tiatthe Emperor, of Germany, nbtwitbAapdiog the aflertionsiri
tlel,ondon papers, that he intended a viiit td "England, has
gfrom France to his own.dominions.- In his fecret confer
ence with thelwing of France it cannot be:iuppofed that Han
over was forgot." Thoughord North afijured the Houfe of Ccm
MnM on the 14-th May,: that -Cape. Cunningham, who carried
tne Harwich packet into Dunkirk, and at the inftance of Lord
Stormonuvas cocSntd for a breach of treaty-refpe&ing that port,
would be treated in France as a pirate, it is now certain, that
he ard his crew are releafed, and that he was foon to fail on
another cruife in a flilp of.130 tons, and 20 guns, a prime fail
er
From the fame papers we learn, Capt. Burnell, who lately
navigated in Chefapeak Bay, in a fmall veiTel of 20 tons,- hav
ing furniflied her with 4 guns and 16 men, :cro;d!the Atlan
tic and went to Guernfey, fo near the fort thcie as to receive a
gUa from it that retiring" a little way, he lent his boat aihore
and fapprifed two Brit' Ih officers in hunting, an Aid: Major and
a Lieutenant, and carried them to Cherbargh, "in France ; But
before he arrived there he took two prizes," one a (hip belonging
;to Goernfey, from Rotterdam, 120 tons laden with brandy, &c.
valued from 7 to id,ooM. flerjing. 'The French wereaftonifh
ed at the fight of this little VelTe I and her prize, and much ap
plaud Bunnell's gencroftry to. his prifoncrs. A reward was of
fered in Gaernfey for taking him and two principal inhabitants
of Guernfey came to France to reclaim trie Britifli officers. Bur
nell was trepanned on board 'a'Britifh cutter in Cha burgh, and
carried to England burit is thought tke Britifli ofikers will be
deuined as hollages for hiiti. ; - - :
" ExtraJIfrcrt a letter dated Boufdeaur, July 6", 1777. .
r , The CapJains .Weeks, John fon and Del:, have been out on
a fhort cruife, and have taken 17 prizes j Johnfon and fix of the
prizes have arrived ar the northward. ' ' . -
r W I L L I A M S B U X Gj Sept. 2$.
Ctfy if a letter from the Governor of Mar) land to bis Excellency the
Governor, dated Baltimore, Tpurday 1 oJcci, -Seft. iS, 1777.
j, SIR, . .;V. t 'V jL L; .,.JL ' ' " '. '
THE lall of the enemy's fleet have Jul! pafTVd the mouth of this
liver, and we fuppbfe are asf we have been .informed by'defcrt
ers, under orders for" Delaware ; . it may be material for yo"u to.
know the whole are gone (down, and.thefeforeicnd thi: by exprefs.
Oar latcft accounts from Ph i ladclpnia an d i t s neighbourhoods are
by Gentlemen who come from thence. 1 General Wifhingtca's
head dearters are at the City Tavern, ija Philadelphia : cur ar-
- . . ' . . ... .... ... 1 f r 1 ' 1 . " r- j . . 1 . r
xnjrj ept me iigi.c none, are iiia-.w:ucrQn u:ai uue tne nwr
' Schuylkill ; cor left .not more than 6o0i the enemy's from icoo
to zocojtwo of tntir General tracers killed j and a third ns a
. Jeg I r. kefir and amputated j thai the enemy bad made no m-jve-
trr ot lad Sa:urday from Mr. Chafe to my elf, that the enemy
had lent" to New-Ycik for a reinforcement i thit j$oo of G.'
Putnam's army were crdrreJ to -Philadelphia, and Ucob srUj
' roiirJa called for, and'expeded. A Gentkman of this place,
whoeft Philadelphia en Sunday, intrrrr.s me that the 1500 and
the 4.000' wert expeclrd to be in there on Monday. Genera ifHowe .
rosy pofDbly wait for hi reinforcement, or we may be unfortu
nate. I would fubmit to(your eonfideratu:n whetner it may not
eventually be of fing'ilarf-tvicc to mrch a par: of your miiitia,
who I undertland ere alrcidy rquiped and c:Jkicd. j I fha!l.pph
forward all the mxiicia I can. lu as I w:lh, tne matter Ihvuid be
fiaifhvd in our favour before the mi. itta can get up frcra fuch di
flantcs, the cedit whichvil! be derived i America frcm the mi
litia being every where, in motion, will be well worth the xpence.
It is ex pc died, in ! Ph.Iadclphia, that General Burgnyne is wtJl.
drabbed, bo t is not cor. firmed. I am, Sir, tvith great refped,
your mof! obrdif-nt humble fervant,
.To Governor HzUry. THOMAS: JOHNSON.
bound frcrnjjasiaica for Tew-fTork, with 250 hhdt ram ; the o
thcr a Frenchman a prize to the True-Briton. " On Sunday hte
Randolph and her prizes all got in ' " l , :
A Snow, laden with rum and. fogaf, taken' by Capt. Palmer,
is arrived in Gecrgiaj , i - t . .- ..
-Letters from France rnention, that the friends of fAmerica m
England were fo fanguine, that: they had opened, Policies in Lon-
uon, receiving zu vjuuicas, ii rciuro iou, 11 ac me cOO OI tOree
years the Kip had rwo'proviftces in North-America;-. ?
1 he Britilh parliament was prorogued on June jr.; to Monday
July 21,! lhe King's Speech, at the end of the ftifion, was ranch,
the fame as laft year's. : " ' . . ; - . J - :
i Ext rail cf a letter from a Carolinian in Frakct, .
