The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-08-30 00:00:00, page 2

of [in future utflity, by his succeE—sullabour
' Z-ctfi the visseeyardl But. as the Suprcmc
V'issilom hath thuuglsin fix to order it other
wise, his s'neuds acquicscc in that wisdom
whichcmnot err; yet as the scmiments of
relignutiou excluclc not the feelings of hu— _
manuy, they with sincerizy regret his
death, a-ssl particulsin'ly his fellow studcms,
to whom 11: was w rv (lear.
N E. WV Y 0 R K, flugu/Z 14.si
Y a gentlcmaq who arrived hcrc smm
Providence, we have the following
amount, viz. 'TImt the fluop Nlontgo
mErctv, capt. Bucklin, has sent into. that
{oft :: brig with [50 lmgshends of sum,
ound from Antigua to h'eland; likewise
& bark, saden with sugar, pimenta, &c.
to the value' of l5siooo]. sterling. 'l'he
s'ssmvc floop, in ccmsart with anol her floup
ctsro-sin S'alem, capt. White, have also taken,
a-nzl sent into Providence, a show with 150
;h-sixsiglhcads of—sugar, and no hogshcads us
in n. They allo sent ipco Salem a ship
31: ssving 530 hogshends of su or on board,
sianj ;: brigwith 24oho<gssshca s of sum, not
,yet arrived in ]dUst. _ C.;pt. Bucklin su w
fix; West lndiamen, part. of the fleet to'
.inhicssh the above vessels belongcd; but
Zhiving more prisoners on board than his
an people, was fearful of speaking to
?them, ;plthough he was so near them that.
' fhe couldscc the people leaning over the
si ssqu'zrtcr fails, looking- at him. _
, , 4!!!ng 15. By express from Ticondc
.roga, we are informed that Fencral Burz
sigoyne had retreated from al his posts in
Cunzida, except St. juhnsis, where he had
1 jest a body of his man. This prcc'lpimte
sirsietrcat is said to be occusioncc] by the ar
.rivnl of 'a silargc fleet, supposed to be
Feeucb, iuthe river SL'Laurcncc- ()lzr
ctsisiccc on the lakes, consilifling of sioops, a
schooncr, gondolas, and boats, are in good
order, and make a respectublc appearance.
'The army was sickly some time ago, but
;tecovcr sad, and are in good spirits.
'PHI-L AD E L PlsilIA, August 20.
'- E are informed, by & cuptnin of
: :: vessel belonging to this city,
him escaped a few days ago from Smten
(Nflmtl, that the German troops late] ur
ssss flved from ksilr-ulisaxnre landed on the is and,
ss {where it is siiik] they are to wait the arrisiul
-o-*' another reinsorccmcnt (which is humiy
.expctcted) before the attack wi]! he made
ben'New'York. He adds, that the British
-tr4_)0ps speak with great contempt of gene
Jal Washiugmn's army, and are assured
.shsizt, they wiii have the pleasure of soon
Dweliug and spending the winter with ge
- ent] Bunznyne and his troops in Ncw York.
xtmct ofa pfttcrfi-om New York, Am; 1 6.
, "si. The complcmcnt nFmen cxpcc'tcd is
ctp'etctty near lined up by the last reinf'urce
{ments from New England and Pennsylvn
'sssisiiai. Every thing, ] can with truth assure
,Zou, has the must agreeable appearance.—
si=1ctu have their proper stations. Posts of
ctct, 1 ortance arc strongly manned, while
"& crves are kept sor- polhble continqencies.
"she spirit of the shlcliery promises every
thing. No le vity ur boaflingin their coun—
ficnanccs; but all the marks us & composed,
Patient, and determined resolution, that
'hmkes me :mticipctxtc either a must glorious
refistanpe, m- comjilctc victory.
*' siA/zqqusl 17 . Lust nighroursirc rastsup
the N. Rwer ctrsirrrzptled thc Phocnix am] ;:
Under. The ictxttcr was burnt, and the
if-rmer escaped by cutting down ail that
ssWz-s fsilst at the fire ships, then floated down .
