The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-08-22 00:00:00, page 1

lTssHE VIRGINIA GA—ZETTE.
Tbc Prudent of:!" Prefl i: one'oftbe great Bul-wark: of Liber: y, and can never be "strained lmg by despotic Gowemnmm.
lsisAooos'r 22, 1777.] WlLLlAM'snuncyWWT—u: [Noss.ss71ss3'77.]
BSOTON, 714024.
Y I a nnived bon na lridny ni ht from Mandufler, in the
Sun Venom, which hn leften ucfdzy the usth inhnt, we
lum. th: the mue" the. in passion! end_ somsying c-me.
Town, on the Hunp ' so call'd. lad am. : mad through
tomb loued Boy, inns to do'n! And; the (bended been.
bond- n , betm .finsssifss: nue" ved- tkc commlnd
ofColond ner aneb. {At ' Imbtu inn, ud Col. Hctle.
of the Wife lnu, ud ab"! neous lb- ene- , wh- out people
nmd, being Went] by lunbcnz du Ill- si on our Ede va
reyoned to be shent use killed and niting. anon the former were the
abwe-nunioned Coloncl- Fund- nd Illk; than te hld been : second
u gemnu :: or near For! Ano, betwee- anothcr body of our troopl
music! the command of Coloml Worms, lnd about 1500 of the enemy,
when they were npulfed with confiderablc loss; thn ic wn reported and
befflieved that the enemy in both actions had beawcen 4". znd soo killed,
and must have had I mcer number wounded; and that Majc—r Skene
(for whom Mr. Lovef wu exchanged) bill go! to Sheenshomugh, with
a numbefof Toriu znd soldien, lnd way dclenll'ned m fonisy lnd de
4 _sn_d tpzt plusie 19 the lest exmrvsiriq, being offend vha afflhnce be re
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l' ' fro'f-flisscbmcemume. -
' w of. [durfi'ul- Gulbmd Pain, lath-y ::1777.
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" ssAfl Euppe'iuxon our side aside question as far al npplnuse and good
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si 'OZM an any them. Those who In: under arbt'uzry power do never
! sheless .pyme of liberty, m: wih for se. They xi.-est despair ofreco
? ved it in Envoy; they me! the tranu-tiom of our sepaute colony
si (Humidum with nptun, me] then m such number: mry where who
; tzlk of removing to Auurin with their smil'lu lad fortunes as soon as
peace ind cut indepemctenec dull bl Glnblified; that it is generally
believed we shall have- .dtgiou addition ofldn , mlth, and "(I,
homdu emigruion of Esscct-upc, cut! it it thought : : to letl'en orprcvent
lbdl ;migrmon, lhctyunnin efl-blilbcd they wi nlu and lllow more
liberty to their peopb; hence 'ti'n I eommon observuion here that om
cansq ilshe duus: of. all unkind; md that we are fighting for their
)ibcflyin defending our m. !! is a glorious tail: afligncd us by Pro
videncc, which-hn, ! man. given us spirit and virtue equil to it, md
will ah! crown it with succesn."
PROVIDENCE, 71! 19. Snurday evening [al : Bag of truce
um: up the river from simpon, with baggzge, &c. far G'enenl Pres
cot. An Mr, who camein the in , strongly solicilsied so: leave to come
,,nd In fine m intesi'ie' with t (":-men], which wu not sound.
he bagpge, &c. wan recdnd, and next day me I:; returned to
"T"
, W—LONDON, ] !! Lal'Wday-z in was sentintoport,
taken by the shop Tmm ll; Cap. Hom-Bil ings, fnm this port.
She du ; of 6000 weight of unset. ad stime other articlco on board.
,! " Clpzss. Latham, "him, than]! Dutch veffeb, having Americun
pr uce on board, bound to !urope, or elsewhere, me take. by the Bri
tish cruizenz nued 'ng.* (but all luch produce i: British peoperty. Two
. Dutch usseh. un erthat pretence,- were htely carried into Antigul,
* laden with fice and tobam. -
HARTFORD, 71? 18. lum! of a letter. laud Pcek's-Kill,
ct 7? 18. ** ! have on y time to tenyou tlm ! lure just returned smm
: emit down to xhe fury, called llmg's. We went with about zoo
'_ m, m " unda- lnd mbrafs sue maden, do unch the motion
of: sogun lup. ( smnfl feflaoner, um! m m gulliu. They uneasy
:. sn "Burnt"! Bay on Wednesdzy founden. lnd went dowa'ss the
(riverct ups!) thin morning. They came so lar uoct :- to kemped: to send
"them one llot only, on! that was ineffcctaml. We have not :: yet learned
che enewy's defi n. am! much in susymce when we shall next proceed."
