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The reason on which he grounds this charge it, That the
officers included in the convention have not since their arri
val in Miffachufetts-Bav beea accommodated with Quarters
agreeably to their refpe&ive ranks; on which your Commit
tee beg leave to observe, that though fiom the sudden and
unexpected at rival of so laige a body of troops, the concourse
cf dtangers in and near Boston, the devaluation and de
fru bon occafianed by rhe British army not long since
I locked up in that town, and by rhe American army, which
bcii ged them; and considering that the officers were not to
he Separated from their men, and that the troops could not
b< q larteied with equal convenience in any other place with
in me limits pointed out and described in the convention, as
tl ere are nor a fufficient number of barracks in any other
part of that State; though from these and many other una
voidable circumtfahces, the accommodation of general Bur
goyne and his officers might not be such as the public could
with, or tie expeft, yet his charge of a breach ot the public
faith on this account, is not warranted either by the letter of
the preliminary articles agreed on between himfeif and gene
ial~ Gates on the 14th of October, or by the spirit of the
convention signed on the 16th of the fame month; since by
an examination of these articles it will appear, that the Ib
puiation, with reiped to the quartering of officers was not
to be construed in that rigorous feafe in which general Bur
goyne antas to confider it, but on the contrary that it was
0 agreed to as far as oircumftances would admit."
Yuur Committee forbear to lay any ftrefa on the attempt
of the enemy to alter the place of embarkation from the port
of Borton to that of Rhode-lfland, or the found, so conti
guous to the port of New-York, which as well as that of
Rhode-lfland, is at present in their possession ; on the feem
ibriv inadequate number of veffcls (being only 26 transports
sent to Rhode-lfland, as appaars in a letter from general
p^ot to general Burgoyne, dated December ^ lor an army
confiding ol five thousand fix hundred and forty-two, in a
winter voyage co Europe; or on the improbability of the
enemy's being able, on so fhoit a notice, to visual luch a
feet and armv, for a voyage of such length; since the decla
ration of lieutenant.general Burgoyne, that the public faith
is broke, is of itfelt fufficient to jollify Congress in taking
every ri^fme for feeding the performance of the conventi
on, which the laws of nations in confluence of this con
c.u^ wiljuftify.. ~
These fa&s and opinions your Committee in a matter of
such high moment to the honour and fafety of these States,
ebeem it their duty to report specially ; and considering that
&e era! Burgoyne has not fully complied with the conventi
on of Saratoga, particularly in not delivering up the cartouch
box^ ind accoutrements; that he las exprefsiy, and with
rutiurt inundation, charged these States with a breach of
puhfc faith- that in confluence of this declaration, whilst
in oar power, he may deemhimfelf and the army under him
absolved from their compad, and may therefore have refuf.
ed compliance with a measure naturally resulting from the
convention, and which only tended to render his officers and
m-r, insecure, in case rhe convention on their part w 4 s not
complied with; considering farther, that from the distance
. between America and Great-Britain, there is no opportuni
ty of accommodating this dispute in any reasonable period of
time with the Sovereign of the State, in behalf of which this
convention was made, and that the operations of General
Burgoyne's army in America would not only defeat the
main object of the convention, but prove highly prejudicial
to the interest of these States—Your Committee submit the
• whole to the confederation of Congress, in order that such
measures be adopted as are confident with the fafety and
honour of the United States. ,
Whereupon Congress came to the following resolutions—
Resolved, That as many of the cartouch boxes, and seve
ral otherartifo of military accoutrements annexed to the
persons of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers includ
ed in the convention of Saratoga, have not been delivered
up; the convention on the part of the British array has not
been driaiy complied with :
Resolved That the refufat of Lieutenant-General Bur
goyne to give descriptive lifts of the non-commissioned offi
cers and privates belonging to his army subsequent to his
declaration that the public faith was broke, is considered by
Congress in an alarming point of view; since a compliance
fob the resolution of Congress could only have been preju
dicial to that army in case of an infraction of the convention
on their part: m ,
Resolved, That the charge made by Lieutenant General
Burgoyne in his letter to Major General Gates of the 14th
of November, of a breach of public faith on the part of these
States is not war, anted by the just conftrudion of any ar
ticle of the convention of Saratoga ; that it is a strong indi
cation of his intention, and affords just ground of fear, that
he will avail himfelf of such pretended breach of the convene
tion in order to disengage himfelf and the army under him
of the obligation they are under to these United States, and
that the security which these States have had in his personal
honour, is hereby defttoyed: , , . ,
Resolved therefore, That the embarkation of Lieutenant-
General Burgoyne, and the troops under his command, be
suspended, till a didind and explicit ratification of the con
vention of Saratoga Ahall be properly notified by the Court
of Great-Britain to Congress.
