The Newport gazette. [volume], June 25, 1778, Image 2

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RCooi) New Yo k, 211 May, 17:8,
£ IR,
“ Tux inclofid Aéts of Parliament ar.
vived ¢re Yellerday, whick ¢ me to Ph la.
deipma ia hia Maj:ity’s Ship the Por.u.
Yire: Tam o requelt you will forward
them tv Bofton and the Ealtern Provinces
truieg tazy will ba receiv’d witay morg
Cozficence snd Liberality than tae Drafes
of Bills | wnt you the 27:h of laft Moath,
_ lam, S+,
: Ycar very humble Servant,
: ‘Wa. TRYON, Goversor.
Governor TrumBULL, ‘
(Copy) Hartford, 25 h May, 1778,
S.l R,
at yoag Letter of the 2:ft inflant is re
ceived with its enclofares—The ianecent
do not want & Pirdom : The irjured do
not place Confidesce ia any who bave done
ttem aa Injury, wkile Force is comtinued
jn the fame purfui:—To afk it in this Si
suatien, Dzes i: nat add lsiu ¢ to Imjury ?
Ocght not Prepofitions asd Negociations
of & publiz Nature, between two contend
ing Puwers to be addreflid from oune_to ths
« ther, and wot to Individaal:, or to parti
‘cular Periop or Perons ! When mads in
this Manrer and homorably coendullsd,
Literslity msy jultly be exp:&ed from
baih. I am,
Sir, ycar viry hamble Servant,
JONATHAN TRUMBULL.
'Gov. Tevon, . :
FISR-KILTL, June 11.
‘Ex:ra& of a leter from Albany, Juze 8,
§ 0N ] 1778.
¢ 'The enemy have d:ftroyed nine dwel
lirg boules, b.fides barns, &c. snd thofs
unbappy Americsns who fell into tkeir
hands have been moflt inhumacly batcher
e¢. We have 10t head from that qrarter
thefe two days paft, and the ¢ i) se<fon t 2
fuppofe they bave gone ¢ {f, hearing that oor
people are gaheriag faft. :
¢« Another pany of lndishs acd Tories,
have attacked fome fettlements at Saco:da
go, 8 place about ten miles from John
flown, where they have taken two or three
prifoners.”
Extre& of 2 le'ter from Greenock, dated
b April g,
“ ® The only thing worth mentioning to
you, js, our port is full of trac’port fhips,
snd numbers of trocps are coming bere 10
bs thipped off for America, viz. part of the
42d, the whole of the 70th, part of the'
Ift, the Glafgow Voleaieers, Dake of
;lluilwl’n,‘ Lord M’Leod’s, and Duke of
Argyle’s, newraifed troops, of 1000 men
each ; their deßlinations are pari to New-
York, Phi'adelphia, St. Aungeftice, Hali.
fax, St. Joha’s, Newloundland, in order 10
foriily and prots& all tns fea places. It is
allo (aid the £ # osnmaol our troops
tais campsign will be 10 bembard and lsy
Boflon in'sthes. May sll the rebeliious
fot be' therein confumed, with the city,
where' it firl begas. It fesms we moft
bave o Ficach wor : May the God of ar
mits go out with our mz..t:t the per
fia:umhu_my be fevarely punith
l?:a o{o letter fz- s Genenl glm
? wericsn Army, to u- ¢ne
h}.l?: dllives, “dnnd, Camp, Valiey Forgs,
7217
*The lnzy have every Thing ia Rea.
~ dinefs to (ske their Departare from Phila
-~ delphis. Itis sedaced to & moral Certain.
sy that .c: to march through Jer
' foy. were uoder Orders m«m«l
-~ ahis g» bet were prevented by ths
' Commiffioners ‘d'i.t. Lt Enllz‘::o-
Roglaad, %.:‘ Basl of ifle,
* Goverdor Johs ‘and Mr. Bdea, Mio
ther t 0 the lats Goverasr of Marylaad,
Lord Cornwal'is il'wi h (kem, but in what
Capacity I am notable fay.—l do rct ima
gine this will prevent them fom lesviog
the Ciy: It may poffibly delay them a
u' D.,'-
Teuriday st Brigadier. General Var.
num srrived heie fiom the Giard Army in
P.nefylvania, .
