The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-03-01 00:00:00, page 3

'pcmling hoffiliiics against the inhctiiisimtsssi,
until the ullimdtc intentiuns (is his m.:ctsi-si :iy
are known respecting any negutlniun.
\\-'e have the greatest considencc, lir,
in ctu ur attsicln ent to [hesfldl inureit of
Ametica, and are satisfied your having
communicated lhc contents of: this letter
to us proceeds frosim the best niotivcs;
and ure, with great regard, sir, your
must obedient servants,
Fur/Lsilj'aud Csmsimittcc, _ .
EDMUND PL'NDLLIUIN, president.
Asteruhicil, c-_.l.(I-.:rhin, niththeemire
approhution us the (Jummittee us Sutsicly,
rucsiceded wish a fldg us truce (m hoard
the Dunmore, to hear vihsictt his lordship
had to proposc on the suhjccsit—nmttcr of
his letter. Coi. Cmsibin, on his return,
informed lhc committec he had read thcir
letter to him heso: elurd Dunmorc, uml in
theprtscnccut'gencralc in (:ll; \\ hu s i !, ]lc
believed there was nmLi p; Ptmeaica tou'd
-aikina conhitutionalwny that would n-ct-tlze
granted, but il'they rehed on the ()entrnl
'Congress, they hsiul nothissig to Fxlzecsit
from parliament. Upon this, cul Curhin
propostd tu lord Dumnorc to grant a
commifliomto the Prcsident sur meeting
the Assembly, at the time they had aid—
'ourned to, which his lordship refused;
so that hislettercannot, as was propuiesi'l,
be laid before the House of BurgcilL-s,
they having no right, by their Cuuflituti
ct on, to proceed to anxsibusiutss without a
-r=--pres-si-nta\ivc oi'the crown. Norciid lord
Du lmore suggest any other moue in
which a negotmsstion ccctuid he set on lout,
huthe-might call a cunstitmiunal wa v .
- ct Tq/Zerday morning the troops in this city
—being informed that Pulrlc/e Henry, q/q;
communder in chief qf'the Vn'giuia jbrca,
- wmsiabout to leave them, the whole went
into deep mourning, and, being under arrm,
waited on him at his lodgings, when they
'hdoh'effi'd him in thefollowing manne' :
, To PATRICK HENRY, jun. ei'quirv.
EEPLY irnpressZ-d with a gratcfizI/Zcth/Z
ofthe obligsiutmn: we lie under in you,
for the polite hufnane, and tender treat—
si ment manifesied to 11: throughout the zc-hole
_ of your conduct; while we had the honour of ct
"being under your cammand, permit us to
ssoffer you _0ur\smcere thanks, ay the only
tribute we have in our sipower to ing}! to )ussur
real merits. ' Nnt'with/tmding _)'s1ur with
drawing your/Etf from the service fills m
_ with the" inq/t jzoignant surrfrzu, as it at
" once dejzrives us of our ]uthcr and general,
' yet, a: gentlemen, -'tve (Ire compe! ed to _(Iltsi'—
sipluud your ]]u'riz'ed rq/Z'utmcnt to the.- mist
' glariug indiguity._ May your merit shine t]!
'siconspicuum to the world in general m it hath
,done to it:, . and may h'esiweu ]]:ower it:
choicq/t blessing: upon you . si
.
' To which herexurncd the tbhuwinganswcr.
- G [; N T ]. !: M !; N ,
ctctsi ctAM exceedingly obliged to you for your
' apprabatirm ffony conduct. four addrq/jsi
' due: me the highest honour. This seint festi
" many osyour regard to me would have been
an amble reward fursi/Z-rvice; much greater
then those I have had the power to pujbrm.
I return you. and each (gf you, gentlemen,
msiv belt (mhnowledgmentsjbr the spirit, ala
critsiy, and zml, you have corz/tctznttz'ct/he-mz
in your/L-verdl statiom. ct ] am-unhaphv tr)
- part with yern I lenvc t/ze/Z-rvice, hat ]
Ie-ive my he.:rt with you. [Way God bliss}
yo-c', and give y/mss/cmce/If and sitteth am!
