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ed in the a&ion of the 12th. One of them run
aground without the harbour's mouth, but I am
informed has since got off without injury."
From the above it appears, that the reportswe
have had here relative to the taking or destroy
ing two of those ihips by some of our's, was not
well founded. We are happy, however, in the
refleaion, that this account proves, not only
that those of the enemy which escaped havebeen
molt roughly handled, but that they are so much
Scattered and divided, that there is Rill good
reason to hope we dull, c're long, hear of some
more being added to the Britiih fleet.
The Amazon private ship of war, Captain
Hughes has brought two prizes into this port,
viz. The brigantine Totten, Thomas Blundel,
mailer, from St. Thomas's for Philadelphia,
laden with rum and dry goods, and the sloop
Flora, Henry Giddis, matter, from Martinico
for Virginia, with rum and sugar.
It is with plwafure we find ourfelvesauthorifed
to assert from the very bed information, that the
Marquis de Bouille has exhibited a freih proof
of his clemency and generosity (qualities which
so strongly mark the character of this gallant
enemy to our country) by his recent cendud to
wards our unfortunate brothers of Montserrat.
Of the 2000 Joes which were fettled as the an
nual tax of that island, by the 9th article ofcapi
tulation, the Marquis has been pleased entirely
to remit 200; and further to grant, that inßead
of the whole of the firß year's payment being
made in advance, it shall be divided into four
inßaiments, the firft to be paid on the 15th of
April, and thence forward one quarter's propor
tion always to be deposited in advance. The
gentlemen who went from Montserrat to Mar
tinico as hoftages,have been treated like princes,
and were very shortly after their arrival there,
informed, that they weredt perfe& liberty either
to depart or not, as they might judge proper.
quis de Lufignau is appointed Governor of De
marara.
^pril 4. His Majesty's frigate the Richmond,
having Aland Madame Bouille on board, palled
our road on Saturday, in her way to Guadeloupe,
from whence they arc bound to St. Kitts. Our
General, after having infpeaed the garrisons,
and visited the different works of defence in the
islands, is bound to St. Domingo in the Medea.
We are at present ignorant what may be the ob-;
fe&s of his million ; butevery inhabitant of the|
colonies pleases himfelfwith the idea(an<l surely
not without region) that the Marquis de Bouille
will soon be restored to our wiihes, decked with
fr&h laurels.
BASSETER R E, March 29
The day before yelterday anchored in this
road, the American ship Porus, mounting 22
guns, with the ship Suffi>lk, Capt. Carnes, from
Liverpool to Jamaica, her prize. The above
ship has taken and feirt into Martinico, the Al
bion, and ship Sally, both from Liverpoole.
St JOHN's (Antigua) May 21.
A kind and constant triend has indulged us
with the following extract of a letter, dated at
St. Thomas's, the 4th infl. from a gentleman
who was at Curacoa when the ships hereafter
mentioned arrived there.
“ On the 17th ult. came into Curacoa, part
of Mons. de Graffe'sfquadron—the Eville, Her
cule, Pluton and Marfellois, very much ihatter-
Mtoh^Ww, weal down in the a&®s, but 1 rather
doubt it. After we bore away far Jamaica, Sir S. Hood
was advanced with hi; division, and took the Caton and
Jason, two soy-sours, wito the I'Amiable frigate of 32 guns,
and Ceres fluop, formerly ours. Ten thousand men were
embarked in the fleet for tire attack of this pl.ee, which
were co have been joined by the Spaniards st Cape-Francois.
The expedition oust now be givenover, as thrir fl et can
not pe&dy .& for force time. The carnage on tetfaid the
enemy mull be very great, from the amoving number of
meny I believe tire, must have left in killed, wounded and
taken that day, near fifteen thousand men. This blow has
given fpi.it and emulation in the fleet, and I hope will be
ihe means of future successes. The French are very formi
dable when in the line (but though hazardous and could be
attempted b, no one but the Commander in Chief) break
x, and they are not fafficient fcamen to make the ncceffary
&ps for recovering tlwiufelves. Sir Samuel Hood is now
cruifog off Cape-Francois, with 25 fail of the line § when
she fleet is all refitted, I fuppofc we shall attempt to inter
cept the enemy till the hurricane months, and then go to
America."
Wednesday lift arrived the brig Rebecca, laden with
limber, from Egg-Harbour, bound to the; Band of Thomas.
The Rebecca bad been only a few hours out of port. She is
a prixe to Capt. Sm^hj^^^e^u^y.
