Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-07-15 00:00:00, page 2

Sam the L ONDON GAZETTE.
Whitehall, February 25, 1777.
HIS Majesty's ship Bristol, which arrived at Ports
mouth the 2 3d inst. has brought from New-York
difparches from Gen. Sir William Howe to Lord George
Germaine, of which the following is an extra&:
Extra!! of a letter from General Sir William Howe to
Lord George Germain, dated New York, December
20, 1776.
" 1 HAVE the honor to inclofe an extract of a
letter from Lieut. Gen. Clinton, containing advice of
his beieg in poflelhon of Rhode-Blind, without anylofs
of his Majefyis troops. The season may be found too
far advanced for him to proceed to Providence, but, if
practicable, I am confident the attempt will be made;
the advantages to be derived from this acquisition are
nevertheless very important.
In Jersey, upon the approach of the van bf Lord
Cornwallis's corps to Brunswick by a forced march, on
the id inst. the enemy went off muff precipitately to
Princeton, and had they not prevented the passage of
the Rarito;, by breaking a part of Bunfwick bridge,
so great ^as the confufiuo among them, that their army
must inevitably have been cut to pieces.
My firft design extending 00 further than to get and
keep possession of Eaft-Jedey, Lord Cornwa'is had or
ders not to advance beyond Bruolwick, wn.ee occasi
oned him to discontinue his pursuit; but fiuding the ad
vantages that might be gained by paring on to the De
laware, and the poffiniiny of getting to Philadelphia,
the communication leading to Brunt wick was reinforced,
and on the 6th 1 joined his Lordship with the 4th bri.
gade of Britiffi, under the command of Major General
Grant. On the 7th Lord Cornwallis's corps, the
Guards excepted, who were left ar Brunswick,,march
ed to Princeton, uhicn the enemy had quoted on the
fame day. Tois corps marched io two divicons on
t - 8m; the firit advancing to Treaton, reached .he
DT ware soon after the corm 's rear go rd bad cfcffed.
Their n^in army having pafl d the preceding day and
ri, - took ?oft on the other fide of the river.
.1 Cwnwallis with the rear division halted at
: I rd, fix reales from Trenton, and marched at
Or: c ; . next morning to Coryell's Ferry, 13 miles
i ^ < <: ,T ?.vj3% expectation of finding
b^s Terr, :. # i< the neighbor h^d, Efficient to
oT the ^ : ^: r. this be w^s gifapphinted, the
h ~ .CT . ^ ::\ : ;.c::fn to destroy or ^Q
1. ea : Te Duals that could possibly
^^ww-wr irpofe.
The &.'?'%eT the Delaware being thus rendered
h::%° c;.bk, L; Lordihip t^ok post at Pennington, is
w.<;bcc.df'rentjo he two divisions remained un
jri, w r n the weather having become too fe
e ^ ^p the field, and the winter cantonments be
r? arranged; the troops marched fom both places to
^^ : refpeTve d^T^s. rite chain, I own, is rather
vo) xeh^., b : T ( was induced to occupy Burlington
•:o over tecohr, of Monmouth, in wuch there are
roam, loyal inhabitants; and tin,KT,, 10 the ahnoft ge
ta' luburffi 0 of the country to the Southward of this
chain, and to the lire g'h of the corps placed in th,
a Danced polls, I conclude the troops will be n petfe&
fee □ fity.—Lord Cornwallis having desired to return to
Britain, the command in J^ley is given to Major Ge
neral Grart, in whole approved goof condu& I place
the greater confidence.
' I canner,too much commend Lord Cornwallis's good
services during this campaign, and particular'ythe abi
luy and goto conduct he displayed in rhegnrfoit of the
e<emy corn Fort Lee to I'renton, a dk% oe exceeding
eighty miles, in which he was well Imported by the
ardor of his corps, who cheer udy quitted their tents
and heavy baggage, as impediments to their march.
By prefog the rebels fechde, the* had cot time to
defray the country, as they intended, @r to remove
tGr Dores; by which a large qu^tcy of provifi^ns,
and plenty of forage, hive been ie ^ed.
During Lord Core, ibis's fray at Pennington, a pa
tol of tbiry d agones, from the 16th regiment, was
font cut to gain intelligence <f a corps drier command
of General Lee, reported to be in 'Dorris county, on
their way to crops the Delaware at Alexandra. Lieut.
Col, Harcourt dehred • ^ Cred: on of this detachment,
and learning, ashearoc^eded rhefitu don of this corps,
confiding of two t^ouLad men, and f General Loe's
head quarters, h:contrived, by infinite addfefs and gal
hvtry, to get to his haute undiscovered by the guard,
Surrounded it, and, overcoming all their refinance,
made the General a pri oner.
Being confident th s 'gallant action wdl not escape
his Majesty's graci us attention, it is needle's for me
to recommend Lieut. Cob Harcourt to the King's notice
a,on this occasion.
