The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-09-14 00:00:00, page 5

heads. Mwy ple'eh'ed seven! tenm 'md his Excdlncyinclivu w
Vehid: they mean to stuck an! smfl'sro'm our lines by Gay of regular
- . "npptoacbu, mYcrtban im Manner. : -
" To-dly- fice ships ?S'LD line up towards the town, where they
kemcd desifotK-WWTUD the d don time 21ng in um":
dourablc wgnd-si .- .qi. "" " etum the evening, 5 A deserter from
_ the 33d ss- _- , Was. they desi " !! as the wind
_ — si . : ss meum: up. gwe us a severe :: (! m silencc
-- iel, if pofflblesi ! am, &c."
si - : following Gentleman, it is snid, were killed in the late lksiirmish
Long ctlflmd, ctviz. LisiutcnanLColor-el Pnrry of the zd bamfion of
- mshmy; Mapos Abie], in the; ew York mililia; and
'ct , 34 ssctsisict' -t of wlnt mnk ib
. —- sim-ctctsisif. xi.-,}; -, -- ,_ si
- * ? I:]ssctmrday & Ld'fl me dfi'covtreq}, wbp-ss : ss
_ (don chvitpqsi- ss fr. on : say;, that i conl'ul si
' " has cccepxcd a Wlsillsidan fimss: si "Urinous commmct'bct '; i
"helm; that the discovusiy o'ssi Forbod and thH-nf'm- h ud !ikc m [: we
." mined hisii scheme; that be had been at Genefll Wd'lsiugtonct's. whw,
find him to trznshte an-adnrdscmdnt to be Jisperscd unmng thsi- H:s.
in;; the sport of which Mfthnt he would g.ve each deserter amofig
them, is: ey vould join our ag'my, zoo nere: yf lan, : ho'rse. nnd'w
cow,- lnd the last onLy if they did uossloin our mmy; that : pczsun a:
head-quarcen cuuid be prevailed do to gwe lwcckly ;etum Qfithss num—
berctaud state of our army vqr wool, in hu'dgnoney, and he was up! to '
1: discovered, even if Zesiiviiu _lolt his life in the schemc- sishasic he s xid !
* . e djd not think 4090]. vioufd be give'n, but he would promss'fcsh zooo in
that he, Zecsslwitz,- wan now Licutcnactnt Colonel, bm daily si-r ctclcd : 5
full commifsion, 'Men hems to go nmssl-xhve the command o! e fono si
:; up ch-North rivcf, &c. Hem- cried zfiqmoxning, and confessed zhc-f
, -—bid he did it unh— Tryorz. und g-J'ome money
wnfdusie to him from'she Cro— far servic- ycte-so'mged in Gersi
\ Sunne;- is not pronouneii. Our peofls-lg Ehnbefi m, - and !
enemy on Scaten [Hand, cwnonwdqd (; ' cthcr ycflerda'y afterfioon,
twizhossnt duin my dage, but di 'chatim." . -'
si Mad {a tttrfi'n- uqfur iu - ss si sszsmlimqsl'cnnsylvamz,
—-.
-'ss ,ct - pakZh, upon! .--ss-". _ ;. &
find them: ss en '. retreMed, ctand about : fflwkind."
' Umsh gbout : or goo mit, and endeavoured to sustain our'
' pil} ' , beingvnehsul', gave them 1 or 3 fires, aflintnatedp
un! , _ ailderof tht-bztnlion, except one Lieueenmjand aboufl
( sctc-ct-T; ctwho have not been hca'fd of as yet. About 4, o'eloclvthis morn
injsiibc akin was given, by' beating to arms, when the remainder of
, Mamfieeompanied by the elaware and Marylrmd battalions,
' wem-n the Place, where our ma wanted from. About :: quarter of
: mile on thu side we saw the enemy, when & got into the'woods our
battgfion being the advanced gourd) amidR-the incesi'ant fire of ( air
field iecn, loaded with- ape shot, which continued till to o'clobk.
The arylandefs on their est stank, and we on their right, la t uya
eonlhntfite midst all their canon, and saw several of them ful ; but
they being too man : or ne, we retreated- : little, and then made 'afiand,
(our Lieutenant (! anel Parry was that through the head, and 'I wu
under the necessity of r'etreating with him to this place, in order to {ccure
Us effects; sinc'e which I" ve heard the enemy are within 600 vards of
our li'nel, whichlsi think seest them some number of mer. before they
pinthem." __ si . 7__
' Mrfisiss'ak mNcw Yonn-ssl—sivsiss fi 24
" I it down, in be on ofiaonfwsion, to teH you that our people
hue been engaged W _ Ifiand all this morning, and
In It 'lsi'yd'r WG clnnot ' !._ Those who have come
. mrn. Li-siulenant ('olonei Parry,
ysony-ofthe 'ctss ZBW _ ct_
., is killed; e died heroicffly, urg
Your kinsm Hcmnnus Rutgers,
' ve attempted coming
and they are hitherto
!! send them victdry.
nues, with intermis—
siss < . Firing still ::
si : _ an', said to be thcsi oebuck, has just loR,
' 'I? gained ! tick. "Several fire! hail ken kindled on
,, ".I believe our le fet fire to hay, grlin. "&c. to pmzm
" , -- _ of them. Captain Flints, of Cobnel
ctifflilsis't regimene, ie nightly wounded in the foot, ind'bmghe je 4
xhy. I think some men of war will be up next tide. si . si! "
" ?. S. The first batnlion of New Yorksi; Colonel
ficnnfylvania and Mai'yhn'd bnffliom, behnved yield
wry,- even lo : fault; they were commanded by toil
some of the bnvest ofieen ffiun the southward are siss
' forced the enemy into dleir lined. Pus) in kill - ,
zNew York killed."
