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" We cannot avoid expressing our concern, that
the great tenderness with which your MajAly has
proceeded, and r he conciliatory dilpohtion which
appealed in the I it session of Parliament, ihrttad f
having th d tired :ff &of undeceiving the mid d,
and eftahl flung a confidence in the parent Rate, have
been turned to the advantage, and made inftrumen
tai to the purposes of this dangerous attempt; and
whilst we (knowledge this to be the cnfequence
of tie diff r°nce of intention which prev il^d he e
nnd'in America, we % re penetrated with a jnd fenri
of the motives which have emulated your Majesty's
endeavours to prevent, if it had been poffiole, the
elution oftne blood of our fellow fubjefts, and the
Calamities which are inseparable from a Rate of war;
but fine the rebellion is now become more general,
and m ni ft the purpose of e^ablidling and main
taining an independent empire, we cannot but ap
plaud your Majesty's resolution to vindi ate the
right*, the interests, and the h nor of this kingdom,
by a ;peedy and most decisive exertion; ^nd for
this purpose, we tink it our indifpenfible duty to
declare, 'hat we will support vour Majesty wch cur
lives nd fortunes; and being fully persuaded, that
in rhe present Rate of these disorders, the most ac
tive will, in its bff&, be the mAt merciful mode of
proceeding, we hear with pleasure that your Majefly
has .encreafed your naval eflablifhment, and allo
greatly augmented your land forces. We are fen
iiole of yo q Maj rtv's kind confederation, n hav
ing done it in such a manner as may be the lead bur
thenrime to your kingdoms; and your Majority
may be assured tha f we lire! cheerfully concur in
whatever may be necessary to enable your Majority
to pi fit of the'friendly dupofioon of foreign
powers..
" We are deeply impressed bv'the gracious mo
tives which induced your Maj # Ry to fend a part of
yen K<e& ral troops to the g-rriGns of Gibraltar,
and Pert Mahon, by which assistance this country
wil be enabled to employ a larger number ot its
own eßabiiihrd forces in the maintenance of its au
thority; ,nd we return your Majesty our sincere
thinks for having so providentially p inted out fb
its a farther efou ce tn hat national body of men,
so conftituri mil in their nature, and so ze lous in
the r dots, the militia of this k ngd on.
" W can o fufiiciently admire your Mjetty's
benevolent bed ration, that when the with id for
perioc arrives, that the unhappy and deluded mul
titude, a^arut whom this force will be direded,
(ball become f.fible of heir error, your Majesty
will rec ivc th misled with tenderness and mercy ;
and -e are fully lenfrde of the wife and compas
sionate sentiment which has determined your Ma
jetty to delegate utility to certs n persons upon
the n it, to grant gen^r I or particular pardons and
indemnities, in (uch manner, and to such persons as
th^ fhib mink fit, and to rceve the fuhmiffion of
any province or colony which thad be disposed to
it tun to its allegiance; and we will most readily
concur in granting to the persons so commissioned
such farther powers as may belt tend to promote and
est Shove y> r M jefty's lalutiry measures.
" Permit us, Sir, to offer our grateful acknow
ledgments to your Maj rity for the full and explicit
commuiiiCTti.nl which your M^jeftv has been p eaf
ed tonke to.us, and at the font time to express
thjm I^ ^we entertain of the numerous blffi igs
we joy, firming from th four^e of never ceasing
attention with which our M jerty is c upied lor
tin fa^ty nd I appinefs M all your people ; and we
beg leave to assure you, M jefty, that we participate
the i me delire which aiim?tes your royal hreaft,
and feel no other with than t re-eltabllh order and
tr qui ity through t-e several pars of your domi
nions, upon the oasis of a clbie conn &ion with, and
condtutimrd dependence upon, Grc t Britain."
