The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-05-30 00:00:00, page 2

L O N D O N, Feprt/mcty 3.
'I miss in fimcrica gnrs on vaisih much
ct'lIE rrcrnh'mg service sor (:ur two ::r
s-lccesn and she !cvics will hsssisready ahuut
the zyih of March. We expect from Cas
scl :. new rorps of cbasseurs, cuzziiisimsisi of
1003 chosen men, and another body zts
consiiefhble from Brunswick and llannu;
by which means the partiszms of the mi
nister flltter thcmsclve's we shall have. the
succeeding campaign, an army sct-s 15,oco
regulassstroopsinCanada, and 35 ooo under
general Howc. VVtha pity shnuhi the
refflcss, meddling Washington, takcit in his
hand to spoil so fair and exact a caleul'siui m.
Fab. 18. Ordcrs are sent to New York
for all the prisoners of war which are not
exchanged to be scnt to Enghnd by the
return OF the transports, under guard of
the invahds, who are also ordered home.
Mr. Rigby, whose bruising talent: intro
duced him into life, hath proposed, in the
cabinet, :! schemc for adjusiinz alldispuses
with America, His plan ir to decide thc
quarrelafier the Roman sashion, by sing'ze
combat. Mr. Righy offers h'zmselsas the
champion of England. He wiil box
VVashiugcon, Lee, or Putnam. 'Fth is
at least as ood & mode of conciliation as
that projctsed by the Howes.
Sunday last a Mcthodist prencher, as he
was holding forth to a numerous and]
ence, was seized by a prcls gang, and
carried on board :: tender. -
BOSTON, Mctyz.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of un
doubted credit at Bourdeaux, (lated ["e
bruary 21, 1777.
HE Hon. Arthur Lee, esq; passed
through this place two da3s ago, in
his way to Madrid, where he is to repre—
sent the Congrcss. ] had the honour of
- dining with him in company, and break
sasting at his lodging; with him alone.
He says the have very good assurance that
the whole fyorce going to America will con
sist. of lo,ooo men, and about 10 men of
war, to be commanded by gEncral Bur
goyne, and to go directly to Boston, and
make a Violent effort for a lodgmrnt in
that part of the country. General Ciinton
to affist him, by af'cig'ned attempt to pe
. netrate through the coumrv-"
By the last and most authentick inrefli
gence from France and England, we learn
that there is no relexaaissn of warlike. pre—
paration: in Englmd, and yet the midst.
have so contrived that few people believe
there will be a war in Europe. This is
done to old the subscyiptions to the loan
of six mfllious, which otherwise wiil be
,obtuined at a loss of 10 or 12 per cant.
Transports are getting ready to bring; out
the additionnl Bxizish and German troops,
and it was intended ths" should afl sail
by the beginning of March. Adnss-ihistra
tion intended the campaign should he op-m
ed very early in the spring, and the opera
tions directed wholly, and on all sides,
against New England; they expected, by
early and vigurous excrtions, to crush the
northern winnies before they could be
assisted from the souchward, and before
any soreign relicscssnnld be given, and thus
end the war. That it wu difficult to
determine what was intended by their
great and lusty armament. They ap
peared something more than .u mere sc we
crusiv, and improbable as it might Jypen'
on some accounts yet there wru sim'c rs 1
snn to suppose that when the lnfm was
completcd. and the Amerizau wnr mfl-pJ,
they wou'ssd held ahighlanpssnaga to l'ss'fnce,
and p-siffi'ctlsiv turn their arm: against hxr,
a'u' u'uh the shrcsisis here attack St. Du—
mhgo. That me plan osopzmrions was,
fur lhw-si- and his recrn'ztml army m attack
ch- England, while (hrletmz Hu-u'sd make.
h'h' wav n'ss'cr the him; and [)]!rgoync,
wizh Loctctaoo mcn from England, to m.;kc
;.
a: !iverficm to the southward and proba
My attack \ ; ginia and Marylzmd. Th a
if. Am: tretmuled lo coo Germans woe.
