The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-12-08 00:00:00, page 2

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W A'T E R T OLVV N1 November 13.
5 )) NESDAY last capt. Robbins,
bound from lrcland for Boston, in ss
a i'cllooherluden with bees, tongues, but
ter, psiocmes, and eggs (all much wanted
for the [muche-ing aflhsiifia there) was
t-iken'by a privateer tsirom- Beverly, and
carried in there. Cape. Robbins, who
has been brought to town, informs us,
that be left [reland the 24th of September,
a'si-wlfich tinue sive regimenuu'ere embark
ing on board seven ihi :; and one brig for
Bostonsi; And it was sai that those were all
the. troop- deshncd hence [lus mu, mougn
' alarge reinsorcemcnt was to he sent in the
spring, to make up an army of 22,5oo
WJQQQL. Robbins, brought papers to -
th?- -16t.h of Scptcmher, which are not
come to hand. He likewise shys the corn
- mon people of ,lrelsiand were almost mmm
I'oqus in hxvdur n'fssthe Americctans, and that
" dsly'chose in the fowles of guvcmmenc
nchmd'apa-inst sius. - -
obert'flanson -Harrlson, esq; is ap
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pointed an aid-jc-camp to his excellency
general Hemhington.
_ uA gentleman; who low] came out Of
lulled, assurcs, that du rc wels in Boston,
bysicto'rderm their neral (Howe) have
Wssduwn the posit— and all the pcwo,
inn-the old sond: meeting-house, and are
lsing itfqrariding- school; this he saw,;
Thnictylctre see the house once set a art for
no
shczvmlqworshlp and service of Go turned
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man don-of thieves! si
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ss-' .sskrfyxv o a K,ct Nav. 23,
BY apersou who left Momreal the 4th
; oflnstsim'onth, we learn that. col. Guy
ssi- jbfinsimcthdfl. sailed from 1th place for
]: lsiwlth 'sian'lntent to phaceed from,
_ her sisi',
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ssIor Much um qossl. Allen, with
& priscnienfome'timc ago,
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Asil86'cird am;- pf war. The"
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fifth all?) informh- 'that it was be-ct
(be townes Montreal would not be
" ! ssew fisfld'onl many days against general
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:mctsiysias most ostsshc' Imliam had
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' azmr qesixectiu lowns. .
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- _ n'r'd ofpllalsachuscus Bay have
Weflctanact r encouraging the sitting
armed 'vssesscli tossdclsscnsssll [he srsiq coast!
ss Of; Merctiizisi'and for erecting a court to
\ -si ; si _ vdct-sha: shall besisouncl iulssest'mg
,
samect . . _
- quun'usi received From Alhany, we
are" vision,-med that the garrisim of sort St.
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= , ;; (which surrendared to- general
6ij my waaarrivEcl acForthnrg-sse.
{men " ct ' ;-it'ixsaid,ss1065'2, beside:
si,
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_ _ sinful ss ken. ss
; Wowzsi 2'7.;-' About !! o'elnck yesterday
founden capt'. He'nrssv Livingstou urrixed
s he!:ctffnflMontre-ssd, ctandlnsornizus ui'nhc
ss sict fi'm'endcr of that city to general Montgo
lfi'essrjcton Mondav the lgth isinshmt, dn Con—
. dmou 'thai'shc' inhabitants havessthc sullsi
enj'o'yrdmt of Their religibn aS'usval, and
their pro 'crty-sccured srdru plundcr. '
:ctWe al (3, lcsixssrnct, that governonoCarlecon
gwe; on so: fore]: wurn leVel'al
West 'Fctgnd'a largezgsisimlity of gun ow
,__ ynztciss'but that it. was expecte the
' Wksswould fall into the hands of co].
Iflkfldfiho, we hear,- was arrived before
QM
' , and no doubt would very soon
.
"Prepuce-that place. - '
* v'fjnvelȝr necessary requisicc for supplying
'thessarmy under general Montgomer was
Bishd'h Momreal, and on the mo mo
! le'ierms, and where they will find
very comk'ortnble winter-quarters, after
an amazingly sutiguing campaign .
