The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle — Portsmouth, N.H., 1774-06-24 00:00:00, page 3

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e assure your Excellency we fall make it ou: conflant £n.
deavour to preserve the Peage and promote the Welfare of the
Province ; and hereby we shall best advaace the latereft of our
Sovereiga. : ‘
In these Times the Administration of Goyernmedt must be
peculiarly arducus and difficult 5 but your’s we with may be as
easy asthe Natiire of Things will possibly admit, and the Event
hzopy ; and that your public Labours may be crowned with the
noblet Reward..-.--the voluntary, disinterested Applauses of a
whole free People,
[The abowe Address toas fign'd by 125 Persons. ]
To which bis Excellency was pleajed to resurh the following
dﬂj:uv'ffu
GENTLEMEN,
Thank you for the obliging Expreffiohs towards me, con
tained 1 yeur Address, and be assured, it will always afford
e singular Pleasure to be of Use to the Inhabitants of this
Town, or any Individdal in the Province.
I feel, as well as you, the Inconveniences that the Inhabitants
must fuffer from the shutting up the Port of Boston 5 and should
be glad, that they would co-operate withymy Endeavours, to ex
tricate themselves from them, but without their Assistance, I
can take no Step towards their Relief; 1 am sorry, that the Peo
ple of that Capital, should have given such repeated Provocations
to the King, and the Britith Nation, as to force them to take
#he present Measures in Support of their Authority. Great-
Britain is equally desirous as youtfelves, of a happy Union with
this, as well as every other Colony, 2nd inheriting the Spirit of
her Ancestors, finds it necessary to support her Rights, as the
supreme Head of her extended Empire ; she frives not to chetk
that Spirit, which, you fay; you inherit from your Fathers, but
to inculcate that due Obedience to the King in his Parliament,
which your Fathers acknowledged.
Rl Salem, June 18, 1774.
Lxtract of a Letter from a Centleman in Philadelphia to one in
3 ~ Salem, dated June 4. . \
¢ 1 suppose we shall stop all Trade to Gteat-Britain and the
Welt-Indies on Account of the Boston Port-Bill ; and perhaps
stop the Flax-Seed to Ireland, :
“ Virginia and Maryland will be firm; New- Jersey is warm
in the Cause of Liberty, Philadelphia will soon feta noble
Example; New-York will coneur,---------1 begin to think the
Langer is over.” .
_ The last Day of June Instant, is to be observed as 3 Day of
Fasting and Prayer by a considerable Number of the Congrega
tions in the Eastern and Northern Parts of this Ceunty, humbly
t¢ implore the Divine laterpofition for averting those Calami
ties which this Province, and the other American Colohics now
feel, and have Reason tq fear, | kst s s n :
The Hon, William Browne, Esq; is appointed a Justice of
the Superior Court.
Lébanon, (Conneticut) Fume 2. Yesterday beingthe firft of
Juae, the Day on which the cruel Edict of the British Parlia
ment respecting the Town and Port of Boston took Place was
observed here with Martks of Diftin@ion ; the Bells of theTown
early began to toll a solemn Peal, énd continued the whole Day ¢
The Town House Door hung with black, with the A& affixed
thiereto ; the Shops in Town were all shut and silent ; their
Vindows covered with black, and other Enfien’s of Distress :
‘Fowards evéning a tefpeftable Number of Freeholders of the
Place, and others (upon short Notice) appeared at the Town-
Koufe, where the Aét was publickly read, and observed upon @
_ Whenthe following Address was made, and Resolutions unani
mously adopted : v
«« Gentlemen, the Occasion of our meeting is intereftling and
solemn : I hope we are met together with Dispositions suitable
to the Qccafion. We are now, miy Brethren, to determine,
whether we will tamely submit to every A& of cruzl Oppression,
or indignantly rejeét; and with manly Resolution temonftrate
to, every Instance of unjust Power, by whatever band attempted,
Perfwaded you cannot hesitate one Moment in theChoice of the
Alternative, T will propose the following Resolutions 5 That we
do all at this Time heattily fympathife with our Brethren of
Pofton, in the Scenes of Difttefs which this Day open rpon
them § That we view with the utmost Indignation, the cruel
A& of unjust Power which introduces this Distress ; that we
confider them as fuffering under thé Hand of Ministerial Ven
geance for the noble Exertions in the Cause of Liberty------the
common Cause of all Ametica ; And that we are heartily wil
ling and desirous to anite out little Powers in whatever general
Measures thall be thought best for the Security and Permanency
¢f the jult Rights and Priviledges of our Country---being deter
mined, as far as we are able, to stand faft in the Liberties where
with God has made ther free----- And at the fame Time would
unite our afdent Supplications to our almighty Helper, the great
Father of the Diftrefled, that American Councils may be dire€ted
by his Wisdom, to those Measures that shall be most conducive
to the desired End,
PHILADELFPHTIA, Junet.
