The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-10-02 00:00:00, page 2

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.si- P.A.R ] S, MAY 27._
WE besim it will give our readers plensure to had the pmiculln
of ( d lete], uken on board the Prince ot' Orange packet
boat. one of riehefl pins we have made thi- yeu. 38,l6o dun!
of gold, : double dueau, 5 piecel es ducau, 1407 guilteau, no half
guinen, 8 ingot: of gold, 60 t'ovenignl, : half sovereifn, 7 ; quarters
: sovereign, 94 douhle pieces of the teen, 186 he] pieces of ditto,
lo! portu unsea, :; piece- ofgold, of Ph: ip thh, 43 halfpicen dine.
The w le weigdmg 7 55 marks, 4ounces, and 3 grains. A Illuk
is I ounce, -
Advice neceived from 82 onne, confirms the eapture of the Manual,
. British frigau, in the oditernnean. Another frigate, which some
cell the Surprize, (5th the T htlil, escaped to Gibraltar, after being
ferenly hunted
The Americm, oneof our cruisen, Cape. La Carndiere, il returned
to Gnmville; the has taken : vessel ransomed for thooo hvrea.
On—tbl !,th-of A 'l, the Prince de Montbany, one of our cruisen
of zo-gunc. meek the lip Monugue, coming from chhorn, wish
p-nen, :: one and I obvfien; efter I smart engagement at" ma houl'l
end : hlls, ! e Montlgue being totally disabled, surrendcred. She wal
said to be worth oo,oool. fierlmg, but we are assured the cage mnounu
to stopen]. 'I not prize me brought into Gmwille on the and of
my.
PRO VID EN C E. Szprusnzk'p
_ APTMN ]ACOBS, in the printed- brig Happy Return, of thin
pen, hn taken : (loop fron St. Etfllatia, bound for lrehnd, with
me pi : os Medeiu wine; else : floop from jemaiu, laden um]: sum.
molARE, Ind (mit; the first mentioned prize i. arrived in : safe port.
C. tain ]acolu ha- all'o sent into : safe pot! : brig dom Button, ladd'
thb umber and fish. The piutical crew, live in number, having risen
{pen the Cnptain, nnd got sscslion'os the vessel, were tieering so:- New
had;. They were ccndu ed here yestcnhy in iron; mdeomnimd to
eepmg. _ .
. The privateer Bancock is arrived et Monk , nd lm bt'n
wssith her : brrict fxom emits, having on he do punc _ inn
being the thi prize lm ukn during : around twosissnch-ss
sst: & ] l'sictAsip 13 or psst 4, toms}; uss.
unf- making. ctwmtrtzctg-Awm dey,
Iour militnyp WHEN" ss '"Y-mwwm {'A—""
hot ]oly,hwhichl si t'_ _ thenne. : _ leach;,mw-fithh
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I'I .sslunom. who _ fitm dey: before bodiled.
] Doilt it— of," offissell then Amen., that
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ly account: fmnss Yukn lum. WMM
Flece fut- thence; diet tho noticed sit? ss "
orGeorgi-._ ugh swctfntct ellsshdia-v cu-MS
tolathnmmdtedon Wehontp ' .
thnt uoo sick m landed on their wi _ _' {leve Yotksia si- . ._ .gssss ss
Three tamen, who left the fmrdct ' " ,,ssuxsil-e Way
night, sey. thot Sir Geoege Co tleunsid , _ twerectthen hid vithoot
the t. !: i: given oqupot they U ss edge. suit of Amuiun
was : et Penobscot. S-Verhl-oith truspom "lind nue " Adminl
Ar'buthoot had saild so: Helifn, onnoud' by the R , _ 50
and : t'n'gnteq but on the nrriul of : [where, with no usieesiount : et :
Punch or Spoon]! lulled on the coast of Womb some den
before, an upteso ('— ct'to all the tranl'porsiu back, only l se
os them however returned. Twenty two soil of Nctoallenhpn-ieed at
New York fron Corksson Tusday week. By these lti e mean of on
jnsumction in Scotland, end thnt : French fleet. w' Mfome, one
of the north of lrellnd, wring to make a deseent._ 01 Friday M.
two prize ship: of no gone each. were brought in fsh Penobsem. the
sea being deflroyed. n they understood, by the Anciunnpej'mtheir
nueat. A ship of 4 guns, with,:wo srigetes; he:] been prepuin. to
; " mine Now Lo on with troops, but the me on Spuid nor, by
\£-gocket, had no d the armunem. ,_
&flactof :: mmffl. Nchemidh Hubbard, Bsgz Rutsordsi .? . 9.
