The Pennsylvania gazette — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-07-31 00:00:00, page 1

Price Half a Dollar,
TH E Interest and Glory of Great-Britain ; containing Ar
guments which prove, that not only in Taxation, but in
Trade, Manufactures, and Government, the Colonies are enti
tled to an entire Independency on the British Legislature; and
that it can only be by a formal Declaration of these Rights, and
forming thereupon a friendly League with them, that the true
aad lading Welfare of both Countries can be promoted,
In a Series of Letters to the Legislature.
It is not to be hoped, in the corrupt State of Human Nature, that
any Nation will be fubjed to another, any longer than it finds its
own Recount in it, and cannot help itfelf. -------
No Creatures fuck the Teats of their Dams longer than they can draw
Milk from thence, or can provide themselves with better Food ; nor
will any Country continue tbeir Subjection to another, only because
tbeir Great Grand-Mothers were acquainted. This is the Course of
human Affairs, and all wife States will always have it before tbeir
Eyes. Trenebard on Plantations and Colonies,
s in Cato's Letters. No. 106.
N. B, All the new Pamphlets may be had at said Bell's ; also
Sime's Military Guide for Officers, 2 Vols, Price Three Dollars.
Newgarden, Seventh-Month 7, 1776.
TO BE SOL D,
ft PLANTATION, situate in the township of New
garden, in the county of Chester, containing 112 acres of
LAND, about one hdlf cleared, the remainder pretty welT
timbered, ten acres of meadow ground is thought to be cleared,
and more may be; the whole conveniently watered by a con
ftaat stream, which runs through the said premises, deemed fuf
ficicnt for turning a saw-mill, &c. and might well answer for
eftabliffiing a tanyard ; on the premises is lately erefted a pretty
good dwelling house, with 2 rooms on a floor, and cellared under,
with a well of good water at the door, a cooper's /hop, barn and
Cabling for creatures, a good bearing orchard of 130 trees of
grafted fruit; the moderate quitrent of one Shilling, Sterling,
per hundred ; in a healthy and agreeable neighbourhood, handy
to mills, market, and places of worship. For terms of falc,
apply to the owner, who will give an indisputable title, and im
mediate possession. "fl Ambrose Taylor.
Trenton Ferry, July 15, 1776.
MR. Thomas Harvey) the poprietor of the new ferry, on the
Ptunfylvania fide, has thought proper to address the pub
lic, by way of answer to me, that the assertion (as he terms it)
which I made refoefling the distance between his new ferry and
the old Trenton ferry, where I now live, is falfe, the true dif
ference being Qoly.qalf a jnile and sixty rood, instead of a mile or
"more.-- I can only repeat my firft attrition to be trugon an aftual
menfuradon, and which may appear from an authentic map of
both ferries, and th; roads leading to each, now in my pofleffion.
By this map it also appears fiat the river at Mr. Harvey's ferry °
is at Tearllo yards wider than the old ferry, a circumflance Mo
Harvey has thought nereffary to be silent upon; and even by his
own Shew of the true distance, Me allows it to be near 4 of a mile,
2 round he expects the public to take to oblige, not themselves, but
him. It is readily acknowledged that Mr. Harvey may have been the
foie cause of lowering the ferriage to what it is, but he Should
have been candid enough at the fame time to place this to the
account of his interef, and not to any particular merit or public
fririt of his own. The rates at both ferries being now the fame,
the public will ^termine whether a mile saved in travelling is
not an object of more conference to them, than °oing that distance
round to facrf.ee to his merit, efpecidly when the fubferiber
scanner but flatter himfelf that the boats and attendance at the
old ferry, together with his attention and care to oblige and
merit the favours of the public, cannot nor (hall be exceeded by
M, Harvey at his new one. Thomas Janney, ft 7 /"6.
i.IT REE DOLLARS Reward.
ST RAVE D out of the paftcre of the fubferiber, near the
Hospital, on or about rhe 20th inll. a stout bay COL T,
turned of three years old, near 15 hands high, has neither been
bitted .r Shod, has a pretty plain star, a full tail and trots. Who
ever finds him, and will bring him to the fubferiber, or to Jacob
Hiltaheimer, Shall receive the above reward, and reasonable
changes if brought any considerable distance.
