The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-01-31 00:00:00, page 6

l.}:cilay of drawing, and to be paid unuzlly at the said respective [oam
0 l. " '
An this lottery is elhblished for the sole purpose "of raising : sum of
money for carrying on the present jult w-cr, undeit-tken in defence of the
rights nnd liberties os America, m which every individual, and their
postcrity, will be so dee ly in*erefled, it is not doubted, but every m!
shend tn ha country wul] molt cheeffully become m adventures, and
thin the shle of the tiekets will be very rapid, especially :: even the
unsuccessful adventures will have the pleasing reflezction ofsi hlving con
ttibuted in a degree to the great and'gloriouo American cause.
The managers : pointed by Congrel'l are, Sharp Ddzny, ]ohn Pur
viance, Owen Btd le, David jaekt'on, jacob Barge, ]ormhan B. Smith,
"4 ]amee Sclsk, Who'are upon oath, and give bond for the faithful
diseharg'e of their truR.
The drawing of the first elass will begin at Philadelphia the loth day
of April next, or suoner, is ('ooner ful]. ct .
The public will he advertiscd n soon as the tickcts are ready for sale.
The man: erLart insh'ucted to sell the tickete for ready money only.
Pbi pbia, Deumbtr 13, 1776. '. . "
" lN (: 0 N G R 5 5 5, Novnuu. 37, :776.
" Resolctwd, that iobc recommended to the legilhturel of the United
State: respectively to pass such lawe ne will molt effectually tend to pre
vent the counterfeiting or forging the tickeu of the public lottery.
" " ' Extract froth the minutel.
CBARLES THOM'SON, Scc'ry.
P H ] L1A-DE L PH ] A, Yanuary 16.
ranson 'ofchsiaracter, who t'mty us: New Yotk, informs um
the uttnbinnu are greatly dinressed for me of sue], which um
so scarce that there was not a tree, fenee, or any piece of wood standing
for seven! miles back of the town; end that they had lTDpsiltcd cer
tain house: to that'use, et lent! fifty havin been already cflroyed.
jan- 17. Lal! siTuefday four troope to the Vir inia fight horse,com
manded by Capuitn Lee, Nelson, ]lmeson, aqd emple, arrived here.
Since the :ction at Trenton on the'zSth ult. our army have hid several
enga ment: with the enemy at Trenton and Princeton, the particular.
of 0 ich we have notctyet come at.—This much we can assure the public,
that within these ten days past between : and 300 prisoner: have been
brought to town, confining of Heslituu, VValdeckers, Highlandcnt, and
some British light horse. Our' lrmy in now advantageottfly KORCd at
Morrit Town, and are (! ily receiving reinforcementl; and t e tm-my
at answiek.-—ln our next we expect to have particulars of their ploeced
ing since their departure from Trenton.
le ! lately sent from the enemy wns to request permiflion to send :
under the hlanltento the llesiam lately taken prisoners, which was
immediately granted.
By letm from General Washingum's army of the Srh, loth, and ! : th
inflam, we have the following authentic intelligence. viz. 'shnt our
army marched from Pluckcmin, nnd nrnved at Morsis town ondte 6th;
that General Muwell. ,with : considerable body of continentassl troope lnd
militia, having marched !mrdl Elizabetb town, sent back for :: tein
forcemz-nt, which having joined him, he advanced and took possetsiun of
the town, end to Lde pritonen so'Waldeckers and 40 Highhndess, who
were quartend there; end made prize of .1 sehooner with ba g- and
some bl-mken on board. About the same time one thousand u eln of
full were secured by our troopl. at a piece called Spanktm. nbnut ;
miles srom Woodhrid e_. When : party of our men attacked the enem
at that place they sent or : reinsorcement to Woodbndge. but the He -
fialn atbsolutely tefused to march, luving head we were very numerous
it that quarter. The English trooctsiu Elizlbcthcttctown would not suffer
the Wzldeekgu to lhnd sentry at 'r out path, seven] of themsshaving
descned and come over to 05.
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BALTIMORE, jarzuary 21.
C 0 N G R !! 8 8 but "(&-of:! ill: ijo-un'qg intelligent: from the am!) at
Huckemin. in lb: Stale quew ]ert'ey, ]auuar} ;, 1777.
" the second insiant the enemy began to advance upon m at Tren-.
too; and, after some tkirmishing, the head ot'their column rcnchcd
the! place about four o'clock, whilR their sea. was " far back na Mai
denhead. The attempted to pes- Sanpinck creek, which rum- through
'l'renton, at disserent places; but findingthe fords gumled, they baked
and kmdled their life:. We were drawn up on the south side of the
crcs'k. ln this simztion we remained till dark, cannonang theencmy.
and receiving the fire of their field pieces. which did but ltttle damage.
