T
ft
i
ccJl tWWKPW kewcrer late. howerer im- it, Ah port, .1S?
:. f a K;n-..iw ' Manning, v,apt. crewcr, "- j ""vvu, wit
othe.iagai.lt thof. temptation, by - which I have -7N :C OnIFr E S V NivemWVtm.
n... .Iu,vi finned apainlt conviction : my principles have ne- . IN A. J .r v ,! .TV"'',,
. f th world but the laws ot Uod, tnougn never auuwucu vw w urk - ,7 -. r D - j-" - - r rT ?
kTLK S.V..l Wia aJWiy'e wM- )Stife..'ih hor;of..tkf;rKmo1Brl$,dier General Fraaci,
HouTftrianef brthTdeluurof ftew, and the delight, of vo- Nalh, who fell in the bat,le:pf Ocrman.own on the 4h da, 6f
. funtuoafoefs! I never knew nor attended to the call? of fruga-.; October, '1777, bravely. contendmg or tne .ndependeace ol
vanuy aim uisiwi6 --
lity, nor needful ceconoaiof life.
RESOLVED, That tae
thanks of Conerefs in their own
name" and -in behalf of the; inhabitants of the Thirteen United-
States; be preientcd to. Major General Vjat?s.' ; y omraanaer in
Chief in the northern department, ancTtb: Major Generals Lin
coln and Arnold,! and the reft of the oiEcers and troops under
his command, for 'thYir brave and fucceCsful effortf in fupportof
the independence 01 uicir " c
which 1 plunged, required j expence difproportiqnate to my .in
come expence bruught diitrels upon me, diitrefs, importunate
dirtreft, urged me to temporary fraud.. .. : .-. .-j ; j
For this fraud I am to die ; and I die declaring, in the
molt folemn manner, that, however I. have deviated from my
I -Wave taWht -others to the beft of my knpw-
ledee.-and with all Snceruy the true'viay to eternal happinefs;
My lite tor lomc icw unAyy "a
. t.nnt hat mv minillrv has always been fi nee re
ianiv ' .M. ' , . 'ul -j u.,-UZ frnm Fort- ficn.ivleK j and the main army of fix thoufand
which we can be faved, but only the name of .be. Lord Jefu, ; men, under Lieutenan,. General Burgcyne; after b"gbtea
wu! .. . " . in. 1-..:.: : ,j:aX- Al and dnvpn .from a formidable Doft and ;
"and I entreat all who are ncrc to join wiui mc in my iau uciiii-; u .uMit.i. ----------- . . -r' ?
on, that for the f-ks'of that Lord Jefus Chrift, my fins may be
forgiven, and my fouf received into his everlafting kingdom
July 10. The following article of intelligence was receiv
ed by Thurfday's mail, in a letter from Berlin, dated June 28
A few weeks ago two American gentlemen, faid to be dc- jor General (jates
puties trom the Congrcis, arrived here at the notei ae1 v.omca.
One of them faid to be Dr. Lee from Madrid on his return to
"France. They have already bought and contracted, for ira
menfe quantities of lionen and woollen cloth, tents; arm, &c.
for the ufe of the American army. They are vifited and invit
ed by the firft' nobility here, who; as well as other ranks of
people receive them With the . gfeateii courtefy and politenefs.
It was univerfally reported, that they have with them an"ad
drefs from the Congrcfs to our Kings which they were to have
delivered in a public manner. Two or three days ago, whilft
they were upon a vifit at a "nobleman's feat a few miles j from
town rheir apartments at the hotel were broke open, 'the locks
of all their trunks and coiTers forced, and all the papers they
. contained carried off. It is very fingolar that all the cafli -nd
bank notes drafts upon the moil eminent bankers at Paris,
Amtterdam and Hamburgh, (to a very considerable amount)
were left untouched; which circumftance leaves not the Icaifc
doubt. But the lelony was committed by a ftate's burglar. And
lalt nieht. between i 1 and 12 o'clock, all the papers were found
'in a hAtr before the care of tne hotel, except fuch as were of the dore Hazlewood.'
hihtft interefLand import, which are ft ill miGng.
An Irifli hiufe at Rotterdam is appointed agent for theiAroe
ricans two fliim have been confiened to it from Carolina : , but
L, - 9 1 - f ' - . f
one of them has been taken, and was brought in by a man of
n r-r f 1 .1 . t . i . : !,
war Hoop on i nunaay ia:i.