J AMES MEASE.
Seventh-Month 26, 1776.
TO BE SOLD,
fyiHE Time of a stout hearty Scotch Servant GIRL, who
Q has almost three Years to serve; the uriderftands cither
Town or Country Business. Enquire of Caleb Hibbard,
in Williftown townffiio. Cheffer county. ff
‘ E POU ND S Reward.
RUN away from the fubferiber, living in Yorketown,
York county, the 30th day of June, 1776, an Irilh ser
vant woman, named sane Shepherd, about 5 feet 3 inches high,
of a fair complexion) pretty fat and lusty, has black hair, and
is abo^t 23 years of age; had on, when She went away, a dark
brown worked petticoat, one calicoe bed-gown, one calicoe Skirt,'
a cambrick apron, one white half-worn peeling bonnet, and some
white linen handkerchiefs; she inclines much to finoaking of
tobacco, and her under jaw teeth are black. Whoever takes "tip
the Lid servant, and brings her to her master, or secures het, so
that the may be got again, diall have the above reward, paid by
§ JACOB DOUDLE.
yup Re-printed, from tie London Copy, and now felling by
ROBERT BELL, in Foird-ftreet, Philadelphia,
Kent County, on Delaware, 'July 12, 1776.
THREE POUNDS Reward.
nUN AIV A Y from the fubferiber, on the sth infant, a
ft Negroe man, who calls himfelf Moses Graves, 30 years
of age, abut 6 feet I inch high, (lender made, thin visage,
smooth face ; had on, and took with him, a pale blue coat, only
faced, a red coating veil, lined with flannel, it is too large for
him, two shirts, and two pair of trowfers, almost new flax and
tow, one white. Ihirt and flock, new ihoes, and cotton stockings.
Whoever takes up the said Negroe, and secures him in any
goal, fltail receive the above reward, and reasonable charges,
paid by' Henry Stevens, ff
Philadelphia, July 17, 1776.
^^ THEREAS my wife fare Brown has eloped from
V'/ me, and refufes to live with me; this is to warn all
ro<%r not to credit her on my account, as I will pay no
debts of her contrasting after this date.
+ Gabriel Brown.
The Pennsylvania
Containing the FreJheJi Ad-
3^ 31, 1776.
(whether verbally or in writing does not appear) that the
garrison Should not be put into the hands of the Savages,
and that their baggage Should not be plundered.
That at the time of the surrender, the enemy consisted
of about forty regulars, one hundred Canadians, and five
hundred Indians, and had no cannon; the garrison had
furtained no injury from the fire, but the having one man
wounded—they had twenty rounds of cartridges a man,
thirty.rounds for one field piece, five for another, half a
barrel of gunpowder, fifteen pound of muSket ball, and •
provision fufficient to have latted them twenty or thirty -
days. Major Butterfield knew that a reinforcement was
on its way, and moreover was so near the maintodyef
the army that he could not doubt of being supported by
that.•
That immediately on the surrender, the garrison was
.put into the custody of the Savages, who plundered them
of their baggage, and even stripped them of their clothes.
That Major Sherburne having landed, on Monday the
twentieth, at Quitezechenes, about nine miles from the
Cedars, and marched on with his party, confiding then
of one hundred men, to within four miles thereof, was
there attacked by about five hundred of the enemy—that
he maintained his ground about an hour, and then, being
constrained to retreat, performed the fame in good orde/,
receiving and returning a cohftatit fire for about forty
minutes, when the enemy finding means to port advanced
parties in such a manner as to intercept their farther re
treat, they also were made prisoners of war.
. That they were immediately put into the custody of
the savages, carried to where Major Butterfield and his
party were, and stripped of thqir baggage and wearing
apparel.
In CONGRESS, July 10, 1776.
THE Committee, to whom the cartel between Briga
dier General Arnold and Captain Foster, and 'the
several papers thereto relating were committed, having
had the fame under their consideration, and made dili
gent inquiry into the faffs, have agreed to the following
report:
They find that a party of three hundred and ninety
Continental troops, under the command of Col. Bedel;
was polled at the Cedars, about forty-three miles above
Montreal; that they had there formed some works of de
fence, the greater part of them piqueted lines, the relt
a breastwork of earth, with two field pieces mounted.
