The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal (Boston [Mass.]), 1773-09-30 00:00:00

THE Massachusetts Sun
Or, Thomas's Boston Journal.
MAY 2 1708
A Weekly, Political, and Commercial PAPER:--Open to ALL Parties, but Influenced by None.
'DO THOU Great LIBERTY INSPIRE our Souls,--And make our Lives in THY Possession happy, Or, our Deaths glorious in THY JUST Defence.'
VOL. III.]
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1773.
[NUMB. 139.]
FOR the MASSACHUSETTS S P Y. Mr. THOMAS, You are desired to insert the following. A Dialogue between the BRITONS and AMERICANS. BRITONS.
YOU have within a few years denied the authority of Parliament over the Colonies, and called in question a power which we have exercised over, since America has been inhabited by Englishmen. AMERICANS. It is true, we have denied that you have any just authority to make laws for us; for it is an indisputable truth, "Any people among whom one law is made or repealed, without their consent, is in a state of slavery," and we absolutely deny your having any right to enslave us.
BRITONS. We do not want to enslave you nor hurt your interest, but it is necessary for the good of the whole that there should be a supreme power some where, and certainly the parent state has the best claim to this supreme power.
AMERICANS. Such a supreme authority as you contend for, destroys all liberty in every other part of the empire, and beside, it is not necessary for the good of the whole that there should be any such power, provided it was consistent with liberty, for the common interest will forever preserve union and vigour in the nation, if the prime rulers act with any degree of wisdom.
BRITONS. Such a state of independence and equality as you talk of, would divide and ruin the nation, for where all the most important national movements depend upon the will of different Assemblies or Houses of Commons, things move slow, and innumerable difficulties arise.
AMERICANS. Some difficulties will attend all governments, the best have their imperfections, but the reason of mankind and the experience of all ages, assure us that no society deserves the name of government which has not liberty for its grand object; and when any form of government is proposed, which will not preserve this, it ought to be rejected with disdain by a free people.
BRITONS. We are not disposed to destroy your liberties, but would be the guardians of them; we desire no more authority over you, than is necessary for a due subordination and the preservation of government, but your jealousy is alarmed, and you unreasonably suppose that we shall turn tyrants, when our power is once established.
AMERICANS. Our own reason, as well as sad experience, teaches us, that, under Providence, we are the natural and best guardians of our own liberties; and that none but fools and tradsmen will trust the keeping of these precious jewels to others. We have already suffered the loss of blood as well as treasure, by your attempting to take what reason and Heaven has forbid us to part with, our rights, the matter is so plain the most simple must understand it, for there is but one step from liberty to slavery; the former is to be at our own disposal, the latter to be at the disposal of another; this is your system, that is ours.
BRITONS. You talk of the experience of ages, shew us an example of any state's flourishing with different independent assemblies or Houses of Commons similar to what you propose.
AMERICANS. We have a striking one at hand to our purpose, the Dutch United Provinces; the most flourishing and prosperous people, in the world, who revolted from their tyrannical neighbours, formed a Common wealth of their own, and have long been one of the most wealthy and potent states in Europe.
* D Eor CHURCH's Oration, 1773.
BRITONS. At another time we will hear all that you have to say, and as reason ought to determine all disputes, if it preponderates in your favour we will submit to its dictates.
From the NEW-YORK GAZETTEER. To the PRINTER. SIR,
AS the public are interested, so they must be anxious to know the result of a special court of Oyer and Terminer, held here lately for the discovery and trial of the persons concerned in the counterfeiting the paper currency of the province of New-York, Pennsylvania, and New-Jersey.
I shall give you a brief narrative of the transactions of the court, and the facts that appeared, that you may communicate them if you think proper, through your paper.
This account you would have had sooner, but it was thought (for certain reasons) prudent not to publish it until this time.
You have already mentioned in your paper that Samuel Ford and John King had escaped from goal. Their escape made it extremely difficult to discover their accomplices. The court opened on Tuesday the 11th, and it was the Friday following before the least intimation could be got of any persons concerned, when one of them who lay under the censure of three convictions, the one for aiding Ford and King, in their escape, and the others for high misdemeanors, on being hard pushed, and in order to mitigate his punishment for these crimes, began to make a confession, this soon alarmed another of the accomplices, who made an ample and full confession.
By which confessions, and those of the persons afterwards apprehended, these facts appeared--That Ford has been in the business of money making many years, that in the year 1767, or 8, he followed it in New-York; but was apprehended on suspicion of making money, and admitted to bail, and even then set about preparing materials to renew the business, that he soon removed back into this country, where he again entered into it, and made a connection in Philadelphia, with a certain Capt. Joseph Richardson, from whom he got a supply of types, he then attempted the New-York emission of Three Pound Bills, and made a considerable sum, but complained of the thinness of the paper, and the bad credit of the currency; at least in this and the neighbouring provinces, and gave a preference to the Jersey currency; but it is thought did little at it till the Pennsylvania emission of 1769 came out, when he and Captain Richardson went to Ireland, and from thence to London and the manufacturing towns, and Ford applied himself to learn the business of an engraver and type maker, and from his knowledge before in the art of carving, and an uncommon natural genius, he in the course of three months became so perfectly a master of the business, that (on his return to America) he made all the types for his press, and in so masterly a manner, that the imitation of the Jersey and Pennsylvania Bills, which were struck by them, of Three Pounds and Thirty Shillings, is so exact that the difference cannot be discovered without the most strict examination of a person well acquainted with the true bills.
From the time of his return, till he was apprehended, he went on with uninterrupted success, and emitted large sums of the Jersey and Pennsylvania currency: but principally of the latter, for these two years past, and was the less apprehensive of being detected for the following reasons:
1st. His bills had stood the test of the several treasurers examination, and had their sanction, which he ever made an invariable rule to secure before he passed any of his new emissions.
2dly. His press and all his implements were in an almost impenetrable swamp, at a mile distance from his house, and in which the water most part of the year, was half leg deep, so that no person could track him, and he must crawl on his belly some rods before he could reach it.
3dly. As no person, except King and Richardson, knew where he did work, or had ever seen the place, and these and all others concerned were sworn to secrecy. He used to go to his work at day light, in the morning, with his gun; so that no person could suspect him. Ford was called the treasurer for the three Provinces--He signed his own bills. By direction of the court a number of persons went into the swamp, in search of his types, &c. but found only his press, and a leather that covered the bills when they were struck, on which was the impression of a Pennsylvania bill of three pounds, of the emission of 1769.
Upon these facts, the following persons, (who were only concerned as passers of the money, except Reynolds, who procured some types for Ford) to wit, Benjamin Cooper, Esq; Doctor Burn Budd, Samuel Haynes, and David Reynolds, were indicted, and plead guilty to their several indictments, and on the nineteenth they received sentence of death, to be executed the seventeenth day of September next. Few scenes were ever more truly affecting than the one in the Court-House, at the time of sentence passing--These four persons are remarkably handsome fine looking men, three of them about thirty, and the other forty, they are all married and have children. All are descendants from the first families in the province, and all have parents living and numerous relations, the attendance of their relations and friends added much to the solemnity of it, so much that it is better conceived than described--among a thousand people there was scarce a dry eye. The spectators were more sensibly affected for those unhappy persons, as it appeared they had been drawn into it by the art, cunning and persuasion of that villain Ford.
