The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-09-19 00:00:00, page 2

YF! L-LlA M s BU n G, ssssict. 19.
ss 'Tyfcript qf a Imcr from nrm' Uppcr Msizrlbom
.'ss .; lough, tedScpt. 13, 1777, "2. oAIcssss-k l'. M.
lsi No Po , but apprehe..d him so be tctsilkcll lvy
: ,.How " whokmarchcd thchcadui Enxndy
ctwine for iladclphia, and ls coastcd by Ccncml
\ shington, who is at Shades's fords upon Brsimd) —
sssi Wine, between Howe and Philadelplunctsho lmcs
flunned, and every man It his post. An cnctsigsizge
bctfliebt was every moment expected, on chncsucty
'tnominglast. Bloody work may be hously ex—
ected. Howe is hnlcesi! nt Kennctz's Sqmrc, :: nest
of Tories_, who supply him with every thing,. and
Rrveasguards. Putzwm, with 8cco mcn, is or
dered to repair to head quarters, and it is thought
will join General Washington as this night.
Srpr. n. 1777. You axe desired to contrndict
the samgmph lately published under—the hewbem
_.hea_ , which mentionsa Virginia privmsiecr's having
ptakcn a big oii'Ucracockbar and carried harm the
West Indies. She took no prize, but proceeded,
: few days since, to Mamriiuo, uitha cm-go of
wbaco.
...—
.Mn Puama, .
N OTHING shews the insatuation of the British
-si tyrant more than his persisting in his attempt
to conqner America. When he must lee, that
whe..e\ er an army sufficient to conquer half the
'American states arrives in Amcrica it must inevitably
perish for want of provisions, unless it can be ssi.p—
plied in time at the distance. os zco: miles. is it
not Rmn ge too that he should be to intent on taking
Philadelphia, when he saw how little the loss of
Boston imd 'cw York affected us, and when too
_he had bee old, by our united voice, that we
regarded not" our towns and sea coast, for thar,
should we be obliged to abandon them, w'e could
retire into the inferiour parts of the country, and
enjoy the l/fzzsi-(t' (f lsu'si/gjissct?
()ur roads are so bad, our country so woody, and
provisions so zeryscarce atpresent, that any army
which could polsibly make its way good soronly five
miles fromthe ships must march with agaozl stock of
Ero-ssisions, or soonpcrish with hunger. Even the
est and most nblick toads, those leading to \\ il.
liamsburg am Work, arc so enclosed with woods,
and filled w'th defiles, 'that an handsul of good
marksmen would siop the progress osa large army.
[: would require thousands of pioneexs to clear the
reads for the match osan army capable of maintain
ing its ground a single week, and more provisions
lo support it than theirwhole army a soragingcould
collect, (sir than all the waggons and horses Hovxe
has, or could procure in this country, could carry
after the army,---—if he has it to carry.
(Wfifflffiffifieffissffifisict'ssdssdfl)
DVERTLSEMENTS.
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H E AD'QU A RT E R S, \VlLLlAMSBTRGy
Afptfmmr 15, 1777.
I_IA V I N G received orders from his EXCellcncy
General l-V 4/1-1/7gton, commanding me to order
all the new raised troops in this siate, as well as those
who have been on furlough, to be collected and march
ed on to the town cfAl xandria, there to be inoculat'. d,
] am therefore to command al! recruiting csi-mtinental
officers within this commonwealth to ay the strictcst
obedience to these crders, and that t ss-y do without
delay forward to me a list of all recruits, as well
draughted as others ; and the county licutcnants, where
there is no continenta] officsi-r t-s) rcctsivc the draughts,
lte hereby required to call on iomc one in the next, or
an convenient ccunty, and deliver said troops to such
o cer. They are also requesh d m transmit to me a hst
ofthe men by thcm draughted, and to whom dt'siVCl'Ld,
that proper acc-siunts may be tranlmittcd to the Ccncra].
