The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-02-23 00:00:00, page 3

the Chicknawagah have been here eight
days; the two other tribes came but yes
terday. The former have dincd with ge
11emls,Washington and Putnam, and spend
one halstheir time at col. Miffliu's, which,
together with some tawdry clothing that
his been given them, has plealed them
much, and they desire that we may look
upi " them :ts ourxassured friends.
Extract oft! letter from Ne w York, Fab. 5.
" Yelterday, about the same time,
enerzds Lee and Clinton arrived. The
Committce of Sascty met immediately,
and we expected something like & com
mz-ncemcnt of hostilitics to-day. The
mztyor went on hoard, and the governuur
and general both asiurcd him not a man
was to be lmded here. A 20 gun ship,
saidzto be the Mercury, and a transport,
cnme into the hztrbour yesterday. Chnton
came in the li'igat, and is going to the
i'outhward, I believe to Virginiu. A doc
tor Gilson has been taken into cultody ac
Newpnrt, and sent to hcad-quarters,
for treisnuble practices at Rhodc Illsmd.
Lec s-tys he will send word on board the
men of war, that iF they set a house on
fire, inconsequence of'hid coming, he will
chain too of their friends together by the
neck, and make the house their funeral
pile . "
We hear, that, among- otner honours
decreed to the memory os general
MON I GO lestY, by the Hon.C0ntincn—
tal Congrcss, they have appointed a fune
ral orztuon; which is to be composed by
doffor SMlTH, and will be delivered on
Monday the 19th instant, at 11 o'clock in
th:- surcnmm.
Extract of a letter from New Yotjk, Fcb. 7 .
" l'he tom] in the greatest consulion.
The Congress have recommeuded to the
inh-thitams to move out. 'l'he MerCury
msim of war has demanded three month:
provisiunct, which isresused. Lord Stirling
came to town this morning, with Jcrsey
forces." "
Extract of another letter fi-am New York,
' -ct Fab. 7.
." The governour sent for the mayor,
and desired him to assure the publick, that
eneml Clinton was only come to pay him
& visit on his way, and that the troops
should not lind here. Neverthelcss, it
was thought necessary to keep & itrict
look-out, for fear they should land by
surprise; in consi-qm—nce of which, half
ou't' hattalion kept guard all night, the
Other htlsthe next, and the second batta—
liun are doing the same. Nothing hostile
has: yet cssnnmcnced, but God knows how
swan it may. The ice obiiges the ships
to wsstrp close to the whars. This day
the ice, in large cak'es, was chock h-om
side: to'sid'sict. .si-ml many people upon it."
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W'ILLIAMSBURG, Feb. 26.
VVE are informed, that on Monday
ct_ Lust, the Hon. Rlcuusin (Iousm,
esq; came to this city, and the next day,
With the entire appruhation of the Com—
mit let: us Safety, cpntinued hisjouruey to
Nol'folk, with intention to go on hoard
the Dumnnre, lo hsisslve a conference with
]orcl Duumore on the subject of a letter
his 'l'siurdnhip had written to sscol. Corb'm,
cum; {ming some propositions to negotiate
an xtcco-siussuntlutiun with Great Britain,
and to receive letters which had come from
Lonsilon, mal were to be delivered into his
own htmcls. ss
'she Mercury frigat, capt. Graham,
(shrmcrly Msilcsiucttney, who is gone'to
Englssuul) hsitvmg general] Clsimtun and lord
Pcrcy on lmsiusitl, and two transports, with
between 3 :md 400 troops, chiefly light
insmnry us the 4th and 44th regiments,
and a nu-sinhcr osnfliccrs belonging to the
lblll :md 4'xlh, b-si-sides some engineers, are
arrsixv'cd sim l-lsiunpmu I'Ulld, from I'mston ;
since which UWV !! we been joined by the
Kingfsihher, mvl four or five renders, who
now iic offH nnptcm, am] it is supposed are
bound usio Potuwuuck, or for North Caro—
lina, where some disturbances hnvc broke
out among the people who lately styled
themselves regulators. '
Capt. Montague, we hear, is promoted
to the command of the Mercury, and
capt. Graham succeed: him in the King
fishes.
