The Pennsylvania journal, or, Weekly advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-09-18 00:00:00, page 3

night of june 18, have been taken i,n and brought to town.
The featch is drif continued, and ioi> expend molt of tac
guns will be got up.
By letters of tne 6th infant from the camo, two miles b~-
low Keowee, in the Cherokee country, w. have the rollowing
interesting intcliigen.ee::
On the 31st of Jul'y; feme of Col. Wißiamfon's fccu;s
took two white men prisoners who had been fenc to get cat
tle for the enemy. They informed the C .lonel, that Came
ron had come o-ser the fills a few days before with 1% whi©
men ; and that he, wlh the Seneca and bine ether Indians
in all ab<>ut 150, were then encamped at Cowanarofs, about
30 miles from Twenty-three. Mile Creek, where our army
then lay encamped; and that their women and children hAI
all retired from the towns to the neighbourhood of the fame
place. This intelligence determined heC !. to march that
evening, at the head of 330 horsemen, taking the two pre
fellers with him. His intention was to leave the horGstwj
miles behind, with a patty to guard them, and surround the
enemy's camp by day-brexk. The river Keowee lying in his
route, arid being only payable at a foci at Seneca, obliged
him to take that road. About one o'clock in the morning he
arrived at the outskirts of that town, wh ch be had received
accounts of being comply abandoned; and therefore little
expected to meet with any oppofi ion there. The <.nemy,°
however, having received some in imamn of his nyarch, had
taken poffOhon ot th firft h uses, and poft.d ibemfelves be
hind a long fence, fluffed with <wigs abd corn blades, on an
eminence close 0 the road where the party was to pass ; they
allowo the guides and advance d guard to conic almift up to
rhe honfes, when they fired five & fix guns, but without do
ing ^7 other damage than killing one of the guides hmf s.
, They immediately afterwards began a very heavy fire < n our
advanced guard and main body, by which Mr. Fanci> Sal-
Vadc was foot' in three ddferewt pace*; Col. Wdliamfeo
had his horft /hot under him, a d eight men were badly
You ded aid two slightly; Mr. Salvador falling among the
bother, it being daik, and bb h parries mixed, they unitykriy
got hrs fcip." The Indian was seen by Capt. Smith, vho
would have preferred h\s aceoropl;fhing his cruel purfe.de,
bad he not thought it vis Mr. Salvador's Servant taking care
of hrs master. He died abou three quarters of an hour after.
Th whole army regret cd l ; s loss, as he was uni'erfaby be
loved and eftecan d by them. Two of the wutinded died
Ilex' m ruing.
Or party fton recovering from their surprise, kept tip a
btifk lite on the places whare the flifhes o' the enemy's
guns were seen, ad foun dr^ve them from their fences and
hoofs. Their loss i net known, but from the number of
b< kets, Shirts, t< mbawks, &c. ^' besmeared wi:h blood;
and tire bloody tracks wbc A m led their repeat it is sup
posed to be considerable. Col Wriiamfon remained on the
ground till day-break, and burnt alfthc houses on both fid s
of the river, and defroyed their corn, &c. Judging that
the party h- had defeated would immediately proceed to t^etr
damp, and apprize them of his approach, and having made
an appoibuhent to meet Colonels Keel and Thomas at Sugar
Town ; the Colonel after leaving a parry to bury the d ad
2nd take care of the wounded,Tettrned to his eamp. Next
day, in, cozHcufnce' of bis appointment, the whole army
pfr ceded to the neighbourhood of Keowee, where they era
camped; and oh he 4th, a party of 400 men was firn, to
bum that town a. d Sugar Town, which they effe&cd. They
found only ah' old fame fadiah, who informed them, that
the others had left the to res four days before,' on a white
mao's tiling them aiayge army was at Paris's, which proba
bly may be Colonels Nci 2nd Thomas's party. He would
not tell where the lndi d ns were gone to.
Oi the 6th/ the Colonel marched at the head of 650 men
after the enemy,' being fully determined to carry tiic and
firord #>'c"r,hc.uf their country. .
