The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-05-23 00:00:00, page 2

L O N D 0 N, February 17.
EVERY preparation is making on the
' sizlc ofgovernmentin order to under
me cnsuing campaign in sikmcrica decisiva,
at the land forces are to be: considerably
auo'mcntcd, and double the number of
crmsers will be employed, the. more esscc
tually coblockup the ports of thecolonics,
and prevent their carrying on any tradc
at all.
General Burgoyne is expected to sail in
about six weeks sor Cannda, to which
province he will be attended by several
young noblemen and gentlemen as volun
teers.
Feb. 20. Two regimems or hamsi-Zksins
of foot are to go smm England this spring,
and the like number srnm lreland.
The above troops, with the mldidonal
German auxiliaries, will make a reinsurcc
ment of zo,ooo men to the army iu
Amcricasi
- . sl' l'. .
it 18 auertea lnat ;] mulcnges net um.
yesterday sorPetershurg, with instructions
for the British minister "it. that cnurt to shr
ward with all posiible expedizion the cum
pletion of the treat by which the em
press engages to urnish Great Brituin
with a body of zozooo men.
The bill to enable his mnjley to s: cure
and detain persons charged with high
treason in Amcrica, or for piracy'ou the
seas, was read a second time; whereupon
zreat debates ensued, which continued
rom 4 till a quarter before 9, when
the house divided: For the bill 195',
against it 39, mnjority 156. Thegallcrv
doors were locked the whole time of the
debate. The principal speakers for the
bill were, lord North, lord George Ger
maine, and the attorney and solicifm' ge
neral;. Against it, coloncl Barre, C. Fox,
and mr. Dunning..
Feb. 25. All the troops deflined for
Amelica will be emblrked before the zoth
of March, in order to be early in the field .
Yesterdny admiral Shuldham, lately ar—
rived from New York, was at court, and
had a conference with the king, and kissed
his majesty's hand on being created an
Irish peer.
Extract of a letter from Piymonth, Feb. 4.
" They tnlk of sitting up Storsiehonse
prison (used as such last war) for the
Americans that may be taken and brought
in here." \ ,
Yefierday the bill for detention os per
son: without bail or mainprisc, who might
be seized on suspicion ostreason committed
in America, or ospiracy on the high sezls,
was read :. third time, and pasied by
the lord: .
PHILAUELFIHA, May 12.
Extract of a letter from general W alhingtun
to Congrefi, dared May 5. 1777.
Y mzjur Troop, one of general Gates's
aicls-de-camp, and who left Mbany
on "suesilay last, ] am informed the ad
count: of general ctCarleton's approach
towards Ticondcmga were prenmlure.
He says general Gates received a letter
before,he came away from brigadier ge
neral Wajnc, of the 24th ult. in which
he mentioned nothing of it. That 3030
troops hxd arrived there, all in high spirits
and health, except nine, and that that
fast could never be carried without the:
oss of much blood."
Published by order afCangre/Zf.
(;HA. THOMSON, scc'ry
lNCONGRESS.
May 12, 1777.
ESOLVED, that the postmastcrs,
post ridess, ;ru' persons immediately
concerned in cunelmss'ting the business of the
post office, ought to be exempted from all
military duties, and that if. be recommend
cd to the legifl (tures of the different (late:
to exempt such pcrsnns accordingly.
Extractsrom thc miracles.
c H A. 1: 11 0 M 5 0 N, scc'ry.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 23.
Extract of a letterfi-om Philadclphia, dated
. May 13. 1777. '
A P'F. Weeks has taken a Lishon
pssnckct mounting [6 carfingc guus
an-sil 105' men., with three mcrehnnmzcn
unslcr c-mvoy, the whnln very valucblc,
aml c.1rried them into l'urc L'Oricnt.
