The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1773-01-21 00:00:00, page 2

In opinion, be formed and execntcd that. great, that
dangerous, yet necessary plan, which drew out the
French to their dcfcar, and will forever denominzuc
him THE CONVJEROR OF CANADA. But
there—cears stop my pcn—therc, when within the
srzsp of victory, hc sh'st received a ba] irctough his
wrist, which immediately wrapping u , : went on,
wish the same niucrity, nnimuling his troops by pre
cept and example: But, a few minutes after, a se
cond ball through his body obliged him to be car
ried off to a small distance in the rcar, where, rou-ned
from sainting in the last agonics by the sound of
77.) run, he eagerly asked, " Who run ?" and being
told the French, and that they were defeated, hc
falid, —" Then I thank Gosidl l die couccnccd!" and
almost instantly expircd.
Thus to die is to live an age! and though the
surviving in command omitted (I hope: it was no
more) to raise one stone to his unrivullcd merit, his
own actions have ercctcd :] lasting monument of gra
iimde in every pulriot breast !
Britons, and fellow shldicrs! lct not the publi
suffer by such a loss! Warmcd by his example, let
us learn to imitate his virtues! 'I'hcn a P will
never be without a WOLFE, to fight the butdcs of
his counLry, in support of its own indepcudcnce, and
of the rights and liberties of mankind.
EPlTAPH S'on General W OLFE.
H E R F,, gen'rous Briton, drop the manly tear,
Puy the just tribute of a sigh sincerc:
Mourn o'er great VVOLFE, thy country's boast and—
pride,
Who brnvcly conquer'd, and who nobly dy'd.
In vain impetuous currents headlong roll,
Nor waves, nor ciiffs, could daunt his during soul:
With calm, intrcpid courage, on he goes, '
And pours destruction on Britnnniu's foes.
But, oh! to glorious wounds compefl'd to yield,
His soldicrs bear him from the Well fought field.
* I'm sn/iJ/jsi'd, hc cries, l/.e sue rain:;
Then in the nvms of victory expires.
O matchless Chics! still shall thy praise be told,
Wife in the council, in the battle bold.
Applauding Senates reverence thy name,
Raise this grav'd marble to thy deathless fame:
Thus crown the man, who for his country blecds,
And bid each warrior learn to emulute thy deeds.
* General VVolsc's last words.
IL L any Briton pass unhecding by?
Of view the tomb of WOLFu without a sigh?
To .him, who gave us empirc, give a tear;
Vict'ry, (Luebec, Canada, grace his bier.
In sculptur'd stone the wond'rous tale is told,
In sculptur'd stone the godlike youth behold!
See how, on Abram's heights, the warrior stood,
Mark the steep mountain, and the raging flood:
"How vast th' attempt! how few his troops appear!
But wisdom, valour, discipline, are there:
His little band well ordcr'd ranks display,
He leads them on his own resistless way:
Not all the pow'rs of France his course restrain,
And wounds assault his stubborn soul in vain;
Still in the sield's thick tempest he abidcs,
And still his bleeding arm the battle guides.
At length a fatal bullet pierc'd his breast,
But not till laurel'd conquest wrcath'd his crest;
"T was then, " I die content," the hero cry'd,
And, O! 'twas then the conqu'ring hero dy'd!
E RE rest thy corps, O Wotn! that once
enclos'd
A soul alike sagacious zmd compos'd,
To weigh the plans of war, or rout its rage,
A full grown'hcro in the bloom of age.
Proud Louifbourg from France' hard grasping
sway,
Thine unexampled valour tore away:
Qgebec, by nature and by art secur'd,
And with Moncalm's unnumber'd host immur'd,
Behold thy coming with contemptuous pride,
And, glorying in her peerlcss strength, desy'd
What !lsion, and thine unequalst-w, could do:
Thy wisdom rang'd, thy pattern sir'd the se-w;
Up the rou h arduous steep, with fierce delight,
They press'ffiimpatient to the glorious fight;
Then, like the volley'd thunder from above,
Swiisit on their deep embattlcd foes they drovisi
As swift their foes retir'd: But O ! thy life, '*
Courting brave dangers perish'd in the strife; * &
Yet via'ry chccr'd, and glory crown'd thy fall,
Thou admiration, and thou praise of all!
