The New-England chronicle — Boston [Mass.], 1776-08-08 00:00:00, page 4

prom th Pennsylvania Evenlng-Pof, July Ig.
Mr. Towae,
Please to illicit inyour paper, if it is worth a
place, an Extempore EPIGRAM on Sir
FeterParker s wound, at South-Carolina.
Si vere dixit Hudibras, '' quod podice honos est,"
Confequitu/, Petrus nihil honoris babet.
Translated.
If " honor in the breech is lodg'd,"
As Hudibras has shewn ;,
It may from hence be fairly judg'd
Sir Peter's honor's gone. V '•
Lieutenant-Colonel March Prefdent.
Capt, Fuinald, / Lieut. Widington,
Capt. Trefcott, / X Licut. Donnell,
C^ Bullard, ( Members.#^ ^ff,
Capt. Iyler, / ) Incut. Pollard,
Capt. Danforth, \ / Lieut. Lewis,
Capt. Ygk, ' C Ensign Welch.
4fcaptain Cranston, Judge Advocate.
TH E Court being sworn proceeded to the Trial
of Moles Enks, Second Lieutenant and Quarte
r in the 18th Regiment, in the Army of
the United Independent States of North-America, for
defrauding Did Regiment.
TbePriloner being arraigned, pleads not guilty.
The following Evidences being called and sworn,
"commissary Miller, depofeth, that he paid 3 s. o. t
'd? per Man, for the Meat only, for 10 Days
till last Monday ; from that Day for five Days paid
zs. 6d. per Day, per Man
Mr Brown, afliftant to the Commissary, depofeth,
that the Commissary paid one Shilling and eight Pence
p cr Man, forthe five Days from Mond y.
' Mr Durant depofeth, that the Commissary paid
last Friday four Fence 5-4 per Man per Day, for three
Day? from that until Monday.
Commissary Miller adds, that the Quarter-Master
received in Person the Money for the firft three Days
of the Ten. He was very unwell when he received it.
The Commissary told the Quarter-Master how much
it'w s per Man, and took a Receipt for the fame.
The Quarter-Matter came to the Commissary for other
Provins instead of Meat, who told him he could
not supply him, but would give him four Pence three
Farthing" per Day per M m, if it was agreeable to the
Regiment ; alter which he came and took theMoney
for three D^ys. rut
Quarter- Master-Sergeant Wifwall depofeth, that
the Quarter-M after sent him to the Commissary to re
ceive the four Day's Allowance ; theCommiffary sent
the Money by the Sergeant to the Quarter-Master,
eiictofed in a Letter and sealed. The Quarter- Matter
sent him ag in for the next three Days ; the Sergeant
received it of the Commissary at his House, gave a
Receipt therefor, and carried it to theQuarter-Matter;
he fays the Quarter-Matter counted it and said it was
right He went again by theQuarter-Mater'sOrders
to leceive the Allowance for five Days ; he received
One Shilling and eight Pence per Man for five Days
from the Commissary, gave a Receipt for it, cou ted
it at the Commissary and Quartet-Matter's, and de
livered it to the Quarter-Matter, who counted it him
felf. The Quarter-Matter counted it once and thought
it was not right, but after counting it again was fatis
fied, and said it was right.
Capt. Hill depofeth, that he went to the Quarter-
Master to receive his Allowance-Money, he asked the
Quarter- Mallei how much it was, who said it was one
Shilling per Man for three Days, which was all he re
ceived.' The next Time he went for four Day's Al
lowance, the Quarter-Matter said it was one Shilling
and fix Pence per Man, forfour Days ; he received
the Money accordingly. Last Monday he went again,
the Quarter Master said there was one Shilling per
Man, for the three Days before, from Friday to Mon
day, and from Monday five Days were one Shilling and
seven Pence per Man," both of which he was about to
receive together. Ihe Quarter-Master Sergeant had
told the Men of that Regiment that one Shilling and
tight Pence was to be paid them. Capt. Hill blamed
the Sergeant for making a falfe Report, and told him
he must fettle it himfelf The Quarter- Matter desired
Capt Hill to calculate it himfelf ; told him to calcu
late, twenty fix P unds eighteen Shillings and nine
Pence, lOi 335 Men, which turned out one Shilling
and seven Pence Fraction ; it was on the Quarter-
Master's Books twenty-fix Pounds eighteen Shillings
end nine Pence, paid by Mr. Miller. The Sergeant
said he gave the Quarter Matter twenty seven Pounds
eighteen Shillings and three Pence, which agrees with
Mr. Miller's Account. The Quarter-Matter said the
odds were but two Shillings and fix Pence, and he would
pay it to Capt. Hilf's Men, rather than have a~Neife.
