The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-08-19 00:00:00

The following "Act for the better providing suitable Quarters for Officers and Soldiers in his Majesty's Service in North-America" has passed both Houses of Parliament and received the Royal Assent.
WHEREAS Doubts have been entertained, whether Troops can be quartered otherwise than in Barracks, in case Barracks have been provided sufficient for the Quartering of all the Officers and Soldiers within his Majesty's Dominions in North-America: And whereas it may frequently happen, from the Situation of such Barracks, that, if Troops should be quartered therein, they would not be stationed where their Presence may be necessary and required: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That, in such Cases, it shall and may be lawful for the Persons who now are, or may hereafter be authorised by Law in any of the Provinces within his Majesty's Dominions in North-America, to cause any Officers or Soldiers in his Majesty's Service to be quartered and billeted in such Manner as is now directed by Law, where no Barracks are provided by the Colonies.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if it shall happen at any Time that any Officers or Soldiers in his Majesty's Service shall remain within any of the said Colonies without Quarters for the Space of Twenty-Four Hours after such Quarters shall have been demanded, it shall & may be lawful for the Governor of the Province to order and direct such & so many uninhabited Houses, Out-Houses, Barns, or other Buildings, as he shall think necessary to be taken, (making a reasonable Allowance for the same,) and made fit for the Reception of such Officers & Soldiers, and to put and quarter such Officers and Soldiers therein, for such Time as he shall think proper.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That this Act & every Thing herein contained, shall continue & be in full Force, in all his Majesty's Dominions in N. America, until the Twenty-fourth Day of March, One Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy-six.
L O N D O N, May 21.
On Wednesday Lord North made a long & able Speech on opening the Contents of his Budget; he produced to the House great Information concerning the State of the French Finances, which he said had been held out to him by an honorable Gentleman (Col. Barre) as an Object of Terror, of Example, of Reproach. His Lordship then contrasted their increased Debt, & arbitrary Breaches of public Faith, with the small Saving we had been able to make, notwithstanding the Expence of Preparations for War in the Years 1765 & 1770; he vindicated our present large Establishment on Account of the Precedent we had given to Europe, by the Seizure of the French Ships before any formal Declaration of War, which Measure his Lordship censured in a Manner becoming a Minister of a great Nation. But on the Subject of Establishment he was well answered by Opposition, that vigilance in the Cabinet towards any Changes in the political Hemisphere, would be a better Defence to this Kingdom than an expensive Armament in Time of Peace, which would produce Debility in War. His Lordship would produce Debility in War. His Lordship attacked all Parties, but was particularly un-
merciful to Col. Barre, for some former Animadversions, altho' he acknowledged himself more partial to the Economical Opinions of that honorable Gentleman now, as they approached nearer to his own. This Conduct naturally drew upon the noble Lord a Number of Assaults, whose Weapons did not seem to make much Impression, but after the House and Galleries appeared satisfied with his Defence, he was attacked on some Points of his Argument by Governor Johnstone, in a Manner that left a very different Impression: these were chiefly the Measures respecting the East India Company, the Tax of four and a Half per Cent. on the new acquired Islands by royal Prerogative, and Mode for paying off one Million of the national Debt.
B O S T O N, August 11.
The following is the Substance of Lord CHATHAM's Speech in the House of Lords on the 26th of May, respecting this Province. It was received from London, by the Ship Scarborough Man of War, and came from the best Authority.
I Don't rest my Opinion of the People of Massachusetts, upon any one particular Action, their tarring and feathering this or that Man, or their throwing the Tea into the Sea. The whole Tenor of their Conduct, and their open and avowed Resolutions in their Assembly, manifests an evil & rebellious Spirit against this Country, and therefore I think that they ought to be brought to make a full and entire Submission. When this is done, we ought to treat them with Lenity; but not till they have made this Submission. I know that these Declarations will be far from popular in America; but I have already made the same out of this House, that I have now in it, Declarations, which I suppose will not prompt them to erect any more Statutes of me.
About 11 o'clock last Night a Fire broke out in a large Brick Dwelling-House, near the old North Meeting, occupied by Mr. Zechariah Moulton, Baker, and several other Families; and notwithstanding it was at so early an Hour when it was discovered, the Fire had got to such a Heighth, and raged so furiously, that in a very short Time the wooden Work of the House was entirely consum'd, together with most of the Furniture: Providentially there was little or no Wind, and a plentiful Supply of Water, otherwise it was thought that great Devastation would have been made in that Part of the Town, being mostly wooden Buildings, and the Streets very narrow. It is said three Women and two Children unfortunately perished in the Flames; the Bodies of two of the former were this Morning taken out of the Ruins, burnt in a most shocking Manner. The Fire is supposed to have began in the Chamber of one Murphy, whose Wife and two Children are among the unhappy Persons lost.
We hear that Earl Percy politely offered the Service of the Soldiers if needed; but was informed that the Regulations in Time of Fire rendered their Assistance unnecessary, and was thank'd for his Kindness.
Sunday last arrived in this Harbour, the Transports from N. York, having on board his Majesty's Royal Regiment of Fuzileers, under the Command of Colonel Barnard (one of the six renowned British Corps, to whose Valor and Intrepidity, the ever memorable Victory at Minden was gloriously acquired the 1st of August, 1759; and where a French
Army of 80,000 Men was worsted and put to flight by the Allies (not above Half their Number) where the British Infantry and a few Hanoverian Battalions alone were engaged.) They are encamped on Fort-Hill.
We are informed that the late Sir William Johnson has left a large Sum of Money, to be employed in Presents to the Indians of the Mohawk Castles, thro' whose faithful and invariable Attachment the worthy Baronet has been enabled to conduct the Business of his Department with admirable Ability, Justice, and Humanity. All the Inhabitants, Men, Women and Children, of those Castles, had Mourning presented to them on the much lamented Death of their beloved Patron. The Indian Department is now devolved upon Col. Guy Johnson.
For the NEW HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE.
Mr. PRINTER.
