The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-12-01 00:00:00, page 5

fsisifflss} SUPPLEMENT {4 44
PHILADELPHLA, Nerve-mar :o.
Extract of a letter fromsiqeflcral Montgomery, dated
camp near St. 70)": :, November 3.
My dem- general,
H AVE the pleasure to acquaint vou, the gan-i
I [on surrendesed last night. This mornin we
take posscffiou. '—so morrow ] hope the prilonen
will set off. Enclosed )uu have the capimlation,
which ] hope will meet with your approbatiou, and
that of Gongress. ] haVc chured to permit an
officer or two to go to their families, which are in
some distress at Montreal, upon their pan-ole
They cannot do as any harm, and there would
have been a degree of inhumauity' m refusing them.
_When we had played on the sorts some hoqrs
trom our nattery or tour twelve-pounuers on the
N. W . and another of two twelve-pounders and
two sour—pounders on the east side, some pn'soners
arrived, who had been taken in an action with
"governotu' Carleton at Longueille. He made an
attempt to land with 34 boats Full osmen. VVar
ner's detachment, confining of the Greqi Moun
tain Boys, and second regiment osYorkers, repul—
sed them with loss, took tWo lndians, and two
Canadians prisoners. .VVe have buried three Indi
ans, and it is shpposed many in the boats must
have been killed. We lad not a man even wound
ed. This I believe is his lust effort.
One of the above-mentioned prisoners I sent in
to the sort, to inform major Prelton of the circum
stances of the action, that he might judge what
respect he could have of relief. - It had the de
sired effect, the garrison having been on half allow
si ance for some time. , *
] am making the necessary preparations to pro
ceed immediately down to Montreal, by way of
. La Prairie, as the enemy have armed vesiels in the
Sorel.
SeVeral men of rank in Canada are among the
prisoners. ] have permitted them to remain at
Crown Point, 'till the return of two gentlemen,
they send to their friends for money, &c. They
pleaded hard to return home, but they are too
dangerous to let loose again.
Go]. Easton and major Brown, with that corps,
and mr. Livingston, with [believe tooo Canadians,
arepssoing towards the mouth of the Sorel, and
Eushing col. Allen M'Clean before them . M*Clean
ad mauy Canadians, but they joined through
fear of [ire and sword.
! send you a list of :nrtillery, a good deal of ar—
't1'llery stores, but we have not time to ascertain
them. I am, &c. '
. Rlcunn DIONTGOMERY.
Return of brass and iron orclnance and mortars in
"the north and south sorts at St. _]ohn's. Two 24
ounders, one 12 do. four 6 do. two 4 do. eight
3 do. brass; two eight inch brass howitzers; six 9
pounders, one 8 do. eleven 6 do. one 5 do. one 4
do. two 3 do. iron; three 5 and an half, soul—4 and
two sisths mormrs.
Pnblished by order os Congress.
CHARLES 'I'HOMPSON, seen-tary.
Extract of a letter from Prospcct hill, camp at
Cambridge, Novc-m/wr 9, 1775.
" I am now toinsorm you, agreeable to promise,
that about 2 o'clock this nstcrlznun uc (liliuvercd
;! party us the minish-rid troops izmding from a
number ofbouts, on LiH—hmurc's point. Unr (liums
immediately but to arms, by order of general
(ire-en; and our men, with all siposiiblsie ezt dition,
manned the lines. We [bon found, by t ir ma
nctuvres, that they intended to take some stock of
that was then grazing on the point; on which part
of col. 'l'hompson's regimcnt was ordered down to
oppose them, who, with the greatest intrepidity,
passed over & causeway to their waists in water,
during which time the Lively man of war, and a
floating battery, continued string upon them,
which was succeeded by a battery on Charlestown
side and Bunker's hill. Notwithstctanding, our
brave fellows advanced so sust upon the re -
lars, that, after a short fire of musitetrlysi t );
thought it prudent to rect-eat to their boat-s Our
men pursued them, and sustained a heavi fire of
grape shot from the ship. On their re-em' arian
our cannon begztn to play upon them from thu
hill, and sunk one of their boats. 'Their number
killed is not knoWn. We had one killed, one
Wounded, and one taken prishner. ss
" There are part ofsivc regiments arrived from
Ireland, and we discovered this eveningnear no sin
of large ships {landing- sor this harbour. lthink we
may expect & yisit from them shortly."
WILLIAMSBURG, Decembertf.
Y a gentleman from Maryland, we haVe un
doubted intelligence that doctor Connelly wa
seized last Tuesday se'nnight, while in bed, at the
house of one doctor Snively, near Hagar's town,
in that province, with two other gentlemen, of the
names of Smith and Campbell. Under Connell 's
Pillow was found a brace of loaded istols, an a
cimetar ; and the triumvirate had al necessaries to
encamp in when they got to the back settlements,
in their route to the lndian country. They were
conducted the same day, under a guard of 40 men,
to Frederick town, where, upon being searched,
letters were found in possesiion of Connelly from
lord Dunmoxe to several Indian kings, also a con
siderassble sum in specie, to distribute among th'-'
Indians, to induce them to go to war against the
colonies.
Last Tuesday night aparty of men, chiefly black;, '
from :1 tender, came up to mr. Bcnjamin Wells'ssi,
at Mulberry island, and pillaged his house of eve
thing valuable, such as bedding', Wearing appare ,
li nors, a watch, the stock os poultry, and carried
a} two negro girls. They told mrs. Wells, then
they had orders to burn the house; which they
Would certainly have put in execution, had it nor
been for her earnest entreaty to spare it that time,
as she had some sick children in bed, who must
perish in the flames. si
Gsox 6 5 WYTHE , esq; was unanimoufly chosen,
on Monday lust, our delegatc in General Conven
tion; and mr. JOSEPH PRENTls was electcd sub
delcg-ate, in the necessary absence osmr. Wythe at.
the (Iongress- *_
Yesterday doctsior VVxLu A MPA s'r EUR was chosen
may-or of this city, for the year ensuing. ,
These are ten negroes now in the public]: jafl,
who were taken about Humpton, endeavouring to
get to lord ])unmore . 'l'wo osthem are wounded.
Extract of a letter fi-om Alexandria, November er.
" By a gentlenmn us undoubted veracity, thls
moment arrived from Philaclelphia, we learn there
had an express come to the Congress, insorm'm
them of the reduction nt' (ZUEBECK by col . Arno] ,
in which we have got 15,ooo stands ofarm5, 6000