The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-10-13 00:00:00, page 1

OCTOBER 13, 177553ct, T 11 E NUMBER 37.
A'I-wns ton LIBERTY & ? si ctss sisi' ,si' j AND me PUBLICK GOOD.
ALEctXANDER PURDIE, PRINTEK.
In COMMITT EE, at Hanover town,
_ the nst day ofSe/ztember l775
ESOLVED, that it is the opinion
of this Cornmittee, that the emmng'lfiny
or contrador appointed in each di/lrictjbould
provide for' the battalion thereof under the
fizid a pointment the several article: nece/si
]ary _ or their encampmmt and dfiipline,
described by an ordinance of Convention a:
follows, to wit: TENTs of the same kind
en directed for the regulars, IKETTLES ,
.CANTEENS, Deum, Fuzs, andastand
of COLouns, with the following mottoon
one side,
V I R G I N I A. .
. FOR C') NST'ITUTIONAL LlBERTY'.
And on the other side, the name of the di/Zrict.
(avow-) _
TOHN PENDLETON, jun. clerk.
THE CoMMn'TzE ofSAF l-LTY earnestly
reeo nmend it to the committee: oj'the
JZ-veral countie: to lose no time in callecting
and/?)rwursi'ling the ? U s m c 14 A !. m, accord
ing to the order of Conuention ; and also,
to elect tleir militia officers, where it is not
do.-le, and [by-ward their certificate: to this
conmzittee, that commiffiam may be made
out, and the militia embodied as soon as
pays-'My. By order of the committee.
YOHN PE NDLJ'ZTON , jun. clerk.
T a committce held for Glauee/Zer
county, at the counthouse of the Did
county, on the xzth day of September
17 75 - .
Present the chair-man and 32 members.
Agrceablc to the ordinance of the Con
vention, the following gentlemen were
nom'mated officers in the militia, for the
county of Glouce/ler.
Warner Lewis, esq', connty lieutcnant.
Sir John Peyton, baronet, colonel.
shorn ;: sVhiliaq, gent . ]icutenant—colonel.
show: Bos-welt, gent. nmjor.
0 A P T A I N S.
Gih/Zm Cluverim. Yolm Camp. Richard
Matthews. George Boath. jasper Clav
ton. 70le Hubard. 7.1-ne:Hubard. Yosihn
thiling. Yolm Billapcts. sen. Benjamin
Shzcleelford. Yohn Willis. Robert [Wat
thewx. lVilliam Buckner. 70)"; Dixan.
Richard Billups, and William Smith.
LIEUTENANTS.
Samss-lessl Cary. Richard Hall. 7ohn Fo/Zcr.
dine: Bassrtop. Thomas Buckuer. George
Green. !Vi/lia-n Sean. 7a-ne5 Bentley.
Edward [Wart/lows. Yolm Billups, ju'n.
Dusiiley Cary. Hugh Hsizyes. Church/till
Armg'steazl. Phi/ip Tubb. Yohn Foster,
inn. and Robert Gay-le.
E N S I G N S.
Henry Stcvem'. lVi/lz'am Dsi'zws. !Vil
liam quwoad. T/mmu: qutop. 70le
Fox. june: Lungs.-[in. lVi/[imn Beizt/cfv.
fhristophcr Garlssmsil. Peter Bc-rnm'rl. 7-7/11:
[-"}'('.s. Sam'lel Esldim'. Thomas 7ctJsii/7.
Riblmrd Davis. Yq/[uh Fustcr. George
lemner, .ssmd Yolm Cale.
Mr. Purdic is (!cl'n'cd to publish the
Above in his sir "l.-"tie.
jASZ'ER CLAYTON, clerk.
The following address was presented
to lord DUNMORE, by the corporation
of NokFOLK, in consequence ot nn'.
Holt, printer of that horuugh, being rob—
bed as his priming materials, and lus ser
vants carried off, by order of his lordship.
To his excelleuccty the right lzan. john earl of
DU N mon;, In": majcsty': lieutenaut and
governoursi-gmtral of the cal/my and do
minian ofVirginia, cisic. (rc.
\ E his majesty's sztithsul subjects, the
si mayor, aldermen, and common
council of the borough of Norfolk, - in
common hall assembled, beglcactve to repre
sent to your lordship, that on this day a
party of men under the command ol'capt .
Squire, of the Otter floop of war, lying
in this harbour, landed, in the most publicsik
part of this borobgh, in the most daring'
manner, and in Open violation of the peace
and good order, seized on the prmting uten
iils belonging to an inhabitan't of this town,
as well as the persons oftwo of his family .
