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'tron, cither from a fort or some {hi, of force Rationed
there for the Security of our fleet.
" Toward the close of the evening we perceived the
four fchoonei> 3that were engaged with us in the morning,
joined by the brig Defence, of 16 carriage guns, 20
swivels, and 117 men, and a schooner of 8 carriage guns,
12 swivels and 40 men, get under way and make towards
us. —As we flood up for Nantafket Road, an American
battery opened upon us, which was the firft serious proof
we had that there could scarcely be many friends of ours
at Boston; and we were too far embayed to retreat,
especially as the wind bad died away, and the tide of
flood not half expended. —After each of the vessels hav
ing twice run a-ground, we anchored at George's Bland,
and prepared for action, but the Annabella, by some
misfortune got aground so far astern of the George, we
could expert but a feeble support from her musketry. —
About it o'clock four of the schooners anchored right
upon our bow, and one right a stern of us; the armed
brig took her Ration on our starboard fide, at the dif
tande of 200 yards, and hailed us to strike the British
Flag.—Although the mate of our Ship, and every sailor
on board (the Captain only excepted) reftrfed positively to
fight any longer, I have the pleasure to inform you, that
there was not an officer, non-cemmiffioned officer, or
private man of the 71st, but what stood to their quarters
with a ready and chearful obedience. —On our refufing
to strike the British Flag, the action was renewed with a
good deal of warmth on both sides, and it was our mif
fortunc, after the sharp combat of an hour and an half,
to have expended every shot that we had for our artil
lery.—Under such circumstances, hemmed in as we were
with 6 privateers, in the middle of an enemy's harbour,
beset with a dead calm, without the power of efcapihg,
or even the most distant hope of relief, I thought it be
came my duty not to facrifice the lives of gallant men
wantonly in the arduous attempt of an evident impossi
bility; in this unfortunate affair Major Menzies and 7
private soldiers were killed; the quarter-matter and 12
private soldiers wounded.—The Major was buried with
the honours of war at Boston.
“ Since our captivity I have the honour to. acquaint
you, that we have experienced the utmost civility and
good treatment from the people of power at Boston,
insomuch Sir, that I should do injuftiee to the feelings
cf generosity, did I not make this particular information
with pleasure and fatisfaftion.—l have now to request of
you, that so soon as the diftraded date of this unfortu
nate coatroverfy will admit, you will be pleased to take
an early opportunity of fettling a cartel for myfelf and
officers.—l have the honour to be, with great refpc&,
Sir, yuur most obedient and most humble servant,
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL,
Lieut. Col. of the 2d Bat. 71st Regt."
General Howe.
" P. S. On my arrival at Boston I found that Captain
Maxwell, with the Light Infantry of theist battalion of
the 71st regiment, had the misfortune to fall into the
bands of some other privateers, and was carried into
Marblehead the roth irritant. Captain Campbell, with
the grenadiers of the 2d battalion, who was ignorant as
we were of the evacuation of Boston, stood into the
mouth of the harbour, and was surrounded and taken
by 8 privateers.this forenoon.
" In case a cartel is established, the following return is,
as ne^r as I ca&effedt, the number of officers, nen-com
miffioned officers, and private men of the 71st regiment^
who arc prisoners of war at and in the neighbourhood of
Boston.
" The George Tranfoort. Lieut. Col. Archibald Camp
bell; Lieut, and Adjutant Archibald Campbell; Lieut.
Archibald Balneaves; Lieut. Hugh Campbell; Quarter-
Master William Ogilvie; Surgeons-Mate David Burns,
Patrick M'Dougal, Volunteer and ading Serjeant Major;
James Flint, Volunteer; Dugald Campbell, ditto; Do
nald M'Bane; John Wilson, 3 Serjeants, 4 Corporals,
a Drummers, 90 Private men.
