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I am, Sir, your moll obedient humble servant,
PAUL LOYALL.
To John Macartney, Esq; Commander 3
of his Majesty's Ihip Mercury. 3
[Refolves of the Common Hall, above referred to.]
Norfolk borough, fc.
At a 'Comn.cn Hall, fummon&d add held, AuguJi 21,
'775-
SUNDRY letters from John Macartney, Esq;
Commander of bis Majesty's ship Mercury, to Paul
Loyall, Esq; Mayor, were laid before the Hall, and
the Hall taking the fame into their serious confidera
^on, and being greatly surprised at the contents
thereof, it was thereupon
Re/oved, That the letters from Capt. Macartney
to the worfhipful the Mayor, were evidently intended
to alarm and intimidate the inhabitants of this bo
rough, were difrefpe&ful to the chief magistrate of
this corporation, are an officious intermeddling in
the civil government of the town, and contain an
implied threatening which the Hall conceive, to be
unjufiGabri ^^ruure, andindecent. Unjuftifiable,
itv' : n o "G be deduced ' m frL or
coy -mhority be de;,vcc Lom laws to empower Caph
fix rc^ncy, unrooted I ; themigihracy, to irher
• hwrhl.v n? Avi up so Lft.m'the iri.i ^t 'i^foce
tend dumped Tn, in a 'ranfaaion so entirely without
the line of his department. Premature, as his con
dwfl in this iqftance, originates from ill grounded
f%pchirons, od mistaken apprehensions, and with
out any fanaion from fa&s to Support them. Inde
cent, hecaufe it implicitly charges the magistracy
with a wilful rcmilhiefs in tk exercise of the powers
legally vested in them; because the menace is as par
ticularly pointed against them, as if they were the
abettors of riot and persecution ; because it operates
towards the deftru&ion of the perlons and proper
ties of a number of his Majesty's fubje&s, chiefly
on account of some accidental insults, alledged to
have been offered by a few incautious youth, to an
individual ; because so little regard is shewn to the
under (landings and feelings of people, as, at the
lame moment m which this haughty declaration, so
x ig with ruin, is denounced, it is pretended that the'
execution of it, 1$ to preserve the persons and pro
ptitics of his Majesty's fubjeas ; as if the utter de
ftiu&io:, of their lives and estates, could ever be
termed a prefer vatioA of their perlons and properties.
That the military power, agreeable to
the brium confthution, is and ought to be under the
contiou! of the civil; and notwithstanding the ut
""' ',',"'''' st ate o f the town, the body, corpo
rate of this borough will never tamely submit to the
invasion of their privileges, by the dangerous and
untimely integration of military force.
Refolded, That this corporation will continue fted-
Miy to adhere to those substantial principles of "good
f°™ n ? en U which ought to adnate the minds of all
Ills Majesty s faithful fubjeds, and that they embrace
tins opportunity to make this public and fblemn de
claration, that notwithstanding their exposed and
i. 3 Nation which cannot be remedied, un
braffed with fear, unappalled at the threats of unlaw
ful powei, they will never desert the righteous cause
inerr country, plunged as it is into 'dreadful and
unexpected calamities.
oi«,r& + , ah-,; a ropr of this refohif \ |
the Mayor, timifimL d to John Ms : 1
commander of his MajeftyWfriD Mer-mr?. "1
JOHN BOUSH, T, C. 1
his MajeffsJbip Mercury at Norfolk, Heguf 18,
SIR,
i^'l P™ cn obliged for your polite favour, which
rinclofeu Some ftnaures by the corporation of Noi
folk, upon my firft letter to you. I must beg you
^ll be pleased to public the letterwhich have passed
between us in the Virginia news-paper, that a candid
pubic may judge of the motives which acuate my
conduct,'
When I firft wrote to you, it was not my inten
tion t 9 draw oi ) a political difcufrn with the inhabi
bitants or Norfolk, or to ascertain in particular cases
the limits of the civil or military jbririi&ions. I was
dehfous that his M?jeftu s fel.j : & s should knew I
Gently warned the re co of this province, to „ro
which, I mail anal, adhere to the tenor of my'
indjCitei. I beg my retpe&ful compliments to all
your family, and have the honour to remrin, Sir,
Tour most obedient humble servant.
