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BOST O N-, ^tf 29.
A VERY Angular inttance happened to a number of
{ I people fioin the town of Hancock.-- Forty ofthem
ad been lately draughted fram the laid town to rein
:rce the Continental army at the northward; twenty
of whom (after they had received their marching orders,
&c.) deterred, let off, and actually joined that part of
;ur cruel enemy they were drawn to go against. But
' he other twenty who had joined Gen. Stark, and ap
broached with him to the breast works of the enemy,
AC to their great furprize) their fellow townsmen
within the intrepchmems ready to receive them, and
knowing what treatment they fliould receive from them,
' fecund they obtain the victory, attacked their fort with
, the greatest fortitude, and luycels endued ; for out of
i the twenty who took flicker in the fort, fourteen were
' .kuhd, and the other fix, with many ether poor devi's,
o made prisoners of. 7 bus may be seen the Shameful
de?h of a number of traitors to their much injured
; country. Heaven grant that this m%y be the fate of
t every other traitor to the glorious cause of American
a fretd>m
t Tiurfday hf! a2O gun flrip coming out from New
-1 bury Port, in&amanet ufly over et, and in a tittle time
arte; went down head foremen in 14 fathom wa'er;
) proride^iaily a fl ^p and boat being near, took off all
thehands but one, just as Ihe went down. Toe whole
c,cw confided of about 70.
F I S H- K I L L, Se„. 4.
Extrafl of a letter from Albany, Sept. 1.
''Our troops at Fort Schuyler have taken from the
eriemy four royak, their gun carriages, waggons, am
muni ion, anumber ot rents, camp equipage, &c; The
enemy's fl ght has been very precipitate, for a number
of Jobbers and Indians wne taken in their cara^ and
a larger number are did rirAheg in the woods, the
gre rteit part of them will allo fall into our hands, or
periffi for want of the nemiTarirs o' ife - from all ap
pyara ce they must hive buried their cannon
“ General St. Ledger mult have been fluffied with
the ex, eciati.n of an e- y reduction of the fort, for in
a le:te- (which has fa Lo into our hands) toone Lieu
tenant Bird, who cornm^ded the par y, hat lift in
.VJ|ed the fct he tells Bird, that bis,intention is 10
c^rty the garr/en by siege, anl that he is only todd
pole of Ids trcps acc wai ^ly. -.P or man, be was
afraid Lieut Bird would crown hhuLif with laurels,
which he with his whole force, after 21 days fi^e was
not ab'e to obtain-.
" Nothing new from the Northward, but every ap
pearance indicates our army's Advancing."
Weare informed t^at Burgoyne has difeontirued
the :ewa<d „:v n for calps, and has prohibited the
barbarous practice for the future, under a severe pe
nalty. What the teaons of this merciful change are,
we are left to guess: It may be a guihy cmfcience re
proves him for authorizing murderers to take away the
lives clion: cent women and children; or, perhaps, a
Jess noble principle has been his inducement, viz. a
.felltune to keep the. .back inhabrams from leaving their
homes; tl < fear of being scalped, frightened away both
Wirgs aid Tories, who tock with them their cm tie,
but were obliged to leave their fine crops just ready to
g^the r in.
A deserter from KinHbiidge inarms, that the ene
my have employed a number of Tories, both by night
and day, to guard every read in order to take up de
serters from their camp, for whom they have four
pounds a head; they are extremely vigilant, and have
lively taken many. Some of them are condemned to die.
We hear ( of Gaa'evcort took .about 20 batteaux
in WooTCrerk, near Fort Schuyler. 16 or 17 prison
• €is. 15 Waggles, 4. rivals, a quantity of provision,
ammunition, &c. &c. Sir John Johr.fon was so erri
bly frighted, that in order to have a Sg: t pair of heels,
lie 'ek bis corn up.:r. the field, which Col. Gaufevcoft
now Les in p Tiwn.
It is laid, that Burgoyne begins to grow anxious for
the fafery of iris main body, havig retired with it to
the tail fide ts the river at Saratoga, and bunding on
the weft fide a picket fort.
P H I L A DEL P H I A, September 9.
Extras ofa Letter from General Wajkinoton to Ccygrefs,
c-ted WiDninjon, Sept 3, 1777. ^ o'clock. P. M.
