The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-08-16 00:00:00, page 2

' sithe onyost inssbi-taisswc; addctbe attended
with the most dun cssrousrfcousequench, :
ct 4 . ifssproper meam shotffd not be immediater si'ss
T applied to prevent or defeat them, is de
Fsssscth - fixes]; tlut this House will'edctdfle him to
L' gleffaysj—aby extraordinary exsipcxffes incur—
ss'ssreik, or,; to be incurred, on Kcount of mi
-ssss 'litary' services for the. car 1776, and as -
? sithe cx'igcncies of affZirs __ '
"if" Andhis majesty havingjud si_ ctsi'
" grjtsstoissue his proclamarion, ' si
"sifbf du ,act oF parliament passe
yea]: oshis reign, For calling in
sssisi --si__der of the de'hcicm gold coin ..jj _- ss _.-ct,_'i.z
-ss .si but that his faithful Common ' ct'sssi? ' *
33.) tial to make good the charge?" hi'
ctj sie insicurred in this service, ancfivhich -
' {side sat this time he ascertained G .R.
ever, was England- in such :. simation
-- ctfsifbe present, as the following anecdote,
_ - high mzypc-depeqdcd upon,- doth certify:
t ,fss- sighcte'u not si sixsipounder sit for service in ..
;ssctssssihij kingdom,and very few of any other
'sssssijvqi'g'bt. Now is 4o,ooo French or Spani
'-Zcta'n.l_s (sihduld land on our coast, how could ct
, ctss frep'd them! However, to remedy
- ss as fast as- siiblesi the board of ord—
si ss- 7 e or ered Verbruggen, the soun
ct sssirct" \: oolwich, to get ready with all
, _-=1sip}qssdes siatcp another boring machine,
* ,ss'f en}; he will be able to silmfly o
, .siss,ct antnixh what number ofguns tsiey
si , LordctTownscndis amaz'mgly ac
_esi {the station of mastersgeneral, visits
* .,ssss'ooi-wssich-sialmost every week,- andss eare
si lyss. inspect: the minutest circumstance.
'-ss',.ss- la ss'athurning paper it was lately said,
— _ 'silord Townscnd had expressed his de
-si'_ si .ssoflcommandio in America, but thatsiz
- sissctwu-thought togbe rather of too impe
wi, fact. temper for that ciepartment.
wdctGagecthA been called too lenient.
-- ct-a' ' iulcntWantsa mediumbetwecnbot-h
' foes,ss;copsequently a general who can
Wflthipg'af-hll; who, 1F he meets not
!" much. aypiause, hath at least yery'
si si tofearsi _
si 'ssj Mofak'tterfioyuportshioutthQy-z.
&: -_ st- ht ctcame into thissitown sir
ctmm er, cjo'rhmissfflofijer of the navy.
' xffl'thcsi Industry, Breham, from Wa
si ss. _,' mprovm andteyenltrans-ct
. don, bound to Plymouth.
si-f siss - that came to this place are all
the tnnspom, and the trans
ivith the Hefliah troopl on board are
-- pped dbwn to St. si'Helen :, in com
.jgzsswith the men of war, which, with
_ ,ct I and vanspom, make a fleet of
too sail. They now only wait for
ct " wmd ], .
as a letter fi'om' Spithead, May :.
_ si X sslsstis expected weshall ful to morrow '
for Boston, under the command ,
"7 -himmodore William Hotham, who 15
si ss bist his broad pendant on board of the
- ,ptsifo gan ship. The ships which
. s command are the Jersey hos
- . " '[ship,theEmeraldosgzguns, theBrune
' ! '2 gous, the Strombolo fireship, the
St! lfc bomb, and all the transports
, sich atsi'e read ly?- Thele are upwards of '
7 orts now herc,allofwh1ch
'w sdreign troops on board. W e have
ctsisssisssi ghctjarcfhvcsm-l" casks and thirty chests ,
WYS ctpqnish dollars, amounting to 35, ooo].
7 payirsitg the marine troops at Boston. "
He charge mnde—by the lord mayor
Wild infi lord North a'nd the lords of admi
K for licensing ships to trade to any
A'merica is no lcsi than the breach
a of parliament. lt is in its nature
i'nppssrtant and a very serious char :;
sissf it a breach of the laws, in the most ;; ar
rtsict'si
Hnl—BH'AH
find audacious ma'nner' , it is encourag
she must illicit practices, under & mofl:
Violent, abandoned, and daring contempt
siffl
& of the constitucipssn of this country, and
W three Er. at branches osthe ]cgiflature.
