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tr^ntril, it being pretty min'feft, that it was neither
the "'q dn^x" not equal knocks, but very nnequ J and
h rd kocrs which the British fleet recci ed from the
Fuh-h fi~t, and that the British have loft more ships
and men than he has yet been willing to allow in his
ten let way of telling it, as if he was walking over
eggs.
Pray, ]^mmy, are We never to bt favoured with the
truth from your gazette ' Do bt us kn< w the fltips th,t
went one, and the order of h>fe which returned; how
many ftudle ! nd by being funk; let -ach b# dissing,
f> that your f ienls as well at foes msy know the
truh.
BOSTO N, September 20.
Yeflerchy came to town two gentlemen from Provi
dence, who inform, That a flag of truc^ had arrived
at New-London from New-York last Monday, who
brought an account that the British fleet had got into
New York greatly damaged, that two capital flops
were miffing, that 1500 wounded men were landed
from the'fleet and sent to the hospital soon after their
arrival.
A vessel arrived here last Monday, in 18 days from
Martinico, by whom we learn, that a fleet of about
90 fail of merchant ships, lately arrived there from
France, under convoy of two frigates, who, on their
passage have captured a 44 gun British man of war,
and two sloops, and carried them fafe into Martinico.
NEWPORT, September 15 #
Last Tuesday arrived here the schooner - , cap
tain Hull, in 13 days from Cape Francois, who infirms
that there has been anburricane at Jamaica, which de
firoyed upwards of eighty fail of Dipping#
The 7th instant was brought into this port, by cap
rain Obediah Wright, the privateer =,capt. Atkinson,
from New York, who had for some time infefted this
coast and taken a number of prizes.
NEW-LON D 0 N, September 2T<
Arnold's burning fleet, after leaving this harbour,
plundered great part of the inhabitants on Long Island ;
four hundred of them landed at South holj, and plun
dered and carried off to the value of 30001
Monday fc'nnight a flag failed from hence with five
of Arnold's burning party that were taken prisoners
here; the flag overtook the fleet at White stone, and
returned here last Sunday with five lads that were ta
ken at fort Grifweld.
The sloop Reftoratiod, Captain Eliffia Mart,from Say
Brook, was drove ashore on a point of sand at Hamp-
Red, the south fide of Long Island, about a mile and,a
half from the land, on the 6th instant, in the night, by
a frigate ; where his vessel lay till next day, when he
was attacked by two militia companies commanded by
a captain Jones anda captain Seaman : captain Hart
took captain Jones and eight of his men prisoners; but
the next morning, being attacked by five captain's
companies, three of foot and two of horse, they sent off
a flag demanding a furrendery of his vessel, and his
then to be given up as prisoners of war: captain Hart
would not consent to these terms, but sent for answer,
that hfmfelf should be exchanged for captain Jones,
^nd the men which he (captain Hart) had taken, should
be exchanged for an equal number of his men, and all
his other people should be permitted to return home un
molested on parole; which terms were finally agreed
on ; and captain Hart accordingly returned home
with his people the Wednesday after.
Since our last seven or eight dead bodies of officers
and soldiers have drove ashore, on the Great Neck,
^and three others on Groton shore, which were thrown
out of Arnold's burning fleet.
Our advices from New-York are, that the enemy
loft 220 men, killed and dead of their wounds, in their
attack on Groton fort and this place, besides about se
venty deserters.
The number of the enemy, found buried in Groton,
amounts to 6r.
NOR WT CH, September fy
It is reported, that last Monday Benedict, with his
benditti, attempted to land at ew-Haven ; but the
militia having been' previously alarmed, affembied in
such numbers as frustrated his hellish plan.
HARTFORD, September 25.
Extract of a letter from an honourable member of
Congress to his friend in this town, dated Septem
ber 13.
“ Colonel Laurens accomplifh'd the whole business
he was charged with- - Invoices of the Bores and mo
ney arrived, were read in Congress, but I don't re
member tre exa& quantities; there is about two mil
lions of livres—about 13,000 mufquets, a quantity of
cloathing and other flores He brings no news from
Europe -colonel John Trumbull is yet confined, but
his friends have acces to him' . Success still attends
our arrcs at the Southward ; South Carolina and Geor
gia have re-assumed civil goverment."
