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PHILADELPHIA. June 6.
Bay of Mobile, May 8, 1780.
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I Have happily concluded the expedition which I an
dertaok againtt the fort 6f Mobile, which was peflfeG
fed by the Engi +h ; and I have prevailed on Mr. Willem
Pickles, Captain of the American loop called the Weft-
Florida, to go to your States on the mutual feivice of
my own and your nation, and our common cante. The
good conduct and behaviour width this gentleman has
manifefted to me, and the inhabitants of this province
of Louisiana, while he commanded the ship Morris,
(which was cast away in the hurricane of the 18th of
Attguft, last year) bis experienced valour and Services
at the capture of Weft-Florida with his schooner, which
facilitated that undertaking ; his talents and qualifica
tions; the manner in which he conformed to every di
reaion that I gave him ; entitles him to my warmest ac
knowledgments ; and induce me to recommend him to
your Excellency's protection ; he being a worthy officer,
on whom I wish you to bestow your favour.
I have the honor to be,
Your most humble and
obedient servant,
BERNARDO DE GALVEZ.
To His Excellency
the President of Congress.
Articles of Capitulation proposed by ELIAS.
DURNFORD, Eq; Lieutenant-Governor of the
Province of Weft. Florida, Captain of Engineers, and
Commandant o his Britannic Majesty's troops in Fort
Charlotte of Mobile, and agreed to byhis Excellen
cy DON BERNARDO De GALVEZ,
Knight Pensioner of the Koyil and diftinguilhed Or
der of Charles the Third, Brigadier of his Majafty's
armies, Infpt&or, Intendart and Governor General
of the Province of Louisiana, and Commander in
Chief of the Expedition, &c, &c.
ART. I. %pHAT the regular troops composing the
garrison, (hall be allowed to go to Pen
sacola by way of the river Perdidos, with their arms,and
cartridge-boxes full of ammun tion, and an escort to
conduct their baggage ; or, without being searched, to
be transported by sea to the fame place as quick as pos
sible, and allowed fix days provisions. (Refufed.)
ART. IT. The fift article having been refufed, it is
demanded that they roops may raarch out of the fort,
with drums beating, and eighteen rounds of ammunition
in their cartridge-boxes ; and being at a certain Chance
from the covered way, they (hall deliver up their arms;
but the Commandant and the 0 her officers (hall keep
their (words, and neither their baggage nor that of the
soldiers (hall be searched. (Granted.)
Art. 111- The Mariners, mechanics, and inhabi
tants of whatever denomination, (hall have liberty to
retire to the places of their rtfidence, under the fame
conditions as were granted to tb^ inhabitants of the
Natchez.
Art. 111. The seamen will be conquered as th^
troops; and the inhabitants who are in the fort, and
have taken arms in its defence, mult become prisoners
of war. And in case Pensacola (kould be attacked, the
inhabitants here mult submit to the fame fate : That is
to fay, jf they take arms, 'and become prisoners of war,
thole that are here (hall continue such; if not, they
(halt from that moment, enjoy their liberty. But if
Pensacola mould not be attacked, this liberty (hall be
granted them, in eight months; but yet under an oath
not to bear arms during the war, and the preventions
and customs usual on Inch otcafions.
But the inhabitants who have not bore arms, (hall
enjoy the fame advantages as were granted by the capi
tulation to those of B?ton Rou^e^nd the Natchez.
Art. IV. The sick and wounded, who may not be
in a condition to be transported, ffiall be attended by our
Phyfcians and Surgeons; and ffiall be furnifhed gratis|with
lodgings, provisions and other necessaries, oil the fame
terms as the other troops and inhabitants.
Art. IV. The sick and wounded fliall have the fame
care taken of them as tie troops of his Catholic Majesty;
and shall be attended by their own Su^geans; his Bri
tanic Majesty paying the expence, agreeably to theCom
miffary's accounts; and when cured they fliall remain
prisoners of war as the others, and be sent to join their
refpedive corps.
Art. V. The inhabitants who may have lodged any
of their effects in the Fort fliall dispose g fthem as they
may think proper.
Art. V. All effeds found in the Fort shall belong to
his Catholic Majesty.
Art. VI. The inhabitants who have assisted in the de
fence of that fort, shall be treated as virtuous patriots.
