The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-12-15 00:00:00, page 2

yomfldthfidmlansst: to the throne, in pur
lumcc of their common C( unulz. him he
ithctprovcd into :: happy and pcrmauenl recon—
cmatilm ; and [n.-t, in the n-esim—tnnc,
mfsictd'urcs be taken for preventing the tsizr
ther destruction at the lives of your nu
jesty's 'snhjcctz, and that such statute-si as
more immediately distress any of )nur
majesty: culoffi-be rest-led: For by
such arrangements. as our mujcliys
, viiiium eanctsinm, for col eitiug the unit
ed iensc ofyour Anne-ricsim people, we are
_ convinced your tnftielly vt ould rect ivc'such
sqissuctm ctsi t'opss of the disposition ot'ct
the colon sts' tsidu-aFsid "their susscrci it and
the p.;rentjhte, that the wilhed tor opffi
portudty wMsotm he restored to them
of ectfldng sht'sinmitv of their profeffi
.- ery testimony ofdevotian becoming
.' , M 'ssTZ'Wctdv—t'ssssmssffl as.
Wiv ' '50' " s;-.-. . ss
ss.'ctsi..'i*hn'y'odffiajsi_ei _\- ma; its-joy : lon'F
pmlksitiosheri-qict reign. asiz'zqt ;hnctyonr de -
._ ceed-m
_ my given: !. he dmsssinctnums, wit [!
themsdves .an hsigpinefi to their
j—"J." ' ctsi ,sissisi Oui' sit _ "s'e 'aml'fgrvenl pray-er.
" "." - JQHN "At—scene. ' Presidem.
L'Nfct-P . :ct '.- - .. 7 sik .
, N\ " ' . ' '"si ' ,.
Wsiflj UsiA DWIS-L ? lsil ] A, December :.
,; Man! of:: lm'rfrom New m—k, dared
\ ' ' November-m, 1775.
. , , HERE it hlctter in town (! cannot
; *T tell the date) from one of our cap—
" pin. in __Lomlon, who says he hope: to
22 l'esstui'n in a few mouth, and bring the
si 'ossm'e Branch; "al matu so will be accom
& , ct'tpoxloted'soon. This ] had time] a pulL-n
* fsi-Who my the letter Arnoldjsi arrived at
', Psissz'mss chy; . '
" 'Extrqctct of a letter finirisisiMh'anF' 'ddted
"" " 'Aodmnbuctsi 2,.si i775'. ,
.;siss-si
ss 'ss}: We hue" siersiin; u- cry.-it write to_
fGsssiLl'Wh, who", ufchcxr way tssfisiom Dcsitruit,
yzsstnetsicol. Bullet-fand some others, in their
,, "fi-om Momfssul to Nisingnra, at Oswc
ctctssss' :Zhe s'asked the'm whether sin Would be
, ] Thisbe-m to lt-nn'n to 'lssr) un c-ssunly;
,? ' "(.ssBnsifler) ifflormcd them, that gover
' 7 __ ,Irlelou I;! i mld him hch zd rccciud
?;ng sirem hnmc; that there siwcrc two
) appblct'WR Wsiwcr to treat with the
{A siongn-fis th'sid' )! expected matters m osisd
* Mrc fettked before'spriug, amhnhile the ne'
,) " W was on foot, the troops would be
W Fulfrcssfm Bollon to other parts, as
ss' ct who M their stay ctthere, during
u
* _'.fsi {Mild be pernicious to thee
'I.
. lssss-jl :. ktt" fit)" GcOrgc town
sfsiZm ,.si'si'sit-i YKMWWQ ]Vovember 26 .
. 3 sits-gonejw wont ] wrote you by—
"(I hunt "on Toesday morning last for
", ss ' ct sitysiwo, and when within eight or
sssi' fctMW gk'ctthat place had the_plealsiuro
;"ss-p ,ssiofsssihejr'tlnt major Soon-any, with three
sieo ' (were takefictabo'uc' hve miles
" ssss ss_ ass-; king-7; town, ,on theirs-way to for!
* ct" Pith 'Comwlly In: been this summer at
' si _Boflod,*yhm be presented a plan of ope—
Ysi sil'qu the next spnng to general Gage,
*,f'\-lqich'n;et_ the general's ajiprobation', and
,jsi was now on his way tuputit in execu
' si' _ llct- ,l-leis made lientcauu-colunel (mn
-.--dtaudant, was to proceed to hurt De (suit,
"" When: capt. Lord, nlmia non at the Ili
--'_noiu uith companies of the Royal lrilh,
ZTWM ib meet him with the lithl-pncca and
" ere. that are there. Contwlly was to
raise a regiment, as many lulians and
partislm na he could; to enable him to
' "do thin he had power to en age every
person, that entered into the Fervice, goo
acren of land when the trouble; were over,
and Whatever other pecuniury rewarda he
might think proper, was to appoint and
commission 'all the ('lsiurs undtr him,
wh'lh commiffium were to be confirmed
by lord Dnnmore. . '
" With this force he was to destroy sort
tt and fart Fine-due, if the Americuns
!] ould make any reiishmce, and mec (
L'unmore by the zoth of Aplil next. at
Alexandria, where he (Our-more) was to
].md an army under un.- cannun m du.- ans
ol \\ us. _Cunnully's cumpanjons wet; one
Cameron, who m now 4 siculcnant wish'
promise o] pref'mmicm, cme dr. Sm'nh, who
say:-- he uaa to be large-un ul (ionnully's re
gimcnl; the other \\ as (Lonnoll) 's servant .