To Paul Loyall, Esq;
y%% )f thetow n o f JOHN MACARTNEY.
Norfolk, Vu'ginia,
Norfolk, August 26, 1775.
Sir,
WHEN I had the pleasure of feeing you Inst,
you mentioned having some letters that ibi
faded between you and me published, which I gave
you & undtfftapd, rnip:ht be done, hire which, as
tthefe Gi^rr 'conceme^'the public. J ' .Ge thought
proper tu lay them before the Cemmr ; lIJi of^tbis
borough. The Hall has made some rHoDes on them,
a copy of which lam directed to enclose you. My
reason for not pullifhirg the letters in this week's
paper is, that as they ate of a fhieatning nature,
they might pet haps give the people of this colony great
uneafincfs ; to prevent which, I think there cannot
be too much precaution used, as I am willing to
believe your intentions are only to aft within your
own sphere, and not to intermeddle with the internal
policy of this corporation. If you (till think prn^
t> have the letters published, and will enclose them to
pre, I Ihaittake particular case to have them put into
the next "gazette'. My family joins in belt compli
ments, hoping you have recovered your health.
His Majesty's fliip M , - cifuik, Acgufl 15,
G 7-
Sir,
IWAS favoured with your letter of yefferd^y's date,
and it gives ne much real fatisfadion to find, that
the inhabitants of Norfolk are so earnestly desirous of
living in harmony with his Majesty's servants. You
are pleated to assure me that no violence or insult
Ihall b offered to the person of Mr. Sprowle, and
upon the faith of your letter I have requeued of him
to attend the committee to-morrow. For some days
pad I have been much indisposed, butif I find myfelf
well enough to-morrow, I mean to accompany Mr.
Sprowle to the committee, and will call upon you
about it o'clock to-morrow morning. I must beg
that you will go along with us. You, I am furc,
will agree with me that the summons sent by Mr.
Sprowle (a copy of which I have enclosed you) must
be truly alarming to ail good citizens. When any
set of gentlemen assume to themselves 'tbe power of
arraigning an individual for furnifhing barracks for
his Majesty's troops, and pretend to confute a conduct,
which l must think highly laudable, it gives me but
too much reason to apprehend, that the authority ofl
the civil magistracy is not competent far the fupport|
of government and good order.
I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, :
JOHN MACARTNEY.f
To Paul Loyall, Esq; Mayor /
of thetownof Norfolk, Virginia.)
has been done tothe crops ofcorn andtobacco, much
L'v'f@',hj»led w barzs. ^.g^-^rorohfioftrerc bice"'
}fa^ufffd ^b^^^ . rifo^^irte
j yen way. Catrin Robertson and Capt in M'Cunrß
■both lying at Voik town, bound for London and
& laden with tobacco, were drove ashore, and mas.
unload before they can get off; .but the Profpea,
f Norwood, likewise for London, with tobacco, bad
I the goad fortune to rideout the tiorm, and has rtcei-
Ived no injury, Someotber fmallerveffels were drove
ashore, but will.be got off with little, damage. At
Norfolk all the small craft were drove ashore, befdes
some fliips, which have been cheiffy got off, except
the Mercury man of war, Capt. McCartney, who was
jn two feet waver only; Captain Squires, of the Ot
ter sloop, going round to York in his tender, had
very near penfh^din the (form, being caff away upon
Back river, near Hampton ; where his vcffel was biunt
by the people thereabouts, in return for his harbour
i^g.gentlemens negroes, and fuffeving his Tailors to
Real poultry, hogs, &c. Twoofthe crew were run
away (Lives fronrColonel Wilson Miles Cary'squar
ters, in King and Queen, who were taken soon after
they got on shore ; andhispilet, a mullatto, was the
property of Henry King, Esq; of Hamp'on, with
,iyrn, after (kulking in the woods - about 48 hours,
he found means to paddle off in a canoe.
From Hampton we learn, that they begin to re
ce.ve melancholy accounts of the loss of lives, &c.
mthe lew ft^m. Mr. Roberts's vessel, of Ports
mouth was castaway, and every foulon board peril
ed except the malkr and a buy. Two (hips from
Ireland are likewise loft. .
