The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1775-01-13 00:00:00

THE New-Hampshire AND HISTORICAL CONTAINING the Freest ADVICES
Vol. XIX. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
FRIDAY January 13, 1775.
No. 951 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd }
To the INHABITANTS of British America. FRIENDS and COUNTRYMEN,
AT a Time when Ministerial Tyrants threaten a People with the total Loss of their Liberties; Supineness and Inattention on their Part will render that Ruin which their Enemies have design'd for them unavoidable. A striking Instance of this we have in the History of the Carthaginians: That brave People notwithstanding they had surrendered up three Hundred Hostages to the Romans upon a Promise of being restored to their former Liberties; found themselves instantly invaded by the Roman Army. Roused by this unexpected Procedure; they sent Deputies to know the Occasion of this extraordinary Manoeuvre: They were told "that they must deliver up all their Arms to the Romans, and then they should peaceably enjoy their Liberties. Upon their Compliance with this Requisition; Marcius (one of the Roman Consuls) thus addressed them; "We are well pleased with these first Instances of your Obedience, and therefore cannot help congratulating you upon them; I have now but one Thing more to require of you in the Name of the Roman People; I will therefore without further Preamble plainly declare to you an Order on which the Safety of your Republic, the Preservation of your Goods, your Lives and Liberties depend. Rome requires that you abandon your City, which we are commanded to level with the Ground; you may build yourselves another where you please, provided it be ten Miles from the Sea, and without Walls or Fortifications; a little Courage and Resolution will get the better of the Affliction which attaches us to old Habitations, and is founded more in Habit than in Reason." The Consternation of the Carthaginian Deputies at hearing this horrid, treacherous Speech, is not to be expressed. Some swooned away, others burst forth into Cries and Lamentations; nor were even the Roman Soldiers, who were present, unmoved at the affecting Scene; These sudden Fits (said the base inhumane Consuls) will wear off by Degrees; Time and Necessity teaches the most unfortu-nate, to bear their Calamities with Patience; the Carthaginians when they recover their Senses will choose to obey."  Although the Carthaginians, after this, made a noble and manly Resistance; yet the Surrender of their Arms, proved the Destruction of that City, which had so often contended with Rome, for the Empire of the World.
Equally inexcusable with the Carthaginians will the Americans be, if they suffer the Tyrants who are endeavouring to enslave them, to possess themselves of all their Forts, Castles, Arms, Ammunition and warlike Stores; What Reason can be given by them, for such cowardly and pusillanimous Conduct? Perhaps it may be said, "that there yet remains some Gloom of Hope, that the British Ministry may do us Justice; restore us to our Liberties; and Repeal those oppressive Acts which now hang over America: And was this even probable, it would hardly justify such a Conduct. But what Foundation have we for such Hope? If this be the Intention of the Ministry, is a formidable Fleet and numerous Army necessary to bring it about? Could they not have given up their Plan for enslaving America without seizing all the strong Holds on the Continent; upon all the Arms and Ammunition? and without soliciting and finally obtaining an Order to prohibit the Importation of warlike Stores in the Colonies? Does this speak the Language of Peace and Reconciliation, or does it not rather speak that of War, Tumult and Desolation? And shall we like the Carthaginians, peaceably surrender our Arms to our Enemies, in Hopes of obtaining in Return the Liberties we have so long been contending for? Be not deceived my countrymen, should the Ministry ever prevail upon you to make that base and infamous Surrender, they will then tell you in the Language of the haughty and inhuman Marcius, what those Liberties are, which they will in future suffer you to enjoy; and endeavour to persuade you that when you recover your Senses, you will choose to obey. Is it possible that any Person among us thinks of making a Submission to the several Powers which now claim a Right to rule over us? If so, let him take a View of the Situation he, and his American Brethren must then be in: We all acknowledge our Submission to the Authority of our provincial Legislatures in the same Manner as the People in Great Britain acknowledge the Power of Parliament over them; because the Assemblies here and the Parliament there are composed in Part of Persons elected by the People, and who are liable for any Misconduct to be excluded by them from ever acting again, as their Representatives: and where the People have this constitutional Check upon their Rulers; Slavery can never be introduced. "But (says the famous Mr. Locke) whenever a Power exists in a State over which the People have no Control, the People are compleatly enslaved." If this be the Case what shall we say to the Claim of Parliament to legislate for us in all Cases whatsoever? To the Mandates of a Minister of State, which so often have superseded the Laws of the Colony Legislatures, although assented to by his Majesty? or to the late Order of the King and Council, prohibiting the Importation of Warlike Stores into the Colonies, who by the same Colour of Right, may whenever they please prohibit the Importation of any or every other Article? These are undoubtedly such Powers as we have no check upon or Control over. Powers similar to those which have spread Tyranny and Oppression over three Quarters of the Globe; and if we tamely submit to their Authority, will soon accomplish that Slavery which they have long been endeavouring to bring upon America.
I am far from wishing Hostilities to commence on the Part of America; But still hope that no Person will, at this important Crisis, be unprepared to act in his own Defence, should he by Necessity be driven thereto. And I must here beg Leave to recommend to the Consideration of the People of this Continent, Whether, when we are by an arbitrary Decree prohibited the having Arms and Ammunition by Importation, we have not by the Law of Self-Preservation, a Right to seize upon all those within our Power, in order to defend the LIBERTIES which GOD and Nature have given to us; especially at this Time, when several of the Colonies are involved in a dangerous WAR with the Indians, and must, if this inhuman Order has the designed Effect, fall a Prey to those Savage Barbarians who have so often deluged this Land in BLOOD.
New Hampshire, Dec. 26, 1774.
A. WATORMAN.
Proceedings of York County Congress.
WE his Majesty's loyal Subjects the Delegates of the several Towns of the County of YORK, deputed to meet, in County Congress, held at WELLS the Sixth and eighth Day of Novem. 1774, truly professing ourselves large Subjects of his Majesty King GEORGE the Third, and sincere Friends to all our fellow Subjects in Britain and the Colonies; for the necessary Defence of our Liberties and Privileges, come into the following Resolutions:
1. Resolved, That his Majesty's Subjects in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, as well as in the other English American Colonies, have full Right and Authority to Tax themselves, and grant their own Monies, by their several General Assemblies, for all such Purposes, and in such Manner as they see fit; and that no other State, Prince or Parliament whatever hath, or under the present Constitution of said Colonies can have, Right or Authority, to grant the Money of said Subjects, or tax them in any other Manner whatever: And therefore that the several Acts of the British Parliament, made for the express Purpose and Design, not only of raising a Revenue to his Majesty, by Duties to be paid on Goods landed in said Colonies, but establishing a Precedent for further illegal Taxation of the People therein, are unconstitutional, unjust and oppressive, and never ought to have Force in the Colonies; and all subsequent Acts made to enforce the same, more especially that for blocking the Port of Boston, are hostile, cruel, and arbitrary.
