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principles lead them to embrace) behold
human miferv in every shape, or from
whatever cause derived, with pity and
concern, and by companion and polite
ness endeavour to foflen and mitigate it.
---But the malignity and virtuence of
Scotch (with some few exceptions) and
American refugee officers (with none at
all) whether in a civil or military line,,
is Angularly conspicuous throughout this
war, and cannot be deferred but in
terms offensive to the pen of a gentleman,
I am, with refpeft, your most obedient
servant, HENRY PENDLETON.
L 0 N DO N, July 4.
Two thousand barrels of porter are
ordered to be flipped for Charleftown,
couth Carolina, as soon as possible.
Yesterday a double guard of soldiers,
and of the militia, were ordered to pa
trole up and down the Old Baily during
the trying of rioters, to prevent a croud
gathering about the Sessions House.
It is currently reported, that advices
are received by the Dutch mail of a tho
rough change having taken place in the
Spanish Mimftry.
July 6. His Excellency Count de Malt
ven, Minister Plenipotentiary from the
Prussian Court has received his letters of
recal, and will soon return home.
The Special Commissions for trying
rioters in Surrey, will be opened on
Monday next at St. Margaret's Hill,
Southwark, when the lift of indidment
for high treason, against Lord G. Gor
don, will be presented to the Grand Jury.
July 8. On Wednesday the report was
made to His Majesty in Council of the
convicts under sentence of death, when,
the following were ordered for execution
on the refpedive'days and places here
under mentioned, viz. William McDo
nald, for beginning to pull down the
house and burn the furniture of John Le
barty, in St. Catherine's lace, near Tower
Hill, and Mary Roberts and Charlotte
Gardiner, for affixing in demolishing the
said Mr. Lebarty's house., to be executed
on Tower Hill, on Tuesday next ; Wil
liam Brown, for assaulting Carter Dating
in his house in BuTopfgate-ftreet, in the
day time on the 7th ult. and robbing him
of one (hilling, to be executed on Tues
day in Bifhopfgate street; William Pata
man for beginning to pull down the house
of Robert Charleton, in Coleman-street,
to be hanged next Tuesday in Coleman
ftreet ; Thomas Taplin, Captain of a
party of rioters, for robbing under threats
Mr. Mahon, of Bow street, of half a
crown ; and Richard Roberts for being
concerned in the demolition of Sir John
Fielding's house in Bow flreet ; James
Henry, for setting fire to Mr. Langdale's
dwelling house in Holborn, to be execu
ted on Wednesday next in Holborn ; E
noch Fleming, for being concerned in
demolishing the house ofFerdinandSchom
berg, to be executed on Tuesday next, in
'Oxford street ; Christopher Plumley, alias
Williams, fir dealing a silver tankard in
the house of Alexander Southerland ; he
was capitally convicted in February Ses
sions of a like offence, was respited, and
afterwards released by the rioters: To
be executed at Tyburn, on Thursday
next. 2
PHILA DELPHI A, Sept. 23.
L'9 week was brought in here by the ihip Sara
!°^ the faow Sarah, Cxp, M K nley, from Nevis
'<° # Y' l "*' ^th H O puncheons of ram.
-x rad of a feteer from Major General Gaas, dated
Hilfb 'rough; Sept. §, 1780, to the President of
Congz^fs.
Ithink I have it now & jifhed as * fa&, that
mere than 500 of the enemy's old troops were killed
fond founded in the aflion of CamSd^n : Indofed
I fend your E< :d;eacy the report of Jol. Williams
of South Caronha; who came here tbit morning,
REPORT of Col. W.fLc jam's is as follow 1;
Col. Williams Col. Shelby, and Col. Clarke,
with a party of Sooth Cuolmiahs and Georgians,
iaimmbir about zoo, matched from the north lide
of Broad R^er on the 17th of August, in order to
a tack zoo torses on the lunerf al MuQro&rie mils.
° : 'k flight of the 18 h, th* frones were reinforc
ed by Col. Ennis with 200 tabular troops au; 100
Term. Oar party meant to futpr.fc them, but
were difeovered. Tnurobli^ed ba to fend a (mill
party of horse to reconnoitre them, with orders, if
they found the enemy in a disposition to attack us,
to fkmhifh with them and lead them buto out
m,in body.'
Our lines being formed across the road, exerted
at Ita& 300 yards in length on a timbered tid,e, 20
horse w?:e ordered on each Lot. la thia portion
we wafted theenimy'r Approach. They advanced
within 200 yardri, where they firmed a link of Bat
tle, and moved, on wit^mthe d&nce of ifC yatds
and then began a very heavy fi:e,
Col. Will am, ^^ orders not (a fire till the
enemy Came within point blank that, nor then, un
til! orders were fly©!. Every man was ordered to
take hi, tree, and hot to fire till the enemy w^s with
in 80.ya^ defiance, and then to take hit object
fare. A warm fire began, which laded i&nt f,
m nujel whan our brave friends to o ur d&e&d
country obliged the enemy to retreat, aad we drove
them about two miler. We killed on the field 60
of /the enemy, the gxeateftpta British, and tock 70
prifuners. # Among the billed tee a Major Frez%
of the Britifhj one British and ;hree Tory Cantaim-
Col. Ennis, of the British; is reported to be,fyilly
wounded by two bails, one in the the other
broke hi, thigh.
Oar loft in this adion was only, thro killed on
the field and ei,ht bounded,, one of them mortally.
r^uFr/h^ Hr o&;^ c„^fl„fy,'J # ' .
CH ARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry
TREN rO % Somber 27.
