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V gjg, r_ -V- T* jfi -fT* THE ROYAL it ■. ~ ‘(- ■’.’ ♦ ‘* .- * v t 1,.,* v. ,V ft'-"’ ■ ? • *. “t GEORGIA GAZETTE. N E W - Y O R K, June 0 V jK, sfcHE ffrivateer schooner Trimmer, Capt. ‘4* .■♦•> # Philips, of this'port, in.van! bound yfc . * from Virginia, about five o'clock ’ & r-p last Friday afternoon, overfst by -*• means of a sudden gust of wind* ’ yfc within fight of the ligh.t-houfe, off ’ jaf ‘£ %>„ Sandy Hook, by which melancholy 4 4. 4s 3fF accident about 35 people were drowned; the remainder of the crew were taken up by fomc vefiels near at hand ; among thofc fated were Capt. Philips, Capts. Downing, M’Aipine, fire, the two last pafiengers. Jut y 4. His Mod Serene Highncfs the Landgrave of effe>. as been pleased to confei the Order Pow la J r ertu Afilitairty or Order of Merit , on the following Office s, viz. Major Gen. Baron de Knoblauch ; Cols. de Seitz, de Bunvj, dc Weflcrhagen, de Rom rod, de K?ud*M, de Cochcnbaufen. Cols Cocßenhaufen is appointed to tlift command ■of the regi ment P; ince--Heiedit.airc. -Lieut,- Col. du Buy is appointed Quartermaster General. Major Gens, de Eofberg and.de Bbfe to be Lieutenant Generals. Capt. Von Altenbockum, f Gen. Loiberg fen. t*. be Ma jor of.the laid corps. - - -- * ’ From Rhode iiland w*’’are informed tlnT Rebels have flowed” the. example of fome of lie other provinces,* h/: . „-thoC? of'Jhe Lite Governor J-? ;4( h-ini’ u>, CDarle-s \Vari ■ Apthorp, Esq. and.Capj. John Watson, of-Newport, His Majesty has been pie,afed'£o create William Lewis Andre, Esq. (-Captain in the 26th regiment, and brother to the late amiable, accomplished, and nfioft Angularly un fortunate Major Andre) to b.c 1 BaVo'net of Great }Litain. July 14. We are informed that :i fvv days aeo a cor poral and fix Yreach dragoons a‘Tempting to delete .had been intercepted a.nd carried back to the W: itc 1 ‘lain?, where the former was hanged, and the latter fsverely flogged. Extraci of a letter to hit Excellency f-- -'-nor FratsWn from Lieut- Col . Ufikarr,, -of the Affe lot ■! 1, rye lifts, and Com mandant at Lhyd’- A’--’., dated l ;/'<*.■; l.'ff. July \o. **■ I rake the earliest opportunity to inform the Htinour able Board of Dire&ors, that early ytfk-rday naming 1 re ceived intelligence, that three large.- /hips, and five arme.d brigs and other vefiels. wei r In Huntington harbour,.. At eight o’clock about 450 trb cs. chiefly French, landed at the back of the Neck, abem two mile, d?fin nee from the Ibttj at 11 they formed in our front, at the distance of 400 yards, in open v'mw. —. 7 ; As I was uncertain of their number, and was apore henfive they would possess themselves of a height on our right, from which they might have annoyed us, I ordered fome grape /hot to be fired at them from two 12 pounders, which threw them into di/ordcr, and occasioned a very sudden, and, I humbly conceive, a very difgracejuj retreat to their /hips. Wc have no ether evidence of th” effect of our fire than fome few fragments of coats rfnd fliirti. and the grass besmeared with blood. TVff Ass ■'■n the ground where they halted to dref* their wounded a number of surgeon’s instruments, a great quantity of lint bandage*", &c, a bayonet, sword, and a very Large quantity of port fire, and other materials for burning our houses. ** Thad sent into the wood through which they mud pass several small parties for the purpolc of reconnoitring.’ and at the fame time to gail them and deceive them as to our numbers. The effect convinced me of the propriety es this mcafurc, as they re-embarked with great precipi tation. We constantly feoured the wood until night came on; I theft mounted a few Refugees, who paroled the Neck., and kept a good look-out at all the landings. Se veral whale boats appeared coming from Stanford, and •>- ther parts of Connecticut, towards evening, which gave me reason to expe£t another attack ; I therefore ordered the. Refugees of my command to lie on their arna<*during the night. I have now the pleasure to inform you that the ships, &c. are under wny so far eafiav.ud as huffy tube deferied. We have fuff-’rtd no 1 f; eirher inm:ri, fiaio jing, or property-of any fort. I th'nk it my duty to add, that the Refugees, and others w!;. remained on the Neck, behaved with a would mod probably have e-i ----sured fucCefs against a in'-'ch greater force than appeared to face us. * ** Major