The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-08-10 00:00:00, page 6

BOSTON, just 18. By Mr Stone, we learn, that the day before
he its} ' si g'siu's: a Fienc'n m'tn of war arrived theie flum France, who
' hat thc Spdnin'di had l'LC] red war against Pouugzl.
_ ' ay arrived at ddlk'll), from Guasihlsimpc, the schoonsicr Poli-ssv,
Thvv , oud master, who has brought one hundred caiks ot' powder,
ammt seventy er eighty tinctii arms, a number of caniagc and swive]
inns, a quentityot i-iimlisimtct, shut, flints, {xc
lt is reputed []th Capmin ]uhnson, in the Ystnkee privateer, who sent
into this pott two vfiusimic yrizes, on his pashge home the prisoners rose
;.nd overrame the ps]'-.si-'kt:s, L'vnstlleti him and his crew m irons, and
: :u'tiul them into H-(i : !. 'ct '
'WILLIAMSBURG, Augu ssto.
CORRES! ()N LuiN t' has favoured us with exttsiacssts of letten from
_' offic— it. of far); in Tincafl'ic, tmm which we learn, that on Sunday
?t.;'11sit2f!.lstln0nl .(th. sil:*._\_' bctore the engagcmentmcntioned inouriast)
'a lngc part)- oflndm: s l-ul'. tckcd the Watsiuga fort, in which were 150
n.: :..* They siisied on :] siicat mnnhuros women who went out at dIy-break
t-- milk their cows, ztnd. Cildslsi'ti them into the sort, butprovidcntially did
not kill one ot'them. They tired hrilkly on the fort till 8 o'clock, but
without effect, and then ntired with considemble loss, as was supposed
from the quantity of blood tsiuuud; but they returned to the attack, and
were besisiging the full hx ti.\)'$ after, as : messenger who was flippcd out si
infosimui ous men on Holsiein. A detachmem was sent to relieve the
sort. and it was expected they v. ouhl do so un Monday the z9th. A party
of too men of themilitisi fell in with a party of 40 Cherokeea, who were
o miles on this iidc the: ithnd at one of the deserted plantntions, and,
died five, took one prisbner, and twenty guns.---lt ie worthx of our ob
setvation, - that in these severai lkirmishee with the lndiam, in all of
which we did mote execution than in some of the rincipal action: of the
last war, weiok not a man. No one-can refl on thia, and mnn
- other circumstances which have attended the present war with the Briti
tyrant. without acknowledging that he sec- cvident proosa of the Divine
lnterpofitiun in our szvour. .,
Sunday evening arrived in town from Philadelphia. made: an escort of
]ight-hon'e, a lagga- containing continual dollan to the Mutsiof
sooyoool. - six?" _ ui , 'si—
bn Mondaylactl, bein "court day, the Dacuuflou oflanuu.
_ ome- m ' ly inned in the town of Richmond, before nlarp
c'onconrse o vcsslpaflable frcehoiders of Hemico county, and upwuds of
ioo ofthenislittsia, who assembled on thztgrandoccasion. It wa- meived
_ hithvlniursalfioussn oijoy, and n-echoetfby thnovollies of small arms,
ct The sine evening the town wn illuminated, and the member: of the
commitmkdd aelub. when man patriotic toash were drank. Altho
there Were near tooe ople pre ent, the whole was conducted with
um m, an the satisfaction visible in every countenance sui
eicntly evinece their determinatiou to support it with their lives and for
tuneo.
Now will Amcficz'o sond her same increase
In mond science, withsiglory, honour, and ace. , .
A C ' of : vefl'el, who is just arrived with er and dfisisia, in.
soun', ! tat hunt! with Lord Dunmore'o fleet off t Cape:K finding out
to sea, in two di'ifiona, one' to the southward, and the other to (be
mniward- They have been several days li-in in Lyahm Day, and
have burnt some [mal] wife!: which probabfy they had not men to
"W' or wm unfit for . voyage. May they never returnsi
ltu'repdnazd that the ministerial fleet, with Clintm, Cornwlllie, and
the are sailed from Sooth Cm-olinz (being now convinced that
the suhjugation-of that yrovitice is impraaiczble) and that their place of
desh'nntion'i W'York. . _
Lad Sun ymoming, at the camp near the college, a soldier'a mufltet
went of by accident, and killed on the spotone Matthew Fowlcr, : sc
jeant in the lit regiment. -
Nouu CAKOLINA- ! b )" s
' us : Cawm'lsio Sa . 3, 1776.
HEREAS this Board, anxiouc to detect actlYPe "(concerned in
counterfeiting the Cuncncy of tho State, d'ddjnshlenced
Reporu injurious to Mr. Mlliam Edwardy'a Chanfler, lsind by Win
fonmlion, ordered Mr. Edward: to be brought before un for Emin
lion, and he was brought lnd examined lccordinglyz - We, in justice
to ininred innocence, and to prevent that lmputation ovauilt which
might arise from the Circnmsiance os apprehendigger. Edwarp, do,
with infinite Msurc, declare, shaf, after the si si est Seminy-ino hit
Conduct, the Charge was found totally gmnndlest, and he winne!
honmlnHy acqnincd. By Order. .
CORNELIUS HARNET, Prefidem.