,Bwlract akmrfrm Lonc lunuo, Wedoe
- " ! have pieasure to inform you. I have survives!
gagemem esierda . Om battalion hn suffend much, I ;
_'_si of both o cer: an men being killed and mishng? We rett- '
y'a very heavy sire, end escaped by swimming over : river, -
,wher; my height woe of service to me, as ! touched um
si-Z'Nunibsr; of men go: drowned. ] have lost no officer; --
'fipcain Yeazcy,ct actnd Lieutennnt Butlcr, sell early ! si
zsi We me now all safe in our line: and sow! [T' :
'. only a skirmish on chssesifiwdssbbout mNZ miste from -
sslmzuuars Itanno'i gwe you; but we were decayed,
' Mnded, l.um convinced, with m,ooo then."
ct' , Extract afu ltm'rfrm Nzw Yo klct. - -_ -
" Ycsicrchy pirovod : very dishefflng one on Long
onumbers killed on both sides, and ( fear (though vice '
'counts) thus numbers of our people are token; ss - <
ltney continue in high spiriuct. The General: Sullim '
- Phldns, went out of the linsiee too far, and Will -* ss "
win;, with many other:. An intelligihle man-jlssk m _
; serx) says, General Sullivan got 'm thin momin , and brin
si- that General Stxrling is killed, but hedol not mid , ,
_-'si*tal Parsons. ]: appelrs as difficult ning cenain in ,ga sail",
: can be wnh you. Ou'the whole, I li-ve our troogd be _ u
ss :h, and have not yet given way in their ikirmishing to_,enye- -- -
sins the enemy, and hsivsse kept them from getting up to theu
nfires, which are well manned to receive them, shopldfthey : "
73] believe the enemy have got ell the force they. en spm fr _
thd on Long lshod." ss _
:; !eltcrfrm le You :- -
the eonn-manill Mea' M- '
_' , ' ; . , : I;. -."- MM si ] ; si-ssss jllh Ull
" , man'e gwention-siW'ss -' " t"
si lnve : line from head. , sixhis- 7 -
-. hltnofln'n of moment he: turne up. Thn'ewnlct _ .
'. elderduy temoon, and till ! went to bed lssd nigsshffi'y 7 ,.
:] nsirin,andnowmdthenasiddpiece." 'ct..ss.'ss . '
- rom sun ry other letwn fron New York, we maw ct'
particulars: That Colo-el Gmn, member of th-des .si. " .
' :rkilled; his hat with two bulles holes, andmulgeivctfll Munmsiq ;
sound, also his gold witch. [( is fupybsedfhc Myfidlofl !bddss'si ss- " ss
- men, that there are about you of on: nen mifflaj; sad that GesineriJ
Parsons had retained sase-inwdthe inn dign;- {eh' inen; sisict-sslss' that ma ;sii'
fri ates, and a man 1, hz : to 00 ven, an kill" " —
, thcgcattle and sdtingpsisixem. 50 up , we}! . m- :
MfoW-u'ing ADDRESS qucterm'al ROlllDE AU to the Pus nn-jssnss ', _
mA Aflcinton a! A.:qu, i: publlfltdb mlctqupctsi _ - 'u_ssgf -.-,
YBNNSYLVAfllA. , ..___,
]QH N M 0 R R I S, jun. Seneca. " :si
Gen-ruuu, si ,. ' - —
5 it hath leased Prdvidenee, 'for (he exercise of our patience, amiss si
for the esence of that smdsh which we inherit-fl'om the O: sict
si Giver of all things, to call m from our fimilies sscn sh'e field) :
have the honous of being your General officer. ("trust son w
well in me to endeavour to point out to you whatever up in - _
either for your own puticulu good, pr the more noble of' . : ss
of all. -_ . ,
It is our unavoidable lot to live in the day of nctial; jlctlss'oi- my
art, at] am persuaded, from the sin;?" dispositidh'pf the Engli ' "
glahobs towardl us, (hat : day of blo y sepumtki'shufl' one time 'q- —
other have happened, on that account, ! saz, I_ it my duty to re- si
jaice, and to reckon it among the number o ,my in this wot _
that it has happened at a time when ! can bear my'psim shenin. Hmsi -
. gan leave peace and freedom to our children lad M'Yo "14" w v.
. fortune un: valuable thm gold. " - -'