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* Uo4y bit M!#)•. ibis
Phts-ix Sir Hv4Pi ktr, wltSi uril ‘ftm
* viAualler. failed fnr Pen fa cot t.
Taeldsy tht Punch lender retaraetl frnj* *
df obfevati -n Oa the tyihalt Cbpt.
Wtiiirtittred th# Cipc. and itmbtftd
*6 Ihipi of the lint, amoagft thr tt lire,
aadfevea or eigh| frigate*. ThefitH irft h
cuftia looked in and discovered ihtf&mt fjrte.
Priag hit cruize he took thrye prints, from
ope of which he lear. t that tht Spantflt fqua
droa, with 6.00 land forces failed for the
Havana the ifch of July, in a eery ficklr flare;
that M. Gvicben brought 5000 troops to His
paniola, amongst whom a disorder. almost
piiem.cil, prevail.; the King*, hospital. and
pttblick buildings aot being capable of con
taining tha itnmeofa number of difisafed, mad
of the large private houfea at tha Cape were
foxed upon for their reception: That it was
hcliavad in HifpaoioU, that, as a , lhc
men could ha recovers ‘, and the (hipa refined,
a j ndion would be again formed, >t. (erode
Cuba foppefed to be the plae* cf rendr z ; uuil
mU a defiant made on ihia island. Uofortu*-
ateljr fer this meditated enterprize, the fbldi
u are defending i 0 such multitudes to the
rei'ma of Pinto, and the Dili having dtfctndtf
so far to leeward as the Havana, it will u*
difficult eithar for one party or tht other to
a/ttnd .0 thair place of daftieatton.
With tht Punch arrived ore of her pri?.*s,
a North Ltrolinaman, loaded with pork an i
ether provifioQt f, r tha afeof tht armies of the
l 3it ***V*‘t AJy of the States of North Ame
rica. f lie mailer ja. not at all communicative
“- 1 111 1 1m t -‘n
altered n;v voyage.
Thursday hia Majeft **a (hiol Lion, Sultan,
Ruhr, Briilol, Ulysses, Un corn/, Scarbo
rough, and Jamaica (1 sop, with a ft p’ their
prize, and about a; of the trade for Rurope,
from the North fide, anchored in the harbour
of Port Royal.
. Th fcSooner Hawka, Capt. Giflcen, ar
rived on Monday in 18 days from Bermuda,
saw a fleet of a ear too fail Rearing N. K but
cannot tell who.they were.
We are informed that tha iatended expedi
te fom th a place, under the command of
: his Excellency t’;e Governor, is fo* the pre
• sent pod oned. r
“The trade for Europe, which fai ed the Ift
inst. returned on Saturday under the onduft of
hia Majefly'i ftip Niger. Oft’ the Fall End
thty di ccrned from the mail head 2* (hip-,
but from the extreme dirtance were uncertain
whetf-er they were friend, or foes.
CHARLFSTO'Vn”
LORD CORNjrAIUZi OKtttKS.
T ORD C§rnno.xlth is bappy to announce to tbt army
<*• g r *“ /*'[>•/ Lieut Col. Tar. .ton. xvbo,
rwthn detachment of light infantry, cavalry and in
fantry of the lego /, coif fling of if, came up xunfl
snJ defeated Brigadier Central Sumpter's corps, con
fflmg of too, killed and xvounled 15® took two
pieces of brats cannon and 430 p< goners, mid retook
too Bnttfh prisoners, and rileUjtJ. t 50 friends to to -
atrnme’t.
l t and Cornwallis returns bis wande/i thanks to the
offuersand foU’.ers of thy light infantry anj Legion,for
these great exertions and diflt'tgu she ! hr a very j and
be ‘afurej Lic it. Col. Xarhton that bis g r cat aid emi ■
ntnt fr-vices (ball never be fefgdt en by hn, and that
*be xuill endea tour to do him Juhce m the accounts
nahu! he /ball transmit to his Sovereign.
