The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-03-04 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday March 4, 1774.
Vol. XVIII.
GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
NO. 906 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
Falmouth Resolves.
AT a legal Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of FALMOUTH, qualified by Law to vote in Town-Meetings, held on the 3d Day of February 1774; the Select-Men being all present;
JEDEDIAH PREBLE, Esq; Moderator.
Then voted, 1st, That Jedediah Preble, Esq; Mr. Richard Codman, Captain John Waite, Enoch Freeman, Esq; Mr. Benjamin Winslow, Mr. John Butler, and Mr. Samuel Freeman, be a Committee, to make answer to the several Letters, received from the committee of correspondence in Boston.
The said committee, by request of the town then retired, and soon after, returned with the following report which the town voted should be accepted and recorded, viz.
"The committee chosen by this town, to make answer to the letters received from the committee of correspondence of the town of Boston, report, that they would recommend the following to be sent to the committee of correspondence in Boston, as an answer to their letters, viz.
"Falmouth, February 3d, 1774.
"The inhabitants of the said town of Falmouth, being this day legally assembled, for the consideration of the present alarming circumstances of public affairs, have tho' it their duty to express their sentiments thereon, in manner following, viz.
"That having too patiently waited a long time, in hopes that the Governor would join the other branches of the legislature, in petitioning the King for a redress of American grievances, we find it now in vain still to hope or expect any relief through his means. Having therefore considered seriously and attentively, the general opposition throughout the continent, to some late acts of parliament, which lay taxes on us for the purpose of raising a revenue from us without our consent, or opportunity of deliberating on the expediency thereof, we think it a duty, which we owe our fellow countrymen and our posterity, to declare our sense and opinion, in a matter which so highly concerns the welfare of the present generation, and the happiness of our children yet unborn. First then we declare it our opinion, that neither the parliament of Great-Britain nor any other power on earth, has a right to lay a tax on us, but by our consent, or the consent of those whom we may choose to represent us: This is one of the most important articles of the glorious Magna Charta, the liberties of which we have a right inviolably to enjoy, & it is not only agreeable to the laws of God and nature, but it is interwoven in the constitution of the human mind. In parliament we have none to represent us, and the great distance of Great-Britain, which is separated from this continent by a vast and hazardous ocean, renders it impossible that we ever can, either in reason or equity: But to prevent the inconvenience, which this want of representation would subject us to, we have by compact yet unbroken, by a charter which our forefathers purchased for us, a parliament of our own; or rather a supreme provincial court, in which we are equally represented; and to whose laws alone, under obedience to the laws of God, ought we to be subservient. No man can serve two masters. To be subject to two legislative powers, renders us liable to a double subserviency, which the
nature of government does not require. A corrupt & disaffected ministry, have hitherto attempted to enslave us, by endeavouring to bring us to submit to acts of parliament, which they, and some of our enemies, adders in our bosom, had unjustly planned; and of which the late formidable stamp-act, was a manifest instance: This has happily been repealed: But now still determined to execute their mischievous scheme, they have let loose the monstrous East-India company upon us to devour us; who have begun their baneful commission, by endeavouring to wash down the fatal pill, with the bewitching, the unsalutary BOHEA TEA, which they have sent out in large quantities to the different cities and principal towns on the continent, to allure us with its gilded bait: — And here we cannot help expressing our resentment against some of our own countrymen, who have been edging on those deep laid schemes: What encouragement must it give our enemies in Britain, when they find that men, born and educated among us, have spoken enmity against us, and endeavoured to represent us as rebels, & disaffected subjects. We believe ourselves to be as loyal subjects to his most gracious Majesty King George the third, as any in his European dominions. To him we owe our firm allegiance, and his crown will we maintain to our latest breath; nor do we desire to live free from the restraints of good government; — we detest anarchy and confusion; but we say it again; we cannot think it just to be subject to the controul of a parliament, 3000 Miles distant from us, who never can, either seasonably hear, or thoroughly be acquainted with, the situation of our affairs. It is with deep concern and uneasiness, that we find ourselves reduced to this unhappy alternative, either to resist or yield. If we yield, we own the power that oppresses us, and must forever submit to its despotic sway: — If we resist, we oppose the same oppressive power, and must exert our resolutions with unremitted ardour, for our own security. If we yield we detach ourselves from the general body of our fellow countrymen, and must endure their just reproaches; we must suffer the evils, which a servile submission will bring on us and our posterity, and convey the brand of infamy and shame, to succeeding Generations. We are therefore constrained, by the sacred obligations of patriotism, self-preservation, and the tender ties of filial affection, to join our Brethren of the several Towns on the Continent, in opposing the operation of these encroaching acts. Nature dictates, reason directs, and conscience obliges us to support our freedom; our happiness depends upon it: our cause is just, and we doubt not fully consonant to the will of God: in him therefore let us put our trust; let our hearts be obedient to the dictates of his sovereign will; and let our hands & hearts be always ready to unite in zeal for the common good, and transmit to our children, that sacred freedom which our fathers have transmitted to us, and which they purchased for us with their purest blood.
"We therefore further resolve,
"1st. That we will not suffer to be imported from Great-Britain to this town, any articles whatever, on which the parliament has laid a duty, with the purpose of raising a revenue from us without our consent.
"2dly. That we will have no dealings or correspondence with any person who may wilfully promote, either directly or indirectly the operation of such arbitrary acts.
"3dly. That it is the opinion of this town, that one of the most effectual means for obtaining a redress of our grievances, is for every town to make proof of their virtue by desisting from the use of all India TEAS.
"Therefore, 4thly. RESOLVED, That whoever shall endeavour to allure the minds of the people, by any means whatever, to use India TEA until the act imposing a duty thereon is repealed, is pursuing measures in direct opposition to that freedom which the whole continent are at this time contending for, and evidently proves, how little they are concerned, if all America are enslaved, if they can but thereby enrich themselves.
"Therefore, 5thly, RESOLVED, That we will not buy or sell any India TEA whatever after this third day of February, until the act which lays a duty thereon, is repealed; and will hold in detestation, every person who shall aim to counteract the designs of the town in this respect.
