The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-08-09 00:00:00, page 3

ges-g- and on his part were delivered one
major, four captains, 16 subalterns, and
35; privates, as specified in a certificate of
csiqzc. james Ossiroud, and others of whom
no specisicsinion by their names or number
has yet bem transmitted;] that he retained
- twelve Canadians, alled ing, in his juffi -
fication, express orders o todo; and that,\
living in a military government, they
were to be considered even in a worse " ht
than desercers from his majesty's armlel.
These be carried away in irons, but after
wards releaszd; shut he permitted the ln
dians to carry into their countries several
others, native: of the United States, for
nrposes unknown.
That during the time of their captivity
not half food was allowed the prisonere.
They were continually insulted, buffeted,
" and ill treated by the (Zwages; and when
the first partiel of them were carried off
from the (here, to be delivered to general
Arnold, bells of mud were sired ac them,
and at the last parties mulket balls.
Whereupon the Congress came to the
following resolution: :
Re/bled, that all acts contrary to good
saith, the laws of nature, or the custom of
civillized nations, done by the officers amid
soldiers of his Britannick majesty, or by
foreigners or suvages taken into his ser
vice,! are to be considered as done by his
[orders, unless indemnification be made in
tcascs which admit indemnisication, and in
ali other cases, unless immediate and ef
fective measures be taken by him or his
officers for bringing to condi punish
ment the authors, abetters, an perpetra
ton of the act.
Rejblved,ss that the piundering the bag
gage-of the arrisop at The Cedars, strip;
ping'thesn o their clothes, and delivering
them into the hands of the savages, was
breach of the capitulation on the Part of
the enemy, for which indemnihcation
ought to be det'nanded . '
Re/blved, that the murder of the prison
Ars of war was a gros: and inhurnan vio
lation of the law: of nature and nations;
\that condi punishment should be inflicted
on the autlgril's , abetters , and Perpetratore of
the same; and that. For thispurpose. it bere
quired that they be deliveredintoourhands .
Restzlved, that the agreement entered
intnssby general Arnold was a mere sponsi
on on his part, be not being invested with
ye were for the disposal of prisoners not in
his possession, nor . under his direction ;
and that therefore it is subject to be ratisied ,
orannulled, at the discretion of this Housi .
Re/blved, that the shameful surrender of
the post at The Cedars is chargeable on
the coinmanding—officer. That such other
of the prisoners as were taken there sheweffi
a willingnesis and desire to fight the enemy;
and that major Sherburne, and the prison
ers taken with him , thou gh their disparitss
ofnumbers was great, fought the enemy
bravely fer a conliderable time, and sur
rendered at last but on absolute necessity;
on which considerations, and on which
alone, it is resolved, that the said sponsiou
be ratisied, and that an equal number of
captivcs from the enemy, of the same
rmk and condition, he restored to them, as
ffipuiated by the said sponsion.
Re/blvc-d, that, previous to the delivery
osthc prisoners to be returned on our part,
the Bj'iLish cmnznander in Can'ida be re
qulrcd todehvermto our hands the authors,
abetters, "and pcrpetrators, ofthc horrid.
murder coxnmi-sitcsil on the prisoners, to
suffer inch in ni'h nenc as their crime de
serves; am? also to make iudcmnil'ication
for the pluad :r at The Cedsrs, taken con
trary to the faith of the capisuhtion ; _and
tlut, u—uil such defivery and indcmnihca
tion be made, the said prisoners be not de
livered.
/C;.-/blve.l, th u ischc enemv (lull commit.
any Fzrtherviolenccs, hypuuing tqdcflsha
lurtnring, or otherwise si)" Wffl'lf'flsssshc
prisoners retained ny thou, yf any Of the
hostages put into their hands, recourse be
had to retaliation, as the sole means of
stopping the progress oshuman butchery;
and that, for that purpose, punishments
of the same kind and degree be inflicted on
an equal number of the captives from
thence in our possession, till they shall be
raught due respect to the violated rights
of nations .
ch/blved, that a copy of this report be
tranl'mittcd to the commander in chief of
the continental forces, to be by him sent
to generals Howe and Bnrgoyne.
JOHN HANCOCK, president.
WILLlAMSBU RG, Augufl 9.
BY advice: from Hampton, we learn
that last Wednesday mornin the
Right !lon . the Earlof'Dunmore, Vigounc
Fincaffle, and Baron Murray of Blair,
Mouilli, and Tillimet, aster dividing; his
fleet , and burning ten or a dozen vessels,
cooksileave ofthe capes of Virginia, where
: has, for more than a twelvemonth past,
erpetratessd crimes that would even have
dismaced the noted pirate BLACK
B EARD. One part of the fleet was
seen to stand to the southward, it it ima
fflned for Sooth Garolina, the other to
"a e northward, supposed for !?Ew York.
heir strength, from the information of
two uegro desertero who came up to
Hamptonin the evening, amounts to near
400, regulate, ',-negroe!, and Torieo ;
that the were now tolerably healthy, and
had late]y got asupply of provisions, which
they tooz from a Rhode island vessel.—--So
re/pcctable a' band will, no doubt, be a
most valuableacquisition to the general:
Howe and Clinton! '
si We have just got a sdpply of 290 half
barrels of powder, and 90 stand of
arms; an 436 barrels, with ]! chesh of
si arms, arrived safe some little time ago.
