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Barrack Master General's Office,
Water-street, April 2, 1781.
SUCH persons as are willing to furnilh the
Barrack Master General with WOOD for
the use of his Majesty's troops, to be delivered
either in this city, or at the different posts
upon the island of New-York, or Powles-Hook,
are requeued to fend their proposals in writing
to this office. And those who have vessels, and
will employ them in bringing wood to New-
York, will meet with every suitable encourage-
Trent, and the money paid them immediately
after its delivery into the magazines.
Frederick Wm. Geyer,
INTEND, for England, with the next convoy ;
all those that have any demands against him, are
requeued tg bring in the fame for payment ; those
that are indebted to him are defined to make speedy
payment.
His Stock on Hand,
Confining of a g;eat variety of European and
India piece goods, &c. will be (did dn terms as shall
give fatisfaaion to the pufchafer, for ready money,'
wholesale only, at his ftote in the Sloat, facing Ha
nover-Square. 52 57
By Hugh and Hlex. Wallace,
OLD Port wine in pipes, hogsheads, and quar
ter calks, old Lisbon in ditto,
Old Jamaica fpiriis, Antigua rum 4 years old,
Best mess and cargo beef in tierces and barrels,
Bett ox tongues in half barrels,
Best mess pork in barrels, new rose butter,
Jamaica coffee in barrels,
Eatt-India c< ffce in bags of too wt. each,
A large quantity of Queen's ware in crates,
I3ittd of glass and china in crates and boxes,
A few calks of hardware, containing carpenters,
joiners, and coopers tools, &c.
Fifteen pair of guns, 9 pounders, with foot,
Seven pair of ditto, 6 dp. do.
Seventeen pair of ditto, 4 do. do.
Eight howitzers, 6 do. do.
Twen'y-fouf swivels with foot, with a quantity cf
bar and grape ffiot.
Forty exceeding fine mulkets,
Four bales of I ith ratteens,
One box fine Irish linens.
Just imported in the fliip Dick, Cape Camp
bell, from Liverpool, and to be fold by
Hugh and Alex. Wallace,
TWO hundred and sixty barrels of fuper
fine frefh Hour,
Best fail cloth No, 1 to 7,
Two bales of Manchester checks,
A few boxes of best mould candles.
Landed this DAY, out ol the Mary and Market,
Captain Williamson, and the Thomas, Captain
Nowland, from Corke; and
TO BE SOLD
By BANAN and BURKE,
CHOICE beef in tierces, barrels, and half
barrels, pork in half barrels, ox and pigtongues
in do. best mould candles, ship and cabin bread,
pickled salmon in tierces, pickled tripe in kegs.
A few calks frefh oatmeal, a parcel of 4'b. pins, a,
parcel of hardware; vermillion, wafers and quills,
white wine Bourdeaux vinegar in tierces* A parcel
cf worked and yarn dockings; feme choice mens
and womens thioes, a parcel of velvet corks, &c. &c.
As they are determined to return home in the
next fleet, they will llifpofe of the above articles on
the loweff terms. Application to be made to them
at Mr. Heetman's, No. 8, Water-street, below the
Coffee Hoofe.
James Henderson;
INTENDING for England with the firft Fleet,
requests all those who have any Demands against
him to call and receive Payment ; and those who
are indebted to him are defined immediately to dis
charge their Accounts.
His Stock on Hand,
Confiding cf a large and general Assortment of
English and India Piece Goods, will be fold low for
Cash only, at his Store, No. 229, Queen-street.
Private FAMILIES,
V^ 7110 bake their own bread, may be sup-
VV plied with fuperfine flour, frelh from
the —it, at eight dollars per hundred weight,
ring to the fubferibers,
THOMAS MING,
near the Superintendant's Office ;
ELIAS STILLWILL,
near the Ferry-Stairs.
York, August 4, 1781.
ASSIZE OF BREAD.
Flour at 41. per Cent.
Published September 29, 1780.
A White LOAF, of the fineft FLOUR,
to weigh alb. for 16 Coppers.
Monday, August 13, 1781.'
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CT Printed by HUGH GAINE, at the BIBLE and CROWN, in HANOVER-SQUARE.
From the LONDON GAZETTE.
Whitehall, June 4; 1781.
THIS morning Captain Brod< ck, Aid-de-Camp to
Leutenant-General Eal Cornwallis, arrived from
Charles-Town, South-Carolina, with dispatches from
his Lorcfhip, and Lieutenant-Colonel Balfour, to the
Right Honourable Lord George Germain, one of hi. Ma
jesty's principal Secretaries of State, of which the fol
lowing are copies and extracts.
