The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-09-27 00:00:00, page 5

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!) ZLBULZ li.), that iz-si- cmmnsi..1c- ; ,.1
' Ksi or imc}. I mucc, mid: hL-sslucncy ;nl
An
eki si. .: :.1, siomouc pmc to :1 m'siherui t .is
excc :;i*1ss. c cpnf. hent , is cficu'sizrsilly requlxim
to its (Lusirssty tha' therefore there be m
n'nss. ed on the scvszxd post rouds, & risi ler
.! ur every 25 or 30 miles, whose business" "
shall be to [)Z'CCPCd to in :: ltasgc three luncs
_ m a cry \' cck, (ctuusiffo. 1! immc .!zzztelv 0: 1
rpcc'pt of the: m {ii, and trme'sii'mg wi'
the sun:: by nsizzrht and by day, without
_ sto oping, until he shall have chL crcd it
to the next flies; and that csivcrv pnct—
mzsEcr-ssgeucml 'uz: desired, (it} er "by; the
use of way lh'silis, or bv such czhcr them::
as he shafl (izsi-ss. must cssicxcious to prevent
delay! in the risiinrs, or to discover nhcrc
they hazsimm , that such amatory ridcrs may
be dissi'h urged . _
And (with rc-silafisifc that th: dcputy post—
m1sters ilmuhl {.CECfld with pusztf'tuct'fity at
their several office , for the scccsilsif-L aqd
delivery of lovers,
Rq/"olvasissl, that it he recommends-I so
the Assembf'ctts final Couvcntions as l.!usc
lines te) caniiJ-ss-r how sat it may he cum
sister": with the Ptlsicy and'gqod of' their
respective states to excuse she.] dcpuxy
p-zitd'msters, smzn those publick dm'irzs
aich fmy cast them srsiofi' attsmlauca at
their offl-chs, and to proceed thcz'c'uz as to
,shcir wiszlozn shall ssscn'l bees:
Lssxct'ract from the minnsi'es,
CHANL-s 'momsiczsi i'ccrcmrfj.
.In e-uzi'cqucncsie ofthe i'czrcgo'mg' rcsush
lion ofctCungrch, " For isihc more.- fZ'cqucnt
and speedycom.uun'lc-zt'xonos'mtelligcucc,' '
?cc. Wfffliam Gudclard, esqsi; surveyor of
the General Poit Office, arrived here un
Saturday morning ]ui's, un his way through
the northsizru states, in order to carry into
immediate execution that necessary and
_'Isnpurmnc bulineli.
We hear that she desisimty postmzzfi'er of
this city hath re—Crss—zved. orders to remove
his office innuediuciy smm Dolzlz's Parry
to head-quarucrs, so that the: obi'sitz'uctiun
lhsiu c-ctrw—{pondczzce hzuh lately mec wizh
will now in a gvssjre-rr. measure .zc removed.
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PIlI L A :) r; L 91; 1 A, S-ss-pt. 17.
_ l-'ridsi1y last arrived here from Mus
() tfnicss) the cmrsiincutal ship of w:.r she
Rc'pt'zsctl, Ls-uubcrt Vv'crks, csq; com
m m.:icr. ()n hoard (zisisisctid ship came pas
sing'ms {Tez'ez'ssil French officers, who w:
but are strux:gblyrccommendcd to th: Hun -
th: Conssrrss by the sisncmcur os M usisii
nicn. One of them, it is said, is an ac
comp'i'sishzct'sil czsizginccx'.
The [incurable Contsncntal Crsimgress
have promotcd she colsimc'es Gadsdsn :.zml
Mssmitric, of'Srmth ()zxrchsizna, and coiozz:
Mackiutosh, of chrsiin, to the rank of
bxigzzdicrs-gess-sicral.
