The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-09-21 00:00:00, page 1

ctTHE VIRGINIA GAZETT'E.
[SEPTEMBER 21, 1776.] VVILLLAMSBURG: Printed by DIXON {97 HUNTER. [No. 1311.]
From the Parliamentary Rugizsitcr.
Sulctflama of LoRD CAMDEN'; speed) in Parliament, Nc—v. 15, 1775_
F NussgssI-HLE lum up, my Lotsids, you wzl'. give me in.:
53 ;; to say a few words to the generai tiuustiun. 'lnc
5005 ' noble Ezrl, so latel'y one of hlS Mtjclty's S.cn>:.1
ries of State, has in ozmeJ us that we are in a flat: of
zwg war, that sccresy is of course necessars- _ l dmy that
?} "1" . we are. Pezce is (Lillsssfsihin ourqum ; nay, we
' ma eomman it. u penlion octnr on our m-t,
lnN-d if aydopted in time, will secure it for uzsim, llmny
add, on ourssown terms. From which it is plain, as we_have been the
ori final : _ in this businese, if we obsti' 'ss , ...ssxt, we are fairly
an werabte for all the consequences. ] again repent, what I often urged
before, that I was against the unnatural war from the beginning. I was
equally agaihft every measure from the inlhnt the first tax was proposed
to thic minute. When, therefore, it is insisted that we aim only to de
fend and enforce our own rights, ! positively deny it. I contend, lllxit
America hat been driven, by cruel necessity, to defend her rights fwm
the united attack: of VlOLENCE, OPPRESSION, and lN]USTICE.
! eontend, that America has been indisputzbly aggrieved. Perhaps, as
a domineerin Englishman, wishing to en'oy the idea] benefit of such :
claim, I mi targe it with earnettnesu, an endeavour to carry my point;
but is, on &! other hand, I refided in America, that I felt, or was to
feel, the effects of such minifelt in'ufiice, I certainly should resiR the at
tem t with that de ee of ardour o during a violation of what should be
he] dearer than li e itself ought to enkindle in the bmst of evef free- ss
man. Here, m Lord: I spelk at no American, or as one resi ingi
Ameriea, who ndin himself deprivedof hisliberty, and his ropert '
attacked, would resi and with ull h'u might repel the nagi- _ r. O
the other hond, as Iivsig in this country, and subject tot e law; of I
! nlwayt have, and ! hope always lull, pay lpsopel' obedience to thou.
But, my Lord:, pursuing the idea of : native American, or : - on
refiding in that country, what mufi be the sense they fed of the kepe -
injurie: thlt have for & sueceflipn ctdsse?" pan been helped on th
To have their property, under the i of affecting : right to tax ,
voted my by one act of Pli'liament, and their chattels, under a- idea
ofthes me authorit oftheBritish le ' tutje, swept :way by a : .,er
vote of arliament. m depriving t eat, or rather cluiming '
w dispose of every single shining "they ere worth, without one of - '
being nprefented by the yersom pretending to exercise thin right;
thus kripping them "of that uatunl rights, ving out of the eon -
tion, consumed by charter, end mognized every bunch of the '
lawn, without examimtion, or even without hearing. I wi]
to you: Lordshi if there be one mong son, could s -
such intolenble'opp one; on further, if you would not : 1:
one man, were an in such : tuztioa, to oppose the execut -
hwlesemdun'u lpower. ldonotmean, my Lord:, togo si - -
" the whole of isie businesa. - I sterve thit for some future da
so I in]! have um: 'ties, end I p! myself to
an'"; on tht dyy, Evil] Fine Great Bth-e been thy. -_ _
ehaAmedusihgonl Medea thedefensno, Indtlmwere Ame
rim, end wound : sense of the injuciee mean . si
mud- me, that I (! only think them 'ulifieble, so ss
spirit to resik, and was eonseioue to mysel , that I wn u -
_ enjoyment'of any yrivilege, that] was mew, cowardly, o ' , ject enough
to mely nlinqmsh.
' ." (The tenuinder in our next.)
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BOST,O N, Auu/z' 9.
AST Snturday lftemoon was chased into ar by the Mil
ford fri te, the prize ship [sue, from Torco and to London,
three bundre and fist ton: burthcn, commnnded- ' Clptzin Ashbum,
luden with five hund hoglheada of sugar, forty four puncheom of rum,
one hundred and fifty bag: of canon, a'considenble quantity of old cop
, and nsi number of turtle. She wu taken by the privateer floop
waren, commanded by Czpnin Philsiir, ? and had it not been for the
p
soft ac Marblehead, which fixed :: the ilsprd seven] times, she would
We been inevinbly taken. ,
And on Sunday th' Ibove frigltesi took off Cape Asinn, I rize brig-m
fine obtain] lm port. ssslid to be one of Czptain Whicc'e of aleqct, inde
with sum from Grena'sih. Also a large floop, which ous ilisormssmt could
not tall whcre stom, or who commanded her.