These were all the persons apprehended for capital crimes, except Justice Ayres, whose crime was committed in Sussex county, it appeared he had not been in the practice for some time past, and if any judgment can be formed of his repentance, by his conduct and carriage, it was sincere before he was suspected, as his life had lately been so exemplary, that the congregation to which he belonged had promoted him to the rank of deacon, and the parson was so fully convinced of his innocence, that on the Sunday after his commitment he prayed for his protection from false accusers, and on the Sunday following a report prevailed that he was released, when the parson returned thanks for it; but alas! Before the next Sunday certain accounts were received that he had confessed his crime.
During these enquiries, sufficient evidence appeared to convince every one present, that Ford was one of the persons that robbed the treasury of this province, some years ago, both from his own confession to one of the convicts, who declared it on oath, as also from many other circumstances.
From this account of Ford, the public must view him in the light of the most accomplished villain, that this country ever produced, and it is hoped it will stimulate every well-wisher to the community throughout the continent to be watchful for, and active in apprehending him, especially when they have the promise of 500l from the Governor of Pennsylvania, for convicting the person who counterfeited the currency of that province, and of his being the man against whom there is the fullest proof.--it is supposed he is gone to the Ohio, and intends going down the mouth
of the Mississippi. Richardson has also made his escape.
The Grand Jury, in a polite address, thanked the court and Attorney General, for the great pains they had taken in aiding them in their discoveries; and in a very particular manner gave their thanks, and those of the county to some persons, whose activity had laid a foundation for detecting and breaking up this nest of public robbers.
You should have had this at large with the answer to it, but too much of your paper would be taken up thereby, for one subject to engross.
FRIDAY September 24. BOSTON.
Captain Miller, who is arrived at Philadelphia from London, on the 26th of July, in lat. 41. long. 38. spoke with the ship Eleanor, Capt. Bruce, from Antigua for London, out five weeks, and all well.
MARRIED ] Mr. John Inman, Merchant, to Miss Sally Haskins, eldest daughter of Capt. John Haskins, of this town.
DIED ] Captain Traill, a noted sea commander--Mrs. Kelly, wife of Mr. Kelly, lighterman--Mrs. Berry--Mrs. Rebecca Littlefield, wife of Capt. James Littlefield--At Cambridge, Miss Sally Inman, youngest daughter of Ralph Inman Esq;--At Newport, Rhode-Island, Mr. Edward Wanton, merchant, youngest son of the Hon. Gideon Wanton, Esq; late Governor of that Colony.--At Newbury-Port, Capt. William Davenport.--At Providence, Nahum Wilder, merchant.
CHARLESTOWN [S. Carolina] August 24. Last week arrived here from Newry in the North of Ireland, the brig Elliott, John Waring Master, with two hundred passengers, who intend to settle in this province.
August 31. Last Friday the ship Walworth Capt. McCaulland, arrived here from Londonderry, with near three hundred passengers.
SATURDAY September 25. BOSTON.
Five hundred people arrived at North-Carolina from Ireland, the last of August, with an intention of settling in that province.
We have accounts from different part of the country, the drought is so great, that most of the wells are entirely dry, and the inhabitants in many places are obliged to fetch their water three or four miles.
NEW-YORK, September 20. We hear from New Jersey, that the following melancholy accident happened about three weeks ago, at the new Moravian Settlement, in Sussex county, in that colony; a remarkable fine child, about ten months old, son of Mr. Leinbeck, store-keeper there, was dropped by a boy into a bucket of scalding water, which was, at the same time, over set by the boy, which threw the water all over and under the child, and scalded the skin in the parts most exposed, in a terrible manner, so that it came off in undressing. The distressed parents committed it to the care of a woman in the house, who pretended to understand the cure of scalds: She immediately applied salt to the scalded parts, which threw the child into convulsions, and in less than an hour put an end to its life and misery.
Last week a countryman having received a sum of money on Long Island, in dollars, was returning home, either to Orange or Ulster county, but in crossing the ferry at Hackinack, about the middle of the river his horse took fright, jumped out of the scow and carried the faddle bags with him, which not being fastened to the saddle were lost with all the dollars.

Mr. THOMAS. As your paper is open to all parties, please to give the following: A CATECHISM for 1773. Composed in Congregational Principles, necessary to be understood by all the Friends of Christian Liberty at this day: Or, some Queries humbly offered to the Churches of the Massachusetts-Bay, with their Answers, occasioned by the late attempts to arrive the Churches of their Christian Freedom. I am one who wishes the Laity of these Churches may know and exercise their proper rights.
Q. 1. Is it not the undoubted right of any number of gentlemen, either singly or jointly, to give their opinion concerning the doctrines contained in the Bible, or any other book, with their reasons therefor? A. Yes.
Q. 2. Is it not the right of every author, when he thinks proper, to conceal his name, if he abuses not the public, nor individuals thereby? A. Yes.
Q. 3. Is not such a convention of the Clergy that appears without a moderator or scribe, to be considered as authors who conceal their names? A. Yes.
Q. 4. Is it just or honest for gentlemen, who conceal their names, to call themselves the convention, &c. at Boston and thus virtually charge their doings on the whole clergy of the province, when three quarters of them had no hand in this business? A. No.
Q. 5. Did ever any body of learned clergy sit once or more in council, synod, or convention, to do business, without a moderator or scribe, before a late convention in Boston? A. No.
Q. 6. Does not common sense pronounce a body without a head or hand, to be a monster in nature? A. Yes.
Q. 7. Did not such a monster appear in Boston last July, according to the public account of a late convention? A. Yes.
Q. 8. Was not the august laity consulted in forming the platform of our religious privileges anciently? A. Yes.
Q. 9. Is there any just reason why the present laity should be neglected when those privileges are to be explained? A. No.
Q. 10. Are not the privileges of our religious constitution, the property of the laity as well as the clergy? A. Yes.
Q. 11. Is not the proportion of this property in the privileges of our religious constitution, by reason of the number of the laity, principally vested in them? A. Yes.
Q. 12. If the late convention of July 23, in the town of Boston, really had a moderator and scribe, and so was not a monster in nature of that kind; then does it not appear most evident that either fear or shame lead them to conceal their names, that the laity might not know who first laid hands on their property in this private manner? A. Yes.
Q. 13. Is it not as truly sacrilegious in the sight of God for his professed ministers to rob the laity of their religious property, as for the laity to rob them of their civil properties? A. Yes.
Q. 14. Is there not too much reason to fear that such sacrilegious robbers, came not in by the door, but have climbed up some other way? A. Yes.
Q. 15. Have not the good people of this province a just right to know who were first in the transgression of July 23? And who were partakers in that spiritual theft? A. Yes.
