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Ftmrrrc is on board, is a/~: out? ' ~ : ':r c%fr
guns; that a vessel of twenty gnus is daily expect
ed from ] imaica; that John Smith never was ap
pointed Surgeon, and that he to'd Smith if 'he
w the man he represented himfeß to be, it was
peddle lie would appoint him.
AV/^fo, That 'he hod Alien Cameron and
I ho C boeHy be kept in close mid fare curtody,
trub the orders of t'e Cowellhe' known anl
that the Chatrm m trinbrir copies ofth'eexau h
atoms aid page's to ^ :I?PGahe;he &-Q lent
of the Con^rcis, arid to the C u\eon ^: or Cuun
c;< f Svety of the colony cf Virginia and this
province.
Refe've /, That Dr. John Smith he kept in cus
tody till the farther owlets of this GoaTaittee.
" Prep^db fa raifo^ an ..rm to the IVefavard,
u^d fa efcfFtfy ohfru^rg a communication
bit-wee?: the Southern and NerthernGeverniheWs.
"ASI have,- by direaions from his Excel
lency Lord Dunmore, prepared the Ohio Indians
to aft in concert with me against Hi, Majesty's ene
mies in that quarter ; and have alio dispatched
intelligence to the different officer of the militia
on the frontiers of Auguild county, in Virginia,
giving them Lord Dunmo e's affutances that such
of them as ihall hereafter evince their lofalry to
his Malady, by pu ting tlenifelves under my
command, when I ihouk! appear amongst them
with proper authority for that purpose, of Z con
firmarion cf titles to their lands, and the quantity
of three hundred acres to all who sh mid take up
a-ms n Support of rhe coelution, when the pre
lect lebellion bbfd-d, 1 will undertake to pene
Irate through Virginia, a%d fain his Excellency
Lord Dunmore at Alexandria early next faring,
an the following conditions and authority.
“ Fir/?, That your Excellency wid give me a
eommiffion to aft as Major Commandant of such
troops as I may raise, and embody on the fron
tiers, with a power to command to the westward
aad employ such fervic'aM? French and English
purizaps as I can engage by pecuniary rewards or
otherwise.
" Second 1 ,, That your Excellency will give or
ders toCapt. Lord, at the Illinois, to remove
himlelf, with rhe gar ifon inder Ids command,
from Fort Gage to Detroit, by the Anabache,
bringing with him all the ?r:f ry, floras, &C #
&c. to facilitate which und staking he is to have
authority to hire boats, horses, Frenchmen, Indi
ans, &c. &c. to proceed with all possible expedi
tion ou that rout, as the weather may occafonally
permit, and to pat himfelf under my command on
bis arrival at Detroit.
“ Thirdly, That the CemmVhry at Detroit
fhal! be empowered to hnnuh inch provisions as I
may judge necessary for the good of rhe service,
and that the commanding officer fhal be inftrudted
to give every possible alfiftance in encouraging the
French and Indians of that fittlenrat to join me.
" Fourth!;, That an o.ficer of artillery be im
mediately lent with me to pursue such rout as I
may find molt expedient to gain Detroit, with or
ders to h^ve such pieces of light ordnance as may
be thought requisite for the demoiifldng of Fort
Dunmore and Fort Fineaftle, if refinance should
be made by the rebels in pofxQu of those garri
sons.
" Fifth), That your Excel!nncy_^<+ empower
me t^ make such reasonable p©'ents to the Indi
an Chiefs, and others, as may urge them to aft
with vigor in the execution of my orders.
“ Sixth), That your Excellency will fend to
Lord Dunmore such arms as may be spared, in
^rder to equip such perlons as may be willing to
serve his Majesty at our junction, in the vicinity
of Alexandria, &c> &c. If your Excellency judg
es it expedient for the good of the service, t,o fur
mlh me with the authority and other requisites I
have mentioned, I fo|l embrace the earliefl op
portupity of fitting off for Canada, and (hall im
mediately despatch Lord Dunmore's armed schoo
ner, which now awaits my commands, with an
account of what your Excellency has done, and that
I ihall be ready, if practicable, to join his Lord
ship by the twentieth of April, at Alexandria,
where the troops under my command n;ay fortify
themselves under cover of the men of waron that
Ration.