Afflictcd Majesty * erects thine urn,
Kingdoms in tears thy hiss untimcly mourn,
Ages unborn thy merits shall proclaim,
And not ey'n nature's wrcck shall bound thy same.
* This is said on :. report, that his Majesty George
the Second would ere-St a monument for him.
A N empirc lost, a Montczihn fluin,
Could Gallia's sons from tears refrain?
Nor: generous tears Britannin shed,
An empire gain'd, their Gcn'ral dead.
Long may this faithful marble tell
Wonrt bravcly fought, and nnbly fell:
" I die content," the hero cry'd,
And conqu'ring bow'd his head and dy'd.
For him his Sov'reign drop! :! tear,
Nor wish'd a vict'ry bought so dear,
Nor thought Czlnada could rcpay
His loss in that dccisivc day,
In ev'ry age, may Britons find _
Gen'ruls as brave, and Kings as kind.
8 0 8 T O N, December 17. -
E hear that a cnmvnisiinn came by the Fruich,
under [hl' (irczit-Scati, nppninting um] :m'hn
rising ]oscph VVaisitnn, Esqpire, , cmor nsRhn-sik—
Ishtnd, Dzuiicl l-anhnrmdcnct Esquirc. Chict' ju'iZ-si-c
of Ncw ank, Frcdcrick Slniih, Esqu'u'c, Chics jus
ticc of the jerscys, Pctcr Oliver, Esquirc, ('hisi-t'
justice of this pi-pvii e, nnd Robert Auchznmj . lum;
judge osthc Admir. ty, to make cnquiry into the
:lffziir of burning his Mujesty's schooncz' (}.zsy-ssc: and
that Admirnl Montagu is ordered to hoili his th; in
Ncwport hnrbour. As Govcrnm \\'an'c\n is tirst
named in the cnmmission, it is suppossi-d he will notify
time for holding the court. si
s the burning the Guspee schooncr was :! matter
of serious importance, much more so are the mcthods
pursued by th ' ' ]! ;tdminislratinn in consequence
of it. Thi; :\ .ur '; s tict-nnsactss-fl'within-sithc body of
:! county, in a free Englflh govcrninch; one wonh]
think therefore it should be the subject of the enquiry
os thc grand ju y os inqucst for the ("Lime couup'.
lnstcnd'i-f x'vhic w are told thzit tive Gentlemen,
four of whom are os'supcrior rank in different colu
nisi's, the other indeed, :ijudjk'q/"l/f'r ml/z/im/(r, are
appcsnvcd by mmisiiOn to make the cnquiry. By ;1
G-sintlcnmn, lately from Rhode lflzmd, we are in
formed that three of these commiffioncrs are cmpow
ercd to act, nt vhosc call the army ;m-j navy are to
attend; that ahpasons accused, against whom the
commissmncrs lhall judge there is evidence sufficient
to ccnvict them, are to be upprchcnsiicd, and, toge
ther with the evidences, sent to England snr trictsitl;
and that Capt chlcr, of the Mcrcuijy, has notified
Govcrnor W'amton, in consequence of orders, that
his ship is ready to receive such persons for the purct
pose asoresuid. Dmper tells us that " Admii'zil Mon
tagu is ordered to hnist his sing in Ncwport harhour."
The purport of this puradc is obvious to common
sense. The Adinirzil will no doubt tlcquit himself to
the fittisfiictiou of his masters upon this occasion. It
is said that he has recommended that those who, it
ixsuppasz-d, can give evidence of this matter, and re
fuse to do it, be put on board the men os war, and
there kept until they do; which per/mp: may be ra
ther more eligiblc, of the two, than the torturc of
the RACK. The inuignity offered to all the colonics,
and particularly Rhode Ifland, silys a Gentleman of
a neighbouring town, in a letter to his friend in this,
is not tosi be equzilled. To have a sct of crown offi
cers commissxoned by the Miniflry, and supported by
ships and troops to enquire into offcnccs against the
Crown, instead of the ordinary and constitutionnl
method of a grand jury, carries un implication that
the people of that colony are all so deeply tinctured
with rehellious principles, as that they are not to be
trusted by the Crown. The inhabitants of this town
and province can feel for their brethren of Rhosile
"land, having themselves tasted of the cup of mini
stcrial vengeance; when to aid and prottct the com
missioncrs of the customs, in carrying into exevution
a revenue act of the British Parliament. Hillsbo
rough's troops werc stationed in this c-izsisial, and the
city turned into :! gurrison ! And though these troops,
after fluughtering some of our innocent inhabitants,
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were obliged to retire ll'oul un: town, un.) ulx. !...
