The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-08-24 00:00:00, page 2

your tude, to come soonto your affiflance, and bring you, in exchange
for your raw materials, goods already manufuctured, now while you are
labo-ssmsing under all the difficulties of a new establishment, in order to
i nduce you to lay them aside; because, if they let you continue them so
long as to reduce them to any degree of rfection, it it not robable
that you will ever disconttmte them. An is, from a scarcity o ammu
nition, and the want of some affistance at sea, you should have all your
marizime places laid waste, sea-port towne burnt and destroyed, which
wi" cost you afterwards a great expence and several yeare to rebuild, the
edvuntngee to be teaped from your trode would be much reduced, and
retarded. And now likewise there it a fine opportunity of uniting to
themselm with chain: of cordial friendship all this vast eontiueut, .
which they could not expect to do, were they to wlit till the enemy had
done you all the damage in his power. lt il true that nation: do not,
end ought not, to (& but in view of their own interest; but the genenlity
of mankind don't refine, nor conceive such : Policy, and we observe that
even hilosopherl and politieiam, satisfied With the effects, they [to at
the eafing eontem lation of the benefit, and don't care to exp are
the rit movin cau es. it it not unlikely that this wnr may be ended
in the course o the ensuing wibter. You well Member the conduct of
the Roman: after the ltalic wtr. The English know, that were they
even trium hant, no advantage could be reaped from it. unless metten
were (ettled to the satisfaction of the coloniet. Therefore, if th sue.
ceed in laying waste those pleeee which are fltuated on the see-eoe , and
upon the rivert, end prevent the Amerieant from havinF eny trade'or
communicetion with Europe (which theyeeruinly will if oreign power.
dpn't interfere) being then under no suspicion of Thing up the Point
through fear, it in not improbable, that th? ney isien to the me: of
ed it h ! be if ueh MW' ;eheould he
-their menufafluren, end offer the eoloniee
I: ; w ic meane wou d cut o eve o t eadnn
vycerhKYother nltione might certainly obtgnphow, vided they
don't sufftr the fevouuble opportunity to be lost. I am d offer men
m seesone to the same rpose, but don't see the ueceflity of it.
latter myself, that ] shal he believed in what I have edvaneed, u my
m peeeding letten of : year and two yem Pel not'only told, but
'fontohl the truth. ] shall not mention the putteuhrsacte hete to prove
thin. ]- : letter to another person there it enough osthem. Hand ne
edfity oblign me to use thil style, and will not yennit me to give way
ss ' 'eo u- reWusslseetimeuts of my um.
From lb: Lonoon (or lying) GASI'I'I'I, My :.
Wut'renAu, ).
. BNERAL HOWE, Commander in hiet' of hie Majefiy'e forced
- . il )!lo Ameriel. havin taken : tesolution on the 7th of March
h m from Boflon to Heli ax with the tempt under hie command,
ssnd such of the inhabitants, with their effect., n were defiroue to con
ctsidne under the protection of his Mejefly't force; the embarkation
2de on the t7th of thet month, with the stenten order and regu
deity," end without the leon interrn tion from the rehelt. Whet't the
pit: came my, the first division the transpom was under sail, and
' ssahe minde: 'el'e ing to follow in a few deyl; the Adminl leav
bg behind " many the ship: of war :: could he (pared from the
cum fot- the security end protection tis such tellen ae might be bound
;. n. .
LONDON, May6.'
27 the mail which arrived on Friday, it appetn, that the Court of _
Nlpln, beside. the two ship. of war long since engaged !) them in
Mofic MajERly'l service. and which they have been calle upon to
, _ eff immediate ) to join the Spanish fleet the moment it shall a ar
sithe Medifernnan. lre likewise to trantfer over their whole ntval He:
'kte tho Enke ot thlt Crown, which they me to sit out a: soonat possi.
sictf !. the mean time the Eugene, 8. Michat-l, and L'Orient, of 70 um
. "'A, sailed srcmzcadiz the aoth of February, " prettndedssto crui e off
{'I Cap. of St. Vincent. These were followed the next day by two fri
xptes, the S. Gem'ude and S. Catherine. The Princest of 70 gum,
,. ,.
with the Pondemso of the same force, sailed aftei them the sth ofMarch,
but in getting out of the bay, the Princess ran on some rock: and re
- ceived confidmble damage in her rudder and it per worke, which ob
figed her to return. ssOn the nth of March the re iment of Brussels
.thtked at Cadiz, which, with that of Spain, faile some few day! be
qui, it not to open it: ofdert, till it arrives in a certain latitude. Such
msitfiletmamenn already mede on the side of the Spanierdt, not to
them much greater nearly ready in the port of Cldiz.
On msi French side, beside! the Toulon fleet, 17 sail are fitted out at
Bieit, znth which is one of 70 gimo, and two of 64, the rest- frigatet;
sisi.-ssct{ on board these, which were ready on the aothuk. the Duke de Char
THE VssIRGINIA GAZETTE'.
