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.-r i 1 ;-" ' "' 1 :7"- t : It I. ' - '.'i. .:?t .i?: ' L-. . . ' -agaitut theGeneral tongrcis ana wis tomnuw,r came into the "Committee," and made the following : Conctffions, which was received, and approveel of by them.; ' ,. ; ' , .; . ' :r- "C I. ALDERSOli ELLISON tne County-of Beaufort, hiving faid many illegal and-nnwar ,iaatable Things againft the Genera; Congrefs, andy the Committee of faidTJ'ounty tending to miflead: the Inhabitants thereof from their Affeftions -and Zeal for their jull Rights and jLiberkieS; . DO fin 3elefli)tgiveift of all my Countrymen, . and this Coifttoitjeepardc"nlar.' for . this my .x. cor rupt Behaviour" ; and further fay j that for the fu-; : ture I' will ufe every Means in my Power to pre-" ferve ami defend the Rights and Liberties of my CQuryll:LDERSON ELLISON.-: :. : J By iqerr from'the'CQSgrys'ctf t&e-jgfti '6f onc, we are informwi, that Col.' Wilhiogtdn'rof.VirginiaV " is Sppmctedpeneral and Commander in Chief of 3,11 the American Forcea;" General, Var,, of the Ma f- fachufetts, ; antl Geher"Lee, co be Major Generals ; r '. Major Gate,- of Virginia, to be Adjutant General, with the '$ o1e of .Brigadier. A, That t J .ooo Trcops are voted to be in the' Pay of the Continent, to.ooo for Boflon, and 5000 for New-York; the New England .Colonies have Votedf;-ii''';lor .tbtr Ser vice, h that 7000 !wiitle a .W.i-lght on themfclvcs.' Col. Philip Schuyler to be fecond in Command of "the New-York Forces. : That a Sum of Money e dual to two Millions of l)olar5, is to J i . 'be a Continental Currency ,nd fuJik'fa fven':Y"ea by a Tax on the ProvinceVj -in Proportion to their rrCnrftivR Number of Inhabwants. That the'-Ge ireralrB6r,gene,pweanai:iiptp gnnents of tot, ana one ot norjey were cenainiy arrived at Boftonnhe Regiments torn pieaf to j co- Privates. ..That General Gage h,a.d about 5000 Men -before this-Rcinforctment. vThat fuur Regiments were failed from Ireland for New-York, where 'tis jfuppofed they are now arrivfd. That , General Waftiotbn, with 1600 Rifle Men from Virginia, and 1000 Indians, were actually marched forBoltoa. ,; "By Capt. Stevens, jolt arrived here from Rhode Ifland, we have the vcty important Accouut .of a Battle between the KogTroops and the Provjnci ls. ; This News' was , broaght to Newport ejtprefs " from Bolton, and is in Subftafice as follows, vii. . That ttie .Men of War at Soilcn having hove op "Hear Charlellown , : nd raifed $ cohfiiierabie Smoke, ihe Beats lahdedLabout 6000 Men, who were order ed to cut off the Communication between General Putman, who was intrenching crT Buncker's Hill, with about Spo Men, and the niain Provincial Ar my, which was incamped about two Miles off. That the Regulars marched op to General Putman, who ----- v h hravelfJieiurjicdL.and . , then retreated till, fopportcd by. the main t Army, which Toon came up, when an Engagement enfued. That General Ward gave them the firft Salute with li Pieces of Cannon which he had in Fionr ; this jnkde prcat .Havock, ar.d oblieed the Regulars to retreat back tci their Boats; the Provincials Vi- or'cully purfurngf .their reld Pieces loaded with Grape Shot, -Jnskin ftjeat Slaughter. That many Boats were .filled with' dead Bodies, beudes near i 00 that were lefr,behind