Extra's from the Martimco Gazette.
St. PIERE's, March 28.
His Majetty's frigate l'Aimiable of 40 guns,
commanded by M. de Sufannet, is arrived from
Demarara, with a veflcl loaded with wood ; the
anchored the 24th in Fort Royal bay. Ihe Mar-
one fide, the noble conqueror of St. Kitts ruffl
ing forth in the midftof his enemies,abandoned,
whether by chance, or on purpose, by his squa
dron ; and on the other, the great British hero,
graced and supported by two 90 gun ships, can
nonading during eleven hours the dauntless
Frenchman, and being on the point to loofc his
prey, if a third Grip of equal force had not assisted
him. If this is bravery, bow shall we call the
man who was able to refill such a number of
enemies ? Notwithstanding the ridiculous and
low aspersions of the British officers, we have
seen de Graffe, Vaudreuil, La Motte Picquet,
attack in a ciofe battle a superior enemy, and we
know how to appreciate French valour. The
particulars we have received from Hifptniola,
contain the most extraordinany instances of pa
triotism and intrepidity in their navy. The nioft
firiking is, that of a Lieutenant on board, the
Glorieux, who, after having loft his two legs,
continued a few minutes to fire his gun, till he
fell down. The British themselves could not
refufe their admiration for the Captain of this
ship. But I shall no longer dwell upon a fubjed
where good conduct and bravery have been so
cruelly betrayed by fortune.
" This event is but a little brook ofprofyerity
that will soon be loft in the abyss of the dißiches
of England ; their meafurcs are still defensive,
and they will remain so during this campaign.
The greatest advantages they can reap, will be
to loose nothing, and they will be too happy to
save Jamaica."
Monday last in the afternoon some of the peo
ple late belonging to the brig Betsey, Captain
Gallagher, arrived here. This vessel failed from
Nantz on the 3d of May, and arrived within our
Capes on Thursday last, but for want of a pilot
could not proceed up, and on Friday was unfor
tunately run alhore near the mouth of Lewis-
Town creek, by the enemy's frigates in the bay,
and four hours after her running a ground the
enemy's boats got her off, when all hope of far
ing her vanished ; but as the Captain and crew,
with several pifiengers, got fafe on shore, and
all the letters and papers were saved, we hope
to inform our readers in our next, of the intelli
gence die may bring.
Twelve fail of square-rigged vessels (being the
faft of a fleet of about forty fail from Havanna,
belonging to this and the neighbouring ports)
arrived at Baltimore the middle of last week.
CHATHA M, June 19.
Capt. Afgill Rill remains at this place, and
we are told an order has come from hi&Excellen
cy General Washington for his close confinement.
Accounts from New-York fay, that a vehel
arrived there a few days ago, which descried off -
Cape Hatteras, a large fleet, which she tuppofed
to be French,and it was with difficulty fheefcaped.
Further accounts from New-York fay, that
Lippencut, the murderer of Capt. Huddy, has
lately been tried by a board of British officers,
which has given great disgust to the refugees,
and it was generally thought would receive the
reward iullly due to his demerit.
LaftThurfday morning Capt. Baker Hendricks
captured, after some refinance, on Bergen Point,
five refugees, which he brought ®£
FIIItADELPHIAj June r%,
Last Saturday night, between 7 and 8 o'clock,
about two miles on this fide Little Gunpowder
Falls, the southern poll was flopped by federal
men, two of them on horses, the others on foot,
who carried him into the woods, and robbed
him of the mail and his pistols, but did not take
his money from him. He desired to have his
pistols again, which they refufed, faying they
had orders to seize all fire-arms. Mr. William
Matthews,of Baltimore, and a lady of Christiana
were upon the road with the poll, they were also
flopped and carried into the woods by two of
the gang, but nothing taken from them..
Extrabl of a letterfr^u Baltimore, dated fu^e 8.
" The disaster of the fleet of our allies in the
Weft-Indies is but too true, but it is equally true
that the infoleuce of our enemies, at so unex
pected an event, is a proof how little they are
accustomed to victories- However, it is only as
far honorable for them as fortune can be hono
rable ; a superiority of seven or eight (hips in a
close and ooftinate battle is amazing, and far
from being furprized at the capture of Count de
Graffe and of several other commanders, I am
rather astonished to fee them fight a whole day,
each againil two or three ships of equal force.
