The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-07-29 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday July 29, 1774.
THE
Vol. XVIII.
GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
NO. 927 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
Continuation of the ACT for the better regulating the GOVERNMENT of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England.
AND whereas the Method at present used in the Province of Massachusetts-Bay in America , of electing Persons to serve on Grand Juries and other Juries by the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the several Towns, affords Occasion for many evil Practices, and tends to pervert the free and impartial Administration of Justice: For Remedy whereof, be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the respective Times appointed, for the holding of the General Sessions of the Peace, in the several Counties within the said Province, next after the Month of September , One thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, the Jurors to serve at the Superior Courts of Judicature, Courts of Assize, General Goal Delivery, General Sessions of the Peace, and inferior Court of Common Pleas, in the several Counties within the said Province, shall not be elected, nominated, or appointed, by the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the several Towns within the said respective Counties, nor summoned or returned by the Constables of the said Towns; but that from thenceforth the Jurors to serve at the Superior Courts of Judicature, Courts of Assize, General Goal Delivery, General Sessions of the Peace, and Interior Court of Common Pleas, within the said Province, shall be summoned and returned by the Sheriffs of the respective Counties within the said Province; and all Writs of Venire Facias , or other Process or Warrants to be issued for the Return of Jurors to serve at the said Courts should be directed to the Sheriffs of the said Counties respectively; any Law, Custom, or Usage, to the Contrary notwithstanding.
Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That wherever the Sheriff of any County shall happen to be a Party, or interested, or related to any Party or Person interested in any Prosecution or Suit depending in any of the said Courts, that then, in such Case, the Writ of Venire Facias , or other Process or Warrant for the Summoning and Return of a Jury, for the Trial of such Prosecution or Suit, shall be directed to, and executed by, the Coroner of such County; and in Case such Coroner shall be also a Party, or interested in or related to any Party or Person interested in such Prosecution or Suit, then the Venire Facias or other Process or Warrant, for the Summoning and Return of a Jury for the Trial of such Prosecution or Suit shall be directed to, and executed by, a proper and indifferent Person to be appointed for that Purpose by the Court wherein such Prosecution or Suit shall be depending.
And that all Sheriffs may be the better informed of Persons qualified to serve on Juries at the Superior Courts of Judicature, Courts of Assize, General Goal Delivery, General Sessions of the Peace, and inferior Court of Common Pleas, within the said Province; be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Constables of the respective Towns, within the several Counties of the said Province, shall, at the General Sessions of the Peace, to be holden for each County, next after the Month of Sept. in every Year, upon the first Day of the said Sessions, return and deliver to the Justices of the Peace, in Open Court, a true List in
Writing, of the Names and Places of Abode of all Persons within the respective Towns for which they serve, or the Districts thereof, qualified to serve upon Juries, with their Titles and Additions, between the Age of 21 Years, and the Age of 70 Years; which said Justices, or any two of them, at the said Sessions in the respective Counties, shall cause to be delivered a Duplicate of the aforesaid Lists, by the Clerk of the Peace of every County, to the Sheriffs or their Deputies, within Ten Days after such Sessions; and cause each of the said Lists to be fairly entered into a separate Book by the Clerk of the Peace to be by him provided, and kept for that Purpose amongst the Records of the said Court; and no Sheriff shall impanel or return any Person or Persons to serve upon any Grand Jury or Petit Jury whatsoever, in any of the said Courts that shall not be named or mentioned in such Lists respectively: And to prevent a Failure of Justice thro' the Neglect of Constables, or to make such Returns of Persons qualified to serve on Juries, as in and by this Act is directed, the Clerks of the Peace of the said several Counties are hereby required and commanded, Twenty Days at least next before the Month of September yearly, & every Year, to issue forth Precepts or Warrants under their respective Hands and Seals, to the respective Constables of the several Towns, within the said respective Counties, requiring them, and every of them, to make such Return of Persons qualified to serve upon Juries as hereby respectively directed;-----and every Constable failing at any Time to make and deliver such Return to the Justices in Open Court as aforesaid, shall forfeit and incur the Penalties of Five Pounds Sterling to His Majesty and his Successors, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint, or Information, to be prosecuted in any of the Courts aforesaid; and in Order that the Constables may be the better enabled to make complete Lists of all Persons qualified to serve on Juries, the Constables of the several Towns shall have free Liberty, at all seasonable Times, upon Request by them made to any Officer or Officers, who shall have in his or their Custody any Book or Account of Rates or Taxes on the Freeholders or Inhabitants within such respective Towns, to inspect the same, and take from thence the Names of such Persons qualified to serve on Juries, dwelling in the respective towns for which such lists are to be given in & returned pursuant to this Act, and shall, in the Month of September yearly, and every Year, upon Two or more Sundays, fix upon the Door of the Church, Chapel, and every other public Place of religious Worship, within their respective Precincts, a true and exact List of all such Persons intended to be returned to the said General Sessions of the Peace, as qualified to serve on Juries respectively, pursuant to the Directions of this Act; & leave at the same Time, a Duplicate of such List with the Town-Clerk of the said Place, to be perused by the Freeholders and Inhabitants thereof, to the End that Notice may be given of Persons duly qualified who are omitted, or of Persons inserted by Mistake, who ought to be omitted, out of such Lists; and it shall and may be lawful to and for the Justices at the General Sessions of the Peace to which the said Lists shall be so returned, upon due proof made before them, of any
person or persons duly qualified to serve on Juries, being omitted in such Lists, or of any person or persons being inserted therein who ought to have been omitted, to order, his or their Name or Names to be inserted or struck out, as the Case may require: And that in case any Constable shall wilfully omit out of such list, any person or persons, whose Name or Names ought to be inserted, or shall wilfully insert any person or persons who ought to be omitted, every Constable so offending shall, for every person so omitted or inserted in such List, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, be fined by the said Justices in the said General Sessions of the Peace, in the Sum of Forty Shillings Sterling.
Provided always and be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That in case Default shall at any Time hereafter be made, by the Constable or Constables, to return Lists of Persons qualified to serve on Juries within any of the said Towns, to the said Court of general sessions of the Peace; then and in such Case, it shall and may be lawful for the Sheriff of the County, in which such Default shall be made, to summon and return to the several Courts aforesaid, or any of them, such & so many persons dwelling in such Towns or the Districts thereof, qualified to serve on Juries, as he shall think fit to serve on Juries, at such respective courts; any Thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.
And be it further enacted , by the Authority aforesaid, That every Summons of any Person, to serve upon any of the Juries at the said Courts, or any of them, shall be made by the Sheriff or any other Person, ten Days at least before the holding of every such Court; and in case any Jurors, so to be summoned, be absent from the usual Place of his Habitation, at the Time of such Summons, Notice of such Summons shall be given, by leaving a Note in Writing, under the Hand of such Sheriff or Person, containing the Contents thereof at the Dwelling House of such Juror, with some Person inhabiting in the same.
Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That in case a sufficient Number of Persons qualified to serve on Juries, shall not appear at the said Courts, or any of them, to perform the Service of Grand or Petit Jurors, that then, and in such Case, it shall be lawful for the said Court to issue a Writ or Precept to the Sheriff, requiring him to summon a sufficient Number of other Persons qualified to serve on Juries, immediately to appear at such Court, to fill up and complete the Number of Jurors to serve at such Court; and such Persons are hereby required to appear and serve as Jurors at the said Courts accordingly.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That no Person who shall serve as a Juror, at any of the said Courts, shall be liable to serve again as a Juror at the same Court, or any other of the Courts aforesaid, for the Space of Three Years next following, except upon Special Juries.
And , in order that Sheriffs may be informed of Persons who have served as Jurors: it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Sheriff shall prepare & keep a Book, or Register wherein the Names of all such Persons, who have served as Jurors, with their Additions, and Places of

Abode, and the Times when, and the Courts in which they served, shall be alphabetically entered and registered; which Books or Registers, shall from Time to Time, be delivered over to the succeeding Sheriff of the said County, within Ten Days after he shall enter upon his Office; and every Juror who shall attend and serve at any of the Courts aforesaid, may, at the expiration of the time of holding every such Court, upon Application to the Sheriff or his Deputy, have a Certificate immediately gratis, from the Sheriff or his Deputy, testifying such his Attendance and Service; which said Certificate the said Sheriff or his Deputy, is required to give to every such Juror.
The Conclusion of this Act will certainly be in our next Paper.
CHARLESTOWN, (S. Carolina,) July 7. RESOLUTIONS unanimously entered into by the Inhabitants of South-Carolina, at a general Meeting held at Charlestown in the said Colony, on the 6th, 7th and 8th Days of July, 1774.
Resolved, THAT his Majesty's Subjects in North-America owe the same Allegiance to the Crown of Great-Britain, that is due from His Subjects born in Great-Britain.
Resolved, That His Majesty's Subjects in America are entitled to all the inherent Rights and Liberties of their natural born Subjects within the Kingdom of Great-Britain.
Resolved, That it is repugnant to the Rights of the People, that any Taxes should be imposed on them, unless with their own Consent, given personally or by their Representatives.
Resolved, That it is a fundamental Right which his Majesty's liege Subjects are entitled unto, that no Man should suffer in his Person or Property without a fair Trial, and Judgment given, by his Peers, or by the Law of the Land.
Resolved, That all Trials of Treason, Misprision of Treason, or for any Felony or Crime whatever, committed and done in this his Majesty's Colony, by any Person or Persons residing therein, ought of Right to be had and conducted in and before his Majesty's Courts held within the said Colony, according to the fixed and known course of Proceeding, and that the seizing any Persons residing in this Colony, suspected of any Crime whatever committed therein, and sending such Person or Persons to Places beyond the Sea to be tried, is oppressive and illegal, and highly derogatory to the Rights of British Subjects; as thereby the inestimable Privilege of being tried by a Jury from the Vicinage, as well as the Benefit of summoning & procuring Witnesses on such Trial, will be taken away from the Party accused.
Resolved, That the Statute made in the 35th Year of Henry VII. Chap. 2d, intitled, "An Act for the Trial of Treasons committed out of the King's Dominions," does not extend and cannot, but by an arbitrary and cruel Constitution, be construed to extend, to Treasons, Misprisions of Treasons, or Concealment of Treasons committed in any of his Majesty's American Colonies, where there is sufficient Provision, by the Law of the Land, for the impartial Trial of all such Persons as are charged with, and for the due Punishment of those Offences.
Resolved, That the late Act for shutting up the Port of Boston, and the two Bills relative to Boston, which, by the last Accounts from Britain, had been brought into Parliament, there read and committed, are of the most alarming Nature to all his Majesty's Subjects in America--are calculated to deprive many Thousand Americans of their Rights, Properties and Privileges, in a most cruel, oppressive & unconstitutional Manner--are most dangerous Precedents, and, tho' levelled immediately at the People of Boston, very manifestly & glaringly shew, if the Inhabitants of that Town are intimidated into a mean Submission to said Acts, that the like are designed for all the Colonies; when not even the Shadow of Liberty to his Person or Security to his Property, will be left to any of his Majesty's Subjects residing on the American Continent.
Resolved therefore, That not only the Dictates of Humanity, but the soundest Principles of true Policy and Self-Preservation, make it necessary for the Inhabitants of all the Colonies in America to assist and support the People of Boston, by all lawful Ways in their Power; and especially to leave no justifiable Means untried to procure a Repeal of those Acts immediately relative to them, and also of all others affecting the constitutional Rights and Liberties of America in general. As the best Means to effect this most desirable End,
Resolved, That Henry Middleton, John Rutledge, Christopher Gadsden, Thomas Lynch and Edward Rutledge, Esqrs, be, and they are hereby nominated and appointed Deputies, on the Part and Behalf of this Colony, to meet the Deputies of the several Colonies of North-America, in general Congress, the 1st Monday in September next, at Philadelphia, or at any other Time or Place that may be generally agreed on; there to consider the Act lately passed, and Bills depending in Parliament, with Regard to the Port of Boston and Province of Massachusetts Bay, which Act and Bills, in the Precedent and Consequences, affect the whole Continent--also the Grievances under which America labours by Means of the several Acts of Parliament that impose Taxes or Duties for raising a Revenue, and laying unnecessary Restraints and Burdens on Trade--and of the Statutes, parliamentary Acts, and Royal Instructions, which make an invidious Distinction between his Majesty's Subjects in Great-Britain and in America--with full Power and Authority in behalf of us and our Constitutions, to concert, agree to, and effectually prosecute such legal Measures (by which we, ourselves and them, most solemnly engage to abide) as in the Opinion of the said Deputies, and of the Deputies so to be assembled, shall be most likely to obtain a Repeal of the said Acts, & a Redress of those Grievances.
Resolved, That while the oppressive Acts relative to Boston are enforced, we will cheerfully, from Time to Time, contribute towards the Relief of such poor Persons there, whose unfortunate Circumstances, occasioned by the Operation of those Acts, may be thought to stand in Need of most Assistance.
Resolved, That we will, by all Means in our Power, endeavour to preserve Harmony and Union amongst all the Colonies.
Resolved, That a Committee of Ninety-nine Persons be now appointed, to act as a general Committee, to correspond with the Committees of the other Colonies, and do all Matters & Things necessary to carry these Resolutions into Execution; and that any twenty-one of them met together may proceed on Business, their Power to continue till the next General Meeting. And in Case of the Death, Departure from the Province, or refusal to act of any or either of them, the Parish or District for which such Person dying, removing, or refusing to act, was chosen, shall fill up the Vacancy.
