The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-11-18 00:00:00, page 2

Fxpu run LON DON GAZBTTE, m, ".
' Aomuns Onlci. jub. "so. _
thrnct " a jet!" fr- m mu- Cq. Wnlsid
grave _ ba Maquy'th In Prudente, to Mr.
te , daml spurne]; fil) 18. "80...
N Ili- Qih imhm being on : cruize with the
Licon-e in-compmny, at len o'cluck A. M.
cape Offfflstffik beamnct; smufi lnd by wck, diflance
13 [equal, the .Licome m'rde : figml for seeing :
sail in lbe N. W. and: thick sog then dispersing, we
Milk;: hemingdown to no 1 ! imme
diifef'nib'lhe sigml to ch me, snonctlher which, the
Nsiushg her mind, being then only (: miles
duknol fron m, we clenrly discovered her to be I
{um which from lur conltMfl, we con
k be Frclzch.
' LA- we had light winds nd ma. whose clay,
ih'M hzkf past efeven ?. N. More ] sound myself
yizh'm close pishl sin: of her. The figmln he now
We. bow wish waken nd light. conducing me
du she wct-s an my, ! immedinely began w en
Ee her : And at her]! pafi 4. A. M. he hzulcd down
colour. :o hid Majesty": ship! Ll Prudent lnd
pkome. .
._ She provfd to be La Cxprk'uuse. : French srigme,
eighcdn): from L'Orient, pierced for 44 sum, but
mzwuing only 3: ; complenunt 30! men. She wu
hundred in Much last,. measura-d ! roo tom, and was
m office lock frignru ! ever snw. ss
:dm very sorry to sly. clnt the condition of the
m such (ay choir lordships may observe from
of chesurvey) as rendered i! impracticable
" col'lhfl' uEnghn-i. lndeed the very Ivny W
hue s si'nedin the Men, and unsonunnely hav
- 'ubore un! many on board. much
' zor me to give her the necessary
, he- " sesi. lsishmson, nfm renow
' the prisolcmsec soul".
la" "o mditbu, of 'y ship. the ones
os menting my ordm, ! have there
d'mR-iom to Cyt- Codopn, the corn
_ ' ,bip Mn'pflrsio lap Ham, to put sschan
pw imsin muion'. fly
Wmhndinz our seemipgdperioricy, I he
'the wmsios the illed and wounded will sufficient y
fling, thctal m officers udsishi '- company have ac
Wd rhemse us in the solemn! andlfzmod
Name.,sssiIMj-fesin it in imposihlc to do) "a to 3
![hii'fflsiffl- . .?!ct '
ss In inflice lb Hent. Binkl of the mnine, ! made.
Jove lo assente. w their lordship, xhn his pmy lcted
mid: MM fieldincsl llu! bunry, keeping up a
si fiqd conhnl sm snmctbcginning of the Mion,
momqsily called M- usio the m Juno, whm
ss shlsiwed, an equal flute of spitit to end order.
__ u: Whihln dun giving those vel} eserved en
Minflo (chid MK Mind,": (ubiects. ! should
. {cal mysd! is tum bound to y've hie cncrnin, on
(his occasionydnwin they n'a- so "I]! ving,
Mask? Was "kin:- , sin,? si"???
e m I , y ct ].
lmofisiq len". in 40 (swerd,
um communion! la anicimfe, at the me he sur
MMN colour. am not hold down till
msivem-mmmw. '
manam , . & Fonuino. )be
. MCqu-in; Im-Aion: But":
unhc: bshve mu yet not, being
* vichdn zems-(p; :: on bond
lhw s— But'srom 'I told ulc-lation of their
fimctchey mfl huegu knlhookilbd and wounded.
-ss I;; in wind infinite mean- but .! acquainc chair
;lordshipc, that Linu- Bllisoo. ma fonmflouch
,list of th. wounded, having M- siurely bnised in
,(he bar .ind Hffigh um elrripd off with I shot.
—I muPc. kavno :!th his misfortune, and
sswmjd ncoidkjhe shewed during the action, to
ctbeisjqrdship': mon panieululnntwn. '
' six l' if Ibl'kilksilqll ,"bcch bit 't 'l'si
; .!" . ssshsi,m_. "9";
I , Ellled. ct
KMs. ]ohn Dismond, Mr.Richmi Montgo- '
my, .Mr. Thomn B-ghod, Mt. Wil- } 4. ss
Bzm' Dihnoud, midshipmen,
Seamen, . . - ,,ct
Flame, . . . .
