The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-04-04 00:00:00, page 5

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Fnl DAY} SUPPLEMENT TO THE VlRGIN
AGAZETTE. ss,
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zssjsri/4, 1777. PRINTED BY ALEXANDER P
UKDIE. *0'"4
L U N D () N, New. I, 1776.
L'xtrsifl fy); lczt-sir from (: merchant in xi.-sir
Udtiod, Left. 8.
'IKH F- Psislllssii'u', & privalecr brig of 16
gsiuns, fitted out here to (11.le
against the Americum, has brought. into
(,:nl fie buy an Ametican armed schoouer
often curriage guns, from Brest, bouul
to I'hiladelphisit, on board of which were
found scvcrul letters, amongst others sine
addrcsscd to the hon. johu llaucsixk, Csil;
from one mr. Hamilton, an Amcricuu
gentleman, who has been some time at
the court of Vcrsuilles. ] just had a sight
as it, cannot remember the particulars,
but have, as near as possible, sent you
the contcnts, which are as follows :
*"- Sir, I have the happiness to acquaint
you that )011 may assure the Congress the
French ministry perfectly acquiescc with
the proposals which mcss. Needham, Gun
ning, and myself, had the honour to lay
before them. They have sent orders for
a number of ships of war to be fitted for
sea with all posiible despatch, and astrong
sqnadron will certainly sail from Brest for
Philadelphia early in the month of Novem
her; and they will also havea very formi
dable squadron. two bombs am] a fircship,
ready against spring, which they intend
to send to Quebeck.
FRED. HANHLTON."
Extract of a letter fi-um Hamburg, Oct. 16.
" The great intimacy which now sub
sisis between the courts of Vienna, Ver—
snilles, and Madrid, can have no less a
tendency than to overthrow the present
system and balance of Europe. We are
assured, from the best MlthUsity, that
within these to or 12 days a very extraor
dinary treaty was settled between Austria,
France, and Spain; and that the count
de Breteuille, the French ambassadour
at the court of Vienna, set out from the
latter place to Paris but a few days ago,
with anew treaty signed by the emperour
and empress queen; Itis a matter ofsnct,
that orders have just been issued from the
court of Vienna to the respective arsmals
to cast topoo pieces oscannon, ofdiffcrent
sizes. It would be right down madncsis to
. suppose that all this is a matter of mere
spcculation, and that Europe can long
erjoy peace."
BOSTON, March 6.
C A PT A ] N Brown, in the privateer
Boston of this port, has taken and sent
into North Carolina a ship and schooner,
from Guinea, with negroes, bound to the
West lndies; many of the poor (lawes pe—
rished soon after their arrival. We learn
that capt. Brown has also taken a large
three dccked ship, laden with turn and
sugar, from the West lndies, bound to
London; it is said the ship is cast ashore
on Nantucket, and it is feared will be lost.
Capt. Pinkham, inabrig from London,
bound to St. Augustine, on hispnssage put
into St. Martin's, on some business. She
had on board clothing for a regimennt of
shldiers, military stores, and dry goods,
also the whole surniture, plate, &c. of
the governour of St. Augustine, and se
veral gentlemen, passengers, who bcin
::shore one evening , capt. Pinkhrim weigh
ed :mchnr and stood to sea, and is safe ar—
rived at Nm'th Cnroiinzl.
Citpt. Snmmi Chunpiin, in :! privateer
From New London, il'lS taken :t ]:uge
stoufflc clca-ked hrig, l.:den with king's
(i wrzzss .simssi Engiiill ;{ct-fflis, from London,
hsiu ul [,] ct-ss't, sixsi-sssinfiiqe, amisent hcrinto
Nurzh C-vrcliensisi'l hi-s' accsi-unt we had
sro'n um. P- iHim, (;isich. Lmuion, v-ho
'zzri'ss—(i !siss-ictc & fuw days ago srrml North
'sisifsiuuiinu .
A l.u'cqc schooner laden wixh s lt, srom
'l'urk illmd bound to Hahfix, was taken
& tbw days ago by :: ("casting fl- from
the liui'iwsiud, and the pxiz; 1; sfilo a
filss'ssc puz'c.