HAVING very frequently of late heard Complaints against the Government and Economy of Dartmouth College, I have been induced, as a Well-Wisher to that Institution, to make strict Enquiry into the Grounds of them, and forty am I to find they are not without Foundation. Scarce a Student that I have enquired of, but has been open in bearing Testimony against their Provisions, which they assure me are not only bad in themselves, but rendered still worse by being miserably dressed. I myself have been a Witness to this, as two of my Seniors can but too well testify. And many others unconnected with the College have confirmed the same Account; nor has this been all---the same Negligence and Inattention so prevalent in this, has been equally apparent in other Respects: By far the greater Number of the young Gentlemen there have been visited with a Disease (often the Consequence of unwholesome Diet and uncleanly Living,) which though not a fatal, is yet a very loathsome one, extremely detrimental to the Health, and unfavourable to the vigorous Exertions of the mental Powers. The Parents of many of the Students have complained of this, and when their Children have for a Season left the College on this Account, have been extremely loth they should return again. I have heard of no acute Sickness prevailing among them, but many of the Youths from Time to Time have look'd pale and thin, and have made Complaints usual to People affected with the Scurvy. After all this, I confess I was surprised to observe a Piece in your Paper, of the 29th Day of July dated from Dartmouth-College, and signed by a Number of its Students, in which they boldly at one dash contradict the whole Account; declare that every Report of the Kind is "false, unreasonable, and defamatory" and express abundance of Concern that the Benefactors of that Society should be so shockingly imposed upon. It is a Pity they had not gone one Step further, and in order to prevent any future ill Report from gaining Ground, have declared that not only all that had been said already, but all that ever would be said to the Prejudice of Dartmouth-College or any of its Governors was and would be false, unreasonable and defamatory---for this might have been said with equal Truth, tho' with rather more the Appearance of Absurdity. There is indeed one Exception made by these Champions for Truth and the College, which I had like to have pass'd unnoticed; they say whenever Matters have not turned out perfectly to their Minds it has been owing to providential Accidents. The precise Idea they meant to convey by this, I will not presume to determine, but if it has any, I think it must be one of these two Things; either that when Things have not work'd kindly, it has happened thro' some Mistake in Providence, or thro' some unforeseen fortuitous Cause, which Providence was as much in the Dark about as themselves. But I need not spend more Time to shew the Badness of their Cause; this best appears by the Weakness of its Defence. The Facts they contradict are too well supported to be overthrown by the Assertion, however solemn and sanctimonious, of a few Persons who perhaps had no other Alternative, but to subscribe to the Publication, or hazard the Resentment of those who have it in their Power, for a slight Cause, to inflict on them what College Punishment they pleased; and Experience hath shewn that a very slight one indeed would be sufficient. Had the Reports been as false as the Piece pretends, I can hardly persuade myself that only about one Fourth of the Students would have had Manliness or Honesty enough to contradict them, nor do I think so great a Number of young Gentlemen of the best Families would have so openly and repeatedly propagated such a Report, had it been wholly without Foundation. To conclude, I would recommend it to the Governors of that Seminary, rather candidly and ingeniously to own their Fault and endeavour an Amendment, than by such low Shifts to cloak what cannot be hid from the World, especially as thereby they endanger the Morals of those whom they are bound by every Tie to lead in the Paths of Virtue and Honesty both by Precept and Example. Remembering That he who covers his Sins shall not prosper, but who so confesseth and forsaketh them shall find Mercy.
Johannes in Eremo.
P. S. They tell us in their Postscript that a Number of the Indians of Moore's School did not subscribe to their Piece, but they prudently withheld the Reason; which though it would have reflected Honor on the honest Savages, would have done but little to those who had so inconsiderately subscribed to a Falsehood, even tho' conjoined to it by those who ought to have taught them better.

By the Mercury Packet, Captain Dillon, who arrived at New-York last Sunday se'nnight in eight Weeks from Falmouth, we have the following Advices, viz.
L O N D O N, May 21.
A Letter from Paris of the 16th, says, "that Madam de Barre is confined in a Convent, with an Annuity settled by the King of 3000 Livres, all her Estates, Jewels, and Wardrobe, were seized, and will be sold and distributed to the Poor; That the Duke of Richlieu is ordered to retire to his Government: And that the Dukes of Nivernois and Choiseul have given their Advice in Council relative to public Affairs."
Madam Barre is said to be extremely ill. And it is even reported that she is dead.
May 26. The following is a List of the Lords who voted against the American Measures.
  Dukes of Richmond Earls of Bessborough,   Manchester, Shelburne,   Portland, Scarborough,   Leinster, Torrington,   Marquis of Rockingham, Barons Abergavenny,   Earls of Stamford, Craven,   Abington, King,   Effingham, Beaulieu,   Fitzwilliam, Sondes,   Darnley, Ravenworth,   Spencer, Cambden,   Stair, Bishop of St. Asaph. 
May 28. Lord North has proposed the following Resolutions on the Canada Bill: That a Duty of 3d. per Gallon be laid on all British Spirits imported into Canada: That a Duty of 6d. per Gallon be laid on all Spirits imported into Canada, the Produce of the West-Indies: That a Duty of 1s. per Gallon be laid on all Spirits imported into Canada the Produce of North-America: That a Duty of 1s. per Gallon be laid on all foreign Spirits imported into Canada: That a Duty of 6d. per Gallon be paid on all Molasses or Syrup imported into Canada in British Ships: That a Duty of 1s. per Gallon be laid on all Molasses or Syrup imported into Canada in West India Bottoms: That a Duty of 2s. per Gallon be laid on all Molasses imported into Canada in North-American and foreign Bottoms: And, that a Duty of 1s. 6d. be paid for every Licence granted to any Person who should sell Liquors or Spirits of any kind, or keep any public House in Canada; to be collected towards raising a Revenue for paying the civil Government, and Administration of Justice there.
All the above Duties to be collected over and above any Duties now collected there.
May 31. During the late Debate on American Measures in the upper Assembly, a noble Duke remarkably distinguished for his Popularity, in the course of his Speech, said, "that if the Americans were thus to be treated, he could not help wishing them Success in their Resistance."-----Upon which Lord Mansfield got up, and after apologizing for Expressions spoken in the heat of Argument said, he was very sure the noble Duke would correct himself. His Grace soon rose, but instead of correcting himself, repeated his Expression, and formally applied to the Bench of Bishops, whether it did not well become a Christian to with Relief to those who were heavy laden.
Letters from Dantzick mention, that the Magistrates of that City had received Intelligence of the King of Prussia's being in such a way that it was past the Power of Medicine to relieve him; but that they had used every Precaution to keep it a Secret, for fear of the Exultation of the Populace.
June 1. His Excellency Governor Tryon is arrived at Falmouth in the Mercury Packet from New-York.
Saturday last arrived at Plymouth his Majesty's Ship Active, Express from Boston, in New-England: She left Boston the 4th of May last.
