The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-11-26 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHI A, Nov., 26.
Twenty bufnels of SALT will be distributed
among the poor onThurfday next, at John Stein
metz's iiore in Market-iireet, each family to receive
one quart gratis.
We hear that part of Gen. Howe's army has advanced a
few miles into the date of New-Jersey, and that he is prepar
ing with the remaining body of his troops to effeft a landing
in that hate. Gen. Washington is busy in preparing to re
ceive them, and if properly reinforced with the militia of
New-Jersey, and the neighboring llates, we hope will be able
to check their prugreh. We also hear that Gen. Lee is ad
vancing to join Gen. Washington with a reinforcement from
the Continental army in the date of New-York.
The Hon. Congress have promoted Monsieur de Roche de
Fermoy, a brave and experienced officer, and formerly a Co
lonel in the French service, to the rank of a Brigadier General.
Yesterday the ship Sam, lately commanded by Samuel
Richardson, was sent into this port ; she was taken on her pas
sage from Barbados to Liverpool by the Continental (loop
Independence, Capt. Young, was mounted with four guns,
and had on board twenty thousand dollars, two tons and a half
of ivory, one hundred bars of iron, &c.
DEATHS.—In Virginia, Dr. Andrew Anderfoß—At
Stratford, in the date of Connecticut, Col. Ichabod Lewis—
In Apoquiniminck hundred, Newcastle county, on Delaware,
Mrs. Mary Hili—ln this city, Mrs. Keppele, the consort of
Major John Kepple.
An excellent RECEIP T to cure BEEF.
FIRST pack your meat close down in a tub, without
rubbing any salt on it, them take to fix gallons of water
hx quarts of coarse salt, one pound and a half of brown
fufer, and two ounces of faltpetre (or any larger quantity ter
the above proportion) put it in a pot over the tik, Ikimming
it whi)R a (cum arises, and when done, take the liquor off;
and let it by to cool, and when cold pour it on the packed,
meat so as to cover it with the pickle- This is Sufficient to
cure one barrel, or two hundred and twenty pounds, and can
be recommended, by many persons, who have tried it for Se
veral years. [The different printers are desired to infers this
receipt.}
A gentleman of diftin&ion has favored the printer with the
following lift of the officers killed and wounded at Fort
Washington, viz.
KILLED, Col. Baxter of Bucks county, Pennsylvania—
Capt. Miller of the fifth Pennsylvania battalion—Lieutenants
Harrifen and Nin Taunhill, of Col. Rawlings's battalion of
Marylanders.
WOUNDED, Col. Rawlings Rightly in the small of the
leg—Major Williams Rightly iff the upper part of the thigh
a —Lieut. Hanson, of Col. Rawlings's battalion, in the (Boul
der ; the ball cut out, like to do well l —Some few other offi
cers, whose names could not be recollected, very Rightly
wounded.
The loft of the enemy, according to the Left information
received, is three hundred and twenty-seven Hessian officers and
privates killed and wounded. One Captain killed, and thirty
or forty privates of the British troops killed and wounded ;
but the loss of the latter is supposed to be much more con
siderable. The loss sustained by our troops could not be ex
actly ascertained, but, from all the intelligence received, is
supposed to be very inconsiderable.
591
Mr. Towne,
IT is net easy to conceive how much I was surprised and
disappointed at the difeourfe of my friend, as communi
cated to you in my last. There is indeed no knowing whom
to trust in these times, and people fhpuld be very cautious
how they open their minds to men of a doubtful political
character. It is a maxim in our society of Tories to be very
circumspect in this particular; but 1 confefs 1 was taken in,
in this inßance, and have had the mortification of being re
primanded for my indiferetion at a full meeting of our so
ciety: But as my friend in Front-street was in the chair, I
came off as well as I could expert.
You can't imagine what regularity and method prevails in
our body; we are all formed into Committees of various de
nominations, and appointed for various uses. I have the ho
nor to belong to the Committee of Wiles and Stratagems. It
Was I, Mr. Towne, who lately planned and executed the
scheme for dealing from an express certain letters and def
patches from General Washington to Congress ; and you
may depend upon it that whilst the Committee of Congress
were searching Bristol for those letters, they were on their
way to our friend General Howse ; where they arrived fafe, as
we have been since informed. You may be fare I gained
great applause for this manoeuvre.
We have two other Committees, the one called a Commit
tee of False Reports, whole business it is to fabricate and publish
such articles of fappofed intelligence as may best serve the pur
pose of alarming the timid, and diffracting tne minds of the
people. These are given out at such times as the various cir
cumltances of public affairs may render them mod probable,
and are some times circulated, by whispers, in so secret a man
ner, that their origin cannot be traced ; and at other times,
openly, by means of the Pennsylvania Ledger : The other is
called the Committee of True Intelligneee, whose business it is
to employ proper persons as spies ; These are directed to
mix amongst the people in the characters of Whigs, and
to hire themselves as servants and waiters in fach houses
and taverns as are frequented by Members of Congress. They
also employ emissaries to keep up a communication with Lord
and General Howe, which is done under various mafaues and
disguises.
Happily for us, the feverai flages and ferries have been
quite free; so that our meflengers have passed and repaffed
unexamined, and this department hath as yet been attended
with little or no -difficulty. We have ^fo a Committee of
Lies ; whose duty differs from that of False Reports in this ; the
one misrepresents iatts refpe&ing the movements of the ar
mies, and things of a public nature, the other only devise
temporary lies, refpe&ing what passes in this city, and par
ticularly as to the deliberations and intentions of Congrefs.'
These Ires mult be frefh and frefh every other day, and are
always backed with a strong assertion that the information came
from a Member of Congress.
Another Committee is the Committee of Extortion, it is
their part to monopolize as far as they can the articles ne
c flary for the rebel army, and to hold up at high prices all
the necessaries of life, in order to make the people discon
tented and udeffy.-
The last Committee 1 Full mention, is the Depreciating
Committee —as ufeful a Committee, Mr. Towne, as any. It
is their business to devise ways and means to depreciate the
Continental currency, arid persuade the people<hat it is of no
value, but will fink in their hands, to their utter ruin. This
Committee is very large,, arid comuofed chiefly of monied
mum