The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-09-05 00:00:00, page 1

ssctssTHE VIRGINIA GA_ZETT'E.sisi
The Frctdom pftbe ly: i: one oftbe great Bul-wark: of Liberty, and can mer be "strained but by despom German.
!SEPTEMBI-Zksss, 1777.) WlLLlAMSBURG: P'rintcd by Dxxon {si Huu'rzx. ss[Iss\Io. 1379.)
PHILADELPHIA, August 22.
By :tn express arrived lzK minw- General Scnuvtn to Cott
cnn. we have the so! 'nz important intelligence.
Vu SM': M ZIKMMF lbcMohlwk river, zing. n', l777_
s I R.
Ihvctklwwu we : atte} ulvict obuiudb
si Good Skain; " stand was:: aufiilia !beffilofwig len}:
fi— Gmd Llncoxn, twbieb I ths": nium: bove Aadtbl Lap
.. Mu mn'w. ugaber swill' Crural Buncovnn': iuflrnfiiu: to
. w Cobul Bllll. cop) ;wbcrqui: enclosed.
Dun GnnnAL. anmucrox, lagust 18.
HE lite sign] succesi of : body of about 2000 troops, moflly mili
'_ - til, undenheeommandoflngadier Geneni STAnt, in this part
! ? tb'e cpumry, on the :Cth iahnt, over : party of about : she of the
my, whenne out with : manifen Jefign to possess themselves of lhil
m; :: will :ppcu by the zneloffl. is an even! happy um! impomnt.
simw detain! in a very brave and heroick names; they pushed
ssm fm ons"! number, thrown upon flvautageouz ground,
siildfnn Men pull, with spili! and fnmmdc, until they gained:
. "" dle!!!- . "
'si * =c follow'd! il the bell list ! have been :ble to obtain of their pri
sifi-n, their ' ed find Iounded, viz. EOFe Lieutnunt Colonel, :
May , ; in:, " ieutcnanu, 4 " : s, : Comets, : udn
Monk, ] n, : Canadim ofian, nisi, surgeons, 31 leillsh
min, "29. Heffiam, 31 Omdhm. lnd 35! Toties taken. The
bet bounded fallen into on: hand:, exclofive of the above, an
about to. The numberos their bin du not )u been dscenained, ::
\ss '- they sought on the nuut for seven] miles in a wood, but supposed to be
;: "ligne m. Their neillery. which confined of 4,an field ieces,
with ! mGdenhle qtmttitgof dame, likewise fell into our Ends.
_ -Wc lum hid nothing of motes hie "my for these two due pan.
The prisoners m sent unto the Sun of Maa'achuscm Bay, except the
ss .Tolielz dull wnit your dimfiiolu respective them, as modes then bcbng
f_ 10 in State of New York. ] m. dear Genenl,
:si With ngud And esteem, yourm humble servant,
_ _ _ ._Lluc0LN.
1]. 3. Wehldlbwtuugokdledmshelctlon, md perhaps 50
si ovf-umfin Limm cum! wnco nsirs, :. Limumt Colnad
sit .si__; ct BERN. Muu' Smga, lage] u- 1777
?. 8 ] R.
!" The account have ' n me are satissaaory. and I doubt
not every pmceezzz May;:m Wbmn be she same. ! be the
" !amrof you torepon whethe- che muyou have muded won dba
? shamefa- : large corpd with annon, without _ or with what
lss .of tcpir. "fileddinble circumhfi a: yoorcospa,
, r-s-t
itn Beanin ; ss MMW the enemy too flrongly
ss Mans:- a Tow: :: wouldqnake a coup de
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si ' NWI yond e such apon as you can maintain
' lillctjou lear'fmhcr swan me, and'u your upon, and other citcum
, up] vill-eithr suppen you in e, or withdraw you. Will you
:_ 40 10. camp, as soon :: you can, wagzm and dnughe
"de, and [it ' e shch other cmlc as are not necessary sor your sub
ct . Let the waggond and carl: bring of what flosinr and wheat they
can.. that youth not nudfm- the s-me purpose. " I will write to you in
full to morrow, in ngard to punhasing horsea out osthe hand: of else
sangee. [. the mean time, let them beasund. that whatever you selcct
smm themctfi' to mount the dragon]: shall be 'd for at a proper price.
. I have the hononrcobe, with great , your'a, &c.
; lient. Col. BIKN. ]. BURGOYNE. Licut. Gen.
] AM in hope: (hat Cong'resa will very soon have the satisfaction to
learn that General 'Arnold has raised the liege of Fon Schuyler. lfthat
bkel place. I believe it wrll bepofsible to engage : or jnlndiam to 'oin
.daie am,, and Congress may ral assured that my bell endeavou- dull
not be wanting lo accomplish it.