2. Resolved, That all civil Officers within this County, duly appointed by Virtue of, and pursuant to, the Charter of William and Mary, ought to use and exercise the several Powers & Authorities to their respective Offices belonging, agreeable to the Laws of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in the same Way & Manner, in every Respect, Intent and Purpose, as tho' the said Acts had never been passed: And that all Persons ought to aid, assist and countenance them therein. And particularly that the Venires for Jurors for the several Courts of Justice in this County, ought to be issued as heretofore has been used and accustomed, agreeable to the Laws of the Province aforesaid; and that due Obedience ought to be paid thereto: And that a Spirit of Peace, Friendship and Harmony may subsist and be cultivated among the Inhabitants of said County, the said Congress do recommend to them that they produce no Suit against each other, unless on some urgent Necessity.
3. Resolved, That this Congress recommend to every Individual in this County, in their several Stations, to use their utmost Endeavours to promote Peace and good Order. It is also recommended to the several Towns, forthwith to meet and chuse a Committee, whose Business it shall be to see that the Association of the Continental Congress entered into in Behalf of their Constituents, be strictly observed and kept; and if any Person or Persons shall violate the same, said Committee are advised to post their Names in the several public Houses of Entertainment in the county; & also publish a state of Facts in the several public Newspapers, to the end all Persons may withdraw from him, her or them, all commercial Intercourse and Connection whatsoever. And that no Riots, Disorders or Tumults may take place in said County, which in their Nature & Tendency are as well subversive of all civil Government, as destructive to the very End and Design of the present Struggle for Liberty, (and the present Plan proposed and recommended by the Continental Congress for our Deliverance) the said Congress do recommend to the Inhabitants thereof, that they do not with Violence damage or injure the Person or Property of any one, that shall either break thro' said Association, or do any other Matter or Thing against the Liberties of the Country, but shall immediately give Information to the Committee of the Town where the Offence is committed, that such Persons may be treated as aforesaid.
4. Whereas the late Sir WILLIAM PEPPERRELL, Baronet, deceased, (well known, honoured and respected in Great Britain and America for his eminent Services) in his life-time did honestly acquire a large and extensive Real Estate in this County, & gave the highest Evidence, not only of his being a sincere Friend to the Rights of Men in general, but having a paternal Love to this County in particular. And whereas the said Sir William by his last Will and Testament made his Grandson the present Sir William Pepperrell, Esq; Residuary Legatee and Possessor of the greatest Part of said Estate, and the said William Pepperrell, Esq; hath with purpose to carry into Force and Execution Acts of the British Parliament made with the apparent Design to enslave the free & loyal People of this Continent, did accept, and now holds a Seat at the pretended Board of Councillors in this Province, as well in direct repeal of the Charter thereof, as against the solemn Compact of Kings, and the Inherent Rights of the People: It is therefore Resolved, that the said William Pepperrell, Esq; hath thereby justly forfeited the Confidence and Friendship of all true Friends to American Liberty, and with other pretended Councillors now holding their Seats in like Manner, ought to be detected by all good Men: And it is hereby recommended to the good People of this County, that as soon as the present Leaves made to any of them by said Pepperrell are expired, they immediately withdraw all Connection, Commerce and Dealings from him --- and that they take no further Lease or Conveyance of his Farms, Mills or Appurtenances thereto belonging. (where the said Pepperrell is sole Receiver and Appropriator of the Rents and Profits thereon) until he shall resign his Seat pretendedly acquired by Mandamus: And if any Person shall remain or become Tenant on such Estate to said Pepperrell after the Expiration of the present Lease; we recommend to the good People of this County not only to withdraw all Connection and commercial Intercourse with them, but to treat them in Manner provided by the third Resolve of this Congress.
5. And that the Association aforesaid be not violated, it is recommended that the Law of this Province respecting Hawkers, Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen, be duly put in Execution, and if any Taverner or Innholder shall knowingly entertain them, or permit and suffer any Vendue or Sale of Goods in their respective Houses by any such Person, said Taverner or Innholder be taken due Notice of by the Select Men, and that it be advised that the Select Men do not approve or recommend any such Taverner or Innholder as a suitable Person to renew his or her Licence; and it is also recommended to the People of this County, not to trade with Pedlars, Hawkers, or Petty Chapmen.
6. To Ease the Minds of the good People of this County, this
Congress do assure them, that on Enquiry, We do not find that any Civil Officer or other Person therein, has made any Attempt to put the Acts of Parliament aforesaid into Execution, and trust that none will attempt it.
7. Whereas there has been several Sums of Money raised by the General Assembly of this Province, and committed to the Constables to collect, and pay the same unto Harrison Gray, Esq; Treasurer of this Province, and it evidently appearing by the late Conduct of said Treasurer that he is not of a sound Mind, whereby there is danger of paying the Monies belonging to the Province, to other Purposes than that for which it was raised: Therefore this Congress recommend to the Inhabitants of each Town in this County to secure the Monies that is or may be collected by said Constables in such Manner as that they may command the same, until the said Harrison Gray hath his Reason restored to him; or some other Treasurer be constitutionally chosen.
8. Whereas the Delegates of the several Towns in the Province, while met at Cambridge to consult such Measures as might tend to put their Constituents in a posture of Defence against the attack of Military Violence that might be offered, and while waiting the Result of the Continental Congress, resolved on such Measures as they then tho' might put the Militia in a reputable and formidable Footing; and it appearing that a Cultivation of the Military Art, may have salutary Effects in the Settlement of the present political Disputes, --- We therefore recommend to the Militia of this County that if the Provincial Congress when met again, as they soon will, do not alter the Plan by them proposed, the People of this County adopt the same.
9. Resolved, That the Thanks of this County be and hereby are given to the worthy and patriotic Members of the Continental Congress for their noble and faithful Exertions in the Cause of their Country, and are of Opinion, that the Rights of the American Colonies, are by them clearly and fully stated, in their several Resolutions, and that the wise and prudent Plan by them proposed, if carried into Execution, cannot fail to restore that Union and Harmony between Great Britain and her Colonies, so ardently wished for by all good Men, and hope their Names will be handed with Honor to the latest Posterity. The foregoing is a true Copy, Attest. WILLIAM LEIGHTON, Clerk.
Mr. CRUGER'S ADDRESS,
This Day at Guild-Hall,
On being returned one of the Representatives for this City.
GENTLEMEN and FELLOW CITIZENS,
THE high Honor you have done me, by electing me one of your Representatives in the ensuing Parliament, demands every possible Return, of personal Gratitude and public Fidelity.
I am at a Loss for Words to declare, as forcibly as I wish, the strong Sense I feel of the Dignity this Day confirmed to me. My Acknowledgements, tho' simple and unadorned, are as WARM and SINCERE, as tho' convey'd in the most refined Expressions, the most cultivated Genius could suggest. What I have to say will be genuine, and from my Heart. A Heart that this Moment overflows with Gratitude, for the distinguishing Marks of your Regard and Approbation, so generously manifested to its Possessor.
The unparalleled and respectable MAJORITY in my Favour, does Honor to the Principles of the INDEPENDENT CITIZENS OF BRISTOL. You have set a most noble Example of Independency to every Elector in Great Britain. Indulge me in proclaiming to the whole World what you have done. You have, in Spite of every Effort to deter you from your virtuous Purpose, gloriously dared to elect a Man your Representative in the Grand Council of the Nation, whose highest Title is that of MERCHANT; and whose greatest Boast is that of being an HONEST MAN.
