The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-03-26

cables, when III: dri:ted on Lyndss's
point, where ih- lay upwards of an hour
and then drifted into the found, with only
the mate (Mr. Samuel Cotton) and boy
named George Chopper, belonging to Viz
ginia, about = years old on board They
made no fail during the night, and in the
morning found the vsilel to have drfted
between Plumb Iiland and GARDENERS II
land when the mate concluded il poiiible,
to pulh up into Newport but the wind
rfing and blowing hard gale from Welt
North Welt and the fails and rigging froze
riff, they found it impra6ticabie to work
the yeilcl to advantage 70 that about tour
O'clock in the afternoon fhe drove on BTen-
toms Reef, where the ven.l in thorr time
bigeo F: fhsy lay there TIL the Rext morn
ing, being almoR buried in water /; and the
weather very cold, the mate held the lad
in his arms to prevent his perihing; in the
morning he 1.-THE mate) fwam on ihore.
and foon after boat went aboard, when
they found the lad was drowned on the
Cabin floor. The bottom of the Sloop Is
beat out, and her cargo conii.ting principal
ly of Salt, almof all loft.
Captain Adams from Guada'oupe, on
Friday laa put into rarpaulin- Cove, where
the Galpee armed Schooner had in cuaody
a large Schooner, deeply laden from the
Welt Indies, which fhe had feized near the
above place, and was bound to Bottom with
her. A Sloop was alto feizcd about the
fame time near Tatpaulin. Cove, by one OF
his Majeay's cruiiers, who are uncommonly
vigilent about this time.
CHARLEsTowN,[ South Carolina Ffb. 10.
A letter from Savannah in Georgia, OF the
nth infant informs US, that the day before,
muIauo boy, twelve years old, died there
of the hydruphobia, having been biz by
dog about fix weeks before he was ieized
with auy symptoms of the terrible dliorder'
The inhabitants of Savannah are, with
much reafon greatly alarmed, not knowing
where the horrid calamity may flop, as 1t
(eems feyeral dogs, iome children, and two
grown perlons were bit by dogs, which were
at that time only fufpeGted to be mad, and
the matter paGed over unnoticed, until the
! milerable exit of the unfortunate boy. II
Sas thought orders would be Immediately
HfyIed for killing all the dogs in and about
1.-The town. The hydrophobia, or canine
madneis, one of the mott dreadful evils hu'
IDanIry 10 ruDJSss ~, mas TUT VI i<tS years
made its appearancein any part OF the con-
tinent of North America till now it has
been almoli totally unknown in thele louth-
ern provinces.
February IS. The fchooner Difpatch,
Tunis Montague, Mater, bound from PHI
ladelphia, to Tenerifke, with a cargo of corn,
lprang leak and was obliged to put into
Jamaica the lattel end of lait month II; her
cargo greatly damaged.
BY late adyices from Jamaica, we gre in
formed, 4" that Immediately on the arrival OF
the Marquis de Torres at the Havsnah, he
dispatched exprefes all over Cuba, for the
inhabitants to put themielves in the bef fate
of defence, and iflued Orders for all the
Guarda Coaas to repair, as foon as poiiible,
to the Hayanah.
We learn that writs are now making out
for eleeting members to reprefsnt the inha-
bitants of this province in the Commons
houfe of sIemb'y. They are to bear tef
the 22d infant, returnable on Thurfday A
pril I'd. The days ofeleefion are Tueiday
and Wednefiay the 18th and 18th day of
March.
We learn from Wilmington in North
Carolina, that the arrival of a comfortable
number of vefcIs in Cape Fear river, had
occaGoned naval flores to rife very high, ] rs
Sd. per barrel for tar, being given there, paid
in cath or bills of exchange.
The fhipBeaufain, DanieICurliug, matter,
lately failed for London, with whom went
paiengers, the Hon. Andrew Turnbull, EGq;
and Mr.. Penman of EaR-Florida. This
ihip carried cargo faid to be worth near fe-