Loro Dunmore, we hear keeps cruizing about,
and at the tinie of the storm was up in James's river,
on a reconnoitering party.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.
I^ellig^ce received by ^CONGRESS from General
S'^'Y^ER, September 18, 1775,
“ General Montgomery, from information received
on the tyb oj August, being apprehenfae . 'sat tbs
enemy s armed wefas might get into the Lake, ads. 4
^ftunt. ° „uM,f K .,o#! leas made to the Ifte anff
refolded o pr%^..:y, „.,faf orcc .b eccu Ll c &
' ~ 'f'f'G^^l Seller, iMsoivasA -aCT;
att^rng ice Indian treaty." General ScN o er
receipt ^ this immediately left Albany, and ^ e 'E'
arrived, very much indisposed, at Ticonderoga, ^
place ne ^ tbe yjl, alter having so the
Oldens wringing u p the artillery, &c. &c. On tlfr
fj oj September, General Schuyler joined General'
Montgomery at If e ta Motte. On that day both moved
% and arrived at ijl e aux so. On the s tb, Ge
neral S<bu,!er drew up a declaration, which be sent
°CT°% / Canadians. Andas it was judged going to
jo^i ,ffeak as be was, bis numbers not exceeding
woo, n ft ^ve agoodefe on the Canadians, and
cut ft to join, be refolded upon the rnefwe,
and according!; ^r!y on the 6th embarked, and without
% of ratoon proceeded towards St. John's. When
^j^-ny in fight oj the enemy's works, and at the
j about 2 mdes, the enemy began to fire from
tbeir ^ffs but without dohig % be
, roarer salj a mile nearer, and then landed, without
fpfry in a % deeftamp. Aj te r being jormed
marked ,„ , h ^ ,„/„ tb co @"q
^y . ^coverd with woods, in order to approach
^"^ f ^ r Hobby a „d Capt.
^doj the Connecticutjorces bans on the left, and a
Lltle advanced, were attacked in eroding a creek by a
! G.Melford, from New-Voik, <>%
4 on ^ ^HT^-Wrarf; whereby a large Uteaea y.
h made in her Bottom . a Sloop-, ^apt. Dogget, .:,
, St. Croix, went sphere at Green Spring, but if
.not receive much Injury; Sloop Sukey, Capt.<>cn
: ran, is ashore at Bear'River ; Ship Harmony U?.
§ Capt, Greenaway, and a Sloop, Capt Bell, wee
, drove athere below Otter Creek, the former of which
; has Offered corfidcrable Damage.
;7 be following Account from the Bar we were fa
ihatred with by Capt. Green, just arrived frost
§thence. '
I Spirin Thomas Kent, of Boston ; Capt. Jam®
, Watt, of Philadelphia ; Capt. Hooton, of Ply
-Imonth; Captains John Kennedy, Hovens, White
;(Y- C, Buck, Stringer, Wehher, and Truck, 01
North-Carolina; Capt. Anni&d, from New-York
for Cipe Fear ; Capt. Stretcher, Capt. Dudley, anr
five other Vessels not known, are all fuppoled to be
loft, ogether with their Crews, as they have not
huce jeen heard of.
Vessels wrecked at the Bar.
Capt. Barber, of Pafquotack, the Crew fined
Capt. James, of Marblehead, two Men saved. (apt
Hattie of Gnfgow, one Man loft. Capt. Ciffon,
of Whitehaven, four Men fared. Captains Sande
lin, Vallantine, and Hackburn, of North-Carolina
all favid. Capt. Clarke of Edenton, four Men loft.
Capt. rhompfon, of Glasgow, one Man loft. Capt
Cullet Qlark, of Virginia, all saved. Capt. Parker,
of Prquotank, on Shore at Hatteras. Capt.kDrmk
water. ashore. Three Vessels, Maders Names net
known, ashore at Hatteras. Captains Collier and
Ilaviman were drove off, but farce returned. ,
WILLFA M SBU R G, Sept., 8.
