The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-03-30 00:00:00, page 2

Lord Loudon, he was a regular General, they fay ;
With a great regular army he went his way,
Against Louifbtrgh, to make it his prey,
But return'd—without feeing it, —for hedid not feel bold that
day.
0 the ola Soldiers, &c.
Grown proud at reviews, great George had no rest,
Each Grandfire, he had heard, a rebellion Suppreft.
He will'd a rebellion, look'd round and saw none,
So refolv'd a rebellion to make—of his own.
With the old Soldiers, &C.
The Yankees he bravely pitch'd on, because he thought
they wou'd'n't fight,
And so he sent us over to take away their right „
But Left they Should spoil our review-clothes, he cry'd braver
and louder ;
For God's fake, brother Kings, don't fell the cowards—any
powder! 0 the old Soldiers, &c.
Our General with his council of war did advise
How at Lexington we might the Yankees surprise ;
We march'd-—and remarch'd—all furpris'd—at being beat;
And so our wife General's plan of surprise —was complete.
0 the old Soldiers, &c.
For fifteen miles they follow'd and pelted us, we scarce
had time to pull a trigger.
But did you ever know a retreat perform'd with more vigour ?
For we did it in two hours, which fav'd us from perdition ;
'Twas not in goingout, but in returning, confided our expe
dition. 0 the old Soldiers, &c.
Says our General, " We were forc'd to take to our arms
in our own defence,"
(For arms read legs, and it will be both truth and sense)
Lord Percy (fays he) I must fay something of him in civility,
And that is—" 1 can never enough praise him far his great —
agility." 0 the old Soldiers, &e.
Of their firing from behind fences he makes a great pother,
Every fence has two sides, they made use of one, and we only
forgot to use the other ;
That we turn'd our backs and ran away so faft, don't let that
disgrace us ;
'Twas only to make good what Sandwich said, that the Yan
kees—could not face us.
0 the old Soldiers, &c.
As they could not get before us, how could they look us
in the face ?
We took care they Shouldn't, by scampering away apace.
That they had not much to brag of, is a very plain case;
For if they beat us in the fight, we beat them—in the race..
0 the old Soldiers of the King, and the King's G^n Regulars.
A Quantity of the belt FLORENCE OIL, fold by the
chefe or flafk, by Samuel Young, near the Draw
bridge. *
WAS found, near the Old Ferry, the night the fire raft
was burnt, a small sum of MONEY. And, by the
fame person, was found, this morning early, a green moreen.
PETTICOAT, almost finifhed. Whoever hath loft either of
the above articles, proving their property, and paying charges,
may have them again by applying to the printer. *
March 30, 1776.
THE public are desired to take notice, that the part
nership of CALEB and RICHARD BICKHAM is dis
solved from the firft da, of February, 1776. ' *
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By the NEW-YORK POST, which arrived this afternoon,
we have the following advices, viz.
CAMBRIDGE, March 21.
Last Sabbath the British army in Boston, under General
Howe, confiding of upwards of seven thousand men, after
fuffering an ignominious blockade for many months past, dif
gracefully quitted all their strong holds in Boston and Charlef
town, fled from before the army of the United Colonies, and
took refuge on board their Ships. The most material parti
culars of this Signal event are as follow: About nine o'clock
a body of the enemy were seen to march from Bunker's-hill,
and at the fame time a very great number of boats, filled
with troops, put off from Boston, and made for the shipping,
which mostly lay below the castle. On the firft difeovery of
these movements, the Continental army immediately paraded,
several regiments embarked in boats, and proceeded down the
river from this place. About the fame time two men were
sent to Bunker's-hill, in order to make discoveries. They p< t
ceeded accordingly, and, when arrived, making a signal that
the fort was evacuated, a detachmnnt was immediately sent
down from the army to take possession of it. The troops in
the river, which were commanded by General Putnam, land
ed at Sewall's point, where they received intelligence that all
the British troops had left Boston, on which a detachment was
sent to take possession of the town, while the main body re
turned up the river. About the fame time General Ward,
attended by about five hundred troops from Roxbury, under
the command of Col. Ebenezer Learned who unbared and
opened the gates entered the town on that quarter, Ensign
Richards carrying the Standard.
The command of the whole being then given to General
Putnam, he proceeded to take possession of all the important
ports, and thereby became possessed, in the name of the Thir
teen United Colonies of North-America, of all the fortreffes
in that large and once populous and flourishing metro
polus, which the flower of the British army, headed by an
experienced General, and supported by a formidable fleet
of men of war, had, but an hour before, evacuated in the
mft precipitate and cowardly manner. God grant that the
late worthy inhabitants, now scattered abroad, may Speedily
re-occupy their refpedive dwellings, and never more be dis
turbed by the cruel hand of tyranny ; and may the air of that
capital be never again contaminated by the linking breath
of Toryifm.
The joy of our friends in Boston, on feeing the victorious
and gallant troops of their country enter the town almost at
the heels of their barbarous oppressors, was inexpressibly
great. The mutual congratulations and tender embraces,
NEW-Y 0 R K, March 26.
Extract of a letter from Cambridge.
" Col. Mifflin had yesterday an interview with Major
Small, who informed him, that they expected the Commit,
oners to treat with the Congress and that the Duke of Grafton
was one of them. He also informed, that they (in Boftz ,
heard that Gen. Clinton and his troops were taken."
In COMMITTEE of SAFETY, March 3 0, 1776.
Resolved, That this Committee will give forty-five ihil
lings for every hundred gross weight of good merchantable
BRIMSTONE, of the produce and manufacture of this pro
vince, that Shall be delivered to Mr. Robert Towers, Com
missary in this city, within fix months from this time.
Extract from the minutes,
WILLIAM GOVETT, Secretary.
PHILADELPHIA, March 3 0.