The New-Hampshire gazette and historical chronicle (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1770-10-26 00:00:00

NEW-HAMPSHIRE AND HISTORICAL CONTAINING the Freshest ADVICES Friday Octo. 26, 1770.
THE GAZETTE, CHRONICLE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. NUM. 732 { Weeks since this Paper was first Publish'd. } Vol. XV.
By the last Ships from London, we have Papers which contain the following Advices, viz.
L O N D O N August 10.
FROM Constantinople we learn, that the Grand Signior, in a Fit of Rage, struck off the Vizir's Head with his own Hand in the Midst of the Divan, forgiving him some wholesome Advice, which not agreeing with the Maxims of his sublime Highness he took this Method of acquainting the World that he was not to be contradicted, even in Matters of the greatest Importance. The continual Scene of Confusion on all Sides, has so exasperated his Mightiness, that it is no longer safe or prudent to venture into his Presence, so that the Office of Vizir at present is looked upon as not very eligible especially by those who would like to sleep in a whole Skin.
A late Ambassador from a very powerful Northern Potentate at the British Court, as soon as he went home shot two of his servants who accompanied him, without any ceremony or trial whatever, for which he has never since been called to any account. For it seems there is no law in his arbitrary country against great men killing their vassals and menial Servants whenever they chuse to be offended with them. One of the above unfortunate servants is said to be an Englishman.
Three West-Indian Ladies, Sisters, who lately took Lodgings, for their Health, at Kensington Gravel-Pits, all died within three Days; one on Thursday, the second on Saturday, and the third on Sunday last, and last Night they were all buried at Kensington Church.
One of the oldest Men in England is Fleetwood Sheppard, Esq; the Friend of the celebrated Mathew Prior, who is now living at his Seat in Kent, aged 122.
Aug. 13. Friday a Board of Trade was held at the Plantation office; at the breaking up of which an express was sent after the Earl of Hillsborough now on his journey to Ireland.
We hear, that the affairs of the colonies will be the object of the attention of a great Body, at their first meeting, which is fixed for the 10th of November, and some of the leading Men of Boston, Salem, Marblehead, New-York, &c. are expected here shortly on that account.
By the company's ships just arrived from India are come home some of the richest individuals that ever landed on English ground; one gentleman particularly Mr. Sykes, we are confidently assured, has amassed the amazing Sum of one Million Sterling.
Aug. 14. Miss Wilkes, during her residence in Paris, received the greatest compliments from people of rank and literary abilities, who took every opportunity of making her situation agreeable, not only on her father's account but her own, as she is said to be one of the most accomplished young Ladies in Europe.
They write from New-York, that every manufacture established for the last three years at Perth Amboy, Staten-island, or any other part of the province has lately failed, and the proprietors reduced to a state of bankruptcy.
We hear an association of the principal merchants concerned in the trade to North-America, will soon be formed in London, in order to concert measures for humbling the mighty men of the colonies, who considered as a body cannot possibly exist in a commercial exist in a commercial state, without credit from England.
Extract of a Letter from Plymouth.
"Sunday after post failed his Majesty's ship Salisbury, Commodore Gambier, and two frigates for America. The report of ships fitting out at this port to import timber from America is without foundation. The fire at Portsmouth hath greatly alarmed us here. A Monk of the order of St. Lewis hath been taken up, and is now confined on board the Admiral's ship."
It is asserted that he hath been in Cornwall, and worked at most of the gentlemen's houses. I dare say that he hath a brave budget to open when he gets home, which will surpass any that ever was open at Westminster: he can, if he will, let a Great man know who are his best friends, either Wilkites or Butites.
Wednesday the 6th Regiment of Foot, commanded by Gen. Rusane, marched from their Quarters at Chatham through St. James's Park, in their Way to Plymouth, in order to embark there for Pensacola.
Aug. 4. Although Mr. Serjeant Glynn, on the late trials of the Printers and Publishers of Junius's Letter insisted on the Jury's right to judge on the law as well as the fact, the Counsel on the other side, would by no means acknowledge that right. We can, however, quote an authority that will place this important point beyond a doubt; the suffrage we mean is of Littleton, who in his Tenures, sect 368, declares, "That if a Jury will take upon them the knowledge of the law, upon the matter, they may." And this is agreed to by Coke in his comment thereupon.
Some years ago an eminent Crown lawyer, in giving his charge to a City Jury, told them, "they were only judges of fact, and not of law;" but as he was sensible this doctrine was rather new, he put the following case in defence of his position: "Suppose, Gentlemen, (says he) that a person was to be indicted for a disbelief of the Trinity, and that there was a Deist on the Jury; we'll admit the fact sufficiently proved by the declarations of the accused, is it to be supposed that this Deist, if he was not bound down merely to evidence, would ever criminate the party? certainly he would not, for disbelieving the doctrine of the Trinity himself he would never think another culpable for possessing the same sentiments."
Thus we see when prejudice gets the better of law and reason, how jesuitical and evasive become the arguments of the greatest understandings; for as blaspheming the Trinity is against law, a Jurymen, though a Deist, would be bound, in foro conscientiae , to find a person guilty; because the question does not arise, what is the private opinion of the Juror, but has the accused transgressed the written laws of the land?"
A Writer, in favour of the Liberty of the Press, says, "How much indebted we are to the late sensible, uncorrupt, and uninfluenced juries! Their glorious verdicts have prevented the establishment of a system of laws, that would have proved fatal not only to the Liberty of the Press, but to the art of Printing itself. Every improvement, every discovery in art or science, would then be unknown. Even despotism would gain ground by silent degrees. The novelty would grow into habit, and the English, from being the freest nation on earth, would become the most servile."
August 2. The following is fact:—The Trained Bands, when exercised a few years since in Aldersgate-street, were so ignorant as not to know how to turn at the word of command; on which the officer exclaimed, "d— ye all, face about to Barbican;" which was performed with the utmost exactness.
A correspondent has sent the following list of killed and wounded on Tuesday, the day the Orange Regiment of Militia were exercised on Bunhill Plains:  1 Had an eye knocked out by misplacing his piece in firing  2 Dropped down and expired—through fear.  3 Were dangerously wounded in the shoulder, by presenting the wrong ends of their musquets.  5 Lost their eyes by the bayonets of their comrades. And  15 Who had strayed from their ranks were found in a ditch, dead—drunk. 
PHILADELPHIA, October 4.
