The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-07-10 00:00:00, page 2

A‘p,—il §¢ The Imh regiment.(Colonel Preston’s) of Light
draguons are to ewbark at Portimouth for America. The
above iregiment confats of ix mwen from each of the other,
~and is formed into {l2 companies of one hundred men each.
© Wedsefday aew cloathiog for the Guards, who are going
to America, was shipped oo beard some tranfposts lying ac
‘the Tower wharf ; and they immediately fell down to Gravefs
ead, to proceed from thence for Spithead; and yesterday
morniog the waggons that have bzen at the Tower wharf
{ome ume, were b:gun to bt shipped on beazd some
transports. - e g 3 aie
Yeterday 2 messenger was sent from tire Admiralty to
Portsmouth, with d\fpatches for General Howe, to be sent by
‘the Greyhousd sloop, now ready to fail for Boston. -
Extra® of aletter from Norwich, dated Marck 2%, 1976.
© * The woolen maaufa&ory, the sole support of this great
‘and once flourithing eity, has so materially fuffered by the
#Prefent American war, ‘that 3 coufiderab’e number of indus
trious and valuable young men have been obiiged toinlift
to avoid (asving. Should they be wraufported to America,
o fightagaialk dieir fricnds and fellow-fubjeds, coptrary. to
‘their inchimations, and solemn promises made them by the
recruiting officers, in whom they confide, and who assure
them they are enly intended to zeplace those soldiers who
*are going there, they will no doubs defere.” .
April 6. The unncrs in Cornwall a fev.days since wens in
a body to Truro, Redruih, Faimouth, Penzance, and cther
‘plrces, where they defltroyed all the Staffordfhire carthiea ware
they cou'ld find; but on a promise from the prinsipal inhabi
eanis that they would in future use pewter, and discourage the
Fatrodu&lion of carthen ware, they dispersed. . ;
April g, Captain Hoiham is preteried 0 a broad Pendant,
and will 2& third in command oa the American ftauon.
Capi. bawkes is appoisted 10 the command of the Mermaid
frigaze, av Plymouth. = - % i
A {Guadron of men of war under the command of a Rear
Admiral, qpuipleatly vidtualled and manaed for a forcigo
voyage, isintended (o lay at Spichead this fumméer, ia or&r
to be in readiness to f2il on any-emergency. y
Firtred of aletter from Cork, March 19,
- Yeficrday and 1lid: mosaing the following transports ge
rived biere, viz. the Chrittie, Bodfield; “Oferbollo, Siobergh;
Sreedwell, Fox; Feiegddiv, Colditream; and Lewant, Tho
mass from' Plymourh; Gall, - Jefferfon; | Thomas, Sides;
Amity's Suceefion, Couiing;: Chaiming Saliy, Whatey; La
ciatia, Willhn; Providence,” Ware; Sarah, Panderfon; aud
Afton Hall, Parker;” fiom Loudon; Grace) Coukie; Success
Increate, Videls; Joba, Hunter; Lively, Witharden; Bii
tannia, Ball; and Gadleed, Piclton; from Poritfmouth with
tenops; Sre. The abeur dips which are expected 1o fail in 2
féw davs iurflofion, Zveto be couvoyed by two menof war,”
Ap il vx. OnlUecdday wigle; Loid Siormont, . nis Majes
ty's Aisbatizdor at the French coust, ariived in town from
Pins, wos vefierday avcoust, and had a conference with his
Mijefty. His Lordship is oaly come home on his own private
affurs, and has letr Horace St Pauly tfq: his Secretary,
Chargs de Allaires in hisahfzace, &
“Acounct) has been lately held at 5t James’s o @ very ex.
