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Vet ofi?) properties that they will be thrown into
ft a^ets a«id dcfperation. Ad thole keen feufatioßS of
resentment which soldiers is a peculiar degree arc
eifit to feel on fuffering an in ury; will harry them on
to recover their, cireumftances from that wretehednefs,
into which theit own ahfence and year oppreifon have
panged them. For, it ought always to t e remarked
of fiddlers, that they are uick in difcercing in uries,
and resolute in punching them with rigor and dispatch;
while at the fame time, they bear with aftbnifhing for
rtufe thole misfortunes, which fall upon them by the
necessity of events.
You need Hand in no dread from this score, unkfs
by your inuftice you deserve correction. The offi
cers will never -entertain the remotest indention of Pek
ing t iis kind of redress, if your injuries are not so ac
cumulate! and irrigating, that it jvould betray a want
of mid'ary honor and spirit to overlook them unre-'
drenedi T-ebed way to prevent the calamities I am
p;efagkig is not todeferve them. Look into your own
actions an! you will d ; fcover the cause of this uneafi
,nefs ; alter yourcondu& and you will find an unfail
ing remedy. It would bean insult to your underftahd
ings tor me to pohv out the method of this alteration.
Yon 10. knew and are able to put matters upon an
e uha' Ie Ic^ . We are not aiking 'you to bestow po
frive emoluments ; we only aik you to do that which
T~e claims of ufrte mid the maxims of policy, ad;*
ni.h younit to om't doing; Unless you .hearken to
Amir impuhes, you wli soon, it is feared, involve
aourfdves in misery, if npt in deftruftion. AR like
wfo Ikc meed men-- obey the principles of reason
nd relic on, and lam persuaded you will no longer
r Till in a courie of actions that are exposing you to so
ouch peril and disgrace.
CHARLESTOWN, (S Carolina)Oft. 14 .
LAT kHdnefd, arived here Capt, Munro
Com Amferdim, by whom we learn; that
(besides Embden) the ports of Hamburgh and
Gait ^burgh, in Sweden, are open to the Ameri
cans ; a,A that they have hardly made half a
croD in England this season, rhe summer having
proved he.mojt cool and moist ever known. He
adds, that the Dutch were fitting all their saps
of war for fee.
Y()RK-TOWN, Dec. 27
Extrafi from letters from the best authority in
South Carolina, dated 29th and 30th Nov.
Tait, and seized upon one hundred horie
load of goods, which the Superidtendant,
John Stuart, had lent to bribe them to go
to w^r against Georgia and this country.
The Little Carpenter and the Great Warrior
from the Cherokees, are actually on their
way to Charleftown, in order to strengthen
their treaty of peace.
" A (loop is just arrived here, which had
been bound from Grenada to New-Yok,
with 70 puncheons of rum and 6 hogsheads
of sugar, intended for the enemy's" troops
here: The mate and crew confined the riaf
ter and brought her in here. The Resolve
of Congress, declaring captures in such cir
cumstances prize to the captors, arrived ve
ry opportunely, Ihe example established
by the British Court in order to encourage
infidelity and treachery among seamen in the
service of these States, I hope will very
feeeddy be retaliated upon their own com
mercial interest an hundred fold."
On the 50 or 3 1st of Decembrlaft a most
valuable prize fill into the hands of a body
of Continental troops Rationed at Wilming
ton on the river Delaware, commanded by
General Smallwood,---. A large brig from
New-York bound to Philadelphia was blown
ashore about five miles below Wilmington,
when a detachment with two field pieces was
sent down to fire on her; and after a few
fh^t ihr (truck. Her cargo is chiefly as fol
lows--- 3,0 chests of arms, with 25 stand in
_ch. Nothing for 4 regiments, the baggage
belonging to the officers of 4 regiments, a
q^nruy^f wi^ and Spirits, 1 Captain. 3
SubE^ns. and 60 Privates, and-L-about
4° ofir^s tattles &c. &c three other
vriuis are said to bedrove on shore on the
Jerkv fide, r' Ac ' b Slants are
Fiji £ prefer care of their cargoes.
From the PENNmWiNJA PACKET.
Mr. DUNLAP,
THE General Affembl, of the State of New-
Hampfoire, tftcr complementing General
STARKfor tie tfgal vinery obtained over cur
Britifo enemies at Bennington, unanimonji, refol
ded to prefect him with a "'Complex Suit of
Cloa bs becoming his rank,together witbapiece of
Linnend' -It were however, to be wifoed they
bad adopted feme other mode of exprQfug their
gratitude, as the world will be apt to conclude from
this extraordinary donation, that either the Ge
neral was Stack-naked, or the Affembl, was
Stark-mad.
CARO.
B^LiIMORE, December 30.
Extras of a letter from an Officer in the Ar my,
dated Wilmington, De ember. 25, 1777.•
" On the 17th inst. we left the Main Ar
my, under the command of General Small
wood, in Order to take up our winter quar
ters here, „I expeft Howe means to
pay us a visit, as he has moved out as far a:
Chester, and there has extended,his lines.
General Washington has moved down
the Schuylkill, in Order, foould Howe ad
vance further, he may be in the rear,
took seven of their light horse the day be
fore yesterday.---Colonel Morgan is on the
enemy's flank, and has lately taken a g^z
many of the their light horse and loldiers.
A large number of their flipping have fallen
down the river t^is day, but with what
view is not known, but generally thought
they intend for New-York.
On our march to to this place, our regi
ment was in the fro% all eloathed in red.
