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L 0 F L q N , July !.
m Peterfburgh, by thelaft mail, declare,
that Mr„ Samoirowitz, one of the army surgeons to
the empress, has, strange as it may appear, inocula
ted for the plague, upwards of 1600 perlons with
success.-—He contends that the nature of that fatal
diforderhas been hitherto unknown, and that fracti
ons with ice are a certain cure for all stages of it.
He asserts he has cured himfelf of this disease three
times, and has gained so much credit, thatahandfome
pension has actually been fettled on him by his Impe
rial majesty.
July 10. An Irish gentleman converting with an
Englilh one at the Smyrna, a few days ago, the con
versation turned upon national prejudices in general,
when the Irishman took occasion to defend his coun
try from the general satire leveled against them of
makingbulls, which he contended they were no more
liable to than the lower ciafsof peoplein this country.
TheEnglilhman not readilyconfenting to the do&rine,
the other agreed to call in his footman, who was of
right Hibernian clay, and leave his friend to ask him
any question he thought proper. On his entrance,
“ pray, Patrick," said he, " what will you take to
fit naked on St.Pauls ?" " What will I take? why a
blanket, to be sure, your honor." Here the laugh cor
recting Patrick's firlt blunder, he observed by way
of improvement, " if he did not take a blanket, that
he would e'en take cold."
The latest improvement in the female head-dress,
is a long curl of a rams-horn shape, continued from
the ear almost to the top of the head. This gives
the genteel wearer a most ravishing and fatyrlike
resemblance.
July 11. Thirty thousand pounds annually is
founded for the half pay of officers in the loyal pro
vincial regiments! Surely an army of Americans
only, whose officers could be entitled to such a sum
upon half-pay, was fufiicient, if in earned and under
a right direction., to have quelled the rebellion,
without an officer or a man from Great-Britain or
'Germany. What a libel this is upon the conduct
of all who had a hand in the American war, mmif
ters, commanders and officers. As to the men, they
could only do as they were commanded; but sure
ly some enormous defects there were somewhere,
which ought to be brought to light, let who will be
the fufferer or the victim of national justice !
It is a general opinion among navel men, that don
Barcelo's expedition against the capital of Algiers,
will add to the disgraces which the Spaniards have
fuffered during the war, as the Moors have lined e
very opening to the harbour with platforms or artil
lery, quite level in many places with the water's
edge ; besides, the (hallows are so formidable, that
nothing larger than a frigate can come within gun
shot; so that unless their gun-boats shall be well
covered, and very numerous, it will be found very
difficult to annoy the enemy at all.
fefrit, that a battalion of Brunfwickers gave way,
and the English troops were forced back into their
camp. At this moment they were followed by Ar
nold, who saw an opportunitity to strike a decisive
blow, which he immediately resolved to carry into
execution. He gave his directions instantly; but
not observing that alacrity in his men to attack the
entrenchments as he expected, he turned round and
difdainfully said, “ That if they were such diftards
as to hesitate in the moment of victory, he himfelf,
at the head ofhis officers, would carry the intrench
ments." This address opperated according to his
wish. Fired with shame at their want of spirit, they
called to be led on. The attack was immediately
made on the right of the lines; and those of the
German reserve under Col. Breyman were stormed
and carried. At the fame moment he attacked that
part of the lines where the British light infantry
vyere polled under Lord Balcarras, but was repulled,
in storming the intrenchments he received a wound,
which it was some time apprehended would occafi
the loss of his leg. It is unnecessary to observe, that
a few days afterwards our army surrendered them
selves prisoners. The fame of his valor was now
spread wherever the knowledge of the British or A
merican politics had reached, and both friends and
enemies did justice to his merit as a brave man and
a gallant officer." Thus far a former biographer.
How he was brought over to the British army by fir
Henry Clinton, is yet a secret; poor Major Andre,
fell a martyr in the proceeding, and thousands yet
unborn will detest the traitor that led him to his
downfal. When we take a review bf this officer s
life, his low Ration when taken notice of by the A
merican leaders, their gratitude for his services, his
ingratitude for the honors they fhowefed on him in
so few years, we cannot help faying with the firll
writer in the world.
“ Do not repent these things ; for they are heavier
Than all thy woe can stir; therefore, betake thee
To nothing but despair.— A thousand knees,
Ten thousand years together, naked, falling,
Upon a barren mountain, and Itill winter,
In storm perpetual, could not move the Gods
To look that way thou wert."
General Arnold has been in England some time,
a situation of all others the most disagreeable to a
feeling man; for however giddy and inattentive the
people of this kingdom may be, they have their
hours of refle&ion, and those hours are winged with
contempt and detestation for any character, howe
ever exalted by majedy and his ministers, who could
basely desert that cause that was by no means dri
honorable,or beneath thedignityof aman tofupport.
