The New-York gazette, and the weekly Mercury — New-York [N.Y.], 1779-11-22 00:00:00, page 2

NEW-YORK, Nov. 19. !
By the Refe-Bud, Capt. Dil-worto, .-which nuas
dispatched from St.Aaguftin? the 3d in) by Go- (
vernor bon)!/, and arrived here last Wednesday
evening, ate have the JeMovcing important ad
Dices:
Extract cf d letter from bis Excellency General :
Tonvn, to his Excellency Pice-Admiral dr- t
buthnot.
“ T) Y an express arrived here which left Sa-
I, vannah the 24th inst. we have the agree
able newsthatth Rebel and French armieswer:
rgulfed in a general assault upon that garri
son on the ninth last pall, that the former have
retreated into Carolina, and the French on
board their diips. This expedition has coil
the former fifteen hundred men and the rebels
as many.
" The Count D'Eftaing commanded in chief
and fummor.ed General Prevoft very haughti
ly to rufienetr to the Ki?gof France.—Great
difpu.c have happened between the new al
lies from t^eir reciprocal reproaches since
their defeat, they were even upon the point of
coming to battle with each other.
“ 1 am furry to mention that bis Majesty's
(hip Experiment, Capt. Sir James Wailace, is
Liken by D'EPZug'j ilcet, and allo the Ariel,
Capt. Mackenz e.
'lt ,s reported that eleven fail of their line
of battle ships are to go directly to Fiance,
and the remainder to Virginia. —What an op
portunity for our fleet to delhoy them, crip
ple- hips, in great want of seamen, and now
dispirited; and in all probability would be
caught upon a lee shore.
6& I have the honour to be,
with greatrefpect and elleein,
Sir, your Excellency's most
Obedient and molt humble f rvant,
P. TONYN."
Thursday Nov. 4, at 6 R M. the Light
house bore welt, diltant about 4 leagues, at 7
A. M. law a sloop, Rood for her, and a p 9
came up with her ; she proved to bea Pacouet
belonging to the Congress, with dispatches to
Col. Hamilton, which were to be forwarded
to the Count D'Ellaing from General Wash
ington ; took the people on board, and took
charge of tie sloop; at 6P. M. the gover
nor's dispatches came on board, wind from
N. E to N. N. E blew violently all night.
Friday Nov. 5, at 8 A. M. saw a sloop Hand
ing E. S. E. flood for her, she proved to be a
small French sloop separated from Count D'
Eftaing's fleet, who had been watering, and
had only 4 buts of water on board, had left the
French fleet in a gale of wind eleven days be
fore. The whole French fleet were leant of
provisions and water —they were at an allow
ance of half a pint of waterper man.
When the French landed at Charleftown
they plundered all forts of people indiscrimi
nately, whether whig or tory. The inhabi
tants of Carolina declare they never will draw
a fivord again in the presence of a French
man, unless to plunge it into his bosom.
Intelligence collected from private letters received
by the Rose Bud.
Count D'Eftaing having landed four thou
sand troops from his Fleet, immediately dis
patched a courier to announce the event to
General Lincoln, and requeued that he, with
what force he could collect, would advance
by the most rapid marches to co operate with
the army-of the most Chrikian King. At the
fame time he advised him not to retard the
junction by dragging along a train of artillery,
as the great and good ally of the United States had
sent a redundancy of every implement necef
f.ry to accelerate the reduction of Georgia.
Lincoln mustered a body of between fix and
/even thousand men, with whom hejoined the
myrmidons, of the amphibious French Gene
ad cn the night after the dreadful hurricane
happened, which obliged his Fleet to put to
sea before they had landed the so much boasted
of artillery.
