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4 it.:- 4 '-- v- i r 1 rr 1 t ) ) ;4 r X V f t. V I 1 II IS wiiium u marjr, mat his orders were (sen, that he mull evea take all Veflels with Salt cr . Mqlailes, . they - being a Species of Provifion, and fend them to Bofton. ' "N 6 R 'r W I C H, . - Joke 8. V: Ixtra tkLiittrfrm a Gentleman in Sbafljlurj h bit' .-. ; t3i t Iziend in this , 2Vuw. - :v ' -H " A bad Accident lately happened at TiconderogV ADeiponiac being left in a Roonr, in" whichlvrere i8r loaded Mufkets,' inatched up one of them, prefented it V . to a Man then with him, aRd dcfired him to Uave the . Place on Pa'nV of Death, his Befire was inftantly . com plied with ; but another Man entering the Room' foon after, was (hot through the Body 5 he then dropped his - Piece, fehted another, and (hot the wounded Man thro' the Calves othi&IegS two Men then rulhed in, and without taking his Arms, led him rojandthe Corner of the Barracks j but the. t mifchievouBtped idifengaged j himfelf, fired; upon a Man at a Window and (hot him thro' the Knee, tberi drawing hiSwpfd he almolt cut rotf the ArnYof one of hii Attendants upon' which the"" reopie preient, without lurcher Ceremony, mot him dead." .:'.. V r.i -J-":- 1ST E-W:P O K T By two Gerttlemen who left June 1 Q.' Cnarleftown and Cambridge lait Wednefday, we are allured, that laft Sundav, Monday, Tiiefday, and Wednefday Moraine, xz Tranfports arrived at Bofton, with " near 200 Horfes, and 'twas fuppofed not exceeding 200ct Troops, chiefly new Recruits, who made a'7 poor Appearance ; that 45 Horfes died on the Paf--, iage ; that General Gage bublifhed a Proclamation an 2plQgckonWednefdayf . fetiing forth, -.that - notwithstanding the Inhabitants of that Province .had been deluded, and wrought up to a high Pitch . " of Rebellion, if they would lay down their Arms, -and Veturn to. thdr-refpeclive -GccopatroOTj'gjT" ftiouldXbc- all pirdoned arid protected, excepting ' Meffrs.vJOHN HANCOCK and SAMUEL ' A- .DAMS, .whole Crimes were fo attrocious that they thuit be brought to condign Punilhment ! . Ift Thurfday one of the Providence Packets, , which had been arbitrarily feized by, - and-detain-ed as a Tender to, the Men of War ih this Har bour, -was-fem up the Bay, 'tis fuppofed, to take a Veffel which,' 'twas reported, had gone up. the back Side of Connanicut ; but Unluckily (he niet . ' with to armed Veffels, which fired upon her To , warmly that (he was obliged to tarn -tail to, but not being able to get her oft; the People llruck her - alhore on the' North End of Connanicut; and left her ; (he was immediately got off, and carried a- ' way, moft probably to be delivered to herf rcw Owner. This happened jult before,Sunftt, ' ' ! Laft Friday Evening when the Men of War in our Harbour were fliifting their Watches, a Num ber of Muflcet Balls were nred into the Town, one , of which entered a Clofet Window of a Houf on Gravelly-Point, juft to the Northward of the Long Wharf, went through the Clofet Door, and made a confiderableDent in a Door in the oppofne Corner ' of the Room adjoining the Clofet, by which one or two . Merlons nariowly ejeaped being k iled or. wounded. r The fame Day, it being reported that two Amc . rican Veflels of .Force were lyin in Nerraganlet Bay, Capt. Wallace of the Ship Rofe, Capt.. Ayf cough of the Swan, and a Tender, came to 'fail, -andfirft beat; co. within about two Miles of the. Lght-Houf., when they bope away, and ran up the River, as far as Connanicut Point, and took a , Peep down Narrtganfet Bay,- but not difcovering any Veflels, they returned to their Station in this Harboor. While they -were on this (hort and-unfuc-' ei'sful Cruife, Number of People" boailed, and carried off five Veffals, which thofe Men of War had trken, and left riding in the Road. By an Exprefs which arrived here Yefterday, fire o'Clock P. M. we are informed, tlut an Exprefs' Arrived at'Providence, at two o'Clot' Vefterday Morning, from the Provincial Congrefsar Waters-' town, giving -ah1 Account that General Putnam, with 8co Men, was intrenching on , Bonker's-Hilj ; at