Lad weak njor General Present, lately taken prison" :: Rhode
land, m magn- under gone! to ba Windsor, where he ;. sta
' ' ' undu- m can of Capuin aneur Gum. ,
si ' UNGSTON (EM) 7 il. We lean du some villainom
"desi' mosthunemy (kfflngc basuwhuf their add) Nbeexecuted
By sine? seen! cmifl'nriu, in Gme-zl Wnshingcon'c my, m lately
dlkm. ned che lflofl properly puniflnd.
Ea-suct ;! . [cum land:! Mosu': Cnek. Fully 13. ! selve), ?. M.
" Abomnooa du pidm guard. of du party upon the Fm Annmd,
un muchel by sunge- ud_Br'nish n'oovs; we drove off the enemy,
and in so doing bed one man killed and snlped, twelve more killed find
wounded, five of them momll . The lustes che many, on thiqma
sum, 'u omnia, but supposeJto be confidenble."
F_lSH-KILL, 7<3si
Extract of . !mrrfrm Monk: me!, July 16.
W ! hue just had : brui- with the enemy ;: For! deull, in which
Linnen"! Van Veighten an mon inbumlnly bukehncd and
lulped. Two serjanu and two privam were likeirife killed find falpcd,
one of the lnmr had bou- hia hund- euflolk. Th cook : young vo
man, ]aoey M'Crea by name, out of a,house :! son dnrd, carried her
lbout half a mile into the bushu, and there killed lnd scalped hu- in cold
blood. They hue kind and sclaped another woman nmshe sum
lege." - '
? Lafl Tuesda; two men were taken up and interrupted in their emnd
to General How. They, being bmh German, m w to
one Freleigh, their countryman, :: flaunch Tory, to direa than the rood.
They unluckily mldca mlhlu by clllin on : Whig oftln sm nue,
who heard their inquirin nnd found out \ ir errand; thin ' Knot:
unsat'c to let them ass, without : further nlnintion inunda- ruibu
smess, sent them : (hat purposc under convey codu munilfionen ::
Ponghkeepsie. - 'ct - _si
Lad Mondny wn hanged 11 For: Montgomay, on of Lord
ncruiking officerl. ' ,
Lll! week another of the same Gentlemen m hanged at M-lfilL-ctct
PHILADELPHIA, 6.
Extract qfu lam- fm- m Anulcu w Pm. Med—
" 13-1717- " cts
ZOM nary informkion am He to
pressed to make : wlmble m thit - ' , - '
exnwrdinuv hast [I: to emble then]! ss' _ ' -ss , 't]:- .
tis, the mlignancy his Mssct; '_ - ' 7? MH
thin campaign f-ilO WpW, ' si- _ ' .gsi. am
disposilionsi, can do, my be Kie mio be he
medesome concesioninrbe "Men". 'dsisipe-d'k-qin
them quiet; b-siflel-C lfrlid them the ed of them. '
' do __ " olnol, May
- ** ! M. si _ ','ss had I longcometsdh iith hill. He
is . wi! M. action. end seaibk men.,u} thou humected
with Go'emmentz he !nnkly acknowledged to me,' dun i the King'.
twee- were not able thin um ign to give nsilpzl deseu to the Am.
'icln my, it would be" ble for AMMI w support Inotber.
Arms, be said, weren: ' shequdionofchz end People
in power Rill fleuered themselves wilh-disunioq' end thaLWuflungm
would not be able m cdlectu nimy mon; enough w resifl the exertion
of Have. He couched. by obsening che: nothing left, in hie opinion,
thou the intervemion of Providence, could pmem chmin of him.."
Extract Je Mlerfie-Flnucl,-JadMnju, 17 7.
" Our privnmn Ild ctuisen in the dunne} bay- nisodfl ednfunnce
in London. One hiende here lately rid un per eent. between
Dover and Cd ' " Conynghlm imprqu-y returning into Dun
kirk with t-op '_ lpprehmdcd, with his people. :: me requeltof
the Coun o! En'ss put imo prison, on pretence si pincy. but
bring : conm'y non from Congrese, they use dischng-si'd; the Psi'fl
however, being musike, will be delivend up, she smingsi cum on".
his! being unwary to tmlies, wpigb must be obsusiwd uM m i; de
fhed." . - "
Mlct d' alvtur sn— u Godde"; s spfllctlf al Mn-tihico, St.
Piece, ]muct 1777.
" The 18 of Parliament rhn na nately pefsed for the purpose of de
'ng our commune, by impsisoaingour lsicnmen, hu begun (o Upon;
among the iflends. 'All Americane (in} are now taken, m elosdy ssosssi
fined until an opportunity of:" for scndmg them to Great Bnlam."
By : letter from Boflon " learn. that (I: . Bih, who wan sssid robe
taken, le lurived with a very valnzbh; cargo tom France.- and dun Cap.
(Jouflon'e richest erize has aisosigot safe m. 4,