The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1770-03-23 00:00:00

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THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
Vol. XIV. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE,
CONTAINING the Frestest ADVICES
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Friday March 23, 1770
Numb. 701
Weeks since this Paper was publish'd.
Messieurs FOWLES, IN our Observations on American Grievances in a former Paper, we observed the Misery and Ruin, that ever attended Tyranny wherever it prevailed; the horrid Scenes of Barbarity and Murder committed by the Tyrants of Rome; and that this would be our Case, if Tyranny prevailed in America: But little did we think our Predictions would so soon be accomplished! The Streets of BOSTON have already been bathed with the BLOOD of innocent AMERICANS! Shed by the execrable Hands of the diabolical Tools of Tyrants! O AMERICANS! this BLOOD calls loud for VENGEANCE! The Cry reaches Heaven! And ought to be heard by all on Earth! We are taught by sad Experience, "Not to put Confidence in Man, nor in Princes;" Innocence is no longer safe, we are now obliged to appeal to GOD, and to our ARMS for Defence! Let it be the DETERMINED RESOLUTION of every Man, that a standing Army shall NEVER be permitted in AMERICA, without the free Consent of the House of Commons, in the Province where they reside. Standing Armies have ever proved destructive to the Liberties of a People, and where they are suffered, neither Life nor Property are secure, for the ruling Tyrant when he pleases can seize the one, and take away the other. Therefore my Countrymen, let us at this important Crisis, act like Men, and like Christians; act worthy the Descendants of our illustrious Ancestors, who suffered Hunger, Cold, and Nakedness, and every Hardship human Nature is capable of, and even Death itself, to purchase a quiet Habitation for themselves and Posterity; besides shedding Seas of Blood in defending their Country against their Enemies. Surely 'tis beneath us, who are the Posterity of such Heroes, to live when Liberty is dead! or even to survive it a Day! To be a Slave, is far below the Character of an ENGLISHMAN, and is even a Disgrace to human Nature!
In this Province, we have been thought by some, to have been too cold in the American Cause, but be assured, we have not beheld with Indifference, the multiplied Oppressions heaped on the Americans; the most flagrant Violations of their Rights; the innumerable Insults offered to this brave and loyal People, by the dirty Minions of Tyranny: And above all, the BLOOD that has been shed by those detestable Wretches! No! Our Resentment, (like Subterranean Fires which burn long concealed) will at last burst forth with a devouring irresistible Flame! We receive every Injury done to America, as done to ourselves; we are all one Body, and an Injury done to a Member, is equally an Insult to the whole. Therefore the Blood shed at Boston, is the Blood of America! and it equally concerns all America to defend that Town; to see that their Grievances are redressed, their Injuries and Losses compensated. No compensation can be made for the Lives that have been lost, but there may be for their Losses otherwise; and all America is bound in Duty and Interest to see that it be done.
As the Massachusetts House of Commons is now sitting, we trust that illustrious Assembly, will grant some Relief to Boston; and we hope our King and his Parliament, will do themselves the HONOR, and Boston the JUSTICE, amply to compensate them for their unparalleled Injuries and aggravated Sufferings.
Whatever Acts may be repealed, let us not rest satisfied until Compensation has been made for the Injuries we have received; and Great-Britain gives up all Pretensions to a Right to Tax us, & especially disavows any Right to keep a standing Army in the Colonies without their Consent. As this Violation of our Constitution, has already been attended with the most alarming and horrid Consequences, we expect that every House of Commons in America, will RESOLVE, "That if ever a standing Army should again be sent into the Colonies, and should refuse Obedience to the civil Authority where they reside, they shall be deemed Enemies and Traitors."
What an Affront and Mortification, it must be to an Englishman, whose Liberty is justly dearer to him than Life, when he is insulted and abused by the Soldiers, and the Hearts-Blood of his Countrymen shed by them, is running in the Streets! to be told by the KING'S Representative, the Captain-General of the Province, "That he has no Authority over the Troops to order them out of the Town, but he will request the military Officer to take Care of his Men." O shocking Thought! That the supreme Authority of the Land should be trampled on by a lawless Army, and the first Magistrate in the Province, become a humble Petitioner to a Lieut. Colonel of a Regiment, "That he would be graciously pleased to remove his Soldiers before all the Inhabitants are murdered!" This wants a Name! This will leave a Stain of Infamy on the present Administration, which all the Revolutions of Time will never efface! In these Circumstances, I ask, in the Name of Reason, "Where is our English Liberty?" This is a State of Slavery to Perfection! Not one Ray of Freedom remains, nor even the Shadow of a Shade!
CONSIDERATION
New-Hampshire, March 21, 1770. L O N D O N, December 15.
We hear that, in consequence of a printed hand-bill dispersed on Saturday last in Spitalfields, to desire a meeting of the journeymen weavers in Moorfields tomorrow morning, being sent to one of his Majesty's principle Secretaries of State, letters were immediately wrote to the acting Magistrates in the different divisions, to apprise them of the same, that every branch of the civil power might be exerted, to prevent, as far as possible, such tumultuous assemblies.
Information having been received, that a great number of Spitalfield weavers were to be assembled in Moorfields yesterday morning, in order to go to his Majesty at the Queens Place, to petition for a respite of three Cutlers, now under sentence of death, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Mr. Sheriff Sawbridge attended at the said place; as did several Justices of the Peace; Mr. Hartsford, the high constable, a great number of inferior constables, likewise set out from Hicks's hall, and a party of the guards, who arrived in Moorfields a little after eight, where they all remained till one o'clock yesterday noon, when they departed every thing being quiet.
The weavers finding their design discovered, went to a field in
Kingland-road, whether Mr. Sheriff Sawbridge followed them, and desired them to disperse, telling them that their best method would be to appoint a committee of eight, which number would be sufficient to deliver their petition; they seemed at first to dislike his proposal, but however they soon after dispersed.
Another account says, that when the guards were drawn up in Moorfields, the Lord Mayor sent his compliments to the commanding officer, and acquainted him, that he would not give him the trouble to bring his men into the liberties of the city, as he hoped to preserve the peace with the civil power.
The same day Sir John Fielding, and some other magistrates, with a number of constables, attended near the Queen's Palace, on an information that a large body of weavers were coming there with a petition to his Majesty, as above mentioned, when about 40 of the weavers appeared, but soon after dispersed.
