The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-10-21 00:00:00

THE New-Hampshire AND HISTORICAE CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES FRIDAY October 21, 1774.
Vol. XIX. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
No. 939 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
The venerable Name of LOCKE carries so much Weight and Authority, that on every Subject relative to Politics or Government, his Arguments seem irresistably persuasive. As such, the subsequent Passages are offered to the Consideration of thinking Men.
ON GOVERNMENT. W HEN the Legislators endeavour to take away and destroy the property of the People, or to reduce them to Slavery under arbitrary Power they put themselves in a state of War with the People, who are thereupon absolved from any farther Obedience, and are left to the common Refuge which God hath provided for all Men against Force and Violence. By this Breach of Trust they forfeit the Power the People had put in their Hands for quite contrary Ends, and it devolves to the People, who have a Right to resume their original Liberty, and by establishing a new Legislature, provide for their own Safety & Security, for which they entered into Society. The People having reserved to themselves the Choice of their Representatives as the Sense of their Properties, could do it for no other End but that they might freely act and advise as the Necessity of the public Good might be judged to require.
If it be said, "That the People, being ignorant, are always discontented," I answer, quite the contrary. People are not so easily got out of their old Forms as some are apt to suggest; they are hardly to be prevailed with to amend the acknowledged Faults in the Frame they have been accustomed to. But if the People have been made miserable, and find themselves exposed to all the ill Usage of arbitrary Power, cry up their Governors as much as you will for Sons of Jupiter, and give them out for what you please, the same will happen. The People ill treated, and contrary to right, will be ready on any Occasion to ease themselves of a Burden that sits heavy upon them, & they will wish and seek for the Opportunity. He must have lived but little in the World, who has not seen or read of Examples of this in all Sorts of Governments in the World.
Such Revolutions happen not upon every little Mismanagement in public Affairs. Great Mistakes in the ruling Party, & many wrong Laws, & Slips of human Frailty, will be borne by the People; but if a long Train of Abuses and Artifices, all tending the same Way, make the Design visible to the People, and they see whither they are going, it is not to be wondered that they should then rouse themselves, for specious Names and Forms are worse than the State of Nature or pure Anarchy.
Rebellion being an Opposition not to Persons but Authority, which is founded only in the Constitution and Laws: those, whoever they be, who by Force break through, and by Force justify their Violation of them, are truly and properly Rebels. Those who set up Force in Opposition to the Laws, do rebellare ; that is, they bring back the State of WAR, and are properly Rebels; which they who are in Power, by the Pretence they have to Authority, the Temptation of Force in their Hands, and the Flattery of those about them, are the likeliest to do.
When the Legislative is altered, or the Legislators act contrary to the End for which they were constituted; those who are Guilty, are guilty of Rebellion.
And if those who by Force take away the Legislative, are Rebels, the Legislators themselves can be no less esteemed so. The People's Right are equally invaded, and their Li-
berties lost, whether they are Slaves to any of their own, or to a foreign Nation.
Again: the supreme Power cannot take from any Man any part of his Property without his own Consent: for the Preservation of Property being the End of Government, and that for which Men enter into Society; it necessarily requires that the People should have Property, without which they must be supposed to lose that by entering into Society, which was the End for which they entered into it; too gross an Absurdity for any Man to own.
Men having Property, have such a Right to the Goods which are theirs, that Nobody has a Right to take them or any Part of them from them, without their own Consent;—without which they would have no Property at all, for I have no Property in that which another can by Right take from me when he pleases against my Consent. Hence 'tis a Mistake to say, 'that the supreme legislative Power of any Commonwealth can dispose of the Subject's Property arbitrarily, or take any Part of it at Pleasure.'
The End of Government is to secure the People's Properties;—the Prince or Senate have Power to make Laws for regulating of Property between Subject and Subject, but can never have a Power to take any Part of the Subjects Property without their own Consent, for this would be, in Effect, leaving them no Property at all; a General, or a superior Officer, can command a Soldier to march up to the Mouth of a Cannon, or to stand in a Breach where he is almost sure to perish, and for not obeying, can condemn him to Death; but with all this absolute Power, that Officer cannot dispose of one Farthing of that Soldier's Estate.
'Tis true, Government cannot be supported without great Charge, and 'tis fit that every one who enjoys Protection shall pay out of his Estate his Proportion for the Support of it; but still it must be done with his own Consent, or by his Representative chosen by him, for if any one shall lay and levy Taxes by his own Authority, and without such Consent of the People, he thereby invades the fundamental Law of Property, and subverts the End of Government, for what Property have I in that which another may by Right take when he pleases to himself.
L O N D O N, July 8.
Upon a very accurate Calculation, it is computed that every ffib Artisan in this Country has been hitherto employed in American Exports. If the Resolutions, then, lately entered into by the People of Annapolis, become general through the Provinces, may we not seriously ask, What will become of poor Old England?
A Letter from Boston says, that the Gentlemen of New-York have contracted with the Manufacturers of that and Connecticut Governments for 50,000 Yards of Woollen Cloth, being determined never to wear those British Manufactures any more which may be had in America.
In the same Paper we are told, in a Letter said to be written from London, that notwithstanding the violent Threats of the Ministry, it is probable the whole will vanish in Smoke, for it does not seem probable that they will risk any violent Measures. This friendly Conjurer however is mistaken, and the huzzing Resolution of the brave Americans will be much sooner tried than they seem to expect.
August 3. So great has been the Exportation to America, particularly to New-England, for these six Weeks past, that it is the Opinion of some Merchants conversant in American Trade, that if the Colonies do agree in a Non-Importation Scheme, it will hardly be felt by our Manufacturers for 6 Months, or a Year, and it can hardly be supposed to last longer, for the last Association of this kind did not continue 6 Months without Forfeiture.
August 4. From the Account of the King of Denmark having forbid the Importation of Woollen Cloth, a Correspondent remarks; that the Staple Commodity of England must decline in Proportion as the Clothing Trade flourishes on the Continent. Only 70 Years ago the Druggist Trade was equal to that of Broad Cloth is now; yet from the Refinements of modern Times that Trade is wholly decayed, and no other substituted in its Place, by which the Parishes in the West of England are burdened with Poor, to a Degree of which a Londoner can have no Idea.
August 4. The late Council of Boston who have proved so refractory to the Governor, was chosen in the old Way by the House of Assembly, and the Governor negatived thirteen of them as-
ter they were elected, with those remaining he was obliged to proceed to Business, as has been always Customary; but by the late Act of Parliament a new Council was to proceed to Business on the 1st of August. This Council is to be chosen by his Majesty, as they are chosen in the other Provinces. A Council elected in this Manner is so new a Branch of Legislation to Boston, that it is expected it will have great Effect in bringing Matters to a happy Issue, as they will, undoubtedly, add to the Solidity & Weight of the Governor's proceedings, however disagreeable they may be to the popular Party, who formerly had the greatest Hand in electing the Council, and consequently great Influence over them in all their Determinations.