Thesda the ad ofjuly, put into Wax, I mnsport ' built on
board : ntimber of the Hefsian troopt. * qnp (
. The above Toriee were brought to town in : Marblehend schooner
euly this morning, md esoorted up to gle]; they say they left Halifu
neu- a month ; that three transpom with Heflim troops ailed in -
company with em bound to New Yolk? us that the day theyjhfl
Halifn, they few lfleot ofu sell, which they fltpyofed toln-tbw
pom with the Boflian troop- _ 'ss '
. ct-NEWPORT, My, YeRerday tho vatur Montgomery,'_c19e.
' Buckley, of Providence, went in the oak de of this iflnnd, end enmed
with him afinel snow, Capt. Goodin , MAntina, loaded with
]OO hogsheodo of ger, and too hogihesiuflos tum; lndwe heat Cn
Buckley. in employ with nother pnnteer, hn tilun 5 other mix:
uble prince, viz. 3 shipl, : snow, end ] _brig, whi wen hot about
one da "e sail behind him, two of which with the plikmusiwere to
make ome pan to the eakward. " '
PROVXDENCE, jub z7. Since one last Ceptain Arthnr Crawford
arrived here from Halisu. " He was takesthe stth of '1 lah, on hie
passage from this port to the Wefl lndiusisslnd mriod to uginia, from
whence he wan sent to Halifax. He insomuctthnt it was _ ;: H..
lisiax that Lord Howe parted with tyooo fonign sitnoope o the'Welm
] znds. lss ' .
Lest Saturda night. :: the Cerberus wan [zing about three mileefmn
Black lfland, limit Gould, : musiee led, o thitplgce, swam from the
ship to the island, he got a oedar boat with two sum, in which he
came off, alone and ed, end landed nt the fort on Brenw'n'o '
esterday in the afternoon. He is one of the hand- Capi- Biddle put on
hoard one of the Scotch transports some time pal. And 'whieh wuletnken
by the Cerheruu, and : 'n taken by _a New York printeet. 'He sa'
Mr. ]amca ]ofisiah, C :. ffidle't former Lieutenant, who wan prize must,:
on board the trans . in mated very ill on board the Ceibesu'o, n and
some othen, sor refusing to act inn their country; that'there m
about 40 Americana on board said ip ; she hauken on thin [lution [I
vessels. monly small floopo and schonnen. 16 of which have !:an bssumt;
and that about a week Rshey spoke with ) fail of tunsporu, with
Scotch troops on board, and to New Yelk. who had been into Bossi '
ton bay. " -
PHILAD'ELPHIA. Aug 8. ,
By ib: Lonn mo: Pacnsir. which m Funourn : gl (fine,
audciriwdat STA'l'll laund lb: MFJY. lwcbmrxa'wl
HIS BRITANNlCK MA ESTY'I SPEEC
Parlimu Tuuuolnr ! ndqf -
Mind: "(Gentlemen si
T conclusion of public busineft, ss w sict sin of d
* year, make it proper for me to give you sone recese, but ! cannot
Putlnendtothiosdfimwithoutlfinngxousi thumb: freshinflaneu
si
tree. after joining the Toulon fleet, wan to proceeJ to C-diz, to joinsihoth
these to the Spaniads. -
BOSTON,_7ul)-18.
AST Safurda arrived at Salem from Gundalonpe, che sehoonu
Polly, Devi M'Cleod maker, who had brought one hundred
cllke of powder, about seventy ueighty smzll n'mo, : number of car-_ '
rilgc ne, rquantityos brimnone, shot, flinn, &c.
Ye erdny morning : fifth 13 inch morta- wn found-ofl' the end of
the lion. ]ohn Hzncock, Esqr'n. wharf. .
71!) 19. Yelterday wan elrried into Marbleheld, token by the pri.
"teen Hancock, Capt. Tucker, and the ankfin, Capt. Skimner, the
ship Peggy, commanded !: ]amea Kennedy, mounts 6: 3 and two . '
pounders, bound from He is:! for New York. -She ishe of tho fleet '
of 54. snil who came out with lmnsporte, unde;- convoy of two men of
ver, the Renown of 50 and the Flora of so gon:, having on board : num
berof troops. The car o oonsilb of 75 dozen of hose, lso—yarde of
him meeting, : boxes o cord, 74. dom of porter, 33 dozen of strong
bees, 31: tiercet of salted heef, 6 barrel: of herring, 14. camp kettlel, 5
dozen cantines; : dozen kettlee with covers. undleflickc and spoons,
3648 mutton harm, 40 doun nppee snufl', loo allonl of tum, 38]...
yarde of osnabmg, " doien ellret, pban'elz of our,} kegl of bar ,
I30 dozen of red port wine, 16 dozen of strong best, amonnting
(. 1509 : : : 9 sterling, and some cllh. Also the following Tory Gen
tlemen and Ladies, viz. Putriclt Read. Thohu Fnzier, kbben sea..
le and wife. Eliubeth Bumesisphlsifllmh Abi si] Pecit, Thomu
simple, end the Pious Beniamiu'M end son, :. bomn Pmp, nnd
]ohn Whitehead. The printeer Wmen, Cnpt. Bur . engaged wish
mother of the fleet, and our taking her. when, by me ncezdcnt she
hud jof her men blown up, and 7 wounded. which obliged then to put
into port. _ , _ - __ - . )