“ This morning the enemy came out wi^h a cor.fi
Perable force and tbee pieces of artillery, against our
light advanced corps, and after feme pretty smart fkir
nHhing obliged them to retreat, being far inferior in
number and without cannon. The loss on either fide
is not yet afeertained. Ours, though not exa&ly know%
is not very cor fT'enT'e; theirs we have reason to be
lieve was much greater, as some of our parties, com
pofcd of expert makfmen, had opportunities ofgivirg
them several close-- well direfled fires ; more parties
larly in one instance, w'en a body of rifl, men formed
a kind of ambu'eade. They advanced gb< ut two miles
this fide of Tron hill, and then withdrew to that place,
leaving a picket at Conch's mill, about a mile in fr^nt,
" The design of ti er m cement this morning seems
to have been to disperse our light troops, who had been
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troubbrometo them, aid to gain poCHfon of Iron hill,
to eftabiifh a pod, nidi probably, for covering their
retreat in case of accidents."
Published by order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
We bear that John Dickenson, Esq; has ad
drefted the Militia of the Delaware State in the moil
spirited manner, to step forth in defence of their inva
ded country; and that he has since joined them in the
chars&er of a volunteer.
Col. Gurney cf this city was slightly wounded, and
Col. Duff of Newcastle County had his horle flint
under him, in the fkirnhfh that happened below Chrif
teen on Thursday lad.
IN C O U N C I L, Philadelphia. Septembers, 1777.
Resolved, That the Mint a of this Stt, woo have
taken, or Iba 1 hereafter t ke, arms er bla kts no the
field and the fame be tken by the en.my, occuherwife
e unavoidably loft, fhll, on proeur ng a certificate cf
inch loss, and the time it th ill have happened, A nee by
a n Id officer, or the commanding officer of the battalion
to which the lofty may at the tone belong, hr.ve the value
thereof p rid by the State. And for this end rite Colonel
0 commanding officer of the battalions rdpeaively now
in the held, are hereby au horifed to have all such arms
and bbnkts justly appraised. And trie Lieutenants er
Sub .Lieutenants of the re'peaive counties are hereby di
rc&ed to appoint a suitable number of proper perfins in
r>ch v u^tc, to appraise the arms and bfuikets belonging
co the MiHiia woo may here,her go into the field.
Eefraa from the Minutes.
T. M A F L A C K, Secretary.
*l* A number of AdveMfemerus, Articles of Intel
Bgcuce, &e. are unavoidably omitted ths week, on ac
coni of ts length of the pieces publiih.d by o der of
th Honor ble the Congress.
iilEi|^#M^^l^<^ ^^
T O B E L E T,
¥\T EAR one hundred acres of excellent PASTURE,
AN at to fatten a number of Came oi Hopes, with wr,
e in every field, in a retired corner of the country,
about ti^ht males from town, in Lower Merlon, oppo
fin? Robeer's Ferry, on Schuylkill, the plantation v,h?ie
Mr. Thomas Norris lately lived. Appty to William
Hulbcrt, en the prcarife&. $
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* TRACT of about fix hundred acres of LAND,
2'l ' n " rkCe, County, Virginia, 33 mites above Fre
denck I owe, in M ryland, on the great road leading
i<W or belie? : It is very lotable foe either the farmer
or pointer. lone tie fibt-i) acres of good low-land
m^Cw, a d^^may ue ;va:.;ed; thirty acr-s of paf
t°ue, arm abett finy cf sr-:hi, l.rocl ; he remaining part
or tne tr; A is as finely timber d and as rich as any land
in the Con-m, toe extraordinary (iuo,t ; . whereof is ge
nr by well known. There is a ima:ldeeding houß,
and adjeimne thereto is a good bearing orchard, with
an excellent lime Gone fprinc. Thefiturtion is delight
ful, which, together with a healthy climate and very
gold neighbourhood, cannot fail to in ke it agreeable to
die piirchaLr. For terms aoplv to James Nourse, on
the premia-, or Joseph Nourse, at Col. Nicola's, in
Front it .er, Philadelphia.J
Carifle, Cumberland County, 'July ;9, 177^.