By a letter from ELz^b^h Torn, dated the z^d .
inff. we are informed, that " some nf Rodney's
fh ; ps are fo^tet of repair tyfortoi £ & < n d one'is
condemned."
^On Tuesday night the 19th iiff. &fi. n F CT
Randolph, w^h ei.,tm^ of the i%p regiment,
vifred Staten-Eland from Voodbridge, rind furpr z-'
ed a picket of fourteen ofthe new-levies but took
only four prisoners, as th remainder of & ramble'-
footed guard, trailed .retie to their heels than their
file locks for their Gfe.y.
CHATHAM, September 27.
Th, follows, is an acme, lift of the flvpawhich
Admiral Rodney brou^hout with him : Sandwich
90 guns, Tumble 74 Rnffd driteur 74,
Triumph -4, Culloden 74, Alcide 74, Torbay
74,SW^fb try tiT^m^h 64, and LTorie^z.
On Sunday fen'night far £h,s of Admiral R^f.
ney's squadron failed fr^rthe Hook, and yeferdsy
we hear the remainder w< to fail, tosher with
fevetal thoafind Iwd ford, supposed so bs defined
for Rhode Island in ordri if peffibte, to d^ftroyJ,
take the French fret then
We hear that G ne^l fillips and G—erd Lin
coln, who met at Eliz^h-Town' l%fi week, as
commifone^ fieri the tw armies, for the purpose
cf effitaing an archsagef prisoner?, have don:
nothing towards bringing?out fo&fiubkan affii.
They are to meet avata a^on^ I&u£
FISH-KI IL OAfyif.
We learn fam Heid Qr.err, that Mrjo^ Andft
Adjutant General cf theitifh army, reezivd&'
reward of hie desrerir/eabours the gallons, cn
lad Monday. H a an,a? ^a c was much regretted;
though.his life ^a^fc^i forfeited by the ] aw c f
nations. From hi§ tartar, it cannot be said
bat that, if he d d net Algood chriftian, he died
likea brave foidien---^ d ed, in the bloom cf
life, M jor Andre, the ^ of the British army,
the friend and confident dir Henry Clinton."
We farther learn, that ttruly infamous Arnold,
through whom this unfafee gentleman loft id;
life, has lodged iLformritifagainft fundiy persons
in New York, f^ppofeqehdfy to our cause.
in coDfequence of ffbichpwards cf 50 of th-ai
ftere impf.fonede
W 6 °t^ °CT *NoiMed Commif.
C% ¥ nfrl ^ 'l™ J ^ e Of Probate, for the
Nrffrn " :"*• creditor, of the afate of
^& ^^'"' ° f Sheffield deceas'd.
me h:: ^vent; red! meet for that purpose at
sh,%u' '' °' p ?"i P - Dewey, Innholder,l said
' ^ ™^OT of Oacber, No.
F so., ~/, ;" ' 'T?," d ^ry end
r orpary, ^i. bora one o'clock, P. M, to fix ._
No " c CT^^ w re ^
Se, Iraki ;6.,780.
d ^3 SOLD by t^7sb(cnb% and evemf
v,„eM and wdldrifted DWELLING HIOU«r"
a4-7^ Brra aadCyfy Hbefe M'afrvh A '
btttenar,&sf &. State House;, j a
ft e@t A^es of ted. 0 foh
t^y t% 3 of the be.; Eolith haV
%:^^ 0^ Fruit Tres .
ci&&ued<me of the L
Meadow "'ALSO% I °': "™ h ^ d South
<,.aaow.—AL3O. about Ff Y r
^:^r dmin '^^
d ft-ALSO, Two Wood
crfomin, about four ten aer^
„^ (aid so, lie
&r fo :° ' p ' fo r th " ™ y the hemo..
Xcri" y ^^^% i^fod te perchaf. Z
aod fa /(-'' '7 ^;"°^ ,y frn ° w •• conditions
the pfifa, by apHying.to
J^l2^. PELETIA " PIBR CS.
J^K^miAH r^zxa
'^ f °' lale in Hartford, viz,
R °1 EA I ^ A b y tf ie Cleftor C^., ,
4, Hyfon and Stichong Tea per do.
Cotfre by the Hhd. Tierce or Barrel
Bad white clay'd Sugar per Hhd.
Mufcevaca do. per Tierce or Bartel
Chocolate by th^ Bex.
R^a, Ravens, and En/iffi Duet
Cordage.
Ticklrnbergh;
C & 'fe and fine yard wide Liners,'
Q, n ' col ° u ,^^ Handkerchiefs;
German $ eel, Heart arid Club.
Knireoad fyk,;,
7 by 9 G:o.
Cotton Wool per Bag.
R^^''^^ ^ ^
Rock Salty &c. fa, &fi
Hertford, October 9, 1780.
J OIIX•CHENE vTTr D~
?Has for
R^ ST t""^ W '"' browd
D j%>r, Tea, Coffee, ^ &c. &,
St^V^' quantity of Pork, Beef, Oats. HQ
- Prfo ? ^o find indebted to him have'
:J^"^ ™"^ P^nt, ard
^L^^" * il] lucb1 ucb oblige him.
XOft beft -%?(&(!aid Goiter, four State
bv N w' °F 4farthing each,
',"'"' Bfe i: treasurer ; Aid N^s
bo* '%?*." ™ a^„father pocket
or ° " will lodge the feme at Pay Table
,_ a ,ftfy „ llar , „ d Q,; ,
ar they wll not ^ pawby.the Trnfurer.
.JOSEPH NORTON
5 >7B°.
_T^o^^%^" SAMSON.