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On the 12th Instant an Express arrived here from our
Army in Canada, by whom we have the following
Intelligence.
Extract of a Letter from ar Officer of. the X T #-Yerk Ferrier,
dated at St. 'Johns, 3d November, 1775.
" YHAVE the Pleasure to inform you, that Iliad the
£ Honour of marching into, and taking Possession of
this Fortress, at the Head of my Company, and about
200 Men from the different Corps, of which bur Army
is composed, about Nineo'Clock this Morning, when the
Garrison, consisting of abotit 600 Men, marched out and
grounded their Arms on the Plain, to the Westward of
the Fort, (agreeable to the Terms of the inclofed Capitu
lation) and were immediately embarked in Batteaus, for
Capt, Mead's Encampment, and from thence to be sent
under Guard, as speedily as possible, for Ticonderoga,
Connecticut, or any other Place which the Continental
Congress may direct.
" I most sincerely congratulate you oh thh most for
tunate Event, which, in my Opinion, will be a most
fatal Stab to the heilifh Machinations of the Foes to
Freedom, as it will facilitate the Reduction of Canada,
and secure the Canadians ip our Favour. We have taken
in the Fort, a considerable Quantity of military Stores,
among which are, 17 Pieces of excellent brass Artillery,
two of them Twenty-Four Pounders, the rest of them
Field Pieces; two Royal Howitzers, several Mortars,
* Cohorns, and a considerable Number of Iron Cannon.—
There were in the Garrison, about 500 Regular Troops,
the Rest were composed of Canadian Volunteers, among
which are many of their Nobiefle, who, 1 believe, are
(from appearance) on the Stool c- Repentance. And as
you may befond of knowing bow we have proceeded, In
carrying on the Siege of this Place, since my last, I will
give you a Detail of the particular Operations since that
Period.
“ On Saturday the 28th Ult. the main Body of the
Army decamped from the South, and marched to the
north Side of the Fort, under the command of General
Wooster: We were joined in the Evening by General
Montgomery, and the fame Night we began to throw up
a Breast-Work, (on an Eminence which entirely com
manded the Enemy's Works) in order to erea a Battery of
Cannon and Mortars. This Battery they kept continually
pelting at, with Grape Shot and Shells, but without
doing us the least Injury, until Wednesday Morning,
, when weopened our Battery, consisting of three Twelve,
and one Nine Pounder, three Mortars, and as many
Cohorns, with which we kept an almost incefiant Blaze
on them great Part of the Day; and likewise from our
Battery on the Eafl-Side of the River, which rhe Enemy
returned with the greatest Spirit. Late in the After
noon I received a Menage from General Montgomery,
ordering me to cease firing till further Orders: These
Orders were extremely disagreeable to me, when I saw
some of my Men bleeding before my Eyes, and dying
with the Wounds they had received.
“ On our ceasing to Fire, the General ordered a Parley
to be beat, and sent in an Officer to demand a Surrender
of the Fort; two Officers soon alter returned with him,
and were led blindfold, through the Camp to the General's
Tent, where a pretty long Conference was held, and they
promised the General an Answer from the commanding
Officer next Morning, which Promise was complied with :
The Answer imported, that if they should receive no
Relief within four Days, he would then fend in some
Proposals. The General replied, that he must have an
explicit Answer next Morning, and the Garrison must
remain Prisoners of War at all Events; and that if they
had any Intention to renew Hostilities, they need only
Signify it by firing a Gun as a Signal; this, though very
unpalatable, they Were at length obliged to Digest, as you
viil fee by the Capitulation -You will readily excofc
the incorreanefs of this Scroll, when I inform you it is
now past one a'Clock in the Morning, having had no
Time to write before, as I have been all Day at the Fort
examining the Stores, (and we ate to begin our march for
Montreal this Morning) and my Fingers and Senses so
benumbed with Cold, that I can scarcely write at all,
owing to a North-Easterly Wind and Plenty of Snow,
which is now falling in Abundance ; yet notwithstanding
1 am not so Stnfelefs dr ungrateful, as to forget my
Friends. " I am Yours, &c.