Ourarmv n'. Tienndcmgn, by lustrctnrns,
w )s upwards us gcoo cffsi'dtivc Men, and
zooo nn rct; were on their mznc'l ""O-me
rsi'sil v'xffsifhinss-si-mu lus ut lean Umo rr si-ss-u'ssnrs;
he: has hid out his camp only (( ur mvlca
from Brunssi-ssick, and wan w mkc che sizgld
as this thy. [11 He notaduul—t but s-sime
thingr material wi?! hippsll in 8 or lo (lays.
---We are all in high si-sin'its "
.-\ bill was pasi'sicl in [he. British House
OFCUmmons the 17Lh of Februury lust,
wherein it is clccreed, that all and cury
person or persons who have been, or (11 si]
hercastcrbe, lsisiZz-ssd and taken in the ad of
nlg'il treaten, coulunucu m zmy un um
nt;si_jz;sty's culonicsis or plantssuliuns 'm Ame
ric-sit. or on the high scaxs, or in the eft of
psinsizcy, or who are or ssihzsi-H be clmrgrul
with, or suspcdtcd of, the cxhne us lzigh
treason, committed in any usthc said co
lun'lcs, or on the high seas, or of [:ir3c3',
or who hwe been or shall he committed,
in any part oshis mujcsty's dominions, For
such crimes, or any as them, or for sus
picion (us such cnimes, or cithcr of them,
by anymactgistrate havingcompetent autho
rity in that behalf, to the common jail,
or other place of cousinement, shall and
may thereupon ba securcd and detained in
sxse custody, without bail or mainpuise,
until the til: day of january 1778; and
that no judge orjnfficc df peace [hall hail
or try any such person or persnns without
order from his majesty's most honourable
privy cnuncfl, sighed by six of the said
plivy council, until the said tst day of Ja
nuary 1778.---And, by the laid biil, the
king]! empowered to appo'mt one or more
place or places oF confinement within his
rea'sim, for the custody of such prisoners,
besides, or' instead of, the cnmm-m jr-ils.
---si\ proviso is also made, that no
cffi-trces shall be consirued to be erac ,
within the meaning osthc act, exccpt e
lon'ves committed on the ships and goods
cfhis majesty's subjects by persons on the
high sczxs ---And the act is to continue in
force till the said tst (s jsmunry 1778,
and no longer. [chough this is a mere
bugbcar act. it {Ltves—to show what we
might expect !rom uur enemies is they had
u; in their power; but, as matters now
Hand, they dare as well eat thefir nails as
l.: shcd one drop ofAnuriczn hlcc-d, he
cz-iulc they we" know th'at 12 15 m our
power tu retalinte upon them.]
By a gentleman srqm ])umsx'les, we
have the following intelligence, which he
received from mr. Richctrd Grahlen of
that place, just arrived from Philadmlphiu,
viz. 1 hat general Stephen had wrote m
Cungrcsiz, that he, with :: dctuchmcnt of
contineutsd troops, attacked, two nsi.iles
srom Brunswick, on Monday the 12'sih in
stant, about boo Highlandera, who re
treatcd to a ikirt us woods} upon which
he pursued them; that they were shortly
aster supported with seven companies of
light infantry, and about the same time
he receitsd :! reinsorcement sufficient to
make th m run a second time, when he
pursued them & considerahle distance ; that
our truosin behssaved with the greatest "m
tctlepidiPY and bruery, upsim which the
general cougmtulates Congr: s. ; and that
the Highlvsimders were almost cut off,
though our lusis was very inconsidcrable.
------Mr. Graham likewise informed, that
Congress had published a rsi- so!ve, that all
interest sor money by them borrowed shall
be annunlly dischnrctged "m silver or guld ;
that upon this being made pnbhck, great
sums were daily bringing into the conti
ncntal loan office ; that bar iron ill! 3". 't},
few d1.ys 151. per tun, :md mzmv (alm
commodidcs in proportion; an-i that (,csisi
grcss is enabled to do this by a Lrssm [run
France.