We beg leave also to represent to your
lordship, that this act is both illega] and
riotous, and that, together with a mulket
ball sired into the town yesterday, from on
board the King Fisher, has greatly alarmed
and incensed the inhabitants, and has oc
casioned a great number of the women
and children to abandon this borough,
and that, if these arbitrar proceedings
pass unuoticed by your lor ship, as chief
magistrate of this colony, that- none ofthe
inhabitants are safe from insult and abuse.
We therefore, as our duty, represent this
matter to your lordship, for your inter
position. - '
We, my lord, as men, and as a com
mon hall, have ever preserved thetpeace
of this town, and have never prevented
the ships of war, and others. from being
supplied with proiisions, or any other
necessaries, and have carefully avoided
offering any insult to any of his majesty's
servants. W e had therefore hoped, that
the inhabitants would never have been
molested in their lawful holiness. We are
sorry, however, to have it in our power
to state this fact to your lordship; which
we must, and do think, a gross violation
of all that men and freemen can hold dear.
Allow us to observe to your lordship1
that ifthe inhabitants had been disposed to
repel- insult, that they were sufliciently
able either to have cut off, or taken pri
soners, the small party that came on shorei
and this, we hope, is another proof of
their peaceable intentions.
, ! A- -__A._
V' (: lllC llldyul , sscllLlCl lllcll, idllkl \ullllll\lll
council of the boruugll- of Noi-l'olk, do
most earnestly entreat your lordship that
the cnpiains of the men of war may not
reduce the inhabitants to the dreadful al
ternative of defending their persuns, or
tumely suffering themselves to be :llulsill,
and request that your lordship will inter
pose your authority to put :! finzd ship to
such violent inli'iugements ofuur rights,
and to order the pcrlbns si-izcd on by czipt .
quiire, to be immediately put on lhm'e,
;]Ml (llc property to be replaced from
whence it was taken.
To the mctyor, u/durmen, 6- common cqumil,
(sij t/w [wrung/1 qf N'ORFOLK.
()hNTLl-LMEN,
VVAS an eye—witness to a party be
longing to the Otter floop of war land
ictg at the hour and place you mention,
and did see them bring off two of the set
vants belonging to' the printer, together
with his printing utensils; and [do si , ,
think they could not have rendel'ss' ctssct :
borough of box-folk; or the county- " 4
cent to it, a more essentialsiservicc, than
by depriving them of the means Ofpctsm- _
ing the mind: ofthe people, and exciting in
them the spirit of rebeltion and scditz'uu,
and by that means drawing inevitable ruin
and destruction on themselves and country .
As to the illegality of the act, lsiam afraid
some of you, in this verv common w
assembled, ought to blush when you make
use of the expression; as ] [no-w you can
not but be oonscious that you have, by
every means in your poWer, toW'y sub
verted the laws and constitntion, and have '
been the advisers and abettert in throwing:
off all allegiance to that majqfly': croctwnand
govermnenl' to whom you proicss your
selves faithful subjects. As to the mufltct
ball being tired into the town, ! debt-hewe
there is not a man in it that isnot safisfied'
it was an accident; and such a one as, I
hope, will not happen again. But with
regard to your havmg ever presence] the.
peace in your town, there is a recent proof
of" the contrary . As to your not repelling
the insult, as you call it, or taking prison
ers, the small' any that was on [hare,
] impute it to some other reasons (horn
your drutns beating to arms during great—
est part osthe time that the party was on
shore) than to your peaceable i..tenti0ns.
As to your last requisition, [do affure you
that every mean: in my power shall be em
ployed, both with the navy and army, to
prcserve the peace, good order, and happiu
ness osthe inhabitants of the borou ]] of
Norsolk, so lon as they behave them elves
as faithful subjefis to his majesty. ] expect,
at the sinne time, that isanyindivirlual shall
belt-we himself a: your printer has done,
by ;.si.,)eisiling the characters of his majesty 's
servants, and others, in the most scurri—
lous, false, and scandalous manner, and
by being tllc_:'u/iigatar qftrcason and rebel
lion against his nrxjesty's crown and govern
ment, and you do not take such steps as
the law directs to restrain such offenders,
I do then expect you will not- be surprised is
the militarysipowrr interposes to prevent
me total (lululutmn or all (it-cultly, order,
and good government. But I promi/Z the
prince) , on my honour, is he will put himself
and scrssants unde-1 ny: protection, that
the shall not meet \\ilh !] e hast insulc,
an shall be permitted to for/"71! every occur
reme thut liuppem dllslssflsif' the;/I! unham dis.
[mit-: between the mother country and her
colmzic:,]nenn1y confinino himselt to truth,
and [( presemingsi nmtlcrs in a fair, candid,
impwntizzl manner, on both sides. 'lhis:
shope, ulllconvincc you that ]hmlnothing
more in xiew , when I vequcj/fed capc.
d'quirc to seize the typcs, than that the