The unfortunate confederates after their
junction, weie exceedingly mortified to find
themlelves entirely destitute of cannon, how
ever, to evince their prowess and valour to
each other, they determined to attack Savan
nah, summoned General Prevoft and the gar
rison to surrender immediately to the arms of
the French King, and with all the arrogance
ofmen effared of conquest threatened venge
ance in case of non-compliar.ee. Their fum
moqs and menaces were treated witli that con
tempt which brave and determined men will
ever fliew to insolence. The French and
rebels, emulous to exhibit specimens of their
bravery, and greedy of glory, made two des
perate assaults on the lines of Savannah; but
the undaunted garrison, composed of veteran
Britilh and Hessian troops, with a gallant
body cf resolute Loyalists, animated by the
example cftheir General and other respectable
commanders, each time repulsed and finally
drove them off. Fifteen hundred French and
near an equal number of Rebels were killed,
and the remainder of the miserable fugitives
were dispersed about the country, and as fall
as they could form into parties retired, the
Rebels towards Charleftown and the French
to the coast to look for their Dipping, mutu
ally execrating each other as unfortunate pal
troons.
The confederates loft upwards of go officers,
and it is affirmed that Count D'Eftaing had
two musket balls shot through his left arm.
Since the above-mentioned decisive vi&ory,
pence and plenty abound in Savannah ; but
the crippled French Ihips on the coast are in a
moil deplorable situation for want of frelh wa
ter, which they can only procure by fending
boats nine miles vp the river. By the vigi
lance f the officers and sailors of the Royal
Navy, who attack them whh galleys and
armed vell'Ns, few escape, and they who do
generally pay dear for thgir cargoe. his ^f
fertd that not one of the transports and vtiHls
which were at Savannah have been cLibo^ed.
Twelve fail <f Count d'Eftaing' sl:re cf
ba^T fllips have net-returned to their Hatton,
ne?/ Tybec, since the storm which drove them
to sea. Perhaps part of th<fe may be the Fef
fels which Admiral Hyde ?arker has obliged
, to rendezvous at Earbpdoes.
A large tranfyort, with a number of rebd
troops on board, was lately drove oh shore near
St. Augustine, to which they were conducted
land accommodated with lodging.
Yederday morning when the agreeable intel
ligence brought by the Rose Bud, from St.
Au?,uftine, was announced in this city, it is
. imp^ffible to describe the joy which sparkled
in every countenance, the mutual granulations
lof the gentlemen of the,navy, army, and Idyal
;inhabitants, were truly cordial, the British and
German troops were animated wifi martial
ardour, and pant for a harvest of laurels eq^al
to t%t which their brave comrades in Georgia
have reaped.
; NEW-YOR K, Nov. 20.
Copy of a Letter from Lieut. Colonel Fuser,
to Sir Henry Clinton, K. B.
I St. Aupufline, 30/6 Octo. 1779.
ISI1 SI R,,
f™ IVE me leave to have the honour to con-
QJT gratulate your I^xcellency upon Count
D'Eilaing's raising the blockade of Savannah.
Though l have received no letter from Gene-
I ral Prevolt since the i<th of last month, I am
convinced by letters from several merchants
iat Savannah, dated the 22d inst. which ar
|rived express from them yesterday, that he is
Ire-imbarked with all his troops.
j As very likely your Excellency will not
Ihear so soon from M jor General Prevoft (the
; port of Savannah being hill blocked up) I
I shall attempt to give you a narrative of what
Ihas happened during the blockade, as far as [
! can judge by the several letters which I have
seen from thence, allo from the report cf the
1 express who was at Savannah during the whole
time, and tho' he is a mulatto, appears to me
to be a very intelligent man.
In the beginning of September last General
Prevolt was informed of Monsieur D'Eftaing
with tne French fleet's being on the coatt.
On Wednesday the Bth, the French landed
their troops, and on the Saturday following
the rebels joined them, and the blockade was
compleated: The French encamped between
Savannah river and Sunbury road, and the
rebels from that road to the road leading to
Augusta.
The 15th the Count summoned the town
to surrender, and a proper answer was return
ed ; in the mean time Capt. Moncrieff was in
defatigable in putting the place into a proper
state of defence.—There were not above eight
or ten guns mounted on the day of summons,
bat in a few days they had no less than eighty
or ninety mounted, burrowed from the ihip
ping-.
A few days afterwards the French and rebels
begun to throw up batteries upon the hills on
the left of Tatnal's, being within about 400
yards of our lines, when three companies of
light infantry, commanded by Major Gra
ham, went out in hopes of drawing on a ge
neral adion ; but not being supported soon
enough, they were obliged to retire, with the
loss of 15 men. On the 17th, about mid
night Lieut. Col Maitland arrived by water
at Savannah from Beaufort, having fought
his way through the enemy. The Vigilant
man of war was left at Beaufort, and nobody
knows what is become of her, indeed ships
have been funk to hinder the entrance of the
river. After this our troops never attempt
ed to interrupt the enemy who were hard
working every night.