"6thly. RESOLVED, That as we are at a great distance from Boston, the metropolis of the province, and cannot have so early intelligence of encroachments upon our rights, as they have, we do acknowledge our obligations to them, for their early notice of approaching danger, and for their intrepid behaviour upon the late TEA-Ships arrival; and we trust they will still be our WATCH-TOWER, and they may depend on our utmost endeavors, to support them at all times, in defence of our rights and liberties. Then,
VOTED, 2dly. That the said committee of correspondence, be a standing committee to correspond with the committee of correspondence for the town of Boston.
VOTED 3dly. That the selectmen of this town be a committee of inspection, whose business it shall be, to observe if any persons buy or sell tea, contrary to the resolves of this town, & to make report thereof to the committee of correspondence.
"Voted, 4th, That the selectmen be, and hereby are desired, to withhold their approbation for licence for retailing or tavern-keeping, to such person or persons, who may presume to buy or sell tea, contrary to the aforesaid resolves.
"Voted, 5th. That Mr. Benjamin Muffy Mr. Robert Pagan, and Mr. Enoch Moody, be a committee to enquire what quantity of TEA is in town, of what quality, in whose hands it is, and when imported; and make report thereof at the annual meeting in March next.
"Voted, 6th. That a copy of these proceedings be, by the Town-Clerk transmitted to the committee of correspondence in Boston. "A true copy. Attest.
"NAT. GREEN MOODY, Town-Clerk."
TO BE LET,
And entered upon the beginning of APRIL next, A FARM in Little-Harbour, containing good Pasturing, Plowing, Mowing and Orcharding, with a good HOUSE and BARN, with Stock, as Cattle, Sheep and Swine. Whoever inclines to hire the same, may know further by applying to JONATHAN WARNER, Esq; of Portsmouth. Warrantee and Quitclaim Deeds, Justices Blanks &c. Sold at the Printing Office.

Hampton Resolves.
Province of New-Hampshire.
Rockingham, ss. Hampton, January 17th, 1774.
A Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Hampton, regularly assembled, at the Meeting House in said Town, for the purpose of considering the unreasonable, and unconstitutional Power and Claim which the Parliament of Great Britain have assumed over the Rights and Properties of his Majesty's loyal Subjects in America; and at this alarming Crisis to consult on such proper and effectual Measures, as will, with the Union of our Brethren, counteract every bold and wicked Attempt of the Enemies of the British Constitution, to enforce their unjust Usurpations:
Voted, JONATHAN MOULTON, Esq; Moderator.
Voted, That we will take into Consideration the Matters, for which the Inhabitants are now assembled.
(Dissented, Lieut. Josiah Dearborn.)
Upon a due and deliberate Review of the oppressive Measures, which the Parliament of Great Britain have, and still are daily taking to subject the Colonies to Taxation, and the unjust Purposes for which they have exercised that presumed Right, it plainly appears to us, (under their respective Circumstances) as it must evidently to every one, that is not lost to Virtue, nor devoid of common Sense, that if they are submitted to, will be totally destructive of our natural and constitutional Rights and Liberties, and have a direct Tendency to reduce the Americans to a State of actual Slavery: And as the Ministry of Great Britain are assiduously adopting the most artful Schemes to effect it; we have therefore, just Reason to consider our Situation as dangerous, & such as requires the united Attention of the whole; and being Members thereof, and consequently equally interested with others, and feeling that Concern and Indignation which should animate every honest Breast; we look upon it, as our indispensable Duty, as Men, as Christians, and as Americans acting worthy the Descendants of our illustrious Ancestors, publicly to express our Sentiments, and Determinations at this important and alarming Crisis; being fully persuaded that our Happiness and Prosperity now depends (under GOD's gracious Approbation) on a virtuous and persevering Union.
That a due Sense of this so universally prevails, & the manly and spirited Resolves, and Determinations which Towns have so generally entered into in Consequence of it, affords real Pleasure and Satisfaction. Such prudent, peaceable, and regular Methods to express, and effectuate the firm, and steadfast Union so necessary, we esteem worthy of our present Example, and therefore----
Voted, That a Committee be chosen, and desired to prepare such Resolves, as they may conceive proper for this Town to adopt, and to have the same in Readiness, that they may be taken into Consideration at the Adjournment of this Meeting.
A Committee was accordingly chosen, and the Meeting adjourned until Monday the 7th of February next, at 12 o'Clock.
FEBRUARY 7th, 1774---Met according to Adjournment.
The Committee who were desired to prepare the Resolves, inform'd the Meeting that they, agreeable to their Request had them ready to offer to their Consideration, and the same having been distinctly read, and with due Deliberation considered, it was put to vote whether they should be accepted as the Opinion and Determination of this Town, which passed by a very great Majority in the Affirmative.
Dissented, Capt. Jeremiah Marston, Jonathan Marston, Jeremiah Towle, Winthrop Sanborn, Daniel Philbrook and Simon Lane. The Resolves are as follows, viz.
First: That it is inseparably essential to the Freedom of a People, and the inherent Right of Englishmen in every Part of the British Dominions, that no Tax be imposed on them without the Consent of themselves, or their Representatives. That the local Circumstances of the People in America cannot admit of their being represented in the Parliament of G. Britain, & that therefore they are exempt from Parliamentary Taxations.
2dly. That no Taxes can be constitutionally imposed on the People in the Colonies but by their respective Legislatures, and that the sole Right of imposing Taxes on the Inhabitants of this his Majesty's Province of New-Hampshire in particular is now and ever hath been legally, and constitutionally vested in the House of Assembly, lawfully convened, with consent of Council, and his Majesty, or his Representative, the Governor for the Time being.
3dly. That the Act of the British Parliament imposing a Duty on TEAS, payable in America, upon being landed, is a Tax imposed on the Americans without their consent; and the express Purpose for which that Tax is levied, has a direct Tendency to subvert our Constitution, render our Assemblies useless, and introduce that Plan of Arbitrary Government, which (to every attentive Person appears) the Ministry of Great-Britain, are artfully endeavouring to establish over the Americans.
4thly. That a virtuous and steady Opposition, to every artful Measure to enforce said Act, is the most likely Method, (under GOD) to obtain a Repeal of the same, & that it is therefore the Duty of every American to concur in advancing, and supporting that glorious Design.
