The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-09-26 00:00:00, page 3

_' 7 . cl. The rainy wnrhcr only prevented :: general
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si .xsssisincnz; ourtrwsi-si )vichiuc usiztsictr b.ng__-,ssu_;c, as
us;; .zsi thc cnnnv. Th': P.nl.z.lc)phn.x mihzia lm . si: turned
msi (44 mm. anu'si troops have pluni scj .zH bssfsissc
them, ' :) txc tltccr silshmhhmcnt act] mia oict (}:le
f'r._-nds t'u- Quakcrsi. Mr. jzlmlbn fluther says,. i: wms
Cuz'r-cnciy rcctnrsi'cd chssxt Bu.*_.siny.nc luJ beau chased (0
t'w lakcs, w-Nch he had l'ch'4)si-.'J, am] (hdt our pcn'sinc
were in poshm'm of Ticoudsi'r'vgn. ' his waizs For
cmF-rmution. Ac th's cricicAZ time, ! th ursight ::
m ghc prwe Agrceable to you to have the inrclhscnce
stirring h-ctrc, na there is no post that pctzssca."
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WILLXAMSBU R U, in CUUNCIL,
Ai'prsmbfr 25, 1777.
HEREAS several us the officers re ruiting
\ for the regiment of ai'tiilcisiy hL c sailed to
make any rcsizurn, and OiiiCis hsinc not re—
cruitcd their quotas of mon, ! do hereby order .iil
such officers m attend the (,.ovcrnour and COUHLil
on sz-m/EI/cty the 16th of next month, with certiti—
cates of the cnhstments, and revicws otctthc men by
them recruited respectively, when the will rcccix e
such commiffions as their numbers of} men entitle
them to, according to the quotas fixed by the ward .
And all such as shall not then appear to be cntitch
to commiisions will be discontinued. and su_h o
thers appointed in their stead as shall make appli
cacion, and have a prospect of recruiting their men.
By crdsr of COUNCIL.
] O H N ? AG E, Licut. Gov.
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IN CO U N CIL, "n'is 24', ""77
PUiLCHASlNG commisiary of prox-isions for
the use of the A R MY and N A V Y of this
state is wanted for the ensuing year. Any pci'sons
inclined toengage in this bumness arc dcnrcd to .it
tend the Board, on lct'ridaythe 17th of next month.
By ordsr of t/ss Baml.
ARCHIBALD BLAlR, clsi'rk_
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Anviait'risEMiaNTs.
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W'lLLlAmnvno, Srsi'si-s. zr, 1777.
THE officem who are absent with leaxc, and
the soidiers absent on furlough, of the troops Of
this state (except those whose furlcughs are not
cxpired) are desired to join thcir respective companies
immediately, otherwise they will be deemed dcsi rtt-is,
and trcatedas such. HAYNES MORGAN,
Colonei Commandant of the State troops.
- Hr 8 A I, F.,
ALIKELY MULATTU BOY, about fourteen
years ofage. A pply to the Prizitsi-r.
Ye be 8 0 L 0, or! Monday the twenty ninth instant ( Sep
, tembcr) at Northampton'uurtkoujb,
THE privatecr schooner NURTHAMPTON,
with her guns, and all the materials belonging to
her. She mounts seven carrlagc gum, five swivels,
and has thirty musikets; is cmnplctely fitted with new
lIai :, rigging', ("To. and supposed to be the first sailcr
on the continent. Her frame is cedar and mulberry,
a'mnst new.---Also to be sold, a New SuxT of SAlLS,
fit for a schooncr of sixty tuns, b
(1) ' HARMANZON &? Comp.
70 h- SOL D to the hisssslsiest hidder, " Tucsiay tle fourth
of Nnvcmber, ." the plantutim wlzereon Capt. Fsiiward
Wade, dereustd, latdy lived, in lianfax tuum), near
Bond'1fe7r), on Staunton river,
HIS person .l estate, consisting of a large stock of
Cuttlc, sheep, and ho-sizs, and several young blnod-xd
ssmarccts, also twenty likely l/irsipinia born SLAVLS, with
sundry other ar'ticlcs. Twesssixi; anllthS credit wi?! bc
aliowctctd, the purchasers giving hand and lbctirity, to
carry iiitcnssst from the date is n-sit puncruah'y dil'c arg
eu.--- 7 A" peribsins who have claims again-i the csissitc
arc desired to send in their accounts by the day nf ililc,
properly proved, to 1" 71): EXECUTORS.
