The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-01-31 00:00:00, page 4

NEWBERN ( Mrtb Caralma ) 70. 14.
N Fridzctv lmf his !:aflney RlC HAR D CAS W E. [. L, Esq;
(;nvcmm- of (his Sun, arrived here. He wu met lbout six failen
!) --m town by about thirty Gentlemen on horfebzck, who accompanied
hun m Nrwhrrn, the lum r'mg'mg :: soon in he entered the town. Be
mg covduEtcd :: Mr. licked Wmtsord'o tuum, where :! handsumo
cmhlion wan prepared, he received from the comincmal officer- and
l'ohshri (drawn up for the pmpose) : saluu: with small arm; ths fart,
Pcnnsylv'anh Fumcr, and other "He}: in the humour, sum] many gon.,
mule: a disphy of the colour: of the Unitcd Stuteo, and in the evening
the town wu hundlumely illnm'matcd.
On Monday the l'fih inlhnt the inhabiunts of the town assembled,
lad vvlitcctl upon hit Excellency with the following congntulatory nddtcss.
'so bit Excellent} RXCHARD CASWELL, Esqz Go-utruor or (fay;:
Cuur-l am] (."auumkr m CbiJ-i. ad mer lb: State ql'NonT'a A
. chtNA.
'flu ADDREIS of tho ununrnu-n osthe town ofNEWBl-IRN,
My it Mjur Exnlbpg,
RRMlT un, in the sincerity of our heart:, to co ratulate your
Biccllency o'n om- unfolcttcitd :dvznccment, by e unanimwo
soffnjfl of te !: ces of the fnemen of thi- State. to thesnpnne
comm-nd as (he! , the highest honour !: 'neful people un bestow.
Uninflucncd by paint: inbiion and sordid interest, yon hue mr
pursued the god bf vouf emtry. Mind have been taught, barm
em le, 'that the love of liberty, led : Rudy pnscvemce in : at
Pin: nnd public virtue, m a- nml my- to prdlsmcll], and the bet
title to th honmln of . fret Sun. '- Inv- oot : doubt, Ihcnson, ,
ctbut um m ! 'l Mouth Womm htion will give
&" ' inn to man Mguim "yea I of the public.
In du: pursuit no hope y'wr Excellency will receive the support I'ld
affishmce ofevt-ry later of liken, and friend to his country; and as the
inhabitann us the town of Nflbem wish to be dilinguilhed :" such, you
may deyvm! on us mak lmtty commence. nnd bed endeavour, to
make your azhuinilmion ensy to youn'cls, nnd happy to the people.
Hi: sstxcluucy'a A ]! s w F. !.
.To the inhabitan- at the town of lenu.
Gndmm,
on you eongntuhtion on my Irointment to the supreme command
of this State, tri. favour e and kind sentimsinu of my prin
etple: lltd condufl, he pleased to accept my mob cordinl thmkt.
My ekflien to that impomm office, by the tmmimouq t'ushgee of
the nyusenmivet of : free people, unsolieited by me, ! consider as the
highest honour ] could receive, end dull evet think it my duty to pursue
every mensun in my power for the benefit and prospetity of this Stnte,
and to promote the happinetsie end selety of in inhabitants; in doin which,
it" ] not so happy :- to give sniesaction to the public, my utmo wishes
trill be unswered.
[it the course of my ldminiltntion I shall hope for, and lhanksully'
receive. the bnnrt-and aflisimce of every lover of libetty and friend to
lit country; no such the inhabitanu of the town of Newbein have ever
dikinguished themselve.. The respect :qu citilities ! have received from
them on former OcClsionI (of which ! retain the molt grateful sense) toge
ther, Genflemen. with your tesent lfl'urancet, give me the strength reli
ucecl your wmtrenee un endeavours to make my ldminish'llion easy
h myself, nd happy to thewple.
MMGW
hCOUNClLor SAFETY, Pntuntunu, jeu. :. 1777.
To 'slll PUBLlC.
umpAY there united in thit city near one thotiflttd Heffim
prime, taken by hit Excellency General WASIHNGTOR, itt
hit him!: end fueceslful expedition to New ]ersey. The General
ha- reeemmended to this Couneil to provide suitable quartert for them;
In! it to die ameK will: the! they may be well trented, and have such
' inflilled into them, whflR t ey remain prisonen, that when
they m, on being exchln ed, they may full open the eye: of their
emuynen in the finiee of t e Kin' of Great ritain, who are at pte.
setK let a little jealout of their Engli fellow soldiert. These miserable
cum now-jlfly excite our eomplfl'ton; they have no enmity to us.
