The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-09-05 00:00:00, page 2

* ' - Q Fifiy minute. M four, ?. M. Thin moment ] received : hues
from iGendeman ot'vmeityctmd ntacluunt to tluss country, from Svnn
ss. 22". two o'cloch. ?. M. Hc had just then returned from viewing t'ne
!, which he do cefuin it near No hnndhd in number. He say: they
Ill umdMW—M one o'cbck, ?. M. lnd is cerniu they
will had pn thin share w-night or to-morrow morning, :; they are very
near the land. There is anumbcr of small cmft nound them, lnd they
" , Mcmdd wioh man.' Cnnnon sine eontinudly firing at Baltimore."
. - 53] in e! & which arrived this morning, we are informed the memy's
' am were an lah night from Tutkcy point. '
ss BALTXMORE, [up:]! 26. On Thursdly last appeared off the
match of Pnhpsco river, the enemy": fleet, confining of nen 30: sail
of-Mof 'll', lnns am, &c., They came to me or iull below the
'WtPoi-nt, where t ley continued till Friday, when they weighed an
chor, set fail, lpd proceeded up to the mouth of llk river, and um: to
of'hlrkey Point. within !] to! God] counhousennd Charlesiown. [:
hl dun d they !: d some of their man, but it pmoeded
— from their ending wombe: of boat: to Pursulhj and, lyin between
siw t,countin. "on which vn I lage Mof eat :, fine
&cssbtaceycty ieh thflydhmhtfln off. Shouldthey m to had on : _e
th' muy dey,: on ving ! proper napuon. : flute: our
, selvectoos hnlnsiiit in our owet- th (: :: much set the Muyland nilitil,
noo- it, wit zusiiu, ' of th- si" Now lnglnnd lultm." ' ' under
sithmmd o Btigzdier Gcnnl Surk, :: Bennington.
F I S H — [( I-L.L. zing-ty? 14.
Y several desetten from the British my! W . untied
ll Peekshill, we hue the followi insotnlm. Colnel
Kholler't Mount, htioned between C Cortlndt'tud the Nonh
river, eon osahoot two [moded end fisty nen. withtwoothecflefillt
tegintente, three hundred beseech; one "(intent et For: Walhinitoo
and anothef et Fat advice. thtee hundred men mit; the w ole
camuundedhy Beoenl mith. lct Heflian; .they kfl: picket ot' fifty
_m=n tdnnced thou! . mile from theitnnin body. t they have two
field - piece. to each bunlion. That Brown": corp- coufilt of about four
hundred and fifty, flatiotted at Kingshri . De Luna 't soor hundred
end lfty, !- trd'e two llhndted and ei ' y, Coiooe Fanoinst four
hundred usd . the New_York volunuen, eomtnanded by 'Colonel -
Gum: one ' - -ss -- and fifty," the ]5th British regioun of two hundred ,
end - 'T si -.ct ss Mount main, end Colonel Robinson't, in:; at
si. " _ sitht larm humfred. hGettsiet'al (gilmon the
" ss " si_ : Genen Smit e He m; [greet
nudberof , m hthe New Yot'k usispiut. -
, WJlW/in Aihony, Aqql tt. _
" ! have th': use to'eo'nsinp'o'n' nte to you to agreeable yttee of in
telligence. Lt Wedd'esday , ' nine o'clock un engagement ensued
between I plrty of the milinz , ss, si " county, under the command of
General l-larkimer, and epany knees, Toriet, and regulm, lbout
he!! w: between Erifiie ud ' ' nix, It letted till three o'elock
in the I cernoon, when the enem ss ; r to retire. leaving Ge
lenl Hatkimer manerof the fiel ; , ' er. the Genenl and
some valupble officer: got wounded lnd lti " in "luting.e But
thit did in no vuyt inttmidate the afdour of tW lien, ct neral,
althou h he had two womb, did not leave the field til pain wit ,
siovet; fected himself down on alog, with hil sword drunk Iniln ' ct
hie men. The enem lost on this occasion some of their chief men. (ne "
u Neph Btafldt, Jillhm ]ohnson, Peter ]ohnson, baRards of the'lzte
Sit- William ]ohnsont Stephen Wattt, ]ohznnet Jost Harkimer (I bro
Mu- the General) and : number of other:, lndinnt lnd regulate.
About one o'cloet the some day Col. Gansevoort huving received infor
mation of GenenI l-hrkimer't march, sent Lieutenant Col. Willet out
with two hundred men, to tttack un encampment of the enemy, end
thered facilitate General Hukimer't march. Xn thin the Colonel suc
- i for tftet an englgementofan hourhe had completely routed the
nemy, took one Capnin end four privatet prisoners. The bagges:
token in very eonsidenhle, such " money, beat thine, officen
and camp equi ; one of the soldien had for hit [here : selrlet coat
trimmed with'sirozg to the full, end three laced hate. The plundes
ot the mon m mputttion exceed. one thousnnd poundt.
