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the late bad weather has ccmftienced.—Sixteen shillings is
now the sum demanded for a load. What must be the situa
tion of those poor and unfortunate objeCts, who are not able
to purchase fuel at the high price it bears—How cold and
gloomy must they pass the enftring wifiter, perhaps without a
ray of comfort to uphold their diftrefied spirits. It is a com
mon observation, but none more true, that one half-of the
world are ignorant how the other half live.
Ext rad of a letter from a gentleman in BoJlon y to his friend in
this cityy dated Dec • 3. 1768*
41 You will no doubt be happy to bear that the affairs of
this ftateare in a fairway to be restored to their former tran
quility. I have had the pleasure of being one of the party of
horse of about ninety Bostonians, who last Wednesday set off
for the town of Grotto, a place noted for its difaffeClion to
government, its distance about fourty-three miles from Bolton.
After a very tedious ride through a snow storm, and severe
cold weather, we accoinplilhed thedefire of our tour. YW
took three of the capital ringleaders, Shattock, Parker, and
Page, who the day before were at Concord on their way to
Cambridge, with a party of men to flop the fitting of the
court, but through disappointments of the reinforcement
they expeCted from the back counties, they dispersed, with
this injunction from their leaders, to hold themselves ready
at a moments warning, which they agreed to do. .They did
not then suppose to have been taken so soon. lam not able
to determine whether this will be the means of putting an end
to the disturbances or not. We hear from the county of
Worcester, that they are determined to flop the court there
qn Tuefday. Shays was an his way to Cambridge, and as
far as Shrewfbury (near to Worcester) when he heard Shat
tuck was taken; when he thought it best not to come any
further, and dil’miffed his men, who amounted to near three
hundred. He gives out that he is coming to Worcester
on Tuefday with four thousand men, but I much doubt
whether he will attempt it, for his men begin to get tired.
P. S. Shattuck is very severely wounded, he and the other
two are in Bolton gaol.”
William Taylor, a seaman, who belonged to the Ihip
Appollo, Abfalom Young, mailer, bound from Brest for
New-York, informs, that blowing a severe gale on Monday
evening fe’ nnight, the said Ihip ran on the Ihoals, near the
light houle, bilged, and immediately funk. There were ißf
passengers on board belides the erdw, who are supposed to have
perilhed, except one seaman and the informant, who by get
ting on some spars, saved their lives by reaching the Ihore.
The Ihip went down so suddenly, that the crew had not time
to unlalh the boat, or take any measure to secure their lives.
PHILADELPHIA, December 2,
Wednesday evening last arrived in this city from Marti
nique, via New-York, Capt. Sawyer of the brig Betsey, of
this port, who informs, that on his passage from Waftiing
ton, in North-Carolina, for Surinam, on the dill of Sept,
in lat. i6y N. he met with a tremendous gale of wind, which
obliged him to cut avvay his main-malt, and, his vessel spring
ing a leak, to keep both pumps constantly going ; his people
being exhausted with fatigue, the water gained so fall upon
them, that he and all his men were forced to abandon her
and commit themselves to the ocean in their beat, with some
bread, water, and a compass. The Betsey soon after filled
and disappeared. In this deplorable situation they remained
till the 14th of OClober, when they fortunately fell in with
the Ihip L’Emanyard, Capt. Pierre Veyrier, from Bourdeaux
bound to Martinique, who took them on board, and ren
dered them every kindness and civility that humanity could
dictate or inspire.
On the 25th of Sept, after the gale had fubftded, Capt.
Sawyer spoke with a French frigate, bound from Old France
to the Weft-Indies, that was difmafted, had thrown all her
guns overboard, and loft forty of her men ; and on the 27th
he spoke with a llup from Liverpool, bound to Jamaica, under
jury malls-—the brig , Capt. Stephens, from Salem bound
to St. Croix, which had loft her main-mall—the brig Gen.
Orde, Patrick Moone, mailer, from Alexandria bound to
Barbadoes, which had 101 l her anchor, boats, and had her
quarters and top timbers Hove in-a stoop from Connecticut
bound to Cape Francois, difmafted and 101 l all her ftock
and fix other, vessels under jury malts. A lew days after Capt.
