The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1779-01-20 00:00:00, page 4

T OUL O N, Sept. 3.
r rAE Gracicux frigate, commanded by M. de Vi
-1 alis, took on the 24th of August, on the coart
o' 1 rrbary, an English hop, called the Great-Britain,
t\ n Tetuan of Algiers. She had a cargo of wood
and 57 Moors on board, who, with the cargo, were
order d to be given up to the Moorish owners, but
the flrip is seized. The fame frigate has taken a sloop,
named the Zephyr, of 14 guns, and 100 men, com
manded by fir Thomas Welt, grandion to the admi
ral of that name. They are all performing quarantine
at tiie Lazaret at Toulon.
LONDO N.
October 3. The Amelia, , from Nantz for
the Weft-Indies, and the Spy, an American schooner,
from New-London, are taken by the Beazley priva
teer of Jersey, and carried into that port.
A small French privateer of 18 men and a boy,
which has taken fix or seven vessels, mostly colliers,
in the North-channel, was taken on Sunday lad by a
cutter from Hartings, of 12 guns, after a long chafe,
in which the was so much Drained by carrying fails
that they took out the people and brought them pri
soners to Hartings, and funk the privateer.
Extract of a tetter from Chatham, Sept. 9, 1778.
" A large Dutch Ihip, which was taken some time
since by the Kite, Cutter, laden with ready made
marts for France, came in this river last week, and
now lies moored in Rochester Reach."
Extract of a letter from Groyne, Sept. 9.
" An American privateer of 24 guns, arrived here
the sth inst. having a small Engliih privateer and two
other prizes in company, which the had taken off
Cape Finifterre. One ofthe prizes is a vessel from the
Straits, and the other from Ireland of no very great
value."
Fourteen fail of colliers were loft last Sunday morn
ing off Sunderland, and most of the crews pcrilhed.
Extract of a letter from Plymouth, Sept. 29.
" Sailed yesterday a cutter with dispatches for Ad
miral Keppel ; and this evening we learn by the Sher
burne cutter just arrived, that the left Admiral Kep
pel's fleet all well yesterday off the Lizard. The fleet
on their return, are to rendezvous at Torbay, orders
being arrived at this port for provisions of all kinds to
be lent round there for that purpose against the loth
of October, and we are very busy in flipping them."
PORTSMOU T H, January 11.
We have the pleasure to inform the public, that on
Thursday last arrived into this port, the prize Ihip
Mary, of eight carriage guns, taken by the General
Sullivan of this place, about fix days after the failed
from hence, with a valuable cargo, bound from Que
bec to New-York ; some of the particulars are as fol
lows, viz. Bro barrels of flour, 60 tierces of ditto,
zoo bags of bread, 300 bushels of oats, 1000 bushels
of wheat.
BOST O N, January ir.
So feverc was the storm of last Saturday fe'nnight,
that several hundred wild fowl were afterwards taken
up upon the eartern Ihore. Numbers c' which were
found alive in sheds and out houses at Lynn, next
morning, which is a circumstance not known by the
oldest person there.
In the storm which we had last Saturday fortnight,
the private armed sloop called the General Starks,
and which failed from hence some time since, was cast
ashore at Nantucket, and about 20 hands perished.
Extract of a letter from Captain W. Newman, dated
Corrunna (in Spain) October 4, 1778.
" On the 16th of August I failed from Cape Ann
in the brig Vengeance, of 20 guns, belonging to Mr.
Nathaniel Tracy, John Tracy, Captain Thomas and
Coffin Jones, of Newbury-Port, with an intention of
falling in with a Wert-India fleet, which failed much
about the fame time for England; and accordingly on
the 2d of September, in lat. 41. 13. long. 44. W. fell
in with the above mentioned fleet, but was chafed out
of it by two frigates for about 4 hours, which could
not come up with us—Four days after fell in again
with the fame fleet; at the fame time saw a ihip
standing to the Westward, I gave chafe to her and
loft fight of the fleet, but night coming on could not
keep fight of her; and on the 17th of September, lat.
49 N. and long. 20 W. fell in with the ship Harriot
Packet of 16 guns,and 45 men,Capt.SampfonSprague,
from Falmouth bound to New-York, which after a
small refiftaiice, struck ; and mann'd and ordered her
for Newbury-Port; and on the 21st of ditto fell in
with the snow Eagle Packet, from New-York bound
to Falmouth, commanded by E. Spence, mounting
14 carriage guns and 60 men, including some officers
of the British army, which after an engagement of 20
minutes was obliged to strike to us, which I likewise
ordered for Newbury-Port, having killed Col. How
ard ofthe firfl regiment of the guards, several officers,
and a number wounded. Lucky for me not a man
killed or wounded but myfelf, by a musket-ball in my
thigh, which did not touch the bone, and am already
so well that I can walk very well with a cane. A
mong the passengers was four Lieutenant Colonels,
three Majors, one Cornet of Dragoons, &c. Having
more prisoners on board than my own number con
fided of, my vessel excessive crank, and not much
provisions on board, I determined to go to Biiboa in
order to get rid of my prisoners and refit my vessel ;
but on making Cape Ortugal the wind came to the
eartward and blew very hard, whieh obliged me to
put into this port, where I have delivered my prifou
<rs to the Britilh Consul reliding here, taking his re
ceipt for the fame, and obligation for the like number
of American prisoners of equal rank to be exchanged
for them. I ihall refit and proceed on my cruize as
soon as poflible, and if I take any thing that will suit
your market, address them to you, and inoft likely
pay you a visit with my vessel."
