The Newport gazette (Newport [R.I.]), 1778-01-29 00:00:00

THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1778.
The CREED of WILLIAM RAMSALLION, Freeman of Boston, now first published, for the Benefit of the World, from an Original Manuscript.
I BELIEVE, that I have a Right to Life, Liberty and Property, regardless of God's Will and independent of the Will of what is termed Civil Society, which was first instituted by some active Men, under Pretence of general Good, but really to impose their own rigid Notions of slavish Honesty upon free-born Souls, who have a Claim to act as they please, without regarding the Happiness or Interest of the rest of Mankind. For, if I am bound by any Man's Opinions, I certainly am under Restraint, and consequently must become a Slave. Human Laws, therefore, I abhor; because they both check the Freedom of the Will, and are in themselves an arbitrary Assumption in others to ordain Matters, to which I have never given my Consent. For this Reason, I abhor all Rules, called by the Name of Laws, and held to be in Force, which were established before I was born, and which of Course I had no Share in forming. I might as well be bound by the Judgment of any present Men, as by the Determinations of the old Doctors who existed before me. My Will would be confined as much by the latter as by the former; and consequently, under that Confinement, I must be equally a Slave. I most cordially detest, upon this Account, all Constitutions but those of my own making; for though it be not essential to my Happiness, that other Men should act as they please with regard to me, it seems highly proper for my own Indulgence that I should do as I like with regard to them. In this, then, consists the Essence of true Liberty, that I should have my own Way in all Things; or, in other Words, that I should be bound by no Persons and by no Laws, but what I myself have made. For this good Purpose, therefore, I think it would be right and wise to enact a fresh Code of Laws for every new Year, and abrogate all others, to which I have never given my personal and positive Consent. In this View, I would first abolish what is called the Law of the ten Commandments, which neither I nor my Party ever made, and to which but few of us have, ever been such Fans as to give our Assent. That is a Yoke of Bondage, which we are utterly unable to bear. I have a Thousand Objections to them; and will state, by Way of Sample, a very few. "To honour a Man's Father and Mother," is a Rule not fit for Men; though it may do well enough for Children. "To do no Murder," is Nonsense; for I think it right and becoming, and therefore it is so, to knock down all Men who differ in Opinion from me; and it is besides the surest Way of establishing Peace, for all the Dead (God bless 'em) are remarkably quiet. "Not to commit Adultery," is a Command that may serve
for Eunuchs, and for Simon Scare-Toss, who is as close as Methuclah; but, by the living Congress, it will never do for me. Then comes a pretty Injunction, "Thou shalt not steal." If this Mandate were to be obeyed, what should I and several Thousand other honest Fellows do for Bread, after establishing in our continental Army? If we did not take what we can find, and indeed we take no more; the Duce of any Thing would drop from the Clouds either to feed or to clothe us. There are no Elijah's now a Days to be fed by Ravens. I may make the same Objections against the rest of this five Sins of Condemnation; for, by bearing false Witness against the King and all that are put in Authority under him, I and my Colleagues are arrived to our present Station of Superiority and Power; and, by the Help of the Devil, we will maintain it, both by lying as well as acting, not only any Thing that is our Neighbour's, but also every Thing "that is his."
This is my Creed in general, which I wish for the Good of men in general, that we may knit together in the Bond and make a Market of the rest of Mankind. I most religiously pray, that God would turn the World upside down, that and my nice brave Fellows may make the most of it. And as to all these mean sorry Scoundrels, who love Peace and quietness, and wish to live what they call "a godly, righteous, and a sober Life;" let them die and perish; for what care I, since I have my Will and Way in all Things? This is the Freedom, for which I and many others contend; and which is to be given us by Our High and Mighty CONGRESS, where Mercy shall find a more pleasant Fragrance to Perfumery than all the Bergamots in Philadelphia. Amen.
From a late Rebel Paper.
The General Assembly previous to their adjournment, passed the following Address, to accompany the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia; published by order of Congress. To the INHABITANTS of the STATE of MASSACHUSETTS BAY.
FRIENDS AND FELLOW COUNTRYMEN!
