The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1774-07-22 00:00:00

Col. Josiah Bartlett
NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL
CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES
Friday July 22, 1774.
THE
VOL. XVIII.
GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
NO. 926 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. }
The following ACT, passed in the Parliament of Great-Britain, is just come to Hand, in the last Ship, and after the first of August, takes Place, through the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, and is Intituled, An ACT for the better regulating the GOVERNMENT of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England.
WHEREAS by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of England, made in the third Year of the Reign of Their late Majesties King William & Queen Mary, for uniting, erecting, and incorporating, the several Colonies, Territories, and Tracts of Land therein mentioned, into One real Province, by the Name of their Majesties Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England; whereby it was, amongst other Things ordained and established, That the Governor of the said Province should, from thenceforth, be appointed and commissioned by Their Majesties, Their Heirs and Successors: It was however granted and ordained, That, from the Expiration of the Term, for and during which the Eight and Twenty Persons named in the said Letters Patent were appointed to be the First Counsellors, or Assistants, to the Governor for the said Province, for the Time being, the aforesaid Number of Eight & Twenty Counsellors or Assistants should yearly Once in every Year, forever there-after, be, by the General Court or Assembly, newly chosen:
And whereas the said Method of electing such Counsellors or Assistants to be vested with the several Powers, Authorities, and Privileges therein mentioned, altho' conformable to the Practice theretofore used in such of the Colonies thereby united, in which the Appointment of the respective Governors had been vested in the General Courts or Assemblies of the said Colonies, hath, by repeated Experience, been found to be extremely ill adapted to the Plan of Government, established in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, by the said Letters Patent herein-before mentioned, and hath been so far from contributing to the Attainment of the good Ends and Purposes thereby intended, and to the promoting of the internal Welfare, Peace, and good Government of the said Province, or to the Maintenance of the just Subordination to and Conformity with the Laws of Great-Britain; that the Manner of exercising the Powers, Authorities, and Privileges aforesaid, by the Persons so annually elected, hath, for some Time past, been such as had the most manifest Tendency to obstruct, and in great Measure defeat, the Execution of the Laws, to weaken the Attachment of His Majesty's well disposed Subjects in the said Province to his Majesty's Government, and to encourage the ill-disposed among them to proceed even to Acts of direct Resistance to, and Defiance of, His Majesty's Authority: And it hath accordingly happened, that an open Resistance to the Execution of the Laws hath actually taken Place in the Town of Boston, and the Neighbourhood thereof, within the said Province:
And whereas it is, under these Circumstances, become absolutely Necessary, in order to the Preservation of the Peace & good Order of the said Province, the Protection of His Majesty's well disposed Subjects therein Resident, the Continuance of the mutual Benefits arising from the Commerce & Cor-
respondence between this Kingdom and the said Province, and the maintaining of the just Dependence of the said Province upon the Crown and Parliament of Great-Britain, that the said Method of annually electing the Counsellors or Assistants of the said Province should no longer be suffer'd to continue but that the Appointment of the said Counsellors or Assistants should henceforth be put upon the like Footing as is established in such other of His Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America, the Governors whereof are appointed by his Majesty's Commission, under the Great Seal of Great-Britain: 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 from and after the First Day of August, One thousand seven hundred & seventy four, so much of the Charter granted by their Majesties, King William and Queen Mary, to the Inhabitants of the said Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England; and all and every Clause, Matter, and Thing, therein contained, which relates to the Time and Manner of electing the Assistants or Counsellors for the said Province, be revoked, and is hereby revoked and made void, & of none Effect; and that the Offices of all Counsellors and Assistants, elected and appointed in pursuance thereof, shall from thenceforth cease and determine: And that, from and after the said First Day of August, One thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, the Council or Court of Assistants of the said Province, for the Time being, shall be composed of such of the Inhabitants or Proprietors of Lands within the same, as shall be thereunto nominated and appointed by His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, from Time to Time, by Warrant under His or Their Signet or Sign Manual, and with the Advice of the Privy Council, agreeable to the Practice now used in respect to the Appointment of Counsellors in such of His Majesty's other Colonies in America, the Governors whereof are appointed by Commission under the Great Seal of Great-Britain: Provided that the Number of the said Assistants, or Counsellors, shall not, at any One Time, exceed Thirty-six, nor be less than Twelve.