To which his M j Ry was pleased to return the
following most gracious Answer;
" My Lords,
I RECEIVE with the most sensible fatisfa&ion
• hs A hire's, so fully exp;effive of your duty and
b ^# o me. Nulling can be more ac-epta Ie
than th: ffurancesym give ofyout utmost support
to " ; ne to re-eßablifh order and tranquility
th ' , m all my dommums, and I fhLImoR hear
th ronui. with any measures that may tend to so
fsiutar a puroofe.
FRTD A Y, October 27.
A report was made from the Co ♦ rittee appoint
ed to draw up an Address to his Majelty, that the
R ? nmifiee had drawn up an Addrels, which was
reA
Evolved, Th t the said Address be presented to
hie M jetty by the whole House.
'o ' r:l, Toit finhMm ers as are of the Privy
Council do wait on his Maj Ry to know when he
will be attended therewith.
A motion being m ide or re committing the A'
dress, a great debate enhud, in which most of the
prim ipal Ipeakers on both sides to^k a very warm
part Prictiio j&wn was made to the follow
ing clank : " W. thankbily acknowledge the
<' gracious co fi Orations übich induced your Ma
• <jekyt>tc<e thr- dtp," (mining the introdpai n
of his electoral troops into the garrisons of Per t-
Mth m and Gibraltar.) The gentlemen in oppofi
tion coati tied this cl use san approbation of the
meifuie ; whiff the friends of Administration infill
ed it w $ rom e than a compliment to nis M iT
t;*gooJ InteH^ xs, old tit the measure itfelf a mat
to or to ur~ d liberation. Mr. VVedderburne and
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The Lord Chancellor acquainted the House that
hi'M^ so Dal>.mi u2'te • on purfurnt to th^ir
o \i, to know when he would oe atu-wed inui
their A<ILJ> vi Th^.c; ar.dthat his Majerty had
appoint'd two o'clock. The Chanced or and federal
ot tile Monde:s a/cocon^iv proceeded to St.
Junes'- and nictated the Showing
limn de AMi fsoftne Right Honourable the Lords
Spr>uJ and Tenipuial, ip Parliament affenibled.
Ms g afloat Si?cregm,
" WE, your Miph '• most dutiful and riyal
fabj-dt, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Par
liament alfembied, beg leave to return your Majetty
tor bwnbie thanks for your mod gracious Iptec'h
irorn t*e Throne.
" With the urmoft abhorrence and indignation we
Le tie tea] d< fan of those desperate men, who, by
the proff if misrepresentations, have deluded and
precipitated our unhappyfellow fubfe Sts in Am ri
ot, into meafu es no less fubveifive of their own
h^poin^G and ti u? inttrelh, th n dangerous to the
p/ofocriry and efety cf Gieat-Britdn. Tire pow
ers 'hey have affinned, and the arbitrary nd op
} r ffive 3&< zhi- h the) have done, have no doubt
<ftn ir it herons purprff to indue the ('of. ties to
Alike off the controul of the supreme l/giflatme,
and to bmv in an ungrateful oblivion, the remem
brance of the great in 'uhry with which they Lave
been planted; the tottering care with which they
have b?en nursed; the ni ny advantages which they
have enjoyed, aid the e*p<nce • f blood and trea
sure with which they have been prot &ed ,y this
nation.-
Mr. Grenville very pathetically deplored the state
of our national affrirs, and was convinced, he said,
that nothing but misfortune could be the conse
quence. Let Adminiftrarion, fays he, call the
Pope from Rome, the Mufti from Conftsntinople,
the H gh Priest from the synagogue to their aid,
let them put the affdTinating knife into he hands
of slaves, and teach them to butcher their masters,
yet (till the event mult be ruinous to this nation
Suppole America conquered, its towns destroyed,
its fields laid watte, we mult keep up a large ftand
ihg army to support our triumph; but can we make
them in uch a state raise money fufficient to pay
for their own chains? Can we make them build up
their th tiered cities by force?
