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H' h £. ,?* 8 /' hrt Ullow4 hi. from $,.
l*£!f* sh*W thia news pnve trot we aiy loon
**& in account of in engagement hiving happened
ihe two fleeti.
1: i reported that Col. M‘Girh, with about 30
Ur4o 61 hi * m#n ! ••re Airrounded in aa old field
re# 1 M rl * Loekhart’i on Bnckhead, by a Urge body
Rebelt, on Tuesday last, when the Colonel waa
w uaded, and (even of hia party were killed on the
F urtEk *r particttlare ere have net been able id
tear®-
Vederday arrived in thia harbour from New,Pr*.
tide rirr • the (loop P.lly, Bumfi, Mailer, having
W* chafed •■ft Sunday into tt. Simon's by the priva *
rr® feboonrr Witch, belonging to Charfeftown.
On the coall vie fell ip with the armed (hip Oermame
iiJ9 ICeppel briy, the lift of which had taken a Sptnilh
the Havana, bonnd to Charlcftowa, with
Alp and ether goods on board.
tit Printer wll be obliged to any per fen in be mill
ftv r bun with Mr. Weds's South-Carolina Gateite
ts its id of July lafi. .
tirw Providence, July sB, 17/9* On Infor
ffaiioo being rec;ived about twelve daya ago,
Hit the brig Bellona, of 16 carriage guns, Pcn
4ieu* Commander, belonging to North Ca
roliaa, was cruizing amount our illands, and
M captured the brig Endeavour, Seth Dowd,
jdaßer, of and for Jamaica, from this port, and
1 i'ma’l flfhiog schooner beionytng to thia if-
Jaed, the sloop Dragon, of -1 i carriage guns,
John Startup, Commander, and the Ibop Re
wye* of 10 carriage gum, William Pollard,
Ctmnnaader, both belonging to this place,
>re immediately well manned and fentourift
fcarch of laid brig, at the expenct and ri/k of
1 number of the if. habitants who voluntarily
*Vt A tiadUy :Jiifcfliie4r|hrdlo^^: a
of tO dayl, having got feme intelligence,
tin the sud had gone, off with her two
*r *“ r t returned and landed the volunteer#,
rxpr ffcj great concern at their disappoint
; :* I rot nue.ing with f*4d brig, being
* ly of opinion that, if they had, they woald
hae her is here. s
#tt *5 s* l*9#* i*rsst* M
From the Charleftown Gazette, July 27.
* STATE of SOUTH-CAROLINA.
ft the Honourable the House of Repr/fentauves of
tho State aforesaid,
The HUM RLE PETITION f the MONIED
PEOPLE of ihji KEPUBLICK.,
Shew tl h, - ■. -
OjrHA l, by an aft of a late Left flu rre, Tour p
* Itunnust were Unexpectedly deprived cf one
I eighth es their incomes, and thir st a jun&uit wnen,
by the dearnrli of ereiy Commodity, they wete un.
ivoiJably obliged to live at four tune* *heir
expe ct : T har, since the above i.enod, the ahfoiute ■
If aecrlTaty and indifpenlible articles <>t life are so
much enhanced, thjl your ret it toner*, opprelfcd a*
they are, hy the Ma.canuk, and particularly the
fianitng In erert, fiad thcmfel.e* reduced to a ftarv
iog c tuition, and would iaihef I jfe tbeir eadevice
then .*ng it out ia the utmost penury i B it, aa iheir
poverty 11 fj great that they are rtot able to pu'ch’fe
halts * for the purpose of hanging thcinlelvts, (i !
m <ie ts dipith which, under ihrir iiferlunatl Cw
cum.ta cei, they prefer) ehey therefore hum J y re
sell that they may be provided with rope*, for that
parpole, at the publick chatgr, and vmir peutioncis,
11 in duty bound. will ever pray,o£fc.
HUNDREDS.
