The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-11-08 00:00:00, page 1

THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
[NOVEMBER8,1776.] WILLXAMSBURG; IrintcdbyDlonEFHUNTER. [EM
NEW H A'VEN (Coam'cticutj 05. 16.
onrces from LONG lSLAND;
flefilbwiug i: . up} of what fwa: sue! through lb: couny of Suffolk , Lay
. order of Go-vmwr TlYoN . "
FW HE Gcsivetnor of the province recommend: to the inha
* binnn of Suffolk county, the following measures,
m- , : I! the best meam For those who have been active in the
5 T rebellion, to preserve their lives and save their eflatd,
viz. That alloffenslve lrms, indiscriminately, be
*5--5* ' forthwith collected, in each res &ive mapor, town"
ship md precinct, " soon as tihle, to deliver it It
lfinj head quarten, to the Commnder in Chief of l:Ile
Kin '- troops.
T at those who have been active in the rebellion, is fit to bear ll'ml,
forthwith to wait on the General and enlifl in the te lar'service, for the
term of the present war} if not it to bees arms, to lend one of their son:
to enlilt in theirflead; if no (on:, to perform some unalked signal service,
thnt may merit the protection of Government. The inhabitant: of each
town to associate, to prevent any person going—to the Mzin, and seeme
those coming from thence; lnd to secure and efiver up all persom known
on be lctive enemiee to the right: of the conRitution.
And the several tmshi _ p fumish " many men " polible, fit to
- bear'mm, to invite those who hue fled from the county, to enlik
' inGeaeral Dellncey'l WectsiAnd llflly, the in in:": to send nll
Mr wood, sange, lnd proviflons they can spun to York market,
or to such place a the General hall order, ,
Circular orders have been sent to the ]uRice- on Longmand, directing
them to summon the (men in their seven] dilrish' dund them at
some convenient plue, and demand of each d' them so end lin'
m spare. Alp hay, they demand the Mr m rebele thn die
in arm, the whole 'of theFLEnse and (on . they ere I kin for the
- Iseosthe King. And nll o hid remov fron hunt! m deemed
sihbetsindmeobednnmnusiqhsi _ ss
A printedforn of : Certificlu.
— - Lonc Innnn, Sept.—, 1776.
.
' OU are lure ordeted to serve for the King": ufe—Ioado as hly,
ct' —bushello wheat, -o oatl, —of : e, —-os bnrley, —of lndiap
'ffi, end ill your wheat and strew; In not to dispose of the same,
but to order to writin from jor ]ohn Mom'son, commishry for
sange, uymi-will m won- the conteny'it your 'l. o
" o , " onN Monnon. _
PORTSMOUTB ( M-wflcnfflh) 05. 11. Lll- Sunday anied
et Saco : small prize schoon-r, sent in by the Putnnn piiutecr, John Har
mon commander, [using on bond 300 bushel. oi sllt end some oil.—
Next day mind another schoonel, uken by the sun tinues, having
. on bond 375 quinuls effect: silk end some oil: 8 bringe am a:
eount of moths del en, th knot yet mind. end on! them
" took, which was nurwzrdt dme elhon by: (signe, end the vessel
' butthe le onhoudthe 'nmraglin. . .
Lafl manssay mind et sslmouthct uprin shisos deem send
m tom, from Porcfinouth in Euglmd to Ossuebesic, aden with Powder.
mile, bees, butter; &c. hld sixteen ' gumf night of which were
moulded. She was taken by : princes m Newhury, !: Rump,
Singe our last arrived in thn two prizsse shbooneristhe llsgow
thect Ne'siptunc, laden with filh nn'd'nil w : qoctnsidmblu manne, taken
&Blnke ofNewf-ndlud, by'shpt. lovest Plrker, of'thje yosirt. ct "
. Thi- moming . small Ysi. schooner. with me quinnleof %, sissg
in into thin hnrbous. 8 : mnken by Clpt- Cnlwn, inMsi ent
Gum printeen; from'S-Iem. - ' '* ss - '
" PROVXDENCE, 08. sin. (dyt. Anim- anferd hn uken "&
sent into : safe , lllip fmmss London, bouflfqr We " m
bllnkete, wool en elolha, 'lrilh linem, ' ;,ssdowllsk ' , ,
. ingl, boon, hung, port wjnc, bottled . cheese, " e. 'sset esi . ss
' sigo, when the sin , ne efllmaud a !},0001.an. He he like
vise nkm twollipl from 'jnnuiea. ss ' ' "" _
.uswpqn-r, 05. 14. Lusi. suecdsiy m mue enemy'o up. Box
" four vessel- off Montaguc point; Mf which we prize: toClnp. Mun
'to, end some other privatem ;, theqnsihcter lmcrchlmmlnbclon . w she
vessell. The crew. we heir. looksiv Whom, lndgot .