CHATHA M, September 26.
Early in the morning of the 22d uh', a party of In
dians and tories, confiding of about four hundred, en
tered the beautiful Settlement of Warwarfing, situated
on the great road leading from Minifink to Eufopus,
about thirty five miles from the former; at their firft
coming to the place they were hailed by a centinel who
was at the gate of a picquet fort, where there was a
sergeant's guard kept (which were the on'y soldiers in
that quarter:) they not making any answer, induced
the sentinel to fire, and run with n the fort, which a
larmed the garrison. The enemy kept up a constant
fire upon the fort for some time, but without effe&,
and at last retired in confufion with the toss of three
kill'd nd two wounded. They then proceeded to
burning and plundering the place. Tee inhabitants
being alarmed by the firing at the fort, all made their
escape, except one John Kittle, whom they killed.
The loss of these poor people is very great, the fate of
an hour reduced them from a date of ease and affluence
to want and beggary. Thirteen elegant dwelling hous
es, with all the out-buildi gs and furniture, fourteen
Spacious barns filled with wheat, besides barracks, Ca
bles, hacks of hay and grain, were all consumed ; be
tween iixty and seventy horses, mostly very fine, a
great number of cattle, sheep, and hogs were drove off.
Colonel Pawling, getting intelligence of the above, im
mediately cohered about two hundred New-York le
vies and militia and pursued theln about forty miles,
but was not able to overtake them. It appeared that
they fled in confufion, as they left a considerable quan
tity of their plunder behind them in many places. By
a white man who has .een with them three years, and
made his escape while Warwarfing was in flames, we
learn that this party was from Niagara, and that they
were four weeks and three days on their way ; that they
were exceedingly distressed for want of provisions, in
somuch that they eat up their paCk-horfes and dogs.
He adds, that the garrison of Niagara was in a melan
choly, fixation for want of provisions and the necessa
ries of life, and that the tories there most bitterly ex
ecrate the day they were deluded by the tyrant's emis
saries to take up arms against their native country.
On the morning of the 28th ult. ferieant Joseph
Garlinghoufe, of captain BonnePs company of levies,
who are Rationed at Minifink, was teaching a couple
of recruits the manual exercise, and Handing before
them as fugalman, ordered them to tike aimand fire, 1
of their guns was loaded, and went off at half cock,
which blew the whole Charge through his breast, of
which he instantly died.
On Thursday the 30th ult. was married at Wefifield,
William Miller, efq; a refpeHable inhabitant of that
place, in the 85th year of his age, to Mrs. Valantine,
(reliH of Mr Richard Valantine, late of New Provi
dence, decea fed) in the 75th year of }ier age, a woman
of a reputable charadet
The troops of the enemy mentioned in our last to
have embarked, are all disembarked upon Staten island,
from which circumstance it is imagined, a defeent into
this state is intended, therefore it behoves every man,
capable of bearing arms, to be in perfect readiness to
oppose them, and prevent their committing the like de
predations in oar territory that they lately did in a
sister Rate.
By intelligence from New-York we leafny that of 18
fail of the line that/went to the southward, only 13 are
leturned to the Hook, five of which are mere wrecks,
and cannot be repair'd, but with the greatest difficul
ty, without going into dock.
By a Sailor that was on board admiral Drake's ship,
and left the enemy since their arrival at the Hook, we
learn, That the battle between the two fleets was fought
on the 14th inst. the British confining of 18 ships of
the line, and the French of 25, t ough only 23 engaged;
that the British loft the Terrible and Vengean e, both
Seventy-fours, one funk and the other burnt; the For
tunate, a forty-four, was teken in the Bay ; the Prin
ceffa, cf seventy guns, loft all ber masts, and had 90
men killed, and 50 that lof teither their legs or arms,
and was obliged to throw all her guns overboard two
days after the adion, as She made nine feet water in
her hold in one hour.-— Probably this propitious
event so affeded the intellects of fir Harry, was the oc
casion of his apologizing for the burning of New-Lon
don, left the rude Americans, in conjunction with their
allies, should beat up his own quarters, after the re
duaion of his noble friend, and make him responsible
for all the turnings his mifereants may or have perpe
trated.
