The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-08-11 00:00:00, page 5

I. () N ]) () N, Yune 1.
0 men of thought there is nothing
sin'priling in the late Amcricun mus—
szsicre; it was long since soretohl by the
lords ()hatlum ::ncl Camclen. It was very
lately intirnzzted h) lord Ellingham, vsiho
religncd his commislion liccziule he shresuw
that Amc-ricnn hlnnd \\ oulcl be unjullilidhly
lhecl. The eomnmns also, by the mouth
of their spruker, testilictl their expect-4—
tion, that the sword would he drawn;
and thcsiypromisul, mrct/isheerfizlct'r, tolend
every ;ih'ilhlncc in their powei to gsine it
an edge.
It is an absolutc fact that :! distinguished
personages, who had lately an occasion to
visit one of the king's apartments, sound,
on the tal-le, ajsirqi'c'r bon/(, and johnsun's
pamphlet entitled Taxatiou no tyranny.
The ministchctl tool,: are rcgrctting that
23,o:3 Suisssi were not sent over to cut the
throuts of our sc-llow-siibjecsstsi in America,
in conjunction with the negrocs, who Were
to be emzmcipated to {laughter their
masters. This scheme is impute-al to sir
\\'illiam Dra )er. That gallmt officer
ought to (lislclzxim an imputation which
would only become :: butcher, not an
English soldier.
siasisict The Scots yesterday talked loud!) in the
city, that. it was the intention as the mi
nistry to proscribe, and PTOClltlln as tru
tors, those men in this country who have
allifi'ed theAmericztns by subseription, or
otherwise, or shall presume, in suture, to
aid them in' any way nhatcver. An
Englilhman who writes this paragss'aph,
and heard their empty menaces, calls up—
on the tools os government to put their
hreats into execution ; for the inltsimt that
\
siueh an gitern tss is made, himself, and
" shoufijndssibs ese'tmined linglislvmen, are
' resolved to make the experiment.
There is a report industriously propagat
,ed, by the creatures of adminittration,
that the people here who have assdted
and cherished the rebcls in Ame rica are s pee
dily to be called to an acccount for
their frerJE/n, as their money has been ap-v
plied in purchasmg'ammunition lor the
American traitors; and execution: and
for eiture: are the current topick us the
(ass-si on and the English tories, but there is
'— no terrour in their threats ! lmpeneh
ments, axes, blocks, and halters, are-justly
retorted upon these rssiscal ntinions of
power, by every honest whig and indignant
Englishmnn .
The followingministeriul paragrnph hath
been 'sent us: " It is become ablhlutely
necessary to inquire into. the conduct of
the pen )le here who have been nidin
and asliliing the Americans in rebellirnx,
and psitrticnln'ly those who have seltt them
money, as, doubtless, it has been employ
ed in purelusing ;trms, nmmnnition. &c.
They are rebels, republicans, and truitors,
and ought to be treated us such." \'\'e
hope the conduct ol'the sriends to Ameri
c.: will be inquired into; v. e hope also the
c-mtlnct of the toJls of utlnzinilctfrsi-sition will
be scrutittist-d. So imtnsisirtird :tn inquirv
mill cover so ne men with shame, zl'ttl en
dear others to the nfi'eetions us the people.
A gentleman, on whom we c.1n rvly,
flsstll'Cb Lts (and he Cillls upon the men in
power to dom it) that the recrttiting' tur
ties from the ditfsierent regssimtnts Lsitsisit in
llngsi'l md, of which there are no lt'isi th-sin
12 or 11 from every in;-intent, L'J'si'llflf.
Cztt'h olsithf'n] obtain ;t mzm in th! c-ss- r'iontlsiss
:znd those more like t"e ean'ict'ct-td fro;—
(n'ttc'r: osl'tffmt'c' thtnt th;- hctle lnfsiv ling
liihmctn, nni'tuss*<sil lzssv l-wlss .wssl lir ja-ltn
l'rn'lt \ -('<:rn. )si [L'/:. ;.' />'1'.ssf-.'u;..s/.si .ssssr/ z'mct
(ssi' !sIL'Htl-tl ("t'/hit." Put-lull lite lsi-il't will: Wss
l " sign/m; Was shall:-si /44 so?"/sin".
Avsiszzf'ssz sssiP () s T .s (: R 1 P T issF-ct
TO T'HE VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
the ci\i] war now raging- in America, the
humanity, compassion, andgcncrousum
duct, which were the distinguished cha
racteristicks oi'their Englzsh mmstun, have
marked and done the highest honour to
the Amei'icans, in spite of" every injury
and irritation on our parts. Every ac
count in town, srotn thence, corruborates
this pleasing circsiumstunce. si
'she friends of sreedom in this country,
of whom the writers is one. cal] on admi
nistrmiun to cxert their [ma/led spin't, and
declsiire what punishment they would pro
pose sor the men who have the virtue to
support their suffering brethren mer the
Atl-simtick, and they shall he answered at
all hazards, by the-avowed dedarations,
and open subscriptions, osmen who will not
shrink from danger, and dare them to
the trix]. A
Every Scotclmfan, tory, and j-tcohite,
affecctts to dilhelieve the lite news from
Boston, on what pretence it is vcrv diffi
cult to sav; sor even that privileged vehi
cle osa \\ ickcdadminillration, the Gazette,
which never speak.—but by the mouth osa
pensioned Frazer, consirmsin fact, by not
denying, the circumstance in question.
it is now settled, that isiour more regi
ments of foot, and two of Highhnders,
shall he sent to America, which are to be
emharked with the utmost despatch.
