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Return of killed and wounded of his majefiy's 6,th
regiment, on the 28th of January, 1782.
Killed. Captain Ross, 1 ferjea^t, 6 rank and file.
Wounded. Qaptain Cunningham, lieutenants Brown
and Clark, ensign Chambers, 1 ferjeant 21 rank and
tite. SAM. HOOD.
N OR T H-C A R 0 L I N A.
ON the 22d of April the general assembly of this
Bate, being convened at Hillsborough, the ho
nourable Alexander Martin, esquire, late speak
er of the senate, by them was chosen governor for the
ensuing year.
On Tnurfday following, the commons and senate
being met in the conferrence chamber, the honourable
Richard Cafwell, esquire, speaker of the senate, pre
'fented the governor with the following address :
To His Excellency Alexander Martin, Esquire,
Governor, Captain General and Commander in
Chis in and over the state of North-Carolina.
ON Monday last the general assembly proceeded to
thechoice of the chief magistrate to preside in the
executive department of the government of this Rate,
when you, fir, was elected to that high and important
office by joint ballot of both houses.
The many great and fortunate events atchieved in
the course of the last year by the military skill of ge
neral Wafhiogton, count de Rochambeau and general
Greene, the gallant conduct of the officers and the bra
very of the troops of the united states, and of our il
ludrious ally, have entirely changed the face of affairs.
The clouds which over-cast the political horifon of
America are dispersed, and joy and smiling hopes of
future success have succeeded in the place; yet much
remains td Be done to effe& the completion of our
wishes, and ehablifh the independency of the united
states on a fold basis.
In a happier hour you are elected by the voice of
your country, successor to bur late, worthy and able
governor; and it gives us peculiar pleasure to haveat
the head of the executive department, a gentleman on
whose ability, firrnnefs and integrity we can rely with
the utmost confidence.
We assure you, fir, that nothing shall be left undone
on the part of the legislature, which may tend towards
the general good and to make your administration ea
sy, happy and honourable.
To you, therefore, fir, as the sirs lexecutive magis
trate of this slate, we commit and deliver the bill of
rights and the constitution, the one afeertaining the
civil and political rights of the freemen of this country,
the other giving exiftance to your office and the present
happy form of government : that the fame, under your
guardian care, may be preserved inviolate, supported,
maintained and defended, we present you with this
sword, as an emblem of that power and authority with
which you are invested for the defence of the state arid
the rights and liberties of the people.
RICHARD CASWELL, ^p. S
THOMAS BENBURY, Sp. C.
To which His Excellency was pleated to make the fol
lowing Answer.
Gentlemen of the General Assembly,
THE honours of government which you have been
pleased to confer on me this day, demand my
grateful acknowledgements, as I esteem them the
highest testimonial of publicconfidence and regard, this
free country can fllew a citizen, for which I beg leave
to return you my humble and hearty thanks At the
fame time, Mr. Speaker of the senate, I thank you for
the polite ^nd handsome manner in which you have
conveyed to me the sense of the general assembly.
Though called in the happier hour of our prospe
rity to this important station, happy should I be if I
Considered myfelf equal to this great talk and the ex
peaations of my country, at a time the duties of the
executive are truely arduous, under the deranged si
tuation of our public affairs, a circumstance ever at
tendant and unavoidable in a cause like ours. A seven
years war, prosecuted with unremitted rigor by one
of the firft powers in Europe, against us and our sister
slates, together with our own intestine commotions in
her favour, have been causes fufficient to plunge us in
to many unforefeen difficulties and embarrassments,
which, by the wisdom and prudence of your councils
at this period, you are called upon to extricate us
from, that this once flourifhing state be restored to or
der and its former importance.