Charlellown ; that laft Saturday a Number of . Men of War hailed up near faid Hill, to cover the landing of the regular Troops, who were fent in or der to cct off all Communication between General Putnam and the American Camp at Cambridge that General Ward was fending a Re nforcement to ' -General Putnam, and that Charletlown was in. - Flames when "the Exprefs came away. ' A Gcnrfeman ho left Providence after the above Exprefi came away, informs, that another Exprefs, fix Hours later than that, had arrived there, with advice that Gtneral Potntra hed, maintained his " Poll at Bunker'i-HUI, and, with the Reinforce ment, had beat off the Regulars ; that a Number had 'fallen on both Sides; that CharleAown was deflroyed that the Americans were intrenching on Dorcheftcr-Hill, and at a Place on the Weft Side cf Bofton Neclc, within Half a Mile of Gage's For- 'tificlticm, and that vaft Numbers of Men were joing frcra all Pam of lie Country. , and enabled us to deal out Injuries, ml Kindneffes to ' each other;-We cbnilder you as ouf Friends, and we feel for you the Afie&ioit of Brothers.": " ; - The great Queftioh between Britain and her Colonies is, whether they are Subiefts. or whether they are Slaves'.- rThRighti T delivered down tofus from our Foreia-1 ther$,ithi veheiable Laws of our Country s.h.aye.Jub jefted ourown Property to our own Difpofal. Nor hath any earthly Power a Right to take it away. Man kind ought to be goyerned by the DLSlates of Juftice," and not by; the. Hand of OpprefliOh; The peaceable Enjoyment of, what we call our own, and that Liberty which Confers on every Man the Right of adoring his God in the Manner he humbly thinks moitagrecable to the divine Natures thejfe are the Obitcls , of all our - Labours, and of all our CaresJ . U r ; V" Mmiltenal Tyranny hath endeavotiied. thToncrhont' - all thefe Colonies, to rend from us the deareft Kights T, r v iuijiauuy. i fxnu ia.Tocercnce or tnoie iugnts, . fome Perfons have taken certsia Forts in this Colony, iwhich are near your Frontx8':'t - : " -r We have heard. that other have, made -an-Attack " upon the Poft of St. John's , an Attempt without our 1 Council or Participation. " And although we; have ra- ktnIeafures for the Defence, of our Fortreires, yet ' our only Intention is, to preyent any hoftile Incuj fions. tipon'us by the Troops in your Province. ; " r'.t , Confident that the Euemiei cf our King and bis Peo- pie will take every Opportunity to excite Jealoufies and Dilcord amohgft us, we beleech you npt to be impoled ; on by their Artifices, but call to year Remembrance the complicated Horrors of aibaibaious War j avoid tnoie Meaiures which mutt plimge us both mtoDiilrefs and, mftead of contenting to become mifcrable Slaves. generoullydare to participate with your fellow Subjefts" m vjvvccvs vxidcoctuuiy wuitms me glorious JLOC of Freedom. Wcare,. .with- fmcere'AftedUon, , Your Brethren and Friends," I L - - P. V; B. LIVINGSTON. PrefidenL -To the Inhabitants of the frwinct of' Quebec, -'.; PlOVlKCUt CONOREII, Kew-Ytrt, Junt 2, 7 . 775 - hltnit eni Ccuntnr.cn! ... THE Parent of the Univtrf. hath divided this Earth amongft the Children of Men, and drawn out the Line of their Inhabitations. This great God. having ordered that all our Joys snd Sor-j-owt here below fWld prccetd fiom the Lfitft of hu-' Tpan Aftions, vpon human Ecirgs j our Situation has . diawp tocthrr. iif i tl mutual Ecpcnda&cr, .' . W I L M I N G T O N, June" 26. At a general Meeting tf thejevcnal Colli m itteks of the Dijirid cf Wilmington, lefjat the Court -Hcuje. in Wilmington, Tuefday zoib'o June, 1 775. WH E R E A S h'is Excdlency Jofiah Mat-in, Efq; hathj , by Proclamation, dated at Forr Johnfton,x the fixt'eenth Day of lune. 177. ; read this Day in the Committee, endeavourtd to perfuade, feduce and iBtimidate, the good People of this Province from taking Meafures to preferve thofe . Rights, and that liberty,; to which, as Subjedls of a Britiih King, they have the moft undoubted Claim." without which Life and Property would be but fu-, tile Confiderations, and which therefore it is a Du ty they