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Intelligence received by Congress concerning the re
duction of Mount Washington by the enemy on the
16th infant.
Early last Saturday morning Col. Magaw polled
his troops partly in the lines thrown up by our ar
my,on our firft coming thither from New-York,
and partly on a commanding hill laying north of
Mount Washington (the lines being all to the south
ward). In this portion the attack began about
ten o'clock, whicli our troops flood, and returned
the fire in such a manner as gave great hopes the
enemy was intirely repulsed; but at this time a bo
dy of troops crossed Harlem river in boats, and
landed within the second lines, our troops being
then engaged in the firll.
Col. Cadwallader, who commanded in the lines,
sent off a detachment to oppole them; but they,
being overpowered by numbers, gave way; upon
which Col. Cadwallader ordered his troops to re
treat, in order to gain the fort, and the enemy,
eroding over, came in upon them in such a man
ner that a number of them surrendered. At this
time the Hessians advanced on the north fide of the
fort in very large bodies; they were received by
the troops posted there with proper spirit, and kept
back a considerable time But at length they were
also obliged to lubmit to a superiority of numbers,
and retire under the cannon of the fort.
The enemy having possessed themselves of the
adjacent ground, which, rendered the fort no lon
ger tenable, the garrison surrendered.
The numbers killed or wounded on either fide
:tri et known, but from the heaviness and con
tinuance of the fire, it is supposed there must have
been considerable execution.
Published by order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
The following is a lilt of the Pennsylvania offi
cers, who were upon York island when the engage
ment begm near Mount Washington, viz.—
MAGA\ s battalion, Colonel Robert Magaw,
Major Batey. Captains, Miller, Decker, Vanlant,
Richardson, Steward. Lieutenants, Crawford,
Dover, Law -n;e, Young, Phile, Rudolph. Helm,
Jenny, Wilkey, Finley, Morgan, Standley. En
signs, Vanhorn, Hovington, Beaty, Gibbins. Doc
tor, M'Henry.—CADWALLADER's battalion.
Captains, Weft, Graydon, Lenox, Biles, Tuder,
Edwards. Lieutenants, Weltcoat, Forrelt, Davi
fon, Betting, Tilton, Bicker, Broadhead, Knox,
Woodside, Duguid. Ensigns, Stideford, Old,
M'Entire, Chickley, Weaver. Dr. Hodge.—
ATLEE's battalion. Captain Dehuff. Lieutenants,
Caldwell, Ward, Weidman. Ensign Whitehead.
— SWOOP's battalion, Colonel Swoop. Captains,
Smycer, Trett, M'Donald, Stake. Lieutenants,
. Shugart, Robeson, Patton, Clayton, Holfinger,
Davis, Welsh. Ensigns, Barnet, Myers, How.
Doctor Fullerton. WATT's battalion, Major
Galbreath. Captains, M'Elhatten, M'Farland,
Camble, Snider. Lieutenants, M'Clure, Halliday,
Blackney, Darlington, Crawford, Hunter, Reece,
M'Farland, Johnson. Ensign M'EIhatten.—MONT
GOMERY'S battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas
Bull. Captains, Wallace, M'Cleur, Hetherling,
Culbertson. Lieutenants. M'Clellan, Smith,
Anderson, Thamas, Davis, W. Wynn, T. Wynn,
Lindsay, Cloud, White. Adjutant Woodbridge.
Ensigns, Paul, Vaughan, Hopkins.
A treaty of alliance was lately formed at Fort
Pitt with the Delawares, Mingoes, and ShaWa
nefe.
*, The members of the Committee of the coun
ty of Philadelphia are requeued to meet at ten
o'clock on Friday the 20th instant, at the Connef
togoe Waggon, in Market-street, in order to re
ceive the salt alotted for the said county by the
Council of Safety, and to proportion it to the se
veral townships. Those townships where no Com
mittee-men have been chosen are desired to appoint
proper persons to attend at the fame time. The
townships also that have negleded to apply for their
proportions of Filher and Shewell's salt are to take
notice, that unless they make application on the
abovementioned day, they will be excluded from
said proportions.
On Tuesday evening a messenger was dispatched
from the Admiralty to Plymouth, with dispatches
to the commanding officer of the fleet there going
to Quebec with 4000 troops, which lay in the
Sound waiting for a fair wind, and to the Com
missioners of Plymouth Dock; and a messenger to
Portsmouth witli orders for two men of war to be
got ready, with all expedition to meet the return
of the India Ship's in a certain latitude, where they
may be likely to meet with American privateers to
convoy them fafe to England.
