Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-08-19 00:00:00, page 2

WILLIAMSBURG, Z^ 8;
^ AST Tu.fday.the Hon. Mis. Washington nr-
^ ^ r ' ve d in this city, amidst the ranging of bells,
fluoral ddcharges of artillery and vpHies of tmall arms
frorc the troops ftatiohed here, and the cordial good
withes of ail the inhabitants, who have the greatest
regard ior her Ladyship's own perioral merit, and a
teful sense of the eminent Services rendered to the
# ited American Stages by her illuftfious contort.
<A a mewingof the Common Hall ofthis city, on Friday
die iftinfant, to '-take into their confderation the ar
had of General Washington's Lady, they Game to the
doling resolutionst
'fc^ed unanimously, That the mod' refpeAful tefti
ybe presented to her on he reckon of the high
.* this Hall entertains of General v/Akington's dis
. ulhed merit, as the iduftiious defender and deli
sos hie country.
devolved unanimoufo, That a golden emblematical
. rec,l be prepared, to be prevented to the Generals
ojy, as the most Editable method of carrying that
'f/n into execution; and th^t the Mayor be dehred
tv form the device, and agree with some proper perlons
to execute the feme.
Rift vid unanimously, That the freedom of this city
.be presented to General Washington, through his Lady;
nd that the Mayor be desired 10 wait upon her with
Te fame, and with a espy of these several resolutions.
dxtra@ of a letter from a gentleman in Charleft&wn to
his friend at Newbern, dated ]wy 20.
" A brig 'from Londonderry, mounting 12 guns,
und for St. Augu&Ee, with a valuable cargo (by
defeription of the men I believe Loffhoi.de Matter)
Ten by bur fbte brig of war Notre Dames, Cept
vGore, and carrier! irto George Town; ibe arrived
ffthe-e laft\ Monday, and I believe is g:t in to-day.
Efench .fl^op fron'°'|*tJ-^^ barrels
.•.res, !,2 bomb iheds, about tgbo shot, a
,ri h c d r s c'oathm Qtons of alt, and 8
officers T - ' came in iaft Thursday without a
cilot,: two P'ar at anchor aTreaif and cioE to
^'^v. and another cruizing ih sight 1, I law a do ,
, ,x< day,on i r '3 Store. . Five or iix North Carolina
boats, two Sa tee fchoOners, and one (chooser from
providence have got in this week, and all this while
Go! British firns of war, the b 6rtine o' 28 gons, rhe
rerfeus and Galatea of 20 gons ach, are c rozingbe-'
fore onr bar, where they arfeuored Wednesday and
Thursday; every day in fight la that I can dilic^uifh
tach particular ihip. They brought a prize ship,
Nuch must bethe Nartov, a Janr^icsman, retaken.
The Galatea ft nd to the eastward with her iaft Thurs
day evening: § o'clock, and returned to her consort
yeftetday morning, so that I suppose Che has conveyed
her to the go pt, where I hope ffie will be again taken
$s ihe fails very badly."
B*o S~V 0 N, August 7 .
By ^ g^ueman who .tired in town yffterdivfem
Providence, we are informed, that the day before,
absut 700 of the enemy fr m Newport, landed at a
place called Buffon Neck, from whence they captured
nd lent off a Captain and about remen; they also
wde prize of an 181 b. cannon; with which the day
before, our troops had obliged a 50 ^un Tip to quit
her moo logs and Peer for Newport. The enemv, it
is thought, intend th ^ F,ft Greenwich a v lit, „nd
perhaps, in their fit of fieozy, they will t y for Pro
viderce too. 1
Account is this moment received, that the enemy
have landed a lare part of their force, about for^
m"-s this fide Philadelphia. perhaps upon Newcati'e.
The report of a fleet of the enemy's (hipping, laid
to be off G,; e- Ann, 2, was fall Saturday currently
reported, is premature,
SAp-d.ty lad -.bout 200 men fr m this town vohtn
.ed for one month, to go and work on the 1
:01 lE..'^s in this hlabour.
Somedaymuno/ed,,3rd on Fort Hill, 2jkng others.
Specimen, ? Over'&ers, Committee men of Corrcfpond
ence, &c.—An example, which we dogbt not will be
followed by every gentleman in rotation.