We are fevoured with extract: of letten
omofficers of rank in I'incastle, from
hich we learn that on" Suiiday, the zlst of
last'month, the day after "the engagement
at the Big island, a large party of lndians
attacked the fort at Wakaugah, in which
were 150 men; that they fired on a num
ber of women who went out at day-break
_ to milk some'cows, who providentialiy
got safe into the fort; that they fired
riikly at the fort till 8 o'clock, without
effect, and then retired, after sustaining
considerable losi," it was shpposed, from
the quantit of blood found; that they re—
turned to t e attack in a short time after,
and had been before the fort six days,_ as a
messenger, who was flipped out, informed
our people on Holstein; that a detachment
was accordingly sent to relieve the sorc,_
which it was expected they' would be able
to effect by Monday the 29th ; that 100 of
rangers sisell in with .a party of 40
Germans, who had penetrated 50 mises
n this side the Big island, and were busy
shinning a bees at a deserted plantasition;
that our people killed sive of the' savages,
took one prisoner, who, was mortally
wounded, and made prize of tWenty rifies,
belonging to the party—..' It is worthv-os
observation, that in the several shirmishel
we have lately had with the'ludianss' al
though we lost not a man, more estecution
has been done than in some of the princi
pal engagements last war. One cannot
help refiecting, therefore, on these, and
many other circumstances which have at
tended the present war with the British
t rant, without acknowledging that he
\fZes evident proofs of the divine interposi
Uion in our favour.
We have the ]easure to inform the
publick, that the first regiment have nobly
re-enlisted for three years longer, and are
on march'mg orders sor Ncw York. The
gd regimem 'ss already gone forward.
Cul. W' lLLl AM CH usru i: is appoint
ed cumunander of the: expeditinn against
the lndians, and it is hoped will be able
totally to root our. those treacherons devils
in human shape. *
Col. Axcumuo CA'H is elected Sena
tor for the diliricit of Chestersicld, Ameliu,
and Cumberlaml ; und () A ]. LA N D A N 0 5. 1
soN, esq; is chosena delegatetor Hanover,
in the room of his Excellency the Gout
nour
By express srom North Carolina, we
learn that general Lee had written srom
Charlestowm to brigadier Mocre, inform
ing him that general Clinton was preparing
to remove his sorccs from that quarter,
and that part of the transports, with some \
ships ofk'orcc, had actually gone over the '
bar. A descrter from the Bristo] said, that
the seamen thought they were bound sor '
New 'York; but as it was reported at that
place that a detachment had been sent by
Howe to Clinton, there is some reason to
suspect they are deshned for North Caro
lina or Virginia. . -
Extract of a letter dated head-quarfefl,
New York, jub! 28, 1776.
" Letter: by last night's eastem post ad
vise, that a provision ship from lreland
with from 16 to 17'00 barrelsof pork, 406
casks osbutter, loocaskldfdatmeal,and loo
eaiks of oats, had safe! arrived in Boston
harbour, for the use of our amy, though
intended for general Howe's. That a
]amaica-man, bound to London with a
vuluable cargo, was just carried into Cape
Anne ; and that assn armed floop, of eight
gdos, was also taken by our cffiisers. 'She \
was commanded by capt. Goodrich (! ]
presnme one of the old man's fons of that
' name) 'who, with'hio mate and sue or six
hand:, were killed. They made an obsii
nate' defence, fox three hours."
Extract qf' a letter fim 'Boston'ct
" Two of our armed sebooners have
just brdu ht in prizes to the amoum of
bo,oool.' wo of our regiinents here are ,
ordered to Crown Point, the others, to New
Yor'k." si '
_ Mr. Pounl, "
ET the publich know that cal. Wood—
ford'-: name wax not among thesub/tri
best ofthe addrqfi to the Governour; that
it was not presented a: containing the senti
ment: of the colonel, but of the officer: and "
' their. men, and that the cal . was not em/idt—
ed on the occasion. - This piece of jq/tice ' ,
demanded by the colauel, and cheer/hify
granted by the officers. ,
WILLXAMSBURG, Augujl 9, 1776. '
THE building of a sufficient number of
WOODEN Bxf/RRACKS to hold
lboo troops, aI/b ofa large STABLE fir
the horse: belonging to the army, will be let_
to the lowest biddar on Saturday the 17th ]
in ant, at; o'cloeh in the afternoon, before
tct e Raleigh tavern. --
WlLLlAM FINNlE, !: . Q. M. .c.
WILLXAMSBURG, August 9, 1776.
STRAYED or STOLEN the 3d instmt,
, from mr. Richard Charlton's lot, a
sorrel horse about 14 hands high, with a
, small blazc in his forehead, hanging man:
and-bob tail, has many white spot; about ]
his neck, his breast has been galded by
drawin , asmall lump on the fore part of
hislefc oulder, hisneckissilow, somewhat"
inclined to 'be crest-sallen, is in bad order, ]
trots and gallops, has an antipathy ac having
his ears haudled ,sione of his sore ]egsralher
shorcer than the other, is not branded.
whoever will bring the said horse to mr.
CharltonKh-xll have 405 . reward .
. THOMAS ELLIOT,
Lieutess nt-colone] to the Gth regiment.
STRAYED from the jubjcrxber m w u
liamshurg, on the loth nfjuly last, a
large red milch cow, with a small white jpat
in her shrehcad, white along her belly , has a
half in her right hind leg. the end broke off—
one horn, marked with a hole in one edr and
a crop in the other, and had on a bell. ]
l-Vlzoevct r bring: the said cow to me, near
the church, shall have Two dnllw'x'rc-ward.
lfl , 701-1N Mooor.