Q. 16. Does it not behove the vigilant town of Boston, which has been so active in guarding the civil rights of the province, to make proper search after those, who in their confinement, have made such an attack on their religious rights, as that on July 23, in the absence of the laity, and if they can be found, then bring them forth to public view, and stimulate them according to law; in order that every one may take care of his property when in danger? A. Yes.
Q. 17. Is not a power vested in any person to control the consciences and judgments of others, justly esteemed a lordly power over their consciences? A. Yes.
Q. 18. Is not a power vested in a minister to invalidate the votes of a church such a controlling power? A. Yes.
Q. 19. Can a minister be vested with a power from Christ, to invalidate the votes of a christian church, as he shall think fit, and not be vested with a power from Christ by which he may lord it over God's heritage? A. No.
Q. 20. Are not the ministers of Christ forbidden to lord it over God's heritage? A. Yes.
Q. 21. Is it not most absurd, to suppose Christ (the great head of the church) has vested such a power in his ministers, which he has forbid them to use? A. Yes.
Q. 22. Is it not agreeable to congregational principles, to consider ecclesiastical councils, as only advisory in all cases? A. Yes.
Q. 23. Can the advice of council be obligatory in one important case, and yet consider it only advisory in all cases? A. No.
Q. 24. Is it not then a manifest departure from congregational principles, to consider the want of advice from an ecclesiastical council as a restraint on a people in the case of dismissing their minister? A. Yes.
Q. 25. Is it not according to the excellent ecclesiastical constitution of this province, that every particular church is furnished with proper power from Christ to purge and preserve itself from corruption? A. Yes.
Q. 26. Can it be possible that a particular church is furnished with proper power to purge and preserve itself from corruption, and yet has not power to purge out a corrupt, or
scandalous minister, without the advice of council first directing thereto? A. No.
Q. 27. Is it not a manifest contradiction, to suppose a particular church to be the highest ecclesiastical judicatory on earth, and yet to suppose an ecclesiastical council to restrain or controul its acts? A. Yes.
Q. 28. Is not such a controul, on the power of a church in the act of dismissing its pastors pleaded for at this day? A. Yes.
Q. 29. Is it not a part of the liberty wherewith Christ has made his people free, to judge who shall be, and who shall not be, their ministers? A. Yes.
Q. 30. Is it safe for any church to give up this right of judging for itself, who shall or shall not be its minister? A. No.
Q. 31. Did not our fathers find by sad experience, that it was unsafe to give up this right to Bishops? And do not we their children find by like experience the danger of giving it up to ecclesiastical councils? A. Yes.
Q. 32. Is it not then the great duty of the churches in this province to stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made them free, in judging for themselves, who shall and who shall not be their ministers? A. Yes.
Q. 33. Will not an easy, honest and consistent construction of the whole of our ecclesiastical constitution, render any further explanation needless, at this day, concerning the power of every particular church, in dismissing its pastor, although councils refuse their advice for it? A. Yes.
Q. 34. Is it not high time for the churches of this province to awake up and carefully examine such candidates as they are about settling with them, not only as to the soundness of their doctrinal faith, but also as to their judgment about the power of ministers and councils, lest they soon find their young pastors in possession of a power lying by them to invalidate the votes of the whole church, and such as are secure from being brought in without the consent of those who they are pleased to call their peers, however corrupt and scandalous they may be? A. Yes.
Q. 35. Can a sober christian, think the law of Christ, or our ecclesiastical constitution, so absurd, as to bind a church or people to keep and support any man as their pastor, merely because a council does not advise his dismissal, when at the same time they are bound in their consciences to withdraw from him for his unworthiness? A. No.
Q. 36. Is it not clear to every one, that if a council by refusing to advise the dismissal of a minister, binds a people to keep such a minister, then they are held by such a method in a state of spiritual slavery, to the dictation of an ecclesiastical council? A. Yes.
Q. 37. Has Christ given such power to ecclesiastical councils, to enslave the consciences of his people in this manner? A. No.
Q. 38. Are ecclesiastical councils an ordinance of God, and to be used by his church? A. Yes.
Q. 39. How far does the power of councils bind the consciences of those to whom the advice is given? A. As far as it agrees with the word of God.
Q. 40. Who are the judges in this case, whether such advice agrees with the word of God or not? A. Those to whom it is given, whose consciences are to be bound by it.
Q. 41. Is it the right of a pastor to refuse the members of a sister church, and so break communion with it, without the voice of his own church? A. No.
Q. 42. Has not this been the case with regard to some of the members of the church of Christ in Boston? A. Yes.
Q. 43. If we duly consider what is contained in the foregoing questions. Does it not appear that our religious privileges are as much in danger, as our civil privileges? A. Yes.
A Friend to True Liberty.
MONDAY, September 27 B O S T O N.
Last Friday a negro man, belonging to Mr. John Evans, of Portsmouth, attempting to make fast a rope to a sunken skew, by diving, was drowned.
We hear from Wells, that last Monday as Capt. Hog, with two men were going into the harbour in an open sail boat, just upon the Bar, they shipped a sea, and the boat sunk immediately, whereby the two men, viz. Nathan Buckland and John Emery were drowned. Capt. Hog saved himself by holding by the top of the mast (which was just above water) till another boat came to his assistance.
PHILADELPHIA, September 13. On the 26th of July, in the channel, Captain Allmet Admiral Spry, with seven sail of men of war, returning from a cruise in the Bay of Biscay.
DIED.] Mrs. Douglass, wife of Mr. Douglass, manager of the American company of comedians, mother of Lewis Hallam, and of Mrs. Mattocks, of Covent Garden theatre, and aunt of Mrs. Hallam; a lady, who, by her excellent performances upon the stage, and her irreproachable manners in private life, had recommended herself to the friendship and affection of many of the principles families on the continent, and in the West-Indies.
TUESDAY, September 28 B O S T O N.
The person mentioned in the papers, nine or ten months since, who was committed to Amherst Goal for killing his father, was last week tried at said Amherst, before the Superior Court, and brought in guilty of manslaughter. He was the next day branded in Court, and dismissed.
Notwithstanding the glimmering hopes afforded us on the arrival of Capt. Lyde from London, of an alteration of the measures of the ministry; by the most creditable intelligence received since by Capt. Symmes, we may venture to assure our readers, that considering the prejudices of all about the throne, we are so far from having a radical redress of grievances, as that even the withdraw of the grievous instructions to the Governor is not likely to be advised. That a few members of parliament, and perhaps some in high office, have in a degree an idea of our growing importance, and upon that account, a wish that some means may be found of perfect reconciliation; yet that none of these seem willing to be active in our favour. That a plan of reconciliation had been talked of, to be formed by a noble Lord, but it could not be effected while the colonies claimed an exclusive right, common to all British subjects, of taxing themselves for the support of their Governors, Judges, &c. being contrary to the parliamentary revenue acts; and in short, that any essential change in the minds and measures of administration is not to be expected.
The disorder that generally attends young children at this season has lately proved very mortal in this town---above twenty have died within a week.
WEDNESDAY, September 29 B O S T O N.
PROCEEDINGS of the Town of COLRAIN. To the Committee of Correspondence in Boston.