The above Ship, it is said, brings Advice, that as soon as the Bostonians were informed of the Measures agitated in the English Parliament, and the Intention of Government to blockade their Port, a general Meeting of the People was held, when it was unanimously resolved to have recourse to Arms, in defence of their Rights and Privileges. These Advices further add, that in Consequence of this unanimous Resolution, the People were busied, when the Active left Boston, in making every necessary Preparation for a vigorous Resistance.
The Parliament will rise the 14th of this Month.
Kinsale, in Ireland, May 20. Lord Percy did two Acts just before he left this Town to embark for Boston, which reflects Honor on him as an Officer and a Man. On receiving an Account of the Arrival of the Transports at Cove, he immediately sent for his Officers acquainting them therewith, and told them, that as some of them very possibly could not, on Account of the short Time which they had to stay, receive Remittances from their Friends, he would, as their Colonel, discharge all their Debts contracted in that Town. The Day before he left this Place, being informed that one of the Soldier's Wives, was not in a Condition to go with her Husband, as she was then ill with the Small Pox, humanely gave eight Guineas to a Gentleman in this Town to supply her with all necessaries during her Illness, and left directions to have her sent to Boston, when recovered, at his Expence.
A Lady at the West End of the Town being a great Admirer of the Produce of France, gave the small Sum of ten Guineas last Week for a Cat, besides paying for the Board of the dear sweet little Creature (as her Ladyship files it) being bro't over.
Yesterday Morning a Chappel for divine Worship was opened at Essex House, Essex Street, in the Strand, on the Plan of a reformed Book of Common Prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Lindsey, late Vicar of Catterick in Yorkshire, which Benefice, from conscientious Principles, he has lately resigned. The new Book of Prayer, offered to the Consideration of all well disposed Christians, contains many pious & judicious Alterations of the Church Service, nearly on the Model recommended by the celebrated Dr. Samuel Clarke, formerly Rector of St. James's. The Congregation was respectable and numerous; the Service was performed with the greatest Solemnity; Decency and Decorum, and the Auditors seemed particularly pleased with the Spirit of Modestiation, Candour and Christian Benevolence of the Preacher, whose Sermon was perfectly well adapted to the Occasion.-----The Text was from Ephesians iv. 3. Endeavouring to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace.
BALTIMORE, in Maryland, July 16, 1774.
A Vessel, we hear hath sailed from the Eastern-Shore of this Province, with a Cargo of Provisions, as a free Gift to our besieged Brethren at Boston.
The Inhabitants of all the Counties of Virginia and Maryland are subscribing with great liberality for the Relief of the distressed Towns of Boston and Charlestown. The Inhabitants of Alexandria, we hear, in a few Hours, subscribed £. 350 for that noble Purpose.
Subscriptions are opened in this Town for the support and animation of the Inhabitants of Boston, under their present great Conflict for the common Freedom of us all, which have already been so successful, that a Vessel is now loading with Provisions
for that Place, as a Testimony of the Affection of this People towards their persecuted Brethren, now bravely contending against Fraud, Power, and the most odious Oppression, which God grant may never rise triumphant over Right, Justice, social Happiness and Freedom."
N E W - Y O R K, August 8.
Mr. Hancock's Oration, delivered the 5th of March last at Boston, is published at full length in the London Evening-Post, of the 26th of May 1774.
The Proceedings of the General Assembly at Boston, relative to the Impeachment of Chief Justice Oliver, are also published in the London Papers.
Among the Articles of Non-Exportation from America to Great-Britain, I hope it will not be forgot at the Congress, that MASTS and Skip Timber, ought by all Means to be included. Indeed the Exportation of these ought to be stopped, even tho' no other Article of Non-Exportation should take Place;-----It would be strange indeed, if we should furnish Articles, that we know are intended to be made use of against us.
The Hon. Governor Penn has issued a Proclamation, and offers a Reward of one Hundred Pounds for discovering and convicting the Murderer of the friendly Indian Man, Joseph Wipey, who was lately assassinated in the County of Wiltshire-land.
N E W - P O R T, Aug. 8.
We are assured that Capt. William Bull in a Sloop from this Place, but last from the West-Indies, is arrived at Wilmington, North-Carolina, and that the Inhabitants of that Place have bought his Vessel, and are loading her with Provisions for the Support of the Town of Boston; which ought to be supported at the Expence of the last Mite, and even the last Drop of Blood in North-America, for their noble Stand against the Oppression and Tyranny of a miserably corrupt, debauched and almost bankrupt Administration, devoid of Sense, Humanity, and every Principle superior to that of mere Brutes; an Administration, compared with whom, a common Highway Robber is almost a Saint.
B O S T O N, August 11.
The Town of Boston has been resembled to Carthage, and threatened with the same Fate by a Member of Parliament:-----The Execution of the Sentence is already begun: It may not be amiss then, to turn to the History of that People.----- There had been too long and very bloody Wars between Rome & that City: the Romans were victorious: But the Carthaginians, having in a very few Years almost recovered their former State of Wealth and Power, the Romans looked upon them with a jealous Eye, and took every Opportunity (unless by an open War) to depress them. The Carthaginians dreading a War, and hoping by a proper Submission to conciliate the Roman Affection sent Ambassadors to Rome with Orders to declare, that they entirely abandoned themselves and all they possessed to the Discretion of the Romans. The Senate of Rome in Return granted them their Liberty; the Exercise of their own Laws, all their Territories and Possessions as private Persons or as a Republick, on Condition that in thirty Days they should send three Hundred Hostages to Lilybæum, and do what the Consuls should order them: This cruel Order was submitted to; the Hostages were immediately sent. They were the Flower and Hopes of the most noble Families of Carthage. Upon their Departure nothing was heard but the most dismal Cries and Groans; the whole City was in Tears, and the Mothers of these devoted Youths tore their Hair, and beat their Breasts in all the Agonies of Grief and Despair. They fastened their Arms round their lovely Offsprings, and could not be separated from them but by Force. This cruel Sacrifice I should think would have melted the Romans into Compassion; but it had no such Effect. Ambition and Tyranny are incapable of any humane or tender Feeling. The Deputies therefore attended the Roman Camp, and told the Consuls that they were come in the Name of the Senate of Carthage to receive their Orders, which they were ready to obey in all Things. The Consuls praised their good Disposition and ready Obedience, and ordered them to deliver up all their Arms. This fatal Order was complied with, and an infinite Number of Weapons of all Kinds, and a fine Fleet of Ships accordingly delivered up. Would any Thing less than the entire Destruction of Carthage have satisfied the Romans they would now have been perfectly content. They had wholly disarmed the Carthaginians and got all the noble Youth Hostages, as a Security for their quiet Submission. But all this did not satisfy them. The Consuls sternly told them, that the Senate of Rome had determined to destroy Carthage; that they must quit their City and remove to some other Part of their Territory four Leagues from the Sea. This they refused to do. The Romans therefore attacked their City; which notwithstanding its defenceless State, bravely sustained a most terrible Siege three whole Years. Had the Carthaginians preserved their Youth, their Navy and their Arms; had they united the Neighbouring Nations against the common Oppressor, and immediately prepared for their Defence, they might perhaps have defeated the Romans and preserved their City entirely; or at least for many Years longer: But they by imprudent Submissions put themselves wholly in the Power of the Enemy; and the Consequences were, the miserable Death of several Hundred Thousand People and the utter Destruction of their City! Take Warning my dear Countrymen by this terrible Example.
