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tines, instruments, an 1 o'l er neceffarfe^ to take care
of the tick and wounded.
XIV. That the commissioned officers of each com
pany of minute-men form their companies into four
sub-divisions, in ftich manner as they shall think
mod convenient for their frequent meetings ; the
lub-diviiims m der their refpe&ive officers to meet
once in every week, and to employ half a day, or
at least four hours each time, in perfecting themselves
in military discipline, the whole companies to meet
once every fortnight, to spend the lame time for the
fame purpose. That the several companies of mi
nute-men be formed into regiments, to consist of
about (even companies each ; that there be commissi
oned by this Congress to each regiment, one Colonel,
one Lieutenant Colonel, and two Majors, an Adju
tant and Quarter-Matter.
XV. That those regiments be formed into brigades,
each brigade to consist of about regiments
That there be
commissioned by this Congress, to each brigade, one
Brigadier General, and a Major of brigade.
XVI. That the whole body of minute men fliall
be under the direction of the Major General, ap
pointed by this Congress, while within the colony,
unless a Continental officer of fupeiior, or equal rank
be present.
XVII. That the minute men when called out in
defence of their country, shall be lubjcd to the arti
cles of war established, by the Continental Congress ;
and be intitled to the fame allowance as to pay and
provifiors, with the Continental forces; and tp be
under the diie&ion of the commander in chief of
thole forces.
XVIII. That they be fubje& to the like penalties
and forfeitures for not attending on the days appoint
ed for exercise, as above mentioned : T he laid fines, to
be levied and applied as above directed.
XIX. That in case of an alarm, invasion, or in
furre&ion, every subaltern and soldier, is immedi
ately to repair, properly armed and accoutred to bis
colours, or parade (which parade shall be understood
to be the habitation of his Captain, unless otherwise
ordered. And the Captain, or commanding officer
of the company nearest to the place where Inch in
vasion or infurre&ion shall be, shall immediately
march bis company to oppose the enemy, at the fame
time fend off an express to the commanding officer of
the regiment, or brigade to which he belongs, who
is to march with the whole, or part of the militia
under his command, as he shall judge necessary,
and use all possible diligence to prevent the enemy
from landing, or penetrating into any part of the
country, and to quell every infurrefbon.
And also to fend immediate intelligence to the
Major General, and to the commanding officeis of
the counties adjacent, informing them of the Strength
and motions of the enemy.
That every officer, non commissioned officer, ard
private, who shall negle&, or refufa to perform his
duty in this case required, shall be fubje& to such
pains, penalties and forfeitures as shall be adjudged
by a general couit martial.
XX. That at lead twice in every year, the Cap
tains, or in their absence the next commanding officer
of every company of militia, as well of the minute
men as others, shall deliver to the Colonel of the re
giment, a true and complete roll, containing the
names of all the men belonging to bis company,
under the penalty of £.2. to be recovered and ap
plied as is herein before directed ; .and the Colonels
of the regiments shall within one month after the re
ceipt of every such roll, deliver, or fend a copy of
every such roll to the Brigadier General of the bri
gade to which he belongs, who is directed to fend
the fame, or a copy, to the Major General of the
colony.
XXI. That in case of an alarm, or invasion, the
officer commanding in each diftri&, shall leave a pro
per detachment of his company to guard against the
infurie&ion of Slaves, or if judged more expedient
and late, may take the slaves, or part of them with
him, and employ them in carrying baggage, drawing
cannon, or the like.
XXII. That all perlons, as well minute-men as
others, able to bear arms, who shall leave, or at
tempt to leave a place actually invaded, without leave
of the officer commanding such place, or who shall
r fufe to obey order in time of actual invasion, or
i uiureaion, shall be liable to such punifhnent as
shall be infliaed by a court-martial.
