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1 'Eftaing at "ftlartlnito, wtro fias now a fleer of 19 he line sndTfnuhSber of Bne frigates, with whuh By his ExcELLENCT. THoMASCS, i Iianrl.l.i in nrft frecmenl tuinreu onJ handed count 'i ins iriariv i lenus in liouana. Jan. or uic w. 1 I i1 he has heett three times oft St.

J.ucia, out auimrai jy A I. A A 1 1 arrived J.ere nothik'Jt prudentrvcoihe MtWd attack 7 A i.T i tw, in KiirAndallv becaines 'moVd. ine tain Monaaiw.ucrooer. nexvxind the Sfta 2 led ompzny with line ehifingVthchwnel. The chevalier de Fabry, tctnber next? and affair, of high importance and ft torciufoicethe with twelve" fail of the line, is in the Mediterranean.

cern proper for the confideration vf the General Afl' ZwnfEilS Theutmodiligejice I StiryS SitYork to Hafifax, laden alio' a number of which will carry. ,8 ann Thitdday thirteenth day of July next for the rWti A with unh pqnntkry ahd the freareltVncouement is ven fr ana? the General Affembly of thi, itateJ witii lum, iiigaran o' I.nlVor rank. according to thtlr merit and capa which the feveral flienffi are hereby cn obed ot baiem. ana carneu intu mat pn. r.

a it' On the aoth tlie bngantine yeiignr, capi. james rrniolA tn New York. mounUna twelve pun, witn iweniy mne iffiu; wt Beck's beach on Cape cargo couhiicu v. ny nrso'htxrflieau of linn, fpme luear, oon flie came alhore, our piljJtook polleffion of both 'veflel arid cargo, an fent, off the crew under guard to 'hiiadeVpliia. 3 Jfy a letter found on beard the above Jbng wtlnt the inhabitantsiof Tortola had lately fuffered Vv 'nn uncommon drousht.

rain, haying iallen there for upwards of two months. is reported thst a number of the with' troops on board have gone up the No enemyss. North rjver, and tliat a ccniiderable bodv of them have; landed as jiigh up King's ferry hut their intentjpa in this movemcnr is. riot yje certainly known. 2 Vp I A 'ExtraS of a Utter from a fca art town in $laachufciu Biy fated My j6t 1779.

Privateering was never rpore in. vogue, than at pre fent two, Vr three privateer.s fjil every wetk this port, andf' rien frem aspieniy.as gralsl toppers, in the Jield no vc (Jel being dtjta ine.d an hour for want of thenu We have near a tlipufand prifoners on. board the guard? fli ps ifi bflon, and a great due ta us from the jSn'emy'." Cruiiers from New daily.bwught in, and often. by vtlTels pf.inff.rior lojjce our privateers faien being as confiJent of when upon an equal footing with tii4 Englifli, as Uiee were gaining, it. of the'Frehch in the lajl wart, i.

i June jo. iiy a gentleman fifTH Yirginia learn, that captain SiicL'er having formed a company of bunt' crs to joiu colonel Clark their way furprifed two Indian tovyris, and killed. about two hundred of the fa. vages. I We are juft fht.

theJJornet oVith'puvatters have taken a. of. fourteen guris and fixty men, bound frbm NeWrYork on a cruife. The Golden.Grove a fine thirty guns, fitted bat in Jamaica Vfith or thrw.Pther Englifh pri. vateer's, have been lately taken, by.

the French cruiiers and cai lied "into Hifpaniola. I On the i6th ult. the brig Monmouib, 14. guns, Captain Jell in with.tlie privateer luxp jennyi Captain Noole Caldwell, of, i within fight, of Sandy. whom he foon obliged to Jtrike to the A jnerican' flag.