,Aun Gum, sff'ov.
-_ - ._-_.>__ss._-_.
To be ZOLD nl public Auctiqn. on the Prmi/Z'I, on TUEsssDAY the aid
SEP7"F M DER next ( is fair, otherfwlsi/k [be nexlsair D19-) persuan! so
(be la/i Will am! 'I'zshm—m ajsiMr; Tnom As FL 5 M ! N c, decayed,
BOUT 270 Acres of good LAND, fituate'
in Clamfier (;numy, about seven Milcs from the Courthoulsie, and
within (me lec of )";rk River, very convenient lo: good Fish and O Here, '
with a g'uod Dwdhng House about 40 by io, end ("[in necessary l- ousus,
ard m. Applc Ouchard of abuut [40 choice Fruit Trecs thereon. At the
same Time and Place will be told all the Stock of Horsce, Came, Hogs,
&c. csi-gethcr with the Househfld and Kitchen Furniturc bepngir-gct'p she
said Eitctxc. Two Years Cledit will be alluwed for the Lan , and tv'velvsie
Llc-mhs for the personul Estate, except for Sums not exceeding (went
snc Slullings, for which ready Money will be expected. Bonds, wit
incontemble Security, will be required by
. Tus E CUTORS.
(? The Land may be seen by applying to Mr. 2 'A Gaictlcter,
or Mr. Le-wi: WaM-w, near the Premises. ct
(, . A— ,si
RlCHMOND Town, 34, 31, me.
THE Subscribcr has_for Salc, at this Place,
a very fine SLOOP sit for the Wgfl Iudia Trade, zzoo Bushcle
Burthen, five Years old, sail! vely (sin, and well found, wsiae built by
jobx Goadricb, Senior, for his own private Use. Any Person inclinadle
to m-chase the (aid Sloop may know the Termo, and see in inventory
ofxer Materiah, by applying to-their humble Serum, - .
( 11) NlCHOLAs ctn. SEABR_O_91$8.-ct
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from— Wzllm - ss .
burg, the last of March, : BAY HORSE About 4, Feet [ne
high. 7 or ! Years old, with :: hangin Mzne and Switch Taii, trot:
and allo :, : white Nose, marked in t : ri ht Ear with an Undetkeel,
his ran forgot. VVhoever delivers sai rse to Mr. MBM
in Fame: City, or the Subscriber at Goo: land Counjtonse, or give. me
lntelh' ence so that I get him again, shall have TWENTY SHLLLINGS
news, _ ss (si) WlLLIAM BALLEY.
T a General Court-Maniai held at Camp at SprZfie-ld tho zd Daysi
afflugast l776,si_b Order of theTIon. Brigadicr neral Law), soj
thctc Fria of Lieutcnant mr jane: of the 6th Regimfnt, arretted by Col.
Baths" for Ncglcct of Duty and insuient havussur; _
Major Headrirk: Ptefident.
Ca t. Da-vis, Lieut. Fame;, Cap!- j'olwfln, Lieut. C !
Cast. smale;, Lieut. Curd, }Mem{ Capt..(,$vcban, Lieut. Mluanm
Ca :. Pox, Ensign Burnt, Lieut. CW- Enfi n .Shitb.
Yhe Court being duly sworn, Lieut. yon.- appeared, an m made
acquainted with the Clu . Col.Bucl*ner also appeared, and said, that
between 9 and to o'Cloc in the Evening of Saturday list he wae going
Home to hid Tent, that he was stopped by : Sentinel who had the wrong
- Counter-sign; thut he sent-for'Lieut. Fowl, who was Cffioeros the
Guard, and inquired of him the Relson of it, who said, thet he had
given the Seminel the Counter—sisn himself, which was of hie own
Make; that he aflted the said Lteumlnt whype did not wait on the
Commanding Officer for the Counter-figo, and wan answered, .thet he
did not know it me his Duty to do 5 as the officer he had wlievod
had given a Counter-si , and he thought he might do it at well no
other Officen. Col. ud-ur told the Lieutenant that it was owing
either to Negiect or Contempt, and was answered it wat intended :;
neither. Lieutenant Rose was sworn a Witness; said, that when he
was Officer—nf the Guard he had no Counter- sign given him,si htsimade
one himself; that he was applied to by Lieut. jeu: to know how he
(you;) could et the Counter-sign, and that heinformed him, that
when he wae on ard he made the Cotmter-sign himself. Lieut-jnm, ,
in his Defenee, says. that he received no Counter-sign fwm the Office
of the Da , and did not know it to be hie Duty to wait on the Com
manding (; cer for it, 'a: he had been informed, by the Oficer whom
he relieved, that the Offieer had made the Connter-signz that he did not
intend- the least insult or insolence to 00]. Riches- in what he said to him
on Saturday Evening.
The Court having considered the Casesim of Opinion, that Lieut.
jum- it not guilty either of Neglect of Do? of insolmt Behevious, and
that he be therefore released from hie Am .
G. SeAToN, ]. A. Mejor HENDRICKS, President.
Brigadier General Lrwi: agree: with the Court 6 far ed in nlelsc
Lieut. Peter jane:, but bege Lieut. in:: to make hinselsm eequbinted
with hil Duty as an Officer, that in future he may not be "My ofldd
Misiakes. :"