The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-05-16 00:00:00, page 2

15 08 T () N, Apri124.
Usifl)i\Y l-st arrived & l'rcnch [lip of
20 gous, from Buurdeaux, laden wish
drv goods, hardware, wine. &c. &c.
Alsu a state (hop srom Msim'rsiicu, with
powder, arms, salt. &c.
S'almc day arrived in a safe port at the
eastward, after a pussfge- Fd-ncr months,
a vessel from Nanzz, in France, v iih a
valual-Ze carg ), among whic'x are the sul
lowicg, xiz. 58 pieces ( s ;,msi cannou
with carriages, clothing for to coo men,
tents for lo.ooo men, 10 runs ofp-xwctkr.
57ootst1nd Of armfi, :! quantity of lead
and hall, and aqu-ssnni yushl-m'siels. ()umc
pzsseogus'm the above Vcsscl, a colcml and
34 ("sheers c-fthe tr-sih
Also apzizc blig, wsiuh bees, butter. and
p01k, bound from Cprke 10 New Y-sisslk,
taken by cnpt. Robert Parker, srom Pons
momh. ,Ncw llmusshirc. _
A ship lrom Hondnms. with lflgwo'ssd,
takenby capt- silk. belongi -g tolbi. ltsit: ,
is safe anived at s;i.ssl port.
Samc day was sent into a safe port at
the southward, by capt. Smilley. in a
brig belongin tothc flute of Cunnecticut,
a brignm'me (gem !rdand. bcuud lo Anti—
ua, with a valua'sizlc cargo ol'bcef, park,
utter, &c. &c.
Cape. Smedlcv has also sent into an
casiem port a ship srom lrehnd, bound
to New York, Will]. a valuable cargo of
provisions.
A ship from lreland, bound to the T'Vcfl:
lmlics, i srnt into another soutlurn port;
as is also arrived :1 shig from some part of
France, at the same port.
Monday was sent into a slsc port at the
eastward, by capt. Sl-immer, in :: pra
tear belon 'ng to this state, a (chu-oncr
from Gums? bound to Barbados, laden
with fish and uil.
FISH KIL L, Will)! I.
AS (" Frldzy ascernoon upwards of 20
. lpjl of men of war and transports slp
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pvared coming up the sound from New
York, and soon after came to nnchvr near
inrjiekl, in Connccticut; and in ilsie even
ing about 3000 of the enemy land;.d at a
place cullcd Compoo, about 6 miles west
of Fairsi-si-ld, and eaxly next morning
marched to D'mbury, which place they
se: On fisse, and great put of it is
entirely consumed. They likewise cook
psiss [si m of the coutinent-xl {tures at that
lace, w'r-ich were very, considerable, and
destrcyed them. The enemy used some
of the iuhmisimts with great barbarity-.
They were attacked in thuir resireat b) a.
'parcy us mil'uia, and lost about 200 knllcd
knd taken prismers. General Woustcr,
we are t- ]d, Zs badly wounded. GenerJ
Arnold had his horse shot utuler him.
C-Jloncl Limb is stglrly wounded; and
about 13 others k'll-Zd, and some wouncsilul,
or on- people. she enemy turned all
night in Danbury. 'l'ryou (old the people
of the house where be lodged, that. the
troops would not have corn: there, lmd
they not bpen conductcd by our own
pcoplc; meaning, no doubt, the l'orics.
The enemy had g'dc back to their fln-gpiug
before. general M Daugal c'sul-J come Up
with them. We have not been dblc to
learn further particulars.
We learn from Ulster cmlnty, then a
number of.;rmnl Tories marsincd in open
day, thsiough Walksi-ll, and Lime Britain,
on their Wiy coj m: Howe's army. They
were pursued dy p Lrvics osthc militia, who
ovcrzonk them, k fled one, and took 16
or 2) of the n prisoners, amsmg whusin is
our: R-msa. their leader, a during Vill-lifl,
who h-ul, some xisne before. cssmductt-d
tum pzrsiim 01" 'Fonies tn New Yosk. [( is
siid 'nui " Ntronsiz am: mortally WUuuch.
We hear, (hw I-zhn Fell, esq; and capz.
\Vyn;--m. Van Z .:vdt, h-zve uuctly been
txksu by the Toricz in 'ss.\cw ]ericy, unJ
buried into New Yurk.
PHILADELPHIA, May 3.
] YadiicesxhisdsilysrumtheEastj..Hect-siz,
we is:.m that the encnn- are aban
dosinng Brunsssvick, having s'n: some of
their '.L mnnn and sinrcsis lo duced iihnd ;
mid thn Corn,.m] 'sski-siuxr huusi scnt ail Lis
surnimre smm Amh-n- to New York.
