The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1774-04-22

tree in canoe, and ON their return itopt 10 MI
between Cattle William and Dorcheiter-Bay
bur meeting with no fuccei, in endeavourine
to ho;it up the killick they overiet the caeoe
whereby one Of them, an apprentice TO Mr.Ge-
yer. Stone Cutter at the iouth end, about Io
years Of age; was unfortunately drowned 5 hs
others were iaved by boat tkatwas gong &c
the Cattle; who took them off from the bottom
of the canoe, TO which'thcy had htld oil they
were almoa ipent.
Lait Monday ie'nnight about eight o'clock,
young man paAing towards fore-ftreet, through
the boarded alley, was fuddenly attacked by
two men; fuppoied TO be Iriih; who aiked who
came there The young man aniwered, .
friend they Immediately feized him BY each
arm; and one of them drew out an uncommon
long knife, and faid, ifyou do not deliver what
YOU have cot, viii run you thro' he replied,
do what you will, viii not deliver any thing.
the other took very large club he had before
concealed, and with one or two blows in the
head knocked him down, they then kicked him
in ieveral parts of his body and ran off, leav-
ing him much bruiled, and very bloody on the
ground, where he lay near half an hour al
mott fenfeleis. .,
We hear fem Penobfcct River, that Majoi
Moors's houfe took FIRE ON the night following
the z6th of February lat, and was intirely con-
fumed with all his provifons and chief of his
furniture his lois is computed to be about Ave
hundred pounds.
Lar Tueiaay evening we had very evere thunder form
accompanied with lightning, which truck the houis Of
Mr.. Enoch Brown, the Neck, but we do not learn Of
auv great damage done thereby.
We hear thst the gentlemen who went PafengeFs with
Captain Ha from this place. to London, all examined
before Lord DARTMOUTH respecting the deartcA Of the
EaR-India cOmPany's tea.
This day arrived, Captain Symmes from London.
Captain White failed with Captain Symmes, for this
Port, from London, Captain Caef week before him.
75s msrnisg arrived fbs Tanav g01p Of sUsr fro~
Novfb-carohaa.
Fxtraa ola letter from Norfolk, Virginia.
" A few days ago arrived here the brig
Abby, Captain Herbert, from London, by
whom we learn, that the fate of the Eait-India
Company's Tea at Bottom had reached England
iome time before his departure, but did NOT
make that llir as was at 6ra expected. There
have been ieveral meetings Of the company to
conEder in what manner they fhall proceed with
refpea to this molly affair, the refult of which
il is imagined, viii be the taking Of the duty
lately impofed on the aboveiaid article. We
alto learn thar the Tower Of London caught
fire by Tome accident, about the beginning OF
January q, which confirmed fome coniidera-
bic part Oft, as ALTO two or three houics that
were at LITTLE diRance therefrom--Luckily the
FIRE, Through the activity of the people, did
not reach the ammunition, if it had, great
part ofLondon mutt inevitably have periihed.
And that on Saturday the 18th Of January lat,
Lord Townihend, Sir Jefery Amherf, and
Sir Charles Frederick, went to the Tower,
viewed the place where the fire happened, and
exprefed their anger at large quantity OF
powder being clandetinely lodged in the cellar
of one of the houies, as it might have been at
tended with the mott dangerous consequences.
Lord Townfhend ordered ieveral new ciGerns,
fire cocks and buckets, to be fixed in different
parts of the Tower, to be in readineis to inP-
blythe engines, ifa like accidentfhould happen
Iikcwiie that the Stationer's ihop Mould be re-
moved from the White Tower, as it was dan
gerous to keep 70 large quantity Of paper
near the Magazine. Lord Townihend men
toned the great Improperly of having but one
entrance into the Tower, and propoied build
ine another Drawbridge from the Devils Bat
tefy to Irongate; as, hould FIRE happen at
the preient entrance, it would be imPoaible
eitherto convey engines to it, or for the inha-
bitants to eicape."
DIED. Mr.. Thomas Chapnan.-Mrs.
Thankful Jepion, Wife Of Mr.. Jepion.-
Rev. Hull Abott, of CharleRswn.---MiG
Elizabeth NeweIl.-Mr. Chceieman.----
Captain Samuel Snow.-At Beverly Mrs.
Deborah Duty.--At Newbury-Port, Major
Tofhua CoRin.--Mrs. Butler, Widow Of the
late Captain Butler.--At Nottingham, the
Widow Smith.--At Barbados, Mr.. Elliha
Thayer, Son of Ebenezer Thayer, Efq; Of
Braiassse---4Ak Cambridge, Deacon Samuel
Sparhawk.