fined the head whigs as hoftages for performance ; they eat and
carried off better than 9000 iheep, and about 350 cattle ; 400
arms, &c. were delivered up ; tbey burnt a brig that was unrig
ged and afbore, 3 or 4 fmall velTrb, all tbe boats they con'd
fin J ; even took tome up that were funk in 4 fathom of waftr,
and deflroyed them ; carried off and dtttroyea all tbe corn and
roots, two mile round Holme's Hue harbour ; dug up the
ground to fearch for goods the people had concealed; even i cu
rious were they in fearching, as to difturb the alhes of the dad ;
Many houfes had all rifled, and their windows broke ; they toid
the inhabitantshat they wanted to via; Falmouth, but we were
(as they termecr it) a pack of damn'd rebels, and had 5000
ftrong, with a plenty of artillery ; that the rebels fought well at
Bedford, and had given tft rm a good trimming ; that mey could
have done more there, but the rebels were as thick as bees.
I hey feired the rate-bills, and all the public money, in the
hands of the collectors. Thus does a naticn, while they hoid
out terms of negotiation, conciliation and peace in one hand,
carry deftroAion, robbery, asd cY'artarion in tne other.
'Tis fiod the tbove plundering licet haa lincc arrieu at ?iew
York, with their booty.
Latt Monday returned into port, from a cruife? the private
armed (hip, General Hancock, lately commanded by Captain
Ifhmael Hardy. On the 9th mflant, me fell in with the Levant
Eoglilh frigate, of 32 guo who about two o'clock, P. .
huiHed a blue Engliin endgn, jack ana pendant,, and gave a iuw
gun. The Hancock hoitted continental colours, and got ready
for engaging. The Levant then gave two gui.s, and came along
fide the Hancrck, upon which lhe hailed her, but they made no
rely ; the fire then became general ; ax a quarter pali 2 o'dock
lhe Levant's cnugn Aatf wa ihot away, hcu tbey were .Iked if
they bad Hruck ; their awfw ;r was, 1N0, no, firi away, and
bedamn'd." At half pall 2- Capt. lUrdy received a wound in
his r;ght moulder, by a aaoiket ball, which 1 'aged in ihe vcric
b ae of his neck; he f.Il, and was carried below. 1 e hru
Lieutenant then took the command, and engag d br. adlide for
broadfide till 4 o'clcck, when the Levan: bie up, par: -A wmcn
fell cn brurd the H .rc ck. The boats were got out, ana laved
th bostfwaln and 17 hsnds, 10 of whom were wounded. 'J hey
informed, that tbe Levant was navigated wi-h 97 ftacntn, exdu
fiveof .andfmenand boys, and commanded b Capt. John Mar
tin She was from M, rant )av, in Jamaica, bond to Bm.'p!.
to.drjJwitn 3C0 LgZuis cf fug-r, 5fco punU.c--m of ,un,,
10 ton rf ftft-ck, a quantity of mangany, acd had cn board
2C coo pounds flerling in bills of exchange, and i;,ooo o .liars
infpecic: Alfa, that 5 months ago, the. cru.h-d ort b. uth Ca
r Iwa. in potfnit of the Randolph fniate, in which time tney
took elrvcc prizes. The Han .ck had o.ir metiJkiHed, xau
vc cf the Captain, loit (he r arms, aru 1 loll his leg, bciCfa
18 badly wounded. s
F I S H - K I L L, OBobtr i
By a Gentleman from New Jcrfe we arc informed that iait
Tucfday week between 5 and booo troops, wiih 17 neid pieces,
under the command of Genoa! Cornwa.lii, arrived at tr.e ig
Iiih neighbourhood from New VorK. On Wed ru I day mornug
they furprifed a picket of" militia Rationed ner that pi.ut a
bout 300 militia, under the command of Col. Luibcii Cooper,
Scimtrdiawh- elected, who drove - ff tbe cattle, anJ Kept cbjc
ground witMn four mile of the neny; On Sunday Col. Buy
for'a regiment of li.ht horfe arrived 0 tuppa who-wete
furprifed at daylight the next morning by a party ol the enemy,
when pr -r 100 were kin.-d ana laacn.
We heir young Mr. Bogart, fon of Mr. Nicholas Bogart, of
York, u-as a few days ag inhunanly killed by theeneuy
Hi CW I v. r 1 V . " L i. . t- r
Lord HOWE's PUBLIC ORDERS fcatnatteu irom icivmg-
tcn'f Gazette.
" The bravery rftV bfficeW and Ihip's romnany of the Lis,
arnonft which he volunteer, from the- transports and the foldi
ers of the 21 I rment have bten particularly noticed, 111 a laie
action with a FrTich 74 Z P bcarin, fla
rop-hd, and tkeoce fuppofed the pSele ; and the diftirj
BuifkeTtbility and rcfolution of Capt. Raynor Ihewn on that cc
7,r. frm the Admiral t:iis Public a.lciiowdjimeot ot
i iu 11 . i. 111 in ai 1 .J,i
.u.:- ; f-vL. hv which they have lurmincd a.
blight example for tne imitaf.on of the HrUtih lleet.