, The toil ting was found in the peff ffion of one of the
soldiers taken :n the tranfpoif brigantine, mentioned id
our last : ~
itad Quarters, Bufori, ®b December, 1775
THE Nearer her J. Duncan Macartbur having v Tmardy
engaged to fteve his Majefiy, io th R yal Region nt of High
land Emigrants ( r aise and edablithed for the just and loyal
purpofc of opposing, qoHirg, and supp effing the prebnt
nr ft unnatural,- unprovoked, and walton rebellion) confor
mable to the Orders and directions of his Excellency the
Commanded in Chief, and agreeable to his Maj "y's most
gracious intentions, lignified by the Earl of Dartmouth, (Se
cretary •' State for America,) " That filch emigrants from
"North Britain (as well as other loyal fubjc&s) that fhouid
'' engage to serve in the before me, iond coips, Should be
" co Midi-red iti the moft' favourable light ; —And after the
" c^nclvhob of the prefect Unhappy civil war, (to which
“ period only they are obliged to leive) be entit cd to a pro
“ portion Of two hundred acres vacant ( ' forfeited) lamb,
" for every than or he.d of a family, together with fifty,
“ act: $ more in addition for every peffon rlie family may
" confilt of, the wn Ie to be gnawed and patented without
" any expence to the Cid oraotecs, —AND MOREOVER,
" to be free of any Quit-Rrnt to the Ct wn for twenty
" vwars '' —I DO i^EAEPORE, with the consent and ap
probation of his Excellency the Commander in Chief, certify
arid declare, That the said Duncan Matarthur is, at the expi
ration Of the prefem troubles, (and when p acc, ord r, and
due obedience to the laws are re cftabhfhed in the British
Colonies, on the continent and illands of NORTH AME
RICA) to be at liberty and entitled to a final discharge from
laid regiment, and from his Majesty's military fee vice: And
bkewife to receive at a, just reward for his fpirhed loyalty,
the before-mentioned Grant of hr.ds, in cenkquence of the
orders and directions his Majesty has been plcafcd to ilne for
that purpose.
GWK V irtr my Hand and Seal, Time and Place
as firft abore-mcMiored.
To Maj-r John Smail.
To all Aomit ? MURDOCH M'LATNE,
mav concern, $ Cap: R. H. E^Q ants.
WIL LIAMSBURCH, (Hi so) Septet 7.
Ext.ail of a letter fim Newbern. (N. Carolina) Auyuft 19.
" A cv days ago we received an accrual in towo, -hat
very lately, on the banks, not far rrom Roam ke inlet abr lit
as men were landed from some veffei of war, tor the purpose
(ri it supposed) of making free with a few of the cattle.
Captain Dennis Dauge, who commands an independent Com
pany between Curri tick aid Roanoke, attacked them, kil
led feme, and rook the rest pifoners."
NEW YO R K, September ~
Since the retreat of our army from Lottylfland. the enyrry
have extended tin mfeves a considerable length on the Shore
bordering the found, and on Tuesday a large number of them
funded on Blackwell's Island, abou three miles fr in this city,
bur the foot from our batteries soon made them re-cross the
• flyer. 0.1 Wednesday a (hip from th fleet (supposed to be
a frigate) passed between Governor's Island and Red Hook,
and that night got up the Sound abreast of the Island the enc
my had been drove from; when, Under cover of her grins,
they the next day again came over to it in large bodies: This
brhtig!/ ct alriik canocrade for near two hours, in which
the ihip fiutaiged so great daooige in her imil, &c. as obliged
her to move elpfe ia with the Long. Island shore, for foeiter
fy n © Chr (hot a% bombs. At the fame time ofthis attack,
'' z T n ^ a "° begin foom the enemy's batteries on Locg-Ifland
ofy@fi % e the city, w.hic,h w#s returned with such spirit by
cue reopie ia their forueffes at and about the Sh p Yards,
tha^hey gave us.little or no annoyance three from that qua<tc,.
PHILADELPHIA.
Extras of a letter fem Harle?", seven miles from New-Dnk,
September 16. . .
<fYefterdiy r.k an unlucky day for us.—The enemy land
ed about ten o'clock kt Turtle Bay, below Hell-Gate, utder
cover of many fl-.ips es far. The brigade under G'cm. felons
vrerefoon obliged to retire from the water-tide aod give giouid
for the ciicciy. to land. Gem Miffin immediately march d
from Mount Wafhingmo with -coo men to the ground near
and below this place, where b made a A>,d, threw up f.m^
works, rallied car retreating?' Cops, ami in an '^r after,
had he principal part of opr a ay (who were Rationed below,
us) drawn up in good order on he heights. Generals Putnam
and Scott were in New-York b t madetheir way through the
ec ray's line, with all their me,, and the guards of the city.
