The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-01-03 00:00:00, page 2

ac long a a single fold'nef remained to support, h'td i! been flpnble of
dcse-n;c. The h-shclt hunotns Ire due to him, his glllzut officers, and
th'.- hmve soldicrs under his Command
LaR Satutd-y u-nsing arrived in this town, fmm Hclifzx. via New
Yolk, (asm : ]ung and cruel imprisoumenc) the lion. zzmn Lovell,
EI-i; to the nn sm All joy of the inhabitants of the capital o thin Sun;.
The Ho... Fnuncis Dana, and the Hon. James Lovell, Esquisee, m
chosen D.;legatel, to rqmsisent thil Stntc in Genonl pongnsi, in uldition
to the five members now pretent at Philzdclphia.
L-it Sunday a number of prisussnen (mation and shldieu) arrived in
town from lhe intcriurpam of this State and Conneflicut,_mdon Mon
day sct off for Mzrbleehcad, in order to be exchanged for I number of
our men, who htcly arrived in the cmel vessels there.
'shursduy last :rrivec'. at Marblehezd, aptize ship, from the bay of
l-lon-un-as, l.ulcn with logwwd, taken by ; Mat-blehead printeer. the
Gth day of her cruise. ss
The ship Hope, lfiden with lumbcr, which lately sailed from thiuport
for the \Vest lndiu, in safely moored in the harbonr of New York. '
By a (}cntk—man of vencuty, lately arrived from Tieonderoga, we are
informed thar the noted Col. Nznrr departed this life, at St. ]obn'o.
in Scptembcr laR. He commanded the" regimentof foot in hit tyran
nick Majesty: service. His [kill in militisslry mnun weareflnnpn to;
but this we can say of him, that he was muste: of the art of nmng pnd
feathrring, :; he died hil hand on a poor soun'] m, in thi- tum,
some time before the Lumgton battle. -- , ss
On TIME.
! mark how swift these precious moment- flyl
_Like man, no sooner are they born dun die.
Then Ynuch this prize! O! clasp thin noble (lore!
Remember. time once lost is dme no more.
Anssince tim'o wheel so rlpidly doth run,
Reflc-fl how soon du.- thmd of hve i: spun.
How sum death ccmes! the common 10! to mm,
Ere n-uure's mczsur (! out her given [pan.
O! think, on this depends (therefore no longer 'lil) -
Thy future happinelx, (by everlnsiing sue.
Then use the plesem al if 'twas thy last,
And dun with pleasure thou shalt view the poi.
w1LL1AMSBURdsct5ctzn-my 3.
APTAlN ThomassiLill , in : cruiser of this State. ha- brought
into Hamrton : large dip which he took on her plsi'age from Tor
toln to London, — Wallace Captain. Her cugo il valucd lt about—Gopoctl.
flefling, confining us sum, sup,", &c.
'l he Montgomery, : New England cmiscr. has sentct into the above
" : schaoner ptize laden with woollens, British m, cheese, &c.
ound (tom H-d-fnt, Now: Senna, to New Yofk. ,
Some ufflcus of thin State, who in 'uR returned from General Wlsh.
ington'n head quarten, inform that metal Let wn recormoitering in
?
New ]uley, nnd M put into a house for refreshmem, of which in
telligence wn conveyed to the enemy, and [to unsortpnately fell into
their hand:. Hi- Excellcni '- aid: de _Wel£ with him, and a small
uwd who esca . 0 (.- ct'ctsih—
! T}; capiul'c offi-hjok General & by a ny of the enemy; light.
.
bode, .w: are inflamed, happened the xzth ult. The occzlwn of so
txtruardinny an afl'aur had been diffmntly related, am! vitious hue been
the conjet'siunl of individual: respectin bit Execlkncy's conduct at :
jonflun- so veny critical To supposi: : at General Let, astaj. so many
mak: of hie atuchvnent, hn thrown himself designedly in themcmy'c
viy, without : thorough knowledge and invesiigation of the Matter,
would be too rash and ungcncmm, notwithflandmg the ci-qunpnce of
decliuing ": junhion with Gcneral Wnshington'l army, in consequence
of a plan which he said, in tsimswer to hit ordets, hc had somdctgainfl
lie enemy, and wanted to cxecutc. __ _
A Gentleman who arrived euerday says that nthouland of onrmor
'Metosscd the Drlzwm, an it an reponcd, when be left Philadr -
phiz. du! the nen joined by fifteen hundred ]ersey militia, and had
mally dcfta eighteen hundred of the Hessian bruteo at Burdentown.
Cnptain Hacker of the [lon Providence, in the service of the United
Stntes, i.: Cumpkny with the Lip Alsred, hn taken :- ship from England,
bound to Osin'sibec, with u,ooo suits of clothing, 4ooo stands osmms,
. qunmuy ol under, nnd otherwatlike notes; nlso : brig from England,
bound to thsaz. laden with provisnom, he. to the nmount of 6000].
flc- Ung. The bsi it nrr'wed It I suse yon, nd the ship was left in com
pany nith the red.