Nov. 2. The Pirates, who were condemned on Tuesday at the Old Bailey, it is said have infested the Southern Coast of this Island for several Years, Most of them were settled at Hastings, in Sussex, and, under the Appearance of Fishermen, carried on the most atrocious Practices, robbing and plundering every Vessel whose Crew they were able to overpower, which, as they failed in Cutters and large Lug-Sail-Boats, they were too frequently able to do. They generally put to Sea during a Hurricane, and under Pretences of assisting Vessels in distress, took an Opportunity of clapping the Crew, whom they frequently treated in a very barbarous Manner, under the Hatches, and carrying off whatever they could. Their general rendezvous was behind a high Cliff, adjacent to the Sea, near Hastings, where they deposited most of their stolen Goods, till they could get an Opportunity of disposing of them.
It is said that four of the above mentioned Villains having with some of their Companions boarded a small Dutch Dogger, and finding the Crew too many for them, jumped precipitately into their Boats, leaving one of their Companions behind them, whom the Skipper immediately ordered to be hung up; the Pirates, in the mean Time, being reinforced by two Cutters from the Shore, renewed the Attack, and not only wounded most of the Dutchmen in a shocking Manner, but, having knocked down the Skipper, one of them inhumanly cut him thro' the Back-Bone with an Axe, and he died with great Agonies soon after. Their Companion, whom they cut down, having hung but a few Minutes, came to his Senses, when he was brought on shore; and it is asserted, was the very Man who made the Discovery by which this terrible Gang was detected.
The Diffidents in Poland, as we are assured by a Gentleman who resided there some time, are all Members of the Greek and Reformed Churches in that country. By several Treaties, they are to be secured in the free exercise of their worship, in all the places where they have been allowed by the laws to have churches; they may repair these churches, or build them; but they are not to enlarge their extent; they are to be allowed burying-places, but the funerals must be performed without any ceremonies, except what are permitted by law. Where they have no churches, they may have Divine service in their own houses; and the Greek Priests may baptize, marry, and bury, provided they pay the established Clergy their legal fees, &c. The Catholicks, who are very numerous in Poland, having taken every method to abridge these people of their rights and liberties has principally occasioned the present disturbances in that kingdom.
The Action brought lately in the Court of King's-Bench in Westminster Hall by an Inhabitant of Granada against the Collector of his Majesty's Customs in that Island, now in England, is intended to try the Legality of a Duty of four and a Half per Cent, imposed by Letters Patent only on all the Produce of that Island exported from thence, except Cotton. Another Action will be commenced for levying, by the same Authority, a Capitation Tax on the Slaves of the Inhabitants of the same Island. In Nov. 1762, the Island of Granada was by the late Treaty of Peace ceded to the Crown of Great Britain; in Oct. 1763, (for the Encouragement of the Settlement of the Colony) it was by Royal Proclamation declared a British Colony and enjoy a British Constitution; in July 1764 the Impost now in Question was laid on by Minifiers Patent, without the Consent of the British Parliament, a Legislature of the Colony, or the People. Governor Melville issued a Proclamation, sent his own Clerk amongst the Inhabitants to collect, and constituted a Court of Exchequer to enforce the Payment of the Capitation Tax from such of the Inhabitants as had resisted the Payment thereof, after the Legislature of the Colony was completed by a House of Representatives.
* 1300l. Sterling, Part of the Governor's Salary, was made chargeable on the Capitation Tax.
Nov. 21. On Saturday and Sunday a large dark Spot was observed on the Sun, it appeared to be at least six Times as large as the Planet Venus, when she passed over the Sun's Disk June last, it's Form was not circular but oval, and could be plainly perceived by the naked Eye, the atmosphere being so thick and hazy that it had the Effect of a smoked Glass. Astronomers, in all Ages, have been greatly puzzled how to account for solar Spots, and various Hypotheses have been found concerning them. The Sun is generally supposed to be a large Globe of combustible Matter, constantly burning, and thus diffusing Light and Heat over all our System. Quere, whether the dark Spots above mentioned proceed from Decay, i. e. from some Parts being burnt out and extinguished, or perhaps they are occasioned by some great Bodies, which from Time to Time are dropt into the Sun in order to feed the Fire? Astronomers have sometimes reckoned no less than 25 Maculae, or spots on the Sun: The Roman Historians mention, that one Year during the Reign of Augustus, so much of the Sun's Disk was obscured by an unusual Quantity of these Spots, that both it's Light & Heat were greatly diminished, insomuch that neither the Corn nor the Grapes ripened that Season, to the great Terror of the People, who all expected to be benighted and starved; however their Fears were dispelled the Year following, when the Spots seemed to be removed, and that glorious Luminary appeared in all his former Heat and Splendour.
A Correspondent observes, that the black Patch observed lately
on the Sun's Face, is owing to the Planet Mercury, and supposes that the Visit which Venus paid him in June last, obliged Honour Phœbus to undergo a Course of Mercury.
Kingstown, (Jamaica) 23 December. A Gentleman from Cuba, says, it was reported there, that General O'Riely having married in Old Spain, the Dutchess of Jamaica, (so called there) by whom he had a Son: His Catholic Majesty had offered him both Men and Money, whenever he should think proper to make a Descent on that Island, to recover his Wife's Fortune, in Favour of his Son.
The Spanish Guarda Costas have taken at Lio de la Hache, the following Vessels, viz. two Sloops, Rutherford and Calves, from Jamaica, and a Schooner, Blanchard, from Hispaniola, with Provisions for that River; and a Schooner, Brookman, from Hispaniola, for Coracao with Cotton.
Nov. 23. Yesterday came down near the East-End of the Island, two large Ships, supposed, from the Number of Men and Guns, to be Spanish Men of War; a Pilot Boat belonging to Port-Royal seeing them lie to, supposing they wanted to come in, came up and put a Negro Pilot on Board the largest Ship; they immediately fill'd their Sails, and stood off, carrying away the Pilot.
We have advice from the Muquito Shore, that a Conspiracy has been formed by the Spaniards and Muquito Indians, and a Day fixed, to cut off the English settlers on that Coast.
CHARLES-TOWN, (South-Carolina) January 21. Our Advices from New-Orleans, are, that General O'Riely, with all the Troops under his Command, except about 500 left as a Garrison, were gone back to Cuba; other Accounts, say the Troops only were gone, and that the General would go in two or three Months; others that, he and the Troops were to go in that Time: And that Don Lewis DeAnzares, had; or was to have, Command of the Troops and Government.
About fifty French Soldiers had enter'd into the Spanish Service, were sent up the Mississippi, to garrison a Fort on that River, opposite to the Illinois, under the Command of M. St. Ange.
Jan. 4. Last Thursday Dec. 23, landed here from on board the Brice, Capt. Muir, from Bristol, Sir WILLIAM DRAPER, Knight of the Bath, accompanied by Richard Collins, Esq. a Capt. in his Majesty's Navy, and his Lady, intending to make the Tour of America. The Reports of Sir William's coming in a public Character, were not true.
