The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-12-06 00:00:00, page 1

DEC 5 .\I_B ER 6, 1776. T
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NUMBER 97.
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former value, and now can hardly be pro—
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of which] shall not be sparing- to my good
customers, when there is occasionsi and
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Their obliged and humble servant,
ALEX: PURDlE.
ch. 6, 1776'.
.fl, THoMAsMiLLn, esq: attomey
at law in Cumberla'nd, will collect for me
in that county, as well as in Albemarlc,
Amhef/i, ssBuckingham, Goochland, Chq/T
ter/ield, and Amelia.
lN- CONGKESS, Novemr'zer 12, 1776.
. PON re-considering' the resolution of
the l6th ofsiSeptember lash; for rais
ing 88 battalions to serve during the prc
sent war with Great Britain, Cungs all he
- ing dsopizcti m that the readiness or the in
, habitants otctthcse states to enterinto the
service for limited times, in defence of
- thrir invalqablc privileges, on all former
occasions, gives goqd'zmund to hope the
same zeal for the pubhck good wi" appear
in shture, when the necdsity calls for their
affistance,_, - nd the uncertzin length of
time which rces crafssi-d during the csimti
nuaneerof the War may be compelltd to
serve, ma provmt many from eu-listing,
who woul otherwise readily manisest their
attachment to the common caulc', by en-ss
singing- for a ]imited time :
sharefare rq/c'flwd, that all uon-commis—
sioned officers assmd soldiers who do not in
cline to engaFe their service durin the
continuance o the present war, an shall
enlist to serve chreey ", unless sooner
_discharged by 03) shall be entitled
to ind receive ctch bounty and pay as
use gilowed to (hose who enlist during the
contimmnce ofthe present war, except the
loo acres of 'and, which land in to be
granted to those only who enlist without
]imitacion of time. And each recru'ning
officer us required to providc two distinct
en 'illluz rolls, one for such to sign who
enijsk during the cnminuance fifthe war,
and the other For such as enlist for three
yct r- . if their service shall be so long rc
qui] cd.
By order of Congres}
10qu lLANCOCK, president.
'Mf-PURDLB, - * .
IT was intended thd'the following peti
ti'sm or" the inhabitants of CharlcsACit
shsmld-ha've been presented to the lion e
ok' Uclcgatcs, through their representa
tives; but as it dikl not get to their hands
ti'mc enough to answer the int-sint'lon of the
p-sstitinucrs, they beg you will publish it in
)our Gzzzctte, that their scutimmts upon
re/igiou: toleration may be genertu known
to their countrymcn.
To the Han. l-lOUSE of DELEGATES.
The petition of the. inhabitants of the
' cnunty of Cnntm Cn'v:
Humblyshe-weth,
" ""HA'F your Petitioners are greatly
alarmed at the rapid progress which
some of the dissenters from the church
by law eltablished are daily makin in Va
rious parts of this country, by educ'mg
theignorant and unwary to embrace their
erroneoue tenets, which your petitionc-rs
conceive to be not only Oppqsite to the
d- sictrctmes which true Christianit inculcates,
but subvfl'five of the morals of the people,
and dellructive of the peace of familixs,
tending- to ulienate the affection os {] eve:
from their masters, and det-rimental to the
happiness of the publick; siand-whiie such
daring atteflipts are made, by petition: to
this honourable House, to pull down all
the barriers which the wisilom of our an
cestors have erected, to stcure the church
from the inroads of the sectaries, your pe
titioners apprehend that it woulcl,argue a
culrabie lukewarmness tamely to sit siill
an not make known their sentiments, sh
contrary to siisi-h innovations. All these
bad effects your petitioners have already
found, by the short experience which they
have had in their own county, to be the
dismal consequencsies of the (lfctctrines taught
bV these new teachcrs: We have seen,
with grief an-si'l indizznation, by their sing
gestions, irrepsizrable breaches made be
tween husbands and their wives ; we have
seen meetings in the night of our flaves to
receive the instructions of these tenchers
without our consent, which we apprehend
could produce nothing but deeds of dark
nessss, and which have already produced
their proper fruits of disobedience and in
solence, to masters, and glorying in what
they are taught to believe to be persct cuti
on For conscience sake. Your DetitiOllers
are not actuatcd bysithc narrow find blood
thirsty spirit of persecution: They wish
to see a well regulated toleration estab—
]ished, by which all those weak and consci
cmious brethren, who Frdm principle can
notjoin with the establishcd church, may
be permitted to serve 60 0 in their own
way without mqleltation ; but we wish also
that those nightly mectin s may be pro
hibitcd under scvcre pena ties, and that
those only, who, after aduc cxamination
of their morals', shall be found worthy,
may bc.authorised to preach, and only in
such\ publick meeting houses as it may be
found proper to licbnse for that purpose.
But oui'pctitioners-humblyapprehendthat
thesz purposes may be inswcred without
dssstroyi-zg those gentle and wholesome
rc-straints which the wisdom of ages, and
the policy of our laws and conltitutionsi
have appointed, to give the church :: pro
per pre-eminence over every other sect;
and gently to incline, by the obligation of
interest as well as reason, a rc-uniou of all
-thoTe who have been dcludcd and led to,
forsxke that church which-your petitionm
apprehended to contain the genuine doc
trines of Chrillianity, and to promote the
true happiness, both temporal and ct'emal,
of mankind. Your petitioners therefore
pray, that the church may be maintaimd
in all its legal rights, and that the susta
ries may be indulged with fiich a regulat-'
ed tolerasit'ton as to this honourablelnouse
shall seem proper. And your yet'ttionerl
shall ever pray, &c.
- (Signed ly 260)
lnnnvcuous arldCOMMANDIfW the
'ji'echalder: of Accomack to their repre
, [Z-nmtiver. in General AffZ-mbsy.
[5th insormcd, that an attempt will
be made this sellion to influence the
General" Asssimbly to subv'crc altogetbcjr
the present establishment of thesichurch of
England, we think it a duty we owe to
G_OD, ourselves, and 'the cummunity in.
general, to instruct you particularly what
lart to act in the decision of a question in
us consequence: so very important. We
at present secl ourselves happily and warm
]y united with every relisi-iuus (lenomina- .
tion osChristians in these states, in the de
fence of our civil liberties, aguinst the ar
bicrary power of a B-itish king and parlia
ment, sc-nsible it is to thiz general union,
under GOD, we have hitherto withstood
the united force of Britain and her mercez
naries, in a manner to be wondered at
even b'y ourselves; and we are convinced,
by cxpezicnce, that disputes ;tpd division
in religious matters are in their consequen
ces most dangerous to every state, and
particularlysito those in their insancy. VVe
therefore at present command you,ct should
such a proposition be made in the Gersitcral
Aflembly, to vote against the same. At
the same time we shall deersully agree to '
any regulations which may be adopted to
make the clergy accountablc for them
c'onduct, and be removed upon mtsheha
viour.
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lN COMMITTEE.
CAROLlNE, Sept.1776. _
HAVING cause to doubt the fidelity o,
the following persons to the United
dtates, the sub-committee was directed to
tender them the test oath, as prescribed
by Convcntion, which was accordingly ten
dered, and refused by james Miller at
Roy's warehouse, James Dulep, Andrew
Leckie, john Gray, ]nmes Coates, John
Thompson , ]ames Gonjon, ]ames Craigy ,
james Stark, john VVaHssice, and Archibald
Msil-ean, os Port Royal.
There is no doubt but these monsters of
ingratitudc wi'll he pleased with this noti
fication of their attachment to-the juris—
diction of Great Britain, serving to recom