The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-12-22 00:00:00, page 3

SATURDAY, Dcc. 23. ,Lasl: night the
si mrthcrn polt arrived, by whoni we have
- al vices to the following purport, not hav
. ing room to insert them at large.-"That
two of the contincutzil army, in the
evening ol'the 6th ult. broke ground on
.Cobble hill, within about halsa milciu a di
snct line from the enemy's encampment on
Bunker's hill, and theirct shipping at H'elt
Boston, notwithstanding which a cammn
; had notbcen tired at them ; and that our
{troops are now well securcd in that ad
vanced post, where they have planted a
number of heavy cannon, 18 and 24
pounders, with which they can annoy sithe
eneniy's (hipping at and above Cha'rlcltown
ferry, and, at a proper time, caunonade
ss the most compact part of the town of
Boston. From this movement of our ar—
.; my, an attack upon Boston is apprehend
, ed, from which place it were to be wilhed
Gall but the 'Fories were out.--Thctut gene
Aral [lowe htld sent out ol'Bollon 300 poor
fsi (men, women, and children), without
any thing to subsist on, at this inclement
season, and landed them about 20 miles
, from Cambridge; that general Walhing
siton, with his usual humuuity, immediate
: ly ordered provisions to he sent to them,
" and that the General Assembly had up
'l ointcd a committee to take careol'those
Billressed people} that three otctsi them,
siss .aotwithstamling, had perished on the
jbessssach, and the rest were in a deplorable
sitmtionsisi's'hat only six cattle were lest
- "in Boston to kill, and other fresh provisi—
53: e'xceediugly scar'ce, which the soldiery
' ways secnre for theirtselyes, leaving the
-<4-p00rinllabttunts ma lmrvm - COflCllllunmct
his-.That one of the provinciu armed vessels
,;fhzd taken, and brought into Cape Anne,
'*-ct.lsi storeship bound to Bostoctn, having on
Should 2500 stand of arms, 30 mns of car
llitsil es, - two 18 and two-24. pounclers of
ss bring, onesslginch mortar,sisome-smaller
? ven,-'t, &c.. ,the whole Yelnsiedntgopoo].
siMfling-t- : must suitabsilssssezsicargo for our
'ct ent occasion. and- Mzhich general"
'sictctsi ctsiashington, when the-'postsi ]eft' Cam
h-Md e, had sent Waggomior, to bring
If!) ' e ch-si-That-si'nne of the people
=_-ct-,- sentout of-Boilsson, by general Howe, says,
:;fl thenumberofregnlnrs in that toWn conlills
;; os7oo'o,man oswhomaresick;;mdthatthe
f'si whole gan'riion, not long besorehe lest it,
.ss was for. weeknnder arms., inexpectation of
ss. being attacked byour'army, havin learn
-..— Ill, by deserters, that the generalstntend-si
h edsiit; likewise, that general But-gnyne's
;! baggslge wal put on board the Boyne
man of war of 70 guns, which was to shil
sisi for England in ?! isiew days., with the ge
La sine-ral himself-si-"l'hnt govemuur 'i'ryon
sict lus procured the king's leave to return
' home, which he had signified, by :: mes
suge. tn_the-peoplenshisi government; and
says he shall be obliged to avail himself
i of thatindnlgence, if he is excluded from
. every hope ot being any Ways instrumental
towards the re-ellablishment of that har
ss msimy at. present interrupted between
;. Great Britam and her colonies. He men
7 sillofls the rest-lution us the House of Com
si tuous (lord North's olive branch) that was
* - intended for the bwlis usannccommodati
.on; and, is can iisilly considered, he says,
might yet he imprbved sof the purpose;
_ of reliorin the general tranquillity,--and
si security of the whole empire. He wishes
' ome measures may be speedil adopted
for this purpose, and declares lie uwes it
to his affection for his government that he
' h-uz pnhlickly signified these, m utters to its
., ; inh1hitssi'nts.--'lsihuttthenerctlAssemblyctof
' ' Rhocle lllaml had passed an act sor seques
tering the estate-s us gm ernour Hutchictusun,
and other ;tvowul enemies to Anu-rica..—
General M mtgi'nery writes to general
), Schussyle'r, si'nnt...\lontreal, ofthe' l'7'h ult.
