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MARCH 24, i774. NUMBER 1172; IM! A IT HI 1' tit frtCsrff ADVICES, FOREIGN iiWU DOMESTICK. 1m CivitATB Libera Linquam Mentemoue Lib br as Esse 'Suet, in' TO. 8. 28.

Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and DX02V, at the POST OFFICE. THE VIRG MBIMfif GSn(nsSiw The BULL of GOT HAM, a canonical Fragment. behold there was Wickednefs over all the Land, for the People had departed from the Ways of the Jnft. And they did not as their Fathers did they defpifed their Rulers, and they followed the Perliiafions of evil Men, and they bowed themfelves unto them even a they lift.

And it came to pafs, that among thefe was one Man dfcvfl Afpect, named John; he was of the Tribe of the Wilkitcs, of the Race of the Jews, and his Father's Name Was Ifrael. Now this Man was a Hypocrite, a DuTembler of the Truth, and great was his Cunning; and he laid falfe Snares, and gained the Hearts of the People, infomuch that they defpifed their Rulers, and him only did they obey. Now it io happened, that fome of the Elders of the City, feeing thefe Things, became wroth, and were difpleafed, and faid, unto this evil Leader of the People, even unto John, Son of Ifrael, haft thou dealt with us in this Manner Behold! when thou waft poor we took thee in, when thou waft hungry we gave thee Bread, when thou waft thirfty we gave thee Drink, and when thou waft naked we, clothed thee in Fur and Scarlet, yea We heaped Honours upon thee when thou hadft no Honours of thy own. Thefe have we done unto thee yet behold, J5on of Ifrael, in what Sort thou haft dealt with us Thou haft, by thy Cunning, feduced avVay the Hearts of the People from the Laws Confiifion is gone forth through the Land; they will not that they be ruled is their Fathers were ruled, and us they obey not, but thee. Now when John heard thefe Things, he wift not what to fay for the Pride of his Spirit was raifed in TREASURY OFFICE, MrcA 16, X774.

THE CeverA Infpeilors and other Perfonstvhat ever, who are in Arrear to the Treafury, are defired to difcharge their 'respective Balances in the Courfe of the approaching General Court without Fdilt as no Indulgences can be given. RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treafurer. CHARLESTOWN, February 11.

ON Friday laft arrived here from the Ifland of St. Thomas, in the Weft Indies, his Excellency Cencral Ropftorff, late CovernoUr of St. Croix, and Captain Bang, of his Danifh Majefty' Army, intending to mike the Tour of the Bntiih Colonies. The Commifftoner of the Silk Manufacture hae (hipped on Board the Ship Carolina Packet, William Whhe Mailer, for London' 40 5 lh. of exceeding fine raw Silk, and 27 lbs.

of an ordinary Quality, all of the Growth ind Cultuie of Purryfburgh, in this Province. The Murders lately committed in Georgia by the Indians have ftt'uck the Frontier Inhabitants of this Province wiih fuch Terrour that ni6ft of them have deferred their Settlements, and abandoned their All. The Country about Saluda, Reedy River, Rayburn's Creek, and Pacolet, is depopulated, and the Panick is faid to have reached as far as the Frontiers of Virginia notwithftanding which, fome Cherokee Indians have lately come down to Mr. Cameron, Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs, with A durance of Peace. Mr.

Cameron is ufing his to encourage the Inhabitants to make a Stand, arid, in Cafe of the word, is eretmg a large Stockade for their Reception after finiftling which he immediately fets out for Keowee, in the lower Cherokee Coiintiy. It is faid that the Creek Nation in general difclaims any Knowledge of, or Share in, the late Murders in Georgia, which were perpetrated by fourteen Creeks and three Cherokees Thefe fourteen Creek Indians are faid to belong to a Settlement on Oakmulguick River, called the Standing Peach Tree, which is compofed of lower Creeks from the Coweta and Cuflita Towns. They are faid to have been encouraged to fettle there by Mr. Galphin, who carries on an advantageous Trade with them in their Hunting Grounds beyond Ogeech, and in the Neighbourhood of Oakonick and Oakmulguick Rivers. The Murder of White and Shirrol, and their Families, formerly mentioned, is accounted for as follows.

