The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-11-29 00:00:00, page 2

one thousand r cent; but that now it he; gzincd its nominal "hie, and
passes current y ambng the British troops and Tories, as well at among
our sn'amle. What was the occasion. of this strange turn it a matter of_
much s mhtion.
NE PORT, Octobtr 11. The Tories on Long [fiend, and in New
York, begin to be sick of their ne'w Lords and Master" One who made
his escape out of the city, a few days past, said the enemy called the
friends to liberty only rebelsz but the Tories they called d---'d traitors
and scoundrele. T he person who gave this account wan one silspected of
being .1 Tory. -
Nofv. 4. Lzfi Monday Capt. Shearman Clzrke lived at en ezstem
fort, in fifteen duyl from the West [ndien and informs that he saw a
etter from France : day or two before he sailed, zdvising that it might
be depended "on that France would declare war ainst Great Britain very
(bon; thlt the Famous, and two other British & of was, me sup
posed to have been lost in the late hursicme in the est lndielftfhey not
being hard of since. ,
A few days past arrived safe at an elkem port, : continentel-ship from,
France, hlvmg on bond zooo hnd of nrmu, goosibmell ofpowdcr, no
che'l}: of tin, dry goode, &c. theCaptain of- which fay: Son wave
gan: reparations in France for mr, And : declaraeion nay bo'exyeaedsi
very oou. She bid 7 weeks passage. Some very agrenble intelligence
by this vessel it in thought lot ndviiable to make public It presen
Last Thursday arrived in ezfl passage : large ]umicl ship, loadd with -
about Goo hogsheade of singer, 90 puncheone of num, some canon, &c.
taken by the continentzl bn Cebot, Capuii—flinmu. She mounts 16
gone, bulvndonotlm t thencdeanyreshmsi Abdunhesame
time, Cepujob Purce, inepn'm flooyoi'w, wcntllpsithe-dpes
('I, wichnfinehrglhnp' Iotdedmchflsi, huq' hiotlnrd' pnu'
( ] m'ned. _
N WHAVEN, Now. 6. Afewnightlsince. between 3 uduo'
troops, frmtbeSmeof Mlshld, msedtheSou-d. udlnded
on Long laud, near Setnlket, where they englged : ofthe
newly unlike] inuGenenl Have"- arm . commanded y one Smi .
Fweoeh of hknenwere kifled in the : "on, end himself and :; of his
men meek Fisonen, who was brought an', with 7 5 melknt maken. -
Thefns'oocnme mad had, 'ubooemehdiofthdbehgmm
Mwnxne..-0fthr hodelfladuoopcmmkilkd, m
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PHlLADELPHlA, Novmber 16.
Wn. OFFlCi, Nwmbn- 14, 1776.
To th ASSOCIATORS qf PENNSYLVANLA.
Gnn'nuan, ss -—
- NGRESS have received intelligence that a Mof tln manly, con
fifling of several hundred sail, were yesterday discovered near Sandy
Hook, leerin to the so'nlhwltd. It ia highly Frobable that their deli
nation in St [gipon and the cit of Phila elpbn. lt ianeedlest w ob
serve time the molt vigour and esrfch an necessary w Will.
defigna ofthe enemy, lad dcfmd t it city, the praservation of which is
of very great impottanu to the general cause. Congresa have w us
to co-operate with be-Council of easety of thia State in mecting nea
' sum proper on thespnsent emetpncy, and-Inve invqshed m wit thin
fufl power to carry uch measure. into execution. la disehaego of the
ma conniuld w w, we think it our duty to recommend it do on, in
the name! and M mea manner, immediately to put your vea in
> may, and nanh, by complain, and pan: of complain, ai you can be
ready, with thennnofl' expedition to thu city. Its safety, and the inmfi
of the Unitod Gum, point mthe necefl'ny of your hangs} cxeltiom.
General anncron, at the head of: mfiderable and hi
army, ia advancing southwardz but, notwithflanding all ! despatch
he can poffibly make, the many may arrive befon hill. lf t shall
be op fed, with proper ( nirit and sufficient mnnben, at their all a
, there is the gnacelsi wason to RFQM their view: will'final y
Hand; and they will experience, to their eat and di ce, thaton
no you of the continenr they can make an impression. T have been
altaady obliged to abandon Crown Point and retire into Cnlda.
]: is vain no hope for lenity flom your inveterate foea. Their tender
mereieuremelt . The Wy of those who have cited " their
friend: ia not si er than those whom consider at their enemies.
Dwaflation of envy kind mark- Cheir foot .
: vifldo my ming in their ver to ngthen you. -
,stssn ior thio-sspurpofc an already sent oxen: the neighbouring Statea.
lmu-y Medea! vsmmcn ia now at stake. Tcthc Man of Pan
fylvania will undoubtedly discover the spirit andaaal which their conn
uy andifibik eritical situation iemanda.
Ill MIN WKMN. KDWA—RD "W- - '
] WlLSON- FRANCXS LIGHTF. LEB.
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!mflizmafivm bed quamw, Wmn PLMM, Me; !m. .
-Wc hear thy. the morning befole, the enem M'fl sudden and vi—
expzsicted movement from the seven} posts they {haztaken in out from. ,
They broke up their whole meampments the preceding night, and
have advanced towards Kin 'dge and the North river. -
Some of the accounts m'a e the loss of the enemy on Monday se'n.
night about 400 in killed and wonndedsi All accounts agree that Col.
