The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-12-05 00:00:00, page 1

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set in!!! 5, 1777. NUI—IBER 149.
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By nccnunts from the Fastwctrd, we find that th':
enemy, in their lace irrupci-m into the state of Ncw
Ysin'k, had commirscd grene dcvnshzicm, if! burning
Eumch and gan: !cmcssns' Lauscs, psi-u'ticharly the sea:
nf'thc widow nfchc gl'CJl' l'lcncral Monrymcry. 'sisihc
fine town of Esnpus, or Kingflrm, suffered six: sm'sszc
horrid destruction. H-ww barbarous surh pr-xsi: -d'nsi_ss !
th-LY mark !111wdc-fi\c'rssctl'e't'1e cncmvfflnfl-h-r r' olr sctzzusi-si
Lssr 8 A L 12,
THE pleasant and healthxsitumion os [! 2's1/loza"s,
wssch nbnur one th-siyufimd two l-undnd and fifty
acres nF goctd land, lying in Nr-w !(enr county. t-ssn
miles ;lbnu Cnnzber/amsi', and u'iluin sffm'ircn milx's of
Jamu n'vcr. There is on the shid l.uxd ;\ sum]! ("on
venient dwclIszg-huust, hzu ns, stables, and nrlu r con
vcnisi'nt ouzhsssuks, with ;: guldcnnnd yctrd w-si-l] ctcth'd
in. 1l:l'si)-si'llu.':) wish mzlrlc nfdiffu: m k'l dx, am: I ::ssss
:! number of LXC'L'HL'Ht springs, vsi-Irh u'.: ut twsi-ni'y
:u'rcs r-f finu mfzzsi' 5;;.,'siln-sil. l-"or trrma nj-p'y t)
,Mr. Richard ;]Jam! in Riclvnmrd, _Mr. jrl-n l-'/.nsir in
W'illijmctlsi-uqrg, Mr. Benjamin Leaf; in New lien! or
the subschbsir living in Jugustctz c-ctumy.
__ __ __ Tnozms Alum.
For 5 A L F, sissctsisissss—
ANE\V V ESS EI, on the flocks n Nmss/sssizmss/ ssl
river, send) sor' ' .—x;;(hing, built nsthc La !} nu
n-riuls, and well formal t'ur isililing fall. The tum:
may be known by applying m
\Vl l.! ! A M CUH'PFR.
7..- [ze R lct.'1\'7silt [) ].ssr a term oj' )ctmu, um! cwh'mz' 11]; !;
a! (shrffllndo, 01*_/Z-.v*u'r, .
'] 'H lZ houses \\ !) 're N. first: (ii/lss/octr'lutcly kcpt
— " ne, in lz'r/mjkz-iJ .sinunty. .l/l-Iz-rriu pctnlh, knrnsi 11
'1\' t'w l'sszlmf' Ulsislw (i/ct-lsse', ["Is-1 f w mile: ssimm l/julu'si
fsm], un (! -r main rswl-J m l/.1l-_*'.n. l.> smmiun, a-si
m ]] sih Impmvsi .ncrtg, n-mh'r is c'munic-ur s-n' .1 m
VL-rn-kcq-cr, r.-. s 'lmnr. nr truu-Ysi-Mn. Am (]usilllllsixy
n" iwd may L' !! v.] vrixh llu' h 'ulsixsisis tsut wssH l-: 1] lnic
tiu— s-"ct:.'lnl, .:nssi .my ;uisiiinsianul impl wmvns nm'siiu
th." .:- lh Nlctsifl-s n-sic'u.*lliuy. si—H _l.\si\1-=,>' \\'-\l L. inn,
si\l.*X\VH-;l\,\)1sissl'ls, 1777.
si\'ssss'E want Sinlsi' bul'l'll', \ct\H<ous, d-HP
, " (siAyzlsi ,1'1 Hs', [less. sct.\lH-'l< ., m.] NsiAH.
