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WILLIAMSBURG, (Virginia,) March a,
I'Ve hear from North-Caroling that
parties, of -men are dilperfed all overs the
colony, apprehends ig fufpefted persons,
And disarming all the Highlanders and Re
gulators that were put to the route in the
late battle. The conquerors have already
taken 350 guns and ihot bags, about ip
fjords and dirks, igoo excellent rifles, two
medicine • chests, frefh from England, one of
them valued at 3001. Serling, ft box contain
ing half Johanneses and guineas, lecrued in
a liable at Cross Creek, discovered by a Ne
gro and reported to be worth I ;,ooql. sterling;
aifo thirteen waggons, with complete lets of
horses. Eight hundred ,and fifty common sol
diers were made prisoners, disarmed and Un
charged. Col. Long- has abb apprehended fe
ver.il of their officers, who are now in Hali
fax gaol, viz. Col. John Piles, Major Tho
mas Collins, Captains David Jackion, Enoch
Bradby, John Piles, and Thomas Bradford;
Lieutenants Stephen Parker and Daniel h^e-
Dunaid, the latter wounded through the thigh;
Lillian Downing, and Doctor Robertson. There
are in the lame gaol four persons of the name
of Field, one Turner, and -three- Bells: a
midshipman, and # a quarter gunner of the
Scorpion; like.wife oneKingfboroughM 'Donald,
Colonels Hugh M'Donald; Thomas Ruther
tbrd,Hector bl'r!eal,andAlexander M'Donald ;
Captains Morrison, McKenzie, Thomas Weir,
Leggafc, Solomon Gross, Perlons, M'Coy,
Mine, John Michefon,„Neal M'Carter, and
Adjutant Fiafer; Lieutenants Colin M'lver,
aikl Jufhua Hews, —Cameron, Donald Hews,
Donald Cameron, and sundry other Lieute
nants and Ensigns, whole names we have not ri
account of; Kenneth M'D&nald, aid de camp,
James Hepburn, fecrerary, Parlon Beatie, Aaron
Verdy, W. Matter, and Dr. Morrison, com
niilhry. General McDonald, and Brigadier
General M'Leod (the latter of whom was
killed, and the other taken prisoner) itt out.
at the head of this banditti with the atowed
intention of carrying Governor Martin into
the interior parts of the province. These two
officets palled through Newbern a- few- months
ago, where they took a solemn oath, before
tue comm-tree of that town, that their busi
ness in this province was only to fee their
frauds .nd relations.
On Friday fehmight, in the evening, a ten
der run aground, opposite to Jameftown'; the
crew not being able to get her off, t'vew
tlie guns overboard, and went off in their
boat, leaving her tor our men to take possession
of, which was done the next day. She is
fitting up for service and will be ready in a
few days.
Extract ofd letter from Gla/govj, October 6.
" The magithtates and town council of this
city, haring intended to fend up an addr.fs
to the King, the merchants affcmbled, when
feme of them were deputed to wait upon
the Provost, which they did, and remunerated
in very strong terms against such a proceed
ing. It is believed no address will be now
feut up; but if there ffiould, it is expected
a petition will be tigned by the merchants
and manufacturers, begging that an erid may
be put to the present unnecessary, unnatural,
and ruinous war."
Dried of the Aflerobly of North-Carolina re
ceived huge pecuniary contributions, and to
encourage them in unking their settlements,
were exempted from the payment of taxes for
federal years. I< is a fa, that numbers of that
ungrateful people,wim have been lately in arms,
when they, arrived, in Carolina, were without
the necefikries of lite; their paflage even paid
by the charitable contributions of the inhabi
tants, they , have since, tinder every encourage
ment th t the province of North-Carolina could
afford them, acquired fortunes .very rapidly,and
thus they requite their benefactors.
<-== — ^ssaoES-
CAMBRIDGE, March 28.
The freeholders and other inhabitants of the
town of Boston, qualified as the law directs, •
have been notified, by the Select-Men, to meet
acthe Rev. Dr. Chauncy's meeting-house to-,
.morrow, to choose town officers for the year en
suing, and to v/f upon all such other matters
and things as may properly come before the
town..
