The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-03-26 00:00:00, page 2

_ _ doubt, could dispofe of such reinsorcements to advantage ; but a little time
will dlsCOVCl' the real piace of their delhnztion.
From the flowed resolution of Admmiltrstion, to push the next cam
ign with'vigoor, it is generally_beheved a body of Rullian torcessi
nown to be resdy sor immediate embarkation, are destined for the'
Ameiican service; but where Govemment will employ them, iemains ;
Frosound lecret. _ _ _
The (Lebeek fleet of fix ships, the latter end of No'vember safe strive}, .
valusisid at half : million stisling.—Lord Barrington on the ttth uf
Decembes resigned his place Is Secrctary at War, and Mr. ]enkinson
succeed: his Lordship. The same dey General Keppel, brother to Aci
miral Keppel. resigned his ci-mmislion as commander in chief of the
militm at Coxheath; this it is said ws. oceasioned by the sppointment of
Msicjor General William Amhertt to succeed General Harve , as Adiutant
General. who is junior to General Keppel.—Comm ore Rpwle is.
ordered with the utmost expedition for the West [ndies with" six 74, Lun
64. gun ships, end four bomb ketches.—The East lndil cosn any's forces
have restored to his father's throne, Rafibaz the Mouths rince, who
si out of gratitude hss ceded the revenue o : vslt _po lous land, lsrffl
than Great Britain or lrelznd, hn driven the Frenc entirely out of
t ' ct
country, and 'settled the trade of it on the company": subjects. Genersil
Monro, with 3ooe "him and'uooo blocks, we'reemnpd ' bi- sevq.
miles qt' Pondieheny, in order to fill outharplaee thl maw heir
of hosh'lities being eommeneed between anes end Gmt Britain. -
The Culloden . 74 a ship, end one of Admirsl Bym's ljusdron.
is arrived at Milford, e was him osftbemfiof Americs. Adminl
Shuldham has hoilted hit flsgst Plymouth on bond the Foe'droyant,
Captsin Curtis. .
' A dreadful in ill! consumed the Been's college at Oxsod, leaving
only the walls timding.—The House of Common: lnve vered [Go,ooo
lend forces for the current year, including two addition] companies to
every battalion on the present eflsblishment, supposed to mkeen aug—
menmiqn os lsim men.
Counfi D'Onilliers is to be lsid aside, his conduct of the French fleet
has disgusled his court, and another officer is appoimed tothe command.
Monlieur de Is Mothe Piquet in returned with his division of the French
fleet, which has been injured by bad weather, to Blefl. —
A French o gun ship was blown up on November the "th, twenty
four leagues rom Ushsnt, in an action with the Bellonsptivawer, Capt.
Fairweather us gusim and : so men, from Liverpool.
It is said that t e treat lately negueisiting between the court: of Great
Britain, Petershnrg snd erlin, fsir the mutual security of their respective
dominions, is, after some alteration, nt latt finally concluded
A letter from Madrid, dared oaober so, says, " Lord Gnntham,
the English Ambssfitdour is dsngeroufly ill, which causes great delay in
the im t ?negoeiations now on the tapis between our court and that
of Lon on. We daily expect : courier from London, despstched by the
Count D'Almodover who will bring the Iatt detensimination and itive
xiswer from the British court to our propolitions. which answer wi] deeide
e face of both vitious, Is to peeee and war."
h'she War. to fro,; l.:tnlecri-a stepwmemsspukh at Embden, lene
win been tsi e ing m s oft "purpose. '
' i:- c 0!" sihhffflfl'flfl Cout
vonuiimu m.;cti-ctjxewa. si"
" !t is with skonilment ] best of your adventures; our lots are very
sr end neu-ly slike. They have nlten from me the command of
ate French lest. because I have not nken half oftheEnglish: Andthey
(the nglib) leve brought you to trill because have not token the.
' two dl'lsidlll of the Pmeh. Lib- yon, ] en Adminl under my
mnnd,_ who did not understand my finds; but foe reasons that you
my conceive, ! bid nothing, notwithhndingt Your Adminl has not -
attended to your ngsls, you also hue ssid nothing. for reasons that I
mwM-d; huryour Admiral, indeed of quittiug. lus attacked
seeufes you of flute end bad conduct. This isreslly to me,
simsishputlmrff
tlut you will acquit yourself. ! m, &c.
__' To lain"! Kene - n'onvmmns."
. The Gingl- town of Li'erpool hn mlized bzsstheir success is prieste"
, since the monument of hoiilities by tence, smote]. lier
_ ling. They hive 59 Root emisers-stses.
A N_ T I G U A, JANUARY 16. .