Col. Knox is miffing, and supposed to be taken, as he was
late in town looking for a boat to cr r fs the North River.
Three days since, it was removed to quit the town; and we
have been removing ever since. We have taken almost every
thing out at toe city, I ut loft some cannon and ftnes. New-
Yorb never was tenable, arid the holding of it obliged us to
divide our array inr qfany weak pa,t>; but now I hink we
are in a good way ; we ®nly wan, two or three days to refreia
our nen and tiewe the heights."
. By some accounts from Bowles Hoot, we learn, that early
on Sunday morning last fevetlof the enemies ships palled by
New-York, up the North Rivir, which decafioned a heavy
firing trom our batteries at that place, but with what cfit&
wc do not know. .
Ycfkrday arrived the Cntieerital Brig, Andrew Doria,
Capt. Middle, from , crua , 1.1 which lie took fix vessels,
v?z. IMP M By, Erigden Gt<dridge, (fate belonging to Mr.
Hudson of Maryland) brig Peggy, Cook, both prizes of L rd
Dunmore's, bound fiom Virginia for Bermuda; brig Elizabeth,
Capt. Johnson, a priz taken by the Euglifh, from Cape-
Fea (Nirth-Carohria) for Betaada; the brig Lawrence,
Capt. Layhura, fr^m Baibudos,' . >h;*-fo^,,uand, and two
other brigs in ballad from Virginia, with tones for Bermuda:
The two latter beiug ibort of water and , tovifions, he let go.
By an express from S^uth;Cavatina we learn, that our pep-,
ple had entered the Cherokee country, had destroyed three
o' their towns, wi h their corn, &c. — That in one of them
they had killed 60 Indians, and taken 3@ pfifoners; and that
in another engagement they hal furreunded and taken ano
ther party of between 30 and 40 men.—That, thf Creeks,
who had lift taken up the brilcn<;t, had, on the Cherokees
breaking out, laid down their arms ; and when the Ch rokces
met with some loss, they sent to the Creeks for assistance,
who returned for answer, that they (the Cherokees) had
taken the thorp out of their foot, and they, might take care; of it.
On Friday iaft arrived here Tom Marnnico, the Conti
nental Chip of wr the Reprpal, Lambert Weeks Efa; com
mander. On board or laid d'p c me paffugexs fvcral
French officers, who we hear are ft. ?g!y recommended ta
the Honorable the Congress by the G vruor ,f Martibico.
One of them, it is said, is an a/corrip tidied Engineer.
p.xtreft f a letter from Harle? near New- rush, Sebt. r%
A Soldier of our army, who \ as tkkeo ptifoncr ano d* bre
ed from the enemy rirtn,hr, informs,, far he heard a # of
ficer, 1„ tlut lure fad been i 3 os men buried on both fidcs;
alto, that, every morning when they counted the prifoueis
over he heard John lay" there * ? doo of them. Should this
Sc nm .hey must ii.;vt had io<so t. cm killed. He also fays,
that by threat and perfuafroas near z r .o of our men had in-
Ithed; and were immediately to be sent to Halifax; how true
this is I cannot lay."
Ertraft .cf a iter from Bordeaux. (France,) June 30, 1776.
“ The King of France is actually tittn g our a large fleet.
Orders arrived here but three days ago, that ail poffefors of
canvas foou'd immediately make a return of what they have
and net dripofc of any until his Majesty is served. There
is" alo arms, cloathmg, &c. preparing for 40,000 men. 1
law new arms putting up for the troops in Hifpanica..—Whe
ther they mean to attack Portugal, Ireland, 01 the Weft.
Indies, is not certain; but wherever they turn their arms
Spain is to /ft in concert with them, and is preparing tor
that purpofc"
The Honorable Continental Ceugrefs have promoted the
Colonels Gadsden and Moultrie, of South Carolina, a%d
Col. Macintosh, of Georgia, to the rank of brigadiers
General
Ini CONGRESS, September i 4,, „~6.
