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a loss to conceive from whence may have arisen a report as
Jdje as it is injurious. Bill surely it is not from the advice that
Lord Chatham gave, to recall our troops from America; npt
from the plan of aecim nidation which he proposed lad year fn
the House of Lords, and which administration woud not
even fufftr to lie upon the table; nor from the p^efent
threatening litua:ion of our public affairs ; and lurel, it is
not from the bhad rancour and infatuation of our ministers,
which has engaged f hcm to reject every idea of accommoda
tion with the Colonies, snort of unconditional fubmifon, and
even to hire foreign mercenaries to butcher our fellow fub
jeds on the other fide the Atlantic ; neither as it the univer
sal spirit of lefiQance which iofpircs the whole Continent of
America, alrnoft driven to despair by the unjust treatment
they have received; nor the enormous and most ruinous ex
pences of this civil war, that can have given occasion to so
groundless a report: much tefs is it the step which Lord Cha
tham has so lately taken, of refigoing the commiftion which
his fori, Lord Pitt, as yet a minor, held in the 4,th regiment
now at Borton, that he might not be lent to frtve agaiuft the
Americans.,
“ The Earl of Chatham is even now (though he never did
it upon any o ^r eccafion, hot even when he was miniffer)
going to p^fecute the Printer of the Public Advertiser, for
having inferred in his paper the extract of a letter, pretended
to be his, in whicli are attributed to him, fentimynts favour
able to the fatal measures that are now carrying on by admi
nistration. Lord Cirathani's flare of Ircalth not having allow
ed him to attend parliament this sessions, opinions, which he
disapproves, and ideas which he abhors, have beenimpu
dchtly ascribed to him. And lam awhorifed Sir, to inform
you, that all the letters, sentiments, and converfatrons, which
the enemies of America, and the tools of government, have
aferibed, and are daily ascribing, to the Earl of Chatham,
arc gross and fc^ dalous impositions upon the world."
May Q. It is said there are no left than 40 young gentle
men going out a midshipmen on board the Eagle, Lord
Howe.
Extraft of a letter from Portfmoutb, May 1.
" Within these three or four days near 300,000!. in foreign
specie, has been fllipped for America, on board the men of
war.
" The Hessian general will not fail till all the troops arrive
here that are expe&d.
" This tfufal has thrown all into confufion, and has flop
ped the men of war from tailing, as they were to be convoy
to al the transports.
“ On Monday evening the Worcester and Speedwell men
of war failed from St. Helen's, but their destination is not
known."
Extras of a letter from Portfm^n, Ma, 3.
“ Yesterday Commodore Hotham, in the Preston, with
the rest of the men of war, and transports, with the Hefiians,
guards, and train of artillery, dropped down to St. Helen's,
but cannot proceed on their voyage, the wind blowing strong
westerly. *
66 Lord Howe is expe^ed down this evening. Sir Hugh
Pallifer is come-down, and has been on board the men of
war defined for America, to fee that they are properly victu
alled and fitted."
W I I.LI AM.S BU RG, (Virginia) Augufl io;
A correspondent has favoured us with extracts of letters
from officers of rank iu Fincartle, from which we learn, that
. on Sunday the xrft of last month (the day before the engage
ment mentioned in cur last) a large party of Indians attacked
the Watauga fort, in which were rgo men. They fired on a
great number of women who went out at day-break to milk
their cows, and chafed them into the fort, but providentially
did not kill one of them. . They fired brilkly on the fort till
3 o'clock, but without efRiT and then retired with confider
abte loss, as w a s foppofed from the quantity of blood found ;
but they returned to the attack, aad were besieging the fort
fix days after, aS a meflfenger who flipped out informed our
men on Holftcm A detachment was sent to relieve the fort,
and it was expected they would do so on Monday the zp+h.
A party of xoo men of the militia fell in with a party of 40
Cherokees, who were §0 miles on this fide the iftand at one
of the.deferted plantations, and killed five, took one prisoner,
audao guns.—lt is worthy of our observation, that in ihefe
Several (khmifhes with he Indians, in all of which we did
more execution than in feme of the principal actions of the
lall war; we 101 l not a man. No one can reflect on this, and
many other circureftances which have attended the prefenc
war with the Brififli tyrant, ^without acknowledging that he
ft cs evident proofs of the divine interposition tn out favour.
