The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-06-28 00:00:00, page 2

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ss'vsi ss'ctsi'ct— ' "sissssijzfsi-ct , :sssi-ss- "'t-m ss- . -
kssmffigiw lmfl thesisibucchsifzofoordan;
si_;si':'-l_'pkcrcsict3re l.;o'siToxiEs' taken prisoners in
'sssi ctTryozl ;ounty, and sent down to Alptmy.
F'F'WQ hear from Albassny; that the simnyor of
["s'tcth-xt mea, asijlsissl ); other pcrsons, are sent
gle jflil : drinking success to the king of
j's'Y'Grnt Efitain, &c. Friday last a bout was
'ctsisissupen by our people, coming from the
dr— yctheisiisios Gordon; the men are taken
= _ si (is. Some letters were found on board,
hsssi}mld,nqwsualsivers, for some" of governour
Gssrysipxlsss siend: in this city. The latest
ssT'clqce'is-chsie flth of March. ! could not
' 3 obtain one for you, but have ex
_ the" following. puragraphs sronu
-si "si, viz. March n.. It is reported,
i'r than ever, that lord Shelhurne
' is Party will come into power Very
- fand that lord Camden (for the seals)
- sigsieqfthenumber; but thcidea osa ;;
ss- Foaiition was never Farther off. 'l he
( arepdisgusted beyond the common
by .the Duke of Richmond, and
ct _ ;wifl noLpardon the Rockingham
,:8ince lord George Germain's
5 to-the office of secretary of
the colonics, he has become a
'ct-ss'x favourite. with his majesty.
,. .- gefltrmme, we are well
sisi 'ct-ihassssi-takcuppon his own head
, ; ,ct' fet! xheJssctvWess of_the,American
'f'sfsithelenshin spring, and has
'sisihissmsclfsstsiope lggly 'and totally
" " _ wagmess for lnc wnlcqucoces. 1 me
si ;ctsissj bF America it to be allotted into
si " dien: Admiml Shuldham is to
;;ss- < .isisinctthe river St. Laurcuee, and
-ct sisi si si si ; lord Howe, fromthence
, si ctsilh'msi; find the third division,
, ' ch for sir Hugh Palliscr,
si _' G'm-glhla mssthe extend of our
" 'si sisi!ct!.ct ct .
'si'sszsi? ;ij'afl -si'-\*h'n-day, by. virtue oscom
miniohjssctf'wm si-hilsi majesty, the Following
lo recited the royal pssent viz. 'The
lf'son punishing mn'simy an, desertion,
And sqnssessffiw ay,:uent of the army
Nprth Asmpnc ._si-'ssss8£s}urdhy last three
Mssanieo of the !? al-"regimesinc of ar
W- , ". Edgtss ]mch, for North
jsijctct wedde. m in:) jhe first division
& oPt-he gussda; destifled'sov Nbrth America,
ct muchel} om't'beh' qdnrcm conti nous to
ss \-Viu5hledon,- for Punjsiffimth. l'hc se."
, . cond divisiun'willct march on Wedncsday.
si ssssMarch. 26. 'All the eight British re '
-me?n viz.' 9th, zo'ch, zzst, z4th, 31 ,
* 34IT1', 53d, actndssbsszssd-re im'ents, under em
, ctbarkation orders, are, cstined for Camda,
except the Royal Highlandcrs, the foot
_ zguards, and Burgoyne's light horse, which
are to he sent to general Howe. To pre
ssss,vent, is possible, a " famine among the
si-ssctldng's troops this summer in America,
--: silsigvery individual who is goingfmt on service
with the armament under ailing orders
"si has fix mouths provisions put on board for
ss-ctsi; him from hence . What an enormous ex—
ense for victualfing and tonnage only!
be two gencrals, Carleton and Howe,
\ siarc each to be ahowed four aids-de-camp.
:ctctsslssTwo of the Hesiian major-gcnerah] are to
be a- pointed by our court lieutcnant-ge
"ne'ra pn'the American service, and to have
extra siay arcordingly. Though there is
a clau e in the Hcffiun treaty that no soldier
flfall be suffered to scgtle in America with—
out the consentos his cor.1maml'1ng-officer,
it is generally believed that very sew will
ever return; al it is most probable that
'lhoscwhb do'noi rec their brains knocked
out will insist upon uyingamong their own
ss'ss'iountr'ymen, who have cmigratcd there.