About one o'clock in the morning of the 3d
of October they opened their batteries, con
filling of 30 pieces of heavy cannon and ten
mortars, and played incessantly upon the
town, when on the 9th about day-break the
united forces of France and America, confid
ing of upwards cf 4000 French and as many
rebels attempted to llorra our lines, the prin
cipal attack was made in three columns upon
the redoubt on the Augufti road; the Count
in person began the attack with great vigour,
but was soon thrown into confusion by the fire
' from our batteries and redoubts.
A body of French grenadiers came on with
such a spirit to attack the old redoubt, upon
the Ebenezer road, that if Capt. Taufe, with
a number of his men, and Capt. Wickham
with the grenadiers of the both, had not
thrown theinfelves in very opportunely it mult
have been carried ; the heat of this action
lasted about 20 minutes, when the enemy
began to retire in great confufion ; the rebels
could not be brought to charge again, and in
that confufion ('tis said) they fired upon their
ally. Our loss is Capt. Taufe and 20 privates
killed and wounded ; the loss of the enemy
cannot be afeertained; but Mr. Robert Bailie
(who was a prisoner with the French during
the whole blockade) fays they own a loss of be
tween killed, wounded and sickness of near
1500 men ; the rebels confefs to have loft 52
officers, and men in proportion; Count D'-
Eftaing was wounded in the arm and the thigh,
and Count Polafkie is very dangerously wound
ed with a grape shot./
On the 20th the last of the French troops
re-imbarked ; the rebels had retreated before
them. Mutual animosities and revilings have
arisen to such a height betwixt the French and
rebels since they were repulsed by us, that
they were almost ready to cut one another's
throats.
The Ariel man of war was taken some time
ago, and the Experiment, casing from New-
York,
The 22(1, a 2$ gun French friga'e rem 1^
in fight of the town, a little below Brougaron s
plantation, with two Carolina gallies aid se
veral fraall vdtds; ten frigates we^ at Bybee
and the grand fleet confiding of 24 fail of the
line, were in tne offing.
It was reported by a rebel that M. TFRaing
was in Chaileftown previous .0 his landing in
Georgia, in order to consult mealur.es warn :he
rebels ; th-t they told him that our army were
very much featured ab?ut the country, very
lickly, with mt dilcipline, and commanded by
a man of little experience in military affaiis;
and that by only Shewing himfelf before the
town, hev certainly would surrender. If this
be true, M ri'Ellaing war deceived, and very
likely it made him neglect the precaution ulual
in lieges. Iris reported aLo, that the rebels
took umbrage at his fum^ming the town in
the flinch King's Name only.
l havethe Honour to he
With the Mod profound Refefl,
SI R,
four Excellency's Most Humble
And M 0 Obedient Servant,
(Signed) L. V. FUoER
9. S. jince this was wrote, a rebel schooner
with 41 men on ' board was call away about 40
miles to cite southward of this place, who con
firmed the above account.
To JAMES PATTISON, Esquire, Major-
General of his Majesty's Forces, and Com
mandant of New-York, &c. &c. frc.
The humble ADDRESS of the CITIZENS
of New-York.
SIR,
WE whose names are hereunto subscribed,
Inhabitants of this city, moil warmly
and firmly attached and devoted to his Majesty
and his government, beg leave to express to you
our high sense of the wife and prudent regulati
ons you have been pleased to ellablTn for eur wel
fare and security ; and to assure you, that we
confider them a certain earnest of your Ready,
just, honourable and happy administration.
Depending, Sir, upon your liberality in the
conllruaion of what we have to offer to your
consideration, and that you will not impute to
presumption what is the pure result of zealous
desire to invigorate your measures so far as may
lie in the power of persons of our description.
