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! i expert it, and the eyes or m wo "ET" jt; s ,re j- enal f.iendly,! and ieem M)olved not :tq tikea .ponit. It there is blame, t fill it is ) Siverf afaU. ft us. wa& not .tHefore uDdef i!. hid that our, men behaved th great fpitlt j" boUy of the IndiaCS Phough we hav aion. previous to the abandon.ng the forts and Imes at j foe ifthief i-itl be done by ftro!iif indiyichia!, & Jroga. Lieutenant Hewitt br.,.jr . & WtSS themlelves by the feminists of the nitio, , , of Mntmt Hone, with onlv26 men. Uur dickc. ".uui & , . A .n ;nft,nr nf hart u (h..i. nl karlr another larrer party of the enemy, and could twmcn tney ueiui fc , - . - j . . ;rrtJ, Sardly be prevented from puMeing them ".thanho t not g dif y- '..ofhecrid'WrtS prudeht. Our army was ... h.gh ipirits, and und r no appro- "5 the m.irderof.one Mauhiibn, Ian aiertMvW; Lnfion cf retiring from the enemy, jult before oroers fof that .ggf three quarters of a mile from the fo.Ka,. pu.-pofe were given out. ,. - . !; ... j. ,r :f.,.A Anon them, killed Matthifon tin the fppt, andwouij. - The lines lately abandoned to Me enemy it ... , , ; slhe Cant.iri in the back : after fcalping them b,th, tieL " " . 7 . , ; anearance ot uneaiiinri, . ,-"v" d.-fcat. '.. , ... ' ,t . , '.'AVt, mirhr be 'the caofe of fuch extraordinary motions.: Ttii , .Y.-fteriiy'rVWtnfc. returned into port the cartel from Rhode lflet o( (g tU iifef Cap-. Grl Wand, commanded b, Capt. Prince jun. who ha. . brought JJ i-.licd he now lie. leamen, including fnajteVs of VefliU, ' .o exd.anjre.f-r a: hie. lffil afeat. liiih' the greW number he lat.ly cairicd from this port. . - "Ji.r.: Ms recovery is probable.' A noffiba Sunday U:l arriv d a ioafter from SheepBcut, which me left inth; DnCaft!e and Erilk.eto iaft. Saturday. mining. The topper of wluh -nforms hy iF'i ,d &preTed their . firio. ta p.Ate he Hit on ..mew t-r.v h, Ifioire a tew davs a(?o, ' are arrived at Khcac Ifland. . ,was ICaKe" VX., t buu , v ru : koVu ! P..n-;rl- m i nh-r have now too ate had their e, es opened, davs before he failed ; and that a 40 gun ftip wa, in chafe of if , S? nnin.ti irfc r' 4- 1VT,! j f . s Among ointr m:nz, mcjr wc. r r:- U I ' v.ummwuu.-""--: f . n - , . . ! :t:Ac-h, th,. i nf Anriland if not, being carrita ouiprin. of (hot; a fait pan that weighs about 500 wt.. ana aooui nair a pwwvc ,.-aF ....f-., . . ton ot pig irun, cvery;24 hoars.'' . . - . . Vi B i i. T A T ! f . P Hi f A. Au?uft Cant Fierce in an atnred ll.op D?iongmg w warrcn, m mc . .r tx m x j- ,-- :. ... . 4 r , flate of Rhode IHand, has taken and fen into a fafe port to the 1 Ektrda of a lettirpcm Cafe May, JatedWyyjU 777'Vf louiawaru, tt U1bc J , r , 0 1 -J f r 4 inH hn Krr rheie three huurs.i lh:i A.brie 'laden witi rum. -&c. taken by Capt. Rolland, in 3 morning I was, wi:l. many others, lof tpiMon they were bouud pViate ? to Saiem. i, fent into fafe port at the 0p h, beware, but ,..,bey f-lf XrS ixrA ' land did, nor, I am no'.v of opinion ths are making a leint, . Caitward. - s : . s , , k ' CrafU -.j ,5c c wi .uKirh will .arrv them to T? T C H J IT T i; L: ViX 9i. ftheUaftward very fa. I believe their whole ilect was in iigat, I - -. : t .. y. aIL-.. riu.L. . i ! IhrtwK f rr..i n ronnf nnlv Trtrt fill-- V l. ! i I i hxtract cr a iczier from siioanyt jmj . w ...... w..v : "l . f - r -i:.,'p The Ian accounts tntn the nortnward are, tnar-iviaj. x atcs-. . x c VF V1 1 ' v r I ; rrfrAT fof thefirft New York reimeii) with the troops under hi, com- th news of Philadelphia s being in the hands of t..eir ucr r . i,and. has abandoned pSrt Cco ge; but previous thereto, all j Ever fhip tht arrive,, thc.y are looking tor 1 . the Itores. to the minutelt article, were amoved from thence to'.; telligcnce. With what furprize will they hear that Uen no . 