The empty boasts and bravadoes of the adventu
rer of 'Statia must appear ridiculous, even in the
eyes of an Englishman, when he confiders, on
FtSH-KILL, June 2%
On Wednesday, the 19th instant, Mr. Robert
Oakley, of Philips's precinA, in Dutchefs coun
ty, was molt barbarously murdered in Fifh-KiU
^mountains, on the Wicopee road, of which the
following is an account of this horrid a&, taken
from the best evidences which can now be ccl
le<Red.
Mr. Oakley set out in the morning of the afore
faid day for Fish-Kill, the last house he pafed
was Mr. Springfleens, where he got a drink of
water, it being about two miles to the next house.
About midway between both houses, he was be
set by some villians, as appears by the ground
and foot-Reps of his horse, and was led into the
woods, about ten rods from the road, and strip
ped of part ofhis cloaths and shirt, and an old
shirt put on. From the position in which the
body was found, the third day after the murder
was committed, it plainly appeals, that the vil
lians had compelled Mr. Oakley to kneel down.
V 0 be fed by the Subferiber,
A Convenient two Story well
Finished HOUSE, four rooms on a floor, exclusive of a
back kitchen, beautifully firuated on ihe main fircct in Hart
ford, diready facing the north meeting house, a celler under
the whole, an excellent well of wArr, a barn and other con#
veriest out houses, ab: ut halfan acre of good lard, suitable
for a garden, and many other conveniences which may be
known by applying, to
STEPHEN MEERS, on the prcmifei
N. B To be fold cheap for cash at the fame place, a
small assortment of D>y Goods,
Hereford, July 1, 1782.
then fired several musket balls through his body,
which was cast forward with the face on the
.ground. Five mufloets were heard to fire by feme
people about half a mile frem the place, at nine
o'clock the fame morning, when Mr. Oakley
left home, which undoubtedly destroyed the life
of this good citizen and true friend to Itiscountry.
One half-joe, and some fiber, which be took
from home with him, his affaffinators tock from
him, as also his horse, laddie, and bridle. The
perpetrators of this horrid deed, we are well al
lured, are some of the thieves and robbers sent
out by the enemy,, and no doubt assisted by their
friends, our internal enemies, now fuffered to
live amongß us. It was not for the fake of Mr.
Oakley's money they took his life, that they could
have taken without destroying him; but the
reason of murdering him in this manner, in cool
blood, we have reason to suppose, was from his
manifefting himfclf an undaunted, steady and
active friend to the freedom and independence of
America ; and was active in detecting some horse
theives from the ene^y, a few weeks since, two
of whom were executed in this ecunt'y; also, in
dek fling several of our internal enemies, who
are indicted and now in goal, for harbouringand'
feeding those attrocious villians from the enemy,
who are fucking the blood of this country, and
murdering its inhabitants. As the time is fafk
approaching, when those persons now in confine
ment will be tried, and Mr. Oakley being one of
the principal evidences against them, we have
every reason to suppose, that those villians, with
their friends and affociafes, have engaged those
sons of cruelty to destroy this evidence be fore the
court meets. Thus has this State left a valuable
citizen, the country a flaunch and firm friend,
hiswife a tender husband, and his children an
affectionate parent.
STATE of CONNECTICUT, fs.
Hartford County, June 17, 1782.
PUBLIC Notice is here! y given to all concerned. That a
Libel is filed before Jabez Hamlia, Esq. Assistant, and
Hezekiah Brainard, Ffq a Justice of the Peace in and for
fail county, by Jonathan Smith of Haddam, in said county,
agait ft a quantity of Goods and Merchandize seized in said
Haddam, the r^h d s y of June instant, and appraised at
afl. 14€. tod. Lawful Money. For the trial of the justice
otfaid feirwe a Court will be holden at the Town House ia
Middletown, in said county, on the 17th day of July next,
waen and where all persons concerned may appear and they
shall be heard.
JABEZ HAMLIN, Affiant.
HEZ. BRAIN A RD, Just. Pas-
WE the Subfadbers being appointed commi&ners, by
the Hon. Ceurt of Probate, for the diftri& of Farm
ington, to receive and examine the claims es the creditors,
to the estate of Peter Buell Gleason, late of Farmington,
deceafd (reprcfinrcd insolvent, hereby give notice, thatwe
shall attend the buGnefs ofour appointment, at the dwelling
houfe of William Woodford, iun. inn-holder, in Farming
ton, on the Gift and lift Mondays of August next, from one
till 6x o'clock afternoon, after which time to claims will
be received, or accounts allowed.
WILLIAM WOODFORD, ^
LEVI THOMSON.
Farmington, June xo, 1781