tW, itrty. fcehc J^fprc
diit^cfling, vwas paw l;erriblc in the cx-
treoib-i; the tie^yens lij^ared to be in
otw eontipued g^r^j pC pfehtnipg^
rain pour^ dawn as if ff'9in fliiices y
^he wlrfd as if it had be^ its
laft effort ; aftd the catth treftiblecl
der its appalled inhabitants^ ^rom tlic
fhock of an carthquak^u
Ab^nt twelve o’clock the tempeft
abated/ and the morning prefented
fuch a feene ofdevaftation as was ne
ver 4:emcmbered before. Not Angle
vefTcl could be perceived in the harbour
of St. Pierre; large quantities of fibat-
ing' timber covered the whole bay, the
worth of which was eftimated at three
or fwur thoufand joes }^ very little of it
was faved, as all the boats were cither ,
loft or damaged j vafl quantities of it
was wafhed over the walls from the
fea, but was bruifed or broken to
pieces, from the violence of thewayes.
The Areets in the town were almoCl:
impaffable from the quantity of tiles,
timber, &c. thsft was blown from the
roofs of houfes.
The damage done in the country is
incredible. Alljthe north part of this
iiland is nearly laid wafte. The town
tof Trinity is almoft level with • thp
ground—that part of the ifland, from
that town, rourid to the. N. N. W.
part, there is fcarccly a houie or tree
ftanding. A houlc fixtj feet fqoare,
and one ftory high was carried off its
foundation to the diftance of one hun
dred yards. Two white women were
buried in the ruins, and a young lady
endeavouring to make her efcape, on
perceiving the houfc was in motion,
was carried by the ftrength of the wind
againft a ffone wall by which melan
choly accident fhe had both her legs
broken. The negro houfes that
flood about 200 rods from the houlcy
were entirely fwept off, and 30 or 40
negroes loft their lives ; the reft of the
plantations fuffered much injike man
ner according to their numbers.
The young canes Were twifted off
dofc to the ground by the fury of the
wind, and it is thonght entirely ruined.
The negro food is almoft totally, def-
troyed luch as potatoes, yams, caflida,
plaintains, &c. The planters fayj that
this hurricane exceeds the one that was
in the year 1766. The lofs of their ne
groes, capes, 5cc. are far more ponftde-
rable than was ever known before,; /
The merchants and planters petiti
oned the commander in chief, that
fome mcafure might be taken to alle
viate their fufferings. The next day he
ordered all the ports in the ifland to be
opened for American produce, except
thofe articles heretofore prohibited,
fred from duty, only the ifland duty,
whiph is one per cent. This had effeft
frorji the 20th of Auguft laft, and, is
to cbntinue till the ift of Jan. 1789.
Several eftimates have beeri made of
the Ioffes fuftained, and the lives that
were loft by this dreadful hurricane,
ind it is generally agreed that there
between itijr: and /evi^n Hundred
lives loft, black ^and whitorraud that
vfbe whole lofs town and Country,
is 10,600,000 liwes.
e/tce^
L 0 N D O % Auguft 2. .
This day arrived tHe mails from Hol
land,. by wbidi^the news of the figoal
vidlory gained by the Ruffians over
the Turkifh fleet, undpr the Captain
Pacha, is fulj conftrmcd by a letter
frorp Prince Pftemkin to the Count de
Stakelberg, Ruffian miniftcr at
Warfaw ; in ^ich'hc mentions, that
the fhips of thtf Admiral and Vice Ad
miral, together with four others, were
burnt j that two veffels were"captur
ed ; that they had taken between -3 and
4006, priloncrsi^ and that the Prince
Potemkin was on his march to Ocza-
kow.'
Particulars of the Engagement be
tween the TURKS Sz RUSSIANS,
at the Mdt^ of the Borifthenes,
. which empties itfclf into the Black
Sea, a little before the new river
Cherfon.
“ ON the 29th of June, the Turk
ifh fleet, confining of -r fhips of the
line, appeared off the entrance of the
Borifthenes. The Turkifh fo/trefs,
Oczakow, ftands on the weftsm fide
of the river; the Ruffian fortrefs
Kinburn, lies nearly oppofite to it on
the eaftern fhore.