owe themfelves, th6ir Country and Pofteri ty, by every Effort, and at every Rifk, to main- -tain, fupport and defend, againft any Invafion. or Encroachment whatfoever. ' And whereas many unconllitutional and opprcf ilve Afts of Parliament, invafiveVof -every Right and Privilege, and dangerous tcibe-Freodonr of " . America have laid the People cf khis Colony un-" der the fatal Neceiuty of ajipointng Committees, for the feveral Diftrifts, Towns,' and Couhties of this Province, who were inilrufted carefully to guard againll every Encroachment upon xh'dr inva luable Rights, and fteadily to oppefe the Operation of thofe unconftiiutional AiJs, iramed by a wicked Adminiftration, entirely to deflroy the Freedcira of America ; and as among other Meafures, thofe Com mittees found it abfolutcly neceflary, either by them felves,'or by Perfons appointed under them, to vifit , the People, and fully to explain 0 them the Nature and dangerous Tendency of thofe Afts, which the Tools of Adminiftration were, by every bafe Art, endeavouring k prevail upon them to fubrait to: And as his Excellency has endeavoured, by his Proclamation, to weaken the Influence, and preju dice the Characters of thofe Committees, and the Perfons appointed tinder them, by cruelly, w anton ly, and. uniuftjy reprcfentinp them as ill-diipofed People, propagating falfe and fcandalous Reports." derogatory to the Honour and Jultice ot the Jung; and alio, by other illiberal and fcandalous Imputa tions expreffed in the faid Proclarution : WE, the Committees of the Counties of New.lfanovcr. Brunfwick, Bladen; Duplin, and Onflow, in order , to prevent the pcf nicious Influence of the laid Pro clamation, DO un nimouily rcfolve. that.' in our .'Opinion, his Excellency Jofiah Martin, Efcj; hath, by the faid Proclamation, and by the whole Tenor ot his Condudl, fince the unhappy Difputes between .GreatBritain and the Colonies, diftovcred himfelf to' be an Enemy to the Happinefs of this Colony in particular, and to the Freedom, Rights and Pri vileges, of America in general. v ", Risolvid, nem. ten. That th faid Prodamatir; . on contains many Things eflcrtc4 to be Fails, which are entirely without Foundation, particularly the Methods faid to have been made Ule of, in or der to compel the People to fign an Aflbciation" a. aiaft any invafion, inteftine : Infurreftion, or unjuft . Encroachments upon .their Rights and Privileges ; no rerion navu.g ngnea men niicciation uut irom .the fullcft Convirtion that it was tlTentially neccf ' fary to their Freedom and Safety ; and that, if his Excellency founded fuch AfTcrtions upon Informati tion, it muft have been derived from Perfons too weak or wicked to have any. Claim to his Credit or Attention.- " Risolvid, rim. ton. That it is the Opinion .of this Committee that America owes much of .its prcfent Sufferings to the Information given by Go vernor, and Men in Office, to Adminiftration, who, having themfelves adopted Belief from iinpro- -per Informants, or,' In order to facrifice to the riea lure of the MiniftrOave" falfcly reprelentcd. that ? lis Majefty's American Subjeds were not" generally averfe from Jthea Adminiltratidn, "but tnat;the Oppolitton" made to foch lincouliitMUoaal MeaTures arufe- from th'eIn Huence "of a eVIadivlduats upon the Minds f tha ' People whom they have not failed to reprcfent as ' " falfe,:feditious; and abandoned Men j" by , thefe Means inducing tha Miniffry to believe that the A- mcricans; would be cafily brought lb futnjit to the , cruel Impofitkjns fo wickedly intended for V them $ - that his Excellency's Proclamation is"evi4.entljrfcal-i ' cnlated for this Purpofe,and isjalf r moft-illibzralAlul Imputation s, tending to defame the Characters of many rel'pccla---ble' Perfons, ; who, zealoufly ' attached to th: Libtr- 1 ty of their Cwntry,; wers -puriuing every "kadable i Me'.noa to lupport it. ; , ,w, Resolved, nem. ton. That the RefolwiSon rcf- . pedling America introduced by- Lord "North itlto inc oruiin name or rarnamenr, .iwuicn his excel lency ; in his" Proclamation alludes to, is fuch' a glaring Affront to the common Senfe of Americans, , that it added Iniult.to the Injury it intended thtm ; That Lord North himfelf -vhen' he introduced it, . declared to the Houfe that-he dwd not believe A- . merica wodd accept of it, but that'it might jpofiibly tend to;divide them, and if it broke one Link in the Chain of the r Union, it'would render the en- j --forcing histruly-ietellable Aits "the mote eafy ; Kelolved theretcje.