Monday last arrived here the Ship Minerva Capt. Arnot, from Rotterdam with Passengers. Extract of a Letter from London, July 14.
"You Americans are so obstinate, I was going to say f---h, there is no such Thing as speaking a Word to you on public Affairs, by Way of Advice, that will not shock either your Pride or Patriotism; I could otherwise expiate largely upon the Effects your Resolutions are likely to produce to your, much more than our, Prejudice. Our Manufactures are fully employed, and I believe not a single person suffers on Account of the partial Suspension of your Trade, except a very small Number of those particularly connected with you, who had provided such Goods for your Supply, as are in a great Measure calculated for you alone; such cannot be called a national Inconvenience. You know my Opinion with respect to the present Contest fully, and that I should be the first to urge the Continuance of your Resolutions, could I perceive the least beneficial Effect like to flow from them; you had at one Time a fair opportunity of receding with Honour, on a repeal of Part of the Duties; you ought gracefully to have met us Half Way at that Time, and confined your Resolutions to TEA alone; I am afraid that is now too late; to confine your Imports to Necessaries, will avail you little here, your Surperfluities are too trifling to be felt; besides, while Maryland, Rhode-Island, and Albany import, your Resolutions are fraught with lasting Evils to yourselves too obvious for me to mention. New England too, with all the Patriotism they profess, make a Distinction that at once cancels their Resolutions; for if I am rightly informed, & I believe I am, any one giving Orders to build a Ship there, is allowed to pay the Amount in Goods; it is a meer Finesse, for what is all Trade but Barter; and why shall not I order a Thousand Barrels of Flour, a Quantity of Lumber, &c. and pay for them in Goods? The whole of this Affair will not bear reasoning upon, and can only be considered in one Light, as this Spirit among you may encourage Oeconomy perhaps; on the other Hand, it checks Industry; for I do maintain it, the Credit you take from this Country, is an infinite Benefit to you, it encourages the Settlement of your Lands, &c. for a Man cannot be a Manufacturer, and Husbandman, at the same Time, and there is no Comparison between the two. You mistake your Interest when you encourage any other Manufactures than such as are carried on at Leisure Times; in Winter, for Instance, when you cannot go into the Field; and when you can prevail on your People to make their Winter Evening Amusements consist in the spinning Linen, Woolen, &c. they deserve a Bounty from this Country, as much as the Irish or Scotch, for what they spin or weave: any other Manufactures are prejudicial to both Countries; and if you will calculate what one Farmer sacrifices, by turning Manufacturer, and what America loses, by her Lands remaining without Stock or Cultivation, and carry it forward 50 Years you will find the sum more considerable than you have any Idea of. Leave a Country, well peopled and cultivated without Jealousy, the Advantage of working for you at a Shilling a Day; and do you pursue the Road for acquiring the only true Riches of any Country, the stocking and cultivating your Lands, and the peopling of your Country."
"The sufferings of the Friends bro't in this year, chiefly on account of Tithes, and those called, Church Rates, amount in England and Wales, to £. 3436, & in Ireland, £. 1691."

L O N D O N, August 10.
In the address lately presented by the Clergy of France to their King, is the following curious and remarkable passage.
“RELIGION fears not the light, she dreads the wanderings of reason only, not its efforts; she does not set herself against the perfection of human learning; but in order not to obstruct the happy progress of the human mind, must we then allow it to destroy everything? and can it be free no longer, than until it has nothing more to work upon? This unbridled liberty of publishing the delirium of a wild imagination, far from being necessary to the development of the human mind, can only retard it by the wanderings it throws it into; by the illusions with which it intoxicates it, and by the various disturbances with which it fills empires. It is this fatal liberty, which has introduced among the Islanders our neighbours that confused multitude of sects, opinions, and parties; that spirit of independence and rebellion, which has so often shook or imbrued the Throne in blood, and which will end, sooner or later, in the loss of that very constitution in which they glory.”
The following is an estimate of the surprizing large vessels lately fixed up in Dickenson's Brewery at Wapping.
A copper which weighs eight ton, and boils, at one time, two hundred barrels and thirty-one gallons.
Two casks which hold three hundred and four barrels each.
Two malt-tubs which hold sixty quarters of malt each, and boil one hundred quarters per day.
A cask called the Old Hen, which holds one hundred and fifty barrels.
Seventeen casks, called the Seventeen Chickens, which hold each seventy barrels.
The great copper is filled by pumps in six minutes and three seconds; and the cocks which is made to take off occasionally, weigh fifteen hundred one quarter and five pounds.
To the P R I N T E R.
Looking over some old papers, I found the following, which I suppose has laid by me near fifty years. I am, &c. J.H.
FEBRUARY 10, 1650, all the persons named in the following strange Genealogy, were then living at Feverham in Kent, excepting only the former wife of old Cashick.
Old Hawood had two daughters by his first wife, of which the eldest was married to John Cashick the son, and the youngest was married to John Cashick the father. This Cashick the father had a daughter by his first wife, whom old Hawood married, and by her had a son; therefore Cashick, the father's second wife could say as follows;
My father is my son, and I my mother's mother, My sister is my daughter, I'm grandmother to (brother.
CHARLES-TOWN, (South-Carolina,) Sept. 6
From North-Carolina we learn, that a malignant and contagious Distemper prevails in that Province, which is attended by a great Mortality: That they stile it a West-India Fever, but it has extended itself to the Plantations: And that the Fate of the infected is generally known in 48 Hours. We think it our Duty, not to suppress an Information of so much Consequence.
September 18. By Captain Malford, from Wilmington, in North-Carolina, we learn, That the malignant Distemper, called a West-India Fever, which lately raged with Violence in that Town, and other Parts of the Province, of which many People died, was greatly abated, and that most of the sick Inhabitants were on the Recovery.
September 20. A Writer in the Georgia Gazette, of the 5th Instant, asserts, that no Spanish Vessels have lately entered the Ports of Savannah or Sunbury, in that Province.
The Honourable Henry Middleton we hear, has declined to continue of the Council-Board in this Province.
Last Week died at the Horse-Shose, Mr John Law, Son to a Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, and lately married to the Widow of Mr. William Glover.
Yesterday arrived here His Majesty's Sloop Martin commanded by Capt. Thomas Heyward, from Cape-Fear.
