The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-12-12 00:00:00, page 2

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! ,sssssi' wsie mufi expon'our fellow cre-siuure=, let us senj
*" (: some osshe most uieless or pernicious kinds of
themssviz. unnecessary placencessn, sinecure off cers, and
devouring pensionere, with our nnmerious ipungers on
the identity osthc communicy. A mere pe'nslOner is
a ifpiy'I-arncss, : genteeler kind ofbeggar ; he eats
un pespenle of others, and is mamuine'sil'oy the
_ publick. To expon Tnch wdulsil be adjing to the na
tffom] stock and safety, or to the well.:re and popuh
tion of thinly inhabited countrzec, where necessuy
might make them honest and in-Jsist.si.ous.
\Vhether any more foneign merceunries u i" be es—
parted next sprmg, for the good ot' mule, time will
show. For my part, [think it wouLl not benmissm
export a Blshop or two, so epismpiie such osthc colo—
mcs as my be conquerej, or to promote content an).
tnespir'fl of liberryamong them. They misht like
wise explain to thd people- :? mturc osunsonsilztlonal
submifflon to the mocher countr), or tcac.) them xhc
loyalm osaddrefflng thelhrone, unJ returning think s
for almostevery measure, good or bzd, of government.
.- B () S T () N, Novzmuk 13.
siA-s'l' 'lsihursday morning the ship Syren of 28
gon:, one transport ship, and—sia schooner, ran
ashore at Point judith. The two last were taken,
with abmt surty prisoners, one mass". killed, and four
wounded. It was expecwd the Syrcn would give up
as soon as an eighteen poundcr fued upon her, which
would be ready the next mmning.
!y'two gentlemen of undoubted varacity, who ar
rived sh town last evening from New London, .whicn
place they left last Friday, we ]cam that the Syre-n
fr gave." above mentioned, Wia entirely bulgcd, and
that "our people had made prisoners'os thu crew, consist
ing osabnut 180 men, and had aiso secured her guns,
&c. to the vaiue of about 60,oool. lawful money.
On Thursday last arrived at Cambrsdge Licuremnt
Generll ]OHN BURGOYNE. with the British, and
on Friday the Hbflian troops, in the full power of health,
irholacely surrendcrcd themselves prisoners of war at'
the Northward, to the brave and intrepld Majqr
General Gatrs, whose name ought' to be retained with
gratitude in the breast ofevery Amvrican.
Monday last arrived at : safe port at the Eastward :
rize brigantine, double deckcd, fy om London, bound
to Halifaxct taken by Ca (. Szackpole, in the privntccr
brigantine M'Clary, be onging to Portsmoucn. The
invoice of her cargo amounts to twclvc thousand
unds sterling, in the following articlcs, viz.
Eh h'sh oods, thirteen chesh of bohcntea, loat' su ar,
cheese, leel, siporter, hardware, provisions, &c. g'he
Captain of the prize inferms, that on hczsing Gencnl
Bsiurgoync had taken Ticondcroga, and his progress
toward: Albany, looking upon it that Amcnca was
conquered, thirty fsve sail came out with him, lndm
with the like articlez, bound to diffmnt porisss in
America- , ,
Tuesday last :: vessel arrived here of a short [assage
sramSt-f Peter's, Newfoundhnd, the master of which
_ inf rms, that :! padtet had arrived there from France
in thirty days, with orders for the governcur ahd in
habitants to evaCuate that place in eight days, as :: war
with Great Britain Was inevitahlc'; in consequence of
which, several vessels, with all kinds of goods, were
preparing for these ports. ,,
B A LTlM O R E, Dtcnnu :.
Extract (s ;! lmtr from .Mr. B ----- -, cantinmral
agmt as Martiniquc, dared ()cto*er 13, 1777.