Lzsizt Friday arrived at a s_.sc port a
pxize brig, with 900 hogshs-xds of salt,
lately captured by the. Szmsiihctiun, capt
Stcvcns, of this port.
CHAKLESTQWN, Fctlss. ;:
.
AST night capc. Cochran, in the .ctsirm
ed brigantinc Nmrc Dame, arrchd
lucre srom France with a valuublc 'cargo,
asiter a psssngc vf7 weeks; who says, that
accounts were received in France bcs: rc his
departure of the arscnal and dockynrd in
Por'tsmoulh having been burnt in the be
ginning of December, the lo
ss comyuzcd
at two milliuns sterling; but at the present
criticalsituatlun os Grca'si B-iusictin, being in
all appearance un th:- cve of a French and
Spanish war, and the suppsisi-s usna-ss'al sturcs
from America being discominue-L, ;: w 'zl
be hard to determine what the loss sin La
cflimated at.
C-silpt. Cochran, on his pass-gr:, :si'zii in
with, and after exchanging a lsiw shot
took, an armed victuzlssing ship, capmin
Coombes, bctctund from Corkc to New
York.
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BALTIMORE, March 11.
IT appears by the address of the General
Assembly of the island of Barbados to
his excellency goveruour [lay, in arswr
to his late si-eech, that since the inter
course with this coutinent (the granary of
the West lsi dies) hath been cut off, the
poor white inhabitantsos that is] md hai e
been put to the most wretched shists to
keep themselves from starving, and that
many of the planters have keen to the
greatefl degree distressed to find subsistencc
for their gangs oflhvcs. Assi'er represent
ing, in an elegant pathetick manner, their
deplorable situation, and their apprehcn
sion that the miseries of a famine may yet,
in some parishcs, prove their dreadsui lot,
they add, that from every consideration
that can affect them as men or ci izens,
they cannot but leok with eagerness for a
j )ysul end of the present most horrid con
fhct on the connint nt of America. ]n this
address the Assembly complain, that the
h -n->ur of their House stands impeached
bLfOsC their King, whom they had suppli
cated in the. season of their distress, and
their country deprived of the hopes of his
savour, by the ill ofiices of his Excellency.
They also observe, that being perfectly
sensible of the happinesit which in that
ishnd they partake of in the free and no
ble form of" government of their mother
country, they will be equally careful not
to violate the sacred trust by any unbc
coming trespass on the one part, nor to
betray it by any mean surrendcr of their
glorious'birthright on the other; happy
whilst they see no occasion offer to force
them away from that temper, caimness,
and moderation recommended by his Fx
ceilency, yet prepared, however painful
it may be to them in a different. con
juncture, to show that sense osis—jury, and
adopt that spirit of resetztmcnt, it sspx
rabic from the chsiractcr Of :: faithful
and independent representativc of the
people.
A cnpiml VVest lndil house in London
hath stopped )) 'ym'sint sur upwards us
400,ooo [.
A letter srom M 'rristown mentionzss, thzzt
general Howe IZLZ! continues to threaten
the city of lhti'si - 'sisihia.
IilKETS for the UZNI sii'ED S'l'A'} LLZ
LOT'X ZIRY may be had at the tl-ssa—
fury office, and at (he. c< u-zcry sh-rc-ss 'm
lei-ianubm'g; (sss cni. 70i':71 Bctni/szr, m—nr
Petcrsbm'b; Kichrsrd Adnm, csq; ut {(if}:—
mond; Co]. john Zj'me, at Newsscrsflsu ;
Samp/bn I'vIsissttrhews, ezsq; at Staunton, in
Augu/Za ; Rosiert 70hnjfon, csq; i.: Part
Krgal; cnl. Holding Lcuij, in Fisiddeyisisik/L
bmg; H'il/zsizlm Cn'r, ;sq; in Dum/rsisizes;
am! ? /iss.-,-'z !Valhm, csq', in A'ssic'xsi'mdria. -
" :"x M U N, man nuu-d huslt , a [me
cheshtut sorre], sun 5 sc'Lt 5 inches
high, stands at my hc-usc in Brzsizq/wct'ch
county, and will cnvcr nmsics 31 3 —si . the
leap, and 41. ths siss ssnsi Good pnshxra e
gratis, but I will not be ans-x'cr-sssible or
any mirea LhJL may g. ( away. \ . ,
_] sisisivsiks 'fi'-ALL,*
Hmmco. March 10, 1777.
