The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-08-28 00:00:00, page 2

^ enemies to one another; and one or other will
be die dupe of France, to enable her to enclave
both. If they are to continue one, Britain certain
ly, in the nature of things, and by ancient usage,
custom and habit, must be the superior, and Ire
land the subordinate parr.
May 18. In the billets received from Admirals
Rodney and Hood, by their intimate friends, the
following expressions are remarkable: “ This bat
tle," fays the firft, “is not of this age. It recalls
the days of Van Tromp, de Ruyter, &c. The
French fought like lior.s. The Count de Gra'ffe
is a brave man. Phis was a hard fought viaory."
" 1 he Count de Grade (fays the other, who on
board the Barfleur supported the Formidable against
the ViJle de Paris) having shewn a design to attack
me in particular, 1 was lu happy in taking my di
stance, that in to minutes the lire of the Barfleur
decided the business. When the Count struck, he
had 400 men killed, lying on his deck. He fought
like a hero. His ship kept up a fire like hell, and
we expe&ed we should blow up, for till the last
he did not ccafe firing from both sides at the fame
time. Ihe French are brave and noble enemies."
HOUSE of COM MONS, June 11.
General Conway rose to move for leave to bring
in a bill for the better enabling his Majesty to
grant commiflions for railing battalions or corps of
volunteers lor the defence of the coasts, during
the prelent war. By way of preface, be Rated
that if any solid objections had originally occurred
to gentlemen, from the novelty of the measure,
they were, by this time, upon mature reflection,
entirely done away: Ireland afforded a proof that
there was no danger in trusting the people with
arms ; for though in point of form, there appeared
to be a division between England and Ireland, they
were in fad more closely linked, more cordially
united than ever they had been. There remained
at present only one thing to be dune, in order to
restore unity and harmony to the empire, and that
was to move for the independency of America, up
on the fame principle that the independence of Ire
land was acknowledged; when America should
have a Legislature of her own, independent of the
parliament of Great-Britain, he made no doubt but
limce. arid the \gents of Congress, would not
be uLje to prevent a good understanding between
tl colonies and the mother country. He had been
ac, - 1 or having imposed upon the house, when
he Cid her: were perlons in Europe authorized by
...... 10 treat with us about peace; but no im
prririon whatever was either used or intended; for
th. , certainly were perlons authorized to treat
with us, but he had never said upon what terms ;
a:... therefore he had laid nothing but what at the
time he knew to be true, as to the measure which
he was now going to propose to the house, it was,
he 1) ped, better uuderftood than it was when it
was firft mentioned; the alarm was pretty nearly
funded, and the necefliry of the measure was now
apparent. The Lords Lieutenants were thought
to be all against it; but though it was laid that the
plan was rejected by them all, in their meeting at
the St. -Yuan's tavern, where only eighteen had
attended, yet in their particular aniwers to the Se
ct '., y us Rate, they all appeared to be fatisfied
with it. He concluded then by moving for leave
to bling in a bill, and was seconded by the Secre
tary at war.
June 13. A dissolution of the present parliament
is an event that is confidently talked of to take
place fhoitly after the prorogation.
A commission passed the great seal last week, ap
pointing the Honourable Mr. Grenville, Minister
Plenipotentiary to the court of France; it seems,
when Mr. Grenville firft went to Paris, he only
carried with him credential letters, to bring about
a negociation for a peace, which has been lately
brought to so much maturity, that he is now em
powered to sign the preliminaries.
Extract of a letter from Portsmouth, June 12.
“ Arrived yesterday evening the Pearl frigate,
Captain Montague, from New-York, In this ship
Sir Henry Clinton and several other officers came
home pafl'engers.
BOS TO N,
August 5. Captain Little, in one of this state
sloop, arrived here yesterday, with three prizes,
viz. a fllip, a brig, and a small privateer, after a
short cruize.
