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PORTS XI OUT H, February 26.
Last Tuesday arrived in town the Hop. Major General
Sutlivan. Thefry which his presence diffufed
thro' every countenance, is an ample testimony of the
gratitude and efttem that all ranks entertain of his me
rit and service.—He was immediately waited on by the
felettmen, and other gentlemen :—Before he left town,
this day he received the following address, which is as
follows, with his answer.
\ Portsmouth, Feb. 25th, 1780.
S I R,
WIT H hearts unfeinedly grateful, we beg leave
to congratulate you, on your return from the
fatigues of t + e camp, and your late ardu^usand
fucdefsful campaign, which was executed with unremitted
perseverance, and juflly merits universal applause —Be
ing mast fenfi'^y eifeded with the eminent services you
hive rend red your country, we cannot but regret the
want of so brave an officer of the army; but we trust,
when your health flvdl be restored (of which we have flat
tering hopes) and Should there be a call for faithful, inde
fatigable Generals to command in the field, you will, once
morce, step forward with your usual intrepidity, and ren
der your Cervices to our most worthy Commander io Chief,
whose discerning eye is ever on the brave : —Should that
time ever arri.e, may you. Sir, again go on, and may
successes crown your enterprizes, until a series of con
quests may compel tne enemy to relinquish their unrighte
ous claims, and from principles of equity, adhere to an
honorable and permanent peace--after which happy period,
may you return to the embraces^bf your family, and sur
rounding friends, with renewed and repeated laurels, to
fp^nd the remiiader of yout days, in domestic peace and
tranquility.
We are with all poffihle refpeA,
Your most obedient Servants :
GEORGE GAIN'S, 1 co
EPHRAIM HAM,
JOHN FURNALD,,
SUPPLY CLAP, I
GEORGE WENTWORTH. J ?
Major General SULLIVAN.
the GENERA L's Answer.
Gentlemen,
YOUR kind congratulations, with the favourable o
pinibO you have been plcafed to form of my conduct
and service, demand my warmest acknowledgments.
Permit me to a®re you, Gentlemen, that whenever my
Country lemands my Services and my ftite of health will
permit me to take the field, I fyll, with pleasure return
to a military life.
fan fccfihly touched by the polite manner in which you
have thought proper to communicate your sentiments to
me, and by your generous withes for my success and hap
pin'efs I have the honor to be, with the most lively fen
timeats of grab tide and efleem,
Gentlem n,'
Your most obedient Servant,
JOHN SULLIVAN.
The SELECTMEN of Portfmotyh.
BOSTO N, Mar^h 6.
Tuesday arrived h # re the Mercury packet, Capt. Samp
fiQ from, France, but last from an out port, as mentioned
in our lail,
Since our lad, arrived at Porfmouth, a (hip mounting
1$ carriage guns, prize to the privateer (hip Tarter, Capt.
Porter, from this port— She had on boa rd a considerable
quantity of powder, provision, &c. from New. York,
bound to Jamaica,—She was in fight of- the (hipping in
Port Royal when Capt. Porter fell in with her, but made
no refinance.
Patrick Green, we hear, was executed at Cambridge
lift Thursday, agreeable to his sentence.
Extract of a letter from Martinique, dated February
6, 1780.
“ I wrote you fully yeflerday per this opportunity.—
I then told you I would adyi^the consequence of the can
nonading yesterday. Last evening a number of persons
returned Torn Precheur, whole curiosity led them there
to enquire the reaGh of it; by who n we learn, that the
British fi^et) confiding of about tt:n fail (chiefly capital
(hips) had been amufieg themfdves for the space of four
or five hours, by firing upon a privateer brigantine be
longing to Mess. Howland and Coit of Norwicn, who had
tiken ihelter under a small battery of two pieces of can
non, at the point, with a prize brigantine from Glasgow.
The privateer was fcuttlcd by her own people, but, un
luckily, afterwards overset. The prize was fetou fire by
the British ; b it by the dexterity of the brig's people, a
confi legible oart of tile cargo it's thought will be fayed.
Tie British folded and fpked up one piece of cannon ;
the other having bur.fiby firing. All the fllips patted this
port yefler Ny afternoon, handing to Reward, under full
fail"
T ^'Tartar privateer of this port, Capt Porter, has
taken a (hip ofabeut 350 tons, mounting 16 fix plunders,
bound from New-York for Jamaica for a freight home,
and feather into Porrimouth. Her cargo, we heir, con
fills of some provisions, powder, ihot, &c.=She failed
fro, New-Yorc with the Weft India fleet. The Tartar
also took a (loop with rum, melaffes, cotton, &c. which
is not arrived.
