The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-04-04 00:00:00, page 1

APKIL4. 1777. * - .. - f'l' ]] E- ' " .'
NUM—BER ;14.
si-ssVjRGINI'Asi
GAZETTE
ALW/nrs siron LlBERTY,) un) THE PUBLlCK GOOD.
High HsiEAVEN 10 GRACIovs EN'DS dzfed: lb: STORM!
la Couudlsi, Williamshurg, [March 15,
l777 -
R DER ED, that all persons having
() gous, bctyonets, or military store:
siol' any kind belonging lo the state, du
' forlhw ilh convey them to the publick
' magazine. Those who rcsuse or neglect.
ctio cbmply with (his order may depend
upon being prosccuted .
(A copy) AICH. BLAn, clerk.
Mr. Human, . - \
S the 'news of the late insurrection' in
_Somerssi:c and'W orccstcr cuunlics hath
reacbed this p] sice, it may not be disagrce
ab!e to the publick, perhaps, to have a
more particular account of that sissfsJIr.
lt huh been the misfortune of these two
couuties, espec'ully Somersct, to hlvc &
very great part oft'ne inhabitants diffi'si-Cch
to the Amcricnn cause, arising origizzaiiy
frsinsin the influ.-nce of a few cuuis us go
vernment, who Found means to {51th into
their minds i.zs.1_).'er'1blc pr iml ces Linzreco.
_ lu c-mssqurncz of :qu !ss-sscs in the fell,
ansil th; zsizvmcm at the Buzi-ctjh army (all
wtsisictx'si], by me sin.: ihf v :'si=;_1ch-.d ?}u-nerllsi-sit,
w-sr-z ;"cuziyctcx g-jssrazcd) thc't'mics seem
to luv-ss sissukcu it for granted that the
whole comen was over, and that the:
mictsifuc indulge their 'mdssnmions with im—
panity. "l'hey threw offall restraint. and
coadncted thunsclves wizh such. insulence
lhzt in many parts of the councy it was
dangerous for ;: W big to disciosc hix senti
mencs. The most open prosclsiaus of
losivalry were manie to the British tyrant;
his health was publickly drank, and flags
erectcd with the initsiuls of his name and
title. They assembled in a body and pre
vented senator: being chosen in the
county, and at the election os dele—
gates for th: Assembly they would not
permit the oath of sidelity to be adminis
tercel to any of the voters: and, on that.
sun: 'duy, they beat up for recruits for
[] ) sive's ascny at Princcss Anne, where the
inhctbimncs were assembled for the election.
But, (a crown the whole, about the first
of szruziry they began to collcct in arms,
aml actu My assembled to the number, as
near as ! could learn, of between 3 and
400; at Parker'a mill, in the nppa part of
domrrsct couuty, adj-zining to Worccster,
about six miles above Sal'sshury. Whe—
ther they meant to commit hosiilicics
against the VVh'lgs in those two councics,
0? were alarmed lest some of themselves
"! nuisil be seized and brought to justice for
their offences, doth not appear so certain ;
but, from the belt information, ] believe
s: n.: were actuUed by this, and others by
thx: m Live. They werccommandcd by
O'xss. Grcy. Ilwv he came to_ 1)? chosen
!" kiss lf: Lil'jr, () ):l knows; imce 83 (0
fssz :z'dv. fss-ssrm H', n.- nctzrsctnctl ablfisisii'fctsiz he
w ;; ) -;':'- Uv ifii ZsslsiisssilLUll. Thct: '.ct.'h?;{sssisi,
!: Lisiz .1si-siulzss r .1; 15) or cherexbuuu us
ssi d'ct' ! i-l Afrssr UJH defence, &H'si siCHT
" V. -....ct :sisilsir m m,- :\si2} -".;1}asi-,S{ C'si'lsisi—ss-ffl "s
.siss-ct! l'z'! i g.} 14} 's ( si'si-siss-ll l'us ;lfsi'f HI'IC. sss!_l*?y
&:ssn !"ss- -zsi-_ctss1ct-_ss,;_p_L-);x oisi' Lizsi: irzzlsizuon
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of the conntv 40 the Congreis. and to the
Councilof Sasetyotssthe state of Maryland.
Brigadier gene'f-al Hooper (of the mili
t'la) with & considerabk number of the
militia of Dorchester county, quickly jo'm—
ed the Whigs who were already assembled,
and proceeded to Salishury, within six
miles of Parkcr'a mill.
The Tories at their eneampment, being
informed of the arrival 'of general Hooper
at Salishnry, as also of the approachof col.
Simpsun with abou1500 of the Accomack
militia, by whom general Hooper was
soon after joined, and at the same time
finding their brethren, who were not as
sembled, did not come in to their -asiist
:mce as they had expected, gave over all
thoughts osrcsistanee, and lent a flag to
general Houpcr; by whom it was de
manded that Grey shc'uhl 'surrender him
srlt'prisuncr, and the rest depart to their
oWn homcs, to await such steps as the
state shousssid think proper to take concern
ing them. .