NEW-YORK, July 18.
Wednesday Night last our Committee of Correspondence met, and drew up a Set of Resolves on the present alarming Occasion,
which were printed and sent about the Town next Morning, for the Approbation of the Inhabitants thereof; who are to assemble at the Coffee-House To-morrow at 12 o'Clock, either to approve or disapprove of the same. At the same Time the People are to testify their Approbation of the five Gentlemen nominated by the Committee to attend the Delegates at the general Congress, viz. Mr. Duane, Mr. Philip Livingston, Mr. John Alsop, Mr. Isaac Low, and Mr. John Jay.
Extract of a Letter from Winchester, in Virginia, to a Gentleman in Philadelphia, dated June 21st, 1774.
"We are here insisting all the Men that can be got, to go against the Indians; there are some Companies gone out & more will go this Week; they are promised by Government 50s. a Month; we are informed that upwards of 2000 Men are gone against them from the upper-Counties. We expect a very hot INDIAN WAR."
Extract of a Letter dated July 3d, 1774, from a Gentleman in Boston, to his Friend in New-York.
"I arrived at this devoted Town a few Days ago, every Thing here has a most melancholy Appearance, except the Countenance of the worthy Inhabitants, which are as calm & serene as if they were in the height of their Trade, though they are really distressed more than you can easily imagine; every Method has been used for that Purpose by those Engines of Tyranny, who have done almost every Thing in their Power, short of open Hostilities, to intimidate and frighten them into Compliance. Their Conduct upon this Occasion, is worthy of themselves; their Patience, Resolution and Firmness under the present Oppression, and the many Insults they daily meet with from different Quarters, is truly astonishing to their Friends, and confounding to their Enemies. It is highly mortifying to the Jacobites, Tories, and some of the Military, to see the People here, in general, act with so much Prudence, calmness, and at the same Time determined Resolution, never to submit to Tyranny. This Conduct entirely frustrates the wicked Scheme of provoking the Inhabitants to become the Aggressors. Their unexampled Patience and Discretion, has reduced the Director of this Extraordinary Expedition to such a terrible Dilemma, that I believe he hardly knows how to act."
"The brave Bostonians have not the least Notion of giving up the Cause, nor could any Thing drive them to think of it, unless they should be deserted by the other Colonies, of which neither they nor I have any Apprehensions."
NEW-LONDON, July 15.
We hear that the Inhabitants of the West-Indies, are equally alarmed with us in the Colonies, in regard to the late Act of Parliament; and that the principal Gentlemen in all the English Islands, are of Opinion, that it is expedient to the Northern Colonies to stop all Trade, as well to the West-Indies, as to Great-Britain.
NEW-POR T, July 18.
Yesterday arrived here the Brig Katy, Capt. James Frost, in 9 Weeks from London.----- The most authentic Accounts by Captain Frost are, That the People in England are as anxious to hear the reception the infamous PORT-BILL met with, as if their Lives depended on the Event; that many imagined the Appearance of the Troops and Ships would strike such a panic into the Bostonians, they would immediately submit, and pay for the Tea; that others were afraid the Southern Colonies would absolutely refuse to support them, and that they must give up; but that universally, except Court Sycophants, Ministerial Tools, and hungry Dependents, they wished, devoutly wished, the Colonies to unite, and stand firm, otherwise Liberty would be banished the Face of the Earth, or at least be no where found but in the Wilds and Deserts! That the Tradesmen began to be very fearful of our stopping Trade, a considerable Number of whom would have embarked with Captain Frost, but that he could not bring them; and that it was generally thought, if the Colonies stood out, as became Free-Born Americans, that Curse to the Nation, L-o-d N--th, would soon be in Danger of losing his Head, the People being almost ripe for any Thing.
A Gentleman from Boston who brought his Vessel to this Place to fit out, has called her the SAVAGE PORT-BILL.
PHILADELPHIA, June 30. The following is the Substance of sundry letters received from Fort-Pitt, dat. June 19.
"The 16th Inst. a friendly Indian, that had been reconnoitering the Woods with Captain M c Kee, was fired upon by one of Conolly's Militia, but luckily made his Escape. The same Day Mr. Richard Butler, & Mr. Alexander Blaine, two of the principal Traders, arrived here from the Shawanese Towns, with ten Canoes loaded with Peltry. They were escorted to this Place by three of the Shawanese. All the rest of the Traders are coming by Land, with near 200 Horses loaded with Peltry, & are expected here in a few Days. Mr. Butler brought a Speech from the Shawanese, of which Capt. M c Kee desired him to acquaint Conolly, and likewise to apply to him for a Protection for the three Shawanese, who escorted our Traders, which Conolly absolutely refused, saying he could not speak to them, as he looked upon them as Enemies."
Extract of a Letter from Carlisle, June 30.
"Our Traders, who are at the lower Shawanese Towns, are all on their Way to Fort-Pitt with their Effects. Logan's Party was returned with thirteen Scalps and one Prisoner; Logan is a Shawanese, and said he was now satisfied for the loss of his Relations, who were killed by Cresap, and his Party; the Shawanese and Delawares are inclinable for Peace, & will remain so if the Virginians will let them alone, but they are under great Apprehensions of their Hostile Intention."
BOSTON, Monday, July 25.
Extract of a Letter from Alexandria, (Virginia) to a Gentleman in Town, dated July 6, 1774.
"The following Subscription for the Benefit and Relief of those, (the industrious Poor of the Town of Boston) who by the late cruel Act of Parliament are deprived of their daily Labour and Bread, to prevent the Inhabitants sinking under the Oppression or migrating, to keep up that manly Spirit that has made them dear to every American, through the Envy of an Arbitrary Parliament, is from the County of Fairfax, in this Colony, viz. £273 in Specie, (equal to Lawful) 38 Barrels of Flour, and 150
Bushels of Wheat.---This Subscription being but few Days on Foot, we have not had an Opportunity to present to the Country in general; a larger Sum will be given. Mr. Eneely yesterday returned from Dumfries, after consulting the Committee of Prince William County, in which a Subscription is going on generally; this Day he sets out to consult the Committees of Loudoun and Frederick Counties, in each of which a spirit, becoming generous and freeborn Sons of Liberty, are in the like Manner testified, Indeed all Virginia and Maryland are contributing for the Relief of Boston.-----The Subscription is to be laid out in Corn and Flour, to be shipped and consigned to the Hon. James Bowdoin, and John Hancock, Esqrs, Mr. Samuel Adams, Isaac Smith, Esqrs, and the Gentlemen Committee of Correspondence in Boston, to be distributed in such Manner as they shall think most proper, among the Persons reduced to Want and indigence by Means of the cruel and unjust Act of Parliament. We are in Expectation of our Schooner Nassau every Day, shall load her with a Cargo to be presented as by the inclosed Paper.-----Our Association was put off, as the People from the Country could not attend, being in the Midst of Harvest and bad Weather, they would have lost much Grain. But be assured Virginia and Maryland are determined to unite with the Colonies.-----Firmness and Intrepidity is their Character."