Though great was the talk for these state, in union,
to contend with a power, to whom we were allied by
the strongest ties of blood and policy, and divest our
selves from her interests and our own prejudices; yet
smarting under the rod of tyranny from an unrelent
ing parent, in the anguish of our struggles we have tore
her from our hearts; and our ardor has not been
damped in supporting the rights of mankind ; but more
and more, under every adversity we have been ftimu
kited in the pursuit of freedom, and for this glorious
prize have dared to encounter a nation who heretofore
gave law to Europe and the ocean. Over whom, at
length, by the assistance of our magnanimous ally,
we have greatly triumphed ; and under the aufpicis of
Almighty God, have railed our heads among the so
vereign powers of the world.
In the atchievmenta of the late great events by which
the face of our affairs are changed, I am greatly sensi
ble the military skill of general Washington and major
general Greene, flline conspicuous, together with that
of the celebrated counts de Rochambeau and de Graffe,
whose gallant conduct, with the bravery of the officers
and men, both of the American and French armies un
der their command, will be held in grateful remem
brance by these united states to the latest ages.
Notwithstanding the machinations of Britain have
been so often defeated, her generals, with whole ar
mies, compelled to surrender prisoners of war to the
arms of America and France, reduced ,to the humilia
ting necessity of supplicating fuccours from every court
in Europe^ which to her confufion have been fruitlefs;
yet still (lie hath the madness to perfifl in a war, that
by proper exertions against her, may at last bring her
haughty power to the ground. British pride, long
Supported by riches and power, late drunk with the
Gentlemen of the general assembly ;
Your public credit calls for your immediate support
at this favourable crisis. The widow and the orphan,
deprived and robbed of the real value of their property,
under the colour of our tender laws, by mercenary
guardians and executors, with tears look up to you for
jpflice and redress.
Many of our late revolted citizens having surren
dered themselves to the justice of the state, supplicate
for mercy, and offer to return to their allegiance;
your inter position is necessary to defcriminate the clas
ses of those deluded people who may be the proper
objects of clemency.
Let not ra pine and lipentioufnefs, under the garb of
liberty, stalk around, and triumph amongst us with
impunity, revive your dormant laws to chastise the of
fenders and stamp them with infamy.
Your navigation and commerce are objeds of great
concern to this rising state. No longer permit your
ports to be entered, and your maritime towns plunr
dered by a banditti of villains, without opposition, but
give them protection and the means of defence. Bles
sed with a temperate and happy climate, the various
productions of our foil are cultivated with ease : hence
the streams of wealth, under your directing care, might
flow upon us from a thousand springs. This may be
the epoch in which, by wife regulations, you may lay
the foundations of future commercial greatness; when
nations shall be crouding their fails into your har
bours, courting your trade, and vieing with each
other in the happy acquisition thereof.
The education df your youth demands your serious
attention : savage manners are ever attendant on igno
rance which, without c Tredion in time, will sap the
foundation of civil government. Those slates who
want knowledge and wisdom in their councils have ge
nerally fallen a prey to their wiser neighbours or re
quired their guardianship. This will never be our
fate while those seminaries of learning now established
be further supported by your authority, arid others
Created when they are wanting.
These, with many other important (objects require
four deliberations, which the urgency of your domes
tic affairs, perhaps, at present will not permit you to
difeufs: happy shall I be, if I have suggested hints
that at any time may be improved for the public good.
To be supported by legislative aid in the general de
fence, afford me great consolation; and i make not
the least doubt, gentlemen, under this high assurance,
my administration will be easy, happy and honorable.
ALEX. MARTIN.
After those great objeds that interest the fcedral body,
I beg leave to draw your attention to the more imme
diate concerns of the state.
At the fame assembly the honorable Abner Nash,
Benjamin Hawkins, Hugh Williamson and William
Blount, esquires, were elected to represent this state in
congress for the present year.
Philadelphia, June 22.
By His Excellency WILLIAM MOORE, Esquire,
President, and tire Supreme Executive Council of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
idea of the conquest of these states, with reluctance at
last must bend to superior councils and force.
