The Newport gazette (Newport [R.I.]), 1777-06-05 00:00:00

BY MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE PRESCOTT.
INFORMATION having been received, that Robert Parsons here of late made a practice of going on, and returning from the city, clandestinely.
He binds, therefore, the Like in Future, and Particulars hereafter convicted of such irregular Proceedings, as well as their Aiders and Abettors, will be deemed SPIES, and dealt with the utmost Rigour of Martial Law.
GIVEN under my Hand, at Head Quarters in Newport, this 26th Day of May, 1777.
R. PRESCOTT.
By the General's Command, JOHN SMITH, Secretary.
Two Hundred Dollars Reward.
WHEREAS a Treasonable Paper was this Morning found posted up in the Corner of the Grand Parade; under the title of the Proclamation issued here. Whereby it will give Information of the Author or Authors thereof, so as he or they may be convicted, and receive the above Reward of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
GIVEN under my Hand, at Head-Quarters in Newport, this 29th Day of May, 1777.
R. PRESCOTT.
By the General's Command, JOHN SMITH, Secretary.
COLOGN, Feb. 21.
THEY write from Franconia, that the Margrave of Brandenburg-Anspach and Bayreuth, has agreed to furnish Great-Britain with 4000 Men, as soon as the ensuing Campaign in America is over. Author Mr. Hertel from Soubia informs, that the Duke of Wirtemberg also has engaged to furnish 4000 Men for the same Service.
Transylvanian & Turkey, Nov. 24. The Empress of Russia has ordered a Resolution to be delivered to the Grand Vizier, relating to the Russian for her proposed marriage drawing together an army, which was only to fight herself, by which means the Porte agreed to be informed of the result to the Treaty of Passarowitz, and respecting the Independence of the Tartars, but no Answer had been returned to it.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 26. The Russian Troops are in Motion towards Crimea; the Cossacks of Dnieper have evacuated Perekop to March into Tartary.
L O N D O N.
Feb. 3. On Saturday the Rev. Dr. Dodd and Mr. Lewis Robison, a Broker, were charged before the Lord Mayor, at Guild-
hall, by Henry Fletcher and Samuel Peach, Esqrs. with forgery, and uttering as true, a counterfeit bond, purporting to be the bond of the Earl of Chesterfield, to which the Doctor is chaplain, for the payment of 4200l. with interest the said Messrs. Fletcher and Peach to cheat and defraud.
Some suspicions having arisen, Mr. Manly called upon Lord Chesterfield, and showed his Lordship the bond, and requested to be informed whether it was of his execution. The noble Lord stood amazed, and declared that he never before had sight of the bond.
Samuel Peach, Esq; deposed, that R. published to him the bond, and said it was executed by Lord Chesterfield; and paid him the 4200l. at Mr. Manly's chambers.
Lord Mayor. Mr. Robinson, you hear the charge, and what has been said against you, it behoves you to make an answer to it; what have you to say?
Mr. Robinson's defence: "My Lord, I received this bond from Dr. Dodd as witnessed by him, to the execution of it by the Earl of Chesterfield. My confidence in the Doctor lulled my suspicions of the least degree of fraud being blended with the transaction. In consequence of a letter, (producing it, which was signed H. W. Dodd, and the purport of which was to acknowledge the receipt of the sum of 4200l. for a young nobleman just turned of twenty-one years of age) I called upon Dr. D. and, by agreement, went to Mr. Manly, who refused to advance the money, because he was not to see the bond executed. I returned, and told Dr. D. I afterwards proposed to endeavour what I could do in the city; accordingly I met with Mr. Fletcher, who, jointly with Mr. Peach, agreed to lend the money. Mr. Fletcher at first objected to my receiving the money; at which I told him that I had no doubt of procuring a note from the Earl for me to be paid it. The next morning I called upon the doctor; he said he had been with Lord Chesterfield, and seen the bond executed by his Lordship. He then signed his name as a witness, and I, knowing Mr. Fletcher to be a particular man, and one of those who would object to one subscribing witness only, put my name under the Doctor's, I then went and received the money, which I paid into the hands of Dr. D. 300l. in notes of Sir Charles Raymond and Co. the remaining 1200l. was in bank notes. Dr. D. asked me what my commission amounted to? I told him we could not take less than 100l. a piece; Dr. D. paid me 100l. and kept, as I thought, the other 100l. for his trouble. I hope Dr. D. will publicly declare me innocent; he knows I am so. When he was apprehended, he openly declared I knew nothing of the forgery; he said, I had acted an honorable part."
