The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-01-24 00:00:00, page 1

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Htctzsiz hr-AVx'ctN 10 sssixsixcnous ENDS durst; (he S'sORM!
PHl L AD E L PH ] A, jzzssctctzctsszsisiy 4.
AS l' 'lssuesila'ct' night cul. Licungc
W ccdon, oi' Virginia, arrived in this
my with the Heflim ullicek-s msssszsin at. Trcn
ton, in the action of (he :(th', he this day
delivered- them to the Cou'sichl of Szztsicty,
with fix standards. They are a'silcwcd llu ir
arolc ofhonour, and declare themselves
crscctiy satisfied with their sate. We
Year kh: colonel scts ossagain, in a day or
two, afar the contincnca] armv in jcrsey.
, 78". 7. This day an exprcssi arrwed
from general VVnshington's army, ut
Pluckcmin, Morris comuy, East Jcrsc-y,
which he left last Sunday nigh;. Bv him
we learn that our army is in high sph'iL',
having" had various cngagcmcnts With the
cncmy, in which they have heard victorious,
and have taken several licld pieces, :! con
ffldcrabquuantity us blggnsiqc, and up—
. Warda of 4oo prisoners, am-mg whom are
many officers of rank and summe. Far
lhcr particulars arc hourly expected .
Extract ofa letter fisiom a gentleman: in the
' army, to his friend in thi: ciqy, dared
Pluckemin, Yan. 5, 1777.
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" we nave & numocr Os OlllCCsS pnlun
er! ] am just called on to corn n.md the
inkantry at the funeral of Clpt. Lcflic, a
British offlccr killed at. Plinccton. W
but him with military honours. On the
fled ] saw lying anocher cept: z'm, of the
name 01 Mosty: 1, s-id to be the next heir
to an estate of 25,cool. per aunum in
England .
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15 A L T ( M () [& E, 7mmary 7.
Extract ofal-c'ttcrjisiaml'h'zluclerlplnssn Dsc. 30 .
"'I-THE late enterprise ot' general Wulh—
ington has ]md ammt ),silurimv effect;
it animates che spi. :s of 15,- - saw -- us" li
berty amazingly. lshijb: 'icvsi 1- ctn pur
sucs the blow, which ! beliwc ) tends,
I:: will take the greatcst art at Chu—
my 's army pxisnncrs. It nsi- Uisi' , when "
our (.;rccs m [crscy ]uin, they 5- 31] .unounl
to above 15,ooo csicchvc man.'
The: contincnml lnsiig chsi: pfsion, capt.
Hallock, of 14 carriagc gone, Lu' tun \ .ith
smnpowdcr and other wan. kc storas, hom
Cape Prancois, bound to P'filulcfphict,
was htely taken off the capcs os Dchwarc
by the Pe'll'l lrigacc,c cupc.-—--—-, wi; 1 p- s
a licutcnant and a small number of hands
on board, with orders to carry her unme
(liatcly to New Ym'k; but leaving un [man!
the !. xiugton 70 brave chowsi-, who were
all wail acquainted with the sate of a xpt.
Johnson, and his crew ostth-aukcy [I :si-ro,
and all .; might be expected h'om Brmlh
]mm 'Tmy, theydctcrmined, utallhumrcisi,
to 1- Lsif {m sh- ci. lh-six ty. 'Hus [In. ct'sccsiccl
the. i 11 u " zva: [they were taken , in .1111'1'1—
n._:* w 1": !. (I; the might.} h' mour m]
t'uzir x-L-ict-sisiain-L um] pzsi'isicu: c 11!" mind.
't'hsifu t}. sssi !;le sir urc'd 'si'nefz' ;zl'Zsbncrct.
thsssi-ss ss_-,.,- ;,. ,-.__';f-_]_-1i,nssr j'nsi :]:c:c1;:cs us
Vicjsssissziz (l'HH-Zh' 51] ;"i—si zct-"y V-Cic in Havi—
;si- Uinn) r. ;,I._ in sZss-sisisss very shrtnusltc'ict-ss' sell in
\-'i\h ;1 few hour.": usssr. and on YVL-wlncs—
'Lssv ]zk's '1':*siv: .! s j-- in this. harbour.
(; xpsi. linssLTszc—"s; :sisim! l.uzs (;;{iccrs wu": 'ukcn
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on board the Fear], but havesince been set
on shorc, and are arrived at l'lulndciphia.
Since our [all: the privatecr Entcrprisc,
capc. Campbell, of this port, returned
from a cruisc, and has brought in two
rizcsis; one :: brig bound srom Newsonml—
End to jumiica, laden with fish and oil,
and the other, :. floop, laden with sultund
dry goods, bound from the West lndics
to lhlifizx. These two prizcs m'ikc eight
which have been taken and brought into
port by the Enterprise.
The lsilellian prisimers who were taken
in general Walhictgton's late enterprise
sit t'rcnton are all shsely sccured in the
barracks as the city os Philadelphiu. (lo!.
liohi, their commandant, died of his
wounds- at Trenton, a few days ago.
Within a few days eight private lai'sihcrs
of the British dismounted dragoon's, and
a commissary, were made prisoners, by
surprise, in afarm house between 'l'rentou
and Princeton, where they were carousing,
by seven of the Pennsylvania light horse.
Thirty three lleflians were also taken
by a party from col. Grifliu's detachment,
near Mount Hoily.