As we advanced near the town, we met a
number of tories, who taking us for En
glish troops immediately came up, and en
suited for General Howe, when they were
immediately conduced to General Small
wood, and they taking him for Howe, said.
1 rence Q.; bin we have -
i, rinw g^ : ;
and fi^e fat hogs, vhich are at your fervice 6
upon which we told hem to come to town
with us ; they did, I ut soon found to th /
great furpife, we we e thofc they termed re
bels.
We are very bufr fortifying this place,
and as good win ter-quarters must be very
comfortable this corJ fealon. we are deter
mined to fight hard ^or three miles round
this place. Jam, &c.
BURLINGTON, Jan. 7.
Head-quarters ^ Schuylkill, December 17.
GENERAL orders;
E Commander A Chief, wifb the bigEft
fatisfafl. on exprefss bis thanks to the offers
and folders for the so; Etude and patience with
which they have fufa^d the fatigues of the
campaign.
Altho in fame infia^s we have unfortunately
failed;yet upon the whole, Heaven has failed
upon our arms, and downed them with filial
success ;and we may upen the best grounds con
clude, that by afmritA continuance of the mea
sures necessary for our defence wefball finally
obtain toe end of our warfare, Independence
Liberty and Peace. These are bifas
worth contending for at every bazardE-but we
hazard nothing-- the power of America alone,
duly exerted, would have nothing to dread from
theforce of Britain. Det weftand not wholly u^-
on our own ground. France,ields us every ^
we aft ; and there ait reasons to be ieve the ^
riod is not very dfent when fa will take a more
accrue part, by declar ng wap against the Bri
tifo crown. Evry motive, therefore, irrtff
t:bly urges r us, nay, commands us to a ffirm and
many oerfeverance in cur opptfiion to our cruel
oppressors -to flight dficultas, endure bardfoips
and contemn danger.'''
1^ G^^r^i ardent, wfoes it were now in
As petver ft ttmaffl tie troops into tie heft win
ter quarters : But where aie these to be found ?,
khouid we reine to the interior partstf tbe State,
1 efoouD find them crowded wish virtuous citi
ztw\, WL&, farfiring ibeir all, have left Phi
ladelphia and fld thither for protection : to
their difireffes humanity forbids Us to add—This
is not all---we Jbould leave a vast extent of fet
tled country to be difpoiled and ravaged by the
enemy, from which they would draw vast sup.
pxe>, and where many ofour firm friends would
be exposed to all the miseries of an infultin^ and
wanton depredation--- A train of evils wAbt be
enumerated, but these willfaffice. Thef^ confe
derations raa^e it inaefpenjabl, necefr.*, for the
arm, to'take such a pfeion as will enable it
mo s efrAually to prevent distress, and Ave the
%ft extefofeurity; and in that potion we
^ make ourfetves the best feelers in our power.
IBth a^crit, and diligence, , huts may be erebled
that will be warm and dry. /„ thf e t }, e
troops will be cymp^ffil, wore secure againfi fur
prizes, than if in a dividedfate, and at hand
to pr, ell the country. Uefe cogent reafevs have
determined the General to take pojt in the neigh
bourhood of this camp, ana influenced by them
he per/uades Pimfeffi that the officers and soldier's
w^/me tieart and one mind, will resolve tofer-
CT s every difficult, with a forti ude and pati
ence ^»% their proffo, end thefared cause
tn ^mw% are engaged, He bitofelf will Jhare
Me r% o ips and partake of ever, ^conveme^
do morrow Drag a day fa apart by th, hon
C%rtf„for pubßc tbarfoing and fraife, and
cry cabling its devoutly to t exprtfs our grateful
acknowledgments to God for the manifotibleffings
he hasgranted us : The General diretfs Pat
arm, remain in its present quarters, and that the
chafosperform divine service with their fae
^ cores ard brigades, and earnefth exhorts all
tytcers ard Joldiers whose absence is norindifpen
fbf nectary, to attend with reverence the folem
rajies oj she day. J
v
v^fr ~ tof her cargo, confining of rum'
coffe, tea, and a number of blankets',
G^U from 1-niladelphia with the ice above
r nnt-no-pornt : The day following Major
towards, with eight more, boarded her as.
:.having with much difficulty worked their
fay through the ice. Previous to their
boarding her, the Captain of the Schooner,
with five floors, paraded as though the/
intended to dlfpute the matter ; but the : r
hearts Tailing them, they saved furthel trou
ble b a ready surrender.
The lame day (several yeffels drifting ^
the ice between Philadelphia and GlccXr
Point) C ,,b Rooerr with twenty!
four of toe .-.^, ^ Q and Q
transport. brigantine John, and th^ armed
schooner Indmtry, with thirteen English sea
men, among whom are two Captains The
brigantine had several bogfheads of rum &r'
on board ; and the schooner some tobacco*^
After taking out the valuable articles, and
stripping them of their rigging, fails, &c
they were burnt.,'
Another party of pur militia, onthe fame
day made prize of the transport brigantine
Lord Howe, which was also Gripped ard
destroyed; and the day following afloo'p'
on her way from Chester to Philadelphia
was taken with about twenty barrels of flour
on board. In these little expeditions, thirty
four Bfitifh feamea, and foldters Weretaken.
and on Friday last, they palled through th^,
city on their way co a place of Security
BOSTON, Jan.,;.
The Continental currency gr% s every
da^ more and more in esteem, which must
cofgently give great pkalwe to every
web wimer to his country.'
We hear that some important dispatches