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stt^ ; And it ia d^ou^f^l to th? pure %sfe #
forth, that ana can daily with words of th? meft fa
©red import, and play them as mechanically off a# if
religion conßfted only in contrivance. We know of
no, infaace, in which the Q^ke^s have beta com
pelled to bear arm», or de any thing which might
ftraia their cenfei^nce ; Therefore their advice " to
" witbfand and refufi to submit t, th# arbitrary irfruc
" tions and ordinances of man," appear te us a falfe a
larm, and ceald only be calculated to grin favour with
our enemies, when they were feeding!, on the brink
of invading this State, or, what is dill worse, to weak
en the hand# of car defence, that their entrance into
this city might be made p:*aicable and easy.
('• be continued.)
The EXPELn r^rirnD A^^under the
cammiad of General TRYON, ta deftrey the (lores
of Beef, Pork and Rum,
SCENE, Naw York.
777 ITHOUT wit, without wifdem, half fix, id 4^d
" fob,
And rolling along arm in arm with bit punk,
The ga lant Sir William*; whofights all by pretty,
Thus fob to bit folders, bold up by bit doxy.
My boy#, I'm agoing *0 fend yer with Tryon
Toa pfo whe^e rou'l all get as groggy at lam,„
And the w vended, when well, fail receive a fall gills
But the Bria be allow'd just ^ much as they will.
By a tor, from Dnbary, I've just been inform'd
That, there's wk'"*, there : So the place /ball be form'd,
Tryon.
If there's nobody there, Sir, and nobody mar it,
Two thoufaad ^ih conquer the whole never fear it.
Ton Gallop away, a refugee tor,, with federal
others.
JOE.
Good foldbra go fight, t>.at we all may got rich.
SOLDIERS.
Go get you a halter you fan of a bitch.
Get out, and go lire in the woods upon nuts,
Or I'll give you rar bayonet plump in year guts ;
D'ye think you contemptible thief looking crew
That we fight to get beef for such rascals as you ?
Tryon te the Soldiers.
Come on my br^ve boys now as bold as a lion,
And march far the honour of General Tryen;
My lads there's no danger, for this you may kao„
That I*4 Ist h alone, if I thought it was f@.
Scent CenM&icut. Troop; landed.
Tryon.
la canning and canting, deceit and disguise,
In cheating a friend or inverting of lies,
. I think I'm a march for rhe best of ray fpecieg.
Bit in hu undertaking I feel all in pieces ;
So I'll fill in the rear, for I'd rather go lad,
C^mt march on mi beys, let me fee you all past ;
fr hi; M^jety's fe vic^ (fa f%ys ay coamiffian)
Require#, that 1 bring u, th< whole expedition.
Scene E^Qy,. Troops wived,
Tryon.
Come hollo ray hd#, far the day is our own @
No rebels are here, wot a foul in the tewn;
$o fire all the houses, and waea in a blase,
We'll honour th? King with a Ih^ut of huz%m
A nosfe cMooq the folgiers.
Tk^QN.
In his Mafofty's name w'a^ '• this mutinous jargon ?
Soldiers.
We come to g-t dru^k, yr, for that was th© bargain
Ai Irish Soldier drunk.
Huzza for the Co^grsf, -the Cougrefi and toddy.
Tryon.
You fiotfmdfd, I'll run you q%?e thorough the bedy?
%i Irish Soldier.
B, the head of St. Paddy
I care not a kufe for King George nor his daddy.
3d Irish Soldier.
What plenty is n^e! O what eating and drinking 1
Whu'd ft&y ia New York to b# flarving and funking.
4th Irish Soldier.
The rebel,, huzza! la a hat fish of rum.
5 : Irish Soldier.
Came let us drink ba pes J s ck, out of a drum,
Scotch Soldier.
Laird Bate and hit crew ar? a bundle of thieves;
English Soldier.
Lord North and his g^g are a kennel of Slaves,
Welch Soldier.
