The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1776-03-30 00:00:00, page 1

MARCH 30, 1776 ' ' - - NUMBER 1'286. si
GAZETTE
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his Office in the NEATEST Manner, with Care and
dition.
LETTERSwrittcn-by-shcjlatc-Right;HonQ
T. siPmur Donmn STArmoz-E, Ear] of
05 "!4'; to- his-Soq'f'PbiIzp 'SFunbape,ss
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E qzct "te" 'Ensivdysi Excpjwdinary 'tb che
,.csimresiof Dflsdmsisi- , .. \
si Lnsi-siictisirzn xxvxct
!Iuwonrp, ? assuber 13. 1739.
- w ls'rokY must be aZc xp'psisimia! with chro
Osi nology, as well as esso ruphy, or else one
' - A has but I very co use hohon of it- for
v
_ fl-a-R. " , it is not sufficien know what things
'BH I hue been done, _ss 'ch history ths us;
. - ] - -- and when they he been done, which we
Zssrss. 35; lm &! BWWth' but one must know
_ wh ey have been done, and that is thc
w rugmlar busincsz of chronology. Iwill
'ct hmfote give you a general nation ofit.
' Chrml y (in French lb Cbruholqgit) fixes'the date: of facts;
(hat ii, ]! nfoms us when such and such things were dohe;
reckonlng from undp Periodo of time, which are called cras,
or epochs: For exzmp c,_ in Eurosspc, {hgftwq princi al zems ol
epachsss by which We reckon, ace, ;:om th; creagion o the world
to the birth of Cbfik, Which was (out thousind yelrs; And from
{be hind of Christ lo this time, whicls is one shoushnd seven hun
dflzd End lMflY nine yedrs: 'So that, when one lpeakl of a thing
Qui wu (!an befotcth'e birth of_Christ, one say:, it was done
in she]! a ym ofthe wfldsi as, for instance, Rome was founded
in the three thousand No undred and twgn fiith year of the
world; which m About (even hundred and si y years befbre the
birth of Christ. _ And one say:, that Charlemain wn made the.
sin But of German); !- me ye:: eighsse hundred; that is to
say, ci thundred Yem asfu ilke birth of Christ. So thatssy9u
:, i . lw'o great petiods, cras, or epochs, fwm whence we
le every thing, are, mebfifioh of the world, and the birth of
]efiu Clsflflo _.
'_Thell i: [nother term in chronology, Czssdkd centuries, which
h Only and in Wpilig after the birth of Christ. A century
nuns one bundredsiyun; cant uedfly, she;: have been seven
" centurlu duce meum- of si, and we eke bow in the
ned me . When ahsibody says, then, for example,
lyue find a thin vntsiildn'e in:! land: cenflh-y. thy memsinfsi'
.: tde yelr'ninc maked, auhddre !he' yea one thoufindsi: affa
h birth of Christ. When any body makes : miuakcjn emo
Ido , find says, that I th " than done" some yem sopner, or
some years [am, tlfm it re ly um, that error is called an
Dachronism. Clu'lm-mlogjv require: memory and attention; both
which you can have if you please: And ! shall try. them both.
), asking you q'uefliom about this lelur, tssbe qcxt kithe l see you.
L ssFctT T r. a Xxvn.
si Ituwonn, Winter 17, :739.
IN mysiwolttt letter;: explains tolyou thedmssianin and use
ofl , geogn made, me , an ow you the
mnefiqflshctioflhy hhctd'sizzied th the oth W ]
one nother; t at in, how the .ssyyere
edt m !! upon _ er. ewi now
mue- My, mote Fshffln? b idtlf. - -- . _ -
The molt cncknt' _ iltories o :] ,' are so mjxed ctwithssshbles,
that-it, with t'dt'choodl and invention, th-t'cthttle eredit it to be
giym-tothtm. An m-fluthen Godsvhd Quddetseusi that you
ne'td of in the poets, won only men andwmm; but, an they
had either sound out sole utdsul invention, or had done : grext
.detl' of good in the countriet where they lived, the people, who
had a greet unmtion For them. made them God: and Goddessc.