It is with concern and attention that the House of Representatives finds, that an act, entitled an act, for drawing the bills of credit of the several denominations, &c. passed the last Session, has given uneasiness to any of the good people of this State: A number of towns have presented their petitions stating such Grievances, as they apprehend will arise from the execution of that act, and pray relief:
The knowledge which the good people have of the disposition of their Representa-
tives, must induce them to believe (what most of the petitions express) that the legislative body in passing that law, and in all their conduct, have it sincerely in view to promote the welfare of this State, by those measures which upon full advisement and consideration of all circumstances and exigencies, appear best adapted for that essential purpose; in pursuance of that disposition, the House of Representatives have proceeded to a consideration of the substantial parts of the petitions, and to explain to their constituents, the reasons upon which the said act was enacted.
It is well known that the present necessary and expensive war in which we are involved, for the preservation of every thing valuable, was first kindled in this State, and is so sudden a manner, that without magazines or finances, we were obliged instantly to raise pay and support a large army, by our own efforts, before the American Congress could take measures to relieve us; this occasioned the emission of large and repeated quantities of bills of credit, a necessary part of government, and the depreciation of many of the inhabitants to call in any of the bills of credit, or prevent the emission of more by taxation, reduced the legislative body to the alternative, either to suffer our liberties to be destroyed for want of defence, or else to continue the emission of paper bills, to the depreciation of what was then currency, the same situation of government, and difficulties or taxation taking place also in the other States, occasioned large and repeated emissions of bills of credit from them, which obtained a general circulation among us from all this it is obvious, that the American Congress being the collected power and will of the United States, could do no other than repeal their emissions of continental currency, as the general good of the whole required, expecting when the governments of the several States should be re-established that taxation should relieve us from the great evil of repeated emissions of paper currency: It is also notorious, that numbers of our enemies have counterfeited large quantities of the paper currency of this and the neighbouring States, and that by means of all this, the quantity of circulating paper medium, has long since increased vastly beyond all proportion of useful debt, and manifestly to the enhancing the demand of all commodities to an extravagant price; This alarming situation of our currency and commerce induced the General Assembly of last year, to meet by their delegates in convention, the neighbouring States at Providence, and on their report the monopoly bill (so called) was enacted, forbidding unaccompanied with taxation, loaning, or any other method of reducing the overgrown quantity of paper currency, it failed of answering the valuable purposes for which it was designed; the suppressing the prices of commodities at a time when the quantity of currency was vastly too great and still increasing; insomuch

ably throw the bulk of money out of circulation and use, and of course inclined the holders of such useless quantities of money, to give a much larger price for commodities than the monopoly bill allowed; and when the buyer is willing what can restrain the seller? This growing evil not being redressed by the monopoly bill, the present General Court in their first session, appointed a committee to meet in convention at Springfield, the committee of the five northern States, to confer upon the best methods of redressing these evils, the amount of whose report was, the only method from which we could reasonably expect relief was, reducing the quantity of currency by loaning, taxation, and non emission of bills of credit: Your Representatives therefore, taking into consideration the amount of the paper currency, of this State, the quantity of it that is counterfeited, the difficulties that arise from the numerous lots of it, or knowing the good from the bad; the great advantages of having but one species of currency, viz. the continental, the exceeding quantities of that sort which will remain when all the States money is destroyed; found themselves under a necessity of stopping the currency of the bills of any single State, and calling in those of our own in the speediest manner. Your Representatives being desirous, to give full satisfaction to their constituents, upon the subject of their petition, think it the readiest way to state the objections contained in the whole of them, and to obviate the seeming grievances.
