Mr. President then laid before the Congress a Resolution, as proper to be entered into by this Congress, upon the present correspondence with Captain Thornbrough, and the Affidavit of Captain Wanton.

Which being read was amended and agreed to, as follows:

Resolved, That Captain Thornbrough's Letter of the 4th instant, directed "To William Henry Drayton, Esq.," in answer to a Letter of the 3d instant, wrote by him as President, contains expressions as unmerited as unbecoming the pen of a gentleman, and therefore unexpected from Capt. Thornbrough. That because Lord William Campbell has favoured Captain Thornbrough "with an extract of his Letter to Governor Tonyn," it does not thence follow, that the extract was faithfully made; and this Congress not having seen the original Letter, or any other extract from it, ought to remember we have just cause not to credit any thing from Lord William Campbell, which is not supported by absolute proof; neither does the extract prove that Lord William Campbell did not write another Letter to Governor Tonyn, to desire that Troops should be sent against the good people of this Colony, and that Captain Wanton's Sloop should be condemned at St. Augustine. On the contrary, in the Affidavit this day made by the said Captain Wanton, and laid before this Congress, there is reason to conclude, that Lord William Campbell did actually write to Governor Tonyn, as well to procure Troops, as to cause Captain Wanton's Sloop to be condemned. And as this important Letter has never appeared to the publick, it is not improbable, either that Governor Tonyn has received it, or that Walker has destroyed it; and that the extract in question, even if it is a faithful one, is from a Letter written only as a mask to the other, and with intention, if necessary, to be delivered up to the publick.

Ordered, That Captain Wanton's Affidavit, and Resolution thereupon, be printed and made publick, with the other papers already ordered and relative thereto.

The Rev. Mr. Tennent, from the Committee appointed to inquire into Mr. Dunn's conduct since his enlargement upon his parole, delivered in the following Report:

"Report of the Committee, &.c.

"That there appeared before them Mr. Lang, a member of this Congress, and a Dr. Redman Burke, as evidences against Mr. Dunn.

"Mr. Lang declared, that on the 31st of October, being at Mr. Hatfield's Tavern, he heard a stranger to him, who he since finds is the Mr. Dunn in question, arguing warmly in favour of Ministerial measures. He cannot remember the whole of the conversation, but recollects particularly, that Mr. Dunn declared, 'we [meaning plainly from the run of his discourse, the Americans] had no right to prescribe to the Prince and Parliament.' And, by way of burlesque, 'that he, Mr. Dunn, was a tory, and had called his stray dog Tory,' and, that through the whole of his discourse, he so spoke as highly offended him, Mr. Lang, although he did not know the restrictions which at that time lay upon Mr. Dunn.

"Dr. Burke witnesses, that Mr. Dunn appeared to him to be much in liquor, and spoke somewhat in favour of the American cause, but at different times did so speak against it as that nothing but drunkenness could excuse him.

"Upon the whole, your Committee are of opinion, that his imprudent conduct was, in a great degree, the result of intoxication, and recommend it to the Congress, that Mr. Dunn be admonished to be more cautious for the future."

Ordered, That Mr. Dunn be summoned to attend this Congress, at their meeting to-morrow.

The Congress being informed Mr. Nathan Legaré had written a Letter offering to supply the Man-of-War with Provisions and Wood, and that the Letter was in the possession of the Commander at Fort Johnson;

Ordered, That Mr. President be requested to procure the said Letter; and that Mr. Nuthan Legaré be summoned to attend this Congress at ten o'clock on Thursday morning.

Read a Letter from Colonel Thomas Neel, dated October 24, 1775.

Ordered, That (he Secretary do now proceed in reading the Journals of the late Council of Safety.

The said Journals were accordingly read to July 26, inclusive, page 84.

Adjourned to five o'clock, in the afternoon.

In Congress, Monday afternoon, November 6, 1775.

The Congress met according to adjournment.

Mr. President reported, that he had written to Colonel Thomson, to Mr. Legaré, and to the Commander of Fort Johnson, agreeable to the order of Congress this morning.

Ordered, That the Lists of the Members be called over at every meeting of the Congress, and that the absentees be fined, as heretofore ordered.

The Lists was called over accordingly.

Ordered, That the Secretary do proceed in reading the Journals of the late Council of Safety.

Ordered, That the reading of the Journals of the Council of Safety be postponed.

Information being laid before the Congress, that Patrick Cunningham had seized the publick Gunpowder sent by the late Council of Safety to be distributed among the Cherokee Indians; and that a person is now in Charlestown who saw the seizure aforesaid:

Ordered, That one of the Messengers do immediately endeavour to find out the said person, and cause him to appear before this Congress.

Ordered, That the Secretary do proceed in reading the Journals of the late Council of Safety.

And the Journals were read accordingly, to the 11th of August, inclusive, page 127.

Ordered, That Mr. President, Colonel Laurens, and Colonel Parsons, be a Committee to inquire into, and examine touching the conduct of Patrick Cunningham, in seizing the publick Gunpowder aforesaid, and to report to this Congress.

Adjourned to nine o'clock, to-morrow morning.

In Congress, Tuesday, November 7, 1775.

The Congress met according to adjournment.

And yesterday's Journals were read.

A return was made from the Parish of St. John, Colleton County, whereby it appears that Ralph Izard, Esq., had, on the 6th instant, been unanimously elected to serve in the present Congress, as a Representative for the said Parish, in the room of Thomas Legare, Jun., Esq., who declined serving.

Read a Letter from John Moore, Esq., dated 6th inst., declining to serve in the present Congress for the Parish of St. Thomas and St. Dennis.

Resolved, That the Church-wardens of the Parish of St. Thomas and St. Dennis, be desired forthwith to summon the inhabitants of the said Parish to meet, on Tuesday next, the 15th instant, in order, by ballot, to choose a Representative of the said Parish, to serve in the present Congress, in the room of John Moore, Esq., who has declined serving.

Ordered, That the Secretary do cause a copy of the above Resolve to be forthwith transmitted to the Churchwardens of said Parish.

Mr. John Dunn, summoned to attend this day, was called in, and reprimanded from the Chair, in words to the following purport:

"Mr. DUNN: You was sent to this Colony as a person inimical to the liberties of America; and as so obnoxious a person, you have been for some time held in close confinement in Charlestown, by publick authority. Upon your pressing entreaties to the late General Committee, you was lately enlarged upon your parole, having first voluntarily taken an oath to observe a conduct of strict neutrality, and that you neither would directly or indirectly, in any shape, interfere in the present unhappy dispute between Great Britain and America. You have been charged before this Congress with having violated that oath; and the Committee appointed by this Congress to examine you on that subject and hear your defence, have thereon reported in such terms as induced the Congress to order your attendance to-day, and to direct me to reprehend your past conduct; to admonish you to a more strict observance of your