The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-06-12 00:00:00, page 2

present, either of dry goods, or any other kind of imported goods,
otherwise it will embnfnss the object hoped to be obtained.
]! il only by degrees that evil: of thi: kind can be remedied, and
no plan appears more rational than to lower the prices in the same
proportion: they have been advanced. As soon as the holiness for the
next General ToWn Meeting can be prepared, notice will be given of it
in the paye". — 8) order qf the mmnittee,
' * WlLLlAM HENRY, Chairman.
N. B. The committee have the pleasure of informing the ublick that
molassec and salt are eheaper this day than they were on the Krft of May.
The Prices, al printed above, have been taken from the merehanta and
tn'dm booke. 'ct si
Mq 19. The last adviees from Sooth Carolina inform that the British
army had entered that [late, with intent, it was supposed, to get posses
sion of Charleflown, and that Count Polaiki has had a smart skirmish, in
which his horse wan killed under him with fourteen halle, the Count
himself not hurt, and that several officers in his eorpa were killed; but
at General Moultrie was in their front, and General Lincoln in their
year, both with : eonsidrahle army, it was very probable there Would be
another Burgoynade; The inhabitants of Cherleftown are in high spirits,
have plenty ofprovifions, are strongly fortified, and have a large number
of seemen ashore, to affilt at the great gune.
. The mon Honourable President of Con'grest hath, by order of that
assembly, insormid Biron Stuben, lnspector General of the army of the
]Jnited Statee, " that Congrefe entertain a high sense of its! merit, dis
played in a variety of inflancee, but especially in the syflem of military
.order and discipline fomed'and presented by him to Con (a."
ct Con so have ordered a warrant to issue on their Trea urer, in favour
of the on. the supreme Exeeutive Couneil of the state of Pennsylvania,
on the'ap liention at the legillature of the said state, for e,ooo.ooo of
doilan, or which the said state it to be aceountable, with in'terelt at six
per eentum per annum.
_ The subject: of the Most Chrillian King, risidin in Sooth Ctrolina,
si'with the approbation of Monsieur Gerard, the Mini of France, have
made an offer to Congrese to form a eorps of volunteen for the defence
of that [lute, to be commanded by officer: of their own nation. Congress
having a high sense of this offer, and of the merit of the Marquls of
silritigny, have recommended him to the Govemour of Sooth Carolina,
1; : proper yetson to command that corpl.
A Commlttee of Consresa have reported their opinion to lhat body
" that suspicion actnd ammosniea having arisen among the commisiioners
of the United Statee at foreign count, which may be highly predudicial
to the honour and interelt'of these Ram, that the ayp'ointments of the
: said commifsionere be wanted, and that new appomtmenu be made;
that there befbut one Pleniyotentiary Miniher or Commiflioner for these
United Statee, at a foreign court; that no Plenipoeentia Minifler or
Commisioner for these states. when he act- " susieh, shassexercise any
' ctssotherpdhliek office; that no person be appointed Plenipotentiary Minilter
WDDWH these stated, what}: not a gliassein th'elreof, and who
fy, ; WWMNU _._mue1si Pbliek aeeolimte."Pctf
' ass a e ss anent intend erein at ten roper one
- , Congrefi heve detenmned that thien Plempotemia ss "so? the!! Ram,
' ' ye ]! Mqsifo'k the pseknt, at the conne of Versnil ea and Madrid.
_ ct:_ ' having'ebmmiffloned Dr. Franklin u Plenipotenti for
that si tie; at the Court of France, Mr. John Adam'l eommi i;
GENBRAL LOA'N OFFICE, MAY as, 1779.
' PUBLlCK notice is hereby "ven, that the eommiffionen appointed
. w -tbe emiffione'of ay so, 1777, and Apn'l ", 1773,
*' tsiakenout'of circulztion by : resolution of Con se, hue entered upon
_ that businese, and already burned near halfa un lion of dollars; end the
-eotnlnifibnen of leans, eollectmof the eontinental tax, &c. in the'
' , 'velnee; are ss to send into thin office, the sum- on hand
of those misinne, n peedily-ae posible, agreeableto the instructions
the," Wmelvd from the Board of Trtasnry.
- " 4 . " ? HOPKlNGON, Treasuret of Loins,
London pepmsct'fdated in Febnnry (from the 9th to the 16th of of thet
month) Wtdn, that a darinsiamyt had been made to set fire to the
doth " athouth, and t sitthe mundiarynery nmowlz escaped.