Extract of a Letter from Newport, July 22, 1774.
"Two Vessels from South-Carolina arrived here last Night; the People there have subscribed 2000 Barrels of Rice for your Town; and two Vessels were loading for Boston with some of it, when the last Advices came away."
By a very late Letter, we are informed that the People of New-York have unanimously voted that the Resolves proposed to them were destitute of Vigour, Sense and Integrity-----that they have chosen a Committee of fifteen Persons to draw up new Resolves, and that Messrs. McDougal and Lifenard, two unexceptionable Friends of Liberty, were added to the Delegates.
Mr. PELATIAH WEBSTER of Philadelphia has given Orders to his Correspondent here to pay into the Hands of the Treasurer of the Committee for receiving Donations, Ten Pounds lawful Money, for the Use of the industrious Poor who are now suffering in Consequence of the Boston Port Bill.
A Correspondent from an inland Part of the Country informs us that he has fallen upon a short and Comprehensive Model of an Agreement, which bids fair to give universal Satisfaction.---
We the Subscribers, Inhabitants of the Town of do sincerely and truly covenant and agree to and with each other, that we will not for ourselves or any for or under us, purchase or consume any Goods, Wares or Manufactures which shall be imported from Great-Britain after the 31st of August 1774, until the Congress of Deputies from the several Colonies shall determine what Articles (if any) to except, and that we will thereafter, respecting the Use and Consumption of such Articles as may not be excepted, religiously abide by the Determinations of said Congress.
A Correspondent says, It is expected that the CONGRESS will recommend to the People of this Continent to enter into an Engagement not to purchase any Goods of the East India Company or their Factors, until the Company hath made Compensation to Boston and other Towns on the Continent, which have suffered in Consequence of the said Company's basely sending their detested Tea to America.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman of the first Character in South-Carolina, dated July 12.
"Your Situation at this Time is truly hazardous and trying, but you will not fail for Want of Support, because ALL BRITISH AMERICA ARE YOUR FRIENDS. For GOD's Sake BE FIRM and discreet at this Time. The good People of this Colony have sent you one Sloop-Load of Rice, and we shall send you more.---I should suppose that a Non-Im- and Non-Exportation would bring us Relief.---I think this seems to be the Sense of almost all the Colonies.---And such a Measure would place America in such a consequential Point of View, as would astonish all Europe. I think we have the Cards in our Hands; but if we do not play them with Caution, we shall be jugled out of the Game."
Monday the 11th Instant died at Topsfield, and on the 14th was decently interred, the Rev. Mr. JOHN EMERSON, Pastor of the Church in that Town.
S A L E M, July 26.
The Thunder and Lightning on Sabbath Evening, the 17th inst. was very violent in some Towns Eastward of this Place. At Newbury the House of Mr. Richard Little was greatly damaged. It appears that the Lightning struck the Chimney first, and then spread to all Parts of the House, throwing down Bricks, making Breaches through the Windows and Sides of the House, bursting thro' the Walls and Boards, carrying off some of the Timbers and splitting others. Towards the West End the Boards and Shingles were rent off, and a considerable Part of the Garet laid open. One Side of a Bedstead which stood in a lower Room, opposite to a Breach made thro' the End of the House, was snapt short off. Although there were six or seven Persons in different Rooms in the West End of the House, where the Effects were greatest, not one of them was hurt.
Last Thursday two Companies of the 64th Regiment arrived here from Castle William. The next Day they landed, and marched thro' the Town, on their Way to his Excellency's Seat, near which they are now encamped.
L O N D O N, May 14.
The War now subsisting between the Russians and the Ottomans, will, it is thought, turn out little more than a Cat's Paw for some other Powers who wish to fall upon the unguarded wherefoever they find them.
April 30. A noble Peer went to L--d N--th last Week, and after much Conversation bid him take care how he walked, & to be very cautious, as he was surrounded with Enemies, who hated and envied him, naming B--e, B--e, &c. and all the N. Americans.---Lord N--th coolly answered, "My Lord, I took the Helm in a hard Gale of Wind, determined to Steer this Country thro' every Difficulty as far as possibly I could, at the Hazard of my Life and the Destruction of the sweet Society of Family and Friends. As to your B--s and B--s it is well known they and their Masters both have often made Offers of serving under me; but they cannot be trusted: I hold them in Contempt: And as to the Americans, I mean Nothing but what is fair."
Last Tuesday Morning a Duel was fought in Sun Tavern Fields, Shadwell, between a Hat-Maker on Whapping Wall, & a Tallow Chandler in the same Neighbourhood, in which the latter received a Wound, of which he languished till Wednesday Evening, and then expired. Their Seconds were, an Apprentice to a Glass seller and a Journeyman Hair Dresser.---To such a Height is this Evil arisen, that it is become as general among the lower Class of Mechanics as among People of Fashion, & every Shop-Boy, who has but Courage to fire a Pistol, thinks himself entitled on the least Offence, to demand the Satisfaction of a Gentleman. Pity it is that some Method is not used to put a Stop to so iniquitous a Practice.
A dreadful Hole is now opened between the Mother Country and the Colonies; and some glorious Curtius must devote himself, or the two Kingdoms will approach to Ruin.

Province of New-Hampshire.  A Meeting of DEPUTIES appointed by the several Towns in this Province, held at Exeter, in the County of Rockingham, 21st of July 1774. for the Election of DELEGATES on Behalf of this Province, to join the GENERAL CONGRESS proposed.
Present Eighty-Five Members.
The Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH, Esq; in the Chair.
It being moved from the Chair, whether it was expedient to send Delegates on the Part of this Province to the GENERAL CONGRESS? Resolved unanimously, that, under the present perplexed Situation of the public Affairs of the Colonies, it is expedient and necessary to send such Delegates to the General Congress.
Voted, That, Major JOHN SULLIVAN and Col. NATHANIEL FOLSOM, Esqrs; be appointed and empowered as Delegates on the Part of this Province, to attend and assist in the General Congress of Delegates from the other Colonies, at such Time and Place as may be appointed, to devise consult and adopt such Measures as may have the most likely Tendency to extricate the Colonies from their present Difficulties, to secure and perpetuate their Rights, Liberties and Privileges, and to restore that Peace, Harmony and mutual Confidence, which once happily subsisted between the Parent Country and her Colonies.
Voted, That the two Hundred Pounds lawful Money, generously contributed by the several Towns, and sent by their respective Deputies, agreeable to the Recommendation of the Members of the late House of Representatives; be paid to the Treasurer that may be appointed to receive the same, to defray the Expence of sending the Delegates.
