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mantown, they fell in upon the enemy's fear,
and collected ftra^glers wiih impunity.
" You will now probably ask, what account
of the enemy's conduct is to be given ? My idea
of the matter is simply this--^Sir William Howe
imagined that on the firft appearance of the Bri
tish army, the shivering, half naked defenders
of liberty would have decamped and left him
matter of the country, that finding his parade
in front ineffectual, he had recourse to the more
trying manoeuvre of encamping on our flank,
but feeing u s still immoveable; he ju^ed it
more prudent to retire to peaceful winter quar
ters, than attack us in a position, the strength
of which would probably have obliged him to
retire with loss, and which, even if he had gain
ed from us by the greatest exertions, mutt have
cost him too great a facrifice of his best troops ;
while our army, light and free of incumbrance,
even in case of this improbable disaster, would
have fuffcred more in honour than in any other
point.
" Three of cur officers, who have made their
escape from the harbour of New-Yoik, by
means of a boat that was carelefly left alongside
of their prison-ship, give such relations of the
indignities offered to the American prisoners, as
would excite desperate revenge in the most flav
i(h minds. It would be infinitely better for us
to put a flop to that intercourse and exchange
of good offices which civilized nations hive e
stablished in the date of war—and declare that
quarter would neither be granted nor accepted ;
this would only render war more energetic and
less durable. I think that we have hithertodif
covered too little of Republican pride---the
haughty fopporters of tyranny have in every in
stance almost spoken in a commanding tone and
given the law—-they havetrampled on mi right:
of humanity—-and if we have fp/forn retaliati
on, it has rather been attributed to servile ha
bits of fear, than a generous disposition---indeed
in some cases we have almost deserved to be
compared to the Helotes, who were reduced
from being insurgents to their former state of
slavery by the found of the Spartan lash."
LANCASTER, BeEmber re.
The Hen. HenrY Laurens, Esq; one of the
Delegates for South Carolina, is appointed P K E
SIDEN 1' of the Honorable Continental
Congress.
From the Pnnfylvania Ledger of November 6,
printed nt P hiiade'phia by fames Humphreys,juo.
rHILADELPH I A, November 5 .
Co, of a letter from His Excefency lieutenant General
Burgoyne Jo His fxcedmney Sir ifffam Home, K. B.
brought by Lieut. Butane, of the 62 d regiment.
SI R, Albany, Oft. 20, 1777;
IN conformity to my orders, "to proceed by the
most vigorous exertions to Albany," 1 passed tire
Huff n's rve T r Saratoga on the 1% h ofSeptember.
No exertions hive been left untried. The army un
der my command has (bright twice against great supe
riority of cumbers. The firft afticn was on the igth
of September, when, after four hours sharp confh&,
we remained masters of the field of battle : the 2d
adion (on the 7th cf O&ober) was not so fucceisful,
and ended with ffftorm upon two parts of cur intrench
ments, the one defended by Lieut. Col. Breymen,
who was killed upon the spot, and the poll was loft,
the other defended by Lord Barcartas at the head of
the Bribih Light Infantry, who repulsed the enemy
with great lois. The army afte wards made good
their retreat to the heights of Saratoga, unable to pro
ceed further, the enemy having puff ilion of all the
fords and the pafcs on the ead fide of Hudson's river.
The army there waited the charce of events, and
offered themselves to the attack of the enemy till the
jgth instant, when only three days prevision at (hurt
allowance remained. At that time the last hope of
timely assistance being exhausted, my numbers redu
ced by past axions to 3500 lighting men, of which
about 1900 alone were Britifb, invested by the ene.
my's troops to the amount of i6o®omen, I was in
ouced by the general concurrence and advice of the
Generals, Field Officers, and Captains commanding
corps, to open a treaty with Major Gen Gates.
Your Excellency will observe by the papers trans.
mitted herewith, the disagreeable profpea that attend
ed the nrft overtures. The army determined to dieto
a man rather thaw submit to terms repugnant to national
and personal honour. I trust you will think the
treaty * enclosed confident with both. I am, with the
greatest refpe& and attachment, Sir, yom most obe
dient and most humble servant.
J. BURGOYNE.
* For the treaty fee the ffftpige of this paper.
By the SUPREME EXECUTES COUNCIL of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A PR OCLA M A 1 lON.