posted in the principal sortress and key of the pro
vince. What shall hinder the like scene of blood,
rapinc, and flnughtcr, in the capital of Rhodc Ifisimd,
is the ronmuL-flon; as enquiry there should so read:?)
call for the military aid as the commisstoncrs of the
customs did here? Such treatment of the colonies
calls for the most scrious'attcntion, and, however
prophane it may be called by Mr. Druper's writer the
Yeoman, or his canting neighbour,,wc have reason
with firm asslstnnce in HlM who hateth oppressnon
and tyranny, devoutly to cxcluimsi'Ha-w longs—O
LORD .'-'—-Hn'w long .'
PROVlDENCE (R/wn'e ]stami) Decempn 19.
By the Cruizcr floop of war, Capt. Howcsi arrived
at Ncw York from England, his Honour the Govcr
nor has received dilsipzttchcs from the Earl of Dartd
mouth, Secretary of State for the Ameficun depart
ment, relativc to the Gnspce armed schooncr, dsic
stroyed some time since, and the very extraordinary
measures adopted by government for cnqu'u'ing into
the matter, and punishing thc osscndcrs. For this
purpose We ne told commisiioncrs are to sit at New
port, and examine such persons act Admira] Montagu
shall direct to be apprehended. Thcsc devoted per
sons, it is further said, are to be transpm'ted to Eng
lnnn', where the)" are to be tricd for high treason.
The Admirul, with a number of ships and tendcrs, is
to be at Ncwport, and the commissloners arc dircctcd
to apply to General (lage for troops, isthcy shall
think them necessary.
In this fi'siuatiun ()s nsszlirs every friend to our vio
lated consiitution cannot but be greatly alarmed. The
[ded. ot' scizing a number of persons, under the points
ws baycmcn, and transpnrting them 3ooo miles su
trial, whcrc, whether gnihy or innocent, they must
unavoidably fall] victims alike m revenge or prejudice,
is lhocking to humnnity, rcpugnant to every dmm
osrcnson, liberty, and justicc, and which AMERL
CANS :md FREEMLN ought never to neclniescc.
N E YV ? O R T (R-Ladct' island) !):crmlfrr 2].
\\"c hear a letter to our (;ovcrnor, from Admim]
Mdntagn, was read at the General Assembly, held at
l'rqvidencc, ]nst week; in which letter thc Admirai,
we are told, rcqucsts his Honour the (invcrnor that
Csiapt. chicr, oisihiz, Mctsiljcsiy's ship Mercury, now in
this harhonr, mEghc bc permitted to rnmc nn shm—css
without being insultcd, ;md protcctcd from nrrcsissi
&c. Now it is certain tffzlt Capt. chlcr has often
hccn nshnrc in this town, and other parts of the mss
lony, and we ncvcr heard of his having received the
least imaginablc insnlt; but us for his ncing protcftch
from :u'sc-sts, we are ['a/stir!) (us opinion, that neither
(apt. chlcr, nor his Exctflcncy, Adsiniml Moutctgu
cthimsclf, has any more right of protection srnm ar
rcsts than any other the least or poorest of his Maljcsty's
subjects. For the truth of which opinion we are not
afraid to appcal to the pmpfi ofx'ircut Britain, though
'Wsi do not chuse to be transportcd thither for trial.
Q-mjv, Whether Cupt. chler will publicly declar.
that one single attempt wa -vcr made to insult him
in this town?
Lust'dvening arrived the Lizard srigatc, and this
morning an armed schooncr, both from Boston.
Extract of :: sz'llcrsram ;: gentlflmctm m Boston
[9 l'ujrn'na in (03 n-wn.
