The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1778-05-01 00:00:00, page 2

nues to igc infure-J by any :tzeuznt m prohibit the commcrce of
their subjects with Americu for du: urticlc, and thcrcfolc that
the are resolved m proucc the commuc; of their merchants
wit the commonwealth of Virgiz'sia.
On Wedn'sssday evening ther.: st a mecting of me Asllsici
atcd Liverv at the \Vh::c Harc tuum, Bzihsisisisgat: m'cu, m
consider of the much talked nf si yosinou (o tumuh a buay of
men for the ensuing camyzu'gn in America. Then: was a very
thin assembly, and up-mrclissccing on (be policical comctzh-xicns
ofihc fewpnscnt, it vms thoughrudvzl'cctL-jc by me n....nlem:
lendes: to decline Futcing the qussshon, so there was no business
done.
le i: calculatcd that every soldier cosis 23 !. by the time he is
_lslns[:0stcd to Amcrica.
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ju, 10. The only concxmrn a COsl'UF'mut'nL urssmsi uuzu
the reduction of Mud xfland, by the t'urcct u. .; r (j-ss-ucsia. .: nvc,
is, that the Amcricans have got out of the m'rl, and left the
English in it.
devers] general officers are expected home sum Amctzca tnc
latter end of this mmth. ,
It is said that an inquiry of a very contrary nzuure will lb ssn
be made into the conduct of two of our AaniCJu =.s..r..actsi.
The one will be arraigned for only taking :: p.": , aua msi - m.:
for cing sh far that he lust lin'se/j in a uwm'.
hc publick newspapers undxr the Lzflussnx of tctxc n. nal
writers having for a consideraule t.mc teem (! win., ; (n'hi
flncorous abule upon the Hmvu, dowagct La-Jy iinvu ; .zuu
to have waited upon Lord G. Gcrmaim; & L-ct sir,: asi - uL. ,.1
this subject, and to have told his Lordlhxp, that t .: M.!t- n
ginated from his office, that he must take me C'Pnlulllsincc
when her son: came home, and that uprm this occasion, hsir.
pdyship added, she wished she was a man.
]ansi 14. It is reported that Mssn'. Rocten and Bourcc have
been deputed by the far sisrs general of Fran;-. to negnsi-az. a
commercial treaty with Mcss. Frmklmand Dcane, the Cunycls
lgents in Paris. This treat , which Ls aiso resimted to i ave
been ratisied by the French ing, siipu azes, ** That : .e time
of Virginia shall annually furnish the farmcrs gsinera! of Eranc:
yich zo,eoo hogsheads of cobacco, at the rate of iixy nce L.: -
thing per pound. Until thele zo,oao hogsheads are delivered
at the ts of France, the state of Virginia is no: w fum sh
my o er European power with a single hngsheau'of cobacco.
Thin treaty is concluded for seven, fourteen, or twenty one
years, with the opcional powu of the contracting paruc! to
lnnu] or continue it at the expimtion of seven or 't' fourteen
years. The Conffl-ess agenn have agreed, on the Part of Ame
lien, that goods all be taken in exsichange for : mbacco to
he sent from Virginia to France; and the said goods are to be
nported to America in French bottoms, whrcn are to bring
back the tobacco agreed for by the treaty. 'silhe subscspsisisi'
witnesi'es to the execution of thin treaty are, Mtss. DE,
lelumrchaio and Rey De Chaumont." '
The Cohrt, next Monday, is: expected to be very brilliant.
So many birthday suits are now m hand, that the amLssrssjderm
nilors, and mantua-makers, ac most of the shops, al'u obsined,
to wnrk night and da to finish the work already brjbctke "
We hear that the Kfinisier is to meet Pariiamentsiwisih the
following proposals: Areptal of all the American acts, a new
declaratory aCt of the supremafiy of this country over Amencu
lnd an ! ' tment ofcommi loners to open a meetinn for the,:
establiflung & federal alliance for trade and Commercess,
The number of American prisoners now confined in the se
veral jails throughout the kingdom, according to the returns to
government, is rated at 924 persom. The sum collected for
them, is all paid in, will amount to near 4 ]. per man.
So unguenchable is the thirst of a certain Pershn for a little of
the bioo of a certuin people, that he has declared he will mort
ga e : imall estate he has m Uermany to get a few gufps more
ofxt. The old roguish Attorney, who went down upon his
Knee: to drink damnation to the bone gentleman's Erandsather,
encoungn him in this whim ; but ober People t ink he had
better reserve that'esiate, for, as he is omg on now, he will
soon net have : foot of land beside, an: if the tenants of his
English estate, who by the way don't like him much; should
dri've him osstheir premises, it would be well to have a cabin
even in Getmmy to hide his head in, and not bea vagrant and
bgss s in France, as other big me: have been not long ago.
B grant: of NmOst all the lands in America are now mon]
Jerin in the pocsi'ess of Scotchmen, we May assure ourselves
!th land will vomit out 3" lies beggarly children before
shg wii] lose so rich ; prfR- England! can you look on with
out intef sing? ,
The !;st osH-mnur, it 15 reported, are about to petition
his Majesty for leave to put on' bsmhts, and serve the royal
cause in America, under an assuran'ce that they are inferiour in
no respect to the young doubtfulgsitudn gentlemen who at present
whmnd the guard: in that lucklefls par: Of the world. These
Amzzonhn lsicsslirs arct 'm Izssi
Assictjesiy being at sinzsuzt [so :: .ct... .lz
.Lz' .:A..';) -..l sin) Put:
lus va).1l—:,!W_(mme Linn !.sse 1 si_,ssct;,_ .. ct
not refui': to us.?) ry xiv.-.- L—sisiz'kin, .:sisi-si. x-.-.'Zn_;, "w n - i.u:'P,1s:)
used the !" 4: :ss.:.J ;}:s: f:m.sixh!?;s'<.