when they died, addreffcd their prayere, lnd raised altzn to
them. Thus Bacchus, the God of Wine, was only the sirfl'
than who invented the makingeaf wine; which pleased the peopte
so much, thztt they made I God of him: — And may be the were
drunk when they made him so. So Ceres, the God ss of
Pi-nty, who is always represented, in ;picturet, with wheat—
sheavct llwut hete head, wat only somcgood woman, who in
vented phnghing. and sin'mg, and setting corn: And the
people, whomqetl their bread to her,- dotiod her; lhlt it, made
a Goddess of her. The cause is the szme of all the other Pa an
god- and'Godthesy which you reul-siof in prophtne end figu
ne h'm . . - - < -
The art:,hentic, thtio, the true tncimt history, it divided into
five remarkndle-pcriedt, or cut. sins the sure stent ttnpim of the
world. The first Impiti ofsstbe world he the Aflyrinn, which
waldcsh'oyed by the Medea. The empire at the Medos m
,ovmumed by the Petsitmg and the empire of the Persiant wn
Mtithed [: the Muadoninm, under Alexander the Gntt.ss
The empire Alnlndcr tho Gmt [died no longe! than hit life;
in- it his delth, hie Generals divided the world among them,_
and went to war with one When till, at llsh the Roman am...
yire ll'dsdj swelldwed them:" up, nnd Rome became the miflte'st
ofthe world. Rememhcr, then, thetthe fi'vctc great empim, thit
succmded each other werethelh - ' . ; _
'- t._ TheAfl'yrimempit-e, firstestabiished. ; '_ , -_ss
:. The tmplrod' ttg Medea. , . 'si';
3. The Persmn emp re.
4.- The Macedonian empire. .
5. The Romatumpire. ' ,
' [fever you find : wortljhat {w do not understand, either in
my letters or any where else. hope you temetnber to nflt-your
Mammn the mnning of'it. Here ere but three in thltctletter,
which you mflikely not tomfflefflnhdj chh'itsie, si' '
annvffion, wlmh is : noon subtttmtive, 'that signisiegzjoin
hurt or tying togethef; 'siitectnee from the verb to connectsssiwhich
signified to join. Fot' enmpte; m siyl of any two veripl'e—thztss
;.nss- intimm himda, and mnehtdgether, there to a great cum
. ""on m them; or; thcymmmhtilycmnect'ed. Omsiyt fly;
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, nisi), ofpo thing- that hm : resemblance, or: [ikcnesn to one
anoshcr, there i: 5 connection between them: As for example;
then in xgmt mnefiion buween-pomy and painting, because
si posihm—Zct lad amon- andlively imngination- i: neces
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=ct Zeisy is : "th, Mcwnifin to mke : God; it come: from
the Latin word Dan, , md Fit, I become. _ The Roman
Emperor: were almy- deified lster their'dutlr', 'th'ough med of
them were rather deyiss', when alive. - -_ ' - - .
I Authentic, siimhns me; something am p!!- ' by w upqn,
as coming from good authority. For qn'nP '. fppe ssybctsheh ::
ss history is adthcntic, such' a piece qsssnews ]: autlienficss-z- that is,.
one may depend upon the truth Put; ' -- 'p ' - -' -
'ssMsseff. Dtxessn UssHonTn, " si - '
Pny insert lb! nrpfld letter and wrjh, written t) sithe smau:
PntLus Wnufsnr. the AFllCAN parts;,sict'hjnr next
game
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!;sz elm- dscftuedom to lddrest- your niecenene in the
enclosed smentmt your noeeptance, though am not
insenfible o its inaccun'cictda. Yout bein appointed by the
Grand Continemzt; Congrtss to side Generali u'no of the armies of
North America, together with the sum of your virtues, excite ss
t'eushtiom not easy to suppress. Your nerosity, therefore, sil-prc-p
same, vill pmdon the attempt. ishing your Excellency all '
ffible succ'c'ssctih-"the gretrmuse you ere _l'octgveneroufly engnged ss
m, I un * Your Excelleney'lsi '- si ; '- ,_ . . ?
