The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-12-19
AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, December E.

"A TO Dr. f1all dChioH vi tH!S toWus one
Fletcher, Of Winter Harbour. he is now
in the thirty-ninth year of his age when
he was fix month cd, he lof his fight, and
has remained perfectly blind ever iince
the next day after his arrival here, he had
his Jeff eve couched, but beiides the difeale
that attended this eye, from his infancy, he
had received blow from the end of mop
ftaff, which had rendered the dileaie 70 com
plicated, a, to afford little or no proipe6f of
fuccefs, notwithstanding il 70 far fucceeded,
as 20 make him capable Of diltinguiihing
fone objects, though not with any great de-
gree of exaanefs he in fome meafure,
though no. wholly, loa the little benefit that
he received by violent inflammation that fuc-
ceeded hee operation and this retarded its
being performed on The other eye, until la;t
Thurlday week, when il was done with all
the fucceis that could be expected or defred !;
no fooner was the infIJment out of his eye,
when he was Az clearly and diftincfly to
fee the many perions and Objects that fur
rounded him, in all of which he Immediately
perceived difference, but how or in what
this difference con6fied, he could give nc
account, as he had no idea OF form, colour,
magnitude, difance, or even plurality of
things but what he had fo:ned in his mind,
from the fenfe of hearing and feeling; which
pIainIy Demonstrates that were we deprived
of the ule of our fenitory organs we could
have no ideas of things whatever.
All objects and colours leemed equally
agreeable to this pcrfon except red and green,
the former of which, he could not look upon
with any degree of faiisfaeion, but with the
latter he appeared to be much pleafed.
Thejoy exprefled by this Perfon in being
reRored to 70 valuable ferhe, did by no
means appear 70 great as in thole that have
been before GenGble Of the enjoyment of it.
About ten days ago negro man belong
ing to Mr.. Nathaniel Meferve of Durham,
who had been blind for fomc years, had both
his eyes couched BY DR.. Hall Jackfon, and
perfectly refored to fight.
PHILADELPHIA, November 2S. Capt.
Peter, fromCadiz, informs, that while ne lay
there the Queen of Spain was delivered Of a
Prince Royal, for which event there were IL
Nominations and great rejoicings at that place
for three days: That the fhp St. Francis
Capt. Butler, belonging to Brifol homeward
bound from Cadiz, took fire off Cape ST.
Mary. the day after ihe failed, and was en-,
tirey burnt 10 the waters edge; the Captain
and crew favcd themielves in their boat,
and got back to Cadiz; that FIVE fail of
tranfports were arrived there from La Vera
Cruz and the Havana, with troops, and
more daily expected that they were fitting
out the Flota with all expedition, to go un-
der convoy of a "a gun Chip !; that there was
only ane man of war of SO guns at that place
which lately arrived from Cauhagena, and
was laid up and that about the 6rff of Oc-
sober an Englifh frigate paned by there,
with his Royal Hishnefs the Duke of Glou-
ccaer on board, bound up theMediteranean.
On the 9Th Infant, in Lat 81, Long. u,
he fpoke brig from New-York, eight days
out, wheelbarows on her quarters, but could
not learn the matters name, or where fhe
was bound.
I. NEw.YoRK, Decsmber II. The fol-
lowing is an extract Of a letter from Captain
Joleph Grew, belonging to the brig Ann,
from Bolton, for this port, to gentleman in
town dated Norwalk, December q, I77I.---
& This waits on YOU to advife you of my
unhappy fituzt;On and great misfortune. On
the fra infant, about II o'clock, coming
into this harbour,,he veilcl truck on Green's
reef of rocks, the wind blowing firong about
W. S. w. About z O'Clock it veered to
w. ar>l by N. when We let go our anchors,
in order TO keep her from going aihore, but
could nst clear the rocks Of either lide, if we
r,lr-. Thine we Law hlikinE the ground until