The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-02-19 00:00:00, page 2

"( fillnu'ng " .: omen]: dtstripn'n as slu- {flanJ 0]
Gmmda, n-w tula b} lb: French.
RENADA, and ;he elufler osi'mall island: near
it,; cffiled the Grenadim, " now, excepung
]nmaiZa, _bv Far! mar! valu'ctshlr-rolony whirh'Grc-a!
Bcilain si'cs. rclpon noiessthun :o,ooo hogl
budlo sugar, an- .1prupsishonaivlequctmilyusrum,
enumed to_bc next in go-Jness to that made in ]l
mien, and by many (bought equal to it. Besiuu,
\ it produces (: sic an-C cun m in guerer nhundlnce
than I" there of 'mu-iflanssh rnkn together; in pvo
duce in these two hues zsstizhs being deemed equal
in vain: lo one hfisof in sugar;
szda lies in :: deg-zzs :; minutel north lati
tudi, being the somhemmoli of all the Amillel, end
dihm only thin; lez-gues from the Spanish nuin.
\ xi. nbom thjuy Engiiih miiez in length, and when
ii, about sixteen: But in breadth i: unequal.
!! in compmed \.>hc:w1ce a large lb Bandndou, and
si mill in sugar lind, mote than one third of whzt
_ ss join Mminique. lls climne hn sinne advantage
' to itself. The dry and ni snson are re
N squier in cluir petiodl: it bhflhn not
ss Rigou- known in the ilhnd, end what is the
' neeofell,itliuoutns\bctnctof
w- 'sisiss. --si...'.ct. ,,
, are very mountain m _ sin; of}
msh-u-W 'l'hceqaoflhmmyin
- inff ' " Wssgndc cuinenensi-whkd uuss
nelble-oissss thfioffbthm my. This it}
? um ' leuss',d'?d whkih u ws]: !. '_ iuss
p mist proeee romnlrge "it or
si si.- high mountain, simmed in the vent" os'tm}
!:qu low: down the sides o! the moannim in}
direction. to the sea. White hill: fumishss
_M, nd there are al , everywhere "
"' o-h-gmercz. Add Mshmsesi-fishctmuffl
ctii'ehu-dsineel' ,. ss. ss 4
Th': puted '_ all along the coat},
III— pzoldndweksi ' lsxmll bare and erceks,
tom lot "Mix, "IN foe ' ssg and aipping
j goode; thenmrwoostbcl si'
T' weddi- Gumctndl; the Grictes '
ctsi Bu sithe south'usi extremity ,
divided into the outward and none:
' ct. molpncbout seven fathom deep, and a soft ozv
. Wss Ihip can sail in of out with the comnsioh
aske aller hadden. called It. Geoe in situzted
NRMMJMSMSH 'on, Ihltit
ie espbll of holding : Its]. bet o Fi- df battle
in;;- ct , _ ss
spun ( n' sin"; sin" ifluds which
lie Now: in si. V'tpent, in : north by
"I (i ' '. Their nflnd not well knoGn, us
my of " si mlitthbitunfitsstmckn Howevcterss
thee no szid to be may then, which are capable
of cultineidss, of cottotsit, coffee, and
- sun s-qsiosa . m ssss ofthem am retain
the in of Cunusig', ;" si io' of : circular
form, lnd 'When) mitted length and bindth.
Here is en excellent hubonr. six]: ia' nowtolernbly
well ("m siitzpmluee it m 'v'td canon. and is
[ende than] Wctto th My of Gmadl.
The ishnd of Bequie i! fikenise reckoned among
the Gunadilloel. ]! if the of them I", bei
about twelve blgues in circum emee; it to l'rkewi e
flid take the mofi sm'uful, and to bsiave : gooctd wrt.
Gmnda, uceptin Jmaia, !: the only est
lndil eolon which the English possess by right of
unquel. y thenne,- df peace. the French l'ettk'rn
mfim : certain time to consider dbother they
ss_ their eflm, and become British [abide,
onb'flltde island. end sell their eflztet, provided it
un to British subjects. Some have chosen the foemen ss
old:! the latter. _
PHI ADELPHIA, 7an.19.
ON the menting of the lzth insiznt Major Lee
detached, frosim Burlington "men; underthe
eootnlnd omeptain Patten, in eight., who, before
me morning, were along side the and ship, laying
!roze in the ice near Sandy Hook; sine finding that the
in for seven! yard! tound her, an cm, so that they
could not boil'd her, they retired to : smuH distance
unpesuivelsi where they surprised two schoonen nnd
one noop. unde the men prisonen, burnt the vesself,
lad then nmrned without the least lost, bringing wnh
them the prison", and what plunder they thought
grope.
