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they arrive, not (they fay) with a view of entering into a di
rc& war with Great Britain, but in the hrh place to puttheir
Weft-lndia Blands in a proper date of deteoce; and in the
next place, to have it more ia (heir power to favor and pro
tea their trade with N trih-Amwrita, which is of great advan
tage to them. It is certain that it is much encouraged by their
ministry. A considerable quantity of rice is arrived at Nantz,
which has reduced the price of that article to 19 livres, and.
600 hogsheads of tobacco, which was immediately bought up
by the Farmers General."
A letter from Paris mentions, that the French King has
given orders to augment the pay of all the officers who Were
reduced in 1774, and to fill up the vacancies that may happen
in the (landing regiments with such of them as arc found fit
for immediate Service.
^guil 16. It is not owing to the interference of France,
but to the absolute refufal of the Empreft, that we have not
had a body of Ruffians to adift in the conquest of America.
The Czarina poffitively declared, that fye would not part
with a single centinal if he was to a& against America.
The fcribb'ets for rainiftry now and then inful tthe good
sense of the public with accounts of the vast armies of RUS
SIANS who are to assist in reducing the Americans. 'Let one
of these poor creatures fubferibe but his name to a tingle
atiertion of the kind ; let the miuifter himfelf only dare ven
ture to affirm, that he can obtain a single regiment from Raf
fia, and he stall be exposed for a political importer. The
Empress of Ruflia has refufed to lend a soldier for the pur=
pose. The principal object of her reign is to render her
people FREE. She will not assist ia enilaving the .(objects
of any date.
The conduct of the Emprqfs of Russia doth honor to .her
head and heart. Although, by the conditution of her coun
try, ffie is to all intents and purposes despotic, yet fhe.coo,
ceives that the liberty of her people is the mod foiid foun
dation of absolute power. By exerting her influence to make
her people free, (he reigns in their hearts. The ministry of
poor Blunderland have other notions of government.
In the opinion of the moil impartial politicians, the con
frquence of the American dispute will be a general war
throughout Europe. France and Spain will mod affuiediy
conclude a treaty with America. This will occasion a rpp
ntrr with ihofe powers. England will claim the abidance of
Russia, Prussia, and her othar allies. Some will explain
away the meaning of certain passages in treaties, and excuse
themfelvcs from interfering. Others will feebly lend their
aid. The rupture will be consequential, the event important.
Let Britain, deprived of her Colonics, bereft of her com
merce, and of course impoverished in her revenue, look to
the probability of success!
WILLIAMSBURG, (Virginia) November r.
By letters just come to town from the army on the Indian
expedition, dated the 14th and i§th ult. we have intelligence,
that our troops, commanded by Col. Chridiao, were met on
the rath, on this fide the Broad river, by a flag from the
Chiefs, with proposals for peace, which were rejected in con
s querice of having refufed to deliver up their white leaders.
Cd Christian at the fame time was informed that a large bo
dy of the enemy lay opposite a fording place on the other fide
the river, waiting to obtirua his passage, at which place the
Col. arrived the fame day, audxneamped. The 13th, io the
night-, a body of about iao@ of our army made a secret march,
and eroded the river at an unfrequented ford three miles bt
},w the enemy, flora Whence they marched towards their en
campment the next morning, but they had abandoned the
place. The remainder of the army then erpffed the river,
having fudained no loss since they, left Fort Patrick Henry.
The 14th another flag was brought by Capt, Nathaniel Gift,
who said he had left the Indians,' with intent to join our par
ty. He gave information that the Indians had moved their
families about 40 miles dirtant from their towns, to a place
called Highwagfee, and that they intended to tight our army
Somewhere in the neighbourhood of their towns. Col. Chris
tian wa„heni not more than 40 miles from than, and was to
set out wih his army from Broad river the i§th iudant.
Died, in this city, Col. Richard Bland, of Prince
George, who lived universally behoved, and died universally
lamented. He was more than thirty years a icpicfcntauve
in General Alterably for that county, and filled he truftwi§h
so many Shifting abilities so much unremitted attention, hat
he gained th eftcem and confidence of his conftitugnts, When
hit country called him forth to the arduous and important talk
of a Delegate for this state in Continental Congress, he ap
proved himfelf an able and zealous friend and advocate for
tl e rights and liberties of his injured country —ln a private
Sphere of life hr Supported the character of a humane and be
nevolent man, an affectionate, kind, indulgent hufbaad and
•parent, and amongst his acquaintances that of a warm and
heady friend. In Short. he possessed all the ineftmabie qua
lifications that cou'd render him dear to Society,—all that could
formrhe virtuous, upright man,
BALT I M O R E, Novembers.