M \ :; ups. T.) l'usi h nsicthlzsiisimcn ver)- ;;u- siL uncou
r.;si-si_-;z,cm \\ ill L-si' bixcn by
6]: ]LNlFLR {; Hooz.
IN COUNClL, Williamshurg, Nov. 27, 1777.
LL officers rcu'u ting men for the
service of th}: Hsuc ;lrc dznctmcd tn ut
tcnd rhc Gnvcnnqur ;md Cnunci] :lr
llctsllinmxlrmg on slmj-siluy the [61]! day
of Dnctrmbct-r next, when cnmmisiinm
will be. givcn ouz, and the several sc—
gim-si-nts of insimzry and .utillsi ry \\'1Hbc formed. 'I'hc
officers who have not rsicdud css'nanffl-ms, and do
not attend on that day, will lwdiscnminilr n'.
B] arrltr ;] Lil [flsisellsnsijy in (sofmsssill.
_ ARCHIBALD BLAIR, clerk.
mv'i—tvsi—
L A \J () A S T F. R, Nousimnnn lo.
'\ ] 15 :nc assured srom York, where the COn
chss now fit, shut Insilim .nshs at no mnc
Were in a more promising wny. 'I'hmugh thc inur
pnsi'siinn of Congpcss, Rnrch Tmp and Tunku)": Tail
were sent by numfsnns tribes of tho, snmh-sissn lndi-lnz
to their nnrtnern brcthr n. (}cmssml Schussvlcr ha'd
advised, that one hundred :md sssssrry ut' thsm hctd
joinsssid General (;.m-s, and that "lust" might be (x
pcctcd. 'l'his ];lsi' circumstx- cc was dsi-ub..si15 in con
sequence as she imphrtdnt blow given xh-si- imctsi'sscsi ncur
so.: Sxsihl'ylcr, by the hmvc but unfmcunutc General
He-lctmvr, wh') hsiad (! thc intrcpid militict us Nsissw
Yozk stltc, and of :hc sigml victury [Lon sisc ]" gained
by xl.c sssvrmidablc m'litm of New Hamctcshxrc, lvd by
(La: !- urdy swchmr (jcncml Stenk, affish-d by the gal
lmt C blunsi-Isi \\';1rnsi.:r, Brown, and lbmc comincnml
truss'ps.
'1 l': shrrcndvr ('F General Burgoync and his whole
remaining army must determine the I-ndhns, wno
h 1v- bncn, undf'rBthish influence, distrcffingund mus
ss fisicring the frontierinhabitnnts, m sue fnr L-erssrn and
peace.
We: r'ust not omit, that the trlbc of St. I-"ramis,
in the ne'ghbourhsswd us (jnnnda, have dcfircd pru
tcctisszm hs their fmnilics, and liberty m rcnmvu m
Connecrfcut.
The st'siltsi: of the Masszlchusi'tts Bly, in New -Eng
]dm], has ordered mxcsi to be Ir—vicd to bring intn lhc
troaswy, in one year, 4<c,nool. wau] mun-r)", or
568,00'>L lrs. Pcnnsylvzlni'l currcm'y.
At the law sitting us the legiflrluuc of Psnnsyh'a
nia, at this town, un zmnual mx of sin: [hillings in
the pound was dirccced to be laid on all csintcs, rral
and pcrshnnl, for the purpose of smking the 1-31- sir
money.
ff. lsse son), Ll-ZASlil), " RlZN rm ;. ::- ,m,
! l) () W' [" R in (w : lhnu-siunl nm' I-umissncd med Os
land ])ing in the upper psilrt nf l..:ss.{.*:-ss; -' unly'.
[( is Vc'ry low], and ("ficunsd us "find t'u- tzsiblcm,
cum. mk whcxlr, ild nny bc] nv (he ;..lctr. l'nr terms
apply to the lilLsiTiber in -Sp.—-/_/}I<.m;iu, ncsin' ]Gdrririejsi
l.!nsizr. 47 jnnzs MMH'F.