\ \Veleam xhn Capmin ankwood, lafl week, wish
: few commemal troops, and sum: miiitia, m dt an
excumun LoMoInfi \l 13, te] nnlczlmmn ten) ol . cw
York, am! lurpnsed and took 10 pi oncn. 0! Bew -
molt 't comb, :simon whom wal lhdl new adu ed
parxinn, Colonel- ia IJ. They Wire m sits
Morris'b houlcsi add r uch to smnmdu unussl in was
set on fire ; it is snid the Majur nnd four others were
consumed in lho-limeo. w .: also sum that some of
th! milicia, though ordered ofl' by Cape. LockWUod,
won wot udy, led by their de' ay, nwut 40 oflhem
wane taken by the cncn'cy' s light horle.
hu rub easurc, we intorm ourkuluzduo, that
our at a ad ummn, are lend ! so led
with nfliniz of psisivinom. P , Ppl
By : Gentleman from New ]ersey. we z'n informed,
! near 40 of the encmy' I Vcfl'th have blen du nvm
on [hote, on disserem puru or the coalt, from E ?;
Halbour, an far smnhwzrd :- the Eaflern shcture o!
Maryhmd and Virginin
We lcctzm that the enemy mmo diwfmmsisi La.
made at siexculsion mio New crfcy, and'fissM'flsir
juuds :: Elinbelh town; where they "11:
nnceing house. school'hm—se, and [fit, M W ctcs
scml prisonen: At Ncwnk,t
my. and made priso'rer, ]u'fiier MWM
mtsiy in more.
Sin our last un sent mio Muflehead. by lhssl
Tmible, : bn'g mounthsig fmn'l on:,
::siled du Snake, commanded by and ]olm She grclssq
blinde" : iiorcr with ux— lhncn' Previous to
his in'g 'madf' {"a-me now,- he was mu- m 1'54
sun dip, nued the Revengc. 'I be above 11: 17 Sink,
wu owned un H-difnx by the notorious, insnmmu,
and ignoumt ]:ssck But lu, of that place.
C " A R-L F- S T () VV N, FJOI'. 23.
El'l'FRDAY the sing which htqlv went from
this place for dsisitvnnnah, rutumed here, and
brought . number ;,f ptil'ctuers. The someday : ths
arrived frqm the same Fine, with Mrs. Minio and
family, of Fu-ct'nrr th. '
' A corret'Fonde-m, who was : prisoner M Saunnah
forl'ouedeys, and came .rnn thence the thh inl'silnl,
' orne us, th ut the eritilh forces there mue very
Ly- that, to hiv— own knowledge, they buried 6.
ill], soldless a day; ?le that be (s good anthqy
,.sil'ityss'tfiscovered, that one dey nlnj'olfzother day ".
I
of then died; - He aiso mention.. th! by what in:]
ligence hemld ther, there were not (n-Uartlnd
mnlitin indudcdfsiabove t4oo men in the town. ,
Du. 7. Lest week : body of confinentfl Body";
an prtotsithe reinforcememe from Virgshil; lrrivd
in th. T he remtin-lei- are shortly expected.
Drc. 14. A small yrivauer from St. Auguline,
mnzndod by one William. wis brought in here lah
week by Mr-Bellnmy, es thin to'n, who wn nkn
that day before, but afflled by the Captain of ; North
, leina brig, : yriu to the .nrivfltcfl, and his nium
Lugroes. often thou contest, in which William: had
"no oshil holde nally cut off, overeznc them.
General Caswdl, In the head of zooo men, errived
it the bounksy house hsi s-Rutdly, on their we; to
die pluc
' Du. 15. Lll Fridayarrived here Clpt. Milligu in
so?,- fro. Hunnh. He lest it the 4th inflmt. end
in onm us, that on the zd, a Gentlemen arrived there
fnmflew Orlnm, which be left the r7th ossioflober,
with desp-tclm from the Govemour, informing but.
that the Spanish forces in tht nrler had made .
successful explitin up vho Mi firpi, and reduced
Monllnekr Blttemdnusq th !letchez, and all the
O!]!!! British uponthc river, so tlut they were in
posefiol of : e who and about 900 prisoners of
wnr. among! thean . Dickshn, with the thh British
regimnt, end : regmtent us Waldeckcn. Thn .
body of about uoo Virgininm, supposed to be com
mended by Col. Clerk, hid since joined the Spanietdo,
ud were cing upon nother expditiun. That :
(qnedron o men of wnr, with !- number of other
vessels, sailed from Iunnnh lbour the aoth of last
month; nd mother, with e considerzhle number of
trlnsportt hlvin' troops on hoard, were, when he
(CephMiHigln) came nwzy, laying at single inches,
waiting only for their final orderuu put to see. That
there were severll other fine ship of war in the hzr
bout; and : number more upon the lockz, on which
they were working with great essnduity. That several
English vessel: hnd beenssuptured by the ipmierds
and cun'ed iuto Hannuh, whcre they have upwards
of me prisoners; anon; them, & ]comica ship, me
Clpt. dlaspn, and three vidu-ct Winter". Thu
the rlbns f on Putsucoln, wttliivI-rf] m this plate
ostajchth ,! (.)ctober, to be cenfimd in the w
() :, were'Jchn not M'il-hnn) Msiisiillivra , ,l
['t-1 Slruthu, "dint. (nut ]ohn) M'hn fire.
sstak'non the l4fh ot Augun ult. by she St 11". mnn
of war os74 gunl, the St. Mztict'd- ('t 36 and the St.
