The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-06-08 00:00:00, page 6

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Y Cip'c aid We lbwley, who came to dun iassSqm-thy;
Hflitzgiwe 1 lb following inmfling in;:lligence, viz. ;
.:At shlisuitm Chadiam of 50 guns, Orp emof "gon:, ?qro—
rough, Ghsgownd Hos— of vogue.: bsicpKingkishcr, T m'yfffid
adamant 16 gum. named brig, two schoonzn, and No small main,
me! a number! of m : : The 1":qu Glasgow axe feign
nsit. OK checubo Apsil the Niger fri 13? 3: no,. wii (wbm
and I bliss Mvixlzqn-had'qao troops, ailed sp]; ges??? Fivdrl llls
m urind' et HsaL-fm (he WeR Lndin viih' xroo'sizi: From che
stinfomztion ahcuw nium. l.u- wimp- at Hzpfag be? ore'
vm fed! ady'u- :On the ye]; my siivgd, (corn Essng'land, My;
:ccounu thunbout-thmc ugunenn'eul olkthtil' psz e w A'mersiica.
od-Jmn. oxfflfim catch- songcst ons :: icbec
md dle- Yozkssm ne wmkdnie-Mfrm ahtsshL-r,
and to cut- of 51? commupiczm-h of did NeffiEoglu-d denie- wild thq
southern. _- si _ _ .1-.:-. ss,
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P.HILAD.ELPH1A,_-Ma] 23.
jd'tenoon, _ two o'cloek, his Excellech Genenxp'Vash
. itcttgfin arrived in th : city, from New York. - -, ' = .
Mad 4' . lmn- fl-m an Far in the ang- at Deehambeen,.- 48 mile:
. si ' abofleEuc, May 9, '1776. ,ctsi ('I
". [hue jot! time, by an ex rel's that goet to New Yuk, to lqwaint
you (is du- unsox'ttmne, and, must add, disgucefnl m ; their
cnmshneeu of which, as fat" a ! am able, I will inform yond. When
I urived flithin , miles of Quehec, with" the sixc ' ' of our regi
ment, ] wax hqfled by an officer on board of : vessel onging do us, and
informed that siffii'djwte army wan remains with the utmoflsspreeipita
tion, and advised 'io'reueztsiwith the re 'menc n fast as posstble, which
you munsihe well assured I could not t tinlCof doing unlese ahsulutel}
obliged to it. ! then immedtztety 'put to show, and ordaethhe regt-si
ment to wait niy orders before they moved from that phee. ] accor
dingly set out, and so: about 6 miles, meeting the reads full ofLeople
shamefully flyin tom an army that appeared by no meztm supeqor to
ourctsh'engthl 'lqte Genetal and officers baked here, and heid : council
of we:; to deunnine whether they should Boy the (YOGPI, end engnge
the enemy. ' !: en determined almost unabimnufly ugmni} du proyosfl,
'ahshugh'l was 'of ny'mionv frym the bett acteeounts I meived from &;
officers, [hit the End!!! troops might have been—dt'iven bzek into the '
town. 15,an wnevery argument of dis rzce attending a_ retmt .
The hudssletrrmined not to make :! [in till they got to the mon of
the sely but : letter coming sromGenerzl Amold. {mmifin I rein
forcement of men aad'cannon, they determined to wait ere unu In offi
cer could mum, whom sent to Montrezl by General Thomas. The
fleetil urived :: Osivebee. A sri me of 6 gum, : ship of 20 sum, or
upwards, end : schooner taken rom us, ave sailed up the river :- far :
this [place, and remzined here two dnye. They landed eight boat load. -
of men. about fom- milefl off, who were obliged to embal'k by : party of
the rent, before . rny of [30 men, that we marched from hence, could
get up with them.- * ' ,
Two of the continenzal fleet sailed from Newport this week, in order
to wife infBoston bay.
Twenty our lndiane, the chief: of several nntions. were a New York
on the zoth ult. from Albzny, on their my w Philadelphia, in ordeno
wait on the Honourable Continental Con esi. si
By express just arrived at New York som Boflon, we have the fol
lowing impotunt intelligence, viz. That the continenm umed sehooner
the Franklin, commlnded by Czpt. Mugsord, on the t7th inflant, took
nml' eufied into Boflon, I ship from Wland. Ibout 300 tom bunhen,
mounted with 6 akin 'gune. She Englud the ml- of Aptil. in
company with 9 sin o tnnspom under_coov _of : srigit, ' _ und'soc
Button. not having an idea of the preupiuu tght of Gepeni Have.
She had on board. - _ . ,. , .
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! zoo hm-ele os powder eossper hooped. looo earbmee y'mh peyoneu,
moo cat'touch bones, tooo ingl, Ip-ssnrett-avelliu usage;, Kinvel
.lin hand! ikes for ditto. 84 hand aws, zooo bu el send huge. &
h t bnshe ditto, too mzntlets of cured hides, 14..- broid since, o
hammen, jeo felling un. soo hand lmchet',I goo bond _bil_l, ["
whed-barsirows, ] 50 hand diuo. mon common padee. {50 dtuhlng dtt- _
to. 7 50 thod shovell, esofiron ditto, : quantity of mredntd white mpe, '_
carpenter. and jcinentodll _os zllkinds. The powderjnn'us, &c. were '
t'cttely landed before the expnse left Boston. -,
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'f- YW'I-L L FA Mzssiu U'R'G, due.8.