August 12. Friday and Saturday last arrived
here thirteen fail of the line and four frigates of
His Most Christian Majesty's ships from the Weft-
Indies, and brought in with them a re-taken French
frigate of 36 guns, which had struck to a British
forty-four (after a severe conflict, in which she had
many killed and wounded) just as the French fleet
hove in light, and which the British, according
to their usual humanity, were going to set fire to
in order to burn the wounded as well as the un;
hurt, but were happily prevented by the relief of a
couple of frigates, who came up time enough to
take the boats and crew who were to perpetrate
the inhuman aCt, and who, we hear, are in irons on
board the fleet : They also brought in with them
the Allegiance, Captain Phipps, Commodore of
Penobfeot, a mast ship from Pcnobfcot for the
Weft-lndies, the General Greene from New-York,
and have taken three or four others, which are
hourly expected. Ihe above fleet is commanded
by His Excellency the Count de Vaudreuil.
We hear the continental frigate Alliance, Cap
tain Barre, has taken a Bermudian privateer, of
14 or 16 guns, and re-taken the two vessels which
were cut out of Newport harbour yesterday week.
Yesterday a cartel arrived at Salem in 50 days
from England, with about 170 prisoners, by whom
we learn, that all the prisoners who were confined
in the several prisons of England and Ireland are
liberated, and are coming in cartels to the different
ports of this continent. All who are confined as
prisoners on ship-board are likewise to be exchanged;
but those who have entered into the britifh service
will be detained.
WORCESTER, August 8.
The receiver of continental taxes for this com
monwealth, has at length received Fifteen 1 hou
fand Dollars from the affiftant-treafuter ; Seven
Ihoufard Seven Hundred and Seventy nine Dol
lars of which was collected a few days past in the
town of Salem, as part of its tax for the use of
the United States.
HARTFOR D, August 20.
By what we can collect from the Weft-lndies,
the revolt in South-America, on which the Englilh
founded such mighty expectations, is come to
nothing. It does not appear that any of the Cre
olian Spaniards worth mentioning were engaged in
these infurredicns; it was entirely an Indian re
volt, fomented by British emissaries The most
obstinate of the insurgents are now dispersed in the
mountains and forefis of that vast region, consider
able numbers have submitted and been pardoned,
and a few of the ringleaders put to death.
NEW-LONDON, August 9.
Friday night latt, one Bliss, a likely young
man belonging to Hebron, who was on guard in the
prifon-lhip in this harbour, fell over the waist of
the ship and was drowned.
Saturday a flag of truce from Bermuda, bound
to Newport, with fifty American prisoners, put
into Stonington, and landed part of their number,
viz. Captain Jason, Cheder, late of the sloop Ca
rolina (who was taken three days after he left this
port, by the brig Experiment, of Bermuda) Cap
tain Riley, of Connecticut river, and Captain French,
of New-Haven.
Friday n'ht last, a small privateer schooner,
from New-) ork, cut out of Newport harbour, a
biig loaded and ready to fail for the Weft-indies,
and a coalfir g sloop of about thirty tons, and was
bound with her prizes to New-York, when on Sa
turday the sloop Randolph fell in with and captur
ed the schooner and sloop in the found; and on Sun
day morning the continental frigate Alliance, being
bound out, fell in with the above brig and lent her
into port.•
August 16. Captain Sheffield, in a small priva
teer from Stonington, on Saturday last brought in
to that port, a flag of truce bound from New-York
to Newport, with 6 or 7 prisoners on parole; and
having also a quantity of British goods and cash on
board.
Wednesday was sent into port by the sloop Ran
dolph, a brig with sugar, tobacco and onions;
bound from New-York to Newfoundland.
Same day arrived the sloop Elizabeth, Captain
Stephen Trowbridge, of New-Haven, in 14 days
from St. Croix.
FIS 11-KILL, August 22.
Extract of a letter from Albany, dated August 17.
" the enemy to the westward have been silent
for about a fortnight. An extraordinary affair how
ever has happened ; three persons have lately been
taken, who had the following fnftru&ions:
By Major John Ross, Enquire, commanding the
garnfon of Cfwego.
INSTRUCTION S.
" You are hereby ordered to proceed to the
frontiers, in order to procure intelligence on the
PHILA DELPHI A, August 17.
