The Newport gazette. [volume], November 06, 1777, Image 2

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WEW-YORK, Oftaber 22.
LatW.daeld y eveniag arrived thi 113 ere
lem tc dai, Licut. Kaight, commaender, w.h
il a.ch.s f.om tae Right Hoa. La:d Howe,
an. tse Hon. Sir Will am HHowe, K B.
with & confirmation of :he news of 2 gleiroas
vi&t -y cb.aised orer the rebels wader Mr.
W fhington. The following ace all the pat
gicula s taat caa be at prefcai co.leétzd.
A Lettor from 22 Officer @ Raak in the
Roysl A -my, dated fro® Logaa’s Houfe,
in Garmaa-Towa, O&. 9 1777.
« Lard Corawa'lis to:k P i n of
sliadelchia on the £éth of Sapiemb r.——
'l‘fl' R be s h(pefllfll G-'..A“ l’l) e¢ Lad
cetache s 8 confideradle Purt of his Army 10
Bis Lordfhip for the Deenca ot ihe Ciy,
wire on tast Acceunt incuced to stazk wr,
wh ch they did un th 4B [altint; Bui taey
were repal(.d, aad their A 73) °"’°‘-‘,d°—
G:nsral Agnew, and Lieut. Co) Bicd of
the I§:6, a e the P:i‘:i').! Qfficers chat we
bave l.d. All ths kilied, woundzd, and
rifitg, of the Royal ArmY, does not ex
cte. Bco. Th: P ifone® and Ochers jult
comc ila to us, fay |hc’ have loit 6000 17
this AQtion and fisce th ir D:feat a: Braa .y
-wine ; for we have hai f.vers {muie: Ac
tioas wi h tiem, in all ¢f wbich we pre.
vailed wich eviry Alvantage. Ind:ed this
Atiack of taeir’s has proved a much feverer
Chaftilement thaa aay they have yet me
with fiom v. We purfued th'm many
miles, and nave t-k n g2z of thet Offi er:,
A gre t maoy ol .L:ir Officers worc kilted
in th. Fizld, aad after they were rouied,
Tue « is gose to Ganersl Cliatos, by the
Sioop H .ezl'm, Li-ut. Kaight, a De:ail of
Pi ticula:s from the Commander in Chief,
20 waich, as it probaoly wi | be made publc,
J muit refer you; a-d as we aic LOw pre
& ing for a:o .¢c Field-Day wih M..
ath ngron, 1| m-ft abraptly t:ke Leave,
afla inz yow, 1 will forva-d fom: Account
of eur farther Operaiians, fhould I fuivive
the next Bastle.”
Tae foliowing, written by 8 Perfon prefeat
in the above-mentioaed Eogagement, was
yeceived I.t Wedaefiay Eveaing.
E & New Jerlcy, O&. 14 1777°
e Glarious N3ws fron the Soathward :
W._thington kaock'd up—che bloodieit Ba:-
gle in A werica— 6000 of his Msa goas—
-100 Waggons to carry the woundsd. G,
Howe is at prefent at German Fowa--Wath
ing on g 0 Miles bicz, ins fhatter'd Condi
ton—th:ir ftoutelk Fiigate taksa, aad one
dert'd. Thney are ti.ed, and tak of -
eithi g this C mpaign. The Bactle was on
th: ¢ - laftant.”
« § ucs my lat, we have gt a Con
fi-maiion of th. to'al Rou ¢ and Difpe.ion
of <h, Rebel Army on the 4tk laitant, sad
tha their f:attersd Rem ias had beea col
lo@ed, as far a 3 was praticable, at Perkia
m.-C-eck, whizh ther had paffizd, a d
gaken R-‘uzt sa ths Moua -sius ia is V.-
n.ty ; et:blith ng a Poik all> at the T:ap,
on the Scauyls | .—==A Waggoaer fom
their Cam), whi-h he left 0a Ilg)adly Eren
jug, fey:, thay w 3 @ then in the atmoft Con
fufion, their Lamp being a'srmed with aa
Aczoant of the Adrp-oach of the Kiag’s
T:oops ; and the next Day hs was info:m’d
2 B:d/s of Bri*th hyd actacked their P& at
the T aO, killed thirty, and made aboot fe
vency Prifiners. He fays, that on his Way
hithe rom Sherrod’s Rerry, where he croff=d
the Diliware, on Tharfday Moraing, he
bea & a very hvwavy F:rins t-om Sun.rifs il
patt Eight o’Clock, i+ Direltion towards the
Camy, which gives Reom for Corj-&ure'"
. Py 8 Perfon whe arrived hrre laft
E'lflmfi: from the Rebel Army, which he
Je .on Tazfday the 7t lefeat, we have th®
fo'lowing Accaun: : —That oa Friday the
thud the Rebel Army received Orles W
Jraw ore Days Provifons, snd to merch’;
which tney d.d, wihinslmall Diftance of
the Royal Aimy, in the Night. and lay |
upon their Arms until Day Break : That |
they attacked the Roysl Army, and a gone- |
ral Engagemeat commerced : That both |
Armies fovght (18 he fays) very obftinately : ¢
Tast the Hofli.us gave Way, bus rallied ; |
at the fame Time, ths Left Wing of the Re
bel Army g=ve Way, and in sn Irftant the !
