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o'clock afternoon, t<Nary Ston
Mr.. Stavers's houfe ifFS ~ Bottom,
nineteen minutes and fias.A
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EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
JOHN BARNEVELT I.

WARSAW, [Cdpif0l Of Poland Nov 4
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[NUMB. IS.

ton are taken away, you will ak what fe-
curly have we then agalnf the opPTeihon OF
aGoyernor The aniwer is obVious,the law
and the contribution are your fecurlty, il he
departs from them, there is power iupcrlCr
to him, TO which he is accountable tor bis
male administration, This IS all the fedfets
which can coniitt with the nature of iub-
ordinate government.
No fate of government is perfeei, If we
have all that perfection which the fate we
are in will admit CT, we have no Teaion to
complain. Indeed we have no reafon to-
fear redrefs from any oPpieion. 80 tender
has been our mott gracious Sovereign OF the
rights of his fuhie6s, that although lhould
humbly hope for royal forgiveness in cafe of
inattention TO Tome point of no great I'M
portance which might affect the Pierogativc
vet may not expect the forgiveness OF any
wilfuI invalion Of your liberties.
If when you declare that the aflemblies
ever fince the charter have made an adequate
provilion for the luppoIt OF the Governor
you intend provGon iursble to the dignity
of his fia,ion, and no: merely fuch as in !hs,
judgment of the Hou(e the particular merits
of the Governor might require, YOU will nor
be abe to maintain your aftrton on the
contrary il evidently appears that in h.me
niiances the iupport OF the Governor has
been DELAYED until he has'compied with the
meafuIes of the Anrmbly and in others de-
faications have been made from il, IN oidcr
TO ,ffe6t the fame Purpoie.
Ii you bad known the proviiion made for
the luppoIt Of the Governor TO have been,
at il probably was, in conlequence of the
advice OF his Msjefy's privy Council, you
would not have declared that fuch advice
was grounded upon tal(e information, or
proceeded from temper inimical to his
MaieGy and to the people Of this province.
After thus declaring my opinion Of your
proceedings and giving you my reafons in
lupport of fuch opinion, you will not expees
hat fhould make my application TO his
Msjefy, agreeable to one Of your reiolvcs
and to your mtiiage by your committee, to
allow me to receive my whole fupport from
this government. Your Votes or Receives
/ mutt uanfmit to be laid before his Ma
jefty.
| have had repeated occafon TO make my
humble application that the doIngs OF the
Houie of Representatives may be confidercd
in tie mof favourable light.
will do the fame upon this oocziion,
from my perfonal knowledge Of the MAORI
~ of the members Of The Houie who vo.ed
| for the acceptance of ibis repoT, ! am well
| afured they have not dore it fiCm hniiter
views and purpofes, but that they have been
induced to form an erroneous opinion of The
rights and powers of The leveral branches Of
the legillzture. with that this may palate
what it is not in my power TO jaitfy OF sx-
cule. j. HO CRIMSON.
Prsvince He1yf, "a JAb. I77z.
Aztec reading the Meiiage Mr.. secretary
acquainted the Houle that HIS Exceliency
directed their attendance forthwith in the
! Council Chamber he Houie attending
accordingly his Exce'lencys afent was
& ned to twenty fix bills, (ihs titles OF
which are in the l4f page.)
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To be SOLD at

JOHN WINTHROP Store,
OppoGte the Eaa End OF + aneuil.Hal,
n FEW Chefs OF FlorenceOIL
"A of a very hyperion Qlaity Olives,
Philadelphia Flour, Bar Iron, Englih Loaf
Suger, CordAge, bcf LONDON Potter, and 9
few P.Pes Of Gerling Madeira Wine. Alios
A few Barrels of excellent
T Y r p Z n ] ! N E,
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a. IL perfons indebted to the eff

