The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-06-06 00:00:00, page 2

BOSTON, May s.
E hoarsisrom good authority, that
\' Congress has received the scilowing
intelligence : That all the courts of En
rope, excepzing Poriugal, have, _by let
ters, and personallyby their ambafladours ,
made application to Dr. Franklin for um—
basszxdours to be sent from us to their sc
vctal courts, promising every honour to
them as due to ambassadours cs friend:;
that mr. Deane had set out for the Hngue,
fill'- Lee sorthe court of Maasiizi-i, and that
Congress will appoinc the others; that am
the ports in France were; open to our ship
king, lnd that several of our :zrnzui *. cflctcfs.
ss with (heir pl'izes, lay in (he sznsi'noflrs of
Brest and Namz. That Dr. ank'in had
purchaseda 36 gan frigate, and wssfisiiing
her out; and that tho bank for the Con
gresi) was increased to four miliions.
A gentleman arrived in town yesterday
' frssd'm Ticonderoga acquaints us that our
. troopl'wcrcnin healchzmdhigh spirits, and
. in no fnr of the enemy, and that add'ui
onal succour: were dailyarriving to them .
Monday last'on Smith, a'fias LViiliam
Ten, wn equitted to jail in this town,
charged with the heinouu crime ( strfaibn .
Extract of a letter from w efisisild, (lated
May :, 1777.
" Mr. Pocse, osBlzmdsord, from Adha
ny, bring: at the following account, that
general Gltes is in Albany, with three
regimcnts of soldicrs, bound for 'I ieonde
roga; but is detained on account of the
Torics, who are very troublesome in that
county, andinBerkshirc. Mr. Pcese, on
hit wny bone, was at capt. MssKin
sh'ey'l, in Nobletown, at which place a
' ssco'urt wan held to examine : Tory, who,
_on tria], confesscd himselsguilty, and pro
duced hi- eolisting order: given him by
Eli'nh William: of Stockbridgc, who is a
cofonel under Howe ; he hath brought out
: number of officers engaged in Howc's
. employ. William", witha number m'ore,
are in n'am, in order to he sent to general
Gntn for trial. General Gato- hath sworn
to entertain Alblny, in a few days, with
such ; scene us they never saw before,
? sillnning tho execution oftho Tories . We
ctsisiaffi: hlvc an account, which may be de
pendcd on, that about [00 Toch: appear
ed It Egremont in arms yesterday; upon
, which the Whigs soon assembled and over
took them, and the first complimcpt they
received was a full vollcy of shot, but not
one man hurt. The Whigs returned the
m and killed three on the spot. and
e a number 'of prisoners. By the ap—
raficc of thing:, ] fear we shall have
the trouble of confining our Tories in a
si few day:, as there is a call for every fifth
man to 0 to Tieondoroga; and I believe
they wil not march ti'il the Tories are
taken care of, as they are something inso
lent."
va Lonnou, May :. On the 19th
of last month the brig Grcg, capc.
Smedley's third prize, arrived at Piy
month. She bclonged to a Heat of
31 sail that sailed from Corke, bound
losithe West ladies. Her cargo is as sol
low'n, viz. 309 firkins of buctcr, 4oo
blrrels of bees, 70 tierce; ditto, 46 barrels
ospork, :: half barrel: ditto, and 12 half
barrel: of tongues, 15 kegsis us tripc, 141
barrelsos hening, 45 hampersospomtoes,
6 bare]: of hearts and. (kirts, 4 kcgs as
salmon, and 6 barrel: of grots.
le Htvzu, May 7. Last evening;
fifteen of the enemy's ships passed this
place, standing to the eastward,
PHILADELPHIA, Assay 24.
hear that Congresi have received
- -' siuintelligencc thlt a small post of mili
tia, under command of general Herd in
the ]crscys, was lately intended to be at
tacked by 300 ofthc Tory levies; but be
inns timely insnrmcd of their design, lit
changed hisiz ground. The enemy entered
his formsir quarters by disiereut routes,
when, mizsiukin'r each other for then enc
my, they engaged, and killed ten of their
own men.
