The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-09-06 00:00:00, page 3

" 'l'h: : 11! ult. ahigate arrived express
si from Bsi'ci': 1: Pan Royal, withdespsinchcs
to the ;si'eucml to have every port in the
I
French iflmds put in the best posiurc of
d-ss-scnce, and to protect, support, defend,
an-i give cvm'y ailistancc to the Americ-sim
vzssc'ls, all]; to uppusc simy ofhis Britzmnick
msijfss-sty's ships th [( should offer to commit
bushfivsiies on their causts. When they
mean bv (his vuu may easily conceive.
" 'Fictxc d'ztfsi;rc:1cc between Spain am]
Partugsill increascs daily, notwithstanding
France appears as a mediator. If the lru'sih
Was known, she urges it on.
" We have the happiness to acquaint
vnu, that, from every accsiunt we have
"sum, Capc. Weeks bchaved extremely
_well, and has acquired much honour and,
reputation with the French at szrtinique',
m.1ny of whom were spcctalors of .thc
Whole usslisfff \ ff
Extract qs :: letter from an Englishmztn in
Hispctniul :, March 3.
" Th': French are mounting their guns
every where, and buslding new tprtilicu—
tions in several places. 'l'he Spimiards
seem likewise preparing to strike sume
blow, which our stupid ministers at home
ha e not thought of. The 41 hc Hast month
18 sail uf Spsimilh ships of war pallZ-d this
place, bound, as they said, to the Havan
nth; 12 were of the line, and 6 lhgates,
all 18 full of man as posissible. Pss.1*hsstps, in
the ipt-iug, they may pay a \silsit to ja
mtica. The people here are all for the
Atns-ricans. and last week the general or—
dered a" the parts osthi. illsimd to be open—
ed to ships of every kind. Powder is now
in greltpienty."
Extract us'd latter from Yew York, Aug. 19.
" .-\ king us [] uCe C'llnt' up on Saturday,
to get libe. ty For lord Dru mnund and three
others to come on shore. Some will be
allowed, but not his lordship ; he broke
'his parole He wants to go LU Congress,
to treat about rectmcilisittion; the general
fezttsiwnrd that if hr Howe would send"
a man of honour to (Lotlgres's, he would
give him & p.:sslmrt/f}
Extract of a letter fi-om'St. Eustatia, 7ulyt : .
" W hile the Pomona frigntflect- capt.
Edstwood, ]:tyinthisroad, he 'tcta letter
tosur g>veru.>ur,-rt-quefling si sieto tuke ss
Po csii-nl uf'sevcmlsAmericat sseb then]
tn the road1 two or three 0 hich were
loasiss with powder, dry go ; &c. and
ready to slii- The gover informed
, him he couiti grant him no su )crmi on,
and desired he might not att )t to m
tnit any hostiiities, by offerina & thit ,; of
this stature. The govet-nour and counci ]
met on this occasion, and determined that
in su'ure is my English si'ig'sittes or cruisers
came within rencn us the guns oi'any sort
on this ifhnd, with intention to obstruct
the trad'e, 'tlut the commanders of the
iffer - sstt furts have orders to fire on them .
_ The P-zmo 1-1 has kept within sight of this
ifland evzctr since, but has not attempted
tn co ne within reach of the sorts. Mr.
Dsigrsiss' (nur ].xte s cretart) is appointed
g : sit'ruur of this iflzmd ; h's crmtmiflin_n
.- siirsim xuctu uut ny sll'lt VCllCl from nounnu,
_a-c-l it z—z thctug'ht he will (in every thin;; 'm
hsi 'wss r sin.— the: protection of tricle."
Ex. .u'i of mzsszlzer letter from St. Eustutia,
. 71sz 27 .