thntcthe hopcsi sunn to give the-finctl hluw
. {n'-ninisterixnl puliticks in Cansiuln; that
"" un'er-mnr (I-trl- (on, and his 11 sail, with
which he CsLled [tom Muutrcul, had out
then been able to pass col. faster], whom
he had pulled at the river Sorel to inter
cept him, and who had forced him twice
to weigh anchor and remove higher up
the river; and that he himself was using
all despatch to attack him on his iide,_
with field artillcry mounted in batteaus
----General Schuyler writen to the Con
gress, from 'l'icondcroga, of the zzd ult.
that, from Carleton'a not being able to
reach Quebeck before col. Arnold, hc is
convinccd out: troops are noxi- in possesiion
of that capital. Col. Arnold's difficult
and shiiguing march, he says, does him
great honour, and that some future his
tor'mn will'make it a shbject of admiration
to his renders.--—-Col. Arnold writes from
his camp, about two leagucs and a half
from Point Levy, of the 8th ult. sito gene
ral Montgomery, -that the; enemy at Qtiesi'
beck, amounting tossabout goossmen, in
-cludin<r the inhabitants who had been
obliged to takenpvarms, had destroyed
all the canoes at,-Point L-evy, to prevent
his pulling, which Hifflculty— he hopes to
be able to surmount by birch canoes, ascthe "
had then about 20, with 40 savageu that
had joined him, who prosess great friend
ship, as well as the Canadians, by whom
he had been kindly recei'trcd, and will be
able to surnish him with a number of
canoes; that the French and English in
habitants in Queb'eck', he learned, by a
friend srom that city." were generally on
osiur side, and that sithe place Was short of
provisions; that he shall endeavour to cut
off their cor'n'munication with the country,
'and does not doubt-sins bein able-to bring
them to termsso'on, especially is he (ge
neral Montgomery) can spare him a small
reinf'orcement. Of the 14th of "the same
month, he' writes, that the wind havinsi'
been high For three nights, had-preventec -
his pasiing the ctriver; but that, it being
then__ moderate-t}, 'ctasid'flaving near 40'
Canace-ready, he should cross that even
in 3, although tWO frigateslay opposite to
prevent him,-of- --Sc-.-cralsinatiom-os the
VVestern .Indianl have offered good men to
join the American forces, whenever called
npon, which authentick intelligence the
Continental Congresis have communicated
to his ex'cellcnc, general Washington ;
whom GOD pro per, in all his ossPerations
ag tinsi'. ous cruel and inveterate ocs.
Lnll: night col. Henry received an ex—
{ness from lsilampton, with the,:zgreeable
ntelligcnce that capsit. Barmn, in a small
pilot boat which, he sihadfsitted out, has
taken and brought, in there two vessels
with SALTI' to the atgount of4600 bushels;
that he had likewise taken a vessel going
to the Eastern Shore for previsions for the
ministerial gentry that have lately been ex
pelled from Norsolkct, which hadon board
15 blacks commanded !) capt. Collett;
and, when the express le t Hampton, was
in porsuit of another c'rast, supposed to
be a tender; The Liverpool srigate,
gone up to Norfolk, mounts 28 um;
and the brig with her is. a storeship, ,iaden
with arms and ammunition- Between
them, they have, 490 men on board, none
of them soldiers 'ex'tsicp't the usiial comple
ment of marines. This late acquisitionos
strength has mu'c'h elated lord Dunmore
and his party, we hear; and Nun-folk,
Hnmpton, and fill the river settlcments,
are threateued with fire and sound.
Dan:/xx.] Mrs. A ): N a Dm o as, of
Ym'k county, in the 56th year of her age.—
At \V are glebe, in the county of (Flou—
eester, mrs. Achx-z FONTAKNE, wife of
the rcv. jzimcs Mnnry Fontaine. She
waspions, grateful, lincerc, ati'ecsstsiionnte,
discreet.
ADVl-ZRTlSEMEN'TS.
I V? END to leave the colon} in a short
time, and to return next summer.
yssmnss MlLLBR.