' - " *si' " Most obedient hmn'bpsi servant,
PlonleCI, Octo: 16, 1775. PHlLL;S=ct\*l—HEATLEY. '
His Excellency thlrll Wnnlnoton. -' si ;
CELESTlAL choir! enthron'd in light!" of light,
Columbia'l scene! of glorious (pin I 'write.
While shredom's cause het- lnxiovsbmfi nlarms
She flames dreudful in refnlgent amu. .
. . . Ste mothernrth her osstpring't sue bemoan,
' . ;- _And nations gaze at scene: before unknown!
See the bright beams of hehven'l sevolving light '
Involv'd in sorrow: and the veil of if I
The goddess comes, she moves d' ely stir, _ ".;
0]in am} leon] bind her golden heir: ' '-'.
Whatever shines this nitive of the Me. 5'
Unnumber'd charmt and recent gmes tile. ct ' '
ss ka! bow What!, while myrn whee
' - ' H'An tlr ib lmuet through & thou and Wzsi
.'-AI'Z _ !! felo- heavmss: smr shoe defesm,_
lnmp_ 'd in malt, and a night offlormt; '
Alohish'd oceen is the wild upmu, ' '
. The" vent shtged but the soundingshotezsi}
OP'thlc I: leave- in autumn's golden feigflj
Such, and shsimany, movee the warriqrtmm. ct .
ln bright may they seek the work ofswctzr, .'_
Where high unsurl'd the cnsign wave. ili air." ' -
Ohnll ] to Washington their praise {gette}.- -
Enough thou know'st them in the field! of sight.
'The, first in luce and honoursf-M 'dessm'and -
The me an glory of thy mart'mlsi'hin'etss; _ -
r-m d for thy valour, for thy vssmgctffictrss, '
lient every tongue thy guerdian ihsil; , , M!
One century.!"carte rfo'rm'd m 'd-ctr'ound,
'When Gumcpoum umpia'a (my sound;
And so'zinsidy' you, whoever dere: disgrace .
The land bf freedom's heaven defended face!
- ' Fix'd ere the eyes of mtions on the scales,
For in their hopes Columblu': arm prevails.
Anon Britunnhsidroops the ' five head,
While round inctuk'the n' mg hills of dead. _
Ahss! cruel blindfless fo 'Cdlumbia's state! .
Lament ay thifflzosbotmdless W.tu9 hsi'tectct-sictss- ._ '
" Proce , yea! chief, with 71!!qu sighysi-jlilbgt-si
Thy every action let the oddesa guide. -, si.-' -;
A crown, a mnnfioer, an :- throne that shine; .
With gold mflding; thnmoron! be thine.
- L O N D Osi N, Na-vember 23.
IS Maje . 'I ship the Rcmvm, commanded by Princi
] ! Banks, E q: on hu passage w Americl, hn talun tq
ail of American ship: that were gain to the southwnrd to catch
whnlu; and understandin from the xmericam tlut severll ship
of. force werecruising on t : coud, under the order: of the Con
g_res_n. hn seht them home sooth: of being mkcn by the Ame
rncum. si ,
' . A person just arrive}! from Cadiz bring! an account shut two ]
vctesi'cla lldcn .with ulmimiden. &c. going to Ameriu, were *
60)?de {sicke by requen of :hqsiEnglish Consul_ from proceeding ssf
any urt r.
