Col. Laurens, President of the Council of Safety, reported, That a packet of very interesting intelligence, had this morning been received by that Board, by express from Philadelphia, which they were ready to lay before the Congress, if it should be their pleasure.

Ordered, That the contents of the said packet be immediately laid before the Congress and read.

The following were accordingly read, viz.

Letter from the Delegates of this colony in the Continental Congress, dated Philadelphia, January 2, 1776 ー inclosing the follow.ing copies of intercepted letters, certified by Charles Thomson, Secretary to the said Congress:

From Lord William Campbell, Governor of this colony, to General Gage, in Boston, dated Rebellion-Road, September 20, 1775:

From John Moultrie, Esq; Lieutenant-Governor of East-Florida, to Col. James Grant, in Boston, dated St. Augustine, October 4, 1775.

From Frederick-George Mulcaster, Esq; Engineer at St. Augustine, to Col. Grant, containing a draught of this harbour, and plan of this town, with references and remarks, dated St. Augustine, October 3, 1775.

Two from John Stuart, Esq; the King's Superintendent of Indian affairs in the Southern District of North-America, both addressed to General Gage, and dated St. Augustine, October 3, 1775 ー one of them inclosing copy of a talk from the Cherokee Indians, to Alexander Cameron, Esq; one of Mr. Stuart's Deputies, delivered at Chote, August 8, 1775.

From Major Jonathan Furlong, to General Gage, dated St. Augustine, October 5, 1775.

Extract from Patrick Tonyn, Esq; Governour of East-Florida, to General Gage, dated St. Augustine, Sept. 14, 1775.

Extract from Frederick-George Mulcaster, Esq; to Colonel Grant, dated St. Augustine, Sept. 29, 1775.

The originals having been taken, by Captain Manley, of the Continental armed scooner Lee, within a few hours sail of Boston, in a sloop that was, at the same time, conveying Moses Kirkland to General Gage, after having first carried him to Lord Dunmore, in Virginia.

Resolved, That it is expedient and necessary that the lady and daughter of John Stuart, Esq; be restrained from absenting themselves from his house in Charles-Town.

Ordered, That proper guards be immediately placed, and continued, about the house of the said John Stuart, to prevent such absenting; and that Col. [William] Moultrie do place guards accordingly.

Ordered, That Capt. William Cattell and Capt. Benjamin Huger, two members of this Congress, do wait on Mrs. Stuart, previous to the placing guards as aforesaid, and acquaint her of the order.

Resolved, That no property whatever of the Hon. John Stuart, the King's Superintendant of Indian Affairs for the Southern district of North-America, or of his brother Henry Stuart, lying or being in any parish or district within this colony, be removed from thence upon any pretence.

Ordered, That the Committees in such parishes or districts, respectively, where such property may be, do take the most effectual measures to prevent any removal thereof.