The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-03-15 00:00:00, page 2

A, The witness knew him well.
ss' ( Q Whitssicharactcr did he bear?
si" - ' _ A very respectable one. ss
A.
SZI-lad ( witness ever heard of (qy
(: isi'ctwhu _ad suffered persecutions for
Mrilz sentimenuflvuurable to the su
izrehae sissoslche British a'rliamcssnt?
.L-z. R., '_ had afsid ofleuch opprefliumig
." ' ' .pisiovifi ,' but never met with the
ss Sting bin fesidence in Pennlylvania.
-_ ?;Q. in the opinion of the witnesn, were
L lift ' 'si" asina now free.?
ss T'si Assj _ ey ibiagine themselves to beso
'* — " ct- . In case a formidable force should
&" 'q. ss
_ W Amefica, "m support of" govern
9.
1,—
4 (
sifieiitsissdid-sitsihe witness imagine there were
si- nisiany who would openly protess submishbn
&: the authority pr-erlijment?
55 _ LKT'ctssThssectffithesi apprehended the few
sisissisi— Who would join on such an occasion would
K-hp—lwmvnlcte number to [be of any cun
WIFE? ? :oli was then ordered to withdraw,
wsissss'ss ) nccsi _ __
sinne! thedpkesius Riehsnu'nd, after descassnt
-.-;._ ing _with si-sinsigilar propriety on the neces
sifctfitsiysiqf, hymediate conciliation, proposed
the last petition from the Continemal Con
52556 sisitg thesiK'mg'mctg haiie for a plan of
- , siommodatiqn. H'u grace of Richmond
ssfflossxed, 39}th the preceding paper fur
,nifhed rcnfujs nf concfliation of the un
'cte_tss3:hcee at presentsubsisting be
ss'fss Queen ss rent Britain and Americe, and
thin some'ctlqossde -shonld .be immediately
,W si lechfys the effectuating so defirablc &
."} e', - i: ') : si \
, ;} sszssffl !Wueed ; debate, supported on
:' ctssithsijnfinite ingenuity. The
1
.ct' '24
&, .
sigsierect, fqrsithc motiun 27, proxies
,ssngainff the motion 50, proxieg
, ss jppsig lssmjority against the motion,
'Wssssf? ctLso ssN, Dsi 0 N, Nov. n.
. pJETTERS just received in 'town From
Spain advise, that the most amuzing
ike*prdparations arc now carrying on
, in-thatpouptry. Athadridct, 'orders are
**Hffien7iosseshsi,15,ooo-men, and half uhe
fng's huusehbld troo shave received or
' sidersjto, he in readine ( to'march on .the
'lh'oftectlt notice.
,. act The govei-nment- plan of negot'rztion
,with Amcrica is to .be cgnducted in the
fivflnwidg manner; chommisiiuners arc
sitb'be'sent' 'lsio Amcnca vestcd with ample
- ossvsigrs to trsicat for peace, or push on a
41- to "the utmost extremity. Each of
- 'sssifhesq cdshmisswncrs will have 40001. allot
" ted, :; a doictqeur for transncting the busi
fsiT n_ess.*" Thus the nation will be burthencd
, Wiffl an; additiona] expcnse, at a time
sisiffibdfi'e'K/ery sassvin should be made to alle
f-si' while the calasinincs of a sinking country.
& TExtPad of a letterfi-am Chatham, Nov. 1 8.
L. b-sssi" The following ships'lrc now fitting
:, out? siacss'this pprt, wit.]! nll possible despatch,
?. W—shdefiez, viz. jcrscy'bo guns, "15 50,
ss'si 'Bfflfle '2,' Blondgz, Repulscgz. Flora 32,
Tsisi ftmer a! gzssMifford 28, andCarysforc 28."
si, he- scvcp regiments reported to be
glass; :] sim- lreland are, m; said, gone with
z'ss-ctdbsivcnsi ctmefi 'of war to Virginia, to rescnc
. -1.he- treatment on lord Dunmore. 'l'hey
"ire m burn every place within shot of the
"ships on the coct.st.
,XU Hosifictw, No'b'. 27. This day,
- ;: fqsshmfnitgs after 3 Q'clock, mr. aldef
sssssmdii'Oiu-r fnade his motion; he was sc
f-Wojfled by the lord ma or of London.
