The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-10-11 00:00:00, page 3

mmdjtiondfubmiffion, which is the only plan he intends to offer, -and
he is ahsolute, under Lord Bute, in the American busiress. ] understand
part of the reasons for sending an army to Cape-Fear was to get navai
store: from thence for the use of the navy at Halifax, andsiif Clinton could
tpofl'eflion of the country, to supply the army to the nm'thward v'ith
flesh provisiom from the country on the head of Cape Fear river; besides
the Scotch merchants and Govemor Martin have assured Goveinment
'that the greater part of the inhabitants will join the army as soon as it
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lsnds, they having been directed hitherto to keep fair with the American
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patriots by a treatypf neutrality. The 7th of April General Bur oyne,
with Col. Philli s, and Cspt. Foy (who commanded" the :rtil cry st
Minden) z3oo runswickers, and the ztst and zgth regiments sailed
from Plymouth; the same day thess9th, zoth, 1._4,th, 53d, and 6zd regi
ments sailed from Cork: to join General Burgoyne; this force amounts
'_ to 7oco effective men, well supplied with :immunition, field artillery,
ons and boats read to be at to ether, and nre one for lebec.
;vfatshge do not find work {nough iii Canfdn, they are to ifwade NeSYork
snd— ew England over the ]akes. There are now (Ma) zd.) 6ooo
'Heflisnl at Portsmouth, and are expected to sail every day with [000 of
the harde lnd gooo Hi hlanden, confining of General Fiazer's two*
bait: ione jushrsised and rd ]ohn Murray's old regiment, though it is
not certain th will get entirely to sea till they are joined by the remain
der of the ]! ram, &c. to the amount of about 7 or Soooz it is not
mbable thut this armament will reach Amesica before the last of ]uly.
ord Howe, who command- the sea depaitment, went to Portsmouth
eflerdsy tgembark; he will hardly reach till the last of ]une. General
owe's arm will eonsrfl of no or zsooo men, well officered and provided
with In exee lent mio of artillery, &c. Though we hear General How.
hu gone to Halifax, yet the moment he is reinforced he will go to New
Yosk, and lfter reduetn thntcolony they are to make an attempt to get
no Philadelphis, for whic n se it had been advised by some der men
snd Seotchmen from Maryrsn to send in body of troops up C e
Boy, to land at Anus ohs or Chester Town, and so march by land te
ct Philadelphia: This p an in refen'ed'to Genenl Howe to execute if he
thinks proper. The emmniflion which Lord Howe carriea over, it in
full nothil mote than to receive the submission of the eolonies, but he
is instruct to talk much of I reconciliation on honourable terms. Thin,
_ it in thought, with the sid offend isfluam, for which he has unlimited
en, especillly with those colonies thst at present seem most avetse to
dependenee, win create division in the Congnss, and among the peo
ss ple at ing, so as to prevent the further success of their operations this
yelr. all of May, Col. Guy ]ohnfton, with the two lndian chief
that he brou ht over with him lah summer, is to snil' in : her from
Falmouth to ew York: His errand it, if possible, to rourcup the Six
Nstions of lndiam to wsr, lnd nlso thessCanadian Indianl, quit!!! the
eolonietz he is to make hil way " soon as he can into the lndisn country:
The Lndiam with him, are called in English, ]oseph Bunt nnd ]seob
Bill, they are by some sus ed to be insignisieant bsfllrds of the late
Sir William ]ohnflon, but o]. ]ohnston brought them here under the
title of impomnt chief: of the Six Nstiom."
3) RICHARD VXSCOUNT WE, qf tbc Ki/gdm "of quntn,
m WILLlAM HOWE, ; amalofbict Hajgy'zfimct i- Anu
rt'u, slu- Kt'q': COMMISS ONERS fer nybn'ug peace to H.! Mq'gdy':
{Nun}: udplutatiu: i: North bend, &c. &c. &e.
DECLARARION. "
. ALTBOUGH the Congress, whom the misguided Americane suffer
w direct their oppofiuon to : re-ebblishnenc of the constintionzl
wot of these provincee, hue disumved every purpose of recou
ciliuion not consonant with their extnvzgant and inadmisiible cllim of
independenee, the King's commiflionm think (it to declare, thzt they
meqnally desirous to confer with hie Majesty's well effected subject; upon
the nuns of refloring the public mnqudlity, and ehblishing : permz
_, lent union with every colony a a part of the Britishempire. The King
hein most gncioufly pleased w direct : revisionof such of his Royal in
firu iom do his Govemm as may be consirued to lay an in roper re
strain: on the freedom of legiflnion in any of hid colomcc, to concur
in the revifnl of all acts by which hie Majefly's subjects there may think
themselves aggrieved, it is remmended to the inhebimnn at large to
reflect serioufly upon their resent condition lnd e: &nione, and judge
fc themselves, whether it more consistent with t eir honour nd hap
M to offer up their liven u : sacrifice to the unjuR and pnearloul cause
un which they are engaged, or return to their allegiwce, accept the bles
hrgs of peace, and to be secured in a tree enjoyment as their iibeniea
and propenies upon the true principle; of the conltitution.