This Day put in here, the Schooner Nelly, Capt. Covendon, from North-Carolina, bound to Philadelphia, but blown off. Yesterday sailed for London, the Ship London, Alexander Curling, Master, having on board one of the richest Cargoes shipped since the Peace, viz. 368 Casks, containing 139,134 lb. Indigo; 26 Hds. and 200 Bundles Deer Skins; 30 Casks, containing 4000 lb. Bees-Wax, 4 Casks Pot-Ash; 655 Barrels of Pitch; one Bag of Cotton; 4 Pipes and 2 Hds. Madeira Wine; 17 Tons Braziletto Wood; and of returned Goods 5 Bales of Cloth, 1 Bale and one Cask Silks, and William Henry Drayton, Esq. Author of several political Pieces, remarkable for their elaborate Inconsistency, in Opposition to the patriotic Measures of his Countrymen, and the constitutional Rights and Liberties of all English America. This Gentleman's obstinate perverseness, threw him into the most ridiculous Distress imaginable. It appears by his own petition to the Assembly, that (tho' he is a Man of Fortune, and one of the first Rank in the Province) he was shunned as an infected Person, condemned to Solitude in the Midst of a populous City, and justly excluded from all social Intercourse. His Distress is a striking Proof of the Efficacy of the Non-Importation Agreement, and an honourable Testimony of the Virtue and Integrity of those concerned.
We are told that the Brice, Capt. Muir, from Bristol, has brought only 46 Packages of European Goods, and all enumerated in the Resolutions. The Nancy, Capt. Jordon, from London, no Goods but Furniture and Baggage belonging to the Passengers. The Jenny, Hunter, from Liverpool, Salt and a few other Articles, all enumerated, and the Industry, Keany, from London, no Goods of any Kind.
A great number of Settlers from the North of Ireland are arrived here.
From the Craftsman, L O N D O N, Dec. 5. It has been remarked, that after the American Stamp-Act had passed, in the year 1766, great complaints, were made that the trade of England was at a stand, on account of the orders from New-York & Boston being countermanded; upon which that Act was repealed, as it was supposed it might be detrimental to the various manufactures; the Shoemakers and Weavers, it was said, would be totally ruined; but now in three years afterwards, when there are counter orders from almost every part of America, the complaints are totally different. The Leather-cutters alleged that there are not hides enough in the kingdom for home consumption, and pray for leave to bring in foreign ones: and the Weavers, instead of being distressed for work, at this time insist upon the full wages which they have been deprived of for some years back; and their masters, to induce them to go to work, have agreed to give it.
From the New-York Mercury, Feb. 19. The Merchants of this City have received many Letters by the Packet, relative to public Affairs, some affirming that all the Acts we complain of will be repealed soon after the Parliament meets; others asserting the Contrary; but it seems they all agree, the Duty on Tea will not be taken off on any Account.
SAVANNAH in GEORGIA, Dec. 20. Last Wednesday evening arrived here, the Rev. Mr. GEORGE WHITEFIELD, and on Sunday morning preached with universal acceptance to a crowded and attentive audience in Christ-Church. The inhabitants of this province, truly sensible of his unwearied attention (though under uncommon difficulties) to promote their spiritual and temporal welfare for 32 years past, appear to endeavour to outvie each other in shewing him their grateful respects.
It is said very large commissions are now executing in Holland, and North of Europe, in buying up gunpowder, saltpetre, &c. for the service of Great-Britain.

BOSTON, March 19. 1770.
The following is the Substance of LETTERS addressed by the Committee of the Town to divers Gentlemen of the first Distinction and Character in London. They were put on Board capt. Robson's Ship which sailed on Friday last, and in which John Robinson a Commissioner took his Passage, which was kept a profound Secret, until sailing, for Reasons the Public may conjecture.
SIR,
THE Town of Boston, now legally convened at Faneuil-Hall, have directed us their Committee to acquaint you of their present miserable situation, occasioned by the Exorbitancy of the Military Power, which, in consequence of the Intrigues of wicked and designing men, to bring us into a state of bondage and ruin, in direct repugnance to those Rights which belong to us as Men, and British Subjects, have long since been station'd among us.
The soldiers, ever since the fatal day of their arrival, have treated us with an insolence which discover'd in them an early prejudice against us, as being that rebellious people which our implacable enemies had maliciously represented us to be.--- They landed in the town with all the appearance of hostility!---They march'd thro' the town with all the ensigns of triumph! and evidently design'd to subject the inhabitants to the severe discipline of a garrison. They have been continuing their enormities by abusing the people, rescuing prisoners out of the hands of justice, and even firing upon the inhabitants in the street, when in the peace of God and the King, and we have applied for redress in the course of the law of the land, our magistrates and courts of justice have appeared to be overawed by them, and such a degree of mean submission has been shewn to them, as has given the greatest disgust even to the coolest and most judicious persons in the community. Such has been the general state of the town.
On Friday the 2d instant, a quarrel arose between some of the soldiers of the 29th, and the ropemakers journeymen and apprentices, which was carried to that length as to become dangerous to the lives of each party: This contentious disposition continu'd until the Monday evening following, when a party of seven or 8 soldiers, detached from the main guard, under the command of Capt. Preston, and by his orders fired upon the inhabitants promiscuously in King-street without the least warning of their intention, and killed three on the spot, another has since died of his wounds, & others are dangerously, not to say mortally wounded! Capt. Preston and his party are now in goal. An enquiry is now making into this unhappy affair, and by some of the evidences, there is reason to apprehend that the soldiers have been made use of by others as instruments in executing a settled plot to massacre the inhabitants. There had been but a little time before a murder committed in the street by two persons of infamous characters, who had been employed by the commissioners and custom-house officers. In the present instance, there are witnesses who swear, that, when the soldiers fired, several muskets were discharged from the house where the commissioners board is kept, before which the shocking tragedy was acted; and a boy, servant of one Manwaring, a petty officer in the customs, has upon oath accused his master of firing a gun upon the people out of a window of the same house, a number of persons being at the same time in the room; and he confesses that himself being threatened with death if he refused, discharged a gun twice by the orders of that company; but as it has been impossible for any person to collect a state of facts hitherto, we are directed by the town to give you this short intimation of the matter for the present, and to intreat your friendship to prevent any ill impressions from being made upon the minds of his Majesty's Ministers and others against the town by the accounts which the commissioners of the customs and others our enemies may send, until the town shall be able to make a full representation of it; which will be addressed to you by the next conveyance.
