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to return the foll6wiganfer j : . It i with tm utmofl aftonifhmer.t that I find any of my fubjefti capable oj encouraging the rebel lious diTpcA;ioywhich unhappily exiits in4 fome of nv colonies in North America. ;Having entire con fidence, in the7 wifdora bf jnv parliament, the great council of tne nation I" will fteadily . porfue thofe , jneaiureswmcn mcy nave rccommcnoea lorxae mp port of the conftitutional rights of Great-Britain, and the protection of the commercial intereits of my f . . . .... .. . r -, . . . - H lorai. -.- ; . ..Nv. .-"V. '; jpf Naila, Ilofcrinflilineri, and Saddlery.--'ft is belier- . . ed thefe Goods ate intended to be linuggled on (he . Coaft of Virginia j but it is the Intereii of tlie fair Tra- r: der to prevent fdeh Fraves, . Voa wfll aft as yuii ' "think -propcr. There is a Ship' called the Catherine, '' ICaptThomas Patoun; aVrived at Dunkirk With from 160 to loo Hogfheads ofTobacrt, laid, to be frqm Vir ginia f we hall beglad to know where flie loaded, apjl! jlfro'ra, whence ciUawdSueh Praftiees Tould r uinrourr' . 'Trade.' ' : r '. ..v ''.-- ;.;rv'V' " June' 17. Yefterday the following addrefs wai A R ' T F OR ,D, May '30.' ExtraS of a Letter from Ticonderoga, May 23. v i mall endeavour to give you a very concile-" Journal of Matters here fi nee the 12th IfUtant. " May 11. We fet fail from Skeenlborough, in 5 a Schooner belonging tj MajorSkecne, which . we cnriivnea LiBERTr. - ? , 1 " Sunday, 13. Arrived at Ticonderoga,' from whence; after-fome Preparations, we fet' fail for. CrownPoint. - , . Monday, 14. Contrary Winds retarded Oar Voyage, and the Day drew to a Clofe when we an-; chored ar Crown-Point. ', i ' 'Tuefdaytyi Contrary Winds, Col. Arnold with thirty Men took. the Boat, and proceeded 00 fo Si. John's," leaving ro Capt. Sloan the Command of the VefTel with the Sailors, and to me the Command of the SolJiers on Board t About 12 VClock; while beaunp down. we foid a Boar, fent out our Cox- -fwain to bring he in, it. proved to be the F-ench .. rolt mun Montreal, with Ciuign Moiand on -iioard, we examined the Mail, and. among ciher Things found an exaft Lift of all the regular Troops in the : northern Derxirtment, amounting to upward of 700. ' Wtintfdaul. lLj&.MC. Gal?:..we.ijDyf mok. Col. Arnold in the B-V, took hini oh Board, and, at Wight Arrived within thirty. .Miles of St. JohnV, . jwhen tbe Wind fell, and the Veflll was. becalmed' We Immediately armed our two Boats, Aianned them . with thirty five Men, and determined. by dint f rovyirg to fetch $t. John'sand-take the jP-1 aci and the King's Slocp-by Surprize at Breakljf Day; : ' ' y V Thrday", 16, After rowing hard all 'rght, ''wi arrived wi chin liajf a Mile of the Plfce at "Sun- xife, fent a Man to brir-g uj Information, and ina imHll Creek, inverted with numberiefs. SwarmS, of his Return. : , " . " - 1 " The -Msn returning, informed us they were , . ttr.apprized -vf cur coming, thWgli they had heard ' We di.eclly puHnrd for Shore, arr, landed at about fix' j Rod DifUrc? from the Barracks i the Men had. their Arms,' Ikt ujin oi't bnfldy : maching op in ... . ' rr 11- .. .i ' .. ; ,i s .' n 'i -. , - A "ineirraccs, tn?y rc:rru 'ynuio me uarracici, ieu their 'Arms, arid tr thcnrclves into oor Hands. , We took :fo-rtteft Pnfjners, fburtetn Brands of Arms; fd fewne fc,'1h itorcs.ttyc alfp tuck the Kite's SIop, two fi i.e. Brafs Field PiccVr, Icor . B-ats.' -Wc ie'bntd Hve .B.ats more, left." they iJiould be tna'd? iof againfl us. ' Jult at'th''e Cora l'iClivti 'i iwi a uiiv uait uiuib nvu North; we dirtclly hojfled Sail, and Tetu ncd ia ' Triumph. , About fix Milts from St. jrrn's we met- ' Col: ' AlU'n wita fiar Boats, ar,d ninety Men, rwho determirx-d to proceed and maintain vthe Gronnd, This Stherhe C;i. Arnold thousht imi?rt&icbre, a& Montreal was r.a, with r;enty cl Men and eve ry NecefTary for War. Nevi rthelcfs, Col. ' Allen proceeded-, and tncamjej on the cppfi-.e Side of the Lake (or River, as it is there c iHed)'ther.ext Morn intr; he wai Svttatked by two Hundred htgulars, and obliged to. decr.mp and retreat, . ," i ' Friday, iH. Retumeddgain to Crown-Point, from ,th-tce to Ticctideroga. - .. duturaaj, 19 L.iic-mpca at i iconqerogr: " S'rce that Time nothing material has happened. , Ir U Col. Arnold's pr'tf.nt Difign, that the Sl'.