The Freeman's journal, or, New-Hampshire gazette. [volume], July 06, 1776, Image 4

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POETs COR NER.
A HOUND, the fleeteft of the breed,
To hunt the chace or fcower the mead,
As paoting once he ftop’d to drink,
Upon a gliding river’s brink,
He chanc’d his thadow to explore,
And view'd kis memhers o’er and o'er;
‘Whilft in his mind he doubtful weighs
Which of his parts deserves most praise ¢
“The tail alledges 1 thee steer,
Replys the legs, but we tbee bear,
L, fays the nose diret the way,
Bui, fays the moutb; 1 catch the prey 4
Peace fays the greyhound, for if one
Should perish, all would be undone.
Tbus, in a fate, as long as all
Firmly agree, it cannot fall § .
But if once faition enters in,
And furious eivil broils begin,
If all are full of rage and Sirife,
The curses of the buman life,
Wbilf} libels blacken each foul page,
With envy and with party rage,
Tbat slate is on defirutiion’s brink,
K must, it will forever fink.
MAXIMS of STATE.
THAT the profit of Places should be
measured as they are more or less con
dacing to the public service. | ,
That where the least ufeful part of the
people have the most credit, men will con
clude, that the way to get every thing; is to
be good for nothing:
That if ordinary beggars are whipp’d,
the daily beggars in fine cloaths (out of a
proportionable refpe¢t to their Quality)
ought to be bang’d. If the Peorie would
reflet how much they grein the power of
their reprefestatives, they would be very
¢ircum(peét in the choice of them. o
That the peopLz will ever fufpe& the
remedies for the diféafes of the State, where
they are wholly excluded from feeing how
they are prepareds
Ignorant servants thould never be fuffer
ed to spoil the public buficefs. Those who
think their places below them, will certainly
be below their plages, |
A PeoPLE may let their King fall and
yet still remain a people, but if a King let
his people flip from him, he is no longer
King,
PHIFLADELPHIA,
Extraét of a Letter from Baltimore, June 8.
- ¢ Capt. William Barry; who was Mafler
Of a ship beloging to your port, and who has
been prisoner with Lord Dunmore for some
time past, lias made his escape fromi on board
the Roebuck, since Lord Dunmore came up
to Gwin’s Island. He told me he was on
board (he Roebuck during her engagement
with the gondolas off Wilmington, in which
he and many other priforiers were obliged to
~ fight against their friends; and is of opinion
flie might Kave easily been destroyed or taken
whilst aground in the river; had the gon
dolas been fi-pplied with ammunition. He:
fays, the was very much damaged in her rig
ging and {pars ; had only one man Kkiiled &
five or fix wounded. Peter Noble, one of
€Col. Allen’s soldiers, who was sent with hiny
rifoner to England came here along with
%npt. Barry ;he told mé that Col. Allen,
with 32 others of his men camie out in the
fieet to Cape-Fear, cohmanded by Sir Peter.
Parker ; that they were very barbarouily used
by Capt. Sinimionds of the Solebay, who rob
bed them of the stores and cloaths which the
gentleman at Cork had generously provided
for them, and distributed them amongst his
PO RTSM O UTH Printedby BEN JAMIN DE A RBOR N, near the Parade, where this Paper
may be had ar Eight Sl.nl»h"g;s L. M, per yeat; oné half at entrance, 'The Printing-Business, in it’s different branches
earticd on-with care and fidelity. ‘ e ;
own men, ‘This brave young foldiet, about
two weeks after the arrival of the fleet at
Cape Fear, swam ashore in his shirt, at
which time he was obliged to travel for 48
hours, before he met any of the inhabitants,
or got any refrethment.”
Extralt of a letter from St. Euflatia, May 22,
“ By a vessel arrived at Antigua last night,
we hear for a certdinty, that Lord Howe
was to embark with the last of the forces that
were going this year, about 25,000, no Hes
sians. He has hoisted his flag on board the
Eagle man of war, and twelve Commissio
ners 12il with him. This gives me some
hopes of 4 reconcilliation taking place, that
we may live in quietness again: Flour {carce
among the Englith Islands. They have laid
an émbargo at Antigua, which example, I
suppose, the other islands will follow. Com
mon flour fells for twelve dollars, fuperfine
for fourtesn, and cotn for thirteen. The
men of war, these two months, have only
taken one prize, which is Capt, Qavis ct
Wilmington, upon Deleware.”
NEW-Y OR K, June 20.
In PROVINCIAL CONGRECS,
New=York, Fuze8,1776.
Repolted;
THAT the T'hanks of this Cotigrefs be
presented to nis Excellenty General
Wathington, tof the important Services he
has rendersd to the United Colonies, ahd for
the Att€iition he has pald to the Interest and
Civil Authority of this Colony ; tnd that he
betflured of the readiness of this Congress,
to afford him zil the Aid in’ theit Power, to
enable him to execute the important Trust
reposed in him.
Ordered, That the President wait tipon Geé
neral Withington, and communicate the said
Resolution to him. .
June 5. The President informed theCon
grefs, that purfuint to the Order of Yefler
day, he waited tipon his Excellency General
Wathington, and communicated to him the
Resolve therein nmientioned ;=that his Ex
cellency was pleased to teturn the following
Answer, and requested the President to com
municate the fame to Congress; |
¢ Gentlemen, _
“I AM extremely obliged for the high
Sense you entertiin of my Services, and
for yout Promiifes of every possible Assistance
in the discharge of mv important Duty.