traorcdhnary occasion ; =o ks, irisfaid, thun areprefentarion
of the Cimnmauder o Chics, aud the rest of the general officcrs
in America, containiag their veafoss 27:i2{ the prosecution
of the war, and dimon{lrating the imp:réi.:.:bility of camry
iag it into exicution with any peofpedt of fuceefs,
By the a& which received the royal assent on Tucfday
{lwuigb 4 fir better supplying of mariners aod seamen to
Aerveinhis Maj -&y's fhiips of war, merchaat (hips,” &c. it is
enrbetly “Plisr from the pefling the a@ uaril March 25, 1797,
aod nojouger (exceptin respect of merchant and other t.ad
ing shins which ¢liall be on their voyage before the fard March
15, 177 y, who @il be at'owed the liberty of returning home
ravigaied in the manner after provided) it shall be lawful for
any meschant ship, &c. to be navigated by foreign mariners,
10 as such foreign maciners do got exceed, atone time, threg
feicths of iofe employed to navigate such ships, &c. and
that one-fourth at least of the mariners shall be, ar all times,
natives oc naruralized fubje@s of Great Biitair; (sudden
#eath and wrlier cafvalies excepted) the ad 12 Car. I (**for
He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of
his protection and waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our
towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign
mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and
tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and
perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and
totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow citizens, taken captive on
the high seas to bear arms against their Country, to become
the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall
themselves by their hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has
endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the
merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an
undistinguished destruction, of all ages, sexes, and conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for
redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated petitions
have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince,
whose character is thus marked by every act which may de
fine a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People .
Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British bre
thren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts
by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction
over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of
our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to
their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured
them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these
usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connect
ions and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the
voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore,
acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation,
and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in
war, in peace, friends.
WE, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, IN GENERAL CONGRESS;
Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World
for the rectitude of our intentions, DO, in the Name, and
by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemn
ly Publish and Declare, That these United Colonies are, and
of Right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES;
that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British
Crown, and that all political connection between them and
the State of Great-Britain, is and ought to be totally dis
solved; and that as FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES,
they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract
alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and
things which INDEPENDENT STATES may of right do.
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance
on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge
to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
Signed by ORDER and in BEHALF of the CONGRESS,
JOHN HANCOCK, PRESIDENT.
Attest. CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
R 0 b NWI R D
encouraging and encrealing of (hippi and navigation”) or
any mhq‘ 10 the contiary notwithfandpg. Bucthisa® is not
1o restrain such royal proclamation as sis Majity is empower
. ed to mng. by the 2& of ’&.,; .(f for the becter fapply
oT.mari*.' and seamen to serve infhis Majelly’s (hips of
Rt e ) e U bl a i s R P
Orders ate font to Chatham for ¥is Majesty's ‘ftigl: Ama
zon, Capt. facobs, of 32 guns, to be fived our for the North
Ameriean Ration. bl =
The ships going to America thig spring, are to fail in three
flects, viz. oue from Cork, with three men of war and four
fr gites; oae fiom Plymouth, with two men of war, and three
frigates; and th'oworlzer friom Pomfmouth, with two men of
war, and only two frigates, which it is supposed will be a
means of keeping the pyoviuci&hom,at;acking them. 5
+ . Bijiol, \.4pril 8, This morning came up to the key, the
\ fnpw,DichnPfon, Wil{% Méﬂtgjﬁi’ncr}f‘m Pﬁlaﬁhﬁhiuj
! bound to Naatz iu O Frasi ;"‘ghﬂc she was to diflcharge
hier foading, and take in'a sﬁ?;{ warlike fores and ammu--
nition for i%gelnfc of the Continental army.—She was taken up
and fitted out by order of the Congrels, aud corfigned to
Mc(l:s. Montandouin and Frere, merchagts, in Naniz, as ap
pears by the Captaiv's orders.’ I |
* The mate and people on boasd, finding that they were to
load with warlike stores for the use of the ]ﬁmcxicans, and
having, as they declare, been forcediinto the service, took
the veilel, and inflcad of proceeding to France, determicved
to make the firft Briiifh post. They accordingly brought ber
into Bristol, - ater beating upwards of a fortaight about the
mouth of tll)\e chanpeli and the mate is immediaiely going off
for London, and will take all she leiters and papers which
were on board the said vellel, for the nfpcQion of govéra
ment, SO4 bR = T A
Pirt/niouth, April g, . ﬂgs‘moming failed'the Juno frigate,
Capt. Dulrymple, and the Blonde man of war, Cap:. Pownall
haviag on board Gen. ‘Burg)yns, and Col. Phillips, with the
transports; on board of which'are the Biunfwick troops aad
British train of artillery undér convoy for Quebec. Aifofail
ed the Romacey and Cygaet men of war for Newfotadland;
and Woodlsnd, Maaners, for Quebec. L
" ENGLISH-HARBOUR, (in Antigua) Juneg3.