''f H E fubferiber having undertaken to ride
JI Post for one year, taktu th:y 0 emoo to acquaint
hi friem's and the public in general, That he will bring
the news papers every Saturday (incidents exempted)
to this -town, and if he gets encorta^ement upthe coun
ty, will deliver the papers at Mr. Robert M'Kee'-s every
Monday, or any convenient place on the Big Spring rod,
aud th,n go to Shippensburg the fame day. Ail Etters
or any bulinels of the kind, or taking hoTes backwards
or forwards, will be done at a r^afonable rate. Such
Gentlemen and Ladies as wib pe.tle to favour him with
ftibfcriptiohs for the news- paper, or with any other bu
fi efs, may depend on having it done with the greatest
care nd punctuality. THote who inland to have the
news-papers are r? qutfted to be speedy in their applica
tion, as more encouragement is necessary to enable him
to execute the undertaking with dexterity.
WILLIAM ^ARHARTT, Poft-RiTr.
THREE POU N DS REWARD.
%T°rAS LOST on the nirirt o' the 6th inltiinf,
7V (September) on the road eroding Schuylkill at
toe I tt Land herd nea- the V dLj .Fore/, leading from
the IFtie Ball t^ern on L ncaiier road to the Clutch be
twee Sxipnsck # nd Pokiomen, on the Readit g road,
arumle oi PAPER MONEY, upwards of Twenty
P umF, some of which is Continental currency, but
chiefly of the lad emissions of this State. There is
amongst th^ money a resolve ofthe late Hon. Council of
Safety, wherein the owner of the money's name is men
tioned. by which the finder may know whole property it
is. Whoever has fodnd the fame and will deliver it to
Mr. I dward Lane, rear Bid Church, or to the Printer
hecof. Ihall receive the above reward.
H)TtY DOLL a rTreTv A 11),
Q TOLEN out of the pafhire of the fubferiber, in the
3 Northern Liberties, near the Rising Sun, on the
Germantown road, a light bay HORSE, with a (hurt
neck and large head, between seven and eight years old,
about fourteen hands high, with a itar in his forehead,
anda white Artak above bis nose; he trots, paces and
galops well, is food all round, his mane and tail a little
darker than the other part of his body, and hi, back is
very hollow. Whoever takes up said horse and the thief,
so that the owner gets the horse again, and the thief be
brought to justice, fhdi have the above reward, and for
the horse alone TENPOUND S, paid by
Sejt. s . § JACOB BINDER.
FORTY-E^T DOLLARS REWARD.
T\ESE R.TED cn the Bth uit. hem the Barra k, i(
~ Pmladeh hia, ^ A MVEL M'C CWEN, a fob.
Fitut-b cf the Thi'd Battalion, Pmladtiphn County
Militia,- commanded by Cob Lenj.min M'Veagf, and
of Capt. Jonathan Dungan's company, about § feet 6-
inch.es higt, round visage, a Huck wed set man, has )olk
his right eye ; had cn a ttriped ileeveiefs jacket, a hat
patched on the top with tarred hiLtd, And on the night
of the 28th nit. fiom the Second Battalion of Phladel
phia County Militia, quartern at Wilmington, twin-...
Landed oy wu. Jo.in Moore, and if Captain Benyamin
Brook's company, the five following deserters, v-z.
JOHN PIDDIN, about 5 fe^rl i: c'es high, lives,
veto at hom% in New Hanover Township. V. ILLr_
AM KEELER, 5 het 9 or xoinches hi b, flimmadr,
liv^s in Limeri; k Tcwhfti.p. JACOB PEL EZ, of
Lie fame Township, ab. ut 5 feet 6 er 7 inches high.
BREDFRICIC BING ^ MAN, of the V^? Lid.
ro#nmi[, about 5 feet 11 inches hi/L JOHN KIST,
of Frederick Township, ab ut 5 feet 9 r is mci^ hi~,h.
The latter five are fupyoM to nave gone ^ me. Who
ever apprehends and tecurcs the aforemenrirjuned delet
ers., and confines them in any gaol or delivers th an to
either of the Sub LLutenaws of the County, or their
refiaive Officers, flial! rec ive Lie above reward, or
EIGHT DOLLARS for etch.
WILLIAM COA LS, Lieutenant, C. C.
Camp near d'iimington, Sept. 3.
'' brought to my regiment by a-soldier,
< ^ fupvof^d to be dolea, a oark hr. HORS E,
about fourteen and a halt hands hi th, paces, trots ^nd
earners, ha; a .w,ch tail, and is shod Al luusd. Tie
owner is desired to co , prove bi proper?, and fake
himawn. ADA M HUBLE Y, Jun.