And it is hereby further enacted, That the said Assistants or Counsellors, so to be appointed as aforesaid, shall hold their Offices respectively, for and during the Pleasure of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors; and shall have and enjoy all the Powers, Privileges, and Immunities, at present held, exercised, and enjoyed, by the Assistants or Counsellors of the said Province, constituted and elected, from Time to Time, under the said Charter, (except as herein after excepted; ) and shall also, upon their Admission into the said Council, and before they enter upon the Execution of their Offices respectively, take the Oaths, and make, repeat, and subscribe, the Declarations required, as well by the said Charter as by any Law or Laws of the said Province now in Force, to be taken by the Assistants, or Counsellors, who have been so elected and constituted as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the First Day of July, One thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, it shall and may be lawful for
His Majesty's Governor for the Time being of the said Province, or, in his Absence, for the Lieutenant-Governor, to nominate and appoint, under the Seal of the Province, from Time to Time; and also to remove, without the Consent of the Council, all Judges of the inferior Courts of Common Pleas, Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer, the Attorney General, Provosts, Marshals, Justices of the Peace, and other Officers to the Council, or Courts of Justice belonging; and that all Judges of the inferior Courts of Common Pleas, Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer, the Attorney General, Provosts, Marshals, Justices, and other Officers so appointed by the Governor, or, in his Absence, by the Lieutenant-Governor alone, shall and may have, hold, and exercise, their said Offices, Powers, and Authorities, as fully and completely, to all Intents and Purposes, as any Judges of the inferior Courts of Common Pleas, Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer, Attorney-General, Provosts, Marshals, or other Officers, have, or might have done heretofore under the said Letters Patent, in the Third Year of the Reign of Their late Majesties King William & Queen Mary; any Law, Statute, or Usage, to the Contrary notwithstanding.
Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to annul or make void the Commission granted before the said first Day of July, One thousand seven hundred and seventy four, to any Judges of the inferior Courts of Common Pleas, Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer, the Attorney-General, Provosts, Marshals, Justice of the Peace, or other Officers; but that they may hold and exercise the same, as if this Act had never been made, until the same shall be determined by Death, Removal by the Governor, or other Avoidance as the Case may happen.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the first Day of July, One thousand seven hundred & seventy four, it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty's Governor, or, in his Absence, for the Lieutenant Governor for the Time being of the said Province, from Time to Time, to nominate and appoint the Sheriffs without the Consent of the Council, and to remove such Sheriffs with such Consent, and not otherwise.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That upon every Vacancy of the Offices of Chief Justice, and Judges of the Superior Court of the said Province, from and after the First Day of July, 1774, the Governor, or, in his Absence, the Lieutenant-Governor, without the Consent of the Council, shall have full Power and Authority to nominate and appoint the Persons to succeed to the said Offices, who shall hold their Commissions during the Pleasure of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors; and that neither the Chief Justice and Judges appointed before the said First Day of July, One thousand seven hundred & seventy four, nor those who shall hereafter be appointed pursuant to this Act, shall be removed, unless by the Order of His Majesty, His Heirs or Successors, under His or their Sign Manual.
And whereas by an Act of the General Court of the said Province, made in the 4th Year of the Reign of Their late Majesties

King William and Queen Mary, intitled, An Act for regulating of Townships, Choice of Town Officers, and setting forth their Power, the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the several Townships, rateable at twenty Pounds Estate, are authorised to assemble together in the Month of March in every Year, upon Notice given by the Constable, or such other as the Select-Men of the Town shall appoint, for the Choice of Select Men, Constables, and other Officers, and the Freeholders and Inhabitants are also impowered to make and agree, upon such necessary Rules, Orders, and Bye-Laws, for the directing, managing, and ordering the prudential Affairs, and to annex Penalties for the Non-observance of the same, not exceeding 20s. for One Offence; provided they be not repugnant to the general Laws of the said Province.
And whereas a great Abuse has been made of the Power of calling such Meetings, and the Inhabitants have, contrary to the Design of their Institution, been misused to treat upon Matters of the most general Concern, & to pass many dangerous and unwarrantable Resolves: For Remedy whereof, be it enacted, That from and after the said First Day of August, One thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, no Town Meeting shall be called by the Select-Men, or at the Request of any Number of Freeholders, without the Leave of the Governor, or, in his Absence, of the Lieutenant-Governor, in Writing, expressing the special Business of the said Meeting, first had and obtained, except the annual Meeting in the Month of March, for the Choice of Selectmen, Constables & other Officers, and also, except any Meeting for the Election of a Representative, or Representatives in the General Court; and that no other Matter shall be treated of at such Meetings, except the Election of their aforesaid Officers or Representatives, nor at any other Meeting, except the Business expressed in the Leave given by the Governor, or, in his Absence by the Lieutenant-Governor.
[The remainder of this Act will be in our next.]
N E W - Y O R K, July 7.
By one of the latest Letters from London, to a Correspondent in this City, we have Advice, among other material Articles, that there was then before the Parliament a Bill to regulate the Grants of Lands in America, that it was managed with the like Secrecy and Dispatch as the other late Bills concerning the Colonies and would be in the highest Degree interesting to the landed Property here.
