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Weft Florida, and ^m^ch them through the
Creek nation to the ChiidThs, where fyo war
riors from each nation tire to join them, and
then come by the Cherokees (who have, alto
prorated their affidance) then take pofoffion of
the frontiers of North Carolina and Virginia, I
. a 7 the fame time that his Malty's forces make
.a diversion on the ica coatis &f those provinces.
If any of the inhabitants have cattle, pack
horfes, or flour, to lyate, by applyingto us,they
fha!l have a good price tor them, as soon as his
Majed, 's troops are embodied.>
I am, Gentlemen, &c.
" HENRY STUART, Dep. Superintend."
attaugah, fc.
This day came Nathaniel Read before me,
one of the trustees aligned to keep the peace,
for the diftria aforefaid, and made oath, on the
holy evau ;clifls of Almighty God, thata stranger
rode Up to Mr. Robertson's gate yeherday, in
the evening (bur who he was he did not know)
and delivered a letter, a true copy is above.
Given under my hand this i^th day of May,
'776'
' JOHN CARTER.
Test. James Smith.
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BOSTO N, June 20.
- On Sunday afternoon a ship and brig were
chafed into the Light-House channel by four
privateers ;a hot . engagement eafued; which
laded three quarters of an hour, when they,
struck. The ship had 114 Highlanders on board,
and the brig 74. 'l'he former loft in the en
gagement Majoi Menzte, 8 privates, and 13
wounded, the Utter 1 killed: The privateer
Brigt. had 3 wounded, one supposed mortally.
Col. Campbell, who we hear was to have
the chief commandos the two Scotch battalions,
was 'aken in the above ship. *
Tuesday lad the corpse of Major Menzie was
brought up to town, and buried with all the ho
nours of war.
Same day the Privateers took in our bay an
other fine ship, with 112 Highlanders, and fix
months provirions on board, and brought her
fafe into this harbour.
We have now upwards 06400 Highl mders
confined in the work house and Alrns-Houfe,
who we hear are soon to be distributed in the
country towns.
Last Thursday the inhabitants of the town of
Boston were made acquainted, by beat of drum,
that an expedition was to be undertaken against
our enemy's (hips, in Nantafket Road, and for
creeling proper fortifications in the lower har
bour. Accordingly detachments from the co
lonial regiments, commanded by the Colonels
Marshal And Whitney, and battalion of train
commanded by Lieut. Col. Crafts, were em
barked in boats at the Long wharf, together
with cannon, ammunition, provisions, intrench
ing tools, and every necessary implement, and
proceeded for Pettick's Island and Hull, where
they were joined by some continental troops,
and tea coast companies, so as to make near 6o@
men at each place; Tlike number of the militia
from the towns in the vicinity or Boston Har
, bour, with a detachment from the train, and
some field pieces, took poll at Moon-Island,
Hoff's Neck, and Point Alderton. At the fame
time a detachment from the Continental army,
under the command of Col. Whitcomb, with
two 18 pounders, one 13 inch mortar, with the
necessary apparatus, intrenching tools, &c. were
embarked tor Long-Illand to take poll there.
The troops did not arrive at their several places
of dedication till near morning, occ fioned by
a flu calm; notwithstanding such was the ac
tivity and alertness of our men, that they had
the cannon planted and a line of defence hove
up on Long-Illand and Nantafket Hill in a few
hours, when a cannon (hot from Long-Illand
announced to the enemy our defignr upon
which a signal was immediately made for the
whole fleet, confiding of 8 (hips, 2 snows, 2 brigs,
and one schooner, to remove and get under way.
The Commodore (Banks) bore our fire, and re
turned it with spirit, till a flrot from Long-Illand
pierced the upper works of his ship, when he
immediately unmoored or cut his cable, and got
under fail, and happy for him that he did so,
for in a small space of time afterwards, a shell
from our works fell into the very spot he had
just before quitted. Unhappily our cannon did
not arrive at Pettick's Island and Nantafket, as
soon as might have been wished, but the fire
from the latter place being properly pointed a
gainst the Commodore's ship, who came t@ in
the Light-House Channel, is apprehended to
have done considerable execution. In foort, the
enemy was compelled once more to make a dif
gracetul precipitate flight; and we have it now
in our power to congratulate our readers on our
being in full pofleffion of the lower harbour of
Boston; and had the wind been to the east
ward, we are confident we fhculd have had the
much greater pleasure of giving them joy on
our being in pofleffion of many of their flips.
Through divine Providence, not one of our
m n were hurt.
We can assure the Public that there is not a
miniflerial troop in all New England, except
what are prisoners; nor is there a ministerial
ship in any harbour in New-England.
The minjfterial fleet on Friday last, before
they quitted the harbour of Boflon, blew up the
Light-House, which has entirely defrayed the
fame.