, , A*l tuff i, tyio.
B / ff*3r that kid- jjaie by hm: been pleased to promote
Lieut. Col. Tar Ctin of the Briti/b Legion, to tie
ran* of lieutenant Colonel ml be a* my.
There it a report bought overlandfrofn the North
ocM'd. the; Cer. Wajhtngton h i<vmg ma tt a movement
mail bis ns. 1 ole army towards Feet's Kill in order to
Jar l tafe the junMnn of a retr/oreemenf from the eajf
era provinces, had been attacked and dejeated by Sir
Henry Clinton.
Vj the French Weft India fleet a f gun fbip, a fri .
gift, and 17 merchantmen, mere taken by Admiral
Coary's fleet.
Anttier party of prffeners, conffing of about ion,
moere bn ugh; to to urn yefierday from Camden.
be 1. 20. Lient. fames Camthell, of the Loyal
forth Carolina Folunteers, has lately tn ’en the in'a
moms Tbontp/on, and part of his rafcailj gang, •while
plundering Jutne boujts of persons well afftAtd%o g 0 ■
memment, and committed them jafe to Camden gaol
6ep*. 21. ta'lyjaft Tuesday morning a beany fr.
ing %uas heard of the Bar j next day -we had intelli
gence that st mu as between an inward bound flip and a
rthelpnoattcr i yefierday tbt affair <Wat confirmed by
the arrival of the fbip Potty and brig Scorpion from
Jamaocm, math rum for the nfaof tbo Royal army . *
n§* they metre flooding ft for tbo bar 00 Tuesday
memmg a rebel frigate attacked ibe Polfy, mebo made
a mofigallant defence and beat ber ggytb* brig , msbo
bad her tablet On deck to be ready to eome to cumber,
toad* ebery difpatcb to dear ber decks and get demon to
tbo affiance ofthe Potty, baton ber apptpmb tbt rebel
V ANN AH, September at.
beantifnl it Death me ben earn'd by Ktnnc !
bPbo mus'md not be that 2'otub, my friendsf
Addifon*. Cato.
ON tht 14th inst. died at Aoguftj, aft
wound he that day received whiift bravely
charging the Rebel., Capt. Anmiw joax
a tom, of the K og*a Rangers, fan of tht
Hot. Lewis Johnftjn, r r -1 tut Members of
hi. Majeily’a Council fjr ,i. province, in
the year 1776 he m\o t with two of hia broth
ers, obliged to lei’tstbia province tn account
of his and the r Bead/ loyalty ta thair Kieg,
•nd attachment to legal gaverament. In the
year 1777 he received a com mi Son in Lieut.
Col. Brown*. Raagcra, and fooa after difiin
gutfted himfelf remarkably %y hia intrepidity
ta the attack upon Fort Baryingtsit, at that
t me io the pofieffi >n of the Rebel*, having
the fi ft matt that catered the ft 1 ou
ilorming it. In the summer tfNjyyß, whan
tac united Rebel furce, of this province and
South Carolina invaded East Florida, he re
ceived ada geioua Wound in defend
ing abreast. wo-k with a handful of meifngainft
g eat fbperio ity of numbfn. Since that time
hp was almost y on aftual larvice, and
vary. occafian
good and brave Officer. Hia generous anl
(pirited behaviour on the 14th inst which so
glerioufly fiuifted h.s career of ho iour, w.lf\
be remembered with gratitude by all those who
were witncCevof it. In publick life he was
diftinguifted by true patriotick v a’ for the
service of hia_. King and Country—ard in pri
vate life r.o lefi lor the m<>tt mild ami
able virtues of humanity, and the confeieotioua
anl affiflionate dif.hcrgt of al the focal du
ties m Ue character of Companin, Frieed,
Brother, and Child.— —Such waa the gcoar
rus Yonth whose fall w lament.