:Mutltn of 9: And, that : Mr. htquhar, Mr.
: Wilsiia- Mztcmu-chy, znd Mt. Alexamctr Bcgbie,
um likewtsc prisomnthue, and him) to remain so,
till :: cum] shall b- t'ettzed. .
——*'——qsi___ * _. .
WtLLtAu'sanG, m. 19.
Extract if : Mm fm Phihdesilpdiu. ,
H! troops ] informed you of in my- lafl letter,
do not exceed 7ooo men, under convny .! the
Rbfi'el, Robut}, Rump, Dciame, Rctishmble, Roe
beck, Renown, Rumulusi and Pe m vvl. General
Cliluol it ,in the Rom-us; they are positively
ulcltyin. (imnsssi- l'ssl Marjn wish"
ss ct lumsier of North Csimhm :: psi '
lsisict ; twin hnve began m !ctmlcugh fro cor
il Is. gon with the ixp'cdilion. five: Vzs , at
him wtfhordimnoc hosen, and theysihave taken 30
ehssll'ctlkml for the purp ;t' of :u'ming in and
epsi'on. Th mto La un difsmtt plan r'om what
any formal, ne; thut is, infect]: the country :- du]
eol , it, byfec'afing all those ulsif—m they .ly ! -
psMgcmus, ltsidsito gtve th'e r-c-tul totin : co-siffi:
daflflc command. (: mton wiil sj') home immdi.
mlgnsuq nkjcg 'osszsiiun vf Chmlctiou n, and leave
the commlndjo {otd Cotnmms. 'He must san
guine of the wrie. flute: rhcmsc! u, tlm the Btitish
"my will be in ptsseffion of both the (jamlinu by
May pen. Clinton will make the most visosous
push; for he thi o it nestliaty to do somn'ntng to
difli—ngttish himfel , before he return to England,
prrison :: New York i: lestum'er the cornde
,TW nud Knypblttsensi, it is tun entirely out as
" ss m summe but what they bring from :
m hdiflancc by lzml. Is the nam- cul'fizl
Continue !hntany time, the it-habnunu will be great y
diflreffed for the want cf sue].
" No nrtivnls since my last, ard none from Europe
since the Septcmber tacket. The sin! for Europe of
one hundred (iii. lett {andv Hook tho :34 of Deum
b'wslmdef convey of the Solbiy and Lionesi. We
met- the belt authoiity thzt His Britannid;
Mu' fly epplied te et! the Gnmnn Prince: to
1. hlsilf. encteam aign it} subjtfling his revolndsi
edonieu but the in enee of France has been so
put ""to produce a total denial from those Princu."
The bci'antine (Qu- os'FnMctCept. Snundere,
belonsigi to Baitimure; fell in with : trenspon floop
'ud master; they had then on bond " light herse
mssen'; they had thown their bo'se (31 in l'siumber)
("'t-board in : gain of wind; the [leap wn ;) (hy
from New York, and asted with the fledssfom dnyl
lster they left the Hoo ; they sly good men4 oure in
the fleet, end bound scr Georg'ta, all they slyposedsi
finden] having an instructions. The fioop wu so
much disdilu ". t : gate, tth Captlin Saunden'o
mate (lffir A 34. hours on board) reqoefied to be
teken on bind hie own vessel again, to which the
Ca in agreed, and left the (low to her own people,
hid bnulllt the light horst-men in with him.
hformetion hnbeen received, which may be relic]
on, thn a liege reinsorcement of the enemy have
errived et Szvumh.
Friday the'eleventh inhnt being the hirth chy os
hisEct-celiency General 'Nashingtun, it wn celebnted
by 1 disehnrge of thirteen round of eannon, end en
elegant ball at the Raleizh (in this city) in the even
ing. The enteneinment was grand, and the court.
tenance! and manner: of the whole company were
express": of their hleines- uyon tho joyfulnccnlon.
Long may our illuflnt-ul General live dignisied wis.
the approbntion of hie eountrvreeu, end in the'en
be rewarded with t]? blessing: of an honourlble peace:
(? ]! appearing to ib: pubpsi-hr: us this game.
that instead of being gain!" [) continuing the day".
!("semu en lb: present num, thy art like!) to la:
brought in debt, fwlul: the nest :nommu cd-vmn arc
mahg in lb: price: of every urassary of list, um! mer,
material used in the prmrmg bxss-Gurss; lb" un !brrt/on
usin- tbl unwit) oj nlisinz if)! frit-e es adfuernsmuxu
:- TWENTY DOLLARS thefioss meek, and PlFTElI
no] Lint: urb twai- ajler; lout;- um in proporfiu,
"4 to (mace (l'! firfl ( Mcrw next. ct _