The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-02-04 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday Feb. 4, 1774.
THE
Vol. XVIII.
GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
NO. 902 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
B O S T O N, Jan. 27, 1774. YESTERDAY the Great and General Court or Assembly of this Province met here, agreeable to the last Prorogation, when his Excellency the Governor was pleased to make the following Speech to both Houses, viz.
Gentlemen of the Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
THE Letters which I have received since your last Session from the Right Honorable the Earl of DARTMOUTH, one of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, have divers Matters in them which I am now to communicate to you.
The Indians of Martha's Vineyard have, by their Agent, made their Application to His Majesty in Council, respecting their Claim to the Island Chobboquiddick. A Copy of their Petition shall be laid before you. No Determination has been yet made upon it.— They are recommended to my Countenance and Protection. In the Year 1763 their Case was brought before the General Court and referred to a Committee of both Houses, by whom, I have Reason to think, it was fully and impartially considered; but, by some Means or other, no Report from that Committee was ever laid before the Court.—I am to desire you now to take the Affair into Consideration, and I hope you will prevent all grounds or pretence for any further Complaint of the Denial or Delay of Justice.
The Settlement of the Western Line of this Province where it is bounded by the Eastern Line of the Province of New-York has been laid before his Majesty. I have the Satisfaction of being informed, that the Part which I took in the Settlement of this Line is considered as an acceptable Service to the King, as it tended to bring an Issue to a Dispute which has been the Source of so much Mischief to Two of his Colonies.—I have Reason to expect His Majesty's Confirmation as soon as the necessary Formalities of Office will admit.
I gave the earliest Attention to the Request of the Council and House, in their Address to me of the 23d of January last. I made the clearest and fullest Representation of the Case to which it referred, and I am encouraged to hope for such Determination & Order as shall be satisfactory to you.
The judicial Proceedings of the Governor and Council as the supreme Court of Probate and as the Court for determining in Cases of Marriage and Divorce having been impeded in many Instances where the Opinion of the Governor has been different from that of the Majority of Counsellors present, the Governor having always considered his Consent as necessary to every judicial Act: In the Year 1771, I stated the Arguments as well against as for the Claim of the Governor, & his Majesty having been pleased to order the Case thus stated to be laid before the Lords of his Majesty's most honorable Privy Council, I am now able to inform you that it has been signified to me, to be his Majesty's Pleasure that I do acquiesce in the Determination of the Majority of Councillors present, voting as a Court for proving Wills and Administration and deciding Controversies concerning Marriage and Divorce, although I should differ in Opinion from that Majority. This Order more immediately respects the Council; nevertheless,
the tender Regard which His Majesty has shown for the Interest and Convenience of His Subjects, in a Construction of the Charter, different from what had been made by all his Governors ever since its First Publication, make it proper for me to communicate the Order to both Houses.
I am required to signify to you His Majesty's Disapprobation of the appointment of Committees of Correspondence in various Instances, which sit and Act during the Recess of the General Court by Prorogation.
These are all the Matters which, from my public Letters, I am to lay before you at present.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
There never has been a Time since the First Settlement of the Country, when the Treasury has been in so good a State as it is now.— I may congratulate the Province upon being entirely free from Debt, the Tax of the last Year, with the Stock in the Treasury, being equal to all the Securities due from the Government and to the Charges of the current Year. It is at least, worth considering whether it may not be adviseable in your present Session by a moderate Duty on spirituous Liquor, by an additional Impost or by such other Ways and Means as you may think more fit, to provide for the Charges of another Year. This will prevent the Necessity which the Assembly at the Session in May next will otherwise be under of contracting a new public Debt.
Gentlemen of the Council, and
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
There are certain Parts of the Public Business of the Province which have usually been omitted in the Session which by Charter must annually be held in May, in Expectation of another Session at this Season of the Year, and I need not particularly point them out to you. I may not neglect earnestly recommending to you to employ the Powers with which you are entrusted in promoting the Tranquility and good Order of the Government. You have no Reason to doubt of the Consent of the Chair to every Bill or Vote which shall have that Tendency.
Council-Chamber, January 26, 1774.
T. Hutchinson.
LAST Tuesday about Two o'Clock, Mr. George Robert Twelves Hewes, was coming down along Fore-Street, near Captain Ridgways's and found the redoubted John Malcom, standing over a small Boy, who was pushing a little Sled before him, Cursing, Damning, threatening and shaking a very large Cane with a very heavy Ferril on it over his Head. The Boy at that Time was perfectly Quiet, notwithstanding which Malcom continued his Threats of striking him, which Mr. Hewes conceiving if he struck him with that Weapon he must have killed him out-right, came up to him, and said to him, Mr. Malcom, I hope you are not going to strike this Boy with that Stick. Malcom returned, you are an impertinent Rascal, it is none of your Business. Mr. Hewes then asked him, what had the Child done to him. Malcom Damned him and asked him if he was going to take his Part? Mr. Hewes answered no further than this, that he thought it was a Shame for him to strike the Child with such a Club as that, if he intended to strike him. Malcom on that Damned Mr. Hewes, called him a Vagabond, and said he would let him know he should not speak to a Gentleman in the Street. Mr. Hewes returned to that, he was neither a
Rascal nor Vagabond, and though a poor Man was in as good Credit in Town as he was. Malcom called him a Liar, & said he was not, nor ever would be. Mr. Hewes retorted, be that as it will, I never was TARRED nor FEATHERED any how. On this Malcom struck him, and Wounded him deeply on the Forehead, so that Mr. Hewes for some Time lost his Senses. Capt. Godfrey, then present, interposed and after some Altercation, Malcom went Home, where the People gathering round, he came out and abused them greatly, saying, you say I was TARRED and FEATHERED, and that it was done in a proper Manner, Damn you, let me see the Man that dare do it better! I want to see it done in the new-fashioned Manner.— After Malcom had thus Bullied the People some Time, & Mr. Usher the Constable had persuaded him into the House, Mrs. Malcom threw up a Sash, and begged the People to go away, & Malcom came suddenly behind her and pushing his naked Sword through the opening, pricked Mr. Waddel in the Breast; the Bone stopping its Course, which would otherwise have reached his Vitals. Mr. Waddel on this made a stroke at the Window with his Cane, and broke a square of Glass, through which Breach he again made a Pass, and slightly Wounded Mr. Waddel, who a second Time returned the Blow, and Malcom withdrawing the People dispersed.