4 IL perfons indebted to the ef-.
n tate Of JOHN GoULD, Efq; late of
Bottom, Merchant deceafed, are deiired to
make immediate payment to THOMAS
Brown, Attorney to SARAH TRoUrREcK.
Gole Extcutrix to the Taft Will and Tefta-
ment of the deceafed And all who have
demands upon laid Eaate are deiired 70
bring them in to faid Attorney,in Older to .
fpeedy Gettlement. 49,.
4 = The Difilling Bufnefs is Giil
carried on, and all the cuffom rs Of the de-
ceafed are invited to apply or fend for what
Rum &c. they may want oceahonallY,
as they may depend upon being fuPplied
upon the beft terms, and with as much cze
and diipafeh a, formerly.
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VXTHEREAS,- about the latter

w end of Taft March, Seven IRON
POTS, without any directions, were put
on board the ichooner Ptrnix, RcBrN-
SON CROCHET, matter. bound for Cafco.
BAY, and as no owner has ever applied for
shem either here or at Caico- Bay, it is
fdpPo.ed they were put on boarc BY milf
take And on Augult lat SIX Bots Of
RUSSIA DUCK. were put on board fad
vsffel, in the lame manner as the above.
The owners Of the above mentioned ar
t,cles, are dsfred TO Apply to faid msfer,
on board faid fchooner, now. lying az the
Mbi-Cfeek, 6y which means they may
have their POTS and DUCK again, prov
ing their property, and paying charges.
, BsRan, September Ioy I772.
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is, as it is ulually applied, and however little
is meant BY it, you may believe me when !
FAY, that am UPON MY Honour, one of
your greateR admirers.
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September II.

place, where they wait for the arrival of the
Forces from North. America, and then were
to proceed TO lupprels the lnfureefion Of
the indians there.
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ven; he was taken i'll very fuddenly and
died in about FIVE minutes.-At HaverhiIl,
James NJ Hard, f q; one of his majefy's
juaices of the peace for the county OF
EGex. At Salem, deacon James Ruck.-
Mr.. Nathaniel Archer, cooper.--At Graf
ton, Mr., Nathan 'Goodell, fon of NJ. Jo-
feph GoodeI who returning from we'd
ding, late the evening before, is fuppofsd to
have rode leveral miles after he was in the
agonies of death YET ihiehiible of deaths
approaches, till in his laa moments, by
bitter cry he figni6ed, that he was going,
and Immediately expired. Providence,
Mifs Hannah OIney, daughter of Mr.. Ri
chard Oiney.-Mifs Sulannah Jacklon,
daughter of the late Stephen Jaekion, ENq;
AT Killingly, Capt. Siias Hutchins.-At
Salem Mrs. Sufannah Mafon, Relief of
Mr.. David Malon late of Bottom pphol-
feTer, dsceafed.
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From nbs NORTH BRITON.

We miniiters ! who every hour
Il Exert your arbitrary power
Tell me what difference there can be
'rwixt tyraht king, and minifry.
In the detsfed Stuart's reign,
One tyrant was the WORT; g
But now wejualy may complain,
Were with hundred cuff
But itlli deipotick crew beware;
Remember Stuart 1ain
One tyrant was too much to bear;
Shall then hundred reign I
What hear ye not the general cry !
The universal groan,
That, wing'd with curfes, cleaves the fky,
And flakes our monarch's throne.
Blind to your fate, where are your eyes
Ye (Ffsad EgbHdcrew
What fee you not the fcaffold rife,
And ryburn wait for you
Oh ] foon may vengeance with your blood
To freedom eonfecrate the wood /!
Each Briton then fhal take part,
And wear the reflex near his heart. ~
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I U Z ) ID A Y, June 80.

