The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1778-07-17 00:00:00, page 1

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sisssict'ctfjoav 17, 1778.] WILLIAMSBURG: Printed by DIXON 6? Huu-rzn. (No. 1424.]
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ss lSflRDAY momingthe King, accompanied with several General: and
aidl do enmp, reca'ved the Manchesier royal voluntcers. Thin body
_'_ confined of eleven hundred men, 11] young And of a fine nppannce. The
"..- ment.! &- 'n ' mio ueotemnt Colonol Mawhood, who defended
WMSM ct nthehnlolthe xnhnziment, oswhichhe
was w Coloul, :: tho bittlc of Princeton, in the month of many,
am. The King m the greatest satimction [: the mlnner in w 'ch this
m nifodeorptpedormoditu unmvm. immediately after the review, they
m mited lo Putlnooth, when they on to embark for Gibnlur, in order
m itl gan'ison. A detaehmem composed o! thtoe hundred men srom
come! mak" ry, emlmked the tlth for the sme place.
0- l3tb of the hid month the 7oth ngiment mnrched from Edinburz for
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inordono be embuiodsot Newfoondlmd. By the attention plid to
: o- ffice! ill those put], it q'em that bme attempt is zpprehcnded
then, I). indeed the fishes, in those sent in of sufficient importance to attract
them of Amid:- end [since, when we have ma entizely excluded there
from. them by thepfohibitoly bill, And the othu by the hsi treaty of Paris.
Our fleet in thod pmn will be no Rmng opi- thil ye" as it wu the last; it
will man of one (gon ship eommznded by Adminl Monugue, four frigztes ,
.; and two lms Io gm each. Those clip- have on bond : number of super
, noncnry ' in order to it out small nmod vessels !! Newloundland, for
* the protection of the tim,. At the htur end of lnst month : confiderahlc
tnio of utinery was sent then.
HOUS! or COMHONS, An". u, 1778.
THE House !osmtd itklf into :: committed, in order to examine the fine
of the nation. Mr. Powit unde : discourse, in order to prove that, in
the exhaustcd (tate to which Briuin wn reduced by the Amencan war, the
determinntion m- (pm'tcuhrly n thc eve of : soreign war) to conclude
it]: the eolonin. After the nftonishing nfiltmsieo (sad he) that the
ss bn unde zgdinn our saven, nstet th' 'meud'tblc success With which
Mrs! to nnke (I the yoke hat been ltto-dtd. ,' it ehlmerlcal co thmk
w-n ever foison; m mdqssM-smsi which t'" m- Flhhfsish 3. I: the
osfo much blood and trnsan. !Thu has [meed an'- :v; .; . -
any sutore Mininry, who, oondvctinz themselves agtetame to the phn
ent Adminifimion, might renew their efforts in order to reduce them
, - d then be the greatest excest of folly to think even o! treating with
si ..ssss- other soeting then that of free and independentSmes. it would,
' 'ss , it the expenceosllrge some, to send eammissroncrs to
-, confined power: would not permit them to tteet on sneh con
ct flep would only serve to amuse the people with : vein hope that
the A ss , would return to their obedience, whim nothrng is more diflant
' from , thoughte, and this kingdom, bending and ready to sink under the
weigh , ss t debt, would be overwhelmed flilI farther in : needless
expence. - he proposed that, in order to obtain so necessary :
' wert should be extended so far :: to enable them to
declare the Ameri ,ehsolute and sotever independent.
Meffieuu Char _ ! and Burhe supported the proposa], and were particu
larly opposed by no: ohnflone end Mr. Dundass, Lord Advocate of
Scotland. The fi i ' 4 that he hid alwaye opposed the act: which had
been passed ageinn - that when their grievance: had been redselsed,
he hld obtained hit end.
' Great Britzin lm passed a law to grant the
'The the Iegishtive pow ,,
re more would be no open rebellion, which
whole: full satissadionz t
every true Britein ought to - , _
with the greatesi pleasure ]
ltie thus ] have nlways t - _ ct
' _, ! heve two high 'an opi
genenl. dosuppolethat they will (I - -
violence hu heretofore ('a-united ' Americn the
Our moderation will now divide t em. The same - .
united thit kingdom. and the same moderetion will now n si -r mea
sum until now have fixed this conteshtion between all Ameri
of England, but the chnnge now the: in determined on will '
between all Englnnd and the halse! America. And the same (
it he: heretofore had over us, we shnll herelster have over them, .
Dnndast, who has alway] "been one of the men violent against the co
convioced the House that he had not abandoned hit former sentiment
teprohzted the motion of Mr. Pow'u, which at lzfl w." rejected.
A letter say:, (but Com m] is in cnmmotion; that the miner: hue joined
the manusaflurert, and make together a very sormidable body. end that the
resentment of the populace was ungovemable, and threatened very unpleasant
consequences to the unpopular abettou of the American wnr.