My Lord, Guildford, March 17, 1781.
HAVING occasion to dispatch my Aid-de-Camp,
Captain Brodrick, with the particulars of the ac
tion of the 15th, in compliance with general directions
from Sir Henry Clinton, i Ihall embrace the opportunity
to give your Lordihip an account of the,operations of the
troops under my command, previous to that event, and
of those subsequent, until the departure of Captain Brod
rick.
My plan for the winter's campaign was to penetrate
into North-Carolina, leaving South-Carolina in security
against any probable attack in my absence.
Lord Rawdon, with a conquerable body of troops, had
charge of the defective, and I proceeded about the middle
of Januar, upon the ofren five operations. I decided to
march ,y the upper, in preference to the lower reads,
leading into North-Carolina, because fords being frequent
above the forks of the river my passage here could not
cafily be obftrucled; and General Greene having taken
post on the Pedee, and there being few fords in any of the
great rivers of this country below their forks, especially
in winter, I apprehended being much delayed, if not en
tirely prevented from penetrating by the latter route. I
was the more induced to prefer the uppe route, as I
hoped in my way to be able to detboy or drive out of
South-Carolina, the corps of the enemy commanded by
General Morgan, which threatened our valuable diftrift ofl
Ninety-Six, and 1 Lkewife hoped by rapid mar cs to
be between General Greene and Virgi ia, and {hat
means force him to fight, without receiving any rein
forcement from that province, or, failing of that, to oblige
him to quit North Carolina with precipitation, and there
by encourage our friends to make good their promifesof
a general rising to assist me in re-tftablifhing his Majesty's
government.,
The unfortunate affair of the 17th of January was a
very unexpected and severe blow ; however, being tho
roughly fe fible that defenfive measures would be certain
ruin to the Tai.s of Britain in the foirhern colonies, this
event did not deter me from prosecuting the rigi al plan.
That General Greene might be uncertain of my in
tended route as long as possible, 1 had left General Lrflie
at Camden, until I was ready to move from Wynnef
borough, and he was now within a march of me. I em
ployed the 28 h in forming aju ction with/him, and in
collecting the remains of Lieut. Colonel Tarleton's corps ;
after which great exertions were made by part of the,
army, without baggage, to retake our prisoners, and to in
tercept General Morgan's corps, on its retreat to the Ca
tabaw; but the celerity of their movements, and the
swelling of the numberiefs creeks in our way, rendered
all our efforts fruitlefs.
I therefore afiembled the army on the 25th at Ram
fourie's mill, on the fouta fork of the Catabaw; and ro
the loss of my light troops couldonly be remedied by the
activity of the whole corps, 1 employed a halt of two days
in collecting feme flour, and in destroying fuperfluous
M^^ and all my waggons, except those loaded with
hospital foies, ialt, and ammunition, and four referred
empty in readiness for sick or wounded. In this measure,
though at the expence of a great deal of officers baggage,
and of ail prdfpeC t in future of rum, and even a regular
supply ofpr widens to the foidiers, I must, in justice to
this army fa y, that there was the moftgeneral and cheer
ful acqrnefcence.
In the mean time the rains had rendered the North-Ca
tabaw impaffibie, and General Morgan's corps, the militia
of the rebellious counties of Rowan and Mecklenburgh,
under General Davidfun, or the gang of plunderers usually
under the command of General Sumpter, not then reco
vered from his wounds, had occupied all the fords in a
space of more than forty miles upwards from the folk.
I approached the river, during its height, by Ihortpiarches,
so as to give the enemy equal apprehensions for feverai^
fordo; and after having procured the best information in
my power, I resolved to attempt the passage at a private
ford (then Slightly guarded) near M'Cowan's ford, on the
morning of rhe firft of February.
