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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