The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-03-22 00:00:00, page 2

come from England was to bring one or
moreflat-bpttomssed bonts . - That this de
. ponen'c has sten the dcposition of Peteiflct
Simon, made this day, and as informed"
by capc. Collett of the severa circumstan
ces fliereiy menfioned." That fieuccna'nt.
?!pqmeysios tho}, Raveq floop of war, in
ormed flus deponen't, that. there Were to
.besspo fail of armedvessels, of different
sizdss; stationed on the coast, and 20 sail
of'sim un shictpigygxflgopssi of war were to
besszd'the coast fromsiEngiand h1 April ;
and that bonib-ketches were to be brought
35 throwpqmblct intothose places where
psctdf'wafsicodld' not go tip, 'and were
Lmicularly intended against Philadelphia,
'ss cause the Congress sits there ; and tha'k
, hC-nacthil escape.withsimr. Simon, and
othsieu. ' ,waLlAM RADDON.
Sfim tobefereme the Fth ssquarch, 1776.
"m "'sssi "" "ffiflLlAM 'PURVlANCE.
i-Fsi- (W)? si'fjolln C-odkE,-'secr'etary_.
4
si'ss [LLIAM RADDON within-nzmed
. ' 'ctffirssthei'ssss'degoseth, and saith, that
do ssfor abo'ut the 27th "of Ij'ectbrua'ryss this
ssss'siagppnent being then en bo'ard the Fglcon
ct;\_loopsi of war, capt. Liudsay; and a Hence
"nant Wright,' who cbmmzsimds an arsimed
fm-gp, 'sidedaredss,ctthat they had intended
pPsstsi-ssht tsso osiup to the town of Bruns—
! si, with 3'out_'100 sailors, to, set the
3!th "on siksse in front, station their men on
sine Basick of the 'iown', and destroy man,
'siw'dtnin; and child, that escaped from the
'flmes; "but'i'he i'eiison they- did not put
ssss'th'eir design "in execution was, that the
flooppommandssed by licutenant Wright
'got' ag'round When she went out'to exa
' e what.vcfl_'esil the floop General Gage
" if and' thasstsiasictfterwards Lindsay tdkl
.sisi-Wright that'the inhabitants had left the
,;ssfflwngand therefore it was of no use to
ssbdm it. WlLLlAM RADDON.
Sinon: ty before me the Fth of March, :776 .
; .;JCOD') - joflN Cooxs, secretary.
si'WORC-EST-E Asarchx.
'WE-are told a entleman who came out
_,-._* _ si-of Boston' ast Frida'y'rcports, that
F-tbe couny habenken aw'ay their mortnrs
.frdm Bunker's Hill, and carried them to
'Bqstdssn; thatct'a council qf' war had been
hdditt Boston for'several days ; that gene
ral siH0we had advised sithe Maudamus
counsellors to go Ito England, and the
Tofies-to'lehve the tm'vn; that all the ves
selsssin ctthe'hal'bour that- were not in the
king'sservfcectWel-e' taken up, to transpdrt
b
the'l'qries and their effects; and that it
sswalssj surmiflzd in Boston, should another
batfle enshe', find the regulars be defeated,
shcy'moulil set fire to the town, and re—
mdve to suffie'other partios-the continenc.
. 4 It is a prevailing opinion, that some
thin? &xtraordinary will turn up in the
ofa few dazs. si
Mr c
'ss'.ctf?N"E w siY o R K,. March 6.
'si E at'd informed, by a eaptain osa ves
' 'ct ' sssel ffo'm -Rssh0dc island.) that last
week 'ant; Wallacc landed his marincs
,ousict Conanicnt insithc'cvcning, and began
.?va burn 'the' buildinigs, but being discover
Mbyon'e df lhesi emincls; a number- of
? peqpic_gonc'caied themselves behind
! )! 'walls and fences untilthey carpc near
Them; but the commandcr, thinking it
'u'ixfair to fire bn them without giving them
notice, cq]1ed_out,*Who came: there, when
hssc heard W'allacq order his men to make
ready, upon which our party instantly fired
among thgm, and killed and wounded 30
of Wallace's people. Among the {lain was
:ih officer of marines, and a drummer,
who was killed by Wallacc's side, which
was plainly seen by the light of the houses
9" firf. Those that Were not wounded of
VVallace's party retrcated on board the
ship, with greater haste than they landed.