Two clean frigates, one at Purtsmouth,
and the other at Plymanth, are ordered
nluasststo be in constant readiness, to carry
despntches to and from America.
june ;. The (blluvzingnaval expediti
ons are said to be at length resolved on:
A commodore, with three ships os the
line, and two srigates, for the coast of
Guinea; an admit-al, with five fail of the
line, and three srissates, for Ncu sonndlznd ;
an admit-al, with six line of battle ships,
for the East lndies, to touch at the Spa
nish Philippines; a commodore in the Me
diterranean, qnd another to reinsorce the
ships already on the \\"esi lndia its-tion.
' 'l'he Dutch are uncommonly nslidnous
in sitting out six srigates, osgbguns each,
which are to carr 12 months provisions.
Their destination is varioully related . .
()rds-rs are stuck up at the WJT osiice,
that all persons who accept oscommisiions,
in any oshis mijesty's foreign oanisons,
'n ill he expected in future to rtsi tde where
their several corps are quztrtered.
Yester-lcty morning the llomney man of
war. conim lndcd l-y mlmiral Duss, filled
from Spi'hczul for Nensoundlund.
'l'he guirdlhips nt Port smouth and Spit—
head are now man!-ing with theirfull cum—
plcment of' seamcn and mariners.
Four more regiments, ne hear, \\ ill he
ordered forthwith to America. and apart
osthe militizt is to be embodied.
'l'hey \\ rite from Paris, tlnt orders are
i'Tued out the 22d ult. for all the princes
oFthc blood, nobility, &c. to attend the
coronsi—ttion at Rheinis, and for no other
persons, who rcside more than 20 miles
dishmt from that city, to appear on any
ilCCOlmt. in order to avoid anv dillurhztnce
\\ hich so largeaconcourse of people might
occ lli-sim.
()n \\ ulnesdny orders were given for the
trssxnlports now fitting out in the riicr to
he sent round to Corlsse, for the emlmrk
utinn (is three regiments ossoot for North
Ameticsit.
C A 31] l' R ] ]) (} !Z, 7115' 21.
-\ 5 '1' _'/Z!fmdm' t/ctct lour-11 r'tff'sfllch't!
44 (x.-un :..l [11 !l, -su.< 11. lulsillf'ct fi-m/si'c (!
z.1-':.)); sits,-z- fill.].lff, flct wz'. rlm'l'ur [sin/glass.
]"sin ls ;si Hl' ! f' I/ss ' ("iss'tsizssctsh red.! in [less;] " n'
cctsi'sscc/Juzl ":ui L) tuum- '>:'<;/L'/1t.ttiz-c.s :,j (lxmmitcd
colonie: of North America, now met in
General (Long-rest at Philade1phia, jetting
]};rt/z the cast/e.- and necessity ry their taking
up arms." It was named with great
ajrplan/e, and the ajzprrioatzon ofthe army,
with that (is!: great number of other peqr/e,
'ZL'!!! immediately annoum-ed [fy three lzuzzctu.
His exeelleucy the general, with several other_
general officers, (ye. were present on the
occasion.
A gentleman has favoured us with the
following account of the declaration
being read npon Prospcct hill.
" Last tue/day morning, according to
order: i/h'ied the day before by major-general
Putnam, (:Il the coutineutal troop: under hil
immediate command (iL'ZEmbled at PrQ/pect
hill, when the ded-(ration oft/te Contiacntal
szgrq/I- was read , afler which an animatej
and pathetirh add-es: to the army-zed: made
[y' the rev. mr. Leon 1rd , rhaplain to general
Putnam'; region-fit, and succeeded by a per
tfn/fnt [:rqrer ; when eneral Putnam gave
the/lsissnal, and the 'tt-hgole awry-showed their
lssmd ameuby three cheer;, iownediategiu on
which :: cannot: ma: fired fi'om the art,
and the standard lately sent to general Put- -
nam was exhibited fioziri/hiug in the air,
hearing on one/fie this nntto, An appe'al to
he wet, at! on the othe'r side, Qui transtulic
s ullinet . T he whole was conducted with the
utmost deccney, good order, and regularity,
and the mziverfizl acceptance of all present;
and the Phllillines on Brmler': hill heard .
the flmut of the [Radius, and, being ,
very fearful, paraded themselves in battle;
"' A"; m tim,-(sit) 'WWK/ffl'
ct at an. . (as
"'VEW YORK, _uly 27.
APT. George M'Aroy, who
C came pall'enger in the brigFrankss
lin, from St. Eustatia, in [4 diys,
which vessel he lest at Sandy Hook
yesterday moming, relates, that two
days before they sailed a-Ncw England
{loop arrived in that road, who was
in company with a Bcrmuda veslel
that went to Antigua, where they
fell in with a ship bound srom Lon
don to ]amaica, 18 days out", who ..
informed them, that there was a great
dlsturbance in England, that lord
North had fled to France, the parlia
ment house was pulled down by the
populace, and that the lord ma or"
mr. Burke, and governour lohnsionczsi
bended the populaee, and sound out:
a great deal of bribery and corrup '
on in the last parliament. 4 He"?
On tnesday last arrived at San
Hook, his majesiy's ship the Fowey,
cnpt. George Montaguc
Extract of a letter from Cambridge,
7uly 27.
" Capt. Darbyy arrived in England
in 27 dazs srom Salem. 'W hen the
nccounts he carried of the battle were
]ubiishcd, lord North was thunder
shuck at the sight. Lord Dartmouth
{ent for capt. Darhy, withimpatiem'e
to see him: but he was advised not
to put himselsin their power. The
people were much surprised at the
news, the merchants distreffi-d on ac
count os their property. Parliament .
had been but two days prorogued,
and it was expected world be called
asi'. tin soon. l"\ cry thing was in. a
great scrmcnt." &! mo,/4
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