On Monday lift, being court day, the Declaration of
Independence was publicly proclaimed in the town of
Richmond, before a large concourse of ref,enable freehold
ers of Henrico county, arid upwards of >OO of the militia,
who affelnb'ed on tint grand oceafioo. It was received with
universal Shouts of joy, and re-echoed by three vollies of
final! arms: The fameevening the town wasillumiriated, and
• the members ofthe Committee held a club, when many pa
triotic toads were drank. Al hough there were near rooo
• people prefect, the whole was conducted with the utmost de
corum, and the fatisfadfion viable in every countenance fuf
ficienriy evinces their determination to Support it with their
lives and fortunes.
BOSTO N, Anguft A.
By an expt fs from Falmouth we are informed, that Capt.
White the day before, in a privateer, bad arrived there,
having 40 men on board, with the particulars of the follow
ing prizes he had taken, viz. The brig Fanny, 130 hogs
heads :um from Antigua; Hoop Betsey, 00 hogsheads rum,
and a brig from Antigua for Liverpool, with 230 hogflieads
rum ; brig HaHeqvin, Pom Nevis for London, 273 hogf
h^ds sugar, and 6; hogsheads rum; Drip Polly, from An
ti ua, 450 hogsheads rum, 12 hogsheads sugar; flrip Anna
Maria, 4„ hogsheads sugar, and 52 pipes of wine, and
feme bales of cotton, carried into Falmouth. The Captain
also took a ,th veflal, which he gave the prisoners.
Yesterday the Colonels Serjeants and Whitcomb's regi
ments set off on their march for Crown-Point, and this
morning Col. Phinney's will follow for the fame place.
WATERTOWN, August 11.
~ the lai Sa'urfo's Crown Point Post, we have the fella-wing
Ertraß of a letter, dqted Ticonderoga, August 3, 1776
“ Cd. Beedle and Tvßjor "Butterfield (for their bad con
duct) are c Hhiered, and rendered incapable of bearing a
commitfion in the army of the United States. Cape Went
w; rih is Gafhiered for disobedience of orders. We came
frem Crown-Point the 17th of July, left on- Regiment there ;
three Brigades are encamped on a hili south eaSt from Ticon
deroga fort, called Mount Independence, where we arc rai
From the. Leyden Gazette of April n, i,,6 #
Translation of ft letter from Lord Vijeotmt Mabon, to the Printer
of the Leyden Gazetteer, dated London, April 5, 1776.
SIR,.
" I have seen in your paper of the 19th of last month an
article from London, which might induce those who are un
informed, ertoniourty to believe, that the Fail of Chatham
had, in a private conversation, expressed himfelf ,1 a fa
vourable manner towards adminifhation ; and I am not at
sing feme batteries to great advantage; one Brigade is en
camped on the hill near the old French lines, where tfyey
have fortified very Strong. We have new ou the Lake two
schooners, which mount 12 guns each, two Hoops, and five
gondolas, the gondolas mount 4 guns each; and five g do
las more are almost finished. 1 hope we Shall be able togive
our enemies a warm reception if they should dare to come.
We bear, that 00 Wednesday taft was sent into Por finonth,
by the Hancock privateer of Philadelphia, a large ship (for
merly a x®gun fhip)nowmounring i^guns, bound from Ja
maica for London, having on board 700 hogflieads of sugar,
200 of rum, besides other valuables, a fine prize. We hear
She was taken by the following stratagem, viz. Just before
dulk in the evening the Hancock came across her, the Cipt.
of the prize taking he Hancock to be one of the tyrants
Pilferers, was very much rejoiced to fall in with her, and
doubtleri vice versa, ^hen the Hancock at night threw out a
light for a signal as api ot. At day light the next morning,
bhe vessels bring near together, the Captain of the ship in
vited the Captain of the Hancock to come on board and qke
3 breakfaft; who replied, his hands were so few and file,
that he had not enough to man his boat and work the ,vuflcl,
and in his turn invited the Captain of rire ship to come on
board him, which he readily complied with; by erdcring his
boatout, when he and about a dozen of his hands went on
board the Hancoct, and were taken as good care of as men
in such circumstances could allow. The Hancock then lent
an equal number of her own hands on - boa d the flop, when,
ala, ! fire fell into the hands of the United States of America.
PROVI DENC E, (Rhode Island) August 10.
