* fc,
BVletten we learn, that Mr. Walker had, it lift, got
heiritr£tit<*oS?f, with all the evidence he could! obtain, ag*i ift the
fehtlwen, who hefuppofed, had cut off his car ; whin onlydne bill was
%£*&, and thit again ft Major Disney, whole trial Came bn immediately,
andflafted ijhours; and notwithstanding Mr. and Mr*. Walker both (Wore
that^fr'Major was perfonallv present, when the aft was committed, he
proved the contrary by many evidences, and was honourably acquitted.
advidefby the last vcflels we'arcf informed, that
there was the greatest reason to hope the reftriftions upon the Governors
of the several Engliflf American colonies, again ft palling money bills of
paper currency, would be wholly taken oft’, witho.it any conditions in
fconfiftent with English Kberty, soon after the fitting of the parliament,
which was to meet thev6th of January.
g Jt has been nnanimoufly determined in the Council, and -Hcrufeof Re
arefentativcs, at Bbfton, that the Lieutenant-Governor for the time be
ing has no to aiittMt tile Council, board, -either with or without a
Wote.
ByCapt. Davis, who left the Downs the 4th of March, we hear, that
glut Spaniard* are fitting out a very large fleet in all their port*; and it is
‘looked upon, as if they intended an attack on Gibraltar or M.ih >t>, to
make up for their late Tofles.—Admiral Broderick js going with a large
Beet to Gibraltar, and orders are gone before him,rfn get proper booms
£ed wad every dung,for defence ready at those places: Many large (hips
ire taken up in thb River Thames*, for (lore ships and transports:—Thcfe
preparation! have given fome grounds to the enemies of America, to think
shew prejphl i again ft them.—Number* of carpenters and other
tradefmin EW gT>ne to Spain { the Engliih AmbafTador has orders to and
-and them, feeing the difaTvantage of such men leaving their native
fbuntnr.—Nuhiber* of tradefnenJhave engaged to go fettle in East anJ
IFeft'noridi, as thd poor in general in England arc very much diilreifed
r take*, ’ and provifioni'eicceflive dear
® ’ Philadelphia, April 16.
*’ ‘ Pifl/eript of • letterfrom'London, doled Jan. 10, *767.
* ** ffb ftad alfito if forgbt to have acquainted you, that on the 7th cur
fcft, a meeting of Nortn-American Merchants was fuminoned, who ac
fordingly met, and chose a committee, which committee are to meet a
£itn on the ixth current, in order to confider of, and form a proper pi in
rftietuCP&tibn paper currency in yourdifferent-provincet, and as we
ve vefy great'enfcotftngemtnt from the present Ministry, we have hot
she teaf'doubt Ofobtaifiin < our desired point, which hope, and doubt not
be kitty acceptable piece of news to dil our North American friends,
as also very Agreeable to yours, &c “
fatda&bfa letter from a Qmlejitam in London, to another in Philadelphia, dated
Jan. 10.
** Tbefi areintended hy the’ V*c<et, to acquaint you for the informa,
tion of all our
at a poblick meeting on the ythinft. to apply to parliament for relief in
Biff A toy r paper currency, with the afliftXTiee of the agents of the fe
deral provinces, and such gentlemen from your continent as are now here.
Thpy tareceiveand coiifiJer, several plans
Which ill* laid wnl beoffiaredfor this purpofc, which, with their opinion,
tipgnre UM-eportooE gotiwal .meeting; and as the present Miqrftry are fa
vpor^l*difpofed the we doubt not but something will
fedonc this (eiEoa, andjvc {hall is/oon aain our power ad rife the fuc-
Cefr.”
pjttttrJfrom 4 putUmuu fn London to an* in Nan-Fork, Fth. 14.
# V .Sihce thearnyalof ftie Halifax Packet, with the refoiutions of your
Aflembly ofph£ ; g*>o( December, such a cloud appears to be gathering
Wver your province, as cannot but exceedingly affeft every mind pacifi
*ally disposed, and alarm those connefted by commerce. This circuin-
BShceih Ctifles di Towait and Tee what turn tnis unhappy affair will take,
Before we can increase our concerns in a province, which, we fear, will be
soon in a ftatc of asit-is thegeneril opinion, that the Britifti le
gidatnre will immediately pursue measures to oblige yours to execute the
yidiMhhil Ajfftsi b; whereby property may probably become
preourieis Whisdl should it unfortunately prove the ctfe> we thin < our
|rieud<nag blame os fbf fending them goods at such a critical junfture.
