The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-07-06 00:00:00, page 2

SATURDAY, JUNe 29, 1776
THIS day PATRICK HENRY, Esq; was cholen Governor of this
country, and a committee appointed to ac%xaint him therewith;
to which he returned the following anfier to the Convehition. .
To the Honourabie the PRESIDENT and HOUSE of CONVENTION.
GENTLEMEN,
THE vote of this day, appointing me Governor of this Common
¢ wealth, has been noti{scd to me in the most polite and obliging
manner, by George Mason, Henry Lee, Dudley Digges, John B%air,
and Bartholomew Dandrige, Esquires.
A sense of the high and unmerited honour conferred upon me by the
Convention fills my heart with gratitude, which I trust my whole life
will mafifeft. I take this carlielt opportunity to express my thanks,
which T wish to convey to you, Gentlemen, ¥n the l{)rongeﬂ: terms of
acknowledgment. 2
"~ When I refle& that the tyranny of the British King and Parliament
hath kindled a formidable war, now raging throughout this wide ex
¢-nded continent, and in the operations of which this Commonwealth
must bear so great a part; and that, from the events of this war, the
latting happiness, or mifery,of a great proportion of the human species
swill*finally [Q%; that, in order to preserve this Commonwealth from
anarchy, and attendant ruin, and to give vigour to our councils,
and effect 'to all our measures, government hath been necessarily aflu
4, and pew-modelled; thatit is exposed to numberless hazards and
%ﬁ};fantine frate; that it can never attain to maturity, orripen
into firmnes, unless it is guarded by affe@ionate assiduity, and max'lagecr by
great wbilities; I lament my wantof talents; I feel my mind filled with
anxiety and uneasiness to find myfelf so unequal to theduties of that impor
gant fation to which I am called by favour of my fellow citizens, at this
truly critical conjurifture. The errors of my conduét shall be atoned for,
f 5 fav as I am able, by unwearied endeavours to secure the frecdom and
happiness of our common country.
1 thall enter upon the duties of my office whenever you, Gentlemen,
thall be pleased to dire&t; relying upon the known wisdom and virtue of
your Honourable House to supply my defeéts, and to give permanency
and success to that system of government which you have formed, and
which is o wifely calculated to secure equal liberty, and advance human
happinels. 1 have the honour to be,
WILLIAMSBURG;, Gentlemen, your most obedient,
* Hune 29, 1776. And very humble servant,
4 P. HENRY, Jun.
The following Gentlemen are chosen members of the Privy Council :
_John Page, Esq; Dudley Digges, Efg; John Tayloe, Efg; John
“Blair, Esq; Benjamin Harrison, Esq; of Berkeley; Bartholomew
Dandridge, Efg; Charles Carter, Efg; of Shitley; and Benjamin
Harrison, Esq; of Brandon.
Commissioners of the navy, Thomas Whiting, Efq;’ John Hutch
ings, Efg; Champion Travis, Efg; Thomas Newmtg Junioz, Esq;
and George Webb, Elg; . 3\
Edmund Randolph, Esq; is appointed Attorney General.
A Gentleman from North Carolina brings advice, that an express was
arrived at Wilmington, with an account of eight fail of Clinton’s tran{=
ports being drove afhere off Charleftown, and one of them totally loft,
“with several men.
A few days ago Lord Dunmore sent a flag from Gwyn’s island with
a letter for General Lewis, wherein he proposes an exchange of prisoners,
and wants his countrymen, the Highlanders. His Lordship sent no
account of the persons in his possession, and it is much doubted whether
he has a {ufficient number'to answer his purpose.
IN CONGRESS, June 14 1776
WHEREAS it has been represented to this Congress, that great
quantities of salted beef and pork have been purchased for ex&ortalion,
which, if not reffrained, may render the supplies of the army difficult and
ancertain: 3457
Resolved theréfore, that no salted beef or pork, except as much as may
Be necessary for the use of the crew, be exported fromany of the United
Colonies, ‘ig any vessel, under any pretence whatever, until the farther
orders of this Congrels. By order of Congress.
: JOHN HANCOCK, President.
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> Those Gentlemen awho are empowered by the printers of this gaxette
{0 colle the debts due jfor the [ame in the different counties are requefled 1o
make returns as soon as possible, Ihat thoje who have been applied to, and
[iill remain deficient, may be firuck off the lift, and credit given-to such as
bawe discharged their accounts.
WEHENL T ACM 8 B UcR.G.
GENTLEMEN, { s, : oo RN
By inserting the following verses in your next gazette you will much
oblige r A CUSTOMER.
Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamuy in jllis.'
WILLIAMSBURG, July 6, 1776.
I HAVE juftreceived forty onesmarL ARMS,
which I would fell on moderate Terms alto
gether, and have still by me an Assortment of
SWORDS. (2) Wwum. PITT.
The Printers beresf have the following Articles for
Sale, for ready Money, viz.
4 V& . - e
WRITING PAPER by the Ream, BLACK LEAD PENCILS,
PENKNIVES, BUTCHERS KNIVES, JAPANNED INK
PIECES, LEATHER and BRASS Ditto, RED WAX, BLACK
WAFERS, MOROCCO and BLACK LEATHER POCKET
BOOKS, FISHING HOOKS, PARCHMENT, best OFFICE PENS
and QUILLS, SPELLING BOOKS and PRIMERS, WATT's
HYMNS, SONG-BOOKS, &c. &e.
To Miss B———Y Ree——=—TS, in NANSEMOND County, near
MILNER’S, 4
MADAM, %
N author, who had long studied your sex, -has remarked, that no
A woman is capable of being beautiful, who is not.incapable of be
ing falfe.—— According to this mode of reasoning, Ifind, that, instead
of a Lady of some beauty, which, Ifreely .own to you, Madam, was
the idea I firft entertained of you, I haveonly been paying, these several
months 'laft past, my addreﬂ}e's to a lump of deformity, totally destitute
of every amiable quality which adds a new foftnefs:to her sex, and even
beautify their beauty!
And now, Madam, that I have detetted your falfehood, you.will, I
‘hope, pardon ‘my publithing it; left, by myfilence, others, equaily
credulous with myfelf, should fall, inlike:manner, a facrifice to the are
tifices of a vain coquette.
! Britain! Britain! whom of late
O We reverenc’d as our parent fiate,
For the advancement of who?e power
We spent in toil the tedious hour,
And to preserve whose honour fill
Injur'd America doth will,
If in the vights of Englifbmen
Thou wilt establish them again:
How long involv'd in civil war
Shall thy renown’d dominions jar ?
How long delight, with cruel slaughter,
To spill thy people’s blood like water?
Forgetful of thy ancient glory, .
Wherein thou so excell’ft in story,
Degenerate grown! thy mighty arm
To neighbouring states gives no alarm;
Regardless, they thy force defy,
Tread under foot thy dignity,
And, loading thee with abjuration, _
Exclaim! how fallen is that nation!
Ere it's too late, learn to be wife;
Let past iniquities fuffice, 7
Expel for ever from among ye
Those men whose only aim’s to wrong ye,
And justice, long thurft out of doors,
Once more permit us to call your’s,
This, well attended to, will prove
Fit objeét of your care and love;
T will bring you comforts unexpreft
Below—=ahove eternal rest.
And may that author of all things,
The Lord of Lords, and King of Kings,
Direét, and to this happy end
Make all your consultations tend.
ADVERTISEMENTS,
Mej. Dixon & HUNTER,
PHILO MONARCHIZ,