The Cape Fear Mercury

              the capefear mercury friday july 28 775 no i6 a circular lett e ft to the committees of south-carol in cluilcp.i.wu june 30 t^/j fni low-citizens t ■ i his rear will be a grand cpocha in the hiftory of jj mankind in ihis tonfpicuous and ever memo a bi year america has been abuled an '. britain has dif graced herfcli in an unexampled manner all ihe guilt 01 all tit fnglilh minifters of flnt from the reign ot the firft william to the conclufion ol the late war does net equal the guilt thnt iltittili minifters have incurred fiuce the latter period the mcafure of their iniquity apn ars now full they fcem fixed in the purfuit 1 1 iheir j 11 toenll.ivc america in order that they might cnilave i ; .* * i ,...,:.| ; to elevate ihe monarch ilut lus been ted uu a throne only to gov rn under the law into ti thron ■ * - all law •■ '> divine providence h*.s in 1 ,; i t'u a 11 : ii ns with in h v t.r couiag , pud ct 11 t\\ii as lus ahead attract ! t'u attention oi the uui > ,.•, an i will nuke thei 1 lam iuj ro th l.ited pofteriry tlie americans promifc to arrv"ll the hand ot tyranny and to five even lsriun ns from fliat kl ■«. in 1 fi rmer lettci we di elar i to you that there wis •« but little probability of ■ i r •: • i ; r lhc prefent unhappy 1 ublic dilputi s by the pacific msafures we have hitherto purfu 1 *" our i.leas w re jail a 1 with the d:epcft grief yei fi/mcft refol\ni 1 wc now smimunce to you tl,.,l il ; '. rd tl civil ai is not only actually drawn , 1 nt ihine-.l wittii.1 '"" : ' 1 li kind's t.oops hive at ) ncthi mmenccel l.oftii'-tirs a^a'.nft this continent j and j t *_ nifinin i'-'i ungc 0 ■ ittack njjainll nun in arms del iiiu t : tl ir prop , tiny hare fiaughtert-d the unarm i ih : lit the h i i fs li in '-•!'.; in u'f «.,'., in t !• oppicdyiji they li ivi now 1 jlhcrcl out a'l ] ** lubjrcn ', 1 m * im "•-,'. ay m-ik ihe event ! ',.■!'• enormities v ■ ■-•'/ pcrpcti 1 j t*'lien tie ,..;.- yengrance rut is tin 11 , even hoin the 1 ,.*.. up 01 th fun 11 n i the pom down 01 the fame : ! king's ti pa v.-e :•■ di . ■■;:,: i ; tl.e tied b lore our jn in f ..; mil , tf*c nitjl.t laved them irom total de ft l.e t fill hui : •", in what manner thi american civil war corn nun rd 5 and wc lay •-. " you the csi'c as flatsd by 1 1 ral -• i ' ' 11 the one part aaj b liie vui.c ol am j.i ... other ', ... ,: neral fent a ,' ■• . hi u nt oi about 800 foldicrt jnto ill 1 unnny to li i/.c an i d flroy the p.oprrt ol the rr p . : 1 ■'.'•'■'' he tts-iiay iin detachment in t.i \ . -. . couccrd at lexington faw •• about oj 1 1 n dr.'.vu up cn a green and when the troops came v in 1 > ,•'■■. 01 then a fitu.itiuii out ol the line ol 1 ihev began to file vi the foldiers upon .-.,'*. *, *. * this " 1.1*3 aft t them to furround ai i ,':. im tl , 1 si ne ot il-.e who had jumped n r i wall if ii fired : ur or ire thot t th : troops an 1 •< upon 1 '..-," the ioi in 1 " began a fcati 1 d fire al 1 i i fever ol tin country people < leal at 11 is even fi n • . -, d.'t , th.n the king's troops by running alt-r sctuall hm ked ihe provincials p iccablj filing t ■ -. v $ neral cage hai lhc inicgiit t-.i curl lus nnrra vi ■■; - unfortunate sd'air *' a circumluntial ., * iuni ■ an . •*.