XXIII. That in case it shall be judged necessary
at any time and place by this Congress, by the Com
mittee of Safety, or by the several Committees of
the refpe&ive counties or ddlii&s, that a military
watch be ellablifhed, all perlons able to bear arms
where such watch is judged to be necessary, shall,
upon due warning, be obliged to Serve on such watch,
under the penalty of 12s. for every neglect ; a com
mifiioned officer in turn to mount such guard in per
son, under the penalty of 405.
XXIV. That every centinel who shall leave his
post, or be found asleep where he is polled, shall be
liable to such punishment as shall be inflicted by a
court-martial.
XXV. That when the militia, as well minute
men as others, in case of invasion, or infurre&ion,
firall be called out on a&ual Service, they shall be Sub
ject to the fame rules and ordpis as directed and or
dered by the Continental Congicis of the associated
colonies, held at Philadelphia, on the loth day of
May lalt, for the better government of the Conti
nental troops.
By Order,
F. V. B. LIVINGSTON, President.
Attest.
JOHN MCKESSON, 7 c .
ROBERT BENSON, 5 Secretaries.
Ne^v-York, Committee Chamber, if Sept. 177 $.
Y^ THEREAS this Committee by their Reflation
V c of the firfi of May lafl, and the Continental
Congress by their Rejoice of the 27th jaid Month,
ordered, that no Ptowfam Jbould be exported to
^ebec, Nova-Scotia, Georgia, Newfoundland, or any
Fart of the Filing Coafl or Fifing I,ands to the Eafl
ward of Nantucket. And whereas it appears to this
Committee, by the Depositions of Charles Dekay, M&f
ter, and Thomas Miilroy, Mate, of the Sloop Sally,
whereof John Chriflian Drewidts, and Moses Delis
Dernier, are Owners, That they tbefaid John Cbrif
tian Drewidts, and Moses Delis Dernier, did load the
fad Sloop with Frovifons ; and the said Moses Delis
Dormer, did proceed with her, jo loaded, to Nova-
Scotia, and there disposed of the fame, in Violation of
the Reflve of the fold Continental Gongrefs: And
whereas it further appears by the DepoJition of Capt.
,e,thing, tee Ma,er of the Sloop Elizabeth, whereof
Thomas Ludlow, was Owner, that the said Thomas
Ludlow did load the said Sloop in the Fort of New-
TrA with Provifotss; ard with her, so loaded, did
priced to rhe I,and , Newfoundland, "and there dij
-1 ^? dufor., tn NArtion of the afore, aid Re,eke:
RESOLVED, if. That :be De,cfaxm of the said
Chad 5 Dekay, TF mas Millry .and Richard fcak%,
G< ,uNfeta an the News Facers in this City.
RESOLVED, id. Hal the , id fohn Chrifiiat
Drewidts, Moses Delis Dernier, Charles Dekays and
Thomas Ludlow, have knowingly violated the before
mentioned Rejolve of the Continental Congress, and the
General Afaiation entered into by the Inhabitants of
this City and County: And that tbefaid John Chrifian
Drewidts, Moses Delis Dernier, Charles Dekay,
and Thomas Ludlow, have federally afled inimical,
to, and have been guilty of a high Infringment op a
Re,lve of the associated American Colonies.
By Order oj the Committee,
HENRY REMSEN, Dep. Chairman.
Sworn this gift day of August, 1775, before me,
Wm. Waddell, Alderman.
I RICHARD JENKING,failed from New-York
on the 28th of May last, as matter of the (loop
Eiizabeth, belonging to Mr. Thomas Ludlow, laden
with provision, to wit, Bread, flour, pork, Indian
corn, and a small parcel of iron ; that the said Tho
mas Ludlow went with me . owner and supercargo,
and took with him four Negroes, three of which I
understood were his own. We came to an anchor
that day within Sandy Hook Light-House ; next day
about noon got under way, and put to sea. I took
the log-book and marked it towards Bermuda ; and
that he then told me not to be furprized, that he in
tended to go to Newfoundland. I found myfelf
obliged to follow his orders, and flipped a course for
Cape Race. The 14th of june arrived at the har
bour of Trespass, in Newfoundland, and there
landed the cargo, which he fold to Jackson and Hal
let, Merchants, of Topfliam, for Sixteen and Six
pence, Sterling, round, as he informed me. I dif
fered with him there, for deceiving me, ard would
have left him, could I have got a passage home. He
took a passage in a small vessel belonging to Mr.
