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Jfuzu'ty 8. Mr, Iftac Hayne, who, fine? the capitola fTon'cf ChmleftUvr, had taken protection, and acknow ledged himfelf a fubjeff of hi"? M a jelly's govern the at, having not'vitilfta nding been taken in arms, an lat the head of A regiment of militia, was therefore* on (Saturday morning last:, executed as a Traitor. On Sunday last arrived here a fleet of fe\en fail oftranf po*ts nod merchantmen ff’om Cape under protefticrt of lfis .Majesty’s (loops Cormorant a * Tope. On Monday evening arrived the flop Reflobation, Capt. Crombie, and brigantine Favourite Ret fey, Capt. Howe, frSm London, but lair from Falmouth, -in the Bnti/h 1 Channel Capt. Howe retook the brigantine Duck, and sent here Into Penzance. Capt. Crombie on she D.dTige Raptured a brig from l’ifcatawavbound to tht Weft Indies, laden with lumber, Sec. which he brought in with him. This morning the (loop Eliza, John Cooler, m rider, arrived hete from Fortfmouth in which the left the 30th of last month. A gcntlerr,rn who came pcifiln ger in her has obliged us with the following intelligence. The Marquis de la Fayette, being informed that Lord Cornwallis had font the maih body of his army across James River, on the 6th of July'late in the afternoon, citrus down with the utmost confidence to attack the Sotli and 67th regiments, ported at James Town, he Imagined* as a rear guard. The reception he met with being very different from what he expe£lcd, he soon began to retreat mod precipitately, leaving behind him .ear 400 killed, wounded, and priftners, and two brass field p,Wes> one of which had been taken at Saratoga* Our loss was about 60 killed and wounded. The 47th regignent car cuo at _ the close of the aftion.Fayette never halted ti.lj_he had got ten miles from the field of battle* Had dayllghc con tinued a little longer the the Rebel army would have been very well accounted tor. The Eliza left Fortfmouth in company with a fleet ot ~ 48 transports, having on board a large body of conjectured to be between 4 and 500 c, cfcortod by several rren of war and gallies; the fleet came to anchor hr the Bay, and it was imagined their destination was towards Baltimore, * A ‘ The number of horfeS colledted by our army in Virginia” S* y p ry c >nfid- rable. * : * —r~ This forenoon irrived the Hoop B ihour, Francis Faw fon, nailer, from Wilmington. ,■ . x.■ Etxr.iticfa letter frcln ‘Hfiitfiingtoti, elated 0,0 th tfjuf. (t A pa'ty of Loyalists, u n det a Cok-Fa im Up, wu > is exceedingly r.ftive, farprifed, a few da.yS ago, the whole were atlV.mblcd in* the Coui*thoufc t r draft men.* he f ’rule 1 24, but brought down 12 of the worst here; ope of whom oblerved, be had bt beaded,the County . A ffcvwrtr ok*es such as this would be of great fervlce.” Copy of a Hard Eiil this day received by Express ft am Cape i'ljr. u Wilmington* Augufl t. We have the best authority for inf rming the publick, That th body of Ru;> Is which has been lately collected at Rockfifh, to ?%” amount of .1- baut4comen, is totally routed and difperftd bv “*'t King’s troops uiider Major CraigijfThey. had so rtrorigiv intrenc h ed the Bridee. and believed thcaafelves l'o secure, that they vonruied rn lland an attack. Major Manson, with a party of the detachment and two fieW pieces, was order ed to keep them in play in front,ivljile Major Craig, .with the remainder, parted a ford about two mites above them, and got in their rear} which after a march of 24 miles (14 of which were during the heat of the day) wrts eftedrt eJ ; the picquct which guarded the ford was so compleatly furpiifed and cut up that nojt a man got to the Bridge to tell them of the Britifli troops being in their rear. The moment of choir appearance was that of a total route, in which they we*-e fivotrre4 hv veryexTraor-.fiwrry- fwarnp? and thick waods, which prevented their feeling the bay onets of the infantry; the swords of the cavalry, who charred firft, were however more fortunate, and brought down about 60 of them, 20 of whom are prisoners. On this occafnn Capt. Gordon’s troop is particularly mentj oned, who charged with the spirit