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THE VI-RGINIA GAZETTEQ
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[F.EBPsiUARY 7, 1777.-] WlLLIAMsBURGZ- Printed by Dxxou 65 HqNTEiz. ' (No. 1331.]
B 0 5 (T O N, january 2.
- H E be inning of this week the privfiteer floop com
mandc by William Dennis, sent into a safe polt at
the southward, the Conntess of Eglington, a bi'igan
tine from Greenock in Scotland, bound to Antigua.
The following 51 3 schedule' of the cargo on hoard the
brigantine Countess of Eglington, viz. 57 bales, ! io
boxel, 34. calkc, : cliefls, and 5 trunks of haber
dashflf, " 368 ynds of printed liven, na; unde ot' wrought !eatlier
shoes, 45], pound; lgreen glas: bottles, 3 arrels and : firkins shong
,],ss' 6797rpo'undsta low candlea_, zpo re ned sugar, 67038 yards Bri
tish bounty linen, "to yards lnsh ditto, "88 yards British flriped and
checked dttto, zo7 firkinsos butter, "6 gallons Porttigal vsivine, and : lo
bundlesof iron hoo ". - . ..
Two prim are ta en by-l-pn'vateer from this State, - and carried into
Cape Anne. One ofthem has on board upwards of 1500 sirkins of but
-ter, &c. and was from England bound to Gibraltar, for the supply of
thegurfishitherect '-' si' ' ' 1' 7'
A number- of Gentlemen of character} living at lnd near Concord,
inform us, that there have been several EARTHQJAKES lately felt
there, and in the toims adpmtsi
" Sometime [al theek', nlll'geffship," supposed to be one Which the Alkred
srigate-hu lately red, tlssn into New-vort (she not knwin thattlie
enemy was in passe ion of that place) in:! was made :! prinb .
NEW LONDON, Drt :o. By : Gentleman from Providence we
[corn, that the troop of horse from Harlford, and part of the eastei'n mi
_1itia of this Since- had ufived at Providence; 'that emr'en'chm'enls were
making at sundry advantalgeous place: on the side of the river below the
town; that the enemy, ince taking possession of Rhode lfland, have
appcaied very quiet. "
HARTFORD, Dgc. 30. A letter from a Gentleman at Pcek's Kill,
siZ'si' " Our brigadg have been at Hackinsack, lakeh 'zoo Tol'ics, kiiled
: umeF' ssznd made prisoners of 30 regular's, who wcre stationed there
as : g'uctasi We" also took & boot)" Worth, 6 or 70001. consish'ng of wine;,
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sum,. &c.,: . . ss
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B' Act L I I__M () R E, january ,28.
hssmct diss- Wint- GaualctWumN c'ron to Caugrtst, dom! ja
" . sslllmonmsiaoshinflamg- since flux, I hcvc-tbe pleasure to
,_ss- x-sssi- m -- .Mez, 1177. .
- insosnctmnhnbcenenl Dickinsoo, with about4oo militin,
hu defend a fand.! prey ofahe enemy of — equal number, and has
ukenu munnjad quad")! no horsn, mofl ofthem-of the Eng
lish drought bmd, and . nowhere! thorp and came which they had col
The enen um withsqznnehprecipitmjon, chat.Ge_oeral Dick
inson h-d anss Why :) mlkinf nine prisoneru they were ob
served'co clrrypffqct-(oodsi any dead un wounded in light waggons.
This action hypeud near Somcrset courthousc, on Millltonc river.
GeneuLDidhlkn'xbcbj-ssviour reflcth the highest honour upon him, for
zhougih'p :: m all nwflohc led them duough the nver, middle
dup, ad gm my [olevqctu charge, _thauhhough supported by
tho: field-piem, day,,p- may-udsshfnhen' convey.
;! but m " sn— sicfl find, sun:: che Bring near Kings
lui m . ,IKICH. ss um: for, unlesl the Norlh rivon
shou jade MCMkssqzm it:... But shemounc of him
]: 'Wakaefsst Independence on Fn'day lash comes so
wrsi authemicated bv dis n ways,.dw l-annot-dpubrjt. lc-h (sz
(hath cook mptjsonu- in .dul fansi .and that htsijnuflcd sort Wash
: anon Saturda , whic : thqfirj'n ." _
"? y fim gyssarderoz Congres's.
.. -; ,} f. . ct ss CHARLES TBDMBONHSech-y.