" By : vessel letely arrived at Bedsord, comman by Cape. lddel,
we ne informed that he Eiled from the oape in co Poy' find I French
fleet, consifling of :; ships of the line end stigltet with Gooo troops on
bond, commanded by Count D'Ehing, end thzt in latitude: : and
longitude 10, where he parted with the'fleet, he was sinson'ncd tho 'ount
wn bound to Georgim. and from thence to the nmhwud." -
Extract qs .: [alter fron (laft. Slmuel Nichollsion, gf 11:le frigm,
to (6: Mnrirzc Comminu- of ('a-(rest.
FALMouTu, Slpumber 3, 8 o'clock. 1779.
Gutle-m.
" MY hit to you was of the :9th of jttly, dated from Hampton in
Virginia, and on the same day ! left the capes with two nginin ture
shipa, their tender, and 13 sail of merchantmen. The nate ship: and
tendec quitted. us soon after we left the cape.
" On the second of' Augult we discovered two sail, and gave them
ehace; they endeuoured to separate our convey, but we were fortunate
enough to take them both, being privateeu from New York, one the
'I'rynll schooner of no gum and 37 men, and the other the Flyin Fish,
mounting the same and 3: ment; the former commanded by apnin
Werlin , and the utter by (Ram Blair, both which were sent to
Philldefphi- under the common Mr. Long : pilot, and Mr.?orterof
the Boloo.
" On thegth innanc we ehused and took the Glencaim from Glsiffw'
When" gone. of 18, 9, ends pounden, bound fot- New ork,
Men melt Me, &c. She had about 30 men, ind commended by
fish'fl' .
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"'On the "th, we came up with tle Sandwich pzcket, from Nm;
York, bound to Fdlmouth in England, mouotmg 16 gon! and 60 m,
commanded by Cayt. IN] of the navy. who was going home withdes.
patchu, which hethrzwtover, and hsdon hand LtentssCol. M'Phcib.
of the 73d reginfcnt, M'jor Gardiner of the thh w-th hn wife and chjkd,si
which we let n-mlin on board on accmmt of better accommmiation, Ca _
Ross of the 7ut regimem. Cn !. Jmm of the nn ', and Mr.]lobuu'on
Purl'crof the Swift, also Me. well and Mr. At machine;, betide
tbe officer: of the: ship. '
" The zzd, we chased and took the brigantinc Venttm from Malkin,
commanded by Capc. Luke, mounting two gune_and about 15 or so
men. and hden with about [50 ptpcs d Madcisa wine, bound for Ne
Yosk, [he wan dctpatched sot- Buliosin in care of Mr. Day Mixfshipan of
the Boflon (signe; by Im- wc got the declaution of Spain against England.
" Cap:- Tuckc: on the um m prepasing toqut he, but jult on lb
moment of Pmipg, we d-tcovered a sad Nning down upon un. upon
which we agrectl to keep together txH we snr who us what she was; and
stopen gave her thou:, which continued nh usi- o'clock next morning,
when she nruck mtnout Sling a gon. She proved to he me Them, ;
floop of war from Porttmouth in England, pierced for :! gum but only
mounted 14, un copper botmmcd, and complete in ev-ssry relpefl " t
ship of war for sue nzonsih—, and only ten month: old, hatt 13; men on
board, and me commanucd by Ctpt. Wasdlows bound so: New Yorkz.
(he wan gain with the w misfill) and othel' despudln, which
were desiroyegss.
'* Upon my commg into this river. [found the Sandwich packct lyin
here, who th go: to about four hour; before us, having fallen in wicfi
Sir George Collic. 'tflcet returning to-le Yoskz but they took nmtiQ-ct
of him, and h- got cient. !
" 0u hoard the Glcnuim aperson say- he had In charge: box, which
was to be deh-mtd to some person in New York. but upon our coming
up With them and the shny striking, threw if overbcasd; upon wbtch wt :
sent Mintely atter it, and with dtticulty mjebesore tt stink, uhen- :
m 'qhtnimtion we found it contain materialo for counterfeidnss one I
curr-q, contitiing of types, paper with silk andifinglasoin 'I, .
We have however determmed to seem. the lb., :. we believe ' -ss
he the sohjnnnder of the villainy: The " but an tard, M.