“ Pi S. My littleCompahy hat ratherbeen unfortunate,
as I have had five killed, four by the Enemy, and one by
Accident; fix wounded, and one died by Sickness, which
is as great a Loss as has been sustained by the whole
Array, except in the firft Skirmish with the Indians, &c.
but this is what we must naturally expert, as the Post of
Honour ever is the Post of Danger."
St. Johns, November 2, 1775.
ARTICLES of CAPITULATION propofcd b.y Major
Charles Preston, for his Majesty's Fort of St. John's,
int e Province of Canada.
A RTICLE I. All A&s of Hostilities shall cease on
I. both dides, till the Articles of Capitulation shall
L: c P upon and signed.
ANSWER. Agreed.
.RTICLE 11. The Garrison shall be allowed the
}.ours of War, and fuffered to proceed with their
Baggage and Effe&s to the most convenient Part of
America, from thence to embark for Great-Britain, as
loon as they shall be furnifhed with Transports and Provi
fm-s, by his Excellency General Gage, or the Comman
derir. Chief of his Majesty's Troops in America.
ANSWER. The Garrison shall march out with the
Hon rs of War: This is due to their Fortitude and
Perseverance. The Non-commissioned Officers and Pri
vates fall ground their Arms on the Plain South of the
Fort, and immediately embark on board such Boats as
flail be provided for that Purpose: The Officers shall
keep leir fide Arms, and their fire Arms shall be put up
in a Box, and delivered to them when these unhappy
Disputes are ended, if they do not choose to dispose of
them before.
The Garrison must go to Connecticut Government, or
such other Province as the Honourable Continental Con
gress shall direct, there to remain till our unhappy
Differences shall be compromised, or till they are ex
changed Our Prisoners having been constantly
treated with a brotherly Affection, the Effe&s of the
Carrifon shall not be with-held from them.
ARTICLE 111. An Officer or Quarter-Master from
each Corps, shall be allowed to pass to Montreal upon
Parole of Honour, there to tranfaft and fettle the Business
es his refpe&ive Corps, and to bring up their Baggage,
Clothing and Pay ; for which Purpose they shall be fur
aifhed with Carts and Batteaus.
ANSWER. Agreed to in the fulled Latitude.
ARTICLE IV. The Canadian Gentlemen, Inhabi
&its and other Persons, residing in this Province, and
flow at Sf. John's, shall be permitted to return unmolefled
tuv'^r respective Homes, with their Arms and Baggage,
anu remain secure in their Property and Effe&s.
ANSWER Aufwered in the second Article, the
Canadian Gentlemen and others, being Part of the
Carrifon.
ARTICLE V, The sick and wounded shall be taken
proper Care of, and permitted to join their refpe&ive
Corps, or return to their refpe&ive Homes upon their
Recovery.
ANSWER. The sick and wounded shall be taken
care of by their own Surgeons, and when recovered,
follow their refpe&ive Corps.
ARTICLE VI. As soon as the above Articles shall
be ffgned, Major Preft^n will deliver up the Fort, with
the Ammunition, Provisions, &c.
ANSWER. To-morrow Morning at 8 o'Clock, the
Carrifon will march out, having firft colle&ed their
Baggage and Effe&s together in a convenient Place for
Embarkation, and leaving a Guard for its Protection.
The Officers must be upon Honour with refpe& to their
Baggage, for should any Canadian or others effe& his
Escape, hit Baggage shall be given as Plunder to the
Troops. The Quarter-Master General, with proper
Commissaries, will attend at Eight o'Clock, to receive
the Artillery, Ammunition, Naval Stores, &c. The
Deserters from the Continental Army, shall rot be
NEW- Y 0 k K, November 20.
in the Stipulation for the Garrison, ----The commanding
Officer to sign and deliver the Articles of Capitulation by
Suniet this Evening. , .Signed, &c.
Extract if another Letter fffm Fort St. John's, Nov. 3.
The 28th ult. the remainder of our army on the south
well fide of,the fort; of which our regiment composed a
part, marched round St. John's, to the north fide of it,
and encamped there with the main body.
ON. 2g. I went in the Evening with zoo Men, and
ebrnpleated a Battery within 250 Yards of the Fort—
The Fort Icept a continual Fire upon us all Night.
O&. 30. Four Guns and fix Mortals were mounted in
the Battery.