THIS town met at the meeting house in said town, and by adjournment to the ninth day of this instant; then met and chose a committee of correspondence and communication to join with the committee of correspondence at Boston; the committee met, and observe that the reason why they did not before this time consider of the votes and proceedings of the town of Boston, was we did not know there was any such papers sent to us, until the second day of August, by reason of some neglect; this town being a great distance from Boston, and in the north-west corner of the county of Hampshire, and are but an infant settlement, and formerly much harassed by the savages, have not had that opportunity and advantage of informing ourselves (till lately). The many violations and infringements that are made, and likely to be made on our rights and privileges, and although we are an infant settlement we look upon our liberties as dear to us as if we were the oldest in the province, and do with the most sincere regard acknowledge the vigilance and care discovered by the town of Boston, respecting public rights and liberties. Would inform you that this town do and will heartily concur with you, in all salutary proper constitutional measures for the redress of those intolerable grievances, which threaten us with total destruction; we would ever esteem ourselves obliged to the town of Boston the capital of this province; may she rejoice in perpetual prosperity, may wisdom direct her in all her consultations, may her spirited prudence render her a terror to the enemies of our constitution, and may every town in this province and every colony in America be awakened to a sense of danger, and unite in the glorious cause of liberty, may this land be purged from evil and designing men that desire to bring slavery on a loyal and dutiful people to his Majesty, and may righteousness be exalted, that God may be our God as he was the God of our fathers, and may we be possessed with virtue, religion and public spirit which warmed and animated our renowned ancestors. We conclude, with informing you, we have received the Resolves of the General Court, and the letters to be communicated, accordingly they have been communicated to the town agreeable to your desire; and express our gratitude to all that have been instrumental in bringing to light things that have been hid, and hope by uniting we may stand.
We are, Gentlemen, your humble servants, JAMES STEWART, HEZEKIAH SMITH, JOHN MORRISON, JOHN WOOD, DANIEL DONNELSON, THOMAS BELL. Committee of Communication of Colrain.
Proceedings of the Town of BROOKFIELD To the Committee of Correspondence within and for the Town of BOSTON.
GENTLEMEN, THE town of Brookfield having taken the letter of the town of Boston, of November 20th, 1772, into consideration, together with the state of the infringements and violations of the rights of the people of America, and of this province in particular, which have from time to time been made by the court and parliament of Great-Britain.
"We fully agree with you in sentiment relating to them, and that it is the indispensable duty of every lover of his country and the happy constitution, which was once the glory of this country, to exert himself in every loyal and constitutional way, to ward off the impending evil.
"This town will be ever ready to assert, and in every legal and proper way, maintain those rights and liberties for our children, which were with so much labour, blood and treasure purchased by our ancestors, whose memory is and ought to be esteemed by us; and we hope, notwithstanding the attempts of the enemies of our constitution, to deprive us of those rights, yet by a steady, firm and constant exertion we shall not finally be deprived of them.
"This town will not fail of joining with the other towns of this province, in every constitutional way to obtain redress, and as the province is hitherto favoured with a General Assembly, we trust, that they under GOD may be led to such measures as may procure us relief.
"We take this opportunity to thank the town of Boston, for their great care and vigilance in the common cause, and look upon ourselves embarked in the same bottom, mutually interested in the same event. Let us look to GOD for his blessing and protection, and "stand fast in the liberty wherewith CHRIST has made us free."
AT a meeting of the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Brookfield, legally assembled the 14th of September, 1773; the foregoing letter being twice read, voted that the same be recorded in the town-book, and a copy thereof be made attested, and transmitted (by the Clerk) to the Committee of Correspondence within and for the town of Boston. Attest: JEDUTHUN BALDWIN, Town Clerk.
Isaiah Thomas, INFORMS the public that he has REMOVED his PRINTING-OFFICE from the Corner of Marshall's-Lane, near the Mill-Bridge, to the Foot of Royal-Exchange-Lane, the room improved for sixteen years past, for an Auction-Room.
Gleason's Almanack, or, THE MASSACHUSETTS CALENDAR, for 1774, is now in the press, and will be published in season. If there are any alterations in the taverns on the public roads since last year, it is desired immediate notice may be given to I. THOMAS, at his Printing-Office, near the Market, Boston.
The greatest care will be taken to render this Almanack as Useful as any whatever; and as the publisher is satisfied that the Calculations are true, he makes no doubt but it will meet with approbation.
Bickerstaff's justly esteemed ALMANACK, will be published this Fall, in the usual Season:---If any new Houses of Entertainment are opened upon the public Roads, the Tavern Keepers are requested to send their Names immediately to MILLS and HICKS (the Printers) at their Office, in School-Street, Boston.
At the neat Sterling Cost, A PARCEL of UPHOLSTERER'S and other GOODS, are selling off by NATHANIEL LANGDON, at his shop, in Cornhill, nearly opposite to the Post-Office.
MOSES DESHON takes this method to inform the gentlemen inhabitants, merchants and tradesmen of the town of Boston, Captains of vessels, strangers and others, that he has opened an
Auction-Room in Ann-street, well situated for business, formerly improved by Jacob Royal, Esq; deceased. He would esteem it an act of benevolence in any who please to favour him with their employ, in doors or out, in sales of goods, houses and lands, vessels, or any business in the auctioneering way. He will wait on gentlemen or ladies, for this purpose, on the shortest notice, and he goes to give general satisfaction, as he has been employed, and acted, in the Vendue business for near twenty years past. He will engage at as low a premium as possible, and all favours of this kind, he will with thankfulness and gratitude acknowledge.

SALES by AUCTION.
For the Benefit of the Insurers. THIS MORNING, at Eleven o'clock, Will be sold by PUBLIC VENDUE, On HANCOCK's Wharf,
THE Remains of the Britannia STORE SHIP, which was burnt on the 29th day of May last, now lying at said wharf, with the stores which were saved, con- sisting of three anchors from 14 to 16 100 lb. each; two small kedges iron stowed; the iron work of a patent windlass; an iron fire hearth; a mooring swivel; about two tons of iron work consisting of chain plates, bolts, and two moor- ing cables about thirteen inches; two buoy ropes and buoys; one long boat and one yawl. All which may be viewed at any time before the sale by applying to Capt. MATCHETT on Colonel HANCOCK's wharf.
J. RUSSELL, Auctioneer.
Public Vendue of House Furniture. TO-MORROW MORNING, At Nine o'clock,
Will be Sold by PUBLIC VENDUE, At the dwelling house in Cornhill, Of the late Mr. Benjamin Bagnall, deceased, WILL begin the sale of all the deceased House Furniture, consisting of Parlour, Chamber and Kitchen Furniture, of most sorts and too many to be enumerated, a- mongst which is a very elegant eight day clock. A valuable clock for a church, a number of fea- ther beds and bedding, desks, chests of draws, tables, chairs, suits of curtains, looking glasses, a scale beam, scales, weights, &c.
