The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-10-11 00:00:00, page 2

N—EWARK (New 7ers23y) Septcmber 28.
IN our last we informed uurctreaclcrs that
the city of New York was in flames on
Saturday morning the ztst instant, since
which we had many different reports con
cerning that melancholy affair, the most
nuthcntick of which we believe is as sol
lows, viz. That the fire originated ac or
near Whitehal], soon extended to the (x—
change, took its course up the west side
of Broaidstreet, as far as Verlattenbcrg
bill, consumihg all the_ blocks from
Whitelull up. The flames extended
across the Broadway from the house of
mr. David johnston to Beaver lane, or
Eachexfg alley, on the west, and carried
.an before it, a few buildings excepted, to
the house at the corner ot' Berklcy street,
Wherein mr. "Adam Vandeuburg lived,
"sweepiq all the cross streets in the way.
:The bnidings lest standing- on the West
{side of the Broadway are supposed to be
.capt. Themns Randall's, capt. Kenne
dssy's, dr. Mallct's, mr. jnhn Cortlandt's
sugar house and dwelling—house, dr.
,]ones's, HuH's tavern, St. Paul's, mr.
Amell's, am] mr. Rulhersord's. - he
sisic'msie osthe fire is not known. We ima
gine about a iixzh part of the city is de
fissroyed, and many families have lost their
' "'Sundav last a number of the regulars
embarked in beats from New York island
"'hear Grecnwich, and it was supposed in
*temled to attack Powles Hook; but in
_ the asternoon thev discmbarked, and gave
ever the attempt for that time- Monday
the Rocbuck and three other ships came
his oppositessour buttery at that post, and
eafter-ezischarging about too cannon land
scd nezr-ch men, our people having eva
icsinated the place some hours before, and
sithrried off thc-ir nrtillery, &c. They are
'tmctw Idvantag'eouflv poll'ed on the heights
-at the mill, about one mile from the ene
si-my, and are busy throwing up intrench—
-mesints, having been reinsotced with about
ss4ooo men.
LPHILADELPHIA, Sc'ctbt. 28.
DVlGES from the camp at Haerlt m,
near New York, say, that the ene
thy, from their different nmr-wuvres and
"greatprepmtions, intended soon to Rrike
Ldecilivehlow. Their phn is toout- flnnk
and hem nur people in, but it is thought
they will be disappointed, for the heights
above Hacrlem am! Kinglbridge arc strong
,ly manned and fortified, and all the poinzs
'up to Frog's sccurely picketed, the ave
-nues blocked, and the roads cut up, to
-preveut the approachsiss- of their artiilcry.
si'shilt they have opened Courts of jus—
tice upon Long [Hand, in which mr. Lud
.]nw presides an chief judge; they have
:confiscated several estates, and con'dcmncd
.one man to perpetual commetnent, tu lin
' r out his life in chains, and to be {led on
Head and water. They cany & high
'hand, and flushed with the success which
nature, and not their own strength, has
- iven them, they think in a little time to
Pwecp off our army, and be in posscflion
of America. That old Oliver De Lancey
isacolone]; that co]. Woodhull, late pre
ficient os New York congrcss, is killed;
and that governour T—ryon 1ics at the point
, ofdeatb. That general Howe had ordered
the militia on Long ]sland to mushzr,
from which draught: are to be made, isa
sufficient number of voluntc ers do not ap—
pear to sight agairsizst their Americssm bre
_thrcn. That on the zoth instant a fire
broke out in New York, wh'zch consumed
ssall that part of the city near the North
river: th? old English and [. ltheran
chmchvz .sirc both burnt, and so down to
Vsi hiissimn]. '
Extract Qsct leilcrfi'om London, May 19.
" Should fUHfl'iCd this. spring declare
in:]rpcndcsiC-fli: isiluni} ctrt-fintlnt France,
and many other power: of Europe,. will
,
give her immediate affistance, if 7pplied
to, which no power will attempt to do
while the Amenicans style themselves sub
jects of the king of Great Britain, 'I'he
ministry are fully sensibie o'sthis, therefore,
by cajoling and making friends in some of
the southan colonies, they hope to create
divisions, and prevent such a decisive step
being taken this year; and, by the opera
tions of the present campaign, they expect
to be so_ successfulas to make it too hazard
ous for Foreign powers to interfere. The
sicommission which lord Howe carries over
is in fact nothing more than to receive the
submisiion of the colonies, but he is in
liructed to mik much of & reconciiiation
on honourable terms. This, it is thought,
with the aid ossccrct influence (For which
he has uniimited powers) especially with
those colonies that at present lee.n most
averse to independrnce, will create divisi
ons m uongrels, and among the people at
large, so as to prevent a farther success of
their operations this year . Indeed the minis
try are more alarmed at the apprehension of
America declaringherselsindependent than
any thing else, because the have been
given to understand, by mosiyQs the pow
ers of Europe, particularly by France and
Prnflin, that in such a case they shall think
themselves entirely at liberty to act as best
suits themselves. But the truth is, the
king is so determined on the uncnnditiwml
fiebjugation os America (the present court
phrase) that it is certain he will risk sithe
utter ruin of the whole empire, rather than
not succeed in what he has set his heart so
much upon ."
By a vessel from the West lndies, we
learn that on the 5th of September the
to wnof Basseterre in St. Kitt's was most]
destroyed, partly by fire, and partly by a
hurricane.,
Lalt Saturday a .number of officers
and privates belonging to the American
army, who had been taken prisoners in
Cumda, arrived in this city, agreeable to
the proclamation nfg-eneralCarleton; they
were sent in four transports, under convoy
of the Pearl srinsi-vte of 32 guns, srom Que
back to New Yerk, where general Howe
detained them on board a fortnight.
