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Imported in iundry yeG.ls lately arrived
from England, by
S MIT Fl & AT KINS SON,
And now opening at their fore,
In Kipg-Sreet, Bottom, 90
n LARGE and very general
IA Allotment of PIECE GOODS,
fuitable for the Spring Trade, which would
be equally tedious and unnecshary to enu-
merate here, thrie Goods have been pur-
chafed on the bef terms, and will be fold,
by Wholsfale only. at fueh yates as may
encourage all retailers in town and eoun-
try, as we'll ,hofe who nfualIy import their
goods, as others, to apply for fuch articles
as may be nesdful to compleat their abort.
ments, there being. at all leafons at the a.
bove fore, a great variety of Piece Goods.
Due encouragement will be given to thoIs
who, pay ready money. <
N. B Gun. Powder, Engiifh Sail Duck,
Connecticut Beef, &c.,PO fash KET-
TIES caf at Salisbury, from the beH
MOUNTAIN ore. =
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EBENEzER sTORER, in
- forms bis cuRomers that he has juR
.impotted, in Captain Caef from London.
An afortment of goods fuitable for the iea-
ION, which he lels as pfual at the lowe&
rate at his fore in Union Street.
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T o. M o K K O w,
At TEN in the morning

At I EN- in the morning,
Will be lold BY PUBLIC VENDUE at
the Auction Room in Queen freet,
4 Great variety of E1oufhold
N Furniture, viz. Chefs of Draws,
Bureaus, Delks, mahogany and walnut
dining fables, breakfast Tables, Sconces,
pier and chimney GlaiIes, feather Beds and
Bedfeads, mahogany and walrut frame
Chairs, barrattcen and leather bottoms, a
fuit of red and white furniture check Cur
tains for four poA BedRead, with three
window Curtains to fuit,- -one fuit of
erimlon hauatteen ditto, great variety OF
glals, china and fone Ware, fomc Plate,
kitchen Furniture, Sc.
|. A new genteeI SULKEY with Harness.
J. RUSSELL, Auefionesr.
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B U T r E R.

ITO be fold, a few frkins of
= Choice BU TIER. Enquire Of
JANE; THWING, near divers. Dock.
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CUSPECTED to be Stolen out
y ola Militia Officers HouGe within
Mouth paR Silk Sa(h, which il offered for
Sale, or otherwife difcovsred, it il deGred
it may be Stopped, and Notice given 60
the Printer hereof
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Cor the Benefit of the lnlurers.)
On TUESDAY next,
At ONE O'clock.

WIN be fold BY PUBLIC VENDUE, at
the Bunch Of Grapes in King Suest,
FIFTEEN tons Of damaged
Hemp, faved out of the Lydia, Capt.
iaod, Mater.
&C. The Hemp may be viewed at Mr. Bar
sck's Ropewaik, any time before the fale.
/ J. RUSSELL, Auction esr.
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I772.
To be. S O l. y. by
JONATHAN DAVIS at

UT .INIV .bNV 70 at
y Store on Buifs What, Wet Ind
New England Rum by the iIogl6rad .,
rel, Indian Corn by Retail OF Wholee,
a,lo' about one huodred hogiheads OF cha
Turks ln4nd Salt.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-02-13

JUST IMPORTED, and
To be fold cheap for CASH, BY
Joseph P A L NJ E K,
A, his fore in King -freee, Bottom,
a GOOD adortment OF Scots
"A Handkerchiefs, Iriih Linens, brown
and white Sheeting, Houfewife Linen, Dow
las, Runia Linen, Onaburgs, Tickling burgs'
Broad Cloths, Shaloons, German SeTges'
CocheRer Baize, Lambikins, few tAthIon-
able Silks, few hogtheads of Brlltol Beer'
and iome other articles. Allo, SPermace'
Candies, as ulual.
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THIS is to give Notice to the

