The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-10-20 00:00:00, page 6

A gentleman arrived here esterday momingfrom
the cam at the Isle aux None, which place he de
arted from" the 19th ult. where he lest general
ontgomery with about gooo men, who intended
the next day to make an attack on St. john's,
si 'which was defended by col. Tctnpler and about
.600 regulars, with some lndizms. He says a large
schooner of 16 gnn's lsity within hath" a mile of the
sifort, but that she could not get into the lake so as
to anno our troops, by reason of :: l.u'g'e boom
being .].nd from the lfle aux Noix to the opposite
shore; that colonels All-an and Brown had got into
Cannda, where they wert-joined hy 5oo men at La
Praire and Chambli, and had cut off an escort of
13 waggonloads usprovisionintended for St . john's ,
and were determined to prevent any supplies being
sent to that post; th-sstt in the first skirmish our people
Were up to their waist! in water, but being anima
ted by their brave general, and other worthy osii
ters, who exposed themselvesmuch on the occasion,
the soon made the enemyhtreat, with the loss of
ss ctthetr 'commander, Matthia's Johnson; that in the
boat which was snnk by the gondola there Wete a
number of Fentlemensrom Quebeck and Montresid,
.wlio all penshed. .
On 'l'uesday arrived here cnpt. llnmilton, in 8
weeks from Liverpool, b whom we are informed
that several transpons ha sailed srom England for
' ss the port of Embden in Germztny, to take in the
:- Hanovsserian troops destined sor America; that seve
ct-ls siral other transporta were fitting out at Spnitlteml,
ssss and other port: of the kingdom, for the sinne ex—
' ss pedisition. A large convoy of men of war arc get
si,.:ing in readiness to escort thetn hither, among
si which are several ships of the line. They may be
'ssctssz—ss' expected this month, on shme parts of our coalls.
.._-_'- Byeqpt. Little, in it days from Charleilown,
'South Caroliun, we areinsormed, that on the t 5th
'0f He lembcr the communder of his majesty"! ship
.sict ss . and another armed vsisstl, pressed two of
&! "(a . L'ittle't men, and two passen ers, likewise
-'- si , tout of all the vessels they can] come at, on
? j ' se to aflitt them in" taking the eannon from
ctsssisi si ct_]ohnll.on', but could not effect their design
ssssz Whe'l'amar's barge, with a number of armed men,
nmfon shore, sptked up some os the cannon, and
" threisslrsisssighe carringes over the walls. Next morning,
'sssi Besdflzfldy'filbcmt 590 us the militia'look'possesiion
si ctihssefflt, [and in,a sew hours had several of the
' ( : mounted a ain. The sortvis in good repair.
; 'hG-TQW an the armed' ctvlsel very prudentlv
" withdret from the reach of the cannon, and- fell
farther down the _harbour, where they now lie.
The governour is on board of one of them.
WlLLlAMSB U RG, October 20.
Extract of a letter fi'om Philadelphia, Odober 6.
ROM letters received yesterday, which may be
F depcmled on, they teem determined to carry
the American attack to the greatest extremity.
Two thousand men are coming over immediately
to New York; four companies os artillery, with a
7 ,train, to Bollon; and commodore Shuldham, with
: fleet osi'rigates, cuttssers', and temlers, to Virginia,
to deilroy the towns, and carry devastation to all
the plantations upon the rivers. This last move
- ssmensst. is to extend its influence to Maryland and
North Carolinn. Some of this fleet also are to be
.si' sisht to this place, for the same infernal purposes."
_ Lastct sond-ay a coptuin of the re'gimcnt with lord
Dunmorsie wan buried at Portsmouth, his funeral
being attended by his lordship. the gentlemen of
the navy," and 91 men rank and slic, helides ollicch,
which It seems composed the whole corps under'
lord Dunmorc's command at that time. Four of
the sibl-ssliers were so sccble, occasmned by sickness,
, that they could not carry their arms.