That on Wednesday, the fifteenth of May, Col. Bedel
received intelligence that a party of the enemy, consist
ing of about fix hundred regulars, Canadians and Indi
ans, were on their way to attack his port, and were then
within nine miles of it—that Col. Bedel thereon set out
himfelf for Montreal, to procure a reinforcement, where
upon the command at the Cedars devolved on Major
Butterfield.
That on Thursday a reinforcement, under the com
mand of Major Sherburne, marched from Montreal for
the Cedars, while a larger detachment Should be getting
ready to proceed thither with Brigadier General Arnold.
That on Friday the nineteenth the enemy, under the
command of Capt. Foster, inverted the port at the Cedars,
and for two days kept up a loose scattering fire—that
Major Butterfield proposed from the very firft to surren
der the port, and refufed repeated felicitations from his
officers and men to permit them to sally out on the enemy.
That on Sunday afternoon, a flag being sent in by the
enemy, Mjo& Butterfield agreed to surrender the fort
and garrison to Capt. Foster, capitulating with him
That two of them were put to death that evening, four
or five others at different times afterwards, one of whom
was of thofe.who farrendered on capitulation at the Ce
dars, and was killed on the eighth day after that sur
render. That one was firft foot, and while retaining life
and sensation was roasted, as was related by his compani
on now in possession of the Savages, who himfelf saw the
fa&, and that several others, being worn down by fatigue
and cruelty, were left exposed in an island naked and pe
rifhibg with cold and hunger.
That while Major Sherburne was in custody of the ene
my,^ Captain Foster required of him and the other officers
to sign a cartel, Stipulating the exchange of themselves
and their men for as many of equal condition of the Bri
tish troops in our possession. And farther, that notwith
standing the exchange, neither themselves nor men should
ever again bear arms against the Britiiti government. And
for the performance of tnis, four hofcages were to be de
livered, which they, being under the absolute power of
the enemy, did sign.
That on Sunday the 26th, the prisoners were carried to
Juingrehener, when it was difeovered that Gen. Arnold
was approaching and making dispositions to attack them.
I hat Capt. Foster, having desired Major Sherburne to
attend a flag which he was about to fend to Gen. Arnold
for confirmation of the cartel, carried him into the
Council of the Indians then fitting, who told him, " that
it was a mercy never before Shewn in their wars, that they
had put to death so few of the prisoners, but that he mutt
expect and so inform Gen. Arnold, that they (hould cer
tainly kill every man who Should thereafter tail into their
hands." 'I hat Capt. Foster joined in desiring that this
bloody message mould be delivered to Gen. Arnold, and
moreov:r that he Should be notified, that if he reje&ed
the cartel, and attacked him, every man of the prisoners
would be put to instant death.
That Gen. Arnold was extremely averse from entering
into any agreement, and was at length induced to do it',
by no other motive than that of laving the prisoners from
cruel and inhuman death, threatened 'in fiich terms as left
bio doubt it was to be perpetrated; and that he did in the
end conclude it after several Bag 2 received from Capt.
Foster, and a relinquiAment by him of the unequal arti
cle restraining our soldiers from again bearing arms.
iaat the prisoners, to fnpulated to be given up to the
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vices, Foreign and Domestic.
-Refolded, That the plundering the baggage of the gai
rifon at the Cedars, stripping them of their clothes, and
delivering them into the hands of the Savages, was a
breach of the capitulation on the part of the enemy, for
which indemnification ought to be demanded.
Refold, That the murder of the prisoners of war
was a giofs ana,inhuman violation or the laws of nature
and nations; that condign punjfhment should be tofided
on the authors^ abettors^ anti perpetrators of the fame;
and that, for th"is purpose, it be required that thev be de
livered into our hands. . - '.
Refolded, That the agreement entered into by General
Arnold was a mere Iponlion on his part, he not being in-"
verted wifeb powers for the djfpofal of prisoners not in bis
possession, nor under his direction; and that therefore it
is lubjed to be ratified or annulled at the diferetion of
this House.
