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the holy ©ci 1 gelid; of Almighty Gpd, Fp >f'th
aid fold, fh.it he left the C rerokee nition on
Monday night the Sth intuit (July) that the
part of the nation call ri thrOcerh Ils verc then
preparing to g > to war afind the frontiers ot
Virginie, having putchafed to the amount of
tosowas or thereabouts, to muckafont. They
•pvopote to take awiv negroes, harfes, Ac. and
to kill all kinds of cutle, TV?, kx for wh ch
put, he rhev are well docked whh bows and
arm vv,dk:a. liifo to dedroy alfcam, burn hordes,
&g And he abb heard that the Valley Towns
were, a part of them set of; but that they had
fin a runner to ft >p th^n, till all were ready
to hart. He farther relates, tint Alexander
Cameron inf allied them, that he hid concluded
to tend Caitlin NathaniNGaed, William Fau
lin, IBiac Williams, and the deponent with the
above-mentioned Indians, till they came near
to Ninuchuckcy ; then the Indians were to stop,
and Clued and the other whites above-mention
ed were to go to fee if there were any King's
men among the Inhabitants ; and if they found
any Jury were to take them off to the Indians,
or'bt.oc a white signal in their hands, or other
wise to didiuguhh them. When this was done,•
they were to fall on the inhabitants, and kill|
and drive all they possibly could. That on Sa- \
turdag the 6th ot Joly, i n the night, he heard ;
two Aifoaers were brought in about midrigh",
but the deponent law only one. That the with
in Williams law one Scalp brought by a party
of the Indians, with a prisoner; but, from ac
count's, thy had live kalps. Tie allo fays, he
hewed the prisoner examined by Cimeron, tho'
he pare a . cry imperfr& account, being very
much cast down- He farther fays that the Cb.e
rokces had rec deed the war belt from ^ heShatv
snefe. Mingo. Taawah, and Delaware nations,
re-JrikcLi- bite people. That fifteen of the :
said unions were lately in the Cherokee towns, I
.? few of the Cherokee went in compa
rt? ihe Shawanefe, &c. That they all in
, ^R to (hike the fetters on Kentucky; and
at th' Cheof ces gave the Add oh iwanefe, &c.
I arNNp c (T white men, which they carried
awav ^th them. The Aid Shawanefe and
Min,os informed the Cherokees, th/.t they then
werc'at peace with every other nation: that
the French were to Ripply them with ammuni
tion, and that they wanted tie Checkers to
join them to ibike the white neopHem the fron
tiers, which the Cherokees have agreed to. And
the deponent further faith, that a number of the
Cherokees in the lower towns were gone to fall
on the frontiers of South-Carolina and Georgia ;
and farther faith not.
JARRET WILLIAMS.
Last Wednesday an expre: arrived with an
account of a battle fought between the militia
of Fincadle, and some of the Cherokee an I
Creek Indians, near the Great IfTand of Hol
ftcit, on the 20th of July lad: The militia con
fifed of about 170 men, and the Indians about
the fame number. Our people killed 13 ot
the Indians on the spot, and had the seated
reason to believe that more might have been
found, had they had time to Search for them,
We took a great deal of plunder, and many
guns, and had only four m^i gnarly wounded.
' PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13.
Extract of a letter from Elizabeth -Down Point,
dated Auguti 7, 1776.
“ I was ordered by Colonel Chevalier to wait
on two Gentlemen, Meif. Maddnon and john
fon, one of whom is a clergyman, and both na
tives of'Augufta county, in Virginia, who ar
rived in the Lord Hyde packet from Falmouth,
at Staten-Eland, the 29th of July, and have
brought papers from London to the 23d of
May,' which arc now here and kept for the u!e
of Genual Washington, who, it is Did, will be
in town tomorrow. A copy " the King of
EnHand's Speech is enclofctl. The abovemen
tioned gentlemen left the Eland this morning,
with Lord Howe's approbation: they inform,
that Lord Cornwallis and General Clinton, with
all the troops arrived there on I hurlday lad,
from Carolina, as a reinforcement preparatory
to the attack on New-Yorkoyhich these gentle
men fay, would in their opinion, be made in
lei's than a week, without waiting for the re
mainder of the foreigners, who were hourly
looked for, having failed three days before this
ship. That the troops now on the Iftand amount
t , about twelve thousand, and thole expected
will make the enemy twenty thousand strong.
