The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-08-15 00:00:00, page 2

CHARLESTOWN (3. c.). Jm '30.
LAST S the ttth of hue, being the first universa of the
_ desutesthe thin: squedeon, undetConnod Sir Petesi'erkee,
00 Fore Myultne, en Sulhm't [lend, the k this ee int, m
celebrated to such : mo'!" n deeme the (one steedom. mom
ing un ttheted in with the ringin; es belle. The second regiment, the
hereto of the old: of hue, attended divine service et St. Michnel't
church. when the Rev. Mr. Pnteel, bin to the nsiiment, prelehed
a sd'men smteble to the oeeesion. The . Mr. Lent, Rectot of It.
an't,ss£uehed et Fort Moulttie. At man to the vessel: in the hetbour
fir'tsslz fort saluted it one o'cloek; and the Charlehown tegimettt of
rz-ssxzcm, bctngljntaded, fired thzee general voHiet. The commisstoned
csilhcefl ofithe e_eond ngiment di.-ed with their Colonel, [sue Motte,
Hq; the non-eommisiioned officen end printet of that galhnt regiment
] ;:t'losiok ot : colletion provided for them by the Ladies; nnd General
hangen eve en entmteinment in Fort Monltrie. The Palmeto society
t nhhhlh (by I number of tell friend: to their country) to commenta
l'lts the glutton :Ith of ]nne, give en elegant entertainmeut at Mr.
\_asslk'e ton. ton, at which were present hie Excellency theMefideutss
hu Hsiopodtth' Vice Ptessfidtnr, the member: of the Honourabte the Privy
' 'olmc'l. fit peincipl cited of-the emnent, the French pnd other
t gentlemen no teeth, in the'holeu nowhere! lbotlt three hundred.
] reach hent bended deed; the time of dinner; end the doth being,
"mind, th follqwi thirteen tozfle were tirfl drunk, aceom anied by
!}:le sine selve! .(si'tteen gone euh)- from two brass fie d-piecet.
Hz— : Thl hill!!! of ! victor! on the twenty eighth of hue, t776.-—
To the memory of the ten who fell in defence of Amerien on the tmtf
ttghth of hue. General Moultrie. The brave serjeent jasper. May
l-"ort Muultfie be ever us setel to en enem at it me on the aid) of ]une.
l-hy th': sebznd regiment evet- meintzin t honour it he: won. May
Anm'ean ;, m the de of battle, remember the twenty eighth of
hue. The 'ongrese. he American arme. The true sent and
trzends r-F Americl. Mlyctthe Britons be just. Moy the inde ndcnce
and mmt of America be of equal duration. Succcst to Sooth arolma;
and then. emong mmy otherl, the follofflng, viz. General Washing
un. The brave but nnfottunlte General Lee. The immorte! memory
of the great General Montgomery. The Honourable ]ohn Hencock.
Genetel Gedsden and the gnrrison of Fort Movltrie The immortal
memory of Dr. Wmen. The American navy. About eifht in t'te
evening the company broke up, when the fireworkt, th-t he been pre
puted. welsie pleyectdss vi. peniepletly at the gate before Mr. thk'a long
too;), wheresitwo noble pd-eto treet, repered for the occasion, were
sun bearing firepotkt really elegant. "he town was then illuminated
in a more general and (need: manner than ever it had been; end the
evening wis happily concluded without ny such accidentt :- 'might have
been fected at the consequence ofgojeaen] : tefiivity end illumination.
The Chnrlrflown company of "7 Jined to ethet upon thin occnfion,
&]..iilberty 'sree; and the volunteer comyuy o? fuzileen, al Mr. Philip
t 't. ,
Two armed brige belon in to thin "si, commended by
Charlee and Francis Morgzn, arrive 05" the vel end ps Ne ]une
". The Galnca'e tender and : decoy bout ley in hlrhour, hot Cnptaia
ss Morgnn not' being able to procure . pilot, the former escard in the
::th to Came humour. where lny the Nlutiltu unrigged, wit her sun's
ore.- The brig't got into the weflem harbonr next day, where they
ye" find at from a son of 5 gone, which we: immediately ebandoned
_ossn their giving it : broldside; it out soon eftewndt nzed, and the
gone spiked by the brigl newe. They put to set on the 16ch, and next
day took the noop Ano, William Bny, talker, from Hondurn for
Mrdzm, with mzhogany, which is since Irrived. A brig from Bsiliol
for St. Augufline, with I valuable cnrgo of dry goode, had put into
Benpude.
w 7. Friday laft being the sirsi anniversarv of the glorioul forma
tion of the American empire, when Thine" Coloniee, driven by necessity,
threw off the yoke, nd "jected the tyunny of Gmt Britain, b declar
ing themselvee free. independent, and sovereigku Sutes, the ame was
commorated by every demonflration of joy. inging of belle ushered
inthe Day. A! sun-nse Ameeican colours were dtlphyed fiom all the
form lnd betteries, and vessel! in the hlsbour. The Charleflown regi
melt of militie, eommlnded-by the ib.. Coi. Charles Pinekne , and
the Chuleflown artillery company, commended by Cl in omn
Grinball, wene aimhled upon the ponde, nd reviewe by his Excel
lency the Prcsideot, who was mended u n this occasion by hie Honour
the Vin [(as-demand the Mle !: member: of the Privy Coun
eil. he on ossdoek the seven! sone. beginnin n fort Moultrie on
Suslim't lfland, dikhnging feventy fix pieces o cannon, zlluding to
ghe glorious yet: 1716, end theniliti: end utillery fired three gent.)