VVc hear Conzrrc ss hwc ordered 'hlt
an elegant hoyi'e, ]rnpcrfy capuSs 1
ed, ba pru'cumd and pxescmed w msj \'
vcncrz si. .Xi now, sur his o':.!!.:;.z bdmvsiuu;
up;. ..im'": th cursimv in L.:si-ir ];xcc cxpcciiLi-sim
lo i) -.:.'_:::1\, , v. hercsim he had unc horse
killed .siryd .xnothcr uomsidssid.
Extract if a ldtfl'r fi'mn Lewisiown,d<1t(7d
Mn 23, 1777, to the Hnn. Navv Bosizrd
rf tm'; _f/ arc, weened mia nzormnq.
" A 50 pu: .: th} ) is come. into our rotid;
:md 1]le mzrnin'r 31 6 (; 'clmk the two
hi'raus that lay bsilow th: Bzov :: mule
sctisssil wilh the umtl at N. N. E. and are
m: ksimw ;; up the la, . 'l he Rocbuck an l
50 gun shin arc likewise making upwards,
With several tendsius, 73 2. (sine bri .ss, tuo
floops, and : pilot bnm. 'The win:: being
partiy a-Lxczd, they v. iil nofgrisaz'thcrrhzm
t'nc Brown this tide; and the two ships,
thsiu; ue'xph-d isizom t}: c Pssown, will only
net up to the Croi Lce qc."
Extract of a letter _-,. am tlze Jerscys, dared
lzllsissiZ-U'Esil, [VI-TV 19
" Since my [& a. coniiclcrezble number
of general Stsphcn': division, b-siing hzflily
assembled from the dFflsicrcnt pc-fls, attack
ed the 42d, zel batxaliun of the 7lst, the
334, and six companies of light insnntry,
posied at B-mnm town, Piscaiaway, sad
in that neighbourhood. It was a b-zsi'd en
terprise, as the enemy might be erctsify re
inscrted from Brunswch, the Lanqssfing,
or Amboy. We had learned 'the hour of
their dining, and gave them time to take
a drink, when a sudden attack was made
on them about half an hour after 4.
Among their killed was majcr M'Pherfoa,
3 subs, 3 scrjeants, and, as we are inform
ed by a person from Piscataway, 60 pri—
vates. Major Fraser osthe 71st, and cssapt.
Stewart of the light insantry,' wounded.
]t is said no privates were wounded, 40
Of them dangeroufly, and carried to New
York. We lost 2 killed, 1 capta'm, 3
suhs, and !! privates wounded, 1 sssub
dangeronfly wounded, and taken, with
about !: oshis division. '
" This great advantage, gained over
the best osthe enemy, has compelled them
to send from New Yolk (ne battalior. of
Hessxan grenzmiers, the loth and 55th Bri
tish regimenvs, to reinsqrce these polts."
WILLIAMSBURG, jane 6.
Extract of a letterfi-om Philzddphia, datcd
May 27, 1777. si
ENERAL Washsingcorfis force begins
now to look sslike :m army, mid is
strong enough to keep flow: in his lines.
[t is the duty of everv state to see to the
complc-iing as theiy respective quotas, (hat
general VVafl-ington may be able to profi
cute thc wnr vigorouflv this campnign;
which, is successful, will inn!) likelihood
' cartcn our enemies, and induce soreign
!. openly to cspouse our cause. It. is
it]: a matter ofthc last concern to sup
port the credir of our money, as many of
th:- vil-z bloodshckersherc, Infaring of the
little trade which is carried on in Virginia,
arc gone, am] going amongst you, to !my
up ths: goods. These fellows are mufflv
rank Tcsi-r'n's. who use evrry means to raise:
tho price of all the necessaries aslise, and
depreciate the mnnev all over the comin
cnt. If it be posiiblc, they ought to be
hrcvcnted from (tarrying on their \ illoincus
and destructive schcmcs.---]t is prsitty cer
tain that Trvon is dead as the wounds he
received at Danbury, with col. VValcott,
who had ..lade himself famous for his im
pertinent letter to general VVashantcn on
the subject oscxchcmgc os prisoners; an-sil
it it sizid old De Lancey, (me of How si ;
new m..dc rcmgado gencrsids, lost an ar m
in 'that & .m'."
The Ftczch, We hear, arc fittiwg cut
great nunsibsssirs cf privazcmu, usi'zmr und—
nemu] cvmm ssinns.
nSv some uflJ—z from Bsizston, nrzived
wusih-u {In se le"; (38)s, " ? kur th. 1 ( .sisizt.
