The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-12-12 00:00:00, page 1

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[N Commu, Williamsburx, Now. 27, 1777.
LL officss-rs rccru cictg men for the
service of this sum nrsssi d rccred m At
tcnd the Govcrmur n-ld Counci] a.
W'illiamburg On ffnrsilctx the l'nh day
of December noxt, when cnmmissinns
will be given out, and the schral rc
giments of infantry and artillsi-ry will be formed. 'l'hc
officers who have not rccciwd cvmmissmns, and do
not attend on that da , 'will be discontinu'sssid.
47 order o hi: Evellency ill Cammctl.
ARCHlnALD BLAlR, clerk.
L (.) N D () N, OCTOBHR 2.
N the sate wnr, it was thought neess-sstty m raise
some troops in Virginia. At the same tim", rite
prelent General Washingt'on. by his mdefatigablc zesst!
for the service, raised a regiment alied the Virginia
Volunteers,ct which he cmumandsi . Thc'r a-itnity
and success were so remarkable, that the Re :erend Mr.
Davis, who preached a l'crm -n, or rather deliv-ss-r- d ;:
panngrick on the occasion, in Virginia, on his speak
ing ot Mr. Washingtnn, who was their Colouel, made
us): of the following sentence: " As for that young
" man (hVASHlNGTON) his uncommon bruvery,
" conduct, and knowledge in the art of war, at lus
" age, is su' c-iour to what] ever read of; and he
" seems as i nppointed by Providence to be, hereafter,
" the protector and delrum of his country."
_Extru.sil of a letter from Mr. Izrae] Powley, dared 4:
Cadiz, Sephmlm 8.
" Last Friday an Amencan privateer of twenty six
guns Came' into this bay, and lay to near three hours,
when Don Curlob Hederitz, :; Spanish Coloncl, and
some other officers, embarked on board the above
vcfle] for Churlesiown, and the privateer stossd out to
seahagain, and, setting all her fails, was (don out of
si t."
gTwo of the white Indians from the isthmus of Da
ricn have lately been sent, among & number of natural
curiosities, by the governour of Porto Bello to Old
Spain. They arrived at Bilbna the middle of last
month, and from thence were taken to Madrid, in
order to be shewu to the King and Royal Fauxiiy.
The Bsi'dford, De Garis, from Cowcs for Quebeck,
was taken the zzd of August by a schooner pnvateer,
called the Eagle, from Bosinn, of eight guns and
twelve swivels, . . _
Orders are issued from the War Office, at the desire
of the Lords of the Admiralty, for a draught to be
made of all the soldiers of the three regiments of foot
guards'under siasindard; which are five feet eight inches
high,, in onder.to their being turned over t- serve as
marines, and the regiments to be completed with men
of the proF-ss-F height, from the parties now recruitmg
throughout England. ,
Anocher fleet of trinspnrts and storeships is getting
ready at Portsinou'th for New York, which will sail
next week, and is the ninth that hasct sailed this year.
__ Ordcrs are sent to Pdrtl'mou'h for the several ships
of war that are returned from cruising to proceed again
to sea with the utmost despatch (after taking in ne
cessaries) to protect the crude.
_ umm of a letter from sans.
" When Dr. Franklin appears abroad it is more like
-' :: ublick than & private gentleman, and the curiosity
o the people to see him is so great, that he may be
said to be followed by a gunteel mob. A friend of
mine paid something for a place at a two pair of Hairs
window to see him pass by in his coach, but the crowd
was sogreat that he could but barely say he saw him."
Extract of; u letter from Beslin. ,
" Though almost worn out with age, tariguc, and
disease, Frederick cannot be idle. 'she Prussian ca
binec (which by the way consists only of the King
and two military favounces) arc certainly hatching
something. Whether their manoeuvres will be con
fined to Germany alone, Poland in particular, or
whether it will affect any other part of Europe, time
'only can determine. The Prushnn troops are kept in
as perfect order, and good discipline, as is a war was
do the point of instantly bn-akmg ou'c. This, how—
cvcr, does not appear tn be the base at present, Unless
between Ruffla and the Portc, and the winter season
)yill keep them qu'sict at least for ss—me months. The
Prdffinn court is much crowded with military people,
severalAmericans, and a scw English. Lord L----n,
in his contincntal tour, has been both at Berlin and
Potsdam, but his bon eivnnt is not generally relished."
* Those, says a correspondcnt, who supPOsc Dr.
Franklin came t') Paris, in the 7sth yem- of his :tgc,
to amuhz himself with cxpcrz'mcnts in natural philoso
phy, must certainly be a great many years older than the
]) -cmr. Thcy must even be in thbzr dotage; and those,
adds he, who imagine that the French will deliver
him up to Lord Stormonr, may as well believe that
Lord. Srormnnt will be appointed wet nurse to llcr
Most Christian Majesty.
