The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-11-22 00:00:00, page 1

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High HEAVEN to GRACIOUS ENDS dusicti; the STORM!
IN CONGRESS, Octaber 50, 1776.
ESOLVED, that the rank ofofficersos
marines be the same as officers us
simihr cumen'xflions in the land scnice.
That thecmmnandcrs, officers, scumcn,
and marincs i=1 the comincum] navy, bc
entitled 'to one hu'st' of merchanusinen,
transports, and storcships by'them taken,
from and after the sirit day of Nm cnshcr
1776, to be divided amongst them i-z Lilc
shares ancl'proportions- fixed by iurmcr
resosut'xom of Cough. see.
That the commanders, officers, sea."
men, and marincs in the continentak navy,
be entidcd to the whole value of all ships
and vesscl- of war belonging to the crown
of Great Brimsh by lhun made prize of,
and a]! privateers authoriscd by his Briczn
'"nick majesty to war against these states,
to be divided as asss-rcs'izi.
By order of C'mgrfj'ss.
JOHN] H CNCOLK, president.
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Ocsironzk 31, 1776.
HEREASit is. rcpx cscntcd to Congrcss,
that sundry inhabitants of the se Unit
ed States, to keep supplies From the army,
or promote their own interest, have pur
chasizd considersssisiblc quantitizs os CLOTH
ING. and refuse to dispvsc of the same,
lnlcss'upon extrav'agant or' unreasonablc
terms : _
Resolved , that it be recommendcd to the
Assemhsies, Conventinris, Counci'sis or
Corflmittees os Sascty of the several states,
forthwith to take s nimble measures for __
obtaining for the use of the army such
necessary articles as, being thus engrosscd
in their respective states, cmnot be Other
Wise immediately procured, aflowing to
the owners reasonable priccs for the same;
and that laws be provided, in each of the
states, For effectuctffly preventing MONO
POLlES os NECESSARIES for the army,
or inhabitants of" the same.
Extractflom the minutes.
CHARLES Tnomson, secretary_
To the Honourable the ASSEMBLY of
V ] R G ! N 1 A.
Gzn'ruMm—r,
HE dcd'ming flute of the COLLEGE
has 1ungbeen an object of concc rn to
cvcry one, who had any regard for the
reputation and welsarc of his country ; and
if. was hnpcd that something- towards its
support would have been done at the: last
mectFssf-si-ss oFthe Convcnf'nm, but it so hap—
,frufss! that msszttm of more immsdi'nc
l'fi'p-(H'ZZUC-ss r'ilic-d up the period of that
s— si] m. You :si-rsisi nmv agfi'm met, to con—
fsi-zlsi r'Tss-r the good of your cuuntry; and
] ss-msirss me to fly. thsat, amongst a'sssil the
* ss'vsssi-nsisi. m:th(:d'; sctF (less;; it :! grszs'. :md
? zel'siz'o; !sicrv'z-si'rr, nue more cssss'situnl cannot.
be "un --,_Y'::z-::! :hsisin th: muint-si-si'sisszing nnd
es} \'*-!*1'1-:1gr_ (: min'zr'zocts oslcm'ning. VV ere
,z'v— ---7.Z'*e:'z d'sirrLL-ai 'a.) Lhc }zeoph at large,
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* ;)r-m'i 13 r.":ze trzzzfn --s this usscrlion; but
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fsi- sir-l nivc hazct'y of :1 Ram must {(in-dy
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: :uillcsizssusissly acquainted with the bcncsi'sis
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osa good cducation to know olsiwhal i'n'i
nite mility it is to a commnnitv, csp ;Cct'aiiy
& fice one, that its youth have upvmrtu
nis ies of being ut- !] instru&c— (I. The
CoHcgc of VVILLlAM & MAH, [make
no doubt, will be one ol- the Objects of
your present consideration, * and )ou wi ']
probabiy find it more expcchcnt tos vour
it with a new chartcr, than to confirm th ::
ossd one. Should his bcthc case, ] w'uul
humbly submit 1t to \cur wisdom to de—
termine, whsicth er, amongst the m mv " n'
ticultlrs m which the new ought to sii Tcr
from the 0 'd, the following may not very
pr mcz'lf, be included.
by thsi clz'. L. chnrzcr, the.- numher os visit
ers cannot .hc— icls than l8, nor more thzm
23, and these may be (hosen out of any
purc osVi-rginia. Now is visiters are of
any use (and, in my opinion, they may
be in a very eminent degree) it is only
when they live within 30 or 40 miles <-f
the Collegc, or within'a convenient dis
tance to attend whenever summoned.