Sicknrss :mnvnsisis't the H: Hizm (Zzlsiiirrs, and
th;- <xccssncte ("sicigvuectsiihe British. is siid
to be the occasi-m of this manoeuvre.
ll-W'N'WHR' (hit may be. we have anntifcts
i:1':hnce usflowe's declfning : general en
gsi'gemenc with W'sshingrsiu
she Pcrscus, an Esisisizash man of war,
h'ls taken ;: Frcnch vessel, m! um'mg 20
Luns, am! carried her into ])ssaminica.
Extract lfll lettcr/mm Mnrristown, datcd
the 281/1 anrpril.
" On Tursdnylhe 22d inliant, at ni;_-_ht,
a party osuur men, Under the commavd
oscdpt. Cnmhs, went uiehin the cm m)'s
lines, and took two scntineis, from whom
he ex'ortecl ihe coumersign. He then
went to an ack the picket guard, but one
of his men (lsisssctrlinp', the enemy were in
formed of hisintenuon, and. having pre
p ;rcd themselves, gave our people .: vry
warm re ccption; but. Combs, who is not
to be surprisu] by nifles, advanced upnn
them with soch spirit that he dmve them
inm' the guardhrzuse, srom v-hencc they
find through the door and win-sslows.
However, Combs ordered his men before
the door, which they instantly obeyed,
and rushed upon the enemy with charged
bayonets, who reccived us in the same
manner, but were soon obliged to call Rrr
qu-irter, upon which ihcy were all t'ctI-ssen
prisi—ncrs. The pickec gu'zrd consish-d us
two subfehcrns and 30 men; bmh the
officers and 14 men were killed, and 16
were brought in prisoners. ln the altack
Comhs was wouudcdin the Foot, and both
his subaltcrns in the body, but are like to
do well. lc is very remarkable- he had
not a man in the whole action kilIed, and
only three wounded, none of them
mortally."
'l'o "rus, TO THES.
\VANTED for his majexsiy's/crvicc, at
an nffiflant to his excclsisicnry general
Hsru'e and Hugh GJinc, printers and in.!) -
hshcrmslkzr New Tork gazetlcte, a gml/c man
who cr-n lie with ingcnuily lnq'cire rf
Peter Numskuil cump-g/ss and collcct-zr of"
lie: for their a-xcelctsiencics, at New sork.
N B Axood hand will receive the ho
nour ofkniy lnhmsid .
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WILLlAMSBURG, May 16.
Extract of a letterj-om Philadelphia; dared
Asuv 6, 1777.
VVO vessels, which were loaded in
France, on cominental account, with
military storcs, have arrived sasc at lhe
Eastward, one containing l*2,ooo shmd of
arms and other articlcs, the other 52 brsi'siss
sizid pieces with all their apparaius. be
tween 6 and 7ooo stand of arms, powder,
ball, flmts, tents, and clothing. Athird
is arrived at Nlarxiniquc, part of whsi:-s;.
carzo is got susc in, with 50 French cfctli
cm's, some of the si & dishnction; lniidcs
which, a ",iiploaded with suld'ers clothed,
woodens, and ]inens, on private accsunt,
is ,lsl'iVCd-*- —'shc pupcrs will insOi'm you
as an cxcux'sinn of'zooo us the enemy into
that part osConnecticuc adjuiuinp; the city
of Ne ! Yurk, where :hc people arc ail
'l'oriesi. 'isshcy deilr'ssyed one of nur mu
grazines, ];oo b-ssrrels of pork and bees,
u'isisih some other arciclcs. About 870 OF
the militin anm_vod them much in their
relrcut, and it is generally believed they
].dftctbcrw-ccn ; ;.vu'J 400 men. Our loss
was very trillingct—We h'U'c now evnry
nzcessnv For an army iuissficicnt to drive
H'wvc am}. lri'; Myi midons i.")!fl the son, and
it is not. dcubred hair. our gctilzmt country
men will Hep shr-h tu accomplish lilO de
iisiub'cte work. Lcc me add, that the hos—
plmis arc provided \\ i'sih the best ph) licizms,
and every o'hcr neussnsiy for th: troops,
..-M )flcziJl-sizsilug of 50! do, ] hc-pc. will be
ssincec'isizy checked, by ssi-scrc pen;.hics on
tue ; lfcuders, those rapac'u us vuliuscs who
would ag-gmm-hsc (heunle-lvcs on the spcih
osthc n-si-Ce llitous, and bring xuin ou khdr
counlr) ." '—
An rctxpressurzi 'edintownthiswcekfrom
col. C.;ristsiqn, with Jclxice that 90 Lhero
kee lndims, amongst them & number of
principal headmeu and warrissiurs, had
cnmsiuto Fort lieurctv, near the Bsigifl znd,
who appeared to be in a vcl'yfsi'1c5u13w (list
position; (hat Uncznsistuza and thf- Lit-silc
Ca] pen 'sicr, with upwards of 40 muse, hctd
sit :,ut on a x'si; to the Caverncur and
(;.zuncila: fi'iffiawlburg, and may be cx—*
pe ctkd in a few dx'ys; and that there was
to be a great mecting of their chief: in
the month osjsillv, u- hnld a conference,
among them the ])r gging Cmoc, who
has been the chiJ' promoter of the lure
distuctrbnrsscvs.