Jackson, for Quebec, and gave me my failing orders
to follow him, which I did : He arrived at Quebec
some days before me. At my arrival he ordered me
to bawl the vessel close into the town in the mud. In
a few days he informed me that he was going to tske
on board cattle for the Weft Indies, j demanded
my uuchai^e, and told him I would wot proc^d any
City of Iff CHARLES DEKAY, of the
New-York, V° t city of New-Yoik, mariner,
and commander of the sloop Sally, now lying in the
port of New-York, being duly sworn, makes oath,
That on or about the beginning of June last, he failed
from the said port of New-York, on board of the
said sloop, as matter and commander thereof, with a
cargo confiding of flour, rye meal, bread, pork,
Indian corn, rum, and some boards, to the river
called Pettiquit Jack, in Nova-Scotia, where Mr.
Moses Delis Dernier, supercargo and part owner of
the said sloop and cargo, disposed of a small part of
the said cargo, to wit, of fomeof the flour and some
of the bread ; that from thence he proceeded with the
remainder of the said cargo on board of the laid sloop,
to the townfllip of Shippody, in the province of
Nova-Scotia aforefaid, and there difeharged some
part of the said cargo, by the direction of the said
Moses Delis Dernier ; that from the townlhip of
Shippody, he proceeded with the laid sloop and the
residue of the said cargo, to the town of Cumberland,
in the province aforefaid, where the said sloop was
discharged of her said cargo, and the fame was dis
posed of in manner following, to wit, Part to Mr.
John Avary, of Windsor, then at Cumberland
aforefaid, who loaded or put the part so purchased by
him on board of a schooner, to go to Windsor afore
faid, part confining of flour, bread, Iron and Steel,
amounting to about the sum of two hundred and
ninety odd pounds, sterling, in value, to Mr. Tho
mas Clough, of the town of Boston (which he told
the deponent he intended to carry or convey to Wind
sor afoiefaid, or Machias, in order therewith to
purchase a cargo for the Weft Indies, which the
deponent believed to be true) and the rest in small
parcels to the inhabitants of the said town of Cum
berland ; that that part of the said cargo fold to the
said Thomas Clough as aforefaid, was fold for the
fame price that the said John Avary purchased at ;
that the deponent had no knowledge or expectation
or belief at the time of the file of part of the said
Cargo, to the said Thomas Clough, that he intended
to convey any part thereof so purchased by him to
any other place than Windsor, or Machias aforefaid,
for the purposes aforefaid; and that he the deponent
verily believes, and is well assured, that the said
Thomas Clough, did not convey any part of the said
cargo so purchased by him as aforefaid, to the town
of Boston ; and this deponent further faith, that the
said (loop's cargo being difeharged and disposed of as
aforefaid, he proceeded from Cumberland aforefaid,
on board of the said sloop, in ballast, to this city,
where he arrived about the twenty third instant; and
this deponent further faith, that besides the Hoop's
cargo before mentioned, he had an adventure be
longing to him the deponent, on board, of two hun
dred and fifty weight of hams, and one hundred and
fifty gallons of rum, which were disposed of at
Cumberland aforefaid, in small parcels to the inhabi
tants :---Aid further the deponent faith, That be
fore he left New-York, in the said voyage, lie the
deponent was informed by Moses Delis Dernier, one
of the owners of the said vtffel, that die was bound
for the Bay of Fundy ; and the said Moses, told
him, that he would have applied to the Committee,
to have got leave to have gone there, but that he was
affiaid that the port would have been Shut : And
further the deponent faith not.