One prevailing objection against the act is, "that the loaning the States money will distress us, by the increasing debt arising from the interest of the same." That the interest of a sum added to the principle, makes a larger sum than the principle is certain, but that the debt will be increased thereby in certain cases, will not appear apparent, for by loaning these bills, the circulating quantity is lessened; this has a natural tendency to prevent the high prices which arise from a surplage of money, and this in a short time will amount to a saving of more than the whole principle; the reducing the quantity of currency, is certainly the regular method of curing the evils, which arise from such useless quantity; when therefore, such evils appear, the regular remedy should be applied in the speediest manner, i.e. the States money being particularly instrumental in producing those evils, must be sunk as speedily as possible; that it should be sunk by loan rather than by taxation will further appear, by considering that the expenses of the war are still pressing us, that they are unavoidably increasing by the increased price of all necessaries, and therefore that the treasury must be supplied with larger sums; this can only be done either by emission of more bills of credit, by taxation or borrowing on loan; of the first too much has been done already; for a calculation between the advanced prices of goods, and the interest of money, and some even unprejudiced person, that had we been able to hire the money necessary for our expenses, instead of making new emissions, above half the expenses would have been saved, i.e. eight times the interest, the emission of more bills will render of less value what is already current, i.e. will raise the price of all necessary articles, and by that means sacrifice our expenses, to a much greater amount than the interest of such a sum of money, as if borrowed, would have prevented the necessity of such emissions.
Taxation and borrowing on loan, only remain as methods to supply the treasury; the exigencies of affairs, forbid the risking the flow, uncertain method of supplying the treasury wholly by borrowing, and made it necessary that all the money that could be raised by taxation, should be paid into the treasury in Continental money for the sup-
port of the war, and of course no other method was left of sinking the States money than that prescribed in the act, of drawing it in by loan: Had the States money been called in by taxation, it would have cost all the tax that could conveniently be raised for the year 1777, and then there would have been no method left of supplying the treasury, but borrowing Continental bills on interest; and with regard to the increase of debt, as is objected, there is no odds upon the loss of what money the interest is paid, whether States bills or Continental: Weence it appears, that your Representatives were reduced to the choices of the following cases; either to call in the States money by taxation, and then pay it out again for current charges, after it was known to be so counterfeited as to deceive the good people; or to call it in by tax and destroy it, and then endeavour to supply the treasury by borrowing on loan, or by making more emissions of money, or else to sink the State bills by loan, as prescribed in the act, and appropriate the tax to the supply of the treasury, the latter was adopted, as being the most beneficial of either.
But it is said "that this method will throw the interest money into the hands of evilly disposed monopolizers who have occasioned the depreciation of our currency." Whether those persons called monopolizers, have not undervalued the money, and whether the great surplusage of money has not occasioned the monopolizing of commodities, are questions easily determined, and whether the receiving interest for States money, will benefit such persons more than receiving interest for Continental money in the Continental loan office, where draughts for silver money in France is paid for interest, and whether it is possible to carry on this necessary war, without borrowing large sums over and above all our taxation, and whether the taking the money of particular persons into our funds, will not engage the abilities of such persons to the American interest, and whether we can possibly punish those unworthy persons by suffering the currency to grow useless in their hands, without distressing the worthy part of the community; and whether the taxing such persons in proportion to their interest, will not reduce their newly acquired property to public benefit, are questions worthy of consideration.
It is said "that the time for executing the act is too short, and that distress will be occasioned thereby," but it will be considered, that the circumstances of our affairs require a speedy remedy, and the depreciation of our money was in some measure owing to an apprehension that it would not be called in by taxation, loaning or otherwise, and much greater evils must have arisen to the credit of our State bills, by protracting the currency of them, that can arise by the suddenness of the change, for in addition to what has been said, vast quantities of counterfeited bills have been prevented getting into circulation thereby: It is also objected, that the method of taxing, prescribed in the act, will not answer the purpose of putting the money out of circulation though we pay interest for it: but doth not the experience of those notes now on interest prove the contrary, the continental increasing value, prevents their passing as a currency, unless in cases of great occasion, and then Bonds, Mortgages and Ships, yes Houses and Lands may be transferred.