His Country*, Glory fir'd him a’ he dy'd,
FGr I ove (li!l f uniingon hi; falt*ri®g Breath :
O b'rfs her Arms ! the d>ing He o err’d,
IKave 1 heard, and Vifto-y adorn’d his Death.
Yeilerdav arrived at Tybee, the snow Nep
tune, from Jamaica which fte 1 ft on the4<h
inst. in company with the hiaaeward bound
fleet an I fsveral veffela for America, undef
car.vur of I 2 (hips of the line, a 50 gun (kip,
and af igote, commanded by Adm ral Ruw-
Hy ; five fail of the line are t> proceed wrh
the vefleli for Hurope, theotftera to return to
their Ration. The Neptune parted with the
fleet n'atur'ay faft
The ftip Union, of Liverpool, in coming
out with the abjve fleet, wa run down by the
Frirndlhip of Glsfgow ; the crew were ftved.
!t is fajd M. de Guichcn’s fleet haa left
Cape Fra 9 is i*i order to convoy the merchant
(hi r s bound to Frai ce.
Ihe Retrieve, Jean, Brothers, and Lady
Mansfield, a e arrived at Jamaica from this
port.
br 9 m tSr LONDON GAZF.TTE.
Ao'.tjRALTV OrFiCi, Jtslv I, ijtiv
arfra 9of a letter from Admiral Sir George Bridge,
Ked'iey, Brt. to Join I.aforcy, Efy, Commoner
of bis Majefiys Sa ty at Aitigua. dtted on hoard
the Sandwich at fsa, St. Lurim IT. P v hi b*nr
ten leagues, May 16. 17X0, and Iran, nutted by the
Comntjfoner to Mr. Step it ns, m a Utter dated the
1 ytb. . t ■: •
■bi a, _ . _ j
| N this it ft ant f-veured with your iwn
itt taos the 9th c f this msntb, which faund me
ab u’ len leaguta tc* w ndwaid of St. Lucia, turn
ing fte tb e-tnoy’f fl t m or i* : ta bnng them t
hUtt e. 1 f.ifed lom G©• ltl:t in qurft of it (b
ago a, S tiurday waa !'. n.ght, ai.d have bees
111 fir’ t L.f them fnt this pift. iii
NVe have b en tcveiai t m s f>.near that an en
gigem:nt fecmaJ lucvitablr, but they have, by the
a Ivamape cf iheir windward Avion, and th* fp C „
n. *i y ol the f.iiling cf their ft ps, beta able to a
vjjsit till last night, when the van of eur and the’
r-amps thei. fleet came to an a&ten, as thay • a fled
on diflsieot lacks, , ■ ■
. Rad net the wind falleo of Avert! potato after 1
tacked, the last maeasvia I made bad gbaafladt
wind of them, without which I flaß tt wall fteto:
poflibU is cfl ft it. ,
Tb Aibisu, (he leading Blip) from havksg
fevsrat flupa upon her, has had a goad m**y mew
hilled tod, waaaded, hat is not ft dsateri.
ally hurt j so saore thas Adsa ral sorth#
these sr four Slips of his divffi >s which were es
gaged. 8 vend of thoeaaaty’s flops weaefo eaophly
handled that they have ihemfelfas ediMer*
ably to wiodwsrd, aad are aow at a diflhoce oa
our aeeather bow.
LONDON, June ay. Lafl weak tha Nan Board
took 0/ 4000 toss ot trv fli fls*ppiag sa trsalporta la
fctva n hia M jeffy’s (sr,c fr is saostb*.
There ait at this time building in tag river Theme#
only, t) fail of the lioe aad $ frights*, acfidwl
(mtl> vtflela, all of which lit to he flsiflisd by
Mtdfummer ayli.
A report ia pie valent that we Atali (osa have a
feparats peace with Spats, and that Mr. Camhar
jaad, who it aow at Lift*jo, ia nogomating that
business.
