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JExtraa of a letter from ft gentleman in Cadiz, dated
September ii, 1781.
" The duke de Crillon, a French general in the Spa
nish service, with 3000 Spanish troops, has landed on
the island of Minorca, and has taken possession of the
whole thereof except the citadel (St. Phillips) to which
he obliged the enemy to retire, and it is supposed they
must be under the necessity of surrendering shortly.
We have taken in that port three British frigates and
upwards of 100 merchantmen and privateers, together
with the stores, full of all forts of provision and mer
chandize."
Extract of a letter from an officer in Virginia.
" Imagine how grateful a fight to fee the boafled
Cornwallis reduced to the necessity of surrendering an
army of 6000 men to our great commander, who never
summoned him during the liege, but obliged him to sue
for terms. Flow humiliating to British insolence! May
it be the fate of all our foes, and Britain be compelled
to leave America to enjoy the freedom so nobly contend
ed for.
" Notwithstanding the advantage' my country must
derive from this glorious event, I should feel a lympa
thy for the fate of these fellows, was it not for
the recollection of their reiterated cruelties: this reflec
tion will make me ever look on them as a plundering
banditti, and fuppreffes' every sensation which pity
might raise for the unfortunate.
“ I have been several times in town where a number
of the British and German officers yet remain. The
former appearvery sulky to the American officers : one
of them, a captain in the guards, was put in the pro
vost for his insolence, but afterwards behaved meanly
fubmiflive: the way several others have conduced
themf:lves when reprimanded by our officers for fimi
h offences. They are, indeed, a contemptible set of
fellows, affect a refined delicacy of conduct, but have
in several instances proved mere puppies f and now sy
cophantly court the company of the French officers, to
whom, before the surrender, they often profeffed the
most bitter inveteracy.
" His lordship has acquired no great credit by his
defence ; though he could not possibly have held out
many days longer. The besiegers did not amount to
very many more than twice the number of the befieg
ed, who, notwithstanding, made but one inconsiderable
sortie, in which they were the greater fufferers.''
Yesterday the Truflees and Faculty of the University
of this state, waited on his Excellency General Wash
ington, and presented the following address.
To his Excellency GEORGE WASHING-
T ON, enquire, Commander in Chief of the Armies
of the United States of America.
S I R,
TH E tru^ees and faculty of the university of
Pennsylvania, deeply impressed with a sense of
the many important services you have rendered
to America, happy in the proteaion which this semi
nary of learning, in common with others, has obtained
by your exertions, and elated with the pleasing prof
ped of the progr^fs of science, and the establishment
of the independence and peace of America, beg leave
to teftify their participation of the general joy, that is
felt by all the friends of their country, on the capture
of lord Cornwallis and his army. Penetrated with the
#noft lively sentiments of gratitude to Heaven, for the
preservation of your important life, they feel an addi
tional pleasure in the reflexion, that it has pleased the
Most High, who superintends and direds the coun
sels of states and princes, to zecomplifh this glorious
event under the immediate auspices of your excellency,
in conjunction with the united counsels and forces of
America and France: an event which must tend to
humble the pride of Britain, while it cements the union
end firengthens the affection of the confederate nations,
and encircles, with unfading glory, the head of that
magnanimous prince, to whom we are so much indebt
ed, and which will transmit to posterity, with honour,
the names of his intrepid officers, particularly the
counts De Graffe and De Rochambeau, who with dif
tjnguifhed wisdom, alacrity, zeal and abilities, have
seconded the wishes of their Sovereign, by uniting their
exertions in the execution of your excellency's well
concerted and judicious plan.
Signed by order and in behalf of the board of truflees,
Wm. MQOR E, Prefidept.
In behalf of the faculty,
JOHN EWIN G, Provost.
To which his Excellency the General wag pleased to
return the following answer:
To his Excellency WILLIAM MOORE, esquire, Pre
sident of the Board of Trustees: and the Reverend
Mr. EWING, Provost of the University of Penn
sylvania.
Gentlemen,
AMONG the several congratulatory addresses
which I have had the honour of receiving from
my fellow-citizens on the late important success of the
allied arms, I esteem none more highly than this of
the trustees and faculty of the university of Pennsylva
nia.
Convinced that science is the nurse of liberty, I have
ever made it a rule to protea and encourage, to the u t
moft of my power, all seminaries of learning : and in
expressibly happy shall I be to think, that my services
tave, in any degree, contributed to there-establishment
of an institution so eminently diftihguifhed as that
which you, gentlemen, patronize.