The cntlemen will also pay to some rtcmsting officer,
or 0 ccrs, the several sums which by Jaw they are liable
to pay where they fail to proc'siure a man; and the said
officer, or officers, are hereby directed to Lrncurc the
number of men with the said money, ifto be had, and
to account for it in future.------The great humanity
shewn to many-imprudent soldiers, not considering
their own credit nor the good ofthe service, who, afar
deferring, have sailed to avail themsc Ivcs of the several
pardnns that have been offered to them upon their r_
turning to their respective regiments, and still continue,
out in desiance of the laws, ] take this opportunity of
once mnrc admonishing to return to their dnty, and,
in his Excellency General Wq'linglvn's name, Promisc
them a free pardon if they will deliver themlc—lves to
any ccntincnta] officer, in crdcr to onn the grand
army ---l am also to entrcat the several count)" ]icure
name to pay proper attention to his Excellency the
(]swsi'rnnur's Froclamati-zn for apprehending descrters,
as well as to the aCt ut' Asssssimhly for that purpose. that
a flnp, ifpnsiihle, may be put to that vilc practice, and
our army put on the most r- spcctabh; t'umirqsi
DAHD MAsm—r, Css]. fifteenth 1"; 75;er rcg.
lsiOR salt, a cnllzffl'si n us PlCTURES, conhst
' ingofmigiaalssirct}si )pi-ss. nithshmclmdscnpes,
which. inthcc>piz1'.-'-n (:f'quodjudges, me well ex
ecnted. They may be seen, ; n—I the-sin'ices known,
by applying to Capt. ZJc/si. l.'.'si..--,'-sisict in Hctssim-sisisssir
town. ' . zsi]
'Wnctxssuzasnunc, Sct'jtJS, 1777.
HA VE in my pollbfliosisia pair of chJsi-d (jm-n
51'1'03, which wu-c Lruughr to my housi: by a negm
gssl, \\ h : Ill}: she found tl cm in [ht' sh'cct. .Th-sssydp
{car tW havL bccn much worn, and have a snsinll lxdnzl)
n.] the bottom of each. Any perszm who has lost
them wanct.-ctnyt.z ' ' \VILL!AM Russzusi
HE—AD Nun TZRS near W 1 LMINGTUN,
mctz-mm'ctr 2, 1777.
[1 Y direction of the Hon. szor General
) GI'PEIl, thc officm and szldicrs of the fifsi'h [sirgi/ziu
regimznt now in Virsssi'ssrinizt arc hereby sure} scd m jsinsin
tiuir rcginuzt wirhuu; 1013 of time, as [zvcral s0]d_ers
of. the, in 3 ment were left in Virgmia \\ hsisx mass. bacmh :n
]L-fc is, asid llzmc have since got furlongis. They must
take me advantage ofthia puL'sshsi'atir-n, and j'm !lunr
regimcnt imnndmtcly, orc'xpecr so I:: apprchcndd us
dclcrxfrs, and treated us such.
, josmn PARKER, Col. fifth s'?r_zss_*:r;:'.-z rchmvnt,
(13 bEPTEh-IBEK 8, 1777.
'IsissHE following soldierssi, f/s/sssi! zbvsi/i/u'nl, _',':.'ctsin
Slctizr, George IIal/Z'n, _] Iw [Hand, li )lligm ss-(l-lvn,
(lit)!!! Ssolf, and lah)! zif/lej, who Unjisilisi'd ss'n Cfips
{[in/m: Mnflie's company, nrc :}.smd to nlctsiir cn chc
commishir) 's in H'iliiamsburg on A/Mdsszy next, thlzout
sail, where they will receive farther orders, by order
of Capt. Au'actsfic.
jAmns TAYLOR, scrjeant in Capt. Alajsa's company
lj] ' slxm ['siirginia rcgiment.
MANCH ESTER, Slpnmlssr !, 1777.
'I'HE subscriber will dispole of the sollowi g
tmcrs rsif LAND at moderate priccs, anu a'low ;;
rms-m-zblc time to pay the money; or he will exchange
them for sh-sia]! tracxs of good tobucco land, not cxc-.-.c.