It is MY Glory Gentlemen to say, I have in this long contested Election been as uninfluenced, as unsupported by Great Men; so let it be your Pride, O Tradesmen! to promulge, that you too have been uncontrolled and unbiased by them. Your Conduct shall be exemplary to me. --- I, LIKE YOU, will ever remain FREE and INDEPENDENT.
Gentlemen, permit me, at this favourable Opportunity, to pay a little Attention to a Topic that has occasioned much Altercation and Uneasiness in this City: I mean the LEGALITY and PROPRIETY of the People's instructing their Representatives in Parliament. It has ever been my Opinion that the Electors have a Right to instruct their Members. For my Part I shall always think it my duty in Parliament to be guided by your Counsels and Instructions. I shall consider myself the Servant of my Constituents, not their Master. --- subservient to their Will, and not superior to it. And let me add, I hold myself accountable to you for every Action of my life which respects the Public. By your upright Judgment I desire to stand or fall.
It may be expected, Gentlemen, that I should say a few Words on the melancholly Subject of American Affairs, I will --- they shall be few but explicit. As for Fellow Citizens, as the Impulse of my Power can be felt, it shall be exerted to RECAL and CONCILIATE the unhappy Differences now subsisting --- not to FOMENT them. I consider the Commercial Interest of England and her Colonies, as one and the same; they are reciprocal, and perfectly coincident. God and Nature, and sound Policy have linked them together in the strongest Bands, of Amity, mutual Interest, & Safety; --- the Man that divides them, has either a weak Head or a bad Heart.
I will intrude no longer on your Patience, than to assure you, I will carry to my Grave the most ardent Sentiments of Affection and Respect for my worthy Friends of Bristol: and that I shall (with unshaken Integrity) persevere to the last Moment of my Life, in every Effort to promote the Cause of LIBERTY; and to render essential Benefits to the TRADE & COMMERCE of this GREAT, OPULENT and FLOURISHING CITY.
BRISTOL, November 3, 1774.
BOSTON, Jan. 5.
Last Monday sennight, one John Williams was whipt 30 Stripes at Providence, for having stole from thence two Yoke of Oxen, which he brought to Boston and butchered: he received the like Number on Monday following.

Continental Congress continu'd
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Thursday, September 22d, 1774.
The congress met according to adjournment.
Upon motion, resolved unanimously,
That the congress requests the merchants and others in the several colonies, not to send to Great-Britain any orders for goods, and to direct the execution of all orders already sent to be delayed or suspended, until the sense of the congress, on the means to be taken for the preservation of the liberties of America is made public.
Ordered, That this resolution be made public by hand-bills, and by publishing it in the news-papers.
The committee appointed to state the rights &c. having bro't in a report of rights, the same was read, and the consideration of it referred till saturday next.
Ordered, That a copy of this report be made out for each colony.
Saturday, September 24, 1774. A. M.
The congress entered upon the consideration of the report referred to this day, and after some debate, upon motion,
Resolved, That the congress do confine themselves at present to the consideration of such rights as have been infring'd by acts of the British parliament since the year 1763, postponing the further consideration of the general state of American rights to a future day.
Hereupon the committee appointed to state the rights, &c. brought in a report of the infringements and violations of American rights, which being read,— upon motion
Resolved, That the consideration of this report be referred 'till monday, and that the congress in the mean time deliberate on the means most proper to be pursued for a restoration of our rights.
After some debate on that subject, the congress adjourned to
Monday September 26, 1774. A. M.
The congress met according to adjournment.
John Herring, Esq; a deputy from Orange County, in the colony of New-York, appeared this morning and took his seat as delegate for that colony.
The congress resumed the consideration of the means, &c. and after several hours spent thereon, it was referred 'till to morrow, to which time the congress was adjourned.
Tuesday, September 27, 1774. A. M.
The congress met according to adjournment, and resuming the consideration of the means most proper to be pursued for a restoration of American rights.
Resolved unanimously,
That from and after the 1st day of Dec. next, there be no importation into British America, from Great-Britain or Ireland, of any goods, wares or merchandise whatsoever, or from any other place, of any such goods, wares or merchandizes, as shall have been exported from Great-Britain or Ireland, and that no such goods, wares or merchandizes, imported after the 1st day of Decem. next be used or purchased.
Adjourn'd till to morrow.
Wednesday and Thursday being taken up in the consideration and debates on the means &c. the congress met on Friday 30th Sept. and upon the question,
Resolved,
That from and after the 10th day of Sept. 1775, the exportation of all merchandise and every commodity whatsoever to Great Britain, Ireland and the West Indies shall cease, unless the grievances of America are redressed before that time.
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To the INHABITANTS of the Province of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.
My dear COUNTRYMEN,
WE could not complain of the three-penny Duty on Tea as being burdensome, for a Shilling which had been laid upon it, for the Purpose of regulating Trade, and therefore was allow'd to be constitutional, was taken off; so that we were in fact Gainers Nine Pence in the Pound by the new Regulation. If the Appropriation of the Revenue, arising from this Statute, was disestablished, it was only our striking off one Article of Luxury from our Manner of Living, an Article too, which if we may believe the Resolves of most of the Towns in the Province, or rely on its collected Wisdom in a Resolve of the House of Representatives, was to the last Degree ruinous to Health. It was futile to urge its being a President, as a Reason for keeping up the Ball of Contention; for, allowing the supreme Legislature ever to want a Precedent, they had many for laying Duties on Commodities imported into the Colonies; one of which I will mention, the Statute called the Melasses act, by which a Duty is laid upon Melasses imported into these Colonies, and the Purpose of raising a Revenue, is expressly mentioned: And beside we had great Reason to believe that the remaining Part of the Statute would be repealed, as soon as the Parliament should suppose it could be done with Honor to themselves, as the incidental Revenue arising from the former Regulation, was threefold to the Revenue arising from the latter. A Claim of the Right, could work no Injury so long as there was no grievous Exercise of it, especially as we had protested against it, through the whole, and could not be said to have departed from our Claims in the least. We might now upon good Terms have dropped the Dispute, and been happy in the Affections of our Mother Country; but that is yet to come.— Party is inseparable from a free State. The several Distributions of Power as they are limited by, so they create perpetual Dissentions between each other, about their respective Boundaries; but the greatest Source is the Competition of Individuals for Preferment in the State. Popularity is the Ladder by which the Partisans usually climb. Accordingly the Struggle is who shall have the greatest Share of it. Each Party professes disinterested Patriotism, though some cynical Writers have ventur'd to assert, that self Love is the ruling Passion of the whole. There were two Parties in this Province of pretty long standing, known by the Names of Whig & Tory, which at this Time were not a little imbituted against each other. Men of Abilities and acknowledged Probity were on both Sides. It is not for me to determine which was the real and which the false Patriot. If the Tories were suspected of pursuing their private Interest through the Medium of Court Favour, there was equal Reason to suspect the Whigs of pursuing their private Interest by the Means of Popularity. Indeed some of 'em ow'd all their Importance to it, and must in a little Time have sunk into Obscurity, had these turbulent Commotions then subsided.