lilo Is 70 give NotlCe 70 the
Il Public, that there is large Tract of
good Land to be given off in Lots, from one
Hundred to Thoufand Acres per Family
upon the Efates or Lordlhips of Berthier,
and New York, the property of the HonourA
abe Captain James Cuthbert, Eiq; lying on
the North Wet fde of the River St. Law
renee, Province of Quebec, difant from that
City forty-hx Leagues, from three Rivers
fifteen, from Montreal fifteen, and about
the fame dfiance from Lake Champlain,
where the River from faid Lake, empties it
felf into ST. Lawrence, oppofite to faid Efates.
The Conditions are, viz. The Lands to
be given off forever The Quit-rents at the
rate of two Bulhes and half of Wheat, and
one Spaniih Dollar, per hundred Acres,
per Annum, with the cufomary alienation
Fines upon a Sale, and the frf two years
free ofrents.
Any Perfon, or Perfons, that inclines to
take up any of faid Lands, may apply to Mr..
Stephen Tuttle, Land Surveyor at Fort Mil
Ter, in the County of Albany or to the Proc,
prietor at hisManor of Berthier, who willin
form them of the quality and htuation of the
laid Tracts They are efeemed among the
beft Lands in the Province, for rafting all
forts of Grain, and hath already, fettled on
them, above fix hundred Families, There i,
alto good Filming and Hunting) and theLands
now propofed to be given off, lies about two
Leagues back from the River St. Lawrence.
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Imported in the Taft Ships from LONDON, BY
CYRUS BALD w N,

And fold at the loweR rates by Wholefaie
and Retail, at his Store near the Town
Houfe, in CornhilI, Bottom;
CCARLET, crimlon, and other
- coloured Broad CIoaths Of all prices,
Foreft Cloths, German Serges, Kerfeys,
Beaver-Coatings, Lambskins, Ratteens,
Baizes, Flannel. A fine Allotment of
Shoe, Coat and Quality Bindings Eng
liih Shoes, Clogs and Goloihoes; Engilh
Solts. Irifh Linens of all widths and prices.
A good AHortment of Hofery, Mems and
Women's Pompadore and other coloured
Leather Gloves Scotch Carpets and Car
psting, with other articles too many to be
enumerated in an advertisement of this
kind. AT the fame place may be had,
Choice Narrsganlet Cheele, Furkin But
sc. sc.
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\ LII PerGons that are indebted

a
"A to, or have any demands upon the e.
fate of ONEsIpHoRUs TILEsToN, late OF
Bottom, Z "a; deceafed, are defired to bring in
their accounts to THOMAS iILESToN, iole
administrator on fad eitAtc, in order for pee
dy fett'ement
N. B. Lumber of all Kinds fold
as ufual airo large Quantity Of Window
Frames and Saihes for s by 10 and 7 BY 9
Glais Number of choice Doors, 8 and b
PAnneIs, wrought on both fides, from Inch
and a Quarter TO two Inch and a Quarter
thick, made Of good Stuff and well ieaioned,
having beer put together two Years. Alto
to be Let, a Gundioo and Fackle-talI CT
fundry forts by THOMAS TILEsToN.
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GsmUaI Pei Office NerU- York, Nov. 1, I77I.
NOTICE is hereby given, that

Nv on account of tae new Regulation of
the Poit to Canada, which is to arrive every
Tuefday evening at this Office and the
weekly poR from the Eaiwaid and South
ward, arriving every "Wednesday the mail
going from hence by the packet, will for the
future, be clofed at twelve O'Clock at night,
ON the firft "Wednesday in every month, (be-
ing the fame time it cloles at the general
poft. Office in London for America) and a
packet dispatched herewith the next day for
Falmouth. By command of the Deputy
Poft Mafer-GenerAl.
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GOODS extremely CHEAP,
S O l. D by
10 II N N A Il r 0,