Areoding tozdl'q ll'bili'lsy custom: of the tyranniczl petty Pnnces of
Oerumtyz they teen from their n-tive country, lnd sold, like
eattle. to l sonign llldlllf , withouteithcr consulting their belinations
er—im (hit of "the I-ee they were designed for, the enemy they
nen tommulwith, of nature of the war. Their pay being : mere
pittnee, they were mnged end necesmted to plunder; it it there
__sisi,_4'__._.si .. ,ss
'fotcssutbia dutthcyh-nl-ugm dmh-siulnfifiq
though uneqsiual to a drunk behtviour of the grqztih troop- nt, fron:
the mount they m rescued from the ntbor'ny of the British oficcro,
we ought no longer" " (] them al our min, at least while their
conduct mli just: ' our amrable opinion. lt i- Briuin llonc thut is
our enemy, me . punct- of Emo in no otherwisb room :: influ
mud by her, ma mnnyd them no m the sh-o !: motim imufied
in our "vous. It it the officer- and troops of llllifl only ttm are
hastily mgnged in the unjua vnt- npinfl us, from mriee, nmbition,
and thirlt of dominion. And notwithhuding the paint they have uken
"- psrjud'we the German: against us, we hope they will find-it impossible
to prevail on them to continue to ombtuc thetrlmd- in the flood of Ame
ricans, muy of whom m: their countrymen. ctThe mcfl incurable
olvpommity now ofl'en to waken the force of our enemies, by making
th'ir nuxihuiet our friend" -nd we earnestly entrelt m counuymm
m embr-ce it, by snppnffing any tescnnmm that might mtunuy arm.
on moneaing their In: Mil'ny, nd main: the much injurc-d and
deceived Heffuns, now in om- povnr, in the most friendby manmi; ::
a Fupb we would wish to win with omitted. in eultiming thetemle
swelt: of Amcn'ca, extending its mlnusactutei lnd commelce, and de.
sending in liberty md indepemkmy lgzinfi Ill zltlclu o! foreign and
arbitmry power. By order of th- Council.
WOMAS WHARTQN. jun. Prestdcnt.
PHILADELPHIA, jamoyz.
THis week the Virginia ninth regret", Colond Tbonm Fleming,
mind in this city. The sin! ' iflen mon Monday night, and
thelsjcqn'nd came Influnight. !! .
nmur .- eMcH-mr 'Mrrm-iwfimmm
Gumd lime, 21me W wmthmz. Lietrtenenu, and
other oIieen of private biye of m. maden; : oee, &c. of
merchant vessels, yith lndum, Mtnhttoet, md ' , In an'
put together between deeke, um! not altered to 0 upon the Time: derk
or soreclflle, or even : sflb or broom w k ! e mzin dec dry. An
to their provisione, the :"onnte it very sin: , and the qunllty 'unwhol-ct
some, the meet in kneel out zbduc nine in the morniu , itntuedizteiy
out of the yielde, lnd if it be not cooked by noon, the to eranle prishnen
must eat it ner, for the fire it one o'cloclt is commonly it out. Butter
and cheek they have none. but inned of those walnab e amdet, they
have oil, so rent that dlezfcannbt en it. A gfll ofrum : 41in given
to them, which it not so on; :! sailors grog. They' ere often twelve
or (3an houre without a drop of End water,. nay on:: thy there for
twenty six hours de rited of tho! need so ly mhmn nature; and
at thn time the pti on flti he;! on bon no en than twa hindred and
sixty unfortunate men, - e: tinued this cruel , and many of
whom had formerly lived in : uence. 'Whu in shot! shoekmg,
lffil Kison ship had neither Doctor nor medicine chek.
T ir treatment of the lind forces he been. is possible, worse thou
that of the saumen. When some humane inhabstlml hu dared to exer
cisb that chrifiian virtue charity, !: giving my trlfle of food or drink
(clothes would be taken from them end the urd hat observed him,
he hzu been knocked do'n with the but end : mufltet. And their
inhumanity hu extended beyond (Me life, for the dead'han been thrown
out u n che" highw-y and open fielde, with this impiotu end borrid
expre um, " D—n the rebel, he'e not worth : grave."
A cop) ef- later w th Right my. Lord hfrow HOWE.
MY Loco, -
WHATEVER error the eouflctGn-t Britain my have fallen
into in the commune" end prdecnion of the man: unhappy
comes! with Ameriea, it wet certainly : mon politte to commit the
comihuct os thin important emino your Lerde end : Generol your
brot er.
'The nlme of HOWB il door lo Ameriee, ad amongl the merry
thflressmg dificttltiu we hue to summit. it it certainly no incenfid-r
able one to overcome the predlka'on we see] fet your family. The
exalted virtue: of your heroic broWose borne m embneed by
that sail you ere now drencbing with !: 5 often 55 in Pinsul mero
brance. We are ready to acknowiedge the middle disposftiom that
distinguish your privete chanfler, odd, whilct we feel the smart of t]!
wounds ou inflict, wish they had been adminishnd by another hand.
We con tder you he the executioner of lnother'e wrath, not your own;
end forgive with a much sincerity (perdon dle Illuion) us the con
demned much for 'vee thq appointed olicer who it than: to torture hir
into mocken; state o oxikenee. The idtl I hue of \0ur Lordship'e cho
nfter compeh me to suppose, the! Man undertook thin far'd] nfi
your judgment wn fully confined che: inlaible mluof honour