Tuesday last arrived here a prize ship, taken by hr Dia
mond privateer, €up. William Chace, of this port: she was
bound fro,m Dominica to Bristol, and has on board 310 h>g
fheads of sugar, and 200 barrels ot oil.
A prize ship, mentioned in nor last to be raken by the
Montgomery privateer, Captain Daniel Bucklin, of this port,
is arrived at Dartmouth: flic was bound from Barbados to
London; .her cargo consists of 200 hogsheads 40 tierces and
4 barrels of sugar, rc6 hogflieads of rum, 127 bags and rg
barrels of ginger 22 bags of cotton, 1 pipe •' Madeira wine,
and 39 barrels of oil.
Another valuable prize takeh by the Montgomery, in con
jupaion with a Salem Privateer, is arrived at Falmouth.
Thursday last arrived here a French floofy from the Weft-
Indies, laden with Mtlaffes, &c. The Captain informs, that
a flee t of 20 Spanifli men of war were lately seen fleering for
the Havannah.
N E W-Y O R K, August 14.
By a gentleman, who arrived here from Providence, we
have the following account:. That the sloop Mong mery,
Capt. Bucklin, has sent into that port, one brig, with 150
hogsheads of rum; Die was bound from Antigua to Ireland;
likewise sent in a hark laden with sugar, pimento, &c, to the
value of 15,000!. ftejling. The above sloop, in comfort with
another sloop from Salem, Capt. White, have also taken and
sent into Providence, a snow with 250 hogffieadsof sugar and
iio hogflieads of rum; they also fnt into Salem, a ship,
having 506 hogflieads of fugar,on board, and a br>g, with
240 hogflieads of rum, not yet arrived in p^rt. Capt. Buck
lin law fix Weft Indiamen, part of the fleet to which the
above veffcls belonged, but having more prisoners on board
than his own people, was fearful of flaking to them, altho'
he was so near them, that he could fee the people lean over
the quarter rails looking at him.
We hear from Ticonderoga, that on the 48th of July, im
mediately after divine worship, the Declaration of Indepen
dence was read by Col. St. Ciair, and having laid, " God
save the Free Independent States of America!" the army rna
nifefted their joy with three cheers. It was remarkably peaf
ing to fee the spirits of the soldiers so railed after all their ca
hmities, the language of every man's countenance was, now
we are a people! we have a name among the Rates of this
world.
On Monday last, about 60 vessels, came in from Sea, and
anchored at Staten-libnd. They arc supposed to be Lord
Dunmore's fleet from Virginia.
August 15. By express from Ticonderoga, we are informed,
that Gen. Burgoyne has retreated from all his posts in Cana
da, except St. John's, where he had left a body of his men.
The precipitate retreat is said to be occasioned by the arrival
of a large fleet, fdppofed to be French, in the river St. Law
rence. Our fhet on the Lakes, confining of (loops, a fchocn
cr, gondolos and boats, are in good order, and make a re
fpefbble appearance. The army was lickly feme time ago,
but recover faft, and are in good spirits.
Aug, i, A gentleman arrived from Ticonderoga-, informs
us, that General Burgoyne has endeavoured,o perluade lonie
tribes of the Canadian Indians to join the British army, but
they abfolutcly refufed, and wire determined not to take
any partin the present unhappy dispute; that should a re
conciha: ion between Great-Britain and America take place
at any future period, they were certain of being the greatest
fuffcrers, therefore chose to remain neuter.
Friday last, arrived here, two companies of the third bat
talion of the Philadelphia afTceiators commanded by the
Captains Semple and Henry, when it's said, the whole batta
lion are every hour expeded to arrive.
Lad Friday two sire-ships, commanded by Capts. Fofiyke
and Thomas, (gentlemen volunteers of rank in the army of
the united state&) proceeded up the North-River with intent
to give a Suitable warming to those piratical gentry that have
inrifled it firice the 12th of July 'aft. The night was dark
and favorable to the design, and the enemy did not perceive
our velfels till they were near aboard of them. Cipt. Fof
dyke grappled the Pheenix, but the fire not communicating
so fjon as ' was expected, flic disentangled herfelf in about
20 minutes, after fußaining considerable damage in her rig
ging. Capt. Thomas fell on board one of the tenders, which
was soon confirmed; and we ate truly sorry to inform the
public that this intrepid commander is yet miffing. This
gallant enterprize struck so great a panic upon the enemy
that they thought it prudent to quit their station ; and yester
day, taking the advantage of a frefh wind at S.E. attended
with considerable raid, they run the gauntlet through a great
number of well directed foot from our batteries in and near
this city, which undoubtedly, muff have damaged them
much. Ourgallies played smartly, and followed the Blips a
considerable distance into the bay. The enemy's fire seemed
to be mostly directed upon the city, as the tops of the houses
was crouded with fpc&ators, but very little damage was
done tv the buildings, mor any lives loft upon the occasion.