"* They were brought into Frcdcrick
town on a cdncida) morning, and on
'l'hursclsi) ex sim'mcd before the comm'ntcc.
On learen-ing their purunanlcans, ;: copy
of Cumn-ll) 'act plctn Was found . Thus you
see a part of me diubolicctl schcmc is de
lcsictiud, but make no doubt Dnnmurc will
laud an army at, Alexandria in the lin'mg',
[me as thur lcheme has thus providc-nt'rctlly
come 'lo hghl, hope luih ]ncpm unws
will be made as vuh enable no w sisinc hnn
the reczylsiwn he numa.
7 , , , w
m ] ]ct [, ] A lssl .) 15 p'lisissb, UlsiC_. 15
Extnusl of a lettcrsijrom major Spo: (wood,
a} cal. w oodlsioru'si regnmsint, to a jrzeml
in ths": city, dutrd (iltut bndgt , LcC. 9.
tsil were a] mucsi-u this momn-g by the
' fir'm otsisumc gttnsjult after reteille
be:-ning, ssvs ftch, as the (tun!) had [mid us
this (inmpl'nn-Jnt lsid'cml times Lttotc,
we at fitsictll con-cluded to be nothing but :
murni.-g salult'; but, in at short time alter,
]heartl adjutunt Blackburn c.:llout, day:,
qurtd lay;:zr arms. Cul. \\ oodkord and
3ij innmuiutcly got equ'lppul, and ran
out. 'l'he culuncl sinsielleu down to the
brt'itstwm'rcct, it!" out" [soul; and my alarm
' ult bclngshjvjip'dli in another quarter,
I, ran to 1: Z'tssd 'HMUJ ] could, ano by the
time ] had made: ]l'rcctdssx tur engasitng :!
Vt'H heat) [nen-(ned at the hreuttwork,
in which vtcnesinot Tnur'e than 60 men.
It cunnnued lot-about h..lt anhour, when
the king'a lsUupb gave way, attet'sustztin—
ing contulerablc- lost, and tue-having hke
true-burn Lnsihshmen. 'I be) marched
up to our imrenthntcnts Vtttll hxeu ba) o
nets; our-young tmusin nuind them
with sirmneis, andsibehuvsied as Hell an it
was polltblectsor solyiecq .to_ do. L'sisspt.
Lcllte, of the regulars, cuhsitmandut the
sort on the otllef side osst' the-lin'dge. Uupt.
l-orzbce, of the grsieh'adiers, 'ltd the van
with his CUlllP-lny, fand lieutessnant Bntut
commanded the advanced Pitt'ty. 'l'he
lormerss got killed' {within & teiv yards of
the brealtwork, 'with !: princes. The
lientenant, with 16 foldiers, were taken pri
soners, all wounded. ' Several others-were
c'arried into the fort; undet- cover ot their
cannon; and, from the blood on the
brtdge, they must have lost one hall of
the detachment. lt would appear, that
proticience was on'our side; tor, dut'mg
the u hole engagement, welofi not a man,
and onl) one was [lightly wounded, in the
hand. Cul. Woouturd is a brave othusi'r,
and a man ] love-. Heiud capt. Fordyce
hot-"ted with the military honours (tue to
ms rank, and all the prisoners tlut tell
into our hands taken the greatest cure of.
V\ c hctsse not, as 3ct, been able-to al'cer
tain the number killed and wounded on
their tide. 's'hroc'officus'luld'eu: 'Vlllll
bayone'ts and cartodth hoxes, fell into our
hpnds, from which we judge tlm there
wcre three connsinfflionrd omeers lulled.
As soon as a gem-lull return (all be made
out, it Will besilsic-nsit "to the Honourable Con—
vention. ] am at inn-sent in the greatest
hurry, and can only givc an account of
What ] have seen."
Extrathnj lettrriflomcol. William Woo-l
lord, to the hon. Edmund Pcndlcwn,
e q; ]m/Llcnt of the G- nss'rul (}onvcntiun.
" A servant belonging to major Mur—
lhct], who deserled the other lli( ht limn
so]. 'ssdcolt'S psiirty, lus compleuly taken
his lordship in. Liculenunt Burnt, who
is wounded, and at present my prisoner,
nsorms, that this fellow told [lum not
more than goo lllil'llncn Were hcl'e; and
Lh-ssit imprudcnt man catchcd at the bssit,
lespatching cnpt. Lcllic with all the soun—
Jl's (about zoo) who arrived at tllclnssizlssqc
xbout 3 o'clock in the morning, joined
about 300 black and white flzxves, ..izl
])lsinzksi uctsinn the hisisio, ago unixdssult
ulur um l'cHlllC imu l-Lut Z ;! hi'ssh) msic
lor us, u'nu' you'll lay r..\hu' un mzlnussct
season lo) the m lo in;.kc their push, when,
ol'cmu so, si." on: mun must be undcr arms.