ANY person who has a PLANTATI O N from
two to thrcc hundred acrcs. with tolerable gnnd
houlcs for the rcception ot'a small samiiy, may htzir of
one who would rcnt the same, and givu a rcaianable
Price, by applying to the Printer.
CAROE-INE, Scpr. lq, 1777.
HEREAS th: suhlcribcr, who has been a
soldicr i.1 Captain Thomas Mcri-wztker's cnmpany,
but has obtained a dischargc, on condition that he pro
vidc an able bndicd man to take his place, this is to
acquaint Capmin Meri-wether, and other: whom it may
concern, that ] lmvc hired & certain Cl—ar/u Y-ra, an
able.- bodied man, who is properly enl-stcd, and taken
the oath of a suldicr, who shall he sent to the North
ward by the first opportunity to join the company and
regiment to which ] formerly did belong.
2" HENRY LEWIS.
SIIOULZ) George Batson ( :: soldisr ct'lta rnli/hctl
in Cnpl. Mussxc': company of regular: in tl-efiwlr Vir
ginia regirsi His) fail tnctjuin tl-e continenml troops in \Vi]li
amsbulgon Monday next, be may depend an being treated
:: a deserftr; and ]l—ere qffer :: reward of TEN DULLARS
to dry person who will deliver him to !} e rommaua'ing dien
in \Villiumsiburg. Hssv order of Capt. Mnss'c.
]" _7.-l.U[i'S =s.-lf/.0R', serjeun! in
Cap, Masiic'z comsi'zany flat!) Virg. rect.
'3 h Fosl 8 A L E,
hj (he COFl—EE HOUSL- l'ssox sirsmzctifnply u}: me in
Y nus'c and ot in llss'i/lsctnmbm at rcscnc
Halifax, Nsi-rtb c.m/.-'si.ct, [] JOl m Wum.
\V1 LLl AMSHURG, (iollcgc Camp, .Vrpf. 18, 1777.
'{EUHEN REASON, a sicscrrc from my um
] pany Ossi'dtc troops, about 5 6 sect six inches
high, of a ruddy complexion, with short blasilc
hctir, Huent of speech, and rumarksitbly sun;! ofhi-s
horscmanship .md dress, quilted this cnm u' out a
s- rtnight ago, and is supposed w hme cnsistcd inn)
a light horlc company of his state. Whoc . cr dc—
li.crs him to the commandmg officer here shall be
rewarded agrccnch w law.
" [OHN PUPE, Capmin.
sisi All those: of the quotas us (ct'apcain zsic/ct,
Licutemnrsliesshlct, ,ssm'sicr, and (slmmr, who ha e
rccei-ssed t'urluughs, arc hereby orderc ] w ruyair,
by the cxpimnon of'rhcm, m thi— place.
jOHN _l"/PE. Captaim
STOLEN frctssm my plnnution in 17)? / a/m/coun
ty, aissoutlhixty milesialsiovethc fliiis of jeu":
river, on H 2./m/si-.sia_v the tenth inshint (Ass sstm/lsi'ssr)
a large blackhorsc four scccnincor ten inc es high,
five years old last spring, paccs an si crocs, has hsiccn
worked all this summer, as may he seen by his
shoulders, and I think hc >s hr-ctmdcd on tsi e near
buttock DI in a r>icce:. Also a hrge (. ()Pl' ER
K E T T L E, which holds twenty eight galluns,
firm and g..od. I haue some reason to th nk they
are carried up the couctcry, ton ards Roa-ctzo/u.
Whoever gi es me inceliipcncc, so that I get the
said hoi's-c .ind hettic, lhn ihnvsi- TEV PC)UNDS
rcwnrsi-i, or hzlhhnr ssizm scsiz' either, znsilTWENTY
Fl \/ E POUNDS on con' icctfion usthc thief.
3 KICHAKD LIGON.
R U N away from the: iubscriber, in .1/u-Urnburg
-- monk)", nearsiKing's Ford, the a-ighrecnth nFDm-m
lzer last, AUS'I IN, ;! hrge nrgm fellaw Fn'c Feet nine
or ten inches high, about thin; ycare old; of a very
ycl'o v comp'exion, one of hsi'shan'si'a (I irelieve his
rush) was hurnr when he was young, which occasi
msid him to lzsi-se his thumb, and llctS fore finder is
doubled up, and grows to his hand. it is prnbwlc he
will change his name, and endeavour to puisi t'vr a free
man. Whom er deliver: him to me shall have Fll-"l'l-LEN
Povnns reward.
4" PSTERHELD ]]arnnsou.