August 3. A Correspondent says, the solemn League and Covenant entered into by the Bostonians, is little better than quarrelling with their Bread and Butter; for, when they agree to withhold all commercial Intercourse with Great-Britain, they in Effect say, we will not for the future Eat or Drink, and, as long as we live, we will go naked; they cannot be ignorant, however they may boast, that every Article of Life has been procured by them from England or other Nations; their Port being blocked up, will prevent their Smuggling, and they may be sure a strict Watch will be kept by the Government at Boston to prevent any Intercourse between that People and other Nations, so that the Natives will have nothing to swallow but the Covenant, and nothing to cover them but the Paper which contains the Form, unless their proud Stomachs come down, and the stubborn Child will take its Bread and Butter from MAMMA. It is to be wished too, the naughty covearing Child is not making a ROD for its own Breech; if the Bostonians find a Precedent for a solemn League and Covenant in the last Century, they must recollect it was during the Time of a Civil War, and would have been considered and punished as Treason, had the Law and Constitution of this Country been at that Time in full Vigour. Our Correspondent has admired, he says, the Spirit of Freedom which has hitherto appeared in the Conduct of the Americans; but he sees with Concern this open Declaration of War with the People of England; they held before by Charter, which they may now change for a Tenure by Treaty; they can now demonstrate as chartered Subjects; they must then sue under the Right of Conquest.
It is privately whispered that within these few Days some very disagreeable Things have passed between our Ministers and the Dutch Ambassador, concerning some late Transactions in America, which have hitherto been concealed from the public Eye.
Several Transport Ships are contracted for on Government Account, to carry more Forces to America.
We are informed, that one House in this City only, remits over to Holland, half Yearly, 60,000 l. for the Interest of Money which the Dutch have in our Public Funds.
From a late LONDON PAPER.
ELEGY. To the Memory of the late K—— G.
P EACE to thy Royal Shade, illustrious King! Sleep, sweetly on, beneath thy blazon'd Tomb Nor yet be stirr'd, though a Tale I sing, Might call up Spirits from the Stygian Gloom. How blest were once, the Subjects of thy Sway! And Blessings fill they hop'd from such a Root: But lo! the flattering Prospect, fades away: Keen, northern Blasts, have spoil'd the promis'd Fruits. The darling Idol of the British State, A native Prince, on whom we counted high, No sooner mounted on thy vacant Seat, Then Joy began to smile in ev'ry Eye. But ah! how dark, are Fates mysterious Ways!— In Errors mazes, how are Mortals led! Blest the Wreaths, and wither'd all the Bays, We fondly wove, to Crown his regal Head! The partial Minion, fraught with subtle Wiles, Soon gain'd his Confidence, by hellish Art: Nor, can the Nation's Censures, nor her Smiles, Convince his Judgment or reform his Heart. Alas, how blind to Fortune, and to Fame, Must be the PRINCE, who hugs within his Breast A Foe, that always cavil'd at his Claim, And strove, the Sceptre, from his Hand, to wrest! Yet, such there is, (ye Heav'ns forgive the Sight!) Nor can a JUNIUS wake him from his Dream; In vain the People pray,—the Patriots write; He nods supine, o'er Taweda's tainted Stream. Ill-fated Hour, when on thy tender Youth, The northern Star, its baneful Influence shed; Tutn'd all thy Footsteps, from the Ways of Truth,— And mark'd to Vengeance, thy devoted H—d! Can nothing rouse thee? nothing wake thy Soul? O! may some Vision of the Midnight Hour; Some dying Charles before thy Fancy roll! And teach the Goodness, equal to thy Power! Remember, Sire, (or, if thou hast not read, Turn o'er the sad, but wise historic Page) There was a People, fold their Prince's Head! And there are Villains born in every Age,— O! then awake; the Voice of Truth attend! And though the Novel Sound may grate thine Ear, Resolve, at last, to be thy Country's Friend; For all thy Peace and Safety, centers there. 'Tis Heaven that speaks: and, though thou art a K— In spite of Fraud, in fawning Flattery's Spight, Thou soon, or late, shall own the Truths I sing, For all thy Conduct, must be brought to Light. And, what a Weight, thy lab'ring Soul will press! How wilt thou stand, amidst the dark Despair; When Millions tell thee, all their deep Distress, Could never pierce thine Adamantine Ear! In Time, be wise; drive Traitors from thy Breast; And let the Just! the Honest, round thee move; So, shall the sinking State once more be blest; And thou be happy, in thy People's Love.

BOSTON, October 17. Friday last the following Message was presented to His Excellency the Governor, viz. IN PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, Thursday, October 13, 1774. ORDERED, That Col. Lee, Hon. Col. Ward, Col. Orne, Capt. Gardner, Henry Gardner, Esq; Mr. Devins, Mr. Gorman, Capt. Browne, Col. Pomeroy, Hon. Col. Prescott, Colonel Thayer, Mr. Williams, Capt. Heath, Capt. Upham, Mr. Barnes, Capt. Doolittle, Mr. Lathrop, Major Thompson, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Pickering, and Capt. Thompson, be a Committee to wait on His Excellency with the following MESSAGE.
JOHN HANCOCK, PRESIDENT.
May it please your Excellency, THE DELEGATES from the several Towns in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, having convened in General Congress, beg Leave to address your Excellency: The distressed and miserable State of the Province, occasioned by the intolerable Grievances and Oppressions to which this People are subjected, and the Danger and Destruction to which they are exposed, of which your Excellency must be sensible, and the want of a General Assembly have rendered it indispensably necessary to collect the Wisdom of the Province by their DELEGATES in CONGRESS, to concert some adequate REMEDY for preventing impending RUIN, and providing for the public SAFETY.
It is with the utmost CONCERN we see your hostile PREPARATIONS which have spread such an ALARM throughout this Province, and the whole Continent, as threatens to involve us in all the CONFUSION and HORRORS of a CIVIL WAR; and while we contemplate an Event so deeply to be regretted by every good Man, it must occasion the Surprise and Astonishment of all Mankind, that such Measures are pursued against a People whose Love of ORDER, Attachment to BRITAIN, and Loyalty to their PRINCE, have ever been exemplary.
Your Excellency must be sensible that the sole END of Government is the Protection and Security of the People: whenever therefore that Power which was originally instituted to effect these important and valuable Purposes, is employed to harass, distress or enslave the PEOPLE, in this Case it becomes a CURSE rather than a BLESSING. The most painful Apprehensions are excited in our Minds by the Measures now pursuing, the vigorous Execution of the Port Bill with improved Severity, must eventually reduce the Capital and its numerous Dependencies to a State of Poverty and Ruin: The Acts for altering the CHARTER and the Administration of Justice in the Colony, are manifestly design'd to abridge this People of their RIGHTS, and to licence Murders; and if carried into Execution, will reduce them to a State of Slavery: The Number of Troops in the CAPITAL increasing by daily Accessions drawn from the whole Continent, together with the formidable and hostile Preparations which you are now making on Boston-Neck, in our Opinion greatly endanger the Lives, Liberties and Properties, not only of our Brethren in the Town of Boston, but of this Province in general. Permit us to ask your Excellency! Whether an inattentive and unconcerned Acquiescence to such alarming, such menacing Measures, would not evidence a State of Infamy; or whether the delaying to take every possible Precaution for the Security of the Province, would not be the most criminal Neglect in a People heretofore rigidly and justly tenacious of their constitutional Rights.