The Tories and Whigs took different Routes, as usual. The Tories were for closing the Controversy with Great-Britain; the Whigs for continuing it; the Tories were for restoring Government in the Province, which had become greatly relaxed by these Convulsions, to its former Tone; the Whigs were averse to it; they even refused to revive a temporary Riot Act, which expired about this Time. Perhaps they thought that Mobs were a Necessary Ingredient in their System of Opposition: However, the Whigs had great Advantages in the unequal Combat, their Scheme flattered the People with the Idea of independence; the Tories Plan supposed a Degree of Subordination, which is rather an humiliating Idea; besides, there is a Propensity in Men to believe themselves injur'd & oppress'd whenever they are told so: The Ferment raised in their Minds in the Time of the Stamp Act was not yet allayed, and the Leaders of the Whigs had gained the Confidence of the People by their Successes in their former Struggles, so that they had nothing to do but to keep up the Spirit among the People, & they were sure of commanding in this Province. It required some
Pains to prevent their Minds settling into that Calm which is ordinarily the Effect of a mild Government; the Whigs were sensible that there was no Oppression that could be either seen or felt; if any Thing was in Reality amiss in Government, it was its being too lax: So far was it from the Innocent, being in danger of suffering, that the most atrocious Offenders escaped with Impunity. They accordingly applied themselves to work upon the Imagination, and to inflame the Passion; for this Work they possessed great Talents; I will do Justice to their Ingenuity; they were intimately acquainted with the Feelings of Man, and knew all the Avenues to the human Heart: Effigies, Paintings, and other Imagery were exhibited; the fourteenth of August was celebrated annually as a Festival in Commemoration of a Mob's destroying a Building owned by the late Lieutenant-Governor, which was supposed to have been erected for a Stamp-Office, and compelling him to resign his Office of Stamp Master under Liberty Tree;— annual Oration were delivered in the old S. Meeting House on the Fifth of March, the Day when some Persons were unfortunately killed by a Party of the 29th Regiment; Lists of imaginary Grievances were continually published; the People were told weekly that the Ministry had formed a Plan to enslave them; that the Duty upon Tea was only a Prelude to a Window Tax, Hearth Tax, Land Tax, and Poll Tax; and these were only paving the Way for reducing the Country to Lordships; This last Bait was the more easily swallowed, as there seems to be an Apprehension of that Kind hereditary to the People of New England; and were conjured by the Duty they owed to themselves, their Country, and their GOD, by the Reverence due to the sacred memory of their Ancestors, & all their Toils & Sufferings in this once inhospitable Wilderness, and by their Affections for unborn Millions, to rouse and exert themselves in the common Cause. This perpetual Incantation kept the People in continual Alarm: We were farther stimulated by being told that the People of England were depraved, the Parliament Venal, and the Ministry corrupt: Nor were Attempts wanting to traduce Majesty itself. The Kingdom of Great-Britain was depicted as an ancient Structure, once the Admiration of the World, now sliding from its Base, and rushing to it's Fall. At the same Time we were called upon to mark our own rapid Growth, and behold the certain Evidence that America was upon the Eve of independent Empire.
When we consider what Effect a well wrote Tragedy or Novel has on the human Passions, though we know it to be all fictitious, what Effect must all this have had upon those that believed these high wrought Images to be Realities.?
The Tories have been censured for Remissness in not having exerted themselves sufficiently at this Period: The Truth of the Case is this, they saw and shuddered at the gathering Storm, but durst not attempt to dispel it, lest it should burst on their own Heads.— Printers were threaten'd with the Loss of their Bread, for publishing freely on the Tory Side. One Mein was forced to fly the Country for persisting in it.
All our dissenting Ministers were not inactive on this Occasion. When the Clergy engage in a political Warfare, they become a most powerful Engine, either to support or overthrow the State. What Effect must it have had upon the Audience, to hear the same Sentiments and Principles which they had before read in a News Paper, delivered on Sundays from the sacred Desk, with a religious Awe, and the most solemn Appeals to Heaven, from Lips which they had been taught from their Cradles to believe could utter nothing but eternal Truths? What was it natural to expect from a People bred under a free Constitution, jealous of their Liberty, credulous even to a Proverb when told their Privileges were in danger, thus wrought upon in the Extreme? I answer, Outrages disgraceful to Humanity itself.— What Mischief was not an artful Man who had obtained the Confidence and Guidance of such an enraged Multitude capable of doing? He had only to point out this or the other Man as an Enemy of his Country, and no Character, Station, Age or Merit could protect the

proscribed from their Fury. Happy was it for him if he could secret his Person, and subject his Property only to their lawless Ravages. By such Means many People naturally brave and humane, have been wrought upon to commit such Acts of private Mischief and public Violence, as will blacken many a Page in the History of our Country.
I shall next trace the Effects of this Spirit which the Whigs had thus infused into the Body of the People, through the Courts of common Law, and the General Assembly, and mark the Ways and Means whereby they availed themselves of it to the Subversion of our Charter Constitution, antecedent to the late Act of Parliament, and erected a Provincial Democracy, or rather Republic upon its Ruins, though the Form and Semblance of the Monarchical and Aristocratical Parts still remained. MASSACHUSETTENSIS.
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|| Moultonborough ||
Whereas at a Meeting of the proprietors of Moultonborough, held at Hampton, at the House of Lieutenant Jonathan Leavitt, on Tuesday the 6th Day of December Instant, the proprietors took under consideration several matters respecting the settlement of said Township; also the additional Grant of said Township; and as it appeared that Jonathan Moulton Esq; was at the Expence in obtaining said additional Grant, and at a Meeting of the proprietors of said Moultonborough, held at Hampton on the 3d Day of March 1776 did vote to allow Jonathan Moulton, Esq; 50 acres off of each of the Lots laid out in said Addition, being the third Division of Lots, it being in full consideration for all the expence and trouble he was at to obtain said Grant—as it appeared that several of the proprietors neglected and did not comply with said Vote, and gave said Moulton a Deed of said 50 Acres, therefore it was considered and voted to lay a tax of ten pounds on each of the Grantees Lot in said Addition, for the purpose that said Moulton be satisfied for the aforesaid Expence, &c. and choose Assessors to assess said Lots, also a Collector to collect the same, also choose a Committee to examine and find out who had comply'd with said Vote and who had not; all those who have complied, & make it appear to said Committee, and obtain a Certificate from them or the major part of them that they have settled with said Moulton, according to the intent and meaning of their former Vote, shall be a full discharge from said tax, and the Collector to govern himself accordingly:— These are to notify all the Grantees of said Moultonborough, that each of their Lots laying in the third Division called the Addition, are assessed of ten pounds, and committed a List to me to collect the same, and all those who have complied and settled agreeable to the Vote of the proprietors passed March 3d 1776, are desired to make it appear to me by the second Monday in February next 1775, in order that their tax be discharged.— And those who have not complied agreeable to the intent and meaning of the aforesaid Vote, are desired to pay said tax to me by said 2d Monday in February next, otherwise their Lots will be advertised for sale agreeable to the Law of the province.
JONATHAN MOULTON, Collector.
Hampton, Dec 28th, 1774.