a'Tu: Hy cns'ngcd, though there were good
:.siurmccs that it was with the greatest
disiicu' ty that they could psiocu. e the rcsi
cr-xixs n-ccsiarv to keep up the number
fox m ssrly sti-mhted. "! hat it was be .v-ul
the sorccs nf thci. Ciiisrent armmmms
" oukl hi] grcztly thar! of uhvt they l.]
t-e m! 1]. 'HHt we shcu'si ! h' mc'\ m bc p (
psi-sicd for this p]: .1, but t} n'. it w as- sli—
11] At cerrz - th: three m.! ass: ke wet.]d be
made, and in 'ctaliiblc that.* in 1. u-most d
sorts Wound be exerted thsin canmsiwsg: .,
b c.:tsc nnhug was m'nc- crc tain than
that. the pxcfent Puc os Eurzsi-psss- sorbzxsiie
cxezy exrct ctuicn 0: xhesi :r being I mg- un
cmpnycd uzarcr lumc, lnd that if, v. as
crr t:—: in, is they did not succeed against us
this m: r, there was an end of !th r prr s—
peds osmvagr: am] revenoe 'I hat they
h !d put cum}, thil- gat be:? an}: England,
Irclsimd, and llauuvcr, wct-rc le?" ( :- !Ziust
defenceless by their tsszzrtz ?sisictir-st us.
Just tnc n'a-ctpsi to be luzt lure, b-'-':h
Engfilh and (S.;rmf-zxts, were Pczv raised
and totally \mdiii*5n]iz1ed. :mc! shrrcis-rc
shsuld nor. bring wish. th" n'- t'r-s: u-n'vnr c.,f'
discipsincd troops. That ths.- lskg 05 Pri—
tain endeavoure-d, in vn'zsh to gers. Erasi-sspz
'm Germany to supply the place in imm
vcr of those which he srssssst to g-sr-"zxu-f.
Gsibralmr. That all th}: ;;s concurrui to
show that they were prcss-siri on every (30;
to make this last cssyrt against our 'Zucr
lies; which it was hoped, by our friends,
would be met here by pmporsiicmablc csix—
crxions on our part, and under the provi—
dance of Heaven defeated. That the
press Continucd 'vrrv xiok—nt, but not.
equaliy productivc of men; and the great
preparm-ions in France and F—ctmin seemed
to render the continuactnc-ss' of peace msimy
month's impoffi'wle. 'l'hat govcrr-mcnc
had determined to send out :! number of
armed cuttcrs to take our small. cmiscrs,
from which their W efi India {rude— fizsi'zx-rd
so much last year, and that thc'n- mer
chantmen would be armed as in iims of
war; and that, by some !afc intelligence,
a bill was prsiing for Praming letters of'
marqnc against us. Al 0, [hat Live Blitssssh
government lud been barbarous em uzssrh to
offer the prisoners taken at Long; Zshnsisi: to
the East ]ndia company. to be transp-ctsan!
to their se tlcmcnts; and [Lid' propuiizinu
was on record in the cr-mpausi-ss's [mals,
and a general court had in an hdd upon it.
Vv'e hear that Fresh (iiipnsscs have ariic ?.
between Russn and the Turks, which.
threaten another ruptm'c between thus:
two powers --—'F he muchants of Blibin,
in a memorial Iz-id before chrd Sandwich,
reckon their losscs by the captures our pri—
vztcers have made on [hair H'cit lnciil
traclc to be ] 800,oool. Ensumuce hs-d
risen to 28 per cent, and many blnkrup—
cics had taken place.
PHILADELPHIA, May 15.
UNDAY last arrived cept. Young, us
the continemal sluop lndependcsincc,
ctwho is arrived ::1 & safe port with 500 tents,
zooo stand of'nfms, medicines. &c. By
him we lenm, llnt an E'quish s- ij—Tntc hvs
taken a French 20 Luu ship, sailed le
Szmc, from France .ssmd Martinico ssin' St.
