Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • 5

A I A PAG Mt: AND 9t 'G A Sr JO (in Antigua Auguft 29 Thurfday night lift we had a moft vio lent gale of wind here accompaniedjU with much rain: It began early in the evening and as the night advanced the wind encreafed blowing chiefly from the jLJlli 1101 wt little or no variation7 until near two next morning when it Hfiwlenly fhifted to the fowth weft and blew a moftvio laP We have not heard of any confiderable being done either to the hoiifes or buildings in or country' but the final! vellels in the harbour Buffered much many funk others ran on fnore and fe Bjtral totally deflroyed The fhip Tom Peter Holmes Belter from Africa with flaves on board drove from moorings but luckily went on fhore in a felt muddyrtpf the harbour and (we hope) will be'eafily gotolf Tittle or no damage the Hoop Hopewell captainSlifle from Philadelphia is afhore near Otto pafture dangerous fituation feveral fliips and other veflclsiite fo lunate enough to ride out the rom the Bftmence of the wind and the points it blew from Bjare under the moft dreadful apprehenfions of theKpafequences that may have attended the veflels lying Bthe neighbouring iflands to the fouthward and weft Bjrjrd their roads bays ami harbours being in general Biituated as to receive its utmoft violence to 5 On Wednefday late arrived here a floop Rhode Ifland ofa 'letter from a gentleman at St Vincents to bis friend here dated Aug tft 29 Leyburne a few days ago fent the go ytrnment floop and capt boat to wind Bip of this illand with capt Gordon the chief en Bpieer Mr Byers the principal Purveyor and the Bnafter of the Crefcent man of war with a few marines ic to found aloiij fhore and infpect the coati in order Bjfjibflible to find out fome proper place to anchor vef Bill and land fome ordnance flores neceflary for BM i expedition when the Cliaribs perceived Bfbarjntention they immediately alarmed their coun Bj hoifted a white flag and as loon as the boat with Bie above gentlemen approached he fhore near enough Bfliy fired a very large volley of niulkcts at the boat ami Bwitiniied lo to do as long as they thought they could Both her with their ilibt which providentially neither BBd or wounded any of our friends the weather Bfeug then very calm the floop was a good diftanceto the boat and along way from the fliore but alight Bkeeze fpringing up they foon got in fhore and the gen Bfynen in the boat under cover of the guns from theWermnent floop their delign and I have the Bflcalure to inform you they found very good anchor SiRl and at a place called Grand Sable a good road for Wlels and a very convenient landing this place is thewj heart of the Charibs country and where theirMKipal fettlement The floop and boat returned "By behaviour of the Charibs it plainly ap pwi that they mean ftrongly to oppofe us and will rattan obftinate The troops froi North Merica are not yet arrived nor any news of them asfeu as they come it is the opinion of every body here (mall begin Monday morning about cue arofe we the moft terrible hurricane of wind and rain that was known in the memory of the dideft man dreadful tornado fecmed deftined by providence tottaplete what the ftorm on Thurfday laftonlythreatnedUmth The wind and rain increafed with the morn an4 feemeji to blow with greater vehemence be tatn nine and ten in the morning To attempt toge by words an adequate idea of our diftrefles wereheight of preemption Let it fuffice thole that arewt unconcerned readers of our cataftrophe that theAplghty (no doubt of his own infinitely wife purpofes) fitted a total coiivu'fion of four winds toftrip us ofw was left of the Lown of St John on the memorableBofAuguft 1769 lhall pals over as unworthy of my reader's attentionMMWption of the deftruftion of oblcure buildings but above a third were deftroyed order in my attempt I (hall Jhe talfei part of the town The houfe on Mrs hill feme years ago and deftined BtoA Sovernment liotife was carried totally off its file a by which means the wife of Mr 'bite merchant was killed on the fpot by the ofabeam Mr White had his collar bone broketai is defpaired of The wind found en Bp into the ree lodge which is let to who had obtained his Excel penndhon to play here and deflroyed all their it will take up a fortnight before put it in a tu 0 and open it the Obediah Todman copper fmith braiier and Bt bitely deftroyed by fire is blown to thefew turrets and many houfes in the fame BquiSt weft to the wharfs are either blown down or damaged many houfes are carried into the har Bi above a third of the town of St John is dtftroy i Bg inews from all parts of the country are truly de the