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THE Massachusetts Spy
A Weekly, Political, and Commercial PAPER:--Open to ALL Parties, but Influenced by None.
Published by I. THOMAS, near the Mill-Bridge, BOSTON.
'DO THOU Great LIBERTY INSPIRE our Souls,--And make our Lives in THY Possession happy,--Or, our Deaths glorious in THY JUST Defence
VOL. II.]
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1772.
[NUMB. 60.
For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY. Winneconesque, alias Warramontouagus, near Hells-Gate, March 14, 1772.
Mr. THOMAS,
THE place of my residence is almost out of your world, the transition from it to the realms of Pluto is easy. The people of these parts, bear, as it is conjectured, in their customs and circumstances, a near resemblance to the people who dwell on the other side of the River Styx; and they have frequent intercourse with each other. You will not then be surprised if I should inform you, that we have some times an opportunity to peruse the diabolical news-papers. This is an amusement that no doubt many of your readers would be glad to enjoy. I therefore now send you the Pandemonium Gazette, the latest that has come to hand, which you may if you please, give a place in your valuable Spy.
I am, Sir,
Your humble servant, EURYMEDON BEN ORPHEUS.
The PANDEMONIUM GAZETTE. March 6.] [No. 2,943,789.
YESTERDAY being the anniversary of the massacre at Boston, was a great meeting at the sign of the Boot, when a notable oration was pronounced by G— Grandevil, in praise of that heroic action, which gained the applause of all Hell; many loyal healths were drank, viz. Hellsborough's, the Nettleham Baronet, and the gallant Preston, his Plutonian Majesty was greatly congratulated upon the happy prospect he had of receiving further service from this doughty hero.
On Tuesday last arrived a Lady from Boston, dressed in the fashion that at present prevails in that city: She at first put our inhabitants into great affright, they having never seen so uncouth a phenomenon before; however the affright soon wore off; and we hear that our Queen Proserpine is determined to dress alamoade de Boston, and has given orders, that all the ladies of her bedchamber follow her royal example immediately.
We hear that her Majesty designs by the first opportunity, to send a letter of thanks to Wm. W--den, for the so much talked of hair rolls, upon an entire new construction, that he hath lately provided for his fair country-women.
On Thursday arrived here an Antinomian from Sagadahoe, with the agreeable news of the great dissensions that reign in a town in that vicinity, caused by the indefatigable endeavours of his Majesty's missionary at B—y. At the same time was received the Port---h Gazette, by which his Majesty was agreeably informed that his said missionary met with a very kind reception from the inhabitants of that place; this afforded his Majesty and his diabolical council superlative pleasure.
On the same day a motion was made at Pandemonium and carried nomine contradicto , that the thanks of the inhabitants of this place be returned to the missionary at B—w—k, for his late extraordinary endeavours to promote the interest of this kingdom, in conjunction with the aforementioned servant at B—y.
Last Thursday there was a large congregation at Judas's Synagogue, near the Green Dragon, when a Sande—n lately came, from the other world, made a most infernal discourse upon the non-necessity of obedience, which gave great satisfaction to his attentive audience.
We hear that his Plutonian Majesty is so pleased with the heroic behaviour of an American Governor in depopulating and razing a part of his master's dominions, that he is determined to send to the other
world for the picture of this valiant chief, and to place it in the new hall at Pandemonium.
It is said that an elegant apartment in Stuart's square, is now repairing for the reception of a certain Scottish Thane, who is expected here every day,—this is done at the earnest desire of a Lady of the first rank, who has great influence in this court.
Letters from England advise, that we have now no reason to fear the speedy dissolution of the British parliament, this interesting news has caused great rejoicings here.
His Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Great-Britain (whose chief business was to watch the society of the Bill of Rights) arrived yesterday entirely unexpected; this put the Premier into a great consternation, as he imagined he had been driven from his post: But upon the Ambassador's informing him that he had substituted parson Horne in his room, he appeared to be highly pleased, and said, he will do as well as I should, if I was there myself.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
This day was published, the works of Lord Bolingbroke, epitomised in two volumes, printed for the author.
To be sold, a view of the battle of Alamance, where his Majesty's allies obtained a signal and glorious victory over the friends of expiring Liberty. Enquire at the sign of Charles's head, in Bartholomew Court.
A poem in praise of enthusiasm, by T. M——, also a sermon entitled, holiness the direct way to destruction, by the same author.
Whereas a person from the other world has lately come into this realm, in an illegal manner, and cheated me of my fees: This is to inform his Majesty's liege subjects, that whoever shall bring the said audacious person, to the custom-house in Slaughter-Lane, shall be handsomely rewarded, per me CHARON.
All persons claiming property in a parcel of trinkets, lately seized for illegal importation, are hereby informed, that they will be exposed to sale next Sunday, at the usual place, when they may attend if they see cause. CHARLES GREVIOUS.
Surveyor of the customs and clerk of the 'Check.
Now in the press and speedily will be published, the history of the life and noble exploits of Peter Hackins, otherwise called the Nettleham Baronet, an inhabitant of the other world, soon expected here, for whom his Majesty has reserved an honourable birth.