§ Moultonborough §
Whereas at a Meeting of the proprietors of Moultonborough, held at Hampton, at the House of Lieut. Jonathan Leavitt, on Tuesday the 6th Day of December Instant, took under consideration the settlement of said Township and by examining into the condition of the Grant or Charter of said Town, found that each one of the Grantees was to have done his equal proportion in making settlements—therefore it was considered and voted to lay a tax of ten pounds on each of the proprietors Rights in said Town, liable to taxes, to be proportioned on their several Lots;—and chose Assessors to assess the same—also, chose Jonathan Moulton, Esq; Collector, they likewise chose a committee to examine into the particular circumstances of all the Grantees to know who were settled, and were not; and all those who make it appear to said committee that their Right was settled, and obtain a certificate from them or the major part of them, that to be all sufficient to discharge said tax; and the Collector to govern himself accordingly;— These are therefore to notify all the Grantees of said Moultonborough, that each of the Lots are assessed, viz. Fifty shillings on each first Division Lots, fifty shillings on each second Division Lots, and five pounds on each third Division Lots, and committed the List to me to collect the same—and all those of the proprietors who have settled their Right agreeable to the Grant or Charter, are desired to make it so to appear by the second Monday in February 1775, in order that their tax be discharged; and those who have not settled agreeable to the intent and meaning of the Grantees and the forementioned Vote, are desired to pay said tax to me by said second Monday in February next, otherwise their Lots will be advertised for sale agreeable to the Law of the province.
JONATHAN MOULTON, Collector.
Hampton, Dec. 28th, 1774.
[ Hanover. ]
THE Proprietors of the Township of HANOVER, in the County of Grafton, in the Province of New Hampshire, who are delinquent in paying their Taxes (some Time since advertised for Payment) are advertised, that unless Payment prevent, their Rights, (so much of them as will pay Taxes and incidental Charges) will be exposed to Sale at public Vendue, according to Law, at my Dwelling House in said Hanover, on Monday the thirtieth Day of January next, at four o'clock in the Afternoon.
The delinquent Proprietors are
  John Downing Esq; o 6 David Richardson o 6   Maj. John Wentworth o 6 Elisha Adams o 3   Col. Joseph Smith o 6 Edmund Freeman o 6   John Knight o 6 Prince Freeman o 6   Maj. Joseph Smith o 6 Peter Aspenwall o 6   Huckens Starrs, jr. o 6 Phinehas Allin o 6   Wm. Farwell o 6 Jonathan Freeman o 6   Ebenezer Stoddard o 6 Stephen Walcott o 6   Stephen Freeman o 6 Jonathan Wight jr. o 6   Noah Jones o 6 Samuel Herrick o 6   Nathan'l Freeman o 6 Joseph Hatch jr. o 6   Wm Johnson o 6 Nathan'l Freeman jr. o 6   Peter Aspenwall jr. o 6 Jeman Allwood o 6   Wm Woodward o 6 William Cary o 6   Moses Walcott o 6 Nathaniel Hopkins o 6   Nathan Wight o 4 Jonathan Cuttice o 6   Ebenezer Jones o 6 Oliver Barker o 6   December 22d, 1774. Aaron Storrs Collector,
[ Lebanon. ]
THE Proprietors of the Township of LEBANON, in the County of Grafton, in the Province of New Hampshire, who are delinquent in paying their Taxes (some Time since advertised for Payment) are advertised that unless Payment prevent, their Rights (so much of them as will pay Taxes and incidents Charges) will be exposed to Sale at Public Vendue, according to Law, at the House of Capt Bela Turner, Innholder in Lebanon, on Tuesday the 31st Day of January next, at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon.
The delinquent Proprietors are
  Daniel Allin junr. o 18 Levy Hyde o 18   Nathan Arnold o 18 Moses Hebbard o 18   John Allin o 18 Charles Hill o 18   John Baldwin o 18 John Hyde o 18   Robert Barrows o 18 Robert Hyde o 18   John Birchard o 18 Nathaniel Hall o 3   Daniel Blodgett 3d o 18 William Knight o 18   Nathan Blodgett o 18 Jedidiah Leomise o 18   Joshua Blodgett o 18 Edward G. Lutwich o 12   Jesse Birchard o 18 Oriel Lemont o 18   Seth Blodgett o 18 Jonathan Martin o 18   John Birchard o 18 Jonathan Mordack o 18   Daniel Blodgett o 18 Joseph Martin o 18   Lemuel Clark o 18 James Nevin, Esq; o 18   Joseph Dana o 18 Samuel Penhallow o 18   Benjamin Davis o 18 John Swift o 18   Jedidiah Dana o 18 Thomas Starrs o 18   William Dana o 18 Samuel Storrs o 18   David Eldridge o 18 David Turner o 18   Robert Eastabrook o 18 Joseph Wood o 18   John Hanks o 18 Jonathan Walcott o 13   Elijah Huntington o 18 Jonathan Yeomans o 18   Robert Martin o 18 
December 22, 1774.
AARON STORRS Collector.
§ Saville. §
THE Proprietors of SAVILLE are hereby notified That at a legal Meeting of said Proprietors a Tax of four Dollars was voted and assessed on each original Right in said Township and a List with the Assessment thereof committed to me the Subscriber to collect the same, pursuant to a Vote for that Purpose; This is therefore to desire the said Tax may be paid to me, on or before the 20th Day of January next, which will prevent the Expence of notifying the Delinquent Rights to be sold at public Vendue. The Propriety is indebted the Amount of said Tax, which obliges the Money to be immediately collected.
JOHN WENDELL, Collector.
Portsmouth Dec. 21, 1774.
§ Rochester. §
PROVINCE of NEW HAMPSHIRE, Strafford ss. Where as the Proprietors and Owners of Lands in Rochester, have been repeatedly notified in this paper, to pay the taxes on said Lands in labour or money for the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, which tax is one half penny an acre per annum, and was laid on said Lands by an Act of the General Assembly, for the express purpose of clearing and repairing the Roads through the unsettled part of said Town,— yet many are delinquent in part or the whole of said tax, therefore you are hereby notified, that on the 31st Day of this Instant January, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said Day, at my Dwelling House in Rochester, will be sold at public Vendue, so much of each
delinquent proprietor's Right as will pay the Sums affixed to their Names, and incidental charges, unless the Sums and the charge of this Advertisement is paid by or in behalf of said proprietors, on or before said Day.
The Sums in Lawful Money are as follows,
   l. s. d. l. s. d.     Governor Shute o 11 8 Thomas Young 15 9   S. Penhallow, Esq; 1 8 9 John Buffit 1 3 9   C. T. Webbrook, Esq; 1 19 7 Ebenezer Varney 1 3 4   Govr. Jeffrey, Esq; 1 3 9 Eli D. Merrill 1 5   Enr. Israel Hodgdon 1 18 9 Jonathan Woodman 7 1   Capt Paul Gerrish 1 13 9 Joseph Kent 18 6   Col. James Davis 7 6 John Thompson 13   Lt. Joseph Roberts 3 9 Wm Leather 1 2 6   Capt Timothy Gerrish 17 6 Peter Varney 1 1 3   Lt. Tristram Herd 1 13 Ephraim Tibbet 2 6   Capt Tho's Tibbet 16 3 John Downing 1 3 4   Archib M'Phedras 11 3 Benja. Bickford 14 7   Lt. John Ham 1 14 5 John Dame 17 6   Cp Paul Wentworth 2 8 9 John Wille 2 1 3   Benja Wentworth 2 7 6 James Durgin 2 3 3   Ephraim Wentworth 17 9 John Doe 18 4   Govr. Wentworth jr. 5 9 Thomas Drew 17 9   Capt Stephen Jones 11 3 Joseph Jenkins 7 6   Lt. Joseph Jones 8 8 James Bunker 1 11 3   Cap. Fran Mathe 1 10 8 Thomas Roberts 1 5   Benjamin Gamble 7 8 Clement Hughes 7 6   Capt. John Knight 1 8 9 First Minister 6 3  
One Share between two Men.