Of:?. 31. The Army busily employed in preparing for a
Cannonade, and an Assault if necessary. This Day we
received News that 700 of our Men, near Longueuil;
about 18 Miles fiom hence, had repulsed Governor Carle
ton, who intended to raise the Siege of St. John's, with
800 Men. Our Green Mountain-Boys did this Business.
The Governor loft 25 Men killed, and 50 wounded, be
sides several Prisoners, among whom are two Indians.
Carleton retreated to Montreal.
Nov. 1. Out Gun and Mortar Battery on this fide, and
the 4 Gun Batteries on the East Side, kept an incefiant
Fire all Day upon the Garrison, the Garrison kept up a
very briik Fire; In the Evening General Montgomery
sent a Flag into the Fert, with a Letter to Major Preston,
by one of the Prisoners taken at Longueuil, informing
him of Carleton's Defeat, and that he had now no longer
any Reason to flatter himfelf with Relief from that
Quarter ; and that therefore to prevent the farther Effufion
es Blood, he recommended to him a surrender of the
Fort. Major Preston in return to General Montgomery's
Letter, sent Capt; Stewart of the 26th, with a Drum into
our Camp, that the General should have a full Answer
to his Letter in the Morning---that in the mean Time
Hostilities should cease oh both Sides.
Nov. 2. Capt. Stewart and Capt. Williams, of the
Train, came about 8 o'Clock in the Morning into our
Camp, with an Answer from Major Preston, to General
Montgomery's Letter of Yesterday, recuefling of the
General to wait four Days, to fee whether no Relief
could come to the Garrison in that Time, if not, that
they would make Proposals for a Surrender, The Ge
ral returned in Answer, that from the advanced Seaton of
the Year, he could not give the Garrison the Time it
requested, and that they must immediately surrender Pri
soners of War, ^therwife that if any fatal Conference
should ensue, from their needless Defence in the weak
State they Were ih, they must charge themselves with it.
The General also referred them for the. Truth of Carle
ton's Defeat, to another Prisoner on board of our Sloop,
whom they might have access to examine ; and that
whenever they cbofe to renew Hostilities, they should
give a signal, by firinga Cannon without Balk In the
Evening the above Gentlemen returned into our Camp,
from the Fort, with Articles of Capitulation, some of
which were agreed to,by us; others leje&ed, which as
amended, were sent back to the Fort, aad agreed to, the
Sum of which were, That the Garrison should march
out of the Fort To morrow Morning, with the Honours
of War, and then lay down their Arms, be Prisoners of
War, and be sent to Corineaicut.—The Articles of
Capitulation will be published by Authority, to which I
must refer you. A great Quantity of Military Stores are
taken, the Detail of which are not yet ascertained ;
about 6co Men made Prisoners.—This »ay Detachment
from every Regimentin our' Army, took Possession of
the Fort, and the Prisoners are embarked for the Place of
their Deflination.
. Extract of a Letter from La Prairie, November 3,
Bluffed be God ! Our Arms are at length crowned with
signal Success ! —Yesterday Evening the Fortreri of St;
John's funesdered to our Army, and this Morning our
People take Poffefliop.
Our Army is Scattered over the whole Country ; a small
Garrison at Chamblee ; Col. Fallen and Major Brown,
with about 300 Provincials, with Col. James Livingston,
and 5 or 6 Hundred of his Canadians, are drawl down
at the Mouth of the River Sorel, opposing 120 Regulars,
and 500 Canadians, who are intrenching there; At
Longueuil (three Leagues East of La Prairie, and two
Miles from Montreal, being nearly opposite) is Col. War
ner, with about 300 of the Second Battalion, and Green
Mountain Boys; and I am polled at La Prairie, with
100 Men of our Regiment. lam three Leagues from
Montreal, which lies full in View, upon the Banks of
St. Laurence, North-Weft from here. There are no
Troops to the Westward of this Post. Caghnawaga, lies
near three Leagues Weft of this Place, where there are
about 300 fighting Men, and ail in our Interest, that is,
(in the Indian Stile) finely neutral.
There have been several Attacks made from the Enemy
in their Boats on Col. Warner's Regiment, a very serious
one last Monday, in which General Carleton, with St.
