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Ailed themselves Loyal Refugees (Royal Sneep-ftealers it
Should be) and pretended to aft under commission from
the commander in chief of the British forces as Newport. -
They immediately began to break open and plunder the
stores warehouses, &c. firft that of Mr. Thomas Jenkins,
which tey cleared of a great quantity of good , 261 bar
rels of oil, zooo weight w ale-bone ; and flript it of eve
ry thing, even to fomechilk and an old grindstone ; broke
open a number of other Rores, took a large quantity of
oil, molasses, sugar, coffee, and all kinds of gbo^ that fell
in their way, 30 or 40 suits of fails, with anchors, cables,
towlines, great quantities of cordage, rigging, &c. also the
whole craft and provifiobs they came accrofs. A hundred
and fifty men or more were employed from four P. M. on
Monday to fix next morning, in plundering, inputting and
abuing the inhabitants; compelling them to truck down
10 tueir vessels what they had t^ken from them. They
owned they had been to Fdmouth (in the county of Barn
ftable) that they intended to have landed , but after pro
ceeding with their boats along fliore, they found no place
so convenient to land as thattney firfl proposed where a
party of our people were placed and made fail and c me
fn there, especially with two vessels lull of men determi
ned at all hazards to land ; but as they g*t near in Riore,
the rebels who lay in ambulh, rose and fired upon them
and killed 15 anl wounded zo more, whom they fear off
in a sloop to Rhode-Iflanci ; that Edward Window ( for
merly ®t Plymouth/ was commanding offi er when at
Falmouth, but being wounded by ab.ll through the braaft,
was gone to Newport in fail vefel . this was told 'by the
sentries /although George Leonard (formerly o f Boston,
mil er) pretended that he was gone to Rhode-Inland with
the gout in his fiomaco. This Leonard being next in com
mand to Willflow, took the command at N intucket, and
Peharn Window ( formerly of Plymouth ) was next to
him, after Edwarl Window was wounded ; one Murray,
of Rutland, was the third jn command'
Taere were with them who were known besides, two of
Brigadier Ruggles's foils, of Hardwick, a Foster, late be-*
longing to Plymouth ode U>nam (supposed major Up
ham, of Brookfield) Eldad Tupper, Lemuel Bourn, and
'Samuel Perry, late of Sandwich, a William Shearman,
and a Toby of Rochester ; Hicks' the printer, late of Bo
ston ; a Bardin, Christopher Hargil, a Sloacum, and two
Siffons, of Newport.
They at last were told that a 20 gun Ihip and a priva
teer of the Am ricans were comin, to take them, and being
told the people would not bear with them four hours lon- #
ger, they retreated precipitately, carrying moftof what
they had plundered, but leaving some loaded carts which
they could no- hay to take with them—carried off two
brigs, with their cargoes, bound to toe Weft lidles, and
two or three fen toners, and a large number of boats ; some
things they ouid not carry off they deftroyedl They told
the people they Rimid comeagain very soon, an) if.they
abused th,ofe w .0 were fr riendly to them, they would cha.
Rife them ; that tuey intended to attack Falmouth again
in a fortnight
Some of our people who were on the spot, observed Dr.
Tupper very busy with them, and they' thawed great par
tjalityof frien Ehip to their brother Tories.
From the above account, compared with what they ow
ned at Nonnamfefcand the Vineyard, we have reason to
think Col. Freeman, and the brave men under his command
gave the poor rascals a decent drubbing.
CH'ARLESTO WN, (South-Carolin!) March 17.
ON Thursday Lift, ata Court of Special Sessions, held
for that purpose, came on the trials of William
Tweed, Andrew Groundwater, and Jonn Duer, taken dn
the firft inflaut, attempting to join the inveterate enemies
of the United States of America at Savannah in Georgia,
These being, frvn the lenity of this government, the firft
trials of the kind had in Cnarleft6wn, the Court was re
markably crowded, and the crimin Is had every indulgence
that could be granted : But it appeared so clearly, that
Tweed was charged with a letter to Col. fonts and Col.
Campbell, from a British officer, (a prisoner of war here)
of the moR malignant tendency ; ana that Groundwater's
purpose was to take the benefit of the Proclamation, which
conditions pardon oh taking up arms ; the Jury at eight
o'clock at night, after having been afliort time out, found
them both guilty , • but Duer was acquitted, it appearing
that he had been ordered to depart the State, and thereby
was induced to accept Tweed's offer to carry him to Geor
gia. On Monday the unhappy c^vids received sentence
of death, and this day they were executed pursuant to that
sentence ; Groundwater declaring, to his lafi hour, that
his sentence was just, but he owed his untimely end to his
companion.... .