Captain CaldweJI, 1ms doilor, and five dr fix men were wounded, one of wbiph foon after died; Captain' Irfgerfol did not Jofe a. roan, Captain Caldwell had with hlrh the prize fchooner General Arnoldr from Sinepuxent; for Bofton, whogQtinto.New 1 All officers in the department, refilling, to the fouthward cf Jiudfon's who haye heretofore aken by enemy perm it ted, to. cdme out from mem on paiujc, oeiorc unc .1 jiu. or.iYjay lait, are exchanged, are atAfull))lerty to, aft in fuck depart merit as tlieir duty to their country ExtrdS of a letter from Port auPnnt'eatedMaj 16, 1779. The French' are making great" captures, nnd daily bringing them to this and other ports in the A Few days fihee arrived the Prudent and; Aftivc frigates, with feven prizesone of '30 guns, one of 10 guns, ic veral brigs and a floop.

I prefam'e they will fliortly de prive thefe iflnnds of They take many vefiels Of etjual dnd fuberloK being well manned. .1 lately law an aftiori hear the ifland of Bartholomew between 5 French frigates and 5 Britifli tbey fought but a time; the lattei' bearing away the' French frigates did not give clface, 'having a number of prizs with them. We learn that Count d'Eftaifig is ftill Martinico ar.d admiral Byroii at St. I.ucia, and that the land as well as maritime forces at St. Lucia dropoff very "aft Affairs sbros(d ftrike a great damp 6ri drir enemiesj nnd we ihink' the war wiU not be of long continuance.

a r.iii 1 i mitt ii.n in iccui iicr ij ducHiui inurpcnncnce, 1 lie in i.nc jujnr JiiMiiuj are.uarving ur oreaa. I have met with feVtral genttem.cn lately from Jamaica, who me they get and they tWifh heartily to conciliate mesfures with America but jt it now too. late, tW current of vtrige'ance is turned upon the bead pf tbe deltroyer. 'The people of this ifland 1 Jiave a great altection lor Americans, with yoii perfievtrance. May God grant fuccefs to your rJt.n'.: A i' mm cxirau vj afcrierjrem fi, tti' i Yeflerday a fiiip arrived here in fify One days from Amftefdamj, in which came piTengrrs two Fiench geni tlemen, wfio inform, on the 6tl Maixh pdvice tva received tliere, that the court of Spain bad acknow Jeged the indepeqde4ce.oi.Anerjca, and oonfequently would, Jin'Francei i.n.

the war.againtt Great Britain; 111 be letter fro'in Amlterdam, by this fliip.confirm the above intelligence. "Two mips Qi.theJine, were lately ftnc from France to the coaff of in prder to deftroy all the fortSj fiiclqriesi Ac. bclonginR toihe Englifli, which they ef fechialiy performed, pofleition of one fort only, in which Jeft a of 30a men they took regroes, and a confiderable quantity of ivory and pold dulf, which they carried to Gorerj the Jofi of. Which is of great confrquence to the Britifli trade in bofe parts. Ihe above two.

Cups have fince iained 'In CONGRESS, New Hanlphtre, MaflachUlettslBay, Rhode lfl.ind," it New vNJrieyV vi. Delaware, 1 Maryland, 'J 'ji Virginia, horth Carolinaj' South Carolina, I'M mm mm June 7, 1779 Revived. That the commiflliry gpneral of priloneijs be irileif trom time to time to pay to tne oraer 01 ja and foldiers in cantivitv. anv fums not exceeding TheamouVit ot' their pay and fublirterice.ilri order to en able' them" W'aOiSt families and at: be make 'monthly'returns' to the pay mafter 'gerifral of their ai counts' I Extract from tbtmiitutts, i' CHARt'g i'fiOMSON; fecr. (: i f'X i'j r.

vi Extracts from the JOURNALS Moy 20. "A letter, of the 19th, from hon. Sieur Cirai minifter, picnipotentiary Jirance, was read, enclpfing a note Don. Juan dc refpedling three bpaoih fliips' taken by prvate.ers and carried intu Mailachufettsyay. Ordtrtd, 7hat the fame be referred to a committee of three the" ruembers; chofen; Mri Biirke; Mr.

