The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle — Portsmouth, N.H., 1774-12-23 00:00:00, page 4

son PROVINCIAL CONGRESS,
Cambridge December 6, 1774.
THE Operation of the cruel and iniquitous Botton Port-Bill,
that Instrument of Ministerial Vengeance, haviog reduced.
Wur once lupp& Capital and the neighbourieg Town of Chatlef
sows, fromAflucace and Ease, to extrerne Distress 3 many of their
Enhabitants being deprived of even the Means of procuring theNe
epllaries of Life : From all which they have most nobly refufed to
purchase an Exemption, by surrendering theßights of Ameticans.
And although the Charitable*Donations from the other Colonics,
and several Towas in this Province, have in goodMcafure selicved
their immedfate Nece@isies, while their Approbation has animated
shem to peifevere in fuffering for the public Good ; yet as the [e
werity of Winter is now approaching, which ‘muft add greatly to
their Misery ; and there has been no geoeral Colle&ion for them
in this Colony, we hold ourselves obliged in Justice to contribute
g 0 their Support, while they uvoder such a Weight of Oppreflion
eze supporting our Rights and Privileges,
_ltis th¥refore RESOLVED that it be recommended to ouiCon
ﬁl.tug-nu the Inhabitents of the other Towns, Diftriéts and Parishes
within this Province, that they farther contribute libzrally to al-
Seviate the Burden of those Persons who are the more immediate
©Objeéts of Ministerial Resentment, and are fuffering in Ithe com
mon Cause of their Country : Seriously confidesing how much the
l:lberty, aud consequently the Happinef: of ourselves, and Pofto
zity, depend, under GOD, on the Firmael: and Resolution efthofe
worthy Patriots.
Aand it is ordered, That Doftor Foster, Mr. Devens, and Mr.
Cheever, be a Committee to transmit printed Copies of the above
RESOLVE to the Ministers of the Gospel in the several Towns,
Diftri€ts and Parishes in this Province, who are desired to read the
fame to their several Congregations, in Order that their Contribo
tions of fuchNeceffaries of Life as they caa spare, may be forward
&d as soon as possible.
Signed by Order of the Provincial Congress,
: JOHN HANCOCK President,
A true Extra& from the Miautes,
BENJAMIN LINCOLN, Sccretary,
In PROVINCIAL CONGRESS;
Cambridge December g 9, 1774.
HEREAS this Congress at their Session tn O¢tober last,
taking into Canfideration the alarming State of this C
olony, were, upon the most mature Deliberation, fully
convinced, that to provide against the Danger to which it was then
exposed, by a standing Army, illegally posted in Boften j and from
Time to time reinforced, for the purposes of subverting our awei
ent Conflitution and the Libertics of all Nerth- America 5 it was
indifpeofibly necessary that 2 confidersbie’Sum of Muney should be
immediately laid out for the just Defeace of this Peuple ¥ And
Whereas by a Refolveof the Congress bearing Date 28¢h said Oc
gober, & publithed is theNews-Papers, it was among other Things
earnestly recommendsd to the several Towns and Diftri@s, that
ghey would cause to be paid into the Hands of HinrY GArp
wir, Efg; all che Provicce Monies due from them refpe&ively,
to supply the said prefling Exigencies of the Colony : And wheet
as the Danges which then threatened the Provines is fill conti
“edi’“ daily facreafiog : It is
RESOLVED, and hertby most earncfly recommended to all
the lohabitante of the Towns and Difiricte aforefaid, as they re
ard theit own Bafety and the Preservation of their inestimable
{iplm and Liberties, that they cause the Monies aforefaid to be
paid forthwith to the said Hexay Garpner, Efg; who has gi
wen Bobds with fufficient Suteties te the Satisfation of thisCon
@tefs 3 and that they caufle their tefpetive Propostions of the Tax
geitited by the Genesal Court ia June last, and all ather the Pro
wines Monies due from them sefpe@ivaly, to be supplied in some
Way that shall be more cxpeditious than the ufualMode of colledl
g the Taxes, in Ozder to prevent any Delay in providing againff
the imminent Dasger above-mentioned----- And the Members of
ghe Congress are heredy defited to use their a'moft Indufiry for
Raving this Resolve speedily and punfiually complisd with 5 and
the Sheriffs and Deputy Shesiffs of tha kveral Counties to pay the
Proviace Monies in theit refpe€tive Hands as has been already re
socfncaded, Sign=d by Order of the Provincial Congress,
JOHN BANCOCK, Prcfident,
A true Extrat from the Minutes.
