The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-11-04 00:00:00

THE New-Hampshire AND HISTORICAL CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
FRIDAY November 4, 1774.
No. 941 { Weeks since this Paper was first Published. }
PHILADELPHIA, October 12. Extract of a LETTER from London, said to be wrote by Dr. FRANKLIN, July 25, 1774.
THIS being the Time of Recess from public Business; little is stirring in the political Hemisphere, but to show that your Friends here are not idle, a Pamphlet is inclosed, which is now circulating in this Kingdom. The Spirit which has appeared in all America, has given much Uneasiness to our wicked Ministers, and I conjecture they will by their Embarass try every Expedient to bring about a Disunion among you, when the CONGRESS meets; therefore with much Circumspection you should watch their Motions, and take all possible Precaution to defeat their Attempts. It appears to me the greatest Stake that ever was played for, no less than, whether the Americans, and their endless Generations shall enjoy the common Rights of Mankind, or be worse than Eastern Slaves! The Trial must now come to Issue, as open War is declared by the Boston Port Act, the other for altering your Charter, and licencing the Soldiers and Custom House Officers in Murder and Bloodshed, and above all by the Quebec Bill. These are the Fruits of the Seeds that have been sowing every since 1764, therefore it will be necessary in your Bill of Rights, which it appears the Congress means to draw up, to specify every oppressive Act of Parliament since that Period, and if this is done with Decency and manly Firmness, I think Lord CHATHAM and his Friends will support it, though it is by no Means prudent to rely over much on any Support on this Side the Water; your chief Confidence must be in your own Virtue, Unanimity and Steadiness; Temper and Resolution must be joined.
"When your Bill of Rights is agreed on, the great Consideration will be, how to get it confirmed here. Was the CONGRESS composed of Deputies regularly authorised by the Assemblies of each Province, it might be proper to have it presented to the King, by a Deputy, as an Ambassador from every Colony, but as the CONGRESS will not be so constituted, your Bill will not be received through such a Medium, therefore suppose it must go thro' the old Channel of the Agents: But this I would have you rely on as a Thing of absolute Certainty, that, your Bill or Petition, will not be in the least regarded, unless you can compel the Merchants, Manufacturers and People of England to join you. For this End I know of no possible Means, but immediately to stop all Commerce with this Country, both Exports and Imports, which Plan must be steadily and with the strictest Faith adhered to, until you have obtained Redress. The want of American Naval Stores, particularly Pitch, Tar, & Turpentine would be most sensibly felt here immediately, and Tobacco alone yields above 500,000 cool, to the Revenue, which Deficiency it would puzzle the Ministers in the Extreme to make good. Your Province will surely be wise and prudent enough, not to enter into any violent Measures without the strictest Concert with the other Colonies, particularly Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas, because on them depend the whole Effect of the American Non-Exportation. The northern Colonies have all the European Markets almost for their Exports: but those Colonies, have hardly any but the English Markets for their chief Exports, which are Tobacco and Naval Stores, therefore it will require your greatest Address to get them to join in the Non-Exportation as well as Non-Importation, for I am well convinced that the Latter without the Former will not avail, nor indeed will they both do, unless put in immediate Practice; for if you lose the present Crisis, the new House of Commons will be modelled in a Year's Time to the Ministerial Mould, and General Carlton will have forwarded the Plan of the Quebec Bill, so that any Resistance you can make then will be fruitless; whereas if all the Commerce is immediately stopped, the Intelligence will be known over the whole Kingdom in the Winter, when we are in the Height of a general Election, and then will be the best Time that can be wished, for the People at large to convince the Candidates to serve in Parliament, of the Necessity there is to do you Justice by repealing all the late wicked Acts; and I think it more than probable, that in such an Event, it would be made a Stipulation with the Candidates, that they should use their utmost Efforts to obtain a total Repeal of all the oppressive Acts that you complain of. You must make the Merchants feel, before they will stir for you, as their Conduct respecting the Boston Port-Bill sufficiently Evinces."
Further Advices by the last Ships from London. L O N D O N, August 23.
They write from Newbern, North-Carolina, that a large Mob assembled in Orange-County, and upwards of 3200 of their best picked Men, all well equipped for Battle, sent a Messenger to the Governor, to demand the Reason why they were so much oppressed, by having Taxes imposed on them they were not able to bear? The Governor with the Militia, accordingly went & met them, and gave them some temporary Satisfaction, the Particulars of which were not ascertained. It is feared much Blood will be shed if something is not settled on a firm Basis, as they have declared they will continue together, and have Redress, or perish in the Attempt.
A private Letter from Boston assures us, That upwards of 300 Troops are expected from those that are encamped on the Common who have met with the greatest Encouragement from the Traders in the interior Parts of the Country, where they are now settled; and it is added, that others are deserting every Day.
The two great Pillars which support the glorious Fabric of English Liberty are these,
"1st. That no Laws are binding but such only as are made with the Approbation and Consent of the People.
"2d. That no Englishman can be in any Manner punished, or dispossessed of his Liberty or Property, but by the lawful Judgment of his Peers or Equals."
These most excellent Maxims are at once the Foundation of English Liberty, and the Basis of the English Constitution of Government. The first is secured by the glorious Privilege of the People of England in being admitted to a Share in the Legislature by their Representatives, the House of Commons; the second by that transcendent Institution, the Trial by Jurys.
An authentic ACCOUNT of the Terrible and Shocking Accident, which happened on Saturday, by the falling of 2 old Houses in Mint-Street, Southwark; whereby Fifteen People were killed under the Ruins, three of whom were Women big with Child, and one of whom was opened by the Surgeons at the Workhouse, and her Infant taken from her alive; and four young Children, besides many more that were wounded and bruised in a terrible Manner, and carried to St. Thomas's Hospital.
THIS most dismal Affair happened about half past 4 o'Clock in the Morning, on Saturday the 27th of August, 1774, when unfortunately every one who lived in the House were fast a-Sleep, (excepting one Man,) who had been out about a quarter of an Hour before a Bird-Catching.
The first House that fell made a Noise exactly like a heavy Gust of Wind, and was taken for such by the Inhabitants round about the Neighbourhood, but it gave so small a Notice, that none but those on the Ground Floor could possibly make their Escape. They contained Ten different poor Families, some having four or five Children, so that in the whole it is reckoned there were living in it about Thirty in Number of Men, Women, & Children altogether. Three of those that are killed, are Women big with Child, one of them who was very near her Time, when she was afterwards opened by the Surgeons, and the Infant taken from her, but it is not tho' the Infant can possibly live long. Another Woman with her Child about 7 Weeks old in her Arms, were both dug up dead about 9 o'Clock, the Husband standing by in the greatest Agonies, having been a little while before himself dug up terribly bruised, but desired he might be suffered to wait and see for his Wife and Child, and when they were brought out both Dead, such an affecting Sight ensued, as may better be conceived than described.
There was likewise heard the Cries of another Woman, which sounded most shocking in the Ears of a Number of People, when she was heard to say, "Lord have Mercy upon me! Deliver me out of this most dismal Place, that I may once have the Pleasure of seeing my tender Infants again, then I shall be very willing to quit this Life, as I am at this Instant, almost at Death's Door."
