We are much alarmed here with the intentions of Administration, that unless affairs take a tum in our favor very shortly, we shall expect the worst effort of its villainy ー that of spiriting up an enemy among ourselves, from whose barbarity, if roused, the most dreadful consequences must follow Our Governor has sent his family to New-York, and being greatly disgusted with the people of Newbern, has taken up his residence in Fort Johnston at the mouth of Cape Fear River, where he has chosen this as a place of retreat from popular complaints: Our brethren in the colonies may be assured that we never shall be bribed by the benefit of an exclusive trade, to desert the common cause.
1. Pennsylvania Ledger, July 15, 1775.