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- goannexlons, abilities & addcefs, viewed him
33 a mifchevious enemy in that province, & 1
confequsnily thought it expsdient to remove
him, under a strong guard, toConneéticat.
H: is fafely arrived, and will probably have
~ Feifere to reconnoitre. his past life. He is
-son to Dr, Benjamin Franklin, the geniusof
-the day, and the great patron of American
liberty. If his excell’cy efcapesthe vengence
of the people, due to the enormijy of his
crimes, his redemption will ow, not from
his personal merit, but from the high esteem
and veneration which this country entertain
for his honor’d father. Last Saturday he
returned from Lebanon to Willingtord,
where he is stationed. .
Friday last a Joufey pack of tory prisoners,
49 in nuniber, taken some time since at
Johnstown were brought to this town under
guard from Albany, and delivered to the
oommiittee for the di{pofition of prifonersin
this colony.” We hear 2 number more of
the fame clan are on their way to this p'ace.
Since our last, several regiments of- foot,
ordered to be raised in this colony, together
with three regiments of the troop ‘ot light’
horse, have marched for New York, to atiitt
in the defence of the capital of that in’vade%;
FPooMince. > 4 _ /
PROVIDENCE, Juse 13 1976.
Tuesday idlt arrived here a fine prize (hip,
taken by the centinental brig Cabot, Capt.
Hinman ; (he was bound from Jamaica to
Lancaster, in England, dnd has on board the
following valuable cargo, viz. 114 punche
ons of Rum, 22 hogtheads ditto, 84 Hog
sheads of Sugar, 20 Tierces Ditio, 18 Bar
rels Ditto, 200 Bags of- Ginger, to Casks
Ditto, 20 Casks as Coffee, 60 Bags of Pi
mento, 2 Casks Ditto, 182 Bags of Cotton
and 48 raw Hides. She is pierced for 14
Guns, but misunted only 6 when. taken.
Last Week one of the Enemy’s Tenders
diove several small Vefiels athore up the
Weltern found, and burnt one schooner.
~ On Sunday the fame tender took a small
sloop from Surinam, bound to this place,
Mowry Potter master, The Hands escap
ed in their boat. |
Fune 32. Monday lalt a young midn
was apprehened at Newport, and commit
ted to goal, for figningand pafling a thirty
shilling bill; of the money emicted by this
coleny in January last. It appears by his
own confeflion, and other circumfta.ces,
that he stole a half sheet of paper, on which
were printed four bills of said denomination,
from the house of a gentleman who was ap
pointed by the general assembly to superin
tend the press while the money was print
ing, @nd who had talien home some imper
fe&t Mheets, in order to burn or destroy them.
‘The fighers names are badly imitated, and
two of them Fofeph Clarke & Thomas Greene
are written Clark and Green, which may
serve a 5 a mark o detect the other three
falfe bills, should they be passing. ,
Wednesday last Capt. James Munro, of
this port, in a letter of marque {loop, arrived
‘here from Hispaniola. On the 7th instant
he retook two sloops loaded with lumber,
from Edentown, in North Carolina, which
had been taken by the Afteon Frigare, and
crdered toAntigua, Capt. Munro sent the
Prizes to Hispaniola, dnd has brought home
with him a person taken on board one of
them, who calls himfelf a brother to the
preieot botd Cranflon, -~~~ - - ~oas
We learn that 4 - Frigate from Halifax
has joined the Cerbetus at Block-Island.—
They have taken a sloop, and a ship, fup
poled to be one of the transports lately ta
ken by the Andrew Doria, Capt. Biddle.
- Tuesday last one of the above mentioned
frigates ran in with a {mall breeze, and fired
two broadsides into' the Columbus, Capt.
Whipple, as she lay becalmed near New
port, which killed one man, and cut some
of her rigging. As soon as the wind struck
th;C Columbds, Capt. Wh;pple é‘cturged the
compliment with a broadside, when the- fri
gate theared off. :
B O S:T°CF Ny July Iy, 1776.
We are assured that on July the 2d, thé
Congress voted for INDEPENDENCY, not
one cqlony difi"cnting; but .the del'egates of
New- Yotk remained neuter, for want of be
ing inftruéted on the head.