ing thirty miles from the falls of ]amu rivsi-r. One
thoufimd scvcn hundred and fifty four zutrsis in Bedfard
county. on both sidez of the north fork of Omr river,
has a good den] cfclcared land upon it, :: meadow, a
large asi-plc nnd pmch orchard, prodnqs tobacco ofthe
bcit quality, and an cxtcnsivc rangsic for flock of all
kinds. Thrct hundred and odd acres on the shmc water
caursc, with .zbcu: fifty acrsi's of CILasLd land, and a
g-"Od mill upon it with a ncvcr—fixiling sh'cum. Two
hundred and cdd acrts in Lom'jd cmnty, updn the Soutb
river, nctsisiofltc tothe qu. Mr. sl'on'ctisiz, and. formerly
bsiiongtd to jcln and Thama: East, and l bclsss.vc one
of sin m now ]Zvcs upon it; si-art cf ,thls tract is low
grounds. Onehnndrcd and eight asi'rcs in the same
c-vnnty, whtrc Dnsiiss' Callcty, jun. formerly lived, on
the men:: read tsv the courthc uses, a small distance above
whcre Mr. just! kc pt ordinary snnc ycssnn ago. Four
hundred acrsi's on Alechmk crwk, in Albemarlc county,
which furmerly belongtd to one W'ebjfer. 'shr- (: hun
dnd and thirty seven acrss no the head branches of
Cumfirfghctm's creek in AlLemarle county, empms into the
North river, and I understand one Hurrmk livcs usisson
the land. Two hundred and twuuy fix ac'r: ! in flin
berst county, on Pfsildcrnes: crtck, which founerly be
longed to David Davehctport. -------- acres in Gaoablactd
county, near Lirkinglmle church, and ucton the main
mad where Franci: Hill) formerly l:v<d.---—Thc above
will direcc any person inclinable to [urchase to a view of
the: lands, and I shall attend at Henrita courts in Offibn
and Nc—ventbcr next, to inform them of the prsiices and
other particulars.
ALFXANDER BAINE.
Fn annalcnswac, Ssi'pf. 8, 1777.
FOR salc, two lots in this town smnting Mr.
Charles Wqsi'lringlan's and the river, with :: l'argc
granasy, stable, Us. _thcr::on, ccnvcnient to t:.c
:Zuarrssv Landing, palcd m. Also the followmg tracts
of land in ssS'po/sssa !waniu, one within sievcn miles of this
rown, on the road to Orfmge and C'ulpeper courthouscs,
known by the name of the Black ()rdinmjx, containing
eleven hundrcd acrsis. A tract offour hundred ncrcs
thrcc []]ilkb higher up the sinne mad, near Rairm's
ordinary. These. tracts are well timbcrcd, level, and
g-md scr farming. And thruz tracts within about three
miles of (si'arbin's bridgc, (me of fifteen hundred, one: of
on:.- hundred and thirty thrcc, and the other of two
hundred acres, which are chiefly to clear. The lots
and lands will be shown, and the terms made known,
on application to the subirxibcr.
jAMES SOMERVILLE. .
]3 UN away from the subscribcr in Hmzawr, two
\ s-cgro fellows, wit,. LEWIS and Punch, the
shrmcr was advcrtissid sometime last May by John l-Vzl
scn to be d-sizlivcrcd to the subicribcr, and is a well set
f;llow about five: fsscr fix or seven inches hi h, has
thick lips, and- when spoke to a downcast loo ; had
on when he vecns away a white hunting shirt, a pair
of short br-si :cncs 'ss-f cow and cocmn, and & imall hat.
I expect he will L-ndc-avour to pass for a frceman, hc
having attempted to pass us such. Prince is an outlan
dish fellow, about fix fact high, stout made, fulleycd
talks very fast, and not plain; had on a pair nfshccp
skin brcePhc-s, a wuoch j'ctukct suge wove, striped in
the filling with black and white wool, a white CO:I:;.1
shirt, and too}; anffrher us t'ncsisamc kind with hsm,
and had on a ictmTl b'und lwlfitk hat. He formerly
was the" prolsscn} va" mr. Brown of King l-Villiam, and
has been musn usuJ !. me tending of gentlemen, and
is well Jccsiuctximd \'.']Lf\ most of slmerim. ] expect he
will ('mhav .ux w gc: m Hessu'e's army, as he has once:
attenugsssisil to jc'n [Innmcrm Whncvcr will dcliver th').
iz-fd uzmxaxxjsis m th: shfct-ssi'xibcr stall have un dolY'z's
sm- esixch, or hz-sil'c'tlr: sum fsir s -.:u,--}ng them in infl, (L')
[ gct tl'cnxugsif :, ] wiTl (11! 0.- {way either oflhcm,
to any [influx 1211': x;\,:1'ss,' Tzu'lfnc t') it": sn
,_ 'pssctiilsiHO'ss—J ANERSON, jun.
