The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal (Boston [Mass.]), 1774-11-10 00:00:00

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DO THOU GREAT LIBERTY inspire our Souls—And make our Lives in thy Possession happy—Or, our Deaths glorious in thy just Defence.
VOL. IV.) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1774. (NUMB. 197.)
JOIN OR DIE
The following was omitted in our last for want of room.
COUNTRY NEWS.
BARNSTABLE, October 10, 1774.
ON Tuesday the 27th ultimo, the time for the Court of General Sessions of the Peace, and Inferior Court of Common Pleas for this County to sit, a great Number of People from this, and the neighbouring Counties of Plymouth and Bristol, being assembled before the Court-House Door in this Town; after choosing a Moderator, voted and resolved, That it was inexpedient for said Courts to sit, under the present Situation of our public Affairs, until the Opinion of the Continental or of a Provincial Congress could be known; and therefore chose a Committee, viz. Dr. Nathaniel Freeman and Mr. Stephen Nye, of Sandwich, Capt. Daniel Crocker, of Barnstable, Capt. Noah Fearing, of Wareham, and Dr. John Pitcher, of Rochester, to present the following Address to the Justices of said Court, being then convened at the House of Mr. Crocker, Innholder in this Town.
To the Honorable Justices of his Majesty's Inferior Court of Common Pleas and Court of General Sessions of the Peace, for the County of Barnstable.
May it please your Honors,
THE Inhabitants of this Province, being greatly alarmed at the late unconstitutional Acts of the British Parliament, considering them as calculated to establish Tyranny and Oppression, instead of the once happy Constitution of this Province in consequence of which many respectable Counties in the same, have prevented the sitting of the Inferior Courts, as well as Superior; we judge, not from an Apprehension, merely, that were not constitutional; but, from a supposition, that there might be Appeals from them to the Superior Court, the Chief Justice of which receiving his Support from the Crown, independent of the Grants of the People, cannot fail to have an unhappy bias in favour of said unconstitutional Acts; and two others, of the Superior Judges, having sworn to carry the same Acts into execution; and judging, that by proceeding upon Appeals from a Court friendly to the Constitution, and zealous for their Country's Cause, to the said Superior Court, we might in this way, if no other, open a Door for the said Chief Justice and his Assistants to execute their Commissions on the Plan of the said oppressive Act.
Where a great Number of the Inhabitants of the several Counties in Old Plymouth Colony, taking into Consideration the Necessity of using every Precaution to prevent the Operation of said Acts, and believing the following one necessary, do humbly request your Honours to defer from all Business in said Courts, and from holding any Sessions thereof, till the Minds of the Continental, or of a Provincial Congress, be obtained—And that your Honors assist in carrying said unconstitutional Acts into Execution, hold any Commissions in Consequence of said Acts, and upon the new Establishment, or in any Manner conform thereto; but that you will use your utmost Endeavours to prevent the same from taking Place.
N. Freeman, A Committee chosen by S. Nye, the Body of the People D. Crocker, to present this Address N. Fearing, to your Honours in J. Pitcher, their Names.
The Address being presented accordingly, the Justices after taking the same into Consideration, returned the following Answer, viz.
To Nathaniel Freeman, John Pitcher, Stephen Nye, and Noah Fearing, a Committee as they say, chosen by the Body of the People, to present an Address, this 27th Day of September, 1774, to the Honorable Justices of his Majesty's Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and Court of General Sessions of the Peace:—Said Address being presented to the Justices of said County, or at least as many as are present: The said Justices in Answer thereto say:
That they are as much concerned at the late unconstitutional Acts of the British Parliament, as the Body of the People are; but apprehend, that the People's embodying this Day, to hinder said Court's sitting as usual, will not help the Matter; especially as said Court was about to sit in the same constitutional Way as we have always done ever since we have been a County; and had said Court been suffered to have been opened, they would have proceeded in the same regular Manner as usual, and as to Appeals, should there be any, they will be to the next Superior Court of Judicature, &c. and they can not possibly be tried, till we have a constitutional one:—And we are sorry that we are interrupted, for unless we can proceed to open said Courts and adjourn, we can be in no Capacity to proceed when we hear the Opinion of the general Congress, or a Provincial one; and as to the Assurance you request, that we would not assist in carrying said unconstitutional Act into execution, you may be fully assured, that there is not one of the said Justices, that incline to do it, or to hold any Commission in Consequence thereof; and shall do all that is in our power in a constitutional Way, to prevent said Act from taking Place.—Therefore, we the said Justices, express our utmost concern that the said Courts of Justice, in this, or any other County, should be turned out of their ordinary, or constitutional Course, by the People of this Province, until the Minds of the Continental or a Provincial Congress can be fully known, as we can by no Means apprehend that any ill Consequences can attend the sitting of said Court, until this Month expires.
James Otis, Thomas Smith, Edward Bacon, David Gorham, Solomon Otis, Kenelm Winslow, Joseph Otis, Isaac Hinckley, Nymphas Markland, David Thatcher, Daniel Davis, Metcalf Bourn, Shearjashub Bourn.
The answer being communicated to the people, after taking the same into consideration and thoroughly deliberating thereon, two of the Justices of said court having signed an address to the late governor Hutchinson, upon his departure from the province; one of them an old Rescinder, two, voters against the General Congress, one more aiding and assisting in vendting the East-India company's tea last winter, another concerned in endeavouring to procure a mob to destroy private property, on purpose, as is apprehended, to bring an odium on the friends of liberty; their considerations, with others, evinced the necessity of some better assurance, that they would hold no commissions in consequence of said acts, than barely saying they did not incline to do it. And considering, that if causes were tried by the inferior court, appealed, and that no final issue, till we have a constitutional superior court, it might be attended with more difficulty, cost and
damage to the parties, than to suspend any process at all, till such court can be had; as in case of process and appeal, the plaintiff must not only lay out of his principal, but of an additional bill of costs—Besides in case of final issue, it might be only making work for unconstitutional sheriffs; these apprehensions, added to the great indignation of the people, towards some tools of ministerial corruption and oppression, who never can give satisfaction, while in office, induced them to resolve and vote, that notwithstanding what the court had offered, they still thought it inexpedient for them to sit, and that their answer should be immediately returned them, as being by no means satisfactory in any particular. A committee of the body accordingly returned it, and informed the Justices, that the people desired to know whether they determined to sit or not, as a court; the Justices then told the committee they should not.—A committee then waited on them by order of the people, and desired them to sign a solemn declaration, that they would not accept of any commission, in consequence of the late acts of the British parliament, or do any business, in their respective offices, in conformity thereto; they also waited on the high-sheriff, to desire the same of him; and on David Gorham, and Shearjashub Bourn, Esquires, to acquaint them of the resentment and just indignation of the people towards them, for addressing the late infamous governor Hutchinson, upon his departure from this province; whereby they used their endeavours to support, encourage, and applaud, a known traitor, and inveterate enemy, to the country.—That said address was, in the apprehension of the people, no less false and designing, than flattering and fulsome, and discovered the unparalleled vanity, insolence and audacity of the addresors, in daring, openly, to contradict the united expressed sentiments of both houses of the General-Court, as well as of all America; by which conduct, they have forfeited the esteem of the public, and enlisted under the banners of said Hutchinson, as enemies to the cause of liberty; for which they ought immediately to make satisfaction to the offended public.
The Justices and Sheriff signed the respective declarations, and the addresors the respective confessions, enc'd with the address, which were voted satisfactory.
The body of people then voted and resolved, that the majority officers holding commissions under a Captain-General, at the head of forces raised against the rights and property, and consequently the lives of the inhabitants of this country, and who is constantly making hostile preparations against us, should be required to resign their commissions: And if they refuse, unless they immediately resign their commissions: And therefore a committee was chosen to apply to, and acquaint them herewith, and to desire them to resign accordingly; and also to apply to the deputy-sheriffs for them to sign a declaration, respecting said oppressive acts, suitable to their office.
The body of the people also voted to address the honorable James Otis, Esq; of this town, as one of the constitutional Councillors of the province, and pray his honor's attendance at the General-Court, to be held at Salem on the 5th day of October next.—The whole body accordingly marched in procession to him, and presented him the following address, viz.
To the Honorable JAMES OTIS, Esq;
May it please your Honor,
THE body of people assembled from the several counties of Barnstable, Plymouth, and Bristol, on the 28th day of September, 1774, at or near the court-house in Barnstable, beg leave to address your honor, as one of his Majesty's constitutional council of this province; and to assure you that we entertain a very high and grateful sense of that integrity, and of those abilities, which have long distinguished you, as in every important trust reposed in you by the public, so especially in the capacity we now consider you.
And whereas his Excellency, the Governor of this province; hath issued writs for electing a new house of Representatives, to meet at Salem, on the 5th day of October next, and notwithstanding a number of councillors have been appointed by mandamus from his majesty, in consequence of a late act of the British parliament; but presuming, the representatives of this people, yet determined to be free, never will, or ought, to consent to do any business with them; and as we look upon the council chosen last May by the Great and General-Court, according to charter, to be the only constitutional council of this province; we do therefore, pray your honor, that you would attend the Great and General-Court at Salem the next session, in said capacity; and that you would continue those endeavours to obtain a redress of the grievances so justly complained of by the people, which have long distinguished you as an able defender of our constitution and liberties: And now wishing your honor the support of HEAVEN in your advanced age, that you may much longer remain a blessing to this province, and enjoy the happiness of seeing those rights restored, which have been most injudiciously wrested from us, we beg leave to subscribe ourselves, your honor's most obedient humble servants,
Nat. Freeman, A Committee Stephen Nye, in behalf of J. Haskel, 3d. the people. Noah Fearing, John Pitcher.
To the above address, Colonel OTIS was pleased to return the following Answer, viz.
GENTLEMEN,
Your very complaisant Address to me as a constitutional councillor of this province, desiring me to attend my duty at Salem, on the 5th of October, the time when the General-Court is to sit, I am obliged to you for; and for putting me in mind of my duty; and I am determined to attend at Salem, at that time, in case my health permits. I am, Your very humble servant, JAMES OTIS.
Barnstable, September 28, 1774.
The people expressed their high esteem of that honorable gentleman, their grateful sense of his past services, their sanguine expectation of his future exertions, and hearty approbation of his obliging answer to their address, by giving him three cheers, and then marched back in procession to the court-house.
The people voted and resolved, that as the town of Boston was now suffering in a common cause, they would use their endeavours to relieve them, by encouraging and procuring donations for their support—that they would immediately provide themselves with arms and ammunition, and hold themselves in readiness to assist, in defending the town of Boston, and the rights and liberties of this country, which they never would give up, but with their lives and fortunes—that they would
buy goods from Great-Britain, or purchase any imported by others, after that time, till the port of Boston be opened; and the late oppressive acts repealed.—That they would use their endeavours to suppress common pedlars, &c. And that this body have not met together in a riotous, wanton or disorderly manner, with a design of injuring the person or property of any body, nor passed the above votes and resolutions in opposition to good government, or disloyalty to our sovereign; but from a painful necessity of exerting ourselves, in a serious, steady and determined manner, to prevent the total extirpation of liberty, justice and religion from our land. And we do express our abhorrence and detestation of all riotous and disorderly proceedings, our determination to use our utmost endeavours to keep the peace, to prevent and suppress all mobs, riots and tumults, and to procure a due submission to the laws of the land.
