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Bristol, who informed him that the combined fleet
was as high up in the channel as th^ Lizard, and
that our grand fleet was at Torbay, and in hourly
expectation of being joined by ten fail of the line.
She also informed him, that Admiral Rodney, in the
Gibraltar man of war and a frigate, were off Cape
Clear, with whom he fell in before night. Admiral
Rodney ordered the above frigates to cruize in the
mouth of the channel to lookout for the homeward
bound Wcft-lndia fleet, with Zhich be parted com
pany about three weeks before, and to order them
to make any port in Ireland. He likewise spoke a
cutter belonging to Bristol, who had taken a French
privateer. While Captain Belt was in Oporto, news
had arrived of an infurredtiou in Spanilh America,
that the inhabitants had chosen a King of their own)
and that Commodore juhnlloue was gone to that
quarter to favour the revolution.
In the late engagement with the Dutch fleet, the
Buffalo had three Ihips on her at once; a Ihot came
into her gallery and knocked some powder boxes to
pieces, the powder took hre and set the gallery in a
blaze : several poor fellows were so desperately burn
ed that they died 111 a tew days. The action was very
unequal, and the most desperate and bloody one
fought this war. The Batavia was the ship opposed
to the Buffalo, and both were considerably damaged.
At length the enemy drew off to refit, as did our
fleet, expediting to renew the engagement in the
evening, but they thought it advifeable to go home
and leave us conquerors.
BOSTO N, Dec. 14.
On Monday last arrived here 00 publick busi
ness, the Marquis de la Fayette, Major-General in
the army of the United States. As loon as it was
known that the Marquis was in town, all the bells
rung to welcome his arrival. Only the name of
the Marquis de la Fayette immediately calls to our
mind without a recapitulation, a series of various
and important services rendered by him to the cause
of America besides his late brilliant ones in Virginia.
F I S 1 L L, Dec. 27.
Extract from GENERAL ORDERS.
Head-Quarters, Highlands, December 25.
" The General has the pleasure of acquainting the
army, that Captain Williams, of the New-York le
vies, doing duty on the lines, on the night of the
23d inst. made an excursion to Morriffania, with 25
volunteer horse; and brought off one Captain, one
Lieutenant, and seven privates prisoners, without
an, loss on our fide. Captain Pritchard, with a de
tachment of infantry, moved down to cover the re
treat, in case it should have been necessary; but the
enemy dared not puifue the horse.
'' The General prefects his thanksto Captain
Williams, and the volunteers who were with him,
for the spirit and address exhibited by them on this
enterprise." •—
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 22.
Extrad of a letter dated Fort Pitt, Nov. 4, 1781.
" I am glad of this opportunity to give you an ac
count of the taking of the three Moravian Indian
congregations. The 4th of August last a firing of
wampum, from the half king of the Wiondat nation,
was delivered to them with a message, that he intend
ed to come to them with a great number of warriors,
but they should not be afraid, because he was their
friend, and that he himfclf was coming along with
the rest of his people. According to this mefTage
there arrived on the 6th August 150 warriors, they
encamped at the lower end of the town Gnadenhit
ten. The day following they were joined by 50 more,
and so they were continuing coming in by small com
panies till the icth, when their number wasencreafed
to 220. That da, they ordered that all the old men
from the three towns should meet together to a coun
cil. Here they told them that they would have them
to move away with them, as they and their Indians
were in their way, and a great obftrudion when they
were going to war. In answer to this the old men
told them, that it was impossible for them to move
at this time and leave their corn behind, for they
and their children would perilh with hunger in the
wilderness. The Wiondats immediately began to
kill their hogs and cattle, and destroyed every thing
that came in their way. All night they danced the
war dance and made a most shocking noise. All the
good words the old men, &c. used to persuade them
to leave off had no effect; but their entreaties, to
move them to humane behaviour, enraged them the
more, and they grew worse every day. The 15th
their head men held a council, and soon after order
ed that all the head men of the three towns should
meet them, and should bring their ministers along
with them. Agreeable to this, the next day the In
dians from the towns Salem and Shanebrun came too,
as also Mr. David Zeifberger and John Heckenwal
der their minifies. The warrior chiefs repeated the
fame speech as before, and told them that this would
be the last time that they would speak to them; the
Moravian Indians desired them to have but a little
patience, that they might be able to gather their
corn and only permit them to live in their towns this
winter. At this the half king of the Wiondats and
his councilors seemed to be pleafcd, and began to
prepare for going towards Wheeling to War. But
the English (officers that were in the company, were
much displeased and told the Indian captains, that
the commanding officer at Detroit would be very
angry with them. This immediately put a stop to
ter going off, and they began to trouble them anew,
they burnt their fences, drove their horses into the
corn, and killed all the hogs and cattle that were
left. This lasted for five or fix days, when th.y once
more called together the Moravian Indians, and or
dered them to bring along from the other two towns
their ministers. After they had met together captain
Pipe made a harsh speech, he said that they would
not be contented till they had them along, and de
manded a positive answer immediately. The Mora
vian Indians consulted a Tittle about the anfwersthey
should give, and determined to renew the former, and
to desire them to let them alone til! next spring. This
laid, the Wiondats laid hold on Mr. David Zeifber
ger, William Edwards, John Heckenwalder andGod
lob Senfeman ; the whole company of the warriors
made a terrible cry and diagged them to thei r camp,
directly after this they went to the minister's house,
broke open the door and plundered every thing they
found, what they did not like they destroyed entirely.
