The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-05-09 00:00:00, page 2

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Edide'ctwith I" kinds of noecfl'nrjfrs, &c.) than Sir
, yde Plsker'l, which have bezn su lamp; s'om home.
'ss _ to 5! determined to rais: fourteen new reginzc-nls in
]!Mnsde: (Lonmisstom ere already sum over for this
_ write from Hznover, that the troops of that
elflonte, pursuant to ozderl from England, have
beensilugmemed to 30 ooo men, nnd that they me in
two dinsibm on the frontiers of that elcclome lead) \
lo much on the first norice, 3
They write from Cl'sn, the nine Dutch v-ssfl'si'ls ;
have been taken up there on his Catholick Mej- szy'i
Melt, to cut; over :- Iange body osSpanish troops
to Porlsi Omoa. The nre to be convox-ed hy men of
ver, And nrsie intend to make thdl lztce.
Sir ]oseph Yo: lte lbout the ] nb o December pre
finted : prime memorial to the Sudtholdcr. in which
we explicizly set forth the deleslninalion of pus court
12 I" evcnu to persifl in searching lheil ships. No
unlock un given to this. The 18th of the same
.mcnthn uhumsieouncil wal hrid nt Buekingham
bank Upon the conduct to be putsued; Lord North
un for voiding nay thing thu would probably in
vsil'u the lution m . war with Holland. Lord !iills
' besough and Lo-d Amhctfl \\':re of the same cpion;
" but the ChanceU-zr, Lo:d Sutdwich, and Lotd George
Gectsimzme contended, it is hid ltmrsiziss that tf the
Dutch were permitted to suppiy th'; French in the
unact- the)- then would, we should lccl all the dns
advcnnzes 09 I wm- without nny of in returns, that ss
it wu consequently better to oft a firm, man!) part, !
nnd contivue to senrch, but I! the s-me time to avoid 3
I on: "(or an pxrffibie, provided the still mote essen- ss
tial object un not given up. There is ftzson m [up
lhie oyini-m wan nequiescrd in. ():ctdcu were
lmmddiluly sent to 2)! the King't pom.
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D [] [! L I N, jcnzmry 3t.
AWY se'nnight I very extraordizmy and
Whenpird wn shot in the Earl of Tyimcz 't
Prk'fl'WlnfleM, Esi'ex. [! has sour lega, which
are pluted diamctricnlly o; .site to each other; icsi
fiu il fumnhing less then t at of: goose; it it web
Mfih lduck, with this dtffesence, that the web
la qui; black, but an' fineizt turn.: " tue wings ot'a ss
Hssi-lu neck is proctjjtsiioufiy long. very small, and
out nscnblid the shape osan "!; with very}
mark- ! eyes, w .siich nrc _ntromely smell; lnd*
{fit HI otbelk of an unzommon term. ]! has cer
vinly dle me! beautiful plttmage that ever was seen,
Hutin over wssth zimott even colounhat is seen
ill lit fufflnd tribe. ),
it must give : mak senfihle pleasure to the sriendt
ct leeland, 'to see the sp>rit of the :mzted Asihciutzol :
kept tip ill thti country ,siy the principnl nuhtssi-y and
(fl', who hzve wtth such judg-t—em turned the
martial disposition of their c- umnmss-n to the n.:blett
mass; the defence.- of their inh'TC'tf right: as a flee
:, from inferml attach, and fortign invasion,
" nimoumo from the cnun-sy msientml me prodigtom
(sense oftheir v-dunteen. Among the number et
Gentlemen Wh') arc ptrticularlv nflive -m thincczsmn,
doneil mare dillinfzuisned than Ftanc'is Nldthcw, E-q;
of l'homnfiw , whuis Culonelofthe Titurleo ]ssziOII,
lnd also of ssiten or et ht companies, in different
diltricto, composed of the first Gentlemen in thecaunty;
in consequence of which a lawlesa ban tim, whichin.
w (hest pam, hwc been d.surmcd and dssspcrsed.
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-—BA 5 5 A T I:. RsiR E, March 18.
BSTERDAY touched here, in her passage for
' ]mmica, the Lord Hyde j'ackfl, C aptain
]eshey, by whom we have the confirmvtron us the
cnpture. by the sqttadron under the commavd of Sir
Geo e Bndget kodncy, on the Sth uf ]muary lll,
of : .pssmish fleet of 16 fail of flore shtps, cottvnyed
by a ship of war of 64 crum, And 6 other: of inferiour
force. Likcwisz of in et- agemcnt betwee't : Spanish
sqmdron and that ws air targe Bridgee Rodney, on
the lblh ofpnutry last.
Two dey; he sm: the above paclxct sailed, nn express
Irrived at Falmouth, with ldvice thnt !; sail of the
[me. with "'a tt'ml'pont, having on hozrd zo,ooo
true I, had snfled srnttt France for the West lndtes.