By an express arrived last night from Albany, we
have the following extracted from a letter to
Gen. Schuyler, dated Sorrel, June 12, 1776.
'' On the 6th inst. about two thousand men,
under the command of Gen. Thomson, march
WAT ERTO WN, June 17.
HARTFO R I), June 24.
N E W-P O R T, June 17.
Last Friday arrived here from a cruise the
brig Andrew Doria, Capt. Biddle, who about
14 days before took two transport ffiips from
Greenock, having on board each 100 Scotch
~ troops; Capt. Biddle took out the officers, navi
gators and sailors to the number of 40, with all
the small arms and baggage of value, manned
the ffiips with his own men, and kept company
with them thirteen days; when being a little
without Nantalket (heals, they were chafed by
five vessels, one a pretty la;ge man of war, upon
which he ordered the prizes to fleer different
courses, and though the men of war chafed him,
night coming on he loft right of them. We
hope soon to hear of the prizes being arrived at
some fafe port. The prisoners brought in were
landed on Friday evening, who report that they
were part of 33 fail of transports which left
Greenock in company, having 3000 troops on
board, bound to Boston.
ed to attack the enemy at Three Rivers—They
defigaed to nave surprised them at day break
entheSthinft. but the guide led them into a m)-
rafs, returning from which took them two hours ;
they then had to pass thro' a long xwamp, in
the face of the enemy, who had a large rein
forcement arrived very unhappily that evening,
and landed in fight of our men : Being well
equip'd they gave Gen. Thomson's party so
warm a reception,he thought prudent to retreat;
in the mean time a body of 600 were lent off
from the enemy to cut off our retreat, and Cc
ftroy our batteaus, which they could not effect,
and our batteaus are all laved but one, out of
which the men escaped. Gn. Thomibn, Col.
Irwin, Dorit. M'Kennie, Parson M'Aulcy,
Lieuts. Bird and Currey, and about 40 men,
are prisoners, and about 150 more are milling;
" It is supposed that Gen. Burgoyne has
with him the whole reinforcement designed for
Canada. Our army are more than half sick
with the small pox, the other part have an
enemy of more than three times their num
ber---may they be recruited---but I fear the
usual downefe will prevent it."
PHILADELPHIA, June j 9.
In CONGRESS, June 18.
Resolved, That no man in these colonies,
charged with being A TORY, OR UN
FRIENDLY TO THE CAUSE of AME
RICA® LIBERTY, be injuied in his person
or property, or in any manner whatever disturb
ed, unless the proceeding ag^inft him be found
ed on an order of this Congress, or the Altera
bly,. Convention, Council, or Committee of
Safety of the Colony, or Committee of Inspec
tion of the diftridt wherein he resides. Provided,
That this resolution (hall not prevent the ap
prehending any person found in the commission
of some arit deftrudfive of American liberty, or
justly fufpeded of a design to commit such ass,
and intending to escape, and bringing such per
son before proper authority, for examination
and trial.
Extras from the minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
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NEW-YORK, June 27.
Extractof a letter from St. Euflatia, May 7.
" I take the liberty of acquainting you with
the arrival of a ship from Zealand with 50 tons
of powder, and a parcel of fire arms. Two
other veYTels were to follow with the fame ar
ticles ; betides these, near twenty fail are ex
pected from Amsterdam, all of which will bring
more or less ; so that if it is yet wanted in A
merica, you will know where it may be had in
plenty.
" The demand for American produce seems
to increase daily ; and as the call for such, for
the supply of the neighbouring Islands, has
taken away very near all that we had for our
own use, we have a very melancholy profped
before us, if we have no arrivals with those ar
ticles from you.
" We have some arrivals from England,
mod of which give us different accounts as to
the situation of affairs there. The bed I can
gather is, that 24 or 25,000 men would be sent
over to America this year; 9000 have failed
from Ireland, under convoy ot 6 or 8 frigates ;
and if they fail, their pretensions are over. The
ministry in general are against fending foreign
troops. It is thought none will go, except the
Hessians; and in their absence, that Principallity
is to be guaranteed by the English. A large
fleet had failed from England, but had been
frittered in a storm, and put back again."
Extras of a letter from Philadelphia, June 25.
" Capt. Speake, of Virginia, is arrived at
Chingoteague with 6000 lb. powder and 12000
lb. brimflone, some fire arms, &c. The King
Fisher brought a schooner into the Road, where
foe burnt her. By the last accounts from the
Capes, the enemy's flips were all on a cruise a
long the coast. Capt. Walker, of Wilmington,
who was taken in a brig, is sent to Halifax.
Col. Miles writes, that he imagines he (hall have
to disarm a great number or Tories in Suflex.
