Paper of Record

Dartmouth Side, Lawrencetown

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Thursday the 16th past, the Settlers of Lawrence Town set out from this Town in order to go by Land for that Place, having a strong Guard of 200 Regular Troops, exclusive of Officers, commanded by Capt. Stone, with a Number of Rangers; which Place they arrived at the Saturday following, having made a Road from Dartmouth Side to the said Town, which is but little more than 11 Miles distance from us, they immediately went to picketting in the Neck, which they compleated in a short Time, and have rais’d and finish’d the Block-House, Store. House, &c. and mounted their Cannon ; they are also picketting the Town, and have broke up the Soil, which appears to be extraordinary good, and planted a considerable Quantity of Potatoes ; they are in high Spirits, and by the favourable Accounts we have since receiv’d, we are in hopes that in a few Years the Settlement will answer our best Expectations.

Halifax Gazette, Jun 8, 1754. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4p3FJGzxjgAC&dat=17540608&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Lawrencetown, Lunenburg

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We are informed, That the Proprietors of the Township to be, called by the Name of Lawrence-Town, have every Thing in great Forwardness to begin that Undertaking as soon as the season will permit.—-We hear likewise, That a Petition now lies before the Council for a Grant to settle another Township; and that several Schemes of that Sort are at present in Agitation. It is imagined this Spirit of Improvement proceeds from some Discovery lately made of the Goodness of the Land hereabouts, which it is esteemed will in a very short Time reward the Labour of the Industrious.

We hear from Lunenburg, That every Thing is now quiet in that Quarter ; that the Inhabitants behave in the most orderly Manner, and are so industrious in clearing and improving their Lands, that the Place must unavoidably flourish in a very short Time. We can with Pleasure inform the Public, That the Proprietors of LAWRENCE-TOWN, have agreed forthwith to settle the clear’d Land of Mukedeboit, in the said Township, and that any sober industrious Persons, Protestants, who have Families capable of assisting in making Improvements, that may be desirous to engage with said Proprietors, to settle there, will have great Encouragement and Protection.

Halifax Gazette, March 23, 1754. Page 1, Column 2.  https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4p3FJGzxjgAC&dat=17540323&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Duties and Excise

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Publick Notice is hereby given, That all Masters of Vessels and Others, who shall import Rum and other distilled Spiritous Liquors into the Port of Halifax, for one Year after the 24th Instant, are to apply to Malachy Salter, in order to pay the Duties on the same, or give bond as the Law directs: And all licenc’d Retailers and Tavern keepers of Halifax aforesaid, and the Town of Dartmouth, are also to apply to said Salter on the 25th Day of the next twelve succeeding months, in order to pay the excise on rum and other distill’d spiritous liquors by them sold. Any persons who shall fail to comply with the several Acts of this Province relating to the abovementioned Duties and Excise, may expect to suffer penalties thereof.

Malachy Salter,{Farmer of the Duties and Excise

N.B. Attendance will be given at the House of the Subscriber on every Day in the Week, except Sundays, from 9 to 12 o’clock in the forenoon. Halifax, September 21. 1754.

 

Halifax Gazette, Sep. 28, 1754. Page 2, Column 2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4p3FJGzxjgAC&dat=17540928&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Riotous Proceedings

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I believe this is a reference to the Hoffman rebellion which led to the first sedition case (out of many subsequent cases) in Nova Scotia, decades before the revolution. Another subsequent note is made as to its “resolution” (their pacification).

 

 

Yesterday Capt. Taggart, in one of the Government’s Sloops, arrived here from Lunenburg, with the Officers and Soldiers belonging to Col. Warburton’s regiment, who, with the Officers and Soldiers of his Excellency the Governor’s and Col. Lascelle’s Regiments, were sent thither some time ago in order to quell some riotous proceedings among the Dutch Settlers there; and we hear they have bro’t some of them Prisoners.

 

Halifax Gazette, Jan 12, 1754. Page 2 Column 2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4p3FJGzxjgAC&dat=17540112&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Deserted

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From their master, Capt. Joseph Rous, of Cornwallis Island, Richard Brown, a short well-set fellow, about thirty years old, by trade a butcher, with a blue waistcoat and cloth trawsers; Also a lad named Richard Harrod, about sixteen years of age, who is pretty well known in Halifax. Whoever shall apprehend both or either of them, or give information to the printer where they may be found, shall be suitably rewarded for their trouble; and all Masters of Vessels are cautioned against concealing or carrying them out of the Place, as they would avoid the penalty in such cases provided.