Penetrated with the most poignant CONCERN, and ardently solicitous to preserve Union and Harmony between Great-Britain and the Colonies, so indispensably necessary to the Well-being of both, we entreat your Excellency to remove that Brand of Contention, the Fortress at the Entrance of Boston: We are much concerned that you should have been induced to construct it, and thereby causelessly excite such a Spirit of Resentment and Indignation as now generally prevails. We assure you, Sir! that the good People of this Colony never have had the least Intention to do any Injury to his Majesty's Troops; but on the contrary, most earnestly desire that every Obstacle to treating them as Fellow-Subjects may be immediately removed; and are constrained to tell your Excellency that the Minds of the People will never be relieved till those hostile Works are demolished: And we request you as you regard His Majesty's Honor and Interest, the Dignity and Happiness of the Empire, and the Peace and Welfare of this Province, that you immediately desist from the Fortress now constructing at the South Entrance into the Town of Boston, and restore the Pass to its natural State.
In Provincial Congress at Concord, Oct. 14, 1774.
RESOLVED, that the several Constables and Collectors of Taxes throughout the Province, who have or shall have any Monies in their Hands, collected on Province Assessments, be advised not to pay the same, or any Part thereof to the Honorable Harrison Gray, Esq; but that such Constables and Collectors as also such Constables & Collectors as have or shall have any County Monies in their Hands, take and observe such Orders and Directions touching the same, as shall be given them by the several Towns and Districts by whom they were chosen. And that the Sheriffs and deputy Sheriffs of the several Counties in the Province, who have in their Hands any Province Monies, be also advised not to pay the same to Harrison Gray, Esq; but that they retain the same in their Hands respectively, until further Advice of a Provincial Congress or Order from a constitutional Assembly of this Province. And that the present Assessors of the several Towns and Districts in the Province be advised to proceed to make Assessments of the Tax granted by the Great and General Court of the Province at their last May Session, and that such Assessments be duly paid by the Persons as shall be ordered by the said Towns and Districts respectively. And the Congress strongly recommend the Payment of the Tax accordingly.
A true Extract from the Minutes,
BENJAMIN LINCOLN, Sec'y.
[We learn there was above 260 Members present at the Provincial Congress when the above Message passed, with only one Dissentient. The Provincial Congress adjourned from Concord last Friday, to Cambridge, where they are to meet this Day.]
Friday the Committee from the Country of Worcester waited on his Excellency the Governor with the following Address viz.
To his Excellency THOMAS GAGE, Esq; Governor of his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay, and Commander in Chief of the King's Forces in North-America.
May it please your Excellency, THE People of the County of Worcester being earnestly solicitous for the Peace and Welfare of the Province in general, cannot view the Measures now pursuing by your Excellency but with increasing Jealousy, as they apprehend there has not, nor does not at present exist, any just Occasion for the formidable hostile Preparations making on the Neck leading to our distressed Capital.
It is a Matter of such Notoriety that your Excellency must be sensible, that there was not the least Opposition made to obstruct the Introduction of the King's Troops at their first Landing, nor have the People since that Time discovered any Intention to disturb them, till your Excellency was pleased to order the Seizure of
the Powder in the Arsenal at Charlestown, in a private Manner, which occasioned the Report that a Skirmish had happened between a Party of the King's Troops and the People at Cambridge, in which several of the latter fell. This caused the People to arm and march from divers Parts of the Country; but no sooner was that Report proved false than they returned peaceably to their respective Homes.
The Inhabitants of the Province in general and Town of Boston have never given Cause for those cruel and arbitrary Acts, for blocking their Harbour and subverting the Charter by altering the civil Government of the Province, which, however, this People are determined, by the Divine Favour never to submit to, but with their Lives, notwithstanding they are aggrieved at the King's Displeasure against them, through the Instigation of traitorous and designing Men.
This County finds it difficult to comprehend the Motives for the present hostile Parade, unless it be in Consequence of some preconceived Plan to subject the already distressed Town of Boston to mean Compliances or military Contributions. They are equally at a Loss to account for your Excellency's Conduct towards the County of Suffolk, as in your Answer to their Address, remonstrating against fortifying the only Avenue to the Town, which by that Means may in some future Time be improved to cut off the Communication between Town and Country, and thereby reduce the miserable Inhabitants to the greatest Straits; your Excellency is pleased in Answer to observe, that you have not made it easier to effect this, than what Nature had made it; if so, the Country cannot conceive, why this Expence and Damage of the Town to no Purpose: Your Excellency is likewise pleased to take Notice of the general good Behaviour of the Soldiers, but at the same Time pass over that Part complaining of the Detention of private Property, & proceed to answer by Way of Quere, in which you would permit a Reply. This County are constrained to observe, they apprehend the People justifiable in providing for their own Defence, while they understood there was no passing the Neck without Examination, Cannon at the N. Battery spiked up, & many Places searched, where Arms and Ammunition were suspected to be; and if found, seized; yet as the People have never acted offensively, nor discovered any Disposition to do so, till as above related, the County apprehends this can never justify the Seizure of private Property.
It is with great Anxiety this County observes the wanton Exercise of Power in the Officers of the Customs at Salem, and on board the King's Ships, respecting the Article of Fuel, destined for the Use of the Inhabitants of Boston, who are obliged to have it with the additional Charge of landing and reloading at Salem, before it can proceed; when your Excellency must be sensible the ACT, which is the professed Rule of Conduct, expressly excepts Fuel and Victuals, which may be brought to Boston by taking on board one or more Officers (without the aforesaid Charge) while that destined for the Troops proceeds direct, free from the same. There are many other Things which bear extremely hard on the Inhabitants, while they are prohibited from transporting the smallest Articles from one Part of the Town to another, Waterborne, without Danger of a Seizure, or to get Hay, Cattle, &c. from any of the Islands, notwithstanding there is no other Way of Transportation.
Your Excellency we apprehend, must have been greatly misinformed of the Character of this People, to suppose such Severities tend either to a Submission to the Acts, or Reconciliation with the Troops; and the County are sorry to find the Execution of the Acts attempted with an higher Hand than was intended, unless the Acts themselves should be thought too lenient.
Bringing into the Town a Number of Cannon from Castle William, sending for a further Reinforcement of Troops, with other concurring Circumstances, strongly indicating some dangerous Design has justly excited in the Minds of the People, Apprehensions of the most alarming Nature, and the Authors must be held accountable for all the Blood and Carnage made in Consequence thereof. Therefore this County in Duty to God, their Country, themselves and Posterity, do remonstrate to, and earnestly desire your Excellency, as you regard the Service of the King and the Peace and Welfare of the Province, to desist from any further hostile Preparations and give the People Assurance thereof by levelling the Intrenchments & dismantling the Fortifications, which will have a Tendency to satisfy their Doubts, and restore that Confidence so essential to their Quiet and his Majesty's Service.
By Order of the Convention of Committees for the County of WORCESTER.
THE GOVERNOR'S Answer.
Gentlemen,
I have repeatedly given the strongest Assurances that I intended nothing hostile against the Town or Country, and therefore desire you to ease the Minds of the People against any Reports that may have been industriously spread amongst them to the Contrary; My Wish is to preserve Peace and Tranquility.
With respect to the Execution of the Port Bill, it is a Matter belonging to other Departments; and if any Thing is done not warranted by said Act, the Law is open for Redress. THO. GAGE. Extract of a Letter from a Merchant in England to his Friend in this Town.
