The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-05-24 00:00:00, page 3

-_sight, at Rccdy island, and had singe!
out repair'mg her sides. _
Extrsi-u't of a [utter jiwm a gentleman in
B.;himorc, to his friend in thicts city, (lated
[Way 15, 1776
" 'l'hcrc is some reason to think that
cneral Howc is now ac llahsax, waiting
zill che icc breaks up in the river St. Lau
rence, that he may relieve general Carl—
gan in ue-bcck; but I hope it will he in
the poflclsicm of the Amcricans ere that
time, for ] learn from mr. lsilopkins (who
marched from Cambridge with Arnold,
with him endured inconceivnblc hardships,
and was rrescnt at the attack wherein lhc
immorla Moutgomery sell) thac'an at
mck woulu ceruumy he made on 1: about.
the nothos April, and that be met up
wards of_4ooo troops marching to it. Ge—
neral Thomas, who now command: in
Cmad'a, is an excellent officer, near equal
to Moncgomery. Generals Sullissvan and
Thomysqu, who are gone there as briga—
diersz are two of" the. best officers in our
service,:_ns general Lee says. They were
the Lm'ost intimate friends ] had at the camp
inj-Cambridgc, but the Congrcss has sent
allmy particular acquaintances there . 'l'hc
szzda :district is much better oflicercd,
on the whole, than any- of the others;
But th'esic'roops with Montgomcry Were by
do'hicsins so gentee] as might have been
ffic'kedsidisslt. HOWever, the defect is :now
t'emEdie'd in some "degree, for sdme very
fine fellows are gbne there."
' Lctnst'night an' expre/S' arrived from cal .
Woctodfard, at Kemp': landing, with advice
that lord Dunmore': motley army, after dis:
msiintling their intrenchment at the mill;,
bnd fitting fire to the barraek: and other
building: they had erected there jbr their
convenience, had retired on board the fleet,
which, to the amount of 70 odd sail, were
in motion yesterdassy morning, and appeared
to be bound fbr sea. T/zeysupplied them
selves with wood, from (: number of" house:
at the di/Zillery, which they demulijhedjbr -
. thatK purpose; and it waxgiven out, that
the}? intended for Halifax in Nova Scotia,
With intent, it may be prestemed, to enjoy
thsi-fi'ee exercise as their limbs and a vegetable
diet , and undergo (! complete shuuring from
the filth in which they have irzvolved/br (:
long while past.---7'hey destroyed between
43 (1er yofizil of-finall veffZ-ls, after taking
out wh-zt they deemed to be valuable, but
suffered all the salt on board to go to the
bottom. _ ' '
T he same sinigrht an express: arrived from
gmjor Hendric-ks, at Hsizmpton, a.Ivising,
that lord Dunmore': fleet h'adjq/t appeared
in the road, and shewed to be bound for sea.
By :: gentlem'mfi'am North Carulina. we
ldsiam that the remainder of thefleet de/tinecl
for Cape Fear had arrived, and that the
_ number of troops mw with general Clintan
'were ficppa/Zed to be about 4000, none of
which had yet landed; and it was even
fiq/pecteJ they had dzstsirn upon smze other
quarter, and would not [and there at all .
70 Mr. PUKUlL.
9 I 1,
- \V[NG incurrcd, as ! understand,
" son'ic degree of censure From a sew
in my countsiv; and perhaps in other
parts by this time, in conseqhence of &
measure )vh'sch .] pursued With respect
to mr. Nlurdoch, it may not be amiss to
lay before the publick the circumstances
that attended the case, in order that ]
msssily not he thOught a tyrant. whilst I
am endeavouring- to promote the wclsarc
Of my country, h_v opposing tyranny,
am] ministeria] oppreffinn.