It is very Extraordinary, that they have been digging ever since the Affair happened, and have heard the Cries of this distressed Woman, but to no Purpose, as they yet keep Digging, and cannot come to this unfortunate Female; so by that it is purely thought that she has by some Means or other, got into one Part of the Shore, as her Voice sounds so very low, and the Shore running under the Houses. They continue Digging, and it is to be hoped her Prayers will prevail.
A Lad about Eighteen Years of Age, that was unhurt by the Fall of the House, was heard to call aloud for Water, but he was in such a Manner situated as no immediate Assistance could possibly be given him, and when they got to him he was almost suffocated; but by putting Hartshorn to his Nostrils, and using other necessary Means, he recovered.
As a Satisfaction to Mankind, I chuse to make Mention of the following strange Account, concerning the Death of another Woman and two small Children:
About three o'Clock in the Afternoon, (the same Day) a Woman, with two Children in her Arms, the one about three Months, and the other about five, were taken from under the Ruins, all dead; and what is more remarkable, she had one Child in one Arm, the other Child in the other, when taken out from
the Rubbish. They were not both her own Children, the one belonged to a Person who had put it out to her as a Child to Nurse, and had not received the Child a Fortnight, before this melancholy Affair happened. What Distress must the Mother be in for the Loss of her precious Babe, which cannot be re-called, and to the other unfortunate People's Relations. London, Aug. 28, 1774.
WARSAW, August 3.
A RUSSIAN OFFICER is arrived here as Courier from General Romanzow, with the important News of Peace between RUSSIA and the PORTE being concluded, to the great Advantage of the Former. This most glorious Peace ever concluded by the Russians, was signed the 21st of July at Koutchouk-Kainardzi, near Silistria, by Prince Repnin, and the Tatar Plenipotentiaries, Nissangi Reis, Achmet Effendi & Ibrahim Miconib Reis Effendi, and afterwards ratified by the Field Marshal Count Romanzow and the Grand Vizir. The Treaty contains Twenty Eight Articles, but the following most material Ones are all that are at present known.
 1st. THE absolute Independence of Crimea, and that their Chans shall for the future have no further Duties to render the Grand Signior than such as are due to him as the supreme Califfe of the Mahometan Religion.  2d. Russia shall have a free Navigation and Trade in the Black Sea, and in all the Harbours, Rivers, and Ports of the Turkish Empire.  3d. The Fortresses Asoph, Jenekale, Kertch, and Kinburn, with their Districts, and a Tract of Land between the Rivers Bug and Dnieper, shall belong to Russia.  4th. Russia shall have the Liberty of building new Fortresses, and repairing the old Ones, as they think fit.  5th. The Porte shall always give the Reigning Sovereign of Russia the Title of Padishah, that is, Emperor of all the Russians.  6th. Russia returns all her Conquests, stipulating certain Prerogatives and Privileges for the Inhabitants of the Provinces and Islands restored, which puts them in Security; and,  7th. The Porte engages to pay Russia a large Sum of Money, not less than FORTY EIGHT MILLIONS, nor more than SEVENTY MILLIONS of PIASTERS, to defray the Expenses that Empire has been at during the War, and to give them all the Artillery they have in their Army. 
The News of the Conclusion of Peace between Russia and the Porte, causes the greatest Fermentation here; some hope that an End to all our Troubles and Divisions will follow: others, on the contrary, think we shall be exposed to greater Misfortunes than we have already suffered. Prince Repnin, who has resided here some Years as an Ambassador from Russia, after signing the Peace, set off himself with that important News to his Court, to have it ratified by his Sovereign. The deplorable Situation to which the Grand Vizir was reduced by the wise Manoeuvres of the Field Marshal Count Romanzow was the cause of this great Event. The Marshal have first sent about 50,000 of his Men over the Danube, passed it himself without any Obstacle from the Grand Vizir. He then kept Silistria in Awe with a Corps under Major General Lloyd (an Englishman) and Ruzug, with another Division under General Soltikow, who at the same Time cut off the Communication with Varna. Marshal Romanzow, with the heavy Artillery, held such a Position near Schumla, as cut off the Communication between the Grand Vizir, together with the grand Turkish Army & their Magazines, and intercepted all their Provisions. He placed General Kamenki in an advanced Position to stop any Succours that might come to their Relief. An Ottoman Corps with 5000 Waggons from Adrianople, escorted by 28,000 Men, was coming for that Purpose, but was beaten by General Kaminski, and all the Waggons taken, an Account of which being brought to the Turkish Camp, the Grand Vizir found his Army ready to Mutiny for Want of Provision, and that he could not give Battle in that Position without manifestly exposing himself to a Defeat: Therefore, after attempting to no Purpose the Renewal of Negotiations, and the recommending of a Congress, was obliged on the 21st of July to sign the Conditions which the Russians imposed, and which are nearly the same as they required at the Congresses of Foczani & Bucharest in 1772 & 1773.
Vienna, August 6. We learn from Lebach that on the 28th of July another dreadful Fire broke out in the Suburb of St. Peter; that 130 Houses were destroyed, besides a large Quantity of Grain of the last Harvest; and that 7 Persons lost their Lives by that Disaster, which there is Room to suppose was owing to Incendiaries.
August 7. Mr. Mazarella died here lately, aged 105. It is remarkable that a few Months before his Death he had new Teeth, and his Hair, which was grown Grey by old Age, became black again.
L O N D O N, Aug. 23.
On Wednesday last the Ladies of Worcester presented to Lady Lewes, a superb Piece of Plate adorned with many curious emblematical Devices, on which is the following Inscription:
"The Ladies of Worcester present to Lady Lewes, this Mark of their Esteem, in Acknowledgment of the noble and disinterested Efforts of Sir Watkin Lewes to destroy the Influence of Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Members to represent their County in Parliament; and particularly to restore to the Citizens of Worcester their Rights and Privileges."
With the above Piece of Plate was presented a rich and elegant complete Set of Worcester China, of a very curious Pattern, and manufactured solely for the above Purpose.
In the course of this Season the East India Company have had 14 Ships arrived from their different Settlements, richly laden, and several more are expected.
The Philadelphia Packet, from Liverpool to Philadelphia, was lost on the 16th Inst. near Hoyle Bank. The Ship and Cargo are totally lost, with two of the People.

BOSTON, October 31. In Provincial Congress (held at Cambridge) October 26. 1774.