Woj—dentlymvifh a more favourable prof pest may present to our view, be
fore the departure of the vessels bound to your port, but left that (hould
f#t happen, wg are aqxious 10 communicate our fentimints by the earli
afi-apo f x m kttep tt Krut'l'ori, from London, dated February 24, 1767.
*gOftpcjfiQi>ak|fh ;no favourab e circumstances have ©ecured relative to
’ tile publick affairs of your province, for although nothing cun be depen i-
Si onJ'or certainty, in regard to the mealy r e*, whickgov ecament may a
apt, yet it Teems generally agreed, that eight or nine regiments with two
detachments of artillery are defined for embarkation to yppr port ; we
* therefore fintfnO reason to alter the sentiments we communicated by our
eonfequcotly have been under the dsfagpeeable necessity of per-
Jnitting the duels to depart without any goods from us, thinking it not
bmflftent with prudence, to riit, at such acritical junfture, the property
tither friends or ourfclves, for any immediate’ advantage that may
tecnfc to the one or she other.**
CiarSjtvufnl April On Friday last hi* Excellency John Wentworth,
Ufa. ’ esm pinied by Cfcpt. Losing, set out, by land, for bis government
©f New. H amp (hi re. .
April 17. The master of a veflel arrived here from the Bay of Hondu-
hfi; that thy SpaniSrdi ha? committed fome irregularities against the
logwood cutlers fettled on the Rio Honde.
* AWr vfd** Tutfday lift John ttuart, Esq. 4 Superinten<iant of Indian
tAlru fo# thuT&thern department df NM'th Aiherica, set out for Augu
•§ In&n fernse Creek chiefs,’ end thbifka such other business as he has
to do.* ‘ J *, .
9m *fomb day buHdfor Fifnaouth,lfoijefty*s packet boat Anna
There (a, commanded by Capt. Valentine Dyer.
|J[nngtma*A ft jrfryi-g- iOfdihlD WAI
t™ v * ~** T iw
•qp* 9
ro prefeot to the Charles Town Mbr.iry Society, a fatal] bus well chofem
collection of boolvs, confllhng of near zoo volumes. #
Vefterdav r turned from Lon.lou in the snow Portland, Capt. Georgf f
Miggms, Sir Charles Burdett. | n r<*ly appointed Colleftor ofthis Majelly*e
Cuftorns for the province o’ East Florida, Mr. and Mifi RatclifFe, Mr.
John Webb, Mr. Charles Shrphejrd, and others.
Mr. Johnston, 0 ■*- ■**
If you 11 insert the following F.ftay in your next Gazette, in will oblige.
Your moft humbl.* fcrvant, ‘ PbULOTO d¥„
But the’ to receive poji tiny run, !
RThev thmk it hard to be undone. v Visions.
j a- T • EI ? E 50,11 re . vin ? e fa y s Craftfmnn, tho*,terms very
diftio.t in their fignitic.it.on, are yet frequently confounded, and
lndtlcntninarely applied. Resentment is the hasty (park xvhich flafhea
from a generous mind, indien.i.it of aft'roms; is the-dark delibc
ratc mifehtef of an ignoble foul, which broods in filencc over its injuries,
[he Qc is the jealous guardian and allcrtor of conscious honour * the oe
ther the flow avengerof loft reputation, which it has not power to protest.
of a fi ol4 V* lhC b€COming rpirit of a mtn * olher •• the gloomy delight
It argues conscious unworthiness, to bear ill treatment patiently. Ho*
nour in a man is as estimable as challity in a woman ; and it is • defy which
lie owes to hunfelf, to check defamatory reflections with jealous indigna
tion... If the tongue of calumny and reprparh dares avowata dandeaaam
snfult, and refufes to make the reparation which oifended worOi has •
right to it then becomes an aft of necessity to enforce the juilice
uue to our characters, th >’ at the hazard of outlives. •
Bv a brave and uoble behaviour in qurown vindication, wc oppgfe tbu.
preiod ce ofthofe who treat us with reproach. £ut tho* the indignity w
receive, raises in us the spirit of manly oppnfition, yet it should not pro
voke us to afts of unjust violence. The man of hon our finds ample (atif.
faftlon in pardonmV thnfc whom he hath power to puniih.’ To forgive
after having fuccrf-fully exerted our valour, is the severest method of cha
fttfing a vanquished foe.
Such conduft may serve to correft his mistake, and induce him to cou
ceive kinder sentiments in our favour. He may live to revere that vinuf
he has offended, and be as forward to p.iblilh the worth which be bat ap
proved and experienced, as he was rash in passing a precipitate and mis
taken censure
But the worthless have o such hopes to entertaiu: Vbey are fenfiblel.
that the longer they are known, their infamy will become morepublicki
and therefore they purfuetho e with unremitting vengeance, who expose
they to deteftioo, and wound them with the fling of honest <tho* perhapa
incautious) veracity. Both arc moved at reproaches, bui they arc affeft
ed from different motives; thq one, left they should prejudice his fame,
w hich he is anxious to preserve; the other, l--ft they (hould proclaim hie
difhonour, which he is careful to conceal. Exprcffions, which tiillurb
our peace of mind, expose us to contempt, and torture us on tile nek f
lhatne, strike more horror to a feeling gcncious foul than poverty or deaths
while the insensibility wh’eh diftates them, when they are directed orap.
plied to itlelf, feels no other dmotion than what flows from an ardentde
(fire of brutal revenge • , 4 r v*. - , k
If those who use unbecoming licenfeof speech, or werc fodndgaiityaf
obloauy and detraftion, “ let their station in life be wh'atjk will,”
branded with in/amv. and obliged to make fomefervije submission totbf
party offended, exaltation and rudeness would fcldom be seen in the fame
if, under pain of fomch?vy penalty* m?j
to submit their private reHatment to publick decision, such regulationa
would contribute greatly to promote an amendment of ami the
peace of society.
Mr. Printer , . ‘ i m
SOME years since, being at Bath, the foHowiqg'veryjudicrooy affair
happened ; A young gemleja*n w)jo went, there, to driak the
waters as valetudinarian* ufaaljy jiq, but tp Mrtake of the of
the place, had a particular recommcndtion to Mr. Quja, thc.&moea
Comedian, who wax then there; The young geotlemanbcing onp even*
the gaming table, tookoccalion to pals fome' national reflcftioni on
theTrifb; a gentleman then present, in a very polite maaner. told him
he was of that country, and desired he wopld desist from any
fleftions; bat this request having no effcS, the Iriffi gentleman rose from
his feat,, and taking, him by the nose, led him thro* the Long; room,’
when at the door kicked hjm out; on which the young gcnriemaiMbe
next morning waited oq Mr. Qui, and aflud hi* advice upooi tafsmcft*
Aon; when he had recited what had happened, Mr. Quin vcry gxm|2.
asked hiip if the Irilh gentleman, was yet alive; Alive, diy yes, tljat'hf’
is! Why then. Sir, lay* Quin, when you go next to Long.room*
’ Soap your NOJl.’ ‘ . V
Ehtcrbo Inwari at the Cvarow-Hovar. —— From
May a. Ship Pitt, John Ros, - St. Vincent *
4, Schooner Liverpool Packet, GwjpMnli*. > *!*•*•
Schooner NoAurnml, Simon Tuft*. • ( SOn—'C.rolinn
5, Sloop Speedwell, Joseph Soo^t,, i ] ••. ffeßefphfo
('• Entered Outwards,* ’** * * / For
- Brigt. Mary,'Matthew Rem, - . famaiefe
Schooner Two Brothers, N. Horton, St.Ktßffit*ftle, <a Croit
Aset of good cypress vats, and four - bushels of
: GOODiNDItO SEED; to Be ftPv 7
• ■ ; r
TjQ .BE S
.A NEGR6E FELLOW, named Jea, w*U knows mStvanoßh. H
rV'h • good book, waking man, src and play* a gopd Violin, Ftk
pvtitmbutqpplj 10. V .! r GiORGE BAUXII M^CQ.