Dr. Dodd's evident perversion of spirits almost deprived him of those shining faculties of speech, which in the pul, it have so often been listened to with astonishment, and been favoured with approbation. - This great orator was so struck under the pressure of such a heavy reflection, that his countenance indicated the weighty sorrow of his mind.
After he recovered his spirits a little, he spoke as follows:
Dr. Dodd's defence: "I am at a loss what to offer in such a situation. I had an intention to defraud my Lord Chesterfield. I hope, that the satisfaction I have made in returning the money, will atone for the offence. My life can be of no service to anybody, though if it must be forfeited, take it. - I shall be willing to resign it. - I was promised exceedingly for 300l. to pay some bills due to tradesmen - I took this step as a temporary resource - I should have repaid it in half a year. - My Lord Chesterfield cannot but have some tenderness for me as my pupil. - I love him, (here his tears interrupted him for some time) he knows it. - He has experienced it of me. - I regard his honour as my own. - There is no body wishes to prosecute. - Pray, my Lord-mayor, consider my case, and as there is no prosecution, dismiss me. - I'm sure my Lord Chesterfield does not want my life. - I hope he will show clemency. - Mercy should triumph over justice."
Mr. R. I hope, Doctor, you will do me the justice to declare here, publicly, that I am so ways guilty.
Dr. D. I do! I do! I do! Mr. R. you are entirely innocent.
Mr. Fletcher having received back 300l. and accepted a power of attorney from the Doctor for the remainder of the 4200l. which he had advanced, now showed no forwardness for a prosecution. On the contrary, Mr. Manly contended, that if it was incumbent on any person, it was upon the noble Earl, who had been so freely chartered in the business. As to the bond produced, it was now a public instrument. - to Mr. Fletcher it was no better than blank paper - it is now handed to the public, and any person may use it as an instrument in the hands of justice. But it behoves the noble Earl in particular, says Mr. Manly, to shew to the world, that his name had been improperly applied to effect the base act; for it was the credit which was given to his Lordship, that occasioned the inconvenience.
The Lord-mayor was of a different opinion - he called upon Mr. Fletcher to prosecute, who was bound in a recognizance of 500l. and the prisoners were sent to Wood-street Compter.
Dr. Dodd was reckoned one of the most celebrated preachers, and greatest orators of the age; but his extravagance, it is supposed, has brought him into the above dreadful situation.
From the Antigua Marquis.
The Governor at Guadalupe has captured three English vessels, which the American pirates had carried in there; and forbidding them to attempt to take any English vessel within a certain distance of the island.
The Potosam privateer, of twelve hundred tons, which took the Oxford and Crawford Transports from Clyde, and several West-Indiemen, is taken by the Portland man of war, and carried in here.

(The Tyranny of the Leaders of this unhappy People, is no where more conspicuous to be seen than in their late Acts. Nothing can escape their Hands:—Men of Property are sure to be pillaged of it; and those who are destitute of it, must either go into their Army or to Gaol. The following Acts shew the Tyranny under which these unhappy Wretches groan, who, listening to the delusive Magic of pretended Patriots, have completely divested themselves of every Security for their Lives, Liberties, or Properties.)
State of Massachusetts - Bay. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. April 30, 1777.
