The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-02-07 00:00:00, page 2

'B OSvTON, Jew. 2.
35 His. beginssiing uflhis week che priva
"i si., tecr floctop commanded by capt. Den
nis sent into a ssiasc port at th: shuthward
th: Coumess of Eglinton, a brigamiuc
from Greenock in dcotland, bound to An—
tigoa. The following isa scllcdulc osthc
cargo on board the brigamine Counless of
Eglinton, viz. 57 balcs, 1 io boxes, 34 "
calks, : chcsts, and ; lrunks of haber
'dashery, 368 yards of printed ]inen, 1223
nds of wrought leather shoes, 4513
pound; of green glass bottles, 39 barreis
and two firkins ofstrong ale, 6797 pound:
ofcallow candles . 2420 ditco refined sugar,
__67-goz_8 yards ok'Bz—iush bounty listen, 7410
ards lrish ditto, 4488 yards of British
riped and checked dino, 207 hrkins of
burnt, 1ss26 gallons of Portugasil wine, and
zl'o bundles of iron hoops.
Two prizss are taken by aprivntecr from
this fljatc 'and carried into Cape Anne.
.ctssOnc of thim has on board upwards Oslj'oo
fixkinsi: of buttcr, &c. and was from Eng
land bound to bimsiuitar, let me lupply or
the garrison there.
It must afford great sittizsaction to every
ldver of his country to hear os. the rapid
success which the recruiting parties somhe
continental army have met with in this and
the adjacent towns, as we can assure the
ctpublick great numbers have voluntarily
enlisted to serve during the continuance
of this war.
I
B'A L T I M () R E, _7tmuary 28.
WE hearthat the militia of'the northern
. 'ct countics 01 this state are under
marching ordcrs, iojo'm the grand Ame
rica'n ;:rmy in jerscy. .
Extract of a letter from Philadelphia, dated
' _ " January 25.
" SEveral successful shirmishes, but no
considerable action, haVe very lately hap
— Bened between our troops and the enemy;
: ut sroin the movements of several large
bodies of our forces in the ]ersey state, it
issidpnjectured that a grand assault will be
sslpesiedilyct made upon Hnwe's panick-struck
troops near Brunswick, &c. Apprehen
sisivsse of this", the enemy have assembled a
jmjmper pssf men of war and transports at
Amboy, to facilitate the retrcatss, or rather
ss escape, oftheir army, in case bf a rout.
We have had, within a day or two, seve
ral flattering accounts of the shCCess of our
arms in the state of New York, but we
. have nothing it yet well enough authen
ticassted to publish."
.5- Jaq. 29. This day eapt'.Henry Johnson,
'latc or the Yankcy prwadccr, wno etcaped
sifmm aBritjsh man of war lying at the
Norc,_..arrivcd here from France. We
,hcgtr he brings_ very pleasing accounts of
_thc fi'iendlypiisimfition of the French court
and nationsictsstcpwards the American cause.
Extract of a letterfi'om general Washiug- '
'. ton to_ Congre/sr, dated Tan. 22; 1777.
_ " My last., was on the zoth inltzunt.
Since that, ctl have the pleasure to insm'm
_ybn, that. general ])chins01_\, with about
400'militig, hasctdcseated a foragiug party
of the enemy ofzm c qualctnumber, and has
taken 40 waggons, and upwards os lOO
. horse's, most ofthem as the Englishdraught
breed, also a number oFsheep and cattlc
_which they had qbllected .
" The enemy retreated with so much "
precipitatlon that general Dickinson had
only an opportunity of'making nine prison
ers. They were observed to carry off a
good many dead and wounded in light
w." ;:go'ss s .
" sil'h'sssuction happened near Somcrset
r*!!.*'hvusc, un Miiliionc river. General
Disikinsim's bchtnionr i'cflesictts the high-ctfl:
honour upon h'sim; for though his troops
were all rnw, In: led them through the
flvcrtniddlc (?.f-ng and gave the enemy
so scvcre u chin'sivs. that,, sdthuugh sup
pur'sicdlzy three hz'ssi pieces, they gsiwe
way, and let: 'sihtsir csisin-sioy.
