The New-Jersey journal — Chatham, N.J., 1779-02-16 00:00:00, page 4

'Toffefy ^ Colonel" 'Wbitge letter £• Geveraer
Houston, Staled November $ 17,8..
- " The witbin proclamation accompanied;Colonel
Prevolfs answer to my letter, by'an officer with a
flag, who attended Major Haberfham on his return.
L'gave a (hor<, verbal aufwer, by the officer, to this
purpose, “ That as we totally disagreed in political
M principles, and as a falser, 1 had nothing to do
l ,with the a&ir^-of Initiation —therefore Ihould
b.< fabrnit thc matter to adecifr-n in the field."
to the morfigg, ofihe2§tu of Npv^mb-r Colonel
John Mlntolh + commanding officer in. Fort Morris,
received ^erollptgtngfdfc-Lieut. Cot Fufer, com
manding a body of British noops,no haJ the night
•before taken faieifioh of the upper < r ,dofth: towa
of Sunbury
Sunbury, Nor. 2;, t,7& eight o'clock in the
morning.
SIR,,
'<7°OU C&G^ be ignorant that four armies are in
* motion tp reduce this province ; throne is al
ready under the ^os of you, -fort, and'mny t: join
ed when 1 thu^,rrpfir b, CoLP^c'd, who is now
at the meeting house. . The iebflancyofe canor in^
tend to make, will enfy b irg detraction upon this
country, On the conrary, if you deliver me the
fort which you command,, lay down your flit, and
remain neuter unfit the fate of America is determine
ed, you' (ball, as ^!l)rdl life inhabitants of this
parish, remat^hi the peaceable poffidfon ofyour
prc,„ty- Yotir anfwec, which 1 expe& in an
four's time, wdl determine the fate of this country,
whether it is to be laid in ashes, or remain as above
propefed.
I am, Sir, your most ob client, &c.
. L. V. FU?ER, CoL 60th regiment, and
Commander of his Majeßy 's troops
in Georgia, on his Mzj^il/s fcrvicei
To C*apt, Thomas Morris,
Commander^oGthe Fc-t in Sunbury.
Os% outfit
P. S. Since this letter 'is ctofed. fonra'ofyour peo^
ple have been firing Mattering Ihor about.the tern
l*m to inform you, that if a flop is not put to such
irregula. proceedings, L fnall burn a hoafefor every
(hot so firtd.
This letter was brought into the fort by Major
Lane, who foon;retumed with the lollowtug antwer;
^hich he dditafoo Col. Fufer^„
Fort MofriCTTov;~Zs, 1778;-
SI R,
WE acknowledge that we are net ignorant that
your army is In motion to endeavour to re
duce this date : we believe it is entirely chimerical
that Col. Prevoffis at the meeting house ; but fbould
it be so. we are in no degree apprehensive of danger
from a jonaion of his army with your's." We,have
no property, compared with the object -we contend
for, that we value a ruth, and would rather perils in
a vigorous defence, than accept of your proposals.
We, Sir, are lighting the battle of America and
therefore disdain so remain neuter till its fate'is de
termined——-—As to surrendering the fort, receive
phis laconic repIy—COMEAND TAKE IT.
,Major 'Lane, whom I fend with the letter, is
dirtied to fatisfy you with refpea to the irregular
loose firing, mentioned on the back of your letter.
Lbavahe honor to be,
Sis; your most obedient, &c.
:JOHN MINTOSH, Lieut. Col.
of'the Continental troops.
Li^t. Col. L.V.Fhfer,
Of his Britannic Majesty's troops in Georgia.
About half paR eleven o'clock, A. M, Major
Lane returned, after having Signified to Cob Fufer.
that the loose firing complained of was intended to
prevent the British troops from plundering the to.vn;
and as to his threatening to burn a boule for every
Lot, the Major remonstrated to Col. Fufer/thag
such a proceeding would be rather savage and inhu
man ; but if he was determined to do it, in order to
convince him how little we were to be deterred by
such threats, soon as he burnt a houfeat one end
of the town, we would apply a torch to the other,
and let the flames meet in the center by a mutual
conflagration.
CHARLES-TOWN (South Carolina) Dec %.
Since the.receipt of the foregoing particulars, we
learn, that the enemy have as fuddcnly ’abandoned
the date of Georgia as they invaded it, "and retired
into EaftFlorida, That their hasty retreat was oc
casioned by an express sent to Col. Prevoft, advising
him of a naval and land force coming against him
CHATHAM: Printed by SHEPARD KOLLOCK, by wher^fu^fynents: of a moderate Lena&g&qfc
P HI L A DEL P HTA, ja'h. go.
