The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-08-11 00:00:00, page 6

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PHILADELPHlA, jlly :.2
Extract Of a letter h'om Cctzmbtctsisisisi'z. e,
' ]Luly -
THE day before yesterday 'Iue 'H'HZ!
to Cbels shet, famous jot s/sssisi [Its/o"
'quodd/e island, ;fzear soft. sV/sssizle 'th
were on PO'Wer Ham hill, back of 0 sil,
fact, 'WEsh'w a shitmish between (! jzm )!
au_r People ( I 20 i7 11 nbct ) 'w/zo
quent 'in 'wbalc-lzoau to an i/lam/ about 12
"He: ss from Boston, and burnt (: large
. jacum, of hay,-w which was put up in
candle: by the legulan, (m.! illlflllle i to
' be sZ-nt to Boston for their hot;/if. A
great number of matinsit, tn swoone/s,
.enen of wot 'I boot,-, and two ships of
war, kept up a constant she on our men,
While they remained on the Hand,- but
if)?! did hot prevent them fron d 'stroying
""The hay The schoo, ter and boast en
eavoussred to cut off th ir tetreat, which
0
hrbught- on a very warm encta get/tent, in
which we. had one kille .! andct one wonnch.
she? lost of the regular: it not L town,
He supposed to be cons derable, [is the)
Were drove qff' several times, and final/)—
obliged to retire, "which would not have
jheen . . the case tfthey had not lost some men.
" sgsterday 'we spent in Roxhury;
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While Where, we vere- amused with a
heavy fire of cannon nnd mor tart from the
live of "the regular: on the neck, and from
gne (If theirfloatt'ng hatter' m, against zoo
gttr men, who were throwing a]: a
'yd.
work" m fiont of the George tavern
-- Reade sone neck,, and Luithin a few rode
{: He reguloqe .pd-vanee-gnurd Our
mit kept on their-war k, an l never return
ate,. shot. Three bonthx burst near our
my, without irysiuring one of them, and
mstof th! cannot: shot were taken up and
ought' to the general. It it diverting
i
fie our people contendtnsig for the hallsso,
a they roll along.
. ." One cirmmstance, much to their re
tion, ]; hastmentiov. During a sc
'- _ 're cannotoade at Roxhntsiy last week, a
nobss 13 inches diatneter full within our
line, and bitrnt fitriou/l , upon which
'fbttr osour artillery men ran up, and a, te
" itched out the, fast and saved the born!,
ctprohahly sWtf ; a stroke of heroi/in
- worthy oft-m _ . I heard the man
name yesterday,)ut non/forget it. The
mgctalar: have so harde/ted our peas/e,
'z'msith their repaired fir tng. that a cannon
ading i.! just at much minjed there a; a
., gate thunder/bower. All nia,, ; ,;ct
[ly 'we are now strongly pass/le' e, and
so are the rest/art. I believe nei 'her are
'r-Jt'slt'ng to attach each otler i," ,. us t'r [; t:
" We have just go: (1"fs [an-1, stoin
Cape Cod, a lar,-;: flee! sf sisi/ha 'e-[ss-siyatt;
and in 4 day or t owe shall man th; 77!
I! Carnhridge and ."ct'x 'tssss. l.- HL'ZII, and
try to keep our esse tum ooa: sat/t isi/n/t—
ing w.
" The regular; do not seem 'si::'1si[[in_[; to
come out, but our people arc jsiss-z-pczct-ctzjy
provoking l/cm.
" Agcnt/siman who not out of Bo'Zm
the loth q; 7lzly ]asi'ctsiss, [l. 12! us: z",zss>n[,,-'
tant; were numbued, an! am (sins:-.! so
6573; tlvcnuch-t qszsi'c- mmssz I i',z.7:*'
inch/ding men, worm/:, .: ,! (L.-" : ('l, 010
13, 6oo. Thru- luusibsil mrz , an
chosen to ]umol is." stmcts, 40 ,sisi—
): night. V'try scL,",-) flow 10 lo
:]sict; 30 die-as,; {a}, atlgllz l'ssfsslsx (Is/0 Wctlsssi to
'0 do.. .!vuctsv a! .