However fluttering the events of war have been, it is
necessary to be armed and prepared for the utmost ef
forts of this restless enemy, in subjugating this country
to her domination. Our army must be compleated;
our revenue new modelled and railed on fy flematical
principles, which have been well recommended to you
by the honourable the congress, the fuperintendant of
finance, and further urged by my predecessor at the
opening of this session, that I shall not dwell longer
thereon.
WHEREAS the southern post was robbed of his
mail, on Sunday the sixteenth day of this pre
sent month, within five miles of Harford, in the state
of Maryland, and the united states in congress assem
bled, by their aft of the nineteenth day of the fame
month, Resolved, That the executives of the states of
New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland,
be requested to pursue the most likely measures by
offering public rewards, at the ekpence of the united
states, and otherwise for the recovering the mail and
bringing the robbers to due punishment. Wherefore,
from a due regard to the said requefl, as well as from
a strong sense of the jriftice and propriety thereof. We do
hereby accordingly offer a publicreward of Two Hun
dred Dollars, to any person or persons Who shall se
cure the said mail, arid deliver the fame to any justice
of the peace of this state, within sixty days from the
day of the date hereof; and also the further reward of
One Hundred Dollars for each and every person who
shall be apprehended and convicted of the said robbery,
to be paid to such person or persons who shall appre
hend such robber or robbers, and secure him or them,
in any gaol within this state. And we do hereby ftrid
ly charge and require all judges, justices, Sheriffs, con
stables and other peace officers of the state, that they
make diligent search for the said mail, and on finding
the fame to give due notice thereof to us; and we do
hereby charge and require them, and every of them,
to make diligent search for and apprehend and secure
all and every person and persons concerned in the said
robbery, so that the said robbets may be brought to
condign punishment for the fame. And wedo hereby
offer free pardon to any person concerned in the said
robbery who shall surrender himfelf, and give infor
mation ofhis accomplices therein, so that they or either
of them shall be apprehended and convicted of the said
robbery.
Given in council, under the hand of his excellency
William Moore, esquire, president, and the seal
of the state, at Philadelphia, this twentieth day
of June, Anno Domini, one thousand seven hun
dred and eighty-two.
WILLIAM MOORE, President.
Attest. T. Matlack, Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.
A PROCLAMATION.
J TO BE SOLD, A
Hearcy, healthy, strong, sober,
honest and young NEGROE WENCH; has bad the
final! post and mealies, can cook very well and do all
kind of boule work. She is fold for want of employ.
Enquire of ISAAC CONNELY, in Market-street,
next door to Strawberry-alley, on the weft fide. June ax.
Eight Dollars Reward,
RAN-AWAY last Sunday evening from the fubferi
ber, a Negro Wench, named PHEEE, is about
28 or 30 years of are, (he is verv lusty, Ind most peo
ple take her for a Mulatto ; she is full faced, and has a
forbidding countenance, (he took with her a lusty, fat
f male Mubffo child, between two or three rears old, fire
was fetn last Monday morning, between Secohd-Orcct
bridge and the D.aw-hodge, and is no doubt concealed
by some free Negroes, in or about the town. Whoe
ver secures her so that the fubferibet can pet her again,
shall have the above reward and reafonadk ebarges,
paid by THOMAS CULLEN. Jufcc4.
;J . NEW-Y 0 RK, June r/.
