The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-05-31 00:00:00, page 1

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MAY 31. 1776- T H E - NUMBER 70.
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ALEXA-NDER PURDIE, I'RINTER.
W A N T 15 I),
N ARMOHER, and his uflistants, sor
each bsitttzdion, with their necessary
tools. The armorer, is fully capable,
and indush'ious, will receive lix [hillings
per (] ny, and the zdiistztnts three shii!ing<_
]N () U N () R [5 5 5, [Way 15, 1776.
' HEREAS his l—h'itannick mztjesiy, in
conjunction with the Loi'ds and
Commons of'Go'cztt Britain, has, by a late
aCt of parliament, excluded the: inhabi
tants of. thcle United Coionies from the
protection of' his crown; :md whereas no
answer whatever to the humble petitions
of the colonies sdr redress us grievances,
and reconcihution with (;TCLtc Britain,
has been or is likely to be given, but the
whole force of that kingdom, aided by
forcign mercenarics, is to be exerted for
the destruction ofthe good people of these
colonics; and whereas it appears absoiutcly
irrcconcileablc to rectson and good consci—
ence for the people of these colonies now
to take the oaths and allirmutious necessary
forthc support of rmv government under
the crown Os Great British and it is ne
cesssiu'y that the exercise oisievcry kind of
authority under the sitid crown should be
totally shpprtsied , and zdl the powcrsusg'o
vernment exerted undert he authority of the
people of the colonies for the preservution
ot internal peace, virtue, and good order,
as well as for the dcscncc of their lives,
liberties, and properties, against the hus
t'lle invasiuns and crucl dcprcd-ssuiuus of
their enemies: Therefore,
RESOLl/ED, that it he recommend
cd to the respective Asscmhlics :uul (lon
Vcntions of the United Colonics, where no
government sufficient to the cxigcncics
of their affsidrs has been hitherto cstubllsh
ed, to adopt such government as [hall,
in the opinion of the rcprcscntat'n es us the
people, best conduce to the happiness and
safety of their constimcnts in particular,
and Amcricn in general.
By order of Congrqs}.
JOHN HANCOCK, presidcn'si.
B () 8 'l' () N, [Way 9.
LNIOST every ublc—lmdied inhabitant
of this place has voluntarily engaged
to work two (lays in a week, for fix \\ ecks,
on the ibrtificutions carrying on here sm
the general defence. 'l'hey begun to shr
tisy Nudclie's ilhuullnst weak, since which
they have been joined by several of the
neighbouring towns, and it is not doubt
ecl but others will suiiuw the laudable
example.
l.:llt 'l'ucsclny, in the .snrmmnn, two
hrisirs were seen standing in sos this hur
hmir, on which capt. Tichsssr, in the pri
Vatcer late cmnmundcd by (apt. M.:nley,
then off in the hctly, gave them chase,
:md, following them near up to the light—
]lousc, very surtunutc ly took then] both,
in light of two or three usthc British :hips
Oswur, lying in King mmi. ()..pt. l).nv
son, in oiu: us the enem} '5 :irmul H lids,
came to sail, am] cndmxnm'ed to get out
to the allishulcc oslhc; ])risisi-s', but v..4si- pre
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ventc-sil by the whul's being easterly. The
two prizes, accompanied by the privntccr,
wore tht- ssiuneda suscly curriedinto Lynn,
:md properly ccured. 'I'he largest is
from Corke, james Fulton master, Up
wanls of [00 tuns burthen, and has on
board 50 tuns of coal, 25'6 whole barrels
and [30 halsbarrcls as bees, goo sssirkins os
buttcr, zooboxes of'candles, 40 barrcls os
flour, 40 lmrrels of barley, a quantity of
harm, too boxes ofsosp, &c. The other
is-srum St. Michael's, about 90 inns
burthenss, Richard Pine master, loaded
with nifles and fruit. sl'he masters of
these vessels, not knowing that the Bliiish
army had been'ubligcd to evacuate this
place., were bound hither, in order to dis
pose OF their curgoes, for the benesit of
our unnatural and cruel enemies.
The master us the vessel from Corke
sailed from that place on the lst os April,
but says he brought out ne) newsimpers
nor letters. He informs, that five regi
mcnts were at Corke, when he sailed,
ready to emhurk for Amcricn; but that
he buml nothing- of any sureign troops
having sailed for this czmtincnt.
Extract of a letter fl'um (: :rcntlc'man at
Bilhoa, ssisslmiclz 28, i776.