WHEREAS his Court have undoubted Intelligence, that our Enemies are determined to exert their utmost Efforts to effect the Purposes they have so long determined on to enslave the Inhabitants of America, and by Ravages and Devastations, with Cruelty unheard of in a civilized Nation, to encroach themselves on all Ranks, Ages and States, for the noble Stand and Opposition made to their lawless Claim: And whereas the Season is far advanced, and the Enemy are already opening the Campaign, with an evident Design to wreak their Vengeance upon New-England, and, by finding new Scenes of Desolation, have it in their Power to indulge, with greater Latitude, that Wantonness of Cruelty, which has marked their Steps in some of our Sister States: And the Safety of the United States, and the Danger we are more immediately exposed to, as well as good Policy, call loudly upon us to oppose, with Vigour and Resolution, this Effort of our Enemies, which may probably be the last they can make: It is therefore, agreeable to the Resolution of Congress and the Safety of these States,
Resolved, That in such Towns, Places and Plantations, in this State, as have not already, agreeable to a Resolution of this Court of the 26th of January, 1777, enlisted a Number of able-bodied Men, equal to one Seventh Part of all their Male Inhabitants, from 16 Years old and upwards, at Home and Abroad, or shall not enlist the same before the 15th Day of May next, the Commission-Officers of the several Companies in such Towns, Places and Plantations, shall, on the said 15th Day of May, call their several Companies together, and endeavour to complete the same by Enlistment; and in Case their several Quotas should not be enlisted by 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon of the same Day, the said Commission-Officers, in Conjunction with the Select Men and Committees of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety, of such Town, Place or Plantation, or the major Part of them, shall draft out of the Train-Band and Alarm List, and all Others indiscriminately, of their respective Companies, as many able-bodied, effective Men, as such as in the Judgment of the Persons drafting them, are of sufficient Ability, as to Estate, to procure one, as shall fully complement and make up the said one Seventh Part of all their Male Inhabitants, from 16 Years old and upwards, at Home and Abroad, as aforesaid, to serve until the 10th of January next, or three Years or during the War, as the Men drafted at the Time of their being drafted shall chuse: And it is further Resolved, That if any Man shall be drafted as aforesaid, who shall not pass Muster, or be of sufficient Ability to serve in Person, he shall nevertheless be obliged to hire some able-bodied effective Man, to serve in his Stead, or be subject to pay the Fine for not serving, unless he can make it appear, to the Satisfaction of the Select Men, Committee and military Officers, or the major Part of them, who drafted him, that he is not of sufficient Ability to hire a Man, or such Part of the Hire of a Man as shall be required of him,
and shall and may be committed to Goal by such Persons as drafted him, in the Way and Manner as was prescribed in a late Act passed in November 1776, providing a Re-inforcement to the American Army. Provided always, That no Person that may be drafted for a less Term than three Years, shall be entitled to any Part of the Bounties granted by Congress or this State, to such as voluntarily enlisted into the Continental Service for three Years or during the War; nor shall such Town or Plantation, as shall make a Draft for a less Term than three Years, be considered as having completed their Quota of the Seventh Part, agreeable to the Resolve of the 26th of January aforesaid, and shall be held to supply the Places of such as may be drafted for a shorter Time, at the Expiration of the same. And the said Select Men, Committee and military Officers, shall forthwith cause all such Men as may be drafted in Consequence of this Resolution, to be mustered before some One of the Muster Masters already appointed by this Court to muster Continental Soldiers; and the said Muster Masters are hereby authorized and empowered to muster the same, if they are able-bodied, effective Men, and also to pay the Bounty granted by this State, to such as shall produce a Certificate from the Commission Officer of the Company from which he was drafted, or from the Select Men and Committees who drafted him, specifying that such Person, since being drafted, has enlisted into the Service of the United States, for the Term of three Years or during the War, in the same Manner other enlisted Continental Soldiers are paid the Bounty. That any Person who may be drafted as aforesaid, and duly notified thereof, and shall not, within 48 Hours after, procure an able-bodied effective Man, in his Room, to the Acceptance of those who drafted him, or within 48 Hours after pay them a Fine of Ten Pounds, shall be considered as a Soldier in the Continental Army, until the 10th of January next, to every Intent and Purpose. And it shall and may be lawful for such Person or Persons as aforesaid, to procure Others in their Stead as aforesaid, from the several Towns and Places from whence they may be drafted, or from any other Town or Place within this State, where the full Seventh Part may be voluntarily enlisted as aforesaid. Such Men as may be drafted as aforesaid, may join such Companies and Battalions in the Continental Service raised in this State, as they may chuse at the Time of their mustering, provided the same shall not be filled up prior to such their Choice. And in such Places where the Militia are not properly organized, the Committees and Select