LTRAY E D or STOL EN from Hsiillinmbnrc,
U the first of this instnnt (Septm-bev) a Rzu BAv
HORSE about fourteen hands high, \'l\h two lZidulc
spot: on his back, but he: no brand that I remember.
Whnever delivm him to the subscri'ocr, in Prince George
county, shall haVeTwo Donu-ns reward.
21] HENRY BONNER.
TO L EN out of my pastuu, the four/hof !bi: instmsst
(Sepcember) (: GRAT GL'LZHNG sight
years old, four fi'l't stern im'brs [vigt , strong mazls,
has alms!!! crtir: spot in his just, :! u'birt sins,
about his right ear, ocmstwlld by ctzstri/Ig, somestssrldle
spofs, hanging marle am! fruitub mil, is :: mmr,
m/(U'as lss'sm lately foumlrred, which will appear by
M.: foffs. Ilsi'lsm-er drlivm th' said (0er !0 mr,
mnr Sourhampton (ourrl-csstz/i, shall law ]4'11/1-3
TOUNLS reward, ansiltssporz ct'orwiifiuu (fsijctrl-e s/ izf
douI/lf that ]imz.
21] ]OSEPH MARl-LS.
I: be S OL D at \Vcstnver, the sea! of the late Hm.
William Byrd, Esq; in ()harhs City rcmstcti, on the
first Monday in Novembcr li'st, ijctjsiutr, oil eru'ise next
fmr du), for read) money,
AKT otche estate o'i the said deceasesii, consisting
of forty likely llnsieinia born SLA VL'S, mnon:
whom are several very va'u.1blc rradsismsi si, particularly
4 fine bincksmith, & fn'genian, coiiirrn, sfzirzsiicntz'ssi and
very valuiblc minen; an The whole of hinthgunrdnd
valuable household and kitchcn furnisuxc, five hundi ui
ounces of fashionabie pialc, thc pin .uision uu-nszis,
the whole of the flocks of horses, caltiv, unu' sheup,
the 1'et.of couch horses, tOgLIius with the couch
and chariot, several breeding mare:, and some
high-binodcd coits, about nnc hundxrd tum of hay nf
last year's crop, in good order, and greatly imlrrox ul- by
keeping, and many other arlicies too tedir-usi to
mention. The EYECUTRlX.
"sHE subscriber wants a place as an () V E R S E E R
for the cnsuing year, who can manage the making
nslndictu corn, wheat, ryc, nats, barley, flax, tobacco,
&c. &c. and the other produce; fifthid country. He
can be rccommcndcd by Mr. jonatban God-win, in
C'L'rsskaluck, Nanjemoml munty, whom he now lives
with. si [] RICHARD SMlDDALL.
]OHN LUCAS, IViI/iam ct-Mins, ansil Ris/narssl
Briun, of lsestmareland, and Smilb Sieur: of Nov
fbumber/and, draught; for the fifrunth lsiirgmia regi
mcnt, having such ro attend, or submit themselves
(being previ'oully sinnrlrmsi-d) are hereby advcrlillsid as
dcscrtcrs, andarcwurd of SlX POUNDS will be paid
snr each, on their being delivcrcd to me, or to any
other concincnml nffl-si'cr.
, GEURvE LEF. TL'RBERVKLLE, Csilpt.
] fisL-sicnch ssiirgi-ria bwtsisilissn.
\VA NTED, a master for tthhip']ANE,
now lying at Cumbn/md, on Pamunkey river,
loaded, and win sail the fixst savdurabcte oyportunity
lor lz'mpz. She isA lhung, t'ghr vcsie}, wall equichd,
with il vsiry commodious cabm. Good wactcsi le be
allowed, and a um privilege.
WILLIAM AYLETT, A. c. v.
7. be SOLDa/ publissle unction, a! Petenhurg, m Monday
the sixth es Occhs,
LARGE assnrtmeict-t of 30: do ]Ately srnm Frnnu,
cmsiisishng of the t'nllowing articles, viz.- Fittecu
bsiilcwf broasiiclnch, chicfly sine, ofthc most fashionable
culnurs, lsiuclimli'arlct, crimsnn, good browns, green,
lightssm-si] dark blue, white, yellow, buff, fremh grays,
und vsinsiicty us other BHUd mixturts; 7 halea, consishng
mn- half of smrh-t, the other half dark green and Luff;
si...-*_.ile of Silrsi'fu (loth;, scarlet, sergc, hi'uss- ditm,
cssnnisi (:, and ba: ragfmsi; one bdle of cahcm ;, one ditto
]nlin ciiint/ss dittn hdndksirchiess, 3 bait. 01" [lined
worstcd hold, a box of buxtnns for the cloths, mus
lim, both ):ml and yard and half wide, muihn hand
hLlChiCsi, and white lmha calicoes. Exclusive of the
above, will be sssld by the single piece or yard, ac
primtc litle, tsinr ready money, or good tobacco, an
usinrtmcnt of the same kind of cloths, with a few
piecn of coarings, a quantity of writing paper, sail
twine, men: and women; kid and lamb gloves and
["is-5, w'irshd stvckings, white calico, huinhuma,
cheeks, plain and figured gauLe, patisnet, powder, and
had. .