Tile Commissioners appointed by the Court
of Great-Bricain, tg treat with the colonies on
the fubjett of fettling the present disputes, ibis'
fai'd, failed from England about the 10th ofrja
auary, bound for Philadelphia..
We hear that J. Wentworth, Esq; the late
minjilerial ^Governor of New-Hampshire, G.
Melerve, Esq; late Collector at Portsmouth,
Edward Lutwyche, Esq; Samuel Hale a Portf
inourth attorney, Rev. Dr. Caner, Thomas
M'l)onogh, secretary to the governor, with
sundry others, and a number of women and
children, about fifty in the whole, in the
grand ministerial flight of the 17th instant,
all went oft from Boston ia a fishing Schoon
er.
We hear that on the lift Lord's day the Rev.
Mr. Bridge, of Clemsford, preached a mod a
nimating difeourfe from those words, 2 Kings,
vii. 7. " Wherefore they arose and fl:d in the
twilight, and left their tents, and their horses,
and their afies, even the camp as it was, and
fled for their life." This passage of scripture
is a good cefcription of the late flight of out
ministerial enemies, for they left their tents,
and their horses, and a number of TORIES
for ASSES.
We hear that the enemy left about 100 pieces
of cannon at Caftle-Willigm ; but each of the m
either with a trunnion beat off or spiked up.
We hear General Putnam lodged Est night
at Kingibridge, and may be expected here this
day.
From Montserrat we • have an account that
Capt: Fergus and some other Loadon- Chips
are arrived there in 3g flays,/ and' that they
bring the news of fifty f^'of tranfpmts failing
through the Dowhs with them for Bpfton.
By a gentleman from New-London we are
informed, that an bxprefs had arrived to Gover
nor Trumbull, with an account of the surrender
of Quebec to the Continental forces.
The following is a true lift of the stores, &c.
left in Boston by the ministerial troops on eva
cuating that place.
Mod of the enemy's fleet Dybekrttilef s/he
till 1 ueidajg lad, when a contiderable numrer of
them (Did to be about one half) put to lea.
Near all the remainder .failed yefierday after
,noon. .
Fhe general opinion is, that the energy's
fleet aad army) lately fed from Boston, are
bound to Halifax.
Since our Lift Colonel Miftiin, Qjarter-Maf
ter-Gcneral, of the American army, let out
from hence for New-York;
This du" General Sullivan, with his brigade
of the continental forces, begin their march for
the fame j>lacc.
The man of war building at Portfmouih, for
the contin ntal service, w'ff, it is Did, be ready
to launch in about a month.
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NEVV- LONDO N, March 22.
A vdfel is arrived here from South-Carolina,
by whom we learn that three or fair Bririih
fllips are at Georgia, who have landed abycat
3 or 400 men, who joined 1 to tories, and had
drove the Sons of L'berty out of the town (Sa
vannah) but that fame thousands of men had
marched from Charleltown, to their abidance,
^^.— —±,
PHILADELPHIA, March 27.
By a letter from Jamaica We learn, that the
schooner Providence, Captain Smith, and sloop
Dove, Bull, of Rhode Bland, were taken by
th :Maidftohe ; the Polly, Sands, of New. York,,
by the Squirrel, and the (loop h ft) and Hannah,
Captain Bell, of Virginia, with two schooners
belonging to forth Carolina, were ail taken
off Cape Nichola Mole, loaded with molarfes,
&c. Ihe Captains of the veflels taken were
confined on board the flag fliip at Port Royal,
but they have within these few days moved for
their habeas corpus, which has been granted,
and they are now allowed to go about: There
is no faying when the veffJs are to be libelled.
The Cullom House officers and the Captains of
the men of war are likely to have some dispute.
about these captures. The American merchants
here are resolved to give the Captains of these
vessels every afliftance.
On Saturday lad arrived here from Cam
bridge, theHon, Brigadier-General Heath, with
about 3000 of the continental troops under his
command. It is said that the Hon. Major-Ge
neral Putnam is aho on his inarch for this place,
with his brigade; and that the King's troops
and fleet failed from Nantafket last Wednesday..
