The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

742 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 30th Day of July 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,According to my Promise in my Answer to your Address relating to thecontinuance of His Majesty’s Troops in this Province for our better protection,I wrote a Letter to the Honorable Colonel Montgomery, a Copy whereofI herewith send you, and that you may be fully acquainted with the Resultof my Application, I communicate to you the following Answer from ColonelMontgomery to my desire, which was expressed in two Alternatives, tothe latter of which you see he has virtually consented as far as he safely couldconsistently with his Orders, by delaying his Embarkation, to give the longerTime for the arrival of the Advice Boat which was to bring an Answer fromGeneral Amherst to my Letter of the 29th of May last, representing the dangerousSituation of this Province on account of the Murders committed inthe Upper Creeks. Colonel Montgomery’s Words are as follows, vizt.“As I have always been convinced that you have done every thing in yourpower to carry on the Service and as you have upon all Occasions, shewnan Inclination to give me all the Assistance, I could expect from you, you maybe assured that it would give me a particular pleasure to do any thing in mypower at your request. Besides it is my duty & inclination to contribute tothe protection of His Majesty’s Subjects of this Province as far as is consistentwith the Orders which I have received. Our Horses are worn out, & notable to crawl, some fresh ones must be got, and the others have a little Timeto recruit before I can think of proceeding from this Place. Our List of Sickhas increas’d considerably, our wounded much distressed with a long March,& indeed the Detachment worn out with fatigue, so that an half of some Daysis indispensably necessary, and of consequence we cannot get down theCountry to embark before the 8th or 10th of August; before that Time youwill certainly receive an Answer to your Letter of the 13th of June to GeneralAmherst, and if his Excellency upon your Representation, is pleased to orderme to continue with the Detachment in South Carolina, his Commandsshall be chearfully obey’d. Tho’ it is my opinion that the Troops can be ofno Service till the Heats are over, & as that is the Case, rather than continueidle here, I shall certainly proceed to the Northward, if no alteration is madein the Instructions, with which the General has been pleased to honor me.