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anceof the meafurei neceflary for oar defence, we fliall finally gain the end of the warfare ; INDEPENDENCE, LIBERTY, and PEACE. Thefe are bleffinga worth contending for,, at e xtTf haz&rd. But we hazard nothing; the power of America aloae, with their daily exertion, would have nothing to dread from the force of Great-Brirain : Yet we fland not alono on our own ground ; France yields us every aid we afic ; and there are reafoni to beleive, the period is not far diltant, when fiie will take a more a&ive part, by declaring war againft the Britifti Crown. Every. motive therefore irreGltihly urges and command, us to a firm and manly perfeverance, in our oppoiition to fuch cruel opprcTors ; tj flight difficulties, endure hard (ips, and contemn every danger. , .The General ardently wiflies it were in his power to conduct the troops into the befl winter quarters j " but where are they to be found? fliould we retire into the interior parts of the S:ates, . we fliould find them crowded with virtuous citizens who facri fieed their Ait ; hive left Philadelphia, and fled from perfecu- 1 tion : To their diftrefa,, humanity forbids us not to add. This is not all ; we foould leave a vaft extent of fertile country, to be defpoiled and ravaged by the. enemy, from which they would drain large fupplies, and where many of our firm friends would be expofed to all the miferies of infuhing- and wancoh depreda- . tions. ; A train of evils might be enumeratd bat theie will Office. , . v - :. " -V ; . - . ' j. Confidcratjqris.rnakeit indifpenflbY rieceTary fat the army to. take fucH pou tion; as will enable it, niolt effectually, to pre vent diftreft; and to give the moft extenfive fecurity; and in this pofitioa, we nidi make ourfelves the belt melrer in our power. With activity and diligence, tents may be erected that may be "warm and dry ; in thofe the troops will be more fecure agairill furprife, thin if in a divided State j and a: hand to protect their country. ' . " ' . ; Thefe cogent rcafons h2s determined the General to take poll in the neighbourhood of this camp j and 'influenced by them"; he perfbades hjmfelf, that the officers arid foldicrs, withone . heart, and with one mind, ;will refolve to iurmount every diffi- culty,?with a fortitude and pa:iehce becoming thcir prdfeffion, and the (acred caufe in which they arc engaged in. i He fiimlelf will partake of the hardship, uhd likewife of every inconve nience' , . : ' ' ' ' - We have the pleafure to inform Our readers, that a (hip is arrived at Poni mouth,. New4iam (hire, from France, with the following articles, viz. 48 double fortified brafs 4 pounders; id nine inch mortars ; 25,000 bombs; Z460 balls; a largequauti-, ty cf entrenching tools ; 5000 muikets ; 1 120 "ditto;- for dra goons; 1 3, Ooo weight of powder; 6jo$i weight of brimftone ; and fundryother ncceflary , articles for the ufe of the army of the United States of America. Zxtraa 0 a letter from Eaft Bradford, Chefter County, Dec, li. J this day vent down to Haverford, ' and 'there found the xnoft detractive piece of work I ever fa. v. Your brorher An thony Morris's houfe and placek robbed of every thing the mer cilefs wretches, the Englijb, could take away. They have nbt even left them or the cniidrenany thing of food, neither bed of. blanket, or any cioathing, except what they bad on their bks. Every thing of hfs, yours, and your, father's; they could no take off, they took ca e to dcitroy ; and what is worfe, Antho ny is wounded, but! hope not mortally .. The Englifh light horre overtook hira about a mile from Home, with a party of our troops, wiio were obliged to retreat, they pcrfucd, caught him and woanded him in fifteen different places. All the finders of u'16 ic ucariy cut oir, ana rnereit are io bad, that Dr. uaptam received 1111 ireignr, eooo Jivresand difchar?ed mM1 his veffel. Another reffel's cargo is condemned. caU 1 120 bales of line cloth, laden at Toplham, bound to Itar I Mr. Printers. I am the poor hon eft drudge, who carry the pbftman anJ i mail : and whether the news bs tronrfi ts- u,a u r 7 - 4j w true or fair it is equally burthenfome to me ; through all the inclem of weither, and witli many a hungry bellyi am I KKIq trudge up and down the country, to iatisfv the enrior,.. r l cuitomers. : We brutes though I we often oberVe the art men,, are generally ignorant or tneir motives and the difpofiti i. miu jogani ih nave liievvn 1Q fit duing us to their yoke, I . Jhould eipe.ct to'lin : them all ti focial virtues 'in a degree of perfection prorjortiori ate to th fuperior wifdom. Amoe us, it is kn invariahiV m: every act of kindneis deferves a return ; and iii cbnformji !! ar furpal pnncit5ie riiinz on. buti Sir;1 in p-omb the: continual :mun'rl -nf. 4W'r- T lent