* i 1 11 his majefty's troops by .. m 1 , j tl ic ot mails imfcu hay ilul 11 ru wiil , f o ur d al liiis >• 11 n ll j 11 it i i ''■'■■ if - neral uuk t nu ftruple io violate ev 11 a folei tr engage ii„-i t alter the gcner.il'n defeated trotipi p-tunicd 10 iiwihii he dewkrta tlutil the nihatotauto ul ljut dc voted ci r y wcu i deliver up tht r arm he wmll i per mn ilu i to retire t rt t:ic town with their effeds ; 1 hey deiivcrcd up near 3000 itainl of atms--snd to this d.iy they nre in ihameful iitv-.uh ef the capitulation de tained i.i captivity pati i:t enduring the calamities o famine however the voice of america thus defcribes tht commencement ol ihis unnatural war about eight or nine hundred folui is came in ln;ht juft before fun iii of about 100 nun training thcmfjvcs to atmo 11 ufual 1 snd the troops running within a lew rods r.f them the commanding officer called out to the mflilia difnerfe you rchi is d mn y tt tiirt.w down youi arme and difperfe upon which the troops huzza'd — imme diately one or two officers difcharged their pillol-t ami then iherc feemed.lu be a g;ncral difcharge mm tl.e whole body eight americans were killed upon the fpo aft i pe were wound id 1 ht folelicrs in z ftw minutes relumed thcii 11 ireh to concord ; and there ipeeuily deftroyed a confidcrable quantity oi llour and 1 th t itorcs belonging tothe public another parly of militia asi ut 15 men alarn j t fuch rioienccs h.ul ajl'emhlcd ncsr a brit ire t con id the f.ldirrs intel upon hi in n;v : killed two men it was this retxpeatei ai of deadly hofti it that roufed the american • r*j rr j i for lt force '; ii y now returned the fire beat the king's tioops out oi the town and compelled them na retreat io lexington where they met a rt.m'o.'cei.kiit nf 1600 it fh men md rtro pieces of cannon the militia hrin hy'this lirae inercafed i'i tin h ntiml rs th:-y icon , diflodged the troops from this poftj who during ihs rcmai.i lei of tho day made a precipitate retu.it through the ann rican lire i..l gdncd a place ei fafcty un.hr cover of t'i r.ij;iit : tn this b-r.ie of lexington ihe americans had •<; men killed and 19 wci tided the king's troops loft it men killed wounded ami n.ii l ue ; and hy fubfequent accounts it appeaia tl.ar in conf quern e of that action i;.;..:.*.l gi'^e a army hit iut tained a diminution of tooo men by death wounds prifoners defcrtion forfeits and other incapabilities 01 fciviee foi the troops king four-arid-twonty hows on duty marclu'd fought and fled 43 miles in that time without the ic a fl rcfrclhmcnt let it he remem bered that ihefe 1800 britifh regulars coftsfling ol the picked m 1 ( 1 the whole arm — gicnudiers light infan try and fnarin s carefully prepared for the e\pcditicrt were defeated and driven b about 1 ." ' american nu liti.i brt-u^hr to repel an onexj edli'd attack and marched in act id iitil j ti 9 upon the fpurol die occafion let ic be delivered down to pofterity that tke american civil war broke out on tlie 19th day oj arm 1775 an epoch that in - : i probability will rtuik the dtclcnfion ol the briiifli empire ! ;-... h an important event ns the actual commencement of civil war csuled ihr ceiivcntion ol ihe cbngreft on the firfl of june ; in order tint fome provilion might i -. made *,.',■*•* 11 in pending tai n it ies lhc itnjncii rote on the .' l intt-ntj and it is cur duty to inluim yoiij and through you the public t lire , 01 the material iranf e lions m this im porta nt feffion as a firfl il.pini our defence it wal thought expe dii ni t asnits the inhabitants of th ceil ny " at a hand in i 1 defence ij eery foe :" unl to ihu mlrpofl on tk fourth day 01 june immediately after ine ccjt 1 ■:• ti 1 of divine fervicc in eongrcia an afibciation wat 1 icd by all the mcmbeis pielcnt fulcmnly er.gacing tluh lives ami fortunes 1 in the frucc ol foui days the ih-jciation w.i voluntarily fubferibed by almoft every inhabitant in chatlcfuwn aai uaauuitud hit im coulhry