The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-08-20
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his Excellency the Governor was pealeo 10
nominate Nathaniel Perkins, Efq; James
LLOYD, EGq; and Thomas Bulhnch, Elq' to
he Iuftices of the Peace for the county OF
Suffolk. To which nominations his Maze
Avs Council did advile and content.
Mr.. Jonathan Lanborn of PIeTiontown
owns a COW that has brought him ieven
calves in lefs than two years, viz. at one time
two. in lels than year after three, and in
leGs than another year two more.
Lieut.. Duddinghon, late commander OF
the Gafpec armed fchooner, which was
lately. defttoyed in Providence river, and
him(elt much wounded in the groin, was
removed on the 18th ult. by Capt Linzee
from Brenton's Neck on board his ihIp'
upon account of report among the ma
rines. who were ihore to guard him, that
the inhabitants of Newport intended to
raiCe a mob and take him out of Mr.. bren-
toms houle and murder him and notwlth-
itanding Mr.. Brenton told them there was
not the leaR danger, and would pledge
himfef and all he had for Mr.. budding
ffon's fafety yet, to keep up the fHrfifAi
fear, and to bring further odium nponLord
Hill(borough's legal eOlOny of Rhode Hand
they perGted in carrying him on board the
Beaver.
MARLBOROUGH, Aagaf s. William
Scot was taken up on4ufpicion OF ftealing
FLYER Tank ard and Can fromMr. Henry
Abbot, and on examination before ma
citrate, confshed the fame, and was COM
mitted TO the goal inConcord.-He appears
to be a young pale faced man, OF good
education, bright genius and quick wit,
and ready lively invention whites agood
hand, and (ss he fays) be has been CLERK
TO the exchequer, and was brought up a
muficion to play on heBanoon, &c. >" Ii is
probable he is one of thofe creatures OF the
Commiiioners which fwarm in the fea- port
towns, and has ftrayed away into the in
land parts, fill puIIuiug the fame thing,
bur in different channei--lt is remarka-
be how they incorporate with the clergy,
for not long fince one of thefe yermln went
10 a minifer on fAbbath morning and eat
b,cakfaft with him, and after attended
prayers in the Rudy, and while the Prieit
was fpeaking tor eternal riches, the poor
-plmp was feekiDg temporal wealth, which
he found, took, and carried away, conff-
mo of feveral Gold and Stone Rings,
which perhaps he thought were luperAuous
furniture for a Rudy, but on viewing them
afterwards found peoples names engraved
ON them, 70 he fent them back again to
the parton by one of his Parifhioncrs."
4 SALEM, AEggR 4. Soon after the
Commitment of SarahGoldthwait to prilon
in May Taft, on Su(plcion Of numbering
her baffard Child, one Abigail Rhodes, of
LYNN, a Refitent in the fame Houfe with
her, was m flag on which the Woods,
Swamps, sc. were fsarched by Hundreds
of People, in order to find her, but to no
Effect. After about two Months Ablence,
lar rhurfday fe'nnight, her Remains, with
the Cloathing which he ufualy wore,
were difcovered in Swamp adjacent to
where fhe lived, little remaining but her
Bones, her Flelh bsing moitly confirmed.
The verdict of the Jury of lnqueft, FUN
moned on the Occsiion, was, that fhe
came by her Death in manner unknown.
II is very Rrong!y and generally iuiPeeted
that this poor Woman was murdered the
Reafons for which Sufpicion, as we have
heard related, are That fhe is fuPpofed
to have been knowing to the Death of
she baaard child above mentioned and
therefore was put out of the Way that fhe
might not appear as an Evidence in that
Af:ur nat though fhe was 70 weak and
/, 6,D as 70 be able 60 walk hrs very feeb-