The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-10-25 00:00:00, page 3

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I do hereby, Con rb'e monument of enlifiin men in the coumy
& Suffoik, give notice, that upon any person ofs ood peommcnded
character raisipz : compuy_of seventy men, they ib: Huve commzffions
of one Capuid, one Lieutenant, one Enfigu, and shut! be [said and sub
sifled :: the ofieen lad soldien.are in the British pzwyz. And-ic 'u hoped
In! the inhabitanu us the coumy will chcrfully raise the men urnmed
for this service :- it will pmcmsilbc difzgreeable businesi efdooching
them, which ! asiu be undn the mesEcy of doing, if dn_companiu
cannot be raised without it. - ,
- Given under m had?! the date above.
.' 0_ WER De LANCEY, Mydier General. ct
' JAHMCA, Sepumkr ".
I AM ordered by hit Excellency General Howe, w wnw as you, and
order all she sat castle and sheep in Suffolk coumy to be immediately
drove down to jam'nics, where proper pnsisons wiil be appointed w as
cenain the weight of shem, give cestisicatu of the value or them, that
the owne: may be paid for them, keepin : distinct account of shol'e cat
de, &c. that bdong Do peopk who are no actual rebellion, whose catch:
must be forced down, for the refl'eshment of the King's troops.
Givcn updcr my hand the date nbove.
( Rescrving as many Pale :: is l.:CcssM'y for their own sublillcnce.)
? OLlVER De LANCEY, Brig. General.
To Col. PnluaAsFAuuluc.
PHILADELPHIA, October 15.
Y : shPp from amaica ye learn, that provisiom had become very
scarc'e there, t : the Negroes had actually rose and cut off several
lantati'ont in thatjflmd, and that the Governor had roclaimed martial
w. We also learn} that the humane butehers of ritnin had ordered
the shattered remains of the Goth regiment, stationed there since the yesi-r
1771, to thin continent to cut our throatl, infiezd of letting them remain
there to protect the ifland.
Extrafl G'n !mtrsroflr GVlLPOlD, Cardr'ua, Septnuber 7, 1776.
" Since my last our public assaire are inlxu quo. except our lndiah
si lffain—Gmesiral Ruthesfurd from the &! of Saliibury,ss hath gone
over the mooouin with a confidmble army, to the middle towne, where
the southern army and our: are to join the ninth of this instant, by whom
we hope to have a good accountof the lndianl.—The Virginia si'oopl
are furni- n-zina Long mand, and ex to be ready to vtsit the upper
towne hy e middle of this month.— he southern almy hath destroyed
several of shew: town:, go: a great deal of old corn, and destroyed
the new.-'l*be Indimu seem sick of their undmakinssz, and threaten to
kill all th! itec in the nation.—The Tories who fled to them, and
hlpl iue' them to take up the hatches, m flying s-om them and
fitrrendedlgssto the friends of hbesty, among whom it the famous RO
XNSON." '
Extract 0}: Illterfrm Cape Nichoh Mole. Aa ussl 15, 1776.
" From the best authority, ! am informed, that our Frereh frigatel
m ordered to enfise about thin ifland to protect the Americzn trade, and
two Spanish dip- are to do the same nbout Porto Rice for the like pur
pose. Then are about 8 or to,ooo troops in this ifland.—- l'wenty nine
shipe osthe sine are gettingready at Brest, and 14, at Toulon, and :o,ooo
lind forces, p put to sea, but where bound it not known.—-—-Twelve
Spanish shipe ofthe line and fix frigates, with many land force.. went
here some Me past for the l-lavqnnzh, but for whztead i: asecret."
ad ef- lderfim Old Barber ill Imdu, dated jay (6, 1776,
sfmdu board lb: priush'z William, bruqbt b- ben
.. meint laiv is pfod-imed in : 'n ifland. The Negm hm rose
in different parts of the sand, it it supposed to the number of zooo, and
their nuufinineteafing daily. An embargo it this day hid on all ship
in - "fct "
p ! Emab of a !merfiv- Cape Nichole Mole Add Say. ! 8.
" The French here are to a man in favour ofAmet-iu. There in
to,ooo men in this ifland, rooo hete, who .with gon Negnee are bns
employed in building softe. and a French wet 'n ineviuble. A Frenc
frigute arrived the other day from France with order: to the Gum] to
mea all Americnn vesselt: A pilot boat belonp'n to a nerthar in
hiladel hia wn taken the desbesore yesterdny and ! to ]Ilm'ea; .