August % „,
Authentic letters from Varis concur in giving
great credit to monf. de Graffe, whose naval charac
ter, from the inveftiganon it underwent, (during the
examination of several officers, upon the courts mar
tial of two captains, who cid not support him in the
battle with lord Rodney) it appears in the molt bril
liant point of view. It was deposed that he faught
five men of war for several hours; that he kept the
quarter-deck the whole time, in his fltirt; that
when his ports were beat in, and many of the guns
deserted by their gangs, he repeatedly assisted in
bringing the men to their duty ; that when the Ville
de Paris struck, he stood almost alone amidst a feene
of horror not to be described. In short, the public
wait with the most anxious expectation for the ho
norable acquital of this gallant sailor.
September 5.
The duel between the Honorable Cosmo Gordon,
and Colonel Thomas, of the guards.
Left the duel fought yesterday morning Should be
misrepresented, two gentlemen who were present
have requested to acquaint the public, that the fol
lowing are the real circumstances :—According to
appointment the honorable colonel Gordon, of the
3d, and lieutenant colonel Thomas, of theist regi
ment of=guards, met at fix yesterday morning, at
the ring in Hyde Park. It was agreed on by their
seconds, that after receiving their pistols, they should
advance and fire when they pleased. On arriving
within about eight yards of each other, they present
led, and drew their triggers nearly at the fame time,
) when only colonel Gordons went off; lieutenant
I colonel Thomas having adjusted his pistol, fired at
I colonel Gordon, who received a severe contusion on
I his thigh. Their second pistols were fired without
;effea, and their friends called to reload them ; after
I which they advanced to nearly the fame distance
landI and fired, when lieutenunt colonel Thomas fell,
having received a ball in his body. Colonel Thomas
received immediate assistance from Mr. Grant, who
attended colonel Gordon, in case of need, and who
extracted the ball on the field..
Sept, 6. The Sybill frigate arrived from New-
York, underjury masts.—The publication of the
definitive treaties with France, Spain, and America,
and,of the provifinal articles with Holland, is delay
ed until the arrival of Mr. Harley, who is expected
to bring the commercial treaty between this country
and America, when the whole will make their ap
! pearance. Lieutenant colonel Thomas died of his
;wound in the duel with rhe honorable Cosmo Gor
don ; and on the 6th of September, the jury, from
I the evidence of the deceafed's servant, brought in a
I verdi(T of wilful murder. The surviving gentleman
had retired to Calais, but proposed to return to Lon
don, and surrender himfelf for trial.
From the London Gazette, September 23.
St James's, September 23.
By the KING.
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORGES.
WHEREAS a definitive treaty of peace and
friendfhip between Us, and the Most Cristi
an King, and the King of Spain, hath been conclud
ed on the third day of this instant, September, and
the ratifications thereof have been exchanged upon
the 19th instant : In conformity thereunto, we have
thought fit hereby to command, that the fame be
published throughout our dominions: And we do
declare to all our loving fubje&s our will and p!ea
fure, that the said treaty of peace and friendfhip be
observed inviolably, as well by sea as land, and in all
places whatsoever ; Rriaiy charging and command
ing all our loving fubjedts to take notice hereof,
and conform themselves thereunto accordingly.
Given at our Court at St. James's the 25th day of
September one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-three, and in the 23d year of our reign.
GOD save the KING.
BOSTO N, November 27.
The following most melancholy event has taken
place since our last : A Dutch ship of 44 guns and
343 men, which came out as one of the convoy to
M. Van Berekel, Ambassador from Holland, having
arrived off Cape Cod, on Friday last iprang a-leak,
and before any assistance could be had, (he founder
ed, and every foul on board, except the captain and
39 others, who saved themselves in a boat, perilled.
It is computed, that not less than 1500 men have
been loft at sea, upon this continent, within three
months pari.
N E W-Y O R K, November 24.
Last night, about eleven o'clock, a most tremen
dous fire broke out in Rutger's brewery, on Brewer's
hill, by which it and the dwelling-house adjoining,
were entirely confumed.—lt is fufpetled to have
been done designedly.
The Committee appointed to conduct the order of
receiving their Excellencies Governor Clinton
and General Washington.
BEG leave to inform their fellow citizens, that the
troops under the command of Major-General
Knox, will take pofieffion of the city at the hour a
greed on, Tuesday next; as soon as this may be per
formed, he will request the citizens on horseback, at
the Bowling-Green, the lower end of the Broad-
Way, to accompany him to meet their Excellencies
Governor Clinton and General Washington, at the
Bull's Head, in the Bowery—the citizens on foot to
assemble at fr^near the Tea-water-Pump at Fresh
water.
ORDER of PROCESSION.
