the city, made a noble and martial appearance; and as this corps is composed of the substantial yeomanry of a virtuous sister State, nothing could be more agreeable or animating to all true friends of their country. Some of these worthy soldiers assisted, in their present uniforms, at the reduction of Louisburgh, and their "lank, lean cheeks, and war-worn coats," are viewed with more veneration by their honest countrymen than if they were glittering nabobs from India, or bashaws with nine tails.

PETITION OF JOSEPH BLANCHARD AND OTHERS.

To the Honourable Provincial Congress of the Province of NEW-YORK:

The Petition of the subscribers, inhabitants upon LONG-ISLAND, in said Province, humbly showeth:

That your petitioners were taken prisoners by a military power, and confined in jail in the City of New-York, which confinement your petitioners apprehend to be occasioned by some mistaken opinion of their political principles. They hereby beg leave to assure the honourable Congress that they nor either of them have, by any ways or means whatsoever, directly or indirectly given or offered any aid, assistance, or information, to the Army or Navy of the King of Great Britain, relative to the dispute now subsisting between Great Britain and these Colonies. That your petitioners are all tradesmen and farmers, and at this season of the year in particular their business must greatly suffer by reason of their absence. Therefore your petitioners most humbly pray that, in tender compassion to their health, their families, and circumstances, your Honours will take their case under consideration, and cause them to be discharged, or otherwise suffer them to be brought before your Honours, that they may know of what they are accused, and what is expected of them to do. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray, &c.

NEW-YORK, July 10, 1776.

H. GLEN TO WALTER LIVINGSTON.

Schenectady, July 10, 1776.

DEAR SIR: Yours of the 2d instant, accompanied with a deputation as an Assistant Deputy Commissary, is duly come to hand, and am much obliged to you for appointing me to that post. I would have written you sooner, but have been so busy in getting forward a party of men with some cannon, artillery, &c. They are now on their way to the German-Flats, to Colonel Dayton. I had no batteau-men to spare but what were wanted to take up the artillery stores and engineers' ditto, which I had orders to send first, but at the same time sent off fifteen wagons, loaded with sixty barrels of pork, to the German-Flats, directed to the Deputy-Commissary, which I find is as cheap as in boats, as the water in this river is very low. I have some reason to believe that Colonel Dayton, with his regiment (when the officer of the Train with the artillery comes to the German-Flats) will proceed to Fort Stanwix; and as the two companies of batteau-men, with twenty boats, are entirely loaded with artillery and engineers' stores, I have ordered the captains, whenever they have delivered their loading to Colonel Dayton, wherever he will please to order them; which will be at Fort Stanwix. The batteau-men, with three batteaus, are to proceed to the Little-Falls. Since the batteau-men went from here with the artillery, &c., came down one Captain Van Epps, who had undertaken to raise a company of batteau-men to take in flour at Major Fonda's, or wherever the Major may have it ready. I have ordered Van Epps with his men to make two trips, with flour, from Major Fonda's to the Little-Falls, which they are to carry up to Fort Stanwix before they come back. I shall by that time know if these companies of batteau-men are to remain in this river; if so, shall fix one of the companies between the Little-Falls and Fort Stanwix, before they come down, and the other company between this and the said falls; so there will be no occasion for transporting any of the bateaus across the Little-Falls' carrying-place. Your instructions I shall follow, you may depend on. The copies Mr. Beecher sent for entries I have received. The returns will be sent you at the day required. I can get no scales and weights, but I have taken my storehouse to store the pork and beef, and as I have scales, weights, fee, of my own, shall make use of them for the present.

I am informed that the Commissioners of Indian Affairs are going up to have a treaty with the Indians. I would be glad to know whether they are to have pork, and from where. The pork I sent to the Flats is intended for Colonel Dayton's regiment, and is to make up the loading I am to send to Fort Stanwix with flour from Major Fonda's.

I am, dear sir, your humble servant,

H. GLEN.

To Walter Livingston, Esq., Deputy Commissary-General, at Albany.

H. GLEN TO GENERAL SCHUYLER.

Schenectady, July 10, 1776.

DEAR SIR: Yours of the 30th ultimo I received, and immediately, in conformity to your order to me of the 26th, began to put them in execution. I can now inform you that I have sent off all the artillery and engineers' stores to the German-Flats, to Colonel Dayton, with the Captains Lansing and Wolcott, loaded in nineteen batteaus, together with sixty barrels of pork in wagons, as the boats could not load anything more than the artillery, &c., and the river very low withal. I was considerably put to it in getting the cannon loaded, for want of proper implements, as the officer of the artillery had neglected to bring a gin with him. I have likewise been under the necessity to purchase three oilcloths for the preservation of the ammunition. 1 have also got them a gin made here, and procured a tackle, as I found it impossible for them to load the cannon on carriages and the like, so that I got them fixed after a good deal of trouble. The batteaus were but indifferent in general; neither was the complement here fit for service, as was expected. Since the first batteaus, under Lansing and Wolcott, went off", came down Ernst Van Epps, with twenty men. I did immediately on his arrival despatch him to Fonda's for flour, with seven boats to carry the same to the Falls, and ordered him to make two trips and then return here. The flour Van Epps will bring to the Falls, and the pork sent in wagons will, by computation, make a loading for Lansing and Wolcott when they return, after delivering the artillery anywhere Colonel Dayton will have it brought. So that there will be no occasion of having the boats carried over the carrying-place until they may have gone a trip more with provisions, which, by computation, will make out thirty-five days' provisions for seven hundred men, if they are supplied with a little fresh with the pork. By the time the batteaus may have done this work, I expect to be honoured with your further commands (as I have ordered them down here) what they are next to do. And should then anything be ordered to Colonel Dayton, at Fort Stanwix, where I have reason to expect he will be, I then intend to station one company above the Falls, to prevent the carrying of the batteaus over so often. You may rely on my exerting everything in my power to promote the service you have been pleased to honor me with.

I have the honour to be, dear sir, your very humble servant,

H. GLEN.

To the Hon. Major-General Schuyler.

COLONEL HARTLEY TO GENERAL GATES.

Crown-Point, July 10, 1776.

HONOURED SIR: I yesterday evening returned from a command which I hope I have executed to the satisfaction of your Honour and the other Generals. This absence has deprived me of the pleasure of seeing you here; but, as a matter of the last consequence to the Army is likely soon to be determined, I hope you will excuse my freedom. I have understood that the regiments are to be brigaded. If so, I should apprehend that it will tend to the furtherance of the service much, that the Pennsylvanians should be brigaded together. If there is no General proper to be appointed over them, Colonel St. Clair, an old and experienced officer, would be exceedingly acceptable, and every one would act with confidence under him.