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W 1 LLIA MSBUR G, Virginia) Ju^CT
^be Governor's Anywcr to the j^nt Adarefs of the
Hon. the Council and the Hos/e of Burgees, in
cnrfqucuce of the meffiige which bis Excellency
hi behind hi% upon bis retreat on board the
Forney man of war.
Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gen
tlemen cf the Hose of Burgeffis.
1 N answer to your joint address, presented by
, your Deputies yesterday, 1 acquaint you,
that it appears to me the commotions among
the people, and their menaced and threats (an
enumeration of which 1 forbear, out of tender
xicfs) have been of such public notoriety, that
you must suppose many of his Majesty's fubjefts
in this colony, whether they meditated or not,
have at lead manifefted, such an inveteracy as
juftifies my suspicion that they would not heli
cate to commit a crime, which, horrid and atro
cious as it is, I had just ground to apprehend;
and when the disposition which the House of
Burgesses have shewn towards me, the returns
they have made to the refped and civility which
I have been forward to offer to them, the coun
tenance they have given to the violent and dis
orderly proceedings of the people, his Majesty's
magazine having been forced and rifled in the
presence of some of the members of the House
cf Burgesses, and, by the information of the
Committee the House appointed to infpef t the
magazine, no other endeavours have been used
t'an to prevail on the people to return the arms
taken our, but not to commit the perf ns in
whose poffeffien they were found, in order that
they might be brought to the punishment due
to so heinous an offence, no less against the
peace and good order of the country than the
dignity and authority of the King ; when a body
of men assembled in the city of Williamfborg,
not only to the knowledge, but with the appro
bation of every body, for the avowed purpose of
•attacking a party of the King's forces, which,
without the Icaft foundation, it was reported
were marching to my protection, and which, if
true, ought to have been approved and aided,
not opposed and insulted, by all good and loyal
fubjefts ; when especially the House of Bnrgef
fes, or a Committee of the House (which is the
fame) has ventured upon a step fraught with
the most alarming consequences, in ordering
and appointing guards, without ever consulting
me, to mount in the city of Williamiburg, as
is pretended, to protest the magazine, but
which may well be doubted, as there then re
mained nothing therein which required being
guarded ; but if otherwise, this step neverthe
]efs ffiows a design to usurp the executive power,
which, if it fee persisted in, subverts the confu
tation : I fay, when these circumstances are du
ly considered, I may submit it to your own
judgment whether 1 could reasonably expect any
good effect from communicating the ground of
my uneasiness to you.
Bat as you are pleased, Gentlemen, now to
rfTure me, that you will cheerfully concur in
any measure that may be proposed proper for
the security of myfelf and family, I leave to
your own consideration whether that can be ef
feded any otherwise than by reinstating me in
the full powers of my office, as his Majelly's
representative, by opening the courts of justice,
and restoring the energy of the laws, which is
all the security requisite for all parties; by dis
arming all independant companies, or other
bodies of men raised and acting in defiance of
lawful authority, and by obliging those who
have taken any of his Maiefty's public store of
arms to deliver them up immediately ; and,
what is not less effentiai than any thing, by your
town example, and every means in your power,
abolishing that spirit of persecution, which, to
the disgrace of humanity, now reigns, and
pursues with menaces and ads ofopprehion, all
perfors who differ from the multitude in politi
cal opinion, or are attached from principles
;and duty to the service of their King and go
vernment; by which means, the deluded peo
ple never hearing but the disfigured fide of a
story, their minds are continually kept in that
ferment Which fubjeas them forever to be im
posed upon, and leads to the commission of any
desperate act, and endangers the general fafety.
For the more speedy accomplishment of these
ends, and the great object and necessary buli
refs of the sessions, I (hull have no objection to
your adjourning to the town of York, where I
will meet you, and remain with you till your
foufinefs be finished.
With refped to your entreaty that I (hould
return to the Palace, as the most likely means
es quieting.the minds of the people, I must re
- present to you, that, unless there be among
you a sincere and active desire to seize this op
portunity, now offered to you by Parliament,
of eftablilhing the freedom of your country up
on a fixed and known foundation, and of unit
ing yourselves with your fellow fubjefts of
Great-Britain in one common bond of interest,
and mutual affißance, my return to Williamsburg
would be as fruitlefs to the people, as, possibly,
it might be dangerous to myfelf. But if your
proceedings manifeft that happy disposition,
which is to be desired ardently by every good
friend to this as well as the mother country, 1
assure you, in the warmth of my heart, that I
will return, with the greatest joy, and (hall
confider it as the most fortunate event of my
life if you give me an opportunity to be an in
jlrument of promoting your happiness, and a
mediator between you and the supreme autho
rity, to obtain for you every explanation of
your doubts, and the fulled convi&ion of the
fnetyty of their desire to confirm to you the
undiuurbed enjoyment of your rights and liber
ty; and I faall be well pleased, by bringing
toy family back again, that you should have
such a pledge of my attachment to this country,
an i of ray withes to cultivate a close and lull
ing intimacy with the inhabitants.
