brought against us for acting as Magistrates, both before and since Lord Dunmore extended the jurisdiction this length, we were obliged to employ Mr. John Harvie to appear in our behalf in all the actions already brought on account of Government. We therefore humbly hope you will be pleased to honour a draft amounting to thirty Pounds, our money, drawn by us in favour of said Harvie on you; to be paid when it may come to hand, which will oblige us all.

NATHANIEL WALES, JUN., AND OTHERS, TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF CONNECTICUT.

New-York, May 23, 1775.

SIR: We arrived in this city last evening, and have the satisfaction to inform you that the Committee of New-York have complied with the direction of the Continental Congress, as to furnishing our forces at Ticonderoga with provision.

The Provincial Convention of this Province are now sitting, but have not got through the business of examining certificates, &c.; we have not therefore as yet laid our appointment before them. We have had a personal conference with Mr. Pierce, an eminent English merchant of Montreal, express to the Continental Congress, with intelligence of a most interesting nature. He informs us that all the French officers of Canada are now in actual pay under General Carleton. That St. Luke le Corne, who was Superintendent of all the Indians in Canada while it was in the hands of the French, and is father-in-law of Mr. Campbell, who is Superintendent under His Majesty, has sent belts to Northern Tribes, as far up as the Falls of St. Mary and Michilimackinack, to engage them to take up arms against the New-England Colonies, but the event of that embassy is not yet known. That a similar application has been made to the tribes nearer to the frontiers of the English settlements, but with little success, as not more than forty Indians could be found that would engage in the measures; that the plan of operations in Canada is to procure the savages to join with the Canadians in hostilities against the rebels of New-England.

Mr. Pierce gives it as his opinion that the Canadians, viz: the plebeians, will not, but with the utmost reluctance, engage against the Colonists, but that the nobles are our bitter enemies. He also says that General Carleton was expected at Montreal in a day or two after he left that place, which was the eleventh May instant, and that he was to take up his residence there for this summer.

We are now about to take up lodgings in the heart of the City, where we shall have an opportunity of conversing with the citizens, and learn their true spirit. The Provincial Convention of New-Jersey meet this day; we propose to wait on them some time this week.

We can at present give you no just account of the state of the cause of liberty in this City, but hope, from the little information we have already had, that there will not be so general a defection as we apprehended.

We are, with due respect, your most obedient servants,

NATHANIEL WALES, JR,
THADDEUS BURR,
PIERPOINT EDWARDS.

To the Honourable William Williams, Esq., Speaker of the House of Assembly, Connecticut.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM TICONDEROGA TO A GENTLEMAN IN HARTFORD, CONN., DATED MAY 23, 1775.

I shall endeavour to give you a very concise journal of matters here since the twelfth instant.

May 11.—We set sail from Skenesborough in a schooner belonging to Major Skene, which we christened Liberty.

Sunday 13.—Arrived at Ticonderoga, from whence, after some preparations, we set sail for Crown Point.

Monday 14.—Contrary winds retarded our voyage, and the day drew to a close when we anchored, at Crown Point.

Tuesday 15.—Contrary winds. Colonel Arnold, with thirty men, took the boat and proceeded on for St. John’s, leaving to Captain Sloan the command of the vessel with the sailors, and to me the command of the soldiers on board. About twelve o’clock, while beating down, we espied a boat; sent out our coxswain to bring her in. It proved to be the French post from Montreal, with Ensign Moland on board. We examined the mail, and among other things, found an exact list of all the regular Troops in the Northern Department, amounting to upwards of seven hundred.

Wednesday 16.—A fair gale. We overtook Colonel Arnold in the boat, took him on board, and at night arrived within thirty miles of St. John’s, when the wind fell and the vessel was becalmed. We immediately armed our two boats, manned them with thirty-five men, and determined, by dint of rowing, to fetch St. John’s, and take the place and the King’s sloop by surprise at break of day.

Thursday 17.—After rowing hard all night, we arrived within half a mile of the place at sunrise, sent a man to bring us information, and in a small creek, infested with numberless swarms of gnats and musquetoes, waited with impatience for his return. The man returning, informed us they were unapprised of our coming, though they had heard of the taking of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. We directly pushed for shore, and landed at about sixty rods distance from the barracks; the men had their arms, but upon our briskly marching up in their faces, they retired within the barracks, left their arms, and resigned themselves into our hands. We took fourteen prisoners, fourteen stands of arms, and some small stores. We also took the King’s sloop, two fine brass field-pieces, and four boats. We destroyed five boats more, lest they should be made use of against us. Just at the completion of our business, a fine gale arose from the north; we directly hoisted sail, and returned in triumph. About six miles from St. John’s, we met Colonel Allen with four boats and ninety men, who determined to proceed and maintain the ground. This scheme Colonel Arnold thought impracticable, as Montreal was near, with plenty of men, and every necessary for war. Nevertheless, Colonel Allen proceeded and encamped on the opposite side of the lake, or river, as it is there called; the next morning he was attacked by two hundred Regulars, and obliged to decamp and retreat.

Friday 18.—Returned again to Crown Point, from thence to Ticonderoga.

Saturday 19.—Encamped at Ticonderoga. Since that time nothing material has happened. It is Colonel Arnold’s present design that the Sloop Enterprise, as she is called, and the Schooner Liberty, shall cruise on the Lake, and defend our frontiers, till men, provisions, and ammunition are furnished to carry on the war.

NEW-JERSEY PROVINCIAL CONGRESS.

Extracts from the Journal of Proceedings of the Provincial Congress of NEW-JERSEY, held at TRENTON on the 23 d of MAY, 1775.

List of Deputies who attended:

BERGEN.—John Fell, John Demarest, Hendrick Kuyper, Abraham Van Boskirk, Edo Merselius.

ESSEX.—Henry Garritse, Michael Vreeland, Robert Drummond, John Berry, William P. Smith, John Stites, John Chetwood, Abraham Clark, Elias Boudinot, Isaac Ogden, Philip Van Cortlandt, Bethuel Peirson, Caleb Camp.

MIDDLESEX.—Nathaniel Heard, William Smith, John Dunn, John Lloyd, Azariah Dunham, John Schurman, John Wetherill, David Williamson, Jonathan Sergeant, Jonathan Baldwin, Jonathan Deare.

MORRIS.—William Winds, William De Hart, Jonathan Stiles, Peter Dickerson, Jacob Drake, Ellis Cook, Silas Condit.

SOMERSET.—Hendrick Fisher, John Roy, Peter Schenck, Abraham Van Neste, Enos Kelsey, Jonathan D. Sergeant, Frederick Frelinghuysen, William Paterson.

SUSSEX.—Archibald Stewart, Edward Dumont, William Maxwell, Ephraim Martin.

MONMOUTH.—Edward Taylor, Joseph Saltar, Robert