Peter's in NIc-vshufiuhud. wiah nxict'imry
stfircs, and crm-Ze-i her into Dominicct.
That tho. gnvcrmssur nissM'zrt'z sicticu has sanf
9. sligzlt: am} guarsh cofi'si'. :n (lsi'm'nid
her, and has duclsi-rml, sh'xt isshe is ? -t
de?!" errd up he ni'si] immedimclj: msik:
rcpz'iihlfsi; and we are !:tlsi' li'tc hsi-sssifsch h nvc
a sormisiFchc: flrct in France rcsifiy to sin
pnrt theirjds'c c] firm, (" (rm'sssi- she Athm—
tick unmolested !zv thus.- Brirish pharct-x
who cal} themselves ]hz'dz (s the sum.
VVearc sursh-ir fold, that ]sssiz} fctss—tc-rmamt.
in his must,:cts nuns, hzzs dumanded.
what the above fleet 2"??? fining out
suxsi; wh-sisin he Pceiv-sid lsssi-r m—isi-cr, lha
Lefisii; XVi. 'rzs ).sz ss ir- Frs-csiss, nncl ]lssui ,
a sigh m si: (si-u 2—i—* Hz'si's, wlhsin ir: ;ctvnsul,
witimflt bc'x'ug ;zc; .:unch !o un} unt.
From Minny w: learn. shut (: n;.in:1d- _
vice was rcssiisiw-sid tho: :\ seve- is;"! happen
ed at Fsi-zrt' St. john's. i.: (l.uss'sinsiflss, vsslsizsisic'n
destroyed h'si f: tuz'ahfluse s. containing,
:".msi'znz; Usi-Y'il' chrctssssi'f, ('t-:.s-ilsz :;tss-ct'. ligging
us the Erctfsi-sisslh flzz; -.-:! xF'w l-ctF-sictxa.
Exh as! .sjfsisi'u'cmmctsrss'simMn- rlsictm rnss flicty 12,
" ] returned an': ev- z-sisszsijsisi' smm .lct- u ssd
Broak, where in the morning we had a
bush. and (!! 'I'fl: ths: snr-m 's ;:Fcusiuct imn
lhfi'." lines, uizh Tsszc Lus- csozsirsi m-siuj and
wcmust h we k151-zralsss;v-.*.siss.'ssui —}'-;-Zr.—.:.ss from
the cl-zs-r susie wisiichccazlfes u-qd simc dimo."
Extract ssa [z-ltctsisirflam 'i'wzmnah in Geor
pjz, d'ztcsi} .fl'frzlg.
" The miiiiia murcn-cd lour days ago
to the (5u1hward ; the comimmal troops,
under the command osccl. ]sh'ch, are to
sssf-H-ss-w ; rsin si: £!;=*ee c-zvnzivcuml glliics, one
(t cruel: c. .
ct-isig um [3 pr'u-z-dcrs, two
12 (HL'C, s-si-H- 9 siflsix-o, and six 4 d'mo,
lupctlfznr will the, szsvtestsiltc vesic-Is, two
(1'16 siunfsss ;si- Dan:: us." no .!itto, arcxo go
my az-si .-...r, unficr the comnnml us
Csw .; .psszectfl-si-si-sisict'x, lo act 'ssn conccn
xsi _ ": r _ ; :.zzm forms. "X ]zc (.bjcct is the
x-sz-sifss: ci' si-t. Augustine. The cxpedisi
; ' .;s '_J):-..c..'.;-'_] usiru: i:-.-Tss'orm:uion ofth-sie
; iz-"sixss'rsi' i 37: 3_ iusssssssi'rzsi Went osprovisions."
si ?( i. !rz'? sij'ssJTCdfssl'ictlnl sin: irypersuns w ho
}—..-.ss- si'f ...; Lc-d, bcsim tnksn prisoners, aml
xzznctfg LIV.?" c-fsizape from the enemy si;si.cc
si.:' 'zasiu t'xpr-cliii-m TO Darlmry, Howc's
1} ]} act. ssi-Lsisisisi-rusi' in that ufllur from 5 to
910, "1 IUH-ch, wounded, and miilmg.