January 14. Tuesday arrived at Cape-Ann, a prize
ship from Jamaica bound to London, having on board
between 3 and 400 hoglheads of sugar, a number of
puncheons of rum, &c. She was taken by the Ben
nington privateer, belonging to Newbury-Port.
H A RTFO R D, January 19.
By private advices we learn, that Count D'Ertaing
joined by twelve more ships of the line, is in Marti
nico: That a British fleet of eighteen fail of the line,
is likewise in the Wert-Indies.
CHARLESTOWN, (South-Carolina) Dec. 24.
A small privateer belonging to St. Augustine, last
week went into South-Edifto inlet, where the dropt
anchor ; but the neighbouring militia allercbling, and
having got a piece of artillery, soon obliged her to
quit her Ration, leaving behind five men who had
been lent ashore for provitions: these afterwards got
on board a schooner bound to Beaufort, under pre
tence of wanting a pafl'age thither, but with an in
tention of carrying her off. In this they were how
ever prevented by capt. Fickling of Edilto, who se
cured them and has since brought them to town.
On 'I uefday the Fair American, captain Charles
Morgan, with some other vessels, arrived here from
St. Euftatius. By them we have accounts of Count
D'Ertaiug's fleet being spoke with off Defeada, to
the windward of Martinique, on the 7th inst.—That
a fleet with troops on board, had arrived from New-
York at Barbados—and that the Galatia and Nautil
lus men of war with about 100 foidiers, were arrived
at Bermuda.
A fleet has been fecn on this Coart within these few
days, by several vessels arrived here. Some arc of
opinion it is a Jamaica or Weft-india homeward
bound fleet, while others imagine it may be that
mentioned in the affidavit of a tailor who eleaped from
the transport which some weeks ago arrived in Sa
vannah river, and put to lea in 48 hours after her
arrival.
The Sieur Baptirte Plombard of this town, is ap
pointed his Mort Christian Majeity's Consul for the
ports in this state.
Capt. Hall in the state brig Notre Dame, returned
from a cruize, on Tuesday, with a sloop from North
Carolina, laden with Tobacco, which had been taken
by a small Augustine privateer.
The vessels lately arrived from the Wert-Indies,
bring accounts of there being a great scarcity of
provisions particularly in the British illands, whose
diftrels is ftili augmented by the arrival of the troops
from New-York.
December „. Last Thursday the sloop Sally, (one
ofthe vends fitted out by the merchants of this town,
to cruize against some privateers that have lately in
fefted the coart) commanded by Captain Benjamin
Stone, returned here, having had five men killed and
12 wounded, and her fails, spars and rigging much
damaged the preceding afternoon in an engagement
with a large transport ihip, off Port Royal Bay. The
ship had 8 carriage guns; the damage done the Sally,
was almost entirely by musket balls, of which incef
lant Ihowers were poured in by a number of soldiers,
who had concealed themselves till the Sally was within
pistol ihot. What added to the distress of Captain
Stone, was the wind dying away just as the engage
ment began. The resolution tfthe commander and
crew did not fail them at this critical juncture, and
by an extraordinary exertion, they rowed the sloop
off. Among the killed was Capt. Francis Johnson,
of this town. The five gallant seamen who loft their
lives in their country's service, were followed last
Friday to St. Phillip's church yard, by a great con
course of people, among whom were many of the
moll refpcflable inhabitants, and there intei red with
all the honours of war.
Last Friday two expresses arrived here from Savan
nah, with accounts of 10 Britilh ships, 15 brigs and
one sloop being arrived off Tybee, and 8 other large
ships at Ofebaw. On Tuesday night another express
arrived from the fame place, with advice that the
number of vcilels had encreafed to 37, and that they
were moving up Savannah river—And on Wednesday
a fourth express brought intelligence of 6 of the ene
my's vessels being anchored at four mile point, on
Monday afternoon, and that the rest of the fleet were
under fail, going up the river. This last express fays,
he heard a cannonade all Tuesday forenoon.
Governor Hourton, in a letter to General Lincoln,
dated last Monday afternoon, fays, some of the ene
my's ships were then engaged with our gallics, that
the rert of their fleet were under fail coining up the
river, and he expected the allion would soon become
general. The express entrusted with this letter falling
tick on the road, he forwarded it to town, having
written 011 the back, that he left Georgia on Tuesday
morning, and that for a considerable part of that day
he heard a severe cannonade.
The prize ship brought in by the General Moultrie,
is the Earl of Chester, of 16 guns, and not the Earl of
Carlifle, as mentioned in our last and the other papers.
Theist and 6th South-Carolina regiments, a large
body of North-Carolina forces, and icoq ofthe Cam
den militia, have already marched for the southward.