3t , 40 fail of American
vessels arrived in that harbour, all of vhich, in addition to
those abovementioned and deferibed, had sustained very consi
derable damage m this dreadful tcmpcll, which was supposed
to have extended itfelf from the *6th to the 36th degree of
aiorth latitude. J 6
•RICHMOND, Nov . 16.
Extracts of letters from Danville, dated Oftober 27, and
28, 1786, wrote by a gentleman who was in the expedition
against the Shawanefe towns; where they killed ten, one of
whom was Malunthy, their king, and took 28 Indians, one
Canadian, and three white prisoners, with about 20 horses
and other plunder to the amount of 12 or 1500 pounds value
We burnt seven towns, viz. Newpickaway, Moccochuck*
Wappatomica, Mingoe, Mackees, Bluejacket, and Chef
bocco, with their dependencies, making in all about 250 huts*
we dcitroyed about 12000 bulhels ©f corn, hogs, cattle, ve
getables, &c. Our loss was one killed (a Captain Irwine) and
four privates wounded. Two of whom are since dead*
The Indians have ltruck a severe blow on i'ome persons in
the wilderness, they killed 23 who have been found, and 8
are yet milling ; they also lately killed fix or seven persons in
this county, and took about the fame number of prisoners,
with a great many horses.
The troops under the command of General Clarke returned
the 15th instant, and I am,informed the greatest disorder
prevailed • among them from the time they marched from
Clarkeiville J some of the officers were arrefied and broke by
a court martial on their march to Poll St. Vincent, which
occasioned an uneasiness among the soldiers, but was made
easy in some measure by the General’s re-inflating them again
to their former commands; thus they arrived at Post St.
Vincent, where they made prisoners 42 Indians, who were
with the French and Americans at that place in a friendly
manner ; they were kept in confinement but a short time be
fore the General set them at liberty, and enlisted 300 men
from the Post with him, and appointed Officers to command
them, to keep garrison at Post St. Vincent for one year j this
business detained them ten days. In this time the soldiers
began to be very uneasy, and wilhed to return home ; how
ever, the General prevailed with them to march from that
place towards the principal towns on the Wabash river, with
alluring them the business which they came on could be ef
fected in a few days. On the third day’s march towards the
toWn9, about 200 of the men were very clamorous, and ia
the most pressing manner begged them only to march with
him three day# mar*, in which time he had reason to believe
the Indians would either be received in' a hostile manner, or
they would make application for peace ; no argument the Ge
neral could make use of had any effeft with them. The Ge
neral thought it most advisable to colled his Officers in coun
cil, when it was agreed upon to return, and they according
ly set off. The General himfelf staid at Post St. Vincents,
with a view of holding a treaty with the Indians, providec
they were inclined for it.
Col. Logan marched from the mouth of Liraeffone, about
the ill instant, with 800 men, (690 of whom were onhorlc
back) against the Shawanefe towns on the head of the Great
Miami j and had it not been for a deserter that got in and
informed the Indians of their approach, in all probability the
whole army would have been in their towns, before they had
known any thing of their coming. It appears, that before
the deserter got in, most of the warriors had gone out in or
der to meet General Clarke, not knowing of any other party
marching against them, so that by the time Col. Logan ar
rived in fight, most of the Indians had left the towns } they
made prisoners 32 women and children, and killed 11 men,
among them was their chief, king Melantha, who gave him
felf up without any refinance with his wife and children, and
afterwards was murdered by a Col. M‘Gary • they burnt ten
towns and villages, and all their corn, brought off several
horses, and a quantity of plunder. The squaws and children
prisoners arrived here the 21st inst, where I expeft they will
continue until exchanged.
Last Tuefday was committed to the jail in Alexandria, one
Cornelius M‘Carty, a servant belonging to the Potowmack
company, for endeavouring to murder Mr. Michael Burnet,
living near the Falls Church and robbing him of some money-
PETERSBURG, November 2.
The following remarkable occurrence transpired not lon j
since in the state of North-Carolina : A man of 65 years 0
age mas married to a lady who had two fillers. In a Ihor
time the wife proved pregnant, and was delivered of threi
fine children ; and in less than 20 days after, each of be*
lifters were delivered of three children, and the husband sup-I
posed to be father of them all.—As it seems to be the gencJ
ral wilh that our Assembly ftiould tax the batchelors, it cerJ
tainly is but reasonable that they Ihould reward (rather thanß
tax) any old man, who can thus prove fcrviceable in proml’m
ing an increase of the human species, M