The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-10-04 00:00:00, page 1

THE VIRGINIA- GAZETTE.
[Ocsirqsznqss 1776.] WILLLAMSBURG: Printed by Dxxon &? HUNTER. [No-. 1313.]
siL._O N D O N.
pnocsz'DlNGsiumuouan'commous,
MonssDAY Me) 6, 1776.
w OLONEL BARRE zrose, and holding a : : in his
F* ' ! hand, which he informed the House he he?! fit out of
was the London Guette, and which, he observed, was
C 5 the only account, or reason lssi ed, for the British
; troop- quitting Bosionz and so] owed this short exor
*"*" ?ium, with movifng, " 'Isihat copies of the last de
tchee received rom the rit of March last, from
EMJ &:neral Howe, and Vice Admiral Shuldham, belaid
before the House, before they proceeded to {rent nny farther sup lien fot
curing on the slid war." The Colonel o served, that the on paper
ynb ished b authority was become a dis nce to the nation; thlt the
.ofl: den ul effort: had been made to misiead the people without doors;
but, whn m infinitely of worse consequence to the netion at large,
that House had beeigroflly mifled in every single communication which
hid come from hie Majesty's servents, or, which emounted to nearly the
fine thitdtlg, ever' degree and species of information had been refused.
Lo!!! ORT lfl'erted, that the troops were not compelled to aban—
don Button. He continued the contents of the London Gazctte; said
' that :: the British troope met not with the leaf! interruption from the
tebelt, neither did the General come into eny compromise whatever. He
hill. the (teres, ammvnitinn, &c. were not abandoned; that the army
Mred ne lose, either immediately before, or on it: embarkation; that
th troope emblrked'with ell possible eoolnese and regulerity, nnd-even,
le he Medly euptel'ed it. " y at their ease." '
- land OHN CAVENDISI e warmly in defence of the motion.
He observed. tlfenhe nethe- hed been insidioufly led into : war; when
once Mad. it we- e—e-tnun unde; .and, from the very first day
thehord m drawn, hie Mejesty'e Ministen have refused to impm
: s-gh tittle teletive to the conduct of thie wan and the Minitter come
'bem, bzctt'a dey, tovthis House, end expect; an imffit obedience
apt] assent te whetever demand he plusee to make, wit t any other
sspeeenfione to their favour er confide-ee, but what he can build on the
Melt; thee under hie edminiflntion the whole British 're has
MM Ill the eohniel, it the lutionl expence of twenty mi] but of
my, 'etyinelevenmondu freed: today, that", from the
dish e defect at Lexingwn to the ed ted unberknion, which
," the subject of the present debne. ' -
m: BING spoke on th flute side. He said the public ought to be
informed what vn deing- in Ameriez, end to whet purposes the money
me to be lied, yhieh theswere gnnting out of their own Poeken.
-elirGEOTGE YOUNGE nuigned dle conduct of Admintshnion in
vcyyoilted terms. Be-seid inn- impossible but the consequence- of
de presentwu and be the Man of the nation. in any hande the
nentwbuld be dnbtfuh but 'n such hande the ruin and disgnce of the
' .mu, not! dnleseof Anetia, m iwiuble. —
'-Mr. HARTLY spoke very full on the subject. He eontended, not
cihlmding the hold and nuqulifled affirtions of the noble Loed at the
heed of the treasury, thet Genenl Howe wal DRIVEN from Button.
nd Machine but the dteld of huing hie whole may ent to piecee,
of tude prisonen. induad him to mke so ptecipime and unexpected :
m.
- Al- mr-i M....Asi 4..- 11— nsihle m had disdnimd mv inten
' Ur- BVRKD observed, that the nohje Lad had disdaimad any inten
- don of giving fdfcsicoloun to tbeaeeount Mcb appeared in the London
Gnette, but there was ro'om left for : pfibility of misrepnfwndon;
fw though the Boston extraordinariea eig'ctt thousand men, in the
Ab'flid (waive mouth, haa mounted oaednllion and a half, Os nearly
two hundred youmla : un, for salt hef and sour-croue, he would be
bold to asirm, and ealled'on the noble Lord to contradict him, that the
could not have remained in that town m day- lon . if thehea
vaua had not tained down manna andtaila; and, in a milar expcta
dn, be psesumed the troops m en: rked for,!!alifu, a_lud flow
in vohh milk m! bon .
' - . ELLIS and M. {1 'I'I'LETON s e again! the motion. They
insihd that the communication would ss exceedingly improper in the
Mr crkical ficuacion of Mn.
