The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1775-09-22 00:00:00, page 2

And for the more regular clect'mg shch
ecmmittee, [: i: hereby declared and ordain
ed, shalt she following rulca and method: '
ct shall be observed , that is to say: The elec
tion: of committee-men in the several
countles and corpurasions within this colouy
ssshall be in the month of November annu
ally, on the several days appointed by
law for the holding oi'thc county or cur—
ralion courts respectively, and at the
, eicee where such courts are accustomecl
. to be held; at which election, the srcchol
. side:-s. and others qualificd as ashresuid, shall
"a]: r,apssd'deliver in to the chsinrman, or
in. call: of his absence to the clerk of the
_c0snm_ittee, :: list of such persons as may
bejudged the most discreet, lit, and able,
'ssmsi fewe as committee-mcn as asoresaid,
, si'ivhich several lists shall he salrly countcd
' ss "the cha'n'man or clerk of the commit
_ _' ,"!fin the presence of so many of the
commune as may choose to attend the
finde; and— ubhcadon shallbe made of the
've'ral r ons that appear to have a ma
;siorit o vates, who are hereby declared,
such cese, to be duly elected acommlt
lfejxo; (me as asoresaid.
si 7 _ sisiwhereasct the inhabitants of the
ct _ry—;sictaf- mucasite, and' the' dish-lct of
,ss make," although losing poll'csscd of
si .E
.ss 7..ctss_ ctl,' under furveys, entrics, or
n'}
* "sidelsie of (;ouncil, have few of them ob
-- :aliedoaateuts for the same, which have
si bed-;" Medsswithoue any default in
. him who ," hmld'g performed what is re
' ' oisstbeir— pan, have on equitableim
ctsi siin gapirsslquz. ondssonght- to shar'e
_, sssgffisinihtion,.siideonvenflone-and
ss ffidh ,.sict with-'dfiher 'lzndholders in
? sir. fly ll thereforaficclwedand
' I 'siss ct ss every-free white man who,
" fifth --, sict the election,-for delegates
4' Nape—men ill-the said county or
Wctively, shall have been for
gite7 _ preceding in esiiou of :;
m_ , ct th I bon c and plassptalion
sssi ) , flee act-es of-landsi without a
M oep tion, io'fuch county or dis—
ss ss iflct," danning an elpgefor life at least in
__ the said—ma, hsisssid'own figlltgflor hl right
_ .Qsihbw'ksectsishallhave asivotesi 'or be en
_ Was being'chosen at suchsselectionsct res
ssf , _ vely,- although no legal title in the
':l
si ' sisictshlll'bztve been conveyed to such
_ __ ( -. Andto the end that no persons
ss'sitote'lt such elections who are not
10 do' so, the cosimmltteesios the,
, ss* - Ye! ation shall previously ask-"'I
."ct'fssisi ct s on'ositd soperintend, ! le
-_ {Go, - cidg first swpm, shall de
ss Gsisissdsspfltes abound"; right of asi
sszssw m!" whe shall offer any 'list;
. " WWp be' aMcsged yet to have
-, suchfl {his list sh' not.]zt: received.
,si* {fish lief-"dy! declared, and. ordained,
this hffissfifitssteee elected :- ashresfsiid, or
if"; m, ss London}, shall pzivefuli-power
"'v'so si one of their body az-ehaprman, to
. ;: ss' ' at all their meetingxzct' and may
; 'ini lays-Him," wilsin , go mdertctak
ssctsi'siss'fsi e saide, to efficiate assizerctk to them,":
;, ctct'flho man have such annual allowance as
. "(he eommittsiee shall think reasonable, to
:" besilessvied'bss the court, of the county or
'ct ration, and may a; ssnpy time, or
than,,duringsstheirappoimss nent, convcnc
shemsdves, and hear, consider, and de—
tqctfm'msiess, bin in such matters as may full
groped)- under their cognizance, accord
, to the nature and intention of their
qin situiion; and shail keep a true and
faithsuijouma] of theirproceedings, which
[lull be read by the clerk, and ligncd hy
_lbe chair-man, at every mecting ()s such
committec. And moreover, in ( ise of
the death or resiwmiiun of the ch.xirnnn,
or clerk appointed as asonsi-id, the s-sul
comuiittcc, or :! msiajority, of them, shall
hwcsifdfl authoritv to fill up ct-my vsiw-mev
nccasioncd thereby, by election or ap
pointmem, in manner as aflssehlisi. Pra
vi/led nevertheless, that the comminc-(s
"tie-"ted 'is aictm'c sfui "11", in a" [heir infini
ries and decisiuns, confine th: use-lus v. sinhin
tho-7 an'-44 ' ct '
bush
he l'me osduty'prescfihed by the Conti
shental (Iongrcis and the Ccncm] Uumssen
tion, and [had] not assume to tlmusclvcl
Luy ocher pQWcr or authority whatever.