Bishzlsss', ;! vcctsv 'nmvc officer, is [. ilsi-d on
:\ si Cut crxpccsiisiiun, uizh three- shmt szi
gates, And 20 arnsi-c-d Vcfids, zzunc nisithcm
czsirr'sisszzxg !css than to guns s..---—l'rulva'-. ty to
lmk uul. for the wan:}: zrts (:;osczcc: horn
England, (siswisi'c). x' is to be Lopcd Lc Wixl
give :\ ;:er aca um r.
Dsiall :ct] M. {ioxcmv Cow. Eme
l'f-sisi'si' c; Jct in cwl. ":ehz .:plc :, cmnpmy
(& l'zssht' c- r..g0-. .s ; :. )czz. 1;- zeal-cman of
um}: :?n'sicd cc .zzzzge, as (? v. Lusfi' many vir
tn-sis Tcnuc' c.] 11?! conshmucus to the
whole circle 0" 11! 5 acc'x simtanec. He was
nc-My !!cpping furth'm th: glorious dlsmoe
of his .".numry, l 11! was (I zed with :! fever,
and died at ;cz: cral h ashzngton' s head
quarters, assicr :: short ilinefi, with the
patience and rcsissqnation ofa Chrifi'simct
ADVER'HSEMENTS.
A': a mscising us (in; z'zsi/iler: and goz-ermur:
of th;- csisictct-ssjrsisssirn of 'A 'Liiam (5- Mm'y, held
on siisiriclgssv the 9127: dry.: of May, 1777;
"'"FON cfnc cursisi-cisirmifon or" the :ssziclcs
U of uccnsazionagamisit my. EMMANU- '
zL Joxrzs, his answer thereto, and the
testimony osdivers witnesses,isitis theopinion
ox'the Cunvoczssxiion, mm. can. that the said
mr. Jst'fl-ZS hath :thusizttcd himself with
hz—mmn from the szssisizi ;aL'rcles nfaccusation.
Cra'crcd, that che hursar ba empowercd
and required to pay to the said mr. j'ones
all rczzionable cuits in his delence incurred.
FDM: RAND'oLnl, ractor.
!
72) 08 SOLD Cheap,
COACH, the body of which is out of
repair, the carriage and wheels vdry
good . For terms apply to the subscribcr,
about a mile from Scwell's ordinary, in
Glaucefier county.
xu JOHN WHlTING.
Vsissxsiuctmssuue, jane 4, 1777.
OTICE is hereby given to all person:
intercstcd to ' appear at the town
courthnuse in this city on the 23d day of
tlctisinflant, then and there to show'cause,
ifany they can, why the Coun ofAdmi
rslty to ju-ngentupou, and consideration
of, one moiety ofthc floop Catha'rinc, her
rigging, tncklc, :appare'l1 surniturc, and
css.rgo, against which a libel hath been
fiiled in the said court by James Barron
and others, should not proceed.
By ordersssfu'zc Court of Admiralty.
WILLIAM RUSSELL, cl. cur.
ss70 be SULD, on Thurlday the 1'8tlz osAu
gufi next, at the W arm Springs in Bcrke
]ev county, . si
LL the lots in the town of Bath, at
& _ tlss-sie (aid springs, pursuant to an act of
Affimbky passed in Novcmberlast. Attend- '
ancc win be given at the time .and place
asoreshid by Bfl The TRUSTEES.
M'ay 18, 1777.
L !ct persons indebted to the estate of
lVi/limn M'orris, lure, oF the county
of chrisic'o, deccsscd, are desired to make
immmctiisinc pzzymcm; and [hose to whom
the (inci estate isi indebted are desired to
make ];xrown thrir chsium before the lst us
Octobcr next, (hat due attentZasin may be
paid to the digsi-zity ol'their debts. As it is
probable the s i.! esth'sie ifi insufficient to pay
all the debts due rhnrcfsirom, the subscribc-r
veil] consider al] crefsi-ifor- who may neglect
to make known their claims by the day
ashrcssii-x] as ne'cdudcd, .sil'hnugh the snill
claims may he cf hi'xhcr (Fipsssiniiy than those
which may be pct-zi-i bisisvrc that de .
1]! JOSYZPII ZHLPUERD, execa