BOSTO N, April :§.
fy fendr, persons of veracity, cube arrived here lafi Sun
day evening from Nantucket we have tkefettling ac.
count of a defeent made on that tfand, by a party if the
enemy, styled " Loyal Refugees, " after their enterprise
at Falmouth, vis.
ftp HAT nine fail of arm^d vessels arrived there on
& Monday laid at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, front New
port, but last from Falmouth ; upon whichthe inhabitants
sent off a boat to know what demands they had, or what
their business was They were told that they, were come
after the property of tne rebellious fubje&s of America,
mentioned among others, Thomas Jenkips and Timothy
Fitch. They immediately landed near 200 men, and en
tered the town with fixed bayonets and drawn swords;
The following p-oclamatim of the afociated Refugees from
the different parts of this,ate, which one of them in their
great hurry left behind, foevs in the clearest light the
malignity of the whole berdot torses, and the impolicy of
admitting any 0, them to return, or remain among us
dna it is hoped the real estates of our inveterate absentees
•will soon be fold in th s flute, as they have been in the
neighbouring fates, not wttbjlending many of them have
been leased jor a Jhart term.
TO further in some degree, the service of our most gra
cious Sovereign, and to afford the means by which the
greatly injured people redress tnemfelves, his Excellency
the commander in chief has at the reqtiefl of a number of
Loyal Refugees, permitted them to associate and embody
themselves under offi rets duly appointed and commissioned
and to retaliate upon and make reprisals against the in
habitants of the several provinces in America, in actual
rebellion against their Sovereign, the afftowd refugees
now think proper te declare in the most public manner,
the reasons which have induced them to engage in this bu
finefe
And firft they call God to witness, and they trust their
future condudwill prove, that they are not actuated by
any defigri to prolong the horrors of war, or to increase tne
naileries of their country but on the contrary, they do
most sincerely and cordially wifli to fee it again Rourifhing
And prosperous emancipated from Roman Catholic leagues,
and freed from the intolerable tyranny of Congress and
Committee-men.
Impretfed with a due sense of loyalty to the bell of kings,
and fully convinced 0 the mildness and benignity of theßri
tilh government these affotiators gave no credence to the
many wicked foggeftions artfully propagated by the lea
ders of the people, to excite them to overturn the eftab
hfhed governments arid to raise a civil war; but always
considered the authors of thofefuggeftions as the real ene
mies of the country : — For this they have been calumnia
ted, insulted and irnprifoned ; have been compelled to a
bandon their dwellings, their friends and connedions ;
have bad their elites fequefiered, and themselves former
ly banished from their several homes, never to return, on
pain of deaths -
Thus circum danced, they conceive themselves warran
ted, by the laws of God and man, to wage war against
their inhuman persecutors; and to use every means in their
power,'to obtain redress and compensation for the indigni
ties and losses they have fuffered.
- Generally acquainted with the country and its inhabi
tants, it is their intention to diflinguilh between the faith
ful loyalist and the insidious rebel, between the peaceful
citizen and the persecuting Committee-main But as damage
may be done by their p rties through 1 guprance or inat-,
tention, to the property of some person well affected to the
King's cause, t^e associated rhiugees promise and engage
to make fatisfa&ion from toe common flock of the associ
ation.
And they call on and invite, all those of their country
men who still preserve their loyalty to his Most Gracious
Majesty George the Third, as well as on all those whb sen
sible of the wretched state of their country, have at length
grown weary of Congressional tyranny and paper money,
and who now hate with the true Spirit of English fubjeds,
French frippery, French politicks, French religion and al
liances, to join with them in thrir endeavours to re over
for their country, its ancient form of government, toge
ther with the inestimable blessings of peace, and the friend
ffiip and protection of Great-Britan.
Signed at Newport, the 32th of Ilarch, 1779,
by order and in behalf of the Associators.
JAM ES CLARK, Secretary,
Hal Ha! Ha I Kifum teneatis dmicit
Ex%& of a letter from Corke, dared November 16; 1778.
' T e impression which the newt of the taking of Do
minica made upon thepeople of Great- Britain, is as strong
as you can well imagine. This firft conquest of our ene.
mies, spread a consternation through the three kingdoms.