M bis @op The corner Of !94een-Rrest, appetite
the Torsn- Hogfe, FIR CASH only,
Where confant attendance will be given.
RROAD Cloatbs, raffeens, ker-
~ Jfys, baIctb:cks, lamI&ins, e0afirgs,
btavfrs, torfa ci'fbs, P'iped drifts, mil1sd
fannels, baizes, Veiverrfh and OeiUffS,
breaches pieces, @allS'ns, fammie5, durAnfs,
taLi0maneosy, eamblsf5, furniture checks, CAM
briekj, iqwns, fswsdRI6i, briHOnt', Pep-
Inns, dorlstesns, dursys, 6rsaUboys, ebsekI,
hi6 linens, msn's and sOamea'S katbfr glovsj,
ana mitt5, glazed linen, bHekrOms, flks AID
muffin gauzt, figured and plain Jaftin5, RIB
biGtk plain ditto, aIamodt5, fgnFd mads5,
PeyIidn5, layjsets, Scotch latUns figured and
piair. Renting bandkrebistf with and with
ont b0rdsrs, fg0ed laUOns, (Npr0n Uiafb)
Eribsd csttoas, bed ticks, bad hunts, utn' s and
uomfn', beE; linen handkerchief Vs'y
band,5mf battvm; momtn's fix gloUsf and
mifts, jfsUiTg /ilk5, ribbons, fix trritJ, qua
lines, J6Os ana coat binding, tapes, milliaer'i
needies, 6ic. &c. sc.
N B. Garnet neeklacs5, French bsfdJ,
psarLs necklaces, Frencb heed and purple ear
rings SOnebOng and Hyfan tea common gar
mi beedJ, sc. sc.
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4 LII Perfons having any de-

4 n mands on the eaate of DIR. SAMUEL
WHEAT, late of Bottom, decealed, are here
by dcfired to bring in their accounts to Han
nah Wheat, of Newton, Executrix, Alexan-
der Sheppard, of faid Newton, or to William
Wheat, of Bottom, her attornies, in order for
an immediate retirement. And all perlons
indebted to laid eitate are, ONCE MORE ! de-
fired to pay their balances to either the a
bove, as they may expect otherwiie to be fu-
ed at the inferior Court 10 be holden in
CharIefown in March next, without any
further notice
~ Said HANNAH WHEAT, having
fuitable accommodations, wonld be glad to
take Boarders, either Gentlemen or Ladies,
who are Eck and like to retire into the coun-
try for the benefit of their health.
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q Ii Perfons having any De-
n mands on the Eitate OF JOHN Pay
SON, late of Roxbury, decealej, are de-
fired to bring in their Accounts in order
for Settlement; and thole who are in
debted to Caid ERate are deGred to pay inn
mediately.
STEPHEN PAYSON, Administrator.
Roxtury, January 18th, I77l.
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B o o K S.
10 II N L A N @ D 0 N,
AT the New Book and Stationary Store, op-
polite the Pof- Office in Cornhil, Bottom,
Has jui received from LONDON,
A Large and fine Allotment of the mott
Modern B 0 0 Ks,
In all branches of Literature, Arts and Sci
ences, which will be fold Remarkably Cheap
for the cath /;
Among which are the following, viz.
HENRY on the Bible, s Vol.
l. Il folio. Ditto on Prayer. Ditto on the
Sacrament.
Mrs. Macaulay's HiRory of England Vol.
Monteiquieu Spirit of Law, 2Vol.
UniverfaI Hihory, 70 Vol.
SCHOOL BOOKS of every kind.
With variety of the newell and beff
Books in LAW, PHYSlCK, HISTORY,
and the CLASSlCKS.
BIBLES of all forts, viz. Large Church
Bibles, Folio, Family, Quarto, Octave, Mi
Mon and Pocket ditto, by the Dozen, or Jingle.
Lkewife, large and compleat aiiortment
ofSTATIONARY, Accompt- Books Of all
forts, Paper of all forts and fizes, Ink Powder,
Quiils, Sealing AK and Waters, Preis-Pa-
per, fome Of hyperion fort to any ever i'm
ported, sc. &c. &c.
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& Ii Perfons, who have any de-
1 \ mando on the eitate of MARY
STORER, late of Bottom, deceafed, are de-
fired TO bring in theit accounts to EBENE-
FER STORER, Administrator on faid e
fate, in order TO icttement.
Said STORER has for fale, an
excellent pair of Horfes, and Curricle with
Harnt lcs, sc. compeat. ALTO, choice Mar
raganfet Chcefe, and Dorchetter Ale, with a
general AiIortment of ENGLISH GOODS,
cheap for caih.
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MANCHESTER GOODS.

