The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-07-29 00:00:00, page 2

Mac—oflbc London Men Mfilzndig it a'dtb 6: ageuuiru extract!!!"
chanfiwsiu til-EdrlofCu'A'ruAu. dmdfhus, "March 9- 1ss776-_
si ONFLNED to : sick bed, end tacked with excrucsiiating pfimo
'— 7 I him littlesshepc of raisin' my weak voice, and of declaring my
poor oy'ution isPat-hament. ver, in answer to your very came
- ctectcquen, ! on to inform you-tbat myj'emitye :, respecting the present
{sitte of Amricn, hagpuy eoit'teide with tho : delivered by my brother
' e. " .
- w ilfl Americ: retained her alleg'tlnee, 1 waesi the friend of A'merieai
whillt there was toom for honourable acco'mmodation. ! 'WM haPPssY 10
{:opose the renne. That tra is past; it it now too late to negottnte
ou cunnbt treat with rebels whilst arms are in their hands. Your ho
nour, your dignity, va auchmity, yot'tr 5ntofefl,_all forbid it The
present flat: of thin o does not admtt of relantion of eoncefflon. '_Actl
eoncilhsitory proposittona are smile, nugatory, mddeceitful ; they ons,!
sinate in smly, md mnfi terminate in disgtace.
The coloniee have ]evied opened war against the parent state; the war
must be prosecuted with vigour, with effect; every sinem e'ss'ffY """,
ought to be exerted. The idea of expence is : mere bugbeas- 3 PhRYZ' -
tom; grant that it may cost the nation fifty millions, national honom' "
above all estimatioo. si Anterica must be brought back to her duty. Your
national character demand: it. The rank you hold in the seatle of it?}!
-rope demands it. Amct-ica must submit lo the conflitutional'authomy
of Great Britain, and her fubmisi'ton must be absolute, unlimttedss ' an_d
unconditional; then will be the time to temper 'usiicesiwith humamty.
Pmnesulysiectis, U dcbfllare ],ujm'bor.
_ God forbid [should defend all the measures of Administration. You
know I have often lamented their want of wisdom and vigour. _B\l_! _l
will maintain it, the employin German Protcsiant troops, at tlm crm
es] juncture, sits :t measure su] of true wisdom and sound policy- The
deh-ded colonists running wildly after the shadow of liberty, hnve lost the
subli-tmess—l say, the present arm'tmcnt will restore the Amertcan} to
sr-sch'm, To that freedom which is enjpyed under a Brikish conshtuflon
It will when them from the most degrading species of tymnny, repub
hcztntyrnnny. Everth-itonmust opposethenotion of republicamsm. _ he
rxpe't'iment has already been made. and fatal experience but then tt to
hsi- muliy incom atible with me magnitude and majesty of : great em
ph-e. It i—z'a ]itdsic pitiful idea, sit only for [he citizen of a little (tate. !
how that man (I would be understood limited moctnnrehy) can 'alone
pm'cn-e l-bet'ry sithe subject, and give ener to ovemmtnt
When you have read this, forward it wit the etter to E. S.
Frmtpt ST. ]AMES': CHRONICLE cffMartb 13, 1776- _
WE havq gnehossrity to assure the ttblic, that the extract of a printed
gemm- setfer from the Ear!) of CHATHAM, dated Haycs
M.:nh glit, 1776, printed in the ssPublic Advet'ttsct', and from thence re
pxsilnzcwl in 'the London P'ztcket,' Lioyd's Evening Post, and Bnldwin's
Lsisimlmt ]ournal, of Fi'iday March zed, is totally without fountlat'ton,
:msii in every respect ; gross and scandalous imposttion on the world.
B-Oct'S T o N, ju/y 6.
& -E bear from Halifax; by . person wsfo [(it that place this day
, flute weeks, that the troops General Howe left there were sup
pqscd to be about 1500. mostly, mm-ines, and the regiment of light horse
(which lately were wantonly tutoned in : House of Gan in this town)
and wege at Windsor, waiting for General Howe to get footbold :t New
York, when they were to follow, and march (or gzllop) through this
continent; that they were busily-employed in sottitymg Citadalc Bill and
rss'hc: places, being under apprehension of an attack; that Bssrigadier
R-sisi-jctctlsizs am] (.,n frmu Hudwwk, &Villiam Tyng, sorme- ly High Sheris.
] an Hicks, .md ]ohn Howe, printcl'b, were gone volumecra with General
Hours, and a number ol others whom ous informant could not recollea.
ct \Ve uho hear stern }I-'Jisax, that when the New York Tories ived
'htsr, t'.:cy Appliezl to Generai Huwe for subsist-neo; bn! were infgchd.
smt unlcss they took up arms in defence of Government, they could
:nv-z n.: relics , when somc- of them voluntarily entered the service, lad
ct'tssrs, through necessity, were obliged to; and that the fourth day after
thsir .si-nuumm. they, together with the Boston Tories, were ordered to
(ii,; in. the god mine; :: cha Scc-tia, where we hope they may remain
du; sin;, ]N'e. A proper shclur for all Tolies in America.