Extract of a latterfi-om Philadelph'la,
" General Washington's army having
been considerubly reinsorccd, and enabhzd
to act offenlichy against the foes ofsrec
dom, has relieved the Whig inhabitants of
tss xis city from a disagreenble state os anxic
ty; and, on the other hand, this happy
reverse in our affsilirs makes the poor des
picach 'l'orics look quite chop-fal/cn !
Glosiuus intelligence has this day arrived
from jcrscy. Every countenance, :! sew
us the; wretches asoresuid cxccptcd, seems
to sp.u'klc with joy. 'l'hc substance ot'the
information ] have received is, that our
army, after a long conflict with a very
sm-miduble body of the enemy, are in pus
scllian017Pr111cct0n, andu'rivin them with
the unnos': precipitakion, insgmuch that
it is not doubled but a total rout us this
lm-z us the L-simm British and surcigu army
will me-iouily close the wiutcr'a czuupnign.
ln audi-siizm to this, wc luvc reason to be
]icvc Lint the first news we hear from
New Y,<> k w.ll be that 1: ]: m pusscssmn of
1 c Nc c,v l-l-wland troops. A sicntleman
'sirum Ne .v England, at the cotscc house,
ulisicrs to {a v any body 500 to [00 guincns,
shot tuev \ss:!' 31. ..- it bv this evening; so:
he i-.v wsia cr-x-zvsi m one body, at
P-z. nssisixccpsisi, si.!l 2.'si- :hessi coumy; that
the New Ensi-stss-wisi xrcu Were all" m alms,
and that, thch c-si-jc-"si was New York. I
luvc great plczd'ur; In informinff ;fou that
troops from the- (:n- xmry arc cuu iuually
cominp into th' h c'x) , on their way to join
psicncrsi. !si-Vashingum, and msuch numbers
as would really um as you , (] ZIL 3000 are,
this a .ct, , to sin c ] w Bz'sif'wl, thzded by
the gRFHXM gr'siucx: ::l 'utnam; and cc].
Isslcming's !) ucti'mn of 6 -r 7oo comincn
m] troops, sn *nt ac E. .hcln Shorc chir
gilm, it 18 (.x,\e'(si,\c(l will be in town
this cv-ni: <r ".1 ; zlze L'flling honour us
thchw [zing] ndts-wsi-s, wlmcmncacrolZ—z
tlzc Ni-rlh KiYCs wisih gcusiq'g! L_cc, and
joined general Washington in this state.
. whose tune of service cxpired the suit of
junuary, it may be told, that every in:.n'
of them, considerinxg- the crizical fiumtion
oshis couritry, nob y and cheersuily cou
sentr—d to stay with their beloved cc'm—
mundcr in chics six weeks longer. A res
pcctable young gentleman, ok'thc city us
I'hiludelphia, who lately went to [."-order:
town with a sing, was politcly entertained
by the Hcsiian cm'mnandant, at the house
of :: contincucal (iclcgatc at that place,
with whom he supxu and dined in thsie
companyol'that :lrch traitor ]o. Galiu way,
and parson Odcll os Buriingtun. The
Penni'flvania resugee !ss'tudioully nvcidcd
puiilical conversation, knowing there was
a gentleman at table who despised him;
but the unworthy chite anxioufly :md im
pudently wishedj'or a bridge os ice, that
he and the army mightvisit and be tisited
by their acquaiutmxcu on this short, thus
proving'himsels, what Churchill cxprcsscs,
" by cruelty :! priest." 'l'o your list of
miscreams nny bc added, Tcnch Coxe,
Edward Shippen, jun. Peter Campbel],
and many others, \\ hose. numca shz-ll hera
asier be sent to you. ]ustaz ] was about
to put a period to this hasty scraw], srcsh
news amvcd, thar our brave trups have,
by the favour of Heaven, bccn crowned
with victory on the plains of Princeton I
am so much affected withjoy for my cou -
try's safetymu] honour, myanxiccy t': ru )!
friends, who maynow, perhaps, bcmzm
bered with the dead, is siuh, that ] crm
only add my scrvcnt prayers that the
Almighty my speedily at. an end
to the calamitics ot'war, an grantus that
peace, that liberly, and sij-ty, which have
been denied us by ungcucruus Britons."
YanLctaty 16. Yestcrday major-gcneral
C'MCS sct out from hence kor Lhc Amcrican
army, in jerscy. -
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of great
worth, in t/z. Americau army, to the
printer of this papcr, datcd near Px'mce
ton, 71017, 1777.
" On the 2d inliant intelligence was re
ceived, by express, that the enemy": army
was advancing from Princcwn towards
Trenton, where the main body of our
forces wasthcn stationed. 'swa hrigadcs,
under hrigadicr-gcneruls Stcphen and Per—
moy, had been detached seven.] days be
fore, from the main body, to h-lztidcnhead,
and Were ordered to ikirmish with the ene
my during their march, and to retrcat to
'I'remon, as occasion should require. A
body of men, under command of cal.
Hand, Were also ordered to meet the ene
my, by which means their march was so
much retardctl as to give ample time forsi
our forces to form, and prepare to give
them a \\ arm rccrpticn upon their arrival.
Two field picccs, planted upon a hill, at
a small distance above the town, u'csuct.
munagsu! wish great advantage, m (} tlitl
cuniitlcrcsihfsi czsisicxxiion !ssutsi sumctimr; :su x'
whisih thcv 'ncsc (vrsi'F-Tz'u'. it) l'ctit'u tn th!
(lation crsiztsi'fc-I 'ut um isim. .- s on the tluth
litle us ths.- Lzldgc. on:: the Litti: Lia};
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