-ct, I have ever thought it the n'mst arduous
Fask [could possible engage in when I
vnclcrtake to serve the publick with that
spirit which everv man of virtue ought to
do, because it siis impossible mssdo thnt
duty which is attemhlctn on a man in office
Without offending' the dcl'mquent and his
fi'iemlq; hut, however urduous the tusk",
! shall not be intimidntcd by any man so
far as meanly to shrink From my duty,
or lamely to sacrifice what ] dostcivc to
be honour or virtue. ] shall therefore
take the liberty to lay down the circum—
lluuccs which were the [inundation us a
charge Os mrsi Murdoch's being a sue to
the cause of Amcrica, and which two were
sworn to hy mcss. john l)ud]e_y, Frcmzm
VValker, and VVillizun Burmn, hcsorc lhc
commiltcc which inquired into the sinne.
It was told me, that mr. Murdoch, in
:! disputc at cnpt. Mingc's, undertook to
say, that those who were sorindcpendencc
Were rugues and knaves, and sOL'n lo their
Country; that if indcpendencc was cluzlur—
ed, he would make up arms against it.
It was likewise said, that he exprcll'ccl great
congern at the .rcports of the Roelriick's
being taken, hy saying he hoped it was
not true; and likewise, ] was informed,
he had been seen at Sandy Point on the
day of the eilgxtgemcht, with some ne
Frocs, who then collected on the (hose to
ee the matter decided, I suppose, as
nothing happened from that assembly
since, that I have heard of.. These, !
say, being the circumstances which were
laid before me, ], as a committee-man,
conceived it my duty to make inquiry into
them, and accordingly had the gentleman
arrested, that he. might be examined;
upon which examination, the committee
acquitted him honourably. And now let
me ask the publick, who are friends to
the liberties of mankind, whether ] did
more than was my duty, or wherein ]
exce'edcd the bounds of liberty? Was
not this information enough to induce
suspicion in the breast of every zealous
friend to his country ? And ought he not ,
therefore, to have spirit enough to inves
ligate the matter? lfl had not, ] should
disdaiu'to fit or act in office. Pusilluni
mity and guilt are strungerz to my boshni.
] shall again repent my endeavours to
suppress any, andcvery thing, which falls
in my Way, that may tend to disunitc the
people, or in any wise injure my country's
cause, notwithstanding I incur a greater
displeasure from those whcto ] am afraid
ure friends because they are afraid to be
foes. Such are the Objects of my great
disdnin, "and such I would willingly drag
from their hiding-pinccs, and expose them
to publick view. ] did not assume the
power I used from {1 military office which
I hold, but fi'0m my civil capacity, as
a member of committee. ]f, therefore,
the publick in general condemn me, !
confess I am flranchy ignorant of my
duty; but, at any rnte, ] have this conso
lution, which nmiice cannot deprive me
of, that my endeavours were sincen-iy
founded, so that the measure was not
ndosi-ted from any splecn or envy, because
] had none. This I must uv'm', that too
much indifference composes the spirit zmd
temper of some men in office, sswho are,
in other respects, capable of ditcharging
their duty with honour to themselves,
and general satisfaction to the vsimid.
To the censure of my rospectnble coun
trvmen, therefore, [shall submit", and
when they nmke me scnlible osniy sih'silll—
ing done more than [ought, ] lnull gladly
pmhracc a better mode of conduct ; but
the caprice osa l'cw luke-warm ]mtriotx, ]
shall ever despise. I shall conclude, sir,
with saying, I am willing" to stand the in
quiry us any power which is legally put.
over me, not douln'mg but ] shall cvince
more honour and true spirit, by the mea
sure before mentioned, than those who,
] must say, encourage Toryism, by var
nilhing over circumstances that ought to
lead to suspicion. ! disdain the very
name of tyrant. ] do not tyrannisc over
those even who are in subjection to me.
How then can it he thought I would,
knowingly, or willingly, play the dcspot
over sa'eemcn? ,
] am yours, &c.
SAMU-EL HARWOOD.
V
*.* Acmm-tccsss Am! DFMGC'H
?! c U :; in our nc.u*,ss thlz j-si/md ntlu'r place;,
which we had nut ram: ]}:r this week.
