The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-09-27 00:00:00, page 2

ment, iosifflwarm in the Engiit'n cause, ctuld nothelp \
lhuddcring' at the thought; being one day on boatd ?
the and seeing a great many peo; le on the
ded oftwo small vesscla, ! had the Cul'iuslty to atk
what :? were ing (here, an officer answered me
thn th' were xshi-tl's whq had been exchanged"
Mlzoor 150, and then m m Bol'sion, but that
no} 30 would get these ulile. 1 2 krd how that could
Be, as Button was sonear, hecau lilyd he, they have
ddh in their body_. The had eovnemn of lhep'isun
shi ; and now ! reflectcd on the meanil-g-of 'what !
heard in going there, from some Scutchmen and
others, who being in the for! wish their spyglassesu
'tsive e telling one another with exaltation, that they had{
stanza! corpses for very good mcn; said '
at the Wl treatment of the prisoners wounded his (
Dan. pqt that he had no power. Such authorities
' will dwn are up: to be doubled; but it would be
Eofflble for me to set on paper, all ! heard and saw.
'- to the imprudrnce with which they can tie, ide
'Z'htre I would take my oath, that ! Would never have
ssbe'1ieved it, if! had not been among them. The ac
"dun: ofthe Grenades'bvns intitkd " Enghlh valour,"
find as such, loudly proclaimed thiough all the (h'eets:
The French ltrong of 18 ships of the line, had been
='iitly beaten by 17 English: Barrington alone had 7
sit} to fight at one time, 4, of which he obhged' to
Male out of the line ossibattie. The affair of Paqlus
Book was announced u " : tiue'account of the dis
'appointment of the reBetsL" At Stoney Poini'there'
was not quite goo men, and Geneial Wayhc had gone
ctuith zooo; butwhut is ltill more striking, four day:
before the (ailessGeneral Myne and General Sterling
find been brought prisoners to New 'York, Genent
Washington had been sired at by his own people; siour
army being al! in confusion and quarrelling among
tlfin-fclvelz nnd notwithstanding their efforts to get
ctafly, they were so surrounded, that not one could
Mafl, Indreel'minly Wlshington would be given u
lbme who could by that means bow: :: (bane! for
- " lot ! should never hive done, was ! to
ssm My thing which appear: to me worthrelning."
ssfadrctqfa kim-fi-m Brigadier General Sm'fllwood,
(I ib Excellmg the Gwm, dami Hillshdrbugh,
Septum 10, 1780. ' ' '
. " Theexdraordinary exertion: of that part of Col'.
rflnrrisonc nt attachedm m commud in the
late action, the Mind app nose, and] Nould
Eke wanting in plsiee, did mukmled tksigal.
;llntry of um Binglnu, Capuin Seven."
Man, lad ss' si man: Mosely, the olieon who
'mmdod dy artillery. The conduct os Captain
. * in particular, during the ailion And on the.
ctm. wn Mad by that firmneilnd fortitude tlut
.pfflyctxffi my admnracion, and will ever command
- -" y esteem." " -
( lad Cunnflio': [mer tow Cobne
, UM-lsom, Conmxdmd-fliuty Sin. .
_ ! hvc th hpyiness to inform yon, th: on Wad
My the 16d1 inflant, ! many defend Gum _
,,ozm'a truly; too. were killed md "mad."
. nag ukn prilonen. VV. nre in possoflio- .! I ride! ss
fl'bnfn cannon (all they had in th field) !] Wfitss
Wmlissfinmaggoic; a great number of mal, !:
w .; inlhmsshcrd mrneamhn
— \
unplm vi ' . I have Mitnn to LieutentntCQH
si Tumbuu, whom I have sent to join Ma'or 'Fuguson
,cton Lime rivet, to push on ofter Gout- Su-pter w
sithe W- 4 Sun, whose douchmmt i: thoonlyeoflcfled
force d Febelun :" the country. Col. Tzrlinn is in
yjtd'hmpter. Our loss is about ' zoo killed
., _ pounded; chiefly ofthc 336 ngiment and volun
M as (ram. l'bzvesigiven ordm that I" the in
hbita'hp of this provihce who hue subscriped lnd
* (fblf Lordship ba managed bi: within?! a:
'ssqssgfl firsi dimiuz'jbinss tbl min- d" bi: own killed and
twin! qsih ba: dm jov- mlarging un, we ma)
'_ ss !. Ediw: lb: (Mglid aduo-wlldgmm as out a] llmr
_ 'My" :. qf dun, " that they had no kllhd and
, 'ss ' , ' fully of so :: lo dlslblc them in
.'= c- " 8} ib: (count: "ceived, m las: of re
1
{'He-": ctwa: ons}: "o? (ubm 150 lum: been fine:
frmtrtd; and of the 'Iitia i! i: impqffible may well
"hot bm billctfi'om readen" "well known.