This horrible transaction has occasioned the greatest anxiety and distress in the minds of the inhabitants, who have ever since been necessitated to keep up their own military watch. And his Majesty's Council were so soon convinced of the imminent danger of the troops
being any longer in the town, that upon application being made by the inhabitants, that they immediately and unanimously advised the Lieut. Governor to effect their removal: And Lieut. Col. Dalrymple, the present commanding Officer, is now removing all the troops to Castle William.
We are, with strict truth, Sir, Boston, March 12. 1770. Your most faithful and obedient Servants,
King's Speech!
From a South-Carolina Paper, we have his MAJESTY's most gracious SPEECH, to both Houses of Parliament on Tuesday the 9th Day of January, 1770.
My Lords and Gentlemen, IT is with much concern, that I find myself obliged to open this Parliament, with acquainting you, that the distemper among the horned Cattle, has lately broke out in this kingdom, notwithstanding every precaution that could be used for preventing the infection from foreign parts. Upon the first notice of its actual appearance, my next attention was to stop, if possible, its further progress, and as the success of those endeavours must, in all probability, have been entirely defeated, by any the least degree of delay in the application of them, I thought it absolutely necessary, with the advice of my Privy Council, to give immediate directions for every step to be taken, that appeared most capable of checking the instant danger of the spreading the infection, until I could have an opportunity of consulting my Parliament upon some more permanent measures, for securing us against so great a calamity: and to your immediate and most serious consideration, I earnestly recommend this very important object.
I have given my parliament repeated assurances, that it has always been my fixed purpose, to preserve the general tranquility, maintaining at the same time, the dignity and honor of my Crown, together with the just rights and interest of my people. The uncommon burthens which my subjects have borne so cheerfully, in order to bring the late War to a happy conclusion, must be an additional motive, to make me vigilant to prevent the present disturbances in Europe from extending to any part, where the security, honor, or interest, of this nation, may make it necessary for my Crown to become a party. The assurances I receive from the other great Powers, afford me reason to believe, that my endeavours will continue to be successful; I shall still make the general interest of Europe the object of my attention; and while I steadily support my own rights, I shall be equally careful, not to acknowledge the claims of any other Powers, contrary to the limitations of the late treaties of peace.
It is needless for me to recommend to the serious attention of my Parliament, the state of my Government in America; I have endeavored, on my part, by every means, to bring back my subjects there, to their duty, and to a due sense of lawful authority. It gives me much concern to inform you, that the success of my endeavours has not answered my expectations, and that in some of my Colonies, many persons have embarked in measures, highly unwarrantable, and calculated to destroy the commercial connection between them and the Mother Country.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons, I have ordered the proper estimates to be laid before you; I am persuaded that your affection for my person and government, & your zeal for the public good, will induce you to grant such supplies as are necessary; and you may be assured, that on my part they shall be managed with the strictest economy.
My Lords and Gentlemen, As the welfare and prosperity of my people have always been the object of my wishes and the rule of my actions, so I am persuaded, from my experience of your conduct, that you will be governed in your proceedings by the same principles; my ready concurrence and support, in every measure that may serve to promote those ends, you may always depend upon. On you it would be now, more than ever, incumbent to avoid all heats and animosities among yourselves, and to cultivate that spirit of harmony which becomes those who have but one common object in their view, and which may be most likely to give authority & efficacy to the result of your deliberations: Such a conduct, on your parts, will, above all things, contribute to maintain, in their proper lustre, the strength, the reputation, and the prosperity of this country; to strengthen the attachment of my subjects to that excellent constitution of government from which they derive such distinguished advantages; and to cause the firm reliance and confidence, which I have in the wisdom of my parliament, as well as in their zeal for the true interest of my people, to be approved both at home and abroad.
***** Q U E E N, February 15.
On Saturday last a Coroner's Inquest was held on the Body of one Charles Deperaux, who first attempted to murder his Wife, by stabbing her in the Breast with Scissors, and being then in the Street, close to the Door, her Outcries alarmed the People, who opened the Door to her Relief, and shut it against him, upon which he cut his own Throat, by two Gashes across, the Uppermost being almost from Ear to Ear, cutting both the Jugular Vein and Pipe quite off, of which he instantly died.---a bloody Razor and Scissors were found near him.---He had several Times before attempted to hang himself and about 8 Days before had told a Jesuit, he would murder his Wife, and that he should assist him at the Gallows.---The Inquest found it Felo de Se , or Wilful Murder, and ordered him to be buried on the Road to St. Fois, at a cross Path.
PHILADELPHIA, March 1.
Extract of a Letter from London, December 6. 1769. "I can assure you, from the very best Authority, that all the Petitions which have been circulating this Summer, and the Operations of the Supporters of the Bill of Rights, will end in Smoke & Vapour: That the Duke of Grafton, and the present Ministry, will stand their Ground: That the Parliament will not be dissolved: And that the Differences with the Colonies will be settled in the best Manner that can be devised, consistent with the Dignity of Government, and the Supremacy of the Legislature over all the British Empire; for there only the whole difficulty lies."
N E W - Y O R K, March 12. On Thursday Night last, between the Hours of Eleven and Twelve o'Clock, a Fire broke out in Scotch-Street, and it is generally agreed that it began in a House belonging to Mr. Hampton, & known by the Name of the Lodge, and that it must have consumed a considerable Part of the Inside before it was discovered, as the Building was reduced in less than Twenty Minutes after the Discovery was made---this was observed by a Person who was unable to assist---The Rapidity with which it burnt, and the Scarcity of water, together with the Narrowness of the Street, and the Wooden
Materials of which the neighbouring Buildings were composed, baffled the most active Vigilance of People of all ranks and Conditions; so that in less than two Hours from its first Appearance, it extended itself to fourteen Dwelling-Houses and Stores, on both Sides of the Street, the greatest Part of which were consumed in about two Hours and a Half.---The Impetuosity of the Flames, rendered it impossible for several of the Sufferers to save their Wearing Apparel, much less their Furniture, &c. So that they are really become proper Objects of Charity, more especially the aged and fatherless, some of whom have neither Food nor Raiment, or Place to lay their Heads, but what their humane Friends and Neighbours Provide for them, some of whose Circumstances will not long afford them Relief; so that their Case calls for the most speedy and benevolent Assistance, which it is no doubt but the well disposed will afford them.
And on Saturday Morning about 3 o'Clock a Fire broke out in the Dwelling-House of Capt. Hallet, near Hell Gate, on Long-Island, which entirely consumed the same, with most of the Household Furniture. The Loss is computed at 18000. Capt. Hallet and his Wife were in New-York at the Time.