BENJAMIN L}NCOL’N, Secrerary,
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: S A L ¥ -0, Dec. 20:
Capt. Aicher, in a Schooner belonging to this Place, was hate
¥caﬁ away ashe was going into Point Petre, atGuadaloupe ;.the
effel entirely loft, but the People 2nd Cargo were saved.
Capt. Bartholemew Putnam, from the Weft-Indies,on the 26¢h
ult.in Lat. 39 40. North, Long. 66. 40. Wefl, spoke with a
Bchooner from the W.lndies, belonging ¢o Cafco Bay, ---Mirard
Maftei, bound off the Coast, having loft his Mainsail, Foresail,
and Squarefail, and had left only histwo Topsails and fib. ©a
ghe 28th ult, 20 Leagues S E. from st. George’s Bank, Caplain
Putnam also fpocke with a Brig belonging te Pifsatagua, Ebenczer
Richards, Master, who had Joft his Mainmast.
Left Friday Evening, as Mr, Wiliiam Skinner, of Marblehead,
was travelliog from Boston to this Town ina Suikey, two Foot-
Pads rushed out from bchiad some Buthes; one of them, armed
with a Hanger, flopped hig Horse, while the other presenting a
Pistol to bis Breast, demanded his Money ; after robbing bim of
12/, all they could find about him, they made off. The above
Robbers were dressed much alike, wich blue Jackets andßreeches,
and Dutch Caps,
Out Brethren of New-Hampfliire and Rhode land heve fig
na'ized themselves in a Manner that does them the greatest Ho
nour 5 Apd it is with Pleasure wecan add, that the Colony of
Corpeicut merit our highest Regatds for their present Assiduity
" and Vigilanee in disciplining their Militia, which consists of near
30 Regiments. Indeed the whole UNITED COLONIES are ex
tremely a@tive and zealousin the common Cause, ail nobly exer
ting themselves for carrying into Execution the Measures agreed
upon by the fate Continent:} Congress----excepting 3 few disap
pointed, faltious Tories, some of whom are employed, moss infa
wmufly mp{ojcd. in vilifying the most virtwous and amiable Cha=
gafters inAmerica, and particularly in traducing the worthy Menz
bets of the Jate august Continental Assembly,
The Sele@men of Boftan, in Yesterday's Papers, give Notice,
that a Woman and five Children in Hanover-Street, near theHead
‘of Cole-Laoe; together with three Children in a House down a
Yard opposite the White Horle, Street-End, are sick with the
@mall-Pox. It is confidently said that the Children received the
. Infe€tion by Innoculatien.
N E W-P O R T, Dec. 12
La® Friday and Saturday all the Caanon belongingto Fort
Ceorge, ewcept 4, were cartied to Providence, with the Shot,&c.
from whence they may be easily conveyed into the Country, to
meet the Indians and Canadians, with which the Colonics are
_ghreatened.
PorrsmouTH, Printed by D. Fowce.
. Charter: have beefi gFanted y the Assembly, {6 4 new Miiltary
Companics, by. the following Namtes, viz, the Artillery Company
for the County of Providence; the Troop of Horle for thié County
of Providence, the Providence Fozilesrs, and Nofth Providence
Rangers, 'R
It has been thrown out by the Enemizs to the united Colonies
in North-America, that 10 or 15,000 French Canadiens will
come sgainft us at the Command of General Gage ¢t But we can
assure our Readets there are not 15,000 Men in all Canade, able
to bear Arms, and march down to these Colonies j and farther, by
what they have already done in sppointing Committees, &c. it
appearsthat far che greater Part of them are as sick of the lateßes
gulations, as any proteffant American on the Continent,
By a Gentleman atrived here 12fi Week from New-York, thro’
~ Conne@icut, we are assured, that when he came away a Brig was
taking in 128 Picces of Cannon, to casry to Boston ; thattheMi
litia of the small Towns' of Groton and Stonington were under
Arms when he came aleng, which amounted to 1200 brave Fel
}owe, and that the martial Spirit flames gloriously quite thro® the
Countiy.---New-England only will be able to refit 50,000Tro0ps
mext Spring, as the whole Continent was to selift 20,000 hafi Wat,
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7+
On Sunday Evening last, a Sa:lor belonging to Capt, Coliender's
Ship, fell into the River, and after laying under Water above 10
Minutes,was taken ont without a single Sign of Life ; vpon tak
ing off his wet Cloaths, and rubbing his paked Body in Blankets
for some Time before the Fire, aftefwads putting him into a
warm Bed, well covercd with a large Qpaatity of Bed-Cloaths, he
wasina few Hours perfetly recoverea. i
< I 1 \ A : 2 ‘ /
PO R bMUU'l‘ﬂ_ i;ec. 23.