Answered in the third article.
Art. VIL Whatever effects may have been taken from
the inhabitants by his most Catholic Majesty's troops,
during the feige, (hell be reflored or paid for, oh proper
proofs and vouchers, being produced.
Art. VII. All cattle which have been killed for the use
of the troops of his Catholic Majesty, fliall be paid for,
upon fufficient proof, to those of the inhabitants who
have not born arms, and who have not been found in a fl
tuation to be considered as enemies.
Art. VIII. If there are found in the fort any deserters, of
whatever nation they may be, they (hall be treated as the
other troops.
Ar r. VIII. If there are any defertejs whatever,they fliall
be treated as the other prisoners.
Art. IX. The prisoners (hall be furnifhed daily with
their rations until exchanged.
Art. IX. The customary ration of provisions ffiall be
furnished to the prisoners, at the expence of his Britahic
Majesty, agreeable to the Commissary's accounts.
Art. X. The soldiers fliall not be permitted to aban
don their corps or companies, or to enter into any other
service.
Art. X. The soldiers will be treated in such a manner
that it will never be fufpe&ed that there is any design to
oblige them to quit their own service, to enter into that 0/
another nation ,- but they fliall remain their own maflers,
to enter into the service of Spain, if (hey (hall desire it
of their own free will.
Mr. DUNLAP,
TTHINK I may without partia'ity esteem myfelf a
1 Whig of the firft line, yet I find that I differ exceed
ingly from others who are as high Whigs as myfelf.—
When I hear s!piece of good news not fufficiently warran
ted, I do not fly into transport like many others ; but on
the contrary, feel a prefling anxiety left it should not be
true: And when I bear a piece of disagreeable Intelligence
Art. XT. Thefort shall be delivered to His Catho
lic Majesty's troops, to-morrow morning at ten o'clock.
The besieged (hall faithfully deliver all theammunftion,
arms, artillery, powder, provisions, and other effefts re
maining at the time of capitulation, to the Commissaries
who fliall be nominated for this purpose, without destruc
tion or embezzlement.
A true copy of the Original, in the %y of Mobile,
the Bth of May, i;8o.
BERNARDO deGALVEZ.
Published by order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
Extras of a letter from an eminent House, dated at St.
Pierre, Martinique, April 23, 1780.
„ " We have reafoo to believe that an aftion has hap
pened in these seas, between the French fleet, under the
command of Monk de Guichen, and that ofthe Engidh,
under the command of Admiral Rodney, though no cer
tain account's haveyet come to hand.
, “ The French Squadron weighed anchor, and came out
®ff Fort Royal Bay the 13th inst. Confiding of twenty-two
(hips of thedine and fivefrigates, having between five and
fix thousand troops on board, under the command of bis
Excellency, the Marquis d'e Bouille, in order to make a
defeent upon one of the English .islands, but it is not cer
tain which, .This day week (the i6(h inst,) the English
fleet made their appearance in front of this town, confid
ing offwenty-obe (hips of the line, five, frigates and a ten
der, arid continued hovering within a little diOance of
this place all that day,. About five o'clock in the after
noon, the French (quadrop (which we imagine had fallen
to leeward, and had not been able to reach the object of
their destination) hove in fight, and appeared to be beat
ing up towards Dominique,channels ; the;Engtifh imme
diately gave them chace,and the French made a manoeu
vre, as if with a design to get to windward of the enemy;
night coming on, we loft fight of them, and have rceived
no a@pnt or their operations, until this morning.
" The Captain of a plot boat that arrived here laA
night from St. Euftatius, fays, that he touched at Gua
deloupe, on bis passage up to this pla^, where the French
were landing their sick and wounded men ;.that he went
on board the fl et, and was informed by some of tileoffi
c ers, that they had three different engagements with the
enemy ; that rhe English fleet,ran away twice,' but after
wards renewed the aftion, but were finally beaten and
routed in the third confliß, add never appeared in 'fight
afterwards. He alto fays, that He was informed by some
of the officers of the French fleet, that they imagined Ad
miral Rodney was killed in one of.the actions, as they
saw the Admiral's flag flruck on board his (hip, the Sand
wich, of 90 guns, and that it was not displayed after
wards-"
In General Assembly of Pennsylvania.
Wtdnefday, May 31, 1780.