   l. s. d. l. s. d.     Lt. Joseph Beard Richard Plumer 17 6   John Burnam Robert Burnam 2 16   Henry Tibbet John Tibbet 1 13 3   Nicholas Hasford John Kenay 1 4 10  
One Share between three Men.
   l. s. d. l. s. d.     Tho's Hanson, John Hanson, Nat'l Hanson, 2 3   Tobias Hanson, Jos. Hanson, Benj. Hanson, 1 9 2   John Hayes, Peter Hayes, Ichabod Hayes, 11 3   Sam'l Hayes, Wm. Hayes, Benja. Hayes, 16 2   Job Clement, John Clement, James Clement 2 11   Philip Chesse, Jona. Chesse, Ichabod Chesse, 13 3   Silvanus Nock, Tho's Nock, Zachary Nock, 17 10   Rich'd Hussey, Job Hussey, Jos. Rankin, 13 9   Ger. Downs, Tho's Downs, Eben: Downs, 1 11 3   John Ricker, Meturin Ricker, Ephr. Ricker 1 17 6   Jos. Ricker, George Ricker, Jere. Rollings, 13 8   Valentine Hill, John Nutter, James Nutter, 1 10   James Nute, Sam'l Nute, Tho's Tuttle, 8 4   Daniel Horn, Wm. Horn, Wm. Horn, jr. 1 12 6   Rd. Pinkham, Sol. Pinkham, Amos Pinkham, 1 1 3   John Trickey, Tho's Trickey, Hst. Nutter 1 5 0   Edward Evans, Jos. Evans, Benja. Evans, 2 8 9   Hst. Nutter, Henry Nutter, Eleaz. Colman, 1 3 4   Pet. Cook, Tho. Starbord, Tho. Starbord, jr. 1 8 9   Ben Malon, Wm. Dame, John Leighton, 1 14 2   Jos. Small, Zechariah Small, James Bafford, 13 2   John Bickford, Jos. Bickford, Eleaz. Bickford, 2 8 9   John Sias, James Burnum, John Sias, jr. 1 7 6   Sem. Edgerly, John Edgerly, W. Wormwood 2 1 0   Jos. Daniels, Jos. Daniels, jr. Jethro Bickford 1 2 3   Moses Davis, jr. Tho. Wilie, Wm. Jackson, 1 11 5   John Hall, Tho. Hall, Sam'l Cearl, 1 2 1   Eben. Tuttle, Wm. Twombly, James Guppy, 8 9   Sam'l Herd, James Herd, David Watson, 2 13 9   James Hebb, Jos. Ham, John Pearl, 12 11   Ebs. Gartin, Jos. Gartin, Tho. Wallingford, 1 14 2   Sam. Wille, John Nerway, Ed. Whitehouse 10 0   W. Backstane, Ric'd Hammack, Jam. Hanson, 18 10   Tim. Robinson, Sam'l Corlen, John Rollings 1 6 3   John Drew, John Cook, Benja. Pinner, 1 6 8   Jos. Stephenson, John York, John Ambles, 2 1 3   John Allen, Jona. Crosby, Enr. Jos. Chesse, 16 3   Joseph Chesse, Sam'l Chesse, John Williams 6 3   John Ronald, Jos. Ronald, James Clark, 2 1 8   Nath'l Lammas, Jos. Wheeler, Dan. Harvey, 1 2 6   Moses Davis, James Hutchins, Sam. Williams 2 7 6   John Williams, Wm. Hill, Abra. Clark, 1 11 3   Wm. Ellis, George Watson, John M'Phedras 18 3   Nich. Follet, John Bucks, John Conner, o 10 0   John Bantium, Benedict Torr, Daniel Page, o 15 9  
One Share between four Men.
   l. s. d. l. s. d.     Benjamin Pierce, Eleazer Wire, John Conner, 1 1 3   James Conner, Hugh Conner, Them. Stevens, 1 0 2   John Gray, Abner Thurston, Them. West 18 3   Morris Fowler, John Heit, Them. Alden, o 13 2   Benjamin Green.  
The Land will be sold in every Division where the Delinquency is, and perhaps the Vendue continued by Adjournment from Time to Time till all is sold or paid for by Jonathan Dame, Collector:
Rochester, January 2d, 1775.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or have any Demands on the Estate of Philip Sewer, late of Portsmouth, Merchant, deceased, are desired to settle the same with Samuel Hutchings of said Portsmouth, Administrator on said Estate. Also, those that have any Effects of said deceased, in their Hands, are desired to deliver them up to said Administrator, to prevent further Trouble.
Portsmouth, Jan. 4, 1775.
Warrantes and Quitclaim Deeds, Justices Writs, Ship-ping Papers, Bail Bonds, &c. Sold at the Printing Office,

PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 13.
Last Thursday about one o'Clock the Ferry Boat on Kittery Side put off with 4 Horses for this Town, and 4 Men, with the Ferry-men, the Wind blowing Fresh, made something of a Sea, and endeavouring to put back, the Boat being in the Trough, the Horses could not keep their Legs, and upon their jumping out, the Boat overset about 30 Rods from the Shore, one Horse was drowned, and it was with great Difficulty the Men were saved.
Died at Rye, very suddenly of the Bilious Cholick, Mr. Ebenezer Martin, aged sixty-three.
The Inhabitants of the Town of New-Mar-ket, at a legal Meeting, held on Monday the 26th Day of December,
VOTED, That a COMMITTEE of nine Persons, chosen by and in Behalf of this Town, observe the Conduct of all Persons touching the Association of the Continental Congress, that the same be strictly and in all Cases complied with; and if any violate the same, to publish the true State of the Conduct of such Person or Persons in the New Hampshire Gazette, agreeable to the Recommendation of the Congress.
VOTED, That we return our most grateful Acknowledgments to the late Congress, and particularly the Members of this Province, justify their due, for their Unanimity, Prudence and Fortitude, illustrious in all their Measures, and which strictly and peaceably adhered to, must produce, under GOD, the most pleasing Events. May Heaven, propitious, succeed their Efforts, and our most ardent Wishes, restore to the Colonies their sacred and civil Liberties, and to Great-Britain, with them, the most permanent Connections and Harmony, upon a Foundation indisputable, and that shall endure 'till Time be no more.
EDWARD PARSONS, Town Clerk, pro temp.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham, S.
At a legal Town Meeting, held at the Meeting House in Greenland, on Monday the 9th Day of January 1775,
Voted, That the Hon. CLEMENT MARCH, Esq., Moderator.
Voted, Clement Weeks Town Clerk.
Voted, Dr. Ichabod Weeks Auditor.
Voted, John Folsom Pound Keeper.
Voted, Not to give any Thing for the Relief of the Poor of Boston before the annual Meeting in March next.