It will afford a very sensible fatisfaHion to the gene
rals of a nation, as celebrated for her progress in the
arts as the is for her prowess in arms, to fee their own
names and that of their illustrious sovereign, mention
ed in so refpedable and grateful a manner. You are
perfeßy right in attributing to their alacrity, zeal and
ability a great share of the honour gained at York.
J have the honour to be, with the greatest veneration,
Gentlemen,
Your most obedient humble fervent,
GEORGS WASHINGTON.
Mr. Printer,
The following piece is An Tumble imitation of Dryden's
Alexander's Feast: you are welcome to publish it.
Yours, A SOUTHERN EXILE.
An O D E.
I.
'TWAS for the conquest nobly won
1 By fair Columbia's much lov'd son:
Aloft in high e state,
The chief exalted fat,
Admir'd by all, by all careft:
Let truth with chearful prai'e,
His fame for ever raise, . ,
And virtue be with honours bleft.
Crown'd with his country's just applause,
Patron of nature's rights, her laws,
Behold! the chief in freedom's cause.
Happy, happy, happy state,
• None but the good,
None but the good,
None but the good are truly great.
11.
• Let founding instruments of joy,
With sweet accord proclaim,
Vour Ikillful hands, your heroe's fame:
And songs each tuneful tongue employ,
To celebrate his name.
Tell what martial deeds were done,
What dangers, hardships, greatly borne,
And fields by conscious justice won :
How at a people's firft command,
He came to save a finking land,
And persevering nobly flood,
Devoted to his country's good:
Then great in arms, with goodness bleft,
His virtues were by all confeft;
For Wafftington they shout around,
Each place eturns the welcome found,
And all witu confidence abound.
With modest ears,
He mildly hears,
His country's voice
In him rejoke,
And to the world his name endear#.
111.
Now strike your tuneful instruments again,
A louder yet, and yet a louder firkin;
Let ev'ry note a gen'rons tribute prove,
And kindred founds bespeak your grateful love :
Behold him! great and good,
Whom his alliance flow'd,
The naive friend of. human kind:
Oh ! may his fame to latest age,
Be reart in each historic page,
T'imprint his virtues on the mind.
Fam'd Gallia happy in his smiles
Suall scorn Britannia's treach'rous wiles,
And to Mankind a great example show,
Of ev'ry godlike virtue here below.
How illustrious must that ruler prove,
Whose pow'r is founded on his people's love.
Happy, happy, happy state,
None but the geod,
None but the good,
None but the good are truly great.
IV.
See proud Albion insolent and vain,
Assume th' extensive empire of the main, [flain:
And boafl with cruel pride,her foes on land and water
Just heav'n th' impious madness view'd,
Her hands in guiltless blood imbru'd,
Her rapine, and her cruelties,
And heard the injur'd orphans cries;
And while she, Gods ard men defy'd,
Croft her fell hopes, and Checkt her pride.
Her armies, baffled, routed, taken,
Her towns and forts in haste forlaken,
Her fleets dispers'd upon the seas,
Her commerce droop and strength decrease;
Alas! fee, fallen from her high estate,
Proud Britain, is, but nominally great.
Deserted in her utmost need,
Her fate by heav'n at length decreed,
In vain for fuccour she applies,
Each neighbour ev'ry aid denies.
Behold her joyless tyrant fit forlorn,
His bosom with a thousand torments torn,
His fubjeds murder'd,fhis dominions loft,
His glory tarnifht, his ambition croft,
Revolving in his down cast foul,
The various turns of chance below:
And oft a heartfelt sigh he stole,
And tears in anguish flow.
V.
Now let your thundering cannon roir,
And founding shake the British shore,
Bid their loud throats in vengeance speak,
And cause the guilty heart to quake;
Hark hark! the awful found,
Their dark counsels confound;
I hear their peoples cries,
What mad'ning'tumults rife!
Cornwallis taken, all is loft,
The whole in dread confufion toft ;
Their rights betray'd, themselves deceiv'd,
Convinc'd of fallhoods, once believ'd,
Revenge, revenge, the people cry,
And doom their g ilty chiefs to die.
Behold a ghafily band,
Slow stalking o'er the land!
Relenting heroes, who, in battle flaim,
To their lov'd country new appear again,
In hopes her mad ambition to reflrain:
Behold they point to Hampden's honour'd bu ft,
And pay their off'rings to his sacred drift,
In awful silence fee they shake their heads,
And disapprove a haughty tyrant's deeds;
Then fighing,fer their country's mournful fate,
faturu t' enjoy an happier eftats.