Lad Monday arrived here, from Martinico, Captain John
Martin, in the brig Friendship, mounting 10 carriage guns,
and 40 men, belonging to tris date, with a very valuable
cargo, consisting of 3100 wr. of gunpowder, two tierces of gun
flints, 410 bushels of fait, a large quantity of oznabrugs,
blankets, and a considerable quantity of falt-petre, brimstone,
Sailor's jackets, &c. lik«wifc drugs and medicines.
~ PORTSMOUTH, Odeber aa.
Saturday last was feat into this port a prize brig, bound to
Bilboa, with 2000 quintals of fi(h, taken by a Salem priva
teer.
Monday the 14th instant arrived at Falmouth (Cafco-Bay)
a large (hip from Jamaica, bound to London, laden wi/h
five Hundred hogsheads of sugar, and fifty ditto of rum,
taken by the privateer Retaliation from Beverley, Giles com
mander. The Ship mounted fix carriage guns, and fought
the privateer two hours before (he Bruck.
Tuesday last arrived at Falmouth, Cafco-bay, a large brig,
the Mary and James, commanded by Thomas More ; the
was from Falmouth in England, boynd to Naples, laden
with bales, aid boxes of goods, cocoa, pepper, alum, tin,
lead, &c. taken by Captain Simon Forreftcr, in the privateer
Hoop Rover, from Salem.
Off. 29. Arrived here last Sunday a prize (hip called the
Success, Eleazer Ball late mailer, taken by the Retaliation
privateer from Salem, in lat 4%, long. 47. She failed from
Jamaica the g'h of August, was taken the 6th of October.
Her cargo consists of 244 hogsheads and 12 tierces of sugar,
,56 puncheons of rum, 4 bags of cotton, mahogony, fuftic,
&c. The said privateer had also taken a brig and (hip, and
saw her engage another (hip.
NEWBURYPOR T, O&ober „.
Yesterday arrived here the Grip Nancy, John Cowan mas
ter, burthen about two hundred tons, bound from Cork to
Quebec, taken by Capt. John Lee of this place. Her cargo
consists of the following articles, viz. eighty barrels of beef,
3xo ditto of pork, 290 firkins of butter, 100 barrels of oat
meal 374 ditto of flour, ia#o bushels of pcafe, 68000 pounds
of bread, 407 calks of nails, st barrels and two half ditto
They broke up their whole encampment the preceding
night, and have advanced towards Kings-Bridge and .he
Noith-Ry.r.
Some accounts make the loss of the enemy on Monday
,fe'„rright about 400 in killed and wounded. All ac
counts agre^ hat Co . Cart of the 35th regiment is a
mong the number of the f 10.,.
Intelligence from Head Quarters, Ticonderoga, ORober 31.
On M day morning between eight and nine o'clock, our
advance guard boat down the tike made the signal for the
approach of the enemy's fleet. In about an hour five of their
largest boats or gandalocs appear d in tight, and a num
ber of troops, Indians and Canad ans were fen landing
upon thtce mil- point. S on after two of the armed boats
flood over to the cast fide of he lake, inclining upwards
as if fem to reconnoitre. When bey came considerably
within (hot, they were fired upon ton two redoubts ve
ry near the shore, and by a row-galley that was Rationed to
cover the boom. They hereupon retired ;in th^ mein
time the enemy's troops weit diftinaly feea to land upon
the back of the point, and presently after thirteen small
batreaus, and birch canoes, cr ffed from he weft to the east
fide of the lake, into a bay about four miles below our re
doubt. Upon these threatnings of an attack, our lines, fc
doubts, and post were all manned, and as the motions of
the enemy seemed to indicate they were gathering th^ir
main force upon the weft fide of the lake, as if intending
to make their ptifh there, th^ee regiments (Pooi's, Reed's
and (Greaton's were crd< red from Mount Independence to
reinforce this fide. The orders were inftant'y obeyed, and
nothing coud exceed the spirit and alartnefs wheh was
(hewn by officers and soldiers in executing every cider that
was given. About four o'clock in the afternoon th boats
and cannes that had passed to the weft fide of the ake re
turned, and the enemy were f'en plainly to re-embark at
three mile point. The guard boat was immediately ordered
to resume her station, ad by sunset it was observed the
body of the cuemy hid retired.>
Pubiijhed b] Order of Cong efs, • p
Nov. 12 1776. CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.
