The New-England chronicle — Boston [Mass.], 1776-06-27 00:00:00, page 3

" You may rest affiired, that my Attention
to the Happiness of this Colony ihall not be
wanting, nor my Regard to its civil Authority
remitted, whilst I am honoured with the Com
mand I now hold."
Ordered, That the said Resolve of yesterday,
and his Excellency General Washington's An
swer, be published in the public News-Papers.
ExtraDfrom the Minutes,
ROBERT BENSON, Sec'ry.
The following authentic account is communicated
by an tfeer °f " c detachment it principally
concerns.
On advice that a reinforcement was neces
sary, at the Cedars, a small fort 45 miles S. W.
from Montreal, where a party of 400 men, un
der the command of Major Butterfield, were
posted ; on the 16th of May, yo men under
the command of Major Sherburne, were detach
ed from Montreal. He met with great difficul
ties at the lake, which after crossing, he was ob
liged to repafs and cross again, so that it was the
2©th before lie could proceed from thence with
100 men, including himfelf, (the rest being left
for guards and other necessary services.) About
11 or 12 o'clock they set out for the Cedars,
d'ftant 9 miles, and having marched about 5,
they were attacked by a large body of Savages
and Canadians, who undercover ofa wood,fired
upon them ; our people, tho' entirely exposed,
without shelter, maintained an obstinate engage
ment for I hour and 40 minutes ; when the Sa
vages having surrounded, rushed upon, and dis
armed them ; then a feene of Savage barbarity
ensued, and many of our people were facrificed
to their fury, butchered with tomahawks and
othtf instruments of murder. The enemy con
sisted ofabout 100 Canadians, and 400 Savages,
who immediately stripped the prisoners almofl
naked, and drove them to the fort, where they
were delivered to Capt. Foster, of the Bth regi
ment, who had with him about 40 regulars,and
then commanded the fort, which had been the
day before surrendered to him, with little if any
refinance, by Major Butterfield, an eventwhich
was neither known, nor in the least fufpe&ed,
by M^or Sherburne.
C^pt. Foster and the regulars, kept within the
lines, and were not of the party who surround
ed and so barbarously used our people ; but as
ter they were brought to the fort, they were
repeatedly, again and again stripped of the small
remainder of their cloaths, till many of them
had not fufficient to hide their nakedness. Our
loss in the whole a&ion was about 28, viz. kill
ed and wounded in the aftion, and killed after
wards in cold blood about 20, carried off by the
savages 7or 8. Of the enemy were killed 22,
whose deaths were afeertained, and among them
a chief warrior of the Seneca tribe, on whose
account, our prisoners were probably used
with the more cruelty, insult and abuse.
Major Sherburne and the other officers, were
sent to an Indian town called Connafadoga,
at the lake of the two Mountains ; the
private men to a desolate island in the mid
dle of the lake, where they were very scantily
NEW-YORK, June 20.
In PROVINCIAL CONGRESS,
New-York, June 8, 1776.
Resolved,
THAT the Thanks of this Congress be
presented to his Excellency General
Washington, for the important Services he has
rendered to the United Colonies, and for the
Attention he has paiito the Interest and Civil
Authority ofthis Colony ; and that he be as
sured of the readinef )of this Congress, to af
ford him all the Aid in their Power, to enable
him to execute the important Trust reposed in
him.
Ordered, That the President wait upon Ge
neral Washington, and communicate the said
Refoluticn to him.
JUNE 9th.
The President informed the Congress, that
pursuant to the Order of Yesterday, he waited
upon his Excellency General Washington, and
communicated to him theßefolve therein men
tioned; —that his Excellency was pleased to
return the following Answer, and requested
the President to communicate the fame to Con
gress. _
" Gentlemen,
"T AM extremely obliged for the high Sense
| you entertain of my Services, and for
your Promises of every poflible Assistance in
the difeharge ofmy important Duty.
BOSTON, Thursday, June 27.'
