The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-12-29 00:00:00, page 6

.si- fll, and there taken, with ahout 150 solcliers,
: . who were arrived atTlc-mderogu, a few (lay:
, on their way to Connetticut. That Carlcton,
.e La Corn, and two others, went off in :: boat
- it the fleet before it lh'uck, but \\ ere taken pri
,- en by col. Arnold, near Qtctebeck; that general
'- coller was lest to command at Montreal, and
neral NIontEmel-y was gone to aflisteol. Arnold
,- l'ecurectQu ck. ct
Yesterday afteruoon capt. Brown arrived here in
xsilloop from Providence, and assure-s us that five
vessels have been" taken by our privhteers within
these few days,-and 'carried into Beverley ; one of
them a schoouer from the eastward with stock,
another Wild will] goods, the third a brig
!
I
fl'om ssNewsodndla-nd, with the-governonr and his
' there ' ,si keYJ-Ohc other two unknown., _.
'ct By-d- at GomctSt. !aha's, dared \Nov.- zqth,
ye me inserted that the contissnentzl troo'ps have
mind intelligence; that there were concealed un
der groundflabout 'sstsiensi tuns "of gunpowder, and
two stand of small-arms, that were to be put into
A
ehe' hands ofthe Claudian: antlsilndiam, to asiist
the. ministerlnl troops ; that they Were digging for
them, and hadsifolnd several chests of small-arms,
and likewise her! fishec' out of the lake a royal
lndard, and; number of muskets, .
PHILADQELPHlA, December 14.
L-ATE last nigh;, a'gensitlewoman, going along
Second street, was insulted by a negro, near
Christ church; and n ct her reprimanding him for
hit rude behaviour, t e fellow replied, " Stav you
dm-d white ditch, till lord Dunmore and his Black
keginssient come, gndthen we will see who is to take
thewdl." __ _
We hear that,;hearmed schooner Lee has tsken
'I Scotch _' jd _si ed with coals, and fille it
with bdectpYc-ckfigfsi ed to James Aodersou, !:
tach merchant "in adgiifi' and hznnddu board sum,
' at, _ wss siess, on, on, a eatquan
' 8 of Wehdssi fitted foi- the use' 5; shldieu'.
foot of the invoice'is about 36001. sterling.
. Decctxd. A'siwriter in the Bristo] gaze-tie of Sept.
first, directed to the ma istrates of that city, says;
'f-At youjntended ad resiing om- most gracious ct
sovereign. to deign to hearken to the distre'sses of '
hil subject-, lsi leave toinsormjou, that,' in the T
sieompass of an ct ssssii acquaintana_,' I know two —
worthy trade men who have heensiobliged to turn
off several hundped—People in this cit , and esinvirons,
who are now unssesimployed, and in-t e greatest dis
tress, ehtirely owing to & (top being put to the
'Ameriean trade."
We heat-that the master which was'taken in the
storeship is sixedyon itssibqssd before the continen'tal
luboratory, at the camp in Cambridge, and is called
THE CONGR S. it is pro'nouncesid to be the -
noblest piece o ordnance ever landed in America.
Indeed the aequisition olsiit at this junctilrc, renders
the value ofjt almost'ineffimahl'e. _
Extract osa letter fisiam Cambridge, dated Dcc. 6,
" ] have now the pleasiire bsinsormingyou that
"general Washington has a letter from colsi- Arnold,
of the l4thssult. acquainling that he had beenjuined
by 4 or 5000 Canadians,-waa within a very small
distance of Quebeck, prepared with scaling ladders,
&c. and ex ectecl to be in poflcslion osit in a day
or two. T iis account is confirmed by descrters
si-o'tn Boston, who say that vessels have arrived
there, the captahis of which declare they were
obliged to cut their cables and rlm.
P- S Cdl. Arnold writes, that general Carle
, ton's lituation in such as renders his escapeimpolliblc .
XVW L L I A !" S'B U R G, Dc'cemc'fsir 29.
Extract of a letter from colss. Howe, to the Hou.
— Edtfiund Pendleton, e/q; Pre/ia'ent of the General
Convention, dared Noriulk, Dec. 25.
ESTERDAY, by a king ostructce, ] received a
letter from (apt. Bellew, a copy oi'uhich I
have the honour to transmit you, with the copies
of those" ] have written to him. Though (:ol.
Wootlsord and mystlssswere senlible it was our duty
to withhold from Him, as much as in our power
lay, those supplics (: wishes to obtain, yet the mo—
derate conduct he hu'- pursued, and the sentiments \
of humanity by which he seems to be uctuattd, '
induced us to delay an answer till to-day, and to
couch it-in firmsfwhich cannot. but show him, that
occasion,- not ipesilination, had influence upon our
conduct. Captsi Beflbw's letter was brought us by
one of" his lieutenmits;, he expressed for himself",
and.every o'siicer .onboai' , the t'elllctuflt:e_thcv
should feel., iseompelledpy necesiity, they should
be obliqu'sibxmarautlingparties to snatch From
the indigent'ssfamiersss of" this F.:olony those provifi
ons they were so willing to Psiurchase. I thought
proper, sir, to .ive you-this information; and,
through you, co . VVoodsord and my sels bcglcavc'
to submit itctto- the consideration of your Honour
able Board, "whether we are td show any indulgence
to those people, and, if we are, to what bcfids
we are to extend it. ' ..
" Majur 'aRuffm, and about- 180 minute-men,
arrived ]ast'ssq'tg]x_t_; him; :: seasuhahle relic-fro our
soldierg, Almost worn out with duty, this very
bad weatsiher." 1 " "
" ! wai'honssoured wzch your letter yesterday,
and am made happy to find our proceeding-s are
"approved of. .--ss-— The ordevb it conveys, and all other:
which we may receive, we shall endeavour to exe—
ddtsic witcthjhe eatest punctuasit ." — si
BXtract of &: ther join cal; E lots, to the Hon.
ct'gzce'Prq/Mmt of the Comv-tioujsidaed Hampzon, '
-' csi. zed , ;
" ] had brought into Hamptql she:, the night
More last, sia floop (in ballast) Wsipardett Good—
rieh; who has been. 20 days—only from St, Eustatia.
-si—] detained this express, expecting tosi have some
htws from Nort'olk; as there was a very heavy firinsipiv
osif cannun heard there yesterday, which cominuec
till () o'clockct at night." '
fctssssT-he Honourablc General Commotion have re—
solved that no provisions of any'kind shall be for
nished 'to-the king's ships, so long-As they come here
with hollile intentions; 'which resolution they have
communicated to c.. Howe and _Woodsord, and
it if; supposed brought on the siring from the men
of war, mentioned in col. Elliott's letter to his
Honour the President, though, from a gentleman
just arrived from Norf'olk (Saturday 2 o'clock) we
hear it was only a Christmas frolick between lord
Dunmore and the captains of the navy, upon visit
ing-each other on board theirfliipa. \
In the course osthis week, ' (upwards of 350 mi
nute-men of the Prince V\ illiaiu butmhon, com
manded by cal. William Grayson, have arrived in
this city. '
Last Monday night arrived in town, from Rump,
ton, under a strong guard 33 [)]le ..nd 'lt'lllsite pri
soners. coupled together, who Were committed to
the publizsik juil; lincc which a vessel was drove
ashorc near Humpton, in the late siiow storm, go—
ing on ;! piruting voyage to the Eastern Shorc for
provisions, which-had on board 14 whitcs and two
blacks.
Asarriagen] his. jmm TY LER , osChzn'lc-sissssilitv,
to miss PoLLY ARMlSTl-LAD, of the sinne countssy.