[Ware]: 28 . Ycstcsday morning the gucs .]:
destined for America were musicrcd on
VV imhledofi common by their officers, and
immediately marched for Portsinouth.
They had no field-pieces with them, and
go waggous', which carried all their bag
gage. " They will arrive at Porcsm'outh
to-morrow. The brigade of guards now
on their m nrch s or Porcsmouth, to embark
for America, are to be quartered it.} the
ct sssssisssssssssssi. ct, .
:;barratkl s that piace, till the transporu
ate'resiad sior their reception. All the ge
neral oshcers, and many others 'tn military
command in Amer'uza, are, it is said, no
minatetl as delcg—atctes "m commifliou, to
pardon the submitting colonies. 'I he
transports which sailed with sir Peter Par
- ker, after they had landed the troops they
had on board, were to sail for the leeward
iflands to take in two regiments of foot,
which are to serve in America. Upwards
of 1500 tuns of (hipping, that were taken
up in the river a few days since in govern
ment serVZCe, are dischargcd from the em
ploy. Letters srom Corke, (lated the 19th
instant, mention, that upwards of 12 shil
oftransports were then in sight ofthc Covc,
and that a man of war came in that day.
The Eagle man of war, admiral Howe,
has got no farther than the Nore yet, but
lies there to receive seameo from the ships
in ordinary at Chatham. The Lucresstisit,
capt. VVillbn, with recruit: on board,
bound to America, is put into Plymouth
by stress of weather, having met with some
dama e. The Woodland, capt. Man—
ners, rom London, with ordnancc (teres,
' bound for Quebeqk, is arrived at Ports—
mouth. Yelterday the common crier of
this city, attended by other officers, siread,
at the Royal Exchange, and at Holbom
ssBars, the king'l proclamation, for a far
ther encouragement to sailors to enter on
board the ships of war. lt was afterwards
stuck up in divers parts of the city.
Gonon'r. March 2 1 . Arrived a trans
port with troops on board} and came into
the harbour. It, is said that lord Howe
will hoist his flag on board the Emerald
srig'atp, and proceed without loss of time
to Boston, and the Eagle to go after him.
- March 26. On the 17th instant six sail
_ osships from Glasgow with new raised re
cruits, and several transports from London
arrived at Corke, where they are to take
in their lading osprovisions _actnd proceed to
Amcrica, under conmy&-_Wssi maicsty's
' sri ate Ambuscadc, of 3! guns, is now
sitting out at Chatham, to carry sichorgc
M*Cdrmey to hilsigovommcnt of Domini—
ca; she is afterwards to join the fleet on'
the North American station. Ordcrs arc
sent to Sheernessfor his majesty 'l ship Ra'm
bow, 0s44 guns, to be htccd out for im
-mcdiatc service; she is already commiffi
oned, a_nd tsshc command given to sir
George Collier. Last Sunday all the men
in Deptford yard, and some additional
hands, were employed in shipping warlike
storcs, &c. for America; and it will be
some days beforethc many tuansporcslying
there can pe loaded, such quantities are
sending thlther.
W-IsiLLIAMS B UR G, jane 28
BY :! gentleman from Bermuda, who
lest that ifland the 15th instant,
we learn that adviccs had been received
from Martinico, just before he sailed, that
great preparations were making there for
some important" expedition, which no one
doubted was against the British VVest
lndies; and the gentleman say:, he shas]
not be at all for 1rised to hear that the
chief part of the i ands are in the possessi
onos France in a very few weeks. That
the men of propertv in the iflands have
been for some time shipping off their valu
abk: effects to England, .and ordering en
surances to be made on their estates ; and
that the price of provisions has risen to an
enormous height, corn selling at 185. per
bushel, pol'k at sour half-joes the barrel,
butter at 68. a pound, and flour sctchcs
any price that is alked.
Extract of a letter fi'om col. Hendricks,
to brigalier-general Lewis, datcd Hamp
tou,-_7une 26, 1776.