" (hot. Paftcrshn, in a ship from this
for \ :zltemlsissxm, lately brlowzing to your
Place, wzz: carrF-sid into the Duwns almut
the xo-h us Vl ny by slt'llttcr, um! w .lS lying
ther: tn'u v.:sisi'fk'ss' when she lsifk uccsiuntu
(ram: srom H-Mctn-i, bu' it was 'u k'xnsi.si.n
What wuukl be: d->--c vi h ]oss-r- '1' hL'l'C
was no p'vffinssssi- or l'c'ctx fsm-sszsi' usil or d-mn
she l—Z .g'i [] an e—u-l l.):si cruzi'ss-r. , aict Ievfl'v
si's'ctsia 'si k ! -:) i.! wt'u-m (hs'. hardic " ws
sisi -si. 'l'hsisi p-siun]: nisi !! 'Yunfl [: gin to
ss th: 1k siver-ss- {'t-inu- sisif' silrxsi as me lsstucen
E-rfl sir] ss-m.l 'x-n 'Tsss .;sisi! .( s- m—thsin
appx'e-he"1>'i\'.ct si-Flsin. ctH' .' ss-p vx 34 1}.- F- zjr—
shh suusils; this I in.; lx'um the bthh
merchants letters to their friends here.
Sh sulsil their fears continue, it must sh .kc
the souudution of national cretiit, and I
hope in the end produce a general bank—
rupcy."
Extract of a letlcrfi-om Alhany. Augzg/l 12 .
" [find the msisi-re thinking s>rt ui'peoplc
do not credit the ncwa of thr: French fleet
beingin St. Laurence river; they rather
think it is a story given out by Burgoync
to put our people off their guard. This
day we have adviCe that there are zooo
lmlians with general Schuyler, and that
he begsi n the conference with them last
Tuesduy.
" Mr. ------- returned from the lake,
who was ordered there by Congress to_
inspect into the state of our army; He
sayx that our cormy consists ol jooo effectch
men, hearty and in high spirits; that they
have built complete surrisications, have 60
Inchd or cannun from 9 to 18 poundcrs
mounted; that in a furlnight they will
have upwards us loo ieces mounted;
they have now in the [Eke 9 gondolas,
: ruw-gallies, and 3 schooners, all com
plete and (is. for service; that we shall have
25 or 28 of those vessels in the ]akcs,
which will carry 60 pieces ol'cnnnun, 117
swive] guns, and about 500 men. That
there were two officers scnt out as spics
some time since, one of which returned
while he was there, who reports, that the
enemy had about 2000 men at St. john's,
Iooo at. ]fle aux Noix, and looo or 1500
at Chamblee; that they had about 30 bat
teausin the lake, and no other vessels, nor
any preparation for building more; that
it appeared very clear to him that the
enemy did not mean to attack us, but ex—
pected to be attacked, for that they are
only preparing for defence, by cnhrging
their sorts, and erecting new ones. Ge—
neral Cates says, that it would not give
him the least concern is the enemy Was to
come with 20.ooo men "
--——_-—_.
WILLIAMSBURG, Sept. 6_
A letter fi'omgeneml SULLH'AN to general
W A : " 1 N G T 0 N, duted Long lfland,
ss,Augu/[ 23. 1776.
Ucar General, "
Hl i asternoon the enemy formed ,' and
attempted to pass the road by Bed
ford, when a smm fire between them and
the riflcmon ensued. The officer sent off
for a reinsurcement, which I ordered im—
mediut y. A number of muike'siry came
up to t e affilsshmce ofthe riflemen, whose
fire, with that of oursielsil pieces. caused a
retreat of the enemy. Our mm followed
them to the house ot'judge Lifford, where
a number of them had tctken lod in 5,
rove them out, and hnrntthc house, with
a number of' other buildings contiguous.
They think they kiiled & number; and as
an evidence of it, they produced three
officers hangers, a carbine, and one dead
body with a considerable sum of money in
his pocket. ] have ordered a party out
for prishners to night. We hate driven
them hdsa mile from theirsormer st. niun ."
A ship is arrived in the river Dcisitwarc
with 2200 shmd of arms. 1500 bolts of
csitnvns, and sundry other flores.
A Vkssci is safe arrived at Hampton vxith
tooo bushels us salt, and a small quantity
ot'rum and sugar; the master of which
gives us reason to expect a number of
others, in a few weeks, with salt, and
other usesul articles.--—-'I'he West. India
ifis-Unds nrcin nstctrviugcondition, for want:
ufthc American supplies.
We have received an account of
Senutnrs being chosen for the following
dish'icts. ssiz For ])inwiddie, Southump
tun, and Ntssex, ])AVID MasoN, esq.