Voted, That JOHN GIDDINGS, Esq; be appointed Treasurer to receive the same Money or any other, that may be given for that Purpose, and to pay the same to the Delegates, and to take their Receipts therefor.
Voted, That the Hon. JOHN WENTWORTH, the Hon. MESHECH WEARE, Colonel JOSIAH BARTLET, Colonel CHRISTOPHER TOPPAN and JOHN PICKERING Junr. Esqrs; be a Committee in Behalf of the Deputies appointed by the several Towns, to give general Instructions to the Delegates chosen in Behalf of this Province; That the same Committee be invested with full Power, by and in Behalf of the Deputies present, in case one or both the Delegates elected, should be providentially hindered from going to the General Congress, to elect other Delegate or Delegates in his or their Room: And that the Delegates shall account with the Committee for the Money received.
Voted, Unanimously, That the Deputies recommend it to their respective Towns to take into Consideration the distressed unhappy Condition of the Town of BOSTON, and liberally to contribute towards the Relief of the Poor of that Town, according to the noble and laudable Example of their Sister Colonies.
PORTSMOUTH, July 29, 1774.
MARRIED ] Doctor M. B. GOLDTHWAIT, of Boston, to Miss ABIGAIL LANGDON, Daughter of Capt. JOHN LANGDON of this Town.
By an Account of the Number of Inhabitants in the several Counties in the Colony of Connecticut, taken on the first of January last, the Number then stood 191392 Whites, and 6464 Blacks. A List was taken in the Year 1756, when the Numbers stood 126975 Whites, 3019 Negroes, 617 Indians, by which it appears, that 67862 have been added to that Colony in the Course of 18 Years, besides at least 20,000 that have emigrated into this Province, and those Lands that formerly belonged to it on the West Side of Connecticut-River.
General GAGE has issued a Proclamation, offering a free Pardon to all the Soldiers, who have deserted from the Troops at Boston, previous to the 10th of July, that shall return on, or before the 10th of August, and on Failure of so doing they are not to expect Mercy.
The General has also, as Governor of Massachusetts, issued a religious Proclamation, in humble Imitation of his Royal Master, for the Encouragement of Piety and Virtue, and for preventing Vice, Immorality, Hypocrisy, Sedition, Licentiousness, RIOTS, and all other Immoralities, &c. &c. and ordered the same to be published, and Read to Grand Jurymen and others.
DARTMOUTH-COLLEGE, July 22d, 1774.
WHEREAS divers Reports respecting the Badness of the Board at Dartmouth-College, are credited through the Country, we the Subscribers being Students of said College, and Moor's School, desirous that the World may be rightly informed in this Regard, beg Leave to assure the Public, that we look upon the greatest Part of these Rumours as false, unreasonable and defamatory: and that we have had a Plenty of good Provisions the Year past; that our Food in general, has been cooked neat, and wholesome; and wherein we have had any Grievance of this Nature through providential and unforeseen Accidents, we have never failed of all possible Redress, when proper Application has been made for that Purpose.----- We also beg Leave to contradict the Reports that have been made, viz. That the Students have been very unhealthy on account of the Badness and slovenly Dressing of their Provision, &c. Directly the reverse is true: through divine Goodness, we have been remarkably healthy. And we would only further add, that we are extremely sorry, that such false and abusive Stories have gained such Credit as we are informed they have, and given any Anxiety and Concern to the real Friends and Benefactors of this Society.
Samuel Stebbins, Elisha Hutchinson, Levi Willard, Exp. Estabrook, Zaccheus Colby, David Goodall, Ebenezer Haskett, Walter Lyon, Isaac Chauncy, Daniel Simon, Winslow Packard, Asa Burton, Ebenezer Johnson, Benjamin Burt, Nathaniel Smith, David Allin, Daniel Babbitt, Elisha Smith, William Deming, Joseph Mari Verriest, Solomon Walcutt.
N. B. Those who board in private Families, and the Indians of Moor's School, have not put down their Names.
   CUSTOM-HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, July 28.     Inward Entries FROM.   Ship Dartmouth, Nathaniel Gidding, London.   Sloop Molly, Samuel Odiorne, Halifax.   Sloop Dove, Samuel Conklin, New-York.   Sloop Sally, Israel Lovitt, Antigua.   Schooner Pearl, Joseph Dearing, Turks Island.   Brig Land Packet, Joshua Moore, Newfoundland.   Brig William, Daniel Evans, Barbados.   Brig Elizabeth, Thomas Clouston Guadaloup.   Brig Sally, Offin Boardman, Ditto.   Outward Bound FOR.   Schooner Nonpareil, Robert Follet, West-Indies.   Brig William, Daniel Evans, Ditto.   Brig Land Packet, Joshua Moore, Newfoundland.   Clear'd Outwards FOR.   Sloop Free Love, John Conklin, Nantucket.   Sloop Mary, Benjamin Rogers, West-Indies.   Sloop Dolphin, Joseph Simplove, Ditto.   Sloop Polly, David Mitchell, Ditto.   Schooner Squirrel, Thomas Harmon, Ditto.   Ship Abigail, John Rollings, Ditto.   Ship Hero, Anthony Smith, Cork.  
In a Boston Paper, we read as follows. 'A Letter from a Gentleman in Portsmouth says, "June 25th, Twenty-seven Casks of TEA were imported in Capt. Brown from Great Britain to Portsmouth in New-Hampshire. 27th, the said Tea was, in the most open Manner, in the Day Time, landed and carted to the Custom-House; and there, on the 28th the Duty was paid to the Custom-House Officers, as may be made to appear by authentic Certificates. And all this was done without Let or Molestation?--What then must People think of the Publications relative to said Tea?" An Enemy hath done This!'
We hear from Straubam, that on the 23d Instant, one Henry Veasey, a young Man of about 22 Years of Age, was drowned there in Bathing.
TO BE SOLD, near the State-House, in Portsmouth, at the House of Mr. Airmet, PAPER-HANGINGS, fine Carpets, Whips, Men's Hose, Men's Hats, Folio Account-Books, ruled Alphabets, Psalters, Spelling Books, Primmers, Copy-Books, Pocket-Books, Writing-Paper and Post dit. Memorandum Books, Slates and Slate-Pencils, Black red and yellow Sealing-Wax, Tips and Frames for marking of Linnen, &c. by J. MOORE.
-----Vendue.-----
TO BE SOLD, at public AUCTION, next Monday, At 1200 o'Clock Afternoon, at a Room adjoining the Printing Office,
A Variety of valuable Goods,
Among which are, CHINCES, Calicoes, stamped and Irish Linnens, Cotton Vevet, Royal Ribb, check Linnens, Silk and Cotton Handkerchiefs, Drawboys, Camblets, striped and figur'd Stuffs, Durants, Knit Patterns, Brogio's, black Taffity, Shalloons, Worsted Caps & Hose, Kersey, Serge, b'ue, scarlet, brown and mix'd Broad Cloths, Rattser, Duffs, Felt Hats, Flat Irons, Padlocks, one Cask of 20d Nails, one Cask 4d ditto one Barrel of POWDER, Womens Gloves, Specraces, Cambrick, &c. &c. &c.