Mr. F—land, tho' he confeffed his didike to the
employing foreign mercenaries, without the content
of Parliament, declared his objection to the recom
mitment of the A dress: He did not with to im
pede the measures of Government at so critical a
time, but he wi/hed the Minister had called the
Parliament together last summer, rather than take
that ftp without their concurrence, however ne
ceffrry the step might hve be r n ; he was fofry, he
said, that so little advantage had been made of the
grants made last f.ffi ns for the purpose of enforc
ing American obedience, and threw @ut some fe
v-re remarks upon that indolence of temper, and
difhke to bufinete, which leemed inherent in the
c ir .tier of the Minifte ; and to this difpofirion he
attributed the lit le success of what he ventured to
call our summer's campaign in America ; however,
he fweettned this dose of cerifure with a great many
compliments on the vast abilities and amiable dif
p fition of the noble Lord.
This called up Lord North, who, afarfome differ
ence aboui order, observed. that be =vould net have
perfifedfo much in bis defre to be beard, bad not some
thing which bad Jaden, om the gentleman who fooke
last, demanded a rep'y, ivbicb might not comej well
at another time. He was greatly obliged 10 the gentle
man, be fail, for that candour and bold ejs wtb
which be bad treated bis character He was not df
pleafed to bear bis faults from whatever motive they
might be fuggefed ; sometimes as tn the present in
,lance, they were Juggefed by candid, and fomeiimes
b i malicious ones. Ibofe who fuggefed them from the
foil cause be thanked and efieemed ; those who difp ay
ed them from the latter principle be despised. He con
fifed that indolence 0, temper which Mr. F—land bad
nticca, and that di,like to business, but declared, that
be was forced into the pofi be now held ; that form,
nd tem efuous as the ocean is, through which be has
ti lee, be would never of his own ccord abandon
it L I the florm bad fubfided•,be acknowledged be bad
been 'celled in events, but .bat be bad adopted bis
meafu slaf sessions '0 the tben fate of affairs, not
imapinino. that all America would have armed in the
cause. It was easy, be said, to fee what bus happen
ed, but who could haveforeseen that things would bofe
pen Jo ? Adminiftratiurt bad proceeded upon the infor
mation they had received; if gentlemen wge in pof
jeffion of better information, why did they ^t cemmmu
nicate it ? Hefaid, that when be adopted the nectfa
Mr. Dudning had a long convtffit; n u„n the dif
feient interpretations 01 the clause.
Mr. Cornwall a knowledges that there had been
rbimsnagement fcm^vbtre ; but whether by the
Parliament in net granting a fuffi.ient force ; by the
Ministry in not properly applying the forces grant
ed; or b, the officers who had the command es
them, in not exercising tnern effv&uall,, he would
shot then assert, but probably might one day afford
matter for enquiry in th^t House. However, he
could not avoid faring thus much in favorrof Ad
mihiftrafion, that a minister in thi« country, though
he may fee much farther into future eventithan the
rest of his countrymen, cannot take any great step
without having the Ci, of the people with him ;
had Government demanded 4.0,000 men the last ses
sion t fend to America, the people would have tho't
them mad, but no 4 that the people were with them,
he did not doubt of success. He ceofured thole mem
bers verv feverelv, who had voted last session with
Adminißration, and expressed theinfelves very dis
ferently in this debate : He alluded particularly 'to
Mr. Ch. Fox, who, he said, as well as himfelf, had
been raised to very important offices in the Rate at
too early an age.
Mi Fox, in reply, 'protefted that he had been de
ceived by th? Minirtrv ; he had been taught to be
liev that Government had so many friends in Ame
rica, that ti e appearance o' a few regiments there
wo Id give them security in avowing themfelvee,
secure hedience to our laws, and enfu e peace ;
that upon this principle he had voted tor tending
aver the force lalt fdffion ; peace was his objea in
that measure, but now that the Minister declared
himfelf for tear, he could not but obj. & to his pro
ceedings.