Extract of another Letter from London, Dec. 7. "The Parliament met the 9th of January, when it is thought they will repeal the laws laying internal taxes, on the Colonies, except that on Tea, but leave the Preamble standing (setting forth the intention of said Acts, which is to raise a Revenue) as they will keep it for a precedent in some future time, I hope as you have entered into the resolutions of non-importation, you will continue them; for your conduct in respect to it, is approved of by all the friends of America, and is judged to be the only method of getting the laws repealed.
"Change-Alley contrived the rumors of a war; it obtained a few days: made business there so long, & is now quite vanished."
Extract of a Letter from London, Dec. 6. 1769. "I have little news to tell you. There is a dead calm of politics at present, the town being still empty, and not likely to be full till after the holidays. The Earl of Dunmore, brother-in-law to Lord Gower, is appointed to succeed Sir Henry Moore, and will shortly embark for New-York. Our King appears ever anxiously disposed to make his people happy, and nothing now prevents a total repeal of the revenue Acts, but a false pride, which will not suffer us to acknowledge that we have been in the wrong. The dignity of P-----t, say they, must be supported, and a repeal at this juncture would evidence to all the world, that we had attempted to infringe the rights of the people; and therefore, they have gone on adding to the heap of grievances, rather than openly confess their errors. It is now, however, a general opinion, that all things will be settled early in the next session, to the mutual satisfaction of both countries. The papers of the day contain little besides invectives against Governor Bernard, and panegyrics upon Wilkes, the one for fighting against Liberty, and the other in favor of it---from the same principle."
Extract of a Letter from Bristol, Dec. 4. 1769. "The repeal of the American Revenue Acts seems more and more dubious, from the report of our head mens disposition to enforce them;---we shall soon learn more of the ministry's intentions, respecting that interesting matter.---The rumor of a war with France is not credited here."
About one o'Clock last Thursday Noon, the Malt Kiln belonging to the Brewery of Mr. Israel Horsfield at Brooklyn on Long-Island, took Fire, and was burnt almost to the Ground before it could be extinguished. The City Engines were immediately sent over the River, as also that of his Majesty's Ship the Deal Castle, Captain Jacobs, with a Number of the Crew, who exerted themselves, in Conjunction with the Inhabitants of this City & Brooklyn, in a singular Manner on the Occasion, and happily arrived in Time to save the Brewery adjoining, and some Houses adjacent, notwithstanding we are told the Loss to Mr. Horsfield will amount to £. 500, and the like Sum to the Gentleman that rented the Brewery.
The 16th Regiment, now here are ordered to be got ready to embark for Pensacola; and we hear they are to be replaced by the 14th Regiment now in Boston.
By Letters from Detroit, we are informed, that several Boats with Goods, have been seventy Days incrossing Lake Erie; the Distress of the People was very great, they were obliged to keep two human Bodies, found unburied, upon the Shore, in order to collect and kill the Ravens and Eagles, that came to feed on them, for their Preservation. A great many Traders small Boats, with Goods have been lost.
A Correspondent at West-Chester, desires to inform the Public, that not long since there lived in that Neighbourhood in one House, two Widowers, and three young Men, with a hired Widow to keep the House: These six constituted the whole Family; but the Widow growing dissatisfied by living among so many unmarried Men, without Hopes of a connubial State, threatened to go away and leave them destitute of a House-Keeper; whereupon they thought it expedient to look out for Wives, who might supply the Place of a hired Woman; and have so well succeeded, that four of the above five, have got them Wives; and the Widow is gone accordingly. From this we may infer, that if unmarried Men could not get Women to keep House for them, probably the Bands of Hymen would more increase.
N E W - M I L F O R D, Dec. 28, 1769.
On the 26th. day of December inst. at 6 o'clock afternoon, died instantly in the 60th year of his age; that mirror of christianity, and ever affable man Deac. NATHAN GAYLORD, his death was surprising, as he had just left a public Meeting at the Town-House, and walk'd about 60 rods to Lieut. Daniel Bostwick's, where he had set with a number of his friends in free Discourse, with a book in his hand, about six, or seven minutes, when the book dropt out of his hand, he put his hand upon his forehead and said, the LORD have mercy on me, and without the least motion or struggle, in a moment resign'd his breath.---His remains were decently interred on this day---the universal esteem, which his truly christian, benevolent, candid and charitable deportment had gain'd to all parties, was visible on this occasion, there being the greatest number of attendants on this solemnity that was ever observed in town.
The Legislature of the Island of St. Christopher, hath passed a new Militia Law, and the Council and Assembly have agreed upon a joint Address to the King, praying that Two Hundred Regular Troops may be sent to that Island, and assuring his Majesty, that they will make proper Provision for their Reception and better Maintenance; which Address they have requested the Captain General to forward with all convenient Dispatch to L. Hillsborough.

BOSTON, March 19
LAST Wednesday Night died, Patrick Carr, an Inhabitant of this Town, of the Wound he received in King-Street on the bloody and execrable Night of the 5th Instant...
The accounts in the Papers of the late disturbances are as authentic as could then be collected; the inquiry is still continuing, and new matter turns up every day, of which, when completed, a digest will be published...
The honourable John Robinson, Esq; failed the 16th for London (it is said) with a number of depositions, to manifest that the cause of the massacre was the defence of the treasure in the custom house...
The dependency of the colonies is confessedly an object long in view--Two powers independent on and inimical to their civil constitutions will soon make work enough for appeals...
Messieurs Edes and Gill, It is difficult to understand the Meaning and Design of Captain Preston's Address to the Inhabitants of this Town, publish'd in your last Monday's Paper...
A Committee of the Town are proceeding in a legal Way to take the Testimonies of great Numbers respecting what preceded, as also what is relative to the late horrid Massacre.
The Imaginations of People are at Work to form a Conjecture of what the Commissioners and their Partisans can have to write Home against us--The Custom-House, their Dwellings, their Property and Persons have been wholly untouched...
How astonishing must it be to the sensible of our Nation, that notwithstanding all the Charge & Uneasiness occasioned by the Commissioners and their numerous Train, assisted by an Army & Fleet for 18-Months past...
We hear that John Robinson, Esq; carries a Number of Testimonies taken ex parte along with him; in the procuring of which, he was assisted by the Reforming Magistrate; and it is said, in one of those Testimonies, a young Fellow was charged...
Scituate, March 15, 1770. The People of Boston are desired to account for a Servant of Capt. Preston's coming to the House of a Superior Gentleman in this Town, since the late Massacre.
The Town were surprised greatly on Thursday last, with a Report that the Superior Court were about adjourning 'till June next, on Judge Cushing's Indisposition, so that he could not attend...