W. GREENLEAF, Auctioneer.
TO-MORROW Morning, At ELEVEN o'clock, Will be sold by PUBLIC VENDUE, At the Bunch of Grapes in King Street, A Quantity of SHOP SUGARS in hogheads, a few pipes Fyal wines, a quarter cask of claret wine
J. RUSSELL, Auctioneer.
On TUESDAY next, At TWELVE o'clock, Will be sold by PUBLIC VENDUE, on the Premises,
A HOUSE in Fifth-street, op- posite to Mr. George Bright's, well situated for business, having a shop in front, also a good parlour and kitchen, good chambers, and a room back, which has been for a number of years improved as a hatter's shop, has a good cellar, and is in decent good repair.— For further particulars, enquire of
J. RUSSELL, Auctioneer.
On WEDNESDAY next, At TEN o'clock in the Morning. Will be Sold by PUBLIC VENDUE At RUSSELL's Auction-Room, in Queen-Street,
A Large and general assortment of GOODS, viz. broad cloths, forest cloths, coatings, lambkins, ratteens, calaman- coes, shalloons, camblets, Irish linens, cam- bricks, and lawns, handkerchiefs. Some Hard- ware and a variety of other articles.
J. RUSSELL, Auctioneer.
New Auction-Room, Cornhill. On TUESDAY next, at TEN o'clock, Will be sold at GREENLEAF's Auction- Room,
A VARIETY of English, Scotch and Irish Goods. The particulars will be in the Monday's papers. W. GREENLEAF, Auctioneer.
At DESHON's Auction-Room, In Ann Street, opposite to Mr. Scott's Irish Linen store, will be sold by Public Vendue, On WEDNESDAY next, At TEN o'clock before noon,
A PARCEL of Crockery Ware, viz. cream coloured plates, fish dishes, tareens, wash basins, colli-flowered tea-pots, cream pots, sugar dishes and cups and saucers. Also, Satin bonnets, flock tags, 40 dozen of buck and bone handle Knives and Forks.
N. B. Whoever will be pleased to augment the sale, it will be esteemed as an act of kindness done their humble servant M. DESHON, Auctioneer.
Auction-Room near the Conduit. On THURSDAY next, At ELEVEN o'clock, Will be Sold by PUBLIC VENDUE, At BICKER's Auction-Room, Near the Conduit.
A GREAT variety of GOODS, as usual. M. BICKER, Auctioneer.
W ANTS a place, a young man as an upper SERVANT in a genteel fam- ily that can shave and dress hair well, under- stand cooking, and will be found useful in ma- ny other things. He has with him a character from under the hand of his last master.
EBENEZER STORER, Informs his Customers that he has Im- ported from LONDON, AN assortment of GOODS suit- able for the Season, which he sells as usu- al at the lowest rates for Cash at his Store in Union Street.—He has also to sell Choice Connecticut PORK.
THURSDAY, September 30. BOSTON.
David Reynolds, one of the money makers mentioned in the first page of this paper, was executed, agreeable to his sen- tence, on the 17th instant, at Morris-town, in East New-Jersey; Cooper, who was to have been executed with him, confessed himself (at the place of execution) privy to the robbing of the Treasury at Amboy, and was respited until he should make further discovery. Budd and Haynes were also respited for a month. It was reported that Richardson, another of that gang, who had absconded, was taken after having killed two men.
His Majesty's ship Swan, Capt. Ayscough, is expected to be stationed at New-York, in the room of the Lively, which is, with se- veral other men of war, ordered home from the American station.
By Letters from London, we learn, that Mr. John Mason and Major Rogers, are in the Fleet-prison.—On suspicion of Debt.
Yesterday the Rev. Mr. Thomas Abbott, was ordained colleague pastor with the Rev. Mr. Walter over the Second Church of Christ, in Roxbury, the Rev. Mr. Jackson of Brookline, began with prayer, the Rev. Dr. Mather of Boston, preached a sermon well adapted to the purpose from the I. Corinthians, 3d chap. and 7th verse, the Rev. Mr. Roby of Lynn prayed and gave the charge, the Rev. Mr. Miriam, of Newtown made the conclusive Prayer, and the right hand of fellowship was given by the Rev. Mr. Adams of Roxbury. The whole solemn- ity was performed with great seriousness and attention in a new Building lately erected for Divine worship.
The regiments talked of for the next re- lief of the garrisons in America, are the 4th, 5th, 38th, and 43d.
DED Mrs. Deborah Montgomerie. widow, her funeral will be to-morrow after- noon, when her friends and acquaintance are desired to attend.—Mr. J. Winslow, hatter.
** In the 7th Paragraph of the Piece signed Y, published last Thursday, for Effect read Effects. In the 22d, for multiplying read nullifying. In the 25th, for would read should. Other Errors, whether more or less material, both of the Writer and Printer, occasioned by Haste, Mr. Z is desired to excuse.
SOUTH-CAROLINA.
In the UPPER HOUSE of ASSEMBLY, Tuesday 31st day of August 1773.
Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE moved the House that the journals of this house on the 26th and 27th days of August instant should be read; and the same being read;
A motion was made that part of a New- spaper called the South-Carolina Gazette, No. 1966, printed by T. Powell and Co. at the Printing-Office near the Exchange should be read,
And the same being read, Ordered , That T. Powell do attend this House immediately.
And the said T. Powell attending was examined, if he was the Printer and Pub- lisher of the South-Carolina Gazette, No. 1966; he answered that he was.
He was then asked by what authority he presumed to print, as an article of news in his paper, a matter purporting to be part of the proceedings of this house on the 26th day of August instant? To which he repli- ed, that the copy of the matter there printed was delivered to him by the Hon. William- Henry Drayton, Esq; one of the members of this house, who desired him to print the same. It was thereupon moved, and
Resolved , That Thomas Powell, who hath this day, at the bar of this House, acknow- ledged himself to be the Printer of the news- paper called the South-Carolina Gazette, No. 1966, containing part of the proceedings of this House, on Thursday the 26th instant, without the order or leave of this house, hath been thereby guilty of a high breach of the privilege and a contempt of this house.
A motion was then made and Ordered , that the said Thomas Powell should be taken into the custody of the Ser- geant at Arms, to answer the matter of the said charge.
The said Thomas Powell was brought to the bar accordingly, in custody, and being again informed of the said charge against him, and that the House desired to hear what he could say in exculpation of the said charge; he was heard thereupon: And then he was directed to be taken from the bar.
The Hon. William-Henry Drayton, hereupon, in his place, acknowledged, that he was the person who sent the copy of that part of the journals, which was printed in the said newspaper, to the Printer to be published, but that he had no intention to affront the house by so doing, and he was sorry to find that the house had taken dis- pleasure at the same.
Resolved , That Thomas Powell, who hath this day been adjudged, by this House, to have been guilty of a high breach of the privilege, and a contempt of this house, be for his said offence committed to the com- mon gaol of Charlestown; and that his Ho- nour, the President of this house, do issue his warrants accordingly.
Before putting the question, the Hon. Wil- iam-Henry Drayton claimed leave to enter his dissent and protest, if the said question should be carried.
