The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-03-01 00:00:00, page 1

MARCH z,_ 17'76. _ 'r ]! r. ' " NUMBssEp 57;
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VIRGINI GAZETsiT-E.
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Asiwns son LIBER TY, ct '_ _ .Auo 'rnz PUBLlCK Goon. ss
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To Mr. PURDXE.
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. [TH the utmost rcluctunce I trouble
the pubhok withany thing relating
to myself; but as a report has guilt hu-th,
thtt' ] have cudeavuurul tu mjusc tho
credit of the money issued by the (;ouven
sitiosil, justice to my character requires !
should set the matter in it: true ]silgnt. At
first, I was contelctud vm'nh-un inquiry
by the committee of the county, and ex—
pectcd it would haue rettcd there; but
having transiuitted a copy btsi the hrlt
depolition, and other proccethngs, to one
or'our delegates, tsiur lus pnutc lsiunsiuc
tion, together with the copy or an instruc
Jion to him and his colleague, he thought
hnnsels obliged to lay the nuttcr below
;the Hon. the Conyeution, and ] am in
formed some ilI-ultured inscrcnccs w cse
,drawn from the circumstante that uuly
one depolittun appeared. I now submit
fire whole to my wuutrymen, and hope
My will hewe churity enough to suppose
qut ! said proceeded fmm the dictatcs
Ifnn honest nnud, unzmus for the puphck
weal. ] have only to observe, that the
canverscttionhappened belore the (icseut
Of cul. Hutchings, and was in the Cum
upany of several ut the late committec of
olde couuty, whom l thought could not
have mistaken my ctmesctuing. They knew
] had, from the be iuniug osuus unltur
si'bauces, exerted m>ldtsi within the small
'cisclx of my acquctmtance, in raising a
{lurit us uppolition w ptrliamenmry tyran
ny. They knew ] had turmed, siuld Car
psi-d- into cmuznittce, twu rcsulves, the
one for inurchahng ammunitiun, the other
for raising vuluntccr comlsifanics. ] am,
us, your UUCUICJH. llctlulllllc lCl'vant,
CU l'llBLl'x l' BULLl'l'T.
lec: \\'\'LL1AM. Fab. 4, 1776.
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HE whole proceeding: and deposirions
referred to in mr. Bullitt's letter
bcmg more than could be, with any cun
Yeuience, inserted in a newlpaper, to
.cmnply, as necttrly as we can, with that
gentleman'lsi request, .we have extracted
the substance, which is, as follows, viz.
At a commiztee of'Prince William county,
held the L6th day of December 1775,
mr. Bullitt applied to the committcc
to have an inquiry made 'mto his conduct
relative to what had been reported against.
him. The committce tookxhe depusiti
ons of col. Burr olisizrrisizn, mr. William
* Brent, and mr. Cuthbert Harrisun; and
delivcrcdit as theiropinion, that mr. Bul
litt had only acted unguardedly, but that
they were cunvinced, from the zeal hc
' 31 ul always shewu in the Amcricxm cause,
and from whet now appeared, that he had
no dcsign to depreciate the currency of
the colonvt, or to injure the rights of Ame
rica. The depolitions of the abovc-men
tiussu-rl gentlemen set forth, that about
t'.- f'sirstusNchmber, at mr. Burr Harri
sin.,x m *('l'l], they heard mr. Bulhtt cen
susc tho extravagance of the Coavcution,
in alhming so great : sahry, in many
instances, to pershns cmpl yet] by them;
so different ii'om the tisiuguI-cmodud: of the
Congress; that he had exprcshd his tears
of the consequence ot'such a hthmionr,
iscontinucd, which he soresuw would he
the greatest injury to the crcdit of the
paper money o." t'hc colony ; that he
thought every one in so righteons ;] cause
ought to be contentcd with a reasonable
aliowance for his service, such as Could
enable him to live with economy, And not
tempt him to 'luxury; and that, for his
own part, he wuuhl rather suffer his right
hand to be cut off than take more. But
that, from the whole tenour of his cun—
Vcrszltitm, it by no means appeared that
he intended in thtssicast to injure the credit
ofthc papercurrency. The two rcsuhes
mentioned in mr. Builitt's letter, li'nmed
:md carried by him into comn'ittce, \ : "e,
first, thalt every member of the commit—
tce, as well absent as present, should de—
pnsite, into the hand: of some merchants
proper to be intrusted for this purpose,
:! crop hhd. oftobacco, of the weight of
loooihs. to be appropriated towards the
importation osa certain quantity of gun
powder, tp he applied towards the defence
of the County, in case of the attack c'r
hostilcinvulion ofan st'ireignsipower; and,
secondiy, that thei habitants osthe conn
ty should be formed into companies, a'nd
properly trainecsil and exercised; and thn
they should prm—idc themselves with the
best arms, and as much ammnnition as
they could procure, that the-y might he
prepared to defend themselves against the
machiuatinns of the enemies ot'Grent Bri
tuin and the coionies. These resolutions
vsivci'e pulled so early as the last of the year
1774, and beginning of 1775.