Un 1 .nnmay evcmng =!" (: rn day mrr'z
in}; the lsi-Iou. Ben-zmin Iranklin, jclm
Ad. 'zms, and Edwsixd? udcdgc, escn' me:,
returned to (I: is c-ty from Statcn iilz. 1d,
Where thcv spent. (! rcs hours m :4 1. ousc—
rcncc 'm 'siu.m*d Home. :pon tsic u'tsijccr s;('
ais p'si upositlons to t'le Conzress. Vv'e
(In that his lord1 lip poise us no of. er
nnn'cffi zn accnmmodate the dis m". e be:
tween (".-: m.: Briram asizzit' :e U—niL-rd pint-sscs
man muse me. nflsimcd m ths. acsi OF the',
asi-htin: pemm s'n mz' appoint'n'siss * (Ts.1z'si"ctsi Li—
('ss'fje'si's so "to. .vupcz: :siu'zm, ccc. 'w-sse l- 'jn-z
in ( .;rsi 'I'ii Is:'.'.a' so (Asrs wzsh tn. pardcuisius
of this-Csznlm'cm-c in our next.
Since our hsict a wiss! arrived in x'ctsispnrt
wish zcooissnshz-(x ni Did. Thc's'uu'la. cfsiit
Was Zsiuurrzi x—ctdy hang] ( n'.) b'f & rdz-zct
d'fl'a msirch: ssL Os thsss ((tv. V'pctfi is nmsi'
si' ('mss (t out in (mail qusssimirs, af. ;: very
'.
moderate adss'asilcc, {or the bend}: .cs !;GC
publ'uk. ,
On sis'szi'uzy'sizst 1nss:_=,siv'si-si;;eucrnl Pz-siscut and
lss1'3,2',si"si"—"'pz-rz'u.!sicsid ?u'ljsimald set off sum.)
'sssfis sisiny L'si'r {xx.-w Yoz'k, in order to bc cx
(:qungfid i'ox' msijur-gcnem] Susswan and
brijct-sisisixdiczss-geuch lord Si'u'l'mg, as men
tioned in our last.
Several letter: From France mention the
'iesi'y fi'xcnzily dllpc-Eiliun us the ccss-m't ;:ml
]si pplc .)L'Lsinxt kingdum LOW anis she Unitcd
diiiitsiS. '
Lthers received lately from France say,
that their harvclf was likely to turn out
Very indifferent. '
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VV lL L i AplZ-B U R. (), qut. 27.
ENCTZ our last two vu'siscls have arrived
Lj at llumptcsiu, nnc with 830 bushel,- us
iklc, the other siwith ȝoc; 'and one is just
come up to jamcscown with 2500 bushcls,
and same fruit.
A small Bahimore privatecr carried into
Chingoteaguc, upon the Eastern Shorc,
the: beginning of last week, a brig srom
jamaica, laden w'nh 409 hogsssishcads of
shgsitr, and 140 hogsheads of rum. "
PAUL CARRXNGTOH, csq; is clr-ctcdss
Senamr sur the district of Churlotte, Hssa'sii
sex, xml Prince Edward, jonx Jouzs,"
esq; so:" that of ani'wick, Luncnlmrg,
and Mcclclcnburg, am! HBJHLY LEE, C'issli
for Prince H. iiliam and Fairsax. ss '
. Deflish] Mr. Brsi'jssar—nr: VVn:stssr.-_w,
_cn(5ssg;n in the ysh rcgimcnt, and eldest. sin:
of mr. Bavcrlc Wmlluw; a youth who
nohly stsppcd orch, at the early aglc of
18, 'eicrmined to risk his Iisc ]: his co ::
tr_ 's defence. Fate, however, lus du—
prn'efl him of'th-Lt Lsi'mc-ur, and hroussht
him !o the grave by ;! malignant fever,
to the incxpreffiblc sorrow of his inn;! pz
rents, the grief'ushis fellow sohiiars in che:
army, and of his arqussdntanccs in sitseueml.