department I have.frequenilr the mortification to obferve !;fet of penurioui wretches of the human race; who pay ; eimer to tne pen or printer, as othcious in . opening the nevi, papers, and appropriating , them 1 td . their Own purpofesl and with as hrtle compunaiorv of mind; las thbfe who have generoaf ly contributed to the import of both. $ jl'hefe are acts that would ;d;fgrace an We'r.of beings much Inferior to men, zs thef havt a tendency to deflroy.the bulwark; of mejicaniberty, and of teh dilappoint men; whofe ieat andf public virtue i prompt tiiei to con ful t the intereft of their country. Nr is it with lefs pitj and contempt, that I obferve in anb'her fet of the, fame clafs" within the circle of my immediate acqaair.tance, the mean fpi nted poverty of foul which .has confiued their Contributions to the fmall fum of five fhiliings among! fourteen men, who all re teive the benefit of the hews-papers: from one.fubftription Though it is, indeed Laughable, to fee this notable grope climb, ing en the Ihoulders of each other, to hear the firft reading of a freft pap-r j and had1 1 been bleTed with the gift of eech on thefe occafions, I mould have cried but, O 1 for the pencil of 2Ti Hogarth, that I might .dp juftice to fo excellent an original. Pray, Mr. printer; admoniih thefe ungenerous eve-droppers of the news; who, wanting airit to jcome honeltiy by it, mould at ieafl be contented with receiving it in verbal detail from taofe who do. My maftcr, who h s been kind and indulgent on all other ojcaaons, fays he will no longer burthen me with the pa. pers or thofc who to not fubferibe to the poft; and you Mr ' riUlH- nv taunot Dur reel tne miurv done m murCif k thofe who .open papers they 'd fome method to Correct fo fcandaloas am, Your's, not pay for, will, I hope fall oa !a!oas an ahnJ-. V - &c. the poftman's horfc. D El R j C K. ... -w vwat j ma u4ipernp i ipin, a piece cutoutof his fiofe. both checks cut ; after which they robbed hin of his horfe and money. The officer then left the five who had attacked hi.li, and told them to fplit .the damned rebel down, and th:n follo-v him ; aftsr they had riven him fcveral " uutrrif, notnavmgany thine to aulft him with; i have left them money, but it n of no fer vice, every neighbour being iii the facie fituation with them--Mrcs. Farr his taken three of the children to his mother's; tlVrvr" lnt"" aDd-,I1 Pf lher " 00 danger. I would be glad Mrs Morns would fend me some li: ncn, &c. for them and the children ; do (end them ; for they, have no: any change of clorhes till they receive them." ' j- . The &TyUrhsvecng is Philadelphia. V YarmoTKCh-brfSC3!irdrthrC 4' cn at Yarmouth, England, for Leghorn, was carried into Newb'u- ry rort, forae" time liucc, and condemned at Salem, on the nth of November lart That fo much thereof a, was the property of the people in England; among . which was 6o tons of lead 23 large bales of Yorkfhire woollens, and Norwich lluiFs, See fuppofed to have cofl in Engfend 3o,oc5oI.-iterIing. The brijr" ProPc" of fome iiaha-ns, were cot condemned y and thf ' T . F J S H - K I L L , December & (7 W thc 27ih "It. Generai Putcaftiwith the troops under his Vj command, marched down towards Kingbridge, with z view to draw, out the enemy to battle ; and for this purpofe he detached Col. Meigs over ilie Brunx, near the fort, with orders ' to retreat in fuch a manner, as would moft'probably draw the--enemy out to the main body, pofted advantageoufly about one rmle diliantj This was attempted by Coll Meigs, bu: the ene my caatiouffy .avoided, the danger, only fending a fmall party o( rangers, who could not be drawn over the river ; a &irmi'& enfued between this party of the en emv and Colonel Meig-, in which they loft three men killed, and about the fame nSmber founded, anyone or two made prifpners ; Meiga had two mctf igntly wounded. . The following night feveral fmall parties were fen t- down to alarm the enemy's camp, wnich they did, and turned them out m the fevere fiorm and left them, -bring: ing off Col. James Delancey, Mr. Oilvie. a Lieutenant iv ivoDinion. regiment, and four other prifoners. The pofls at the bridge, are ftrongly fortified, Jbiit with a fuitable force and -preparations may ioon be reduced. uur xn, tapt. 1 inker, m a floop from New-Lon- , don arrived here, hnt W .t- r feveral valuable En a! (U r,V iai. j t;cularly a mip with many thenfand fuits of fojdier's clothes, and other articles to a great amount. . Generals Putnam and Pfons commands near Kingfbridge, and have lately made fc- T ufuuas, on tee enemy's quarters.. s w. U ' STATE of NORTH CAROLINA. wis nxceiiency R I C HARD C A S W E L L, Efq; Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief; of the fa:d. State. ' -.: ,-t - t :;v .; i:
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