Extract of Better from an eminent House in France, to
the Board of War of this State, received by Captain
Samofon.
" The combined fleets of France and Spain are in the
English channel, before Flymquth, Weheir tint horror
and consternation are spread throughout England. All
our coasts swarm with veffels,and our troops are embark
ing to conquer Britannia. Admiral Hardy avoids the
fight ;it is not known where he may be now. Two bat.
tie Blips of the English have lately been taken, the one
0(64 guns, and the other of 50. Vast numbers of their
merchant men are every day captured ; four & their East.
India Blips have lately fallen into our hands. God grant
thatthe vigorous efforts of this campaign may terminate
the calamities of the war! That peace and tranquility
may be restored to France and America ; and that the
ties of friendfhip and good underftindiog may keep long
the two allied nations bound together for their mutual
defence and happiness.
By Capt. Semes arrived here last Saturday in 26 days
from Martinico, we learn, that a vessel arrived there be
fore he failed from the Streights, which me left about the
12th of December, and brought an account that the Spa.
niards were daily advancing on the attack of Gibraltar,
and that a flying squadron of our Spanifli allies came a
cross a fleet of 42 fail of British transports with provisions,
under convoy of a frigate, bound from England for Gib
raltar, and that the whole fleet, except the convoy, were
taken.
March 9. Lift of Prizes taken by the Black Prince, a
privateer of 16 carriage guns and 32 swivels, fitted out at
Dunkirk with a commission from Congrefs,and command
ed by Capt. Steven Merchant, who lately arrived from
France in the Mercury packet; the Bla ( k Prince failed
from Dunkirk the 12th of June, 1779, and returned to
port the 20th of September following, after making the
following captures, viz. On the 20th of June, took the
brig Blossom, of 14 guns, bound to Tinbay; the fame
day took the brig Liberty, bound to Milford, and the
sloop Sally, from Swantzey to Falmouth.—2lft, took the
brig Hampton, from Liverpool to London ; fame day took
the brig Three Sifters, from Bridgewater to Swantzey, the
sloop Elizabeth, buund te Falmouth, the brig Orange
from London to Cork, with king's Hores, and the brig
Goodwill, from London to Waterford, with porter, iron
and dry goods.—l6th of July, took the (loop Rebecca,
from Miltord to Plymouth.—l7th, took the brig Ann ?
from Biddeford to Plymouth, laden with beef, Ac. —,4Bth,
took the brig Lucey, from Swantzey to St Ives ; 'fame
day took the (loop John, from Bafcove to Brißol, the
fioop Rebecca, from Milford to Bafcove, and two (loops,
each call'd the Two Brothers, from S^anzey to Patflon,
with coals —l9th, took the brig Union, from Patflon to
Bristol, laden with dry goods ; and the brig Sea Nymph,
from Patfton to Barnflable, with dry goods. —20th, re
took a SpaaifA snow call'd the St. Joseph, laden witn co
chineal and indigo; and the brig Dublin Trader, from
Bristol to Dub i > with bale goods, &c, 2,lft, took the (loop
Charlotte, from Cork to Bristol.—aid, took the brig
Monmouth, from Lancaster to Chapftau.—lßth August,
took a whale brig, with oil, belonging to London ; fame
day took the brig Diligence, from Bafcove to Swantzey,
and the sloop Friends Adventure, from Bafiove to Eng
land, ransomed her for 2oocl. fieri.—l9th, took the brig
Blossom, the Matthew & Sally, and the sloop Resolution,
from Minhead to Cork; and the flpop Betsy from Bidde
ford to Youghall, with pork, &c. —2oth, took the Ihip
Southam, from White-Haven to Waterford, ransomed her
for zßjoi —9th September took snow Hopewell, from Nor
way to Dublin, with naval flores; fame day fell in with a
large privateer fenooner 0(22 guns, fought her some time,
and obliged her to faeer off, and took a sloop under her
convoy, which-we burnt; loft our firfl Lieutenant apd
three privates' the engagement.- 10th, took the brig
Peggy, from White Haven, in bafaft, and burnt her ;
the fame day took a sloop from Liverpool to Wales, with
pork, &c,--. 15,h, went into the harbour of Logharpool.
in the highlands of Scotland, burnt two brigs there, fired
into the town, and obliged the inhabitants to fend off a
supply of rrih Proliant.
