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From the hide, ndent Chronicle, printed at Boflon,
April 26, 1781.
Retaliation.
To — , Efquire.l
SI R,
I Have read t ! t letter inserted by you, in the New-
York Gazette, of the second of this month. It seems
incredible that in a cause so famed to humanity, as
that of unfortunate prisoners, you should have the
face to employ plsafantry and irony ; as if the fuffer
ings, the m series, and the death of their fellow men,
were mere matter of sport to the Britons. In this way
you have had the hardiness to treat the principal faas,
alledged in the deposition of Mr. Batterman; you have
replied to them with a laugh and a sneer- Upon what
principle do you found the fending our Captains and
other naval officers to'England? Is is not plain that
your countrymen are enraged to fee cur commerce
established with the rest of the world, and that in or
der to defiroy it in its infancy, they have adopted a
practice condemned by the laws of all nations You
fay, coolly, " that very many are sick and die is true,
but I will not allow that their disorders proceed from
any other cause than diet, nastiness, and want of
eloathing." Barbarians as ye are, to whom do you
fay these things? To the unhappy persons from whom
you intercept the eloathing that charitfi would afford
them, and who by the nauseous provisions arid the mor
tal drink they receive from you in their horrid con
finement, are condemned to languilh out the remainder
of their lives. J have myfelf been on board that dread
full vessel, which in your deteflible gaiety, you are
pleased to call “ the best prifonfhip in the world."
You pretend, that in our great wickedness we have
set it on fire. Let us suppose for a moment that in
this you have said the truth. Judge then yourf®lves
bow horri le roust have been the situation of your pri
soners, to compel them to seek a deliverance from it by
expefing themselves to the double danger of perilling
either in the water or in the Hames ? You would fain
jufiify the violence you have employed in forceing us
into the service of a nation we deleft. But remember,
that when on the one hand you presented me with
Blinking and maggotty provisions, and on the other
off red me every advantage, if I would enter into the
British marine my reply was, that I preferr'd death to
the horror of serving so ungenerous an enemy, so cru
el an oppressor of my country. I have forvived indeed,
these miseries, but they have left upon me such marks,
such infirmities, as will go with me to my grave.
You crown all your cruel ironies with reminding us,
" that you went on board the prison ship, and wrote
down in a large hand, on a folio sheet of paper, the
quantities of each species of provisions allowed by the
king to the prisoners of war, and caused it to be hang
ed up in the moll public place of the vessel, in order
that every prisoner misht fee it," &c. Is not this to
add insult to cruel y? You inform us in this writing
what the king of England meant we should have : you
should have spared your meet of paper ; and instead of
a lift of provisions, you should have given us the provi
sions themselves. Forbear thus to outrage humanity.
Bury in secret the corpses drawn from your pestilenti
al prisons; but do not insult us who have escaped the
contagion, with accounts full of falfity. Recoiled the
man who crawled to his fainting companions to carry
them some mouldy bread and putrid water, which
they could not endure to approach their lips. lam the
very man who onci said to you, that such treatment
was to murder men • to which you coldly replied,
“ Very well! then we must bury them." Ye friends
of liberty ! ye brave compassionate Americans ! it is
now five years since the Britons have abused your pa
tience, and laughed at your moderation. You regard
with horror ads of severity against a vanquilhed enemy,
but humanity calls you to the fuccour of your dying
countrymen. Shorten the diftrefrs of the unhappy
Americans, now fuffering extremely in the prisons of
the enemy. Retaliation! Retaliation!
SI M. WALKER.
From Rivington's Royal Gazette.
NEW- YORK, May 5.
Yeflerday arrived here the brig Saratoga, Captain De
vereaux, in 15 days from St. Christopher's, by
whom we have received the following advices:
BASSETERRE, April 6.
On Sunday last a fleet of vessels arrived : ere from St.
Lucia, with troops, which they brought from Europe,
with army fiores and cloathing. They were convoy
ed by a 40 gun ship and a (loop of war, who immedi
ately bore away to join the Admiral, for whom it is
said they had dispatches. All we hear by them is,-
that preparations were making at home, with the ut
most dispatch, for opening the campaign, with the
greatest vigour in all parts.
All accounts from the Windward Tflands speak of ^
great scarcity of provisions prevailing in the French
islands ; though they expect a fleet from France hourly
with fupplie3.---In this they may be mistaken.
Wednesday afternoon arrived here the private fllip
of war Regulator, James Walcott, Esq ; Commander,
and brought with him two large Dutch fllips, and feet
one into Montserrat. The above three prizes, toge
ther with two others, he took at the Dutch fettleroetit
of Berbicia, a few leagues diflant from Demerara,
which place surrendered to him, and the private sloop
of war Trimmer.