'A Dutch shipjs among the number of those nken by the Re
nown, she being loldedwithsimnz nd'pmmunifion, lad bound
to Philndelphia. . _ , - - -
A few da lgo wu mlniid, at Yorkan Thomas, grene
dier in the orkshirc militilj 'flx'fe'ctct t'wojssnche'o high, to Mis
shnnah Tonnick, of Charlam, 'thm fclflwcto inche- high, with
: fonuneof soool. ' ' ct-Z'T'sif ss"'- - ,
Bet. _19. A latter. Dom Bonpn, dacodctsiqctober 36. fly;,
" Ca nin Moore, in' his Majesty's shrp—u—u, has been down
to (:on Bay, and'dcsiroygd-aboveope hunfiijed szil of shining,
znd na: tvm hundred dwelliflg' ond-z-Whayxgy' Three ws
poru, bound to how", bad ctbeen-t'nken nnjnrrmimm by
the Provincialslct' '. ' ss ss -- " " *
Mactof mitttki-Ma Po?" si
Nxpuru} Dm-vulmsi' 18. _
" This dayctfl'fflldilbmsifpuhfwm, his Mȝjcflysis ship
' , ondh: comnzjfipfizfilz__lsim£ukn', 'f'ho :: going out
to Amesica second in. ' Gsi; ThejBotns sngut, csiomrssnnd
ed in TWW: Mvedsilm wden. md it [I a—
My" ! sail gofmmdivflox Boston.*'- ..
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Anne. in dsi'aue, : noble Lond
lt is snid, that on ]; -
said, that he nclm to}! "
ucc an nugmgntatim as the hmd forces
16 7o,ooo men, and 0 35
havy to the utmost pd'siblc num, to
subdue the rebelliovs Ass ss
Extract afar; _-,_ ,; on,, Octoblr 9.
" According to ourssf '- ) ths lss parts of {H.
kingdom, they continfssss, - -- 11 (A 'th Ill 'na—
'bhexpeditionshniissu" -_ _ ' ct head,
lryncxtamon ' '- ---men _ct mnine.—
thn he bed when :: ver wi Grat- ltinin. ,, ' ' ;
HOUSE o- LORD's,- "May.
Yeflerdzy, a: soe'n as the ordn-d' the day for going into!
Cammittee on du Ameflca prohibiting bill va tend :. the lbusc - ct
of Lord:, the Duke 'of Masissw lose and opposod'k. Rb
Grace observed.' thnt whenever vic- Adminish'axion mld has .
in deceiviug the ppp'lic might be mites of {pecullfioli'j undul
what he would not pretend precisely to determine; but
account th'at appeared in Gmrday'o putte, published '
ltely under direction of Adminith-auon, it Ippflfed ! 'I!
determined to bring the Londn Gum: on: levelwnth
Brussels Guene, blished laR-wn. It m nearly wits
to it already, buti they continued to improve in the unfaith
; rresentation and the suppslffion of said a they'lnddom in sid
aR gazme, in relation to the (heeof glufi'ain in (3le thin -
wi: no doubt but the London Gum: would become to smell
:: the Bmsi'els. By the account olhded to he marked, tha
our affain in Canada were represented to be in a very flourishjn;
condition; wherein she my contrary wan well knovnt to beimc,
, for there were nuthentic accounn of a later I!!! from that conni
try, which say that St. John'e me in the hands of thy pminciah,
and that probably the next account- would bringdvhn of the
\ total destruction of Gemnl Cn-leton'e am , end thanke not
in possessed of : foot of laqd in Cindh. , 'thte, to King
account of thin nen, uss thq-goueral impom'ee of the bid]. movd
that the commune " ,cttsshsijct.bffl-might-bc put off till Ifler tl
Chsisisi'" msisi'ss'sisi si osk kinghem who, betid—
&,{Bd'by-ihe ?uke'of Manchefler, said; tsiit
. '_ .si ipedss' an that iwshch zcak he—thdugln
_ MWK defer the suche: mflderntion-of th
;biu'jz'lI-Z-ifmss-si _ dshmsisiph su'ch : he of uneemimysi, m
'm'ire. particffllrty son iq-ount of the niarm che bill had an
simg thesigctnjding and comments! pen of the nation, the con .
Qumn way,} in mnmsh, much lob'e m
,, .Lsionl Safdk- said. ne". Mindtm were full; jmisisid
! iG
inrcctatisisiug'the cta'ccount relativc to C-nada to be inserted inssmss si
, gaietteict-ilut it 'wn the lah suthentie account received from that
Essrwmc'e. That the Ministry had received the neount alludcd to
'Ythesissnoble Duke, but they had no right to p-y any'nttemion to
tc, n' _it did not come through a Channel on which they 'migbt &.