B O S T O N, August 15.
We hear that his Excellency Governor GAGE desired the Attendance of the Selectmen of this Town at the Province-House on Saturday last; when he informed them of that Clause in the late Act of Parliament forbidding TOWN-MEETINGS, without special Leave of the Governor, and gave the same to be read; which being done, his Excellency told them he was ready on Application to give Liberty for a Town's Meeting, if he should judge it expedient; and being told, that the Provincial Law had been the Rule of their Conduct in these Matters, he said, he was determined to carry the Acts of Parliament into Execution, and they must be answerable for any bad Consequences.
Last Wednesday the Honorable Thomas Cushing, Esq; Mr. Samuel Adams, John Adams and Robert-Treat Paine, Esquires, the Delegates appointed by the Hon. Commons House of Assembly, for this Province, to attend the general Congress to be holden at Philadelphia, some Time next Month, set out from hence, accompanied by a number of Gentlemen many Miles.
Extract of a Letter from a principal Manufacturer in England, to a House in this Town.
"I understand no Goods can be ship'd you from London, as your Port is shut by the late cruel Proceedings of Government, which I hope they'll soon repent of. Your Goods, and a Quantity more made and finish'd for your Markets, are now laying in my Warehouses, until our wise and gracious Governors shall think proper to unshackle Trade with you, which I hope will be soon, or the Consequence must be very disagreeable and distressing to Thousands."
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman of eminence in London, to his Friend in this Town.
"The late Proceedings relative to the faithful Province of Massachusetts, and the Town of Boston, give general Disgust-
factio, & make many very uneasy, who sincerely with you the Wisdom and Fortitude your disagreeable Situation requires:--- Oh for an Increase of the stern Virtue of the noble Ancestors of the present Race of New-England Men, whose Fortitude dar'd every Thing rather than to submit to Slavery. I send you this per the Packet, the Barbarity of the Times not admitting the usual Conveyances."
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in London to his Friend in Boston, dated the 27th of May 1774.
If the Friends of Peace & good Government now exert themselves, they may depend on being supported; the Nation & every Part of his Majesty's Government is now convinced that it is to no purpose to dally with froward Humors any longer; that the many Years forbearance we have shewn, has only prov'd to make your Sons of Faction so much the more insolent. We see they now already absurdly boast of their Victories, and tell their deluded followers that we are afraid of you; merely because we are unwilling to hurt you.
"In short the King and his Parliament have now come to a Decision, and every part of the King's Subjects must obey the Laws of the Empire, or suffer the Consequences of their Rebellion."
"Lord Chatham [Mr. Pitt] came Yesterday to the House of Lords for the first and last Time of the Session, and declared fully his Opinion, that you ought to obey the Laws of the Empire; that there were some Things in the Bills which he did not entirely approve, but that you ought to make the fullest Acknowledgments of the Authority of Parliament, and that then he ought to be ready to meet you with all kinds of Lenity; but not till you had made this Submission, which all the House agreed in. The Duke of R- chm-nd with his usual Obstinate, would make the House divide about the Quartering Bill, against the Sense of almost every one else: The Division signified Nothing, only 16 to 57."
"Captain Hood, belonging to Mr. Hancock, brings over a flaming Speech from the Mouth of his Owner."-----
The Persons who perished in the late Fire in Boston, were Mrs. Murphy and her two small Children, Mrs. Fling, & Mrs. Whittimore. The House was occupied by Mr. Morton, not Moulton, as mentioned in some of the Papers.
Saturday last 376 Sheep were received for our sympathising Brethren of Lebanon, in the Colony of Connecticut, as a Donation for the Benefit of the industrious Poor in this distressed Town.
S A L E M, August 16, 1774.
The Transports, with the 59th Regiment on board, arrived in this Harbour last Friday; the next Day the Men landed, and encamped near the Fort.
The Commission of the Hon. THOMAS OLIVER, Esq; appointing him Lieutenant Governor of this Province, was published in the Council Chamber in this Town, on Monday last Week, and the several Oaths administered to him by his Excellency the Governor.
The same Day, Isaac Winslow and William Browne, Esq's, took the Oaths necessary to qualify themselves for a Seat in the new Council, which makes Eleven Sworn in.
The new Council meet this Day, when it is thought more will be Sworn in.
HALIFAX, (Nova-Scotia,) July 9, 1774.
The Friends to the Cause of Liberty in this Town request the immediate Publication of the following in your Gazette.-----
ON Thursday the 7th instant arrived here the Sloop Molly, Capt. Odiorne Master, from Piscataqua, having on board 27 Casks of Bohca-Tea, which was consigned to Edward Parry, of that Place, the Property of the East-India-Company; and by said Parry ship'd and consign'd to G. H. Morte, Clerk of the Supreme Court here, to be by him disposed of to the Inhabitants of this Province, which Consignment the said Monk most readily accepted, and with the Aid and Assistance of J. C. of this Town, Truckman, secured the 27 Casks of Bohca Tea in a Store belonging to Robert Campbell, who as readily hired his Store for that Purpose, in Opposition to several principal Merchants, who had prior Applications for their Stores, and had nobly refused.
Notwithstanding however that the said odious Weed has been here imported, and landed in this Town, to the Grief and distress of many of the Inhabitants thereof, and which was suffered only through utter Inability to prevent it, It is the Absolute and declared Determination of a great Number of the most respectable and popular Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants of this Town, on any Account whatever, not only not to purchase any of the said Tea themselves, but forever to refrain from all and every Kind and Degrees of Dealing and Commerce with any Person or Persons whatever, who may be base enough to prefer their private Interest to the public Welfare, and the Liberty of the present and succeeding Generations, by purchasing any of the said detestable Tea. It would have been an unspeakable Pleasure afforded to the Friends of the present glorious Struggle for Liberty in this Town to have borne public Testimony in the Face of the World, but the Abridgement of that great Privilege, Town-Meetings, utterly prevents; however, the worthy and spirited Sons of Liberty through the Continent of America, who have many glorious Advantages which we earnestly long for, will 'tis hoped accept the comparatively feeble Efforts of their Friends in this Town, to regain our primitive and rightful Liberties, as British Subjects, which we behold with great Concern, most shamefully invaded and trampled on by our fellow Subjects in Old England.
