The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1770-02-23 00:00:00

THE NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday Feb. 23, 1770.
Vol. XIV. GAZETTE, CHRONICLE,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Numb. 697 | Weeks since this Paper was publish'd
In a London Paper of December 26, is Part of an Answer of MODESTUS to JUNIUS,---the following is an Extract.
Not contented with a reigning your government fallly, this follower of sedition thinks it little to attack your M---'s character. I wave the consideration of that sacredness which surrounds the persons of Kings. To Junius nothing is sacred. But I congratulate your M---y on that intireness of virtue, which forces him to seek, in an unnatural and absurd construction, that ground of cavil which the whole tenour of your life leaves him destitute of, in fact.
In the same style of menace by which your M--- is commanded to pardon Wilkes, you are ordered to dissolve P---t because the H. of C. judged him unworthy to sit among them. I will not urge the clownish and cruel impropriety of seeking from you a vengeance against those who shewed themselves sensible of the outrages offered to you, and in behalf of the person who offered them.
Kings of England have been before now reduced to the greatest part of these hard alternatives, but never in such a cause. A King of England, whose intentions are upright, whose administration is firm, who supports his parliament, and is supported by them, has nothing to fear from party clamour. The bulk of the nation will always remain true to their own interests, and on no slight occasion will lend a hand to their own ruin, by unhinging the constitution.
For were your M--- disposed to take advantage of the phrenz of those who invite you to dissolve the P---t, such a step would certainly end in an accession of power to the Crown; indeed should your intentions point that way, you would have a very different party to encounter!
And what are these petitions for the dissolution of P---t, under the shadow of which this madman has dared to threaten your M---y? Do we not know by whom, & what means they have been promoted?
they are ludicrous; in fact, what proportion do the petitioners bear to the body of your subjects? This which the faction displays as an argument of its strength, is a convincing proof of its weakness. Considering the activity and arts that have been used, the petty interests that have conspired, and many other circumstances, it does honour to the nation that their numbers is not double; an honour which I hope it will preserve, notwithstanding the efforts of a faction, which in its headlong eagerness to get into power, scruples not to hazard the kingdom's safety; and notwithstanding the invectives of Junius, who after having exhausted all the food which the characters of subjects could afford to his malevolence, dares to raise his slanderous voice against the sacred character of his S---!
MODESTUS.
[Only Part of this Answer is come from London, and the above are short Extracts from that Part.]
To the PRINTERS of the NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE: Please to insert the following.
Extract of an original Letter from Dean Swift to Mr. Pope.
Dear POPE, I AM wonderfully pleased with the Publication of your Ethic Epistles, on Account of that hearty aversion to Ministers and Courts, which breathes through several of the Passages. Perhaps I am the more taken with your Sentiments on this head, because they are sufficient Authority for some Opinions advanced by myself: and you know we are always certain of allowing other People's Notions to be of Weight and Importance, when they bear any Conformity to our own.
One Right Honorable Rascal or other, has eternally some Strumpet to provide for, or some Cuckold to recommend, in preference to the Claims of real Worth, and the Pretensions of the truly deserving, not to mention any Thing of a Minister's own Friends, his Implements and Dependents, who all naturally expect to be provided for in course. Thus situated, a Man at the Head of Affairs is obliged very frequently to overlook the Solicitations of Services and Merit, as I have this Moment observed and exposes himself to the Resentment of many disappointed Levee-danglers, from an utter Impossibility to provide for all.
The Position, that a King can do no Wrong, must tax the English Nation with great Injustice, or with great Inconsistency. If a King can do no wrong, why was that pitiful Poltroon James the Second banished?
I am, dear POPE, &c.
J. SWIFT.
L O N D O N,
Nov. 7. Notwithstanding the several threats that have been held out against the worthy and patriotic Lord Chancellor, and the many negotiations which have been set on foot concerning his high office, we are glad to find that he still holds out.
We hear that the celebrated Dr. Lucas, the Irish Patriot, is shortly expected in London from Dublin, in order to lay a complaint of an extraordinary nature before his Majesty.
It is reported, that the administration has come to a resolution to suffer none to remain in any employment, who should dare to differ from them on any question right or wrong, which they were determined to support.
An evening paper says, that a great Personage talking a few days ago to a Knight, who has the direction of the new-paving of the Streets, paid him a compliment upon that subject; saying, that the stage coach rolled smoothly over the new pavement to the Parliament-house.
They write from St. John's, Newfoundland, that upwards of 300 families from Ireland had arrived there as settlers since April last, and that there is the greatest prospect of its being soon a very advantageous Colony to Great-Britain.
We hear that the celebrated Mrs. Macaulay was invited, by her brother Mr. Sheriff Sawbridge, at the particular request of the new Lord Mayor, to dine at Guildhall yesterday.
Nov. 10. By a letter from the Continent we hear, that Lord Holland's disorder has rendered him so weak, that he is unable to give himself any assistance, and that his physician expects his Lordship, unless some unexpected crisis happens, cannot survive but a short time.
The North-Americans, though they have prohibited the importation of books, have paid Mrs. Macaulay the compliment of allowing the free sale of her History of England in all the colonies; and the Ladies of America in particular read her history with great avidity, and speak of her with the greatest applause.
Nov. 13. We are informed by a Gentleman, who is very curious, as well as accurate in his calculations, that within the last two years the Patriotic Prisoner has received in presents to the value of 6700l. abstracted from eatables and drinkables, which may be very moderately computed at 300l. more, which make in all the sum of 7000l. this, together with the 1200l. per annum, allowed him by the Supporters of the Bill of Rights, affixes his annual income at 4100l.
Nov. 14. We are now told with a melancholy air of certainty, that the A-----n have it on the Tapis to appoint a general Licensor for the Press, in consequence of the extravagant lengths to which political controversies have for some time past been carried on in the News-Papers; but, a measure of this nature, though perhaps in some respects salutary, must be so generally odious, that there is little probability of their being able to carry it into execution.
