The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-09-22
7 II u R S d A Y, September ~.
3 O 6 II O NJ

ID " " N.
At meeting of the feehoders of this town, yeerday,
at Faneuil- Hail. the following gentlemen were shoen to
rePeent them in the General Aliemby to be held the
sth day of October, viz.
The Hon. Thomas Cuning, Eil;
Mr.. Samuel Adams,
The Hon. John Hancock, Eiq;
William Phillips, Eiq;
The meeting lands adjourned this day o'clock p. M.
Lalt Monday Capt. Jonathan Gyeessaf, unanimously
eholen to rcpent the town of NewburyPor in general
court.
Mr.. Jabrs Fiber is unanimously ehoen to reprefsnt the
town OF Wrenham.
We have papers and letters by Capt. Scott to the z7th
Of July, by which informed, that Governor Hutch
nions representation of the fate of affairs very
pleahng TO the minRs, who led expect payment
of the tea, and fubmon to- and Acquelence in the late
Acts of the Bith Parliament, by the enGhp and zeal
OF the addeisn Governor Hutchnion, who have been
eprefened majority of the ofProperty and oonfe
quenee in this town-that the operation othc Bottom Port
A6 would greatly Contribute 10 bring il about, the
chants in England ID the friends of Government in Bottom
not being much injured by that neaure, but only the Wet
Indatrsdersw had been always 0awlng for non-impo
aton of Brth goods, which ways effected their own
radethat non-impotation agreement would not be APP
proved of by the other colonies, and mutt prove aborye in
hshat in eonequence Of thec approximations, and not
having heard of the non-conumpton covenant, the m
port of which will rike them like thunder eap-arge
quantities Of goods pt and hppng for the colonies
that the unOane Of the people account Of the Quebec
bill had iubhded, and the dke and oppoon OF the
manufacturers the meaiures of administration great
increang as well the number Of able writers in
Four, but that the colonies mutt notwithstanding expect
Nrance from their great opprelon by their own forth
rude bnd wlom and the honour and uice of nation
eSt and vtisel in amoa every part, Whole feelings,
Ith-r than their Understandings NUT be applied tothat
the troubles Of Europe far from being eompoed-and
the eaouy of mniary with repe0 the mealures Of the
new administration in France mu operate in favour of
this affronted and dtrefed people.
The inhabitants of this province, ard Of this town in
particular, ougb. to be informed, that that dirty Scotch
pedler, John Mein formerly yendcr of books and pre-
fesdsd Printer, in this town, employs his whole time IN
anng and writing the mott audaeious liehooa eololred
with the greate feuniy again this and province.
His ncubrations appear every day in the London Public
Ledger IL is iaid Government has iettcd ialaHy of
zool per this Thane, no doubt with view to
hrport him in eArching the records Of C,EbF re, to find
language fit for his purpoi, and adapting il to the good
people of MaIaehufctts-Bay.
Our worthy brethren in the country may be aured, that
ome of the mott intelligent, aabe and civil OF thetroops,
row quartered in this capital daily make executions into
our country towns in dgE, where they mix with all r
of people, prompting the ak9tve TO tell all b knO70, and
the weak and immoral to tell much Now Ieereey
is the charaeec of enemies, 70 opennei and frank
nefs, is peculiar to honet hulbandmen When fbe
fyey therefore, are SPiEs in the land fbs latter ought
4 to he refereed, and UPON THEIR GUARD. n q0~d 10
THE WISE.
correspondent informs us, that in travelling three
hundred miles in NewEngand, he has not feen one Perop
who gave the ea the late yranncal mea
fes Of parliament bur the contrary, the people in
every part Of the country prepared TO meet the lat ef
forts of tyranny and determined ipend all their ea
| fue and their blood in defence Of their rights"
An old waniorin the counuy5 has conuted machine
for fighting, which he Jays, for eloie attack, IS much u-
peror bayone, any other nunient ever yer IN uie
The art Of war the universal udy all animated with
the hshef ardour for liberty, and, aVe my country,
4 beaver is the unverfa prayer.
| Exfras7 ofd letter os gsHfman in B1ddesr, in Con-
neETieHi, 10 bis fimd in Bslsn, dated Sept Is 1874.
embrace this opportunity to aequalnt you, that the
town of Hartford, has bicrbed about Ifco buihes OF
pran to proceed TO Bottom week, and the town Of
Middleton has fubicrbed about tie fame quantity the
! towns Of Remington and Mdde-Hadden have each OF
them fubfcrbed 400 buis the whole of which you may
expect in Bottom month"; for the Industrious poor, &c.
The m alarm has enaged the people greatly about twenty
thouand were preparing, and oe of them already marched
for your relief and pelume in five days there would be
eighty thoufand men sii you, which is more than
C,eat-3ritain can 4tggdsm divdsd Ggaise hlf
1 eazHof fdrd.-
great number Of hands are now employed in erecting
Barracks on the Common for The troops there sneamPed
Lat Week the at the batteries back OF governor
/ i1and were removed by orderof the General.
Wedne(ay lah the Rev. Mr. David Oigood, was ordained
1 .paftor Of the church at Medford.
We cannot learn by the lzft adyses from Philadelphia,
that any part of the proceedings Of the grand Conges OF
the colonies convened there had aned except that the
ereateit harmony and unanimty fulfilled among them
and their having agreed that the mode of voting Mould
i Be that each lhould have one voice.
We hear collections are making in the eyers towns in
the colony of RhOdeIand, for the fuerng inhabitants
here Il is iaid fifty hundred dollars already RATED in
| the town of Newport and that the honorable JohuA
Bsbeoek, Eq; of Weely has senerouy fubieribed one
L hundred dollars for the like PurpoIe
Tn. Newpsrr Gazette of ia Monday fsys, that sc the
/ alarm which went through the country z Saturday and
yeerday fe'nnight, reached NewYOrk on Monday, and
n had not the accounts beer oon cOnsGed il very Ger
4 tain there would have been 90 10000 men 10 arms
Il near Poffon in days. not fome torie1 infsmou
intimate, for the PuPos Of rebellion but IN 0s'enee o.
II AL that is valuable, den, holy, and nered"