-r p - ' Entcrpriz (as flie is caliec) and the Schooner Li berty, fh!l eruiz? on the Lake, and dlend our rrcntien, tiil M'.ti,' Provifions (ind Ammunition, are futnifhed to carry on the War." prefented to. his Excellency the Governor on Board the r owey man ol war.' . ' , To bis Excellency tU Right Hon. N JOHN Earl of- . DUNMORE, bis MajfjlyU 'Lieutenant and t GW ' nor General of 'ibecohny and dominion of ViK.ci ft 1 a , and Vice Admiral of tbifamt ; y Lord, -XAf his M aj e fty d u riful i and loyal fubjefts . V V e Burgtles ofyirginia,.now met in.Gene' .rat Affembly, have taken' into our cinifi Jcratic-n thtt,- joint addrets of the two Houles Qf Parliament, his Majefty's anfwer, and the' refjlution of the Com mons, which your Lordhip has been pleafed to lay before us, wilhing nothing fo fincerely as the perpe tual continuance of' tliar brotherly 4oe which we bear to our fellow fa bj efts of Great Britain1 j,.4nd (till continuing to hope,and. believe that thev do net " approve: tti mifui wltch Kwrib lyilg 'vip(itfC Hhtir bretbrenuin America,Te we're pleieU to rcr . tteive your LorJihips notification that b'enevolcfit tender had at length been made to the ' Bttith Ho ofe of Commons towards bringing ;io a good end our jI"jppy'MejithjJi,B m-ithtr ;couritjyv ftjext- vy 1 1 ii ivi u u k vj, June i o . In the Night of Saturday tlie 3d Inftant, fome young f4n got into the Public Migazme in this City, intend-' - - - , . . to the poffclSon of liberty, ; my Lordjl we lhjuld cub fider fuciiJijitconciliaUon as the greateft of all ' hu - man bjeinngs. WitR thefe difpoiti ons we entered jl into conjideration of. that refoluaon ; We examined . it min u itcljr j jwevre we it j ne vjexy . point ot lihLia which we were able. to. place it; and with paiii and" jdilappoimment we mult " ultimately jdeclare, it only changes the form ; of 6ppreflidn, "witbou lightening its burthen. We cannot, my Lord, dole with the , terms of that refoluiion, for thefe reafons ; " , v : Becaufe the Britilh Parliament has no right to in ttrrn;dule with the fupport of dvil government in the coloues. For us, ,not fcr thetn, has Govcm rnent been bttituted here; agteeable to our ideas, provificn has been made for luch ofHcers; and. .we cannot conceive that any other legiflaturrhas a right to prefcribe either the number or pecuniary appomt- ; bent of our ofiicers. ; As "a proof that the claim of Prhament to'idterfeie in the neccflary provifions for fupport of civil government is sovel, and of laie r date, we take-leave to refer to an aft of our Aflcm bly, pa fled fo long fince as the jzd year of. the reign of King Charles II. intituled, An -aft for raiiing a. public revenue, and for the bettef fupport of the government of ihir his Majefty colonyof Virginia.'rT This aft was brought over by Lord- Culpeper, then Governor, iindcr uie great feaj of England, and was Mjclly, by und with the content of the General Ahembly." ; ( , v , - : ' ( B.'caule. to render perpetual our exemption from en urj jlt taxation, we rouft faddle ourfclves with a perpetual tax, adequate to the expectations, and fobjeft to the difpofai, of Parliament alone ; where as we have right to give our money, as the Pai la ment does them, wiinout coercion, from time to tirfnc, as poblicjciigencies may require, -'e coo ccive tht we alone are the judges cl the condition. circumuances, and fituauon of cur people, as thc Parliament aie of trxirs. It is not merely the mode of raifmg but the freedom rof granting our money', for which we contend ; without., thefe we poflefs no check on the 'royal prerogative; and. what mutt be lamented by l! dutiful and loyal fubjeftj, wefhculd be ftiif ped of the only means, as well cf recommend ing this country ta the favours of our ,moft gracious Sovereign, as of fheogthening thof; bands of amity with our Mbw fuhjefts, which we would wilb to remain intlifTolublc. , , . t. Becaife, on our undertaking to grant money as is ' propofrd, the Commons only, refolve to forbear Uy irtg pecuniary taxes on us ; (till leaving unrepealed their feveral afU pulled for thepurpofe of retraining the tra(e, and altering the, form of government and religion of Q-bec ; enlarging the juiifdicitoo of the