The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-08-03 00:00:00, page 4

By the New York Pott, which did not arrive until
pall four this afternoon, we have received the
following advices, viz.
EXITER ('New-Hampfhire) July 20.
Tuesday laftMr. Blunt, who ne,ft to,'the Northern army,
with a number of letters, returned to this town, He left
Crownpoint the I.oth inst. to nhich place the American army
had recreated. , with all their artillery, baggage, (ick, &c. and
propoled to make a fland at 'l'icOnde'rQga, fifteen mile: this
fide ; that the Minißerial army had gohdewn to St. John's
(one hundred .and twenty miles fromCrownpoint)wnich con
lifts, as is laid, of only five or fix thousand regulars, but how
ma^y Canadians and Indians is very uncertain ; from this
body .they lately lent a few Indians and took the miller at
'Crownpoint, and carried him to St. John's, who has net
. dioce returned.- This-iCthefirft vific they have dated to make
knee thei etreat of the American aimy.
Ytfteiday morning 'died at Newbury-Port, greatly lament
ed, the Rev. Jonathan Partons, one of the mpniftcts'of that
down.
An express passed through Por.fmouth last Thursday, who
brought an account that'Capt. Mowat, in the Cahceaux, bad
taken all the fiftring boats which lay within his reach, to The
,number of twenty fail, at the' eaft'ward 'of Camo-Bay.; It is
^fufpofed hehas carried them to'Halifax.
BOST ON, July ^. -- - -
Last Sunday a ship of two.hundred tons, commanded by
James Arnout, was sent into this harbour, by Commodore
Ilopkins in the George ship of war, taken ur Nantuiket-road.
She has on board sixteen hundred barrels of pork, four hun
dred firkins of butter, forne oatmeal, &c.'&c.
Last Tuesday evening came to town from Halifax,' Lieut.
.Scott of Peterboreugh, in NewTlampfhire .government,
who was wounded and taken prisoner at the memorable battle
of Bunker-hill, the seventeenth of June, 1775, and t has b een
a priloner ever since. i He informs, that he with thirteen others
broke jail about fivev/ecks ago, and betook themselves to the
woods, .where they fepaiated ; that. Captain .Martindale and
his firft and &cond Lieutenants, John Brown, rifleman, Leo
nard Briggs of Ware, and himfelf, arrived at Truro, at the
head of Cobbecut river, after a travel of three days, where
they procured a boatand got to the eastward. Thatßichard
Carpenter, formerly .a barber in this town, Philip Johnson
I'eack, David. Kemp of Groton, .and Corporal Cruse of Vir
ginia, and two others, took the road to Winds r, where
they were apprehended, and. confined in irons. That Ben
jamin Willonof Billerica, one of <the Bunker-hill priso
ners, died latelyin jail ; and that he left Mailer James Lo
vd hill confined in health and high spirits.
A letter from New-London, of the 17th inst. fays, *' A
vessel arrived here fromHifpaniola, two days since, brings the
following intelligence, that the British Court applied to the
States of Holland for the, loan of several millions, for which
the States demanded ten, per cent, which the Ambassador was
not empowered to give, until leave was firft had from Eng
land, and while he was waiting for this, Spain Heps in, takes
the money, and pays the ten per cent, afterwards the English
Ambassador applied, but it was too late."
WORCEST E R, July 24.
Last Sunday arrived here Major Meigs, who has returned
home bn his parole, to return when called for. He left Que
b c the 18th of May. He has brought letters from Major Big
cow, and other officers and soldiers in captivity, who were ail
MUfa. [hataime.
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Last Thursday the Declaration of the Congress for Ind. 4 ,
pendancy was proclaimed from the State-hmfe in Bodo ,
amid# the acclamations of thoufanT, who adembled on the
occahon.
NT W-YOk.K, August i.
A letter dated July 23, at fort Mmtgomery, about fixty
eight miles up the NorU-rfo, gives us the fmlowia?
intelligence, viz. '
" Tnat the Briqfh piratical rovers, up that river, were
mellow VfrplankV point. The/r motions were un
known, but it plainly appeared that their ^cfig n in coming
up was intimly frustrated, They were far from expecting
w ^^° r ^TW.efl prepped to receive t^m, eipecially at the
fort. ' ! 'hey were well watched on both fi% the river, and
on I riday Hit, one of th.fr tenders, having got ag.ouni,
would have been dqtroye.d'ty cur .people on ihare, had b'
not been for want of boats. ^ continual fire of mufquetry
was kept upon her till she was relieved by thcaffiftance of~th£
Lede man of war. ^tapt. Wallace, the noted pirate, with
ab lit thirty n@, landed at Haverftraw, where they set fire
to the houle of;Ga,pt Lilly, a looted Tory, who y^ she fi.fi
and only ope, iwfo received a specimen of the kind treat,'
merit they,' as wed as others, may expert from their newir
adopted friends. CTe Br.it.ifh att of Parliament mikes no
^dillin&ion between such and the freemen of America.
We have at this poll ope thousand men well equine
-feveh hundred at fort Constitution, and several thoufa..ds 'cl
Peek's-kill, on Both tides of the river. At General Clin
ton's regueft 1 came down here, to ahift in preparations for
a proper reception of me enemy, Should they deign to favor
I ps with a viiit.
~Laft Thursday ^ prisoner escaped, by fivimming from %
Board the Role-man of war. He is a native of Boston, well
known to many officers and men from thence in the train,
was last Summer in the service. He was taken by the Rose
in hjs paflage from Iplwitch to the Well Indies, to that hi's
information, refpeding these worse than Bee-boaters, may
be relied on, viz.
" That by the conversation of the Rofe's crew, he found
that they expeded on coming up, to be joined by five hun
dred Tories, who were to have driven down with them,
plenty of flock, of all fort§ ; that they had been informed
great quantities of provision, and goods o' all kinds were
deposited in the stores at Peek's Kill, which they were to
have destroyed, and then, proceeding through the Highlands,
to Poughkeepsie, were there to destroy our men of 'war on
the flocks. That they appeared highly mortified, at finding
every thing in a situation so different from what they had
been made to expert. That the Rose had on board one
hundred and twenty men (boys included) and twenty ma
rines. That in pacing New-York, the greatell damage they
received was from the batteries at Powles-Huok ferry, and
the Blue Bell. That the cook, and another man had each a
leg, and another had his thigh taken off by a cannon ball.
That a twelve pound shot lodged in the head of the foremaft,
just below the hounds, one went through and through the
quarter, one into the quarter gallery and cabin, and three
were cut out just above her black streak. Her shrouds and
rigging were much hurt. The Phoenix's damage he was un
acquainted with; and, being a prisoner, it could not be ex
pected they should inform him. He only heard accidentally
that the had a twelve pound Ihot in her bowsprit."
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