Upon Representation made by the High-Sheriff to the Inhabitants assembled at Faneuil-Hall, that there was a Necessity of immediate Measures being taken for the better Security of the Prisoners...
Since our last the Remainder of the 29th, and the whole of the 14th Regiment have removed from Town to the Barracks on Castle Island.
It has been universally remarked, that Yesterday was by far the most decent and orderly Sabbath, that we have seen in this Town for many Months past.
We hear from Newton, That Yesterday Afternoon the Rev. Mr. Jonas Meriam's House was consumed by Fire.
S A L E M, March 20. By a Vessel in a short Passage from Lisbon, which arrived at Cape-Ann last Week, we are informed, that a WAR between the English and French was much expected and talked of at that Place.
PORTSMOUTH, March 23, 1770.
Wednesday last the GENERAL COURT, met in the STATE HOUSE in Portsmouth, and are now sitting.
On Tuesday last his Majesty's ship the Beaver, fell down the River in order to sail for Halifax the first Wind; the polite Behaviour not only of Capt. BELL, but all the Officers of the ship, has justly gained them the universal Esteem and respect of the Inhabitants of this Town...
Thursday the 5th of April next, is appointed by Authority, to be kept as a Day of Fasting and Prayer throughout this Province.
On Wednesday Evening the 14th Instant, Mrs. Fasset, a young married Woman of this Town, who has been for some Years past Subject to Fits, was seized with a Fit which threw her into a large Fire, by which she was sitting alone, which burnt her Face, Hands, and Arms in a manner too shocking to be described...
This poor Woman not only merits the Pity of every one, but also the Charitable assistance of all benevolent well disposed Persons.
We hear from Seabrook, that on the 16th Instant, betwixt 12 & 1 o'Clock in the Morning a Barn and a Shop belonging to Mr. Jacob Smith of that Place, was consumed with Fire, together with six Oxen, five Cows, one Bull, three young Calves, three or four Sheep with their Lambs, and about fifteen Loads of Hay.
To Messrs PRINTERS. IN your last Paper appears a new Writer indeed, who dates from Merrymeting-Bay; permit one from the other Side of the POND to suggest a Word, which seems to be the Opinion of many, viz. That your said Correspondent has concisely summ'd up the whole of his Piece in the last Word.
A Word to the Wife is enough. CLAGET's-Bay, near Winnipissaukee-Pond, 20th March, 1770.
Table with 2 columns: CUSTOM-HOUSE Piscataqua, March 22. Inward Entries, FROM. Sloop Dolphin, Daniel Tappan, St. Vincents & St. Martins. Schooner Lark, Josiah Moulton, Guadalupe. Outward Bound, NONE. Clear'd for Departure, FOR. Brig Liberty, William Pillow, North-Carolina. Sloop Endeavour, Daniel Holt, West-Indies.
WHEREAS a number of mean, lowliv'd Fellows, who have not Souls large enough to be at the trifling expence of a News Paper, yet are continually stealing their Neighbours, and others, by taking them from the Taverns they are left at in the several Country Towns, which Papers they carry Home, and never deliver to the proper Owners, and as this vile & scandalous Practice discourages the Customers from continuing them, and is often a Damage on Account of Advertisements...
[ New-Brittain. ]
The Proprietors of the Township of NEW BRITTAIN, (so called) are hereby Notified, to meet at the House of Capt. Caleb Sanborn, Innholder in Hampton Falls, on Monday the Ninth Day of April next, at One of the Clock Afternoon. 1. To choose a Moderator for said Meeting. 2 To choose a Proprietors Clerk; a Committee to call Proprietors Meetings, Assessors, a Collector, &c. Also a Committee to wait on the Honorable Gentlemen the Grantors of said Township, if Occasion calls for it; Also to see what said Proprietors will do further toward clearing and repairing Roads in said Township; Also to see if they will raise any Sum of Money for the above Purposes or any other Charges that may arise in settling said Township.
Anthony Emery } Com. Caleb Sanborn } mittet. Nathaniel Healey }
THE Superior Court by Law held on the first Tuesday in February u'to was then adjourned to Tuesday the 17th Day of April next, at Ten o'Clock A. M. at which Time the Petit Jurors are required to attend. By order of Court, GEO. KING, Clerk.
Portsmouth, March 20, 1770.
Piermont.
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of PIERMONT, in the Province of New Hampshire, on the 12th Day of March, 1765, at a legal Meeting held for that purpose, voted to raise the Sum of Eighteen Shillings Lawful Money on each Right in said Township; and also at another Meeting the Sum of Forty two Shillings Lawful Money on each Right in said Town, which several Sums have been legally assessed, and the Subscriber hath been authorized by a Warrant from the Assessors of said Propriety to collect the same, according to Law...
Table with 2 columns: The original delinquent Proprietors are as follows, viz. James Nevins, Esq; 2 2 0 Col. John Goffe, 3 0 0 Nathl. Barrell, Esq; 3 0 0 C. Ezekiel Worthen 3 0 0 Andrew Clarkson, 3 0 0 Jonathan Church 3 0 0 Benjamin Stevens, 3 0 0 Robert Temple, Esq 3 0 0 Col. Samuel Barr, 3 0 0 Timothy Bedel, Esq 2 2 0 Maj. Joseph Smith, 3 0 0 Thomas Packer, Esq 3 0 0 John Page, Esq; 3 0 0 Samuel Wentworth 3 0 0 Samuel Emerson, 3 0 0 John Tufton Mason 3 0 0 Joseph Wright 3 0 0 George Levius, 3 0 0 Dr. John Hale, 3 0 0 Charles Paxton, Esq; 3 0 0 Joseph Blanchard, 3 0 0 Robert Achmuty, Esq 3 0 0 Capt. Sam. Greeley 3 0 0
RICHARD JENNESS.
THIS is to forbid all Persons crediting LOVE, the Wife of me the Subscriber, as I shall pay no Debts of her contracting from the Date hereof, her behaviour being such as obliges me to this. Lee, March 19, 1770. John Runels.
TO BE LETT. A convenient Store with a Shop Fronting the Street on Spring Hill, next to Samuel Cutts's Esq; Also, a good Wharfe adjoining the same very convenient for a Merchant, or any Person in Trade. For further Particulars enquire of DAVID MOORE, or the Printer's.
Taken up a Handkerchief, with old COPPER in it, which the Owner may have by applying at the Printing Office, and paying Charges.