- -,—-' T-si'. . me. A" _ : -
full. B'sastss'r Law! taken up and put in
jsizil, 'w/su'h [; in ma c'qucma as,/Line
letten jbuml is: dofiar Warre/z's [we-Let,
majlcr Lcccl) alst). Reluascd all! rsisjzrijbu
4. Mr. I-lzmtshyiug, that I'(- Qui/se] l/fe
A'zzericam might kill them all, 70!!! [07]
si/ch in jail. Elctsi-cn dead of;/w sisivoz n. -
e'd prisbacr: at Cbar/estown. Col. Par
Lcr (l.-ad, having declared, at his last
bour, ;] he got well he 'ZI'OPJ/sl (lo the:
same. The offinw sistty, Dzunn the
rcbels, that they would not flinch.
A great number of floati-sg Nun-is are
[wi/ding, and five tra/{shorn and [l./sin:
stoofl are ]ailcsisiljbr bay all.-1 wood lo the
call ward. .
" This gentleman n/sn ct/Zzyf, l/w oj/ss
cetsis and soldim triumph fury 7711/('/7 at
the dss'atb rf doctor ]l'arrc/ct- ; _/}sct','z'::_s(, it
is better to them than Joo men."
july 29. Last tuesdssay and wed
nesday a large detacsibtmbsifisiom the
camp at Haerlem, near New 't'ork,
consisting osabont too;) men, under
the command of col. V'ntc-rb'n'y,
marched for Albany. it is scttid they
are intended as a reinshrcem'ent to
Ticonderoga, where major-geueral
Schnyler commands.
The ships which lately sailed out of
Boston are said to be transports bound
to Nova Scotia, &c. for provisions
and forage. - .
The Boston light-house is destroy
ed, the oil being first taken out; the
stakes also are pulled up, which were
placed to direct the paffitge s or veflizls.
w 1 L L'] A tisis 15"u"<';"", Z'ugust n.
OL. BENJAMIN Hctmnrsou, and
TnoMAs janensox, c-sq; arrived
; few days ago from Philzulelphia, and are
now attheConvention in Riclnnond. The
General Congress is adjourued to tuesday
the 5th of September.
lt was last wednesclay determined upon
in Convention, that only' silooo regular
forces shall 'at present be raised, who will
be asiisistecl, as exigcncies may require., lsizy
Booo minute—men to be kept in tmining
in the several counties. ss
Last thursthy the voluntecr company
of Caroline, commanded lvy wm'siusi
\Voodsord, esq; went throng-,hsithe manual
exercise, with a great mrit-tv os nciv and
usesul cvolutions, at the Bovsling Grcen in'
thateounty, before upwards of 1500 spec
tators, who were exceeding-ly pleased with
the dcxtcrity and :lcrtness us the men,
they performing only by the heat of the
dsum, and did credi! to the ahilities osmr.
Thomas Davis, atljumnt, litlt' os l'airsax
county, who insh'ucsted them.
Mr. \\'1LLtA m Pttincn, jun. is just
returned to this city srom Anrssstpolis in
Marylzmd , \\l1crc hehas studied PA 1 si" Tl .\' 5
under the celebrated M a . PF. F. 1. L, and we
hear intends rcsiding here for some time.
SATUKPAY, flugzg/I 12. This morninu
an c—qyrels arrived smm Not-sun:, v.]th
nd\icc thnt mr. llamiltnn olsiNunsimonsi-"s
lnig lmdsiiull returned sl'om llollon, uiz'n
seven ohzu l'S from gent-ral (i.-um; to :.Hitl
]urcl Dunmm'c in his upon-lions i-sssisi'uinfl this
colony, in rclum for the very" {iicmllv
shpplctv of provisions he received by (had
vcssc]; zmd we learn that his lurchhi ) hsi._s
got 13 field-pieces (m [man] the ship \\'il
iictm, for the: use oshis .n'my nt (;uspun,
which, it is imagined, he intends soon to
put in motmL __4
N () R F () [. K, ,—.-'.-.-;si-.-// (7.
