The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-01-23 00:00:00, page 2

„out ofthe.limits.of the.diftri& of Quebec before the firft
-y7fDecember next, under pain of bejng treated as rebels
p°- foies, .if thereafter they Ihall be found within the laid
lit. •
, And inasmuch as the persons who in obedience to this
proclamation arg.to quit the town and diftrid, may have
botcht up a cbnfiderable quantity of the provisions brought
in for the iubfiftence of the inhabitants of the town, and it
would'be imprudent to fuffer those provisions to be carried
Out, , inert especially as the country abounds with necessaries
of life, Ido hereby farther order and enjoin all and every
such person and persons to deliver in forthwith to the Hon.
John Allbp, Esq; Commissary, a true inventory or lift of their
provisions and llores, in order that they may be fairly and
justly valued, and the full price paid to the refpe&ive propri
etors before their departure.
• " Given under my hand and seal of arms at the castle of
St. Lewis, in the city of Quebec, this twenty-second day
of November, one thousand seven hundred and feventy
five, in the fifteenth year of the reign of dur sovereign
Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great-
Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the
Faith, and so forth. GUY CARLETON.
By his Excellency's command, H. T. Cramhe.
GOD save the KIN G.
On Monday night about eight o'clock, a detachment con
fiding of three or four hundred men, under the command of
Major Nolton, crossed over to Charleftown ; part of them
vent over the milldam, part pad through the enemies abbaties
on the common road from Cambridge to Charleftown. They
were conducted, as it is laid, by a young deserter from the
Welch-Fuzileers ; but be that as it may, their object was to
burn the houses which escaped from the great conflagration on
the 17th of June; and to make prisoners a body of soldiers
and car penters who were reported to lodge in these houses.
1 he affair was conduced with the utmost silence, prudence,
regularity and |fpirit; the houses were set on fire as directed,
an 1 the soldiers (five in number and one woman) brought off
priioners. The regulars in the fort of Bunker's Hill did
rot aft with that regularity which those gentlemen, who labour
hard to to intimidate us with the superiority of red coats over
brown coats, would persuade us that regulars always do; for
they kept a very hot and close fire on absolutely nothing at all,
that is, they fired without an objed. Our people calmly exe
cuted their purpose, laughed in security, and in security re,
turned with their captives, without a tingle man killed or
wounded.«
“ Head-quarters, Cambridge, 6th January, 1776
" All officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers, be
longing to any of the regiments, or corps of the army of
the United Colonies, under the immediate command of his
Excellency General Washington, who are absent upon fur
lough, recruiting, or by permission of their commanding offi
cers, are to join their refpeftive regiments by the firft day of
February next. If any officer neglects to pay due obedience
to this order, he will be immediately calhiered, and any non
commissioned officers, or soldiers, offending therein, will be
tried and puniiheu as deserters. By his Excellency's command,
HORATIO GATES,
Brigadier and Adjutant General.
N E WBU R Y-P O R T, January 5 .
By Captain Lee, who arrived here iaft Wednesday from
Malaga, we are informed, that on his passage he spoke with
3 large store lhip, from London, loaded with provisions for
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Philadelphia, January 20, 1776.
WAS LOST this afternoon, between Hamilton's wharf
and the corner of Church-alley, in Third-street, a
RED MOROCCO POCKET BOOK, containing one Eight
Dollar and a Three Dollar Continental bills. Whoever has
found it, and will be obliging enough to take it to the prin
ter of this paper, Ihall have FIFTEEN SHILLINGS re
ward.
ANEW Edition of COMMON SENSE is just pub
lished, and now felling by Robert Bell in Third-street,
Philadelphia.
the ministerial troops at Boston— The Captain cf which
told him that he failed in company with a number of other
vessels loaded for the fame purpose—and that the Ministry
were to fend forty thousand troops early in the spring to Ame
rica.
IRISH SNUFF manufactured (agreeable to the receipts of
the most approved makers of that article in Ireland) by
Edward Jollie in Union-street, within two doors of Second
ftreet, Philadelphia ; where likewise may be had fine SCOTS
SNUFF, on the most reasonable terms.
WANTED immediately, a DRUMMER and FIFER.
Inquire of the printer,f
N E W-Y O R K, January 18.
Copy of a letter from Gen. Montgomery to Gen. Carleton,
dated Holland House (near Quebec j Dec. 6, 1775.
“ Sir,
" Notwithstanding the personal ill treatment I have re
ceived at your hands, notwithstanding the cruelty you have
shewn to the unhappy prisoners you have taken, the feelings of
humanity induced me to have recourse to this expedient, to
save you from the deftrudion which hangs over your
wretched garrison. Give me leave to inform you, that I
am well acquainted with your situation. A great extent of
works, in their nature incapable of defence, manned with a
motley crew of sailors, most of them our friends; of citizens
who wish to fee us within their walls, a few of the worst troops
that call themselves soldiers; the improbability of relief, and
the certain profped of wanting every necessary of life, Ihould
your opponents confine their operations to a simple blockade,
point out the absurdity of refinance; such is your situation. I
am at the head of troops acculiomed to success, confident of
the righteousness of the caule they are engaged in, inured to
danger and fatigue, and so highly incensed at your inhuma
nity, illiberal abuse, and the ungenerous means employed te
prejudice them in the minds of the Canadians ; that it is with
difficulty I retrain them, till my batteries are ready, from
assaulting your works, which would afford them the fair oppor
tunity of ample vengeance and just retaliation. Firing upon
a flag of truce, hitherto unprecedented, even among Savages,
prevents my following the ordinary mode of conveying my
sentiments ; however, I will at any rate acquit my conscience.
Should you persist in an unwarrantable defence, the confer
quences be upon your own head. Beware of destroying stores
of any fort, public or private, as you did at Montreal, or in
the river. If you do, by heavens, there will be no mercy
shewn."
TO be disposed of, a likely stout NEGRO FELLOW, a
complete cooper by trade, and a good drummer. In
quire of the printer. *