When Captain Walcott entered the river, the firft
estate he came to he took and plundered, wbich had
such an effea on the rest, as to induce a speedy ca
pitulation, one article of which was, that the lots sus
tained by the firft planter, should b^ paid for by the
community at large. He brought away a number of
soldiers, and their whose band of mafic- This may
afford the 18th regiment an opportunity of getting a
band. It is imagined the prizes taken are worth
70,000 l. sterling.
Yesterday captain Walcott went to wait on the ad
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miral, and prefect his capitulation with the Governor
of the Berbices.
One of the ships was loaded with provisions, which
he fold to the inhabitants, they being in dihrefs, and
the other an empty ship, which they are to load with
produce, in return for the provisions, the Trimmer is
left in charge of her, she was half loaded before he
came away.
We are just informed that the private ship Stag:
Captain Kerie, fell in with and took, to windward of
St. Thomas's, a French ship of 20 fix pounders, and:
60 men, worth 20,000 I. flerling.
The following is the conclusion of a letter from the
Commodore and Council of Demarara, and the df
tri&s annexed thereto, to their High Mightiness
the States General, after that colony had capitulated
to the private ships of war, the Bellona, the Mercu
ry, and the Hornet.
" The loss we have fuflained is exceeding great;
excluliveof the two ships taken on the 21st, there were
1$ fail, mofily laden, which we had the mortification
to fee carried off. We are left destitute of ships, of
men, and in short, are left a prey to our own slaves,
and to all privateers and pirates; and this entirely
owing to the want of every thing necessary for our de
fence, and no man of war having been left for our pro
te&ion. We implore your High Mightireffes to fend
us every necessary assistance for the preservation of
this colony, and as soon as possible. Recommending
your High Mightinesses to the protection of the Su
preme Being, we have the honour to subscribe our
selves, &c.
April 13, We have authority to assure our readers,
that the rebel privateer Holker, which has been so fuc
cefsful in these seas, is at length fafely come to her
moorings in the Carenage of St. Lucia. She fell in
with his Majefly's ship the Fox, of 38 guns, convoy
to the Corke fleet, who gave her chace, and coming
up with her, the did not chufe to stand the Fox's fire,
but hauled her colours down. The Holker, it is said,
has taken no less than seventy five prizes during her
cruize, She is supposed the fwifteft failing vessel th'at
ever failed from America; but the Fox is a new fri
gate, conftrußed on the late Admiral Earl Ferrers's
plan, and, under her topsails, will out-run the fwifteft
going vessels of our navy, though crouding all the
fail they can carry. The Holker, depending on her
heels, is brought to bed of a miftvke.
When Captain Devereaux left St. Kitts, the Cork
fleet was all fafe arrived, notwithflanding the rebel pa
pers have asserted that they were intercepted by t h e
French Sir George Rodney reigned triumphant in
the Caribbean seas ; no fleet or troops from France had
yet appeared, though their arrival has long since been
declared by the Rebel printers.
The following are two of the conditions of sale, of
the Dutch property, taken at St. Euftatius, which
were to commence on the 15th of March. VII. No
persons, whose goods have been - onffcated, to be al
lowed to become purchasers. VIII. To begin the sale
at the windermoft Hore on the bay, and to go from
store to store, progressively, care being taken to dis
tinguifh the fiores, by American, Dutch, French, &c.
The English flores to be left untouched, with a label
on each, by way of diferimination.
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Extract from the French Gazette,
dated Friday May, 26th, 1780, N°° 42.
"WE desire to acquaint
LOUIS NOEL ANGIBAU, inlifted in
the King's service under the name of BRIN
DAMGUR, in the Legion of Damas, in
the year 1768, then in garrison at Brest,
and who, ever since that time, has given
No Intelligence of his Person, that
WILLIAM ANGIBAU, his Father, de
ceased in November, 1778, who left him
a Succession. If any Person, knowing the
said LOUIS NOEL ANGIBAU, should
be acquainted with either his Death or the
place of his residence, they are requested to
give Notice of it to the Sieur ANGIBAU,
his Brother, living at Mr. GRAUD JEAU,
Painter in the Street of Faubourg, St. Mar
tin, at Paris."
TO BE SOL D,
A Tract of Land, of that high
ly improved estate, commonly called G seme Park,
situate in the county of Philadelphia, and ajout nine
teen miles from the city, late the property of doa<r
Thomas Gramme, deceased, (and by him devifert to
his daughter Elizabeth Graeme, now Elizabeth Fergu
lan) Sod tra& contains an hundred and fifty acres of
excellent ground, about fifty acres of it fine timber,
twenty aerts of it meadow, the remainder has been
highly manured wth lime and dung, and yiriddlaft
summer from twenty to twenty-five bufheh of wheat
per acre. There are on it four springs of fine water,
and a stream on it fufficient to turn a mii, being a
branch of Nefhaminy. The money to be paid d^n,
on the execution of the deed. It will be fold for a
reasonable price, and an indisputable title given to the
purchaser: For terms and further inforn ation, ^pply
to Elizabeth Ferguson, on the premises, Courier .Sted
man, in Philadelphia, and do&or William Smith, in
Market-street. Nobuildingr tn be fold.