-siExt'ractctos a letter from a gentleman in
_- Old/gous, to his son in this city, (lated
_ August 22 .
" The old Highldnd Watch, who were
stationed in [n.-[mad, upon being ordered to
Big/loft,- all rrfitfi-d goingzto :! man, and de
clared they would not go and fzsisirht again/I
their brethren, who las} war lbifsssssil! and
conquered by their side." ------ Well done,
my, boyxl, - ., , .
PH! LADELP IllA, November 21.
TH] S day the lady of his excellency
general Wash'mgton arrived hete,
upon her way_ to New l-Lng'mnd. She was
met at the lower serry by the csszch of
the different battal'ums, the troops of light
horse, and the light 'mf'antry ut'thc second
batmhon. who escorted her into the city .
Extract nfa letter from Cambridge , Nov . 9 .
" \Ve had an account of the regulurs
lasinsi'siiug at Letchmore's point, about a mile -
and a. half lrom (Imnhridge. About goo
of the regulsitrs landed,- l'rom Boston, on
the above-_m:ntiomd point, under cover
Of a very heavy and continual fire from
their haue-ries on Bunker'S, sictsccu'fi , H'P -*' ,
and Bcucon sshillssisictas also trom a trigatc
which lay within goo yards of the potnt'on
which they landed-si They had Losieshon
of the hill for near an hour before they
could be obstructed,'ouing to a very hjgh
tide, which preventodour people croshng
a causeway, which was overflowed, and
the. only way to et, at the enemy. Du
ring thin tiui'esitssicyyere (hooting horles'
and cows, withlansi'ht'ent of taking them
off; but a battaission' of riflemen, underj
command oFcol . Tliompson, disrcgarding
danger and difficulty, took the water,
which,wao then up to their middles, and
aquarter of a mile over, and notwith
stanidng'sithcte regularsihad lodged them
selves behind stone wallsss, and in an orchard ,
.where they might, have done our peosszle
much dama e, yet, on col Thompso'h's
approach, t ey fled to their boats in great
confusion, but not without a wa'rm serc
nade from the risiemen, who fired at a
great distance, when they found them re
treating, and ran' up with ailspced, in
ho es of bringing them to an engagement
b ore they reached their boatl. All this
time an unceasing warm fire was kept up
from the beshre-mentioned sorts and the .
ships, andfrom the soldiers and theirboats
Our loss is one-killed, and three wounded;
their loss uncertain, but have since heard
three of their .men -were lound dead
on the field. One of the enem 's boat:
was simk from our sort on Pro pect hill,
by 3 24 pounder; and the enemy Was beat
off the ground about 2o'clock, and landed
at Charlestosiwn. During-the engagement
zz' large ships have in light, With troops.
from [in land and lreland. -
By-a eserter from Boston, _the day as
Ter the above skirmish, we hear that the
enemy had 17 killed and wounded.
Nov. 23; On Friday last, major Stop—
ford, and other officers, with their band
ofimusick taken at Chamblee, arrived at
Trentonct in New jerseysssi where they are
to remain prisoners of ,war till exchanged.
On Tuesday last a. brig coming up the
rivcfssunhappil ran on the chevaux d'e frize,
which immediately-made a hole through
her bottom,, when-she filled with water.
.Nav. 25. Wevbear sndm Maryland,
that last week, in Worcester county, tzoo
men had mustered under arms, and taken
up 26 'l'ories, who were accused of'con
certmg measures in'nnical to liberty and
revolution rinciplsies. After an examine]
tion, 20 0 them were released; and the
six ringleaders were ordered to he sent to
the committee oP safety at Talbot, for
farther exzunination.
Last night a man was stopped on Frank
ford road, near this city, and rohbed of"
three hals-joel and some paper money.
By the New York post, which arrived
this afternoon between 4 and 5 o'clock,
we learn that, on Thurlilay last, a party
of too armed men, on horsi back, from
New En land, lurroundcd the house of
james Rivington, printcr of the Gan-t
teer, and carried away the t) pen, without
offering violence to any person. Some
think it was intended as a retnliation sor
lord Dunmorc's conduct, and others at—ss
tribute it' to an npprehenlion of his relap
ling into his former iniquitous publications .
