The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-10-11 00:00:00, page 2

-HALIFAX (NoctvaSc-otiass} Set. 6.
' RIDAY lnst arrived his Majesty': srigate Mil ord, aptain Burr,
flom a Cl'uilctt', and brought in a prize l'chooner, loaded with fish
nnJ lumbc.*ior the West aniu market. Also the Princess Royzl, a
hemuward Jamaica ship, loaded with rum, sugar, and other valuable
'articles, which having parted her convey, &] in (off the Bermudq
iflandt) with a letter of marque schooner, in the American service, of
sin gum and some swivell, bound to Santz Croix, who took her, and
put an officer and twelve men on board: But nfm-th hid her in pos
seffion 16 days, she fell in with the Milsord, in Boflonesily, who retook
her; but the prize matter and hie men took to their heat and got on [hote
before the Mili'ord c_ame up.
B 0 8 T O N, Szumbtr 12.
MONDAY md Tuesday llfl the Bciti tyrant frigne the Miiford
was seen in mu- bay, and to have two sehdonu'a add a floop u
Fine. She has taken the continental Fivateu Wanan, apt. Burk,
and in continually cmising betweat Cape God and fine. that we
a rehend she will intercept our tude. it in du: some of the
] d'gn frigates will come thia way, andridoureoafl of thin iuhmnan
p un :.
Ourlasi accountl from Halifu sa , that there are sag'ty N] of vefl'ela,
price;, &c. that th were in greet right, ' an attack fron our
troo every day. hree e: elsea armed sneeefliv ,, with an account
of tfln bed;? at Cumbesl , and having 500 lndinu with them, and
itwac snppoed there, zooo Amerieam; they had, it was said, cut :
read of 90 miles in three weeka, through the wooda, from 8 7 to
Cumberland; that the above newa am: fivm themthos ' w
_from Col. Gorham, who every moment apeaed to be , lad
ymte to Halisax for suemn; and thltan ]ndian Fifth: St. ]ohl tsihe)
'wal executed for damning hi- Excellency Genenl akin n.
Capt. Gill , in a small Priam schomer from thie poet, uken and
sent into Piymouth, a brlgantine from Antigul bound for lum", la
den with rnm and sugua. She m M taken by : Cmectieut priv'a
jteel', but the people rose a_'nd took her. also had her in Men (hue
daahefore Clpt. Gill came up with lack.
: [elm, from undoubted authority. thlt the (showe: Slll , Cape.
Roach, which lately went fron Piscatnqua to Hdifas. an a hay with
some prisonen, wu on her m-ival made a prize of, lld all the head: put
- on hoard the man of war. ,
We hear that : snow, laden with sum and sup", m carried into Cey
Anne last week. .
WATERTOWN, . Septmhr 16.si
LAZT Sundey se'nnighr wu uken :nd ended into Gouldfltomu ,
by two small beats, : brig from Inlmd, boundforlklffuy ] it
with bees, hotter, &c. She parted eom ny with ssu otherwiswn
vesseltthe dny on which she wn taken, nll for the lbon putt
-NE w LO ND ON, Sept.1_2.
ESTERDAY returned hete from : cruise the armed Why,
Clpt. Roben Niles, beioh in; to the Sun of Conneaien. nssl'
brought in with him the sehooner lnd Eiinbldt, connunkd by
Cape Bmce bound from Bzrbados to Hflifax; her'cup eonfish of
ende o sum, and : ditto of sugar. About :! deyengo Came
N' et took the ship Hope, Clpt. Wine, bunhen 170 tom, bound from
St. Vincent to London; her eat constsh os?7 hogshelde of sugar, 3:
puncheom ot sum," some moloflgso, coeoa, en coffec, and my be daily
exyefled into some port."
NEWARK (New jersey) September 28.
N our lafl we informed our readers, that the city of New Yorh. '— in
flamu on Saturday morning the :: [t inshnt. since which we had
many and different reporu concerning that milenchdy this, the nel
authentic of which in believe is at foilovn, viz. That the sin originltcd
:: or near Whitehall, soon extended to the Exchlnge, took in coursi :?
"the west side of Broaditreet, as for ae Verllttmberl Bill, constliting
!
the blockl from the Whiuhau up. The linne- enmdd m-ose
the
Bmedvuy from the house of Mr. Dnid Johnkon m lever Lene, or
,Fineher't Alle], on the wed, dnd ended ] chose it, ! few building
Wed, to the house It themes Berkley-sh-eet. whuei-Mt. Man
v nbug lived, sweepinlctgn the cross Rm in the my; The build
4ct—.___-si -.ss—Actsisi _ .ss- ' . '_v -
ings lest standing on the west side of the Broadway m sup used to do
Caplain Thomas RandaU's, Cl tain Kennedy'c, Dr. Mal at'l, Mct-si
]ohn Cortlandt'l sugnr house nn dwelling-house, Dr. ond'h' Hull'.
