The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-03-19 00:00:00, page 2

yth. Should S in acknowled e our independence and join anee in
the resent war, t : balance of ten win be immediateiy thrown into
the urbon scale. The consequence of this will be, that every fear
us 'ng the credit of our money, will be dispeietl. The timid Whigs
do the obltinne Tories vilhhen cease to mcflcture (he "he of our money
by gold and silver; they will then repent of the encrntons sums they have
given so: real estatet, and joytully part with them for half price, esteem
lng nothing more profitable thzzn money :it interest at six per rent.
Anterica has undergone :: must seven: struggle. She contendm] alone
for three year- with one ofthe molt powerful nations in the works. The
conflict was so Violent as to convulse hzr. She i-fssi-mbles :it present in
young person exhanlted of spirits by :! convulsion fit; but he: flamin
and vitals are unimpaired. A little test will soon lettow'her to her
ancient hsstbits of wi out and virtue, and render her the happielt spot upon
the suffice of the gfobe. si
L ] S B O N, OCTOBER 6.
HE Been has given notice (0 the Minisiers of France and England
who iesiJe at thie Court, that it is not her intention that the prize:
which m brought in here by the different privateen, shall be judged by
her Admitaltcty; but that the pi'ivateess of both the natione, shall :
with their pnzes to some other port to have judgment passed upon .
PARlS, Now. 13. The number of prisoners taken since the englge-si
ment with the Belle Poule; is eltimated at 7 soo men; and as the English
are in great went of sailors, we are in no huny to exchange them.
The little squadron of 5: ships, desiined to convoy tw_o Enfl ladiamen
from l'Orient, is not yet sailed. That squadron il victuaned for 6: '
months, and it it to take on board poo regular troopf. The general
opinion is, that the are bound to the coztt of Coromandel.
The number of English privateen taken since the eommencement of
hoffilities, is more considerable than was ever hesoie known in an equal
space of time. mounting to 43; the ere all fitting out as privateen,
Ind are to be commanded by officer- o the commend] native.
Oiu- preparation for war are continued with the greatest aaivity. it
is not only navel forces that we are increasing, the land faces m also to
he augmented. Two hundred men are to be edded to evel'y tegiment of
horse and foot. .
The Duke de Chiron, now Colonel Genenl of the lighttmopeof the
King"; armies it to nise this winter : body of 5000 men, to be called
the lu-ion de ChzrtrT. si
srdcxnoLM, w. ;. The first of shi- month, about 7o'cloek
in the morning, the Been was safe!)- delivered of : Prince. That agree
able event un immediately innonneed to the people by four succesiive
salte: of a56 Piece: of moon. The King Jumards went to the eathe
Utsial of St. Nicholu, attended hy :]! the toynl femil , to return thanke
for so wished for : benefit. Te Deum wu aftetwuzs sung, when 1024
as were find. \On the Kings leaving the church hit szesty wat sol
wtd by no immenfe crowd of people, who made the lit relound vith
their leelamtiona. The birth of the " since occasion; the more joy,
;: there had not been born an heir to the cwwn of Sweden since the year
lua. -
_ L 0 N D 0 N, Novzmazk 25.
HE unmfonahle conduct of the Dutch on the reeexpt o!" Lord Sus
' folk'e letter, point: out a new and melancholy view howthoroughly
the seven} flute: of Europe hand : prized of the insignifieaey of our
Minilien. and of the opportunity t ey ate respectively determined to
jotbrace in triumphing over us in the hour of neeeflity. . Out ofee lot
on] to pay them for the prize: we had made, but also to tnqntre tnto the
presimpdon of the eapton, was surely : eoneefflon that even Dutch e:
lottion might well have closed with; and their not having done it, leaves
'no room to doubt, that the matter in dispute wu used merely a a went
{a rsuing the connexion: they have formed with France and Anerica.
flat an intermeddling Peer (say. a eorrespodent) it that same Ear]
of 1) ! Without eonsulting the officer: of the mal-eontent regi
nent, which in prudence and decency he ought to have done, he officioufly
jushes himself up the ascent of Arthur's Seat: To do that? To disco
veradegree of magnanimity inferiour to what the meam soldier of
Lord Seafortlt'a allant di't'contents evinced, by nobly resilting o reflion,
whatever might ave been the nature of it. When did lord L—
ever resil} the mandates of an oppreffive and imperiotn Miniflryt Never!