This: man in the fire iilips dcstrvc every
'c-mrescnzi-ctimsil." '
Nsi' ] L L 1 A M 5 ]3 wU R. G, Aun'lg/l 30
TZ'pY mr. VViHi-xm Hrirrison, 'm mncdnys
A) smm Fork. Pith, we have advice. that
( .,,-t, juhn HBn-sirshm, with a number of
{! lsirs, uniwsik hum ! 'lc} ing crcc k, near
the Kentuck. y, tho vcx )! day he left home.
:pL. llinssst mnusivelhc quuwimr account,
th. .t one lame;; Cuupcr, and unuthci pu
son, a Dutchman, being on their way to
a bussalo lick, were sired upon by ;: ctrdplc ct
oslnciians, Who shot down (Juopcr, and
fright'cned the Dutchman's hmsss- so that
he flung him.' "is foot hanging in the
stirrup,' unc of the lntlizms made up to
him, to tomhnwk him; but, although
in that disadvaumgeons htuation, he sound
means to aim his gan so well (which he
never quilted) as to shnut the savngc
dead on the spot, and, seeing the mlicr
lndiau making up to him, he discngaged
himself from his own horse, mounted
(loopcr's, aml got clear ossto the inhabi
tants.- Upon his arrival, many of the
Kcntucky scttiers immediately Went about
["in-ting thrniselvvs at Boonshvro-ugh and
llnrwood's town; and numbers agreed to
came into the ngighhourhood ot'For: l'itt,
with capt. l']il!sssi{st0fl.------Ml*. Hnrrisou
likewise informs, that mr. silacob [lite,
wholateiy removed (sirum Bel'kelcy cotinly
to the m-ighhmrhood as the (jherukec
country uith hiz-ifnniiy, and A large parcel
osnegrof-s, wcta munim'ui or his own house
by [host- sevsigcs, niih most olsihisi iLusic-s,
and his vusc .mdchii-sil-"ssin c.irrisi*.d off prison—
ers; his s-m, who w;..-. in the (;herckce
country, wns iikc-Wxsc in=u-.ls,-rch.si----'l'hc
Shawauesc, Dcinwzircs, 'nml Mingocs, hzul
not met our cmnmiHi-mers, although tun
cxprclschmd been sent to them" for that
purpose, mid returned withs'ut smy answer.
A third express was sent off, but had nuc
returned .
Extract of'aletrer from Phiiadehzhia. dated
A'nqnst 20, 1776. .
" VVc have m-zfn in hmlrly cxpectsittisi-n
us the great chsi- him as New Ym'k, lssut it.
has not yet in Bmvssincsid . About three nights
ago an attempr .\ct.:sssi< maden) burn the two
ships wffich hsiuf. ;;mssss-si up the river. One
oflhc 'twu fire r :{uss --:-. .mch E.:r th tt pur
pose ;);rctsslpphd th-si- P'ss-si x-L-t '_--n minntcs, hur.
waxclcarcduwctx :,z . tender, how
ever, was huss'm ": , - ships came
down on Semduj' cv— ,: - :if- 5 passed all
onrh ntterics nsisirsszin -- ii ,. - - - -- '-'v.---L<.1nl
Dttn-nnrc is' as, Stratsirn "'- sisi ss his sink
he sent to lhlisux. t'zsss u. n-f' m'en he
carried 't!) siimtcu HlsinJ. tiu- hlJcRS
he shipptd offm the w sssszt i - )--'—-.ct :s ;e-rc—
compcns'c For their lvrvice-sis -- i'w sisic "fle
men, who hul hent l.;lhrn ; rishlnn hy
thc enemy, hsi'wc made the 'l'< (} ]u . 'l'h-y
say they arcnnw 20 oco. sin-(l si-h'll .1 siumc r
division of 5000 for. igner- "" shl' s'K-M'Ctu'.