Men, or the major Part of them, and where there is but one of these Orders, such of them as may be their substituting, shall have all the Power and Authority given by this Resolution to the Commission Officer of any Company with them jointly. And that the Militia of the several Companies may be convened on the said 15th Day of May, at such Place in their respective Towns or Plantations as they may be ordered: Any One who shall be notified in Person, or by having a written Notice left at his usual Place of Abode, by the Person appointed to notify him, 24 Hours before the Time, and shall not appear accordingly, shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Ten Pounds, to be sued and recovered by the Clerk of the Company to which the Delinquent belongs, and where there is no Clerk, by the Chairman of the Committee of the Town or Place, who are hereby authorized to prosecute and sue therefor, in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the same County, one Third to the Use of the Prosecutor, and two Thirds for the Use of the same Town or Plantation, unless such Delinquent, or some One in his Behalf, shall within four Days then next following, make such Excuse to the Commission-Officers of his Company, or where
there are no military Officers, to the Select Men and Committee, for his Non Appearance, as they shall determine sufficient, and obtain a Certificate thereof. And in Case the Seventh Part as aforesaid, shall not be fully completed by Enlistment or Draft on the said 15th Day of May, or by the Payment of Fines and Forfeitures, there should remain any Deficiency in any Company at or that Time, the Militia Officers, with the Select Men and Committees aforesaid, are immediately to proceed in hiring with Fines paid, or drafting, till their respective Quotas are completed. And the Commanding Officers of the several Regiments of Militia in this State, are hereby strictly enjoined and required to make Return of all the Men that have been voluntarily enlisted or drafted as aforesaid, for the Continental Army, from the several Regiments, expressing the Names of those Men, the Towns and Companies from whence they were enlisted, and transmit the same to the Secretary's Office, by the 28th Day of May next. And it is further Resolved, That all such Militia Officers, Select Men, or Committees of Correspondence, that shall refuse or neglect to execute the Duties in this Resolution prescribed them, shall severally forfeit the Sum of Ten Pounds, to the Use of the Town or Place where they belong, to be employed for procuring Soldiers for the same; and all Male Persons, upwards of 16 Years of Age, that have been resident in any Town or Place for the Space of three Months next preceding and passing this Resolution, shall be so far considered as Inhabitants, as to be reckoned as Part of the Inhabitants of such Town or Place, and be subject to be drafted accordingly, except such as have been driven by Fear of the Enemy from any other State.
Sent up for Concurrence, JAMES WARREN, Speaker. In COUNCIL, April 30th, 1777. Read and Concurred. JNO. AVERY, Dep. Secretary. Concurred to by major Part of the Council. JNO. AVERY, Dep. Secretary. (A true Copy.) JOHN AVERY, Dep. Sec.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY. In the Year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven. An Act for taking up and restraining Persons dangerous to this State.
WHEREAS at a Time when the public Enemy have actually invaded some of our Neighbouring States, and threaten an Invasion of this State, the Safety of the Common Wealth requires that a Power be somewhere lodged to apprehend and imprison any Persons whose Enlargement is dangerous to the Community: Be it therefore enacted by the Council and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the Council may from Time to Time issue their Warrants under the Great Seal of this State, signed by the President of the Council for the Time being, and directed to any Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff within this State, or to any other Person by Name, to command and cause to be apprehended and committed to any Goal within this State, any Person whom the Council shall deem the Safety of the Common Wealth requires should be restrained of his Personal Liberty, or whose Enlargement within this State is dangerous thereto. And the Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, or any other Person to whom such Warrant shall be directed, is hereby authorized & empowered, whenever he shall judge it proper to require the aid and assistance of such and so many of the Subjects of this State, in Executing the same as he shall judge proper, who are hereby required to give such aid and assistance when thereto requested under a Penalty not less than Five Pounds nor exceeding Twenty Pounds to be recovered by Indictment before the Court.

the Court of Justiciary, for or a Court of General Sessions of the Peace, the Misdemeanor to the Use of the Prosecutor, and the other Misdemeanor to the Use of the said...
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That any Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff or any other Person to whom such Warrants shall be directed, shall have full Power to break open any Dwelling-House or other Building or Apartment, by Day or by Night, in which they shall suspect any Person required to be apprehended by such Warrants to be concealed (6 ft demanding entrance the same if any Person should appear.)
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That any Person who shall be apprehended and imprisoned as aforesaid, shall be confined in Imprisonment, without Bail or Mainprize, until he shall be discharged the same, by Order of Council, or of the General Court.