General CONWAY was bold, animlted, ctand persuasive. He said
the British Councils had (elles; into contempt, and the honour of the
nation was deeply wounded. He condemned the conduct &! Adminish'a
tion without reserve, lnd'said the army, which was desiined for the con
quest of America now la inactlve and stuffed into tl'znsporic, waiting
at S ithead; thlt someo them were in Germany, some of them at Spit
hel , and none of them where they should long since have been; that he
nlwayt thought the measure of coming Americl, for the purpose of ru's.
ing : revenue, an unjust one; he al" . looked upon it to be imprac'tica
ble; but was certain it was to the la degree cruel, op rcssn'e, and de
sh-uctive; delmctive in either event, of the cormmercia importance and
dearefi interest: of this country, in case it should miscarry; deshuctive
? weel;? m fill, if possible, more valueble, in liberties, if it should
ne . "
Lord GEORGE GERMAlNE said, by whct littleof the correspoq
dence he had seen, he never understood that General Howe intended to
begin his operations in Boflon. His opinion wae-well known, it was the
nion of the mljority of the House; :: long therefore at th! House
! ought it proper to continue the war, or support it, he thought it would
be right to rsue it, end no longer. Whatever hit own sentiments were,
if the Hou e should change theirs, he was ready to ecquiesee. When he
cameinto office, the nation me elmdy engaged in it, so that, on either
hand, he remained cemented. si *
Colone] BARR assgain spoke to his motion. He was, if possible,
stronger in his expleffiou than before. He observed, the! the enbnrka
tions were all made too late lest year; that conveys were negleRe'd—y sithe:
the provifiom, mumnitian, and store:, by that meum, had fallen into
the hand: of the rovincials. That the navel force vsiru inndcqvm- h
the (erviee, lnd- t, unequal u it was to the service, it war hill yorfe
provided, and more in perly directed. Heshonld-be ghd to know to
whoqt'hofe dehyl, mill::m emenu, is not malversllioflc in osicfctwet'e
to be imputed. He then too_ : view of the conduct of Adminiflntion
since the comsimeneen-m of the cient yew; and desued lo k—m, how
it came to pass, that am on t sixth of May, the gmtefi putteth
arm should be lying et Spithnd, or what me the mson thn someq'f
the eshnss, whooughtto Inveheeu it the placeoftheitdelimtion du
America. have not lest Gennny. . . _ :
Mr. HOPHNS e effin! the motion; said fecteey shodld he'cb
served, otherwise our p m would shortly come to the knowleisigeffsi
our enemm. . - ' ' - " -
A few minute: before nine o'clock the quekion vnpnt, and the House
divided: Ayee, 54. Non, t7i. _ _- , 7 -- '*
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'PHILADELPHIA, S tender 18. :
ESTERDAY arrived the continenta] hrig drew Doril, Clpt.
Biddle, from : cruise, in which he took six vessels, viz. Ship,
Moliy, Brigden Goodridgxflate belonging to Mr. ]onphan Ru'dshn ds
Maryhnd) brig Peggy, k, both Lin- of Lord Dunmm'q. bound
fronV' ' tolermudz; dril-gElin th,_ Czpt. ]ohlson, lprizetnk ss
from the glish, fnom Clpe ear (North Carolin) for'Bcrmadl;
big Ltwrenee, Cap. Laybum, from Bubados forNewsoundiand, um!
,two other his: in halhfl fromNirginin, with Toriec fot Bemudn't
The two latter, being short ofwater and provifiom, he let'go. -
By m ugresl from Sooth Carolim, we learn, thnt out yeople inden
tered the C emkee eountty, had destroyed thee of thcil: towne, with
, their corn, &c. tha't in one of them they hed killed Go lndims, udnkm
go prisoners; and thzt in mother engagement theysihad surrounded end
takennnotherp ofbetween zomdpmen; thattheCnekl, who
had fish taken up hntehet, hid, on the Chemkees bmkin out, his
down their nuns, lad when the Chemkeet met with lowe , they
sent to the Greek: fos distance, who returned for unswer, thnt they (the
Chuofm) had taken the them out of their foot, nd they mightuke
care o n. " ' si T.;
Extractqfc lamfiut Bounnun (F _.
" The King of France il actually fitting out a ! . Onlen
arrived here but three day: , that all possefim us caswal should im
mediately make : return of In they have, nnd not dispose of qny'tiil
his Majesty is served. There is also'arml, clothing, &.c. prcpzttng for
4o,ooo men. I saw new ums utting up for the troopl ]. shiplmolm-ss
Whethetssthey man to attack ortugal, Ireknd, or the W lndm, !!