The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-11-15 00:00:00, page 2

13 0 S T O N, Oct'lobcr 17,,
()ND.—\Y last was sent into dalem,
by capt. Forrester, a prsi-ze brig,
with a large quantity of sea coal, and
lboo pirCes of woollen cioths.
" Sunday last capt. Silas Atkins sent into
Cape Anne :: ship with 450 quintala of
green silh.
NEW LONUUN, October18.
AST Monday a regiment os continen
4xtal troops, commanded by col.
Richmond, arrived here from Rhode
Ifland;
The Montgomery privateer, belonging
to Providence, has taken and sent into this
port ;: schooncr srom Cape Nichola Mole
bound to Halishx, having on board pooo
gallonsof molosscs, and booo wt.o('sugur.
The privateer had been out but 24 hours
when she took this vessel.
Wehcar that the continentui brig Cabot,
ca t. Elisha Hinman, has taken seven
prizcs.
We can assure the publick, that a letter
from & person of distinction in New York
has been intercepted, the writer of which
informs his friend, that the regular army
in the late encountcrs has lost tzoo men,
and too officers ki'led .
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PHILADELPLHA, November :.
BY our hst account: srbm Ticonderoga,
we learn that on the deseat of our
vessel. on the lake under gencrctl Arnold,
Crown Point, which was 'occupicd as an
out post, was evacuated by CU]. Hartley,
who commmded there with part is his
battali-m, who were all the troops he had
with him. They brought osi all the can
non andmilitary stores, and got safe to
'l'iconderoga in the evening of the 14th
instant. That co]. Wattrbury, who,
with a number ofmen, were taken in one
of the gondolas on the lake, but were sent
prisoner: into thtirown states by Carleton,
and general Arnold, with his party, got
to 'l'lconderoga with col. Hartley. We
also learn, thit our surce at Ticonderoga
it near lo,ooo essective men, and that the
lepemy's Force is ab ;ut 7000, and that our
;]eople were in hourly exziectation of an
'Attack; ,
From our army under general Washing
ton, we learn that on the 23d instant a
Party of our people had a (kirmish with
ome Hesiians on the White Plains, in
which they beat the enemy, killed 17 on
the spot, and took 4 prishners, together
with a number of arms, &c.
Extract of a letter fi-om Hispauiola, Scpt. 4.
" All our parts are open to American
vessels, and to all prizes taken by their
privateers. Every thinglhat comes under
continental colours will be well received.
Our commandunts have rccsiucd orders to
repair their forlisications, to keep theilsi
cannon loaded, and protect every vessel
belonging to North Amcrica, andgrant
them every asiistancc."
'l'ucsday lust was si-nt in here by the
Kivatcer brig Huncock, of this port, the
rig pully, capt. Dcnny, from Barbados
for Liverpoo], with 60 hugsheads ufiugar
and 40 bales of cotton on board. This is
the ninth prize taken by the Hancock since
she sailed From this port.
Extract of a letter to C/mgresi, fi-om Fort
Lee ( formerly For: Coullisiution) (lated
Octobc-r 28, 1776.
" A ship movcj up the river early in
the morning, above ourlower lines, right
opposite m Fort No. 1, near old head—
quafl—crs at ssMorris's. She began a brisk
c :nnonn-ic upctbrfl'heJhmje. C si]. Magaw,
who comm-rnds at For: VVashington, got
down an 18 pouudcr, and fircd 60 rounds
at her; 26 went through her. The guu
was moffly louder! with two halls, She
way ammvcd considerably by two 18
umIc-rs from ihc (here. The confusion
:: (] distress thus. appr—nrcd on board the ship
exceed; all description; Without doubt
fhc lust a great number ofinmn. She was
towrd off by h-ur bouts sent from the
other ships to her asiili'simce. She llipped
her cable, and lust her anchor. Had the
tide run lloocl one huls hour longer, we
should have sunk her. At the ssinne lime
the (ire from the [hip- hegun the enemy
brought up their field pieces, and made ::
disposition to attack the lines; but col.
