Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-01-29

| VI DuuuiOic ~ NO hOuoCt ohN
where he (the earl) remained a few
days in habits OF friendship and
cordiality with the family. One
day while the earl was at bis house
Capt. Cresap, finding him alone,
introduced the subject Of COnnoly's
i'll treatment, with a view, sup
pose, of obtaining redress. or Ofex.
posing the character Of a man he
knew to be high in the estimation
and confidence Of the earl. But
what effect, suppose ye, had this
remonstrance on the earl I'll tell
you it lulled him into a profound
sleep. Aye, aye, thinks to my
self (young az then was, this will
not do, captain there are wheels
within wheels, dark things behind
the curtain between this noble earl
and his sub.satellite.
Capt. Cresap was himself open,
candid and unsuspiciOus, and | do
not know what he thought, but |
well remember my own thoughts
upon this occasion.
But let us, az nearly rs possible,
finish our business with Connolly,
although we must thereby get a
little ahead of our history yet, as
already remarked, we think 1t less
perplexing to the reader, than to
give him here a little and there a
little of this extraordinary charact-
er.
We find, then, that in the year
1915, Connloy, discovering that his
sheep.skin could not cover him
much longer, threw off the mask
and fed to his friend Dunmore,
who also, about the same time, waf
abliged to take sanctuary on board
n British ship of war in the Chesa.
peake bay.-From this place, j. o.
Portsmouth in Virginia, COnnoly
wrote the following letter to Col.
John Gibson, who, no doubt, he
supposed possessed sentiments con-
genial to his own. 1t happened,
however, that he was mistaken in
his man, for Gibson exposed him,
and put his letter into the hands
OF the commissioners woo were
holding treaty with the Indians
But let us see this letter it is
dated Portsmouth, August 9, l775.
"Dear Sir: | have safely ar.
rived here, and am happy in the
greatest degree at having so for
tunately escaped the narrow in
spection of my enemies, the ene-
mics to their cOuntry's good order
and government. / should esteem
myself defective in point Of friend
ship towards you, should | neglect
to caution you to avoid an over
Jealous exertion of what is now RI
diculOusly called patriotic spirit,
but on the contrary to depOrt your.
self with that moderation for which
you have always been so remarka-
BILE, and which must in this in
stance tend to your honor and ad'
vantage. You may rest assured
from me, sir, that the greatest
unanimiry now prevails at home,
and the innOvating spirit among
us here is looked upon as ungener-
GUS and nndutiful, and that the Mt
most exertiOns of the powers in gov
ernment Gf necessary will be used
to convince the infatuated people
OF their folly.
81 wOuld, assure you, sir, give
You such convincing proofs Of what
| assert, and from which every rea-
sOnable person may conclude the
effects, that nothing but madness
could operate upon a man so far az
to overlook his duty to the present
constitution, and to form unwar
rantable associations with eRthusi-
asts, whose ill-timed folly must
draw down upon them inevitable
destruction. His lordship desires
you to present his hand to Captain
White-eyes, "a Delaware Indian
chief, and to assure him he is sorry
he had not the pleasure of seeing
him at the treaty, a treaty held by
Connoly in his name, or that the
situation of affairs prevented him
from coming down.
Believe me, dearsir, that | have
no motive in writing my sentiments
thus to you, further than to endeav
or to steer you clear OF the misfoT
tunes which | am conGdant mus
involve but unhappily too many.
have sent you an address from the
people of Great Britain to the peo
pie of America, and desire you Il
consider it attentively, which will
flatter myself convince you of the
idleness of many determination
and the absurdity Of an intended
slavery.
"Give my love to George, his
brother, afterwards colonel in the
revolutionary war, and tell him he
shall hear from me, and | hope tC
his advantage. Interpret the in
closed speech to Capt. White-eye'
from his lordship. BE prevailed
upon to shun the popular error, anC
| Judge for yourself, AS a good sub
ject, and expect the rewards due t
your services.
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