The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1777-07-17
N w P OR I, July ~.

w p O K L, July ~.
The following Aeeoass of ,heTIsslsdisa
Of lsf Thsraay Night 10 tskea from The
P!s'is.see CaS,t;s.
Thud.y Evening LAD, 9 Party Of 50
Ma. OF tbs Troops telorg TO thi' State.
usder ths ernmasd Of Lisss Col. Wiiliim
Hauos, OF thii Town, accompanied BY
Major Adams, Of the Train, Capt. Philips,
Liesien snn PottT and Babcock, and Ea.
hans S,snton aad Wilcox, vent n Eve boats
iiym Warwick Mex. with visw TO tak ,
Major CsseI.! PRESCOTT, Comnaader
il Chief Of ,hs Bii,ih and ioreiga Troops
on Rhode lGaad, whole Head QsMiss
were thea a, H,ufe about iosr Milss
from Newpor'. The Csionei and his Party,
sfss' PsGing shs e .emy'' Ships :ad Guard
Boats. iandrd shout 1~evs At Night, and
wit. in6aite Addrsh and GaIisn,y."
got TO Prsfeou's Onartsr, undi eovsrsd. A
Cea,iasi q, the Dvof hsied. but wa, i'm me-
dia:s!y fseursa, asd the Patty inltsntIy
breaking the Dsor', srd sntsriss ths Iiouie,
ts.k ,hs Cenual ip Bed. hi, Adds.
C'm2 ieaped f'sm . Window in his Shirt,
and a,samPssd to siesps, bst vas taken .
few Reds tom the Hosle. The Party fooa
afisr retufssd 10 their Beats, with the Phi.
foAs'. and lons Time atisr they had %,
off, ,de Eseny krsd Rocke, f ON their ls-
YEA! Paa', ., Signals ler ~ Alarm but
fvo la.e--shs Bird Asd Asd. T'hs Priipnsrs
wc's i.fsly Tended aboat Day B e.x, a,
WMritk- Neck. On rsesivisg ,he iaie,li.
Esaes hsIs, . Coach was Immediately feat,
asd the Gessrai, viii hi, Aid de Camp,
a;ssded by Col. Bsrres and foms ether
OA,cs,s. arrived in Town at IL e'Clock.-
Th' Rebsl' eoateis'd tha, the Capture Of
the Gensial wa Matter loms Tiss in
Asi':t'os. bat Tor Want Of p,orer Intslli-
senes IL was esfersd 'till their F R END
CT Friezd' in this Town remov'd svsry Sers-
pie which hey had OF his sssuaIdsd Sisa.
stscn.
B, The Flsg from Providsnee on Sunday,
and ievsrsl Gsntlsmsn Who arrived sn
Monday Evening, in = Fisg from New
Lsedos, 80 kaIe q Loaf. M ilioa. m. tAs
D,f.a, Of ths Rebel Array At Tieoidsrsts;
-:h.: ,ha, important Foruef, 10 nov in ihs
Poarl,a OF he Kings Troops. Various
were the Reports ct the R.hes eeacsrsins
it. shpugl all sgreed that ,hey had loa it.
In general they aselars. thar only SEQ Of
sA.ir loops, OF fs.hsr, ~ they moe pso.
Psriy term l., their "Fyi.e Any," have
d.rivsd Beaeh, sooseh faOm their Heel.
to eE.ss IN. Vigilance Of o.s rsseps, who.
il is app. .ehended, wosid foon r,aeh Albany.
Captain rrc.body, who, arrived in the Flag
from Nav Loadvn, faw . Re ION fran New.
Ysk, waieh Place he faid hs left I,h Fri
day Seen isht, wss istorred him, that ths
Army pnder Sir william Hsws had qsiusd
tbs Jer(ey,, AID w,rs rhsn On Staten ias.d:
tks, sse;. Dsitin On "a; act knowu, ths'
generally ihought to be the North River;
,ha, an Rnbargo had bssA laid q oll Kinds
Of ,Ssipp nS.
Tac Acssu,n Of tie Movsneats Of our
Troop, il the Jsrfsys, Is dsetibsd in ths
Rebs. Psp'rs, .ome Ex,ra6i "f which We
hivs given ou' Readers. afford tbs moit
Arisisg Vsv sf. that Spirit Of Gsieozads,
C,susdittios asa Aa(srdiiy, 70 peesiisr TO
thois mighty Ioaeer. II iAs Sra Place,
We are t,ldS tsSt Csusrsl tiess narChsd
TO Ssasrist in Order u dras Mr.. Walh-
isgtca from Ms arong Hide 90 Al E.-
eagsGen,. Thi, M. W,ihing,on declined.
We ere thru told, that Csa. Ho ~, fright
esd By the formidable APps.rsres Of tbs !.
Miii,:,. A:d with ias Grsassf PrsciPita6op,
70 Aabcy, bsrsinz all befsre hin-tAosah
II he next satA iAey tell %, As was 70 de-
libsrs:s. A. nef TO deArsy any Hssis b.
lor sias n n aTsry.-Dfnafwiek tAav (av