DISSENTIENT
BECAUSE , until this day, there has not been any order, rule or resolve of this house, against the publication of what this house may deem its proceedings; and al- though in many instances, parts of the pro- ceedings of both Houses of Assembly have been printed under the article of news with- out any order from either House, yet hitherto the printers have not, in any instance been called to answer for such conduct.
Because , As in the present instance, the Printer has not made any misrepresentation of what had been transacted in this House, and has not even made any remark, so I humbly conceive he does not deserve any punishment whatsoever; for I do not know of any instance, where a Printer has been punished by the House of Lords, in Great- Britain, for having only published a protest; one of the instances quoted in the debate and laid down as a case in point, being, in my opinion, void of all foundation, for Bing- ley was not committed by the House of Lords as was erroneously insisted upon, for having printed a protest, but he was com- mitted by the Court of King's Bench for re- fusing to give bail to answer interrogatories upon oath, upon a charge of having printed a libel against the said court.
Because , As the Printer upon his exami- nation, did declare to this house, that when he printed the proceedings in question, he only did as Printers have always been ac- customed to do; that in doing so, he did not mean any harm to this house; therefore I am of opinion, that in a free country, such an acknowledgment and contrition, expres- sed by a freeman, ought to have been deem- ed a sufficient atonement for an act which he did not know was penal, until it was de- clared to be so post factum.
Because , I am of opinion, that a Printer's publishing the protests of any members of this House, especially by their desire, and without any remarks whatsoever, ought not to be deemed a violation of the privileges of his house; for I do conceive a clear dis- tinction between a publication of such pro- ceedings of the house as are under the idea of votes of the house, and the pub- lication of only the protests of some of the members and the causes of them. I ap- prehend that a protest is a witness, the very meaning of the word, of the propriety of the conduct of the protesting member, and as it is the public justification of his conduct, so in common justice to the party, it cannot be too publicly made known; therefore as it is the very nature of a protest that the dissent and reasons should be known, so they can- not be more generally made known than by printing them in a Gazette, and as the very protest in question says, it was made "Lest we should be thought to have meditated, or e- ven to have countenanced a measure so fatal to the freedom of our country;" so unless the protest was published, it is evi- dent the main and express purpose of it could not be accomplished; therefore, as the pro- test was entered with leave, and remained upon the journals approved by this house, so in my opinion an implication must necessari- ly follow that the purpose of it ought, by a natural consequence, and as a matter of course, to be fulfilled. Thus, in my opin- ion, there was a clearly implied leave from the house for the publication of the protest, and the cause of it.
WILLIAM-HENRY DRAYTON Wednesday, the 1st day of September, 1773. RESOLVED , That this house will to- morrow take into their consideration the pro- test entered by the Honourable William Hen- ry Drayton.
Thursday, the 2nd day of September, 1773. His Honour the President informed the house, that this morning, at about ten mi- nutes past eight o'clock, he had received, by the door-keeper of this house, a verbal message from Mr. Lowndes, informing him, that he, together with Mr. Powell, had issued a Ha-
beas Corpus to remove before him the body of Thomas Powell, who was committed by this house, for a breach of privilege and con- tempt; That he had returned for answer, that it was the first notice he had heard of it, that he could not attend, but had no doubt of the justice of those Magistrates: Which answer the door-keeper, being called in, in- formed the house, he had delivered to Mr. Lowndes.
Notice being taken, that in a printed pa- per, intitled the South-Carolina Gazette Ex- traordinary, dated this day, No. 1967, print- ed by T. Powell, were contained, as an arti- cle of news, some paragraphs purporting to be part of the proceedings of this house on the thirty first of August last, it was on mo- tion
Resolved , That the South Carolina Ga- zette Extraordinary of this day, No. 1967, printed by T. Powell, and Co. contains a protest purporting to be proceedings of this House, which, as it is materially different from the protest entered in our journals, is therefore false, scandalous and malicious, and has a direct and manifest tendency to re- flect upon the honour and justice of this house.
Resolved , That the Honourable William- Henry Drayton, a member of this house, was instrumental to the publication of the a- bove mentioned protest.
Before putting the question, the Honoura- ble William-Henry Drayton claimed leave to enter his dissent and protest.
DISSENTIENT
BECAUSE , The resolution may seem to imply, that I was criminally instrumental in the publishing. Indeed I do allow that I was instrumental, for unless I had made the protest, which I had an undoubted right to make, such a publication could not have ex- isted, and, therefore it is, that I do allow, that I was instrumental in the publication; and as to the protest being "therefore false" &c. it is a matter of fact, that except the er- rors of the press "been called to account," instead of, called to answer; "Bingley" instead of Bingley; "Printers here had" by mis- take of the Clerk was upon the journals; Printers have; "matters of course to be published" instead of matters of course to be fulfilled, all other parts of the protest, publish- ed in said paper, were literally, as were ex- pressed upon the Journals of the 31st of Au- gust, and remained so till the 2nd day of Sep- tember, when they were altered after eleven o'clock, before which time the protest was published.
Because , Seeing I have denied, and the house has not any proof that I sent the pro- test to the Printer, or ordered any person to carry it, or even desired the Printer, or any other person to publish it, I do conceive, that the proceedings of the house in this case, are arbitrary and unjust; in as much as they have past a censure, and thereby inflicted a punish- ment, on a free man, even although the pro- ceedings are not founded on any degree of evidence, capable to establish a charge in any court of law or equity. For I cannot think the rule of evidence urged in the debate, that "a man, with a bloody drawn sword, coming out of a house, where there is only a body just slain, shall be presumed and deemed to be the murderer;" is in any degree applicable to my having submitted my pro- test to the judgment of some friends learned, as well in the law as in the law of parlia- ment, for their opinion in help to my own; and the protest being afterwards published, that therefore, I shall be deemed deserving of punishment. If upon this doctrine, with- out any evidence whatsoever a man is punish- able, in my opinion, the liberty of a subject in this province, is precarious and of little value.
Because , I think, that in order to have proceeded with justice, decorum, and com- mon regularity, the house not having any foundation on which they can support the position, that the publication was by my au- thority, it ought naturally to have called the Printers to answer for the publication, be- fore it could, with any degree of justice or decency, pass any censure whatsoever upon one of its members.
Because , In all the proceedings of Parlia- ment against the irregular publication of their proceedings they have always, in the first in- stance, had immediate recourse to the Printer.
Because , I believe it to be a circumstance before unheard of in any country governed by laws, protecting English freedom, that a free man has been punished, only upon a bare suspicion of having authorized a pub- lication, and that so violent a proceeding took place of any enquiry whatsoever of the Printer to answer for his actual publication.
WILLIAM-HENRY DRAYTON ORDERED , That no Member of this House be absent at ten o'clock to morrow. [To be continued.]

POETS CORNER.
For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY. The humble PETITION of NELL and KATE, two sorrowful wives, of two quondam industrious husbands, to the G— C— for the repeal of the late fatal destructive Vendue Act.