( am informed thu General Guts a-imiat Albany yeluday.
. .si .
siMaior Livingston, one of my :ids, will Invezshe honour to deliver
you this despnch. ! am, Sir, with every sentimcm of respect,
Your mofl obedient humble servant,
__ anLlpsCHUYLzsiR.
Thcflonounble ]onn Hnucocx. Esquin.
Publishcd by order of Con ress.
IORN HAN OCK Presidcnc.
itss-tg'about ten thousand men, Mhb Excellency Geaeta WASR—
sl- Lal Sunday momin of the eontiaenn! inn , amount
! GTON at their heed, marched through this city add immediately
over the river Sehuylkill, onthetr way it it said to the Eahen
n os'Mu-yland, where the enemy't fleet have lately been seen, and
it it thought will make a descent upon that State. And yesterda mom—
ing Genenl Nash't brigade of Notth Carolina forces, and Col. rofiet's
regiment of anillery, passed through this city, and we but are to yun'ue
the same toute, in order to join our molt iilushious General.
On the enemy'e fleet appearin off Baltimore, the disaffected inhabi—
tants were all seized and sent under a flrong gnatdto Fedetick Town.
thrnlq/ . !mfffim Guts,! Sehuyler to bi: Excellent) General Walt
ington, laud Fnrn, five nail:: blow Stillwater. legal tz, 1777.
AM juR informed that Lieutenant Colonel Willet it arrived at Albl
ny. Be advise. that after the engagenent which General Hammer
had with the enemy, Colonel Gansevooft ordered a scetie wnth two hun
dred and sixty men, commanded hv Licutenant Colond Will"; tlnt he
made; successful attack on Pan of the enemy't line, dtove them across
the river, and killed many. That si: ]ohn ]uhnson, he is intonned.
was among the flain. That he took and brought us: considerable quan
tity of baggage. That on his return to the son he was auhuscaded, and
attacked by a body of regular tioo t, who, after a fire by which Wiilrt
did not lcse one man, were cha with fixed ba one., anddtove. He
farther informs tsshat between the and south ' _ mfiled.
wounded, and le t the hefiegett'a'fter the engagqnent. . ' ,the _ " "til.
with Genetal Harkimec lost about one hundred ad} ' Who en!
wounded. sshat General St. Ledyard, who m the .ene-yle
force in that quarter, sent in a Rag lo demand the (Him of th- f-ctnss
assuring that the ganit'on should march out with their damage, and not
to he noleIed hy the ranges. That if this wan not wite! with. he
would not answer for the conduct of-the tndim, is theganiinn 'sellinb
their hands; and that they would mainly fall on the inhabitatm. That
General Bmgoyne was in polefl'um of Albany. [flepdlie en W
tiule notice, um ljsissutm wrmctgm hshd '- Where)
wwuhpoefiud' ,"bult :Guer St. 'a!
szziJMnCJ-Jc .iau-lcrhi-Luh'ou )
da- !
fort. Cdonel'Ganse'oort after enhadvertieg on th
Mhsib : l 00qu conduct of the British oGet-u. in Wi
_ ldren to be hutchered att had done. hfonned (dle,:
women
:— he was resolved to defend the son to e lah; that would
give it up as long " thesse vus a man left alive to it. That-E
wat well su plied with rqvificm and ammnnition. * .
Colonel 'ansevoort 'ng infc-nned that the nilitia wete dispiri ,
expecting that the son would soon fall, sent Lieutenant Colonel {it
out to chear up their spiuits. That he found the t'uiIilia of Tryon conne,
eollecting with mt alacn't ', and at General Arnold. with the
marched under it comman , will probably reach the German Gan on
the lah or l7th, I have (hope; that the siege will soon [; raised."
Pu ified by order of Congress, si
CHARLES THOMSON, See' .
Mad of- lcmrfiwt Kent m.), ddd lage} 31, fmo'lbd, !;
" ] embrace the earliett moment of giving yo'n the nel ausithenfic :.
ecent of the enemy's fleet, and their motion. sincgtheit arrival in Che
s ake b.: . si ' '
": The Zect arrived this momi . between the ho'nn ofctven and eight
o'cloclt, off Swan-ifland, which ies directly between man and the
river Pataysco, and dropped anchc r. Ftom the beR information we
have been able to procure, their number it upward! of one hun'dtefl sail.
It is uncertain. as the tide i. Mong ebb, whethee they mtenl tosi Dan}.
mue, or further up the In . Their number it continually .
Tshe is a great number Jnffle, which ! m ashud unsi sixth"
my": hands. _. -- si * '
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