We think ourselves obliged to take notice of an objection, which though variously expressed, in substance is this, "that the said act is cruel and oppressive, a violation of public faith, and contrary to the promise made on the face of the bills." The objectors are desired to consider whether, if the act had been, that every man who was possessed of States money, should bring it to
the treasurer, and for it receive the sum in silver and gold, would this be a violation of public faith, and contrary to the promise made on the face of the bill? Can it be said, that the money so received at the treasury would be received in payment? If instead of paying in silver and gold, it should in Continental money, or a new emission of money, would that be a violation of public faith, &c. why then is redeeming them by large notes on interest esteemed a violation, &c. To this may be answered, "because they will not pass in common payment, nor at the treasury, a man is forced to lose his money whether he will or not;" is not this shifting the objection from the letter to the spirit? Suppose the General Assembly had taken no measures to reduce the quantity of paper currency, and secure its value, would this be a violation of public faith and public trust? Suppose they had undertaken to reduce the quantity by drawing in the States money by tax, and then had not been able to supply the treasury for necessary defence, would this be a violation of public faith, cruel, oppressive, &c. Is here not a real destructive violation of public faith, and public trust, put in opposition to a supposed violation of a promise in the face of the bill? Doth not the whole force of this objection arise from the objectors not being willing to lend their money for public use? If the good intention and effect of the act was only supported by a spirit of patriotism, would there be any complaining of being forced to lose a little surplusage money for common good? Hath it not been the universal sentiment since this war broke out, that this generation must fight, and the next pay what we are not able to? How can that be done without loaning the debt? Do any think we must continue making paper money, and leave the next generation to redeem it? Is it not generally known, that paper money can't be made beyond a certain quantity without its value decreased, and not the value, compared with things to be bought, and that this is the case with gold and silver, as well as paper currency. But it is said, "that the great plenty of paper money renders it more easy to redeem the States money by tax, now than it will be hereafter when money is scarce." This is an undoubted reason why we should collect as much money, by tax as we can bear, and if the current expenses will admit, that any of the notes on interest should be redeemed, it should be done; but whoever considers the heavy and increasing expenses of the present war, including our share of the Continental expenses, will hardly suppose our taxes will be equal to it. Is it not much to be wondered, that the good people of this State should differ in their sentiments respecting the best methods of remedying the evils which all complain of, as the system of money matters and commerce in their nature, are intricate and obtuse, and perhaps not generally understood.
It is with pleasure we observe that jealousy for liberty which has occasioned these objections yet we should cautiously guard against the subtle designs of our internal enemies, who omit no opportunity of fomenting divisions and jealousies by which only they can hope to subdue us; and we should well consider, whether there are more evils and inconveniences arising from the evil complained of, than always attend those great operations which are necessary for public safety.
Your Representatives are equally concurred in the Matter with you Sirs, and cannot possibly lay a burthen on the community in which they do not partake in proportion to their property as settled by tax-bill: The only objection that remains to be obviated is, "that here unavoidably will be small sums remaining in the hands of poor people, who may not be able to chance it with their

as rich neighbors, and that without some provision, they will be in danger of losing it." As the making of the law it was thought, that the more substantial part of the Inhabitants would have been so apprehensive of the necessity and usefulness of the act, as to have exerted themselves to carry it into execution, and have relieved others by exchanging, such small sums for them: And in order to give opportunity for this the Court have by an act lengthened the time for collecting in the money.
Upon the whole, the good effects of this regulation so much complained of, are already obvious in many respects, and nothing seems wanting but perseverance to reap the real benefit of it.—It would have been more desirable to your Representatives, to have called in the State money by taxation, if the circumstances of the State would admit; but the necessity we shall be under of raising a sum of money to supply the Continental treasury, in compliance with a requisition of Congress, received since your petitions were under consideration (as will appear by the resolve of Congress transmitted you) renders it quite impracticable, and would give as much uneasiness to some towns, as satisfaction to others; but that no town may think that due attention has not been given their petitions, the Court have passed an act, enabling such towns as think they can afford to raise a still larger tax, to raise money and put it on loan for purposes in the act mentioned: Whilst your Representatives are labouring to conduct your common concerns by the safest means and most beneficial methods; they trust their constituents will not embarrass their measures, by misapprehensions and distrust, but afford that confidence and support, without which the best administration must fail of support.
