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is taken up with an accouot of laboured invelligation of the suther, which together with defperate acproaches, is the fam and fubRaacc of what he has wrote. To give particular af wet to every exceptionable fen; tence and hard word, a fraall valume would Scarce contaio the remarks which might juttly Be made. I thall contedt myfelf with one or two geactal remarks. My deligo is not to reader railing for railing; nor thall I pretcad to match him in keen in vettives and bitter reproaches, nor do envy hirti the honor or pleafure of them. -His laoguage is worthy of obferration.

A flying attack ap. pears through the whole performance. And here and there be throws out many hard words. I thalf lome of them in aider to come at the purity of bis file, the excellency of his (pirit, and whereby it may be feen how free he is of that gall with which ha charges the writer. Thefe words are feattered about in his piece as he finds ufe for them.

Ridiculous- ungentcel him out of his Kole weak mewed up in holes and corners- filly -bufy-body-monkith cell- barbarifmbewildered brain -vitiated mind -news monger -wrangler and He appcars to be greatly out of temper, and the paroxyfm fecms tol be incurable. Bat a thouland herd words will pot amodat to 80 argumeat nor defroy a fact. They never fail to beget io the reader a fufpic on that the caufe is not good, when the writer is obliged to haverecourfe to fuch weapons or pone. Truth feems to irritate him to the laft degree, which affords a (trong prefumption that he is not fo' difintereited in the mater as he would be thought to be, but fume way accoffory to the pre ent declention of the in lodeed he feems expert in quoting Scripture, aod applies thole words to the writer, with what meafare ye mete to others, the fame (hall be mealured to you again, bat appears wholly to forget to apply them to himlelf. In the traefport of his zeal he coquires where have this mighty us erecled their awful pal or tribuaah and jadgment fcars, fecm to bo freih in 'his mind, as though mankind might pot make o5fervatioos upon the unreafonable conduct of one another without affining the prerogatires of the molt high--as though they were under Do obligations 10' let their light thine be: fore meo.

And as though fome mea were fo refpectable in their perfona, fo infallible in their procedures as to be above banan obfervatio and ip teed of nothing to roule their attenticn, Hc introduces various things foreign to his purpole, and befide the prefent quellion. He' affures the public that the writer has not fpent a mite of soy thing towards fupporting the mif. That other towns do not difable them. felves from maintaining their miniflers, by tributing to the lupport of the minifter of stock. That he knows how to fpeod the nicans of his fupport as a chrillian and a gentle.

man, sod fuch like things. 1 hefe eccentrie offer rations I hall leave with'him to apply to the Support of his caule. He is careful to publif that fome people love to drink cyder and rom betides Indi-'. ans aNd people that live out of Stockbridge too," this hat not been denied; as he feems to lug. gelt fo if may be true, that fome people in and fome out of that town, may have beca to blame by letting them bave frong drink, A 'very meladcholy confideratica'! to belameot.

cd in tears of blood but' fomething further' than all this id contained in thofe word, by frong implication, and he had another thing in view, if he bad, I will leave him to the refl: Aions of his in hir fober moments'. ram a bearty friend to the town of Stock: Fridge, their pious millionary and this venerable writer. His levere invetires I thall impute to warmth of his fpirit, and fill retain my idea of his dignity, juflice and virtue. I do not ceige li any way peceffary to publith my Dame, neither can I conceive on what better footing he might expel to be by lening the world know die what nacre, unlefs hie expects abat will make up, cite is wanting to make hir crate good, cap 1 perfaade myfelf he would be wit. ting to father fuch a picce as He feems to Speak as tho' the venerable committioners of late years had began so make fome amcodments in the regulation cf the mif.

lion, but is careful not 10 tell us what they be, nor affert that the people of Stockbridge, do bear their proportionable part in item Monar.ca lupport. He alfo informs, there is, not a trader in the towa of Stockbridge, where elfe has there been of late gears; or what aced of at y. pow the In diapi money and lands are chiefly gone. And but two taveras liceaced perfons, as though no otbers could let them have rum cyder there, and in adjacent towas too. After all the maio point remains enrelolved, to which every thing elfe faid in that picce, were but appendages, viz.

vi hercio appears the joltice of that conduct that maintains 'fionary to preach to the lodiaps, who Spends more than half of his time in difcharging the duties of a paftor among the Englith, lince they have 'pot and do bear. their proportionable part of his Support This matter he has left undone, and faid many things that be ought not to have faid, and but little that he ought. It any thing have wrote, thall in the iffuc, be a means of God's glory, I hall have my ends fully an Twered in his praife. I thall leave tHis writer with my beft withes, and patiently wait for his rejoynder, or hiftory, of the rife, progrefs, declention, and prefent. Nate of the mithon, and hearken to the divinely.

iofpired writer. Make no friendhip with an angry mao, and with a furious mah thou (halt not go, call thou learo his way, and get a loars to iby foul. ON DON, January 1, 1771 Extract of a Letter from Bolton, Nor. 2. 1775.

THE priocipal news fince my laft is the Inal of Capt. Pretton, which began on Wednef day Oftober 24th, and was continued from day to day, Sunday excepted, 'till Tuefday the joth, when the Jury retarded their verdict, finding him Not Guilty. He was immediately difcharg. cd, and is pow at the Calle. I employed thort hand writer to take down trial, which thall lead you by the sext veffel.