Yeferday Brigadier-General Baron De Wo
edike, and the Hon. Benjamin Franklin, set off
from this place for Albany, on their way to
Quebec.
100 pieces of cannon in the town, from 9 to
32 potinders.
100 ditto at the Cadle.
4 mortars, 13 1-2 inches, two of them with
beds weighing § tons each.
200 chaldrons of lea-coal.'
2 §OOO bushels of wheat.
.1300 bushels of barley.'
600 bushels of oats in one fiore.
~00 jars of ol
.igo horses marked G. R.
•A.number ofcannon and mortars have been
since difcoteed in th^ water.
The Pennsylvania troops are recalled from
this city, and, we are informed, are ordered to
thefouthern colonies."
Last Tuesday afternoon five battalions of the
continental troops were reviewed by his Excel
lency General Heath, on the Green, near the
Liberty Pole; they/ made a very martial ap
pearance, being excellently well armed, and all
of them hearty young men. They went thro'
their ^xercife with furprizing activity.
Tifefday night a number of our troops went
and set fire to all the buildings on Bedlow's
Island, where the men of war were intrenching
and fortifying it as an afylum.ior the tory re
fugees, burnt and brought offal! theit intrench
ing tools, with a large number of white fidrrs,
great coats, &c. fikewife an abundance of poul
try of all forts. The Alia fired on out people,
but not one man was either killed or wounded.
The tollowing odd affair happened at Strat
ford on the loth of March last: A child of
Mr. Edwards, of that place, was baptized by
the Rev. Mr. , df Norwalk, and named-
Thomas Gage: this alarmed the neighbour
hood; and on the 13th, an hundred and seventy
young ladies formed themselves into a.battalion,
and with solemn ceremony'appointed a general
and the other proper officers to lead them;on ;
then the. petticoat army marched in rhe greatest
good order to pay their compliments to Tyos.
Gage, and present his mother (ite nymphs
ought to have deferred this part of the business
a few days, lays our correfpbndent) with a suit
of tar and leathers: butTyoMAs's Sire having
intelligence of their expedition, vi & armis kept
them from entering his house, so that the fe
male soldiers returned to head quarters, without
effecting what they intended, and dilbanded
themselves.
NEW-YO R K, Aprils
In PROVINCIAL CONGRESS,-
Ne^v-rork, Match ^6, 1776.
TXTHERE AS the Ministry of Greit-Bri-
VY tain, are not only depriving us of the
means of defence, but have arbitrarily ordered
their flips of war, in a piratical 'manner to ruin
our commerce, and deprive us of lome of the
neceflarics of lite, which renders it the incum
bent duty of the Representatives of the people
of this colony, to provide fbr the comtortabe
fubfiffence of their constituents.
Resolved, That this Congress will lend to any
person, for the term of two yea s, from the date
hereof; a (um not exceeding two hundred pounds
for rhe purpose of erecting works, wigout de
lay, for the making of S A L T, out of tea-wa
ter, in this colony, upon his giving to Peter
Van B ugh Livingflon,. Eiq; as Treasurer of
this Congrefs,or to the Treafarer ofthe Congress
for the time being, good and fufficient security
for the payment of the fame; and in default of
erecting such wo-ks, to be fubjeft to the re-pay
ment of the principal, and of seven per cent,
interest, on the fam so borrowed, and the fur
ther penalty ofL. 30.
Rffclved, That any person who ffiall, on or
before the fir^ of December next, make the
greatest quantity of good merchantable salt, in
this colony, mot left than twelve hundred bufr
els, fliall be entitled to one hundred pounds pre
mium.
T Refolded, That any person who (hall, on or
before the laid firft day of December, make the
fecund greater quantity of salt, of the quality
aforesaid, in this colony, not less than nine hun
dred bu%ls, (hall be entitled to feventy-five
pounds premium.