N. B. It is intended that the Sale shall be finished the first Afternoon, and it is hoped, that those who want to buy, will attend seasonably.
JOHN HANDERSTYDE,  Being regularly bred to the Practice of PHYSIC and SURGERY in Scotland, and having serv'd as SURGEON in his Majesty's Royal Navy, takes Leave to inform the Public, that he intends following the Practice of PHYSIC, SURGERY and MIDWIFERY in this Town. He may be spoke with at any time, at his House at the Head of Col. WARNER's Wharfe.
Richard Champney,  Informs his Customers & others, That he has just open'd a fresh Assortment of most Kinds of English and Hard Ware GOODS, which he will sell at his Shop in Queen Street, as low as can be purchased in any shop in Town.
(The Particulars in our next ) Also, West India RUM and MOLLASSES, by the Hogshead or Barrel--New England Rum and brown Sugar by Barrel--best French Indigo by lb.--black Barcelons Handkerchiefs by the Dozen--Superfine and common Flour--Best clear and common Pork pr Barrel--Lemons pr Box--Choice New York Gammons--Cotton Wool, and all the above Articles by Retail, at the lowest Price for Cash only, with a few Casks of SHIP BREAD.
Portsmouth, July 19, 1774.
TO BE SOLD BY  Joseph Bass, Of Portsmouth,  The following Goods, Very low for Cash.
CRIMSON and green Harrateen; crimson, green and blue Chaney; Coverlids and Rugs, Linsey Woolsey; Chaney and print Curtains; Feather Beds; Mattresses; Bed Tick, crimson, green blue and yellow Noneoprittes; worsted and silk Laces of all sorts for Curtains; red, blue, green and yellow Tapes; crimson, green, blue and yellow Tossels, and Cord for Window Curtains; black Horse Hair for Chair Bottoms; Girthweb; brass Nails; 14 oz Tacks; pewter and brass Curtain Rings; Looking Glasses; Bed Cards; crimson, green and blue Sleeve Silk; red and green Buckram; leather Castors; Seives and Seive Battems; various Sorts of Pewter; green and scarlet Worsted Caps; Sewing Silk; Pins; Needles; long and short Pipes; Redwood; Copperas; Coffee; Sugar; Snuff; white and colour'd Threads; Writing Paper: A Quantity of good new Feathers, with a Variety of other Articles, &c. &c. &c.
Relhan Meeting. Please to take Notice that it is to be at the House of Captain Jacob Tilton, THIS AFTERNOON.  Imported from LONDON, And to be Sold by  John Penhallow, At his Store in Portsmouth, cheap for Cash only,
Dark blue, Sky blue, blue grey, black grey, green, buff color'd, superfine black, crimson, scarlet, and other colored Broad CLOTHS,---Buttons, Shalloons, and Twist to match,---light color'd Kersemeer, Wiltons, German Serges, Worsted Damask, Gold Hat Laces, Gold & Silver Prussian Bindings,---Gold and Silver Thread Buttons, Files,---Plain, striped and changeable Lutestrings, black, cloth, changeable and sky blue Taffities, Damask, Padusoy, Ducap,---blue, white and pink color'd half ell Persians, Chinces, Callicoes; green, blue & cloth color'd Brolios,---blue and white CopperPlate Furniture.---Three qrs. 7 eight, and yard wide Linnens, check Linnens, striped Cotton Holland, plain black Lasting,---plain, white, striped and black Gauze, flower'd dit.---flower'd Gauze Aprons, flower'd Lawn ditto.---black and white Catgut, Cambricks and Lawns, plain and striped Camblets, Hair Bine, double and single Allopeans,---yard wide Crapes, Poplins,---blue, black, green, worsted and hair Plush,---green and cloth color'd worsted Grograms,---green and blue Chaney for Curtains, China Cups and Saucers, Plates and Dishes, green Linsey, Velvet and Velverets,---black, white, and blue Feathers, black, blue and white satten Hats, Men's and Women's thread, worsted and cotton Hose, Children's dit.---Men's black and white silk Hose, black Breeches Patterns, silk Damascus, plain and corded Dimothy, Fustians, white Lamb Gloves, black glaz'd dit. white Kid dit. Women's unglaz'd Lamb Gloves,---black, blue, white and pink colour'd Sattins,---plain and figur'd Stuffs, Calamancoes, Durants, Shalloons, Bombazeen, Children's red Morocco Shoes, Cloth, Shoe and Floor Brushes, Looking-Glasses, Desk Furniture,---White Chapel Needles, white Buckram, Black and white Laces, Cheveaux de Frize Laces, Women's Horn and Tortoise shell Combs, Cinnamon, Mace, Cloves and Nutmegs, Sewing Silks, colour'd Threads,---3 4ths napkinine Diaper, Diaper Table Cloths,---Men's and Women's black and white silk Gloves, pink and white figur'd Mode,---Quart and Pint black Jacks, Sagathees, Velvet Clogs, crimson, scarlet, green and cloth Cape Velvet,---4d, 6d, 10d, 20d, Nails, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d, Brads, 24d, 30d, Deck Nails, 6 by 8, 7 by 9, 8 by 10 Glass, ---A good Assortment of PEWTER.---Large Stock Locks,---SYTHES and SICKLES,---Hatters Trimmings---Hard WARE of all Kinds,---Molasses,---Cotton Wool,---Coffee,---Chocolate,---Loaf and Brown Sugar.
N. B. A few Bolts of Russia DUCK.
ALL Persons Indebted to the Estate of ICHABOD CANNEY, late of Madbury, deceased, are requested to make payment as soon as may be to Moses Canney, the Executor of his last Will: And all to whom said Estate is indebted may call and receive their just Demands.
Madbury July 25th, 1774.
Wanted immediately, A young, active gentle HORSE, that Trot & Canter well, suitable for Carriage and Saddle, for which a good Price will be given. Enquire of the Printer.

Boston, July 21:
We hear from Cambridge that Yesterday the Degrees were conferred on the Candidates by a general Diploma; of which the following is an exemplification, viz.
SENATUS Academiae Cantabrigiensis in Nova Anglia, omnibus in Christo fidelibus ad quos praesentes litterae pervenerint, salutem in Domino sempiternam.
Notum facimus, quod Nos (consentientibus Honorandis admodum ac Reverendis Academiae nostrae Inspectoribus) per praesentes admittimus Dominos.
