The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-07-20 00:00:00, page 3

si' PHPLADLLPHIA, jub- 3.
53 FERDAY C-lpt. Metsctn, late ofsithe snow Dickenson, ofthis
purt, arrived hete from Brilioi, but lust from the West inches.—
Hc [Eiilzd t'ium this place lzh thb.nat'y, bound for Nantz, but the mue,
:ililted by the crew, seized and Cunfineti the Captctin on the emit of Pur
zugsitl, an-I then altered their course for London; the siuthesily winds
driving them intss.) Bristul Channel, they at: ived at Bristol the Sth of April,
when the mate proposed to set off immediately for Londm with all the
letters and pnp 13 on boatd for the inl'pection oquvetsinmc-it. The vessel
. was detained at Btittol till the dctcnniudti-Jn ot' government concerning
her should be known. '
_ Extract of a lettersrom AMSTERDAM.
" ] am very sorry to confirm the report of a vessel from Philadelphiz,
to France being in Brittol. Meff. B.]Val'd, ]zicksan. ansil Cu'l. letter of
the lzth ofjanuary, 1776. to Capt. Mets-ssn, i's publishsi—d in all the'news
zpers of the uth of Ap- il; and the villams have mld us isilxothcl' Cap
izino that sailed withthem on the same account, and the signals they me
tamake at the capsi-s of Uchwzusie on their retum." \
Extmct qj'a letterj'ram I'ne x'ro w, rlaud this morning ( julj 4, ) 5 o'dod.
-" A Gentleman, who this moment an-ivesst, intot'msi- llldl abuut hu-f
(} twelve un yesterday noon, as he was pulling from Staten lfland to
runswick, he was sun prihd by three or s-mr officers :inJ about one hun
died regulate, who detsiuncd him upwards of two home.
' ln ! sleof his confinemem he met with Ccturtland Skinner,
who told him that General Howe, thh his army, from seven to ten
* th'ousand men, hed landed the night before, and taken possessiun of every
pa'se on the island. He [says he saw most,:vf the troops, hot, as they were
dis 'sed through the ishud, he could form no idea yf their numbers. ct
Skumer also told him that the fleet from England il'ld arrived at the
Hbok, on the night of their landing. with ten thousand men, wzto were
to [and on Staten Maid, as this morning; that they had plead two' _
regioun" opposite Amboy, had Innted several p'siesies of camwn there,
end at eeeh of the serries. sl-le allo aked the ufflsien if the comuuflioncn
were come; to which they answered ye'a, and thnt they were the very men
net! proper to settle difflzrenees us this sort, and alsu tohl him they were
damined to diflodge out wm'thy General from New York.
'.* lie lest New Ym'k yetterdaymorning, where the ]ersey militia had.
.! qf them arrived; that the Genenl and hisil troope were in high spirit"!
Medea supposes tinues- chszy'tpuinted at this sudden movement ot Howb's.
]etfey militia have turned out unanimoufly, to their great credit,
hit !: mofl'of them are gone over.to York, would it not be neceflkry for
Painsylvania to send them assittance? The Genttemnn think: that both
the GeneraYe expres: (is one was sent) and the singe are in all probabi-_
li flopped, for which reason ! thoughtit necessary to send an expnsa.
I m! shall not be able to "do our worthy Geneul; howevei, ] am _
. determined to try, lnd if ! oil must be smssied with' having done my
si du! . ' -
,"). Have treated him very Fenteelly, and dismifl'ed him at half past
twpss The enemy have taken even! of the rifle- men, who were on their
wqy to Pennl'y'lnnia. ] hope dl such seoundreh, who will qmt an army
'in ,sight of an enemy, may meet the same sate." ct -
9' !. Thin day; et :: o'eloek, theDECLARATlON ofINDE
PBNSENCE will be proelzimed at the Sute-House. '
WILLIAMSBURG, jub- 20. \\
Mad from an Men": joined, who was at the late unmadc at
"4 " " " " Gwvn'slsuugo.
N Mondoy the um inhant, about 7 '"o'clock in the evening, Gen.
Lewio arrived nt Gwssvn'o mand, attended by Cohnels Woodford,
Suphen, Buckner. and Weedon. That night : harte'ry of : eighteen
_ ndere wu opened agm encmy's fleet, which Consifled of the
, oebuck, Fowey, Oncr, Dun'more, sevenltendero, and upwards of 60
other vesselo of vation: som. At ! o'clock next morning the General
mounted hid order! for attacking the sienemy'o flee! and camp, by put
_ ting I match to !he first gun himself, which was pointed at "the Dunmorc,
(hfn Iyingpemfi our haneryct thus shot pafled thnough her. Onrlower
bztier, of four gon:, nium; and fixes, commanded by Liemenant
Dcnny, had order- to direct its fire partly at the ship ing, and partly at
thecnemy'uamp and banery on the opposite side o (he haven. The
Dunmore stood our fire about a quarter x-s an hou-. m which time, how
ever, she sired but five gune,' and then slipped her tables and hauled
_out. She did not, however, get out hs our reach bcsm'c she received ten
shot from the banesicn, thrre of which rsik'ch her sure r-nd ass. The se
cond [hot from our eighteen pounded Lillcd the boau'wain , and wounded si
two others mortally. Lord Dunmore wat wounded in the ltb' by .t :";lfn
ter, UCCpilUiLLU Ly & nine pound shot hom Dcnnfe battet'y. "] he Utter
land her bn-ad: Me to LS, when, accmding to : former promise from Czpt.