Olferving in the Pennsylvania Packet of this
day, a Notification ¢ That a number of per
¢« sons composed of the membersof all fo
<¢ cieties in this city, met, and unamioufly
¢ agreed, that it would be properto exprels
¢« their sympathy for their brethren at*Bof
“¢ ton, by fuflpending all business on the Ift
“¢ day of next month.”———The people called
Quakers, though tenderly [ympathifing with the
distressed, and jultly sensible of the value of our
religious and civil rights, 5 that it is our duty
to assert them in a chriftian [pirit ; yet, in or
der to obviate any misapprehensions whith may
arise concerning us, think it meceffary to declare,
that no perfem or persons were authorized so re
present us on this occasion 5 and if any of our
community have countenanced or eficouraged this
prapofal, they have manifefied great inattention
to our religious principles & profeffon, and ac
icd contrary to the rules of chriffian discipline
eflablifbed for the preservation of order and geod
government among us. :
Signed on behalf, and at the desire of thé
Elders and Overseers of the several meet
ings of our religious society in Philadel
phia, and other Friends met on the oc
~ cafion, the 30th of the sth Month, 13\74.
ohn Reynell, “Fames Pemberion, Sam’l Noble,
. NEW-.-YORK, Juneb. -
We hear the Comrrl’l;ttee of CorrejpandencoLfar
the city of New-York, have ordered circular Let
ters lo be sent to the supervisors of the [everal
counties within this colony, requelling them to
communicate the jame to the several inhabitants,
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i POV RO MR AT H L oia
We bear from Falmouth, Calco-Bay, tbat on Tue[day the 14th
Inflant, the Prefbyteriag h":'.LL was MUFFLED, and TOoLED
Srom Sunrise till Nine of the clock in the Evening withiut any
cessation at all, on Account of the late grievous ACT of Par
liament for Buécxing we the Harbour of Boston, it being
the lafi Day any VefJel, Boat, &c. of any Kind, can go ik or
out of [aid Harbour. : y . .
Earl of Dunmore from New-York, bound to London, was
Jpoke with in Longiiude §1 D, by Henry Mofforp, tbe Hannab,
Jor Sheepfeut. ‘
Last Monday Afternoon, one of the Phyficans of this Town,
delivered the Wife of Henry Shapley of Rye, of Three Children,
all of whom with the Mother, are likely to do well.
We hear from Hanover, that on Saturday the 11th Instant a
terrible Hurricane begun in that Town, and proceeded as as far
as Lyme, which did considerable Damage, by blowing down
Barns, unrooffing Houfes,&c. 1t is thought above ten thousand
Trees, and some very large, were at the {fame Time blown up
by the Roots. , : ; ‘ e
Sinze we received the above Account, we further hear, that
the Hurricane reathed from Haverhill to Charleftown, which is
75 Miles on. Conne&ticut River. 4 A :
We also hear from Alexandria, that a Man was killed there
last Week by the Falling of a Tree. RN
A Falmouth Correfpandent desires us to insert the following.