The witnef. fes examined on both fides amounted to about fifty. The lawyers for the Crowo were Paine and Mr Samuel Quincy for the Prilorer Mr. Auchmuty and Mr. John Adams.

Each of' them fpcke near shice hoors at Icall. About Monday 000D the Judges began their Judge Trowbridge, who, fpoke fift, entered largely into the contradifiery accounts given by. the witneffes, and declared that it did not appear to him that the prifoner gave orders to fire bat if the Jory frould think otherwife, and find it proved that he did girt foch orders, the quef. rioo would gatorally be, what crime is he ty of furely could not call it murder. Here he explained the crime cf murder so" a very cledi, difind manner, and gave it as his opinion, that by law the prifoner was pot guilty, of oblerving, that the Kinghad a right to fead his troops here; that the commanding officer of thefe troops had a right to place centinal at the Cuftom boufe that the centipel placed there on the night of the 5th of March was in the Kings peace; that he duill cot quit bis poll that if he was infulted or attacked, the Captain of the guard bad a right to prosed him 1 that the priloner and his party.

who came there for that porpofe, were in the King's peace; that while they were at the Cufom-bcufe, for the protecting the ceatinel, it was plainly proved, they bad been affaulted by great rumber of people'; that the people a there were opt in the Kiog's Peace, but were by law con. fidered as a riotous mob, as. they attacked the. prifoner and his party with pleces of ice, clubs, and that crea one of the witneffer againf! bim he was armed with a Highland that the rioters had knocked down of the foldiers of the party, laid hold of leveral of their mufkets, nod that before the foldiers ed the cry wan, Kdock them down, Kill them, Kill them; that all this was fworp to by the at and if the jary believed them, the prifoner coa'd not be guilty of marder. He then proceeded to explain what the law confidered 39 mar flaugher, and obferved, as before, that if they pare credit to the who tRibed of the affaults made on the prifoner and his party.

they could opt fad him goilty of mar flaughter and concluded with faging, that if he was pu.ly of any cfcace, it could only be excufable homicide that this was only fronded on the petition of the pri oner's having given orders to Gre for if this was cot proved, they m. oft acquit him. Judge O'iver, who Spoke next, began with re. prefenting, in a very nervous and pathetic the infults and outrage which be, and the Court through him, hed it on a former eccation (meaning the mist el Richsichen) for wing his opinion io a porci of Jaw; that not withilanding, he was do tis duty to his God, his King; and his country that he defpifed both irfults and shucats aid that he would r.ot forego a monicais peace of cor feience for the applaule of millions. He agreed in leotiments with the fornici Judge, that the prifoper war not guilty: Judge Celhing fpoke next, was tut thort, and agreed cot rely with the other two, with regard to the prifocci's c.fe.

Judge Lyndes concluded. He Spoke a derable time, and was of the fame opinion with the other Judges, the c'ofe of his (pecch, he Said Happy I am 10 find, that afte: fuch fria examination, the conduct of alc priloner appears in fo fair, a light yet I feel myfelf at the fame time desalzaffeded, that the affair turos out fo much to dilgrace of every perfoa concerned againft him, and fo much to the (hame of the town in gencral." Great Numbers attended during the whole trial which. was carried co. with a folemn de: cency. After the Jury bad returned their verdict, not guilty, Judge Trowbridge aiked the Jury, if any ofttem had the Jealt doubt io their minds, whe ther Capt.

Preton did, or did not, give orders fre He wai asfwered, No; not the fmallen doobt of his of apother Letter from Bolton, in Eng'and. which our Readers may fel in what an. odious Light the habitants of this Town are reprefeated to the People Englapd by. ft me Perfone among Torun HAT is now the State of Society in the of. Boflen, that a fumes to is Name, of the to Metropolis of America No.

refped paid here Government pp feufe of Subaras nation; and. from the want of fome Leper in Power to clinge to for protection, every Mon fufpicious of his wht a few Demo gogues bar angise the. People, and under the naxa of Liberty, lead them on to aclions of violence cruelty, and.opprefion; and Society feces offs gether without order, without goverpment, Magifrate thrinks from his duty, and the Deme gogues preferme to dictate 10 the Judges. on feat. of juttice Whiff the Officers of the -Crow are infulted.

a faulted, and abufed. and. the able and quiet Subject, who would, pay obedient to the law, is perfecuted, opproffed, bora dow and Amidf all this, Government cal tenti infelf with palling faint Refolies that a ridiculed by every petty Af which poli return Counter relelves of equal weight, as firl are unlupported; and the time that ver ment wafles in vain deliberations, is employed the Colonifs thesilelves in cementing their unil and Arengibening themfelves in a Refifiance the. Authority of Great Britain A Gentleman who landed from the Ca timent lat Wednefday, Jays, that French King, fo far from Laying (as me sioned in the Papers) Let me bave" War; let me have no War, gave the orders 14 days ago, Let all. my Fled bi ready, and every Regiment that can Spared, be within 4 miles of my.

Shores He adds, that the French are poleled plenty. of Money without any.