Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-11-09

!. sinccrc Ng't'tn ar mar ,yatriOC. t1ayln
established the -reru:a,ioa of his cos
rage in The Indian wars, he was in con,
mhnd of n regiment at Sullivan's, ,islaoc
on The memorable 2sh June, t776. A
three O'clock on tliat day, Gen. Lee write
10 ;dm, MIR. byrd makes report Of yop
! conduct, which does you Infinite bopor
They are indeed such as expecied.,
! On The same day, President Rutledge
:. send you 5oolb. fpowder. You know
our collection is not very great. Honor o7it
victory, my-good sir, to you and ourwor
thy coun,rymen with you. Do not make
TOO free with your cannon. Cool aud do
mischief" Next morning be received
from Gen. Lee his csngratulation "I
should have thanked you and your brave
garrison this morning, but ain prevented
by a great deal Of business. ] do most
heartily thank you all, and shall do you
justice in my letters TO Congress" From
President Rutledge. My very par,ieu
lar thanks are due 10 you and the brave Of.
ficcrs and men in your garrison, Tor their
heroic behavior of yesterday" L. Gads-
den, from the navy. writes, " 7 most hear.
THY congratulate the colony on The drubbins,
you gave those fellows the other day, & on.
iy wish you bad had powder enough, that, it
might have been complete" Gen. Mous
trie, in his account of the aSlion, says,
they had scarcely manned their guns, be-
fore the ships under Sir Peter Parker were
near the Fort. We can only report the
following s;r.rt passage. of his letter:
he words that passed along he p.a'-
form by the officers and men, were,
"Mind the Commodore, s.ind the two
hiiy gun shiPs:" most all the attention
was paid 10 the fifty gun ships, especially
lthc coumodpre, who. / dare say, was not
at ali obliged TO Us for our particular at.
tention to him the killed and wounded
on board those two 6e y gun ships conf m
what Isay. During the action, Gen. Lee
Paid us a visit through heavy line of ire,
and pointed two or three guos himself,
then s.-;d,o me, Colonel, see you are do
ing very well here, YOU have no occa sion
Tor me, viii go up to town sgain, and
Then left u.s. The Bristol lost 80 men
kii,ed, and 80 Wounded. the captain, had
his arm shot dH. The Experiment Of so,
guns, had 81 killed sod SO wounded, and
The captain los, his,arm, besides other sla-
mage in he other vessels, one of which
was bornt. These numbers are from the
British account. Many now living, re-
member. the joy from lh;. event al the
commencement OF our revolutionary war,
and still retain their gratitude. After Cen.
Moultrie, tgseo in Charleston, had be-
come their prisoner, attempts were made
TO aliensle him f'om the cause of his coun-
try. Col. Bsitour, in a letter 10 Cen.
M'oul'rie, the son, dated l4th Jan. 1891,
says g | wish You To propose toycur IA
ther, 70 reiinquish The Cause he is nov
engaged in" Upon this letter the Gen.
IN his memoirs remark, " The proposal
from Col. Baslour Ganyinces me, that the
letter which ! received from Lord Charles
Montague, some time after, did not orr
gihaie from -hlrnse.f, When j showed
Lord Charles letter to my son, he then
did me OF Col. Baliour's proposal to him.
He told Col. Ballour So he could not make
such . proposal TO his father, for lie was
sure he would not listen 10 it,