All the shove mentioned vessels arrived fife in port, or
were ransomed, or burnt, except three of little value,, re
taken.
Advice is received, that Capt Grenold of this port, on
his paffige for Amflerdam, was taken and carried into
Leith, in Scotland.
March 13, Last Thursday, Captain Bartlett, in a
letter of marque brig from Cadiz, arrived here after
a paffige of ninety days.—He informs, that about four
weeks ago he fell in with and took a brig, from New-
York, bound to the Weft-Indies, which may be hourly
expe&ed.
The sloop Right Hand, Gabriel Sifter master, belong
ing to Joseph Packwood of New-London, lately arrived
at Fortfmouth ; the mafler fays he failed from Point Pe
ter, Guad doupe, on the 14th of January, in company
with the brig Ranger, Captain Howard, for New London,
and toe sloop Maria, Capt. Dodge, for this port ; on his
passage he met with very hard gales from the Northward
and Westward, which obliged him to keep so far to the
Eastward, and having sprung his main boom, was very
glad to get into the firft port.
Turiday last arrived here, a flag from Bermudas, which
brought all the prisoners belonging to the(e States, a
mounting to upwards of 30. By this conveyance we
learn, that gae of Goodrich's crutzers had met at sea, in
distress, a large ftorefhip, one of the fleet that failed from
New-York, waich had on board one quarter part of the
cannon, powder, and ordinance flores belonging to this
whole embarkation, and 8^ officers and soldiers, of the
artillery. The lhip was difaafled and otherwise so flut
tered, in the storm that overtook Admiral Arbuthnot and
his fleet soon after they left New-York, that there was
no hope of her reaching any port. Goodrich's vessel ac
cordingly topic out rhe men, and carried them to Bermu
das ; the fllip was set on fire and blew up. These men,
thus fived from deftrutyon gave the fame account at Ber
mudas that we had from the officers brought into this port
some time pad, by the Blaze Castle ; that Admiral Ar
buthnot's fle^t were totally dispersed, in the uncommon
ft vere gales they met with ; that probably many of them
have perished; of the 1500 horf@ embarked at New-York,
and all carried upon deck, not ona is supposed to be sa
ved. It was conjectured that many of them might have
made Bermudas, but none had arrived there the begin
ning of Fe ruary ; nor nave we any account of their arri
val in any port, tho' they left Sandy Hook on the 26th
of December. Should all the damage be done to thisfleet
of the enemy confiding, according to their own account,/
of 10,000 of their bed men, with proportionable dores,
and all the IoG be sustained by them, which there is now
the dronged reafen to believe, the blow mud be great in
deed, and beyond any they have received during the war,
except the capitulation of Burgoyne and his whole army.
However this may be, it is now not to be doubted that
this fleet has been torn and Scattered in such a manner, as
to render the collection of it in season, and so as to
aofwer the purpose of this grand embarkation, abso
lutely impracticable. All accounts agree that the trans
ports had not more, in general, than 14 days provision;
a terrible circumstance in the situation to which mod, if
not all of them, mud have been reduced. The winter has
been uncommonly severe at Bermudas.
N E W-H AV E N, March 8.
Capt. Samson, arrived at Holmes's Hole, after a tedi
ous passage of 89 days, from France, has brought dis
patches for Congress.
PHILADELPHIA, March 28.
Saturday last the Hom. General Afftmbly of this Com
monwealth, adjourned till the x@th day of May n^xt.
By advices from South Carolina we learn, that on the
4th in ftant Clinton with his army was on James Bland
and at Stono Ferry; that the enemy on the r pdfage
from New- York, loft all their cavalry; that they also
acknowledge the loss of the Defiance, a 64 gun fh<p, which
foundered at sea, and of three transports, the men 0 which
and of the 64 are pretended to hive been faveo, and of one
transport with Hessian troops, of which no accounts had
been received.
In CONGRESS, March to, 1780.
Resolved, That no allowance of pay or rations or
fobfi fiance ought to be made to any perfan after he ceases
to be in office:
That if any Issuer deliver out public flares to such
persons, without being auth®rifed by Resolution nf Con
gress, the fame ought to be charged ts his account.