That h'analioncte qf Hemeriam were ordered der to lrelan , to pro
tect that King'dom.-—Tlut 17 comen had been captured by the French,
' That Gwemdnr Pmassll had been ofind the office of secretary of state
for the eohniesse; which he refused; and that it was said, that office
would be mted, n hetetofote, py the fire commiflioner of tude and
plentationo.—Thatthe esigy of.. Lotd Sudiich had been exhibited by
' on Toe": Bill, hangiag'on the gallows a high as
"ss'theen
Benn'n, ssngh 'sshb'ell'h? siie Msisirsshct: th "ma Muses,:lia:
ss - Jaws
' quoth)? t e es!" _ _ _ ngi time. .was urnt
ozalm agidfi I:; amti of rejoetsian makituduTsswhgsiussdlt-tnfisd the mrm
.- e : non atpropsietsia :e tment * er, ecu
' "::d ministerial veng'dnce. manifefled utst-hle seeutiom the
- noble Kepplef-That lhcnextdey the esigy of Sir ct Palliser was
" s- exposed, end hnmt in like mpnm.-i-That the house late y ocettped by
lit Hogh Palliser had been attacked by an outragiotu knob, _who broke
u nll the wind". end done, and destroyed man of the fnmitnte, and
.ssctthrew .the red out of the windmis.—That thewindow'e lnddoors of
Lord North lnssd Ger'maine'en affanlud, "3 much damaged.—That
Mostbewindoweof th'eAdmiral "m 'sodedtoyed h'ythe mob,
but that the house; occupied by Sandwieh and Slf Hugh Palliser
" omapoe. 'rtmpminof goode, ofhotseandfoot, wetecalled
.. putte swesuhe riot. That thect sinne wat feed, nssihfct the ringlnden
s
sssi . (, seemed. and the nlsufl'end to escayesi
siThe force: of the Uniwd Snm, it il said, hue moved from Middle
' T :, brook. seven] milee neuer to the North river, and it iiwhispered they
v'ill shysidyz-fot an important purpose, leave Jetsey to be (untied by in
; ssd'l! Ill! fl- . . .' si, .
- — We hiat tht . large body of nsstilitia'm lssemblinsiin the New En land
— law, for thepnspofe nfco-opentin'; iith hit Exee ency General nat
' 'I army. in an in t enterprise now said to' be in contemphtion. "
. w Duke qLAncasi , squsst one of hssil Mziesty'c molt Hon. Privy -
Couneil on Ftiday last, it the very same noble personage thlt me taken
up the ni ht before with Ca tain W—r, as being in the m'osigst s?!
Hugh P Iiscr's house, in sin Mall. Gnciom Heaven! That hbys
znd fool: should put wise men thut ash'ay. '
A private examination was held on Saturday last, on three persssine in
Bow sheer, supposed to be employed by :: printer' of : morning p'apa,
accused of having distributcd handbilll, of which the following it : cop'y:
" Liberty, Keppel, and general illuminatiom. Tr "die at the murder *
committed last mght by the umyi No ('oldienl- o-t'yxannyll Down—
with bad Ministere. . ' ss ,_ --
BOSTUN,Ai-su. 29. -
OTHING, says a correspondcm, can 'be of greater moment to the
new-bom nation of America, in the negotiationt sor'peace,1thn -'
a proper care of the sishery. lt it- particularly the life of the New En land :
states; end we eanssno more do without it, than our brethren}: the" outh- -
ward can without rice, indigo, tobacco and hour., Bssut the'impomncc _'
of the fisheryis not confined and partial; it is gensseral, Snd Extends wall '
the states: For what is this nation withoiit : nevy Pct "What ere ship .
without men? And what nursery of seamen is companble to cut esstendd .
fishery? lt ma therefore be relied on,. that ; bunch of truth:]: 'so
absolutely nece " to some flute, and so essemial to the gnndeur and ?
security of all, wil be particularly attendedjo by those who hsim hithei'td—
so gloriousi concluded m throufh the war.. Eve'nctthose'amon'g m wbu
are most di posed to ace, scmp e not to say, we had better'cbncim ths:
war indesimtely, an to the last extremity , than-not flcusetfliecfifidpm,
the extent we have always enjoyed it. si France, mo' at] theEth-opnn
Fevers who men to trade with m, are deep] interested in-tthie-point.
or the means of remittance is the means Jtrade, end Fifhout the
sishery, our commerce with Europe will be much'consined.' ln thidiiew,
even Brituin herself mufl wish for the sake of her own a'dvantafe, end the,
vent of her own manufacturu among us, to see" us in the'fu ] possesiol'
of such a branch oi remittance, ' ' '- " ' - Pin
Last Tuesday arrived Captain Clarke, in _a br'j; insit7 dnys ftomG
Francoie. Capt. Clarke left the Cape in _company with' : fleet of 17 ful;
under convey of the Minerva, formerly in the British set'tiice', but when
by the French. The convoy left the fice! three days 'afteflhey ume out,
Captain Clarke wn chased by three of the enemy's pn'vattm. 'four dlyl
successively before he got inss. ' -* ' - - '.