And we sincerely with our American Brethren Success in their glorious Struggles to preserve their Rights and Liberties, and to hand them down to Posterity undiminished.
P O R T S M O U T H, August 19.
We learn from Boston, that the Inhabitants of that devoted Town, continue under all their sufferings as calm as they are firm & Resolved.--- That they had received a Present from the Town of Lebanon in Connecticut of 326 Sheep and 301. Lawful Money, and from Groton 120 Sheep, and 8 or 9 Cattle, accompanied with Letters of an excellent Spirit. That it was said the Welch Fuzileers were to march for Worcester with a part of the Train to support the Tories and the Courts of Justice there; and Detachments to be sent as far as Berkshire, which would open a new Scene. That a Packet is arrived at New-York, but no Papers later than the 1st of June---nothing material save an Account of the new Arrangements in the Civil and Military of France, all under the direction of the Duke De Choiseul, which bodes no Ill to American Freedom. That the worthy and much beloved Col. Hancock, had returned from Bridgewater, much better in his Health, when he received in a short Letter from the Secretary, by Oder of the Governor, a dismissal from the Command of the Cadets. That all the Accounts from the other Colonies agreed, that there was an unexampled Spirit and Union among them, that the Sufferings of Boston and the Massachussets was not only resented with the highest Indignation, but being made a common Cause of, every Thing in their Power might be expected for their Relief.
Tuesday Afternoon, at about 4 o'Clock, a small shock of an EARTHQUAKE, was felt in this & the neighbouring Towns.

LONDON, May 16.
CASUALTY EXTRAORDINARY.
SOME Years ago the Town of Boston, was occa- sionally attacked by some nipping Blasts (com- monly called English Winds, from their blowing off our Land's End) which were the Occasion of several Disorders among the People.—The popular Physi- cians of that Capital observing those Blasts most y ope- rated upon those who had weak Nerves and timid Imaginations, prescribed constitutional Resilience and Contempt of Danger, which had for a while a proper Effect, particularly in one remarkable Instance where these Medicines carried away a Number of large red- Spots, which seemed to be stamped on them for Life. Warranted by this Success, they continued these Pre- scriptions with Safety for some Years, until very lately, these nipping Blasts, all consolidated in one furious NORTH Wind, came rushing on the Town all at a sudden; and what seems almost incredible to relate, not only blew away their Habour, Custom-House, Shipping, &c. about twenty Miles Distance, but so infested the Merchants and Traders, that they will be obliged to give up their Situations, &c. and follow, to save their Lives.
Four or five of the principal People, who took large Doses of the above Medicines, we hear, have been just seized with an Iron Fever, something like a Jail Distemper, and being given over by their own Townsmen, are now preparing to set out for Eng- land, where Government have humanely interposed, by ordering them to be taken Care of.
The Physicians here, it is said, cannot well agree about the Causes and Treatment of this Disorder. The Majority are for Evacuation, whilst others prescribe Emollients, as the best Medicines in flatulent Cases. Who are right, Time only must discover. It were to be wished, however, for the Good of so large a Part of Mankind, that all quack Medicines and danger- ous Experiments may be avoided, & that the unhappy State of the Patients, (after being fully known) may be attended to with that Knowledge, Humanity, and Circumspection, which should ever distinguish the pro- fessed Guardians of the Constitution.
We hear the State Cradle is so constructed, as to give the Royal Infant all the Benefits of Respiration and Exercise without rocking, as that Mode has been judged by the Physicians to be one of the Causes of affecting the Brain. This Invention, was not used in the Court of the late Princess Dowager.
Lord Sandwich's Prosecution against Mr. Miller, is exactly conformable to the present Reign— DELEND A EST TYPOGRAPHIA; For had his Lordship any Thing else in View, instead of ruining a Printer, who did no more than his Duty in advertising the Public of a venal Measure, which he afterwards proved to be in Agitation, he should have made Examples of those who representatively sullied his Honor, by offering a Place to Sale, which could not be disposed of without his Consent; but my Lord will probably say, in the Stile of a true Court Sportsman, he is deservedly punishing Miller for being at Fault in starting the Game, before he had proper Time to cover his Mark.
A certain ministerial Nobleman made no Scrupple, a few Days since, of declaring publickly, that the present enormous Load of Taxes was not continued so much to answer the mere Exigences of Govern- ment, as to provide for their hungry Dependents.
Justice and Policy are interested in the Cause of the Bostonians. Have these deserved Punishment? And it is prudent now to punish them? If the first is decided against them, let us not be hasty to deter- mine the latter. Even when the bitterest Enemies have deserved Chastisement, some previous Negoti- ations, some Remonstrances are due. How much more, when the Safety, perhaps the Existence of our filial Colonies, is concerned in our Determination? Have they erred? Have they been guilty? Let us proceed as a tender, yet wise Parent, would do with her Children: Not as Foes, but as Friends; not to destroy, but to save, by wholesome Severity, if found to be necessary, after more gentle Treatment has been tried and proved ineffectual, to reduce them to such a State of free Obedience, as Reason, consistently with our happy Constitution, points out.
NEW YORK, August 4.
We hear from Fredericksburgh in Virginia, that on the 17th of July, his Excellency the Earl of Dunmore arrived there in perfect Health on Friday Evening, and the next Morning about eight o'Clock, set out on his Way to the back Country. His Lordship's care for the poor Inhabitants that are settled in the fron- tier Counties, which are now exposed to the Horrors of an Indian War, partly induces him to take this Journey; hoping that he may after getting acquaint- ed with the Situation of Affairs in that Country, be able to give such Directions as will in some Measure secure them and their Families from the Cruelties of the Savages, who have already done a good deal of Damage. The Scouting Parties that have hitherto been discovered, do not consist of many in a Body, and it is thought they intend some grand Stroke soon, as they have been seen pretty low down in the Set- tlements in small Parties of five and six, and some-
times not more than 3 or 4 together, without doing any Mischief; from which it is judged their Business was to make themselves acquainted with the Coun- try, and find out the Settlements, so that they may, at any Time, bring in a Party sufficient to destroy them at once, and retreat before any Body of Men could be collected to go against them.—The Crops of Wheat in that Neighbourhood will far exceed all Expectation, after receiving so severe a Shock as the Frost on the 4th of May gave it. Harvest is now nearly got in, and the Farmers think they will make two thirds, if not three fourths of a Crop.
