The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-03-29 00:00:00, page 2

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-' Mix M !; R ! !) G E, March 6. l
.. !!E contimtalm, affisted bya large
body of militia, are nowsicarg'ing ossn
[spgeofBoct/Ion with eat'vigour. La'fl
sifzght our arti 1 ,at the sortreffisi:
si , ,le still and Lec 'I point, below
_ _ 12, amid! Lamb's ng, in Roxbu
;Dombarded simd mnnonaded the town.
;sizejbllawing night, the same was continu
_ with great brishflefi' ; and the whole of
_' ,. sinigh: the artillcry, fiom all the
. _ ' fbnre es, pltZ'e-d incejlantly. Our
Mand were;.- eard to make a great
' : ' _' si the town, but-we have not learn
ss ss si icular: of the execution donsie
: . Thecnengyrdturned thefir'e, from
lo; ,atterie: at West Bq/Zon, and sro'm
siss"_ sit-linesssou the Neck, ver vtgorousty.
a threw many shell: into t "e battery at
" siehmere'1poinsst, one into the for! an Pros
si-hill, andoneortwoaI/EF axfort No. 2,
si ssss a quarter of amile of the Col/cge.
" ]] Monday night we had two killed, Iieut.
si "0 at Roxbmy, bya cannon hall, and :
Milk Letchmare't point; by ashell ; which,
f'ijdh ane-or two wounded, is all the 1/4/Zc, of
' si'cdnsequence, that we have sustained.
'f t'have had but little firingfince Tuesday
'tssrtoming. _ _ -
,ss-, N E W' Y O R K, [March 13.
a N Sunday lsiast the Swallow packet,
, _ capt. Coopeland, arrived" at Sandy
Book with the mail, in nine weeks
," ct' Falmouth. The letters not being
comesion :shore,"we can only savour 'the
plick with the following accounts srom
' [fere] ss entlemen that came passengers,
; ". 'Tfiet the Restraining Bill (whereby
sign Assmss'erican propert , wherever sound ,
.livct'odd be confiscatc ) had passed both
ss Bptlfls, and had c'ome in this vessel to the
'yesp'effivect governours . That commisiion—
add, to the number of 20, were about ema
_, ctss kingat the time' they left Falmouth,
sijctptta 90- shipssupposiscd to be bound
't ' Phila elphia: and it was also conjectur
iriss .thpt they would have unlimited powers
ss epeacewith thedifferent Assemblies,
ct' , Mr certain that they would have powers
sstsidsisifl'eatsi with the Continental Congress.
m Howe v'vas fixed sm- one of the com
fsissqflssioneu, and sicjeffery Amherst wanted
ss'eertain conditions if he came on that busi
'iss,lsssiess. That the French ambassadour had
Tihforuied the ministry, that, although
siss-pls master had only beeh a spectator of the '
sict'fflfferesinces with the colonies, yet, isGreat
.,Britaih took foreign tr00ps into pay, they
wi h't be assured hls master would take an
"slsisi ve part in the matter. General Bur
' ] e,ct on his arrival at-Poi-tsmouth, re
, _ [ted, that he had brought peace in his
ss_ po'ctchet from the Americans, which is sup
, pTed to be the Ietters that passed between
fssigim and our general while at Boston.
The sspeople os'Engl'and are very desirous
ctglfsxeace, and the minority increasing very
. The braVe eol.,A11cn, with about 30
sisso'therl, who was unfortunately taken pri
sisqfle'f ? general Carleton, were confined
XnsiPen cuness castle; but— were ordered on
'jboatss'd to work their passage, and do duty
'onjfoard the fleet that sailed about the
time this packet did', with seven regiments
from Corke for Virginia, under the com
mand of general ComWallis, and escorted
hy' 12 srigates. "
_ By the Restraining Act, all vessels be
longing to 'America, whether taken at sea,
in harbours, or at doeks, are to be made
prizes, and all the men taken in them en
tered On the shi 's' books, as voluntcers,
and their desertton punished accordingly'.
