The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-09-14 00:00:00, page 2

.Zffi ihe'ie, and that seven] othm were expected, in order to settle in that
' _ ' on ICCOHM of lhf climbe!" in alt parte ofAmerica.
XXX. following later itsm'dubmsikmsm General How: in Auutcn,
si ]".ffl'qfshtCnucfluctlle Yont.
'* S I'R" _ sisi-si ' New You, Me) ", 1776.
' ss " 3 In of my last letten to Adminish'atiop eonvinc
this city and province is the only spot in Antericl
_ war with effect ngaintl the tebelt; and that in-eonse
si " upcfid thin spring, 'u'well at those now undet- our
' 'I] be 'ther; it ay be necessary and adviseah e to
, ct si , wi,"
- Conneaicut and Lov'zg [Mind;
— si toginadeseriptiont It il no mflttsstdgg,
_ ss ; in when end every othe'rkind of 60? '
' dle! . hop. &c. i: veg populout, and "&
ss u we] Is the other'parti of it, all pot! andi ' '
" - boy heed letely 'v'en proof, and o'uly want to,!)e ";
- - The M- : : plain on it at last act msietl
"le coun admit; Be ac mile: from the city o_f—_ ss
t one te to it; New ]ersey about 30 miles dnflaflz
Maryland izo; Rhodc laund 150 miles: So that is
' .the army can subsiR without any succour from Britain
" ' *- in five or six daye invade and neduce any of the above
;ss ss AM to these great ndvanu , that the ssesiioa
. ' . and Nuttoiifland, wouldbethe esh'nction of it city;
si thinktheresiwould be no need, for all rinciyal inhabitann
s with themen; prticululy all my bret ren the membenaf
* sisi, - ' ,. yt but I! the mob now command., prudence forbids thm
*. _*_ - Msi'khout a military f'. You hue many with you who tnsi
, with the navipmn of the Sound. The s t which ]
'- , .- ss land !! it Cow dry. W. s ] T H."
; The newe which he: tnnspired, brought by the packet. from Ha— "
" lis— ksi Smation of what was before reported of Genenl Howe,
- A ss_ lame, heingarfived there,_ after I looF and dungerou: pan": e;
* hehad Iofl manyof hie nen, es ' ] the lick end wonn ed
. si ssl taken in their hurry out of tffio pital when they quitted
' Me brought an nant, Rsshsimy il so muchuredueed
.z, , to mean an ' a sin Amuieam, tctt .: tein
A ss 'amvet fm'lssnsilsidjlsiTfltlwt-n the cket left the ,
-si'— M—mw—meyhuufnclct esorenwhlc va.!—
Mhtsih'o—MW. That unlest some victualling Wurive
He would he in a Ming condition, and it two nmpdble foe
' that calm to sunly them withehe common necessaries of list. not could
they go to lay other place, nor did the General believe himselfiquite safe
'" there. foe though the inh-bitante of Nov- Scotie mede no resthee an hit
.odin'. yet he wan vety hensivw hf . design to take the adventage
of hit unhem fltuaticn, an betray him and his smallforce in thehande
., _ ofthe ptovmeiale. as he bed got intelligence that some of the rincipal
people of that eolony. since his landing, ded set off for Phflnderphia, to
give the Congrest, :: it wu supposed, an account of the General'c do..
plorable situltion. The ship therefore were kept in readinesl for them
to embark, in case the provmcialt should send en army down upon them.
—
". NEWPORT,August14.
_ GENTLEMAN.-fran tho ufiwnd infonm, that the Hancock
- psinmr, of We] m., In um m! carried ing. Marble
! held al transpoet from nd, with no Man troopz on board.
,She in a um . Jumica ship, laden with Yhogshendc ofsugu,
' cuckoo puncheons of tum, lnd carried he: into wbury Part. . .
p Pon-rsmotrm (New Hampshire) Aug. 17.
Capnin Ladd, who arrived be:: on eighteen days from Cape
.ct - * .]; Mole, we ne informed, that the fleet of sugar ship! wu
;- ss ..si " cond of Augusi fmm ]..mia, under convey of one twenty
F l'" - ctssgsi :! . French ship conveyed him through the windmrd passage.
l si .! . si met ,.d Spain lad declared wu again! Pomngnl.
-' I D E N C E, Augrst17.
EDNESDAY M drived i se, from a short crmse of : month,
(he prime:! D'and, Cnpuin Chase, os thin port, and
Wroqht in I pin shh on Dominiu bound to Briflol. she so]
\ lodg th'!!! mon bond, vi: ! youth about seven years of lgc,
?. In :. Govmlor of Dominicu; Ml'. Hmchinson, a m. ber osthe
C-acfl of du! ifland; end Mr. Chin lbbby Rubbm, of Bofion.
!