" If, on the contrary, your Excellency ffiould
not approve of what I propose, you will be good
enough to immediately honour me with your de
fpatches to the Earl of Dunmore, that I may re
turn as early as possible."
" Portfomuth, Au&uft 9, 1775.
" I HAVE fafely arrived here, and am hap
py to the greatest degree in having so fortunately
eleaped the narrow infoeftion of my enemies, the
enemies to their country, to good order and go
^rnment. I fhouldefteem myfelf defective in point
of friendship towards you, fhculd I neglect to
caution you to avoid an over zealous exeation of
"oat is now so ridiculously called patriotic spirit;
bur, on %h e contrary to deport yourfelf with that
moderation for which you have been always re
markable, and which muff, in this instance, tend
to your honor ^nd advantage. You may be allu
red Irooi "'e, Sir, that nothing but the greatest
unanimity row prevails at home, and that the in
novating spirit amongst us here is looked upon as
ungenerous and undutiful xand that the utmost
exertions of the powers of gdternment, if neces
sary, will be trfed to convince ^infatua^cd peo
pleof their folly. I could, 1 aIQ you, Sir,
give vnu such convincing proofs of what, I affeft
and from widch every reasonable person nky con
elude the effects, that nothing but madness could
operate u,on a man so far as to overlook his duty
to the present confutation, and to form unwarrant
able affociaiions with euthufiafts, whose ill-timed
folly mull draw upon them inevitable delru&ion.
His Lo.dildo desires you to present his hand to
Captain White Eyes, and to assure him that he is
very lorry that he had not the pleasure cf feeing
bim at the treaty, or that the-fruation of affairs
prevented him from coming down.
" Relieve me, dear Sir, that I have no motive
in writing my fentimems thus to you, farther than
to er deavour to fleer you clear of the misfortunes
winch, I an: confident, must involve but unhap
pily too many. T tia r e; Test j,^ an addreE from
I the people of Great- Britain to the peopje of Ame-
Irici, and 1 delire you to confider it attentively,
Iwhich will, I flatter mylelf, convince you of the
idleness cf many d^c'arnktlons, ,nd of the abfur
4ty of an intended ffavery. Give my love to
George, and red him that he Rail hear from me,
and I hop • to hfe mbAntigo. Interpret the inclo
hdfjeeh tc Cartun White Eves from his Letd-
R'w. : Be orerai.>" upon to shun the popular error
and judge for yours '; aft as a good fubj'eß, and
exccT the rewards due t, your service..
" Lam, dear Sir,
" Your sincere friend and servant,
To "JOHN CONNELLY.
Mr. John F/hfon, near Fort Dunmore.
" Brother Captain White Eyes,
" I aq glad to hear your good speeches feat
me by Major Connelly, and you may be assured
I fhal! put the one end of the belt, which you
have sent me, into the hands of our great King,
who will be glad to hear from his brothers the
Delawares, and will take a strong hold of it.
Yotr may rest fatisfied, that our foohih young men
/had never be permitted to have your lands, but
on the contrary, the great King will protest you,
and preserve you in the poffe°ion of them. Our
young people in rhe country have been very foolifh,
aid done many imprudent things, for which they
soon must be sorry, and of which I make no doubt
they have acquainted you; but I must desire you
not to linen to them, as they would be willing that
you Ihoald a& equally foolifh with themlelves.
But rather let what you hear pass in at one ear
and out at the other, so that it may make no im
pression on your heart until you hear from me
fully, which shill be so soon as I can give him
farther information, who am your friend and
brother.
" Captain White Eyes will please to acquaint
the Corn Stalk with these my sentiments also, as
well the Chiefs of the Mingoes, and the other Six
Nations. Your sincere friend and elder bother,
"DUNMO R ET
,1 true Co, from the Minutes,
Upton Sheridine, Clerk, pro. tern.