Mr. Hewes after having his Wound taken care of, went to Justice Quincy and took out a Warrant for Malcom, and gave it to a Constable, who went to Malcom's House to serve it, but found the Doors shut against him, and was told by him from a Window, that he would not be taken that Day, as he should be followed by a Damned Mob, but would surrender To-morrow Afternoon. Here the Matter appeared to subside, till in the Evening the People being informed of the Outrages he had committed, the threatenings and Defiances he had uttered, and among other Things, that he would split down the Yankees by Dozens, and receive 20l. Sterling a Head for every one he Destroyed, they mustered and went to his House, which being Barred against them, and he menacing with his loaded Pistols, which he declared he would Fire upon them if they came near him, they got Ladders and beating in an upper Window, entered the House and took him without Loss of Blood, and dragging him out put him on a Sled, and amidst the Huzzas of Thousands, brought him into King-Street. Several Gentlemen endeavoured to divert the Populace from their Intention, alledging that he was open to the Laws of the Land which would undoubtedly award a reasonable Satisfaction to the Parties he had abused; they answered he had been an old, impudent and mischievous Offender—he had joined in the murders at North-Carolina—he had seized Vessels on account of Sailors having a Bottle or Two of Gin on Board, he had in Office, and otherwise, behaved in the most Capricious, Insulting, and daringly abusive Manner—and on every Occasion discovered the most rooted enmity to this Country, and the Defenders of its Rights—that in Case they let him go they might expect a like Satisfaction as they had received in the Cases of Richardson & the Soldiers, and the other Friends of Government. With these and such like Arguments, together with a gentle crowding of Persons not of their Way of thinking out of the Ring they proceeded to elevate Mr. Malcom from his Sled into a Cart, and stripping him to Buff and Breeches, gave him a Modern JACKET and hied him away to Liberty Tree, where they proposed to him to renounce his present Commission, and Swear that he would never hold another inconsistent with

the Liberties of his Country; but this he obstinately refusing, they then carried him to the Gallows, passed a Rope round his Neck, & threw the other End over the Beam as if they intended to Hang him: But this Manœuvre he set at Defiance. They then Basted him for some Time with a Rope's End, and threatened to Cut his Ears off, and on this he complied, and then bro't him Home.
***** P E T E R S B U R G H, Octo. 12.
ON Sunday last, the Day appointed for the Celebration of the Nuptials of their Imperial Highnesses the Four first Classes of the Nobility assembled in the Casan Church, and the Streets were lined by the Guards, and some Regiments of Foot; and about Noon, upon a Signal being given, the Procession set out from the Winter-Palace in the following Order, viz.
A Troop of Horse-Guards—an Equerry—the Master of the Ceremonies, in a Coach and Six—the Second Master of the Horse with Two Attendants—the Principal Gentlemen late of the Great Duke's Household, and Two Coaches and Six—the Veneur and the Master, of the Household, in a Coach and Six—the grand Veneur, great Master of the Household, great Cup-Bearer, and the Members of the Privy-Council, in five Coaches and Six—his Excellency Privy Counsellor Betskoy—their Serene Highness, the Prince of Hesse Darmstadt, and the Two Princes of Holstein Gottorp—Kettle Drums, and Trumpets—Sixteen Sergeants of the Guards on Horseback—the Marshal of the Court—the Grand Marshal of the Court—the Quarter-Master of the Court on Horseback with Eight running Footmen, Twelve Court Laquais, & Twenty-Four Footmen—the Master of the Pages, Twelve Pages, and Twelve Pages of the Chamber, on Horseback—the Chamberlains, and Gentleman of the Chamber, on Horseback—an Equerry—her Imperial Majesty, and their Imperial Highnesses, in a State Coach, the Master of the Horse Riding on the Right Side of it, and an Adjutant General on the Left—the Chevalier's Guards, at the Head of whom was Prince Orlow, and in their Rear Count Alexis Orlow—their Serene Highness the Landgravine & the Princes of Hesse Darmstadt—the Ladies and Maids of Honour in different Coaches.
The Procession was closed by a Troop of Horse-Guards.
In the Center of the Church, which was Richly Decorated for the Occasion, was placed a Throne for the Empress, on the right Hand of which a Gallery for their Imperial Highnesses the great Duke and Duchess, their Serene Highnesses the Landgravine and the Princesses her Daughters; and on the left a Gallery for the Foreign Ministers; the Rest of the Church being filled with the Four first Classes of the Nobility.—The Archbishop of Peterburgh performed the Marriage Ceremony, during great Part of which the eldest Prince of Holstein held a Crown over the Head of the great Duke, as did the Hereditary Prince of Hesse Darmstadt over the great Duchess.
After the Ceremony a Sermon was Preached by the Archbishop, and the Conclusion of the whole was announced by a running Fire of the Musketry, when the Procession returned in the same Order in which they came. The Weather was remarkably Fine, which added much to the Splendid appearance of the Equipages and Dresses, the magnificence of which nothing could exceed.
On the Empress's Return to the Palace, her Imperial Majesty received Compliments of Congratulation from the Nobility and Foreign Ministers, and afterwards Dined in Public on the Throne with their Imperial Highnesses the Landgravine, the Princesses, the Prince of Hesse Darmstadt, & the Two Princes of Holstein. Tables were Spread in the adjoining Apartments for the Four first Classes of the Nobility. A Ball in the Evening concluded the first Day's Festivity.
The next Morning their Imperial Highnesses had Compliments of the Nobility and Foreign Ministers, and in the Evening there was a Ball and Supper at Court.
This Day at Noon Two Roasted Oxen,
and a great Quantity of Provisions of all Sorts, were placed on Pyramids before the Palace, & were, on a Signal made, given to the Populace, of which the whole Court, were Spectators; at the same Time Fountains of Red and White Wine played till Fifty Hogheads were Emptied.