j and that many Provinci als were alfo kPTtdr., That the next Day the Repa lars again attacked them in different Places, and 'tis faid had burnt dowa the Towns of Charleltown and Roxbury, but the Account of the fecend Attack is very imperfect, and mud leave us in Sufptnce till a "further Account of this momentous Affair arrives. General Barf ;oyrje fell iq. the. firft Battle, and was interred in Bofton .with grear funeral Pomp. We hourly, expect the Particulars of this Engagement, which pc'rhapi may decide, the fatal Qoarrel. Let everj true American; with fervent, Zeal, offer up his continual Prayers and Supplications, to tne Supreme Piptdfer 0 all Events, toblcfs the American Arms, to confound the Devices of Vur inveterate Enemies, , to inspire ihc People pfC 'eat Britain with Wifdom to purfae tr)eir true Intercil, and to bring to condign -unifhrljentthc in fil'tirg Minifler wh5 is the Author of this.na'tional Calamity.., . , . ( . ; . , ,r.Ofl Fiiday lafi, agreeable tqRis Excellency's Writ cfEk'dif n, the Freeholders of the County of Pitt aucnJed"atihTown cf Mirtinbo'roun, and elefte . Col Jnn'Sicipron and. Mr, EdwarJ Salter, their oJJ , Reprefentatiye's without t a " diircntiog. Voice, ' nctwlthflacdiog a certain "new itJe , Colonel had . tnaie great Ojpptfitinn in Favour of himfelf, who djd" hu get, a ucglc Vote, The Poll was docd a (wut two o'Clcck, when the Freeholders, &c. pro Carded under the Liberty Pole, and .uoanimoully made Choice of, a largt Number of Pcrfons to be aJded to ihe Committee of faid County, after which maqy 16 l Toarta were drank. The whok Diidncfs If the pay was conduced with -great Sobriety and Unanimity by lie People, ftithout the lcall DiviHon cr Djlknticn. v vThe Sloop Temperance, Paul White, Matter, lyjr.g at Indian Lan J,' iVi'itt County, was didnafl- ' cd and fet on Fire by t"ie Lighting on Tijcfday lall. One Man only on Board; who was adcep, the Peo pic os Shokpeicmiflg it went on Board an'd pVt utthe-'Fir&T v :."t. ,.r ' His Excejf?ncy the Governor at Tort John ftpnr has prorogued th Affeiably "to the 12th of Septem , ber next, but the 'TroritmaQQa has'not" yet, appear-- ed hee, ' :-T'7-' y-.vv7 '1 i-. P O ETS CO fl. 8 AMERICAN FREEDOM, 'jl'nrii " ' v : . " - .1 A n V K R T I R KM KN T - ' "r" " ;". I. O R S A1 VALUABLE Negro Man JTX Country feafoned to the HARK 1 'tis Freedom that calls, come Patriots ';r--:X7: awake j; To Arms, niy brave Boys, and away yt , g ,'Tii Honour, 'tis Virtue, 'tis Liherty calls-r -t Ana upDraias me too tecuous uti&y. What Pleafure we find in purfuing our Foes I s - r 1 tn -1 - t . 1 " r- .T aft f : ?jrWtSTAN . nTBeirlbitew7 i ne Tyrants are leizeo; on, tney oie. , And to hjtat M ir. -Triumphant returning, wimFreedom fecir'd, " Like Men, we'll be ioyfutiind eay With our Wives . and our Friends we wiJHport, "" . " : . ' r7 .'- - i.::- (love,.andldrink, And lofe the Fatigues of the Day. - But Oppreffiou all Happinefs fours j j : '-x It will fmooth Life's dull faffage, 'twill flope the L'l 1 V?? ;. w '. ; " DefontV. And ftrew the Way b'ef with Flowers. - -- . ! - . TpHE SPEECH of the Right7 Honourable the r EARL Of CHATHAM, in the House off Lords, January 20, 1 775. On a Motion . for an ADDRESS to hit MAJESTy, to giye im- : mediate Orders ; for removing " his Trpofs from BOSTON forthwith, in Order lo quiet the Minds, 1 and take away the Apprehehfxons of his good Sub- jects.in AM&riA. . . v. ...