The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-06-15 00:00:00, page 4

THssE VLRGINlA GAZETTE.
and bmr, and an (befaitb osa Gentleman, to deparlfrm hum- to —,
in the provinca qf—-—-, being the place q/"nv dqfiuntion and "sidma, aged
(bare, or —wi:/:inszx mile: thereof, to remain during the prtshnt war between
Great Britaiu art:! the said U/usiled Colaniu, or the A Embly, Con-vemiort,
or Camillu or Counn'l qf' Saftbi qf tbt said tolony _/ all order olL-er—siwijb;
and that I will not direct!) or indirtctly giw argy intelligence fwbat never to
the enemies aft/u Uuittct! Colouia, or do arsa) any [bing in oppositzan to, or
1): prejmlise aftlze meaficre; andprotudiu : of an) Cougrej] for tln said
talom'u during the result troublu, or until am du!) exchanged or discbargu].
Gi-vm under ly and, lbi.: du} qf ' A. D. 1776.
That the said parole be signed by the officers.
That such as retsiuk to subscribe the parole be committed to prison.
That David Franks, El'q; agent to the contractors for victualling she
troops of the King of Great Britain, be permitted to supply the prisoners
with provisions and other necessariel, and to sell hit him for such sum:
of money at an: necessary for that purpose. .
And to enable him to do this to the sntisfnction of his employers, that
: commission'cd officer be rmitted once : month to visit the prisoners so
victuzllcd and supplied, m order to count their numbers and certisy the
soul.
That such of the prisoners as are not supplied by Mr Franks, be
furnished with ovilions not exceeding the rations allowed to private: in
the service of continent. -
That the women and children belonging to prisoners be furnished with
subsistance, and supplied with string and other things ablbiu'tely necessary
for their support.
' That no prisoner; be enlisted in the continental army.
That the prisoners be mitted to exercise their trades and to labour
in order to support the he: and families. \
That the Committees of lnspection and Observntion, for the counties,
districts of town:, affigned for the refidence of prisoners, be impowered
to superintend their conduct, and in cases of grass mishehaviour to confine
them, and report to their respective Assembliet, Conventiont or Com
mittees or Council of Safety, the proceedinge had on such occasiom.
hava lisi of the prisoners in each colony be made out by the Com
misitees of the counties, towne, or districtl where they reside, and trans—
mitted to the Asimbly, Convention, or Councii or Committee of Safety
of such coiony respectively, who shall send a co y thereof to Congress.
- That the faid-Aflemblies, Conventione, and Bommittee: or Councile
of Sasety, be impowered to contractsswith proper person: for the most tea
sonahle terms for supplying such of the priloners, their wivet and children,
in their respective colony, as are _not supplied by Mr. Frankt.
That the said Afl'embliee, Conventions, and Committee: or Councils
of Sasety, be audhorized and requesied to take the parolet of the officers,
and to cztuse : sh-ict observance of the terms on which they are enlar ed,
and Also to take especial care that none of those confined by order o the
Congrefe be sufl'end' to escape; also to advance the allowance of two
doliate : week touch of the officers who cannot dnw or sell their bille,
end to draw Io_r the same can the Preftdent of the Congress.
That the sa 'd Memblies, Conventi ne, Committeet or Couneils of
Sasety of the colouies respectively in which prisoner: are or shall chuse or
be appointed to'reside, be impowered to remove such prisoners from place
it place within the same colonies, " often as to such Affcmblies, Con
tentione, Comm'mees or Councils of Safety it shall'seem proper, having
Igatd. toctthe former tesoiutions of Congress concerning prisoners.
Mucttfram Me minutu, '
" Publlfid ly order Congrg/j.
. CHARLES T OMSON, Secretary.
We heal'tbat the remonsh-ance to the Assembly of this ro
vince agninst the tesolve of the Honourable Congrese of the 15!!! in! aat
(now signing by a few people in this city) was burnt in the mofl ignomi
nioue manner at Reading, in Berkt county, as : seditiotu and treasonable
hide], tendingto Ekloy the mid- of the eolon'm, end to win this pm.
vmce. si
, kCONGRESKMZzo,1776.-'
Resfihadz that it be recommended to the omnituee of Observation
and nspection in the Unided Coloniel, so to mgulnte the price of salt
as to went unsubnable unction: on the part of the (hllet, having due ,
ecgar to the difficulty and silk of imporxnion; subjeEt, however, to
such re duionl la luve been, or shall hereafter be made by the legifla
ture- o the respeaive cobnies. Extract smm the nunutes. )
ss * ' CHARLES THOMSON, Seeretlty.
Mrfi of: [musten New York. May 31.
" General Nun: hu jufi shewn me a letmfrom : Gendennn in Sl
lem, which very much concerns ymusislace. The writer inform the
General, that Clpt. Chapmzn is arriv there. (Salem) from 81. Cl'oix.
who szys, that on the loth insiznt, in latitude 34, longitude hen, he
se]! in with & brig, the Czptuin of whom told him that he sailed in corn.
pany with a fleet of 70 sail of transports, under; ;nnvoy of two My son!