"With Pleasure I observe your Accounts of the Purposes and Hopes of your Town, and heartily with all the Sister Colonies may join therein, as the most effectual as well as easiest and Peaceable Manner of bringing Administration to a Sense of their ill Proceedings. Alarming as your Treatment is, which gives great Displeasure to all true Friends of Liberty, the late Bill for the Government of Quebec is more so, as there is no Room left to wonder if in the next Session of Parliament an Attempt is made to introduce the same Laws and Religion throughout the British Empire, and there is but little Doubt of our right reverend Bishops Concurrence, as not one of them opposed the late Extraordinary Steps; but there is one above them, who I hope will frustrate all the evil Purposes that may be plotted against his Church and People. Wishing you a speedy Restoration to Liberty, as well as myself and Friends every where, I remain, &c."
Extract of a Letter from a Merchant in the West of England. "I think every honest Briton must applaud the noble Stand making on your Side the Atlantic for Liberty, and wish Unity and Stability among all the Colonies, as a necessary Pre-requisite to the Expectance of Success."
Extract of a Letter from a Principal Manufacturer in London. "I want to know if my Friend hath lately signed the Covenant lately started at Boston: We are all alarmed here, some for fear they shall have no more Trade to America, and others for fear the Americans will give Way, and at length submit and become so fetter'd and shackled as never more to get freed. Some think as your Governor hath issued out his Proclamation against signing the Covenant, so he or others will issue out a Proclamation against having a Congress, and no such Meeting will ever be had. Some think the Quebec Bill will alarm the Americans more generally than shutting up the Boston Port. We are anxious for the Arrival of every Ship, and disappointed when it comes, because we don't hear more. I am no Politician, but a Lover of Liberty, civil and religious, and warm in Sentiment for the Americans to preserve their valuable Rights and Privileges; but whether this can be done, or which Way, is not in my Power to tell. If you would be unanimous throughout the whole Provinces, as one Man, you might do any Thing, but unless this is the Case, I fear all your Resolves &c. will fail."
BOSTON October 17. UPWARDS of five Months have expired since this devoted Town has experienced all the Horrors of the Boston Port Bill, & as if these were not sufficient to satiate the Malice of our Enemies, Severities which that Act, vengeful as it is, did not know of, have been grafted upon it. Many Instances might be mentioned, suffice it to say, that a Scow with Boards and old Iron has been seized in a Mill-Pond, & libelled in an Admiralty Court; a Boat owned by one Stewart, with Sand for our Floors, has been taken in the Harbour and the Sand thrown into the Sea, without the Form of a Trial; as was a Lighter Load of Hay coming up from Braintree: The Produce of Islands near the Town have not been suffered to be taken off; and a Float carrying Sheep to feed on one of those Islands, has been obliged to carry them back again: Bread, Meal, and other Provisions, were not suffered to pass a little Ferry to Charlestown, and their Ferry Boats have been taken and detained for daring to attempt a Passage after nine o'clock at Night: Our numerous Poor are suffering by the Rise of Wood, Butter, Cheese, and other Provisions, not permitted to be brought up as usual from the little Rivers and Bays in our Harbour, and when our Tyrants have been expostulated with for these illegal Proceedings, they have insultingly replied, that agreeable to the Act of Parliament, it was to distress us: and this their Intention has been so effectually accomplished, that it may be affirmed, without exaggeration, the Loss this Town has sustained within only one Month of our Blockade, exceeds the whole amount of those generous Donations received from our sympathising Friends thro' the Continent. Added to all this, our Town is surrounded with Ships of War; and it is said the Fleet at Newfoundland are to winter in this Harbour: Formidable Fortifications are erected and others erecting at the only Avenue to this Town: Chains & Chevaux de Frise already provided to stop up the Entrance at Pleasure: Four Regiments encamped on the Common, with a large Train of Artillery and Matrosses; one Regiment on Fort-Hill, one on the New Fortifications on the Neck, and another Regiment at Castle William; three Companies just arrived in the Rose Man of War from Newfoundland, Transports dispatched some Time past to New-York for two Regiments from thence and the Jerseys, and to Quebec for two Regiments from that Quarter: Military Stores and Implements of all Kinds are collecting in this Town, which has now the Appearance of a Garrison. Reports are propagated here, and the English Papers announce that 6 more Regiments are coming from Europe. What may be the Intention of all this, and what ought to be the Conduct of this and the other Provinces upon so alarming an Occasion, we shall not pretend to say. This Capital is a Spectacle to them and to the whole World, a Striking Example of what is to be expected from the unconquerable Power claimed by a British Parliament over these Colonies that have not a single Representative in it; but under all these Sufferings and Terrors, Boston has not yet renounced the great and common Cause for which it suffers. Last Saturday a Pail or Tub was taken up afloat at the North Part of the Town, which contained upon examining the Contents, the entire Skin of a Woman (except the Face Part) that seemed, by some Circumstances, to have been but lately fled from the Body; Various are the Conjectures upon this very uncommon Discovery, which perhaps Time will unfold.
QUEBEC, Sept. 22.
Last Sunday Afternoon, arrived in the Basin before this City, the Ship Canadian, Capt. Abbot, in 60 Days from Cowes, having on board his Excellency Major General Carleton, Captain General and Commander in Chief of the Province of Quebec, Lady Maria Carleton, with her two Children, and Lord Viscount Pitt, Son of the Earl of Chatham; they landed on the Beach about 6 o'Clock, under a Discharge of Cannon, where they were received by the Lieut. Governor, the Citizens, & a numerous Concourse of People, who expressed their Joy on the Occasion, by repeated Acclamations of Long live the King : The Regiment in Garrison under Arms lined the Streets on both Sides, from the landing Place to the Castle of St. Lewis, and in the Evening the religious Houses and many of the principal Inhabitants of the upper Town were handsomely illuminated. His Excellency has since been complimented with Addresses from the Bishop of Quebec, the Superior of the Seminary, the Superior General of the Jesuits, the Superior of the Recollets, and the Canadian Subjects in the City.
PHILADELPHIA, October 5.
Although we have Blankets enough to keep us warm for this winter, yet, in all probability, we may want next, if a Non-Importation should take place, and we be drained of what there is in this place; therefore the vendors of Blankets are desired to be cautious to whom they sell, as the order for that Article is renewed to a Gentleman in this city, from General Gage, for the use of his Soldiers, who are at the siege of Boston.
As it is confidently asserted that the Canadians are to be poured in on the back Parts of our Provinces: the English Troops in our Front, and our Governors forbid giving Assent to militia Laws make it high Time that we should look around us, and enter into Associations for learning the Use of Arms, and to choose Officers, so that if ever we should be attacked, we may be able to defend ourselves, and not be drove like Sheep to the Slaughter.
We are informed from good authority that the King sent a message to the Bishop of London the day after he refused to vote for the Popish Quebec bill, discharging him from all future Services at the Privy Council.
Extract of a LETTER from a GENTLEMAN in BRISTOL, to his FRIEND in this CITY, dated July 20, 1774.
