The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-03-24


baue rccei4'ea vay y5iItsd aqd yaaicioas Iltsy,
j;cas tie rc,bfts.g'e es&7niHtcJ ~ EY.g.H Of RI
rsie6bOmIsg coi,nics particularly fbe,c a. Ns1v-
3or&, Ne7gport end F,'0gi6snce, en- ne I4bje7 Of
efa5LjGs9g new aad coniituuolal POI, anAPgf-
OGc1, throughout Eazl& 4i14y.ea infead Of
inconEhently encouraging AID Importing
parliamentary eyqa5kjGmmt, i6at bafb ben tie
foundation Or and precedent f5r a Stamp-Aa, a
declararory law for binding the colonies in all
| cafes whatoever Tea duty, and Ofber az
feMpts 10 extOu oar m9Aey jiom rs, and infringe an
our rights and Prfvileget. qbe importance Of The
dsfga,tbs ekgibihy Of tie Plan, and TIE prebrey
efeo-obrafing qTtb cur byabreR on tbs eyaade en-
ferb,yJE, Jeans 10 be ID naivayalr aekr0gohdCafby
TIE inhabitants Of tbiJ fO7va and 1agb6oWbsod,
| tbat IL is xof dcNbfed bit Jlneb nealses will he
adopted kythe friends of their country, the quar-
diar5 Of Cur Liberties, az qpiR efft74alS a4)lUr
TIE P~pgF, IafiJG The Jgf expectation Of orr
| patriotic eOnut,yam, 70 fbe j0ntb7eard, and be a
means Of fre4gfbemMg tie growing union Of The
colonies, qVbgeb o0y freedom and baBbinoG e9fa-
tiaiJ depends and qvbieb ii is The qvib Of eur eae-
ME, TO d1iyy, qvbo are roaV ese7iag their atmgR
snGsavOurs 10 DIVIDE, thar iby may TlR4AN-
H ME.
NE bear that Mr.. Goddard bwbafs )cttixg om
for Salem, Nelvbmy, and Portiacnfb, in a Jfzv
days, in order 10 lay tie plan fer eqabk,Ging con-
RifRtioAai Offices fbrongb0m the colonies, before
tbembabtanfs ettbote great commercial foam, and
feJ5iiat their immediate .aDJfance Jor hef wtb~-
0acs Of The important GgJtgH, in qvbieb be mgq I'M
don6tedlly receiUe TIE cbeatM aid Of eVay IfgGbk
| elear-Egbfed md real jan Of Eb1ly.
1 Orders are received from the Earl of Dart
mouth to prevent the pafing any more bills for
/ Some Of the reiolutions and proceedings at
Bolton, aganit landing the EAT India compa-
Il ny's tea, alto the accounted exhibiting and
burning the efigy in New York, are publiihed
in the London papers.
II Capt Howard Ellen, in a hip from London,
is arrived at Virginia, having on board five
tons of halfpence.
Emrad of a hrfer from London, Dec 90, I77A.
" The people here, who are friends to Anne
RIGA, approve much Of your merchants conduit
reipeaing the ;ea, which you expected from
Il London, and are in great hopes that it will be
ali ient back"
ExfratF Of a letter from a gentleman bqlfzger, on
II lizard Jqoob, jain EVaaJ, mater, bound fran
II Rbods-IlandfO Jamaica, dated 9wk5-L7and,
II February 20, I774.
" In going through the paAage yeRerday,
we diicovered man of war in the road, and
boat in the ofing, having eight armed men
in her ihe boarded US, who Informed it was
the Savage nooP Of wars boat, and demanded
the Captains papers, who readily delivered
them After much abuie and i'll language
from the dirty officer, he ordered the noop to
tow the boat up to Turks Hand. The Cap
tain and anumber Of gentlemen and ladies, pal.
ienpers on board, reafoned and expohulated
with the officer upon the hardihip and incon-
veniency of the delay, as one of the ladies was
very near her time, &C. which produced nothing
bur icurrilous language the man rhey ordered
to the helm was forced therefom by the
Il Captain the officer then ordered his men in
the boat to FIRE upon thofe on the quarterback,
which they inaantly obeycd, and ihot Mr.. Fin
later, a gentleman planter on the inand Of
II Jamaica, through the body. The loop they
brought into the road, and the Captain and
mate detainedon board the Savage all night,
but the next day were releajed and permitted
to proceed on their voyage. The furgeon
drefed Mr.. Finlater's wound, and behaved
with polireneis but it is doubtful whether he
will recover"
We learn from Turk S illand, that ichooner
belonging to Salem, in her paiiagc from the
windward ilands, took up boat with white
u perlons and negroes in her; and that when
4 they were about leagues from the illand, was
j boarded by a cutter belonging to the Savage
man of war, and carried into port, where the
/ Captain of the ichooner attempted to fell part
of the negroes to pay the falvage for taking
them up, &c. but the officers ofthe Savage held
a court upon the Captain Of the fchooner, and
! tried him for FELONY, as though he had aolen
the negroes but were Obliged to acquit him !:
however they took the negroes from him, in
order, as was fuPPofed, to convert them to their
/ own uie