Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

Commonwealth of MaJJaobufitts. BOSTON, Nov. 25, 1786. Commander in Chief has received information, That 1 insurgents in different parts of the state, are again em bodying themselves to obftrud the course of law, and the administration of justice in this commonwealth. The General Court, at their last l'eftion, convened for the express purpose of hearing the various complaints existing in ’liferent parts of the state, have not only adopted every mea sure for their removal, which, alter the moil serious delibe ration, they thought consonant to justice and the common good, but have taken the earliest opportunity of communi cating their doitigs on that head to the public. Those very measures, instead of giving quiet to mal-contents, have been added to their catalogue of grievances, and fumilhed them with new pretensions of complaint. Hence it must be evident, that it is not within the reach of the legislature, to fatisfy their demands, confidently with the common interest. These outrageous proceedings therefore cannot longer be conlidered as having any thing partial for their objed, but as levelled at the very existence of govern-: cicnt; and the period seems tP be fait approaching, when it niuftbe determined.whether the good people of this common wealth are to remain under the protedion of 'their present free and excellent constitution, or submit their livesand their property to the will of the mote rqftlefs and dangerous mem bers of the Community. The Commander ip Chief, relying with perfed confidence, on the countenance and fuppoft of his fellow citizens, feels himfelf bound by the mod l'acred obligations of duty, to at tempt at all hazards, to crulli twery dangerous opposition to government. He therefore calls upon the Major-Generals in this Common wealth, immediately to fee that their several divisions areper fettly organized, compleatly equipped, and ready to take the Ijeld at the fliorteft notice. He has perfect fatisfadion in the belief, that the officers at this critical period especially, will entertain so high a fenfeof duty, and of their responsibility to their country, that no exertions on their part will be wanting fully to carry these orders into efled: And he flatters him felf, that their talk will not be arduous, as the good sense of the muft evince the importance of these orders, and induce a ready obedience. JAMES BOWDOIN. Extraft of a letter from Mantua, November 27. V The Dutch consul at Medina had a 1110 ft amiable daughter, about feveuteen years of age. Some devout women, who yifited at her father’s, took it into their heads to convert the lady, and make a fyint of her. They laid they could npt bear the thought that such a perfed young creature ftiould ■ pne day or another fall a vidim to the devil. In order to place her in the road to Heaven, and to enable her to merit salva tion, they pioully began by persuading hey to 10b her father, and to elope srom him byway of competing the good work. The young lady being properiy wrought, till Ihe was convinc ed that the robbery and flight which Ihe meditated, were pious, confcientions ads, wanted only the means of carrying them into execution; for this purpose the had given her two father capuchins.—Thefe holy friars were acctiftomed to re ceive alms at the consul’s house, who did not fufped their intrigue; however the disciples of St. Francis carried off every day some clothes, and other eflfeds belonging to the young convert, in their bag, instead of provilions. At last, the girl herfelf eloped, taking with her a purse of gold. Her parents soon got intelligence of her, and were greatly fur prized at her projed, and the caufc of her evasion ; but as there was no remedy they bpre their misfortunes with tole rable patience. “ The new faint was received into a convent, and in due time took the veil, and the usual vows ; —never to have a heart susceptible of love : to submit to all the caprices of a scolding old woman, and never to have any money but for the use of the convent, and to give to friars. —This is my in terpretation of the three vows of Chastity, Obedience, and Poverty, exaded from nuns when they are profefled. For more than three years nothing was talked of in Medina but this holy conversation. They began to think of railing the hundred thousand crowns, by public contributions, to pay for her canonization after her decease. Some zealous preach ers made it a pretext in their sermons to declare againftall Protestants, and to announce it to be the forerunner of the total ruin of England and Holland.” A few EVENTS of 178 6, I. The King of Great-Britain nearly frightened out of his senses by an old woman, vyith a rusty case knife. it Tories in Nova-Scotia rending the air with acclama* tions of joy and Satisfaction for the launching a fchoontr at Shelburne, after three years hard exertions. 3. The houlhold furniture of the heir apparent to the Britiili crown fold at public vendue, to pay his debts. 4. The American carrying trade in the hands of the Britilh and other foreigners—and our own veflels laying by the walls. 5. American Patriots importing foreigners to navigate their lliips, and doing ail in their power to discourage home manufactures. 6. Men of neither honor, honejly or decency talking of virtue and merit. 7. New-England men, who could imprison a Britilh army in Bolton, insulted, with impunity, by a desperate banditti, AUGUSTA, Jan. 6. Tuefday last being the day appointed by the Constitution for the meeting of the General Assembly of this State, but did not make a House until yerterday, when they proceeded to the choice of a Governor for the ensuing year, when General GEORGE MATHEWS was elected to that im»' portant trult. # The Subscription for efiablijhing a Poji between Au giijia and Savannah being as yet inadequate to the purpoje , the Subscriber begs leave to offer the follo wing for the C onfideralien of the Inhabitants of Augujta. and its Neighbourhood* \ P R. O P O S A L S FOR ESTA BLISHING A POST BETWEEN THE ■» f Towns Savannah & Augusta BY SUBSCRIPTION. EACH Subscriber to pay two Guineas per annum, one half to be paid when the Subscription is compleated, and the remaining half at the Expiration of nine Months. The Poll to leave Savannah on Thursday at four o’clock in the Morning, and to arrive at Augusta the Saturday following, at twelve o’clock ; will leave Augusta on Monday at four o’clock, and arrive in Savannah, the Wednesday following, at twelve o’clock. The Route will be continued throughout the Year. A Poll-Office will be opened in each Town, where attentive Clerks will be provided to receive letters, News-Papers, &c, at Office-Hours, which Ihall be made known. All Letters to be charged at the fame Rates as at the Ge neral Poll-Office. The Subscriber, for the faithful Performance of these Pro pofa’s, v, ill give good Security to his Honour the Gover nor and Executive Council of the State. Subscriptions will be received in Savannah, at the Printing-Office, the Coffeehoufe, and the Store of Brice and Cowan ; in Augusta at the Printing-Office, by Mr. Ingerfill and by the Subscriber, at his House on the Bay in Savannah, WILLIAM THOMPSON. L 0 S T. " BY the fubferiber on Saturday evening last, a black leather Pocket-Book containing several valuable papers, and a Tobacco Note, marked TH No. 516-1348 Pounds Grof» 162 Pounds Tare nB6 Pounds Nt. in my own Name. Who ever will deliver the laid Tobacco Note with or without the Pocket Book and Papers to Robert Efq. at Mr. Fox’s, or to me Ihall receive five dollars Reward and no quell ions alked. THOMAS HARTON. Augujla, Dectmb. 1786.