Lalt week arrived bere his Majelty’s éxip Hynd, Captain
Bryne, aftes Laving landed three companies of the 6oth regi
meat 4z Si. A-vgu#inr, betoy ‘intosmed @b his retura, that in
a creek near Sunbury in Georgia, a brigantine lay takiog ia
lumber, peas which was = (hip on the stocks piereed for twen
ty gune ; Capr. Bryod, when he arsived off that place, erdcred
bis tender and boats armed, who set fice to and Burbed both.
This expedition 2nd voyage was performed in the space of
fix weelts § Lue ais fuecels was damped by the loss of Licur.
Nicholas, a very worthy officer, who commanded the tender,
but loft compaiy about thirty leagues from land, and is sup
posed t¢ have roundered, 4 2
Itis observable, that we have a more powerful fguadion on
this station than we bhave bad since the yﬁ!t 1791, ic consists of
the Portland of go guas, casrying Admiral Young's flag, Capt.
Dumarefg ; the Argo of 18 guns, Capt. Garnier ; the Hynd of
24 guos, Capt. Bryae; the Seatordofz‘ium Capt.Colpoys; the
FPomona of 18 guns, Capt. Ealtwood ; the Hawk of ¥gnm,
Capt. Cooper ; the Endeavour, asmed vessel, Capt. - Tinfley,
another armed vallcl to be purchased, and the Sandwich ten
der commanded by Capt. Douglas. Orders are received from
Lngland (o raise the ships companies to the bigheft complc
ment of men, ; ¢
Admiral Young has received orders fiom the Admiralty to
purchale two armed veficls, 1o carry 10 puus each, and 45
men, one of which isalready bought and the command given
to Capt. Tinfley, it is supposed some eztraoreinury expedition
is §oing fonvarl'at Eng'ifh-harbour, as the Admiral has given
orders 1o enter fourteen more Shipwrights, : :
Two large brigantines loaded with fpemaceti oil are taken
off Barbadoes, by his Majesty’s sloop Hawk, Capt. Cooper,
a.d are {ent into Englifh-harbour.~We have certain infor
mation, that the Pomosa, Capt. Eallwood, has taken two
prizes and {ent them into St. Kitts. :
We are jult informed thac the Convoy appointed to escort
the Weft-Tadia bomeward bound fleer, will carry them as far
as the wellern islands only, where some men of war are to
mect and carry them to £ngland, and the convoy to retun to
their station here. : ;
Thizmorning arrived in this harbour, a large sloop loaded
with Jumber and fiour from North-Carolina, taken by his Ma
jelty's ship the Pomona, Capt. Eiftwoed, off St Euftatia.
A vellel loaded with whaie oilis aifo taken by his M.j-fty’s
ship Hawk, Capt. Cooper, off Barbadoes, likewise another
poize is takea by the Argo tender. . ’
W ERL l’A MSBURG, (Virginia,) Jane2B.
By a gentleman from Bermuda, who left that island the
15th infant, we learn rhat advices had been received from
Martivico, jult before be fiilcd, that great preparations wese
making there for some important expedition, which no onc
doubted was againfl the British Wcﬁ-.xndieg; and the gen
tleman {ays, he {halinot be at all surprised to hear that the
chiet parcof the islands areio che pqszﬁon of Francein a
very sow wecks. That the men” of property in the islands
have been for some time (hipping off their valuable ffc@s to
England, and ordesing insurances to be made on their es
tates ; and that the price of provifioas has risen to 20 cnor
mous height, corn felling at 18 s. pet bulhel, pork at four
haif-joes the batrel, butter at 6 5. a pound, and flour fetchés
any price that is asked.
Extraft of a lester from Col. Hendricks, 39 Brigadier General
Lewis, deted Hampton, Func 26, 2316.
“ I fend you four men under guaid, who were taken on
Monday, en boatd a briz from Barbades, beuad for Dua
more. Eacly on Monday morning, we had icformation that,
a brig was aground off Willoughby's point. Major Leitch
i nmediately made a!f possible haste, wiih twelve men, on
board a small pilot boat which was in the bafon, loaded
with tobacco for the Wefl-fndies, n order to examire what
fae was. Oa coming on board, he found she was fram Bar
bados, bound for Norfolk, with the supercargo or board,
loaded with 3:: puncheons of ram, and a few barels of
himes. Og examination, the Major found fh= hid got a
ground about 12 o'clock the preceeding night, that (he was
very fait, and consequently thar he had no other way to
proczed than to leave his people on board, and come to
Hampion for assistance to lighten her. A sloop bound up
James civer was pitched oo for this purpose, being the oniz
veliel in our harbour. Ualuckily, however, both wind an
tide seemed to conspire againit: the measure, by putting i
out of our power to get her down before a tender of ten car
riage guns appeared in fight of the brig; on which Lizut.