'l he sixhovc licusiusiuam common-(ma the;-cl
vguzchi sin;-(), and (up:. somssvce or' the
grcnctuhsirsi in: the um with lus cum-Psimy,
m ho, [or his cools-(I: und [on me!") , am so v
ed A better [Me, as well as me brave ul—
lows who tell with him, m hu bchucu hkc
hu'oca. '1' hc) m u'chcu "1' to our bra-ut
mork with [And ba) oucla, and Pcrhctpa J.
honcr hrc nc-cr ii.-PPLm-d, or a glutct
c-siu'nctgc, for the ou-nncr ot .ruosios.
Bone of the LLmlsis, eke. in the: sum
uim csiapl. Leh-c, udvsinsiccd tanhcr than
the bHLsir-sic. ] in.-w: lhc pleaiuxc lomlolnsil
)uu, that the visit-:ry was complete ; .md
tun molt of thur dead and wouudcd,
whh two pieces ol csimuou, were csiu'md
on umlcr cossss'erot thsiir gous from me
list. We hur—kd 12, bended the calm-in;
(lum with all\ e military honours out to
lus mnk) an have pnsimcrs hcuccnsiuuc
Bctlut, and 16 privztesi, all wounded ; 35
tumid of arms and accoun'emcnls, 3 um
(,Cl'd l'usccs, powder, hall, and cuni'iuch,
with tuum-) other things, hue hk'unsc
fallen into our hands. 'l his was a le coud '
Bunker's llill afiair, in min'utme; wfsh
this difference, that we kept our Folk,
_,and had only one man wosiundcd, in the
hand,"
Unur name;, Uecember lctx.
" Since 1 _w1siulc )cltcsdny, nothing (of
moment has haunmd, but the enun) 's
abauuuniug their lust. V. e took Puuuli
on of it in the morning, andt'ounu LllxiLA-ll ss
(: pieces ul cctnnon, much the) nuu issue—
eu up, 7 guns and a bu) one-t, ulcw wot,
a quantity of lpade'n Ahu linncla, wine?
bcuuing, 2' burn,-la of breed, 20 quartcu
ol but, & box and a ball ul Luilulkd, 4 or}.
5 iion pots, a. few duzun-i bottles, lume'
axeh, and blu lumbcr. hath the gle-is,
enuiiun of blood on thc brsidgc and in the
lUll, how [he no unto u! the sunne-,,
who lhw "many bodies carrieu out at 'tnc'
sort to beiutcn'ed, and other Lh'CuwlsiC-ul
ssccs, lcunccivc then" [in? tu be much bled!
ei' than] thought it )ciunmyj unu me
victory" to be compitlc.---].lt'ul. Balut,
liaVing an inclination lu inlonn (in Misssi-ss's,
troops us the hummc uessuu-n-t he im
mc t wn'h h'u e, ] de sissilthtbtllhgll lluphnl
with a fiug uisstrwc and the Ltuccuam'o
letter, uhu h mlmd With the ivlluum
anlwcr shcm the cwmnumcr of the tun ( :
" Cap. . lAflicpreleute hisi- mmpliuxnts to
" ms- Bulul, and returm cul. w Uvulul'd
" his linccre Lhankb iurhid kind truuncux
" or the p silwutrs. he is happ) 'mr.
" Batux's wuuml ia in flight, but is ex
** tremely sorry for the luis or poor For
" dycc." 'l'hcunfortunalccapt.Fordyce
was : cctptam ol grenadicrs in the 141h regi
mcnc, and most of the soldiers were grena
dien of that regimem. As the ciptzun was
: galla..t and brave officer, ] promised to
mer him with all the military honours due
to his great merit, which lcthope will
meet with the approbatiun pf the lion.
the Convemion.---About 250 Caroiina
men are arrived, under the command oi
col. Vuil, with 6 pieces ot'cannon, and a .
quantity of powder." *
CREAT BRlDC-E, December 12.
" L. Cul. Stcphensiarrivcd at Kcmp's
[muiing ].xil night, and agreeable to my
orders , sent a party to secure every pcrsur
ssn that neighbour-hood that had lest Nur
[kdk iincc :iic [mule of the Great Bridge
He informs he has mr. Mznx. Chin.-['t
juc'wr Lanpbcsh mr. Dhtthcw Phripp
and others, now with him, whusc exami
nuaisisin l nmv unclose. _ [have had a mem
hcr (:: {w ;gvic sr-ss-m thence to day, uhmi
stories U:t.--.'ss! . 'i'silacssv bring two pc-lili
um, um is:-m !qu i'ffiss inhabitants (
[Nmusi I;, 1- tri—.:- I-um the (iinrsh
Lisisi-sissnsssiimct, L.:cufx iiix'x'h ilc sum cxsiiel