So far are the People of this Province from showing the least Inclination to recede from any Agreements they have entered into, which can any Way contribute to the Preservation of their just and constitutional Rights and Privileges, that no Attempt whatever, to evade, infringe or violate them, escapes the Observation and Inquiry of our watchful Committee. Even a Stranger, lately from London,
who had secretly imported some Goods (as Baggage) for Sale, has been, within these few Days, detected, endeavouring to dispose of them, and has thought himself extremely fortunate, in being permitted voluntarily to engage to reship the same, and in getting off the Province: Another Person, who very indirectly had offered to purchase the said Goods, has also been discovered; made the fullest Concession in his Power; and given a solemn voluntary Promise, that he never will again suffer himself to be unwarily drawn into so near an Approach to a Breach of our sacred Resolutions.
The two Vessels cleared in our last for Georgia, carried nothing contrary to our Resolutions: One took in a few British Goods, shipped from England for that Colony; the other, some Necessaries for a Plantation there, owned in this Province.
On Tuesday last the Sloop Sally, of New-York, Jesse Hunt, Master, arrived here from St Augustine, having on board sundry New-York Goods for Sale, and also Consignments to some Persons in this Town; but our late Resolutions not admitting any Trade with New-Yorkers, he is put to Sea again, the first fair Wind, on his Return home, without Landing any Goods whatever.
The Sloop Hope, William Tanner, Master, for Rhode-Island, goes home in Ballast. As she belonged to Rhode-Island, she only landed a Cargo of Molasses which she had been long since chartered to bring from Dominica.
N E W B U R N, (North-Carolina,) Aug. 3. A few weeks ago, we publish'd an account from Beaufort county, of the murder of Mr. Henry Ormond, by his own slaves; since which we have received a true account of that tragical affair, which has been discovered by the confession of one of the slaves in the conspiracy: Five of them conspired against their master, and the Sunday night he was said to have rode from home in quest of one of his slaves who was missing, the conspirators, after their master was in bed, went up to his room, and with an handkerchief attempted to strangle him, which they thought they had effected, but in a little time after they had left him, he recovered, and began to stir, on hearing which they went up again, and told him he must die, and that before he left the room; he begged very earnestly for his life, one of them, his house wench, told him it was in vain, that as he had no mercy on them, he could expect none himself, and immediately threw him between two feather beds, and all got on him till he was stifled to death. They then got his riding horse, laid the body across, and led him out to the road, tied his foot to the stirrup and set the horse off: Next day he was found as has been before related. The slaves have been tried, two wenches executed, and one burnt at a stake, one made his escape, and is not yet taken, the other who made the confession is saved.
N E W - Y O R K, October 11.
The Duke of Cumberland, Capt. Goodridge, on the 8th of September, in Lat. 39, Long. 51: 16, spoke a whaling Sloop, belonging to Nantucket, who had caught one Fish; 17th, in Lat. 38: 46, Long. 63, came past the Wreck of a Sloop of about 80 or 90 Tone Burthen, with one End of her Mast lying on Deck, which had broke down the Gunwale to the Deck in its Fall. She had Ports, her Bowprit standing, her Sail furled, and Square-sail-yard out on the Larboard Side, with the Sail, or Part of it, hauled close out; her Tiller playing, her Quarter-deck blown up, the Water washing over her Deck:—She had a pretty large Figure of a Man on her Stern, over was the Trophies of War, painted on a faded blue Field; had four Cabbin Windows, and her Taffarel formed almost a Semicircle.
Sunday night, one Elizabeth Clark, a young Woman, (who came a child from Ireland, served her time in this city, and has since been hired and behaved well in several families in town) who had for some time been suspected of being with child, which she always denied was found to have been recently deliver'd, and on search a new born infant, said to be full grown, and with marks of violence on the body, was discovered in the Necessary. The Coroner's Inquest had the matter under examination on Monday and Tuesday, and we hear have brought in their verdict wilful Murder, and that the young woman is guarded till her health will permit her to be removed to Gaol.
Friday last the Body of a Man was taken up in the East-River, near Long-Island Ferry Stairs.—It is said, he came Passenger in the Brig Mansfield, who arrived here last Week
from Liverpool, and that he must have fell overboard on Sunday Night last, as he had been missing, since that Time. We hear he was a Cabinet-maker by Trade, and when taken up had a considerable Sum of Money about him, and a Watch in his Pocket.
P H I L A D E L P H I A, October 8.
On Saturday night sailed the Ship London-Packet Capt. Cook, for London; by which Vessel the merchants concerned in the British Trade, have forwarded their Orders for all sorts of goods from Great-Britain, except teas, and such other Articles as are or may be subject to duties for the Purpose of raising an American Revenue; consistent with the salutary alteration made on the 29th ult. in the non-importation agreement, by a considerable number of the subscribers thereto—And it is not doubted that every true friend to the liberties of America, will discountenance the importation of dutied articles from England, and thereby defeat the machinations of our enemies.
N E W - Y O R K, October 15
Saturday Night the Ship Franklin, Capt. Boranck, arrived here from Gibraltar, in 50 Days. Mr. John Grant, who some Time ago sailed from Jamaica, in a Schooner for Pensacola, came Passenger in the Ship and acquaints us, that some Months since he was cast away near the Spanish Main and lost his Vessel and Cargo, was there seized by the Spaniards, and with his Crew ordered to Campeachy, and from thence to the Havana, but was soon after sent to Old Spain, in the same Frigate that carried home General O'Reily, and from whom he received great Kindness, and by his Interest was set at Liberty soon after his Arrival at Cadiz. From Cadiz Mr. Grant went to Gibraltar, where he was informed by the Dutch Consul, two Days before he sailed, that the Danish Fleet had left Algiers, and was put into Mahon, in order to repair some damage the Ships had received in their Attack on that Place, but that a second Attempt would be made as soon as Succours arrived, which the Consul was endeavouring to procure with all possible Expedition; that Admiral Elphinstone was also put into Mahon, having been roughly handled by some Turkish Men of War; that it was said there had been a general Engagement between the Turks and Russians, and that both Armies retreated in good Order; and that it was imagined the Pope would declare in Favour of the Turks, which gave great Uneasiness to the Clergy both in Spain and France.
N E W - Y O R K, October 8.
