Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-03-25 00:00:00, page 6

su% William Spurgfen, William Bryan, St
mu& 3 cyan,and Mathias Sappingfield, Enquires,
of the county of Rowan, Gideon Wright and
James Glyn, Esquires, f the county of Surry,
and Philemon Hawkins,/?„. and Philemon
Hawkins, jan. Esquires, of the county of Bute,
Greeting:
I REPOSING especial trust and confidence in
, your loyalty, courage, prudence and fidelity,
do, by virtue of the powers and authorities in me
vested by his Majesty, hereby commiffionate, au
thorise and impower you whole names are above
written, and each and every of you, to ered the
King's Aandard, and to raise, levy, mu^sr, and ar
ray in arms all his Majesty's loyal and faithful
fubjeds within yeur relpective counties, or ia any
part or parts of this province who are willing and
ready to repair to the royal banner, for the sup
port of the laws and constitution thereof againtt
the most horrid and unnatural rebellion that has
been excited therein by traitorous, wicked, and
defigniog men, and now threatens the subversion
of his Majesty's government, and the utter de
ftru&ion of the rights and libei ties of his Majesty's
people; and I hereby give and grant to you pow
er and authority to form the forces you shall so
raise into companies of fifty men each, and to ap
point one Captain, one Lieutenant, and one En
sign to every company so formed, whole appoint
ment, as well as this commission, (hall ba good, va
lid, and effectual during my pleasure, and I do
hereby give to each and every of you full power
and authority to feze and take wh^tfoever may be
neceffar, of arms, ammunition, provisions, horses,
and carriages for the fubfiHance and accommoda
tion ofhis MajefWs faithful fubjufts whom you
shall alDmble in aims for the purposes aforcfaid,
you giving receipts for the fame, or keeping ac
count thereof, that fatisfaftien may be made to
the ownerer owners if they are not engaged in
rebellion: And I do hereby give to each and
every of you, full power and authority to refill:
and oppole all rebels and traitors against his Ma
jesty and his government by force and arms, and
to apprehend, ieize and detain them, their accom
plices and abettors ; and you are hereby required
immediately, and with all p<£ible secrecy, to con
cert a place of general rendezvous for your for
ces, thence to march in a body, by fueh route as you
shall judge proper, to Biunfwßk, so ordering your
movements that you may reach that town on the
fifteenth day of February next ensuing, making
prisoners, in your way, all f ueh perlons as you
know to be principals or aßive in rebellion, tak
ing all possible care that women and children are
unmolested, that no cruelty whatever be commit
ted to fully the honor and arms of Britons and
Freemen employed in the glorious and righteous
cause of refeuing and delivering their country
from the usurpation of rebellion, and that no vi
olence be done against the laws of humanity but
what refinance shall m^ke necessary, to the end
that the people who have been deluded into rebel
lion may be made sensible it is his Majefly's mold
gracious and royal intention, and my earnest de
fine to reclaim them to a proper sense of their duty
and obedience to lawful government, without in
volving the country in the horrors of war, if, by
timely and dutiful submission, they make such ex
tremities avoidab'e. And whereas there may
be many of his Mafrfty's faithful fubj^b in this
province whole merits and influence may qualify
them to take part io the execution of this commis
sion, whom I have omitted for want of knowledge
cf them and their principles and theirjood difpo
fric^s, I do hereby give full power and authority
to you who are herein named, to join with you in
the execution of the powers granted to you by this
CommAhon every such person or perlons as you
shall deem worthy of such high trust and confi
dence, hereby declaring that each and every such
person as you shall think fit to join with you in
the execution of these prefects, shall have equal
power and authority as ifihey were herein particu
larly named, in pursuance of the trust reposed in
you. Given under my hand and seal at arms on
board his Majesty's sloop Scorpion, in Cape-Fear
river, this ioth day of January, 1776, and in the
Sixteenth year of his Maj-Ry's reign.
J O. MARTIN,
. NoRTH-CAROLIN A, f
^ his Excellency Josiah Martin, his Majeffs
Captafi General, Governor, and Commander in
Chief in and over the fid Province.
