The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-06-14 00:00:00, page 1

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!},si COMMlsiTTsiEE as ssiAFE Tzsi.
;ct' _ VVILLlAMSBURG; _7une 6, 1776.
._ T being ctreprescmd to this boundssssthat
che commanding-officers o'fthe militia,
Lia many counties in this colonysi,- havcum'n
- ged to arrangc The same into certain divisi
,_qns,, pursuaut to an ordinance of the last
Convention, from a misconstruction of the
ordinance. ' ' 'ct . -
,-_---Ressblved therefbre, that. is be recom
Jsncnded to them to proceed, withoutffde
lay, to make such regulation, according
to.thc directions of the said ordinance. .
. , _ By order of the commitcec.
, '. EDMUND PENDLETON, president.
.- - JOHN PENDLETON, clerk.
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7G'eorge Merchant, a private in capt. Mor—
*- sigssam': company of rg'flemen of Virginiq,
who went to, Canada with so]. Arnohl
2'3 last fall, was taken prZ/b'n'e'r sbon after
ri-Vnuding on— the plain: as Abrahum, aifd
ct. after being confined several day: in {rod;
p" ded: silZnE'to' Eh"land to be hanged; but
1- simeeting-with rimd: in London, he find
-' ' fit at'lz'berfty and stmt to Brl/lal, from
whence he got (: 'pqffagn, on the 24th of
1- March, in a/chooner to Halg'fax, zdherg
?zct Lesitw'ied ten digyx, when he, wiih ]Z-sicctt'si'f
"'— f ral masters of mssZ-l: that had been ta/em
" si ' by the mimsterial crui/Z-n, hired a small
— ;" flshfngjchooncr to bring them to Newbmy,
-' but by rc'q/Dn of contrary winds put int'o
! Old Torh, ' in New Ham/g/hire, where he
u-ss landed and pq/hed far Bo/ion, and zu'm
- ' sent express from thence to general [Vq/h
ingtan, and [zy him to the Continental
Congrcfi, and arrived here on A/[anday
evening. By him we have the fbllo-wing
important advices. '
L_ 0 N D o N, March :.
Extract of a letter from an eminentgentleman
in London, to his friend in Americd,
datcd Fab. 7 .
0 R D Howe is appointed comman
'- der in chief of the fleet; the" com
-mander at land is not yet determined.
Lord Cornwallis is now ready to sail from
Corke with 3—000 men sor Virginia, to
meet general Ciinton. The plan is, to
march through thatss colony and attack
Phiiadeiphia by land, is impracticable by
sisea; they reckon, upon paper, to have an
armyosgossooo, mo'stly Germans, in Ame—
rica, by june. Burgoyne is to retalce
.Canada with lo,ooo men; is the passage
over the Blue Ridge is sortilied, that wssiy
will he ivnpracticuble. lt' offers of settle
mcnt,_ &c. are prepared, to fling into the
camp," in German, when the Germans
arrive, it must have a great effect. They
trust to the flsin'cs, but more to the Scotch
among- you.---'l'hc generais talked ok'are
Amhcrst, Count La Lippe, or Harvey;
the last is most probable-si-A general of
the first abilities has offered to go over,
if I could affilre him of being received by
the Congrcss. Is the ministerial efforts
do not succeed this campaigu, it is over
with them."
IVlasirch 2. Tuesdny a mcflEnger arriv
ed at St. jumes's, with some very impor
tant. despatches from the regency osllzm
over, and. lsitst night was sent off with scvc
m] puckc—Ls for the lords osthat clcctorute.
This week tcthc solioixing forces are said
to hc_agrccd to inctcefincil, to he sent to
An1Cl'lC'il;l this spting': Hesiiuns 12,000,
Brunswickers 4ooo, VVakleckers zoo'o,
British 37,ooo; total, 55,ooo. .
[Hard] 12. Yesterday sir George Os—
borne, and several other officers of the
g'nurtls, attended the ]evee at St. ]ztmcs's,
.and took ]cave of his majesty, previous to
their setting out to embark for America.
__ A motion being made (March loth) in
the House ofCOmmons, that 85o,ocol. .
be granted sor extraordinaries for the ser
vicectof' the. year 1776, the question was
put, and the House divided, ayes 180,
qus 57. \
It is reported that his majesty will go to
Portsmoqth', to take a sorvey of the fleet
Wre they sJii for-America.
sssictjflte officers who are ordered sot- Ame
jWe to wear the same unisorm as the
' ' on: soldiers, and their hair dressed
in the like manner, so that they may not
_be-distingui!hed by the rific-mcn, who nim
particularly ut-the offlccrysict- si
Before the end of next May there will
be fifty, fictigates in Anterica,si which are
to form Ldtain along thzzt-continentss to '
prevent all intercourse with the provin—
'cials. . -
The ships of war fitting out for America
are ordered to have their war complement,
and to be victualled for six tnonths.
