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and there was a pretty fraart skirmish between a party
bf our riflemen and the advance of the enemy near
the ford. The boats being secured, and the river con
tinuing high from the late rains, the enemy were for
some time flopped in their pursuit. Heavy rains,
deep creeks and bad roads, as well as delays for want
of provisions and other causes, prevented our form
ing ajundion as soon as was expeded. Gen. Greene
therefore, fearing that the river might fall so as to be
fordable, ordered the army to file off to Guilford
courthouse, where part of them arrived on the even
ing of the Bth, and the rest were expected to be in on
the 9th. The enemy, finding they could not pass at
the Trading Ford, near Salisbury, marched up the
south fide of the Yadkin, andon the night of the 7th
eroded at the Shallow Ford, and had on the 9th ad
vanced towards Salem, one of the Moravian towns,
within 25 or 30 miles of Guilford courthowfe.
These rapid movements having prevented the junc
tioq of the militia, General Greene ordered the stores
and heavy baggage to be removed to Prince Edward
courthouse, in the state of Virginia ; and having form
ed a light army, composed of the cavalry of the id
and 3d regiments, and Lieut. Col. Lee's legion, a
detachment of light infantry under Col. Howard, and
some few Virginia riflemen, making in the whole 700,
ordered them with the militia to harrafs the enemy
in their advance, and check their pfogrefs, while he
with the rest of the army crossed the Roanoke. In
the mean while, General Sumpter was ordered to
collect the militia in the upper part of South-Caroli
na, and Gen. Pickens had orders to take the'com
mand of the men in arms in the rear of the enemy.
Such was the situation of the two armies at the date
of the last dispatches, which was the 10th pf this
month.
The following extracts contain the latest advices of
what was passing in other parts of the southern states :
Extract of a letter from Gen. Marian to Gen. Greene,
dated Santee, Jan. 31, 1781.
" On the 29th instant I sent over the Santee River
two parties of horse, coniifting of 30 each ; one under
the command of Major Poftil, the other under Capt.
Poftil : The firft to burn the enemy's stores at Thomp
son's, the other to burn those at Watboo bridge. The
Captain has effected his orders with great fpirif and
good conduct. At Watboo there were 15 hhds of
rum, a quantity of pork, flour, rice, salt and tur
pentine. He marched from there to Keithfield, near
Monks Corner, attacked a British guard, killed two,
wounded three, took and brought off two surgeons,
one quartermaster, one waggonmalter, 7 waggoners,
one Reward, and 25 non-comrrpffioned officers and
privates of the 7th, 23d, 33d, 63d and 71st regiments.
He had not one man injured. He burned at Keith
field 14 waggons loaded with soldiers clothihg and
baggage, 20 hhds of rum, and retired with his pri
soners."
Extras of a letter from Gen. Marian to Gen. Greene,
dated Black river, Feb. 2, 1781.
" Major Poftil, who was ordered to Col. Thomp
son's, found no stores there. All had been carried a
way some few days before. But on his return he heard
of a great quantity of rum, fogar, salt, flour, pork,
soldiers clothing and baggage at Marringault's ferry.
The guard had gone after Capt. Poftil, and left only
four men in a redoubt of wood, which the Major
took, and entirely destroyed all the stores and re
doubt, without receiving any loss or hurt."
Extras of a letter from Maj. Gen. Greene, dated at
Sherard's Ford, on the Catawba river, Jan. 31, 1781.
" I have received intelligence that 400 troops have
failed from Charleftown for Wilmington, in North-
Carolina."
Extract of a letter from Col. Drayton to Major-Gen.
Greene, dated Feb. 2, 1781.
" On Monday evening the i2th>ult. the enemy's
fleet appeared off; on Tuesday part got in; and the
Thursday following the whole of them reached the
firft Flats. The inhabitants of Wilmington then held
a consultation on the propriety of meeting their foes
with a flag; and concluded on it. In consequence,
they inlifted on Col. Young, who commanded the mi
litia, to withdraw the few he had, (not more than 50)
and leave the town to make their own terms. This
he did ; and on Saturday a flag was sent, with an of
fer to surrender as prisoners of war, until exchanged.
This the British answered, by taking possession of the
town with two gallies and about 200 infantry, on
Monday the 29th, at twelve o'clock."
Phblifhed bv order of Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec.
MARCH 6.
Extras of a letter from Alexandria, Feb. 28, 1781.
" The report of the day is, and I have it from good
authority, that Cornwallis is retreating ; General
Greene strong and after him ; Baron Steuben ordered
to march into the lower part of North-Carolina, to
cut offhis retreat. Our militia is to meet the French
fleet at York, where it is said nine fail have arrived,
and toYffift and co-operate with them. The sea Cap
tains; efpecialty those acquainted with the navigati
on of the bay and rivers, are called for, and Captain
C is particularly named.