The Deputies in Conference, on Sunday last,
took the sense of the members present, on Inde
pendence, when every man role to (hew his af
ferit to the fame ; and they have since drawn
up a Declaration of their sentiments in favour of
Independence, which they will deliver to Con
gress. lam just told, the schooner which was
burnt, is said to belong to Egg harbour."
Yesterday the Hon, Major General Gates set
off for Canada, being, we hear, appointed Com
mander in Chief for the northern department.
The following is a lift of the Gentlemen re
turned to serve as members for this city and
county, to meet the other deputies in Congress
here, on the second Monday of July, viz.
And whereas it hath been objected to the said
form of an association, that by obliging the sub
• Bribers or aflociators, in such general and ex
press terms, to defend the United Colonies by
arms' agajnft the hottile attempts of the British
fleets and armies, it deprived them ofthe rights
referred by the militia regulations, and imposed
on them the neceffiy of marching to the most
distant ot the colonies whenever called upon.
Which conflru&ioi of the said aflociation, how
ever nice and cafuidical, is inconsistent and fal
lacious ; it being maniteft that the militia re
gulations could by no rules of conftruaion be
supposed to be repealed and abrogated by any
subtle implications drawn from the said associa
tion.
Information being made, that several persons
inimical to the rights of America, had, we hear,
entered into a lolemn agreement to aid and af
fill our unnatural enemies to make themselves
matters of this city; but providentially, their
infernal scheme was difeovered, and several of
them are now examining beiore our Congress,
and the dangers accruing therefrom, ate likely
to be happily prevented. We expert to give
our readers a more full account of this plot in
our next.
John Jay, James Duane, Philip Li^g^on,
Fiances Lewis, Imc Stouten! ug, Wiinam
'ermine, Abtaham Beamer, Hemy Remfen,
John V.n Corclandt, John M. Scott, James
Beekman, Anthony Rutgers, Evert Banker,
I nomas Randle, liaac Rooievelt, John Broome,
Peter P. Van Zandt, Garret Abeel, Robert
Harpur, Abraham P. Lott, Daniel Dunfeomb.
We have had no further accounts from &1/1-
dv-li^k since the 21st inst. when 300 of our
men attacked the Light-house ; but not being
able to make any impreflion on the walls with
the field pieces, they returned to the camp at
the South end of the Cedars.
The ffiip taken on the south fide of Long If
laad, .is one of the transports from Greenock,
with a number ofHighlanders on board, eighty
butts of porter, &c. Some of the officers and
their ladies came to town yesterday.
We hear, that five fail of the ministerial pi
rates are now cruizing,otf Block-Island.
But as some of the friends to the American
cause have been influenced bv this objection to
refufe ligning the said association, and in conse
quence thereof been disarmed ; it hath become
expedient that the Did association ffiould be so
explained as to render it free from specious, as
well as solid obj,aions, and therefore,
Resolved unanimously, That nothing in the
said association contained, (hail extend or be con
strued to extend to deprive those who have sub
scribed it, of any rights feferved to them by the
said military regulations. And in the end that
all the freemen of this colony may associate for
the preservation of American liberty in a form
entirely unexceptionable,
Resolved unanimoullv, That the following
form of an Association be and is hereby recom
mended to them, viz.
" We, the Subscribers, inhabitants of
" in the county of and colony of New
“ York, do most solemnly declare, that the
" claims of the British Parliament to bind at
" their discretion the people of the United Co
" dies in America, in all cases wharfoever, are,
" in our opinions, absurd, unjust, and tyranni
" cal, and that the hoflile attempts of their
" fleets and armies to enforce submission to those
" wicked and ridiculous claims ought to be re
“ lifted by arms. And therefore we do
" engage and associate, under all the ties which
" we reflectively hold sacred, to defend by
“ arms thee United Colonies, against the said
“ hoffile attempts, agreeable to such laws or re
" gulations as our representatives in the Con
" greffes or future General Aflemblies of this
" colony have or fnall for that purpose make
" and establish."
^PROVINCIAL CONGRESS,
New-York, June 20, 1776.
WHEREAS the Continental Congress, on
the 14th day of March last, did recommend it
to the several Assemblies, Conventions, and
Councils or Committees of Safety of the United
Colonies, immediately to cause all persons to be
disarmed within their refpeftive colonies, who
are notoriously difafferited to the cause of Ame
rica, or had not associated, and refufed to alfoci
ate, to defend by aims these United Colonies,
against the hostile attempts of the Britilh fleets
and armies.
And that all persons who have been disarmed
for refuting to associate with their countrymen,
for the defence of the United Colonies, in the
form prescribed by the late Committee of Safety
as aforefaid, may have no pretence to complain
of injaftice; and that they may have a fair op
portunity of convincing the public that their re
tufal to sign the association did not arise from
a dilinclination to defend the rights of America,
but merely from objections to the form of the
And whereas the late Committeepf Safety of
this Colony, did thereupon, on the 27th day of
March, atoreidid, recommend it to the Com
mittees of the several cities, counties, manors,
townships, precincts, and diftrifts in this colony,
forthwith tocaufe to be disarmed all persons with
in their refpWtive diftricte, who were known to
be didiffered to the cause of America ; and alio
all such persons as (hould refufe to sign the fol
lowing Affociarion, viz.