WHEREAS by an Ad of General AtLmb'y of
the [Com/nonweaith of Pennfylvama, mide
and puffed at Lancaster the thirteenth day of Octo
ber la*, entitled, “ An A& for conflicting a Coun
cil of Safety, and veiling the fame with the powers
therein mentioned," it is enacted, that the members ,
of the Supreme Executive Council of this Stat^, §0
gather with Jahn Bayard, Jonathan Serjeant, Jona
than Bayard Smith, David Rittenhoufe/ Joseph
Gardner, Robert Whitehill, dhriftopher Marshall,
James Smith of York town,' Jacob Orndt, ' Curtis
Grubb, Jame^ Cannon, and William Henry of [.an
caster, mould be conftitufed a Council of Safety, with
the powers and for the purposes in and by the said
aa ¥ particularly mentioned and declared. AND
WHEREAS in and by the famd aft of ATembly
it is further ehr'ched, that.the Supreme Executive
Conh^rof this State, might at any time dur ng the
powers and authorities thereby granted, by Preen
ma ion', of bthef public aA, renounce, determine, and
extinguish the fame, and every part thereof; and that
thereupon the laid powers and every of them should
cease and become v< id? and be no longer exercised
or enforced AND WHEREAS, by the .Teffing
of Heaven the progress of the enemy hath been re
Trained, ihfomucb that elections for member^ of AL
fembly have, in most pints of the Commonwealth,
been regularly held, and the ordinary powers of go
vernmemt are a full and free liberty to proceed in
their ulual course; whereby the designs cf the Le
giflatu e in framing the fiid a& are now at an end-
WE, rhe laid Supreme Executive Council, do, there
fore, hereby make known to a 1! perlons whatsoever,
that all and every the powers and authorities by the
said a& granted to the said Council of Safety, are ex
tinguished and determined, and that the fame and
every part th reof shall from henceforth cease, and
become void, and be no longer exerciled or enforced.
Given at Lancaster, this sixth day of December,
in the year, of cur Lord one thousand fever hundred
and seventy fever.
By order of the Council,
£HOMAS WHARTON, jun. Frefßent.
Zitteft, T. 'Matlack. Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE.
I N .CO NGRESS, October 's, 1777.
Refoved, That the.drawing cf the United States
Lottery be deferred anti l A.'-Srh day of January
next, on accounted the unsettled Sta,e of the Com
mon Wealth of. Petrifylvania, occasioned by the in
vafin ofthe enemy; and that the managers of th"
said lottery give notice thereof by advertisement, in
the news papers of the several States.
Extras from ike Minutes,
Charles Thomson, Secretary.
The United States Lottery Office is now opened
at Lancaster in the State of Pennsylvania.
The Printers in the different States are requeued to
publish the above in their papers.
By a gentleman who arrived here yesterday from
Jamaica, but last from Cape Nicola Mole, we learn,
that 12,000 men had arrived at the Havanna, and
that every thing wore the appearance of an immediate
war with Great Britain. This gentleman fays, that
in Jamaica frigat fold for nineteen Shillings per hun
dred, and Jamaica rum at is. and iod, per gallon.
Extrafl of a letter from Eaji Bradford, C'befer County.
December 12, 1777.
" I this day Merit down to H verford, and there
found the most deftruftive piece of work I ever saw.—
Your brother Anthony Morris's house ar d place is
robbed of every thing the merciless wreches (he
Englifb) could takeaway. They have not even re t
teem or toe children any thing of lord, neither bed
or blanket, or any clo thing except what they had on
their backs — Every thing of his, ycur's, and your
father's, they could net take off, they took care tr de
ftrov ; ^nd what is worse, Anthony is wounded, but
1 hope not mortally: The English light horie over
took him about a mile from home with a party ot cur
troop who were obliged to retreat; they pursued, caught
him and wounded him in fifteen diff rent places. All
the fingers of one hand are nearly cut i ff and the rest
are so bed that Dr&or Morris was obliged to take one
off; his upper lip is split, a piece cut cut of bis role,
both cheeks cut, after whi< h they robbed him of his
horse and money. The Officer then left the five who
had attack'd him, told them to split the damn'd rebel
down and then follow him ; after they had given him
several wounds on the bead, some of which went
through his scull, they let, him and he crept down to
one W iis's, where he now lies, his wife is with him
and in gr^t diftiefs, not having any thing toaffift him
with. I have left them money, but it is of no iervica,
every neighbour being in the fame situation with them
selves. Farr has taken three ofthe children <0 his mo
ther's. He is in fine spirits and 1 h#pe there is no dan
ger. I would be glad Mrs. Morris would fend me some
linen, &c. for them and the children; do fend them
for they have not any change of cioaths till they re
ceive the Ti.
" The Devils have gone to Philadelphia."
At a G?n?r7l ~yri Mar+rd held at Pcrk'ome„ tn "'-nr
firvania, by ordergf fils LxceCrxo General VAS
I GTON, and by afwnment on the >c,b ofthe naxe
G' OODRICH b^UMP, of the Sta eof Virgin , a
Cipronrnth Sir it V r^,. i R 1 er^, ciw : <d
w n COWARDICE; was fried, f undgndtvcf that
crime in the ction of roe 4. bor U& yu< ar Gurnin
-o^'n, fennf n.'enced therefore t # ,lteafleerrd, an, ^
have his name, phef of abode, and ptuHhmint, pub
lifted in the n< ws tapers in and ahou the camp, and
in tbe rews-papeisof the parpcuiarS ate he rme fi< m,
or in winch he ufualiy reliefs, iCer width A |h uld he
deemed fcanda 1 it for any officer t affettewith h m.
This Sentence w^ approved b\ His Excellency the
Com canter in Chid and in pu #u > c e thereof is
tanfinitjed tombe Purser,for pubheation.