\Ye hear from aadoubted authority, that the tr*
title of impeachamat agair ft Lord Gswfgc G*rdm
ia for haranguiog the Fiotedant Afl-scteiiou ftito
the head of the gtllttf flairs cai.tigu as to tha
H*uft of C ommons, sad that many of tha M?n*
bora *f tbs H %ife art t# be fansm aed ta tbs 0d
Bailey to giec evidaact agttoft tbo noble pri^nirr,
June %%. The Terrur privateer, Capt. M >ok,
of. r>rtm <u h, has t*ken aid sent into that piaoe,
the Dunns Felicia A aSTna, a Spanifli yr.tt, from
Meiaga, hden with filki, wine, fruit, (or
B uideaux, Hj eirg • is rllintitJ at to,ooo'<
June ay. M*. E ,(k ns ard Mr. Ktndaa art r
t,i das Council for Lard G •orge tfoidoa.
A S,an<Jh poltcre, from the Caraccaa to Cadix,
of th? ricKcft veffila tik*o tnif w|>.
July 7 • Yefteiday 1 f prifoetta were tried at ths
Od Bill ry, three of whom wete cayirally con aid
ed, vis. Cuarles Keat aoJ Lnr*itia Holland for de
nu'l ftimg the haufe of Lut'd Macsfi ldj William
Avery for demoli(h;og ibe d*elling-h oft of Rri
Con, E e\\ foot couviftsd of greed
fvUr af petit Irr.s *y ; and fares were Acquitted.
July f| A geoil man wh<i i* very curious, and
wifls and t * know txsAly iht rusher of houses, cha
pch,\aifd other buildii gs, tht had been deftroyol
rr damaged by.the riotevv, fays r from nn aftttal
fu vcy, that the amsu tilt).
Yvfterday eight pitfonara ware tried at the Old
Briley, f urof whom wt.e capitally coavtAed, yu,
R chard Blowfey, F nct Mockford, Thumat
Havcock, aad J >hn Glover, for ‘being concerned
in the rioi at Newgate, and demoltfltiag and burn*
ing Mr. Akci man’i hjufit* j
Filmeuth, J ily j. drrieed tnat French St. Dj.
mingtjhips, about ago tons each home ward bounl,
taken by the Grand Trimmer, Aldgator, and Ranger
privateers, and are reckoned very valuable pri K *t.
The above xvere cowtyed by a frigate of 41 guns,
nubich tbt Grand Trimmer engaged, while the other
privateers took peffej/iin of the prizes, which art la
den with jug at, coffee, indigo, flftV
tm .smru. xmnu 4414
‘manuenermunermanermamr
RAN WAY fr>m the rubferiberi. 1.1,
17,,. A NEGRO MAN. ~mH
H ERCU LE S ,
About 24 years of ig% (hort and remarkably
stout, has a large mouth, fpeaka go>d Englilh,
and is very fond of making and blowing a pipe
in imitation of a fife; h b*4,cn when hn went
nwny oznnbrfga jacket arid t owfera, nnd is
well kiiown in and about town. He was fde
with the Rebels in OAober Uft at fom# of the
plantations up the river, where if is imaginsd
he ia now ct>ncea’cd by Negroes.——Who
ever takes him uo, and delivers him at
Printing-Office, (hall have 1 wo ftninos, p # .
ward; and any perhn harbouring him, or
attempting to <arry him out of tht province,
wt 1 be prnfecu ed with tha utmeft rigour 9 f
helb r JAMES JOHNSON.
*mummn ■■■ ■■ ■ ■ wwmnun
|p A KEN f om a fafpeded perfoa arOoe.
( chee, A SORREL MARB, i 4 Wda
high, brat ded H, the right c>e loft. *J*h
owner may have her, paying theerpei cei, and
proving hia property before me at Rbanesap.
C. F. TRIRBNBR.*
JOURNEYMAN PRINTER’
who can work at both Ca(c and Prafa,
will meet with eacoaragemeat bv applviaß to
JAMBS JOHNSTON.