Information being made to the people, that the towns of Barnstable, Yarmouth and Eastham (whose late representatives voted against the Grand Continental Congress) in their late election, had left out those persons, and chosen others to represent their respective towns, whose attachment to the cause of their country, was too well known not to excite joy on such a happy change, the people testified their hearty approbation thereof by three cheers: And after finishing their business with the utmost decency and good order, the people dispersed to their respective homes.
The following are the Declarations and Confessions of the Justices, Sheriff, Addressee &c. in the county of Barnstable.
WHEREAS there have been of late several acts of the British Parliament tending to introduce an unjust and partial administration of justice, to change our free constitution to a state of slavery and oppression, and to introduce popery into some parts of British America: We do therefore engage and declare that we the subscribers will not accept of any commission in consequence of or in conformity to said acts of Parliament, or upon any unconstitutional regulation, and that if either of us are required to do any business in our respective offices in conformity to said acts, or any ways contrary to the charter of this province that we will refuse to do it, although we may thereby lose our commissions. As witness our hands at Barnstable on the 27th day of September A. D. 1774.
James Otis, Kenelm Winslow, Richard Bourn, Thomas Smith, David Thatcher, Chil. Foster, Solomon Otis, Metcalf Bourn, David Gorham, Joseph Otis, Shearj. Bourn, Thomas Bourn, Nymphas Markland, Isaac Hinckley, R. Cotton. The declaration of the Sheriff of the county of Barnstable.
WHEREAS there have, of late, been passed several acts, of the British Parliament tending to introduce an unjust and partial administration of justice in this province, to alter its free constitution to a state of slavery and oppression, and to establish or encourage popery in some parts of British America: I the Subscriber do therefore hereby declare that I will not take a commission as high sheriff, or any other commission in consequence of or in conformity to said acts, or any unconstitutional plan; that I will not be in any manner aiding or assisting in executing said acts; and further, that I have never received any new commission since the passing said acts. As witness my hand at Barnstable, this 28th day of Sept. A. D. 1774. NATH. STONE.
Shearjashub Bourn, and David Gorham, Esqrs. Confession as Addressee to the late Governor Hutchinson.
WHEREAS I the subscriber signed an address to the late Governor Hutchinson, upon his departure from this province, which hath given great offence to the public, I do now freely declare that I am very sorry I signed it, that I was very sorry soon after I did it, and that if it was to do again I should refuse it, and do hereby ask forgiveness of the offended public, and do consent and desire that this paper may be published in the Boston news-papers. SHEARJASHUB BOURN.
Barnstable, September 27, 1774. DAVID GORHAM, Esq; another addresser of the late Governor Hutchinson, the same day signed a confession similar to the above.
The declaration of military officers of the town of Sandwich.
WHEREAS application hath this day been made to us military officers of the company of militia in the town of Sandwich, by certain gentlemen said to be appointed by the body of the people to apply to us to resign our military commissions, we hereby promise and engage that we will by the first opportunity transmit our resignations of our respective commissions to the chief colonel of the regiment, to be by him transmitted to the Captain General; and that we will not by any way or means assist in carrying into execution the late acts of parliament, and that we will not accept of any commission in consequence of or in conformity to said acts, or under any unconstitutional regulations. As witness our hands this 3rd day of October, A. D. 1774. JOHN SMITH, Lieut. SYLAS BOURN, Capt. ELISHA BOURN, Capt. CORNELIUS TOBY jun. Ensign. MICAH BLACKWELL, Lieut.
Major Bourn's declaration.
WHEREAS application hath been made to me, a field officer of the first regiment of the militia in the county of Barnstable, by certain gentlemen appointed by the body of the people, to request me to resign my military commission as Major; I do hereby promise and engage by the first opportunity to transmit a resignation of my commission to the Captain General of the province; and I also promise and engage that I will not hereafter accept of any commission whatever, under any unconstitutional regulation. THOS. BOURN. Sandwich, October 5, 1774.
Deputy Sheriff's Declaration.
WHEREAS there have lately been passed by the British Parliament several oppressive acts tending to obstruct the impartial administration of justice, destroy the constitution, and introduce slavery instead of liberty among the people; also to introduce popery in some parts of British America, we do therefore solemnly declare, that we will never accept of, or take a deputation from any sheriff, who is or may be appointed in conformity to said acts; and that we will never act as ex-
any business in conformity to said acts. Witness our hands at Sandwich, the 3rd day of October 1774. Nat. Freeman, Wits. Edw. Bourn, Seb. Freeman, notices. Jos. Howland.
The confession of the destroyers of Liberty Pole in SANDWICH.
MR. PRINTER, As a warning to other villains to avoid the like iniquitous practices, please to publish the following. Yours, A. Z. WHEREAS we the subscribers have most wickedly, maliciously and injudiciously, (being instigated by the Devil and our own evil hearts) destroyed the liberty pole in SANDWICH, in the night of the 28th day of September current, whereby we have justly offended all the friends of liberty, justice and virtue, and have discovered our enmity to the rights and liberties of the people: We do therefore hereby humbly confess that we did the fact and our hearty sorrow and shame for it, and do promise never to do so any more, or any more to oppose the cause of liberty, and we do humbly ask forgiveness of the town of Sandwich and of all men and especially of the people who erected said pole.—As witness our hands this 28th day of Sept. A. D. 1774.
Joseph Otis, BENJ. FISH, Nat. Freeman, Wits. BENJ. TOBY, Saml. Freeman, JOHN JENNINGS. Upon signing the above declaration, which was to be published, and paying the sum of five pounds lawful money damages, the above offenders were forgiven.—Since which a new and very beautiful pole is erected in said town.
Doc. BOURN's Resignation as a TEA SELLER.
SANDWICH, Octob. 5, 1774. WHEREAS I the Subscriber, contrary to the general sentiments of the community expressed in a great variety of ways, and in defiance of the prohibition of the people, the source of all power and authority, have continued the sale of Tea, a practice under the present situation of things not only injurious, but fatal to the liberties and most important interests of America, to make all the atonement in my power, I declare my hearty sorrow for, and detestation of the aforesaid iniquitous conduct, and solemnly promise that for the future I will not purchase or sell any India Teas however imported, till a final decision of the controversy between Great-Britain and the Colonies, but will in all respects behave as a good citizen and an inviolate friend to the cause of liberty and my country. BENJA. BOURN.
BARNSTABLE, October 21, 1774.
WHEREAS application hath this day been made to us, field officers of the militia, in the county of Barnstable, by certain gentlemen, said to be a committee appointed by the body of the people for this purpose, to desire us to resign our respective commissions in the militia: We the subscribers do hereby solemnly promise and declare, that we will immediately transmit the resignation of our respective commissions to the governor or captain general of the province; and do engage that we will not hold, or ever after this accept any commission under any unconstitutional regulation, or any unconstitutional officers, or in consequence of the late oppressive acts of the British parliament. As witness our hands, &c. David Gorham, Edward Bacon, Shearjashub Bourn.
BARNSTABLE, October 23, 1774.
WHEREAS application hath this day been made to me the subscriber, an officer in Col. David Gorham's regiment, in the county of Barnstable, by certain gentlemen, said to be a committee appointed by the body of the people for this purpose, to desire me to resign my commission in the militia:—I do therefore hereby solemnly promise and declare that I will immediately transmit my resignation of my commission to Col. David Gorham; and I do engage that I will not take any commission under any unconstitutional regulations, or in consequence of the late oppressive acts of the British parliament. As witness my hand, STURGES GURHAM.
BARNSTABLE, October 7, 1774.
WHEREAS application hath this day been made to us, officers of the militia in the county of Barnstable, by certain gentlemen, said to be a committee appointed by the body of the people for this purpose, to desire us to resign our commissions in the militia:—We the subscribers do therefore hereby solemnly promise and declare, that we will immediately transmit the resignation of our respective commissions to the Governor and Captain General of the Province, or to our respective Chief Colonels; to be by him transmitted to the Governor; and do engage that we will not any longer hold, or ever after this accept any commissions under any unconstitutional regulations, or under any unconstitutional officers, or in conformity to, or in consequence of the late oppressive Acts of the British Parliament. As Witness our JETHRO THATCHER, Ensign. Hands, &c. MICAH HAMBLEN ditto. ANTHONY THATCHER, Lieut. JACOB LOVEL, ditto. JOSIAH HAMBLEN, Captain. DANIEL CROCKER, ditto. JOSEPH BLISS, jun. Lieutenant.
From a late London Paper.
TO THE PEOPLE.
I WILL follow the Quebec bill to the throne, as I would the framers of it to a SCAFFOLD.
I have told the King that if he assents to the bill he will break his coronation oath; and a breach of an oath, whether in a King or a peasant, I call PERJURY.
The English government is founded on an agreement naturally entered into by the King and people. The King swears, that the established laws and customs of the realm shall be the rules of his conduct and that he will govern, in every respect, according to them. The people on oath of allegiance, but it is conditional; they are bound to obey no longer than the Sovereign adheres to the terms of his oath; for it would be absurd to suppose the people settled down to a promise, after the first magistrate has thought himself at liberty to part with the most solemn engagements. I therefore repeat it, that the moment a King of England shall perjure himself, that

Want a chiselled, alabaster from their allegiance ; the compact is broken; the government founded on that compact is dissolved. It is no excuse, at the bar of reason, to allege that the Prince was ill advised; for, after repeated warnings, who but an obstinate semblance of Majesty would persist in the wrong? It is of no consequence to the people, whether a King perjures himself at the instigation of Bute, Mansfield, Jefferys or the Devil : He who is so wicked as to violate his oath at the instigation of Knave , is too weak to be trusted with the rights of landless men .
I have only then one question to ask of the people; it is this: If ever they should be so unhappy as to live under a Perjured Prince , whether they would not sooner see another Scaffold erected at Whitwell than another coronation in Westminster-Abbey ? If I know any thing of the spirit of Englishmen, the landless would be crowded with heroes; the Abbey with children, for the sake of a race-show; whilst they would run the general shout of the people— off with the head that pays no regard to the sacredness of an oath!
A SCOTCHMAN.
GRAND AMERICAN CONGRESS. The Continental Congress, that met at Philadelphia, the 5th of September last, broke up on Wednesday, the 26th ult. The following Association, with several other matters of importance is by them recommended to the inhabitants of North-America, viz.
ASSOCIATION, &c.