Printed for Menasseh-Ben-Sidon, at the sign of the Star-Chamber, in Destruction-alley, Pandemonium.
MONDAY, April 13. BOSTON.
A Committee from the House waited on his Excellency, on Wednesday last, with a message, acquainting him that the House had made choice of John Hancock, Esq; for their Speaker pro tempore during the absence of the Hon. Thomas Cushing, Esq; confined by sickness; and the Speaker elect being presented to his Excellency, he was pleased to approve of their choice.
At the same time directed the attendance of the House in the Council-Chamber, who attended accordingly, when his Excellency was pleased to make the following SPEECH to both Houses, viz.
Gentlemen of the Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives.
HAVE, from time to time, regularly transmitted the Applications which have been made to me, in former Sessions, to convene the General Court in the town of Boston, together with the messages, resolves and votes of every kind, which have passed upon
that subject, and they have all been laid before the King. This is all I could do, consistent with my duty, for as I have before observed to you, I prorogued the court to Cambridge, upon a signification of his Majesty's pleasure to that purpose, and I may not remove it to Boston without his Majesty's permission.
Our most gracious Sovereign is ever ready to afford a favourable attention to such petitions and requests of his subjects as do not tend to injure the constitution and are, in other respects, reasonable to be granted; and if you had desired me to carry the court to Boston because it is the most convenient place and the prerogative of the crown to instruct the Governor to convene the Court at such place as his Majesty may think proper had not been denied, I should have obtained leave to meet you at Boston at this time; but I shall not be at liberty to do it whilst this denial is persisted in. If you desist from it, and the removal of the court to Boston shall, for other reasons, be judged expedient, I have authority to acquaint you that his Majesty will allow me to comply with your wishes.
I have received in the recess of the court, a letter from his Excellency William Tryon Esq; Governor of his Majesty's province of New-York, proposing, with great candor, measures for the settlement of the boundary line between the two provinces. The Secretary will lay a copy of this letter before you. I recommend the subject of it to your consideration, and shall be willing to contribute every thing in my power to finish this long subsisting controversy.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives, Upon inquiry into the state of the Treasury I find there are surpluses of funds which have been established for the payment of sums borrowed, for the charges of Government in past years, and these, together with other unappropriated stocks, are more than equal to the sum which is necessary to satisfy the present demands upon the Treasury and to provide for the service of the advancing year.
The treasurer will lay before you the state of the Treasury, and an estimate of the sums requisite for its supply. It is with you to originate such a bill as you shall judge proper.
Gentlemen of the Council, and House of Representatives.
Much time is usually spent by the General Court in considering petitions for new trials at law, for leave to sell the real estates of persons deceased by their executors or administrators, and the real estates of minors by their guardians. All such private business is properly cognizable by the established judicatories. If it be necessary that further power should be given to such judicatories, or that new courts should be erected, I am willing to consent to any good and wholesome law or laws for those purposes. A legislative body consisting of three distinct parts, the consent of each of which is necessary to every valid act, is extremely improper for such decisions. The polity of the English government seldom admits of the exercise of the executive and judiciary power by the Legislature, and I know of nothing special in the government of this province to give countenance to it.
There shall be no delay on my part in the business of the Session and I will lay nothing unnecessary before you.
T. HUTCHINSON.
Council Chamber, Cambridge, 8th April, 1772.
On Friday last the following Answer to the Governor's Speech to both Houses of Assembly, was unanimously voted in the House of Representatives, and the next Day it was sent up to his Excellency by Mr. Ingersoll, Mr. Adams, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Brigadier Prebble, Major Hawley, Colonel Prescott, and Doctor Helton, viz.
May it please your Excellency,
THE House of Representatives have duly considered your speech to both houses at the opening of this session.
Your Excellency is pleased to acquaint us that "if we had desired you to carry the Court to Boston because it is the most convenient place, and the prerogative of the crown to instruct the governor to convene the court at such place as his Majesty may think proper, had not been denied, you should have obtained leave to meet us at Boston at this time; but that you shall not be at liberty to do it whilst this denial is persisted in."
We have maturely considered this point: And are still firmly of opinion, that such instruction is repugnant to the royal charter, wherein the governor is vested with the full power of adjourning, proroguing and dissolving the General Assembly as he shall judge necessary. Nothing in the charter appears to us to afford the least grounds to conclude that a right is reserved to his Majesty of controlling the governor in thus exercising this full power: Nor indeed does it seem reasonable that there should; for it being impossible that any one at the distance of three thousand miles should be able to foresee the most convenient time or place of holding the Assembly, it is necessary that such discretionary power should be lodged in the Governor or Commander in Chief, who is by charter constantly to reside within the province.
We are still earnestly desirous of the removal of this Assembly to the Court-House in Boston; and we are sorry that your Excellency's determination thereon depends upon our disavowing these principles: Because we cannot do it consistently with that duty which we owe our constituents. We are constrained to be explicit at this time; for if we should be silent, after your Excellency has recommended it to us as a necessary preliminary to desist from saying any thing upon this head, while we request your Excellency for a removal of the assembly for reasons of convenience only, it might be construed as tacitly conceding to a doctrine injurious to the constitution, and in effect as rescinding our own record, of which we still deliberately approve.
