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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. * K • A’ - •* f I 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. [N 0 . 123.3