The day before the above fleet lest the Cape, a letter of marque ship
J :6 gum, captured by a French frigate, was sent m then. She woe
from London, bound to ]amaica, and supposed to have a very richeflnsigo
on bond, at an offer of 7:,oool. sterling, was made by the Capuin of
her ransom, which was refused.
The privateer True- Blue, from New York, with twsio schoonerl, which
she had taken off Newbury bar, were captured by the Fn'nctklin, Clpt.
Allen, end carried fest- into port.
PROVlDENCE, MAY 13.
E Ire informed that the enemy landed : party of men, Saturdly
lllt, at Point ]udith, in this nate; und before : shfficient force
could be collected to oppose them, took ahd curied ofi' : nunberof
thee , lod : few head of homed cattle. , n
.he enemy mufl infellibly have been obliged'to have" left-thie
or capitulated before this time, had our clttle, &c. been kept haelctsifrom
those parts of our sea coast, where no sufficient guard was stationed to
rote?! them: And, is it it not doubted, that if we would trelt the
oriee :! fels—preservation dictztes they should be treated, the British
and American sange; would soon be glad to court our friendship end
protection; it it ho d that the leginaturet of the different Knee will
immediltely enafl e actual lawe for making lawful prize! of dlom,
cowe, sheep, &c. which shall be found within : certlin dinaneemf any
those, convenieiit for the enemy to land et, unless it (hell evidently eppur,
that such oxen, &c. shnll really have Rrayed from their owne", or
koect'en, &c. _ , . _
e hope it will he in our power to publish very soon, how many hard
dollm the Tory contnflors at Newport bargained to give their brethren,
It Point-judith, for the honour of being reputed suecestfvlflupfluhn.
A Gentleman from the eastward insorml, that : privateet belmgin
to Newbory, ; few day: past, carried into thutport : schoonec wi
with turn and singer, and a ship from Liverpool, with a rich o, with
which the rivateer had a warm enga ment; else, that ; "fro!
Bemmdu End nrrived at Boflon, and ught : continuation of tlplosl
of : greet number of British ships on the cond of France, which it much
credited in Boston. The loss of the aforementioned veselt it fasther
confirmed in a letter from the Ceptain of : privateer et Teneriflz to;
Gentlemen in BoRon, ' - - . _ 33
——<r-——-— ct> - si___.____
Extract qf :: [cem- m thefouthuarl. ' .ct _
" ] cannot affirm that Btiuin :u mnde my froposile tolle es
respefling an accommodltion; on the contrary, will the befl Hfflt I
not able tocollea on thin point, ] think ! mey'ventun t_o Mreyw; she
hn not. Thin however does not prove thet she is not in you need of
: pence, and that [he has not made use of the ehannesiopea a Man,
to signify ber peeifiek disposition; end to enquire upon 'that-term; the
war me) be closed. But in making peace terms in every thinge And
th may nerhapl not come to such an would be accepted, in hopes of some
ley event turning up in her snow. in the courld of amther custpign.
] hopeweshall be yrepared for the cnmpnign. ! m wld (}th like
soon to upon some msurje that bid fair to put meunenc si pon :
bemnn more hble sooting; and that the union of that body-m-ezsa'
respefiing the point: of general importlnce tht come before then't. !
have less apprehenflont of: sseedreseaee, than ! had sometime dg , end
wish to see our batuliom w ] i] up; end 1 un told thie bu goes
on in this quzrter with more expedition then it he- et done. ,_
" We have the beh mson ty hope, if we eu_ ourselvesit'prczerly
upon the present great oeceiion, that we shall-sim long aecoqssssii .the
great object of the molutiom We may deptnctd- upon it" It _our
ma nimoue and good dly, will not abate in hie neniom tilkthn is
ed; and we hlve m: mofl undoinhted lfl'oi-ance, than he he; all ss
along regarded, so he "c/mtinun to reprd._ his own intend anAfpur-sst :;
"" "a 'sis-itmei-sswr a leg! cctsi m.}ctctc ku " he
f .
Sundey epr uteer oop _e 1 . ct_ on not a
cruismg of him ]udich, took 53" (51 otctvefl'esi. duely sun]! (eleeyt one
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