The power of adjourning and proroguing the General Assembly, is a power in trust to be exercised for the good of the province: And this house have a right to judge for themselves, whether it is thus exercised. We cannot avoid taking this occasion freely to declare to your Excellency, that the holding the Assembly in this place without any good reason that we can conceive of, under the many and great inconveniences which this and former houses have so fully set forth to your Excellency, is in our opinion an undue exercise of the power; and a very great grievance, which we still hope will soon be fully redressed.
Your Excellency may be assured that this house will with all covenant dispatch take into our most serious consideration, that part of your speech which concerns the establishment of a partition line between this province and the province of New-York; and that we will with great candor contribute every thing in our power to accomplish the same upon equitable terms.
The other parts of your Excellency's speech have had the proper attention of the house and we are determined, during the remainder of this session, which must be the true consult his Majesty's real service, interest of the province.
We hear from O—, an excellent town, sixteen miles in New-Hampshire, or Dartmouth Co. that on the 21st of March, the son of Colonel Phelps, was delivered of a son, weighing sixteen pounds and an h—

For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY. To PHILANTHROP, jun. and his modest Brethren, the chaste writers in the Massachusetts Gazette.
GENTLEMEN, To preface with a most abusive motto, to begin your essay with a most notorious falsehood, to proceed with the most forced and vindictive strain of invective, and after barely turning aside a moment to boast of the cool argument of your party, and to demand calm answers to the most hackneyed pretences, which, have been diffused and confounded as often as they have been new-modelled and thrown out to plague the world, and then to conclude in presuming what men would do, of whose dispositions you have never had the least evidence to warrant your impudent insinuations, if these excellencies I say, can be justly supposed to entitle you to that extreme regard you so haughtily appear to demand; I leave it to those discerning Gentlemen who can adjust and approve your claim, to return you the acknowledgments they think you deserve. But lest yourself or accomplices should deny these nearly indisputable assertions to be conclusive, I would beg leave to ask you, could any thing short of the most abandoned disregard to truth, or even the semblance of it, tempt you to affirm, that for five or six years past, nobody could appear in print on your side of the question? Will not the Continent, will not the united voice of the Empire, give you the lie? What were the unexceptionable peices for which the printer was called to account? Do you mean the rascally libel, which was dispersed in the Town-Hall, to prejudice the minds of the people against Mr. Molineux, when his case was under consideration? what falsehoods young gentlemen, have been imposed on the credulous readers of News-papers, which you can detect with all the Presses in town at your service? Credulous indeed must they be, who are imposed upon by such novices as Philanthrop jun. ! Did the friends to government treat Mr. Thomas as if they thought him at liberty to print what he pleased? Where is the indecency of the piece signed Mucius Scaevola, about which government made such a bluster? This like many others, was unpardonable, only because unanswerable! The Martyr you mention, did really escape, after a scene of the most unwearied endeavors to provoke some body to break his limbs, or destroy the remainder of a stock, of which, he would have been glad to have laid the destruction to a mob, or any thing else, which might recommend him to ministerial compassion. It is fortunate, I confess you have the article of paper money to harp upon; for this your hero shall have all the credit, that the impartial public will be pleased to award a close fitted salary man, vexed to the gall, with the depreciation of that unconscionable medium.
I am sensible your conscience tells you the sentiments of the people are too well founded, for any of your objections to do more, than awake their resentment, against a nauseous repetition of the stupid impertinencies, which have been served up with so little variation, that even the Negroes are sick of them. Has not Chronus been answered? What has he laid worth notice, besides that audacious, that insolent, that barefaced and shocking lie, that we have no grievances to complain of? Could the father of lies himself have dared a more impious falsehood? Is the possession of life, liberty and property at the uncontrollable discretion, even of a King of Great-Britain, no grievance? Is it no grievance to have a swarm of the sweepings of human nature fattening on the spoils of our country, and rolling whole cargoes of the richest wines, sugars, &c. in and out of that cursed receptacle of their accumulated plunder, the Custom-House? Is it no grievance to see the avowed enemies of the rights of their country the only incumbents on the emoluments of office in it? Are the independence of Mr. Hutchinson, the promotion and pensioning of Mr. Oliver, in consequence of signal services endeavoured to be executed November 1765, and really executed March 1770; are these no grievances? Are 500l. sterling a year to Mr. H—— for declaring that the massacre of his fellow citizens long that himself and his fellow parricides interior, and the appointment of another commander to a superintendency of the armed forces of this town no grievance?
I hope the government and well disposed Philanthrop have the liberation of the innocent Richard, a very light grievance, or rather exemplary punishment of a favourite. He was certainly a conspicuous candidate; for such a friend to government
and avowed enemy to the people is perhaps not to be found in the Empire. If Chronus Philanthrop nor company can feel any thing of all these, I pray God to hasten the day when such unfeeling miscreants may feel the vengeance of a people, whom they have endeavoured to betray into an opinion, that the most flagrant invasion of their most sacred rights, privileges and immunities, was a matter of as little consequence as the breaking of a drinking glass.
