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recourse to France and Spain, and endeavour to form
an alliance with those courts, is gone to France for the
aeceffary inftrudions on that fubjeft, particularly as
it is thou jit inch a propofcl would, at this ine, be
rather einbarraffing, as both those powers, though
they do not cnoofe to let it appear, very%arden ; tly with
for peace..
'' The last letters from Paris feemto (peak of the re
treat of Mr. Necker as a preliminary hep towards a
peace."
Letters from St. Lucia fay, the air of that inland
does not agree well with British Conflitutions, that a
fort of peftiiential disorder rag°s among.fi the people
there, that many die daily, and others are so ill that
they are unfit for any fort of service
ft is remarkable that commodore Johnftone directs
his letter to the earl of Hillfborough, tecretar/ for the
foufhern department, when the naval commanders ge
nerally hired their dispatches to the secretary of the
board of admiralty.
DESCRIPTION of ST. Jago, ISLE of MAY, &c.
“ THE island of St. Jago, where the French attack
ed commodore Johnilone's squadron, is one of the
Cape de Verds, re largest of them all, and about 50
leagues in circumference: it is very mountainous, and
has much barren land in it. The productions are su
gar, cotton, wine, Indian corn, cocoa nuts, oranges,
and 0 her tropical fruits, with plenty of herbaceous
roots and garden fluff of every kind ; the climate be
ing very favourable to vegetation, though it is not so
for European confl itu'ions; they have also a large
breed of well grown hogs and plenty of poultry; on
which account it is visited by most ships outward
bound for Guinea and the East Indies, from England,
France and Holland ; there is but one good port on the
island, though it is fo'large ; this is Praya, on the east
fide, where they are seldom or never without ships from
Europe; the inhabitants are all blanks, being either
^Negroes or tlrir defeendents from them: the present
Portuguese viceroy is a kind of a tawny, born between
a native of Portugal and a Moor ; the air is very hot,
Which ^ o ne reason ships never m'ake any long flay
there, but in cases of the mod absolute necessity. The
forts that defend the harbour of Praya, are three in
number, but they are very inconsiderable to the im
portance of the island.
“ The Isle of May (mentioned by commodore Johtt
ffone) is a short distance to the east ofSt. Jago; it is
famous chiefly for its fait works, where immense quan
tities of that article are made with little or no labour.
The sea, at (pring tides, is received into a fort of pan,
formed by a sand bank, which runs along the coast
for two or three miles: the Englifli drive f® considera
ble a trade there, that a man of war is generally sta
tioned to guard the veffeJs that were to load; which a
inount in some years to upwards of an hundred fail;
thefalt costs nothing, it is raked together, wheeled in
Narrow out ol the pond, and carried on asses, an ani
mal very common here, to the boats that carry it to
the ships.
" The island of Fogo, is remarkable for its volcano,
Which contiaus fending fort fulphurous exhalations,
and forms a sea mark when the flame breaks forth,
which it does three or four times a year, and is then
as troublesome to its neighbours as ^Etua or Mount
Vesuvius."
On Tuesday last were committed to she Tollbooth,
at Edinburgh, by a warrant of the judge admiral,
William Potts, commander of the Dreadnought priva
teer of Newcaflle ; James or Joseph Perkins, lieute
nant on bord the said privateer; Louis Dobella, surge
on; Thomas Conyers, Thomas Wifhart, william
Brown, and David Wilkinson, mariners, belonging to
the said privateer. They are accused of having board
ed a Danish' veff 1, named the White Swan, of Copen
hagen, Neils Pederfon, matter, on the high seas, the
lith ult. and then bound on a voyage from Copenha
gen to Ireland, and piratically feiftng four sealed bags,
said to contain 500 rix dollars each, in silver, and
sundry other particulars mentioned in the inventory
thereof. The captain of the Danish vessel having made
complaint of this to the commanding officer at Shet
land, the privateer was feifed, when some prohibited
goods being found on board, the fame were takvn
poffefFon of by the officers of the revenue there. All
the crew, confiding of forty, except those committed
to prison, as above, were impressed on board the Ber
wick man of war. Captain Laurence Brown, of the
Princess Ro,al Yacht, brought up to Leith roads, the
Dreadnought, which mounts ten guns, together with
the prifouer^
Preparations are making at the Queen's palace for all
proper necessaries for his royal highness prince Willi
am Henry to go out with admiral Digby to North-A-
I erica, but no day is yet fixed tor his departure,
When the Enterqrze frigate left Gibraltar, the Spa
niards kept up a constant and very hot fire on toe
pace; but no sally had been made, as set forth in some
es the news papers.
The emperor, whilst at Oflend, ordered a new bafon
to be made for the accommodation of more Flipping;
and' as there appeared to be great want; of ground for
building houses, his imperial majTty directed that they
Should he-built outre ramparts, a^ the town was too
ill fortified to make a defence against the modern art
of war.
The emperor, while at Offend, called a committee
©f merchants together, among whom were Mr. Rom
berg and Mr. Herries, brother of fir Robert Herries,
and desired their separate opinions upon what could be
propoLd for the general benefit of the commerce of the
low countries.