J P° R O C LA MA T I O N.
VT7HEREAS a raoft daring, horrid, and
VV unnatural rebellion has been exerted in the
province against his Maje Hy's government, by the
ba'e and arduous artifice of certain traitorous,
wicked and deferring men, and the fame is now
openly avowed and declared, and actually threa
tens the sole subversion ofthe laws and conHirurion
of the said province, and the liberties and privi
leges of I is Maje Hy's fufjeds inhabitants thereof:
I have thought fit to iffwe this Proclamation, here
by to fynT,- to all his Majesty's liege Übje&s
wri'in this province, That I find it necessary f r
the fafe,y and preservation of the rights civil and
religious, and for the maintenaice^f his Majesty's
government against the laid desperate and unna-
tural rebellion, to e^e& Bis Majesty's Royal Stand
ard, and to colled and unite the force of his Ma
jority's people under the fame for the purpose of re
fitting and subduing, with the assistance of the Al
mighty, the faidimpious and unnatural rebellion,
and to reffore the just rights of his Majesty's arown
and government, and the liberties of his people:
And / do hereby exhort, require and command,
in the King's name, all his Majesty's faithful fub
jedts, on their duty and allegiance, forthwith to
repair to the Royal Standard, hereby promising,
and affaring every aid, encouragement and sup
port to all such as shall come to vindicate and sup
port the violated laws and cenftitution of their
country; at the fame time pronouncing all such re
bels as will not join the Royal Banner, Rebels and
Traitors, their liveiaed properties to be forfeited ,
All such as will join shall be forgiven any pad of
fences, even admitting they have taken up arms,
not doubting that every mas who knows the value
of freedom and the blessings of a British lubject,
will join his heart and hand toreftore to his coun
try that most glories, free and happy constitution
and form of government which the most desperate
and abandoned traitors only can with to disturb or
alter; cr in times of danger like the prelent for
bear to hazard every thing that is dear to fu'pport it.
Given underiny hand and seal at arms, on board his
Majesty's fa'p Scorpion, in Cape fear River, this
tenth day of January. 1776, and in the fateentb
year of his Majesty's reign.
J 0: MARTI N.
God save the King.
Rowan County, ff.
THIS day came John Reynolds before me me of
his Myefifs Justices aligned to keep fe peace for
Jaid county, and being duty fjorn, made oath, That
he this, deponent heard papers read in the camp of
William Field, to be of the fame import and to the
be, of his knowledge in thefeme words of the within,
and that be heard from the officers and men declared
free plunder wherever they went.
„HN REYNOLDS.
Swornbefore me, this loth Feb. 1776.
JOHN CLIP HR NT.
* Frgadie[ General Donald M'Donald was
in rebel) on in the year 1745 against his lawful so
vereign a<d headed many ot the fame clan and
name, who are now his followers. These emi
grants from the charity and benevolence of the
Aflembly of Narth Carolina received large pecu
niary contributions, and to encourage them in
making their fetthments, were exempted from the
payment of taxes for several years. It is a fa&
that numbers cfthat ungrateful people, whohave
been lately io arms, when they arrived in Caroli
na. wee without the necUTdries of life—their
paiTages even paid by the charitable contributions
of the inhabitants, they have since under every
encouragement that the province of North Caro
lina could afford them, acquired fortunes very
rapidly, and thus they requite their benefa&is.
PHIL A DELPHI A, Much 25.
We hear the humane General Howe has burnt
the pretty little town cf Nantafker, in Notion har
bour ; and that many of the tories, not being
able to geteff with the flier, have thrown ihem
frives on the mercy of their countrymen.
Extrafl of a letter, received bv express, from the heft
authority, dated Head barters, Cambridge, i,b
March, 1776.
“SI R,
“ It is with the greatest pDaGre I inform von,
that on Sunday lalt the 17th inst. about 9 o'clock
in the forenoon, the minilterial army evacuated
tit town cf Bodon, and that the forces of the
United Colonies are in actual pofleffion thereof.