WHEREAS in consequence of the present unhappy Disputes between Great-Britain and the Colonies, a formidable Body of Troops with warlike Preparations of every sort are already arrived at, and others destined for the Metropolis of this Province; and the expressed Design of their being sent is to execute Acts of the British Parliament, utterly subversive of the Constitution of the Province: And whereas his Excellency General GAGE, has attempted by his Troops to disperse the Inhabitants of Salem, while assembled to consult Measures for preserving their Freedom; and to subjugate the Province to arbitrary Government;-- and proceeding to still more unjustifiable and alarming Lengths has fortified against the Country the Capital of the Province, and thus greatly endangered the Lives, Liberties and Properties of its oppressed Citizens;-- invaded private Property, by unlawfully seizing and retaining large Quantities of Ammunition in the Arsenal at Boston, and sundry pieces of Ordnance in the same Town--committed to the Custody of his Troops, the Arms, Ammunition, Ordnance and warlike Stores of all sorts provided at the public Expence, for the Use of the Province, and by all possible Means endeavoured to place the Province entirely in a defenceless State,--at the same Time having neglected and altogether disregarded Assurances from this Congress of the pacific Dispositions of the Inhabitants of the Province, and Intreaties that he would cease from Measures which tended to prevent a Restoration of Harmony between Great-Britain and the Colonies:
Wherefore it is the Opinion of this Congress,--that notwithstanding nothing but Slavery ought to be more deprecated than Hostilities with Great-Britain-- notwithstanding the Province has not the most distant Design of attacking, annoying or molesting his Majesty's Troops aforesaid, but on the other Hand, will consider and treat every Attempt of the Kind, as well as all Measures tending to prevent a Reconciliation between Britain and the Colonies, as the highest Degree of Enmity to the Province--Nevertheless there is great Reason from the Considerations aforesaid to be apprehensive of the most fatal Consequences; and that the Province may be in some Degree provided against the same, and under full Persuasion that the Measures, expressed in the following Resolves, are perfectly consistent with such Resolves of the Continental Congress as have been communicated to us.
It is Resolved, and hereby Recommended to the several Companies of Militia in this Province, who have not already chosen and appointed Officers, that they meet forthwith, and elect Officers to Command their respective Companies; and that the Officers so chosen assemble as soon as may be; and where the said Officers shall judge the Limits of the present Regiments too extensive, that they divide them, and settle and determine their Limits, and proceed to elect Field Officers to Command the respective Regiments so formed; and that the Field Officers so elected, forthwith endeavour to enlist one Quarter at the least of the Number of the respective Companies, and form them into Companies of fifty Privates at the least, who shall equip and hold themselves in Readiness to march at the shortest Notice; and that each and every Company so formed, choose a Captain and two Lieutenants to command them on any necessary and emergent Service; And that the said Captain and Subalterns so elected, form the said Companies into Battalions, to consist of nine Companies each; and that the Captains and Subalterns of each Battalion so formed proceed to elect Field Officers to command the same. And this Congress doth most earnestly recommend that all the aforesaid Elections be proceeded in and made with due Deliberation and generous Regard to the public Service.
Also Resolved, That as the Security of the Lives, Liberties and Properties of the Inhabitants of this Province, depends under Providence, on their Knowledge and Skill in the Art Military and in their being properly & effectually arm'd & equipt: If any of said Inhabitants are not provided with Arms & Ammunition according to Law, they immediately provide themselves therewith; and that they use their utmost Diligence to perfect themselves in Military Skill; and that if any Town or District within the Province is not provided with the full Town Stock of Arms and Ammunition according to Law, the Select Men of such Town or District take effectual Care without Delay to provide the same.
A true Extract from the Minutes
BENJAMIN LINCOLN, Secretary.
[The foregoing passed almost unanimously.]
IN PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, October 28, 1774.
WHEREAS this Province has not as yet received from the Continental Congress such explicit Directions, respecting Non-Importation & Non-Consumption Agreements as are expected:--And whereas the greatest Part of the Inhabitants of this Colony have lately entered into Non-Importation and Consumption Agreements, the good Effects of which are very conspicuous.-----
THEREFORE, RESOLVED, That this Congress approve of the said Agreements, and earnestly recommend to all the Inhabitants of this Colony, strictly to conform to the same, until the further Sense of the Continental or of this Provincial Congress is made public.--- And further, this Congress highly applaud the Conduct of those Patriotic Merchants who have generously refrained from Importing British Goods since the Commencement of the cruel Boston Port-Bill; at the same Time reflect with Pain on the Conduct of those, who have fardly preferred their private Interest to the Salvation of their suffering Country, by continuing to Import as usual; and recommend it to the Inhabitants of the Province that they discourage the Conduct of said Importers by refusing to purchase any Article whatever of them.
A true Extract from the Minutes,
BENJAMIN LINCOLN, Sec'y.
IN PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, October 28, 1774.
IT has been recommended by the Congress, That whereas the Monies heretofore granted and ordered to be assessed by the General Court of this Province, and not paid into the Province Treasury, the same should not be paid to the Hon. Harrison Gray, Esq; for Reasons most obvious:
Therefore, Resolved, That Henry Gardner, Esq; of Stow, be and hereby is appointed Receiver-General, until the further Order of this or some other Congress, or House of Representatives of this Province; whose Business it shall be to receive all such Monies as shall be offered to be paid into his Hands, to the Use of the Province, by the several Constables, Collectors or other Persons, by Order of the several Towns or Districts, and to give his Receipt for the same.-----And it is hereby recommended to the several Towns and Districts within this Province, that they immediately call Town and District Meetings, and give Directions to all Constables, Collectors and other Persons, who may have any Part of the Province Tax of such Town or District in their respective Hands or Possession, in Consequence of any late Order and Directions of any Town or District; that he or they immediately pay the same to the said Henry Gardner, Esq; for the Purpose aforesaid. And it is recommended, that the several Towns
and Districts in said Directions signify & expressly engage to such Constable, Collector or other Persons, as shall have their said Monies in their Hands, that they paying the same to Henry Gardner, Esq; aforesaid, and producing his Receipt therefor shall ever hereafter operate as an effectual Discharge to such Person for the same. And it is hereby recommended, That the like Order be observed respecting the Tax ordered by the Great and General Court at their last May Session. And it is further recommended to all Sheriffs, Deputy-Sheriffs and Coroners, who may have in their Hands any Monies belonging to the Province, that they immediately pay the same to the said Receiver-General, taking his Receipt therefor. And the said Henry Gardner, Esq; the Receiver-General shall be accountable to this or some other Congress or House of Representatives of this Province.
And to the End that all the Monies heretofore assessed in pursuance of any former Grants and Orders of the Great and General Court or Assembly of this Province, and hitherto uncollected by the several Constables and Collectors to whom the several Lists of Assessments thereof were committed, may be effectually levied and collected; and also to the End that all the Monies granted and ordered to be assessed by the General Court at their Session in May last, which have been assessed, or which may be assessed, be speedily and punctually collected; it is earnestly recommended by this Body to the several Constables and Collectors respectively, who have such Assessments in their Hands, or to whom any Assessments yet to be made may be committed by the Assessors of any Town or District, that in levying and collecting the respective Part or Proportion of the Total of such Assessment, therein set down to the several Persons named therein, they should act and proceed in the same Way and Manner as is expressed and prescribed in the Form of a Warrant given and contained in one Act or Law of this Province, intitled "An Act prescribing the Form of a Warrant for collecting of Town Assessments," &c. And it is also hereby strongly recommended to all the Inhabitants of the several Towns and Districts in this Province, that they without fail do afford to their respective Constables and Collectors all that Aid and Assistance which shall be necessary to enable them in that Manner to levy the Contents of such Assessments; and that they do oblige and compel the said Constables and Collectors to comply with and execute the Directions of this Resolve, in as much as the present alarming Situation and Circumstances of this Province do make it necessary for the Safety thereof.
