was, when lately finished, sawed to pieces in the night by some disorderly persons,

Resolved, That the Mayor and Magistrates of this City be requested to procure another Barge, to be built in this City, for the purpose aforesaid; and all persons are strictly enjoined not to obstruct the building the said Barge, or the delivery thereof to the commander of His Majesty’s said Ship, as those who shall give any obstruction thereto will be considered and treated as enemies to their Country.

Ordered, That the same be published in the Newspapers.

A Letter from Peter T. Curtenius was read and filed. He therein encloses an Invoice of certain bales of Goods which may be purchased for cash at Philadelphia, and setting forth his great difficulties for want of money.

Many of the Goods mentioned in the said Invoice being unnecessary for the supplies now wanted in this Colony, and others of extremely high price,

Ordered, That Mr. Curtenius be desired not to purchase them.

Captain Thomas Wickham having at present the care of Gardiner’s Island, and the Stock thereon,

Ordered, That he have leave to go there, to endeavour to prevent the Stock from being taken on board of the Ships now there, for the use of General Gage’s Army; and that Mr. Wickham be considered as present, and Suffolk County Members have a vote while he is absent on that business.

Die Jovis, 9 ho. A. M., August 10, 1775.

The Congress met pursuant to adjournment. Opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Gano. Present:

Peter V. B. Livingston, Esq., President.

A Letter from Colonel Phineas Fanning, dated the 8th instant, informing of the situation of thirteen sail of vessels at Gardiner’s Island Point, was read and filed.

A Letter from Isaac Sears, of the 8th instant, excusing his absence, and informing that he will be necessarily absent this month.

Ordered, That the powers of the Military Committee be continued for one week from this day.

The Congress adjourned to nine o’clock, to-morrow morning.

Die Veneris, 9 ho. A. M., August 11, 1775.

The Congress met pursuant to adjournment. Opened with prayers by the Rev. Mr. Inglis.

On motion of Colonel McDougall, Ordered, That one hundred and twenty-five Pouches, Belts, Bayonet Belts, and Slings, be made for the Officers of the Four Regiments, and for the Officers of the Artillery Company.

A Letter from Thomas Helme, Chairman pro tempore of the Committee of Brookhaven, bearing date the 3d day of August instant, was read and filed. The said Letter informs that Parson James Lyon, Benjamin Floyd, Doctor Gilbert Smith, Joseph Denton, Richard Floyd, and John Baylies, Innkeeper, are counteracting every measure recommended for redress of grievances, and opposing the measures of Congresses and Committees; that they have declared they will furnish, and that it is suspected they have furnished, the men of war and cutters with provisions. The said Committee request the Congress to direct such measures as They: shall think proper to suppress such conduct.

Ordered, That Mr. Kissam, Mr. Robert Yates, Mr. Low, Mr. L’Hommedieu, Mr. Herring, and Mr. Ward, be a Committee to take the subject-matter of the said Letter into consideration, and that they report such general resolutions on regulations as may be proper to be entered into, or ordered by this Congress to be done in cases of this nature.

Resolved and Ordered, That the Colonels McDougall, Clinton, and Holmes, do respectively march to Albany, with all convenient speed, with the men now raised and under their respective commands, (except the three Companies at the east end of Long-Island, and such Recruiting Officers as they shall think necessary to leave to recruit men,) and that they there wait the directions of their General Officer or Officers.

Resolved and Ordered, That the Pay of the Officers employed in the Troops now raised or raising in this Colony, shall commence from the time they were respectively taken into the service.

Mr. Low, from the Committee appointed to report the ways and means best adapted to discharge the Debts contracted for the exigencies of this Colony, delivered in their Report, which was read and filed.

Ordered, That the said Report be taken into consideration next Tuesday morning.

Ordered, That Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Verplanck be a Committee to reconsider the Bounty agreed by this Congress to be given on Gunpowder, and to report a proper Resolve for applying the said Bounty to the making of Saltpetre.

A Letter from Samuel Broome, bearing date this day, was read and filed. He thereby informs the Congress that he had withdrawn his Company from Colonel Lasher’s Battalion, to prevent some dispute with another Company; that when he returns from the country, he will with pleasure join any other Battalion.

The Congress adjourned till nine o’clock, to-morrow morning.

Die Sabbati, 9 ho. A. M., August 12, 1775.

The Congress met pursuant to adjournment. Opened with prayers by the Rev. Dr. Laidley. Present:

Peter V. B. Livingston, Esq., President.

Major William Williams, one of the Deputies of Cumberland County, produced a Certificate of James Clay, Chairman pro tempore of Cumberland County Congress, which was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

“In Congress, Westminster County Hall, July 25, 1775.

’ Resolved, nem. con., That our Delegates, chosen on the 7th day of June last, be qualified to act in the Provincial Congress at New-York, singly, in as ample and full a manner, when but one is present, as the whole of said Delegates, when the whole are present at said Provincial Congress. Attest:

’JAMES CLAY, Chairman pro tern. of said County Congress."

A Letter from General Montgomery, of the 8th instant, was read and filed.

Ordered, That Mr. Peter T. Curtenius be requested to purchase six hundred Blankets, and to purchase and procure to be made six hundred Tomplines, and seven hundred and twenty pair of Shoes, and forward the same to Albany with all possible despatch.

A copy of the Examination of Garret Roseboom, of the City of Albany, taken before the Sub-Committee of the City and County of Albany, on the 15th July last, and also a copy of the Examination of Benjamin Davis, (alias John Johnson,) sworn before John Ten Broeck, Esq., at Albany, both relating to Indian affairs, were read and filed.

Mr. Roosevelt, from the Committee to reconsider of the Bounty resolved to be given on Gunpowder, delivered in their Report, in the words following, to wit:

Your Committee for considering the Resolution of this Congress of the 9th of June last, for allowing a Bounty on all Gunpowder manufactured in this Colony, and also of proper encouragement to be given for the manufacture of Saltpetre, do report, that they conceive that this Congress cannot, consistent with honour, recede from the Resolution entered into respecting the Bounty on Gunpowder. That, notwithstanding, proper encouragement ought to be given for the manufacture of Saltpetre; that, therefore, they are of opinion that this Congress do enter into a resolution to stipulate the price of good and merchantable Saltpetre at half a Dollar for each pound that shall be made in this Colony before the first day of October, 1776; and that they will purchase, on account of the United Colonies, all that the respective manufacturers cannot dispose of at that rate, to the manufacturers of Gunpowder, during the period aforesaid.

Your Committee do further report, that such a Resolution is agreeable to a recommendation of the Continental Congress of the 28th of July last.

All which is most humbly submitted by your Committee.

ISAAC ROOSEVELT.