The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-03-01 00:00:00, page 2

GssA'MB R I-LD G E,__ February 8. '
' T is rsicpreseuted by one of our lricnds
lately from Bostun (a gentleman of
good judgment and verac'u) as worlffl
to be relicd on, that one at the men ofi
War which last arrivcd- from England
brought intelligence that our friends in
London ]iad cdllectc'd 2640051. sterling
sptthc support of the Amcricau army,
\ fihich they were about sending by the
way of the West ]mlics; but that admi
nistraflon had securcd the money, and
Were making (tridt search and inquiry
for the donors, who were c-mshk—rcu as
'countenahcing and adding & REBLLLLON .'
dsi'hould the ministry pursue the inquiry, it
may add to their confusion , and be , in some
degree ,ihc means nfouj' rcmpurulsulyation .
N E W Y U K K, Fabrumy 10.
I a letter from in 0 'csier in the 'con
. tiqcssncal army before qubdck, (lzxxctcd
" ildn. si20th,ct_we learnsilhut general Carlctqn
allicd out with a party to attack eur'hos
ct ital, on_whic our , 'lc engaged them,
\ End drmsire thess intcsszjetssss: town, killed 16
fifthe enemy, and took 1 : prisoners} siOxir
si loss was only four killed, andihrec taken
, risuncrs. , si -
_xtract of a letter fictom the VVestIm'xics,
, 74". [so
" I suppose shut France will make an
cxcursiun in your' savour in the spring. as
'ctwc arc wdll assured shut Martiuica and
Guadaloupe have been lately rcinsurced
_ with lo,ooo men, and are sireugsithcnsimg
, with new _w0rkz." '
_ Extm ;? of a letter from VI-mtreal, 7071. 27 .
, _** Ourblockctdc ul pcbc—ckisytmuin
tained. On the is"): in! ;u1tcupt.Seubum,
.from the Mfss4chusctts, the first hero
that by appeared to um" aliifl'ancc snsince
the repulsc at Quebcck, arrived with 27
ct men. His arrival had & ver good effect,
for in the morning of the (Zme day was
found at— the church door an unoymuus
sijizd'uious paper, very" artsully written,
calculatcd to stimuhcc the inlubitants (0
_ rise andctcut us all off. However, [besiev (:
few siof thelilsshad as much courage as the
.flriqex' had ingenuity. They are now
si co'nvince'd she lasilzcs are srnzm, and think
si thc-Bustonissabs arc cssoming as thick a: the
_sitrccs in the Woods. The 'l'uricsis now
"seem quite c'rest-ffllm ."
,ss , Extruct qf another letter.
" Let imE' one small disustcr, among
7 si: many noble; deeds, discournge the sins
si'ssofl'sherty', especiallyconsidering how the
-..j-'small refflnant of the army lest besusirc
"'Qnd-beck deare to stand their grOund, and
Zsifffirm d' bIOCRadq-against that almost im
siisirect'gnabk' flrr'tress; but ! p-rceivc i' is '
*' 'ss sinoverfheud, and with thahelposGod,
sizsipsiussfld : sdcedy'reinforccmcnt, we shall yet
"tatcsih the sin: in his den." _ .
ctjxtract of a letter fi'om Ncwark, Sunday
, , ajtemoon, 3 o'bsocle, Felz. nth.
. ss-ssct" This mo'rning majur (")gdcn passed
through here, eknress smm (junada, m
si sithe Congff-ess at Philadelphisiz. He told
me that our troops were sctfd, and in ssgood
-fpiric9; that the brave en]. Arnold was
gettinlz better (and not a prisoner, as re
porter) ssn'u'l thsict he met vast numbers us
armed troops 31] the way'sifom Canadn to
this Fovkrnment, who were on their
mare ) tojuh) eol. Arnold, and sh'lt there
was nnt the least doubt but we should
have pusisiefficm us ue-heck in 21 ihort time."
PlflctLAsiDELPHl/s, Fab.19.
