The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume], November 04, 1773, Image 1

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.AWeekly, Political, and Commercial Paper Open to all Parties, but Influenced by None.
•DO THOU Great LIBERTY inspire oar Souls,-And mkew Lives in thy Pofleflion happy. thy jHsrDflence.'
Vol. 111/
7bis day was publijhed,
Price 7 coppet* single, *nd to*. O.T the dozen,
[llluftrated with a neat Engraving,
of the Wicked Statesman, or
the Traitor to his Country, at
the hour of Death.]
And to be SOLD by
ISAIAH TH OMAS,
At bis Printing-Office, near the Market, and at
hi* Shop, near the Mill Bridge,
t x a
Maflachufetts Calendar;
01, A N
ALMANACK
For the Year of our Lord Christ, 1774.;
Being the second after Leap Year.
By EZRA GLEASON.
Calculated for the Meridian of Boston, Ne*-
England, let. 42. deg. a 5 min. north, but will
serve, in most refpeds, fur Nova-Scotia and the
four New-England Governments.
v I his Almanack contains one quarter part
more than Almanacks generally do, and is
embeliifhed with that which will make it
both Wefu! and Entertaining.
CONTAINING,
A short piece on Patriotism, or the Love
of one's Country, (with an Engraving.)
The four Seafona of th* Year, exhibiting
the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, and the
parts of the Body governed thereby, (with
a cut.)
The names of the Planets and Afpe&s;
Eclipses for the year 1774 ; Names and
Characters of the Twelve Signs ; Remark
‘ able Days ; Time of the Superior and In
ferior Courts fitting in the four New-Eng
land Governments; Sun’s rising and fitting ;
Time of High Water Morning and Even
ing ; Moon’s Rising and Sitting ; Changes
of the Moon ; Time of the Sun’s entering
the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac ; Judg
ment of the Weather ; Vulgar Notes for
she year 1774. ALSO,
Of the Sun; of the Earth ;of the Di
visibility of Matter; of the Fixed Stars.
An Account of a Woman’s being killed
by an Erruption from the Earth, in a most
remarkable manner ; some Remarkable
Sayings; Mefcellanics ; Maxims, which
every person ought to bear in mind ; some
Directions »n Husbandry.
The UNBELIEVER’S CREED.
Ufeful and Approved Receipts, viz. for a
Billions Cholick ; for an Aftmatick Cough;
From the Ear-Ach from Cold ; a very good
Eye Water; for the Falling Sickness; for a
Flux; fur the Gout in the Stomach ; for
the Gravel ; for the Itch ; for Sore and
'Running Legs ; for the Mcaflcs ; for the
Chohck tn Children ; to p’event Sea-Sick
ness ; a new Cure for the I'ooth-Ach, in a
Letter.
Some pieces of POE TRY, viz. the en
tertaining I‘aie of the Farmer’s BLUN
DER ; on the Twelve Signs; What is
Man ? the Lutanist ; the King of Europe,
a just. LIKEWISE,
Roads to the fc ver al Principal Towns in
the province, and the Continent, and the
belt Houses of Entertainment, and ihe Dis
tance they are at from ihe State Huufe, in
Belton, also the diftancc from one place to
another.
*§* Bookfellcrs, Shop
-1 keeper*. Traders, &c. may be fupplien on
very advantageous terms, to fell again, by
the Hundred. Groce or D zen.
To be SOLD,
A LIKELY healthy Have, about
£JL e g Me* a ye«rt of «?e, lie is fit for any
krd of labour. FOl further parti cuhr* enquire
of U C r’limc.
Or, Thomas s Bolton Journal.
THURSDAY, November 4, 1773-
Insurance on Veflels and Goods.
AT the Infutance Office of EZEKIEL
PRICE near the Exchange,
INSURANCE,
Miy be made on veffclj, cargoes,'and private
adventures, at VERY LOW PREMIUMS, full
one quarter pji t Ida than formerly.
Note well—ln case of lots the Insurance will
be PUNCTUALLY PAID.
Duncan Ingraham, jun e
Hrs just received, per the Dolphin, Cap . Scott,
from London,
A VARIETY oflambfkins, bea
vers, and coatings for furtouta, which,
(with a very genteel afTortmenc of European
Good, before nn hand) he will (ell great penny
worths, at hislh >p in Union Street, Boston.
N.B. A kw elegant chintz patterns just arriv
ed to be fold i loon applied for, uncommon
low. Hfon tea, non* superior, China
Kippen’s fnuff, &c. &c.