And a Wellhm?^ prav, pays? never harba© wft^
xfew#),
ALL.
—— Then let us go over,
Whe'd fay to be Starv'd >hat might thus live in clever ,
Siaga.
Let freedom and love be the give of our foag, 1
Let America flou ifh the Cg^grefs grew #roag ,
And briv Woffington conquers, all the day long.l
4 fyoifaltarion of officers at a difance. House; and seres
onfro. Tryon.
I wis I was back for I'm woefully fear'd,
T^ light will be f<ea and the noise will pa heard,
And 0c rebels will gather so thick in our way,
That whether we run f^t or whether we fay,
Th fits of the whole will be doubtful---and then--.
A faden alarm. .An Officer in a fright gallops a@
riring.
To array, to arms, to arxs^- Ten theufand men
Are pouring from the cicada --tea thoufend more
Are get b^w^N the array gnd the Shore.
Ten fc,find we,men too.
Tryon.
R^h, run, stop, step,
HOT, help me on mrhw^bfo I dop.
'"’^General sir William Efroe, wbofe krregnl&ifan^^w
,™, y,d^Wh
&b, as tfh, fra New Q, t§ fy&a-
Officer.
The King hath promis'd, Sir, you Shall be Knighted.
Tryon.
The Dsvil taka the King-Tor I'm so flighted...
Officer.
But, Sir, you meft attend to what I've said,
Tryon.
Why, then the King mud knight me when I'm dead.
Officer.
But I bring orders, Sir, which fay " jeu mas"
Tryon.
Aye, must er net. I'll have a gallop firft.
Sets off, and the whole after bine.
Scene the Shipping. Troops on board. Tryon Jurrowded
with burgeons.
TrYQN.
My belly's full of balls - I hear them rattle,
Surgeon.
'Tis only. Sir, the echo of the battle.
Tryon.
Do fsarch me over- fa where 'tis I'm wounded.
Surgeon.
You are not halt Sir,
Tkyqn.
Than I am confounded ;
For asl flood, not hewing what tv de.
Whether to fight, to fly, or so pursue,
A cannon hall of two and thirty pound
Struck rat just where Sir P^ , got his wound
Thea, pelhkg o, betw^i my herfss ears--.
Surgeon.
Cempofe yourfelf, gooa SL, target year cares.
You are not (lain --y®u are alive and well---
Tryon.
Between my horfit ears and aowß he fell,
Then getting qp again,
SURGEON
Dur Sir, compsfe„
And try to get yo,rf#lf into a dc^s,
The hurt you've got is not fc dangerous deep.
But bleeding, (having, patience, time and flufy
With blifers, ci,fters, parishes, air and diet.
Will set you up ag&ia if y^uh be quiet.
TRYON,
So thick, so fafl the balls and bullets flaw,
Seme hit me here, fame tha:a, feme through znd
through,
And so by thouiaads did the rebels nvufter
Under thn Generals Arnold and eld H&f%
Thai let me, let me, le. me, let me, but
Get ff live-— farewell Conx&cut !
Philadelphia, May 12. COMUS.
, Sir Peter Parser wb, was foot in fa faecb ct
Carolina.
% —.tn,pVot> b #_„
la CONGRESS, Aprii IS, 1777.
The Com :& rtu& appointed to enquire into th#
cundu& of the ofe| beg leave io report,
Thsfia every p>„ wher, the caepy has tyc% there
are heavy complaints rs ?ppreifcn, injury and insult,
fuffered by the inhabitants, fr m G^dik^ #*d Ameri
cans dife^&d to ihecountty's cause, The Commit
tee fjfckuU^A enutyaiau so ro^y dive fified, that
it was imp^ffible te uAuraetai, them, {. it appeared
exceedingly difficult to give a djftin& and compreh#R
five view &f them, or such a, account, as would not,
if publiCiedq appear extremely deleave fate had by
the unhappy fufireft or the country in general.h
order, however, in free degree, to aafwe,r the d^fign
cf their appointment^ they determined to divide the
objea es their inquiry into four parts. F^ft, the
wanton and oppreiti rd devastation of [he country, a^d
the d«ftru&ion of property. Second, the inhuman
matmeat of theft who were so unhappy as to ba^ma
then prifoaers. Third, the savage butchery of many
who had Submitted or ware incapably of refflaßce.