"SURROUNDED as I am by a thousand various Business, still I cannot resist the strong Inclination I feel to tell you that I am alive and well once more in Old-England; formerly I loved the Country & People, but now both appear odious to me; their Conduct towards the Americans is horrid, cruel and detestable; they call you Thieves, Pirates and Rebels, for which in Return I make no Scrupple to call them Knaves, Scoundrels and Spiritless Slaves. Every Day am I in the most furious Quarrels in Vindication of America, that ever you saw. I wish to God that you had a few more Friends in this City-I shall, though my zealous Attachment, lose or endanger my Election; but no Matter; they already cry, no American--no Bill of Rights Man. My Acquaintance tell me I am too Warm; but do you tell me, my Friend, who that is made up of American Flesh and Blood can sit calm and composed to hear his native Country, with his dearest Connexions calumniated, belied and reprobated. No, by Heaven and Earth, I swear! I never will silently put up with such Ill Usage while I have Breath to Speak, or Hands to Fight."
"I am just returned from London: It is with a Degree of Pleasure I can assure you, many of the great Men are ashamed of what they have done, seriously dreading the Associations and Resentment of the Virginians in particular; the Revenue arising from the Duties on Tobacco is mortgaged, and a Stop to their Exportations would make a glorious Confusion against their High Mightinesses."
"When I left America, I recommended Moderation; but with concern I find that Conduct will not do. Resentment must shew itself, for our Ministers with themselves well out of it. Firmness on the Part of the Americans will insure them the Victory, now is the Crisis, the important Crisis, of your whole Lives--You can lose nothing by a Patriotic Stand, you may gain every Thing."
"The People of this Country are sunk in Luxury, and with only to get their Hands into the Purse of the Americans to support

them in it.---They are totally indifferent about Liberty, and lost to every Sense of Honour and Virtue; open Corruption is connived at and approved; Oppression, black as Hell, darkens the Annals of the present Times; and Britons seem happy in their supine Folly and base Vassalage.
"If once the Americans submit, I foresee a Train of Evils, ready to light upon them: Taxes, Impositions and Oppressions, without Moderation or End. Now is the appointed Time to struggle like Men for your dear Inheritance; and there can be no Doubt but Providence and a New Parliament will do you ample Justice. I will weary Heaven with my Prayers for your Success.---My sincere and good Wishes attend you, and all my worthy Countrymen in Philadelphia.
NEW-YORK, Sept. 26.
Extract of a Letter from London, dat. Aug. 9. "SINCE my last Letter I have procured the Act of Parliament mentioned in it, relating to America, which enacts, That after July 1st, 1774, Persons shipping Tools or Utensils used in Cotton or Silk Manufactures, in order to export the same, forfeit all such Tools, &c. &c. and 200l. Officers are authorised to seize such Tools, &c. on board the Vessels, which may be publickly sold, one Moiety to his Majesty, the other to the Officer. Masters of Ships permitting such Tools and Utensils to be exported, forfeit 200l. If the Ship belongs to his Majesty, the Captain forfeits 200l. and his Commission. Officers of the Customs allowing an Entry, outward, of such prohibited Utensils, to forfeit 200l. and his Office."---Since repassing this Act I find there is no probability of passing an Entry, for any more Wool-Cards, &c. for America.
NEW-YORK, October 13.
This Morning Major Gen. Haldimand will embark on board the Countess of Darlington Transport, attended by Major of Brigade Moncrieffe, Capt. Gamble, Assistant Quarter-Master-General, Capt. Brehm, Aid du Camp, and Capt. Hutchinson; with General Haldimand will also embark, Col. Prescott of the Royal Fusiliers, a Company of Royal Artillery, with a large Quantity of Ordnance Stores for Castle-William. The Companies of the Royal Regiment of Ireland, under the Command of Capt. Shee, and the 47th Regiment commanded by Major Cairncross, were embarked on board the Empress of Russia, and other Transports for the Port of Boston.
On board the Transports are a great Number of Artificers, who have engaged to work on the Barracks preparing for the Accommodation of his Majesty's Troops in Boston.
The following is the Order in which his Majesty's Troops are to be quartered at Boston, provided the intended Barracks should not be compleated before the Winter sets in:
 The King's own Regt. At the Still House, at New-Boston.  The 5th Regiment. From Liberty-Tree to the Neck.  The Royal Welch, and 38th Regt. Near Fort-Hill.  The 43d Regiment. Near the Market.  The 64th Regiment. To remain at the Castle.  The Royals of Ireland, the 10th, 47th, and 52d Regiments, are on their Arrival to be quartered in town. 
We hear that 5000 French Regulars have been lately landed at the island of Hispaniola from Old France.
Nothing has, since our last, transpired from the General Congress at Philadelphia. Mr. Paul Revere, who pass'd thro' this City about 9 Days ago Express from Boston to the Delegates, waits for the Result of their Determinations upon the important Business which occasions his Journey.
LONDON, July 29.
The last Advices from Boston were dated the 9th of June, and brought the Merchants Address to General Gage, on his Arrival at Salem with the Governor's Answer. By the Sense & Spirit of both, every Thing was in a fair Way of a Reconciliation; the Merchants wishing to bring it about, and the Governor commending and approving of such a Disposition in them, and promising his best Endeavours to assist and promote it. Advice is since received of the Arrival of the Captain Man of War at Spithead, from Boston, on board of which came Admiral Montague, after a very quick Passage. It is given out, that he has brought some Proposals with Respect to the Port of Boston, which are to be submitted to the King in Council for Determination.
A large Quantity of Mooring Chains, Ground Swivels, & other Furniture, proper for securing his Majesty's Ships of War in Harbours and Roads, are ordered to be shipped off for North-America. The principal Report of the Day is the Affairs of the Bostonians; the Provinces of New-York, Philadelphia, South and North-Carolina, Nova Scotia, and Halifax have heartily entered into the American Cause. Circular Letters are sent to all the Trading Towns to call Meetings of the Inhabitants for the Purpose of settling the Non Importation Agreement, so that in all Probability the British Exports to North-America will shortly be sunk down at 000 000l.
PORTSMOUTH,
Extract of a Letter from Boston, to a Friend in this Place, dated Oct. 17, 1774.
MR. Revere returned from Philadelphia this Afternoon, but went with his Letters to the Provincial Congress at Cambridge; that the Contents are not yet known in Town, though Revere brought a Letter from the Continental CONGRESS to Governor GAGE, a Copy of which he saw, the Contents of which Letter was advising the Governor to withdraw his Works at the Fortification, for as Insult offered to the Town of Boston, would be resented by them; that he had not barely to do with the Town of Boston the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, but the whole Continent; any Abuse offer'd them, would be look'd upon as an Insult upon the whole. Mr. Revere says, there is a perfect Union & Harmony among the Members at Philadelphia."
   CUSTOM HOUSE, Piscataqua, October 20th.     Inward-Entries FROM.   Schooner Sally, Tappan Evans, Turks Island.   Brig Nathaniel, Samuel Goodhue, St. Lucer.   Sloop Polly, David Mitchell, St. Kitts.   Clear'd, Outwards FOR.   Schooner Drake, Nathaniel Goodwin, Newfoundland.   Schooner Samuel, John Sater, West Indies.   Schooner: Cornu Copia, John Blunt, Ditto.   Ship Christian, John Parnot, Ditto.   Ship Wentworth, James Holland, Ditto.  