MAY'T please your Honours to ordain That Auctions be restor'd again, To th' ancient form of evening sales— In troth! good reason counterails On our part, against the mode, Practic'd of late, as far from good! Day sales may suit the shops indeed, But our poor husbands can't be freed From labour 'till the sun is set, And then for them it is too late! The sales are over! hence of course They from us fly (without remorse) To taverns, where their money's spent While we the feeling loss lament! Not so in former times—for they, When their day's work was done, away Would hast to vendues, and would buy, With well earn'd cash, for our supply Check, linens, stuffs, and handkerchiefs, And bring them home to us their wives. But now we're naked and forlorn! Our husbands sots, their money gone! If we complain, 'tis b—h or w—e, Or something worse! We must deplore This change in once industrious men, Who have to us kind husbands been, To cruel tyrants! All in fact, Is chiefly owing to this act! Wherefore we plead (the cause reveal'd) This fatal act may be repeal'd.
N. and K.
LONDON, JUNE 29.
WE hear that large orders were received last week at Cork and Dublin for salt provisions, which are to be shipped off with all expedition for the Ports of Toulon and Rochfort.
A Gentleman just returned from Naples informs, that the eruptions of Vesuvius have recommenced; that some English travellers endeavoured to ascend the summit of that mountain, which they had scarcely reached, when a great quantity of stones, and inflammatory matter, issued from the mouth of the Volcano with great impetuosity, and two of the travellers were terribly wounded.
Extract of a letter from Cadiz, June 12. "The people here are thrown into the greatest consternation by the melancholy accounts that are daily received from Manila, in South America, of most of our friends being inhumanly murdered by the Chileans, Sengles, &c. who have driven and destroyed all the Spaniards out of their settlements in that part of the world, and seized upon all their property; so that many people here, besides losing their friends, will be great sufferers. Those Spaniards who are left alive, are fled to some of the islands, till they can get assistance from their native country. The city of Baldivia is in the possession of the Chileans, who there murdered men, women, and children, nay, they murdered the priest at the altar, and the ladies that had taken shelter in the churches shared the same fate. Orders are come from Madrid for a considerable fleet which lie here to take on board a regiment of soldiers, and to sail immediately to South-America to revenge the injuries done their countrymen, and if possible to extirpate those inhuman wretches from off the face of the earth."
For LONDON, The ship LONDON, ROBERT CALEF, master, Lying at the Long Wharf, Will absolutely sail by the first day of November, having part of her cargo engaged. For freight or passage apply, in King street, to PETER HUGHES.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of JAMES MORTIMER, late of Boston, Tallow Chandler, deceased; either on bond, bond or note, are desired to pay their respective debts to JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Executor to said estate; and if any persons have any demands on said estate, they are desired to apply to said Executor and receive their respective allowances, as he is determined to settle said estate as soon as possible. Sept. 23, 1773.
To be SOLD, At PETER HUGHES's Store, In King street, ENGLISH, Russia and Ravens DUCK, loaf Sugar, and boxes of choice Lisbon LEMMONS.
Excellent Cheshire CHEESE. Imported in the last ship from LONDON, And to be sold by CHARLES LOWE, At his shop opposite the BOSTON STONE, in Marshall's lane, leading into Union street. Excellent Cheshire Cheese, the best that has been imported into this country for some time, by the 100 lb. single or half Cheese.
Imported in Capt. Calef from LONDON, by JONATHAN WILLIAMS, jun. A General Assortment of FALL GOODS, Which, with those he has by him, he proposes to run off by Wholesale and Retail as soon as possible, he does not say at the Sterling cost, nor at what advance, but requests his kind friends to favour him with a visit, that he may have an opportunity of shewing how reasonable his prices are according to the qualities of his Goods, and if they should think it advantageous to buy of him, he will be much obliged to them for their custom; if not, he cannot expect it.
HAIR Grogams, grizetts, mif-finetts, silk crapes, Denmark lustres, Irish camblets, worsted grograms, poplins, cambleteens, calamancoes, taberets, tamies, durants, drawboys, Irish linens, diaper table cloths, cotton checks, laced sattine, plain ditto, brown and yellow holland, toed and brocaded clogs, superfine Bath beavers, lambkins, frizes, rateens, duffels, blankets, baizes, German ferges, embossed ditto, whitnies, kerseys, cotton velvets, flannels, everlastings, cotton denims, serge ditto, shalloons, worsted mits and gloves, breeches patterns, London and Lynn made women's shoes, a few best superfine 10-4ths, rose blankets, ermines, Capuchin silks of all colours, snail trimmings. With a variety of other Articles.
Note, he has by him a quantity of second, third and low priced Broad Cloths, which he will sell to great advantage by Wholesale, as he intends to deal principally in Superfines, of which he now has an elegant assortment, with every kind of trimming, particularly new fashioned buttons, just imported.
Just imported in Capt. Calef from LONDON And to be sold by ROBERT RUGGLES, In Cornhill, near the Town pump, Boston, A large assortment of ENGLISH and India GOODS, Suitable for the season, which will be sold on the lowest terms.
He has also for Sale, An assortment of Looking Glasses.
Mr. THOMAS, As professions of selling Goods cheap have been so long made, as to have lost all force,
SAMUEL ELIOT, Would request the attention of your readers no longer, than barely to inform them, that he has imported from the manufacturers, in the Capt. Calef and Callahan, a large assortment of English, and Hard Ware GOODS,
Which will be sold by wholesale and retail, at his shop near the head of Dock Square, and at his store in Wilson's Lane.
SAMUEL PARKMAN, Informs his friends and customers, that he has received by Capt. Calef from LONDON, a large and compleat assortment of ENGLISH and India GOODS, consisting of almost every article that can be asked for; which he will sell at his shop in Union-street, as cheap as can be bought in town, by wholesale or retail.
N. B. A few firkins of excellent May Butter, if applied for soon.
WHEREAS the Copartnership of JAMES and ROBERT SELKRIG is mutually agreed upon to be dissolved the first day of September next. This is to desire all persons to whom they are indebted, to bring in their accounts, at their Store on the Town Dock, for an adjustment:—And all persons indebted to the said company, are hereby desired to pay their respective balances at said Store, where the business will be carried on as usual, by JAMES and ALEXANDER SELKRIG, under the Firm of JAMES SELKRIG and COMPANY. JAMES SELKRIG. ROBERT SELKRIG.