Every day hft week it rained more or lets, and
Sometimes continued chief part of the night; but on
Saturday it never ceased pouring down, and toward
noon the wind began to rife, which soon inerted to
a mere hurricane, it blowing rrmft furiously from tic
N. E. till near roo'clock arnigltt. Infinite damage
'WILMINGTON, AQ .§
On Friday last in the forenoon atived f^.n Bi
uen, wnere they had been flopped ay the coun
, eu , ant Colonel Janes' Cotton,
Mefl. Samdel and Jacob Willie ft apmr b
1 tier repeated examinations before >[- commits f
I this town, that they had been eight days on b^T
the Cruizer, with Governor Martin ; that th 1
jadvifed him to fill up several commifons in t - Arf
: fen militia, and in general were ill tffe&ed to Ge
American ftrugfle for liberty. But on ? n imr ^id
representation of our present dispute, they re- ded
to sign the affectation, and voluntarily took an e;nh
to obey the regulations of the Continental Cc'%cl:,
arid Provincial Convention ; to which they a^. now
gone, under the escort of Mefiieurs Ewa; and
Blythe.
NEWBERN, Sept. 8.
On Saturday last we had a most violent Storm of
'' d and Rain here.. It began about fix o'CL±,
inthe Morning, the Wind at N. E. am. 'continued
til about two in the Afternoon, when the Wind
I dinged to W. N. W. The utmdft Violence G die
I Gife was observed to be from two till four o'Clock#i
;w'^n providentially the Storm abated; otherwise the ।
;Swill, that must have been thrown into the HoLmr,l
world probably have overflowed the greater Part of
theTown. It is as yet impossible to afc^tam all die
Damages that have been sustained along the Sea
^Coaft, and throughout the Country ; but it we may
judg: from Appearance, it mud be very considerable. ,
The following, however, is as particulars! ) Ac^.mpt j
of the Accidents that happ ned as we have been aide'l
tole^n;' i
Extract of a Letter from Cadiz, Auguf
“ In my loft I mentioned something of the for
m',ble .aiinanients, which w<< e ca, vihg on in the
I dnerent ports of Spain, which were all ultimately
I code&ed in that of Carthagena about tae' beginning
j of June; they loitered a month there, thereby giving
, the Algerines time to gillea their dreugth, and to
: pupate for their reception; and having failed from
Cartnagtna the 24th of June, they contrived not to
get to Algiers^bay before the 30th of tire month and
1 ill of July : I Ivey then j'pent a week more in idle
* confutations, which terminated in .their resolving)
to Gtfembaik upon the Bth, in a place which the
Algerines designedly left unguarded, and upon their
. firit dirifiop, confining of Shoe men, being landed
; and advancing 2 or 3.00 paces from the strand, they
found themselves beset on all udes by ene nfe;, covered
by hedges, dutches, houses and camels,---Before the
second divifioa could get on ihore, the carnage in th^
firft had been great, and both the one a .d the other
fell into the gieateft confufion; a retreat aboard again
was determined upon, as the^only tiling to be done,
* and was effected the fame evening and night, before
midnight. The 'Moors kept aloof, and did not
dilluib them much during their re-embarkation,
l excepting with one 24 pounder upon them right flank,
I which played the whole day upon the Spaniards and
did great execution. The spot where they landed is
I dirtant one league and a half from Algiers to the
eatt, with a fort to the right of it, and another to
the left of it, so near, that the Spanilh troops could
r t, ; keep themselves fearedy out of reach of the guns
( w one or the other; the beach, a deep, heavy
I Amur and in front under wood, hedges, ditches,
^ freehand houses, so well guarded, and ' so artfully',
^nr^lm Spaniards never could penttixte 400 yards
' froth .he beach, and never saw above 44 or 50 of ,
though th^h wfs 0: Lohd and Bounded can
' § cs-ery little short of 5000 men, and bmongft them
a Ej & t number of officers, chiefly belonging jo the
; ' ! (h, and Walloon guards. Their men of war
i" dived very ill, they were ordered to attack the two
- abovementioned forts, which they did out of almost
gun (hot, and to one of them, which by her cable
Ibeinglbeing cut by a cannon (hot, fell within half cannon
I (hot of the fort, the General wrote, thit her going
,so near was contrary to his orders. In fhoft, the
whole has been a feene of blundering and confufion,
jand covers the nation with shame and resentment
against the planners and conductors of it."
Extract of a letter from London, July 22, 1775.