We hear that the honouroble board OF
commifioners have appointed Capt. Wilt
am Rhoades of this town, to be guager and
weigher for the Port of Charlefown,
South. Carolina.
ExfrO6 Of a letter Jrom a gentleman in Ian
dan, dated zb,I IA, I772.
/" This day hath produced the defeat Of
Lord Rochford's petition for the Delaware
iaands, which mentioned to you in my laii
To my great aRonlfhment, this morning the
Attorney General, after having fpoke Tome
time to the petition, informed the Lords,
that his LordihIp had hgui6ed his deiire to
him Of not proiecuting that matter any far
Their, not deiiring to, folici., or receive the
Kings favour, TO the detrinient of number
Of people, who have been long fetted. This
may be very agreeable piece of intelligence
to the concerned, as it was to me who am
not in,erefed in it.further than my regard to
truth influences rae. Something (hould be
done by all Illnd owners jointly, 10 prevent
the event OF any fuch meslures in future
which may be contrived to rob them of their
proper ~ unjuffly.
MARRIED at Marlborough Mr. Ze-
phaniah Briggs, Merchant, to Mis- Mar
garrett Lambert. third daughter of Thomas
Lambert, Efq; late Of Relding, deceafed.
( DIED ] MIR. Edward Ed wards Mrs.
Mary Randall, wife of Capt. Randall -
At bingham, MIR. Samuel Gil Ms.
Mercy Whinen AT Cambridge, Mr.. lie
nsihy Futile, Jun. belonging to New-Hs
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gu,ges, iignihss a magiftrate with as many
different degrees of power, as there arc
Kingdoms in the world and he can have
no power but what is given him by law
yea, sven The Inprtms, or kgjg.fiVt posVrr ii
bound, BY The rules Of fqnity, TO g0Urn BY LatV'
eaat7sd, and pubiiy6sd IN due tenn far s0bGi
is not hgal is arbitrary. ~
q. How comes il that thofe, who en-
deavour to deftroy the authority and inde-
pendence of any of the branches of the le-
gifature, fubvert' the contribution ! ~
A. BY the Fundamental laws OF the con-
fitution, the free content and mutual CON
cuuence Of the three members is necehary,
to the making of law: therefore if tbe
eonjSnt Of any of The three is tUiIfuiy omitted
OF oLfafned BY terror or corruption, the legi-
failure is violated and inffead of three
there may be really and efsaualIy but sas
branch Of the Legislature. = =
Q Can't thou illuhrate this by an ex-
ample g.
A. The royal authority, and that of
the houfe of peers, were both deifroyed BY
the houfe of commons, and by a final part
of that, in the late civil war 70 that the
very form of government was annihilated.
.. Can you g We me an inffance, where
the form OF government may be kept, and
yet the contribution deftroyed :
A. Yes. 1 he forms OF the free go
Vernment of Rome were preGrved under
the arbitrary government of tire emperors.
There was fenate, conluls, aud trlbunes
of the people; as one might FAY king, lords
and commons and yet the govelL ment un-
Ger the emperors was always deipotic, and
often tyrannical and indeed 7bs wUH
of oil gSvs,nmf1t' IS tyranny lanS7ifsd BY the
APPEARANCE Of 'LaV.
q BY what means fell that great peo-
pie into this fate Of AAvery!
A. have read the Roman hiRory, and
by what can judge, it was by fae7iOn, cor
Tnptsn and )fandiag armies.
Q: All 'thofs things might happen to
Romans but did svsr any parliament q ibis
aation givs up fbs Thirty Of ih psspit?
A. Yes. A packed parliament, in RE
chards the fecond's time, efabliihsd by a
law the kings arbitrary power, and WIN
leave to name commiiiion with parliamfnE
tary authority. ParIiaments in Henry Ne
eighth's time were flaves TO his pafions, and
one gave the king q Legislative authority.
And there are many ia60neeT d p0yEamtnti
making dang0sRi Gsps tOscards The lsqrEtlioa
Of the liberty Of The people.
Q. Who were the Englifh monarchs,
who were mott indulgent 10 the liberties Of
the people
A. The great king Alfred, who decla-
red that the Engllh nation was as free as
the thoughts of man the glorious mon
arche, Edwards the 6rR, Edward the third,
and Henry the fifth, VINO would not let his
| people fwear to him Till he had an oppoI-
tunity of fwearing to them, at his core
nation. And the immortal queen Eliza
beth, who declared 1t by law high treafon,
during her life, and premunire afterwards,
to deny the power of parliament in limiting
and binding the defcent, or inheritance OF
the crown, or the claim to il.
ITo Be continued.
Il
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T II U SD A Y, July I.
B O S 7 o N.