itrong intrenchmerits; reduced to the neeeflity ot iurrendering
themfelves,-. upon terms honourable land advantageous; to thefe '
States on the 1 7-h day cf October Ull, to Major General Gates;
and that medal jof :.g6ld rbettrucjc- under the idireaipn of the ,
hoard of wy, in commemoration of this" great event, and in the
nahie of thefe United States prefemcd by the prefideht to Ma-
Rpenr.VRn. That Congrcfs hr.ve an high fenfe of the .me
rit of. Colonel Green, and the oftrs and men under his com
mand; in their late gallant defence of theort at Red-Bank, on
Delaware River ; and that an ele'gm tfvyord be provided by the
board of wa-, and prefenteH jro ColpinerGreen. .7.1 :
i RESOLVED, That Congrefs have an high ienle ot the me-
ii of Lieutenant CbloneJ Smith; asa the officers and men uri-
Smithi
RESOLVED,
r
der his command, in their Jate gallant aerence or rorc ivjimin
on the rier Delaware ; and !that an elegant fword be provided
b the board of war, and! prefented to Lieutenant Colonel
hat-Conerefs have an high fenfe of the me
rit of Commodore Hazlewotd, the commander of the riavil force
on Deia vare river, in the
iervice
d
Pennfylvania, and of the officers an
in their late gallant xdefnce of their
of the c ;mmon- wealth 6f
men under his command
country asainll the Briiilh
fleet, whereby two of their! men of war were deftroyed, and
four others compelled to retire; ana tnat an eieganc lworu u
provided by the marine committee, and prefented to Com mo
xtra& tjff-em the mxutes; i1 :
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry
. t . i :.- .1
August 3. The Engl;ili minnier at Berlin, in get:ing;poi- jk. i.l rii k u v;A o w
fei5ori of all the papers of the American deputies, by a well laid Captain General; and Com
ftratacem, has proved of the hirkell advantage to the admini- State.1 1 I H '
STATE of NORTH-C AROLINA.
By-his, Excel tlfcftCY ;1 , Jf ' -.';, 1
r E L L, ; Efquire, GorerBOr
maader in Ch ef, of 'the faid
a...Un i. Pnn! . A e Jf' linc trli.f- flipm ai n tiai ritfA wi f h ih . ' A ! P ROC Li A M fA Tl I O I N. !
d iiensof the Conrefi in their European negotiations, and TT VHEREAS i it appearsj by the petition of Captain yo j
with their real llate at .home, and ncceffity of foreign affilt- V Y Shepherd, that fundry - perfons living near Occaack Bar,
ancr. , , ,! have unlawfully pofrelTed thekrifelves : of a large quantity of gop4s,
the property of laid S,hefberill and part of thecargo of the fhow
r)ti?nBtt j- ztev wrpr trd thpe tterefnre i in order to prevent
fuch I praftiees, antl punifh the t ernetrators, agreeable to the
laws oi cnis oiaie i ao, agreeaoje to.reioivc 01 mc gcuciu
fembiy, iffue this Proclamation, hereby offering a reward of
TheX.ords of the Admiralty have ordered the copper (heath
ing to be taken off fcvcral lhips in the navy, to wbofe timbers
and planking it has proved very prejudicial, j !j , -
Axinvtr 12. It u faid i hat Governor Powrall and General
ntc:. fl.-,,1.t Msmi.i'f,', f.nrH Inrh5nn?nt . fi frv nniin.k rn ari v ivhi f p frpman U'ho will J Von oathi inform t
August 14: The divifions 1.1 the cabinet for and'againit a -the Attorney General of this State, ot the names and places 01
aouacui su 01 any mi h-c aiureiaiu pcriuus.
war with France Hood as under :
. For a war.
Lord George Germaine,
Lord Suffolk,
Lord Barring ton,
Lord Gower,
Mr. Weddc: burne,
Mr. Rigby,
Againltit. .
Lord North, ,
Lord Mans field,
' Lord VVcymouth,
Lord Nugent, H
Mr.fjenkinfbn,!!
Mr. Ellis., j !
V AgaMit, theKING. I 1
; C H A R L EjS T O VV. If; Die. 4.. j .t
T WO of the enemy's1 ihips have been for fome days pall
feen effthe coail. They are faid to be the Lizard,, Capt.
Mackenzie, of 28 guns, and the Perfeus, Capt. Elphinftone, j
VJ 2U.'
GIVEN under my; hard, and feaij at arms, at NeivBern, the
l 'r t -.1. - .. le : 1 a tlmn.
- Ifand feven hundred anld feventy eight, and in the fecond
year of ihe. independence of the fajd State. J ! (
j. I RICHARD CASWELLi
By hh Excellency's command.
J . j 1 James Glasgow Sec'ry.
. . i' " . , i STATE of NOR.TH CAROLINA. . '1'. ; - IV.-'pi
His Excellency R.rC'HiR D C AiS W E IL L, Elq; ,
f .GovWnorfCaptain-General.' ahH Cbmmaoler in Chief, ioi
. " the laid 'State.:.. I ' f 1 . ;: - ;-v ",;f' i
- A P R O C L A MAT ION.
HERE AS it hath been certified to me; that the folio-
'if.: '' - -rl ill." L L -llJ i-t ir.U. r.-.Mi-tn
By Capt. Coombes,. who arrived jetlerday in .(even, weeks i y V jing pVrfoahayebech appointed clerks of. the faperiof
froci Nntz, we have accounts of a letter of marque brig belong- rcourts of law witnTn thii State, t wit: John CeU; ;Ef$i foe
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