By private letters the army under the command
of Gen. Clinton, was composed of the 15th, 33d,
37th, 54th, and 57th regiments, with two compa
nies of artillery, in the whole, 3395 men, to which
we may add the marines amounting to about 300
men.
is further observed that in this affair, the artillery
which did such damage on board the Britiffi fleet,
were forty-two pounders, which formerly belonged
to the Foudroyant, a French man of war taken last
war, and given to the province of South-Carolina
on the Governor's felicitations.
PHILADELPHIA.
We hear that General Howe has got possession of
Fort Lee—but we cannot yet learn the particulars.
In CONGRESS, November 15, 1776.
Resolved, That a bounty of Twenty Dollars, b>
paid to the Commander, Officers and Men of such
Continental ships or vessels of war as shall make
prize of any Britilh ships or vessels of war, for
eyery cannon mounted on board each prize at the
time of such capture, and Eight Dollars per head
for every man then on board, and belonging to
such prize.
That the rank of the Naval Officers be to the
rank of Officers in the Land Service as follows.
Admiral - - as a - - General.
Vice Admiral - - - Lieutenant General.
Rear Admiral- - - - Major General.
Commodore - , - Brigadier General.
Capt. of a ship of 40 guns and upwards Colonel.
Captain of 20 to 40 guns - Lieutenant Colonel.
Captain of 10 to 20 guns - Major.
Lieutenant in the Navy - - Captain.
That the pay of all officers and men in the Ame
rican Navy, from the date of the new commissions
under the Free and Independent States of Ameri
ca, be as follows.
Ships of 20 guns and upwards. Ships of 10 to 20 guns.
Captain [6O dollars byCa-j. Dollars
[ lender Month
Lieutenant 30 ditto. 24 ditto.
Mader 30 ditto. 24 ditto.
Master's Mate 15 ditto. 15 ditto.
Boatswain 15 ditto. 13 ditto.
Boatswain's Mate 9 one half ditto. 9 ditto.
Gunner 15 ditto. 13 ditto.
Gunner's Mate 9 one half ditto. 9 ditto.
Surgeon 25 ditto. 21 two thirds do.
Surgeon's Mate 15 ditto. 13 one third do.
Carpenter 15 ditto. 13 ditto.
Carpenter's Mate 9 one half ditto. 9 ditto.
Cooper 9 ditto. 9 ditto.
Midfllipman 12 ditto. 12 ditto.
Armourer 9 ditto. 9 ditto.
Sail-maker 10 ditto. 10 ditto.
Sail maker's Mate 8 one third do. 8 one third do.
Yeoman 8 one half ditto. 8 one half ditto.
Quarter-Master 9 ditto. 8 one half ditto.
Cook 9 ditto. 8 one half ditto.
Coxswain 9 ditto. 9 ditto.
Captain's Clerk 15 ditto. 12 ditto.
Steward 10 ditto. 10 ditto.
Chaplain 20 ditto.
Yeomen of the? ,
n n q one half ditto. 9 ditto.
Powder-Room, J 7
Master at Arms 10 ditto. 9 ditto.
Seamen 9 ditto. 8 ditto.
Vessels under 10 guns to be commanded by
Lieutenants.
Lieutenant commanding - 30 Dollars.
Mates - - - 15 ditto.
Boatswain - - - 12 ditto.
Gunner 12 ditto.
Carpenter - - - 12 ditto.
The other officers and men the fame as in vessels
from io to 20 guns.
MARINE OFFICERS.
Captain - - 30 Dollars per Calender
Lieutenant - 20 ditto. (month.
Serjeant - - 8 # ditto.
Corporal, Drum and Fife, each 7 One third ditto.
Privates - - - 6 Two Thirds ditto.
By order of Congress,
JOHN HANCOCK, Prefdent.
Barnard Dougherty, Thomas Smith, Benjamin
Elliott, David Espy, George Woods and Henry
Rhoads, Esquires; are elected Reprefentativts for
Bedford County.
RETURN of the Gent'emen elected into the reflec
tive Offices for Chester County.
Counfellor, John Evans.
Afembly, John Jacobs, Caleb Davis, Joseph
Gardner, John Fulton, Samuel Cunningham, John
Sellers.
Sheriffs, John Kinkade, Robert Smith.
Coroners, Harvey Lewis, Evan Evans.
Commissioner, Nicholas Fairlamb.