I remember very well Philanthrop, that Chronus affirms, we live under the best government that could be contrived for us, and I affirm the assertion is treason, I affirm it is parricide, because false, insidious and tending to make the people easy with as great and fatal an alteration of Government as was attempted by Charles the First of execrable memory, whatever Doctor Nowell or Lord North may think to the contrary. It is no wonder Philanthrop, a traitorous enemy to the people does not chuse to risk the consequences of their resentment; for all sides acknowledge their eyes are pretty well open to the abuses they have already suffered, and the deluge which threatened to overwhelm them, had not a 'packed Grand-jury' very luckily interposed. I am afraid my loving friend you will not relish the recent conduct of the house of representatives much better than you have done that of the grand jury. I would therefore propose that Chronus and yourself, would reconsider the rash concession above, about the government; it certainly might be mended if the times would allow it. A sufficient fleet of ships and forty or fifty regiments might effect great things in regard to the obstinacy of grand juries, and country deputies; the small handful we had here tried one cause in a very summary way, setting Justice, Constable and all at defiance. The Constable in that case imagined he felt a grievance, but undoubtedly it was no more than an imaginary one, or a gentleman of Chronus's information could not have omitted an article, many people imagined of uncommon consequence, had it been such in reality.
To follow you through all your repetitions, would be imposing on the coolest reader, I shall therefore hasten to remark on your discovery of our mistake, in the dread article of our dependence on Great-Britain; but having nearly filled my page, I advise you that I am ready to defend the doctrine 'we have of late been taught' on that head, against A. Z. or any of his party, who will enter the lists like a man with his real name to his pieces, meaning to have that matter discussed soberly by men who account themselves answerable for what they affirm, and being universally known will be ashamed to offer 'scurrility and invective' for sound reasoning.
Such an open combat as this will decide a good many points in debate. Men will have it in their power, indubitably to determine who lay the 'dangerous schemes' and whose influence is on the rise or decline. If you have been in earnest, you will not refuse this proposal for 'a friendly debate,' in which if either side insinuates the other to be a liar, a traitor, or a villain, he must feel himself holden to prove it.
You confess you are now out of danger from the exertions of force against your persons or properties, would to God we could look upon ourselves in a state of equal security: But far from disparaging either of his goodness or justice to restore us to that happy condition, from which, with so much cruelty and treachery we have been detrued, let us cheerfully engage in our obvious duty and leave the issue to the governor of all events.
SCRUTATOR.
THURSDAY, April 16. BOSTON.
Extract of a letter from Sandwich.
I Observe what you say in regard to the necessity of having a new Treasurer, and agree with you that Mr. Philips is an unexceptionable gentleman to sustain that office. But being largely concerned in trade and seemingly disinclined to public business, I am doubtful whether he would accept if chosen; however you are the best judge of that matter.
Much has been said for several years past of the necessity of seeing to the bottom of the chest, and it has been thrown out, that the present treasurer ever so good a man, it is high time the province and he should come to a settlement. Indeed our Governor when Chief Justice, about four years ago, on the circuit here, dining with the Court at Mr. Cotton's, urged this matter strongly, and instanced the case of a Treasurer in New-York, supposed of great fortune, and sustaining a fair character, who had enjoyed the post many years, and at his
death was found near thirty thousand pounds of their currency in arrears. This he said might serve as a warning to any other province to beware of a like misfortune. But, as the house have repeatedly appointed committees to examine the Treasurer's accounts, and (as I have been informed) have found the chest ballanced them by fair tail, I should think the objection much taken off, unless you credit the suggestions of some, that his friends might assist him in preparing the chest for such inquisition. And should this be the case (which I hope is not true) his bondsmen and not the province must be the sufferers; and undoubtedly the province has taken good care respecting the circumstances of the bondsmen.
It is mean to insinuate that Mr. Gray has any dependance on the governor's negating any other person the house should present to succeed him, as neither the governor nor Mr. Gray can be supposed capable of such an action on any terms.
We hear that a young woman, at Roxbury on Sunday night last, delivered herself of a child, which was found murdered soon after.
The friends and intimates of H—— have been pleased to declare in private conversation, that there are but few writers and enemies to the present Administration, and a superior part of the province join in sentiments with his E——y: If this has afforded any consolation to his E——y and encouraged his "transmitting in a regular manner, all applications" to his ministerial master, he may alter his opinion as soon as he pleases, and rest assured, that every sincere lover of his country despises his sentiments and actions, which are contemptible in the eyes of all honest men.
We hear from Cambridge, that the house of Representatives having made an alteration in the Superior Court at time of sitting, voted that this act should be published in ALL the Boston news-papers, which was sent to the upper house for their assent, but was returned non-concurred with this amendment, that it be published in Draper's and all the Monday's news-papers, [by which the "dirty Spy" would be excluded] upon which the house unanimously agreed to adhere to their former vote.
It is the nature of those, under the influence of instructions from an abandoned minister, to be greedy of an opportunity to shew their malice against the Liberty of a FREE PRESS; but being known. "UNDAUNTED by Tyrants we'll DIE or be FREE!"
