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may hate that charity which envieth not, is not
rath, nor puffed up, which doth not behave itfelf
unfcemly, not feeketh her own. I know of no wish
so pr'oper to conclude with, as that this disposition
may be encreafed in you, and fhowere^ down in
plenteous Hores on your allured friend.
Helena.
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CHARLES- fOWN, (South-Carolina J March 20.
The lad accounts from Savannah inforda us, that
the men of war h tve all gone down the river, and
have carried with them i 6 merchantmen; the latter
wOe carried thro the back river, and were obliged
to be lightened ol great part of their cargoes, which
were thrown in o the river. We are informed that
a number ot negroes have been taken off a gentle
man's plantation, lying 6h Savannah river, and
carried on bo rd the mqn of war.
^ r ^3 Cm Ihurfday lad the new constitution,
agreed on by our Congrets, by the approbation of
the Continental Congress, " to lerve for regulating
the internal policy of this colony, until an accom
modation of tlie prelent unhappy differences be
tween Great-Britain and Afnefica can be obtained,
an event'which is earnestly delirdd," was published
heVe in due form. A detachment of the Provincial
regiment of artillery, and the Charleftown militia,
were drawn up in Broad-ftrcet from the State-house
to the Exchange,' where the constitution was read,
and the commifiions of John Rutledge, Esquire,
President and Commander in Chief, and Henry
Laurens, Esquire, Vice-President of the Colony,
were proclaimed, amidst the shouts of the numerous
fpe&ators: firing of field pieces, and the cannon on
board the "Provincial armed vefiels.
We hear from Savannah, that a party, in which
were some Indians, lately went to Tybee Island,
were they took 13 Negroes and some other prison
ers, and killed 3 or 4 marines.
WILL! 1 MSBUR G, April 20.
Extrafl of a letter from South-Carolina March 16.
" is generally thought the troops on board the
tra. , arts at Georgia are to join General Clinton ;
in North Carolina. A number of the militia of this
colony are gone to Savannah,' where there is very
little rea on to apprehend another attack. In she
lat iVrmilh two of our people were wounded, and
five of the soldiers It is reported that a considerable
body of our troops is arrived, or daily expected, at
St Augußine, from whence they are to march to
the oack settlements but little credit is given to
this, as it would be almost impossible for any army
to pats through a country that is little olfe than a
sandy delert."
Thursday last two tenders met a small 'v&fel at'
S indy point, coming down the riv.rwith a load of
flour; the people immediately ran her aground, nnd
left her. The tenders continued there throughout
the day, and several times attempted to board her,
but were as often repulsed by the rifles and musketry
from the shore, notwithstanding they kept a con
stant and heavy fire upon our people with pieces
of iron, and variety of Ihot, in which one man
was wounded, and is said to be since dead. When
the tide had set the vessel afloat, they cut her loose,
with a good deal of difficulty, and carried her down
yesterday morning. It is said the enemy had three
men killed.
WATERTOW N, April 22.
The schooner , Capt. Cleveland, which fail
ed from Salem for Winyam, in North-Carolina,
the beginning of January last, was taken on her
passage by the Scarborough man of war, and lent
to Georgia, where after lading with rum, sugar,
&c. she proceeded tor Boston, when on lad Friday
7 night (not knowing the minilierial fleet and army
had evjuatd that place) meeting with a heavy
gale of 1 nd, the put into the Vineyard, where she
was pro; Ay aken care of by some boats from
thence .me Marsh, the matter's mate, and a lon
of Coueno 'ore Loring, as prize matters, with two
passengers on board, were brought to town tor ex
amination on Saturday last.
PROVIDENC E, April 20.
We hear from Plymouth, that a filhing schooner
arrived there on Saturday last from a harbour near
Halifax after a passage of fix days, the mailer of
which informs, that the firft division of the miniilerial
fleet from Boston, confiding of between 70 and 80
fail, had arrived at Halifax, that they were in much
dihrets tor want of frelh provisions, as all that could
be ip :red rom Halifax had been lent them while at
Botion; and that they were so badly provided with
barracks and lodgings, that molt of the officers were
obliged to lye in tents.
It is reported that the Phoenix, of 44 guns and
the Savage sloop, have joined Wallace's fleet, near
Long-Illand.
NEWPOR T, April 22.
Since Sunday the 7th instant, there have been two
large cables and anchors taken up in our bay, by
some of the troops of this colony, and one hawser
of 140 fathoms, with a small anchor, which were
On Friday the 22d ult. Capt. Turpin in the pro
vincial armed brigantine Comet, of i 8 guns, retook
the sloop Hetty, of this port, which Captain Tolle
mache Icized off this bar in December lad. Her
name was changed to the General Clinton; she had
feme cohorns and swivels, with 12 men on board,
had served as a tender to the Falcon man of war.
left behind by the mmiftcrial fleet, in their late pre
cipitate flight.