CHARLES DEKAY.
Sworn the 31st Aug. 1775.
before me
Whitehead Hicks, Mayor.
Cit, of ?fs T HOMAS MILLROY, of the
New-York,) ° J Ide of Man, mariner, and
mate of the sloop Sally, now lying in the port of
New-York, being duly sworn, maketh oath, That
on or about the beginning of June last, he failed from
the said port of New-Yoik, on board the said sloop,
as mate thereof, with a cargo confining of flour, rye
meal, bread, pork, Indian corp, rum, and some
boards, bound for the Weft-Indies, as he was in
formed by the matter of said sloop. When they had
got out at fen about eighteen hours fail,Capt. Charles
Dekay told the deponent, they were bound for the
Bay of Fundy. At their arrival in the Bay of Fundy,
at a place called Pettiquit Jack, where our supercargo,
Mr. Mdfe§ Delis Dernier, fold some of the cargo ;
from thence we went to the townlhip of Shippody
River, and there we difeharged part of the cargo, by
the directions of said Motes Delis Dernier ; from
thence we went to Cumberland, in the province afore
faid, and there we difeharged the whole of the cargo
we had left, by the order of our supercargo ; and
then took in ballast, and filled our calks with water,
and failed from thence to New-York, where we
arrived the 25th of August, 1775, at Sandy-Hook
or near the Narrows, where the Captain left the (loop
and went up to New-York. Before he left the sloop
he desired me, if any perlon inquired where they came
from, should lay from St. Euftatia ; and also desired me
to give the people a caution, which I accordingly did.
THOMAS MILLROY.
farther with him. He infixed I should : On which
high words arose between us. I still persisted in my
resolution to leave him. In a few days he provided
another master, and difeharged me. I procured a
pillage to Saybrook, in the fl^op Betsey, Norman
Merrifon, matter, and arrived at Saybrook the 20th
instant, from thence I proceeded here, and arrived
the twenty-Seventh.
RICHARD IENKING.
Sworn the 30th August 1775, before me,
Whitehead Hicks, Mayor.
[COMMITTEE CHAMBER,
New-York, August 28th, 1775.
ALL persons having demands on the General
Committee for public service, or articles fur
nifhed by order of the Committee, are hereby desired
immediately to bring in their accounts (vouched by
the persons who employed them) to Mr. Robert Ray,
Merchant in King's-flreet. By Order.
HENRY REMSEN, Deputy Chairman.
WHEREAS the sale of the goods and chattels,
lands and tenements, of the Right Honorable
William Earl of Stirling, within my bailiwick, have
been often adjourned for want of buyers ; aed the sale of
the goods and chattels are new fixed for Thursday the
31st of August, instant, at to o'clock in the forenoon
of rhe fame day, and that of the lands for the sth day
of October next. The vendue to be held ©a the pr&rai
fes, These are therefore to notify the publick, that the
sales will certainly come on at the times appointed, and
that thev will continue from day to day, until the exe
cutions I have in mvbards are fjisfied. The conditions
of the vendue will be made known at the days of sale.
