New-Hampshire gazette, or, State journal and general advertiser (Portsmouth, N.H.), 1781-07-23 00:00:00

New - Hampshire Gazette State Journal, and General Advertiser.
[ Vol. XXV. ]
MONDAY, July 23, 1781.
[ No. 1290. ]
BALTIMORE, June 19.
LETTERS from Fredericksburgh, dated on Tuesday last, mention that the British army had visited Goochland & Amelia counties, the former on the North, and the latter on the South side of James river, and that it was hoped they were on their retreat still more Southerly. — That their cavalry had made a rapid march, in two divisions, under the command of Colonels Tarleton and Simcoe, one to Charlottesville, and the other to a place called "Point of Fork," where they had committed great excesses, the particulars of which had not been received.
A postscript to one of the above mentioned letters, advises, that intelligence had just been received from the Southward, that the British forces were in march for Richmond.
JUNE 26.
Extract of a letter from an officer of distinction in Gen. Greene's army, dated camp before Ninety Six, South Carolina, May 24th, 1781.
"Lord Rawdon has retreated to Charlestown. Fort Watson on Santee, forts Mott and Granby, on Congaree, Camden and Nelson's ferry, are in our possession. Gen. Pickens and Lieut. Col. Lee are before Augusta: General Mariah is below, manœuvring towards Charlestown, and Gen. Greene has invested Ninety Six. It is only possible we may not succeed. I expect soon to hear of the reduction of Augusta. What Gen. Phillips is doing, or Lord Cornwallis intends to do, I cannot inform you; you will have it from better authority. We fear nothing before us."
Extract of a letter from Fredericksburgh, dated on Tuesday last.
"It is said the enemy were, on Saturday last, at Richmond, destroying the tobacco and houses. — The Marquis, by the last accounts, lay 12 or 15 miles from them."
A letter from George Town, dated on Sunday last, mentions, that the Baltimore and Frederick-Town troops of light dragoons, were to cross Patowmack the next day, on their way to join the Marquis de la Fayette.
PHILADELPHIA, July 4.
On the 28th ultimo, His Excellency JOHN RUTLEDGE, Esq; set out from this city, in order to resume the reins of his government, where, we hear, he is impatiently expected, by the long oppressed and cruelly treated citizens of S. Carolina. We have the pleasure to announce to the world from good authority, That that State and Georgia are now entirely in the possession of the Americans (Savannah and Charlestown excepted) and as soon as the respective Governors arrive, will be again restored to the Union, in a full exercise of their Legislative and Executive Capacity, as Sovereign and Independent States.
It cannot but be remarked here, how subject to change are all sublunary things, and uncertain the fate of war. It is well remembered, that success followed the British arms in those southern States at the surrender of Charlestown, and some time after; & that opportunity was not neglected by the enemy to extol & applaud their own prowess and exertions, when in fact the cause of these advantages was only to be sought for in the weakness of their adversary. With what satisfaction did Rivington publish, and the votaries of lawless power read, — "Not a Rebel in Arms in South Carolina." We will only ask, where is the King's Army and Friends, the Conquerors of the South?
North Carolina is totally evacuated by the troops of his Britannic Majesty, & that State is making every exertion, to repair the damages and ravages committed by their cruel invaders, who will not find it so easy in future to march through it.
The gallant Fayette has received such strong reinforcements, and has acted with such military
caution and prudence, as to oblige the rash Cornwallis to retreat to the lower parts of Virginia, leaving its capital in possession of its proper masters. The rapid marching Lord's army are reduced to the small number of 3000, and soon will be confined to the narrow limits of Portsmouth, if not obliged to retreat to succour the distressed Clinton. Parturient montes nascitur ridiculosus Mus.
We have it from the best authority, that notwithstanding the enemy had penetrated into the centre of Virginia, not more than twenty of its inhabitants had joined their forces, and among that small number was not one native of the country.
Authentic advices from South Carolina, as late as May 4, inform us, that Gen. Greene had invested the British post of Ninety Six, in that State, which it was expected would surrender in a short time, and that the garrison had made a sally on our forces, but were repulsed with considerable loss.