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'PHILssADE L PH lA, ssMarch 12.
LA S T Saturday evening baron de
Woedlke, formerly ass general in the
Prufsifian service, arrived here. _
- March 16. A sea captain, arrived in
one of the last'vessels from St. Pier're's,
Martinic'o, sssa as, that the French in that
illandspeak lnghly in favour of the colo
njeq ; and several principal person: 'ssxformedct
I him, 'that they only waited for us ced},
elare independency to attatck the Ebgfish
iflands with their. whole force, which is
niuch eater than has ever yet been re
fted ere. ' '
A corfespondent sa s! " Whereas it
'mnst be allOWed, by al}; who have the least '
pretensions to good breeding, thatnothing
"can be so rude or indelicate a's foroue gentle
man to persist in keeping- up an acquain
tance or connexion with another who has
indicated un intention to break off the ac
quaintance, the people of America must
incur the imputation of brutes, and sava
ges, if, after the broa'd hints they have
rectceh/ed, they do not wish his majesty a
good night for ever."
Extract ofaletterjrom Cambridge , March 9 .
" Capt. Manley has taken another
transport, 400 tuns burthen, laden with
peas, potatoes, park, four-grout, , ten
packages of medicine, six carriage gum,
four swivels, three barrels of powder, &c.
and carried her into Newherry."
Extract of a letter fi-om the camp at Cam
, bridge, dated A-larch 9, 1776.
" We are just now on the ev-e of the
long wished for hour. The enemy are
embarking as fast as possible. All their
heavy artillery are emharkcd, with their
ordnance stores. God knows where they
intend to lodge nexte The selectmen of
Boston have sent out, by permilsion of
general Robinson, to acquaint tis, that if
we will ermit the regulate to embark un
molesie they will leaVe the town standing;
but as it was not authorised by general
Howe, nor addressed by the seiec'tmen,
his excellency general Washington rejected
it. We now intent], I believe, to pursue
our intentions, without remitling in the
least. We shall occup another post this
night, and perhaps shal beat them off in
greater haste than they imagine. On
Thursilay next, they say, the town shall
be vacated. I rejoice, with all my soul,
at the prospect ofentering Boston. They
give out the design for Halisax, but we
understand t m for Virginia" ,
Capt. Standley, who arrived this aster
noon in a schooner' from Salem, informs,
that there was a very heavy cannonade last
Saturda at Boston, which began a little
before sgnset.
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W ] L L I A'M S B U R G, March 29.
THERE is a report thitt general Chnton
is arrived at Ca e Fear, North Caro
lina, with the troopssisiile brought with him
from Boston, and that he has been since
joined by 12 or 1500 from England or the
VVest Indies. We likewise hear that the
Provincial troops are inmotion, and march
mg from all quarters to attack him; so
that we may soon expect to hear oF ano
ther battle in that province, which we
hope will prOVe equally_ glorious to the
Amencan arms as that wmcn was, outatew
weeks 2 0, fo successfully fought by the
brave co . Caswell.---T he account of ge
neral Clinton's return from North Caruli
na, and sailing out of our capes again,
was infertedjn the last Gazette from the
information of some gentlemen from
Hampton ; the Kingfisher, with a number
of tenders, and some prizes they had
taken, having been mistaken for the Mer—
cury frigate and the transports which Went
out with general Clinton, who, after
sending up the prizes to Norfolk, went out
again upon another piratical cruise.
Advice was received, a few days ago,
that the continental fleet had taken and
carried off from Providence, one of the
Babama islands. upwards of me pieces of
cannon, and a small quantity of gunpow
der, with which they fet sail for the c0n
tinent. The English governour, a'sittle '
before the fleet's arrival, found sheans to
send away the chief part of the ammuni
tion; military stores, &c.