A true Extract from the Minutes.
BENJAMIN LINCOLN, Sec'y.
IN PROVINCIAL CONGRESS October 29, 1774.
RESOLVED, That it be recommended to the Inhabitants of this Province, that in Order to the perfecting themselves in the Military Art, they proceed in the Method ordered by his Majesty in the Year 1764; it being in the Opinion of this Congress, the best calculated for Appearance and Defence.
A true Extract from the Minutes.
BENJAMIN LINCOLN, Sec'y.
NEWBURY-PORT October 26.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman of one of the Southern Colonies to his friend in this Town, dated the 7th of October.
"By the Letters and Advices from Ireland, the People there seem as warm in the Cause of Boston as we are, and as if their Salvation depended on our Struggle. Indeed they express it that all their Hopes of Deliverance from utter Vassalage, depends on our Firmness and union at this Crisis. A Letter received by a Friend in this Place, from a Gentleman in Dublin, is so very spirited and clever, on this Subject, that I procured a Copy of it, which I now inclose you; persuaded that it would afford you Pleasure to see your Cause so zealously adopted by Persons so remote from you."
Dublin July 15th, 1774.
"I am sorry to hear some with you speak so coldly of the Bostonians. I hoped there was not a Colopist, who would not, with his Fortune and Life defend his Liberty and Property, which a vile Administration wishes to destroy. An Attention to trade will be of little Value, while the Means of protecting your Wealth is neglected. Suppose you possessed all the Riches of Maryland, subject to the uncontrouled Demands of a rapacious Ministry, can you say that such precarious Wealth is to be counted on? Like the Bee, you will be smacked with Scotch Brimstone, and robbed of the Honey of your Earnings. [Sympathy is a poor Tribute to those within Reach of your Relief; such an Offering becomes us who are at a Distance; but though you are far from our Country, you are near our Hearts; and I can boldly Affirm, that there is not the Man in the Kingdom, (Placemen and Pensioners excepted) who would not succour you with his Purse and Person if possible. The important Crisis of your Country is ever uppermost in our Thoughts, as the Fate of Liberty is suspended on your Courage and unanimity. If you stand together as one Man, the Gates of Hell cannot prevail against you. If you are crumbled into Factions, you will be undone, you will fall a disjointed Prey to the wild Beasts of Despotism, and be left to bewail in Sackcloth and Ashes, the false Idea of ballancing present Profit, against future Vassalage. A Non Importation Scheme firmly, and even generally adhered to, would soon make Britain sick of their perfidious System, and would carry Swarms of choice independent Spirits into your Hive; and though your Traffic might languish for a Time and lie barren for a Season, like the fallowed Ground, it would yield a fruitful Harvest, amply recompensing the Loss of Delay. The Prospect of Liberty is one powerful Inducement to Emigrations from this Country, and as Slavery advances here, your Attraction grows stronger; but if the Door of that Asylum shall be shut against us, we will remain where we are; and not take the Trouble of shifting the Scene, without changing the Situation. On our Account then as well as your own: stand fast in the Liberty wherewith your Ancestors have made you free, and suffer not yourselves to be entangled in ministerial Bondage.----- Were I one of you, which it's possible I soon shall be, I should think the little Powers I possess, with my Life into the Bargain, well devoted to a Cause, where the Happiness of Millions, and of Thousands of Millions unborn, is so deeply involved."
NEW-LONDON, Octo. 21.
In our last we gave an Account of the Loss of two Whaling Vessels on Nantucket Shoals; but we have now the Satisfaction to inform our Readers, that the 21 Persons on board them, after the greatest Fatigue, and Danger, got safe on Shore on Nantucket Island; four of whom arrived here on Sunday last, and give the following Account, viz. That they lay on the Shoal two Nights and one Day, in which Time one of the Vessels went to Pieces, the other beat over the Shoal & overset; they then made a Raft of Spars and 13 of the People got on the same, and there being a light Breeze of Wind they happily drifted on Nantucket Island, after being 24 Hours on the Raft in the most perilous Situation, as the Raft was scarce able to support them above Water: The other Eight of the Crew got on the Quarter Deck of the Vessel which beat to Pieces, and also drove on Nantucket Island. For 3 Days they had no other Provision than 3 Cod-Fish to subsist on.
N. B. In our last we gave an Account of 5 of the People being taken up in a Boat; which with the above 21, made the whole Crews; so that no Lives were lost.
Just Opened, And TO BE SOLD, by Benjamin Austin, Junr.
At the Shop on Spring Hill, lately occupied by Messrs Joseph and William Whipple, a General Assortment of
HARD WARE, GROCERIES, and WEST INDIA GOODS; which he determines to sell at a very low Advance for Cash.
His Assortment consists principally of the following Articles, viz.
POWDER, Shot, Window Glass, English Steel, — 20d, 10d, 8d, 6d, 4d, 3d, 2d Nails, — 6d, 5, 4d, 3d, 2d, 1d Brads — 14 oz. 8 oz. 6 oz. Tacks, Shoe Nails, Brass Kettles, Warming Pans, Frying Pans, Brass Skellets, Bellows, Shovels and Tongs, Pewter Dishes, Plates & Basins, Quart and pint Pots, Porringers, Table and small Spoons, Knives and Forks, Cutteaux, Jack Knives, pen Knives, Razors, Scissors, Wool Cards, Chest and Cupboard Locks, Chest Hinges, Desk and Table Hinges. — H and HL of all sizes — Brass Nob Locks, Pulback dit. Closet dit. Brass Nob Latches, Trunk Locks, Tobacco Boxes, Large Cod Hooks, Mackrel dit. small Fish Hooks, Lines, Stirrup Irons, Women's ditto. Snaffle Bits, Bullions, Tin'd Tacks, Girth Webb, and straining, white sets, Spurs, Girth Buckles, saddlers Hammers, staple toft Nails, Globe dit. shoe Knives, Rasps, Nippers, Pinchers, Awl Blades, pegging dit. shoe Tacks, shoe Hammers, Awl Hafts, size sticks, Iron and steel plate Handsaws, plain Irons, Firms & Gouges, Hammers, Gimblets, Tapborers, Deck and spike dit. Carpenters Compasses, Rules, squares, Bolts, Door Latches, stock Locks, Wood screws, Iron and brass ball'd Candlesticks, Box Irons, snuff Boxes, Coat and Waistcoat Buttons, Horn dit. Mathewman's dit. black and green Beads, shoe Buckles, Dutch spectacles, Temple dit. Horn and Ivory Combs, Iron Wire, Womens and Taylors Thimbles, sleeve Buttons, shears, sheep shears, Knitting Needles, No. 4 pins, Jews Harps, Brass Nails, Brass Ink pots, paper'd dit. curling Irons, Box Dials, switch Whips, Pad Locks, cork screws, brass cocks, pullies and pins, Window Lines, buckle and shoe brushes, Velvet corks; sewing, darning, sail and bolt-rope Needles, palms, Glue, Desk brasses, Till Locks, brass and iron Fall dit. prospect dit. Desk hinges, book case dit. brass and iron catches, book case bolts, dit. Escutcheons, prospect dit. brass Nubs, Flat Irons. Iron Dogs, brass Nose Bellows, Cloth Brushes, polish'd Shovels and Tongs, Silk Lines, Cloak Pins, Coffee Mills, &c. &c.