By : vessel smm Cape Nichola. just at—
rived in North Carnlina, we learn that a
Vc ry bluo 'y LngsiIsi'ss'PlllGln happened off lhc
Male, a little vsi h'file bsssscrc she s isscd, be
tween :: French sligatc of 36 and an Eng
lish fiigatc of 28 num, wherein the French
v ss] was much (haunted, loli 60 of her
h'mzls, am! was obliged to rulum into
port. '] his ; sslil' had greatly exzspcmted
the people al Cape Nichoh, whsi) vrclenlly
wished for a war, and it was expected
daily.
'l hc Hon. C-mgrcfi have recommendcd
to the ]cgisia' urcs of the several states to
ex. mpt lrom mxlitary duty all persi n': in
the nxishia who are or [hail be empl-si'yed
i sicaflivg shot and manusactuctring military
stores of every species, while such Persons
shsisill be cmpioved in Did service
Death: ] Doctor josnu M*ADAM,
j-m. late l'u'ct'g'con's mate in the 5th Virgi
nia regimfsinc. llc died wirhmuch Chris—
tisim sortimde, ?nd len t.) his cuuntrymeu
an example of prudence and patrimism,
which we! e rendered shsil more COllspiClluu-I
by the honestx us izh heart and benigrizy
of his whole dfn'n-tment.
z'sivvzn'usisimm V.
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For 8 A L 5,
4 TstAC s Os L.\.*-D ivz the upper end
of Amhc" , conmir-inctsict; ,y; mares,
whcrcun is a good dwelctiinsi-j-hou'ctsi, si sisifsiih
cd, 17?" 18, &c.-3 uthm i'z- :.si'lsis. L'. :- :}zz re
(essz-sixon of a family, nifl- '. "..iss. &? arm! to
work 3 or 4 hands. (Jsi-sh, m si.'—si.-.'.-'-si_;' s":
gm-sss. will be taken 71! payvsieur. ? ,.r
te: mz apsi-Zy 10 th: shbsch!=: r. .- <—-. *__.-,.- prss
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w-ssssssi suflml, s}: utK l—T'zsiizsisii ct.
Y- m, ]WJ) 15, 1777.
""si" IKE members of the for}: rich cem
pctmy arc her: by reminded. that
M-vmlmct iHr, 26113 of this month is the day
appended ssizsir a grncral meeting, when it
i< hoped all subscribers n'ill attend at mr.
Fame: Saulhall's in lViliimmburg, or de—
pu'zc shm; pc .: son to vote sorthem, as it is
pnsspz-ibd to increusisc the stock.
(2) W'lLLHM REYNOLDS, manngcr.
forty DO]. LAKS Rewurd.
Esilfil'si sEl) lssrum mv rcc1uils, Thomas
Lunsscsi/i, v- lm has si..cc ehlzsted under
lnsiut. Pagct of the troop of hOlsiZ- The
said Long-st has received (he full bonnn ;
and Isuuc Hudgin who has been carried off
bv one Croclecsilt us Asarylawl. The said
Hudgin has also 'sinlilicd, am] passed a re
cim for the full buuntyss ] hnpe mr. Pagc
Will take care to leave Lorgsifsfin this Ham,
s) that he him my rccnsiim. The llsiid
Crackett is hereby harcwss-amed From carrv
ing the said Hudgin m sm, as he shall sus
scraccorciiusijy. 'l'he sibnve reward ] vss'dl
[Live to any one tlzt'is. hill ucliv: r tho.- ;cthm :
drsertcrs m thss: Cuumznudiug oshcer in
sizsi.';:'m:1J-'sii; urg.
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