Ccurts of Admiralty ; talcing from us the ripht cr trial ny juiy, ana traniportmg us into otner coon- ; ihould equally participaie-of its beoefit either bo ! contented with the monop-Jy of our trade, whiih brings greater lofs to u and benefit ;tp thttn, ihaa the atitoun-t" of 'our proportional cohtribuuLCs to the . cemion defence j or, if the latter be pref?rred;Mre Hiiquifh thfc foVmer, and do not propofe, by holding -both, to ex aft ;fin os double contributions. Yet "wc ool ixtfiind Governme'rirf that former emer- - gericie5,Vwhen calhd uporr,' as a l; people,' howe j ver cramped by this mohopolyiiq our refoorces of wealth, we have liberallv coritributed td the common " . defence. ''Be allured then that we (hall be etftrous in future, as io pail times, oifdaining the fhacklei of proportion, when called to the free flation in the - -general fyftem cf the empire. ' ' ' ; - Bccaufe, the proportion now- made to us, involycs "the intereik ot ali the other colonics We; are how re- a prefented in General Coiigrel'iS,;- by Memjjers approved t by this Jie,JyejV our JToi yunic?)Cit-'ij-libpe4 --r- -wiil be ib ftrongiy cemei )F(d't hat lio partial applicati- ; . - ons can pToduce tne fligKteft.-ldarture-'from the com mon caufe. WeConlide'r ourfel ' tV' ai' 4 bound in- hcr .nour, as well as in -iirtti eii, 'to fiiai'e one general fate - with.ouf filter colonies,' and lhouid hold ourfelves ball; deferters of that union to wbkh we have acced- zA, were we to agi;ee on any , meafures dftinft and , ! apart frorn them, . , .'.'' '' ' ; " There was indeed a plan of acomrnodatlon offered - in Varliamenti7wiiich tiiouch hot. tuuiviy ''tqtul ttf tt.e ' ;;'trrms v.-e had a iibr to " afk, yet ditt'ered but irl few ? points 'from what ( the General Cohgrefs had held out. -Had. Parliament been difpofed finctiely, as we. are,;" t 'bring about a reconciliation, reafonable men had hep-ed-.th:it by' meeting us oil :.thi ' ground, fometbin? ,t ttii utuj italic. ,.x.uiu xianiam s Dm cn tne t was tcuaertu. xie nau tnewn to the world -rea't.:Brhain,-itli beF---Cimies;,imjited..,:.filnly? ' jull i.nd lvmiMt government,", formed a 'power night bid.defi.ince to the mol potent' enemies. 1 uk-part, anil the tSrma of. the Congrtfs orj. th otLcr, would have farmed:: abaf: fur negociation, which a fphit Of accommodation cn both- Sidss might perhaps T ha ve reconciled. It came re'eommepded'tco, from one whofc fuc'ceisful exberience in the art of government 1 fiiouldhaveettlufW whom it was tcudertti. lie had mewn to the world tlKit.Great- uner a which might bid.deh.uite to the moil poteii! Witii a change of Aiiiiillers, however, a total change of mcafC-res took' place. The component parts of the ' -Empire havefrorrutlvir, moment,been filling, a (under, and a totaj annihitatiort, oflits' weight m the politic fcale of the world feems ju illy to bc-apprehended. Thefe,. my Lord, are our Sentiments on this impor- ttnt fubieoV, which we oflcr only as art individual part of the whole empire. Final determination we leave to the General Congi tfs now fitting ' before whom we now "T i1ia.ll lay the papers your Lof dlliio has communicated to us To-their whilom we commit. the. improvement ; 0 this important advance j ' if if can be wrought into -any good, we arc allured tliiy will do it. Tdthemalfo we refer the difcovery of that proper method of reprtfent ing 6urwdl f bunded grievances which your Lordfhip allures us will m :et with. the attention and reirard w '..ill 1 1 . 1 -1 T 1 V - . - lumy o ueitojiiLj,i)rourieivcswe nave x naulted 1.13 t, fuiaiili themlelve witn Aims, but were prclent- wl ,,:,J ix- ,r;V-;, .1 , cr. . c, Jv af er tirpriz..! by the Report of a Gun, which w.ts u.mf l fc5 lA, h' r!m,Lt'f'4 - ? :,.o attfuliy pUrd (laid tout? conrrivtd byTd IJ.TCr -mie rc m bc kept among vs j and the 0 -that upon touching a hiring uhich waj. thtir Way, - th" nieroB fciievancei of which ourfelves and filter colonics, frpaiattly, and by our reprcfcouiives in Central Congrrfs, have fo often com ctaiacd, axe uut to ccntinue without rrcrcis. BecaufY, at the very time of requiring fron us' grahts of money, they are making aifpcfition ta in- vade us With large armaments by tea and land, which is a flile of aCcing gifts, sot reconcileablc to our free dom.. They