" The Isabella Tranfeort. Captain George M'Kjnzie;
Lieut. Cohn M'Kinzie; Ensign Peter Frazer: Mr. M'
Kenzie and Alexander M'Tatifb, volunteers; 4 Serjeants,
4 Corpora's, 2 Drummers, 81 Private men.
" Lord Hoove Transport. Captain Lawrence Campbell;
Lieut. Robert Duncanfon; Lieut. Archibald M°Lean;
Lieut. Lewis Colhoun; Duncan Campbell, Volunteer;
4 Serjeants, 4 Corporals, 2 Drummers, 96 Private men.
" Ann Transport. Captain Hamilton Maxwell; Lieut.
Charles Campbell; Lieut. Fraser; Lieut. ; 4 Ser
ieants, 4 Corporals, 2 Drummers, 96 Private men.
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL,
Lieut. Col. 2d Bat. 71st Regt.",
Last Wednesday the Fowey failed from Annapolis with
Governor Eden on board.
The following Captains, belonging to this port, were
at the Bay of Honduras the 24th of last February, viz.
Spain, John Green, Taylor and Philips ; also Capt. Bu
chanan of Baltimore.
Extras of a letter from an officer in St. Mary's county,
Maryland-,dated the ninth ult.
" Our neighbour Dunmore has removed up to Gwyn's
Bland, and has there intrenched himfelf. Four days ago
be sent a party of marines and bailors on shore to get
wood, to the amount of fifty, who to a man deserted,
with their arms and tools. Three of them would have
inlifted with us, but we, being full, could not take them.
They fay he intends to make a push at us in harvest. I
apprehend his crop will hardly be worth gathering."
In CONGRESS, June 27, 1776.
Refilled, That four Companies of Germans be raffed
in Pennsylvania, and four Companies in Maryland, to
cotnpofe the German Battalion.
That it be recommended to the Committee of Safety
of Pennsylvania; immediately to appoint proper officers
for, and direct the inliftment of the four companies to be
raised in that colony.
By Order of Conprefs,
JOHN HANCOCK, President.
In COMMITTEE of SAFETY, July 1,1776.
The Committee, taking into consideration the above
Resolution of Congress, and being of opinion that the
public service requires that it be carried into execution
without any delay, and the recruiting service be entered
on as soon as possible; Resolved, that this board will, on
Friday the sth inst. appoint Captains, and on Friday the
12th inst. Lieutenants and Ensigns for the four companies
of Germans directed to be raised in this province by
order of Congress; and that it is the opinion of this
board, that consistent with the Resolve of Congress no
persons but such as are Germans born, or the sons of
Germans, should hold any office in said companies.
All such gentlemen who fall under the above descrip
tions, and are desirous to enter into the service, are re
queued to fend in their applications as early as may be.
Extras from the Minutes,
WILLIAM GOVETT, Secretary.
In COMMITTEE of S AFET Y,
Philadelphia, July 2, 1776.
• To the INHABITANTS of Pennsylvania.;
THIS Committee, too much occupied in the various
and multiplied business of the department in which
they arc placed, have seldom troubled the public with ad
dresses, and indeed little occasion has been afforded for
them, especially in justification of their own conduct,
while general acquiefeence in their authority prevailed,
and entire confidence in their integrity and abilities re
mained ; but they are not so blinded by felfelove, or so loft
in their own importance, as not to perceive lately, that
both confidence and authority are considerably Shaken
and impaired, not resting on a foundation altogether po
pular, their existence has been beheld with jealousy, and
by an opposition formed on mistaken or unworthy
principles, their condud, in almost every branch of
the public, service, Haas been traduced and vilified.—
In the honest difeharge of duty, they have been oblig
ed to Stand the unmerited reproaches of many individuals,
as well as of some public bodies.—After accumulated
mortifications, why they still continue to keep their feats
ought to be accounted for, left they justly be supposed
insensible to the feelings of men of honour.—But it is
necessary; nrft.to State the tranfa&ion which has prin
cipally given rife to this address. # /.,-
About the beginning of last month, the Committee
appointed Captain Samuel Davidson Commodore, and
Commander in Chief of the Naval Armament, equipped
for the defence 'of the 'River Delaware.—The motives to
this appointment, at a board of thirteen members, when
there was not one dissenting voice, - were such as these.