The Empress has made very Magnificent Presents to the Landgravine, and the Two Princesses her Daughters.
***** From the Sentimental Magazine, for June 1773.
I Have always had a particular aversion to any deviations from rectitude in every respect. You will, perhaps, esteem me scrupulously nice, and effectly delicate, when I tell you that I cannot bear excess nor extravagance in behaviour, in dress, or in food; nor yet misapplication of words, vicious pronunciation, or ungrammatical language in conversation. There is one thing, which gives me a particular disgust, which I observe many persons guilty of; I mean the aspirating of all words beginning with a vowel, and rejecting the aspiration in those which begin with an h . Such pronunciation, even from the nectareous lips of the fair, is ungraceful. In hopes that some of my acquaintance, who are guilty of this injustice to poor h , may, upon a fair hearing, be reconciled to him, I have taken the liberty to notify to the world the humble petition of injured h .
The humble petition of discarded h, sheweth, That many Ladies, Gentlemen, and likewise other Persons of different occupations, trades, characters and dispositions, to whom h used to have free access, have now either totally forsaken, or associated him with a company of strangers, with which he cuts a most ridiculous figure. A young lady, to the great mortification of h , was observing the other day, that ills made a pretty contrast with the vallies below, that the ouzes were prettily interspersed among the woods, and that she was fond of earing the owls in the evenings. She admires the arbour of Portsmouth, which contain so many ships of war. She is afraid at the prancing of an orse , and yet is constantly shooting harrows at susceptible arts . In the middle of summer she drinks hale , at her meals, and heats hartichokes without receiving any arm from them. She ates of weather, but likes a clear caven . And yet, I assure you, she is a very hamiable young lady. She as fine air , sweet hies , quick hears , delicate harms , and a good art .
The clerk of this parish, at the conclusion of every prayer, takes in vain the names of exalted Haman . While the clergyman cries out, " oly, oly, oly ," Lord God of Saba hoth! " and the clerk proceeds to say, " caven and hearth are full, &c." Hell , with these people, loses all its harshness , & becomes ill . This reminds me of a Clergyman, who having an impediment in his speech used to add an h after an f , and used to read, " O Lord shave the King :" and the Clerk out of complaisance, or through the force of example, went on, " and mercifully shear us when we call upon thee ." I mention this to prove the truth of the proverb, " that mocking is catching ," and the ridiculousness of such pronunciation. A anfone usband , ealth and appinefs ere and creafter , was a lady's with the other night. And, this morning, meeting a gentleman lightly dressed, she observed to him, that he was very hairy . In short poor h is so frequently abused by people of all denominations, that he is obliged, in this public manner, most humbly to beg better usage for the future, and to remind those who thus wantonly injure him, that they cannot be happy without him. He hopes that this will be taken proper notice of, which will be deemed a great favour conferred on
Disconsolate H , and P. L. B.
***** N E W - Y O R K, January 20.
From Huntington, on Long-Island, we hear, that last Christmas Day the Son of Mr. Epinetus Plat, being with some other young Men of the Neighbourhood on a Hunting Party, in Search of Deer, they surrounded a Swamp, which they all agreed not to enter; but Mr. Plat seeing a Buck, forgot his Agreement, and entered the Swamp, where one of his Companions hearing a Noise, and seeing the Motions of the Bushes, fired his Piece, and unfortunately lodged Five Swan Shot in Mr. Plat, Three in his Arm, and Two in his Body, whereby he was Wounded so dangerously that his Life is despaired of.
P R O V I D E N C E, December 25.
Sunday last was brought to Town, and secured in Goal, one Daniel Wilton, being charged with Committing a Rape on a young Woman at Smithfield.
B O S T O N, January 27.
It having been Reported that the noted Ebenezer Richardson was seen in Town, a Number of People were in Pursuit of him last Evening, but could not find him.
Last Monday Morning, Jemima Lewes, Wife of Thomas Lewis, of this Town, Mariner, was found Dead on the Floor of her Apartment; an Inquisition was taken on her Body, and it was prov'd to the Jurors, that the preceding Evening she was intoxicated with spiritous Liquor, and being destitute of the common Necessaries, and the Weather being extreme Cold, was Frozen, and by that Means came by her Death.
We hear that the Vessels lately ashore near Martha's Vineyard got off and are arrived below, but cannot come up by Reason of the Ice in the Harbour: Several other Vessels from different Parts are also below.
We hear that Capt. Robinson in a Schooner from South Carolina, bound to this Place, was lately cast-away at Block-Island.
The excellent Sledging we have had the Week past, has bro't in from Towns to the Westward as far as Northfield, great Quantities of Flour, besides many other Articles of Provisions.
We hear from Connecticut, that John Ensign, who was the first Criminal condemned to the Newgate Prison at Simsbury Mines, had made his Escape from thence.
We hear that a Number of the fair Daughters of Liberty have lately entered into the following spirited & noble
R E S O L V E S :
I. That the Destruction of the East India TEA, imported among us, is absolutely necessary for the Happiness of America. II. That the said Tea ought to be looked upon as a Traitor to the MAJESTY of the PEOPLE, and treated accordingly. III. That all the Aiders, Abettors, Associates and Accomplices, of said Tea are equally guilty of High Treason. IV. That for the Credit of the noble Cause we are engaged in, all our Proceedings, at this alarming Crisis, shall be strictly conformable to Law. V. That as hanging, drawing, & quartering, are the Punishments inflicted by Law in Cases of High-Treason, we are determined, constantly to assemble at each others HOUSES, to HANG the Tea-Kettle, DRAW the Tea, and QUARTER the Toast.
B O S T O N, January 31.
The Honorable JOHN HANCOCK, Esq; is appointed to deliver the ORATION (in Commemoration of the horrid Massacre) on the 5th of March next.
We learn from New-York that early on Saturday Morning the 15th ult. the Brig Nancy, George Smith, Master, (lately arrived there from Scotland, whose inhuman Behavior to about 300 Highlanders who were so unfortunate as to be Passengers in his Vessel, occasioned the Death of near one Third of them, as mentioned in our last) with equal Prudence & Precipitation, took her Departure for Charles-town, South-Carolina, the Captain being apprehensive that the Justice of this Country would bring him to Condign Punishment.