We most humbly submit to you our opinion
that the collected Itrength of the inhabitants
of this cirv, which we conceive it is our duty
freely to offer you, and to exert in all cases of
exigency and propriety, may be ufefully com
bined by your regulations and in some degree
made conducive to the great and good pur
poses of his Excellency the Commander in
Chief of his Majesty's forces, by relieving the
King's troops of the important care and charge
of this city, at times when his Excellency may
with to employ them to extend his operations,
in which we have so great and just confidence,
and so high an interest, that we think it
our indifpenfible duty to contribute every
thing we possibly can, to give -id, energy
and scope to them. In these Sentiments,
and for thele purposes, Sir, we freely offer
purfelves to be formed in such military ar
ray as fliall be thought proper; and having
the molt entire confidence in your attention
and regard to our predicament, as citizens,
and to our necessary private duties and employ
ments, we do not conceive a possibility that
any undue use will be made of the power we
with to be exerted over us on special occa
sions, as it would be to impeach your juttice
and benevolence, on which we have th# moll
perfect reliance.
Signed by a very large number of the most
tefpehable inhabitants.
His Excellency the Commander in Chief
was yesterday pleased to order the brilliant
successes in Georgia, against the forces of the
King of France, to be celebrated by a general
Feu de Joie, throughout the army ; whild
Long Island, Siaten-Illand, and the polls at
Kingsbridge and Powles- Hook, re-echoed with
difeharges of cannon and musketry. This, ce
remony was performed with peculiar splendor
and solemnity at New-York. The garrison,
confiding of corps conscious of recollected at
chievements, was paraded in a long extended
line, reaching from the Fort to the extremity
of the town, lining the shores of the N.River.
A grand salute of 21 guns opened the fire, a
short time after th£difeharge of the evening
gun, the musketry ensued in a rapid and suc
cessive firing from one Hank of the line to the
other, a feeond salute was after a pause heard
from the battery of 21 guns ; the line again
fired from left to right, and the fame being
again repeated by the Artillery and Troops a
third time, a tremendous acclamation from
every loyal throat proclaimed the heart-'felt and
universal gladness of the whole city. His Ex
cellency was pleased on this occafipn to order
an extra libation to his faithful army.
On Wednesday morning died at 56, „of a
painful disorder in his stomach, which had se
veral years affiided him, Thoma# Barrow,
Esq; Paymaster General of his Majesty's Forces
in North America, a Gentleman whose mind
was adorned with every virtue, of extensive
knowledge and erudition, and of a most gra
cious and amiable disposition; he was a very
agreeable companion, and universally beloved
by an extensive and elegant circle of friends.
The following Paragraph is taken from the Nevu-
Jerfo Journal, of Nov. 16.
“ We are sorry to inform the public that
“ our troops, with those of our ally's, made
" an attack, some time in Oftober, on the
'' enemy's works at Savannah, and were re
“ pulsed with the loss of 200 Americans and
" 300 French ; but we console ourselves with
“ the thought that e're long good will spring
" out of evil."
L. V. FUSER.
To which the GENER \L & s pHafed to re
turn the follow ng gracu us Yni&er.
To the CITIZENS of NEW-YO'^K,
'Gentlemen,
I BEG leave to return you my sincere thanks
for this Address. The avowal ~.f leialty to
the King, and of your warm and lleadv attach
ment to his person and government cannot but
afford me the trued fatisfadtion. The very
kind and favourable sentiments you are pleased
at the fame time to express of me, demand my
grateful acknowledgments.
My care and attention ever since I have had
the honour to preside over this city, have been
unremhtedly employed to fexure and promote
its interests and welfare. If my endeavours
have fortunately been in any instance fuccefs
ful, I Hand much indebted to their having been
seconded by the ready support which you your
felvcs have given them; and whatever trouble
or fatigue it may have cost me in fulfilling the
duties of my Ration, I confider myfeli amply
repaid by the flattering testimony of approba
tion I now receive from so refpeflable a body
of the principal citizens.
The pfopofal of putting yourselves in such
military array as may be thought proper, for
the purpose ofco operating on foecial occasions
with the King's troops will ever redound to
your credit, as it-must evince to the world the
sincerity of your loy#l profeffions, and cannot
fail of being acceptable to his Majesty and to
his Excellency the Commander in Chief, in
whom you, as well as the army, fojuftly place
a confidence.