Some of White's Horfes were ftolen by Indians, whereupon he and Shirrol, with fome others, purfued them, and overtook two Creek Indians with the Horfes, which they refufed to give up. Upon this White (hot one of the Indians the other efcaped, and having joined a Hunting Party of his Countrymen, tracked White and Shirrol to their Houfes, whom they afterwards facrificed to their Refentment. The Number of Indians that attacked the Georgia Militia and Rangers faid td have exceeded feventeen in Number. The Detachment of Militia, undr the Command of Captain Coudgion, was about 15 Men they were joined by ten Rangers, under Quartermarter Stewart. Lieutenant Grant was fo dunned by a Ball, which grazed his Temple, that he fell from his Horfe, by which Means he unfortunately fell into the Hands of Tiim.

and he became exceeding; wroth. the Indians, who cruelly murdered him. His Body was found tied to a And he arofe from his Seat, and he looked furioufly Tit pun Barrel, fuppofed to have been 'rtd hct, was thrall into and left flicking in his Body, his Scalp and Ears taken off, a painted Hatchet tlpon the Haders, and he laid unto them, hat and ert kicking in his Skull, twelve Arrows in his Breaft, and a painted War is it come to this? Hear me then, ye whom 1 delude, Club left upon his Body and Hften tb tne, ye whom my Soul difdaineth! Hive I nbtbeen the Protector of your Laws, and the Ouardian of your Liberties Have I not watched the People frotn Harm, even as the Shepherd watcheth the Flock by Night, becaufe of the Wolves? Have I not fought againft your Foes, and conquered And have I not gufded yu 'our Councils, blind and iooliih as you are, and faid unto you, Thus, and thus, fhall ye do And lo what is my Reward, and what the Price of my Wifdom Reviling, and Scoffing, and Envy Now, touching thofe Things which ye have faid concerning the People, hear me: It is true I poflfefs the Hearts of the Multitude, and that I will endeavour always tQ poflefs them is not falfe. Yet this I will turn to your Confufion, and the Puniflintent of your Ingratitude fhall be great. I will deprefc you, and humble you, and bring you unto Shame for all powerful is my Voice, and I will canfe that Beafh rule over you inftead bf Men.

Thus faid, he left the Aflembly of the Elders. And he went unto the Flock, and there he found a Bull Calf, even a BULL; and he tied him by the Horns, and led 'him to the publick Place where the Multitude of the People were aflcmbled. And he entered among, them, 'and flood up in the Midft, and cried out with a loud Voice, Behold, ye People of 'Gotham, I btingyoua Chief Ruler, and a Head of the Elder And the whole People fhouted, and danced with Joy, and an fwc red him with one Voice, Wifely haft thou done, () John, Son of Ifrael!" He then departed with the Be all, and mounted li'nn, even as People mount Horfes, and rode upon him to the Manfion Houfe of the Chief Ruler of the City. And, as he went he ordered Taapha, who came from the weftern Country, even the Country of Goats, to play upon the Harp. And Taapha obeyed him for though he was one of the Elders lie was alfo one of the Servants of John, the Leader of the People.

And how the Bull reared, and reigned, behold will it not he found in the Acts of the Times to come? Mr. Wilkes is the Son of Ifrael ffilkes. Richard Pearis and Jacob Hite were, it Is faid, warned by fome Che rokee Women to provide for their Safety they have, in Confcquence, moved off with their EfTecls from the Cherokee Lands. BOS February 22. LATELY died at Dedham Mr.

Nathaniel Guild, in the 96th Year of his Age. He had a numerous Offspring viz. 10 Children, 6 living; 69 Grandchrildren, 57 living; 96 Great Grandchildren, 80 living 3 of the 5th Generation, 1 living; alfo Sons and Daughters in Law, 51 Grandchildren by Marriage. On Sunday the 23d ult. the Wife of a poor Labourer at Dover Was delivered of four Children, three Daughters and one Son, whs are all now in perfect Health, and like to remain fo.

Friday Morning; lali, about three o'Clock, a Perfon called at a private Houfe in Weathersfieid, went to a Bed where two young Men lay, and putting a male Child, four Months old, into the Bed, defired they would take Care of it till he went for Dr. Porter, whom he wanted to fet his Wife's Bones, which he pretended were broke by a Fall from his Horfe. They received the Child, and took Care of it till the Morning when, being apprehenfive they had been impofed upon, and made Inquiry of Dr. Potter, found that no fuch Perfon had applied to him. They were immediately convinced of the Cheat, and made Application to the Seleclmen of Weathersfieid, who gave Orders that fuitahle Care be taken of the Child.

