Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • 3

I LAD A June 26 The Committee foy the City and Liberties of Philadelphia will meet this afternoon at Six at the hilofopMcal Society's Hall On riday motning the Generals WASHING TON and LEE fet off from this city to take the command of the American army at Maffachufettt Bay They were accompanied from town by the troop of light horfe and by all the officers of the city militia on horfebaek who attended them about five miles when they returned but the (or mer continued with them and how far they will go is uncertain Major A I I is appointed Aid de Camp to General Washington and Accom panies the General to the camp nearBofton The aftive and feccefsfu part which this Gentleman has taken in the civil and military affairs of the province of Pennlylvania had endeared iiim fo his fellow citizens that few men have ever left us more univerlally beloved or regretted' By anExfrefi mUcI arri ued here cn Saturdayevening we have the following account rf the Battle at Cbarlejlown on Saturday the 1 itb of June ittjl GN riday night the 16th inft fifte hundred of the Provincials went to Bunker's Hill in order to intrench there and continued intrenching till Saturday 10 when two thoufmd Re gulars marched out of Boflon landed in Charles town and plundering it of all its valuable effefls let fire to it in ten different places at once then dividing their army part of it marchrd up in the front of the provincial inti enchment and began to attack the Provincials at long (hot the ether part of their army matched round the town of Charles town under cover of the fmoke occafioned by the fire of the town The Provincial centrics difeo vered the Regulars marching upon their left Upon notice of this given by the centry to the Con necticut forces potted oh that wing Capt Nolton of Alliford with 400 of faid forces immediately repaired to and pulled up a poll and rail fence and Carrying the pods and rai's to another fence put them together for a bread work Cant Nolton gave orders to the men not to fire until the enemy were got within fifteen rods and then not till the word was given At the word's being given the enemy Jurpi ifiHgly it was thought by fptda tor who Hood at a ciilhnce that our then did great execution Elie aftion continued about two hours when the Regulars on the right wing were put into confufi on and gave way the Coniwflicut troops clofely puriueti them and ere on the point of pufhirg their bayonets when orders were received from General Pomeroy for thofe who had been in ncti on tor two hours to fall back and their places to be I upylied by frelh troops Thefe orders beingtrif taken fora direftion to retreat our troops cri the right wing began a geneial retreat which was handed to the lert the principal place of aflion where Captains Nolton Chelter Clark and Putnam had forced the enemy to give way and were before them for I'ome conftdvrable diftance and being warmly purfuing the enemy were with difficulty perluaded to retire but the right wing by mif taking the orders having already retreated the left to avoid being encircled were obliged to re treat alto with the main body They retreated with precipitation acrofs the caufeway to Hill in which they were expofed to the fire of the enemy from their (hipping and fioating We luftained our principal lofs in patting the caufe way The enemy purfued cur troops to Hili where the Provincials being reinforced by General Putnam renewed the battle with great (pirit repulled the enemy with great (laughter and purfued them till they got under cover of their can non from the (hipping When the enemy returned to Hill and the Provincials (to Hill where after entrenching and erecting bat teries they on Monday began to fire upon the Re gulars on Bunker's Hill and on the (hips and float ing batteries in the harbour when the Exprefs came away The number of Provincials killed is between 40 and 70 140 are wounded Of the Connecticut troops 16 were killed No officer among them was either killed or wounded except ing Lieuienant Grofvenor who was wounded in the hand A Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel of the New Hatnpfhire forces is among the de id It is a fo faid that Dr Warren is undoubtedly among the The Provincials loft three iron fix pounders fame intrenching tools and a few knapfacks The number of Regulars which firft attacked the Provincials on Bunker's Hill was not than aoco The number of the Provincials was only 1500 wh3 it is fiippofed would foon have gained a compleat viftory had it not been for the unhappy miitake already mentioned The Regulars were afterwards reinforced with a thoufand men It is uncertain how great a number of Regulars were killed or wounded but it was fiippofed by fpefta tors who faw the whole aflion that there could not be lefs than 4 or 500 killed Mr Gardner who got out of Bofton on Sunday evening fays that there were 500 wounded men brought into that