Herbert (of Capt. Lilly's axmed veflel) thought prudent to
fei.d the pilot boat off, in ovder 10 know whether the veffz|
in fight was 2o cnemy or friend; which was soon discovered
to bz the former. In the mean time, Mr. Herbert threw
oveiboard five hogsheads of vum, and luckily, got the people
off; in a boat trom the other thore (cxecpt one, who hap
pened 0 be dowa in the hpldg_ the pilot boar refufing to
gome on board to take them off. Thz got all fafe athore,
a'though the tender kept up a coaftant sre upon them; two
of the brig’s crew being on board the pilot boar, and other
two before brought on shore by Major Leitch. The brig
‘Belongs to a Mr. Walsh of Barbados, and the whole of the
peopic om board seemed much c;hagri?(d at the appearance
of our boas, and no doubdt “as much e'ated on cur being
' obliged to quit her.—A convincing proof of the frieadfhip the
" Welt-Indiaus have for us.” ‘ .
Last Monday a fhipof war, with a transport or twn, ar.
rived at Gwyn’s Island, where it is thought they have Jandec
between 2 and 300 tioops, from the number of tents which
have been ereéed. .
B O 8 T O N; June ag,
Monday lalt came from Newbury-port a young man be
longing to this town, wto informs us that he lcft Halifax 30
days ago, that the (roops were all embarked on board the
ti'anfports, said to be defiined tor New-York or B-flon, but i
was gencrally believed for the former ; that they had ac thay
time no ic nforcements, except about 300 from.the Wefl-In
dies, who w re bicwn off this coalt-iait fall ; tha provision
were vesy fearce 5 tha he saw wmaiter JAMES LOVELL, whe
was cruelly confined hercin goal by order us Gen Guge, so
1o months, and from thence taken with the Bunker-Hill prie
foners and casriedto Halifax, and committed to prison, where
he remained when our yi.formant came away ; that he kep
. up his spirits with furpriziag firmncf; amidst the accumu'aa
infuits and injuries he had rcceived, and had peitioned Gen.
]-{owc for trial, oz to b liberated, cr sent to Eagland for tri
al; that Gen Brattle and Simon Tufts mefled together in -
Jittle chamber over a grog shop; and that Sir Francis Gree
was busy in distributing the arms treacherovlly detained fron
the inhabitants ot this town, to the refugeds and others of (1
" core, in case of Liciog called upon 1o afilt in the diabolies
purpose of butchering and enslaving the good people of thef
tolonies, ‘ ' 3 {
" NEW-Y ORK Taly 8 1796 g 1
The Fleet, from Halitax, we infor ed our seaders, in ou
“ Jaft, was arrived at Sandy Hoolk, to the amount.of ¥l3 said
"tis difficule, from their situation to ascertain their nuniber
but we suppose it-does not cxceed 130 faiit Muonday it cam.
up into Yakes’s-Bay below the Nairows; Tuesday fevers
thips came too at the Watering-place; Wrdnefday more £
iow:d 3 and by Tho fday noon the whoi- fleet was at ancho,
in a hine from K i Van Kull +0 Simonfoo’s terry ou the Fa!
fide of Sta-en-Hland. The Asia breushtup the rear of th
fieet, and in the Narrows was fied at from a tmall battery o
Lopg-lland, which campicment was returned by hbout 4.
tweniy four pownders, onc of which lodged in the wall of :5
house of Mr. Bemnet, bot did no hurt to sthé family 3 an
three shat had near dvne much mifthief 10 the hovfe 2aad fa
mi'y of Mr. Dennife Dennifs, one of them rarrowly mufling
the kicchen, wherein was 2 number of (he family; a fecom:
struck the barn, and the third destroyed much of the fence o
the garden oppofi‘e the front door of the Mansion house.