We hear from Fort Pitt, that the Shawanese have lately murdered 18 white People, within nine Miles of that Place, and that several Parties of Indians have gone forth to War against the defenceless inhabitants of the Frontiers of Virginia & Pennsylvania: that it is supposed all the English Traders in the Shawanese Towns are killed by the Savages, and about 1500 Families settled to the Westward of the Allegany Mountains, have deserted their Habitations, and fled for Sanctuary to the more interior Parts of the Country; and that the Traders at Port-Pitt, are about leaving that Place as soon as they can form a Party strong enough to venture forth.---An Indian War seems inevitable.
B O S T O N, Monday, July 18.
We hear a Vessel is arrived at Plymouth, in a short Passage from St. Ubes; the Master of which informs that Advice was received there of the Death of the French King and also of the King of Prussia:---And that a French Fleet had failed from Brest to assist the Turks against the Russians. Whether this be true or not Time will soon discover.
It is with the greatest Pleasure we can inform the Public, that the Hon. JOHN HANCOCK, Esq; has so far recovered his Health, as to be able to walk abroad, and Yesterday attended Divine Service at the Rev. Dr. Cooper's Church.
Last Week came to Town from South-Carolina, Sir Egerton Leigh, Bart. his Majesty's Attorney-General for that Province. Friday last a number of public spirited Gentlemen at Marblehead, raised a Subscription for 207 Quintals of Cod-Fish, about 50 Jars of Oyl, and 40l. Lawful Money in Specie, for the Use of the industrious Poor of this Town, at this critical Juncture of our public Affairs; which we hear are to be forwarded To-morrow, if the Weather permits.
We hear from Brooklyn, in Connecticut, that a certain Person, contrary to the general Sentiments of the Inhabitants, went and purchased some European Articles of Capt. Stephen Keys & Son (who had sufficiently discovered their Intentions of Merchandizing as usual) the People there, upon Return, took the Goods from him, and laid them on a Heap of Faggots (which were previously provided near the MeetingHouse) to which they set Fire, and consumed them to Ashes, to the satisfaction of those present.
We hear that Col. Willard Knowles, of Eastham, has lately made such Concessions and Acknowledgements to that Town, relative to his trading in and purchasing of Tea imported in Capt. Loring's Brig, which was cast ashore at Cape-Cod last Winter, as that at a Meeting held there the 5th Inst. they voted to be satisfied, and that he be again re-instated in their Favour; also that the Censures upon his former Conduct be erased from the Records of the Town.
The Hon.ble Eliphalet Dyer, the Hon. William S. Johnson, Erasmus Wolcot, Silas Deane, and Richard Law, Esquires, are chosen, authorized and empowered as a Committee on the Part of the Colony of Connecticut to meet the general Congress of the Commissioners of the Sister Colonies, to consult Measures for the best Good and Happiness of America.
Extract of a Letter, dated Philadelphia, July 1774.
"We daily receive dismal Accounts from the back Parts of
this and the neighbouring Province.---The Indians seem determined to go to War; many white People, consisting of whole Families, have already been scalped. Thousands are leaving their Habitations in the new Settlements. People here are not backward in saying, that Lord North is at the Bottom of all this; for you must know the Indians were first provoked by some murders committed among them by one Col. Cressop, who it is said was encouraged by a certain great Man in Power, who is one of Lord North's Correspondents, I mean G. D.---more of Virginia."
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Charles-town, South Carolina, dated June 30. 1774.
"The Inhabitants of Boston are cruelly treated.---The People here pity and feel greatly for them. Subscriptions are open, and large Donations are made every Day for their Relief. A Sloop failed Yesterday for Salem, with 205 Casks of Rice, besides a considerable Sum in Specie, and it is expected they will be able to collect the Value of 1000 Barrels of Rice. A Gentleman of this Province now in England, wrote to his Correspondent here to give not less than 50l. Sterling, but if he tho't it proper, to give as far as 500l."
[A Cordial this, for the industrious Poor!]
Extract of a Letter from London, May 14. 1774.
"Opinions are various concerning the Reception the Port-Bill will meet with at Boston; no one can advise what is best to be done in the Case. I have sent you the News-Papers for the last Week, by which you may see what the Ministry are now about. It is tho't the Bills will all pass, but we are not certain, for Lord North begins to repent of his evil Actions, by Reason of a Conference which he has lately had with Mr. W.---, who has behaved extremely well in this Affair, and has done all that lay in his Power for the Bostonians: The People here in general are in favour of the Bostonians, and say they have been greatly imposed upon: You will see by the Papers that the King of France is very ill of the Small-Pox, but it is reported as absolute Fact to Day, that he is really dead, and that he died last Sunday. Provided this is true, it is thought we shall have a War with France very soon, which I wish may be the Case, as I think that would be the only Thing to settle the Difference with America."