Mr, FowrEe, . LR : '
THE Patriotic Inhabitants of the Town of Bafton, notwitha
1 standing the Fears of some faint-hearted Whigs, or the
Withes of ill-minded Tories, are yet in good Spirits. They are
determined to bear the severest M iferies of human Nature, rather
than be f ightened to an abje& Compliante to the late cruel E
di€t of a British Parliament : But their humane and benevolent
Brethren of the other Colonies, seem each to take a Pleasure in
being foremoft, to offer them their generous Affiftance.-----o-=
The Philadelphians are going to fend them 1 jooßarrels of Flour,
and Conneéicut 4 or 4 Sloop Loads-of Wheat, and several of
the Towns in their own Province are chearfully contributing
for the Support of their Poor, Last Friday they had a general
Town-Meeting ; I attended it; and I assure you I never saw any
public -Proceedings conducted with such Order, Moderation,
Fairne[s and Unaninitgy'truly becoming a wife, spirited & steady
Péople.----The Tories, who 1 was told expeétedrto discover some
unfairnefs in the Condu#t of their Committee ofCorrefpondence,
and who intended to exert themselves for their own Views,
were all hushed to Silence, by the Energy and Dignity of their
Debates 5 and I believe even Lord N.--h himfelf would have
been awed into Admiration, were he to be present at so venera
ble an Assembly. They assumed not to themselves, any Pro
posals of Relief, but agreed to submit their Cause to a General
CONGRESS, which is ta be held at Philadelphia, on.the firft
of September next. A Union in the Colonies seems remarka
bly to be taking Place, each looks upon the Town of Boston as
fuffering for the Common Csufe, and 1 doubt not, but he who
has the disposal of all Events, will in due Time, cause the bud
of Prosperity to bleom forth throughout all the smiling Gardens
of American Liberty. Fure 22, 1774+ ,
~ We hear that at the Siperiour Court lalt Week held at Ply
mouth, in this Province, Charles Newton, was tried, and con
vited of Forgery, and sentenced to have one of his Ears cut
off, and be set in the Pillory ; which Sentence was infli€ted
on him the next Day.-------This is the firft Superior Court ever
held in that County,-----We do not hear of any other rematk
able Case being bronght before them, :
Jut IMPORTED, and to be Sold
Choice Maryland CORN, at half a Dollar
per Buthel,——Alfo new RICE, — Ship
Bread,— W hite Beans,— Black eyed Peas;
Conneéicut PORK, and Rye,— Likewise
COTTON-WOOL, — Mufcavado SU
GARS, COFFEE and COCOA.
Port{rhouth, June 21, 1774.
Imported in the last Ship from London,
And T O B E (Sj OLD
By John M"Matter
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" On Spring-Hill, Portsmouth,
ALa,rge Assortment of Englith & Scotch
Goods, suitable for all Seasons, which
will be Sold by Wholesale & Retail, on such
Terms as must appear reasonable to every
Judge of the difterent Articles.—— A large
‘Affortment of new-fafthion'd SILKS, plain,
flower’d ind brocaded—— Irith Linnens of
all wedths,— Broad Cloths, from § s, to 28 s
Eawful Money per Yard——Guns, Felt and
Castor Hats of most forts,—— With many
other Articles too tedious to mention.
N. B. To be Sold at the above Store, 2
large Assortment of RIBBONS, at the Ster
ling Cost, with Charges.
TO BE. SOLD;, |
By ROBERT FERGUSON,
At his Store in Greenland,
A General Assortment of Englith, Scotch
oy and Weft Tndia GOODS, cheap for
a 8.
_ CUSTOM-HOUSE, PrsvAraqua, June 23, 1374.
! R Inward Entries From
Biig Elizabeth, Samuel Briard, - st. Kites,
Brig William and Nantcy, William White, . Grenada,
Brig Woodbridge, James Brown, L Cadigs
Stoup Peggy, William Friend, . Gaudaloup,
Sloop Polly, Wiliiam Noyes, ; . Martinico,
Slgop Tryall, Abrabam Bates, New. Haven.
S Ifooner Corner Copia, {ohn Bluat, Paibadoes,
Schooner Molly Samuel Elliot, Newfoundland,
Schooner Supply, Zacheus Jcnes, - Maryland.