Resolved, That any person, who shall, on or
before the said firft of December, make the th ird
greatest Quantity offalt, of the quality aforef, id,
ire th is colony, not leG than fix hundred bethels,
mail be entitled to fifty pounds premium. Pro
vided, that any person who (halt claim any of the
above premiums, for having manufaaured salt
as afotefaid, - mail produce a certificate thereof,
figged by three rof the principal freeholders of
the neighbourhood where the said works fall
- be erected,, and an affidavit of the person who
ffiall have made, and of some other person who
foall have measured the said salt, in order to en
title him to any of the premiums above-menti
oned.
Refolded, That the Committee of Safety be,
and they arc hereby directed, to collect dissertati
ons upon tl e making of Salt, without delay, and
that they ctufe five hundred of the laid differta
tiohs to be printed, in order that the inhabitants
of this colony be informed of the process pfed
in the making offalt. And that the said Commit
tee be also dire^ed to public, with the utmost
dispatch, .ttyo hundred copies of these fyfolutions,
and the other resolutions of this Congress, for
encouraging theereding of POWDER MILLS
within this colony.
Extras from toe Minute:.
ROBERT BENSON, Secry.
In PROVINCIAL CONGRES S,
New-York, March 9, 1776.
RESOLVED ad ORDERED,,
THA I 'Abraham Lott, Esq; treasurer, and
I the loan officers of this colo,ny,fhall receive
in payment for the principal and interest that
fell from time to time become due on the mo
nies put out On Idan by virtue of an adt of
the Governor, Council and General Afiem
bly of the colony of New-York, puffed on the
16th of February, 1771, entitled, “ An Abt
for emitting the sum of One Hundred and
Twenty Thousand Pounds in bills of credit,
to be put out on loan, and to appropriate the
interest ariting.thereon, to the payments of the
debts of this colony, and to such public exigen
cies as thecircumdancesof this colony may, from
time to render neceflary ;" as well the bills of
credit heretofore issued by virtue of any law of
this colony, as those issued by order of the Con
gress of the United Colonies, and of the Pro
vincial Congress of this colony.
AND WHEREAS by virtue of the afore
faid abt, the one tenth part of the said sum
will become dfe, and is to be paid into the
refpeaive loan offices, on the third Tuesday of
April next : And whereas,by reason of the un
happy war brought upon us by the iniquitous
Las r.:ght a barge full of men, supposed to ;
be from the man of w.:r, landed and endeavour
ed to set fieto the Air-Furnace, but they were
difeovered before much damage was done. [Ketp
a.good look out for the rogues.]
Nothing new by the Albany post.
In Committee of -Safety, New-forh,
March 30, 1776,
The Provincial CongreD of this colony hav
ing impowered this Committee to contract for
a number of MUSKETS (to be manufactured °
in this colony) public notrfe is hereby given,
that this Committee are ready to receive pin
pofals from, and treat with any person or per
sons, who are willing to engage in inanufaftur
'n^ good mulkeo, or the locks, barrels, or any
other parts thereof; and requift ah persons
who choose to engage, to be fpredy in their
proposals.
Ordered, That the foregoing be pubhfcd
in ah the public newspapers in this colony.
A true copy from the minutes,
ROBERT BENSON, Secretary.
A CA R D.
AN inhabitant of Cow-neck, presents his
refperirul compliments to Mr. Sands, Chair
man of the Committee, and begs he will rectify
an omirfion he Ims been guilty of, 1:y not men
tioning the names at large of those ditirfbc&ed,
persons, whom he (files noxious vermine, in the
Committee's Resolve, published last week.
hf^mpfs of 1b Zritifli Puflkmbnt t
the colonies to a date of flavor,, it may Re m
convenient for the good .people c € this colon,
whb&'ave taken the said monies cm loan, to pay
the said tenth part of the faroQ according &
the directions of said aft, Rtsorvri )and Oil
Df.red, That the payment of the said tenth
part of principal, lie, and igis hereby fafpenC
ed until the third Teefday of April, which will
be in the ycar<of our Lord 7777; qpon'uhich
day the annual payments of the one tenth fore
of tire said principal fam of Ont Handled a "
Iweiitylweiity I houfand Pc^n&ftnn 'tftmnmnce 2nd
Continue from year fa year, until the whole
frill be paid; any thing in the said ad to the
contrary hereof in any wife Aotwjth(hndmf.
