The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-12-27 00:00:00, page 1

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W ] LL [A NI 5 15 U K (}, Dcc. 23,1776.
E){)LVL[), that this B'. urd will, (m
W cdnesduy the Zth (l.:y of next
mouth, pr-sicsul to the Lh-ziu ost-fiiusrs
for the seven:! ccnnpactzfiess os .L—z: :?n'cc ncssv
battaliuns to be r.:isc—d i'l th': strv'zcc of
this (1: He, agreeable m unctt't us the (lenc
ml Asscnml) ; and it is expected tlusit the
captu'ms :md suhultcrns Os marines, and
such cuptains and subaltems osminutc men
who have been called out into actual scr
vice, and such voluntccrs s-H'mcrly called
. into duty sur the assistance of Nurlh Caro
l'ma, and since employed in the service of
this communweulth, as shall he willing to
claim the prefircnc: allowed them by the
said act, us scrving in the sxid' battuliuns
in their present ranks, and all others who
in desirous of appointmcnts (m th'zz occa—
sion, do attend the Board at that time.
It is also re/blvcd, that the Buard will
proceed on Friday sc'nnight m recomv
,mcnd proper pcrshns to Congrcss to be
comm'vsstoncd as subaltcms in the regimcnt
of artillery to be raised in this common
wealth.
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ARCHIBALD - BLAlR, CL. Coss.
LO NDON, Sept. 5.
HlS day lord Manssield will prurogue
the parliament to the ] 5;h ot'Octobbr
next for the lord chancellor, when we
hear it will'be farther prorogued tilk some
time in Nnvember. .
Extract ofz'etterjiam Penzance, Augu/i 19.
" Last Friday morning, about8 o'clock,
came in here the Wmiam and Mary,
William Philhps master, from Madeira,
with wine; she was chased all the morn
ing;, and the night belsiore, by two Ame
rsiican privateers, one mounting 12, and
the other 24 guus. When the alarm was
Even, all the inhabitants os Peuzance,
L/loushole, &c. and all the adjacent parts
bounding'on the land's end, went to see
those during fellows with giail'es. They
were so near, that we could plainly see the
men and guus ; they {teeretl towards the
Scilly iilands."
Scpt. 16. The following is a picturesque
description of the state us assairs. 'l'he
country gentlemen without discernment.
North Americssa lust. The West ladies in
danger of being lost also.— The emperour
es Germany on the eye osmakiug asettle
ment in our ndes, m (ne La": male ,. "] ne
French preparing a powerful fleet, to
command :: crude with North Amcrica,
far pmv'lsions and )umbcr (or their illunds,
whzlst cur' ; arc starving. 'l'llc Dutch
gainiwr immcnsc sums7 by being the ge
ncml (; xrricrs osllum man and Amexican
comm'xlitic'ss'. England running hcadhm'r
into a ci'. il w U', which, it Hcturious, is of
m advl-lugsissi- w inn, am], is su Ccssful, Is
hid () hrr. 'l.1c wh'vlc British cmplre,
s) s-y'is-ndul arm sormsiulahlc in she late
retxrn c. u nblimv and In zuhlcring away in
the prescm. 'lhc dvpfrn lend" ,, once the
strc na'sih and glsictrssv us the, uawu, now
clr-ctpping srnm or rcvohing agzsii-fst lllc
]: !ssnc government; because thc- prcsint
!7. {! sin of it is sounded in despotlsm, and
ssiz pntcd by corrupti m.
"1 he parlmmenc w'fll meet precxscly to
tlu lust prorogntion, vsihuever the succcls
o! the Amcr cm ex, zedition may turuout,
as the supctjsicsol hit )carnrc z-H lun out,
and the "Te: Ll w sggon wheels us govsiru
ment w'ni want fresh greafinrr.
Three Aucxricctn privateels were, the
gdlinstant,cruiiinffwithinu fcwlca' ct-sisilezof
the B ishzl Channel.
On . Pucsday night he! excessency gover
nour Eclcn, of 'V! 11)th mnvcd express
from Portsmomh, with some lrcsh des—
patchcs to lord George Germzz. n. He
came over in [he chant transport, capc.
'l'honns. after a ]msslge of 27 dsijys.
deverzl otner gentlemen nave come pzncn
gers in the above ship, who lest Virginia
the 6th osAugust.
.Tucsilzty came to Gosport a party of the
3$th regimznt, sor America, but are now
gone into the me of Wight, there being
no ship ready to carry them.