Extract of a letter from St. Kitt's, April i 6
" If you have been fuccefsful against toe Dutch in
taking prizes in your part of the world, they appear
to be preparing to retaliate in this part of the globe:
Curraffoa, as you will have heaped, has not fallen, nor
can a force be spared fufficieut to the reduction of that
Settlement, from whence the Dutch will be more capa
ble of annoying our trade, and fupporfnngffhe' enemy,
than even from St Euftatia, as Curaffoa is a more im
nenfe magazine of stores and merchandize than even
that boasted place of which our people are now in pof
feffion< The Maccartney cutter, which gaffed into
From Rivington's Royal Gazette.
N E W-Y O R K, October 3.
The printer congratulates the public, and efpccial
ly the inhabitants of this province, upon the king's
gracious restoration of those important records, which
general Tryon's care and vigilance, secured on board
of the ship Dutchefs of Gordon, in the month of No
vember, 1775.
The general, then governor was, apprized of the
wicked design to fieze that inestimable tt^fure in the
secretary's office, (for the loss of which no money could
compensate) and to convey it into New England. And
that it was upon the point of bein^ carried into exe
cution, by a party of the mob, heaaed by Sears, who
has since profited fomuch by his plunders.
General Tryon caused such of the books so be Telex
ed as put it out of the power, of almost everylmd
holder, without recourse to them, to give evidence in a
court of law of the title to his estate; and these were
brought off in strong boxes under locks and seals.
They were carried home to England, in 1778,-and late
ly sent back in one of the king's ships to theft ancient
deposit.
The refidue^ or general mass of papers, are among
the rebels, having been firft conveyed by order of the
provincial congress to Kmgfton, in HHtr county,
Mr. Bayard the deputy secretary was with them, and
watched over them, hili' the violence of the times wrest
ed them from his hands and consigned them to others
above three years ago: since which, they have been
exposed toa perilous transportation from one place to
another in Carts.
It is impoffibie to fay were the mifehiefs would have
flopped, had Sear's project succeeded, or to dcfcribe
the wild confufon in property, consequent upon the ac
cess of designing villains to these records, in which all
the inhabitants of this colony may find the chief links
inchain of titles to their lands. It must therefore be
grateful to people of all r-nks and cliffes, to know
that thefa records are fafey and that due care will be
taken, to prevent their ever filling into the hands of
the ufurpirs, who have already involved this country
in so much m.fery. They are at present in the
hands of Mr. Bayard, at the secretary's office.
Last Sunday an account, which may be depended
upon, was broughtfrom Charleftown, that between toe
firft and tenth ultimo an action was fought by t e Bri
tish and rebel army, the former commanded by lieut#
colonel Alexander stewar% of the 3d regiment or old
buffs, amounting tp ^bout two thousand men, the lat
ter bf eight thousand under the command of general
Greene, at Eutaw Springs, about sixty miles north of
Charleftown, South Carolina.
General Greene, on f e morning 6f the a^ioUf cros
sed the Santee River, about two miles from the British
poll, and the New-York light infantry being out re
connoitering, amused him until he approached the
royal army, when the adioa soon commenced, and
became general. Colonel Stewart who commanded the
right wing of the British was overpowered, and taken
prisoner ; but lieutenant Cruger; of the firft battalion
of brigadier general Delaney's brigade, >who command
ed on the left, having beaten the enemy there, soon
advanced to the right, where he retook colonel Stew
art, routed general Greene, and puthis whole army to
'flight.
The rebels had two hundred and fifty killed on' the
spot, and four hundred made prisoners, among them
colonel Washington, of the horse, who is wounded,-
betides the loss of their cannon, &c.
The loss of the royal army is forty killed and
wounded, among them ten officers.
Among the officers killed, are lieutenant Lloyd,
63d. Lieutenant Hickman, t^tb light company. C'apt.
M'Lean, New York volunteers. Adjutant Cunning
ham. Captain Kerr, and some others mortally wound
ed.
Philadelphia, O&o. Ifr
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Morriflown,
dated October 6.
" The enemy on Wednesday last broke up a part of
t'heir encampment at the Narrows, and the next day
pitched it opposite to Perth-Amboy, (fay one thou
sand) what their intent is, we cannot devise ; —if to pay
us a visit, we shall, as usual, give them a drubbing.
We find the young puppy o's the old whelp is arrived,
and was escorted by ail the great folks, bear headed,
from the Whitehall through the city,-----Ha, ha, ha,
very pretty for a child indeed !"
Extras of a letter from a gentleman as the Head bf
Elk, doited October 8.
" I have just heard that the enemy have evacuated
their out-Works, and that colonel Scammel was wound
ed and taken, as he was out reconnoitering."
Advices from' the best authority inform us, that on
the < ft nflant the allied army approached York Town,
when after some fifing of field pieces by a party of our
troops the enemy bandoned their out posts, which were
' soon taken possession of by our forces, and the town was
' completely inverted, -as those works were within half
a mile of it, and our heavy ' cannon w re soon to com
mence a fevefe fife.
