The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-05-12 00:00:00, page 6

thc other side by theinclepcmlents (isliin '
George and VVcllmm-elsinul, who juinefi
the escort. They lodged that night at
Col .Thornton's, on Putuwmnesi . ;tntlerullsi
del the river early next moming. When
we got to the Marylund half, the first
thing we saw was the company from Put-t.
Tobacco drawn upon the heath to seech e
the Delegates: to whom vu- delivered
them, in perfect health. The emnpunicsis
at. Piseztawuy and Uppct' Msinsilhurnngh
weren-ally to receive them, asthectv pulled .
Our escort amounted to about :53 us the
first Gentlemen in this part of the country ,.
who; after taking leave of the Delesisiutes
at Hooe's ferry, on their going it on the
boztts gave them three che ers, and return
ed home; except the guard-,si who erolsc—d
the river Mr}; ctsitss'sificm ." .
- Acorresimnclictnt writesus, that the hill
sissi'esimining the trnde osthe eolonies to
ctss Gleet Britain, Ire-land, and the \\"cst lndia
iflands. is to take place the same day that
the Congresi have fixed for the non-expert
., from Ameriea; but, is their resolves are
si Winded, and the ' agree to trade as usual,
-- the bill in to be of no effect, consequently
_ dwitfflsct
- _- ...
The luehmons !, Paterhm, from utm
Fow, is airhed m [nmcs rhu.
This day were executed at t': .e gallows,
nant to their sentence, Vv illinm Pit
\ man, for murder-ing his neglo l.ul ,)W il
liam Gray, and john " ood, for hurnlzn') ,
end John Watkins, lor a mpe.
] W e this moment hear thathis Excellency
the Goverhour has issued a p) oclsinnntion
for the meeting of the GF.NER A! Ass.- ,), -
In, on Thuisda) the lst of [one ne \.t
Esthql'qlzngl'mil], to Mils Lo ( Y RA ).—
M : es. stm anwrct , [, jun.
sinotpn, oswil'tnn.
Tnmaetingot the V ous 'NT} l a Com
P-ANY of the city of [William [As,/[m
"the loth dayssosNla) , 1775', the folk";
address was unanimoully agiccd to,
Mddired to be published.
]OHN BlKHVN, (leik.
i;- sssictfflc Gentlemen qunomus :mcl \ o
flffl m'r lE !. : who sb general/sly offered their
siisisi ); :si-"sisifflflctuncetot/wshsirss nj W lLLIAMssuno
, ,ctsi M full late almning occcctz/ion.
) dGlNTLu-nu,
WQZ fensibility to insillts offered our
_ ' country, andacletum'med resolution
to silk_ every thingm support of its honour
and interest, mrnling motives in the breast
oft-very patriota To these We ale] ihe vour
.late movement towmls the metmpolis,
when certaiq incidents,l lullicientl .1l.nm
ingnt this lum, had attraiteclthe at
tention o nilsionr worthy eountrunen.
.We are hapxy m being able to eominee
{on, that t ere is at present no neeellity
or their vigorous interpositiou , ] 1.t the
Zealous alackity with )) lueh _)on proll'uul
your asiistancc, as it shows sn lmsiue (lem
tion to the publiek wood, must he hiuhl)
) Bleeding to your fellow eountrynu-n, siansid
monds out warmcst thanks and acknow
ledgmems.
' ' . T : comnnucc uppomxsicd and held lor
Hmover county,si at the courthousc,
on Tucsday the 91h of my, 17," 5.
,' Present, jobn s me, Sumuc-10vcrton,
William Cragheac , chr'm clhu' S'sichun,
'K'ic Diorrjs, Bcnjnm'm'Andcrshn, jnlm '
- ' cum, John Rol-inshn, Ncllbn Kerk
ley, and George Dalmey, jun.
Affiee'able to :: resolution oi'tho commit
IQectc held ac New-castle the zd in" :mt, setting
[Mild-at she , being fully insormcd ul'
:? Violent he isisities committed by the
ng's troops in P'meficu, and us the dun
'-' gers arisingw the coluny by thcsilosd usthc
sipublickpowder. and of'the- conduct of the
-Gow-rnour,ss which threatens ulzugethc-r
cohmitics of the greatest masigssctnsinudc, and
- most fatal conscqucnc'cs to thiz c ;}(mssv , owl
cthcrcf'orc recommcmiing rcprssizls in ] c
made upon the King's proputss; sulicheut
to replace the gunpowdcr taken out nstlxc
mnguzctmc, it appears to this committcc,
that the voluntecrs who nmrelu-d from
Newezdile, to obtain sittizlsizsirsiion for the
public]; ])0\\ der, by repriliissl, or othcrways,
proceeded on that bulincis us follows, to
\\it: 'l'hzit an ollicer with 16 men was de
tsiiched to seize the King's Beet iver (leiic-rul ,
with orders to detain him; and this, it
was snpposisid, might be done without im—
peding the progress of the main body.