Refined, That all Continental Troops and Mihra gping
honte trom fmvice, feftore ail Continental Aims and oriier
property, and also all Ammunition remaining in their polbf
toon at the time of then being about to return; their pay to
be wuh-bcid onlcfs they produce certificates from ,the Com
miftarf of Stores", or Qar.tef-Mafrf General, of th"m Depu
ties in the department where such Conpri'enta! Troops or
Militia ffiall fcfve. Arid it any Cfniinehtal propfay or Am
munition be carried away by the Militia befor/rhir fefolve,
fioppagfs to be made from such as hive not thrived their
p^y, and that mealures be taken with thof: a/fo have been
paid by the Councils of Safetv or Leg^atrfrei of each Site,
tor tbk reftoiation of such Continental property and arifriju
nitiop. Bf briber of t%mfs,
JOH^ HANCOtt, Prefdene.
On Monday ,e second inttaut, departed this life, Mr,
ALERANDi R ALEXANDER; or the difttiß of Southward;
in the 69 h .year of his age; through which pfotraißfd febes
or years, he had faithfully d^ftharged the offices of a kiiid affec
tionate parent, a sincere and steady hi^hd, riealvmlc attached
to the A.incur Cause; a good citizen, and vgfaa'btt &e'mbef
of f cit-ty, both civil and religious Aid on & following
day his remains, amended by a large nuniber of refecaable
inhabitants wet interred is ithe butylhg ground ot the fiiff
Prefovterian Church in this Chf.
On Monday morning Died, and vefteidav was interred id
Chntt-Chitch busying ground, Miss NANCY BONS, fetond
daughter of Doctor Phineas Bond, deceased; She bad
juftcomphated her f^h year, and possessed to many amiable
Qabties; both pritur& rind acquired, that foe was tiu ? f dear
to all her arqaintrioce, arid peculiarly the delight of her
nearest relatives; in her private and domeftiri lift;
Messrs. BRADFORDS,
By publifirig the fallowing letter from a Gentleman in the c unts,
.o his friend in this W,, you -will obity one of you? ctflom^rs.
MANY thanks to you for the Evening Post coptlining 1
plan o the constitution of Pennsylvania. You aft me
what I think of it=l shall atrfwer y r u in a few words, that I
was struck principally with the many deviations I found in it
from our old government. I wiffi the prejudices and habbi
®f the people had been more attended to. I am peduaded
they would have been more happy if the whole of the iegif-
fative part of the conflitutyon had remained unchanged, and
the altcrario s been confined only to the executive. They
wou'd have been fatis tied by g&inriag them an elective, in
(lead of a royal, and hereditary Governor. The former con
hbutipo of Penofylvaroa has produced a great deal of hap
piness. The paelcnt riches and populoufncfs of the Rate arc
owing to it.. All,,the evils, it ever experienced were owing
only to proprietary exactions and injufticc. Theft being re
moved for ever by the independence of the Rate on the
Crown and proprietor, Pennff/vauia must have remained the
happi<f land bctß Ipat upon the furface cf the globe.
put to be more pa<tn\oar, 1 am foriy to find io many mat
ters comprehended in our plan of govnnmtnt. .The princi^
pies of a free government migh all be expressed in a few
Ic&ions. Our wife ancehms in their deputes with Wil iam
Peon always avoided defining &ir privileges, well knowing
how much time ad. cueurnftarces might alter their claims.
Why fliould a coulttuuon be more fix d than la*s ? Have
the electors forty years to come rl. pu<d all their wisdom and
liberty to us ? Is the feience of gover meet now in perfecti
on ? By no m ans. The p p'e of N^-Jersey have a&ed
wifely upon this head in :h r conftiui n, having made only
two or three articles of it perpetual. The r<ft are alterable at
the pleafuie of the people every year if necessity Ihould re-
Sure*.!
I am much diffatisfied with the power of out Censors and
fepennial convention. Suppose the latter fhouid aflame to
itfclf not only the power of altering He governmen , but
Rn uld undertake all the offices of legislation. Supped it
fliould appoint ma,ftxat@s, and to conclude all—foppuft it
fliould r f^fe to call an auembly from a fear that the tories
fliould prevail at an election—where would be our liberty ?