Later accounts from that quarter (but for the truth of which we cannot vouch) tell us that the above post had surrendered to the American arms, with the additional circumstances of the capture of 500 privates, with 40 officers and 15 pieces of cannon.
As various advices have arrived from the southward later than that which mentioned Gen. Lee being gone to the British, and nothing is said about him, the paragraph in last Saturday's paper, wherein that gentleman is named, ought to be considered as a slander, circulated to injure his character.
Extract of a Letter found on board the Schooner Dolphin, taken by Capt. Angus) from Col. Brathwaite to Mr. Mayne of Lisbon, dated Madras, October 10, 1780.
"In July last, Hyder Ally entered the Carnatick with 60,000 horse, 20,000 foot, 20 battering guns and 40 field pieces. The country fell before him like ripe corn before the reaper's sickle. We had no where 3500 men. In the face of this army we were to make a junction to form any thing to oppose. — I had with me about the number above mentioned, with 10 field pieces; I was ordered to join the Gen. at the Presidency; I was at Pondicherry; on account of rivers I was obliged to go inland, and the enemy was so situated that his second days march would have crossed my fourth, but by marching always suddenly in the night, & sending people to clear one road when I meant to take another, I made good my junction, with only the loss of a little baggage, which I could not protect from his numerous horse. I joined the General and we marched from the northward, and with such a force as I had, we got within ten miles of him, and even reinforced him by a detachment. The enemy, on this occasion, shewed a great piece of generalship, for he made as if he meant to attack us, slipt by us in the night, fell upon Baillie with his whole force, and notwithstanding the firmest and bravest conduct on our side, he massacred the flower of our army, as to officers and men; out of 4000 there was scarce any one left to tell the dreadful tale; to compleat an overthrow I believe never happened to any troops before. The enemy, I suppose, had 30,000 men and 40 field pieces against about 4000 with 10. We have very good reason to believe the enemy lost 10,000 men & as many horses. This fatal victory was obtained solely by the ammunition, on our side, being exhausted in answering so superior a fire, and the blowing up some of our tumbrils, which we were near enough to see, for on the cannonade, in the morning we marched to support our friends, and were, I suppose, about 4 miles from them when some mangled fugitives met us, told us all was over, and the enemy moving off as fast as they could. As our's, not 5000 men,
was only the remains of an army, we retreated to the residency, close pressed by the enemy's horse, with the loss of baggage, tents, &c. The enemy has began the siege of Arcot in which he makes neither figure nor progress and as the periodical rains have now begun he must desist, and I hope as no French fleet can now arrive with forces to join him, 'till after the monsoon, that we shall so rally and collect as to be able to give you a much better account of him."
THE Subscriber being appointed Agent at this Place, (by GEORGE CLYMER and JOHN NIXON, Esqrs, the present Directors of the National BANK, at Philadelphia, for receiving Subscriptions of those who incline to become Stock-holders, NOTICE is hereby given, that he is ready to receive Subscriptions, and give the proper Receipts to any Gentlemen who see fit to become Proprietors of this BANK. —
In a Letter which I received from the Hon. ROBERT MORRIS, Esq; who is the Superintendent of the Finances of America, is the following Paragraph, — "Every Subscriber will find his own Interest benefitted in Proportion to the Capital he deposits, and I dare say, few will find the other Parts of their Fortunes, to yield them to certain an Income, as the Stock they have in the BANK, and at the same Time they will have the Satisfaction to be considered forever, as the Promoters of an Institution that has been found beneficial in other Countries, and inevitably must be so in the highest Degree to this; an Institution that most probably will continue as long as the United-States; and that will probably become as useful to Commerce and Agriculture in the Days of Peace, as it must to Government during the War." — It is very easy to see the Benefits that will accrue to the Publick by the Credit of this BANK: It is also as clear, that the Proprietors will be particularly benefitted; and when public Good and private Interest go Hand in Hand, surely no Arguments are necessary to induce those Gentlemen to become Stock-holders, who wish to hand their Names down to Posterity as some of the first Promoters of this most beneficial Establishment.