" Two companies set off for Shanebrun and Salem,
where they took prisoners Mr. Youngman aid his
wife, also the wife of Mr. Senfeman, and Mrs. Zeif
berger ; Mrs. Senfeman was but five days before
brought to bed ; at midnight they were brought in
with a death-hollow for every one of them. Mr.
Michael Young was brought in at the fame time
from Salem, and Mrs. Heckenwalder the next day
with some Indian m omen.
" These unfortunate men begged that they might
have the liberty to get their wives to a house, which
was granted, soon after they all received orders to
march off without delay, % or else they would all be
killed. They applied to tle English officers to get
some cf their clothing balk, who promised to 00
what they could, and soon after received some of
their old cloths, but all the belt they kept, all the
bedding they had was ripped and destroyed. lire
28th of August they left Gnadenhit'en, aid theist
of September they .moved from Salem, and after
journeying four weeks in the wilderness they arriv
ed at a branch of Sandusky creek, where they order
ed the poor prisoners to ftay.J
'' I am not able to make a description of the di
stress they are in, neither cloaths, provisions nor
houfcs, and if God Almighty doth not in a particular
manner provide for them, they muff all perilh wiih
hunger and cold, for in that part where they ft tiled
them, there is nothing to be had; and it teems as if
they were determined to starve them : If any body
ffiould have seen how they have been treated, a heart
of stone could not have been indifferent. There were
in the company nine white man, dressed in the Indian
way and printed, who really mule an infernal ap
pearance. Neither the lamentations or tears of the
poor helpless widows and children, nor the cries of
the diftreded women, could make an impression on
their minds, but would only mock and laugh at them.
t Mr. David Zeifberger and John Hakenwalder
were to be sent off to Detroit.
TRENTO N, Jan. 2.
On Saturday last the General Assembly of this
state adjourned to Wednesday the 15th of May
next, then 00 meet at Trenton. During the fitting
the following aCis were passed:
A supplemental ad to an ad, intitled, an ad for
amending and establishing the charter of the college
of New-Jersey.
An ad to continue an ad, intitled, an ad to
alter the place of holding the supreme court of
judicature of this state, and to afeertain the times
for holding the fame, and also to alter and afeer
tain the times of holding the inferior court of com
mon pleas and court of general quarter sessions of
the peace for the county of Hunterdon.
An ad to continue an ad, intitled, an ad to alter
the place of holding the inferior court of common
pleas and general quarter felons of the peace for
the county of Middlesex.
An ad to empower John Ely, on the part of
George Ely, to divide a certain trad of land be
fongi^g to the said George Ely and Capt. George
Coryell.
An ad for the more speedy settlement of the
publick accounts.
An ad to procure an estimate of the damages
sustained by the inhabitants of this Itate from the
By the latest accounts from New-York, General
Clinton and Lord Cornwallis (two more of the con
querors of America) have certainly failed for Britain;
also General Arnold and Prince William Henry. It
will be rather difficult for these great men to persuade
the deluded credulous Brilifh, that five or fix ofthefe
dates are at prefect in the King's peace—truly it is a
peace that paffeth all understanding.