Scarcely had the enemy retired from the back
piris of Georgia, when a fleet and armament en
tered Savannah iiv^r, and on the 29th of December
about three thdufand men landed within two miles
of the town of Sftnnah. A proper difyfitiori of
thrfew ContinentO\troops (about fix hundred un
der Col, Elbert) we had there,, was made to oppose
them; but the fame day About noon the epemfr-daub
led'tbe Colonel's flank,^nd very near cut off
hi* retreat, whicflhcweief l?e effected through a
very heavy fire o£[6e enemy for near,^ mile, but
withthe loss of many; men either kilted : ar™ taken.
£o>. .Wta^nd-^g'' .Griak^^^g^uk^
nung a creek if |&ty fodn after took pofieffi
ofrof Savannah,—¥ff%ft accounts from the above
quarter fay.that cur .ts&ops had retired , to a p!gce
called Ebenezer, forty miles up the river above ca
vannah, where the, were waiting for reinforcements
from the Carolinas, which were on their march to
join them.——lt is impassible to ascertain the defrgn
of the enemy in tuis expedition, (0 late in the feafop.
Whether to takeup their quarters for the winter-.-
to procure provisos—or to be joined by the force
from Florida.--- But certain it is, that the inhabitants
of the state of Georgia will be greatly diftrefled by
this visit.
N E W-Y 0 R K, February 1.
Liters from German, m&iiort, that there is zu arm,
under the command of Prince Ferdinand drafting toge
ther neartWtfel, a teefa'fortified tow, in the King of
'Prefa's dominions, on the Rhine. This army is '0
con/ift of qo.coo Danes, 20,000 Secedes: 20 oco Han
overians, the feffiti^ w Hafous and Bruniwickers,
and is to pbftrtlphe mourn of the French, as lit ex
peftedthey .will /eon att^cfc he Ki^g of Prufta.
Tbcfc.me letters toy, that it is likely a Bed, of Han
overtam nil! befatto.America, a, there are ordersto
augment the arty of that ERaorate to 40,000 men,
but that none of tyre . inhabitants are to be prefled into
thefrarice ; that) gt«)OQ Ruffians are exacted tofin
the Prussian ar^frund tc,cco more 'are actually taken
into British pay, tdfrwe v.hereier the latite feraer
jhallordtr,,
On fhurfdaj iafl arrived thefchooner Chavcc„Cap.
Gray fr#n Antigua ; he left that port the loth of De
cember, and info, ms as that a frigate had arrived there
about tut orible days before his depdrtuffi with intel
ligence that the ^ritifefleet, under the command of Rear
Admiral Barrington, artel the troops under the command
of Major. General Grant-having taken ffefano/ thet
'iJland of St. Luce, a very valuable acquiftiton, afford
ing a noble and foft bar four for the navy of Great-Bri
tain, and efleen^j the key to the French pofeffions in that
part of the Wfil-fadies; its principal port, Carenage,
is distant ta/ffyt, miles fam Port Royal in Martiw
%%e, eight, gif wth weft of Barbadoes, add is twenty
famh^ce, wb3 right at off hforfre*, nd by
the fivden appearance otfu'me ve&s, at the fame
time off Su?t\ % which they .apprehended to be oc,r
fleet: hir tb^mta to their going, off, they
bad sent away n<}ar one dioufand.head ot cattle, some
fieep, about thre^ hundred. Borfes. two hundred ne
groes, ind other funder. Thatklihough the enemy
haddeflro)^' qoft every thihg ir. their way, within
a mile of earauWe of the road fauth of Ogeacb'-r
yet many buid -flfo and other property, feppofed to
have been ben sand deftfoyed. mere, after their rie
'pattaft 'oAt^qantooched ; and fhar Coi. frevolt
had, to feverat ^flances, ffiebn that humanity and
.generOTity '° r Which British officers feere formerly
diCingu^e^, "hat the land force &hi:li came a
gamft Grsi,r "unfilled of eighty fix regulars, and
five hundred Scofelites and rangers in one body,
who entered ^loentry st Fort: Hoyve, aodmarch
ed^on-by lauctukler Col. Prevoft' stile between
four and live hundred regulars, in another body,
commanded by Tol Fufer, landed u| on Colon©l°s
Iltand, near Su,bury, fordable at low-water,.,nd.
nraroh&tin@)th# town. That the lenemy/s nayaf
force.epaiiUccroT no more than the ffiip L^dG^r
ni&ine of twenty gtns (two and three plunders) the #
bHgrfpitfire of fifteen, the flop, Mufauitp of ten,
the Hoop Tonyn^ Revenue of eight- a large galley
, with two twelve or eighteenpoundfersjp her bow, a
large flat, and cumber 0t boats/ &c. moil of them
mounting one o' two swivels; and generally lay at
St. Simon s inlet. And that after Col.. Fufer with
drew fiom Sunbury, the two bodies joined at New
port ferry, where^hey intrenched, tocover and give
time to their hunfc-to get off with the cattle, and
when that was Hc;n^pithed they, followed.