'HE badncss (t' the wcarbss ].a ing
prevented the side fifthe ] nd ssff-rm—
erly advrni'sissccl bdongshg m zlsisie (stars. of
R &. .."i is?}, dzccusczf. Lsif Hzssnrica U'lfl'si'y,
'l-si i.- prs p Pssf-d ih-nt on (Worms)! sine 12 !. us
[Way next the said land that] be fold on the
prrctmises. One half the purchase mnncy
to be paid down, and credit will be uixen
for the rcsidue till C-ss:rg'/in,1a.s 1778, the
purchaser giving- bond :md approved se
urity to Fuchs ALLEN, execntvixsi.
Dsizvxo ALLZEN, cxccutfctr.
N. B. The bond to bear interestfrom
the date, isnot punctually pni-Jss.
Puxcn Gsoncs, March 20 1777,
OLLY ROGER, ?. beautiful chcsh'ut,
15' hands high, u-ffl n'am! ut mr. 7/10
ma: Petersssbn's, near Prince George court
hcuse, to cover male, at 203. the leap,
ior 5os. the (Eassim, , lhc money to be paid
before the mares are taken aosszuy. There
are three cxtensive pusiurcs provided, un—
der very strong l'ences, in which are more
than too acrcs of excellent. meadow All
possible care will be taken, bu. ] will rot
be liable for any mare Iha'. m -.v sisicr .1 ctz-v.
Yolly Roger was gvt by olfl 7f-sili'y Roger,
his dam by Da'bstc'r. his grssn'nr- Vu-s ze
imported m ssrc [War] Grayl remarkable
for her speed, "
(4) rsimalwn RI'FPsiN'. iurv.
To be bOLI) to the highest bsimier, _on si : u -
day the 241/1 qs Apxi], :] ]si-zir, of/mu'ss/E:
next fair day, at the plantalion of" capt.
Maximilian RobEnsvn, decmsed, in K .- si;
George county, near Lccuflowu, jbr
ready money,
() R T Y valuablc S L A VE S, men,
women, fine boys mld giris, :! large
ltock of catlic, huge, horses., xix.-(! sheep,
a quantity of sndian corn, ulrca: and ryg,
sundry kinds of housihold cum kitchcn fur
nimrc, some sum, sugar, v.]nc, arrack,
a quant'sty of empty hsisitzksss am! csrbqys,
and many other necessary ::rfic'f-v, {4
The EXECUTORS
,siflsi An persqns who lnssvc dcsimands
against the suit] cltatc arc dance t'c make
them known at the day of s.}e. am} using:
indebted thereto arc x'cqucsted to msikc
immediate pavment.
Hctuowuss A-Jctzrasi' : 1777.
RI PPL E, now in hisih 'si.<ric(sissliun,
will stand at my phv-tui-u rczer the
A-Iz'admu Bridge; T'N: ezsisuis'sifs sis-sim. 'si-hd
cover muse. ;zt 405. 'hc in:;bsin ('sihc mo
ney to be ps-zff 2 M.:sin lhc m ctrcs ctze tz—kcn
away) or 13," 8. th" [(a-p, ths.- mmzev :o
be paid at lus {LJHF (] :zr. Ggrsit'sicmcn
who yuss' t'narcq by [no scsis-n, and lite
..
si-si
a dii'sctmz'", mue, lnve plffsssiu'flg-si- gmitk,
lzuL \ vssisi} !m'si (;? '1'. 'HClsisi HL s r flux lFsi !!
m.:y sh'm- or he- ii J-sin. :.fth sigh -_, ss, lust}
emstasssi Ulisx sh ". no: !\ - xx.-miss,; lo ptsisiu cut.
either. " DAZN ILL '; RULHLAR 'i'.