| We are Informed, that the lNDrAws
in &C The only loyal colony" RHODE Handy
have rtfwkrd ike a deg TO his vomif, and
Jsy TO Der vailssUing in "a. mii'f i is faid.
that two Cuifom-houfe, officers at New
port, went on board an inward bound ysf-
Eel from the Wett-lndies, and were pretty
bufy, in their nay, when unluckily fome OF
theie Savage, came on board. bound the
Cufom- houfe officers, and BACKED them,
then udoaded the veiiel, and after whipping
their prifoners fct them at lbsrty. i.
Qucre, WbHber eight or ten rtgimrnfr,
andfx. or mere jaR Of tie line, MAY nor J0'r
be tspet1edn gutK (aeb daring (if il had
been in Bottom rrbeLiSa ! I !
We hear that there is great likelihood OF
being but very fnall crops of wheat in the
weftern and fouthern PROVINCES.
We hear the following alter is to be
made with refpra to the Amy in America,
viz, at Quebec 9Th or Kings regiment, and
AFT or Royal North Brltilh ; at Montreal
10th at Three Rivers and Lower Potts
sad at Det.oit and the upper potts roh |;
at New York two regiments of Fuzileers
and at Jamaica two battAllions Doth, or
Royal Americans.
We hear the fmal-pox is very rife at
New London. "
By a gentleman arrived from Wal
terford in Ireland in eight weeks we learnt
that the oifurbances inlreand were almoft
lubGded.
The public may be aGured upon the
beit authority, that the petition lately pre-
tented to.his Msjeiy for an American Biz
ihop was rejected il having been conf
dered, in is tue light. as the deiire or few
meddIing priefs, and nor OF the people.
The perton who is iuppofed to have coia-
mtted the murder, near Col. Wllliams's
IRON works, at Stockbridge, was feen with
him inNew- Canaan and Richmond the lat
ter end of May Taft he had with him a
fmal pack, tied up in > handkerchief, which
ne carried hal.ging down bis back on an
ax-helve. He is large bodied man, with !
fandy coloured hair, and is luppoled to bel
High Dutchman. (
Nav YORK, 3sss as. We hear fromi
BIookhaven, tnat on Thudday night. taft
about midnight, barn belonging TO Mr.
Samuel Davis of that place, was Uncovered
to be all in flames. 70 that the fire could
not be extingulilied till the barn was
burntto the ground. I he perfons who af-
fembled on this location, perceived a.
nothet barn to be on FIRE at both ends,
but az the fire had been but lately kinded
It was foon fupprtHrd and while they
were about it,they perceived third bsfn,at
little further d ftance to be alto on 6.e,
| which they luppreGsd. Thefe fires were
luppofed to have been dsGgneoly kindled |
Oy runaway Negro, who had belonged to
Mr.. Davis.
CHARLEsTowN, South Carolina June IS.
The fxth lection of the circuit Court act,
which gives power to the Judges to deter
mide certain Gates IN a lummarY way, is
much the fubjea of eohvsriatIon at pre-
fent.
RICE, four pounds ten fhiIlings the
100 Id
The mention made in our lait, of Capt.
Stevens's arriving from London was owing
to wong information, it fhould have been
Capt. Elwell from falmouth.
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The newell
.LADELPHIA

SILADELPHIA FLOUR,
n [ IKJAe and Superhne alto Cotton
sWQ@E, &c. sc. to be fold upon the
m6it Reafonabe Terms, by
u A NJ E S S w A N,
AT the Store lately improved BY Mr..
James Blake, and next 60 M EIlisGray's,
leading down to Treats and spears
Wharfs. -
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To be SOLD at
JOHN WINTHROP's Store,
OppeGtc she EAT End otFaneui Hal,
a. FEW Cafks of Florence OIL
IA of a very hyperion Quality Olives,
Philadelphia Flour, Bar Iron, Englih Loaf
Sugar, Cordage, beff London Porter, and a
few Pipes of itering Madeira Wine.
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To SELL, or LET,
a GOOD Brick S u G A R
N HOUSE, at the North pat of
o. the Town, with the Pan and Cooler
and all other Utsnfs for carrying on the
Sugar Bakers Buiinefs.
Enquire of the Printer.
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with black name and tai, jaime in one of her
fore feet or fhouders. Whoever will take
up faid Mare and bring her, or give infor-
nation, 70 az thar the owner may have her
again, fhall receive rWO DOLLARS,
and all necefary charges paid.
N. B. A SADDLE was taken the fame
night from the widow SARAH CHASE,
with the Crooper nail'd to it +; and Chair
Birdie from JosePH AMEs, with ten
yards of Tow and Linen Coth, fuppoled
to be carried off with faid Mare.
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WTnebendsn, MAJ 6, I772'