of the old est fr>’ji and seemed to a man tp. aAuated by a desire eft* revenge, and determination to retaliate theirformer fufterings on their eppre'Tors. On the part of his M.ijeftyT troops one corporal of the 71st was killed, and two of the Sid cavalry (lightly wounJed.” Cadfden’s wharf, and thrthip London, Capt. Richmlfiuv, is bilged at Eveleigh’s wharf; several other ships were driven alhore in the cile of wind yefterflayjZl Augufl 15. On Sunday the Hoop Family Trader, Ben jamin Stone, Master, arrived from St. Chriiftopher in 17 days. - • This dry arrived the sloop Good Intent, EJ var l Kelly, —Mailer, from St. Euftatius. None of the firipping driven alhore in this hprbour last Friday have sustained any tftattriaj injury. By great exerti on? the .(hip Loudon,•• Capt. mentioned in our last to be bilged,*~aft-r h iving her m. ftsxut qway, Kao got clear, and Is now afloat. Jvgufl 1 3. Yefterday^srrivetl here his MnjefryN (loop Ravage from New-York Qhelapeake. ~~ jiitgtfi 1.1. Exiw& of and letter f Eyt-''l'i~rcy Sjr dfctiry Clinton tz!. Lard Kawdotly dated Ah zJ-h'sflip a July 1781. uWhfn my last- letter to Caralmmw.aS-Writ, tern the mr tlculars of the a£t*on your Lordihip h id with Gen. Greene near Camden on the 25th of April (which I have fincc learnt from yourjgtjers to Lord Cornwallis) had notreach ed me. other wife 1 (hould have before this time luve ex prerted my acknowledgments to yourTordflirp TorTlTe very important Service which-you rendered to your country 011 that day. : ~ v “vl now beg thqtybu will l>e pleafrtj to accept of rfly w.irmeft thank~-*>ydurfelf, and mfTer the fame also to the officers and men whe served under your command for their diftinguilfied condudf on that occasion,” “ - His Excellency the Commander in Chief has been pleaf- J to appoint Brigadier Gees. O’Hara, Faterfon, Gould, Dalrymple, and Stirling, to aCt is Major Generals until his Majesty’s pleasure is known; and tlye F-ight Hon., l.ord Rawdon to serve as a Brigadier General to the Pro vincial troops. The following prizes have lately been taken and firnt Into New York by our ctuifers : The Rebel privateer ft.ip Bellifarius of 26 nine pounders and 150 men; andobri ganti nefr >m Philadelphia, laden with 700 barre's of flour, ‘ -tone of a fleet of 14 fail hound from thence for Cape Fran cois, prizes to the AmpliitritF, Medea, and Savage, atnd 4-- taken off Cape Henlopen. : - -4-r e The Medea was left in. chafe of the reftmf the fleet when the Savage parted with the frigates oft the Delaware *nd proceeded on iier-voyaoe. Extract cf a let tee from blew Ym k t dated juL -b ■ “ Last Saturday Admiral GieaveSfATonu ajl < ‘ “; 1 * lug ta under his Jlern, immediately wvl?hd and pirj with the following flajps : London of qS guns, BodiorJ 74, Robufte, 74, Fur tpe 64, -Atnencs 64, Prudent 1 4.* Adamant 50, Chatham 50. f ncy weie leen ail together oft’Nantucket last Tuel'day.'* Yefrerday his Maljefty’s packet boat Queen Charlotte, Capt. Ciarke, failed for Falmouth. In vent parteu r-rs, the Right Hon. laud Rawdan, Lieut. Col. Doyle and his Lady, Mrs, Clarke, and Mr Anftcr. t> A-iguft 2t* The brigantine Difpatcii, of Glasgow, bound frorii JamaicT for this port, was on the loth inltant chafed athoie by a Rebel privateer schooner, of 14 gunt, in St. Helena Sound. The cicw efcapcd in their boui> and got to Combahee. —-- vw— *wn Loft or Helen* about the ‘>th mjlunl , A WHITE DOG, Os the pointer bleed, with white fpocs on his fide?, and ears brown, answers to the name of SancFo. _Any peifon who will deliver him to Mr. Hender son in Savannah diall receive 2 guinea reward. Auguit 26, 1781. f Oh Tuesday the 9th OTober next, will be fold, at the lublcrtber’s house,- — THE following EFFECTS belonging to the Fdlate of PeterTofidee, deceaied : A Ne gro Wencli named jenny and three childien ; alio lundry Household Furniture. LUCY TONDEE,s Adminidiatrix. - TO BE SOLD, On Tuesday the 9th Oclober next, at the plant!