The Lord Advocate of Scotland said, it would
be ridiculous in Administration to recede at present,
or to lilten to conciliatory measures, whilst Ameri
ca was making so effectual a refinance ; that all Eu
rope would fay, we had felt our inability to enforce
our rights, and teetore were glad to accommo
date matters upon any teims; that when we had
regained a dre-eftibliftied our authority there, he
would he happy to join in any plan for the better
and mor: happy government of thit part of the Em
pire. H laid it was not uncommon for Great Brt
tain to e unfuccefsful in the beginning, and victo
rious in the progrels and conclusion of her wars,
and that he was not at all dismayed by the gloomy
picture which (dine gentlemen were pleased to
draw of our perilous and deplorable situation.
M .Thurloe infilled that decency demanded that
we mould return his Majelty thanks for the confi
dermion which induced him to take this Rep, tho'
we might afterwards condemn the measure. Sua
roitci in moa'o, fedfortiter in re, should ever be a
max m in British minds; he declared that it was
his opinion that the bill of rights did not forbid the
introduction of foreign troops into our territories
abroa ; that it only mentioned this kingdom; that
conhquently he could no more fee any illegality,
than or could danger, in the measure.
Sir Wiliiam W—ke insisted, that the bill of rights
w s only declaratory of rights exiting prior to that
aft, that therefore the people were/rot to confie
their claims 10 the literal term of it? but to recuito
the great principles upon which that declaration
was founded.
Mr. Dunning argued upon the fame grounds.
Gove: nor Johmfton arraigned the conduct of Ad
ministration pietty severely; he declared that he
was certain the Hanoverian soldiers could not be
tried by marti 1 law for any offences, that if they
should be tried, they would have an.a&i nin G at
Britain against their officers, and that i? any of
them flodd be put to d ath in consequence of the
sentence of a court martial, those who gave the
(entente would be guilty of murder according to
our Iwg ; he insisted, that our garrisons abroad
were, in the true sense of the word, a part of this
kingdom, and he was agair.ft the clause as a dan
gerous precedent.
ryplan of fending Hanoverians to our garrisons, he
bad not a doubt of the Itgali+j of the measure ; that Q
it jbxdd be found that be was mifaken in that point,
though the matter itfef Jbould be approved, an, dan
ger which might be dreadedfrom the precedent might
be prevented by a bill 0 indemnity •,that the necefity
of taking jmeb aflep was clear, from the danger 0/
confining solely in car militia for the internal defence
of the nation, however brave the, might be ; and if
be had waited for the meeting of Parliament our
troops in Gibraltar and Port Mahon could not be brought
over time enough to have admitted of an early and
vigorous exertion of our forces against the rebels Io
call the Parliament in the middle of summer, would,
he said, have been exceedingly disagreeable and bu
thedfome to the nation, and man, infances could not be
found in our hi,or, of a Parliament being called f)
earl, as the present. He had, be said, as great a ve
neration for liberty as an, man in that boufe ; and be
hoped the Americans were too brave and worthy of
their gl rious ancestors, to befitate a moment in their
choice between slavery or war, between ignominy or
death ; but in the present inf?nee there was no quefi
en of Jiavery. Their friends have said, that they on
ly wifoed to be put on the fame footing on which they
were in 1763. He asserted, that Adminiflration wifo
ed for ne more, and be could not believe that America,
without money, without trade, without resources,
could continue to prefer a ruinous and a lading war
with the ircenfed power of Great-Britain, to the
blefings of liberty and peace in a happy dependence on
her. He spoke ver, pathetically of the integrity of his
heart, and of the bafpinefs which be hoped to derive in
the last moments of his life, from the testimony of bis
own confidence ,and • concluded with a beautiful de
fcriftim of the envied splendid wretchedness of bis
min ferialftati.n.