-.;. - -In 3Jn t'tt r( i-KI .PriAr. m) novt u)iat f-hn an- peared to be Lord Chatham Speech." But to preferve T THERE AS. a .Boat belonging to. the Governor ,1 , C the Purity of that great Man's Thoughts pn rv- ' ryy-wason the an. Liberty, an exaft , Copy of the original Speech, taken down as it. wa&'fpoken in the. Hofe of Lords, has been, tranfmitted to Philadelphia in Manufcript, and th"efepublihed jfl an elegaht Pamphlet.', From' that Copy the fame .is now.(pubU(hetl here, and ought by every true American to be preferred, as , the livelielt Piclore ever drawn of his Rights and Liberties, invaded by a wicked and tyrannical Mi niftry '.-..- --j-'r'"' '''..;' "T" -r BY Permiiljon and Encpuragement.ofkthe Tr'uf tees the Public School Houfe.of this Town is again opened, where Youth may be taught the Engltjj Latin, or French Tongue asalfo Writing,' Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry plain arid, fphefical; . , Aftronomy, Navigation, Siirveyingi Geography, the Ufe. of the - Globes, or any other Part of the "Mathematics the ttalian Method of Bookkeepings at th eftablilhed Price oil the faid School, which may Ke known by enquiring of Mr bavin Printer cf this Paper, and one of the Truf-tees.- v, . . 7. . ' Ntnvlern, J'utk '30, 1 77'j , - - by Perfons unknown from the B ?at- houfe behind the Palace in ftrwbern. to Mr. EHut Wharf,- apd.threier. ' Swfvel Gunsrhe PivpertyfhisMajeilyuhic,r lay in tne laia uoai ior auau, m jamc, f tu .ftolen bat of her : This is to give NaticV that a. Re'wartl of Twenty Pounds w)ll be e iven to any Pctr 1 fon or Perfons who lhall difcover and make khowa the Thief or Thieves who committed this Robbery, to as that one cr all ofhem may be brought to Juf tice for the lame, by me P: JO. MARTIN. Fott jcbnjton, Juke 21, ... , AGREEABLE; to th$? 1 ft .Will and Ttaa jfV ment of Mr. Vixabitb Fiflnore, -deceafed, ' at her. late Duelling-Houfe in Mwtert. jn the After noon of Thurfiay the I'jth I)ay of , 7y next, will . be' fold at Public Vendue, . the faid Dwelling-Houfe, with the .ibt of, Land, .and other, Improvements ; and alfo' all the Houfefcold Goods and Effect of thi -faid.Deceafedvv Six Months Credit, on Bond and '7 i it ' mi 1 I ... l' rk - r 11 o 1 -" oecurity, win oe given ice rurcnaicrs ior an ouin exceeding Forty Shillings. f k t . f,. ; . .T . -,; JAMES COOR, Exscmor. Newbtrh, Juki 10, I775. v 1 t PUBLISHED, And h he fold at the . Printing Office in Rewbe 'tn tz . Price two Skilkfigs, : EXTRACTS from the Votes and Proceed ings d the AMERICAN CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, Jield Philadelphia on, the Fifth .Day of September, 1774. Cofltainitg the. Bill of Riehtj, a Lift of Grievances. Occafional Refolvei. the Aflbciation, an Addrcfs to the People .of, Great? JJriiainr tnd a Memorial to the Inhabitants of the Britijb Antrican Colonies. lAlfo, the Letter Jto thp 'Inhabitants of utbtt, and General Cage's Anfwer to ttie Leiter fent him by the General Congrefs. , Beautifully printed, on an entire new Type9C&nd.. goci taper y and to be Jold at the fRINTIG ' 'Binding - .f . , ; Price T WO D Q tt A R S, Tp HE OtriCE and AuTHoaiTir of a JUS- " f 1 : TICE of