“ The Prince of NafTau, com
mander in chief of the Ruffian fleet,
with Vice Admiral Paul Jones as his
fccond, lay at anchor under the guns
at Kinburn, waiting for the Turks,
who feemed difpoTed to attack them.
The fea ran very high, and the wind
was ftrong on the Ruflian fhore. The
old Turkifh Admiral, under thefe
difad vantages, had the madnefs to en
ter the motfth of the river. The Ruf
fian commanders fuffered him to take
this ftep without molcftation : but no
fooncr were the Turks compleatly em
bayed, than thV Prince of NafTau and
his Colleague began to move.
^ ‘' The firing on both fides at the
firftonfet was tremendous : but, for
want both: of fkill and difcipline the
largcft fhips of the Turkifh fleet pre-
fcmly run aground, particularly the
fhips of the Turkifh Admiral and Vice
Admiral.
^ * »
‘ ‘ The Ruffian fquadron now grap
pled with the, jTurks. The confiidt
was dreadful: the batteries on the
as the (hips, all join
ing in the fight. The Turks de
fended theniielves with af^nifhing re-
folution : but very few of th«ar (hips,
could gMn the B^ck Sea. Some ran
f6t- ihelter under the guns of Ocza
kow. The Capital (hips, on board of
which were the Turki(h Adifiiral and
Vice Admirali aad three other (hips
!rf the line. Were Mown, u^—The
VI
ii-li
614 Captain Pacha cfcaped in a fm
boat.—Many of thefe fmaller veflcis
were^ driven on fhore; and the^wbole
ftwt was,entirely feparated. The Ruf
fians got pofleffion of the Admiral’s
flag, and have taken 4000 prifoners.
.j * PaCil Jones diftinguifhed himlelf
by wonderful activity and bravery :
and the Ruffian fcamen behaved with
uncommon fpirit,*'
erice.
NEWPORT, Sept. 11.
We’learn from Nova-Scotia, that
the higheft forpicion prevails there
that the iilfanlclit traitor Ben^^ Arl
nold, let fire tahisT7wn houfe, • havino-
previoufly effected an infurance inLon-
don upon it fo a much larger amount
than the real value of his property.-^
In Arnold we behold a fatal example
of ail unbridled thirft after riches, this
has been his ruling paffion, and to ►
this he woufd facrince his God, as lie
hath attempted to facrifice his country.
What crimes then will the wretch flop
at ?—Nonef- untii he is ftopt by a
gallows. !
PHILADELPHIA, September 22.
Tuefdaylthe general aflembly of this
commonwealth defied the Hon. Wil
liam M‘lday and Robert Mc.-ri?, Ef-
quires, reprelentativcs for this Itatc in
the federal fenate. Every Fennfyiva-
nian rnulj feel a h-gU Satisfaction in
this refpei^ahie reprdlTifstion of the
landed arji ccmn>.rciai~"j3::tccells q{
this ftatc. j
The hep. general aflembly havjr.g
fired the ith Wedneiday in NovenTbci,
for the el^cticii of eight federal repre-
fentativesjof the people of Fer.nfylva-
nia, in a general ticket, the friciids of
the nevr’fonftitution will, it is hoped,
be on tWir guard, left the names of
perfons fppofed to the fame, or of
doubtfu|fentiments, fhould be circu
lated in pc counties and city.
ExtraB ^ a letter J r cm Liver pool^ dated
] Jtiguji 6.
On the 15th ult. our ports w^erc
opened for wheat and flour, until the.
7th of Odt. A confiderable quantity
; of wh^at hath been imported here
from y)ur continent, which the hold
ers expicted wodld have been at liber
ty on the opening of the ports ; hut a
• reftrai^t has been laid on it by govern
ment, lender an apprehenfion of dan
ger to (the wheat of this country, from
. the Flv,'which hath been fO deftruCtive
on ytmr continent, and which it hath
been found might have been imported
'^Jth four wheat. In confequence of
this, Ithe American wheat now here
h^th^i^n ftriCtly examined by order of
; government; and only five cargoes, all
of which were imported from New-
YorkJ are yet permitted to be fold.—
Therfearc about fifteen other cargoes
which were imported from Virginia, .
Maryland, and Pcnnfylvania, which ‘