We are also informed that on the shmc
day : court martial was held upona party
of the city guzrtls, Who had suffered
Harris to Lscnpe. (See next parugrzeph.)
From the New Tork j-vumal anc-v. 23.
- By & letter reccit ed on the :oth inllant,
it appeared that cupt. Hztrris, belonging
w p.,ugskepsie, had ac'mauy enlilted a
number osrecruits for the ministerial army,
and that he 'was then at Nassau ferry ; up—
on which col. MsiDougal, on the same
night, with a number ofsriends to their
country, went over in order to take him.
'l'hcy searched a number of houses, but to
no purpose, *till they came to Degrushe's
fcrryss where the sound him in an upper
room, in a pollssurc to defend himself,
nlll'le ,
which appeared D two putois tying on lus
bed, close by.]tis htle, loudedand primetl,
which however, as they came upon him
unexpectedly, he had no opportunity to
use. They took with him two of his
men, and brought them safe to New York ,
where they are now under a strict guard.
We are assured that ntajor_Skeene the
younger, who was released from close
confinement, on his par'ole of honour,
lately made his escape from Connecticut,
and got to Croton's river, whence, for
halsa j0e, he procured a fellow to put
him on bozird the Asia man of war, where
"he arrived last Mondav, and stillctremains.
w ! LI,1'AMsnu1tG,_Dec.8.
AST Friday the Hon. General Con-si
vention of this colony met at Rich
mond, and, after making choice of
EDMUND PENDLETON esq; to be their_
president, ,adjourned to this city, siwheresi
they are sinow deliberating upon many"
weighty atid important matters relating to"
the public]: safety, which we ardently wish
maybe crowned with unimaginable success.
Last Tuesday came to town, from tho'
campatCambridgesi,Ep m U N D'R'A N you-3 ;
esq; who, informs us that he lestsisthe can-"
tineutal army under his ectxcellency general
Washin ton in the best order andctin' high '
spirits, cing amply proyidedsi with 'pro-_.
visions and ever otherne'cessasiry. ' j
By johnsiWalher't esq; (a commisiioner'
appointed by the lion-. the Congresi for _
superin tending ]ndian affairsin the southern
district) Who is jufl: returned from that"
quarter, welearn, that. those lndians are
perfectly peaceable; and that, isproperly
attended to, there is very little danger but .
they will continue so. ' .
The sentimentsct of a number of our piosiu: _'
and grateful brethren, on this and t' other
side the Atlantick, have been prett Well
deciphered this week, srotp a num "er of
their own letten, intercepted in : vesse sisiss.
bound from Not-folk to Glas w, and by
a ship gone up Rappahannoc from Lon-'si"
don. They do them much honour, and}
no doubt will redouud to the credit and'
- interest of them/five: and friend:. -
Extract from a letter to a gentleman of this
city, fiom an eminent house, dated
London, Sepf. 5', 1775. — '
-- we are maue excecumgiy unnappy
by the acts of parliament relative to the
colonies, and for the dreadsulconsequcnces
that must ces-sue. God only knows where':
it will end. The governour's conduct,
ha-= been most shameful; we are told, it:
is highly disapproved, even b his friends
on this side the water. We sihcerely join
you in wishing, thatthc Almighty may dis
posc the contending parties to bring about:
a happy and honourable reconcsiisiitionfff
Extract of:: letter from a gentleman in Phi
ludelphin, datcd Nov. :8, 1775.
" 'l'hc 1'cdntition of St. John':— and
Chamblcc, with Montrea], that must
surely and immediately sullnw, gives us
secure pulibtlion of the most important:
part of (lzmndd, and sccurc-s us against
the tninillcrinl plan of laying waste our
srontiers with Cctztuzulizms and savagcs;
but. the court relics so much on popilt
acrimnyasizainst]n-utcstants, that minillry
rc-s'ulve to make up in ]rcland what til-:};
losc in szstda. By late intercepted let
ters for Busltm, w- lezntt that ;tdminict'trsit-ct
tiun arc exciting all thu'r powcrs with :Eld