13 Is RENTED, mnhwssrnl m: rct/ssnm 'inrf/r,
'I'Hl'si. hosises on the main mad leading sum Har
o-zrr ccturllmusc to Ilnro-sier r'siwn, crnvmicnr'y
sitnmrcd fnr thv puu pose nst'M'cm-kvcsixing, : r r. li.!unsic
fctu- :: private fsslmily, having eight go 'cl r-mzrsi bclnw
and twnnbovcsi. siuirs, with :] gard kiu'hcn, (! n'wy, wash
h >ul'<*, mczllhnulb, ."lnd :; krgc burn .md flssnssxhz Any
perlhn inchm'cth- m rent may knnw r'w t sma by ap
phcutinn co lhsi; subscnbur, on the pr -m isixsia.
TmmAss— f—LMH'n,
For 5 A [. If, -
ATRACT of choice lani in [fssrli/ln: councy,
N. (si'arclind, (m Great ]:si'ling Crcck, containing
sivc hundred ache, tlzc gxcan !} [ent of Which 15 rrch
lnw gruundsi, good sbr tnl-zzccn, wheat, or m) kctml
of grain, and well wnmled znd warmed. 'shgzsic !; a
large plauratlon, in goctd order s'ssr crnppingctsi-n
,J' Ncgmrs will be taken in part for pay.
5}; _lusl-:PH Enum—ZN.
UK-mnn lro'usiiw-ks, Bodibrdzomujf, ()(nwhcl' n'].
lW lLL gin: send) n*.<mcys0r young iikch' n--_ ;rcws
srom ISLU :. : yearsol'nsi'ssc. I would also hiscss,
between this and the first utsijflctnzsissnjynum, 5. or 60
negro men, throne, tum, 'or lsilsC; years; mtzz-hzzli
osmc first *_,'c:.r's hire wi}! be psiic] down, is::csisizxin
esf. Thc !izamtinn of the works is very h-sixlrhy,
thc lnbnur osthc szcs nursibfruc, :nz ; {he}- if..1!l
ha-e :! p'lcmhlnl difft. ! v.!" ssnsssi- .".n z-Jxsimcul
ricc for corpsnzcrs :.nd \*. heelv. rsictsih'xsi, 's-ur -,\ I:} not
Be conssrned with any tfctrarc ndzcd run-z'ssv-ysi.
An pclsi-ns fisisi'licti'ug to in zr \- Izh me ..n: d win d
to And tlss... pm'simlles m cir'rsicf csi-ct' :".c princess,
and ! will siiss them .;u immuaiizsssic .-'.-.ss..v.cr.
(2!) DAYZI) Z.s).' ;.
'lo be SbL [) in ilc !.ssz-isi'n (.; .w". ,
ct' DWfiilsiLIfflu-sssfl53". l'\\-:ntss\' {'a-. " sin: by
i ' s ;recn, with t}: ssd {he {all ]cn-ct'h (". zct : hMH-si'.
(.;';!ls Lctct wish n'. .!si 'mzch' Lsisi'...-r.:\' (lus lc'z'fsz
lv'nrh mnns. An;- - :sisi-n i nsi'zisi. 'W— !" sssi'zuzsihsizictf may
Z:nc--ss*7!si:1.;cts1ct- by : __- in;- m ss'si'r. jss'. -. is;) at [sink,
(1 10 sihc. illL-fsirfbcs i.. C. ":s'ss'ctctsi'"
:: Ro;:.ss'a'r "n'.
AL .;cr]'(1:.s(..si.(z].>c ::(y dunm ( ]s against (he
(.(sicc ((s/o'(;."_,ctmz_in !; , i:-'::'si'vs; *(", sue (c ] :(se
("("(u (cflcd to m (](c ( (em " lL-l" (( &. ((. ;hn'. : 'Hde] si
cd (hcxcusiawdcfu . (] (o; _:,-si .Mdmc]; (3. l"". "(11
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Ye al": ; f'vzf'.