On Tuesday last the Corporation for the Relief of the Widows and Children of Clergymen in the Communion of the Church of England in America, met in this City: and on Wednesday a well adapted Discourse, warmly recommending the Charity, was preached in Trinity Church, to a very large and respectable Audience, by the Rev. Doctor Auchmuty, one of the Members of the Corporation, from 2 King IV, 2. Now there cried a certain Woman of the Wives of the Sons of the Prophets unto Elisha, saying, thy servant my Husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy Servant did fear the Lord, and the Creditor is come to take unto him my two Sons to be Bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the House? And she said, Thine Handmaid hath not any Thing in the House, save a Pot of Oil.—Upon this Occasion, several Pieces of Cathedral Music, with Extracts from Handel's celebrated Oratorio the Messiah, were performed, and a very liberal Contribution was collected for the Benefit of this benevolent Institution, which together with several Benefactions since received from Persons who were prevented, by the Badness of the Weather, from attending at Church amounted, we hear, to upwards of £. 200.
The Corporation dined together, and were favoured with the Company of his Excellency General Gage, Sir William Draper, the Mayor & Recorder of this City, and several other Gentlemen; after which they proceeded to finish the remaining Business of their Meeting.
We hear that the Rev. General Convention of Delegates, from the consecrated Churches of Connecticut, and the Synod of New-York and Philadelphia, met at Elizabeth-Town, on Wednesday the 3d of this Month, to consider the general State of the Churches under their Care.—The Convention was opened with a Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Taylor, of New-Milford, from Ezekiel xxxvii 9—11.
ADVICE to a LADY.
D O you my fair, endeavour to possess An elegance of mind, as well as dress; Be that your ornament, and know to please, By graceful nature-unaffected ease. Bless'd is the maid and worthy to be bless'd, Whose soul entire; by him she loves, possess'd, Feels every vanity in fondness lost, And asks no power but that of pleasing most. Nor make to dangerous wit a vain pretence, But wisely rest content with modest sense; For wit like wine intoxicates the brain, Too strong for feeble woman to sustain: Of those who claim it more than half have none; And half of these who have it are undone. Be still superior to your sex's arts, Nor think dishonesty a proof of parts; For you the plainest is the wisest rule, A cunning woman is a knavish fool. Be good yourself, nor think another's shame Can raise your merit, or adorn your fame; Virtue is amiable, 'tis mild serene, Without, all beauty, and all peace within. Seek to be good, but aim not to be great, A woman's noblest station is retreat; Her fairest virtues fly from public light, Domestick worth, that shines too strong a light. To this great point direct your constant aim, This makes your happiness, and this your fame;

As following Articles are taken from two Prints which Captain Gordon bro't, who arrived at Marblehead from London last Friday.
L O N D O N, August 21. We hear from Tunbridge Wells, that Mr. Alderman Wilkes and his daughter are arrived there; where they propose to continue some time, for the benefit of the waters.
We are informed that the emoluments of the Marquis of Granby's late high employments have been laid up ever since his resignation to the present time, for the benefit of the next that shall occupy them, which it is the't and hoped will be himself, and it is said that a great personage heartily wishes him to accept them again.
We hear that a great person, famous for his epistolary productions, has lately had an interview with a gentlewoman at Portsmouth, who has now a fine girl about 12 years old, whose hair, eyes and features bear a most striking resemblance to the great person's deceased brother, who was her reputed father; and that he made the child a handsome present.
A Correspondent from Portsmouth acquaints us of the safe arrival of His Majesty's ship the Pomona, Capt. Davis, from Cadiz, with eight tons of money, on the Merchants account.
By a vessel arrived at Portsmouth, from the East- Country, there is advice that the Russian fleet, consisting of five ships of the line, some frigates, 18 sail of transports, sailed out of the Sound about 12 days since, and were steering for the Humber.
We are assured, that in confidence of a free trade with the colonies, goods are now shipping for America by the merchants of this city.
They write from Algiers, that during the bombardment of the city by the Danish fleet, the Dey had threatened, and, but for the interposition of the foreign Consuls, it was thought would have carried them into execution, to fasten such Danish subjects as are in his possession to the mouths of his cannon, and fire them on board the enemy's ships.
They write from Constantinople, that the French, Prussian, and Danish Ambassadors, had signified to the Grand Signior, that the licentiousness of the rabble rendered it no longer safe for their Excellencies to remain in a country where their liberties, and even lives, were hourly exposed to be sacrificed, and that they had therefore desired leave of their respective Courts to be recalled home.
The defeat of the Ottoman fleet in the Archipelago seems now to be confirmed from all quarters. The Grand Signior, alarmed at the progress of the Russian arms, is taking every precaution possible for the defence of Constantinople. The late Grand Vizir Moldavangi Pacha has been restored, in order to take upon him the government of the Dardanelles, which are the chief security of that capital. He is to command an army of 15,000 men, furnished with heavy artillery, in order to frustrate any attempt which the Russians may make against the important castles, and to sink the Russian ships that may endeavour to pass them. On the contrary, it is said, that Admiral Elphinstone, having accomplished the destruction of the Turkish fleet, has now in view the grand project of combating the enemy under the walls of Constantinople, and for the execution of this enterprize intends to force the passage of the Dardanelles at all hazards.
Aug. 22. Lord Camden is set out for Paris with his daughter, but his Lordship is expected in town before the expiration of this month.
The time now fixed for the return of her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales to England is the latter end of October.
The Paoli, Hall, from Boston, is arrived off Hastings. At the trial of the Scotch Serjeant for the murder of the innkeeper in Westminster, at the last assizes in Surrey, it is said there was the strongest evidence of the fact, and the plainest proof of the willfulness of it, that ever appeared upon any trial for murder. The opinion therefore of the Judge, that it was only manslaughter, amazed every one. Full and satisfactory proof, it is reported, was given that when the Serjeant ran his sword into the belly of the poor man, he cried out, "d---n you take that." The Judge must certainly have some reasons for his opinion and conduct on such a trial, that the public do not at present know of; but it is hoped that such reasons will soon be published.
By a gentleman just arrived from Grenada, we learn, that the Dutch islands of Curacoa and St. Eustatia are full of European goods, intentionally sent there with a view of carrying on a very lucrative trade with the British American Colonies.
Letters from Lower Podolia say, "The Turkish manoeuvres are to altered for the better that we hardly know them again, for now they observe both order and art. They take the most happy precautions to deceive the Russians, both as to their force and their march, which General Panin has lately experienced. This General had drawn a line of troops to guard his magazines and conceal his march towards Bender, where he expected to surprize a body of 4000 Tartars, but it seems this body of men were shewn him by way of allurement, for he found himself surprized by three numerous bodies of Turks and Tartars, who penetrated through his line, by which his cavalry was much hurt and part of his artillery taken, with the officer who commanded it. They took a great number of Cossacks prisoners, which are the only people to whom the Turks give quarter in the day of battle, for they massacre all others whom they think allied to the Russians."
