
27 chests of tea in the maft-lhip aforefaid, and con
signed it to a gentleman in Portsmouth : The in
habitants of that town not dreaming of the arri
val of any ofthat detestable weed, knew nothing
of the matter till it was landed at noon day, and
carried tothe collector's house. They immediate
ly assembled in town meeting, to consult what was
belt to be done, and behaved as we are informed
with all that firmnefs and unanimity which does
honor to America, and refolv'd at all events that
the tea should go back to England. This may re
mind us of the absolute necessity of coming into a
non-consumption agreement ; the felfifh merchant
though assisted by fleets and armies, cannot ren
der inch a scheme ineffectual.
We hear that it is reported in Portsmouth, that
a fliip is on her passage from England to that place,
with 200 chests of tea on board, which the inhabi
tants are determined shall not be landed in case of
its arrival.
Friday last two soldiers, one of them named Low,
the other Ejiot both belonging to the 64th regi
ment, now in garrison at Castle William, having
engaged in a boxing match upon some supposed
affront given, wherein the latter received lo much
hurt, that he died soon after. A jury of inquest
was summoned from this town, (by the desire of
Col. Leslie, the commanding .officer) who we hear,
Brought in their verdict that his death was occafi-
Oned by the blows he received, and Low is since
committed in order for trial.
By accounts from St. Christopher's, we hear,
that Admiral Parry, with his squadron were atCrab
Eland, which gave the Governor of St, John de
Porto Reco such umbrage, that he would not sup
pl, the fleet from his territories, with any frefh pro
visions tho' apply'd to.
The inhabitants of Virginia are following the
wifeexample of their late house of Burgesses, by
coming at once into a non-consumption agreement
as.it will iri no fhape.interfere. with what may be
agreed upon at the general congress.
There was a grand muster of those who are cal-,
el Tories at the late town-meeting, {Emulated to
dxis attendance bv feme merchants, and tools of -
been transmitted, by the aforefaid Committee of
'Correfpondence, so called, to the several Towns in.,
this Province, accompanied with a scandalous,.
traitorous, and Seditious Letter, calculated to in
flame the Minds of the People,to disturb them with,
ill-grounded Fears and Jealousies, and to excite
them to enter into an unwarrantable, hostile, and.
triterous Combination, to distress the British Nati
on, ,by interrupting, obtruding, and destroying her
Trade with the Colonies, contrary to their Allegi
ance due to the King ; and to the Form and Efteft
of divers Statutes made for Securing, encouraging,
protecting, and regulating the Said Trade ; and
destructive of the lawful Authority of the British
Parliament, and of the Peace, good Order,and Safe
ty of the Community. And whereas the Inhabi
tEnte of this Province, not duly considering the high
Criminality, and dangerous Consequences to them
felv^sof such alarming and unprecedented Combi
nations, may incautiously be tempted to join in the
aforefaid unlawful League & Covenant, and there
by expose themselves to the fatal Consequences of
being considered as the declared and open Enemies
of the King, Parliament, and Kingdom of Great-
Britain.
power, who are greatly allarmed at the rapid pro
gress of the non-consumption covenant through the
province ; a scheme set on foot in our inland towns
and then adopted and recommended by the com
mittee of Correspondence for this town, for which
they have received the public thanks, and the
countenance of the late house of representatives.
Those persons having moved that said committee
might be censured and dismissed for their conduct.
All that they had to fay or read on the fubjed,
was patiently attended to by the inhabitants, for
near two days, and when the question was accord
ingly P ut > there was not above fifty or tixty hands
in favour of it, out of the multitude that composed
the meeting ; this fair tryal' for which there had
been such previous meetings, and preparations on
the part of the Tories, may fully convince the good
people of this and the neighbouring colonies, that
this little, restless, designing party, and not
the body of the inhabitants, ought in justice to be
termed a faction.