: H Began to debate on this subject
-. about dafl' 4, which continued till 9,
wsthui'tcfiiing m a witness. The dctebates
Were exyected to laLst long, ad diet the _
Metaensios the eustom-house would be
drdered to attend again this day. As the
gallel'y doors were locked, and no person
whatever admitted,_ .allct we can say is,
that,, notwithstanding the flagrancy of
this act,_si it issinot to be expected, from
the .. < si ' ofthe members, that such
]es ct sisiss \ testable practice: should
' - ss equate unishmcnt. Our
* ss bettexiounded, from the
si ' ct ,- " incapacitating bills
" \ ew wrics issued, by
practices may he
" oass with impunity.
.; . 5'. The king has
etters patcnt to be
ss seal of Great Bri
— appointing Richard.
brd vifco- of the kingdon' of _
lreland, and t " si William Howe, esq;
major-gener oajesiy'sfussicu, and
generalx of - , 'a forces in North
America only, to -be his majesty'scom'
miffioncrs for restoring peace to hilma-ss
iesty's colonies and, plantations in, North
America, and for ranting pardom to
such of his majesi 's Elbjects there,,now in
rebellion, as shal deserye the royalmercy.
——-—-—-—L——
8 A L E'M, jul'y 23.
RlDAYlast arrived here ca t.Fi\k, in the
_ privateer floop called the,", yrannicide,
in the service of this state, tfiounting 14
carriage guns and two swivels, having
been out 12 days on :: cruise. He on the
! zth instant sell in with the armed schooner -
Despatch, one siGoodrich commander,
mounting 8.ca_rriage guns and no swivels,
having 32 men in the service of the king
osEngland, 'When a warm, obstinate, and
well ssdisputed enga ement ensued, and
which lasted upwarcfs of an hour, when
the schooner struck to captsi. Fish, which
he safely brought in with him, having in
the engagement lost her captain and one
man lulled, the master and four of her
sailors wounded, and a midshipman who
was passengcr on board, bound in the
schooner to New York. ' Capt. Fnflthad
one man killed and three wounded, one
of which is since dead of his wounds, the
other tho likely to. recover. The six
wounded men belonging to the schooner
are likely to recover. The schooner has
on board, betide: her gunl and rovisidm
17 half barrel: of powder. * ? ' " ,.
Sunday last was sent in here by capt.
Lander, in a letter of marque schoon-Zr
belonging to this place. a loop from-the
West lndiel bound to Halisax, laden with
salt. She has on board some brasi blun
derbusse'l, and-a quantity of En lish goods.
She was taken about :; fortnig t ago.
About the same time was taken by the
above letter of m'arque a ship from ja
maica, bound to London,. laden with 393
hogsheads'of sugar, lwhogsheadl osrum,
24 pipes of wine, 26 pieces of camion,
From-g to 4 pounders, and ]; turtles. This
ship is thought to be worth between 20
and 30,oool. sterling. Sheisnoxyetarriv
ed here. - , 'si "si" "*f '
Yesterday the officers and private: he
30n ing to the hlarm and training band
musiered on the common in this place,
:"or the purpose of enlisting or draughting
:very 25th man, agreeable to an order
sssi'rssom the General Assemdly of this state,
when a committee was chosen to carry
"aid order into execution. A number of
:ommiffions were read.
pIEW YORK. August 1.
N Monday last five osthc men of'war's
O boats endeavourcd to land on Tap
mn meadows, where about ljinhahitants
pfthe neighbourhood concealed themselves
s a sishing' but, on the edge of the mea—
lows, which they had bassrricaded up! and
ay there until three of the beats were
vithin shot osthem, when thcy fired , load
d again, and siredelevcn rounds, without ,
he loss of a msiau o'n'obr side. They ki'ffcd
severulosche enemy; as t-hr'j, hcu-isici n gretu
shrieking aud- crying alnunpctfl (lum.