E * QUtward Bound 3 For
Sloop Polly, William Fernald, s Philadelphia.
, ‘ Clear’d Qutwards v FOR,
Brig Thomas and Martha, Jonathan Parsons, Wefl- Indies,
Brig Britttania, Joseph Mead,v . Newfoundland,
Schooner Neptune,; Nathaniel Harmon, Ditto,
Schooncr Caflady, Phileman Caffady, gy Ditto,
NOTICL& is hereby given, that the Right
Worthipful BRgTHER SAMUEL
SHERBURN E, Esq; Master of the
New- Hampthire LODGE of FREE AND
ACCEPTED MASONS, intends to cele
brate the Festival of SAINT JOHN, the-
BAPTIST, this Day being the 24th of June
Instant, at the House of Brother J o H x
CocHRrAN, at Fort William and Mary—
where ALL the BRETHREN are desired
to attend. [ +: .: o atnt ARt ,
- By Order of the Master and Wardens. .
Ricuarp CurTs SHANNON, Secretary,
Portsmouth, June 13th, 5774. :
x> DINNER to be on Table precisely at
Two a'Clock., oo v
.-+ For Philadelphia, . -.«
T H E Sloop Polly, William Fetnald;
Master, will fail by the 3oth of June
Inst. For Freight or Passage, agree with
{2id Master, at his House the South-End of
Portsmouth, near Liberty Bridge. -
- By Edward Emerson,
Opposite the Town-House in York, !
A General Assortment of Englith and
. Weft-India Goods—— among which
are the following, viz. Broad-Cloths,
Serges, Tammies, Shalloons, Chinces, Ca
licoes, &c.—Also Cotton-Wool, Flower,
Pewter, Iron, and Braziery-Ware—Fork
and Corn, Rum, Sugar, Molasses, Coffee,
Chocolate ; & all Sorts of Spices ; as cheap
for Cath or short Ctedit, as in any County
of the Province, -
TO RE . SOLD B X
, Joseph Bass; . -
In Pertfmeouth, a Qusatity of the heft Water Fowla
and Lifban FEATHERS, LOOKING GLASSES,
COVERLIDS, RUGGS, CURTAINS, MA
TRASSES, green HARRATEEN, crimfer & greew
CHANEY, red and grees BUCKRAMS, Curtain
LACES of all ferts, CORD and TOSSELLS of all
Colours fer Cartains, Girth Webb, Brass Nails, and
14 Oz Tacke: Alfea Variety of SHO?P GOODS,
a very little above the Sterling Ceft. -
ALL PERSQNS Indebied to, or that bavt anp
Demanids om the Eflate of Vincent Torr, late of
Dower, deceas’d, are defir’d to fettle the fame immedi<
ately with Asdrew Torr, of Jaid Dovir, sols Executor
1o the Last Will and Tefiamint of Jfaid deceas’s.
~TRAYED er Stolen, sut of the Pasture of Mrl
S Binjamin Nud, Innholder at Hampten Falls, en
Thurfdsy Night the 16th of June inst. a ferrel Gel
ding Herfe, four Years eld, 13 hands and balf high,:
has a Strip in hit Face, long Main, and Tail, carriea
» telerab's geed Hsad, paces and canters Well. .
Wheever has taken up fsid Horse, and brings him te
me in Greenland, thall be handfems'y rewarded ; if
ftele and the Thief can be breught to Jufties, a Rey
ward of TWENTY DOLLARS, and seceflary
Charges will be paid by me - . -
ROBERT FERGUEON.
Whereas David Langley, the
Husband of me the Subscriber, has aflerted im this
Gazette, that I feft him and run him in Debt, &c.:
which is abfelutely falfe, 23 can be preved by the.
Peeple that lived in the House with us, and by eur
Neighbeurs ; but en the centrary, after he had, ( on
the most frivolous Occafiens ) beat and abused me =2B
sundry Times, left me without any just Provecation;
whelly destitute of every Neceflary of Life.
" Dsrham, May 26, 1774. Alilce Langleys