“ The current opinion of the British Gene
rals is, that they will find no difficulty in taking
pofleffion of New-York, but^are much afraid
that the rebels (as they call u's) will defcoy it,
as they speak moll contemptuauily of us, lock
i»CT upon us as an undisciplined rabble; and
that they are confident of effecting a junction
with Burgoyne from Canada, and thebe' y faci
liratethe lubjedion ot this country. The gen
tlemen add, that the enemy are much distressed
f r want of frefh provisions."
Last Wednesday was launched the third Con
- tinenul brig built here, called the Waffiington.
The Hon. Continental Congress hive pro
moted William Heath, Esq; Joseph Spencer,
E q; John Sullivan, Esq; and Nathaniel Green,
Esq; late Brigadier Generals to the rank of Ma
j)t Generals in the army of the American States,
And Colonels James Read, John Nixon, Ar
thur St. Clair, Alexander M'Dougall, Samuel
Holden Parsons, and James Clinton, to be
Brigadier Generals; and William Tudor, Esq;
Judge Advocate, to the rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel in the army.
Yederday arrived here the brig Polly, in 22
da s from Ma^inico, has brought a quantity of
powder, fulphur, Tome arms, Ac.
Tower-Hill, zzd May, 1776.
M r „ - compliments to Mr. '---, may
rely ©n it hat the French miaiftry is changed,
the podite m-m are forked out, and the Spirited
men, frie'dßi hi Ainerica., to come in, viz. Duke
Ca die-fl X.\ &.. th ermoe, a French war, or
fubmifon to America inevita le. The flocks,
from the battle ot LexingtonTo this day, have
fallen upwards of fix per cent, a Infs on the na
tional debt of at Toid seven millions, These
th ngs should b? publicly mde known. At Sa
racers Heid Inn, Friday.St:em
[The.above letter ri from Mr. of Lon
don, to'Mr. Middifon, one of toe pidrirr^s
mentioned abov% as having come over in the
packet, and cannot be doom d.]
B O S,,T O N,w Aug. 8.
By an express from Ifairn uh, we are in
formed, that Capt. White the day before, in a
privateer, hid arrived there, having 40 men on
board, with the particulars of the' following
prizes he had taken, viz. The brig Fanny, 130
hhds rum, from Antigua---Sloop Baty, Igo
hhds rum, and a brig fro a Antigua, for Liver
p)ol, with 230 hhds rum --Brig Harlequin from
Nevis for London, 27.3 hhds sugar, and 63
hhds rum---Ship Folly, from Antigua, 470
hhds rum, 12 hhds sugar-—Ship Anna Mariah,
4QI ;hhds sugar, and 52 pipes of wine, and some
bails of cotton, carried into Falmouth. The
Captain also took a 7th v^fiel, which he gave
the prifoneis.
NEW -Y OR K, August i§.
By a gentleman who arrived here from FO
- we have the following account : That
the fluop Montgomery, C.-ipr. Bucklin, has feet
into that port, one brig; with 150 hogsheads of
rum; foe was bound from Antigua to Ireland;
likewise sent in a bark, laden with sugar, pimen
to, &c. to the value of 1 fcoo 1. fterhng. The
above sloop in concert with another sloop from
Salem, CripE White, have allo taken and sent
into Providence, a snow with Igo hogsheads of
sugar 2nd 110 hogsheads of rum ; they also sent
into Salem, a Tip, Having goo hogdeands of su
gar on board, and a brig, with 240 hogsheads of
rum, not yet arrived in port. Capt. Bucklin
fatv fix Weft-Indiamcn, part of the fleet to which
the /above vedels belonged, but having more
prisoners on board than his own people, was
fearful of fpeakirig to them, altho' he was so
near them, as to fee th - people lean over the
quarter rails looking at him.
Extract of a letter from dhriladelphia, Augt. 10.
“ We have this day an account of a Jamai
ca Guinea Tip, with 7 hogsheads of sugar, 8 or
9 of rum, and 7,000 dollars, being gken by a
privateer from Maryland, and is fafe arrived in
port, also a New-England brig from Martinico.
The Antigua brig I mentioned in my last, fell
in with the Bateas man of war, when the prize
matter poll d tor the real Captain, went on
board, and stewed his papers, and Was polite
ly treated ; (the Boreas was from the Weft-In
dies and Carolina) The Captain desired him to
keep well to the eastward, but the prize muller
said he was not afr dd of the Americans, as they
were a pack of cowards ; to which the Captain
replied, be was mistaken, for at Carolina they
fought more like devils than men, much more
than cowards.