" Lettcrs from London, jecechd by
last night's mail, mention, that 17,300
Ggrmzm troops wcrc going to Bosion—aml
szada. The duke ot' Richmond prop'os
ed to make an humble address to his mn
jesiy, to hastrn ;; l'cconcihutinn, to which
the duke Os Cumizcrlnndjoincd, and Cen—
sured much thc ministerizl measures; but
it was rejected, and the plan was deter—
mined by his majesty, with lordsSundwich,
Gernmln, Howe, and ;uhniral Montaguc,
to act against Amcrica, and zulmira] Mon
mguc sct out immediately sor Portsmouth,
in order to sail with his flcct. Admira]
Hnwe was to Follow him, as soon as the
vcsil] was ready to receive him; so that
we shmldcr at the ccmscquenccs, buthopc
COD will preservc um all."
N F. VV Y () K li, [Wlly 15'.
N express arrhcd here un Monday
cvcninff from the northcln armv,
who [nought letters from "encrals Sulh—
vun .nul Schuylcr, which mention that
our people had poss'sisscd :md destroyed
]).ssf of the ]uwcx town of ()llcbcck and
m u c 3 breach in the walls of the upper
town.
Extrctzd usu lettersram Cumcon, Assfwil 13.
" By the :usscuunts We have hclc, the
French arc determined to sh'ikc ;: blow
some where. ] was m; Pm't uu Prince
about save wc-cks ago, where lhcy had
upwards of 3000 snhliers, and as many
lum'c :1t Cape Nichohl Mole, and 5000 at
(I.:pc Frnucuis. (Zml knows their intent.
lliisisimnioh is made a lsiru- port to all nali—
(ms to tzckc in lilgzxrs :uul coffer.". 'lsihc
l'sisilcmh people in ucmml ;nc shlrsiv sur
lhc unh: .lppv t'mcs. lhcil consl: mt m lils
arc, gcrlcrnls \\':zlhin_zxum um! Lcc.
Flid ly lust insurmuiun \\ is given to our
()nnglcis, th: ]\ some men on ] nnsssir ]" llld
Wcrc counlcrlcitiug cmlincutul money.
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:llsh Blussctchusetts, Conneclicut, and
New Yurk currency. A party osminutc—
men Were ordered Out the same da in
rarch osthem, and they were all tazcn,
with what cztsh they had struck off, like
wise their press, tools, &c. They were
yesterday brought to town, and commit
ted to jsilil. '
Captain Wilson, who arrived at New
bury l'ort on the lst influnt l'rom France,
hns brought with him the following valu
able cnrgosi, viz. 21,6oo wt. ut'gunpowcler,
10 eight puundcrs, 6 six diuo, 2 four
ditto, m,478 wt. us sulphur, looo ditto
us German flee], n,ooo ilints, and ]!
mushcts with bayonets.
We hear that several persuns, by virtue
of a resolve and order of Congrcss, have,
by the general committee ofthis city and
county, been committed to prison, for re—
susing to deliver up on oath, to the order
ofthe committee, all their arms, nmmu
nition, and accoulremcnts, which Were
demanded osthem, after they had resul
c-d to sign an assuciation prescribcd by
Congress, to. dcseml, [ny arms,. these
United Colunics, against the hoshlesizt
tempts us the [hit]!!! fleet um] urnues.
c.,mmr ly a zcucrjrom hurheld, Mily 13.
" More 'l'ory business. thst Sunday
capt. llzlrding, in the brig Dest-uce. had
the happiness os taking :t number of To—
ries who wcrc croffing over to Long lflzmd,
on some of their pious crrands, ] luppose;
ameng whom was one Mchal, a wretch
you have often seen up town. He gene
rally wore a white hat, and blue silk
jsiicket; in exchange sor'which, I hope,
they wiilgchhim a coat osmuil, that is, one
of lime and stone. it is said there was a
number osletters sound on them, giving
an account of their diabolical schemcssi
together with the names osseverziloftheir
asibcintes; in consequence os uhich, ::
number ofgentlcmc-n resolved to break up
the den, and set off to Ridgciield, among
whom was that bold assci'tcr of his coun—
try's cause mnjur ])ixnon, nhn, ] have
this moment heard, had like to have lost
his life, hy rcposing too much coniidcmsic
in one of the yillains. lt sccms he was
very active in taking one Lyons, who,
after he had shrrcndcrcd, invited him in,
where he had :: number of his brother
murdercrs concealed, that stll on hixh,
and would have put an end to his hle,
had not some of his sricnds very pron
dcmizdly come to his ullisizxncc. 'l'he
m'jor, lum told, is much wounded lsill
the head, but still had rclblution to go in
uucst osthc others. You (lull hczusi lar
tsiher in msiv "( xi."
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VH F, ]{EA S mzznv mihqm le-nmnom
\ hss'nc hccn ("(uluul scipu'timr the
quantity of :.mnumiti-m, :md mhcr cir
( uml} mus u]: (l'm'v to th( cum]. lum ()i lnc
<-.( 'liu. (t thc :nnc us lhclulc em- .(gunu-c,
1l((.- ()fiicus on that scnicc, i liulliu to
their leput' si'siltsiu ", cmwcnc "thcmhhcs
called upon to one (( (( uc uccount thereof.