Col. Barre, in a very ludicrous manner, observed,
that the noble Lord could very calmly bear to hear
his faults announced from some quarters: that his
Lordship Rood th. attacks of a certain northern dia
led with a very good grace, and be was inßantly
(hot dead with the brogue; and what was acknow
ledged to be extremely candid on one tide of the
House, v^as downright malice frora another; be
kiffrs the rod in some hands, and, is exceedingly do
cile, but is very ore when the lalh is taken by some
others. The reason, he said, which induced all
America to take arms sooner than the noble L^d
had expe&ed, was to oppoft a common enemy; the
eircumftance put him in mind of a speech made by
Mardial Schom>erg to the British troops as they
were eroding the river Boyne in Ireland, a le devoir
mes infans, voila vos ennemts! at length the House
was re-called to the question by Sir George Young,
who proposed an amendment, which being out of
order, was not put ; after some altercation, the
question before them was put, and the House divi
ded, when the numbers were 176 to 72.
Lord North then moved for " leave to bring in a
Bid to empower his Majesty to call out the Militia
when ? rebellion appealed in any part of his domi
nions," which was carried, and the House rose im
mediately (about a quarter a ter one this morning)
and adjo med till Monday.
Tlrs day, at z o'clock, the Address of the Hon,
H use of Commons was presented to his Majesty
at St. James's.
1 his morning Stephen Sayre, Efa; by virtue of
a Habeas Corpus granted by Lord Mansfield, was
carried from the Tower to Lord Mansfield's house,
where his case was argued; when his Lordship was
pleated to discharge him on bail, himfelf in 5001.
penalty, and two sureties in 2501. each.
PHILADELPHIA.
The General Assembly of the province of Mary
land, whic; flood prorogued to the firft infant, is
farther prorogued to Monday, the fifth day of Fe
bru try next.
Hi® Excellency Governor Tryon, on the second
instant, diflohed the Assembly of the province of
New York.
By Capt. Simmors from Cadiz we learn, that the
Fnglifh Consuls in different ports in Europe, are
depriving the American matters of vessels of their
Mediterranean passes.
On the 15th of December Capt. Simmons (poke
the (loop America, C ipt. Graham, with sugar from
Bt. Cioix, for New-York, but having some time be
fore, in lat. 35, long. 70, unluckily fell in with the
sloop of wai Viper, the Captain of which put two
officers and four men on board, with orders for to
carry her to Bodin, but meeting with contrary
winds were obliged to quit the coast, and were then
going for Antigaa.
Extract of a letter from Point aux Trembles, dated
December 1, 1775.
" An excessive hurry of bufinei's fihce my arrival
in Canada has deprived me of the pleasure of writ
ing before. This serve- to give you a snort (ketch
of our tour, the fatigue and hazard of which is be
yond description ; a futuie day may possibly present
you with the particulars —The i s th of September
left Cambridge, fame night arrived at Newberry
port, 18th embarked and failed, 19th thick weather
and a gale of wind which divided the fleet, 30th ar
rived in Kennebes river, 21st reached F rt Western
25th to 29th one division marched off each dav,
with 4.5 da s provifims, from 29th to Bth 0&. the
whole detarhment were up to their waists in water,
hauling up the batteaus against the rapid stream, to
Norridgwilk, 50 miles from Fort Western ; from
the 9th to the 16th not a minute was loft in gaining
the dead river about 50 miles, from 16th to 27th
we afeended to lake Megantick, or Chaudier pon 1,
dißance 83 miles; 28th Col. Arnold embarked with
17 men in 5 batteaus, being resolved to proceed on
to the French inhabitants, and fend back provisions
to the detachment, who are near out, and muff ine
vitably fuffer without a supply ; at 10 we passed over
the lake, 13 miles long, and en ered the Chaudier
river, which we defended about 20 miles in 2
hours, amazingly rocky, rapid and dangerous, when
we had the misfortune of overfetting and Raving
three batteaus and loft all their baggage, provisions,
&c. and with difficulty saved the men. This disast
er though unfortunate at firft view, we most think
a very happy circumftknce to the whole, and kind
interposition of Providence, for had we proceeded
half a mile further, we muit have gone over a pro
digious fall, which we were not apprized of, and all
inevitably perished; here we divided the little pro
vifioiis left, and Col. Arnold proceeded on with two
batteaus and five men, with all possible expedition,
andon the 30th at night, he arrived at th firft inha
bitants, u[ wards of 80 miles from the lake, where
he was kindly received, and the next morning early
lent off a supply of frelh provisions to the rear de
tachment, by the Canadians and Savages, about 4.0
of the latter having joined us; by the Bth the whole
arrived except two or three left behind si c k • the
roth we reached Point Levi, 75 miles from Sarfcan
(the fiitt inhabitants) waited until the 13th for the
rear to come up, and employed the carpenters in
miking ladders and collecting canoes, those on Poir t
Levi, being all destroyed to prevent our Groffir:-;
First Lieutenants. , Joseph Potts. 2 John.