This Act to commence and be in Force for the Term of one Year, from the tenth Day of May, 1777.
In the House of Representatives, May 9. This Bill having been read three several Times, passed to be enacted.
J. WARREN, Speaker. In Council, May 9th.
This Bill having had two several Readings, passed to be enacted.
JOHN AVERY, Dep. Sec. Concurred to By the major Part of the Council. (A true Copy) JOHN AVERY, Dep. Sec.
CHARLES TOWN, (S. Carolina,) Ap. 28. We have just now learnt, the Fleet to sail from Jamaica, on or about the first of May, will consist of 176 Sail, very richly laden, having on board, besides their usual Cargoes of Sugar, Rum, Cotton, Coffee, &c. a large Quantity of Carolina Indigo, purchased in the French Islands: That they were to be conveyed as far as Bermuda, by the Maidstone and Winchester Frigates of 26 Guns each the Budget and Percapine Sloops, of 16 and 14 Guns, and the Racehorse Armed Vessel of 10 Three Pounders; and from Bermuda home, by the Maidstone. This Information was obtained by the Master of a Vessel, who on 13th Instant, met, and, under English Colours, sailed several Days in Company with a Sloop from Kingston Jamaica, that Master, cleared for Haiti ax. and furnished with American as well as Jamaica Papers: There were at the same time in Sight, off the Havana, coming through the Gulp, a Ship of 12 Six Pounders, with 40 Men, one Foster Master, from Kingston, bound for London having, a good deal of Species and Indigo on board, said to be worth 100,000 Sterlings; and a Brig of 8 Guns, full of bale Goods, one Freebody Master, cleared for Gaspe, also furnished with British and American Papers, but belonging to said Freebody, and to Mr. Dolbeir of Jamaica, which Vessels it is supposed have not yet passed this Coast.
The Hired Frigate, with eleven Sail of Transports from Ireland, passed in Sight of St. Eustatia, on Sunday the 30th of last Month, bound for New-York.
The Pearl Frigate, a few days before, on her Way to New-York, took a single decked Ship, said to be from this State, just going to St. Eustatia, the Mate of which was killed during the Chase.
A great Number of American Vessels have lately been taken by the Men of War on the Antigua Station; and by piratical Vessels sailing without Commission, from Antigua, Anguilla, Tortola, and Dominica. By the latter, no less than 29 Sail had been sent to Tortola alone. These pirates carefully avoiding in with the Men of War, by which Means such as escape the one, fall into the Hands of the others. Among other Vessels taken, are said to be the following, sent from this State, Richard Mayers, of
the Sloop Rutledge; Jacob Wyatt, of the Sloop Spat; Benjamin Weinwright, of the Sloop Family Traders; Paul Lighthorn, of the Sloop Nanny; Stafford Amore, of the Sloop Charming Nanny; William Pettet, of the Sloop Elizabeth; George Griffith, of the Schooner Wild-Cat; Boaz Bell, Richard Somersall, Richard King, Foster, Balcom, and one Morgan.
From St. Eustatia, we are advised, that a Privateer belonging to Philadelphia, has lately taken 7 Sail out of a Cork Fleet, and carried them all safe into Martinique.
HARTFORD, May 12.
We hear the two TRAITORS in prison in this place, under sentence of death, as mentioned in our last, are to be executed this Day.
NEW-HAVEN, May 7.
Last Monday, Daniel Griswold a traitor and spy, was executed, in pursuance of the sentence of a general court martial.
Monday, 20th ult. two Soldiers were shot at Peck's-Kill, for desertion.
BOSTON, May 19.
Extract of a Letter from Fifth Kill, May 3.
Twelve Tories are condemned to the Gallows and more are in Confinement, who it is thought will have the same salutary Medicine.
The wanton Manner in which the Execution of a Number of his Majesty's loyal Subjects is mentioned in the preceding Paragraphs, must surprize every One capable of Reflection. That Men could ever have been drawn to such a Piece of deliberate Villainy, is truly astonishing; but it is much more so, when it is considered that the Vengeance of a long injured and insulted Nation is ready to be poured upon them.