A govd th': or x.;zzlrm 3: ] La: lb.: s'sic'si
never ():rlcr (fsim When ]: 'A'uz-zz- .ss. -—-———--——-——
A letter fron Msimchzszsir l'x_.>. _ -
gosss on hzrs w'ch ;: 11: !si'.Zi'.'.'ss.si:. 'lsisi'ssss' 'si' ..
week, one oarber'a boy, cnfchi:si.-\.si'ct-..ss'SsFc-z .\\.sisi'siY'!-l. .JLA :,
two button makc rs, and a r.;z ( xi.". 5 :. T.:sisi'ss; ;sir: ;": sign d : ::
the front rank us the grcnadicz .:mpzn'ss', dung :.zfi five 'c:
four sinchcn' T. v.: Mnnchczkr \.'s)}-.:n'.r.si:s, ye;! may depend
upon it, u-illdiscinguish themiilvz: :xz nourh sin hlitgry as cincir
anccswrs hitherto haw- dnne, nurv—ntimassiiing .zil the isicmiabus
things recorded of that tum." .
[: is cusious to observe how ai] rank: ofminPscerZa! dycn-jencs
arc obliged : ) ;L'fCs chair Him: rckmw m ct-si-mersicct. 'ius time
two years, the Luurear, in hsi's New Yearsis ude, laughs at the
Amwicm contest, and exuizinrlv exfuims, '
(Isim Britain fail! tf-c thougdt were vain !'
Sir; rulc's, rite Emprcss of the M-zln.
But, this year, hisflights ofpoetry arc lowercd, :md, bvrrowing
: little ple!) from me Court, he appcafs to God Almighty alone,
by flying,
"si; he alone can reunite
The fncs who once Were sricrsids. -
DUBLlN, ]un. )7.si The i'ubschptshn set on for,; in
Lhndon for the relief of the Americ m ,.ssiisizners, act-rceabh to
the last asicnunts. amounts to ncar znooL Amougst the subsi
srribzrs is :: Mr. Goodin, who subscribed 50 ]. our yf gracizu'de
fss-r che: ver); generous and kind m-mner in which he wu treated
when : priz-mcr among the Americans. ss
8' A L T 1 M () R E, APRU. 21.
_ Extrass—ffrfzs lfsirrerfrssm Wiimington, As-rjct'l 18.
GO'*- EKNUUEL )v/l Ainly isjust COlscilrultO town". on p?
rcless He iffsorsss us, that the British troops ate m
high spirits, m hopes of their being recaiicd_, and peace
tcifotcctsiz, and that the Tories are quite chopiaflcn t-n the
occasion. ri; bungs us a hill (pacikick and qonczluwsirss)
broughtinto Pirliament by Lord si\ orth, with his Losdship s
fie- Lh in the ngi'c of Coznmons. Such a speech, and
(u-h sentiments, Inevcr imazined could 11:th mlipn fsisisum
that xx.-ble Lord at the resentpcriod. Iczn'nuc ppinbly
send yuucthc whole of 1 le sperch, but: I but: trgnlcnbcd
some broken sentences, which will give ynuiome idea
of'the s int of it. Generally How: is certainly tccalldd,
and wi [shortly sail for England. Sir Lenty Ciincon is
to command in his Head. By the best gccounts, there is
no probability of the encm, shortly performing any great
manoeuvre out of Philadcl hia.
thrafisjrcm Lord North'; spmp, mentioun] in the above
[(ffss. .
" I said this, thinking that th-si: victory gained by General
Howe was more decisivc than it really was, an] i nount, it
the time, of the disastet which had fallen on Gsiznera Burgoyne.
Vw hen the news of that melancholy even: arrive), ! was ltruck.
" The campaign has ended, and mthing decisivc hls ba
pened. Tne forces os General Washington a.e shil su ficient
to carry on his desensive plan. Our axmy is great, Our navy
great, out men in health, in spirits, am-ssi ws?! suppliesiizsibut
the resist-nce Os America is greater, and the war has lasted
longer than was at firit apprehended, and much ionger than any
friend to this country could wish, and I dost thin}; itwillenJ
in the next c-impnign. ' _
" To carry on the war, on the present plan, nnlshenzthen
our force, will hemtended with tuogreat en (six; enie of men
and money, an exPenfe which co-zquest itiL-i {could not thnce.
" Missortune, misconjuct, or a greate.- tncasirxl isiUsc'c m
siAmerica than was imagined, 2th witifz m nun couU soresee,
have carried on the war to in present L: ::th."
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WILLIAMSBURG, MAY !.
HUGH NELSONand Robert sielsou, Esquires, have en—
lered themlclves as vc-lunroctsrs in the corps of light dru
goons now raising bytheir brozhcrthc ()?nem]; 'md Lewis
Butwell, Esq; osGloucefler, astesi- se (ing on scorn su! scr'a to.".
in his county to equrp young gentlessinessx formal sunne, to
which he himself in-l lo;]. turne i out likewise nsa vtsifiu-ffzxsizr.
\Vben gentlemen of the first rank and sortsiml-ss-t so nan-z an
example, we can hardlycmert zin a doubt olsi Gesisic-rd NEL—
SON'S being soon able to macch to join w: illuLLri-m; Com—