S A L E M, October 13.
Capt. Boyd arrived here last Week from Hartford in Connecticut, with about 900 Bushels of Grain for the Poor of Boston.
B O S T O N Oct. 6, 1774.
We hear from Long Meadow, that the Squirrels are very plentiful and mischievous, in destroying the Corn---a Number of young Men went into the Field one Day last Week, and killed 312 of those mischievous Animals.
N E W-Y O R K, October 6.
Extract of a Letter from Quebec, dat. Sept. 18, 1774.
"On the 14th Instant, arrived his Excellency Governor Carleton, with his Lady and Family. All the native Canadians, as well Clergy and Laity, are now become the happiest People in the World; their Gratitude to the King and Parliament is not to be expressed. The Quebec Bill gives great Satisfaction here, except to some Individuals, whose Interest is affected by its Operation.
"Another Letter says, "General Carleton, had on his Arrival the Honor to be kiss'd by the Bishop, and was visited by every Frenchman, down to the meanest in the Place, but very little by the English, who are said to be displeased with him, on Account of the Quebec Bill, as they think it was framed under his Direction. The few English Merchants have shipped 1000 Bushels of Wheat for Boston. An Express arrived here in 9 Days from New York, with Letters to Governor Carleton; and the 10th and 52d Regiments are ordered to hold themselves in Readiness, to embark at an Hour's Warning; We expect every Moment to hear of Vessels being taken up to carry them to Boston."
By a Letter from Philadelphia, we are informed, that since the general Opinion of a Non Importation would be adopted by the Congress, the Article of Gun Powder had been advanced to 20l. per 100 wt. Pepper to 3s. 6d. per lb, and Pins to 15. a Pack.
The Vessel in which Dr. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN had taken his Passage to Philadelphia, is arrived at that Place with Letters intimating, that when he was on the Point of Departure, the Earl of Chatham sent for him, and after a long Conference, convinced him of the Necessity of his deferring his Embarkation until after the next Session of Parliament, in which that Nobleman, aided with his Intelligence of the Proceedings of the Colonies intends to make the most vigorous Efforts in Fav of this Country.
We hear by the Albany Post Rider, that last Sunday near Mr. Sicman's, in Orange County, a White & a Negro Boy being in the Woods, with a loaded Gun, the former shot the latter, and it is conjectur'd it was done designedly, as there had been some Threats:---The white Lad was not found when the Post came by. By the same Hand we hear, that last Week in Dutchess County, two Men shot and wounded a Man badly, but not mortally---the same Day forced a Woman, and in the Evening were safely lodged in Goal, where no Doubt they will be secured till they receive their due Reward.
L O N D O N, August 17.
It is reported that Governor HUTCHINSON will have a Pension for Life on the Irish Establishment.
We hear that a certain Triple Crowned old Lady, who now rules a City, which formerly ruled the World, has wrote a Letter of Thanks to Somebody, for a late ACT of Indulgence to her dear Children to the Westward of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Dutch, through they have refused the Man of War demanded by the Dey of Algiers, yet is certain they do not mean to be at variance with him.---It is their Intention to comply with his Demands, only they mean by this Refusal to induce other Persons to follow their Example, and quarrel with him, which done they will insinuate themselves into his good Graces, evit their Neighbours, & have all the Trade of the Algerines to themselves.
Advice is received from Jamaica, that Sir George Bridges Rodney had dispatched a Man of War and a Schooner to the Havannah, to desire the Governor to deliver up all the English Shipwrights, Artificers, &c. employed there, which Request was not only absolutely refused, but the Man of War was ordered to quit the Place immediately.
The Philadelphia Packet Boat, Bryan, from Charles-Town for Cowes, was lost on the Needles the 15th Instant, but the Crew saved.
Stop Thief, (10 Dollars Reward)
To any Person or Persons
Who shall discover and bring to Justice the THIEF or Thieves who broke open the Shop of the Subscriber, on the Night after the 12th Instant, and took from thence the following Articles, viz: six Pair of Stone Buttons, two dit. Rings, one dit. Locket, one large Spoon, one Stock Buckle, one Gold Brooch, two Silver dit. ---Some old Silver, a Paper of melted Buckles, three pair of Pinchbeck dit. two Boxes of Spectacles, a Quantity of Glass Buttons---Sundry small Articles---About 5 Gallons of RUM,---and some Cash. JOHN DAVENPORT. Portsmouth, Octob. 13, 1774.
ALL Persons having Claims against the Estate of Ichabod Chesley, late of Durham, Gentleman, deceased, Intestate; and all Persons indebted thereto, are requested to call on Stephen Evans of Dover, who administered thereon. Dover, October 13, 1774.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of John Thirleby, late of Stratford, deceased, are desired to make speedy Settlement with Stephen Piper, Executor, &c. for they may not expect any further Notice.
§ Gilmantown. §
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Strafford ss. P URSUANT to a PETITION to me directed by the Owners of more than ten Proprietors Shares in the Township of Gilmantown, desiring me to warn a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Gilmantown, as soon as may be, to act on the following Particulars, viz: 1. To chuse a Moderator to govern said Meeting --- 2. To receive and accept of the Committee's Report that were chosen to settle the Proprietors Accounts --- 3. To chuse a Committee to settle with the Proprietors Treasurers --- 4. To see if the Proprietors will sell the Forty Acres Lot Number 18, in the third Range, to Isaac Batchelder, who lives adjoining to it. --- 5. To see what the Proprietors will vote to give to the Inhabitants of said Town towards building a Meeting House in said Town, and to vote how the Expence thereof shall be paid, whether by selling some of the Proprietors Land, in said Town, or otherwise; and if voted to sell Land, then to chuse a Committee to sell the same: --- This is therefore to Notify and warn all the Proprietors of said Gilmantown, to meet at the House of Mrs. Antipais Gilman, Innholder in said Gilmantown, on Tuesday the 22d Day of November next at One o'clock in the Afternoon, then and there to pass any Votes on the above Articles, as they shall judge proper.
JOSEPH BADGER, Proprietors Clerk: Gilmantown, October 17, 1774.
To be sold at Public Vendue, By STEPHEN PIPER,
On Tuesday the 8th Day of November current, at the House of Mrs. Love Chace, Innholder in Stratford, at One o'Clock in the Afternoon,
A Certain Parcel of Land in Durfield, containing seventy Acres, at the Northerly End of the Lot No. 18 in the 5th Range and third Division.---Also, a good Pair of OXEN, and one Horse; and sundry other Articles, if not Sold before at private Sale---Conditions of Sale may be known at Time and Place aforesaid.---Stratford, Oct. 17, 1774.
Stop Thief! (4 Dollars Reward.)
BROKE OPEN and STOLEN out of the House of me the Subscriber, on the Night of the 17th Instant, a SILVER WATCH, China Face, Maker's Name John Adams, No. 1632.---Also a work'd POCKET BOOK---the suppos'd Thief calls his Name Charles Baton; at other times John Smith, about five Feet and eight Inches tall, light sandy Hair, short and curl'd; lost one or two of his Fore Teeth, scar'd on the right Side of his Face, stone grey Suit, light hemelyun Jacket, light Velvet Breachcs seated with a dark colour, blue Stockings, check Shirt; says he was born in Connecticut.---Whoever will take up said THIEF, and confine him in any of his Majesty's Goals, so that he may be brought to Justice, shall have Four Dollars Reward, and necessary Charges paid by me. Nicholas Weeks, junr. Kittery, Oct. 18, 1774.