A Spirit of Falshood and Perversion hath ever characterized our public Enemies. THIS SPIRIT is now busy in various Parts of the Province. Hence in one Place it is propagated, that the Donations of our sympathizing BRETHREN are so numerous and valuable, that BOSTON will grow rich from the Charities of their public Friends; and therefore they represent Boston as no Object of Charity. In another Place, it is given out, that the Sons of Liberty in order to make a Show of Assistance from their Countrymen, send Money in the Country to purchase pretended free Gifts. And this last Report is made by Men who in the next Breath will tell you, that the SONS OF LIBERTY are the Scum of the Earth, the Dregs of the People, and Poor to a Proverb."
Another Lie circulated with Industry is, that these Charities are given in Order to keep us from imploring an Opening of our Port, that as soon as our Neighbours have got all our Trade well secured, they will desert Boston and leave it a Sacrifice.
Another Falshood is, that these Donations found big, but are really trifling Matters.---Such Shifts are our Enemies put to.
A Correspondent now travelling in the Country, gives us the above Intelligence, and assures us, that ALL OUR COUNTRYMEN are rousing themselves. They are not now to be deceived as formerly:---they know the Tools and Understrappers of our inveterate Foes:---and mark them.
This is now the 48th Day since the Siege of Boston began; and notwithstanding our accumulating Distresses, the inhabitants continue to exhibit that calm Firmness and Unanimity which astonishes our Enemies.
By Accounts from the North and South, East and West of this Province---the Non-Consumption Agreement is come into with scarce a Dissenting in many Towns.
S A L E M, July 19th, 1774.
A Sloop arrived here last Tuesday from Charles-Town, South Carolina, with 205 Tierces of Rice on Board, as a Present from about Twenty Gentlemen of that Place, for the oppressed, industrious Poor of the Town of Boston.
A general Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Province of South Carolina was to be held at Charles-town on the 6th Instant, to consider of Steps to be pursued in Union with the other Colonies, "in order to avert the Dangers impending over American Liberties in general, by the late hostile Act of Parliament against Boston, and other arbitrary Measures of the British Ministry."
The South-Carolina Gazette, of the 27th ult. contains a List of thirteen Gentlemen, who are appointed a Committee to receive "Donations for their distressed Brethren in Boston."
His Majesty has been pleased to disallow an Act of this Province for regulating Vendues, so that it is now no longer in Force.
The learned and ingenious Dr. STILES of Newport found that in 1760 there were in New-England 530 Congregational Churches, viz.
In Massachusetts 306 Connecticut 170 New-Hampshire 43 Rhode Island 11
530
Since then the Number is prodigiously increased, at least to 700. He also computed that those four New-England Governments at that Time contained somewhat more than 500,000 Souls, and that as we double our Numbers in 25 Years, in 1785 they will amount to a Million; and in the present Year 1774 the Number at the same Rate must be 737,135, of whom more than 100,000 are effective Men able to bear Arms. The rateable Polls in the Province of Massachusetts-Bay only, amounted in 1773 to between 70 and 80,000.
The Doctor says that our Importations of Goods from Great-Britain doubled from 1744 to 1754, and more than doubled from 1748 to 1758; and that for the Year 1760 the Value amounted to two Millions to the continental Colonies only. After hinting that Burdens on Agriculture or the American Commerce will unavoidably and very greatly affect the national Interest; he concludes with these Words:--- "Plantations may be made with Encouragement, but cannot successfully be forced. Free Polity, free Religion, free Property, and Matrimony will soon populate a fertile Country in a good Climate. These have been the Basis of our Increase."
Some Person or Persons got into a Shop in this Town, last Tuesday Night, and took out about 80lb. of Tea, which they strewed about the Streets, and afterwards placed the Cask, which contained it, on the Top of the public Whipping-Post.
DIED. At Johnson-Hall, in the County of Albany, Sir William Johnson, Bart. Superintendent of the Indian Affairs.
--- On his Passage, in the Packet to New-York, Mr. --- Yeamans, in the 20th Year of his Age, a young Gentleman of large Fortune in the Island of Antigua, as also in this Province, He died of a Consumption.
Mr. Josiah Stover, at York--- his Death was occasioned by eating a Mess of Clams, of which he died about three Hours after; it operated upon him sooner than it had taken Ratsbane.
The Voice of one crying in the Wilderness, will probably be heard next Week.---says the Salmite.
From the Pennsylvania Journal, June 29, 1774.
All the Printers of News Papers in the British Colonies, are requested to publish the following Act of Parliament; which it is said, will be passed the End of the present Session, or the Beginning of the next.