Artful Revenge of an American Tribe on a French Trader. THE Missouris, a people of Louisiana, were strangers to the Europeans, till about fifty years ago, a traveller, or hunter, coming into their country, acquainted them with fire-arms, and sold them muskets, powder and shot, by means of which their next hunt was very successful; and of course, furnished them with a great quantity of skins. Some time after another adventure went thither with ammunition; but the savages, part of their stock being yet remaining, were not very eager to deal with him, for that to retrieve this disappointment, he bethought himself of a pretty odd stratagem. The savages being naturally curious, asked him in what manner gunpowder, which they call grain, grew in France; and he made them believe that it was sown in the savannas, or fields, and reaped at certain times, like indigo and miller. The Missouris, overjoyed at this information, which seemed pregnant with such vast benefits, fell to tilling all their powder, and readily purchased that of the French trader, by which he got an immense profit in beaver and other skins. The Missouris went from time to time to see what appearance their powder made, and had placed a guard, that no beasts might come and spoil this valuable crop; but they soon saw into the dealer's knavery. Be it observed, that the savages are to be cheated but once, and that they never forget the fraud. Accordingly they determined to make themselves amends on the first Frenchman who should come among them. A little while after, the allurement of gain promoted the powder-monger to send a factor thither, with such goods as he knew would go off well amongst the Missouris. They by some means or other, came to understand that this Frenchman was sent by the man who had imposed on them; but instead of taking notice of that transaction, received him very courteously, and even lent him their common hut as a warehouse. No sooner were his goods spread abroad, and notice given of the sale, than the Missouris rushed in, and all who had been so credulous as to sow their powder, carried off a portion. The Frenchman inveighed against such a procedure, with all the gestures of rage, and even made his complaint to the chief of the nation, who, with a solemn aspect, answered, that satisfaction should be made, but that nothing could be done till the harvest of the powder; and that on the word of a foreigner, he would then order a general hunt, and every skin of beaver, deer, or other beast, should be delivered to him, as the first fruits of the important secret, for which they were indebted to his ingenious countryman.
The Report of returning the Seals into the Hands of Lord Camden , gives great Pleasure to the Public: ---The generous English love to see the Worthy and the Honest Rewarded.
It is positively asserted, that there is no Intention, at present, to appoint a Lord Chancellor, but that the Seals will continue to be held by Commission, at least till the Meeting of Parliament.
Let those who talk of coercive Measures being taken with the Americans, remember that they already consist of more than three Millions of People, and, according to the Laws of Population, will, in rather less than 20 Years, equal the Number of his Majesty's British Subjects.
August 15. The Right Hon. the Earl of Dunmore is daily expected to set out for his government of New-York, his Majesty's ship Tweed being now ready at Portsmouth, to carry him to said Colony.
Two experienced Engineers are set out with Lord Hillsborough, to inspect into the State of the fortification in Ireland, and to report them to Government.
A private letter on Monday from France, gives a most melancholy relation of the miseries which the provinces of that kingdom now suffer from the great scarcity of corn. Barley bread is about four sous (about 3d.) a pound in Normandy, the most fruitful province of France. This famine has occasioned such Riots in many places, that great numbers of the unhappy people have been killed; particularly at Cherbourg where are 900 communicants, 600 persons were killed; at Rouen 600; at Vologne 500; the Riots have been still worse in Auvergne. The King has no campaign this year on account of the scarcity.
B O S T O N, October 18.
We hear the Goods which have been stored in this Town by the Committee of Inspection for some Time past, are now delivering out to their respective Owners.
We hear that the Sum of £. 25,000 only is to be assessed on the Polls and rateable Estates of this Province the ensuing Year.
Yesterday Morning arrived here his Majesty's Ship Gibraltar from Plymouth in England, in 8 Weeks: She put into Madeira and the day before she came out, the Tweed Frigate also put in there on her way to New-York, with Governor Lord Dunmore.
October 22. Last Saturday we had here a very violent Storm of Wind and Rain, which continued most of the Day at about N. N. E. attended at Noon with the highest Tide that has been known at this Place for near 50 Years past, by which great Damage has been sustained by the Loss of Sugars, Salt, and other Articles in Store on the Wharves, which were overflowed in all Parts of the Town.
Great Loss has also been sustained by the floating away of Cord Wood, Boards, Staves, Shingles, &c. from different Parts of the Town. And 'tis feared great Damages is done at the other Sea-port Places, and by Vessels who might happen to be upon this Coast.
We hear that a Ship, Captain Dunn, from Glasgow, last from Newbury, being at Anchor in Nantasket Road, parted her Cables, was drove upon the Flats in Braintree Bay, and was obliged to have her Masts cut away; and it is said 15 or 16 other Vessels which came too low below the Evening before the Storm, are cast ashore at the different Islands; but it is thought most of them will be got off again. Capt. Bennet, in a Ship bound to Africa, was the only Vessel in Nantasket that rode out the Gale without Damage: Capt. Higgins, in a Sloop bound to Connecticut, was obliged to cut away his Mast and Bowprit, and is since towed up to Town; another Sloop shared the same Fate; and a Schooner came ashore on Deer-Island without any Person on board, supposed to have drifted from Lynn or Marblehead: ---The Men of War and other Shipping laying in this Harbour received little, or no Damage.
It is said a Fisherman at the South Part of the Town, in endeavouring to secure his Boat in the Storm last Saturday, fell overboard and was drowned.
By a Gentleman from Plymouth who was Passenger on board Capt. Ellis, bound from Rhode-Island to this Place, whose Vessel was cast away there in the above Storm, we learn, that near sixty other Vessels were also drove ashore at that Place, and 40 or 50 Lives lost, and that a number of the dead Bodies were taken up before he came away; also that many of the Stores were blown down, and considerable other Damage done in that Town.
S A L E M, October 23.
Last Friday Night came on a N. E. Storm of Wind and Rain; which the ensuing Day increased to a Degree of Violence scarcely known before by the oldest Persons. A minute or particular Description of the general Devastation among the Shipping, Stores, Wharves, Lumber, &c. on both Rivers, is not easily given.