Notsi'jbI/si" bumugh, comminu-chamber,
,si/I/gsi'sl 3, "si"
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. ' ZTTTRRAS it :q-sipcct-m's, from un
doubted testimony, that 11 ty;-.
ffllshm .,'
"tain john Schnw, o." this borougcth,
did, in (he presi-ncc of lord Unnnmrc,
ossicioufly point out lo the (siohiiczssv at
Gosirort one Alexandcr Mzrin, liscr
to one us the voluntecr companies of
this place, us a pcflbn who ought to
be apprehendcd for his impxrdcncc
(as the sicid Schaw csiXprc-sicd hinzfi-H)
in wearing a hunting shirt- in their
presence, in consequence us which
the unhappy man was .qr-rrc-Ezs-rzdcsid,
and is now, by his ]mdlmp's (zz'sicr,
confined on hoard the ("in {szl of
war: ' V/c thcrc-sorc tllct'sil'Ji it nur
duty to (I dare that she (did 'orzz Aw
has here.-in shown himf'clsn bnfsiy too],
and an cncmy m Amcriczm hlzuiy,
and as shch wc advise :ctvcry sriuzd to
his country to have no farther dculing
or connc'xinn with him.
\"-11JIAIZ,AF'I D/si'leS, sCCl'Lifll'y.
It is with concern we mention the
he ate," L'. Kl jeztlousit-s thnthzn' * nriscn in
this place, from some imprmiencies
that have been committed, unsHi'om
the ttnluclsiy incidents that ti'eqctnentl
happen in the neighbour-hood or" an
armed sorcc. The sirepetition oslittle
occurrences of this nature generally
Nerve sor'uo other purpose than to' in-.
flame. It is, however, some little
consolation to us, exposed as we are,
with the rest of our country, to the
unhappy (le-signs of a certain person
and his tools, that we can with so
much justice pay the full tribute of
respect to the uuintert'upted tenour of
capt. MACAM'NLY'S conduct, so
exemplary for humanitv, benevo-ss
lence, and the striet refflvasition- ofi
order and discipline.w *
The fiier that was confined onboar
the Otter was laft night released, after
under-going a sh'ict examination by
lord Dunmore; .
In consequence of manyss-fitlsc report:
spread through the country of one capt.
l'hilips havingF nrmedn number of men to
allist in the destruction os our rights, we
are well informed that ossers osj'oo or tooo
men have been made to march down,}.it
should he thought necessary. Philips him—
felt", it is currc-ntly satid, was under such !
dreadful apprehenlions, upon a report of
it number of men being on their wu to
pay him :! visit, tlnt he lit-took llfunscis
to :! swmnp, \*.lierel1i<t3_-ars ::lrtrmsitdvhim
to that degree as to make him mistake the
liumps and roots of trees for Inziians,
whichhisinnginntion. it ii saictd, swectlled to
500. After being in this delightshl situa
tion three thus and nights, amid the thu
iiek ol' counthli' munbers of llluii-iilnes,
he wnturcd forth, hutah ! (qrmirlzmzmu
tain: ab i/ct'os) th tii'sifigured ::ndfietizslzted,
by the sting-ing f'untiiiztrities ot' llsilb musical
(mnpnnions, that scarcely his own (lo
l.ucw him. He immediately tiCsjsillCileg
letters us contrition, :tml' promises of
utnentiment, to some gentle-"un us the,
county; and it is prohsi'ihle another trip
to the. sumnpwill work in him :] th-r-murh
l'tstssnldlit)", and com-itss-tion us]-.iss tlzlljtsi
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