§e calculate i it accordingly and offered it to Capt.
Bill, who refufed the Money as he thought he did not
pay enough for the other three Days from Friday.
' Capt. Williams depofeth, ^at he received one
The Proceedings of a General Court Martial, held at
Boston, July 24, 1776, by Order of the Hon. Ar-
XEMAs Ward, Esq; Major General and Com
mander in Chief ofthe American forces Rationed
Qt Boston.
Pound fifteen Shillings for 3; Men for three Daft;
the Qya:ter•Mafter said he had calculated it, and
found it to be just one. Shilling per Man ; he received
one Shilling and seven Pence per man for they Days,
from Monday till Friday.
Lieut. Jenkins depofeth, that he received of the
Quarter Matter two Pounds one Shilling for 4 1 Men,
for 3 Days of the firft Payment.
Capt. Wild depofeth, that he received a Sum of
Money of the Quarter-Master for three Days Allow
ance, which amounted only |o eleven Pence hall Pen
ny Fractions per man..
Serjeant Miller depofeth, that the Captain (VV ild)
gave him 10 Dollars and 3 QuarteisAilowanceMgney,
for 3 Days for 64.Meh, which was eleven Pence half
Penny per Man ; he (the Serjeant) received of the
Quarter-Matter for four Days, one Shilling and fix
Pence per Man Allowance-Money, the next he
received was for three Days, one Shilling per Man.
The next he received was for five Days, at one Shilling
and seven Pence per Man. The Quarter Master said
that was all except some little Fractions.
Ensign Stubbs depofeth, that he hearedCapt.HilLand
Lieut, oanks/difputing about the IdtAll wance,which
said was but is. for g Days; Capt. Hill insisted upon
having a Piftareen per Man ; the Quarter-Mailer said
there was but one Shilling due, and be would pay no
more — He said he had paid every Copper he had re
ceived. He intimated that Capt. Hill was very of
ficretas, and that there was moc Noise in his Com
pany than in any one in the Regiment: He said he
would fee Mr. Miller, and fee into it himfelf.
Nicholas Davis (Quarter Master's Waiter) depo
feth, that the Quarter Master-Sergeant brought in
some Money from the Commissary 's and counted it
before him, (the Quarter- Master being absent )a
mounting to twexty-feven Pounds eighteen Shillings
and three Pence ; he put it in Paper again, took the
Key of the Quarter-Master s Chest, unlocked it, put
the Money in it, then locked it and gave the Key to
Davis. About half an Hour after the Quarter-Matter
came in, the Sergeant being present, the Qumer-
Master asked his Sergeant, it he had got the Money
for the Men : After that they were counting the Mo
ney, and he understood that thev found it right.
Lierf, Boden for the Defendant, depofeth, that the
Quarter Master desired him to assist to pay out Money
to the Officers at one Shilling per Man : A^ v at
another Payment he drifted him to pay at one Shil
ling and fix Pence per Man. Lieut. Boden fays he
had no Hand in calculating or proportioning the Mo
ney, the Quarter-Matter told him the Number of Men
and the Sum to be paid to each.
WILLIAM WHITE,
Has now opening and to be Sold, at his Store
on Dock-Square (lately improved by Mr.
Lewis Deblois) by Wholesale and Retail,
Weo Ind a Goodsand Groceries,
of all Kinds; also English and Dutch Goods,
confiding ofßrazcry, Cu^ry, Hardware, and
Piece Goods ; would be glad to serve his late
Uncle's good Cußomers, both in Town and
Country.
N. B. A few Hogsheads of best Jamaica
Sugars now felling ; where his Customers may
be supplied by applying soon.
NO 1I .E is hereby given, that
there will be a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the
Town of Charlestown on Wednesday the 7th of
August next, at 4 o'Clock, Afternoon, at the
Hoafe of Mrs Anna Whittemore, Innholder, in
said Town, to know the Mind of the Town,
what Steps, they will take in order to furnifh the
American Army with ia Men of said Town ;
agreeable to an Order from the General Court
of this State. By order of the Selectmen,
SETH SWEE TSER, Town-Clerk.
CbarlcJlown, Juty 30, 1776.
Co be SOLD, by
JOSEPH GREENLEAF,
At his bhop near the Conduit,,
A few Volums of the Abridg
mentof Burns jufticcs of the Peace and the Parifo
Officer, also a Variety of Blanks for the Use of
Justices, in almost every pan of their Office,
never before pubUfoed
Said Greenleaf would esteem it as a Favour
if the Subferibers for the American Magazine,
would discharge their several arearages.