We hear the TEA SHIP was not arrived at New-York last Saturday Se'nnight.
Saturday last the following Notification was Posted up in Divers Parts of the Town, viz.
Friends and Fellow Citizens! THIS is to Certify, that the Modern Punishment lately inflicted on the ignoble John Malcom, was not done by our Order: ---We reserve that Method for bringing Villains of greater Consequence to a Sense of their Guilt and Infamy.
J O I C E, Jun.
(Chairman of the Committee for Tarring and Feathering.
Extract of a late Letter from London.
"At the Death of the late King only Six Weeks Arrears were due on the Civil List Account, and 160,000l. was actually left in the Treasury to Pay off those Arrears. No sooner was his present Majesty seated on the Throne than the Sum appropriated by his Grandfather for the Payment of his Debts was Seized on by Lord Bute, and honestly Distributed amongst his own Tools. The Malexpediture of the Aylesbury Money hath been frequently retorted upon Mr. Wilkes. What was the Misapplication of the Sum left to pay off the old King's Household? In the Language of the Court it was a Master Stroke of Policy; in the Language of Honesty it was a Master Piece of Villainy!"
We hear the Choice of a President for Harvard-College is to come on this Day.
It is said Mr. Faneuil has determined to come up to Town this Week, being so tired with the Treatment he receives from the beloved Soldiery, for which himself and Brethren had such Veneration and Esteem, that he had rather run the Risk of what his Fellow Subjects may be disposed to inflict on him, than submit any longer to continual Insult.
Remember Mr. Faneuil, this is the fruit of your own Nursery. You laughed at Town-Meeting Harrangues against Military Tyranny. You are now perfectly welcome to the Monopoly both of it & the Tea Trade.
It is also said, Master Jackey Clarke was at Trinity-Church Yesterday Afternoon.
It is said Mr. Jack Frost has nearly completed a Bridge from Castle-Island to the Main; so, that when finished the TEA Consignees may, if Dispos'd, have an Opportunity of walking to Land to see the Natives; or give them an Invitation to their City of Refuge.
***** Cambridge.
THIS is to NOTIFY the Proprietors of Cambridge to meet at the Dwelling House of John Burnam Hanson, Innholder in Dover, on Tuesday next, being the 8th Instant, at one o'Clock Afternoon, to consider of some effectual Method to bring forward the Settlement of said Township. The Proprietors of MORRISTOWN are desired to meet at the above Place at the same time.

Province of New-Hampshire. Rochester Resolves.
IN Consequence of the General Uneasiness in the opulent Towns on the Continent of North America, and a Letter from the Committee of Correspondence, led us in these bye Parts, to consider seriously the Cause of it; and we find Taxation without Representation, (which as Lord Camden well observes is inseparable) is the Cause of it. We consider our Constitution, that our Fore-Fathers at least to prevent hard Usage, left their Native Land, to enjoy that Liberty which they judged as freeborn Englishmen, they were entitled to. They then arrived on this then little Shore, which was a howling Wilderness, which was never purchased nor conquered at the Cost of Great-Britain, where they had to struggle with the Prospect of Famine, cold Season, besides combating an artful vindictive Enemy, and almost all other Difficulties that human Nature could surmount. When those Troubles were a little over, and the Sunshine of Prosperity began to arise, all hard Thoughts of the Mother Country's Behaviour vanished, and they surrendered Jurisdiction and Sovereignty to the Crown of Great-Britain on Charters, with as strong Assurance as crowned Heads could give, that said Charters should be inviolably observed on both Sides; which Conditions were inserted in said Charters, by which we were to choose our own Representatives; to make and ordain Laws for the Regulation of said Colonies; raising Monies, and the like, not repugnant to the Laws of Great-Britain. We have always cheerfully accepted the King's Governor, and he has a negative Vote in our Assemblies, as the King has in Parliament; and when Men or Money have been requested for upholding Government, it was readily granted, and raised where the Subject could bear it best. Therefore, after all this, for the Parliament of Great-Britain to take such a Step over all Charters, and the most solemn Assurances, as to tax when and as they please, to raise a Revenue to support a Number of hungry Placemen, of what Denomination soever, that distress peaceable Subjects, and are a Pest to Society, that after all the Struggle in recovering the same, answers no other End but to alienate the Minds of the King's most dutiful Subjects from him, and run the Nation in Debt on a Balance. Oh! when will the Eyes of Administration be opened: We think our Behaviour has merited a more generous Treatment.
Therefore in Consideration of the above unhappy Situation of our American Brethren in general. At a legal Town Meeting of the Qualified Voters of the Town of Rochester, assembled at the Meeting-House in said Town, on Monday the 24th of this Instant January, A. D. 1774, to consider on the alarming Circumstances of this once free Country.
 1. JOHN PLUMMER, Esq; chosen Moderator of said Meeting.  2. Voted unanimously that it is our deliberate Opinion that we are freeborn, and loyal Subjects of the Crown of Great-Britain, and as such depend on Protection, and not Slavery.  3. That the present King GEORGE the Third is our lawful Sovereign; and the Heirs of his Body, in the Protestant Line, are so to remain; and as such promise to pay him all lawful Obedience, agreeable to our happy Constitution, and that we will so render Tribute to him, as his Due.  4. That as such free-born Subjects, we will to our utmost be on our Watch that no artful designing Men of any Rank soever, may deprive us of our Privileges by creeping in at unawares, to undermine us of this Jewel Liberty, by setting up their Placemen to prey and sport with the same.  5. Voted that the Hon John Plummer, John Mc. Duffie, Ebenezer Tebbets, Esqrs; and Daniel Wingate, be a Committee to correspond with their Brethren Committees, in the neighbouring Towns or any Three of them.  6. Voted that a Copy of this be sent to the Committee of Correspondence at Portsmouth, assuring them that our Hearts are knit with theirs in the noble Cause of Freedom.  And the Meeting Dissolved.