We learn t'om Authority, that the Bi
t'th Comm flioners are arrived ot Phijadel.
pria frem Eaglird ; ard thit fome D.(.
patches, relative to tie Negoiiation prepo
fed by them, have bevn firmerded by Ex
prefs to Congrifs,
We hear that a Cartel is feitied, ard
that a gen+ral Exchasge of Prifuners will
fpeedily ¢t ke Place.
B O S T ON, Jure 8.
Wedaelday the prcof Mill ag Ancerver,
with three men 8:d two tons of pewder,
by fcme iciident blew up.
Ths reperted ‘he Commiflionsrs, with
fi‘teen Hundred Troops, are arrived,
Friday laft a Woeod. Sloop ard a Schoe
mer were tak=n cff Cape Ann, by the
L’Bl.nd Frigate; the Captain gave the
Scrconer to ke Crews, ard fhe arrived
bhere o Saturd y Afie.ncon,
A Correfponderiicforms, T!at an Ame.-
rican Privateer, and feveral other V. Tl
have been take: within a few Duys pajt by
a Britith Fi ate Frigats, mcw ia oor Bay ;
ard wou'd propofe that the prefent Navy
Cowrt- Martis| be tjourned—Ard that tbe
Centinental Frigates Now in Pait, be eng
oot on & fhert Cruife ta bring in the Bri
tith Pirate.——Voluateers for fuch s Cruizs
may dosbtlefy be got in a few Days.
PROVIDENCE Jase zo.
Copy cf a Letter fiom t: ¢ Hoacrable Ma.
jo -General Sullivae, 1o Geaeral Pigor,
Commander of the Eecin;’s Tiocps oa
Rhode {oas
Pr sidenct, Jase 4, 1778,
SIR, Jase 4, 177
TH E repeated Ap;licatiozs of ths
diftreflcc Families of tho'e Perfons
w 0 ware Captured by your Treeps on tte
25th olt. induce ms to write you wpom (e
bubje@t. As thofe mea were not in altuel
Service, or fousd in Arm:, I cannot cen
ceive what were the Motives for taking
them, or guéfs the Terms upon which the:r
Releaf? inay te cbrained. Had the Wa,
on the Part of Britain, been founded in Juf
tice ; and bad jour Treops, in (beir Hx
cu-fion, compl-ated the Deftrullion of tte
Boa:s, and cur-wi fiary Preparations in thac
Quarter, withoat wantosly deftroying de
fencelsfs Towne, barsing Houfes coafe
crot d to the D.ity, plundering and abu.
fing inn:cent Jahabitants, and dragging
«from Iheir peacefol Habitations usarmed
asd uncffeadiog Men ; fuch an Exp:diti.n
might have fhown with Spierdour.—l¢ is
now darkened with favage Crusly, and
fla'ved with ipfelible Difgrace.
& In your laft Le «r to me, you gave it
8s your Opinion, that the labatitanis of
America, at large, wouald eatertsin moie
favoursb'e Sen:iments of the Views aad
latentions of Great Britain, than [ {:emed
isclined to bave. if, Sir, the wmprece
dented Croelty of your Tr.ops, difplayed
::pu every peity Adventage, fioce the
ommencement of this Contaft ; the inka
®an and unexampled Treatment o Priftn.
ers, who, by ihe Fortune of War, have fal.
Jea into your Power, hed mot foffic'emly
convinced the lnbavitants of the United
Scates, that they bad moth'ng 10 expedd
irom that Na:ion, bst a Coutinvance ot
thole tyrammical aad creel Meafures wtich
diove them t 0 8 Ssparaion ; the Condc &
of ysur Party, ia their late Excorfion, muit
have Remped i: with infsllible Cerainty.