.Thcy think thatlord Home: \\ i" nui .*U:u k
these ten days, but that he does nut wait
for his lust division, being cna'lisiem of
victory wsilsihout. ()neuf lhrct-sciss'h-rnmmzs
was c.xptnin us & continenfal uxlel gc-inpss
for ammunfflon, whose man: and (r-ssw
rose and took her; am], fi-Hizrg in with
the division of the Hesiians wnu h aroun—
pctmied their general, wcrc lu-c-ugsi-ht to.
The general, learning From the cztzth] oned
cnp'aiu' whzsilt-had ]mppcned, immedianly
threw the piratica] mntehniruna, :md hssul
the captuin to dine with' him every day till
they got to Halisax, where he delivered
him, vessel, &c. over to the English.
" A gentleman who lived some time in
this (Try, but since lust winter has become
& rcsidcut of St. Eustatiw, writes, 'th'cttt by
a Dutch ship from Amstcrdnm they h.1\ e
advice that the states of HnlI-mcl had rc
isissuled to renew che prnhnmnm on the ex
p ,rmtlon onowrh-r to the colunies, or to
ccdc to the Enctpss'hsh the: Scotch hrigadc in
their service," as also to surn'vsh ('a-me men
of war alkccl of them by the British court.
This refusal s) piquzd the minillrv that
they had been induced to take-scveral Dutch
ships, amongst them two that shiled srnm
St. L'ustncia, which were carried to Lem
(1011, and another to St. Kitt's; in conse
qucsincc whereof the Dutch have armed 40
ships oswar, m'dcrml 00 more to be built,
and are raising 20,ooo lum] tinces.
" 'l'he ;;nvcrnour in chicFoFlhc French
\Vcst indics lus un: u'nh' refused to [sin 'nit
ths czqfimin us un Lugsslish man of war w
make prize of our \-c"'.!s in ..zs. 'z- ;:unss
but sn-b'ul him to cnm - xJ' ;xi; , ;,zw-f'si 4- of
them} :md (he er-e- n)'.ct .:m us! w (4- .ss be,
ing unhdrawn sin in full whom (: -:fcts, gct,
New York, shew:- " du.- 110- d us al!- or'
their abs— nce, b) (lJHy arrwals ui usumu—
nition, &c.
" 'l'hc:()anadinm \*- ]m had hent Cn-sinzfins
in mn-(2'zz1ctulizmrcsssiiwu-nt, and uhum sign.
ncml Gatcs writes :,ss.rsi :sict-rmct'n 'm "),-:: m'fuv
tn be worthy of si-nml ('zcdit, m a-sshsi :}ss'si
escape sr'mu St. juhrsh. ;sim! cuzezv m'c'r m
our army from 'I issi-nzsi'crsi {),-1. '3 in ctsiiw
the following inuss'li'ega: usi, \F/.. 'i hu-u :];
enemy did nor isim'nh' .c:'\' p} ccc wc zzhsiu'.
(lonul; that thy )v-tl star, man :11 _,'.3
uux None undu' 5_-_:-:ss,. ! l-sssictl r, zfsirm ;1:
St, _']ohn s undn (I; , e'nn xv.-(i {; nsi-c :-.'.
Montrm], :50 n.,ly .,<? <- ]gs'si-H. \ '-__-x-. lzssij'si
ltwns rcpmie-l, usissa ass'sst/sisio htgz-h- :r-ssuct;
which were to have Men & ]nn't c-lr ximr
army had perlshct'rd us: 1, wh'ssch 0 five-rrrn'ss
uneasiness. 'Ih; llcss-ssc humewhc uu;r lim
bcr, &c. for so imzusiss, wzsizicb lhry m.
tempted 70 lrsisinfi mt by ]uml sum th:
muuth nl tho..- .iuzcl m .z': .. 0]: " ',s hue
could not for want u! csisiriisix-ctzcs, and had
therefore been cicHr:>_-.ssd. (Imhssmn, m
mnksi: amcmm sor thin., lud employed (la
nadians m build [1 [He]! as at St. lohn' s, -
but he has lcndcru! lnn-f: !! very ndioiu m
1hn.c pumlc, by lffl 1sil'ihct' cnhnibm'mns on
them in ucncml, .m. ! cnnfiscmirm the
estates at :all th: zsc who followed our army,
a
or who alzscondcd.