havctaken part in this revph, shouh! !:c pun'sh—t', frss
the grcanfi nguuss; and nisu those who w-i! um. tun
out, that they may be. tmpnlkmtd and thus :.sslctctle
ptoKerty taken from them. ! hzwt- ojdcuu. to she
me pffittn manner, thatevery nuhummn who lnz
burn: firm; wi us, and atterwntds joined the cnerut .
shaIl-be immediately hansed. ] dthre yon qu-taksi
the most risorous measuy-jzg ssto punsinlh the tel-cis m tue
dcfitict in which you command; asid mzu )vu witl
obey in the ltn'ctelt manner the dirsc'hons ] have given
in this lettcrr-tntive to thcssiuhabitantu oj'thts countr) .
L', siCORNW***'LL15.
.!
xamicatr'mofwmiam Aih an ofCol Stuhblesreld'ct
regimat qf tpe Virginia m) i/iu, who was ftuatmdsi!
am! (in: in the action of al): 161/2 ulr. am! graj-M
from the , , ss
SAY5,.chnt e lest camhden nhnut ek-ssen days ago,
that Lord Cm'mvzllis wan then there; H.;zt thdrc nue.
then in garritm only the azd, zzsil, an-l zxtt vegular
regimcnts, and about 300 mrtrs (who m! welr red
rags in their h-ts son dtltmclion) that the ummtsis
troops were umdmmonly (text;, and the t-u'iez re
markably so; that the prisoners taken in the action
of the tSth ult. were sent in tL-ur divzt'mns for Chatles—
town; the three sits! us 150 each, atsi-d the :tsi us 130;
thtsitt the first divismn contittcd of all \he cunnncnzstlo,
who were retaken by CQ]. Drl'drisn; that Lord Kaw
don's corpu, had been sent towards Ninety six. 'o
'recoverthlt ot', which Cut. Picbsstns hadttken; that
a number of the legion went tto-t'h towards Ped c to
trtakc the prisoners from CU]. M-uian; that as] the
cannon but twu, are sCl'N tsi; (;huksiflovvn, thlt th:
enemy dedarcd they suffered tuceedingictym the ectiun
with Col. Williams; thatCapt. Campbc'n, :.n othtu
in hi repute ofsithc reguiars, amongtt others, was
kill ; they dechrtd they would glve no Warms;
that the prisonedin (Jambden, wete served only with
one jill of me:]. unt'olted', andseldom with any meat;
that the wounded were cry "much neglected, and
when they dlcted. were Rctech to lay uhtt! they stunk
horribly, m the yard w: ' the other prifomrs, notwith
landing Calxtatu Dortey, end others, ,rtmonttrate'd
againli it; thut the perty at the Wax Sawe, consuhss
only of 400 men; are sent there to thrnsh wheat, and
* rocut'e rovisiom; that Colonel Tarlitou, and Col.
urnbu I are gone, as he the declzrcttnt suppose., to
wards Ninety Six; that the enemy had no flour in
Centbden when be left it, and that the lndian meal
wn also very scarce; that GeneralsiButherfot-d was
menting salt, and that he and all our office" are
ordered w Oran eburg; that the militia were all
ordered intoCam en the day before the declarane left
it, to serve three mouths; that he is eonfidem the
enemy are very much in want of provisiom, particu
larly of the bread kind.. ' ss
__ WlLLlAM ALLMAN.
Tdm 31"!!me th zoib es Sepmnber, :780.
]xtract qs a [mn- from 00]. Marian to General Gatcs,
daud White marsh, Bladen count), Stpt. 15. .
." -' ' si ' ' ' _ had advice thlt dpwmds of
me the next day. ] im
mon, Thich sv_vu_all ]
nin sur ri ed!
To: rise maitsi: body WZ
_ ed all but fist... which
_ - immediately to lttnk the
: .bout three mild. in full
., " ! directly attncked the., lnd put
them to "; ; (thoughthey had zoo mn) when they
'gotintna Wlm impassablc toullbutwrin. [had
one man woun ed in th] fisI action, 3 in the second,
'and two horses killed; lnd finding it impossible to
come I! them, ] retreated to camp. The next day I
lwu informed they all d-lpssedqsiz. On the [51]! I wan
ssioimd by about 60 men; l theft threw up : small
ss redoubt, to secure my e-mp from bein surprised by
the torieo, should they lgain collcct. go the x7th I
crossed deec nnd Lynch's creek. with [00 men' (mad
left 50 to seem: my camp end the river) to attack :.