French signe of 36 guna and e Gtm-da Coh, which le! boiled enti
nental colours, were ssitntnediauly sent after he. vith end" to follow
her into Port Rosial. w, ssi! they could not mut- hpofon, end
.detnandherz !! willbe the-Weethe vildiuvu. The
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French were very much exasperated It her being Men, which wae within"
two leagues c-f the land."
extract q,v' :: kxttrfrm ancen (Now jerfly) Octublr 3.
" l'nere has nothing happened smce we have been here worth relating,
except the little mancuvre yeRerday on York island may be thought lo.
The inhabitante between the two armies had petitioned the General for a' ,
covering party, while they brought off their effeflz; x7oo men were o - '
dered on the: business; they drew up on Harlem plain (extensive man
to contain to,ooo men in order_of battle) and the enemy soon got Into
motion. la & little while the were keen marching from New York in
large colmrrm, and halted et o-g shot distance. General Washington
ninfmeed hie men, but they kept uiet, and the inhnbitznts removefl
!heitj effects without dttturbance. he covering p_trcy then withdrew,
lad not a shot was ftch on either side. Eseven ships this momino' came
in from set, two transports, eight store ships, and one 36 gtm ?rigutc.
By the greennrss of their botioms, and other things, they appear to have
juft arrived, and not to be part of those which every now and then go
out and return."
Extract tff :: letter from the um dattd Octokr to.
" Three frigates and three tender: :: Mount Withinan the 9th
inR.—1t is said an express nrrived at ead quarters, informmg that the
ships have got to Col. Phillip's between nine and ten miles nbove us,- in!
have taken two row-gashes, a floop and two schooners, or a schoodct' and
two stoope, and that they were landing some men them. '
" Lord Sterling is exchanged fet-Govenwr Brownej Providence, M
Mzfler Love]! for Major Skeene." ;
Extract ty" :: letter from Ffituourt—t (Gun- Bu-r'un) loud
' , 1776. — ,
" There are greet distusbalzs here among! the people, number
begging in the ttreett for a mouthful of Bread, who are ablessw work.
b_ut can get nothing to do; and numben rlfein bodies, hopnvent peo
vtfiom being shipped out of the country. God-kanoctwht the cause
quence Will; {ii, there being 15 sail ofmnqneu, add , m of us, [of
going to 0 11." - .
Extract of: lmerfi-o? bad. gum dltrgn. M.,
" To morrow we evecmte Bergen, : measure which will etirfl be
condemned, and eftemarde approved of. For to own part, I and for—
ry that the enemy should possess mother inch of merican gmhnd; but
prudence requires a further sacrifice. The msons of leaving thip lace!
take to be these: Berssen is a narrow neck, aceeffible on three fixes by
water, and exposed to : variety of uttnks in different Elacee at one and
the same time. A large body of the enemy might infalli ly take posssi-fflon
of the place Whencve': they ylezsed, unieu we ke'pt a_ flronger fofce than '
our numbers will aliow. The spot itseH is not an object of their arms,
and is they "tacked it would be to cutoff those who defended it, and se
cnre the gnin and military (loses. These Iuve been removed, and when
we are gone a naked syot it all they will find. No other damage will
follow, except a deprefl'ton of some people's spirits, who, unaequainted
with places, circumstances, and the secret reasons of such relinquiflz
new, are apt to despond, as if eve thing was lost. We go to Fort'
Conflltution u soon u We have seen t e troops marched off. We shall
leave a guard of observation behind us; this may prevent the enemy's
diseoveriog our removal for a day or two." ,
Exrunnou of Lord and Seneca! Howe'l chLnAnos of the
"th of Scytanber lafi. '
B R1CHARD shssfl' HOWE lb: )]?!ng of lnlind, and WlL
JLlAM HOW Bj} GaundZ-sbi: Majesty": sone: is Anesica, the
[is: Wert)" My th goodpeofle of Ameria ly Was:
qfcn effect. or M tba'r blood without mgrg.
DECLARATlON. ss'
ALTHOUGH the Congrese, whom the much injured Amen'um
suffer to direct their opposuion to the eshbiishmcnt of tyrnnssr lad
an mconfikntiml govemmem over these proviuces, have disuoyred
every purpose of reconciliaeion, not consonant with um liberty to which ct
they hue the most clear and undenizblc right; the King': Commiffionen
asoresaid think fit to declare, that they are equally desirous to confer wish
bin Mujefly't subjects (if any so weak and abundoned me on be found)
upon the man: of eshblishinga permnnem t mony over every colcpy, .
and six them the everhking cave: of the Briti empire. - _ '
The Kin being look gruioufly ylnsed to direa : revisioa of snchficf
his nynl msimfiiona .: may seem not to lay I sufficient nflnint upon th
freedom of legiflltion in any of be coloniec, md to me- il'l the mifl
old! lfictl by which hie Subjects then may think thuselm lwie-d,