make you the glorious instrument: nfsaviug
our country) ' '
After the qfficers hadreccived cnl . Henrv'x
hind an Her to their address, they in/i/tezl
upon his (lining wzth them'at the Rn/eigh
tavern before his departure, rmd after (linm-r
:! number of them propq/sz esmrtiusizx' him out
ostown, but were frrevented in their rzj/h/u
tion hy siime uneasiness getting amctmzsigi the
soldiery who affbmblcd in (: tumultuom nmn
ner, aud demanded their di/Z'harjzjc, zlzsielar
in,? their unwillingmjs} to si-rz-e uzzztct'r any
other. cummander ; upon which cal. Hcmfv
flmnd it necessity)! to ]itg' a night longer in
totrnss 'tL-szsch hejjmut in Z'Lctlfltg thc/Z veral
b.1;'i'.—.*:h?, mid fill'd evc-iy urg'imeut 'in his
])ssrwer "Will! the juhliery to [ny (side their
iinprmlcut rr/blutnm, and to (:.sintmue in the
service, 'lt'lllCll he had qmtted from motives
in which his honour utone n'as concerned,
and that although he was prevented ji'inn
]er'L'i/zg his mltutry in (! military cupacity,
yet his utmost nbi/si-tie: .wuld ever he exerted
jbr the real interest of the united mhmiect,
in_ appart rsthesisssrlariuu: cause m which they
[l.l-l engsszgnl . 'lhi5, accompanied with the
extraordinary exertion: oj'wi . Chri ticm and
the other rush'r/ctr: ]mj/ent, happily ltsUJUCl'J
the u'c*\1)'ca ct-jssict, t/.e_/.-)ldim re/udtmztlj uc
q-iia/Z'iict'sig, mid we have now [ltt'fkhfsisi/ett's! to
affsi'u'e the ])twlich that tho/e brave jL-l/y'w:
are now pretty u'ctl reconciled, and will
shend the hg/t drop of thctr lu'uod in their
mind:)"; dctjuzce. _ /
Extract otssu letter from a member us the
l'l'minci :] Cungresi of North Curolimz,
m 'cul. House, dutcd at Hahsax, Fabric
my 24, 1776.
" Agentleman of the name of Smith has
ju/I now lrzctlsssired/Z-ven ofthe tender: ofthe Re—
g.-ctl.-zt0h i ;: Huliqujsili ] , among u-hmn are ] bur
ql the Ficldx. 7 he name: of the other: !
do not lcnuw, but neither Hunter nor Piles
are amongst them. He iufimm me, that the,
i-cts/u-rrctiun i: entireivfirp/n*(_'/je.ssl with r/sijpsctrt
tu the Regulrtton. mul sky; he thinks the
High! msi'lers m'c clsif/pezfi'rl hijfbrc now. ] (la
flllf ctzszssh: implieit credit to this lssg/f mentioned
ungut'sszre, [)ccsizq/e we have later account:
t/nm mr. Smith's ( siwho xv.-m (".-ty a: law
down, ] believe, a: Chathzmz enfcrth-osisL/e)
which contradic't it. However. it" i.! clear to
me th :! there will not he !! gan jircssd upon
this occasion ; ]?)r ths: uumb 4r (} our troops
(not less: , perhaps. t/ian joco) willmzduuht
cell)! mue the Highhmder: iut-o fiilmzsi'ct/Tou,
tfthey are not already" di/jzec/ed. GuLss'er-si
hour Atartin, it seems. hail kept "up (: rar
r-_/pmzdeuce with the di/szjctZ-csited inthe mister):
part of this pravctsncc, had jszrmsst :: sum: of
i/gs/trrecti/m, {'[fiwd colssimc/s Cunmzssict'ms 10
many canntie: jesinss- this jnsspzg/e, am] r/rct-Icred
that such men mct/lmuldtu/eu arnushoss-z/d rej
puir to the royal stamlrn'd, al Brmg/siwfrf'r,
by the 15th of this month, pramL/ng that
they should be then omd then: si/Hjorted by
5300 regulan. !
Your mmd being rclievedfi-um all anxlcty
fl/r as you will be at jull liberty to exert all
your power: fbr thcgoad 0] Virginia; and I
flct-cttcr my/Zsilf that your smm'uct will bring
credit to your country, and honour to your
.lLsi—sij- -
Extract of a letter from Hampton, (lated
Fchrusi'lrct'}! 28.
" General (Liinlon, with two men of
war (llzc Msircmjv and Kinctgsiilm) shrcc
tmnsimrls, and four tcndcrs, sailed m]
Monday, ! believe sor sun; and this mum
ing another king's ship, "which ] tosiuk to
be the Livcrpo-ssl, and & (ender, .cumc
down from Norshlk, and ] imagine are
gone out of the czzpcs."
'W
N 0 [& T 11 A M P T O N COUNTY,
Fubmm'y 22, 1776.
BOUT a w eek ago two minute com
panies arrived ]:crc from _I\\.u'_\]simd,
one from Kcnt coun-Zy, under the com
mand ofcapt. V\' iHiam Henry, the okhcr
from Queen Anne, under the command
osczzpt. james Kent. They are two very
fine companies, extremely we" armed.
have amongst them _m;my gentlemen of
fzml'dy and shrtune, and are examples of
good discipline and shbnrdinmiou. The
day after their arrival the cmmnillce met,
and addressed them as follous:
To cnfzt. W'rLLlAM "ENRY, and capt.