- * tion of Ludmvick Emit, deceased, at Gofhcn, in St. Matthew’s pariili, ALL the Real and PerOnal EH ate of the fa id deceased. I*he conditions to be made known at thefale. Chris t is a Ernst, Adn/ix. \ . . . - * • , • “ 7 - , : A '. . w _. \ ■ “■'< ito in— ji hi, ■ ■ ;s.i r% r. rJprc ‘■ 1 —'■ ■ On Monday the ictn of September next, will be sets-d, :at the Provolt M.ufhaPs Offiee in Bull Street, the fa!e to begin at ten o'clock fore . noon. A NEGRO Man, named Wm, the pinferty of William HolzendoifL and joii ur.dcr at-, tachment by LEWIS JOHNSTON jmf. Pro. Mar. Sa vetnnabf Augujl 30, lySl, FA ANasvavfrom rhe fit f-nb<’r on Savai,r: ; h rivey ,\ Keg o Fellow,-named > about 0 feet high ard ..5 yclr I age, iuily atS an rou,,tr y bom and. • fpealcs good Engldh, is a little pit- Jr „ ted with the fnuiipox, and iiiis a grim look, had on when he went *a\vay a suit of white negro cloth with blae button holes and mctaJ buttons, is fup pofeu to be about Mrs. Richards’s plantafon ut White BiuiF. A guinea reward will be given to amc person delivering Step to Mr. Thomas Mills on the Day of Savannah, or at Rae’s Hall to Mr. George Gw inn* MARY PLLO F. fA BbFNTED hinitelf from the J \ fubfcribtr, on the 16th ii 11. a Negro Fellow, called Bii.ly, about”: 5 years eld, lhort and squat, Ims a mark of a whip ac.oti his bread, and can talk German and ,A. Eaeiifc and i f r su PP° r f ! d 10 kc ‘P about town. Two dollars rew rd will be ftiven to whoever delivers him to the gauicr of Suvaunah, REBECCA DU. 1 i'.R. MARGARET, rhe wife of the fut/feriher, having left his house without any provoca tion, ail persons are hereby cautioned again ft cie "cTiting her on IS account, aTRe will pay no debts of W confmAinfr after this 29th Augulh, 1781. Whoever harbours her will be pro I ecu ted, . JACOB MOCK. Ebettezer , Auguf. , 1781. *£.. 4tb day of September next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, will be fold by publick auction, A large Aflbrtment of Dry Goods, confiding of Iriih linens, jeans, handkerchiefs, stripes, check?, coiduioys, threads, ribbons, gloves, iewinp hlk, buckram, fattinets, &c. Sec. D. ZUBLY jun. L. V. M. SU PPOSEDto be.kolen, A BROWN MAR 17 , about 1 3 and an half hands high, marked S on the near shoulder, D L behind a half moon in the forehead, a little white 6n the hind hoof. Any person who*<ktaius her will be dealt with as the law direst?. * Any person who has loft a watch, on deferibing the maker’s name, number, &c. may have it by applying to Mr. Abraham Lewis opposite the Burying Ground in Savannah. WHereasAy^^tkeGc^vd^.;^ palled the 2-d day- of Aug.l.l We ;k l'jhfc-iheru ei er,ppoin ted Coman>lj t 0 j'H after, enter updm take change ku.d prQ’ dio^ 1 - and hold mid detain, all the Edate real “ of > n,d cf Noble Jot.es, Fbcj. dece'ai’td, for die Gction and payment of a debt due by the f a j j j “ cealed to the Publick of this province, N©d hereby given to’ all perlons who know Q f 0r jfp pofEffion ofanyjpait of the effnte of the laid “ceased, that they immediately deliver over u n{ Je ’ make known where the property of (h /'• deceased may be found. All persons any part of the property after this notice, o rl * imtting any walle upon the lands of the decesF may depend upon being prosecuted law. LEWIS lOHNSTof BASIL COWPER Savrnnah, Atiguft | S. J. JENKINS *- 30,1781. J GEORGE BAlLrij? FE FER DEAN. ‘ WHBRFAS ir In? hpen repartrd ‘and talked ak town, by sane vicigus and ill pcrf 0 persons, with a design to cjluinniate and defame mv i sl radar, bylnfinuatlng that lin re deCgnedfyi and intention to defraud, executed title,', for two Mwnj . 51 N 0 . p an:: m, and-. 110 a fiv': ‘Cre f oldg . Mr. Jo! n Puuliio and Mr. Dav;a Murdoch, fliopke*^ 1 * I therefore think it a Jury incimbcnt upon rri^,<331 wfto ever with.'to b-ir an uptigfi't? an f honed c':a icftcr a . -all men, to take thisopporttrnitYpf pufellckly dre 1 -} n , j abhorrence of such mean, vUc, nn 1 li Hr On est and to vindicite'mv charaAcr, and dor niyldf p/tf, unj-.;ft cenfutes, “.h aii'o for the fari-fiction of the men concerned in the purchase, to relate pasticularlvt~T* ehoitnftanre. Some time i.T the unnrh of March,’ j at Augufla, T made an exchange with Mr..Man(opo/2j said two town lots, and two live acre Inr , far a plj]J tion above Augufla, containing too acre?, ?rd also Jft in the towrifiiip of WVi g! thorough. .This laal°j ‘originally g-anted toon? Eda tad LciclJ, veyed p) William Aianfi-n and; wif: N ami l hv thftiri tot and my aein. “Titftfi the vvitn-eiics'<tHo ‘vetd praf-nti-A -* err Mr. MjjnYi n nr.rftvftd, as I cyak nit particularly dffe thpytything and ward, or fit ootion of -the lota, tlut \ would not repu're any. l>et r er Jecurif.