The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-07-03 00:00:00, page 2

? A" ]! ! S, JANUARY 18.
Cow du Ban'e has produced in Council the actual state of the
nilitny, emounting to [Smooo men well disciplined, and 60,ooo
[limit- M. de Sartine hat in like manner produced : state of the marine
of France, confiding of86 ships osthe line, fi'p'm too down to 64. guns;
!; srigated of :! gan. 0 to 44; carven, &c.-with 36,ooo leamen.
Funce never before had si: flourishnga matine, nor such :: complete and
numerous body of well disciplined troops.
LONDON, Murcb 15. Yelterday Col. O'Hara, of the guards,
arrived at the plantation olfice with dispatches from General Clinton at
New York. . _
A letter from Minden, dated ]anuary u, says, " The Emperor has
actually refused to meet Congress, but agree: to treat at Vienna, ucthich
h'u Prusiian Majeflyssnil] never consenLto. The next campaign will be
! terrible one, at both parties make themselves formidable, and 36,ooo
Rusfiant have actual! entered Poland."
_ It it said that the sirench have taken up Gooo troops into pay from the
several states in the empire, end that : rn ture is certainly ex ed in
permanyisi Hauoverie mentioned, for which no no defence will e made,
tt_ ie thought it will serve to balance any thing the French may have to
lose to us. ' * ' - " .
_ March 16. The Minish-y, say: a corres ndent, have all along been
remarked] diffusive in their encomiuml (m : ensour of General Clinton,
and ind t seem, continues he, to have rested all their hope (i. e.
the con nest o Americl) on theintrepedity of Sir Henry; for the vigi—
,llnce adminifintion hat left him little more to do the businese, not a
single man heving yet been sent to teinforee him.
13 0 8 T () N, juuzvxo.
BY I Gentleman directly from Rhode Ifland,_ We are informed, that
last week : large-a nt ship Men with rovisioqs, accidentiy took
fife !] he laid in that bargfmr, end he entire y consumed, together with
her car . - 'We and learn that there it no vessel of force there, except
tw_o ga lie: and the Renown of so gan, which arrived Witlu large prize
fill the day before lie came away. si
ame dey--errivtd : ship which we: bound from South Carolina to
'Franee, but on her passage was nken by : New York privateer, and
. astjt'warde retaken by the Bofion frigate. Her cargo confine of fice,
' m 'FO- &c. ' '
We sine eersstgin advice by seven] rsom from New York, that the
floop Eagle, late'eomrnanded by the rave but unfortunate Ca t. Conk
_ _li_ng, va lately blown up at New York, by means of : boy napping a
sirfiol among some powder, which communicated to the ma azine. lt
.! slid that : number of men were in the'vefl'ei at the time, w o loft their
ilm, among them the infemoue Murphy who murdered Capt. Conkiing.
." .
PROVIhENCtth-UNES.
: WE axe credibly informed, than an "med schooner belonging to
the plundering to: fleet, foundered at sea in their lah expediu'on
- .to zntucket, and du: :] on bond per.shcd.
: Bole:- Pan Insorms, that : Kn'zc ship from Scotland, with 3600
sibm'elc of pronsion end othcr valua
le zrticlel, is arrived at an eaflern
'port. She m captured by the Pallao printeer of Newbury. . '
Till C R ] S [ S.
REMEMBER due the old spirit of opposition to the flampact that
. Moriginqed in Boflou, and sounded the alarmed bell throu h the
-sicontineot, is not yet smotbered, but [lull soon burst with um ting
vcn nce on th: holds of monopolizen, :: it did on the odioue stamp
m . By Huvnu rr num, nor on. Vox Porvu.
PeUGIixEEPSIE, JUNH 14.
HREE desertere from the enemy who came in on the 6th insiant,
on enmination, declare at follow., viz. Thnt they left the
' enemieosilinee between twelve and one o'elock that morning, that Genenl
Ciinton was then it Verplznk'e Point, together with General: Van hart
ss andehe-n, Lord; Rwdon end Clthcart—zooo it the point. hat
they are bunch}?l : battery and redoubt at Stoney point on the other side
of the river: et in the ferry way are two frigatu ud about eighteen
' " "smaller vesselt, one 64 gun ship oyposite to Tzrry town;" ryth regioun:
light dngoone, Lord Cathceru legwn, Emetick'l cotpl, Ogeen'e rangers,
_ two regimentt of Hessimo, 7th; t7th,- end'zzd-Bntish regiments, are
with" Sir Willi im Erlkirne who commends the flying army at Dobbs ferry.