" We have it fcr certain, that the look-out
boats in Chefepe A, have returned, with an ac
count that Lord Dunmoie, and all his mot
ly crew, were entirely gone off, as they saw
them out of the Capes.
'' We hid yeip/Hfy,ooo men in this city,
on their way for the camp, and cannot get lets,
as frefh ones are continually arriving."
We hear from Ticonderoga, that on the 28th
of July, imm Merely after divine worship, the
Declaration of Independence Was read by Col.
St. Clair, and having said, “ God five the free
independent states of America !" the army ma
nifeited their joy with three cheers. It w s
remarkably pleading to fee the spirits of the Sol
diers f; railed after all their calamities, the
language of every ' man's countenance was, now
we are a people ! we have name among the
hates of this world.
On Monday last, about fixtv vcffels, came in
from sea and anchored at Staten Island. Thy
art supposed to be Dunmore's fleet from Virginia.
A gentleman juft„arrived from Ticonderoga,
informs us, that General Bmgeyne has endea
voured to persuade some tribes ot the Canadian
Indians to join the British army, but they abso
lutely refufed, and are determined not to take
any part in the present unhappy dispute ; that
should a reconciliation between Great-Britain
and America take place at any future period,
they were certain of being the greatest fufferers,
therefore chose to remain neuter.
Tuesday evening last, by express we were in
forme I th it the Phoenix and Rose were on their
wj down the river, about five miles above
Fort Washington: seven galleys well manned,
are gone to meet them. We hope our next
will give a more full, and we hope a more fatis
factory account of those hardy robbers.
By expreis from Ticonderoga,we arc inform
ed, that Gen. Burgoyne had retreated from ail
his pohs in Canada, except St. John's, where
he had left a body of his men. The precipitate
letreat.is said to be occasioned by the arrival of
a large fleet, supposed to be French, in the "Ri
ver St. Lawrence. Oar fleet on the Lakes, con
fining of sloops, a schooner, gondolas and boats,
are in good order, and make a re fpeftible ap
pearance. The army was sickly some time ago,
but recover rut, and are in good spirits.
^xrraß of a letter from a Gentleman in Virgi
nia, to his friend in New-York, dated June
G,-77^
" I profefs myfelfa firm friend to th,echurch
of England. I reference the doHrines contain
ed in its articles, and consider its government as
moh agreeable to primitive inhitutions; but I
am far from thinking it the only mode of wor-
Tip acceptable to the De.'y; or that a mode as
acceptable c^nno' be deviled: Nor do I think,
as lomc Vigors do, that the exigence of chridia
nity depends on the exigence or any fee? or par
ty whatever^ I am so far 11 friend to the chuch
°' Enghna as to be much concerned tor its very
exigence in the colonies northward. Without
the Spirit ot prophecy, I will Venture to predict
thit unlQs the conduct of the clergy differs,
(which I iVould rejoice to hear) and should the
colonies prove victorious (which f mbit fervent
ly widi) the church of England will be the fame
in the northern colonies as the church of Rome
1 in England: it will not ev n be tolerated.
The reason will be the fame in the one case as
in the other. The church of Rome hath ever
been the Support of tyranny, inimical to the
privileges of human nature, and a friend to its
own authority : Its political, nest heretical tenets
is the reason why it is fupprelfed by protestant
dates. May the clergy or our chureh be wife
before it be too late, and furnifh their enemi s
with a pretext lor dealing Severely witli them.
I can only account for theirs conduct from an ill
timed jealousy and appreciation of the pnfey
terians among you and in New-England. That
in order to prevent those from attaining to Su
periority at which they aim, they have united
their efforts with thole of government to fop
prefs a power which they conceived dangerous
to their religious liberties, and in so doing, in
order to avoid what they conceive a greater evil,
have engaged to Support a cause which they
cannot but fee the mod fatal confequ dees from.
W hether the method they have taken of adding
in opposition to dissenters, or anting conjunftiy
with them in the cause of truth, justice and
mankind, will best secure their religious liber
ties, will be determined, I am afraid, to their
cost. I should be glad if you would inform me
if I am right in my conjectures, or if the con
duct of the episcopal clergy among you cun be
accounted for in any other way."
In Convention of the Representatives of the
State of NEW-TORK,
at Harlem, July 31, 1776.