London, which takes the lead, in all politicalferments, has
given ®n this occasion the most lively marks of the impa
tience and difcpntept so natural to the people of England.
The Miniflry and Parliament, and all connected with the
present aimi ihration of affairs, are loaded with the bit
terest reproach,. Toe cr of the people now is for a new,
Parliament; a Parliament whi h, instead of wafting their
time in ;iuqles (peculations and debates, shalt attend to
the most import nt business, and stall seriously exert them
fi.lve^ to drfpel foe cl uds that threaten eves the deftrufti
-01 of the nation It is said the King begins to lend a fa
vourable ear to this cry, and has given orders to take such
steps as tend to t^e creation of a new Parliament. Ac
carding to tue orders the Lord Lieutenant of this kingdom
has received, all the regiments of Ireland are to be aug
mented to a thoufmd m@n each ; three or four of which
are to e sent to Jersey, and to embark from thence for
the Weft-Indies. The Lord Lieutenant will hardly be
able to fulfil these orders. @ur salvation is by no means
favourable for new levies. Diftontents and misery con
tinually increase, from various causes; and our people are
apt to pals from murmurs to {edition. Lord Howe, it is
f,id, is to command in the channel, and never did the no
bility of the three kingdoms difeover a greater ardour to
acquire a knowledge of marine affairs. Above two hun
dred foas of the firft families, have entered on board the
fleet this year, in quality of volunteers.
“ According to the most accurate accounts, the forces
France has on foot are foperiorto ours, even including the
militia, in the proportion of three to one. The marine of.
France, united to that of Spain, is also ftperior to ours, in
ti:e proportion of one and a half t® one. This obfervatioa
is not so agreeable as it is just."
On Friday last arrived here from Martinico, Captain
Manly, formerly a diftinguifliei officer in the continental
service, and late Commander of the private lhip of war
Cumberland, that was not long since taken by the Pomo
na, a new Bri+iffi frigate, and carried into Barbadoes.
Captain Manly and his officers were all confined iu that
place, and not allowed ?y.y indulgence upon parole, for
which they repeatedly applied, They were accordingly
not withheld by the rules of honour or war from making
their escape, which they eft&ed by seizing a Bermudian
Hoop, in which they conveyed themselves to Martinico,
and which they afterwards fold there. It is said the offi
cers of the Britith frigate Fox, former) taken by Captain
Manly, were at B ^badoes when he was carried in there,
who, in a body visited him in his confinement, and paid
him their civilities.
Friday last a brave sea Captain at Salem (William Gray)
hearing a privateer from New-York was on the coast not
far from that harbour, offered to fiep on board an armed
(chooser (the Roebuck) that lay here, and attempt to
bring her in, provided he could get a crew. A fumcient
number of bold fellows immediately entered the schooner
with him. They went out, and running close up to the
privateer, soon carried her and brought her into Salem.
She was a Roop of eight carriage guns besides swivels, and
sixty men, called the Caster, which made no refinance.
Sue came from New-York, with a number of other pri
vateers, to cruize upon our coasts and to intercept our Sup
plies ; encouraged perhaps by the late success of a cruizer
from the fame place, which took several valuable vessels
within, or on the borders of this Bay. The public pays
def^rved honour to the alartnefs of the Salem Captain and
crew, and would gladly pay the fame honours on ± fmai*
lar occasion to the continentol frigates.
FORTY DOLLARS REWARD.
C FRAYED or STOLEN from off the Commons
° of Philadelphia, on the Seventeenth inst. (April) a
black HORSE, about fourteen and a half hands high,
neither brand nor ear mark, fix years old this spring,
fiddle marked on several places, a fear on each hip,
trots and hand-gallops remarkably well. Whoever
takes up the said harfe, and the th^f if fiolen,
and brings them to the fubteriber living in Fourth-street,
between Union and Pine-streets, Philadelphia, (hall have
the above reward, or Twenty Dollars tor the hqrfe
only. WILLIAM BROWN, Capt. Artillery.
N. B. Said horse may be left at Francis PioCor'a li
vely Tables, in Lombard-ftrect, betwixt Front and Se
cond' facets.
^uaday arrived fafe in port, a schooner in fi^daya from
North-Carolina, laden with bread arid grain,
Sime day returned from a fuccefsful cruize, the state
armed brig Hazard, Capt. Williams, having taken fear
prizes three of which have arrived fafe in port.
Yesterday morning returned from a cruize, the flats
armed brig General Gates, Captain Waters.
