The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-03-08 00:00:00, page 3

us fast as they expire, aress tumblcd into
the deep, co regale (he sharks, which it
seems swavm- thereabouts, ,and no dctoixbc
keep as sharp : lpvk-put,. for nll such sorts
os provisiou, as the land animals do f'qr
fresh nork, wood muuon. ponlusiy, &c.
Twsiclue de'ertexjs have come iutq Suffolk
within these few days, from the fleet at
Norshlk, viz. a serjcaqc and- corporal.
with five marines,_. and five commonfiti
lors, whusi.all confirm the miserablc (ima
tion osssthe people on board, occasioned
by the jail Fever hreakiug_qut,among them;
and one of the marines declared, that he
firmly believed his captain would come on
shorc' likewise, ha'd hea good opportunity.
Last Tuesdacty sefnhight, cept. William
Dcane. (some time ago sent prisonento
Boston by lord Dunmore, but retaken by
capt. Manlypf the Lce privateer) had the
misfortune to have his vessel sciZed, the
floop john; — "from Cape Anne, about six
miles bd'o'w Ym'k,' by one of the ministe
Hal tencfe'ssi'ctfi._' She was 'loaded-"with'gooosi
bulhcls osss'sal't, lobowt. osrgtissns; foe do.
ofchocofa'tssesi a few boxes' of lemans and '
candles,ct_'&'e. &c. The captain,' with his
eople,si escaped in their host,; and, had
I: not been calm, and the tide—itghinif himsi,
he would have saved his vessel likeWise'.
We have undoubted intelligence, that
60 tuns bfsssaltpsietre, 15 runs os gunpowzss
der, and 1300 stand ot'arms, arc, lately
landed at Philadelphia, and more 'dixily*
expected.
We have the pleasure to assure thsie' sspu'sib
iick, that the recruiting-service'in this
colony has act with the greatest fpccess,
all; the nine regimen-n being at this'time
larly'compbted, with able-bodiqd men;
and thmil not the smallest donbtsshould
che warsscontlnne -(which-,si-from appearan
ce--, it'mostctlikelsiv to be—thcccasey but on:
weep; may be increased to any number
fieiegiflature shnll jud e necessary for the
suppnstsios the-i'ightssqzbctmericg, acts Wgu
as to repel eye!) hostile' inVasionss .
_ Annmoersiio! .:roops nue lately arrived
in this &; , anglfmoresi are dafl. siexpe'ctedjctsi
A.! 'si-gfiissesi; 'ctihc'fiupesibsie bek; 'a: *
thwick,-Pc't'e$shurg, "and Blihdspkd, ct
produce full '2dowtc. persidhy} sia'nctdcttfwh
Qxhcr windes, now ereaing'on james fivexfsi,
Wov increase the quamsiily to up'wdi'di'sio'f
3 0wc. pcrd'ayct A powsidcrlnimsi'is "also
sierectinz, which; when complctdf, win
siamplss apply, this c01oh$ wish am neces
sity afficle. , N. -B. si'Lh'e 'abovess-i'nteflf
sigence is srqm undoubted auihority, add
miy be-d'epcudedupopsi-i' - sssi "si
' Yestei'day 311 members of the 'Afsemsi
bly "met" -at the Capitol,_ pussssqaut' sito
adjossumment; which not being a silk?
iicienunu'fnher th proceed on' busin'esis,
erd-nosircpresesincativc osth'e King appear
ing-, they thought- proper sartlchr to 'adsi
jo'urn, to thesnn' Tauxmn tsix M."
fNEXT, 'When chat honourable body wis!
—mect, as well sial'lhc (kneral Co'chntion'si,
foi- the disCusiiou ofsisuntlry imposircsiantmatsi; -?
len, tending lo lho=s4fety and well-bein '
of the co'lony, and of Ameriea in genern .'
' Death;.) Cactirnsifienwut,'esq=;ssii
London,". who some time 'agfl-wk'nt tsip ss
for thcmecovery of l'tib-hcakfiissv "&le
the youngest son: of 15! In: miss (.ss'hrferss
Burwell, "and died—in his z'lfl: year, aftsri'
lingering illnesc. . , .- . ss ' -.
- Mrssi'. EL_rzA-uTctH Cmswusitsi, relict of
.the late col. johssn Chlswdl, ssuc- William'
Nelsun, esqrfs, in Carolinc. 'She died in
her sqth year, and was a most amiable
lady.- From" her door, the ueedysi'y-em'
never sentempty away. si ' -ct ' ' -'
Atfflchmond,Mrs.LuerDnvuooc,
exhibicing to wee 'ng spectatoru that a
well spent ]ise insssres the m'ost deliEate
mimls hit]: sortitudc to view (he approach
Os deash w'ithsi balmness, find meetslhe
shock without a groan. He: life {was a
life of innocence, and piety; her ,death
serene,,as the sweetest sleep. . Mc')u_1jn not
'for her; ye this; knew her; butimicatehefsi
\
virtucs, and let yourlultcr end be!}kc herb!