Certain Accounts are received, that General
Howe, with his Troopsand Fleet, failed from
Halifax onthe 10th instant. No Person was
allowed to leave tht Town, till four Days after.
Extract of a Letter from New-York, June 20.
" The Jersey Convention, on the 14th instant,
Resolved, that the Proclamation of William
Franklin, Esq; late Governor, &c. ought not
to be obeyed, &c. and that all Payments of Sa
lary to said Franklin as Governor, ought from
henceforth to cease.
" The four Pennsylvania Battalions are to
be Rationed at Harlem, under the Commandos
General Mifflin.
" General Gates is going to Canada.
"The 18th instant, the Conference for the
Philadelphia Convention, met in that City, and
the Assembly expired.
"We daily expeft a Fleet here. Our Mili
tia are called in, and we shall soon be 30,000
strong. We are building Fire-rfafts and Gun
daloes with Expedition, and are filling obr
Channel. We are now strongly fortified, and
in a good Condition to repel their Force."
Extract of a Letter from Albany, June 12, 1776.
'' I was this Moment informed by General
Schuyler, that about 300 of theßeguiar Troops
came up the River St. Lawrence as far as the
Three Rivers, where they were busy intrench
ing themselves, at whicli Time General Sulli
van, with his Brigade, arrived at the Sorrel;
he immediately ordered 2000 of his Troops
under General Thomplon, to marcli down to
dislodge them, and by Appearance there is not
the least Doubt but he will effect his Purposes ;
should he iucceed in this, lie is determined to
march his Army to Quebec, as theEnemy have
no fufficient Force to withstand them. Befidcs,
the Canadians are extremely friendly, furnifh
our Army with all such Kind of Provifibns as
they have, barely an having a Certificate for the
Delivery. They also take Commissions, and
joined our Army by great Numbers,previous to
General Sullivan's Arrival, and finding our
little Army retreating, the Canadians begged
and prayed that our Army should not leave the
Country.-—From thefeCircUmftances, although
they are termed a treacherous People, we have
Reason to conclude that they are determined
to be our Friends, and to support us with their
all. Cen. Sullivan's Letter is dated the sth
and 6th Instant."
By an Express arrived last Night from Albany,
we have the following, extracted from a Letter
to General Schuyler, Sorrel, June 12, 1776.
" On the 6th instant, about 2000 men, un
der the command of General Thomson, march
ed to attack the enemy at Three Rivers—they
designed to have surprised them at day break
on the Bth instant, but the guide led them into
a morass, returning from which tookthem two
hours ; they then had to pass through a long
swamp; in the face of the enemy, who had a
large reinforcement arrived very unhappily that
evening, and landed in fight of our men : Being
well equip'd they gave Gen. Thompson's party
supplied with provifion,barely fufficient to keep
them from starving, and tho' the weather was
cold, without any cloaths, and without any co
vering but the canopy of heaven, for eight days,
when they were released on a cartel agreed to
between General Arnold and Capt. Foster, viz.
That there should be an equal exchange of pri
soners, within two months, allowing for cafual
ities, and for the performance, on our part were
pledged the bodies of four Captains, who were
left as hostages, viz. Captain Sullivan (brother
to the General) Captain Bliss, of Major Sher
burne's party, Captains Stephens, and Green, of
Major Butterfield's party.
General Arnold, with a party of about 8 or
900 men, arrived the 26th, and though with
about 500, he appeared upon the lake, happily
for the prisoners he did not cross-it. If he had,
it appeared from every circumstance; that they
would have been all murdered, dispositions
having been made for that purpose ; nor was
it certain, considering the difficulty of access to
the enemy, that he could have obtained any
considerable advantage over them,or if he had,
that he could possibly have cut offtheir retreat.