5thly. That we will to the utmost of our Power, in every reasonable and constitutional Way, endeavour to promote & defend the Happiness and Security of British America, and if ever Necessity requires it, we will be ready in Conjunction with our oppressed American Brethren, to risk our Lives and Interest in support of those Rights, Liberties, and Privileges, which our Supreme Lawgiver, and our happy Constitution have entitled us to.
It was moved, that it might be of general Utility to have a Committee appointed to correspond with other Committees in this, and the Neighbouring Governments, as they may see Occasion: Therefore
Voted, That Mr. Philip Towle, Captain Josiah Moulton, Amos Coffin, Esq; Messrs. William Lane and Josiah Moulton 3d, be a Committee for that Purpose.
Voted, That the Town do return their sincere and hearty Thanks to all their Friends & Brethren, who have at any Time exerted themselves to maintain the Rights, promote and defend the Honour and Happiness of our Country; and particularly to the Committee of Correspondence at Portsmouth, for their late obliging Letter; and that the Committee of Correspondence transmit to them, a Copy of the Proceedings of this Meeting, as soon as may be.
Copy attested, per JOSEPH DOW, Town-Clerk.
A Quantity of the best new Waterfowl and Lisbon FEATHERS, TO BE SOLD BY Joseph Bass, At the Shop next Door to the Printing-Office, Cheap for Cash.
Published by AUTHORITY. An ACT to preserve the FISH in Piscataqua River.
WHEREAS the Fishing in Piscataqua River, and in the harbour near the mouth of said river, with setting lines and seins hath already in a great measure obstructed and turned the course of the cod-fish and smelts in said river, and the fishing for bass and blue-fish in winter, hath almost exterminated the bass and blue-fish in said river, so that these useful fisheries are in eminent danger of being lost, unless prevented by an act of the general Assembly;
Be it therefore enacted by the GOVERNOR, COUNCIL and ASSEMBLY, that from and after the making of this act, no person shall be allowed to fish in the said river or harbour, or any of the branches thereof within this province, where the tide ebbs and flows with any sein or setting line, for any fish whatsoever. And no person shall by any way or means whatsoever, catch, kill, or destroy, any bass, or blue-fish in said river, or the branches aforesaid, from the first of December to the first of April annually, on Pain that any and every person offending in any of the particulars aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay for every offence the sum of three pounds, to be recovered by bill, plaint, or information, or indictment of the grand-jury, one half to the use of the government, the other half to the informer, in any of his Majesty's courts of record, And any person or persons are hereby authorized to destroy any seine or setting line, found fishing or set for fishing in said river and harbour within this province. And in case of being su'd therefor, may plead the general issue, and give the special matter in evidence, and shall recover double costs.
And whosoever shall knowingly buy or sell any smelts, bass, blue-fish, or cod-fish, taken contrary to this act, shall forfeit ten shillings, to be recovered by action or information, before a justice of the peace, for the use of the informer.
An ACT in Addition to an ACT to preserve FISH in Piscataqua River.
WHEREAS the said Act, if effectually executed, will preserve and secure a very valuable and beneficial fishery to the inhabitants within this province; but hath been found not to answer the good design of it, to prevent the unnecessary destruction of the bass in said river, and the branches thereof, for want of it being made the duty of the select-men to inform of the breach thereof in that particular;
Be it therefore enacted by the GOVERNOR, COUNCIL & ASSEMBLY, That from & after the first day of December next, & during the continuance of this act, the selectmen of the several towns of Portsmouth, Greenland, Stratham, Exeter Newmarket, Durham, Dover, Somersworth, North-Hampton, Hampton, and Hampton-Falls, shall be under oath to inform of the breach of said act, relative to the bass. Which oath any justice of the peace in the county of Rockingham or Strafford shall administer, and the select-men of each of said towns for the current year shall take said oath at or before the last day of November next, and for the future, when they shall be sworn into that office. [These acts to be in force 'till Dec. 1777]
BOSTON, Feb. 24.
Southborough, Feb. 21, 1774.
Mr. Draper,
THERE having lately been a Remarkable Instance of Mortality by Means of the Throat Distemper, near to us, if you please you may give the following Account of it in your weekly News Paper.
Between this Town and Hopkinton there runs a Strip of Land belonging to Framingham, on which lives Mr. Jacob Gibbs, who the Beginning of November last had Nine Children from about 20 Years of age and under.
On Nov. 25 Reliance,
Dec. 5 Jacob,
15 John,
17 Sarah,
22 Jerusha,
25 Lydia,
29 Eliza.
DIED.
One of the eldest and the youngest only are left alive. In and about that Time Four or Five more in several other Families within Sight of that House, died of the same Distemper. But thro' the Mercy of God it hath hitherto spread no farther. A loud Call to other Children, Therefore be ye also ready.
PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. Province Excise.
ON THURSDAY the Thirty-First Day of MARCH Inst. will be exposed to SALE at PUBLIC VENDUE, to the highest Bidder, by the Committee appointed by Vote of the GENERAL-ASSEMBLY, for that Purpose, at the House of James Stoodly, Esq; in Portsmouth, the PROVINCE EXCISE on SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, granted by an Act passed in the 5th Year of his late Majesty's Reign, entitled an Act for granting unto his Majesty an Excise on several Liquors, &c. &c. The said EXCISE will be sold for only one Year, to commence from the second Tuesday in November last, and in Five separate Divisions, in the following Manner.
COUNTY of ROCKINGHAM.
The First Division to include all the Towns & Parishes within the County of Rockingham.
COUNTY of STRAFFORD.
The Second Division to include all the Towns & Parishes within the County of Strafford.
COUNTY of HILLSBOROUGH.
The Third Division to include all the Towns & Parishes within the County of Hillsborough.
COUNTY of CHESHIRE.
The Fourth Division to include all the Towns & Parishes within the County of Cheshire.
COUNTY of GRAFTON.
The Fifth Division to contain all the Lands in the Province, not comprehended in the other Divisions, including all the Towns and Parishes within the County of Grafton.
Conditions of Sale shall be made known at the Time and Place of Sale.
JONATHAN WARNER, Chairman. Portsmouth, March 1st 1774.