(Before the above Vote was pass'd, Col. MARCH said much in Favor of Voting something at the present Time, and offered to pay the Tenth part of what the Town would vote; but upon Esquire Haven's objecting and saying he tho't it to be best not to vote any Thing before the next March Meeting, it pass'd as above)
Voted, That this Town approve of the Measures agreed upon by the late Continental Congress.
Voted, That John Haven, William Weeks, Esqrs; Mr. James Bracker, the Hon. Clement March, Esq; and Mr. Greenleaf Clarke be a Committee to carry said Measures into Execution.
Voted, That the Hon. Clement March, William Weeks, Esqrs; and Capt. Nathan Johnson be appointed as Deputies in Behalf of this Town to attend the Provincial Congress to be held at Exeter on Wednesday the 25th Day of January Instant, for the Choice of Delegates to represent this Province at the Continental Congress proposed to be held at Philadelphia on Tuesday the 10th Day of May next. A true Copy attest, Clement Weeks Town Clerk.
KINGSTOWN, Monday Jan. 9, 1775.
THE COMMITTEE OF THIS TOWN, chosen to carry into Execution, the Determinations of the Continental Congress, have met, and unanimously voted,
That all Traders, who may introduce into this Town any Goods, Wares or Merchandize, imported from Great Britain or Ireland, do produce a Certificate from the Committee of Inspection, from that Town from whence they are brought, certifying, that they have not been imported contrary to the Agreement of the Continental Congress; otherwise they shall be looked upon as Encouragers of Importation, and inimical to their Country, and treated accordingly.
Voted, That if any pedlar shall presume to bring any Foreign Wares or Merchandize into this Town to sell, that we will use our utmost Endeavours that he shall be forthwith taken up, and punished according to Law.
KINGSTOWN January 9th, 1775.
ON Thursday last died here Deacon SAMUEL FIFIELD of this Town: He was formerly a Captain of the Town, and was a Gentleman esteemed and respected by his Acquaintance: He has left a Number of Children, most of them he lived to see handsomely settled; and has left beside a valuable Estate. And on Saturday last at the unanimous Request of the Association Committee in this Town, his Funeral was conducted according to the Mode agreed on by the late Continental Congress, which was much to the Satisfaction of the numerous Attendance, and an Example worthy of Imitation.
Mr. PRINTER By inserting the following Piece in your Next you will oblige some of your Customers the Design of which is to rectify some egregious Mistakes which are in your last Paper
I find it absolutely denied in your Last that Col. March ever said that none but lazy idle Fellows such as your Andrew Mc Clarys and Jo Cellys would have any Thing to do with such Business. That he did then and there as formerly mentioned in your Paper utter those very identical Words the following Gentlemen are at any Time ready when properly called upon to make solemn Oath to the Truth of William Haines Thomas Berry John Weeks
I also find it asserted by the same Author, that Col. March has ever used his most zealous Endeavours to promote the Interest of his fellow Townsmen and Fellow Countrymen, I will answer for it that if ever he used any such Endeavours they proved abortive with Respect to his fellow Townsmen that he ever used any such Endeavours I dispute unless they were of the same Kind of the Persons who to promote the eternal Interest of his Dogs Soul whip'd him to Death.
However any one who has any acquaintance with Col March's Capacity for writing or Composition must be convinced that the utmost Stretch extends no further than to write fisk & Medsin Ufci & Medsin £75 old Tenor, and will I imagine entirely exculpate the Col. from Blame respecting those Mistakes in your Last... for I think it tolerable good English and there is but one Word wrong spelt therefore the Col could not be the Author
Who the Author was is unknown but this is evident that to deny the Truth is an easy Way to help a lame Dog over a Stile, and to save his own Character when unknown.
BOSTON, January 5, 1775.
A Letter from Montreal to a Gentleman in this Town, informs that a considerable Sum was collected for our Sufferers, in that Place, and would be sent in a Bill; that the Canadians laughed at the Puffs of an Army from thence, as it was not in the Power of Government to raise a 1000 Men, of the refuse of that Country, for the infamous Design, and that even the french Farmers wished the Continuance of our Liberties.
We have the Pleasure to learn, that all the southern Provinces, have heartily adopted the Resolutions of the late respectable Continental Congress, and are taking the proper Steps to carry them into Execution.
Extract of a LETTER from Philadelphia, December 20. "By Accounts just received from Georgia, we are informed, that all opposition to their Concurrence with the other Colonies has ceased. Even the Protractors have appeared openly at the Poll and voted for Delegates to meet the next Congress—that they are fully resolved to retrieve their late Neglect and do heartily join in the Association of the General Congress. As a Proof of this, a Subscription has been opened for Boston and already makes a respectable Figure."
The 22d of December was celebrated at Plymouth, in Commemoration of the first Landing of our ANCESTORS in New-England: A learned and ingenious Discourse was delivered on the Occasion, by the Rev. Mr. GAD HITCHCOCK, of Pembroke, from Genesis 1, 31; and Psalm 119, 134; which for the Honour of the dissenting Clergy, and for the Benefit of Mankind, will speedily be published. A splendid Entertainment was provided at Mr. Howland's and Propriety and decorum marked the Conduct of the Day. From the New-Hampshire Gazette.
A Gentleman in Boston, writes to his Friend here, of the 12th Instant,---Two Ships of the Line, viz. the Asia and Boyne, are arrived here, and the Somersett is now firing Guns in the Offing: The Day before Yesterday it was moved in Provincial Congress, that Arms be immediately taken up against the King's Troops; but one of the Members got up and told them such a Move was infamous, when at the same Time the Members knew, that neither Connecticut nor any of the Southern Colonies mean to oppose his Majesty's Arms; on which Account the Congress immediately dissolved, and a new one is to be chosen, to meet the tenth of next Month. At Plymouth they are beating up for Volunteers to attack the Troops; the Parties sent for a Pa. son to pray for them, who refused to comply; but he was obliged to attend on being sent for a second Time, on Penalty of being shot.
BOSTON January 9,
All the Provincial Assemblies that have met since the continental Congress, have fully approved and adopted the Measures agreed upon and recommended by that august Body; and have taken all proper Measures to carry the Whole into Execution. The Assemblies that have already met, are those of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Maryland. In the other Colonies where the Assemblies have not yet met, they are all with Vigour and unanimity, exerting themselves in the same important and glorious Cause, so that it is thought there never was framed a set of human Laws that were more strictly observed than these will be.
We hear that the Brig Marquis of Granby, belonging to Kennebeck, Robert Lithgow Master, who left Tubago the 20th of October, was cast away on Long Island the 26th of December, in a Snow Storm, and that the Master and 8 Sailors perished, as also a Gentleman and his Lady who were Passengers; the Vessel and Cargo entirely lost, and only three of the Crew saved.
Saturday Evening last, arrived in Town from New-York, Samuel Kemble, Esq; who is appointed Secretary to his Excellency General Gage.
We hear from Milton, that one Day last Week, as the Wife of Mr. Ebenezer Houghton of that Town, was drawing a Pail of Water, she accidentally slipt into the Well Head first, & was drowned. DONATIONS received since our Last.