West-India and New-England RUM; Loaf and brown Sugars of a superior Quality; Molasses; Cotton Wool; Rice; Logwood; Redwood; Brimstone; Copperas; Salt Petre; Best French Indigo; Pepper; Chocolate; Raisins; Cinnamon; Cloves; Mace; Nutmegs; Ginger; All spice; Flour and Starch, —
With a general Assortment of Cream colour'd, black, brown, white STONE WARE, &c. &c.
Barcelona Handkerchiefs.
TO BE LET  A very convenient Dwelling-House,
Fronting on Kingstreet, commodious for a large Family, especially if in Trade, with a good Stable, &c. For further Particulars enquire of GEORGE GAINS. Portsmouth, November 1st. 1774.
A commodious Dwelling House and Land, late the Property of Capt. James Estlin, and which was to have been sold last Tuesday at the House of James Stoodley, Esq; in Portsmouth, is put off to Tuesday the 15th instant at the same Place.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 2, 1774.
Province of New-Hampshire.
By His EXCELLENCY JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; Captain-General, GOVERNOR, and Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire, and Vice-Admiral of the same.
A PROCLAMATION For a PUBLIC THANKSGIVING.
IT being the desirable Duty of all Men, humbly and devoutly to offer up their PRAISE and THANKSGIVINGS to Almighty GOD for manifold Mercies confer'd on them: I HAVE therefore tho't fit by and with the Advice of his MAJESTY'S COUNCIL, to order & appoint THURSDAY the 24th of November, to be religiously set apart and observed as a Day of PUBLIC THANKSGIVING throughout this Province; hereby calling upon both Ministers and People to dedicate said Day to PRAYER and THANKSGIVING to GOD for all his unmerited Goodness towards us.
For that it hath pleased him mercifully to continue the precious Lives & Health of our gracious Sovereign Lord King GEORGE, our gracious Queen CHARLOTTE, His Royal Highness GEORGE Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family.
That our Husbandry and Commerce have been prospered. That we have been preserv'd from infectious Sickness and wasting Calamities.
For the Continuance of general Peace, and the Blessings of civil and sacred Society.
Wherefore let us with fervent Hearts, offer up our Sacrifice of THANKSGIVING for these and all other the Mercies of Almighty GOD; humbly praying that we may be enabled to shew forth his Praise, not only with our Lips, but in our Lives, by walking before him in Holiness and Righteousness all our Days.
And all servile LABOUR is forbidden on said Day. GIVEN at the Council Chamber in Portsmouth, the first Day of November, in the 15th Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third by the Grace of GOD, of Great-Britain, France and Ireland, KING, Defender of the Faith, &c. and in the Year of our Lord CHRIST, 1774.
J. WENTWORTH. By his EXCELLENCY'S Command, with Advice of Council. THEODORE ATKINSON, Sec'y. GOD SAVE THE KING.
We are informed, That at a full Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Exeter, held at the Town-House in said Town, on Monday last (called for that Purpose) they voted NEM. CON. that the Sum of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS Lawful Money, be paid by the Selectmen of said Town for the Relief of the Poor in the Town of Boston, now suffering by a cruel, arbitrary ACT of the British Parliament.
Table with 3 columns: CUSTOM-HOUSE, Piscataqua, Novem. 3d. Inward-Entries, FROM, FOR. Lists Sloop Lively, Abner Lowell, Philadelphia. Sloop Welcome, Samuel Pearse, New Haven. etc.
BOSTON Oct. 27, 1774. It is said an Embargo was laid in Ireland, on all salt Provisions, going for the Spanish and French West Indies. And that the Duke de Choiseul is now established as Prime Minister in France. Extract of a Paragraph of a Letter from a Gentleman in London, to his Friend in New-York.
"In Reply to your Paragraph respecting the Conduct of Philadelphia, and your City, in regard to the Tea-Ships; I have not heard that Administration has cast the least Reflection on either of the above mentioned Provinces or their Conduct therein. Boston is the present Object of their Resentment, and should they succeed therein, every other Province will have their Resentment in Course, as Opportunity offers."
Last Sunday arrived here from New-York, in the Countess of Darling Transport, Major General Haldimand, attended by Major of Brigade Moncreiff, Capt. Thomas Gamble, Assistant Quarter-Master General, Capt. Brehm, Aid de Camp and Capt. Hutchinson; with General Haldimand also arrived Col. Richard Prescott, of his Majesty's Royal Fusiliers, a Company of the Royal Artillery, a large Quantity of Ordnance Stores, for Castle-William. Three Companies of the Royal Regiment of Ireland, under the Command of Capt. Shee, and the 47th Regiment, commanded by Major Cairncross, in the Empress of Russia, and other Transports. A great Number of Artificers, arrived in the above Transports from New-York, who have engaged to work upon the Barracks preparing for the Accomodation of his Majesty's Troops in this Town.
MONDAY, October 31. Last Friday arrived a Transport Ship from Quebec, and Yesterday two more with Troops on board from the same Place. From Baltimore, in Maryland, we learn that a Vessel arrived there the 6th Inst. sent by General GAGE to purchase a Load of Flour, a Quantity of Blankets, &c. for the Troops under his Command at Boston: but that the Committee of Correspondence for that Place refused to furnish any of the Articles until they heard from the General Congress, where they had sent an Express to receive Directions how they should act upon the Occasion. The Provincial Congress is adjourned to the 23d Day of Nov. next.
The General Assembly of Pennsylvania has met & after choos- ing Edward Biddle, Esq; Speaker, they added John Dickinson, Esq; to the general Congress. We are just informed that the Continental Congress have agreed upon a Petition to the King, an Address to the Inhabitants of N. America, one to the Inhabitants of Canada, and another to the Inhabitants of Britain; as also upon a Non-Importation, a Non-Exportation and a Non-Consumption Agreement; but the Particulars have not transpired. It was expected the Members from this Province would leave Philadelphia the 26th Instant.
SALE M, November 1. Last Thursday Capt. Coffin, in a Brig, arrived here from London, which he left the 24th of August. In whom came Passenger, Richard Reeves, Esq; Secretary to the Board of Commissioners. And on Saturday arrived at Marblehead, the Brig Lydia. Capt. Hood, from London, which Place he left the 6th of Sept. but having the Small-Pox on board, the Letters, Papers, &c. are detained.
Just received from England, and to be sold By Joseph Bass, In Portsmouth,
Eight, nine and ten Quarter Coverlids, — eight, nine and ten Quarter Cotton Counterpaines. Crimson and green Harra-teen; Crimson, green and blue Chaney — Three qr. and seven eight English & Scotch Bed Ticks; blue, red and purple Copperplate Furniture; green, blue, yellow and crimson Furniture Checks; green and blue Lincey Woolsey; black figur'd Horse Hair; Tossells; Cord; and all kinds of Laces and Rings for Curtains; Bras's Cloak Pins; Bras's Nails; 14 Oz. Tacks; Shoe Nails; Girth Webb; Coarse and fine Seive Bottoms; Sea Counterpaines and Rugs; — Also a Number of Suits of Chaney and Lincey Woolsey Curtains, made in the newest Fashion; Feathers; Feather Beds; Mattresses, — with a Variety of other Articles, &c. &c. &c. all which Goods are sold very low for Cash.
