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I J I Repairing at New-York. Gun. ijpii up 7l 20 The KtnOWa 2uu ivcuuuuuuic, uuc vU, uic u.ui;. u.j. gji-, J - - 1 . . . IJ u.iog at Hell Gate, ircm iNewport, oy me urc accounts couiu jotget throagh. The Leviathan, a iloie fliip, nearly fined at New-York, to carry 70 guns. fcrrtf.2 of a letter from an officer an Rhode If and, to another in this town, dated Auguji 11, 1778. L i The cannonade, which continued very brifk for about two boon, wa occaiioned by the French fleet's palling the enemy's fritteries as they were going out to fea after the fleet which lay at M mouth of the harbour. They firft appeared in figfeft yelk-t d? ' nigh their numbers not knowt from the bell ac re unts there are not more than eight fail of the line, btfiJts a i"-e number of frigates. .The admiral tent to generai Sullivan, ,,,a1 be ihould attack them in the morning, which obliged the jacd army to lay on their oars till the event is knon. The Bii tjih, as fcon as they fifcv the French, came to fail, every one making off the belt he could. It was faid the French Hfct ained upon them. -w- . . . . The advance of the army is ccrrrpofed of light troops, inde perdent ccmpanies, and fifty men from each brgade, command- cd by colonel iiivinguou, m-; "g-1 ' j ..... Green, the left by the marquis Ce la Fetre, the dcond line by genera. Hancock, and the referve by co'cncl Wr-rr. The army are in fine fpirtts and are ducrmined to return riclorious." . L , , A letter from a penileman tn the army on Rhode Unnd, to a woeral officer in thrs town, dated Augnlt m, fays, " I embrace nis firft moment fince our landing to inform you, that at nine o'clock yefterdav, landed with the nrft line of the army, the ar tillery cf which I command, the enemy bavin left their works Kre the evening before. We have not yet got to 1 .-gk-er heads. The hravy artillery is moflly oer, its probable we fnall move forward this afternoon ; our dillancc from the enemv is 7 miles. veffls appeared yeftcrday, near .rtic evening, to the m- uth ot 21? kr ' The cann n de frt in the cnems s tort? as r.j .km .! fr.-i?n he fhii s. u as bf vond d elcription. ' j n mm vrii iiit .ii- t: . -- 7 t ' - ; fnt elation f r the event, ai our further pro- . . ! IJ . Am murh 11 n n it. 0 T R E N T O N, dig, 19. wc vr fmm Mrrrilown. that his excellency the governor, - us .k. -,, u. of r nle in Scoclev s mountain Winwiiivuvv vwa r r . 'a i thn onmv's icr.ice. had leveral of them appre- t' LI DUIIIIkU III V I w m - - t I IlIWLi a ' JV4 v 'j in ill r ail the r. mar.tic Hones nays a corrip&n j v,..i v .... .1.1.. j.. iV. , . - t n 9ii rrriii mis. i lien nr,i r . i. - d u a. it K. mnit trinmr.nantlv imDuaent. . . . . j!" t I v.. k.. i-hn or, mi. . . .rsi.rr npinu un inn i' u u f . WHIiCJ ItWivivi'i 1 . - :,k nA Hntwt fnad.-on for fuDDrefline the tW IU V. VJ VUl I 11V TT I . 11 evolt in America. . . We hear from good authority, that this day fe nmght jwo bri ifh commifiaries deferted from the enemy at New- York, and of their acquamt- amc over 10 jcric. , - x nr, i.rlro emhrace the firft opportunity to do the i.lie ; lo l r. .k.;. nr.fpnr hnnflrfs fituatlOH. real 15 IRlf vvti uvn v f' - -j L u f'f A Tl R T. P H r A. ? 20. . m. IV hill r 3! n H Ull tu MilV . 4, . i r m rirn'nir i vivci o Fropp'. Doint, ar.d continued there. 1 he trot ps at tort cdv-peadcrce have alfo llruck their tt-nts, and feem to oe prepar- J I T 7L ZTifiV L HI Cli I . V 1J.1V I'll- iiivu ... Yefterday morning the nrted highwayman James FHzpatricIC, ark ir.i-.h (nt un from Cneltcr. OH a aiiaui ... - flice. Fr.r the more fee u confinement, was lodged in the pub- C jajl of this city. He is to be fenc back for trial in due time. of the political principles of the honourable Congrefs of the U nited States of America, when forae members openly and rcaf OLfly cfpoufe the caufe of the moft infamous tories, while others, whjcall themfelves leading members, officioufly undertake the managements cf bUIs, graced with Mejfiensui ladies, tcjuslly not ed for their tory principles and their late fondnefs for Britifh de bauchees and macaronies. Sept. i. The privateer floop Comet, cape. Taylor, of Egg harbou-, has brought into a fafe port a brig from Jamaica bound to New Yoik, laden with rum, fugar, coffee, and cot ton ; alfo a fchooner from France (retaken) with dry goods. Thefl op Chance has taken and carried into Egg harbour a .