JW io, 177). DUNMOR E.
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N^ W-Y 0 R R, f 026.
'1 he fliip Juliana, Capt. Montgomery, arrived
at Sandy Hook lad Saturday night, from L n
don, in which vessel our worthy Governor came
paflenger. He landed at 8 o'clock yefUrd^y
eveninrf and was conducted to the house of the
Hon. Hugh Wallace, Esq; by an immense num
ber of the principle people of this city.
Yelterday arrived here from Philadelphia, in
their way for the camp at Boston, General
Washington,appointed by the Hon. the Conti
nental Congress ommander in chief of all the
Provincial troops in North-America, attended
by the Generals Lee and Schuyler : They
were escorted by a party of Light-Horse: The
Generals landed at the feat of Col. Lifpenard
about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, from
whence they were conducted by nine companies
of foot, in their uniforms, and a greater num
ber of the principal inhabitants of this city,
than ever appeared here on any occasion before.
Extrafl of a letter from a Gentleman in Providence
[4g miles from Bofton™\ to his friend in this ity,
dated June 20, 1775.
" You doubtless have been alarmed with di
vers accounts of the contest which happened on
the 17th inst. between the King's troops and
our ^rmy ; (hall give you a narrative in a few
words, as the post now waits.
" On the evening of the 16th, Col. Putnum
took poTeffion of Bunker's Hill, with about
2000 m p n, and began an intrenchment, which
they had made some progress in.—At 8 in the
morning, a party of Regulars landed at Charles
town, and fired the town in divers places. —
Under cover of the smoke, a body of about 5000
men marched up to our intrenchments, and
made a furious and sudden attack ; they were
drove back three times ; and when they were
making the third attack, one of our people im
prudently spoke aloud that their powder was all
gone; which being heard by some of the Regu
larofficers, they encouraged their men to march
up to the trenches with fixed bayonets, and
entered them ; on which our people were or
dered to retreat, which they did with all speed,
till they got out of musket (hot ; they then
forme], but were not pursued : In the mean
time fix men of war, and four floating batteries
were brought up, and kept up a continual fire
on the causeway that leads on to Charleftown ;
our people retreated through the fire, but not
without the lots of many of the men. Our loss
is 60 men killed and miffing, and about 140
wounded. The brave Dr. Warren is among the
former, and Col. Gardner among the latter.—
We left 6 field pieces on the hill ; cur people
are now intrenched on Pleasant Hill, within
cannon shot of Burker's Hill. The loss of the
King's troops must be very considerable ; the
exa& number we cannot tell. If our people had
been supplied with ammunition they would
have held possession moll certainly. They have
begun firing on Roxbury with carcases to set it
on fire, but have not yet succeeded. Our peo
ple are in high spirits, and are very earneit to
put this matter on another trial."
PHILADELPHIA, fa, 28.
Yesterday arrived here an express from the
American camp, who brought letters to the Con
gress, by him we have the following.