GIVEN at NEW YORK, lgth September, 1776.
By command of their Excellencies'. H O. W E.
STRAGHEY- w. H 0 W E_
- tct Acts 5 15 M ]; L Y, Sept- 26, ma.
' Rtshlfvel, b a majoritj qf lb: member: present, that it is the sacred right
of freemen to give find grant their own money, and that all taxes lewed
without their consent are arbitnry and opprefsive, and that no sreemau
can be constitutionally reflrain'ed at his liberty, or be sentenced to any
penaltiet or punishment whosoever, but by the judgment of hil peen,
and I trial had by a jusytif hid countrysi
Refol-wd, that the Convention have derived no authority from the good
people of PennsyTvania to levy tue- and dispose of their propett), and
therefore, that the late ordinance for imposing a rate of twenty shillingo
per mouth, and four shillingo in the pound on the estate of every non
lflbciator, ie illegal, and the said sumought not to be paid;
Resd-ved, that the late ordinance of the Convention, empowering two
or more justice: of the peace w pmLsison for an indesinite lime, at their
discretion, all son- whom they all judge to be guilt of the ofi'encec
therein syeciiie , in : dangerona attack on the liberties to the good people
of Pennlylvania, end : noladon of their most sucked right;, and there.
fore ought not to pe considered u oblignory."
ANNAPOL'IS, OctoberZ.
Extract qf'a letter, daud abtadqumefl, Septe'mber 17, 1776.
E ere now enclm'ed between Yolk and King's Bridge, on ve
advantageoue her to, and have formed outlinee from the Nosi
R'rver to I creek, that me e: out of Eafi River, running up to King":
Brid . Soon after we came to New Yolk, there va : council held by
the anew] offlem, and the question wan put, whether New York was
tenable ngaink the King'u forces; it was carried in the negative. Three
day: ngo the whole of our troopl evacuated New York, and the day he
sore yesterday the King": troope landed about three miles below this, '
where there were two bngadee stationed, who abandoned their posh with
precipitation.
" Yenerdey morning the regular: came within half a mile of our '
lines, and unde : hhssdt A fewos our scoute, who were out, attacked, ,
wd drove them of; in two hour: after about need of them returned; _
General Bet] sent out three companies of rifle-men, under the command
of Major Mantz, who melted them; immediately Genenl Washi -
ton reinfotced, with the remainder of our bn' de, together with as.
Weedon's regiment from Virginia, Major rice's three independent
companies, end one regiment of Rhode lflnndere—never did troops go
to the field with ter cheerfulnese and alacrity—--—when there began (
henvy fire on be sidee; it continued about one hour, when ous brave
southern troop- diflodged them from their polb; the enemy nllit-d, and
our men beatthem the second time; they rallied lgain, our troop- drove
them the third time, and were rushing on them, _ but the enemy hed
got on an eminence, md our troops were ordered to :etreat, the Genei-al
considering there might be : large number of the enemy behind the hill "
conculed, which me the case; we were informed by : prisoner. that
our men took, therewere :bout 8 or two concealed. .
" From the number of the enemy that ! saw lay on the field dead and
wounded, I think their lot: must be three or four time: oure. 1 have not
yet been able to et : full account of our loss, only of our brigzde, which
it :: follows: lpt. Lowe wounded through both hit tht hs, twelve
privntee wounded and three missmg; Major Leitch, o! Co . chdol'c
regiment, received three halk through his bell ; more i£_ the pity, for
never was : bnver hero; he stood the field wit the greatest braveny till
the third shot, when he was oblvged to fall; he apxenrs to be in oodsiss
s irite; the Doctor- are of opinion he will recover; ol. Knolton, om
oflon, killed in the field, who distinguished himself at Bunker't Bill,
a well us in the engagement; he will be interred to-day with all the ho
nours of war. From our present situation, it it firmly my opinion we
shall give them : Evnteel druhbing, in case the Yankiee will fightwith
as much spirit at t e southern troops. '
" At near is I cut eollect, our loss, killed, wounded, end taken,
amounts to so men. \Ve expect every hour when the general enga e
nent will come ofl, and isweprove successful, the campITgn willhe et
tled for thin resent year. -
" -GenerarWashington gave stent opplause to our Maryland troope,
for their gallant behaviour yesterday,"