And so:- pucx-emsimg the interruption to
business that th siy srsiqucutly happen
through the- nccffl'ary or unm-mdahlc ab
se ncc of the chdirmanprsi clerk of the com
mitrec, 1' ! is hereby declared and ordained,
that when any mecting us a cmmnincc
shall be rcgu'siw'y appu'mtcd, and it ma
so hlppcn, through sickness or other caus
us. that the chah'man or derk shall full
to attend such meeting, the committee
llmll have the liberty, and full power, to
choose or nppoint, in maim'cr asi' nsorcshid,
some other chuirmen or clerk to act pro
tempore.
And to the end this ordinance may be
duly carried into execution, andtheduties
required oi'certain persons therein named
faithfully dischargcd, !: i: hereby [lo-ther
declared and ordained, that if any she.-rits,
mayor, chair-man, or clerk of a commit
tee, or an otherperson named herein who
is require to do any particular act, or
perform any certain duty, shall perverst-ly,
obfiinntcly, or wilfully refuse or neglect
to comply withthc directions of this ordi
nance, such person so esse-tiding, and being
adjudged guilty there-of by the committee
of the county or corporution where such
delinquenCy may happen, shail be deem
ed an enemy to Americsim liberty and the
' welfnre of this country, and be ful-ject.
to the censures of the continental associa
tion, in such cases rotided. '
And it it herelgy jarther declared and or
dained, that all and every other case or
cases, matters or things,-within the 'pur—
view of'th'u ordinance, and-not hereb
particularlyprovided for, shallbe ordere' ,
verned, 'ud ed, and decided, accord-".
in to the lsiim or regui ting the election:
o Bu—rzesses, and not (it aware: si
PhiLADTLPHiA, 'Septembero.
Extract of a letter from the camp fat Cam
". bridge, Azkgi-st 21. ' ' ,
APTAlN Rose with hilsicompanv of.
' rifie-men, ' and the store:, arrived
here-on sriday last. There has not aran
don-[shot of a title-man done any executi—
on lately, worth mentioning. A letter
from a selectjsimn in Boilon, to his son in
our camp, ad'vises him to quit it, as there
was to be some very important stroke made
-w day;. ,, We dpnot pay much rcct'
o it., -'lu_ it is yerysikimprobable be
"'ss'ct'si'z kmw' any thing what they intendsi.ss
Onrsi lineolarsie lo strong, that we have;
nothing to fear but _a surprise. There,
have been letters passing between the ge
neral: Washin ton and Gage, on hisct trentsi
ment ofourp 'cersuho are injail "m Bos-Q.
ton. Our letter was in very mild terms,
carefully cti'm any epithets that might
be decmeffl ire. ct Gage's answer way
in a different" rain, directed to " Georgcsi
Washingtonct,.,es ;" calling-us rebels and
;ctsiusurpers, and w at not, affecting great
'ssi'clemency, in having-sorlwm' to hang; our
"prisoners. General VVashin Fon gave him
:! suitable replysiand so it finds.
" We broke acol me] Gerish ycn'lerduy,
for enwardice on Bnnkcr'z hill, , the 17111
ossslune,"
All last week we had squctilly weather
and rain, but on saturday -uning it he
gan to blow hard at N. L' nd S. E. and
by midnight increased to :: lnnriczme, at
tended with heavy floocls of ruin, which
r'sizisssi'd the tide in our river next morning
higher than ilsilo lit-en lsinown' tlu sc several
year.—si, and has ncculimied much damage
in the lion-sun the wlmn es, ;n'nnngz' silgctul',
s-ll, and 1>1iicrpcsi*.'izii;zblc;-rlicles. H'uud,
staves, plunk, &c. were washed off the
\\l1.\r\ cs, :ind mzmv bnsinssa and small Cl'ulsst
were sun}; nr hunt in pieces.
V'v'c ilZ'JT she .clmvc !}urm hzis done cun—
li-lcruhle(l.—lungc'si-lnitssille1'ix'L-1',ly\'lu'c:k
lzw' ill: !) mks of the 171Cslin'fi'si, (linw: ;."Hr
(" 'Isssi". Fssx'c. and that no: ldsis than 5: sail
oi \ czlsisi'ct ;.l'c aiiioic in our rivsi-r.
Hss/kzs/VWLW
Extract of a {c.-terfi'mn Cambridge, dated
day;/t 27, 1775.