Mr.. THOMAS,
n S your paper is kind of buIwark to
~ the liberties of this injured country,
am encouraged to fend the following icIIp'
to you, and pray you to publih it tofth"I'h'
TIE powers of that diaboiical court OF aunt
rally have reached US in this wilderness. A
neighbour in clearing field, has cut pine
tree which food as a nuhance, and was rot,
ten at heart for this proceis liiued agalntt
him for penalty of TOOL. fteIling, &c. he
was obliged to give bail in 6o. fteTling tor
his appearance at faid court next tuefday and
unleis he can have Gome relief he mutt lnfal-
IDLY be ruined. His farm the produce OF his
honeft ndufry will go, and probably he be-
come Tenant, and fave to an undeTftrap-
per of the prelent administration. Ii ieems
TO be part of the plan, and what the min
ilfry are determined to purfue at all events,
to reduce this fine country to lordihlps, and
then we fhall Guffer al the opPrefiions exer-
cited upon the unhappy people of Ireland.
with my countrymen could once be routed
to fee their danger and upon what Precarious
terms they hold their lands. After they have
purchaled the ffubborn foil, and by much la
bour and experice turned the wilderness into
fruitful field, and began to enjoy the fruits
of their labour, the vineyard IS coveted and
the happy pofeGor by fOme pretence or other
turned out of poHeGion. A patent is procu-
red from Tryon, or The unhappy owner for
feits his farm by cutting rotten tree though
purchafed with his money, and no referve
made of il in his deed. To give the pubic
fome clear idea Of the dangerous deiign form
ed to reduce landholders 10 the fate of ten
nants, have ient you the Connecticut Cour-
ant of April 18th. laR, and deiire you to pub
lilh the alarming account from the irt page.
hope lome of your correspondents will ami
madyer upon it in lome future paper.
am Sir, jour humble fervant,
A FARMER.
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rb.l!rsa sfmtn than t is TO be feared they
60. To intimate that t,effbinksr, fpeak-
er and writer, is an enemy to 'tIigioH5 Pri-
vieges, in an ab(urdity too grols to be pal,
fed upon any perlon in the leAit acquainted
with mankind The objection TO theie
perfons is their enmity to all crseds, artl'
cies of faith, &C. excepting thole funda-
mental petitions Acknowledged by all men,
that Ged is and is the rswGrdtr of all thcie
that diligently feek him; and that 1t IS our
duty and bsft intereh, heartily to conlPlre
with his mott graeiens dsfgn, r. + PRO
MOTION OF HE WELL BEING
of svUy LIVING THING ! From
psrfous feriouny difpofed TO act up to this
mott plain and ample RULE of (Seial, tiOil
and ,thgiSus life, little is to be feared be-
iides an expofure Of the impofture OF thoie
cummin tything, phylaeery wearing, rob
bers of widows houtes, who to cover their
deteRabe viIIainies, can fand at the co.,
ners of the freets, and mock the Deity
with their abominable prayers
De r E c T o R.
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From ID, CoNNEcr1cUr CouRANr.
A FARMER

