The Gazette of the state of South-Carolina — Charles-town [S.C.], 1783-12-04 00:00:00, page 1

.Lond o n,
September I, 1783.
IN March 1776 the Parliament of Great-Brit^ih
f granted (applies for the fapport of 4.2390 Bri
'." ana foicign troops to serve in America, exclu
sive or ocoo Renaes for that campaign, for which
military dores were Dipped and <& a lly did land
on the continent before rhe id of September follow
ing, amounting to 50390 land forces, which were
rcouced by the armies of the United States as fol
lows, viz.
Commencement of Hostilities
. killed wortn. prif.
Lexington and Concord
Battle of Bunker's Hill 740 11C-
Ticonderoga, St. John's, and)''
before Quebeck | 81 no S4O
On the Lake by G. Arnold „
Attack on fort Moultrie 1
South-Carolina x 97 260
At the Cedars in Canada 40 ^ o
Norfolk and Great Bridge j, 9 // ^
At different engagements On?
Long 111an1 \ 8,0 :600 65
Harlem at& Hell Gate Bridge 1,6 l- 7
^T^^ 57 do 4 '
Plains # 3,0 ^ o 200
Attack on jort Washington and?
the lines before it J 9° o ] s°°
Fort Lee 2 o 3 „
Trenton, 26th December „
Frinc ton Q i' °'°
In Boston, by Com. Handing % 9 °
In senary transports,
At Daub ry 7 260
Iron Hill New-Cadle County fy g o —
Brandywine, Ith September Bco 1,70
On Reading read by Gel. Maxwell 40 60
Sbiten island by Gen. Sullivan 94 lro ^
Bennington, ,h Odober goo [no
Fort Mifflin and Red Bank 328 g
Fort Montgomery & Clinton 58'p % o '
Army under Gen. Burgoyne 2100 11-6 ft 2
Prisoners and defertets be-7
fore surrendered j "°^
Britw.l and foreign troops 8914 10842 1004.6
Killed, wounded and taken)
prisoners since the com-> 29802
mencement of holtilities)
September. I. A fetter from Berlin fiys, that
his Prussian Majerty has been greatly indfpofed,
but he is so far recovered that he has been able to
take the air, has had his troops drawn up, and been
them go through part of their exercifrs. The fume
letters add, that some American Gentlemen are ar
rived in that city, but on what bufnefs is at prefect
unknown.
September 4. By the mails which arrived
yefferday from France, we have received the fol
lowing dispatches sent from don Antonio Barcelo
to the Court of Madrid, in which lie informs that
cabinet, that he had, since he left Carthagena,
met constantly with contrary winds. The coth
of July he was 15 leagues weft of Oran, where
he took advantage of a calm to repair some flight
damages; the 27th he continued his rout, and on
the 79th he arrived before the bay of Algiers. The
fivell and the winds did not permit him to begin
the attack before the firft of this month, and
during that interval he was joined by such of the
fliips of his squadron as had parted on the partage.
That day the weather becoming calm, though the
sea continued very rouph, he formed his line of
battle; the 18 bomb ketches formed the front;
the 13 gun boats were placed in the wings to sup
port them, and the boarding boats, zebecks, bi
landers, and other vessels of war, ready to aft
against the enemy's mips, if any attempted to come
cut. At half part two the firing began, and did
not end until sun-set, when the bomG-veffels had
^ expended all their ammunition; 310 bombs \Vere
STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON:
THE
OF The-
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 178;.
thrown that day; and the brifc fire from the Alge
rine batteries, which threw 30 bombs and 1075
bullets which paired over the Spa|ini line, killed
only two men and wounded two others. The next
day, at half part two o'clock, a frefh attack was
made, w^ica lasted two hours, during which twen
ty-two embarkations with oars came out of Algiers,
where the gun boats soon obliged them to°take
Ilielter again. The bomb ketches threw 375 bombs
which let hie in two places in the eart, towards the
moles, where it kited an hour, andjn the centre
of the town, where it continued all the evening.
Although the enemy fired that day I^3o bullets
and 8/ bombs, we had only two men slightly
wounded. Ihe general makes an encomium on his
officers and Bailors : and if the wind continues for
a few days to the S. W. or W. he flatters himfelf
lie ihail completely fulfil his million.
D. Joachim Mufcofo, commander of the brig
the frincartcr, who brought these dispatches, ados,
that having been ferit off in the night of the rd,
he could not get away until the next day kt eight
o'clock, which permitted him to observe the third
attack, wlrch took place in the morning from
half part fix until three quarters after seven, when
the wind having freshened he continued his course.
He reports, that of the three tint bombs that went
off, two fell in the middle of the town• that the
fire was so brisk and well Supported, that he con
rtantly saw eight or nine bombs in the air at once :
he thinks that this attack has had a&-e success than
the two preceding ones, bat could not dilcovet its
effects, on account cf the smoke produced by the
fire of the Algerine batteries, Which was fiercer
than that of the day before.
The Emperor of Germany is recruiting his ar
my with the utmost alacrity; from whence it is
cofychireL that a continental war cannot much
longer be frotraAed; To annex Venice to the
Imperial territories is the grand object of Joseph,
and to check the riling power of irance is the fe
cund wish cf his heart.