SctrA'rn-J .sisc. Yc'H-z, ct,'.'ss.-'", :
3: I;?7'
S : R :
S-( )O N after rcccsiffljg '\'.z".r . "."/Z-Lgr-imnze .r.
(.v Evil; I was ul-uuct !-.\.-u1.p r'w ["my-six) ;
t with L' -!.. ljaze-ctsi, .. hn z-cu sir" My o! cry;! In: ;;
m ;s'r tviz'. h: sregimentu xjm act} !fis-si'x—ss ]5 'He) sctP "!
lctd] [Va- J'Z-imhu ilz'foud An-pnnc o: 2c. 'lL-z (ct- :.simss
consent b mg o tniuu, 1 11: !:mtly : ..,. ":! ;! cum
m. Him), and amnm ! um ZFv !: m.". c- l. '2 is! th "1! 'sz
Psss'sql' to .1: oua int '.<" .\'l ;tlx th: !! ;!) L'w (! ;zm'; ! 15 3
ncwipzqer, us the line" um-ntyo! !- l-\3;>. 'u -u\!ssu--.-. 41: 10
rent & (.!!L'UVJC mal; (si: m 11 11 A.". m m ! c!!siu_\, v. !! c. !1
m tale 0! & 11121C.1r1".23. ;c mitp' ( s-u "wis! : '.c !! ! . css , as
you cou (! no: tus Ac- .u!u:l.x!>-i.1.n. !Ldsll m ]!LUJt.(:il
.nnd arpoinranrtizertc lucsic- (1 n: ". lum .:y- 'lrnb- :!I- nt
1'u"vanr.'\.!! L '10N Vssisi'UDb'C F.!
Col. CHARIES M. 'smzuyrox.
()BSERVL !!!!Ms. ")ursi's'sss S \ ;:IZCLTC ()*:!1c 4r] of
]!!!)- lust ;! !!c .!si: ..si!v-;rt.1sic';y (nc l.);msi: 'si/npu "?
(ct'ulwper count), which hurzu !; the j-s sun;, at : .:
U. ut (! St' sima, .mfsi. v." as [( s! ( AC .2. 'iro. L.:yac ])msi" ,rsi'x,"
frcm !: u ;wgcxss as! was on: my march w Luna! Cct'si. act". (;
in tl. -c_)L--ss"sss- n, I !!avsi mr ! ;u 1." in m) ltflx'u rwct au
tisc thc !ws:c :. !! nov. , bu: w!!! lay :! xx.-") far" six. it::r
rsi: \. .ud tocth. 'jm-p, or sili.'ssv' crim' person ;! at v.!!!dsili—
vcr him to (lo!. ]} jmlzm Inwme is! H/si' llisnmbmzr, rssr to
the !uLllsZbcr' m L'r/Jsssu "."u'z cvunty, about :!!Z m (:: \ht,
mnlu from Pt/ct'm'siwr. Liktwiiclost,t!1+. twuir'siis of
April, at ]redurickdug, a light !ercl h'cr: four: ac:
eight or nch inch : high, w ztiz flaxen n. ane am! sail,
but no brand tfsinti um-simbcr. ] Furchsinid t'nc: laid
horse of Mr. Edmcmssjln, near L'mke's' Jsidffl- I will
pay a latisisiac rcxy rcsix arcl to any persnn that Dwfll deliver
him as above. 221WjAN1L.S MASON.
14'()[{lixle,inthc um-sszty os Hctysicz-ss', cn 'smjssoto
my crsick, a n'aiuszlsi 'I RAL'I' 0fl.ANL) cm.:aiz:ing
about fix hundred acr-sss, whucon is a cnmm-Z-dioua
brick dwelling-housc with four rooms and a passage
upon the first floor, and the same ;;Lsiove fiairsi and in
the: cc-lfar, with all cursivcnicnt outhculls neqcsihsy for
& family, and cleared ]und sufficient to Wssssr}: eight hands,
with a [am and tclz'sico hnulsi'sis. It lies m the main
mad from Risil-maml crum, at the shh's o'z' lame: river,
t', [ct'm mr town, ;xLct—wur twelve miles from the former,
and six from the Iattcr, and abss-uu tight miles from
lsslansiccter courrhnuiiss. It is remarkable "or Its being
]*<a]:h)*,'owing lo isispisinfsant, hsisb, ;md dryshsiution.
