The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser

We have it from respectable authority, that about three days previous to the departure from Londonderry of the ship American, which was the 19th of March, a notice had appeared in the public papers, for convening a meeting of the volunteers at that place; in consequence of which, the British commanding officer, who has a strong force there, sent to inform the volunteers, that if they attempted to meet on the day appointed, he would be under the necessity of demanding them to deliver up their arms. The officers of the volunteers then held a meeting, to consider of this message, and came to a resolution, to persevere in their intended general meeting with arms, as usual, for the purpose of exercise.