A prize (crooner, laden with about 210 hogsheads
of rum, taken by Captain Champlin or Connecticut
fate, arrived at a fomhern port lad: Thursday. This
is the third p ze out of five, taken by him, fafe arri
ved; the others are vot yet given over.
K I N G S T O N, A^uft
On Monday or TutftGy hft, passed through this
town, 31r. John Adams, on express from Boston to
Philadelphia, who reported as follows, viz. That on
the Tuesday before, in B linn, he saw Captain Fran
ces, (brother to the late gallant Col. Francis) who, in
his bearing, told 2 number of gentlemen, that all the
militia of the counties of Berkshire and Hampshire, and
a so of the date of New Hampshire, were a&uahy on
their march towards the Grants and Fort Ed ard;
that be had met many of them, ail pr, dred woh thirty
fix rounds of cartridges each man, a^d doubled not,
that in a little time, there would be ten or twelve thou
find men in the rear cfthe enemy — That one of his
company, who had escaped from them after the re
t^i hum Ticonderoga affirmed him that in the buffer
wteM he had been confined, there were cne hundred
a„d ievemy of the caerny wounded, and that he had
S I R,
I HAVE long defirea to write myl - 1 m 4
ter of the very greatest Importance to you; ' die tin
happy situation of thio,- has rendered.as drretcourse
very difficult, and M ' & ^ prevented re: i now
JOG/ - - x. - > ^y differ or ,or,mf? Or
you, by him I TA! co. - CT ~ , e t this letter to you,
a perion having undertakes ~ ; it in rhe place of that
which was designed to Decant'd to yep. You know
I me very well, and are acquainted with many circum
fiances of my life, and hart keen me in very trying si
tuations' that might perhaps have been some excwle,
yet £am sure you never draw me guibyof any ungcu
ticmafily g?iop§ I remind you of this to convince you
I that you may lately truk what I Ayo you, as coming
! from 2 perTn who bar never tr 9 ri wrih any n^n.
iYou knew toterthol d^: : suatioßf your Con-
I grefe, and the cOnfohon t - among you, and the
I ruin that impends; you ha ^ , how unequal the 'or-
Ires of your own people art : hhibndthe p wer of
I Great Britain; and for for Ala c r !need not tell
I you how precarious and .deer: I it mud be ; France
- and ^pain know they paper' hark in your qnmel
g r eatpft dange > .Treat-Ern; n tuning
''Atiuft and taktun 4ibn of their Colo ies,
Iwitn 10 !^{Q£_di _£^-&r^^ : ^ ;i?fVtfTCfcr-trr™^^
i # t©k es their tears or rai'in >tews of independence in
I their own Colonies; to wl 1c? a~e much di posed.
But why fhnuld I enlarge : <s/übj erf lam lore
you know the futility of a! '^ of effeaual foreign
afliftance, and that th fe : s have b^en thr wo out
only to keep up the spirits deluded common .e^
pl% you therefore will not io' yourfelf to be deiud d
by them; the most you cm w & fram foreigners s,
ri' 1 0: ~Hlp, at the:.:;: ?of your countrymens
d ' iriefs, to keep up a dispute that will nun
you apd dift're $ Great Bruft is not the inhered
of Funce or Spain that Ar a Hom'd be independent ;
but if it were poffihe tl at - c- canid entertain any'
thoughts that the Lopes o' GAual foreign affidance
were well grounded, you c m r but know that fach
affift^ce most now arrive to , Lie. The last campaign
war Amoft cn r umed be'; . •ri - English army could be
cAtefted, qod io a pofitic .to CTo America; but now
the campaign is just open -.he whole army in the_
greatest health and fp.ru 1 roifuly provided with
every thing, m c ft earnest 1 -cause Ido iffare you;
well acquainted with the c y, and placed so as to
ad briskly, with the greQ A acy; a few months
will therefore probably < tho coote^; you must
either right or fly; and in : • ca+e uio teems inevi
table. You was the firft mania aflive rebellion, and
drew with you the province you live in. \ What hope,
what expectation can you nave? You will be one of the
firft 'acrikces to the rsfentmems and justice of govern
ment; yeur family wiy be ruined, and yew mutt die
l/ ^ Y ; or if you fhmfd be so happy as to cf
....ri drag along a tedious life of poverty, rai
ie;y, anu continual apprehenfi?ns, in a foreign land.