From fbs CONNECTICUT CoURANT.
"OVERNOR Tyon of New York,
Ne having exhibited a proclamation in
the New-York Mercury, in which he very
injuriouAy charges the inhabitants in gene
"a, now dwelling on the land formerly grant
ed under the great Zeal of the province of
New Hamplh:re, of being riotous, dforder-
Iy, fiimulating faction &c. And particular
ly alfirms in the words following, I" That
they daily commit acts of violence, openly
bid defiance to the authority of government,
by oppoing the execution Of every Legal pro-
cels". This is avery home and exteniive
charge on faid inhabitants and, if true,
might iuRify Governor Tryon in executing
that fevere punilhment which in his procla-
nation, he threatens to laid inhabitants, ex-
cept they demean themielves as good and
faithful fuhieas Of New. York. Now in
order that the public may be able to judge
whether the laid inhabitants are guilty of
Governor TrYon's faid accuiaiion or not, it
will be requfite that the truth OF the facts be
laid before the public, which are as follows.
The inhabitants zffJrelaid have had petition
which theLsrds of trade and plantations have
alteady come to refoIution upon, and agreed
TO report to his M4jeay and Council. that
the fAld Inhabitants lhould hold the fee of the
land, but that the juriIditton lhal remain
in N=w-York. The royal deciGon is not
yet made manifeR. When il is known it
will be the end of controversy. The falaci.
Gus policy made ufe of in New York, to OBJ.
tain the ju'ildi6tion, has given great umbrag
to the laid inhabitants. The Workers fen
ipies through the country, and BY one pre-
tence OF other, found cut the names Of th
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Count Romanzow by that General and a
Miniffer, plenipotentiary from the Grand
Seignior, both duly authorized for that
purpofe By their reflective courts and
that afterwards the Ottoman Minifer, diff
Patcted eouIiers to al the seHIt in friend
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EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

rived here this mo-
men,, with advice
that the preliminaries
of peace betweenRuf-
fra and the Porte had
iuh been fettled and
fgned at the army Of
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M o N D A Y, June s!
p q 6 T o NJ.

On the 24th of May at Night John
Clarke and James Daniels, Pnfoners for
Theft, &c. broke out of the Goal in New
port, Rhode Hand.
We hear from Milton, that on the gift
tilt. in the Afternoon, in the Time of Pub
lie Worfhip, Gold Watch was ftolen out
of the Houfc of His Excelency the Cover
nor /; forne Trolling Fellows being feen to
PATS BY, were Aopt, and the Watch found
they were committed to Goal in this Town,
and are the fame that broke out of New
port Goal laft Week. ,...l-
LAT Saturday Capt. Cazneau failed for
London, in whom went Pahenger Mr.
Edmund Quincy Of Straightforward.
We heat from Kennebeck, that on or a.
bout the 1sth ult. three men being in a ca-
noe, fome difference happened between two
Of them, viz: Solomon Goodwin and David
Wilton, the former truck The other on his,
head with the edge of an Oar, and Knocked
him overheard, whereby he was drowned
Goodwin has fince sbfconded. The body
of Wilton was taken up and buried on the
a7th. -. 80 4. 49,.
Laa Thuifdsy his Msj-Ry King George
III. entered the Ssh year Of bis age : On
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From the PkNNsYLvANfA GAZETTE.
To The PRINTERS.

To the PRINTERS.
Gail County, Aa,,iand, May IL, f77z:
+ HAVE often been aftohiihed at seadlng
the Bottom News, having generally in
it very extraordinary occurrences, of acci-
dents and providence, &c. among which acts
of providence; they tell us OF one on the i,d
of April lait, viz. that the wife of MIR. Stet-
fon; of Biaintree; was delivered Of her fourth
pair of Twins, and two Grgle births within
eight years--.----I fuppofe that was COM
municated to the. public, in order to agran-
dize Mr.. Stetfon's ability and character, and
more Especially as gentleman of that place.
And if il becomes practicable, that fuch
Feats be communicated to the public, |
think with no Iefs propriety may inform
the pubic, that the wife Of Richard Dobfon,
near the head of Elk, was delivered Of Ave
children in fifteen months, three tti1 born
children, and at another birth Twins. And
of eentewoman, near Whiteclay.creck,
New-CaaIe county, who was delivered OF
four live born children at one birth, and in
twenty months after of Twins. Thefe two
matters are real facts and unIefs the gen.
tIemen Of Bottom and the Northward, can
out "trip us here of the Southwark, beg
they may not cram the Newspapers with
fuch uncomfortable matter. .....-.