Hubbil and the.other officers of the garrison afforded every poflible alfifiancc ; G.ipc. Hovt, in the Sir Henry'Clinton, was very serviceable to us; Capr. Thomas, in the Afl'ociation, had not returned from convoying a V/ood fleet to City Ifiand. J called on the Hun I t*hgdbH mTl7tTa,“butT.iw nothing f them, nor vVas I disappointed. Capt. Young's troop, and Capt;'Vanwick’s company of foot, cam? hit evening to our afliftance ; they poited themselves on Wefi Neck, and behaved exceeding well. Many Refugees in oar vi cinity u came Hkewife to our a Hfinnce, and the whole grr rifon were from the fiHt appearance of the Eremin in the fcefi fprrits imaginable.” - 3 L fy l 7• The following are the particulars of tho tnnf fEions at Kingfbridge on the 3d in't. and of thedKirrnifh betaveen 300 Yagers and 30 borfe, under the command of Lieut. Col. de Prufechenck, and the advanced corps of tne Rebel army, of 800 foot and 300 borfe. In the evening of the ?.d Lieut.. Col. Emmerich march •ed with 100 men, drawn from the regiments of the line, to Phillips’? houfc, as. the.next morning amu ruber of wag-, jons, under an escort of acc foot and 3c mounted Yagers, £0 be sent to the fame place rot fome lun Bui about ten o'clock the fame evening intelligence was te ‘iygJLof Geft. Washington’s having been at is inkling in the attr.-- tboon of the 2<l infi. It was therefore refoived ta kaye tf.e T a 6l>bH? within tuc- How; and lend the deuff*.u:t to re- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, i 7 Sr. cal’ Col.'Emmerich. Lieut. Col. Prufechenck, with the folmwing officers under his command, viz. Capt. Hend ricks, Capt. de Wangenhalm, Lieut. Schaefer, Lieut.de Deianir, and Lieut, de Baltholmas, left the cam| at day break, and having left KiogibriJge, would not pass a series of defiles before he had reconnoitred Fort Independence ; he therefore ordered his advanced guard under Lieut. Schaefer, and another party of a ferjeant and ten mep, to examine the fort and it.- environs. It being yet not quite day, the parties did not perceive the enemy drawn up in a line of battle till they were within ten yards of them, they, received the enemy’s fire, returned it, and fbll back to a prrpcr difiance. Lieut. Col. Piuefcheijck immediately, and with great resolution and presence of mind, endeavour ed to gain tiie height in the rear of the fort, and, though he received the enemy’s whole fire, succeeded so far a9 to take pofieflion of the ruins of a house which was formerly fortified by Col. Emmerich, from whence he attacked the Rebel? in theh advantageous pofiti m, Intending t- dislodge them, hut ohferving a baitalion with flying colours in the fort, hading their superiority of numbers, being furloufljr attacked with the bayonet, and at the fame time feeing no possibility of gaining any ground to his advantage, refoived to fall back undwii the cannon in Charles redoubt, but .the Rebels prefiing tOO'hard upon him and his infantry on ac ..'Count.of the narrow pafiage, began to lose ground, and be files in such a fituatjpn, to aso id this, ..and-prevent confu fion, he or-dered his cavalry under Lieut. Files to charge the advancing enemy. ‘J his had the expended effefl j the Rebels ftopprd, the Yagers formed again and.recommenced the a*tack, with double vigour, obliged the Rebels to quit the fort, and drove them from the heights as far as'Dq* veaux’s houfc, and took polTeffion of the ground the Re bels had quitted. At.this time Lieut. Col. de Wurrpb arrived with the rest of the Yagers across from Kingf bridge, and took pofTaTlon of the riling ground between the bridge and Fort Independence, reconnoitred the ene my's new pofuion, extending from Miles square road over th:- heights to William’* 1 ? ■bilfig-o, with a thick wood in their rear, plainly indicating a delign to c nceal their eal firengt’n; and as repeated ihteliigence was received that 30c French horse covered the enemy’s left at ‘Williams’s bridge, CoL de Wurmb acted with precaution, and did not think proper to riik another attack; hut Lieut. Col. Emmerich retreating over Sriten jDavii, and being cut pff bv the Rebels p'fltion, 200 men being arrived at this time , fiom the regiments of the 1 ine, and the Refugees, from Morrifianla having joined, it'was absolutely necefiary to force the Rei.els from their ground, £0 give Col. Emmer ich an opportunity of joining- by the way of Cortland’s house, fiiil ir poffcfilon of the