It is generally thought, that the Perfon who lelt the young Child with the young Men was the difguifed unnatural Mother of it. February 14. We hear that ofl Tuefday laft the Honourable Commons Houfe of Aflembly of this Province refolved to impeach the Honourable Peter Oliver, Chief Judge of the Superiour Court, bofore his Excellency the Govi rnour, and the Honouiable his Majefty's Council, he being an unconfti' utional Judge, We are informed that his Excellency Thomas Hutchinfon, Efqj has concluded not to go to England at prefent. We hear from Pownalborough, that Mr. Abicl Wood, who was appointed Deputy Marflial to ferve a Warrant from the Court of Admiralty on the Brigantine upon his Return home found ibat Lieutenant Mowat and Mafter Hogs h3d csrried off the faid Brigantine and not knowing where to find thofe Gentlemen, and obtain Redrefs of them for their very polite Treatment of him, he proceeded immediately to Kennebeck River, and attached a Brigantine called the Sophia (which thofe Culprits have been two Years in building) together with her Caigo of Timber, and had her dripped in fuch a Manner, th withcut a Refcue, it is not provable fhe remove from l.er Moorings till the Infenour Court fits at Pownalborc ugh in June rext; at which Time it poflihly will be known whether any Officer in the Navy can be jtftified in bidt'ing Defiance to all American Laws, nd removing private Property, by Forr: of Arms, to any Part of the Globe tt.at hik tyrannical Heart fhall dictate to him.

NEW II March 3. YESTERDAY a very Entertainmtrt was fcivtn at Hull's, by his Excellency the Govcrnour, to the HcnouraMc the Gentlemen of his Majefty's Council, and to the Gentlemen of the General AfTemHy. A Bill is now through the Honourable Houfe of Aflembly for rriilding a Province Houfe for the Refiderce of hii Excellency the Governour, and a Secretary's Office fu the Reception of the Archives cf the Province. Extrafl ef a Lttttr from St. Croix.

By a Lcttei. from Toitola we aie informed that his Excellency Sir Ralph Payne was arrived there, on his Way to Crab Ifland, accompanied by the principal Gentlemen of Antigua and St. Kilt's, under Convoy cf four Ships of War and a Tender, The latter was immediately defpatched to the City of St. Juan Porto Rico, to inform the Spanifli Govemod'' that his Excellency intended to take Pofleflion of Crab Ifland, in tb Name of his Britannick Majefty. Crab Ifland it a very fertile little Spor, within Sight of St.

Croix. Sir alph Payne offered to lay 4000 Guineas that in twelve Months the noble Ifland of Porto Rico would be given up to tb Engitfh. May not thtfe Ccffions be the Refult of a fecret Negotiation between tb Britifl) and Spanifli Courts, in Exchange for Falkland's that their Jealoufies of our fettling in the Southern Htmifpnert may btrt moved PHILADELPHIA, March 7. ON the 8th of January a Gale of Wind happened at Madeira, In which all the Veflels then there were caft away and loft, except Captain Bi afs of New York, who arrived at Carolina and brought the Account. There were none from Philadelphia, and only two front New York, Sanders and Angler, the Crews of both which were mofUy drowned.

i WARSAW, December 25. LETTERS from Moldavia, whilft they confirm the taking; ipf JSi liftria by the Ruffians, vary about the Particulars that important Conqueft. Some Advices fay, that they loft 4000 Men at the Affaulr, others only 400. They differ likewife sbout the immenfe Booty faid to have been taken on that Occafion; for, according to fome, the Soldiera have divided 30,000 Rubles each, whilft others fay each Soldier's was 3000. Thefe Advices unanimoufly add, that the Town of VainaU in the.Poflefflon of the Ruffians, who are to march (trait forward 10 Adrisnople, in Cafe the Want of Provifions does not prevent them.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Hovtmltr 30 On the 16th Inftant; in tbe Evening, the Ramadhan commenced. 1 his Word properly fiy nines, ia Arahick, a Heat which confumcs, becaufe formerly the Rsmadhan happened always in Summer; whereas now it runs through aU the Seafoni, the Mufluiman Year being lunar. During this which Is the ninth among the Arabs, the Mahometans obferve the rooft rigorous Fair, abftaining from eating and drinking from Sunrifc to Scnfet, fufpendiog all A As of Hoftility, and interrupting all their to fcend entirely to Exercifes of Piety. The Army would have been, duitafe this Time, in a State of Inaction, if the Mufti had not fent to the Grand Vifiarfo excufe the Troops from obferving the Ramadhan. 7 We have learned, not without Uneafinefs, that the Grand Vifiar is td vanced towa ds Bazardick, with the Standard of Mahomet, and the reft of the Army.