ROBERT STOCKTON, Sheriff,
Somerset County, Aug, 2, 1775,
Altho' this Congress have a tender Regard to the Free
dom of Speech, the Rights of Conicience, and personal
Liberty, as tar as an Indulgence in these Particulars may
be confident with our general Security, yet, for the pub
lic Safety, be it RESOLVED, That if any Person or
Persons shall hereafter oppose or deny the Authority of
the Continental or of this Congress, or the Committee of
Safety, or the Committees of the refpeßive Counties,
Cities, Towns, Manors, Precin&s or Diftrifts in this
Colony, or dissuade any Person or Persons from obeying
the Recommendations of the Continental or this Congress,
or the Committee of Safety, or the Committees aforefaid,
and be thereof convicted, before the Committee of the
County, or any thirteen or more of their Number, who
shall nr may meet upon a general Call of the Chairman
of such Committee where such Person or Persons may
reside, that such Committee shall cause such Offenders
to be disarmed ; a d for the fecund Offence, they shall be
committed to close Confinement, at their refpeftive
Expence. And in Case any of the said Committees are
unable to carry this or any Resolution into Execution,
they are hereby directed to apply to the next County
Committee, or Commanding Officer of the Militia, or to
the Congress, cr the Committee of Safety of this Colony,
tor necessary Assistance, as the Case may require. But
if it shall so happen that any Violates of this Resolution,
shall reside in a County where there is no Com mittec of
the County, in that Case the Matter shall be triable before
the Committee of the next County : Provided, That no
Person shall be tried before the General Committee of the
City and County of New-York, upon the Resolutions
herein contained, unless the stated Quorum be present;
and in the City and County of Albany, unless there are
present Twenty Five Members.
RESOLVED farther, That the refpeftive Commit
tees ; and the Militia of the several Counties, by Oider of
the refpe&ive Committees, or of the commissioned Officer
of the Militia then nearest ; are hereby expressly enjoined
to apprehend every Inhabitant or Resident of this Colony
who now is, or shall hereafter be difeovered to be inlif
ted or in Arms against the Liberties of America; and to
confine such Offender or Offenders in fafe Custody: And
his or their Punishment is reserved to the Determination,
of this or some future Provincial Congress, And the
Committee nearest to any Person who shall be so inlifted,
or have taken up Arms against the Liberties of America,
are hereby direded to appoint some discreet Person to take
the Charge of the Estate, both real and Personal, of any
such Perfonor Persons; Which Person so appointed, shall
be invested with such Estate, and render on Oath ajuft and
true Account thereof to this or some future Congress, or to
Commissioners by them to be appointed, and pay the
Issues and Prefits thereof to,,the Treasurer appointed by
this Congress, for the Use ofthe associated Colonies.
RESOLVED, That if afy Person be taken upon Sus
picion of any of the Crimes in the above Resolutions fpe
cified, he shall immediately be taken before the Commit
tee of the City, Town,Manor, Precinct or Diftria where
the Offender shall have been taken up; and if upon Exa
mination the Suspicion shall appear to the said Commit
tee to be groundless, that he be difeharged : Provided
also, That no Person charged to be an Offender, shall be
tried upon any of the foregoing Refolvt until the Per
sons to be Judges of the Offence, be firft severally sworn
to try and adjudge the Person so charged, without Parti
ality, Favor or Affection, or hope of Reward, according
to Evidence; and that every Witness who shall be exa
mined on such Trial, shall have the Charge diftinftiy and
clearly Rated to him, and be thereupon sworn to speak
the Truth, the whole Truth, and nothing but the Truth.
A True Copy from the Minutes.
ROBERT BENSON, Secry.
In Provincial Congress, New-Yerk, Sept. I, 1775.
WHEREAS Attempts may be made to promote
Discord among the Inhabitants of this Colony,
and to aflift and aid the Ministerial A^my and Navy in
their Endeavours to carry into Execution the cruel and
oppressive Acts of Parliament, against the Rights and
Liberties of the Inhabitants es this Continent. And as
the immutable Laws of Self-defence and Prefervati; n,
juftify every realisable Measure entered iato to ceuntsr
a& or fruftrate such Attempts,—Therefore
RESOLVED, That if ary Person or Persons shall be
found guilty, before the Committee of any City or County,
of attempting (after the Date of this RefAutm*) to fur
nifti the Ministerial Army or Nevy, with IT ^ifwns ar
other Necessaries, contrary to the Resolutions of the Con
tinental or of this Congress ; or of holding a Correspon
dence by Letter or otherwise, for the Purpose of giving
Information to the said Army or Navy, of the Meatures
pursued by the United Coienies, or any of them ; or et
advising Expedients which rhe said Army or Navy might
or ought to pursue against the said Colonies or any of
them ; such Person or Persons, so found guilty, shall be
puhifhed at the Dictation of the Committee before whom
he or they ffiall be so found guilty, or at the Discretion of
the Congress or Committee of Safety of this Colony, so
as the Puniffiment by them, at their Discretion infliaed,
shall not exceed three Months Imptifenmeat, er other the
Punishments herein after mentioned, for rhe firft Offence.
