Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • 2

A Voyage to the Pacific (JndrrtMten by the Command of his Britannic Ma ii It formating Difcoverlcs in the Northern He "mi fare To determine the PoStion and extent nl the Weft fide of North America its Diftance from Afia and the Practicability of a Northern Paffage to Europe Performed under the Direction of Captains Coch Clerks and Core in his Majef I Ships the UefolutioH and Difcovery In the Years 1776 1777 1778 1779 and 178c In Three Volumes Published by Order of the Lords Coniinifiioncrs of the Admiralty London: Printed by and A Strahan: for i Nicol Bookfeller to bis Majelly in the Strand and Cadell in the Strand mdcclxxxiv (Continued from oxrlaft) VOLUME IL eV BOOK 1V Tranfadlions amongft the Natives of North Ame rica Difcovcriesalongthit Coaft and the Eaft ern Extremity of zkfia Northward to Icy Cape and Return Southward to the Sandwich Blands CH A Bald Head Cape Denbigh on a Pehmfula Befbo rough Ifland Wood ami Water procured Vi ftts front the Natives Their Perlons and liabi Produce of the ManJs that the Peninfula had formerly been furrounded by the Sea Lieutenant Report Norton Lunar Obfcrvations there Stechlin's Map proved to be erroneous PlahoffutureOpe rations i XTXT morning at day Lteak being (he 9th of IN September 1778 we weighed andfaileda long the coaft Two iftands as we fuppofed them to lie were at that time feen the one bearing fouth I eaft and the other eaft Soon after we found ourfelves upon a coaft covered with wood an agree able fight to which of late We had not been aceuf tomed As we advanced' th the north tee railed 1 hnd in the direflion of north eaft half north' iwhich proved to be a Continuation of the coaft we were om We alfo faw high land over the iftands feemingly at a good diftance neyond them This was thought to be the continent and the other land the ifland of Alafchka But it was already doubtful whether 1 we fhould find a paffage between them for the wa terlhoaled infenfibly as we advanced farther to the north In this fituation two boats Were fent to found before the fliips and I ordered the Difcovery to lead keeping nearly in ths mid channel between the coaft on our larboard and the northernmost ill and on our ftarboard Thus we proceeded till three in the afternoon when having palled the ifland we had not more than three fathoms and an half of water and the Refolution at one time brought the mud up from the bottom More water was not to be found in'h'ny part of the channel for with the (hips and boats we bad tried it from fide to fide I therefore thought it high time to return efpeci allyas the wind was in fuch a quarter that wc mull ply back But what I dreaded moft was the wind ircreafing and railing the fea into waves fo as to put the fliips in danger of ftriking At this time a head land on the weft Ihore which is diftinguifhed by the name of Bald Head bore north by weft one league diftant'' The coaft beyond it extended as far as north eaft by north where it feemed to end in a point behind which the coaft of the high land feen over the iftands ftretched ard fome thought 1 they could trace where it joined On the weft fide of Bald Head the fhore forms a bay in the bottom of which is a low beach where we faw a number of huts or habitations of the natives Having continued to ply back all night by day break the next morning we had got into fix fathoms water At nine being about a league from the weft Ihore I took two boats and landed at 1 tended by Mr King to feck wood and water We landed where tbe coaft projcdls out into a bluff head compofed of perpendicular Grata of a rock of a dark I blue colour mixed with quartz and glimmer Tlifcre joins to the beach a narrow border of land now co vered with long grafs and where we met with feme angelica Beyond this (he ground rifis abruptly At the top of this elevation' we found a heath a bounding with a variety of berries and further cn the country was level and thinly covered witlr final! fpruce trees and birch and willows no bigger than I' broosri fluff We obfefved tracks of deer and foxes the beach on which lay a quantity of drift i wood and there was no want of frefh water 'Ire turned on board with an intention to bring the fliips to an anclpir here but the wind then veering toL I north eaft which blew rather on this fhore I ftretch cd over to thenppofite one in the expectation of finding wood there alfo and anchored at eight1 in the evening under the fouth end of the northemmoft ifland: fo we then fuppofed it to be but next morning we found it to be a peninfula united tb the continent by a low neck of land on each fide of which the coaft fdrms a bay We plied into the fouthernntoft and about noon anchored in five fathoms water over a bottom of mud the point of the peninfula which obtained the name of Cape Denbigh bearing' north weft three miles dif tjnt Several people were feen' upon the peninfula and one man caneqff in a final! canoe I gave him a knife and a few beads with which