The: sy nypathedck tear, however, isiducfof
the dishjess'of her disconsolace parenu,
incbnsohble huiband, and helples- infam
mn-rulom, _-'si si . . "
HE Tories, and took of adn'fihish-a
tion, are cunstsinmly cty'mgpht, that
the Congress is aimsiing at independence,
and pretend now that they would wishsito
see America put intqsithe situation it was
in the year nag; lsuy pretend now; be
cause now they find it impossible to bring
America to the object (tate hfsishvery they
were willing .to reduce hers, imd have no
hpesvs succeedingin theirsischeme of desi
potism unless they can take advantage of
our-love bs'the British constitution, -and me
tachmeni to Great Britain, by alarming
us with tjli'e thought: of :! se'pahtion, by?
raising : distrust in the Congrefi, arid-sears
ossiau unsettled and _irhperk2ct repnblick,
or,-.' at the same time, by ]Iiflng m into a
'siadsse of security,. and filtlet'ifl Lctssinjixh an
expectution ok'an accodimodat o'uct' ' That
thesiminisiry, whatevek' si lord North may
be supposed to mean, by f'omalnhzghc
said to that effect, clO'uot wish to see us
restoredsi-tcsi) the situatiou we w'erein 1763,
must be cyidcnt from their mit cmbrucing
the dst'ctjs _of the Congresis to accept of
khose termw; for, isthey desired 'rt,si if'lhey
piefefrcd ]:qace tosi war,ct- and were willing
to" put a _\ op to sthe effusm) of the blood
,ot'lheir syllssowzsisuhjecfts, tfiSy would have
eagerly embraced the petition ofssthe Conss
gress, a'nd' made it the bush of an honour-'
able negoti'ation, _ siwhich must speedily
have-brought about a_ happ'y audjashng
rcconciliation.- 'Kul the king, who_hzkl
early imbibed sprinciplccts bt' despotifin,
and who has found meam to make lu'mi
siseK-ab'sulutc, even in Englanc],' by means
of a vcnal parliament; siassud :t serwlc army.
ass cophants,' and-whp'has lately tf-Hed
the weete (itwas bnta taste) osamsialzsulnte
_monarch,- in his kingdom sipf Qy ? : ch ,
was determined net to 'ssadssmisit it us.:a bnlis
- 96 ; 'negmiation, scorning ((mat-siuhh
'i'ebc'b ;" and dechrsiinsssi; Lsrom his throne.
'that wc'meam but wssd-eecive; and"! lull
:"sisihim imma'siccuricy, .ctbyctllrofcmnns bf
" attachment am] " loyalty, whilst— ne
si" were preparing for-wfars." And from
'lhe- king?: speech; the world would sup
ssposevthap we sihad—sn sarct for the shm of
him in our preparatiom ssthat he was oblig
'<_:il.'to call in foetign troops- m-his aflil
.
-znce. His majesty doesdtis true, most gra
ciousiysayl,"itmaynoxhenmisstyem ny
" 'ssbr certain nersons tppardun seech (} Clus
" ' etsss'as' shall' repent an'dctmrn' smm their
" 'e'vilwaysff'si'but he shysisfiothinglikc what
his toolshere have said .. ctNot can-there he
the least soundation for the report \\ hissch
siwas 'lzttely so'industfiodfly propigated,
_viz. that several of the ctopnsioiwus acts
'Rsssisssier'e repealed, and that cbmmilsimmrs
.wsicssr'e o.- 1hcir way to thladclphia—to tljesisic
Viih sithe Congrssectss. fl'hoeyer will read
-tsih_"e';voie_ of the House'ofCOmmqm (m lord
'NZZFth's motion of Nosivepber zbth, and
Zthe resoli'e ofthe hsiishsiflouse ofctCommons
'dh'l-jn'dsiay the,sszxstssosNd-vcmbcr,, and will
-dsh" consider the real: preparatims Eng
jadd is making ign- yprmtbc arrival'of
men, of war witpsstrgnsporu here, and
knows that lord Dunmore is actually in
n'enchipg at ssTuckchl mill:, that he is
*d:flly recrujtihg his army offlaves, that
there has lately been adctangerou: commoss
ftiOn in North Carolim, and that the Edg
lish commandcr of Detroit has instig'ated
some lndiaus to make an attack on our fron—
'ticrs, who have actually scalped several
people, ] say; whoeVer knows and confi
ders thesethiugs. must see that the story of
commiflioners ,_ repeal,. and accommodati
si0n, wsia'sintendcd but tqlullusimo security,
or 10 insult asid' nmcssksi us, [(it-glnresore
high time to look to ansclvessi and if we
cannot cnjoy the prsiivilb'gcs os'Eng-Hshnsen,
siwheu gonnected u ilhss-thcm, let' us instantly
break Uss chose .ctsi'ttesi't— us ulfFC-zyn filth,
hsiue lflxhcrm bound us to dimgsianda
Englandpalls in shreign affliha'ncm ptsisiqlsiss
follow the" wisdom of her gnmplggsssi ,nssua
do so likewiscsi . . _. . ..._...,._.:...-...