Luc Lacorn, and 5 or 600 Men (tnoftly Canadians) and
ieo Indians, attacked our People with great Resolution,
but were at length repul fed with the Loss of 50 of their
Men killed and wounded, among whom were five Indi
ans slain ; we took three Canadians and two Indians
Prisoners. Not one Man on our Side so much as wounded.
As the whole Army are now coming down, I expe&
Mr. Carleton will suspend his Operations on this Side of
the Water. He will have his. Hands full, I believe, in
defending his own Shores; Indeed it is expe&ed by ma
ny, that as loon as the Surrender of St; John's is known
among them, all Opposition will vanish ; however Carleton
is an intrepid old Fellow, and may refill to the lalh He
has an armed Brig and one or two small Vessels riding
near the Town, and as many more at the Mouth of Sorel ;
the Merchant's Vessels with Peltry arc near the Town.
The Canadians in general on this Side St. Lawrence,
are very friendly to us, almost unanimously so along the
River Sorel, where they are actually embodied and in
Arms, altogether to the Number of more than One
Thousand. About this Place they are not quite so active,
tho' I think they will now be stirring, as they leemed to
be very anxious about the Reduction of St. Johns; and
could not think that th# Bostonians, as they call our
Troops, were really in earnest, until they saw St. John's
surrender. During the whole Siege of St; John's, our
Army has had but nine Men killed and four or five
wounded, I think ;---their Preservation has been almost
miraculous. More hospitable People 1 never saw ; you
cannot enter into a Peasant's Houle at any Time of bay,
but they immediately let a Loaf of Bread and a Pan of
Milk before you. The whole Country, as far as the Eye
can reach, is one entire low marlhy Plain, and covered
with Water, after every Rain. They areforced to plough
their Land in high Ridges to keep the Grain from being
flooded ;---they raise no Winter Wheat at all, or Indian
Corn. Their Gardens and Vegetables are excellent, and
their Pasture most luxuriant.
ACCOUNT of the Stores taken at St. John's, as far
as bad been examined before the Express came
away, viz.
17 Brass Ordnance, from 3 to 24. Pounders.
2 Eight Inch Brass Howitzers.
22 Iron Ordnance, from 3 to 9 Pounders.
5 Five and Half Inch Mortars.
4 Four and two fifths Inch Ditto.
With a Quantity of Naval Stores, and a Suit of Sails
for the Schooner Royal Savage.
We hear the Garrison of St. John's were at Half
Allowance of Provifiens when they surrendered.
Extras qf a letter from General Montgomery, to bis
friend in this City.
" I have the pleasure to inform you, that St.
John's surrendered yesterday (Nov. 2d,) We take
possession to day, and to-morrow, his Majelty's troops
set off for Connecticut, near 610 men, including
several of their Noblesse. I (hail not lose a moment
in making preparations to proceed to Montreal, with
a fine train of field artillery, which I haVe ventured
to borrow from his Majesty for the (..cation."
Capt. Amos Hubble, of the Hoop Sally, from N.
Carolina who arrived here luff week, Ifeoke with
, BRAHAM H. VAN VLECK having been
Ti. duly convicted by the General Committee of
Aflociation, for the City ahd County of New-York,
of having.violated a Refolujton es the Continental
!Congrefs, by shipping Provisions to Nantucket ;
I and the said Abraham H. Van Vleck, by his Petition,
I having declared his Contrition for his Offence, and
j his Intention for the future to conform to the Refo-
Ilutions of the Congress, and his Desire to inake his'
„ Peace with his Countryman, and to have an Oppor
tunity 0' Iproving himfelf a sincere Friend to his
Country:
Refolded, That the said Abraham H. Van Vleck
hath fully finished this Congress of his Contrition
fur his said Offence, and of his Intention for the
I future to a& agreeable to the Resolutions of the
'Congrefs, and Refolded, That he be again redoted
to the favourable Opinion of his Countrymen ; and
it is hereby recommended that he be no longer con
sidered or treated as an Enemy to his Country.
A true Copy prom the Minutes,
ROBERT BENSON, Secry.