Dallhting it with us to Button. si _ 1
*.' [gan the command of the Them to Mr. Yaton, ny first Line.. -'ss
tenantg, he in an cxcelhnt officer, and void he un, be qpoinkd to the
command
.oi be:."
?. 6. I for the mcrdtutmmt a hudaed logic: to the uhtd ct ,
Bumudu. . — si cdbtmdcrofl-Z-gres - 1}
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si - AkLlS 'rnomsou. Senna, '
On Mondiy morning. tbt'ith inaant at sun rise. Lientenznt Colo ct
T si , osdb Bridhlegion, with them loohorw 400: 50 inhnrry, .
ss did: wmc-in Kinj-Rnet. omit! the mid leading to Shee-'
'o beidsic uns- Binn um jetting, tle useth) Maiu
with no of-MP :: the lower lslm body, intente: to draw down
Licmnant Colmel White's duaclmctcm ot horse and ,infontry, when
Tarlton was to fall on hit nn' by nothing Shewood'l " ' . Colonel
Whi:e, having find, ndicc ofthei: dehgr-d, smfluml the whole oftheir
plat; tthrsittifh had won therefore obliged w retum touch chagsilwd, ss
and difnppgindd in his Don Qixotte expoditiqn; which began with
killingd—and stomach; sssive of his own men, in : charge lt R 'e
hid :. "ded iu taking'ossail the etese, duck: nnd chickcm in !
" sign] of King-thut ltzd the Whitephisio: ]! is hoxdacha
' Mie- will he put on the latter put us thin gloriq. un expcditiol 4
:, dom cudibly insotmcd the britxsh hosyitals ne much in want ct ss
Pouluy, the number of sick increasing daily. 1
WlLLlAMSBURG, Oc'ronn :.
HE lrilt (lete I psivateer belonging to [New Yotk, commanded
T Robcit 8. (In , lytely ran alhote in Northlmpton county. in e
of two schocnen. t set fire to the pi-ivzteci- which burnt down the
water in.: little time; the C-ptain, Lteuttnnnt, and sut hmde, man.
long boat, armed with uutkcts and cu-tl- ties, with a view es getting to !
New Yotk, the rest osthe crew near 50 in number, we unde prisonetl,
lnd an now on their wny to this place. _
The sehooner Smcd'e, Cnpnin Horintqm, with ,; bare]. of supr,
frbm tI : Writ lndiee, was lately npdred by the floop Charlom,
belonging to New Yotk; the prize matter of the lower with four w},
hu brought her to : safe port in thin late.
Extract qs : [mer fron George Town (Mqflefil) laud Sepuukr !.
'* (;aptain King, in the floop Dngon, artteed at Aiexlndria the6tb
inflant in 30 day: t'iom Cldin, lad brings Ill the following intelli ences
That Ibout' tho. loth of hue hit, the English commended ho ihtiuss
against s in. by taking n' o'f thir vesselu, bond fron Malagl ter.
Cadiz wit Wines; that lbout the loth of ]uly, : Spnnish fleet and not:!
besieged CiH-akzu', and bid cut off I" suppliu both by se: and land; t
: flee: of 36 shipsosthe line, from 74. to too guns, sailed tsirom Cldi: i
]uly, and were joined—by nine fail of the line trom another port in Spain,
an-I thlt they were also joined by a French fleet or 57 sail, includin;
frigneq their destination not known." :.
DEATHS.) ]oun Wluou. life;; of Norsolk county. ;
Mr. thuno (;nuL—ron of thi-cit , lfser : lingeringillntss, la!
Monday died lt Richmopd, on his le from the Springt.
(} 'Ibo cxrrmgmt prm which so: as present grve )" paper, a,
.; :. uifi lb: price of mctlzfirmm to TEN DOLLARS rbr fi-ss M
eal sevpNBsOLlZA/leflssb quod ufltr, long one.! in proprlt'u. !! ii
"ful", ! ! fw . n- mnn or mr um: to lb: ' :
[bed, ubcrvwip My wot}! not be tain: ly. 'sct , w 'M I
_ Diuwmotl. te-Hr 27, 1 7 .
MY wife Am: hlving eloped from me, and shmshlly negleassecfud
.Ip-qbtoufly ]Iul aside the duties of: drt' in lnd wife in every
respect. un constrained to give this public]: notta, thu ] will not be
bound !: any contract tblt she mny talke; md ! hereby forth!!
on um ttutting her on my account, " none of hot conflict:
paid ther the due hmofl dy'lm' much Ibused husband. '
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