A ioint memorial, ofa very private na—
ture, has been presented by the French,
Spanish, and Nenpolitsim ministry at the
Hague, to the Dutch minillry. It is re
lative to the conduct of the republick, in
case a war breaks out in Europe. _
Orders are issued from the war depart
ment at Paris, for the raising of 25 regi
ments with all expcu'ition.
Administrazion are negotiating with
Demnark and Ruffia, with all their might;
with the first, to opposc the intrigues of
France, and with the latter, in opposition
to the treaties between France and Sweden.
'I'he public]; will be exceedingly amazed
when they arcinsormed that the first cap
tive os note brought into England from
the coast of" America is a descendent of :;
Scotch baronet, whose name was Stuart,
supposed to be nearly allied to the earl of
Bute, being son to Mary Smart, oniy
sister tosir ]ohn Stuart, by Henry Johnson,
os Boston. The person alluded to will
easily be known to be Henry Johnson,
late commander of the Yankey privateer,
now a prisoner on board the Ardent man
of waf, at Sheerness.
Nothing can be a greater proot or'tne
resources and courage of the Americans
than resefliug their !independency till ge
neral Howe had arrived with the whole
force of England against them. If they
had not the means ot'descncc, or were nor
determined to fight (as their enemies give
out) they would have thrown down their
arms, um] H-itked to the royal staminrd;
but, so far from this, it is only now they
seem to have adopted a principle of rcsist
:mce, which shuuhi therefore hold out a
very serious, though late rti'icctiun to our
ministry, that they have hitherto been
uniform'ty wrong; in their Opinion; of, and
measures agrtizzst. that country.
All publick asstirs arc now s) little at
tended to, nutwithstandingv—hat the world
nlxy think, or theiranxicty may iead zhcm
to belixvc, that the king is persu'tly a
case in YViudshr casilc. 'l'hc rcu] ni i'ctc
m'r. jcukini'on, is playing the 70!!!" Cure
with his two ministers. Mr. Struflcy an
mr. VVeddcrbume, at Spain and German
The ostensiblc minister, lord North, is gr
)] frcjficking into the west For a munl
'l'] e sirlt lord of lhcct ndmirahy is fish);
sor burhlc, at Shippcrton. The secru
ries 'ok'stnte arc gone a patridgc shoosixin
to take the first of _the season. Then
no body lest but mr. jcukinson's broz'
in ].zw, mr. Cornwall, to look after
clerks.
No convoy is,:lppointed for the outv
bound ships to the VVcsi: lndies, 31
them having taken on board an additil
number ok hands and guns, in orde
dcfcnd themselves should they meet '—
any of the prov'mc'tul privateers.
Three noblemcn, who are in hight
want much to retire at prcsint, ]
Townshend, who, in private iis-Z, i
upon velvet, wants 30,oco]. And is
very solicitom about the orclnance. 7
Weymouth feels the necessity esa (
ucd addition so much, that a ]:czxsic
life of'ȝoool. :: year is his objcct.
,
lord Mausfield will give up the ,
'Bcnch, as soon as he is propczly gre .
Sumc advices arc just come sroctffs the
English minister at ],ishon, which cast a
damp on his mz'jesty's countenance, ob
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servablc through all hiss'finilc: '
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WV IL L I A M SB U RG, ])cccmber 27.
Tcstcrday his Excellency the Govemour re
ceived thefollowing letter, dared the 18th
in/Iant, by exprc/Ifi-om Bahimorc', where
the Hrm. Cautinentul Congchi have ad
juurnedfi'om the city of Philadelzsssihiasi.
HE movements of the cfiemy's assrmy
in the Jerscys, by which the neigh
bourhood of Phil-ulclphia h1d become th:
sent of war, determined Congrcss to 34—
journ from thancc to this town, wher
' public]; business will be entered on the 20'.)
inltant , unless a sufficient number ofmgnsi
bers should be assembled to begin lssooutt
At this place the publick business: may (
conducted with more deliberation,, :
undisturbsd attention, than could be
case in a city subject to perpetual al:
and that had nccdhrily been maden ])
of arms. The propriety of this mea'
was strongly enforccd by the ssconliue
gcnerals Putnam and Misil'un, who c
munded in Philadelphia, and 'Who gan
as their opinion, that although they
not consider the town as liable to sail i
the enemy's hands but by surprise,
that poffibility rendered it improper
Congress to continue there.
So long as the Amcricm army kept
gether, the enemy'spmprcssi. war cxtrc
ly ]]m'lted, but they knew and sLiZC
opportunity os coming forward, '
was occasioned by the g."?!fics psizrt s'
armv dispcrsing in consiqucncc (,
enhi ments; and this imicc-l was
early scundcd on hopes of actfimuno
and for the greater ectssi; us the