I
. " ! have not heard si'Cm gcncrsisssil chath
shoe the sir'mg near Kingshridgc last Sutur
day, which ] cannot account sor, un]: s's
the North r'rver should have been rcndcrcclct
impassable by the ice; but the account of
his having surprised and taken Fort )ndc
pendence on Friday last c0mes so well nu—
lhentfcated, by differentsiways, Lhat ] can
not doubt it. It is said he took 400 pri—
soners in that sort, and that. he invested
Fort Washington on Saturday, which oc
casioned the siringsi."
Publishe'd by order of Congrcs}. .
CHARLES THOMPsi-mx, s—crctgry.
Extract ass! letterfiam an ::flzccr w/w arriv
cdatl'hiludelphiu from thy armyinjel sey
on Saturday last, dated tlmjzmzc day.
" We have certain accoums of Fork.
Indcpczzdencc; nearss Kingshxijgc, [ning
taken, with 4oo prisoners, amongst them
a number of Pennsylvania gentlemen
'l'ories. For: 'Washington was attacked
last Saturday ; and the thing ceasiug 31 11
o'clock. itis thereforcshppul'sid to be taken .
\Vc hourly expect to hear shut New York
is again in the posscllion of our victnrious
troops. Wehavetakenwaggons, horscs,
and men, in several skirmishes this week,
at and about Somcrset courthouse."
Fort Independcnce above mentioned is
situated ' near Kingshridge, and made to
defend that paffsiz.
We learn, by a letter srom Salem,
N. E. thar certain intelligence had been
received from Guadaluupe, that some be
and 74 gun ships had lately arrived at [hid
island from France; that an additiona]
number of troops were daily expcctfd,
and that :! war with England was looked
upon as inevitable.
lt has been reported, by the master of
a vessel lately arrived, that two srigates
are nssow within our capes, and that he was
neariy chased on shore by one of them ;
but we hope their stay will not be long,
as it is expected they will be wanted to
convey the shattered remains of llowc's
army from New' York to Great Britain.
A gentleman in Philadelphia writes his
fiiend in this town, the 22d inict'si'ant, that
col; Gumey, ofthat city, has retaken all
the Heshassn'plunder which was stored at
Shrewsbury meeting—house, with their
clothes and necesssizries, to the amount of
lzo'waggon leads, 30 "of which he sent
off, being Fall the waggOns he had then
when this pleasing account was forwarded
to us. He' farther adds, this you may
depend on. '
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'WILL IssA M SB UR G, Fctp. 7.
"17 HE beautiful town of Ncwport irL
Rhode [Hand, which contained up
wards of looohousises, and was taken pos
issesiion of.]alt December by a body of be
tween 5 and Gooo British and {it siian
troops, it is scared has undergone the sutc
of some other Amciican tcuns, hming
been lately, it is said, seen in flamts tiom
the adjacent country; and that this rasc Iiiy
handitti perpctrated the hoirid busincis a
little before they abandoned the ifl'md,
having been rccailcd ly general Howe to
the succour of his (! spera: c cause and
almost ruincd army in the je rseys. How—
ever, considering our Lite good accounts
srom generai Washington's army, and
the noble ardour which hath diffussiss-u itscif
through all the United Statcs, wc make
not the least doubt but that iihishious com
mander wiZl soon have it in his power to
securc the whole infernal band, m at least
to drive them on boaid thsiir ships, when
theymay go and cmdule \. i !] th if in xl'ter
GEOP C E on his and their si ilom consssi i
tiou. ---Thus in this hldled )ecn 1777 (us
a virisier ina ] tte northern paper obi'}: rves)
v ill commence the grand iuhiiec. : I AIVE
UCLV PKEE DOBI zzi'id iNDr PEN—
])ENCE, and the pinpchcy of . " eminent
old Scotch divine, one Alcxundet hdan,
be verisicsil, who hath lcst it on nqsiss-d'
" that when 'l'HREE SEVETN .; i.. \ u'sil
" meet a star of the shst ]ustrc m; (} 11 .ss
" n tude would fall from the cx: wn us
" Grc Brita'm; " because he forcictw , ",L
may be nrcsumcd, thathcr miquh) \H (1. 41
then be full And .1 trnclitionhaih ], (;.