PHILADELPHIA.
Ertraß of 1 letter from London, April 9, 1776.
" For these fix weeks naft we have been told of the defeat of
Gen. Montgomery and Arnold's parties in an attack 011 Que
bec- of the death of the former, and of the latter being dan
geroully wounded, and this partial account given by go
vernment, and said to be taken from the Congress's de
scription of the fame; yeer old friend endeavoured to re
fute. However, we are yet in the dark, we know nothing
of an, particulars of the Continent since the 25th December,
except what gabled accounts administration are pleafcd to give
us. In short, ^ friends of ApcriGa ife both sou% of par
liament, as well as those at large, are m the greatest Bate of
fufprnce, because we are only favoured with mutilated descrip
tions. The times here arc truly alarming; no person fuffered
to depart unless as a military -man, and he that attempts it,
boldly rilks his life in the case. Surely then, writers for Ame
rica run the utmost hazard: Be it so, it is iny dmy so to do,
and therefore take the following rough wrote fa<fts.
“ Burgoyne has failed from Porttmouth with about ro,ooo
men, chiefly foreigners, for Quebec, under convoy of two
frigates ^l, What a noble adventure would ir be for fume
of^ur American (hips to fall in with, and take him? A large
armament is positively going against New York, which is to
afeend the North river, and form a junction with Burg ,ne
about Albany; Its the lab j cat's p'an revived. D Quebec is
in the hands of the Congress, the whole fehemeis d, seated;
for 1 look upon the march to Albany this yeai (it ever) unc %
ly impuffiblc, from the bravery of my countrymen, th- ir num
bers, and the well concerted oppositions of the C^ngecH
The fame care has doubtitfs he n taken with refpt& to the
heights on th- North river. Whether or not, they can make
any impression on New York government; they mean to kt
tack Amboy, and so with facility ma ch to the dettruaion o'
Philadelphia : Nor wiri they furpriz you through the Jersey:
only, but will invade you through the Delaware; hence the
propriety of talc ng up your bu?ys, and guarding every par
on the tout to the cat it'al, as well as calling in your pilots
The nun her to each province, fay Canada, New Y^k ano
Pennsylvania, arc to be about 10,000; what a ddpioportion
to what each province can oppose to them ? I insist upon it
that the carpenters, Blip carpenters, and blacksmiths onfv>
Philadelphia, would annihilate the bandit i appointed tou
Jhare, for they are not half as well <ra ned; they are in g, me
ral raw boys and decriped o'd men : 3 sides, your cause mak^
one American equal to fix of ihefe vagabonds. With rcfpec.l
to Boston, it is intended, as they find Gen. Willington's ii^
not forcible, to withd aw the chief cf the army; fnpporing
2000 men w 11 be fufficie^t to retain the whole province ar
my to watch them: MiftaP.cn men! ' That whole corps wit
march to the southward, leaving fufficient 0 rhe minin of
Maflachufetts to coon the royalists up another year. The
other attacks are for Virginia and South Carolina; so that b :
harassing the whole continent with 40,000 men #? most, toge
ther with 100 fail of frigates, (loops and small craft, they are
sure of commanding unconditional fubm ilion to the tyranny
of this country; and hev do n^t ftuple to fay, that if th°
campaign should prove im ffeaual, hat then they fharinor
trouble to carry °n another, but in rime to fubdur you by the
vigilance o 4 the fl ft, deploying your commc ce, &c. There
a proud' Cupidity inhabits every ptifon in this kugdom, fro
the Ki g r o the peasant; as if 3,000.000 of brave people wnu'
be subjugated by 40 coo ragamuffins, or heir noble fpiri^
crushed, because cf a temporary fuppteffion of trade ! Het
then, you have the whole OT the boasted force which is to ope
rate adrift your vast continent for this year : V thhaid then
nobly 'no-w, and you never will be troubled with their inso
lence again.-
“ Lord Howe hits affitally fefigned I is communion, which
besides being chief Admiral, inverted low wph atu ile puw.
of reconciliation; fi ding his infhuai.-us more calculated
deceive (like Norm's motion flaft year) than torfobcihafe
He hasp fitivcly refund to art under it, and hits there or*
refumtd his oid comm flion cf Art vri Iris now nut
quefttoned whether he will ever go to An.r : ca in ths h :
as he abhores the murderous ft vice.