* than,, a ir.orrfx ’ thereon until I could afeertain and defer!be it rtgreeshi the plate, and then mak him full dtles to the fi.-n* he hod alrea fydor.e to m 5 ; that he would then \l.l, the mortgage. Some flimt time after Mr.Ma Jon tended conetag to Savannah, and beggti! I wojt'j nufc proper bargain-and ft!**, deferibing the lota as well 1 could recoiled, as he would not be permitted to take j fcftron of the ptemifes without. This I c implied wit After 1 came to s:.avmna:i, whicj| \v ? i with Mr. ?.| a f ll I found f-ft, were d--A ilbed by a dirterent EHi in; a ward. He fame short time after pro pc fed to give raekx the'lot; again far the plantation, and fiid he would i> media'r-fy fve -me up all the papers, which he brought:! Savannah v. itft Una, if I would giyc him up the ticks fi —tdve land. I t-.ld him Iha I left them in the cre of >1 Johnftun at Augufla, He tlicn proposed to defer the ra ter until he shoul i be able to go to Augufla and prou them from Mrs. fohnflon, .Kid told roc in the mean til to f?H thcm if 1 thought proper, and let, that.be na-hi drance. Some (hort time after he went up to Augu.l and I having a;a epportunity to write reminded him ofi and a!fo wrote a letter to Mrs. Johnftm to deliver the to him whenever he might call, and begged of him, 1 the firft opportunity, in return to fi r , the titles and .gag- given Uni. S m after I\ : A-. 1 a letter froaid Matafon, informtng me tbit he dni got the papers :fa Mrs. Johnston, and would,—agreeable ao my desire, b sent the titles and mortgage, bur as ihe roads were atth time mufli infoflrd by -robbers;-he tfiough; it nrodrini prudent to ‘or me till he could e- me hiirfci Seme time in efie month of January Jaft I went up to.is gufla, at which time Mr. Mansion and and talked theiraa over e r. ining the papers', when he told me he haij t!ifrn,Ua.:J ‘-hat I might then have thole given him a ceTmng the taw is Liti; .and t‘-aat it would An celTary to have each of the properties alfigred ovcr .rti ~ former propri-tur: , ar>d us l expelled to arrire-tH Si nah ah •ut a f .rtU. hr after me,-who was then fettiej I I thW’-ht ptO'jgE to leave them with Una until fe # i :i Mr. M uift• *in a flaor’ time after altered his’ mind, a frt off for Chi 1c flown with hi; two child) en to fegf f arr.e perftn’s care, a, l.c intended t go to ly. Hi ; iatrntiori was to return to Augufla From Cju"- town, ‘and feil f-IY his'houfehol l furniture, Arc. come to Savannah to fettle hi, bufiiirfs and take from tfiencc or CharJeftown. nshrdal. t prove ni -ft con* nicitt. We left hriu mffiunafAugufta m'oft of hi; iv <1 and papers of conienucnce, among the refit were tw titles. Sotofi after Mr. Marafon topic-his H-partuftfl Gharleftown. The fiepe of Augusta coming on prevent his returning SI he ezpeilted, when mofit ol'liis efi'eCfla were del ti aycd, except a chest of deaths and otlrcr articles, and a great part of Us papers, whi h Lived, and now m pafleifion of a cert-ui> lady in this tJ* aT nrng mldi-li I -mi .credibly informed .are thofc titles mortgage. This inf>rmant also delivered me forcei* ftrudions how to ad up an this, andfome other oecafc' 1 from Mr. Manson., he tore lie failed from Cha>ieftow<ft England, w'hich was ah;(uit the time he left it; IW* fore hope this will be futficie.nt to con\ incc t.hofe twap •tlemcn for the present I meant nothing dilhoneft, vt’ will more fttisfa&oril/ appear when Mr. Manson te'xA from England. WILLIAM ROCHt — SAVANNA IT, Auggft 30. WE are informed that the Rebel ol North Carolina having intimated forne of his aflocifttes that five regiments oug r ' ! be railed for the defence of that llnte, it could not be’tffedted fome terms Ihouid be P r- with Lord Cornwallis, a Dr. Burke prevailedv* the rabhle to clecl him Governor in ths Mr. Nufh, \vh cliole to ufign.