Since vur last arrived here his Msjefty’s Ships, Canceanx,Capt.
Mowat, and the Scarborough, Capt Barclay; both ftom Boston,
with 80 or 100 Soldiers oh Beard.
PORTSNY UTH, Dec. 23
By Capt, Trefethren who arrived bere last
Monday from Philadelphia we have the
following,
FruibADEL PR TA
Committee Chamber, December 6, 1774,
r l ‘HE Committee, taking into Considera
tion the Zenth Article of the Aflociation
ot the General Congrefe, do unanimously re
solve, that the {aid Article requires the open
ing of all Packages of Goeds imported after
the fir/i Day of Dezember, and betore the fir/k
of February ; but at the fame Time, the Com
mittee intending that the Sale of such Goods
shall be conduéied with as littlelnconvenience
as is consistent with the said Association.
Resolved, That tho’ all Bales and Packages
delivered tothe Committee for Sale, mufl be
opened, yet that the Goods shall be fold in
Lots or Parcels ; and that such Sales shall be
made by the City Vendue Master under the
Dire&tion of the Committee.
Resolved, T hat indisposing of Goods in Lots
or Parcels, no Lot shall be made of Jess Value
upon the Sterling Invoice than [. 3, nor of
any greater than £ .15 ; except in the former
Cafe,where 2n entire Packageis of less Value
than 3/; and in the latter, where the Value
of any single Piece shall exceed 151.
Resolved, That Salt and Coal,imported from
Great Britain or Ireland, may be told at Pub
lic Vendue by theCargo, or imatlerQuantity,
at the Eletion of the Owner or Consignee,
under the Direction of the Committee ; and
thata Frieght of od. pr. Bushel thall be al
lowed on all Kinds of Salf imported as afore
“{aid ; and a Freight of 12d. pr Bushel on all
Coal imported as afore {aid,
Resolved, That it is expeéted, all Importers
of Goods, after the Ift of Detember do apply
to the Commiftee of the Difirit where the
Veflel foimporting hasarrived, & make their
Election of fending back, floring or felling
all fueh Goods ; tor which Purpote, the said
Committee will attend at the Ccofice House
every Day, from o till 1 o'Clock.
The Committee also recommend to 21l Im
porters of (zoods aPerufal of and Attention to
the I:th Article of the GeneralCongrefs, viz.
‘““That a Committe be chosen in every Coun
ty City, and Town, by those, who are qua
lified to vote for Representatives in the Legi
flature, whose Business it shall be, attentively
to observe theConduct of allPerfons touching
this Association : And when it thall be made
to appear to the Satisfaltion of a Majority of
any such Committee, that any Person within
the Limits of their Appointment has violated
this Aflociation, that {uch Majority do forth
with cause the Truth of the Case to be pub
lithed in theGazetie, to the End that all such
Foes to the Rights of British America may be
publickly known, and universally contemned
as the Enemies of American Liberty : And
thenceforth we respectively will break off all
'DPealings with him or her.”
By Order ot the Committee,
JACOB RUSH, pro temp. Sec’ry,
I A ! K S K 0] 1 K 1O o 1 B 1
THE BRETHREN of the Antient and
Honorable Society of Free & Accepted
MASONS, are hereby Norified, that the
Right Worfhipful SAnM’L SHeRBURNE, Eiq;
Master of the NewHampfhire Lodge, designs
to celebrate the Feflivai of St. JO H N the
Evangelist on Tuesday next, being the 27(h
of December Inflant, at the House of Brother
Jobn Stavers in Portsmouth, where all the
Brethren are desired to give their Attendance
on said Dag. Per Order,
+ ELIAS E. WARNER, Secretary.