On the South Shore of the North River, for a Mile or more in Length, we had presented to our View, Fire Wood, Timber, Boards, Shingles, Plank, Staves, Barrels, Hogheads, Canoes, Boats, &c. &c. the Property of great Numbers of Persons, so promiscuously thrown together as not to be easily distinguished by the respective Owners. About 50 Cords of Wood, and 15 or 1600 Buffels of Floor Sand, were carried off Mr. Barr's Wharf at the North Bridge. A Schooner of considerable Burthen, having broke her Fast, was thrown so high as successively to beat against the Edge of the Bridge, and it was with Difficulty she was kept off the Top of it. The Bridge itself was considerably damaged. Another Schooner, just below it, broke her Fast, drove away from the Wharf on to a Beech, and at length quite over it on to the Grass: A third Schooner, not far from this last, and near 80 Tons Burthen, late from the West-Indies, was drove up in much the same Manner, and now lies so high as that her Keel is considerably above common High-Water Mark.
On the South Side of the Town, being the principal Seat of Business, the Confusion and Destruction was much greater than that above related. Great Quantities of Boards, Shingles, Timber, &c. &c. with many Boats, were drove, with the utmost Violence and Disorder, to the Shore opposite the Town. The Wharves all overflowed; and the perishable Articles, such as Salt, Sugar, &c. in Stores to a great Amount, destroyed by the Tide's rising to a most extraordinary Height, so high, 'tis said, as not to have been equal'd within the Memory of the oldest Persons among us. Nine Vessels, among which were a Ship, a Snow and a Brig, were drove from their Anchors, and forced up the River towards Capt. Gardner's Mills; several of them laden for the Straights and the West-Indies. The Brig commanded by Capt. Warren, was considerably damaged. A Schooner, Capt. Mottey's, was thrown an incredible Way on to the Land, and much injured. Capt. Waters's Schooner was also much damaged. Capt. Samuel Webb's Schooner was forced from a Wharf on to the Land the opposite Side; and it was with Difficulty the other Vessels were prevented driving from the Wharves.
The Ship Antelope, Capt. Putnam, was the only Vessel at Anchor in this Harbour, that rode out the Storm.
Twenty one Sail of Brigs, Sloops and Schooners, were drove ashore in Marblehead Harbour, but happily not any of them very materially injured.
Great Numbers of Fences were blown down, and Trees tore up by the Roots, in this and the adjacent Towns.
The Bridges between this Place and Marblehead, are so much damaged as to be rendered impassable.
A considerable large Bridge, near the New Mills in Danvers, we hear is totally ruined.
Yesterday Morning was towed in here by a Sloop from the Eastward, a small Schooner with 4 Men on board, belonging to the Isle of Shoals, Richard Randall, Skipper who informs, that on Friday Night last he was fishing off that Island, in Company with 13 other small Schooners, three of them belonging to Piscataqua, and the other to the Isle of Shoals; That the next Day he came to in Anchor, and cut away his Mainmast; But losing his Anchor, was drove at the Mercy of the Seas, till meeting with the Sloop a-
bove mentioned he was bro't in here. He informs, that two of the Schooners in Company with him were drove ashore at Cape-Ann, and the Men saved: But there is no Account of the others.
We hear that vast Quantities of Salt Hay were carried off the Marshes at Lynn in the late Storm.
A small Fishing Schooner, which went from hence the Day before the Storm, and was thought to be lost, we hear, was cast away at Scituate, but the People, 5 in Number, were saved.
Capt. Jonathan Dean, of this Place, coming Passenger in a Vessel from Jamaica to Portsmouth, was taken with the Small-Pox, and died on the Passage about three Weeks since.
Captain Philip Saunders, in a Vessel from this Place, lately died of a Fever at Cape Nicholas Mole.
We hear that at the Superior Court held at Taunton last week, one Elisha Bliss of Rehoboth was convicted of assaulting a young Woman of that Town, and attempting to ravish her; and was sentenced to be set on the Gallows for the Space of an Hour, with a Rope about his Neck and the other End cast over the Gallows, to be whipped 20 Stripes under the Gallows, to suffer 3 Months Imprisonment, and to be bound for his good Behavior for seven Years.
P O R T S M O U T H, Oct. 26.
EARLY on the Morning preceding last LORD's Day, departed this Life, in the 57th Year of her Age, after a long Confine-ment, much lamented by her Acquaintance, and was interred on Tues-day following, Mrs. KEZIAH LANGDON, the virtuous and pious Consort of Mr. WILLIAM LANGDON, late of this Town, deceased. She was a Person who had a deep Sense of the Heinousness and Contagion of Original Sin, and of her Imperfections in consequence of that malignant Root of Bitterness within. She disclaimed all Conception of meriting Divine Favour by her own doing, or by Works done by supernatural Assistance; but her Hope was built upon the Rock of Ages, the Lord Jesus Christ, with an intire Reliance upon his most perfect Righteousness, as the sole Requisite for Justification in the Sight of a holy God. Next to the Love of Christ, she bore a particular Love to those in whom she saw his blessed Image, and had Respect to all God's Commands without Exception. She was a prudent and industrious Wife, a tender and affectionate Mother, a faithful and sincere Friend, a good Neighbour; was endowed with an universal, benevolent, courteous, charitable and hospitable Disposition; a Lover of Peace, and a Peace maker; therefore she would not listen to nor utter Slander, but would cast a Manle of Love upon the Failings of others: With her the World had lost its Charms and Splendor, as her mental Eyes were dazzled by a Glimpse of unfullied Glory. In a Word, she was a patient, meek and humble Disciple of the meek and lowly Jesus, a long Time she has had a Desire to depart hence, and to be with Christ, and to join the Church Triumphant above the Skies, in singing Praises and Hallelujahs to God and to the Lamb for ever and ever.
Last Friday Night came on here, and continued the next Day, a violent N. E. Storm, which blowed down several Buildings and many Fences in this and the neighbouring Towns: about Twelve o'Clock at Noon, the Tide rose higher than has been known for 40 Years past, which did considerable Damage in some Whare-Houses, by melting of Salt, &c. and floating Lumber, Wood, &c. from off the Wharves. Many small Vessels from the Shoals, had sailed the preceding Day, most of which 'tis feared are lost, as not more than two or three have been since heard of. We hear they have sustained great Damage at Newbury, by the above Storm, the Particulars of which we have not heard.
TO BE SOLD, A small Dwelling-House, two Stories high, twenty Feet in length, thirteen Feet wide, the Land on which it stands is 33 Feet on the Cross Street leading by, and near the House of the Widow Lowd's, and 18 Feet wide; and is within seven or eight Rods of Dr. Langdon's Meeting House. Ba-quire of the Printers hereof.
