The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-09-05 00:00:00, page 2

);t d'si! :} 11 lose one man. were charged
wichfixed hayoncts, and draw. He sctr
t'zsszr ictsznJJ, (hat between 3 :.;.si! 400
Indirms wcrc killed, wouudm, zul left
xhc bcficgcrs mssur she cngctgemcm.
'l'lmc me militiu wish general Hnrkrmcr
[x.-R. :;bmc 160 kiFle-J and wounded. Th or
general St. l.,cdyurd, who command: the
cncmctv's force in that quarter, sent in a
flag- Lshdcmuucl the dcsihchy us the son,
csi'cringthzt :}:c ganisou should m.;rch out
with lhch baggagc, and not he molest—
cd by lltctc l'avagcs. Thn is tl-is was not
css-mpZi-ss-d with. he wcuid not answer for
she conduct as the Ind'uns, isthe ;zssunison
sci] into their hand:; and !]ml they wnnld
certainly sm on the 'mlub'nsisinfnsi l'hzzr.
gench L'urgoyne wan in Pbsscssiuu of
Albnny. Th'n col. Gausewoort, after
aninmdvcz'Ling on the barbmhy am'si m!"
gramfu] conduct osshc Briezsh si-fliurct m
suffering women and children m "ne bux
cbcred asthcy had done, inflamed the
shg, _ that he was rcsulvcd zss. defend the
fort (si) the last; that he wuul-i never Rise
it up al long as there was :: mct... leit alive
to defend ix. That he was well sul-ict'ml
with provisicns :mi :nss—nmuizinn
' Col. Gan'i'sszonrt bring izzlonmd that
the mill:}: were ciisi'siflzi'cd, upsisid ss shut
the fort would smm ib.". smz sum en].
Willct out to clsvir un their l'ctaizsiias.
Tlmthc found the miiiaictus I'H'un sfnunay
collect'mg wish great :JL-c 'n-ss ; sszctud as p.:
ncral Arnold, with the H'u-sil-t undct L.];
command, v-il! prnhsi lvsi rc .ch m.: (,si-rr—
mon Plate on the: 16 h ur 17.'h_ ! hssvc
gljgatsi hvpc: [lut th.- lizge uiil saw he
raised.
Publishrd by order of Cafigrq/J.
CH UQLL'J' 'l'HUNIF-UM. sic'iy.
{!ugu/i 26. l.:-st szcisi-y er. in;}; ssctusirc
of the comincmsi] army, 'siU-ZUUZI'sil'ls 10
about lo,:mo mcn,' with his excellez-rsiy
general VVnstington at xx.-is head , um ch—
ed thrsssun'h chsiu City, :siml i::1n1tdi.—17L'IY
proceeds over the river Ssichmkill on
their way, it is fail}, to -hr l."?ssnch' share
of Maryland, where shz cncmx's flcsizt
hn'e latdy been seen, and if in th uzht
wiss] make a descent upon (in! fine; —ml
yeshmsilay morning guntzrzzl Naih's lmgssui:
of North Csizro'finu future, ansil ro'si l'r "
ter's regimcm cfarr'llh ry, p:.ss:-\ :!ssrctrzgh
this city, and we be,..- ..r: .n. [m "lu- :!-_
same route, in order tu ja'm usir must
ilss-ustrious gemrct'l. _
On'thc crum, ' H'ct'tf ".Tpczring .si'-ff BAL
timorc thee":r sssi-ccttsin' inh biunffi wary 3!"
stsiZe-ssl add s-nz undzr a strong guard to
Fsi'cdsizsiick L.>-.n.
F 1_cts u [( ]ssL if, ct-Zuguss/z 21 .
sstiasifi'of a letter fi'om Albmy, zing 18.
'NCE my !ust 1 h-sslvc lu-l th': )hushcc
nfsceingcul. 'W illat; lsia ueeujy agnus
with the Lccount ] gave you in my !41]; Of
the engagemmt he had wish the enemy.
