The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-07-12 00:00:00, page 5

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PHlLAI)ELPHlA, 7une25.
_(L(1()\1.\"l'5 rcccivod this thy srom Canuda lay
that ;jcnu'ul 'l'humpiim, with zooo mrn, hnl
been d-sstcsitcd hy 4000, and thut the general wan
accidentally taken pn-ishner5 but it is hoped general
Sulhvan, uhi) appears t9 he in high spirits, will
soon be able to give a better accuunt olsiour assail":
in Clnulsst. '
l'z) lsittcrs srom Bnston, received this day, _we
learn that soon after the men of war and Lrunsporu
were dl'nvc lsit'mn si\'.:ut.tshtt roucl two more trans
portc arrived thclc \'.it';:up\\';trds of no Uighlzmdtn
un lumrd, which were buth msiulc pt'izcs, aller some
rcsiltance .
Extract ()sd lettcrfi-om New Yurk, (lated _7mze 24.
"ss bi'tcc my ]:ttcr on Friday ]zit, ;: molt barba—
rous aml infernal plat ha: been discovered :tmungst
the 'l'olies. 'l'he pa'. .i."=1lars ] ('annut ;ss'n'r' )vu, us
the committcc ut cvsitminsittisim cuntssnisi ut hut three,
who are s—vol'n tu !ccrrcv. Two ol' \\"alhingum'5
guztr-Ts use ('()1\('Cl'h{t.', ;.sid :! third, whom they
tempted tu jssin thcm, made the hrll tlsitkuvn'y.
'The general report of their dt'sisisin is as lnllovts:
Upon the.:rriv-nl ol'thc trumps, they were: to uxurdtr
all the flctssnlhcers, blow up the magsisi'lss'tnes, ;md
securc the passes of the town. (Sil'siussrt lsi'tzrhcs,
guusm'lth, in the Bruadwny, tun take:].hctwccn 2
andctȝ o'duck un Saturday nmrring, and curtssic-cl
before- our Cctmgrcss, uhn were ihrn sitting. He
resuscJ [0 kac any chisssiux'cry, upon \\ hich he \\ us
si'nt tojn'tl, and put in irous. Young Livhctzfl'tun,
went to sue hi-n early in the mnsit-Tnct, mld lum he
was sorry to find he hzld hccu ('uflL'Ct'llt'tl, and, as
his time was Very [hurt, nnt hminv; above three
days tohvc, advised hsi.m to pray n'c ! imsclt'. 'l'his
hadthe desired cti'ctt ; hc :tshul to be c m'iu] hrsmc
the (lungrcss again, and he: woul-l Hssi'si—vsi-r ::Z] he
knew. dcvcral th'. c btcn fsimcc take 'l, hsstwsiun :o
and 30, among them on? maym', who are all now
under cousincmcnt. : ssh [tial their party consistcd
of about 500.
* Un Saturday aitcrnonn our mon returned from
the Hook, without being abie tu cffcc't their dc-lign.
Not having heavy czmncm sufliciuzt to make any
breach in the hght—housc, they made the attack
Friday morning- 20 minut'cs lstf-r 3, um] cuntinmd
sirinsi' till about 6. No live: lost on our side, only
twu men [lightly wounded.
" ] have just heard the muyor ]]:u flmscsscd
bringingr money smm 'l'l'yun, to pay so;" riilc guns
that Fm'hcs has made. A l.;rg'c party goes osi'this
morning to the llouk again with heavy cannon, &c.
The men of" war there, lum afraid, will hurt them,
an they czm command the pass. Zurgnync is arrived
at (.picbrck with his sh-c-t. No account of ours. ]
expect to go to Long llhmd this day, in : party of
about zoo, in qurst ni' 'l'oricn."
Yush-rday "writing mujor Rugerl wan takcn up
at South Amlmv sf-rrv.
]N () () N (; It [. .) d, jane 26, 1776.
I ESOLVED, that a bounty of 'l'EN ])OL
].ARS be given to every non-cnmmiflioned
oniccr and suhliu' who will cnlist to serve for the
term us three years .
lz'xlrsi-n'l ])om the minum.
CUARLES 'l'llUAlPSON, sccrctnry.
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GLORIOUS NEWS from So. CAROLINA.
