The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-09-28 00:00:00, page 3

PHILADELPHIA, Sept, 2 8.
Advices from the camp at Harlem, near New-York, fay,
that the enemy, from their different manoeuvres and great pre
parations, intended soon to Ibike a decisive blow—Their plan
is to out flank and hem our people in, but it is thought they
will be disappointed, for the heights above Harlem and Kingf
bridge are strongly manned and fortified, and all the points
up to frog's securely picketted, the avenues blocked, and the
roads cut up, to prevent the approaches of their artillery—that
they have opened the Courts of Justice upon Long-Bland, in
which Mr„Ludlow pryfides as Chief Judge, —they have con-,
fifcated several efta es, and condemned one man to perpetual
confinement, to linger out his life in chains, and to be fed on.
bread and water—they carry a high hand, and slushed with
the fuccels which nature, and not their own Hrength, has given
them, they think in a little time to sweep off our army, and be
in possession of America—that old Oliver De Lancey is a
Colonel-—that Col, Woodhull, late President of New-York
Congress, is killed, and that Governor Tryon lies at the
point of death—that General Howe had ordered the militia
on Long-lfland to muster, from which draughts are to be
made, if a Sufficient number-of volunteers do not appear to
light against their American brethren—that on the 20th inst.
a fire broke out in New-York, which consumed all that part
of the city near the North River—the old English and Lu
theran churches are both burnt, and so down to Whitehall.
Excraft of a letter from Great-Britain, dated May 19, 1776.
" Should America this spring declare independance, it is
mod certain that France, and many other powers of Europe,
will give her immediate assistance, if applied to, which no
power will attempt to do, while the Americans Hile them-,
fetyes lubje&s of the King of Great-Britain. The ministry
are fully lenhble of this, therefore, by cajoling and making
friends in some of the southern colonies, they hope to create
divisions, and prevent inch a decided Rep being taken this
year; and, by the operations,of the present. campaign, they
expert to be so luccefsful as to make.it too hazardous for fo
reign powers to interfere. The.commiffibn which Lord Howe
has carried over, is in fa£t nothing more than to receive the
fubmiffiop of the colonies, but he is intruded to talk much of
a reconciliation on honorable terms ; this, it. is thought; with
the aid of secret influence, for which he has unlimited powers,
efpecialJy with thole colonies, that at present seem mod averse
to independance, will create divisions in the Congress, and
among the people at large, so as to [ revent the further success
of their operations , this year. Indeed the ministry are more
alarmed at the apprehension of America declaring berfelf in
dependant than any thing else, because they have been al
ready given to underhand, .by most of the powers in Europe,
particularly by FRANCE and PRUSSIA, that in.fuch.a
case they shall think themselves intirely at liberty to a&.as
best suits themselves. But. the truth is, the King is so deter
mined on the UNCONDITIONAL SUBJUGATION of
AMERICA' (the present court phrase) that it is certain he
will rilk the utter ruin of the whole empire,-rather than not
Succeed in what he has set his heart so much upon."
This day a number of officers and privates) belonging to
the,.American army, and who had been taken priloners in
Canada, arrived in this city, agreeable to the proclama
tion of General Carlton (fee page 421.) They were
sent in four tranfpprts, under the c nvo, of the Pearl
frigate of thirty-two guns, from Quebec to New-York,
where Gen. Howe detained them on o^ard a fortnight. A
m >ngft those now arrived, are Gen. Tn>mpfon, Col. Iry ne,
Chp^. Duncan, Lieuts. Currie, Huge, and Bird ; Dr. .
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M'Calla, and Dr. M'Kenzie. There 'are three hundred and
eighty-five privates, besides other officers, who are on their
way to their refpe&ive Rates.
MARRIAGES—In Virginia, Rev. John Bracken, Re&or of
Bruton Parish, to Miss Sally Burwell, daughter of the late
Carter Burwell# Esq; of Carter's Grove—ln Newport, Rhode-
Island, Capt. Christopher Alien, to Miss Polly Child, of that
town.
DEATHS. —At Smithfield, in the state of Rhode-Ifland,
M.r; Rufus Arnold ; at Newport, Mr. Samuel Philips, and
Mrs. Desire Bliven, wife of Mr. Joshua Bliven.—At Preston,
in the state of Conne&icut, Mrs. Abigail Roffeter, consort of
the Rev. Alber Roffeter, and Mrs. Abigail Mott, wife of Col.
Samuel Mott ; at Lyme, Richard Lord, Esq; at Norwich,
Mr. Joseph Peck, and Mrs. Dorothy Breed, consort of Capt.
Gerfham Breed; at New-London, Rev. Ephraim Wood
bridge; at Hartford, Mr. Austin Ledyard.
In A SSEMBL Y, September 26, 1776.
Refolded, by a majority of the Members present, That
it is the sacred right of Freemen to give and grant their oxn'
money, and that all taxes levied without their consent are
arbitrary and oppressive. And that no Freemen can be con
stitutionally retrained of I is liberty, or be sentenced to any
penalties or punishment whatsoever, but by the judgment of
his peers, and a trial had by a jury of his country.
Resolved, That the Convention have derived no authority^
from the good people of Pennsylvania to levy taxes and dis
pose of their property, and therefore, that the late Ordi
nance for imposing a rate of Twenty Shillings per. month
and Four Shillings in the pound on the estate of every Non-
Associator is illegal, and the,Did sum ought not to be paid.
Resolved, That the late ordinance of the Convention im
powering two or more Justices of the Peace to imprison for
an indefinite time, at their diferetion, aKperfons whom they
fhall.judge to. be guilty of the offences therein fpecified, is
a dangerous attack on the liberties of the good people of
Pennsylvania, and a.violation of their most sacred rights, and
therefore ought not to be considered as obligatory.
{^ M re . Arthur Donaldson's Narrative will be in
serted as soon as possible, and has only been deferred on ac
ccuntcf public affairs. .
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