I, therefore, in His Majesty's name, generally invite every well-wisher to that form of Government under which, they have so happily lived, and which, if justly considered, ought to be esteemed the best birth-right of Britons and Americans, to repair to His Majesty's Royal standard, erected at Cross-Creek, where they will meet with every possible civility, and be ranked in the list of friends and fellow-soldiers, engaged in the best and most glorious of all causes, supporting the rights and Constitution of their country. Those, therefore, who have been under the unhappy necessity of submitting to the mandates of Congress and Committees—those lawless, usurped, and arbitrary tribunals—will have an opportunity, (by joining the King's Army,) to restore peace and tranquillity to this distracted land—to open again the glorious streams of commerce—to partake of the blessings inseparable from a regular administration of justice, and be again reinstated in the favourable opinion of their Sovereign.

DONALD MCDONALD.*

By His Excellency's command:

KENN. MCDONALD, P. S.

By His Excellency Brigadier-General DONALD MCDONALD, of His Majesty's Forces, for the time being, in NORTH-CAROLINA:

A MANIFESTO.

Whereas, powers and authority have been invested in me, to array in arms His Majesty's loyal subjects in this Province, I hereby command all His Majesty's loyal people to repair to the Royal banner, agreeable to the Governour's Royal Proclamation of date the 10th day of January last. I do hereby declare it is my intention, that no violation whatever shall be offered to, women, children, or private property, to sully the arms of Britons or freemen, employed in the glorious and righteous cause of rescuing and delivering this country from the usurpation of rebellion, and that no cruelty whatever be offered against the laws of humanity, but what resistance shall make necessary; and that whatever provisions and other necessaries be taken for the troops, shall be paid for immediately; and in case, any person, or persons, shall offer the least violence to the families of such as will join the Royal standard, such person, or persons, may depend that retaliation will be made; the horrors of such proceedings, it is hoped, will be avoided by all true Christians.

Given under my hand and seal, this fifth day of February, 1776.

DONALD MCDONALD.

Rowan County:

This day came John Reynolds before me, one of His Majesty's Justices assigned to keep the peace for said County, and being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, made oath, that on Tuesday last, in Fields's Camp, at Dillos, he, this deponent, heard William Spurgian read a paper of the same purport, and, to the best of his knowledge, in the same words, of the within written.

JOHN REYNOLDS.

Sworn and signed, this 10th day of February, Anno Domini 1776, before me.

JOHN OLIPHANT.

MARYLAND COUNCIL OF SAFETY TO CAPTAIN NATHANIEL RAMSAY.

SIR: We are advised by a letter, which Mr. Chase favoured us with from Charlestown, the 2d instant, that you can procure about the quantity of one hundred and forty yards of country cloth at about eight shillings per yard; and linen, (country made,) from two shillings and four pence to two shillings and eight pence, fit and proper for hunting shirts, sufficient for your company. The cloth we request you will immediately purchase for the use of the Province, unless, from its narrowness, you should think it dearer than broadcloth of equal quality, at fifteen shillings, currency, per yard; and if the linen should exceed oznaburghs in width, so as to reduce the price nearly to that, of two shillings per yard, we would have you buy the linen also, as we presume it is superior to osnaburghs, and as we would give the preference to what is manufactured among ourselves, where we can do it consistently with the relation in which we stand to the publick The money shall be either transmitted you by the first safe conveyance you may apprize us of, after we are furnished with the amount of those articles, or paid to your order, as shall be most agreeable to you. Colonel Smallwood will direct what shall be done with the cloth and linen, and we think you had better defer making them up for your men, until you hear from him.

We have drawn an order on the Treasurer in favour, of Mr. Gassauay, for the sum of thirty pounds currency, as you requested. And are, sir, yours, &c.

To Captain Nathaniel Ramsay

MARYLAND COUNCIL OF SAFETY TO ST. MARY'S COUNTY COMMITTEE.

GENTLEMEN: We request that you will immediately send to the Council of Safety, at Annapolis, what gunlocks you have in your County belonging to the Province.

We are, &c.

EDMUND PENDLETON TO MARYLAND COUNCIL OF SAFETY.

Williamsburg, February 10, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: We think it our indispensable duty to inform you, that a fifty gun man-of-war is just arrived, and lying with the Kingfisher, and several tenders, off Old-Fort Point, below Hampton. What ship, or from whence she came, we have not yet discovered.

We are, with great regard, gentlemen, your most obedient servants,

By order of the Committee: EDMUND PENDLETON. To the Honourable Council of Safety.

C. F. WEISENTHAL TO MARYLAND COUNCIL OF SAFETY.

Baltimore-Town, February 10, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: According to your orders, I have examined and received into my care the medicines and shop of Doctor Stenhouse, for the use of the troops, the invoice of which I have thought requisite to enclose for your examination. The medicines are all of good quality, and saleable in case they should not be wanted. The price is less than what medicines at present sell for, and that considerable. I thought it was necessary to take the whole shop, with its furniture, not only because the drugs must be contained in something, but more particular, that they can be kept in a proper order and regularity, since, as they must occasionally be divided, there ought to be a proper repository for the whole. This furniture has increased the sum to more than was at first expected; it is still as saleable as the rest of the medicines. There are but few drugs which are useless for the army, and some are in a greater quantity than what we may, for the present, want, which can serve to exchange for others which we may want in future. I have likewise taken some necessary surgeon's instruments, which likewise enhance the sum. Upon the whole, it is my opinion, that if the war should continue, and, consequently, our troops take the field, we shall find abundant use for these medicines, and not have enough; but, should we be so happy as to conclude a peace, and not want many of the medicines, they will always bring the money laid out; again, another consideration is, that the ship Defence will most certainly want a considerable chest, and as it can be supplied from this shop, will take off a good deal thereof.

I have the honour to be, with due respect, gentlemen, your most obedient, humble servant,

C. F. WEISENTHAL.

To the Honourable Major Jenifer, President of the Council of Safety.

* Brigadier-General Donald McDonald was in rebellion in the year 1745, against his lawful sovereign, and headed many of the same clan and name, who are now his followers. These emigrants, from the charity and benevolence of the Assembly of North-Carolina, received large pecuniary contributions, and, to encourage them in making their settlements, were exempted from the payment of taxes for several years. It is a fact, that numbers of that ungrateful people, who have been lately in arms, when they arrived in Carolina, were without the necessaries of life—their passage even paid by the charitable contributions of the inhabitants. They have since, under every encouragement that the Province of North-Carolina could afford them, acquired fortunes Very rapidly, and thus they requite their benefactors.—Va. Gaz