St. George de Viart,
Who has resided for Three Years last past at Salem, and taught Dancing, Fencing, and the French Language, there, at Marblehead and Gloucester, to general Approbation, having been favoured with encouragement to open Schools in this Town for teaching the same polite and useful Accomplishments, begs leave to acquaint the Public, that he proposes to attend his Dancing-School every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, from Two o'clock in the Afternoon, till Five; at the Assembly-Room; his Fencing-School on the same Days, from Five o'clock in the Evening, till Eight, at the same Place; and French School from Six o'clock, till Eight in the Evening, at the same Place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. He proposes also to Teach Dancing to any young Gentlemen whose Business will not permit them to attend in the Day, at the same Place on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Evenings, from Eight o'clock till Ten.
Mr. De Viart intends opening his Dancing-School, on the above-mentioned Days, in the First Week of March next; and his other Schools as soon as a sufficient Number of Schollars apply.
Mr. De Viart's Terms may be known by applying to him, at his Lodgings, at Mr. Gerrish's, in King-Street.
Portsmouth, 16th Feb. 1774.
TO BE SOLD OR LETT.
An exceeding good FARM,
Lying all together, well Fenced, in Deerfield, within half a Mile of the Meeting House, well wooded, together with good Pasturing, Plowing and Mowing, with a young Orchard; and is well watered: On the Premises is a good House, Barn and Well, &c. with other Accommodations; now in the Occupation of THOMAS SIMPSON, Esq; Whoever intends to buy or hire the same, must apply to CLEMENT MARCH, Esq; of Greenland, before the 25th of March, for then it is to be enter'd upon.
LOST some time this Week,
Off of Chebicho Point, a small Mast roughly hew'd to a nineteen Inch diameter, about 63 Feet long, not marked, the Wood in some places not touched with the hewing, is considerable sweeping one Way, about one Foot of the unbew'd Wood left above the Head, something galled in hewing since hew'd. Any one that shall take up said Mast, and give Notice to the Subscriber, shall be handsomely Rewarded by Ebenezer Sullivan. Berwick, Feb. 4, 1774.

Dartmouth Township.
TO THE WORSHIPFUL SAMUEL PENHALLOW, Esq; One of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Rockingham, in the Province aforesaid, Greeting.
WE the Subscribers Owners of more than one sixteenth part of the Township of Dartmouth, in said Province, desire you would call a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Township, at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Port- mouth, on the 16th Day of March current, at six o' Clock P. M. then and there to act on the following Matters. 1. To choose a Moderator and Proprietors Clerk. 2. To agree upon & vote such Sum or Sums of Money to be raised on each original Grantee's Right, as will pay their proportion of the Cost of taking out the Charter, surveying the Out Lines of the Town, and cutting and clearing two principal Roads through the Town already finished. 3. To choose Assessors, and a Collector for said Taxes. 4. To choose a proprietor's Treasurer. 5. To consider of and agree upon the necessary Measures to prose- cute the Settlement of the Township. 6. To agree upon some Method to call future Meetings.
JOSIAH WILLARD, JOHN HURD.
In Pursuance of the foregoing Request, I do here- by notify and warn a Meeting of said proprietors of Dartmouth, to be held at the time and place above requested, then and there to act upon the several Matters therein mentioned.
SAMUEL PENHALLOW.
Portsmouth, March 2, 1774.
Province of New Hampshire.
[ Sambornton. ]
WHEREAS the Proprietors of the Township of Sambornton, have been legally notified to pay an Assessment on each Proprietor's Right or Lots of Land in said Township, to me the Subscriber, and several of them being yet delinquent in the Whole or Part; this is therefore to notify such Persons, that their delinquent Proprietors Lands will be exposed to Sale at public Vendue, at the House of Mr. Simon Dearborn, Innholder in Epping, the 20th Day of April next, at one of the Clock, in the Afternoon, to pay said Taxes, with incidental Charges, the de- linquent Proprietors Names are as follows, with the Sums due.
Lawful Money.
   1st. Division. 2d. Division.   l s. d. l s. d.     Daniel Samborn 0 0 0 0 4 7   Jonathan Samborn 0 4 0 0 0 0   Aaron Rawlins 0 8 0 0 0 0   John Fogg 0 4 0 0 0 0   Jonathan Longfellow 0 8 0 0 16 0   Jeiths Pearson 0 0 0 0 5 6   John Rawlins 0 0 0 0 16 0   Josiah Fogg 0 4 0 0 0 0   Josiah Samborn 0 0 0 0 13 6   Josiah Smith 0 8 0 0 16 0   Thomas Rawlins 0 0 0 0 7 6   Joseph Holt 0 1 5 0 0 0   Caleb Rawlins 0 0 0 0 12 0   Benjamin Mason 0 4 0 0 0 0   Jonathan Chase 0 0 0 0 2 6   Edward Taylor 0 0 0 0 7 3   William Chase 0 0 0 0 16 0  
SETH FOGG, Collector.
Epping March 1, 1774.
LOST, by the Subscriber,
between Durham and Newmarket, on the Road, over Stratham Bridge, about the 10th of February last, Sunday Notes of Hand Receipts & other Papers, wrapped up in an old New Paper, and tied with a red String. Whoever shall take up or procure the same, so that the Subscriber may have them again shall be handsomely Rewarded, by
JOHN SULLIVAN.
Portsmouth, March 2d, 1774.
Three Months is further allowed
From the first Day of January last, by the Honorable JOHN SHERBURNE, Esq; Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. for the County of Rockingham for the Commissioners to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of Elisha Bryard, late of Portsmouth, in said County, deceased, Intestate, represented Informant, We the Subscribers do hereby Notify said Creditors, that we will attend that Busi- ness at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on the first and last Mondays in March next, from 5 to 8 o'Clock P. M. on said Days.
Portsmouth, Feb. 25, 1774. GEORGE HART, JOSHUA BRACKETT.
N E W - Y O R K, February 17.