[ The import of ft extraordinary a petition probably
h no mre than that differ ate difomftt emit for defpetate
| rme Jus. Little good can bi ex petted from any thing
de/p e rate ; but how dreadful mu ft the-case of any people
Hnyftb whom the weapons oven if rage and despair
an tut of reach \ the fubjeQ is too gloomy to be (ported
• v-u*. arj any appearances to the contrary not with ■
finding , e very ftrious reader will Pnd that the follow ■
fg vitiate holy truths contain nothing but a true and
he~*Htan user to a repreftntationfill more dtfbeffing
t ‘-an it is laitncal. The prayer of this petition cannot
be complied ‘with, for fever at re a Jons, i/f, Because
th pope sard IS defyoytd, and wish it all internal /up .
■ fl-e) -j re navy, Vc. idly, ‘/here is no money in the
mdfury, and it is uncertain whether any could he bar.
reived for the fiurpo6 of the petition . the monied men
ihemftivss having none to /pare even jhr their oWtuU.
j dffi The fate having i millions to ratje in Jcu‘ r
my ths lime, to anjwer the demands of Congress, ex
cikf.vt oj local expenses, cannot involve life If in fmch
ei njtnv charge before the fame becomes irrefifibiy una
voidable. 4.1 hii , It is uncertain whether the next e
vson will fur chafe any thtng whatever , and if ts
utd, sheet may fitU be a majority m t be” State and
i/ttnhiy wh, even “ in their f arvino condition,”
■ %’iuU ref or procure the fcan'y necfjfafut of lift than
the fbdvotul snfit umen's of death. sfbly, U itoppre.
tended ttcrefands who have not petitioned, and fbme
J'at are ah tvs petitioning.'are better entitled to the
llirp f* f d for than the hundreds” who art petits
oners. J.afihf, fit AJfrsf.biy may not think improper ft
imitate tin* who, in carrying on the American cause,
buve made u'e of remedies infinitely worst than the dif
enft) fontt. without am grants or petitions, when ones
t/Ht sire brou f t m'o a certain channel they will take
* natural t.ur/e \ -
- iff. v r
1/ CooomsJtre Sir CIOXGt COUISSt, Cm
rr 4 ’“ c y/ *• **'>- rtf.
‘rinrTur.iZi? 1 J&S*
IVILLIAM TtYON, Cn,mm*dtn t H, MtjtJlC,
’ . tmfidhin ;
ADDRESS to the Inhabitant* of
■ Conntfticur.
~ni <i|ettftn u<T *at W*a fu r rc£ ioa
,* **■•*• S^icfct r .fOM..riui..
wß ' ch lk '* color It, bee* dtl.deil br
“* * r f r * c< * of defp.ru, tad dei.aU, Mr.,
for private purpurea, might well jißify in yon
€y * r 7 ( e * r confciont goilt could for*,
refptftiog the Uteationft of the prerent arma
ment.
hJ***™’ r®*r property, yourfelvei, lie
Rill within the grasp of that power whole fore
bear a nee you have ungenerously con/lued into
fear, but wbofe lenity baa perfilfcd id itt mild
an noble efforts, even though branded with the
*oft unworthy imputation.
** , ®*>ce of a Angle habitation oh your
de evtcelefa ought to be a coeftmt reproof
to your ingriti ude. Can the ilrength of your
whole province cope with the force which
might at any time be poured through every di
nricl in yohr country ? Voo are confcioai it can
n,',.„!h/ l ( n * sl * foa persist i. a ruinous
aud ill judged refinance t
‘have hoped that yod would recover from
the phrrnzy which haa dirt rifled thia unhappy
cou try; and we believe the day to be how
com/*, whrn the greater part of this continent
begin to fclufh at their dclufi m. You who lie
f> much in our power aford the rhoft striking
s^o’ fr mercy, and therefere ought
.-10... Mi; th* if ex-mpie ofrctur-aiug to alie
gUnce
uopu what gratitude require! ofyati J
if thar is infvfticient to move you attend to your
you a refuge ageing the
d.ft rft wnirh you universally acknowledge
brvod 1 vv.th encrrafiug and intolerable weight
over all your country..