ISLNCERELY uvngratulne Lo-igrczs on the s;
vourable and important news which the General
has received a few days 550 by a packet boat which
sailed frsim Rochcllc the uth ct'Segtcmhar, the in:
flancc of which is, tnat acmrier had been d. syatched
to Versaillee which instruriions frl' the ambsiisiadour
at the Court ofL mdrm m cia in 31! Fr'sikn-Cll vcssis that
have been captured ( without the limira) by the English,
and which were reguiarly clcand out for any French
ort; which requisition, if not ccmplicd With, is to
5 the signal fctor retiring from me: court. The Gene
has received ordcrs to But every thing in rvadiness f :r
war, and to lay an em Argo on all sh 95 Mr Europ.-, to
revent thLir sailing int') tue hands us the enemy. The
French mimsier announccs 5'100 addftional trn'wps for
Martinico and Gattdaloupc. Thctmniports are asrtady
engaged for them at Havre, Nmtz, and Bourdeaux.
A; Brcst, Rcchford, and Toulon, they work night
andctlay, and the grentz'si yn-pnratinns are making s'siss
theimmediatecommenmnntot'host-I-ties— Although
che (isirn sin! h uurlv ex; eccs the declaratinn of war, ]
('Zifln'T imagine tsissss will take place until the arrival i—f
thtsi trsivps d-sistivted for this )place. The Gcmral's plan
is to asitasik ti-c English ilands immediately, and I
thfnk his sucnzisi depends ou his conducting his opera
ticm with rapndity. The rcflicutinn ()fthc ship Scinc,
and lier cargo, is strongly infisted on hy'che court of
Vc'rsaiilcs. Th's ship thc Gemml of Martinicn d-ss-s
yntchcd an account of his M8j*tf[_\', as :i linrcship, to
sum the garrison ns Miqudnn and St. Dznningn; bUt
youussre to observe ihc was _lr.ad<'d wi'h Amcrium pxo
lzen ',siand bound to Amenca, but had French paprrs.
])ne minist of England, fcrsi'isiccing t'u- zwent of
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this war with rm-rica, and the damage shut attends
tlctcir tritious situztion, wnuld willingly rtstore and
rslsgn the helm of government, m hands msirz- capable,
yf dirccxing it. From this view, they have published
& number of-inflamnmmry pim s, ('akuldt- d to rousc
and animate the nition, in which they dt'siriburc the
dishstcrs of the American war cntZr'si'iy to the nflistnnssc
whsich the [rench ha'vc rffcrad us, Authcmick ad
vise: say, the King of Pi'usiia has opened his purts to
the Amcsicans. _
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Extract? of a lctsittss'r fi'om :: .L'z-ml'sr (s Caiqgr/ss m
Y'ork'l'own, to a gcisslliizml in tl. !: ];lct-zsct', ctlctmct-l
No—v. 28, 1777.
" About an hour ago letters were received fron Cc
neral Gakcs, which inform, that the enemy had aban
doned Ticondetnga with lh: grsi'siatsi'sc preciplucinn. 'ss
They wore so much alarmed that they did not wait to
carry off their cannon, but spiksd them up. \Ve
me now in [)Plsssxsisilon of that impnrtant p- sc. Whjat
frightcncd thcs. pnltsonns awfl) ] do not know, Lssut
susspposc it to have bsscn c..c upsimQach of'Gcncral brark's
volm-ccera."
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WILLIAMdbURU, Drc. 12.
ON the qu'n ulx. lksie l'imcnx m.! Emsralssi, Bruish
ships of war, with two cenuers, appeared vff
Sandy Po lsit, in P-ssmwmank, Tudr avowcd errand
up thar nvcs is in s-si nrch of, mz'Il'mns. fyr which they
are grsiat'y diilrcflsi'ci. and six. u J give any price.
Vv'c lenrn from th; Nortctzn. pakusis, that a Mr.