Stomsingm.
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A large prize bri , with lions for the :mny at New Ymk, is sent into
Dirtmouthz and. fast Thursday, when Capt. Starbuck lest Nantucket,
them were three topsail vessels in sight, supposed to be prizeg, but whe
ther bound eastward or westward, we do not learn.
A Gentleman, who left Botton [all Thursdzy, informl, that five prize
ships were in sight, coming into thnt harbour, when he came away.
si A brig from France in mind at New Rzmpshire, loaded with wlflike
oree.
Lalt Monday the contineqtal floop Providence, Capt. ]onei, cried
at : safe port, having, in : cmise of six weeks, ceptured sixteen fail of
vessels, sm of which he burnt; among the othen it one ship with zooo
.quintals of codfish, which is also arrived ltafde port, some smaller fish
el'men, and two West lndinmen.
From the CONNECTlCUT GAZETTE.
Tbcfallo-win jrtitlu art (city from the New York Mercury, printed fit
New Yor , at the house late!) kept b) Mr. Gaine, which we rmiyil .
lvia Long [stand. _ ctsi '
N E w -Y ossn x. October 7..
HIS Majefly's force: ere now in posseflion of the city of New Yet)
ifland. They are elso in posseffion of Pewle'e Hook, end com
mand the Elsi River end Connectievt Sound. All this hn—heen Aduind
with very little difficulty end lose on the yart of the troope; the'rehele, after
the bottle, or nth'et mute of the e7th of Augnit, having never attem ted
to flee soldiere, but fled eve m with the utmost prectpitnisix
quitted worke, which they d labouring upon durin ' e who c
summer, without scene the conflict of I de . The King'l orcee me in
faerkable good henlth .Cspirite, end eem resolved to eonvince the
.woeld, that they not onlysibear the name but the— nature of Biisorjssi
end, while that they sight with their usual uduur in the cease ufsi'the
King and conltitution, th'? know how u'trnt even ungmeful rebel.
v'rith pity and humenity. hey consider, that mzny of them are ('a-[need
end miflcd by defi ing men, who, under pretence of yetsioti ;asg si.
crificing the inte end happines- of thin whole eoimnent to 'a: l..
sordid interest and ambition. , ..
The Kin '- troop- have not sustained the loss of one hundred men;
while the re ]I. by the belt accounu, cannot have lolf fewe:- than be
tween four and five thousand killed, wounded, andsinkeneffishnen; to
mention nothing of desenen, who lene them dlflsiy. '
Sevaft : fleet wan never seen t her in this port. or perhape in :"
Arteria before. The ship! m ationed up the Ball River or Sound,
:: far :. Tunlc Bly - lnd, near the two, the multitude of mill car.
lier the ! annce of! a wood. Some are moored up the North River;
other: int e bey, between Red lnd Yellow Hook; some, :: innoff
.Stnel lshnd; end several of Powle'o Hook, end toward: tE: Killu.
The men of war are moored chiefiy u New-York Sound, end make,
with tl- other ship... : very un i cent and somnidable up anna.
Five dien of w-r hue been detac ed from the squadron in ! e North
Liver, lbm Greenwich, ctfrobably to affifi the operations of the arm}
ssfinfl tl- rebele, who sh ] remann on the northern extremity of th;
' , .nnd on the hri hu thou: Kingsbnidgc.
It il hid'the Flon signe of ;: gum, commanded by Clpt. Brilbane,
i. "us to sail, with several tnnsports under convoy.
ijnfoisined by : Gentlemen jull escaped fron New En end,
Mthnbeli have luce] nrried mlny hundred head ofcanle sromticte end
lshnd, to ewLondonin Connee'ticut, lndthntheirpriuteen
mhsyfq otiatinsig thi- kind of businest, and bove fiioreover con
niued sone !: their nsdl tyrannieal and oppnelfive .a-ss dpon several
W' 'in those pam.
use hunting of this city by the New Englzndincendhriee,
will be- hshng— nemment of their invetemtemnlice against the tradc and
, m of this eosiloay. :- we]! as of their rooted dilnffiction to British
End goverdnent. They had long threatened the performance o! (hi
villlinoue deed; md thin in the best return that the people of property in
ship city,.who have espoused their czusi, are to'expea for their heedles.
credulit . ' '
.om : lah arrived here from England, : number of m
nder convoy, ning on hoard the 17th regimelt of light-horse, unju
deeomnandofLiem-nt Colonell-h'rcourt. si .si ' :
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