For ltlssex, King \ss\ili-m. and King &
Qctncen. OEURGE BROUKs-Z, csq. For
Ptirfccs, Anne, Norsnlk, and Nnnscmond,
jf. !" l—ls l'oict'Fsi tsi]. For Giouces'sicr
and Middletcx, H'ARNER LEWU, est);
senior. For is]: of Wight, Surrv, svd
Prmcc George. 'l'Haouoncx BLANU,
clq; scnior. Fnr Charles City. ].uncq
City, :md New Kent, joun An own]; ' o,
esq. For llcm—Zco, Cu (le-nd, . ndL- u (71,
THOMAS MANN IhNDoLPH, esq.
l'no' Hunovcr and Caroliuc, 'l'non."
1 0 w AX, 'esi].
A/larringeL] C- ]. VVlLLlAM Roscow
V\ lLSON CURLE, delcgzllc in Cnmemion
for Nnrlsi-ctlk hurnngh, to mrs. L! ON , relic
of (he [ne \\ aller l-yon, csq; of Pzsiinccss
Anne cnnntv.
Dun siPruNG, .Szjzz. 6, 1776.
llOcI-f. gentlemen cadcts belonging to
the blh regimcnc, now absc-ntsi are
desired immediately to repair to the regi
ment, is!.hcv expect presermevt.
D L'ALH 1 l-sictl) lsirmsin the (."-;;lz-ge csinnpsi
the 2d instac ( (Scptmr'nr) a soldier
who sax s his name ib. YOHN BUTD, born
in N'uw England, and :: silOfln'ckPs b\ tradc.
He isabOut goyears osctsissc, 5i'siess 9 siwr lo. i -
ches ]ngh, and has lbme Acdrs .ub-ctut his
mouth; had no ubrownhunting shirt I'r'm-z
ed, and tnvpsc rs of the same colour. Hetuld
somepers- ns beshrehewcntoff,tlmhe was
going to Tork town for a title, and some
clothes that'hc said be left [here. He had
taken the place of a suluicrin m) compan
the day he went awav. and ] expect hels
either gone towards Turk or FrelcricZ/l
burg._ct w hoever will deliver the said'D-j-d ,
to my company of the second regsiuncm
sha'd -reccive 405. reward, paid by A .
zfl FRANClS TAYLOR.
bUliRY siouw't'Y,
near WALL': bridge, Augn :, 1776.
I HAVE. a likely fine bay jsixsius L'OLT'
sur sole, just rising 7 years old, 4 sect
10 or 1 : inches high, and well proportion
ed. He is a very good covering horse,
and will make a fine : ovper er earth;]
nag when cut. 'l he terssna will be mode
rate, and the cash to be: paid down on
delivery.
josrpn nmJJ-WMN.
1 l'PxAYED or 5 AULLKN hom Spring
S field camp, about the 24th uk'd'ugu !,
:: dark hay horse about 9 years old, 3
hands 2 or 3 inches high, has no brand,
except a few small scars about his should
ers, one ossshis hind feet white, paces and
gallops very Well, and is hard to catch.
V\ hoever brings the suid horse to me., at
College camp, or gives such i! teshgerce
that I may get him again, shall have SXX
DOLLARS reward.
, mcnssuu) BYRNARD,
(si) of the jth regiment. si
OMMlTTED to the jailos Northamp
ton cmmty, tWo negro _mcn5 one
named CUFFY', belongisig to the eflsizte of
John Taylor os Norsalk, drceasc'd; the
other named 705 ., belonging to William
Harvfy oF Philadelphia. The owm—rs are
desired to take them away, and pay char
ges to
is] EDMUND GLANVILLE. j-ffl'lsi
v
Mr.?uamz, ":
F NCI.OSFLD is a piece, wrote with 3
_4 design to promote the public]; gous!
If it should be adopted, ] apprehend I!
would be attended with happy cunscquen
ces to this cummonwcalth; therefore,
as you have always shewn yourself" a friend
to the publick, ] hnpc you will give it a
place in your next (hzcttc. and much
oblige A con/fmzt CUSTO MER.
M—
To the FREEHOLDRRS of the Constan
WEALTI! us VIRGINIA.
Gentlemen
HERE is nothing has a greater tf mien—
cy to prcsnrvc a flute strong; :zml
vigornm than a virtuous and msi-El chosen
LliGffiL/X'lctURE. A" the Venuhtv (mal
lust: conduct ()ftlxc parliament uslinssi] and,
by which the cmpirc lus bccsin tum to
pieces, is chicfly ow ing to the unjult and