Part of the army is now cucamped on Swaten-Iflard, an
we have not the icaft reason to doubt, will endcavour o
cure the north fide thereof by emwenchments, whilst o
{hipping proteds the other parts of it. ‘
As soon as the troops landed, they paraded the North
shore, and on Wednesday morning made itheir appearanc
pnear Elizabetk-Town Point; but he countiy being
alarmed, they reireated, tock up the fle og of the draw-biid,
in the fait mcadows, and immediately thiew up some woric
Their near approach to Elizabeth-Town Point, great
alarmed the inhabitants. of Essex courty, and particu :1 -
the peopic _of Elizabeth-Town and Newark, bur theys .-
- BOW in a condition to reccive them wheoever they may thiak
proner to approach. e & Ry
Two young men from Elizabeth-Town crofitd the. riv.
in acanoe last Thusfday, and fiicd upon the Regu'ars; bur
numbcr of them sufhing our of the woods, they were obliy'
to reireat and cross the river again.
A ocp of 12 fix pounders, belonging 0. the floet. frav
Halifax, faying in the Kills, noar Mr. Déckee’s fervy, was
most torn to pieces fat Wedn fday moroing, by a party -
der the command ot General Heed, from the opposite fhor
with two 18 pounders. The crew soon abandoned (he floog
and we suppose the is rendered entirely uafit for aoy €usrhe:
service. " &1
We heartwo men of war now lay near Amboy, in order
’tis supposed, to stop a!l navigation that way. ¢
' Onc of our cruizers, lately took on the south Gide of Long:-
Iflind, alarge B:ymudian built4loop, laden wich intrenchin
tools, &c. from Halifax, beund to this place: There wer.
on board a number of Boston refugees, among wicm wa:
Robe:t Auchmuty, Efg; late Judge of the Admiral'y at Bofion,
and bro her to the Rev. Dr. Auchmuty of thiscity.
The number of Highlaude:s lately aken prisoners in the
different vefels from Scotland, amounts to about 550, :
Since our last arrived the firlt division of Conne@icur forcey
commarnided by the Hon. Brigadier Generals Waterbusy ane
Wad{worth. v
Yefierday 7 {camen belonging to the Killingfworth trant
port, of jOO tons, we'e biought to town from Loong-Idand
having deserted the ship the night befores’ they fay, the nur
ber of soldiers with the fleet is about 8500, who are all ¢t
camped; and that many of the seamen intended (0 desert sk
ficet when an opportunity presented. v
Last Wedoefday pight the Capt. of a transport, and sou
of his men, were caken at the Narrows and bronghe to town
they were looking for & boat that had gone adrift, and gow
too near the shore were taken by che R:fl men.
R e B YD GRS PR e AL
In "CO'N'G RE 8 S July! 9, ay75..
Refotved, That such of the militia as are cmployed |
mak ng powder, canoon, aud gun locks, be flopped fros
going to New- Jeriey, 4 coafcquence of the refulutivn of ik
6th inst. By order of the Congress.
} JOHUNTHANCOCK, Prefidea.
Qo Monday last the Committce of Safety, and Commitia:
of Infpe@ion, went in proceflion to the State Houf:, whes
the Declaration of the dudipendency of the UNITED
STATES of AMERICA wasiead 20 a very Jaige nuinbes
of the Inhabitaots of this' city and <county, which was re.
ceived with general applause and hear-felt fatisfa& on.—
And ia the eveging our late King’s coat of arms was broughy
from the Hall, in rhe State-House, where the fuid King'
courts were formerly held, acd buraed amids the acclama
tions of a croud of fp:ctators.
Monday Jaft being the day appointed %r holding an ¢/efis
for the choice of Members to fit in CONVENTION: The
followiag geanticmen were chosen ;
For the City of Philadelphia,—Benjamia Frankiin, Timoths
Matiack, Qwen Bisldle, George Ciymer, Dovid Ritrchoude,
Fredenck Khull, [amus S;:i:ioo, George Scid iler.
or the County \f Philadilph'a —John Buil, Thomas Porrs
Eiward Bxbolomew, Henry Hill, F cd ik Antis, Rob.:
Lollgr, Williom Qoates, Jof ph B.ewer.
For Busks Counig=~ofeph Hort, jnhn Wilkinson, Samue
Smich, John Ketler, William V4o Hora, Jcho Grigr, Abiatas
Middls{warth, Jokeph Kirkbride.
Fostrall of alester from the Weft Indies.
“ Rya Bristol papee of May a'h it is said, the foreigs
tronps were crdared 10 fail avith he fleet, and Lord How.
took feav® and set out from qovrtoa the ad of May, to a2k
the command of Thear, —Jt is il uncertain .h9u§ the Cran
Missioners, bur oo the gath of ALt it wae {eid 3 Comaifl .-