PROVlDENCE, junezg.
Nsi'J" I' D.!niel Buckiin, in the Montgomery prwateer, from th}!
) 5- .-'c, lus relaken, and sent into Dartmouih, the brig Betsy,
sr .- r. Zv us this port; she had ha-en taken by the Argo srignte, and con
dunncdss at Antisiua, (tom whtch phce she was bound to lrelan), with
us punchcons sin.! :! tierce; of sum.
Yestesday Capt. Samuel Chaee arrived here from the West Indied,
hlving on'hoatsid ten pieces ot eannun, : quantity of sail duck, sow
powder, saltpetre, brimstone, &c. . .
'WATERTOWN, jub ctz.
ART of the ministerial fleet, which had been playing offmd on the
harbour of Bolton for eight or ten days past, took their dcplmttl
from thence on Saturday last. si si
A Gentleman in Newport, last week, mufured end weighed very ac
culsiaiehct', four galluns of &! water, which weighed just thirty three
pounde, which he evaporated over a fire, and obtained thet'efrom exactly
one pound and three qttartero of good salt. : si
,HARTFORD, july 8.
FRXDAY iast a lousy pack of Tory prisoners, 49 in number, taken
some time since at johnstown, wtre brought to, this towrssl Under
guard from Albany, and delivered to the committce for the disposition
os prilsioneisisjn this culony. We hear a number more of the same clan
are on their wsiiy to this place. .
Laft week :: prisoners, taken from on board abarge belon ing to the
British fleet, as they were sounding the chznnel below Nengork, If
rived at Fatmington. ' ' .
NbW YORK, just].
ON Sunday laft : number of felom, confined in the new gao], n.
tempted to escape. The sin tender, it_seeme, is one Armsh-ong,
: murderer, of whom we havethe ollowing account, viz. That hewu
I desert: r from the regttlars at Boston, and entered himself &! one_of our
rifle companiu before that place; that he un I remarkably. wicked, dis.
orderly, dcsperate fellow; that some mouthe ago, soon after the arrival si
of the army from Boflon, he broke into the house of Mr. jacob Foxes,
at Whitehall, and took from thence ill his wearing appasirel; same night
he went into the house of Mr. ]zmes Meldsum. it the Slip market,
when most of the family were in bed; that a young woman of the house
asked his holiness, and desired him to wnlk out, which he refused, end
attempted to take hold of her, when she threatened to scald him with :
water from a tea-kettle, and endeavouredto leave the toosim; that he fol
lowed her, and struck the edge of a tomahawk into her sknll, of which
she instantly died; that he then rushed out of the house, was pursued by
the man of the house and others, who, by_nsiisianeeofthesiwatch, secured
him; that at the last Supreme Court he wis brought on hie trio! for the
murder, but there not being ; jury to be had, he me l'e- till the
next t'si-siiun; that having, with a numberof eonfedentes, formed : col
spiracy to escape, on Sunday asternoon he sifd : 'piltol at the sentry,
which luckiiy misied him, that he seized the set! 's gun, and knocked
him down with it, and then wrenching a sword tom the hand of Mr.
Shetiff Robet-ts, who wal endeavouring to quell the motiny, just going
to plunge it into his body; when the serjeant of the guard saved him by
shooting the villain through the head. "
On Monday last,_ a small party of our men were sent to drive off cattle
from Betgcn woods; their curiosity led them to march alort Bergen
shore, to view the regulars on Statm lflznd. On seeing two o their of
siccrs riding- along the road to Elinbeth Town Point, some of our
men thought to scsitre them, and fired their pieces at them over the river,
nearly opposite Derker's sen'y. About two minute; after, they thun
dered away incessantly for some time lt our ople, wtth their caution,
hut did them no hurt, as they betcok themse ves to the woods: How
ever, they continued their fire with great fury for a considerable time,
thinking, no doubt, that we had been entxenching there with a great
force. lt wzs no small diversmn to our men to see them throwmg away
their powder and shot among the trees. They picked up some of the
balls and brought them away with them. _ si
PHILADELPHI-A, july n.
HE brig Nancy. Capt. Montgomery, of 6 three poundm, and,"
men, from St. Croix, and St. Thomas, for due port, with 386
bm-rels osgunpowder, 50 firelocks, and lo: hogsheade of sum, and 6:
hngshcad: of sugar, &c. on board, in the morning osthe :9dl' ult. when
standing for Cape May, discovered 6 fail of men of war, renders, &c.
making: towards him, as also a row bone. The bon and tender- he soon
after engaged and beat off, flood close plong shqre, and go: affifignce from
prnins wcss ks and Bany; when it Was agse'cd to run the bng ashore,
wlv-CY'. was done, and under favour of : fog they saved :.68parltls of
posi-rdc'ct. 50 arms, and some dry goods; when the sog clfax'lng away,
Cassfl. s-Icmgcmesy discuveredthe enemy's ships very near'hlm, and five