RESOLVED. That if any person or per sons ffiell be
found guilty, before the Committee of any City cr County
in this Colony, of having furnifhed the Mm. Serial Army
or Navy (after the Date of this Resolution) with Provisions
or other Necessaries, contrary to any Resolution of the
Continental or of this Congress, such Person or Persons,
so found guilty thereof upon due proof, flial) be difatmed,
and forfeit double the Value of the Provisions or other
Neceffafiee so furniffied; to be applied to the public Exi
gencies of this Colony, in such Manner as the Congress
or Committee of Safety of this Colony for they Time
being, shall order and di^ed. And that such Perform cr
Persons so found guilty, shall be put into and detained in
close Confinement, at his or their own Expence and
Charge, until three Morths after he or they tefpeaively
shall have paid such Forfeiture. And that every such
Person or Persons who shall be found guilty of a second
Offence, of the fame Kind, shall be banished from this
Colony for the Term of seven Years, from the Time of
such second Conviction.
Chenufaw, one of the hostages who escaped from
Williamsburg sometime ago, arrived at the Shawanay
Town the day before Captain Wood.---He had in
formed the Indians, that all the people of Virginia
were preparing for war, and determined to attack
the Indians, except the Governor, whom the people
had obliged to go on board a man of war. That
the hostages had difeovered they were to be made
slaves, and sent to some other country, which he as
signed as the reason for his efcape.' But bn Captain
Wood s explaining the matter to the Indians, they
appeared entirely fatisfied.'
Winebefler, Aug. 16, 1775.
nalTs:
BLACKSMITHS wanting employ and wiling and
able to make nails, may find encouragement by
applying to J
GARRET ABEE L,
Who has for sale nail rods, Sweeds, refined and
bloomery iron, fleel, anvils, beck irons, vices, fledges
and hand hammers, rubbers and files, pots, kettles'
waggon and cart boxes, musket balls, bar lead.' ALSO
an aflortment of ironmongery and cutlery.
IF William Searles who about five fora ago kent a
school at or near Hackinfack, be yet alive, he is
desired to inform the printer hereof, where he resides,
that an application may be made to him, which will pay
him for the trouble of giving that information.
August 22d, 1775.
A parcel of Logwood, Mahogany,'
A few Snanilh Hides,
And a Quantity of Deer Skins in the Hair,
To be fold in Beaver-Street, by
WILLIAM Me. ADAM,
Bergen County, (foCT.ittee Chc.Mcr, Ang. 2,, 177,
RESOLVED, that Pe^ZabrhLi, Jacob K.hune,
John Demareft, and Joolt Zabrifki, be a Com
mittee of Safety, to a& for the County, during the
Recess of the County Committee.
Resolved, That all Male Persons above Six
teen, and under Fifty Years old, wh have removed,
or shall hereafter remove from other Provinces or
other Counties into this County, during the present
unhappy Contett between Great Britain and the
American Col onies, shall be enrolled in the Militia
Company of the Dilhia within which such Persons
shall refpeaively reside ; and that all such as negle&
or refute to come under the Militia Regulations
of the Provincial Congress of this Province, shall be
immediately desired to leave the County.
By Order of the Committee,
JOHN FELL, Chairman.
Captain Wood had this account firft from the De
lawares, who appeared friendly, and gave him the
Belt and String which had been lent them. All the
other Tribes confirmed this account, and promised
to attend the Treaty,---The Shawanefe affined him,
whatever they had received from Fort Detroit, they
had buried in the ground never more to rife ; but
that the foolifli Tawixtawees and Peets, had accepted
the Belts.