' W'edncsss'clctiy last Waihice and his fleet
siwcqt down the bay to Rhode lfland, on
which they gave him a cannonading as he
passed ; .and on Saturday he returned again,
when they paid him the same complimcnt.
We hoar, by a gentleman From Rhodc
Iflnnd, that the Macaroni privatecr had
!,takch a transpo'rc ship from London. lt
' is said ihcrc were sc'n'ind on board orders
foi' general HOWe only to act on the defen
sive, till farther orders. _
" We hear a number of tr00ps are evacu—
' ating Boston, and embarking on board
' the transportq ; and it is thought they in
tend to vilil New York, very shortly.
.- * we are just informed that our army at
Roxbury had regained posscsi iosia ofl)orcheso
ter neck, and had broughtwith them some
mortars and battering cannun.
\ By several gentlemen from Aibnny, we
sileam that the noted Indiun artiszin St.
Luke Le Come arrived there lasli 'l'hursday
' evening, escorted by major Melchcr, with
a number of the officers taken at Cham
blee. That capt. Dicke '5 with the first
company of Pennsis-ivanmns, arrived at
Montreal the loth of February. The 1 8th ,
capt. Jenkins, "was met on Lake Cham
ctglain with his company, ca t. Davis at
rown-Point, and eapt. Wiliams at Ti
_cooderoga, all of the first battalion of the
.Pennsylvania forces, in high spirits . 'shut
three companies of Green Mountain Boys
'were also arrived at Montreal. That the
]akes were lined with troops from Massa
chusetts Bay, Connecticut, Newss Hamp
shire, &c. and that we may soon expect
some very aigreeable news from Quebeck,
as Carleton with his troops are closely
penned within the city, and are in great
want of sue], &c.
A bark of 300 tuns, loaded with coal,
porter, and cheese, fron] England sor
Boston, was lately taken by,the Yankie
{[cm, cap't. Thomas, belonging to New—
ury Part, and carried in there.
PHILADEL P H I A, March 9.
LETTER from Cambridge, of the
29th ult. informs: " That prepa
rations were still naking for gettin r to
world on Dorchester neck and But on;
that the enemy were well acquainted with
our designs, and had lately thrown up
several Works to weaken our fire; that on
the 28th, they (the enemy) completed a
bomb battery and a three gan kctch op
posite Litchmore's point, and promise
our folks -a visit as soon as they break
ground on Dorchcster; that the principal
part of ftheir heavy cannOn, hospital
stores, &c. are on board ships; all the
square rigged 'vessels in the harbour are
taken up, and reCeived two months ad
vance to transport the troops and Tory
inhabitants, if necessary, to a less hostile
share; that Monday or Tuesday next will
'be the important day; that we have 45
batteaus, each to carr 80 men, and two
floating. batteries, flatloned at the mouth
of Cambridge river; if the enemy make a
serious affair of Dorchester, we may rush
into the west part of Bosion; the enemy's
strength (marines, Tories, and negroes
included) about 7000, our's about 20,ooo."
[W] LL [A M d 15 U lflU, March 22.
T is an undoubted fact, that between
8 and gooowt. of gunpowder is just
brought into this c'olony, from one of the
French iflzmds, with a number of field
pieces, four and 'six-pounders, some
muikcts, &c. Several French gentlemen
likewise came in the vessel, one of'whom,
shortly after their arrival, set out for
Philadehvhia .
Last 'l'ncsday general Clinton, and the
troops he carried out with him a few weeks
ago, arrived in Hamptun road (from
North Carolinait is supposed, where his
presence is not now necessary, since the
deseat of the Torics) and this day, we
hear, he went out of the capc-s again,
but upon what cxpc-dition time only can
um'avelsi We wish it may prove as for
tunate as his Carolinu excursion.