T R ENT O N, September 26.
A body of continental troops have moved to she
banks of the Delaware. Two Pennsylvania militia
camps are formed at the fame place. The militia of
New-Jersey are also ordered to be in constant readine s.
It is said these measures are taken in consequence of
some projected impressions on the enemy, as the troops
under general Heath are also moving down towards
New York.
We are informed, by good authority, that admiral
Graves, Hood and Drake, went up from the Hook to
New York with part r f the fleet on Sunday last. Five
fail of the line are all that are left without the Hook.
BALTIMORE, September 25.
A few days ago the brig Nymph, cf Philadelphia,-
commanded by captain Braimin, bound to this port
from Havanna, unfortunately ran ashore on the Bod
kin, at the entrance of our river, and bilged. A con-
Iderable sum of money, in Mexican dollars, was fafe
ly landed, but the remainder of the cargo, confining
of fugmand fait, will probably be loft. The vessel,
it is said, will be got off.
The above mentioned brig took off" the' capes, and
sent into this port, a pilot boat, going from York-
Town to New York, with dispatches from earl Corn
wallis to fir Henry Clinton, some of which, written in
cypher, fell into the hands of captain Braimin, and'
will no doubt, be forwarded to congress, or to his ex
cellency general Washington . •
The Richmond and Iris, late Britifli frigates, taken
a fewdays ago by the French fleet, are arrived off the
harbour of Annapolis. Lord Rawdon, it is said, is a
prisoner on board tee latter.
His excellency gen Ml Washington is arrived, in good
health, at Williamsburg. The advance of his army,
it is said, is within 5 mile^ of Yprk-ToWn, the present
residence of earl Cornwallis.
The French troops which lately landed in Virginia,
from the count de Graffe's fleet, were under the com
mand of the marquis de St. Simon.
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated on Thurs
day last.
" The lap letters from Paris mention, that the em
peror of Germany was on his way to that capital, and
that he was to dine on there the rgth of July. The ho
nourable John Adams, efq ; of Boston, was expelled
to arrive at Paris, on the fame day, from Holland."
Philadelphia, O&o. 2.
A gentleman from Baltimore assures us, that before
he left that p lace, a letter was received from an offices
of dhfifft on, in the army under general Gre ne, in
forming him, that they had just gained a mult mi
portant viAory over the enemy, at cr near Monks
Corner, in South-Carolina, by wbi-h a great ^umber of
the enem r were either killed, wounded or taken, with
the lef, of between 2 and 3 0 killed and wounded on
our fide; and also the additional circumßance of colo
nel Wethington being wounded. We do not learn the
time when the above affair is said to have happened,
nor do we give it a^ a fa& ; but we (hall most probab
ly soon be fati^fied by autientic accounts from that
quarte.
Extr^a cf a letter from a gentleman in Morriftowh, to
his friend in this city, dated September 26.
“ Y>u viill doubtiris be d^firous of knowing what
troops are no# encamped on Sraten-Ifland, l ean,
from pr tty good authority, inform you, that they are
the lit and 2d regiments of British grenadiers; the azd,
4.2 d, 54th, and 57th British regiments; two regiments
of H # man grenadiers ; two battalions of H ffians, and
rood Yagers, landed last Friday weak, and nave four
field pieces, but all their baggage on board.
" I ado ce+rn, that two ships of the hue have been
condemned, as unfit for service, since their arrival at
New Y rk. A sailor that belonged to the Princeffa
(idmira Drake's ship) declares, t at they loft two
ships, the Terrible and Vnee^nce, one funk the other
burnt; that the Princeffi loft ail her maftt, and hove
all her guns overboard to faye her from linking, she
miking 9 feet watfr in one hour, and had 90 men kil
led and 50 wounded id th# action.''|
Two Half-Johanneffes Reward.