Highland, Merry-Andrew, and Harry the 8ths PLAYING CARDS. NEW-HAVEN, October 21. Colony of Connecticut, October 20, 1774. In the House of Representatives,
RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY, THAT Contributions from all the Towns in this Colony for supplying the Necessities, and alleviating the Distresses of our Brethren at Boston, ought to be continued in such Manner and so long as their Occasions may require. RICHARD LAW, Clerk.
NEW-YORK, October 20. Last Saturday arrived in this Port, his Majesty's Ship the Swan commanded by James Ayscough Esq; We hear from Virginia, that the Right Hon. the Earl of Dunmore has concluded a Peace with the Tribe of Delaware Indians and purchased from them their Lands, which they are speedily to evacuate, and that they have given the strongest assurances that they will never more take up the hatchet against the English. The Public is hereby assured, that a Non-Exportation of Flax-Seed and Lumber to Ireland, or elsewhere will not take Place this Season.
Extra of a Letter from Antigua. The Antigonians in general applaud your unanimity in sym-pathizing with, and relieving the distressed Bostonians, but they cannot stomach the Extension of your Non-Exportation Scheme to the West-India Islands. We have certainly no Share in the Propagation of Discord between you and our general Parent. — Why then should we be Sufferers in common?
LONDON August 20. A Correspondent remarks that the Bostonians are a most remark-able Instance of Philosophy and public Spirit, not to be paral-leled in History; they have all their Lives been accustomed to a British Trade, and making of Money, and now, for the Liberties of their Country, forego all Advantages, and submit to live upon Contribution from their Neighbours. "The poor, poor Americans," (said a certain benevolent Min-ded Pupil) — "The rebel Colonists." (replied an illustrious Pre-ceptor,) so widely different are the Feelings of the Infant and the adult Heart on one and the same Occasion.
August 22. The common Toast now is, Firmness to the Peo-ple of America, and Confusion to those who would enslave them. August 25. The Thunder and Warpsite Men of War, of 70 Guns each, at Portsmouth, are ordered to be fitted to sail with the other Ships for the West Indies; the Fleet will then consist of six Ships of the Line and two Frigates, which are for the Ja-maica Station, and with the Four Ships now there, will make a more respectable Squadron than has been there since the last War.
Aug. 30. A Gentleman who arrived yesterday from France says, that it was strongly reported at Paris, that the English Am-bassador was going to leave that City, and return Home, on Ac-count of some ill Treatment that he has met with at that Court several Times, when the greatest Respect was paid to other foreign Ambassadors.
Aug. 31. The Situations of the Citizens of Dantzick, and that of the People of Boston, is in many Instances, says a Correspondent nearly similar; both plead for their ancient Rights, Customs, and Privileges; both unheard, both distressed by the rapacious Paw of that Monster, Arbitrary Power.
Sept. 2. It is said the Parliament will meet pursuant to their adjournment, and sit a few weeks on account of American Affairs. Very vigorous measures are now taking by administration, to en-force their resolutions against the Americans; and it is said that some of the principal Gentlemen who distinguished themselves in American defence of their charter Rights, are to be brought over, in order for an enquiry to be made into their conduct. A Subscription is about to be opened for the Relief of the Bos-tonians. The Lord Mayor, Mr. George Healy, and several other principal Merchants and Gentlemen have intimated their Inten-tions to become liberal Subscribers.
Dorchester THE Owners of Lands in the Township of Dorches-ter, are hereby notified, that the Proprietors of said Township at their Meeting August 8, last past, voted to raise a Tax of Six Shillings on each hundred Acre Lot in said Township, divided and undivided, to be paid to the Proprietors Treasury by the 1st Day of October next, to defray Expence of opening and repairing Roads, &c. and have appointed me to collect the same. This is therefore to notify the Owners of said Lands that unless they pay to me at Dorches-ter, the Taxes due on their re-spective Lots by the 18th Day of Novem. next, so much of their Lands will be advertis'd for Sale as will pay said Tax with the Charge of Advertising. CALEB CLARK, Coll'ler, Dorchester, Sept: 22, 1774.
Excise. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that I have purchased the EXCISE on Spirituous Liquors in the County of Strafford from November 1st 1773 to November 1st 1774, and at Notice at publick House, has in great Measure failed, I appain to collect at the House of Mr. Barnabas Palmer in Rochester, on Monday the twenty eighth Day of this Instant November, and the 29th Day at Jerusalem Tibbetts at Baring, and the next Day at Lt. Winburn Adams at Durham, and the Day following at John Burnam Hanson's at Dover; — and I desire all Taverners and Retailers would take Notice and attend punctual'y to meet me at the above Places, and exhibit their Accounts as the Law directs. JONATHAN WENTWORTH, Excise Master.
Barnstead. THE Proprietors of Barnstead are hereby Noti-fied, to meet at the House of Ezekiel G. Adams, Innholder in Newington, on Monday the 21st Day of November Instant, at two o'Clock Afternoon for the following Purposes, viz. — 1. To chuse a Moderator and other necessary Officers — 2. To see if said Proprie-tors will vote to raise Money to satisfy the Damages and Cost recovered by the proprietors of Chicbester against one Dodavah Bunker, a Settler under Barnstead. — And 3. To see if the proprietors of Barnstead will commence an Action of Ej. Assumps or other real Action against the pro-prietors of Chicbester, or any claiming under them, for en-tering upon any Lands within the Bounds of Barnstead, in order to ascertain and settle the Lines between Barn-stead and Chicbester; and whether they will raise Money for such purposes? — 4. To see if the proprietors will vote and empower another Agent to join their Agent already chosen for settling the Bounds between Barnstead and Chicbester, by Action or otherwise, as they may judge proper. And to vote on all other Matters or Things they may then think necessary. Nov. 2d 1774. RICHARD DOWNING, Proprietors Clerk.
Whereas Capt. John Judkins of Kingston, late Collector for the Owners of the Town-ship of UNITY, in the County of Cheshire, and Province of New Hampshire, has lately advertis'd in this Paper the Lands of a Number of delinquent Owners of Propriet-tors (so called by him) to be sold at public Vendue at the Dwelling House of Captain John Huntress, Innholder in Kingston, notwithstanding which, divers of them or all, have paid the same, and their Rates crossed, this is there-fore to caution any Person against purchasing said Lands; as said Judkins has no Lawful Right to sell it in Man-ner mentioned in his Advertisement. Kingston, Nov. 2, 1774. Frances Chase } Assessors for John Calfe } said Town;
Salisbury NOTICE is hereby given to the delinquent Propriet-tors of Salisbury, that unless they pay their several TAXES to me the Subscriber, at my House in Kingston, (which has been voted at a legal Meeting,) by the 20th of this Instant November, their Lands will be advertis'd for Sale as the Law directs. JOHN CALFE, Collector. Kingston, Nov. 2, 1774.