Yesterday the Committee of Sntety recent-ed au
viee, by express, that two t'esscls had arrssned m;
Humpton roud with a rtinsorcement of soldlers (if?
ctlord Dunmore, said to amount to about zoo men; :
They are the troops vx hich his lordship sent for to
St. Augustine, and which, in our last, were said
then to have arrived, some vessels having been seen -
comin vin which were supposed to be those expected
by lor Dunmore. ct _
Since our last two companies osregulm's have ar
rived, commanded by capt. Ball,:n'd of Mecklen
burg, and capt. Fleming of Gooehlund. "9
Lusl: wednesday lord Dunmore, with 140 men,
went it on an expedition to Kemp's landing, in.
Prince- s Anne count , about ten miles from Nor
solk. in & number of boats, and one of the men of
war's tendere. They landed at a place called New-7
town, two miles below, aboutdulk, and immedi
ately marched up to Kemp's, where they broke
open a blacksinilh'a shop, and destroyed about 50
mulkets, which he had to repair, then sell to pil
laging a number of Other house-, and, by so!
means or other, got into their pnssellion two or
cers in the minute service; and four private men.
The chief object of this notable expedilion was to in
tercept a quantit of gunpowder ladle!}! in cried,
which luckily had ecn earried'olf some time 'el'ore,
and is now safely lodged, out of the reach of lord
Dunmore, and all hit gang. '
SA'r U 1 0 A! morning, 9 o'cloclt. The Culpepcl' ,
battalion of minute-men, all sine sellot'vs, and Well
armed (near one llalfof them with rifles) are nuw
within a few hours march of this city ; and admit
zoo men, shpposed to be regulars, are at a little
distance behind.--1t is now apparent (tosiuse flic
words of our noble Him"!!! G'ron, in his addressi
to the people of Cmada] that ARMS. ALONE'ss
must decide the contest between the colonies And ;
mother country; for our gracious king,-and bit !
wise and virtuous ministers, seem determincsicr'to'"
pcrsevere in their favourite fihevctne to sid-jngutc the
colonies, for which purpose more men of war and
troops {ire daily expected. To arms then, friends
and fellow-subjects, and nevcrlay them down till
confirmed in all the rights And pqivileges os stee
men, that you may transmit those 'mvaluablc blef
sing.- to Our latest posterity.si GOD send you good
luck.si ss ;
stu MAcxs, a volunteer in capt; Hicks'n
company, now on duty at Hamptou, died last
friday of a violent flux. '
H. * The ublz'ck is advF/Zsid to beware of a certain
floating SAL 'STO RE inthe neighbourhoodosMctrshlk.
That man ng/f -be blind indeed 11 hofiiffcrs himself
to be cajolcd, and u'oulilstll his BlRTl-[RlG'Hijr
a mess'ofpottage, or rather a little seasoningfot it..
him Air. lloLT prq/Zsuts his conzi:l.'mrsin!s to lord
Duumoxrct, and lu-gs [care to in/ct'n'm him that he
has. as a partial retalzatimi/F'r the1ss3/shelzasfii/Zuined
by his lon'l/L'ip's eiznre qf'his tctrpes, and other effects,
taken pqfflissfun of stre-ral of his I mj/Dz'p's lctorj/Z-s,
which hau- becn apprai/cd by crca'ilab/c and imf'urtf'ai
men, _/ss'wornto doj/i/lice total}: parties, tlzc- crftificatei
of using/f- oafhsstmll be [in-duced whenever called/iv.
and thatthvir ctrllzbraifi-d valvc (lull! be paid to his lor-l/bi]
u'hmm'er hit/hall think fro/er to rest/ire his effects
and/(did): himctfizr the damare he has/?;flainedji'on
his lortZ/hip's late z'lsi'ejzsal in:-sitszim as his property.
IT appears, fi'qm the examination Qs a gentle
* man, (m oath, that the account published in Huntc
and Dixon': paper, rzf' mr. Matthewsis': being take
Ljy lord Dunmore at the head of a company Qf minute
men, i: much misrep'ffinted, the suit! Dialtha
having been sUrprf/Lsid by the enerrp' in the nigh
alone, and unarmcd . si