The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-11-29 00:00:00, page 2

_*m'\y :mive bcsurc him. lszh'y sh'lii be
H'pzmsi-d, with prmssnss-r spirit and sufficient
t-uzsiubsisiis, zxt tlas—ir sizlsii; nppmsctch, there is
mv ;;ssrc-atcst l'CsiAsUll' to expect their views
um in;.iliy b-si- dcscutcd; and they win (x
z-siei'iwce, to their cost and dilgrace, that
on no part osthe comincnt they can make
an impression. They have been already
cbiiged to abandon Cgsiown Point, and
retire into Canada. ".
_ It is in vain to hope for lenity from your
inveterate foes. Their tender mercics
are cruelty. Thc property of those who
have actcd as their friends is not safet- than
that of those whom they consider as their
enemies. Devastation of every kind
marks their footstcps .
Congress will do every thing in their
power to strengthen you. Expresses for
this purpose are already sent off to the
neighbouring states.
.. Every thing- dear to sreemen is now at
lich. The freemen osPcnnfylvania will
undoubtedly discover the spirit and zeal
which their country expects, and their
critical situatidn demands.
BENJAMLN Humsox.
'JAMES WlLSON.
EDWARD RUTLEDGE.
FRAN c1s leHTFoOT Lu.
Arms}, Psit C 1-1 A ]! !) P ET ERS , secretary .
Nuv. 16- The fleet which lately sailed
skom Nesiw York, and took its courle to the
suuchward , with the appearance ofa design
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to entcsir Deiaware river, after keeping that
course for so me time, suddenly altered
it, and are gone to the Eastward, suppos
ed to be bodnd fbr England. The appre—
hension, therefore, of an attack on this
si- city, is now entirely removed, and the
march of the associators is countermandcd .
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WILL ,1 A MctSBU RG, November 29.
ON Monday ari expresi arrived from
Congrcss to the Governour, enclos
ing, a letter from general Green, dared
.Fosirt Lee, Nov. thh, to that honourable
body, which contains the followingad vices,
viz. That he was informed by :: sriend
who fled from Staten island, that :: body
of 10 ooo troops, under the command of
lord Dunmore, were embarkcd for South
Carolina; which intelligence he obtained
by a man of credit and ,truth from New
York, the day before he went off . He
farther informed, that a large fleet lay
at the Watering place on Long or Staten
island, ready to sail for England. said to
confist of me sail.---That our prisoners in
the cnemy's hands are in a verysssussering
situation, having only, itis reportcd, half
a owance of bread and water.-—-That se
veraPshirmjshes had happened wun the
Heflian's on York ishnd within a few days,
in which between go and 40 privatcs had
been killed and wounded, and one officer.
---That on the loth our people had an in
terview with the Hesiians, who ackno'w
ledged they were greatly imposed on by
their prince, and promised to desert as fast
as they can find opportunities; they said
they were then on halsallowance, and that
.the British light horse were perishing for
want of prov ender.
And on Tuesilay night an express arriv
ed from col. Christian, with despatches
to lfis'ExceHeflcy, advismg of his having
returned with his :sirmy from the Cherokee
country, asterconc'nuding a treaty oi'peace
wiih ()ucanastom, and three other chiefis,
on the part of the whole nation, in their
capita] csChnte, the particulars OF which
are as follows, viz. All captives in their
towns, white or black, to be delivered up,
those belonging to VirginVa by the Ioth of
Fchruary, at lhe Long lfland, and such
as were taken from the flates of South
Clro'ssina and (; orgisiz at or near Keowee,
as soon as psissxble ; besissik's the horses,
eats,]e, nnd properzy of every kind they
h'.l\ (: tsixken siom the inhabitants, or their
Vazlue, to be asccrtaincd by comnf-flioners
on both sides, who are to meet for that
pfirpos; at the Long lflcmd. No white
people to be entertained .by the Chcrokees,
after they are denmndcd to be dcsivercd
up to the states ot'Amcrica. All matters
relating tnlansls, boundassrics, trode, agents,
and people rcsidihgamon stthe Cherokees,
alliances, mnrch'mg armles through their
country, and building sorts therc'en, to be
wholly submitted to the Virginia (tate,
with any number of their own chiefs, not
exceeding five, to determine. War 'to
cease, and peace, harmony, and brotherly
affection, to take place. For the faithful
performance of these articles they agreed
to deliver up 15 hostages,si such as cul.
Christian should demand OF them; to be
exchanged yearly, for such others as the
Virginia state may require to be put into
their hands.
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Col. 'Uhmtzan tnongnt proper, ocrore
he set out on his return home, to make an
exwmple osthree towns under the influence
of a chief Called the Dragon Canoe, who
was the principal cause of the war; and
one other, called Chilhowey , where a white
prisoner of ours was lately purnt. These
he utterly destroyed, but dld no other da
mage to the Indians, whose perfidious
conduct, on many occasions, might have
justified a more rigorous chastisement. It
is to be hoped, however, that the colo
nel's humnne treatment of the favages,
when he had it s?) much in his power to
distress them, will render abortive any su
ture machinations of such incendiaries as
Stuart and Cameron to stir. them up to war
against. the United States.
