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'. . I ' sired to cppcfe thcflvin their'paiTage, wbetcvtr it wat probable. : Sceccmy wcold attctopt it, but he-hid placed two confiderable 5 bodies cf troops on their rear, which .however, by.fome misfor ; tune cr oilier,' were furprifcd by the entmy, and prevented from performing the fervice intended.' But this is not all; i: was'cf. I "whcie "cur xtorrs were, than to Philadelphia, and where -there .'were only feme ccwaidly torics and, quakers. And when they : filed to par right, the former appeared to be their principal ob and net the latter. From what has been fcid, I hope the d'Cculty above sneniisncd will be removed, and no one will fuf :Veft cur General cf negleft, ofwanfcf militaiy IkilLT Ird?td "khis vi;Ince a'iVd attiity; were fo wonderfully dilplajed itj. his cor-duding Jhe rrtrtat frcm L ug Iflar.d and through ihe.Jwfry?,! land fmovh miiitar kill and fpirit of enierprifexhibmd-cn hi ittVk . n '1 ren i n and Princeton, that no one could p flibiy fufs pect him u! eithtr. liut i.i -ny tne is (o ignorant l the true cba--Tadcr ol this grat man, and lliultrious warrior, as to enertain r.'VmV'd"ububi thVpioncty -'f she whole.cf-hVc.r.duct iu Opcoi-iP- he enenVs n.ich to Philadelphia, Ktrult he wxlL.acknow. his crier on hearing the cenh rjjati n oi .tne accounts julV t ncivvd ct hit bavug luipriitd and dUcated thecnetny iUtloi,cd at Gcunantuwn. , : . . xi B O S T O N," September i rjr U E S D a V Uu amv.d at a".a;c tont "irom a cruize,' 1 the lhip Oliver Cromwell, Serb Harding,. E:q ; com- ' sunder, with a prize (hip,-w: i h has been emplocda a pack- et from Jamaica to Lnao. ; me nu;i M a.-. ; xi- it is faid, upwards cf 501r.cn; who, we arc told together wi.h a Captain of 5 wetejai.uea at the li-itwwo, ' in-' arc now on thr rod -to tins ,tovvg. 5!:e had en bord, a w ..1 .-.re and a c-aatltV CI V.TOUSht pUtC, Of .- wlucfi proprr tare ha been taken. 4- . " Same diy arrived at the fame port; a prize brig, laden with 0I. ic. taicen Dy me .r. j-..-- ; r Caot. Bonker from Machias, inlorm.- thar on i narfday -the. , io.u f f fKpnrmvN trifa-.es. with a bn?, command- ' ed by the noted Uwfon, pid a v.fit at that p ,te ; th? friga;cs ' anchored at feme diilanc? below the town, whi:e Dawfon kept uder way, lili He came oppoiite a breatfwork thrown up ab ut half a mile from the town,,garriiWd wilt only 12 rnen, when hefaluted it with a broadAde, which was jetarne- frooj atw pounder, and two fwiv.ls, " fevcral rounus, wncn ,Ia , V n K-nt his boat to po adore ; but a few of our .ir.cn; being :n ambuiu icit wbcre tHey were aicui iu - .- - Within muCce: lhot an Indian, wiouwu-u ' .V..MV. r- mrt .l t T - I fill t and killed a ro-n at tnc m' oar, wueii uk, ....m,.a r. b?ck tor the bri. After which a numLcr or boats, with about -too marines and mariners, went adore and" or,.t twa dwelling htufes, two bams fall of ha;., and a grill null. By this time about i;o of the militia had inuftcred, vU aaced and drove :the enemy oiF; on' feciog which, Dawfon weighed ancnor. ana was endiavourincr to get down, when he 1-ckily ran agrocne, - and our people aitackcd him wi;h fmall-arms only fo warmly, as not man durit Cww his head abovfir deck t.ii the- above boats can:e to ro him ofTV which our people beat ott, .havirrg killed upwards oi 6o of the enemy ; and it thought that it a thick fee had not -arofe, they would have near kihed all the enemy, if r.o: dciiroyed Uvlon. Our lofs was only-one, Mr. " ames Poller killed, and Mr. jonat Farnlworth wounucd, tho not dangerous. i. - If 11 N: F. W R K R N - October 21- 1777- In the late.Batt!e of Germantcwfi fik'hiinr under tne lllultri-, us'VVASHINGTON in the gloiious Ccufe of Freedom, the U,.,. . T T? OUL UililT cbmrnon Inheritance of Mankind lately invaded by t :.iUc rnrlrt i nvor? Mr Tvran r. fell the brave. tun-te Diioadier Genera! NASH. I A He wa? f ofted at x he Head. y of the Troops of this S:ate, as a Corps de Referve, when ths j jh vin2-ed'.Mslicn?er. 6t t?esiri, a Cannon isav mmrnoneu mm iuj u ,nA hi not, !?: in fhelDuft-l with the other Worthies of A me- j rica, who have fell iacriticei in the great Caule, and" whofe xilood pCnes aloud to leaven jor vengeance on anc.nuw;.Sw this drsa: national Calami ry. General NXsh was among th ; ca ?f. f. ,k- (frt ffirth ini Vindicacion of injured Ja- nbcenfe and the Rights 'of Humanity , and very early tbokj the 1 Field is Lieutenant Colonel irt the firit Regiment orf this Srate, i j?, wherefhis Superior Abilities and exalted Merit foon raifrd- him to:the honourable Command frcm whi.h he fell.V Cooln A and j intrt pJUity la tne iay 01 ijatuc .10: jju u iuw. iwi . a wualluHvi t , and a bo he' complacent andeal Bvhayitrur, gain-d him; great f tu1' a , - f;. iM-!iar.'l ih hp the Cieftie ' n. ; lodial Compani n,the Frlerd Mankind. I Doiretfic, ; Eike the SociettJ hi? Friends anl Reli:lcn5, jare deprrvi-a oi-i Va'-iaolej; ' Me4hcrJ how ievere mulV be ;he'5trcke on his roo-Ji niu ini widow of their. or j KJ . cf hudiil-ct:fo?at Wivfov, M mult f be the great aiid gionoua aJ!e b3 v.nica .v cii , . s45 ". w- ------- free theSLand irow the cpr'edati.ors of. bloody ;lv ran:, w-o a.