Stayed or Stolen from Jenkins's
LOT at Exeter, on Tuesday the 11th Instant, a dark Bay HORSE, about thirteen Hands high, five Years old last Spring, pretty thick forward, a small white Spot on his Nose very low down; and upon his left Shoulder from the Main dewa about six or eight Inches, which looks as if it had been scalded or burnt; and is about two Inches wide, looks like a Feather.---Whoever takes up said Horse, and brings him to the Printing Office, shall have Two Dollars Reward and necessary Charges paid by Nicholas Beuffard of Portsmouth. October 20th, 1774.
TO BE SOLD A Large Commodious Dwelling-House, situated in Portsmouth, between Liberty Bridge and Dr. Haven's Meeting House---For Particulars, enquire at the Printing Office.
WE the Subscribers being appointed Commissioners by the Hon. JOHN SHERBURNE, Esq; Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c for the County of Rockingham, to Receive and Examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of Theodore Hilton, late of Newmarket, in the County aforesaid, Yeoman, deceased, Intestate, Represented Insolvent, hereby give Notice, that we will attend upon that Business at the House of Joseph Doe, Innholder in said Newmarket, on the second Tuesday of October next, and on the second Tuesday of the three following Months, from three of the Clock Afternoon of each Day until six of the Clock in said Days. Walter Bryant, } Commiss; Joseph Doe, } Sutors.
Newmarket, Sept. 12, 1774. LONDON, August 14.
A Vessel is arrived in the River from Pensacola, the Master of which reports, that the Spanish Engineers have lately erected four new and very strong Forts on the Banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

received from England, and to be sold  By Joseph Bays, In Portsmouth, Eight, nine and ten Quarter Coverlids, — eight, nine and ten Quarter Cotton Counterpaines. Crimson and green Harra- teen; Crimson, green and blue Chaney — Three gr. and seven eight English & Scotch Bed Ticks; blue, red and purple Copperplate Furniture; green, blue, yellow and crimson Furniture Checks; green and blue Lincey Woolsey; black figur'd Horse Hair; Tossells; Cord; and all kinds of Laces and Rings for Curtains; Brass Cloak Pins; Brass Nails; 14 Oz. Tacks; Shoe Nails; Girth Webb; Coarse and fine Seive Bottoms; Sea Counter- paines and Rugs; — Also a Number of Suits of Chaney and Lincey Woolsey Curtains, made in the newest Fashion; Feathers; Fea- ther Beds; Mattrasses, — with a Variety of other Articles, &c. &c. &c. all which Goods are sold very low for Cash.
§ Bow §
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Rockingham, ss. THOSE Proprietors or Owners of Land in the Town of Bow, that had their Lands advertised for Sale at Vendue for not having paid the taxes due thereon, as mentioned in the New Hampshire Gazettes of August the 13th, 20th, 27th, A. D. 1773, are hereby Notified, that said Vendue has been adjourned from time to time, and now stands adjourned to Tuesday the 25th Day of this Instant October, at ten o' clock in the Forenoon, then to be held at the House of Benjamin Mead, Innholder in Newmarket, in the County of Rockingham aforesaid; and all Persons that do not pay their said taxes, with incidental charges already arisen at or before said Day, may depend on so much of their Lot or Lots and common Rights will be sold as to pay the taxes due thereon and all incidental charges. WALTER BRYANT, Collector. October 4, 1774.
To be sold at Public Vendue, On Tuesday the first Day of November next, at two o' Clock Afternoon, at the House of James Stoodley, Esq. Innholder in Portsmouth,  A commodious Dwelling House and Land, lately the Property of Captain James Stilfer, and adjoining Captain Tobias Lear's. Conditions of Sale to be known at Time and Place of Sale.
Evening School.
The Subscriber proposes to open an EVENING SCHOOL at his House in Divinity Street, the last Monday Evening in October current, if sufficient Encouragement offer — where he proposes to teach Writing, Cyphering, and Orthography in the most plain and useful Method — Whoever may think fit to employ him in this Way, may depend that the utmost Care and Pains will be taken to instruct in each or either of the above Arts all such as may be committed to the Care of their most obedient humble Servant Samuel Foster. Portsmouth Oct. 14, 1774.
Ranaway from me the Subscriber Living in Portsmouth, on the ninth Day of October last, an Indented Servant named John Rawlins, (alias John Whittum) about 19 Years of Age, low Stature, black curl'd Hair, wide Mouth, a down, but impudent Look, his Little Finger grows down to the Palm of his Hand — He had on when he went away, a hemspun grey Jacket, true home made check Shirts, brown Breeches; he has run away sundry times; has bad Advisers, where he keeps, unknown to me — Whoever apprehends said BOY, and returns him to me, shall have One Shilling old tenor Reward paid by the Subscriber. — All Persons are hereby cautioned against concealing or entertaining said BOY, on penalty of the Law. Samuel Sherburne.
Whereas Elizabeth, the Wife of me the Subscriber, hath forsaken my House, and utterly refuseth to live with me; I do hereby forbid all Persons to trust her on my Account. But in case she will return to my House, she shall be well supported, and treated in the kindest and tenderest Manner. JOHN HOGG. Hampstead, Sept. 24, 1774.
ALL Persons Indebted to the Estate of the Widow Meribah Babb, late of Barrington, deceas'd, are desir'd to settle the same with Joshua Fols, junr. Administrator. And the Creditors to receive any Balance that may be due from said Estate. Joshua Fols, junr. Administrator.
Excise.
PUBLIC NOTICE is here given, that I have purchased the EXCISE in the County of Rockingham, from November 1st, 1773, to November 1st 1774, and appoint to collect on the first Day of said November 1774, at Samuel Conner's in Pembroke — And at Esqr Webster's in Chester the Day following — and at Col. Holland's next Day in Londonderry — and Saturday Forenoon same Week at Lt. John Pearson's in Kingstown — and the Tuesday next following, viz. 8th of said November, at Capt. Jacob Tilton's in Portsmouth — and Tuesday the 15th at Col. Samuel Folsom's in Exeter — And I desire Taverners and Retailers would observe punctually to meet me BENJAMIN BUTLER, Excise Master.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have Demands on the Estate of Joshua Hill, late of Straitham, deceas'd, are desir'd to bring in their Accounts to Captain Reuben Hill of Lee, Administrator, in order for Settlement
§ Whitefields. §
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHEREAS APPLICATION has been made to me the SUBSCRIBER, one of His Majesty's Justices of the PEECE, in and throughout the Province aforesaid, by JOSIAH MOODY, Esq; Owner and Proprietor of more than a sixteenth Part of the Township of Whitefields, in the County of Grafton, to call a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Town to act upon the following Matters and Things, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator of said Meeting. 2. To chuse a Proprietor's Clerk. — 3. To chuse a Surveyor and Chain Men to lay out said Town into proper and equal Lots or Divisions. — 4. To agree with, or appoint a Committee to agree with any Person or Persons to cut a Road through said Town. — 5. To consider of the most easy and expedient Methods to advance the Settlement of said Town, and what Encouragement the said Proprietors will give thereto — 6. To raise a Sum of Money on each original Proprietor's Right in said Town, to defray the Charges of obtaining the CHARTER of said Town, and running out the Lines thereof; and further, to lay a TAX on each Proprietor's Right to defray the Charges for laying out the said Town into equal Lots or Divisions, and for cutting a Road through the said Town, as before mentioned. — And lastly, To consider the most effectual Means to promote the Advancement of the true Interest of said Town: — Pursuant to the foregoing APPLICATION, I hereby Notify and warn the Proprietors of the said Township of WHITEFIELDS, to meet at the House of Mr. ————— Pearson's, Innholder in Kingstown, in the County of Rockingham, on Monday the 31st Day of October current, at One o'clock P. M. to consider and act upon the Matters and Things before specified. Portsmouth, Octob 8. 1774. JOHN HURD.