The Court being cleared and the Evidences being
fully considered, the Court are unanimous of Opinion,
that he is Guilty of a Breach of the r§th Article of the
Rules and Regulations of the American Army, and
Sentence him to be cashiered, forfeit all his Pay, and
refund ten Pounds to the Regiment.
V VESSELS and CARGOESdone at the
" Office of EZEKIEL PRICE, in Boston.
INSURANCE,
Mafiachufetts-Bay. Middle Diftria, ff.
To all w.om it may concern.
"KTOTICE E hereby given that
^™ the Maritime Court for the Middle-Dif
tri& of the Massachusetts-Bay, will be held at
the Court-House in Salem, on Monday the i^tla
Day of ^uguft, 1776; at the Houiof Fen in the
Forenoon, to try the Justice of the Capture of
the Ship named the Queen ofEngland, of about
200 Tons burthen, (lately commanded b,
James Armour,) and of her Cargo and Appur
tenances: Against which a Libel is tiled before
me (the said Ship having been taken and
brought into the Middle- District aforelaid)
by Caleb Hopkins, Commander of the Armed
Ship called the George,, in behalf of the Officers
Marines and Mariners on board t le fame Ship,
the Owners or Hirers thereof, and of himfelf.
And the Owners of the laid Ship Queen of
England, or any persons concerned, may appear
and (hew cause, if any they have, why the fame
Ship, and her Cargo, and Appurtenances Should
not be condemned.
riMOTfr Pick rpng Judge of said Court.
RAA ary Me Stb Infant, a
Negro Man, named Pompey ; he, had-on when - be
•went away, a faJhionable new cock'd beaver bat,
a blue whitney balf-lafeelled outside jacket, with
white metal buttons, and a tajly JlaJb pocket a blue
and white woollen under jacket white leather bree
ches, blue flockings, and brass buckles in bis Jboes ;
be is about 2+years old, flout andflrang made .and
bas beenfeen federal evenings lurking about town,
but 'tis faj>yafed he is gone to one of the Soutberw
governments ; bis natural colour quite black, but
when challenged, and be going to lie, bis eyes will
twinkle, and his face change colour.
Whoever will bring the above Negro to the
Printers, that his Master may have him again,
fball be intituled to Two Dollars reward, and alp
reasonable charges paid.
TAKEN up, a ftrav JEIFER,
3 years old, some hire on her Rump white
Belly and I ail and a Crop out of her left Ear.
Whoever has loft said Creature may have her
again by applying to the Subscriber, and paying
Charges. GEORGE GOULD.
Dedham, July :o, 1776. __________
STRAYED or Rolen from this
down, about toe §th July, a black Mate, fix Years
old, about warteen Hana- high, Trots and Paces, has
three white Feet, a Blaz. in h• Face, and Mane
hangs on her left Side. Wb ,e er takes up Did Mare
and will return her, (hall bt. , no Four Dollars, by
SAMUEL paine.
A Quantity of Linnens, Checks, and white Cord,
suitable for Gentlemen's Waiftcoits andßrecches,
to be fold by Wholesale, by LUKE BAKER at
his Shop in Roxbury, about 8 Miles from Boston, on
the R nd leading to Providence.
■lir ff^ißWW^ii^MgßintMiiwy^KiWrti^''imillItelMiiiai>tHrtiil/g!BW»W^)|tffiW ? TFry<CTA-j^^
S FRAY t\D ur Itokn from Char
leftown-Fields, a large dark chefnut coloured
Horse, with a large blaze in his face, dark colou
red main, black tail, his hind feet white.—
Whoever flhall take up said Horse, and bring
him to Cambridge, (halt be handiomely reward
ed and all neseffary Charge paid by me,
SAMUEL HJiNLET.
STRaVED or ftelen from William
Powell, of this Town, on the 2d Instant, a Bay
Gelding, 15 Hands high, stout made, no white
on him, hoged Mane, in high Flesh, and very
smooth Ihort Coat, trots all, and rather heavy
arid flow —ls strayed, a handlome Rewaid will
be given for his Return, if stolen arid the Thief
secured with the Horse, Fifty Dollars will be
paid by said Pow#//.-
Strayed away from me the Sub
scriber in Amherst, in New. Hampshire, on the
26th day of June last, three two year old Steers,
two Black ones, and one Brindell one ; said
Steei s were small of thoir ate ; theywere mark
ed with the top of the off Ear cut off and two
Marks on the near Ear, and each of them a
Cross cut in their near Horns ; whoever flutll
'hear of, or take up said Steers and fend me
word, so I may have them again, shall be well
rewarded for their trouble, by me,
__Bartholom ew Dodge.
I WO Horfrs to be told cheap
Enquire of the Printers,
LINN £ N S.