The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-07-18 00:00:00, page 1

jU LY 18, 1777; 0 T !! -_ssE - * . NUMBER 129
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High HEAVEN to ancxoUs ENDs direfl: the sroamx
By his Excellency PA'rlucx HENRY, csq;
Governour or Chief Magzstrate of the
common-wealth of Vna 1 um:
A PROCLAMATION.
HEREAS ] have been credibly in
formed that several persons are go
ing about in the different parts of chi
fiatc, some ofthem in theguise ofofficers,
cngrossmg the Commodities of the country
' at the most extravagant prices, with &
view, alis supposed, of depreciating our
curreney, and disconrag'mg people, more
over, by their false and injurious reports,
of the condition of our army under his
excellency generalsiWashing-ton, and of the
general pouure or our axulrs, trom en
gaging in the American service: rTo
the end, therefore, that all such persons
mzy be vigilantly inspectcd, and particu
,hrly that they may be obliged to give that
security for their friendship which the act
ofthelast sesston os Assembly requires of
& persons coming within this {tate srom
any other of the United Statcs. and that
such of them as may appear to violate
another act of a former sesiion, by ctiscou
rsitging people from enlistiz'g as sultiiusis,
mly be brought to condign punishment,
] have thougsstt proper, by and with the
advice of the Council, to issue this mv prb
"siclamation, hereby requiring all officers,
both civil and military, within this com
monwealth, and allother subjects thereof.
to be aiding and affifliog in this business
as they tender the welfare of their country,
and as they shall answer-the contrary at
their peril.
Given under my hand, this ch day of
ful)- in the :dyear of the common
wealth, anncque Domini 1777.
PATRICK HENRY.
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! N (: o U N c 1 L,
,, b- :, 1777
HE General Assembly having directed
that a battalion of ten cssbmpanies of
artillery, one of which to be composed of
artificers, should be forthwith raised, and
that to each company there should be one
captain and three lieutenants, to be ap
pointed by the Governour with the advice
of the Privy Counci] : It is thereupon
resolved, that this Board will proceed to
make such a pointments on Monday the
fourth day o August next; and that all
persons intending to offer their services
may have due notice thereof, it is ordered
that a copy of this resolution be inserted
in the Virginia Gazette.
(Acofy) Aacn. BLHR, cierk.
Mr. l'vnols,
Sen/ible of your zealous endeavour: to oblige
the publick and brace up the newe: of our
political virtue, ] have detuchcdjor your
service the following old
Sp anish ANECDOTE.
WHEN Philip lll. king of Spain, sent
his ambassadour to treat with the
states of Holland abqut. thc'n ind pendency,
he was shewn into an antichamber,
where he waited to see _th-: members of
the states pass by. Having waited a con
siderable time, and seeing; none'but some
plain dressed men, with hundles in their
hands (whct-ch, as many ofthemcame from
different provinces, contained their lineu
and provisionz) he turned to his interpre
ter, and alked him when the states would
come. The man replied, that those weie
the members whom he saw go by; upon
which he wrote to the commanderin chief
of the Spanish army, to advise the king
his master to make peace as s oon as pcssible .
in his letter was this remarkable passage:
" ] expected to have seen in the states a
splendid appearance; but, instead osthat,
] saw only a parcel os plain dressed men,
with sensiblc faces, who came mto coun
cil with their provisions in their hnnds.
Their parsimon will ruin the king my mas
ter, in the coursZosthe war, isit be continu
ed; for there is no contendingwith a people
whose nobles can live upon ashilling aday,
and will do every thing for the service of
their country." \
The king, struck with this account, of
fered to treat with them as an independent
state, and to put an end to the war.
w. R. D.
HAwnvn. 7une27. 1777. .
WlLLlAMSBUlG, 'siugy 18, 1777.