" At 11 o'clock, after lenewinz our fires, znd leaving guttrds at the
b-udqc in 'sremon, and other passed, on the sum stlem above, we
muched by a round zhnut mad to Princeton. \Ve sound Princeton,
above t'umsc. with on'siy three ngimenu. end due: troops of light-hom
in it, two of ,],isih were on their match to Tnnton. These three regi.
ments, especially the two first, lmde a :ssllant tesifinnee; end, in killed,
wounded, and prisoners, must have lo me hundred men. Upwasds of
one hundred of them were left dead on the field; and with those carried
on by the army, and such :. were taken in the pursuit, and carried across
the Deleware, there are near three hundred prisoners, fourteen of whm',
are office", all British. , si, *
" Colonels !laalet and Potter, Ca tain Neal, ofthe artille , Captain
Flemin , who commanded the firh trginia regimcnt, and our or five
other va uable officers, with about tsi-venty five or thinty privatee, vsivese
[lain in the field. Our whole los: cannot be nseertained, as many th':
were in pursuit of the enemy; whom they chased three or four milcz, are
not yet come in. We bumt the enemy'e hay, and destroyed such othe:
things as the occasion would admit.
" From the bell intelligence we have been able to et, the enemy were
so much alarmed nt the a ehenston of losin their ot'et at Bruhswlck,
that they marched im ately thither from renton, without halting,
and got there before day. _
.Mmu town, jctum 7, 1777.
" The enemy have totaUy evacuated Trenton and Prmceton, and are
now at Brunswtck. and the several pol- on the communication between
that and Hudson't river, but chiefly at Brunswlck. _ 'sheirnumher. lnd
movement: are curiously reported; but all agree theusi force to be great.
There have been two or three little lkirrnishee between theu- partjee and
some detz hmente of militia, in which the latter have been successful,
and made a few ptisonenz the mofl eonsiderable was on_ Sunday morn,
ing. nea- Spriogfield, when I pr to Waldeekert were ktlled and woun
deQ and the remainder of the party, 39 91" 40. made prisoners, with a
offlccn. by a force not superio: in number. and Without reeeivising th,
least damage." Published by order of Congresl.
Cunuas Tuouson, Sec'ry.
]ltllligmt: received in C O N G R 5 5 S. _
Upon the evacuation of Elizabeth town, General Muwell fell upon
the enemies tear, made 70 prisonen, and took a parcel os baggage. ,
Cunus Tnonsou, Sec'ry. ,
. . Extract 4' cldur/n- Philade! bin. 7". ssi7ss '
" This day the body osthe worth and, vchnenl MERCER
was brought to this city, and into with the militai? honours due loct
his rank and merit. lo the death, of nether murder o thie Gentleman,
our country has lost a gallpnt officer and ;! vittuona citizen. His body'
covered with wounds and man led our sav enemiea, ,waa exposed
lo public view. After he had urce ered hi s, and had been carried
into an house. he ac uaintcd the enemy that he wn LGeneral ictu th.
service of the United tatcs; deas to the voice ofbumaoity and the in
of nations, they stabbed him with the bayonet, and with the butt en
of : muflcet batsered and disfigured his face. A Caytnin having received
a hullet in each thigh, ssbecamc : prisoner, but on bem insoumed that he
was an officer, he waa shot in the bredfi, languished Eve days and then
died, having teliilied an oath to this unmanl and barbarous conduct."
" General ]ohnson, with 1500 Maryiar. militia, ia arrived; they
march to-morrow." '
Exfrafl: q'lemnfl-m Princeton and Philadelphia. jeu. 7, 14, and I ;.
" Among the officers of the encm killed at Ptinceton, is a Captam
Leflie, nephew to General Leflie, an second son of he Ear] of chen.
He was an accomplished offic'br. General Washington buried him with
the honours of war. ,
" Princct—m is indeed : tieflitute viliage. You would think it had been
desolated with the pl_ague and an earthq'lzke, as well as with thecalami
ties ol war. The college and church are he: in of ruin. All the it habi
tants have been plundued. The enemy in ! eir advance upon our troops
through the ]eistes, called them the rebel armv; in their setveat through
the same jesties, they celled them the provi-nciale, and sometimes the
Contincnfli army.
" Maius General Grant, who commanded nt Brunswick, when Col.
Ronl, who was killtd it Trentnn, on the 16!!! of last month, wrote to
him (or more troops. to enable him to hold hit poli- on the Delaware,
he hughed fit his application, and sent him word that " He could keep
the whoie ]erfies with a corporal and four men."—N. B. 'Tbupm
Mr. Cran/ vwai (and in Sand: Caro/ina Col. Mid-ilemt ia lb: last war)
" Licu't'mnt Yatea, of Col. Read's irginia regiment, died on Fri
day lust nt Pct- inceton. The circumstances of his death omit: lttention ;,
in the aEtion on the zd iniinnt, he received : wound in his side which
brought him to the tztound. Upon seeing the enemy ndumce towmside
him, he begged stir qulrlers; : British suhiiei lhmpet', and after deli
hetately loading his muflcct by hie side, shot him through thcibreah.
Finding that he w'lf— liiil alive, he t'hbbea! in thirteen places with his bay-si
onet; the poor youth all the while crying for mercy. Up?" theenemy
being forced tot'cu'edt, ei'her the same or another soldiet', fip ling he was;
not dead. shpckhi-i with the him of a musiet on the iiiisse of hishwh,