m - - m m- . V J V I mm -Jmtsmmmm MMAHftJI r II .
ekttaan whoXdia!towD on Monday! night from - The court having ftlly: wfi.dijJ
'n. xffiires m. that Caot. Canninzhajn's priTatccr, dier. Uen. Wayne, ana lac evidence proaacea to them .
SDnAirk. took three prizes oiF Barnham flatts, on the unahimoujlj of opinion, l tnat Uen. Wayne u ROt guilty 0f
- - t I A . ,J k f ha nvt
trftdf fcak e'Sanra fixipf, but tha Uttter or airquc - uon;" upon wm. rouoiB.
!
In a boat to Lynn, demanding the iom o: 10,000 1. to oe im- dc expecicu wu. t r, r, under t
ne3iatc!yai(cdior him, and in cafe of refufal, he declared he .order he theft had; The court do acquit him, with thei,
AM Kifrn the town. Thif infolent ideflage was treated by ; honour. . - . ? ;
the Corporation with the contempt it aeiervca. wicr u
. ftverai time toward the Lincolnfliire fliore, a frcfli gale fpr
courfe
After tacking
mg-
due North.
n 1 I '. .. A v mm Ft t nn nil
The veflcl which had on board the furnitare and baggage of
the Bifhop of Sodor and Man, who went to the Ifle of Man, to
ifit that part of his diocefe, has falleh into the hands of an
American privateer. ' ;' , , ,
The Unity, Worth, from Lilbon td Corke, was taken th
eth of Oaober laft, by the True American privateer; Captain
Hotham, and carried into Salem, r ' 'J
Authentic account of the carro of the Amphitntei Zephyr
and rtonialne, three French (hips lately arrived in America from
60 cannon, 4 pounders, carriage andliarneli com
, plete, at lol. J I
5,66cv.fdits of clothes, hats; (hoes and ftcckmgsi
at 31; .
60,006 Aarid of arms complete,
150 tons of gunpowder, at 50I.
400 tons of lead,'
130,000 flints,
60 tons of lead in ball, at 25I.
120 officers; .
uaJ
at". 3 1.
The Commander in Chief approves the fentence.
tongue of ftander has not been idle. However (anguine fo
gentlemen were in tneir- attempt 10 aetraci rrom tne meritj
the General, and his faithful officers and foldiers (who with
toaralelled bravery flood the bayonet of the enemy favedalhi
artillery, and in the tace, or every aimcuity and danger, effeft.
A an hnnrkirahle retreat with the lofs of no more than ifio ...
; , . . , o "'Hur
uiiappoincea. ! t v 1 .
In CONGRESS, OMer.6, 1777
Rtfol'vedm i - 'I -f'
nr HAT 10 much of the refolution ot the 23d .day of 'Mara
A 177 s directs that the wages ot leamfn and mariners
taken on board Briiifh merchant veflels, be paid and deducted
Out of the prize money, be repealed and made null and void.
That all matters, officers arid manners and all fubjefts of
7,500 the king of Great-Britain; taken on board any. prize made by
any continental veflel of war; be hereafter conudered as prifon
' 100 ers of war; and treated as ftich ; and that the" feamen and mari
900 her of fuch prize be confined in the gaols or other fecure place
1 in the ftate to which tfee'prize fhall be carried and it is recom.
mended to the feveral ftates to confider and treat all captains.
and .mariners,' and all fubjecls of the King of Great-
1
V 32O0f
225,000
1 80,000
. officets,.
' . - - ' mm m. Am. ' " ' I'".--' -V- c J -
I. A ' H C A S T E K. November X Britain, taken on Doard any prize made By any veiiel nrted out
: TTE affured from York-town, where Congrefs now fit, by, or carried into, any Hate, by any privateer or letter of
. Vy that Indian attain at no time, were in a more promif- marque; as prifbners of waf.. .
ifig way- Through the interpofition of Congrefs, Rattle-trap Refehed, ! '
rriey9s tail we're, lent by numerous tribes of the fbuthem That it beiecommended to the legiflatures of the feveral atcs,'
hrethreri. Gen. Schuvler had advif- to pafs laws, declaring, that any perfon, his aider or abettor.
cd that 146 of thefrf had joined Gen Gatei, and that more who fhall wilfully -and malicioufly burn or deftroy, or attempt
- might b expeaed; This laft circumliance had doubtlefs been or confpire to- burn or deilroyi any magazine of provifions, or
la confluence of the iniportant blow given the favages near military or naval ltores, belonging to the United 'States ; or if
. . 1 1 ' r IT-t..- A.-- dr-m.m- r.x.n' m.ftnl. n nfkd. C
lOTt ctaUVlcr, Dy tne orave, Due uniorrunare vjen. ncrxiuicr, aitjr mati jvoiuhi, umu jjhiuh, mnuii'
wao heided the iiitripid militia of New-York State, andot the
flgaal yiftory foon after gained by the "formidable militia of
NewiHamDOlirei led by that hardy foldier. Gen. Stark, alfift-
ed by the gallant Colonels Warner; Brown, and fome continen
tal troorJi.