VINEGAR.
CHOICE VINEGAR, by the Barrell or less Quantity—good CHEESE by the Cask or single one. Stone LIME per Haghead—Also, DUMB COD FISH and POLLOCK per Quintal,—to be sold by DAVID GRIFFITH.—He here may also be had a Variety of ENGLISH GOODS, Barber's Trimmings,—Sadlery,—Cutlery, and Hard Wares, Queen's China,—Tin Ware,—Also, very neat made Lynn Shoes and Pumps of all sizes—Mens,—Wo- mens, and Childrens Leather Shoes,—All cheap for Cash.—The GOLD SMITH's and JEWELLERS Business carried on as usual.
--Public VENDUE at Dover --
TO BE SOLD at PUBLIC VENDUE, On Monday the 29th Day of August current, at the House of Mr. JOHN BURNHAM HANSON, Innholder in Dover, at ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, The FARMS and Parcels of LAND following, viz.
Two valuable Lots of Land,
Containing 115 Acres each, at Beech Ridge (so called) in Berwick, eight Miles only from the Landing; lately owned by Isaac Hill.
A FARM containing 60 Acres, more or less, with the Dwelling House and Barn standing thereon, in Somerworth, 4 Miles from Dover Landing, lying on the Great Road leading from Dover to Wolfborough,— lately owned by Edward Eiler.—Twenty Acres more of Land in said Somerworth, fit for Mowing or Pasturing.—And Twenty Acres more of Land in Somerworth, for Mowing or Pasturing,—both said Tracts within about five Miles from Dover Landing. About 60 Acres of fine Land at a place called Norway Plain, in Rochester, near the Mills, pleasantly situated for a Trader, within ten Miles of Dover Landing — And 40 Acres of Land finely wooded, in Rochester, eight Miles from Dover Landing, lately owned by Rebecca Heard.—And also TWENTY FINE OXEN for Beef or Labour,—And a NUMBER of COWS and young CATTLE,—If not before sold at private Sale.—CONDITIONS of Sale may be known at the time and place afore said—or before, by enquiring of STEPHEN EVANS of Dover, the Owner of the above Lands and Cattle. Dover, Aug. 2, 1774.
THREE Months further being allowed us by the Hon. JOHN FENTON, Esq; Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. in and for the County of Grafton, to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of ALEXANDER PHELPS, late of Lime, in said County, Esq; deceased, Represented Insolvent, No- tice is hereby given, that we will attend said Business at the House of Capt. Aaron Storrs, Innholder in Han- over, in said County, on the third Monday of the three next following Months, from two to 4 o'Clock, P. M. Hanover, | Aaron Storrs, } Commissioners. July 25, 1774. | Beza. Woodward, }
TO BE SOLD on REASONABLE TERMS, A Dwelling House,
And one Acre of Land, situate in Berwick, in the County of York, Fronting the main Road leading from New Hampshire's Upper Road to Falmouth, (near Doucet's Falls or the Iron Works in said Berwick, suitable for a TRADER or TRADESMAN.—Enquire of BENJAMIN MACKAY of Portsmouth, or JO- SHUA HUBBARD of Kittery for Particulars.
N.B. Good Merchantable LUMBER will be taken for Pay, or short Credit given by said Mackay.
Wanted immediately,
An honest, ingenious LADD, about 14 Years of Age, to serve as an Apprentice to a JOINER in this Town. None need apply but he who can be well Recommended. For further particulars, enquire at the Printing Office.
Wanted to live in a small Family a SERVANT MAID, who can be well recommend- ed, for which good Wages will be given.
N. B. A Country GIRL would be most acceptable. Enquire at the Printing Office.
Warrantee and Quitclaim Deeds, Justices Blanks, Bail Bonds, Shipping Papers, &c. Sold at the Printing Office
   CUSTOM-HOUSE, Piscataqua, July 18th:   Inward-Entries FROM:     Sloop William and John, Seth Clark, Martinsco.   Sloop Polly, William Furnell, Philadelphia.   Ship Polly, John Gregory, Antigua.   Schooner Polly, Joseph Row, Bay of Fundy.   Schooner Samuel, John Salter, St. Vincente.   Schooner Supply, Zacharius Jones, Philadelphia.   Schooner Neptune, Nathaniel Harmon, Newfoundland.   Outward-Bound FOR:   Brig Hope, Joseph Adams, West-Indies.   Schooner Polly, James Tilleston, Newfoundland.   Clear'd for Departure FOR:   Sloop Sally, John Willis, New Haven.   Sloop Polly, William Noyes, West-Indies.   Schooner Polly, Joseph Row, Ditto.   Brig Joseph, Jonathan Boardman, Ditto.   Brig Elizabeth, James Tracy, Hispaniola.   Brig Diana, Tristram Coffin, Gibraltar.  
NEW
Philadelphia Flour
Just Imported, and to be Sold By JOHN EVANS.
Also, Burlington PORK—Connecticut and Philadelphia CORN—BEANS,— RICE, and Tyre IRON for Cart-Wheels, with a Quantity of BAR IRON of all sizes. Portsmouth, 15th August 1774.
Choice Stone Lime
To be sold by JACOB SHEAFE, junr. in Portsmouth.
[Fifty DOLLARS Reward.]
TAKEN, stolen, and carried away from the Dwelling House of the Subscriber on the Night of the ninth of August Instant in GOLD and SILVER, contained in two Bags, viz. one made of Oznabrigs, the other being part of a white Thread Stocking, the Sum of ONE HUNDRED & SIXTY POUNDS Lawful Money. Whoever will apprehend the Thief or Thieves, so that they are con- victed and brought to Punishment, shall receive FIFTY DOLLARS as a Reward. SAMUEL PENHALLOW.
Portsmouth, August 10th, 1774.
Tyre Iron for Cart-Wheels,
To be sold by DANIEL PEIRCE, at his Shop in King-street, where may be had a Good Assortment of ENGLISH and WEST-INDIA GOODS, as cheap as at any Shop in Town.—Also, long and short PIPES by the Dozen,—SIEVES, Sieve Bottoms, and Reims by the Dozen, &c. Portsmouth, Aug. 4. 1774.
Wanted immediately in a small
Family, a good Woman, to serve as a Maid, that can be well recommended, that understands serving, washing Ironing, &c. for which good Wages will be given.— Enquire at the Printing Office.
