Burning of Norfolk... Loyalist sympathizers in South Carolina...

THE NEW ENGLAND CHRONICLE OR THE ESSEX GAZETTE, Cambridge, Feb. 1, 1776  Nearly half of the front page has letters concerning the burning of Norfolk, Virginia. This was a significant event during the Revolutionary War where the British and Patriots, acting separately, destroyed the town of Norfolk. While the British bombarded the town and landed troops to burn buildings, the Patriots also participated in widespread looting and destruction, ultimately razing most of the city.
Page 2 has a document from Congress beginning: "Whereas it appears to this Congress, that several evil disposed persons in order to obstruct & defeat the efforts of the United Colonies in the defence of their just rights, have attempted to depreciate the bill os credit emitted by the authority of this Congress..." with more. 
Also a report noting in part: "...the insurgents in the western frontiers of South Carolina have been entirely crushed...". These were Loyalist sympathizers, primarily in the back country, who rose up in opposition to the Patriot government. A faction of the Cherokee also sided with the British and Loyalists. This support for the British was part of a broader effort to secure Loyalist support in the South, which ultimately failed, as evidenced by the Battle of Kings Mountain.