A Lieutenlnt Colonel commend! on the other side op fite [(in '5 kerry,
who, with the other prioeipel officers, lodge on bour their ve cll every
night. it is renornd emong the soldim, that they are to continue at
_the in about three weeks; ' "th and 57th British regimetm and one
- ]! en ditto, ere I: King's Bridge.
The troops which came from Ytrgisini: not being furnished with proper
clothings &c. for the cempeign, m permitted to return to New York
for fifteen days, then to come up the river again.
Twelve grenadiere lately deierted from the enemy at King's ferry,
' arrived It Marrie town on Sunday lest, who inform us thlt desertiont ate
very frequent, and may be constant] expected; at it is reported in the .
Britrsh army thnt General Clinton de in: to attack the fort at West point,
of the strength of which they have very sormid'abie accountt.
General Wzshington't head quarters it at Smith'e tavern, about tz or
15 mile: from fortsiCiinton, and " miles thin side ofNew Windsor.
Lnst week six during viiiains in Smith'e Clove, had the audlcity to
, fire on twoof our lighthorse as they were paffing in the rear of the army,
, one of which they wounded in the body, and broke the thigh bone of
the other. They were immediately pursued by : party from the army,
- and were taken. one of them were hung, the other five were conducted
- no head quartere, and : court being held on them, they were found
, guilty nod received sentence of death; orsuant to which four were hzng
ed, and it being insinuated to the si th. that if he would discover hie
; accomyiipesr he would he yardoned, which offerof clemency he eageriy
_ -_ embraced, and concluded : party of our people to a cave in the'mountain
the depository of all their plunder, where lay e'onceeled sive more, whom
they second. Vitious erticies of plunder were found in their de'n.
PHITAADE L ? " I'A' JUN! gifoct
WE hear from Brunl'wtck in New ]crl'si-ssv, that out of upward] of.
1500 lick, who were admitted into the militarysshospinl in of:}
piace, since Novemher last, only :: have died. This 'extho:
success in the management of the sick (compsi—red with so
has been juffly ascribed, next to the dili ei'cc and care of the urmbl,
to the plentiful and punshnl supplies of sick: and necessaries JMM
for the sick, by thesspresent purveyurs of the hospimls. - -_
By a Gentleman fromzNew jersey, we learn, that z—party of toriu
landed at Shrewshury on Thutsday night lafl, when they wet. opqud 'si
by about thirty militia, hastil collected, who as'er some rcsiflan
with the loss of two men him:! and ten wounded. As the torigc he
the ground, their los: is unknown. As soon as the milnti; had I'CH' 05:
they collected thirty horses, some sheep, and horned cattlez took (Solss.
Hendricks, and ; se'w other of the inhabitants,. and made off.
Accouutl from Trenton say, that General Livingflon had received
advice that on Thursday and "Friday lasts in wards of too sail of vessel] 4
many of them floopa and schoonen. am'v at New York- They had
few or no troopt 'on board. lt was unknown from whence they 95!"
but it is supposed they were from'Georgia. . _ _ '"si
Tbc fillafwmg i.! a part of tssb: frestummit of the grand jmy at lb: slsi.
of lb: quarter stffion; for th!) count}, ]une term, 1779.
" We beg leave to present to thessHondm-ahie the justiccs of the coqnt
court of quarter setsions, : grievance of a very dungerous nature, ,nflie
we conceive ought to be attended to; which is the wind of so matsysspi'
the molt notorious of the British emissaries remain among in, keeping dsi
:! most injurim correspondence with the enemiee of thin country by sending
all the intelligence in their power, and receiving and pqoyagzting the)!
poisonoua, erroneuc, wicked salsehoods here; which pernicious Pssifflfi'
we conceive ought immediatelv to be insuind into and remedied."
ANNAsiPOLlS, lszxS.