Nov. 14. The Earl of Chatham, the Earl of Northington, and the Lord Chancellor, are all three clearly of opinion, that the late decision of the H--- of C--- in declaring Colonel Luttrell a Member of their House, upon an indisputable minority of votes or the electors of the county of Middlesex, is a measure totally indefensible, and that it ought and must be undone.
Nov. 16. We are well informed, that a new system of regulation for the American Colonies has been for some time under consideration, and will be laid before the Parliament as soon as they meet. This plan has been already communicated to several of the principal Merchants trading to America, and met with their approbation.
Such is the prodigious bardship of the present times, that a Peake-maker, not far from the Strand, at the christening of a newborn son on Sunday evening, gave a supper that came to seven guineas; and even apologized for the scantiness of his provisions to the Company.
We are credibly informed that the bounty granted on the exportation of manufactured leather, will be taken off next Sessions, the act of last Sessions for lowering the duty on sealed skins, &c. not answering the intended meaning of the said act.
The following extraordinary production may be depended on as authentic---Three Dutch Potatoes, sent by the late Dr. Templeman to Mr. Reynolds, of Adilham, have actually produced this season 351 pounds.
Nov. 17. It is reported, that Letters are received from Boston, New-England, mentioning that in the course of three weeks, several duels had been fought there, between Gentlemen of opposite principles, in which some of the parties were dangerously wounded.
A right reverend gentleman lately embarked for America, has it is said, some very important commissions to execute in that country, having long been not only the Pastor but Politician, of many provinces beyond the Atlantic.
Nov. 18. We hear that Monsieur de Francois, minister from the court of Versailles in the absence of their ambassador, has been at great pains to persuade those whom it may concern, that the present naval preparations of his Most Christian Majesty have not the least tendency to disturb the tranquility of Europe.---Quere, If they may not be designed to disturb the tranquility of North America.
A lady of considerable eminence in the literary world, has, we hear, received most cordial invitations from beyond the Atlantic; which, it is thought, she will as cordially accept, and gratify those sons and daughters of Liberty with an opportunity of conversing with so extraordinary a genius, some time the ensuing spring.
LONDON, Nov. 18. This morning is published, Price 1s. A concise, historical View of the Difficulties, Hardships, and Perils which attended the Planting and progressive Improvements of NEW-ENGLAND. With a particular Account of its long and destructive Wars, expensive Expeditions, &c. By AMOS ADAMS, A. M. Pastor of the first Church of Roxbury. Reprinted for E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry.
BRISTOL, Nov. 4. In the Brice, Capt. Muir, which failed this week, went Sir William Draper, on his passage to S. Carolina.

To the P R I N T E R.
I AM a Cockney, and until this summer was never more than twenty miles from London, but being left a considerable fortune by an old uncle, God rest his soul? I determined to commence a gentleman; and as seeing the world is necessary to complete that character, I resolved to qualify myself by travelling, and so I took a tour, genteelly, in a one horse chaise, through Lincolnshire. Now as writing one's travels is very much the fashion at present, I intend to write mine, and to send them to you for publication in the Gazetteer. Whether they may be so good as those of Smell-tungus and Mundungus I will not take upon me to decide, but I propose to write them in the sentimental way; for sentiment is, at this time, the writing most in vogue at Stepney. How far I shall succeed I am no judge, but your readers are, and here it goes.
In crossing the fens of Lincolnshire, I observed a vast number of geese, with all their feathers plucked away, excepting from their wings, stark naked as ever they were born. Not being acquainted with the reason of this featherless appearance, I asked a fellow who stood at a hovel, why these geese were plucked in this manner? Master, says the man, we pluck these geese three or four times a year, and sell the feathers to fill beds for you gentry to lie soft upon. Well, said I, and why do you not pluck the wing feathers as well as the others? Master, replied he, I see by your talking that you do not understand goose keeping. These geese which you see are mine & my neighbours, and we live by the feathers which they produce. Now if we pluck away those of the wing they could not fly abroad to get their food, and we must work at home to maintain them; but by leaving them the wing feathers when we pull the rest, they fly round the fens, find food for themselves, & we have the whole profit without one farthing expence. We live at ease, and they support us. Well, said I, but do not you think it cruel to torment these innocent creatures in this manner? Why, Master, said he, we do not torment the geese, we only pull their feathers, & we do not think we have done any harm. But certainly, said I, you must feel for what the geese suffer on this occasion. Master, said the man, we never feel about what the geese, but what we should suffer, if we did not pluck their feathers; they keep us warm by being naked themselves:—And which would you choose, Master, to be warm, yourself, and the geese starving with the cold, or they warm, and you in their cold condition? I and my forefathers, for many generations, were born and bred goose keepers, and all men must live by their callings. If you can contrive to make us live better, and leave the geese alone, we shall be obliged to you; if not, the weakest goes to the wall, and the geese must be plucked.—The Squire serveth his tenants just as we serve our geese. What number may you have, said I, my honest friend? Many thousands, said he, among us. We pass very idle lives, except in plucking times; we live very well on the product of our geese, and the geese live as well as they can by what they can get. It is the way of the world, and all that we endeavour is to keep them from the foxes.
I left my man, and could not help sentimentally reflecting on the miserable state of the poor geese. Surely, thought I, if I was a goose, like the London Livery and the Middlesex freeholders, I would petition his Majesty to be freed from this grievance; and then Mr. Printer, what do you think came into my head? Egad, says I, these GEESE are the emblem of the PEOPLE of England, and the geese keepers of the Ministers: They make us toil to get them money, strip us to the skin with cursed taxes, and then leave us our hands and instruments to get more money for them and a bare subsistence for ourselves. Egad the Ministers are geese keepers, and we are the geese.
This, said I, is a noble story with which to trim the Ministry, for my friend Wilkes and Liberty, and for us the Supporters of the Bill of Rights, for I am a Subscriber. So upon my
return I had the honour of an audience of a great patriot, and shewed him this paper. He was attended by his chaplain, the Reverend Parson Horne. After prayers for the good of the nation, in which I heartily joined, they both condescended to correct the spelling, in a very few places, and a little of the style; & then they persuaded me to publish it, telling me at the same time that I was a second Junius.