"An Act for the more effectual keeping of his Majesty's American Colonies dependent on the Crown of Great Britain, and to enforce their Obedience to all such Acts of Parliament as may be necessary for that Purpose."
WHEREAS it is found by Experience that Colonies which are planted by Governments, or otherwise dependent on them, do at sometime or other, form themselves into unwarrantable and Rebellious Associations, and by their Perseverance therein, entirely throw off their Dependence and Submission to such Parent State: And whereas the British Plantations in America, have of late, discovered a Disposition to follow the same Steps, and in all likelihood, will, if not speedily prevented, form themselves into a separate and independent Government, to the great detriment of the other Parts of the British Empire, to the dishonour of his Majesty, and to the prejudice of the Trade of this Kingdom in particular: And whereas the great increase of People in said Colonies has an immediate tendency to produce this Effect:---To the End therefore that such evil Designs may not be carried into Execution, and that the said Colonies and Plantations may be, at all Times hereafter, kept in due Subordination to the Authority of the British Parliament; Be it 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,
1. That no Person whatsoever shall, from and after the passing of this Act, transport him or herself, from the Kingdoms of Great-Britain or Ireland, or the Islands thereunto belonging, to any of his Majesty's Plantations in America, with intent to settle and dwell therein for any longer Time than the space of 7 Years, shall presume to depart from the said Kingdoms, until he or she, so transporting him or herself, shall pay, at the Custom-House of the Port, from which such Vessel shall take out her Clearance, the Sum of Fifty Pounds Sterling Money of Great-Britain: And be it further Enacted that for every Child, or Servant, which shall be so transported by the Parent or Master, the like Sum of Fifty Pounds shall be paid in Manner aforesaid: And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that if any Person shall transport him or herself, or procure themselves to be transported, contrary to this Act, every Person so offending, shall be adjudged guilty of Felony without Benefit of Clergy; and that the Captain of the Vessel, in which such Person shall be so transported, contrary to this Act, shall forfeit and pay, for any such Person, the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds, sterling.
2. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that if any Person, who shall transport him or herself from the Kingdoms aforesaid, to any of his Majesty's Plantations in America, with intent to stay & dwell therein, for any space of Time less than seven Years, shall nevertheless stay, dwell, & abide therein beyond the said Space of seven Years, such Person so staying, dwelling, and abiding, in any of his Majesty's Plantations in America, shall be adjudged guilty of Felony, without Benefit of Clergy.
3. Provided always, and be it further Enacted, that nothing in this Act shall extend, or be construed to extend to his Majesty's Governors of the said Plantations, or to any other Person or Persons, in the actual Service and employ of his Majesty as aforesaid.
4. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that all Marriages in his Majesty's said Plantations shall be performed in Consequence of a Licence from the Governor where such Marriages shall be celebrated, for which Licence the Sum of TWENTY POUNDS Sterling, shall be paid, and no more, and that all Marriages had without such Licence shall be void in Law to all Intents and Purposes.
5. And be it further Enacted, that on the Birth of every Male Child, the Sum of FIFTEEN POUNDS, & on the Birth of every Female Child, the Sum of TEN POUNDS Sterling, shall be paid to the Governor of the Colony or Plantation in which such Children are Born.
6. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that on the Birth of every BASTARD Child in any of his Majesty's said Plantations, the Sum of FIFTY POUNDS Sterling Money shall be paid by the MOTHER of such Bastard Child, to the Governor where such Bastard Child shall happen to be born; and that in Case any Person shall hereafter, either with Malice prepense, or otherwise, kill or destroy any Child or Children; such killing or destroying shall not henceforth be deemed or adjudged to be Murder in any Court or Courts, nor shall such killing be punished in any Way or Manner whatever.
7. Provided always, and it is hereby further Enacted, that nothing in this Act shall extend to make any such killing legal, or justifiable, if the Child, so killed or destroyed, be above the Age of twelve Months, but that every such killing and destroying shall be punished as heretofore, any Thing in this Act to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.
8. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that from and after the Day of --- in the Year upon the Exportation of each & every Barrel of FLOUR from any of his Majesty's said Plantations to any Port or Place beyond Sea, a Duty of FIVE Shillings sterling shall be paid to the Custom House of the respective Colony, from which such Flour shall be so shipped or exported.
9. And be it further Enacted, that on the Exportation of any WHEAT from his Majesty's said Plantations to any Port or Place beyond the Sea, a Duty of TWO SHILLINGS Sterling, per Bushel shall be paid as aforesaid, for every Quantity which shall be so shipped or Exported. And that if any Person shall export any Wheat or Flour, contrary to the Directions of this Act, all such Wheat or Flour, together with the Ship in which it is exported as aforesaid, shall be seized and forfeited to the use of his Majesty, and condemned in any of his Majesty's Courts of Vice-Admiralty, where such Vessel shall happen to be seized as aforesaid.
