That Mr. Ralph Izard, Mr. Thomas Middleton, (son of Henry,) and Mr. John McQueen, be a Committee, to receive the names of such gentlemen as may offer themselves to serve as officers in the Regiment of Artillery, to be forthwith raised; and that they do sit in the Assembly Room at the State House for that purpose, from seven to eight o'clock this evening, and from eight to nine to-morrow morning.

Ordered, That the Secretary do immediately cause publick notice hereof to be given, in printed handbills, and by beat of drum.

Adjourned to five o'clock, in the evening.

In Congress, Monday evening, November 13, 1775.

The Congress met according to adjournment.

Ordered, That the Secretary do proceed to read the Report of the Committee on the state of the Colony.

Ordered, That the consideration of the second paragraph thereof be postponed.

Ordered, That the Secretary do proceed to read the Journals of the late Council of Safely.

Ordered, That the reading of said Journal be postponed.

Ordered, That the third paragraph of the Report of the Committee on the state of the Colony, be now taken under consideration. And after some debate thereon.

Ordered, That the same be postponed.

On information that Moses Kirkland had been seen in town this evening,

Ordered, That Colonel Laurens, and any other two members, do make immediate inquiry of, and take such steps as they shall find necessary for apprehending the said Moses Kirkland, if returned to this Colony.

Ordered, That Colonel Laurens and Mr. Jacob Mode be added to the Commissioners for erecting several new batteries for the more effectual defence of Charlestown.

Resolved, That Mr. President, Colonel Pinckney, and Mr. Thomas Heyward, Jun., be authorized to order and do whatever may be found necessary for the publick safety, till the meeting of the Congress to-morrow.

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

In Congress, Tuesday, November 14, 1775.

The Congress met according to adjournment.

And the Journal of yesterday was read.

On motion, Resolved, That the Honourable William Henry Dray ton, the Reverend Mr. Tennent, Arthur Middleton, Esq., Captain Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Col. Gervais, Captain Roger Smith, Mr. Thomas Heyward, Jun., and Mr. Ralph Izard, be, and they are hereby appointed a Committee of Intelligence, to correspond with, and communicate to, the inhabitants of the interior parts of this Colony, every kind of necessary information; with power to hire horses and send expresses upon all occasions that they shall think proper; and, until a Council of Safety shall be appointed, to seize, or cause to be seized and secured, and take the examinations of all such persons, who, being at large, may endanger the publick safety, or prove injurious to the common cause of America.

Ordered, That the consideration of the Report of the Committee on the state of the Colony be now proceeded in.

On motion, That the Congress do agree with the Committee, "That the two Regiments of Infantry, and the Regiment of Horse, now in the pay of the Colony, be completed to their first establishment, viz: of seven hundred and fifty men to the foot, and four hundred and fifty to the horse,"

A debate arose; and the question being put,

It was carried in the negative.

A motion was then made, and seconded, "That the Council of Safety, for the time being, shall issue orders to complete the original establishment of the Army voted by the last Congress, in proportion as arms and clothing shall be procured; and that the said Council shall use the most effectual means for procuring arms and clothing, with all possible expedition."

A debate ensued; and the question being put,

The Congress divided.

The yeas went forth: Yeas 49; nays 48.

Teller for the yeas, Hon. Mr. Lowndes.

Teller for the nays, Colonel Pinckney.

And it was accordingly resolved in the affirmative.

On motion, Resolved, That Clement Lempriere, Esq., be appointed Captain and Commander of the Ship Prosper, now fitting and arming in the Colony service. That Captain Thomas Sherman be appointed First Lieutenant of the said Ship; and that the officering, manning, and the wages of the Officers and Seamen, be at the same rates as of the Schooner Defence.

Ordered, That Mr. President do issue commissions accordingly, for officering the said Ship.

Ordered, That Captain Thomas Savage, Mr. George Abbot Hall, Mr. Kalteisen, and Captain Leger, be added to the Commissioners for fitting out and arming the ship Prosper, taken into the service of the Colony.

Resolved, That the Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, the Major, the three Captains, the Surgeon, and the Paymaster, to the Regiment of Artillery to be forthwith raised, be chosen by ballot, by the Members of Congress; and that the subordinate officers of the said corps be chosen by the Captains so elected, with the approbation of the Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant.

Adjourned to six o'clock, in the evening.

In Congress, Tuesday evening, November 14, 1775.

The Congress met according to adjournment.

The following Officers to the Regiment of Artillery to be formed, were then balloted for by the Members; and at the close of the poll, by Mr. President declared duly elected:

Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, Owen Roberts, Esq.

Major, Hon. Barnard Elliott.

Captains, Barnard Beekman, Charles Drayton, Sims White, Esqs.

Paymaster, Paul Townshend, Esq.

Surgeon, John Budd, Esq.

Ordered, That Mr. President do issue Commissions accordingly.

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

In Congress, Wednesday, November 15, 1775.

The Congress met according to adjournment.

And yesterday's Journal was read.

Ordered, That Mr. President do issue Commissions for all the Officers of the Regiment of Artillery forthwith to be raised; and also for the promotion of Officers in the Regiments of Infantry.

Colonel Laurens, from the Committee for auditing the publick Accounts, reported the following as proper to be paid, viz:

To the Committee of Prince Frederick's Parish, 24 10 0

Ordered, That Mr. President do issue his Warrants for the payment of said sums.

And Warrants were accordingly issued.

Information being laid before the Congress, that Robert McKeown, a waiter in the service of the customs, had yesterday proceeded on board the Tamer sloop-of-war,

Ordered, That the said McKeown be summoned to attend immediately.

And the said Robert McKeown attending accordingly, he was examined touching the information aforesaid; and declared, that being ignorant of his having been restrained from going out of the limits of Charlestown, he did go on board the Tamer only to carry down a son of the Collector of the Customs, who is a Midshipman in the Navy.

Ordered, That the said Robert McKeown, be enjoined and required, in future, strictly to confine himself in the limits of Charlestown; and to have no further communication with the men of war.