Turn-sun! orncL,Derembc-Hz,1775_. "
URSUAN ]" man o! General Asiem'si .!
blyss, and :: risk)! (611 osConve'nnofl, \
I have appointed mr. Bartholomew Dam
drictlge to ashst in signipg a'nd mr. William
[So/2: m fillimi' up hij'd hun'nb'etibg fln treass—
no. c; MCHOLAK, t'rectzsu'm. ,
sury notes. ss
To b- rent;-7 for two year:-si; to Me {figifflfss - ,
lgiddcr the fit]! 'My! ofjknu'acti'y die!-97";
H F ordinary laLer otcppicd'ct' !;
lstmm Alle-21 bclbnginsig to (be fflmss
? -F - . _
of SammlAshIc-ssy, dcccsiqctsed, about six mist-sisi.
"..ctpFss -
from Willmmsbtssfig, ss on thc' main read ct
ROBERI' c. 'WARKEN, ctde't'z. .
leading to Hanowr.
ziBfsi "4. -
To be s 0 [. p, on Weduesday-ihessgd
' of 7anunry ne'Xt. affhe dwelling-bush '
(lslsshclatz mg.7 70 flPr-mfll , , __
ctlLLtifisiz'o If - ' ss
01/71 fivsiv likes-glews ." " si
Izozgsesemanu, M. 01): i.:d " ss ' _
toak;andonshe8az\_1{dayblfash1ctsizfnpss _ '
plantation m Jajflessi Gjty comb, 't _ "
of calle. corn, [did-n', &c- Sis- man!}!
credit will be allowed/'A? allf m abWtssgl. "if
by giving bond, with appzo'aed [bait 'z—s si'ss'fsisi"
CUT'J
Wruumaum, Deeembir 42, !}
HE ]mirinctg- pan-mer: of ". ssct
Prcmis, late manager erofthe tr' " dl- -
der the firm of." lmnsctq 'and cutting/10!"
quq/t all pen/bra indebted to the e_a_id sss, .ctsi
]bip to paysi their rq/pectiv'e ma( si
Robert Prentis, the Ptq/ent Ma' ..'_ ss
flech who ednuot ye: (yew,? h " ss
will think it but re enable !; tie/3
countt, ly w: bond-ad ceun ; * 'sisssisi-si'"
ffiofisixr maw; 5" ss
wxxugsimsnvno, Dee in -'=
AK N out ofsithect when: ss __ ct
at ( college, some day f'
mtheixprm'ng. elenge. . - _ '
caating. The/aid cloak was siw Tct '
hinder-flat, under thempe, that, '
"lest;/? two letter: in a piece". - , ,
ena Is theme who mayhavetu sssssiss ' si'l
his man to] dismver hi: mi che ,, " si
turn it to the (none? in ' ?.
Voos' :. [freiw'rechffi ten fist/ing :
puestionx lass, Pr , VI i
iven te th on who me? it ct
To be, SO LD on usiThqu-gy the i
February, at the townes Maue _ ss :
commonly cancdsi Roch ct'thge, '- _ -,.'-'*'_ssss.ctct;sict "
ABOUT xoo Virgin!: MNEGRGBJ,
among whom are some MfM .
servant;, a carpenter, * . 1.
Twelve month: eredit will be .
bond with zaod/Eeurity reqzm- air;-fie" _. . _ _
chase-rus, by in - -- A
41! - D'JWD him
TOLEN from the subscfihevsi's pdhre, "
near If iliiamshurg, : light laymen,
' years oM next spring abom (fees: ct
?nches high, has :: star?!) her Fore]:
little hrgcr than :: dollar,' both hmcsil
white, a hanging mane and swntch fail,
:md paccs nannallv: Whoever bring
hcr to me, in Willfdmhurg, shall have
as _.s .
GABRiEL MAUPFN- "
N. B. I will 'not be answerable for any '
horses that may get away for the sufmeo
TRAYED or stolen from is/illiqqflzwa
about 5 Weeks past, 'a middle-sir
gray horse belonging- to mr. 70}!!! Taybr,
quarter-ctmafflnf of the second regioun:
He paces' (low; "(it! and gallops Well,
and ls brandcd On the he:!r buttock E. P
\\"hncvct* brings him to my lmusc'in Cam
line, or to capt. Robert Andcsictrsbn in til/ii.!
[sang/sung, shall bss liberally "warelsietl. .
EDMUND PENDLLTQN
Dec. 23, 1775.