10. Provided always, and be it further Enacted, that if any such Flour or Wheat, which shall be exported from any of his Majesty's said Plantations, and carried to any Port of Great Britain, with design to re-ship the same to any other Port or Place beyond the Sea, there shall be allowed upon every Barrel of Flour so re-shipped, a Bounty of Two Shillings & six pence sterling, and for every Bushel of Wheat, a Bounty of One Shilling sterling.
11. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that the Duties imposed by this Act shall be applied towards raising a Revenue, the better to enable his Majesty to build Forts and to garrison the same, and to support and Maintain such a regular and standing Army, in the said Plantations, as shall be sufficient to enforce the Execution of all such Acts of the British Parliament, as are already passed, or may hereafter be passed, relative to the said American Colonies.
Warrantee and Quitclaim Deeds, Justices Blanks, Bail Bonds, Shipping Papers, &c. Sold at the Printing Office.

From the Boston Evening Post of Monday last.
To the PRINTERS.
I BELIEVE every Friend to Liberty must feel the indignity and insult which has been offered to our patriotic Brethren of New-Hampshire, by those Tools of Tyranny the East-India Company, who have had the superlative Impudence to send out their noxious Tea to a People, who they knew had solemnly resolved that none should be landed among them. This infamous Conduct of the India Company, is a full Demonstration that they have abandoned Liberty, Justice and Honor; and that they imagined the noble Sons of New-Hampshire were as servile and base as themselves---but Thanks to Heaven, the People of that Province have given a Demonstration to the World, that they are born in Freedom, and in Freedom they will live; they have banished from their free Land the doted and detested Tea. May Heaven reward these Patriots with perpetual Liberty---may all Americans imitate their Example, and share with them in Freedom. W-----
Messrs FLEETS,
I have lately read in one of the Papers the pompous Expression, "The Omnipotence of Parliament," which appears to me somewhat too much exaggerated; as the whole Power of that Assembly cannot stop the Sun in its Career, nor stay the Battles of Heaven; so as to impede the most chearing, fructifying Influences of the one, and frequent refreshing Showers from the other, reaching these American Territories. For, however it may be allowed that they can do almost any Thing, and every Thing that may be doable by human Power, yet it is presumed that changing the Ordinances of Heaven is beyond their Reach, as we have heard of no Bill brought in for that Purpose. We have in the Country Towns the most reviving Prospect of almost all Kinds of the Products of the Earth. Lacrimosus annus. If these happy Prospects continue, £60,000 sterling for supporting the Guardians of Boston Harbour and Common, with our Superfluities, may be no despicable Addition to our circulating Medium; and after all, enough may be left for free and grateful Donations to our much respected Metropolis, to render Boston indeed, what it seems to be constituted by the united Voice of all the Colonies, The Granary of America.
O Boston surrender not the Liberties of this Continent.--- The Eyes of a great Part of Europe and of all these Provinces are upon you. The Hearts and Hands of the latter are open to you. You cannot starve, till by another Act of Parliament all Donations of Provisions by Sea are prohibited; nor would that avail, unless, as in the Days of Shamgar, our High-Ways should be unoccupied, by reason of an armed Force posted to lie in wait by them. But as three Governments united in a Fast the 14th instant, let us wait the Issue. Our Strength is to sit still. We have all along hitherto been a People saved of the Lord. If any, trusting to the abundance of their Riches, will presume to magnify themselves against this People of the Lord of Hosts, by whose kind Interpositions of Providence they have been so often delivered, they may, perhaps, find to their Cost, that their Redeemer is mighty, and will plead their Cause. RUSTICUS AMERICANUS.
PORTSMOUTH, July 22, 1774.
SOMETIME this Week, the Committee of Inspection of this Town were credibly informed that a considerable Quantity of Tea was designed to be smuggled here, by Land, from the Eastern Part of the Massachusetts-Bay, and consigned to a certain Merchant to vend the same. The Committee took the most prudent and early Precaution to prevent the same; they directly appointed a competent Watch to keep a good Look out on both Sides of the River, and waited upon the Consignee, who informed them, "that he was totally ignorant of any such Consignment." Whether the News of this Transaction reached these Land Importers, (as is probably the Case,) or not, is uncertain, but this much may be depended upon; no Tea has yet arrived, nor we believe will, such is the Vigilance of the Committee, and such the Attention of the Watch; and the Minds of the People instantly subsided on that Account: But still to keep up the Anxiety of them, the Apprehension of the Arrival of a Ship from London fill'd us all with Perplexities; but on the Morning of the 20th instant, the long expected Ship arrived here from London, which left on the 16th of May, on board of whom the Committee directly repaired; and upon the most accurate and diligent Inquiry, it appeared from the Information of both the Captain and Mate, that not one Ounce was shipped on board her upon Freight for America, which being reported, we are now in a State of Peace and Quietness, free from the disagreeable Apprehensions of any Tea's soon coming here, to plunge us again into Difficulties. One Thing is very remarkable, that when the Committee were going down the River to examine the Ship, they very providentially came up with a Boat in which had been two young Lads, one of whom had just fallen overboard, and had not the Committee arrived at that very critical Moment, he must inevitably have been drowned, as he was then sinking; so that the most determined Enemy of his Country must allow, that Providence makes Use of, and approves of such Men for some valuable Purpose, and none can be more so for the Preservation of the Life of an harmless Individual. We since bear the above was only some Bags of Meal.
