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and three thousand troops, came from blew-York to
Staten-Ifland.' It is supposed he has it in contem
plation to make an incurlion into this state, as some
of their dirty productions, to poison the minds of the
soldiery, were found last Saturday at this place.
We would recommend it to Sir Harry to lilcnce the
clamorous hirelings of Hesse, to whom he is fifteen
months in arrear, before he makes overtures to our
soldiery. ; —
RICHMOND, (Virginia) Jan. to,
Extract of a letter from an officer in the southern
army.
“ It gives me much pleasure that I have it in my
)ower to inform you a detachment of horse from Ge
neral Morgan's party, confining of Baylor's regiment
of dragoons, and 200 militia horse, commanded by
Col. Washington, has totally defeated a party of 250
tories commanded by a Col. Verner. This happened
about twenty-five miles from Ninety-Six. Col. Waih
ington's party killed and mortally wounded one hun
dred and sixty-sour, and made 40 prisoners, without
having a single man of his party killed or wounded."
NARRATIVE of the movements of the ENEMY
since our last.
Three little rencounters have happened with the
enemy. In the firft, General Smallwood led on a
party of two or three hundred militia, and obliged
some armed vessels of the enemy to retire from a prize
they had taken at Broadways, and renewing his at
tack the next day with a four pounder or two, (for
on the firft day he had only muikets) he obliged some
of their vessels to fall down from City Point, to their
main fleet at .Weftover. The enemy's loss is not
known ; ours was four men wounded. —A party of
the enemy's lighthorfe surprised about one hundred
or one hundred and fifty militia at Charles City Court-
House, wounded four, of whom two died, and took
fix prisoners. On Baron Steuben's approach towards
Hood's, the enemy embarked ; the wind, which till
then had set directly up the river, from the time
of their leaving James town, fhifted in a moment to
the opposite point. Baron Steuben, with the main
body of the troops under his command, was about
ten miles from Hood's when the enemy landed twelve
hundred there.
On the night of the 10th, Col. Clarke, ofKafkafkie,
had been sent on with 230 men, and having properly
disposed of them in ambuscade, gave the enemy a deli
berate fire, which killed 17 on the spot, and wound
ed thirty. They returned the fire in confufion, by
which we had three or four wounded ; our party, be
ing much inferior in numbers, retired. Embarking
again, they fell down the river to Cobham, where
they plundered the warehouses, and carried off about
60 hogsheads of tobacco. The last intelligence re
ceived was, that on the 16th they were landing for
Newport-news.v
B A LTIMO R E, January 23.
Extract of a letter from Frederickfburg, (Virginia)
dated the 16th instant.
“ The enemy, by our last accounts, are still on James
river at Burwell's ferry, about 4 miles from Williamf
barg,---General Nelson has near 1900 men with him
there---and we are making up a considerable force in
this place, which I hope will be Efficient to'check
them, if they should pay us a visit---The enemy have
done little or nothing since my last."
PHILADELPHIA, January 31.
From the belt authority we learn that the state of
Maryland hath agreed to the confederation of the
United States, by which means the confederacy is now
complete.
We alto learn that the state of Virginia have given
up their claim to the back lands, and have, in a for
mal manner, by a law, ceded to the United States
all the lands lying to the westward of the River Ohio.
'The brig Fame, Capt. Treen, about fourteen days
ago, took the privateer schooner Cock, Caple Brooks,
bound from New-York on a cruize to Cheiapeak-Bay,
and sent her into a port in New-Jersey.
We hear the'brig Fame, Capt. Treen, lying in Egg-
Harbour, in the gale of wind on the zzd instant, was
overfet, and it is said twenty-five of her hands were
drowned.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Virginia, da
ted January 22, 1781.
" Our last account was, that the enemy had sent
their men in boats up Pagan Creek, and landed at
Smithfield, on the south fide of James River. Baron
Steuben was at Cabin Point, about 30 miles above
them; Gen. Nelson at Williamsburg, and Gen. Wee
don at Frederickfburg. Gen. Muhlenburg is gone
down with a fine body of riflemen to reinforce the Ba
ron and Nelson. I suppose you have heard that Ar
nold issued a proclamation inviting the inhabitants to
enlist with him, ordering a bounty of three guineas,
and a commrilion to any man according to the number
he shall bring with him."
Extract of a letter from Williamsburg, dated Jan. 20.
" The enemy marched by land to Portsmouth,
where it is probable they will entrench."
Extract of a letter from Annapolis, dated Jan. 22,1781.