COMMITTEE CHAMBER,
Nezu-Turk, Nov. loth, 1775.
r^IHE Sub-Committee appointed by the General
Committee, to confider of a mode for employing
the industrious poor of this City, and promoting American
manufactures, report the following plan already adopted
by one of dur neighbouring Colonies, as the most eligible,
1/and with some small alteration the best adapted to answer
the purpose of their appointment, fubj^a to such Iltera
, tion as shall be thought neceflary at a general meeting
I of the fubfetibers:
I We the fubferibers being deeply impteffed with a sense
I of our prelent difficulties, and earnestly felicitous, as
I far as in our power, to lupport the freedom and promote
Ithe welfare of our country, en peaceable and conftituti
lonal principles, arid well knowing hew much the efta-
I Iblifhing manufaaories amongst ourselves would contribute
thereto, betides exciting a general ahd laudable fpjrit of
industry amongthe poor, and putting the means of fun
petting themselves into the hands of many who at present
area public expeKce ; and also to convince the public
that our country is not unfavourable to the establishing
manufaaories, do agree to form ourfelvee into a company,
Iforthe promoting American manufaaories, on the fol
lowing principles, fubjed to such rules and regulations as
ihall be hereafter agreed on.
I. That the Society shall be called, I%€ Wkw-York
Society, ; for employing tbe industrious Poor, and so G
1 ting Manufuacry,
II That the company shall continue for three whole
years, commencing on the day of the firft general meet
ing ol the fubferib'ers.
111. That a single Ihare in the company be fixed^t
Ten Pounds; but that every fubferiber be at liberty to
fubferibe as many shares as they think proper, and shall
be entitled to their proportion of the profits arising ; and
after payment of their respective lubfcriptions, every
fubferiber shall be entitlea to a vote in common on all
occasions, and also to be elected to any office, belonging
to the company ; and no person shall be entrufled with
any office, but a member thereof.
IV. That we will begin with the manufacturing of
Woollens, linen, cotton, and mails, and carry on the
fame to the greatest extent and advantage, our flock will
admit of during the three years aforefaid, fer which pur
pose we do agree to pay into the hands of the Treasurer,
who shall be hereafter chosen, one moiety or full one half
of each of our fubferjptions, within one week after the
firft general meeting of the Subferibers, and the other
moiety within two months after the aforefaid general
meeting; all which monies paid as aforefaid, together
with all the profits arising from the Manufactory, shall be
continued as Company ftoebfor the space, and to the full
Capt. Lott, a ftrang€r, in the Aoop King's Fishes,
from St. Chriftophers to Pafpatange in N. Carolina,
going into the harbour all well.
Extrafl of a Letter from Cambridge, Nov' . 9.
" We had an Account of the Regulars landing at
Letchmore's Point, about a Mile and a Half from
Cambridge ; about 300 of the Regulars landed, from
Boston, on the above mentioned Point, under Caver
of a very In vy and continual Fire from their Batte
ries on Bunker, Breeds, Corps and Beacon-Hills ;
as also from a Frigate which lay within 300 1 aids
of the Point on which they landed. '1 hey had Pos
session of the Hill for near an Hour before they could
be obftru&ed, owing to a very high 1 ide, which pre
vented our People crossing a Causeway, which was
overflowed, and the only way to get at the Enemy.
During this Time they were Shooting Horses and
Cows, with an Intent of taking diem off ; but a
Battalion of Rifle-Men, under command of Col.
Themfon, disregarding Danger ano Difficulty, took
the Water, which was then upto their Middles, and
a Quarter of a Mile over, and notwiihitanding the
Regulars had lodged themselves behind Stone Walls,
and in an Orchard, where they might have done our
People much Damage, yer on Col. Ihomfon s Ap
proach they fled to their Boats in great Confusion,
but not without a warm Serenade .from the Rifle-
Men, who fired at a go-ait Distance, when they found
them retreating, and ran up widrall Spaced in hopes
of bringing them to am Engagement before they
reached their Boats. Ail tins lime an uncrating
warm Fire was kept up from the before mentioned
Forts and the Skip, and from the Soldiers and their
Boats. Our Loss is 1 killed and 3 wounded; their
Loss uncertain, but have hnce heard 3 of their Men
were found dead on the Field. One of the Enemy's
Boats was funk from our Fort on Proippa-Hill, by
a 24 Pounder, and the Eneniy was beat off the
Ground about 2 o'Clock, and landed at Charleftown.