An Express arrived in Town last Night from Pittfr
Vurg, with Letters to his Excellency the Governor from
Captain Connelly, Commandant at that Place, giving an
Account, that the Shdwanefe Indians have openly declar
ed their Intention of going to War with the White Peo
plejto revenge the Loss of some of their Nation who have
been killed ; that they had scalped one of the Traders, and.
detained all the rest who were in their Towns ; that it
was expected the Cherokees would join them, as they had
sent a Belt las Fall to the Northern Nations, to strike
the White People, which had been received by the Shaw
anefe and Waabajh Indians ; that the Six Nations post
poned their Answer till this Spring ; and that there is
fan to be a grand Council in the Lower ShawanefeTown,
where about seventy Cherokees, and a Number of other
Indians are to attend, on the Subjefl of going to War with
the Englijh.---Sundry Parties are now gone out, by Order
of Captain Connelly, for the Protection of the Inhabi
tants, and are to ajemble at the Mouth of Whaling Creek,
in order, if it is judged practicable, to go against the
Upper Shawaneje Town.---The Delawares, who pro
fejl to be our Friends, informed Capt. Connelly, that a
Party of Shawanefe were now gone against the Settle
ment : and it is imagined they will fall upon Green Brier.
All the Country about Pittfurg is in a very ruinous and
diftreffid Situation, the Inhabitants having chiefly fled,
and fort el themselves as low as Old Town, on Potow
mack River.
PHILADELPHIA, June 22.
Extrad of a Letter from Fort-Pitt, June 12.
'' We have great reason to be no longer in f^fpence
Last Wednesday, June ift, the memorable Day oh
Which the blockade of the town of Boston was to
commence, the very elements, at this Difiance, were
in such Commotion, in the Afternoon, that all the
Vessels lying at the Wharves were torn from them
in an instant, several of them much damaged, four
Schooners were overfet, and 'it was scarce possible to
fee acrois the narrowed Street in Town. A great'
deal of damage was also done in the Country to the
Corn, Fences and Houses.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 9.
" In the House of Representatives, June 1774.
" WHEREAS the two Houses of this General
Assembly, on the 27th Day of May 1774, did ad
dress his Excellency the Governor praying that he
would be pleased to ^appoint a Day of Falling and
Prayer, and his Excellency hath not yet thought
proper, in compliance with said Request, to issue a
Proclamation for thePurpofe thereof--It is resolved,
as the Sense of this House, that it is highly season
able that such a Day of Prayer should be observed in
the several Religious Assemblies throughout this
Province, and in case the Governor shall not be
pleased by Proclamation to appoint aDay before the
End of this Session, it is Ordered that the Members
of theHoufe do recommend to their refpedive Parilh
Ministers the setting apart some convenient Day for
the fame Purpose."
AS the above Recommendation of the Honourable
House of Representatives appears seasonable and
proper, the affociatedMinifters of Boston have agreed
to propose to their feve°ralCongregations,thatThurf
day the 14th Day of July next may be set apart for
this religions Purpose. And this 'public Notice is
given, that there may be a voluntary Union of the
Churches through the Province, in the Devotions of
that Day, so far as may be deem'd expedient.
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated June 18.
" As to political matters agreat and firm union
is ripening fall in this part of America. Prejudices
are overcome and subside daily; a suspension of our
trade to Great-Britain and the Weft-Indies will most
likely be the grand result; but this is expected from
the deliberation of a congress, which we hope will
meet soon thoroughly inftrutyd and heartily agreed
in the great work of felf preservation. We feel for
your fufferings, we design you a handsome charitable
relief of flour for the poor. Our design when our
C/ade-ftops, is, to set agoing some great public work,
as Turnpike roads, bridges, canals, &c. futiicient to
employ some thoufands' of our labouring people.