; I -_ ,... A - ---
ct Al)Vl-.RTISICM'ENTS
llsifllium (5- Mury Cal/qc, May 21, 1776 ._
'l' 'HE college of \\'ll..Ll.—\M dr MARY
has been lately tlczmed, and will be
iunnuliuu-ly plaillcrccl ;md whilc-wushccl,
tu render i: fit for the reteptirm of she
proscssurs, shulents, gmnmur si-huhrs,
and scrvanls; and the sherul tsschnols Will
be opcnul at the hegctinnhlgus Trinity term,
namely, ou A'lumluy the l7th of next,
month.
(4 ) wsixtsiwumct jowm.
L [. pzctrllms indebted to the (flute of
Yohn Shcrmer, decsscasi-d, !) hand of
othesw'lsc, ure l'cqucshd tumnzc slwch
pct-aymcnr; am] those who have demzmdsis
against the same are dqsn'ed to bring
them in, and rcrcive their money.
'l'ulWS'l'ON silAMEQ. ,
- DUDLFZY lUCHARDbON.
(2) Gl-ZOKGE BOO'l'H.
]?Ust S/lLE, a tract of good level [and in
the lzrwcr end of King M'illium, con
taining 340 acres, about 7 milessrom West"
Point, and not more than one milcsrom el—
ther Mattapuny 07; Pamunkey river,:j it if
lZ/eemfi- convenient to church and mill . About
loo acrc: are cleared , and under good ]Z'nc
ing ; the remainder very thick and well tim—
[wrest . Upon the [and it a gaod dwelling
hou/Z' 24 by 16, hitchen, quarter, daisy,
finohehorg/e, and burn, also a good gardt'n
well palcd in ; the improvemcnt: all quitq
new, not having been built above twoymrx.
]: i: (: healthy plaqe, and ha: good water
convenient. 1Wypriceis 3 51. [Mr acre, and
] shall make the payment; cas}- tr) ths: fmr
cha/br , who may have [)o/psishbn at any time.
DAV/D PANNlLL.
N Y young. healthy, and strong man,
not under ffc'c't ] inchc: high, that is
free and willing tsi/ twlg'st a: a MATROSS
in my company osarlillery, will ple-a/sso to
repair to my quarter: in \\'ilhumlbln';>_',
where he will be kindly n-Cz-ived, have 3! .
advance money [mid to him, lnssidc: now
clothes, and :!I. par dsiry, for one, two, or
mureyears, {l'not soonc'r tli/L'hargccl .
God shve thc (:nncsi-ssrcls.
DOH/CKT (RUNDEL
T
M A )" 5, 1770,
00 herebv cc-nis'y, that mr. Hzmu'ltofl
'Ustu'r St. George, on the 23cl us Apri!
lull", at his (sin! for holding cnrrcslnmdcnce
w'vh lord Duumure, and supphing hint
usinh pruvisiuns, acquitlul himself with
honour, to the shtishctiun us all present,
and made his innocence appear in us dear
& light as it was possible for any man.
This Certificntc is granted by direction of
the court, 'm 01'<lcsir_ to do mr. St. C'ezmjze
justice, whom thcv wish to be rcst-vrch t ,
the goofl opinion ofall friends tsi) Y/tm'rtC-so
[VlLSON R. lls. CURLE.
BUCKlNGHAM, May zo, 1776.
OME time lust Fclzruarjy nr Marc/fsi
] passed a bond to Asilmy Amos, sor
161. los. zd. puyuhlc about flugtg/l 1777,
in_parc pay for a piece oslsmcl ] pllrchused
0( her; but as she is unable to make me a
proper title to the same, I hereby surc
wurn al] persons from taking an affign
mcnt of [he said bond, as ] will not pay
it until ! have an indisimtablc right made
to me for the land.
ssu jAMES coucu.
L L pcrsnns who have :my claim!
ngsininst me, as cmmnisifxry to the
Virgiuid sorccs, arc desired to bring or
send them to me all ll/illianL/burg, imme
diately .
(2) JouN llAWKlNS.