are alfo proceeding to a repetition of. injdry, by palling afts for leftraming the commerce- ano hfhenes of the provinces of Ncw-Englacd, aod it went off, and wounded three Pcrfons, but not mor tally 1 One of them is terribly hurt by feveral fmall BaPs that entered his Arm and Shctilder ; another, by the Loft, of two1 Fingers of his right Hand, rendered incapable of following his Frofefliou for Subfiitence ; the other wounded very.flightly. There were two Guns prep-tred for this honid Purpofe, one of which was brought out next Morning, and found to be dou Ue charged. On Monday a Committee was appointed cCthe lion. Houfe of liurgerfcs'td examine Uie State of, the Macmne, who have placed a Guard over it till Meafures fhall be concerted for its better Secutity. I for prohibiting the trade of the other colonics with Lail Thurfday Morning, about two o Ootk, oUf " " all parts of the world, except the iflands of Great- GoveTr d biiTamily decamped from the 1'ahce-, Ritain, Ireland, and the WelVlodies 1 This eems .and are now W Coaid the Fowey Man of - War at . to bepeak BO intentica to difcontinue the excicife VorkTown. "T ' of thii ufnrped power over us in future, r" ttLjf?. I'St'lflJ Btcafe. on our arreeiDK to ccnuibute oar pro. .pnpofe to lay open to us a free trade with all the wctld:. Whereas, to us It appears jufl, .that thofe who b'.ar equally the buithcni cf Gorcicment) every mode cf application our invention could fuggeft as pioer and promifing. We have decently remon ftrated with Parliiiaicnt ; they have added new injuries -to the old ; we hrfye wfaiied our Kbg with fupplka' . tions ; he has not deigned to anfwer us ; we have ap pealed to the native honour and jullice of the Britifl , nation their effoi ts in our favour have been hitherto ineffe&ual. What then bmains to be doneV That wt . commit our injuries to the even-handed juAice of that Ueinr, .who doth no Wrong earneil.!y.befeething hina ' to illuminate the cotinfels, and proiper the endeavour ' of thole to v horn Amciica hath'coided her hopts that through their wife direction, we may asuin fea r i .l.ii e i-i . 0 . . mtft permanent hatmcny witsi Great-Jritaln. j His EXCELLENCY' Anftver. IT U tuitb real Concern I can drfccvtr nothing in your ' AdJrrft that I think maniftfie the JmaUffl titration to, or Kvill le productive oft a Reconciliation nith the Mithcr Country, . ' N E W B E A N. funt to. . Oh Friday laft, the EkcTum for Members of Affem bly for this Town, and County of Craven was held at the Court Houfe, when Abner N(h, Efqj for tho Town, and Mr. James Coor, and Col. William Bryan," for the County, were, uniimoufly elcftcd. Lemuel H....L. -r. . r . ' .. ui uui iakc wuiitijr ivieinocrs tor inis County, having declined. ' By Letters from the Congrcfj of the 5th Inll. 'rts hinted, tliat Matters of very great Importance will fooh be laid before the Convention of this" Province, which will probably be hdd daring the Sellionoftue aext Affembly. . By tlie btlt Accor.nts from the Northward, there are hot lefs than 1 c,ooo Men in u&ual Pay in the Province jo rennfylvarua..: rr" "- . - Forty Tranfjiorts from Corke A Troops for Ame-. . Hca, failed from tht nee the ij'.h cf April. Lord f . fuiuham, wholc-rtegiiucnt come to America, received Orders immediately to join it ; but h immediately wrote a Letter. of Kcfignation to the Secret ary at War, - and pofitively denies fighting in the unnatural Arocri can War. . - All Perfons in Arrear for thit Paper, art rt$nrj!td to mate Payment, , Velonjing to Chambers and Company, has taken a J.vge Cargo on Board, and cleared out for Quebec Tf Cargo confifts of Goods only fit for the Tirginii Hwkct, viz, 1 09 FUccs of Cotton, large Qanuucs BY Pcrmiffion and Encouragement of the Truf tees the Public School Houfe of this Towo ii ' mm m vain opened, wherc Youth may be taught the .lifj, Latin, or French Tongue; as alfo Writing, fpherical, Aflronomyj Navigation, Surveying, Geography, , the Ufe of the Globes, or any other Part of the Mathemailcs, the Italian Method or Bookkecnincr. at ihr ftaMir P.: .i .t rj t e nmvu inwe ui uie laid School, which may be known by enquiring of Mr. Davit, Trintcr of this Paper, and one of tie Trcf, 'tees. ; ' . ' ' hrwUrBf Junt 30,1775,
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