The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-06-01 00:00:00, page 3

Wine] (he people, they should, at fitted period, be reduced to
. 'me ltation. yetursin unto that body from which they were originally
ure—sin, and the ncanctea be supplied by frequent, certain , and regular
action.
6. Thateleaiont of members to surve at r'epresentativts of the people,
- '- gffgmuy, ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evi
dence of ment common interest with, and attachmentsito, the eom
mmi , 'a the right of suffrage. - '
. no pent of : m_an's_ pt'openy can be taken from him, or applied
to public usetz without his own consent, or that of his legal re rescnta
gives): nor are the people bound by any laws but such as they have, in
Manner, assented to, for their common go d.
_ !. Thatall p'ower of suspending laws, or the execution of hurt, by
any anthomy wtthout consent of the re n—esentatlvea of the people, is inju-,
tious to their rights, and ought not to e exercii'ed.
'9. Mtbleza 1ih'afing}rett-osgesct sit} erintes, and punishing offencet,
m " ml enee o uc awe are enerall () nessu'e siand
to be midd- . ss - ' s , " '
40. That in all ea "tal or eriminal proseentiom : man hath a right to
demand the cause nature of his :ccusation, to be consronted with the
aecnm otsiwttnessx to call fot- evidence in hit favour, and to a speedy
trial by an tmpnmal jury of hie vicinage, without whose unanimout con—
sent be unto! he nel pilty, nor can he be compelled to give evidence
:faiql husdf; at no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law
tbtsiland," dnhe ]ud ment of hit peer..
11 That neelsive ail ought not to be required, not excefl'tve fine
" , not cruel and unusual punishmenu inflicted. '
an'. That wamnu unfisipported by evidence, whereby any officer or
mefl'enget may be commln ed or required to seatelt suspected places; or
to seizeany person or ped'ona, hit or their property, not particularly
described, ate grievous and oppreisive, and ought not to be anted.
13. That in eontroversies respecting propert , nnd in uin between
man and man, the ancient trial by jnry it prethnble to any other, and
t to be held sacred.
1... The! the freedom of the prest it one of the great bnlwarks o!
liberty. and can never be wfiuined but by despotick ernmenta.
15. Thut a well regnlated militia, composed of the My of the people,
named warm., is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free state;
that finding anniea, in time of ace, shotfld be avoided, :: dangerous
'libeny;*and that, in an es, the military should ba under shsiict
Minalion to,- and governed !) , the eivi! power.
' 16. That the people have a right to uniform government; and there
s-a'. 'that'no government ( nate from, or independent of, the govern
He of swgnn'a, ought, oTt-ight, to be erected or enablishcd wnthin the
ne tw
17. Thnt no free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be pre
' served In any pepple but bya inn adherence to justice, moderation, tem
perance, fngalityss siand virtue, and by frequent recurrenee to funda
mtal rinc'tplet.
18. ! religion, or the duty which we owe to our C R 51 A T 0 R.
and the manner of dischatgi tt, enn be directed only !) reason and
eonviction, not by force or vio ence; and therefore, that : men should
mjoy the fnllefi tolention in the exmisectof religion,. according to the
dictatet'of conscience, Inpunished and unrestrained by the Magistrate,
vllese, under colour ofnli ion, any man disturb the pence, the happi
nese, or safety of soeiety. gard that tt if the mutual duty oi'all to practice
Whian forbemnce, love, and charity, towards each other.
WILLIAMSBURG, jane !.
WlN's ifland; which contain zzoo are: of land, with about soo
pud of came, ned sheep, &c. sinme at the mouth of Piankn
wi n'ot, is now sscfl'ed make many. Lord Dunmon hnded looct
m here on Me ly last, w have thrown 11 in entrenchmem on thcct
lind He, which in rded chiefly by the bl regimem. The Glov
uhr milili- were afflshkd on the opposite shm, lnd on Tnesdn hld'
Qem momkly wounded by : swive] ball; but lo the ship: mr
hsl (lien ,cln to secure the pass, and our men having no clnnon, it
It vitalyjlnfoflible to interrupt them. , ' ' ct
23, age!- ran Macyhnd. we ne Inflamed,. (hileOWs-T !den
w w . _ to go to "England, and begs he nay-not be molefled-r
M. fill! m denmnined—not to alter their brm of vernment;
m Gmd-Ashbly a Rhodc lshnd have passed m ch," um in all.