Daniel Adams, Thomas Loring, Josephum Allen, Benjamin Lovell, Jonathan Allen, Nathan Morey, Fisher Ames, Benjamin Muzzy, Edwardus Barnard, Brinsley Silvester Oliver, Franciscus Borland, Daniel Parker, Johannem Bradford, Benjamin Putnam, Jabez Chickering, Jacobum Putnam, Johannem Clarke, Johannem Rice, Josephum Crocker, Thomam Rindge Rogers, Isaacum Doane, Jacobum Sheaffe, Ricardum Rosewell El-iot, Josiam Smith, Josephum Emerson, Mosem Taft, Saml' Emery, Johannem Thaxter, Abel Fisk, Nat'l Thomas, Gulielmum Fogg, Benjamin Thurston, Timotheum Dwight, Oneiphorum Tilton, Gulielmum Gallison, Johannem Tucker, Abahel Goodenow, Jahacobum Welsh, Josephum Hall, Laban Wheaton, Josephum Haven, Bela Whipple, Gulielmum Hobart, Thomam Rice Willard, Gulielmum Jennison, Timotheum Trumbull, Samuel Jennison ----- Robertum Jenkins, Jacobum Ivers.
Antedictae Academiae Alumnos, ad Primum Gradum in Artibus.
Dominos etiam Abiel Smith, admissum ad Baccalaureatum,
Anno 1764,
Ephraim Wales, Anno 1768.
Thomam Katt, Anno 1769.
et Johannem Winthrop, Anno 1770.
Samuel-Hirst Sparhawk, Josephum Avery, Jacobum Bowdoin, Johannem Frothingham, Andream Bradford, Michael Joy, Samuel Paine, David Osgood, Gulielmum Vassall, Johannem Warren, Samuel Phillips, Crocker Sampson, Daniel Murray, Samuel Nye, Daniel Rogers, Gulielmum Scott, Josephum Emerson, Abraham Wilson, Johannem Alford Mason, Thomas Edwards, David Parsons, Perez Morton, Walter Hastings, Jonathan Norwood, Jacobum Bacon, Melzas Turner Oakman, Mosem Hale, Israel Keith, David Toppan, Nathaniel Dickinson, Samuel Plummer, Johannem Noyes, Johannem White, Gad Stebbins, Josephum Pearse Palmer, Mosem Everett, Gulielmum Cheever, Mosem Adams, Greenleaf Dole, Samuel Wheeler, Zedekiam Sanger, Benjamin Curtis, Isaac Bangs, Jonathan French, Johannem Tracy, Gulielmum Scales, Josiam Dodge, Benjamin Hasey, Daniel Tyler.
Alumnos quoque Academiae antedictae ad Secundum Gradum in Artibus, dantes et concedentes iis omnia insignia, Jura, privilegia, dignitates ac honores ad Gradus suos spectantia.
In cujus rei testimonium, communi hujusce Universitatis Sigillo Litteris hinc appenso, Chirographa apposuimus, Die, vicesimo Julii, Anno, Salutis Millesimo septingentesimo septuagesimo quarto.
NATHANAEL APPLETON, JOHANNES WINTHROP, ANDREAS ELLIOT. SAMUEL COOPER, JOHANNES WADSWORTH, JOHANNES HANCOCK, Theſaurarius.
ON the 23d of June, departed this Life at Wells, and on the 25th was interred, Mrs. OLIVE EMERSON, aged 32 Years: She was Relict of Mr. WALDO EMERSON, who died about 12 Weeks before; And only Daughter of the Rev. SAMUEL HILL, late of Rochester. Her Character and Behaviour in the several Relations she sustained, as a Wife, a Parent, a Mistress, a Neighbour and Friend, was very irreproachable. She was kind, courteous, obliging, modest, sincere, and discrete; and possessed a Serenity of Mind which was seldom ruffled: She had a tender Heart and bountiful Hand towards the Poor; and sustained with exemplary Patience and Resignation a tedious Languishment of about a Year's Continuance, aggravated with the severe Affliction of burying her Consort during her Confinement, when Flesh and Heart fail'd under increasing Weakness, GOD was the Strength of her Heart, and she expired in Hope of a happy Immortality, through the Merits of the glorious REDEEMER; leaving one Daughter to the kind Providence of him in whom the Fatherless find Mercy. In short, Mrs. EMERSON lived esteemed and beloved, and died much lamented, by those who had the Pleasure of being acquainted with her, as an amiable and virtuous Woman, a sincere and devout Christian.
"Daughters of Eve, come trace the heavenly Lines, "See with what Force the bright Example shines."
The Committee of Correspondence for the Colony of Connecticut, by virtue of Authority from this lower House of Assembly in May last, have appointed the Hon. Eliphalet Dyer, and William S. Johnson, Esqrs. Erasmus Wolcott, Silas Deane, and Richard Law, Esqrs; or any three of them, Delegates in Behalf of that Colony, to attend the General CONGRESS at Philadelphia the first of September next.
Extract of a Letter from Charles Brown, in South Carolina, dated 13th June, 1774. to a Correspondent in New York.
"Circular Letters are dispatched by Express to all the most leading Men throughout this Colony, in order to remove some Jealousies which have been industriously excited, to acquaint them with the present dangerous Situation of every American and his Posterity, and to engage their Union, Assistance and Influence in their several Districts, to attend either personally or by Deputies authorised to declare their Sentiments, at a general Meeting of Delegates from every Part of the Colony, to be held at Charlestown the 6th of July next.
"The Virginia Packet, which was particularly addressed to our Merchants, is to be immediately returned to them with our Thanks for their polite Communication, and an Intimation that we shall be glad to have in a private Way, their Sentiments, before the 28th instant when our Committee are to meet again, agree upon and prepare what shall be proper to lay before and recommend to the general Meeting on the 6th of July, where we should also be glad to see them.
NEW-YORK, July 14.
By Capt. Barber who left Lisbon the 30th of May, we have a certain Account of the Death of King LOUIS the 15th of FRANCE; the Ambassador of that Kingdom having acquainted his Majesty of Portugal, in form, of this very important and truly interesting Event.
The Demise of the gentle, human, and univer-
sally beloved King of France, is like to produce an extensive Variety of Consequences, affecting the political Systems of every Nation in Europe. The Administration of the Affairs of the new Monarch, Louis the 16th, was born Aug. 23, 1754, and married May 16, 1770, to a Sister of the Emperor of Germany, will probably fall again into the Duke of Choiseuil's Hands (a much abler Speculist than his Grace of Aguillon; this last mentioned Nobleman was brought into the Direction of the late King's Business, through the Influence of Madame Barre, whose dominion at Versailles is now at an End) in which case the Courts of France and Spain will probably join in the Execution of an enterprize concerted ever since the Commencement of the last Peace, for during the Negotiation of it, the Injunction of Madame de Pompadour, a former favourite of Louis 15, was, "Labour my dear Choiseuil, to make "Peace on the most reasonable Conditions that "may be; after which prepare for War." Amongst the many other Effects produced from the Departure of this pacific King, the Inhabitants of America, may, without presumption, hope for such an Alteration in the present Affairs as will remove all Complaints, and conciliate the Affections of every Soul upon their powerful Continent, whose Force when heartily joined in the Cause of Great-Britain, against her Enemies, howsoever powerful, may eminently contribute to conquer the Spaniards and the Gauls, and to perpetuate to the Mother Country, the Rank of sole Arbitress of the Universe.