Sssmc vsi ry mngnisicent presents, to the ammmt nf
20,nnol. have been lately shippcd for New ank ":md
Qucberk, m be distrihurcd among the lndian chicss
who have joined his Majusty's forces.
lf che adagc hold good, silhat " open en Ies are
betnr t'um ssicrcc 0n1'.s" it will be acknmvlcd cd,
thar, even as masters now stand, Great Britain had
better be at war wish Frrnce than in the sixuation she
is at present with that court.
silNTELLlGl-LNCE LkaAORDlNAkY.
\VFss arc We?! assured that Dr. Franklin, whose know
ledge in philoshphicnl sciences is univerfflly allowed,
and who has carried the powets of eiectricity to a
greater length than any of hls contc-mp 'sflrlCS, intnnds
shortly to pr-si-dure du ([a-[him! murhsine, ( s such won
derful some, that, lnstead nfgiving a flight strike to
the elbows of fifty or an hundred thoufima mcn, who
are joined hand in hand, it will give a violent ihock
even to "nature harms, lb 24, to disunite kingdoms,
)din iflands to continents, and render men of the siimc
narion shange'rs and nemies to each other; and that,
by a certain 'chymlcasi prqmnt on from us], he will be
able to smooth the ware: of the s-sia in one part of the
globu, and raise tempests and whirlwinds in enorhcsir,
t?) us to be universally ectnowied gcd for the greatest
physician, politiclan. mathehmician, and philoso
pher, this day lvingt , .
Octobn 7. Saturday ev'enihg fresh instructions were
sent to the commilion'en ofthejisserent dockyards to
expedite the fitting out for so- the men of wnr which
have lately been Put in cnmmifflonsi
Thcre is now living, in the perish of ]thjtm, near
Sevenoeks, in Kent, one Bmgcs, by profcfiien zi car
nter, aged one hundred and five years, and in Pet
ect health.
The Count De St. Germdinc, the French minister
_oft.he war department, has. received his dismisiion with
a pcnsion of two thousand podnds, and thirt ;(imu
fand pounds topay hie debte. The Cov'nt De (. Ger
main. is a striking instance that there are men excel
lent in the army who do n- t shine in the cabinet.
Tuesday :; music]: meeting was held at Coriham
church, at which abodt three hundred osthe nobiiity
and gentry of Bath and Bristo] were presimt. On tha-r
returnhome at night, about a mile from Bath, few of
them escaped being rubbed by two highwaymcn.
They took from one gentleman twenty gumeas, and a'
gold watch. They likewise robbm the Bath and
Bristo] diligence, and every post coach- and carrzage
that passed them. It is supposed they made boory of
upwards of four hundred younds.
The Hawke, Gribble, a ktt.*f—0f margue, has taken
the ]uno, an American vcsi'e] laden witn ncc, indigo,
&c. vaiued at five thousand pounds, and sent her life
into Sandwich.
AsJZ-venty four gun shi & are to be used for the fo
reign station, for want smaller vessels, their com
piements are to be reduced from six hundred and fifty
to five hundred and fifty men.
Extract yf ! lum from Portsmodth, Octobei 6. 4
" Ydterday arrived at Spithead the Boreas man of
war, (sisiapt, Thompson, end the Ostrich, Capt. Rein
er, faom Jamaica, with the convoy, consifting of
seventy siX'sil", which were left al] lafe in the chan
nel, except two, one of which was destroyed by
iightning. and we have not yet learned what is becethe
of the other. Thy] sailed from jamaica the twenty
seventh of ]uly last."
Burns if a letter from Paris. ,
" Though this court has :: particular regard to its
trade and commerce, yet be assured this is not the only
thing that engrosses the attention of the King and his
minister. The great bustle which has been made in
the nava] dnd military departmenr has not been done
for nothing ; on the contrary, they have an object of
no small importance in view; though this may not be
the season for disciot'ng it.
_ The Spanish court have established a new colony in
the isthmus of Darien (where the famous Scrctsstch sct
tlemctent was some years ago) which is likely to turn
out to very good account.
Three. hundred invztlids hnctve been admitted to
Chclsea hospiml since the Amcrican dispute, which,
with thole put on the pensron list of that hvspim],
amount in the whole to twcivc hundred.
_ T.:bLPrsiLNTER.