]ohn Brown has lacciy mch hn uP-sicaruncc (without
a flag, or cvc'n ;: pass) at ank in Pzctunlsiylvunh, who
says he was lE'nt by Mr. \Vil.in_,; nFPhiladdp!-siia with
& vcrbal message from General quc to Congrcss,
purporcing that th(; General unmou : sir ;m nczummu
dacmn; that he had [TOWCI to mean uxrh C'zngrcss us
a CJ/gnsct, provided lh<'y womd lt'sisind independcncy,
and was desirous they should be inforde of it. Up 'n
Mr. Brown's mcszlsso bexng dc'siivucd to some indin
dun]: of that Hunoumbl: Assembiy, he was sent ::
prisoner to Lancallcr, and by order of the Cuunril of
Pennl'ylvanin, c zmmixccd (0 checummnn jail. When
we consider that Lord uhd General [lowe have uni
formly aucmpted to deceive us fiom the bz-anning,
that their femh, frequently and shjunnly phcthtcd to
individuais, has b-si-sin as frequently violageu, that the
messhgcs they sent to Con-sisscls, even by our own' Ge
nerah, then captivcs in their hand:, were merely de
lufive, and that the most palpabldfa'sirhoods have been
industrinufly circulaced by their emikarics, both in
Eursrpe and Amcrica, we cannotss help at once alle.
miring but) the stupidicy and Impudcncc of the Bri
tish leaden, who think we wiH n0w attend to & ri
diculous tale "of peace, brought by an obscurc person,
sins; say: he saw another person, who saw General
owe. ' ss _
Extract afa lmrr from the eontinmta! camp, dam]
November 24, 1/17.
" The enemy have at length made themselves
ful] masters os-che Delsiawd'se, by ibe'reducticm os
For: Mifflin, andxhe evacuation oflsiort Mercer.
However, peither ofchcss events has been attend
ed with any loss either ofssnncn or stores. borh be
ing happily removed bet'uqe che sorts fell into their
hands."
A .sicssel is arrived at Edcnton, North Carolina, from
France, Wll'h about scvenry thousand pound: worth of
wooilcns, &c. '
si- 'I llOMAS ADAMS, Esq; is chosen one of our dele
gates in General Cnngrcsz, in the room of ]oszPH
JONES, Esq; who has declined, upon account of his
health.
On the lssgch u'.t. being thanksgiving day, the Rev.
]shn Hyde Snundc-rs, (if & nmburlanu COUnly, had a
son bnptlsed in church by the, name of HORATIO
LctA'] FS. si_ _
si- Death.] Co]. HENRY ch, _at Hampton, after
a short lllncss. muc: rct-siretsi d.
[it THE IIOUSE or SEN ATORS,
SATURDAY, December 6, 1777.
On a motion made, ,
ORDERLD, th." Mcss. Dxxou and HUNTER
be appointed PRIN TERS lo this HUUSB,
]OHN BECKLEY, c. 5.
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The udsiiresct of the inI-ubtmnu of HARRODSBURG !
Geomm Romzns CLARK, Lsq;
\VE have j.1t receive,! in;: siulngreeable news of
your relisigning the command of this fart, the"
cons uence of which, we know, wilsisi. be the imme
diate cparturc oF the young mun. T'nc disposition
you have always shewn to an vnnCe the intc rest of" this
Country moves us at this time: to request of on neither
to resictsin nr ]\ ave us, as yctur departurc will :;ittcudcd
withcthc ]ossi ofthc country, an-siX consequently our ruin.
We are sensiblc of your merit; we know that you ap
pointed the day, and insi'jCflCt'tl thc party, that dissolv
ed the absolute proprietarygovss-rnmcnt-that was partly
('stdiiiishcd among us; by which you appear to be a
scrvmeable member of tisse commonwcalch of Virginia,
and :: protccmr nfthis part of it. To you we owe
our present and suaure m ]si'are under the jurisdiction of
Virginm, as you have laid the fiuadatinn of it. You.