This is to desire all those who who have Accounts open with me the Subscriber, to come and settle them immediately, or they may depend upon being sued. Joseph Savel Hart. Portsmouth, March 21. 1770
The Proprietors of Relhan are desired to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, on Friday Evening the 30th Instant, at seven o'Clock in the Evening, being the Time to which said Meeting stands adjourned.
The Trecobick Proprietors are desired to give their Attendance next Monday Evening at Capt. Stoodley's.
The following is publish'd in all the Papers, by the Commissioners, WHEREAS it is said in the Boston Gazette of the 26th of February last, "That Ebenezer Richardson has been many Years employed as an Under Officer of the Customs--" that George Wilmot said he was sent with a Message from one of the Crown-Officers to Richardson's House--" that it is reported that Richardson immediately upon receiving the Message went into Lillie's House and began to act his villainous Part--" that Wilmot has since denied the whole-- but no one will wonder at--" that it is confidently reported that Wilmot was employed by ----- to act a Part with the infamous Richardson in a late tragical Affair--" that the Publishers of the Gazette were assured from pretty good Authority, that Wilmot had been a considerable time in the Service of the Commissioners, and that a Petition before the Board at the time the late barbarous Murder was committed--"
We are authorised and desired to inform the Public, that Ebenezer Richardson has never been employed as an Officer or Under Officer of or in any Capacity in the Customs--That Wilmot was not sent with any Message by the Commissioners, or by the Crown Officer or other Person with the Knowledge or Privity of the Commissioners or any of them-- That he never had been employed in the Service of the Commissioners, unless as a Seaman shipped by the Commander of the Sloop Liberty, nor have they any sort of Knowledge of him, except that he as well as many other Seamen employed by the Master on board said Sloop, became Petitioners to the Board for Reparation of the losses they had sustained when she was destroyed-- That the Insinuations of the Commissioners or any of them were concerned in or privy to, any of the Acts of Richardson or Wilmot, or that they had any concern with the Proceedings of the People on the 22d of Feb. last, or any Knowledge of them, except what they had from common report after they were over and past, are groundless and highly injurious.
(Edes & Gill's Reply to the above, will be in our next.)

Garden Seeds
Warranted to be the last Years Produce, and just imported from LONDON, to be sold by
JOHN ADAMS,
In Queen Street, Portsmouth, viz.
EARLY Charlton, early golden
Hotspur, large and dwarf Marrowfat Peas, blue Roundicals, Ledman's dwarf, Spanish Moratter, and crooked Sugar Peas.—Large Windsor, speckled dwarf, and early yellow dwarf Beans.—Strasburgh Onion, White Spanish; Silver Skin; and Red Onions; early Yorkshire, early Dutch, early Battersea, Sugar Loaf, and large Winter Cabbage.—Green Savoy, early and late Cauliflower.—Green, Marble, Tennisball and Cabbage Lettuce.—Red Beet.—Parsnip.—Early yellow and Orange Carrot.—Early and late Turnip.—double and single Parsley.—White Mustard.—Round Spinage.—Early and late Cucumber.—Celery.—London Radish.—Asparagus.—Thyme.—Sweet Marjoram, Baum, double & single pepper Grass; Hyssop; Sage; Rosemary; Lavender; Herbs Grass and Clover, and sundry other Sorts, &c. &c.
TO BE SOLD Cheap for CASH, Choice West-India RUM and MOLASSES, by the Hoghead, Barrel or smaller Quantity. A few Barrels of BROWN SUGAR, and Philadelphia FLOUR: Also a good Assortment of ENGLISH GOODS, By SAMUEL GRIFFITH, Or, RICHARD CHAMPNEY.
‡ Canterbury. ‡
THE Proprietors of Canterbury
in the Province of New Hampshire, are hereby Notified, to meet at the Meeting House in said Canterbury, on Thursday the Fifth Day of April next, at One of the Clock P. M. to transact the following Matters, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To sell so much of the Common Land in said Canterbury as will defray the Charges of a Law Suit already pursued to final Judgment and Execution, between the Proprietors of said Canterbury and Chichester, and also to defray the Charges of a Law Suit now depending between the Proprietors of said Canterbury and Chichester, upon a Review of the former Case.
Stephen Gerrish, } Select Men Archelaus Moor, } for Thomas Clough, } Canterbury Canterbury, March 4. 1770.
§ Barnstead. §
To the Proprietors of the Township of BARNSTEAD, in the Province of New Hampshire. YOU are hereby Notified to meet at the House of Mrs. Sarah Hoyt, Innholder at Newington, on Tuesday the 27th of this Instant, at Two o'Clock, P.M. 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To chuse all needful Officers for the Propriety this current Year. Delinquent Proprietors are hereby Notified, that unless they pay their Arrears, at, on or before the 27th of this Instant March, so much of his or their Common Lands in said Barnstead, will be sold at Public Vendue as will pay the Taxes due thereon, with the Charge of advertising.
Per Order of the Propriety, RICHARD DOWNING, Proprietors Clerk. Newington, March 7. 1770.
STOLEN from Joseph Sias,
Esq; of Lee, last Night, a large Red MARE, coming in Four Years old, a small Spot of White in her Face, paces pretty fast, and stood all round. Whoever shall take up said MARE, and the THIEF, so that he may be brought to Justice, and convey said Mare to me, shall have FOUR DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by
Joseph Sias. Lee, March 10. 1770.
It is supposed that one Stephen Noise of Hampshire stole the above MARE, as he was seen upon her this Day at Capt. Sanders's of Ambury in the Massachusetts.
NOTICE is hereby given,
That the HOUSE, WARE HOUSE, and WHARFE that belong'd to Nathaniel Sargent, late of New Castle, Physician, deceas'd, Intestate, will be Sold by Public Vendue at the House of Alcock Stevens, in said Newcastle, on Monday the second Day of April next, at three of the Clock Afternoon. The above Estate is pleasantly situated; the House large and commodious, well finished, a large Garden.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Capt. John Ayers, junr. late of Portsmouth, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Henry Sherburne, junr. of said Portsmouth, Administrator on said Estate, in order for Settlement. March 12th, 1770.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Ephraim Dennet, Esq; late of Portsmouth, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Lydia Dennet, of said Portsmouth, Administratrix on said Estate, in order for Settlement.
Nath 1 Sheaff Griffith
Clock and Watchmaker in Portsmouth, near the Parade, HEREBY informs his Customers and others, that he continues carrying on his Business as usual, and has now by him all sorts of materials for Clocks and Watches, and those who Employ him, may depend on being faithfully and punctually served, --and cheaper than by any other Watchmaker.
He has the best of clarified Oyl, for Clocks and Watches, which prevents their stoping in cold Weather.