Extrafl of a letter from Weathersfeld, June 22,
, . ° r >7r
" Before this, you must know, (I conclude)
that there has been a battle, in which fell the ho
nourable, the noble Dr. Warren. For fear you
may not have the particulars, I will endeavour
in part to relate to you how the affair was, as by
the best account I can gather from letters from
the camp : —Lad Friday afternoon, orders yere
issued forabout 1,800 of the Provincial troops
and 200 of the Connecticut, to parade themselves
at fix o'clock with one day's provision, equipt
with packs, blankets, &c. their orders were given
at nine o'clock, and they marched with their
teams, trenching tools, &c. on Bunker's Hill, to
heave up an intrenchment, which you are sensi
ble is near the water, ifhips, &c. they worked most
surprisingly that night, and were difeovered at
sunrise by a sailor from the mart head; the British
army began a fire from,Cop's Hill,near Cotton's
church, in Boston, and fiom all the ships that
could be brought to play, which contined till near
eight. About one o'clock P. M. the Americans
at Cambridge heard that the Regulars were land
ing from their floating batteries, and the alarm
was founded, and they were ordered down to the
breast workat CharleOowr. Before it was pof
fible,Capt. Chester writes me, he could get there,
the battle had begun in earnest, and cannon and
musket ball were plenty about their ears; Chester
and my brother both were in the engagement,
they reinforced our men that had left the breast
work, in fine order, though they past through
rhe cannonading of the (hips, bombs, chain shot,
ting shot, doublexheaded shot, &c. but then their
Inferior number of artillery and number of men,
for they were three to two, forced our men to re
treat, after a warm engagement of one hour and
a half. Thank Heaven but few of our men fell,
confiderihg the advantage they had of us; our
men were much fatigued with working at the in
trenchments, and I believe not in the best prepa
ration in the world to meet an enemy. Add to
this terrible feene, the British troops, to their
eternal disgrace, ffiame and barbarity, set Charles
town on fire with torches. My brother fays, we
were obliged to retreat upon Profpe& Hill, where
we made a stand, and said we would all die be
fore we would retreat any further; but the Bri
tish troops did not think fit to come out from un
der protection of their fhippiug- Thelofs of Ame
ricans is supposed to be of wounded, miffing and
slain, about 120. A large genteel well dressed
gentleman that firft mounted our breast-work, was
overfet by one of our impudent Americans, who
took so good aim as to prevent his ever mounting
treble:, AS be t ambled him into the intrenchment,
just is be cried, the day is our own.—We great-
I.^ jo.ccroh ar of the coming of the good, the
o % . General Washington, we Shall re
ceive him vith often arms? \
Ite # .. - -; is tie copy of a note sent to Colonel
Lincoln.
Gingham, Mondays June 19, 1775.
" Yesterday 1 came out cf Boston, at two
o'clock, : .M. I beard tl^ officers and soldiers
fay • ;.:' they were sure that they had a thousand
01 more men killed and wounded, that they were
carryiig the wounded from four o'clock on Satur
day till I came away. General How commanded
the troops. The, buried their dead at Charles
town; pflirg the dead was Major Fitcairn, and
a great many other officers.—l here were 5000
fol tiers went out of Bottom. The soldiers and
officers exult very much upon taking cur lines.
JOB BRADFORD."
Thefollowing mas added by the Gentleman mho for
marded the above to this city.
" June 20, 1775 —The dead and miffing on
our part, is about 60 or 70. —The above account
of Captain Bradford's is confirmed by two other
channels, and agree."
Extras of a letter from Cambridge, dated Jtine 23.
" We have just received an account by a man
who is laid to have swam out of Boston, that we
ks ed and wounded rooo of the Ministerial troops,
among which is a General, Majors Sheriff and
Pitcairn, and sixty other officers killed and seven
ty wounded. The whole of the troops landed
at Charleftown, were five thediuH.
" In this action fell our wortl y and much la
mented friend Dr. Warren, with as much^lory
as Wolfe, after performing many feats of bravery,
and exhibiting a coolness and conduct, which did
honour to the judgment of his country, in ap
pointing him a few days before, one of our Ma
jor Generals."
Extras of a letter from Hartford, sane 23.
“ Mr. Adams and Mr. Alcot, arrived from the
Provincial camp at Cambridge, which they left
Wednesday at four o'clock in the afternoon :—
Their account is as follows; two hundred of the
Provincials killed, wounded, and taken prisoners.
Officers killed, Major Moore, Df. Warren, a Co
lonel and a Captain, whose names are unknown:
The New-Hampshire regiment sustained the
greatest loss in this engagement. The number of
Regulars at this battle were between four and
five thousand, one thousand of which are killed
and wounded.
", The Provincials who opposed them were
about 2CCO, who repulsed the Regulars three
times.
" The Provincials were entrenched at Breed's
hill, and were there firft attacked; they are now
entrenched an Profpe&-Hill, and the Regulars
are entrenched at Bunker's-Hill, so that they are
now only a mile and a half diftantfrom each ether.
“ Colonel Gardener that was wounded, is like
ly to recover in a few days."
Yesterday morning fat out from this city, fir
the American camp at Cambridge, JOHN
S ULL 1V AN, Esq; of New-Hampshire,
being appointed a Brigadier General by the Ho
nourable Continental Congress. He was accom
panied some distance from the city by a detach
ment of the light infantry of the third battalion,
and a number of the outers of the militia and
other Gentlemen.