I o eg leave to congratulate you, Sir, and the
Honorable Congress on this happy event ; and
particularly as it was effected without endan
gering the lives arid property of the remaining
unhappy inhabitants.
“ 1 have great rtafon to imagine their flight
was precipitated by the appearance of a work
which I had ordered to be thrown up last Satur
day night on an eminence at Dorcheher which
lay nearest to Burton Neck, called bowk's Hill.
The town, tho' it has faftered greatly, is net in
so bad a Rate as 1 expected to find it.
“As soon as the minilierial troops had quitted
the town, I ordered a thousand men (oho had
had the small pox) under the command of Gea.
Futnam, to take poffeflion of the heights, which
1 shall endeaver to fortify in such a manner as to
prevent their return, ihould they attempt it; but
as they are ftijl in the harbour, I thought it not
prudent to march off with the main body of the
army until I should be fully fatisfied they had
quitted the coatt. I have therefore only detached
five regiments, beiides the Rifle battalion, to
F ew-York, and shall keep the remainder here,
till all suspicion of their return ceases.
“ The situation in which I found their works
evidently difeovered that their retreat was made
with thy gratett precipitation. They have left
their barracks and other works of wood at Bun
ker's Bill, &c. all landing, and have dellroyed
but a small part of their lines. They have alio
left a number of fine pieces of cannon which
they spiked op, also a very large iron mortar,
and (as I am inform 'd) the. have thrown another
ever the end of your wharf.
<c I have employed proper persons to drill the
cannon, and doubt not I shall save the most of
them. I am not able to procure an exa& lift of
all the Hores they have left; as soon as it can be
done, I shall take care to transmit it to y@u : —
From an ettimatc of what the t. uarter-Mafler-
General has already difeovered, the amount will
be 25 or £30,000."
Extract 01 a letter from Cambridge, March 13.
" IJballnoiN giveyou the bijior, of late manoeuvres :
The preparations for going upon Doribe,er hi Is being
ju, fmiJhed, ice began to amuse the Regulars and ala?m
the towns people, Saturday night, Marci 3, by tbroq/j
---ing in a lew bombs jr^m i.ecbmore's Point and Lamb's
bum bort, on the Jide oj Roxbury; which was conti
nued the Lord's day night, wilts the addition of fame
bails ; on the Monday right it was much increajed, for
then we went to work. 'lhe covering parties, con-
Jifing of SOO, led the way, tkenjollowedthe intrench
ing tools, after them the ma n body, amounting to about
} 300, the procefion was closed with 4.3,0 carts loaded
with fafemes, frames to bold their ends to keep them
t gather, ©c. All was conduced with great regularity
and without notfe. When they came 10 the ground the
covering parties divided, one went to the point next
to Ro,on, the other to that next to the Cafile. Some of
the carts made three and others two trips, The even
ing was bay, fa that our men <0 .Id not be difeovered
as they were on. the dijian.e and remaining hazd
nefs he ow prevented their being fen in the night, tbo'
the moon jhone clear and gave a great light. The ripkt
was Jo remarkably mode use, that they might have
wrought in their Jbiris. She wind fat so, and blew
fomewbatj'rejd, that the noje pccofcned by working
was carried into the harbour, without being beard
cipher at Ro,on or the Cajtle. By ten o'clock at tight
we had got two ports, one upon the kigbe, bill, tbr
other upon the adjoining, emtojed, and in a condition
to protect us from mujkot and grape foot. 'I he next
morning by day break the forts were difeovered. Gen.
Howe w nd Moatrefor being together viewing them,
the Generalfcratebed bis bead, and was heard to fay,
that be did not know what be jbould do, those people
have done as much in one night as my whole arm,
would have done in three months-—a frong metapho
rical expression, which indicated furprize. It was
conjectured that be would have endeavoured to df
lodge us. Signas had b.,n agreed upon for the num
bers he jbould land, whether one, toco or three thru
fand, and to notify their repulse, should it happen ;
jour thousand Provincials on tbe,de of Camb, idge were
kept in readinej'sto ertfs over and attack Bo,on tn cate
oj such notification. Our men were ,all of far its. The
workings arty, who ,bad labored amazingly through
the night, were relieved by afrejb corps Tuesday morn
"-&hthree. The neighbouring Militia were called
in, and were down on the Monday r.i,bt to afi, in case
oj nectfity. 'luefday was a fine moderate day. Tufo
aa, ajtetnoon and evening Lord Percy embarked wit 4
3000 troops to attack tbejorts tie next morning at fix.