Imported in the Captains Cales. Folger, &c. from London, and to be sold, very reasonably, by
JOSIAH WATERS, & SON, At their Shop in Anne-Street, near the Draw-Bridge, Boston, by Wholesale or Retail, a general Assortment of PAINTS, OYLS, &c.
Of the best kinds, prepared, or otherwise, for House or Ship-Painting, Brushes, Tools, Leaf-Gold, &c.
ALSO, PEPPER by the bag or less, and Spices of all sorts; 12, 15 and 18 inch TD Pipes, Hunter ditto, Window Glass, Putty, Split Peas, Florence Oyl, Kilmar-nock Caps, Kippen's Snuff, English LOAF SUGAR, Mustard, Glass Ware, No. 4 and No. 12 Pins, best Velvet CORKS, Glue, Salt-Petre, WOOL-CARDS, Alum, Copperas, Ground Redwood, Logwood, Otter, Sieves, best French Indigo, Bohea and Hyson Tea, Chocolate warranted, New-England Rum, &c. Cream coloured Ware, A few hogheads of SALT.
JOHN BARRETT and SONS, Near the Mill-Bridge, Boston,
Beg leave to acquaint their customers and others, that they have again opened
A RETAIL SHOP
On an entire new supply; consisting of
A Very neat and elegant assortment in every kind of INDIA and EUROPEAN GOODS, suitable for the season, and purchased upon such terms in England, as enables them to sell, as they determine to do, so very low for Cash only, as shall render it every one's interest to deal with them, and put it out of the power of any shopkeeper or merchant in town or country to undersell them.
Constant attendance will be given and the smallest favours gratefully acknowledged.
They have also just imported a large and compleat assortment for
WHOLESALE,
so that their old friends and others who shall be pleased to favour them with their custom, may be supplied as usual, in all that variety and to all that advantage they can reasonably desire.
In addition to the above, they are in daily
expectation of a universal assortment of London, Bristol, Birmingham and Sheffield
HARD WARE
And CUTLERY GOODS, to sell by wholesale and retail, of the arrival of which they will give the earliest notice in an advertisement.
Their present supply principally consists of the following articles, viz.
 New fashioned brown, purple, green and blue English Damasks.  Very fashionable and genteel brocaded and striped, changeable cloth-coloured, white, grey and black Mantuas and Lute-strings.  Green, cloth-coloured and grey Ducapes.  Figured and plain rich Satins and Pelongs, of all colours.  Wide and narrow Persians and Sarsnets, in great variety.  7 8ths. and yard wide black and white dressed and undressed plain and figured Gauzes.  Black and white Parasol and Gai-gut.  A beautiful Assortment of Ribbons.  Galloons and other Stay Trimmings.  Yellow Hollands. Stay Tick.  Tiffany, Bombazeen and Hat Crape.  Figured Modes, pink and blue.  A very elegant Collection of Calicoes, Chintzes and Patches, excessively cheap and beautiful Patterns.  Striped Gingham.  A great Variety of Bengal, and Peniafcoes.  Cambricks and Lawns of every width and price, remarkably low.  A prime Assortment of figured, spotted, sprigged and checked Stuffs.  Yard-wide Brilliants.  Plain and figured Poplins.  Flowered and plain Russels.  Plain and striped Camblets and Cambleteens, Durants, Tammies, Shallons and Calaman-coes of all colours.  Women's black Velvet.  Mancheffer ditto, and Velveretts. Cantoons.  3 4ths. 7 8ths. and yard wide Checks of all Prices. Apron ditto.  Scotch Lawns of all Prices.  Kenting Handkerchiefs, ditto. some very fine.  Aprons of very pretty Patterns, and uncommonly cheap.  Yard wide and half yard Crapes of all colours.  Bedticks. Draw-Boys.  Plain and figured Everlastings.  French and English Paper and Wax Necklaces, some very neat.  Needles. Pins, No. 12, 3 1/2, 4 and 4 1/2. Pound ditto, &c. Brass Packets.  A universal assortment of Writing Paper.  Blue and White Bonnet ditto.  Ink-powder. Wafers.  Broad Cloths of all kinds.  German Serges, of the most fashionable medley colours. Blue and black ditto.  Beautiful imbusht ditto.  Baize of all widths and colours.  Bath and Beaver Coatings, ditto.  Yorkshire Plains.  Duffs. Shaggs. Ratteens.  Worsted and hair Plush,  Oznaburghs,  Chipt Hats and Bonnets,  Very cheap Dowlas of all numbers,  3 4ths and 7 8ths Garlix,  A very fine assortment of Irish Linens remarkable low,  A great variety of thread and blond Laces,  Fans of all sorts,  Nuns and coloured Thread of all numbers.  Holland and diaper Tapes,  A general and large supply of quality and shoe bindings,  Ferrets and Garterings,  Sewing Silks of all colours.  Alamodes,  Linen and cotton Handkerchiefs of all prices.  Culgee, Bandanae, Barcelona and gauze do.  All kinds of worsted Hosiery,  Thread, cotton and silk ditto,  Leather Mitts and Gloves of all sorts,  Buttons and Twiss of all colours,  Silk and hair and mohair ditto,  Worsted Caps,  Tapels, Neckanees and cotton Romals,  Shirt Buttons,  Silk and worsted Sagathies. Corded Dimothy,  Cambric and sheer Mullins,  Striped Hollands,  Silk Damascus and Soofees,  Loretts and Moseen for men's waistcoats,  Nankerns very cheap,  Duroys of all colours,  Light and dark double Alapeen,  A very fashionable and beautiful collection of silk and cotton Lute-strings & Broglio,  Grezets and Meslinets,  English and India Taffaties of all colours,  A compleat assortment of Looking Glasses,  Cap Wire,  Ivory and horn combs, Russia Drabs,  Pound Beeds of all colours.  Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Mace and Clove. 