His Majesty's most loyal subjects, the Delegates of the several Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode Island Connecticut, New-York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the three lower Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, deputed to represent them in a continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, on the fifth of September, 1774, avowing our allegiance to his Majesty, our affection and regard for our fellow-subjects in Great-Britain and elsewhere, affected with the deepest anxiety, and most alarming apprehensions at those grievances and distresses, with which his Majesty's American subjects are oppressed, and having taken under our most serious deliberation, the state of the whole continent, find, that the present unhappy situation of our affairs, is occasioned by a ruinous system of colony administration adopted by the British Ministry about the year 1763, evidently calculated for enslaving these Colonies, and with them, the British Empire. In prosecution of which system, various Acts of Parliament have been passed for raising a revenue in America, for depriving the American subjects, in many instances, of the constitutional trial by jury, exposing their lives to danger, by directing a new and illegal trial beyond seas, for crimes alleged to have been committed in America: And in prosecution of the same system, several late, cruel and oppressive Acts have been passed respecting the town of Boston and the Massachusetts-Bay, and also an act for extending the province of Quebec, so as to border on the western frontiers of these Colonies, establishing an arbitrary government therein, a discouraging the settlement of British subjects in that wide extended country; thus by the influence of civil principles and ancient prejudices to dispose the inhabitants to act with hostility against the free Protestant Colonies, whenever a wicked Ministry shall chuse to direct them.
To obtain redress of these grievances, which threaten destruction to the lives, liberty, and property of his Majesty's subjects in North-America, we are of opinion, that a non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation agreement, faithfully adhered to, will prove the most speedy, effectual, and peaceable measure: And therefore we do, for ourselves, and the inhabitants of the several Colonies, whom we represent, firmly agree and associate under the sacred ties of virtue, honor, and love of our country, as follows:
FIRST. That from and after the first day of December next, we will not import into British America, from Great-Britain or Ireland, any goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever, or from any other place any such goods, wares or merchandise, as shall have been exported from Great-Britain or Ireland, nor will we, after that day, import any East-India tea from any part of the world; nor any molasses, syrups, panes, or pimento, from the British plantations, or from Dominica; nor wines from Madeira, or the Western Islands; nor foreign Indigo.
SECOND. That we will neither import nor purchase any slaves imported after the 1st day of December next, after which time, we will wholly discontinue the slave trade, and will neither be concerned in it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it.
THIRD. As a non-consumption agreement, strictly adhered to, will be an effectual security for the observation of the non-importation, we, as above, solemnly agree and associate, that, from this day, we will not purchase or use any tea imported on account of the East-India company, or any one on which a duty has been or shall be paid; and from and after the 1st day of March next, we will not purchase or use any East-India tea whatever, nor will we, nor shall any person for or under us purchase or use any of those goods, wares, or merchandise, we have agreed not to import, which we shall know, or have cause to suspect, were imported after the first day of December, except such as come under the rules and directions of the tenth article hereafter mentioned.
FOURTH. The earnest desire we have not to injure our fellow-subjects in Great-Britain, Ireland, or the West-Indies, induces us to suspend a non-exportation until the tenth day of September, 1775; at which time if the said acts and parts of acts of the British Parliament, herein after mentioned, are not repealed, we will not, directly or indirectly, export any merchandise or commodity whatsoever, to Great-Britain, Ireland or the West-Indies, except Rice to Europe.
FIFTH. Such as are merchants, and use the British and Irish Trade, will give orders, as soon as possible, to their factors, agents and correspondents, in Great-Britain and Ireland, not to ship any goods to them on any pretence whatsoever, as they cannot be received in America; and if any merchant residing in Great-Britain or Ireland, shall directly or indirectly ship any goods, wares or merchandise, for America, in order to break the said non-importation agreement, or in any manner contravene the same, on such unworthy conduct being well attested, it ought to be made public; and on the same being done we will not from thenceforth have any commercial connexion with such merchant.
SIXTH. That such as are owners of vessels will give positive orders to their Captains, or masters, not to receive on board their vessels any goods prohibited by the said non-importation agreement, on pain of immediate dismissal from their service.
SEVENTH. We will use our utmost endeavours to improve the breed of sheep and increase their numbers to the greatest extent, and to that end, we will kill them as sparingly as may be, especially those of the most profitable kind; nor will we export any to the West-Indies, or elsewhere; and those of us who are or may become over stocked with, or can conveniently spare any sheep, will dispose of them to our neighbours, especially to the poor, on moderate terms.
EIGHTH. That we will in our several stations encourage frugality, economy, and industry; and promote agriculture, arts, and the manufactures of this country, especially that of wool; and will discountenance and discourage, every species of extravagance and dissipation, especially all horse-racing, and all kinds of gaming, cock-fighting, exhibitions of shews, plays, and other expensive diversions and entertainments. And on the death of any relation or friend, none of us, or any of our families, will go into any further mourning dress, than a black crape or ribbon on the arm or hat for Gentlemen, and a black ribbon and necklace for Ladies, and we will discountenance the giving of gloves and scarfs at funerals.
NINTH. That such as are vendors of goods or merchandise, will not take advantage of the scarcity of goods that may be occasioned by this association, but will sell the same at the rates we have been respectively accustomed to do, for twelve months last past. And if any vendor of goods or merchandise, shall sell any such goods on higher terms, or in any manner, or by any device whatsoever, violate or
desert from this agreement, no person ought, nor will any of us deal with any such person, or his or her factor or agent, at any time thereafter, for any commodity whatever.
TENTH. In case any merchant, trader, or other person shall import any goods or merchandise after the first day of December, and before the first day of February next, the same ought forthwith at the election of the owner, to be either re-shipped or delivered up to the committee of the county or town wherein they shall be imported, to be stored at the risk of the importer, until the non-importation agreement shall cease, or be sold under the direction of the committee aforesaid; and in the last mentioned case, the owner or owners of such goods, shall be reimbursed (out of the sales) the first cost and charges, the profit if any, to be applied towards relieving and employing such poor inhabitants of the town of Boston, as are immediate sufferers by the Boston Port-Bill; and a particular account of all goods so returned, stored, or sold, to be inserted in the public papers; and if any goods or merchandise shall be imported after the said first day of February, the same ought forthwith to be sent back again, without breaking any of the packages thereof.
ELEVENTH. That a committee be chosen in every county, city and town; by those who are qualified to vote for Representatives in the Legislature, whose business it shall be attentively to observe the conduct of all persons touching this association; and when it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of a majority of any such committee, that any person within the limits of their appointment has violated this association, that such majority do forthwith cause the truth of the case to be published in the Gazette, to the end that all such foes to the rights of British America may be publicly known, and universally contemned as the enemies of American liberty; and thenceforth we respectively will break off all dealings with him or her.
TWELFTH. That the committee of correspondence in the respective colonies, do frequently inspect the entries of their custom-houses, and inform each other from time to time of the true state thereof, and of every other material circumstance that may occur relative to this association.
THIRTEENTH. That all manufactures of this country be sold at reasonable prices, so that no undue advantage be taken of a future scarcity of goods.
FOURTEENTH. And we do further agree and resolve, that we will have no trade, commerce, dealings or intercourse whatsoever, with any colony or province, in North-America, which shall not accede to, or which shall hereafter violate this association, but will hold them as unworthy of the rights of freedom, and as inimical to the liberties of their country.
And we do solemnly bind our selves and our constituents, under the ties aforesaid, to adhere to this association, until such parts of the several Acts of parliament passed since the close of the last war, as impose or continue duties on Tea, Wine, Molasses, Syrups, Panes, Coffee, Sugar, Pimento, Indigo, Foreign Paper, Glass and Painters Colours, imported into America and extend the Powers of the Admiralty courts beyond their ancient limits, deprive the American subject of trial by jury, authorize the Judge's certificate to indemnify the prosecutor from damages, that he might otherwise be liable to from a trial by his Peers, require oppressive security from a claimant of ships or goods seized, before he shall be allowed to defend his property, are repealed.—And until that part of the Act of the 12. G. 3. chap. 24. entitled, "An Act for the better securing his Majesty's dock-yards, magazines, ships, ammunition and stores," by which any persons charged with committing any of the offences therein described, in America, may be tried in any shire or county within the realm, is repealed.—And until the four Acts passed in the last session of Parliament, viz. That for stopping the port and blocking up the harbour of Boston.—That for altering the Charter and government of the Massachusetts Bay.—And that which is entitled, "An Act for the better administration of justice, &c."—And that "For extending the limits of Quebec, &c." are repealed. And we recommend it to the several Colonial Conventions, and to the Committee, in the respective Colonies, to establish such further regulations as they may think proper, for carrying into execution this association.
The foregoing Association being determined upon by the CONGRESS, was ordered to be subscribed by the several members thereof, and thereupon we have hereunto set our respective names accordingly.
In Congress, Philadelphia, October 20, 1774. Signed, PEYTON RANDOLPH, Pres.
For NEW-HAMPSHIRE. John Sullivan, Nathaniel Folsom.
MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. Thomas Cushing, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine.
RHODE-ISLAND. Stephen Hopkins, Samuel Ward.
CONNECTICUT. Eliphalet Dyer, Roger Sherman, Silas Deane.
NEW-YORK. Isaac Low, John Alsop, John Jay, James Duane, William Floyd, Henry Wisner, S. Roorum.
NEW-JERSEY. James Kinley, William Livingston, Stephen Crane, Richard Smith.
PENNSYLVANIA. Joseph Galloway, John Dickinson, Charles Humphreys, Thomas Mifflin, Edward Biddle, John Morton, George Ross.
NEW-CASTLE, &c. Caesar Rodney, Thomas McKean, George Read.
MARYLAND. Matthew Tilghman, Thomas Johnson, William Paca, Samuel Chase.
VIRGINIA. Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, P. Henry, Jun. Richard Bland, Benjamin Harrison, Edmund Pendleton.
NORTH-CAROLINA. William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, R. Caswell.
SOUTH-CAROLINA. Henry Middleton, Thomas Lynch, Christopher Gadsden, John Rutledge, Edward Rutledge.
THE ADDRESS of the Grand American CONGRESS to the INHABITANTS of the BRITISH COLONIES, concludes as follows, viz.
AT this unhappy period, we have been authorized and directed to meet and consult together for the welfare of our common country. We accepted the important trust with diligence, but have endeavoured to discharge it with integrity. Though the state of these colonies would certainly justify other measures than we have advised; yet weighty reasons determined us to prefer those which we have adopted. In the first place, it appeared to us a conduct becoming the character these colonies have ever sustained, to perform, even in the midst of the unnatural distresses and imminent dangers that surround them, every act of loyalty; and therefore, we were induced to offer once more to his Majesty, the petitions of his faithful and oppressed subjects in America. Secondly, regarding with the tender affection, which we know to be so universal among our countrymen, the people of the kingdom from which we derive our original, we could not so far to regulate our steps by an expectation of receiving full conviction, that the colonists are equally dear to them. Between these provinces and that body subsists the social band, which we ardently wish may never be dissolved, and which cannot be dissolved, until their minds shall become indisputably hostile, or their intention shall permit those who are thus hostile, to persist in prosecuting with the powers of the realm, the destructive measures already operating against the colonists; and in either case, shall reduce the latter to such a situation, that they shall be compelled to renounce every regard, but that of self-preservation. Notwithstanding the vehemence with which affairs have been impelled, they have not yet reached that fatal point. We do not incline to accelerate their motion, already alarmingly rapid; we have chosen a method of opposition, that does not preclude a hearty reconciliation with our fellow-citizens on the other side the Atlantic. We deeply deplore the urgent necessity that presses us to an immediate interruption of commerce, that may prove injurious to them. We trust they will acquit us of any unkind intentions towards them, by reflecting that we subject ourselves to similar inconveniences; that we are driven by the hands of violence into unexperienced, and unexpected public convulsions, and that we are contending for freedom, so often contended for by our ancestors.