Wanted, an ingenious Lad,
about 14 Years of Age, from the Country, to serve as an APPRENTICE to the PAINTER'S BUSINESS, Enquire at the Printing Office.
The SUBSCRIBER being deter- mined as soon as he can settle his Affairs to remove in- to the Country, takes this Method to request the Favour of all Persons who have any Accounts open with him to settle the same as soon as possible. And all who are in Arrears for Rates during the time of his being Collector of the same, are desire'd to pay the same immediately, or they will be proceeded against as the Law directs. GEORGE DAME.
N. B. Said DAME has a very convenient new two Story Dwelling House, with a Barn and Garden, situ- ated near the Market, which he would sell cheap for C A S H. Portsmouth Aug. 1, 1774.
ALL PERSONS that have any Demands on the Estate of Waldo Emerson, late of Wells, in the County of York, deceased, are hereby desire'd to exhibit their Claims to Edward Emerson of York, in said County, Administrator to said Estate, or to Samuel Hancock of Wells, afore-said, Attorney to said Administrator. And those who are Indebted to said Estate, are desire'd to make Speedy Settlement thereof. York, July 13, 1774.
Advertisements, &c. omitted, will be in our next.

L O N D O N,
Lord Chamberlain's Office, May 21, 1774.
Orders for the Court to go into Mourning on Thursday next, the 26th Instant for the late King of France, viz.
The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain Linen, white Gloves, Necklaces, and Ear-Rings, black or white Shoes, Fans and Tippets.
Undress, white or grey Lute-strings, Tabbies or Damasks.
The Men to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain Linnen, black Swords and Buckles.
Undress, grey Frocks.
May 23. The House of Commons attacked a Person violently in 1710, & ruined the Whig Ministry. At that Time Religion was the universal Cry of the Nation: At present TRADE is the Hinge on which all turns; and there is as an enthusiastic Fondness for Trade, America and Money that comes from thence, as there was in 1710 for the CHURCH. But we shall feel at the general Election, which is now near, the danger of attacking TRADE.
The Sentiments of Messieurs DEMPSTER, and SAWBRIDGE, on the last of the American Bills.
Mr. Dempster, I do not apprehend that the Bill before you is at all adequate to the Purpose intended, nor do I think that experience warrants the Assertion, that a fair Trial cannot be had in the Colonies: Surely the bringing Men over to England to be tried, is not only such a direct Breach of their Constitution, but is a deprivation of the right of every British Subject in America, I should have thought that a Power of Reprieve, lodged in the Governor, after Conviction, would have been fully sufficient, without bringing Men to England. Whenever Murder is committed, it must inevitably go off with Impunity; for whenever any Person present shall find he is to go over the Atlantic as an Evidence, to the Detriment of his Family & his Fortune, there is no doubt but that he will evade the Necessity of his Appearance as an Evidence. This will be a Means of subjecting the People of that Country to assassination, in the Room of legal Trial; — and the invariable Consequence has always been, that when a fair Trial cannot be procured, the Revenge of the Relations of the deceased will exercise itself in this kind of cruel Assassination. — I, perhaps, may be wrong in my Ideas; but I have looked into the History of that Country with Care and Circumspection, and it has inspired me with the highest Veneration for those of the first Settlers; they emigrated when that star chamber Doctrine was practised in this Country. Oppressed as they thought themselves by the Mother Country, by the cruelty of those arbitrary Laws, sooner than suffer themselves to be oppressed by Tyranny, they chose rather to combat with Tygers and Indians in America, than to live in a Place where Oppression and Tyranny ruled. It is no new Thing that they have refused to comply with the Payment of Taxes demanded from this Country. This Exemption is a very old Demand of theirs, and supported their Charter. Imprisonment of 2 Persons, who held this kind of Doctrine, was made in the Time of Sir Edmund Andrews, who was then Governor, and the Americans passed a Law, declaring that this Country had no right to tax; it is true, when that Law came over here it was rejected. Let Gentlemen consider, that if we tax America at this present Period, her Trade and every Thing else will decline. I think that Boston has the most Merit with this Country of any Place I know; she is a most valuable Ally, or a subordinate Colony; take it in either Sense, her Possession is inestimable; but I really fear very much, that the Americans are to be thus treated, without the Parties being heard. I do not like to see public Liberty, and the Rights of Persons infringed. There are two Articles in this Bill which I cannot blame the Americans for resisting: I mean that of the Council and the Judges being chosen by the Crown. The ancient way which the Charter directed
of choosing their Council, was far more eligible; they were Men that were at a certain old Age, to which Experience generally adds Wisdom, that were elected Council; but this is a new System, that carries with it neither Experience nor Wisdom; & I think the change unnecessary, though not oppressive, I think the office of Sheriff is more oppressive, because he is an Engine of Power in the Hands of the Governor; Nor do I approve of taking away the Town-Meetings; There is but one Precedent of this kind to be found in History; but I could wish, on the present Occasion, that a second had not been made.
Mr. Sawbridge, The Opposition I have given to these Measures does not proceed from a settled Disposition against Administration, nor do I do it for the sake of Popularity; it is for the Love of that Liberty which I have always been strengthened in, and bred up by Education; I had rather bear the Badge of the Parish, than that of Apostasy. It has been urged in Debate, that this Country has a right to pursue those Measures adopted in the Bill, and that necessity is the ground and argument which urges it on: But pray, let me ask who is to be the Judge of that necessity? A Nation surely cannot be called a free Nation, where another has a right to draw Money out of their Pockets; but I cannot understand how any one can agree with these Measures, and deny the right of Taxation. If you exercise an Authority which does not belong to you, or if you force an illegal Authority, they have a right to resist. I do not see any Necessity for bringing over the People to be tried by a Jury of England: I think the Crown should have lodged a Power in the Governor to pardon, and I should have thought it the brightest Jewel in it on this Occasion. You say, that the Governor is to use his Discretion with regard to the having a fair Trial; but by this Bill the Governor, I say, is not the Judge of that, for it must be upon the Oath of a Witness; he must believe that Witness, and no Discretion is left in the Governor. No Man will become a voluntary Evidence on such an Occasion; he will sooner fly from that Situation, than be transported to England. By that means Justice will be evaded, as Evidence cannot be had, and the People will soon take upon themselves to revenge their own Injuries.