-Last Monday arrived in this colony, in 8 days from
South-Carolina, the sloop Charlotte, Capt. John Joy,
who, in lat° 34: 30, was chafed by an English man
of war.
Mr. John Read, who came passenger with Capt.
Joy, informs, that the ship Clarissa, of this port, of
which he was mate, was taken into the custody of
the Raven sloop of war at 'Georgia, and that he
made his escape with Captain John Dennis, who
had been taken in a sloop from this place some time
before , that the Georgians are ver,£pirited in the
present glorious contest; that Savannah is now very
Rrongly fortified; that the harbour oi Charles town
is defended by near 200 cannon, and several vessels
of force.
A schooner from the Weft Indies, loaded with
rum, sugar, &c. bound to Boston, was taken by
tome boats last week, and carried into Dartmouth.
Lall Thursday the brig Cabot of 14 fix pounders,
Captain Hynman arrived here from New London,
and brought a number of heavy cannon, &c. for
the defence of this place, being part of the stores
lately taken from New-Providence. The next day
the Fly, tender to Admiral Hopkins's fleet, came
from New London, failed through this harbour,
and returned the ensuing night. This tender fails
remarkably Iwift.
A ship was seen several days last week Randing
off and on between this harbour and Block-Island;
and by a person who left that Island yeßerday, we
are informed that the said ship is the Scarborough;
that she, and a 14 gun brig, with a small tender,
watered there on Saturday; that the fhip's people
said Capt. Wallace was gone for a larger force, and
would return in 3 or 4 days; and that there were
no other ships to be seen off.
N E W-L ONDO N, April 19.
Last Sunday Captain Biddle, in one of the Conti
nental brigs, returned here from a cruize, in whicli
he re-took and has brought in a schooner, whicli a
few days before had been taken by the Scarborough
man of war, and was then bound into Newport.
The people had been all taken out of the schooner
and put on board the Scarborough. By various
circumstances it appears that the said schooner wax
bound into this port from the Weft-Indies, com
manded by Daniel Defhon She is deep laden
with Weft^lndia goods, and some powder. ^
NE W-Y O R K, May I.
Brigadier General Sullivan, with fix regiments
now here, are to let out for Canada in a day or
two; and we hear the remainder of his army will
encamp this week near the city-.
A letter from Edinburgh, dated Dec. 25, to a
gentleman in this city, fays. “ Business of all kinds
is quite at a Rand here; and to add to our misfor
tune a pestilential dillemper rages with great vio
lence among us, which has carried off great num
bers and has thrown the country in general into the
utmost conßernation."
" Ship Dutchels of Gordon, Sandy-Hook, April
16 1776. “S I R.
" As the commander of his Majesty's ships of war,
on this Ration, found it expedient for his Majesty's
service to burn down the pilot house, at the Hook,
I am to acquaint, you, all possible care has been taken
of Mr. Adam Dobbs, and his property, and that
if you will fend down a sloop to the Hook it will
be luffered to bring up to New-York Mr. Dobbs, his
servants, and effeas. lam with regard, Sir, your
most obedient lervant. WILLIAM TRYON.
“ To David Mathews, Esq; Mayor of the city
of New-York "
By his Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Esq; General and Commander in chiel of the ar
my of the United Colonies.
Whereas an intercourse and correspondence with
the ships of war, and other vessels belonging to, and
in the service of the King of Great-Britain, is high
ly detrimental to the rights and liberties of the laid
colonies. And whereas the Committee of Safety
of the colony of New-York, taking the fame under
their consideration, on the eighteenth inst. did re
solve and order, ‘ That no inhabitant of the said
6 colony on any pretence, or for any purpose what
• ioever, either in perlon or in writing, should di
‘ re&ly or indirectly presume to have, or maintain
‘ any intercourse whatsoever, with any ship belong
' ing to. or employed in the service of the laid
‘ King, or with any of his officers or ministers, or
' with any person or perlons on board the lame, on
' pain of being dealt with in the severest manner.'
Notwithstanding which, there is reason to believe
that sundry bale and wicked persons, preferring
their own prelent private emolument to their coun
try's weal, have continued to carry on the fame,
particularly some who under pretence of coming to
the market of this city by water, have put them
selves, their vessels and effeds in the way of the said
ships of war, for the purpoles of giving intelligence
and furnifhing them with supplies of provision, and
have been taken to the end that such evil and perni
cious practices may be remedied and prevented in
future, I hereby publish and declare, that if any
person or perlons shall hereafter presume to have,
hold, or to continue to carry on such intercourse,
or any kind of correspondence whatsoever, or fur
nifli and supply the said ships of war, and other
By letters from the camp before Quebec, of the
twenty-third of March, we learn that there were
between two thousand five hundred and three thou
sand men there; that they had lately received can
non, mortars, ammunition, &c. &c. that in a few
days they were to open a five gun battery at Point
Levy and one of nine guns on the Plains of Abra
ham, with mortars, &c.