- (v-rv with fire tea sworcr, ana ir r.iu...z esvJiy .Species of Deiolation; even the brutal, VioU- no IcG than thai ot ei-?H;inns of eavoarfni to '.T ranr.- r ae was amng tion or 11 : 1 5 ' I" 1 . .j 1 wri''.Trf 1 1 t t m t r Tf ? t . il m mrmTiimm vs. M - If i B Mi fcj- T li " 1 m i bp: baiuraay lait, iaiied 'froii this ort, on in! mended : J .'T : o f..-nn4 ' Srntt-.h Tranfoort-- having 6a ivarrn ni i .t.i A-.s-a. : - -1 oardl: Number of Gentlemen of jthat Nation, para paracuiari vvmcn ivay, the iare and ce'riain uiyugauon ci nn.cijtd ujr : te Bri'fex Troops, when they may return in Safety, and not -only re-tollels ' their own Elt'stes, u for their Loyalty, mare among tnem thoie cf their Ncighbours,!the rebel, icas Amencaw-. ) As thcr are rc:.t ISiainberi of . thefe infatuated and over-Ioal j People returned frcm America' to their own Country, the Chance ; is maeni asiinu wi' r, . ChuVchiil'b Prcohtcy, before they fee the triumphant Day when - in ia:e:y. n- ; - .. urth Carolina Ga2ett thev ma 4 return ro America in-fcatety. Ts tbe pfiatgr f the Nop S I R tr.d leccr.d cictns, oae yj t ticles. She was bound f,,m London" for Leghorn,, and t-i-.cn. W Capt. John Lee o.VNewbjry Yon. P R O V I D Z N C E, 6. EarlvonThurfcay morning a paity of troops, under Col. Cornell, furpxiacd a Kidlhipuian, and 15 prints and failors belccKins rothc Juno frigatw, on ihe ii.4i.tf Pr.dcnce J ncy immediafely laid down their arn,5, but afterwards refumed them, and fired on. our troop, without doing .r.y execuuo n , n . ,i o r.rrTA of marines jdu one pn- Tare were killed, and two other Uc-ndcu, ot,e of them .ix,ur tally. The remainder of the party were made pruoner,, nd arrived here the lame day. , ' . . , Thurfday nigh: a party cf men ircm Seconet landed on R.ode Ifland, and-broisghtoit-amidfiiipman, twolcair.cn, anda.cn. in which they lay. . , . J . rr-. VorL- We hear 4at a Clip from' England, bound to .NewJ ork with i6co hoglheads of fait, and a quantity of dry goods, xs liken and.carried.inro a'fafe per: at the eaftward. c . A fmall fchooner from Rhode Ifland. mounting four carnage un,, ha. lately captured feveral velieis. She laft week took CapuMalem, itva (loop from this .port, bonftd fethc WeJin dies, and fnt him to Newport. . i (jpr ilr. H.B. -or ihe protcund Dilcvcrie he has made and publtil in your kit Gazette. He ha, nnw; .mdeevmartii feA to 1 1,4 VV'oiid,- that the nationa! Debt of GrarlBritain m;S, hen 'to 60,860 000 lb. Troy Wtignti and that iiat i equal in Burthen to 55.660,000. Avefdupcifc Weight. I He has alio, oy tne iww v- viz. lil. II i'rr quires oce Wagu to cany a Borth-n ot aoc.Oih. how rnanV vVa-gi.nt Will it it qirc-u carry- .uwu.uvj Jfcrc ! aicd' .Vajcon require 4 H-.rfes t., drj it, h rw miriy lfcne WaUori and Team require iS Yards to move in; (wfttcJlj this cm:i:u3 u.i'uwnw - - v wuh the S ilietv ct the lore Hcrfes No'.es)' hcw n1) Vards 11 rr' r uiie f- 1 si ScoWzoas and Teams t mcvem, allowing theiame L8ceo. Lr s, toxoid ir.jung theNbl7.s ot the fere Hpries? rin thfe i.d the like " ab;Tufe apecu'ations has this ingenious G-x-'l-rraatuiUd, uhh a.View, s i encerve, to account .ty tne Poiicv ki Great Bfitaio- in c-o.ixniencing and carr.rg . n thi "ref-nt: War i-aintt America ;' for It (irie m.kcs it plaiol- aP pea.)" tho na-ionaf Debt, when thus m : anted f WaJ?";: I,k,)y toicccopyaUncalmuft as i 1 n? as tne Ifland. of Great Britain, fcdnd Paicy directs the Neqffity -of enlarging thexrDo minions, iri order that the Waggon f may li,ve 111 re Roorxl ta Sove i fUasnot to endanger the Nofes ot the toreFIorf s; and to anfwer this important End he thinks the prefent War was com encgainit America, which it is well known as beforethx. " r .k n lrlfh n .minion. And, Sir, s I bars iYntett no rare c;i mc. 7 ,,. r jioiowlece (if ihe Aothox cf Jua eiifiw Piece, I in a ft x: 8 xr
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