he teemed well pleafed Having made figns to him to bring us fotwihing to eat he immediately left us and pad died toward the hore But meeting another man coming off who happened to have two dried fahnon he got them from him and on returning to the (hip would give them to nobody but me Some of our people thought that he aflted for me under the name of capitaine but in this they were probably mifta ken He knew who had given him the knife and but I do not fee how he could know that I was the captain Others of the natives foon after came off and exchanged a few dry fiih for fuch trifles as they could get or we had to give them They were moft delirous of knives and they had no djflike to tobacco After dinner lieutenant Gore was fent to the pen infula to fee if wood and water were there to be got or rather water for the whole beach round the bay feemed to he covered with drift wood At the fame time a boat was fent from each (hip to found round the bay and at three in the afternoon the wind frefliening at north eaft we weighed in order to work farther in But it was foon found to be ini poflible on account of the ihoals which extended quite round the hay to the diftance of two or three miles from the here as the officers who had been fcnt to found reported We therefore keptlanding off and on with the hips waiting for Mr Gore who returned about eight with launch laden with wbod 1 He reported that there was but little firefli water I and that wood was difficult to be got at by reafon tf the boats grounding at fame defiance from the beach Tnis being the eSle 1 flood back to tbe trther fhore and at eight the next morning 'fent ail the lioits and a party of men with an of ficer to get wood from the place where I had land ed two days before We continued fora while to ftand on and off with the (hips but at length came to an anchor in one fourth lefs than five fathoms half a league from the coaft the fouth point df which bore fouth 26 3 weft and Bald Head north 60 0 eaft nine leagues diftant Cape Denbigh bore fouth 70 eaft twentyrfix miles diftant and the ifland under the eaft fhore to the fouthward of Cape Den bigh named Befborough ifland fouth eafl fifteen leagues diftant As this was a very open road and confcquehtly not a fafe ftation I rcfolved not to wait co complete water as that would require fome time but only to fupply the fliips with wood and then to go in fearch of a more convenient place for the other article We took off the drift wood that lay upon the beach and as the wind blew along ihore the boats could fail both ways which enabled us tc make great difpatch Jnthe afternoon! went afhore and walked a little info the country which where there was no wood was covered with heath and other plants fome of which produce berries in abundance All the ber ries were ripe the hurtle berries too much fo and hardly a fingle plant was in flower The underwood fuch as birch wi'lmrs ktd alders rendered it very troubiefome walking amongft the trees which were all fprucc and non of them above fix or eight inches in diameter But we found fome lying upon the beach more than twice this fize All the drift wood in thefe northern pirts was fir I Jaw not a flick of any other fort Next day a family of the natives came near ti the place where we wcra taking off wood I know hot how there were at firfl but I faw only the hufband the wife and their child! and? a fourth perfon ho bnre the human fhape and that was all for he was the moft deformed Cripple I had ever feen or heard of The Other man was almoft blind and neither he nor liswife were fuch good looking people as we had fometimes feen amongft the natives of this coaft The under lips of both were bored and they had in their poffefliqn fome fuch gkfs beads as I had met with before amongft their neighbours But iron was their beloved arti cle or four knives which we had made out of an old iron hoop I got from them near four hundred pounds weight of fiih which they had caught on this or the preceding day Some were trout and the reft were in fize and tafte fomewhat between a mullet and a herring I gave the child who was a girl a few beads on which the mother burft into tears then the father then the cripple and atlaft to complete the concei the girl herfelf But this irtufic continued not long Before night we had got the fliips amply fupplicd with' wood and had darn ed on board about twelve tons of water to each On the a party of men were fent on fhore to ctit brooms which we were in want of and the branches of fpruce trees for brewing beer 7 'oward noon every body was taken on board for the wind frefhening hid railed fuch a furf on the beach that the boats could not continue to land without great difficulty Some doubts being ftill entertained whe ther the coaft we were now upon belonged to an ifl and or the American continent and the fhallownefs of the putting it out of our power to determine this with our fliips I fent lieutenant King with two boats under his command to make fuch'fearches