houfe of the Hon Col a ley is entirely BIS down as alfo the buildings on the eflate called Over againft it The dwclling houfe of Na Efq kt divifion is alfo A I We hear the dwelling houfe of John Mayer Efq of Belfaft divifion is levelled with the ground and in his lady and flight to the houfe of Jdfeph Wick ham Efq his infant leg was broke We are told the Hofpital at Englifh harbour was blown to the ground whereby ten patients and their nurfe perifhed the town hofpital of St John is blown to the ground whereby one patient a blind man loft his life and others much bruifed but we do not hear of any other Jives being loft One Dr Montgomery we hear Jolt his life being knocked on the head by a beaqi of the honfe as he was attempting his'ticape as alfo one Mr Philpot who is (aid to be a manager on eftate was panick ftruck and died of the fright In fliOit the time would fail me to tell of private ullerings of people drove from their habitations with ladies and their infants in their arms going from door to door Peeking flieltcr but none to take them in This dreadful florin continued Without abating any thing of its Jury till near fun down on evening all which time people in general were fecuring their doors and windows Hill a return of the hur ricane The dwelling houfe of Alexander Willock on his eftate called theully is blown to the ground take the whole ifland in grofs not one houfe in ten is faid to be ftandtng but all are materially damaged our canes that were in plants are torn up by the roots fo that God only knows what our miftries will terminate in The naileries of this ifland by the permifllon of providence By' fire drought and tempeft are paftalldefcriptiun His barracks here are greatly damaged his Ex cellency General liill it is faid will amount to near 1500 fterling When this Gazette went to prefs we bad not learnt one third of the dariiage'done by this lamentable ftoitn We are juft informed that the houfe ami works of Chi i liopbcr Hodges Efq in Popefncad arc deflroyed and moft of his mules and cattle ki The feat of dm Hon William Warner Efq deceafed at Stony Hill now the refidence of they Hon Thomas Warner Efq has fullered much damage Sept 9 We are daily receiving from all parts of the country the moft melancholy accounts of the i 1 i bls ef feftsof the late hurricane on Monday the Tift of Au 'ijft and ol the moft pitiable fecnes of fainify cfs Mr George White mentioned iii our Lift vhofe wife loft her life by the falling of the houfe on Den ning's Hill died of the fradture andbruifesbe received in the fame horrid feene in two days after 1 which means three belplefs children are become orphans He is moli jullly lamented by all his acquaintances cn ac count of the many amiable qualifications he poffefled rom Leeward we hear of terrible havock with ma ny lives loft in St Chriftophers St Euftatia St invents Dominica in fome of which places there is to augment the I'cenc of horror a dreadful fcarcity of piovifions A vcflel arrived from North America this week with corn the whole cargo was fold at us per bulhel 3 1 We hear that a hrig is drove on fliore at Bermuda and by the violence of the tempeft is quite inverted No foul was found on board her fome anparel was found in her I ON Monday the 28th ult the gram mar fchool at Nalfau Hall was examined and the fdiolnrs ac quitted themftlves greatly to the fatisfailion of the Gen tlemen who were pleafed to attend The fenior clafs ten in number were admitted into the fre'hman dais in the college In the evening this clafs pei formed a drama tic piece in Latin before a numerous ami learned audi ence: On Tuefday the 29th voluntary competitions for premiums among the ftudents of the college in feveral branches cflearniiig were attended in the public libra ry by a very refpecable number of gentlemen of letters and graduates from different colleges Seven judges were elected to decide in each competition In reading the higheft premium was ad judged to Belcher Peartree Smith from Elizabeth Town New Jerfey of the junior clafs the next to John Bay ard Rogers from New York of the refliman the third to John Smith from Pennfylvania of the junior In reading Latin and the firft premium was adjudged to Samuel Waugh from Penniylvania the fq cond to John Witherfpoon of Princeton the third to John Smith all of the junior clafs Jn tranflating from Englifli into the firft to Samuel Waugh the fecond to Ilaac Keith the third to Daniel Martin the two latter from Penniylvania and of the frethman clafs In Ipeaking the firft to Ifaac Keith the fecond to John Blair from Ulfter county New York the third to Charles Lee from Virginia all of the relhman clafs pronouncing