Lieutenant-Colonel Webber was detached with part of
the army, and all the baggage, to Beattie's ford, fix miles
above McCowan's, wher General Davidson was fd,pofed
to be posted with 500 militia, and was directed to make
every possible demonitration, by cannonading and other
wise, of an inten ion to force a passage ther ; and I
marched at one jn the morning, with the brigadeof guards,
regiment of Bole, 23d regiment, two hundred cavalry,
and two 3 pounders, to the ford fixed upon for the real
attempt. The morning being very dark and rainy, and
part of our way through a wood, where there was no road,
one of the 3 pounders, in front of the 23d regiment and
the cavalry, overfet in a swamp, and occasioned those corps
to lose the line of march ; and feme of the artillery men
belonging to the other gun (one of whom had the match)
having flopped to assist, were Lkewife left behind. The
head of the column, in the mean while, arrived at the
bank of the river, and day began to break. I could make
no use of the gun that w@s up, and it was evident, from
the number of fires on the ether fide, that the opposition
would be greater than I had expected. However, as I
knew that the rain then falling would soon ret der the
river again impassable, and 1 had received information
the evening before, that General Greene had arrived in
General Morgan's camp, and that bis army was march
ing after him with the greatest expedition, I determined
nor to desist from the attempt, and therefore, full of con
fidence in the zeal and gallantry of Brigadier-General
O'Hara, and of the brigade of guards under his command,
I ordered them to march on ; but, to prevent confufion,
not to fire until they gained the opposite bank. Their
behaviour juftified my high opinion of them j fora con
Monday, 46 Min. after 3
Tuesday, 36 Min. after 4
Wednesday, 30 Min. after 5
Thursday, 24 Min. after 6
HIGH-WATE R at NEW-Y 0 R K,
THIS 'WEEK.
The
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Friday, 22 Min. after 7
Saturday, 17 Min. after 8
Snndav. 52 Min. after 8
New Moon, Sunday the 19th.
ftant fire from the enemy, in a ford'upwards of 500 yards
wide, in many places up to their middle, with a rocky
bottom and ftrorig current, made no impression on their
cool and determined valour, nor checked their paffagq.
The light infantry, landing firft, immediately formed and
in a lew minutes, killed and difpeifed every thing that
appeared before them, the r6ft of the troops forming and
advancing io succession We now learned, that we had
been opposed by about 300 militia, that had taken post
there only the evening before, under the command of
General Davidson.
Their General, and two or three officers were among
the killed ; the number of wounded was uncertain, and
a few were taken prifonerss On our fide Lieutenant
Colonel Hall and three men were killed, and thirty fix
wounded, all of the light infantry and grenadiers of the
guards. By this time the tear o' the column had joined,
and the whole having puffed with the greatest dispatch,
I detached Lieute, ant-Colonel Tarleton, with the cavalry
l and 23d regiment, to putfue the routed militia; a few
wee loon killed or taken, and Lieutenant-Colonel Tarle
ton having learned 3 or 400 of the neighbouring milii
were to aflemble that day at Tarrs'k's house, about ten
mres from the ford, leaving his infantry, he went on
with the cavalry, and finding the militia as txpefbd, he,
with excellent condu& and great spirit, attacked Uem
instantly, and totally routed them, with little loss on his
fide, and on their'sbetwefA forty and fifty kill'd,Wounded
or prisoners. This stroke, with our passage cf the ford,
so effectually dispirited the militia, that we met with nc
further opposition or o ur march to the Yadkin, through
one cf the most rebellious trras in America.
During this time the rebels having quitted Beattie's
Ford, Lieutenant-Colonel Webfler was puffing his de
tachment and the baggage of the army: This had be
come tedious and difficult by the continuance of the rain, 1
and the swelling of the river; but all joined us forn
after dark, about fix miles from Beattie's Ford. The
other fords were also abandoned by thexnemy. The
greatest part of the militia dipe^fed ; and Gen. Morgan
with his corps marched all that afternoon and thef low
jn 8 night, towards Sal fbury. We pursued next morn
ing, in hopes to intercept him l^tw n the rivers, and
after ftruggi ng with many dtfficuk.es, arising from swell
ed creeks, and bad roads, the guards came up with his
rear, in the evening of the 3d, routed It. and took a few
waggons at the Trading Ford of 'be Yadkin. He had
passed the body of his infantry in flats, and his cavalry
and waggons by the Ford, dicing hat day and the preced
i n g night; but at the time cf cur arrival the boats were
secured on the other fide, and the ford had become im
paffablc. The river continuing to rife, and the weather
appearing unsettled, I determined to march to the Upper
Fords, after procuring a 'final! supply of provisions at Sa
lilbury. This, and the height of thl creeks in our way,
detained me two days; and in that time Morgan having
quitted the banks of the river, I had information from
our friends, who eroded in canoes, that General Greene's
army was marching with the utmost difpach'to form a
ja chon with him at Guildford. Not having had time
to colled the North-Carolina militia, and having receiv
ed no reinkrceirfent from Virginia, I concluded that he
would do e^ery thing in his power to, avoid an a& on on
the south fide of the Dan; and it being my interest to
force him to fight, I made great expedition, and got be
tween him and rhe Upper Fords; and being assured that
the Lower Fords are seldom practicable in winter, and
that he could not colled many flats at any of the ferries,
I was in great hopes that he would not escape me without
receiving a blow.