From the army in the province of York, we learn; that af
ter the 37th of October notho g material happened, except
some fmali fkirmilhes, in which we always came off v^&ori
ous, and often took prisoners :— That many deserters had
come off to our army, among which there were between 30
and 40 Hessians :—That suddenly on the night of the 51b
ipft. the enemy filed off the sight of their army to tl e East
River, and the left, about I or 10,000 men to Dobbs's Ferry.
That General Wafhingtpn in tbs morning sent several parties
to harrafs their rear, who returned with a few prifsers and
two or three baggage waggons; —Tha on the 7 h the ene
my's tranfoorts, 40 in number, (being be fame which landed
the troops at Frogg's P^int,) were seen going down the East-
River towards New-York : —That on the 10th the party that
filed off towards the North River lay between Dobb's Ferry
and Phillip's Mills; that the General being apprehensive
that they intended making an incursion into the Jerseys, had
sent General Putnam with 4000 men across the river, to join
General Green, who has 6000 men at Fort Lee, with an in
tention to flop their progress Should they attempt the fame —
Several letters of the bed authority from head-quarter fay,
they have great reafen to expert Howe will visit this city,
therefore they urge us to be on the watch, and be rea
dy for them, Should they attempt such a thing.
Extraß of a letter from F rt Lee, Nov. 8.
“ Our garrison at fort Walhing'on are in high Spirits, and
go a Heflian hunting every day Yesterday a ferjeant and
M 5 men of Col. Cadwall&der's battalion, attacked an cut-guard
Dear Canceau, by the brig Hope, Capt. D,wion, a few days
after leaving port, and carried into Halitax. Capt. Carleton,
with some of the crew, made their escape by twimming
alhore.
Last Thursday was brought into this harbor, by Captain
Silas Atkins, a brig from N wtouad and, with tsoo quintals
of green codfifh.
The fame day was sent into Hayhannefs by Capt. Atkins,
the (hip Heaficld from iicland, bound to New-York, having
on board seventy puncheons <f (pirits, seventy ditto of por
ter, three hundred and fifty tierces of bread, fifty ditto oat
meal, fikty one ditto peafe, sixty pork, seventy ditto beef,
one bundled calks of.butter, fame sweet oil, ratlins, candles,
flour, and a number of other articles.
Yrfterday arrived in this port, a prize flap from. Antigua,
for London, with ab.ut two- hundred hogsheads of lug#:.
She was taken by the Putnam.
A letter from the camp near New- York, fays the H< ffians
plunder all indifeinminately, tories as well as whigs. It they
fee any thing they want, they Seize it, and lay " R bclg^d
for Heflee man." Artery complained to Gen. Howe that he
was plundered by the Htffians. The General said he could
not help it, it was their way. of making war—-So the friends
of government are protedt.d! This is great encouragement
for the tories! Lord Dunmore told Lord Sterling he was forty
he kept such company; the latter replied, "My L rd, I
have kept whitercompany than your Lordship has of la^e."
NEW -PO RT, (Rh.de.ljlaa Von. 4-
Last Monday Capt. Shearman C arke arrived at an cam
era port, in fifteen days from the Weft' Indies, a d inform s
that he saw a Utter from France a diy.br wo ,efb're he
failed, advifiDg that it migh r be depended on t,at Fiance
would declare war against Great 8,.i ain v;y loon ; that
the Pomona, and two other B itifh flips of war were fu -
posed to have been loft in th late hurricane in the Wifi-
Indies they not having been head of finer.
Last Thursday arrived in east paflagc a Urge Jamaica
fliip, loaded with Abou 600 hoglhead' sos fufor, 90 lun
cheons. of rum, fume cotton, &r, t^ken by he C u nentb
brig Cabot, Capt. Hinman. She mounts 16 guns, but ire
do not learn that flic made any refinance. About the la^e
time, Capt. Job Pearce, in a private Hoop of war went up the
wc|t parage, with a fine large big, oaded with fiffi, &c.
being his third prize fafely arrived.
P H I L A D E L P HI A.
Intelligence from Head barters, White- Plains, Nov. 6.