DUNCAN INGRAHAM, jun. Has just received by Cales from LONDON, A compleat Assortment of ENGLISH and INDIA GOODS Which he will sell at a very low rate for cash (at the Store lately improved by F. W. Geyer, in Union-Street, Boston) where all those who please to favour him with their custom, may depend on good attendance, and the smallest favour gratefully acknowledged;
Among his Goods are, SUPERFINE , mid- dling and low priced broad cloths with trimmings, German Serges, Baizes, Duffles, Coatings, Blankets, Ratteens, Strouds, Halfthicks, White and striped swanskins. Flannels. Bombay serges, Brown and white Russia drab, Raven duck, Ticklenburgh, Oznaburghs, Velvets, Thicksets, Jeans, Fustians, Wiltos, Sagathies, Duroys, Double camblets, Calamancoes, Tammies, Durants, Black russell, Dorsetteens, Brilliant, Venetian poplins, Grazets, Broglies, Messinets, Checks 3 4, 7-8 and yard-wide, Apron width checks, Stripe Hollands, Yellow Holland, Marking canvas, Everlastings, Buckrams. Gimps and snails, tal and horn but- tons, Twist ditto, Scarf twist, Silk and hair ditto, Shoe and coat bind- ings, Qualities, Garterings, Crewels, Coloured threads, Bedticks, 3-4, 7-8 and yard- wide Irish linens, Garlix, Dowlas, Sheetings, Hosery of all sorts, Calicoes, patches & printed linens, Red Bengals for men's waistcoats, Rich sattins, striped Loretta for ditto, Sewing silks, tapes, Ivory combs,
Imported in sundry vessels lately arrived from England, by SMITH & ATKINSON, And now opening at their store, In King-Street, Boston, A LARGE and very general Assortment of PIECE GOODS , suitable for the Spring Trade, which would be equally tedious and unnecessary to enu- merate here, these Goods have been pur- chased on the best terms, and will be sold, by Wholesale only, at such rates as may encourage all retailers in town and coun- try, as well those who usually import their goods, as others, to apply for such articles as may be needful to compleat their assort- ments, there being at all seasons at the a- bove store, a great variety of Piece Goods. Due encouragement will be given to those who pay ready money. N. B. Gun-Powder, English Sail Duck, Connecticut Beef, &c. POT-ASH KEI- LES cast at Salisbury, from the best Mountain ore.
WILLIAM GREENLEAF, Informs his Customers, that he has im- ported in the latest Ships from LONDON, AN Assortment of GOODS suitable for all Seasons, which he termines to Sell by Wholesale or Retail at the very lowest Rate for CASH, at his Shop, fronting Cornhill, Boston.
There is just imported, At the Irish Linen Warehouse, In King-Street, A Large and general assortment of Linen Drapery in all its Branches. Particulars in our next.
SUSPECTED to be Stolen out of a Militia Officer's House within a Month past a Silk Sash, which if offered for Sale, or otherwise discovered, it is desired it may be Stopped, and Notice given to the Printer hereof.
To be SOLD uncommonly cheap for Cash or very short credit, by EDWARD GRAY, At the Store the head of Greene's wharf, PETERSBURGH Hemp, Cor- dage of all sizes, Russia and Ravens Duck, Ticklenburghs, Oznaburghs, best Eng- lish sewing Twine, a few very fine Cheesheir and Gloucester Chees, genuine Florence Oil, Bohea Tea per chest or hundred, Pep- per per bag or ditto, loaf Sugar, best F. Gunpowder, 3-4ths, 7-8ths and yard- wide Irish Linens, men's worsted Hose, Calicoes, very handsome India Nankeens, &c. &c. &c. Anchors from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hun- dred weight.