N. B. If the above House is not sold at private Sale by this Day Week, it will be sold at publick Vendue the Friday after at Five o'Clock in the Afternoon at the House of Capt. Jacob Tilton's, Innholder in the Town of Portsmouth.
TO BE SOLD BY Jacob Treadwell, AT his STORE in PORTSMOUTH. A General ASSORTMENT of GOODS, at the very lowest Price for Cash. ALSO New Castle COALS. West India RUM, by the Hog-head,--- PEPPER very cheap by the Hundred or smaller Quantity.
Wanted immediately, a MAN who understands working at the Cloathers Trade--- Any such Person wanting employ may hear of a Place where good Wages will be given, by enquiring of Josiah Chase of York, in the Massachusetts.
AN ODE TO DELIA. WHILE you enjoy best Solitudes Repose, And court the Muses in the lonely Grove, Read Milton, Pope, with the great Addison: And turn the Volumes of immortal Young. Feast your gay Fancy, on gay Nature's charms; And grasp Creation in your gen'rous Arms. Let others dot on Riches, Honor, Fame, Illustrious Blood, and an immortal Name, The Pomp of Dress, all the Parade of Art, By which they wound a fickle, foolish Heart; Your Native Bloom put out their borrow'd Rays, Like Sol's bright Beams the Host of twinkling Stars. Your Smiles would smooth my Life's uneven Way, Turn Midnight Darkness to the Blaze of Day, Make horrid Winter blossom into Spring, And fading Autumn, endless Summer bring. When melancholy Thoughts possess my Soul, Dispel the Gloom before the nectar'd Bowl. E'en in the Pangs of agonizing Death, Make my Pulse beat, my Lungs receive new Breath, My Checks to glow with never fading Health. Might I, with you dwell in connubial Bliss, I ne'er should long for Angels happiness: Since Marriage rites are ne'er perform'd above, Therefore immortal, grant this life, great Jove.
STREPHON
TICKETS in Newmarket & Stratham Lottery selling off at the Printing-Office.

From the London Papers in August.
To the PRINTER.
THE enclosed I took out of a Dublin news paper, entitled the Public Register; or, Freeman's Journal, No. 111, which I met with at the Parade Coffee-house in this city, and as it is a curiosity which few in this kingdom ever saw, I beg you will insert it in your entertaining paper, that Protestants may be led by it to bless God for the glorious light which they enjoy, and at the same time to pity their poor deluded fellow-creatures who are thus shamefully cheated of their money and reason, to say no worse, by a set of—what shall I call them? persons who make a gain of godliness, &c. A Hater of Priestcraft.
Bath, June 12.
To the Committee for conducting the Free-Press.
GENTLEMEN,
The enclosed is a copy of a paper sold by the Popish Clergy (on account of the Jubilee) at one guinea each, in this city, by permission, and approved of by the Pope, the original being signed by him.
Dublin, May 22, 1770.
HIBERNICUS.
HOLY—JUBILEE, 1770.
THIS Revelation was made by the mouth of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, to those three Saints, viz. St. Elizabeth, St. Clare, and St. Bridget, they being desirous to know something in particular of the blessed Passion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
First, I received 30 cuffs: 2dly, when I was apprehended in the garden, I received 40 blows: 3dly, I, journeying to Annas's House, got 7 falls: 4thly, they gave me 444 blows of whips upon my shoulders: 5thly, they raised me up from the ground, by the hair of the head 330 times: 6thly, they gave me 30 blows against my teeth: 7thly, I have breathed 8888 sighs: 8thly, they drew me by my beard 35 times: 9thly, I received one mortal wound at the foot of the cross: 10thly, 666 blows they gave me when I was bound to the pillar of stone: 11th, they set a crown of thorns upon my head: 12th, they have spitted at me 63 times: 13th, the soldiers gave me 88 blows of whips: 14th, they gave me gall and vinegar to drink: 15th, when I hanged on the cross I received five mortal wounds. All men or women that will say Seven Paters, Seven Aves, and a Creed daily, in honor of the blessed Passion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, for the space of 15 years, they shall obtain 5 graces: first, they shall receive plenary indulgence and remission of their sins: 2dly, they will not suffer the pains of purgatory; 3dly, if it happen that they die before 15 years be ended, they shall obtain grace as well as if they had suffered martyrdom: 4thly, in point of death, I will not come myself alone, to receive his own soul, but also his parents, if they be in purgatory; finally, I will convert them into everlasting bliss.
This revelation hath those virtues, that who-soever shall carry it about him, shall be free from his enemies, neither will he die of any sudden death; and if there be any woman with child, that carry this revelation about her, shall feel no pain in child birth; and in whatsoever part of the house this revelation shall lye, it shall not be infected with any contagious diseases; or any other evil; and who-soever shall carry it about him, the glorious Virgin Mary will shew herself to him 40 days before his death.
H I S — —
Here the Parish Priest signs his Name.
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To the Printer.
OBSERVING in your paper of the 28th ult. the transcript from the Dublin paper of the Jubilee Revelation, &c. it brought to my mind the following incident.
Two young ladies of family, who both confessed to one spiritual Father, for some fault they had jointly committed, were enjoined the same penance, which was to wear peas in their shoes for three days. The time being expired one of them came to the other to enquire how she did, and the same time complained that her feet were very sore, the peas having almost made holes in her flesh. On hearing her story the other burst into a laugh, and told her she was very well; for (said she) "your foolish creature, I boiled mine." Yet those Ladies
were women of sense in every thing but where their religion was concerned. I heard it from their own mouths, and they really believed that wearing those peas absolved them from sin.
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CHOICE NEW Philadelphia Flour, Ship Bread, Burlington Pork, Bar Iron, Pitch, Tar, and Turpentine.
Also, a few Barrels of Muscovado SUGAR, Just imported, and to be Sold by
John Evans,
At his Store on the Long-Wharfe.
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Just Publish'd, and Sold at the Printing-Office,
An Elegiac Poem,
On the Death of that celebrated Divine, and eminent Servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend GEORGE WHITEFIELD.
By Phillis, a Servant Girl of 17 Years of Age, belonging to Mr. J. Wheatly of Boston: She has been but nine Years in this Country from Africa. In this extraordinary Piece, is a Condolatory Address to His truly noble Benefactress, the worthy & pious Lady HUNTINGDON, and the Orphan Children in Georgia; who, with many Thousands, are left, by the Death of this great Man, to lament the Loss of a Father, Friend and Benefactor.