, “ The back country people have and are turning
out with good spirit. It is the prevailing opinion with
us, that Cornwallis cannot make good his retreat, and
that Arnold will be kept in."
Extract of a letter from Richmond, in Virginia, dat
ed February 26, 1781.
" I gave you information in my last, that General
Greene had crossed the Dan at Boyd's ferry, and that
Cornwallis had arrived at the opposite shore. Large
reinforcements of militia having embodied both in
front and rear of the enemy ; he is retreating, with as
much rapidity as he advanced. His route is towards
Hillfborough. Gen. Greene crossed the Dah the 21st
in pursuit of him. I have the pleasure to inform you,
that the spirit of opposition among the people was as
universal and ardent, as could have been wifhed>
The British at Portsmouth lie close in their lines. Our
force has been moved down close to their lines."
Extract of a letter from Rhode-Ifland, dated Febru
ary 25, 1781.
" The L'Eveille, a 64 gun ship belonging to the
French squadron, was sent with two frigates upon a
particular expedition into Chefapeale bay ; having
finifhed the business she was- sent upon, she lay ten
days in Hampton road, where she took nine or ten
British vessels, with 500 soldiers on board ; after which
flie failed to rejoin her fleet, and upon her passage fell
in with the Romulus, a British 44 pierced for 50 guns,
which she took, and brought fafe into this port last
night. M.de Tilly, the Captain of the L'Eveille, is
the fame officer who distinguished himfelf by his be
haviour in the beginning of the war : He then com
manded a frigate of 28 guns, and being out upon a
cruile, he met an English frigate of 36 guns returning
from the EaR-Indies, and which, ignorant ofthe war,
was not prepared for action. He hailed the English
man, afkid him if he knew the two nations were at
war, and allowed him a quarter of an hour to pre
pare himfelf, faying he would take no advantage.—
The English Captain accordingly made.himfelf ready
to fight, but after some broadsides was obliged to
strike." : -
The circumßances of the Romulus being taken are
not yet arrived ; but it is proper to observe, that hav
ing fti uck without fighting, the acquisition is much
more valuable towards increating the force of the
French squadron, This circumflance, however, may
not in any refpedbe confirmed against the Captain and
crew ofthe vessel, as the accounts we have received re
late that the small-pox prevailed on board the Romulus.
TRENTON, March 7.
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, March 6.
" The news from the South is encouraging. There
are letters from thence as kite as the 15th ult. which
give an account that Gen. Greene had effected his re
treat without any loss of men or baggage ; —that Lord
Cornwallis had halted at Dan river, and it was uncer
tain whether he would cross it, or retire to the south
ward. Other letters from Virginia, of a later date,
fay the enemy are retiring with as much precipitation
as they advanced, harrafTed half to death with long
marches ; —that the main army was in turn pursuing
them ; —that Morgan, Lee, Sumpter, and Marian
were south of them, and the militia sass assembling
and gathering about them."
" On Wednesday the 28th of February last, de
parted this life, at his feat at Morven near Princeton,
in the fifty-firft year of his age, Richard Stock
ton, Esquire. The ability, dignity, and integrity,
with which this gentleman difeharged the duties of
the several important offices to which he was called
by the voice of his country are —well known.
" In the private walk of life he was peculiarly en
gaging ; his manners were easy ; his converiation was
at all times embellished with the genuine marks of a
finiihed education, a refined taftc, and a true know
ledge of the world.
" It pleased God to give him an opportunity of
completing his character as a Chriftiah, by that un
shaken fortitude and pious resignation with which he
sustained a disease peculiarly painful and tedious ; and
by that composure and triumph with which he parted
with every thing that was dear in life.
" His remains were conduced to the College hall
on the Friday following, where an excellent fernion
suitable to the occasion was preached by the Rev. Mr.
Samuel Smith, the ProfefTor of Divinity ; they were
afterwards interred with his anteftors, in the Friends
burial ground near Princeton."
His Excellency the Governor has appointed the
Terms in the Court of Chancery, (then to be held at
Trenton) 011 the firft Saturdays after the firft Tues
days in the months of April and September, and on
the firft Saturdays after the second Tuesdays in the
months of May and November.
To the Printer of the New-Jersey Gazette.
