The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1772-07-09

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NEw.YcRK, June IS WehaIn fom
South Haven on Long iAand, that ait
Monday afternoon, Samuel BrewRer Fig;
of that place, being in the woods with enc ct
his negroes, attempted to correct him for
fome mildemeanor, which the negro teient-
ed, and wounded bis matter, by giving him
feyeraI blows over the head with bet If
wood, that he expired the next morning, hrit
relating the matter aforementioned. The
negro was tried the next day, and being
found guilty, was hanged the Friday fol-
lowing.
Lat Saturday arrived the fchooner Tho
mas, Capt. Gilbert, in thirty five days from
Hifpaniola, who on the paRage the 3If of
May, lat. III. long. "a. met with a Hoop
loaded with lumber, full of water without a.
ny perlon on board. Captain Gilbert, iaw
at the Mole the Captain of this fioop, md
underRood that fhe belongedto Virginia, had
lately failed from New Yolk, and was csit
away on the Plate. wreck rocks, where the
people left her but the Tea had driven her
of from the rocks.
Capt. Green in thirteen days from Provi-
dence, informs that Captain Lloyd failed for
Bottom few days beforc'hm, and that Capt.
CLARK was to fail for the fame place few
days after him.
Captain Nehemiah Odell noted coaher
from Fairfield to Bottom, who fell overheard
and wasdrowned the27th of January lah,w
taken up the nth infant at ShiP-hand point,
inStanford, with all his cloaths, watch, BUG
kles, &c.
The General AGembly of this province is
further rrorogusd to the eighth of Septem-
Der next.
Captain Hammond from the coat of Afri-
ca informs, that he left Seraloon about three
months ago, where he heard there had been
a very fcKy time in the river Gambia, that
Governor De Bcrdt, and all the traders at
James's fort, on that river, were dead and
thatthe Doctor was the only white man live
ing belonging to the foit He alto informs,
that few days before he failed, Captain Sa-
very, in brig belonging to London, trading
at Camaranco, having got about 65 Aaves
on board, they rofe upon the white people,
killed TIE Captain, Mate and all the crew.
The veilel was afterwards retaken By Capt.
Cleveland a trader, who recovered about 40
of the flaves, and intended to icnd the brig
home for the benefit of the infurers.
Captain Lowndes in days fromSt. Croix,
informs that on the I3th of June, in LAT. 81
| 48. long. II he lpoke with the ichooner Re-
becca, whaler, John Kendrick, Mater,
eleven weeks from eff Vera Cruz, bound to
| Mauha's Vineyard, who had taken thirteen
fmall Spermaceu whales in the Bottom of
the Bay of Mexico, from which he had only
made 40 barrels of oil, but found the
whales to be very plenty there, but being
ihort of provifions he was obliged to quit his
Rarion. He alto informed him, that on the
9th of May he was in company with the
brig Minerva, Capt. Burk, bound to London
Captain Davis in the lhip Marquis of Gran
BY, and Chambers in fchooner for Provi-
dence, all from the Bay of Honduras, who
being becaImed, off Swans lAand went a.
ihore in their boats with view of getting
Tome feh prog, but the current running We
ry rapid, and guf arifing, ioon drove the
veiie!s from the adjacent ihore The next day
they reached the lfand again, when the re-
mainder of the crews went on lhore in fearch
of their captains, but to their great Gurprifo
found only few turtle turned, and two pow
der horns, which they brought on board, and
let fail Immediately for Rattau, IN quefi ofthe
matters and people, but having 40 intelli-
gence of them, they entered Protee, and
proceeded on their pallage to Europe. c'pt.
Kcndrick off the Bay Of Hunda, took ca