vollicsis. Hi: Excdkncy the Prefident then gave a most eYegwt entertain -_
ment in the Council Chamber, It which wercprclcm all the: member; of
the ltgillssntuce then in town, all the public officers civil ma military, the
clergy. and many erngers of note, to the lmount ofmole (lum double
the number thee ever oblerved the bil'lhdl of the present mil'guided and
unfommate King of Gneat Britain... A ter dinner the following toan
"en drank, .viz. [, The free, inde ndent, lnd smeign State: of
America. :, The Great Council of merict—mn wildom preside in
alliu delibentiom. ;, General Washington-t 4.- hc Amcrican mny
and nav —- ma thcy be victoriouc ud invincidle. 3. The nauone "m
friend shlp or aliunce with Americl. 6, The American Ambnfl'alon at
smign coum. 7. The fond! of ]uly. 1776.- !. The memory of the
office" nnd soldien who he; brave] lsilllafin defence of Antericn. 9.
Sooth Cnrolina. to, My only th; Anciununjoy freedom who are
ready to die far in defectm. n. liberty nimphm. 11,- Contmwn,
shame. and disgrnce, Qoonrenemieo—unsi) the son to America (thus
to tyranny) humble lad 51!le her. — I], May the riling Smes of
Ameriea reach the summto! hunt power nnd flludeur, nnd cnjov
every Neffln . Each ma bein succeeded by I s: me of thirteen gmas,
which were red by Cnpt. Grim Ill'l corn fi-otn_their two field [met.
with ndminble regulamy. Tbuby hung been spent in fettivity lnd
the moR conspicuoul joy lnd harmony, the evening wu concluded with
illuminau'om, &c. su exceedin- uy du: had ever been exhibited besosc.
PORTSMOUTH (New Hampshire/ jub- 12.
FRlDAY the '4th of joly, being un uniu of Americm inde
pendence, the dly wu celebrated with joy in seflivity; the form
si: ....dx;
nnd batteriet find I numberof cannon. Clpl. Thompson gave I general
i nvitztion tull tnnfrimdt to Amcrican independenc , to replir on bond
che continennl fripte, at " o'elock, where : eol collluon wn pro.
vided "to refreih the visited"; :: one o'clock the following to:]! wat drank
throughout the ship, prosperity, freedom, lnd independdncy, to the
Thirteen United Stltu of America; which no proclaimed by Bring
thirteen gunt on bond the sripte. Second] , the gunt from the
French shi , znd the Portsmomh {inn ship o war, . which wan suc
ceeded wit three cheen from the nleigh, and nnswered by the other
ships, and : llrge eoncourse of people which frere assembled on the
whrtrss, to teflisy their joy and approbation on thu ever lpemonble day,
which ought never to be forgot by all the true loven of hbeny.
BOSTON, jub-t7.
E have in account that Weeks. who em-ied Dr. anklin home,
had purchased end fitted out at France : smell eruiser, with an
Ameriean siommiffiol, which came eerost : vessel bound from England
for a part in Germlny, with a large qmnti of eelh end other valu-hle
artieies, in order to pay the Prince of Be e, Ire. for the may your
soult they have lost; the vessel hailed the miser to hnow who [he "."
the answer was, " : smu gler." And after : tusictent number of the
misef's hands had gotongur , they Mhrintoe port in France,
together with the whole had to! fresh end new intelligenee from Ame
rchss eopiee ofwhieh, mct , en founded on Cot- "sl— The act
tifh Amh-fl'adour, we heat. deanded the end, which never wot not
delivered up, nor intended to be. when one [I e'dvicee came my.
The public are not lp'alled, thou h extremely emsylt them: of
the evacuzticm es Tieonderogl and ount lndependence. The sum
have sufficient Mourcee left, and the succest of the enemy there mly 5
nall turn out to their disadventage. Thin however ezn he no good rea
son {or : council of General officer: to determine to lbandon it to the end. '
my with all its storee, and without resishnee. Nothin since the corn.
mencement of the war has created so men] : dissatitfactwn. \'—'e would, '
however, avoid any hail and rtia to elufione. Our leeounn at e
sent are not very penienztr. e shnll ooner have fulle:- onee. w ieh
will be iven to the public. The cendid will be glad to find suffi
cient reasiml for such en unexpected an event, and for every Rep that his
led to it. There can be no doubt that particular nnd public inqui will
be made into this matter, The people, whose all is at fleke, lo who
have been at such vzh expense to fottify end maintain that post, have :
right to expect it, and the eyes of the whole continent me! be turned
upon it. is there is blame. letit fall where it in due.
it it said that our men behaved with teat spirit in several sml'ssler actions
sirevioul to the nbondoning the softe am} line: at Ticon ierogz. Lieutenlnl
ewitt bravely repulsed : party of the enemy at Mount Hope with only
16 men. Our ieket ard drove hzck anothtr larger psrty of the ene
my, and could hudly 5: prevented from putsuing them further thin wet