] "A m sis- KENT, and the troops under
thuir command.
(;ENTLEMEN,
HEcommitloc ofsiVnrthnmpton county
hc}: leave to ('ongralulule you upon
__\'uussr susc grrivaI-inm this county, after &
ctshtiguing nurcss'h, at this ripumm season.
When ;zcmlcnwn used}- fsiul'lux1c>, such
as the companies we lum: seen from your
provincc, :nui uho cm cx-jc-v at homc'
( very" Convcnicncc and ch-ssgmsi'cec ol' iil'e,
enter themselves voluntarily to serve their
country, hy undermkinga tedious man;}!
at an inclcment sect on, and chebrsully
submiuing to every inconveniencc'conscb
quent thereto, it cannot be (h-ubtcdsi that
they are aCtuzued by the noblest principle].
They are justly entitled to the thank! of
their country, and vse hope Providen'c
will ever crown them with honour and
shcccsi. .
'l'hc peacesui state which this once
happy count) ever enjoyed, till (be pre
sent unnatural though unavoi-sslabie contest,
l'cndcrs'us toldlly unprovided for the pro
per rc-ceptionoi ;: number ofarmed men;
and we hope, gentlemen, you will consi
dcr the very indifferent accommodalions
which you meet with hu'c as solcly'owing
to [his cause, and not from want of res
pect and ctaucmion to your circumstances.
V\ c however he;; leave to assure you, that
nothing in our power shall be winning
to promote your convenience and happi
ctncsz, which the lituation of our comny
will permit ,- ilss] full considcncc, that you
uiil ac :.ll times, during your residence
amongst us", cheershlly co-opcrate "with
tlzis cummittcc in maintaining good order
and rcguisi'sirity in this lace, and is} ochsis
in;: thcdangerousdcll us of all th' ,
(crctct
unJ avowcd enemies o Amcricnn ibcrtyss.
To which the cmnmillce received the
following answer. ss si
HEAD QUABTERS, Northampton court
hrm/e, Feb. 22, 1776. 4
Ilfr. pnfiduut qnd gentlemen 0] the commit
tcc lbr Northumpton count), \'ilginiu,
VE rcium thctmks sor lum wr) polite
\ n'ichsscss- to us, and the csimp-sin-ics
under our comm nd, upon our yl'iv at
this place, as also for your attention in
making the necdmry prmihtm lur our re
cept'mn. lmprcsscd with a lively sense of
the duty wu OWC to our countryt ami uni—
mss'ttcd'withthe gloriuuss c.:usc us Amez'i
csim liberty, we checrlsiully lest our habita
titms, thinking no disiiculties too much
for a people to e-ncoumer who wrre deter
mined to die or live free, and shall Clih m.
ourselves happy in proportitm to the ser
vices *.\e shall be able to rsmder the coiony,'
and this county in particular.
Vt e are not infinsiblc of the many in- _ .
conveniencics attending the accommodqsii
on of sultiicra in a cousintry hitherto a
stranger to war, and with pleasure we
find )our asiitluity has conquered these
difficulties, and made our residence easy
autl ;lgreeal-le. ' ct
15;- nflsiured, gentlemen , Weshaii be always
ready to give you any' asiistance in 0 l'
power, consistent with our duty, to [;f
svne good order and re larity; and ( ]]
be at ad] times thanksusiiufor yuursi advice
and directions in the execution of the trust
reposu] in us, especially tis we are strain
gers to what is and may have been trans
'ncsited in this place._ He beg leave to
suhibsibe owselves, with the greatest res
put, gentlemen, your very obedient sigr
vants, -V\ ]LLlflgM Hi'ctsiF-Y- 1
-] '- RH'ZS KF.NT.
i
BLAhDFORD, h-bruury 24, 1776,
HE subscriher heingsully empowersietl
by mess. Rumsuy, sh'outeath, and
Cumpany, otsiC/q/guw, to transact all their
business in this coiuny, formerly underj
the management os mr. William BogIc,
deceuscd, and since under mr. William
Robert/ss-n's direction, earmsily entrezcttts:
all thole indebted to the said. concern .. to
apply and have their accounts settie'dsssij
and grant bonds, on other specialties, 'ss
that no disputes may arise hereafter.}
V\ hen the present unhappy disputes are. at .
an end, and importntion allowed, tide
store will he Well supplied with all kin-Ys ss
t
tsgoods, and the business carried on ty.) '*
the usual extent, by -
n' ' THOMAS GORDLN.