HE Punch :! Meninique were so eonfident of shccess, due when
_ "the M vessel. returned from St. Lueil, the people assembled in
crowd. upon the bench, inorder to see the English prisoners br ! on
lore, but to their : mipforxune, found the beau filled wi "their
Wounded soldim. her an attack un daily expected, lad seven] lage
agree." Linea upon the high" nen- St. Pietm, lo protect the wyn step
The peogle os the ifhnd of St. Bartho'lomewct are in such want of pro
vifiom, (In! they are selling their negroel for : supplf' of food. They
envy the face of their counn'ymen in St. Manim, end ook wishfully set
:: expedition sined out lgainfi them.
The English. the beginningof ]anuary, took posseffion of thnpart of
St. Manmn which belonged to the French.
N E W Y 0 R K, Funvnnv 24.
[From Ruvnurrou's R al Came.) .
N : late alnm :: the island of 81: ces. several thousand: of spot.
. _ end horse uppured under lum; thn hil Much ": frigate the Bomu
had taken I French inns from Rochelle, for minlque, with gle
foldien on board, she sai ed in company with ! other:. under convey of
:} friglte; :he tho; wn sem w St. Vincenn; that the French have 6909
men n Manini ne. end 4000 :: Dominica.
ss, Eight llsge nupe well loaded with provisiom, arrived here last Fridly
morn: , in nine week- from Cork: They were never two leaguee apt;
she !! : voyage, hvinguneomn'wn fine weather.
jjrnltctAoELPsiulA, MAncu !o.
! AST nighnnivedmupresl from Sooth Clrolina, by whom we le-m,
si flat e under]! Toriu We uken lmu in North leina'wen
, . do George: but Gen. lind:- ufla—siecti : party to {alterceps them,
.N'o .
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who soon fell in with, routcd, and- killed nbout righty of them;
trozps were in pursuiz of me remainder of them M.;n. che account
slwayz and irom : Charlcnown paper of, Feb. 4, me have the follow"
I", them had (."-"and: wcss ledrn. (hat Col. lus: um nixh apany of
sisi troops, bad :mngked I:.d (.etculcd Uolunel Bzown witlsia pnuy otF
'siss'tmgers, klfled lix'cccn and wounded many more. Among the won
'_ wn Blow" huulclk. -
ss By Cap: un d-Llw arrived at Boflon in twenty eight day: from M
' nique, wcmwe nze folctzwisig mwligencc, viz. .! hzmhc dly bzsston '
' sact'led, th: Van shdp ofa flee! Irmn Brclt, arrived to join Cuunt D'ER "
she sailed m comymy mm hve shi-ctsis us the [me, twenty frlgam,
one hundred and many (unlpuns, with eight thousznd lloulzl on
for Muunlque.
-WlL LlAMSBURG, MARCH 26.
ALARGE ship, two mist, and a schoonen, are anncd m Hamp
read, ,w-th aflag of truce fwm New Yoxk, they bring clothi
baggege, sum, wine, tea, sugar, and tenlhousandone hundred and , ss
tunne, for the officeu and soldteu that were made pmonexs withGe
, Kur xne at Santoga. ss ' ' .si
, _, Rattlesuh, Captein .Cinnon, from Aux Cnyel (in' the- '
. lctodiu) is (as, attired in Jlmu sine, 'tth : very valuudle eargosisi
si eight othiqflue; sithe enemy't lhipe went to sea without" ussking
th ;. and that evening m, aneho-d [bout 6 nue- louthwad'ot.
" Cape. withaflpop in company, — —- __ '
_ si _ 'ap't _Clllender with his squadnn i. gone down to convey the
bound vessel: ele-r of the cock. - -' ' si
Captain M'thht in a floop from Baltimore for the Wel! lndiet he ct
with flower, was taken about ten d-yt ago offouz cnpes, by we do
Capt. Douglase and the Witch Lapt.—-, stinteth, twin New 1" - -
they attemptedu put the Czptain and two of hue men on shone, but
sort 'a: running in high that the boat filied, and Czpt. M'Night
drowned. The Royal Lewu, a lenemfmarquc bn'g, Robert'W' '
mnmlnder, from Bolton, bound in here, um osove on More lad W si
" nesday week, by the Richmond frigatc, end the Dehwm nd—I
leop- of war. '
A schooner, prizeto the privateen-GeneralG-tes. Clpl. Wnunsi (
' Mcthgl, arrived nn : safe port in New Englssnd. She it loaded'wutrrz' - "
_wines, and lemans, and wan owned hy Admiml G-mbier, at New Y
, The Nlinenra (; highte lssately captuted by the bench) du taken
' privateen 01 10 or u'gana, tmm juma-ea; the time mgate hue bad
' engagetmnt with a tranfpon lhiz- ot " sum; che engagcmcrt you": si - -
lilting nearly : whole mght—the tranlpon Much, but - si' , ,
taken polhlti'on of, th: blew up, and only thirty of MWMT ss
three hundred were saved. The Mn—ssu-va hid as killed um; — ' _ = '
, _By : vesssl in a short passage sh-m Uzudalonpe. we leafn, that - -ct
D'Ettaing. being reinforced f-om Meniniquc, bed again bestepdss ,
Lueia, that he had taken poliL-ltion of the law grounde, and nadb -_
up the English fleet under Adnural Baningtoo. ' . . sssi; __-ct
On Wednesday Ialt the l'ollowin crimmzll were brought tell!.