Previous to the evacuation of Savanna, General
Wayne was attacked at Sharon, about five m les
from that place, at one o'clock in the morning of
the 24th of June, by a large body of creek Indi
ans, headed by a number of their most celebrated
chiefs, and a British officer. Ihe attack was so
sudden and impetuous, that they drove a light con
pany in the rear of Colonel Pofey's battalion, and
got possession of two pieces of artillery: But the
company which had been placed there for the pro
tection of those pieces, immediately rallied under
the conduct of Captain Parker, and being joined
by captain Gun with his troop of dragoons, the
two companies, with undaunted resolution, advan<
ed upon the enemy, notwithstanding a heavy f
and hideous yell from every direction :—At th
fame time Colonel Pofey and Major Finley cha> b
cd the enemy in flank. Such was the inttepiditt
of our troops that the savages were soon compl
ly routed, leaving dead on the field 16 of th
number, among which was the famous EmifteL;
our greatest enemy and principal warrior of :
creek nation. As an attack from the British v hs
also expected, General Wayne made a disposition
to receive them, and to prevent a juudion with
their savage allies.—Alittle after fin-rife they came
PARKE R's F ERRY (S. C.) June ic.
We have the pleasure to inform the publick from
authority, that Gen. Marion permitted the heads
of the people on Little Pedee to have an interview
with him on the Bth instant, in consequence where
of, they, ashamed of the impropriety, felly and
rashness of their own conduct, as well as thorough
ly convinced of the numberless deceptions and felf
ifh designing artifices of the British, to whom they
had been so long such evident dupes and catfpaws,
have desired to be received again into the favour of
their country, which has been granted them on con
ditions which will speedily be made publick.
Every honest and well meaning man, who v •
but open his eyes to his own true interest. pe
and fafety (which is always inseparable with th.
of the publick) must fee from all the late a&ic.s
of the enemy, that they do not entertain the lea
hopes of reducing us, unless by means of fecret
infidious emissaries dispersed about under vari
difguifes, they can promote and foment implac
animosities, quarrels and diffentions amongst,
selves, and thereby make us do for them what
have rclinquifhcd the ability to do for themfei .a
that is, obligingly cut our own throats. Th
the diabolical and unnatural business, they le^v
nothing untryed to keep us employed about,
their greatest exertions for feme time past feet
to centre here ; such shockingly villainous intentic
once discovered (and they are too glaring to be am
longer concealed) must be fufficient to put ever
man of feeling on his guard, and make him fhudde
at the thoughts of being artfully made an inftru
ment in such dreadful wbrk. A full conviction c
such their horrid designs has at last awakened thU
people of Little Pedee from their long infatuati
and we find immediately after their submission, t
numbers also from Lynch's creek and Chert
came in, surrendered themselves, and implore<
reconciliation with their injured country. Thus
the prudent and fpii ited conduct of General Mar:
on, tranquility is again restored to all our norths
parts, and we do not doubt this will prove a pre
lude to the fame definable consequences through^ Nt
the whole state; a happy coalition of men of ho
nour, prudence and property, with the blessing of
God, will soon ferret the now pitiful thin-scattered
remains of swamp-skulking thieves, horfe-fteale 9
and murderers (the only choice royal auxiliaries left
in the country) from their secret lurking plac 3
and make us once more a happy and united people
On Thursday last Captain Clark fell in with a
party of 50 or 60 Indians (being part of 5 or 6cn)
who were coming to disturb the frontier inhabitants
of Georgia, and after a small dispute, killed 3 an'
I white man, and took 2 white men prisoners One
of the white men was an inhabitant of the state o'
South-Carolina, who has been a notorious mur
derer.
profpeCt of an accommodation between Great-Bri
tain and America, and should it fortunately so hap
pen, you will take the earliest opportunity to make
me acquainted with it; in order that I may use my
endeavours to avert, as much as possible, any fur
ther hostilities against the frontiers. It is a tedi
ous profpe& that 1 have in this remote place of
knowing the event of affairs from Head-Quarters,
wherefore much diligence is recommended to you
on this occasion.
JOHN ROSS, Major."