Agreeable to the order of the day, the House went in
to the election of two Delegates in Congress, when Ja
red Ingersol and Timothy Matlack, Enquires,
were chosen by ballot, in addition to John Armstrong,
James Searle, James M Cleane, and Frederick
MuHLENBURgh, Enquires.
Extract from the Minutes,
THOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of the General Affembiy.
Sunday and Monday last arrived here, eight (ail of
vessels from different ports in the Weft Indies,
At a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gael
Delivery, held at Lancafterrhe Bth May, 1780, before
the Honourable Thomas M'Kean, William Augustus
Atlee, and George Bryan, Esquires f Justices of the Su
preme Court, &c.
Charles Dougherty, was tried for i robbery and ac
quitted. Nicodemus Heydon, was tried for a deceit,
found guilty, and ordered to pay a fine of 1000!. hand
in the pillory an hour, and remain in gaol till the second
Tuesday of October next. George Leech, was tried for
felony in uttering counterfeit money, and acquitted, but
was ordered to give security himfelf in 30,0001. and 2
goodfureties in 15,0001. each, for his good behaviour &c.
for seven years. Benjamin Jennings, was alfolried for
felony in uttering counterfeit money, acquitted and dis
charged by proclamation. Daniel Zuber, was arraigned
upon an indidment for felony, and plead guilty: his
(entente whs refplted till the next feffiousof Oyer and
Terminer, &c. at Lancaster. Bills were preferred against
Andrew Kline, George Miller and Benjamin Stits, for
uttering counterfeit money, and returned ignora
mus by the grand Jury. Bills preferred against Charles
Dougherty and John darkens, for burglary, were re
turned ignoramus. Bennett Heard, Nathaniel Heydort
and Jookthah Heydbn, were difchatged by proclama
tion.
At a Court of Oyer, &c. held at York, May i~ T7BO,
Daniel Sullivan, was indicted, tried and found guilty of
a deceit. He was sentenced to be whipt with 39 lathes,
fiand an hour in the pillory, and be committed to gaol
till the next Anniversary of Independence. James S.eel;
was indifted for uttering counterfeit money."
At a Court of Oyer, &c. held at Carlisle, May 22 ;
1780, Benjamin and James Nugent, for highway rob
bery; William Richardson (on two indiamehts) and
Jarres Roberts^ both for paring forged bills of credit;
Margaret Matthews, for burglary ; and Sukey, a negrb
wench, for buraing her master's barn, with corn in it,
received sentence of death. John Ryan, and William
Lumley, charged with passing counterfeit paper money
knowing it to be such, were acquitted.
Genera Thompson and fix others, were tried on ah
indiamerit of riot, committed in December 1778, at the
dwelling of George Stephenson, Esq ; at Carlifle, and
found guilty. John Nealy confeffed himfelf guilty upon
an indiament in manslaughter, and was burnt in the
hand with the letter M.
that there is some reason to diferedit, 1 do not impose if
upon myfelf as a duty or mark cf Whiggifm to difbdieve
it wholly ; but on tie con'r try, I give it all the Credit it
deserves in my mind, : and employ myfelf in concerting
measures to turn the left to an advantage, if it fhould'be
true. Oil this ground, I suppose qiarlefloirn taken, and
all the girrfon prisoners—What then—Why let every
citizen exert himfelf like a man; let the rich throw id
their aids, and patronize spirited muafures, eithe to re
cruit the army or furnish thejupplifs : Let fubferipti^ns
be opened to encreafe the bounties for recruits; Let asso
ciations be formed to fapport the credit of the currency,
and bring it up to one for forty. Let every man do his
duty as he ought—and whentue fleet and force of our al
lies arrive, retaliate the droke and recover the principal
with interest.
The enemy never yet gained an advantage that did not
in the end turn out to their loss, and the prefect will hive
the fame effeCt.—They are encumbered^with a large body
of prisoners; and their polls of Charleflown and New-
York are sq separated, that we, with the addition of a
fleet and army frem France, have our choice which we
will attack.