" When the Colonei returned to the fort, he discovered two hundred
legulln in full much to nttnck him. He immediater ordered hit men
b 'My-rect fet battle, end hlving : field-pieee with him, Ctpt. Bnnge
the mshactb directed in fire :: to playjn conjunction with one out
. the son; e, with ahriik fine fron hit smnll ll'llll, soon made these
heron- sennt'pet ol' with great lost. Colonel Willet then mnrehed with
hie booty into the fom when he arrived et four the same day. having
sine! : singie un hilled'or wounded. Thin lecount we htdfrotn . man
,lnth eopgement, nndleftthefmon Thutsdayoight kiss.
We expect daily to heat of anothef engzgement at that place.ct We hue
this moment received m lccottm that the enemy have (eft Snratogzj'hu;
what soule they heve taken is unknown."
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VVI LLlAMdB U Rb, - September 5.
LETTER from : member of Congret'e to : Gentleman in th}.
A Stzte. sasiye Lord Chetham hn tnken his seal in the Home of rdc,
end in : molt elegintlsseeeh recommended an immediate reconci ion .,
with Ameriel, which one he slid could sue hie finkingsicovntty; than
they had no more suspect of eanquering Ameriea than he ficuld have of
conquerinanec gritain with hie old cruteh, holdin it 0; to them :! the
same time; that ell the nen of Europe were y to nke edvatage
of their distracted weak no. ' ss
Extract eff— Iem-r fi'om : General Nor te bit Exuflng th Gownw,
. laud Cunnsiruu, Aqua? 27, 1777.
, " The enemy hue landed onxhe north side of Elk, oprn to Cecil
eourthouse; I body of nhoulqooo hue advznced four mile; uwude the
lind of Elk. ! wn reconnoicring within four miles of them yetterday.
A serjeent and : failen hue desened them, but an I have not seen them ct
en give no yanieullr intelligence. , ."
" ] have the pleisure to mforrn on that our zffnin in the northern
depamnent are in I good my. B the hand bull, "which you my -
hlve seen, which usentione upward: of 90- being killed end when, "
haven account that you more were taken by the Green Mounnin by;,
We upefl w he:: that General Arnold hn raised the siege of Feet
Sehuyler, and that will hue: greet eifca .: the jndiam. ;
" General Sulliven hu ettecked the my on State]: laund, hu
:i-tled two (island,. taken twin: Colonell, seven:} Capuisiu, sind other -
cen, wit 160 _'vatn. wit : ! tnsinti :: e, w, "
About, yith [find, which wmgfm sit e Solzsiy fnmssto do- ss
My I vessel .that was dm' : share near Lynhaven bey, m uhen by
the Princese Anne militin, smong them one Lienunant, three-nidlhip- '
men, end ten sailors _ .ss .
The Rev. ]AMES MADlSON is appointed Presidmof Williun and
Mary 'eollcge for ot'te year. - . . -; 4
Marriagu,-Jouu Tnonurou, Esq; of Statford countysi to me,
CA'runlu YATEI, of Gloucetter. fourth dasshm— of the Rev. lo
bert Yeteu : young Lady possessed of every qu ny to reader the nur—
li si lhte hap y.
[god, 'in orthCerolinz, Mr. ]ouu Pncu", formerly of this .
city. prinm.
Fuontcenvea, dage)! 39, ' t'777.
HE Sobseriber be : Lene to infosm the Public he me removed from -
] che Shop he me , occupied to the She? kept by the m. Mr; Rich- ;?
crd Lamb, where he carrie- on the sedd cry Busmess in in seven] .*
Branchel. and when Gentlemen lllly be supyhed on shoe! Nutiee, huing
hid in no Assortment of Mnteriale of the bek Walntv, end the Work si
will be done on reasoneble Terms, with Thauke to those who please to ,ss
give Employ to (I!) , EDWARD smesou. _
N. B. Good Encoumgement will be fire;] to : ]ourneymen candle &
osworking at the nhove Branches of Tn
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- si Pn'rzlsisnunc, Augufl 17, 1777. :
HE Subscriber he: for Sale, sundry _Negro Fellow! end w ches. *_;
si " amonwhom Ire en exceeding fine C 00 K, : good C R T
GRT.' H. SPlNNERS. FlELD NEGROES. !
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I mtend for Great B tas; by the?
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sun Oppomlnity. ]ouu WLNGATF. -
OR Qule, one of the best Pilou in 71" i-ic, from Cup: Half) do the
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Head of the Bay, and Rlven thereo , numed jane.: smh, fat *
read M or Cudit :: the Pumhzses w the Ovmer can ngnee.
Kymcogydxun. ' SAMUEL MEREDlTl-l,ss am.
Pnuuvno, dug-gi 15, 17".
HE Subfcribef hlth forsiSale, in the Ten of Pm'r/bur , for tend, !
. Money, or good Tobleco, to be said either by who P-eku .. _
th: single Place, or erd, : large Assonmem of Clozha lately ! 3
France, eonsiRin of Dufih, Coning, Bearlkin, and : rent Valietyol .'
different Kinds Brudcloth of the mofi fashionable Co oun. .
tity of Wridn' Pipes. Sdil "swim, Men: lnd Women! Kid lad L-h '
(Mover, Men. Wocrfled Sczckinp, FMCdicojsieflslnbm, Cheeks,. ss
plun' me! si _ luce. Msi et, Ill : . .
(3; ' WILLIAM CAl-l-e