Black cloth and claret coloured cotton,
velvet, an aGortment of :, : and yard wide
linnen, couon and linnen Check, dyed
and white jeans, pillow ditto, ! ell furni-
ture check, large printed cotton Haudker-
chiefs, checked lnnen ditto, Bedlicks, very
fine white dimity, firiped cotton Hollands,
black and light coloured Thickfe,ts,
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A WOMAN, about thirty years
"A of age, that can be well recommend
ed, and is willing to go into the country and
live in a family, to do any kind of work,
may hear of place by enquiIing of the
Printer.
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BOST TON: Printed by ISAIAH THOMAS,

1 BY
sc
Ms
n& III M%yR Rdh
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ST. / Nj ORTE Ed,
And to be fold BY wholefae or retail,
Extremely. Cheap for Csih, by
JOSHUA BLANCHARD, Jun.
A, his Shop over BLANCHARD'S Wine
Cellar, Dock Square, Bottom,
CHOICE Chefhire Cheeies,
NGIoceiter ditto, Bohea and Hyfon Tea,
Engldh Loaf Sugar, double and treble re6n-
ed ditto, Nutmegs, Cloves, Mace, Cinna-
mon, Pepper, Ginger, Curaats and Pruants,
BeR Durham MlRa,d 10 pound, half and
quater pound Bottles, beif Florence Oil in
uncommon large FIaks, Brimfone, AL um,
Copperas, Salt Petre, Split Pesfe, Is and l8
Inch I'd Pipes, large Bowl Hunters ditto,
Painters OH and colours, Leaf Gold, Sieve
Bottoms, No. 4 and 4 Pins, Engiih Sole
Leather, Ofnsburgs, Ravens Duck, Gun
Powder in half Barrels and quarter Barrels,
Shot of all SIZES, Bar Lead, large ana
FINAL States, Playing Cards; neat alIors-
'ment Of cream coloured and gIafs ware, few
ing Irvine, &c. LSiO,
Brown Sugars Of various forts, Coffee,
Cocoa, Chocolate, Cotton, Indigo, Snuff,
Redwood, Logwood, new Flour, choice
Dumb Filth, sc.
N B. All forts of Wines, Wet India
and New England Rum, Brandy, Jamaica
Spirits, &c. fold at the above(aid Cellar as
ufual.
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HUR SD A Y October s.
b q 8 II O NJ.

AT the training on Tueiday atCambridge,
a young man, panied Richardfon, belonging
10 the artillery company, having . number Of
Cartridges, sc. in his pocket they BY fome
means took FIRE, which hurt him in 70 terri
bic manner that his life is defpaired Of.
Capt. Thomas, from whaling voyage,
in lat. Al. s N. long. 81. 40. poke with the
ihip Ssmpfop, Henry Coupar, commander,
from New York bound for London, on the
3Ift of AuguR laR, all well on board. And
on the 1osh of September laR, fpoke with
the ehooner Friendfhip, Thomas Ve5ier,
matter, FIVE days out from This port, bound
for Newfoundland, all well on board.
ARRIVED here. Davis from Turks-n-
lands; Reed from Newczftle Pote from
BriioI --- from whaling - De-
vis from Turks LANDS !, Cords from Cape
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THE Subscriber informs the