Our accounts from another quarter tell ' us that 3'4
store fllips, under convoy of a forty gun Chip and three
frigates, being the remainder of admiral Digby's fleet
Irom England, arrived at New York last Monday, and
that it was said the enemy intended another attempt to
relcue lord Cornwallis.
St. Jorins's biy, saw rfineteen capital ships lying therF,
five of which are men of war: that harbour is defend
ed by a strong fort, as are the others in that island ;
and the Dutch forces, regulars and militia, are not
less than 4000 besides other inhabitants that would
arm in the common cause ; the effects of the late dread
ful hurricane will long be felt in the British islands,
and the more fatally, if the claim which we have on
the mother country, is not answered by farther speedy
a fli stances."
John Layard, esquire, is efeaed member of Council
for the county of Philadelphia.
The following gentlemen are eleded Representatives for
the county of Philadelphia,
Matthew Holgate 1326 Votes.
Daniel Hiefter 1311
Joseph M'Lane 1311
George Smith 1310
George Gray 1162
Thomas Rees 83a
Henry Hill 691
George Campbell 675
Samuel Fenrofe 664
Commissioner. Nathan Gibfort#
Sheriff. William Will.
Coroner. -Joseph Rush.
Bucks county. Reprefenfatives.
Gerardus Wynkoop, Thortirs Long,
James Wilkinson, James Tate,
Charles Kachhne#
Sheriff. George Wall, jun.
Coroner. Abraham Dubois.
We hear the following gentlemen are ele&ed in ffie
county of Cherter,
Reprefen natives.
Percifor Frazier, John Hannum,
John Culberlfon, Evan Evans,
Patrick Anderson, Thomas Moffat,
J;.mes M-oe, John Lindsay.
Sheriff. John Gardner.
Coroner. Allen Cunningham.
Commissioner. Joseph Strawbridge#
®® &^^®©@Q&)o(®@^
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
At the C ff^ House on SATURDAY, th# 13th inst.
oaub% at Twelve o'Clock at Noon,
^ Lot of Ground,
Containing Six and half Acres, on Caifer' slane, about
thr,< rquarts of a mils from Germantown ; about one
IMf m mart beautiful watered Meadow, one acre of
Woodland, the rest Upland. M-ftly under good
F %r c- # . JOHN BAYARD, An&io^er.
Pr 1 0! Philadelphia, Ptuntyviniz, ff.
To A L L whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admiral
™ t, wft be bed at the State boule, in the city of
Philadelphia oh Monday the 1 sth of Odobef, instant/
at 10 oliocK in the forenoon, tor the trial of certain
G>o % Wr>s and Merchandizes, taken out of the
fhrp>r vessel of war called the SAVAGE (belonging
to tl e ring of G cat Britain) at Sea, and brought into
&s port and libelled against at p iz:, by George Geddi#
(qu> txm, & ) To the end that dll persons con«.
rerned may appear and (hew can e, if a y there be, why
a decree should not p^i pursuant to the prayer of th<
libel, &c. By order of the Judge,
O&o. 12. JAMES READ, Register#
A Further SALE of the
PUBLIC LOTS of this City,
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit
of this state, dateo April t h e egrh, 1780, will be held
at the Coffee-hou^, on THURSDAY, the 18th of Oc,
tober inrtant, at TEN o'clock in the forenoon. A
Plan of the Lots raay be seen at the Coffee house, and
at the Surveyo- Gtnerii'# Office. The conditions the
fam# as the last fries.
To be hiied by the day or jobb,
A genteel light WAGGON and good HORSES, with
a careful: driver. Enquire of William Sowerlby, at
the white-horse and fountain, in Chefnut-ftreet, where
holies are taken to Hand at livery. Those who please
so employ them may depend on the greatest care and
attention.
STRAYED, on the § h instant, from the fubferiber/
living in Market street, above Seventh-ffreet, a
light Bay HORSE, about 15 hands high, 10 years oldg
strong and heavy madi, a switch tail and hanging mane;
he paces, trots and canters % has no white marks, bu^
may be eafi'y diftingtiifhed by a lump or swelling on
the out part of the fetlock joint of one of bis fore legs/
The person who Returns him shall be wel 1 rewarded fur
his trouble. RICHARD RUNDLE.
TO BE SOL D,
A Negro ULnch.
Who is an excellent Servant, as (he understands waffa.
ing and ironing, cooking, and other house Work very
well. Enquire of the Printer.
1 4 —... . — ,-— o_ ,-
A young Woman, who can be
well recommended, with a young Breast of Milk,
wint« a Phce in a Gentleman's house as NURSE or
HOUSEKEEPER. Enquire of the P inter,
Philadelphia. Oaober 8, 1781.
LAND-OFFICE,
THE Officers of the Land office, having reason so
believe, that there are divers persons, in the ex
treme parts of this state, whe are still ignorant of the
Office being opened, for the purpose of receiving the
arrearages of purchase and interest due on lands here
tofore fold, and granting patents for the fame, beg
leave, therefore, to NOTIFY fy e PUBLIC, that the
Secretary and Receiver Genetti's Office? are kept in th©
well wing of the Sate-ucufe, and the Surveyor Gene.
ral's at his own house, on the north fide of Markets
ftre.t, near S&venth-ftreet.