Halifax Gazette, Feb 3, 1753. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4p3FJGzxjgAC&dat=17530203&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Sea Monster

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On Saturday last was taken within the Mouth of our Harbour, and on Monday brought to Town, a Sea Monster, a Female of the Kind, whose Body was of about the Bigness of that of a very large Ox, and something resembling one, cover’d with short Hair of a brownish Colour; the skin near an inch and an half thick, very loose and rough; the neck thick and short, resembling that of a Bull; the head very small in proportion to the body, and considerably like an Alligators; in the upper jaw were two teeth, of about 9 or 10 inches long and crooking downwards, of considerable Bigness and Strength, suppos’d to be pure Ivory; the Legs very short and thick, ending with Finns and Claws like those of a Sea Turtle; the Flesh and inwards of this Creature upon being open’d appear to resemble those of an Ox or Horse; it was been shewn here for several Days past with satisfaction to the Spectators, and we hear the Fat of it is now trying up in order to make Oyl.

Halifax Gazette, May 30, 1752. Page 1, Column 2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4p3FJGzxjgAC&dat=17520530&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Treaty of Peace and Friendship

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Last Week the Treaty of Peace and Friendship was concluded between this Government and the Chibenacadie Tribe of [Mi’kmaq], inhabiting the Eastern Coasts of this province.

And this Day his Excellency the Governour was pleased, with the Advice and Consent of his Majesty’s Council, to issue a Proclamation strictly forbidding any Acts of Hostility to be committed against any of the said Tribe of [Mi’kmaq], by any of his Majesty’s Subjects within the Province, upon their Peril.

Halifax Gazette. November 25th, 1752. Page 1, Column 2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4p3FJGzxjgAC&dat=17521125&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Diplomas

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We hear that a certain Northern University, justly infamous for Physical Diplomas, hath lately, by Request, transmitted one to this Place, in order to varnish the irregular Education, and to decorate the illegal Promotion of a person now in a lucrative station, in the physical way here. It is therefore necessary, that the Publick may not be imposed upon, to acquaint them with the nature of diplomas: They are mostly confined to Theology, Physick, and Surgery, and cannot be obtained from any creditable University, or Corporation, but by Persons of a liberal Education, and that on the strictest examination, after having defended a Thesis on a subject assign’d. Indeed, such as lately appeared here, may be obtained without any of the above requisites, as is verified in the cafes of Dr. Rock, and Dr. A–r–o–bie; both of which are the Merchandize of the same University, and that without ever having seen, or examine the persons on whom they are conferred.  The practice of such an University, is by all men of sense despised, and the possessors of such diplomas held in contempt, insomuch that by a late act of parliament, and a later order of His Majesty and Council, no man can be legally admitted into his Service without undergoing a public Examination, and bringing a certificate of his being qualified for the Office he is to be employed in. And so grossly absurd it is, to claim merit from such diplomas, that producing them as a Qualification, or as a testimony of a regular education, will be ridicul’d, and gain no credit, but with the prejudiced, the ignorant, and the illiterate, it being well known that such Diplomas can be obtained for a Horse, an ass, or A be’r.

Halifax Gazette, Aug 17, 1754. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4p3FJGzxjgAC&dat=17540817&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Hospital For The Insane

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From the annual report of the Medical Superintendant for the Hospital for the Insane, a copy of which has just been received, we learn that the rate of recovery during the year was very high, being fifty per cent in proportion to the admissions, while the mortality rate, though beyond the ordinary average, was lower than the year before. During last year seventy seven patients were admitted, 44 males and 33 females. With two exceptions, 1868-69, this is the highest number received in any one year since the opening of the hospital. The total number under care in 1872 was 329, the daily average for the year being 258. The discharges were seventy, 36 males and 34 females, leaving on the record at the close of the year 256, including two who were absent on trial. Of those discharged 39 were recovered; and 27 died. Of those who died six were upwards of sixty years of age, two being over seventy. Several of those received were only sent to be nursed during their last illness, five having died within one month, and other five within three months after admission.

The re-admissions in 1872 of those who had formerly been residents of the Hospital and had been discharged, were fourteen, while of those “on trial”, five were returned before their period of probation had terminated.

During the fourteen years the Hospital has been in operation, eight hundred and thirty-eight have been admitted, and five hundred and seventy-nine discharged as follows, namely, one hundred and sixty-five have died; twenty have been removed unimproved; sixty-four have been sent home more or less relieved, and three hundred and thirty have been discharged as recovered.

When the extension now in progress is completed the Hospital will afford accommodation for ninety additional patients.

 

British Colonist, May 3, 1873. Page 2, Colum 4, near bottom. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=HDshCWvjkbEC&dat=18730503&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

 

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