“ You may rest assured, that my Attention
to the Happinéfs of this Colony shall not be
wanting, nor my Regard to its civil Autho
rity remitted, whilst I am honoured with the
Comtmand I now kold,” -
Ordered, That the said Resolve of yester
day, and his Excellency General Washings
ton’s Answer, be published in the publis
News-Papers. R
Extraitl frofi the Mim‘zfes‘; :
g ROBERT BENSON; Sec’ry.
The folloivffig authentic dccount is communicated
by an officer of the detachmient it primcipally
concerns. ¢
- On advise thit 4 reinforcemient vas neces
sary, at the Cedars, a friall fort 45 milés S,
W. fronmi Montreal, where a 2 party of 400
mten, under the command of Major Butter
field, were posted ; on the 16th of May, 140
men under the command of Maj. Sherburne,
were detached from Montreal, He met
with great difticuliies at the lake, which af
ter crofling, he was obliged to repafs & cross
again, {o that it was the Zoth béforé he could
proceéd front thence with 100 men, includ
ing himfelf, (the rest being left for guards
and other neceflary services.) Aboutriori2
o’clock they set out for the Cedars, distant g
miles, and having nvarched iabout 35, they
were attacked by 2 large body of Savages
and Canadians, who under cover of a wood,
fired upon them ; our people, tho’ entirely
exposed, without shelter, maintained an ob
stinate engagement for 1 hour and 4o minu
tes ; when the Savages having surrounded,
rfufhed upon, & disarmed them ; then a scene
of Savige barbarity enfiied, and miany of our
people were facrificed to their fury, butcher
ed with tomahawks and other instruments of
murder, The enenty consisted of abouit fog
Canadians, and 400 Savages, who immedi.-
ately firipped the prisoners almost naked, &
drove thent to the fort, where they were de
livered to Capt. Foster; of the Bth regiment;
who had with him atout 40 regulars, and
then commanded the fort, which had been
the day before surrendered to him, with lig=
tle if any resistance; by Major Butterfield, ad
event which was neither known, nor in tha
least suspected, by Major Sherburné. :
Capt. Foster and the regulars, kept tithin
the lines, and were ot of the party who sur
rounded and so barbafoufly used cur people ;
but after they were brought to the fort, they
were repeatedly, again and again firipped of
the small remainder of their cloaths, till
many of them had not fufficient to hide theix
nakedness. Our loss in the whole a&ion
was about 28, viz. killed and wounded in the
action, and killed aftetward3 in cold blood
about 20; carried off by the savages 7 or 8.
Of the enemy were killed 22, whose deaths
were ascertained, and among them a chief
warrior of theSeréca tribe,on whote actount,
out prifonkrs were probably used with the
more cruelty, insult and abuse. Major Sher
burne and the other officers, wete sent to an
Indian town called Connafadoga, at the lake
of the two Mountains ; the private mentoa
defeate island in the midle of the lake, where
they were very f{cantily supplied with provi
sion, barely fufficient to keep them from star
ving, and tho’ the weather was cold, with=
oit any cloaths; and without ahy covering
but the canopy of heaven, for eight days,
when they were released on a cartel agreed
to between General Arnold and Capt. Fofler,
viz, That there should be an equal exchange
of prifoneérs, within two mionths, allowing
for cafualities, and for the performance, on
our part were pledged the bodies of four Caps
tains, who were left as hostages, viz. Captaini
Sullivan (brother to the General) Captain
Bliss; of Major Sherburne’s party, Captains
Stephens, and Greeh, of Major Butterfield’s
arty,
¢ ngeral Arnold, with a patty of abotit §
or goo men; arrived the 26th, and though
with apout §00; he appeared upon the lake,
happily for the ptifoners he did not cross it
If he Had, it appeared from every circum
stance, that they would have been all mur
dered, dispositions having been made for that
purpose ; nos was it certaing considering the
difticulty of ccefs to the enemy, that hé
could have obtained any considerable idvan
tage over them, or if he had, that he could
possibly have cut off their retreat.
Last Tuesday an elegint entertainment
was given by otir Ptovincial Congress, to hig
Excellency General Washington, %{ his suite;
thie General and Staff Officers, and the Coni
manding Officers of thie different regiments;
in and near this city, whén a number of pi
triotic toasts were drank.
Loft, in one of the Streets in the
Northerly part of this town, on Friday even<
ing the 211 t inflinit 2 Woman’s POCKET,
containing seven keys, a work’d Pocketbook;
with forfie change &c. Whoever has found
the fame; & will leave it at the printing of
fice shall receive one dollar reward, for their
trouble. June 29, 6—B
‘WILLIAM PEARNE
- Has to fell at his flore in Poft{mouth, excel
lent good madeira WINE, by the Pipe ot
Quarter-Cask, : 6—B
CASH for Sheep & Lamb-Skins;
(with the wool on or off,) will be paid by
JAMES HASLETT,
at his shop a little above the state-House:
5—7
The Book so much admired, entitled
COMMON SENSE,
may be had at the Printing Office.