- that this was a low, bafe; lia gitioully wicked Attempt vto entrap Ametica into blavery, and which they ought to reject, with the Contempt deferves : That the uncandid and in fidious Manner in which his Excellency has menti oned the faid Pvefolution, is a poor Artifice to fe duce, miflead, and betray the ignorant and incau- . tious into Ruin and Deflruftion,'by inducing them -to forfeit the inellimableBleffings of Freedom, with which Nature and the" Britiih Loi.ltitution have fo; happily invelted them ; and alfo indifputably proves that his Excellency is ready to t come an Inflru mcnt in the Hands of Adminiftration to rivet thofe Chains fo wickedly forged for America. -y . Resolved, ton. That at this alarming Crifis, when the deareil Rights and Privileges of America are at Stake, no Confidence ought to be repofed in thole wliole-Intlreft it is to carry into Execution every Meafue of.Adminiftra icn, hoe- yer proffigatc andabandoned, and who, though , they are confeious thofe Meafures will not bear the ,Teftof candid Enquiry and Examination will en-, deavour xo gkfs over the moft palpable Violation of Truth with Plaufibility, hoping, thereby, to blind, iniCead, and delude the People : That this Cora anittee therefore tirTrmnj- Committees m this Province, and likewile to all our Brethren and fuffcring fellow Subjects thertof, cautioufly to guard againft all thofe Endeavours" which have been or mail be made to deceive them, t and to treat fuch Attempts as wkked Efforts of tha 'Tools of Government, calculated to 'throw this Country into Confufion,' and by dividing, to en .'ilave it. ' . ' : Rksolveo, That the ready Obedience fhewn by the People of New-Hanever, -in attending AViK mington upon the Sammons of their commanding ''" Officer, is a (Irong Proof cf their AttachnHent to the. Caufe of Liberty, and merits the Approbation s of this Ccmmitteejn particular, and of this County in general.' L , RICHARD QUINCE, Sen. Chairman., :. Rrjdvtd Jn Committee', June lQ Mr. BOYD. . v ., That the People may take , proper Meafures for the Security of their moveable Property, in Cafe the worft fhruld happen, you may oblige the Pub- Vic bytnfertinHht following Paragtaphr " xtral tf a Letter from a CntU-nan in London It ht frttniin iorlb'LMrouna 4 at id Alar(b,z$ 1775. , The gloomy A fpeft of your Country'and A merica ia general, mentioned in your laft, is truly . alarming. I feel for Mr. , and wi(h he would. . make this his Retreat. Let me advife yoa to kave your uncertain Situation, and bring)our Family over. If 700 objccl to thisl pray fell your Slave E flate at any Rate. This early Hint will give jou an Opportunity of doing this to Advantage. Laft t Week a Friend wifhed me Joy on having the good Fortune to fell my Slaves and American Eftate , fxr, . favs he, I. was lately whifpered by the Miniller that all Slaves on the Contineut would be feized ai forfeited by the Province., and fold in the French and Spanifli I (lands, the Profits arifing to feimbutfe the great Expcnce of Ships, Troops, &c. fent to America." This will tend to the great Difappoiht mcnt of our Weft-India Planter!, who. will expedl to flotk their bugar vvoiks irom.ine lonunmi. Your Lands muft be cultivated by the Poor at ia ,thefe Kingdoms. -s His Excc.lency our Governor called a Council at 'Fort Johnflon laft Saturday, when it was refolvcd to prorogue the Affcmbl; till the uth of September ' next. NEW B E R N, July 7. C0MMtTTII.CnAMll7 ' Btavfort Countj, JuM ' , ' ' 21, I77S. , . . Atderfon Ellifon, beinj confeious that-he hid ciade many illegal and uawarraauLh Exprcffiooi . - t " H r i ' Hi ) L 1 , h ' . i i 1 ! 4 $
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