The furrender of Gen. Burgoyne and hiswhole remaining ar
my, mdft deterirtine the Indians, who have been under Britifli
influence, diftrefling and maTacreing the frontier inhabitants,
to fue for pa; don and peace. ?
' We tAnil hot omit, that the tribe of St. Francis in the neigh
bourhood of Canada, have defired protection for thet families,
and liberty to remove to Connecticut. - 1 j
The Statd of the MafTachufett's-Bay in New-England, has
ordered taxes to be levied, to bring into the Trealury in one
year . 455060 lawful money,-
vama currency
ed with the navigation of care of any continental veflels, ihall
wilfully and malicioufly burn or dellroy any fuch yeflel, or fhall
wilfully betray, or voluntarily yield or deliver, pr attempt and
confpire' to betray, yield, or deliver fuch yefloi to; the enemies
of the United States fach.pcrf6n,r his aider or abettor, on legal
conviction thereof lhall fufler death without benefit of dergyi-
,' r; Extrail from the mhtuttsS l
. . 1 f ; CHARLES lliOMoON, S-c'ry.
'AH printers aro deli red to infert .and continue the 'forgiving
refolutions in their public news-papers at icilt fix ra'ctitr-.i'
In C O N G R E S S, OSoher ,
TTHERE AS the Britifli nation have rcceivtd inte thtir
T r puns, aim tuuucuiiicu in ineir courts vi aarairaity, us-
or . 568000- 15-0 rcnnfyl- lawtul prize, ieveral vehels andvtheir cargoes belonging rotheie
" v . ' ftates which the'mafters and rnariners in breach of the tri;fl and
At the fitting of the Ie2iflature of Pcnnfylvaniaj at this town, . confidence repofed in them, have betrayed and delivered to the
r .' ,1 mi'; .t j'-r-j.t- r ri t::v . i . ; 1
an annual tax or nvc minings in me pouna, was airecica 10 dc oraccrs ui mc uritini uuwuj ; j , i
laid oa all eiUtcs real and perfbna!, for the purpoie of finking Refolved therefore, j - 1 j j
the paper money. . That any veflel or cargo, the property of any Britifli fubjeft.
By accounts from the eaftward, we find that the enemy in pot an inhabitant of Bermuda or aay of the' Bahama iflands,
their late irruption into the State cf New-York, had committed brought into any of the ports or harbours of any of thefe united
prcit de vacation, in burning farmers and gentlemen's houfes, .States, by the matter or mariners, fhall be adjudged lawful prize,
particularly tne leat of tne wicow or tne great oenerai montgo- ana aiviaea among tnc captors, in tne lame proportion as 11 ta-
mery. l ne nne town cr ciopus of xvinguon, mirerea tne tame
horrid. dellruftion. How barbarous fuch proceedings ! They
jaark how defperatc the enemy confider khcir caufe. . i
To the Printer, at LANCASTER '
SIR, . : .
Pleafe to make the following public and you will oblige ma
ny of your friendsjj &c I am Sir, yours, Sec.
. ' A Lover of Juftice.
Head-9tart7tit White Marjbl Nrv. I.
General Court Marfial, of which Gen. Sullivan was Pre-
ken by any continental veflel of war.
; i Extratt from the minutes. , !
CHARLES THOMSON, j Sec'ry
- -" October" ic. - ' : . I "
Ordered, That the committee of commerce take effeftual mei-
furcs to make thr foregoing refolution as pub
s
W I Lf L I A MSB U R G ,
.Extra3 of a Utter dated White '. Marih.
INCE my lalt, from Whippen camp,
ic as' poflible.
Nov. z. , I;
Nov. 6. I
we have advanced
A , General Court Marfial, of which Gen. Sullivan was Pre- Jj the army to this . place, about twelve miles from Philadel
"j. rldent, was held the 2$th, 26th, 27th and 30th of Oclo-'-. phia. Nothing, however, of any importance, has taken place
v ber lafl, for the uial of Gen. Wayne, cm the following charge, in confequence. The enemy keep them felves clofe within the?r
lines, which now extend from the Delaware to Schuylkill, and
viz.
,t That he had timely motice of the enemy's intention to at-
tack the troops Under his command, on the night of the 20th
."September 1 aft, and notwithstanding that intelligence neglecled
naking a difpofition antill it was too late, either to annoy the
taeny, ox xnakt a retreat without the utmofl danger and confu-'
croiTes about one mile above the town. Their principal object
at prefent feems' to be our forts below the city, on which they
have made feveral unfuccefsfuL attempts. Whilft they are in
our pofieflion, it feparates them from their (hipping, wliich muft
difirefs them greatl for want of provifions and other neceilaries.