,]th couched in the s-y-lluwing terms:
3" That no humble addressi he rcsentcd
;i-Ro- ' majesty, requcffiug that his majesty
"Not be graciously psileascd to imparc to
' {hi- House who wexsie the original authors
ss and adviscrs of the; following measures,
Kef'bfe they [were prbpofe'd b'y parliament :
'The-{akin AmeriCu without consent of
' in assemb} es,sisor'thc purposi: 'oFi'aisin a
revenue ; for the extending th'c jurisilictlon
-of "the'cddfss-ts- of admirdlt ' a'nfl vicc—admi
t'i-zsinlty; she-sstaksiinz lw—ay' :: ' charte't' of the
prct'vinec of Massachusctts Day; for res
'—
training the Auerical sishery ; for exempt
il'lg murderenf From trialsi 'm America ; for
transpnrtiug accusei cqlunilts to England
to he died sovbffeneeg mhpitted in Arsscct-ss_
ries; and. usinore especially.'s0r establjihing
Popcry end despotisiq ip Canada." A
little after 6 the mhin question wu put,
and it {va rejected on a division, 16 3
against it, and 10 for it. ss -
.,The' ggd regiment of foot, of which
lord Cornwallis is coldn'el, ctis ordered for
America, instead of the sgd. Lord C_orn
walliz is "to" command the 'expedition to
Somh Carolina and V'xrginia.
No lessasum than 7oo,o'ool. is appointed
shr secrei service moneysisor the year 1776 .
'l'heim ons and ex okta at the custom
honse the [fast mouth' ell short as folldws !
lmporcs 7oool. Exports 13.27o].
A letter sromsiDnblin says: _" By let
ters from Sligo, we have the melancholy
account of several_ships ssrecssLFed upon the
north coast of this kingdom. and among
the number : t:anspctrt,_ss yyhich contained
three companies bs'thssess' 46111 regiment,
bound for Arm rich."
Nav. 25. The principal outlines oF the
plan adopted for the spring campaign in
America are the solhxwing': _'l'he army is
to be increased to zo,ooo essective menw
uetacnments from this army are to he
sent to New York, Virgiuiasiand some of
the other provinccs. l'he forces bein
thus— distributed , & gehfral attack wifi
ssensue; and whilst attempts are made to\
hairrass the provincials by land, the ship:
of war will be actively employed in scour
ing the American seas, and cutting off- all
means of succour.
Six new regiments of foot, we are in
formed, are going'to be' raised, with all
possible despatch. " j
The new plan of the American war in
springis to burn everything on the coast,
to withdraw the army, andinterrupt all
vessels that trade thereto. _
Letters of marque ere now said tq_be_
makihg out at the admiraltyssoffleq ready
to sign as so'on as ever the new American
bill takes place. - — si _ si
A bill is preparing," and will be hurried
through both Houses, for eondemning
the vessels of all nations which are found
trading with America." Many have been
'alreidssy taken, but it is not determined
_ that the shall besisor the use of thecaptora,
or the (gate; the latter, it is expected,
"will secure the emoluments, under the
idea of reinbursing government for their
amazing expense. '
Nov. '30. A Hamburg merchant has
received advice from his correspondent,
that two agents are employed at Hamburg
and Bt'emen to take up transports there
to bring over 5000 Germans to Great Bri
tain,' whom general Scheiter has been
raisin for some time past, by order of
his Bntannick majesty, sovereign of the
grand American empire.
A 90 gan ship is ordered to be sittcd up
with all s eed, in the most commodious
manner, flhr the receptionos the commis
sioners, who soon after Christmas are to
.cmbark for America, to settle the terms for
reconciliation between them and England.
