of the Colony--That the Board is still of the same opinion as to Propriety of the Measure, but as Crown Point is demolish'd, that two hundred Men to be at the Post of Tieonderoga as soon as conveniently may be, is a Force sufficient to afford the proper assistance to the Civil Magistrate for the Preservation of the Peace--That it cannot be determined how long the Troops will be wanted, as their Service will be more or less necessary according to the Behaviour of the neighbouring Inhabitants, and the Change or Continuance of their present dangerous Disposition, and that as to the Charge that may attend the Transportation of the Troops no Provision is made by the Province out of which it can be defrayed.

It is Ordered by his Excellency the Governor with. the advice of the Council that an Ordinance issue establishing a Court of Common Pleas and a Court of General Sessions of the Peace to be held annually in the County of Charlotte at the House of Patrick Smith Esquire near Fort Edward on the third Tuesdays in the months of October & May.

AFFIDAVITS

RELATING TO THE DESTRUCTION BY THE BENNINGTON MOB OF COL. REED'S SETTLEMENT ON OTTER CREEK. t

City of New York ss. Joun Cameron of full age being duly sworn deposeth and saith that about the latter End of June last

he and some other Families from Scotland arrived at New York. |

And afew Days after their arrival did agree with Lieutenant Colonel John Reid to settle as Tenants on his Lands at Otter Creek in Charlotte County, That Colonel Reid did accompany them to Otter Creek, distant some Miles East from Crown Point, and was ata very considerable Expence in Transporting them and their Wives, Children and Baggage on so long a Journey from New York, That the next Day after their Arrival at Otter Creek, the Deponent and others were in Company with Colonel Reid viewing the land, and were met by two New England Men,