The people of England will soon have an opportunity of declaring their sentiments concerning our cause. In their
piety, generosity, and good sense, we repose high confidence; and cannot, upon a review of past events, be persuaded, that they, the defenders of true religion, and the assertors of the rights of mankind, will take part against their affluence, against their own secret enemies; whose intrigues, for several years past, have been wholly exercised in lopping the foundations of civil and religious liberty.
Another reason, that engaged us to prefer the commercial mode of opposition, arose from an assurance, that this mode will prove effectual, if it be persisted in with fidelity and virtue; and that your conduct will be influenced by those laudable principles, cannot be questioned. Your own salvation and that of your posterity now depends upon yourselves. You have already shown that you entertain a proper sense of the blessings you are striving to retain.—Against the temporary inconveniences you may suffer from a stoppage of trade, you will weigh in the opposite balance, the endless miseries you and your descendants must endure from an establishment of arbitrary power. You will not forget the honour of your country, that must from your behaviour take its title in the estimation of the world, to glory, or to shame; and you will, with the deepest attention, reflect, that if the peaceable mode of opposition recommended by us, be broken and rendered ineffectual, as your cruel and haughty ministerial enemies, from a contemptuous opinion of your firmness, inflexibly predict will be the case, you must inevitably be reduced to a choice, either a more dangerous contest, or a final, ruinous, and infamous submission.
Motives thus cogent, arising from the emergency of your unhappy condition, must excite your utmost diligence and zeal, to give all possible energy to the pacific measures calculated for your relief: But we think ourselves bound in duty to observe to you, that the scheme agitated against these colonies, have been so conducted, as to render it prudent, that you should extend your views to the most unhappy events, and be in all respects prepared for every contingency. Above all things we earnestly intreat you, with devotion of spirit, penitence of heart, and amendment of life, to humble yourselves and implore the favour of Almighty God. And we fervently beseech his divine goodness, to take you into his gracious protection.
A SUMMARY VIEW of the RIGHTS of BRITISH AMERICA.—Set forth in some RESOLUTIONS, intended for the INSPECTION of the present DELEGATES of the PEOPLE of VIRGINIA, now in CONVENTION. By a Native, and Member of the House of Burgesses of VIRGINIA.
[Continued from our last.]
THAT the act, passed in the 4th year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, "An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America, &c."
One other act passed in the 5th year of his reign, entitled, "An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties and other duties in the British colonies and plantations in America, &c."
One other act passed in the 6th year of his reign, entitled, "An act for the better securing the dependency of his Majesty's dominions in America, upon the crown and parliament of Great-Britain;" and one other act, passed in the 7th year of his reign, entitled, "An act for granting duties on paper, tea, &c." From that connected chain of parliamentary usurpation, which has already been the subject of frequent application to his majesty, and the houses of lords and commons of Great-Britain; and no answers having yet been condescended to any of these, we shall not trouble his majesty with a repetition of the matters they contained.
But that one other act, passed in the same 7th year of his reign, having been a peculiar attempt, must ever require peculiar mention; it is entitled "an act for suspending the legislature of New-York." One free and independent legislature hereby takes upon itself to suspend the powers of another, free and independent as itself; thus exhibiting a phenomenon unknown in nature, the creator and creature of its own power. Not only the principles of common sense, but the common feelings of human nature, must be rendered up before his majesty's subjects here, can be persuaded to believe that they hold their political existence at the will of a British parliament. Shall these governments be dissolved, their property annihilated, and their people reduced to a state of nature, at the imperious breath of a body of men, whom they never saw, in whom they never confided, and over whom they have no power of punishment or removal, let their enemies against the American public be ever so great? Can any one reason be assigned, why 100,000 electors in the island of Great-Britain should give law to four millions in the states of America, every individual of whom is equal to every individual of them, in virtue, in understanding, and in bodily strength? Were this to be admitted, instead of being a free people, as we have hitherto supposed, and mean to continue ourselves, we should suddenly be found the slaves not of one, but of 100,000 tyrants, distinguished too from all others by this singular circumstance, that they are removed from the reach of fear, the only restraining motive which may hold the hand of a tyrant.
That by "an act to discontinue in such manner and for such time as are therein mentioned, the landing and discharging, lading or shipping of goods, wares and merchandise, at the town and within the harbour of Boston, in the province of Massachusetts-Bay, in North-America," which was passed at the last session of the British parliament; a large and populous town, whose trade was their sole subsistence, was deprived of that trade, and involved in utter ruin. Let us for a while suppose the question of right suspended, in order to examine this act on principles of justice: An act of parliament had been passed imposing duties on tea to be paid in America, against which the Americans had protested as inauthentic. The East-India Company, who till that time had never sent a pound of tea to America on their own account, slept to rest on that occasion, the assertors of parliamentary right, and forth with many ship loads of that obnoxious commodity. The masters of their several vessels, however, on their arrival in America, wisely attended to admonition, and returned with their cargoes. In the province of New-England alone, the remonstrances of the people were disregarded, and a compliance, after being many days waited for, was flatly refused. Whether in this, the master of the vessel was governed by his obsequiousness, or his instructions, let those who know, say. There are extraordinary situations, which require extraordinary interpretations. An exasperated people, who feel that their political power, are not easily restrained within limits thickly regular. A number of them assembled in the town of Boston, threw the tea into the ocean, and dispersed, without doing any other act of violence. If in this they did wrong, they were known, and amenable to the laws of the land, against which it could not be objected that they ever had, in any instance, been obstructed or diverted from their regular course, in favour of popular offenders. They should therefore not have been disfranchised on this occasion. But that ill-fated colony, had formerly been bold in their enemies against the house of Stuart, and were now devoted to ruin by that unfeigned hand, which governs the momentous affairs of this great empire. On the partial representations of a few worthless ministerial dependants, whose constant office it has been to keep that government embroiled, and who, by their treacheries, hope to obtain the dignity of the British knighthood, without calling for the party accused, without asking a proof, without attempting a distinction between the guilty and the innocent, the whole of that ancient, and wealthy town, is in a moment reduced from opulence to beggary. Men who had spent their lives in extending the British commerce, who had invested in that place the wealth their honest endeavours had acquired, found themselves and their families thrown at once on the world, for subsistence by its charities. Not the hundredth part of the inhabitants of that town had been concerned in the act complained of, many of them were in Great-Britain and in other parts beyond sea, yet all were involved in one indiscriminate ruin, by a new executive power unheard of till then, that of a British parliament. A property, of the value of many millions of money, was sacrificed to revenge, not repay the loss of a few thousand. This is administering justice with a heavy hand indeed! and when is this tempest to be arrested in its course? Two wharves are to be opened again when his Majesty shall think proper. The residue, which lined the extensive shores of the Bay of Boston, are forever interdicted the exercise of commerce, this little exception seems to have been thrown
in order to prevent that of setting a precedent for involving his Majesty with legislative powers. If the pulse of his people shall beat calmly under this experiment, another and another will be tried, till the measure of despotism be filled up. It would be an insult on common sense, to pretend that this exception was made in order to restore its commerce to that great town. The trade which cannot be received at two wharves alone, must of necessity be transferred to some other place; to which it will soon be followed by that of the two wharves. Considered in this light, it would be an intolent and cruel mockery, at the annihilation of the town of Boston.
By the act for the suppression of riots and tumults in the town of Boston, passed also in the last session of parliament, a murder committed there, if, the governor pleases, to be tried in a court of King's bench, in the island of Great-Britain, by a jury of Middlesex. The witnesses, too on receipt of such a sum as the governor shall think it reasonable for them to expend, are to enter into recognizance to appear at the trial. This is, in other words, taxing them to the amount of their recognizance, that amount may be whatever a governor pleases; for who does his majesty think, can be prevailed on to cross the Atlantic for the sole purpose of bearing evidence to a fact? His expenses are to be borne, indeed, as they shall be estimated by a governor; but who are to feed the wife and children whom he leaves behind, and who have had no other subsistence but his daily labour? Those epidemical disorders too, so terrible in a foreign climate, is the cure of them to be eliminated among the articles of expence, and their danger to be warded off by the almighty power of Parliament? And the wretched criminals, if he happen to have offended on the American side, stripped of his privilege of trial by peers of his vicinage, removed from the place where alone full evidence could be obtained, without money, council, friends, without exculpatory proof, is tried before judges predetermined to condemn. The cowards who would suffer a countryman to be torn from the bowels of their society, in order to be thus offered a sacrifice to parliamentary tyranny, would merit that everlasting infamy now fixed on the authors of the act! A clause for a similar purpose had been introduced into an act passed in the 12th year of his majesty's reign, entitled "An act for the better securing and preserving his majesty's dock-yards, magazines, ships, ammunition and stores," against which, as meriting the same censures, the several colonies have already protested.
That these are acts of power, assumed by a body of men, foreign to our constitutions, and unacknowledged by our laws, against which we do, on behalf of the inhabitants of British America, enter our solemn and determined protest; and that we do earnestly entreat his Majesty, as yet the only mediatory power between the several states of the British empire, to recommend to his parliament of Great-Britain the total revocation of those acts, which however nugatory they be, may yet prove the cause of further discontent and jealousies among us. That we next proceed to consider the conduct of his majesty, as holding the executive powers of the laws of these states; and mark out his deviations from the line of duty. By the constitution of Great-Britain, as well as the several American states his majesty possesses the power of refusing to pass into a law, any bill which has already passed the other two branches of legislature. His majesty however, and his ancestors, conscious of the impropriety of opposing their single opinion to the united wisdom of the two houses of parliament, while their proceedings were unbiased by interested principles, for several ages past, have modestly declined the exercise of this power, in that part of his empire called Great-Britain.—But by change of circumstances, other principles than those of justice simply, have obtained an influence on their determinations; the addition of new states to the British empire has produced an addition of new, and sometimes opposite interests. It is now, therefore, the greatest office of his majesty, to resume the exercise of his negative power, and to prevent the passing of laws by any one legislature of the empire, which might bear injuriously on the rights and interests of another. Yet this will not excuse the wanton exercise of this power, which we have seen his majesty practice on the laws of the American legislatures. For the most trifling reasons and sometimes for no conceivable reason at all, his majesty has rejected laws of the most salutary tendency. The abolition of domestic slavery is the greatest object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state.—But previous to the enfranchisement of the slaves we have, it is necessary to exclude all further importations from Africa; yet our attempts to effect this, by prohibitions, and by impositions which might amount to a prohibition, have been hitherto defeated by his majesty's negative.—Thus preferring the immediate advantages of a few African corsairs, to the lasting interest of the American states, and to the rights of human nature, deeply wounded by this infamous practice: Nay, the single interpolation of an interested individual, against a law, was scarcely ever known to fail of success, though in the opposite scale were placed the interest of the whole country. That this is so shameful an abuse of a power trusted with his majesty for other purposes, as if not reformed, would call for some legal restrictions. [To be continued.]