The [hid lieceiier Ccnerul not being up—
prehended, owing to his absence from
home, the shid dctuchment, according to
orders, proeccded to join the nmin body
on its march to Williumlburg; and the
junction happened the 3d inltzmt, at Don
calllc's ordinary, about sunlet. A little
astcr sunrise next. moming, the command
ing—oilieer being assured that proper finis—
fuction, in money, should be insiznitlv
made, the voluntccrs haltcd, and thssc
roposul being considered by them, was
judged satissuetory as to that point; and
the following rceeipt was given, to vit:
" Donealilc's ordinary, NZPW Kent, May
" 4, 1775, received from the Hon. Ri
" elmrd (jorbin, Lsq; his Mujcsty'ss Re
" ceiwergcncral, 330]. asacompenszition
" for the gunpowdcr taken out of the
" publick magsiujne by the Governour's
" order; which money I promise to con
" vcy to the Virglnia delegates at the
" \)Csl('l'ill bougl'tsslsi, [U fie, unucl' []]Clr
" direction, laid out in gunpowder for the
" (:nluny's use, and to be stored as they
" shall direcsit until the next Colony Con
" vcntion, or General Assembly, unless
" it shall he necessary, in the meantime,
" to use the same in the defence of this
" culuuy. It is agreed, that in call: the
" next Convcntiun shall determine that
" any part of the said mOney ought to be
" returned to his Mujcsty's said Receiver
" General, that the same shall be done
" aceordinglyss (At-true cop!)
PATRlCK HENRY , jun.
Test Sun-51. Men-spun,
. , PulKE GoonAeLL. * ., _
It was then considered, that as it Gene
ral Congresh would mget in a few days,
and probably & Colonydponvcntion would
shortly assemblc, and that thereprisal now
made would amply replace the powder,
with the chargcs of transportntion, the
commandinw—vilicer wrote .the shllowingsi
letter, and tent it by express.
Sllt, MAY 4, 1775.
11 15 assnir ofthe powder is now settlcd ,
so as to produccss'satisshction to me,
and I earnestly Wish toctthe coldny in "elde-.
rnl. 'l'hc peop'lc here have it in ciissargc
from [lament commit- to'under their -
scnicessto you}; a.pub ;k officer, for the
purpose of gllzprctctting thy; publick treasury
to any pluccinflfls colon where the money
\\ ould he judgcdmorq use than the city of
\'1/ illiamshurg. -' The reprisal now made ]) y
the Hamovcr vohmteers, though accom
plished in a manner least liable to the im
Kusitution of violent extremity, .may posii—
ly be the cause of suturc injury to the
treasury . ]fthcresore you apprehend the
least du'ngcr, 'a sufficient guard is at your
service. ] bcg the return of the bcurcr
may he instant, because the men wish to
know their desiination. W'ith great rc
gard. I am, Sir, your most humble scr
vant, (A true copy)
PAF'RHLK HENRY, jun
si SAMULL Muzm-rn.
Tc ' GARLAND Annrctxsox.
To Robert (}nrtcr Nicholsixs, Esq; "Treafin'cr.
To which un answer was rucrived from
the shier. Nicholas, imporling, that he
had no npprehensions ofthc ncsu'jitssv or
pmpric-tssv us the pruffcred service.-. For
whi-sih reasons, and nndcrstnndingssn'ere-—
over, from others, that the private-{influx
;)fsi *.\'i!i}.5111H—.ux'siqsi were in a great msieusin'c
:,nictcd from their late apprc'hcnsiion for
)
th: ir peril-n.: ;n'd 'siff-r'sszpz my , the: \ n'as-it c-ra
_311ti_sisi'('tlitizcsttc, lsiL'illl'H ilU-Hi'. ..mi tctii si)
nunrdingisiv, in order to unit Th'." i"H'L.'-:1'
(iil'('(LiUH> us the (icncsircti Cunsi-ssrc s— , (,r
(Juiunssv Convmnion. It zippczu's ;dsh to
this ('02Hlllitht', that hcl'orc, mid on the
march, ill'ict Ul'th'l'h were l'cpczztcdiy give.!