-, ct.E-ba_n,'.b M se, firm. Norglsi lio sit}: lbm ! ooof
"No ; Genm! 'isivz'sssinnwmi htjd'figsssidgrsicoyef WHEN
vkibuoissi—thal-ssn p-oop 'ot' horsa'sswhq WF fish But to'siwptch tffi'si ' in" ?:
;motiqnss, had blkn in with : pqysi of, c'erp, lullgd saint, asind soreed'tde
ssderffirhsinrssdpiwioosi , .. ;, .. "' 'si '
.— -:Yestmlaysin£umoqd cos- tain unjfrom' Genehl Lee, wish .
!icc-ihc. &c.-Bect-iass, one. rosi'n': CZF e'ar'; that it was (he rcvzili ss
opinion they were, bound wsssmm filfilipa, though Qenkfnl-Bee thin
sigh mqstsisikel sky Ire comingrousipd to.('l;ie*colonsiy.'_ . 'ss' " ' *
]! inns; ssou _ a'fafix am afl'tfit'quin shathrc ictfi- Lord Dun—
more'jsavice huct _es\ ' them not being flzoth-llf tho'leet now [(
Gwyu'l Mind; where 1ey arcgone to is uncertain. Tpil, it is im
*!* sssimwsihu ! " - . ? , n'as"!
amdn them fpr syme mue plsi, -
lifts si scarlet; m MbleI—P'WAW'Pctw Fssmwof
,a- ushmct '! . , - ss - - -
,.,Tue.9i._->al_.ssessex 'commsiznded byssBa'nssln Gsixrssizh'si mkefi, La
himself apd ten pthcssmctade prfsdxieks.-' She mou'nu four e'im-iage g'dn's,
nd had, bn hoard :: ,qua'migy os_ West lndia reduce, some gunpowder,
small asmq, add : number of qher "very use u] articles.
ctM-ssZDssIXON UHUNTE'R. ss
ct si ' * 'Dlsiuwsilolilzflurtbufi," Mthssss, 1776.
COMPLAINT ben'ng lodged apinst Richard Hznson', lnd others,
{or having wilfuslxz vitjzlatcdl an orde} 'ofiltlhc Cutinentll! (Longress
res &in the late-FA , :: cu "up:!" on y w lctli; : pc.
forthe cgommittce, and of their oxnnacmdc made :: humblgxconsi
ccfflons for sheir tuum nous behaviouron shusolcmh' afion- .For
further particulars, we ; leave to rein told; esclosed memorial ind
confession annexed, both which yosiu m reminded to insert in your
gazeue, at the join: expence of shesand ddinquenu; andauxvisil'obfige
To the Chaimau and member: of th: :amm'un fir Dimwialdie my; ibe
memorial qf'RlCl-l ARD HANSON. qf-lb! to-um ochmyGw-g,
Sbo'wefb, ' - .
HAT your memorialist hu bend. with much edtseem, Gut he
stands elurged before this committee with bath? wilfully violated
an order of the Horn. Continentil Congresl. for the ob ervation'os Friday
the t7th infiznt (May) at : solemn FAST DAY. "
Your memorialitt molt solemnly declares, that at the time of his giving
the invitztion to his neighbours, which has excited against him the said
tom him, he did not recollect that it wot the day set apan for that purpose,
unti it wan so late in the day that he appithended his countermanding_
the imitation: might be supposed to n'is: I'Ifllel' fron I Mt'olssih'os
pitality than : religious attention to the lppeinledct-solemnilyq And :: he
wan conscioue of havin no des: n or defin to connvne either that, of
my other order of the on. A emhly, he trusted tht the most favour—
lble confiruaion would be ul upon an na attended wish no-arkof t'es
tivity, or productive of di order or lieentionsness. -' - .si- .1- . -
Your memorialifl begs leave further to lsure this e'omnittee, that he
hat, since hit first residence in thilctcolony, beeneonlhllyobedient to
the laws and regulations ordained in it; endmonpwticnhflysfince the
commencement of the late unhap]? disputee, between thc-eoloniee end
the parent nate, he hu'fismly retb ved, in no in.,mee, to give offince to
the inhlbitlnts of : country whom he du caused !" the benefits arising
to individual: in a well replaced society. a ' ed the friendship
of many worth) member: of it, his nt-oct ubbing to lcquin the
character of : peaeezble and inofl'ensive citiaen. ' .
"Under this eireumlhnee of inattentitm. end insimcy e'- h th'
offence 'w'mkhined, end hie haycmuition sette sue, hebu
this commune will nel "lied the innocence of in inten
believe him sivhen he m, 'that devil! him. by dull .!
'gid elufe sat compkim in futuh; fand that he will.?ifl Ifl KM
'eonsorm himself to the reguiltio'm that han'bessen elmdy mak. ol
herelfter be naked out, for the simdabinntt of thieeolony. Am!
siucnely wissshel for a return of that peace and by uillity which lus here
wsore pnuiled in Vir inia, in which he hsitrl' the happen pmashin
"life; md the: the pr ent comest mny be ed with Went! n.
age to the United Coloniee of Amenu. . - ' RKCHARDsi .
E the subsctibe'ry. who oak os e dinner .! Mr. Wost
the dey muchel: in 'a M. Houly-deelu'e," M'd