Fourth, the luff and brutality of the soldiers in abyf
ing of women, They will, therefore, now briefly
fate what they found to be the truth upon each of
thafe heads faperately, and fufoia to the whole affi
davits and other evidence to Support their assertions.
Firit, The wanton and oppraffive d„,ftafai of the
poultry end defredlion of property.
Thewhole track f the British army i, parsed w#h
defoliation, and wanton defruition of property, par
ticularly through Weft-Chsft«r county jn the Sate of
New-York, towns of Newark, Eriz^bsth-towUpWood
foridge, Bruafoick, Kmgffoß, Princetown and Tgen
ton, in New Jersey. The fences degroyed ? heufa
deserted, pulled in pieces, or corfumed by ire, and
the genet al face of wafts and devafation spreed over a
rich and once well cultivated and well inhabited ceyu
try, would afoa th- mist unfeeling witl icompaffian
for the unhappy fu£ ers, and with indignation and
refentma,: ngainft the barbarous zavagers. It deserve,
notice, that though there are many indane, cf rage
and vengeance agaiaft particular persons, yet the de
flruaion was very general, and often undjftjngaifod;
those who fubmitt,d and tock protections, and some
who w,re known to favour them, haring frequently
fuffered in the enramon ruin. Place, and 'things,
which fiem their public nature aud general utility
Should hiya beta Spared by a civilized peoples have
been deffroyed or-pl^adered, pr bath. But above all,
places of worship, rainifters, and other religions per
sons of feme particular preteftant denemißStiens fam
to have been treated with the mod rancorous hatred,
sad at the sane time with the highest contempt.
Second, the inhuman treatment of these who were
fe unhappy as to become prisoners.
The prisoners, instead cf that humane treatment
tyhich tkof, taken by the United States e,perien„4»
wm b general tr^at&j wish the greeted barb^ft,,
Many fl them weie hear feurday/withcet loud ah
together. When they received a Supply, it was both
inftefficient in ptiat si quantity, and ohan of th# worg
kind. They luffing the utaicft difafi fa^ cold
,^kadnefj and close confinement. Freemen and mem
IS fubfanca fufftroa all that 2 generous mind could
fuffer from the contempt and mockery of Brnrih and
foreign meiftaQs. Multitudes died in prifo &
When they were font cut, several died in the boatg
while carrying ashore, or upon the load attempting to
go home. Tag committaein the cou;fs of their en
qsfry, learned that foineiiaes the common foldisrs
expressed fjmpathy with the prisoners, and the fo
reigners mo,e than the English. Bet thia was feidem
or .ver the case with the officers ; nor have they been
able 10 hear of any charitable assistance given Ui,m by
the inhabitants who remained in or foried 'to th±
city of New. York, which %l t a, if ^iverfal, they
beltsye was never known to r happen , any imilar
cais in a chniliaß country. t 4
Third, The lavage butchery of those who had sub
fitted, and were ticapabh of resistance.
The Committee found it to be toe genml opinion
of the people in the neighbourhood of Priaeetoi and
Trenton, that the enemy ch's day before the battle es
Princeton had determined to give no quarter They
did not, however, obtain' any clear proof that therg
were general ordus for that purp^fa but the treat
ra^tu fa era; particular persons, „ a^ Since that
pins has been si the naff Shocking kind, and gives
too math Gountenaßce to the fuppcfiicn. Officers
wounded and arfabled, feme of them of the foft nek
were barbaroud, wounded and put to death. A mi
'^ «°''' J at Trenton, who neither was nor
had been in arses, was massacred in cpld blood, though
humbly fupplicatimg for mercy.* ''"'
fourth, The lits and brutality of t,o folders in
^buliag woms,.'