W..le was in the greawst Confufion, pet to
Flight, and ram (1% his ewn Word:) as if the
Devil was a ter them, when they were par
fued by the Light Hosfe, who made a great
Haveck among them ® Teat there we.ea
great Namber mifling, and that the Rejo t
ic the Camp, af:er their Return, was ih.ce
Thouand ; bst he venly b lieved the's
were doable that Number. He does not
know whrether they loft acy Canmon. Ie
alfe fays, taey begin to be much tied of the
War, aod are determined to make an End
of it this Campsign. He fuither fuys, that
tbe Rebels Lad lcit Numbdsrs of theis b R
Officers, who had the Day before receivid
Orders not te run wntil the Waid RETREAT
was given, which the moft couragesus of
them obfsrved, and were left flanding with
cur Men, till they were ¢i her taken or fhoat,
He fa:ther adds, that the Delaware Fiigate
was takemn, and was ficting out; that Lerd
Howe had ordered feveral Floating Batte
vies to be made ; that the Fortun the Jer
fey Shoe, mear the Chevaux de Fiize, was
takes, but he beard ncthiag ef ths Saip
ping. Healfs fays, that ihere were apwards
of a Hun.red Waggons employed to carry
tbe Wounded to Eaft-‘lown; and when he
lefi the Rebel Army, they were thirty Mi es
diftact f.om Pnilsdelpbia. This Periinm
bas been an Eye- Wiinafs of the jalt Engage
mest, and when he came away be heard
cosfide able Fi ing, which he fuppofed to
be fiom the Shippiog.” :
Extra& of a Latter from Fort Moutgemery,
O&:ber, 13.
¢ No Place on Earth bears more vifibl®
Muks cf the Divins Veagence than this;
indeed it bafles Defcription, aad fills tie
Mnd with the moft hockiag Ideas. Were
s P an of the Forts here (one of which is
nearly demoiifhed) taken, it would hardly
;l.i. Credit in future Ages, that fo {malla
umber of Men, with fo little Lofs, reduced
them ;—wzere you te fee them, you wou'd
sot think 20,000 Men adrquaie to the
T. . The Humasity of Sir Jawes Wailacs,
with the Officers and Men on the Expedi
tion, does them infini:e Honowr; netwith.
flanding repeated laflacces of Perfidy, a
Friend never sppeared by tha Side of the
Rive;, but he was icflan ly prore&ed, and
brought on board, aad many hive svailed
them{eives of the Oppertunity.”
A Rcbal Paper of the 16. h infl. mentions
an Engagement wi h Gen. Burgoyre oa the
7th, ia waich they fay, ** the gallant Gen.
*¢ A:nsld was {2 badly weunded, as to res
¢+ der ths Amputation of the Leg meceflary ;
*“ and to aggravate the Misfortuse, Gen.
¢ Lincola received a Chance-Shet, which
“ fo fra@ured bis Leg, as to deprive us of
¢ his i portant Services.”
By a letter from Virginia, we bave the
fsliowing P:rticulars: The lahabitants ’f
Asgufta Ccunty have taken uwp Arms in
Favour of Goveramest, snd are growa
formidable in their Numbazrs, 88 their Situa
tiem is fuch as has hitherte pnnnml sny
Atisck from the Rebel Treops of that Pio
vince. I oneo! the Countiss, where eleven
Men were wantisg to complere their Quotd
of Troops fer the Continrntsl Army, 8 Sub
fcription of 1500]. was rai ed, and 8 Bounty
of 350 Dollers was offered to any oOne aif
poled to inlift ; but fach was the d ke of
the Service, tha: not a ficgle Maa could be
found to Accept it.