Squire, we tx] ettrd the Would at ltalt have given us lime rounds; but,
siretctving a tht t hetvvetn wind and water, she stemttl glad to get away on
the caretn, withwtssfiring a gon. By this 'ime the whole fleet was in
Confusitsifi. msiny Vttiels fiippetl their cabiee to get out of the way of our
eighteen petinsssihts. '] he enemy's hattery was also soon silenced, Ind
thtir cumti them into confusion from the epnnon directed to play on
them. Almqt lulfalter nine the fire ceased, and about twelve was re
newed with \ vgum. We should have atttmped a [ending upon the ilktnd
during the carmn-dr, ! ut had not vessels to ctoss the haven. This night
the (10. neta] ("(de all the canoes in the thfl'etent creeks on our side the
hnvtn to be collected in order to crols next morning. Early in the morn
ing of the loth, we ol-let'vrd the ert-my's fleet undu- way, except three
tttndets whtch lay in the h2\CI\ to prewtit our ercifing. These idwu ne—
cessary to take or remove. They had, the ptocedmg n' ht, thrown out
their balllfi in order to get out at the lower end of the i and, , if obiiged
to fly; but, as it was low water when we-atucked them, which we did
with tw'o brass snt pounden, which wu-e admirably served by. Clpt. Har
rtson, they could not effect their yurpose -'l he Lad Chatlotte, ! May.
mounting six can'iage gone, we hrlt attacked. She ly about 300 ylnu
from the short, and kept up a vety brilk lite upoti m, till lt bit she go!"
egt-obnd. Capt. Smith's company wn ordered to board her in canon,_
but befote they could inch her the crew quitted in their bent., Caytzin
Smith-pafl'ed by the floop, with great spitit pursued theit- boon, end di
ttp with pan of the crew befote they could clur themselve- of : long
point on which they hnded; time he took, 'hut the Mander osfln tel
des, who was wounded in the thigh and had one len broken, mode hie;
ekape: A schoouer, ing fix swivelt, two ennilge gone, and on—
hom, was ablndoned dun theatgzgemem with the lt-wn dlo'
: large pilot boat, which fe im-outsihnnde. Two dun m "&!
ishmed-atelymdered to lucre- the Man]. under the comdntl of Cdlsi ,
M'Chnh-n; but this took up so much time in our snsiel] vebh—that thv ss
enemy had in oppmtunity of returning to M lim sin,, homie'r, in
so precipitlte 'a manner, that they lest behind one of their anon," the;
13] of their sick, and a great pm of their Me. A number of Names,
ss ttle, horses. andfutmtnre, has failen into our hand!- The .
- filmiott us the mismshk wretches Hlbebiml i. Wnd si * -*
tion. _ The flight of the fleet wax so ( dtlen thlt they Iestmdwn .
cahles to the zmotm't of woe or tsooly. On the uth ] tmnnoi'
the ifland, and was at the wrecks of three vessels which they burntsissin '
their confusion; as also of two sow guiliee. It i- suppose thy huriedj
oo Negroes whilst on the ifland, which wa- only seven weektff Dur
ing the sitting _on the enemy"; eamp, ttivomzirkeet were knocked dowztsi
ln this- asiai'r both officers find men of the regulate, minute battqu'n,
and militia, behaved with greatisyirit lnd activnty. if the small— ndz
Putt'id fever had not raged on the ifland, boat: would have been ' ' ed ,
in time; and, there is no douhtssfrom what I saw ofthe officer- and men. '
that they ivould have landed and taken almost every man and evuy thing si_
belon ing to the enemy on the ifland; but, as [we molt hnve run : greet
silk of uking the insection of the terrible disorden, it me not judged'ssss
prudent to do any thin more than to drive of the enemy; _ endsieonsim. '
them to their ships. e large ship which they burnt wax not the Dun. _'
more. It is said, that mother was sunk at the mouth of Rappuhannoctck. .
Many poor Negroec were found on the island dying of the putrid feyer; _'
other! dead in the open fields; : child was found sucking at the bteest of '
in dead mother. In one place you might see a poor wretch halfdead ' ,
msiaffin signe for water, in another, other: endeavauting tecum] nway'
from the intolerabie stench of dead bodie; lying by their sides; in short, ct
it was l shocking scene. Dunmore't neglect of those poor CICMI'QI,'.
sufferin numbers of them to perish fqr want of common neeeffatsiiet and
the leag assiltanre, one would think enough to dilcourage other: from
'oining him. The fleet went off incta sad plight, and muttct beat = great _si ss
loss where to go to, for they lay at lnehor in Potowmack river 16 houre, ,
with a fair wind up thetriver or the bly. They could not return to Nor— .
folk, as the harbour there is well fortifisid, _ ._
Extract ty'd [merfron Major General LEB to (be Hu. EQMUND Pnz- _
. Dl-ETON. siEsq; laud Cnunsrowu, jane,, 1776. , ct
" Yesierdly, about " o'clock. the enemy't tquzdron, confining ct\
one 50, one 40, and 6 sri tes, came to an anchor before sorrSuilivapsict "
nnd began one of the mofl orient cannonldel level henrd or sav— Their.
project was : Parentl at the same time to land their troops on the ensh '
end of the strand. vice they attempted it, and twice were zlllntly
resspulsed. The ships continued their fire on the sort till : ! at nig it. The,
behaviour of the rrison, both men and officers, with Col. Moutrie et
their head, I con est Mnished me. "It was brpve to the lalt degne. -l