The C^nminee had authentic information of ma.
„ infant cf the raeft indent treatment, and a&u
al ravishment of married and fygle women, but such
is the nature of that weft irreparable injury, that the
perfe^s filtering jt, and thu relations, though peri
foal, innocent, look uprn it ze & kind of reproach to
have the fads related, a^d @eir earn,#hewn. They
have, however, procured f^e s%davits which will bg
published ia " fppeadix. The original# are lodged
with the secretary of the Congress. Some complaints
were made to the commanding officers upon thn fub
u&, and one affidavit mad, before a Jugice of th,
peace, bit the committee could not l,arn that any fa.
tisfa&ioa ^0 ever given, or punishment bgided, ac
cept that one foldj,ra< Laxton ,„fopt in custody
for part of a day.
Qn the whole, the committee erg fatty t@ fay that
pe cry of barbarity ^ cr,eity is but too well found
ed, and as in convarfcaoM there who are cool te th,
grnari,ari ca,fe, have nothing to oppose to the fafee
but their being incredible, a&fl ^1 like what they
ax, pleaftd ;o falx gcamfay and the clemency cf th,
Bg l ^ nxli ~ A : the committee beg leave to observe,
that one cf the circumflexes meft frequently occurr
ing in ths enquiry, was the opprebigus na„s give,
to th, 4**" c **'- Thsfa do not need an, proof, as
they occur so fequentiy in the New, papers printed
pnd,r their direction, and in the intercepted letter
pf those who are officers a,d call themfelv^ gentle
men. It is eaf, thoiefore, to fee what must be the
condua cf a soldier greedy of prey, towards a people
whom' they have bps, taught to lock upon, not a?
fresme, defending their rights 0, principle, but as
desperado, a,d pro fligates,'who have rifan up against
law and order in gener,!, and wifa the fubveifa o f
society itfalf. This is the meft candid and charita
ble meneer in which the corapitt,e can account for
the melancholy truths which they have been obliged
to report. lA^sd the fame deludjag principle seeps
to govern pefots and bodies cf the higher rank i,
Britain, for it is worthy " f notice thas eot pamphlet
tears only but ^i^g and Psriisment coniantly call
thofc &% lenity, which an their fife p,bli,aiioß filled
this whole co&tiaoat flth refotment and horror.
The above report flayed, apprized, 4*d ordered
to be published with the proofs
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
, Mr. Refebprgb, miwfitf at be Forks of Pelawarfo
(To ])* continued.)
For the CONNECTICUT COURANT.
Query, ZfHrjbeu/dnot she Gover^r of this State bj
filed His EXCELLENCE, infcad of Hi;
Honor; or do we view eurjel<uu a peg terser in point of
rank than other free States ? Ku fa of 4-ern^l, perhaps
might fee the matter right. May it ple&fc your Honor,
is a Mode of Address, that tyll fcarpsl, comport with th
Dignity and Splendor of fuck an , legated Seat. A Perils
who bolds the Reims of Goverawnt in a free and indepen
dent State, (ike tbeglori,ns Limitary of Heaven, is encir.-
pled with a bright ard glittering Combination <f unrivalled
Excellencies ; while the Honors of the Rell Snah of Britain
are buried in the Duf, being encoppoffed with a fwaren f
Reptiles that are /pitting their Venom at the freeborn Sons of
America.
THESE are once moe to give notice to the cre
ditors of JEREMIAH CASE, dece&fed, th^
we mall fa upon the focoad Monday of June next,
at three o'clock afternoon, at the house of OLIVER
HUMPHREXS, in Sim@ury, to examine theig
claims, &c.
DANIEL WILCOX 3
EZEKIEL HUMPHRY, , Commiffion^
OLIVER HUMPHRY. )