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T H E ROTA L
GEORGIA GAZETTE,
I NEW-YORK, May 17.
fra-aeeam PERSON of reputation
ytji k* arrived here fregrPht
[ $ A X ladelphia brings the’Tol
| lowing account of the
I obfifquies and final an
[ mhilation of-the credit
I and currency of that truly whimsical
I and egregiously absurd body of defpi-
I cable wretches, who have these several
I years bypaft blazed in this wuftern ho-
I rizon, under the defignatirm
H of tiv” United States of America, in Con
wgrefs ajfembled. The period of the con-
I iequenceof those 1 famous beings hap
biwWi
the city of PhHadtlphia y where they
ncftled at the commencement of the
present horri ] rebellion, and from
thence have issued Uich edi&s as would
have put the Vatican of Rome, or the
Courts of the General Inquisitors of
Spain and Portugal, out of counten
ance. Trifling circnmftances are fre
quently the progenitors of momentous
events; and in no instance has this
maxim been more fully verified than
in the final reprobation of the faith and
honour of the felt-created Members of
the unfortunate Rebel Congrcfs. Their
ultimate misfortune originated from
the following incident: The infamous
piratical rover, Paul Jones, who has,
in the courle of the present rebellion,
committed depredations upon the Bri
tish fhipping, sometimes without, and
“frequently with Rebel and French com
mifiions, arrived this spring at Phila
delphia from France, in the Ariel, of
20 guns. That pickaroon, in her voy
age, had made fome captures, and or
dered them to Philadelphia, where the
prizes were difpoled o ( by Rebel agents.
The poor tboughtlefs tars, who com
pose Jones’s crew, were called upon to
receive their prize money; they at
tended with alacrity, and were paid in
Congrcfs dollars, with which, accord
ing to the laudable and established cus
tom of jolly teamen, they attempted to
make themfrlves and friends happy ;
but their disappointment and rage was
inexprefiible when they found that the
tneanefl publican would not accommo
date them with a pot of flip for their
flexible dollars. Irritated to the meri
dian of frenzy, they seized a mangy
dog, tarred and covered him with pa
per dollars, and marched in solemn
cavalcade with him through the flreets
of Philadelphia. The citizens, con
fld.-ring continental currency, with which
the flreets were then replete, as a nuis
ance, conceived a disgust dt so infigni
■ficant a mediurrLfl ce, ■ri'fclv
cd to accept no more of it, and imme
diately flint up their Pnops.
Last Sunday, abojut four o’clock in
the afternoon,- Col. De Lancey, with
•bout 100 cavalry and 200 foot, rmreh-
THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1781.
ed from Morrifinia, and penetrated a
bout J | miles into the country, distant
one mile and a half beyond Crotton
river, which they crofled with great
difficulty, from its being then unusu
ally deep; the cavalry were obliged to
carry the foot on horseback, and many
of them were forced tofwim. Dire&ly
after cr.,fling the river, Capr. K'pp of
the horse, and Lieut. Totten of the
Rangers, with the troops under their
- command, attacked the rebel Colonel
Green, with a number oP continental
troops; the Colonel was mortally
wounded, and Major Flagg, with j j
ners. Atthe fame time Capt. Knapp
of the horse; with a detachment under
his commind, attacked the houie of
the widow Griffin, about half a mile
dillanc from the above; where he took
one Ensign and 20 private , and killed
eight men. On their return Capt. Kipp
took five militiamen, and killed three,
without the loss of a man. Lieut.
Totten was fligluly wounded in the
toe, and one private slightly wounded
in the fide.
The 4bove service was compleatly
effrded in 24 hours.
-.Total. _ Killed, 22 ; wounded, 2 •
prilonf rs, 36; including one Ensign,
two Lieutenants, and a Surgeon, on
parole,
Yesterday arrived the brig Adven
ture, laden with 900 barrels of flou%
fr m Philadelphia ; v fh< is pdze to the
Royal Oak, taken off Egg Harbour.