Encouraged by such Judges I have sent it to you, with this remark, that there is one difference between the geese keepers and the Ministers: The latter do not keep the people from the foxes. A SECOND JUNIUS.
From the latest London Print. A S O L I L O Q U Y.
“ I have deserved the affections of my f——s, and will rely upon them. Our happiness is interwoven, is incorporated. God has joined them together: let no mortal therefore dare to put them asunder. To exert p——ve to its full extent, would be to procure a divorce. To exert it in a case, in which I have no immediate concern, would be to forfeit what I value more than life—the confidence of future p——s, and even the confidence of future f——s in general. It is both my interest and my duty to prevent the three est——s from encroaching upon the province of each other. With what face, then, can I begin the encroachment, or depart from the c——line which terminates the sphere of my p——ve? The liberties taken with the present H—— of —— deserve no countenance, as they have no foundation; general censure is no censure at all; it is a tribute which often attends desert. All p——s have been blamed more or less, and till there be a possibility of meeting with one that shall please all parties, it would be in vain to struggle for it. The very impossibility is a strong proof of the flourishing state of freedom. It is only in a state of slavery that all subjects are of one opinion. I should be poor indeed, if the fortune which made me a —— forbade me to have a friend. Every one of my f——s is my friend; and I am, and will be, his! Those who are convinced that the establishment of the family of —— was necessary to the support of their civil and religious liberties, were my friends, and must still be so. I desire no other th——e than the hearts of my p——e; and whilst I secure that, shall fear no r——n; from a conviction, that the same principles, which bro't my a——s to the cr——n, will always be powerful enough to keep it in my f——y.”
L O N D O N.
December 19. Arrived at Plymouth, the Mayflower, Sears, from Boston. The Hope Schooner, Dawson, from Halifax, is arrived at Spithead, who brings Advice, that Affairs are very bad in Boston, owing it is said to the taxes being so heavy. It is added, that there is no walking in the streets after dark.
It being expected that an additional inland duty is going to be laid upon TEA on account of the present duty very deficient; in consequence of which, the price of common Bohea Tea is already advanced seven pence per Pound, and Singlo, eight pence or ten pence on the Exchange of London.
The following is part of a Letter sent to a tradesman in London, by a gentleman who went over to America about two years since, dated SALEM, in New-England, August 23, 1769.
“ Providence has so ordered it, that I am now settled in this town, as pleasant a situation as I have ever seen for a town, in either Europe or in America. It is amazing to see the prudence and wisdom of the people in these provinces, in their conduct relative to the oppressive measure of the M——y; and also the spirit of economy, and for manufacture, which prevails through the country. Unless the oppressive acts are all repealed as unconstitutional, America will be independent of England as to the chief part of manufactures in a few years: our wealthiest men now appear in homespun cloth, and this prevails more and more.”
Various are the Reports about Sir W. D——r's Voyage to South Carolina; some say, that he is so strong by Junius's Letters, that this Report is industriously propagated, to put a Stop to further Publications; others, that he is going to purchase a large Tract of Land in East-Florida, and that he intends consulting with Denys Rolle, Esq; Member of Parliament for Barnstaple, who is now on the Spot: And some say, his Voyage is determined on, to prevent an examination into the Manila Ransom at the Meeting of the Parliament.
Extract of a Letter from Philadelphia.
“ Our Quakers have just given a very singular proof of their humanity and love of liberty. The greatest number of those who reside in this colony have assembled, and unanimously agreed to give freedom to all their negro slaves; and most of them have already conformed to this resolution. To what purpose, said one of the principal of them, is it to oppose the tyranny of the British P——s, whilst we ourselves set the example of tyranny, by holding in slavery beings who are our equals, only because their skin is black and they have wool instead of hair. We hope the other Religious societies will follow the example of their brethren the Quakers.”
Dec. 26. In the List of Toasts drank at a celebration of Mr. Wilkes's birth-day, in London, are the following. The Rising Sons of Freedom.—The loyal Americans.
It is consistently said, that in consequence of the part the inhabitants of BOSTON have taken in raising and fomenting the troubles between Great-Britain and the Colonies, the seat of Government will be removed to SALEM, the second town in the province of Massachusetts-Bay, as no two towns on the continent of America are more contrasted, in regard to respect and duty to the King's Government, than Boston and the above place.
PHILADELPHIA, February 5.
We have just received Advice of the Arrival of Sir WILLIAM DRAPER, at Charlestown, South-Carolina, from England.
A Paragraph from a Correspondent.—“ A certain reputable public spirited Farmer in Bucks-County, considering that there will always be Importers of English Goods, while there are Buyers, has come to a Resolution not to purchase any Article of Cloathing for his Family, of British Manufacture, until the Revenue Acts are repealed; and has given an extraordinary Proof of his Zeal and Industry, well worthy of Imitation, viz. Having a Parcel of Woolen Yarn in his House, he has determined to exert himself immediately to cloath his Family in Linsey-woolsey, thinking it would be more to their Credit than the most gaudy Attire of Foreign Manufacture; he accordingly took up his Flax on the 3d Day of the Week, (and with the Assistance of his Family) broke some of it, swunged, hatched and spun it, then wove the Cloth, and had it made into Garments, and six of his Family were dressed therein, on the next first Day after.”
HARTFORD, Feb. 5, 1770.
Last Tuesday died in this town a lad, son of Moses Rely about 11 years old, his death was occasioned by the bite of a MAD DOG; in his leg, about nine weeks before his Death, by which he was slightly wounded, the teeth of the dog scarcely penetrated thro' the skin. The dog was soon after observed to be attended with the symptoms of an unusual disorder, and killed: the child's wound soon healed up, and remained in a usual state of health until about 3 days before his death, his first complaint was a pain in his heel of the same leg that increasing it was politicized, his pain then removed to his knee, and then to his hip, and soon after his body on the same side began to swell and so continued up to his head, and that side of his face was swelled to that degree, it could scarce be discovered where his eye was, exhibiting a most shocking spectacle to behold.