Extract qsa letter am :: G leman in the army, just ' ed " z
),z .? ctww'si-sidamw ! U '[ss
""We haTe c'e1 am account: of fort ln epen ence being ta en, and
that 400 prisoners had fallen !inw ou'ss adds Wgst whom are sundry
Pennsyhama Gentlcilel Wrigs. on Whshington was muesike< this
,:I ,.si,"!.l .
day week, and the firing ceased about :] o'clock, su posed rd be taken.
We expect now every hour to hear of New York havtng also szjlen into '
our hands. We have taken a great many horses, waggom, and prison
;H, in several tLirmisheswe had thin week in and about Soutert'xt court
touse." _
Fort lndesizcndettce, ctabove mentioned, in situzted near Kingshridge.
and made to defend that pass.
We learn, by a letter from Salem (N. E.) that certain intelligence had
been received from Guadaluu , that some be and 74 gun ships. had late
ly arrived at said illand, from France; that an additional number of troops
were daily expected, and that I war with England was looked upon a
incvitahle. .
A Gentleman in Philadelphia writes his friend in this town, tlze nd
instant, thar Col. Gumey of that city ha': retaken all the Helsians' plunder
which was (lond at Shtsiewshury meeting- house, with thcit-clothes and ne
cessaries, to the amountof no waggun loadt, thirt of which he sent of,
bcin all the waggons he had then when this ple: ng account was for
war ed to us. He further adds, this you may depend on. '
It is feared that the dcli htful town of Newport, on Rhode island,
which contained upwards o tooo houses, ha'mqt with the same sate as
Charlettown, Falmonth', and Norfolk, it having, itsil said, been lately
seen in flamee from the zd'acent country. - . _ .- t_._
We hear the Militia o the northern eountiu of this Stace—are-unjct
marching orders, to join the grand A'meriean army in ]ert'ey. * '.
Bxluct as a [ellerj'rm Phihdelphia, (lated January : .
" Several successful skirmishes, but no cunstdenblc nctlon, has very
lately happened between our troops and the enemy; ba!" from the move.
ments of seven] large bodies of our forces in the jersey State, it it con
jcctured that a grand aflssaulr will be speedily made "T'." lloyve's paflick
flmck tmope near answick, &c. apprehenhve of-t to, the memy have
assembled : number of men of war and transports at Amdoy, to facilitate
the renne, or ratheresiape, of their army, in case of : route. We have
Ind, within : dey or two, several flaming nccounts of the success ot'cur
:rms in the-State-of New Yolk; but we hzve nothmg, as yet, well
enough aulhenticated to publish."
WILLlAMSBURG, February 7.
LAST Wednesday a flag came from the fleet at VViHoughb-j "5 Poinly
townds Hmpwn, and was me! by Capcain Barrun, who z--u ivcd
their despalches, and sorwarded them to du: city by expvels the fame
evening; they contain poching more than a desme xo exchange pntunu s.\
The infamous David Matthcws, Mayor of the city oi' New YOXK,
lately csca d from Lirtchfl'e'd; and has got do the enemy. -
Undtr e Philadelphia head of ]afiuary zzd, in the Pcnnsylyania Eve
ning Posi, we have the soUowin paragraph: !: is reported that New
York wis taken last Tucsday nig t, by the ccnunenml army."
. Nzwrows, Basle: {ozmtp jan. 14, :777.
THE following officers nn4 volumeess, vxz M qms Mclgl and Bigc
low, Cap!" am! Lashbsi' Topham, Tha)ff, Morgan, Wird, G dsio
rich, lnd Hlnchcu, Liednnann M'Dougal], Cumpcon, Clarke, W hb"; -
Febiger, flesh, Sl'lge, Bmwn, Nichols, Brain, and Steel, "Enfi
Tisdell,Voh1mekn Oswald, Duncan, Lockwood, M Guire, Ponfiss ss'
field, and lhnrr, whom sent from Cunda by General Carhn, u'ef- *
released from : eir atoles, others of th: lame lauk belonging to ib
British my havfhssg mhhhged for them;
" Roun- H. Hnusosiu,
s", ' " 'ss' ' Sun") " H.! Excellency General anbiusitu.
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sisi, snzhvuzGLNIA GAZE'TTE.-5;ctcsisi?'
;; Fdlmwsi Saffln, _ Finvusiy 5, 17]
Wind hlsive engaged in the rssnofl honourable (frvice' m the world. p &
Mpd hol W' in defence of our country, di- w'vep,
Wnsipsizxmzctjndtn si en, de to secujq (9 ourselves and flesh)— (he
ineshmaplgblesh kW31" : On our success in xR gloyjom
slry e withzhe tiosh tyrant siis metten cut-chrn: .dr d—
shess up uses, ctffiffinss usiwffi'w " ""
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