"R A T T I'M O R E. October 17.
Upwards of 1 co perfuos, inhabitants of the flate of South
Carolin J (lever! of them gentlemen of J.iLucbon) .ateiy cm-
barked at, and failed from tire ports of Cbarleftown and George-
town, for Euiope and the Weft Indie, declining to give mat
tell of allegiance to that flate which its laws require.
We hear from Philadelphia that a few days ago Abral'am Car
lyle, once a reputable citizen, was found guilty of high trealon
at the coort of Oyer and Terminer now fitting there.
Three (hips, fourteen brigantines, fix fchoooers, one bilan
dcr, and one floop, all of them Britilh property, and feveral of
them very richly laden, have been lateiy captured by American
cruifers, and carried into the Middle Admiralty d-iitrid, in the
flate of Maflachufetts Bay. Several valuable prizes have been
lately fent into other diftri&s in New England,
Extraft nf a letter from a Gentleman at Nantsc dated July 25,
1778. ' '
" The price of American produce hath ratker fallen lately
owing to the -uncertainty of Congrrfp ratifying the treaty with
this country ; but lince the confirmation of that event, and the
commencement of holliiities tjgainft England, the prfces begin
Q rife aga'n.'
The Continental packet, Q2pt. Read, and the brig Bacchus,
Cap;. Wils, from this port, are fafe arrived at Nantzi
Fr.m the Pem nsylvania Packet.
THE following paffage, taken from the life ol the celebrated
Guilavus, Iving of Sedfn, is inferibed to the command
er in chief, and to all the general and other officers of the Ame
rican army.
There was no irregularity in Guftavus's army that gave
him fo much uneafirrefs, arrd whkh ne was at fo much pains to
ro f out, as that gothickydeteftable, and barbarous practice of
d.;'Hing. 0ien did he take occafion to exprefs his disapprobati
on it, and refen:tnent again fi it : The laws of his kingdom
and of his army were very fevere againft if, but Hill more or lefs
die. it long keep footing among his troops but at lall an occafi
"s -tfered, which oblige.l him in fiie noU public and remarka
ble manner to take nocice of it, in fo mucb that duelling was af
frwar fs as mbch ridiculed in his army as it haf been formerly
picrnnijced and fupported. The ltory was: A quarrel happened
between two general officers of his artny, both of them efteemd
by the King : Their oiipute happened to reach rhe King's caf
and he ufed means to get matters made up in a friendly manner,
cife of the quarrel feeing - pry j0Mtg ; tut the efrp gentle
men leemed aetermined to flanJ uoon the fahe point of honour,
and were not at all Bifpofed to fe-rle matter. amicailv. even when
ttey kuew taat the King had laid that it wou'd bet agreeable to
hjm to have the thing done a vay. Their behaviour vexed the
K'ng a good deal, and he then fent them a meffag?, telling them
thar he knew of their quarrel, ai d that they had given and ac
vtjpred a ch dienge, which being the ca e, he deli-ed tbem to
name the day, place and weapons to decide t heir difFerence, as
he intcnued being prefent to fee the dccill on of it. Accordingly
this was dne. The K;ng, at the time appointed, came to the
fpot :th icve.al attendants!, having previouflr ordered a gallowa
to be brought, and to be erecled in his pr.fence. Then calling
the g-entlemen. he fa d, ' You 1 re now to decide this affair of
honour, as you term it, in your own way immediately you are.
fit'ht till one of you is killed on the fpot ; the laryivof I order
immediatelv to be hanged on that jgallows as a murderer, and
the murdered perfon to be hung by one leg on the fame gibbet,
fir having been fo openly guilty of a b--ach of the civil and mi
litary Jaws f his country, and of my pofitive and expiefs orders
againil duelling. To yoar prayers you may retire for an hour if
yt u incline it, and-I will wait that time in this tent. But I do
not lee wr.h what lace either or you can or dare aaoreis tjca ii
mjghty, and pray his pardon and forgivenefs, when yo at that
a 'men t refufe to forgive one rfnoifcrr fo trifling an ofTence'
And fo" turning frcm them, he letired to his tent, where he had
not l--ng been when one ol his attendants came to him with a mcil
humble mefTagc from the dualiifts, befeechtog his Majelly to ad
mit them into his pretence; where bring entered, they in the
molt lubm fcve man tier acknowledged .heir fault and folly, ear-,
reftly entreated his forguenefs, dt-claiing their readinefs, in the
moft public manner, to acknowledge their error, and to proclaim
thejr heartv reconciliation with each oher, as they hoped and
praved his Majelty and (&od Almighty would be reconciled to
them. The fcene was vey afteiting. His Majefty faw their re
conciiiition wirh pieafufe, ar.d taking them by the hand, faid,
" He hoped ibeir friendlhip would nowe jnore brmly connec
ted tian ever, and that they w,dld heartily concur with himfelf
and all his cmcers to put an 'end to fo lbameful and unmanly a
rrait;ce-' And it had th defired effeel ; for no dusls were al-
it ever afterwards heard of m that army.'