Ift. That during his- continuance in the service as Cap
tain of- one of the armed boats, he was confpicuoqs
among the officers for care and attention to his duty, and,
while he maintained a ftri<ft discipline, he had the address
to conciliate the regard and affedions of his crew, and
always kept his boat well manned, c : > <
2d. That having, on the return of Captain Davidson
from a Short voyage, in which he was spared from the
service of this province to go into that of the Congress,
and while perfect harmony yet existed between this board
and all its officers, and on a deliberate estimate of the
comparative merits of each, given him, though a younger
officer, the more important command of the Floating
Battery, in which the fame superior good conduct was
observable, the Committee afted but euhfiftently with
themselves in elevating him to a still higher rank.
3d. A clamour having been formerly excited against a
superior officer, because, as was said, he had not been of
the fleet, and some of the officers having since declared
they would yield ready obedience to any Commodore, if
taken from their own establishment, even though he
Should be the youngest among them, the present appoint
ment, as it prevented the necessity of going out of the
fleet, was considered rather as conciliatory than as admi
nistering cause of uneasiness and difeontent —They were
well aware of the obvious military maxim, to which they
had run counter, of advancing men according to seniority;
but this maxim, though perhaps proper in old eftabiiili
mentsy where a long course of service in the lower classes
are supposed to confer the necessary qualifications for the
higher, may and ought occasionally to be dispensed with
in the formation efnew ones. Where there can be but a
Slender pretext for qualifications from this cause, merit is
to be fought out and preferred wherever to be found,
though ambition Should be ,diAppointed, or delicacy of
fended. In. many instances have the Congress departed
from this supposed fundamental maxim, and their coun
try has been benefited by it. The refinance of the of
ficers of the armed boats to , this appointment, and their
indecent remonstrance, are well known —they were coun
tenanced and supported by men, whose decisions on pub
lic questions influence in some degree the public opinion.
Mutiny was justified .and abetted, and disobedience tri
umphed over authority.—The Committee thought it
their duty to adhere to the appointment they had made,
the Conference of Committees interposed by the fallow
ing resolution, agreed to immediately before their disso
lution.
" That it be recommended to the Committee of Safety
of this province, t® confine the command of Commodore
Davifon to the Ship of war and floating battery belonging
to the province, and to issue no orders to the Captains or
other officers of the row gallies, fire Ships or fire rafts,
through the said Commodore, until the Convention meets;
and that it be recommended to the Captains and other
officers of the row gallies, &c. to pay all due obedience
to the Committee of Safety until that time, and until a
new appointment Shall take place."
The Board, astonished and furprized, would have re
monstrated against it, not without hope, that on a fair
and impartial Late of the question, those who, from the
nature of their appointment, could have nothing in view
but the public happiness, and who could not have been
insensible cf the benefit of good order and discipline,
would have recalled this hasty determination, which may
be so fatal to both, but the diffulution would not allow
the necessary time.
The Committee doubt not the purity of the intention
which produced this resolution, and by which their
power in so important a branch is so greatly mutilated, if
not altogether destroyed. They well know the regard
due to the Representatives of the people, and are disposed
to Submit to the recommendation, tho' wounded and
dishonoured by it. But they would have it understood,
that the continuance of many of their board under such
circumstances is of necessity, as no body of men can at
present be appointed to supply their places, and as they
perhaps may, fettered in their authority as they are, still
render some small Services to their country. They
however think it incumbent on them to declare, that
many bad consequences may probably proceed from a
divided command. Military authority is not of a nature
to be participated, and when attempted, the greatest
mifehiefs commonly flow from it. Should this unfortu
nately prove so in our case, the Committee are not re
sponsible, they have performed their duty, and look for
ward with pleasure to the Short period of a few weeks,
Which is to deprive them of the feats they have held, of
late so much to the diffatisfaftion of some men, and
uneasiness to themselves.
