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BOSTO N, August 2.
The following letter was taken in Capt. Arnard, in the
Queen of England ftorelhip, addressed to an officer's daugh
ter then in this town, dated Cork, Sept. 20, 1775'
AS your letter (which I received the second inst.)
comes from the world of war, surrounded with
fire and sword, sickness and poor provisions, it
gives us great pleasure to hear that all your
family are in the land of the living; and, whilst you
can exist in the flames, we may call you all Salaman
ders. God grant you a speedy call from butchering your
friends there, to protest us here from the Spaniards, from
whom we expert a visit so soon as B—-— te and N^ =th
can advise them of our troops here being embarked for your
assistance. However, as a recompence to us for the lots of
these brave fellows, our generous Popifh Nobility arid Gentry
have offered to raise Popith regiments to protect this kingdom,
which proposal has been graciously received; so that you must
acknowledge us to be under a kind and promiling influence.
Every day 'our ears and eyes are saluted with drums beating,
and colours flying for volunteers (as they call them) with Mr.
Cowley at their head, with a dray and teveral barrels of beer
on it, to entice the rabble ; and, like the wide ocean, he re
ceives all pick pockets, ffioe boys, cleve boys, and cow boys
with green boughs stuck up (to save the expence of cockades)
in their hats, together with many fagots decorated in the
fame uniformo ; from hence they marched on this glorious ex
pedition to Bandon, and some other constitutional towns ; but
how can I relate (after eating some of his late Majesty's bread)
without wetting my paper with tears, the indignity that was
offered to his Majesty's forces 1 Oh Shocking ! Like soldiers,
discharged for their crimes, they were drummed out of town !
For as faft they beat up for the service, these riotous people b at
up for the Americans, but Bandon very generously threw
them three or four pick pockets, to save the trouble of hang
ing them, and to purge the town.
These, my dear Mil's are to be our guards. What
life do you think swords or fire arms can be of to such ragged
rascals? For my part, I know of none; but this I know, that
the spade, bill-hook, shovel and pitch fork, they can exercise
with great dexterity, and with Shane Burgoe for their general
issimo, they may cut us down like sods of turf. Do not start
at the generalissimo that I have mentioned, for in these times
it is no new thing to hold plurality of places, for we have a
recent instance, that a man may be inverted with ecclefiaftick
and civil power, and may be as well with military. And
now that you hear of our situation, do not you think it equal
to yours? With this difference, that yours is immediate,
ours in profpe& ; which, when arrived, will certainly tea
minate in a massacre. Previous thereto, the White Boys are
up by hundreds, butchering the country, and ride in uni
formo.
To be serious, our feelings are very strong for the troops,
who have no hand in this quarrel, other than to obey com
mand; and whose principles I am persuaded are opposite to
the part they are to aft. ' But as the,provincials are Draggling
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for our religous and civil liberties, united to their own, opt
hearts must be callous to our own fafety if we did not feel
for them, and with well to their cause ; and I am certain rhe
Provincials proceed with reluctance against his Majesty's
troops, ar d wish no other revenge than tne poffeffiom of chofc
infernal villains, the King's inveterate enemies, who have
caused such horrid bloodshed and devaluation, N——th and
B—te. And were their heads on the gates, and their bodies
at Surgeon's-Hall, it would not be a recompence for the life
of one of the most abandoned battalion men that fell in the
engagement ; but their lives and their odious offspring would
be poor revenge for the many brave^men who have fell in
the slaughter-house. May the great God who, beholds the
oppression and wrongs of all mortals, give you and all bis
Majesty's forces a fafe retreat from that combustible world,
and be the retreat in whatever way it may happen, I am fare
the nation will call it a constitutional and glorious retreat -;
tho' perhaps the rotten part of the ministry may call it inglori
ous. Our thoughts are so closely connected with political
affairs, and the weapons of vengeance that hangs over our
heads, that we regard no domestic intelligence. Even births,
weddings and bills of mortality, give way to more serious
matters."
Friday last was taken to the eastward of Mount Defart, by
two whalemen, and last Wednesday sent in here, a large
schooner of one hundred and sixty tons, bound from Jamaica
to Halifax, laden with rum, sugar, pimeato, &c. She, it
is said, was formerly owned at Salem.
N E W-Y O R K, Augeft &
Yesterday two deserters came from the fleet, who fay that
Lord Howe is preparing for an attack, that the field pieces
were put on board a vessel, and it was supposed the forces
would land on Long-inland, while the ffiips attacked the
city.
We hear from Elizabethtown, that on a late alarm there,
when an immediate attack of the regulars was expe&ed, and
every man capable of bearing arms was summoned to de
fend it, there were three or four young men, brothers, going
out from one house, when an elderly lady, mother, or grand
mother, to the young men, who, without betraying the least
signs of timidity, had, with a refolate calmness, encou
raged and assisted them to arm, when they were ready to go,
and just setting out, addressed them thus, " My children, I
" have a few words to fay to you, you are going out, in a
" just cause, to fight for the rights and liberties of your
“ country ; you have my bleffiog and prayers, that God
“ will protect and aflift you. But if you fall; his will be
" done. Let me beg of you, my children, that if you fall,
"it may be like men ; and that your wounds may not be in
" your back parts."
. COX E, FURMAN and COXE,
HAVE for Tale a few calks of INDIGO, and an assort
ment of DRY GOODS. Also SUGARS, MELAS
SES, CHOCOLATE, GENEVA, COTTON, &c,
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