asked him if there was any such thing as getting rifles in town. Deponent answered that he did not believe there was one. Losee said he believed there were many, for that he had been applied to to carry a considerable number of them on board the Asia. Deponent asked him by whom. He replied that he would not tell, but that he had refused to take them. That deponent has heard since that the said rifles were afterwards carried on board, but did not understand by whom.

ROBERT FENTON.

Sworn the 22d June, before us:

Thomas Fletcher, a Private in Captain Newel’s Company of Artillery, being sworn, saith: That this deponent was lately a private in Colonel Huntington’s Regiment, in Captain Truebridge’s Company; that about a month ago one John Campbell, a shoemaker, living next door to the sign of the Buck, opposite to the western side of the Fly Market, employed him to work as a journeyman with him at such times as he was not on duty; that after deponent had worked with him a while, he was pleased with deponent’s work, and endeavoured to persuade him to inlist, saying, ‘Damn the Congress; who gave them liberty to raise soldiers? Come with me, I will conceal you, or send you off, as I have done with two or three others;’ that deponent consented, and was concealed by him for two weeks and a half, and finding that he could not clear his conscience in what he had done, he sent for his comrade and delivered himself up, and hath ever since done his duty as a soldier; that he has frequently heard the said Campbell in conversation curse the Congress—say he wished the whole town were all Tories, and that the Mayor was as big a one as any in it. And further this deponent saith not.

THOMAS FLETCHER.

Sworn the 22d June, 1776, before us:

Daniel Gray, of Stamford, in Connecticut, being sworn, saith: That Nathaniel Williams, of Huntington, told him the day before yesterday that a gentleman had reported there that as he was by a fence by the road, Hugh Wallace, Theophilact Bache, Charles McEvers, and three others, whose names this deponent hath forgotten, passed by, and he overheard them saying that the enemy were to land at Rapalye’s Mills, take possession of the forts on Long-Island, and thence play on the town, and that they were to be joined by the forces on Long-Island. And further saith not.

DANIEL GRAY.

Sworn the 22d day of June, 1776:

Hugh Stevenson, being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, deposeth and saith: That on the 18th of this instant June he bought fifteen pounds of powder of Mr. Nicholas Conery, at the sign of the Red Lion, between Bateman’s and Burling’s slip, in New-York, and that some time past he (this deponent) bought ten pounds of the said Conery, and that he supposed it came from on board the Asia. And further this deponent saith not.

Sworn before me this 22d day of June, 1776.

ABEL BELKNAP,

Chair’n Com. Insp’n for Precinct of Newburgh.

Cornelius Platt, being sworn, deposeth and saith: That he came from New-York with Mr. Hugh Stevenson in his boat last Wednesday; that on his passage Mr. Stevenson told him he had something on board, that if it was found out it would be as much as his neck and his whole sloop were worth. This deponent asked Mr. Stevenson what it was. Stevenson answered it was fifteen pounds of powder; who was asked if it was our country powder. He said not; it came from the Asia man-of-war. He further asked him what he expected to do with it. His answer was, that he expected to sell it at one dollar per pound; that fifteen pounds of powder would fetch him fifteen dollars. The deponent further saith that he and Mr. Stevenson had some discourse about the times, when Mr. Stevenson told him that he expected that all these officers would soon be swung up, and the deponent took it that he meant all these Continental officers. At the last of the time this deponent asked Stevenson whether he intended to sell this powder to the Tories. He told him he did not. And further this deponent saith not.

Sworn before me this 22d day of June, 1776.

ABEL BELKNAP,

Chair’n Com. Insp’n for Precinct of Newburgh.

To Captain ABEEL:

SIR: Whereas Peter McLean, of the City of New-York, Shoemaker, stands charged with dangerous designs and treasonable conspiracies against the rights and liberties of the United Colonies of America : We do, in pursuance of a certain resolve of the Congress of this Colony of the 20th of June instant, authorize and request you to cause the said Peter McLean to be, with all his papers, forthwith apprehended and secured, and that return be made to us of the manner in which this warrant shall be executed, in order that the same may be made known to the said Congress.

Given under our hands this 22d day of June, 1776.

To WILLIAM ALLISON, Esquire, and Colonel CLINTON, or either of them.

GENTLEMEN: Whereas James Matthews stands charged with dangerous designs and treasonable conspiracies against the rights and liberties of the United Colonies of America : We do, in pursuance of a certain resolve of the Congress of this Colony of the 20th of June instant, authorize and request you to cause the said James Matthews to be, with all his papers, forthwith apprehended and secured, and that return be made to us of the manner in which this warrant shall be executed, in order that the same may be made known to the said Congress.

Given under our hands this 22d day of June, 1776.

The within named James Matthews, taken at his place of abode in Cornwall Precinct, Orange County, pursuant to the within warrant, and delivered to the Committee, but no papers containing information relative to the conspiracy.

Per me,

WILLIAM ALLISON.

New-York, June 25, 1776.

To WILLIAM ALLISON and Colonel CLINTON, or either of them.

GENTLEMEN: Whereas William Forbes and —— Clarke stand charged with dangerous designs and treasonable conspiracies against the rights and liberties of the United Colonies of America : We do, in pursuance of a certain resolve of the Congress of this Colony of the 20th of June instant, authorize and request you to cause the said William Forbes and —— Clarke to be, with all their papers, forthwith apprehended and secured, and that return be made to us of the manner in which this warrant shall be executed, in order that the same may be made known to the said Congress.

Given under our hands this 22d day of June, 1776.

In pursuance of the within warrant, went in search of the within named William Forbes and —— Clarke to the upper end of Orange County, their usual place of abode, but found they were gone off; but on returning to New-York, found them in custody of the guards.

WILLIAM ALLISON.

New-York, June 25, 1776.

To Captain ABEEL:

SIR: Whereas John Campbell stands charged with dangerous designs and treasonable conspiracies against the rights and liberties of the United Colonies of America : We do, in pursuance of a certain resolve of the Congress of this Colony of the 20th of June instant, authorize and request you to cause the said John Campbell to be, with all his papers, forthwith apprehended and secured, and that return be made to