Duane, and Mr. Lovell. May xi. HtfofoefyThii thefe United States be called upon, in addition $0 the fum required ky a relblution of congrefs of the fecond of January for their 're Tpeftive quotas of forty five millions' of dollars, to. be paid into tHt continental treafury before: the firlt of.Ja nuary next jn.the.proportion following 3 i 'T 1,500,000 6,000, oco 750,000 .5, 100,000.

3,400,000, 4.50,000 '468oooo' 7,100,000 tix.7.?00 S55800 1 Georgia, being invaded is hereafter to raife her I That the fatd feveral fums, or' any greater fums, which hall be paid by at.y of the ftatei into th'e continental treafury, "fhall be 'paffod t6 tlieir'refpelie credits oh interdr; on: the fame terms Ware prefcribed by the refolution of congrefs pafled the itd of Novem ber, I777. May'ii. The committee to whom' was' referred the letter from the minifter plenipotentiary of France, with the note from' Don Juan de Mirailles, dated May 18th, brought in d' report; whereupon; Jiejblved, That the. refolutions of congreis' paffed on the lixth day 6f March laft, relative to the controul of congrefs by appeal in the Jail refort overall iurifdiftions foivdeeiding the legality of captures on the high leas, be immediately tranlmitted to the feveral ftates, and that they be refpeaively reqdfefted to take effectual meafures for conforming Refolded, That' the, following letter Wwritten to'the minuter plenipotentiary of France, and by the ll" 6c. Congrefs bavlrtg taken 'into confideration your letter of the 19th 6f this month, I am to affure youj.that as foon as the, matter fliall in due'eourfe come before them, they will attend very particularly to the cafes of the veflVis ftat'ed in the npte from Don Juan de Mirailles to hdve been falling under the fl.lg of his Ca tholtc and'captiired by arnied vefiels under the flag of the United 'States 5 and that they will' caufe the law of nations, to be nioft ftricjtly bbferved That if it be after due trial, that the ownerS of the captured' vefiels have fuffeted damage frOni'the mifap prehenfibn or violation of the rights of war arid neutrality; congrefs Will caufe 'reparation to be made in fuch mariner as to d6 aniple jodice and Vindicate the honour CftheSpaniib flsg.

That corigTefs have every poflible difpofition to cultivate' the moil perfect harmony with his Catholic Mai ana to encourage the tnolt liberal and friendly in tercourft between his fubjefts and the citiiens of thefe United State but they cannot, confidently with the powers intrnfted to them' and the rights Tf'the ftates i.nd in any cafe iufpena cfr interrupt the ordinary courfe 61 iuftxej iA 'A LI sru. On Saturday laft, captain Earle, in the fchooner Bal timpre Hero of ja guns, bound to St.Juftatia,in com. pany witn the brig; Lively, captain. Belt, the Lady Walhington, captain Greenway, and. four pilot boats, fell in with two of the enemy' of 11 gulls, with two prizes, off Rappahanocic Captains Eane and Belt engaged them for two hour and a half, and would in all probability have taken them, had not two brigs and fchooner of the enemy bore down on them.

After re takiur one of the prizef, which they" lent "mto Rappahanock, they made the hft of their way up the Bay, being chared pa high a Point no Point. The BaL imore Hero had three ot her men flighrly wounded, pnd was much damaged in her bull, fail and rigging. Two of be Lively' n.a were mortally wounded, and fhe is aifo much fluttered: 1 the year ot Lord one thoufand feven hundiM id r' a the MtirWaitd G'iMiiirrBiiwl 11 i wry vairc'nwryet veara jmrn, j5f'jyf y.wtrti nftuxt ninth. WrUloi kiiiUte.i To be Ld lat.upiU BL IO i.i. Monday the a tthn day tf tlii'irfaTTf "JrfrfeV'at tft, I lioufe of GcorgerManpjin 'o'clock it Jhe ittrJH yd 01 i JTp irJG A li ink A LT1MO Band JOHNSON, the newjGALLEV ANN ApOLls andtheSCHOottEC OEN ER ALUM ALL Wood! A number of four pcurideffrtof ptikiwil jbld at.the.

