The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-10-27 00:00:00, page 6

if he would permit him and the king's troops to"
March to Qucbeck, with their arms, (lore:, and
artillery; but the general refused to comply with
his request. ct ' '
Governour Carleton, it is said, has bought up
all the powder from the- merchants at Quebeck,
and stored it there, the whole of which amounts to
' iiD'Wards of woe:: barrels.
Extract ofa letter from Cambridge.
" Dr. Church (surgeon-general of the army,
sinnd chairman of the committee of safet at Water
3,town) having beinssg found guilty o traiterous
- practioes, in corre ponding with the enemy, is
gpssut under an arrest."
,.- We are informed that Dr. Church is confined in
sin house opposite to the head-quartera in Cam
sibridge. His correspondence, it is said, was car
si-xied on in ciphers with a field-officer in genercl
; Gage's army.
" 13 . . .. Extract of a letter from Hartfort.
_ _**'It is reported that eneral Washington, :
few. days ago, sent in a of truce to Boston,
_ oposing an exchan e of pri oners. Major French
": ss r colonel Parker; ieut. Knight, of the navy, for
ct'sihpt. S'c'ott *, and ill! excellency govemour Skeene
ctshr corporal Cruise, of capt. Doudle's company of
sixifle-men. The tWo former were accepted with
;readiness, but the last exchange general Gage re
gjected with scorn, as an-insult to—his undershincling;
1('ositliat in'allnprsiobability we shall have the honour
siqf his exce enc govemour Skeene's resideuce
'ctssamong-us-n—G knows how long."
si; ? fllLAsiDEL PhlA, October ".
si. . AST week arrived here the ship Kin osPmssia,
L cuptain Potts, with a number of ermans.
(, _, Letter: from New York say, that general Ami
siherltis coming out to Amenca, and a ship of 40
nsis getting ready to bring him.
): By ca t. Barry, we learn that some of the transi
sizjom sai ed from England sor lreland the beginning
:ofhugust, to take in the five regiments forAmerica.
;ss- "By all accounts from London, we have reasonto
{believe the minish'y are determined to draw more
.Mood in America; therefore it behoves every Ame
chan to prepare for the worst, and sit themselves
'ssto convince those dog: of war that Americans are
.ready and willing to let them know they will de—
, send themselves whenever and wherever attacked.
Dung-of a letter from the sum}: at Cambridge,
- . ss ' '* October t_._
: .si " in the Wrse Of this wade; tsswo vessels laden
:mith provisions, &c. have been taken from the
.sienemysi she of them is a brig from Quebeck,
laden with cattle, &c'. a donation from the tories
gin Wbeek-to the ministerial troops at Boston. but
will now be more properly applied. This last was
, taken by some men from Cape Anne," With muskets ,
-, in open boats. There are several interceptedzlet
_' ters ; one of them contains the following paragraph',
which must give great pleasure to every friend of
.zhis Country, as it confirms the account: we have
. ;ihld of the temper of the Canadians. The letter
is from Gamble, depnty quartermaster-general to
{najor Sheriff, datedQuebeck, Sept. 6th. " The,
4 rebels have taken post at Port au Fare, and an
"si" invasion of the province is expected. Should
ss " that take" place, ] am'apt to think the Canadians
" will lay down their arms, and not fire a shot.
5} Their minds are all poisoned by emissaries from
. " New-England, and the damned rascals of mer
_ " chance here and at Montreal. General Carleton
_" in (I believe) afraid to order out_ the militia,
" lest the 'should refuse to obey. ln short, the
". " gyebcc bill is of no use; on the contrary, the
"5 madiasins talk of that damn'd abused word
" liberty." There are other letter;, ostlie same
import. We havejust received an account, that
col. Arnold had got safe 50 miles up Kennebeck
river, found all the batteaus ready, and proceeded
six days ago, his men in good spirits, and with
every encouragemcnt. The cumain of this wile]
says, if'he gets to Quebeck before Carletossn can get
doWn from St. john's with the troops, it will link"
render without & shot being sired. That there is
the greatest collection of arms and ammuuilion that
has een in one place in America for a long time.
He says he saw not less than lo,ooo quarter call/8
of'powdcr in the magazine, and that there is all
uwer aulmumlwn tu proportitm.
" The general has directed three vessels to be
armed and manned, to intercept the tranipurts daily
arrivingat Bollon u ith provisions, &c. 'l'he people
of this rovince, particularly on the coast, are much
please with it, and we expect to derive no small
advantage from it. There has been no mot etnent
in either camp here for several days, and scarcely :
guu sired, except, about five or six days ago, a
cannon shot from our lines, passing through the
harrack on Boston neck, took off the leg of a cap
tain of the 44th, which brought on a hea'v firing
from them for some time, but with no effect), . Our
lines are now extended very near within point-blent]:
inth that of their sentries. [tis proposed to drive
them quite within their lines, which may he easily
done this week. Two defer-ters yesterday, but
brought no news ."
' Extract of a letter fiom Boston, Seplember 26.
" I should be glad if you would move into the
country, as there are four fail of men of war going
to your port, as ! am informed, and have or, on.
hoard materials for destroying the town. ["here
ctare nosigns here of matters being made up.."
By an ex ress from Ticonderoga, which arrivea
here on fri ay last, we are informed that general
Montgomery, on the 8th of September, marched
with 5oo of the forces under his command round
St. josshn's. and had a (light skirmish withssa party
of the regular-s, who, after a few shot; retired
before him; and that he then set himself down
before St. ]ohn's.
There are flying reports that man Canadiamsshad
'octined general Montgomery; that he had got pos
sii'esiion of Montreai, Chambiee, andLa Praire'; that
he had found there a great deal of provision, and
taken 14 risoners; and that they had not 18 days
provisiou in sort St. _]ohn's.
. On sriday last a discovery was made of some let
ters sending by Christoper Carter, who had taltL-n
his passa (: on board the snow Patty sor London.
The vesse was pursued to Ch'cster, m here the letter:
were found on Cartcr, by which it appeared that
dr. Kearfly, Leonard Snowden, james Brooks, and
the above-named Carter, were concerned in writing
the most infamous lies their malice could invent, to
spirit up the ministry against this city and prorincc,
to incite them to send troops here; and that Cnrter
was the carrier, and was instmc'ted to tell a great
deal which they were afraid to trust to paper. in
consequence osthe above discovery , Kcarsiy, Brooks,
and Snowden. were taken up on sridny night, and
put under-a strong gunrd; and Czirtcr. who had
been suffered to go from Chesier after the delivery
of the first letters. was pursued hsiv order ol'the
committec, taken from on board the snow at lit-ed
island, and brought back. They have all heen since
examined by the committce of safety, in which
examinntiou sucha scene osvilininy was opens-s] that
it was thought proper to keep them confined from
the fury of the populncc, tiH thev shall think of a
proper punishmcnt for such enemies to this country.