conduct ;md spiritcd behaviour, during the frequssnt
incurfinn ofthc lndians into this country, have attachc d
us to you in a particular manne's. f'sir \m the first day
you engaged in the publick business us this country wc
knnwynur whole time was spent in dangemus enter
prlsi's for the publisk good. \Vc acknowledge, with
gratitude, the bencfit: we received from the ussmgcrnus
jnurnc'y yff-u lllldtstssjik to Willidmzburg in the begin
ning of tho Chcmkc'c war, actnd )'1 or more dang-ssrnus
return through .hc Northcm Indians upon the ()lsiio,
since their comzncntcmcnt oflmsillitics, with the am
munition that his shsipcrtcd our fclmilies, and cnubfcd
uz to d-csfsind nurlll: 5. Your gcnc'r'ctsity in [CPI'LiCHK
ing and si rving us., m y-mr own c-xpvnscss withs'us asking
any rvmlznti m, ]; iingu'nr. \Vr brsij, "ner. ::nm'c. tout
y'*u_ will c'xort th': llimc pu'nl'ck spirit, \\'i1i("\ has
hitherto bsicn sn cnn-ctlv'vu'nsisi in aH _\*z-ur ristinns, by
sinying with us ynuriss'siF, find keep ng as m'nzy ws the
young m<'n ns y'hu pssssll-ly ran. \Vc 'u'v, d'sinr Sir,
vours with csic-si-m. Sigzsixsd by the inhabitants. ,_
HARRODSDURG, siSqct/u, 1777. )
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"si ].77" s.rr1'l. .""si.*r' >,'\- lssfsis sv/sictct, ;,ss _-'_—-_ .".
man.! (ct'ss' FMZ, 1 . . : r., -.- _.'* .' r ct-y
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hsre Cazr !! after .'.si<' Mfli. :simml, :,ss-lssssls ] (p, ,,
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shpplsir, (:l'ic'h ] lnsc si'z-r lffilsi/T l-s- s') jn-m ]mnsie .sslsict' _-,-'ss
S:ulb<rard.----I rrqct-si-j} lle f/mwr (fall yrqsi'ct'sssisi; um'.-L.'--,-si ,"
me to maktjpfm'ssv _.si.1_\n cut, !} al .! may lnz-L- i! 10 mctsssjss. ;u-r
to psiurf/wfi' m.:frrials ter n.;v [msiHe/l, which are llsi'ssfl' utm
usiqnnth n'mr, nnddsijictsiusilt so be met m my. '
' si-ILEX': Psss'RD/[LZ
To be SOL D L') puHictk azzflicn, [or tracts) ns-ry, ,,,
Monday tl-si- zd cf l-"ebrusixry rit'J, a! tl-e su/j-riiar'l
shop in Willsicmsi-silvurg,
si, A R l (.) U & sum of household and kitchen
furmturc, a C'lmlucc c-xcst of ca'.>.n : 111.1k-_.si
cools, turning lathe axcd wmlsic b.'nch5*s, s-ctzmcss m hct
gany and walnut phnk. dsisl; m untm-sicts, ) .dcsi, and
fissveml sorts ot'mar- [in. s- r cunfing cn ilxid Lusiue's.
looking glasssis of variom sizes, a small (Aussmtary of *
quicksisincr, with ali otisicr lnncerZa-flor si'u-ring of
ghss. The He to begin at ten o'chtk, and concmue
til] all ?: lbld ofi'. Rxcnmm HAnuocm.
N. B. Any pchwn Inciinabsi'e to p'urdmfi: b_,- pri
vace barg'lin may know t"1c terms by apply].. a:
above, and phssisi'm may be had immediately. she
purchasir, if unacqzuintfd with the p! 1th nfsilver.
ing glasict. mayshave prsspct instructions gu'ict,
AH persnns who have any just claims against the
shbscribq sine dxsired cn brsng in-vchcir accounrs, and
those indebted are requested to pay of? their respective '
bthncel. . si
90 lzc d () L i) lo the l-{qhst biddn, fer run'y n'is"), an
Monday the sifhemb iustant (Dsi-ccmbsissr) a! lie dare!
ling-I-ause of [be [ale jolm Scldcn, deceaj'ed, mak
Biandforct, Prmce Gcnrgc must)",
PAKT of the persona! estate of said deceascd,
consisn'ng of & variety of hnusehold furniture, two
clock}, stocks of'cattle, and horses, one of which is
a very handsime Godolphin colr, and a binodcd marq
with t'ual by tholpliu; aisfu the flock of sheep, &c.
Ere. :) EuzAna-m' Szcosu.