(hip from London, laden with porter, loaf fugar, and dry goods. Her invoice amounts to upwards of 19,000!. lUrling. ExtraS of a Utter dated camp at White Plains, Auguji 24. '" :1 A 'few days ago Galloway afked lieut. col. B- r, who went in with a 11 ig, if he thought there was a poffibihty of his getting to Pniiadelphia without lofing his life. Capt. R n wS wivh cel. B r. The enemy would not permit Galloway or Dan. Ccx to fpeak to either of them without an officer being pre itnt." , Extras from the Ivlartihico gazette ofjune I f . i Mr. Binpham, apent. of the Cong'efs, yelterday gave a con- xcrt, fupper, and ball, to celebrate the conciuiion 01 tne treaty of f.iendlhip between Fance and the United States of America. The general and his lady hoiiouied this afTembly with their pre lence. The eiuei tainment was at once fplendid and well con ducted. Mcreihan two hundred of all ranks were prefent What particularly attracted the attention of the company was, upwards of forty ladies, drelTed with the uimc ft magnificence, and a part of whole drefs correfponded with the cccafioh. Their head drefs, add independence, was compofed of thirteen curls, fe- ven on one fi ic and fix on the ether. i he Americans are indebt ed to them in the meantime for this fmall facrifce they have made in departing, from perfect order and proportion ; but it is hv the revolt of Canada, the fiates. and " J J r - - conftquentlv the curls, will be brought to an even number. The varied pleafures of the dance made time flip away infenfibly, fo that when Aurora with her rofy fingers lo ked in upon them ft e fjund the ball going on with as much fpirit and animation as at fi.lt. Americans and French feemed it be but one people, and to have buc one heart," -n Extract cf a letter from general Sullivan to general Wajbington. dat td head quarters, bejore Newport, Aug. zi, 1778. M The Languedoc, and another F'rench ihip of the line, are arrived here. The former loll all her, malts in the late gale of wind. They have brought in the Senegal of 18 guns, and a bombketch, part of lord Howe's mattered fleet. It is uncertain whether count d'Eitaing will remain here or proceed to Bofton, but it is probable he will give us the affiftance of his troops.---' The enemy, fOcn after we had opened a four gun battery of 18 pounders, evacuated a redoubt. I have raifed batteries far ad vanced within this; and fhall to-morrow morning Have 28 pieces of heavy cannon playing upon their works from a CimH diflance; and I hope foon to drive them from all their advanced redoubts, and to have their lines open to our future operations. M The Ins, Renown, and Prelcott, are all the mips of lord Howe's fleet returned to New-York, the 20th of Auguft. WILLIAMSBURG, Sept. n. Extra8 of a letter from a gentleman at L, ape Francois, dated Au- f23, 1778. . I have juft time to acquaint you by this opportunity, which departs early in the morn.ng, with the arrival this evening of a French f igate called the Concord of 36 guns. She brings cer tain intelligence of a declaration of war on the 2d of July, a far ther tetlimony ot which fhe has given us in the capture of the Minerva, an Englifh frigare of 32 guns, which fhe met with, iome where in the neighbourhood of this ifland, the particulars have not yet tranfpired, as they are but juft come to an anchor. t r t f.n, ika .-rJtirn nf the 1 1 ffr that tV0 rtJWever, II appctr, uum vv. .u...v.w.. ... engagement has been pretty obftinate, fhe having loft her mizzen and forctopmaft, and is greatly damaged in her fails & rigging." What cpicicn (fays a correfpondent; muit tnc F' "w
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