The business of Kayahoto, the great Ohio Chief, accompa- nied by several other principal Indians, with Sir Wm. Johnson, Bart. was to deliver the substance of several conferences held amongst the Indians at and near the Ohio, whither he is re-
turned with several speeches, belts, &c. from Sir William, tend- ing to produce a change in the conduct of those who have lately been disposed to create Troubles in that quarter; and the In- dians to the northward, have, on their parts, sent some spirited messages to those unruly people.
We are informed the inhabitants of Canada have sent over to England a petition praying for the establishment of a legislature in that province.
CHARLESTOWN, South-Carolina, January 21, 1774.
Letters from the Cherokee Country inform, that Attakulla- kulla, or the little Carpenter, is gone out to War against the Kickapoo Indians, to revenge the death of several of his relations killed by that tribe. This faithful Indian is now arrived to a very advanced age; he was one of the Cherokee deputies who went to England at the beginning of the late King's reign, and signed a treaty at Westminster in 1730.
B O S T O N, February 28, 1774.
Tuesday last His Excellency the Governor sent for the House of Representatives into the Council Chamber, and delivered them the following SPEECH.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives,
IN my Answer to your Address or Remonstrance which you directed the Secretary to deliver to me, I acquainted you that to comply with your Request would be to counteract the King in a Matter upon which His Majesty's Pleasure had been expressly signified to me, & therefore, I was obliged to decline it.
In a second Address, presented by your Speaker, the House attending, you desire me to take your Remonstrance into my further Consideration, and also to take the Advice of His Ma- jesty's Council thereon, of whose Institution you say it was the principal End to be advising and assisting to the Governor in ordering and directing the Affairs of the Province, and you add, that my determining on the Matter myself would be to order and direct one of the most important Affairs of the Province, without the Advice and Assistance of the Council, and contrary to the most evident Design of the Charter.
You have taken particular Parts or Clauses of the Charter, abstracted from other Parts or Clauses which relate to them, and which are intended to qualify and explain them; and in this Way you are enabled to represent the Constitution very different from what it has always been understood to be.
You have passed over that Clause in the Charter which au- thorizes the Governor to assemble and call together the Council from Time to Time, at his Discretion, and likewise another Clause reserving a Negative Voice to the Governor as well in Council as in the General Assembly, and declaring that no Acts of Government whatsoever, either of the Council or Assembly shall be valid without his Consent.
I am very sensible, that besides those Acts of Government which the Charter authorizes the Governor to do by himself, there are others which are to be done by the Advice and Con- sent of the Council; and for the Purpose of the last mentioned Acts, the Governor is authorised, from Time to Time, at his Discretion, to assemble the Council, and no other Provision is made in the Charter for assembling or calling them together. It cannot be denied that the Governor may be requested to as- semble the Council in order to the laying before them Matters of such a Nature, as that merely agitating them in Council would derogate from the Honor of the King, and suffering a Question to be put upon them would render the Governor highly culpa- ble. Surely the Governor has a discretionary Power to refuse to assemble the Council upon such a Request, other wise the Clause in the Charter must be altogether nugatory and can have no Force nor Effect in any Case whatsoever.
There is a Fallacy in your Reasoning, and you give a specious Appearance to it by avoiding the Distinction between the Gov- ernor's doing an Act of Government without the Advice of Council, and his declining to assemble the Council in order to their Advice upon an Act the subject Matter whereof, according to his best Discretion, ought not to be made a Question of or come into Debate.
That I may give you a full, and I hope, satisfactory Answer to your Address, I must repeat to you, what I have had Occasion to mention to former Houses of Representatives. --- That I am the Servant of the King. --- That I have received no Instruc- tions nor any Significations of his Majesty's Pleasure, which are not perfectly consistent with your Charter, and which His Majesty hath not an indisputable Authority to give. --- That such instructions or Significations of his Majesty's Pleasure are, by my Commission, the Rule of my Administration, and to de- part from them would be a Breach of the Trust which His Ma- jesty has reposed in me.
I am nevertheless urged by you to bring this Question in Effect, before his Majesty's Council, whether I shall or shall not con- form to his Majesty's Pleasure expressly signified to me, and to take their Advice upon it. Taking the Advice of his Majesty's Council is an equivocal Expression. If by taking the Advice you intend no more than consulting or advising with them, in order to collect their Opinion, this would be trifling with the Council, as well as bringing before them an improper Subject of Debate, because they would give their Advice to no Purpose, seeing I am not at Liberty, if they advise to it, to disobey the King's Commands: If by taking their Advice you intend com- plying with it, though it should be contrary to my own Sense of my Duty to the King, this would be giving up the Power of Negative granted or reserved to me by the Charter; for if I do not use this Power to avoid a Breach of a special Express Trust reposed in me by the King, I know of no Cause in which I ought to do it. In either Sense of the Word I am not at Liberty to comply with your Request.
In a mixed Government, a Conformity of Sentiment in all the Parts of it, upon every Measure, is not to be expected. --- Every Part may, notwithstanding, claim a Right to Freedom of Judgment in the Exercise of the Powers assigned to it by the Constitution. The House of Representatives, by long Usage, is in possession of the Power of originating all Grants of the Estate of the Province, whether in Lands or Money. I have often thought the Grants made by former Houses much short of an Equivalent to the Services which they were intended to compensate. I have never urged enlarging them contrary to the free Judgment of the House. The Power of assembling the Council in Order to their Advice, is by Charter as well as un- interrupted Usage, in the Governor. I have a Right to equal Freedom of Judgment in the Exercise of this Power.
If I persist in an erroneous Judgment, upon your humble Re- presentations to Majesty, and making the Error to appear, you may be sure of Redress; but until I am convinced of my Error I may not voluntarily depart from my own Judgment or Dis- cretion, and govern myself by the Discretion of the House of Representatives, for I should then be justly chargeable with sub- verting a material Part of the Constitution.
T. HUTCHINSON.
Council-Chamber, 22d Feb. 1774.
