The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-10-22 00:00:00, page 1

Intelligence received in CONGRESS, October 21,
from the Middle and Northern departments.
the night of the 15th instant Cen. Mercer pafled over to
* Staten inland, with part of the troops polled at Perch Am-
I boy, and advanced within a few miles of Richmond town,
having been informed that a company of British troops,
one of Hessians, and one of Skinner's militia lay there—•
Colonel Griffin was detached with Col. Patterson's battalion,
and Major Clarke, at the head of some riflemen, to fall in
upon the eail end of the town, while the remainder of the
troops enclosed it on the other quarters ; both divifio'ns reach
ed the town by break of day, but not before the enemy were
alarmed; most of them fled after exchanging a few shot with
Col. Griffin's detachment. Two soldiers of the enemy were
mortally wounded, and Seventeen taken prisoners, with the
loss only of two soldiers killed on our fide. Col. Griffin re
ceived a wound in the foot from a musket ball, and Lieut.
Col. Smith was slightly wounded in the arm. Amongst the
prisoners taken in this action are eight Hessians. Our troops
brought off from Staten island forty five mufcets, a number of
bayonets, cotlaffes, &c. and one standard of the British light
horse.
It has been determined in a council of warat headquarters,
to remove the army from the heights of Harlem, towards
Bast and Weft Cheder, in order to outflank the enemy, and
dilappoint their intentions.
On Friday the 18th inst. one of the enemy's advanced parties,
near East Chester, fell in with part of Col. Glover's brigade,
when a smart and close engagement ensued, in which our
men behaved with great coolness and intrepidity, and drove
the enemy back to their main body.
That on the 1 ith instant, at eight o'clock in the morning,
the enemy's fleet on lake Champlain, confiding of one ship
mounting sixteen guns, one snow mounting the fame num
ber, one schooner of fourteen guns, two of twelve, two
(loops, a bomb ketch, and a large vessel (her force unknown)
with fifteen or twenty flat bottomed boats or gondolas, car
rying one twelve or eighteen pounder in their bows, appeared
off Cumberland head. Gen. Arnold, with his forces, im
mediately prepared to receive them. At eleven o'clock the
attack began, at half pad twelve the engagement became
general and very warm ; some of the enemy's ships, and all
their gondolas, beat up and rowed within musket shot of our
fleet. They continued a very hot fire with round and grape
shot till five o'clock, when they thought proper to retire
about fix or seven hundred yards distance, and continued
there until dark. Gen. Arnold and his troops conducted
themselves, during this action, with great firmnefs and in
trepidity, and made a better resistance than could have been
expected againff a force so greatly superior. The whole of
our killed and wounded amounted to about sixty. The Phi
ladelphia gondola, and a schooner, were loft in the engage
ment, but all the men were saved. The enemy landed a
large number of Indians on Schuyler's island, and on each
(hore, who kept up an inceflant fire, but did little damage.
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PHIL ADELPHIA.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1776.
525
Philadelphia, October 22, 1776.
A PARCEL of exceeding good Carolina SOAL LEA
THER will be (applied to shoemakers, or given in ex
change, rated at firli cost, for good strong well made men's
shoes, fit for the use of the army, by MEASE and CALIN
WELL.
The enemy had, tp appearance, upwards of one thonfend
men in batteaua prepared for boarding.
The enemy's force being so greatly superior, it was deter?
mined in council to remove to Crown Point, in order to refit
and collet our force. At two o'clock, P. M. the icth/ out
fleet weighed anchor, with a frefli breeze to the southward.
The enemy's fleet at the fame time go: under way ; cur gon
dolas made Very little way ahead. In the evening the wind
moderated, and we made such pregiefi, that at fix o'clock
next morning we were about twenty-eight miles from Crowa
Point. The enemy's fleet was very little above Schuylei's
island, the wind breezed up to the southward, so that wd
gained very little by beating or rowing ; at the fame time
the enemy took a fteih breeze from the N. E. and, by the
time we had reached Split Rock, were along-fide of us. Th,
Washington and the Congress were in the rear, and the rest
of our fleet were ahead, except two gondolas funk at Schuy
ler's island. The Washington galley was in such a Mattered
condition, and had so many men killed and wounded, that
fte struck to the enemy after receiving a few broadsides. The
Congress was then attacked by a ship mounting twelve eigh
teen pounders, a schooner of fourteen fixes, aad one of
twelve fixes, two under her stern, and one on her broadside
within musket shot. The enemy kept up an incessant fire
about five glares with round and grape shot, which was re
turned as brifkiy. The fails, rigging, and hull of the Con
gress, were shattered and torn in pieces, when, to prevent
her falling into the enemy's hands, Gen. Arnold, who was
on board, ran her on shore in a small creek ten miles front
Crown Point, where, after taking out her small arms, she
was set on fire, with four other gondolas, with whose crews
the General reached Crown Point that evening, luckily es
caping the Savages, who waylaid the road in two hours after
he had passed it. Of our whole fleet we have saved two gal
lies, two schooners, one gondola, and one sloop.
General Arnold behaved with such intrepidity, that he
covered the retreatof the few vessels we saved, at the expence
of one third of his crew. Our commanders and men be
haved most gallantly ; some vessels having loft all their officers,
fought notwithstanding, and refufed to yield but with their
lives. The enemy acknowledge our bravery, and confefs
their loss of men equal to ours.
Our troops are now busily employed in completing the
lines, redoubts, &c. at Crown Point, expecting the enemy
to attack them with their fleet and army; but as the season is
now far advanced, and our men are daily growing in health,
they have the most flattering expectations of maintaining
their post againit any force the enemy can bring.
N. B. Two of the enemy's gondolas were funk the firft day
by our fleet, and one blown up with sixty men.
[Num. 2,4.