Published by Order of Conorefs,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
Extra/! cf a Letter from General Schuyler, dated
Albany, December 14, 1775.
" THE 1,,d ans delivered us a fpeec'n on thel
12th, in which they related the substance of all
the conferences Colonel Johnfoo had with them
the Lift Inmmer, concluding with that at Mont-|
real, where he delivered to each of the Canadian
I ribes a War Belt and the Hatchet, who accept
ed it: After which they were invited to Feast
on a Bostonian and drink his Blood. An
Ox being rbafted for the purpose and a-pipe of
wire given to drink, the War Song was sung
One of the Chiefs of the Six-Actions, that at
tended at th t conference, accepted a very Urge
black War Belt with a Hatchet depiflured in it;
but would neither car, nor drink, nor flag the
War Song. This famous Belt they have deliver
ed up, and we have now a full proof that the Mi
nisterial feryapts hare attempted to engage the
Savages againff us.”
Published by order of Congress,
„ CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
T be following Letters were brought by an Ex
press which arrived here yesterday from Vir
ginia.
Extrafl cf a Letter from Northampton County, in
Virginia, dated December 17, 1775.
"T o my last j t g ave me much concern to com
municate such unwelcome tidings as the defection
of Norfolk and Princess Agne Counties, and Lord
Dunmore's proclamation refpefting the Daves—it
is now with the utmost pleasure I can assure you
the feene is totally reverfed-^owing (under the
blessing of Providence) to the courage and good
I conduct of our countrymen, of which the Com
Imittee have received certain information, and
think it matter of Sufficient moment to be trans
mitted by express, as the conveyance is much
quicker from this to Philadelphia than the usual
tract through the western thore of Virginia.
" Colonel Woodford, with the troops under
bis command, had been detained some time at the
Great Bridge, the only pass by which he could
march to Norfolk, and it was supposed waited for
some artillery to batter a fort which Lord Dun
more had ertifted there—Part of the Provincial
army had intrenched within gun fliot of the fort
to prevent the enemy from strengthening their
works, which it seems were not cannon proof, and
Lord Dunmore being informed by a deleter (who
it is supposed was thrown in his way on parpofe)
that the detachment near the fort consisted only
of about three hundred men, badi^ provided with
ammunition, sent al! I is Regulars in the night be
tween the Bth and 9th instant to the fort, with
orders to storm the Provincial entrenchments in the
morning by day break; the Regulars accordingly
began a most furious attack upon the only part of
the breatt work which was accessible, but the
works were so conftrufled, that whea they attack
ed this point, they were flanked by part of the
Provincial lines—the causeway over which they
were obliged to march admitted only a few men
abreast, and those were cut off as faft as they ap
proached—in a few minutes they were obliged to
found a retreat, having loft sixty two men killed
and taken: The prifuners were all wounded, and
only ten of them are now alive; amongst them
is a Captain Bottout. Captain Fordyce, who
headed the Grenadiers, and a young Captain Les
lie, are among the ffaiq. The provincials did not
lose a man.
" After the action Cel.Woodford sent a flag to
the fort, proposing that all fbing should cease for
that day 'til the dead were buried; and being de
firous to inter Capt. Fordyce (who was a brave
officer and an old acquaintance) with military ho
nours, the proposal was closed v.itb. In the
night the enemy evacuated the fort.
'' It seems Capt. Lefhe, who commands the
Regulars, did absolutely refuse to all any more
on shore 'till he could be better fugported, as he
had already faciih.ed'many of bis men in so def
perate a Service. This bring the case, the Nor-'
folk volunteers and his Lordship's black battalions
refufed to ad without the aftftance of the Regu
lars, the cenfequ^ce of which has been that his
Lordfhtp precipitately carried of his cannon, aban-,
doned the entrenchments at Norfolk, and has ta
ken flielter on board the flops. Ihe Provincials,
we are told, entered the town on Thursday, with
out injuring the property of any person; moU of
the inhabitants had left it before their approach.