We hear from Martha's Vineyard, that on the 21st Instant, put in there in Distress, the Ship Isabella, Benjamin Heming, Master, from Newcastle on Tyne, bound to Philadelphia: --- She sailed from England the seventh of October last; and from She gyled from England when their stock of Water was exhausted, they were obliged to subsist on such small Matter as they could
distill in the Ship's Kettle from Sea Water; and for a long time before, they had been at a very short allowance, by reason of which the Crew become so exceeding sick and weakly that they were unable to work the Ship & must inevitably have perished, had they not met with Capt. Cutting Lunt, in the Sloop Ed- mund, from Newbury Port to Grenada, on Friday the 11th Inst. in Lat. 39. 10. Long. 63, who with great Humanity and Ten- derness supplied them with Water, &c. by which Means they were preserved. Capt. Lunt and his People were all well.
B O S T O N, February 28th, 1774.
Last Friday Morning his Excellency the Governor sent the fol- lowing Message to both Houses of Assembly, viz.
Gentlemen of the Council,
and of the House of Representatives,
HAVING received discretionary Leave from the King to go to England, I think it proper to acquaint you with this Instance of his Majesty's most gracious Condescension, and that I intend to avail myself of it as soon as His Service will admit.
I must desire you to give all the Dispatch possible to such ne- cessary public Business as may yet lie before you, for I must soon, by an Adjournment or Prorogation, give the Court a Recess, that I may attend to that Preparation for my Voyage which his Majesty's Service and my personal Affairs require.
Milton, 24th Feb. 1774.
T. HUTCHINSON.
Tuesday last the Superior Court of Judicature, &c. met ac- cording to Adjournment, when the Jury were empannelled; after which the said Court adjourned to Tuesday the 7th June.
S A L E M, March 1.
LAST Friday in the Forenoon, Mr. Brown, of this Place, Deputy Sheriff, went on board a fishing Vessel, at Mar- blehead, and arrested John Watts and John Guillard, in an Action of Damages for 3000l. commenced by the Gentlemen who were Proprietors of the late Essex Hospital, on Suspicion that the said two Persons were concerned in burning that Build- ing on the 26th of January last. --- The Prisoners were com- mitted to his Majesty's Goal in this Town about 2 o'Clock, P. M. Almost as soon as the Keys were turned upon them, the People began, in small Companies, to enter the Town from Marblehead, and continued coming over in this Manner till near Night, rendezvousing near the Goal. The Magistrates were busy in consulting upon Measures for preserving the Peace, and for dispersing the People who were assembling from Mar- blehead; from whence a still greater Number was expected af- ter Dark. About Sunset, on Application to the Colonel of the Militia, the Drums were ordered out, and beat To Arms. --- Immediately upon hearing this, the Mob, to the Number of 4 or 500, arming themselves with Clubs, Sticks of Wood, &c. and while it was yet Day Light, made a furious Attack upon the Goal. --- They first burst open the Doors, and broke most of the lower Windows in that Part of the Building which is the Prison-Keeper's Dwelling, and then, with Iron Crows, Axes, &c. they soon beat their Way through four of the Prison- Doors, each of which was very strong, and well secured with many large Locks. Thus having got into two Apartments of the Prison, in less than 10 Minutes, from the first Onset, carried off the abovementioned two Prisoners in Triumph, and went immediately to Marblehead, where they soon dispersed. They assembled again the next Day, & obliged the Gentlemen above- mentioned to declare, that no Prosecutions should ever after be commenced on Account of burning the Hospital.
DIED. Last Friday, Mr. Joseph Hilgard, of this Town.
P O R T S M O U T H, March 4.
The Brig mentioned in our Paper of the 18th of last Month, under the Salem Head, (which Capt. Corbet saw sink, and every Soul on Board lost, of which he was a Spectator, but had it not in his Power to save them,) was without doubt, a Vessel belong- ing to this Port, the Property of Capt. George Turner, comman- ded by Capt. Jeremiah Turner late of the West-Indies, but for some Time past has failed out of this Port, who twice has bro't Home Vessels, not long since, out of which the Masters have died. He was a Gentleman well respected in this Town. It's said Two West India Gentlemen were Passengers, on board the above Vessel, one by the Name of Hazard. Capt. Alexander Welch of Rochester, who for some Years had left the Sea, was Mate, who with the Sailors, that did not belong here, made Ten in Number. 'Tis said 800 Joes, with a valuable Cargo, were on Board.
Last Evening was Married by the Reverend Dr. HAVEN, Mr. JOSHUA WENTWORTH, Merchant, to Miss SALLY PIERCE; both of this Town.
We hear from Stratham, that last Wednesday, about 4 o'Clock in the Afternoon, died there, ANDREW WIGGINS, Esquire, of that Place, AE. 55. A Gentleman well respected by his Friends and Acquaintance.
On Saturday Night last, a large new House of Col. Josiah Bartlett's, at Kingston, took Fire, and was soon consumed, to- gether with most of the Household Furniture; the Loss said to be 500l. Lawful Money.
We hear from Hampstead, that lately, an empty Coxcomb, having a greater share of Impudence than Brains, in raking through the Streets of that Place with a Horse and Slay, and abusing an honest Labourer, engaged with his Team in his lawful calling, obtained a faithful and genteel Flagellation, without Money or without Price; the Marks of which, nothing but a Dissolution of the Body will erase.
§ Chichester. §
THE Proprietors of Chichester, that have not paid their Taxes, are desired to meet me the Subscri- ber, at the House of Lt. Jonathan Leavitt, Innhol- der in Hampton, on Wednesday next, at Ten o' Clock before Noon, and pay their said Taxes to pre- vent further Trouble.
SAMUEL JENNESS, Collector.
To be sold, a PEW, in the Rev. Doctor Langdon's Meeting House, well situated. En- quire of Richard Cuits Shannon.
L O N D O N, Nov. 13.
Mr. Townsend on Tuesday was remarkably Facetious, he affected to conceal the Chagrin he felt at resigning the Sword of Rigour and the ROD of Justice, by assuming an air of Vivacity which ill becomes his cadaverous Countenance. On seeing Mr. Wilkes, he said to Sayre, "Don't you think Wilkes surpriz- ingly altered? He looks extremely old, and has LOST ALL "HIS HAIR." "No wonder at it," replied the Sheriff, "when the Aldermen have repeatedly given him Such a SCRATCH- "ING"

To every ancient unmarried Person of the feminine gender, & to all Ladies who are desirous to get Husbands.
The Neglected Maid's Lamentation.
A Tale.
