The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-04-18 00:00:00, page 2

CHARLESTOWN (South-Carolih'a) March 8.
On the twenty-fourth of last month the Provincial Congress
appointed the following Gentlemen to be Delegates to repre
sent this province in the Continental Congress, viz. John
Rutledge, 1 homas Lynch, Edward Rutjedge, Arthur Mid
dleton, and Thomas Heyward, jun. Efqrs.
On Sunday night, the 25th ult. about half an hour past ele
ven, a fire broke out in Meeting-Street in a house belonging
to one Lamput, a free Negro, about twe hundred yards to the
northward ;of the White-meeting. It raged with great vio
kace till about three o'clock, when the progress of the flames
was flopped at a brick house, nearly in a line behind the Old
Church. Nineteen dwelling-houses were burnt to the ground,
besides a number of outbuildings.
We are authorized to inform the public, that regular Con
stitutional Posts are now established, under authority of the,
Congress, throughout all the United Colonies, and that the
Poll-Offices are put under the care of gentlemen of honor and
fidelity, so that there may, in future, be the greatest confi,
dence in correspondence. The Pod-Office here is to be kept
where the Surveyor General's office lately^was ; a mail will
be regularly defpatched from thence every Friday to the north
ward, and another every Saturday to the southward. The
public are indebted to William Goddard, Esq; Surveyor of
the Constitutional Poll-Offices, for this new arrangement^
which will be of Singular Service at this interesting juncture,
N E W,Y ORK, April 17.
Whereas the Asia having quitted her station, and left the
harbour, the navigation between this city and New-Jersey,
by the Kills, is become quite fafe; the troops upon Staten-
Bland and Bergen Neck, .are to let all boats coming to New-
York, or returning to Jersey, to pass and repafs without mo
lettation. Given at Head-Quarters, in New-York, 14th of
April, 1776. HORATIO GATES, Adjutant General.
PHIL AJ) E L,TiTTTTA 18.
In CON GR ES S, April 16, 1776.
Whereas much inconyenience may be derived" to the pub-;
lie from Committees.(other than the Committees of Safety in
each Colony) on the public poll roads, flopping and opening
the mails, and detaining letters from the Constitutional Poll ;
It is therefore resolved, that no Committees, but the Council
or Committee of Safety, in each Colony, or Such person as
they Paall, on extraordinary occasions, authorife. Should flop
the Conftituional Poll, open the mail, or detain any letter#
therefrom. Extract from -the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec.
INVENTORY of STORES, &c. taken at Fort Montague,
March 3, 1776.
17 cannon fiomp to 3 6 pounders—l24o round fhot — 12 1 [hells
—Bl iron trucks for carriages—22 copper hoops—2 copper
powder measures—one worm—one ladle —some old iron, cop
per, and lead.
S'l ORES taken at Fort Nassau, March 4, 1776.
71 cannon from 9 to 32 pounders—ls mortars from 4 to 11
inches diameter, and beds—s 337 Shells—9B3l round Shot,
and 165 chain,and double head ditto— 140 hand grenadoea
—Bl6 fuzes, or falfe fire —99 fpunges, rammers and worms
•—46 copper ladles—4o7 copper hoops, and five copper pow
der measures—22o iron trucks for carriages—2 bells— 24
calks of powder— a quantity of match rope, not weighed —
2 double blocks with brais (leaves — 1 scale beam—l hammer
—tanned hides—2 boxes+af tallow candles— 4 barrels of
4 ditto bread, four dit%btff— part of a calk of spirit
-— I fun dial— 1 English flag.
194
TO be SOLD (for cath only) by R. Aitken, bookseller,
a large quantity of good pro patric. WRI F 1 N G, ; .
PAP E R, by the ream or quire, at his ftore.oppofite thc^.
London Coffee-houfe, Front-street.
In the PROTEST of "the Lords against the prohibitory
Bill, are the following paragraphs rejecting the Comraiffion-,
ers to be sent to America, viz.
" Seventhly, BECAUSE the whole fcherae of this, preda
tory war of private lucre is put under the arbitrary direction
of certain Commissioners, to us unknown, even by name ;
who have power to give such continuance to the ravages au
thorifed by this Bill, as their arbitrary will shall fugged ; to
pardon or except from pardon, .any number or descrip
tion of persons, and with such exceptions as they shall fee fit,
without any other rule than their own private opinion, fancy,
caprice, favour, or resentment; and, without any other rule
to open or keep fnut, any colony, province, county, town,
diftrift, or place. We are of opinion that the power left to
the Commissioners is perfectly. .unjustifiable and unconlh
tutional. It has besides a tendency to create the mol'c fhame
ful and mifehievous monopolies. The power given to the
Admiralty, and to the Weft-India, Governors, to license Ships,
is of the fame nature. If such monopolies and jobs should
not arise fiom such powers, it is no fault of this Bill, which,
as if it had these purposes in view, has taken especial care to
provide as strong a .temptation, as human nature, set above
law and restraint and furnifhed with every facility to corrup
tion, can pofibly be exposed to.
Eighthly, BECAUSE we know nothing of the bufiuefs
of these Commissioners, farther than the.above arbitrary dis
cretion with regard to pardons.. Rumour gives out, that they
are.to have a power to treat with the Americans for a redref^
of their grievances. Of this however neither the speech from.,
the throne, nor the Bill have given the lead intimation. Al
though, if the Commissioners treat on this fubjecl at all, acts
and powers of Parliament being the matter of complaint, the
Commissioners ought to derive some previous authority from-.
Parliament, in order to give, weight and efficacy to their nego.
ciations, and to preserve some appearance of dignity in our
felves.lt is hardly proper, that Parliament should appear in no
other light thanks the in ftrumentefpenalreftriftions, attainder,
penalties, and confiscations ; as the maker of menacing ad
dresses, and the rejedor of dutiful petitions. It is hardly' de
cent to Ihew ourselves fierce and inflexible here, but to be
fatisfied with permitting unknown persons, whom minifies
shall choose in future to appoint, to dispose in America of
powers and ads of Parliament at their pleafare; leaving us ..
full the odium of rejecting reasonable requests, and afters
wards the disgrace of ratifying fhameful conceflipu;”
TH REEPEN C E per pound given,
BY WILLIAM TRICKETT, itatior^, at his house in
Front-street, facing Blackborfe-alley, and iu Water
hreet, in the lower part of said house, Philadelphia, for the
best fort of CLEAN WHITE LINEN.RAGS; and so in
proportion for that of an inferior fort. The bed price given
for OLD SAILS and ROPES. Also to be. SOLD (for calk
o^ly) a large quantity of good WRITING. .PAPER, either
by, the ream or quire..
ROBERT AITKEN gives THREEPENCE per pound
for any quantity of clean LINEN RAGS. .
*#* Fine MACUBA RAPPEE (price ten Shillings per bot
tle) to be had at his Bore.