To the PRINTER of the NEWPORT GAZETTE. SIR,
 A CCIDENTALLY coming with a Providence Paper of the 10th Instant, I found to my Astonishment, among other Instances of Abuse, the following, contained in a Subscription set on Foot for the Relief of Persons lately removed from this Island:— “Men and Women bowed down with Age and Infirmities, helpless Children, and Persons with large Families, have lately been driven from their once peaceful Habitations, and turned into the wide World, destitute of every Means to support themselves, by the cruel and rapacious Britons and their Mercenaries, who have stripped them of the small Pittance they were once possessed of, and left them to depend entirely upon the Charity of the good People.” 
No Persons could read this printed Detail who were unacquainted with the real State of Facts, but must imagine the People sluded to had been treated in a Manner cruel beyond Conception! — But how surprized must they be when informed, that these People without the least Shadow of Complain, but at their own Request had free Liberty granted them by the Commander in Chief to remove with their Effects. And to prevent any Difficulties that might arise from a misunderstanding of the Liberty granted, they were immediately informed what Articles they could carry and those prohibited. The Articles prohibited consisted of Merchandize, and it is known to every one that no other were objected to, and even small Parcels of those were passed unnoticed. And if any who had obtained Permission to depart were possessed of Articles prohibited, they either disposed of them agreeable to their Inclinations or left them in the Care of their Friends. But not content with the generous Liberty granted them (and esteeming it meritorious to disobey Orders) several of them concealed in different Parts of the Vessels designed for carrying them, and in other Ways, Articles prohibited; which being detected were of Course forfeited; and it must likewise be
 noticed that it was very seldom any Person could be found to own the Articles thus detected.—Notwithstanding this Abuse of the Liberty granted them, they were still permitted to depart, nothing being taken from them except the Articles known to be prohibited.—But 'tis said "they were turned into the wide World destitute of the Means of Support." The Plea of the generality who left the Place, was, that they had not the Means of supporting themselves here, and theefore they were willing to get among their Friends, from whose Liberality they expected abundant Supplies; but finding their Charity rather upon the decline, it seems they fell upon the Stratagem of publishing to the World that they had been robbed and stripped of every Thing, hoping to effect by Deceit, that which their real Situation could not procure them.—From this, which is a just View of the Matter, can any candid Person see sufficient Reason for their bestowing the Epithets cruel and rapacious ? Will they not rather brand these vile Calumniators with the Character of wicked and ungrateful .  AN IMPARTIAL OBSERVER. 
NEWPORT January 29. The Rebel Papers are as usual filled with Accounts of a French War;—all the Reports of that Kind which were circulated the last Winter among them are again revived, and the credulous Multitude, who so often deceived, still grasp at the Delusion. Another Artifice practiced by them, is continually publishing Accounts of the Arrival of Prizes in some distant Ports.
The Prison ships at Boston, we are informed by a Person from that Place, continue filled with his Majesty's persecuted subjects; some of which have been taken from their Families, above 40 Miles back in the Country.
 Just Imported from London, TO BE SOLD By THOMAS POWIS, At his Store, N o 3. North Side of the Parade, the following Articles, which he will Sell on the most reasonable Terms,    SHOE Leather, Gentlemen's Hats, Mens and Womens fine Hase per doz. or single pair Yardwide Linnens, Cambricks, Black silk Handker- chiefs, Ditto Callimancoes, Durants, Hyson & Bohea Tea, Single refined Loaf Sugar, Ladies Black Calli-  marco Shoes, Mens Shoes, Watch Chryystals, Ladies Needles, Seilmakers ditta and Pam, Fish Hooks, Silk Twist, Watches, Hard Ware, Pickles, Two handsome Pearl, Amethyst and Garnet Necklaces and Ear- rings.   
 M RS. COWLEY most respectfully begs Leave once more, to acquaint the Gentlemen of the Navy and Army; likewise, the general Inhabitants of this Town.—Next Monday will be an ASSEMBLY, and if agreeable to be con- tinued Weekly; each Gentleman paying One Dollar a Ticket. She will be much obliged to every Gentleman if they will please to Purchase their Ticket before the Evening of the Assembly, as She would not choose to have any Money payed at the Door, all Favers will be duly acknowledged, by their very humble servant, 
T HE Members of the Fellowship-CLUB, are desired to meet at Captain JOHN LAWTON'S, on Tuesday Evening next. JOSEPH DURFEE, Secretary.