Leaving yod 10 ccnfuh with each other upon
thia invitation, wt do i.ow declare That
whufoever fit* 1 be f* und. and renain in peace,
at his uluai placy of fhall bt fhiclded
from any insult either to his perfoa or property ;
exc pt*ng fuen at bear offices, civil of military,
under vuur prefect ufurprd government: Os
whom u w II be further required, that they
fllaii r;v prowfi of their penitence and volun
tary {ubmiflior. ; and |hey (hall ihe a partake of
the uke immunity. . . .
T ii. fe, whole f ItV and oblinacy may flight
thia favou able wirsirg, m u st take notice, that
they are not to expcQ a continuance of that lenity
which their inveteracy wou'd render blameable.
on board bis Majifly’i shi p Camilla*
i) :he .ound, July 4, t 77r P
- GEORGE COLLIER,
WILLIAM TRYON.
N E VV - Y O R K, July tt.
‘J'HE fHlowirg is, at present, the belt account yet
obmoed < f the late opeiatiom on Hudfjn*. R,.
W , f ls iof *rmed that a large detachment of
the rct.tl a my, commanded by Mr. VTayne, la||-
Fnday met rang, about one c’tbck, attacked the
fort at storey Point, on Hudfon’i R.ver, garr.foned
by the 1 7 th regiment, two combine* of grenadierr
of the 7 irt.ene company of Col. ]) verly Rjbirfon'a
regiment, under the command of L eut. Col, f hn
son of ihe ly-h tegimeat. The enemy were re pul fed
Icveral time*, and left a considerable number kil ed”
on the spot, but, being fu opened by Mr. Washing.
ton with the main bedy cf the R*br| army, the gar
rison gave way to a superiority of number# •
the 1 jfs of the enemy, though confiderakle, it nat
yet kn#*B. Os iheßiitifh treo*.* were k.>lied
including Capt Tew of the * 7 rh regiment, 4 i
Orownded, and *O6 prifoner*. On tuaday fame
rebel pro*ifian veflVli, attempting to paf# down the
river by_V?rplar k * to Stoney Paint, were prrvenvd
by a f.vere cannonade from Lieut. Col.
who c mmanJii:, awl ha* very efe pally defended
that post, **bfth • no# bectih? perfectly secure, M
tTie rebelr, haffl and i therr ai*mpta np-vn
on M Midiy evacuated Stinei Point Fort, an 1
IT wa* t at evening again t-keo prfrrffion cf by the
B irifh f rcea. Amorgft the enemy’s wounded was
Mr. Waynv, h commanded the attack.
Extraflef a letter from a (tentUnban t§ Philadelphia,
to his friend in St. Eufaita, dated July 3 , i 779 ,
found in a print taken by the George and Elizabeth
privateer. .
“ We are in a Rrange confuted fltuation here,
one po'wer after enother rifn by virtue cf t.w o meet-
which I apprehend mill end in a civil commo
tion. A Committee cf Regulator* aft abort all
power at th.a time. They affix the prices of mer
chandise, St;, in order, at ihey imagine, to raise the
drooping head of paper currency, which drakes of
politick*, I am spprehenfivt, will dtfeotirage the
merchant* though intended to 4ab the monopolizers.
,This day they began with our marker, lowering
the price es butter to ips. per lb, the confcquencc of
>* w -
winA will be, the country |*opl* wfll not Wiu'g
me e market, as they can live independent es ui
Our fetuntiea then will be deplomblt.**
• We hear that hi* baa been pleaftd te he*
nunr Sir Jamua Waltasu with a rad rthbun, far kje
fpiritsd behaviour in the many impenut furvieea W
ha rendered hia gsttafttl ccuntry. Thu Arft Lien.
*h es the Ekperimcnt dud tUni. Walluee, Sir
Jamaa’a usphew, Art cppulatud te the cu*a*nd es
to gnu Slips. ,
The cumt of Prance, in erdss.to fret re Charief*
towa dispatched Admiral ds la Moths Picqart, with
f* f •ifil of ths Jins and feme frigates, having sf
of their wife (themes, proved abenive, for, having
tne_wf A a (evdre gale, which difporfed and ftattered
hw flretj > tii obliged to return to port; tt id
(aid that fee fquvdrfn under the eomasand of S r
Lxkhwr Rdji waa .feet ont to wutch their
{When Charles ft, fold Dunkirk to tb\
French be beat p*t them info/efien. The day aooi
Frenchmen enter Char legenvn they truly take pojfejfien
cj the place t amd will fnd muons and pretence* enough
to bold is agasujl dll Carolina \ they will tfißniih
oommand the town, the harbour , the tra/e, the inha •
bit ant f, and tjoe? French officers, said te be cone or
exp*Bed, to Jifctpkne the American army, will difei*
pline the American oncers aud men with a witp>fs.