At a General Court Martial, held at the House of Capt. John Marston, Boston, (by Order of Major General Heath) for the Trial of Lieut. Col. Thomas Farrington, charged with behaving in a scandalous infamous Manner, such as is unbecoming an Officer and Gentleman, in receiving and passing Counterfeit Money, knowing it to be such; is unanimously adjudged to be Discharged from the Army, and rendered incapable of acting any more as an Officer in the Continental Service.
The General approving the sentence—I am therefore (agreeable to the 22d Article, of the 14th Section, for the Government of the American Army) to desire that you would Publish the above, and inform the Public, that the said Farrington is an Inhabitant of Groton, in the County of Middlesex, and the State of Massachusetts, and that after this Publication 'twill be deemed scandalous for any Officer to associate with him: By Order of the Court.
W. SARGENT, Judge Advocate. May the 19th, 1777.
NOTIFICATION.
THE Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, qualified as the Law directs, are hereby notified to meet at Faneuil-Hall, on Saturday the 17th Day of May current, at Ten o'Clock before noon; then and there, agreeable to the Requirement of an Act of this State, "To chuse by Ballot some Person, firmly attached to the American Cause, to procure the Evidence that may be had of the injudicial Dispositions towards this or any of the United States, or any Inhabitant of this Town, who shall be charged by the Freeholders of being a Person, whose Residence in this State is dangerous to the public Peace or Safety;"—as also to receive a List from the Selectmen of all such Persons belonging to this Town, as they shall know or believe have been endeavoring, since the 19th of April 1775, to counteract the united Struggles of this and the United States, for the Preservation of their Liberties and Privileges.—And to take such other Measures as are prescribed in said Act for carrying the same into Execution.—To consider and determine what Number of Persons shall be chose, at a Meeting soon to be called, to re-
present this Town, in the next General Assembly; and to take such Measures with Respect to assisting the Committee of Fortification with Labourers, as may be judged proper. By Order of the Select Men.
WILLIAM COOPER, Town-Clerk. Boston, May 14, 1777.
NEWPORT, June 5.
Yesterday, being the Anniversary of his Majesty's Birth-Day, the same was observed here with every Demonstration of Joy.
A Brigantine and Sloop have arrived here since our last, Prizes to the Diamond and Greyhound. They were both from Boston, bound to the West-Indies.
Tuesday arrived here the Unicorn from her Cruise; and Yesterday a Schooner that took in her Cruise arrived here. She has likewise sent a Brig into New-York.
The Rebels, we hear, have taken over to the East End of Long-Island, and burnt seven small Vessels, that were loading with Hay, likewise two or three Barrels and carried off some People.
The Unicorn spoke the Isle, of 50 Guns, and the Swift Sloop, from England for New-York. They failed about the End of March, with 15 Vessels under their Convoy; but were separated in a very hard Gale of Wind.
We likewise hear, that nine Ships of the Line were to sail about the same Time from England.
Two Negroes and a white Man were taken up at Swansey, for breaking upon the Store of Mr. Bowers. They were offered their Liberty, provided they would join the Continental Rabbie: The two Negroes accepted of the Offer; but the white Man refused, (though guilty of Robbery, and expecting to be punished for it) declining to disgrace himself, by joining a Set so much worse than himself.
We hear that six Persons were to be executed at Providence last Saturday. They were charged with Treason against the State.
A Constable, in one of the Towns in this Colony, having seized about two Pounds, carried it to their Treasurer, who, upon a critical Examination, found 37 Pounds of it to be counterfeit.
At Boston, and most other Parts of Massachusetts Bay, the large Sams which are counterfeit, are made the Pretence for refusing it altogether, many declaring they cannot distinguish it. In New-Hampshire it is much worse, as there is more counterfeit than real passing among them.—They have talked of calling it in; but fear that it will not do, as the Task would not only be endless and perplexing, but occasion much Uneasiness.
Newport, June 4, 1777.
LOST on Sunday Evening last, between the COURT-HOUSE and the CAMP on the HILL.
A BUNCH OF KEYS.
Whoever has found them, and will leave them at the PAINTING OFFICE, shall be handsomely rewarded for their Trouble.
TO BE SOLD.
By ISAAC HART, A FEW BARRELS OF MUSCAVADO SUGAR.
TO BE SOLD.