8 l R,
Sss the great o'rject of our immense armamcnts is
profcffi'dly to reduce the gra'nd Amctican army
under Washingtnn, it seems a licclc stmn 6, to one not
vurscd in the lrts of war, that General l- owe could not
find or come at him when he reconnoitred with his
whqje army For that purpose, but is sailed to the north,
in order to dcfcaz the enemy in the south. We have
heard that the fairest way abvfit is sometimes the nearest
way home, and from hence I shppnsc it is that the
General Is gone north aboute the long expecngd victory,
as he formcn'y tmk the routc ot lhhfnx a little reci
pitatcty, from Boston t') New York; and no oubth
in roliancc upon the same (groweth, Mr. Burgoyne it
now beating thc fruitld's bu at Part Ed ward, in order
to cffccr .1 junction with the (;cnemliffimo, if he can
be fmnd, which might have been efflzctcd by fus
without danger, ezxgcnl'c, er delay, four months_agm
And if thzs junctinn could not have ferreted the arch
rebel out of his lines, I do not see what business the
Lad arms; tho Atlantick, unless they could have fisz
isicrtlcd the point .lb (hook Mr. Washington's ground
for im. , . si ;
] omd humbly luiwc conceived that the honour of
tl-is natmn, and our sormidabdc' army, as well as the
cx-gency of our affairs, called ]nucfly upon us to atmcksi
the enemy at every posiiblc ctdithdvantage, especially
under the appeliati-m of cowards, raw and undiscipfln
ed cowards. To march away first, and then sail aWny
from men who will not fight, and that bravcly mo,
is an imputation upon the vctcran army that will not
cas ly b: wiped fist . -
1 here is certamly shmc Yankie cnahantmcnt um
the face of the country, and the very ground fighte
afflini} us. Wherevcr Washin ton gcs, the [nati
unh/jmpa'lhistu, and fotmaa re elsmus alliance with
him, and he Lemcts to be- the tutehr god of:" their tition
lnd town's. OurLador :md Polhu canfio nothing apart.
'shc navy must fight by land, as thelarrny has done by
sin, or nothing Can be effected. thune is jealous of
Mars, and will at least share the honours of the war.
From hence the tedious and CXPCDsiVL' armament on
Ldaisite Champlzin, by which two camyaigns have been
] .
' Serioufly, ] Begsn' now to have my doubt about th si
tardiness us our cs-mmunders, Threflcd in the winter
asleep all the spring! andssrun away in the summer!
this us not the way to brin Amtrica to the foot ofLord
Nqnh, or the smtstonlo Lord George. What ityi: .
is but some hardyss-Scotclunan had 'led Englisizmm
against Engh' men ! No salsvcompaffion, or misguidcd
humassnity, would then have retarded the operations of
slaughter and subjuguion The Rubicon judge, and
the Mindectn hero, sissmight have been satiated with blood;
To say the truth, tno brothers have been niggard.
in human life ; there is no apnlogismg for their
wcaknei's. Ex:cpting in thesmglc instanceof nuing
the Ametican pul'oncrs first, and then exc anging
tnem for sound men, they have hardly done : thing
th;s twel'temonth to recommend them to their royal
master! Tnat, indeed.. wasa stroke in the very spirit
ofthc cabinet, which fight have done hossnrvut- to :
M--------d or a G— ------ n ; and most probably they
have the merit of it. Those great men thin]: and act '
upon tm enlar ved a scale to see] For the lives of Yankics,
or (bldicrs. 'fhcy regai'd the former as men: food for
power, and the latter for powder. And what are the
hatdships and sufferings of common ople, or evcn
their hves, wheh weighed against t (: ambicinn of
)rinces or the luxury and avarice ( s great men in office?
f the Prince of Hesie can built] :: new paZace by sefling
his subjects to cut threats where he has no quatrel, or
jemmy watsllcr can portion his bashrds by the bru
tal outragcs of ]siresi gangs upon his free cnunttymcn,
is it not uiain thnt mankind are the property and pre
oFthcir cll-ctw men, and conscqu :"th that it Is as muc
humanEty tn devout and dcsincty men as it is to protect
and defend? .
justice and mtrcy may be good nntlons for the vul
gar; the)- are scidmn to be found in the smsonzs or the
ceunscls of" princ s, mUch lcsi in counlcls of war.
TOBY.
:
13 th 'Prinm- cctf th' St. -J. CHRONICLE;
S ] R.
x HEN lize number osexnozts in any kingdom in
crcsides, it is ve'ry natural lo shsipposc that she rc
vcnues, merchants, and (radelmen, are greatly benesit
ed limeby. Whether that has been the case m Great
Brimin since the commesizcemem us the present comest
with Amcrica (md every one v-ill allow that them;;
have been some new and extraordinary exports sxffisi'
hence) is left to the pul-lick to determine. ( "
For example, we have exporch plenl . Ne men
and caule, as well as olctprovusions, pmicularly flour
to the West ln-siiics, which used to be sissxpphed from
America, and which h1s rail-ss-J nur masirkcsics and les
sene.lnur]ouves. [( is true, in reaurn for these, we
have imported had and good news, maimed sol-ctiers,
sick and wounde! officers, b'.c nothin lo afflst tradc
andcredi', 0: to make amen'ssls six a?
lour_lossuss1d
trouble. ,