3 A '1' l' R 1) A Y, jub! 13.
T it with much satisfaction the plintcr can enter—
tain his readers, by thin post, with the followin
account of an engagcmcnt which happened at (Lhar
]cliown the 28th of hit} month, between his Britan
nick mujcsty's fleet commanded hv lir Petcrpznch
and our gallsimt brethren of that. Lily; which hctd
been de spzltchcd, by cxprt ss, two day: before, sihy
his c-xccssllcncy general LEE, and may thtrcsorc he
hourly cxpcttcd ----- 'l he psienerul's present letter il
datcd juiy the 3d, in which he says, " that the
" aflluir siH much more important than he at first
imagined; that the enclosed is the natctratiu us
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some desertcrs, one of \\ hum is a \ cry intelligent
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l'cilow; that he thinks it his duty to find the m:
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connt in its proper surm, without uddingor cur
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tailing :- single ci 'ntmiinnc:; and congutulsiatu
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the lion. Pnsidcnt us the (Ionvcntiun, and the
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[public k, on an cvetzt yihith certnildy does great
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crcdit to the Americzm arms, and, he hopes,
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must he attended Will) very great advantagea."
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NARRATIVE lfl 'l'homns Bennett of (01. Damil—
snn': MaHhchusc—tts rcctqimcrlt, Daniel Hawkins os
Button, liuhcrt Scott t/nd Edmtmd Allh-n (} New
I-lampshirc, am] ] nue: Scntt of Virginia, z/tj/cctrt
er: jram t/tc _/:'<'ct wisish attacked and n'ere beatm
off his sin:- [usiavegurri/uu injurt Snllivan, under l/c
Cuuctmmd oj'cul. Mnutric, (w hidcsiv [he 28!!! 19"
junc, t776.-—-[leey are ul! Americam, and had
burn taken by the enemy at sin.] -
T" F. Briitul 01'50 gnns, commanded hy [ir Peter
Pat'kcr, is greatly dutnugcd in the hull, hnctnc
knees and thnhctctx [hot thsuugh, :md smzdhtd. if
the water had not been very snwmh, it would have
hccnitnpollible to huve kept husi hunt linLin g. All
the cmsipcnu-rs in the fleet had hu-n c..lhd to her
alhlhmce. Ilsir miucn-nml! shutnunt'. tnnin nuns}
[nally uoum-(d b) (luce l(\(l.(lllnot,lsi(1re must by
two and ]" r ripving, ssiils, and );(rds, n (.( !: (1 (
magcd. lhc cupluin of the ((mlmudolc luss' .sizl
](kc arm, above the clbow. He was hnt )(Hcr
(lay (!unc got] ) to England, in : hig; mlim .
'l he (on: lnodurc had his lnccclms tone ufl, ]ns
backshlc laid bare, and his th'wh .md kmc un: (h
wounded. He walk.- (mly when luppc-rtul lw lwu
men. There were 44 menkillcssd an (l 3 wounded,
a: non}: ulmm wuc mssmv nudshipmul um] reny
(niliccnsi' , 20 of the uuundul ( '(siud time (11: .1(\: (m.
ll was talked m lhc fires, shut lhc two lzngc ships
would go over the bar again, and proceed lu [sin,si
[is]! hurbuur, in Antigua, to be repuinsiuisi—si'o hc
Brillu], when ]ightcnnl as much as ])(sishl le, (ln-w
18 sect 7i::(']1cl water."" 'l'hc Expe-l'ilnu-l off.:
gunc, onxwudrcks, all twelve-poumiersisi, ah'sszhtm
vcssc] than [he Blillul, exceedin'z'hdnm 'sisesi'l . 1h<1
hul], [cu-l'ul purls beat m, onc- ul hcl mi'u :) m. lis
hurt, but uncclluin ul parliculns. ]Ch(157,(-7'
whom the czpkain was (me. \\ numh (: 3011 : \ r..'.1I
since dead. ])rnws,whenlipltrfi,17 se'h * \-' 'rr.
'I be gem ral opinion, that mill.- cr (:! th-f: 'sssizc
(his): will "0 l (fuly over !! w !);u sin;): in ....5.] -ct-a 7,
28 guns, two men killcn, um] lss..r \\nu (: '('. ----
Auivc zzguns, lllc licmelunl Lill (l, 'm. {1 us m- nx
woundcl - "Adam" 28 .N'whssvmsi zo Sucn 28 , ol
got aglound , ths shst m coming usi- , (he two l.u