" it has been lm' sumc time pus: an ob
ject of" our gencrul's w (ctch pulicfllou ( s
a height czdicd Pluwml ]nii, which [as Le
tuccz. Bmxker's and Prvljchhill. lt Culn
mandb the lnw gruu'ndss— bctwccn Buxsiku's
and I'ruspcc'thllld, um; mouldhmc usi-acc an
nuilcnt advance [14 42 in the men ) . . '1 0
prevent xhciriemhng themlsilvcsiwn it, and in
order to im in; llscnzout , general Lejcoldcr
ed last l'ridsily at large pzusiucl otsigabions and
inl'chzcs to be csitmeu mmn a nunuw way
from \\'simtu' hill to the soul m Pluwed Lill,
and took pusscshund it with 1800 men, at 8
o'clock un ilnuniny U'cnn-g . An :Ld\.mt et].
part) of goo sine-men L..) -.1ll n'tsi-si'nt cl- le
to the enemy—'a work;—; a ((Wfl'llzg puny
olsi 1200 men was pulled in the rcur o; tue
hffl, and about goo mue ent-ple) ed in the
trcnchcs, ulnch were made tulcrth) (c
cuse before day-light. About sun-rite the
enemy discovuui us in wursik, and :.t 9
btzsi'un a cunnonade from then- yvorke and,
tuo floating butterics in Myshck rtver.
They killed one private-and one m'sijumfln;
of the Rhodc ]llund forces, who were in.
ting within a few sect us'uur wrapt-t, and
tockufi'thc lc & fool ofe'volunteeminipshn , of
cupt. Miller'brsitfle compsimyl as Luncsictuer
count)- , who advanced with some othErs to
annoy' their out osts. They continued
their fire to 8 o'c ask-in the evening, but
did not venture out to diflodgc usi. 'lhil
morning, 6 o'chnk, ad] te quiet."
Extract ofa lettcrfl'om New Yurk, Sefsst. 7.
. " By asi letter ] have received from '1 i
eonsideroga, datcd the 27th ot'Auguff,*-k
siodss our folke were abont embau-kingctshlsi _
St. John's. Evcsiry thing is carried-. on '
there with the-. greatest secrecy." si
On tuesday last arrived here the bon.
].sionnct flnucbsic-K, esq;._and lady,' from"
Connecticut, ask! the bon. PHTON RAS
DOLPH, esq; and lady, from Virginiasi';
since which arrived fever-a] other of" the
QELEGA'IW, ctto attend lheCoctN an in;;
The same daysithe honourable. Cold-ri
NENTAL Conolzn met, agreeable to.
adjnurnment. . ' si . - ' si .. .
'l*he account-yf the in} osTiconde-u'
rog-a, with the fire at 130 11, and other
accounts to the 25th of May, arrived,
in London the 27111 of Jnne. -si -
, M - '
wrtm AMSBURG'; Sqssctcttjesijrnbersizsszsssigfss,
N wesilm-fflm-last cold-hunt arrived
() here, To Zisiiz'i'ke choice of a [mover spot
for an encumpment, and togive direqunusi
for laying out the ground. Theforcessisi'
will begin to " ull'cmble in a very short
time, and the remlezvous, we hear, will
be close by this city. '
- Lord Do N MORE, we hear, has at last
determined to llop all communiczition
between this place and Norfolk by water,
as well as between Norsnik and Hampton;
which is & measure persec'tl) consistent with
his lordship's nsi'ml geuerq/zty, , and wi/bsy].
tem af- ]:oliticks. It is said likewise; than
he is intrenching his chnfi-n band at Gos—
port, from whence he will issue out. hissl
dare-es, as Durim did afald.
The anmssv, liclso, from London, is ar
rived in jumes river; she had ten weeks
nufflge, ;md brings no late advices.
We hezu' that the rcnowucd capt. Squire,
Os hix mussesiy'n {luup ()!tcr, is game up the
last' for linliimurc in Muryhnd; on his old
knit-'a, it is to be prcsumul, of ncsirro
c.1tss_'u'zn_-_--, pillasisi'ingsi surms and pluulalions
<.l'1':1c}r ("rock, and mlu-r illustrious action:
highly becoming astjsi'ziruin-the king's nLVy.
Smnr- lily, his errand was to wsiztch for a.
quilmil) us gunpomler intended for this
('ul-ssnv; but that v.!l/la/silu is now scussssiy
landed, \\ here he (lure um. come to she,/lit,
Extract 14/ "sit letter than; a spies,/(sinm'n of lul
n'rmbfml (red!! in Z'incalllu, dulcsi'lxuguilsi,
10. 1775' -
" ]! r.}nz-si-siu'h ill.;t the (Iiu-l'ol vr-s, (is! -r
snrrnl insignia;-35 . 7.:.)L'-il. ;.:\., lsi L-c' l.: .:1
prumilui on to lsixlsssi usi: dun-4 ;xsisisiinisi. {his