§ Lieut. CT. icxn P. Re,r.
£HIIEE POUNDS REWARD,
CTLAYED from the pfiftute of Mr. William Ha
'miltoo, n^arthe Middle Feirrer ,Scbuylkid : a Loire!
MA R£, with a COLT. Tue mare is fix years old,
about fifieo. hands high, has wail t es, a white free and
white mane and tail, and branded on rife near shoulder
w.th TB. Whoever has t ken up the laid mare nd celt,
and brings them to the fubferiher's lively rtakl. in Lorn
bard-ftreet, (hull have the above reward, paid by me,
Sept.fr * JOH N HALE.
Princeton, N. Jerfy, Dec. 3, 1776.
STOP THE ROBBERS!
One Hundred DOLLARS Reward,
r AST Tuesday three villains came to .he boufe of Mr.
- 'No-wel Furman, near Princeton, amt, after abufathe
family in a barbarous manner, took avith them goods to the
amount of between one and tavo hundred pounds, cohfifi^g
chiefly of Germantow. iv.alien Askings milled, offeveral
colours Dirge pocket handkerchiefs of federal kinds oj red
and blue gripes, keying ditto, fas of the small kind' ,four
dozen razors, one pair # >ffour thread fine black woftedbofe,
black leather pocket books, pocket almanacks, a Jew piece;
of childrens garters, and man, other goods unknown
One of the above rogues is an Irifomvn, a middlefixed man,
well Jet, has bulky sandy hair, andfoppofed to be ma l ked
with the small pose; barton ablue coat ; his name is faidto
be Newman, and have been informed he belongs to Captain
Brown's company of Peanylvania Rifle-men, under Col.
Brodhead. The fecund person I cannot describe. The other
is a taVflimman, with light coloured cloatbs It is said thy
have already changed their cloaths. 7 lev jut the goods into
bags or knagfacks. 7 hey were seen near the Baptiji meeting
boufe at Hopewell on kPednefday evening, but could not be
taken for want of men of refolutton and'ttsfuppofed they are
bound for Delaware, and so on to Shamokin. Whoever fe
curcs fed goods and the men so that the, be convert, fi all
have the above reward, or Fifty Dollars for the mr?i, or in
proporti nfor any of the men or part oft e goods by apply
ing to Mr. Stacy Potts, at Trenton, Mr. William
Woodhouse, in Philadelphia, orthefubferiber tn Prince
tot. t JOHN DENTON.
On WEDNESDAY, the 15th of October, will be
SOLD At VEND U F, at thr late dwelling planta
tion of the deceased John Hamilton, upon Mount
Calvert Manor, near Upper MaiLorough, Prince-
George's County, Mar, land,
OE v ERA L Horses, Mares and Foals ; amongst th<m
' a bay mme, 7 years old, a filly roal at her foot, get
b y Sprightly; ffie was got by Figure, dam by Dove,
grand-dam by Othello, great grand-dam ^as the famous
Saflarna, imported bv the late Benjamin Tafker, E q;
A blark mire, full filter to the above baj mare, 6
years old, a colt foal at her foot, and got by Sprightly.
A black colt, riling two years old, from the black
mare, got by Don Carles.
A bay fidy, rising two years old, got by Ranger, and
cut of the hay mare.
Figure was got by Figure, he was got by the Beaufort
Arabian, his dam by Standard, and was own brother to
Sir James Lowther's J (on.—Young Figure's dam was
Mir^mnia, she was got by V dcrious, her dam by Part
ner, her grand-dam by Merlin, her great grand-dam by
Matchiefs, her great great grandam by Burfoot Ball.—
Victorious was got by Ruffler, his dam by Hutton's grey
Barb.—Dove was got by young Cade, his dam by Teazer,
his grand-dam by Scauin's Arabian, and out of the
Gardner mare, who won fix King's plates.—Othello was
got by Crab, out of Bonny Lafs.—Sekma was got by
the Godolphin Arabian,—Sprightly was got by Wild
ni n's Babram, his dam by eld Bab-am, his grand dam
by Sidbury, out of Lord Portmore's Ebony.
t THOMAS HAMILTON.
THOMAS LEPPER, Tobacconist,
at the corner of Spruce and Water-streets, bees
the favour of his customers to return all their empty bot
tles, which will very much oblige him.