Extract from the Minutes,
WILLIAM GOVETT, Secretary.
BROKE out of Matthew Henderson's stable, at the sign
of the Seven Stars, on the Ridge road, in Plymouth town-
Ship, in the night of the 27th of June last, a large black and
white milch C O W, about 7 years old, with small crooked
horns, on one of which is branded B. M. also a flit in her left
ear. Whoever takes up said Cow, and delivers her to Matthew
Henderson at the Seven Stars, or gives information to Charles
Marshall, in Philadelphia, so tkat She may be had again, Shall
Kcelve the above repaid, with reafcnablc charges.
TEN SHILLINGS Reward.
Province of Penn- A LL Persons possessed of the Bills of
Sylvania, ff, Credit of this Province, of the Several
Emissions issued before Year 1773 [Bills of Credit of the House
of Employ, which are exchanged by the Treasurer of that Infitutiom
excepted,] are hereby earnestly requested to bring them to the
Subscriber, in Philadelphia, in order to have them exchanged ;
and as this will render a Singular Service to the Province, it is
hoped no Lover of his Country will nege&ip.,, . 6w.
June 29, 1776. MICHAEL HILLEGAg, Prov; Teafurer,
{WANTED to purchase immediately,
A PAIR of young, float and likely GELDINGS,
for a Carriage. Any Person having such to difyofe of
may meet with a good Price, by applying tothe.PrlNTE> s..
A COACHM AN is wanted upon Hire; apply as above.
Several SUMS of. M ONEY
To be L E T T, at Interest, on good real! Security,
By J OHN ORD,
, Notary Public and Conveyancer,
In Front-street, between Market and Chestnut-streets. T
BY virtue of a writ to me direded, will be fold .by public
vendue, on Friday, the 12th day of July infant, at three
0 clock in the afternoon, dt the house of James Black, in
Swanson-street, Southwark, a certain roeffuage or tenement, and
Lt or piece of ground, Situate on the north fide of Chriftian
flreet, between Front and Swanson-streets aforefaid, conta ning in
f r °% about 18 feet, and in depth 108 feet; bounded by ground
of William Donalofon, and others; futje& to a groundrent of
—- , per annum ; late the palate of Elijah Dowej feh:ed
and taken in execution by
WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff. 3
BY virtue of sundry writs to me dire&ed, will be fold by
public vendue, on Monday, the 15th day of July instant,
at fiv£ o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Mrs. Nuttle,
near Plumfted s wharff, the unexpired term and lease of about:
15 years to come, of and in a certain meffuage or tenement, and.
Stores and wharff, lituate on the east fide of Water-street, near
Mr. Joseph Sims s wharff, between Spruce and Pine-ftieets, now
in the tenure of Mr. Thomas Hollingfworth and Andrew
M'Glone; Subject to a rent of 30L currency, per annum, in
which lease (which will be Shewn at the time and place of Me
aforefaid) are sundry covenants in favour of the lessee, and his
affi&hs. Alf) at 7 o'clock in the evening, of the r^th of July
aforefaid, at the blue house, near the Pennsylvania Hospital,
will be fold firndry fences, inclofing two large lots of ground ;
late the property of Henry Neill, deceased; Seized and taken in
execution by WILLIAM DEWEES, Sheriff.
'f''" juferiber begs leave to inform the public, that be can
1 and has for federal years past, infallibly cured the BITE
op a MAD DOG, as numbers of people in this and the neigh
bouring provinces car. teftify; my anchors, for upwards of 150
years, aid fuccefsfully praffife the fame cures in Old-England,
•when the ablest ^byficidns there, after exerting their utmost fill,
have foiled therein ; these who are so unhappy as to meet 'with fueb
fatal affer, may find an easy and effectual cure, by applying to
Daniel Goodman, Baker, living in Arcb-ftreet, between Second
and Tbird-ftreets, Philadelphia.>^
Manbeim, Lancaster Canty, June 15, 1776.
FOUR DOLLARS Reward.