In the uzlunta-rs to avoid all \iUh'H('t',
injury, and insuit, towards the pcrsims mid
prupt-rty of every private individual; and
that in czsiccnting the plsim Os rqprisu] on
the pershn of the king's scrvuntsi, and his
property, hlnodihcd should be uroidcd, if
]zuiiihlc; and that there is the strongest
reason tohciicvc shut the ibt't-ctzsi'oing orders,
rcspccting primtc pcrsons, and property,
\\ crc strictly, observed.
Rq/blvml , thut this committecdo approvcct
of" the procculings osthc oiliccrs and ib]
dic-rs of the voluntcer company, and do
return them their most finccrc thanks for
their services on the late expcdition; and
also, that the thanks of this committec be
given to the many voiunteers ofthe diffe
rent countics whojoined, and were march
ing, and ready to co-ctnperafe with the vo
luntcor company of this county.
Order-ed, that the clerk do trunsmit a co
ofsi these proceeding-s to the printcrs,
and desire that they will be plcniZd to pub
lish the same in the Gazcttcs, as soon as
possible. — .
' ' By order of the committec.
( A copy) ct .
BARTLETT ANDERSON, Clerk.
AUVEKT lSl-ZMENTS.
' H E flee/widen if tho/e eountie: and
COt']H)rtl1'i0fl,s, who may not yet have
elm,/en zleputies to" rejsi-ressent them in a General
(ct'onvention, are _de/1)*ed to do it without los} ct
of time; as it is jsulged necessary, byf/bme
rq/pectable Gentlemen, that all the deputie:
should be Prepared to meet on theshortej/I no
tice. ' it is the wish and desire oft/le worthy
Delegate: from this colonysi, who are now at
tending the General Congre/sr, that other:
may be tho/en to snpply theii'placn, during
their necessary (lb/knee,. . ' ' ss
Mr. Punch-:, , ss
T is an unpardonablezerime in any man.
I wantonly: to rob his neighbour o] hisil'fizr
t/me and reputation, by a partial Well-n
'tation qsfac'is. Tour corre/pondent should
have informed the [welle/e. that Mr.. Cist i:
jrrmrifzzzl owner of" the ship Mary, lied hcu
the [ble management ol'her hing/Lsiff , _ ct " ! he
built her to accormnodate his/fiendes _ Vir
ginia with fieight, in a fgood stoukjpessZ-l;
and that till,-final] part Mr. Wilkinsun has
in her was intended to promote that end, by
his _/i1perintemling the building of her in
Yerkshirc, where he rq/ldessr. ] hope the-si
ss impariialpussblicle 'wfll consider that Mr. Wil
kinson's fzolitical prizzciple: did not uppear
at the time Mr. '(jifl: became connected with
him ,- ihat, insi/Zwrt, they do not now iqzpear,
as it is notoriom that u'heushipsis are wanted
jbr govermnent fi-ruicu the King doe: not q/b
merchant: whether the , are willing or not
to let them. ljsiMr. VVllkinson has leim-T
tarily trmgsgrcssed, ] can pledge ngyselffor
Mr. Gist that he will rejbzztsiz't in such man-.
ner a; is most agreeable to the Americans,
and will conduce the most 10. promote the {0
rirms nag/e in which they are einb'ur ctlv
His connexion; with, and the uhllgation; he
is under in \ irsslnia, are well hnmm; and
he is "very remly so ar/mawless-(zre' them. Seve
ral C'aztluzzcwz, who are jzsisi/l arrived ji'um
England, (um testljy that he provcd him/Ell
(! :z-ul/msji-iend to Amcn'czm liberty on :: late
important occasion. The querl/l is tolpecsit
stu acquainted, that it is jxgs/iblssz lose-rue
:! fi'ieml without inject-ing the innocent . I am,
l'ctr. Purdic. _1'01!r'5.sit/;e jutblir/Js, um! else
cially Mr. (AisL's_/')'f.z';1(l.r, ol'eu'lmt lctszmll'lc
fifrumzt. (m.-l., 'szlu'swvc'r it is rczssv'fsissi'site,
they shall he usus'tsi-sil upon in jwjfiau. ssijsi'
_].\.\1L5 MHLILR