MR. FOWLE,
IT must revive the drooping Spirits of every desponding AMERICAN, to see all the Provinces uniting to withstand Oppression. And as a GENERAL CONGRESS of DELEGATES is proposed, and will shortly meet, whatever is by them concluded upon, for the Benefit of the whole, let every Man, who values Life, Liberty and Property, sacredly abide by their Determination. And whoever shall dare to act counter, let them be stigmatized by the Sons of true Americans, and their Names handed down with Infamy to the latest Posterity; and may every Female detest a Connection with them. The Consumption of TEA I think is in a fair Way of being totally laid aside in this Town, as there are but very few indeed, that will refuse to sign or solemnly engage not to suffer it used in their Families; and what adds a great Pleasure to us all, is, that the Fair Sex universally consent to give up, this detested superfluous Article; and under the Auspices of the worthy Doctor Clement Jackson , we hope soon to see a glorious List of Female Worshippers, whose Virtue can withstand every daring Insult when put to the Test; and we all desire their Names may be recorded in the Town Books, to perpetuate their Memories:--- Then let us see who will sell that obnoxious Herb, for with the Ladies on our side, we can make every Tory tremble; as it is generally agreed upon, not to frequent those Shops where TEA is sold. It is also to be wished, that not an Article of East India Importation, should be purchased after the first Day of January next, which will prevent any of the Company's Goods being sent for by our Importers. Non Nobis ipsi nati sumus.
AMICUS.
Wanted immediately, a small Quantity of Salt-Hay. In the violent Thunder Storm last Sunday Evening, a large Oak Tree at the lower part of Rye, was struck with Lightning, and shiver'd almost to pieces, and three Horses standing near the same were killed, two the Property of Mr. Jeremiah Lock, the other Mr. Samuel Jennels.
Last Saturday the House of Mr. Richard Cutts at Cutts-Island was burnt with most of the Furniture.
On Wednesday last arrived here the Ship Dartmouth, Capt. Giddings from London, but brings nothing later than we have already had.
On the same Day arrived the Sloop Molly, Capt. Odiorne in 7 Days from Halifax, being the same Vessel that carried the TEA from this Place: The Captain assures us that he safely landed that disagreeable Commodity there, though much against the Minds of the Inhabitants, who are determined not to Purchase it. TEA is sold there at Half a Dollar per Pound.
UNITED WE STAND---DIVIDED WE FALL.
Yesterday met at Exeter the Delegates from the several Towns in this Province; to choose two or more Persons to join the General Congress; the Particulars of their Proceedings we have not yet learnt.
DIED. Mrs. Gouch, Wife of Mr. Gouch of Portsmouth.
ON Monday last died suddenly of a Palsy, Mrs. MARCH, in the 61st Year of her Age, Wife of Col. CLEMENT MARCH of Greenland.---Such singular Piety as adorned her Character joined with so open and generous a Soul, living, gain'd her the Esteem of all her Acquaintance, now gone, demands a general Tear. Her Wisdom & Prudence shone conspicuous in all her Conduct: In every Duty which her Situation in Life required, she was eminent: Her Temperance was such as must render the longest Life agreeable; her Piety such as sufficed to make the most sudden Death so also. These Virtues but make the Loss greater to her Friends; but they have this Consolation that tho' she is gone, she has left them an Example to follow, and that so much Virtue is not lost but gone to be crowned with that Reward it ever look'd for.
Fui non sum, ellis non es.
Portsmouth-Town Meeting stands adjourned to Thursday the 28th Inst. in the Afternoon, after which we shall endeavour to make a Collection of the Proceedings.
Copies of the following Subscription Paper is now Signing by the Ladies and Gentlemen of Portsmouth, with amazing Rapidity. Country Towns may be supplied with them at the Printing-Office. We also, bear the Non-Consumption Agreement is signing fast thro' the Province. Copies of that may also be had at above.