EXTRACTS from the Votes and Proceedings of the American Continental CONGRESS, held at Philadelphia, on the 5th of September, 1774. Containing, The Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances, Occasional Resolves, the Association, an Address to the People of Great-Britain, and a Memorial to the Inhabitants of the British American Colonies.
Published by Order of the CONGRESS.
New Auction-Room, Dock-Square. TO-MORROW Morning, at TEN o'Clock, Will be sold by Public Vendue, At HUNTER's Auction-Room, Lately improved as a Store, by Mr. THOMAS WALLEY, A GREAT Variety of English Goods Amongst which are, Broad-Cloths, Kerseys, Rattens, Shalloons, Tamies, Durants, Denmark Lustres, Drawboys, Men's and Women's worsted Hose, Manchester Velvets, Breeches Patterns, Silk and Worsted Mitts, 3-4ths, 7-8ths, and yard wide Irish Linens, Checks, Dowels, Garlix, flowered and plain Lawns, a variety of fine Damask and Diaper Table Cloths, a few Pieces of beautiful spriged Muslin, Long Lawns, Kenting and Linnen Handkerchiefs, Sewing Silks, Tafaties, Sattins, Modes, Ribbons, Silver Watches. Also, House Furniture, and a Quantity of Glass and Crockery. WM. HUNTER, Auctioneer.
RAN away from ELIJAH ALLEN, of Medfield, an INDIAN BOY, about 16 Years of Age, named BENJAMIN THOMAS; had on when he went away, a white Frock, and striped Jacket, white Shirt, short Trowsers, and short black Hair: Whoever will bring the said Runaway to said ALLEN, shall have HALF a DOLLAR Reward, paid by me ELIJAH ALLEN.
FOUND in a Swamp, between Cambridge and Medford, supposed to be stolen, sundry Shoemaker's TOOLS; one Saddle, two Pair of Saddle-Bags, four Pair of new Shoes, one Pair of old ditto, one Pair of Boots, and Allum-dressed Sheep's Skins, and several Pieces of curried Calf Skins. The Owner may have the same, by applying to BENJAMIN GODDARD, living near where they were found, paying Charges. N. B. The said Articles were found, in Part, on the 13th Day of October last, and the Remainder on the 7th of November Instant. Charlestown, Nov. 8, 1774.
For GLASGOW, The Brigantine JENNY, Captain KIRKWOOD, Has Fifty Tons unengaged. Any Person inclining to freight, or that may want Passage, must apply within ten Days, at JAMES SWAN's Store, on the Town-Dock, or of the Captain, on board, at Salem.

By the ship Adamant , Capt. Chorone , arrived at Halifax, Nova-Scotia , and the Harriott Packet , Capt. Lee , arrived at New-York , we have the following Intelligence, viz.
LONDON, August 27.
AT the meeting of the Bill of Rights on Tuesday last, the gentlemen who compose that society took the liberty of recommending to the independent Electors of Great-Britain, to form the following articles into a solemn declaration, which the candidates, whom they support, shall be required, as the indispensable condition of their being supported, to sign and seal publicly at the general meeting, or at the place of election, binding themselves by oath to a du- and sacred observance of what is therein contained:
 1st. You shall consent to no supplies without a previous redress of grievances.  2d. You shall promote a law, subjecting each candidate to an oath against having used bribery, or any other illegal means of compassing his election.  3d. You shall promote, to the utmost of your power, a full and equal representation of the people in parliament.  4th. You shall endeavour to rest re annual Parliaments.  5th. You shall promote a pension and a place-bill, enacting, that any member, who receives a place, pension, contract, lottery tickets, or any other emoluments whatsoever, from the crown, or enjoys profit from any such place, pension, &c. shall not only vacate his seat, but be absolutely ineligible during his continuance under such undue influence.  6th. You shall impeach the Ministers who advised the violating the right of the freeholders in the Middlesex election, and the military murders in St. George's Fields.  7th. You shall make strict enquiry into the conduct of judges, touching juries.  8th. You shall make strict enquiry into the application of the public money.  9th. You shall use your utmost endeavours to have the resolutions of the House of Commons expunged, by which the Magistrates of the city of London were arbitrarily imprisoned, for strictly adhering to their charter and their oaths, and also that resolution by which a judicial record was erased to stop the course of justice.  10th. You shall attend to the grievances of our fellow subjects in Ireland, and second the complaints they may bring to the throne.  11th. You shall endeavour to restore to America the essential right of taxation, by representatives of their own free election; repealing the acts passed in violation of that right since the year 1763; and the universal excise, so notoriously incompatible with every principle of British liberty, which has been lately substituted in the colonies, instead of the laws of customs.  The common toast now, is, Armstrong to the people of America, and confusion to those who would enslave them.
Another toast is, no Popish army in a Protestant country.
September 2. Two very great generals are, we are informed, soon to embark for North-America.
We are assured that all the dispatches which are received from North-America, are immediately submitted to the inspection of governor Hutchinson.
We are assured six more ships of the line, and three frigates, will be sent to North-America with all expedition.
The Prince George, of 90 guns, at Chatham, is ordered to be fitted out for sea immediately.
September 3. A letter from Warlaw, dated August 17, says, "We have accounts here which mention, that there was such a mutiny in the Grand Visir's army before the conclusion of the peace between the European and Asiatic troops, that they attacked each other, and much blood was spilt on both sides; and it is said that the Grand Visir was in such a dilemma, that he had given orders to set fire to all the baggage of the army."
A correspondent at the Hague has sent the following advices:—"Never have the powers of Europe sent so large sums of money to Paris, to endeavour to corrupt the Cabinet of France, as they do at this time: The reputation of the prime Minister is so well established, and his diplomatic abilities, that his talents are admired at the same time that he is feared; his operations are extensive, but so combined, that success follows the eclat. He acts entirely by himself, and relies on no person for his operations. He is secure of Holland and Prussia in his favour: The empire is at variance with him; but there is every reason to believe, that in a very little time he will oblige it to submit: He amuses England; and before the expiration of one year, he will either ruin France, or place it on the highest pinnacle of power and glory."
Since the peace, the French have so far fortified the island of Belleisle, which was taken by the English forces in the last war, that it is now reckoned one of the most impregnable fortresses in the known world.
It is said, that a courier is arrived from Spain with advice, that no persons whatever are permitted to pass the frontiers or ports of that kingdom, without a passport under his own hand.
Sept. 5. A Treaty is at this time negotiating between our Court and that of Lisbon, for lending the Portuguese a stipulated number of men of war and land forces, in case of her being attacked by any Power whatever, for five years to come; and these forces are to be sent to any quarter of the world they shall appoint.
There are letters in town from Lisbon, which inform, that the warlike preparations in Spain strike a general alarm throughout Portugal; and
that every political precaution was taken which human foresight could devise.
Great quantities of shot and other warlike ammunition are daily shipping off for America.
It is said the Ministry are now convinced that it answers no end to send troops from England to put on the yoke, or fasten chains upon their fellow-subjects in America; and a plan has been laid before a certain council, for raising four regiments in Canada to be sent to Boston and Pennsylvania, as there cannot be a greater anti-pathy between any two creatures than a Papist and a reformed Fanatic. But it is objected, that another Quebec bill will be necessary to enable Papists to enlist in his Majesty's service; and in order effectually to crush the rebellious patriots, there is to be a provision in the act, that no Protestant shall enlist under the severest penalties.
September 6. A compact is lately signed between our court and that of the three Northern powers; by which, in case of a continental war, they have stipulated to furnish Great-Britain betwixt them with 60,000 men, so that there will be no necessity to send a man out of England.
A letter from Edinburgh says, accounts are received in town of a revolution in Russia; the empress is said to be detained and imprisoned, and the Grand duke placed on the throne.
Advice is said to be received, that three Spanish men of war had sunk a Portuguese frigate off the Canary Islands, and all on board perished.
By a letter from Lisbon to a gentleman at Westminster, we learn that a squadron of 7 Spanish men of war of the line and 2 frigates, have been cruising off that port for some time past.
Extract of a Letter from Amsterdam, August 30. "The rumour of an approaching war between Great-Britain, France, Spain and Portugal was never so much the topic of conversation as at present, and all our letters from abroad seem to confirm it. The latest accounts from Spain say, that according to all appearance, the Spaniards intend to attack the English colonies in America, ships of war, with troops on board sailing daily for the Spanish settlements."
"The Hague and Amsterdam Gazettes affirm that fresh disputes have happened between the English and Spanish governors, and that in consequence a battle ensued, when the Spaniards, after loosing one of their ships, were obliged to retire."
"Private letters from Madrid confirm the above, and say that Lord Grantham, the British Ambassador, had complained of the insult, but received a very unsatisfactory answer; and that he had threatened to return home."
On Saturday orders were sent to Plymouth and Plymouth, for the guard ships to be manned to their full compliment, both sailors and marines.
It is expected a proclamation will be issued for calling the parliament together early in November.
September 8. The following, it is said, is the foundation of the dispute between the courts of Madrid and Lisbon, which the late disturbances happened in Spanish America, about two years ago, a great many of the principal inhabitants of Chiloé, after being driven from their native settlements, crossed the river Plata, and took shelter in the Portuguese settlement of St. Salvador, where, though their persons were suffered to be free, they were stripped of all their effects. About a twelve month after, a general pacification being concluded between the Indians and Spaniards, these Chiefs went back to their own country, and complained of the usage they received of the Portuguese, which the court of Madrid is now contending. It appears that St. Salvador, and all the lands as far as Cape Thomas, did originally belong to the Spaniards.
By a new regulation now making by order of his Majesty, all the Governors, Colonels, and other principal officers, civil or military, belonging to his Majesty's foreign garrisons and plantations, either in Europe, Asia, Africa or America, shall henceforth be obliged to reside on the spot, or throw up their commissions.
Orders are sent to Scotland to raise three companies of Highlanders, to complete the regiment of Scots Fusileers.
September 10. We learn from Paris, that Lord Mansfield hath had a private audience with the Duc d'Orleans, and the Count de Maurepas at Paris; and that the next day he went to Chantilly to confer with the Prince de Conde. It is expected that the dispatches which will very soon arrive there from London, will be so satisfactory, that Lord Stormont may appear again at Compeigne, and there present his Uncle to the King and the Minister.
Yesterday a messenger was sent off to Lord Mansfield at Paris; and another to Lord Grantham at Madrid.
A letter from Madrid, of Aug. 19th, says, "It is really amazing to behold the assiduity and diligence with which the Spaniards are making their great preparations, both by land and sea, which fully proves the intentions of carrying on the war they are going to engage in with the utmost spirit. Recruits are raising in every province, and Gen. O'Reilly has just marched with a large body of horse and foot to form a camp near the frontiers of Portugal; and in a few days a manifesto of war will be published."
Extract of a Letter from Paris, to a Gentleman in England.
