The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-06-13 00:00:00, page 1

-T--—H E- VIRGINlA GAZETT'Egss;
The Prudent aftb! Prtfi is one oftbe great Bulsi-uark: of Liberty, tmd um never be "strained but [by despatic Gowmmctm;
[]uusig'13. 1777.] WILLlAMSBURC-z Printed by Dxxou &? Hsiuu'rnp [No. 1348.)
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BOSTON,Mayl$.
si EW fvom fled M tlut all American prisoners tnken on
the hi {&d, are eonfinhon bon! : separate guardship in that
hubour, in or _r'to 5!th Eiglnnd, to be tr'tedsihe pintea, agreeable
to no 38 ofPal-Iilment or that phryose. which pilled the royal tyrmt of
Britain lad hie bloody Minihy, the l7th of Febnnry lah.
We have advice from Dertmouth that : vise] of war, belonging to one
of the Unieed Stntn, hu lluly captured 61 vessels from Europe to New
York, lndea with eisnne and thy goode; three of which ne safely
arrived in port. t it said theywere part of . pmvifion fleet confiding
d' aboutqo sail, vithout convey. _
Llfl week nrrived lt : snfe poet, : "to this; taken by: primeerss
commended by Cap. Wiuleswosth. !: was and from London set
the We! lndiee, hee e urge of goode; fice. to lvery Wamunt,
one invoice mounts to .6001. 'ng. 1 -
Lafl Tnesdny anived et : snfe port. : Inrge beck, of " wriage guile,
side!!- vst'h—E-gh. Went! usisdage. She wu frgm Whitehaven, jn
: bounden u c,\n wueatumlb : 'nflnti ton,
in.:- T th of ver, belongiltsitsi w thitYSuPe'." ng
W'H- Uftideyom Hurt, belong: toDuke't count], Stnte
of New fort, m et va' once. being chewed with
beating : connin- Me. Home, end was then recruiung. Be
'u_the some day died, found guilty, and executed on Sunday so!
low: .
" B—Kll-L. m:- We m informed that no waggons have
htely been sent fron ; Band to the enemy'l head quarters et Bruns
kick, in older, it in supposed, to affla in removing their bagglge, &c.
from that place.
' birdes. htln'jrwu Albnny, Mad Mq 26.
" The Toe, in thie part of the equutry ie entirely dispersed;
however b-ess e met atrociom deade" ere yet in some htddcn
come: oftbe country, lhtm dyself bower fhlt they will all be appre
hended, as the ne very vigilant end lflive, end well mny they be
to, sin ohesc de mld miscrnnh bad determined, in ease an o portunity
should aller, to spare neither men, women, nor children; but t ank God,
the ditch thcyhad dog forothen, the have I! length falleri in thenm-veo.
Seven] of them have been tried, on other- are trying. In due nme ]
shell ne in: you with their names.
si " A t jeo lntlims, of the different m'bes of the Six Natiom, are
?" ln town, holdmg : conference with the commtffioners. They have
just opened the tt-eaty, therefore cannot give . panticular detail of their
bctusinelb. But thu, from what I can learn, is their determined resolu
non to maintain : shict neutrality-oal] we want."
PHILADELPHIA, May 29.
LBTTER from &. Eufhtia, dnted Apri] 15, I". : that in English
frigate had tulten :- French hrig from that port or Mminico. be
caule she had a few gunt in her hold for bellal; and that I Punch sti
te had taken : ]amaicn ship by way of retaliatiou for the lbich
gin, taken by an [in !ish man of war. -.-ss* _
We he:: that the eginnin of lah week, . party of Cameaieut
forces, under the eomnund Colonel Meige, lande] It Sag harbour
v n the ealt end of Long [had, when they attached. fongmg party
orGenenl Delancy's briglde, killed a'Lieutennt find four privatu,
and took 'sonen else Cn 'n, two Commisiriu, and fist common
nen. T elsodefiroy Wild"- with hay, kill: : Captlin
of one at the', lad uokm snildh. lt it remarkable Colonel Meigt's
men went 90 tail". by lnd' End water, in twenty five hours, carrying
fifteen whnle bon: not l'mfidenble neck of land, and had not one
men killed or wounded- The prisoners they brought sm with them to
New lium, fo- whence they set out upon thin gallznt and suecestsul
edeition.
ltna of I left.: from the camp at Middletown, dated the :7th inst.
" A descent, who il just arrived, informs that the enemy, in the en
nt yderdsy, had : Lieutcnnt Colonel and : Lieutenant Conuor,
End in the guardt. kiiled; that General Gnnt had his horse shot un
dcf_him, and that they ]ol : considmble number of rivatel. Captain
Proctor directed our nrtillery with great conduct end nvery. We had
none killed."