Who had better bd kept busy than idle, and who
must be fed whether busy or idle."---
CHARLESTOWN, (S. Carolina) June 6.
concerning a war with the Indians, as they lave alreafy
been guilt, of several mafacres ;, on Saturday, the 4th
inf. were killed- and scalped b, t&m, one Benjamin Spear,
his wife, and fix children, on T>uncard-creek ; and the
Monday following one Henry Wall, within fight oj afort
that is built on Muddy-creek ,one*Keener, • near the Jame
place, and one ProAor, near Grahc-creek ; there was al
so one Campbell, lately from Lancafer county, killed and
scalped at Necommer's-town by the Mingoes ; you may
judge what concern we are in for the traders at the
SbawaneJe towns, as we have not heard an, thing from
them ftnee the 24th cf May."
By, Accounts from „Boston we are told, that JOHN.
HANCOCK, EJq; is thought to be near the Cloje of
'' HAR TF OR D, July 5 .
The Inhabitants of the Town of Windham, at
a Meeting legally warned and held the 23d of June,.
taking into Consideration the many Distresses which
the American Colonies at prelent labour under,
together with the alarming Situation of public Af
fairs whereby greater Burdens are expected to be
laid upon them " And from a firm Belief and
PerfwaSon that there is a supreme Being who fits
at the Helm of universal Nature and however
faulty the Instruments and Procurers of those Cala
mities may be, yet considering our fins & Impieties,
they are just, as coming from the Hand of God;
and are to be averted by Humiliation, deep Re
pentance and Reformation-do therefore sincerely
wilh and hope a Day will soon be set apart for
fofemn Fasting add Prayer, as recommended by
our last General Assembly : and beg Leave further
to intimate to their Brethren in the several d owns
in this Colony, to render the Observation of that
Day more agreeable to the divine Direction, (viz.
to undoe the heavy Burdens, and let the oppressed
go free, to distribute to the Necessities of the dis
tressed) that on that Day we be united in opening
our Hearts in contributing to the Relief of the in
jured and oppressed indigent Inhabitants of the
Town of Bolton, especially thole who are now more
immediately so, by Means of the late Iron Hand of
Oppression on that worthy Metropolis."
The Inhabitants of the Town of New-London,
met the 27th ult. passed Resolves similar to those of
the other Towns in thisand the neighbouring Colo
nies, and appointed a Committee of Correfpore
dence for the Town.
The. Hon. Committee of Correspondence for this
Colony, are tb meet at New-London on Wednesday
the 13th Inst. to agree,upon some proper Meafuies
to obtain a Redress of American Grievancies, and to
choose a Committee to meet the Committees of the
other Colonies in the general Congrels to be holdert
at Philadelphia the firft Day of September next.
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' HE Sloop BETSEY, burthen about 40 Tuns,
A with good Accommodations, will fail on Saturday
next for Long-IJland, to carry a Number of Pafengers
on a Part, of Pleafare, (if a fufficient Number Jhall
appear to defrey the Spence). The Price for each Pas-
Jenger will be Six Shillings.' Those who ma, incline to
go in the above Vessel, are def red to fend their Names
by Thursday Night to Ebenezer Bernard, ju.
George Burr.
Fartfordtfth June, 1'774,
LOST, laftlhurfday Night, between the Court
House and the South Green, a small Red
Morocco Pocket-Book,
rath a Silver Spring Lock. Any Person returning
it shall receive handsome Satisfaction, by their most
Humble Servant, Tho's Hlildrup.
Hartford, July 4th, 1774., .
Good C OF FEE to be Sold by the Quantity, as
cheap as it is Sold in New-York,
By Samuel Wefcote,
Near the Court-House in Hartford--—'
Who has just received,
A New Supply of very neat Chintz's and Cal
licoes, with many other Articles which makes
up his Assortment. Also, frefh Raisins, goodTEA
and Indigo, Nails and Glass of many Sizes----All
v/hich will be fold very cheap, but no Abatement .
made on the Prices asked,
NEW-L ONDO N; July I.
The lown of Windham have collected between two
and three Hundred fat SHEEP, which were to jet cff
for Boston the 30^ June, for the Benefit cf the Poor
in that Place. A most laudable Example for other
Towns !