In whatever way it may be found most ex
pedient to profit by the very meritorious offer
you make of the collected lirength of the in
habitants, every attention and regard will, af
ter a proper diferimination, be assuredly paid
to their particular predicament as citizens, and
you may be fully persuaded that the power
which may be inveiled in me, will only be used
for the advancement of what I have much at
heart, the interest and prosperity of this city.
To the glory of our conliitution, the British
soldier and citizen are characters not incom
patible with each other, and when combined
together in defence of it, what may net be ex
pelled from such an union in so great and jult
a cause ?
Far COR K,
The Snow BETSE Y,
4 WILLIAM DAVIS, Matter;
~ ("illJail vesth the firfl Convoy)
'° r Freight or Passage apply to
Francis Sullivan, or the Matter
on board said Vcffel, where she now lies, at Van
Dam's Wharff, near the Perry-Stairs: She has
good Accommodations for Passengers.
Edward Goold,
At N 0.849, Hanover-Square, has for sale, by whole
sale,
FINE flour, beef, the fineft hyfon and fufhong
teas, bone?, caftile soap, red and blue baize,
mens worsted hose, callimancoes, bombazeens, wo
mens worded mits, gold and silver spangled buttons,
gold and silver chain, Brandenburgs, a large and ele
gant assortment of ticks, tambour quilted waistcoats,
plain, figured and feathered velvet ditto, black and
white blond lace, the belt scented hair powder, an
iron chest, &c. &c.
At the sign of the Tea Cannister, in Water-hreet,
between Burling and Beekman's Slip, No. 1060,
has for file, the following articles:
F'INE h,fon tea,
Loaf and brown fugarl
Sugar candy,
Fine calk raitins, by th?
half dozen c\fks, or kl,
quantity,
Arum's black pepper,
<who'e and ground,
Coffee and chocolate,
Poland Itarch, in trunks,
or any quantity,
Cinnamon, mace,
Cloves, nutmegs,
Caftile soap, by the box ei
less quantity,
Bett London made soap,
be the box,
Wash hand balls, 11
Pomatum,
Hair pou der,
Blacking ball,
A large quantity of hard
and loft Ihoe brushes, 1
fit for the army,
Long brulbes,
Whole cases of London PICKLES,
'" " e Windward IJlands
:A\ voith all convenient Speed,
The Sloop King George,
^@^'^\? David Fenton, Matter;,
I^^-—^^ . Mounting ten 4 Pounders, to
<rQre^ Swivels, and 2 Cohorns,
With Men answerable. For Freight or Raffage
apply to the Captain at his House at the upper
End of Wall-street.
William and James Douglass,
At No. 230, Queen-street, have for Sale, a few
Hoglheads and Quarter Casts
P OR T WIN E,
Vintage 1775, and of excellent Quality, just arrived
in the Brig Fame, from OPORTO. Also, an
Aft rtmeqt of Dy Goods.
2 bottles French olives,
1 ditto of Spanifli,
i ditto of mangos;
I ditto of walnuts,
x ditto cf anchovies,
I ditto of gurkins,
Half chests in proportion, with locks
and keys.
Likewise may be had at the fame olace, a quantity
of Barbados ginger, faeet-meats, fine and tender,
in pots containing from five to fix pound, very B.e?
cehary for Gentlemen or Ladie; going to teg.
GEORGE WEBSTER,
sorted, containing lz bottler, tiz.
I ditto of capers,
1 ditto of onions,
I ditto of fov,
1 ditto of kechup,
t ditto of salad oil,
Mops, scrubbing brushes,
I Stoughton's bitters by the
dozen,
Turlington's balsam,
English balket salt,
R ippee fnuff,m cdunilters
Scotch fnolf, in butt es,
Chambers's fmoaking to
bacco,
Ink powder,
Playing cards,
Shot of dffcrent sizes,
Split peas,
Belt Durham mustard, in
bottles,
Madeira, port, and fh=rry
w nes, by the dozew,
Geneva, in cases,
Old Jamaica Ipirits,
Welt-India rum,
Howe's acid, by the box,
or less quantify,
Onions, by the hundred
bunches, dozen or half
dozen,