The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-11-07 00:00:00, page 2

leave his allies on,account of the present civil war, Minorca
and Gibraltar being well fortified, and battles by land and
sea should be fought for the Portuguese, in case Spain insist
ed upon a war.
" By the last advices from Madrid, dated the iith ult.
they were rather apprehensive that it would end in an open
war. According to these advices, an army of forty thou
sand men were ordered to march towards the Portuguese
territories, commanded by Count Aranda, the Duke of
Grillon, and Don Pedro Cevalles ; and that the Portuguese
Minister was just preparing to return to Lisbon when these
advices came away: About ten thousand men were ordered
tobe embarked for Buenos Ayres, notwithstanding it being
almost too late in the season for that undertaking ; nay the
intelligence from that quarter, concerning the insolent be
haviour of the Portuguese, is very alarming.
" On the other hand we are altonifhed to find the obstina
cy of the court of Lisbon.
“ In fhprt, we may assert that several courts in Europe
are concerned in the affair; and though this dispute may
appear trifling to many, yet it is the very beginning of a ge
neral war, in which many mighty empires may fall, and.
little ones grow opulent and powerful."
WILLIAMSBURG, OQ. 2§. By a gentleman from Fort
Pitt, we learn that eleven settlers at the mouth of Weeling,
about fifty miles below that post, were killed by the.Taawahs,
Wyondots, Mingoes, and other difaffefled Indians, on the
ninth of this inst..
Since our last three vessels have arrived from different parts,
ons of them with a considerable quantity of European goods.
A gentleman in Dumfries acquaints us, that by an English
paper of August 28th, there is advice of the Spanilh troops ha
ving entered Portugal, and taken several towns.
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 22. Saturday lad was sent into
this port a prize brig, bound to Bilboa, with 2000 quintals
of fiih, taken by a Salem privateer.
Monday the 14th inst. arrived at Falmouth (C. bay) a large
ship from Jamaica, bound to London, laden with five hun
dred hogsheads of sugar, apd fifty ditto of rum, taken by
the privateer Retaliation from Beverley, Giles commander.
The ship m®unted,ix carriage guns, and fought the privateer
two hours before ihe struck.
Tuesday last arrived at Falmouth, Cafco bay, a large brig,
the Mary and James, commanded by Thomas More; sh e
was ( from Falmouth in England, bound to Naples, laden
with bails, and boxes of goods, cocoa, pepper, alum, tin, lead,
&c. taken by Captain Simon Forrester, in the privateer doqp
Rover, from Salem.
NEWBURY-PORT, October 25. Yesterday arrived.here
the ship Nancy, John Cowan matter, burthen about two
hundred to?.§, bound from Cork to Quebec, taken by Capt.
John Lee of this place. Her cargo consists of the following
articles, viz.. Eighty barrels of beef, 320 ditto of pork, 200
firkins of butter, 100 barrels of oatmeal, 374 ditto of flour,
1200 bushels of peafe, N 6Booo pounds of bread, 207 calks of
nails, 22 barrels and two half ditto of gunpowder, one arm
cheft with balls, &-. 16 carriage guns and 10 fwively
mounted,/
Saturday last the General AfTembly of the date of New-
Hampshire adjourned to the lad Wednesday in November,
leaving the remainder of the bufinels to be fettled by the
Grand Committee, who are now fitting at Exiter.
They have also appointed Thursday the aijt of November,
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to be kept as a day of public thanksgiving throughout that
date.
We learn that aSalem privateer has taken, in the chops of
the channel of England, two (hips, one from Jamaica in
ward bound, and the other outward bound.
BOS FON, Oil 24. By a gentleman who was lately taken
in one of the prizes, we learn that the Empress of Raffia had
offered his Britannic Majesty from twenty to 100,000 men,
for the service of America; but that the people in England
seemed rather averse to bringing any more troops, being
already burthened with taxes.
Yesterday Capt. Daniel Harthorne arrived at Salem frorn-a
cruise. On his passage he met with an armed packet, which
he attacked. In the engagement, which lasted two hours, he
loft three men killed, and nine or ten wounded, himfelf
Lightly ; since which he has taken, and sent into Cape-Ann,
a prize fnovz with oats.
The privateer commanded by Capt. Carleton, which failed
frora Salem on a. cruise, about four weeks since, was taken
near Canceau, by the brig Hope, Capt. Dawson, a few Jay,
after leaving port, and carried into Halifax. Capt. Carle
ton, with feme of the crew, made their escape by fwini
ming ashore.
Last Thursday was brought into this harbor, by Captain
Silas Atkins, a brig from Newfoundland, with 1500 ouim.
tals of green codfifh.
The fame day was sent into Hayhannefs by Ca,b Atkins.,
the ship Heafield from Ireland, bound to New-York, having'
on board seventy puncheonsof spirits, seventy ditto of porter'
three hundred and fifty tierces of bread, 'fifty ditto oatmeal,
sixty-one ditto peafe, sixty pork, seventy ditto beef, one
hundred calks of butter, some feet oil, raisins, candles,
flour, and a number of other articles...
Yesterday arrived in this port, a prize ship from Antigua
for Louden, with about two hundred, hogsheads of furar.
She was taken by the Putnam, ~
A letter froni the camp near New-York, fays the Hessians
plunder all indiscriminately, Tories as well as Whigs. If
they fee any thing they waufo they seize it, and fay "Rebel
good tor Heflee man,"' A Tory complained to Gen. Howe
that he^as plundered by the Hessians.." The General said he
could not help it, .it.was, their way of making.war—So the
friends of government are protested ! " This is great encou
ragement for the Tories ! Lord Dunmore told Lord Sterling
he was sorry he kept such company; the latter replied',
" My Lord, I hay^kept whiter company than your Lordihip
has of late."
WORCESTER, October 23. We hear that on the evacu
ation of our fortreffes on Lang-Eland, the Continental cur
rency funk in its value one thousand per cent; but that now
it has gained its nominal value, and passes currently among
the Britilh troops and Tories as well as among ou'r friends ;
what was the occasion of this strange turn is a matter of
much speculation.
NEWPORT, Oa. 28. Since our last arrived at neigh
bouring ports, a large brig loaded with naval stores, &.c.
taken by Capt. Pearce; and another loaded with provisions,
bound to New-York or Quebec, taken by Capt. Stacey.
The Hon. General'Aifembly of this ftace met aLSouth-
Kingftawn this day.
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