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NUMBER 1'12.
GAZETTE
VIKGINEA
Acwns row. LlBERTY jssjsisi \ND THEPUBL1CKGOOD
High flEA'VEN to anc1ous ENDS direct: the STO'RM! si _ (
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Mr. Puxous,
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'l' gave me inexprcssiblc pleasure to find
by your lust pssiucr that our worthy
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Guvermsinr and Comzcil had issued out or—
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ders for the supprcffiun os gnmingin Wil—
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]iss'Lmshurg, and m: l-ze n-- dss-ubx, is.}z'zs
]."xcr'sil-rcy ]wr-zv -ssss ss s r and wide thc
cuntagiun I:.r- si—ys- 'ss._ .r-l-rs --0uld
ss !;si . -; a lnclau—
have ])..rn 1' .- 4 . :,
("huh' lru'i:.ss ;Z,.,' , -si si-sil'lss in Pi
most sj' ;sizsiy ti-rsi (,,i - "' " ) 7 Vh" lie
mhsicr of his
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ln Cdu N ctL, W'fflhmshurg, March !,
1777
LL officers recruiting men for this
_ state, who have had farther time al
lowed them to mnke their returns, ane to
take notice, that the 24th of this month
ix- appointed for that purpose. New ap
pointmcnts will then be made in the room
of such a< fail to comply with this order.
AH officers who have completed their
quotes in the. c-zzunties ofctl'rincesiz Anne,
Norsoik, Nunscmund, and ]sle of Wight,
are requeffted to march them immediately
to Portl'mnuth; and all others whosctct-quotas
are complete arc required to march them
to this plaCc, without delay. '
By order of the Bourd.
Ancn. BLAXR, clerk.
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In COUNClL, Williamshurg, March 15,
1777
RDERED, that all pcrsons having
uns, ha-ssoncte, or miiitax'y store::
of any kind belonging to the state, do
forthwith convey them to the publick
may;.zYnc. Thusc sswho refuse us neglect
to (sitomlfly with this order may depend
upon brirsig px'zriLc—sizsssid .
(A copy) ALCH. BL'AIK, clerk.
1 _ss_-. (] {) de ?: c'siE SS, Fab. 24, 1777.
EHOLVED, that the: Board of War
R be directed to send letters , by expresi ,
to the colonels or other commauding offi
cers of the several regimc'nts now raising
and recruiting in the state: of Penn/ylvania,
Dela-ware, Maryland, and Virginia, order
ing them immediately to march the troops
enlisted under their command, by compa
nies and part: of companies, to join the
army under general Washington, proper
officers being lest behind to recruit the
companies or corps that are not yet cctom
pleted, and to bring up the recruits.
Extract fi-om the minuteJ.
CnAnL'Es Tflomsox, sec'y.
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WILLIAMSBURG, March 13, 1777.
HE officers, especially the colonels of
regiments for the continental service
in this time, are directed to pay due re
Y-si-q—nss si-sia—q. - .. -
gard to the above resolve, and to take
with 'them what arms, blankets, and
clothes, they can by any means obtain.
The (lfficT-ency will be supplied either at
Philadelphia or head quarters. The co
lonels will, without loss of time, report
si.-<=-—-ssu—-ss -.—,..
to lpe the present state of their respective
reglments .
ANDREW Lawrs, brsiz. gen.
bounty money, the unwary officer of his
pay, and sss-melimcs the publick money,
wixh which he was intrulled tuenlist men,ss
by that insumous practice, GAM ] NG
'l hi—', share is good reason to believe, has
retam'cd the progress oseulistmenu more
than any one thing bcsidcs. On hearing
owhe cruel ravages and ravishments us
Our base enemies in the jc-rseyz, one wouH
have lhnuisisi'nt that the inhabitants of this
communwealth, and the semalesinparti
cular, juflsily fearing lest we should be vi
sited in turn, would have stimulated their
friends, their sons, sitheir lovers, or hus
bands, nobly to have stepped forward and
joined the grand army. By this means
(under the blcssmg of Heaven) scnpe
would have been given to the distinguish
ed abilitics of our NOBLE GENERAL,
so that the lawless plunderers would have
been checked in their wanton career, and
virtue and liberty sccured to the common
weahhs in general. But alas! instead of
this, bss'flls, asi'cmblies, mirth and jollity,
prevail and abound, as if we were deter
mined to be actuated only by ,the old
Epicurean maxim, Let us eat, drssink, and
be merry, for to-morro-w we die.
A FstlEND lo VlRTUE.