I " The conduct of the brave New-Englanders,
, and the Ready wisdom and firmnefs of the Congress,
I rejoice the hearts of all who are alike difybfed on
; tins fide the water. Should matters draw towards a
j compromise, I scarcely think it necessary to put you
} on your guard. The Congrels have hitherto exhi-
Ibited1 bited luch proofs of wisdom and forefight, that I
I think there is little danger of their beingover-reached.
I With refpe& to England and France, you know ; t
I has often been remarked, that the former have been
:• i&oiious in the field, but the latter have prevailed
I in the cabinet. You are as yet unpra&ifed in the
< intrigues of Courts, but you cannot be ignorant,
from the fyecimens that have of late been exhibited
i.Vd<\CES THOMSON, Secretary.
Extras of 1 letter from Cadiz, dated July 26.
“ The news is juit arrived of the mifearriage of
the expedition againtt Algiers. It is apprehended to
have been caused by the mifeondpa of the General.
File troops ditimbarked in the mortyg, and the
/Cgerines gave them battle ; the Moori deemed de-
T^d, and ran ; the Spaniards f^iloving, fell in
eighty thousand in ambu& win gave them
b. Je, in which a roiaideteat to k phre. The re
mams or the Spaniel army emb/.rkeu.a^in .the lame
night, and, proceeded, over.to Abeam The Ga
zette fays fix bundled killed, one thtufa^d ,Ujht
huncire : wounded^ but private letter lay, some
four thouland, others five thoufarid kileJ, and five
thousand wounded, with tye loss of t;<ir cannon,
and it is apprehended. Lien cavalry and T/wer of the
Spanish troops. So many officers of dfy&ion are
killed, that the court are in mourning]
Since our I.ft cure to Town, Cap, Williams,
fate et Sleep Sally, buund from Antign fm Con
necticut, whole Veflet wae drive,on Shoe and loft,
between Cape Charles and Si: r,puxcnt, in the hue
s"''':"'' Siotrri # ---Capt. Williams held of four
Sari of Vessels being loft in the Drue Stora at Ocra
ceck^ir North-Carolina.'
Captain Siarftmty, from Jamaica, on the 28th of
lad, Month, est tape Ftberen, met with a violent
Gale of Wind, or rather Hurricane, ttet latted 24.
Honrs, in which he received conirdtrabh Damage in
lus-Sails and Rigging, On the 3 mh, ot Cape Ni
cola, he fpoxe a Brig, from Georgia or Jamaica,
cut 31 Days ; the next day /poke the Sloop Polly,
Capt. Troxen, from New-York, out ^ Days, and
3 Brig, from Virginia, out 22 Days; both bound
to the Mote ; the lz th Irritant, in Las. % 35 . Lon.
73, 30. fpok- the Brig Diligence, Caplin Dawfori,
' "'* ''' Pruv'dence, 4, Days out ;
and on me: 1420, about 33 . Leagues to be Eastward
of Capt-Henry, he fyke a Ship, ...... T^fy^-p
''' -a:....,,, .. _nuo> roim -Mfibppi re? stew-York,
and a Ship, from Virginia for Glasgow; the fame
D ty he allo /poke a Ship, from Virginia for Exeter,
all well.
ocro fBekMS, forn whorl rec^ ^ LeafJ
; fire, ^toar troop gallantprffitg off, they fan
j ca^e waj, am left usthe ground, ItV tencounter
: be - ?4 aferieant, a corparaland three., ates billed,
;.tying and eight wounded, three whom are
, face dead. BeJiJes. tbefe, Major Id:,' °^f J'bf
; t^agbihe thigh, but not dangcrouJly,J Captain
f 'Mead received aflight wound through shoulder, as
I Tv 'Z xutenant Brown in the band. 2 farviving
1 %.A - ; ed are in a fair way of recovery.
row coming on, our Generals Jus their men
!...,-, and ca, up a small entrenched to defend
-.- ..% incase of an attack in thens
evening Gen. Schuyler receiveontain Intel
*c. AC, that the enemy's Jortificatiens ere complete,.
i4> % fcrtifdly furnijbed with cannon that one f
I thmr w/,9 was launched, and would ready to fail
linI in three or four days, and is to carry , tuns.