Just IMPORTED, and to be SOLD, Wholesale or Retail.
By JAMES M'CALLUM, At his Warehouse, on Mr. John Bell's Wharf, opposite the Chief Engine- Store, the following Goods, for Ready Money only.
  L ONDON P ter, in Bottles, Port, Sherry, and Lisbon Wine, in ditto, Butter, by Firkin, English Cheese, Coffee, Beans, Green, and Hyson Tea, Black Pepper, Single mfn'd Sugar, Military and Com- mon Shoes, Youths and Girls ditto, Delft, Copper, and Tin Ware, Men and Women's Stockings, & Foot Socks, Worsted Gloves, and Silk Mitts, Cloth Cardinals, plain and flower'd Printed Cottons, and Durant, Irish, and Scots Linens, Printed Flander- chiefs, Check ditto, And a Variety of other Articles too tedious to Mention.  Burial Crepes, White Sheeting, Gazes, Lows, and Lawn Aprons, & Handkerchiefs, Sail Cloth, N o . 1 and 2, Table Cloth, and Diapers, Horn and Ivory Combs, Mustard, Capers, and Anchovies, Nuts, Sultanas, & Oznabrig Threads Broad Cloths, Dub- lle and Coatings, Durant, and Callio- mancoes, Milled and Plain Plaiding, different Colours, Ladies Morning Gowns, &c. Fine Mattresses, with Bolsters and Pil- lows, Bedding & Horse Hair, Hardware, and Fish- Hooks, English Holland Type. 
SAMUEL GOLDSBURY, Has for SALE
   FINEST PH. E. G. THE CREATURE, per Chest Dozen, or Porter, Pound, Mustard, by the Pound   Bohes, ditto, by the or Bottle,   Chest, Dozen, or Soap, by the Box or Pound, Pound.   Made a Wine, by the Sherma-Ceri and Tab- low Candies,   Port & Lisbon Wine, by the Pipes and Tobacco,   Cask or Dozen, Snuff, by the Dozen or Single Pound,   Coffee, by the Barrel Ditto, in Bottles,   or Pound, Corks,   Leaf Sugar, by the London made Boots   Hophead, for Smal- ler Quantity, and Shoes,   Rallins of the Sun, per Box, or Pound Military Shoes and Stockings,   Cask Ditto, Sailors Jackets,   Currants by the Great Coats,   Hundred Weight, or Pound, Men's Hats,   Pepper, by the Bag, or Pound, Courts & Fine Thread,   Irish Rice, Butter, & Broad Cloth,   Solite Pease, Coatings, Rarrens, Beze, & Blankets,   Woolled Stockings.  
 N OTICE is hereby given. That the Prize Money due to the Officers and Company of his Majesty's Ship DIAMOND , for the undermentioned Rebel Vessels, taken by her in Company with his Majesty's Ship Georgiana ; between the 26th of March and 28th of May, last, and which, with their Cargoes, have been Sold at this Port, will be Paid on Board the Diamond , on Tuesday the 3rd of next Month, viz.     Success,  Ship.  Hannah,  7      Robert,  Brig.  Betsy, &  5      Tyler,  4     HENRY ABBOTT For Mr. John Reed, Agent for the said Prize. Diamond, New-Port, Rhode-Island. 

IMPORTED AND TO BE SOLD, By MOSES & SAMUEL HART At their Shop directly facing the Quarter-Master General's, in the Main-Street.
R E D Port, Lisbon, Muscat, and Florence Wines, Brandy, French Liquors, Double distilled Aniseed, Stone's best rack'd London Porter, Old West-India Rum, White Wine Vinegar, Ditto London bottled Common ditto, Florence Oil, Leaf Sugar, Double refin'd ditto, Jar Raisins, Cask ditto, Currants, Turkey Figs, Citron, Walnuts, Capers, Anchovies and Sardines, Olives, Red Cabbage Rice, Basker Salt, Scotch Herrings, Bowen's Patent Sago Powder for Jilly, India Soy, Ditto, Carrach, Nutmegs, Poland Sarch, English Soap, Scented Hair Powder, Ditto, French ditto, Lavender, Hungary, Eau de Lavande au Citron, Ditto, ditto, Au Bergomote, Essence of Burgamotte, Ditto, Lemmon, Wash Balls, Bohea Tea by the Pound, Dozen, or Hundred, Tobacco in half Pounds and small Papers, Hard and soft Pomatum, Tooth Powder, Ditto Brushes, Bushier and Hand's Hair Pins, Playing Cards, An Assortment of Glass Ware, Black Lead Pencils, Small Looking Glasses, Mens Thread Hose, Osnabrigs, Coarse Salt.