"T'"
'si TPL'J i'siict
..uli
Mr. ]oseph !Mm second Liemer. an', — - _si ]
Mr. Willim _*Cmty, Ilidshipm..n, - :
Seamen, -' — sum, -
Marineo, , _ _ - si — - 4
0 Ah WFV-l—u
nnce dere! of
, fhcif Wound:
Seamen, . . ,_ . ' ,
Matine, - ss - - e'
TN:! killed and wounded. ' 4!
l.. ! 0 0 R N B.
JKZH; 7Wounded.
ss'w ,
-' ?ss' (!. WALDEGRAVE.
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POUbl—lKhEPSlE, oct. 30,
[5 Exceilency our G wernor is returned here
from Tryon cuunsiy —-We are informed, that
alter iherepulle of (in: eremy by the mthin and Ic
viee, under Brigadic: Ccmrzii Van R nssaiacr, at
loss Mills, Sir john Jnhri'un, Brandt and Butler,
with the lndiam, separating-fium me in:.in body of
the lroopz, fled lotizc woods, crofflng tlic cuurtry to
the Oneida. Ow ncopu pmi'uzd tlm mctin body of
theenemy up the Mnhawk m-cr, so closely us to pre
me their commining any further dC\'alhnsion.—-A'
fort Heskemer, theyiefi !hensi'cr, and (hurt across
the country towards Oneida. The puisusii was cissnti
amd by th; niiliti; nndirvin, headed by his Excellen
c the Uowcmcur, till ui,thin about 15 miles of t'iar
p ace, when their provismn being emiiely cxlnuzied,
many of them hzvi ba near two diys without
ny, and no pro " them: which were no
follow them, onsismfl a' ditch, arrivin in time,
they wexe obiigeei to retux r. ; or in all proba iliry, the
whole party would have baileu intopur hand:.
The sm'ce iinineJi.ileiy under the commznd of Sir
]ohn, amoumed toubum 750 piciud men, from tile
told and z4eh BJlLsh regunents, Hrssian Yimgen.
Sir ]ohn's regimem, Buxich sangcfl, and Brandx's
COI'PI of lnsiimu-ctmt l'ozies.
The enc-m) ha-l With them two knife monulsisch
ar-d 3 quarter inch lheils, and- one braid ,; er
The former they coo-cczled un their'eodt, nel
with !" their lmmunuion. fell [into our hlods :: (he
action et Fox's Minu—Nelriy all the prisoners end
all the Negroeu, crude,- end other plunder, which
they had collected, were Ilso recovend. lo the pur
suit we hue taken adown of the enemy pnsonen,
with Sir ]odn'e semnt end haue —Our yrinei al
lose ie Col Brown and zhom 37 hie party. fie
wusihtiemd It fort Pisnk. and on the men 'a ep
pmch, 'I. Muced. hy false intelligence o their
flrength end position, to man! them. end m led in.
to the midst and received the fire of lhosizr main body,
before hqdiknered them.' The party of the enemy
which appeared at Ballz-Town, confishd of helm
up end zoo mer), led ohn Munme, ! nin
Onhie Excellency's 'rntoAlbon , ( yvime
of the act " subjectin all person" who lllcomem
from the men: . lnd eernly luf'fi in any [un of thin
lite, to tricle y coum-mminlo, nfpies,") he or
dered : nml court-mmial for the trial of lamb
Shell, ohn M'Mullen and jane. Van Driesol, 4
who were found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged ]
ou Fridny lah. The two former were executed lccord- \
ingly, end the lum- wan rei'pized for a few day:. j
PuxLAnELPHWssNm 7.
!
)Exmzct n/"cherfnnc eithmofchr-Btr. ;
' telnStJZu timoctlkrz. :
me a a ;. somc sin. of .omctu m. Every;
dis ch issinfiwg in Round fdrequiprilzf choir
nlvy. bey will shortly have ,. M. uding
ss I
fripm, My for see. The Dutch man of war wqss
have here it a 64, the Admini'e nue i: Knl]. He
sst-murns !h- saltue to all Amecscatw; [! .- sisd Conti
, ur-ssu! tetlctrls Wl" have {not ltn sittt-si \\ I.' us: na
more ert-uhM w'th ptivsiucetstlt du- mad ; The A-d
mital i.— vrrjth' with them. He in:; seiz d ; Dutch
.vcsst—l t'mt hid N.." condctnned and ! tld i.t unct-s the
sineighbouring iflnnds fet tradtng, vutlt the French."