ctisi-sictc c-Z' cum 18 wssrre Liiied, and 60
vctuuzxc'cd. c-susshcm swan are dead, and
fly;; rsifif X'i-Z') m rueo'cttr. That of the salt
t'd musizt \.siz.i<;l1 was attempted to he de
sire), r-r—si} umrc that one thin] has bren pre
srr's mi, arc] [lum she mcd7cinc3 and In fixi—
lal sh-ch are: clchflv ssiwccl. 'L'hat' genesi- ct
ral Vz'wslsicr iiied the 33 instanc, of his
wounds in the rain:: us the '27th ult._
M A ? 20'. '
Extract of !: lctmsir src—m Nantz, dated
stctsur-siT/l 10, 1777.
" The Efssgffsh mictfflzctv received the
achiczs ci'si' mct i-ksfim e'cssi-at, or rather
sharpuder m 'ii'yezvtsi'm, long bashrc ac End
is, on;! l'ss-xisciy rut-z'lh-d it to us sittic by
]simh .vnj, pnst thy, most pompcusiy
Nnssi =0 u : the taking general Lec, and
.:-=.ssct..-: ;znfu-g. lssy lhut msisif-ms, in [me
-'\
m... — m iz'11n1xf:e she vZctorics gained
{: ' ss 'zWssr she amiss! clct the bli
g'si - u-sisi Bullet. i-z 29 {lays
i- . '- - - .sii'u. ;..- hs. 'sias: !hc 2si} och
iss'u . ;:fflsigsi ' cc-siusiTs as hate as she
23-1 'si*si ss ssrsi', Lsisi— cr-flsi-kd us to unde
C:'.'-T ."" .f- kss by ;} ;ng evrry matter
l.: 1-,.— rczssi .5 w. ssl h; hssis osgere'al Lce
13 m; cT-z F"'*.'ssnt'_d, bu'si it is hopcd he wil ss
bc sets. krsi-z -
" Vx :."s ] not yet declared, but Euss'op'e
sccm-si prcpxrx sil :ssnrn general rupzure, and
seems 10 " "'t nothing hi; she mvcn put
to the trzfiss. \\ high it. is thCd will be fzsir
wunfn' .bY c-sipi. W'r-r-Lzs's having tul-cen
all.! T.). sisi-usiss'ut iazsim L'Ori-zzlt the Lishon
pncksst of 36 2: nisi- PtH'ss so men, \\ hich de
s-ssnsi'I-ssi ?) sil'ssifsi 4,- minutes. She is since
sszlc], mix}. Four ufi-ctr pr'zrs .)? 'hsi: same
time Frc-uctsissli ).s; but the p-(ket ly.?ng' al
king's \. : :siflz}, i'. 15 t': .ssuctsszssht i: wcu'cd hzsimg
on an -:._\'_3 'uLi sin l' ctzvm :ss- t'kcc l-'-ct--.-1 ('I: . 'hl '
English ;; u H. '-' 'le mnpcrnur ]! as,} us!
Hh-f-l :":1 Ts'r'ctssL s- "1 si-Zflflsjsi' the ( anpss-ut'stm
(;f th' Fllj ctc-fisi- -' "" cmgrsi'sisi-p, '- Z'hsius. his
permiffissu ctss 2-7- ,' .: 2; : -' l-'!1Lisss=--tr-ul=_sl
t!) preve,- ?. ii.: , .1: P: .": re-u'u !,mgsictm
Gusirmrnu'. 'ctzP-Z tsihk'l, '—-".ss.<.\1':,-" T' "say
no;; c=x7nsizss .': isi'f sit z'si s .: Hsitass 'ssEl'.
wi" (l.".'4;.'-:, s. si, i.: :' ::q '
princes csiisi 1 si.
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