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Iter huinkil aVcut Us way up, and one
>hole mW doth in the lee of the fame
fail, bad about thirty men on board, and a
boat; which vessel, as soon as the
appeared, made (ail to-
Ward* her, and, when (he cattie within
piftol-Ihot, began firing upon her with
tiaht carriage guns, and allo with fWivds
loaded With grape (hot and balls about four
br fix pounds weight, and With muskets,
wh : ch was continued very hot for hair an
hour, when the Matter of the Prince Er
heft, having no great guns or swivels to
make any resistance, ran the Shallops as
' hear as he possibly cou'd to the (hore,
without, (handing her, and there brought
her to an anchor,and then he and his crew
took to their boat, and got on (hore ; dur
ing which, the (aid vessel continued firing
great guns and small arms at them ; and
abrut an hour after they had got on (hore,
the boat belonging to the aforefaid vessel,
w »th ten men in her, went along fide the
Prince Ernest Shallop, cut her cable, and
ht her drive, the vessel still continued her
fire at the Shallop’s people on (hore ; and
as er the Prince Erntft had drove out about
a quarter of a mile, (he was boarded by
the people belonging to the smuggling
Vessel, whb hnifted her jib fail, ran her eff
about a league from the (hore, and after
blundering her, it isfupoofed they scuttled
her, as (he was Iren to fink about (even in
the evening of the said day. l
A largeVeffel, unknown, but supposed to
' fie the Jenny, Moffat, from Boston, New-
England, to Hull, ran on (hore on the rocks
of Scilly, in a violent storm on the 28th ult.
The (hip was dathed to pieces and every
one drowned,
Sir Jeffery Amherst is to be appointed
Lieutenant General of the Ordnance in the
room of General Conway, turned out for
Voting against the Royal Mariage-Bill.
July 24. Thirty fail of (hips are ariived
at Amsterdam from Davis’s Straits ; all of
them (except one) have ten fifh each.
July 30. Saturday arrived at her moor
ings, Blackwall, the Iflewonh Float of tim
ber from North-America. This (hip, which
is built on a new conftruflion, was the in
vention of a very ingenious genfeman of that
country ; and it is hoped will greatly tend
to the mutual advantage of Great-Britain
and her colonies, by the importation of tim
ber from the latter, in a much better manner
than heretofore. ,
Letters from Algiers, dated, June 7, fay
<* 1 he 16th of last month peace was pro
c’ameu between, our Hate and the King of
Denmaik; the article* of peace are the
fame as the former.
Advices from Dublin give a melacholy
account of a late dreadful ( fire which broke
but on the iyhjnsant at Drogheda, by
Which near half the town was destroyed.
The Duke of Glouceftcr, we are Inform
eJis preparing Jo fefout for Paris in confe
tpenceof tbe preffi fg-invitauons which his
K<iyal Highnels received from one of the
Princes of the bjood durihg his fate pdLge
ttf rough France.
We hear from Copenhagen that his
Danish, Majcfty, accompanied by prince
Frederick, was, on the 7th prtfent at the
review, of the foot guards, that the Queen
Juba Maria fat in a ba<cony to fee them
go through their fevcral evo'utions; after
which the King went to the French Come
dy, and the Queen and her son prince Fre
deruk, set off tor Frcdenckfburgh
Our amiable Queen, who is ever delight
ed in, and letting good examples,,has just
finiffied a very curious tambour waittc oat,
for the prince of Wales.-— .
Augujl 3. Governor Wright, of Geor
gia, we hear, fias resigned that employment,
and is 19 be fuccecded by Governor Shir'ey,
of the Bahamian, who will be luccecded by
fame gentleman sent out from Englai'de
Letters from Poland advise, that another
huge body of Austrian troops had entered
Vhat kingdom, and was in march towaids
They write from tha. the
Kiyg of Pruifia haa caused an order to be
pubhthed, prohibiting the wearing of (words
by anv people but the military.
. Letters from Berlin fay,“ our King is very
bafy in caufmg all the towns of aby import
ance in PolithPruffu to be well ganfoned
and strongly fortified. A great number of
cannon,and military stores, are-daily fending
from* tins place to the above country/’
Augiffi 4- The following intelligence
w s yciterday Morning received by a Mer
chant of this City from his Correfpondcnt
ai the Hague :
• “ At a hril Aflfembly of the Senate, Or
ders were given for the F’eet.uf fix Men of
ar lying in the Port of Harlem, to fail
with all peflibic Difpalch for the Weft-
Khlcs*”
The Kt ABSACH USE ff S S? f Fer *77«
Augujl 5; At a Meeting of the Planters,
Merchants and Captains of Ships in the
Jamaica Trade, at the London Tavern, it
was agreed that unk-fs there was an Ad
dition of 6d. the 100 Wt. to the old Freight
of 3/6 upon Sugar brought from Jamaica to
Great-Britain, the Navigation between
Great-Britain and that Island must gradual
ly diminiih. Public Notice of this is given
in the London Papers for the Satisfaction of
all Patties concerned.
The Bible is translating into the Sweed
i(h language under the mtpe6lion of a com
mittee of Theologists appointed by the Diet.
They are to have certain appointments to be
defrayed by a tax of one per cent, on church
benefices for the fir It year, and an half per
cent, after that time, till the tranflacion is
perfected. Each book 40 be printed as (con
as translated and submitted to public observ
ation.
SATURDAY, September 26.
BOSTON.
By a vessel lately arrived at New York
from the Hie of May, we learn, that on the
night of the 13th of Apri', a French India
man, from Bourdeaux, of about 400 tons,
was cast away upon that island, the veflel
entirely loft, but all the cargo saved.
The measles has proved very mortal at
Charleftown, South Carolina.
Extt ail of a Letter, dated London, July 23,
1772, to a Gentleman here.
« The Inftrudiions of your Town can
not be fufficiently admired. They (hew
a Strength of Argument, a determined Spirit
and just Principles, which must do
you Honor. —1 rejoice to fee new
Assembly is firm. You have noniing to
trust ro but Pcrfeverance, and that must
affutedly triumph at last.”
Salem, September 21. 7 bis .day h tbe
anniverjary of the Coronation of his Majejiy
King GEORGE the third. Rejoice, O
America, in the Bitflings of his ausfi
cious Reign—in which your Property is
so WISELY, JUSTLY and mercifully
taken Care ot by Courts of Admira ty ;
and in w’lich any Parts of your Estates
will tie securely and safely given into
the Hands of vour gracious Sovereign,™ his
faithful servants, whenever the COM
MON PEOPLE of Great-Britain, by
their Representative?, may be so generoujiy
disinterested as to make the Grant !
Providence, September 19. Monday
Night last some evil minded Person or Pec
fons broke the Wjndows offevetal Places
of Worship at Rehoboth. Particularly at
the Reverend Hyde’s, and the Reverend
Mn Peck’s Meeting Houfes,a great Quanti
ty of Glass was destroyed.
Charlestown [South Carolina] Augujl
24. Advices from NoJh Carolina, oi the
15th instant, inform us, that the weftcur
parts of that province are not yet brought in-,
to a date of order though the fpmi ot out
rage and violence's pictty. well subdued.
His Excellency Governor Martin has been
for some time past at Hi.lfbprongh, on the
south weft frontier, where, it is laid, he has
received a petition from the excepted regula-
it is expelled, will, on furrendcr
ing themfeives, be pardoned. His Excel
lency is indefarigably employed in restoring
peace and quiet to that part of the country-
Ihc Cape Fear Mecury ot the JU b instant
fay 3, “-in consequence of lomc initrucuons,
his Excellency our Governor has lummoo
ed a Council the Judges and Attorney Ge
ral.to meet atHd.iborough the 20th instant.”
’ Auguji 31. The calling the General
Affembiy ot this province to meet at Beau
fort, which is upwards ot seventy miles from
this town, its usual place of meeting, occasi
ons much (peculations and room tor many
conjectures; ‘”» "
TO MORORW MORNING,
At ELEV EN o’Clock,
(If luitable Weathei)
Will be Sold at.public AUGFION,
* OnGreen’s Whaiff. *
A QUANTITY of Shop SU
GARS, in Hogiheads, and Barrels,
J. RUSSELL, Auctioneer.
To be fold upon the most reasonable terms.,
at store No. 6. being the lecond trona
John Hancock, Esq; next to Mr. Ellis
Gray’s, opposite the Eaftknd of Faneuil
Ha l, and leading down to Treat’s and
Spear’s Wharves, by
JAMES SWAN, :
NEW Philadelphia FLOUR,
fine and (uperfi-e, Weft- India Rum ;
Cotton-Wool, Chocolate, Pepper/ &c. &c.
Also, Nutmeggs, Cloves, Cinnamon, Mace,
and sundry axuclcs of Crockery* Ware,
very cheap. .
For the Massachusetts SP Y.
Mr. i hoMas,
Please to publish the following, for the in
fpidion of JOHN MARSHAM.
The heir myflf of heavendefcended\t ft EE DOM
I wi/b the fame bright heritage to ALL.
Granville in Clementina.
Y M P A TH Y and compafli
on are feelings, in some
degree, common to all
JwHb mankind j and these are the
Barriers of all the
rights of nature ; for in
propotion as men can rid themselves of these
paflions, they lose the obligations they are
under to their fellow-creatures, and make
violence, rapine and oppression familiar to
them.
Men who are thus deftituteof every ten
der sentiment, and who have confcffedly a
bandoned all pretentions to humanity, can
a£l amid the feenes of blood and (laughter ;
and such are they who are the instruments of
enslaving our common biJihers in nature,
the Africans. But they, who write only in
vindication of this slavery, are actuated by
as many different motives as curiosity, in
terest and ambition can (upply them with.
Some with a desire to know what arguments
can be brought by the advocates for their
freedom ; some because the affluence and
luxury of their lives depends on their drudg
ery, and some affo to show their own pecu
liar ingenuity. The last of these I know to
be John Marfham’s a&uating principle.
To be thought learned in antiquity, he ad
duces a long chronological story, which un
happily for him has not the foaft connection
with the fubjeCl of his enquiry * And (what
will be moie mortifying to him) is altogether
falfe and erroneous. 1 mean therefore, be
fore I enter upon the merits of the question,
to (how that J. Marjham is totally mistak
en in his chronology. Though 1 confefs,
as this bears no affinity to the matter in dis
pute, I ought as a regular disputant, to pay
no regard to it ; but as he himfe'f has told
me, that the foie motive of his engaging in
this argument was a dtfite to be cftecmed
learned in ancient chronology, it is for that
reafop I would beg the indulgence of the
public, while i anjwer him Guarding to his
follyleajl be be wife, in his own conceit.
Hi| fii ft quotatiuo is from 9th of Genesis
25. 26. he cites this to prove tbat,thc curse,
uttered by Noah, ielates to “ Ham, bis se
cond son, and all his poflerity far ever."
“ Atul here 1 flatly deny it f’.aod call on
। h.m to read his Bible. The paflages he
quotes (land thus. “ And be
Canaan ; a fervanhof servants JbaU he he un
to bis brethren, *• And he said, bieffed be the
Lord of hhem j and CANNA AN jhallbe his
fervar.t." On this variation 1 (hall make
no comment untill 1 come to the merits ;
only obfefving, that if >1 have cited-these
passages right, then Marfham’s quotation is
a pervetfton of fenpture, which must be im
puted either to his ignorance of the word of
God, or to a wicked intention- of “ fighting
against it.” it is hard to fay, which of ihefe
characters he would give the preference to.
He may take which he Wflh He next fays,
that »* Canaan with his eleven grandsons
he left in the poffeflion of Ganaan, from
tbe land of Hamath even unto Gaza.” I' (up
pofe our Chronologic means from Sidon to
Gaza, fotHamath and Gaza were both one,
being the pbfl'eflion of theyoungeft of Ca
naan’s fous,the Hamatfiite, as Sidon was that
of the oldest. NewChro.of Egypt. And the
paffagehe Quotes (lands thou ; From
as thou catnefl to Get ar unto Ham
had no such a son as Adizor as our.
glfl (“PP » but as he .afterwards fays, that
this “ Mizor, fat down at Zoan pi the Ifnd
of Mizraitnf' I would. charjtab|y fuppofc, he
only mistakes the name o( Ham’s fen fm that
of the (oil: For Adizraim, son of
Noah, af.er the separation ax Babel went
down into lower (Egypt, and peopkJ both
sides of the Nile After place also
was called after iu tuundcr. ; Ncw.
Cbro. pfEgypr. . s -ci; i
Qur cbronoUgijl (for I make all his quota
tions hw own opinion) then goes pn to Cay,
that, “io Egypt Uc (viz. Ham) was long
worlhipped under the tide of Jupiter Ammon,"
So far is this from the timn, that Ammon
King of Egypt, who waaaftm wards wor (hip
ped by tbe name of Jupiter son
and successor to Amgfis } and the reaion of
his being wotfbipped, as a deity,was, because
the long and tedious war* jahtch were carri
ed on by his father Awfis and Grandfather
Mrfphragmuthofis against the (hepherds,
1 were happily and fuccefsfully ended under
I him, and the monarchy enlarged into a greet
I and excenfive Empire y and the Egyptians
disdaining to wOifirp the fame Gods with
the Shepherds, whom th*v had cm quered, ’
from that time (Lifted thir Kings ; and these
very Shepherds, whom the father hnc grand
father of Ammin had been so long fighting
against, were in all probability, the
ents of Ham and Mizraim. Ibid.
Thus I think I have (hewn that all that
parade of ancient learning, adduced by Mar
(harfi, is a mere bubble of air, and has na
foundation In fail or. truth. Which convin
ces us. of tbe truth, of Solomon’s ob
servation,/- —“ the tongue of the
ufeth knowledge »right; but the mouth of fools
poureth out foolijhnefs.” But we will not
be too severe. Let us fee whether he has
said any thing at all material. Perhaps his
whole writings are meant rather as a bur
lefqudon thefuly 61 than any vindication of i\
The Propofiuon laid down by Marfham
is in effed this, that the slavery of Negroes if
not repugnant tothe natural rights of mankind.
To have proved this, in my humble opinion,
he ought to have (hewn either that the Afn
cans have no natural rights existing, and so
could not be injured in that refped ; or if
they have any, they are of that fort,that feiz
ingonthem bv force, and fnatchit.g them,
from their country and relations,ls no violati
on of them. But instead of recurring to tbe
common feelings of men, for the proof of
natural right or wrong, he refers immediate
ly to fcripiure, and affirms It to be natural to
enslave them, because of divine injiitutien t
So that natural law, and (he precepts contain
ed in the Bible are with him one and thp
fame ; and thence (as what was Law, under
the Mosaic difpenlation, is not law -Minder
thechriftian) we may infer that what was
once naturally right, may not be so always,
contrary to the firft principle in metaphyficks,
that the laws of nature are immutable and e
lernal. But Marfham soon found that na
ture would give him no aid : And therefore'
we find him, in his fourth fedion, dirediy
contradiding what he laid down in his fe
cond,as the proposition, which he intended t®
prove. For favs he, in this 4th fedion “ con
trary to every principle of human nature, these
people are made slaves.” Now before, he
imp’iedly told us (hat he intended to| prove,
that slavery was not contrary to the natural
rights of mankind. Again in his sth fedi
on he fays, “ 1 lay it down as a fad, where
a whole people have, contrary to the commoit
notions of mankind, been bought and fold as
(laves, the cause mujl befupernatural'* K Give
him rope enough, and he will hang himfef.
Well (hen if we have driven him (or ra
(her if he has driven himfelf) from the feat
of nature, let us follow him to his dernier
refort, revelation. He fays there was a divine
curse pronounced against Ham, and his de
feendents: This we have (hewn to be a dt
red falffiood, by the fame text of scripture
which he cited to prove it; and we fay
the curffi as it is there exprtfled, has no
more relation to Ham. or any of his children
except Canaan, than it had to the inhabitants
of Moon :So that if the present Africans
are the immediate defcendents of Ham and
Majfham fays is fad, (hen (hey
aie not the people under the curse j even
(uppofing the curie was lajiing. Now for a
moment we will giant this supposition to be I
true, that the cuile was to remain forever.
Yet that it.itnotwithftanding a CRIME, to
be the instruments of this curse,! would ob
serve, that there is always a diftindion made
in revelation, between a general fiat or deter
mination of the Deity, and his injundiona
upon any partitular person or people, to per
form a particular a Li. -By this general fiat
1 mean nos<the permifiive decree to learnedly
entered into in his last publi
cation* to nd pwrpofe ualeft to seem learned.
! apprehend Divines mean,by this permissive
decree, God’s Rectffary'prefcience of all c
vents, not made known to mad’. Whereas
'by divine fiat, I mean G od’s indefinite
fore ordinatioirdf some particular events, re
vealed to man. The opposite to this is, his
will farticulaHy ope bed to some particular
person or peopli'. In this case it becomes a,
duty to pAform the will pfGod, though con
trary to dur natural notions right; in the
other it is wicked and unjujlifiable. 1 bus
wheb | rod enjoined the Ijraelites to extirpate
the people of Canaan, it became their duty
to do it, because the divine commands were
particularly laid upon them j however abhor
ent this command might be to that grand
principle in the law of nature, hurt seobody.
So alto when he commanded Abraham to
offer up his son Ijaac, it veoarehgim in him
to set about it but bad it been left indefinite,
who was to have performed it, it Would have
been unnatural.i wicked aad ungodly for
Abraham to have attempted it ; although
it had been apparently the design of the Deity
that it Ihould be done by somebody. But
whea God dttermwd that Jcfus Christ
bdobcr i.