"The arrival of a great English Peer has occasioned as much speculation here, as I find it does on your side of the water. It is expected there will be an extraordinary Congress held a few miles from Paris in a few days, on business of great importance, and the Chevalier de St. George is to honour the meeting with his presence. It is reported the great Peer has had a
private interview with a royal relation, and there are whisperers here, that certain engagements made in the year 1745, are to be the chief subject on the tapis at the intended Congress. Your countrymen on the north of the Tweed made no scruple of declaring publicly, that certain differences or jealousies which have subsisted for 29 years between the Chevalier de St. George, and those loyal subjects in England who call themselves the King's friends will be perfectly removed, and the great orator will convince the royal exile that his friends have not deserted or been idle in his cause."
Extract of a Letter from Hamburg, August 26. "The four Danish men of war, with a great number of troops on board, which have been cruising near Gluckstadt the last three months, and the destination of which had been a secret, we are now informed are for the account of Great Britain, and lie in readiness to sail for America, in order to subdue her colonies there, the British government finding their troops in America deserting in great numbers, and even those who have not yet deserted, as well as their head officers and sailors, cannot properly be depended upon to fight against their own countrymen; for which reason the above mentioned Danish vessels and troops are taken into British pay, and are ready to sail for America at a moment's notice, in case matters cannot be reconciled. We do not pretend to pass the above intelligence as authentic; although it is universally reported here, and is confirmed by an authentic private letter from London, which mentions, that Baron Diede de Furstenstein, the Danish Minister at London, went to Copenhagen lately merely on that account, and that he affected the above. The same letter adds, that since the Baron returned to London he is uncommonly caressed by the Ministry, which circumstance seems to confirm the matter."
"They write from Berlin, that as soon as the King of Prussia heard the news of the peace between Russia and the Porte being concluded, he immediately sent officers of different regiments to the seat of war, in order to enroll all such disciplined men as shall be dismissed from the Russian service, and to purchase all the horses they could get from the Turks and Cossacks, for the use of his army; which seems to prove, that this restless Prince intends to try the success of another war before he dies."
PARIS, [France] August 22. Monsr. de Pelegrin, intendant-general of the Marine, has received sudden orders to employ as many hands as possible, and to build 32 new ships of war, viz. at Brest, six large men of war from 74 to 80 guns; at Bologne, six of the same size; at Rochefort, four of the same size; at Bourdeaux, ten frigates, from 40 to 50 guns; and at Marseilles, six frigates of the same size. Orders were also given for twelve ships of war of different sizes to be built in Sweden on our account, and eight in Genoa, being altogether 52 new vessels of war. Fifteen hundred carpenters have likewise been sent to the Isle of Corsica, in order to cut down the woods there, and to attempt to prepare the harbours, and to build new ships. It is also whispered here, that a certain ambassador of a neighbouring power, received instructions from his court to enquire into the sudden augmentation of our fleet; and that the ambassador received an answer, that it was resolved in the King's-council to keep 80 men of war, and thirty frigates in the different ports at home, and 20 men of war, with 30 frigates, cruising in the different seas, and that our court shall always keep 160 fine vessels of war even in time of peace. This affair, together with our uncommon connection with the court of Spain, augurs a war to our politicians; and it is very strongly reported, that new disputes, concerning the continent of America, are upon the point of breaking out between our court and that of Great-Britain.
THURSDAY, November 10. BOSTON.
Last evening arrived in town, the Hon. Thomas Cushing, Esq; Mr. Samuel Adams, John Adams, Esq; and Robert Treat Paine, Esq; the Delegates from this province, to the late GRAND AMERICAN CONGRESS. The people testified their joy at their safe arrival, by ringing of the bells, &c.
The Delegates for New-Hampshire, arrived at Portsmouth, from Philadelphia, on Tuesday last, and were joyfully received by the inhabitants.
The following are the present popular and prevailing toasts in England, which plainly discover (whatever may be reported to the contrary) the very iniquitous light in which the people there view the late conduct of the British ministry towards the Americans, and their hearty desire that a new parliament may rectify the errors of the last, and brighten the chain of friendship, which for the common good of the whole empire, ought ever to subsist between the mother country and her American colonies.
 "May the British ministry never be employed on an unconstitutional service, or become the premier's blood-hounds."  "Reflection, reformation, and moderation to General Gage; and perseverance to the Americans."  "May a ministerial bribe never beget out of an American Pocket."  "May the unrepresented Americans be no longer misrepresented."  "At the general election, may the elected be properly selected."  "And may the wisdom of a future Parliament rectify the errors of this." 
Saturday last being the anniversary of the Powder Plot, at noon there was a discharge of cannon at Castle-William, the batteries in town, and on board the ships of war in the harbour.
Thursday the twenty-fourth instant, is appointed as a day of public Thanksgiving, in the governments of New-Hampshire and Connecticut.
The town of Exeter, in New-Hampshire, last Monday night, voted the sum of One Hundred Pounds, lawful money, to be paid by the Selectmen of that town, for the relief of the poor of this capital.
On Friday evening last, in pursuing a person who had been guilty of breaking the peace in Charlestown, a barrel and bag of tea were stumbled on, which were immediately carried to the training-field and committed to the flames; after they were consumed, it was suggested there was more in the same place; upon which a search was made, and enough found to fill a large hayward, which was conveyed to a place called the Green, before Cape-Ereton tavern, and a quantity of faggots
laid round it, they were set on fire and the whole consumed. Every thing was conducted with such silence and order, that many people there knew nothing of it until the next morning. It is supposed the quantity destroyed was between 300 and 400 weight.
The embarrasments occasioned to administration, by the refractory behaviour of the King of Spain, who is on the point of denouncing war against Portugal, and of quarrelling with the English nation, will be greatly increased on the arrival of the Scarborough man of War, which sailed from Boston the 5th of September, with his Excellency General Gage's dispatches, presently after the innumerable alarms, which for a few days occasioned great agitations in the southern provinces.
MARRIED. Mr. Gabriel Johonnot, merchant, to Miss Sarah Bradstreet.---James Arquhart, Esq; a Captain in his Majesty's 14th Regiment to Miss Hannah Flucker, eldest daughter of the Hon. Thomas Flucker, Esq; Secretary of the province.---Doctor James Pecker, to Mrs. Rachel Noble, cont'd of the late Major Noble, deceased.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, Port of Salem and Marblehead, November 4. ARRIVED. Atkins, from Lisbon; Salton, New-London; Lurey, Philadelphia; Mitchell, Bartlet and Love, Cadiz; Bartlet, Cadiz; Dagget, Quebec; Reed, St. Lucia; Wier, Quebec.
NEW-YORK, November 3. Last week, at Philadelphia, ended the Grand Continental Congress, of delegates from all the British American colonies from New-Hampshire, to South Carolina, inclusively,—they having, in a manner highly honourable to themselves and their constituents, and serviceable to their country, finished the important business on which they were appointed, and met, to deliberate and determine for a great and increasing nation.
The world has hardly ever seen any assembly that had matters of greater consequence before them; that were chosen in a more honourable manner; were better qualified for the high trust reposed in them; executed it in a more faithful, judicious and effectual manner, or were more free and unanimous in their conclusions than this.
We hear the journal of their whole proceedings, is in the press at Philadelphia, and in a few days may be expected; mean while the following particulars are published by their order, viz.
A bill or declaration of natural and constitutional rights; a list of American grievances; occasional resolves thereon; a letter to General Gage; an association or voluntary contract not to import or use, and not to export to or from Great-Britain, Ireland, the West-Indies or Dominica, after the times mentioned in the agreement, any goods, wares or merchandise till all the oppressive unconstitutional acts of the British parliament against the American colonies are repealed; a letter to the people of Great-Britain; a letter to the inhabitants of the British colonies in America; and a letter to the inhabitants of Quebec.
These particulars are all drawn with a masterly hand; the expediency of every adopted measure, is clearly pointed out; the whole plan is so well calculated, so tempered with goodness and wisdom, with mildness and resolution; so guarded by prudence and supported by reason, that in all probability it can hardly fail of the desired effect.
It is also recommended that delegates be chosen as soon as possible for another general congress to be held at Philadelphia the 10th of May next.
This Day published, And to be sold by MILLS and HICKS, in School-street, and JOHN BOYLE, in Marlborough-street.
THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS of the GRAND AMERICAN Continental CONGRESS, held at PHILADELPHIA, on the 5th of September, 1774. Containing, The Bill of Rights, a List of Grievances, Occasional Resolves, the Affections an Address to the PEOPLE of Great-Britain, and a Memorial to the Inhabitants of the BRITISH AMERICAN COLONIES.
ANDREW DEXTER, Near the MILL-BRIDGE, ACQUAINTS all such worthy Patriots as have signed the NON-CONSUMPTION AGREEMENT, that as he has conscientiously refrained from importing any Goods since the Act for blocking up the Port of Boston took Place, he therefore expects to be favoured with their Custom. He keeps the same Store, and sells as cheap as formerly. VERY CHEAP INDEED!
THOMAS'S New-England ALMANACK, for 1775, will be published in a few Days.
TEN DOLLARS Reward. WHEREAS in the night of the eighth instant, a SWEETED BOX, Marked D.B. containing several pieces of Lawn, was stolen off a Cart between Salem and Mystick. Whoever shall apprehend the thief or thieves, shall receive the above reward and all necessary Charges, by applying to the Printer.
This day was published, And held by DANIEL KNEELAND, in Queen-street. THE first Book of the AMERICAN CHRONICLES of the Times.
THE Co-partnership of BROWN and SHATTUCK will be mutually dissolved the 14th instant: Those who have any Demands on said Company, are desired to send in their Accounts; and those indebted, are requested to make immediate Payment.
ALL Persons who have any demands on the estate of SAMUEL RUGGLES, sen. deceased, are desired to bring in their accounts to SAMUEL RUGGLES, jun. Administrator, for adjustment, and all persons who are indebted, are desired to make speedy payment to said Administrator. N. B. Business carried on as usual by THOMAS RUGGLES, those good customers of his Father's, who please to favour him with their custom may depend on their being well used, and the least favour gratefully acknowledged.
THE Copartnership of BOX and AUSTIN, being dissolved, by the death of Mr. BOX. This is to desire all persons who have any demands on said Company, to bring in and settle their accounts with the surviving partner BENJAMIN AUSTIN, and all those who are indebted to the late company, are requested to make immediate payment. N. B. The business of ROPEMAKING is still carried on by said AUSTIN.
BACK SWORD. To all Lovers of the Noble Science of DEFENCE. GENTLEMEN who chose to be instructed in the Art commonly called the BACK SWORD, are desired to apply to DONALD M'ALPINE, who will teach them said Science to their entire Satisfaction, at the Room in King-Street, near the State-House, lately occupied as a Writing-School: The Hours of Attendance are from 7 till 9 o'Clock in the Morning, from Noon till 1 o'Clock, and from 3 till 5 o'Clock in the afternoon.—Any Gentleman who chooses to be taught privately, shall be waited upon at such Seasons as are convenient for them, either at the School or their Lodgings.
Said M'ALPINE opened an EVENING SCHOOL, on Tuesday the 1st inst. at the place aforesaid. To begin at 6 o'clock and continue till nine each evening, for the benefit of such as cannot conveniently attend in the Day Time.