APTAFN Ea'rl, in the sch-si—smer Baltimruj: Here ot :: sum. bound
to St. Eustcttia, goirsig down our bay last Saturday, m company
with the biig Lively, Capt. Bell, the brig Lady Wnshington,_ (13th
Greenway, and suur silot br-ats, off Rappahnnnock. fell in wntbsitwo
of the cnemy's privaners of- " guns, who hid with them two phire,
Captainl Earl and Bell, after an obffinate engagement of two hot)" end
I half, had every prospect of taking them, had not two more bn and
schoonere of the enemy bore'dcwn, which obliged them to m_ake belt
of their wa) after retaking one of the prizes, which they sent mto Rnppg
hannock. Capt. Earl had only three men (lightly wounded, but !.
much damagcd in his fails, rigging, and hull. Chpt. Bell had me
men mortally wounded, and is much shattercd; they were chalcd u
ls high ad Point-no Point. As they are now "sitting and mil he read
to sail in a day or two, in company with seven] other vessels- of_ forge,
it is not doubted, should they come acrosl them again,. they wall give
them I very_warm reception. ' -
WIL LIAMSBURG, JULY_33ssss,
LAST Monday two lliet from Maryland, engzged : ansh (si ate
of :! gone nen tEeI ca :, they took one of her boat: lad unk
another; thegallies hid one o cer,:nd some men killed in the engfigrment
"which lasted upward: of eleven hours, the ftigate taking the advantegq
"of : fresh breeze, mlde' her escape in a very shattered condition.. "
ct Agitha Snnley, of Caroline was this day discharged from the publiek
hos it:] in this city, she hnving perfectly recovered her senses. _
- BEATHS.) thnno Tauuuzo, Esq; ofjamel City, lnthe
"th year of hil age, with the gout in his head.
Mrs. Muourr Bunwun, relect of Colonel Nathzniel Bnmll,
if her house in King William county.
Mrs. jAnl BAllD, wife of )ohn Baird, Esq; of Greenet'oft, If",
a long illness. She we: an :ffiectionate wise, tender mother, and kind
miRrese, and much regreted by all her acquaintances. -
Extract fision an all of Gemal I rub!) providing a ship!) !gf' mony fiv
' ' si ' public exigmeiu. -
" .fle lax qf llu' shillmg: jbr mer) hundred poutttlt, tff which
per/im shall be in pqfflfflu a: umst, on the zotb day qs tbi: mouth, ,,"l
at jium'st on the frss (: March, in each qs the five un! [intrudmsig
]ean; 61}! that no lex all befaid on the contineuta! bill: affredu of May
tlu zotb, 1777, and April : : ntb, 1773, Awbost (nium) Wstofpd
before the firfl lay es sz last, &) refiltm'tm qfl Cougrest."
An ACT ta' fiture !be hwmble PROPERTY of (ba : wbuctpa-W j'jygj'
or berufler ma} join lb! ENEM . ct '
HEREAS during the present war, pmicularly- in the lum
W invasion, many person: have left this commonwezlth and gone
off with the enemy, some of whom have Lest many uticlet of mpvezpgg
property behind them; that such property thereime may be immediately
secured: Be it enactd h ib: General A mbly, thlt the 'Gov'emour,
with the advice of the Couneil, is here y etnpowered apd re iiired m
appoint . person in each eouhty within this commonwealth, w, erein it
mly be necessity to in uircte into, and secure all thetflavet and other
moveable property of :! such person: n.: already have, or hereafter mzy
depart md iotn the enemy, until the same can be proceeded in :cccrdin
to law. And that after office sound such moveable property WsiYn
fecured, shpll be disposed of by the escheator of the county, according
to law. _ _
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In COUNCIL, W'XLLXAMSIVKG, Fum- 19, 17".
!! E eommissionerc of 'the ttix for the seven] counties within sithj.
T commonwealth,- are appointed by the Governour, with the advise
of the Couneil, for the purpose of inquiring into, and securing aIl tho
[lawes and othet moveable property of all_ such person: as alseady ba"
departed, 01- herczster may depzrtfind into the enemy, : see?]e to 99
18 of Assembly entitled " A_n l&_ to seeme the moveab e p Penis 9!
those who have joined, or hereafter mzy otn the enem ,ct -
' Attest. ARCH] ALD BL lR, m c,
(3- NOTI'CE is hereby given, that his Excellency the Gosivemgyyct
with the advice of the Council, will proceed on 75!!an the zsd of lie,.
month, to appcinc the field and other qfficgrs for the out- battalione'pj'
insantry, directed by low to be ratsed lo: the defence of- this common
wealth. ' ct - A. DLACB, si. g.