" Gl eat numbers osthc Germans desert"
daily and are anxix-uilssy concralcd by the
inh-Jbimots, * 70 [S.unfwickc. rs disappe wed
in one day 'I heir c-tiiccrs arc so much
afraid uk bush- ki-rhci-xgsi, .md ambushcz,
that they win not bend msi y parties to pur
sue the ruvav-1\ss-'!si'lrc men have thca
same fcc' rs, which prc'venls them from (se—
scrting m so great nnmhrsirs as it is ficp—si
pnled ssthey urn, whcn m-(Le: mn' fleet lh ll
appear (m 'sing on the laLc to rc'tcive nd
pxotcct them . si
" Between the 27—12'171! :4th ult. (lark;
ton and the other gcnu-nls abandoned all
their pofls on this tide the. Sorel, except
St. [ohn's, wi' m sjufzt precipirzuiunas
our pnm' sick mrn) h vd (!nnc, canym
with them then us iii. ..uy . nd prmiiwns.
This was occsivhomu {w 1: ": univa! and si
nustrntsiusumnossuvlud.hctsimff uebcck,
supposed !" bc l'rcnch, hho hs ;ffled di'fle
rent colours, m-d sum] ::t tendcxs firm:
fss um the town to 11 qui! . nhu they Were.
'lhc enemy lest at lllc n-nx Noix zoo men,
to si!!! d intelligence of 0: u- Uprl' .u'mns, ' and'
it i- said they will ;ro dovn she liver, iF
wr' rc'urn vnto Cansict: :1. Tm (lus event, .,ss
flux Cunauictm me czfi: ":!si: up prayers acsslss
the shrmcs vi' ail thc-r [zlnt's Cullcmn, ss
si-me time am), hcmit-ss-x thsiat we were re
turning mthsi :: considccsinblc rc-insorcunensst,
was so ten ihch that he uuuk! lmvc xccired
immediately, had in t si me- of his spies
c<- me in run] informed h'vn us the depllnr
able {ltuuticm to which the smaflpox had
reduced our army. 'H: cy as". now, how
ever, rccovcring hcnhh and spirits. '
" General Gsi'ltes wr !t=*s,1}1at he hhd ac
cnunts of the ronds being crowdesici wnh
m'zli'siia coming to his aniih nce' , 600 hom
New qunflrirc came in \*. in]: he was
writing; ! w lcltcr, [)cinsscr she iussi. His
fiecthacl sailed from lecct1\'.ssro-*:1to(3fo\vn
Point, consiffinsip nisi du- tchxi. ng uflcls
viz. Onc fsschouner "and ;: shmp; or -t* !
shu'r-pounsilc-rs, Lo suivr-Zs; .mvcl 50 mtn';
onc s'rhmmcros 4 kour-jrsic-u-si'vdc-rs, 4 two ,
pounders, lo swivcls, um! ;; men; onc
(lo. Us: sour-poundcrs, 6 twu—puunders
8 suivcls, and 35 man; two gnlsicssssi
mounting cach 1 twelve ;md' : nine
poumlcrs, 8 swivels, mui .35 men; 'twu
do. of 3 ninc-pmmders essoz'n, 8 ssiO-ir'ch-si
and 45' men; bcsidcs tw-r nsi hers, thzrt nrr
not; qnixe riggccl. t-Fz-ssrt mm'c g-min'
would be ready to jn'n: =Z -. w.- in :\ (bruzsi'siuln
Which the) wrrce to {an si, ss 0 -'--*0 '.- xlv. ]. La:
and guuz'si} Armhl, vain; icsi s..id lo he "