made by the said Committee, as may be best qualified for the service of their country, and as agreeable as may be to the general sense of the persons to be under their command, and reported as above-mentioned; this Committee hereby earnestly recommending peace and unanimity to the inhabitants of the said County, and giving assurance that, in default of such nomination, this Committee will, during the recess of Congress, commission such Field-Officers for the said Lower Regiment as they shall think proper. And, to the end that these orders may be made publick, as aforesaid, and serve as a rule of conduct to the Committee of the said County of Cumberland.

Ordered, That a copy of the same be enclosed by the Chairman of this Committee in a Letter directed to the Chairman of the Committee of the said County, and despatched without delay.

A Letter from Colonel Jonathan Hasbrouck, of Ulster County, dated the 18th ultimo, was read and filed. He thereby informs that, in obedience to the order of the Provincial Congress, he has fixed on and appointed the house of Martin Wygond, in Newburgh, as the place of rendezvous of his Regiment, in case of an alarm.—(Postage, one shilling.)

Die Veneris, 10 ho. A. M., January 5, 1776.

The Committee, pursuant to adjournment, met.

Present, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Esq., Chairman, Colonel McDougall, Mr.Sands. Mr.Brewster, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Scott, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Tredwell.

A Return from Elihu Marvin, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of Orange County, of the Field-Officers of the Regiment of Minute-Men in Orange County, was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

"At a meeting of the County Committee of the County of Orange, the Committee took into consideration the appointment of the Field-Officers of the Minute-Men, and conceive that the former appointment was not legal, do recommend the following persons as proper men, and request the Provincial Congress to send the Commissions by the bearer, Mr. John Carpenter: Isaac Nicoll, Colonel, of Goshen; Gilbert Cooper, Lieutenant-Colonel, of Haverstraw; Hendrick Vanderlinder Verbryck, First Major, from Tappen; Hezekiah Howell, Jun., Second Major, of Blooming- Grove; Ebenezer Woodhull, Adjutant, of Blooming-Grove; Nehemiah Carpenter, Quartermaster, of Goshen.

"Signed by order of the Committee:

" ELIHU MARVIN, Chairman.

"To the Honourable the President of the Provincial Congress."

Ordered, That the said Commissions be made out and sent by the Messenger of Colonel Isaac Nicoll, and enclosed to Colonel Marvin, Chairman of the County Committee of Orange County.

A Letter from Colonel Isaac Nicoll, of Goshen, was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

"Goshen, January 3, 1776.

"SIR: Enclosed you have the return for Officers in Captain Hetfield's Minute Company; by the date you will undoubtedly perceive, that justice has not been done to Capt. Hetfield, or his return would sooner have been made, so as to have it entered on the Minutes before the 19th of October, nor did Captain Hetfield know the reason of the com-missions not coming, until the receipt of your letter to me, and Mr. Clarke's to Colonel Allison. Captain Hetfield is so far from making any disturbance about the affair, that he is quite willing to accept of commissions agreeable to the date you mentioned, and desires you will send them by the bearer, on doing which, you will greatly oblige your humble servant,

"ISAAC NICOLL.

"To John McKesson, Esq., at New- York.

"N. B. You will be pleased to send the enclosed return back by the bearer, and commissions for the Field-Officers of Minute-Men, if they can be made out."

Ordered, That the Commissions for Captain Hetfield and his Officers, be issued and dated the 19th of October last, and enclosed to the Chairman of the Committee, at Goshen.

Similar Letters to those wrote yesterday, to several Committees, were wrote: One directed to Elihu Marvin, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of Orange County, and the other, directed to the Chairman of the Committee of Goshen Precinct.

Ordered, That the same Letters be signed by the Chairman, and transmitted by Colonel Nicoll's Messenger.

A Letter from Samuel Stevens, of the 18th ultimo, was read and filed, and is in the words following, to wit:

"Charlestown, December 18, 1775

"SIR: I am requested by some of the people of the County of Cumberland, to acquaint you, as Secretary of the Congress of the Colony of New-York, that the major part of the inhabitants of that County are desirous that the Congress do not make out commissions to any person, or persons, in either of the Regiments of Militia in that County, until a candid representation be made of the minds of the people, with respect to the several nominations and appointments made by their County Congress and Committee of Safety, except it be to those persons who were chosen by the people of the several towns, in June last, by order of the County Congress, when upwards of forty members were present; they recommended that the County be formed into two Regiments of Militia, for which purpose, ordered that the inhabitants of the respective towns in each Regiment, meet, and make choice of one Captain, one Lieutenant, and one Ensign in each town, that the said officers should afterwards meet, and make choice of pro-per persons for Field-Officers of each Regiment, which, was accordingly done, and the people, in general, as well satisfied as the nature of such a proceeding will ever admit of. I suppose there may be a few disaffected persons who expected to have been chosen to office. The persons made choice of in the lower Regiment for Field-Officers, were, viz: James Rogers, Colonel; Eleazer Pattison, Lieutenant-Colonel; and one Mr. Lovejoy, Major. Upper Regiment, Simon Stephens, of Springfield, Colonel; Joseph Marsh, of Hartford, Lieutenant-Colonel; and Benjamin Waite, of Windsor, Major. A return of this proceeding was delivered to Major William Williams, and by him, to be delivered to the Congress at New-York, that the commissions might accordingly issue, if the choice was approved of by the Congress.

"I understand that about fourteen or fifteen of the said Congress met some time in September, and made a new choice of Field-Officers, and left out the most of those first chosen, at which time they made choice of a Standing Committee of Safety, and then dissolved themselves as a Congress. I am informed, that at a meeting of the said Committee of Safety, about three weeks ago, consisting of fourteen members, among other things, nominated another set of gentlemen to be Field-Officers of the Militia and Minute Regiments, so that if they are all commissioned, about one-third of the men in the County will be officers. The two last choices, have created a great deal of uneasiness in the County. I intend shortly to pay you a visit.

"I am, sir, in haste, your humble servant,

"SAMUEL STEVENS."

Throe ho. P. M. Die Veneris, January 5, 1776.

The Committee met, pursuant to adjournment.

Present: Colonel Pierre Van Cortlandt, Esq., Chair man, Mr. Scott, Colonel McDougall, Mr. Sands, Mr. Brewster, Mr. Tredwell, Mr. Clarke, Mr. Spooner.

A similar Letter to those wrote this morning to the Committees of Orange County, was wrote to William Smith, Esq., Chairman of the County Committee of Suffolk County.

Ordered, That the said Letter be engrossed, and signed by the Chairman, and transmitted.

A draft of a Letter to William Smith, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of Suffolk County, given him directions about the Gunpowder allotted to that County, was read and approved of, and is in the words following, to wit:

New-York,' January 5, 1776.

SIR: Providence has favoured us with a small supply of powder. As your County is a frontier, and may be sooner called upon than others, we have sent you forty quarter-barrels, containing one-quarter hundred weight each, which