Haufi: of Commom, Dec. ]. On the se
cond reading of lord Northfs bill sor pro
hibiting all tradc and intercourse withctthe
colonies in rebellion, the following clause
was objected to by the gentlemen in oppo
sition: " That all ship: and vessels of,
or belonging to, the inhabitants of ss the
colonies (Wherever the same shall be
found) to ether with their cargoes, ap—
parel. an surniture, and all other ships
whatever, with their cargoes, apparel,
and s urniture, which shall be found
,trading in any" port or place of the said co
lonies, or going to trade, or coming from
trading, in any such port 01' places, shall
become [a blank for consiscated] to his
majesty, as is the same were the ships and
effects bs open enemies, and shall be so
a'djudged, deemed, and taken, in_ a_ll
CUUl is of admirzussty , and in another courcs
whatever." This they considered as a
cn nel doclaraticn of w ar against the Ame
siricctm, which will 'fi'ustrate all plaus of re
conciiialiun. .lt waslikewisc urged; that
the sending Commisiiuncrs to treat, is this
bill is to past into a law, wduid be an idle
and expensive measure; that the bill was
of a piece with all those otheroppreflive
and irritating acts which had rouscd the
culonies'to 'Fe'listan'ize'; sisiwe'first forbad thiir
intercourse with any other nation, and
were now about to put the finilhing stroke
totheir accomulatedinjurim; bv cuttinghff
their intercourse even with oursi-lves; that.
.this would stimulatc them to publish that
code of laws whicss we were certain the
had prepnred; that, eka'spe'rasited beyc'nsid
al] degree of forbearance, they would im
mediately declare themselves :: free and
independent people, and throw opentheir
orts to all nations, by.which we might,
m all probability, be involvcd in the diffi
ss cultieu of a foreig'n war, at tlusit Acriticql
moment when we were most torn w'uh
civil broils ars'd domestidk distra siion.
nammutrauon remarked [he mconhltcney
of the atguments advanced on the other
side ofthe House: When an army was
to be sivotcted, an army would be certainly
ineffectu 1] ; it would be much more expe
dient to withdraw ou'r troops, and cssctrry.
on a naval war only,- and now that bill
was brought in, to give greater effect to
our haval operatiuns, they_ were as warm
against that measure as they had been
"against "the army; that in short they stcsifl
to have but one object in view, than of
impeding every measure osadm'ufisiration,
right or wrong. . Whatevetss-tmctes 'chsi .:-.
ument might have, it was suppuz ted,
y one still more effectual, a majority of
near sobr to one; for, on— the division,
there were for the bill 207 againflsi it 57.
'The bill wz s then read -\ si'cond time, .and
committed for fl'uesday next, after which
the House :xdjnunifd tn Monday; _ si.
WlLLIAMdd-U tt G, March'ij'.
At a commz' -*-tec heldfi/r Nans-fmoud csiounty,
at the hnu/se of juhn Aspray in dunulk
town, on Wedmsc'ss -_v the zzdosN'ovensim
'bes 1775, prsgfl-ntw lis .tictsinck, chair
"can, and it memben. _ ;
E. l'SEY H U N l'ER'heing sum
moned to appesior hezsore this c--n=mit*
tee, for writing certain letters toct hcsir mo
ther, and brother (john Hunter, ol Nor
solk) informing them of the situation of
our guard: in this county, that the pen le
were in arms ac buffnlk and Smithfie d,
and that 'our troops Were crosiing the river
on th'ir march down here, and many
other msittters ofctimportmcc, the said Bet
sey Hunter appeared, and said, that she
did not intend them as letters of'intelli
gence, but wrote them for her amusement.
"she committee, having heard the letter:
rcad,- are of opinion that they were in
tended us letters of intelligence, and ini
mica] to the American cause. '
Ordcred therefore, that the said Betsey
Hunter, with Mary and Martha V\ ilkinsoni
(who were privy to and aflisting in the said
letters, and were also summoned to a peatct'
before this committee) be adverti ed in
the publick papcrs, and looked on as ene
mies to America.
Luna". Gnnwm. clerk;
\\/ HEKEAS ] lomc nmc ago burgamed
with Yamu Flynn for a piece of
land lying in Meclzlmburg cuunty, and in
a consideration for which gave m bond
for 701. payable the loth day of firmly}
1776; and whereas] have since discovered
it will be with difficulty, and perhaps to—
tally out of the power of said Flyrm, to
make me a lawful title tn said land, this
is therefore to shrewarn all persons what
socvcr from taking an affir-nment of said
bond, as ! wist not psizssv the amount till I
am satisfied with my sight.
jOHN FLYNN.