'W son osicm, did! und nium, and in all wxiu and pm;
ecsses in Xan, whether original, judicial, or cueutm -, civil and crimi'
m]; wherever the'nzme and authority of the King of2 Gneat Blitain is
made use ds, ctshe same shall he omitted, and in the room thereof the
name am! authority of the Governcr and compan of that colon shctdl
be fubffitmed, in the following words, towit, " t sie Govcrnor anjcum
pany of the English colo'ny of Rhodc [Hand and Providence fflmatiuusf'
that all such commisstons, writs, and promises, shall be otherwise us l'l-k
fame form and tenor as they heretosorc were; that the courts us L'hv be
no longcrentitled nor considered as the Kiugsis courts; and that no in
strument in writing, of any l.:mn'e or kind} whether public or private,
shall in the date thereof mention the year of the saidKing'e reign . Pmsi
vided, nevertheless, that nothing in this act contained shall render void,
or vitiate any commilsion, writ, process, er instrument heretot'nre m-sile
or executed, on account of the name and authority of the lind King
being therein inserted.
- Some rsotu on Lon Illand, in New Yolk government, have lateissv
'been del ed in counter eiting the dontincnml culsirency, and committed
to gaol. Their im lements, and what cash they had struck elf, wew
found in their posse non.
Died, on Sunday the uth'inltant, Mr. Thomas Fleming, of Glou.
ceflcr, aged about 13 years, osa lingering illness, which he bore with
the utmost patience and resignntion, much lamented, not only by his
relatiom, but by all food men who had the pleasure of his ac uaintance.
Hil conduct throhgh ife, as a bmther, neighbour, and chri ian, justly
entitled him to general esteem and respect.
KWQQM'GQMQQQWQW
HE Coll'cge of WlLLlAM 61" MARY has
been lltely cleaned, and will be immediately plaflered and white
wlshed, to tender it it for the Rece tion of the Prosefl'ors, Stmlcms,
Grammar Scholan, and Servants; an the several Schools will heoF-ned
at the Beginning o} Trinity Term, namely, on Made the 17th o next
Month. (4) . . - EMMANUEL 0st, Clk.
\V1LL1AMSBURG, Jmu :, :776.
. EF T m the Nccessary House at the Rule: I),
on Monday lalt, a SXLVER STOP VVATCH, Makersis time
Pmtix, Lounos, No. tu, with two Seals set in Gold, one of them '
Cypher, the other : (Toe: us Arms. Whoever delivers them to the
Printess, or the Far— Keeper at the Rnlzigh, shall have forty Shillmgt.
I WILL ive 7d} 15. for BACON, lind 4]. WBarrel for PORK,
delivere in W' iamshxrg, or at the Coll ot-Capitol Landinp-si;
and 6d{ fer 15. for BACON delivered any w lcN within too Milu ns
Wdliamjbmg, provided ] have not: Weight delivered at any one Piece.
I shall continue to give these price! til] ] give Notice to the Contmrv in
the Gazette. (all) IOHN HA\VK1NS.
WtLuAuuvna, 7": I, 1776.
ONE or two ]ournc men Tailors, who un—
derstand their Butinesa we , will met with Enooura ement by
applyingto ssvskmus Du FEY.
I INTEND to leave the Country immediately.
" EDWARD WlATT.
'To be SOLD a! public Auctiou, pmfm! to (be last Will ad 'qumut lff
' MaonnN Btcxu'rou, deftlscd, m Famn- tb: stbofjvn am,
a ib: ann'sn, -
HE Land and Plantation whereon he sbrmerly lived. in the Cotmt'y
of Homer, containin about 600 Acm, with a ood'Dwelling
House, all convenientctOuthou ;, and good Orchzrdt. e Land is very
rich, and well :imbered," sitnate about four Miles above Heaven Town.
Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchnser, on giving Band,
with : saved Secur'uy, to LEWlS WEBB, Surv. Exec'r.
N. ? Mrs. Mmba lr-wz'a has Dover in this Land. (51!)
- STRAYED from Wil/iamshurgP a bay Marc,
two Years old, near 14 Hands hi , : han ing Mane and Switc'n
'Tail, shodbefote, trot: naturally, an had : Be] on.——Whoevcr de
li ' h ! M.!VillimCole unior shallhave lol.Reward.
"" ";; s 'I 'waLIAM MASSACOR.