HE Poltmaster Genera having direct
ed me to discontinue the nder be—
tween Urbamm and Hobb's Hole , and to
establish one from Frederickjburg to the last
mentioned place, I hereby inform the gen—
tlemen ot'EflZ'x, Richmoud, and Westmorc
land, that. I shall in future send their papers
to the care of mr. Gideon Ship, ostmaster
there. The Lancq/ler and Nor: mmberland
packets will be lodged at mr. Thomas Har
wood's in Urbamm until the end of this
year, when the rider that goes from hence
to that Place is to be stopped likewise, by
order o the Postmaster_ General, as the
office there wi'_l by no means desray the
expense of a post ridcr.
The extravagnnt price of paper, and of
ev'ery other material for the printing bu
siness, has at lall: obliged me to raise
the price of the Gazette to 155. per armurn,
from this date, to new subscn ibers, and at
the end of this year that sum will be de
manded from every person, except such as
have paid for a whole year, who will be
served till that expires.
. ALEX: PURDlE.
,,*. The TEST ACY' and CERTIFI
CATES, ordered to be printed by the Ge
neral Assembly, are sent out to the several
counties where post tiders are established.
Such as are not convenient to them will
be served by every opportunity that offers,
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Wctmwxcn, ful)- 14, 1777.
ALL persons who have demands against
the estate of Henry Duke, deccascd.
arc desired to bring in their account: and
receive pnyment; and such as are indebted
thereto arc requcstzd to pay what they
owe, as ] proposchaving the said estate
settlcd in Septcmbcr next.
[] ., WILLlAM JONES.
To be LET to the lGWefl: bidder, on the
first day of Augu/t, being Chqstcrfield ,
court da) ,
] HE buildirg a PRISONfor that coun
ty, a plan of which will be produced
on that day Band and security, for the
punctual performance of the work, will ba
required . ARCHIBALD CART .
ABRAHALW SALLEJ
THOMAS WORSHAM.
THOM/ls BOLLING.
BENY/IMlN BRANCH.
YOHN ARCHER.
Isich side, a fine brigan: ine on thestocks,
which may be launched in one month;
hurthcn about 170 runs, calculated to
carry 1: or 14 carriage guns, beside: swi
vels, and being built for a privateer, it !!
expected will sail remarkably fast. Her
timber is well seasimed, and more than
common pains have been taken in the
building. She is better calculated for :
vc ssel ot sorce, sailingsast, and for burthen,
than any one yet fitted out of this cont
monwealth. Any person inclinable to
Rurchase may know the terms, and be
ewn the vessd (on East river, in Glouces
ter county) by apphing to
(4) , Dlon & TAu.
To be SOLDjor r-ady money, or an end:,
as may [zest/in"! the purchase", '
TKACT of good TOBACCO LAND,
- containing 906 acred, ]y'mgin folk
of Pamunltey river, Spotsylvania unty,
opposite the land of mzj-sinr Winstow ,- alb
a tract os44l acres, lying in Orangecounty,
join'mg the land of capt. Barbour. An
undoubted title \\ ill be made the purchns- -
er: ; and iFsold on credit, bond with good
security will be required, to bear interest
from the date, if not paid punctually.
;" Gunn'r Mmon.
LflIlSA, Yum- to, 1777
Mr.?uumsi,
OBSERVING in your paper of one"
zoth the name ot'ArchibaldCa ad
vertised as a desertcr, b capt. 7'
Ewell, you will please to msorm the pub
lick, that] borrowed 20 clollar: of him,
and sent soon after, by a friend, 71. 43.
to repay him. The money was tendered,
but capt. EweIl would not receive it;
therefore, I submit to the publick what.
right he has to publish me in the public]:
papcrs. Notwithflanchng. ] am willing,
and ready, upon any pressmg cmcrgeney,
to serve my country without being adver
tised or taken up as a deserter; andjarg
ready, able, and willing, to pay 'aptss.
E'well the money when dcmanded. _
2}! Ancuoeu. Gum,
Mr. Punmz, -
' . 'HE publick arc grosslyimposed upon
by a number of persons who carry
up and down the rivers :md bay quamhjusi
of'theinscriour kind of COAL, which lhe'v
sell for the coal drawn out of Smel p},
Val's pits. The weight and colour of the
inferiour coal are conliderably lighter than
Du Val's, and more (late'in it.
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