Lary in the night came on such a frong gale of wind
at bouth and a little to the d e, of South as was scarce
ever remembered. It was a downright form and
k,ed ire whole night; so that not a flip or a beat
c.uldfir. Thus the dgfign oj the Regulars was jruf
t>4ied, and the feduing oj much blood, whoever had
gained the viLory, prevented, the interpoJition of
Providence, as to the mildnef of the night and focceed
ia\jday, and the form the night fallowing, ought to
be perpetuated. Ibe Wednesday it blew pretty Jrejb.
The opportunity for attacking bring lof, and those &mi
traces on Dorchefer Peninjuja, with their appurte
nances, being feared, the Regulars were obliged to
attend to huf.n,}, in,cad of prosecuting the intended
ai-erfou oj the week. The Officers had set onfot a
mafquc.radg bad, with an enter tainmett, which was
to cave been t- e la, week ; five thousand pounds fer
ling had been fab, ribed; the Jumper was to have con-
Jtned of about, ve bund ed dijbes; and fodrtfbs were
near, all com,edited the week before. But this ma
uauvre of General lYaji/ngton'sffoiled their divefion,
and bus put them upon preparing with all possible ex?
petition to evacuate B,b:n, and change their quarters.
Our army is preparing to follow. It is generally thought
Howe meansjar New York; but lam sometimes ready
to think be may intend New Port, as jhould be fei%e
that before we can prevent it, be will pefofs a fine
fund, the fleet will have a good harbour, be may ea-
Jay crpjs over from thence to Long. I,and, when be can
ta<e the fieri; and ike vef'ris may make tbemfelvet
mu,erf cj the found, and keep ike CenneSticut coa,s
in cGuttnual alarm. Pofibly we shall fend off a jew
regiments to New Port, when we are certain that any
of theirs are failed, which will by able to reach that
place by land joiner than the Regukirs can by skip, ing.
God in his Providence, 1 truji, n.il diJeoncert the
movements of howe: What more easy than by a bla,
of wind to dcmolifb all bis proje&s when his troops are
at sea ! Individuals who have wrote out from Bof
tou have found it expedient to menion their living ex
ceeuing wel; but by an acquaintance who got out, 1
learn that exceeding well was exceeding poorly. They
had minced meat from England for Chri,mas pies, but
it was a guinea a pound. A g°s, though very indg'-
tercet, fold for two dollars, and a turkey jor three :
other articles I imagine were proporftonably dear.-—
About a ton and a quarter of powder and some arms
get into Providence la, Lord's day night. By the
third night Jewen barracks, each 96 by 16 feet, were
fitted up at Dorcbefier, cajabe of hiding 1500 men.
The Regulars are prizing the cfthls cf our friends ot
Bodon, as they pretend by way of defer,tfor the Jecuri,
of the goods and effects belonging to the tories."
4.^4. The WARDENS of the City have ap
pointed Fridaythe 29th day of this month, to meet again
aTthe Ceurt-Houfe, at 9 o'clock in the morning to hear
the Appeals of such perJons as think tkemfe.ves agriroed
in the Watch and Lamp Tax for the present year ;—
these who do not attend on that day, mu, expeft ng al
lowances to be made them, the Wardens finding it ab
folutey neeefary to adhere closely to the law, whiH
requeues that the Golriaors "shall pay the whole an d
ever, of the fams of mem, ajfejfed in bis cr their ref
peaive duplicates within three months next after the
da, ol Appeal."
"*„ 'lke Examination of the Students at the
Academy of Newark will be held on Tuesday z6e 2^
day of April, by the rRWSTEiis, who are to meet at
ttat time and place.