JOHN LANGDON.
Portsmouth, July 19, 1781.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, a.
To all whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a LIBEL is filed before me, in behalf of Thomas Manning, Commander of the private armed Sloop FOX, & all concerned therein; against the Brigantine Cordonar, about one hundred Tons burthen, her Cargo and Appurtenances; James Bilbop, late Master, For the Trial of the Justice of said Capture, a Maritime Court for the State aforesaid, will be held at the State House in Portsmouth, the 6th Day of August next, at 11 o'Clock in the Forenoon, when and where any Person or Persons concerned, may appear, and show Cause (if any they have) why the same should not be condemned, and decreed forfeited.
JOSHUA BRACETT, Judge.
Portsmouth, July 14, 1781.
TO BE SOLD, By Thomas Sheafe, Bohea Tea,
By the Hundred, Dozen, or single Pound,
CORN in great Plenty, to be SOLD, at the Parish House in Barrington, seven Miles from Dover Landing Place, for Silver Money, cheap.

FISH KILL, July 12.
On Tuesday the 3d inst. Col. Scammol, with a party of light troops, embarked in boats, and landed at Spiten Devil, near King's Bridge. The enemy having had intelligence of the approach, were prepar'd to meet them, and soon after their landing, made their attack; but our brave men opposed them with great bravery, though inferior in numbers, drove them, killed and wounded several. Our loss was 5 killed and a few wounded.
NEW LONDON, July 13.
Sunday last the Young Cromwell privateer returned into port from a cruise, during which she retook a brig from Salem, and ordered her for this port, but sailing in with a British frigate near Long Island, the brig's people took to their boat and got off, when the brig was again taken.
We have an account from New York that Admiral Arbuthnot is ordered to return to England.
Capt. Havens in the Jay, spoke with a transport with part of the garrison from Pensacola, by which he was inform'd, that by the articles of capitulation the garrison were not to take up arms during the present war.
Wednesday the Romulus of 44 guns, and 3 frigates, from Newport passed this harbour and stood up the sound with a fair wind.
About 50 sail of shipping lay at Sandy Hook last Saturday, part of which was said to be Arbuthnot's fleet.
BOSTON, July 19.
Lord Cornwallis has driven the Traitor Arnold from his army covered with disgrace. Proscribed by his countrymen, whom he has betrayed, despised by the masters to whom he basely sold himself, the wretch must be the most abject of all the human beings, if he is not at this very moment a prey to remorse and despair. It is said that Clinton means to send him to the West Indies, as there is no Britain on the Continent who will serve with a man so infamous. O Arnold! dost thou think to find the British in the Islands, more hardened to dishonour than those at New York? O wretched Arnold! the opprobrium of thy country—the scorn of nations—dost thou think there is any corner of the universe, where thou canst find a shelter from devouring remorse, & from vengeful despair?
In Rivington's New York Gazette of June 30, the following is inserted in a letter from London, dated May 5. "Our court to please the Northern Powers, have issued Proclamations forbidding privateers & letters of marque from stopping or molesting any vessels, belonging to our enemies, in the Baltic, so we keep them in good humour with us."
A small boat, one of the noted Shaving-Mills, which continually infest our bay, was captured by two or three whale boats, and sent her in here last Saturday.
The privateer ship Rover, of 20 guns, from Salem—privateer sloop Kingbird, of 10 guns from Providence—and the brig Good Intent, Capt. Trott, from this port, bound to St. Croix with lumber, are taken and carried into New York.
The British sloop of war Antalanta, captured some time since by the Continental Frigate Alliance, is retaken by the British Frigate Charlestown, and carried into Halifax.
CHATHAM, July 4.
Last Wednesday a fleet from Cork arrived at New-York, viz. Charlestown and Chehepeake. They brought a few goat birds to recruit their moulderling army.
Extract of a Letter from a Member of Congress at Philadelphia to a gentleman in this State.
"The strong garrison of Ninety-six is reduced by General Green, and 500 rand file, with 36 officers, made prisoners."
NEW-YORK, July 7.