Extract of a lettersnm lb: West Indiet, April 74. ' . \
" They ire at busy in fitting out pt-ivateera et M.;tmnko in it" lflmfly
engaged in : war. Many very ululble prince have keen carried in there,
and told for the benefit of the captpn. lndeed reprilals are made by (&
English and French on each other. On the Irrival of a packct from
France lt Mattinico, in : short passage, ctthe General ordered all the
English royllilts to leave Martimco immediately, those uttl)" exceptod
whose neeeflary business mny detain them, and they me obliged to; nail
security for their good behaviour." " _si
Extract ofa lemrfram St. Eufintiz, date! 1)er 14. '
" Lafl evening : vessel arrived here from Martimeo, by which we
lum that a ship from London {or ]:meicz, it carried in theee'h n
French frigatc, who has order: to make elphlm of such English ve " lo
.: the comes athwart, to the mount of two French vessels the English
took and cnrried into Dominicn, and there condemned them on ;: suppo.
sttion that they were assisting the Americam in the war with Gn-u
Bl'inin."
Extratl ofalattrrfrom Lewiflown, Mq 25.
" When [wrote you Ill! the ships were rnzkin u
the bay; thetwctt ..
lure ship. got as sh- is the Brown thn tide of the}, end anchored the
the sum. day. in the lftemoon four other British ships came down the
bey, joined the other ship, with five tenden, and cameto nnchor. The
evening another ship, a hri , and noop, arrived, and joined the
'rel, making :ltogether thirteen ail, .Yefietdzy the small ship and two
tender- want out of the ape., but the si; other shipt, vith several tert
den, confine lt enchor below the Brown." -
Extract of. ldtorfi'm bi: Excellent) General WASUlKGTOI to Cougnp,
lated bend quarter), Middle Brook un), n' loss 17". 1
" ! have the plell'ure to communicate : ve agreeable pieces inn]
li eoee which I have received from Genenl usant, oflh (1;an
" OF]: of the enemy'u vesielo in Sngg harboue, upor si , &
" Lon Mand- l 've you his letter It lmgth -
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hi hghonour uponglthe conduct end been;, ;!
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' Bear Come], . - _ a Jss-g'Zjss—Hf'b J'o- , - '
HAVlNG received information that the enem US Mng s ' .
horses. he. on them end ofLong mad", lotsicthwsi
the seven] regimenu then ltthitplece, eonsijinsd : w 4C1puiah
viz. Throo , Pond, Mutsield and Wasofilm am! no non
comrniffione officers m! ptiutn, under the mmud of Licu-enant
Coloncl Meigt, to ztuck their difldrent posi- on the port of the ishnd,
and destroy th; forage. &q. which they had collected. Colone! Meip
cmbarked his men hue in 13 whole honnthe nfl inflant, and proceed!!!
to Guilford ; but the wind proving high, and the sea rough, cnuld net
piss the Sound until Frida the "4. He lest Guilsord at one o'clock
m the afiermn cflthe :;dywith !70 of his detachment, under convny
of two armed shope; and in complny with another unarmed (to bring
of Fisonen) zems: the Sound to the North Bnnch of the island ne'u'
Southhold; where he arrived them in o'clock in the evening. 'l he
man 'I troo on this bunch of the ifland had mltched for New_York
two (Lys be are; but lhovt 60 osfhe enemy remaining !! a place called
Szgg Harbour, near 15 mile. dihnt, on the Southlrnflt of the- man!;
He ordered the whale boon, with ll many men ltt—ld be mmported,
acrost the bay, over land to : buy, while sin mflnrked to the
number of 130, and a thou — lct o'cluk' He it the bay,
within about 4 miles aside burdoun . ' ' '
the wood under the care of: gurd, thml M ss
remaining detnchment in psimper ord- far lmkid? _
and qunrteu of the enemy. and south; th vesse I ' go it the
same time. They marched in the order and silence; and at twss.
o'clock arrived at the harhonr: ss seven] divisiom, with fixed hay
onets, attacked the guardl and posh Ifligned them; whilfl (Inpt. 'shooop,
with the detachment under hit command, secured the vessels and inrage
lying at the wharf: , The lhrm soon became gentl'll; when :m arm
schooner of :: gon: nd.7o men, lying within 150 ctvards ot rhe whars,
began : fire upon our mom(which continued Without n-flmnu sm
about three quarters of m :) with gnpc and round shot; hm m,
n'oopcj with the greatest intrepidity, returned the fire upon the schooner.
.u.d set fire to the veflsich and sunge, lnd killed and uptivated an the
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