He leaves this earth for Heaven's unmeasur'd height: And worlds unknown, receive him from our sight; There WHITEFIELD wings, with rapid course his way, And sails to Zion, through vast seas of day.
This excellent Piece ought to be preserved for two good Reasons, first, in Remembrance of that great and good Man, Mr. Whitefield, and second on Account of its being wrote by a Native of Africa, and yet would have done Honor to a Pope or Shakespeare.
THOSE Persons who are still delinquent in discharging their Arrears for this Paper, and for Advertisements, &c. and have been repeatedly call'd upon from Time to Time, are desir'd to comply with so reasonable a Request, as a Sum of Money must be immediately raised to pay for Paper, to carry on the Business.
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St. GEORGE'S
STONE LIME
To be sold at Mills's Wharfe, by Samuel Bowles. — Also may be had a Variety of English and West India Goods, and an assortment of ready made Cloaths at his shop near the Post-Office in Portsmouth, all the above Articles will be Sold cheap for Cash.
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Dartmouth College
In HANOVER, Oct. 11. 1770.
WHEREAS a Meeting of the Honorable Corporation of Dartmouth College, was appointed to be on this Day, in this Place, but by some Means the Advertisement of the same, which was sent to be published in the New Hampshire GAZETTE miscarried, which makes another Appointment necessary:
THESE are therefore to NOTIFY all concerned, that a Meeting of said Corporation is now appointed to be held at the House of Mr. Wyman, Innholder in Keene, on Monday the 22d Inst. at Nine o'Clock in the Forenoon. By ELEAZER WHEELLOCK, President of said College.
WANTED the following, viz.
Fifteen Pair of WOOD DUCKS, Four Pair of WILD GEESE, Three Pair of FLYING SQUIRRELS, Three Dozen of the smallest Size Tetraptins or fresh Water TURTLES, for which a good PRICE will be given. — Enquire at the Printers.
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WHEREAS at a legal Meeting
of the Proprietors of CONWAY, held at Portsmouth, in June 1769, there was a Tax of Fifteen Shillings, Lawful Money, voted to be raised on each original Right in said Conway; These are therefore to Notify said Proprietors to pay the aforesaid Tax to me the Subscriber at Concord, between this and the last Tuesday in November 1770, otherwise their Lands will be Advertised for Sale.
JOSEPH EASTMAN, Collector.
Just Publish'd
And Sold at the Printing-Office,
The Character of
The late worthy, pious, learned and Reverend George Whitefield,
Printed on one side of a sheet of Paper, properly put in mourning, with a Coffin and the Names of the Bearers, placed on each side of it---worthy a place in every House.
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Just publish'd, Price six Coppers,
And Sold at the Printing-Office,
A Hymn composed by the Rev.
Mr. WHITEFIELD, and intended to be sung over his Corps, if he had died in England, by a Number of Orphans; together with some Verses on the Death of that great Man.
[ Gilmantown. ]
PURSUANT to a PETITION of a Number of the Proprietors of GILMANTOWN, in the Province of New Hampshire, desiring me to warn a Meeting of the Proprietors of said Town, to sit on the following Particulars, viz. 1. To chuse a Moderator. 2. To chuse a Committee to settle the Proprietors Accounts with all former Committees, and all others to whom the Proprietors are Indebted, and to empower said Committee to receive all the Money and Securities for Money, that shall be found in their Hands belonging to said Proprietry; and to empower said Committee to pay and discharge all the Proprietors Debts, in such Way and Manner as the Proprietors shall judge most proper. 3. To chuse a Committee to receive of Doctor Josiah Gilman, late Proprietors Clerk, all the Proprietors Books of Records, Plans and Papers, belonging to said Proprietors, and give him a Receipt therefor, and deliver them to Joseph Badger, Esq. the present Clerk, and take a Receipt for the same. 4. To chuse a Committee to lay out the two Governors Shares in said Town; and to give the Committee Directions where and in what Manner to lay out the same: I HEREBY NOTIFY all the Proprietors of said Gilmantown, to meet at the House of Mr. Orlando Weed, in said Gilmantown, on Tuesday the 6th Day of November next, at One of the Clock in the Afternoon, then and there to act on the Premises.
Dated at Gilman. Joseph Badger, Pres. Clk. town, aforesaid, October 5th. 1770.
TO BE SOLD,
A Convenient Dwelling House, with one Acre and a Quarter of Land, with a good Barn thereon, conveniently situated for a Trader or Tradesman, in Berwick, about a Quarter of a Mile from the Landing, formerly the Estate of Mr. Nathan Prentiss, deceased; for further Particulars Enquire of Mr. Nahum Marshall, or the Rev. Jacob Foster, at said Berwick.
STOLEN and carried off from
The PASTURE of Joseph Storer, adjoining the Country Road, in the Second Parish in Wells, on the Night of the 4th Inst. a dark brown Horse, seven Years old, about 12 Hands high, short legg'd, strong built, broad over the Breast, Roman Nose, with a Blaze on his Forehead, another on his Nose, mostly on the left Side, his Hind Feet and Ankles white, bow legg'd behind, carries his Head very high, trots well, paces but a little, a small Split in one of his Fore Hoofs: Whoever will apprehend the Thief that he may be brought to Justice, and return said Horse to me the Subscriber, or Enoch Clarke, Esq. Innholder in Greenland, shall have SIX DOLLARS Reward, or that will bring said Horse, shall have THREE DOLLARS, and all necessary Charges paid by me, JOSEPH STORER. Wells, October 5th: 1770.
Good Encouragement will be
given for a number of Settlers on the Officers Grants, Bounding on the Northwest side of Conway. The Road leading from the upper CO'S to Wolfesborough, now clearing, goes directly through said Lands. For further Particulars Enquire of — Mc. Mullin, Esq. of Pennicook, Philip Bailey or Vere Royse of Portsmouth. Portmouth, October 12th 1770
PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, October 3 1770
NOTICE is hereby given, That the COURT of APPEALS will not sit at the usual Time, namely on the Ninth Day of this Instant October; but will (from that Day) be adjourn'd 'till Tuesday the sixth Day of November next; then to dispatch such Business as may at that Time be pending in said Court; and all concern'd may govern their Affairs accordingly. Per Order, THEODORE ATKINSON, Sec.
A NOTE of HAND was taken
up on Friday the 5th Inst. of between three and four Pounds Lawful Money Value. — The Owner may have it again by applying to the Printers.