On the 15th inst. Capt. Hylcr of Brunswick (uho
now commands seven or eight stout whale boats,
manned with near 100 men) fell in at the narrows,
with two refugee Hoops trading to Shrewsbury ;
one of them was commanded by the noted villain
Shore Stephens, and had on board 6ocl. in specie,
besides a coHfiderable quantity of dry goods; the
other had also a parcel of similar articles; lugar,
rum, &c. they were both gpnduded to Brunswick.
I 0 whom it may concern :
State of )XT OTICE is hereby given, that
New-Jersey, IT. J a Court of Admiralty will
be held at the boule cf Gilbert Barton, in Allentown,
on Monday the 25th day of January next, at the
hour cf ten in the forenoon, then and there to by
the truth of the fads alledged in the bill of William
Trecn, commander of the schooner and
Joseph Edwards, commander of the whale-boat
Unity, (who as well, &c ) against a certain sloop or
veffdcalled the Betsey, which lately failed from Jen cs's
Creek, in the Delaware state, laden with wheat, In
dian corn and flour, and was captured in Delaware
Bay by a British cruizer, commanded bv Jolei li-
Hugbes Burden, and retaken by the afon-fa d Cap
tains Treen and Edwards, together with her ta< kle,
apparel, furniture and cargo : To the erd and intent
that the owner or owners of the said veilel, or any
other person or persons interested therein, may appear
and shew cause, if any they have, üby the said vet el,
with her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo should
not be condemned to the captors thereof, and a de
cree thereon pals, pursuant to the prayer of the fid
bill. By order of the Judge,
JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Register.
Burlington, Dec..7 1781.
OIICL is icreLy given, that the fubfcribcr and
IN Maigiret his wist, by express contrast, made
an equal division of their property, feparate d in
February 1779, an d have lived Separate ever since,
and that hi shall pav no debts which flie hath either
contra&d finec that time, or which she mav )hi&
after contract. OVID HAND.-
December 22, 1781. gw
waft© and fppil committed by the troops in the Ser
vice of the enemy and their adherents, by the con
tinental army, or by the militia of this or of the
neighbouring dates.
^n ad for regulating navigation and trade in
this state.
An ad to secure the profits of lands upon the
frontiers of the state, to the owners refpedively
who have been compelled to abandon the fame.
An ad for recovering certain monies due for the
hire of fubfiitutes.
An ad to amend an ad, intitled, an ad to de
clare the value of the continental currency through
the several periods of its depreciation, and to pro
vide for the more equitable payment of debts.
An ad to raise the sum of One Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Founds, in money and certificates,
in the state of New-Jersey.
An ad to afeertain the time when the several
petfons appointed as appraifeis in the aft, intitled,
an ad to procure an eitimate of the damages fuf,
tained by the inhabitants of this state fiom th©
waste and spoil committed by the troops in the ser
vice of the en©my and their adherents, by the con
tinental army, or by the militia of this or of th©
neighbouring dates, shall proceed to perform th©
several duties required of them.
An ad to repeal part of certain ads therein
mentioned, and also to dried the settlement of the
accounts of the fuperihtendant and contractors of
this state.
An ad to provide for the defence of the fron
tiers. and for defraying the expeuces of the govern
ment of this state.
An ad for taking charge of and leafing the real
estates of the fubjeds of the King of Great-Bri
tain, lying within this date
An ad for regulating and establishing admiralty
jurifdidion.
An ad for defraying sundry incidental charges.
On Wednesday last the Honourable the Council
and Assembly eleded the following officers of the
Court of Admiralty: The Honourable |ohn Im
lay, Esq- Judge; Joseph Bloomfield, Esq. Regriler ;
and james Mtomb, Esq. Marshal.
TO 'BE°S O~L"D,
On the loweji Terms for Case only,
lit the Printing-Office /zzTkenton,
'E A, Spanish ditto,
1 Coffee, Pepper,
Chocolate, Ginger,
Mufeovado Sugar, Soap.
ALSO,
Pins and Needles—and a Variety of
Queen's Ware, confining of Tea Pots,
Cups and Saucers, Sugar Bowls and
Plates—Where ready money will be
given for a few Barrels of good foft Soap.
An ad for supporting the government of th©
state of Neu-leifey, to commence the thirteenth
day of Odober, one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-one, and to#end the second Tuesday in Oc
tober, one thousand seven hundied and eighty-two,
inclusive