JOHN PLUMMER, Moderator. A true Copy, from the Original Votes of the Meeting. Attest, JOSIAH MAIN Town-Clerk.
***** S A L E M, February 1st, 1774.
"On Monday, last Week, a Meeting was called at Marblehead, to put a Stop to the Disorders which for several Days before had happened in the Place. As the Dispute respected the Essex Hospital, it was agreed by the Proprietors to shut it up; and at their Desire a Committee of the Town was chosen to inspect the cleaning of Furniture, Apparel, &c. On Tuesday the Committee went to the Hospital, and attended their Business until Wednesday Night, when they awoke with the Rest of the Family, being eleven in Number, surrounded with Flames. The Ruffians, who perpetrated this Act, went from the Town prepared with the Tar Tubs, &c and proceeded setting Fire to all Parts of the House without any Attempt to awaken the People. So infernal were the Villains that they struck down one Man who in Amazement had jumped from his Bed, and was running from the Flames. The Steward had a Blow from another of them with an Andiron; it was aimed at his Head, but happily missing it, took his Shoulder, and brought him to the Floor. One of the Patients, with a Child at her Breast, was driven to the Smoke House, fainting several Times as she went. And others were turned out, cold as it was, with scarcely any Thing to cover them. The Perpetrators are not apprehended. The Town is in such Confusion that a military Watch is nightly kept, as it's thought Lives and Properties are not safe without. The above Account we received from a Correspondent; in Addition to which, we hear, that the Number of People who went over to Cat Island to burn the Hospital, was about twenty; Part of whom, in Disguise, went up from where they landed, & set Fire to the Building, which contained 70 Beds, with Bedding, and all the other Furniture belonging to the Hospital, the whole of which was consumed, together with a Barn. The Loss to the Proprietors (four in Number) is estimated at Two Thousand Pounds L. M.
We are informed that the military Watch, which has been kept at Marblehead for several Nights past, consisted of 40 Men. All the Persons who have been taken with the Small-Pox at Marblehead, we are assured, are removed out of the Town. The Number broke out there, within a few Days past, is said to be 22.
It is said that his Excellency Governor Hutchinson, will soon embark for Great Britain.
Charles River has been so frozen that some People Yesterday and the Day before, passed over upon the Ice, from Boston to Charlestown.
Rev. Mr. Ferry is also froze over, so that People pass and repass upon the Ice.
Navigation is now at a Stand in this Place, the Harbour being entirely froze up.
BOSTON. A: Haverhill, Rev. Edward Barnard. Town-Meetings have been held at Newport and Providence in Rhode Island, at which Measures were adopted in Substance similar to those of other large Towns, and Committees of Correspondence chosen.
Extract of a Letter from London, dated October 19, 1773. "You may depend upon the Truth of what I shall write you on public Affairs, as I have the most certain Information and Knowledge of all the secret and principal Springs of Motion in the Government.
"I am amazed, and mortified beyond Measure, to find the Virtue, Wisdom, Generosity and Greatness, that used to distinguish the British Nation sunk into the opposite Vices. The Public Taste seems to be depraved, and the Powers of Reasoning and just Reflection to be lost in Dissipation. Matters of the highest Importance, on which the Welfare, and even the very Existence of the British Empire depends, are treated as Idle Whimsies, scarce deserving a serious Thought; while the most contemptible Trifles, and pernicious Extravagancies, are the principal Objects of general Attention and Pursuit. Never did Passion run higher for high Titles, Wealth and Power. So passionately are these desired, that to procure them nothing is thought too difficult, too dangerous, too base, too dishonest, or too cruel: But they are not desired for good, but evil Purposes. Riches are not desired to relieve the Distressed, to feed the Hungry, clothe the Naked, and relieve the Prisoners; to encourage Industry, to free worthy Persons from those accidental Embarrassments that too frequently make their Lives unhappy, and deprive their Families and Country of their Usefulness; to promote Schemes for the Aggrandizement of their Country by the noblest of all Charities, the Freedom and Happiness of its Inhabitants. A Happiness arising from conscious Integrity, and a comfortable Subsistence on the Fruits of their Industry. High Titles are not desired as affording Opportunities for public Service, as Incentives to noble Actions, and giving them Weight and Efficacy; nor is Power coveted for the Protection of Virtue and Innocence, to punish bold Offenders, to rescue the Weak from Oppression and Wrong, nor for any Purposes of Benevolence, either public or private. Riches are now chiefly desired for the Indulgence of Pride, Luxury and Sensuality; to be spent on stately Houses, costly Furniture, Equipages and Drefs; numerous Servants, extravagant Feasts, and Diversions, Lewdness, Gluttony, Drunkenness, and every Vice to which depraved Appetite can stimulate: Greatness & Power are chiefly now sought after as the Means of pursuing a Course of Vice and Dissipation, without Restraint, or Fear of Punishment, to support a Plan of proceeding agreeable to the prevailing Taste and Principles of the Times, our dearest Rights seem to be the devoted Sacrifice, and continual Encroachments are made upon the English Constitution, which unless prevented by the Virtue and Resolution of the Americans, is in Danger of being entirely broken and destroyed.
"At the same Time that the public Expences have been increased beyond all Bounds, numerous Sources from which the national Wealth used to flow in, have been by most incomprehensible Policy, cut off and destroyed. The Effects begin to be felt severely. The Managers are at their Wits End, for Money to support their numerous Tribe of Dependents, and procure a Majority of fit Members to enslave their Constituents, and Vote away the Liberty and Property of their Country.
"Having drained all the Sources of the Revenue in England, the Scheme was formed to recruit the Funds from America, and the Article of the East-India Company's Tea, was thought extremely proper to begin the Experiment. For this Purpose it was, that the Duty on that Article was reserved, and indeed that it was made lower than at first, whereby it might have the better Chance to escape Opposition; but if by the Reception of it, the Right of Taxation should be admitted, as soon as the Colonies become familiarized to it, I can from the best Authority assure you, that the Design is gradually to raise the Duties, and extend them to every Article of your Commerce, and of the Necessaries of Life, till you shall be taxed as much as the People are in England."