Just imported and to be sold at the very lowest Rates for CASH, By MARGARET PHILLIPS, At her Shop near the Post-Office in Corn- hill. A general Assortment of English and India GOODS, suited to the Seasons, Among which are,
BLACK, blue and white sars- net, half yard Persian, ell-wide black and coloured Persian, Bengals, black and coloured English and India Taffeties, plain and figured Sattins, black plain and figured Mode, black and white plain Gauze, strip- ed ditto, white Net, black and white patent Net, Queen's Gauze, black and white Catgut, fine covered cap Wire, a large Assortment of fashionable Ribbands, black and white blond and bone Lace, white thread Lace, Footings and Edgings, ebony, bone and ivory stick Fans, black and white silk Gloves and Mitts, women's white lamb Mitts, black and coloured worsted Gloves and Mitts, Calicoes and Chintz, Ging- hams, 7-8ths and yard wide Cambricks and Lawns, plain and flowered Scotch Lawns, 3 4ths, 7 8ths and yard-wide Irish Linens, 9-8ths white and brown Sheetings, clouting Diaper, Dowlas, brown and white Russia Drab, Ravens Duck, 3-4ths, 7 8ths and yard-wide Check, brown Holland, 7-8ths Bedtick, yard-wide and 7 8ths black Barcelona Handkerchiefs, black and white Gauze Handkerchiefs, Lungee Romals, cotton ditto, Scotch linen Handkerchiefs, kentig ditto, men's black worsted Hose, cotton ditto, marble thread and cotton ditto, three and four thread black, cloth and buff coloured breeches patterns, yellow Jeans, striped and plain worsted Caps, red printed Linens for men's Jackets, superfine, mid- dling and low priced broad Cloths, German Serges, Halfthicks, Drapery and Colchester Baize, duffel Blankets, Ratteens, Shalloons, Calamancoes, Tammies, Durants, broad double Camblets, Cambleteens, Crapes, Venetian Poplins, Dorsetteens, Messinets, silk Grogams, black Russell, brown Buckram, sewing Silk, scarf Twist, metal and twist Buttons, knee Garters, English, Scotch and wax Threads, Garterings, Tapes, sewing and darning Needles, ivory Combs, No. 4 Pins, No. 12 ditto, best White's ditto, shoe, coat and quality Bind- ings, Wool-Cards, Lynn Shoes, bonnet Paper, writing Paper, account Books, memorandum Books, receipt Books, Dutch Quills, Wafers, black and red lead Pencils, Dutch Looking Glasses, Bibles, Testaments, Psalm-Books, Pslters, Spelling-Books and Primers. A L S O, Pepper, Spices, Coffee, Chocolate, best French Indico, Starch, Crown Soap, Kip- pen's Snuff, Cotton Wool, Flax, and a few Narragansett Chees, &c. &c.
WANTED immediately two stout, honest and ingenious Lads, as apprentices to the Printing-Business. En- quire of I. THOMAS.
WANTED as an Apprentice to a Barber, an honest, sober, Lad; no other need apply. Enquire of the Printer.
THOMAS LEE, Has for sale at his store near the Swing- Bridge, A VERY compleat Assortment of PIECE GOODS , imported from England this Spring: He receives his goods from first hands only, and will supply shop- keepers and traders at as low rates as any person in Boston.
LADIES SILKS of the newest Fashion. Said Lee having received a fur- ther supply of Ladies Silks of the newest fashions, has now by him a most elegant as- sortment, composed of almost every kind in use, which he will sell really very cheap .
GOLD and SILVER LACES, Gold and Silver rich and basket worked Buttons. Also, a beautiful variety of PAPER HANGINGS. A small invoice of 3-4ths. and 7-8ths. IRISH LINENS very cheap.
New Book-Store. JOHN LANGDON, Opposite the Post Office, informs the public that he has just received by the Hayley, Capt. Scott, a Large and Grand Assortment of BOOKS, Which he is determined to sell so cheap as to give entire satisfaction to the purchaser. [Remainder in our next.]
FRAZIER and GEYER, HAVE received by Captain CALEB, just arrived from London, A fresh assortment of Spring GOODS, which are now ready for sale at their Store the corner of Wing's-Lane, near the Market, Boston, where their wholesale customers, and all other shopkeepers and traders, in town and country may at any time be supplied with all kinds, and any quantity of staple goods usually imported from Great-Britain, on as good terms, in every respect, as at any Store in America. [Remainder in our next.]
SAMUEL PARKMAN informs his customers and others, that he has imported in the several ships just arrived from LONDON, a large and compleat as- sortment of Spring and Summer GOODS, which being bought on the best terms, en- ables him to sell great pennyworths, by wholesale or retail, at his Shop in Union- Street, a few doors south of the Corn- hill. Those who please to favour him with their custom, may depend on being supplied to their advantage, and the small- est favours gratefully acknowledged.
POT-ASH. The following is humbly submitted to the dis- passionate attention of the Pot-Ash Manu- facturers, from a sincere desire to promote their real good.
AS the season for making Pot- Ash is now advancing, this is to in- form all manufacturers in that branch of business, so very advantageous to the trading Interest of North-America, that a person in Boston has, by many years close application, found out a method to make Pot-Ash great- ly to be preferred to the method now prac- ticed upon. By practicing on this plan the manufacturers will most assuredly find their account in it, by making and procuring much more salts from the same quantity of wood- ashes than in the usual method, it frees the Pot-Ash in a great measure from that filth and foreign matter so detrimental to the con- sumer, also, it brings the quality of Pot-Ash nearly to one standard of goodness, so that the merchant nor the manufacturer may not be subjected to the loss they frequently are by means of three or four different prices of Pot- Ash in England, according to their different decrees of goodness, but on the contrary, by this method, it is supposed, there will be but one price to it, it being all near the same stan- dard, as is the case with that article from Russia, and upon the whole, the above plan will produce considerably more and better Pot-Ash than any yet sent from America. This being the case, it is absolutely necessary that the manufacturers of Pot-Ash should a- vail themselves of those improvements, by which means, they will rise superior in that article to any other country. For further particulars enquire of the Printer.