WHEREAS the Importation, Sale and Consumption of any East-India TEAS, at this particular Time, is productive of Consequences fatal to ourselves and our Posterity; and as we conceive it to be an Insult upon, and an open Affront to any Member of this Community, to be told, that he has not Virtue or Resolution enough to resist so trifling a Temptation as the Use of TEA, when the LIBERTY in which GOD has made him free, is endangered; and Generations, yet unborn, may feel the Effects of such an unmanly Attachment.---We the Subscribers being determined to rise superior to such Reflections, do hereby light our Faith and Honor to each other,--- That from and after the 16th Day of July 1774, we will not import, sell, purchase or consume any Kind of East India TEAS nor suffer the same to be used or consumed in our respective Families, with our Knowledge, until the present Duty on TEAS imported into the Colonies shall be taken off, and the PORT of BOSTON opened.
CUSTOM HOUSE, PISCATAQUA, July 21.
   Inward Entries From     Schooner Defiance, Roderick Morrison, Guadaloup.   Schooner Nancy, John Bernard, Tobago.   Schooner Squirrel, Thomas Harmon, Montserrat.   Schooner William, Joseph Tappan, Guadaloup.   Schooner Britania, Joseph Stanwood, Philadelphia.   Schooner Martha, Amos Tappan, Ditto.   Schooner Nonpareil, Robert Follett, Newfoundland.   Sloop Clarissa, Noah Miller, New-London.   Sloop Endeavour, James Hovey, New-Carolina.   Sloop Free Love, John Conklin, New-York.   Sloop Russel, Nicholas Martin, Manxland.   Clear'd Outwards For   Brig Widow's Son, Kinman Pevery, West Indies.   Brig Resolution, Samuel Hatch, Ditto.   Brig Sally, Benjamin Gunnison, Ditto.   Ship Venus, Nathaniel Marshall, Ditto.   Sloop Beneater, William Wilcott, Ditto.   Sloop Friendship, Abraham Parsons, Ditto.   Sloop Friendship, Eleazer Gooding, Maryland.   Sloop Russel, Nicholas Martin, Ditto.   Sloop Sally, Stephen Summers, New-Haven.   Schooner Lydia, John Harmon, Newfoundland.   Schooner Cornu Copie, John Blunt, Ditto.   Brig William and Nancy, William White, Ditto.   Schooner Greyhound, Abraham Trefethern, Maryland.   Sloop Clarissa, Noah Miller, New-London.  
Wanted immediately,
A young, active gentle HORSE, that Trot & Canters well, suitable for Carriage and Saddle, for which a good Price will be given. Enquire of the Printer.
Four Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from his Master Mark Hunking of Barrington, in New Hampshire, a Negro Servant named Cesar :--- Had on when he went away, a striped home-spun leppel'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
Sundry Rights of Land, viz.
In Leavitt's Town No 97 in the first and 6 in the second Division. In Sanborntown No. 11 in the first and 51 in the second Division. In New Britain No. 30 in the first and second Division. In Middletown No. 61 in the first and second Division. In Monadnock No. 2; No. 18 & 19 in the 10th Range No. 14 in the 9th Range, No. 2 in the 7th Range. In North Monadnock No. 11 in the 8th Range, No. 11 in the 9th Range, No. 2 in the 7th Range. In Monadnock No 4; No. 14 in the 12th Range, No. 16 in the 10th Range.
We just hear from Cambridge, that the Rev. Dr. SAMUEL LANGDON, of this Town, is chosen President of Harvard College in that Place.
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)
A fo. West India RUM and MOLLASSES, by the Hoghead or Barrel:— New England Rum and brown Sugar by Barrel—best French Indigo by lb.—black Barcelona Handkerchiefs by the Dozen—Cotton-Wool, and all the above Articles by Retail, at the lowest Price for Cash only, with a few Casks of Ship BREED. Portsmouth, July 19, 1774.
Province of Massachusetts Bay.
By Order of the Superior Court
This is to give Notice, to the Heirs of SAMUEL SMALL, deceased, that Jonathan 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 Offepees, Southerly & Northerly; excepting there-out, 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 severality: 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.
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.
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 Gowan, William Leighton.
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.
Runaway away from his Master
an Indebted Servant, named Elisha Thomas , bound to me by the Selectmen of Northampton, 49 or 50 Years of Age, about five Feet and half high, wears his own Hair, has the Gout frequently in one Hand, had on a Cloth colour'd suit of Cloaths. I hereby caution all Persons from entertaining him, as I will pay no Debts of that sort. Zechariah Towne.
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.
George's Stone LIME
To be sold by SAMUEL BOWLES, by the Hhd. A General Assortment of ENGLISH and WEST-INDIA GOODS, at his Shop opposite the Post Office, Portsmouth, very cheap for Cash.