May 19. A person arrived last Tuef
diy from the southward brings advice,
t at moft o f the JeTey line, with which
iiie Marquis de hr Fayette marched to
the southward, had deserted from his
Lordship, and theirCommander,Lieut.
Col. Barber, had returned home; that
the Indians having arrived (armed with
teffqr*H*gamft--tbe rebels) within 15
miles of Suflex Courchoufe, and the
militia being called on, all refufed to
march against them. The difeontented
or the Penniylvania line, whom Mr.
Wayne has been feme months past ca
joling to take the field, likewise abfo
lucely refufe to march, since they are
apprized of the finifhing stroke lately
given at Philadelphia to the existence
of the Continental Treasury. Bank
rupt on the Delaware, and bankrupt in
Paris, there remains now only to seize
the perfovs of the Continental Congrcfs
to end the rebellion, and establish a
liberal conftkution for the future feli
city and good government of the Brit.fh
empire in America.
The Indians have arrived at Goflvm,
much-alarmed the inhabitants, many
of whom they have ki led, their houses
desolated, and great quantities of pro
yifions, with other property, carried off.
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By the latest account from the eaffc
ward we are informed the French fleet -
(till remains in Rhode fflarid harbour,
waiting the arrival of a number of flour
and provifiorv vefle 1 $ from Philadelphia,
under convoy of L’Hcrrhione friLte,
Capt. De La Touche.
We are informed that 12a of the re
bel troops marching to Virginia had.
deserted fn a body; they were part of
the difeontented brigades who seceded
from Mr. Walhington last winter ; this
is declared by an intercepted letter
from a fiFld officer in their iervice. /
Saturday last was lent in here by the
Jfehoofter peneral Arnold.
Capt. Periam, from Philadelphia for
the Havana, loaded with fl iur and li
dian corn; (he Was taken last Tiirfdayy
a id failed irom the Capes a few days
be ore in company with the flup Mor
tis, Capt. M .flaw'd, and ab ig cdied
the Experi nent, both of which it is
thought got cFar; he two last were
bound tor the i L £ ja alf).
May 12. the (hips Tde
machus and Friendship arrived here
from Jamaica.
, May 24. Lift Tuefdiv arrived che
Speedy Packet, Capt. Spareo, witfi
the January and February mails from
Lngland; ffie delivered the southern
mails at from whence flie
failed ago, in company with,
the brig Cornwallis* which irnved oa
Sunday last.
t Y Vvt r l 17 arrived bis Marty's (Elp
Loyalilt, Capt Ardefoif, from Charlei
town, but last from Cbefapeak Bay.
Acaunt of the Operations of bis McueSiy's
Forces in Virginia, received the \~stb
instant by bis Majeftfs flip Gineral
Monk.
On the 18th of April the light:
infantry, part of the y6tl\ and Boch
regiments, Queep’s Rangers, Jagers,
and Amerhmit Legion, embarked tr
Portfmonth, and fell down to Hamp
ton road 1 on the 19th they proceeded
up James River to BurweM’s Ferry :
On the 20th Lieut. CJ. Ab-rcrombie
witft the light infantry went Up the
Chickehomany in boats; Unit. CoL
Simcoe with a detachmieht to Yuik, *
Dunc * a3 With a detachment
landed at the mouth m the Ch ckeh--
many, and Major Phillips and
Brigadier Gen. Arnold landed with
part of the army at WiHiamfburg,
wnere about 500 militia Were post-d,
who retired upon their approach. The
militia at Y >rk crofled the river before
the arrival of Lieut. Cok Simcoe, who
made a few prdoners, spiked and de
stroyed fonte cannon, and next day re
turned to Willi am jfb\irg. Qn the aid
the troops marched to Chickehomany;
they Were met on the road, five miles
from the mouth of the river, by Lieut.
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