He had the use of his senses for the most of the time during the illness—he complained of the most excruciating pain; his distress was so great, that his whole frame appeared distorted by a continual wringing of his body: A froth or saliva constantly issuing from his mouth; running or rearing out his tongue an unusual length: He also discovered a great aversion to water and other liquids; in which circumstances he continued until his death.—This instance was so alarming, and further danger being apprehended, as a very uncommon disease appearing to attend dogs, indicating madness, by means whereof sundry persons have sustained damage in this and the neighbouring towns, the civil authority and select men of this town met on Friday last, and ordered the inhabitants to confine or destroy their dogs, and all others that should be found at large within this town. In consequence whereof the next day a very great destruction was made among those animals, many of whom were supposed to be affected with the disorder.
NEW-LONDON, Feb. 6.
We learn from Hebron, that the Inhabitants of that Town have been greatly terrified at the prevalence of mad Dogs among them, since the Town Act for confining them expired, which was the 1st of January last: since which, four dogs has been killed raving mad, besides many others that have been destroyed on the Symptoms of madness.—One Daniel Porter of that Town, was bit by a mad Dog about 20 Days ago; but as yet the dreadful Effects has not appeared. Considerable damage has been done by them in biting of Cattle and Hogs: a Cow belonging to Mr. John Wright, soon after being bit, discovered the Symptoms, by bellowing, lolling out the Tongue, an aversion to Food and Water; at length growing raving mad, she was killed: and it is remarkable, a Dog that was by, being observed to lick the blood only once or twice, he ran instantly mad.
PROVIDENCE, Feb. 17.
By a private Letter from London we learn, that while the American Revenue Acts were yet in Embryo, a great Man in the Court Interest wrote an exposulatory Letter to a very respectable Personage, who had nobly distinguished himself in Behalf of the Colonies, artfully endeavouring to dissuade him from the Cause he had espoused, and concluded with displaying the ministerial Bait, a Pension.—The Patriot, enraged at this Insult, ordered the Bearer into his Presence, and returned this emphatical and spirited Reply: “ Inform your Master I am above corruption—tell him further, that he's a Villain, & if he pleases, may see me in Hyde-Park Tomorrow.”
BOSTON, February 16.
The New-York Paper of Thursday last bro't by the Hartford Post, mentions, That five Gentlemen of that City had waited on the Corporation with a Petition in Behalf of a great Number of the Inhabitants for Leave to erect a Pole sacred to Constitutional Liberty, on the Common, at the Place where the other Pole stood, which had been destroyed: This Petition was rejected: Many who were Promoters of the Design of erecting a new Pole, were unwilling to fix it where the other stood; and yet to answer the End it was necessary it should stand near the same Place. The Business was therefore for a while at a stand, till a lucky Expedient was thought of and adopted.
A small slip of Land 11 Feet wide and 180 Feet long, an undivided Right, near the Place where the former Pole stood, was found to be private Property, and immediately purchased for the Purpose. Here a Hole was dug, 12 Feet deep, and a large Pitch Pine Mast erected. The Mast was strongly cased round with Iron-Bars, laid length-wise, riveted thro' with large flat Rivets and laid close together, so as entirely to cover the Mast for about two thirds of its Length, and over these Bars were driven large Iron Hoops, near half an Inch thick, at small distances from Bottom to Top. On the upper Part, the Bars were not laid quite so close but riveted and hooped in the same Manner, and the Wood between the Bars driven as full of large Nails as it would hold. It was drawn thro' the Streets from the Ship-Yards, by 6 Horses, decorated with Ribbons, 3 Flags flying with the Words Liberty and Property, and attended by several Thousands of the Inhabitants. It was raised without any Accident, while the French Horns played God save the King. It was strongly secured in the Ground by Timber, great Stones and Earth, and is in Height above the Ground, about 46 Feet; on the Top of it was raised a Tommast of 22 Feet, on which is fixed a gilt Vane, with the word LIBERTY. No Sort of Disturbance happened during the whole affair. The Gentlemen of the Army had taken a laudable Care that not the least Offence should be given by the Soldiers, many of whom, were present, and neither gave nor Received any Affront. This Business was done on Tuesday last.
Last Wednesday Night a Person broke into the back Part of the House of Mr. John Greenlaw, in this Town, from whence he went into the Parlour, struck a Light and broke open a Desk, from whence he carried off to the value of £.15 Lawful Money in Change, also a Pair of large Silver Buckles marked A.B. with the sterling Mark. A young Woman, who slept in the Parlour, was awaked by the Noise, got up, and caught hold of the Thief, but he got out of her Hands. The Thief had on a blue Coat. He was pursued by the young Woman to a considerable Distance from the House.
We hear from Attleborough, that on Tuesday the 16th Instant, a Child of Mr. John Daggett's of that Place, about Four Years old, being near the Fire where stood a small Kettle of hot Water, went to sit down backward, overset the Kettle, which scalded the Child so badly that it expired the Thursday following.

We hear from New-York, that Mr. Alexander McDougall, of that City, is taken up and committed to Goal there, (he having refused Bail) for being the supposed Author of a Paper lately published, subscribed "A Son of Liberty," relative to the General Assembly's granting Money for the Use of the Troops, which they declared to be a "seditious Libel," and voted 100. for a Discovery of the Author. (Even. Post.)
XI o'Clock, A. M.
Post this Moment arrived from New-York---After what a venal and bribed Junta have done ; what may not be expected from so foul a Party ? A most audacious attack upon the Liberty of the Press, in the Imprisonment of a most worthy Son of Liberty, Alexander McDougall ; his Defence cannot be read without Admiration---His Name will shine with the most distinguished Rays in the Annals of America, while the Names of the Scotch Drummer and his infamous abettors will rot. May the first Sufferer in the Cause of American Liberty, since the late detested Stamp-Act, never want Support ; & may the Cause of Liberty ever be happy in having such able and gallant Defenders as it finds in a McDougall, whom the Bostonians will not pity, but envy. (Boston Gaz.)