Parnassian Packet.
An AMERICAN PARODY, on the old song, of "RULE BRITANNIA."
WHEN Britons first, by Heaven's command, Rose from the azure main, This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this strain: Rule Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never will be slaves.
To spread bright freedom's gentle sway, Your isle too narrow for its bounds, We trac'd wild Ocean's trackless way, And made a safe asylum found. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, But rule as just—not like slaves.
While we were simple, you grew great; Now swell'd with luxury and pride, You pierce our peaceful free retreat, And haste' to enslave with Giant-stride. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, But rule as just—not like slaves.
Three haughty tyrants ne'er could tame; All their attempts to pull thee down, Did but arouse thy generous flame, And work their woe and thy renown. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, Britons then would ne'er be slaves.
Let us, your sons, by freedom warm'd, Your own example keep in view; 'Gainst TYRANNY be ever arm'd, Tho' we our TYRANT find—in you. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, But never make your children slaves.
With justice, and with wisdom reign, We then with thee will firmly join, To make thee mistress of the main, And every shore it circles, shine. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, But ne'er degrade your sons to slaves.
When life glides slowly through thy veins, Well 'tween our filial fondness proves, Bound only by the welcome chains Of duty, gratitude, and love. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, But never make your children slaves.
Our Youth shall prop thy tot'ring age; Our vigour nerve thy feeble arm: In vain thy foes shall spend their rage— We'll shield thee safe from ev'ry harm. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, But never make your children slaves.
For thee we'll toil with cheerful heart, We'll labour—but we will be free Our growth and strength to thee impart, And all our treasures bring to thee. Rule Britannia, rule the waves, We're subjects—but we're not your slaves.
A QUANTITY of Felt Hats, Hatters Trimmings, striped Swandkins, striped Damasks, Silk and Worsted Breeches Pieces; Silk, Worsted, and Thread Hose, Silk Hankerchiefs, Silk and Hair, Scarf Twill, Mohair But- tons and Sunday other articles, to be sold very cheap for Cash. Enquire at Store No. 4 opposite the East End of Faneuil-Hall.
To be Sold by JOHN SAVAGE, At his Store No. 13 on the Long-Wharf. ONE Hundred Hogheads of Salt; Rum, Sugar, Flour, Coffee, Cakes of 13 and 18 Bottles, Cafe Bottles, Quart Ditto. Proof Quarts, Beans, one Anchor about two hundred Weight.
Just reprinted, (price 8d. lawful Money) And to be sold at EDES and GILL'S Printing-Office, and by SAMUEL WHITING, in Marshall's-Lane. A FAITHFUL Testimony to New-Eng- land by the following celebrated Authors. I. Mr. Jo- nathan Mitchell, extracted from an Instrument of his, dated December 13, 1662. II. Mr. John Higginson, stated in a Sermon to the General Court, May 27, 1663. III. Hon. William Sloughton, Esq; in a Sermon preached by him in the Audience of the General Court, April, 1663. IV. The Testimony finished by Dr. Increase Mather, who says, I do now with my dying Hand sign my Concurrence to the above.
Now in the Press, and speedily will be published, THOMAS'S NEW-ENGLAND ALMANACK,
MASSACHUSETTS CALENDAR, For the Year of our Lord Christ, 1775. Containing every Thing useful and necessary in an Alma- nack, and several other Matters curious and entertaining.
Just imported in the last Ships from LONDON, Choice Cheshire and Gloucester CHEESE, (Which will suit the nicest taste,) And to be SOLD by
CHARLES LOWE, Opposite the Boston Stone, in Marshall's-Lane, near the Mill-Bridge.
[This quantity of Cheese is equal in goodness, if not supe- rior, to that imported and sold by him last spring.] Also, excellent FLORENCE OYL , in Flasks, warranted good, and the best of English Mustard, by the bottle, single pound, or less. OATMEAL by the Bushel, or smaller quantity.
RAN away from Newbury-Port, a Negro Man, named CHARLESTOWN, about five Feet six Inches high; had on a blue Jacket, and Duffel Breeches, Bilboa Cap, a very black Fellow, one of his Fingers made crooked and slit by Means of a Felon. Who- ever secures him, so that I may have him again, shall have SIX DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges paid. JOSEPH LEATHERS.
WANTED, A WET Nurse to go into a Family. Enquire of the Printer.
This Day was published, And to be SOLD by By MILLS and HICKS, Printers, in School- street, BOSTON. BICKERSTAFF'S BOSTON ALMANACK, for the Year of our Re- demption 1775; Embellished with Cuts, viz. A fine Representation of a NEW-ZEALAND WARRIOR, —Two NATIVES of NEW-HOLLAND advancing to Combat.—The ANATOMY of MAN'S BODY, as governed by the Twelve Constellations.
This much esteemed Almanack contains, besides the usual Astronomical Calculations, a Variety of useful, en- tertaining, historical Matter; and the Substance of the FIRST CHARTER granted to the Province of Mas- sachusetts-Bay.
To the PUBLIC. AS the Times are threatening, it be- hoves one and all, to go into the most frugal Methods to encourage our own Manufactures, and as there is a great Consumption of Gloves in this large Country, we can man- ufacture enough here, to supply the whole Continent, which will employ our own people, and keep a large Sum of Money here, which is annually sent to England for Gloves, and which are better and cheaper than can be imported from England; it is hoped therefore, that all true Patriots will encourage it.
These may certify, that PHILIP FREEMAN, who will supply Funerals, and Merchants and Shopkeepers, with the Sorts following, viz. Buck-Skin Gloves, Norway Doe, ditto Purple, ditto Cloth-Colour, ditto Wash-Leather ditto, and Mock-Beaver ditto, at the most reasonable Terms; at the BLUE GLOVE, in Union-Street, facing the Sign of the Cornfields, near the Dock, BOSTON.
This Day Published, And to be Sold by JOHN KNEELAND in Mills-Street, LOW'S ALMANACK for the Year 1775. Ornamented with a large and elegant Engraving, representing the VIRTUOUS PATRIOT at the Hour of Death. Also, a Type of the Lunar Eclipse of August 12. It Contains, besides every thing necessary in an Almanack, a long and sympathetic Address to the in- habitants of Boston, with several other Pieces of Speculati- on, which tend to render it not only useful, but entertain- ing.
To be SOLD, A FARM in Shutesbury, containing about 137 Acres of choice Land, 40 Acres of it is the best of Land for plowing. About 50 Acres that will make the best for Mowing, all well watered. A low House with a Cellar under the whole neatly Stoned, the Chimney is set on an arch. Three rooms with Fire Places, besides a Bed-Room. A pretty young Orchard that made a few Barrels of Cyder last Year. About eight Acres of the said place planted with Corn, and sowed with Grain this Year, and four Acres more cleared and sowed this Fall with Rye and other Seeds. A few Loads of Hay were cut there this Year, and Pasturing for a few Cattle. The Whole may be had now for about 1200 Old Tenor. Apply to JEDUTHON BALDWIN, of BROOKFIELD
JOSEPH PEARCE, HEREBY informs his good Customers and others, that he has removed to a new Shop, making the Corner, northerly of the Old-Brick Meeting-House, and fronting the West End of the State-House, in BOSTON. Where he has for Sale, A very large Assortment of ENGLISH and other GOODS; he hopes for a Continuance of their Favours, which he will endeavour to merit, by serving them on the best Terms.
SUPPOSED to be left at some House or Store in the Town, through Mistake, by the Providence Wagonner, the Week before last, a HARE TRUNK, with a pair of Boots tied on it, directed for Mr. GIDEON R. HUBBARD, at Boston. Any Per- son giving Information to the Printer, of the same, will be taken very kindly. If any Gentleman should have received it by Mistake among their Baggage, the earliest Intelligence thereof is requested to be given the Printer.
SILKS And Superfine BROAD CLOTHS. A PRIME assortment of Padusois, Du- capes, Lutestrings; plain and figured Satins, Da- masks, Sarinets, &c.—superfine fashionable coloured Broad Cloths, with suitable Linings and Trimmings To be Sold at an exceeding low rate, by JOHN BARRETT and SONS, At their Shop near the Mill-Bridge, Boston, Where may be had, all kinds of English, Scotch, India, Hard-Ware and Cutlery GOODS, By Wholesale or Retail, Extremely cheap for Cash or short Credit.
WILLIAM BANT, Begg Leave to inform his Friends, Customers and others, that he has for Sale, by Wholesale and Retail, at his STORE, fronting DOCK-SQUARE, A GENERAL Assortment of English and India Goods, suitable for the approaching Season, the whole of which was imported before the 31st of last August. Among which Goods is a prime Choice of superfine scarlet, pomegranate, white, green, Pea-Green, Sea-green, barry, black, blue, brown and cloth-coloured BROAD- CLOTHS, middling and low priced ditto, with Shalloons and Trimmings to match the Cloths; also of SILKS, viz. Padusois, Ducapes, Mantuas, Lutestrings, India and English DAMASK, a Piece of very elegant white figured LUTESTRING, single and double Satins, black, white, and crimson figured Satin, black, blue, green and white half-Yard Persians, ell-wide Persians, half ell and ell-wide Alamodes, Brocades, black, blue and crimson thick Corduroy, for Men's Waistcoats; and a Variety of other Articles that are commonly in Use at this Season of the Year. The abovementioned Goods will be disposed of at the very lowest Rates, as said BANT is extremely desirous of exchanging all or any of them for an Article which is more convenient for him in these troublous Times, viz. CASH.
CALEB BLANCHARD, In Union-Street, near the Market, Has for SALE, A LARGE Assortment of GOODS, suitable for the Season, consisting of Woollens, Lin- nens, Silks, Stationary, and all kinds of Haberdashery Wares; which he sells at the very lowest Prices for ready Money. Merry Andrew, Highland and Harry VIIIth CARDS.
JOSIAH QUINCY, jun. HAVING resigned his Business into the Hands of Mr. PETER MORTON, and embarked for England, desires all his Clients who want to know the State of their Affairs, to call on said MORTON, for Information:—All Persons who are indebted to said QUINCY, on Account, are desired to make Payment to said MORTON, and any who may have Demands on said QUINCY, are requested to apply to the same Gentleman for their Discharge. Those Persons who owe the said QUINCY, on Bond, or Note, are hereby notified to make their Payment to WILLIAM PHILLIPS, Esq; Attorney to JOSIAH QUINCY, jun.
JOHN MAUD, Tailor, BEGS Leave to acquaint his Customers and others, that he carries on the Business as usual, North Side of the Town-House, King-Street; where all the various Branches of the Tailor's Business are executed in the most elegant Manner, with Fidelity and Dispatch.— He does not aim at being pompous in his Advertisement, nor to detract from any Man's Merit in his Profession; yet he flatters himself that no one can finish or cut Cloths with greater Elegance and Taste. Regimental Cloathing, and Navy Uniforms, he is well used to, having been em- ployed these many Years by the Gentlemen of the Army and Navy. Any Cloaths which may happen not to fit, he will take back according to his former Advertisement: He sincerely thanks his Friends and Customers for the Encouragement they have shown him hitherto, and shall make it his Study to deserve their future Favour.