as might leave no room for a variety of opinions on the fubjedl Next day the (hips removed over to the bay which is on the fouth eaft fide of Cape Denbighwhere we anchored in the afternoon Sonn after a few of the natives came off in their final! canoes' and bartered fome dried falrnon for fuch trifles as our people had to give them At day break on the 16th nine men each in his canoe paid us a vifit They approached the fliip with fome caution and evidently came with no other view than to gratify their curiofity They drew up abreaft of each other under our ftern and gave a fong while one of their number beat upon a kind of drum and another made a thoufand autic motions with his hands and body There was how ever nothing favage either in the fong or in the geftures that accompanied it None of us could per ceive any difference between thefe people either ai to their fize or features and thofe whom we had met with on every other part ofthecoaftj King Sound excepted Their clothing which confuted principally of deer Ikins was made after the fame fa shion and they obferved the cuftom of boring their Under lips and fixing ornaments to them The dwellings of thefe people were feated clofe fo the beach They conlift Amply of a doping roof without any fide walls compofed of logs and co vered with grafs and earth The floor is alfo laid with logs the entrance is atone end the fire place juft within it and a finall hole is made near the doer to let out the frnoke After breakfaft a party of men were fent to the peninfula for brooms and fpruce At the fame time half the remainder of the people in each fliip had leave to go and pick berries Thefe returned on board at noon when the other half went on the fame errand The berries to begot here were wild currant berries hurtle berries partridge berries and heath berries I alfo went afhore myfelf and Walked over part of the peninfula In feveral places there was very' good grafs and I hardly faw a fx on which fome vegetable was not growing land which connefls this peninfula with the conti nent is full of narrow creeks and abounds with ponds of water dome of which were already frozen over There was a great many geefe and buftards but fo fliy that it was not poffible to get within midket fhot sf them We alfo met with fome fnipes and on the high ground were partridges of two forts Where there was any wood mufquitoes were in plenty Some of the officers who travelled farther than I did met with a few of the natives of both fexes who treated them with civility It appeared to me that this peninfula muft have been an ifland in remote times forthere were marks of the fea having flowed over the ifthmus And even now it appeared to be kept out by a bank of fand ftones and wood thrown up by the wave By this bank it was evident that the land was here encroaching upon the fea and it was eafy to trace its gradual formation About feven in the evening Mr King returned from his expedition wand reported that he pro ceeded with the boats about three or four leagues far ther than the (hips had been able to go that he then landed on the weft fide that from the heights he could fee the two coafts join and the inlet to ter miuate in a finall river or'ereek before which were banks of fand or mud and every where ftioal wa ter The land too was low and fwcmpr for fome diftance to the northward then it Iwellcd into hills and the complete junction of thefe on each fide of the inlet was eafily traced rom the eievlted fpot ofl which Mr King fur keyed the Sound he edbtd diftinguilh many exten sive vallies with rivers runningthrough them wellwooded and bounded by hills of a gentle afeent and height One of thefe rivers to the north appeared to be confiderable and from its direc tion he was inclined to think that it into the fea at the head of the bay Sonie of his people who penetrated beyond this into the country found the trees larger the farther they advanced In honour of Sir letcher Norton fpeaker of the houfe of commons and Mr King's near relation I named this inlet Sound It extends to the northward as far as latitude of Tic bay in which we were now at anchor lies on the fouth eaft fide of it and is called by the natives Chack toole It is but an indifferent ftation being expo fed to the fouth and fouth weft winds Nor is there a harbour in all this Sound But we were fp fortu nate as to have the wind from the north arid north eaftallthe time' with remarkable fine weather This gave us an opportunity to make no lefs thanfeventy feven fets of lunar obfervations between the 6th and 17th inclufive The mchnrefult o'f thefe made the i longitude of the anchoring place on? the weft fide of the Sound to be 1970 13 Latitude 31' Variation of the compafs sj 0 45 eaft Dip of the needle 25' Of the tides it was obferved (hat the night flood rofe about two or three feet and that the day flood was hardly perceivable Having now fully fatisfied myfelf that Mr Stxh map muft be erroneous' and having reftored the American continent to that