Rebels, ‘i tic Yagers moved forward and took possession of Cortland’s bridge, the Re fugees and the advanced parties of the Yagers engaged the Rebel advanced pols and drove them to tneir main body, who immediately liled offto thelAft and retreated towards Williams’s bridge; the pafiage being now open, CoL Rm merkh was deuced to leave Spi ten Devil aftd to join, which he didj and informed Gen. Lolberg that he drew 200 Re bels tn his ambufi-ade of Fbilltps’c hotifir, of which he ktt three and took nine—that the Rebel army was moving in two columns (one of which was already seen on Valen tine’s Hill advancing towards Cortland’s bridge.) The troops were now ordered tofall back to their former posi tion, leaving £co Yagers at E’oit Independence, and ob frrved all the motions of Gen. Waihingseo’s aeuby, who liimfclf reconnoitred Sait*n Devil; <at three o’clock the troops moved into their lines and to their encampment. ~ The loss of the Yagers is 3 men killed, 1 officer, 1 fer jetnt, 26 menyisvaunded, and 5 miffing. Account of the Operations of the Army in Virginia under the Command of Lieut. Gen. Earl Cornwallis. Publijhcd by Authority. , . His Lordfh’p, after pissing James River at Wefiover, r.rived to Hanover Court House, and croiTed the South Anna, the Marquis de la Fayette keeping ab**it 2c miles diftaneb from him. From this place his Lordship detached Lieut. Col*. Tarlct an and Slmeoe, the former of which took fome Members of the -Afterftbly at Charlotte Ville, and duftroyed there, arid on his return, 1000 stand of good arms, fome cloathing, and other stores, and between 4 , and 500 barrels of powder, without opposition. Baron Stuben, who commanded about Bco twelve months men and militia, retired with great precipitation firofti the Point of Fork before Lieut. Col. Sitncoe, wffio, after using every exertion to attack hjb rSAt dfi&mjEav ed there, x and at th< places adjacent, sbout 3300 fiand of arms, (then under repair) fome fait, harness, &c. and about 1 50 barrels of powder. His Lordship theh moved by Richmond, and nnived at Williamfburgh onjthe 25th of June, having, in addition to the articles already mentioned, defirdved in this expe dition, in different places, above 2000 hcglheads of to bacco, a great number of iron guns, ten brass French 24 pounders, and brought off four brass 13 inch mortars, five brass 8 inch howitzers, four long brass 9 pounders, all French; and a considerable” quantity of /hot and /hells. On the 26th, as Lieut, Col. was returning with his corps and the Yagers from the defiruflion of lorhe boats and stores on the Chickihominv, h? was attacked by a much superior force of the enemy, who were repulsed v.-*ik corfid-'rable ! <(•>, and three officers 2S f-riyar-es takert priforjers. . His Lordship having an intention to cross James River, marched on the 4th inst. to a camp near James Town, and -made his arrangements th flth informa tioff was about noon of the approach of rh? enemy, am] about four in the afternoon a Is/rgs body jf- tacked his out-posts; but concluding that the fnemv would not bring a considerable force within his reach, un less they supposed that nothing was left but a tear guard, his Lord/hip took every means to convince them of his weakness, which had the desired effeft, for about sunset a body of trpops with artillery began to form in front of his camp; he then put the troops under arms, and order ed the army to advance in two lines. • >-—.< = The attack was begun by the firft line with great (pint ; there being nothing but militia opposed to the light infan* try, the aftion was soon over on the right; but Lieut, Col. Dundas’s brigade, confining of the 43d, 76th, and 80th regiments, which formed the left wing, meeting the Fennfylvania line and detachment of the Marquis de la Fayette scontinentals, with two 6 pouiiders, a smart a£ii , sn ensued for minutes, when the enemy gave way, and abandoned their cannon. The cavalry were ready to pur-’ sue, but the darknkfs of the evening prevented his Lord ship making use of them. **•• Lord/hip commends the fpinttfd and good behaviour of the officers and fpldiprs of the whole army, but the 76th. arjd 80th regiments, on; whom the brunt of the aaiort fell, had an opportunity of diftingui/hing themselves par ticularly. f . , ’* And his Lord/Jjlp/ays Lieut. CoJ. Dunda<s cqijduft and . & a,la nQ y dcic-vc ‘tsi? highft: praise! the force of the- : ( ncm : y . iu t ,l ; - tvuavy:. and tiieir lolTTk oc. J .ieues*between 2 add 30c, and tjaat half • an hour more and *ylight wmu'ld probably have given him thl! greatefi pa:t of the corps. 