Ycsicrdny the Honourable Snmucl Adams, one of the ]lsi-lcgates from
tltl'i lh'c, ::n'ived in town from l'hilsiidelphia.
The prwnteer floop Bmomc, Capt. William Nott commandcr, belong
ing; to New chaven, arrived at Duttmouth on Monday last from & cruisc,
and has taken the four following valsiuablc ptizes, \i7. On the zd of
August lust, in lat. 32. 25. and long. 59". 46. the ship Channing Sally,
jolm Stell commander, bound to Europe from Dominicn. She had on
board four—hunthed and sixty five hogsheads of sugar, thuty one ticlsices
ditto, thirty five barrel; ditto, and twenty sivc ton; os fusiick. On the
4th of August, ffllat. 32. 15. and long. 59. 46. the snow Anne, ]olm
Bowts Cnptain, from 'l'obago, bound to Lancaster, and had on board
(me lmndredjnd sixty nine hogsheads of sugar, twenty tierces ditto,
twenty six barrels ditto, forty bags of ingtsir, and one hundied and
eighteen balee of cotton. On the 5th o August, in lat. 33. 37. and
long. 60. 16. the biig Cttrolina Packet, Mark Towell Caytain, boundsi'
from Antigna to London, had on board one hundred and ht'ty one hogs
heads of gar, twelve tierce; ditto, ten barrel: ditto, two he sheads of
rum, . !] fourteen tone of lignum vita and tsiuflick. On t e 7th of
Augufl'siin lat. 34. 95. and long. 60. 18. the brig ]ohn, Ca t. Daniel
M'Ka .bound from Grenada to Dublin, had on bond uinety togsheado
and t tierce; of mm. si
TERTOWN, duely? 26. Lalt We'dnesday amved lt Parts
th, : prize ship of about zoo tom burthen, mourning 30 11
which were wood. She was bound from the Day of Hon m-n lot
ss nd6n, laden with moltogany and logwood. and taken bytheflanmk -
and Franklin privateen. '
By the eaflem post we are informed, that on Monday last arrived at
Portl'mouth, New Hatnpshire, a vessel from Holland, with dry-goodo,
dm e, spices, &c. *
he post from No. Four, informs tu-of : gondoln, with about as
men, being taken by the enemy in Lake Champluin. si ss
NEWPORT. dug. n. By : Gentleman from D'artmoulh ween
afl'ured, that : privateerssbelongmg to Fair Haven had taken assvexy large
]amaica ship, with seven hundred hogsheada of sugar, two hundmcl
ho ends of tum, and nlarge quantity of cotton; thn shi me so valu
ab e, that the Captain of the private"; who was the be pilot so: the
casten: there of an on board, wenton board the shipkw carry her in, and
wan parted with y the privateer lad Sunday wee . The privatcar-ie
arrived with more risoneu then men belonging to her. ' ..
NEW HAVE , ling. al. Lad Monday pulled our harbour, stay;]
ing to the weflward, two frigam, the Niger of 3: sun:, Capt. Talhot, :
the other is said to carry al gone, llso : large bng of 16 or 18 gon,,ss -
who had in company two small vessel: siiPPct'd to be prime. They-llfi-W
the English fleet, near New York, lest nday sevennight, lnd itcti) m
buble will remain in the Sound. tointerrupt our couimunian'nn with the .)
army at New York. . "
PHILADELPHIA, Septmbqsixo.
B hear from New York, that I few day: ngo :; massit of war of
- forty gum came to lnchor in Tuttle Bny, upon which Genenl
Washington ordered two !: unden to be carried to I convenient piece
of round to attack her. T ey soon obliged the ship to retire, having
hul ed her twelve time:. si
On the lzth ult. the eontinennl floop of war Sachem, Capt. Robinson,
of eight gun'o, fell in with; and after a short engagement took, the brig
Three Friends, Andrew Stelker master, mommng six entring: (on;,
bound from Antiguu to Helifax, laden with tum, sugar; &c. which
arrived safe in the port on Sunday lafl. . '
We hear that in the late action oh Long laund Co]. Pmuu oun
s'rosi, of New ]ersey, behaved with remarkable 'mtrepidity m ford
tude. By the well directed fire from his battllion the enemy mere seven]
times repulsed and lanes were made through them; until he xceived :
ball in his breast, which put an endto the life of as brave an officer ;!
ever commanded : battalion. General Sullivan, who wu close tom
when he fell, sayd that no man could behavo with more sirmne'sc duein
the whole action. An he ficrisiced his life in defence of the inn
rights and liberties of his country, his memory must bectdeq' to every
American who it not insensihle to the sufferin I of his inpucted country,
and as [on as the same uneormpted spirit of ibegty, ,which led him to
the field, all continued: actuate che sons' of freedom in Americl. .