1 hat four hortages were accordingly delivered to Capt
fofter, who were immediately plundered and stripped by
the Savages; and on his part were delivered one Major,
tour Captains, hxteen subalterns, and three hundred and
nmy-nve:privates, as Ipecified in a certificate of Captain
Janies Cigood and others, of whom no fpecitication Nr
then names or number has yet been transmitted ; that he
retained twelve Canadians, alledging, in his juftification,
expteis orders so to do; and that living in a military go
vernment, they were to be coUidered even in a worse
light t.ian deserters from his Majesty's armies. These he
Carried away in irons, but afterwards releafcd; that he
permitted the Indians to carry into their countries several
others, natives of the United States, for purpufes un
known.
That during the time of their captivity not liajf food
was allowed the prisoners. They were.continually in
i^itcd, buffeted, and ill treated by the Savages* and
when the firft parties of them were carried off from the
ihore, to be delivered to General Arnold, ball? of rand
were fired at them, and at the last parties musket balls.
11 hereupon the Congrels came to the following reso
lutions:
Refolded, That all ads, contrary to good faith, the
laws of nature, or the cuttom of civilized nations, done
by the .officers and soldiers of his Britannic Majerty, or
by foreigners or lavages taken into his service, are to be
Cofifidered as come by bis orders, unless indemnification
be made in cases which admit indemnification, and in
all other cases, unless immediate and effective weafures
be taken by him or his officers for brining to condign
punishment the authors, abettors, and perpetrators of
enemy were not in the possession of General Arnold, nor
under his direction, but were, at that time, distributed
f ^' a 7° us P arts °' the continent, under the orders
ot this House.
Refolded, That the foameful surrender of the port at
!' e Cedars is chargeable on the commanding officer.
That inch other of the prisoners, as were taken there,
shewed a willingness and desire to fight the eriemy; and'
that Major Sherburne, and the prisoners taken with him,
though their disparity of numbers was great, fought the
enemy bravely for a considerable time, and fuiTendered
^ last but on absolute necessity; on which consider,
atiens, and on which alone, it is resolved that the said
fponnon be ratified, and that an equal number of cap
tives from the enemy of the fame rank and condition be
restored to them, as Stipulated by the said fponfion.
Refolded, That, previous to the delivery of the pri
soners to be returned on one part, the British Commands
er in Canada be required to deliver into our bands the
authors, abettors, and perpetrators of the horrid mur
der committed on the prisoners, to fuffer such punish
nient as their crime deserves; and also to make indem
nification for the plunder at the Cedars, taken contrary
to the faith of the capitulation ; and that, until such de
livery and indemnification be ma^e, the said prisoners
be not delivered.
Refolded, That if the enemy Shall commit any farther
violences, by putting to death, torturing, or otherwise
ill-treating the prisoners retained by them, or any of the
hortages put into their hands, recourse be had to retalia
tion, as the sole means of flopping the progress of hu
man butchery ; and that for that pnrpofe punishments of
the fame kind and degree be inflicted on an equal num
ber of the captives from thence in our possession, till
they Shall be taught due refped to the violated rights of
nations.'
Refolded, That a copy of this report be transmitted to
the Commander in Chief of the Continental forces, to
be by him font to Generals Howe and Burgoyne.
"By Order of the Congress,
JOHN HANCOCK, President.
In CONGRES S, %/, 22, 1776. °
RESOLVED, That the several Commanders in
Chief in each department be direfled to exchange
any Officer in the British Service, now a prisoner in any
of these States, of or uhider the rank of Colonel, for
Colonel Ethan Allen.
Resolved, That the persons taken prisoners with Colo
nel Ethan Allen be put upon the fame footing as those in
the Continental Service, and exchanged accordingly, as
opportunity presents. Ar Order of CorprefE
JOHN HANCOCK, Prefot.
All the Printers are desired to publish the abote
Order, for the benefit of Colonel Allen, who has buffered
much in the cause of his country^
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At the North Side of Market-street, 5 Doors below Jhird-ftreci
HATH tor Sale, a few Hogsheads of excellent R U 3
and MELAS,S ES, which he <ll difeofe of * *'f
mart reasonable Rates, for Cassi only.
Numb. 2484.