PURSUANT to a Licence from the Hon. the Judge of Probate, &c. for the Province of New Hampshire, will be exposed to Sale by publick Vendue to the highest Bidder, on Monday the sixteenth Day of April next, at the Dwelling House of Mr. Eliphalet Giddings, Innholder in Exeter, the Real Estate that belonged to Doctor Eliphalet Hale, late of said Exeter, deceased, consisting of a large Dwelling House, and about twenty Acres of Mowing and Tillage Land, with a good Barn and Garden thereon, and a good Well, in Exeter aforesaid, and about Five Acres of Salt Marsh adjoining to Exeter River, which are to be sold by Eliphalet Hale, Administrator of said Estate, for the payment of the Debts & Charges due therefrom. The Sale to begin at Three of the Clock Afternoon, when and where the Conditions of Sale may be seen. Exeter, March 12. 1770. Eliphalet Hale, Adminstr.
This is to desire all those that are Indebted to the Estate of John Leavitt, late of Hampton, deceas'd, to make immediate Payment: Also all those that have any Demands on said Estate, to bring in their Claims as soon as may be to me the Subscriber, Administrator on said Estate. Jonathan Leavitt. Hampton, March 7, 1770.
* Leavitts-Town. *
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WHEREAS at a Meeting of the Proprietors of LEAVITT'S TOWN, so called, in said Province, held at the Dwelling House of John Leavitt, Innholder in North Hampton, in said Province in February last by Adjournment, it was moved, Whether the Meeting should then be dissolved or further adjourned? and it was then and there voted by a great Majority, and for the greater Certainty determined by a Poll, that the said Meeting should be adjourned to the First Monday in May next at the same Time and Place: Notwithstanding this was legally and fairly translated, it appears by an Advertisement dated at Exeter February 27, 1770, signed by Noah Emery, Esq; Justice of the Peace; that Application had been made to him by the Proprietors or Owners of more than one sixteenth Part of the Rights or Shares in said Township, to call a Meeting of said Proprietors to be held at Exeter the 28th of March then next for the Purposes declared in the said Advertisement. This Application I presume has been made by the minor Party out voted at the said Meeting in February last about the Adjournment, and seems to be a Contrivance of Obstinacy to obtain the Ends of that Party against the Majority, and not to submit to their Determination, and must inevitably throw all the Proceedings and Steps taken by the Propriety to carry on the Settlement, into Confusion. This is a Method intirely new, and if it should be indulged, will put an End to all corporate Acts, as well as to the authentic Transactions of these Communities called Proprieties, so necessary for the Settlement of New Townships:—
THIS is therefore to desire the said Proprietors to consider what must be the Consequence of holding the Meeting proposed to be held on the said 28th Day of March aforesaid, whether it can be legal, and have any Effect but to create Disputes; and whether they are willing to involve themselves in Chicanery and Controversy, which may cost each of them as much as a Proprietor's Share there is worth, as well as to render their Title precarious and uncertain, which perhaps was the View of those at the Bottom of this Motion.
JOHN LEAVITT, Moderator. North Hampton, March 8th 1770.
To be SOLD, by
Hugh Henderson,
At his Store in King-street, a little below the Post Office, in Portsmouth.
A Variety of English GOODS, lately imported from LONDON, among which are the following Articles, viz.
Broad Cloths, German Serges,
Shalloons, Calamancoes, Durants, Tamies, Plaids, Camblets and Cambleteens, strip'd and shaded; coarse and fine white Linen, Lawne, Cambricks and Gauze, Chints, printed Linen, printed Handkerchiefs, check ditto, strip'd Holland, Cotton Checks, Linen Ditto, Taffaties, Sattin, Alamoide plain and figur'd, Persians, silk Handkerchiefs, silk Gloves, silk Mitts, sewing Silks, Bedticks, white Thread, colour'd ditto, knit Patterns for Breeches, men's Stockings, plain and ribb'd, cover'd Wire, black Mitts, red and green Baize, Cotton Velvet, Coverlids, Milled Caps, Ribbons of all sorts, Ladies Head Flowers, Oznabrigs, Scotch Snuff, men's and women's neat made English and Lynn Shoes, Table Cloths, Bengals, Fustian, Coat and Jacket Buttons, Pound Pins, Needles, Buckles, Scissars, &c. &c. &c. all cheap for CASH.
§ Saville. §
PURSUANT to a Vote of the Proprietors of SAVILLE, impowering the Clerk of said Propriety, to call a Meeting of the Proprietors when he shall find it necessary. This is therefore to Notify said Proprietors to meet at the House of Capt. Zechariah Foss in Portsmouth, on Friday the 23d Day of March Instant, then and there to act upon the following Matters, 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To see what the Proprietors will do about the Five 100 Acres Lots which were given as an Encouragement to five Settlers who have not fulfilled the Conditions; as also to regulate the Pitches of the first fifteen Settlers. 3 To see if the Proprietors will appoint some suitable Person to go on the Spot and see that the Settlers are actually on by the first Day of May, or their Pitches to determine and end. 4. To appoint another Collector in the Room of Capt. Oliver Corey, who is out of the Province; also to see that the second Division of Lots is completed. 5. To receive the Report of any Committees, and to do any other Matter that may regard the Settlement of the Township.
JOHN WENDELL, Clerk. Portsmouth, March 7. 1770.
Ruth Jones
Hereby informs the Public, that She intends to open a SCHOOL the 20th of March ensuing, in Pitt Street, where she will endeavour to Teach young Misses all the various Arts and Branches of NEEDLE WORK, namely, Needle Lace Work, Needle Work on Lawn, Flowering with Crael, working Pocket Books with Irish Stitch, drawing and working of Twilight, marking of Letters, and plain Sewing, &c. Learning young Children to Read.
TO BE LETT,
A commodious Dwelling-House well Finished, with a Shop, pleasantly situated on Spring Hill, near the Market: Also a good Wharfe and Warehouse adjoining the same, very convenient for a Merchant, or any Person in Trade. For further Particulars, enquire of the Printers:
THIS is to Notify and forbid all Persons from purchasing any Notes of Hand of the Subscriber, given to Benjamin Shepard, Esq; before the Fifth Day of October 1769, as we settled all Accounts, Notes and Demands the Day and Date above said; and the Reason I had not my Notes taken up, he said they were in an Attorney's Hands, which he the said Shepard promised to take out and deliver to me immediately, yet it is not done, which is the Cause of this Advertisement. David Baverly. Nottingham, March 5. 1770.
ALL PERSONS Indebted to Alexander Welch by Notes of Hand endorsed by William Scott of Rochester, are desired to make speedy Payment, to said Welch, or depend upon being sued.