The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1777-03-06
aHE..Y ORE, Fso. y.

Men came ,oysr from Rye to inc oPPoN's
Shore on Long Hand, and earned on
SIooo laden with Poultry and other Things
for New York Market. The Fog was 10
th;ek. th,, the Guard, whi, h is eonitsnt'y
ker, u,on the Shcre cid n'tPercsive them.
Ore Man was tskgn in the SlooP.
On Saturday the 9Th Infant, one OF our
forseine Parties furprized Body OF ,heK'-
bel, a, Ouibble- Town, about tx Mres os'
yond B,unfwick, aAd took the whole Mlgs-
zine of Forage, &c. which they had collect
ed AT that Place. The King, Troops had
oniv four Men wounded in the Skirmiih.
Thev killed about II of the Rebels, and
took ore of their Captains and 5 Others fn-
Eaers, whom, together with q large Oaan-
ti,y Of Forage. they Brought late 10 Bfu1i-
wick.
On Monday iaR. the Genoa Galley, ,C"ps.
Saunders, arrived here from Cork, after
very tediou, Pafiae Of eleven Weeks. H'
failed on the a4,h Of November, with ieve
yal other Vietualle,., who have arrived in
the Courfe of tic Week. Capt. Saunders
had exceeding hard aad bad Weather d.
ring the ehole of his PaH.ss.
By ths lat Advices from Orangs County,
we tsarp, That all kinA OF Proviho"s and
Nrceaaries are gro~isg ex:rs.mly dear. par
ticnla,iy the ievera Species OF dry Goods.
SaI,ed Pork fell, At IL per Barrel. Salt IS
q, 6i per Byhsl and icaree any II to bs
had even At that Price. They have besa
obliged to give sp tbs SCENE OF iAliiting
Men to ferve during the War, and, iaasad
of il, d,sught the Militia and very ire
queatly by Force) TO Join their Army tor
one, two or three Months. In fone Places.
they have sivsa the poor mii'rabls inh'bi-
tant, the difnal Option, either OF taking up
Arm, and joining them, or Of removing
from heir Poaeaions, with ,hriI Wives and
FasHi;s, and only what they can carry up
On thsir Back, with them. The Cruelty Of
.th.Ie BfUt.s (hOeks every Fseling Of HUI
nsnity. Under the PNwnee Of Li6~J,
they commit the moa favage Eno'mitiss.
and psspsua,s every kind Of abandoned
Licentiou(aefs. No Man darss to exPrsf
hi, own Opision, or is iuGered to be Mater
Of his own Aaioa. They do not. indeed,
tax Peoples Prsper,ies Bat they have flor
ter Way of ie,,lisg tbs Matter and that 10.
BY earring every Thiag clear sway with
then:
The P.A. J.s,I Dollar, Of tn. cossreis
are so~ rsfufed by the hotssR among the
Rebels ,henfslvss. One, Who Wa Member
sfs Conmi,see 10 paaifh ,hoie who might
tefuie them, wa, lately Psniihed for rsfuiing
them himfelf. And in mort, every one IL
putting them Of from hipfslf, in Exchange
for almea any Thing. that esA b got Tor
them.
Tbs Conventi zion, or Congrefi, eoaffting
Of foue Of the principal Rebel' Of thi' Pro
vince, j, lately removed from Fifh Kill TO
Eforu,. They find the People every whore
asost them moR heartily tired Of the Rsb.l.
lion. They have bat little Stock, hoTTads,
and iefs Credit.
-,Ta Tas aas. .aAae AehsI xSIgsy xSIgssy IL @ sas Ierss'' We
Three Light Dragons, employed ass
rseonitring Party nsai Fort Isdspsndenes.
were fred upon laa Mondsy, By . Party Of
Rsb.ls concealed il = Houfe. One wa,
killed on che SPOT; another was 70 much
wounded, that hs eosId not sicsps snd the
third rode off unburt to our Linss.
May of,he Inhabitants Of this City have
exprsHsd th,ir Fears, lsR the Filth, &c. left
in fevsral Cellars and Vaults BY the Rebels,
aaOu'd ocesG,n foms spidemieal Difosder,
upon the Opening Of ths Spring. And we