A party of horse will precede their Excellencies
andbe on their flanks—after the Generaland Govern
or, will follow the Lieutenant-Governor and Mem
bers of the Council for the temporary Government
of the southern parts of the State—The gentlemen
on horseback, eight in front—thofe on foot, in the
rear of the horse, in like manner. Their Excellen
cies, after palling down Queen-Street and the line of
troops up the Broad-Way, will a-light at the Cape
Tavern.
The committee hope to fee their fellow-citizens,
condu& themselves with decency ond decorum on
this joyful occasion.
CITIZENS TAKE CARE ! !!
The inhabitants are hereby informed, that per
mission has been obtained from the commandant,
to form themselves into patroles this night, and that
every order requisite will be given to the guards, as
well to aid and assist, as to give protection to the
patroles : And that the countersign will be given to
Thomas Tucker, No. 51, Water-street ; from whom
it can be obtained if necessary.
It is requested that such of the inhabitants who
are not on the patroles, and Geknefs doec not pre
vent, will keep themselves awake.
It is also desired, for the fake of order, that the
gentlemen who have been heretofore appointed to
superintend the nightly watches, to call theii dif
tri&s together at an early hour.
HARTFORD, December 2.
Last Saturday night between the hours of 11 and
12, a considerable shock of an earthquake was felt in
this town. Whether the shock was extensive or at
tended with any ill effects, we are impatient to learn.
It was remarked in this paper, some weeks past,
that the last summer exhibited a greater number of
violent storms than has been experienced for many
years. It may not be improper to add, that the Euro
pean papers contain accounts of a variety of unusual
natural phenomena that have appeared in the course
ofthe last twelve months. The catastrophe of the
town of Calabria in Sicily, in which 30 or 40 thou
find persons were suddenly swallowed up, must be
recent in the minds of every reader. Late accounts
from France, inform us that an uncommon fog, has,
during the past summer, overspread that kingdom—
a phenomenon that has excited the attention of the
greatest philosophers, some of whom have attempted
to investigate the cause of its appearance and con
tinuance. Among the Hebrides, a clufler of Islands
situate on the north of Scotland, a new Island of con
siderable extent, has lately risen out of the ocean.
The accounts of this event are so well attested by
several sailors who have seen and visited the Island,
as to leave no doubt of their authenticity. By a
paragraph in a late London paper, we learn that
some conjectures have been entertained that the poles
of the earth have fuffered a change of situation.
The circumstance on which these conjectures are
founded, is the fliadow of a certain mountain in
some part of England. Whether the shade has in
creased or diminished, cannot now be recollected;
but the alteration is so considerable as to be observ
ed by the inhabitants of a village lying on the north
fideof the mountain. Whether this be a sass or not,
we are not able to decide ; but whether the convul
sion, occasioned by the burning and eruption of vast
bodies of fulphurous matter from the bowels of the
earth, may not be fufficiently violent to impel! the
earth from its natural position with refpe& to the so
lar system in general; and whether the established
laws of gravitation, would not, in such case, coun
teract the effect of such force and restore the earth
to its original situation ; are enquiries that may not
be unworthy of philosophical curiosity.
JUST PUBLISHED,
By ANDREW LA W,
A Cohesion of Hymn Tunes, with Hymns
'3. adapted to them, containing 84 pages, price
Two Shillings and Six-Pence.
By the fame Author, The Rudiments of Music,
or a Yhort and easy Treatise on the Rules of Pfalmo
dy, to which are added a number of Tunes, Chants
and Rules for chanting, price Two Shillings. This,
with his Collection for the Psalm Book, which may
be had for One Shilling, will furnifh schools with a
great variety of Church or Congregational Tunes,
and both single are fold for Three Shillings, and.
much less by the Dozen.
SeleCt Harmony, without the four last flieets,
bound, containing more than any other book now
felling in Connecticut, price Six Shillings.
Printed and Sold by William Law, Cheshire.
The above Books may be had by the dozen or sin
gle, of Beardsley and Hopkins or the Printers.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the pasture of the Subscriber in
Hartford, on or about the middle of August last, two
HEIFERS, one two years old, black, with a white spot on her
rump, white tail and belly; one yearling, black, with a white
face, and end of her tail white, white hind legs and belly ; both
marked with a halfpenny the under-fide of the right ear, a flit
the under- fide of the near ear and a slanting flit the upper-fide
ofthe fame. Whoever will secure said Heifers and give the
owner information, so that he may get them again shall receive
a handfofne reward and all neceffaiy charges, paid by
LEVI ROBBINS.
Hartford, November 28, 1783.
THESE are to define all persons who have any accompts un—
ferried with the estate of John Owen, Esq; late of Simfbury,
deceased, that they forthwith call and fettle the fame with the
Subscriber at his dwelling-house in Sim&ry. He will attend
said business every Tuefdav until the fi ft d^v of April next
JONATHAN PETTIBONE, Executor.
Simlbury, November 19, i7 8 i l