TOASTS FOR THE DAY.
May the Friends of Liberty through this Province, partake of the Spirit which actuates a McDougall ; and may the Slaves of arbitrary Power, imitate the Conduct of their infamous and infatuated Brethren of New-York.
On Wednesday Evening died here, Mr. Rollo, aged 103 Years, formerly for many Years Sexton of King's Chapel.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in London, to his Friend in Boston, per Capt. Cazneau.
"It gives me great Satisfaction to see and hear that the Merchants in Boston are so firm and resolute, for had they not put a final stop to those Scotch Adventurers, you would have been over-laded with them.---I think they grow enough upon us already ; there is no occasion of any more, for I am informed here that Patrick Smith was, rigged out here with a parcel of Goods by a number of Scotch Pedlars. I really rest a great deal more satisfied to see what effectual Measures the Merchants of Boston have taken."
All accounts per the last ships agree that the late unconstitutional impositions upon the colonies will be removed--- The list of those who have exerted themselves for their country in the late times, cannot be given in the news-papers ; but a list of those who have lately aided the enemies of their country in this province are happily so few, that they may be published in this way---The committee of inspection are so industrious and faithful, that we shall know who are importers or purchasers of importers contrary to agreement ; and we hope soon to hear who they are that continue in the vice of tea drinking.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in New-York to his Friend in Boston, January 22d, 1770.
"The concurrence of the several branches of the legislature of North-Carolina to an establishment for an agent at the court of Great-Britain, has given great uneasiness to all the true friends of America here, who have adverted to it---This is an affair I make no doubt but you have observed the ministry assiduously laboring to accomplish, and doubtless it is to answer some very gracious purpose. Their creatures in the Ass---ys will always be for appointing such tools as their patrons shall dictate and the C---I in most Colonies holding their places during pleasure will rarely oppose a ministerial choice. The G----s we see daily, are either, plus, or minus (as the electricians say) i. e. as they are charged : considering all which, and that the concurrence of the whole legislature is necessary to constitute an agent ; it is easier to imagine, than describe what sort of animals will appear in that character, should such unprincipled establishments obtain universally thro'out the colonies. May not these instruments of thralldom be convenient media of virtual representation ? Nay may they not be said to be actual representatives, when thus legally constituted ? and if cats should be offered them, in the house of commons, how would their friends here stickle for the with'd for consummation !"
THE A N S W E R.
A Completion of this scheme wou'd render the government of the colonies meerly ministerial indeed. We well remember who were lately constituted of his M---s C---I in the government above recited ! However Sir, the plan in question has no chance for universality, as it has been pushed to the uttermost in this colony, by the head engineer of the forces, and miscarried.
We hear from London, that Mr. John Hunt, who lately went from this Place, has received Episcopal Ordination, & is appointed to reside at New-Providen.
Saturday last arrived at Cape-Ann, Capt. Jesse Harding in a Schooner from Lisbon : On the 13th January in Lat. 40 39 & Long. 55 30 fell in with a Sloop from St. Eustatia, bound to Rhode-Island, out 52 Days, had lost their Mast, Boom and Mainstay about 6 Days before ; there were 4 Hands on board ; the Master, James Allin, died about 12 Days after they left St. Eustatia : They had but a very little Provision of any kind left, and were upwards of 100 Leagues to the Eastward more than they supposed to be, and were in great Fear of perishing, which would in all probability have been the Case, had not Capt. Harding took the four Persons on board his Vessel, and carried them to Cape-Ann.
PORTSMOUTH, February 23, 1770.
We hear from Newbury-Port, That Mr. Greer, a noted Stay-Maker, was last Saturday Evening found froze to Death on the Ice, between that Place and Plumb-Island, where he lived.
We hear from Kittery, that a Woman, there, Sister to Mr. Edward Ingraham, was burnt to Death, last Sunday fe'nnight by falling in the fire when in a fit, and left alone.
Messieurs PRINTERS ;
AMERICA'S GENIUS, presents his Compliments to the Ladies in Boston and Virginia, who have distinguished themselves in the important Cause of Liberty, and informs them he hopes soon to supply them with American Tea, far more delicious than ever grew in the Gardens of China, and with American Silk superior to that which adorns the Queens of Persia. These and many other important Services, he is waiting to perform, and wishes them every Blessing, joined with the high Satisfaction which will result from their noble conduct ; and that they may meet with the bright Reward due to such distinguished MERIT !---While the Trump of PRAISE proclaims their glorious Deeds, and the Wings of FAME bear their Name round the WORLD !-----
CUSTOM HOUSE Piscataqua 22. Feb.
  Inward Entries,  FROM.    Sloop Sally, Moses Hale,  Dominica & St. Martins.    Outward Bound,  NONE.    Clear'd for Departure,  FOR.    Schooner Eight Sisters Joshua Stacopole,  West-Indies.    Sloop Susanna, William Wyer,  Ditto.    Brig Sally, James Guppy,  Ditto.    Brig Argo, Jacob Mills,  Ditto.    Brig Unity, Robert Follett,  Ditto.  
To be SOLD, by Hugh Henderson, At his Store in King-street, a little below the Post Office, in Portsmouth.
A Variety of English GOODS, lately imported from LONDON, among which are the following Articles, viz.
BROAD CLOTHS, German Serge, Shalloons, Calamancoes, Durants, Tam-mies, Plaids, Camblets and Cambleteens, strip'd and shaded ; coarse and fine white Linen, Lawns, Cambricks and Gauze, Chints, printed Linen, printed Handkerchiefs, check ditto, strip'd Holland, Cotton Checks, Linen Ditto, Taffaties, Sattin, Alamoide plain and figur'd, Persians, silk Handkerchiefs, silk Gloves, silk Mitts, sewing Silks, Bedticks, white Thread, colour'd ditto, knit Patterns for Breeches, men's Stockings, plain and ribb'd, cover'd Wire, black Mitts, red and green Baize, Cotton Velvet, Coverlids, Milled Caps, Ribbons of all sorts, Ladies Head Flowers, Oznabrigs, Scotch Snuff, men's and women's neat made English and Lynn Shoes, Table Cloths, Bengals, Fustian, Coat and Jacket Buttons, Pound Pins, Needles, Buckles, Scissars, &c. &c. &c. all cheap for CASH.