To be SOLD, by JONATHAN DAVIS at his Store on Bull's Wharf, West-India and New-England Rum by the Hoghead or Bar- rel, Indian Corn by Retail or Wholesale; also, about one hundred Hogsheads of choice Turks-Island Salt.
* A number of ADVERTISEMENTS are in our next for want of room.
CALIB BLANCHARD, In Union Street, near the Market, Boston, acquaints his friends, customers and o- thers, that he has just received by the Ship Hayley, Capt. Scott, from LONDON, A Large and general assortment of Spring and Summer GOODS, consisting of every article usually imported here, which he will sell at the very lowest prices for CASH. Black and white plain mouselin and silk gauze, picket gauze, spi- der's web, gauze aprons and handker- chiefs, catgut, very rich needle work sprig'd lawn aprons, yard-wide and 6-4 book mouselins, a very fashionable assortment of ribbands, ladies English caps, narrow thread lace, black and white blond lace, hat lace, chintz hats, some very fine, cal- icoes, chintz, &c. Bengals, peniafcoes, handkerchiefs of all kinds, sarsnet, ala- modes, sattins; rose, yellow, green and gray lute strings, white flowered lute- strings, very rich black lute strings for la- dies neck, India tassies, Persians, crim- son damasks, fustians, jeans, wilton cloths, dimity, nankeens, duroys, strip- ed linens for men's waistcoats, all kinds of hosery, a great variety of superfine and middling cloths, with trimmings, green velvets for pupil cushions, with every o- ther kind of goods in the linen, woollen, cotton, silk and haberdashery way, &c. &c. All which will be sold as low as can be bought at any Shop or Store in Bos- ton, for Cash. All favours will be grate- fully acknowledged.
Also, Bohea and the best Hyson Tea, English double and single refined loaf su- gar, spices, pepper, china ware, stationa- ry ware, &c. &c. &c.
ROBERT RUGGLES, Informs his Customers and others, that he has just Imported in the Ship London, Captain Cales from LONDON, a large as- sortment of ENGLISH & INDIA GOODS, Which he will sell by Wholesale or Re- tail at the very lowest rate for Cash, at his Shop in Cornhill Boston:
SUPERFINE , middling and low priced broad Cloths of most colours, German Serges, Wiltos, Duroys, Nan- keens, Fustians and Jeans, Thicksets, cotton Velvets and Velveretts, Plushes, Calicoes and Chintz, Bengals and Peniaf- coes, Lute strings, Sattins, Persians, blue, green and yellow India Damask, Taffeties, black Silk Breeches Patterns, worsted ditto of all colours, men and women's worsted thread, cotton and silk Hose, figured Silk Patterns for men's Waistcoats very genteel, black Alamodes, silk Handkerchiefs of all sorts, stamped linen ditto Broglies, Crapes, Poplins, Dorsetteens, Messinets, Gro- grams, yard-wide Stuffs, double Camblets, Cambleteens, Calamancoes of all colours, Shalloons, Durants and Tammies of all co- lours, Everlastings, Drawboys, cotton Gowns, cotton Hollands of all sorts, striped Gingham for men's waistcoats, 3-4, 7-8 and yard-wide Irish Linens, Sheetings, Diaper and Huckabuck, Oznaburghs and Ticklenburgh, Ravens duck, brown and white Russia Drab, yellow Holland, brown and half stiffened Buckram, stay Cord, braid, straping and Galloom, white stay Tick, sewing Silks of all colours, a variety of Ribbons, broad Qualities, Shoe ditto, Gartering, Pins, Needles, Threads and Tapes of all sorts, Cambricks and Lawns, long Lawn, Gauzes of all sorts, gauze A- prons, Catgut, Ratteens, Kerseys and Plains, embossed Serge, Halfthicks, Blan- kets, Baizes, Flannels, beaver Coating, Bearskins, 3-4, 7-8, yard-wide and apron Check, white and black Lace; ivory, bone and ebony Fans, Canvas, Crewells, Silk and Hair and silk Twist; metal buttons of all sorts, silk and hair and silk twist But- tons, chip Hats, Necklaces, Snail and Gimp, Trimings, pink, blue, green and white women's loom quilted silk Petticoats, blue Calaman- co ditto, gold and silver basket Buttons, gold and silver Cord, Thread, Velum and knee Garters, silk knee Garters of all sorts, table Cloths, a variety of women's and children's packthread Stays, Bedticks and Bed Bunts; also knives and forks, cutt Knives, Pen Knives, Razors, Sora shoe and knee Buckles, Snuff Boxe and Tea, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Paper, Mace, Pepper, writing and Whale women's best Lynn made of Paper Bone, and a very large Hangings, &c.
STORR, in- EBENEZER who has just forms hitherto Cales from London, imported, is of goods suitable for the sea. An assortment he sells as usual the lowest rate. His store in Union St