POOR CLOE lives pensive, cast down and dejected, Because she's so slighted, and so much neglected. "O tell me the Reason! O pray tell me why The WIDOWS get Sweet-Hearts and I am pass'd by! They leave me at Home, and they treat me with scorn; And I am unpiety'd! forsaken! forlorn! The WIDOWS all welcom'd, respect'd, caref'd, They're sweetly saluted--their Bosoms are press'd! Each Heart is transported, with Joy how it jumps! Whilst here I sit moping alone in the Dumps. I've made use of all Methods! I've try'd every Thing, On purpose myself into Favour to bring; But all prove abortive, for when I have done, Of Sweet-Hearts, I never--O never! get one: Myself with fine Clothing on Sunday I rig; And trim up my Carcase so neat and so frigg; I put my fine Shoes on, and fine yellow Gown, And equally dress from my Toe to my Crown. With Meal Dust and Tallow I trim up my Hair, And spangle with Ribbons so neat and so rare: The green and the yellow, the white and the red, Are fix'd in due order, and pinn'd on my Head. With Jewels my Ears do I likewise adorn, The finest and dearest that ever were worn. I go to my Glass and there fix on my Tucker; And cock up my Mouth in it's Sabbath-Day's pucker: And then having fix'd up my Person so neat, I walk as gently to Church thro' the Street. My Mother she always does give me this Charge, To be careful and see that I step not too large; I keep her Directions and constantly mind, That my Heels do not kick up my gown-trail behind. When at Church, my fine Rings to Advantage to Place; My Fingers I hold by the side of my Face; I try to my utmost, I do all I can, To dazzle the Eyes of some silly young Man. I torture my Body with Whalebone and Wood, To make me look slender, in Misery I've stood; So tight I go girded that oft Times I swoon, And always am glad when the Parson has done. And then I trip Home as genteel as before, But am still unsuccessful, and still must deplore! 'Tis the want of a Husband that makes me complain; O can you tell CLOE how one she may gain?"
A N S W E R.
POOR Cloe! you own it has been your whole study, To dress, to trim up, to embellish your Body. When once you've as richly adorned your Mind, I doubt not but quickly a HUSBAND you'll find.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.
Capt. Hynshaw, from Gibraltar, but last from the West Indies, informs us, that about the 20th of October last, a Leghorn Frigate of 36 Guns, took and brought into Gibraltar, a Moorish Frigate of 26 Guns and 280 Men, and drove ashore three others of the same sort at Cape Spartel, & that many of the people were drowned.
Capt. Hynshaw touched at the Isle of May for Water, and was told of a Pirate Sloop being off that Island, mounting 8 Guns, commanded by a Brinsman, and 'twas said she came from Coracoa; had taken some Provisions out of Two Whaling Sloops, took the Captain on board his Vessel, showed them a large Quantity of dry Goods, and desired they might pay themselves; and that it was imagined the Pirate had taken the Goods out of a Schooner that was a Tender of a Ship from Liverpool, that had been on that Coast.
A Schooner named the Dove, from Africa, with about a Hundred Negroes on Board, for St. Augustine, was lost in the Night of the 18th of last Month on the Coast of East Florida, about a League to the Southward of Smyrna; the Master, Two Mariners, and about 80 of the Negroes were drowned, the others swam ashore. The Schooner went immediately to Piecu.
We have, since our last, heard the following further Particulars, relating to the melancholly and distressing Accident mentioned in our last, which happened in St. George's Manor, Suffolk County, on Monday the 24th ult. when the House of Mr. Jeffs Reener was destroyed by Fire, viz. that he being at a Neighbour's House, not Half a Mile from Home, his Wife had sent their Five smallest Children to Bed, in a Loft, to which they ascended by a Ladder, and had with them a Piece of Pitch Pine, lighted, instead of a Candle. That soon after they had gone up, the Woman discovered they had set Fire to a Straw Bed; that she went up to them, and hoping to extinguish the Fire, told the Children to stand on the other Side of the Room, called to her eldest Daughter, who was below, telling her to run and call her Father, and down the Hole of the Loft threw the Straw Bed, which was on Fire, which as the Girl opened the Door, she saw burst into a Flame, as she ran out to call her Father--that he and some Neighbours arrived in Time to save a few of the Goods below, but not to save the House; that he for some Time supposing his Wife and Children to be safe, was only attentive to the Preservation of his Goods; but when he could save no more, and began to think of his Wife and Children, and finding they were missing, his Distress was inexpressible, and it was impossible for any Spectator of the Scene, to avoid feeling a lively Participation.
As there is no Person surviving who was present at the Conclusion of this Tragedy, no Particulars are known, that happened after the Departure of the Girl, (supposed to be about 12 Years of Age). It is said, after the House was burnt down, a large Puddle of Blood was
found on the Ground where it stood. There are Two Children surviving--the oldest, who went to call her Father; and the next eldest, who lived with a Relation; the Five youngest, with their Mother perished in the Flames.
Bretton-Woods.
Whereas the proprietors of the Township of Bretton Woods, at a legal Meeting held in Portsmouth in the County of Rockingham, in the Province of New Hampshire the 29th Day of October 1773, Voted that a Tax of Two Pounds thirteen Shillings should be assessed on each Proprietors Right of Land in said Township; and also at said Meeting voted another Tax of one pound four shillings should be assessed on each Proprietors Right of Land in said Township, and I having a Warrant from under the Hands and Seals of the Assessors committed to collect the same; I do hereby Notify and Warn the Proprietors of said Bretton-Woods to pay the said Taxes or Assessments to me at Portsmouth by the 22d Day of March next, or their Lands will be advertiz'd for Sale, for the Payment of the same, as the Law directs, D. FOWLE, Collector. Portsmouth, February 24, 1774.
GEORGE BOYD,
BOUND for Europe, in April next, requests all Persons in America, that have any Demands on him for Cash, to apply to him and receive the same, also requests those who are indebted to him for Cash to make immediate Payment. He likewise notifies the Country in general that he will execute any Orders for Goods committed to him, agreeable to their own Memorandum, at an Advance that may be agreed on, and give Twelve Months Credit, after the Arrival of the Goods at this Port. Said BOYD would be willing to encourage every industrious Person, that is settling the New Lands, and any that can be well recommended, may be supplied at the above Credit. Pett Ash and other Produce will be taken in Pay. He likewise would be glad to supply any Shop Keepers in Town with Goods, at a very low Advance, and give the above Credit, as said Boyd is desirous of keeping the Money in the Province. Portsmouth, 24th Feb. 1774.