Last Saturday were carried into Cape Ann,
two ships takeh in the Gulph of Florida, by
Capt, Henry Johnson of this town, in the
Yankey privateer; and last Tuesday they
were brought round to this place. Cne js
a fine thip 300 tons burthen, commanded by
James Hodge, bound from Jamaica tor Lon
don, with upwards of 400 Hogtheads of su
gar, 200 puncheons rum, 16 Packs Cotton,
and a quantity of Pimenta. The other is
upwards of 200 Tons, commanded by George
Ross, from Antigua for Generzl Howe at
Halifax, with 439 puncheons of rum, &c.
Majorßogérs was taken up atSouth-Amboy
ferry on the 26th of June. 4 |
By advices from Martinico, we learn, that
the French Ganeral and Admiral in theWeit
Indies, will commience hostilities againti G.
Britain the moment that the Independence
of the American Colonies is authenticated (o
them.. : | | o e
On Friday the 28th ult. was executed in 2
field at New-York, between the Colonels
M’Dougall and Huntington’s camp, near the
Bowry-Lane,(in the presence ot 25,0c0 pzc
tators) a soldier belonging to his Excellency
General Wathington’s guards, sot mutiny and
conspiracy ; being one of those who formed,
and was {oon to put intc execution, that hor.
rid plot of affaflinating the (lats officers,blow
ing up the magazines, and securing the pat
fes of the tow4,on the arrival ot the hungry
ministerial myrmidons @ It is hoped the re
mainder of those miscreants, (now in out pof
feflionf) will mé:t with a punithment ade
quate to their crimes, =
~We hear from Jamestown, (Virginia,) that
Capt. Barron has taken and carried in there,
a transport ship with 220 Highiandess on
bnard, being part ot F'razer’s battalion, most.
ly recruits, and part of the 42d Regiment or
Highland Watch, . ke o o=
The General Court have pajl an Al allowing
of Inoculation with the Small Pox inthe Town of
Boston ’till next monday the 15th inflant, after
which time itis forbidden on [evere pemalties both:
on the innoculator and innoculated. And the Se
leCimen are impnvered and divested to remove all
perfonis sick of the Small-Fox on the third of Au
gust next, in erder that the torwwn may be cleared
of all infeétion immediatcly after. The Coure.
have also past an ALt allewving «f Hospitals for
infoculating the Sidall-Pox incach Ceunty in this
Colomy. 2 e s '
- Thursday the firl} day of Auigult next is ap
pointed by Authority to be observed as a day of
humiliation, Falting and prayer throughout this
Colomy. . | RS S
‘Extraét freri a late London Papér,
A great number of the foldicrs of the 3d regi
ment of guards, who are drauglited out to go to
America, have got themselves arrefled for debt,
and are now in lé'!c"et- prifsn 5 the Fudges have
been applicd to;but all the affiitance these venerable
sages of the law will prove incffeétual, as the sol
diers have declared their refoiution, rather than
go abroad to imbrue their hands in the bloed of
their fellow f[uljeéls, they will die in imprison
ment. This has discouraged the minifiry much,
as it is feared this cxample will be oilorved by o
thers of the soldiers deftin'd to this unnatural
service. |
PORTSMOUTH, July r 3, 1775,
LAS‘T Monday the firft Kegiment ot Mi
¢ litia, in this Colony pursuant to crders
trom Lt. Col. JOSHUA WENTWORTH,
made a genteel appearance upon the Plains
in this town ; almost every person uvpon the
alarm-lift, indiscriminately appeared in the
Ranks to fland 'a chance of draughting 115
Men,for the Canadaßeinforcement, if found
neceflary ; but the alaciity with which the
men inhited, prevented any disagreeable inr
preflments : such an ardor Was dijcoverable
in all ranks, by their entouragement, that
they seemed to emulate with eich other who
should most pramote the service.
The ItprPenpeNt ComMPaANY com
manded by Col, SAMUEL SHERLURNE,"
and the Comprany of LIGHT INFANT.
RY .commanded by Col. JOUN LANG
DON, iii their unitorms, attendad the regi
meantal muster, and performed the manual
exercise and evolutions to universal agcept -
ance, and did honor to the solemnity: ~ A
cold collation wis made by Col. WEN .