[ UNITY. ]
WHEREAS the Proprietors of UNITY, in the County of Cheshire, and Province of New Hampshire, have been frequently notified to pay their respective Taxes to me, notwithstanding which, divers of them neglected to pay the same, this is therefore to notify the Delinquents, that unless the same is paid by the Twentyfourth Day of October Instant, so much of their Lands will be sold at public Vendue, at the Dwelling House of Captain John Huntoon, Innholder in Kingstown, at three of the Clock in the Afternoon of said Day, as will pay the said Taxes with incidental Charges.
Delinquents Names and Sums are,
   l. s. d. l. s. d.     Cornelius Clough 3 0 0 Thomas Scribner 2 3 4   William Long 0 18 0 Edward Fifeild 2 4 4   Daniel Moulton 0 18 4 Nathaniel Huntoon 0 9 0   James Bean 1 12 0 Samuel Judkins 1 7 0   Moses Sleeper 1 16 4 Henry Wadleigh 0 9 0   John Sawat 6 15 0 Samuel Winslow 1 7 0   Nathaniel Sanborn 0 9 0 Nathaniel French 0 18 0   Tristram Sanborn 0 18 0 Benjamin Sanborn 0 18 0   Nathan Taylor 0 9 0 Isaac Godfrey 2 3 8   Samuel Colcord 0 18 0 John Moulton 2 19 4   Philip Huntoon 0 18 0 Jacob Garland 1 6 0   Jeremiah Philbrick 0 9 0 John Mason 1 6 0   William Godfrey 1 13 0 Samuel Dearborn 1 6 0   John Webster 0 9 0  
JOHN JUDKINS Collector. Kingstown October 4, 1774.
WE the Subscribers being appointed by the honourable JOHN GOFFE Esq; Judge of Probate of Wills &c. for the County of Hillsborough, Commissioners, to receive and examine the Claims of the Creditors to the Estate of John Steal of Hillsborough, in said County, Yeoman, deceas'd, intestate, represented insolvent, six Months from the 31st Day of August, being allowed for that Service; this is to give Notice that we will attend that Business at the House of Timothy Kendal, Innholder in Litchfield, on the first Monday of October next and the four following Months, from two to six o'Clock, afternoon. Litchfield, Sept. 12, 1774. James Underwood, } Com- William Mc Question } missors.
Ranaway from me the Subscriber
On the third Day of September last, Robert Holland, an Apprentice BOY, eighteen Years old, about five Feet seven Inches high, light Complexion. Had on when he went away, a new Felt Hat, hemspun Round Jacket, check Linnin Shirt and long Trowlers. Whoever will take up said Apprentice, and convey him to his Master, shall have One Shilling Reward — And all Persons are forbid to harbour or conceal and carry off said Apprentice. ROBERT BARBER. Newmarket, October 12, 1774.
[Four DOLLARS Reward.]
RANAWAY from his Master Samuel Ham of Dover, in New Hampshire, a NEGRO MAN Servant named Cæsar — Had on when he went away, a striped hemspun Lappet'd Waistcoat, a Tow Shirt, grey Jacket, a pair of Breeches and Jacket of a black and Hemlock Dye, striped Toe Trowlers, black and white Yarn Stockings — He is a strait Limb'd Fellow, about five Feet nine Inches high, very white Teeth, smiling countenance, was brought up to Farming Work — Whoever shall take up said Runaway, and secure him, so that his Master may have him again, shall have Four Dollars Reward, and all necessary charges paid by Samuel Ham. N. B. All Masters of Vessels and others are forbid carrying him off, as they would avoid the Penalty of the Law. Dover, Sept. 2, 1774. The abovenamed Negro formerly belonged to Mark Hunking, Esq; but now the Property of me Samuel Ham.
The Rye Fair
Is to be the last Tuesday and Wednesday in this Month at the House of Mr. Abraham Libby, where good Entertainment will be given for Man and Horse.
THE Creditors to the Estate of PETER ABBOT, late of Kingstown, in the County of Rockingham, Hatter, deceas'd, Represented Insolvent, are hereby Notified, that the Commissioners appointed by the Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. for said County, to Receive and Examine their several Claims to said Estate, will attend that Service at the late Dwelling House of said deceas'd, on the last Tuesday of this and the first Tuesday of the five following Months, from Four to six of the Clock in the Afternoon of said Days. Sept. 9, 1774. John Noyes } Com- Moses Parsons } missors.
TO BE SOLD, A House and Barn,
In Greenland, now in the Occupation of Walter Philbrook, near the Meeting House. Also, Sundry Lots of Land in Chichester and Bplum And two or three Acres of Cedar Swamp, in Greenland, and a Yoke of young Cattle. Enquire of Robert Tustin Philbrook.
A Silver Watch Lost
On Saturday October the 1st Instant, on the Road between Rochester Meeting House and Berwick, belonging to JOHN MARTIN, Minister of the Gospel. Whoever finds said Watch, and returns it to the Printer, shall receive a sufficient Reward.
WE the Subscribers appointed Commissioners to Receive and Examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of Nathaniel Sherburne, late of Portsmouth Shopkeeper, deceas'd, intestate, Represented Insolvent, give Notice, that we will attend that Business on the second Monday of October Instant, and of the five following Months, at the Dwelling House of Jacob Tilton, Innholder in said Portsmouth, from 6 to 9 o'Clock P.M. October 4, 1774. John Parker, John Sparhawk.
WE the Subscribers being appointed Commissioners by the Hon. JOHN SHERBURNE, Esq; Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the County of Rockingham, to Receive and Examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of James Sheills, late of Canterbury, in the County aforesaid, Pedlar, deceas'd, intestate, Represented Insolvent, hereby give Notice, that we will attend said Business at the House of Timothy Walker near the Meeting House in Concord, in said County, on the second Monday of October next, and on the first Monday of the five following Months, from ten in the Forenoon to six in the Afternoon of each of said Days. Concord, Sept. 27, 1774. Stephen Gerrish } Commis- Abiel Chandler } sors.
ALL PERSONS Indebted to, or that have Demands on the Estate of Capt. John Lewis, late of Portsmouth, Mariner, deceas'd, are desir'd to bring in their Accounts to Ellis Hight of Portsmouth, sole Administrator to said Estate in order for Settlement Warrantee and Quitclaim Deed, Justices Writs and Executions, and Bail Bonds, Sold at the Printing Office.