By Order of Congress,
HENRY LAURENS, Prevent.
Attefl. Charles Thomson, Secretary.
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WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A WET NURSE, with a good breast of milk, that
can bo well recommended. Enquire of the Printer.
Lancafer, February *3, 1778-
TH E Trustees of the General Loan- Office
of the Common-Wealth of Pennsylvania, here
by give notice to the Public, That the laid Office will
be opened on Monday the 9th day of March next, at
Lebanon, in the County ol Lancaster, where attend
ance will be given for four weeks fucceffively#, and on
the firft Monday and five following days in the months
of April, June, August, O&ober and December : —
Therefore all persons concerned are hereby notified to
attend and difeharge their annual payments now in ar
rear ; and to those who incline to pay off the remain
ing quotas of their refpe&ive mortgage monies and the
inteielt thereof, on so doing their bonds and title deeds
will be delivered up, and their mortgages will be dis
charged. e
* The inclemency of the weather, and the river Suf
quebanna not being passable, prevented the Trufees meet
ing and attending the month of February, as by lavs is
appointed; therefore the four weeks above mentioned are
in lieu thereof. llwl
Tube SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE^
On Wednefdav the firft day of April next,
A VALUABLE Plantation or tra& of Land, situate
in Hamilton Township, Cumberland County,
containing four hundred acres of goodland, with two
dwelling-houses, stables and barn, and Ipring-houfe,
with 500 bearing apple trees; there is on laid planta
tion one hundred and fifty ac-es of cleared upland, and
fifty acres of good meadow. Also to be fold on the
fame day, a House and Lot in Chamberfburgh, known
by the name of the Cross Keys, with stables and either
houses suitable for tavern keeping. For terms apply
to JAMES AND JOHNBURN S.
THOM AS LEI P E^
TOBACCONIS T,
Has for SALE in LANCAST E R,
SCOTCH SNUFF and TOBACCQ.
Weft-Nantmill Townfbip, Chefler County, Feb. 17.
AL L perform who are indebted to the estate
of Michael Graham, Senior, deceased, are
desired to make tpeedy payment to the executors : Arid
all persons having any just demands against the said
estate, are desired to produce thir accounts properly
p oved, against the firft of April next, that they may
be paid by us, JASON CLOUD,\
MICHAEL GRAHAM, > Executors.
JOHN GRAHAM, >
T O BE SO L D,
By the fubferiber in King-street, a little above the
Gaol, and nearly opposite the sign of the Brushes,
A QUANTITY of Copperas, of the best quality,
A by the pound, hundred or barrel. Likewise Su
gar, Tea, Pepper, Alfpice, Rosin, Salt, and sundry
other articles too tedious to mention.
Lancaster, Feb. 23. GEORGE STREYLEY.
~T O BE SO L D,
B the fubferiber, living in Lancaster,
TH E following trails of Land, viz. 123 acres of
land, by warrant of 1752, in Upper Paxtang
Township, County of Lancaster. 525 acres of patent
ed land, between Fishing Creek and Mahony, in Tur
but Township, and County of Northumberland; pa
tented 325 and zoo acres adjoining. 1155 acres of
located land, surveyed on the Shawnee Cabin Creek,
County of Bedford. 266 acres of land, situate on both
sides of the great road leading to Fort Pitt, adjoining
lands of Mr. William Elliott, Cumberland County.
For terms of fate apply to
LEVYANDREWLEVY.
TO BE s 0 L D,
By PRIVATE SALE,
A PLANTATION situate in Oxford Town
ship, Chester County, containing two hundred
acres, with a good log house and double barn, a sta
ble, and a goad spring of water and spring-house ;
also seven acres of well watered meadow ground, and
a great deal more may be made; one half of the up
land cleared, the other half well timbered ; the whole
under good repair of fencing. The title is indisputa
ble, and the land clear of quit-rents. The terms of
sale may be known by applying to the fubferiber, near
the premises. JAMES TURNER.