The 24th:and 62d regiments are ordered
to Corke to wait for ships, on board of
which they are to embark sor Amcrica.
Extract ofa letterfi'oml'lymouth, March t 2 .
" Cgpt. ]{oger Wills is appointed to
the command ot'lhe Rzmger fluop of" war,
and ordered to convoy the transports he
-longin_g to sir Peter Pnrker's squadron to
America.
" We have upwards of 20 sail oftrzmisi
pqrts fitting out here for Americzt, besides
fix sail of sir Peter's squadrOn."
Extract osd latterfi-om Cowcs, [March 14.
" This day sailed, with :: line mind :it
cast, several transports with troops, &c.
bound for North America, which have
been detained by contrary winds for seve—
ral days past."
Extract of a letter fi'om Portsmouth,
March 17 .
" Yesterday the wind came round to
the N. E. when his majesty's ship the Tri—
ton, capt. Lutwidge, and six sail oftrans
ports, with troops on board, sailed from
Spithead sur Boston. The others remain
here, to take on board the troops that are
to come from London." .
A'Iarc/l- 14. Ordcrs are given for raising
looo recruits. for compicting the three
regiments ofsoot guards to their ful] com
plement, in the room Ofthose ordered for
Amci'ica.
A messenger arrived yesterday at St.
James's srom France, and brings advice
that a sqttaclron of men of war and si'ig'ates
are sailed from Brcst, with a fair wiml,
for the VVcst ]ndies.
Yestc-rdny & draught from the guards of
1000 men marched off the puradc, in
three divilions, to-Portlinouth, to cmbark
for Amcrica.
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Orders are iven sor draughts to he '
made from th'gflifihrent clockynrds sond"
number ofshipwrights, &c. to he sent to
Haliksiax, in Nova dcutia, to repair anyctctof
his majesiy's ships that may put in'thgrc
and stand in need therfoflss 'si'
It was agreed in Monday's debate, ctthsic
government would,? in the course 09,th
gtonths, want 130,doo tuns of transports.
ctuppoi'e, on an averagc, at'_280 tuns each,
this is nEQr 500 sail, which is'cessttainly
more than can be procured in that time.
This confirms the opinion; very generally
embraced amongctthe mihtary sspjesrsons,
that the German troops will not all be in
America before the end of Augnlt.' .
Friday a court of common-councsid was
held at Guildhall, when a motion- wps .
made to petition the kipgsipefieching hisss
majesty,. _- that the, uLoi solemn, ssdear,
distinct, and unzunbigilous ssspecificsinfion of
the just and honournhse term? which his
majesty, with both Houses'of Parliament, '
mean to grant to the colonics, may pre
cede the dreadful operatioh' ofhis arma
ment; whieh petition Was" prepared, and
ordered to be pt'esented By the wholeconrt .
M dffifi' fled!!! of the above resoshtion,
the sherigs went 'yestefda to his majesty,.
to know when he would'si & plsieasi-d to re
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;:ixte it, and lns mnjesszsifzpssqinted'fijday
Letterssi frossmsi'ctcossi sij'fia'uhst kdvise, tsshfit
the first {narch of_the Heffizms haS been
stopped, andthfe mt-n ordered back, from -
the transports'hot heing'fflcadsiy. to resicei'sso
them. sisi'ss' ' si '_ , _:
By a genflesit'nim'jufl; 'afflved fcnm'frg— '
land, we hear that usill hinds ot'prbvisions *
are risen ahdve & third in their v'alnc there, si
on account of the large'commiffions sqr
victualhng the tranfimrts; At Corke, h'.
is said there are no less than 5oo osthem
to be victunlled for 1 2 mouths. '
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The Handcrs mail or Saturday 'lalt
says, that his Prusiian majesty has again -
rcla—pscd, and the conscqueuces are much
drcaded by his physicians. =
It was agreed in the debates, thesioth'er
night, that the French were arming in all
their purts; that they had. sent at different:
times 8000 men to the Mauritius, and a
"Very somiid'si-sibie force to St. Domingo.
The marphing-Fegiments for the Ame
rican service are to couiist of 12 companies
of 56 effective rdnk and ffle each compahy;
the three Highland battalions excepted,
viz. lord john Murray's' and Fmshr's,
which are to consist of 1000 men each.
Ilsrtrclz 16 . His grace the duke of Grassi
ton stated the motion he meant to propose
to the House, which was substnntiaily us
follows: " " That an humble address hsicsssi
presented to his majesty, imploring him,
out osa tcmler concern for the lives of his
people, and to (top the farther efi'uiion of
blood, that he would be graciuufly pleased
to issue his royal proclzznmtion to cmpower
the commander in chief of his forces 'in
America, or the cnmmifsioners, or com
miflioner (is any such should he sent) to
receive, within a realbnuble time, ctthcl'
before or after the arrival of the troopssssi.
now about to embark, any petition pre-f