. iml received lentenee, as t'anwn vlsvll Mliler, Thqmu'l' ss '
...FY
Wilson Pinkerton, lesse Philpotl, Luke Lenly, end Gnlbflt si
. guilt), death. Bel-jamin Lawless, burnt m the hand. .]th :
mued and discharged upon a plea in urrelt of judgment. . ,qsictfss
_ EATHS.) Sounns dsimnon ofAceon-ekcoumy, nd si
. from that dnltrict.-—A Gentleman, to whom though tomme - ss '
oppottunity of a liberal m, yet nature gan the men - ' si ,
adnutage of sound s- nse. Thou quainfied, he knew not the so- - , —
of base policy, nor the false tesmemenn ot pretended pounded; - "
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molt l'enlibly the genuine diaateu of unconupted natun. In lu- m—
chatacter therefore he wan : smecre triend to mpamd justice _
hbesty : ln his private character : Ptam honest man. 'lhat well be Iisi
one been tenimonssv, who knew htm wdl: and being such, that" '
ill wot thy citizens have cause to lament. - -
Ensoumcnr—unc, Mnrcb 15. l71,._ .
. OR szle, by wholesnle orremu, blankcts, coarse broaddoths, sai
under jacsiets, an hlwnment ot ln'jz- lincvs, cumbricks, white -, ),
ing, britannils, cheeks, omabrugs, white and bmwn thread si _ j
felt hats, men: shoes, women; tum" and lcaihcr shoes, red, white, '
blue hunting, mixing paper, white and co'wuted sewing thread and '* ss
metal and twin bunons, hue aflhsiais (win, pins :md needles, -—-- .: "
ctsnufl'ers, large fish boon, ;txes, nails from 4 to aod. - ' . vss
_ _ _ & m
lndigo gmund, logwood, c 5, green and bohea ten, : "
eofiee, [out and brown (ugar, cb sum and !K'Itlh bmndy; also sun
- medicines, ctwz. bark, rhubarb, jallup, sans, Spanish flies, Be. 'ct'
tobacco, hemp, or cash. ct ]OHN BROWNLOW-L'ct
' G- an there is no insfection at Ru/hm's or Fnderirlshligsswlr'effl
:: .,
[will purchase uninspee ed cobacco lying at said mrelzousea. '
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To [(SOLD to lb: bigbffl bidlcr jbr read} my, on {be tal I I]- si,
HE newctlhip HAleSON, now lyin at Brudwy, wi - Ill} - ,
running ligging nearly complete. The money emntted in Usiy :
1777, and April ", 1778, will be taken in payment. , . '.
(zl) ELLlOTT, DAVlS, & Consi ;
Fox s A !. E, .
LlKELY negro fellow, who was brought up to the set, "A) in
acquainted with (;Iuy'apmic bay ;md muti of ituiven. Allo 55 .
gin. with one child, who me good house servant. Po: term- inqamtiu
tne printer. ( 1.)
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& h' parish os 1)??th m the cuunties ofCaruliu and Kipg &?"Ai - si
. it now vzcant y the L.:Zl'atctlun of the late incumbent. "! -' '
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minister of the Church of ] ,: .. u-i, of :- )p.oved moral character amid ': - 1
ties !! a 'eacher, who may mhne \0 fill] lhit cure; will meet with a'
.siF-sis
good glere and a geutcel :ubmipmn for hxs i'u therein. . si'
] - '1 na (: U-ssCrnYARDW'
\ U ]! uge [: — .ctss-Ir- Pubm next sscsiooc tsio. Mess. Dixm & Nil . ,
prihtjng-o (e, thcs nimwngctn'ekl—yflqssi (}Wsflfiof
eoloun, belt COFrE-L,'amrsivood . at V' D'O SUGAR.