I muDalL mention the fanal services of Sir Willi
am Ermine in bis department of (^urter-Mafter Ge
eeral, whose indefatigable zeal has eminently contri
buted td the fucce's of this campaign; nor runft I omit
Major Maitland, .rs the corps.of marines, who has the
_ >mmand of the 2d battalion of light infantry, in which
he has diftingudhri himself much to his honor.
The dm, bffe vice, fur which meft of the enemy's
troops were engaged, being expired, their present
{Length from a review of the bred intelligence receiv
ed, is ah nr 8 000 on the south fide o r the Delaware,
ari in PhiUcleh 'a.; 500 militia e^ b filed in Morris
county, Ne^jedey. arid ab Ht 3000 at Peek's Kill,
North Cadle, and the frailer pofa in this province.
Major General Robertson, wholerved the campaign by
his Majesty's permission, will return to Britain by the
earheft opportunity."
BOS T O N, %b,.
We are informed, that Captain Fisk, in the Maffa
chufett's State vessel of war, has taken and lent into
Cape-Ann, a prize, laden with beef and butter.,
By a letter from Albany, dated the 28th ult. we
learn, that the enemy's fleet and army are arrived at
Crown-Point —that they have feat ffroog detachments,
one to cut off Fort George, and the other either to
furprize Skeenfborough, or throw themselves on the
communication between that and Ticonderoga.
The advices by the Hartford pelt make the enemy
very confides able at Crown-Paint.
Sunday last three of the enemy's frigates went into
the harbour of Tr^ro, and took from thence a brig be
longing to this Stale, which bad been pretty wed gut
ted of available cargo.
From Cape Cod we leara, that last Monday two
British frigares hove in fight of said Cap.-, and knowing
the defenectefs Rate of that place, made bold to run
into the harbour, where lay an unarmed brig laden with
salt, &c. which they most courageously boarded, and
there being none to appefe them, they carried her clear
off.
Yesterday the cargo of Hessians, lately mentioned to
hav been taken by one of the States vessels of war and
fen: into Townsend, arrived fat? in this town, under a
proper guard, zr.d were escorted to a place of as great
fafety as New Yu*, to which place they at firft set
fail for.
A prize, taken by Capt. Day in the General Mif
flin, arrived at a fafe port at the Raft ward yesterday
fe'enuight. She was taken two days before their time
was out with the Continent. Theprize was bound from
London for New York ; hercareo consists of fait, about
200 quarter.calks frerry, abotr 300 calks raisins, and
30 or 40 tierces ofbirk, containing about 4090 wt.—
The following better from a fl use in London to a per
son in New-York, dated London, April, 1777, was
taken in the above prize:
“ I T is incumbent upon vis to layfoefore you with
out referee our opinion uooe the present state of affairs,
io order that we may be prepared for whatever maybe
t'e event. You who a'eepon o^e Dot Gave 20 oppor
tunity of joking with more preLfi n -han w•, of the
Rate of the tmp ^0 in America; we (hall not there
fore venture an opinion on tfa lead. But as opinions
differ so much upon it we may be allowed to farm con
jeAures. We mnft apologize for ours, became you
will find them differ from the general opinton; but as
that is formed upon the accounts which government
think proper to publilh, we may, wi h at being feep
ticks, be allowed to combine those accounts with others,
and form our own conisatires. If we hu'd be mis
taken, we thall have fuffered no less or in coriveFences
from it, but, vice versa, if the generality fhou'd rr in
their conclusions, a number of the present adventurers
mu!f be ruined, who have anticipated events by the
fanguineneft of their ideas. They mu^ have imagined
and believed the whole Continent to be in a state of na
ture, and the trade of y ur place the reverse of what
you describe it. Whereas we, who fes through a dif
ferent mirrour, have ventured to view the profped
more minutely, and to cenfider what bonfequenges
might ensue by a further prolongation of this unhappy
dispute. From every circumdaTCe we can colled, from
cur observation, from the information of ttiofe who
have investigated the fubjed from the beginning of our
difput.es with America, we have no doubt (supposing
the prefect campaign to be as ineffectual as the last)
that the Colonies will remain independent, and be ack
owleCyD independent States in the fame manner as
the Seven Provinces by Philip the Second. A federal
union in tha + case would in time heal all aniinofities,
and eventually, perhaps, prove the means of awing the
powers of France and Sptin more than a general con
feder?cy among all the northern nations coH^&iyely.—
New and strange as this ioTri,e may appear, we (liquid
thick we were deficient in our regard to you, if we did
not at haft suggest to you the pdffibi ity of such an
event happening. The reasoning upon it is not crimi
nal; we Ihould not be fafe^&ed by those who know us
of being deficient in our regard to this country, ami in
point of intefeft we must wish for a ftatu quo. But
wishes will neither determine ore way or the other. It
behoves us to confider the fu^Dt in its coafeqnences,
and to be prepared for whatever may happen. If the
Colonies liquid submit and return to their allegiance,
we fliall refame our usual operations of trade. But
fuppNe the contrary, are we to negled taking so great
a circumfance into confer,at on, and commuricariog
to each other our ideas upon the new system of trade
your Colonies would be likely to adept by being decla
red independent States,
“ This country would lose f in ? branches of its trade,
but would prelcrve its staple, the woelens and other
articles. Ame Da would then carry its produce di
rea!y to foreign markets, aoddeceive from whence their
, produce in return. In that particular we should be
IDs fuffeters than other American Houses, who have
;no connexions with r ante. For such controls as we
I formerly had, the French must employ fame Agents
I here ; at the lame time private adventurers word bo
,fend : g their produce to France as before: So far it
would make no material alteration to us; but the con
nexion between America and the French Inlands wduld
be productive of a very material alteration and a cew
system of trade. By the time you receive this letter
you will be able to judge whether these ideas are quite
so extravagant as they would have appeared to T" at
this instant. If you should find that the campaign is
likely to last longer than this year, let us entreat you
to take into your most serious consideration the fubjeif
before you, and when you have weighed it properly, to
favor us with your opinion at large as to the new sys
tem which you apprehend would take place in point of
the trade of your Colonies in Europe and the Weft In
dies carrying with you that we, by our exterdive con
nexions in France, may be affixing in both ; that is to
fay, when it can be done legally, for neither you nor
we will ever attempt any trade that is otherwise.”