Reading, April 25, 17$:.
Whereas, in pursuance of an
A& of General Affembiy, of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, paff:d the Third day of April, 1779, in
tuled " An Aft to raise the Supplies for theycar 1,79."
The following Tra&s of Land have been duly valued
and rated by the Affefforabf the County of Berks We,
the Commissioners for said county, do hereby give No
tice, that the Day of Appeal will be on the Fifth day
of June next ; and unless the Tax is paid on er before
the First day of August n-xt, the said Lands, or such
part thereof as will be fufir.icnt to answer the said Tax
and all charges accruing by reason of the non-payment
thereof, will be exposed to Sale, and fold to the high
est bidder. Giv*n under our hands.
Adam Witman,,
Thomas Jones, junr. > Commissioners.
Thomas Parry, )
Brunswig Township. Tax:
Acres. L.~s. d.
Michael Bright, too Supplies, n , 4 zo
<Additional sap. 4.0
Last 8 mos. tax, 160
"Widow Duncan, Phil. 300 Supplies, ,5 5
Additional sup.
Light mos. tax, 60 0
Frederick Kleckaer, zoo Supplies, j 6 15 6
Additional sup. 20 0
Eight mos tax. 80 0
Francis Parvin, 300 Supplies, ai 1 is
Additional sup. 60 0
Eight mos. tax, 14.0 ,0
James Hutton, 300 Supplies, 21 1 ,g
Addhional sup. 50 0
Eight mos. tax, 300 0
Thomas or John Mid- Supplies, 42 g 1@
deion, acres un- Additional sup. 50 0
known. Eight raos. tax, zoo ©
Catharine Lightfoot, 200 Supplies, 6 7g
Additional sup; 10 0
Eight mos. tax, 4.9 0
Eenj & Isaac Wright, 3% Supplies, 13 4 4
Additional sup. 40 0
Eight mos. tax, ISO 0
Mordecai Ellis, aerzs Supplies, 3 7 9
unkowo, Additional sup. 1% o
Eipht rno*. taX, 48 0
John Kufter, ditto. Supplies, ± 5 18 6
Additional fop. 30 0
Eight mos. tax, 120 0
James Starr, acres un- Supplies, 5 16 ir
known, Additional fpp, 8 0
Eig^htraos tax, 32 0
PzNEGROVE Townflrip.
John Gerber, zoo Additional tup. ,0 <,
Eight mo#, tax, 40 •
George Sies, 100 Additional sup. 8 0
Eight mos. tax, 32 0
George Wagner, 40 Additional sup. 10 ©
Er^ht mos. tax, 40 ©
COMRIE Townthip.
Anthony Reincha, 150 Additional sup. B>,
Eight mos. tax, 34 8
Alsace Township.
Henry Smith, acres un- Additional sup. 13 §
known, Eight moi. tax, 53 0
Broclnock Township.
Elijah Wikerlham, 100 Additional sup. 4 0
Eight mos. tax, 16 0
Adam Behm, acres un- Additional sup. 44 0
known, Eight mos '% 176 0
Cearnarvon Township.
Thomas Morgan, 50 Additional lop. it ,
Supplies, To 3 ^
Eight mos. tax, 45 ©
Amity Townflrip.
Nicholas Brofitr, 3 Additional sup. 2 0
Eight mos. tax, 3 0
Greenwich Townflrip.
George Folk, 140 Additional hip. 36 0
Eight mos. tax, 144 0
Robeson Township.
Thomas Lightfoot, 300 Additional sup. 25 e
Eight mos. tax, 100 0
/ Supplies, 29 19 ^
Benjamin Pafchail 175 Additional sup. 50 0
Eight mos. tax, zoo 0
Union Township.
Richard Graham 100 Additional flip; 16 0
Eight mos. tax, 64 0
Bethlehem Township.
Jacob Albert, 50 Additional sup. 6 10
Eight mot-tax, ±6 a
John Gunkle, 30 Additional sup. 7 0
28 0
Peter Smith, acres un- Additional sup. 6 so
known, Eight mos. tax, 26 0
Co leerook-Da le Township.
John Mifflin, 70 Supplies, so &
Additional sup A 2, 14
Firht mos tax, 118 26
Ruscom p Manner Township.
Sandley Kirby 50 Three mo. tax, 12 15
Rudolph High, 75 Threemo. tax, 15 18 ^
Greenwich Towalhip.
Andrew Refh 150 Three mo. tax, <z 5
Albany Township.
Jacob Zimmerman & Supplies, 7 e
Company, zoo Addi ional fv,. 10 0
Eight moa. t:x, 40 0
WANrE~P ^fHnfF^
A good Cook, who can be well
ractminended, to whom generous wages will be given,
and payment made in gold or fiiver money. Enquire
of the printer.