PORTSMOUTH, February 4, 1774. It's with the greatest Pleasure we can inform the good People of this and the neighbouring Provinces, that through the affidavit of Colonel JOHN FENTON, Justice of the Peace for the County of Grafton, the famous or rather infamous Glazier Wheeler, of Cohos, (who some Time since escaped from Worcester Goal, in the Massachusetts Bay) was apprehended on the Night of the 21st January last, for passing counterfeit Dollars; also, one Peter Hobart, an Accomplice, who has turned King's Evidence, and given such a Clew to Wheeler's Plans, as cannot fail of the most salutary Effect.
We hear that his Excellency the GOVERNOR, has appointed CHRISTOPHER TAPPIN, Esq; a Justice of the Inferior Court, for the County of Rockingham.
A L L Persons that have any legal Demands against, or Accounts open, with the Town of Portsmouth, are hereby desired to call upon the SELECTMEN of said Town, and their Claims shall be adjusted. Also, those that are Indebted to said Town, are requested to make Payment to said Select-Men immediately; and the several Collectors of Taxes in said Town, are required to pay their respective Balances immediately, as the Time is elapsed, which was allowed them by Law, and agreeable to their Warrants; which will be the only Method to prevent Extents being taken out against them.
Portsmouth, Feb. 4, 1774.
WHEREAS the Proprietors of CONWAY have chosen me Collector for the following Sums, one TAX of Twelve Shillings on each Right or proprietors Share in said Conway, granted to the Town to assist them in building a Meeting House, and one TAX of Thirty Shillings on each Right to make Bridges and Roads in said Town; this is to Notify said Proprietors to pay said TAXS to me at my Dwelling House in said Conway, on or before the third Tuesday in March next, or their Lands will be advertised for Sale.
DAVID PAGE, Collector. Jan. 31, 1774.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Coblesville , ss. WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Town of Alstead, in the County aforesaid, have been legally Notified to pay sundry Grants of Money legally assessed on Proprietors Rights or Lots of Land in said Township to me the Subscriber, and several of said Proprietors being yet delinquent in the whole or part, there are therefore to Notify said Proprietors, that so much of each delinquent Proprietors Lands will be expos'd to Sale at public Vendue at the House of Mr. Oliver Shepard, Innholder in said Alstead, on Wednesday the 9th Day of March next, at Nine of the Clock in the Morning, to pay said TAXES with incidental Charges, the Delinquent Lots being as follows, viz:
   No. Ran. l. s. No. Ran. l. s. No. Ran. l. s.     6 in 1st 12 2 in 2d 1 0 2 in 3d   3 3 3 8 4 3 1 0 1 4 1 0   2 4 3 8 1 5 3 8 2 5 1 0   3 5 2 16 1 6 3 8 4 6 3 8   3 6 3 8 5 6 3 8 1 7 3 8   2 7 1 0 4 7 3 8 5 7 2 8   6 7 3 8 7 7 3 8 8 7 3 8   1 8 3 8 2 8 3 8 5 8 3 8   6 8 3 8 7 8 3 8 8 8 3 8   1 9 8 4 2 9 8 4 3 9 3 8   8 9 3 8 1 10 8 4 2 10 8 4   3 10 3 8 4 10 3 8 5 10 3 8   6 10 3 8 7 10 3 8 8 10 3 8  
ABALOM KINGSBURY Collector. Alstead Jan. 24th 1774
TO BE SOLD, a commodious New Dwelling-House,
Pleasantly situated on Spring Hill, as well accommodated for Trade, as any in the Town; it is almost finished; together with a good Ware House, Yard, Garden Spot, and almost every Convenience that can be mentioned; with an excellent Cellar, in which is two good Arches: Now in the Occupation of Mr. Benjamin Parker. Enquire of the Printer hereof.
Capt. Lowell, of Newbury-Port, whom we some Time ago mentioned to have been terribly wounded by the discharge of a Cannon at the Essex Hospital, having recovered, the Cure merits Notice, and does great Honour to the Physician (Dr. Hall Jackson, of Portsmouth,) who has the Care of the Hospital: He had been inoculated but 12 Days, and the Small-Pox was just making its Appearance, when the Accident happened, by which his left Arm was blown off and never found, and the remaining Part amputated within 4 Inches of the Shoulder: The right Hand and Part of the Arm were torn to Pieces; & this Arm was amputated just below the Elbow: The large Vessels of the Neck, the Windpipe and the lower Jaw bone, from the Chin to the Ear, laid quite bare; and three of the upper fore Teeth broken off with a piece of the Jaw: The Coats of the right Eye pierced and its Humours discharged, & the Bone between the Eye and the Nose broken through; the other Eye greatly hurt, the whole Skin of the Face and Breast much hurt, and several Shivers of Bones driven into the Cheeks in different Places: Besides this, he also had a Wound four Inches long in the inside of his Thigh, which was so filled with Powder that it was not discovered till several Days after the Accident. Notwithstanding, in the short Space of thirty-seven Days he is so far recovered as to need no further Care of a Surgeon.
   CUSTOM-HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, February 3d.   Inward Entries FROM.     Sloop Betsey, Benjamin Lurvey, St. Nicholas.   Brig Polly, Daniel Jackson, Granada.   Brig Sally, Offin Boardman, Guadaloup.   Outward-Bound FOR.   Brig Dartmouth, Samuel Briard, West-Indies.   Ship Nelson, Nathaniel Dowis, Ditto.   Ship Sally, Jonathan Cary, Ditto.   Clear'd for Departure FOR.   Brig Betsey, Tristram Coffin, Gibraltar.   Brig Diana, Jeremiah Pearson, Ditto.   Brig Hannah, William Trefethen, West-Indies.   Brig Lark, John Tulton, Virginia.   Sloop Sally, Nathaniel Newman, West-Indies.   Sloop Edmund, Cutting Lunt, Grenada.   Sloop Virgin, James Nowell, North Carolina.   Sloop Ceres, Samuel Smallicorn, Connecticut.   Schooner Industry, Obe Hubbs, Ditto.   Ship St. John, Stephen Meeds, West-Indies.   Ship Codrington, George Rolland, Antigua.   Ship Reeve, Jacob Mills, Bristol.   Brig Susanna, William Bailey, LONDON.  