On Tuesday last the remains of our late
amiable and beloved fellow citizen, the
Hon. PEYTON RAHDQLPH, esq; were
convc *ed in ahearse to the College chapel,
atten ed by the worshipful brotherhood of
Freemasons, both Houses of Assembly, a
number of other gentlemen, and the in
habitants of this city. The body was re
ceived from the hearse by six gentlemen of
the House of Delegates, who conveyed it
to the family vault in the chapel, after
which an excellent oration was pronmuvced
from the pulpit by the reverend Thomas
Davis, in honour of the deceased, and re
commending it to the respectable audience
toimitate his virtues. The oration being
ended, the body was dcpusitedin the vault,
when every spectator pa) ed their lust tri
bute oF tears to the memory of their de
parted and much honoured friend ---may
we add, to whom he was a father, an able
counsellor, and one of their firmcssst patri
ots._ The remains of this worthy man
were brought thither from Philadelphia by
Edmund Randolph, esq; at the earnest re
quest of his unde's afflicted and inconso
lable widow. Thev were, when united,
apersect pattcm osfi'iendship, complacen
cy, and love. No wonder, then, when
separated, that the survivcr should deeply
bewail her irrffparable loss .
Capt. Nicholas Guest arrived in town
this week from col. Christian's camp, whsso,
vsc arc glad to learn, has fully made ap
pear, by sundry depul'itions, his inviolable
attachment to his country during his resi
dcnce v sixth the lnd'ums.
Three salt vessels, and a French brig
from Cape Francois, with a vuluable car
go os woollens, linens, and other. dry
goods, besidcs salt, are safely arrived at
Hmupton. The captain of the French
vessel informs, that there are four frigates
of his nation cruising off the Cape, t') pro
tect the Ameristan made; that upwards of
20 more French vessels, with large cargsdcs
of goods, may be daily expected at dis
ferent Americau ports; that an admira},
with a large fleet of men of" war. was
shortly expected at the Cape, under the
duke de Chartres; and that the French
iilands wcrssc full of troops, all which
arrangements render it highly probablc'
that we may mon near mmc msixpurcauc
news from that quarter.
]: has been determined "m General Cou
gress, upon r'e-considclinsi their rcsoh'c us
the 16sisih of September. that all non com
miflioned officers and suldic—rs who do not.
incline to engage their service during the
continuancc of the present war, and shall
enlist to serve three years, unless sunne:
discharged by Congrcss, shall be entitled
to and receive all such bounty and pay as
are allowed to those who mhst during H-c
continuance of the war, except th:- zco
acrcsoflzmd , whichis to begrumecf. Lo [how
only who cufist without limitatinn (:f'timc.
Extractosa lattcrfi'am Philaclelphh , Nov. 19 .
" This mumcm an express arrival to
Congrcss, with advice that the em—m_-,'s
whole army, pulling down to New York,
attacked Forc Washington by storm, zuz-sil
carried it, but with what expemp- wc crm
not yet tell, as we have not the particu
]ars ;sibut as. the siring' cominucd long and
heavy, it is supposed they met with great,
loss.---This seems to be the Lcst sh'okc lest
for general Howc this cmnpaign. L'is
manoeuvres mfl how end, and with dis
grace, astersi e monstrous expense and
enormous Force usfl-is ! (zfnct "
An act to untizle the late shcrqss of the e
counties u'lzssc/z have not recammemss'esi-l
eriff: to act, until other: can be reco'm—
mended and qualzfied
HEREAd by an ordinance passed the
W last Convcmion, entitled An ordi
nance to enable the pre/ant magistrate: and
a mer: to continue the admini/tration ofju/Z
tiee, and for settling the general mode of
proceeding: in eriminal case: till the the s ame
can be more amply provided for, it is
ordained that. the shcrisss then in office
should contince to act until the 251h of
October last past ; and whereas many
of the councy courts have omitted to
nominatc'proper persons for that office,
within the time prescribed by law, where
by justice in those coumies is, and may be-,
greatly impeded: -
BE ittherefbre enacted by the General
Astbmbly of the commonwealth ofVirginia,
and it is hereby enacierl by the authority of
the same, that each of the several county
courts that have sailed o_r omitted to
nominate psirupcr persons for the office of
shcriff, as asoresaid, shss-d], and they are
hereby required and directed te} nominate
and recommend three persnns of". their
body to the Govemour; out of whom he,
with the advice oshis Ptivy Csiounci], shall
cvmmisiion one to execute the said office
of shesriff. '
AND be ztjarther enacted . by the authority
aforqsaid, that the lace sheriflsss of' thule
counties where the courts have sailed to
nominatc ctproper pershns as asoreshid
may, and they are hereby cmpowcred to
cxccute the office of shcriff until the per
suns nominutcd and commisiioned under
this act be duly qualified; and where in
any such coupty the late sheriffis dead,
refuses to act, or is incapable ofhold'mg
the office, the court shall appoZnt out of
their own body some sit person to act as
sheriff pro tempore, who, upon takinzthe
oath prescribed by law, and giving secu—
rity for the performance ofhis duty, (hail
be vcfl'ed with all the powers and authori
ties belonging to the szid office of ihcriss,
until the sh'ul person,, or persuns, to be
commishoned by the G-zn-crnqux' und- r'sihis
actin manner asoressizffl, be dn'xy (]unliiicd;
psi- PROVIDEDnsi'zss'crllzcsg'}, that (he said
]atc shcssr'zffs of such coumie-s as have sfikd
to nonjnnte as :xforc said, or in case osthe
death, refusal to act, or inability fsii'ssanv
us she said late shmsiZiT-s, "he persu'z, ur
persons, to be nppui'Hx-sil pro tcmfm'fl, HHH
not cominue in office, or exr-a—cZsi'}: t'ma
powcrs :md authoriaics hereby silver: th m
for & Ionger time lh-m one n'umh :zi'z-sisir
the first court held sor shal:cou:zzisi:<.z : z'
LHLLsi
lively. .