Extras from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
The refpe3ive Deputies and Affiftmts in the Issuing
Department, are hereby dire&ed to pay ftrif tattention
to the above Revolve. [ The Printers in the different
States are desired to publish the above ]
CHARLES STEWART,
Commiffar,-General of Iffuea.
In COUNCIL, Philadelphia, March 25, 1780.
" The Petition of divers inhabitants of the State,"
who are “ desirous of partaking of the great advantage of
the bridge ere&ed over Schuylkill," was read. In whi^h
petition it is set forth, in effect, that many advantages
will arise from a read to be laid out from Darby read to
Lancafler road, near the Middle-Ferry, to cross the Will-
Creek at the rocks. And the petitioners " pray theCoun
cil that suitable measures may be taken that such a road
may be laid out, and recorded as a public highway," on
the place aforefaid.
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the table un
til Wednesday the 12th of April next, when the fame
will be taken into consideration. That public notice here
of be given, in order that such persons as ma, conceive
themselves, in danger of being injured by the said road,
may make known their objections.
Extratl from the Minutes,
T. MATLACK, Secretary.
B^^^^®^s^^
TH E Members of the Philadelphia
Contributionship, for ensuring
houses from loss by fire, are requeued to
meet at the Co&t-H©ufe on Monday the
10th day of April next, between two and
five o'clock in the afternoon, in order to
chyle twelve Directors and a Treasurer, for
the ensuing. year.
By order of the Direßcrs,
CALEB CARMALT, Clerk,
March 25, 1780.
JUST OPENED for SALE, at
RICHARD FOOTMAN'S Store,
In Second-street, below Market-street, Philadelphia,
A great VARIETY es
L I N E N S,
CONSISTING of 7-8 and 3-4 Dowlafs, Platilla Roy
al, Britannia#, and Irish Linens, Fafhicnable chain
ynd plain Gaufes, Modes, Sarefnets, Persians, Ribbonds,
Nankeens, elegant Chintzes and Callicoss, Cambrick#,
best Hyfon and Souchong Tea.
N. B. Goods received for file on the usual commission.
N E W-L O N D O N, February eg.
Last Wednesday Capt. Howard arrived here in a brig,
in 35 days from Gaudaloupe more than 20 of which he
was beating on this coast in very severe weather.
Fie Lys it was reported at Gaudaloupe, that Admiral
Arbuthnot arrived at Barbados about the firft ofJanaary,
with 20 fail of tranf,9ris, with troops from New York.
That Capt. John Bulkney, in a brig, and Capt. Edward
Latham in a schooner from this port, had arrived in the
Weft-Indies, the latter loft his flock off the deck in a gale
of wind on Nantucket shoals, and the former left 5 01 his
hands in a gale of wind.
CHAT H-A M, March 15,
The Legislature of this State have fufpeoded the opera
tions of the Aft for the limitation of prices, until the
States of New-York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, enaft
and carry into execution laws for eftabiilhing a general
limitation of prices throughout rhe refpeßive jurifci&i
ons, on the principles recommended in the re solutions of
Congress.
A New York paper, of March 6, mentions the death
of Major General Valentine Jones, at Llanidloes, in Eng
land.
Sunday afternoon the sth instant, the Good-Hope prison
ffiip, lying in Wallabou^Bay,in the East River in New-
York, was eniirely confuted. We do not hear that any
lives were lofl.
A number of our last papers, containing an account of
thelate proceedings in Ireland, being sent to tkearmy by
his Excellency, gave them the greatest fatisfaaion, and
fan'd the glorious flame of bberty in their breafis. A#
elegant a collation as the shortness of the time would per
mit was provided by the officers of Colonel Jackfon'sre
giment : A number of toasts were drank, and the
night concluded with mufick, and a new cotillion, called
the Duke of Lein fler.^-The following foafts were drank:
1. St. Patrick.—2. The Duke of Leinfter.— 3. Lord
Shannon.— 4 Mr. Gratton —5. Mr. Ogle.- 6. Mr. Ed
ward Newenham.— 7. The Recorder.—B. Mr, Flood.—
9. The memory of Doftor Lucas—lo The volunteers of
Ireland —ll. May the cannon of Ireland bellow till the
nation is free.a- 12. The king of France.— -13. General
Washington and the army.