handcd down, swm the iirik setllc-num us
New it".n;vhmd, " that whcn' 'l lllik};
" SEVENZ should meet in the date of me
" )car, lhc Ameliczm colonics would he
" came [N1)EPENDENT STA sE-S. "
Extract Dssl lum :rfi'omBlelimorc 7"?! ;o,
" lhccncm} sitorngczmdlurz: si-u ;...xc
been excry v huc destroyed ami be' an n
and they shc . ctuzzlly- confined at ]Il'tsc ,nc
t 1 the hills of 15: un 1.\ uk, and extreme.)
dnsshcsi d :"hexc.------VV c. lhrxu: an acu uuc
lmm our commit: as all 'hiludclphiu o. ._.n
engagezsincnt between general Sullivnu's
dctachmcnt of the'- army near Brux-sfick
and :! i. rougparcy of the enemy; the ifiuc
not certain, but (I) y 14; a puson lnssxsiu
Brunsuicsi rchues that the uumy 's ]; hc
horse can :c from the ii; Hol bank m great _
confusion calling lur :: niszlurccctmc'Msi-u "
We are in conlhn: prL-ctaliun of gnud
newsboth from Brunsw i-si ]; ;md Ne \\ York ."
Death.] Mrs. AN N ! Ph YTON , vise
of Thomas Peytsson, esisi eldest son of sisir
John Peytuu, bz-u't. _ ' si
Tell how mch luzauty oflwr mind and fizcc
H/m brightcn'd b_ssv_/bme sweet peculiargracc!
How eloquent ,her/s'ctul in every look
Through her expnjfflz'u s—sss e; ag/tisictly ]]zctlssc !
_ Herf-Zrm each bear;!)- ashes mind ex/ctrsis; si'u'.
Her mind was virtice by the) g! are: drlys'd,
Such Ntmcctv-wm, n-lzrmss z'u kerfi'rst-Z/t ble am,
Kcmorshlzj/S' deat/z cmsi/lctg ned tame tomb.
*.* The ACTS'qussI-ZMRLY {til} be
ready for the different counties in :\ Very
short time, and the JouxNALssi'os bulsih
Houscs quickly succeed their publiczlion.
M
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leLLIAMSBURG.'$
IN () OU N C I L, Feb. 6, 1777.
HE several gentlemen who have been
ss appointed captains or subaltems ih
the three battalions to be raised in the sur—
vice of this state arc hereby required to
have their men reviewcd, without loss of
1imc,by two osthe field officers osthc c'cuntf'
wI-zre the eniiltmcnts shall be made ;md
prodhcc the ccrlificntes us such fieldl ( fli
cers to the Board on or beffos'sie the hsilt si
day of March next, as othef'ffise the Bcurd
will proceed to appoim officers in the sum"
of such persczzsas shall fail to comply with
this dircdtzczu. They are; aiso rcquircd to
send [11le men to this city, under a sexjc
am, as soon as anyosthcusss may bsie rcv'h w—
ed, vx'nhouc waking till they get th is,
whc—k- quota; and \\ hcu that Tsctsidone, t'm y'
are no repair to the ssi-me place dsiisidmselv'ra.
And the several gentlemen who v..- rc
appointed to recruit men in the sc: \Zce'
of the: Un'md Stutes, a'bd have not ah'ca
dy delivered in certisicates otss luvicw
{as the law uirccts, are requi'sied to do sh
immediately, as no unneccfisz'y ddz-y can
be ::(hnitrcd. And where, in cizher al Lhc
ab-ssc cases, any csiiccr may happen to
sail in his endeavours to wise his quom of
men, the Board expect to have a FCL-Tfsfll
ab'ssc account of such ssisisizhu'c, :siuzd iizmc
sznissaction ofa px'cbubsixihy miss succh in a
short time, is an in:.iulgsscncc shuuhl be ;
given for that purpose. s
ARCH]B.\LD ),LMR. c'ctsirk. 3
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