We flatter ourfelves that he has been joined by the Rein forcement fent him. If the Fate of a general Battle would be unfavourable to the Ottomans, the Ruffians may eftablifh ihemfclvcs in Bulgaria, and penetrate perhaps as far as Adrianople but we hope for every Thinj from the Prodence of the Grand Vifur, the Bravery of Haffti) Pachji, and the Difpofltion of the Troops. Frmibt Dtamttr 14. Letters from Bultarlaadvife, that the Tartars, who are ilill under the Dominion of the Porte, toeing the ill Succefs of the Operations of the Ottoman Army, had taken a Rtfolutlcn to quit it and return to their own Country, FRANKFORT, Dtctmbtr 31. It i faid that the Troops in Frince have icceived Orders to hold themfelves in Rea'dinefs to marth, and that 15,000 Bavarians were to be taken into Pay by that Crown, 1 VIENNA, Dtcmbtr $, According to Advices from Turkey, tbe Porte is fo fully determined to carry' on the War againft Ruflia thsJt it almoft a Crime in the Ottoman Empiic to venture, to fpeak of the ap proaching Return of Peace.

AMSTERDAM, jbwtfry S. By Letters from good Hands afDant. zick, dated the 45th ult. that City is in a much better. State than they expected, as by the Intervention ot fome foreif Powers the Differences that had arifen between that City and commercial Company will be fo regulated as not only to be of Benefit to the Dantzickers, but to all other commercial European States.

BERLIN, Dtctmbtr $. The (ieen of Pruflia recovers from her late Indifpcfition, but is not yet wtll enough to partake of the Amcfe ments of the Carnival, which are now beun, and will laft as long as hit Prufllan Majefty ftays in Berlin. Dtcmbtr 18. The prodigious Quantity of Snow which has fallen on the Mountains retards the Arrival of Poit. A Courier, who was defpatched from hence to Turin, has perifned in the Snow but the Portmanteau, containing the Letteis, has been found.

Several Muea have aifo been loft iir the Snow between this City and. Turin, and People are now employed in digging out the Merchandife With which they wejft laden. PARIS, Dtctmbtr 31. Uncommon Devaluation has been nude this Winter by Hurricanes, as well on the Coafts of this Kingdom as in the Levant and all the fouthern Part of Europe. The Accounts from various Places, of the Numbers of Ships and Lives loft, are mo ft deplorable, A female Impoftor, who has lately made a great Noife in the Generality of Soiifons, pretending to have been delivered of four evil Spirits ia the Shape of Frogs, is apprehended by Order of the Intendant, andclofejy confined in Prifon.

The ignorant Multitude were fo perfuaded of the Reality of the Sorcery, that the Perfon ho was accufed of it has been obliged to quit the Country. LONDON, January 11. ACCORDING to cur Advices from Rorve, his Royal Highnefs the Duke of Cumberland was txpected there on the 13th ult. incog. He will ftay there but a very flicrt Time, to view all the Antiquities and remarkable Things afier which he will return to Florence, wheie a Palace is hired for his RtfirUnce, as he intends to continue there till very late in the enfuing Summer.

Extracl ef a Lttttr from Birmingham, Janury 6. Tue'day laft a Meeiing of the principal Inhabitants of this Towa and Neighbourhood was held at the Swan Inn, for the Purpcfe of taking into Confideration the Expedience and publick Utility of making a navigable Canal from hence to join that of Coventry and Oxford, which was unanimoufly appioved." Exirafl 0 a Lttttr from Portfmouth, January 6. Yefterday Count Potowfki, the Ruffian Ambaffadour, came her from London, and immediately went on Board the feveral Ruffian Ma of War, when he was faluted, and returned on Board Adinital Grieg's Ship, where he dinrd and this Day he went on Bosrd the Barficur, Sir Peter Parker, where he was Uuied on going on Board and coming afhort. We htar the Ruffian Tranfports ate immediately ordered to fail to the Mediterranean, before the Men of War, to fupply the Ships now there with Provifions and Stores. The in the Harbour are ordered to Spithead, with all Expedition On a late very nice Calculation, it appears that the Sums collected for the Maintenance of the Poor in the fevtra Parifhes of this Kingdom exceed I.

Sterling annually. The Conduct of the prefent patriotick Sheriffs feems, in all Thinps, to be truly laudable and exemplary, but in nothing more than ifuinjr the Compters and Lock up Houfes, both in the City and County of Mid ilefex, they being always ready toheanhe Lane uajrt of Complaint the Mention ot their Names even generally procures inAant Redrti'i jt is prnerally undented that they have rcfufd to admit two cf the. Lro Officers into Employment, becaulethcy had teen guilty or and that they hold the Rod of ftrict Juftice over tho'e fubordinate Officerr fome of whom were formerly a Terrour to the DilUefled, and a Dikuwi to Society..