" ! here enclose you an extract of a letter from :
Ccmlcmzml in England to anolhcr in Busion: ln'
continuation of the truth of which the Admiral rt— .
ceived ;\ pkckct by an cxprcsh, which arrived in this fss
town on Thursdsiiy evening last, ordering the shipg'ct
to your harbour; in consequence of which ordsisrs, ?
the ships arc now getting rcndy as fast as posiibiqj
they Wcre kept to work all day ycstcrduy, and cum- ;
mnndcd to be ready to sail (m Tucsday astcrnoon, or 5
Viscdncstiuy murning ztt farthefl. - ;
" Th'.- Admiiztl is in very high spirits on the oc- :
cztsion,ct and chcurfuliy undertakes un expcdition {
which promises to grutisy his ranc'om' against your ,
colony: It is to be hoped, from his avowed dtspo— !
sition towards our Rhodc Iflsimd brethren, that he '
will meet with a proper reception among them. I ss
have just received information which you may de- '
pend upon. The high commiffiou court especial]
appointed with novcl, unconshtutionnl, and exorbl
ant powcrs, (or the trial of the persons concerned ct
in burning the schooner, are forthwith to repair to
Rhodc lshnd for that purpose, and are to be accom
panied with his high mizhtiness thc Admiral.
, " The regimcnt at asile William, a regimen!
from New York, and a third rcgimcnt arc immcdi
"ately to march for Rhode Isiand, and unless you ex
hibit a quantum sufficit of pasiive obedience and nonq
rcsistance, the same tragedy may be acted in New
port and Providence, which makes the 5th of March
so memorable at Boston." '
Extmsist' qs a lettersraw a Gentleman oscbaruc'ler
in England so [is friend in Boston.
" Our tyrants in adminishsiation arc greatly craf
pcrnted with the late manwuvre of the brave Rhode
Iflzndcrs; as a regard to the rights of the subject
and the principles of justice never marked the: men
sures of the present wretched conductors of the
whccls of government, you will not be alarmed when
I tell you that they have determined to vacute the
charter of that cblony; to effect this purpose, which.
in their own apprehension, will be attended with some
difficulty: Admim] Montagu is ordered, with thesmaii
crul't which are with him, to line the hurbour of
Rhndc Island, with positive orders to apprehend the
persons concerned inctthc enterprise above mentioned.
chd by the sormidahle appearance of this hectur
ing commander and his gallnnt squzidron, these hit
tcr pills urc to be crammed down their throuts; but
the friends of true British freedom are not. without
hopes that the flomuchs us that heroic culony wi"
rcjcct thc duisic prepared snr'thcm; bc united, mir
dcur suffering brethren, bc iiany, :md success await!
you; freednm, glorious freedom, will he the pur
chase. Wc bciicvc that the auticnt British spirit of
independcncc which once hlell this iflnnd, has im
Lgovgg by transhiantzitinn, and pi'cscrvcs its vigo'sr
'- "This bi'cnsts os Amcric-ms; cherizh it, my dear
jfl'ieffls! and by rciicving yourselves save the small
ssct cttemn'imt of the virtuous in Britain."
_ss N E NV Y O R K, Deccmbtr 28.
Cnpt. Vincr chiycrsiist, in lut. 35, spoke with :!
schooner, two dziys out from Virginiu, bound to
chis, which lost hcr maininzist, and the head of her
sorcmnst. -
\Vcdncsdny last the ship Frankling, Cnpt. ]:imcs
Colvin, arrived in 8 weeks and 4. days from Kinsale.
who nn his passage, thc 7th insiant, in ]at. 30, 15.
spoke with the.- shzp W'ultcr, Capt. Richard Hunter.
from Aliczmt, hmlnd to Philadelphiu and Virginia, 8
weeks out. And on the ljth, in lzit. 37, 28, spoke
with the brig Szirnh, Csiipt, Thomas VValkcr, 8 weeks
and I days from Livcrpool, bound to Virginia.
Czipr. VVccidhonsc, in the snow Sz-siliy, from the
Pmy us Hondums, issm' thi'; pm't, was csiiit away about
the midilc os Oftubci', in a. violent galc of wind, on