TIMOTHY hCKEkING, A jutant Ger.
shead. Quarters, OHoher 24, 1777.
£^^lx^2^^^T^^^^^^^
Mmt^omery County, Maryland, Dec 12, 1^77.
YHAVE fpr S A L£, foe hundred acres of well
, improved LA NO, cn which are thirty acres of
g-ocQ Timothy meadow; situa i e about fi't # en naiks
I ehri Frece-i< loon, #*ar the trerth ci Mcnocxv#,
fwih alto f?M tour .thuunind sees of ver- C. I; LAND,
A fi^ty four; & currency, per hundred a rer, lying in
C afhinfloo County^ .anout twenty rates above Fo*t
Cunrye h-d Eberc: hdrr will have the option at
the export or of E:tw vcire either to receive the pur
chase ten-neyW.hor* interest, 0, keep the land.
$ FRANCES DEAKINS,
'''' - near th? ntvth of Mnocac"
Reading December 11. 17)7.
FIFTY Dpt LAKS REWAH D.
gTO LE N b,ft flight, from Mrs. Withington's
d him in t js town," a final! PORTMANTEAU,
c < ntaininp n fblowing arlicis, vz. a new fever grey
B-h coatingfur tout ; a new : black broadcloth c^at and
wailt oat, .f&ctd ^iu the fa.nfi without lining, and
Pre p^Kets.of blue ih ulnon, with a plain death-head
bu ton; t' o pair of ol .ck ptun Ila breeches, without'
b r 'i n ;i °" e por of imen drawers; eight forts, five of
wnico, if marked, have the bt c rx TP, arid tbr r e
marked EE; fire docks, marked on the button- hole
file r. PLEASANTS; two purple ground prin ed
handkerchiefs; two li ht ground dit r 'o; two check
linen ditto ; one pair ot count v made mixed black
and white yarn dockings ; four pair o' light blue
wo;fted ditto ; one pair of neat country made mixed
black fl k and white cotton ditto ; one pair cf white
cotton Gitte ; one pair of (hoes ; cne , air of fin 1%. n
work oval hirer buckler ; one pair of fquae ffh.on
able diro; two Servants shirts orinahiig* and white
linen ; on pnr Atto of blue thickset breeches; two
pair ci to of deckings; a curry comb and bulb,
buckir-brufh, cirains cufti, aba blacker, and thte
bundles 0 letups for officers at head quarters and gen
t^men in PTalTphia, ere of vrich contained a
quantity cf old P nrTyivanix paper cu rerev. Who
c.cr will detect the thief and recover the 'aid articles,
did'! have tie above Reward, or in proportion to the
articles received, on application to Mr. JOHN
JORDAN.fin-holder, in,Lancaster, 0 Mr. RI
CHARD H UMPHREY S, in Reading.
N.!• > I ne Feu rm .nteau has been found without any
of the articles w rirh if had contained.
December >z 1777.
SIXTY DOL L, A RSREWARD.
0 rOLEN I ft Monday night, from tie fubferiber
° in H mpfield Towuflbp, a bar HORSE, with
faddlr and bricl., has a dar in his sorehead and a
brem di in the right eye, the right foot is white, (hod
all ruunu, is atout tine or ten years old, and paces.
The th et is one co the Virginia soldiers, who wjs go
ing homewares; had on a blue coat with white bind
ing on he button holes ; about five feet four or five
inches hi±h : He also dole a blue and black mixed
country made great coat. Whoever secures said horse,
laddie -re bridle, and will ie urn them to the fub
fcribvr, dial teceie the above Reward, betides rea
funable charges, from
X JOHN NEWCOMER.
December 6, 1777.
TWENTY I) C LLARS REWARD.
DAN AWAY from Te fubferiber, living in Px
" ton Townflrip, Lanc:fte County, on the 4th of
this ieft. a Neg 0 non n^nied JO E, about twenty
five years old, a thick wJI fit fellow, speaks the Eng
lish and Genian tongues well ; had on when l.e went
away, an orange coloured c< at, a lead coloured j ck
tt, a coarle ft i t, and leather breeches. He took with
him a black MARE, big with foal, about fix years
old, a natural trotter and carries herfelf well, and has
no brand : It is (uppofed th t he intends to go to
Howe's army. Whoever takes up (aid Negro and
Mere, (hall receive the above Reward, or for any one
ot them, feared so that the owner gets them again,
the one had of the above Reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by ± JACOB AW L.
WHEREAS David Hayes, of
Oxford Fownfhip, Chester County, and State
of Pennsylvania, hath bought oi John Cooper, a tia&
or parcel of land, lying in the Township, County a -J
State aforesaid, and gave William Booting for b-1•
and the said David Hayes gave up his right to me,
now on the pemifes, and i have paid the firft bo: 4;
the second becomes due in the year 1775, ande
third in the year 1776. This is therefore 10 warn th*
Public that I will pay no more until John Cooper ar
the legatees come and make me over a right for fas.
place. § ALLAN SIMPSON.