Whereas Mr. John Pickering the third, my Husband, has advertis'd the Public, that I have behaved disorderly, and left him; and also forbid any Person crediting me on his Account — I have thought proper to take so much Notice thereof as to think he mistook his Intention, and instead of that Advertisement, he meant the following, — "WHEREAS I John Pickering have behaved very disorderly, and left Hannah my Wife without any Support for ten Months together, depending upon the Favour of her Friends; and has never cost me any thing for three Years we have been married toge-ther; yet upon my return to her, she and her Friends have received me kindly, though I did not deserve it, for I brought nothing home to her, and she would still have continued to have us'd me tenderly if my Prudence would allow'd it, wherefore I desire the Continuance of her Friends Favours, and beg they would still support her for my Sake as well as her own." I beg Pardon for troubling the Publick with the foregoing suppos'd Mistake; — I shall not trouble them with asking Credit on my Husband's Account, supposing I could obtain it. HANNAH PICKERING. Portsmouth, Novemb. 2, 1774.
ALL Persons indebted to John Bryce, late of Green-land, Merchant, or Robert Ferguson, late of said Greenland, Merchant, are Requested to settle the same immediately with the Subscriber, otherwise their Notes and Accounts (which are now in his Hands) will be put in Suit without further Notice. RICHARD CUTTS SHANNON, Attorney to said Bryce and Ferguson. Portsmouth, Nov. 2, 1774.
Those Persons who are in Arrears for these Papers, and Advertisements, are desire'd to pay off immediately.

WARRANTED, Choice French INDIGO.
By the Dozen, or smaller Quantity — To be Sold By JOSEPH BASS in Portsmouth.
§ Dummer. §
Whereas the Proprietors of the Township of DUMMER, in the Province of New Hampshire, at their legal Meetings held at Portsmouth on the 10th and the 24th of June 1773, did at each Meeting vote a TAX of Five Dollars to be raised in each original Right or Share of Land for the purposes of paying the Survey and Charter Charges; also for the surveying and clearing a Road through said Town — The subscribers being chosen to collect said TAXES, take this Method to desire the undermentioned delinquent Proprietors to pay the several Sums annexed to their Names, by the Second Day of December next — if not then paid, so much of their Land will be advertised for sale as will pay the same with Charges.
  Peter Gilman, Esq. 1 10 Joseph Gilman 1 10   John Giddings, Esq. 1 10 Charles Rundle 3 0   Nathaniel Folson, Esq. 1 10 Elisha Hale 1 10   Nicholas Gilman, Esq. 1 10 Thomas Johnson 3 0   Daniel Tilton 1 10 Nathaniel Rogers, Esq. 3 0   Maj. John Gilman 3 0 Joshua Bailey 3 0   Richard Langdon 1 10 Abraham Palmer 3 0   Nathaniel Dewey 1 10 David Weeks 3 0   Walter Bryant, Esq. 3 0 Henry Eaton 3 0   John Wheelock 3 0 Jacob Tilton of Co. or 3 0   Samuel Gray 3 0 John Beard 3 0   Levi Frisby 3 0 Jesse Johnson 3 0   Silvanus Ripley 3 0 James Lloyd, Esq. 3 0   Moses Parsons 3 0 George Brinley 3 0   James Grant 3 0 Pelletiah Bliss 3 0   William Knight, Esq. 3 0 Andrew Smith 3 0   Isaac Lyman 1 10 Sam'l Folsom Esq. 1 10 
A. R. CUTTER, Collector.
Portsmouth, October 25, 1774.
|| Northumberland. ||
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THE Proprietors of NORTHUMBERLAND are desired to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on Tuesday the 22d Day of November next, at three o'Clock P. M. for the following Purposes, viz. To chuse a Moderator and other Officers that may be necessary for the Management of the Affairs of said Township. — To ascertain the Number of Lots that were confirmed to several of the Proprietors at their Meeting held the 5th of May 1771, and to confirm the Remainder of the Proprietors in their Lots pitched. — To see if the Proprietors will determine in what Manner the Assessors of said Propriety shall proceed to assess the Lands in said Township for the payment of such Sums of Money as have already or may hereafter be granted by said Propriety, and chuse a Collector or Collectors to collect the same. — To chuse a Committee to receive and execute Deeds for Lands agreed to be exchanged by the Propriety. To determine on the Appropriation of Lands from Tree No. 15, to Bog Brack, and to act on such Matters as shall appear likely to facilitate the Settlement of said Township, and beneficial to said Propriety.
By Order of the Assessors, THOMAS MARTIN , Portsmouth, Oct. 25, 1774. Proprietors Clerk.
§ Leavitts-Town §
THE Proprietors of Leavitts TOWN, so called, are hereby Notified to meet at the House of John Leavitt, Esq. in North Hampton, on Monday the 21st Day of November next, at one o'Clock on said Day for the following Purposes, viz. — 1 To chuse a Moderator. — 2 To chuse all other Officers necessary to govern and manage the Business which concerns said Proprietors. — 3 To receive the Report of the Committee who is employed to perambulate the Range Lines in the Second Division in said Township. — 4 To see what the Proprietors will allow the Inhabitants towards repairing the Roads and Bridges the Year past. — 5 To chuse a Committee to examine the Assessors Accounts, and lay the same before the Proprietors. — 6 To see what the Proprietors will allow towards hiring a Minister to preach in said Township. By Order of the Committee.
THOMAS PARSONS.
Dated October 17, 1774.
|| Lempster. ||
THE PROPRIETORS of LEMPSTER, in the Province of New Hampshire, are hereby Notified, that their Rights of LAND are assessed to the Amount of two pounds eighteen shillings Lawful Money; and that they pay the same to me the Subscriber by the First Day of December next, at my Dwelling House in Lempster aforesaid, or their Rights will be advertised for Sale at Public Vendue in the New Hampshire Gazette.
WILLIAM MARKHAM , Collector. Lempster, October 10, 1774.
To Mr. Joseph Peirce, Clerk of
the Proprietors of the Township of PIERMONT. WE the Subscribers being Owners of more than one sixteenth Part of the Land in the Township of PIERMONT, do hereby request you to call a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Town, to be held at the House of Capt. Zachariah Foss, Innholder in Portsmouth, on the Fourteenth Day of November next, at Three of the Clock in the Afternoon for the following Purposes, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator to regulate said Meeting. — 2. To chuse another Committee (if necessary) to examine all Accounts against said Propriety, and adjust the same, so that it may be known how the Proprietors general Account stands, that the same may be balanced. — 3. To chuse and impower a Committee to receive or make any Proposals for the Settlement of all Controversies between the Proprietors of said Town of Piermont and the Proprietors of the Town of Haverhill. — 4. To see if the Proprietors will vote any thing to the Inhabitants of said Piermont to enable them to settle a Minister. — 5. To see whether the Proprietors will give any further Assistance towards repairing the Roads through said Town. — 6. To vote such a Sum or Sums of Money towards discharging the Proprietors Debts if they should happen not to have sufficient in Stock. — 7. To chuse Assessors to assess such a Tax as may be found necessary. — 8. To choose a Collector or Collectors to collect said Tax when assessed, or any other Officers necessary. — 9. To see if the Proprietors will vote a certain Sum for the Prosecution of the Law-Suits now pending between Piermont and Haverhill.