From the fame camp we learn, that a fellow who
had been lent to purchase provisions for our people
had found means to let Carleton know when and
where he might take it, on which they lent a ten
der to seize it and that our people were going to
fend some battcaus under the command cf Captain
Davis, of the Pennsylvania troops, to endeavour to
take the tender; and that the river St. Lawrence was
full of floating ice.
We farther learn, that priests, Scotchmen and
others, had found means to ered the King's stan
dard, about fifteen or twenty miles from Point Levi,
where they had collected four or five hundred Ca
nadians; but that a party of one hundred men, un
der, Lieut. Hughs, and about two hundred Cana
dian militia, were gone to rout them.
Extract of a Letter from North-Carolina, dated
Halifax, April 22) 1776.
Given under my hand, at Head Quarters, in the
city of New-York, this twenty-ninth of April,
Anno Domini, 1776. G. WASHINGTON.
PHI L A D E LPHI A, May 2.
Yesterday, according to the law passed last session
for increafihg the huniber ol Reprelentatives in the
Assembly, the election was held for four burgesses
for the city, which did not finifh before midnight.
The following gentlemen were voted for, and upon
summing up the poll, it flood as follows, viz. Samuel
Howel, 941; Andrew Allen, 923; George Clymer,
923, Alexander Wilcox, 921; Thomas Willing,
911; Frederick Kuhl, 904; Owen Biddle, 903; and
Daniel Roberdeau, 890.
An express, which arrived Thursday morning
from the capes, informs that the Roebuck and a
twenty gun ship, with two Hoops and Baldwin's
pilot boat, arrived in the Hoarkill road Wednesday
at twelve o'clock.
Vessels in such service: with provisions and nec&t
ries of any kind, that he or they, lo offending, will
be deemed and considered as an enemy or enemies
to the rights of the laid Colonies, and if apprehend,
ed will be treated accordingly.
And I do hereby will and require all officers and
soldiers in the army under my command, and most
earnellly intreat all persons well attached to the in*
tereft of the laid Colonies, to use their utmost care
and diligence for preventing the fame, and appre
hending and securing all perlons who shall be guilty
thereof.
“ A few days past a ten gun sloop commanded
by Capt. Wright (the fame man who met with so
warm a reception at Hampton, in Virginia) and a
sloop of ten guns commanded by that infamous old
piratical scoundrel John Goodrich, one of the par
ties of Lord Dunmore and company, came over
Ocracock bar, in this province, and took 4 vessels
outward bound. The ten gun sloop went immedi
ately to sea with two of the prizes. The wind not
being fair, Captain Goodrich's sloop and the other
two prizes remained within the bar. Twenty-three
men, headed by a brave young man (Benjamin
Bonner of Pamptico riverj in four whale boats
boarded the old pirate sloop of fix guns, sword in
hand, and possessed thenlelves of her, and the whole
crew with a tolerable cargo of valuable articles.
They also retook the two prizes. Seven of Good
rich's Negroes, a Captain, George Blair of the
Queen's own royal regiment of Blacks, and a foi
dier of the fourteenth regiment, are among the
prisoners. The sloop and two prizes are arrived
fafe at Newbern. C. plain Goodrich, Captain Blair,
the soldier and Negroes, are now within fitteen miles
of Halifax gaol."
In CO NGRESS, April 30. 1776.
The Committe to whom was referred the memo
rial of the Committee of Infpedion and Observati
on, for the city and liberties of Philadelphia, pray
ing the advice of Congress, whether they ought to
continue the exercise of the power of regulating
the price of goods in other instances than that of
green tea, brought in their report, which being
taken into consideration was agreed to, whereupon
Resolved, That the ninth article of the associati
on, which enjoined the inhabitants of the United
Colonies to fell goods and merchandizes at the
rules they had refpe&ively been accustomed to do
for twelve months then lall past, was in its na
ture a temporary regulation refpeding the goods
then on hand; but as thole goods are nearly con
fumed, and a farther supply must be obtained at
an extraordinary risk and expence, and it is reason
able that adventurers should be encouraged by a
profpea of gain adequate to the danger which ma,
be incurred in the importation, and a free trade
being now.opened from the United Colonies to all
parts of the world, except the dominions belong
ing to the King of Great-Britain,
Resolved, That the power of Committees of In
fpe&ion and Observation, to regulate the prices of
goods (in other instances than the article of green
tea) ought to cease. Extrari from the Minutes,
Charles Thompson, Sec,