Richardfon^. 3 Alexander Johnlton. 4 Thomas.
Moore. 5 Joteph Davenport 6 John Chilton. 7
Evan Edwards. 8 John Bankfon. 9 Benjamin
Bartholomew. 10 Mat hew Knox. 11 James R.
Reid. 12 Samuel Moore. 13 James Chrittie,
T 4 John Lawrence. i 5 John Chrift'e. 16 John
Willi-mfon. 17 Geo e Tudor. 18 John Gross.
19 John David Woelpper. 20 Robert Wilkins.
21 Darnel Broadhead, jun. <2 John Morgan.
23 Samuel Smith. 24 Andrew Kechlin. t 5 Adam
Betting. 26 William Davidson. 27 William Bud.
28 Michael Kirnmle. 29 John Priettly. 30 Charles
Phile. 31 M chael Hoofn gle. 32 John Helm.
Second Li eutenants. 1 Jaimes Montgome
ry. 2 Ez> a Bartle^on. 3 Alexander M'Ciintock.
4 William Tilton. 5 Walter Becker. 6 Rose
Currie. 7 John Budd Dunn. 3. John Duguid.
9 Robert Gregg. 10 William Crawford, rr Wil
liam Chambers. 12 John Finlev. 13. Thomas
J nny. 14 John Craig. 15 Richard Collier. 16
Andrew Forieft. 17 Henry Epple. 18 Robert
ton elly. 19 Isaac Seily. 20 Thomas Boude.
21 Michal Ryan. 22 Thomas Holland. 23 Hen
ry Becker. 24 William Standley. 25 Charles
M'Hanry. 26 John Woodfid^. 27 Charles C.
Beatty. 28 John Rudulph. 29 Charles Seitz. 30
Benjaarin Armitage. 31 Andrew Dover. 32 Ed
ward Young.
Ensigns. 1 Benjamin Miller. 2 James Hun
ter. 3 Alexander Hall. 4 Job Vernon. 5
Henry, at camp. 6 Thomas Park. 7 Joel Wed
coat. 8 Jame M'Kie. 9 James O'Hurd.>o
John Gzntel 11 William Craig. 12 William Cv.
13 Thomas Willice. 14 James Savidge. 15 John
Evans. 16 Isaac Vanhorn. 17 Ezekiel L«Ne.i
Harman Stout. i 9 James Black. 20 Thomas
M'Entire. 21 Jacob Funk. 22 Edward Hoven
don. 23 James Cloyd. 24 Samuel Schriver. 29
Abel Moriis. 26 John Wrilice. 27 J hr B.r
clay. 2$ James Mulloy. # 29 Mordecai Davis.
3° John Dover. 31 Levi Griffith. 32 lames
Gibbons.
The following Gentlemen are chosen officers of.
the sixth battalion of this province, which is to be
raised in 1 ork end Cumberland counties, two com
panies in the former, and fix in the letter.
Colonel. William Irvine.
Lieutenant Colonel. Thomas Hartley.
Major. James Dunlap.
Captains. David Grier, Abraham Smith, Sa
muel Hay, Jeremiah Tolbert, Wiliam Rippie,
Mori: M'Clain, James A. Wilson, Robert Adams.
Lieutenants. William Alexander, Bernard.
Eichleberger, John M'Donnal, Robert While,
William Bratton, John M'Dowel, Lewis Buffi,
John Greer.