Another draught from the Camden miritia, of near
toco men, are under orders to follow with all puffible
expedition.
Another division of the North-Carolinians, are on
their march hither; a body of Virginians are also
expelled.
N E W-Y O R K, December 28.
The intense cold weather has, within these two
days occasioned the quick-silver in the weather glass
to fall four degrees lower than has been observed tor
the last seven years ; several ships, &c. and many lives
have been loft by the monstrous bodies of ice floating
in our bay.
I' H 1 L A DEL P H I A, January 14.
The lloop Franklin, Capt. Clark, from Surinam,
with a cargo of molalles, bound to and belonging to
Nantucket, was taken by the letter of marque brig
Sir William Erskine, Capt. M'Callifier, of New-York,
who put a prize matter and four hands on board her,
and ordered them to New- York, but off Egg-Harbour
some of the sailors secured the prize mailer below,
and ran for Egg-Harbour, where they arrived fafe a
bout ten days ago.
Jan. 20. About ten days ago, a small party of A
mt Leans, under the command of a Mr. Buchannan,
went down the North River and landed near the city
of New-York, went to the quarters of Gen. Clinton,
at a place called the Bowrie, one mile from the city
of New-York, where they furprized his guards, and
brought them off; but Gen. Clinton, having flipped
from home, tfeaped.
Tn our paper of the sixth inst. we mentioned twelve
vessels being drove aihore by the ice on the 24th ult.
by several persons from Staten Island we learn, that
there were not less than 28 of them, among which
were the letter of marque ship, Nonfuch, of fourteen
guns, funk at Red-Hook; the ihip Lydia Lachlan,
drove on Yellow-Hook; the Polacre Caroline, strand
ed on Staten Island; a brig funk on Great Mill shoals;
and a ship lately called the Clementina, of this port,
now belonging to Thomas York, drove ashore.
By several New-York papers, we find advertised
for sale, as prizes taken at different times, the brigs
Flora and Jenny ; ship Conclusion ; schooners Cathe
rine, Three friends, Dove, Sally, Nancy, Le Belle
and Bonne, and Liberty-Let Pals ; and Iloops Swal
low, Bennington, and Peggy.
Extract of a letter from Baltimore, Jan. 6.
" Some days ago arrived here from St. Eurtatia,
Captain Vefey, in a ten gun sloop, who, on the 21st
ult. was spoke by the privateer St. Patrick from New-
York. A Continental Captain, pafl'enger on board
Capt. Vefey, asked him if he would not take the pri
vateer? to which he answered he could not, being a
Dutch bottom —that he would only defend himfelf.
Upon which the Continental Captain, with some 0-
ther passengers, confined Capt. Vefey until they took
possession of her. They have brought her in here.
She had a few days before taken two vessels, Captain
Williams and Captain Ellison."
Extract of a letter from Charlej?Gcvn,(South-Carolina)
December 18.
" To-morrow I leave this for Georgia—which State
has been lately invaded by a numerous army, con-,
lifting of Indians, Florida scouts, tories, and a few
Britons under a Col. Prevoft, from Augurtine. They
had nearly effeded their design of poffefling the town
of Savannah, as their approach was sudden and un
expeded, but the country was soon alarmed and has
drove them with precipitation. There was very fe
verc skirmishing on tne retreat, in which I understand
we have loft a few good officers, &c."
T RENT ON, January 27.
Extract of a letter from Monmouth, Jan. 23, 1778.
" On the 10th day of December last at fix o'clock
in the morning, the armed lloop Two Friends, com
manded by Captain Alexander Bonnet, was cart
away on the Long Beach near Barnagat. A number
of people from the fhorc went to their assistance, and
fared all the men, but one that was drowned. She
was from Cape Nichola Mole, bound to Philadel
phia, laden with 1600 bushels of salt, 40 hoglheads
of molasses, some rum and sugar. She went to
pieces in a few hours, and all was loft except about
160 gallons of rum. The hands went to Philadel
phia—and Captain Bonnet went on board the sloop
Endeavour at Toms River, to take his passage home
to Hispaniola, but, unfortunately, on the 25th of
last month in the night she parted her cable and was
cart away in the bay, and Capt. Bonnet, with every
foul on board, perilled."
On Tuesday fe'nnight was married, Mr. George
Wilson, Merchant, of Philadelphia, to Mils Fan
ny Palmer, Daughter of Mr. Joseph Palmer of the
fame place.
Extract of a letter from Morris-town, Jan. 17, 1779.
" The following intelligence comes by a person from
New-York, and is confirmed by another from Ber
gen. The Britilh troops and inhabitants at New-York
have been in the greatert distress for want of bread,
what little flour they had was four and murty, that for
several days oatmeal had been issued to the soldiers,
which gave rife to some trouble, as the Hessians refu
fed to draw it, and a mutiny would in all probability
have been the consequence, had not some of the Cork
fleet arrived at the critical time, and put an end to
their wants —the number arrived is not afeertained,
some accounts fay 7 fail, other 10, and other accounts
make the number about 20. It is also reported and
believed, that rations are issued to 10,000 men, wo
men and children, besides what the troops draw at
New-York, Long-Bland, &c."