The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-05-07 00:00:00, page 2

by some of the firft gentlemen of this cit,. I have not been
refufed by a single person on the subscription"
Copy of Colonel Allen's note.
" Gentlemen,
“ I received your generous present this day, with a joyful
heart. Thanks to God there are still the feelings of huma
nity in the worthy citizens of Corke towards those of their
bone and flefn, who, through misfortune from the present
broils in the empire, are needy prisoners..
“ Dated Cove, Jan. 24, 1776.
HOUSE of COMMONS, Tuesday, Feb. 20.
At about half pad three o'clock the Hon. Mr. Charles Fox
arose, and having spoke with much warmth and great abili
ties for upwards of an hour, in which he gave a very full and
pointed recapitulation of the mistakes and errors of adminis
tration, from the resolutions proposed to the House by Lord
North in Feb. 1774, to that day, he concluded by moving,
that a committee should be appointed to inquire into the cause
of our present misfortunes, and unhappy.fituation, relative to
the late disputes with America ; he was seconded by Lord
Offory, in a short but sensible speech. He was followed by
Lord Mulgrave, who answered Mr. Fox pretty fully, and was re
plied to by the Hon. Mr. Fitzpatrick in an able and well diges
ted speech, after which a very interesting debate was carried
on for several hours. The division was at two this morning,,
when the numbers were in support of Mr. Fox's motion,
1% ; against it, 240. —The principal speakers in the debate,
which was ably handled on both sides, were (besides the
above mentioned) Lord North, Sir Gilbert Elliot, Lord
Howe, Mr. Standley, Sir Edward Derling, Mr. Hay, the
Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Solicitor General ; Colonel
Barre, the Lord Mayor, Governor Johnftone, Mr. Adams,.
Mr. Cruger, and Mr. T..Townfhend..
Kilkenny, Feb. 24. Yesterday the firft division, confiding
of five companies of the 9th regiment of foot, commanded
by Major General Lord Viscount Ligonier, and this day the
second division arrived here from Dublin, on their march to
Corke, in order to embark for America..
EDENTON, (North-Carolina) April 12.
A meft unnatural murder was committed last Friday, near
Roanoke island. A stranger came to Nixenton about the
firft instant, and finding that Capt. George Oaks, late of the
town of Marblehead, in New-England, intended,, in a'fmall
boat, to go to Tar river, begged apaffage with him, which
was given. The murderer, whose nameis Joseph Evans, late
of Salem county, in the province of New-Jersey, before he
went off, bought for his horrid purpose a carving knife. The
villain, the firft night they were in the boat, whilst the un
happy man was asleep, stabbed him. The boat being near
the shore, the lamentations of the Captain were heard by the
inhabitants, who secured the criminal. He has left for the use
of his family (a widow and seven children) in money and.
goods, to the amount of about three hundred pounds, which
are in the hands of the widow Todd of Nixinton, in Pafquo
tank county.
WILLIAMSBUR G, April 27.
Thirty-eight fail of the men of war and transports defined'
for North-Carolina, from England, are said to be arrived at
Cape Fear, and that they took on the passage a large French
ship with arms and ammunition.
The prisoners lately taken in North-Carolina are to be
sent to this colony, Maryland, and Philadelphia ; fourteen
are to come here. Mr. John Goodrich and Mr. George'
Blair are amongtt them.
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Captain John Dixon, in a vessel from Gloucester, bound ta
the Weft-Indies, who was lately taken by a man of war and
carried into Antigua, has returned from St. Euftatia, and
landed a cargo in this colony confiding of four thousand
pounds sterling worth of linens, fail duck, &c. The Cap
tain informs, that the Argos sloop of war had chafed a vessel/
among the islands, but was prevented from taking her by a
French frigate, who exchanged a few (hot with the Argos,
took the veflel under convoy, and carried her fafe into a
French island:.
There have, within these two or three weeks, been taken
and brought into Norfolk, by the tenders, &c. the following
vessels, viz; The sloop Congress, with one hundred .and ten
barrels of.gunpowder, and a large quantity of cloth, linens,
ofnabrugs, &c. A schooner, with:a very large cargo of me
dicines, particularly Jesuits bark. A large, new ihip front
Baltimore, bound to. Liverpool, with nineteen hundred bar
rels of flour and bread, and five thousand bushels of wheat;
this lift taken by old Goodrich, who commands a privateer,
fitted out by himfelf, and has likewise fitted out two others,
one commanded by his son William, the other by a certain
William Pickett. A brig, outward bound, loaded with pro
visions. And a New-England schooner, supposed to be
bound for Maryland.—There were taken and brought in,
some little time before-, three vessels with gunpowder, about
five thousand stand of arms, &c. also a New-Englandman,
bound for Baltimore, with-cheefe,..cider, potatoes, .chestnuts,
&c. —An unarmed brig was defpatched, about a month ago,
to Lisbon, for a cargo of fruit and wines, for the use of Lord
Dunmore and the army expected from England, which it is
supposed will arrive alrouvthe middle of May. Keep a sharp
lookout, boys, for this vessel. Punch is a most agreeable
and enlivening beverage in the hot summer weather ; and
our good housewives will want plums, &c. against Christmas,
to trim up many a dainty dish for that feftive season, when it
is to be hoped we shall all be merry, and have fufficient cause
to rejoice..
All matters of vessels taken bringing in arms and ammuni
tion are put in the prison vessel and laid in jrons, and are to
be sent to England for trial.
Ammunition is in such plenty on board the fleet, that
Lord Dunmore gives it gratis to those who fit out privateers.
Last Monday evening thirteen runaway Negroes, and a
couple.of.Tories, were brought up from Suffolk, and lodged
in the public jail ; and there is advice that Lieutenant Colonel
Eppes has taken fourteen soldiers of the Black Fufileers^ and
killed two grenadiers of the fourteenth regiment.
Last Saturday his Excellency the General, with his two
aids-de-camp and secretary, Col. Bullit, &c. set out for. Suf
folk ; since which, we learn that his Excellency has marched
from that place, at the head of a large body of troops, upon
some secret expedition.
By an express just arrived from South-Carolina, we have
authentic information that the General Assembly of that pro
vince have resolved not to enter into any treaty or correspon
dence with the Court of Great-Britain, or any persons under
their authority, but through the medium of the Hon. Conti
nental Congress.
THE Creditors of SCOTT and M'MICHEL are de
sired to meet at the sign of the Indian King in Mirket
ftreet, tomorrow (the Sth day of May) at fix o'clock in the
evening, when the Assignees will lay before them a date of
their accounts for their infpedion, in order to fad' upon
some plan for the settlement thereof.