The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-08-04 00:00:00, page 6

their most gratefu! acknowledgmcnts to col.
John Quarles of King \\'illiam, for the very
kind and hospicublc treatment they received
from him when on their march to and from
si'sissWilliamflnrg. / -- '
We lsieam that cos. EDMUND PLNDLrss-r'ox is
arrived from the General Congrcss, which it'
Was" thought would break up as lust sutuulny. si
- The ]uno; M'Cunn, in 8 weeks from Glas-ctss
gow,_ is arrived in Hampton roadct She brings
no news. -
——f>D'easitb_s.]' Mrs. MARY BLAcxstsi'rZN, tclict of
the late col. Richard thkburn; of'Prince Wil
liam councy. She was at mbfl: amiablcssl-ady,
and. diecx idal! adi-ctmsslced age: '
IN- G'O-N-V ENsi-T l 0 N,-- ]u LY 21, 1'775.
ICfT'ARD BLAND, est]; a— member of this
" si lConvensstioh, and one of the dcputies apsi
pointed (Ut'eprest13tsisithis culony in General Con
,sisiifll'orthgdx the Can-Vention-, that certain
false and" (Bandalous reports, highly reflecting on
him in his publick, character, had been prepa
g-tted ;, to Wisst, _'that\ he had made application to"
the earl of Qartsimou'th, or_somc of the ministry,
Man appoin'tmerisit to collect the taxes imposcd:
on Anterica by parliament-, and that, as an ib
.ducement to them to grant the same, had pro
mised to promote the designs of the niiniflry
against this Country; and alib, that his conduct
in Getferal Congre'siisihad been such that he was
obliged suddenly to decamp from the city of
hiladelsiphl'z. ,
-' That he had (Erved as :! member ofthe'Gene
tial si'ssAssemblyct for upwards of' 30 years; and hoped
I?! part he'had always publickly taken would
have {i.-cured him, in his age, from an imputa
tion lb. injurious to his character. That he car
Yestjy requested a full and publick inquiry should
ss- sict e made into the truth of the fitid reports, and
that th rev, Samuel Sheild, the rcv. John
Ilus and Samuel Overton and ]osi-ph 'Smith,
w si'he understood. had propngatcd the said
tsss, should be summoned to attend the (hid
iry ; and that every other person who had
and any thing of the silid reports would also
end, that the fitllefi' exaininatiou thight be
finde" into. the truth thereof.
_-_Refi_)I-ved, that-this Comssention will, on sriday
next, examine into the truth of the reports men
tioned in the saidinsormation. si
-_-. - 'ss-sispsi'jsitsitDAssY, osi'filly 28, 1775.
T H fishnssmion, according to - the order 9?
the—(laid Wpnctt into an examinntion of the re
! ffld to'hgvc bccn propogatcd to the preju
disice 'of Richactcd Bland, clil; assmcmbcr of this Consi
vcntction, ctmssd on: as Lhc_ dcputies appointed tp
tepresent this colony in Gcncrhi Congresis ; and.
after examination of the rev. Snmucl Shcild,
up:! the rev. ]ohn Hurt,, and many other wit
ncflZ-s. and a full inquiry into 'thc sinne, do find
the said., rcports,tn be uttcriysalli: and groundicsi',
and tending-not only to injure the [hid Richard
Bland in his puHick character, but to prejudicc
the glorious cause in which Amcrica, is now cm
barked. , . -
Rzsissil-uss-d, fulfiflffiflf/ct", that this Convrntinn (in
cnmssidc-r it as their ('utv in hear to the world
_Lhcir testimony 11qu the shid Richznd Diana} 'limtir
maniscsted himself the friend of his country
and uuil'osnfly flood forth an able asiLsirtcr ol'hcl:
rights and liberties. .
PEYTON RANDOLPH, president.
a copy
sfo/ssnsiz Tazcwell, (ler!- osshe Convention.
(; A M 15 it 1 1) (; it:}, 7u/y13.
AST [Eiturdn 'zy 11101 n ny ;, before day- light, a
L party of on] n en marched towards the
enemy s advanced guard on Bolion neck, drove
them within their lines, burnt their guard—house
(formerly the dusi elling-houfc of ml. Blown)
with iev cml continuous buildings, took two guns,
:: halbcrt, and :. drum. Not one of our men
was either lsiilled or wounded, notwithsianding
it hear) fire from the enemy slines, which were
within a quarter of a mile of the buildi n32;s w
(izt on fire. It is t raught several of the enemy
were killed or wounded. -
We have intelligence from Bosion, dipt sithe
enemy a] e much plealed with the thoughts ofhav-'
ing killed many ofour men when we drove them
within their lines, and burnt their guard—house.
Illajor Spendlov'e, lieutenznt Velncr, and lien
tcnant jarduin, secretary to general How e, with
many others, we hear, have already died of the r
wounds-, and that a great part of those who are
yet alive are mortally wounded.
Last fiiday died at Boflcon, of the wounds he
received at the ctss-sitle of Charlestown, the brave
dation of the delegaxes in ' "
Continental Congress, \\ as observed with the
utmost solemnity, by fasting, abffinenee,.- mind
devotion. In all the churches Were large ton
gregations, and excellent dis outf s'dihvcrcd
from the sweral pulpits, exprcffive of the truly
enlamitous situntion of this unhappy continent.
An exact acroutzt 31 the troops un le; general (Sage,
and of the provincid if.
Regular: 720'20 at Boston, - - - si - - 5000
One regimcnt of to; it: and ncgrou, - - ct 5oo
Ligl-_[-/107/Z', about ; -. . - - . - 200
4. regimmls c.,rpectcd [in"! to mount to. - . good
[if-vine; unknown," ire;/m}?! - a : -. _9_o£
Tow! ofmz'm'st rialzstr, - - - - 9100
. Maffaclu/sicttrfi cer at Cambrisidsiv 35, ? 13,(>ooi "
Roxbury, and out postf. - si
, ' Cmmcc'fic'ut finrc: at dmo, - '-" - "good
New Hsizmpsishirc ditto, at (liste, - - 1300
Rboch IJ-laud disto, at ditto - - ] 390
Tosal cyf/"rwincialx, - - [(],71'0
BcstJsi-r _/.'.;v *1 (21 (0 wpaniu [) am Comzectirut, on I/ss siir
way.
WlLuAMSBU-RG, Ausiguss/Z 4, 1775.
UN away, "a mnlatto woman flave named
JENNY, about 5 sect 5 orsix inches high,
and was formerly the property of mr. Emon.
Shc has shmc "18ka in her face, that-appear
blflrkcr than her skin. I hereby sorcwim all
pcrsons from lun'bouring or employinctg; her, on
any account. Very likely she may pass for a
free woman. VVhocusi-r bring}; her to the sub
(Lribcr than rccsiivc ::s.
],olu CARTER.