.4 The Law of Retali:tion hes wot a 3 yat
betn excrcifed by ths Americans. Huma
ni'y has maked the Line < F their Condg
thus far, even though they koew that they
Teiocrnels v #s aunbuted 1o bafe Timg,
'y ; butif a Departvre irom the Liws g
Humaniy cin ia sny loftsn € b 2 jorlifiy
it mull be, wh o fuch relenilels Deitioyy
are entrapped by the Vigilance, cfthe Py,
ty invaded. Pernapr, at fome fica Pcriod‘
the Americ ns, ficed wich Prefentmen ¢
tccumuated Injuries ; wearied with g,
long Exercile o a bumane Cozdu, whig
has cmly been rewaroed with Barbarity ay,
lofult ; and Clelpairing 0 mitgate g
Horrois of War, by perfiding 1 the Pryg
tice 0 a Virtue, waich their Enemies fe:q
to have bawifhed from their Minds ; may,
by tucdenly cxecating the Law of Reuli,
&t n, cO v.nce Brton, that they have
t kea the M.tives of Ame ican Clemes
and tuf:d tov I ng with aedederved
ty. Oboald fuch cw E.ent take P.ace,
unhappy Suficiers mey charge their Miy
tuncs o the Commandieg Ulficers of
B:itith Aty in this Country, whofe mg
taken Conuult has weased the Affe@igy
of Ameciicans fiom ycur Nad n, diwg
them w 0 ditavow Alle 13ace Tt your Sim
reigo, aud aiderg h tvuled thew w A
0 Retuliag.a,
¢ 1 thowld not have wrote yoa fo par;
colariy upon this Su je&. bad | ot cby
¢d ‘n the Newport Gazette, that «he Co
d.ct 07 ycur ‘L roopr, empic yed on the |
Exped: 101, bad recerved you: Appicbaii
aid warmet [ oank:.
** Your javounng me with 3 Line, iy
formi.g wpoa whac lerms a Kele:je d
the.c unior.un.te Perfoas may be obtaing
will mucu cblige, Sir,
Yvur moft ovedient,
sud very hymuic Servant,
JOHN SULLIVAN"
M. Geue al PiE)t.
Geavas FloUL's anfwer,
Newpyii, juns 19,177
SIR, '
Rece ved your ve'y exiraorlinary ‘
I ter, and as you riquetf mothing me
thaa the Favour ot a L'ne, 10 is
yve upon what Terms the P..toners tax
vn the zst of I.lt Mosty, can bs obui
ed, it is unneciliary 10 tromble ycu with
Roply to any other Pa:t of your Leser.
* You are jlealed to by, you ’
cosjectaie vpon wost Terms their Reled
may bi obiamd, You cerw‘llz ,
k.ow, that by the Laws of this Ce
every Mam above fixices, snd under il
i 1 oolig:d 10 ferva as a S.laser, under ‘
fzveis Penalties, acd have Gesenl
Freld Otficers appointad 10 lead them obd
ever caled 10 ca; and I have no DillE
but miny @f (Hofe ve:y Perfues, whom
call peaceabie lchavitin s, have
maiched oa ke la ¢ Intenued Jgvshis
this lflasd, by Genesai speacer, ‘fash
ing the Cife, J co.’. lee tLere can '
Opj:&isa mids 10 tbers being ex:
for’ doidiers or &:ames. A,y ome
does not come usder the abos ¢ Def: .
of bsisg betwscn fixieen and fixty, D
Bpon yor poin:ing him owg, be lu.mesid
ly Izt st Liberiy withost say Exchbll
Shoud this, Propzfal be agraable 0
1 am reasy 10 make the kx hacge st ¥
s you pleafs ; bus in cafe 1y docs nos 5
wiid y.ac Appiobaiion, |sm forey |
quaint yoa, that sot baving it in my f®
‘r 0 accammicaie the Pri.oness o 608
ieatly acd well as ) could w.th 10 do, B 8
be under the Necefii.y, when as Cpp™
nity «ffers, of iendiag (hew to New- ¥
wheze ibey wi.l be betier attendsd 1 8
bz mare at l.rge, and I wifh | ¢ :
thes Exckange m)iecafily ¢tfeBed. ' |
l .‘. ai'. s
P’ Your mcfl oscdient has M S
ROBERT Prp 0%
M. G:acerai Suiiivas, 3,