21. I*aft Tuesday evening a party of about ten of Col. De Laneey s Refugees r under the command ;>f Lieut. Vincent, proceeded from Morriffania to the neighbourhood ot Samud Crawford’s, within three miles of the Whits Plains, wnere he fell in with a Captahi and 30 Frcnelx huffkrs, who charged the little detachment with their swords ; this occasioned him to quit the road and take to a fence, from whence Lieut. Vinccut fired and /hot the French commander dead ; two of his men also fired, and oecafiofied tlie whol-. party To riin av/av, leaving their/lain Captain, a gentleman of very elegant figure and dress, u „po.n the road. A body of French infantry immediately’ advancing briikly occasioned Lieut. Vincent to fecars his retreat witiseut any loss, July 2;. Affembly of the province of New Jersey has paffrd a law to raise by voluntary Lniift ment 450 m:n, for compie ating of troops be-* in die.Teraucc of the united ftatvs * ano also another a& to oblige the inhabitants to find 171,500 lb. of beef at 4d. and mutton at 4-Jd. per pound, for their support. 2 , V * From a uerfon lately from Albany ?vc hove a narrat!' r - cf the moft horrid murder that ever was perpetrated in am-, age or country. Barbarians, bravoes, and” alia (fins, v -:i£ fiiudder at the dismal recital, and Urrfent the degeneracy of their species. In the month of June last Mr. Lant man, a gentleman of large property and relpe&ablc fm : > at K.aat s Kill, was by a Rebel Court sentences to be hanged at Albany for his loyalty and attachment to the Briti/h conftrtution. On the evening preceding the dav appointed for his execution three of the moft diabolical villains, every difgraccd humanity', viz. Hendrick Wendell, the Rebel Sheriff of Albany County, John Tilghain jun. who has been frequently'employed by thft minions of Congress as loyalist hunter, deputy provost marlh.il, human butcher, &c. and said Tilgham's depu tifed deputy, a moft notoriously infamous Mr. M’Lauglen, entered the city hail of Albany, and coolly, deliberate!--, and cruelly murdered inhabitants in the vici nity were greatly lhocked by the repeated cries ofmurdei, thfi__affefting exclamations and piteous groans uttered by the unfortunate Mr. Lantman, while these daemons w-er praftifing the excess of cruelty upon him. To cover their brutality, the execrable triumvirate next morning hung tl.c body of the assassinated gentleman on a beam in a low ; “iqjar:mcnt of the gaol, called in several gentry of their own class, and forced in many others, to view the di/'m at fpeCcaclc; apologized for their conduct, by reprefentin? the utter impoflibility to procure an executioner, and thi necessity their Sheriff Wcndet under of avoiding to perform that office in publick himfelf; although it was w’ell known that he deigned to dilpitch a negro fiave, his own property, fome years ago, in a fimiiar manner.; hue while the dctefiable junto were exhausting thbir rhetorick to palliate their crime, the expc&ed express arrived from Mg Attorney ClinJyp, titular Governor of this^^proviftee s with a pardon for the fallen vidlim of tneir infernal rage. Upon receipt of that intelligence a sonorous involuntary groan issued from the distressed audience, and,the three appalled mifereants retired, covered with eternal infanw, perdition, and the indelible stain of innocent blood. The infamous old Gilliland, formerly resident in this city, afterwards an outlawed bankrupt on Lake Champ lain, and the betrayer of Alexander White, Esq. the lova! Sheriff of Tryon county, is now frequently invited to tJiet nofturnal meetings of the Rebel cabal in Albany, to give a toast of his own invention, which'ls, “To the tree that furnilhed the coal, that heated the iron, that made the ax, which cut off the head of King Charles the Firft.’* A gallant Indian Chief, at the head of about ioo of hi* loyal countrymen and fomc loyalist?, lately paid a visit to Sti “Anthnay * tyt/Pe? o.i ti.c Mbaawlc” River, made all the males in the fettkment prisoners, birt, treated the women and children with humanity and polite ness ; 300 of the Rebel militia were collected and sent al ter them, but rFturned'with after getting 13 of their party feverbly wounded. July 28. Last Thursday tight a feriemt *3'fo'a'E • [N°. 131.]