]N COMI'll'l' 'I'ED.
ACCOMACK county, jummry 15, 1776.
(IOMPLAlNTbcingheretosorelodgcd
against capt. Cuflis Ktllum, mariucr,
a native of this county, for that he has
6pp0sed the measures adopted by the Hon.
thc Conventiun of this (olony for raising
trumps, and prevented, as much as in lus
power, recruits from being raised in the
said service, and that. he also has expresied
himscls in language inimical to the Ame
rican cause, the said Kellum this day ap
peared, and answered the same; assd sun
dry witnesscs being examined, on oath, it
appeared, thus. he has much opposed thc
silid measures, and prevented men from
lilting in the said service, and that he ex
presied himsclksiin these words, viz. " Damn
" the Bq/fwzinm, what are they but a [mak
" of G—ui damn'd rebele' "
'l'he committec, taking his case into
consideration, are unanimouily of opinion
that he has acted the part of an enemy to
his country, and that the same be published
in the Gazette; but the said Kclium ap—
pearing penitent, and exprcising himself
very sorry for his past imprudent conduct,
promising to hehave himschfor the future
in such manner as to regain and merit the
cousidcnce of his countrymen, and being
secmingly convinced of his errour, and
vnluntarily signed the recantation hereafter
written, :t is demefled to hie said
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countrymen to receive him into their log
mcr savotu- and gobd o 'nion. ' ct
" H hereaa ] have spoken, sundry very
"a
malicious and disgracefsiul siwords of- the
noble and spirited sons ofllberty in New
to
l.!lghnd, now bleeding in the causie Of
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freedom, and have been so im rudenc '
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" us to find fault with the proee ings if
the Hun. the Convention of Virginia,
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do hereby acknowledge, that my sur
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mer opinion of the Boll'dnians, and of
the proceeding: of the Hon. Comenti
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on, was soun ed on mean and narrow
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" principlcn,-and that ! do hereb se
'* nuuncc the same, and will for the future
conduct myselsin such a manner as shall
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merit the good opinion of the good
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people of this county, and the pu )llck
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in general, against whom I have offend
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ed ; and hope, for this mv free and open
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rccantation and acknowlcdgment, to
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receive pardon and forgivencsi from the
" publick for my above offence! '
Cosns Kzttvtj.
Extrtzct fi'om the minutectr. .
jOHN. POWELL, clerk.'_
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At (] committee held sor'tht count)! of
Mecklcnburg, on the ad Monday )); ,
November, 1775. si *'
HlS committee, for themselves and
their constituems, present their
Compliments to their sufferin brethren ss
rciiding in the lower parts of this country, -
and assure them, in ease they should be
reduced to the necessity of ahhndunin
their habitatiom, th t they will meet wit
a cnrdictl rcception From the inhabiyantl
of this county, lml every ac'commodatipn -
thzn their situatiun and circumstances will
admit. .;ss
By order of the committee.
joyn Swusou, clerk,
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At :: meeting of . 'the dfflrict committcesor "
the couutie: OfCaroliue, Spotsylvania,
King George, and Stassurd, at the
town house in Frcdcricklburg, February
13, 1776ss
P R E 8 5 N T,
james Taylor, George Taflur, Waiker
Taliascrro, Fielding Lewis, Mann Page, .
scn. joseph Brock, William Fitzhugh, ?
Samuel Seiden, William Gaq'ren, and
Goery Waugh, gentlemen.
llE said committce unanimuufly ap- si
T pointed Fieldsimg Lewis, gentleman, :
ehnirmzm, andjohn Chew, jun . their clerk; 7
and then proceeded to the choice os fielde ctct
officers to fill up the several vacancies in the
minute service in the said district, wheressdss
upon the following gentlemen were cllosen, )
viz. Richard juhnston, est]; coioncl; .,
Lewis Willis, esq', licuterumr-coloncl5,1.1
and Andrew Bochanun, csq; lnajor. i'
summe Lewxs chuirm'm. ;
Tolm Chcw, jun. clerk. !
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