The Mt of Vigisit in geaeral x
fafeito bs craughe!, which ecc »hned
the abéve-montiuncd exccilive bigh Bauay
Leiag offared for Bo.iftmeats A teit Ouh,
acjuring the Y ing, &c. &c. has beca cfered
in the Several Counties, Oae half atleaft
of the inferior Clafs of Peopls, and maay
Perfons of Property, with aimoft every one
of tie Europsans, have refuied 10 take it
ia Conlequesce of wkich many Perfons
wert !mp.l ored, and cthers fent cff totae
Fronticrs of the Provinc .
From North Carolina we a:e infarmad,
tha: near 3000 perfons,liighlanders azd Re.
gulaters. L ave ebl lately refu.ed to take ihe
abijeration teft admiaiflered 10 them agreea.
biy 1o sa 1t ctths prefemt governmaeng of
that province.
The thip Catheiiae on her paflage, ive
days trom he coal of Englied, fav t eficst
of flore fhips and victsa.lers, under co.voy
of the Veous frigate 2nd Tortoife hrmed fhip
bou d to. New Yurk.
S.e Ph:‘ Edwards, 8n inheb tamt of
Shiewiiu y, well kanowsn for his Reacdy snd
wara a.achme:t to Goverameat and x 4
frienis, was, Ia ccnfeq:e ce of .om: p ivate
information, ferpritd and ap;reheuded by
a pa t, of the rebel light bo.ie a 1 Sa.ew:bu.
ry, a few Pours @ ter he | nded, g ing t. vi
Gt bis wife and chiidiea, and ca rying fime
few asticles as t€l neceflitiesr q lel He
was with g sal exaitation and uleeph hur
ri.d up ts the rebel bead quarie atF . eehoid
where David Porman, by @ kind of court
mariial, had bim tried, cocd-mned, and ex.
ecuisd ia two days. Mr. Ecwarcs, con'cle
cus of mever having doze asy thieg 0 foctent
hi: lifs, wa: a* frft mwuch fhocked at the fud
deonefs aad feverity ef his femtence ; Lat,
afier a ‘itt!s time, be recolle&ed himfelr, asd
behaved to the laft momeat wiih a coclcefs
and flead nefs tru'y hervic. A few houn
before his execution hs earaefily riquefted
t> b 3 permicied to take lrave of hisw. e and
chidren, snd his aged peicn's, whe tll 8t
teuded for (ha: purpefe. It will fhock the
leader, if not totally void of every feeling,
10 be told, that this requeft was moft iaku.
manely retufed him.
Sinse our laft we have had mo ia‘c. mation
that could be relizd on frem tic army uadet
the command of his Excellincy General Sie
William Howe; but it ‘s reported, that
fince the takirg of Mld-!flan?, which was
ttroagly fortificd for the prote&tion cf be
abevaux de frze, that prevenied the piva.
gativn of the river Delaware, the rebel flest
bad fhifted their fation te fome ditiacce a
buve the town, the fhips of the reyal navy
had remeved many of the formicabie cb.
flruétions, ard it 18 expeQed in a frw diys
the channel would sdmit of a fice paflage.
It is alfo sdded, that feveral of the rebel
veflels had fallen into the hands of Adminl
Lord Howe.
Ths paffenge s arrived in the thip Cathe
tine, corfirm the account gives in our fa
per of the 11th it & of the French oidering
many American veflels cut of their poirts.
The within Notes Capt. Emrmerick’s Chef
feurs intercepted cn the Rowteto Peek’s
Kill to deftrcy the Steies ard Barracks.
EAMS caznot be ‘ent to'd-y. You
l muft remsin snd gus:d he Rorel
te-day, and until you sre drives of
uniefs Telieved. If the enemy oblige you
to quit the pcft, fer fize to tke buildings 18
which the flores ¢f bresd and flcur are, aB¢
retire to this pcft by the rosd cabw sld of tht
~ gpoftread. Nootber tuilding: bet tho'e cos:
' trining the bicad anc flour aie to be cefroy
ed,
| By order cf General Putram,
;’ c¢2MUEL H. PARSONS, B. G.
| Filhkill, gth Cltebar, 1777