Now, Sullivan, I have a method to propose to you,
if yen have reWution and courage enough for it, that
will save you, and your family, and estate, from tins
imminent deftrudion; it is in plain English to tread
back the steps you have already taken ; and to do home
real ekental fervrce to your kirg and country, in af
hftiog to reePabri/h public tranquility and lawful go
ve:nment. You know I will hot deceive you; every
one who w;'l exert binder for government will be re
ceived; and Ido allure you, hrmly upon my honour,
I am empowered to engage particularly with you, that
it Tail be the case with you, if you will Sincerely en
deavour to deserve your pardon. It is not desired of
you to declare yourself immediately, nor indeed to de
clare yourfeif at all, until you can dupofe matters so as
to bring the province with you ; in order to which you
Tou:d, as much as pokbit, under different pretences.
FIS H-K I L L. ' %t$ 14.
Hanover, (Nem-ferfej,) Aug, l ft 6, '777°
Mr. Loudon,
I TAKE the freedom to inclofe you yopy ofa
letter which I received through the hands o i [Ji^ I,x
celiency General WaTTflo^ 'he original 1 have
lent to Congress. ° Timer in which it was detec
ted appears upon tl, I b eg the favor of y^ to
puunm it, with till,Judged I coa'd with it
to be published in all ox ',, that the people may
fee that every measure it * pted by our enemies to
accompTh their tyrannical purposes. Nothing is left
unattempted which they think may promote their hel
liT designs. They are so loft to all sense of honor and
honesty, that by thei r own feelings theyi r dge it a/rght
matter for a person to fackice his hrat and cemf rence
by betraying the trust rep-fed in h'm by his comrtr,
and assisting them to el blifh drip ti'm upon the ruins
of freedom. This letter was diteA 'to me ^ s com
mander at Ticonderoga, therefore may Tew the im
portance of having the command of ourir.-p-.rb.nl poTs
in the hands of chide whi have the gei'it atacholot
and the Hrongeft ties to bind them *0 iffcof.^ f their
country. lam, Sir. " or mofthur.hr o tvar,
JOHN SU-' V N.
seen ore hundred aad thirr more of tlaem I+g dead
on the field of battle. Phi express further adds, that
the Tuesday before, hefar a number of Eaft^ mi
litia, just Arrived from B ribo, many of them had come
above eighty miles, and Vere then on choir ^ay to
-Fort Edward.
cr-'rlve to find every man out <fthe previrce from
whom you apprehend difficulty, and to keep at home
all thoft who are friendly to government, or defi^ua
of peM.e, in the mean time endeavour to give me all
the material intelligence you can colled, (and you cum
get the bed) or if you Sod it meft convenient, y= u c^n
convey it to General Burgoyne; amd by your ufe,g ft y
name, he will know wh/m it comes from, without ycor
mentioning your own came. As Icon as you find you
can d*it with fafery and fuccels, declare younelf, and
you will find Advance you very little expert in reftor
iog the province to lawful government. If you do not
chute to undertake thA, another will; and if you con
tinue eb&a'te on the ground you are now on you may
depend upon it you will fuddeoly find it fail, and buift
under you hke the ',.-'fog of a mine. W^at ' re
commend to you is net ®My prudent, fafe and necessa
ry; it is right, it is honorable. Ihat yu early em
barked in the rebellion is true; perhaps you miftovk the
popular delufiori for the can e of your c urtry (as m\ny
others did, who have returned to their duty) and yea
engaged in it warmly; but when you found your error
you earnestly returned, you saved rhe province you had
engaged for from deviation and ruin, and you ren
dered most essential lervices to your king and ceuitry;
for which Lengige you my word, you will receive par
don, you will retire your efface, a nj be farther amply
rewarded. You: past conduct has been u^ worthy, y ur
retu n will be praise-worthy. What ?$ all this extinct
of buman life for; thole deluges 'f Oilman bGod ? Very
probably only to fit aflaar tome iawlefs defpvtic tyrant
in the room of oor lawful Ki^g
! cmcetv* you mart be fu r ounded with emba °
me*<ts: von may perhaps find difficulty in getting a letter
t , :: piflibi, the fchow whoctrrh3 this tovu, mav
b to be tro tted': he thinks in '~d he carries ^ou k
1 1 very different from this, and I hippofe vilibe
; 'i cd a. good dear when he finds the charge that
I s beci put upon him, and that I am in pofteffion of
t- .er he was intended to carry. .Yet I have un
derflmd he has a family here, and will, [ uppofe, with
to return, and knows well enough it is in my power to
procure him pardon, and reward; and I imagine he
thinks (as I trut: most people do) that I am never for
getful of a man who Ties any thing to oblige me: you
will confider how far you may trust him, how far it is
prudent to do it; and you can found him, ^nd fee
whether he wifaes to rex n. nd whether he is likely
to anfiver the parpofe; anh f you think proper you
ma,y engage to him, that ' ill protea hhn, and re
ward him, ifhe brings ^ • dy a letter from you.