miles tag end twfa bread.,- The Euglify took sos-i
Jeflon oj'/bis Inland without oppoJition i„ the yefe'
iSvwahdWi nighty" ttyefo* bad hen 1% difote so
tween the Englijb and French lentil the trial, in 1763,
-when it was {^4 t^tbe.latter. In 1772, the rm^
her of white people oft this: island amounted to 20$$
folds, ,@ of blacks 663 freemen, and I%,,^3flaw{
the cattle cenffed of 328 scutes ar herfes, 2070-&.
of catfp, and „8%,%, or goats. There -were fl'
Jaga;fantati ^s, wbich eccufidd ^'6 pieces of land*
5,39;,889,0^^ tr^s, 1,321,600 cocoa plants, and
367,1ets of cotton Tty were divided into 796 dwell
ißfcteWtt* The prolate 1 Jf^Was one Kindred and
feywet, thesfond pounds jterlirtg, 1 revenue -Which fort
fcmeiimtmyft. inerrtofc %e-Agh,h evey year. Tbd
h^rbcafnamed the Carenags, affords the gredfej, ma^
ritiae deface, & pofDon thar Will tioi allow aJbif
under fail to enter, fa must be warped d fotf&rdble
spate before fa can get into it, there is no,lying ta
windward between the t-wrt peirtts, tbe feundingfin^
creafoigfkd&rtly near theJand,from 24 fr 100fat bora
will nit permit thie tf&ilanti to cc@ to an anchor.
Qnl,,one jhip can enter at a time, and /be would br
exposed to the fire, of three ma/geiibatteries in front,
and on both .fats,. The tyhal garfifon is fifty nu%
appointed to preface gbodorder.
Extract of a letter from London, Nov. 3.
: 'Our privateers have heen wery facrfful in ffo
freeing the enemy. More than anhu,dnd&. Domin
go men are brought into port. The fleets of cbjbva
tion <.e returned; nothing of confluence can, be ex
peaedfrom them this winter. A tr^ffq&ifh'Ru
is certainly signed, and/we /ball have a formidable
feet.fr n thence as Joon as.the Baltic opens, and wba*
land filers we require. Every preparation ifmaking
for prosecuting the war with vigour in America-
HJfuppofe the next campaign will be a fighting one.
Lord North has fecuredibefoppliesfor nextfeur. More
than two hundred privateers are on the codji of
France, Jo that their trade Ibknccked up; t/eir marine
or navy must follow. As there are great beats about
car npival and military commanders, their eottdua. wilt
undergo afevere parliamentary invefigatiok, °Stecks
have role five per cenef
TpTH£PUBLXC.
THE Subferiber having, at a great expeto
1% Spotfajood PA PE R-M ILL in A&MI
.%&&> ^ t^e ° eit order, so that now he isfafae h,
make as good paper of all forts and fiz% as soy
that is made in this country, and at as^reafonabk,
rates, if he could but'procu're a fufficiency of linen
rags: therefore he desires all families ^nd indivi
duals in § N'ew-'JerJey, and the neighbouring Rates,
to save their ragsfer him, as he.inrends to lend out
people to gather them, paying ready money ^and
the higher price for thefam6, or an equivalent in
other good and necessary - commodities.
Any traders or other perfons,who are willing (0
b %up rags for him, are requeued to acquaint him
with it by a line, and as soon ,s they have a foff
cient quantity together, he will fend to their houfei
and fetch them a wzy..
_PEI ER MUSICK^ Papertp^ker.
r 0 O's 0 ld, *
THE PLACE where ^,^„ Ram,a, rtow
lives, near Bottle Hill, containing about
. forty acres, There is on it a tolerable lw use,
good well before the kitchen door, a barn and
other out-hbuies, a tolerable garden, , aad a large
orchard - v&fo^ grafted fruit of all so,&
1 h& pmhafrr may improve or fvm the land as,
early ! he pleases, fy^he dwelling house m
to be delivered until some time in the month of
April.
/I LJQ pe tuns bavir.g any. ij, hLO as agaottt life
estate of MART [N DA Y r ^fece?fed, are
dxffred to bring in their accounts mat rhev m&r
be fetrfed ; and all persons indebted to fahteiute
arc requeued to make .immediate. p*y.Htent.re
CITOSTOPHER SE ELY Execute.-,
IF there ts^ny pefidh within the 41 ete of thtg
paper that has a 4 RIDING CHAIR m/frfes
of. mgy hear raf k^pweh^fer by applying -w timer
prirter-vf this parole
F^bk>arx,„io, „
118 is to givemptite, thatj DANiEL, f
• -I %SEY, jun. of th6:&>obgh OTWid&.t& 1 }? &
ty f '<Effex and ftateffNew Jersey, db'hcreb}^-
bid any person frein harbouring er y
wife, as I will pay no debt# of hmmt^^^L