" I send you four men under guard ,
who Were taken on Monday, on board a
brigsrom Barbados, bound ("or Dunmore.
Early on Monday morning, we had insor
mation that ;: brig was uground off Wil—
loughby's point. Major Lcitch immedi.
ss _ w. .sifflssssctsssissct Wsiss-ss -. ,...
ately made a" Wffissebastff W' twelv:
men, on board a small pilu _ 'wh'tc.
was in the bafun, loaded wi to ucco for
the West. lndi'cs, in order fl- examine
what she was. On ctml'mg on board, he
found she was from Bsirb-siusiios, buund for
Norsolk, with the supercargo on board,
loaded with 31: puncheons otsirum, and a
few barrels of limes. On exumination,
the major found she had got aground
about 12 o'clock the preceding night,
that she was very fast, and'cousecsueutl'y
that he had no other way to proceed thsim_
to leave his people on board and come
to llampton for ullistance tu lighten her.
A floop bound up james river was pitch
ed on for this purpose, being- the onlv'
vessel in our hsu'bour. Unluckily, how.
ever, both wind and tide seemed to conspire
against the measure, by putting it out of
our power to get her down before a ten-'
der of ten carr'lage guns appeared in sight;
of the brig; on which licut. llerbert (of
wcapt . Lilly'sarmed vessel) thoughtprudexxt
to send the, pilotboat off , in order to know
whether the vessel in sight was an enemy
or friend, which was soon discovered to be
the former. In the mean, time. mr.
Herbert threw overbqard sivehogsheads of
rum, and,]uckily got the people oss, 'in
a bout from the other shore (exce t one,
who happened to be down in the ho ) the
pilot boat resusing to come on board to
take them off. They got allsase ashpre,
although the tender kept up a constant
sir. upon them; two of the bkig'sis crew
being on board the pilot boat, and other
two before brought on shore by mujor
Leitch. _Thc brig belong: to a mr. Walsh
of Barbados, and the whole of the people
on board seemed much chagrined at the
appearance of'our boat, and no doubt as
much elated on our bein obliged to quit
het.—-A conducing proof of the fi-iendflvip
the "lest lndians have for us." ,
Last Monday a ship of war, with a '
transport or two, arrived at Gwzn's ishmd, ;
where it is thought they have anded be—1
tween 2 and 300 troops, from thc'number'
of tents which, have been erected . '
W
PnlLlDELPHlA, jane 18, 11 o'clock-ss
AN express just anived from CANADA 4
General Sull'wan informs us, he has
restored order amongst the troops; that
the French were moltly in our interest,
and offered their Man. in great num
bero; that the troops whichhad taken
post at Dcchambeau stom Qnebeek were
only goo; that he had sent general Thom
son to attack them with zooosi men, an
made no doubt Ok'success. ]s all this is,
true, our affairs will .soon-be in a good
way. -
'*'.* A transpa'rt is taken, by & priva
teer, with 95- llighlandera on board. and
40 pieces ofcannon. 4 and 6 pounders.
IN CONVENT ] OF, jane 24, 1776.
WHEREAS gaming, at best but m idle
amufi-ment, when carried to excess},
is the parent oj avarice, diffipation, pro—
faneneslf, and every other passion which can
deba/e the human mind, a'nd is therefore
sorbidden by the cautinental nffbeiation, a:
more particularly improper at this time,
when our importantstruggle fior liberty and
fi-eedom render: the practice of the most rigizt
virtue necessiny to 12: tain m under and carry
us through the con ict : That ths": femi
eiou: and destructiv'e vice may not prevail
among the officer: and ]bldier: of our army,
the moral; of the youth therein preserved
from corruption, and they restored, untaint— -
ed, to their worthy parents, who have
cheerfully ]pared them fi'om domestich en
dearment: to the affistance and protection.
of their country,
Resolved unanimoufly , that it beearnc/Z
ly recommended to the general , or command
ing-officer of' the continental troops in th)":
sscolony, to takefizchstep: as to him shall ap
pear most properfbrprev: 'ntingprqflmessiwear—
ing, all manner ofgaming, a: well at every
other vice and immorality among the officer: