The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

JANUARY 16, 1761789Tuesday the 13th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Wednesday the 14th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 15th Day of January 1761.Mr. Speaker adjourned the meeting of the House till to-morrow Morning,Ten of the Clock.Friday the 16th Day of January 1761.The House met.Read the Journals of Saturday the 18th Day of October last.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor, by Mr. Simpson;Mr. Speaker & Gentlemen,When I called you together in last October, I laid only such mattersbefore you as required an immediate consideration, & you very readily providedfor them; & the season of the year, at that time, & the apprehensionentertain’d by many of your members, of danger from the remain of theSmall-Pox, rendering it very disagreeable to you to continue then longer sitting,you had my permission to adjourn till this time. During this long recess,several matters have arisen, concerning which, from a consideration ofthe intention of your former resolutions, & from the intire confidence I placein your readiness to do whatever is necessary for the service of this province,I have given such directions as to prevent any detriment which the publicotherwise might have receiv’d from the want of your express determinationthereupon; which I shall lay before you in the present, & subsequent Messages.I had given orders for throwing into fort Prince-George a plentiful supplyof flour, meat & firing, for three months, on the 1st of December; whichwas near the brink of being disappointed, by an opinion prevailing amongthe Rangers, that they were continued in pay no longer than the first of December;but when I consider’d, that you had given such earnest advice, &made such ample provision for carrying on the war against the Cherokeeswith the utmost vigour, I immediately dispatch’d an express, which reach’d