1' r . f.i. " . n:i Ll- . C!,..nn,r.m,,wk. iliairhrffphnHprfakpn thf pynpf ftmn. twice DV land aflQ OLLc.v penetrate the country, is yet uncertain ; but Paould they atiempt j has not dared to put the marter to the trial ; that Jejrtnan it there Is reafbn to exped they will n:eei a warm reception. I men infulted him in New JeHey, and cunhnedniwnoie " Colonel Skene U ho is .to be Governor of friconderoga, in "New firunfaick y that when he daredo ir.arcif out Crown Point, See.) is ith a bedv of the enemy at a place call- fmiles from 'that plce, our brave coun finen' chafed' him tron ed Cdltleon, about i8 miles this fide Moant lnd prudence, the ftate ; 'and when his fleet and army, changing their route, whereheisemploved, by proclamations, threats, and Battering j arrived at the mouth of the De!a vare, the very report ot 01 fpecches, to endeavour to periuade the weker from therr alle- preparations melted theirhearts, and they lhrunk bcic Daue Hance to the at?s; and remain "idle fpcda.ors of the ruin and j in thcir fo long boaftedrenterprize? ! t " ! , ; - depredations carried on tnrougn tneir. counirv. r-cw ui iuciu w m. y vma; w,v, -r- . p have yet joined, and there is reafon to expett.'few will, as Cl. with fourjs, belonging to Egg-Hirbo.r, howeward booM( Warner is near him with a body of troops, to oppofe him in his S frcnvStTEuilatia, tv'isj met yi thin foundings, about iunnie, vn defins. . I 1 ; i j-- j"gic, u 3 gun, dj-i. oum.., . - , General Nixon, with about 1600 mJn, lies at and abut ihot at the ffbop, and about four o'clock. fhe hove to, wftcn iuj . xjvuv . i, . . . .- . t J T-ui j u e r:.... u-;k;rr under td Fort Arlni to ob'truct tne paliages, ana intercept wc encuiys j wut uu u uuvu, ic uulhui ui iiovt "6 -r , fcouts, of whom our people daily make prifonersj The day be- ! wa'e overlet her; Capt. Treene and two of. his hanuscafCDj' icre yeflerday five were taken between Fort Ann and Skeenfbo- : told of the anchor, and got through the port holes pn bprd royh; three of them appeared likelndians; and upon being j Lark, but were threatened to be knocked with . handfpikes, v 1 ' r j . ...h .. r rnn ncr tr fh I Ti-pvpnt tftpir opttino- fin hnnrd r the nrhpr two rrcn were leu,0 wainea, were iwsm iu uc nuts, -6w w - f r.-; . " !. ' : , u (wit fcemy from the neighbourhood of Fort. Edward. . .;' I I j the wreck, the fea lometimes walhmg them off, bat pyiji Genera! Schuyler continues his head quarters at Fort Ed- fining they recovered it again. A packet iri company core doA ward where he has a rcfrettable army of continental troops and Jand paiTed by the wreck, and the men waved their hats, ve) riilitla, all in high fpirirs. 1 he itana win tie made at iVioies s 1 ging ineir amuancej out m acienuua was ptiu . . . crrek, about four, miles on" this fide of Fort Edward, a place well flajlors ori; board theXark oered to go to their affiltance, bum formed tor defence, i t " " I : ' i orders" ere given for thatppurpole, and the two men contiouCj There is nothing from the wellward ; .alibis peace there, and probably periflied on the wreck. The above was fy0T:l hc Six Nations are gone to hold a conference-with Butler and J before a magiftrate by one of the floop's people that.gct on boan. . . L. rr...- . fhio fpnt nfr,l I ,K T.arlr- ubo latelv arrived in tni rl:v.: J "i - I . r ... . - ... i. .. ... .. . "... I
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