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79 60 SOLD at publick unction, m Monday tle 'zfid ln
jnmt (Dssccmbcr) at the planutim of My. ] sepli
Lewis, ill". on Beaverdam, In the man!] of Ghochland
LL zhc' stock of [10 ses, cattle, ho s, an
. sheep, as also the household and kitchen;: urnZture .' 4
brlonging to the estate of Charles Sampjbn, ducased.
Twelve month. cr'edit will be allowed the purchaser.
fnr al! shmo abwc twenty five shiillngs, giv-ng bond
with approved security to the execntors. ----- ]: :: aiso _
rcqucstcd that those who are indebtcd to the said .
estate, or tn the estate of Mrs. Mary Sampson, de—ss
ctai-xd, wsicull discharge their acc0unts; and those
who have any demands against either of the safd estatey
arc desired to make them known and apvly for ply
ment, that all accoun- relativc to the fain} estates may
be adjui'xed, and a division made agreeabFsse to the
essstacor's will. All sumsss not paid within thfrty day
ar'tcr che become due to bs'ar interest from the date
of their nnds. :?
14'R)R {ale, izl Hmrv cwmy, One thousanzi and fifty
five ache of land lying on both sidcsof (lurkc Catk
crcck, ctasili'o one thousand acres on the branc es o
Leatkcruwd. Great part of each tract is very strong,
the busctc range is in ralmse parts, and it jnins a large
bctdy of mountains, which 'will always support : (:
sung;. F-zr terms apply to Capt. Daniel Hulifl:
joining said land, or the subscribers in Dimwiddil
county. \; C ]
VrtuAMsoN oLEMAN,
2" jouN BoosisH, ' Adm.
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WANTED to hisic immediately; or at Christ;?
mtu, a negrn or mulatto woman that Under}?
siands something' of cooking, and can wash and irOn; ss
als- a girl and boy to wait in a house. Apply to the
Printer of this paper. si' 2) .
FDR sale, the noted horse REGULUS, whose
personnasinces on the cuts, and the high formed
colts of" his getting, in many yarts of this state, are
so well known that it is nz-edlctsi-sis here to !hy any this:;
more of him than that his fire was Feamouglzt, and go:
out (if the famous mare OIctl jeu") Dismal. He stands at _
thc Full: m C'lct-osi'lufleld, and is now In high perseCtinn.
Also the imported hth blncdcd horse RANTER, a
beautiful bay, well marked, and allowad by judges to
be of as fine a ("sun as any horse in this state, is re
- markably lure, and his colts sine for either the saddle '
nr drau__;ht, nf hig'1 courage, nnd gsmd bvttom.
There isi alsh f ri'xl-, at the same place, a number of
fine blovdcd cohs and Hlch, some of thcm out of
importssd nmrcts, flsrm one to four years old. Twelve
mouths Cskdis may be had for sine half the. purchase!
mnnsi-y. 2]! W:L_u,\ .\1 BLAcx.
N. I]. The rezxs n these find horses as: offered for ss
sin]: is, t'tat the su striL—Pr has ;- vc-ry sin ' full blorvded
hssrf'c From ct-icti-alla, out of an imported mare, who will
be sum f.t for sssrvicc.
for S.:s [. [T, on w-zfinahl! terms,
'IWVELV lithnusmd ncres (ifvnlunh'e iand, lyin?
in un: trctcr, in i'h.' u_.{.<*r emi :sif : e county n
Henry. For such! r p'--.r'sii-:ular> applj sJ Czl. !-,"'i!le_
'smstall in slid c 41 :ty. zp
FRERTED srnm Cctxpt, Tnl-H sVn/Fon's compa
nv us (he. T-(i'x'th rvgimrsint, Uct'l-"nm Gunrfr
five scL-t sik Us seven inches h'uxh, thick and wcff
mzule, am! nhuut forty yc us of" l"'.si'*. Alresiwnrd of
twenty danrs wiH'hc 95] cn on his Jelivery to the
caun'nmnsiilng nfficsi-r at H l'ss/r'n'ssnssw ".
" jom- B. ]oussom Licur.