'l'wo brigs went up Norsolk river, ac
companied by some tendcrs, :: sew days
before the arrival us the Mercury. '
We hear that 36 commissioncrs urc now
on their passage to America, from England;
three for cach coinny, who are designed
to treat with their refpcctivc Assemblics.
Commodorc Hammond has giwn or
ders to all the navy officers to cusc iiring
on our scminels, or small parties, on pain
ofbeinp; brukc. -
It is said that the troops with lord Dun
more, to the amount of'soo, arc intrench
ed at Portsmouth, and that a considerablc
number osonr people arc intrenching some
little distance below them. The Rocbuck
is gone up to Norsnlk, where the Liver
pnol and Otter, with the ships Dunmorc
ancl William, a number of tcndcrs, and
other craft, still remain.
A considcrublc uamity of' gunpowdcr
(fooowt. it is suit?) with osiiahruga and
other linen, is safely .landed in North
Curulinn.
'l'he ship Rockingham is now in Hnmp
ton road, With upwards of 60 passengers,
bound for Glasgow.
By mr. Hancock Lee, lately from
Kentucky, we are informed that the lndi-_
ans have scalped two or three white people
on the Chin, and that the communding
officer at Detruit offers them 10 [. for every
scaip. Cnpt. Neuville, at Fort Pitt, writes
his friends in Frederick, to the s.une pn'r
pose, but says the reward is 50]. a (ball).
'l'hc gentlemen] of Alexandria have got
down the cannon srum \-\'inchefler, and
are putting their town in a pustuisi; os
defence.
" The members of the House of Bur
" _;z_e'.ses are reminded, that their lust ad
_" journment was to the first 'l'hurliluy in
" March; on which day it is'hoped that
" a sufficient number'os'convenient mem
" hers will meet, to make a Farther ad
" juurnment, and prevent aclissolution."
HOUSE OF COVIMONS, Novembcr 20.
lmrd North made a motion to the sol
lowing purport: " For leave to bring
in a hill to cut off all intercourse between
Great Britain and the colonies oFAmerica,
now in actual rehellion, so long as they
shall continuein rclxsiellion; and to repenl
the Bostnn port bill, the fishery bill, and
Zmother bill passed last seffions against the
siAmericans; and to anthnrise his Majesty's
naval commanders to stile all ships be
!011ging' to America, as lawful prizes.
For the motion 192, against it 64.
In the lrish House oanmmons, on Fri
day, Nuv. zgd, it was resolved, that 4000
mcn out as the 12,ooo voted as necessary
to be kept in [relnmh for the defence us
thankingdom, be spared for his majesty's
service in North America.
For the motion 121, against it 76.
The 4ooo ]rish troops are to be replaced
with an equal number of Hanoverians,
Heh'isms, and Brunswick troops.
** * The rq/blvcs and proceeding offim
dry cmnmittces, which have come to ]ldlld,
will he published in our m-xt.
*-,ss* ctctlfisisiw barrel: qs FLOUR scsscmzdx,
which makes excsi-llent Ho us EH o LD :; R F. A D ,
to hcsbld at 7_/'. 6!!. pcr cwt. rcmlv momjr.
[nqm're at A. Purdic-'.r printimy office.
In C () \'l 34 l T T 11) 5 of d A FE 'l' Y.
\Vi]siamshur9_', Fab. 22, 1776.
M ly, being taken up jbr trial by the
R . sValter Hatton, osctlc'conmch coun
cammittec osthut cmmty, as having written
a letter to Nuthrmiel (Inffsn, est]; cantsiziningct
sifntimcnts vary ur/fi'icud/y to the right: of
:Zmbrii'a, an 'cxlralf fi-nm which wm pub
lished in mr. Purdie's Cazzrttc of the zd in
stant, was, at hi! own reqzuj/I, rejbrrcd by
the sZu'd cammittee to the determinatiun qf
[his board. AIr. Hattan accordiugbf a]—
jzeared, and, being shewn the manzsi/crzpt
extract from the said letter, trarffnuttedjr-ssm
Philadelphiu, declared ltim/e/swelljitmjzsicd
that it was faithfully taken ]i'om the origi
nal, and was willing the cummittee should
proceed tn his trial upon that m his letter.