That there is something intricate in all the accounts re
fpeßing Charleftown, must be allowed on all sides. That
tne Iris ihould retfain there five days after the place was
taken, and bring no particulars, is extraordinary : ---Ri
vington's account, which, hefavs, came by the Iris, i£ a
very loose one, and noother has yet come out of New-
York, notwithflanding it is eightdays since the Iris arri
ved.,,
Governor Rutledge's letter, dated May 16th, [but does
not mention wherefrom,] gives it as bis opinion, ' hem all
the information he has received, that Charlefiown furrm
on the izth ; the day of surrender according to his tetter
corroborates with the New York account, but hill t{ r ?
is no positive intelligence on either fide. .
Ths enemy it is true could circulate such an account
as well into the country by Emiffarics from their ar #: :y;
as. the Iris could by bringing it to New-York, and they
might have a purpose : to answer, by so doing. But, let
Charleftown be gone or not, there is, a,duty forts to' do
whih we Degled while we spend our time, and exhaust
our invention in arguing on probabilities. .
To the point at once. Lay abide conjectures.: and let
us beg n once mere to aft as we ought to do. Lmeve
ry man stir himfelf according to his abilities, 'WH^
gifm cobfifts in something more, than riuoberNy disbe
lieving ill news, or fanguinly believing everything whieh
is pleasing, .Ad more and talk EL. Prepare to meet
them any .where, and look them in the face and
them dotheir worst...
^ serious W H I G.
Philadelphia, June 5, i 7 g o .
To be SOLD by Public Hudlion.
On Wednesday the 7 th instant, at twelve o'clock iri
the forenoon, at the C ffec-H
TH E Seconet THREE SISTERS, Mihail her
tackle and apparel, beng well found and sited for
sea ; burthen about thirty-five bns, no lying 2t Market.
,eet Wharf. Ah Inventory o f a ij the article s may
seen the day of file.'
Philadelphia, - June „ 1780.
7uo Hundred & Fifty Dollars Reward.
D ANAWA Y yesterday afieraoon, from the Rb.
lubfenber, a MULATTO GIRL, who calls
felf SARAH GROVER, about < 7 or ,3 years of a „'
of a fulien ccunttnar.ee, had on # or took ^'ith her, one
ft.iped purple and white long gown, one dark cLicoe
ihort ditto, one green petticoat with white flower, o ne
white flannel ditto, cne black quilted ditto, top'd with
blue, one green borhet, one white linen apron, ~l f
white linen mitts, one pair c f gec'd leather shoes ^d
one or two par cotton her kings, , She belongs to a'^n
tieman in Shre a ßury, wh @ having a fofpicion of'her
intending to git to New-York, where feme < f her reri
tions are, lent her to this city. Whoever am^hQ
her, and ledges her in any goal, No that her mailer can
get her again, (hail receive the, above reward ard rea
sonable charges, JOSEPH BULLOCK "
~Philadelphia, j u p e 5 , „ o „
To ve jOLD by Public /ludlion.
At the Coffee House, cn Wednesday next the
7 tb instant, at 12 o\lock.
ALE ASE of a FRAME HOU E and LOT, on
which it ftandr, (during the life of M-s. Mary
Lei^l,) lituate next door to the Harp ^nd Cr<w in
Third-street, being very Suitable for a Store or Mec'ha
nicks Shop; fubjeft to an annual rent of twenty Pounds
Pennfylvan.a Currency.
To be SOLD by PUBLIC AUCT~ON'
On Wednesday the 14th instant, at the Cefr-H-ufc
, in this citv.
fr HE. schooner HUMMING BIRD, as ffi e now lies
ten a L M ' Hollingsworth's Wharf, at the Head cf
Elk. She is Virginia built, mounts 4 carriage guhs and
4 (wivels, carves about 45 hogfheaus of tobacco is w-l!
found, and to be fold with all her matterials „ fb e cam
from lea. Inventory of which to be seen at the Ceffee-
House.
W A NT E D^
TH E Penpfybahia Packet, for the tears
'/ 75 ’ ' 77 '? i777r^nd 1/78. Any perlon hav
ing tn, fame to dupofe off, may have a good price, by
applying to the Printer. - > ,
S °LD
JOHN LE TrLIE R,
In Market.Sreet, nearly opposite the London Coffee-
Houle, Philadelphia.
A SMALL afforimert of the best Watch Cry ftals.
A n , sp " n ^s ard Fusee Chains, Allo abo^
thirty-five thousand Sniping Shingles,