THE Subscriber informs the
l. gentlemen and ladies' IN town, that
he propofes TO open anENGLlSH GRAM
MAR SCHOOL for the inRrudion of
youth, in houfe adjoining TO the Treafuer's
Office now improved by Mr.. Greeneaf.
From eight o'clock to eleven ia the morn
ing, and from two TO FIVE in the afternoon,
hewill teach reading and Englith grammar !;
and from eleven to twelve IN the morning,
and from FIVE to fix in the afternoon, will
teach writing, arithmetic, Englifh grammar,
logic, competition and elegantlener writing
on builnels, Friendihip, &c. Price fifteen
lhilling per quarter. No FIRE money nor en-
trance Will be required.
AS many gentlemen have recommended
fuch a fchool, as being much wanted in the
town, and encourages the fubic iber to open
one, he hopes for the double fatisfaefion of
promoting the public interef and his own.
. AS hs'has fpent many years 10 teaching
youth, he spprehends, by the application OF
the Eules which he has collected from obier-
bSaIie0 and experience, he Can learn children
q EeA&ih leE than half the time they com
monty. pend in learning |; and in fhort
Aifsie -corea bad pronunciation, which
they often contrqa, and. if not early correct
ed becomes habitual, and is a Iaiing ble-
min 20 their reading or difcoutic.
/ The Knowledge of Engllh grammar, logic
and competition, is 70 eiTsntialin education,
that no perfon can make any figure in the
lettered world without il therefore il mutt
be a great advantage to all who have not had
a polite education, to acquire thoGe parts OF
leaning. Young matters and mffss who
are arrived to years of understanding, may
acquire fuffcient knowledge in grammar
and competition in Mort time.
Gentlemen and ladies', whoincline to fend
their children TO the fchoo above mentioned,
are defired to engage them fooh, and leave
their names with the fubfcriber at his lodg-
ings, Mrs. HoIbrook's, near the common.
o SEPH w A r D.
Bsasn, Ol7sbfr S. i772.
N. B. AS a number of children have
been engaged Gnce writing the above, the
ichooT will be opened next Monday.
- If fuficienf number ihoud offer, for
an evening fchool, to be infrueed 10 any of
the abose mentioned branches Of learning,
the fchool will be kept Monday and Wednef
day Evenings.
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Letters from Libon, by. the laf mail,
FAY, that the EngIiih nrsfchanrs reiiding
there, aie treated in 70 contemrtuous a
manner BY the Potuguefe. thar many Of
them are preParlngto leave the place.
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-" w.X. and Jaadry sfbsr piea1s, Ike.
sUijt Jsm<fareigs and ds1tj7ie iattiEgeutt, and
a aEmbfr IF advert fwfzts, uEf BE- sHittsd FL.
ESast Of fsaw.
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DNES.D AY, Oaober 7,
B o S O N.
INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON, Angnf =.

Letter from Paris, dat
ed July 81, fsys,
" Mont. Pereire who
employed himfelf ma
ny years about the
art of teaching deaf
and dumb perfons to
fpeak, and it muf be
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neighbour 10 ,he cave Of death, where he
Jaw the wretch OF wreiches carefully lay
thigh Of newly murdered lad down upon a
ltoue, and then pickle it with fat. Shock
ed at this inhuman fcene, the man initant.y
attehed the fact of which he had been an oc-
cular wtnefs, to neighbouting magiitrate,
who Immediately had the canIbal brought
before him, when the maleiaGior, OF his hit
examination, conftned the truth, and decar-
ed he had murdered, of young and Old, no
lefs than hf;een-He was len!enced 10 be
broke upon the wheel alive"
LONDON, September 3. They write from
Lerwick, in Shetland, that the hiaery this
leafon has been beyond the mott ianguIne
expectations, the Dutch having cleared by
the article of White heuings only, above ten
millions ner ing 70 that allowing one
twentieth part to the revenuc, the govern
ment has gained 500, ocol
We hear that II is in contemplation with
little truly patriotic committee to build,
in convenient parts Of the town, ovens for
baking the bread made of American -four,
with Chops adjoining, where the poor may
puTchaie il on eaiy erms.
We are credibly info. med that Ave men
of war arc now fitting Gu; as reinforcement
for the feet on the Jamaica fation.
Letters from CoGca infolm, that the du.
ties laid on all Eng,iih goods imported into
that ifand, are 70 high that they almolt a
mount TO prohibition.
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w K ID N < 5 d A 7, October 28.
3 O s L O N.