pieces from the the higheft piemium was adjudged to Jonathan Malbn from Bof ton New England of the fophoinore clafs the next to Belcher Peartree Smith the third to Charles Lee Mr Thomas Kittera of Lancafter county Pennfyl vania was pleafed liberally to prefent two premiums of cqnfidefable value confined to the frefhn an clafs the fiift to be given to the boy who fhoiild difeover the beft acquaintance with Latin the fe cond to beft fcholar in Enlifij The No 52 firft was adjudged to Ifaac Keith the fecond to William Claypole from Philadelphia On Wednefday the 30th the anniverlary com mencement of the college was held in the town church At 10 o'clock the alfembly being feated the 1'reli dent introduced the bufinefs of the day with prayer af ter which Mr Grier delivered a falutatory oration De Utibtate Scientidrum excel endarum" Mr ithian then fuppurted this thefis Political jealoufy is a laudable paflion and was oppofed by Mr Alexander To this fucceeded an oration on Caflle bmldin pronounced by Mr Bmr 0 The nexi exeicile was a diipute tqion this proposition A inixed monarchy is the beft form of Mr Hunter defended it and Mr Luckey oppoled him An oration on paflive obedience and non refift ance delivered by Mr Keefe concluded the bulmefi of the forenoon Aa 3 in the afternoon when the aflembly were again Rated Mr Linndeliveied an oration on Inde pendanre of The following thefis was then maintained by Mr in ley 9 Amor patria ioa debet baberi niji ad bene aolctititan erva un sate ribs ret'eratje anrt Mr Keith A fkr this a dialogue eft the proper employment of the time of youth compofed by a graduate of the col lege was fp ken iy Meflietirs Evans inley and Hodge A he Jicxi in onier was an oration on the advan tage cl political pronounced by Mr Eckley Mr Buinct a candidate for the fecond degree in the aits then delivered an oration on the principles of ci iticifm and tafte and Mr Davenport another can didatc for the fecond degree an oration on jfic Infki 'J nce which fuccels lias in fixing the generifi 'eftiiii or the merit of actions 1 he Prefident then conferred the dercTo the following young gentlemen AluiikiiiKrile Ifaac Alexander Moles Alleft Robvit ArchiaftrfWil liam Bradford Andrew Bryan Aaron ri JMnieT bowe Jojeph Eckley Ifrael' Evahsy EbenerTinley Tnilip ithian Grier Andrew Hodge Andrew Hunter Robert Keith WillBkLimi William Livinglton George Luckey BKucl iccorkle JohnMacmillan Oliver Keefe James Templeton Ard the degree of Mf A on the following gentle men Alumni of rhe college John Beatty Matthias Burnet John Davenport James Linn Thomas Mel ville Samuel Smith William Wiicocks Archibald Gamble A of Philadelpbia college was admitted adiicndcsn in this college John Hutihkifs A id Yale College ad eunde Andrew Oliver Eicg A of harvard college in this college The Rev Thomas Reid of Newark A at cvikge 10 the degree of A in tins college David Rittenheufe A at Philadclphia college ad eundem in this college Tiift Rev Henry Hunter of London A to the degree ot Diitor iii divinity I he Rev John Ydarti of Greenocb in North Bri tain A to the degree ol Doftor in divinity Mr Bradford then pionoiinced a vikuictoiy oration on' the disadvantage of an unequal diftrmiitiun uf property in a ftate and the Piendent concluded the whole with prayer The exciciles both in the forenoon and afternoon were preceded and cloied with vocal mufitk by a 1lur number tin: find ids The aflembly was numerous learned and polite coii filiing of perlons of rank and fortune from alniuft ail even the moft diltant province on the continent and who will doubtlets do real juftice to the merit of tfla fpeakers and the prefc nt fiate of the college A HERO A 3 MA VE imported in the Mary and Elizabeth Cap! Sparks from London and the St Andrew Capt Ritchie from Glasgow a neatiffortmcnt of D5 fuitablc to the feafon which they will fell at their Store in Cheilnut ftreet between ront and Second flieets Vtf ry reasonable for Cafli or fliort Credit Weft Nevj ferJeyGlouceJier Cc7 10 1772 PUBLIC NOTI CE is hereby given to the Cie ditors of JOHN ORK EST jun now con fined in the county goal of Cbucefler that purfuant to an infol vent ad of this pfmince the Court have appoint ed the nth day of November next for the creditors of the laid John orrejf to ihew caufe if any thry hav why an pflignment of his eftate and effects fliotd nor be then made and ms bouv dmffiutged from confinement TO BE SOLD TO ANY EMPLOY THE Time of a A A who' has three years ami an half to ferve He is very ftiong and healthy and acquainted with country bufinefs driving' a carnage taking care ot 0 bic king horfes or waiting on a Gudleinan 01 in a family Eh quire of the Primer 1.