RAN AWAY from Wright's-Ferry, Sulq zenana, A
Negroe MAN, named JACOB, about 24 years of
a € e ? $ feet, 6or 7 inches high; Had On whin ha
went away, a white cloth jacxe., tow trowfers and
lintn shirt, a hall-worn felt hat and old thoes ; he is a
stout made fellow, and very bo# legged, fays he it a
rooemaker by trade; he was taken in a vessel belong,
ir. to the enemy off E g- HAbbur, last winter or
fpr'irg and was fold out of Monmouth j%l; it iflike
ly he will try to get n boaid 6f some veffri, as he has
been some time at sea; he ^as lately fold by Y~oft
Br efbock to William Bryah. Whoever fern es the
-said Negroe, so that bis master may get him gain,
(hill h ve t } e above Reward. WILLIAM" BRYAN.
N B Toe Reward will ba paid m PuiUdciphi 4, by
RICHARD GLOSSOCK.
To be SOLD, An elegant PAIR of
Bay Coach - Horses,
That a r e we 1 matched. Enquire of the Printer.
A genteel Furnished Lodging
To b= Let. Enquire of the P inter.
Wanted to hire, a servant Man,
who ca drive Poftillion, take ca= r o horses, and will
attend on Tabl', and do o^her work in a family. To
fitch a perlon good wages wll be given. Enquire of
th- print .r.
Strayed, or taken away from the
Connors of Philadelphia, a Small BRINDLE COW,
has flint horns, f'ur whte set, white face, by >wn
round b-rnes, w.nte belly, tip of her tail wh te, b is
been mbR g upwards of fix week;, wis then wih calf.
Wlouver brings her home to the o<ner, <ptan
GEDDES, in Vine ftrect, (hall r.Ceiv Two Dol art
r.. fo d & arid twonaule €Qjum QQ, , ^h.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of
THOMAS CU rHBBRT, late of the city of Phi
laueiphia, decea&d, either by bond, note, or book
debt,are rrqueftedto make immediate payment; an 1 these
who have any demands against Lid estate are defied to
bring in their accounts, properly attested, and they will
be paid by the lubferibers.
THOMAS CUTHBERT,
ANTHONY CUTHBERT,) fixecurom
Philadelphia, September grh 1781.
A Further SALE of the
Public Lots of this City,
For the redemption of the Bills of Credit,
of th,s fta'e, datec iApril the 29th, 1780, will be held
at the C rffee-hou qon THURSDAY, the 4th of Oc
tober inherit, at T E N o'clock in t' e forenoon. A
Plan of she Lots may be fern at the Coffee house, and
at the Surveyor General's Offices The conditions the
fame as the last files. October 1.
Philadelphia, October 2, 1781.
, LL Perlons havi g any d^mwds on the estate of
fl SAMUEL PURViANCB, late of Pittfgrove, id
the county cf Slem. and State of Ne v-Jetfev, for
mriy of the city of Phil idelphia, merchant, deceased,
are defr'd to bring their A counts, pt perly mo^ed,
to the Lubferib/r,f>r leubment; anti all rhofe Indebt
ed to the estate of the said dece fri, by bond, book
accemm, or atuerwa s, are r quitted to mike immedi
ate payment. ANDREW PURVIANCE, Executor.
Philadelphia, September 29, 1781,
rNESERTED on the 27th instant from captain Jz^
cob L.vercot's Company of riflsm^a, now qiur
tercet in the Barracks of this city, a foidie-, na:n^d
JOHN ANDERSON, born in England, 40 yeartiold,
ahouh five feet fix inches high, is thio made, has short
ye h^ hair, his nose remarkably red. Took with him
his rifle, powder horn and (hot pouch and a blanket,
but has ver, f ew cloaths with him. Whoever takes up
the said de erter and returns him to his company, or
to major Par, in this city, shall receive Eight Spanish
milled Dollars reward.
represented bill, city tae the distresses the of of those
striking perform military duties, and liberties who in a
and forcible it manner. But that no how comes
duties, debated, finally militia was and received its
possessing persons perform negled estates who on to
assembly, penalties when the bill for increase the of of
avowed enemies.
any on tories thing estates— on men never do who will 1
for our! the defence of our liberties— on men are who
RIGHT. man?
thing equi possesses, any pounds like an man a hundred
poor rifque life, limbs health and to a the of valent for
perform pay, in his choice to cr a service which his
country penalty neglect calls ?—Should for not the for
duty, proportion of militia be in to the abilities of the