The privateer schooner Lark, captain Inman, re*
turned here from a cruize last Friday night : On Tues
day last, the irth instant, in lat. 35, about 20 I;ague*
from the land, off Curratuck, he saw 37 fail of square
ringed vessels, one of which gave him chace. The,
were landing W. N. W. and fix ofthem appeared larger
On Saturday morning the privateer fliip Prince Wil
liam Henry, captain Tweed, returned from a. cruize,
and fays, that on the 3d instant, in company with the
privateer brig Digby, of this port, in lat. 38, long. 73,
between cape Henlopen and cape Henry,ne tell in with &
fleet of 3? fail pf square rigged vessels ; that they were
both chafed by two large ships, one of which had a yel
low head and tides; and appeared to have two. tier of
guns: When they gave over Chafe the fleet flood to
the southward. ;,, f
Captain Tweed has brought in with him the sloop
- • , Newton, master, from the Havanna, with
sugars and coffee: she is 17 days from thence, and waa
convoyed by the fllip Congress, of 20 guns, with a
fleet of 42 fail more, bound to the Chefapeak, Dela
ware, Connecticut, Boston, &c. . r
The Digby privateer, captain Lawton, returned
from a cruize the fame day: he confirms the account
given by captain Tweed, and further fays, that 011
the 9th instant, he fell in with the ship Virginia, cap
tain Hazard, of this port, who told him he had been
chafed some days before by theabove mentioned fleet ;
that he did not speak with any of them, but imagined
they were from New-York, bound for South-Carolina.
Captain Lawton has brought in with him the brig
Redman, captain Moffat, from the Havanna also, for
Philadelphia, which he took on the 12th, and the day
before burnt a brig on the coast of Virginia, part of
the fame fleet.
KUHN & RISBERG,
Hive just received by the ship Favorite, and now open
ing at their fture, the Portly fide of Market-street,
midway between Fourth and Fifth-ftreets. a neat
Affortmenc of Merchandize.
CONSISTING OF,
SUPERFINE Broad Cloths, Cambists, Calamancoes,
Jeans, Chintzes, Calicoes, Checks, L nent, Mul
lins, Cambrick,, Lawns, Modes, Satinets, Silk Serge,
Drab d, Soy, Nankeens, Mens and Womens Thread
and Cotton Hose, Mens and Womens Silk, Thread and
Kidd Mitts and Glover, Handkerchiefs, Fans, Silk Stay
Laces. Threads and Tapes, Paper Snuff Boxes, fine
Damask and Diaper Tablecloths and Napkins, &c. &c.
The Subscriber l.a^ removed his
HORSES to a commyir^us stable in Church-alley,
where be has Opc>.?d irf^ERY? He proposes con,
ftantly fupplving st who chufe to apply to him with as
genteel HORSES, CHAIRS, &c. as any to let in the
citv : any Gentleman who may want to hire, if they
will please to call at the Stable (which is alway kept
open and attended) there is no doubt but they will be
fully fatisfied, that ho person in this city keeps such va
luable Hories to let. Such Gentlemen as chufe their
Horses to stand at Livery may depend on the greatest
justice being done them. He will be much obliged to
those who will apply to him for Chairs, to let him know
the day before they intend to rice. A Sign is oppefite
the Stable. A. WALK E.
RAN-AWAY from the Subferiber on the morning
of the eighteenth instant, near Ezekiel Webb's
tavern, between Wilmington and Lancaster, four
NEGRO MEN, one na'med JACK WHITE, pretty
black and grum spoken, pock marked, about 34 years
of age, had on a bailors blue jacket, black breeches,
white fto kinp% and , leather cap: another calls him
felf JACK RICHARDS, remarkable black, about it
yeah old, ft )ut made, aboutg feet to or ti inches high,
had on a failurs blue jacket, old blue trowfers, and old
h+t, ?nd has a ft^page in hie fpeacin another named
Charles Jackson, a yellow fallow,had on the like
jacket nd trowfers, and a large old beaver hat, fpeak#
rood Eaglifb, stout ma!e, about 5 feet 8 inches high &
the other a hl ck fellow, calls himfelf FRANK, fpeak#
pritty plain, had on a red coat, old blue trowfers, and
a small old hat ; 'is supposed they will try to croft the
Delaware in order to get to the enemy, or offer them
feives for failure. All matters' of v^fi^ls and others, are
hereby forwuned of taking them in, or harbouring
them at their peril. Whoever takes up and secures
the above negroes, so that their master gets them a
gain, shall have the above reward, or in proportion for
any one of them, ^nd al reafcnahle charges paid, by
me SAMUEL SAYRE. June n.
Sixteen Dollars Reward,