During the Engagement, 22 large Ships hove in
Sight, with Troops from England and Ireland.
vVednefday last the Earl of Halifax Packet, Capt.
Bolderfon, failed with the Mail for Falmouth.
The Brig Bettey, Capt. Fowler, from this Port, is
arrived at Madeira, after a Passage of 52 Days.
Major Stopford, with the other Officers, and a
French Gentleman that were taken Prisoners at
Chamblee, pafi'ed thro' Newark last Wedneiday, in
their Way to Trentown, where they are to remain
Prisoners.
By a Person who left Montreal the 4th of last
Month, we learn, That Col. Guy johufon had failed
from that Place for Quebec, with an Intent to pio
csed from thence for England 3 and that Cel. Allen,
with his Party, taken Prisoners some Time ago, were
put on board a Man of War. The fame Person
also infeiihs, That it was believed the Down of
Montreal would not be able to hold out many Days
againtt General Montgomery, as inoft of the Indians
had actually gone to their relpe&ive 1 owns.
The Watertewn Payer of the a 3th, received last Night,
mentions nothing of the Arrival cf any Troops at Boston;
tho' the Account is in the New-Haven Paper of the
1 Sth;
Saturday Afternoon departed this Life in her 36th
Year Mis. Cornelia Martton, Wife of Mr. Thomas
Marlton, of this City, and Daughter of Leonard
Lifpenaid, Esq; a Lady whole Death is greatly and
very jultly lamented by all her Acquaintance.
A Schooner, Robbins, Matter, from Cork for Boston,
is taken by one of our Privateers, and carried into Be
verly : She was loaded with Beef, Butter, &c. Captain
Robbins fays, a very feat Majority of the People in
Ireland aiein Favour of America.
In PROVINCIAL CONGRESS, Nov. 3, 1775°
end of three whole years, commencing on the day of thg
firft General Meeting of the Subferibeis aforefaid.
V. That the General Meeting of the Subferibers; dlli
be called by written tickets, within one week after twd
hundred Subscriptions are obtained, in order to choose
by , ballot, for. the firft year, twelve Managers, a Secretary,
and Treasurer, to fix the time, of the annual meeting for
our future elections, arid t® do ail other matters and
things as may fee deemed neceftary for the better regula
ting the affairs of the Company.
VI. That one third of the Managers and no more, be
changed, annually on the day of election, by re-electing
eight of the old Managers, and adding four new to theif
number, and bn the death or departure of the city and
its diftrids, of any Manager For the fpHce of three calen
der months, the other Managers may choose another in
his Head, who fli^ll be con fidered as a&i*g in the room of
the deceased, er departed Manager.
Vlf. That the Managers carry on the Manufactory
agreeable to the rules of the Company, and shall have
the whole direction thereof, and shall attend two by two
in turn every day at the Manufactory Store, at such hours
as they shall agree upon, to oversee the business, draw
orders on the Treasurer, and give the necessary direct
tions.
jVitA That the Treasurer shall give security for the
faithful discharge of his trust ; and account for, and
deliver up to his successor in said office, and all such
monies, books, writings, and effects, as shall then be in
nis hands; belonging to the company, at such times as
the manager.', or a. majority of them shall d : ;e& and re
quire; which security the managers are hereby required
to lee duly given, executed and recorded in the office for
recording of deeds fer the county of New-York, before
any such T reafurer, so elected, shall enter upon his said
ohice : And the Treasurer is hereby enjoined to answer
no order.but such as shall be signed by the two attending
managers lor the day, as aforefaid, which said orders
shall be good vouchers to indemnify him;
IX. That a state of the manufactory, and of the
companies accounts, shall be fairly made out, at the end
of every fix months, and kept in the manufactory store,
for the inspection of the members.
X. Tha§ the managers shall have power to call a
general meeting as often aS they shall find it nece/lary to
take the advice of the company in any affair, or to lay
any proposal or matter of importance before them.