His Lordiaip's (quadro,, we hear, is new at Sew
all's Point, about ten miles below Norfolk: it is
Lid they have plenty of beef and pork, but are
badly provided with bread.—The blacks were
found rather an incumbrance than a service to his
Lordship, deftrnying one another more than the
enemy. Most of those wretched people are now
left to fllift for themielves.”
Extras of a tetter from a Gendeman in Accomack,
(Virginity to Lis Friend in Philadelphia, dated
December I^.
" Our troops under Colonel Woodford entered
Norfolk jaft Thursday, without the least opposi
tion. Dunmore has drawn his fleet of ships from
before the town, and fallen down the river ten
mifa. Col. Woodford has loft not a man in this
expedition, notwithstanding the Governor's troops
attempted to force his lines at the Great Bridge.
Every m an of sixty Grenadiers were either killed,
wounded, or taken prisoners; indeed all thole ta
ken prisoners were wounded, and but ten remain
ed alive when the account came away—Captain
Fordyce and Captain Leslie are among the slain.”
#*+*++-,-,-4-fr^ ftrf -fr+44-4'*
BY virtue of a writ to me directed, will be fold
by public vendue, on Tuesday, the 9th day
of January, 1776, at two o'clock in the afternoon,
oa the premises, fitnafe about one mile from John
Porter's Inn, in the township of Wbitpain, a cer
tain meiluage or tenement, and tra& or piece of
land, situ te in the town/up of Wbitpain aforefaid,
containing 14.2 acres and 74 perches, bounded by
lands of George Caftner and others; late the estate
ot Robert Porter, deceased; seized and taken in
execution by
WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
W HALE 0 1 L,
In Tierces and Barrels,
To be SOLD for CASH only, by
CHA R L E S EDD Y,
In Second street, between Market and Chefnut-
Itreets, Philadelphia.
To BE S O L D,
On the lowest terms for Cash, by
JONATHAN ZA NE,
In Second-ttreet, near the Market-house,
A LARGE assortment of Ironmongery, Sad
diery, ano Brats Ware, among which are,
m° I, crofocut, wood-cutters, hand, pannell, ten
n-ur, sash, uovetail, compals, key-hole and fiett
saws; fire (hovels and tongs, with and without
brass heads ; end irons ; chimney c<rncr books;
hand bellows; a general fldrment al iron callings';
brass kettles and wafming pans, &c.
Allo, a beih fopply of copper^A, alfum and
ground red wood, to be had at the above place
and o' JOEL ZAN E, in Second-hrett, near
Race street, and JOHN FLRRIS S, in Wil
mington, near the Upper Market.
PRINT TFT
In English, German, and other Languages.
TH E Subferibers being provided with a gene
ral assortment of new and elegant TYPES,
and other Printing Materials, have opened an Of-
Fict at the corner of Coats's-alfey, in Second
litI it tet, above Race-street, opposite the sign of the
I Buck ; where they intend carrying on the PRINT
-IING BUSINESS in all its different branches, with
;care, fidelity, and expedition : And as they are
determined to use their utmolt endeavours to give
f.tirfacnon to th) # e who may be pleafe'd to employ
them, they numbly requrtt the favour and encou
r. gemem of the Public in general, and their friends
and acquaintance in particular.
MELCHIOR STONER, and
CHARLES CIST.
Ph ladebbia, December 18, 1775.
Just Publifoed and to be fold by
JOSEPH CRUKSHA NK,
Printer and Bookseller, in Market street,
between Secund and Third -Ifrects,
P O O R WIL
POCKET ALMANAC K,
For the I BAR of cur Lord 1776.