A letter from a gentleman of character at the Southward,
mentions, that the American Commissioners at Paris have
been empowered by Congress finally to adjust terms of ac
commodation on the part of these states, through the medi
ation of Spain.
It is highly probable that France and Spain would
choose to eftablilh the independence of America without
a general war, if it could be avoided; and it is evident
enough Great-Britaia dreads the consequence of such a
war. She has therefore not only acquiefeed in, but court
ed the mediatory negociations of Spain, through the win
ter. In her dispute with Spain, about the affairs of
Faulkland's island, ihe condescended to accept the mterpo
fition of France; in t.er prefect dispute with America and
France, the is brought so low as to invite the mediation of
the Spanish branch of the Houle of Bourbon.
It is said that feme diilin^uifhed members of the minori
ty in England, have lately not only had .permi flion, but
the desire of Lord North to pass over to Fiance in a pri
vate manner, to found the American Commissioners ref
peeling the ultiix :te demands of the Rates they represent.
Should the war continue another year, there are some
fteng indications that the next campaign will be diftia
gudhingly vigorous on the part of America.
It is reported, that three privateers from New-York,
that came out with a design to cruize on this coast, have,
got into Cape C6d harbour, and' that two well armed vef-
Ids from Salem have failed in pursuit of ;hem. May they
succeed as well as the brave Captain Gray.
The government of this slate, we are told, are faking
measures for the better defence of our coast; and though
our enemies seem to have defpifed' the continental frigates
that have laid so long in our harbour, we doubt not we
shall soon devise means to secure ourfehes from such in
sults as have lately been offered us, by a fry of despicable
freeboote rs.
Some of our knowing ones do net yet give up the idea
ofa powerful armament of our allies, soon appearing upon
the American coasts. They are confident it will not be
long before we shall fee a French and Spanish fquadroa
in these fees. There are a number of cirtumftance§ that
render such an event not Together improbable.
Our last advices from New- York are, that they have
accounts in that city, as late as the last @f February fr The
freace, however, which has been observed there, does not
indicate they haveany great good news from Europe, by
these arrivals; any thing very Wrongly in their favour,
would have been rung and loudly boasted of by our ene
mies. It is whispered from thence, that the Dutch have
almost compleated the preparatory Reps for a loan to the
States of America.
The oredhtory plan of the tories that have lately infeft
ed the southern coafis of this fate, is more extensive than
was at firft imagined. The infamous Brigadier Ruggles,
a native of Massachusetts, flourifhes with his royal com
mission at the head of this band of robbers. Toe dlre&i-.
on of their motions is committed to his parricide. The
noted Gilbert is his second. It fesms the governmental
folks at New York, heartily fatigued with having so
many importunate hungry tories hanging upon them,
have come to a kind of compromise with these wretches.
They are now to prowl for their own living. The Britilh
King allows them small armqd vessels, and fait previsions;
refpe&ing other things they are to find themselves. Equips
upon so honourable a footing, they are to seek their pay
and maintain their families by plunder and robbery. Tn^r
leader at Sandwich and Falmouth, Edward Winslow, of
Plymouth, is a Specimen of the future fate of many of
them. He is gone back to Rhode-Ifland with the gout in
his flomach, occasioned by a musket ball; and probably,
will rob no mere.
Monday morning arrived here from Baltimore, Capt.
J. Malcom, tn a schooner belonging to this Rate, with
joo barrels of flour, after a passage of but five days.
Thursday last sentence of the Honorable Superior Court
was executed on Ifaae Taft, convi&ed of fraudulent prac
tices, by being Cet in the pillory one hour. He was after
wards remanded to prison, there to remain 'till his sentence
be fully completed-
Hartford, April 6.
Extra& of a letter from a Gentleman in Philadelphia fit hie
friend in this tovm^ dated 28th March.
" Holland has commissioned thirty-seven fltips of the
line. Denmark has agreed to furnish fix thousand fearaen,
and in conjunction with Sweden, have lignified to Great-
Britain their intention of supporting a free trade with
France, America, and all the world. Russia has refufed
to fend Gr^at-Britain any troops.---Spain is armed, as
are many other powers in Europe. This moment Great-
Britain is making overtures of peace with America."
Exert yeurfelves, Americans, and secure peace as you
have independence! This you may do on your own terms.
This single State of Connecticut can bring into the field a
force superior to the British army in America.
Apri l 13. A few days since General Clinton returned
to New-York, accompanied by a froall guard. It is said
the British troops 011 Long-Inland, are commanded by
General Vaughan.