He had not merit whatever in joming issue with the braveeneamped High
]lttd mutineert. or for engaging to have their grievance: redressed. lt was
not a love of liberty and jtttt rettibutton that influenced him. No! His
mind it not ea cient or generous enough for that eompseltensive noble
ardour. The ffighlanders were formidable, both in numbers and the
apparent determined spirit that animated them. At this critieal time for
: wretched and impotmt Adxnimltntion, the dijpefitiu of Mary nook
mi ht have become infecticus, when the winds of all men are on the fret,
nag forehoding ill. The consequence might have been the awegation
of a er in the sieid, that, irntated and refifled, would in a very few
mont : have required a considerahle bod of our national eneampmento
to overcome them; which would have le t our coal}: and the eapital itself
ex fed to invasion and depredation. Thie wat the appt'ehension that
:: uated Lord D Lord D hatsi not the eomprehen
sivenel's of mind, or netration into publiek affairs, to be eonvinced that
even a French irva/sfz, attended with eonquefl', would not be worse to
the abused, insuited peopic of these kingdoms, than the present Rate of
tate: and political corruptions, the p'rescnt poRure of national disgraeea
'lnd lofl'et, heightned !) ' almost a certainty of greater in the womb of
time lgainfl ue. This dieadsul and ominiout situation, l may add, of
die Rise and the fPeople, has been in a great measure brou : about by
the weight o corrupt influence, thrown into the scaleo : tynnnical
and wicked Adtssninil'lration, by the Scotch Lord; and Comtnenen in the
House: of Parliament. One might have thought that Lord D——,
after the series of fatal blunders he committed, contrary to the advice
Iitd re'monflranee even of his friends, on the other side the Atlantick,
mld hue seemed himself for ever in ntirement and obseurity, inflead
of folieiting the eyes of the world again on his conduct. To hit re
Wm, ' ounce and obltinacy, may he atu'ibttted to many o the
' issfiomtnet of the Britilh empite. This Scotch Peu, among
WILLIAMSBURG, Ala'cb 19. ?
.! heir from Phihdekphh that it was reported there, and firmly
believed to come from good authority, that the Bu. et-Malzh -
of Amfierdm hue ublickly acknowledged the indepen ney of'tlh
American State;; ans that the Empress ot Rnffia had abshluud refufid
every kind of asslfiance to his Brinnnick Majeay.
We hear from good authority, that two French ship: and a bri loaded
with tobzeco, were lady tzken by the enemy : few Beagues rolil the
Cz .
ssARRlAGESJ Hctuuou RAunou-n, Esq; loMisI Bernr
Sruu, both ofehis Cic . ss ,
DEATHS.) stts uxwemn, Esq; of Gloucesier eonnty.
n.—J
NANIEHOND, March !, 1779.
Ll. person: having demand: ngainfi the eRate'os Tnfiub But",
A deeeased, are debred to make them known, and all indebted lo
the said eflne, are desired to make immediate payment to
(a) ]AMES BUX'rsion.
ElGHTY DOLLARS REWARD
R :\ rehendin the followin descrters belon ; totheV' ' '
siate grrison regfimenl of infanssrv now stationeg :?" Wictiam
Tbma: Tisda/e, :: Virgiuimz, bon: in Hnmn' eoumy, Ibom 13 vem
old, 5 feet 8 inches high, brown complexion, brown hair, bhck
had on when he went zwzy : blue regimentaj coat turned up with red,
:. red jlcket and breeches. Charlu talent:)". a mulatto, born in Say
counly, Virgizia, :! years old, 5 lsieetg incheu high, well mnde, hnd on
the same uniform u above. Fame: Ccllier, : l'c'r inimr, born in Kizgk _
Qym county. 16 yeara of age, ; feet :} inche- igh, fair complexion,
light hair, blue eyes, and well made, had on same uniform :: lbove.
jolw Bnm, a Firgiuirm, born in King & Queen count -, 16 years old.