'pcnd5sisi that it might be, for ldghk he could sey to the contrary,
very true; but whether it woe or not, it could not effect che Pffl"
sent bill; because if Canda was in the hand: of the vinelale,
it should Ireco-e Gmt Brinin to act With gmter signes: lni
vigour.
Lord Townshend said, Fhat the present reason for deferrin du
commitmmt of'dee bill hid no poflible weight'with him. ff an
account of ourprevailing in this skirmish, or being defuted in
um, m Io-swly m lrhuence m British Councih, sum .
flau he nevee en a to' see.- \hem reduced to: that if this'prih'.
ciple, which Par iament meaono avoid to purshe. was agoodmn
' and ractioable, nothing ought to divert them from it; fdr he
hope}, they had'the pctqnver w enforce whut they ceminlyh-A ;
right to claim. ffi\"'si-si '"si ' ct .
Lord Sheshnmc obsined; that no man hid : higher opinion d'
che milinty zbisizie- ofGenerul cmm then he had; but he i
could not say but that Gentlemn, is the nceomm fmm Cznlda " ,
could he depended on, had lfledssin lvd'y unjuflisiable, repre
hensihlc mmner in his divilclpncit . . si
Lead Townshend rose to : un, and pain] the highest enco
miums on General Cnrhmm. said there was not : braver m
move capabk officers ctxhe ssidrvkesi T'Tsshlz wbn he hnd said rela
t'ive to his hot hnv sufficientfptfl'jp opyofe the rebele, m
not so much in 'nt'cfjwhpsfl a"- diseiplme. He had, it "
true. : good now so? ttqops nvdacthia csictemmrnd, but they we::
mostly e sed of mifi'tjssl," ' t'q'sdnicq the whole
force toget er not equgj'si'jct mgigeienn. lmounting to 50.
Lord Shelburne'dg'in _ qudhissi'uitiru vation of-Genlszj-ct
m] Carletan nsikn'oflcer, tsshe (kid ]ilct _ donempny thinge;
sasiwhich he Mild: he Mtjltinc "odd be midc Men"
nhle. . Th'nhe Msi 'ot now ; ILMLordship: on me
head, bulbe- " i ! the day wndo'tsimffar dilhne, him;
the matter won becthiky cleared up. ct_Ass1'-t6_ the want 9? force,
' or wmt of dishipfin 'Flhe General could not helps. tim, it pehoved
those only who neB-D-d the: service w mswe'rsifar Him: of
sssuccesa. - " 'si — , si' . si -
T}.- uesiion m :: !ength _ tqssn theDuke ofsictsizh-lsdsiehessen,
molion or ponponing the bill . afteytp'tchsi; Will th'esi _
negiuive without a division. ' _ si 'fsiij; ' " siss - : - ' '
The Lord Chlnedlor mo'!!! for she aid" of du-dsiuy, sibuc-bq, '
son the Chaimnn had time,:q name Chlif, the;!)ss'yjkeofM-y- si
chefler ncquaiiited (he flo'uD-s'ghl! he hid ssa Ffimwctflh .. ="
merchants of Bristol agflnfl the fill"; Hil Gut: Wg-shasic .. ,
he did not know whether it was consonant to th 'Ctb'fctsiithi, ss
House. He ltld the helde of the petition in hie place, which" '
Mrihu the ruincus cunfequencel 'os che bill, :: respecting the ct
'machzmts of this town concerned in the Amen'can amiss.,- _si':si ss
Lord Sandwieh he to the matur of orders sm'd Humogiqu ._;
could he received w ile the order of thedy Mbeforedn Husi-zct'si T'
fhnt. besides, he believed there m: "90 deem for pnrflcdhsiujsiy-ct
attending to the comenn of the Pecinon, n human: monk).
clause which he believed would m : glede measure My th! '
grievance stated in the petition. ,
The House then wenrimo : Connime of the whole House on
the bin, Lotd-Scfl'sdhk in che ebcir, when swerd. um:
virere made, mid chosen oflss'erd.
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