The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-02-02 00:00:00, page 5

ctctctss s U' P P L E M E Nsi T, gssssss
W ORC ESTER, _7an. 12.
N Monday night; about 8 o'clock, :!
detachmcm consisting of 3 or 430
lncu, under the command us major Nol
tpn, crofied over to unarteltown. rart
of them went over the mill-dam, and part
plssed throu h the enem 's abbatie on the
dommon roa From Cam ridge to Charles
town. They Were conducted, as it is said,
by a young descrter from the Wellh l'usi
lcers ; but, be that as it may, their object
was to burn the houses which escaped from
the great conflagration on the 17th ossilune ,
and to make prisoners a body of suldicrs
and carpenter; who were reported to lodge
in those houses. The asi'air was conduct
ed with.the utmost silence, prudence, re
gnlarity, and spirit ; the houses were set
on fire as directed, and the soldicrs (five
in number, and one woman) brought off
grisoners. The regulars in the sort of
unker's Hill did not act with that regu
larit which those gentlemen who labour
har to intimidate us with the superiority
ofred coat! over brown coat: would por
suade us that regulars always do ; for they
kept a very hot and close fire on absolute
ly nothing at all, that is, they sircd with
out an object. Our people cahniy execut—
ed their purpose, laughed in security. and
in security returned with their captives,
without a single man killed or wounded.
Is
N E W Y 0 R K, 7si-m.18.
Cap] of a letter fi'om general Montgomery
ta general Carleton, dated Hollctssmd
House (near Quebeck) Dec.16, 1775'.
S ] R,
OT'VVl'I'HSTANDING the personal
N ill treatment I havereccived at your
hands, notwithstanding the cruelty you
have shcwn to the unhappy prisoners you
have taken, the feelings of humanity
induce me to have recourse to this expe
dient t save you from the destruction
whichh gs over your wretched garrison.
Give me leave to inform you, that I am
well acquainted with your situation. A
great cxtcnl of Works, in their nature in
capable osdeseticefimanned with ;: motley
cctrewos sailo , all: of them our friends,
of citizens, ct wish to see us within the
walls, a sum of the worsh troops, that
call themselves soldiers, the improbability
osrclics, and the certain prospect of want
ing every necessary of life, should your
o pnnents confine themselves to a simple
hihckade, point out the absurdity os re
sistance. Such is your situation. I am
at the head oPtroops accustomecl to suc
cesil. confidcnt ot'thc righteousness of the
cause the are engaged in, inurcd to dan—
ger and atigue, and so highly incensed
at your inhumanity, illiheral abuse, and
the ungenerous means employed to preju
dice them in the mind: of the Canudinna,
that it is with difliculty I restrain them,
till my battcrics arc ready, from assault
ing your works, which would afford them
a fair opportunity of ample vengeance,
and just retnliation. Firing upon a Rag
of truce, hitherto unpreccclcnted, ,cvcn
among savages, prevents my f'ollowing
the ordinary mode of'convcying my senti
ments; however, I will at any rate acquit
my conscience, Should you persist in an
nnwurruntahlc defence, the consequenccs
hc upon your own head. Beware of de
stroying stores of any sort, as you did at
lemtrea], or in the river. Is vOu do,
hv Heaven; there: will he no merCVsishewn ."
Extract of:: lcltc-z'ji-am Montreal, Dec. 17 .
" There is in this city & neat grand pu—
radc, before a large church, in which is
& set oshells. On the parade stands a
holy cross, by the side oswhich was p] used
the host of a person formerly honoured,
esteemed, and bcloved by people of all
ranks; but nuw (tike Milton's Luciset)
alas how ]?!lo'eu! how changed! to the re
verse of'whut he was. On the night of
the 15'th instant his head Wild severed from
his body, and, being fsidliened by his side,
in the morning was c'sin'sicd to the hospital ;
but it is said the hest surgeons declare they
can do nothing for him, and that he is
abshhttcly past al] cure.
" Om- hrulltcr lolclicrs now hcsure (Luc
beck have thrown up mmparts nisi show
and water, which, when condenscd and
frozen, are proved by expenieuce to be
sufficient for the purpose. Vc'ho but
Ynnkics would have thought of such &
c-zntrivz-ncc ? Or who but enthusi 'iis for
liberty would cm' on a liege at such ::
season of the year ."
PHILADELPHl A, 7a71.15'.
Y a gentleman arrived here from Sumh
Curohna, \\c are informed that the
ministerisiz] fleet, with lord V\ ilham Camp
bell on board, unable to obtain water, or
an) supphcs whatever, had, sailed, it was
supposed shr Gcorpja. 'l'he women and
children, who hadfeh Charlcstown, were
rcmmcd to it; and some ui'the principal
Tm'ies having been sccured, their dcludcd
neighbours were convinccd they had been
grossly impused upon, some of whom had
given up their arms, and others joined the
ulibciation. is] short, that all trifiing mis—
undcrltundings wcrc cleared up, and the
whole was united in opposition to the ar
bitrnry measures of adminish'ation.
On Sunday last col . Kirklansid was brought
to town from Cambridge under a guard,
and on Monday was committed to jni].
This man was ;! ringlcndcr us & gang of
Torics in the back parts of'South Curolina;
scorn thence he went to the Virginia negro
cnlq, wnp lent lum to general lsilovve, at
Bolton, ii] & tender, which was taken by
capt. Manley, in the Lee privateer. In
the same tender was taken mr. Iiobinson
and cupt. Matthews of Virginia, whom
Dunmore was sending prisoners to Boston,
under the guard of the above colonel.