I think I fee the tyranny of a, tump parliament arising from
it I hope proper alterations will be inp.de in our conftiruti
bn before it is offered to the people. We hand in need just
now of the (hogged motives to u ge us to exert every nerve
in defence of out country —and ^hing lam sere can ope
rate more powerfully upon us than an attachment to a good
goverment."
so AN away, on Friday th 6h September, from the fub
k\ briber, living in P tfgrrive, one 111 e below the Mud
MretCTg-hrufc, in SHem couny, Weft.J : .fry, a Musina
Man, named PETER, about 35 y^ars of age. from 5 f, # 6
to , inches high, Rou and Well made, is fond of firong li
quor, and when d unk very fancy, and talks a great ce of
bis abilities as a farinc? ; he formerly lived wrh David Franks,
Elq; of the city or Philadelphia, and was purchased of him
ab< ut five yeais ago by his prefcn< raaftcr. As he was feer>
going towads Salgm, it is probable he may make for Penn's
Neck: He had on apd took with him, a light mixt fuperfine
cloth coat and waistcoat, . a ted hair plush jacket, a white,
ditt /% , with a belt before, green calmanco breeches aHr ,?d
/hit, three. Rocks, a pair white cotton flockings .pia> rf a
pair light colour d fye di, n, a partov tr-rfrs,, e a
/parted aid en, bhe tik b-udk<,chiefs ia pirot put s,
cn: <4 which is page nd co tb # fide fawarc fib, ,£hoc buckles,
and ap old ba . V/hoev^r ficuresthe said tchow in any goal,
io thtUis matter may have him again, fhali receive he above
reward and leaf nal le charges i hr, ught 'omc, or to Samuel
Purviai.ee and §oos in Philidc p'ua. 3w
- SAMUEL PURVIANCE.'
Oil FRIDAY uext, th< aoth inttant, wil be t dat pubh;
Venthse, on ur near P'umftcad'sWharf;
j Ruin fug^r. c ffee, cirn a,.d cocoa
ihe Cargo of the Prize Schooner
F is 1 E R,
Condemned in the Cour, of Adm ralty.
. The said Schooner will be So d at the tame place as soon
as the Cargo is disposed of.|
WAS found some time ago a bundle of MONEY, who: vet
has loft the fame, may heat of it by applying to Loo£
BAKER, at the Lower Ferry at Trenton. §
CTpHE partnership of KING &' HARPER being expired, all
thvf. who are indebted to them, are defined t& fettle im
mediately, and those who have any accounts agaiuft them to
bring hem in, that they may b ? paid...
folE3 O L D,
A (&n ity of ALLUM and COPPER *S, by GEORGE
A H^YL, the corner of Market and fourth. Greets, op
pofire the War Office.''
."CT^riC^^BY~GIVEN7—
T"'f 'POCKET BOOk, was found on the 13th of this
iuftan' between Kings town and Ten Mile run, in New
ferfey and county cf Middlefix: with aSUM of MONEY in
it, whoever has loft said bok and can defcrib< p the fame,
may apply to ISAAC CLcNbENIN, or to WILLIAM
VAN TILBOROj. at Kiius t^n, who will inform where
said Clendenin lives. It is supposed the man was cn his way
to Philadelphia. f
FORTY 'S^LLtNG^- REWARb.
QTRAYED away the 14th mft. from & fubicriher, R.. ;e -
D maker, living in M/ya'mtpfirig towuft u, a&< chAfy
&oa'n draft HORSE, he has two Ipots in bis basic worn ny
the faddie, b anded with I. H. on his left flwuidcr, brut 15
hands bwj, r% or 14 years efd, trots and paces; whever
takes up said Horse, and will bring him or fend hire (hath
have the zb^ve reward, to be paid by
1 _ JOHN TITTt^MARY.
ptmb* 1(
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
WAS flclen ut of the p flute es the fulifti her, ivirig in
tee 'ornmip es Weft F. , lev fiJd, it Cltcher county,
On the ffth of this instant, about seven o'clock ^ rhe merg
ing. a LACK HbRSS, about if harid+ high, 3 years d
neither brand 001 e#i mark, a nlturafp^cer. hw tr veis lh rt
has a larfe mane that hangs to thecfff.de, and a lo,^ so c h
tail, there is ri lump on each es hp n ,ftril<, the one on He
Ilfat fire is as laige Is a hickory nut; Whoever f cures f 4
Horse a d Thief, so that tht owner may have th' H -f ,„d
the Thief brought to justice, fhali have the abev R^wc,'
or IDREE POUNDS, or the Horse alone, paid ly me °
fag mber 19 i„6. f sAMUTL FI THEY,
WAS L O S T,
LAST Tuesday meaning, between Chefrut and Walnut*
street, a Ladies RED MOROCCO POCKET BOOK,
with a yellow Gilt Clalp, with fuudiy papers and some mo
ney. Whoever has found the fame, and will deliver it to th#
Pnuter, fhali be thankfully rewarded-
THREE POUNDS REWARD.