He lmwevcr adds, that from all the ac
count: he cuu2d collact srum Line ludsiums
and Lib.!)itants neansi ("ne sort, sir juhn
]nhns—n sell in the eng-gemum. 'I'hz
illed am] wounded of the cuczmy in both
cngagcmcnn, from ssssill that can be collect
ed, excessds goo. lezzisio lhct'c were in
general Herkesncr's :si'il ugmc th'n they
killed and wc-undz-ssi shut number: for she
say that the lndimm siwzssr. mon. than has)?
dru -k, and showed -hemse.lvcs more csipczx
ly th'm has ever 'oc-sizzz known, arm zh-c lc
guhzrs marched On vers), 'z-uldly H-rcc uccp,
and our pe-ctplc, ]sixn-n t',- xzsizhn wars,
placed 'hsims-Ivcl izrmctssulsctr-ssy hfl-iml
tree:, and m.;d-J grim ]):zvmk lioun;?
t'um, their car'xhi. :; be": 55 ]; z.-':: nss : ["
thrc-cz'nuck s'six'ct-z :.nd ; blslcc. duus; say
they have sf'c '- (hrC'ct sfj :.t :; shut; hsiwsi—
ever, the :xzssctst n'vsi\clo.'.si..zc Cc-11.])Ul.-i.i .ssn : x—
ce-ctds 300. The 'mu'ict-usi— go: such such a
scvercurublzing tlnL tsizc gr- -Hfr uzusir. ]uvc
lest them, and ur_c Lunc Luna."
N E 'sV si E R N, Angles! 15.
'l'fill", vessol which lately ilulcd hsiom
. thin part, with a number of 'I'orics
on board, was taken soon sister she lest the
lour, hv up:. VVcckq, in a privatecr from
Virgini 1, in consort will: alcuer osmarquc
floop, who lnva carried her of to the
Vfl'eit India. She must prove a valuable
pn'zc, us the gentlemen on hoard her have
lzrgc sum: of money with them, and the
wise] isloadcd with zoo hhds.oftobacc0.
WILLlAMSBURG, Saptmper 5.
lxtmct nsa lctnr from major Forsyth, aid
du camp to mjar general chphen, dutcd
(.".lnistima bridgc, August 27, 1777.
[5 1 lah DAY hie Excellency, and most
of the gcncru] officer], with a goqd
nuuy sight horse,, lest. W'ilmington, in
order to rocouuoitrc th: countr below
this. We wcrc down as sn- as t . [fond
of ! lk, whcrc we scsiuml some people very
busy in clrrying of Fame publick stone.
A huge body of the enemy hue landed
Upu. sue (;eci] courchousc, some sly 4 or
5000. 'l'hcylnve done nothing yct. The
nniiu'n xurn um with great spirit, and
pq-rul down xbuut them. A slrjelnt
m—l'crvu! yesterday, but was sent off to
].azctClstftr, lv wl-ichmcamwe didlm scc
him. H hiils we were dining at mr.
Aicxn:-:'ur'1, at the Heat! of Esk, an ex
7z-rsa acrivsizd smm gcncrll Sullivnn, with
]c- :crs for his Excellency, of the 24th os
An .;uzlx insr-rming that he had crosscd ov'er
and firm up the cncm ': quarters on Stu
xsicr zllsiuxd, had tazcn two coloncln,
v. uudud rsiwo oL—iwrz mortally, and made
]"rishn-trz about 160 privatcs, and that 3
or 4oo more must have been wounded.
Hc tun destroyed a Imgc quantity oflny,
which (hay hxd cullectcd, taken a comi—
d-ss-rsible qussxn'siitj nf basigagc and arms,
am) d:stra-yed all their tents. After most
us ss-ur msi—n Lad rc-croflul, she enemy
I:.uckcd up {piliz and fell upon the roar,
cs ab-vut loo, commanded by mnjor
Stcwnrt, and another major, whoso name
] do no: remember, and obsigcd them,
Wthzb—omss 4) men. to surrendcr prisoners
of war, bnt mzt heshlrt: fliey had cxpendcd
six" tusk :xmmusi i-siwn, and made the enc
my g'sw —vsi1y . it was owing to the rascals
ml-v ca-riz-i over the boau, and would
m.)! pss. ccc-(I above half way, that those
brave: mcsisi fell into the cncmy's hands.
isi- "- she win le, it is :] glori-si-us stroke,
a, u .;1 tx-ccding good answer to Peter
Ls-iu*'s leu'er.
Our g-zo-sii success to the Northward you
no duuut hmc heard. We arc informed
goo m-ctrrz arc: taken by the Blue Mounusim
by"; but this in unc- ruin.
()ctz: .si my is now near 'A ilmington, and
wLi (but! be jnimd My genezal SuUivan.
Our men in good ssiz'uus, and the militja
luzniz; um almost to & m siu, so that is
Huwc huuld z-ucmp'si to take a walk into
!.hc country he will be ::pt m lost alcg or
an zsirm. We only siop here to sake
l.ssre.-a!.<:}4st, and then sit osssor Wilm'mzsir
tun.
Extract of a letter from Philadclphia,
August 20, 1777.
" General Howc is ]anding his men ncru'
th': llczssl us Elk, and general Wsshington
is gone to li'up hil carter with 12,coo con
1i:.cmnl troops; and the nilifil are called
in, which "m 21 scw days more will make
12 or if oco more. And then! take care
llo si !"