—PERFUMERY—
Just Imported and to be Sold, By NATHAN HART,
At his SHOP, FRENCH and English Hair-Powder, Hade'st Pomatum, Hungary Water, Double distilled Lavender Water, King's Honey Water, Orange Flower Water, Eau De Jessimine, Eau De Burgomote, Eau De Luce, Volatile Salts Lavend. Spirits of Lavender, Spirits of Hartshorn, Salvolatile, Real Swan Down Powder-Puffs, Scented Wash Balls, Wash Balls with Cases, Shaving Boxes, filled with Grecian Soap & excellent Brushes, Purified Italian Shaving Powder, Pearl Tooth Powder, Royal Tooth Powder, Genuine Court Plaster, Corn Plaster in Boxet, Vermilion Lip Salve, Turlington's Balsam, A neat Assortment of GROCERIES, Patent Tobacco, Long and short Pipes.
RAN away the 21st Instant, from the Brig OCEAN. JONATHAN TINDALL, Master. PETER MORRIS an Apprentice, about 5 Feet 7 Inches high, thin Visage, wears his own black Hair tied, and commonly has his Hat flapped be ore. He had on when he went away two blue Jackets and a Pair of long Trowsers. Whoever shall apprehend the said Boy, and convey him on board the above Brig or to the Printing-Office, shall receive TEN DOLLARS Reward.
JONATHAN TINDALL, Newport, January 22. 1777.
TO be Sold, by AUCTION on Thursday next, the 29th Instant, the Cargo of the Sloop BETSY, consisting of Dry Goods, Coffee, Molasses, Sugar, Pimento, Black Pepper, Cordage, Sail Cloth, &c. The SALE will begin at XI o'Clock, A. M. at Gardner's Wharf.
Just Imported from LONDON AND TO BE SOLD By ANTHONY LECHMERE, At his Store in Spring Street, near Trinity Church.
SUPERFINE Scarlet, White, Buff and Blue Broad Cloths, German Serges, Forest Cloths, Striped Linseys, Striped Duffel Blankets, Red and blue Duffels, Yorkshire Kerseys, Lambkins, Beaver Coatings, Colchester and Drapery Bays, Worsted Hose, Taread, ditto, Cotton and Silk, ditto, Snailoons, Tamies, ALSO, at the above Store may be had Port and Fust Wines, Sperma Ceti Candles and Lamp Oil, Calimancos, Irish Linens, Fine Corderoy's Checks, Beaver Hats, Black-Ottoman Feather Metal Buttons, Champagne ditto, Death Head ditto, Sewing Silk & Twist, Brown Buckram, Cambricks, Mole, Black Brochas Pieces, Buff and White ditto, 10 4 8 4 7 4 6 4 Table Cloths, Pins, N o 4.
DESERTED from the Adventure Victualler, JOHN MASON, Master, JOHN WILDE and PHILIP DOWYER, the former 5 Feet 10 Inches high, well set, and wears his own Hair—had on when he went away two waistcoats, one Red the other Brown, and Pair of long Duffel Trowsers—the other, a thin short Man, swarthy complexion, wore a blue Jacket, Dutch Cap, long Trowsers, and short Hair.—TEN DOLLARS will be given for apprehending the above Persons, so that they may be conveyed on Board the Adventure or to the Provost.
JOHN MASON. Newport, January 21st, 1778.
ROBERT TEMPLETON, Watch Maker, from Glasgow.
BEGS leave to acquaint the Publick, that he has opened shop in Thames-Street, opposite to Governor WANTON's, where he shall make it his study, to give satisfaction to the gentlemen of the Army and Navy, and others that favour him with their Custom.