MrJ-Puxmu, _
lNDlNG,myscissi by an adi ertisenent
in your Gazettc of the 14th instant,
let forth as a desercer from the service of
my country, which of all other characters
I (at this time particulariy) most heartily
despise, and which] conceive must have
been occasioned bv some misunderstanding,
thinking it necessary as well to rectisy the
same as to relieve myselssrom the odium
which would otherwise justly belong- to
me, ! must beg leave to trouble the pub
lick, through your means, with the follow
ing narrative of sacts.
Some time towarcis the latter end of
Augult 1776, ! enmted under capt. Le
welling ]ones as a trooper in the 4th troop
of horse, and until the 24th day of De
cember, in the same year; as far as my
indisposition (contracted by the hardships
of the service) would permit, continued
to act in that capacity ; but as my ill state
of health would, l found, disable me frbmsi
going through it with the alacrity and
closeness of attention I could w1sh, I
thought proper to Apply to the captain
for a discharge, which demand was cdn
sistent with his promise to me at the time
of my enlistment. ] therefore provided
myself with a man (though under no ob—
ligation) to serve in my room, he being
siri} approved of by the capta'm ; and hav
ing- asterwards qualified. as appears by the
fisi'ssflowing certihcate, viz. --—AMEL1A fi'.
This dassysi Issimc Chapman qualified [)(fore
me.- a: a trooper in capt. Lewelsing ]ones':
(: wpzmy of light horse. in the place of
Ch.:fles lrby, wzo if dfiharged from the
stroke. (liven under my stand this 24th day
Of December, 1776. JOHN WlNN.—--l
rcm'wed from the cnpxn'sin the following
ditchargc, viz.---Dcc. 24, 1776. Thi: i:
to certijsi'v, that Charles Izby i: difi'hxrgrd
fl'am the [Z-rvicc of my truop oflig/zt harsh,
having got a good man in lti: roam.
anuuno siloam —--And in conse
quence of this ] promisi-d to send the said
Chapman to Frcdcrickshurg, pursuant toss.
which ] prepared horses to attend him, but
being desirous of informing c vt. jones
before l s:nt him up, directed him in hi
way to call on the captain, then in the
connty, who forbid his proccedmg am/si
sarthcr, as. he would wish he might attend
him when he went himself, and for that
purpr. s; appointed a day when he should
be ready. 'l'he man was accordingiy pro
vided with horses as before, but was again
disected to meet another time, and then
at the courthouse, when being upon hijss
way, and informed that the captain ;sim
.not there, norlikely to be so , he returned al
before. Tired out with this delay, tho'
trouble and expense, and anxions to get
the said Chapman to the general rendeb
vous, ] furnished him with money and m
cessaries to set out on foot, who, juininfi '
the captain at the courthouse, proceede
to Fredericksburg; since which, sathficd
with having 'complied with my undertak-__
ing, ] have not made any inquiry. _ _
lnjured reputation compels me to make
the above recital. Theimpartiai public]:
will be able to determine whether the
charge of desertion is jumsiy-attributed to, si
sir, your and the publick :; very humble"
servant. CHARLES lRBYct
AMELlA, Fab. 20, 1777.
ADVERTctlSEMENTS.
T LOE. late the property of cal. 'l'homul
Nclson, nowstand: at Cherry Cook;
.and will cover mare: at 20: a leap,ss
and 31. the seastm. 'The money to be paid,
before the mare: are taken away, to
WILLIAM NEALE .
KlNG Guonc-z, March lo, 1777.
ESERTED from me, about the first
of February last. RICHARD MO'sT
and WILLZAM THACKER, who enlistcd
with me in the regular service, have
taken the bounty money, and go: certi
ficates for them; which two men, ! am
informed. have since enlisted under mr.
Edward Waller, who is, I understand,
to march immediately to If'illiamshurg.
whoever delivers the said two men at.
Fredericksburg, or to me at King George
courthouse, llnll have TEN DOLLARS
reward, or FlVE DOLLARS for each.
2'] ]OHN TANKERSLEY. ]ieut.
STRAYEDfram Shirlcy Hundred, about
the loth uj Februarv, (! bay mare about
4fZ-et lo suche: high, branded on the nem
bultoc/e TN, her hinde-et white, and one of
her hip: higher than the other. Whocver
deliver: the said mare to me shall be well re
warded . Slze-was/een inthe Berkeley pq/Iure:
(: day or two after she ran away, and it it
Probubleshe i: now in that neighctmurhfmd .
CARTER BRAXTON.