While a couple of" renders were on their
way up-jamcs river, lust Thursday night,
which was very dark and stormy, one of
them got fast agrouud below jamCstOWn,
within a small distance us (he flmre; and
the crew, f'md'mssg it impfmsiiicsible to get
her off, staycd (m board till next morn
ing, When all hands lust her, and sow
ed to the other tender, leaving behind a
number of cannon halls, aqu-sixmity of
salt, some sailors clothes, &c. 'l'hey
then proceeded up to a planmtiun of
Our. Harrisun's of Brnncloq, from whence
"they llole eight steers "but of :: cart,
and twelve [can cuws, which they
flaughtered and took with them, for the
use of lord Dunmorc's hnnpi'y fleet and
army, rohbing the overseer likewise of'zdl
his household goods, stripping the negro
Cubins, and carried with them, by s-vrce,
two vzduuhie negro men, us recruits, we
suppose, for the Royal Regimcnt of Blnc/e
Fuct/i/eers. ' '
About ten days ago, a floop bound
from Hispzmiolu to Philudelphia, the pro
perty of nn'. Bcveridge, merchant in that
city, and commanded by capt. Forrestetsi,
was taken in the hay by a tender helongl
ing to the Roehuck man ofwm', and one
Rogers, a midlhipman, with five seamen,
Were' us, on board to conduct her 'to
Noff sig at the same time taking out
All t ands, except the mate and ;: boy'.
]" her voyage thither, one of the caiks
of wine in the hold becoming ]eaky, by
some accident, ctthe midshipman and his
party went down to stop the 'leak, whensi
the'mate and boy, with great address, ctshucsi
down the hatches and siecurcd the prisoners ,
and then pushed to the Eastern Shore with
the vessel and cargo , the latter'wOrth at least
4oool. sterling. Captain Hammond, on
hearing ofthis affair, ordered capt . Forresd'
ter, who was on board the Roebuck, up to
the prison ship _at Norfolk, in a pilot boat;
under the escort of a midshipman and
six hands; but the Vessel running aground
on an oysier bank, twd miles below lurdct
Dunmore's ship, the midlhipman ordered'
one of the seamen into a canoe to do'
something For the reliesofthe'vesse], when'
capt. Forrester seized the opportunity,
and, leaping into the canoe, cut the paint—
er with assjack—leg knife, on which she
swung off with the tide; then turning to
the seamun," swore he would cut his throat
if he offered to obstruct him in his escape;
This menace quicted the fellow till capt,
Forrester_ had paddied about too yards,
when, finding his escape was practicable,'
he pulled with all his might, and both
got safely ashore, amidst a cloud of'cursessi
and imprecatione from the midlhipnmnsi
zndsailors'. The captain, and his comrade
whom he hasi'taken, have gvne to Acco
mack, to look after the vessel, and to dise
pose of the eargo to- the best advantage.
Capt. Fo'rr'e'l'tcr informs, that the ;King—
fishcr isgone (bond to Boston," to bring
:: number of; sh'qzs of War up Delaware
river, to prctcnf' the Philndclphiansfl-om
making any farther preparations for the
defence of their city ; it being determined
upon, it seems, that the grand attack"
shall be made upon Philadeiphiz}, as soon'
as the Heel: anu troops arrive from Lng
land, but we hops will prove equally abor
tive with the rest of the cursed ministerial
schemes to en'slave America. . '
Mr. Watkins, of Halifax'county, de
sircs that the publick may be informed
that he vint on board lord Dunmore's
ship to transact some of his own private
business, when his lordship made use of
every artifice to prevail on him to raise a
party in his savour, 01' utleast to endeavour
to prevent ahy people from his part of the
country from coming down as suidiers.
He promised him any cnmmislion or oflicc
in his county, and assured him that he
would have the courthousc moved to his
ownplunmtion. Astcr using every \\ heed—
ling art, his lordship attempted to dilp-ult
him with & scaudnlous mld sssulsc represen
tation of the conduct us our officers ;md'
scsihlicrs, zmd thcu attempted to nhM'C his
fears; for he told him, 'upnn hcinsi-j asked
who the 'commishuucrs were, that they