Tuefday lait as Mr.. David Newell, fhip-
wright, was carrying piece of timber, 1T
fell on his leg and broke The core TO piece
the dwelling houie of Mr.. Gideon
Granger, of Sufield, was lately confum-
ed by FIRE, with all his Furniture, books,
closthing, sc.
MARRIED. Mr.. William Whi,wclI,
merchant, to Ms. Mary Tyler, widow
OF the late honorable Royal Tyler, Eiq;
dcesaled.-At Worceiter, Ebentzer Brao-
tifh, Eiq; to Mifs Hannah Paine, only
daughter OF the hon. Timothy Paine, Efq;
DIED Mrs. Jenkins, wife of Capt. Da-
Vd Jenkins-At Halifax, in Nova Scotia,
the Hon Benjamin Green, EGq; one of his
Majefy's Council, and feseral times Com
manier in Chief ofthat prov.nce.-At Bar
bados, his Excellencv Governor Spry.
WILLIAMSBURG, tNrgiui0] O7e. {.
The Elizabeth, Rankin, and Peter, Lang,
from Gla(gow, are arrived in Jamts Ri
yer. A few leagues off the Capes, about
day-break, Aoop from St. Chriftopbers,
bound TO Philadelphia, ran foul of Capt.
Lang, carrying away her own bowlprit,
and did him comfortable damage but the
people in the Aoop were 10 alarmed, that
th=y jumped on board Capt. Lang, leaving
behind only two imall negro boys, who
were aAsep below. AS there was great
fea, and it blew hard, Capt. Lang did not
think it fate. to put about for the loop,
which had all her fails fanding the laA
time they faw her. The crew were land
ed at Norfolk, and the matter hired vefIels
to go in queff of the one he had deferted
in which, beiides Wef-India produce,
there were eight hundred half Joes.
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S A T u ID A Y, October "a.
B Q S T Q N.

His Excellency the Governor with the
advice of his Majehy's council has been
pIeafed to appoint Thuhday the third OF
December next to be appointed as day OF
General Thanksgiving.
The Honorable William Samuel John
fon, Elq; is appointed one Of the Judges OF
the Superior Court in Connecticut.
Captain Jarvis, is arrived at London, from
this port.
His ExcelIency Sir Ralph Payne, Cover
nor of Antigua, sc. iiTued proclamation
for folemn fail throughout the faid lAand,
on the 10th of September, on account Of
the late dreadful hurricane there, to render
thanks to Almighty GOD for their great
deliverance, and to depricate the inAietion
of any further miieries from the divine VEN
geance.
The Governor of Pennfylvania has ifTued
proclamation letting forth the difrei1es of
the I0ands in the Wet Indies, and recon-
mencing to the merchants ard traders eipeci-
ally to give immediate afifance to the af-
Aicfed inhabitants by tending vefels with
provfons.
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For the MAssAcHUsRTTs SPY.
Eriend THOMAS.


n generally amufe myielf in the e.
IA vening with peru6ng thy entertaining
paper, happened to hit on the aft dying
ipeech of +. B. which made no fmaIl i'm
Preifion OF my mind, at the time read the
diimal narrative of life 70 filled with horror
and guilt.
1t ieemed to me almoR impofiiblc that hu-
man nature fhould be 70 totally abandoned
to the feelings of common humanity--as a
wing, my indignation was RATED to pitch
that am almoh aihamed TO mention.
curled the man in my heart hope the
Lord will forgive me FOR it, Especially as
am taught in the iacred volume of divine
truth, to do good to them thar eviIly defpite
me /; out human nature, alas, is frail, which
thou, as well as myfeIf perhaps hath expert
enced mole than once: In the courfe of nv
reading, my mind was not little imprshed,
! exclaimed, good heavens Is it pohibIe
man was born to be fave am made
and modelled in the image ofmy maker, and
am therefore upon footing with the 6rlf
monarch in the univerie This friend Tho
mas, Is the language Of thy valuable papsr
in general, and from hence elfeem and re-
fpea ee.-The aforegoing thoughts firucIz
into my mind 70 forciably that il deprived
me of a few hours ref, but at length balmy
ileep interpreted and produced the following
dream.
Methought in a jaunt towards Remington
Common with halt dozen boon compani-
ons, | efpied large multitude of people be-
fore me, this naturally engaged my Curioufi-
ty, and gave fpur to my heels, which loon
brought me into the center of the rabble-
upon enquiry | underRood profefsd wings
was juf on the verge of being tucked up
Good heavens and earth cryed !, is it poG-
fib'e wing fhould merit the fate of hal
ter twill hear what the man has got TO
fay for himGelf; and accordingly placed my
felf upon fpot where could hear every
word he uttered diitinetly his lat words are
70 ftroDgIy fixed on my memory that the
public may ref anured that The following
ipeech is really genuine, VIZ.