Amongst those now arrived aregeneral
Thompson, col. lrvine, capt. W'ilson,
Capt. Duncan, ]ients. Currie," Hoge, and
Bord; reverend mr. M*Calla, and doctor
Mackenzie. There are 385' privates, beside:
other osiiccrs, who are on their way to
their respective states .
w
VVlLL ] A M 8 [] U R G, October-tl.
N Monday last the General Assembly
of this commonwealth met at the
Capitol, agreeable to adjournment, and
the plan of government adopted at the
late Convention, when the Hon. Akcm
:; ELD CARY, esq; was elccted Spcaker us
the Upper House, or Senate, and the ch.
EDMVPLD PENDLBTON, esq; Speaker of
thejfllouse of Delegates.
'The Hon. House of Deh-gates have been
pleased to continue the officers of the late
Cunvcntion to be officers to their House,
and the Senate have chosen jou N PEN D !. E—
Tosi . est}; to be their clerk.
CO].BEN]AM1N HAaatsortosBet-keley
was yesterday chosen a delcgate to repre
sent this state in General Congrcls, in the
room os'snoMAs silsirrsksox, esq; and
_,'A.\H;s .Vll-LRCER, eso; a member of the
Pzivy Countil, in the room cscol. Harrison.
Lettcrs of undoubted crrdit from Mar
thzique, d:tted the 27th 0s_]uly, sty there
are now in the French iflsstncls about 15,ooo
troops, that their sortifications are in the
best order, and that they (mly wait for a
sipretext to break with Great Britain, whfch
most people there imagine will shnn he
found . The French are much pleased with
the Antericuns bccom'mgsi an independcnt
People, and highly cxtd them for the
struggle they are making for theirhbcrties .
Every kind 0Fc0minental produce is mue},
wanted in the French illands, and bsi-ur ;,
high price. .
Extract of a letter from Philadclphisi
Sept. go. ,
" ln the late attack of the enemy On
our out pnsts, it is certain they had at
least 400 men killed and woumiczi, hciides
the dnkrace osa rcpuise, which has miscd
the spirits of our army, and checked the
cnreer of the encmy.---The Hcflizms, it
seems, carry it with a high hand, and
greatly disgust the British troops, who
are obliged to truckle and submit to great
preferences given, andindecd taken, by
the former. These shreigners say, they
will plunder chry' thing besorcsi them, ,
and have even insisted on trausps-rts to
carry over their stolen cattie and other
plunder to their samiiies.--—Abundzmce of
blzmkets and other wooiicns, with most
other dry goods, are now to be had in the
French illands, in great abundance; and
more are diily expected. ----- That the
French :md Spaniards are on the eve of" a
war wun ureat Blsiltcct-iu iecms to be incon- ss
tcstible, and our best accounts from the
British West Inches describe them in the
greatest distress imaginable.---\Ve under
stand that Carleton am] Burgoyne are ex
tremely industrious in siuing out vessels to
dispute, the mash'ry os Lake Champlctin
with us, but ] think they are not likely to
succeed this campaign.—--A sew members,
fiustinus men, of the old Pcnnsylvanin as
sembly, met likely under presence ofscc
ding- some unfinished accounts, and,
thoflgh not enough to do business by law,
they, by :! mnjoricy of one vote, cam-si to
a parcel of' foolish resolves, relpecting the
propricty of the Comcmiun of that (ture
levying taxespn the non-assuciatorct' ; after
which they dissolved Lhcmsilvcs---und do
pnrted ."
Extract ofalctterfi'om Philaschpbia, 05. 1 .
" ] am just returned from :: jesiupt to our
army, about 10 miles srom New Yovk,
where [ think we shall be able to make a
surmidable stand, our hues lherc being very
strong, and daily grouin more so. Mr.
Hazard, the late postma er at New York,
has removed his office to heacl—quartcrs."
ADvERTlsEMENTS.
WILLlAMSBURG, Octaber 4, 1776.
ROKE out of mr. Richard Clmctrlton's
pashxrc, in this city, a bay horse about
4 feet 7 inches high, with hanging meum
and switch tail, paces and cmners well,
and ! expect he will endeavour to go to
wards ZCichmond. Any person who deliver:
the said horse to mr. Richard Charlton. or
to me in Richmwzd town, shall have los.
reward.
Z kCHARIAH ROVVLAND.
BOTETOURT, Scpt. 25, 1776.
WH E R EAS ] gave Simon Aldez/bn o
Fincaflle county & penal bill For 32].
los. Virginia currcncy, dared Augu/l 10,
1774, and payable in Yamsarv 1775, I
herebv shrewarn any person from taking
an affignmcnt of the same, as it was in
part pay for busilding a miil dam, which
he has sailed to do agreeable to bargain,
and I will not pay the money unless cum
pcllcd by law.
25 jsnAFL CHRHTHN.
S'l'l'sisiAY'LD smm the lubstrihcr at Cal
pepcr courlhouse, sume time in Ywsi'e
last, :: dark bay mare about 3 years old
silni} spring, about 14 hands high, has a
bk-ze face, one of her him] scet and half
the leg is white, and on the back pznt of
the olhcr iq sinne while; she is a natural
pacer, wish ]mnsi-ing manc and sw'nch tzsii].
W'hnevcr brings she sizid more to me, near
Culfchzer courlhousc, shall hzn e 31 . rc ward ;
and is {Lcurccl and word sm: so that i get
her ?.gctin, 43 3. w'ssil l=ssi (),-?er lw mc.
PLLTLR VAp. DYK E, jun-L