These gentlemen arriven in towu also on
Sunday night, having, in their turn, had
the pleasure Us escorting col. Kirklantl.
The 'l'amur (on board of which is lord
WilliamCztmphe-ll,]ategovernourol'South
Caroliuaz) having taken a floop sor Ber
muda, with 260 half—johaunesses, the pro
perty ofa house in Charlestown, the con
ventiuu granted the injured an order to
sell as much of his lurdship's goods and
chattles as would repay the money stolen
from them; on which they sold his couch,
horses, &c. and have wrote him word
that they have a balance of 30]. which
they are ready to' pay to his order.
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VVILLlANf'd'ls-U R G, Fab. 2.
E have the pleasure to inform the
publick, that col. Charles Carter
osStafi'or'd goes prospcroufly on with his
mnuutsiactory of SALTPE'I'KE; and gives
it as his opinion, that Were people in ge—
neral to pay proper attention to that bu
sincss, Virginia might pay her quota of
the expenses of the war by it, as every
huuse-keeper can, with much ease, make
more or let}. That gentleman writes,
osthe Qlstin-"tant: " I have got the
" lbllowing saltpetre works eshiblished,
" :md am now on my way to many
" estates, where] hope that more will
" he set on foot in at very short time ;
" and can with truth uver, that nqthing
" but the neglect of" the oversifrrrs can
" frufh'ate th:- shheme. No pmpcrdircc—
" tiunfl sur making srdtpetre having- ap
" pesircrl in priut. it m ly be expected
" th it ] shoul' n-sshiirh mv own proves ;
" but as it would take up too much of
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" yuur paper, ] shall only mention,
" that any person ma) bc tanl-L by ap
** plying to an}, us the following gentle—
" men: Mcss. Giipin and Isil-.1*cf.'u.-ru,
" Alexandria; mr. Ksibert Builcy, Col
** chcstcr; mr. John Murray, Dumsries;
" mr. john Smith; Aquia; mr'. jushuz
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Brown, at Ludluw Furm, in Slafford;
" mr. VVillinm Nelsml, in CarLsi-line;
" mzd mr. William 'Gsiffin, of King
" and Qsiyecn." At Aquia we now make
abuut lzlbs. us refined saltpc-lrc per duv,
al Dunn'rics Slbs. at Ravensuunh 20H-cts.
at Alexandria lolbs. at (Lsilchcsiltcs (zibs.
and, when the whule get in unmiun, l
do not doubt munking l'run- 500 lo lc-ou wt.
per day, ulzissh ] husctc will add quit to
Olliss glux'zuux=,cd\1(e."
siljy mr. l'u-hinsun am] capt. Matthcws,
who lest Philadelphia the zoth ult. and.
arrived here this cvming, we hznc the
pledure to assure the publick that the late
acc< unts from our army at Quebcck have
been greatly misreprcscntcd. They re—
lzlte, that an express to Cungrcss arrived
from the army two da)s before they lest
Philudelphict. That the advice? ly) him
were, that the buckwardness of some of
the siprovinciajs in the attack conduc'ufl. [)
general Montgomery occasioncd a mil
can'siluge, but with inconsidcmble loss,
cxccpting that of the gallant general him—
self, his aid-de—camp, some other officers,
and a few privates, who were killed the
first sire, when the whole party retreated.
That col. Arnold's division attacked ano
ther quarter of the town, which they en
tered and carried, obtaining the submisii—
on of most of the inhabitants: but upon
the retreat of general Montgomery's par
t y, the enemy turned their whole force
against him, kihcd 17 men, wounded 60,
and took 210 prishners. That this ac
count came from major Banks, one of our
prisoners, whom general Carleton allowed
[0 vuu our camp three days on his parole;
and that col. Arnold was but (lightly
wounded in the leg. They add, that our
troopsfiill remained before Quebeck, wer
daily reinsorced by the Cunadiams, and
expected to carry the town before long.
That Curleton was under great apprehen
sions, and had turned ver complaisam,
treating the prisoners kind , and buried
general Montgomery and his officers with
all the honours of war due to their rank].
A gentleman in Philadclphia writes, that
cnpt Morgan's Virginia riflemen were in
the division of the army led on by co].
Arnold, who persormutj prodigies of
valour, and, he says, sought like devils,
as well as & number oflndians, who com
posed part ofssthat detachme'nt . The aid
de—camp that was killed wasa son oscapt.
]ohn Mac herson of Philadelphia, who
lignahzed himself last war, in many en
gagements at sea, on board the Britatmia
privatecr osthat city, wherein he lost his
arm, and is now bcrest of a brave and
darling son, but whose same, with that of
his glorious and accomplished general, as
well as the other heroick officers and sol
diers who fell in their country's cause, will
be handed down to posterity with honour,'
not only in the American anna's, but meet
with their due praise fiom all future histo
rlans. in whatever land the generous love
of freedom reigns.
\-Vc further learn by tnr. Rohinsim,
that to]. Sinchtir, with two of thes'cnn-l
s\'lvsimi4 regimcnts, was to march sorsi Al
hauv on Sunday the ztst ult. and procussd
in slays to the rehzsitss of" our army before
(,Lucheck, now under the command nt'ge
'nerul Arnold, but, until hi. recovery s). m
his w um], under the immml'mte ot'de'ss us
('t-! ("..unpbv-H; th'vt sr-sne t'rzfiznents were
likewise to m-siusich from New H.:mpihirc