place the morning befcre he came out This account was taken from Capt El jah Hide of Lebanon who was a on Hill daring the whole 5tion of the Law Martial within and throughout this Province for fo longtime as the prelent unhap py occafion (half neceffariiy require whereof all perfons are hereby required to uk notice and govern themfelres iS Weil to maintain orde and regularity amdng the peaceable inhffutin of the Province as to refift or encounter and fubdue the rebels arid traitors above drier ibd by fuels as (hall be called upon for thofe pu'pofcs To thefe inevitable but trull fslura'y mea sures itqjjijar more pleafing part of duty add the affurances of proteaion and fuppurt to all who in fo trying a crifis (hail manifeft their al legiance to the Kjng and affedlicn to the parent (late So that fuch per funs as may have been intimidated to quit their habitations in thecourle of this alarm may return to their refpvclive call ings and profeftions and Rand diilmil and fepa rate from the parricides of the conftitutinh till God in his mercy (hall reftore to his creatures in this diftradled land that fyftem of happinefs from which they have been (edneed the religion of Peace and Liberty founded upon Law at Bofton this twelfth day of June in the fifteenth year of the reign of his hLjsfty GEjQRGE the Third by the Grace of GOD of Great Britain rance and Ireland KING Defender of the aith Annoque Domini One Thoufand feven Hundred and leventy five THOMAS 6 AGE By his Excellency Command lucker Sec'ry Save the I CosiwiTTtt Ch am ber June i 1775 Upon Motion ReJAved That if any pilot (hal Lpman or others (hall be found affifting in the ccnveyaree cr introduction of goods or merchan dize contrary to the Affociation of the late Con grefs or in receiving on ftiore pr unlading I tom anyveffel any goods which may hat been order ed cut of the port fuch perfons will be deemed enemies' to the Liberties cf America and will be held forth to the refentment of the public' And if any perfon privy to fuch tneafurss will dilclofe them they (hall receive the thdnks of the Committee as real friends to their Country Eolrafl from tie Minutes I Secretary We are requejlid to ublifo the Lor IB tie favour of your Lord (hip to lay before his Majefty the peculiar embarraffment of my prefenr fihiation Your Lordfliip is no ftranger to thecondufl which I have obferv'ed in the unhappy difputes with our American Colonies The King is too juft and too generous not to be lieve that the votes I have given in Parliament have been given according to the diftatesbf my confid ence Whether I have erred or not the ccurfie cf future events mult determine the mean time if I were capable of fuch duplicity as to he any way concerned in enforcing meafures of which I have fo publicly and folemnly exprellcd my difap probation I fhould ill deferve what I am moft am bitions of obtaining the efleem and favourable opinion of my Sovereign My requeft therefore to yourLordfliip is this that after havinglaidrhefecircumftancesbeforethi' King you wilt allure hi Majefty that he has not a fubjefl who more ready than lam with the utmofi chear fulneS to faciificehis life and fortune in fiipport of the fafety honour and digniiy of his crown and perfon But the very fame principles which have infpired me with thefe unalterable fen tiinents of duty and affeflion to his Majefty will not firifer me to be inftrumental in depriving any part of liis people of thofe liberties which form the belt fecmiry for their fidelity and obedience to his government As I cannot without reproach from my own confcience confcnt to bear arms againft my fellow fuhjefls in America in what to my weak dis cernment is not a dear caufe and as it fiems now to be finally refolved that the sad regiment is to go upon the American Service I defire your Lordfliip to lay me in the nioll dutiful manner at bis Jeet and humbly beg be permitted to retire Your Lordfliip will alfo be fo obliging to entreat that as I wave what the cuftom of the (ervice would entitle to the right of felling what I bought I may be slowed to retain my rank in the army that whenever the envy or ambition of foreign powers fhoulAcquire it I may be enabled to (erve bis Ma jetty and my country In that way in which alone I can expeft to Serve them with asy degree of effefl YourLordfnip will eafily conceive the regret and mortification I feel at being neceflitaied to quit the military profeflion which has been that of my an ceftors for many generations to which I have been bred alinofl from my infancy to which I hive de voted the ftudy of my life 'and to perfeil myljHf in which I have fought inftruflion and Service in whatever part ofthe world they were to be found I have delayed this to the laft moment kft any wrong conftruftion ffiotdd be given to a conduft which is influenced only by the purrit motives: I complain cf nothing liovemy profcfiiun2ndflinu1d thmk it highly blameable to quit any courfe of life in which