in our possession; but that this examinant believes they will be stopped by the means above mentioned.

That this examinant on his arrival at Oswego, about eight days ago, found Colonel Guy Johnson there, who had with him about three hundred Indians, and about five hundred squaws and children.

That this examinant was present at a Congress he held with the Indians, but does not know the subject of their deliberations; but that he afterwards understood from those Indians, that the communication on the Mohawk River was to remain open. That on the day when This examinant left Oswego, the Indians were to receive his presents, except the rum, which was to be delivered them the next day at the Oswego Falls, to each nation or tribe one barrel. That from there Guy Johnson was to proceed to Oswegatie. Some of them were to go with him from each tribe, and the rest to return home. That this examinant heard before he came to Oswego, that there was to be General Congress Oswegatie, with the Canadian Indians.

That the Indians at Oswego assured this examinant, that they did not Intend to fight against us; but that, considering the fickleness of their disposition, and probably the over persuasion of our enemies, no great dependance can be made on their assurances.

That endeavours were used in Canada, to enlist men in the service of the Crown; but that the Canadians were extremely averse to enter into the service. That a report prevailed there that Governour Carleton had threatened to fire the City, in case the merchants and others did not join.

That he has seen a few stragglers, and of the lowest class of the people, who were enlisted. That Monsieur St. Luke has proposed as an expedient to the Governour to hang half a dozen, which would intimidate the survivors into a compliance. That he had been informed there, that they were busy in building batteaus at St. John’s, for the purpose of transporting troops across the Lake, to attack the possessions at Crown Point and Ticonderoga.

A true copy from the minutes:

JOHN BAY, Secretary.

GENERAL SCHUYLER TO NEW-YORK CONGRESS.

Saratoga, July 16, 1775.

I did myself the honour to write you from Albany on the 12th, urging the sending the troops to join me with all despatch. Every intelligence I receive, evinces the necessity of strengthening the garrisons of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. The fatal consequences that would follow, should we be obliged to abandon those places, are too glaringly evident to need illustration. Let me, therefore, again entreat you to issue orders to every corps of your troops, in whatever part of the Colony they may be, to march without delay; and be pleased, Sir, to forward the tents for those already at the forts. I again beg leave to remind you, that the powder from Philadelphia is not yet Come to hand.

I am, Sir, most respectfully, your obedient and humble servant,

PHILIP SCHUYLER.

Please to forward the enclosed.

To Peter V. B. Livingston, Esq., President of the New-York Congress.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, DATED JULY 16, 1775.

I am much surprised that you have not been more accurately informed of what passes in the camps. As to intelligence from Boston, it is but seldom that we are able to collect any that may be relied on, and to repeat the vague flying rumours would be endless. I heard yesterday, by One Mr. Rolston, a goldsmith, who got out from Boston in a, fishing schooner, that their distress increases upon them fast; their beef is spent, their malt and cider all gone; all the fresh provisions they can procure they are obliged to give to the sick and wounded; that thirteen of our men, who were in jail and wounded, at Charlestown, are dead; that no man dared to be seen talking to his friend in the street; that they are obliged to be within every evening at ten o’clock, according to martial law, nor can any inhabitant walk the street after that time without a pass from General Gage; that General Gage has ordered all the molasses to be distilled into rum for the soldiers; that he has taken away all licenses for selling of liquors, and given them to his creatures; that he has issued an order that no one else shall sell under a penalty of ten Pounds; that the spirit which prevails among the soldiers is that of malice and revenge; that there is no true courage to be observed among them; that their duty is hard, always holding themselves in readiness for an attack, which they are continually in fear of; that Doctor Elliot was not on board of a man-of-war, as was reported; that Mr. Lovell and Mr. Leach, with many others, are certainly in jail; that last week a poor milch cow was killed in Town and sold for a shilling sterling a pound; that the transports from Ireland and New-York arrived last week, but every additional man adds to their distress.

MEETING OF GUILD OF MERCHANTS, DUBLIN.

At Guildhall, Dublin, Ireland, the 17th of July, 1775, being Quarter-Day of the Guild of Merchants of the said City, the following Resolutions were agreed to, viz:

Resolved unanimously, That the sincere thanks of this Guild be presented to the Right Honourable the Earl of Effingham, in testimony of our approbation of his publick conduct, particularly exemplified in his refusing to draw that sword which has been employed to the honour of his Country, against the lives and liberties of his fellow-subjects in America, and honestly and spiritedly resigning a commission which he could no longer hold consistent with the principles of a true Englishman, or of a real friend to the interest of Britain.

Resolved, That the sincere thanks of the Guild be presented to the Right Honourable John Wilkes, Lord Mayor of the City of London, for the essential services he has rendered his King and Country, by his strenuous efforts in the cause of freedom, and for his able, spirited, and judicious defence of the right of the People to petition the Throne.

There was to the last Resolution single negative, given by a Scotchman who has an employment in our Stamp Office.

Resolved unanimously, That an address of thanks from the Guild be presented to the several Peers who (in support of our Constitution, and in opposition to a weak and wicked Administration) protested against the American Restraining Bills.

And the following gentlemen were appointed, with the Master and Wardens, a Committee to prepare the same, viz; J. Napper Tandy, Henry Howison, Sir E. Newenham, John Peree, Samuel Gamble, Samuel Stephens, Hugh Crothers.

Who prepared the following:

We, the Masters, Wardens, and Brethren of the Guild of Merchants of the City of Dublin, in Common-Hall assembled, with the most unfeigned respect, beg leave to offer your Lordships the just tribute of our thanks for your noble arid spirited, though hitherto ineffectual exertions in the cause of liberty and of your Country, fully evinced in your opposition to the oppressive and unconstitutional proceedings of a corrupt Adminstration.

With equal grief and indignation we have for years beheld repeated innovations on the free Constitution of these Realms, and daily invasions of the dearest rights and immunities of the subject. We have seen with astonishment Popery established by law in one, and encouraged in every part of the Empire, in the reign of a Protestant Prince, and despotism and arbitrary power promoted by every insidious machination and open violence by the servants of the Crown, in the reign of a Monarch who, from the Throne, declared, he gloried in being a Briton born, and whose family was called to the Throne of these Kingdoms to protect the Protestant Religion, and preserve that Constitution inviolate for which our ancestors so freely bled, and for the invading of which a tyrant was expelled the Throne.

But while we contemplate with horrour the universal ruin and devastation in which the Empire is nearly involved by the wicked devices of evil men, with pleasure survey the steady, incorruptible, and patriotick virtues