The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1777-09-04

ae.ini C-eat B:iaia that hs hL5 s'wiys
bee. sga.ntt independently. and thai he con-
te,nEed the sulhonty OF the Csnunental
(o,qteT,, aat ihe Com appointed b1
,h,,, ,fecommendation (; that Al a Cosvsnti-
on Of the Commttsss for the County OF
BriG,l, tas g.e-tsr part Of the evidences TO
,rs above fact. were isld bsf9re the Conven-
ton. Ard the flid Bowers was deemed a.
e,smv to his Country that ihe Commi,tts
70, laid Swanley wsrs juilihed by the Con-
yen,ion tor what they had done refpea ng
the copdua OF ths hid Bowers that a, =
town meeting OF iaia Town Of Swanfey,
which wa. called Purfuant to a late act,
m.ds for fscuriny iaid State aad the e,hsr
Uai,ed American Sta,ss, agsiAh the danger
70 which thsy ars cxpoisd by the isterral
ensmie, thereof, the (aid Bower. ieemingly
appeared to be forry for his pat eonduct,
and earnefly requ,A=d favour, a.d promiisd
to retrakt hit former errors, and 10 ubmit 10
Whatever the .Selt ftmsn sad Commines Of
S~aafey, Mould require Of hun, if the affair
c,u!d b. isiPsrdsd; and aeeo d'nsly, BY
the impsrtsaisy and requeR Of hia snd his
friends, the affair was is( s(2saoed, and the
mseting wa, adjourned hsn time TO time,
in exP,et,tion that according to hi, fro~ifs
be would iign a written reeaa,ation OF what
he had laid aad done a. afoiei,id Bot At
lsE he artfslly svadsd Us, asd to oor furprzs
re:uf,d to do it; asd having. by lodging
mcIsy for u:a, at the tavern near the aest-
ing, and BY treats st the meeting, prevailed
upon nsmber who deay the ufs Of am' to
join him, they o'sTPose!sd -, and voted
him at. liberty. From all which fset,, let
the impartial public judge, whether ii i, rot
ltHicisntly apparent, that tbs faid Bowen 10
real enemy 10 the United States Of Ansri.
ca. Sigaed. Philip Ssad. JerrmiaA
Brown, Ifrael Barney, Joha Mafsn, Daniel
Maria, Jun Daniel Barney Edward An,ho-
ny, Obadiah Slssd, Committss.
N E w p o R T, Auguh zs.
La Suadsy the srmsd Schooner Lsdy
Parker. brssgh, in here . Sloop ffsm P:o-
vidsnss, Isdea with Pin, OIL, and Pot-Aih.
Sam, Day arrived a Flag Of Truce from
P'ovideucs, with a Number OF Wsmss.
They broogh, . H,adb,!l, eontsiaing an
Account Of N Action At Looms Cho x,
within a swMile, of Bennington, which, tho
i, nay saiw.r The Psrpsis OF cheering the
defpoAdiug SPiri" Of . dying Faeios, 10
too much I'd 9Th Conttadiaios and Alb.
futci;y, TO be regarded by any Ma capable
of A:aiAe.-By sversl ia,elligibls Per.
fon' who eaae in the Flag, We lesrs, that
Gen. Bu'goyne. sftcr arriving At Fort Ed.
ward, imnedis,ely Ga himt:lf to eellsa.
ip Magazines Of Forsgs and Provihoa',
and all the Hsrfs. aad Wagons thit cssh
b obtained ia thal Q garter, hksvifs, TO get
down in heavy Artillery AID Baggage,
which, 10 hi, haay Pariai, Of the rebsllieas
fugitive,, we're nses fairly let behind. His
Troops having bssn ssploy'd IL foIsgias
Pa:iis', aad for the other PurPofss we have
mentioned, fsms Gee Of ,hsfe Parties, it
was sppreaesdsd. hs4 fallen in With large
Body Ct the Rebels, and = aSknoih eslssd.
which, BY Ma 70 vel! vsrled in Mul.iPli-
cation, had bssn productive Of this curious
AssdsilI.
Tai, Msraing Ave Mea arrived Ter: from
the M.ia /; one Of which informs, that he
fsw q Letter from . Gsatlemsa 1t Oblsns,
info, ming that General Burgoyne W.: q
H,lfMcon, which is ~ Miles from Alba
nv, and th,, the Briih Troops we're like
wife q, White Plains.-Thsy FAY ths. me
indians, 70 fsr frsm esmni,tisg Crsei'ie'
with their ufual Wan,oaasis, have with tn
sreassa Coolasfs in aany IaRanees diier,-