Any who live at a greater distance arc
worse thunnothing, by preventing ostcn
those who do meet from proceeding upon
business, for want of & maj'zrity. Again,
a multitude is generally observed to be an
obstructinn to business; but where any
matter rests with a sew, they are careful
to attend, and more likely to give the
necessary despatch. So that, perhaps,
the good of the College might be best
provided for by appointing not more than
12 visiters, and confining the choi : of
them to acirc'sie of4o miles, at must, around
the Collcge. As the College has hitherto
been situated, although part of its rcvc
nues was the gift of our lcgiflsizture, it
was in no manner under their cuntmul. For
the suture, the case ought to be: dfffisit'cnt ;
forthis plain reason, lest the bounty osthe
country should be u'vusczd. Visiiers,
therefore, should not only be appointed in
the first instance by the Assunhly, but an.
czncies should always bs: sisslec! up 'by the
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ume POWCZ', anu & Hll .Cl' lnuuu unrj uUlu
hsils phxce during good behaviour, A par—
ticuhr state ohhe Collegc, both vctith rc s
pect to the progress of liicraturc therein
and its revenuss and expenfcs, shzzuld zz'xso
be every year laid before .the Assembly by
the visiters, that they might thereby
be enablcd to judge what was ne
cesslry to be done or directed for it.
Bv the old ch.1rler., the Coflegc is to
consist of only a president and six masters,
or proscssors; but though this number
might have been sufficient for the purposes
intended when the Col'sisipfi was. founded,
and For the views osth-zsisc times, 'ft now,
when opportunities us soreigu educnion
are cuu-sf, whcnourdivhes, our lawyers,
and ph3sicians, in short, whe. :le orders,
both in church and stew, are to receive
their respectivessquuhsicnticms at mar own
sinnhmr'ves, wc shuH find it ncccsssixrv to
cnl-Lrg: our p} 171 : An ] when we consider
ourssi ives ne. an indepcn-less-ns. and :; gm .ving
pcopk. who sin" (me day make. :! sisisi'ure
among": the greatest stazcs on earth, v.c
( usict'si-r. to ].xy & sound-uion for such an uni
vcrlizy as would then do us no discredic.
The uccdssizry sizrofcsibrships, as they occur
to me at present, are 14 in number, and
as followsi: Os Divinity, of Oriqntal
languages, os Morctl Philosi-phy, Logick,
Mct-siph} ticks, :md Rhctorick ; osNatural
hhilusiphy, of Astronomy, of Mathcma-.
tiusiks, os Humnnity, of the Modern Lan—
guipss-es, oisi' History and Chronology; of
'zztuny, of the 'l'heory and Practice of"
Pin, sick, usChymish'y, of Anatomy, 'aml
usL-xw . One ofthcsc might. be appointed.
P'sikll'jfnlss, anu Have 'ctll'dl. llllC, anu lllU
p) .vers thereto belonging, with an extra
msisi'ihn'y nilownnce, I—ut .who should [till
perform the duties of his profc-il'urfisiip. !
am scnsiblc that the Conegc sundl, asthey
are sit present, are by no means equal to
the support c-sso many proscsi'orships; but.
this might he do objecti-pu to the establisssh
of that number by charter, as'adiscretio
nary power might be given to the vilism
to uppoint to the prosessn'ships according
to the circumstances of the Cullcge. to
some initauces, one proscssor might for a
time do the duty ostwo, or even three, as
in Dixirzity and the Oriental Languzlges,
Mathematicks and Natural Philosuphy,
and Astronomy, and in like manner per
haps in the medical department. \
ln that part ofssthe old charter where the
pers-sims are enumerated of whom the Col
leg: is to cousist, graduatcs, as well as
non-gradnatca, are menti med, and in one
nsth-si statutes the time under which no one
(11 1]! be (midst) to the degree of master or
bachelor of arts is specisied; from which
it may be inferred, that the Collcge had
a power to cursizscr degrees in arts. The
new c'mrter might expreffly dcchrc that
power, and extend it to the confessing of
degree:; in Law, Physick, and Divinity.
It is almost needless to observe how much
this would conduce to the advancemcnt of
every species of literature, and to the re
pumtien of th: Culh—ge. .A do gree would
be. regarded as the honouraffle— testimony
os merit, and the diligence of the flude nt -
would be exciled to deserve it. Let int:
add, that the character of the Cnl'cge
wouhl then be taken from those alone who
had m'aduated in it.
I l'chow of what importance every mo
ment of your time is to your country. but
of such conscqumcc is my subject that !
vc ill venture to claim afittlc more of) our- at
tention. GRAIWMAK SCUOOLS, (stab
lishf dlndiffcrcnt parts osthc country, wmfld
render cducation ffill casier and chenprr.
They would prepare you th For lthoHc-gc,
the last stssxgc of a liberal educatinn ; and
would afford, at an easy rate, an oppor
tunicy osacqulring some learning. to such
?ssS are prccmdcd by their c'n'cumihnccs
srssnn a general acquaintance with t'rxc
A. M.
s-sisilcnccs.
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PAPl-ZR, BLACKLHD1*1:NCH.<,_
BLANK nomisiz, mzn VVAFm-Ls,
(75. (76. to be fold at this office.