fpace which he had occupied with his imaginary ifland of Alafchka it was high time to think of leaving thefe northern rec gions and to retire fo fome place during the winter where I might procure refrefhments for my people and a final! fupply pfprovifiohs Petropaulowflta Or theharbour of St Peter and St Paul in Kamtf chitka did not appear likely to furnilh cither the one or the for fo large a number of men I had befides other reafons for not rapairing thither at this time The firft and on which al! the others depended was the great diflike I had to lie inactive for fix or fcren months which would have been the neceffary confequence of wintering in any of thefe northern parts No place' was fo con vientfy within our reach where we could expect to have our wants relieved as the SandwichJflands' To them there fore I to proceed But before this could be carried into execution a fupply of waterwas neceffary With this view I refolved the American coaft for a harbour by proceeding along it to the fouthward and thus endeavour to connect the furvey of hi? part of it with that lying immediately to the north of Cape Newcnham If I failed in finding a harbour there my plan was then to proceed to Samganoodha which was fixed upon as our place of rendezvous in cafe of reparation (To be continued in our next) oreign Intelligence Dec 3 CTTlElajl diet veld at Grodno thy granted 70000florins to'hir majejly which is to be paid by the treafurer of the republic at fx annual payment! by way of reimburjtng hit majejly for the funis he badexpended for the public fervice xl I Dee 2 The Pence frigate from Manfevido qnchtred here the 6th loaded with 19257 raw bides alfo arriv ed the evening before two packet boats from the Ha manna a brig from Canipeacby all of whom havevaluable cargoes bath of merchandize andfpecie Yef terdny arrived in this port the Clarendon frigate and the brig Hope the firjl from Campeachy with 2 558 1 dollars and 6251 quintals af logwood and tbe other from the Hqvari ia with troops on board OST Dec 3 Tbe Imperial frigate tbe Anna Tberefa captain Blaier of 36 guns arrived here from Triejle and is to be Jlationed at tlx mouth of tbe harbour as a guard Jbip MM Letters from the Cape of Good Hope mention the fafe arrival there of tlx Imperial vejfel the Count of Cobcnzel with a very valuable cargo An ordinance is jujl publijhed at BruJJils by which allhorfes imported from foreign parts into the Low Countries under the emperor's jurifdiSion are exempt ed from the cifamary duties of entry and all other dues 0 II 0 Dec Several merchants here have fitted mit a vejfel and fent her to the if and of St Bartholomew and we bear from Gottynburgh that the commercial houfe intend following our example The ijtb of lajl month ajhip of tbe line was launch ed atCarlfcron mounting Jlxty guns alfo a frigate of 4oguus BE A DE Nov 25 An interpreter arrived here from the emperor the od of ibis month with a letter to tlx pacha accom panied with a prfent of a very elegant word en riched with diamonds The pacha received ihis pre fent very gracioujly and gave tbe interpreter afuperb J'carlet caftan or fur coat together with a purfe of one hundred crowns EAR I' I A Novi3 Tbe marriage of tbe prince Lewis of Wertemberg with the princefs Czartoriki was celebrated a few days ago at Sicdiiez The fame day tbe prince was invefed with the order of the ITbite Eagle The receipts of the royal treafury from September 1781 10 the fame month in this year amounts to 26015127 Polijh ylorins and tbe expenditures to ibibiiilfloruis A I Dec 3 Tlx king has rewarded tbe principal officers employed the late expedition againf Algiers with the follow iig marks of bis royal favour Lieutenant general don Barcrlois appointed commander in chief of the na va armament defined fo cruize off the iflands of Bale Ira and the Barbary coajl Admiral don Erancijia Hidalgo de Cifneros fecoud in command has been in vejled with the crofs of tbe order of Charles tbe Hid with a penfon His majejly has alfo made a great many fromotiosu among the brigadiers captains of line of battle jhlps frigates i 'and other inferior errs 0 0 A Dec 4 Lajl Thurfday tbe Abbe Davia made bis efeape from the prifons of tlx Liquljitum He bad been tun years immured in thofe infernal regions and according to his fentence" was to have remained there five years' longer we are ignorant of the means wbicb be em ployed to elude the vigilance of bis keepers bis efcape Jlrikes every one with afionijhmentan event of this nu rture Jlddom happens in a century He is gone to Mo dena Versailles Dx io IVe have the pleafure to announce to tbe public that her majejly now in the fifth month of her pregnancy) was bled on the Ms of this month for tlx Jecond time) and enjoys the moft perfect Jlafe of health The aqth of lajl month a Jbock of an earthquak) upas felt al Strajbourgh and many places of A face) accompanied wittj a rumbling nofe which extended from the foutbweji to the north wft it laftedfor about fivefeconds and threw