Mugaw had so happily disposed und ar-'
ranged his men, as to put. them out of
conccit of that manwuvrc. A cannonade
and sire with small arms continued almost
all day, withVery little intermission. \-Ve
lost one man only. Several ofthc cnem
were killed; two or three our peop e
took and brou ht off the field, and several
more were left there. The siring' ceased
last evening, and has not been renewed
this morning. The troops (of ourarm))
are in good spirits, and in every engage
ment, since the retreat from New York,
have given the enemy a drubbing.
Published by order of ConngZ/Ir, 31/l of
Octuber, 1776.
CHARLES THOMSON, sec'ry.
A copy as one of the letter.: lately lq/l by an
exprssj: having beenjbrwarded to Cangres:
from head-quarten, the jbllo-wing is an
extractfi-omsaid copy.
Ocroszn 25, 1776.
" The situation OF the enemy's army
remains nearly the same as on the zist
instant ; it differs in nothing, unles— it is
that their main body is mrrc Collcctcd
about New Rochtlle. On Monday night
a detachmcnt osour men, under the com
mand oscol. Huziet, was sent out to sur
prise and cut offmujur Rogers, is possible,
with his regiment, which was posted
there. By some accident, the expcdition
di-l not succeed as well as could have been
wished; however, our advanced party,
led on by mz—j'n' Green of the first Virginia
regiment, fell in with their out guard,
and brought dff 36 prisoners, 60 muskets,
and some biankets. The nnmber killed
is not ceraainly known, but it is reported
by an officer [who was there th it he
counted about 25. Our ]usi is two killed,
and 10 or ]: wounded. On Wednelday
there was also a small skirmish between a
party os col. Hand's rifiemen, about 240,
and nearly the same number of Hesiian
chasseurs, in which the latter were put
to the rout. Our men buried 10 Of them
on the field, and took two prisoners, one
bndly wounded. We sustained no other
loss than having one lad wounded, sup
posed mortally
Pub/zjlzed by order of Congrq/Ir .
CHARLES THOMSON, sec'ry.
Nov. 2. The armies under generals
Washington and Howe did not come to a
general engagement last Tuesday, as was
expected. There was a cannonadc, and
:! party of the regulars, who attacked our
lines, were repulsed. _
Extract of a letter from London, 7uly 20.
" 'l'he minillry seem so confideictit of
reducing- the colonies With the sormidabic
force which they have sent for that pur
pose, that they are already employed in
devising means sor keeping them in sub
jection after they have subdued them.
Lately there was presented to the king a
project for that purpose, which his ma
jesty approved of. The proposal is to
keep up to,ooo troops, of which two shall
be battalions of artillery, and two of light
dragoons; and to eliahiish on the conti
nent two Bishopriclff, the titles of which
shall be, the Pralectar: (] the English
Church. ctSuch are the brillimt chimerus
which are spread by the minilieriai pm ty,
and which the orssssmsite party are labouring
to destroy, by publishing to the world,
that the enlonies, combutingsi for liberty,
will not yield but to forec; that the
force ah'eady' sent out by the mother
country, which at present appears irrc
sistible, will shun be reduced to nothing,
is t'm- su'st Ctmsiq-tssttcs a of it shtml'.
not cqusi] the t-xp- <'L.\Lsst ,xza us zuhniuh
trsittitm- ])ilictJLi. mo'"... vull ii,)!l'l shsiss
ceed and thliuhf ithl'ssithrsiss-npss'h :tsl r:tt.l:_ct
of ptsiuplc, ;.h'cudy much lsiuigusscl wit;!
ciuil iutt-t:i1.c wzusi; tlut in thi.. cctxit shssct.