This Gentleman arrived at Ancient from lnghnd in Mew: bsi
: trans rt ship, where, on hunt osbio amehnem do th' _ ss '
dure, e wu apprehended md confined in (no! quad. of 5: month,"
great pure of the t-me in : dungcofi'. si _ _
] siAnochcf prize shsip, uken by the Dimo-d, siinwl isisiun-ctkss-dsigz
:. . ' si .
Cape. Chase informs, that I ' kerftosn W HWW
from the West lndiea, boungco oundllnd, lu'vflkonbnfly ss ct
: good car , soo 'ohznne en. 'ss si _ _
Extract dslcttersioj a plant" in Grenlda, to li.: find bwsisiw
Hand Fame 28, flnctmdon boardlbeshi) Fricndship, With plptwsi - '
mond pnsivalnr oftbixpar . _ _ _ _ ' ' "3' -
(. All things in ' ;ssiflands, at thusijunctm, w . ,lnosi '
_ Momss go'spect. . . c'for (h'e Negron in not to ksisifisufd,
. a " 'A? cow fmctwmfnctw w
m'nes' thy rite they were the last yez'r; while; me 'mg- (No
Duch an! French iflands abou'nd with every thing. in Rump.
is ohr Yrcseflfot, and Godpnly knows when it will end." " " si ..
HARTFORD, Augzgstzpsi"
LAST Saturday a number of Gentlemen wereAb-uuglu to'thilbwl'
from New York, where they were lowly taken up on suspiqiuof
entertaining scmimsi-nu unfsiendly to the Americln Snm. We hen
they are soon to set out for Nosmch, where (so: the presnc) they ave
denied to remain.
Lassst Monday, Mid Mauhm, Es ; Mn or of the ' a '
York, wus brought to this cmfrom Limsshfield, 7and on Fridicty ""
having obtained liberty to remain there, under the are of Cap:- Mosecsi
Seymour. '" . ss 0- ct
PHI'LADELPHIA: Septmber . si
ATURDAY'S post brin tu the lgreeable intelligence of hail
Wathingtonhaving effe ed : safe ntmt for our army out of Long
{And, i_n [" tte of the great numbers in that commlnded by Have. _
have brous t every thlng off with them, except some very !: cum.
which they 'spiked up, and a few out sentn'eo. in the th ' !, pluck
hue been for these several days past, the enemy hue lah upward often
ss nen, and we not much mpre than soo- They have sent :
ing eo uchem Geneul ounmt- um] um:
salt they have mi ng; but as we have them not, it is a
killed. The manner in which our retrezt wet performed ss '
highest credit upon our Commander in Chlef, :nd the ' ' '* '
Extract qfa zems-sm- New You du: ss ." ,fl
" ln : council ot'wu held eRerda . it wu d'etermzlqer'flnt opshn'ct
on Long mand were not tend le, en therefore the council We.
mcuate them. '
" Lonl Stirlin and Genenl Sullivut ere prisonen. G-enl non
lllowcd General ullivnn : fleg, by which he informed " of thig, "(
that he was polite] treated." .
[Extract :- a letter Me! Cu: {RhNCOlh : to. -
" A thou our overnment : pear! ere in : prosi wiss
letten of mtgtsisiubte authority, ?nsi mind from infamsiz'
that in armament is now fitting out It Been of so; ' the line, :.
frigates, and lsiooo land force., whose defflnatfln it it prescned, is sa
!hil pluce. I think this emamem will depth! no uneasineh toym
continent, n France has from the heginn'tn hewn such : ]nrtiality '—
favour of your cause, end new doe: in a lion open mennes. You in!
none but zealous friend: in this iflendz if there are my Toriee, they
are from your 115. The Ameriun 7 1 hue our pom open to them,
Muddy m'n ;: protected'." ' '
erract qfa (musten: New Ydl-l, (.!le 31.si '
" You are nQdoubt surprised to hear ofdur sudden 'retnat from
!si'and, but it wn thought nbsolutely ,flill 'srdln our fituatiort. we
were under : neceffity of marrhing out end attacking them upon their
own ground, or suffering ourselves to heve been heried into : sturender;
First, because they were entsenching wi .: -.-- yltds ofour lines,_ thch
were very welk, and incapable of_withfl_pn 7' . cannon, sitnd
ourmen, from their situanon, began to ctss sisict ss- Glsyj' Mstcondly,
becaussi- their shipping might have tun t) ss'si'ss "ver, and cut sum ssour
resuurces of provision, end every other ct-U- --< -'_The remat wssrs sicon
ducted with the greztest secrecy, end byssfos clock it! the morning we l.,d
ctjmy thing embarked. There mer wan : ma'n th .t behzved better upon
the occaszon than General Washington; he wan en horsehack thc wi.ule
night, and never left the ferry shire" till he had seen the whole ot hie
troops embnrked."