On Wednesday a polacre arrived here from the Havannah, with a part of the garrison of Pensacola, which was surrendered on the 10th of May to Don Galvez, the Spanish General, after being 9 Weeks invested; the besieged consisted of 1051 men, including 595 seamen, also 62, including seamen, at the Cliffs; total 1113. The Spaniards of 23200, including seamen, with 50 pieces of brass cannon, six
13, and six nine & half inch mortars, an immense field train, and their naval force of 11 Spanish & 4 French ships of the line, 4 Spanish & 4 French Frigates, besides transports, victuallers, row gallies, &c. They marched out with all the honors of war, viz. Shouldered firelocks, drums beating, colours flying, with two field pieces and six rounds to each, and six rounds to each of the troops, moving to some hundred yards distance from their several posts, where they piled their arms (the officers only reserving their swords) and delivered their colours to a body of Spanish grenadiers appointed to receive them. The garrison were to be sent to any port that the Governor, Lieut. Gen. John Campbell might appoint, Jamaica and Augustine only excepted, and the men allowed to be under the immediate direction of their own officers.
The Spaniards commenced their operations by landing 1500 troops on Row's Island, and afterwards advanced within a mile of Fort George, where they began & carried forward a subterraneous work; the fire from their batteries upon the fort was incessant, but that neither intimidated or affected the British garrison with the least idea of surrender, until a man deserted, and instructed the Spaniards to throw shells upon the magazine, of which fired it; by this accident about 100 men were blown up.
TO BE SOLD,
By Richard Champney,
At his Store on Mess. Sherburne's & Langdon's Wharfe, the following assortment of Goods, at a low Advance by Whole-Sail, and many of them by Retail.
A Beautiful Assortment of high polish'd Knives & Forks, Penknives with Cases, Scissars with dit. Razors with dit. Cuttoes, Jack Knives, Carving dit.—A great Variety of Tortoise, Horn and Leather Ink-Pots. Bras Pocket dit. Temple-Spectacles, high polish'd Snuffers, Tea & Table Spoons, 6d Nails, Sweeds and Spanish Iron, Steel, Russia Duck, Oznabrugs, Ticklinburgs, Seamen's Hatts & Ruggs, Cod-Lines, Striped Linnen, Women's ready made Petticoats & Scarlet Cloaks—Shalloons, Tammies, Durants, Calamancoes of all Colours, superfine Cotton Denims, blue and white red and dit. crimson and dit.—Turkey Stripes, Men's Worsted and Thread Hose, superfine Cotton and Linnen Checks, Dimothys, striped Camblets, Poplins, Silverets. Missinets, Calicoes, Broad Cloth, Lamskins, Beaver Coatings, Duffils, Flannels, Quality & Shoe Bindings, Princes Stuffs, spotted Velvets, Cord-duroys, Janes, Pound Pins, Needles, Threads, sewing Silks, Lawn Aprons, Modes, Bilboa and Barcelona Handkerchiefs, Linnen & Cotton dit. Men's green and black Hatts. Loaf Sugars, English Cheese, the best of Hyson TEA, Irish Pork, St. Martin's and Lisbon SALT, Candles per Box, Chocolate per Dozen, West-India and New-England RUM per Hoghead and Barrel, Molasses per dit. Cotton Wool, &c.
ANY Person inclining to undertake as a POST-RIDER from PORTSMOUTH to Co'o's, is desired to apply, or send in their Terms to the Committee of Safety at Exeter, on Friday the 27th Day of July Instant.
Exeter, July 13, 1781.
ALL Persons Indebted to, or that have any Demands on the Estate of Daniel Meserve, late of Madbury, deceas'd, are desir'd to bring in thier Claims to Joseph Meserve, Administrator, in order for a speedy settlement.
To be sold by Public Vendue,
On Thursday the 26th July Inst. on Langdon and Sherburne's Wharfe, at 10 o'Clock, A.M. THE Prize Brigantine Corbonear, about 160 Tons, with all her Materials as she came from Sez,— Also, sundry other Articles. Portsmouth, July 16, 1781.