“ This spirited conduct has', ce - yraUf<, arric
are determined 0 offer no terms-: .void, or onep
ditional fubmiffien, is the alternative: lire former ^ A i:
ca's choice; let the latter Bay here, it oettertku:^:,^o
this meridian than youis.
" Batt sets off in a few days to h; 4,inft° bis ^ 1 arr
children; what a devil! mv foul is fh.sd t the unpa-a'd
led villany of numbers of the Americans now in trit, country..
The New-York clergy are ibe m*ft execrable vi lains on err-h.
Frem the north to ihefu h, th y form a club in St P un
church yard, and every Friday a Committee of th.m want
Lord North, either to give the newest mde lies, z'retcp*
orders on what fubjr& to traduce the Congress. Th,h het
Writers are, Chandler and Yard 11. In time, America I^'l
have a complete lift of fhefe paricides, and in the mean pm.
those who have estates fe^ld be as if they bad none.
''You know what use to make of the foregoing: B< quick
in delivering it. One word mote, Pursue no trade abroad,
and you will soon abate the v glance of commandos who ;, ~
only for prey. Great preparations are making in Spain and
France. Vert fleets and armies. The ae alarms
Why don't you call foreign athrt^re in just contrast to the
employing of Brnnfwickers, . Hessians, Hanov rians. &c.
Where is the war hoop, the tomahawk ' But vour Cong.-m
arc firm, and God has endowed them with wlfdom +rom on
high, to defeat, in his appointed time, the machinations cf a
profligate nation."
Extraß of a letter from St. Fu%+ia, ful, ir.
" You have herewith a few Weft India papers and an ex
trad of a letter received from Dominica, dated July 8.
“ We have a vessel here from Dublin that failed May xS,
'' the Capt. brings accounts of A. Thempfun, Newry, l. Fi,^
" an and fames Leckv, Dublin, being all taken np by order
66 of the Privy Council of Ireland, for carrying on 'cor
" refpondence with the people of America. Mr. Bryan
“ was difeharged, but Mr. Thompson a A d Mr. Leek,
" were held to great bail, and when the Captain failed an of
" ficer was kept on Mr. Lecky's house, and his papers fca rd
“ up, it was the afikir of the gimp >wdcr he purchaCd hft
" year for Mr. B M Clenacban to be (hipped by the Ho>
“ cock and Adams, which Mr Lecky was taken up for, aed
" the appearance of Capt. Forrest in publm ft m Haotz,
“ revived the dory, and catyed theft difagreabic things to
" happen. Large fubferiptions w re made or offered for Mi
" Lecky to fuppott him against th s attack of the Council"
“ About ten days ago he Pomona frigate Capt. Eaftwo* q
came down from Antigua, and came too in this roan
where she Raid for fcveral days with intention, as we fioc^
find, to wait the failing of a brig, Capt. Booker, (nwm
formerly by Mr. Goodrich of Virginia, but at prefrot Du,ch
property) bound to Amsterdam. As soon v the brig got or
der way the Pomona followed and r ock her, she was hut in
to St. Kitts, and an express sent up to the Admiral at Antigua,
to know what to do with her, it appears that iitformation
was lodged agaioft said vessel, that (he was bound to Ameri
ca with warlike (lores, &c. and it is exp. tied as soon as Die
is examined will be discharged.
While Capt. Eartwood lay in this road, he sent a letter to
our Governor, requesting leave to take poffeffioo cf Icvnal
American Vessels then in the road, two or three of which
were loaded with powder, dry-goods- &c. and ready to fai^
the Governor informed him he could grant him no such per
mission, and desired he might not attempt to commit any h fi
tiliti*s by offering a thing of this naure. The Governor and
Council met on this occasion and determine# that in future if
gny Eeglrih frigates or cruisers c.rae within reach of the gurs
of any fort on this irtand, with intention to obftrua the
trade, that the Commanders of the different forts have ordc@
.to fire ou them, the Pcsioaa^as kcp§ within figl: of this [