We have nn'w, in ?.mi m-sicr lhix city, a
body of50,ooo cffectivc nssu n. ,
Augzg/t 5. 'l'uesduy lust arrived capt,
M*Kay from St.Christophc1—'a, wilhacargo
of rum, sugar, fruit, &c. having met
with none of his majeliy's cruisers on the
voyage, till he made Block ifland, on hi;
homeward bound passage, when he wa;
chased by two srigates, but being near the
shore, soon got out of their reach. He
says the inhabitants of St. Chrisivpher'.
continue warmly attached to our cause;
and that their reigningctfoasts arc, sssisiashss
ington, Lee, and [ndependencyto America,
Extractof a lettersrom Philudcl phia, A'ug. x..
si " Last night arrived an uccc>u11Lutlexe
_capture of the brig Richmondsi, by,;the
Cuugress, fitted out of this place.];- She,
was bound ssfrom'Lssondon and Nevxs sm
H'alffizx, and had .ob board the following,
_ar]iclel,:siviz, 1078_jo,es,si672 guiueajsijxs
moidores, 41 hogsheadsfosrum, 6 hcssfgs—
heads, 5 tierccs, and' 5 b'arsstrels ofsugar,
1 hogshehd of loas sugar, 24 hogsheads es
prize molpssea, 3-cases of drugs, _ andsi :;
trunk of,]rish linenss. The brig was arriv
ed at Egssharbour; the gold the hidfin
the Water cqflc. The cash, mIsisev-si'ra]
London passengers, are on board" the 'ti
Vateerss- who was left in chasejossfsi :: three;
deckerl. They took several London ]; -
ters directed for people in New Yprlgctsi'alsiy
some pewspapcrs, one of'them-ztctifghei "
of A ril,si whlch is the only bite ye sihasi '
not een before. [( contains—veksissysilit
except advices from jarhaica, b " fihich' .; 'F
seem alarmed'at the arrival-o' ctthe Fsi .
'tro'ops at' Hispaniola', and that {o of ,
merchants had forbid sthe'n- siprgsi ,
goods, expecting a visit srsisiomss'ct ysieT-sict
That seven'ships, one of'tpectmgi .siss '
cock and Adam, with wheat;? .. .
ed at Lisbon from Philasidelphingctsiffinss
two with tobaccp,ss ssasinfl onesssict'iflhesst'ij as?
ship, were arrived inss Frah'csse.9\ sisssi 'P-ffi 12" ..
r ct
" .Mr. Gibb'o ship captsi'ss—Krw siss. ,.
below, from Marfeilsiel, wffifli'sif '
37'umshoslead, tjsstu * 'dtpbwsscsikct-L" 3}?
ctc; lhavejusissfi'sitisin ' so sisi g'y ;
tell:? me they arifevenxsiweesir si"?
could not procure-a'n'ekvssigpfiss .. "
'he offered a gainea'for'one, 811'3- -* f-ct
.assa late as the zyth'pf May- ffe'si 's,ss*,—';ct'.:si:
hrlt embarkation of'trooctps sailed- .. _ _:
Howe about the,:jzthsiBifLMaj—{fsict - "
{'esseondndetaehment? foctrei er]- _
e tBo and,and thlt'itwss _ss _ct ss sisi .
had. refused sailing iijieerZctPW - .
blished; that Frssanee haZ twoct'for'msisisijct
fleetut sea, Which were to} " ofl'
Vincent; that the duke de harlsitsi',
"to command the while, ahdwil asirrivyct
at the Cape, where he ctcthed rfsifukgg, "sisi'
American vesselfrom an'Eno'lishni si 09?
thatthectcarpenterl inthe fretichsishct siyiti si
were kept ,cloctse at w'ork, Stmda'yz-ctsi" '
holidays not excepted; that all- thesn'} si -
and military stores were engaged fhtsssi'fsssic
king's use; that all the-seamen Wctesire'ct'ftsir
dered immediately tb be reg'lstergctd, ss'sissasshd
everylthing boro the appearunee o'f: War,
that the Spaniards bad marched {large
body of two 3 to the siehvirdns of'Pbi'tdfifilf
that theEng ish arliament was prorssogue'd,
and the Irish dilfsilwd, and that a ship aiitd
brig from New York were arrived at '
Marseilles." \ - sict si
Saturday aftemoon a heavy c'annonadcf
was heard, supposed to be an engagement
between our gondolas and the men of war
that lately went up the North river; and
we have been favoured with the Followiug
particulars, by a gentleman who was an
eye-witness to the attack. At about half
a quarter after ! the gondolas came up'
with the shipping, and the Lady \Vash
ington being the snremost, sired a shot
which huUed the Rose, which was then
under way, and obliged her to come to an
anchor- The Phocnix and Rose then he
gan & Very heavy fire, \\ 'zrsi'lch psssted for nssn