§ Piermont. §
WHEREAS the Proprietors of Piermont, in the Province of New Hampshire, have been legally notified to pay me several Assessments on their Rights and Lots in said Town, and many of them being yet delinquent in whole or part, such Delinquents are hereby Notified, that so much of their Land in said Town will be sold at public Vendue on the second Monday in September next, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, at the House of Captain Zechariah Foss, Innholder in Portsmouth, as will pay said Tax, with incidental Charges. The Names of the delinquent Proprietors with the Sums due are as follows, viz.
   L. s. L. s.     Theod. Atkinson Esq; 3 6 Samuel Greely 3 6   Richard Wibirt, Esq; 2 8 John Goffe Esq; 5 8   Daniel Warner Esq; 3 6 Ezekiel Werthen 5 8   Jas. Newmarch Esq; 2 8 Jonathan Church 5 8   James Nevin Esq; 5 8 Robert Temple Esq; 6 6   T. Atkinson jr. Esq; 3 6 Timothy Biddle Esq; 3 6   Neth. Barrel Esq; 3 6 George Jeffery Esq; 2 8   Henry Sherburne Esq; 2 8 Wiseman Clegget Esq; 3 6   Wm. Parker Esq; 3 6 Leveret Hubbard Esq; 2 8   T. W. Waldron Esq; 2 8 Thomas Packer Esq; 5 8   Peter Gilman Esq; 3 6 Sam l Wentworth Esq; 6 6   Benjamin Stevens 3 6 Hall Jackson Esq; 3 6   Samuel Barr, Esq; 3 6 Rob t Auchmuty Esq; 2 8   John Page Esq; 3 6 Charles Paxton, Esq; 3 6   Sam l Emerson, Esq; 3 6 M. H. Wentworth Esq; 2 8   Joseph Wright Esq; 3 6 John T. Mason Esq; 2 8   Joseph Blanchard Esq; 3 6 George Levins 6 6  
RICHARD JENNESS, Collector.
Rye, August 10. 1774.
ALL PERSONS Indebted to the Estate of JOHN ALLEN, late of Kittery, Mariner, deceased, are desired to settle the same with Furbur Allen, Administrator; and also to receive any Balance that may be due from said Estate, Represented Insolvent. FURBUR ALLEN, Administrator.
PROVINCE of NEW HAMPSHIRE, Cheshire, ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Proprietors of the Town of Alstead, in said County, that the Vendue for the Sale of Proprietors Lands in said Alstead, at the House of Mr. Oliver Shephard, Innholder in said Alstead, on March the 9 th 1774, now stands adjourned to the 13 th Day of September next, at Nine o'Clock in the Morning, at the House of said Shephard. July 19. 1774. Absalom Kingsbury, Collector.
PROVINCE of NEW HAMPSHIRE, Cheshire, ss.
WHEREAS the LOT of Land in Alstead, No. 30 in the 3 d Range, was advertised for Sale to pay the Proprietors TAX, by a Mistake of £. 3 8 d , which should have been £. 8 4 d . And one Lot and one half more omitted by Reason of the Owner's promising to pay the Taxes on them, viz. the East half of Lot No. 4 in the 1 st Range; and Lot No. 4, in the 3 d Range; — these are therefore to Notify the Owners of said Lots, that so much of said Lots will be exposed to Sale as a public Vendue, at the House of Mr. Oliver Shephard, Innholder in Alstead in said County, as will pay the Taxes they are set at, with the incidental Charges, on the 13 th Day of September next, at Nine o'Clock in the Morning: The East half of Lot No. 4, in the 1 st Range, £ 0: 10 Lot No. 4 in the 3 d Range, £. 3 8 No. 3 in the 3 d Range, £. 8 4 d ABSALOM KINGSBURY, Collector. Dated in Alstead, July 18 th , 1774.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, to all PERSONS Indebted to the Estate of ELIZABETH WIBIRD, late of Portsmouth, Widow, deceased, to make speedy Payment to the Subscriber, Administrator on said Estate, or they may expect to be sued without further Notice. JOHN PENHALLOW, Administrator. Portsmouth, Aug. 9, 1774.
RUNAWAY from me the Subscriber, on Monday Morning the 8 th of August a Negro man named Boston, had on a homespun striped Jacket and brown Homespun Breeches, a Pair of Calf Skin Pumps, with large Brass Buckles in them and blue Yarn Stockings. Said Negro is about twenty Eight Years old, five feet eight Inches high, thickset and well proportioned. Whoever will take up said Runaway, and convey him to me, shall have five Dollars Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by me NOAH RICKER. All Masters of Vessels and others are hereby forbid to harbour or conceal said Runaway, upon the Pain and Penalties of the Law in such Cases. Berwick Aug. 9, 1774.
PROVINCE of NEW HAMPSHIRE, Strafford, ss.
§ Rochester, August 8, 1774. §
THE PROPRIETORS or OWNERS of Land in Rochester, that are disposed to pay their TAX on said Land in Labour for the Year 1774 on the Roads in said Town, are Notified to meet the Committee at the House of Mr. Daniel Rogers, Innholder in said Town, on the last Tuesday in August, or the first Tuesday in September, or any Day in said Weeks after Tuesday, at six o'Clock in the Morning each Day, with each Man a good Ax or Hoe. — And those not so disposed, are desired to pay the Money soon to the Subscriber, Administrator their Lands being advertised for sale as the Law directs. By Order of the Committee, JONATHAN DAME, Collector.
§ Gunthwaite. §
Province of New Hampshire, Aug. 1, 1774. PURSUANT to a Vote of the Proprietors of Gunthwaite, authorizing and empowering their Clerk to call a Meeting, upon Application to him, of more than one sixteenth Part of said Proprietors, and such Application being made; the Proprietors are hereby notified and warned to meet at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton, Innholder in Portsmouth, on Wednesday the 31 st Inst. at 4 o'clock P. M. then and there to Act upon the following Matters and Things. 1 st . To choose a Moderator. 2. To receive and settle Accounts from the Treasurer and Collectors. 3. To receive and settle Accounts for cutting out and clearing Roads, and other Services done for the Propriety. 4 To consider of, and agree upon Measures to compleat the Settlement of the Town-ship, according to the Charter. 5. To consider what further Sum may be necessary to be raised by a Tax on the Propriety, and in case any Tax should be levied, to choose Assessors and Collectors for that Purpose. 6. To consider and determine on some convenient Mode of paying his Majesty's Quit Rents, that now are, or hereafter may become due. 7. To consider of and transact any other Matters that shall be for the Benefit of the Propriety. SAMUEL ROGERS, Pro. Ck.
To be sold, a LOT of Intervail, in New Hopkinton, the Property of the Reverend Dr. HAVEN of Portsmouth. Enquire of the Printer.