RESOLVED unanimously, That this Con
vention will upon good security, lend to the firft
five persons, Tilled in the process of extracting
fait from sea water, who Tall apply for the fame,
a sum of money not exceeding Five Hundred
Pounds to each person, for the term of two
Years from this date, without intcred, for the
purpose of eroding fair-works within this State.
Resolved unanimously, That Inch works be
erected at such place or places, as in the opinion
of the refpeftive County Committees (where
such work fnall be erected) Tail be most proper.
Provided always, That the said works be not e
reded within less than fifteen miles of each o
ther on the sea coast.
Resolved unanimously, That this Convention
will receive fait at eight Tillings per buhel, in
payment of the refpe&ive fams advanced to the
different adventurers ; provided the fald salt be
manufactured by the perfan who Tall offer it in
payment; and that the fame Tail be tendered
for p iyment before the expiration of two years
aft-r the loan of the money.
Resolved unanimously, That if any of the
Lid works Touid be deilroyed by the enemy,
this State Tall sustain the iofs of one halfof the
money which has been appropriated for the
purpose of eroding such work, out or the mo
ney advanced in loan by this State to the pro
prietor.
Resolved unanjmoufly, That nothing in the
aforegoing Resolves Tail extend to the lom of
any sum of money to any peffon who Tail not
apply before the firth day of October next, nor
then, unless upon condition that the work Tall
be completed within three months of the said
loan.
Ex^-iF! from t^r Mct^cs.
R''^ldT .BENSON, Secr'y.
n~'HA I not ;r :odm die political world,
- Lwhich r. .^pee, ot abnoh every nation,
here wished on in von, ifnow arrived, with re
fpy& to America, wh n the tundamentai laws
01 an empire drill be formed anew, ritemuchie-.
vous parts of the old fyfem thrown add?, and a
generous plan, improved by the experience of
every former line, adopted and eftabliihed.With
inch peculiar advantages fur laying the founda
tion of extensive privileges, the good people of
this country, have the greatest reafdn to expect,
every obstacle to their happmefs will be taken
awav, and the moR didant fears of every en
croachment upon their civil or religions liber
ties, 'totally removed. It is well known, that
designs were laid by our enemies in England,
and indeed openly avowed by some amoag our
selves, to extend the ads ot uniformity in reli
gion to all the colonies, and establish a particu
lar tea of Chridians, to the exclusion or all the
rest. This principle, as it reipeded the source
and spring of all our dom Tie comforts, was
more dangerous, and by wife and good mem
more dreaded, than the open d elararion of le
gillatfogrin all civil cases whatsoever for Ameri
ca. I; is better to be taxed, arid have our pro
perty taken from us without our content, thin
to he forced fro worship God contrary to the
di&,tes of our conferences, and have our reli
giOHs liberty torn away. The inhabitants of
the State ot New-York, are therefore looking
up with ' full confidence to their worthy Conven
tion, and expect in the forming the government,
an especial regard will be had to the rights of
conscience. Among the numerous feds and
denominations of Chrdlans, there is no one
can plead any jail tight, either from patriotism
or divinity to the executive Indies of the legEla
tur;; and none will allow nay other to be tak
en, while ihemßltes are leh. We will not pay
For.^^ ~:j?£ Packet.
I for the fu ,p%trfqf&ines and werffo we do
I n>tapprove ot; out ue claim the pivil,ge ( ;f
Ibriieving and serving God, according to <mr
own judgments, without the interposition of the
""o''™", °f pr,efts, or any man or let of nol
on earth, Let all churches, which fold no
thing injurious to fociey, and demean them.
fclv.es ;,s good members of the common wealth,
have the fame identical liberty, and every left
I be left (c rile or fall by the piety, le? r i:mg, and
I moderation of its members. Government has
fishing t<, do in the province of religion, but to
guard the empire oftruth f ont every Q ecies of
perfection, and leave the kingdom of heaven
to its own Lord. Excel! nt to this purpose are .
the Resolutions of the Convention of New-Jer-'
fey, and worthy the imitation of all the filler
flares. While learning and morality are encou
raged upon a generous an 1 enlarged fair, let
all contracted views and blotted plans be for
ever bani Ted fnom our province. The want
of this has formerly been the source of great
unhappiness and continual feuds. The people
were forced, by the overbearing power ot some
furious partisans to give nay to wicked mea-
Ifurcs; but Britiffi politics arc now no more, and
I Religious Liberty, as well as Civil, is demanded
I and will be had by all.
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