Yclterday Gmokan. MAst, csi]; w-sss
elcctcd a mcmhcr of Ccznp; sisct, 'n lhss;
room es col. Thomas Nclshnss who h'zsisi;
religncd on account of Lia health; .uwl
the shllu-ssx'sing ;vsicfll'lfmcn wrsirr. ch. !} n. L-s
hall-nc us both flowscs Us Ass. mnly, '* :x-ss.
present this state 'm Gmerz-l Cunpr: s su
nne year from the lull nl' ,Xujssruit rv-ct,
vsi/si BENHMH: [[ARRlsoN,c'f'(1_3-7("
Be-k-lcy, GEORGE MAsoN, csq; ]nssim
joN us, est]; Fanchs LIG 51 rFuo smart,
csi]; mul joyn: anvm, csq.
Deat/u.] Mrs. l)-1RUTH Y F.].iz umsirn
'FAZLHVELL, spouse m Henry 'I':z wall,
csq; nsBruniss-aick countv. She was '\ very
amiable l.uly, anrl is desert sqdly regrettezl
by all who had the pieactn'c of her ac—
qu-ssmtalrcc.
_[ uusias mez FARLFY, esq; shsslclenly,
at tssw: house 01 Mssum [singe, "Ah]; in Clou
Cfflcr.
()OM-Z Dream, esq; one as the ctj- less.
gsssim-zs lZ-r Warwick ccuntv, in this, city.
M'.'.W1LL1AM Fuaasox, ct' New Kcnc
cc'ssunty, suddeffly, sin Tuckahu, in Gooch—
land,
Mr. Land: YVATKHH, ofSurry county,
in the 45 11 year of his age; who was a -
kind neighbour, a good hulbmd, and an
indulgsnt snthcr. He bare a painful and
lingering illness with the patience and re—
signmion of :: 'Chrssssfliznn, andsslest many
I surviving friends m hment the Iosis cshim.
. _______
Mr. Punnnr, _
]"l'lE British pirliamcnt, to fill up the
measure of (hzssir uilc and folly, have
psissed an act wh':ch, it carried into exacu
tion, must immediately put a stop to all
exchange of prisoners, and mzzy reduce
us 'w the cruel neccsiity os g'uing- no
quarter, as we' are to exncct nothing
more th'm a formal and dehberate mur
der after being forced 3000 miles from
the plklce os action. But. as we, know the
British king- is now above all law, and has
dclcgmed cta dispenlivz power to his vice
gcrcnt 1Iord Iluv e, may it not be womb
while for the Congrcss or general Wash
ingm-six to endeavour to put :: fiop to this
mischief, hy remonflrating to his lordship
against such an impoli'sijck and inhuman
mensilre, and by denouscing vengeance
against, and an cxact retafisuion on, all
prisumrs w} ich now are or hereafter may
be in (:ur powcr? ] shall only remark,
that this bloody act was psisssscd upon re
ceiving the nccounts of (her success on
Long "land and at New York, which
muysi show us what we are to expect if
cozctquered, and shouhl- rousc us to use
cvcry effort toss possess ourselves osas many
prsixshncrs us possdfle, ::nd 10 raise an army
sufficient immccizlely to crush shosc im
plssxcnldc uml shvage enemies; and let me
add, that ] trust our Assembly will forth—
with nppuim ashort day on which if our
qussffm ol'troopsi sh x'ul not he complete, the
deficiency of each cuunty find] be made_
up by a fair draught of Ohe mishia. "
this be nnt dame, it must he for ever ;sihso
lately lngsi-sict'sy 10 (sistct [hat any ('Msslfly
or clillrict xhsizll lsim-ush & certain number of
troops; and if it be adopted, We Hz ." Lc
ccrtuin us having our quota as men '2-1 she
sis-ld, and thereby have :) nz'ussi-u't us
siuifl-ing the: war this campzigu. ] am
your humble servant.
A Vmcmurx.
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ADVERTlSEf-IENTS.
!. XMhZIN will have go duHars :: munlhct
si hv applssing to me nt mr. Taint
Dixon's in G/(simc/ler, ;md lhc ln it encou
ragcmem vs-ZH be;;ivrzu to ss-- ;;m-d Msi\'I'E.
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