Wanted, a good Farm, For which the Cash will be given, provided it is within 5, 10 or 15 Miles of Portsmouth, containing from 100 to 150 Acres, with Wood Land, Mowing, Plowing, and pasturing in proportion. Any one having such a Farm to sell, are desire'd to inform the Printer, in writing, and the lowest Cash Price.

A REAL FRIEND DESCRIBED.
A Friend, what is he? Why he's one that loves, And likes the very Thing my Heart approves: He's faithful, tender, virtuous, and Free; Benevolent to all, but most to me: His Studies, Temper, Sentiments, and Aim, Are of a Kind with mine, if not the same: When I rejoice—his Pleasures overflow— Spring from the Heart, and not from outward Show: If I'm distress'd he flies to my Relief, Nor knows a Joy till I'm free from Grief; If Health and Peace my happy Hours crown, His Soul partakes, and thinks them both his own: His Sense refin'd, by Nature form'd to please, Art, has improv'd, to Dignity and Ease; The treasur'd Knowledge, which his Mind contains, His flowing Tongue reveals in pleasing Strains: His Conversation brightens and improves With lovely Influence the Friend he loves; With Virtue arm'd, his Airs and Manners free, Shew how he gain'd and keeps the Friend in me: His Passions all subdued, his placid Mind Reigns in his Face, and speaks him always kind; Self conscious Innocence, and inward Peace, Smile in his Heart, and brighten in his Face! This is a Friend, the Friend whom I approve, All this is he, whom from my Soul I love.
H. B.
Stavers's STAGE-COACH, NUMBER ONE,
Continues to ply week'y from PORTSMOUTH to BOSTON, with FOUR HORSES, equal to any in AMERICA, and sets out on Tuesday Mornings eight o'Clock, reaches BOSTON next Day—Leaves Boston Friday Mornings, reaches PORTSMOUTH next Day at said STAVERS's House, where is good Entertainment for Passengers and others; and good Accommodations for Carriages and Horses—He takes Care and provides good Drivers—His Carriages for twelve Years has never been evicted, nor any Passengers met with any Hurt.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham, ss.
§ 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 Tuesday the twenty-second Day of February next, at one of the Clock Afternoon, to act on the following Articles as they shall then see fit. 1. To chuse a Moderator for said Meeting. 2. To chuse a proprietor's Clerk, a Committee to call proprietor's Meetings, Assessors, a Collector, a Treasurer, &c. 3. To see if said proprietors will agree to sell the Grist Mill in said township or dispose of it some other Way for the Benefit of the proprietors. 4. To see what they will do concerning clearing and repairing Roads in said township. 5. To see if they will agree to hire Preaching some part of this present Year. 6. To see if they will agree to turn the Road near Mr. Thomas Baks, for the more easy and better passing & repassing said Road. 7 To see if they will agree to raise such a sum or sums of Money as shall be necessary for the Purposes aforesaid, or to defray any other necessary Charge; and to act any other thing else that may be thought proper.
Hampton, January 24th. 1774. ANTHONY EMERY CALEB SANBORN, } Committee.
* Meredith *
THE delinquent Proprietors of Meredith in the County of Strafford, and Province of New Hampshire, are hereby once more notified, that there has been sundry Assessments made by the Proprietors of said Meredith, on the several Lots in their said Rights, and committed to me the Subscriber to collect, that they pay their several respective Taxes or Assessments to me the Subscriber at Meredith, at or before the tenth Day of February next ensuing, or those that are delinquent therein will have their said Lands exposed to sale for the payment thereof, as the Law of said Province in such Cases directs. The Delinquents are as follows, viz.
   1st Div. 2d Div. 3d Div.   l. s. d. l. s. d. l. s. d.     John Purmot 2 17 6 3 8 3 2 11 10   Jonathan Shaw 7 0 7 8 6 4   Daniel Clark 7 8   Jonathan Silby 7 0 7 8 6 4   Joseph Parson 7 0 7 8 6 4   Ephraim Robinson 7 0 7 8 6 4   Joseph Rawlins of Exeter 7 0 7 8 6 4   Joseph Goodhue 7 0 7 8 6 4   Oliver Smith 7 0 7 8 6 4   John Shaw jun. 7 0 7 8 6 4   Thomas Fourd 7 0 7 8 6 4  
EBENEZER SMITH, Col. Meredith, January 18, 1774:
Province of New Hampshire.
A Petition having been preferred to the GENERAL ASSEMBLY, by sundry of the Inhabitants of NEW BOSTON, in said province, praying that a TAX of ONE PENNY, Lawful Money an Acre, per Annum, may by Act of the General Assembly, be laid on all the Lands in said Town, improved and unimproved, resident and non resident, for 6 Years next coming (the Lands belonging to the purchasers of the Patent of John Tilton Mason, Esq; excepted) for the Purposes of supporting their Minister, and keeping in repair the Roads in said Town for Reasons in said petition mention'd.
THESE are therefore to give Notice, that a Hearing is granted on said Petition, on the third Day of the sitting of the General Assembly, next after the 15th of February next, for any person having any Objection thereto, to appear and show Cause, why the prayer thereof may not be granted.
GEO. KING, D. Sec.
Dated at Portsmouth, January 15th 1774.
Province of New Hampshire.
WHEREAS the Proprietors of CANTERBURY in said Province, have preferred a Petition to the GENERAL ASSEMBLY, setting forth that a vast Number of Papers containing their Votes and Proceedings; and by which many Estates have been conveyed and are now held, have not been recorded, owing to the Neglect or Omission of their Clerks. That upon Discovery thereof they had appointed a Committee, who had carefully examined all the said Papers, and having found them fair and genuine, and the Hand Writing of the Clerks aforesaid, as they supposed, had recorded them in a Book, to authenticate which Book, they imagine themselves under necessity to crave the Aid of the General Assembly; and therefore pray that a Committee may be appointed from the General Court, to inspect and examine said Papers and Records, lately made, and to report thereon; after which an Act or Resolve may pass to authenticate said Papers or Records.