WAS F OU N D,
The zoth of January last, at Wright's Ferry, on Sus
quehanna,
A SILVER WATCH. The owner describ
ing his property and paying charges, may have
it again by applying to Mr. Samuel Boyd, a^, said
Rrry.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY
A COPPER PLATE PRINTER, a person oa
good character, capable of carrying on this bracb
of kufinefs. Such a one may, by applying to M'fls.
Hall and Sellers, Printers, in York-Town, Pem
fylvania, or to the Printer hereof, enter into immeii^
ate employ.
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
in Peter's Township, Cumberland County, near
Mr. Irwin's mill, a dark sorrel H ORSE, eleven
years old, about thirteen hands high, bald face, feme
white on all his feet, branded G I S, and has had the
fiftula. The owner is desired to come, prove his
property, pay charges and take him away.
JOSEPH MILLER.
Lancaster, January 15, 1778.
CA ME to the plantation of the fubferiber,
near the Borough of Lancaster, on the 18th of
October last, a sorrel HORSE, about thirteen or
fourteen hands high, with a white face, marked on
his left buttock CH; and was round Ihod. The owner
is desired to come, prove his property, pa, charges,
and take him away by the 1 sth inst. otherwise he will
be fold for the cbftand charges.
WILLIAM BAUSMAN.
Wef-Nantmill, January 26, 1778.
TO BE SO L D,
By the Subfciiber, on the premises,
Si X hundred acres of LAND, well improved, filtr
ate du the Paxton read leading from Downing'#
Town to Harris's Ferry, bn Sufquehapna, distant from
Downing's Town ten miles and from Lancaster twen
ty-three; the dwelling-house and ftabiing are large,
and very well situate for public business; the plow
land good, and a great proportion of excellent mea
dow, watered by Little Brandywine which runs thro'
the premises, and might accommodate a merchant
mill with water. Likewise to be fold, federal very
good cowl, heavy with calf.
The heirs of Jacob Cochran, and his widow (de
ceased) are desired to call on me, receive the bonds,
&c. for themselves and the minor children, and pro
perly release me from my guardianship;
WILLIAM GIBBONS.
Head of Elk, January 15, 17- 8.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
CTRAYED or STOLEN Jaft night, from the
° Borough of Wilmington, a strawberry roan Mare,
fix years old, fourteen and a half hands high, a natu
ral pacer, good spirit, shod round, long mane, rough
haired, and has a hard lump on bis under jaw. Who
ever takes up and secures said Mare, so that the own
er may have him again, (hail have the above reward
and reasonable charges, paid by
ZEBULON HOLLINGSWORTH.
N. B. All persons are forwarned not to purchase
said Mare.
WAS L O S T,
On the 4th of September last, between Wilmington
and Christiana Bridge,
AL ARGE black leather TRU NK, together
with three new CAMP-STOOLS, The
trunk had on its top a piece of paper with " John
Cropper, Junior, Accomack County, Virginia," wrote
thereon ; it contained a number of valuable cloaths,
among which were several regimental coats, brown
faced with fcai let; also books and papers that might
shew the owner's name. The camp-stools had I. C.
engraved on their legs. Any person giving informa
tion thereof to the Adjutant-General, to the Printer
hereof, or to the fubferiber, of the 7th Virginia regi
ment, so that they may be had again, fhal) be hand
somely rewarded. JOHN CROPPER,
Lieut. Col. from Virginia.
—S T O L E
From the Camp near the Valley-Forge, on the 12th
day of the firft month, 1778,
A BLACK MARE, with a saddle and bridle;
(he is about fifteen hands high, about ten years
old, her mane hangs on the near fide, has a small star
in her forehead, one hind foot white, a small whife
spot on her buttock, a feather mark on the off fide of
her neck, and is food before. Whoever secures said
mare, saddle and bridle, and brings them to John
Dowdney, Inn keeper, in Bristol, or to the owner
in Lower-Makefield Township, Bucks County, Penn
sylvania, dial! receive TWENTY DOLLARS reward,
JAMES MOON, Jun.
LANCASTER:
Printed by JOHN DUNLAP.