Three runaway ncgrocs arc n0w lodged
in the publick jassll, who last Sunday even
ctisspg came on beaxjd one of our armed ves
sck, suPPOsD her to be :! tender, as they
had heard .hcr fire som'e guns. Before
they were un eceiyed, they" declared their
resolution to spend the last drop of their
blood in lord Dunmore's service ----- W but
a hopcsu] grew lus his lordship invitcd to
become his lise—gnards ! Many 3 14: noble
man woulc'i h'arcfly have admitted filth
caitisss into his service as ]L-oe-blaclu.
But, considering these hart! times, it is
something fnrtunate that his lordship is
content to put up with so miscrabie :: sec—
ofattcndams. ltis to be hoped, however,
tlctat gmc—ral Lcc, so soon as he finds ir.
convenient, will take care to providc our
gavernour with a mnre suitable household,
a reeable to his high birth, and distinguish
ec merit .
This day his exceuency L'HARLES LEE,
esq; major-gencral in the continental ar
my, arrived-at head-quarters in this city,
to take the COmmund of the Virgiuia
troops, attended by ()TWAY BYRD and
LEWls MORRlS, esqrsct his excdlency's
aids-de-cnmp, his sccretary, mrss Now m E ,
mous. LE BRUN, engissxieer, and th'e'rest
of his suite. , _ _
Friday the 17th of May isct' appointed by
the Hon. thc Contiuema! Congrefs to be
observed , by Christians ofallvdeuominations
throughout the United Colo'nies, as a day
ofHumiliatS-on, Fq/ling, _and Prayer.
[Wy dear Couhlrymcu,
O enable ourselves to make a proper
and sucees—fsiul resistance 'against the
cruel invaders of our rights and liberties,
it has been proposed to call on the French
for their assishmce, and to anon} them
the privilege of" trsiding with us, to make
them amends for the siexpcnsc they must
incur by engaging in a war for our sake:.
it has been proposed to invite them to
come and bring Us cloth, linen, biankets,
nails, gun's, >0wdcr,si &c; in return for
our commodities3 and their goldandsifflversi
they will exchange for our tobacco, wheat,
&c." &c. as Well as sumish us 'usiithctteassd,
spices, sum, sugar, molosi'es, fi'om their
East and" VVest Indiu settiem'cntsss. But
this proposu1Wilinot be madesissfqofl enough,
to save our Coumry from ruin, unless you
instruct ssyour deiegatcs to make it im'me
diately, and lose no tin1_eit1'ncg0tiating &!
treaty necessary to the liberty and hsgppincsl
of your'c'ouxm' ; I would advie ever
county to give uchinstmctiona, 'and checi
at once that ridiculous nation which has
prevailed in one or two Conventions toct the
northward, " that we ought not to break
off with Great Britairssh" ,Wc shall be
ruined without a trade, actud be enflaved
without the asiishmce of arms, ammuni
tion, and a fleet from Frande.
& A 'V_IRGINIAN.
Mr. PunoxE,
HE offiCcrs and soldiers of my com a
ny desire, through the channe of
your paper, to return thanks to mr.
William Fraser, ofKing Wiliiam, for the
Very kind trdatment we received of him
on our march from Williamshusg.
I am, sir,
Your humble servant,
RlCHARD C. ANDERSON.
** * The printer again entreat: all per
som- in arrear: to him fb'r Ncwspapcrs to
make immediate payment, to the 31]! of
Dcsscember last. 77te 10 0 fail to do sb '
need not ex act to beserved with hit Ga
zett: astert ze lst day of May next, it being
impossible to procure paper without ready
money, at a very extravagant price ..... -- -
He takes thi: Wortunity of returning his
sincere thank: to thofi: good czg/Zomers who
havelpaid punctually, and shall ]pare no
pain;, nor cq/t, to serve them to the utmq/t
of his ahilitiex.
**** just published, the Reverend Dr.
Grfflzsslh': firmon on PASSIVE OBEDI—
E NCE , preachcd before the How. the Gene
ral szvc'utian on the 31st of December lq/f,
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and printed at their requq/t.