*^^^^^^^O^^
Newtown, Sufex county New-Jersey, May 22,1775.
NOTICE is hereby given to the cre
ditors of Abraham Picket, an insolvent
debtor now confined in the common gaol of the
county of Sussex, that they be and appear before
two of the Judges of the inferior Court of Common
Pleas for the county of Suffix, at the Court-house,
on Monday the third day of July next, to shew
cause, if any they have, why an assignment of said
debtors estate should not be made and he difehargtd,
pursuant to an a& of the Governor, Council ard
General Assembly of the province of New-Jersey,
paflfed in the twelfth year of the reign of his present
Mi?fty, intituled, An a& for the relief of insolvent
debtors, and also pursuant to an a& passed in the
fifteenth year of the reign of his present Majesty,
intituled, A supplementary a& to an aft intituled
an a& for the relief of insolvent debtors.
CAME to the place of the fubferiber,
in Germantown, on the 12th instant, (May)
two Itray COWS, the one black, with a white
face, the other a dark brown, with a white face.
The owner or owners, proving their property and
paying charges, may have them again.
J_A COB KEYSER. 1
TEN POU NlsTirErwTß'D.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, in Chris
tiana Bridge, New-Castle County, op the 23d
of April latt, an apprentice lad, named GEORGE
GRAY, by tradea hatter, 18 or 19 years of age,
has two years to serve, about five feet fix inches
high, has a down lock, yellow complexion, with a
fear down his nose, very talkative and conceited of
his own abilities : Had'on when he went away, an
olive coloured fuftian coat, red veil, nankeen bree
ches, thr ad flockings, fashionable Ihoes, and apir
of very gay carved silver buckles. Whoever takes
up said apprentice, and secures him in any of bis
Majesty's gaols, so that his matter may get him
again, shall have the above reward and reasonable
charges, paid by JOEL LEWIS.
N. B. All matters of vessels and others are for
bid to harbour or carry off said apprentice at their
peril.
FI V E POUNDS REWARD.
STOLEN out of the liable of the fubferiber,
on Sunday night the 14th instant (May) a bay
GELDING, (even years old, about fourteen
hands and a half high, branded on the nearb oul
der with W. somewhat dim, trots, paces and gal
lops, food before, his mane and tail black, and
his mane trimmed on the near sole. Whoever takes
up the thief and horse, so that the thief may le
brought to justice and the horse may be had agaii^
fliall have the above reward and reasonable charges,
or FIFrY SHILLINGS for the Horse on
ly, paid by ISAAC GIBBS.
For BRISTOL,'
t^-3 T(;e good Ship
PROSPERITY,
^^^ WILLIAM M'CULLOCH,'
Master;
HAVING great part of
tWW^/9% A A her car S° ready to go on
board, will fail with a 1 conve
nient speed, for freight or paf
^£e @^plv to James Stuart, or said 'maker ora
board at Hamilton's wharf.
f 1 yin)ow a!?^^^
Si OLEN from the fubferiber, living in Mid
dlesex County, Fast New-Jersey, on the 30th
of May last, a darkish sorrel MAR E, with a
white strip down her face, her cellar marked with
grey hairs, is five years old this grass, fourteen
hands high, a natural trotter, well built, good car
riage, and some white on her off fore foot. Any
person taking up fiid mare and fending word to
the fubferiber, to Abraham Kintzing, in Phi
ladelphia, er to Noah Marsh, Inn-keeper, in
Elizabeth Town, Ealt-Jerfey, (hall be entitled to
the above Reward and all reasonable charges, paid
by either of the above mentioned persons, or by
_ DAVID STEWART.
Meg Bth, 1775.
FOUR DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, living at
Elk Ferry, Caecil County, Maryland, a Ne
gro man, named C U FF, who has for aconfider
able time rowed in the ferry boat at said ferry. He
is about five feet three or four inches high, very
strait, has thick lips, with the letter R marked on
his right cheek, he is pretty smart and talks a little
in the Negro dialect. He had on when he went
away, a lead coloured jacket and breeches, ozna
brigs Ihirt, old stockings and no (hoes. Whoever
takes up said Negro and secures him, so that his
matter may have him again, Ihall have the above
reward and reasonable charges, paid by
THOMAS SAVIN.
EIGHT DOLLARS REWARD.