might be ufeful to the public Io long as my conftitution principles and my notions of honour permitted ine to continue in it I have the honour to be with great nfpeft Your Lord moll obedien Adelf bi Building) And tncifl humbie Servant zl' iis 1775 EI'NGHAM Lord BARRINGTON Secretary at War Philadelphia June it J775 Mr Lord ALT I can Jy no meahs fubferibg to the opinion of divers people in the world that an officer tn half pay is to be confidered in the Service yet I think it a point of delicacy to pay a deference to this opinion erroneous and ablurd as it is I therefore apprife your Lordfliip in the molt public and Solemn manner that I do renounce my half pay fra tn the date hereof At the fame time I heg leave to allure your Lordfliip that whenever it (hall pleafe his Majefty to cal! me forth to any honour able Service againft the natural hereditary enemies of our country er in defence of his juft rights and dignity no man will obey the righteous Summons with more zeal and alacrity than myfelf but the prefent meafures Seem to me fo of the rights and liberties of every individual Sub jtfl fo deltruflive to the whole empire at large and ultimately 1b ruinous to his own per fon dignity and family that I think myfelf obliged in cenl'ciencc as a citizen Engliffiman and Soldier of a free flare to exert my utmoft to df feat them I ntoft devoutly pray to Almighty God to diredt his Majefty into meafures more confonant to his inte reft and honour and more conducive tothehappi nefs and glory of his people I ain my Lord Your moft'obedient humble Servant CHARLES LEE tie Right Honourable Lord Viscount BAR RINGT ON bitMajejly's Secretary at iPar Tbe following extratit from a ftrmcn preached by the late Prefident Davit to Capt Overton' indr pend ent Company of Polunttert' in Hanover County in Pirginitt duguft 17 I755 we hope auiil be agree able to our readert not only becauje it cant alnt ftn timente fuitable to the prejent timet) but becaufe it contain fimething which we hope will prove pro phetic oftbe fuc'ceft cf tbeCQKtcnvin iK Chief of the American Army sc God well knew what a world of degene rate ambitious and revengeful creatures this is as he knew that innocence could not be protected and liberty fecured' nor the lives of mankind preferved from the lawlefs hands of an bition avarice and tyranny without the ufe of the Sword and as he knew this would be ti only me thod to preferve mankind Srom univerfal flavery he has' Soimed tome men for this dreadful work and fired them with a martial Spirit srd a glorious love of danger Such a Spirit though moft perni cious when ungoverned by the rules of jullice and benevolence to mankind is a public bkffing when rightly direfied Such a fpirir under God has often mortified the infolence of tyrants checked the encroachments of arbitrary power and deliver ed enflaved and ruined rations It is as necefisiy in its place for our in fuch a world aj this as any of the gentler geniufes among man kind and it is derived from the fame original4 Our Continent is like to become the feat of war and we have no other way of defending our rights anil privileges than by the Sword And has God been pieafed to diffufe' ferns Sparks of this mar 6 A 11 I Jute 5 Thf followwsinfMMW Proclamation has been i winded aboat here and is now re printed to Satisfy the coriofity of the Public gy bjt EsceUency the GAGE ftj (t Pernor and Commander in Chief in and ver lit Blajejtyt province Bay and Vice Admiral of fame RO A A I WH A tbew infatuated multitudes who have: long Suffer'd themfelres to be condufted by certain well known incendiaries and traitors in a fatal progreffion of crimes againft the cooftitutional authority of the ftate have at length proceeded to avowed rebellion and the good effefls which were expsdled to arife from the patience and lenity of the government have been often fruftrated and are now rendered hopelefs by the influence of the fame evil conn fels it only remains for thofe who are eat ruffed with Supreme rule as well for the punilhment of guilty as the protection of the well affeded to prove they do not bear the fword in vain The infringements which have beec committed upon the anoft Sacred rights of the crown and people of Great Britain are too many to enume rate on one fide and are all too atrocious to be palliated on the other Ail unprejudiced people who have been witnefles of the latejranfaflions io this and the neighbouring provinces will find lion a'tmnfient review marks of premeditation and confpiracy that would juftify the fulnefs of chaftifemcnt: And even thofe who are leaft ac quaintedwith faf cannot fail to receive a juft impreflion of their enormity id proportion as they the arts nd afliduity by which they have been falfified or concealed The authors of the prelent unnatural revolt never daring to truft their caufe or their adions to the judgment of an im partial public dr even to the difpaffionate reflec yon of their followers have