By MYER POLOCK,
COARSE white Salt, Molasses, by the hoghead, tierce, or barrel,
New Rice, Dry Cod Fish.

Extracts from the Rebel Papers
BOSTON, May 12.
We hear from good Authority, that the Congress has received the following Intelligence—that all the Courts of Europe, excepting Portugal, have by Letters, and personally by their Ambassadors, made Application to Doctor Franklyn for Ambassadors to be sent from us to their several Courts, promising every Honour to them, as due to Ambassadors of Friends—That Mr. Deane had set out for the Hague, and Mr. Lee for the Court of Madrid—the Congress will appoint the Others—That all the Ports in France were open to our Shipping; and that several of our armed Vessels, with their Prizes, lay in the Harbours of Brest and Nauz. That Doctor Franklyn had purchased a 36 Gun Frigate, and was fitting her out; and that the Bank for the Congress was increased to four Millions.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.
In the Year of our L O R D, 1777.
An Act for enabling Towns to raise Money for carrying on the present War.
WHEREAS some doubts have arisen, whether the Laws of this State will fully authorize the Assessors of the several Towns in this State, to Assess upon the Inhabitants any Sum or Sums of Money that have been, or that hereafter may be Voted by any Town for carrying on the present War:
Be it therefore Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives, in General Council assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That when any Meeting of the Inhabitants, shall vote any Sum or Sums of Money, for the Encouragement of Men to engage in the Army, or for procuring Necessaries for carrying on the present War; the Assessors of such Town, Plantation, District or Parish, for the Time being, or such other Person or Persons, as the said Town, Plantation, District or Parish have or may appoint for that Purpose, shall have full Power and Authority to apportion and assess such Sum or Sums of Money upon the Inhabitants, according to the Rules and Methods prescribed by Law for apportioning the State-Tax; and shall have full Power and Authority, to grant Warrants for collecting the same, in like Manner as the Law directs for gathering other Town Rates or Assessments.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all Grants and Assessments that have been voted in Times past, or that hereafter may be voted and assessed in the several Towns, Plantations, Districts or Parishes, in Manner and for the Purposes aforesaid, be and hereby are adjudged to be legal, and that the Law ought so to be and stood, and the Collectors of the several Towns, Plantations, Districts and Parishes, within this State, are hereby directed and required to execute all such Warrants in the same Manner, they are by Law obliged to execute Warrants for collecting other Town Rates or Assessments.
From the PENNSYLVANIA PACKET.
THE people of America, with respect to their political character, may be divided into the five following classes.—1. Rank Tories. 2. Moderate Men. 3. Timid Whigs. 4. Furious Whigs. 5. Staunch Whigs.
I. The Rank Tories are advocates for unconditional submission to Great-Britain. They rejoice in every misfortune that befalls the United States. They fabricate lies, to deceive and intimidate the people of America. They prefer money stamped with the mark of the beast, and at the same time they
employ their utmost ingenuity to depreciate the money issued by Congress and Conventions. They sicken at the names of the Congress, and of General Washington. They esteem no arts too base to injure or betray the Friends of America. They are in love with Slavery, and have no more relish for the sweets of liberty than they have for the enjoyments of the kingdom of heaven.
II. The Moderate Men are advocates for the situation of the Colonies in the year 1763. They are influenced either, 1st, by a connection with men who held offices under the old governments; or, 2dly, by an attachment to the pomp and hierarchy of the church of England; or 3dly, by a fondness for those luxuries which were introduced among us by our connection with Great-Britain. In this respect, they resemble the Children of Israel, who say of themselves, "We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick; but now our soul is dried away: There is nothing at all but this manna before our eyes." Numbers xi. 5, 6. They think freedom too dear, when purchased with the temporary loss of tea, coffee, sugar, wine, and rum. Good mutton, beef, bread, milk, and the fruits of our earth, which are the produce of our country, appear "as nothing at all in their eyes." Lastly, it is characteristic of a moderate man to hate the people of New-England, and to love all rank Tories.