TO BE SOLD, BY WILLIAM JOHNSON RYSAM In the Main-Street, opposite Mr. Gideon Scissor's.
ENGLISH DUCK, N o 1 to 4. Russia, ditto, Sewing and Whipping Twine, Twice laid Cordage, from 4 Inches to 12 Thread Ratline.
A few Dozen excellent Port Wine, the Vintage 1768. A few Hampers of B. Kenton's Porter. Loaf and brown Sugars. Bohea Tea by the Chest or Dozen. Old Spirit and Rum by the Hogshead or Barrel. A Sloop about 70 Tons, well found, three Years old
Just imported from London And to be sold at Mrs. CODDINGTON's in the Main Street.
AN Assortment of Woolens, Linens, Hosiery, Haberdashery, a Number of fine ready made Surtout Coat, English Duck N o 1 and 3, a few Bolts of Osnabrigs, White Chapel Needles, Best Loaf Pins, Cutlery, Some fine Hats, Sail Needles, Prepared Paints and Paint Oil, and a few Dozen Wine Glasses.
TO BE SOLD,
By WILLIAM WANTON,
THE Sloop THREE FRIENDS, Bermudian Built, about 50 Tons. The Ship General MONTGOMERY, 300 Tons Burthen, well found, about 3 Years old, an excellent Sea-Boat and well built. Both Vessels are condemned in His Majesty's Court of Vice Admiralty at Halifax.
The Sloop PRUDENCE, about 40 Tons, almost new, completely fitted, with her Cargo consisting of Monhaden, Hoops and Beards. She is a fast sailing handsome Vessel, her Bottom fast Tallow'd, fit to proceed on a Voyage immediately, with a sufficient quantity of Wood and Provisions. She is a Prize to His Majesty's Ship Diamond.
A Quantity of NAIL RODS, a few Hhds Virginia Tobacco, two Barrel of Fish Oil, Prize Goods to His Majesty's Ship Rambo.
Also, a Quantity of Barbadoes RUM in Hogheads, Cane Spirits our Years old in Hogheads and Porter Casks. SUGAR of the first Quality per Hoghead.
Newport, January 15, 1778.
TO BE SOLD,
By BOURK and LAWTON,
Next Door to Governor WANTON's,
UFFS and Tippets, Squirrel, Mousel colour'd, &c. Black and White superfine Scarlet Broadcloth and common, &c. Superfine Blue, do. Bath Coatings, Duffels, English Worsted and French Seres, Pins, Half Thick, German Serges, Linen Woolsey, Green, white, scarlet and striped, Baizes, Shalleens, Tamies, Calimancos, Velvets, Camblets, Cambretens, Persians, Poplins, Crapes, Taffies, Sheetings, Irish Linens, Cotton and Linen Checks, Flower'd Serges, Rattens, Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs, Tapes, Playing Cards of the best Kind, and common, do. Mens and Women's Leather Gloves, and worsted do. Striped and Green Caps, Mens and Women's Buckrams, Rappes Snuff, Silk and Cotton Tobaccos for Women's Gowns Long Lawn, Plain do. Cambricks, Pocket Looking Glasses, Ribbands, Figs, Currants, Raisins, Flour, Coffee, Tea and brown Sugars, Bohea Tea, Rice, and sundry other Articles, too tedious to enumerate.
Five Dollars Reward.
RAN away from JOHN MUMFORD, to Newport, a NEGRO MAN, called GUY, about five Feet nine Inches and of the Age of 23, had on a grey Hemlock Great Coat, Jacket, Breeches and Stockings and speaks good English. Whoever shall apprehend the said Negro, and deliver him to the said John Mumford in Brenton's Neck or to James Moffatt at the Bottom of the Church Lane, who has for Sale, WOOLLEN DRAPERY, LINNEN DRAPERY, HABERDASHERY and HOSIERY, shall receive the above Reward with all reasonable Charges. As the said Negro may look concealed, the Subscribers would be much obliged to the Masters of Vessels in this Port, if they would give Orders for his Detention.
JOHN MUMFORD, JAMES MOFFATT,