Bedford 'county, December 8, 178^
WHEREAS the estates of Jacob Hare
and Harry Gordon, late of the county of Bed
ford, having been in due course of law forfeited to thia
state, we the fubferibeis, agents for the f^id county of
Bedford, do hereby 'give Notice, that tie real eftatea
of the said Jacob Hare and Hurry Garden, within the
said county, consisting of the following Mefluages and
Traa# oiLaid, v,z.
One Meffuage and T a& o' Land, containing about
goo acres, situate in the said county of Bedford, ire
Hopewell town&ip, late the prep rty of the laid Hare.
One Meffuage and T<^& of Lan^, containing about
17 0 acres, with good Bui dirg\ & . thereon, situ: te
in Frankftewn township, in the count, aforefaid, late
the property of the feid Harry Gordon.
Will be Sold at Public Vendue, at the Court House
of laid county, on Thursday the i 3 h day of Ap^l
next, the lale to b°gin precileiy at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, and continue frem day to da, until the whole
is laid. The terms of file will be according to hw, viz,,
One fourth part of She purchase money to be paid in
ten days after sale, or the premises again to revert to
the state, and the bidder be liab'e to forfeit the fid one
fourth p^rt of the purchase money, and the remainder
within cue month after sale, and in failure thereof the
piemifrs in like manner to revttto the ftrte, and the
fourth part paid to be forfeited ; and on certifi ates of
payment being produced from the a cuts or either of
them, deeds will be given as ^y hw directed.
And to prevent all diffi ultie* in refpe& of payment,
the agents will attend at the Court Houle, on the :oth
day trier sale, to receive the firft payment, and in like
meaner on the 30th day after sale to receive the lalt
payment, after which no pwchale money will be re
ceived, but the premife# again fold for the use of the
commonwealth.
And we the agents do allo, purfaant to law, hereby
notify all the cla mants to the fail ;rrmii\s, or an,
pa t thereof, and C editors to the feid J coh Hare and!
Harry Gordon, to exhibit their claimsand demands ta
the justices of the supreme court within the time Emit
ted by law, or they will be forever barred from the re
cuyery thereof.
GIDEON RTTCHIE,) .
MICH. CRYDER, ) ^^
Charles Pettit,
Atihe house of the late William Alien, esquire, in
Water-street, a few doors southward of Market,
street, hath for SALE, by the Bale or Piece, for
Cash, Bills of Exchange, or Bank Notes,
A FEW bales of low priced Blankets,
A Ten pi ces of light Sail Duck,
Low priced blue and brown Cloths,
Coatings and Swanflkins,
A small Assortment of Linens, from fine ihirting linen
to dowlafs,
A few pieces of Cambrick,
Some Ribbons, silk Laces, &c.
At the fame Place may also be had,
A few pair of Cannon, 9 and 6 pounders,
Cannon Shot from 6 to 24 pounders.
Grape Shot,
Rolled lion suitable for caboofis,
Which ha will fell to the firft applieri, on moderate
terms, in order to close the sales.
WANTE D, A
Large convenient Room,
For a Society of eight or ten Gentlemen, to meet ire
once a week during the winter. Any perlon having
such a one to rent, by leaving their name with the
Printer will be waited on.
WANTS A PLAC E,
A young Man, about seventeen
y^ars of age, of tolerable education, and well acquaint
ed with the city, can be well recommended, would be
glad to serve any Gentleman or Merchant, in the fore
or c^unting-houfe.
N. B. A letter directed for A. B. and left with the
Printer, the Gentleman will ba waited upon imme
diately.
^HIS DAY,
At Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, at the MarfaVj
STORES,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
COPPER Tea Kettles,
Snuff B xei,
/ Pewter Quarts and Pint#,
Mustard,
Shoe Blacking,
Shoes,
Hvi,
Writing Paper,
English Brandy,
Two Chests of Hyfon Tea,
IrifhLinens,
Check and printed Handkerchief#,'
Shirts, ~
Thread#, Laces, and Trimingi,^
Gartering,
Figured Lawn#,
Superfine Cloths,
Buttons, Silk, and Mohaif,
Black English Taffeties,
Silk Mns,
Blankets.,
And 8 Variety of other Article#, Part of the Cargo
of the Prize Brigantine King George.
D,cn. CLEMENT BIDDLE, Marshal.