These are therefore to give Notice that a hearing is granted on said Petition on the Third Day of the sitting of the General Assembly, after the 10th of February next, for any Person having any Objection thereto, to be heard thereon.
GEO. KING, D. Sec.
Dated at Portsmouth, Jan. 19. 1774.
§ Success. §
THE Proprietors of SUCCESS are desired to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on Thursday the 10th Day of February next, at Five o'Clock P. M. pursuant to the Application of more than one sixteenth Part of the Proprietors of said Township, that a Meeting might be called to examine the Treasurer's and Collector's Accounts, and consider upon the best Manner of proceeding with Delinquents, likewise to make Choice of such Officers, and transact any such Business as may be necessary for the Propriety.
PAUL LANGDON, Pro. Clerk.
Portsmouth, Jan. 19. 1774.
Province of New Hampshire.
§ Fitzwilliam. §
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of Fitzwilliam, have been legally notified to pay sundry Grants of Money legally assessed on each Proprietors Right or Lot of Land in said Town to me the Subscriber, and several of the Proprietors being yet delinquent in the Whole or Part, these are therefore to notify such Proprietors that so much of each delinquent Proprietors Lands will be exposed to Sale at public Vendue at the House of James Reed, Esq; Innholder in said Town, on Thursday the 17th Day of February next, at two o'clock in the Afternoon, to pay said Taxes with incidental Charges, the delinquent Lots being as follows, with the Sums due.
   l. s. d.     Moses Hastings Lot No. 11 in 1st Range 2 8 10   Eleazer Colter 10 9 3 11 10   Daniel Lake 12 4 2 8 10   John Gouldsbary 11 1 1 3 0   Aaron Garfield 9 7 3 11 10  
EDWARD KENDALL, Collector.
Fitzwilliam January 10, 1774.
Lost an 18 Foot Moses Boat.
Went a drift from Spring-Hill, within a Fortnight, a Moses Boat, Eighteen Feet long, almost new. Whoever has taken up said Boat and will deliver her at Capt. GEORGE WENTWORTH's Wharfe, or give Information where she may be found, shall be handsomely Rewarded, by JOSHUA WENTWORTH.
Portsmouth, Jan. 20. 1774.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
A Petition having been preferred to the General Assembly by ANDREW McMILLAN Esq; Agent for the inhabitants of the Town of CONCORD, in the County of Rockingham, in said province, praying, for divers Reasons alledged in said Petition, that the said Town of Concord may be annexed to the County of Hillsborough, and that there may be annually held there one Superior Court of Judicature, one Inferior Court of Common Pleas and one Court of General Sessions of the Peace for said County: — THESE are therefore to give public Notice, that a Hearing is granted on said Petition on the third Day of the sitting of the General Assembly after the first Day of March next, when any person may have Opportunity to appear and show Cause why the prayer thereof may not be granted.
Dated at Portsmouth, 20th January, 1774.
GEORGE KING, D. Sec.
Monadnock No. 5.
WHEREAS the proprietors of MONADNOCK No 5, in the County of Cheshire, and province of New Hampshire, have been legally Notified to pay an Assessment levied on each proprietors Right or Lot, to me the Subscriber; and several of the Owners of Lots being yet delinquent in the whole or part, these are to notify them, that there will be sold at public Vendue on Thursday the 24th Day of February next, at the House of Mr. Benjamin Tucker, Innholder in said Town, at ten of the Clock before Noon, so much of each delinquent proprietors Lot as will be sufficient to pay the Sum that remains due on each Lot, with all necessary Charges, unless payment be made before the time mentioned. The delinquent Lots are as follows, with the Sums due.
   No. Ran. l. s. d. No. Ran. l. s. d.     1 in 3d 0 13 9 9 in 4th 0 12 6   10 7 9 7 1 10   7 2 12 6 2 3 12 6   9 1 6 10 9 2 4 2   13 5 3 5 1 8 2 7   12 1 11 2 13 1 10   4 7 2 3 8 3 8 4   8 2 12 6 11 4 4 10   9 3 4 2 7 3 2 6  
Numbers in the North End of the Town.
10    No. l. s. d. No. l. s. d. No. l. s. d.     52 0 12 0 53 0 12 6 59 0 9 8   60 4 2 32 6 3 32 4 2   37 12 6 98 6 0 40 10 10   106 1 11 41 12 6 84 4 2   69 3 10 3 4 2 57 4 2   10 12 6 91 9 11 90 10 9   70 11 0 78 12 6 72 4 2   67 4 2 36 2 10 80 3 7   85 3 1 89 4 2 34 12 6  
JAMES BREWER, Collector.
Monadnock No. 5, Jan. 19, 1774.
ALL Persons having Claims against THOMAS BELL, Esq; late of New Castle, in the County of Rockingham, deceased, intestate, are desired to bring them in properly attested for a speedy Settlement, and all Persons that are indebted to said intestate are requested to make immediate Payment to the Subscribers.
SAMPSON BELL THOMAS BELL MATHEW BELL } Administrators;
New Castle, January 14th, 1774.
WHEREAS Meheteble, my Wife hath absconded from me and declares that she will never live with me any more; and for no Reason given by me, and threatens to run me in Debt, this is to certify that I will pay no Debt of her contracting, after this Date, as witness my Hand, ELISHA LOCK.
Bath, dated October 25, 1773.
A WATCH was taken up between Kingston, and Exeter, the Owner by properly describing the same, and paying Cost, may have it by applying to Dr. JOHN GIDDINGE at Exeter.
TAKEN up a young Hieffer, whoever owns her may have her again, proving their Property and paying Charges. Enquire of GEORGE PEVERLY of Portsmouth.
A BOY, between 14 and 16 Years of Age is wanted, as an Apprentice to the Baker's Business. Enquire of Moses Woodward of Portsmouth.
Land in Gilmantown, Being one whole Right, to be Sold. Enquire at the Printing Office.
Blanks of most sorts, sold cheap At the Printing Office in Portsmouth.