The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1778-03-12
PHIL LpHIA, Feb. l..

Among th5 many eirs nm frances that viii
emblazon the hito;y OF the pref u bell
lion in America. We think the 70 lowing,
ui,h fome Others no Isis true, will ferve to
1hsw the eerereus and libsrsl printiPlU
Vpon " hish the prsitnt leaders are cspAb bic
rf ta:ng. On the 18th c,'. Mr.. Shaw Of
Beck, eourty, f,ll in with W. Britain ct
Eiz,aa1 Tos n. Ner- Jsri.y, ara C'pt.
Ct Lo d Strings diviEor, .ud Lisnt.
VsupelI q Nc Biton, st tue hosis Ct
sss,an R bert E er, when Aia Shaw ex.
rrihAg bis fti.. attisn 81 The iucseis OF
The Brniih afEs, IL en's.ed thsn 70 iGeh
dsgss ,ta. they fc!seo TO h,ne him, and
cstting the & ap ca Ed1.c fxsd It
scu,d his netk,und hung him up ,.l hs was
am-R dead, tasE ieI iiI. Gcwk o. ain until
hs had Ee,ired, aro whss be had recovered
the sic o hi ieeeth, ,h:y sG<so il he, would
Lrw fight %. King Go1ge, and replying
i.;t he va, toe old, bot that bic ION ihoud,
~S'sy Immediately tied him up agai., and
would have lel. flarglsd, had rot The NO.
asn o! ,..s hcrfe inis,ferd sndrsfcu,d him
from Them. He was 70 far gone that his
tongue hung out Sf his mouth, after which
they kicked him, and beat hin, that he lay
i'll fer me tine.
The seecuatthst We have had that the
G,snd Amer;c:n Congress could make NO
mors dollar, for want Of rags, proves alto
sstIer a riAske, fer iadeps ndent Of the
large furply exoe6ed from Wilmington.
ann. as focn o, they con be fpared, w have
reato. telisss the county in general never
.beana'd To'e In thai article.
Y-e.,Say a, ld, than thirteen f.rjeasts
srd ce'Po'al, belonging 10 Col. Proec-'s
Iceimsr' Of tIi.lsy, ia tbs rebel krviee,
ard nunser ef privars from sth.r re-.
siasn., Game in :--- This account, th:y
give IN ". fh;re,cn's arr &c dRref.
fns by nd de crip .ion.
The CcEgrk. n.twi,hRsrdiry all the
articss thsir tiferen! priniecs, a,d Prin-
tor, cor eipond.na. are .orgi7g Oh the
prepar:lics'sf France asd Sfsin f.r var.
are BY this i'm, We iragine, pretty we'll
is,i:6cd that tssy have tbi-g to sx set
firm shoe eours. TIE letter from Dr..
Fssnk,ia, WitA net lyilable in it,-. iealsd
and fups;fcribgd with hi. own h,nd,-,.
and delivered he Comei.tes Of c ng els,
by the Captain hinfE who boo, b, it,
mufs make thru lo.k a. back a. the letter
itelf was Indeed 70 mach ch h,prinedt the m,
that, we hssr, they have eoca I'D the Csp-
tain in goal, who bro. ght it, and pretend it
is ~ imp ftioa,
The public may be ALFRED it j. an n.
doubted ia. that the court Of France Is
PoGsivsly, ssd has in sarnst, Gs,eruined,
shat thsy viii nov ~ euun,en,nce what
sver, 10 the rsbeilioa il America have
Givsa the moA fa.isfs eforyaaa' ancss. that
Shsy will not sfiR tbs Aaericaas 10 any
na.ns'. OF fa&sr. .shsi vsaels to trade At
sAsis pors.
YsAGdsy aumbsr Of the virtnoss iaha-
bisssts o. New. Jsrfsy, tired Of the opprsf-
6on OF their new eovsrnmens, gave proof
Of their Loyalty sEd attachment to his Ma.
j.fy. BY fe;zing the ps,foaIof one Wilson,
Colls6tsr Of he fubfituie 6nss In that pro.
viaes. ssd bringing hin in to the Brinih
Head Quarters :---This sxampls,.it il
hopsd. will Be followed BY the injured and
diarefsd people sf Psaafylvsaia and New.
Jsrfey, ~ they cannot dosbs bu, their
loyalty will meet with with every Iesfena-
BE saeosrassnsnf.