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This I believe will appear to most people business enough
for that day ; and that the going round the ward to twenty
different places, and paying for the arms, was not likely to
take place before the Monday or Tuesday following. But to
the impartial public 1 cheerfully submit the whole. To me
it appears, and I doubt not the public will view it, as a plot
of Williams ana Donaldson against me, in order to exculpate
Donaldlon from the charge of Toryifm, which he might find
hard to clear bimfelf of by any other means than by charging
feme innocent persons with the guilt of raising the report.
Poffibiy Donaldlon, conscious of guilt, took this opportunity
of my being out on the service of the public at the camp,
hoping 1 might never return, and by laying it to my charge
he might get clear, which he might not be so certain of on
any other Icrutiny. I fay he and his friend Mr. Williams,
being perluaded of Ithis, laid their heads together, and
publifhld the narrative; this appears to me the only reason
for their performance.
To recapitulate the whole, I am given up to Dbnaldfon by
Williams as the author of the leport, but Mr. Hopkinfon,
Owe of his evidences, declared he heard it before, and I am
ready to prove by other evidences, when called upon, that the
report was in town long before I am charged with raising it—
Secondly, 1 am.charged, if not with raising, at lead with pro
pagating it ; but Mr. Smithers's evidence, on which this lefts,
amounts to no more than that he heard me tell something about
draughts of the river, chevaux de frife, or lirength, and to
mention the person's name ; but he cannot remember what
imine. Now, if it is a fair conclusion from thence- to infer
that it must be Donaidfon, I do neither understand logic,
common lenfe, or evidence,—l will leave it to the public to
judge it this evidence be clear, and whether a man who passed
the terr) with Donaldlon on his way home, and had any re
gaid to truth or his honor, would be likely to propagate such
a liory, when he must be assured thatin less than two days the
lie mult be discovered ; but to put it pad all doubt, the ex
press answers to tne lame questions, which! fay 1 gave to Mr.
Williams, I can prove . gave to another person on my return,
and several others which 1 do not remember, and I leave it to
all men to judge, whether, if I was determined to propagate
such a story as Mr. Williams desires to make appear, 1 would
have toldjme story to Mi. Williams, and the direct contrary to
other people.^ 1 would conclude by observing, that when
they find Mr. Hopkinton's evidence like to defeat their ma
licious designs against me, they would willingly charge it to
a report railed, as they alledge, by Mr. John Reed. If that
could arise from what he said, why ami charged? But Iwas
cut of town, and might poliLly never return,, and the gentle
men were willing to save a suspicious character at the expence
of a fair one, which-the owner might nat Hand so much in
need of. As to his firlf accusation in tne ,narrative, that of
carryingthe news to the ears of General Washington, 1 have
authority to prove to be like the roll, falfe ; that! never once
mentioned his name to his Excellency,. and farther, that no
other person on that score, cl giving inf rotation and draughts,
&c. to the enemy there, therefore his informant is foiled, as
in all the rest of his information, &c, However, let those
who can find no other way of preserving themselves from the
charge of difaffedion, take care how they deal, left they find
as small fuccels with others, as with
The public's very humble servant,
BENJAMIN RANDOLPH..
Philadelphia, September 9, 1770.
N E W- L O N D O N, 'Auguft 30.
We find in the London Evening toss, of the 21st of May
(from which molt of the .London News in this paper ^ ex
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traded) that the pamphlet intitled, “ Common Sense" was
in the press in London.—This pamphlet, they fay, has been
ascribed to Mr. Adams, one of the Delegates in the Conti
nental Conorefs.
NEW-H AVE N, September 4.
We hear that the main body of the enemy's army .are now
encamped near Hell-Gate; they have transported a number
of boats over land, and it is supposed they intend to cress and
land a little above their encampment, and attack our army
near King's Bridge, where we are making great preparations
to receive them.
By some people who left Huntington last Monday we hear
that the inhabitants of Suffolk county were, to resign up their
arms yesterday.
Our loss in-the battle on the 27th ult. remains yet uncer
tain, the calculations being from fix hundred to one choufand.
Colonel Huntington's regiment is said to have fuffered much;
there being miffing fix Captains, fix Lieutenants, twenty-one
Serjeants, two Drummers, and one hundred and twenty-fix
rank and file.
Yesterday sixty four women landed at Milford from Long,
Island, and we hear numbers are coming off daily to the con
tinent.
Capt. Redfield, of Killingworth, on his return from New-
Y ork, was taken by one of the frigates, who burnt his vessel,
and, after detaining him a few days, he was dismissed. There
was another person in the vessel, whom they detained.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12.
We hear that the Legislature of New-Jersey have appointed
the Honorable William Livingston, Efq> Governor of that
state.
The Honorable Congress have promoted Colonel Adam.
Stevens, of Virginia (an able and experienced officer) to the
rank of a Brigadier General
Extract of tetter from Bodon, dated Sept. z.
“ By a Halifax paper arrived at Salem, we have the fol
lowing intelligencer. That a battle has been fought in th'e
Mediterranean between some British fltips, and a French and
Spanish fleet, the latter proved victorious, having funk two
Esglifh fllips and taken one."
Extract of a letter from near New-York, Sept. 9.
“ Yesterday the enemy opened a battery against ours at
Horn's-Hook,' near Hell-Gate, across the river. There was
a heavy firing all day, they threw about one hundred shells at
us, killed one of our men, and wounded twelve more. I
hear them at it again this morning."
Another letter fays, “ in the above cannonade our people
had dismounted one of the enemy's cannon on Long-island."
MARRIAGES.—In Virginia, Edmund Randolph, Esq;
Attorney- General, to Mds Betfry Nicholas, second daughter
of the Treasurer—Col. William Firinie, Deputy Quarter-
Master-General, to Miss Betsey Cuambeuayne, of James
City county. —At New-London, Capt. James Welch, of tris
city, to Miss Nancy Hurlbut, daughter, of Capt. Joseph Hurl
but, of that .town. —In this city, Righanu Peters, Lq ; to
-Miss Polly Robinfon —Mr. William Morris, to MiG Sally
Warder, daughter of Mr. Jeremiah Wardet, mtrchant.
DEATHS. —Col. Philip johnilon, of New-Jeney. This
gentleman, we.hear, in the late action on Long-inland, be
behaved with remarkable intrepidity and fortitude. By the
well directed fire from his battali nhe en<fcy were several
times repulsed, and lanes were made through them, until he
received, a ball in his bread, which put an.end to the life of
as brave an officer as £jer c cirmaodea a battalion. General