The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle

NEW-YORK, Oct. 24.

On Tuesday Evening arrived the Ship Edward Capt. William Davis, in nine Weeks from London, and six Weeks and three Days from Falmouth. with whom came Major Cary, of the Royal Americans, and his Lady ; Mr. Webb, another Gentleman of the Army, Mr. Kendrick, Merchant, and Mr. Brownjohn, of this City, Mrs. Nichols, of Amboy,: and two or three others, came Passengers:; by some whom we learn, That Sir HARRY MOORE, Governor' of. this Province, was on board the Minerva, Capt. Tillet, lying at Portsmouth; : and: expected to sail from: thence: about the Time Capt. Davis sailed from Falmouth, and therefore may: be daily expected here.:: The Duke of Cumberland Packet boat was arrived . from this Port in three: Weeks Passage—It was.the ge- neral -Talk in London, that we' should be eased of the Stamp Duties.—(Nothing but giving.up the Prctense to the Right of taxing us, can ease us.) -And some say it was a Wager. commonly offered.in the. Coffee Houses, of One.Hundred Guineas to Ten; that the Stamp Act would be repealed' as soon as the Parliament met,which was to be.about the Middle of Novemb.- The Queen was delivered of a third Prince, and the Emperor :of Germany was 'dead.-

Capt.: Davis; who brought us, last Voyage, the News that the Stamp Act: was passed, has now brought the Stamps themselves, intended. to enslave us.- They were Ship'd o privately, that not a Passenger in the Ship -knew of their being on board, till a Man of War here came on board to take Care of their Security. As soon as it was known that the Stamps were really arrived, all the Vessels in the Harbour lowered their Colours, to signify Mourning, Lamenta- tion, and Woe. Alas ! What have we done to merit such Treatment from our Mother Country, and our Brethren ? Have we deserved to be thus degraded and dishonoured, and used by them as the most inveterate Enemies ? What strange In- fatuation has prevailed in their Councils ! to dis- tres, ruin and enslave us, when our Rights and Privileges are precisely the same, and our Interests inseparably united. It is reported, that the Governor sent to Mr. M'EVERS, desiring him to take Care of the Stamps, and that he answered, he had nothing to do with them. At present, as we are informed, there is not one of the Persons appointed,from New-Hamp- shire to Georgia, that will execute the odious Of- fice ; o that the Stamps are now a Commodity no Body knows what to do with, and are more. abominable, and dangerous to be meddled with, is more dangerous to buy or sell or meddle witha than if they were infected with the Pestilence. It Stamp, than it is to encounter all the Dangers and Penalties attending the Want of them. AMEN.