' \V heassr th-lt the hon. house of assem
' ly, th'c mayor and curpurcttion,
. thcsi commine'cs of saset and inspectshn,
si _thc c_il battalions andctris-fl: compctnics, arc
si invite to attend the Hon. Cnnlinenta]
;Congrcss this day, in the pruceffion and
fum-ral shlelflnities appointed to she me:
si- mnry of general Mo N T 6 0 M !! .RY , and the
"other brave officers and man who glori
oufly fought aml sell with him in the cause
s okss Asncrican' liberty, hsifizre Qctnbuks
The procession w'ill set one from me share
house It 1 : o'dqak, and passmg up Fourth
street to the nch C-flvinist chuhh, will be
joined at sioctur Smith's house by the clcr
gy oF'ihe city and t'a'c'uhy or the college
No pesirson'mn he admitted imq thc budy
of the church til! th'i prdCeffl-m enters, but
a part of LpG gaucry, 'cct _ able us ubtaining
absinut 406" >_e1'sons,- 'wil bc rcscrvcd for
ladifs a'ud (hangers whose publick spirit,
m.;yjnducc them to honour the solemnity.
si Last night arrived lure capt. Suudcr,
si'om'ct Grenctdn. On hi- pctflhgc he spukc
a (feflLsil from Cb'lke, the master of which
inlbrmcdsihlsimthat 25 transpnrts, with 4300 -
troops on board,,si had ssiuled i'rum Curkc
for- Amorica, - Captct Ssiussier says, beshrc
be lost. Gisiknida, a London paper amctived
thctsie, of the 30111 us pfovembcr, whh !"
list of 39 cummilliuncrs that were appoint
ed to nrezft with the Congress, among
whom were lord flowe siand ugoveruuur
johnston. _ _
Upon (ne news os general Chntosin's ai
tempt to land at New York, cal. D'zrkin
son, with two companies srum the three
sh-lt bululions of the l'hiludclphm mmna,
prepared to march to New Yol'k, at the
r< qw ": osgcncru] Lcc, but wcrc enumer
nmmlcd on 'l'huvsduy, by an account that
the king's troops had lest that city without
tflccting a ];u-mmg. 'lhc competilibn and
spirit. which appeared among the officers
auzl privates upon this occasion imlicctlcd
thsilt the cixizens us l'hiludclphiu arc uppn
51 sucking with the sorcmoik us the cnlonies
in resolving to die ssccmcn rather than to
live siavcs. ..
A gontlmmn who arrived last \Vcdncs
day night in a vessel from Cadiz szfvs.* that si
the English consul at ,that place told him
he had received a letter from lord \\ cy
mouth, in which his lordrhiphzshrmed him
that lord Huwc :m-ss] cupl. Barrington were
to go to Amcrica, in order to treat with
the Congress. .
A letterjust receiqu from Norwich, in
Connecticlt, says, that the Renown man
ok'war islarrivcd at Bolion, and bring:
intelligence that xhrce c'ommillioncrs (said
to be lords) are appointed to gonnsie over
.to Amcrica. . 'ss - . ,
w
w 1 L LI A M s BsiU a G,'March_1.
OV Monday the t9ih of Februzu'y tlie
lion. Richard Corbiu, csq; laid be
sure the Conmtittee os Sascty & letter he ss
had received srom lord Dunmorc, in the
words tbllowing: ,
Ship Duumonz, in Euzsitsz'rn river,
Jan- 22, 1776.
8" 1 R,
O'l'WlTHSTANDlNG the many
cruel and false invectives thrown ottt
it;;dsillctdfl': me, as an enemy to this culuny,
conscioug to my self, however, of'my firm
siactttachment to this country in general, and
this culony in particular," I am v'veli ; n
vinced, though the present t'ulcrs ""may
have thought it requisite,' in support of
their late adopted measures, to represent
me in the very opposite light to what
the were pleased to do but a few months
before, yet there is not one amongst them,
that ever viewed mv conduct with anim
p.1rtia] eye, but is seniibie that every trans- -
action of my administratian pmcecded
from a heart that never yet entertained a
thought which was not meant for the real
happiness and weii-being of this- colony.