It is convenient to !Lvssai vaiuablc mifls, and to
churclu.sand muting hss'siuscs. Tlsictc terms may be know;:
by appiying Lo tho lubscrib-zr, on the prcmnsis.
;) jCSEPH SHELTON .
Q-TRAYED from the s ubscribor in !Vi/flimrzsburg,
U this sizring, two black hcishs, the one marked with
a crop in the sifsisisshl' zsiar, the other marked with a half
undectkecl in one car, and I do not rccolkcr whether
any mark or not is in the other; afl'o a brindied heiscr,
branded I H upon her rump, Whiflx is sr'nrc'n: perceiv
a'ozc; likewise twenty sheep which firaycd xv.-ay last
fall, ths: greatest rart of them marked with aflitand
undcrsiuel in rach cur, tltc others, as well as I rccollecc,
had a cmp in one car, and a hole in the ctl'sicr. I wll
give two dolhrs reward scr each of the lvcifcrs, and
nfty fi-illings for the shscsia, or in proportion for any part
of them, on shch information as I get them again.
JOI-IN JARAM.
Rlcumoxn town, Srjsif. 8, 1777.
()TOLEN cutot'my pasture, abpuc che. zoth of lafl:
si month, : likely bay gclding abcut fourteen hands
high, l.}s L-ussrk has Dun latdy hurt bcfzre on the of
sxc'e wsth ?. chair fizjdle, has no white. abrut him, ex
ceptcth: may have :1 few in his forehead undlsiome saddle
spors, was lately shrsisid before, does not pace, but trots
and gquJ-s short, and is mthcr dull ; his body round,
and rather long for his height. VVhocver brings me
the sctasid horse final] have thirty shiliings reward, and
we pounds an cunviciion of the thisif.
chmnn AoAms.
dpo'rsin LVANH, Azctgvgt 12, 1777.
UN mchy jZ'L-m the ]Zabfi'rib—cr last night,
:: sun us'd servant man named ct-sJilliam
Iicticc, !.ctom m hhrcpshire, Great. Britain,
about 27 year: cfasizgc, 5 fie! 8 or 9 inches
high, in:: arc nursskszble/bar izzhEct-ssfsorehead,
dar/x !)mw-n jsbss: !:air, aZfiz two scctm on the
i;7__ t'ssz'c of'onc qfhsii; ing;. vary mar crmh other,
done with a kzz-fi: cm/rwzsi/"e L'}: is;; at the
sctct'mc time. He is (! likely s'rsss-ffz mctm, very
fmd ofliquor, 'aml w/mz drzzrz s 7):st quarrcl
same.. by :radc (: wawer azsci' pxizzf-ct-r. Had
01: when he ment away a corn;: fL-irt, calm
trv cloth can! and jsszc/sct, 1::.1rp'd cotton
filled with wool twilssssz'zlss (1!) -.>.siv'4.z'te, his
[) ssc "she.: ofcmrct/Z- country !i an' ;! brawn thread
jz'ctssc/sings. Hz look with [sin of -' car clothes,
(: hunting shirt, rzml si'si'zme I v-mmsir-f drfi'ribe.
I {cave rca bz-six to bcizsiuv) !lzf sszzctsi'zl ss'ct'mf-Pge his
G'Y'ff/J and .fimuc-avour la ing,}- f-s-r :; soldicr,
and will. I am ac-nss-ffz'u, or,] if m fice]: till:
jirJ'? ssss-fzfrortmzity. ct;si-'l£rccru5;'si5r_zz ;_-;'}f—:er:. and
(ss-ff'LLJ's, mctssjsin'hictl-_-_-z:'1'/Zin_z_f (,ss- czzzsissi 'sizyinsig him.
] wilct' '- He -l'ss1}m_f rsio ].lli'c'siz'! rss- m jbcured
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