" Captain Forbes, in the Nefbitt, arrived here about
two o'clock. He left L'Orient the last of November,
with a fleet of 150 fail of merchantmen and a few fri
gates, and went with them off Brest harbour, where
there lay a fleet waiting for the vessels from L'Orient
and other ports bound to the Weft-Indies and Ame
rica. Capt. Forbes understood that a squadron of 14
©r 15 fliips of the line lay at Breit; and he understood
a body of troops, $ or 9009, were to fail with the
squadron, but he did not learn their destination. The
grand fleet of Great-Britain and the united grand fleet
of France and Spain were at tea. Capt. Forbes was
five days off our capes, in which he came clofc by
Cape Henry last Thursday afternoon, about an hour
by fun ; he looked from the topmast head, with a spy
glass, into Hampton road, but (aw no vessels there.
He was on board Capt, BucWannon, at the mouth of
Patuxent yeiterday morning, who failed with the
whole fleet about ten o'clock, with intention to put
to tea. Capt. Forbes took a prize from Charleftown
with rice and indigo, and ordered her to Philadel
phia." — —
TRENT ON, February 7.
At the adjourned Courts of Oyer and Terminer and
General Gaol Delivery held in Monmouth the 23d
ult. Robert James was convicted of high treason, and
Humphry Wade and John Parker were convicted of
horkhealing, and are all Sentenced to be executed
next Friday. At the fame Courts, John Van Mater,
Israel Pennington, Francis Borden, David Knott,
William Morton, Walter Weft, Cornelius Clayton,
Joseph Randolph, fen. Levi Conrow, David Allen,
Peter Patterson, Doric! Bray, Thomas Fields, Da
vid Houle, jun. Jonathan Stout, Patrick Baily, Ed
ward Doughty, Joseph Price and Jane Millegan were
convicted of mildemeanors.
We hcAr from New-York that a fleet of sixty fail,
under convoy of four frigates and a forty gun flip,
(the French Indiaman take? by Rodney) failed last
week from that place for Euspe, on board of which
is Shipped molt of their harr^caSh.
Previous to the failing of $e above fleet, there was
a very hot press in New-York, in which they took
white and black without dirtfo&aii, to the number of
about five hundred ptrfons.u
They have received an account at New-York, that
one ot Graves's fleet, a 74, was cast away in the late
violent snow itorm, on Brinton's reef, and that all
011 board perilled.;
The refugees within the Bfjtifh lines have been so
elated with toe profpedt of place, at the expence of
the liberties of the United Suites, in consequence of
some late events, that numbers of them, purchased
merchandize in order to set up Shopkeeping in this
state, and went so far as to fix upon their respective
places' of abode. —Poor deluded wretches!
ExtraCt of a letter from Holland to a gentleman in
this state, dated September 20, 1780.
" The fame causes which hive hindered this repub
lick from openly connecting jtfelf with America, and
from protectingits own commerce, still continue in a
gfcat degree. She has hitherto buffered herfelf to be
insulted, ill treated, and pillaged with impunity by the
Englilh. But the grand pointwith refpc& to America
which we have gained is, th# the Englilh party have
not succeeded in their endeavours to engage her in this
contest in favour of your enemies ; and as to her own
commerce, tho' the has not had enterprize fufficient
to protest it alone, die will have prudence enough to
appear among the foremoft in the fleets forming by the
confederated maritime powers.
'' I felicitate you on the glory which your troops
and militia have gamed in repelling the British incen
diaries from the villageW Springfield. You will have
learned, before the receipt of this letter, of the cap
ture of the Englilh East and Weft Indian fleets by the
combined fleets of France and Spain, between Cape
St, Vincent and Madeira. A very important broke
in its consequences; for there were 5 ships for the
East-Indies, 18 for Admiral Rodney, 13 for Jamaica,
and 28 tor New-York and Charleftown, with troops,
money, ammunition and provfiion, the loss of which
must derange the operations of the enemy on all lides.
" We think it unfortunate for America that Mr.
Laurens has met with so many-delays in executmg the
commission Congress had given him for this country ;
however, the good work shall not be entirely hop'd
on that account. I have lately received letters of
thanks from the Ministers of the United States of A
merica, both in France and Spain, in consequence of
my acceptance of bills in the absence of thisgentleman,
and shall esteem myfelf always happy when I can pro
mote the intcreft of so glorious a cause as that in which
America is engaged."
*, The Piece signed 'A Militia Officer,' has
been received, and will be attended to as soon as pos
sible. And the piece signed, 'A lover of true Juftice,'
must be deferred till our next.
Thirty Shillings Reward.