[Wilton.]
PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE HILLSBOROUGH ss. WHEREAS the Proprietors or Grantees of the Township of No. 2, formerly so called, now WILTON, at their legal Meetings called for that Purpose, on the 26th of August 1761, and the 25th of November, 1761, voted to raise eleven shillings and two Pence sterling Money on each original Right in said Town, to hire preaching; and said Taxes on a Number of Lots in said Town remain unpaid; these are to notify said delinquent Grantees or Owners of said Lots, that so much of their Lands as will pay their proportionable Part of said Taxes, together with incidental Charges, will be exposed to Sale on Wednesday the 24th Day of August next at ten o'clock in the Forenoon, at the House of Mr. Richard Taylor, Innholder in Wilton, unless paid to me before said Day. JOHN CRAM Collector. Wilton July 5, 1774.
Province of Massachusetts Bay.
By Order of the Superior Court
This is to give Notice, to the Heirs of SAMUEL SMALL, deceased, that Jotham Moulton, Esq; of York, and others, have petitioned the said Court, to Cause Partition to be made of a Tract of Land, lying and being in the County of York, situate on the west side of Saco River, containing all that Tract between Saco River North Easterly; New Hampshire Line South Westerly, the Two Rivers of Great and Little Ossipee, Southerly & Northerly; excepting thereout, a Tract of Land known by the Name of New Limerick, now in the Possession of James Sullivan, Esq; & others, containing about Thirteen Thousand Acres; and one half part of first described Tract to be set off to them, to hold in Severalty: And that the Consideration of the said Petition, is to be had at the Term of said Court at Salem, in the County of Essex, on the first Tuesday of November next, when they or any or either of them, may be heard, touching the same, if they see meet. York July 18th, 1774.
WE the Subscribers being appointed by the Honorable JONATHAN SAYWARD, Esq; Judge of Probate of Wills for the County of York, to receive and examine the Claims of the several Creditors to the Estate of the Rev. JOHN ROGERS, late of Kittery, in said County, deceased, Represented Insolvent, and a further time of three Months being allow'd by said Judge, shall attend that Service at the Dwelling House of William Leighton, Innholder in said Kittery, on the last Wednesday of this and the third Wednesday of the three following Months, from three of the Clock until six in the Afternoon on each of said Days. And it is expected that those who have any Claims, will bring them well vouched, otherwise they may not expect them allowed. Kittery, July 18 1774. James Gowen, William Leighton.
Warrantee and Quitclaim Deeds, Justices Blanks, Bail Bonds, Shipping Papers, &c. Sold at the Printing Office
JUST PUBLISH'D,
And Sold at the Printing-Office, Portsmouth,
Price Nine Pence L. M. single, and half Pisteren by the Dozen,
A RATIONAL EXPLICATION OF St. JOHN'S VISION OF THE Two Beasts
In the XIIIth Chapter of the Revelation, Shewing, that the Beginning, Power, and Duration of POPERY, are plainly predicted in that VISION, and that these Predictions have hitherto been punctually verified.
By SAMUEL LANGDON, D. D. Pastor of the First Church in Portsmouth.
All Persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of the Honorable JOSEPH SAYER, Esq; late of Wells, deceased, are desired to settle the same immediately, with Ebenezer Sayer, Tristram Gilman, and Eunice Gilman, Executors to the last Will and Testament of said Deceased.
TO BE SOLD
A HOUSE in good repair, At the South End, opposite Deacon Langdon's, has a good Garden adjoining, in which is a fine Spring, never dry. Very convenient for a Trader or Tradesman, a long Credit, with good Security will be taken. Enquire of the Printer, or Robert Harrold, at said House.
WANTED a good industrious WOMAN, to live in a Family in this Town, that understands sewing and ironing, and can be well recommended; for such a one, good Wages will be given. Enquire of the Printer. Portsmouth July 13, 1774.
ALL PERSONS having any Demands on the Estate of Mark Wallingford, late of Somersworth in the County of Strafford, deceased, are desired to bring their Accounts properly vouched, to John Wentworth and Thomas Wallingford, Esqrs; Executors to the last Will and Testament of said deceased. And all Persons Indebted to said Estate, are desired to make speedy Payment to avoid further trouble. Somersworth, July 6, 1774.
Four Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from his Master Mark Hunking of Barrington, in New Hampshire, a Negro Servant named Caesar:— Had on when he went away, a striped home-spun lappell'd Waistcoat, a Toe Shirt, black Serge Breeches, grey Jacket, a pair of Breeches and Jacket of a black and Hemlock dye, striped Toe Trowsers, black and white Yarn Stockings. He is a strait Limb'd Fellow about 5 Feet nine Inches high, very white Teeth, smiling Countenance; was bro't up to Farming Work.— Whoever shall take up said Runaway, and secure him, so that his Master may have him again, shall have Four Dollars Reward, and all necessary Charges paid by MARK HUNKING. N. B. All Masters of Vessels and others are forbid carrying him off, as they would avoid the Penalty of the Law. Barrington, July 12, 1774.
TO BE SOLD,
About Ten Acres of Land, mostly inclos'd with good Stone Wall.— A good Dwelling HOUSE, BARN, and Out Houses, a good WELL of Water, a Wharfe, and other Accomodations, very conveniently situated for the Fishing Business, lying at Cape Porpus, near the Harbour. Enquire of Elihu Byles, living on the Premises. Arundel, July 12, 1774.
§ Dorchester §
PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Grafton. THE delinquent Proprietors of Dorchester, are hereby Notified, that unless they pay the Sums hereafter affixed to their Names, together with the Charges of advertising, and all other incidental Charges, so much of their Lands will be sold at public Vendue to the highest Bidder, at the House of Capt. Aaron Sterr in Hanover, Innholder, on Monday the eighth Day of August next, at one o'Clock, P. M. as will pay the sum.
  Samuel Wing £. 3 Nathaniel Ray Thomas £. 3   Thomas Bingham 3 John Marshall 3   Abijah Smith 3 Ephraim Ham 3   James Melcher 3 George Marshall, junr. 3   Samuel Hubart, Esq; 3 Wiseman Claggett, Esq; 3   Hanover, July 6, 1774. JOHN HOUSE, Ca.