Second Lieutenants. Alexander Parker,
Samuel M'Pherfcn, John Alexander,
McClelland, Edward Stille, Archibald M'Callifter,
jun. John Brooks, Brown.
Ensigns. Samuel Montgomery, William Ni
cholj William Graham, William Miller, William
Lu(k, John Muri ay, Robert Hoops, William Browa.
Adjutant, John Brooks.
In COMMITTEE qp SAFETY,
Philadelphia, January 9 . 1776.
Resolved, That D &>r Cadwalaler, Doaorßond,
Do&or Kuhn, Do&o r R u sh, and Dt&or Shipper,
jun. be requested to examine all candidates who
fha!l offer as Surgeons to the different Battalions,
and that no perlon be appointed by this Board to
the office of Surgeon, without firft obtaining a cer
tificate of his abilities from at least three of he
above Gentlemen, and that they appoint a day so,
examination as soon as is convenient.
Resolved, , That this Committee will on Monda,
next proceed to the appointment of Second Lifutet
nants to Col. Hull's battalion, and that this refori^
be made public.
Resolved, That trig Committee will, or the ^th
of February next, proceed to the appointment of
Chaplains to the fix battalions railed in this p,o,
vince by order of Congress.
Extract from the Minuses.
WILLIAM GOVETT, Secretary,
In COMMIT I RE of tie City and Liberties,
January 9, 1776.
" WHEREAS a quantity of T £ A has beep
lately introduced into this City from Ntw-Ycck,
which this Committee apprehend to he contrary
to the spirit of tne third aiti.k of the ArtbeiArior
Resolved, That (houhlany Tea be brought t. tins
City or Liberties in future from Ne j --Yok, or ullc
where, the fame Gall be immedirely feat back.
Extraclfrom the Wnuhs.
RbiLEx ISI REI jELL JONES, Sec.
#.^+.4+.^ |Q4-..g4f0. ~+Q4^..,
CARTRIDGE PAPER,
By the Ream or Quire, to be ^OLD by
JOHN D U N LA P.
having colk&ed about 30, we embarked at 9 P. M.
and at 4 A. M. carried over.at several tunes 500
men, without being difcoveied. Thus in about 3
weeks we corapleated a march of near 600 mil ~
not to be paralelled in history ; the men having with
the greatest fortitude and perseverance hauled their
batteaus up rapid dreams, being obliged to wade al
moß the whole way near 180 miles, carried them on
their shoulders near 40 miles over hills, fwatops and
boggs, almoß impenetrable, and to their knees in
mire, being often obliged to cross three or four
times with their baggage. Shirt of provisions, part
of the detachment disheartened and gone back ; fa
mine Raring us in the face, and an enemy's country
and uncertainty a-head ; notwithftandiiag all theie
obstacles, the officers and men infpii ed and tired with
the love of Liberty and their country, putlied on
with a fortitu e superior to every offtacle, most of
them had not one day's provision for a wee^ Thus
I have given you a short but imperfe&fkt bof our
maict, the night we crossed the St. Lawrence found
it impcffihl# to get our ladders over, and the enemy
being apprised of our coming, we found it impracti
cable to attack them without too great a rifq e ; we
therefore inverted the town and cut off their com
run'cation with the country; we continued in th : s
filiation until the 20th, having often attempted to
draw out th^garrifon in vain ; on a ftri& fcrutinv
into our ammunition found many of our cartridges
(which to appearance were good) unferviceable,
and not ten rounds a piece for the men, who were
almft naked, barefooted and much fatigued, and
as the garrison was daily encreafing and near double
out number, we thought it prudent to retire to this
price, and wait the arrival of Gen.,Montgomery,
with artillery, clqathing, &c. who to our great joy
this morning joined us. We propose immedia eiy
inveftingthe town, and makenodoub# in a few days
to bring Carleton to terms."
The following Gentlemen are appointed officers
in the four battalions to be railed in this province,
viz.