Friday the 11th Day of March
next, at the House of Capt. JOHN STAVERS, Innholder in Portsmouth, at 4 o'Clock Afternoon, WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC VENDUE.
A 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. Conditions of Sale to be known at time & place of sale.
|| Northumberland. ||
THE Proprietors of Northumberland are Notified to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on Friday the 18th Day of March next for the following Purposes, 1. To choose a Moderator. 2. To choose a Collector to collect what taxes remain due. 3. To see what Money they will vote toward building a Bridge over Ammonoosuck River. 4. To receive the Report of the Committee for recording the Lots pitched, and to confirm the same; also to receive the Report of the Committee for ascertaining the Deficiency of some of the Meadow Lots, and to make such Additions as shall be thought equitable. 5. To see what Encouragement they will give to a Blacksmith to move in to said Town. 6. To determine concerning the Land from Bog Brook to tree No. 15. 7. To see if the Proprietors will have the dividing Lines of Meadow and House Lots run and spotted; and if they will furnish a Canoe or Boat with other Necessaries for crossing Ammonoosuck until the Bridge shall be built. 8. To vote any Money that may be thought necessary for completing the Road, and a Collector to receive the same. 9. To know if the Proprietors will pay the Bill for looking out Land back of said Township.
THOMAS MARTIN, Pro Clerk.
Portsmouth, Jan. 10. 1774.
A FARM in Kittery, TO BE SOLD THIS SPRING, By JOHN NEWMARCH, Esq;
OF PORTSMOUTH,
Together with a large Dwelling HOUSE, BARN and ORCHARD, with upwards of 40 Acres of Mowing. Planting and Pasture Land, well water'd, adjoining the Country Road, leading from Kittery Ferry to Old York, and near the Ferry. For further Information, enquire of said NEWMARCH.
TO THE WORSHIPFUL
Hunking Wentworth, Esq;
WE the Proprietors, of more than one sixteenth Part of a certain Tract of Land, within the Township of SUCCESS, containing Eight Thousand Acres, Voted and granted by the Proprietors of said Township to us the Subscribers upon certain Conditions, mentioned in a Vote of the Proprietors of said Township at their Meeting August 3d. 1773. Request that a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Tract of Eight Thousand Acres, may be called on Thursday the 17th Day of March 1774, at six o'Clock, P. M. at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, to chuse a Moderator, Clerk, and other Officers; likewise to raise Money to defray all necessary Expenses for performing the Conditions of said Vote, also to agree upon some Method for calling Proprietors Meetings in future and to transact any other Business that may be necessary.
Benjamin Mackay John Wigginsworth Supply Clap George Libbey Richard Hart Hugh Henderson,
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham, ss.
PURSUANT to which Request, I do hereby notify and warn the Proprietors of the aforesaid Tract of Eight Thousand Acres, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes aforesaid.
H. WENTWORTH, Justice Peace.
Portsmouth, Feb. 22. 1774.
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Feb. 15, 1774.
§ Canaan. §
THE Proprietors of the Township of Canaan, are hereby Notified, that by Assessment there is a TAX laid on each Right or Share of Land in said Town, by a Vote of said Proprietors, at a legal Meeting held Nov. 22d 1773, the Sum of three Dollars: the proprietors are desired to pay said Sum of three Dollars to me the Subscriber at my Dwelling House in said Canaan, by the first Day of April next, or their Land will be advertised for Sale immediately, agreeable to Law.
SAMUEL JONES, Collector.
N B. The above Sum of three Dollars was voted for the Purpose of completing the Four first Divisions of Lots in said Town.
WE the Subscribers, being appointed Commissioners by the Honorable JOHN FENTON, Esq; Judge of the Probate of Wills in & for the County of Grafton, to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of ALEXANDER PHELPS late of Limerick, in said County, Esq; deceased, represented insolvent; and Six Months being allowed for that Purpose; Notice is hereby given, that we will attend said Business at the House of Mr. Aaron Storrs, Innholder in Hanover, in said County, on the last Monday of this and the First Mondays of the Five following Months, from Two to Four o'Clock, P. M.
BEZALEEL WOODWARD, AARON STORRS,
Hanover, February 18, 1774.
WHEREAS the Proprietors of Land in the Township of Leicester on Otter Creek, (which Township was granted by the Governor and Council of New Hampshire) did at their Meeting in January 1773, Vote, That the Sum of 4 Dollars should be raised and levied on each original Right, and also at their Meeting in March following, Voted, That the Sum of 1 Dollar as aforesaid, for the bounding and lotting out said Township, and for the managing and carrying on any other Affairs, for the common Good of said Propriety, and that a Committee be appointed to assess the same. Therefore we the Subscribers being appointed a Committee for the Purpose aforesaid, do a second Time notify the Proprietors to pay the same to Mr. Isaac Stone, Collector, or to Capt. Elisha Child, Treasurer, at or before the adjourn'd Meeting of said Propriety, which will be on the second Day of March next, at one o'Clock on said Day, at the House of Nathaniel Child, Esq; of Woodstock, in the County of Windham, and Colony of Connecticut; otherwise their Rights will be exposed to Sale, at the House of the said Nathaniel Child, Esq; at 4 o'clock P. M. on said Day, according to Law.
Woodstock, Nov. 16, 1773. Nathaniel Child, Elisha Child, Samuel McClelland, } Committee.
ALL PERSONS indebted to, or that have Demands on the Estate of Lt Thomas Hutchins, late of Kittery, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Nicholas Weeks, junr. of Kittery, aforesaid, Executor to the last Will of said deceased, in order for settlement.
ALL PERSONS indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of ELIZABETH WIBIRD, late of Portsmouth, Widow, deceased, are hereby desired to adjust the same with the Subscriber, Administrator on said Estate.
JOHN PENHALLOW.
Portsmouth, Feb. 15, 1774.