“ We have been tin, er an apprehenficn here for
feme time past of being attacked by the Spaniards,
who have a fieet of 7 fail of the line, 12 frigates,
^l3 trahfports, at Carthagena, with 33,000 noons
ready to embark, and more daily arriving from the
interior provinces. They have levaral veflels c # uifing
without the Streight's mouth, and search all Eng/uh
veffeis they meat. One put in here whole hate 1 es
they broke open, and examined a bale of goods.
There are bkewife 6 or 8 fail of the line and Iceeial
frigates at Cadiz, ready to put to sea, at the shortest
notice, supposed to be intended to join their giand
Armada, which they give out is deligned against:
Algiers. The Englilh letters are supposed tu be flop
ped, none having been received th&txolailpofts; and
a lerter from an English gentleman in Spain tends
to confirm our appreherfions. We have 3 men of
war in the Streights, the Medway of 64, Admiral
Mann, and the Zephyr sloop here. The Alarm fri
gate is stationed off Carthagena, to watch their mo
tions. There are here 7 regiments, cunfflting of
upwards of 3000 men, and every thing is in the
greatest readiness to give the dons a warm reception,
should they fancy to pay us a visit."
CHARLES-TOWN, August 18,
Capt. Carter, who arrived here on Saturday last
from Bristol, on the zgth of last month, in lat 32, 3s,
and long. 58, 40. took un out of a small boat, Tho
mas Fry, mallei, Henry Putnam, mate, and a bailor,
of the schooner Endeavour, of S lem. The master
informed him, that they were bound from Salem to
the Weft-Indies with a cargo of Lumber, that the
vessel had sprung a leak, and had filled full of water,
three days before, which obliged them to take to
their boat, but had left three men on board. Capt.
Carter soon after fell in with the schooner, and took
the three men off. Those in the boat had only three
pieces of pork and a few gallons of water, when
they were take* up. The) all Ipeak i^ the hi^heft
terms of the humane ard kiud treatment they % e
rienced from Capt. Catter. The mat^ is nephew to
General Putnam. We are informed that the matter
had embarked his whole fortune in the vetiel, and
brought off nothing more than the cloaths on bis back.
Extract ofa letter from a master of a vessel at Gibral
tar, mired July 2d, to his owners here.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 29.
By Captain James Wood, who was deputed by
our Assembly, to invite the several tribes of Onio
Indians to a treaty, to be held at Fort Pitt, on the
loth of next month, and who returned last night,
we learn, that he had visited the Delawares, Shawa
nefe, Senecas, Wiandots, and Tawaas.---That the
Commanding Officer at Detroit, and Deputy Agent
for Indian affaiis, and Monsieur Baubee, a French
man ; had lent Belts and Strings of Wampum to
seventeen Nations, including those above mentioned ;
informing them, that unless they all united, the
Virginians would take their country from them ;---
that they purposed to attack them two different wavs;
---one by the Ohio, the other by the Lakes ;---that
the Virginians would invite them to a Treaty, but
that they ought by no means to go, as they (the
Virginians) were a people not to be depended 'on..
That many other diabolical artifices had been used
by those tools of Government, to instigate these Sava
ges to attack our frontiers.---Particularly the Virgi
nians were represented to them, as a dihin& people,
and that their attacking them, would not be relented
by the other Colonies.---
Capt. Cenyers, who arrived this day from St.
Christopher's, informs us, that a mod extraordinary
swell let in there from the South, on the gift of
July last ; that though attended with but little Wind,
it was so very violent as to oblige twenty-nine V;.ffi Is,
lying in Balleterre Road, to put out to sea. Four
veffeis were loti, three of which were from North-
America. Captain Conyers adds, that they were in
daily expeditions of bearing of great damage done
in Gaudaloupe, Dominica, Martinico, &c.