5 sect : inchel high, light eyes and brown hair, with ! e same unifom]
is above. Whoever apprehends the said desesters, and convevs them to
the commanding officer at Wiilimshurg, Torl', H.:ct'sinpmm, or Fork] ,
shall have the above reward, or 10 dollars for either oftbem.
Gifum lii-ltffiy band at [mal quarter: WiHiamfbm-g, March 13, 1779.
(11) - - EDWARD WALLER, Czpt. Com. 3. 0. :.
others of his cauntrymcn, have lest behind thqm the tfczpest ufew
impressxons of Bntilh justice, mnderamu, n. fgxanimsiy, and bnuuyl
Let this Peer take the advice of one who don not really wish him to
um": instgniticnnt tha_n he in: ln plein Lnglith. let him roml Majinoa
Self Knowledge, and keep u-izhm the armsi of his wile (if he has one)
and the innealtt somlncss us hZ: ehtI—iren (is children he is hiett with)
but news hcncet'm'th let him pretend to be ; paliziticte, : Go-vmm, I
shfdirr, or : mediatar.
PHILADELPHIA.
lu -C 0 N G R E 8 5, MAlCH 3. t779.
Extract 4' A letter from General Washington, lated bind quarter], Mid.
dlebt'ook, March ], 1779.
S ! R,
I HAVE the honour herewizh to transmit you : copy of: letter fro'ss
General Maxweu, containing such particulazs ot infonnarion ::
omitted in his last, refpecting the attempt of the enemy on the yol
Eliubeth town."
s ELLZAHTH TOWI, Ftb. 17, 1779.
n.,
" SlNCE my lafl, which was written immediately after the ufiir of
the day before yesterday, ] have collected the folkowing Partirulan. The
party whzch attemped to supprise thts sipolt, was commanded by Colodd
Stirling of the ad regiment, and eompqt'cd us the following eor'ye, viz.
the ud and 434 regiments, I party of Weieh sufficen, totality" *
full company of nght insantey of the ed hattalion et gurde. The '
insantry were commanded by Lievt. Col. Carth- Lord Ca ct was
also with them. The whole wanting in my opinion to loco. ct ed
about 7 in the evening at Long ilzmd, nenrly opposite tokdew Yolk. nal
]Iode30 my lest on a very wet and difficult felt meadow, hennes: Ill
go'c oekinthemomin . T s siydes tched'g ,
by Lord Cathm. ws the Ymffiultlo hose, whomyily in m
home. After surrounding the town and perceiving their (big- un
frulinted, they immediately marched for their boon, end wm m
at Crane's ferry. They burned the bztraeke, the sehool-ho-se (in which
we: : soul] quantity of provifion) the armouter'e boy, Ind: or ; bank.
" Upon essur nuing them from the town, theenttk and hon'ufih!
had collected, en into our hands. in order meffect : safe turne. tiq
moved their boat: from Ctane'o fen'y more than I mile up Nentk he ,
and marched their troops along the m-dow'e edge to them. Our mif
lery could not follow, end their gon boat: covered their embathtim.
They made . small had about half wuy between the town and fury;
during which time their wounded were put on board their beats, uncout
ing to about twenty or thirty. but a few well directed shot smm Capnil
Rzndotph'e enilkty, induced them to continue their letten, leaving two_
k-Hed on the ground. Their principa! pilou weve'Comelitu Helfield'
]ohn Smith Hetfleld, and Captmn Luce, all hte of this town.
** Enclosed you hue : return of the killed, wounded, and nifles,
which ! hope your Excellency will reckon very (man, ' th
enemy'e well concerted and eonducted p! m for : complete suryr'tse. We
have taken only two prishnen. Five of our uniting were taken at th
Gomnur'e house, being part of a small guard humect there.
" I am, your Excelleneya very hmithle setnnt,
w. M A X W E !. L.
Hi: 5:qu General Wunntc'ron."
A return of killed, wounded and miffing, on the esth of Ftb. "79.
One rank and tile killed; one Lientenant, three tank and tile wounded;
one serjeant, three mk zpd Me miffing.
Plbfi/ped order of ergrlfi, 'sisi
c LES , THOMSON, Sec'ry. si