State of New Hampshire, Strafford ss.
NOTICE is hereby given to the delinquent Proprietors and owners of Land in Middletown that unless they pay their several taxes with Incidental charges for Year 1779, hereafter mentioned, to me the Subscriber by the 9th of August next so much of each Proprietors Land will be Sold at public Vendue at the House of Nathan Hanson, in said Town, as will pay said Tax with Incidental charges.
NATHAN HANSON, Collector.
Middletown, July 16, 1781.
   No Names. 1st Division 2d Division   £. s. d. £. s. d.     38 Benjamin Roberts 3 17 6 3 17 6   31 Law Lot 0 0 0 4 2 6   86 Capt. W. Chamberlain 0 0 0 3 6 0   94 Benjamin Nason 3 7 0 0 0 0   90 John Heard 2 9 6 4 2 6   12 James Guppy 0 0 0 1 13 0   50 Daniel Hanson 0 0 0 1 16 3   61 Love Roberts 2 9 6 2 9 6   89 Thomas Varney 3 6 0 0 0 0   43 Thos. Wallingford Esq. 0 0 0 4 2 6   88 Edward Ellis 0 0 0 4 2 6   100 Ebenezer Varney 0 0 0 5 0 0   82 Job Clements 0 0 0 1 18 4   42 James Filpot 0 0 0 4 3 5   39 Andrew Marshall 4 18 3 4 18 3   61 Law Lot 0 0 0 5 0 0   52 Nath. Willard 4 3 3 0 0 0   84 Capt. W. Chamberlain 0 0 0 2 9 6   46 Stephen Roberts 0 0 0 4 4 0   5 Job Hufsey 0 0 0 3 8 0   8 Joseph Varney 5 0 0 0 0 0   99 Benja. Wentworth 3 8 0 0 0 0   26 John Perce 2 10 3 3 6 3  
State of New Hampshire, Exeter, June 25, 1781. CHARITY WELCH, Wife of Benjamin Welch, late of Portsmouth, in the County of Rockingham, and State aforesaid, Marriner, having petitioned the General Court, setting forth, that about fourteen Years ago, she was married to the said Benjamin, who about seven Years past left her destitute of any Support, went to Sea, entered on Board a British Man of War, and has continued with the Enemy ever since. She is informed, and expects to prove, that the said Benjamin is married again in England, and has a Child there: wherefore she prayed, that the Bond of Matrimony between the said Benjamin and her may be dissolved.
Upon which Petition, the General Court Ordered, that the Petitioner be heard thereon before them on the second Tuesday of their next Session; and that in the mean time the cause the Substance of the Petition and Order of Court thereon, to be published three weeks successively in the New Hampshire Gazette; that any person may then appear, and show cause (if any they have) why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Attest. Joseph Pearson, D. Secy.
LOST on Friday the 15th Instant, between Col. Jonathan Moulton's in Hampton, and Newington Meeting-House, a red Leather Pocket-Book, with a Bras Clasp, having in it about TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS Paper Money, chiefly old Emmission, sundry Notes of Hand and other valuable Papers,—Whoever will take up said Pocket Book, and convey it to Col. Jonathan Moulton in Hampton, or to Mr. John Poor, Innholder in Greenland, or to the Subscriber at Moultonborough, shall be handsomely rewarded for their Trouble, and the Favour kindly acknowledged, by their humble Servant, Nathaniel Shannon
June 16, 1781.
James Haslet,
INFORMS the Public in general, and his Customers in particular, that he will sell Leather and Leather Breeches, made in the best Manner, for Silver Money, as cheap as he formerly sold them before the present War; and would be obliged for their Favour, and do his utmost Endeavours to serve them with Faithfulness & Punctuality. Portsmouth, July 12, 1781.
TO BE SOLD,
NUMBER 93. 94. 95. Lots of LAND, adjoining together, lying in New Durham; good Land in general, and will make a very valuable Farm, containing 130 acres each lot, as laid out; and is 25 miles from Portsmouth.—Enquire of the Printer hereof, or of Major Tesh of New-Durham.