 Massachusetts Bay: From the Rev. Dr. Whitaker's Parish at Salem. £40 16s. 8d.  From Col. Nathaniel Sparhawk, Rutland District, Worcester County, 4 Quarters of Beef.  From Capt. Lemuel Robinson of Dorchester, one Quarter of Beef.  From a Person unknown, 25 Carcases of Mutton.  From Westfield, £40.  From Eastham, South Church, £. 3 13s. 6d.  Rhode Island: From Bristol. £47 17s 6.  From North-Kington, 70 Sheep.  New York: 180 Barrels of Flour, 9 Barrels pork, 12 Firkins of Butter, and 21 Barrels of Grain, per Capt. Barnard.  214 Barrels of Flour, 24 Casks of Bread, 22 Casks of Rye Meal, 5 Hogsheads of Indian Meal, 4 Tons of Iron, 2 Barrels of Pork, 16 Firkins of Butter, 1 pipe of York Brandy, per Capt. Linsley. 
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21.
In Assembly, Thursday, Dec. 15, 1774. A. M.
Upon Motion, Resolved, N. C. D. THAT the Honorable EDWARD BIDDLE, Speaker, JOHN DICKINSON, THOMAS MIFFLIN, JOSEPH GALLOWAY, CHARLES HUMPHREYS, JOHN MORTON, & GEORGE ROSS, Esquires, be, and they are hereby appointed Deputies, on the part of this Province, to attend the General CONGRESS proposed to be held at the City of Philadelphia on the 10th Day of May next; and that they, or any four of them, do meet the said Congress accordingly, unless the present Grievances of the American Colonies shall, before that Time, be redressed.
SAMUEL RHODES, Esq; one of the Deputies for this Province at the late Congress, being now Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, is omitted in the above Appointment, it appearing to the House that he could not attend the Service.
Ordered that Mr. Thompson, Mr. Brown, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Pearson, Mr. John Jacobs, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Allen, Mr. Edmunds be a Committee to prepare and bring in Drafts of Instructions for the Deputies to the ensuing Congress, and of a circular Letter to the Speakers of the several Colony Assemblies, informing them of the Proceedings of this House on the Report of their Delegates at the late Congress.
The House then taking into Consideration the Service of the Delegates at the late Congress, Resolved, that the said Delegates be allowed each 20s. pr. diem, for their Attendance on that Duty. Extract from the Journals.
CHARLES MOORE, Clerk of Assembly.
NEW-YORK, Dec. 29.
Extract of a Letter from Newport, dated Dec. 14. "THE People here have, I think, openly declared themselves against Government, and in such a Manner, as surely must be pronounced Rebellion. Is it possible that a People without Arms, Ammunition, Money, or Navy, should dare to brave a Nation, dreaded and respected by all the Powers on Earth. What black Ingratitude to the parent state, who has nourished, protected, and supported them from their Infancy. What can these Things indicate but a civil War? Horrid Reflection! and such as freezes the Blood of every human Heart."
"There has been a most extraordinary Movement here a few Days ago -- The public Authority of the Colony have dismantled the King's Fort, and moved all the Cannon and Stores to Providence in order, as it is said, to assist the Bostonians, against the King's Troops. Underneath is a List of the Cannon,
  6 24 Pounders, Given by the late KING to the Fort.   18 18 Ditto   14 6 Ditto Belonging to the Colony.   6 4 Ditto   God send us better Times. Yours," &c.
  CUSTOM HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, January 12, 1775.   Inward Entries NONE.   Outward Bound FOR.   Brig Elizabeth, Samuel Briard, West Indies.   Clear'd Outwards FOR.   Sloop Exeter Packet, Littlefield Libby, West Indies.   Sloop Speedwell, Isaac Green Pearson, Ditto.   Brig Conway, James Johnson, Ditto.   Brig Hannah, William Trefethen, Ditto.   Brig Dolphin, Anthony Knap, Ditto.   Brig Dalton, Eleazer Johnston, Ditto.   Schooner Unity, Seth Clark, Ditto.   Ship Fanny, John Bettenham, Ditto.   Ship Katy, Epes Greenough, Ditto.   Ship Peggy, Nathaniel Dowse, Ditto.   Ship Lucretia, Edmund Roberts, Ditto.   Ship Abigail, John Stokell, Ditto. 
Hugh Henderson
At his Shop opposite the Printing Office, HAS for Sale a fine Assortment, of English and India GOODS, suitable for all Seasons of the Year, which he will sell at his usual low Prices.
Said Henderson requests those indebted to him, either by Note of Hand, or Account, to make speedy Payment, otherwise they may expect said Notes and Accounts will be put in suit immediately.
Just Publish'd
And to be sold by WILLIAM APPLETON, in Portsmouth, the First, Second, and Third Book of the American CHRONICLES of the Times. Also Mills and Hicks British and American Registers.
ON the Evening of the 3d Instant broke adrift a RAFT of OAK PLANK, about Ten Thousand Feet, suppos'd to have gone out of this Harbour; they were squar'd Edg'd and Dub'd, fit for Shipping. Any Persons having taken up said RAFT or any part thereof, are requested to give Information to Joshua Wentworth, who will simply Reward their Trouble and Expence. Portsmouth, Jan. 7. 1775.
IN the Care of the Subscriber, a Science GLASS, the Frame old, suppos'd to have been sent to London for a new Glass. It was sent from thence by Captain Charles Henzell. The Owner may have it by applying to Joshua Wentworth. Portsmouth, Jan 10.
ALL PERSONS having Accounts open with Supply Clap, are earnestly requested to settle the same with him. Portsmouth, Jan. 10, 1775.
Ranaway from the Subscriber
the Evening of the 18th Instant, a NEGRO FELLOW named POMP, a likely well made Fellow, about five Feet and six Inches high or better—Had on when he went off, a brown Bread Cloth Coat, a double breasted Jacket of the same, mix'd colour'd Breeches with silver Thread Buttons, grey Yarn Stockings, Linen Shirt ever a Speck'd woolen Shirt, a black silk Handkerchief round his Neck, and a green Cap—Whoever will apprehend said Negro, and bring him to his Master, or secure him in his Majesty's Goal at York, shall have FOUR DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by EBENEZER SAYER.
N. B. Said Negro before his Escape, procur'd a counterfeit Pass, changing his own Name and his Master's. All Persons are cautioned against being deceived by such Artifice; and all Masters of Vessels and others are caution'd not to harbour, conceal or carry off said Negro, as they would avoid the Penalties of the Law in such Case provided.
Wells Dec. 23, 1774.
THESE are to desire the Debtors to the Estate of Elisha Briard, late of Portsmouth, Sails-maker, deceas'd, to settle and pay their respective Debts to me the subscriber or they will be most certainly sued at the very next term. No other Notice will be given, and they must excuse the Administrator in thus acting, because the Estate must be settled, or the Administrators Bonds will be sued, SAMUEL HALE junr. Attorney to the Administrator Portsmouth, Jan. 2, 1774.
ALL Persons having Demands against the Estate of Jonathan Colby, late of Sandown, deceas'd, hereby are desire'd to bring in their Demands against said Estate to Mary Colby and Moses Colby, who are Administrators on said Estate: the sooner the Creditors bring in their Demands the better it will be for them, as the Want of the Demands much retards the Settlement.
Sandown, December } Mary Colby, } Admini- 12th, 1774. } Moses Colby } strators.
Relhan Meeting stands adjourn'd
to the third Monday in January Inst at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, in Portsmouth, 3 o'clock Afternoon. Advertisements omitted will be in our next.