The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-01-06 00:00:00, page 3

$y the New-York Poss, which arrived at three
o'clock this afternoon, we have the following
.intelligence, viz.
CAMBRIDGE, December 28.
Capt. Nowell, of Newbury-port, was one of the fliip
©afters who made his escape from Boston, as mentioned in
(ur iaff. He informs that General Burgoyne failed for Eng
land on the fifteenth instant, in the Tamar man of war ; and
that General Howe, besides ordering houses to be taken down
for fuel, has directed, for the fame purpose, all the wharves,
from the north battery round to Charleftown ferry, to be
taken up.
A deserter. came off from Bunker's-Hill last Sabbath about
noon. Several others have deferred from the enemy within
a few nights pad.
Nature is now forming a capacious bridge of ice over to
Boston across Charles river. It is nearly closed a little above
the ferry.
Lail week both Houses of Assembly came to the choice of
five Delegates to represent this colony in AMERICAN CON
GRESS, for the year 1776, by joint ballot, and the following
gentlemen were chosen, viz. The Honorable JOHN HAN
COCK, Esq; SAMUEL ADAMS, Esq; JOHN ADAMS,
Esq ; ROBERT TREAT PAINE, Esq; and ELDRIDGE
GERRY, Esq.
The following articles are taken frora Howe's Boston paper
of the 14th instant.
BOSTON, December 14.
Last Thursday a piratical brig, with ten carriage guns and
feventy-five men, fitted out at Plymouth, and commanded
by one Martingale, was taken by the Fowey man of war and
brought in here. The prisoners we hear are to be feat to
England in the Tartar, which fails this day. Several other
ships likewise fail this day for England, two of which carry
the officers of the 18th and 59th regiments.
It is currently reported that the Continental Congress have
declared the colonies in a Rate of independency.
We are informed that there is now fitting up at the The
atre, and will be performed in the course of a fortnight, a
new farce called the Blockade of Boston. [lt is ffiore pro
bable, before that time, the poor wretches will be presented
with a tragedy called the Bombardment of Bofton.]
PROVIDENCE, December 23.
The gentlemen appointed at the last session of Assembly to
wait on the Hon. Continental Congress, with the public ac
counts, we hear have obtained an order on the Continental
Treasurers, in favour of this colony, for one hundred and
twenty thousand dollars.
Thursday fe'nnight died at Conanicut, of the wound he re
ceived in Capt. Wallace's late expedition to that ifland,'Capt.
, hn Martin, aged seventy-seven years.
Saturday last the bomb brig and some tenders landed a num
ber of men at Brenton's Neck, in quest of hay ; but a party
of our men approaching to attack them, they thought proper to
re-embark rather haftily,without accompliriling their design.
Last Sunday afternoon the Swan, Capt. Ayfcough, the
bomb brig, and several tenders, came up the bay, and anchor
ed near Dyer's island, from whence they took some hay, burnt
a considerable quantity, and killed two horses.
NE W - LOND ON, December 29.
Last Monday General Lee, with his retinue and ab^ut thirty
riflemen, arrived at Newport, Rhrde-lfland, from the camp
at Cambridge; the fame day alio General Putnam arrived
there.
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We learn that a great number of minute-men me cokeaing
at Newport, from the county of Providence.
N E W-Y O R K, January^.
Camp before Quebec, near the general hospital, Dec. 6, 177%
f " Dear Sir,
' " I wrote you the twenty-firft ult. which make no doubt
you have received. I then gave you fame particulars of our
march, proceedings, &c. face which Gen. Montgomery has
joined us with artillery, and about three thousand men; and
yesterday we arrived here from Point aux Trembles, and are
making preparation to attack the enemy, who are in close
garrison, but cannot hold out long, as from the belt accounts
they are much divided amongst themselves, and a prodigious
panick has seized them all. Carleton, we are told, is deters
mined to hold out to the very last, as his only hope, for he
can expert nothing but punilhment from the ministry, whom
he has molt egregiously deceived, in regard to the inhabi
tants of this country. All his friends, or rather his courtiers,
lay, he could not have taken more eftedual measures than he
has to ruin the country.
“ The twenty-feoond ult. he issued a very extraordinar,
proclamation, ftri&ly ordering all who refufe to take up armi
and defend the garrison, to depart the town and diltria withim
four days, with their wives and children, under pain of being
treated as rebels or spies. In consequence of which, a great
number of the principal inhabitants came out with their fa
milies, but were obliged to leave all their property behind,
except some wearing apparel, and a little household furniture,
&c. I inclofe you a copy of the pr damnation. Among tne
corps who came with Gen. Montgomery, is your worthy
friend, Capt. Lamb, whom 1 had the plealure of feeing a few
days ago at Point aux Trembles: Our men are in high spi
rits, being now well clothed, with the regimentals defined
for the seventh and twenty-sixth regiments, who were taken
prisoners at St, John's.
“ This is a circumftancewhich I believe the like never before
happened to the British troops, as two regiments of them to
be made prisoners at one time. Providence smiles on us in a
most remarkable manner. The Canadians fay, " Surely God
is with this people, or they could never have done what they
have done." They are all alionifcd at our march through
the wilderness, which they fay was impoflible, and would not
believe our coming until they had occular demonstration of
it. We are at a great loss for intelligence from the army a#
Cambridge and other quarters, having had no certain ac
counts of their movements, nor the lead f,liable of news
since we left Newbury.
" I am aftonilhed a regular communication has not been
opened between Montreal and the colonies. 1 hope you willl pay
a little attention publickly to it, more especially as there are
some scoundrels, who, with impunity, open the letters directed
to the officers in our army, and I suppose they continue the
like infamous practice with the letters which are sent to our
friends and acquaintance.—The General is now about fencT
ing off an expreis, by whom I fend this. I hope the next time
I write you, it will be from Quebec, for if the insulting fee
does not surrender shortly, I believe it is the General's inten
tion to carry the town by florin."
In the eastern papers we have an article of London intelli
gence as late as the fifth of October last, viz. The proceed
ings of the Livery of London, at a meeting, September 29^^
when according to a refohition of a previous meeting, " That
an address to the electors of Great Britain, on the prefect
alarming crisis of public grievances, should be drawn up, in
order to be presented," an adirefs was produced, read,
ana approved, and it was then refolded, that it ihould be ch-