EXTRACT OF A LETTER RECEIVED IN NEW-YORK, DATED BOSTON, JULY 3, 1774.

I arrived at this devoted town a few days ago; every thing here has a most melancholy appearance, except the countenances of the worthy inhabitants, which are as calm and serene as if they were in the height of their trade, though they are really distressed more than you can easily imagine; every method has been used for that purpose by those engines of tyranny, who have done almost every thing in their power, short of open hostilities, to intimidate and frighten them into compliance.

Their conduct upon this occasion is worthy of themselves; their patience, resolution, and firmness, under the present oppression, and the many insults they daily meet with from different quarters, is truly astonishing to their friends, and confounding to their enemies. It is highly mortifying to the Jacobites, Tories, and some of the military, to see the people here, in general, act with so much prudence, calmness, and at the same time determined resolution, never to submit to tyranny. This conduct entirely frustrates the wicked scheme of provoking the inhabitants to become the aggressors. Their unexampled patience and discretion, has reduced the director of this extraordinary expedition, to such a terrible dilemma, that I believe be hardly knows how to act. A non-consumption agreement has circulated through almost every county in this Province; and it is very generally signed, in some counties almost to a man. In this agreement they do in the most solemn manner engage not to purchase nor use any British manufactures that shall arrive after a certain time, I think the last of August next.

The Governour on hearing of the above, issued his Proclamation (without advice of the Council—a stretch of prerogative never before exercised in this Province) cautioning every person from signing the agreement, (which he calls a Solemn League and Covenant,) and commanding all Magistrates to prosecute any person who should attempt to sign it, calling it a traiterous combination, and the Committee who proposed it a set of traitors. But the Proclamation had an effect quite contrary to the design of it—many who did not before now intend to sign it—so that almost every measure taken by arbitrary power to subject the people here to slavery, has an effect directly opposite to the intention of the contrivers. A report prevails in town, that as soon as the soldiers are landed, six or seven of the leading men are to be taken up, and put on board of the man-of-war, to be sent home, or executed here; and that the Governour intends to erect his standard, and order the inhabitants to bring in their arms. Whether the report is true or not, I do not know, but some of the principal people here firmly believe it; and all the manœuvres for some days past, seem to indicate such an intention. For my part, I think it only intended to intimidate; but, if so, it will certainly be lost labour.

The train of artillery landed yesterday, and encamped on the Common, with the other two regiments that were there before. The fifth and thirty-eighth arrived last week, and are to be landed to-morrow. Admiral Graves in the Preston, of fifty guns, arrived en Friday; and next Wednesday Admiral Montagu sails for England—perhaps this is the ship intended to carry home the state-prisoners. God forbid that any such attempt should be made, as the consequences would certainly be very terrible.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER RECEIVED AT PHILADELPHIA, DATED CARLISLE, JULY 4, 1774.

Our last accounts from Fort Pitt, are very good in one sense: the traders are all arrived safe with their goods at that place, being escorted and protected by some Shawanese Indians, who were sent to Colonel Croghan's, as it was imagined they would not be safe at the Fort; the Virginians having a party of militia under arms at that place. Conolly, their Captain, as soon as he heard of the Indians being at Croghan's, sent forty of his men to take them prisoners, notwithstanding their kindness to our people; but the traders giving them notice of the design, they immediately went off; Conolly's party followed and overtook them, fired upon and wounded one of them; the other two took the wounded Indian off, and made their escape, and a day or two afterwards met a party of Indians, escorting another of the traders with his effects from the lakes. The escorting party of the Indians no sooner saw the wounded man, but they immediately ordered the skins to be unloaded, and held a Council what was best to be done. But the traders who had arrived at Fort Pitt, fearing some bad consequences might happen from the conduct of the party, which Conolly had sent out, immediately followed the Indians, and came up with them the day after they had met with the other party, and advised them to return to their own country; at the same time telling them, that Pennsylvania had no part in the mischief already done, and that the Virginians were entirely in fault.

We hear from Virginia, that a large body of men are going out against the Indians by order of Government; the rendezvous to be at the mouth of the Great Kanhawa river, and there to build forts and fortify themselves.

We are informed that young Cresap, who first began the quarrel with the Indians, and murdered a number of them in a cowardly manner, has received a letter of thanks from Lord Dunmore. From hence it appears that a scheming party in Virginia are making a tool of their Governour, to execute the plans formed by them for their private emolument, who being mostly land-jobbers, would wish to have those lands which were meant to be given to the officers in general.

ORANGE TOWN (NEW-YORK) RESOLUTIONS.

At a Meeting of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Orange Town, and Province of New-York, on Monday, the 4th day of July, 1774, at the house of Mr. Yoast Mabie, in said town, the following Resolves were agreed upon and passed, viz:

1st. That we are and ever wish to be, true and loyal subjects to his Majesty George the Third, King of Great Britain,

2d. That we are most cordially disposed to support his Majesty, and defend his Crown and dignity, in every constitutional measure, as far as lies in our power.

3d. That however well disposed we are towards his Majesty, we cannot see the late Acts of Parliament imposing duties upon us, and the Act for shutting up the port of Boston, without declaring our abhorrence of measures so unconstitutional and big with destruction.

4th. That we are in duty bound to use every just and lawful measure, to obtain a repeal of Acts, not only destructive to us, but which of course must distress thousands in the mother country.

5th. That it is our unanimous opinion, that the stopping all exportation and importation to and from Great Britain and the West Indies, would be the most effectual method to obtain a speedy repeal.

6th. That it is our most ardent wish to see concord and harmony restored to England and her Colonies.

7th. That the following gentlemen, to wit: Colonel Abraham Lent, John Having, Esquire, Mr. Thomas Out-water, Mr. Gardiner Jones, and Peter T. Haring, Esquire, be a Committee for this town, to correspond with the City of New-York; and to conclude and agree upon such measures as they shall judge necessary, in order to obtain a repeal of said Acts.

EXTRACT FROM LONDON, DATED JULY 4, 1774.

Private letters from Boston give us rather an unfavourable account of the state of that town, in a mercantile view. The generality of the faction have little trading intercourse with England, being mostly composed of men who are engaged in smuggling companies, or mechanicks; yet there are some merchants among them, but these merchants are mostly indebted in England, are violent party men, and attribute the non-payment of their debts to the three-penny duty on tea, and to the exercise of the just rights of the British Legislature over them; therefore, the merchants who either will not, or cannot make remittances, the smugglers the mechanicks, and those who are facinated with the extravagant notion of independency, all join to counteract the majority of the merchants, and the lovers of peace and good order. Seditious Committees have been appointed, who have endeavoured to influence the other Colonies to