Nothing could exceed the patience and alacrity cf
the officers and loldiers, under every fpecics of hard
ship and fatigue, in endeavouring to overtake him; bu r
oar intelligence given upon this occasion was exceed
ingly deftdive, which, with heavy rains, bad roads,
and the parage of many deep creeks, and bridges de
stroyed by the enemy's light tops, rendered all our
exertions vain; for, upon our arrival at Boyd's Ferry,
on the 15th, we learned that his rear guard -had get
over the night before, his baggage and main body hav
ing palled the preceding day at that and a neighbour,
ing ferry, where more flats had been collected than bad
been represented to me as possible. My force being ill
suited to enter by that quarter so powerful a province as
Virginia, and North-Carolina being in the utmost co/Ju
fion, after giving the troops a halt of < ne day I proceeded
by easy marches to HilMborough, where I ereffed the
King's standard, and invited b, proclamation, all loyal
fubje&, to repair to it, and to stand forth and take an
active part in assisting me to restore order and con fti nation
al government. As a considerable body of friends were
said to reside between the Haw and Deep Rivers, I de
tached Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton on the 23d, with
the cavalry and a small body of infantry to prevent their
being interrupted in assembling. Unluckily a detachment
of the rebel light troops had crossed the fame day, and by
accident fell in with two hundred of cur friends, under
Colonel Pyle, on their way to Hil fborough, who, mistak
ing the rebels for Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton's corps,
allowed thcmfelves to be surrounded, and a number of
them were most inhumanly butchered, when begging for
quarter, without making the least resistance. The fame
day I had certain intelligence that Gen. Greene having
been reinforced, had recro£d the Dan, which rendered it
imprudent to separate my corps, occasioned the recal of
Lieut. Colonel Tarleton's detachment; and forage and
provisions being scarce in the neighborhood of Hillfbo
rough, as well as the oofition too distant (upon the ap
proach of the rebel ar 'for the protection of the body
of our friends, I judge expedient to cross the Haw, and
encamped near Allama Creek; detaching Lieutenant-
Colonel Tarleton, with the cavalry, light company of the
guards, and one hundred and fifty men of Lieutenant-
Colonel Wcbftei's brigade, a few miles from me on the
read to Deep River, more effectually to cover tbe-country.
General Greene's light troops soon made their appear
ance; and on the 2d, a patrole having reported, that they
had seen both cavalry and infantry near to his post, I
directed Lieut. Colonel Tarleton to move forward, with
proper precautions, and endeavour to discover the designs
of the enemy. He had not advanced far when he fell in
with a confidence corps, which he immediately attacked
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;Beef per Barrel, 81. od
IPork, 81. lOS.
foreign anti Dornick
and routed ; but being igno ant of their f ret, and whe
ther they were Supported, with g eat p-udence defift?.d fr m
pursuit: He son learned fr m b rn. nets, that those he
had beat wer* Lee's legion, j 01 4°° Bck-Meuntain men
under Colonel Preston, with a numhe. of militia ; and
that General Greene; with part of 'I army was not far
diftamt. Oil fi.uation for he former few days had been
amongst timid friends, and adjoining to invet: ate rebels:
Between them I had be n totally efh.uteof inf rmrtion,
w Ich 1.0 ft me a very {avertable opportunity of attacking
he Rebel army. Gen. Greene f 1! ack t^ T>ompfon'b
huufe, near Boyd's Ford, on th^ Reed F rk; but his
light troops and militia ftili remained near us, and as I
was informed that they were puffed carlcfiy a s fepara'te.
plantations, or the convenience of fabficing 1 marched
on the 6.h to drive them in, and to attack G n, Greene,
if an opportunity ffe eel. I succeeded c m ieatl, in the
firft, and at' Weitzel's mill, on the Rec y Fc.k, wh-re
they made a stand, the Back-Mountain men and nine
Virginia mihria, fuffer % d considerably, with little loss on
our fide; buta timely, and precipitate retreat over the
Haw prevented the latter. , I knew that the Vr^n: re
enforcements were upon they march, and i. was app-rent
th it the enemy weuhi, if possible, avoid rifquing an action
before their arrival.
The neighbourhood of the fords 0 the Da in their
•ear, and the extreme difficulty cf fubfifti ; my tro.ps in
that exhausted count y- putting it oct of my power tn
force teem, my ref lutioj iwas to give our ni.nds time
to join us; by covering their country as ePcfliJ., as
p ffible, confident with the fobfiftance of the tzuops,
frill approaching the communication with cur Y roice
in Cape Fear river, which I saw it w Uri f on b.come
indifp-nfably-neca flar too co on aco inio*,l: /a,
ings the army ; from the wai.. 5 f. • 2 .y
kind; at the fame tme Iwa drt~mh.... ; ,
rebel army, ; f ir .approached me, os n.. . nribY it
would be impcffible to succeed in . . •;
out arduous campaign, the calling ft tri ^ cirrous
loyalists of North-Carolina, whilst a dou, vrd on 1
their minds of the fuperioritv of our arm .