40 gun ships, anyi two bomb ketehes, from which he parted the sth, in
a hard gale of wmdl The fleet had on board :; large nuniber oi flcssl
ans, Bniuswickers, and English troops, all bound to Phlladelphu) in
order to disperse (as the Captain expressed himself) _ that hornet'l nest,
the Congress; after which they were certain the comment would peeome
a very easy prey. God grant that you ma be prepareq to receive this
armamem. Genes'al Putnam thinks that ome troops vnll immediately
mzu'ch from here to your assisiance." -
NEWPORT ( Rbade I/Iand) Me; 17. Lafl Saturday : large yfiu
sicop, under command of Capt. Philip Brown, went up to Providence;
she was taken by the Andrew Doria, Capt. Biddlez her cargo, sak
sugar, and sum. -
Extract ofa lettersrom an Escusu Gentleman qf wracig at S'r. Ev.
STATlA, to bitfrieml in this town. , ' _
" ] have nothing very material to acquaint ou With, only that the
French are certainly meditating something. he reatest—fnconragesi
ment is given to the Americgns; they have opene their parts, not.
witliflanding they have had tquantities of provisionl from France,
and every thing low there: any vessels, with sugar and csioffee, have
come from thence (the French ishnds) this dey or two. The ou know
was seldom the eate; it causes much s ulntion. ! think ere mal!
certainly be something in the wind; an , for my part, think that : gene- .
ral war is not so:. distant. The French have certainly lo,ooo nen at St.
Domingo, who are to be augmented to 15,ooo. There is Scoo at Mar
finico and Guadalou , and 7ooo more e: ,ed momentlys so thatthey
will have 3o,ooo in theeir iflands; the who e u'n'der com'unnd of one Ge-'
nerZil, who arrived some day: since at Martipieo."
4.-- ,, - ,. . .
A Gentleman, wholeft New York last Wednesday, informe, that the
same ni ht in which Carleton, with his reinforcement, made a sally u'pon
some o the continental troops, and took a number of sick, and a duan
tity of provifions, &c. (as mentioned under the New York head) Gen. ss
Thomas came up with them, drove the enemy inw (Luebec, and 'retook
all the sick, the provifione, &c. A more pamcular account of this action
mady be daily expected. The same Gentleman says a fleet of men of war
an transports was off Sandy Hook when he came away.
NEW'YORK. Jme 3. Since our last three or four fail of ship. have
arrived at Sandy Hook; but from whence we know not.
We hear them has been : skirmish between : egimem of regular: that
lay at Niagara last winter, in their way to Canada, and : party of our
people, theparticulan of which we have not yet been able to learn.
Extract qs a letter fim Albany, May 15.
" I am persuaded thatwhat was written by the ex i'ess cannot be true
in its eircumhnces. The story was told thus: hat On the sth of
May five vessels from Howe's fleet arrived at erec; that on the 9th a -
. sally was made by [000 men from the town; that our peo le at head
quarters couid not mulier above zoo, and therefore could m e no effec
tual ossposition, but retreated before them, andwere gone to Sorel; and
that t e enemy haitaken the hospital, in which were about zoo sick, our
batteriel before Webee, with the cannon, ammunition, &c.-sink does
not appear, that there was any hloodshbd, or any prisoners taken exce :
the sick. This news wae brought u the neat dal; to Montreal by Co .
Campbell. Now it appears altogetsier improbah , du of our army,
confining of 6 or 7ooo men, only aoq should be at !: quamu, and
that four days after the veshle arrived. No mention is made in the
expresses of either General Thomas or General Woollen though they
must both have been at (Debee. ln short, the whole it : mystery. The
heavy cannon and mortars sent on, itie said, were not arrived, and cone
sequently are not in the hands of the enemy."
Extract of:: [mer fina- General Schuyler, laud For! George, My 13.
to lb: mnimf JAIhany. . _
" Some ship: of mar, with troossfi, arrived the 4th inl'cant at ebee,-.
which obliged our troops to nise liege. We lost about aoo _o our
sick (who were too ill to be removed and I few others who were out—
upon detached party guard], some om' cannon, and almok all our
provisions; so that our army snl'en much for want of victuak, as none
are to be had in Could" ' '
WILLIAMSBURG, jum- 15.
WE lum from Gloucefler. that Lord Dunlnore hue efected hospi.
uh upon Gwyn't Wind; that hit old friend Andrew Sprowle
in deed, and thnt they ne inocuhtirg the 'blukc for the smzllpox. His
lordship, befall the departure of the fleet fmflorfolk hlrbour, had
two of those wretches inoculated and sun lawn,, in order to spread the
infefiion, but it was htppily prevented. '