Tire Georgiuih Sidus discovered by Mr. Hers
chel, is found to be four times and a half the di
ameter of the earth, and its real alliance near one
thousand eight hundred millions of miles. He
firk perceived it on the 13th of March, 1781, be
tween the hours of ten and eleven o'cloc t at night,
as he was examining the final! stars near the feet
of Gemini. The magnifying power he was then
using was z 7, which he increased to 2010, and
with which he ascertained it, agreeably to the ac
count given in the philofophiyal tranfaffions for
1781. Some of this gentlertn's reflecting tele
scopes are made to bear magnifying powers of an
almost incredible size, not less than between 6 and
70'0 times! The effect which these very large
magnifying powers had on the fixed stars, in Lowing
many to be double, trippie and even quadruple,
which were before thought Angle ftar^, suggested
to him the idea of attempting to difeover the paral
lax of the fixed stars by their meins; and it was
in pursuit of this object that the difeovery was made
of the planet above-mentioned.
Extras of a Etter frert Gioucefter, Sept. 6.
" A' gentleman parted through this city on
Thmfday, who left Paris the preceding week;
and he allures it was confidently fyoken of in the
mod p®hte circles in Paris, as a matter of fad,
that the Court of Versailles had demanded of the
Dutch the sum of 87 millions of livres, 3,181,9071.
Serling, as a recompense for the trouble and ex
pence which France has incurred in refeuing from
the Englilh Trincomale, Demarara and St..Eu\—,tia,
and for preferviog the Cape of Good Hope."'
Extract of a letter ft cm the Hague, Sept. 3
" The States General continue fitting every d, T °
in deliberating on the terms of the peace witir
England. The deputies of Amsterdam, supported
by the Eart-India Company, are very violent against
giving up any of our Afratic fettlemeats.
Printed for A. TIMOTHY, No. ioo, Meeting-street.
" A duplicity has been difeovered at a cert ri n
court, but too late for redress; it may be th e
means of teaching wisdom for the future—an effect
which it will certainly produce, as Holland will be
obliged to set herfclf down at.a loss of 16,000,000!.
sterling-
Some officers belonging to the department of
North Holland, having solicited leave to ic/ve in
the Ruffian navy, have been refuf.d by the admi
ralty of that place. It is difficult to difeover the
true reason of this measure."
Numbers are gaping to hear what are the ex
press terms of the definitive treaty.— This em
ploys a host of wotiderers; yet when the matter
in question is known, it will probably prove a
nine^ days Wonder, and dropping into oblivion,
"mingle with the crowd that went before it."
while " nil admirarf' will be the maxim of the
philosophical politician.
Anecdote.— The Bishop cf Sairt^s in France,
who valued himfelf on the politeness of his addrefs^
and was remarkable for never having uttered a rude
expreffioa, was once by an indiferetion, guilty of
a piece of rudeness, Efficient to make ris good
breeding be called in question; and which shews
the precaution that is nece&ry to be ufrd in fp%k
%;to Grangers. The Prelate Was at Court, where
observing a lady who was extremely corpulent,
talking to the Queen, and at the other end of the
room a v ry genteel youth of promising appearance,
both of whom were utier Grangers to
dressed himfelf to the ^- -—} % and aftef
iem; compliment allied him if he s ew who that
fa r low was, in difcoarVe with her Majesty? " Ye'
ray Lord, replied the youth with moderiy- that
fat fo,v isthe Embaffadrefs of Sweden, and mother
to thejittle pig who has the honour to speak to your
Lordffiip.” Phis answer struck the Bishop with
confuhon; he immediately begged pardon, adding,
that he could not help feeling gr^at esteem for !
person, who with such imldneG imd rebuked him
tor his brutality.
A gentleman who lives in Kerttifh Town writes
thus to his friend in London. “ On Monday ninht
last, about half part nine, as I was fitting i n my
parlour, without any light in the room, near to the
window, that commands a view of the road, I was
aroused from nearly a Rate of forgetfulness, by a
sudden change in the physical wbild, that I had ne
ver before been witness of. The day being
flint in, and the moon not yet risen, I could but
imperfectly perceive the objects before nie. In a
moment, from an almolt total darkness, a blaze of
light, little inferior to that at noon day, struck me
with the utmost artonifhment. Every furroundinp
objed became as visible and diflinfl: to my foht, as
if the moon had shone out in its utmost fplendbr.
Awestruck witn this phenomenon, 1 started from
mychair, and tremuloully erted out, What is that ?
Then hartily throwing up the sash, I beheld, with
artonifhed eyes, a dream of 6re of considerable
length and magnitude, fwift'y but not rapidly, puf
fing sver my head, iri a duet? line from North to
South. In the course, its light gradually decreas
ed, and r ir . a few seconds it entirely vanished.
Darknels now again pervaded every part as before,
and an effluvia impregnated the ambient air, ftronp
as is that wliich is emitted by lulphur, When in
a state of inflammation. I hough Ido not im
agine, there was any thing miraculous, or even
very uncommon in the appearance, but that it may
be easily accounted for in a natural way ; yet I will
honestly confels to you, that I was seized with a
panick at the instant, that lam alm>fl aihamed of,
and therefore fh^ll fcrUpuloufly avoid giving you
the particulars."
Independent of that degree of doubt, inseparable
from the events of war, nothing could have been
more unfriendly to the present fydeni of Russia, thal
any rupture with the Porte. Peace alone can ena
ble Russia to p urfue her plans of Arts and Commerce
and cope with the Americans in the fopply of th,
No. 2179.