S I R,
General Assembly, by their aft of the 17th
- 1 November last, have authorifed his Excellency
the Governor and the Honourable the Privy Council,
to afeertain and declare, from time to time, the com
parative value of the continental currency and specie ;
or, in more familiar phrase, the current rate of ex
change between them. This, in my opinion, was a
judicious measure, and in virtue ofthe authority veil
ed by it, the rate of exchange was duly declared on
the 22d of the fame month at fcventy-five. Doubt
less the Legislature intended that this power should
be exercised as often as a change of circumstances
should render it proper and necessary. It is not mine
to prescribe to the Honourable Body in whose hands
it is deposited, but with the refped which becomes a
citizen, I would observe, that the fame reasons which
made it proper on the 22d of November last to mark
it at feventy-five, rather than a lower number, now
make it proper to carry it above feventy-five. The
experience of several years has taught us, and fixed
the conviction, 'that all laws and regulations refpe£t-
i'ng money, ought, in an especial manner, to toifc'
cide with the general sense of the people. That
where-ever this is not the case, a thousand fhifts and
practices of flight of hand will be used to evade them ;
knaves will profit, and honest men fuffer by them.
There is certainly, at this time, in the opinion ofthe
people at large, a very considerable difference be
tween the estimated or mercantile and the lawful ex
change. The natural and inevitable effect of this is
to depreciate the new bills, commonly called lawful
money, which it is the interest, determination and en
deavour of every honest trader and honest man of
whatever profeffion, to fupporl at their legal value
and equality with coin.
I ( would not, by any means, have produced these
sentiments to publick view were they merely my own,
but I believe they are the sentiments of the c(mmu
nity in general; nor do I with to enlarge upon them,
well knowing that news-paper effufions upon money
matters rarely do much good ; but I hope they can
have no ill effect nor be taken as an offence, and am
fully persuaded that a little reflection and enquiry will
point out to thoft whom it may concern, what is
bed to be done. .. SILENTIO.
n Trenton, March 5, i,Br.
° y in f° rmatlon from the Superintend
vV ant of Purchases it appears that many, of the
County Contractors have been very negligent in mak
ing their Returns and Settlements: Therefore those
Contractors in the several counties who are delinquent
in making their returns and settlements agreeably to
law, are required to make them immediately ; and
those who have made pnrehafes, and since resigned
their offices, are required forthwith to make a final
settlement of their accounts.
$w JAMES EWING,
_ Auditor of Accounts.
Readingtown, Hunterdon county, near the
White- House, February 20, 1781.
THE sub feriber takes this method of acquainting
his former cuftomets, and the publick in gene
ral, that he has furnilhed himfelf with a quantity of
Carolina Cane, intends to carry on the
REED-MAKING Business
as usual; and hopes, by his knowledge of, and at
tention to his business, to give fatisfaCtion to all those
who shall please to favour him with their custom.
CHARI,ES E VERSOLE.
Joseph Inflee, at Pennington,
Has for SALE, a few barrels of the best
LIVER OIL.,
Also PEPPER and ALSPICE, by the
hundred weight or less quantity.
W A'
A GOOD SCHOOLMASTER, to teach reading
I and writing. A single or married man, well re
commended, will hear of a place, and meet with pro
per encouragement by applying to the Printer.
Likewise good wages will be given by a gentleman
in the neighbourhood of Morris-Town for a good
NEGRO MAN, who can be well recommended for
Cooking, Sobriety, &c. For further information en
quire of the Printer. gw*
T O BE SOL D,
A NEGRO MAN and his WIFE, with two male
CHILDREN. The man is a complete farmer.
The wench is an exceeding good dairy woman, and
can wash, iron, and cook very well. They are honest
and sober. Enquire of the Prin'er. gw*
Isaac Michael, at Bound-Brook,
Has for S A L E,
RUM, GIN, WINE, FRENCH BRANDY;
TOBACCO, SNUFF, EARTHEN WARE, and
all forts of DRY GOODS, by wholesale and retail,
on the molt reasonable terms. gw*
MADE his E S'CA P°E,
From the Constable of the townihip of Windsor, in
Middlesex county,
A Certain WILLIAM TURNER, apprehended for
1 theft. He is about five feet eleven inches high,
and in but poor habit. Whoever will take up and
secure the said Turner, shall receive TWO HARD
DOLLARS reward, and reasonable charges.
3W* Lippincot South.
TO BE SOLD by publick Vendue,
At the house of OKEY HENDRICKSON, Innkeep
er, in Height's town, on Friday, 23d of March,
HREEborfes, two of them very good for the
R gears, and the other an elegant saddle horse;
al'o a good breeding mare, cattle, a waggon and
gears, two sets of boxes, with wings and screws for
a riding chair ; one plough ; halfa dozen chairs ; half
a dozen knives and forks; a set of new China; and
1000 feet of inch pine boards. The vendue to begin*
at ten o'clock, when the Conditions of sale will be
made known by me
at OKKY HENDRICKSON.
N. B. Also a hoglhead of good RUM to be fold,
of high proof and excellent quality, for which loan
office certificates or state money will be taken in pay
ment.