tbe goods in tlx houfes on tbe Jlonr but was attended with no other 'dangerous coit fequences Tbe (bock was much more violent in tbe fouth parts of tbe province The zzth of lajl month Afire broke out in tlx Juburls of Cifirs at one o' clock in the morning which in left than two hours confumcd nuutbatched houfes with id) the furniture and wearing apparel they contained tbe flames wersfo rapid that not a Jingle thing was Javed the owners wbo were fpoor people narrowly eftaped with tfxir li ves being reduced to the moft poignant diftrefs by this misfortune The mdgiftrates and neigh bouring gentlemen have very humanely fet afibfcripts i fan on foot for the relief of the unhappy fufferers ''c AM I A A March 7 According to a foreign print the prefident genii ral of the order or Benedifrines has written a letter s' to the emperor of Germany refpeding the fuppref Con ot religious focieties couched interms the moft nervous expreflive dignified and elegant This ancient and learned body pleaded tlie univerfal ufe they have been of to mankind and of whofe order they fay there have been 20 popes 200 cardinals 700 archbilhops 41500 bifhops 4000 faints aad upwards of 3000 martyrs By theBetfy captain efton from Hifpaniolapri learn that all the ports in that ifland were declaredreeV Prcvous to this two brigs from Phila delphia with flour had been feized one of which had been condemned veffel and cargo buttle other the cago only and that flour was as low ueven and a half doilirs per barrel The emperor of Germany has commiflioned two gentlemen at prefent in Charleflon to colleft for him fuch different productions of nature as are tobe found in that part of the country either in th mi mal or vegetable clafs They have been already vert fuccefsful in their pursuits and the cabinet at Vien na will receive no inconfiderable addition from the unbounded variety with which bountiful nature hai adorned South Carolina oyw aMf termmer held at ths Old Bailey London on the nthoflaft Novem a bl11 indiamcnt found againft Daniel Munro Gent for the wilful murder of Archibald Lean efquire on board die Herb merchant fiin 1 her paffage from Jamaica to England on the 6th of Auguft hit upon the high feas about 10 leaewi from the ifland of Cuba in the Wcft Indics by giv ing him a mortal wound of the breadth of halfu inch and of the depth of about 14 inches with final! fword which broke in the body of th? deceaW and in confequence of which he in'ftjntly died This trial was deferred The caufe of quarrel be tween Mr Munro and Mr againft thefe mer of whom a bill of indiflment was found for the murder of the latter by the grand jury the laft ad miralty feffipns Was as follow: held Munro in contempt on account of his being in trade and contemptuoufly told Munro he had treated ill the magiftrates of Glafgow at his houfe and put them all under the table Ay fays Munra fneeringly but I fuppofe it was with whiflty puafli No faid M'Lean but with better claret than wu ever in your houfe Mr M'Lean'le iug a Highlander plumed himfelf on his family be ing the head of a clan and Mr Munro was a GIsf' gpwman and bred to trade it being a vulgar no tion in the Highlands that the ftation of atradd man is contemptible and degrades a family CHA RLEST ON (S C) reb44' Ihc honorable WilliamMoultrie efquire iseledb ed governor and the honorable Charles Drywa efquire lieutenant governor of this ftate lhe honorable John Ewing Colhoun Thonus Sumpter George Haig andDaniel Huger efquires are defied members of the privy council Honorable Charles Pinckney Jacob Read Joia Bull David Rafnfcy and John Kean efquire' are defied delegates to reprefent this ftate in the Cos grefs of the United States His excellency the governor will be proclaimed tnis day at twelve with the ufual ceremo 5 A balloon of greater magnitude than any yet ex hibited is intended to be fent up from Queen ftreet at three in the afternoon in honor of the day ebruary 15 rom Kingfton Jamaica we learn that Mac rice Keating the pirate and murderer was executed at Cockhold po nt on the 27th of December lift near Port Royal and afterWards his body was fufr pended to a lofty gibbet in chains He met his fate with uncommon refignation penitence and fortitude and told the furrounding multitude' after he was ti ed up that he wasnot afraid of death but courted the grim tyrant as a relief from all forrows Re then turned to the executioner and forbid him to take away the ladder faying thathe would jump off himfelf when he was ready which ht accordiagly did in about two minutes afterwards We are likewife informed that Jofeph Twentw man one of the perfons who was charged with pi racy and murder died in the gaol of Kingfton A gentleman from the weftem part of North Carolina fays a body of Spaniards have taken port at the Mufcle Shoals andare building a fort Tb Chicamawga tribe have abandoned and burnt their towns and moved off to fome diftant parr greatly difgufted with the attemptsof individuals to get (keif sountry without a purchafq.