L'xnwct of a lcttcrfrnm Plnflndclphlssc.
'sisi ] ursissl (lhmhzun has taken his seat in
tssuc lex usi— ()fsileords, and in a most elegant
speech ncsim :;wnclccl :m immediate recon
ci'iukiun hid] Amerim, which alone, [10
\l Fd, cr-uld save I;}: (inI-Jngsi Country; th-L
t'. cctz had no more prospect ns scduc'znsisi'
Ame—lica ihzm be shuuld If; \si<. of crssiqw-x—
ing Great l'zrnnin vc'nh hid.- Oh! crufch
[holding it up to lhcmj at the lum. Lime
that all the powrrs c-s sumpc wsisirc ready
to take advantage: of their dllirucctLd,
Weak state."
Last Wednesday wcrc brought to .his
city, guardcdby :! party of col. Harrilon's
arlillery, a :d lientenant, one mate, two
midshisimnenss andtcn sailors, belonging; to
the 30!!!be man of war, who were taken
in Princcss Anne com-z) by a detachmcnt
from that regiment, xk-zxioned at l'ons
mouth, under capz. Ragsdale. 'I hzy
wore sent from thcirship todcsh-oy a small
floop, which drove aflmrc, and with
stew, by the high wind and ti ct'e, went to
pi-ces.
Marriagen] joHN THORNTON, csq;
osStassord coumy, to miss KnT! ! ATES
of Glouccster.
Decthn] Mr. ALEXANDER VVonxow,
at Falmouth, in his 45ch year, of an
apoplcctick sic. llc wax for many years
reputablc merchant in that place, and
much esteemed by hil numerou: acquaint
ance for his many good qud'nies.
]n Co N (; lISl, August 6, 1777.
!IE commictce of unsury report,
thnt they have confined with the
I'lANAG'BM of the ITATIS LOTfER)",
and sind thnt a considuable number of"
tickcts remain unsold in the hand: of the
manngen, as well a of tluir a ents in
the scnral statu; shut from the prc cut flat:
of the lottery, ud the uncertainty or" the
cnemy's intention;, tho commituc recom
mond the drawing to be pofltponcd till the
bch day of Novembcr next; md shut :;
farther quantity of tickeu be transinittcd
to the several shun, and tlnt it be recom
mendcd to their respective execnxive
power: to give all the lffistance they can to
oxpcdicc she salel thereof.
Rrsolvsl, that Congress concur w in: this
report, and direct theboard of treasury to
cause the same robe carried into csscct.
Copyfi'om the jounmlt.
WlLLuM C. Hous-rox, dep. scc.
04? In consequence of tho above resulvc ,
tickets will continue to be fold by the res
pective gentlemen in this state who have
hitherto afforded their lsslshmce in the
disposz] of them, Also by mr. Folm Crum
at hil store in Mllimshurg.
GEO. WEBB.
ADVBRTIIIMENTS.
At . meeting oftlu Vzfiler: and Cavernous:
of William (n' ery College, held on
Friday the 29th ofAugust'; 1777,
T appearing, from the report of the
conmictcc appointed to 'cxaminc the
(lolleg-e sunds, that great losscs have been
sustained for many yiars from the lowucss
of board hitherto paid by the fludcnts and
scholnrs, and that such lossea lrc likely to
be greatly increased hereafter by the enor—
mous advance in the price: of provisions,
and other ncccssarics,
Ordered, that the board of fludents and
scholars be increased to :61. ::r annum,
to be pai-l half yearby in advance, and to
commence on the zyth du of September
next; and that a copy o this order be
publishcd three weeks successivcly in the
Virginia Gmtua.
Bxluct fiom the minutcs. -
JACOB BRUCE, clerk.
UST fron Hammer conrthousc, on the
jth os saw, a large claxk bay horse
4 l-zec 11 inch" high, appear! to be very
cssld, parts wd}, "has :: Rump near th: sizc
of an egg on the middle of his back, but.
not sore, and branch un lhtz nczsir buttod;
1). He had (:u a sctdch, w'lzh a p'rl'fu
rout. tin,] behind, and :: prir os siripfral
lsir'ginia cloth wrupp .1'5. 'Vsi'v' hocvcr gives
me in'siclligenca wllzzsic 5 msssslctv sin.! Lh-a fsiiaf
h-n i'a, flahllc, L'rc. shsid} Law.- 203-1'cwach,
m" 305. issln ugsih'si homsssss and isshflrsin 51.
un Lovnzcsi-sizun uL m.: thack.
sin LD um sw'rrsis.