WHEREAS the Vendue which was to have been held on Thursday the 15th of February, at the House of Mr. Samuel Pickering, Innholder in Greenland, is adjourned to the 5th of March next, when there will be exposed to Sale, sundry Articles, viz One Tract of Land, lying in Epsom, joining on the Westerly Side of Benjamin Shepherd, Esq; containing sixty Acres of Oak Timber Land, and Interval, with a young Orchard on the same, and cuts yearly 4 or 5 Tons of English Hay, also another Tract or Piece of Land in said Town of Epsom, joining Northerly on Land of Abraham Wallis, containing 50 Acres, more or less, it being well timbered with white Oak, and well watered. Each Tract within half a Mile of Shepherd's Saw Mill, and Mr. M'Clare's Mill, in said Epsom. Conditions of Sale will be shewn by William Blazdel, who will give Warrantee Deeds to the Purchaser, when full Payment is made good.
LOST, on the 10th Instant, between Lieutenant Nathaniel Batchelder's of Sandown, and Colonel Greeley's of Kingston, a pair of Saddle Bags in which were knit Breeches, two Ruffled Shirts, a Pair of Shoes, a Pair of Pinch Back Buckles, several Pair of Worsted Stockings, with some few other small Articles : Who ever shall take up said Bags, and convey them to Col. Greeley's, of Kingston, Capt. Folsom's at Exeter, or Capt. Tilton's at Portsmouth, shall be handsomely Rewarded.
By George Frost, A very good profitable FARM to be Let on reasonable Terms, in New Castle, lying on the South Side of Little Harbour (so called) in closed with a Stone Fence, a good Dwelling HOUSE, two BARNs, and sundry other Out Houses, a good ORCHARD, a full Stock of CATTLE, &c. (or the Tenant may stock it himself if he chuses it) with Implements of Husbandry to carry on the same ; a good Market in said Town, and but three Miles by Water from Portsmouth : Also well accommodated for the Fishery ; to be entered upon in March or the beginning of April next. For further Particulars, Enquire of said Frost, living on the Premises. Also by said Frost A new Milch Cow to sell for Cash.
NOTICE is hereby given to the several Proprietors of Sandwich, in the Province of New Hampshire, that have not paid the Tax of Seven Pound Ten Shillings Lawful Money, voted on each Right, at a legal Meeting February 9th, 1768, that their several Rights will be sold at Public Vendue, by me the Subscriber, at the House of Samuel Folsom, Esq; Innholder in Exeter, on Monday the 12th Day of March next, at Two o'Clock Afternoon, agreeable to the Laws of said Province, unless they prevent the same by paying said Tax, before the Sale. The following is a list of the Names of the original Proprietors.    Hon. James Nevin, Esq;  Benjamin Atkinson,    Hon. Nathaniel Barrell,  Joseph Atkinson,    Rev. John Chipman,  John Folsom, junr.    John Chipman Esq;  John Folsom, 3d.    Edward Bean,  Joshua Gilman, 3d.    Thomas Runolds,  Isaac Thustin,    Jacob Longfellow,  Joshua Miles,    Benjamin Bachellor.  Oliver Runolds.    Exeter, Feb. 14th. NATHANIEL FOLSOM, Collector.
§ Chichester. § NOTICE is hereby given, to the several delinquent Proprietors of Chichester, in the Province of New Hampshire, that unless they pay the several and respective sums, at which their several and respective Lots are assessed, to me the Subscriber, Collector for said Proprietors, that their several and respective Lots of Land in said Township, will be exposed to Sale at Public Vendue, on Wednesday the 14th Day of March next, at the House of Lieut. Jonathan Leavitt, Innholder at Hampton, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, agreeable to a Law of said Province, unless the said Delinquents prevent, by paying the several and respective sums, affixed to their several and respective Names herein after mentioned, and set forth, with incidental Charges, viz.
   Lawful Money, 1st Div. 2d Div. 3d Div. 4th Div.   £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d.     Nicholas Gilman 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0   James Jeffery 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6   George Jeffery 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0   Nathan Longfellow 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0   Benjamin Perkins 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0   John Prescott 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 6   John Robinson 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 0   Daniel Weare 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0   Benning Wentworth Esq 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0   John Wentworth 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0   Broadstreet Wiggins 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0   Ebenezer Weare 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0   Peter Weare, Esq; 7 0 7 0 7 0 7 0   John Gilman, Esq; 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0   Peter Weare, jun 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0   Benjamin Cram 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0   Jonathan Filfield 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0   John Odlin 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0   Jonathan Philbrook 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0   Joseph Redman 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0   William Staniford 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0   Samuel Tibbets 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0   John Webster 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0   Thomas Webster 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 0   Thomas Cram 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Jacob Freese 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   William Fellows 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Jacob Freese, jun. 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Capt. John Gilman 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Winthrop Hilton 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Cyprian Jeffery 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   James Jeffery, jun. 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Nathaniel Lock, jun. 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Samuel Marston 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Jotham Odiorne 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Jervis Ring, jun. 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   John Redman 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Benjamin Sandborn 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Charles Stuart 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Stephen Sandborn 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Benjamin Thomas 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Samuel Thing 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Jethro Tilton 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6   Edward West 1 6 1 6 1 6 1 6  
SAMUEL JENNESS, Collector. Rye, February 16, 1770.