In th'? mean time, in consequence of
the reprcilntaxion to Congi'elsia and the
Councss'n os Sasety, a confiderable force
'- isih two field pieces were ordered to pro
c-r-ed !.u Somerset under the command of
general Sm'xliwood, agemsilemao whose
known integrity, approved zeal for his
country, politcness ofmanners, and h_u
manisy of disposition, gave the strongest
assurance that no unseashnable savour or
leliity to the guilty would be shewn, on
thenne hmd, and on the other, that they
would be secure from wantonisisult, iZIegal
Oppresslon, and unnecessaryacts oscruclty.
_When he arrived on the Eastern Shore,
finding the Tories had dispersed, si the
greatest part of his troops proceeded to
join general Washington, while with the
independent company of Baltirnore town.
and a detachment of the Maryland
matrosscs, he marched to Princesi. Anne in
Somerset, and by sending out parties le
cured all those excepted in the proclama
tion, except Calliloo and More, one or
both—of whom zire supposed to have got
on board of some of the encmy's vessels.
When l left the county, general Small
wood was still there ad ministering the oath
of fidelity to, and recovering the arms of,
such as came to take advantage of the pro
clamation, and was likely to leave the place
in a much better situation than it has been
since the beginning of the Present war. —
An inhabitant of Somer/Z't county.
Mncn 28, "77
L 0 N ]) () N, Nav. 5, 1770.
UK king;, it seems. grows ('t-nous
upon Americm assairs. He hsits
publizhcd :\ pr'oclsimution for _a l-'.-\ST,
through all Englsind. YVe here give our
rea-lers th: celebrated mr. Burke's stric—
tuz's's up-simit.
IV.- Bixrkc, in the House of Commons,
.speukZ-zg czn :hc'Amcricnn contest (in which
he was very l'cvcre :lg'l'mst th': mi'listrv)
sxid, th:x:, astcr having been mzzisxcre-ssl,
first by the ilsiffims, and then by the
.
lawyers, they now talked of & revissid as
the acts that had been compla'med offeven
years ago. After burning their town:,
and rushing their commerce, the minister
crie'ls out, " Come unto me, all )e thar
ar'e weary and heavy laden, and ffiwill give
you rest.? But what sort oFsi re ? You
shall have magistratea not of your own
choosing, taxes without your assent, and
laws made fvr you in England. _He com
plained bitterly ossome expressions in the
proclamation for th— generalsa/I - he said —
the purposes of religion were to e invert
ed, r we were to go to church in amofl:
impi' us manner to accuse our American
brethren of being deludcd into acts of
treason, by specious falsehoods. This he
condemned as blasphemcus, and cduvert- _
ing the house of God into. the tabernacle
osss Satan. [Here he was called to order
but afterwards proceeded, _and justified
the resistance of the Antericans ] He also
made administration accountable for all
the blood that had been shed, and all the
horrours of war ; those were the sins we
were to'atnne for, and to deprecate the
wrath of Heaven by a general fast, and
surely no people eVer had more reason to .
humble themselves hesore Gon " He
spoke, with great vehemence, above an
hour.
The following is a literal fact: A gen- -
tlemau lately at a publick seest gave a:
toast, I-IANCOCK and ADAMS. 'One of
the company. in the commiffion of tho
peace, threatened to commit him.
" You be o'._..tl (said the other) they
were both my lchoolsisellDWI at Crisijkhde,
and I dare say they are now in Congrcss
over a bottle of \\ lltshire ale." -
The empresi of R'ussm has consented to
lend his majesty 24,ooo of her best trbolu
for the' service of" the new: campaign m
Americn, all of Which are to be embarkedct
by the 3d osA til 1777. 4 ss
The treaty or the above Ruffians was
concluded before the receipt os general
Howe's last letter; but thereis the follow
ing- clause in the treaty, " provided the,
should be wanted," and the miniflry bcing
'strongly os opinion that they can now do
without them; it is thought they will no:
visit America, and that government will
be only at the expense of the new raised
levies amongst that corps. " ,
ln the country dzmces published for 1777 ,
thereis one called lord Huwe'1j1g, in which
.there is, " crosiz over, change hands,
tum your partner, foot it on both sides,"
and other movemente athn'trably depictive
(says a correspondem) of the present war
in Anterica.
The present si ssinns is likely to be one
of the busicst that has been in the present.
rei__;v;n ; for. not it] sipeuk of Axuerica,
which willuhmc yield :m ample hnrvelt for
any (me poi'n'icni c'si-ctunssmign, there is the
civ'xl list to be T'ssugmented, and the debt.
paid, tu v-hich the greatest oppolitiuu
will be given; the llh'crc-uinagesi; 'uuufion
of great imrmrmncc on the situet'tu—sit of
l'ortugal; thczsinesswa} cf the lnu'ia cum