III. The Timid Whigs speak of the power of Britain as if the Supreme Being had delegated his omnipotence to that Island. They entertain a false idea of the power and resources of America. The loss of a few riflemen in a skirmish, or of a fort, or a village, induce them to conclude that the contest is over, and that America is subdued. They have no object on to independence, provided we are able to maintain it. They are perpetually harping upon the expence of the war. After the loss of a village, or a fort, they refuse to take Continental money, and fly into some obscure part of the country for safety; but upon the news of a victory they come forth, appear stout, and wonder that any man should ever be afraid of the power of Britain. One timid whig admitted into the councils of America, does more mischief than ten rank Tories. Avarice is generally the source of his timidity.
IV. The Furious Whigs injure the cause of liberty as much by their violence as the timid whigs do by their fears. They think the destruction of Howe's army of less consequence than the destruction and punishment of the most insignificant Tory. They think the common forms of justice should be suspended towards a Tory criminal, and that a man who only speaks against our common defence, should be tomahawked, scalped, and roasted alive. Lastly they are all cowards, and skulk under the cover of an office, or a sickly family, when they are called to oppose the enemy in the field. Woe to that State or community that is governed by this class of men!
V. The Staunch Whigs are friends to liberty from principle. They are undismayed with misfortunes, and are not unusually elated with trifling advantages over our enemies. They are implacable in their hatred to the court of Britain. They prefer the annihilation of the continent to reconciliation, and they had rather renounce their alliance than their beloved independence. They have an unshaken faith in the divine justice, and they esteem it a mark of equal folly and impiety to believe that Great-Britain can ever subdue America. They are friends to order and good government, and are both just and merciful in the exercise of power. Lastly, they esteem the loss of property, of friends, and even of life itself, as nothing when compared with the loss of liberty.
Let America look to this class of men alone for her salvation in the cabinet and the field.
WANTED, THREE WHITE SERVANTS to attend OFFICERS. It is required they should have Characters, and be able to take Care of Horses. For Particulars, enquire of the PRINTER. May the 19th, 1777.
THE Subscriber requests all Persons who have any Demands on the Estates of Capt. ROBERT STURTEVANT, or Capt. THOMAS G. STEELE, deceased, to bring in the same that they may receive Payment. And all those indebted to either of said Estates are hereby desired to pay the same immediately. SIMON PEASE, Executor to said Estates. N. B. Said PEASE, has for Sale, Six Casks of best London Claret, London cut Tea, Banco la Caska, Florence Oil in both Casks, Sperm-Cet Candles and a Quantity of Corks la Caska.
TO BE SOLD, By ISAAC HARRI, At his SHOP on the North Side of the GRAND PARADE and at his own, and Hever on the Point, (As CASH as at my Shop in Newport) The following GOODS just Imported, viz YARD-WIDE and 7 Eighths do. Cotton Checks, Yard-wide Irish Linen, Royal Platilles, Irish Sheeting, Russia ditto, Cambric, An Assortment of Linen Handkerchiefs, Black Barcalona do. Coloured ditto, An Assortment of Lacestring ditto, Ditto Negligee ditto, Barcalona ditto, An Assortment of Scots Thread, Best white Silk Stockings, White Silk Mitts, Black ditto, Women's Shoes, Souchong Tea, Bohea ditto. Loaf Sugar, Muscovado ditto, Coffee, Pepper, Allspice, Mace, Nutmegs, Sweet Oil, Crockery in Kegs, Cocks, Macassar, Red-Port, and Claret Wines, Jamaica Spirits and Barbadoes Rum, Holland's Geneva, Best London Stout, Porter, Sperm-Cet Candles, Tallow ditto, Soap, Candles and Pigtail Tobacco, Genuine Kippin's Scotch Snuff, Whale Bone. A general Assortment of Glass and Earthen Ware, and many other Articles, not here enumerated.
TO BE SOLD, By JACOB ISAACKS, At his HOUSE, in BROAD-STREET, SALT, by the Bushel or larger Quantity Men's and Women's Shoes, Black Pepper, Women's Cloaks ready made, West-India Rum. ALSO a Negro Wench about 30 Years old, a good Cook, and can be well recommended.
TO BE SOLD, By MYER POLOCK, IRISH Mela Beef, by the barrel, New Flour ditto, Coffee, West-India Rum, by the hogshead, tierce or barrel, Red Wine, by the hogshead, Hams, Refined Duck, English ditto, Sweet Oil, Barley, in quantity casks, Tallow Candles, Hard Soap, Bohea Tea.