Auvrnnszmznn. '
.si.._-,.,
W—ANTBD !MMEDlATELT,
GOODHOSTLER. Such done maze
well rec'wummch, far diligence, used
sobridy, wiltluwpgood wage: from ." ..
gown; dNDEsiRSDUct
'lo be SOLD at the, late cichm house
of George Dudley,decea(cd,—7 mbsiucgct/ieff _
county, on lVedngGlgsir. die; zcuh of ;hiq
instant,1siair,oxhcnwssise irekr sat day,—
U N D R1 household and ksiiu'saen furni- _,
ture, harsh, castle, lxogs, and
usil/oswerallfpep' Nsaaozs. Ready ;;zfctctsi'siz
'will be expected for all sum: mde'y- -zo.r<'. --
audjar thq/b dlzevo ]) Mix; {red!} Milk _
allowed, upong :;be and [etur'ityss si
Which, if not &:le paid, Mflcarctfysi ,
interest jram : dak. -.--.I Jho ; ppsiiza
demand: agairgfltl-SZ-rstau oft flat} ,
ley arc desired to make (him hMjct _'_
oronthcdqy ujfak, folke ct '
THE AbM/NISTMOBZ
MAl'cn 44, 177Q.
"H. 4" At- tlzesame time, and plausi, wim
suldjbr ready money, two valuabh Em
s M! TWU ' .
Lsizg
W'
'lo be SOL 0 to the highest hidden, ons '
chnesday the dish insiaffi (March)
'. at the lnc rcsidenCe 'ofmr Fame: ctflmsi
deceased, 'm- Sujscx count,
'I'HE pcrfima} estate of- Richard Burns, -
_ si coq/i/Iidg 0] haufi-holdfumiture, saw
' "ral yalnablc lande} (amongst them twobbad
ed cozm 'a largestock e] cuttle 'hogl, and si
sheep, with 'a considerqblc quantity of corn";
jbdrler, &c. Crcdil will be allowed till the
4 stl Qf Deeember next the p. zrchafrrz
givi-rrr bond um! approved security. At the
jssmie time, und plate, will be hired Mct ,
mzt. ;! thqfiri jday of janu dry next sev- ral
S [. AVES, belonging to the o'vsijzham of the si
/ rid Burns. Band with approved security
willb: rL- z'fqd,
qsi- (Am!- BXBGWORSL
To be SOLD to the highest biddcr, Pu1]rsiuss!rif, "
to the last will and 13]th Alexan'dc
Brown, deceased, at Prince Edwa .
cqurfhou/e, on Monda the m]: 4." -
Aplfl next, baq CM , ,]
OUR hundred um of land in him si
Edward county, lying between dull.
and Brier rivers, end on both side: of the" —
mm. 1 madth lead! from Mon' opfdinavy -
10 Prince Edward qnnnbuusc. fl'Wclvqf '
momhs crcdit will be nllowM,-1he pum '
.chafer. giving had; with up N'td second,
tv. to . _ THE L ECUTOKS:
Lu'u meinie, Md'ssch 4, "1776,"
No TIC !: it hereby given, 'to ad UM
it may i'onejlmct tsihdt ! shallsltm
ju'on jok- South Carollna, wis; ! eaM to
receive s me to !)in just debu;
but should thatc WLL pmpnsh
trzctMing in her ex, (serveth some part: n
North Casdl'gn'g "and" sVirginla, to achs
ct " sisisssssssi "Zssctf'ct w'jzmo THWEHT,
h' de !
VU Nsijss nwa, dal}; .Monday May;,
a uegro cllow nssmnedsij ACK', forr
mcrly zhesi property of mr. Zoseph Striveu
nekzof this clty. He !: of a yellowish
;qr'gplexion, a Rrong lusty fellow, ; feet
5 or 6 inchel high, about 16 )ears old,
and is a very good carter. He is well
cl ad' m new coat, waistcoat, am} breeched,
of red duflil, and has a nesiw gray fear'o'
nought gre 1t coat He is shppnscd- to -
-bc lurking in this town, or about Rhu
xfal Lauding, where he was bush:
\CN ever apprehend?) the said fellow, uncl'
- delivers him to me, shall haveaos. nwa-d,
if taken near town; bm if xt lah} Consi—
derable: distance, I will' gjw 3]
. . , ALL'X: PURDIE.