He at the sinne time expreflEd hi: contrition
jbr having written the letter, and hi: inten—
tion in juture tn conduct himself u-zth/siut
offence ; whereupon he wa; desired to retire,
and reduce to writing what he um will:);
to/ity on that subject, and deliver it in the
next morning. He accordingly the next day
gave in tllejollowingpnpcr, viz. " therea: ss
" ], in Novcmber last, wrote a letter to
" Nathaniel (}nffin, csq; oqu/lon. wherein
" ! mentiunc'd/imdry thing: dl/i'q/pcdjizl of
" the s/meriean cazgse, I therefore do now
" fi'eely acknowledge my t'mprudence in so
" doing, and amsorryjor the same ; and I
' ( do hereby farther agree and promz/Z: that} !
" for the future (during the present unhap
" [91 dispute between Great Britain und
* * slmeriea) ] will not, either by writing ot'
" speahiug, give my- injbnnation to any
" person in power, or my- other person
" zuha/eever, ejudicial to the Americatl
" cause, but t asit ] will canduct ngysZ-Ifcn—
" tirely hence orwardso as to give no occa;
" siou of a ence. WALTEK an'rou.
" lViIIiam/burg, Feb. 22, 1776." Which
being ]Zztixfhctory to the cormnittee, mr.
Hatton i: dlscharged, and recommended to
tlzefrieml: of America' to be restored to the
peace and protection of society, jb long a:
he ob/En-ves the rule of conduct he has pra
mxs/ed a: afurcjsald ; and it is ordered, that
these proceeding: be published in the Vzrgi
msia Guzette.
For the Committee.
EDMUND PENDLETON. Ke/ssidentl
\VAN ['I-11) for the army, a large
number of Sl-IOES, for which ready
money will be given; and ] will cng..gc
to take any quantity that can be furnished,
throughout the year, from any part of
the culony. Such pcrsims as can su ply
me, and are willing to engage, wi]! key
with proper encouragemem by "PT king.
to the subscribcr, or mr. Wm. Armsttctnd
at the regimema] store in Will am/burg.
WlLLlAM AYLLlctl'.
**,si* Who has sor ssinlc & q\1uz.t'\ty of
FLOUR, and SHIP BREAD. Apply
us nlmve.
To be b'JLl), to the highest hadden. on
W'cdnc—sday the blh ofMalch, at the late
du-elling-hozgse qsmr. Alexander Craig,
deseq/ed. - .
LL his stock in tradc, consisting of
" saddlcry and harness furn'nurc, d-rc.
:dsu a cart and horses, several cows, and
some household surniture. Six mouths
(sircdit will be allowed, for a" sums ahovq
5l. Bond and approved security vcill be
required.--All persuns indebted to the de
ceaicd arc requested to make immediate
paymcnt,- and those who have any de
nunds will make them known, to
? CXCCllfOl'S
]OHN M. GALT,
G'HH'UFL DTKUPLV.
'l'APPuHA N NOCK, l'cbruary 17. 1770
ANlED immediately, to succeed
70hn W/Hsit/DC/f in the tavern kept
by him, a man bred to that business, to
whom good encouragcment will be given
by the: suhscribcr. None but such as-comc
well recommended, sorhoncsty, sobrietfijct
indullrctv, and complaisance, need to apply.
A single man would be acceptable; but
shouh] a man who has :! careful wise, that
will not think it below her dignity to
superintend the, assuirs of'the kitchen, and
bedchsinnhcrs, even is there be a child of
two, it willbc no unsurmounmblc objcction.
ARClHP-ALD RlTCH]F-.
:zsiss, l/c RENTED,
HF, SWAN TAVERN in she town of
Falmouth, which may be entered
upon in A'pril next. For farther particu
lar.— h-quh'c oslhc subscribcr, nr propch [or
in (hid town. W'lLLlAM SMITH. ct