Uniformly placed their chief confidence in the fuppreflion of truth And While indefatigable and lhamelefs pains have taken tdobftruft every appeal to the teal in tereft of the psople bf America the groffeft for geries calumnies apd abfurdiries that ever infult ed human underftaluding have been impoftd up on their credulity The Prefs that diftinguilhed appendage of public Liberty and when fairly and impartially employed itsbeft Support has been in variably proftituted to the moft contrary purpo fes the animated language of ancient and virtu ous times 'calculated to vindicate and promote the juft rights and intereft of mankind have been applied to countenance the moft abandoned vio lation of thofe facred bleffings and not only from the flagitious prints but from the popular ha rangues of the times men have been taught to depend upon1 aftivity in treafon for the Security of their perfons and properties till to compleat the horrid profanation of terms and of ideas the name of God has been introduced in the pulpits to excite and jollify deviftation and niaffacre The tnmds of men having been thus gradually prepared for the worft extremities a number of armed perfons' to the amount of many thoufands aflembled on the 19th of April laft and from be hind walls and lurking holes attacked a detatch ineot ofthe troops who not expefting fo confummate an ad oS phrenzy unprepared for vengeance and wil ing'to decline it made ufe of their arms only in their own defence Since that period the rebels deriving confidence from im punity have added infult to outrage have re jeatedly fired nporr the Ships and (iibjcCls with (jannon and Small arms have pofTcffed the roads and other iommunicaticjns by which the town of Bofton was Supplied with prOvifionsand with a prepofterou parade of military arrange ments they affeCted to hold the army while part of their body make daily and indiscri minate invafions upon private property and with a wantonnefs of cruelty ever incident to lawlefs tumut carry depredation and dtftrefs when ever they torn their fleps The adlions'of rhe19th of April are of Such notoriety as muft baffle all attempts to contradict them and the flames of buildings and other property from the iflands and country for Some weeks paft frpead melancholy confirmation of the fub Sequent affertions In this exigency of complicated calamities I avail myfelf of the laft effort within the bounds of my duty to Spare the effuflon of blood toof fer and I do hereby in his name of fer and promife his moft gracious pardon to all perfonJ who Shall forthwith lay down their arms and return to the duties of peaceable fubjsls ex cepting only from the benefit of Such pardon Samuel Marne and John Hancock whofe offences 'are of too flagitious a nature tb admit of any other confideration than that of condign puniftiment And to the end that no perfon within the li mits of this proffered mercy may plead ignorance of the confequences of refuting it I by thefe pre sents proclaim not the perfons above na'mednd excepted but alfo all their adherents affoci abettors meaning to comprehend in 4 thal terms all and every perfon and perfons of wharclafs denomination or defcription foever who have appeared in arms againft the govern ment and Shall not lay down the fame as afore mentioned and likewife all fuch as Shall fo take arms after the date hereof orwho fhall in any wife proteCl or conceal fuch offenders or afiift them with money provifion cattle aims am munition carriages or ary other neceffaries for Subfiffence or offeoce or Shall hold fecret cor tefpondence with them by letter mefiage fignal 'fcr otherwife to be "rebels and traitors and as fuch to be treated AND WHEREAS during the continuance of the prefent unnatural rebellion juftice cannot A be adminiftred by the common law of the land the courfe whereof has for a long time paft been violently impeded and wholly interrupted from whence refults a necefiity for ufing and exercifing I the law Martial i I have therefore thought fit fty the authority in me by the royal char ter to this province to publilh and I do hereby publilh proclaim 'and order the ufe and exercife tia! fire through cur country I hepe hr ha zn tuay 1 not produce ycu my brethren wi'o are ui gaged in thia expeditivu asirltanrei vt i Wr cherilhitasa facred hcaven boin tire am Ut injuries to your country 3 dminiitcr fe'l tf ll and kindle it in thotkbreaik where it kus beer hitherto it a remarkable fante pfayi tkretuther) ef This I men point nt to the protic Hat herfie youth Colonel Washington wbnt I rannet but lope providence b'at buherro preferved in fo fignal mamuf er feme important fen ict to bit country Carlife AJ5yri6 177 Departed this life D1A SEMPLE wife of RoiArt Simple Efq and cldelt tfaughlA of the Rev John Steil of that place Her hit illnels was a Irene of the moft excruciating pains which (lie bore with fuch firm and ftedfatl rehgnation to the will of the All wife difpoler of events with fuch