With the|e views, I had moved to the O^ko? I: ~
in the frks of Deep River, on the 13 h, an c ;;.g
14th I received the information which occaf e, Jie
mi yements chat brought on the action at Guildfo . ,f
which I sh Jl give your Lbrdftiip an account in a ftp rate
letter. I havf the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) CORNWALLIS.
My Lord, Guildford, March 17, 1781.
I HAVE the fitisfa&ion to inform your Loidfhip, that
his Mfely's troops under my command obtained a
fi&nal viftury, on the 15th irtbnt, over the rebel army,
commanded by Gene al Gre.ne.
In pursuance of my intended plan, communicated to
your Lor flip, in my dispatch. No. 7, I had encamped on
the 13th inftanc at the Quaker Meeting, between the
forks of Deep River. On the 14th 1 received inf rma
tion that General Butler, with a body of North-Carolina
militia, and the expeded reinforcement from Virginia,
said to consist of a Virginia hate regiment, a corps of Vir
ginia eighteen months men, 3,000 Virginia ro lire , .nd re
emits far the Mary! nd line, hrij iced Gee. Greece; and
that the whole army, which was reported to amount f 9
or 10,000 men. was marching to attack the Brie ih troops.
During the afternoon intelligence was brought, which was
confirmed in the night, that he had advanced'thpt dry to
Guricf.rd, about twelve miler from our camp. Being
now persuaded that he had refolded to hazard an engage
ment, after detaching Lieutenant-Colonel Hamilton
with our waggons and baggage, escorted by his own re
giment, a detachment of 100 infantry, and 20 cavalry,
towards Bell's mill on Dcep Rive<, I mar bed with the
rest of the corps at day-break on me mor.ig of the 1 rth,
to meet the enemy, or attack hem in their ere mpment.
About four miles from Gull forti our adv 'need guard,
commanded by Lieutenant-Crenel Tarleton, fell in with
a corps cf the enemy, consisting of Lee's legion, some
Back Mountain men, and Virginia militia, which be at
tacked with his ulual good conduct and spirit, and defeat
ed: And continuing our march, we found the rebel army
posted on a ri ling ground, about a mile and an half from
the Court House. The prisoners taken by Lieutesanr-
Cclo, el Tarleton, having been several days with the ad
vanced corps, could give me no account of the.enemy's
older or petition, and the country people were extremely
inaccurate in their description of the^ground. Immedi
ately between, the ^e^ of the column and the scenes
line, was a co; fide ab e plantation, # ons large field of which
was on our left of the road, and two others, with a wood
et 200 y rds broad between them, do our right of it; be
yond rhefe fields the wood continued for fev'jal miles to
our right. The wood beyond the plantation in our front,
in the Ikit of which the e emy's firft line was firmed,
was about a mile tn depth, the road then leading into an
extensive space of cleared ground about Guildford Court-
House. The woods on our right and left were reported
impraffcable for cannon ; but, as that on our right ap
peared to be most open, I resolved to attack the left wing
of the enemy, and whilst my disposition was making for
that purpose, I ordered Lieutenant Macleod to bring for
ward the guns, and cannonade their centre. The attack
was directed to be made in the following order :
On the tight the regiment of Bufe, and the 71st regi
ment, led by Major General Leslie, and fuppi reed by the
firft battalion of guards; on the left the 23d and 33d
regiments, led by Lieutenant Colonel Webster, and tup
ported by the grenadiers, and 2d battalion of guards, com
manded by Brigadier-General O Hara; the Yagers and
light infantry of the guards remained in the wood on &e
left of the guns; and the cavalry in the road, ready to a&
as circumflanres might require. Our prepatati ns being
made, the action brg.vn about half an hour past one in the
afternoon ; Major-General Leslie, after beipg obliged, by
the great extent of the enemy's line, to bring up theist
battalion of guards, to the right cf the regiment of Bose,
soon defeated every thing before him ; Lieutenant-Colo
nel Webster having joined the left of Major-General
Leslie's divifmn, was no left fuccefsful in his front, when,
on finding that the left of the 33d was exposed to a heavy
fire from the right wing of the enemy, he changed his
front to the left, and being supported by the Yagers and
I light infantry of the guards, attacked and routed it ; the
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ICoffee, is . do a
Chocolate, 265. per Dos