nvern, St. Paul's, Mr. Axtefl'e, nnd Mr. Ruthttfor 'I. The cause
of the.- sin;: it not known. We inn in: : or a sixth part of_tbe city i.
destroyed, and many famifin hue. all th 'r al]. _ .: —
Sunday last I number of the " bra embarked ln boat: from New
York Ifland near Grecnwich, Mh win su p'osed intended to mak
Powlu-Hook, but in the asternoon they discm asked, lnd gave over the
[tempt for that time.—Mond:y the Roebuck and three olpcr ship- came'
too opposite o'nr bnmry :! that post, and ufm- difcbarglng about loo ,
moon, landed nell' soo mew, our peoyle having encuated the place '
some hour: before. and carried 65 their anillery, &c. They in my
advlnlug'couslv lied on the height: at the mill them one mile bon the
enemy. And mmfy throwing up entrenchmenu, having been reinfomd
with about good men. ' - ss
PsiH-ILADELPHLA, Osictober :.
— DVlCES from the cum at Harlem, nels New York, say, thank ,
A enemy, from their di rent memuvm npd great preparnsiom,
intend soon to Rrike : decisive blow. Theirxlen nteoqsi-flmk an he
omsipe ]e in, burit is thought they will be ifnppomted, sortheheight.
above arlem lnd Kingshridge are strongiy mnnned end somfied, md
all the poinu up to Frog'e secunly picketted, the evenues blocked, us
the reads ent up to prevent the :ppmlches of their zttnllerss. Tlnt th?
have opened the court: of justice upon Long lshnd, m whtch Mr. Lu _
low pursuits n Chief judge. They have colfisceted seven] eshtee, and
pondtmned one man to mal confinement; to finger out hie life in
ehuim, and to be fed on read md water. They entry : high hand,
and, fluflted with the sweet: which net'use, and lot their flgengthsi, hu
given them, they think in : little time to sweep on our emy, and be in
Men of America. Thlt old Oliver De hncey in : Colonel; thlt
]. Woodhull. late President of New York Coqmse, in killed, end
that GovernorTryon lie- at the point of death. That Genenl Howe had
ordered the militiz on Long [fiend to miller, from which dnughts m
' - ' ' 'is a sufficient notable of "lande" do not Ippell to sight
...si . Amerieln brethren. ,_
, By : vessel smmthe Well Wmlnrn, thronehegthessfceygema
her the tm-n of Blsscten'e in St. litt- wu mail! deimyedsistsidz by
fire md panly by : hurricum—Tbc, particular: thin truly c dy
event we have not yet been able to come et.
Lefl Seturdey : numberof osicen lnd Frintee, belol in' to the Am.
limamy, end whohedbeen tekenprioctneninCnn' , lrrindin Ili
eity egn-ble to du procllmation of Genenl Culeeon. Theywmsm
in fonesitnns undet- conv of the Fear] friptc pf ;: gem, fron
Osinehccto '- Yor , winne enet-aluowe deninedthemonboerdu
formight. Mongfl those now arrived m Genenl Thonpson, Colenel
Irvine, Clpt'. hVilson, Clpt. Duncln. ieulenanu Cuttie, Hoge, and
Bind; Rev. Mr. M'Cllh, lad Dr. lie. Thcn m three hun
dred lad eighty the prince, laide- other osiecn, who ere on their
miaber-siespzctive Seneca " !! 8 ' '
18 I mrsm Wss Ill Alone, Man. .
In the [kirmill on Month, Ill Miller! lndfiovdd lbout zoo &
theenemy; mlosewae eboutumen killed udvn'ndedg Colond
Nolton nuns the [kin, : brave officer, who, when he was cum
eted,Dothce run? Doourmenightvd" Ipenhtingh
they did, he um well then, I die concealed."
\B:1u8 Jlemrfi-c-Lonnou, My 19, :776. .
" ? old end lble General s?! mfss-sictxfisi that the Amerienl
Me gent wisdom in mlkin o mue Woe lnd spds
for a few hour- work often steed many lim; 'md siopinion wan, '
they kept on the defensive, avoiding to much :- poflble mill. doe
netdequnnmt, end topk proper m ofthir—pssifin d'
unmumtion, end provided, "'Hch they T 05],th
in small imitiee : my lshndcr, mon sun is! sin
it would impofib e for all the British forced to'efeactlmeh thin
gipofier' tothenorthorputh; andemthelhnjnmeLa-d
enmine himself deelnenre moot carry en Whether c
next yeir, u the expence of the present one will " ' exceed ss
milliont Radix. wh-eh edded to the union] lose m uillione no— ,
for mtoftheAt-neriean eomnmee. vin'be'mm then thioeountry a -
hent, espE-lly " the lock. in mew theedy, 'huing filled three
cat, fice Chribnu therefore the ed widlem made this
whichhchoyum'llpms ul.uddmbyndueehmea£
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