chrifiian fortitude and patience as aftonifhed thebeholders and me rits the imitatien of all the dirciples uf a fuffermg and a bleeding By her removal her difeona folate hufband has loft a loving alul a dutiful wife her children a tender and indulgent parent her re lations a fteady and affeCl ionate fiiend and her neighbours an affable chevtul and an obliging The day following her remains were decently interred in the Englifh burying ground at tended by a very confiilerabfe number uftbeprina cipal inhabitants wherea very pathetic difeourfe fuited to the occafton was delivered by the Rev Mr Anderson The Officers of the fcveral Military Compaa nies in the county of Bucks are defired to meet at the houle of John Bags it lnn in the town fliip of Buckingham the sill day of Jtily at teti in the forenoon to foim their battalions and choofe ield Officers The Committee for faid county are likewife defiled to meet at faid time and place according to adjournment Just Imorted in the (hip Cliriflbpher Captain Edward? a CARGO of choke A SALT Now laying at the upper fide of Market flrecC wharf and tube OLD by WHITE AND MONTGOMERY Where may be hid JAM AIC A fpirita Wefl India New Eng land and Philadelphia rum coffee cotton pepper alfpice rench and Carolina indigo claret in bottles Malaga wine in quarter calks AP A in the Country is wanted for a likely aftive 1 ho is about nine years old and has had the (mail pox file is to be hound until twenty four ears or further particulars enquire of the Printer qpHE Creditors of MO YEsi 1 Chair maker are requelled to meet at tlfS? fign of the Indian King in Market ftreet kept by John Biddle on Monday next at feven in the evening ALEXANDER BARTRAM Affignee MORGAN HOLLIN SHE AD CLOCK ANO WATCH MAKER TAKES this method to inform the Public that he lias opened (hop In Town on the great road leading from Philadelphia to Mount Holly where he intends carrying 0:1 the bufinefh in? all its various branches lie miks repenting dead beat Clocks which are allowed to be much fuperior to a recoil made in common as they will latl much longer and keep time more exiilly Watch work is done in the moll teafonable and belt nper All thofe who will pleafe to favour itn with their cultom riay depend upon having their work done with care and dilpatch He very grate fully acknowledges pall favours and hopes (or a continuance thereof NB An Apprentice wanted to faid bufinefs Jttfi puL lijbed and to be fold by A' I Printer and Bookseller eppofite the London Coffee hotrie in ron ltr et Philadeijdiis Military instr ucTiosjor Officers detached in the ield with plana of tne manoeuvres neceilary in carrying on tne PETITE GUERRE By an Officer PrieeONE DOLLAR Sold by Meffrs Cadell Wilson and Nicol Durham Donaldson A new edition with plates and other addition' is in the prefs and will be publiflied on the aoth 1775 TZv Reviewers cbaraBer of tbit valuable Wcrh the inilruflions which this ufetul Treuife contains it may with great truth and prop icty be declared that thby are tjie diflates oi military genius and the evident refult of txtenfive experi ence Thofe Gentlemen for whofe fervice they re intended will perufe them with pleafure ami nd vafitage while at the fame time theare illus trated by observations and fails which muft intereft the attention and gratify the tafte of the meft iueiif fere nt reader Monthly RrView WE think the author of this excellent treatife has rendered a moft important fervice' to the Gen tlemen of the army 'and conveyed a great deal cf ufeful ihftruilion in an agreeable and interefting manner on the Petite Guerre which is a jeil hitherto untouched by our military writers though of the firft confequence to the profeffion rom the authority of one of the molt an mired writers' of the piefent age we may with juftice declare it to be the bf book that can he put into the hands of a young fcldier as it is a collection of itiurefting fails very welCrtlated The authorJias given good reafons for offeri his treatife to thGcntlemen of the Militia and Mi litary Academies but we think no Gentleman cf the Army (hould be without jr as it is replete with inllruit on eafily'portable readily refered to and very entertaining Marmbntcl Critical Review TEN SH1LL1NGSREWARD STRAYED AWAY on the firft inft (Jane) a large hrindle COW with a white face about fix or feven years old Whoever will inform the fubferiber (near Bridge) where (he i' (hall receive ONE DOLL AR and if biouglit home' the above Reward RANCIS Philadelphia Jnre 14 ONE DO A REW A RAN AWAY from the fuhfcribet living Water ftreet between Cat: eiine and Ahroud ftrects an apprentice boy named JOHN CESAR lately came from Lifbon can talk but litde Enr Jilh he tc fifteen years of age very fvrarthy with (hqrt black nair had cn a ffioit blue jacket an oznabrigs fliirt and final! figured check trowfers Whoever takes up faid apprentice fo the his matter may get him again (hall have the above Reward paid by JOSEPH RY Cccpei.