Samuel Sherburne,
Richard Jennett,
Portsmouth Oct. 25, 1774. John Wendell, Joseph Meulton, in Be- half of Jonathan Meulton, Esq.
Rockingham ss.
PURSUANT to the above Request, and by Virtue of a Vote of the Proprietors of said Town of Piermont, impowering their Clerk to call proprietary Meetings, when requir'd, agreeable to said Vote, I hereby notify and warn the said Proprietors to meet at the Time and Place mentioned in the foregoing Request, for the Purposes therein expressed.
JOSEPH PEIRCE Pro. Clerk.
Portsmouth October 26 1774.
§ Percy §
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WHEREAS Application has been made to me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Rockingham, in the Province aforesaid, by the Proprietors or Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the Township of PERCY, in the County of Grafton, to call a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Town to act upon the following Matters and Things, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator and other Officers that may be necessary for the Management of the Affairs of the said Township. — 2. To vote a TAX to defray the Expence already incurred. — 3. To chuse a Committee to view said Township for the Purpose of advising to the most probable Method for immediate Settlement of said Town. — 4. To vote a TAX for the aforesaid Purposes. — 5. To chuse a Collector. — 6. To agree on a Method for calling future Meetings, and to transact such Matters as shall be thought for the interest of said Propriety.
Pursuant to the foregoing Application, I hereby Notify and warn the Proprietors of said Township of Percy, to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, in the County of Rockingham, on Tuesday the 22d Day of November next, at six o'Clock P. M. to consider and act upon the Matters and Things before specified.
DANIEL WARNER , Justice Peace.
Portsmouth, October 25, 1774.
West-India Goods,
OIL, — SALT, — CHOCOLATE, — INDIGO — NAILS, — LOCKS — JACK KNIVES — &c. &c. at the lowest Cash Price.
NEW BOOKS, —
Among which, Are SWIET's, Finest Edition (Cutt) DICTIONARY of Arts and Sciences, 4 Volumes. PARKHURST's Greek and English Lexicon. FIELDING's Works 12 Vol. and a variety of others. Sold by HENRY SHERBURNE , in the Street leading to the Wharfs.
LOST, One Silver SHOE and one Silver KNEE BUCKLE. A good Reward to the Person who finds and returns it. Henry Sherburne.
Whereas Hannah the Wife of me the Subscriber has behaved herself Disorderly, and left me, this is therefore to forbid all Persons crediting her on my Account, as I shall pay no Debts of her contracting from the Date hereof. JOHN PICKERING , 3d. Portsmouth, October 25th, 1774.
Excise.
PUBLIC NOTICE is here given, that I have purchased the EXCISE in the County of Rockingham, from November 1st, 1773, to November 1st 1774, and appoint to collect on the first Day of said November 1774, at Samuel Conner's in Pembroke — And at Esqr Webster's in Chester the Day following — and at Col. Holland's next Day in Londonderry — and Saturday Forenoon same Week at Lt. John Pearson's in Kingstown — and the Tuesday next following, viz. 8th of said November, at Capt. Jacob Tilton's in Portsmouth — and Tuesday the 15th at Col. Samuel Folsom's in Exeter — And I desire Taverners and Retailers would observe punctually to meet me
BENJAMIN BUTLER , Excise Master.
§ Gilmantown. §
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Strafford, ss.
PURSUANT to a PETITION to me directed by the Owners of more than ten Proprietors Shares in the Township of Gilmantown, desiring me to warn a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Gilmantown, as soon as may be, to act on the following Particulars, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator to govern said Meeting. — 2. To receive and accept of the Committee's Report that were chosen to settle the Proprietors Accounts. — 3. To chuse a Committee to settle with the Proprietors Treasurer. — 4. To see if the Proprietors will sell the Forty Acre Lot Number 18, in the third Range, to Isaac Batchelder, who lives adjoining to it. — 5. To see what the Proprietors will vote to give to the Inhabitants of said Town towards building a Meeting House in said Town, and to vote how the Expence thereof shall be paid, whether by selling some of the Proprietors Lands in said Town, or otherwise; and if voted to sell Land, then to chuse a Committee to sell the same: — This is therefore to Notify and warn all Proprietors of said Gilmantown, to meet at the House of Mrs. Antipala Gilman, Innholder in said Gilmantown, on Tuesday the 22d Day of November next at One o'clock in the Afternoon, then and there to pass any Votes on the above Articles, as they shall judge proper.
JOSEPH BADGER , Proprietors Clerk. Gilmantown, October 17, 1774.
To be sold at Public Vendue,
By STEPHEN PIPER ,
On Tuesday the 8th Day of November current, at the House of Mrs. Love Chase, Innholder in Stratham, at One o'Clock in the Afternoon,
A Certain Parcel of Land in Deerfield, containing seventy Acres, at the Northerly End of the Lot No. 18 in the 5th Range and third Division. — Also, a good Pair of OXEN, and one Horse; and sundry other Articles, if not Sold before at private Sale — Conditions of Sale may be known at Time and Place aforesaid. — Stratham, Oct. 17, 1774.
Stop Thief! (4 Dollars Reward.)
BROKE OPEN and STOLEN out of the House of me the Subscriber, on the Night of the 17th Instant, a SILVER WATCH, China Face, Maker's Name John Adams, No. 1632. — Also a work'd POCKET BOOK — the suppos'd Thief calls his Name Charles Baton; at other times John Smith, about five Feet and eight Inches tall, light sandy Hair, short and curl'd; left one or two of his Fore Teeth, scar'd on the left Side of his Face, wears grey Surtout, light homespun Jacket, light Velvet Breches seated with a dark colour, blue Stockings, check Shirts; jays he was born in Connecticut.
Whoever will take up said THIEF, and confine him in any of his Majesty's Goals, so that he may be brought to Justice, shall have Four Dollars Reward, and necessary Charges paid by me Nicholas Weeks, junr. Kittery, Oct. 18, 1774.
Stayed or Stolen from Jenkins's
LOT at Exeter, on Tuesday the 11th Instant, a dark Bay, HORSE, about thirteen Hands high, five Years old last Spring, pretty thick forward, a small white Spot on his Nose very low down; and upon his left Shoulder from the Main down about six or eight Inches, which looks as if it had been scalded or burnt, and is about two Inches wide, looks like a Feather. — Whoever takes up said Horse, and brings him to the Printing Office, shall have Two Dollars Reward and necessary Charges paid by Nicholas Beuffard of Portsmouth. October 20th, 1774.
The above Horse belong'd to Deacon Mark Langden of Portsmouth.
ALL Persons having Claims against the Estate of Ichabod Chesley, late of Durham, Gentleman, deceased, Intestate; and all Persons Indebted thereto, are requested to call on Stephen Evans of Dover, who administered thereon. Dover, October 13, 1774. Warrantee and Quitclaim Deeds, Justice Writs and Executions, and Bail Bonds, Sold at the Printing Office.