JOSHUA GARDNER, Acquaints his customers, and the public, that he has just imported from LONDON, in Capt. Calef, a General Assortment of English GOODS, Suitable for the approaching season; among which are the following articles, viz
PLAIN and knapt Bath beaver coatings, lambkins, beaverskins, sea-let Whitney, rose and duffel blankets, blue and red duffels; scarlet, green, crimson, blue and white drapey baize; green and crimson Colchester baize, white flannel, scarlet and crimson broad cloths; low priced, middling and superfine broad cloths, German ferges, forest cloths; plain, mixt and striped cambleteens, cloak cambleteens, yard wide crapes, poplins, Denmark lustres, fur trimmings, grey muffs and tippets, common muffs and tippets, shalloons, tamies, durants, calamancoes, plain black russet, flowered russets, black and coloured drawboys, black everlastings, velverets, 3 4ths and 7-8ths dowlas, Irish linens, sheeting, cambricks and lawns, plain and flowered gauze, caiguts, Paris and spiders net, black and white blond lace, scarlet and white ditto, black bone lace, white thread lace and footings. Manchester checks, buckrams, wax threads, coat and shoe bindings, sewing silks, worsted and silk knee garters, death head and covered buttons, gold and silver thread buttons, scarf twist, common sewing needles, milliners and chapel ditto. No. 4 pins, orse and pound pins, crewels, worsted, qualities, garterings, linen and silk handkerchiefs, Women's satin gloves and muffs, white unsigned lamb gloves, worsted muffs and gloves, women's silk muffs and gloves, men's black silk gloves, white silk hose, men's and women's thread cotton and worsted hose, breeches patterns, mock velvet caps, skirt and plain worsted caps, horn and ivory combs, writing and bonnet paper, ink-powder; pink, blue, white and black russets, black taffaty, coloured ditto, plain and flowered black fattins, white and crimson sprigged satin, black figured mode, ribbons, silk ferrers, Scotch threads, bed ticks and bants, ravens duck, pepper and nutmegs. With many other articles, All which will be sold at a very reasonable profit at his shop in Cornhill, Boston.
Extreme Cheap for Cash. Just arrived in Capt. Calef from LONDON, and now ready for sale at the shop of DUNCAN INGRAHAM, jun. In Union street, Boston, A compleat Assortment of EUROPEAN GOODS, That are well bought, Wholesale and Retail, Constant attendance is given, and every favour duly acknowledged.
Among his Goods are the following, viz. SUPERFINE, middling and low priced broad cloths, with suitable trimmings, German ferges, kerseys, beaverskins, coating, bath beavers, lambkins, duffels, rateens, Yorkshire plains, flannels, Colchester and drapey baizes, halfthicks, imbossed ferges, 6 4, 7 4, 8 4, 9 4, and 10-4 blankets, striped ditto, whitnys, a compleat assortment of mens womens and childrens hose, milled gloves and caps, 3 4 and half ell plain and figured satins, capuchin silks, English and India taffaties, persians, sarfnetts, crapes, poplins, Denmark lustres, messinetts, grazes, brolius, bu-dettis, jubilees, dorsetteens, camblets, cambleteens, figured stuffs, shalloons, tamies, durants, calamancoes, figured and plain drawboys, twild velvets, velverets, black russet, quilted petticoats, white loom quilting, checks, Irish linens all widths, dowlasses, bed-ticks, diaper and damask table linen, womens and chilrens pompacour, blue and purple satin leather gloves worked backs, mens best duck gloves, gauze handkerchiefs, satin borders, furniture checks, Russia drabs, diaper, bandanno and small handkerchiefs, carpets and carpeting, calicoes, gauses, caiguts, nettings, silk muffs and gloves, muffs, satinnetts, fustians, jeans, cambricks, lawns, ivory and horn combs, penknives, razors, scissors, thimbles, worsted and crues, childrens red and green morocco shoes and pumps; bone, blond and troll laces, chevaux de frise lace, snails pins, needles, writing and Royal board paper, bindings, sewing silks and all other goods usually imported from Europe.
N. B. Bibles, testament, spelling books, psalters and primers, cinnamon, nutmegs, cloves, mace, China ware, best Hylon tea, clogs, goloshes, English and Lynn shoes, very genteel muffs and fur trimmings, boys white and black fur beaver caps, plumes for ladies riding hats, merry Andrew and Highlander playing cards, pound beads. &c. &c. &c.
Just imported and to be Sold at Mr. WILLIAM MAXWELL's In King-street, A FEW Pipes of excellent Fyal WINE. Cheap for Cash.
ALL persons indebted to the PRINTER hereat, will greatly oblige him, if they would discharge their small accounts, in order to enable him to pay some large debts, necessarily contracted to carry on his business.
Imported by Captain LANE from London, And to be Sold by
STEPHEN WHITING, Opposite the Corn-Field, in Union street, and By STEPHEN WHITING, jun. At the BOSTON STONE, in Marshall's lane near the Mill Bridge, Boston;
A VARIETY of large and small plain and coloured Humorous Engravings, and Mezzotinto Prints; large and small ordinary Pictures by the dozen.—At the same places may be had, Looking-Glasses of different sorts and sizes, at a much lower rate than any ought to be sold for, either in town or country.
N. B. Those who have left Glasses to be new silvered or framed, are desired to send for them.
STARCH.
BEST Poland and common STARCH and Hair Powder, made and sold by wholesale and retail by ROBERT HEWES and Son, Near LIBERTY-TREE, BOSTON.
ALSO—Crown, Hard and Soft Soap, good old Glue, and Nests Feet Oil.
N. B. Any of the above articles will be carried gratis to any part of the town.
SILKS.
And Superfine BROAD CLOTHS. A Prime assortment of Padusoys, Ducapes, Lustringss; plain and figured Satins, Damasks, Sarfnetts, &c.—Superfine, fashionable coloured Broad Cloths, with suitable Linings and Trimmings.
To be sold at an exceeding low rate, by JOHN BARRETT & SONS, At their Shop near the Mill-bridge, Boston.
Where may be had, all kinds of English, Scotch, India, Hard-Ware and Cutlery GOODS. By Wholesale or Retail, Extremely cheap for cash or short credit.
At the Irish Linen Warehouse, In King street, Is just imported, from the North of Ireland,
A Large and general assortment of Linens, from one to seven shillings per yard. Those goods come from 15 to 20 per cent cheaper than last year, and will be sold in the like proportion cheaper at the Warehouse: A great variety of the most fashionable printed mullins, calicoes, cottons, linens, &c. A complete assortment of Manchester, cotton, and linen checks, damask and diaper table cloths of all sizes, napkins and towelling, hackabuck, Irish and Russia sheetings of all prices, fifty pieces superfine linens from 3s. 6d. to 5s. 9d. per yard, will be sold at prime cost.
To be SOLD by JOHN ODIN, At his shop in CHARLESTOWN, Fronting the east end of the Town house, BEST double, single and lump refined loaf and brown sugar and Molasses, choice new Flour and bar Iron. Groceries of all sorts, &c. &c. by Wholesale and Retail. Cheap for Cash.
This Day is published, [The sixth Edition.] And sold by COX and BERRY, in King-street, and MILLS and HICKS, in School-street,
DEATH; A POETICAL ESSAY. By BEILBY PORTEUS, M. A. Fellow of Christ-College.
One Murder made a villain, Millions a hero.—Princes were priviledg'd To kill, and numbers sanctified the crime. Oh! why will Kings forget that they are men? And men that they are brethren? Why delight In human sacrifice? Why burst the ties Of Nature, that should knit their souls together In one soft bond of amity and love? PORTEUS.
This Poem obtained the prize left by the last Will of Mr. Seaton, as determined by the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, Master of Clare-Hall, and Greek Professor.
BOSTON: Printed by ISAIAH THOMAS,
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