fane timeejthjy'jgbhon' VirginiaKJune S779.j( Fcf. 'A Lv' 'UsB v't THE now, lying jt Broadways, near. leteifburg, in.tbis ftate. tbek London river, built, capable of carrying 500 hogftieads of to. bacco, and a very good faiierj' is wtll found with cables and anchors, conip etely lurpifhed wth every material necefiary for a may be.

gpt ready for lea in a fortnight! btlides tt.complete fuit of failsj. fhe bu a number of fpare fails, and a quantity pf rigging. The fale will be by public auction, on Thurfday the jirft day of July next, at Mr. Bradley's tayem iu Pe tcrfburg, wbere: an inventory of her: materials may be (een, and on board tbe At the lame time will be lold about So hoglheads of prime, upland tobacco that was prepared, for her cargo; of which 6oafen board, the reiidue are in this town, and in theviciaity of Richmond, on James river, (PtXA Annapolis, June 1779. THE partnerfliip of RJft and Company being diflolved, all perfons hafing any claims againlt(he fvid company are defiredto3ring them in to the fab fcriber, as no lurtherjaonce will be given.

OCLi ROBERT BERRY. June it, 1779. "VTOTICE is hereby given, that Sundry inhabitshti of Caecil county intend to petition the next General Aflembly to pais empowering the judicet of the laid county to lay off a lot of land in fome con Vfnient fituation, at or near the Head of Elk, for a gaol and court houfe, and to contract with fome proper per fon or perfons to build a good and fufficient gaol thereon, and to affefs at their Jiext levy court, upon the real and perfonai property in faid councy, a fufficient lum of money, by enluing yearly afleffments, to buiid a gaol and court houfe thereon and that in the mean time the county and orphans' courts and county elections flial be at, Iqme convenicait houi atllie Head of Jne 14, 1779. 'ANTED, in All Hallows parifli, a Cleroyma of the Church of England, recommended for his fobriety, to whom, a gepteej laiary will be givent and the u(e ot a' fmall elebe. on which, is a neat and convenient lioufe.

1 l) JShnedptr order," (P y7d0HN regifter. LEFT, at' the time jjritifli fleet went up the Bay, in Augult777, at Newington. Rope walk, a CROSS CUT A.W.ril he owner may have it again on proving, property and riayiiu he charces of tins aavemiement. 1 Worcefter county, Maryland, May it, 1779. 4 rT0W 'n tne ao1 this county, a NEGRO ntf XN called COLLINS, belonging tp a gentleman (he fays) living in New whofe firnarae is Bell, and that he left him at Dover, in Kent county: in Delaware, fome time in October, 778 he is a imall black fellow, about 25 year of age.

Hi mafter it defired come and pay'ciiarges and take him away. w8. 5 BENJAMIN PUKNfcLL, fberiff. I DOLLARS RE WAR May 10, 1779. LOS.T by the fubfenbei i the time when loftufy Certain, one State Lban Oflice Certificate for 69 Dollars, No, 431, dated th' July, 1778, payables Mrs.

Jean Stewart in three years from that I Any perfon, on delivering the abbementioned, Certificate to the fublcriber, or to Mr. Benjamin Karwood at the Loan Office in Annapolis fliall hive the abovs reward immediately paid them and if offered for thofe to whom it may be offered are requefted to'ftbp (the fame; and to make the perfon offering give a'nfac. count how it came into their can be pf no ufe to any but as payment is. ftoptattht loan Office, A MKS D1 CK'. Jj 'fcNrJ 0 Zv Primed by T)'E onA a tt p' "kr.

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