This ev'er having been my first object, the
very moment ] received my (leipatches,
last year, I called the Assembly, to lay
before them the resolves of the House of
Pctrsinment, not duubting then but they
would have been received, by every well
wilher to his country, with trnufimrts OF
joy. Now having reccived hiq nmjcsty's
must gracious speech, ] catch at, With
the glezatesi pleasure, the lust sentence it
contctins, wherein he say": " ]! mav he
" ass) proper to nptho'risu persuns s'u com
" milsionecl to restore such pissuvincr (n'
" coltmy, so returning to its allegiancc,
\
" to the free cxc'sidssi: of its. tmdc :.ml
" cctnnncxu, ;ifid tu lht' lame ]sn-u css'si-n
" and scuu'it) us'ii'luch prw'incc or (six lu—
" ny hsiul nchr revultccl." Hny', lczxtch,
with the greatest :H'itisilty , at thi:- gcmwusi,
this ]1tu11anc,ss this truly noplc lunin-ctisst,
again to offer'hcry csixcsihiuti (is my pour
ubiiitics to prucu'rc, by any means that
[hall be thought must zulvilllhlc, .m hu
nourahlc, psixrnmucnt, spculy, and happy
reconciliutiun bctwccu this culony anu 11:
psirrcnt itatc. ! wilh' to God they may
reflect ere they draw upon them the umth
us that powzrsul though merciful people,
and by thatssmcans involssvc this once molt
happy lzmd in all the hormurs us & must:
deltrucsstivesscivil war; \\ hcrcin, uu'e thcy
as successful as the must sanguine mncmglt
them could with, couid only end in this
inevitubic destruction. What then hue
they to hopc_ lur, and what have they
not toscar, by a perscvcrance in this must
ruinous and unnatural Cuntelt? dhcsiu'ld
the rulcrs of the people prove as well sits
poscd_ to remrn -_w their duty. as. ] maw.
the bulk of the colony are, they will em
brace the favourable otmortunin that now
offcrs; but should they 'l-c so inmnmicd as
to mean totally to throw of} all ullc-sisiisiuxc
to the best of sovereigns, and cumctxnm
with the state that has follcrcd tlzc m
with the most pr-zlcrnal care, tluir memo
ries will be lmndcd down, to the ]m-st
posterity, ' snmltundutilssulund ungralc ul.
Sir, a thoroughconviciion ot :.our warm
attachm'ent to this your naliw land, and
your admiration of that truly excell- m.
constitutizm and government under Much
you haue so long and happily lived, as
well as yourluvc for our molt benign sox e
reign, induces me to to trouble you with
the above tender of my services to :his
culonyr and ] bcct-g you you will allurc,
whnmshevcr y'ou shall think proper to lay
this before, of my willingnesi; to undergo
any .satigue or diflichlly southc accom
plishment of its happiness.. ss'l havemfir
only to cutrcat, shut m 'fincerc ended
v<>urs in effect a reconciliatmu between this
and the parent [tate man 'He enforced sib
s - . ss , .
every cxriwn of your be t aduce and asi
tance; and that both may succeed sithe
ardent wish of, (it, ss- your most obedient
humble servant, ' " ADUNMORE.
N Cursstiun .AUUll whi-reot the commit
tcc OtLic-t'zss'll vhe (Bllowing letter to
be written to cut. Corb'm, which wan de
liVered to him, viz. ! -- . ' ,
S ] R, . Fab. 19, 1774
T HE Committee of Safety have consi
dered "the letter to you from loid
Duumure, which you. referred to them.
You, sir; who are so well acquainted with
the scntiments of the country we sint'pse
sent act' sorsimust be satisfied they would
be mzide exceedinghappy by ajust and bid
nouractble reconcdihtion wish Great Britain,
without the farther effusision osbiood ; but
he are not authoriscd, or intlined, to in
termeddlc in the mode us— ncgotizttion to
effect this desirable purpose. 'l he Conti
nental Congress haVe,- in their lastpethidn
to the throne, besought his majesty to
point out some made for such ncgotiation ;
and if administration arc disposed to heal,
this unnaturdl' wound in the em-pire, they
will embrace that occasion (which proba
bly will bathe last) of accqmz-lishing' it.
At all events, any 01th steps to be taken.
must proceed from the representativcs OF
the ('(mtiuent, and not from us. V\ e
shu" . however, communicate the contents
of this letter to the Houfi: of Burgesses,
who meet, by adjuurnmmt, the first'of
March, and submit the matter to them,
in cmsssie there should then be members
enousisib to proceed to business, or as soon
after .sssssss such & number can be converted.
1'1 th - mean time, is his lordship has it in
his ':. ssct'fuatiot and powertn i'zzrvcthe colo
nv, nmi avvid making the- brcach hill
usiiusi , it T'siy-be manifeliml by his sus