4" . WlLLlAM CALL.
H 13 A D (.LU A K T E R S, WtLLi Amsnnc,
.Si/sinmlztr ] 5, l777. '
HA V l N () received oruers from his EXCenency
(it neia] let/Utgtan, Commanding me to order
all the new mscd troops in th 5 state, as well as those
who have been on furl-mgh. to be collected and march
( d on to the town of'A/si xandn'u, there to be inoculatcd,
] sin.: therefore to command ah recruiting continental
oflicen within [his Clzmm'mwcalth to ay the stricmfl:
obedience. to these orders, and that ( ay do without
otiay forward to me a. iist of all recruits, as well
amughted asi otht ry; and the county lieutenanta, where
there is no continental officer to i'e'Cevc the draughts,
arc hereby required to call on lomc one in the next, or
any cnnwsinient cuunty, and deliver laid troops to such
ushtcr. They are also requestcd to tranl'mit to me & list
ot'the men by them draughtcd, and to whom delivered,
that proper asccunta may be transilmitted to the General.
' The ventlemcn will also pay to tom: recru ting officer,
or 0 teen, the several l'ums which by law they areliablc
to pay where they fail to pmcurc a man; and she said
officer, or officers, are hereby directed to procure the
number of men with the said mone , ifto be had, and
to account for it in future.------ he great humanity
shewn to many impruJent soldiers, not considering
their "Wi-Ilrcdit nvr the good ofthc lbrvice, who, after
deferring, haue sailed to avail themselves of the several
pairdffm that have been offered to them upon their re
turning to their r-. !}cccivc regiments, and shliconcinuc
ou: in dcsiance of the laws, ] take this opportunity of
once more admonishing to return to their dnty, end,
in his Excellency General ll'ajlzington's name, romise
them a free pardon is they will delivd- themselves to
any comincnml officer, in stile]: to join the grand
army.---l .im a'isn t') entrsi-at the leven] co unty lieute
nants to pay proper attention to 11]: Excellenc the
Govurnuur'si proclamation fnr apprehending deletters,
as we" ild to the acr oF Affi'mbly for that purpose, that
a fffip, Esyoflibhss may be putssto that vile practice, and
our army siz'ut vin the most r- !pcctable fonting.
UA Vl ]) MAaon, (in]. fifteenth lsisilrgima reg.
. Wnctm AMSBURG, Srpr. 18, 1777.
] HAVE in my posscffion a pair of chased Coen
- STt' ns, w!— ich Wt'sc brought to my house by a ncgro
giri, who say: &: found them in the street. They ap—
pear t') have been much worn, and have a small stamp
on the bottom of each. Any person who has lost
them willapply to
WlLLlAM RUSSELL.
HL A!) KLUAR TERS near w 1 LMINUTUN,
sqsimsiber 2, 1777.
Y directiun us the Hon. Major General
Gm-n, the officers and soldier: of the fifth Vzrginia
rvgim— m now in ["is-um}: arv hereby ordered m join
rlfcss ngimsnr without loss of time, as scveral soldiers
of the r- g ment wsi-n- ]( fr in lsizrjrmiq when the bactalinn
less is, and some havx since gns surlnughs. They must
take the udvactmgc of this publication, and join thcir
rcg'ssmcnt immediately, orcxpec: to be apprehended as
dcxcrrrrs. and rrsi-arcd :ls suvh.
josrAH PARKER, Col. fifth Vivgmia regiment,
!LSEKTED from the Hero gallcv,
]) lbmc time in August, William Miller,
:: Scotchman, formerly belonging to capt.
Stcv n/un'si camp my OF the 8th regimcnt.
enHstcd ac For! Pitt. He is about 5 feet 9
inches high, has-a very innocent lo 1k, and
had on when be deferred a Scotch banner.
Whom er delivers him to me shall haVe 20
dolhrs reward.
[] PHlLlP CHAMBERLAlN, capt.
N ?. wanted, a SURGEON for the
Hcro ;; 'Iey, now I; ing at Humftm.