Sir wrgc Rodnev (hutho ptobab] is arrived at Bar
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.d an expre I to the sunne pus.
bldol by "til time)
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rtfrom Ltsbon. . .
lnct'rott, 05. 16. By : lloop flag of tmce
um Sd on Saturday front" Hispaniola, we learn, that
Connt D'Eshting has lest lhlt vahnble iflmd almofi
desmcefiese; their whole lete: eonfifflng bs an old 70
gun sin;? lnd two frigutet, which are t'o wretchedly
munnc that they are not in : condition to go to sea.
Their lmd force: do not exceed uoo, molt miscrably
equipped, and ptesenting I flr'tking resemblance of
thsivse ragzed nscak who attended Falhfl'at the battle
of dh-e—n (bury.
Our fellow ('t-died:, whom the fortune of war)!"
muie pnlonere it the Hannnlh, are treated with
escat tendernet'o, theit lllowance it ample, and they
are permitted in partie: to uke the air at some diflance
fromdtheir place of confinemcnt under a very flzght
um
si Now so. Tuesday lest drived !! Port Royzl the
ship Newbuny, (faxtnin Niven, in eleven weeks from
Punsilcolfl; by the aplnin we learn, that on the z6th
of Augufl lad he was informed by several people f.om
New Orleans, who ludfurived at Pensacolain : large
pi'tiaugle, that a few fly: before they left (hit pine
there h-ld bttn such violent rain:, lceolnpamed by
high wind;, " to blow mon of the house: down, and
ovesflow lhe place; tevenl vtsscla wele ovetset, :nd
some loft. us uell as misity liver, and p"op-.sly to :
considerabh: amount These lccou-tts had bten con
sumed previctus to the 29th us August [all, the day
Captmn chtn sailed h'um Shtp island.
PH 11. A D EI..Pl-I 1 A, ss/lprtl 18.
CAP sAlN Altny, who arrived at Boflon Ln the
16'h ult. in 87 daytjrom Cadiz, i- Fumud that
juK before he smicd, he was told by Mr. 1 egntxee,
ssa principal me.'cl'unt there, that !hsiss' (;emsiex it -d ac
{knowledged the i dependcncc of Ameticsst, and had
'Accordingly opened zll their potu to the Amc-icaxsi-s.
The Stanish metchmt also mld him the intelligence
might e- deptndcd on.
Capt. Paul ]o- ed, in his past;: from Holland to
Corunnl, me: : !al'pv Dutch ship, -ha\'ng ! great
ss quentit) us pawdu dcszgned unshpplylorthe gamson
ssol Gibnlmr. The command" of the Dutclman
\ mistaking tLe Aliinnce for :- British tsi-ignte. o'tned
' to jur-esi the whole secret of hm voyage. upon wl-i ]:
{ he beuma : prize, end wu carried lnlo Conunu.
I Extract cff a letter from : Gentleman :! St. lushtia,
? daud More! n, t7lo.
" You ] suppcsssisci-uo- long befote !hit, of 1 free
cttrade having been demanded, lnd obtained, by thoct
people of in lnnd, but With thit it seeme thzy are not
fully sattssicd, and now talk lcudly ofa free confli
tu'ion, Which it it possible, however inlolent such
ungu ssge may now appear, they may one day cl' otner
' He gratxfiofl; in. -
Extract if a letter from ('hatlciown, dultd Man]:
13, 1780.
" An to news we can tell you little more than the
pubiick papers do. The English are still on ]onn'o
and ]:men's ifland, and the main between Ashl)
.set'ry. and Wappoo crcek. N>ghr b-lore last, they
raised :- six gun banety on tlzt light hand, at tle
mouth at the creek at Mr. Fez--.-.-i-.k*s sit se, opposite
Clnmtihl'i Point: They hcttd (He 3: pc-under, bull,
mcusite'l. By daylight cut two galloet and . ltrigan
ttne, went up to flee upon them, what damct-Nhey did
sswe clnnot tell; but the Nulle Dlue, t-rigantine,
ssteceived two shot b her mam chain: rhit but in twp
of her' knees, en they have all come down again.
lhe night before, two Engtish gctlhee got over the
bet, but were objged to cut and tun. leaving their
two flage on the buoyc of their mchon, one ac elch
ed e ofthe her, for : direction to the othen to come
n y; t'uey m Iisihtening the Roebucn and another,
seven sat] in [1]. they soltify every place and leaVe
ll'dl. My inidn it. that they men to fotssttfy
, hlrlesiown net: , about the qumter hutsss; if they
*are permitted to do that,. they wiil flatve us out; we
expect troops smm Virginia lnd North Catolinz."
]! C O N G R ! 8 8, Murcb 11, t7lo.
t RESOLVED, that the resolution of the zd of jufy,
1779, gt'anting farther time for htirging in bills of
cttdtt of the emtffiom of May zo, 1777, and April
ssn, "78, called out of circulztipn by the resoluczon
of the ad of ]anuaty, 1179, except the pscvidmg
cEause, he revived and e'nended to the sink day of
]:nuuty next:
That all hills of the said emisstonl not brought in
b or before the said firl day of ]anuary next, be
a ten arde it-tedeemnble. 4
Extract from the minwu,
CH ARLES THOMSON. fu'ry.