Americans r will yen give your army too to thy French,
after you have fold and mortgaged them your country ?
But it is juj! they jbould he paid tbev expenett, and.
probably they will not accept payment in contir.entai
money. In honour and jufitce you Jbould pay them.
Carolinians , yon have only 7 mi (ho ns of dollars to rasfe
Jir Congrtfs , perhaf) not above half that jush Jer sour,
ftlves, and can you be etberwife than pleated 11 itkyour
fnendi the French that they look a little after you , that
they may not lose mbat over and above yon ow: unto
theme fhos the Genoefe called in the affiance c) the
-- i.Cench torJicans, and thenwtre obliged to
gmm them the -ifUso&tn4*HM&-a*d : it* p,spS f .’xt .it. \
firuggled gu years ageing rtCWfprefon are new. fuoe*
. 1,774. (be fubje&r of “ the Protrßor of the rights of
mankind V* Racks, wheels, gibbets . were the firg
fruits of his government. Hew much are ym indefted
to theft who- turgid every filling es your property tsery ~
paper to take you out of the arms of Britain, and put
yya tn the way to be as happy as Cor fie a. J
• . ‘ - A*
WHEREAS a ate! andiicioas robbery was
committed at my RlißUtion, a few
mile# from Saeanaak, oa Moaday last, by break
iof down my fences, and driviag out of my
paflure Twelr# Head of Cattle, mr property,
V z - Three Oxen, Three Milch Cowt, Two
Bull*, god Fonr Yearling*, aoftly all branded
S D with a heart atop, except a large four yean
old White Ol broke to t tie joke, and branded
18, All perfoaa dealing in cattle, and others,
are reqoefted to be aiding and affixing ia the re
covery of aay or ail of said cattle, for frhick
they shall receive a reward of half a gainea per
head for any of them (o recoveted. And, i:i
Order to ha i ou; and bring to jaffice the author*
of such infamjvi prk&ices, | hereby o ter £
reward of five guinea#, to be paid apoa con
vi&ion of the o/teoders. w
SAMUEL DOUGLASS. ,
has to let for any term of years. Two con
venient PAR M>, one of which it fit dated upon
Littlc-Ogechce river, about five mile# from a
navigable landing on said river, and i? miles
from Savannah : O* said faro* ire about to
acre# office swamp ready cleared aad ditched,
and nbnot 50 acres of high land under feace for
corn, &c. aad good wood range
for padurage, together wU telerable buiidiogt
thereon, such ai dwelling house, Uegro houses,
r "’^ c * . ot^er fi* itbated upon
Savannah river, about tt miles from tewa, aad
. enntains about tod acres, mostly cleared and
under fence, tfordinv excellent pa Murage : Oij
said farm ia a com modio.s dwelliag-hoult, with
convenient out-koufes, together with a good
farden, aad negro gardener 10 attend it, with
is wife, old woman for raiflng poul
try, Ac. For further particulars app 7 si a.
Qte - ... Augaft 5, 1779.
TO BE SOL D y
ONE or two good LOTS at YAMA
CRAW, for which lawful paper money
of South-Carolina or Georgia will be taken in
payment. Enquire cf the Printer,
LOh T on Otter Ifhnd, on the late
Eiptditlon into Soutb-Caroliia,
a gold Watch,
CAEflp and jewtlcd, raaket's name John
Cbmsttr, London. Whoever wilt bring it
to Capt, Jokaßon, of the New-York Volua
teera, id Savannah, or to Brignda Major Skelly
in Beaafart. (kali receive 7%rti Gatnssu reward.
N. B. The watch is (o well known in tko ,