I dould fay a great c re on this fubjea, but I
must elofe my letter, Ie h,nld be too late. Be
sincere and fleaay, a*d ne an occafioa to show
inyfelf You ve friend,
'„ PERER LIVIUS.
„M&nitezLL —%w<&-%..? —
To John Sullivan,; Eq
I his otter was taker f a canteen with a Alfa
bottom, by General he' : at Fort Edward, this
16th day <fJn^A; n t h e % ce o f
Benjamin Hicks, Captain.
Henry E. LivTgf'on, A. D. C. to Gen. Schuyler.
John VL Wended, Captain.
J hn Larfing, jun. Sec'ry to Geo. Schuyler.
I cer^ry upon honour, that this letter was taken out
of x canteen, which I delivered to Gen. Schuyler, which
canteen I received from Cori Van Dyck, who fepar oed
part of the wire from the falfe bottom to fee whether
it was the canteen I was feat for, and who after taking
out this letter, and letting out feme rum, returned it
into the canteen without breaking the lea's.
Bar, J, V. Valkenburgh, Lieutenantri
June 16; 1777,.
E:<tr&a of a letter from Albany, Aurufi 11.
" I nave the ; lemurs to :ommupickte t > you an agrte-
a ''l^-4''r^, r L ''!:>>, r'4^„£LJU^feito&£^Q _ O/ MQftqnpfrn^
o'clock an engagement endued between a part of the mi-
Iria cf Fryon count), under the command cf.Genr: r
Herke-ner, and a par ty A Savages, Tories and I&pnlarb,
^ out hlf way hetwe n E^fka and F<rt Stanwix. It
a? r d till th.ee o'clo kin the afternoon, when the enemy
toyught proper to utir?, leaving Gen. Berkemer matter
0: t^e fi-ld; nel mkily however, the General and Lune
value ole officers got funded acd killed in the feginntn%
Tris however lid i; no ways intimidate the ardor of the
ne f, and the Genual, ehhough he had two wounds, did
r tleave the ri id till the a&ion was over ; he seated him
felf down on a log, wirh bis hor^drqwn animating his
men. The enemy loft on this occafina force of their chief
ujen, such as JoApo Eandt, William Jebnfon, Peter
J.union,' bdterds of the late Si Wil iam Johnson ; Ste-
phen Wets, Joianr.es Jeff Bbiktme.-, (a brother to the
Goner ,) and a num ^r of others, Indians and Regulars.
Aoout on? o'cio k the fame cay Col. Ganfeyooft having
received inform turn of Gen. Eerkemer's rr?rcb, hm
Li ut, Col. Wv'et out with zoo men, to attack an eh
cam^ent of the en my, and thereby sac litate General
h.. rimer's mi ch. Is this (A. Col.cel tucceeded ; for
zf er an en,a. em< nt el an hour he had completely routed
tiw encnir, took oneC pt?iu and fpu t privt # & prifmers.
I ue ? '. : ga r taken was very toofiderßble ;r ch as mney,
beat fk:% effict .h,igr?p.e, and cam,"'qopagr ; one of
the tohtirrs had or ho d;; : ., & loarhf co%t, tririm d Ait',l
gold lace 10 thr foil, and 'hr e la e 4 h : ts. Tie p.undec
at toe mod med iate computation exceeds icocL
“ V/hen the Coloi.ei teiwned to the tort I e discovered
zoo regular in full march to atta k him; he immediate
ly ordered ; is mer& > p epare for battle, and having n
field piece with h m, Capr. Sav?< e of the artillery so di
rected its fire, as it phy in conjun&ion with one cut of
the fort; 'hefe, wih a brisk fie from his small arms, Tea
nude these heroes fcampcr off with great lols. CoL