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){(l (77 (Ass. ( .ss, (]fssx- .."ki , (.. "(2 '31]'
immt-Juu: p.(}(r,(..((; :msil ('t-si ( ]Ll-C (](":".(("si\.]
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sRzctwss'Ln. .Il 'sissn, (sin. .](-((..]'. ], ((:u (f(2si(:ct(_] ("(th
pl) siUH' 'Hyln (,"nl :..1]!]-(.s,"]((z'(]\((] * ((m' (" [si \(." ((:
by the t\\""(l](h nf/si'(*"si"( ,--- s-("r (((xz. .".s ssi sisc" * .(".lr-u "(I: !](h.
](vclsccs \\i]]."(("((-n(] (( .-\si:;( "l(."l.-f( (:.si -*1 'F" ( :(tf(.(:( ."
in ( (der l]*.(t] nux (n.(]" " up m). ;(. "-;(Y(]..((Y.((( (( (w.
(.sil].:(c. ]] !.(u . V) .-\(.(.(-"..\".
ALL—si pcrhmc ]( n.": ] " (] " .(sm n' " un]! (ctsi' ']].l
02 Mr. _] l-L" l.}rssn ,(].( (m! ./.sict._u (en: ((x", ('ss
cmscd, .(("(: (](l(("((] (0 :(pguy (( r p )(1 ("(—1 (0 Il.
Cup)" "(] 7.si.n]- , .((((] :ll] l'll'sillld (r. .:blu] ( ( (.;.(t ;i; i:
.(((" (]("]((((] m (((.(k<: ]mu(("(]i ((c ] (vm us to Mr. lsi'
li."): ['t'ffll'lsssf'l nt ln'r' (.:.. ("((HHH, \\ ]( ( ].0. (]5 the ]) ;(1(]
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ic (m. (: (10. ]11] llmcmlsin, _] \( ((, .( ("(-(m u"("]]( (
s: ]]rm, whnlc \\"]( siskus gr w ] \." (] was) an H- ].( (."
un] sj-(sidzs r("m.((]<(](]) (;u. ]. ] ("((r' .(.'(",I ( si l.(}(
fsic]]((\\' 0] ]us. (/1.l'.71 (n/(I 01}, ('Hl] ]1' \\sila f'l'zmlh
th. p!" "('("ltv ((k join l///-'-.: in [.(psif fl'un Cnu'. (\" n
(snr lum. \]1(*((*].(' (.1- 'ssz""(( (( ( (](m (((1 I (( . ]((" (. m .("\\.(\
[m. '"1<C'(s(]i(. " (0 (:(1.] (11. m (] ." 5 01". .(pr (& ](sit \..(
("!m]'1__1 ]1'HI! (" .] ((1 ]l (5 ](l" (( .]r (] .\\ (( "[be-(]x (Hl "(
]fnnct ((-"]_ez' L) u( v-(l. ].\' ((v (( ]Isihlh (](cln (z-si p:
so in" ]].JH ]..1.(: (.:L .(bkvc r(.\'"..]:J.
(t' Junsi" My. u.
,. ss-— . ssss- —' o ',- —!o\—\ "'
\\'n.l.r.\mm'Rc, Sqsir.zr, 1777,
(" R E AT wages will be given by the: subscriber
] 1-1 jvurm-ym.n(£rx:<m1'n$, BLACRSMlTHS, and
Nssuluns, si ." em' ?." vd w u'kmcn. None others nccd
;.sh ly. Sxx or si ignt [wys ::rv Wssmring, as APPREN
Tlczzs. (R'ctct) _]A\.'.U_S ANDEPSON.