Carr, of the 35th regiment, is among the number ofthe shin.
Imlligmcc from bend quarters, TlcountkooA, Octoblr 31, 1776.
On Monday morning, between ! and 9 o'c\ock, our ldvxnced guard
boat down the lake made the sign] for the approach of the enemy'slzei.
In about an hour. five at their lu'gefl bone of gonckflas Wared in st 13, -
and : number of troops, lndianu, and Canldiuu, wen seen [unfin
upon Three Miie point. Soon after, two cf the armed boat: flood ever
to the east side 'of the lake, inclined upwards, as is suit to recqnnotn.
When they came confidmhly within shot, they wazjsd upon from two
redouhts very near the shpfe, and by a row gally the: wu stationed .
cover the boom; they thereupon retired. lu the mean time the enemf;
troo s were dilfinaly seen to land upon, the back of the point, am! p".
sent y after 13 small battenn and bu'ch canon ended iron the well on
the east side of the lake, into : bay about four m'tln below oursidovbt.
Upon these thre-tetfings of an pttack, our lime, lydoubu, "(15er
were I" manned, lnd as the motion; of the enemy seemito in iclte
they were gathering their main force upon du west tideof the like, n-if
invading to make : push them there ngimenu, Pootsic, Read'o, find"
Greaton'e. were ordmd fron Mount lndepe-denee to keinsoeee thk side. '
The order- wue inhmly obeyed, and nothing fill'd uced the fymic
nnd llertnes; which me be'n by all the officen and_ foldien in meum:
every order thee va given. - - " ' ss' ' si
About 40'cloek in thusterhooa che bozn'ufl anon that had paid
tothe west side of the lake returned, and the new um seen plainlyco
rc-embnrk a sin Three Mile point— The guard : vn- immediate!)
ordesed to niume her shmnsi and by shsu it moobserved the body of
tho enemy had retired. Pubblhed by order of-Congnso.
Nw. u. ' Ctunus THOKRION. See'sy.
ln C 0 N G RB 8 8, Novetnper qsi 1776.
Cepr if a letter to the Prgfidut, from Mq'ar General GA-ru, fled at
-- __*- Tieondurop, Number 5. . '
" 8ir,—--l hm the honour to congmulau the Congresl upon me
renne of Lieutenant General Sir Guy Cdrleton. with the fleet lnd my
under hineommmd, snow Crownpoint. Sunday last, the works I?
put in the bd order, du bool'l and bride- of communication Gni ,
and every necessary pnp-miye for defence unde. ] dmmincd to send a'
detacbment dm eld; side of the Me, to beat up she my": quamn
of their ldvanoed & on Putnm'n Point and the ovpoch short. Above -
eight at night the chment, under the oo-mand os Maid:- De] p...
ceeded down the cut} side of th: lute, and the oiher, under Col. ?Wlfll',
don the nest side. Sunday ming M-jor Del- vith his deudx.
ment, took possessnn of Puumn'l Point, which (Ye enemy hnd jnl
abandoned, md immediauly devoted : sdulurn, with : TmaH Fny,
to monnoinz Cm int. The deer, having returned, due
hie"?! 'si' ""'"' m; """si'c'isi 'siciZsi-"ssct' 'I: Wsi'ssct
w ztin to w: . . er, on ' of
the ye:? 15 to umm's Pass", found due likewise Ibsudoudm—
Yefierday m officer, end : pray whom ] sent mCm'lpaifit, um,
and npqped he had been :: Crownpoin! with the inhnbiunu then it" ,
the enemyvme all gone frdm shut pen, nd the inhaiimu- .m
thin dry to Ticonderogl, to make this subnisicn, lad bq (UM -
of the Uniced Smes. ] bm the honour w be,-be
_ HORATIO GATES.
" P. 8. This will be delinnd to you by my iffiAid deem,
Maio: Smart, I (lesming osicw-P' ' ." " .
Thy foregoing nc—copy of Small Gun'o letter. siisszf'ai
]ORN HAIICOCK. Pulident.
From the army in the yminfic of Ynhmilnm, in: am the l7lfi '_
os October nothing mutatis! had happeneth um?! some fimll lcinnishu, 4,
in which we ulwnyo cum of victosioin, and oft.: took prisom. Th- .
many desenen lnd come off to our nmy, am 'which then m*bc- -.
tween 30 and 40 Heffiam. Thn suddenly on-rp ni tof the glh w
(hc enemy filed ofi the right of their army luck]! uim, and the left. ,
about : or [0,000 men. to Dobb's-ionzim'rbn Gouenl Woshhm,
ssin chb morning. sent several parties to i their l'OIl'. unto [Mct
with a few prisonen, nnd two or w baggage v-Igom. That on th
7th, the ems-ss. tmspom, 40 in numbet (being : fun- M [unhi—
the troops :: og'c point) were [den goi down the Ell tinn- mid
Now Yorlu. That ontheroth, them! nfllodclmdnhe '
river lay between Dobb'o fast, und ' i ** mish. mm- j
be" nppnh'nsivexhntkyimenddn 1- WfiuQ—m
hid in General Puumu with me men zems; the river. do join Ge—