§ Dorchester. § Application having been made to me the Subscriber, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Province of New Hampshire, by more than one sixteenth Part of the Proprietors of Dorchester, in said Province, to notify a Meeting of said Proprietors, to transact the following Matters.--- 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. Proprietors Clerk, Treasurer, Assessors, and Collector, and all necessary Committees. 3. To grant and raise such Sums of Money, as shall be necessary, in bringing forward the Settlement of said Township. 4. To see if the Proprietors will let out said Township. 5. To see what Encouragement they will give for building Mills in said Town. 6. To see what Encouragement they will give to a Number of the first Settlers. 7. To agree on a Method for calling Proprietors Meetings for the future. In Compliance with the above Request, I do hereby notify said Proprietors, to meet at the House of the Widow Mary Childs, Innholder in Woodstock, in the County of Windham, and Colony of Connecticut, on Monday the 12th Day of March next, at 1 o'Clock, P. M. then and there to act upon the Premises.
SAMUEL HOBART, Just. Pacis. Hollis, February 8, 1770.
Stolen out of the Subscriber's House, on the Evening of the 16th Inst. a dark Camblet CLOAK, lin'd with green, almost new. A Reward of Two Dollars is offered for discovering the THEAF. JOHN MARSH.

THE Subscriber hereof being far advanced in Years, and about to move from the present Place of his Residence, to some one in the Country of a more retired Situation, and being desirous (before he moves) to settle all his Affairs, of Debts and Credit; and to answer this proposed End, he begs leave, (in this Method) to inform all Persons, that are Indebted to him respectively, in any Way or Means whatever, that unless they settle their respective Accounts before the 25th of March next, the several Evidences of their respective Debts, will be put in Suit before the sitting of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in June next, and this without any further Advice or Delay.
THEODORE ATKINSON.
Portsmouth, Feb. 9, 1770.
TO BE SOLD OR LETT, this Spring 1770.
By John Newmarch, Esq;
Of Portsmouth,
A large Dwelling House, and a large Barn, and Orchard, with upwards of Forty Acres of good Mowing, Planting, and Pasturing Land, well water'd, adjoining the Country Road, leading from Kittery Ferry to Old York, and very near the Ferry.
American Grindstones of all sizes
manufactured in Nova Scotia, To be Sold by
JOSEPH BASS,
At his Shop in Portsmouth.
These Grindstones are by best Judges esteemed superior to those imported from Great Britain. The Grit being much finer and sharper, and the Stones more durable.—Allowance made to those who purchase to sell again.
WE the Subscribers being appointed Commissioners to receive and examine the Accounts of the Creditors to the Estate of Captain STEPHEN PARSONS, late of Portsmouth, deceased, represented Insolvent—hereby give Notice, that we will attend that Business at Capt. Zechariah Foss's, the first Tuesday in March next, and of the four following Months, at 5 o'Clock in the Afternoon of each Day.
Portsmouth, Feb.
JOSHUA BRACKETT.
12, 1770.
PETER PEARSE.
N. B. It's desired the Accounts may be brought in as soon as possible, in order to a speedy Settlement.
WE the Subscribers being appointed Commissioners, by the Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; Judge of Probate for this Province, to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of John Ayers, late of Portsmouth, deceased, represented Insolvent—hereby give Notice, that we will attend that Business at the House of James Stoodley, Esq; Innholder in Portsmouth, the last Tuesday of this and the four following Months at 5 o'Clock in the Afternoon of each Day,
Portsmouth, Feb.
JACOB SHEAFFE.
12, 1770.
WILLIAM WHIPPLE.
§ CHATHAM. §
THE following Original Proprietors Share of Land in the Township of CHATHAM, is the Province of New Hampshire, will be sold at Public Vendue at the House of Jeremiah Folsom, jun. Innholder in Newmarket, in said Province, on Monday the 26th Day of February, Instant, or as much of each Right as shall pay Thirty Shillings Lawful Money (which was a TAX voted to be paid to Walter Bryant, junr. Collector for said Proprietors for each respective Proprietors Share of Land in said Township) if said Taxes are not respectively paid to said Collector at his House at said Newmarket, before said Day of Sale.
Delinquent Proprietors Names are as follows, and the Sum to each is Thirty Shillings Lawful Money.
Jonathan Trickey, George Meserve, Broadstreet Doe, John Doe, John Burley, junr. Clement March, Esq; David Gilman, Winthrop Hilton, junr. Josiah Hilton, John Bennet, junr. Daniel Foster, Thomas Merrill, Benjamin Smith, Esq; Noah Emery, Esq; George Levius, Ichabod Hilton, Joseph Seater, Nicholas Doe.
ALL Persons indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of John Churchill, late of Portsmouth, deceased, are desired to bring in their Accounts to Joseph Churchill, of Portsmouth, aforesaid, Administrator on said Estate, and in his Absence to Elizabeth Churchill, Wife of said Joseph, who has Power to settle the same
To be SOLD, very reasonably, by Jonathan Moulton,
OF HAMPTON,
SUNDRY RIGHTS and PARCELS of LAND, hereafter expressed, lying in this Province, on the following Terms, viz. One third Part of the Money to be paid within six Months from the Time of Sale, one third part within one Year, and the other third part within two Years, the Purchasers giving Security for the same, with Lawful Interest 'till paid, viz.