gO NTAINING, hefides the usual aftrono
" mical calculations, times of holding courts in
Pennsylvania, ^ew-Jerfey, New-Yoik, Maryland,
and Virginia; fairs, Quakers yearly meetings, rates
of porterage and cartage in Philadelphia; Gover
nor, Council and Repreientatjves in Assembly of
Fenufyivania, and lower counties on Delaware ;
Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common Coun
cil of the city of Philadelphia ; Managers ofthe
hafpitai, Committee of STety, Dinttois of the
comtributionlhip tor insurance of houses from fire,
Stieet Commissioners, Directors, &c, of the libra
ry, Wardens of the port of Phil uteiphia, County
Commissioners and Affeffers, City Wardens; Go
vernor, Council, and Afftmhly of New-Jerfy ; of
ficers of the Cuttoms, Courts of Admiralty in Phi
ladelphia, Justices of Peace, Prothonotaries and
Sheriffs of the feyeral counties in Pennsylvania, I
Judges of the supreme courts, &;. Tables of in,
tereft, coins, tide, table shewing the value of any
number of dollars from one to ten thousand,
roads, &c. &c.
FIVE POUNDS REWAR D.
WAS broke open, on the night of the firtt
instant (December) the house of the fub
feriber, at t e Falls ofecbuylkill, and the following
Goods taken from thence, viz. P
i diaper table-cloth, marked I T>
8 tingle blue and white China bowls of different
figures.
1 double ditto.
1 large glass bottle.
Sundry wine glalt $,
Some cash, the fhm unknown.
14 . knives and forks.
1 pir ot old falliioned fiver knee-buckles, one
with a silver anchor, tongue and wie, m.uked SR
on the anchor ; the other without either tongue or
anchor.
Wlioever apprehends the. thief or thieves so that
they may be prof cuted unto convt&mn, th .11 re
ceive for the goods TWEN TY SHILLINGS, and
for the thief the above Reward, paid by
: JOHN PALMER.
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN D U N L A ff,
In Market street, Philadelphia,
The CHILDRENS BIBLE':
OR, AN
History of the Holy Scriptures.
TN which, ,the fevcral ravages of the 01 I and
New Testament are laid down in a method ne
ver before at.empte 1; being reduced t-. the tender
capacities of the little readers, by a lively and Rrik
rug abitraa, so as, under God, to make trole ex
cellent books take such a firm hold of their wrung
minds and memories, and leave luch impicTuori
there, both of inoral and religious virtue, as no
accidents of their future lives will ever be able to
blot out.
# To which is added, The Principles of the Chris
tian R ligion, adapted to the minds of children :
W ith a Imall Manual of Devotions fitted for there
use.
By a DIVINE of the Church of England.
Adorned with Cuts.
.- Burlington, December 22, 1775.
DESERTED from the Second Bat
talion of the Continental Army, raised in
New-Jersey, commanded by Col. William Maxwell,
and (.apt. William Falkner's company, now lying
in Burlington Barrack's,—Chriitoph^r Howard,
Zedekiah Martin, Henry Mires, Laac Butterworth,
Samuel Ward, John Turner, William Watson,
Elisha Stouts Thomas Holland, and William Big
gins. I his is to detire them, and all others who
have abfehted themselves from the three companies
now lying in laid Barracks, ro repair to said place
on or before the tenth day of Januarv, ano they
may depend upon foreivmefs for th s firft offence,
?"'. ° n 'allure may depend upon the punishment
irifliaed by a Court Martial, according to the na
ture of rhe offence.
WILLIAM MAXWELL, Colonel.
N. B. All friends to American Liberty are re
quested to be aiding and affilting in taking the
above-mentioned men, if seen after the aforefaid
tenth day of January.
WANTED to PURCHASE,
For Ready Cash,
A SERVANT MAN that is a Maltfter by
trade, and has been bred to the bufirefs ei
ther in England or America ; one that can be re
commended for sobriety and industry. Apply td
Mr. Thomas 1 isdall, in Market-street, above
Sixth-street, Philadelphia.
December 32, >775.
TWELVE DOLLARS REWARD.
