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* the last campiugn over the English and Prus- 

 < sians. 



* The prisoners which are bringing in every 



* moment, all agree In confirming them. 



* The truth is,' his majesty is in person in 



* Holland Avith an armj oi' 200,000 men, the 



* prince of Conti in Germany with 100,000, and 



* the princes of Dcux-Ponts, and Soubise, 



* command the army of the empire of 200,000 ; 



* and lastly, tlie empress of Russia, and the 



* queen of Hungary, have joined their wliole 

 ^ force, and were taking measiac:> for the con- 



* quest of the remainder of his Prussian majcs- 



* ty's dominions. 



* Besides this, the last accounts assure us, 



* that the garrisons of forts Frederic, Niagara, 



* and Chonugan, have suficred greatly by a sick- 



* ness, which is net yet stopped, and that the 



* regular troops in New England arc reduced 



* to nothinc*. 



* General Murray, therefore, has disper- 



* sed manifestoes to no purpose, to magnify his 



* own nation, to pacify the Canadians, to engage 



* them to lay down their arms, to discredit our 



* bills of exchange, and our currency, at- th© 



* same time that the English traders arc eager- 

 ' to procure them, because they have been re-. 



* guiarly paid. 



* You see, sir, that the colonv is drawing to 



* the end of its hardships and distresses, and that 



* it is upon the point of seeing plenty succeed, 



* to scarcity. 



* If the English make any attempt, it cai\ 

 < have no other object than the ambition of their 



* geaerab ; v/e are thoroughly prepared to re^. 



