The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-08-22 00:00:00, page 2

PHILADELPHIA, August 22 .
We hear there are advices, from Ticonderoga, of two de
serters from the Brunfwickers being got in, who informed of
ninety more who came cff with them.
Extract of a yeffel from St. Euftatia, dated August 2, 1776.
" Wd have just received an account from Martinico that
the Reprisal, Capt. Weeks, belonging to the Congress,
had an engagement with the Sharp iloop of war, of sixteen
guns, belonging to his Britannic Majesty, within fight of St.
Pierers, wherein the former had greatly the advantage, and
acquired much honor amongst the French, many of whom
were fpedators of the battle. The American vessel after
wards going into the harbour of St. Piere's, the Captain of
the Sharp demanded the American rebel, as he termed it,,
but the French General refufed to deliver him up. A
French frigate isjnft arrived from Old France, with defpatches,
as late as the 22a of June, to the Governors of the different
inlands, ordering them to protect and assist the American ves
sels as far as possible, and to be prepared to defend themselves,
if necessary. From this it appears a French war is not far
off."
On Monday last Capt. Alexander Hunter came to town,
who was taken last January by Lord Dunmore, and returned
to Great-Britain, from whence he got a passage in one of the
fleet which brought out the second division of Hessians, from
which he made his escape in a boat yesterday week. By
him we learn, that the firft division of foreign troops failed
the beginning of May ; and the second, confiding of twenty
feyen tail, the 26th ; that they fell in with each other off San
dy-Hook, and came in together on Monday the 12th inst.
that they made up about one hundred and ten fail, and con
tained eight thousand Hessians and Waldeckers, and one hun
dred of the English guards. They were in general healthy, ex
cept a little of the feurvy and itch. The English troops on
Staten-liland were embarking when he left the fleet, and the
foreigners were disembarking, to encamp on Staten-Island.
He also informs that there were five thousand foreigners more
to follow in a third division.
From the best accounts, we find the force at Statin-Wand
to be -Men.
General Howe from Halifax, with 8000
The Scotch, who embarked at Glasgow for Boston
3400, out of which 850 were taken by our cruizers, 2350
The defeated troops under Cornwallis and Clinton
from South-Carolina, supposed not more than 2500
The two divisions of Hessians, Waldeckers and Eng
liffi guards, which arrived on Monday the, 12th inst.. 9000
Lord Dunmore's scrubby fleet, about fifty fighting
men, but with Negroes, Tories, &c. 1 5.0
Total, 22,000
Number <f marines unknown,
Skips Asia and Eagle of sixty-sour guns, the Roebuck and
^ix of forty-four, one bomb, and about twenty frigates
and Hoops of war. They have also above three hundred fail,
of transports, flore ships and prizes.
Some persons in calculating the above add fifteen hundred
Cape. James Tracy, and Mr. Main his firft Lieutenant, we
hear, are likely to do well of their wounds, though they
mend but slowly ; they and the cther wounded men are at
Halifax ; twelve of the Hero's men were kept on board the
Milford.—Mr. Robert Tracy, his second Lieutenant, and the
Left of the brig's company, are on board the Renown, Com
modore Banks.
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as part of the army defined for Carolina, of whose arrival
we have not had any account, either at South-Carolina or
Staten-Island.
Extract of a letter from Albany, dated August 12.
" I find the more thinking fort of people do not credit the
news of the French fleet being in St. Lawrence river, they
rather think it is a story given out by Burgoyne, to put our
people off their guard. This day we have advice that there
are two thousand Indians with. Gen. Schuyler; that he began
the conference with them last Tuesday.
, " Mr. returned from the lake, who was ordered
there by Congress to infpedtinto the date of our army, fays
that our army consists of five thousand effective men, hearty,
and in high spirits; that they have built complete fortifies-,
tions, have sixty pieces of cannon, from nine to eighteen
pounders, mounted ; that in a fortnight they will have up
wards of an hundred pieces mounted.. They have now in
the lake nine gondolas, two rowgallies, and three schooners,
all complete and fit for service ; that we shall have twenty
five or twenty-eight of those vessels in the lakes, which will
carry sixty pieces of cannon, one hundred and seventeen.
swivel guns, and about five hundred private men. Thac
there were two officers sent out as spies fame time since, one
of whom returned while he was there, who reports that the.
enemy had about two thousand men at St. John's, one thou
sand at the Ifl.e aux Noix, and one thousand or fifteen hun
dred at Chamblee ; that they had about thirty batteaus in the
lake, and no other.veffels., nor any preparation for building
more; that it appeared very clear to him that the enemy did
not mean to attack us, but expelled to be attacked, for that
they are only preparing for defence by enlarging their forts,
and electing new ones. Gen. Gates fays that it would not
give him the least concern if the enemy were to come with
twenty thousand men."
Last night, about ten o'clock, a large barn and many flacks,
containing corn in fhcaf and hay, belonging to Chriftophec
Otinger, of, Springfield townfLip, in this county, about tea
miles northward of this city, were set on fire by lightning
and con fumed.;
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