party of regullrs ansid-mijitia. said to b_c ) 50, which
were in Williamburz township, hurnin all the houses
of three men who had joined me. hen l got to
lndizn town, Captain jamu, who ] had sent to re
connoitre the enemy, tun me; he had tlken : prisoner
hclonging to Col. Farguson'u ride regiment, by whom
] learned that there were zoo British, and a num
os tosics, end that Maius Whims, u-th woman,
was to jum them [hat night. They were sien after dish
on their .anch, and by no orden ly hook taken with an
officer'a bzgsi- ge, With the above n-entxone-S risoln',
l tound mou- intention was to remove me, an proceed
to the (;hemwsi. ] also hAd intelligence that me men,
part iegniars, had arrived in GLU] ! etuwn, fruit Sunne,
which obliged me to return to my ump, vxhnch I did
that day. On lh" Kth ! had intelligence that Majol'
Whiml had crossed Lynch's Clerk, to come oasildy
from, and those in Georgctown hnu' n': ssed Black river
and Whany, to fall on my fear; and that the torin
which ] had lately dispersed were cul'ccting on my
right, which would ccmpletely susrcund me, and cut
off my retreat : Thin obligcd me to retrc ;: to this Plate
with 60 men, the resi left me to see after their flsimllia,
Who had had their houses burnt. 'lsihe_ ent hav'c
burn} in number of houses on Black river, Rnchss
cnck and _ Waccamaw. ] shali remem- l't's nlil !
thenr from you, or hmn opportunity of doing'somco
( ing. ss
. Extract qfastjtlr fi'on Crost ends, S-pt. 16.
" By letters from Pedee we learn, thzt me head: of
the torics at, and near Pcdee, bavc mc-veu their effem
to Cambdln; and that the British suffered glad in;
the action si-l the 16th ultimo, as all account! si '
Cdmbdensiszy. A ypolh dinctly from VVihiiin __
5 to Croso creek brin : nccouus; that some Spanin'flp
were in Wilnu'n to , who hnd been put on shor- d
;Long bay by a ritish private"; they say the con
ss hined fleet clptuud loo fail of British merchantmen,
lnd nrried them to & Ha \ annah, they asilso say, the]
saw the French flee.! on thin coast." -
ss We hear mm authority, that may be relied on,
that the enemy sent three axmcd boat; yeflerday morosi
ing, to the houisie- qu. George Turberville on Poro
simack, carried of? three negroes, his late, and Rripped
the house ofevery [pin they could ay their hands on,
even the ring: iron. Mgrq. Tusbem'lles fingers. ,
*.* 7ba [ma (be last :ffiou quffemb/j are "
_!o be' delivcted w en tall: j'or.-—- No letten will 'ss
ul-m out qjsi lb: fast fit: b} lb: )rilmn hereof, subst
ss lb: postagc i: paid.
:
! JUSsiT pzparledmd to be sow wholfsal: am.
' Limbert': um bow]: in the back na, Richmond,
YARD wide [rub linem, printed and penciled ce—
-]icoee and cononl, chinn, ombrugn, wom
luff thou, printed lewn handkerqhiefs, fish hand
kerchi'efs, cordage lnd mine, (nil can": and need! si
103 lines, leadlion, andlezdl, dumin , plinc bush
bardware and cuelery, queen's ware, p lin and co '
plate, in mien assorted, with m and table sun bingu
and flock loclu, carpenter: and ioiners am, idea,
augers, hammers, files, Us Uc. pim, iv lad
horn tombs, nails from 6 !c 30 penny, fine and
salt, rose buncr of the But quality, glass andlim
ware, poplins, silkn. and cnmbriclu, gnuze, flanueb
and shalloons, broadcloth. forefl cloth and seize,
ruffled end plein (him, silk. ;hread, canon, .nd'
warfiead flockings, umbrellu, nnd lace, : vlriety of
plnin, coloursied lnd lowered ribsnde, dieper, lnd
table linen, corded dimity, bed ticken, camp hun
mocks, bllnkeu, eove-leu and my, he si ss sind nen
keen, sailors jackeu. : large sfl'omnent cy and
metal bottom of the neven. snshion, :: few qu
easkl, of genuine old Muldra, : few dozen of am
brandy, feeling wax end waferl.
\ Nzwrown (Pri-ufl lum) Septmlur 25, un.
\ BAVE for slle. : S HlP of the following dim
) sions, 70 feet flrekght rnhic, 16 feet beam, "Feet
sshold. Likewise : BRIGANTlNE of 57 feet
sssh'eight rabit, 23 fee! beam, 9 feet hold; both du
above vessels has takes and dead risen in proportion to
]their dimcnsions. The ship will he finished in about
nine weeks. properly, lnd in : frigate like simannes;
'the brigznnne in already finished, only waiung (o: .
' purchaser; both ofthem built of the bell of white oak
znd old pine. They may be seen ;nsid agreed so: I),
npplying to (H) Gsonos JAmzsoN, Jun.