CYRUS BALDWIN,
Hereby informs his customers and others, that
he has to fell cheap for calh at his Ihop in
Cornhill, near the State-houie in Boston ;
Souchong and Hyfon
tea, pepper, allspice, cinnamun, clovet,
mace, and nutmegs, belt Kippen’s fourF and iu
digo.
Silk muff* and tippets, fur ditto, looking gl (Tes.
Superfine scarlet drab cloth for men’a cloaks,
with scarlet cloths of all price*.
Superfine, middling, and low priced, broad
cloths.
Kerley*, ratteens, bearlkint, lamb firns nnd bea
ver coatings, with trimmings to match the tn
b -zes and flannels.
A fine aflbrtmeutof (balloons, tammies du
rants, a large aflbrmenc of wurtlrd hole- y,
silk thread and cotton ditto, silk and wwftcd,
silk and cotton mixed ditto.
Furniture and other calicoes, carpets and carpet
ing, Scotch plaids, Englilh Chocs, clogs and
gslloflnes.
Children’s Morocco shoes, Lynn Ihoes, and
Gololhoes, with ageneral aflorment of goou,
suitable for all seasons. All cheap for calh.
SILENT WILDE,
Hereby informs his former customers and others.
rHAT he hath engaged to
ride from Boston to Northampton, Deer
field, ic. for the term of one year, beginning
from third week of November next, and co car
ry each one that (hall employ him, one of the
Boston weekly news-papers,ice. as usual, during
said time, at two dollars each —To ride
once a fortnight the one half of the year, and
the other half every week : One dollar to be
paid him at the end of fix months, the other at
the year’s end He edirea all thole that
incline to take the news papers of him, that
they would leave their names at the taverns, in
the refpedive towns where they refiue, and
they may depend upon being punctually served
therewith. ■ ■On suitable encouragement
he proposes to ride through Weft mt niter,Tern
pieton, &c.
Now in the Press and aimaft pnijhed.
THE Master-Key to Popery ;
containing 300 puge«,price only jj- and
9d. to those who (übfenoe before the work is
done ; afterwards the price will be more. —It
will positively be compleaccd and read to de
live to the fubferibers, the beginning of No
vember. Snblcriptiona are taken in by solo
mon Southwick, in Newport and by the
Printer hereof.
To he L fTt,
A COMMODIOUS, genteel,
Dwellir g huufe,in Walkers-ftree:, near
Dottjr Byle»’s meeting house, with • garden,
yard, and a good well.of wsr. Enquire at the
fig.। of the Swan in Or*ngr R est, sou a end ai
doften.
WAN FED.’IM MEDIA 1 ELY,
FIFTY POUNDS Lawful Mo
n*y, for which y«> -d Leurity will be giv
en. E< q li-c of ihe Printer.
Frcm JOURNAL.
Philadelphia, OUobcr 13,
WHEREAS the infamous EBENE
ZER RICHARDSON, convitf<d
of PERJURY and MURDER,
has, at the instance of his special friend,
Charles Paxton, been sent to this city as
a pensioner to the —nonorable Cotnmif
fioners at Boston ; and in confideiation
of his many signal Services, has by them
been rewarded with a quarterly payment,
ost of the money levied on theAmerican*,by
of Parliament, without their consent :
And whereas the said RICHARDSON,riot
ing in the Ipoils of his country, lurks about
the wharves of this city, Iceking an oppor
tunity to distress the Trade of Philadelphia,
and enflive America : And in order more
•ffcdually to answer his vile purpose, has
intimately connected himfclf with a certain
T—a Tide-Waiter here, who publicly
declared u he would not only alTociatc with
rhe VILLAIN, EBENEZER, but with
the DEVIL himfelf, if so ordered by »he
COMMISSIONERS.” Now it is expected,
chat ail lovers of liberty, in this Province,
■vill makediligentfearchafter thefaid RICH
ARDoON, and having found the bird of
Jaiknefs, will produce him,-tarred and fea
thered at the Coffee House, there to expiate
iis fins against bis country, by a public re
cantation. TAR AND FEATHERS.
N. B. The above RICHARDSON ap
pears to be a man of 40 year* of age, is about
5 feet 4 or 5 inches high, pretty thick and
road a-cross the (boulders, has a very ill
countenance, and down look, [Cain’s
Tiuftly wears a flopped hat, a pif* burnt cut
wig, and a blue furtout coat, with metal but
ons.
Philadelphia, October 20.