Ard whereas doubts may arise in the minds rs
the loan officers about the difyafition of fmh
principal monies as m., happen th be paid in;
1,33 HEREBY osde'reb, That they qmt
the fame out on loan, and that in the doing
thereof they conform in all refpe& to the di^
region of^ said aft.
A tfue Copy from the Minutes,
ROBERT BENSON, Secr'y.
H^Z.niters, Nev^fork, April 1„6.
As the army is corfiderably reinforced, by
the troops lately arrived, the General u^wns
his mog sincere thanks to the officers and fol
fiers, of the city militia; of Colonels Remien,
Jay, and Lott's regiments, for their affiduitv
and vigilance in affixing in the fortifying tb;
city, and excuses them from an, future tarigoe
at present, being fully.affuied that on ?ny emer
gency their affiftnice will be fmmediakTv :?i
forded.. . :Vm LEARY, Tow^Major.
Jufi Fublifad, and new Se%g by
W I L LIA M; GREE N,
In Mamden-Lan^,
[TRICE three shillYng^
The Third Edition, in large Print, of
COM MON SENSE:
With the whole APPENDI X„,he Address
to the. Quakers, allo the LARGE AL^
DITIONS COMPLETE.
Tocobicb is -wadded,
A DIALOGUE between the Ghost of Car,
Montgomery and a Delegate, i r , a
yood near Philadelphia, on the grand fub
jed of American Independency.
/ N. B. Cassi given for Tanned SHEEPS
SkIN S, at the above Place.
In COMMITTEE for the diftria cf Cow
reek. Great-neck, in Queen's county, held at
Cow-neck, the 2, th of March, 1776.
WHcREAS Ilrael Rogers, oae of t'-e
difarm,l in this ditiria, lying time
charged with counteraffing the meriluics dai
rying on for the preservation of American li
berty. On examination, the complaint appear
ed founded ; it war therefore the opinion of
this Committee, that the said Ifracl Rogers be
held in bond for his good behaviour: Bitt en
refinance of this order, it became the part of
expediency to reprobate this vile man, as a u c .
nemy to his country, and unworthy of the least
protection ; and do hereby ftridtiv enjoin all
manner of persons in this didriet, 'immediately
to break oft every kind of civil, mechanical and
commercial intercourse with this deludeduind
obilik: re person, as they will answer the contra
ry at their peril. t
By Order,
BENJ. SANDS, ChaiffiL
WANTED IMMEDiAFELY,'
PERSON fufficiently. qualified 'for
A stocking of guns. Great wages will be
given. For. further particulars apply to th
Printer.
wanted immediately,
A Young healthy NEGRO WENCH,
-about effien or twelve years of age. Ay
ply co the Printer.
THREE PENCE ter POUND
Givenby '
JO HN KE AT IN. G,
Near Burning's Slip,
],OR the best Sort of CLEAN, WHITE
f LINEN R-AGS,' and fy in proportion
for that of an interior fort ; 'where there is to be
fold, Writing, Printing, Cartridge, Sheathing,-
Wrapping,. Sugar-house, Bonnet and Press Pa
per, at the lowcft prices, all of this country ma
mufactory.
Wanted, Two good Journeymen Paper-Ma
.kers, who will me t with good encouragement,
and the belt wages given in American
Dr. A T TWO O D,
HAS removed his store, confiding of a ge
neral aflortment of Drugs and Medicines
to the house of Joseph Riggs, Esq; in New-
Ark, where country practitioners,and others,may
be supplied wholesale and retail, at as low
prices as charged in New-York.
REFINED BAR IRCN,
DIRECTLY from the Works, fold b,
ROBERT ERSKINE, near White
Hill Ferry-Stairs, New-York.
N. B. Orders for iron drawn to any size
from ,4ths to 3 inches ^W-, amijnro ? •'
10 ^ Niches gw '^cuted with punctuality
and ditf^cn. Mill iron, Rudder irons,
&c. draw# to patterns.