I. A. DsiA M S 'l'iuPh' 14; N, q/ss']; brig'azlier
' general in :]w/Ervice asl/ctu U: .s'wcl Stale:
afAmcricu, the addrzsc of the officer:
qsthe 45.- Virginia battalion.
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T iz with henrt-sdt-satissvction that the
ufflcers of the. 4th baltaliuu Im'ss'c [xv.-:!
informed , than; the Hcm . Contimsiuml Cun
gress have bacn pleased to promch \_sio : to
the 'zuzk of a bz'igmli: '-gcz-1cral in the con—
tinez'sia} le-icc.
We conceive it a promotinn j-si! :Ty du:
to your merit; :xml permit us to eungm—
tu'lLLZC yousi cnshis cvcm, which we cordi—
ally hope may he ;;ttomsifcch with (ver: jus
sibls degree of lmzzsipizssss 'sio yoursi-H, ;siml
scrsfsc to the just catas; in wLi ): ycu
have so early 11li rmctj'fiy embarl.;—<f.
H'ken we reflect, sir, on the lind, she
inqugcm, thou h nsi-szy treatment, we
have: received whllfi under) our i.!r-uneclinia
eye, as commmdant us our bitmlicn,
v-ss'h-ssct-n we also consider with 'v'LJY, shcflhy
you cstrsibfishcd amongst w that disdsisisslsiinc
ar—J orzicr so eflbnz'ai to tie preisi-rvsiztfossxssx
nd silory or an army, we are :.c :1 lozs
whicu most m admilc, the psili'sic gcn .tlc
man, or me accomr-i. she si. officer.
By the rcsiulc "tion of Cozzgress, w : ssi'cr
wcsh :{iL bode" privcd of you, aithougb ::is
anmns X 01: 2 oft he most dchrabh: wishes
of our} -::_r: ;5 :0 lzz first] Lndc:*)'01_rnsi11msi_..
(: c'lesisi'zctz. :znzi command. Should ivc,
, bc w u;.sos£1::=:ztc as to {ib A our es":
si":
—'sissv:-si-" '— jkctht un L') us oc-cfiiiuu, we wuul l
Le
sssi- ....)
siw. 1 yr-u o I;;nsissv that thsict: officers of th;
b.;1:u.';otz, hit ;] 'nm: to rm>!ct<.*_ wit.:
grulimdc and Ye. {sees, xss 1! dcmu'siiy i.!zn
piorc th :: d'zvinu' near. : Far \ our ssiietssy and
]zbotc fling, "m .xuntucr 11). .t of tum sica
th: fz'nicc of th; l' -i (a} State: thczsi'sct.
n-av rcqumc yon.- presemc.
ssPoxrsmocTu, (sect!!! 19, 1776.
BrigazsiIJ-fr 5 '1' psi. ]) U 15 N si. : 'A/q/dn',
(Sz-TLET-sinsi', si'ss
"I AM scuisix'sizlc osthe :onnur done me, !) !
___ your sri-ctukb' and :xffcctvoxmt address.
In the comi'e used} my scrz'x-sie (and this
is the tweffih campaign) ! have seldom
met with officers ib warmly aitachcd lo
the service, or _s0 auxious and atsit'emiv'e to
find;,- thcir dlzty; '
It is owing to you, gentlemen, that
dischhnc has been c-ZT'nbhshcd jn the regi—
nzcz'si-t, with so much sncishy.
The harmony that he.! shbsistcd in the
coz'ps, and yourcsszcmpssin'y conduu to the
soIch-rs, have xyzdc :nc easy and happt'
m Ui-L' command. ct
I will be cvcr interested in thcbchavinmsi
_ of the 4th battalion; anU am firmly per
shadsd, that, when opportunity offi-rs,
tlzcy vx ill difLiss-guish themselves in the most
honourable manner, in the sirvicc ef'the'
United States.
That your nrdcur may he tcmpered
with prudence, and your essurts crowned
.with succzsis, is the ardem wish of ss
Gentlemen, -
Your mofl: assccti'dnntc humble servant;
ADAM S'l'EPLlEN'A
Pox'rsnmv'm, Sept. 19, 1776. si '
M.. . ss
NQRTHUMBEKLANDCOMIZY.