“ We, the Subscribers, inhabitants of
“ in the county of and colony of New
“ koik, do voluntarily and solemnly engage,
'' Under all the ties held sacred among mankind,
" at the risk or our lives and fortunes, to defend
“ by arms the United American Colonies, a
" gainft the hostile attempts of the British fleets
" and armies, until the present unhappy con
“ troyerfy between the two countries (hall be
“ fettled."
DH association, and thereby be restored to the
privilege of bearing arms in fuppo/t of a cause
so important and so glorious.
Resolved unanimously, That all persons (other
than those whom the Committees, of the levcnl
Counties fl;all adjudge to be notoriously di^f
feded to the American cause) who have not as.
fociated in the form prescribed by the late Com
mittee of Safety as aforesaid, be called upon (uy
persons to be appointed by the said Committees
of the several Counties) and requeued to fuh
ienbe the association contained and recommend
ed in and by these resolutions. And, Resolved
further, that all such of the said persons as frail
fubferibe the fame (other than notoriously dis.
affected persons as aforefaid) ought to beconfider
ed and tieated as friends to their country, and
that all arms taken from them, and not disposed
of to the continental troops, be reflored to them,
and that care be taken, that they refpeftively be
paid the full price allowed for such of their
arms as may have been delivered to the conti
nental troopsas aforefaid. And further, That
all such of the said persons as (hJI refufe to sub
scribe the fame (together with all notoriously
difaffeded persons) be forthwith (if not alxady
done) disarmed, and required on oath to de
clare and difeover, whether the arms so to be
taken from them be all the arms they reflective
ly have or had, and if not, where the retinue
thereof, to the best of their knowledge and be
lief, are deposited and may be found ' and that
such of them as (hall refufe to tike such oath
be committed to fafe custody till they will con
sent to take it.
Resolved unanimously, That it be, and it is
hereby recommended to the committees of the
several Counties in this Colony to carry the
aforefaid resolution into execution with dili
gence and pun&jzlity.
Ordered, That the aforegoing Resolutions be
fot-hwith printed in all the Gazettes or News
papers published in this city, and in one thqu
land hand-bills for the use of the counties.
Ordered, I hat the said resolutions be read to
every person to whom the association hereby
recommended (hall be offered for subscription.
Extract from the minutes, 1 '
ROBERT BENSON, Secr'y.
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In Maiden-Lane,
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SET FORTH
In REGARD to the COLONIES;
And the only means of living in Peace and
Harmony with them; including five differ
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By J OSEPH TUCKE R, D. D.
Dean of Gloucester.
Author ofthe Ef,y on the Advantages and Dis
advantages which resp : Lively attend France
and G^eat-Biirain, with regard to Trade.
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Words on the Freedom of the Pteis, in A
merica.
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MAICA SPIRITS. Also, a few h^c.
h-^s^f Weft India Rum, by ALEXANDER
ROBERISON, and Co. at their Store in
New-York.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD
RUN AWAY from the Subferiber, lin
ing in New' Germantown, Hunterdon
county, WettJcrley, on Wedneiday night, the
gth of June, a Negro Man, named BE N, a
bout five leet four inc hes high, twenty-two j eat s
old; his left leg is considerably larger than tic
other, with a large fear on the final! of said leg.
Had on when he went away, a blue coat, red
jacket, black breeches, and a pair of mix'd wor
sted flockings, calt (kin ihoes, a pair of carved
silver buckles; and took with him a claret co
loured iuitout, a fwunlkin jacket, a fine (hitt
with ruffles at the bofbm, a pair of woollen trow
fers, a halt worn wool hat, with a bag marked
I. T. near the mouth. Whoever takes up fa d
^egro, and (ecures him in any gaol, so that his
matter may have him again, (hali receive the a
bove reward, and reafonaKe chares m.^ i^ r
JOHN TAYLOR.
HIS is to give Notice, that Zacharias
A Sickells, advert.fed in Mr. Gaine's paoer
the 17th inst. for refuting the Continental Bur
ien y, is not Zacharias Sickells, formerly Mea
liner in New-York, nor his Son now tuning
at Red Hook, who some persons have fuppowu
to be the person advertised.
BOLTING CLOTHS.
AN Assortment of BOLTING CLOTHS,
to be Sold by Josiah Shippey, at Mi.
liaac Rooievelt's, near Peck's Slip. Alfc, u
small quantity of Flour Calk Nails.