S' RAJ Es )or S rOLEN, out of Adam Good's
(bed in T.&ny- so rm, Frederick County, Ma
ryland, the twerrvfo day of Odo&er last, at
night, A YELLO ^V GELDING, about
nine or ten years old, ^„t^ha hands high,
somewhat thick on the wiwitei.y-occafioncd by
the fiftula, paces and trots, his fefAS d set white,
no brand nor ear mark, had on a h.d s o^faddle,
and a pair of saddle bags, an old bte fit coat.
Whosoever takes up the said GElti 'C, ard
brings him to Adam Good, ir. Tawny,-To^c. or
to Abraham Myer, in New Colhahoppi in I /t.
delphia County, or to Leonard Keller, in Kerin >
Town, fixt^en miles from Lancaster, ffiall have t'•
above REWARD, and no questions aiked, paid
by either of the above named men, oi the sub
scriber in Colhahoppa. JACOB GREATHER.
Mayicih,
n POLE N last Saturday night, our of the past
„ ture of the fubferiber, living in Weft Fallov.fi id
Township, Chester County, near Ellis PUSEYS
mill, a blackifli brown mare, about eight yearsold
this grass, mealy mouthed and very low before,
both paces and trots at a flow rate, her footlocks
trimmed some time in the Winter, and hurt with
the collar on each fife of her shoulder, her mane
being turned to the wrong fide, it was trimmed some
time ago to make it lay to the right fide, (hod all
round, about fifteen hands high. Whoever
tikes up said mare, and delivers her to the own
er again, (hall have, if ten miles'from home TEN
SHILLINGS, if twenty miles, TWENTY SHIL
LINGS, and if at a farther distance, THIRTY
SHILLINGS for the mare, and THREE POUNDS
for the thief, paid by me
„ , WILLIAM REED.
N. B. There was left in the field of the fubferi
ber, the fame night, supposed by the thief, a gr^y
horse, (hod all round, steel toed before, but wore
smooth, his mane being well trimmed, about four
or five years old this grass, supposed to be a hackney
horse, the owner is defined to come and prove his
property, pay charges, and take him away.
'SIX DOLLARS REIDAR D.
RAN AWAY on Tuesday las, the 3 otb of Mat.
1 prom thefubferiber, timing in Philadelphia, a li
l, mulatto lad, about 21years of age, of tG middle
fa, a little marked with the fmalfyox, calls Ltwfefo
JAMES GREEN: Had on when be wentaway,
a green cloth coat, with a red cape and whi.e ,:eta
bajket buttons, a fufiian waifcoat andtkickfct bt^cb
es. It is fuppofedfaid fo^ant is in company wnb a
tall thin Irijb girl, red haired, pitted with ibejfol
pox, and calls herfelf ROSE, the thumb on one of
her hands grows close to the palm. It hotter tab's
the above described jervant, so as bis rnafler ma, have
him again, fall receive the above reward, and ad
reasonable charges, allowed ly
ANDREW HAMILTON.
N. B. Said lad plays a little on the ffe cpid fiddle.
All wafers uj vessels ate requeued not t'o'carry him off
or harbour him at any rate.
ASIN GEE MAN who underflands
farming, and can be well recommended,
will meet with encouragement by applying to
WILLIAM HARRIS, in Springfield town
ship, Chelhr county, or to the Piinter hereof
WHEREAS the fubferiber boughTa
|riece of land, with the improvements there
on, in Turkeyford township, Bedford county, of
a certain John Weneel, living in said townfl);?
and county, for which I gave him a bone f%
fifteen pounds and a note for e pounds fr,e
Siblings ; and having since heard F lt another man
hath a warrant upon said land 1 This is therefore
to desire that 110 person may take any afienment
on said bond nd note, as lam determined not to
pay them until the laid Weneel delivers me the
land which lie fold.
IJ_E_R MAN BLAESER.
Baltimore, May 20,
ON the third day of November last was
committed to my cuftedy, on suspicion of e
ing a run-away, a Negro man who calls bimftlf
2 OMBO Y, and tbys he is the property cf Ro
bert Rutter, bit either cannot or will not tell
in what cou ty his matter lives, nor can he give ar^
account of the n mes of any Gentlemen who live in
the neighbourhood of his mailer. lam inclined to
think he came from S^merfet or Worcester county
as he was brought to this town by a thallop that is
said to have come from one of these countirs. He
is about twenty-two years of age, five feet fev. n
inches high, and a ftrorg made fellow. It is long
since he has ben adverted in the Maryland Ga
zette. If he is net taken away in one month from
this date, I (hall fell him for payment ofliriprison
fees. ROBERT CHRISTIE, jun. Sheriff.