He a%Earned, that in the aftemond engagement
frac Indians were killed, and four bay wounded,
Ofdes dserai others, the condition oj foofe wounds
war- not kno^wn; that Capt. Tyce, o fobnftown,
nre - ci onnded in the belly.
Or re pb, in the morning (having bm undifurbed
tbro#f, the night, excepting by a lew fab, which did
.at oC?fr a^mage tbanJhgbtl, wounding Lieut. Mills)
devas / „f[mof adqfcable to retu^no the IJIe aux
^x, : e a boom across the chanrl, ereH the
F °lf , : -^sfor its defence, and to prev'xttbe enemy's
wf:is, c^. entering the lake.
Cfn : .is Gess. Schuyler ordered the trot" '° '""-,
her k, and be returned to the Ifeaux fix without
.ay mofo afo, where, when the expref came away,
be was mefling proper works to fanre the. eutfance
sfo the lake, and to be in r^adinefs, on .the arrival oj
J^nher ryrorcements, <w&k=uereso dHtyC to take
ft can Janfc „ - 7, -; t -tm, ~.ct -ctc,,,» A 't^ranas
I'utbtirdb.y order of tret :?gie<s,
On Saturday, the 9th mftarrf, a r.ioft cruel and
■ inamn.w murder we. att npted to be committed m
, Ewer!. : T township, (byr® county, on one i mes
^1.10.111^ a ^ephr, b wa ^ fax,nd wuh his read'
, ^^^.i^fothairumitf :iLattypfyfius^^^^ ?at•
left paw xuc, and ins band-pipe cift through, but
this unhappy person ftilk continues ab^. The fellow
I woo is firfpe&ed of leaving committed thi shorrid
ahlion, was seen with him about 39 perches flora
where he (Vaugtan) was found,---is a lusty waff set
fellow, five feet ten or eleven Inches high, dark
curled hair, with a cock^i hat, linen fhiit aod tnw
teis, and a light coloured jacket, but had ot\er
cloaths with him in a knopftek.---.The goods whih
the icilow took from the pedlar, were in a lare
double check wallet, and amounted in value to about
twenty pounds, with between fix and seven pounds
in cofm- lEN POUNDS- will be given by the
neighbours to any period who will difeover tie'
P"j )e " at °' s °' "'' above (hocking deed.
''yug^u Wole 09 the fijor with chalk, <he
come , not Ipeak) that the fellow's name was Elliot.
Extras oj a letter from New-Turk, dated Sept *o'
“ Bast night tire Asia man of brought the Stage'
^oat along fade and tock out an officer belonging
Gen. Wooffer, returning from-Bordentown, anchor
4 guns, which were on board. It is supposed they
'in? " rt " r '° n fc) ^ a prize of gunpowder, but
the Bird was cone."
Audio b- SOLD whcl^t ,a.,-,4
HUG H G A INe,
• At his Book-Stoie and Printing-Office, in Hanover-'
Square,
[llluflrated with a beautiful Plan of Boston and the Pro
vincial Campi
onha deign; of this Court, that your de^Jarice
on any privileges worth contending for, muffbe on
your own internal political ftreagth, and I doabt not
but the Cpngrefs will have wisdom enough to con
du& their measures accordingly. The p&iodf : fpeak
of, may perhaps be so remote, that you may onfider
it as talking of things at a great didance ; there caa
however be no harm in putting you early upon ;uarJ.
At present they talk of, I don't know what ; tome
time of applying to the Empress of Russia for ,0,000
men ; sometimes to the States General for i;,ooo<
At the fame time they pretend to disclaim the ilea of
subduing America. So, before Iford North's famous
conciliatory motion, they disclaimed, all notionsof an
American revenue, it was only the fupremaiy of
Parliament they contended for ; but behold, fen it
was only revenue. In ihort, there is no lye the, /are
not capable of framing, if it can in any wife con
duce to anfwerrog their 'prefent purpose. Thii is
fubdudtion, at any rate, dpind upon it, if it cm
puffibly be effected ; if nor, no doubt tpy will put
upon it the belt face they can ; but it is your part tc
be prepared. If what I heard to-day, viz. that prefi
warrants were sent out to America a fortnight ago,
is true, you will know before this readies you. This
is certain, that an express arrived at the Secretary of
State's office yederday from the' Governor of Gib
raltar, rxpreffing bis anxiety on account of the ar #
mamebt of Spain, particularly the fleet in the Medri
, tetLuifr-,- which- his thrown them into great con
lternation. Let us hope; that fomethir.g will at Jal
bring them to their fends.”