Came! WASHlNGTON'; LETTER test: Prgfdmtef
Cougrtsr, togetber with lb: return ef killed, mutual, p'ssc.
s ] X, Enentn-rowu; jub :, 1771.
! M IR A C ! thia first moment of leisure to give Courts: a more full and
prtjenlar account of the movementt of the army under my command,
me a paaing the Delawatc, than the utuation of our affain would hmtosote
rmot. '
! had the honour to advise them, that on the appearance: of the events: in
tention to match through ]ersey becoming serious, ] had detacbed General
Maxweu't btigade, in conjunction with the militia of that State. lo intermyt
and impede their progress by every obflruaion in their power, hat to give time
to the army under my command to come up with them, and take advantage of
- any incurable circumflaneea that might present themselves; The ttmy having
preceded to Coryell't serry, and crossed the Delaware at that place. ] imme
diately detached Col. Morpn, with a seleG corpt of fix hundred men, to tein
lorce General Maxwell, and marched with the main body towards Princeton,
The asiw advance of the enemy had greatly the air of defign, and led me,
with others, to suspect that General Clinton, defirout of a general aaion, wax
endeavouring to draw us down into the lowe: country, in order, by a rapid
movement, to gain our right, and take, posseffioo of the strong ground; above
ne. Thin consideration, and to give the troops time to repose and refresh them.
selve: from the satiguee they had exper'nnced from rainy and exceflive hot wea
ther, determined me to halt at Hopewell township, tbove five milet frau
Princeton, where we remained till the morning of the zzth. On the preceding
day ] made a second detachment of 1500 chosen troops, under Bripdier Ge
neral Scott, to reinsorce those already in the vneinity of the enemy, the more
effcfiaally Lo annoy and delay then match. The next day the ermy moved to
Kingdom and having received intelligence that the enemy were yrosecuting
their -out toward: Monmouth courthouse, ] displiched a thousand seiect men
unde: General Wayne, and sent the Marquit de la Fayette to take the cum.
manr. 0! the whole advanced corpt, includmg Maxwell'a brigade and Morgan'e
ligh. -'Inlry, with orders to take th first fair opportunity of amekmg the
, ' ; 'oae. :. bending si day the whole army marched iron
4\ .on, omen o... Luggage wan let., vi...- '..*.'.,z:-3 *7* is prescsie e p.",ss:
dn' ce :or supporting the advanced cotps, and arrived at siCranheny ndy th.
ntl'si .nom. 5. The intente heat of the weather, and a heavy Man unluckily
eu-ctz; ; on, made it impossible to refuse our march that day without great in
co..\ _nience and injmy to the troopl. Our edvanced corp- being differently
cim nflanced, moved from the position it had held the night before, andtook
Poft it the evening on the Mcnmouth read, about five miles from the my.
rear in expee'lation of attacking them next morning, on their march. The
mai. body having remained at Cranbeny, the advanced eorpt wn found to be
too .emote, and too far upon the right, to be supported, etthev heare of an
attack upon or from the enemy, which induced me to send o'den to the Mat
qnis sssi, die off by his left towards Englishtown, which he nating!) uecuted
eurl) in the morning of the z7th.
T .e enemy in merching from Mkntown had changed their difpoltiu, and
plzud their best troops in the tear, confining of All the (undid, light in
tent", end chasscurt of the line. This dterarion unde it masts] to enaeJe
the tumber of our advmcrd corps; in consequence of wh'lsieh ! denehed Majdr
General Lee with two brigzdes to join the Mnrqui- at Enghflttown, on whom,
of et urse, the commend of the whole devolved, anointing to lhout five thou
sand men. The main body mnched the same day. lad eneunped Within !]er
miles of that glaee. Morgan's eorps wu lest htwering on theenemy's right
flanl , and the ]ersey msilitiz, nmonnting :: this time to About seven or eixht
hundred men, under Genernl Dickinson. on their left.
he enemy were now encamped in : strong position, with their right extend.
ing thou: a mile . nd an hill beyond the courthouse. in the putting of the mad
lead: fss- zhreu lhnry and Middletown, nel thdrlet't elong the rood front Al
lent-b in to Monmouth, lbout three mikt on thie flde the courthouceg Their
right mnk ley on the lklrt of : {nal wood, while their left wa- secured by :
very thick one, : mouse running toward; their rnr, end their whole front eo
vered by a wood, end for : considenble extent towards the left with : mond.
ln thit fitntion they halted till the morning of the thh.
Matter: being thu- fitumd, end having bid the best insorpution du: is the
enemy were once lrrived at the heights of Middletown, ten or twelve mile
(ron where they were, it would be impossible to nttempt any thing 4th them
ith : prospeass dsuccess, ] determined to made their reer the moment they
ld getin-pba from their present ground. I communicated my in:?
11 [jsspd ordered him to mzke hit disposition for the attack, w
enushntly ]ytng upqn their armt, to be in readinest ;! ty
' This wn done with respect to the troops ender my whom