Last Tuesday an elegant entertainment was
given by our Provincial Congress, to his Excel
lency General Washington, and his suite, the
General and Staff Officers, andsthe Command
ing Officers ofthe different regiments in and
near this city, when a number of patriotic
toasts were drank.
so warm a reception, he thought prudent to
retreat ; in the mean time, a body of 600 were
sent off from the enemy to cut off our retreat,
and destroy our batteaus, which they could not
effeft, and our batteaus were all saved but one,
out ofwhich the men escaped. Gen. Thom
son. Col. Irvin, Doft.McKennie, ParfonMcAu
ley, Lieuts. Bird and Currey, and about 40
n jre prisoners, and about 150 more are
miffing.
It is supposed that Gen. Burgoyne has with
him the whole reinforcement designed for Ca
nada. Our army are more thart one half sick
with the small pox, the other part have an ene
my ofmore than three times their number—
may they be recruited—but I fear the usual
slowness will prevent."
To be SO LD, by
THOMAS HARRIS and Company,
Next Door Northward of Mr. Benjamin Church's,
in Newbury-Street,
SHOE and Kne Chaps, Hair Pins, Jack
Knives per dozen, plated Shoe and Knee
Buckles per ditto, silver Sleeve Buttons, Stock
Buckles, Broaches, brass Ink Pots per dozen,
Shoe Knives, Awl Blades, Shoe Tacks, Chest
Locks, small Files, Ivory Combs per dozen, Silk
Handkerchiefs per dozen, Threads, Needles per
Hundred, Fiddle Strings of all forts, Pocket
Books, Nutmegs, Mace, Cloves. Cinnamon,
Rafiris, Caloes, Buckle Brushes, Mens black
Hose, blue Baize, Linen Handkerchiefs. Knee
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'fro be SO LIJ, or CHARTERED,
A SLOOP, burthen 82 Tons/
lyi°g i n Dighton River ; also a Cargo of Fiffi, and
Suitable Lumber for the Weft India Trade. Inquire of
Thomas Paddock, of Middleoorough.
A Woman, with a good Breast
of Milk, would be glad to go into a Family to fuckfe
aChild. Inquire of the Printers.
SOME Time last June, was lefc
at Medford, a hand some Pair of Andirons. It
it supposed said Andirons were taken out of a
House at Charleftown by some ofthe Army.—-
The Owner, by applying to Timothy Newhall, of
Medfordj and paying the Changes, may have
them again.
ToTe L'E
A Tenement, in good Repair,
well situated, near the Center of the Town ;
also genteel Boarding for a Gentleman.
Inquire of the Printers.
DESERTED fro Wild's
Company, in Col. Phinney's Regiment, on the aid
Instant, one John Brown, an IriJbman, about go
Years old, talks broken Englfb, of a sandy Com
plexion, wears his own Hair; about jive Feet fix
Inches high,hadon when he wentaway 4 light colour
ed Soldier s Coat, turned up with white, a purpljb
coloured Rifle Frock. Whoever wd! take up fid
Soldier, and bring him to hit Company, Jball have
Two Dollars Reward, and all necejary Charges.
Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay.
Treasurer's Office, June 22, 1776.
THE delinquent Conflables and Collec
tors of the several Towns* within this Colony,
for the Years 1769, to 1774 inclusive, are hereby
notified and directed immediately to pay theTreafurcr
of this Colony the Sums doe from them refpedively,
as Collectors or Constables for laid Years, otherwise
Executions will issue against them, agreeable to Order
of the GeneralAffembly. H. Gardner, Treasurer.
CREAMToloured ~ WARE
Now opening for Sale, by
WILLIAM SHERBURNE,
At his Store in Kilby Street,
Next the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston,
A large and elegant Affirtment
of Cream coloured WARE;)
Consisting of the greatest Variety of
Plates,
Dishes,
Turreens;
Cups and Saucers,< A
Tea Pots, 7 ^^ J
Mugs, t
Bowls, ) enamelled,
Sugar Diflies,
Cream Pots,
Wash Bafons and Guglets.
With many other - Articles.
Wholesale and Retail : Cheap.
Where also may be had,
A few Englilli GOODS„