of the respective Precincts of the County might have the opportunity of a new choice. Whereupon Stephen Crane, John Be Hart, William Livingston, William P. Smith, Elias Boudinot, and John Chetwood, Esquires, being of the late Committee, were unanimously re-elected for the Borough of Elizabeth, and at the same time authorized to instruct the Representatives of this County, when convened in General Assembly, to join in the appointment of Delegates for this Colony, to meet in the next General Congress, at Philadelphia. But if the said Assembly should not appoint Delegates for that purpose, by the first day of April next, then the said Committee of Correspondence to meet with the several County Committees of this Colony, and appoint the said Delegates at such time and place as shall be agreed upon by the said Committees.

The above business being finished, the Assembly unanimously

Voted, That two certain Pamphlets lately published, the one entitled A Friendly Address, &c., and the other under the signature of A Farmer, as containing many notorious falsehoods, evidently calculated to sow the seeds of disunion among the good people of America; grossly misrepresenting the principles of the present opposition to Parliamentary Taxations; vilifying the late Congress; and intended to facilitate the scheme of the British Ministry for enslaving the Colonies, be publickly burnt, in detestation and abhorrence of such infamous publications.

And the same were accordingly committed to the flames, before the Court House, with the universal approbation of a numerous concourse of people.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GOVERNOUR WENTWORTH TO THE EARL OF DARTMOUTH, DATED NEW-HAMPSHIRE, DECEMBER 2, 1774.

The forming a Continental Congress was so universally adopted by the other Colonies, that it was impossible to prevent this Province from joining therein, and accepting the measures recommended, which are received implicitly. So great is the present delusion, that most people receive them as matters of obedience, not of considerate examination, whereon they may exercise their own judgment. Accordingly, on their first publication, the acting part of the Committee, mentioned in my despatch, No. 69, forbid an exportation of fifty Sheep, the adventure of a Shipmaster, bound to the West Indies, and caused him, at some loss, to dispose of his Sheep, and unlade the provision made for them.

This day the Provincial Committee nominated at Exeter, by the electors of the Delegates to the Congress, have published their mandate, herewith enclosed, for a general submission to the Resolves of the Congress, signed by their Chairman, who was Speaker in the late General Assembly.

It is much to be wished the Colonies had pursued the mode of representation your Lordship is pleased to mention. At present I apprehend the respective Assemblies will embrace the first hour of their meeting formally to recognise all the proceedings of the Congress; and if they should superadd, it will not probably be less violent than the example, which will be their foundation.

ARTHUR ST. CLAIR TO GOVERNOUR PENN.

Ligonier, December 4, 1774.

SIR: The war betwixt the Virginians and Indians is at last over. I promised myself the pleasure of giving your Honour the earliest account of its issue, but I have not yet been able to get at a true state of the Treaty of Peace. A peace however is certainly made with the Shawanese. One condition of which is the return of all property and prisoners taken from the white people, and for the performance they have given six hostages. The Mingoes, that live on the Scioto, did not appear to treat, and a party was sent to destroy their Towns, which was effected, and there are twelve of them now prisoners in Fort Pitt. It is probable from these circumstances we shall have no more trouble with them, and things have come to a much better end than there was any reason to have expected. But our troubles here are not yet over. The Magistrates appointed by Lord Dunmore in this country seem determined to enforce the jurisdiction of Virginia, and have begun with arresting one of your Honour's Officers.

The 12th of November, Mr. Conolly sent a warrant for Mr. Scott to appear before him, or the next Justice, to answer for a number of offences committed by him under a pretended authority from Pennsylvania. The warrant Mr. Scott did not choose to pay any regard to, and the same evening a number of armed men came to his house to take him by force to Fort Burd; there he found Lord Dunmore, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. Penticost, ready to sit in judgment upon him; much passed among them, but the event was, that he was obliged to enter into recognizance with two sureties, to appear at the next Court to be held at Pittsburgh, for the County of Augusta, on the 20th day of December, if the Court should happen to be held there that day, or at any further day when the Court should be held there, to answer for his having acted as a Magistrate for Pennsylvania, contrary to Lord Dunmore's Proclamation, or be committed to jail. He chose the recognizance, the circumstance of his family and health rendering the other very inconvenient. There is no doubt the recognizance is in itself a mere nullity, but after what has been done already, 'tis hard to say what may not be attempted, and 'tis very certain the people Lord Dunmore has clothed with authority pay little regard to the rules of law or the dictates of reason. It would be exceedingly satisfactory if your Honour would please to give us directions for our conduct, and this case of Mr. Scott requires it particularly. I have wrote to Mr. Wilson, of Carlisle, for his advice, fearing it would be impossible to know your mind in proper time, and for the necessary legal steps. I believe he may be depended upon, but is very doubtful if his answer can arrive before the time they have appointed for their Court. At any rate we must endeavour to prevent a trial till your Honour can have an opportunity of writing, if it should be by removing the indictment to Williamsburg.

I account it a fortunate circumstance that they began with Mr. Scott who, with a great deal of firmness, possesses a good share of natural understanding. In the course of an examination which continued near two hours, he told Lord Dunmore that he had only one short answer to all his questions, which might save his Lordship a good deal of trouble, "that he had acted under commission from your Honour, and in obedience to your Proclamation." His Lordship was pleased to reply, that you had no right to give any such commission, or authority to issue such Proclamation. Mr. Scott told him that was a matter of which he was not a proper judge, and would abide by the consequences.

I am sorry to be obliged to give your Honour so much trouble on so very disagreeable a subject, but I hope the time is not far distant when it will be put to an end,

And am, sir, your Honour's most obedient and most humble servant,

AR. ST. CLAIR.

Williamsburg, Va., December 5, 1774.

Yesterday, in the afternoon, his Excellency the Governour arrived at the Palace in this City from his expedition against the Indians, who have been humbled into a necessity of soliciting peace themselves, and have delivered hostages for the due observance of the terms, which cannot fail of giving general satisfaction, as they confine the Indians to limits that entirely remove the grounds of future quarrel between them and the people of Virginia, and lay a foundation for a fair and extensive Indian trade' which, if properly followed, must produce the most beneficial effects to this country.

We hear that four of the principal Shawanese warriours are expected here in a few days, and that twelve headmen and warriours of the Delaware and other tribes are left at Fort Dunmore as hostages. The Indians have delivered up all the white prisoners in their Towns, with the horses and other plunder they took from the inhabitants, and even offered to give up their own horses. They have agreed to abandon the lands on this side of the Ohio, (which river is to be the boundary between them and the white people) and never more take up the hatchet against the English Thus, in little more than the space of five months, an end