WAS STOLEN last night, out of the lia
ble of the fubferiber, in Frankford, 3
bright sorrel M A R E, about fourteen and a hdf
hinds high, lately shod all round, new (hoes be
fore, paces and trots well, one of her bind fret
white, some white in her face, decked Ihort, wich
a (witch tail. Any person apprehending fid mere
and the thief, shall have the above Reward, or
EIGHT DOLLARS for the mare, and reafonabl#
charges, paid by
XJOHN ROBERTS.
jffrublfbed, and to be fold by
FRANCIS BAILEY, Printer,
In King-ftrect, near the Market, Lancaster,
Fhe Lancaster ALMAN A CK,
For the YEAR 1776.
CON I AINING the motions of the fun and
moon; the true places and afpe& of the
planets , the rifoig and setting of the fur ; the
rising, setting, and southing of the moon; the
lunations, coijunflions, eclipses, rising, firing
and southing of tne planets; length cf da,s; judg
ment of the weather ; festivals and other rem rka
ble days; high-water at Philadelphia; tables of
interest at 6 and 7 per cent, a table of the value
and weight of coins; Quakers yearly meetings ;
fairs, courts, roads, &c. &c, &c. .Ilfo, a number
of ufeful and infh u aive essays, lelefted from good
authors. v;z. A new method of making bay, which
saves oik: third ot the time and labour usually em
ployed, and by which that valuable vegetable is
better made than by the cuffotnary praftice. Of
the Weft Indies: iijuftrated with a neat and accu
rate map of those i^nds. Anecdote of the gieat
Doctor Duagulier#. The chara&er an- I payer of
Prince Eugene. Excellent remedies for. fe v&ldif
orders incident to the human body, viz. for the
dry beliy-ach, nervous cholic, ir flimmarory fevers,
whooping cough, scald head, waiting away 'of rhil
dren, worms, &c. Cures for sundry dilates in
horses, viz. for a horse pricked in the shoeing, for
a norie or cow that maketh red water, for fbulnefs
in the yard, for the fwitt cut, or hewing on the legs,
for galling between the legs, for the wind cholic,
&c. Poetry. A moiwl refie&ion on the last day
of the lak year. The puffing ball. An ode written
in ficknub. An epigram. Ths robber robbed. The
atheist and acorn. The kite, or pride mull have a
fall. Liberty tree, a new song, &c. &c. &c.
At the fime place may be had a general assort
ment of blinks; where /If manner of printing ,01k
in the Englilh and German languages, is carefully
and expeditioufty performed.
*, Thole Gentlemen who have taken in fub^
fcriptions fur Schema Sacrum, &c. are request
ed to fend them to the Printer aforefaid, as the
work is now in the press, and will be published
with all pcflible expedition.
German Calenders, fur the year 1776, may be
bad of said Printer.' ft
Chefer-Tovcn, Maryland, OAobdr zGib, 1775.
WAS committed to the goal of Ktur
County, in the province of Maryland, uri
the third inst. three whitemen, who far they be
long to Mr. James Kel/^y, at Patapfen ferry, at
An.#e Arundle County, Province of Mirylan.
One of themxails his none TIMOTH Y DO
NOLAND, and fayshe is from Ireland, abort
nineteen years of age, rive feet eight or nine inches
high, (lender made. One other calls his name
PATRI C IC HURLE Y, and fays he is fro,i
frehmi, about thirty years of age, five fret nine Or
ten inemshsyb. The other calls bis name SA
MUEL SFIL L, and fays he is frpm England,
upwriids of thirty years of age, about rive feet eLhc
or nine inches high. The, lay they canie <S/n 1
yawl, in which they eroded Cheltyeake By, and
landed near Worten hint, in the County whue
they are now con tind.
Wai alfocommitredtj the goal of the fame county,
on the 31st day of Augull last, a m-gio man, wb„
calls his »3<ne W 1 L L, and fays be belongs to Mr.
John Veafe, of Charter County, Province ot Pnn
fylvania: He is a well Lt fellow, little more than
twenty years cf age, five feet fix or seven iices
high; h>s eloathing was an < znahruge flirt and troW-
Ifers and a new felt hai.—• —The matter or manebs
lofIof the above ment^ ned fervmts a:T fhve, a,e de
-Ifired to p^y their fees and take them away.
I§ EZEKIEL FORMAN, Sheriff.