-.4—_-—->*
WILL l-A*MS B U R (}, [Vo-v. n.
Exer'B of a !,nctfrssm .: sillfl'f'l'l't la lvisj'ricml t':
(bit sit}, datd Wast'cn count}, Ncrth-Carolina
du ;. "lo.- si
O s}! ] NG has !lins-iscd latelv; the British
fit]! "treating. ctznd ousi men nd-mnt ing as spce
dlly is possible. We have .m sum) in thssr front,
who, I make," doubt will relmd lhtis much in such
a manner, :- will enable nus army in the teat to come
upwitfl the lids. They have lind somrttme upon
parched corn, poljmng to go out of lht: road. on
acconpt of cttbe-ldnuced riflemen conccaled in the
wo de; from Hl'iehsschjcumthuce, and the ZliTiLS in
fro : and tear, people are generally of 0; tz-ssmtt that
they iuv'tabty must become our p-ilatzerrsi, shulsly -_—
Cornwafltc i: very ill, being obliged to 54, in a wag
gon at the from as his army."
()n Sund ly night, the zth insismt, came to the
house of Nnhamcl Burmell. th; in ]flf: -si,f White
crlunc , (being piloretl there by one of his own ne
groes! zbqut 60 men from" me of the cnt—mj,'s pti.
vateets; when they got it'tto the house, they asked to:
lontethin Io dtink, but baFute i! muld be got, they
seized r. Bnrweil's watch out of his packer, took
all his plate," beside: other plunder, and catried of 9
of his nugroes. They woul-j have shipped him of
every thingbhe had, but htarsnz that a few light horse
dere close y, theyimmcdinely pushed down tom:
river, siand wanton board thei.- privatet-r.
We have :t'lctvice sromssbek-w, that Col. Matthew
Godsreymith About 70 militia, was attacked hfl Man;
day near cheGre-t' Btid e, by : constderable hath of
the enemy ; che Colone ,' after exchangiug twu fire.
with them, retrened, lelving nine osthe enemy ded
on the field. lad did hot losu single man killed, and
had only Cl ' Piyne'. wounded in the :nsim, who wu
formerly I oqincnul officer, which has been luce
cuto ._ , A
RICHMOND, Nov. 18.
Extract o : lemrsrnn Ncwbern, lated Nmnbct, .
N ( : zlth ult. ant.-——-osthis ace, in: soul}
pn'vsiateer, zffcd in the ni hto Charlefloum, .
very large fleet, : knownqt whutnatiol thy arc.
]: : "(set he took the same day directlyout osChn-les
town, he got Sc,ush-Carolin'a guztsstes, which mention
this fleet, and that they had for several do,: bet! of
Bring signs] gunt. in the Life] taken, mea gentle
mm, whb, on being deed, who command in Charles
town ? Answered, Lord Coznwaiho, and thn be'n
turne! to town that day; if so, it may have been in
consequence of this fleet si-m off the bar, or pahlpc
in consequence of the desut of his army on the Ca
tawbalz n event from All apparnneel not unlikely."
Extract of : lcmrfru- a gentlemen in St. Enshtin,
to bilji'iud i: Smithfield, laud Odobtr 4. 1780.
" The aspect of akin in quite different from whu
it was some time sin, we have had the aniul,o£. :
hg, I; go- ship, and the Admiral seem: to give cum,
grouction to your tude and the sing of the Unitd
tate- reuivcd no left afflote sloth the Admiul,
which had not'deen dine since the present war. _ !: it
reduced almoh to : certainty, that theDmch wnll en
Uel'illo a war against England, in a very short time,
and willbeioinedhvthc Rosial", Dun nd chthl.
Th- Ilfl account: from lnd, announce the abovq
and that the Dutch m 5 19 out their shlpe of was
with the gmtelt upedition." _ s
Band (} :: len", laud, ran) Stoner': mllr. Nm
I], 1780.
" Ycflerday morning tho enemy withdrew all their
out :, and last night (blwhole emb-rkcd, at "
o'c ock thi: morning none of their shi had moved,
hot remain in Eiiubeth river. They ne lest abohe
60 negroea in Portsmouth. ! suppose soo- leht of ship
room. The desertm that came out las} informs us,
that the many intend townced up ]mcs river.'*