Two 40 Acre Lots of Land lying in Hopkinton, with an Orchard, House and Barn thereon, well situated on the Country Road, which was formerly the Homestead of Capt. Burbank, deceased.—Also two 80 Acre Lots of Land in said Hopkinton, being the Lots No. 4 and No. 5 in the second Division of said Township, which were also formerly own'd by said Burbank.—One whole Right of Land in the Township of North Monadnock No. 3, being the original Right of the Rev. Ezra Carpenter.—Also 100 Acre Lot No. 12, in the second Range, drawn to the original Right of Jeremiah Norris.—Two Lots, 100 Acres each, drawn to the original Right of Nathaniel Page; 100 Acre Lot drawn to the original Right of Anthony Wibird, and 100 Acre Lot which was own'd by Thomas Wibird, Esq; all which lay in said Monadnock.—Two 80 Acre Lots in the Township of Wilton, No. 8 and No. 9, which were drawn to the original Right of John Combs.—One whole Right of Land in the Township of Alstead, which was own'd by Col. William Symms.—Three Quarters of one hundred and ninety Acres of Land in Ipswich, which was own'd by Abel Webster.—One whole Right of Land in the Township of Cornish, laying on Connecticut River, being the original Right of William Temple, Esq;—One whole Right in the Township formerly called Halestown, Thomas Brown the original Grantee thereof.—One half of a 150 Acre Lot of Land in Chester, No. 54, being Part of the original Right of William Rhymes.—One half of a 200 Acre Lot of Land in Deerfield, being Lot No. 15, in the second Range, in the third Division; also one half of another 200 Acre Lot of Land in said Deerfield, being Lot No. 2, in the sixth Range and third Division of said Deerfield.—Ten full Rights of Land in the Township of Rehan, viz. The original Rights of Meshech Weare, Esq; Ephraim Doolittle, Nathan Baldwin, William Barrell, Paul Moeres, Nathaniel Francis, Simon Powers, Hugh Floyd, John Symms and Simon Stevens.—Also twelve whole Rights in the Township of Bath, viz. the original Rights of Nehemiah Wheeler, Daniel Lunt, Theodore Moser, James Halabut, Richard Cutts Shannon, Mark Seavy, David Copp, Bradbury Richardson, John Mason, Peter Garland, Joseph Wright, Esq; and Cornelius Sullivan.—Five whole Rights in the Township of Canaan, viz. the original Rights of Benjamin Chamberlain, Abner Chamberlain, David Chamberlain, William Chamberlain, and William Chamberlain, jun.—Two whole Rights of Land in the Township of Gunthwait, viz. the original Rights of Abel Lawrence, Capt. Jacob Tilton.—One Right of Land in the Township of Lyman, being the original Right of Joseph Root.—One Right of Land in the Township of Haverhill, being the original Right of John Hastings.—One half of a Right of Land in Gilmantown, being Part of the original Right of Benjamin Hilton.—Also a House, and House Lot in Newmarket, at the New Fields (so called) nigh the Landing, conveniently situated for a Merchant and Tradesman.—A House and Barn with about 6 Acres of Land in Kensington, lately owned and improved by Moses Blake.—About 8 Acres of choice Land in Epping, some Part thereof Interval, adjoining Lamper'sel River.—One whole Right, both divided, and undivided, in Chichester, being the original Right of John Sherburne.—Also several other Rights of Lands laying in several Townships on the Westerly Side of Connecticut River, which were chartered by his late Excellency, Governor of New Hampshire, and have since fell within the Government of New York.
Any Person inclining to purchase any of said Lands, may depend on having them very reasonably, as said Moulton is determined to sell the same, with a View of making it convenient for him to confine his Business to the settling a Township nigh Winnepesaukee Pond, and two other Townships lying on Connecticut River, in which he is more largely interested, and Intent on settling, is in Want of Twenty or Thirty Families to settle on the same to whom he will give good Encouragement considering the favourable Situation and Circumstances, that said Townships are respectively under Cash will be given by said Moulton for 50 or 60 young Cows and Heifers, to carry into the Country.
To be SOLD, cheap for CASH.
As the Person's Stay will be short in Town.
English and Scotch GOODS, at Jacob Tilton's, Innholder in Portsmouth.
Auction-Hall, KING-STREET.
Close by the Town-House, (in Court-Square) opposite the Royal-Exchange, BOSTON.
This Day Auction-Hall is opened for Trade and Business—Where there is a very great Variety and Assortments of Goods and Merchandize, to be Sold EXCEEDING CHEAP for Cash down:—The Goods were Imported from the best Markets, and upon the best Terms, above twelve Months past,
By John Gerrish and Company.
PUBLIC VENDUES
Are to be held Weekly in said Auction-Hall: but chiefly on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Many Sorts of Goods, both New and Second-hand, are Daily sent to said Hall for PUBLIC SALE.
WHOEVER sends GOODS, either New, or Second-hand, to be Sold by private or public Sale, may be assured of the Fidelity of the Master of said Hall. VENDUE Jobbs about Town are undertaken by the Master of said Hall on VERY CHEAP TERMS INDEED!
John Gerrish,
[Public Vendue-Master.]
N. B. Very good Lodgings and Boarding, for Country GENTLEMEN, Travellers, and Traders, and very good Keeping for Horses, to be had in Court-Square, opposite to AUCTION-HALL.
Boston, February 1770.
NOTICE is hereby
Given to all Persons concerned, that the Tract of Land lying in the Two-Mile-Stream, so called, in Barrington, owned by Jonathan Warner, Esq; is now under the Care of the Subscriber, who is also empowered to bring Actions against those Persons who have been trespassing on said Lands. Therefore all those Persons who have been cutting or hauling Wood or Timber from off said Lands, may depend on being prosecuted at the next Term, unless they prevent by a speedy Settlement with said Warner.
JOHN SULLIVAN.
Durham, January 30, 1770.
TO BE SOLD,
By George Turner,
Cheap for Cash,
MOLASSES by the Teirce or Barrell, COTTON-WOOL by the Bag or Hundred. RUM, SUGAR, COFFEE, RICE, LOGWOOD, RED WOOD, SPICES of all Kinds, &c. &c. &c.
Said Turner has a few Barrells of choice LIMES, which he will sell cheap for Cash.
To be bound out a
healthy able-bodied Woman, about thirty-six Years of Age, who understands spinning, and all Kinds of Household Work; Also, Two Children to be bound out until they are of Age, with each of whom a Sum of Money will be given, one a Boy, in his fourth Year, the other a Girl in her third Year: For further Particulars, enquire of the Select-Men of New-Castle.
TO BE SOLD Cheap for Cash or Lumber, A likely, active Negro BOY, 19 Years of Age. Sold for no Fault, but for want of Employ. Enquire of the Printers.
One Half of a Pew in Dr. Langdon's Meeting-House, on the Larboard Side of the Steeple Door, to be sold cheap, Enquire of the Printers.
A few of Ames's Almanacks, for the present Year, printed on a fine Paper and new Types, may yet be had at the Printing-Office, near the State-House.