RICHMOND, May ,.
Extract qsa letterfran Charleflovm. April n. "lo.
L' the joth of Much, the enemy lduneed !!
() far down " Gowerneus'l gate. The nlarm wa
hred, and Col. Lluscnce, with : plrty of 500 men,
sallicd out opon them; they had a smart skirmish,
which lattrd about four hourl'; our lose wn Cuptain
Bowman, of Gcnnal Hogan's light insanl-y, and
three-or four wounded; Maius Home wan wounded
in the cheek. Thl enemy's lust, by account: from
tlcl'e-tsirs, ts smd to be zo ptivates killed, amd :;
wounded. Gencrll Clznton is wounded in the hand,
and General Leflie dang-roufly wounded in the body.
Ten of the encmy'o shlpl, a floop, and ; schooner,
siet sail from Five Fathom Hole, in order to tun wi
the fort. An soon as tluy got wi'hin gun (hot of
tout Moultrie, the fort began to fire on them, and
continued fising nll they an got pan; the second ship
let her son top molt. What dum- : tht'tr bull.
tultxiad it not knlwn, the - having : air wind, short
[un put cheson; but as the {sin ship passed the fort, the
winu shisted to the iouthu lsd, and the fort raked tway
hsst' suddtr. Sne leVE'up into the cove by Hadrcl'l
]011", sinssd ran zgromsid. At (usk sll thi boau'fron
tue tcfl ut the (tups went to her aflltnnce; they took
..tl the men out nsid what other thin- : they could
cuu-veni-J-lly get awasi- , nnd set hsirou :. The next
morning the ptoplo how the son went ud got 11]
n : guna cut an-t . quantity of Insh has not hotter;
cctcttss sir nir : dipt, th: fluop and thsi schooner, can.
a .d m.; at johnlon'l tun, mht-r: they remain. Gon
Wuosiuord na m—nesil in town with the troopl du:
m-rJ-cd with hlm, aftzrpxton-in; oneot thegrnni
L-hslh'dl ner know.; the spirit. of thuvthole arrisoo
were tm-cn Leighurctd hv such a well timcd relllorc'i
uumx she) an dksids-CC lo the enemy upon their
uemctndirg :: sun'mder."
[l.e brlgnntme Guncra] Scott, Capnin Duncln
Lnn-Pbell. hom HllPuniolz, it [use arrived in ]amec
nvc . ss'sin-n : valu sihlsi catgo, confining ossum, sugar,
;nuhtscts, Ckffrr, &c.
Bsia lette! trum Willhmsbur . we ne !nsormed,
th ( a nual boat from New ork, ntounting two
.mvclt, two blundcshnsses, 7 mushctt, lud 16 men,
.:cts b-cn in our bay and uken l'eveza] small vessels,
loaded wisih tobacco; one of which belonged to Mr.
Lanmer ot Petetsburg, and : floop from North
Uansihn- vuth tas; they put : prize matter and two
msin in the floop to cany her to New Yorlg but wan
drove ltltore near clpe Henry; the thrict n were
nscnght to town yesterday; also mne stilou belonging
to :- tender of the Thnmez h-igate. _
The Sally, Captzin Grymc- from St. Euhtu, end
Renown Capmn Ellisi-tt, are sits arrived in North
Carolina. 7 .
Leuen from France mention th. twin] of Mol
Mur Umrd (who in been succeeded in his e-bals
by z'rsse Clualiu !- lezune, lnd oIMs. ]ly, wit
hu Sewcury, Mr. Cnmicb-d, I pointed to the
Court of Spuin. They sailed from lailuelphia in
the Confedsincy Ammcctnn (fish, che firfi of Oflo
du] lnd : 41) or two n-"tcr eir fallins, Mr, John
Ad-mo wan appointed, by Conyesu, I olc' commis
flour tc- Eunp, Io "Ill for. Of an uccin term! of
pent; Mr. Francie Dlnljl hid Scent"); lnd (dey
an so nsulc :! Puio, in order to be um tho luce of
any fumzl ngocinionl for pace anon. th [lip
ront pomro. They sailed from leften in : French
fngnc of 40 guns, and are s-id .. ba mind :: port
'L'Osient.
Last Fridxy wu excmfcd at the gailowo, near this
place, pursham to their sentence, Drev-ry Hodges.
.md ]ohn Hamptoq, from Henrico county, and join:
lludgins from Henry conmy, all for honlsieflealiog.
FORSALE.
VESSEL now on the lock :, and nenly luls
finished. as the followirsi dimensionl, viz. 64.
feet koel, :: (sin beam, aml en in the hold. in.
ison the new consh-uR—lon, a very good timber, and
will probably sail salt. For (cruljppiy to
(11!) PE'sEK WHlTEHURST.
Pnscun An". Aprilu, 1730.
OR (ale, looo nere: of good !obacco lud, in the
county of Mtcllenbmg, on the bunch." of Blue.
stout creck. For term: upny to the subs-nhcr in th.
slid count). (H) ]OHN MURRAY.