Assessors, David Cloyd, Andrew Boyd, Benja
min Brannan, Mark Wilcocks, John Ralston, An
drew Boyd, jun.
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GRAINS and YEAST
To be had of
ROBERT HARE, and Comp.
At the Porter Brew-house; between Vine and Race
ftreets, in Water-street. The Sale of Grains will
begin on Tuesday next, the 26th inst. and that
of Yeast on Thursday the filth of December.
RAN-AWAY the 18th instant, a Negro man
named DICK, by trade a blacksmith, about
twenty-two years of age, near five feet fix inches
high. He had on, when he went away, a London
brown short coat with yellow buttons, a scarlet
jacket which had been turned, with yellow buttons,
striped ticken trousers, an old beaver hat, new
pumps, and plated buckles. It 1^ supposed he is in
or near this city, working at his trade. Whoever
brings the said Negro to the fubferiber, shall have
TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward.
Philad. Oft. 19 . ALEXANDER TOD
in Front-street, two doors above Chefnut-direct.
NICHOLAS BROOKS,
At his Picture, Jewellery, and Dry Goods Shop, the
fourth door above Blaek-Horfe Alley, in Second
freet, Philadelphia.
KEYSERS pills, Maredant's drops, worm cakes,
Anderson's Scotch pills, Hooper's female pills,
Turlington's drops, Bateman's drops, Stoughton's
bitters, blue dye, Dr. Hill's balsam of honey, Har
laem oil, cripple curing oil. Also,
Elegant patte and Hone buckles for ladies, gilt and
paste Ihoe and knee buckles, flone and pafle flock
buckles, gold earrings, gold and garnet broaches,
gold and garnet rings, gold and moco-ftone sleeve
buttons, a variety of chriftal and paste sleeve but
tons, a beautiful assortment of earrings set round
with marquifet and in pearl, silver thimbles and
broaches, a variety of bottle hands, figured seals
mounted in gold and other forts, fine set combs,
black led pencils, a good assortment of tooth pick
cases set in silver and mounted in gold, bell razor
metal feiffors, cases of razors, a very elegant assort
ment of ladies lockets in gold and real garnet and
other forts, the celebrated jubilee knives and forks,
a few very elegant ladies pocket books, tobacco and
fnuff boxes, key rings, japan wares, a variety of
new music, good Roman fiddle firings, fifes, blank
music books, cards of history and geography, also
a journey througli Europe or the play of geography
invented by Jefferies, for the initrudive entertain
ment of young gentlemen and ladies; a few ena
meled lamps, pump lamps, and a ball lamp for a
flair case mounted in brass, cork fkrews, decanter
corks, boot straps, tooth powder and tooth brushes
general atlaffes containing 36 new and correct maps
by Pularet and others in one large book, garden
sheers, silver pinchbeck and ftcel watch chains, sword
knots, cards of trinkets for watch makers windows,
watch springs, wash balls and pomatum, gentlemen
and ladies twist and silk horle whips mounted in
silver, view of the battle of Charleftown, Romans's
map of the feat of war, a view of the engagement
between the Row-gallies and two men of war, a
piece intilled the Comet of 74, being a political
peace done in New-England, allo the very best
copper-plate writings done by the greatest masters
in Europe, also a curious collection of the most ap
proved pi&ures, such as hunting, views of towns,
landfltips, sea fights, land battles, f^ripture pieces,
flower pieces and a great variety of japan prints,
and many other forts in and out of glass, Ac,
Atthe Request of a Number of Gentlemen, and,
particularly some reputable FARMER S,—
is now Printing by fubfeription, by JAMES
HUMPHREY S, junior, for the Advantage
of the Country in general.
RURAL CECONOMY:
Or ESSAYS ON THE
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Methods of conducing I arms of various Kinds;
including many ufeful Hints to Gentlemen
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Containing, among other Enquiries.
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Cattle on a given Quantity of Land.
Considerations on the ©economical Conduct of
Gentlemen Farmers.
Of the cheapell Way of manuring Land.
Of the Comparative Profit of Farming different;
Soils.
Of the New Husbandry.
Of Experimental Agriculture.
Of the Management of Borders of arable Fields.
01 Periodical Publications concerning Rural ©eco
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To which is added, The
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Being Memoirs of a Country Philosopher.
By ine Author of the Farmer's Letters.
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with the SPECIMEN; will contain between
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finifhed shortly.
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111. Those who subscribe for twelve books to
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SPECIMENS may be had of the Printer.
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