PEACE. And alfo the Duty of SubJuFPS, CORONEHs, CpNiTABLES, ChURCH- WAkDEtts, Overseers, of Roads, Branch - Pilots, and other Officers. TogetheTwati Pre- cedents of. .Warrants, Judcjukt?! Exe . cutioWs, and other legal Process, ifluauJe by maguiraics wiuiin meir leverai -juniaiaions, m Cafes civil and criminal, with the Method of I udi- c:al Proceedings before. Juftlces of the Peace out of- euions. ano lome lirecuons tor tneir wonauCt withiri their County Courts. . , '. To which is added, , .. Ait APPEND I X. bofltiining many ufcAil Precedents, ahd Direc 1 , v tions for the Execution of them. , Collected from the Common and 1 Statute Law) of England, and Acts of Aflembly of this Pro vince, and , adapted to, our Conllituupri and Praaice. , . .'Alfo to be bad at the faid Of pice. The late Revifal of the ACTS of ASSEMBLY of tbi Province, w;th the two UA StisldNs of AiitMBLT bound up complete. "r . " - -' . . ' ' r - . . tf tl r n XT . n....l l . T(tirrrriitrtn n n .. . ii V rnmcu py jAiYicd Lnv io, m r k u rt , i . Mrccr.AU Pcrfcns may bcfuDDl 1. wiv...i 4uimw iiw r loiiini 1 , 01 amodfrart 1 math Jnr.,i - - - - - 4 . . Craven County, t JOHN iIAWKS, WLANCELOT.GR AVE &ERKYr EjauirestXv)oof Ui Mijefift Jji " " i Va r yiV County, r-,; i.-ll'ij "tT 7HEREAS Complaint hath been made to us, VV- - by James Biggtejlou, that aKegro Slave be longing to him, .named jBMi about z8 Years of Age, i.ftc'rit lively Fellow, about $ Feet 7 Inches -high, and is Cbuntry born j had on when he went away, a ligtyt coloured milled DufHl Jacket and Breeches, and check Shirt,. hath ran away from his r aid 'IaAer, and is fupfdftd to b lurking about,' . doing, AGs of Felony in this Province. ? jTiSJtji, are therefore in his Mafjelly'j ..Name to command the faid Slave fcrthwltn tq furrender him felf, and return home. to his faid Ma&er. ; And we dot hereby command the Sheriff of the faid County or Craven to make diligent Search after the'abovemen - tioned Slave, andiim having found, to apprehend lod fecure,' ft that he may be conveyed to his faid .Mailer, or otherwife djfeharged as the Law direcls ; and the faid Sheriffii hereby impowcVed to raife and take with him fuch Power of his County as hi thill think fit for apprehending the faid Slave. And we do hereby", by Virtue of an Aft of Affcmbly of this . . Province concerning Servants and Slaves, intimate . and declare, if the jaid Jem doth not furrender, him felf, and. return home immediately after the Publica tion of thefe Prefents, that any Perfon or Perfons ' may kill and detlrcy the faid Slave, by fuch Means as -he or they, lhall think ft,: without Impeachment . Accufat'on olfany Crime or OffVnce for fb doing, or without incurring any Penalty or Forfeiture thereby, GIVEN nder tr Hands and Seals, this d Day of May, 1775, and In the yb Tsar of his llejtf ' tjs Reign, V .. . JOHN HAWKS, . '1 S . ' L G. BERRY N. t The above egro Slave is fuppofed to be harboured or kept out by his Wife," named Rachel a Wenth. belonging to Mr. Jfaae Font's'"' - i . j very poluble he is lurking m NeJgnbonrhood ef his Plantition. Wbf uki6hiB1 op Bd bnngim to m, fhall receive a Reward of three Pounds for u Trouble, " JAMES BIGGLESTON. . icd with this PAPER for Thr Shiliikcj i T """- -jfc -r-. -
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