The Virginia Gazette

BALTIMORE, February 11.

By the sloop Jersey at Brunswick, under a strong guard, but that he was treated with great respect by most of the officers of the British army; that general Howe had refused to see him, and that he had treated him with several indignities; that he had, notwithstanding, a high sense of the general's military abilities, and wished for a pretext to excuse exchanging him; that general LEE retained his inflexible attachment to the liberties of America, and that he openly avowed it upon all occasions. It is impossible for an American to reflect upon the important services this illustrious general has rendered to the United States, by rousing and directing their military spirit in the beginning of the controversy, by forming their armies, by exciting a spirit of emulation and laudable ambition among their officers, by his attention to the health, clothing, &c. of their soldiers, and lastly, by his zeal in inculcating the principles of liberty and good government upon all orders and classes of men, without resolving to redeem him, or to retaliate, with tenfold vengeance, the least indignity or injury that is offered to his person or character.