NATHAN FRAZIER, BEGS Leave to inform the Public, that in Conse- quence of the Boston Port-Bill, and with a View of accommodating those of his Customers to whom it may be most convenient to have their Supplies conveyed by Water, he has opened a Store in Salem, (the one lately improved by Mr. JOHN JOHNSON, and next door to Mr. JOHN GOOL's) where he has for Sale, An Assortment of GOODS, suitable for the Season. Said FRAZIER still continues his Business at his Store in Boston, as usual: His Customers may be supplied at either of said Stores, Wholesale and Retail, on the most reasonable Terms for ready Money. He will give his per- sonal Attendance, for the present, at his Salem Store.
JOSHUA GARDNER, ACQUAINTS his Customers and the Public, that he has for Sale by Wholesale and Retail, at his Shop in Cornhill, BOSTON, two Doors South of the Post-Office, A general Assortment of English Goods, suitable for the approaching Season, among which are the following Articles, viz. Superfine barry, claret, drab, and light coloured Broad-Cloths, middling and low-priced ditto, scarlet and crimson ditto, German Serges, plain and napt Bath Beaver Coatings, Lambkin, scarlet Whitney, blue and cloth coloured Devonshire Kerseys, Yorkshire Plains, mix Frizes, Men's superfine Olive coloured Velvet, Velve- rets, Royal Rib, Colchester and Drapery Baize, superfine scarlet Colchester Baize, red and blue Duffils, Shalloons, Tarnies, Durants, black and other coloured Calamancoes, Cambleteens, middling and superfine double Camblets, yard wide Crapes, Poplins, Dorseteens, Denmark Lutres, 3-4 7-8 and yard wide Irish Linens, Irish Sheetings, 3-4 and 7-8 Dowlas, 7-8, yard wide and Apron width Manchester Check, striped Hollands, a great Variety of Men's ribbed and plain worsted Hose, black and white silk ditto, Wo- men's worsted Hose, four-thread black and drab coloured Breeches Patterns, Men's worsted Caps, Women's and Children's silk and worsted Gloves and Mitts of various Colours, Women's blue and pomegranate Gloves and Mitts, white Lamb ditto, plain plack Pelong and thick Satins, black and white sprigged ditto, black and coloured Taffeties, black and white Persian, black, white, blue and pink, half-ell Persian and Sarinet, black sprigged Mode, black and scarlet Shawl, Cheviot-de-frize, black and white Blond Lace, black and white thread Lace and Footings, black and white Duffils, black and white Gauzes, Parfiset, Ribbons, silk Ferrics, Cambricks, plain and flowered Lawns, Lawn Aprons, silk Hankerchiefs, black Barcelona ditto, check and spotted linen Hankerchiefs, black guam ditto, white, grey and spotted Furr Trimmings, black and white Muffs and Tippets, best grey ditto, brown, white and half-diffused Buckrams, scarf Twill, worsted and silk Knee Garters, Death-Head and Mask Buttons, newest Fashion Gold and Silver Thread Buttons, sewing Silk, coloured Threads, Scotch ditto, a large Assortment of Crewels and Worsted, Pins, Needles, Tapes, Shoe, Coat and Quality Bindings, a good Assortment of Cutlery Ware, Writing and Bonnet Paper, Ink Powder; Ruffs and Ravens Duck, Oenabrigs, 4d. 10d. and 20d. Nails by the Cask, &c. &c. All which Goods will be sold at so low a Rate, that the Purchaser shall have no Reason to complain.
MR. BERNARD ROMANS Begg Leave to inform the Public, that his Maps are now ready for Publication, the Copper Work being all done, and the Paper which he was obliged to get manu- factured on Purpose, is likewise finished, but not yet re- ceived from Philadelphia, or else at least a great Part would have been delivered before now, the Subscribers may rest assured of receiving the Copies within the Time prescribed, which is the first of January next. As his Edition is small, it is requested that such Gentle- men who incline to have Copies may subscribe, as after Publication none will be to be had for less than 16 Dollars.
NEWHALL and HICHBORN, beg Leave to acquaint their Customers and others, in this and the neighbouring Parts, that they propose carrying on the Cooper's Business in all its Branches, at Salem; and have opened a Shop for that Purpose, near the Mill- House of Mr. JONATHAN ROPES, in Salem. N. B. As they also carry on the same business in Boston as usual, one of them may always be found in each Place.
SIMON TUFTS, At the Store adjoining Mr. HENRY PRENTISS, near FANEUIL-HALL. CHOICE Jamaica Spirits, West- India and New-England Rum, Loaf and Brown Su- gars, some cheap of an ordinary Quality, Raisins in fine Order, Lisbon and Malaga Wines per Quarter Cask, Fron- tinac ditto, in Casks; Flask Oil, Pepper, Spices, Green Coffee, Chocolate, &c. but no Tea. Cash for Flax-Seed, and No-feed, or the refuse Seed re- maining after the cleaning of Flax Seed, for the Purpose of making Linseed Oil.
ALL Persons having any Demands on the Estate of Mr. ROBERT BALLS, late of Bos- ton, Pilot, are desired to bring in their Accounts, and all Persons indebted to said Estate, are desired to settle the same with WILLIAM MINNS, Executor, or MARY BALLS Executrix, to the Deceased's last Will.
PHILIP RUSSEL, (Just arrived in Town) BEGS Leave to acquaint the Public, likewise the Ladies and Gentlemen in general of this Town, of his excellent (following) Compositions, viz. No. 1. His surprising excellent TOOTH-DROPS, which will immediately cure the Tooth-Ach the first Time of using it; likewise cures the Scurvy in the Gums, and brings all Tumours from the Teeth, and preserves them from rotting. Price Half a Dollar a Bottle. No. 2. The VENETIAN TOOTH-POW- DER, which in a few Times using, it makes them white and beautiful, (although very foul and black before) per- verses those that are rotten and decayed, from growing worse. No. 3. The IMPERIAL LIP-SALVE (never made by any one before) which effectually takes away all Spots in the Face, makes the Skin beautiful, and cures the Lips when sore. Price Half a Dollar a Box. No. 4. A most curious EYE-WATER, for cold Humours or Inflammations; will be an effectual Cure in a few Days. Price Two Shillings a Bottle. No. 5. His famous IRON-MOULD DROPS, for taking Iron-Moulds and Ink-Spots out of Linnen, Lawn, Mullin or Lace. Price One Shilling and Six Pence a Bottle. No. 6. A curious Composition for taking all Sorts of Stains, Pitch or Tar, &c. out of Cloth, Silk, Stuff or Worsted, &c. Price One Shilling and Six Pence. No. 7. A Tincture for taking any Stains out of Maho- gany, or any other Wood. Price One Shilling and Six Pence a Bottle. No. 8. A most excellent WORM-POWDER, which will be an effectual Cure in a Fortnight, by taking three Doses. N. B. Any Ladies or Gentlemen may, if they please, see Experiments of the above.—No Cure, no Pay.—Good Al- lowance will be made to Shopkeepers who buy to sell again. Said RUSSEL may be treated with at his Lodgings, at Mr. DIAMOND MORTON's, at the Sign of the Black and White Horse, South-End, Boston, where the above-mentioned Compositions may be had, with full Directions for using them.
LOTTERY. THE Managers of Harvard College Lottery, once more present the Scheme of it to the Public, as they presume many Persons are unacquainted with the Number of valuable Prizes it contains. The laudable Purpose of promoting Literature being the sole Design of it, they ear- nestly desire those who have so good a Cause at Heart, and intend to be Adventurers, to apply for their Tickets imme- diately. The Managers intend to begin the necessary Pre- parations for drawing the first of November, hoping the present Embarrassment of our public Affairs will not oblige them to defer it any longer. Harvard College Lottery consists of 10,000 Tickets at Six Dollars each, of which 3337 are Prizes of the follow- ing Value, viz.
Prizes. Value. Dollars. 1 of 5000 is 5000 1 of 3000 is 3000 1 of 1000 is 1000 3 of 500 are 1500 10 of 200 are 2000 15 of 100 are 1500 30 of 50 are 1500 3276 of 10 are 32760 3337 Exclusive of the above Prizes, the first Ticket which shall be drawn on the first 6 Days will be entitled to 50 Dollars each. 300 The Ticket which shall be drawn last in said Lottery will be entitled to 100 6663 Blanks 43660 Remain for the College, 11340
10,000 Tickets at 6 Dollars, are 60,000 Dollars. There are next two Blanks to a Prize. Public and reasonable Notice will be given of the Time and Place of drawing; and when finished a List of Prizes will be published in Edes and Gill's Boston Gazette, and the Money will be paid to the Possessors of the Benefit Tickets, within twenty Days after a Publication of a List of Prizes. Gold as well as Silver will be taken for the Tickets, and the Prizes will be paid off in like Manner. Prizes not demanded, within twelve Months after they are drawn, will not be paid, but will be deemed as generously given for the Purpose aforesaid, and will be applied accordingly. Tickets may be had at the Stores and Houses of the Managers, and of the Printer hereof.
JOSHUA BLANCHARD, jun. BEGS Leave to inform his Friends, Customers and others, that he has removed from his Store on Dock- Square, to the Store lately improved by Mr. JOSEPH TYLER, opposite to Mr. SCOTT's Irish-Linen Store, in Ann-Street, and fronting the North Side of Faneuil-Hall, Market, Boston. Where is to be Sold, Loaf and Brown Sugars, Raisins, Currants, Chocolate, warranted pure, Coffee, Rice, Flour, Poland and common Starch, Ginger, Pepper, Alfice, Salt Petre, Split Pease, Firkin Butter, Flask Oil very good, Lisbon Oil by the gallon or less, best Durham Mustard, Cinnamon, Mace, Nutmegs, Cloves, Brimstone, Alum, Copperas, Red- wood, Seives and Seive Bottoms, 18 Inch Pipes, Crown Seap, Playing Cards, Slates, Indigo of various sorts, choice Bacon, Cheese, Oatmeal, and GROCERIES of all kinds. Also, West-India and New-England Rum, Jamaica Spirit, Brandy, Dorchester Beer, Taunton Ale, Melasses, &c. N. B. The above articles will be sold by Wholesale or Retail, uncommonly cheap, and all Favours gratefully ac- knowledged.
WHEREAS the Co-partnership of CURTIS and MAY, was mutually dissolved the 27th of September 1774, it is requested that all Persons who are indebted to said Company will make speedy Pay- ment unto JOHN MAY, and all Persons, that have any Demands on said Company, are desired to bring in their Accounts and receive Payment from the said MAY, who still continues to sell all Sorts of West-India Goods at the Store lately occupied by CURTIS and MAY, extremely cheap for Cash.
TWO DOLLARS Reward. STRAYED, or stolen out of the Pasture of Mr. JOSEPH HEATH, in Roxbury, a brown Mare, about eight Years old, 13 Hands high, her Mane and Tail out, Trets all. Whoever will bring said Mare to Mr. HEATH, shall have the above Reward, and all neces- sary Charges, paid by JOSEPH HEATH.
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