The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-08-01 00:00:00, page 1

TsictssflssE 'VIRGIN'IA GAZETTE.
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Msicthsisi777'] WXLLIAMSBURG: Frmted by Dlon CJ'" HUNT'ER. [No. 1355.]
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K ! N 0 3 T () N. (jamaicaj May 17.
0" 'ffi th loth i-hm. came into Part Royal the lloop
M' lsip'hl nk- by his Ma'ely'l floop Porcupinr, com
. : us (he ful vessel of war out
J ' "; I ' fron the Congtesu. which has been
ad Mlfi. M. She il utrenely well sound and
M-n—m hbeflesswinh,lnd'nl otonboa-l
nflctps—pfiu. Mwhidl hmgoifig fromCsi
tuum si
le. W'd (His) 4. On sondny mus- szesty's ship
MC-lpgl, EMC bm :inwEn fish Har
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Fsi musike," MmD-dchm, other
"M. "OI—idthw um found 1750 bunch (.f
M. vit. 'And, did. he. &c. cheahgrnvuy vzsiusixble
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;PHILADEfflfllA, ful] 15.
ROM New Yol'k "lean. thsgemnl Sir Henry Clinton having
hunted th. Mililry, has ssie'tsinnwd to New Yotk, accompanied by
Clin-irv'd mother both, as volunteera. and no other recruits.
'I That the puson whom- -kMeJ. , qtempting to take the canon in the
-lsis of Lord Stidwgs "w in our paper of the ad inflame, was
ss .the lion. Mr. Pinch, &- ot' thelni of Winchelsea, who came out thu
-' spring n volunteer. ast- hese]! his horse eune over and wan taken by
ouranlty. Fineh'sinhwielwith tpomphyGnt-rnllhwe.
; General Wantington, -w\'th hhv army, an moving mdt the
-- Ngnhssw, towatcheltemetiom of Lord Bone.
- Exluct ef- ldnrfnn St. EuRatia. sun: 13.
" The true!: between Amesiea and thin lfland it likely to be cut of
entirely; two hip- with tobaeeo, rice, &c. on board. for Round,
have been taken aodcarried into Altigna, where it it updted will
be condemned. A snow from Old Spain for Porto Rice is liken an ear.
ried into St. Kitt't, with lbme Amkan flour on hond, lnd it in no
'pected will beeondemned. This will, in . great unsoft, hurt the
Amerian ende, u then will who that salt: :: heretofotefi
band efc lftfcrfiv. tbafm plan. 7": t6.
" The Ametieln (falle to this place is over, as we moot send any of
their produce offthin ih-d, it Nugdhsihsie to be seized by thy Elgli.
men of war, or " !, inssflyct witte";- M French.
Danea, or Spentanh, are all llikd, in the English Adnin! had given ot
dm to take an Not-th-A-etie-n peqdnce where they can find it below
low'watet nafk." - ' "" ,- ., v
y'?,fze Ssiss' ""s'a-int MMM ss ! lBar
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ton, o te uupt . ct ' a ' nen.
hatnadepribun ' wmaum mio .v
siWehnrfm-si Heel. _ idea m: upon 0 Flo
fida, with the hri hit doth d, and after some successful
fifmiltiug with the enemy} in which he took some Prisouert, and meek
I numhet of Negsou, tetumed with the brigade safe tnto Georg'u. That
' General Macktntosh wu entirely recovered from the wound: he sinne
time received in an engagement with the eneiny, and lately in aduel
with overnos Gwinnett. That a private" from that State had lately
& soux pritu, one of which had a large Wpf dollarl on
si Extract Je lenerfm General Wnsutncron to Corgnfi, Medea)
] cubeClmi'y 15. t777.du sMq
" Sir, I cave w congntu te on ivity 0 'or
General Prefcbftud one of his Aide. M' ?fthil fortunate
nent, you will find in the enclosed "me of a letter thi- mimt ereceind
flo- Genenl ces, which, ! Festtne, an It large in the cket Mr. _
'Greenleafwill eliver. Lieutenant Colonel lasten and the [hand
snl under hie command, who eondufld theaterptise, have great merit."
bird ef- laurfn- Mctjctjfysictd Sruul. lad PIO'lollcl,
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" Sir. ] him the pleasure to cougratulate your honour, and the Hon.
ticCoqt-esl, on the late suced'l of Lieotmn-t Colonel Bmon, who,
with the number of sony, includilg Caytainl Adam- and Phillips, and
I nmbetof brave osicen, last night went on Rhodelflmd, and bmu in
of Majot General Prescot, and Mnjor William Banington, one of '
An-l (!: Crunps, and the sunny at the Guernl'i door, all thaluere at the
General"; qnmers. 1th was done wuh "such prudence that no almm
was given to the enemy untilour pnny had got near to the main, on nu
rctuxn. They are now in n.i.- town.