The description in our Jaft paper, of the
uh z, of the Vidian EBENEZER
RICHARDSON, be ng very aevu
aie, he was last Munday difeovered Ikuik •
mg at the North end of this city ; and be
ng closely pursued by many well wishers to
peace «nd good order, very narrowly escap
ed (by means of a wood) the Tar and fea
thers, v hich had fcveral day* before been
prepared I>r him. A* the city of Philadel
phia is n w, and forever must be too hot to
hold this pa 1 acide, he will in al) probability,
try bis fortune in New-York ; and if, con
trary to expedation, he should not there
meet his reward, but should experience a
nothcr hair breadth escape, he may probably
as a dernier resort, fly to the arms of his
dear, dear P , the surest and fafeft asy
lum for complicated villainy, on this lide
*he Atlantic.
FRIDAY, Ollober 29.
BOSTON.
By a schooner, in about a week from Ha
lifax, we learn, that his Excellency Francis
Legge, Elq; lately appointed Governor of
ihe province of Nova-Scotia, in the room
of Lord William Campbell, arrived
here from London, in the brig Adamant,
Capt. Crowne : We are alfotold, that Lord
Campbell, with his family, were soon to em
oaik on board the above brig, on their re
turn to England.
Providence, OHobtr r 6. Capt. Sa
nuel Dunn, jun. from Cape-Nichola, con
firms the account inserted the week before
last, relative to English veflels being ordered
from leveral ports of Hifpanioia ; and further
fays, that two Jamaica men w<re lately Ie z
cd and on emned at Port-au-Prince.
Norwich. Oflober 28. The kafon has
been Io very mud, that a mess of green peas
Was p'cked the last week in this town, fpon
raneomly grown from Iced produced thia
year.
"Numb. 144.
SA T V R D A Y, Odobec jo.
BOSTON.
Further European Intelligence by Capt. Scett,
from London.
London, Augujl 22.
BOVERNOR Hutch,
infon is expeded home
by the teturn of the
New-York Packet,
which failed from
Falmouth last Wed
nesday.
It was yesterday re
ported that Lord Hillfbarough will again fill
an important office in Adm niftration greatly
to Ihe advantage of ihe Bostonians.
By a letter from Halifax in Nova-Scotia,
we are told, that a clergyman's wife died
there in the mtdft of last November, and
was not buried till the beginning of May
following, the ground being so hardened
with the froft, that no pick-ax or crow could
enter it ; and what is wonderful, though the
body was kept thus long, it had not a feetid
smell till two days before it was interred.
1 he Americans because too virtuous to
give up their rights, or fufter their liberties
to be wrested out of their hands, have been
misrepresented to the King, a* a factious and
disloyal people ; but th«ir conduit fmee the
difeovery of the despicable arte of villainous
treachery, of Hucchinfon and his aflbciatos,
should recommend them to his Majesty as
the reverse of what he bath been taught to
believe them : For certainly nothing but a
principle of loyal and fwcere attachment to
the King’s peifun and government, could
have restrained them from inftamly hanging
up those fhameful traitors, who fur fclfifh
purpnfes have basely traduced, and fccretly
as infimoufly endeavoured to prejudice their
sovereign against them.
It is said, that a certain Courtier told
Mr. Wilkes the other day, that the minis
try wished him success at the next election
for mayor, as it would ruin his popularity.
Tell your friends, replie, Mr. Wilkes, I
would have them clench the business by ic
ftoring me to my feat in parliament ; and
whatever may be theconfcquence tome, it
will be the only chance they can ever have
of becoming popular thcmfclves.
As a supplement tn the coinage all, a
wag advifrs, that a bill should •• pass, mak
ing it lawful to weigh every miniftePs
head before he is invested with the office of
premier.’’ Was such a law now in force,
our correspondent thinks that to determine
the fpecific gravity of Lord North's head,
leaden weights and should be used, as
truly emblem the lamp contained
therein.
It 1* said that upwaids of 30,000 fuldiers
have been inlifted in this kingdom for the
Hon.Eaft-India company’s favice, fmee the
commencement of th? last war; which it
an extraordinary dram of laborious hands,
and a real loss to the nation, when it is con
sidered that one ever returns home.
The Governors of Jamaica, Gibraltar
and Minorca, have iccetved orders to re
pair to their refpcd'.ve government, with
in a month from this date.
What te Is very much in favour cd Mr.
Hutchinson is, that he has never defned to
be recalled; he is tonfeinu his conduct will
bear the flriHeil examination.
Yesterday arrived hcrehtsMajefty’s schoo
ner Hope. Capt Dawfun, Tom Halifax.
Sal’fbury, Auguji 16. Monday last 2$
two tervants of Jones, Eq; of Ave
bury, in this county, were plowing in
a field near Si (bury, they found a large
earthen pot, contai iing more than 2OCO
pieces of Romaa coin, in fine p.efervation.
The abolifliing slavery in Bohemia u al
ready attended with such good ctfcch, that
it is thought that kingdom will fbortly be
come the granary oi the env he