*AHXT,I.lY:-', : bccluzlsul bay, finely marked,
si sum- ynm nkj, fcm-ru—n !unds three inches and
three quctu'c ;z Msih, v. h- s lsinr usizs *7r.1'sivellrr, late the.
pmsiu'rt}, us lctusii: lfu-ctsiell, Lsi]; of _(H.-uu]!n, and
grvrctsifs'lc .llurlrrs's '7m'.---l.ct"erct and whole dum Cami/ln,
(;..siz us ['IC !ssx.lsir man's in finish, na: gu: by fear
r'r-rqll mu nf .: h-gh sormcd [),-um" mare. will be (old
tluct ry,...ctv money, am] deliverkd immediately. For
u'mzsi inluirc Of th- l'linter.
, rfl: " "si (Znn'si-Fncnml Cc vgress having dirct red 3
3 ,.zsi- wine: of pr-wni-ms to be laid usi: m this shtc
for the csiflmr-nsinn] .umssv, ] hrrci-y g'fvc notice that [
will .:Xl vw fury shi!])..sisis .1 hundred l'irsisirginiu current
for {1s\r'<, sum (}xinl-nsi's ;:r bushel {T'} pc'ase or bect'ms,
!.m] sun shish'nga [w l-msicl snr [mllnn cnrn, ready
monvv. uctu'IJ. ncsi'c-zl' ry qumcz'cy is obtained. ]: will
be ;nsisisilsit tinmcnisi nt (4 l'CC' he the glain on vak, Rad
psi'sisizlsivrss'k, an] p.].fl'm-h'k riwrb. The pnrk may in:
dcflu red at Suji'u/k, 5)ni'issssfi:l.si!, (-..l."n Pains, Peteubury,
.!lctct,-fsict.'rr_ct/:er, or Rl..';r-.:'-d, {m _','.-zmu river, Hammer
rown, ," .],Jsi-l'si wan.}x wrie, nn lbrk river, letrirks
!
[i/lrsisils. (m R.:si-simctama 'c. And .JlFmrn'riu, on Poluvmmk.
'j'_,_-s_- ["if wi]! nnc L.: si.:.:c-ss:dv.l, and rhercfssirc ] hope
nil lhvfir wlm arc Lil'pnsrd to accept tsi'mu Wl" ivc
immediate 11an 1: ;hue-nflw Far. jm-m Hurt", ::ffi an:
('A)! m1;-,'Z_:.-:, z-i'pznchdsvsi :ar I'si-t-lcvikabarssq, nr t": me in
;; j-,-'.'ss,..,,.ct,(__,_f. ; \.' m; '::')ct .] wm-d r.: s-rcstaflc-si and
x*.111sl>si(*s5, lur ! Pzsssircr 1.'_.£7.lf, a-"rcr tw .shhnrrencc
dz-xsiwunccd xgdm} tszc-m Lss: th: ]Hn. Afflfmbly now
issizing, tisim nnnc six ill bc t'- um! !v.l_rdy cnnuctzh (o en
z_ 'ch .sixctzin Fu lfut I.:Z-sin m": b'Jlm' Is. le—Cd ] have
Lvsinzcs thus the hsinmr nf my'rx xmrrymxn. and their
;:ch'ctcfn'sizgct: . v :]..ct l-si-l 'sict si.*-1u!c WL' arc contending snr,
will, :" rhct: crilixsif ,) :":Pd, txz' (: :! lutsctd :zgainl}
css- ; Z-jss. then nssav msij m 711lc-rr'ukt rfusiprcssicm plonlsi-si
sing sisi—ct'siss-l—c us 3- "c— (5, l—y tluo-si'ss'mg d-shcnlcncs in the
Wss of [sin. sir,,sig g's-c. ;nmy. lflssnll want a number
of "l., .k [.wr. !; sin m- .sibvwc n'cnrinned plat s, f)r
ss._.y.;'ssh ] will ;:iiow :: .;c-ihr bush, and to enga'sissc with
Fy, szz' [" :f'om :o m ;sisic- y—nsk sind b-iCHlI.
xv. A'H.ETT, o. c. c. !.