WORTH, for the retrethment of the ofiicers
of the regiment, and other officers who were
occasionally present. ‘The whole order of
the day was conducted with great decency
and decorum : contentment {3t on the.coun
tenances of all at least 3000 present. As this
was the firft appearance of this reginient for
years palt, itis hoped that the officers wild
torm a company from themielves (o irfiruct
each other in the military art, at lealt unck
a week ; and that sub-divisions of companieg
will meet with their oflicets at {uch timesas
they can attend them for the fime utetul de
sign : with such an emulatioa throngh uat the
continent; America may expeét to support
her Independansy. . Foins 8
“Wedneiday iaft was bro’t into Falmouth,
by Capt, Crabtree,a sloop from Anapoiis,
bound to Halifax, taken off the Grand Pas
sage, loaden wirh Lumbet, Hand Spikes,
Butter, Cheese, Potatoes, &c. B g
By the Halifax Paprr of the Fourteenth
of May, it appears, that the Price of Pro
visions is (tated by a resolve of a Court of
Special Sessions for the Peace, held there o
the Tenth of the fanie Month, at the fol
lowing Rates, viz. Beef, Pork, Mutton,
Lamb, or Veal, at One Shilling Currence
per Pound, equal tc a Piftareen ; Dung hiil
Fowls, dead or alive, Two Shillings each 3
Chickens in Proportion ;. Harzs or Rabbits,
One Shilling and Six Pence each ; Tama
Duclss, Two Skiliings each § Wild Diiicks;
Ouae Shilling and Six Pence each ; and Par
tridges One Shilling and Three Pence eact,
Flour is fold at Twenty-eight Shillings 22
Hundred, . » ‘
,F Portsmouth fuly 10, IBN P
Lift of Letfers remaining in the Poft-Cificen
C. Cochran Itaac, Windham. Cochran
Thomas New-Bofion. Cunningham Samuel
and othets, Selelt-men of Peterborough,
E. Ellis Sarah, Keen, . Ll
G. Gold Jeremiah, Woolfbarough. -
~ H. Hunter Joan, Londonderry. Hutehins
- Phinehas, Fitizwilliam., -
K. Kinsman Aaron, Bow. fu s b
- M. [’Gregore James, Londonderry. Mols
~Moody Doctor, Salem. Macklewen, Mrs,
~Coldrain. M'Lean John, Newbuty-Cohafs,
'+ N. Nute Jotham, Dover, :: -
~P. Page John, Hawverhill Cohafs,
. S. Sewali Jonathan M. Esq; Greenland, .
W. Wentworth John Esq; Dover, Willard
~ Josiah Major, Keem, = . ,
PColony'of New -Hamp[bire, Rockingham, [l. °
LIBEES being filed before me, againtt the
| 4 thip named Sufaniah, burthén about one
hundred and eighty tons, her cargo and ap
purtenances, commanded by John Frazer.—
Aifo against the schooner named the Rain~
bow, about thicty tons burthen, her cargo and
appurteninces, commanded by John M’'Mo«
nagle, which veflels are said to have been
improved in carrying supplies to the fleet and
army employed against the united colonies,
and brought into the county of Rockingham.
T'his notice is given agreeable to the laws of
the colony, that the maritime court ereéled
to try and condemn all veflels found inf=(t--
ing the Sea-Coasts of America, ‘and brought
into the county of Rockingham, will be he'd
at the court-house in Portsmouth, on Tues
day the sixth day of Augufl, 1776, at 10 0’
clock in the forencon, to try the justice of
the {aid Captures, that all persons concerned
may appear and shew cause, if any théy have;
why the said veflels, their cargoes and z2pput
tenances fheuld not be condemned. -_ ,
JOSHUA BRACRETT Judge of {zid Court.
‘Portfmouth July #l, 8776, . oy e
N. B. All Claimants are by law to file their
claims before the Judge five days befoze trial, -
2 g e = Beelps
- To be fold cheap forC A 33\1?.‘
by WILTIAM MARSHALL:
- #ihus thop in ‘Queen- Street. .