N E-W-Y O R K, Dec. 12.
Last Week several Parcels of Goods were fold here agreeable to
the Atlociation entered into by the Continental Congrels 5 and
many more will be disposed of this Week,
Capt. Barnard fails this Day for Boflon, and has on board, being
Part of the Donations of this City for the Poor there, 180 Barrels
of Flour, g of Potk, and 12 Fitkins of Butter 5 alf: 13 Barscls of
Wheat and Rye from Marble Town, Ulster Couary, _
Fuft Opened,
And TO BE SOLD, by
Benjamin Aufirn
enjamin Aufiin,
At the Shop on Bpring Hill, lately occupicd
by Mcfiirs Fafepb and William Whipple, a
General Afforcment of
Harp WaRrE, Grocerres, and WesT
Inpia Goows ; which he determines to
fell at a very low Advance for Cash.
His Afforiment consists principally of the
| following Articles, viz. |
POWDER, Shot, Wincdaw Glass, Englith
Steel, —2O d, 10d, Bd, 64, 4d, 3d, 2d
Nails,——6d, 5,4 d, 3d, 2d, 1d Brads—
-14 OZ. 8 oz. 6 oz. Tacks, Shoe Nails, Brass
Kettles, Warming Pans, Frying Pans, Brass
Skellets, Bellows, Shovels and Tongs, Pew
ter Dishes, Plates & Bafons, (Juart and pint
Pots, Porringers, Table and small Spoons,
Knives and Forks, Cutteaux, Jack Knives,
pen Knives, Razors, Sciffars, Wool Cards,
Chest and Cupboard Locks, Chest Hinges,
Desk and Table Hinges. — H and HL of
all fizes———=Brafs Nob Locks, Pulback dit.
Cloffet dit. Brass Nob Latches, Trunk Lacks,
Tobacco Boxes, Large Cod Hocks, Mackrel
dit. {mall Fish Hooks, Lines, Stirrup Irans,
Women’s ditto. Snafle Bits, Bullions, Tin’d -
Tacks, Girth Webb, and straining, white
setts, Spurs, Girth Buckles, faddlers Ham
mers, staple toftNails,Globe dt. shoe Knives,
Rasps, Nippers, Pinchers, Awl Blades, peg
ging dit. shoe Tacks, {hoe Hammers, Awl
Hafus, size sticks, ron and steel plate Hand
saws, plain Irons, Firmers & Gouges, Hamg
mers, Gimblets, Tapborers, Deck and spike
dit. Carpenters Compafles, Rules, squares,
Bolts, Door Latches, stock Locks, Wood
screws, Iron and brass ball’d Candlesticks,
Box Irons, fnuff Boxes, Coat and Waftecoat
Buttons, Horn dit. Mathewman’s dit. black
and green Beads, shoe Buckles, Dutch spec
tacles, Temple dit. Horn and Ivory Comby’
Iron Wire, Wormens and Taylors Thimble"’~
{leve Buttons, shears, theep shears, Knitting
Needles, N 0.4 pins, Jews Harps, Brass Nails,
Brass lok pots, paper’d dit. curling Irons,
Box Dials, switch Whips, Pad Locks, cork
screws, brass cocks, pullies and pins, Win
dow Lines, buck!e and shoe brushes, Velvet
corks ; sewing, darning, fail and bolt-rope
Needles, palms, Glue, Desk brasses, Till
Locks, brass and iron Fall dit. profpet dit-
Desk hinges, book case dit. brass azd iron
cetches, book case bolts, dit. Escutcheons,
profpeét dit. brass Nubs, Flat Irons. Iron
Dogs, brass Nose Bellows, Cloth Bruthes,
polith’d Shovels and Tongs, Silk Lines,
Cloak Pins, Coffee Mills, &c. &c.
Weft- India and New-England
RUM s Loaf and brown Sugars of a superior
Quality ; Molasses 35 Cotton Woel ; Rice s
&c. &c. &ec. &¢,