11} 0! siwzz- to x/s ::"1::s/ct;'sff l/ixll'cr, al; Monsi'ay the
: 5'1! ssij' ))ccmnbes, '
"! ?ctilssi ( act os ]:zml mlxcscu. n now live, being
i ("11 05" mar thc'h217cfusXlllktr s run, in sim
/-u]t man:); and c<—!1t.*.in;si-g :vw hundred and
.sii.c_ss um a ncs. It s cx e -- ing good sortubacco.
css m, v. Imctt, nvsictxsi-mp, am} intcznour'cu none iuthc
(. u ("V ( r prsi. 4': in;: imc cr rs. 'l he : areat
]czsi-zl- m: f' i'uc's ul'xnct! .; cared ..md on the tract.
all fit for th yluw, :." ctr, and in good order For
cmrpi .g, chu'zy ;1cr-;—: (:.ss' l-jrh arc ncsw sown
wgh wh-sisivsi nd )c. "; he c- it} (11! (In: Lmda 1 urge
and cum: .i-.'.: shl} hmnc, uirh tuu gc od still:
\\0rl- inss-f, lu'si'U 'Hc. or lesiy siZlHUHS each, \\ith .!
1_si:'_;si_—ssyu-1:.ricsi or ;; nin !'L'.\J_\' lar Hillmsictsix. also a
];nsssiusi-ss-flmkm ('.l.]'_'.1'1.]hfl_l=', che whole otsixxhich
would w " mit uno ctxmrdm n', a he would be
i-uznsctsi'ss-silssV iz' .\ va, cfnmking )rosit from the
phcc. lsi'u: ss_i . 8 02 plylnrnt \'-il be **g1 ced on
3: (!si (! rct nr' l.]lc, ;md uul..'sig:=.ncc given sor part
nxsi'sih.= p xch se money bv
_ /_ ctlonN Mom-comrnv.
v'.
, - ss ——_...._____
77: he S-ss) ]. " in it nssss'sfztr end a ' New Krnt Cnun -
.. s),
* VAI.UAHl.l-L tuck us Lmd cnnuining sixrecn
11 hundu'sil um! Flfty .1; utsi, wsslln :! good dwelling
]:nuisisi :md nllcsicmvcnu nl nuthvulssv'isi, on a b-sinuzishlzmd
I.: ncny isxu'li m, the: one haltsios thc ].md first and
sgsi'und lnw gu-UHJA, the latter C-xpabfe of nmking c.\
ru'sssvc :si1cauuws, busi. :lt [usant under ;! growth us
va.]unsi'ch (iwbsir, such a: ssHm-sa, wl-itc oak. ulh, and
l'u'c'si's gum, :W' 1\, an s'u: mih .\ .llmve the! present na—
vict? 11: 11 ntsiC'li. xi.-m/rxf. which will be c-.\:tcndcd Cor.
susiany, us th. rsi- ' lllh!'_'173vsiiss*lh for that ss-urp. sct.
-_ \'.1ZH_'Hst ssskz of all sorts, wun nr withnuz : 1si: lum ,
.ulz'n c 'rn, fucdu, .md uhcnt. Twenty hands may
be wurkcd t') :ufvctxmngcun the above !:znd ; and jssssI-n
,llilictsir, ul." hw— 'HX L'w promiscs. will show it, and
in .1. kssmvn : n 'si-sms. lpurp-vsss: sclling mj. hnc] nn
['.nl'..l.'.'. \ x'iv-sssil. 0. ! vuv Cumlzerlund t-nvn. .u New KHJ
.'-si/*'-'.'\ :nl, .rul will )ay it s-st' in ]Jsd of three ch'si-sif
him.!ssd ucsu.
Wsi H.: AM D.!!NCXZR n m".