Iv (: O M M l'lsiTEE. from 18, :776si.ss".
" NVU) Ball, David Bfissll, jun- 'I'l'lomcfd __
Waddy, Bctrtlmlomew Darnckosinf
and George Bed], be'nfg sumntoned m ap
pc'ur lvrsure th'u- cnmmiccce, al )Cl'silsslzl
lixfiwsctcd of bcteinp; inimical to the {ibcctfflcl
of Anucha, appeared; whereupon ctl-hc
oath puscrihed by the Hon. Comeution '
to be taken in such cases was rendered to'
'hsicm, whi-ss-h cheyscvemfly refused to takb
az-zsii suMLssx-ibe. ct' .
IZsi;/blztcd, that their arms and ammtmib
tion be taken from them, and that they
deliver the jhmc according], to Charles
Lcc an'! Thomas Edwctxrds, gcnzl uucn, to
be nsit-praisi-cl, used, and applied, as 13 ('1
rccted by the (Jcneral-Congressis', in tluit
resolution of March thc 14th last. And
at :! mecting: as she said cummiflec, at
:}.z: cnurthuusssc us Nnnhmnbcrlmd county
usczsizsisfzid, tI'sisic lnt'n os Scpzcmhcr then
new.: Rflluuctnzjj, th: (laid Charles ch and
Thomas Y'dwuz'clsia rr'r-nrsc-siql', that llzcctv had
rccsi-Zvczi sum: thedsisifksscbied pdrscnx zsnrc—
sctsiusii ifzsi'x'sisi' mad: ::znl :ummmsiuion, ofu'hich
:m imsicntuz'y sin;! nppruifiucflt are us fol
lu'f- 5, Nil'.
From David Sal, 1 gan, los. ! ouncsic
of;}:wssisi-r, and ] } ("mucs (if}cm], 84}.
Fx um .ssimn—flizu'i jun . m n ;rlzzzza, 253. 6d .
From :7'1';v.-:ssct'::; Isss/adj-ZV, 'nnc ;sijm, :;r.
on: sunrd, :s. 6d. 3 c-urcc-s us powdcr,
aml :ibs. 6 mz'zsscsi's ()r'isihss't, 25.
From ];*m*tt':c.ss'r:zmsi:u D.;msrmz, 3 ounces
ospowdcr, and 15' ounces c.:"lcm'e, 15. 4d.
George Ball, nho is son tq fleic] David
Ball. juu. nu arms or :1:sinm:z_nsstctm.
Ordcrcd, thzsit the dark fcuzi a copy OF
thcsi: prrcccdiugs to the: puizlfck psintcss',
desiring him to pulzi'si'h tlctc lfiune m m:
Vlnsimm UAZETTL.
!OH-ss 1; TVOODF'HZ'K. css-rk.
Anvnlesz: \15.'1s.
WA/V '1 51.) 1M ctuLsiu/ctusiz Lz".
six \".' OMAH cr- pablc os uczibrmin-r me:
L-Zizccosi ('JUS} l'ifsi'li !" & iuagcntecl
fxx ,}; 3 ; ..si-ssnlsuavaricn s! HOU? 'EHOLD
Ell?! {'iIULUZ, punfiouhfly !BLZDS sur
n'sshsd if ;)0. ;:nlc. ' {nquirc ulsi the I' (. 't; r.
Wll.l;\.*-1.uuxc, si—silsisst. :si), ups).
/\ I.]; psuun i'xazotcsi. {c.ss .xr'iclcs pass
ctb clmfsid :: t. is: s-ct' <: 0! [is: his :.sirs.
77: s'u's cflcz :e. ' .11 s usirsiiul ton. zkctzzrnmchm:
sin vmcma m . fail;: ['a si:;,'j.sz cut lb.:
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