- 86: Mnspom (iI is said) connining elptlfing for th. Britifixormss-y &c.
are taken to the nonhward, l)y.nur yriya ten, and wul bc . luctfflcieng
supply [or th: consiliucm'ssxl army this campassn ;: lead; also du: um or
thn-c gcnsiml office" were on board, and a few private; at our hue King'
troupo.
-y wr'ue from Balcimofe, that when the house was imfflcd wherein
cru] Let was taken by the enemy, he dnew his pillals, and oek'uz'cJ to
surscmkl' unless Colonel Huumrz would pledge his honour lie shuuld ba
heated as a Gentleman; upon iu being granted, he deliver..d himself
up. ] . ;. shid G.mni_flowe me! them on the fond, took Genm: 14;
into his chanol, and conducted him to the sscmy.
Dmx/u.) Mrs. Rlcuuou, Msess asl'dss't. James ficbcsctos King
"'Mum. ' si
Mr. Joux Wooomv, of Prince George.
The lion. WILLlAll Bno, Esq; us Weflover. in th
"my us
(Ilurlcs City, a Gentleman who was much respefled lnd .si-[Q
ed In) all
who had the leasurc of hit aquamtancc.
" 15. lize, his breath, lnis sacuhiel are gone.
" Yet virtue keeps him from ohlwion."
hi GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SA'ruttmnr, Det. zt, 1776.
'I" heing of the utmufl importance that the nine battftliunl heretofore
I raised within this Commonweaith, and now in Continental service,
' should be completed, and the six new battairns for the same ssirvice, as
well as the three battaliom on the pay of t is Commonwealth, raised
with all poflible expedition: '
Ruosivep} that it be earnestly recommended to the jullicee, the
m- mbeu of the eounty committeet, the mihtia office", and the other
' good peo le of this Commonwealth, to use their best endeavour: to 'tor.
ward a encbukage tbe recruiting'service, upon which the safcty and
happiness at their country so much depends.
- 'And-whereas the present imminent danffier of America, and the ruin
and mibsy which threatens the good peop e of thin Commonwealth and
their potterit calle for the utmost exertion of our ltren th, and it in
become nece ary, for the preservation of the date, that ed itionai powei ;
be iven to the (}overnor and Council, during : limited time,- for the
motssh-ig'orout and effectual measures to repcl the invasion: of the enemy:
stou'lo lbn-g/br'}, that the Gwernor be, and he il hereby fully
authorited and empowercd, by and with the advice and consent of the
Privy Council, scorn hencefurward until ten by: next after the first
mecting of the Geneml Afllsimhly, to carry into execution such requili.
tion- ne may be made to this Commonwealth, by the American Congresi,
for the purpose of eneountcrinz or repelling the enemy, to order the three
battalions on the pa of this ommonweaith to march (is neccflitry) to
join the Continenta army, or to the asliflanee of any of our sister Statet,
to_call forth any, and such greater military force, as they shall judge
re uisite, either by embodying and carrying companiet or regiments as
we nntecrs, us by raisigg additional hattalions, appointing and commis
siming their proper o cen, and to ditssefl their oyerationt within this
Commonwukh under thc command of the Contmental Generalt, or
other office", according to their respective unite, or order them to march
to join and act 'in concert with the Continmta] arm . or the two of
any of the United Ametiean State., and to provide or'their y. apply
of provisiona, arms, and other necessaries, at the charge o this Com
monthealth, by drawing on the treatinrersifor the meneymvhich may be
necessity from time to time, and the said treasurer in authorised to pay
such warrant: out of my lie money which may be in his hand:, and
the General Assembly wi , at their next sesiiat, make nmple provilion ss
for any deficiency which may happen. But that this depumre from the
ennttimtion of government, being in this inflanee sounded only on the
molt evident_lnd urgent necessity, ought not hereafter to be drawn into
precedent. Alcn. CAIY, Sy. Gente.
_ Enn. Pcuou-ron, Sp.- H. D. ss
8 In": sman- PA'I'IJCR nuns, jn. Esz Omrorcw M.
} ' Zifluu d' lb: Mr]: 01Vstgilils .
[PROCLAMATIONo
'HEREAS the present criticn] situntion of Amefican :ssain rendmss
necessary the utmoo exertion ofevery sister Me, to put : s dy
end to lhe cruel ringes of ! hanghty and inveterlte enemy, and m"
our invnlulNe rights, ] have therefore thought proper, by and with the
advice of the Privy Council, to issue thin my pmclzmzvion, hereby most
earneflly elhorting and requiring the several county Lieutennntt, lnd
othtt officers of th: militia within thin Commonwealth, me] all otbcr
subject! of the same, forthwith to use their utmost endeavour: to assoeim
so many companiet of voluntau at no be willing'to eng: in the
defence of this State. or march to the ce of any other,