HUTCHIN's Improv'd;
BEING AN
ALMANACK
lor lire Year of our LORD '
T^&^n}^^^ Tit&Yfr^t,,}
Weather, Rthng/nd Setting of the PQ% Length
of Days and Nights, C uitr, RQ, & c . Together
wuh uh-'ui TaStes, chronological Observations and
entertaining Remarks.
*' A ''"' coroica L hemorms, and entertaining Ad
.£k ventures a young La'dy that used to walk in.
her Sleep.
2. Natural Defers sometimes Applied by others equally
ufeful, fully exemplified by a blind Man out-witting h.^
Neighbour, who wanted to deceive him.
3. How Quarrels on flight Ocenfions often produce
fatal Conferences, fully verified by 2 Law Suit Between
the Heirs of Sir Thomas Talbot, and the Heirs of Lord
Berkley, which, after it had continued 120 Years, was
left to Arbitration.
4. Contentment depends much oq Opinion, (hewn by
an Answer of the Persian King Darius to Alexander the
Great, after he had conquered, his Country, rifled his
Camp, and robbed him of his Treasure.
5. Theevil Conferences of Sloth and Idlenefs.'
6. The Art of being Happy, wherein 'tis evident that
a contented Mind is more worth than all the Suite and
Treasure of both the Indies.
7. Certain Rules <0 Succeed in our Affairs, which, if
properly attended to, will be a never-failing Ladder to rife
to Honour, Wealth and Popularity.
8, An fnHarre of true Magnanimity in a Roman Se
nator, when Vefpafi&n threatened him with immediate
Death if he did not give his Voice against his Country:.
9. The Force of Imagination, ffiewn in a noble Portu
guese who was overwhelmed with a melancholy Imagi
nation "That God would not forgive him his Sins."
10. Of Friends and Friendship.
11. The whole Process of rfiaking SALT EETRE,
recommended by the Hon. the Continental Congress, for
the making of which there is a Bounty now given both
in this and the neighbouring Provinces.
12. Ihe Method of making Gun-Powder, which at
this Juncture may be carried into Execution ir. a small
Way, by almost every Farmer in his own Habitation.
13. Avery neat Plan of the Town of Boston, Shewing
at one View, th- Provincial Camo, Borton Neck, Forti
hca~v< .nins. /Hrt^y, Msgaeirc; Chariertown
, :'.a Pond, Fort Hill, Corps Hill, Liberty Tree,
Windmill Point, Soin, Battery, Long Wharf, Island
Wharfs, Hancock's ditto, Charieftown, Banker's Hill
Winter Hill, Cobble Hill, Forts, Profpea Hill, Provin
cial Lines, Lower Fact, Upper ditto, Main Guard, Cam
bridge College, Charles River, Pierpoint's Mill, Fafcine
Battery, Roxbury Hill Lines, General Gage's Lines,
Dorcheffer Hill and Point, and Myffick River.
14. Some curious Chronological Anecdotes from An
derson's Hiftroy of the Rife and Progress of Commerce.
15. An excellent Secret communicated.
^ 16. The bad Conferences of Lying.
17. A Smart Rapartee of a British Minifler.
13. Of Riches; demonstrating, that he thatneeds the
feweft Things, is the richert Man.
19. Of Ambition-Deceit and Agreeableness.
20. A .Method for destroying Caterpillars on Trees.
21. An often tried Remedy for the Gripes in Children.
22. An experienced efficacious Gargle, and Plainer fee
a Sore Throat.
23. A Cure for a freSh Sprain. 1
24. A Medicine for Fluxes of the Belly.
25. A Regimen which has been found beneficial ia
Con fumptive Cases.
26. An Ode ooDelay.
27. The Countryman and his two Sons.
28. Maxims on Love. t
29. A-Cure for the Gripes in Horses.
30. A Cure for the Cracks or Sore Heels of Horses.
3 T. A never failing Cure for a Cough in either Horse
or Cow.
With many other Matters useful and entertaining,