We hear tha& the morning before the enemy made a fd
dep and unexpected movement from the feveial polls they
had taken in our iroMt.'
of gun-powder, one affn-cheO with balls, &c 16 carriage
guns and to Swivels nr unfed
We learn tha< a Salem privateer has taken, in the chp'l
the channel of England, two Ships, o ctr m Jamaica inward
bound, and the other outward bound.,
BOSTO N, 061 her 24.
Yesterday Capt. Danirl Hathorne arrived at Salem from a
cruise. On his paflagc he met with an . rined packet, wfoch
he attacked. In the engagement, which laded two hohis he
loft three men killed and nne er ten wound.d, hm(clf
Lightly; since which he has taken, and feat into Capc-Aon,
a prize fi,ow with oats.
The privateer commanded by Capt. Carkt n, which failed
from Saleh )on a cruise, about four weeks since, Was taken
o f ^ mc ,. kilted three, wounded -several and burnt the
gu^'l ^L' r-'ft
K.tr^i of a lelid frm tort Lee, Ro ember 10.
" Th< cimy have not tecamped, as was reported, but
are tab at D< lib's Ferry Part of cur army have come this
fidethe river. Genera: Walking,on wi-ico to day. De
feet rs confi m Be idfp©ons of the enemy' design to pay us
a visit in the JerLys ; bu. the attempt is so da gerous, awl
So long delayed, that 1 can (carcely believe it is Icrioufly in
a,fra 10a. Yefteida, Col. Magaw's men killed thirteen Hes
hans anu an officer; and dripped them.—This little enter
prize gives fpiot toour Men, and inlenfibly reduce the num
ber of the <.emy."
The (hip Hancock and Adams, Capt. Smith, with arms,
ammunition, c*o>hs, tin, &c. on account of the Continent,
is arrived at Bedford, New - Hampshire, from Nantz.—We
aeado told, another Ship laden with the fame kind of (lores
is arrived at Bolton.
Extract fa letter from North-Carolina, OfWeris.
" A gentleman who acc mpaoied General .Rutherford, on
the expedition agaitift the Cherokees of the Midd e and Va
iey Settlements, having just returned; we take this opportu
nity of communicatings you per poll; the intelligence which
he biii gs.
“ G neral Rutherford, with his whole force, amounting
to about ro®o privates; cxclufive of pack horse men, marched
from the head of Catawba river on the id of September, and
arrived unmolested a*d,undiscovered, within 30 miles of the
Middle Settlements, from thence he ordered a detachment of
1000 men, by forced marches, aga'inft the towns, in order to
fuiprde the enemy. The detachment, on their way, were
attacked by about 30 Indians, who fir&d and immediately
fid, having wounded,cue man in the foot. It is but justice
to our troops to observe that whenthey were tired on, and
expected the enemy on every fide, the only contention among
them ^a r , who fhou dbe f remoft, to Iliac the danger and
the promld tighc The de achment, without further inter
ruption, proceeded to the towns (which die Indians had eva
cuated before their arrival) and destroyed them. From hence
about ,00 men under the command of General RutherSbr^
who had est the main body, tailing ten days protifion, march
ed on agaiuft the Vaiv Settlements. They found great difi
curies, and were much embarrassed, and tor w*nt ot an ink
ligent pl ot, croifid the mountains at an u^ccuftomed places
by wired means they, w re, to their geea, np, tificatiou, clif
appointed of an encounter with about ,00 Indians, who were
then, and bad been f'r several days before; lying in ambu
scade, do thy common eroding place. Two days after this
C<wcl Wthiamtm, .ih,ke South Carolina troops, eroding
at he usual pice, tritium the anfewfcade, wx' attacked, and
left ,wfr.: fcij^d aid ~enty wounded but defeated and pur
the cfiem, i- he 0., ^irh be hls ?f about fourteen ki%i.
'T'oir h is j. f-ippcted ft be much g:ca r, but only fourteen
we. t 1 , p...hogi wd. Gneral Rutherimd destroyed
rli , . • e; h V Tw towns kled twelve and torg
nine 1 #-r, male r riho er, Lycn white men, from
vh - - u grots, a c'rfnbEabrt quantity of flock
a„d 0 i :.er, an ,0 r. 0 w ight -Teun-ponded, and ano
Men. red ^ t ,m .0 rtzgool. proc, which they
weU c-. .vg 0 'M .le. (,d.Wi 4 rioi,.withthe South-
Carolina to, „*^e-Y ji.tJ Gen Rutfurf <, and having
destroyed co re town-. ; :rec in a?d.vry dung which might
be ot fr.llrr : b:r in.,, j r wiHletcr^lined by the com
marcLeg ffi. ers to eu nto heir refye&iv&-fetes, it being
°impra& cabc - g gaieft ±'c O % .erbi.il Cn^oeres, rhe gap
thro' the moun-ains bertigd. paffi 1 for ae army in case of
op,- tidbit. Gn. Rnh -tiro's army ffas u, ver ' oppofed by
any curtidiiat >b.?dy:<lndian's, flcloflthree men only.