cuhsiqzu-nccz mufl H-t tiiitsiiy he vtt'y sitictl:
toEnsi-ssluml, tspctictiix ilsistt'angcrs, taking
advunt. ;,si'c of these tlisi'cntions, and in sup—
ptzrt us Amc-rTU, shunhi ;tllsitlsi'k the tm-ii
remote [ing] lh settlemtnts, umi occasion
:tdiverliun, which will greatly weaken the
ower ossiGreut Britain. ,
" it appears plztitsilyztiresdy, that the sur
midable urtnuments which they are sitting
out in the pnrzs uslsi'mucc znzd Spnin hau;
no other ul-ject but war; that we [Day he
convinced us tl,i> by the Elesi\c g.,swssss
given to our an-hsinssssxtlours at the courts of
Versuilles and Msi-dritl, as we have them
from their represffitutions on that subject;
that the dillinguilln (! marks vfsirr spectuizh
which they have seecived thc tleputies us
Congrcss in these two courts does not
leave the least doubt that a treat) has been
already formed between them and the
Americam, the cffacta ofuhich in all pro
bability will be hit as soon as indepen
dence shall be declared, a period which
cannot be at a great distance, since the
resulu inns sent to the General Cungresi
by every of the Unitcd States to that es
f'cct are already mtsizli-ssk. It is by these
means that opposi isin [] eks to weaken the
spccious reashuings which government
emploctys, to warn the peopie us the me
lancholy consequences of the war, infor—
mation which ulteady begins to ahrm the
nation."
B A L T 't—M J'k'ictct', " Now. 4.
Extruct ojsia lcltss-rj'ro-n White Phi-sis. (lated
Octobcr 28. t776. at 12 P, M.
HAVL only time to acquaint you, ths-t
since my arrival at the Americun camp
we have had several successful lkirmishcs
with the enemy, in which the latter thc
lust several hundred men, in killed unll pri
soners; 13 Waldeckers, 7 Britons, and two
'lsiOliLS, were yesterday taken psilunert,
and brought into head quarters. '
" This day, about to o'clock, the
enemy advanced towards our hncs, in full
view us head-quarters, while a large body
approached to the right. The first was
sJOl] dispcrsed by our ;trtiliery. The latter
attacked several osour regiments on the
right, when a warm engagemcnt began,
and now continues with great fury. To
morrow, it is probable, will produce :!
general battle.
" Colunc-l Smailwood is just come in,
wounded in the arm and hip, but not
dangerouliy.
** ! mustnot omit mentioning, that the
cncmymadcan uusuccesissul attempt against
our lines at Hctcrlem yesterday,"
Extract osanothc'r l.:m-r , dared in the evening
ofthe above day.
" The post bessng dctaictacd by desire of
the general, gives me an appertain)! (w izh
a woodcd pen on'a drum head) to urquuint
you, that the part oscmr army which wal
engaged to-(lny was a brigadc commanded
by gesinc ralM*l)<.-ugu]sicomposcduffl ebb's,
R'nzma's, Sm;-.llwuucl's, Hallet's, and
Bronk's regimencs. liilzmn's and Small
wood's sustlrcsid most on this occasion,
shstaining, with great p atiencc and coul
ncss, & long- and heavy sirc ;_ and sissmlly
retrcatul, with great lsiuilcnuesiz, being
obligc-d to give- wsissv to a superionr forces.
"" 'I be BrilTsh :nmy mld unxiliurics arc
now cncampz-(l .nbnut nne mule ussnur ]incs',
and make a ssirnzi I.:blc appearance; but,
srsxm the sphit :mcl [cmpcr c-suur troops,
lnugur well nslhe s.—\ c-m nsanothn-r us.:mk,
whsiuh i: is expected vxiil cummuc: lo
mnrmw morning."
Extract of:: !cltcrji-om Phflzuhlphisiz, Nssv. 1 .
" ()n Nlundzlj/ last the right vi usi- of
our army, cox'ssiiffingx as saw; h-l'ssffiunctsisi
was attacked, 2sz ustcr .m ublHuctrcsi r.:il -
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