RUN away from the fubferiber, on the 14th instant, an in
dented servant boy, named John Peterson, a native of
Holland, about 16 or 17 years of age, thin visage, fiender made,
curled hair, about 5 feet high ; had on, when he went away, a
light green coat, nankeen waistcoat, white trowfers, firings in
his Shoes (but has got buckles Since) Speaks English, High and
Low Dutch, all one in another, is apt to Steal and tell lies, used
to live with William Dewees, Esq; with Charles Moore, both
at Philadelphia, afterwards with Adam Richard, at Lancaster.
Whoever Secures said boy, so that his matter may get him again,
Shall have the above reward, and reasonable changes, paid b,,
| | 7,6. Jerome Heinzrlman, Tavern-keeper.
Philadelphia, June 2, 1776.
TO BE SOL D,
THE Time of a Servant Lad, who has three Years and
Some Months to serve; fays he was bred to the weaving
Business, and is very desirous to fer^ out his Time that way, at
fame Time may suit a Farmer in the Country, as be is young
and strong, with those other good Qualities, viz. honest and
free from drinking spirituous Liquors. Enquire cf the Printers. €f
Williamsburg, May 17, 1776.
IT having been inconteftibly proved to me, that the report
universally believed and circulated last Week, of Col. John
Willoughby and his son, with a number of Negroes, having
gone on board Lord Dunmore's fleet, is without foundation, at
least so far as relates to those gentlemen, I think it a duty in
cumbent on me to contradict the said report, so injurious to their
character, as I have been the means of diffusing it more widely,
through my Gazette, acid am exceedingly sorry for having be
stowed unmerited epithets upon gentlemen that do not deserve
them, but who rather merit the commiseration and thanks of
their country ; the one as a Sufferer in his property by the depre-'
dations of the ministerial pirates, the other for using his best
endeavours, at the rilk of his life, to repel those lawless invaders.
A L_E X._P_U RDI E.
THREE DOLLARS Reward.
RU N away the sth day of June last, a Negroe man, named
ISHMAE L, 25 years of age, about 6 feet high, Strong
made, his colour between a mulattoe and a black, rocks in hi&
walk, or rather Somewhat lame, occasioned by his having hi&
thigh bone broke when a boy ; had on, when he went away, a.
small brimmed hat, a brown cloth jacket, without Sleeves, leg
out in the back, new tow Shirt and trowfers, old Shoes. Who^
ever takes up said Negroe, and Secures him in any goal, so as
bis matter may get him again, Shall have the above reward, and
reasonable charges, paid by WILLIAM THOMAS, living
in Second-Street, opposite the Swedes Church, in the DiilriC t of
Southwalk. %/ yl, ippG. ~-..
N. B. All maflers of vessels, and others, are forbid to harbour or
carry him off, at their peril. H
Philadelphia, }uly T, 1776.
FOUR DOLLARS Reward,
RU N, away, on Sunday, the 30th ult. from the fubferiber,
living in the District of Southwark, a Negroe man, named
NEWRY, by trade a Cooper, about 22 years of age, a stout likely
fellow, sometimes calls himfelf CUFFE, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches
high ; he had on, and took with him, when he went away, a
cloth coloured fuftian coatee, a cloth jacket nearly of the fame
colour, without Sleeves, one fine and one ccarfe Shirt, a good bea
ver hat, a pair of buckikin breeches and a pair of white ticken
ditto, good Shoes, a pair of yarn and a pair of mixed mown and
white worked Stockings. Whoever Secures the said Negroe, so
that bis master gets him again, Shall have the above reward, and.
reasonable charges. Qgs.Tbc. JOHN JONES.
A GOOD Shallop, built of red Cedar,
I and newly planked, with her Sails
and Ringing; she will carry about 150
Barrels of Flour in her Hold, and fails
^ft. Enquire of REESE MEREDITH,
in Philadelphia, or of SAMUEL SHAW,
at Cheder Mills, where She max heleen. §
The Constitutional Post-Office
Is removed in:o Market-Lie#, above Third-street.