''He fupp.f.s that hGnyiSt the Indians fay conceded in &
mountains, rha fume can g 11c to the K/erhtlls but that the
greater pair had fid f utb-wc# ward th Geoiawatee river, bor
d.riog on the U,,er Cheeks. Sboclddht Virginia army meet
with any figna! bicceG aga'nir toc overhibs, or flibuid they
only deft oy their town, and corp, We'flartir ourlcives thkt
the foutl( n (lats will fuffix no fortherdamage this fealia
firm the favag- ty as it will employ tliir whole time to pro
vide tufttnan<e' or theit Squaws nd c ildren."
Ext?aft cf a letter, datd White-Plains, Clicber 29.
"I now f atch an oppor unity, by the poss; of informing
you, tha Gcn, MDorgan's brigade, of'which the Maryland
regulars is apart, having raid in the wo- ds for three nights,
two mi es hem this place, and to the right of the main bo
dy, as a covering party, was order d rb advance along the
road, abort a mile; near a place called the Mile Stone, and
their take post, which was accordingly done. The brigade
was here joi'^d „by.Haziet's Delaware battalion and a Small
reg meat of militia' from ConneCticuft They were no sooner
formal (b^n the enemy began a heavy cannonade from a
great number of field pieces, advaurdgeoOfly disposed on fe
verat-tiling grounds, which was dnfy .1 dby the (only) two
cannon which attended our brigade, lit Ie or no execWfoa
being done.% either fid^ till Col. S naHwood, with the Ma
ryland-rs; was ord red to march down the hill and .attack
the enemy, which they did, and a Smart contest ensued, in
which the enemy gave way, but rallying again, and attack
ing the right of the brigade, composed of 'be militia afore
faid, they got rhe advantage, end their Situation being such,
and being drawn up in a heavy' column, only our regiment
and another, (Rtzma's) cow'd come in. for any part of The
action : Those two brave regiments flood a very heavy fire
cf their artillery and mufquetry for ab pt halt an hour,
when the whole brigade, being vastly out-numbered and
cramped in rcfpe& cf grou d, was obliged to retreat, a re
inforcement under General Putnam not being able to get up
in time to give the necessary affiltanecrt this reinforcement
was Gen Beali's brigade. The enemy now occupy the ground,
where we t^ok post yesterday, and arc a mile from our lines
a; the Wtye-Plains. Colonel Smallwood staid upon the place
of action some time af-er the retreat had begun, and re
ceived two wounds, cue a fle(b wound on his hip, the other
through his arm ; he is however in good Spirits, and I hope
will Soon be in a condition to take the field again. All opr
officers and men behaved with their until bravery, We hi ¥9
loft of our regiment C< pt. Braoco, killed in the retreat; fer
jcants Belt and Weftbay, killed. Capt, Scott is mortally
wounded, indeed I fear he is dead at this moment; Licet.
Goldsmith badly wounded in the leg, and Licut. Waters's
kg broke to pieces ; as near as I can guess, our regiment has,
forty fix killed, wounded arid miffing."
The following is a lift of FIELD OFFICERS for the twelve
Pennsylvania , regiments in the Continental Service.
Fifft Regt. Col Hand, Lieut. CBI. Cbambeis, Major Rofi.
—Second Regt. Col. Pehaas, Lieut. Col. A. J. Morris. Ma
jor Jonathan Jones.—Third Regt. Col. Joseph Wood, Lieut,
Cob Thomas Craig, Major William Bot^r. — Fourth Regt.
Col. L. Cadwaladcr, Lieut. Col. D. Brbadhead, Major Wil
liam Well, jun.—Fifth Regt. Col. A. Wayne, L ; cut, C@DR
Johnson, Major Percifer Frazer.—-Sixth Regt ,Col. Robe^
Magaw, Li- vt. Col. , Major John Beatty.—Sever,ih
Regt. Col. William Irwine, Lieut. Col. Thomas Hartly,
Major David Greet.—Eighth Regt. Cck &eas M'Coq