XI. That alter the firft general meeting of the fub
fubferibers, three weeks notice of the time and place of
meeting in one of the news papers, shall be fufficient to
call a general meeting of the company; and no rule nor
regulation fhall,be binding on the company but such as
shall have received the approbation of a majority of the
members prefect at a general meeting.
Gearret Abel, Theophilus Anthony, Comfort Sands,
Abraham Lott, John Woodward, Patt. Dennis,
'John Ramsay.
The foregoing report being read and coafidered in
the general Committee, is Unanimously approved of as
proper to be recommended to the consideration of the
inhabitants of this City ; and that two persons be ap
pointed in each Ward to obtain subscriptions.
By order of the Committee,
JOHN BROOME, Chair. Pro. Temp,
Buttons sprigged and spangled on the cloth, in the
neatest manner, to any pattern, on the shortest notice; a
"'^^"U'^^ts fir sale.
TAKEN by Virtue EWrit of Fieri Facias, to me
directed, airs to be fold at public Vendue; a House
ano Lot of Ground forever, late the Property of Elias
Anderfrn, on Monday the 28th Day of November Instant,
at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, at the Premises, near
the Frclh-Water Pump, by me
JOHN ROBERTS, Sheriff;
IF a certain Mary Beatty, alias ParfonsTwiTl apply
to Mr. Cornelius Bradford, Merchant, in New-
York, die will hear of something much to her
Advantage: 'I is luppofed file is in or about Phila
delphia, as flie wrote to her Friends in Ireland, from
thence in the Year 1774.
O' Three Pence per Pound will be
given for the best Sort pf good, dry, clean
LINEN RAGS, and so in Proportion for
those of an inferior Quality by HUGH
GAINE.
RUN-AWAY August the 12th, 1775, from the
lubfcri^er, living in Philadelphia, an indented
HPb servant lad, named John Perry, about 5 feet 6
° : 7 inches high ; fair complexion, red cheeks, black
uair, walks a little Looping and clumsy, looks plot
fant when talking, is a tolerable handlome lad ; has
served part of his time to the rope-making business,
and has been seen in New York ; it is supposed he is
gone to lea from that port, and is likely he may return
there again. Whoever secures said lad in any of his
Majelty's goals, so that his matter may have him
again, shall have the above reward, and all reafuna
ble charges paid, by
RICHARD TETTERMARY.
YARD wc.lriih lincns.il
Yard and yard 3-^1
cotton checks,
Superfine cloths,
Middling and coarse do.
Rattinets, Walloons, I
Callimancce t, cambiets,
Cloak cambists,
Tammies,h
Velvets and velverets,
Mens cotton, thread, and^
werfted hose,;
Womens do.
Felt hats, 1
Any of the above articles
until the day of vendue;
FOR SALE,
At DANIEL M'CORMICK's
VENDUE-HOUSE,
EVERY day,
An assortment of seasonable GOODS,
IRISH LINENS.
RO her
On Hunter's Quay,
Has for falcon the loweit Terms,
Superfine, fcarfa,
blue, drab, pea green,
black and pajfons grey
cloths,
Middling and cuarfe cloths,
Bath coatings,
Plain, figured, and flriped
velvets,
Rarticets, Walloons,
Durants, tammies,
Brown camblets,
Glaz'd linen,
Gilt, plated, metal, and
Iwift buttons,
P U-B Lie AUCTIO N.
On fuefday the sth of December,
Will be fold off at public Vendue,
All the Stock in Trade of
Messrs. ROBINSON and PRICE,
At their Store in William-Street,
Consisting of
Prunellas, Princess fluff,
Black fattinets, denims,
Royal ribs, everlastings,
Buff and black hair plush,
Silk and worsted breeches
pieces,
Scarlet and white flannels,
Silk and worked flockings,
Gold and Elver basket and
spangled buttons,
Gold fringe, thread and
spangles,
With a variety of Taylors
trimmings,
Plain and figured fattens,
peelongs, chintzes,
Callicoes,
Cambricks, muslins,
Lawns, catgut, minionet,
Plain and figured gauzes,
Modes, farfnets,
Black perfians,
Printed and black handfcfs.
Slack and white Barcelona
ditto,
Silk and worsted gloves and.
mitts,
Gimps, ribbons, &c.
will be fold cheap for cash