si " Col. Barton went with his put}: in four whalc bout fi'cm War
wick neck, about ten miles by water, to the weld side of fix ifland;
landed abbot half way from NewP-on to Bniflol scny, then manch-d one
milewshe General's quaners, lelumed agz'm to W'arwiek, :mdhld lb!
geod fortune to escape the discoverv of the cm my'o guald boon, dtheu-h
leven] ships of warl-id sound in snow par". Several nmmpu ostdi- na.
ture have been made without any loss on our side, and with some ("man
sncccsn. The above-named Cupzuin Phillipl, some lie since, wick'
party of about twenty. brought of!" one Eofign ("last of the ad Pegi- -
ment, now : prisoner. Another pnty lxurked one of tsie mew,"
guzrdl, dispersessl thum-killed three, and m-d'ed one. We hue had
leven] del'erm'l from the Brinsh regioun." < — '.- - 'si
Pnblished by ordei of Ccngnsc. _ - .si "
CHARLBS THOMSON; Su'fyff
Extract 0 . !m'er from c 00th in Albmy to bit jh'hl & lb? dy,
daml 71! to, ""ss v , '
" 'l' H !: seventh innam we : upon of the lo!: of Tiemm
nnd Mount lndepe'ndence, without a single eimunhoee', of
quenee not easily credited. But at m' ! Col. lily. D. Qui. Gum],
who was the last off the ground, . M left Fore And I morning,
lrrivedz by ssim we got an account dunbcwionof Myoflowl'
made the mon sudden, and with the must mhionndmpmim'
lfns : council of war of the Genenf dun, to (by" me of the - .
my, who were in high spirits, and'ennged .! W "tibi"!
behind them. .ssi, si ,
" General St. Clait retreated with the nui- dhmipn, by,
the way of Casiletawn, and it yet has not been , a . What
battuus were it for smice (tt it bid lbnt _ Wtp- m
schooaen, ladtwohowitz, end nhmlmeeitct d ".", smote;
by-ner eptheSotuh beyto undh-djctsiqitsmmo
miletof that plm, vhen thctc ' ing. end beingdnsely pursued—
by the "!WY- who had : bond dull: thn entss-feileldtm, after engage
i-gfltmsonltimessmhingflshuw them quite to the landmg to
get some man on Mount:- : hand, wereobllged to abandon bom
end "sell, nd mutuked by the , who the but back; md -
:: Mr. Whlow hn left the pay nice, in the lrti lery, Mr. Pieree
ac I in! fine to secure the military che! eyd p-ph'c paper: which Mr.
7 ' ltld caused to be Wine : batteau; !! for giving you my
W portieulzn, it it impefible. We bite [00 I" on: cannou, in.
Men, floreo, vision, medicines, l'td h-ggage, tents, [loan,
end vesielu; not a sixle thin delmyed, :; we heir.
" The dasiy of the renne tie gutison wan reinforctd "it]! eight tum.
dred men, who drove in duty head of sat tattle. all wind: we believe
are gone, with nll the waggon, o: tum; and horses, both [mbpe and
yrivate. The enemy then utacked our peopk, who hensiretixed taFsitt'
Ann, they confined of : sign, of light inned fordgmn; un]. it il szid,
some Can-diam and Ind-m; th we:! hat luck to Skfiem ,
and our party surrotmdel . lll' e contingrrty of the (my, aid lent
"to Genenl Schnyler, who is lt nst lidvm , for tsupply os mmnnkion.3
which was immedinely sent. The Culvericsi miljt'va requefled to turn "
ont volunteen to go mth it, they came up with the enemy, 'hod : l'mnn
skirmish, took : Captnia, Licutetum, Ensvgn, Doctor, tnd stm psi
"ten, prisoners. Majcr Ransfllaer, brother to Phil. is wounded, having
his thigh broke. Ells the militia, on the firfl elarm. was a dered up,
and since that the other half; end yesierdly General Nixnn set off tnr
Part Edwlrd with hie brigade, suppose nbout : thousand. You knew
wht dependenee un fret! on the mind- of this count]. lt General
Schnyler can but col ; rel'pecteble nnny of contimtal two}: and
milk:- lt Fort Edward. thin country my be saved; other-sinl'e nothing
un prevent their sending 1 "Minufl Genenl line comes up, as S.:
olm ]olmson it it Otbego, it in reported, with ei ht h'cdscd m n besidt :
ndism, others say only forty five regular, sone angrhaszs and lndiuns,
inviting the ludiamto meet him dove with Bothe, tht be may lpeflss to
them of ce, at the commilfionen :! Albeit lun'donc; and cem
tlmn on 7 to go with hint ;; companions, to see how but: he siis; It.
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