MADE* bis escape from the, fubferiber, one of
the Constables for the township of Windsor,
a certain Jacob Maple, who was convicted of lar
ceny before two of the Justices of the county of
Middlesex, and was sentenced to be whipped at the
publick whipping-post, but made his escape while
preparation was making to put the said sentence in
execution. The said Maple is about five feet ten
inches high, of a dark complexion, has very black
hair; wore a mixed coloured coat and leather
breeches, and an old dop'd hat. Whoever secures
the said Jacob Maple, ib that he may be brought
to punishment, shall be entitled to the above reward
and all reasonable charges.
3 w* 1 JOHN 1 TOTTEN, Constable.
Princeton, Feb. so 1781.
For the information of the Public.
BY a law palled (in last November session) by thq
Legislature of the state of Maryland, it is en
abled, “ That after the firft of April next no bills
of credit issued by Congress, or ads of Assembly
under the old government, or resolves of Conventi
ons, shall be received or exchanged by the Commis
sioner in said state at the city of Annapolis, or the
Comraiffioner on the Eastern Shore; nor will t'
state ever hereafter redeem, or in any manner
answerable for the redemption or finking of any -
said bills of, credit."
The pofliffors of any of the above mentioned bil
of credit, emitted by a&s of Assembly under rhe 0
government, or resolves of Conventions, are hereby
'cautioned to get them exchanged agreeably to the
above law, otherwise the said bills will be funk in
their hands. A. B.
Trenton, 25th Jan. 1781.
-TO-BE SOL D,~
AN excellent NEGRO GARDENER,
about 40 years of age, has had the small-pox
and meafies. Enquire of the Printer.
Bucks County, January 31, 1781.
RAN AW AY,
From the fubferiber, on the 29th ult.
A MULATTO GIRL named Agnefs Beat, had
1 1 on when she went away, a dark linfey gown
and petticoat, light coloured cloak, black bonnet,
low heel'd flroes ; and as she has taken with her
sundry other clothes, she may alter her dress
Whoever takes up said Mulatto shall have Three
Hundred Dollars reward, and reasonable charges
paid by me ADAM VaNHART.,
N. B. All persons are hereby forbid to harbo
her ; if they do, they shall be prosecuted according
to law. I w*
W A N T~ —D;
AMAN AGER on a Farm, a middle aged man
who has a thorough knowledge of farming:
Any petfon who can be well recommended for his
knowledge, industry and sobriety, may hear of good
encouragement, by applying to the Printer hereof.
None else need apply.
Also wanted, a Blacksmith, who understands
country business, he would meet with good encourag
ment; the person having a Ihop and tools which
would be let on reasonable terms. *
THOSE that purchased Tickets of the fubferi
ber in the Third Class of the United States
Lottery, and are desirous of renewing them in the
Fourth, are desired to apply in all this month, 0
therwife they will be excluded from that privileg
Feb. 6, 1781. M. FURMAN.
ABRAHAM DRAKE,
Has for SALE at the SCOTCH-PLAINS,
Broadcloth, Nankeen,
Corduroy, Women's gloves & mitts,
Corded dimitty, Buckram,
Calico, Knives and feiffars,
Black and white gauze, Pins and needles,
Damascus, Chocolate,
Black silk handkerchiefs, Raifons,
White silk ditto, Brimstone,
Check silk ditto, China tea cups & faueers,
Linen handkerchiefs, Quart & pint Delfbowls.
An affortrnent of buttons, Queen's ware plates,
Mohair and silk, Shoe and knee buckles,
Catgut, Stock buckles and Dcebc
Cambrick and lawn, buttons,
Muslin, Tea and sugar,
Stripe ditto, I Molasses,
Pelong, 'Snuff and tobacco,
Mode, Writingpaper by the ream
Taffity, ' # ri or quire,
Wide Persian, Earthen ware,
Ribbons, Cotton,
€a!imanco, Indigo, belt quality,
Stockings, And a variety of other ar-
Stamp'd linen handker- ticles which will be fold
chiefs, as low as possible. 6j;
Jrifli linen,
Trenton, 5 February, 1781.
WHEREAS many depredations are committed on
the property of the United States in this tow n,°
such as Reeling the boards and other materials from
the public buildings and fences, carrying off parts of
waggon and other articles, which cannot be put un
der cover, 01; otherwise secured from the plundering
hands of those who have a difppfition for such vile
practices : The Quartermaster requests the afliftance
of every good citizen in detecting such injurious and
worthless members of the community, and offers a
reward, equal to the crime, to any perfim who will
discover the person or persons guilty thereof, in foch
a manner as to enable him to prosecute him or tlm
to conviction. By this means only the property w!nc
every individual is interested in can be secured.
4 w JOHN NEILSON, D.Q&M.