H A R TF O R D, 7^so
Our accounts from the Northward are so various and
uncertain, that we are unable to give our readers any
thing particular from that quarter,
We bear the militia from the Weffern part of this'
State, and the county of Berkshire, io the Sta:e of
Maffacbofetts Bay, who universally turned out and
marched for Ficonderega, on the alarm Ilftweek, are
all returned, but ftiil hold themselves in readineh to
proceed on the ihorteß notice, for the relief if
brethren on that Ration.
Extraft of a letter from Ticonderoga, iated p.:?:e c.
“On the 17th infant, about one o'clock. A. vnp
w.,s alarmed with the firing of a number of fc > .ta
Imall Pittance from the French lines—two iri / ? of
Col. Hale's regiment were killed and one made ,riGn
er by a party of Indian#. The fame day a raffing
party had a Lieutenant wounded and two men kihed:
They brought in a leal? and ornaments of an Indian
who appeared to have been of some note amongst the
warriors. On the 19th instant a soldier was made
priforier by three I chans and a Frenchman, hut made
his escape in the evening, Indians have been almpft
every day difeovered near this place."
KINGSTON, (Sfopus) July 7.
Accounts from the North-ward.
The enemy have lately made their appearanw at
Crown Point, and by their gaJe.mades, would lead us
to believe that they mean to carry all before them —
It is said that one party is to come by Skeenfoorough
on the eaR, and one by Ofwega on the weft, and so to
take Fort George, and then Albany, &c. &c. But if
they w^re in force for all tbefe movements, which can
not be umltfs it should rain soldiers to fill up th^ir ex
hausted regiments, it is not unworthy of confederation,
how the gentlemen are to obtain provision during these
exc& fions through a wilderness. }The General hath
thought proper to call out a considerable part of the
militia to watch their motions, and strengthen the se
veral poffs. The energy ^ave engaged in their service
federal of the Afhmefafne Indians, (the fame who kill
ed force of cur people at Sabbath Day Point) who
lately fell in with a party of Tories going into Canada,
and fappefing them 10 be better men, put them all to
the sword.
Extras of a letter from Albany, dated June 30, 1777.
“ The enemy are landed at Crown Point and Chim
ney-Point, where they have been for federal days.-^
Their strength unknown.—Since their landing they
have sent out two parties, one by the way of Otter-
Creek, the other through JefTop'sParent; the one by
the way of Otter-Creek, it is fuppuled a good account
will be given of, as the people on the grants were some
days ago ready to meet them. One half the militia is
ordered out, I foppofe to keep open the communication
between Fort Edward and Lake George."
We have just now heard that two officers, o' Col.
Ganfevoort's regiment, have been scalped, but at what
place is not mentioned.
Friday last the Council of Safety, upon summing up
the votes of this State for Governor and Lieutenant-
Gov^rnoc, found a majority for both these important
offices, in favour es the Honourable Major General
George Clinton, Esq;
FIS H-K I L L, 7^:o.
We hear by express and by the Albany post, that
Ticonderoga is in the hands of ihe enemy. The ac
count we have received is very impeded; the post fays
he just came off as the express arrived at Albany, and
informs that our people had retreated from the fort,
being unable to defead it; they brought off their Imai!
arms, &c.
Extras of a letter from Fort Stan-wix, dated the 4th inst.
“ Ensign Spoore, of Capt. De Witt's company, was
out with 16 men cutting sods at the Wood Creek
Landing, where a party of Indians fired on them.—
This place is about a mile from the fort. I teok a
party of men and went after them, but was a little too
late. I found one of our men on the road half dead
and fc%T e L another coming in, shot through both
arms; and about two miles further I found a third dead
and fealped, with a tomahawk sticking i^ his bead.—
I still puriued on farther, but it being towards evening,
and having no provision, I thought best to return, and
brought in the wounded and dead mtn. Four men and
the Ensign they took off with them, two of whom were
of my company. This is another fp^cimen of the ten
der mercies of the King of Britain, in his hiring the