" The Hufe or Commons have granted the King 12. 386, obc5l
1 . . 1. ... A I . w - ' I " I r 11 : -I '
iicjiirg iui nic rjipesjics ui mc lui iruij car. :: -x, tic roi lowing' j j
the purport Of Lord North's fpeechion; opening the Budget, tak- -en
from Lloyd's Evening Port of May 16; He aid,! he allow
ed the public Burdens to be-;heavy but he expected that the
enfuing Campaign would determine our troubles in America
and that alrcvenue (if not conficerable at rlrrl) might be drawn.
from that Country, which would aflift in lightening the heavy,
i" prtflure of taxes, under which we labour : That at present we
'f flood on the very bell and mcli( friendly terms xviih every pqw
" er in Europe; endnot only in, that refpeft, but from every
ther diftant and difcorineclrd. appearance whatever, there was
not the leajl probability 1 of the general tranquility; of Europe
being interrupted." His Lordmip thus openljj avowing his in-:
tentions "rnuft convince every ;reafonablevman with you how Very
necelTary it is to endeavour, by every means, to opoTe and! dif
appoint him. , A. j " j -..1 - i- '-u
4 Mr,! 1 A. Lr i? lately pone to the Court cf Berlin thena-J
ture cl h;s vi:t is net known htrc, hut I hope it. will prove of
fervice to otir much irijtuca country. Late Letters from England
fay, cnlefs G;neral Howe can obtain fome.fignal advantage the
enfuing Campaign, Adminiilration intend to recall all the troops
except what vr.uld be fufficient to garrifon' New-York, as their
engagement viih the Prince of HelTs expires this year; but thac
they will not ive, up'the matter, but will keep a number of fri
gates to diftrtis our trade.' , ' i !
! . " '; i lii t I :' J , .' :- !-.
1 "', ' Ii ' " .t- ' i - ' ' ' v --: - ? v
As every Wht may riot know what Gen. Burgoyne means by
military execoticn, the f; Ilowiftg extradl from Smollet't Hifto
ry of England, vol. VII. page 475, 8vo. will furniih them
with a fptcimtri of what they ar cc expedl'unlefs they behave
likerr.en, akd drive ,thefe invaders of our country and rights to
IMMBDIA TELY after the dcci five aftion at Colloden, th
Duke of Cumberland took pofTcflijn cf .Invemcfs, and ordered
fix ana thirty defcrters to be executed, then he detached feveral
parties to fiwakevthe country.. One of thefe apprehended the La-
Hu r.f Ma-lriniV.fh'.'- uKo w4 feni! DriToner to the fcsftle of Rdin-
burgh, plundered her. houfe, and drove away her cattle; though ;
her hufbod vJad actually in the fervice of the government. la
a wod, alitbeljails of Great Britain, from.the capital northwards,
were filed with thole unfortunate captives, and great numbers of
them were crowded into the hclds of mips together where they .
perilhed in the
ercile. in tne
wbcre hetenc
hunt down (he
burned) every
melt deplorable manner' for want of air an ex-
month of May, the Duke of Cumberland advanc
ed with the army into ' the Highlands,? as : Jar as fort !Aeguftusi
mped, and Tent orr detachments on all hands,' to
fuiritives, and lay wafte the country with fire and
fvtord. The dsiWts of Glcngary and Lochiel were plundered and
hcufe, hut, cr habitation; met with the fame fate
tne men iwre
or put to death
C'HARLE S-T O W N, September 11.
On Sa'.nrdiy lall J?hn MfcQern, E q ; ot this p ar-, who
doIph$ boat, "and brought us accounts, tiatOB Wfdrefdav even
ing, September 3d, they fav five fail, -i-hieh ,;h-y kept fighr.pf
till rriorninsr, ana then, after fume little rtfiUance, tot k two fhif s
aad two brigs ; the 'fifth,, a fraah floop, making her efcape while
Capt. Biddfe was manning the reft. y The largell (hip is theTVue
,Bfitcn, of 20 fix pounders, and 74 men, commanded by Cipt.
Venture, bound frcm Jamaica for New-York, with a Cargo of
399 fchds rum, 20 hhds fugar, 7 hhds coffee, &c. The other
fhip is the Severn, Capt. James" Henderfon,! from Jamaica for
London, and canies 8 fix pounders; her Cargo con fills of 35
hids rum, 195 hhds, and 74. tierces fugar, 50 bags ginger, acd
II tons of logwood. , She had been taken by Capt. Palmer, in
t Nqrth-Carolina privateer, and was re-taken by the True-Bri-n.
Oze brig is tkc Charrning. Peggy, Capt. Philip Lyon,
without derlii.ion j all ;he cattle and provifion were carried off;
either fhot upon the mountains, like wild beads,
in cold blood, without form, or trial; the women,
after having fetn their htfbands and fathers murdered, were fub-
itcled fo brutal violation, and .then turned out naked -with their
children, to lHrve en thebairen heaths. VUne whole family wa
inclcfrd in a barn t and confumed to afhes. i;i Thofe miniflers of
venreance wee fo alert in the execution of their office, that in aV
were' neither' houfet cottage, man, nor beafl,Ho
com oafs of fifty miles ; all was ruin, filence, and
defolation. The humane reader cannot reflect upon utch a fcene
without grief and hcrrcr. I I j , 1 j , ' !
few days there
be feen xr the
B A LT I M O R E, 23, 1777.
A Gentleman juftarrived from Camp informs, that General
Wafhington croffed over the Scuylkill on Friday; Night, with
four divifions or his army, and are now encamped near; Swede'
Ford, in 'front of the enemy, Iying on this fide of ScuylkilL
Generals Wane, Maxwell, and the militia under 'Gen. Potter;
in the rear of the enemy whole camp is at the, Valley Forge,
about'C Or 6 miles from the Swede's Ford. General Small wood,
with 2 coo of the Maryland militia, joined Gen. Wane on Sun
day Morning, all in high fpints.