The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-10-03 00:00:00, page 3

77) I;! R E N TE D,
(si EVE\' neat rooms, in the house occupied by
' Mr. leiztmlebarltozs, imhc backstreet, oppo
si-: to Mrs. Starkt's, to gentlemen who choose to
me private and furnish their own rooms. A good
stable bconging to the premiscs, and immediate
pzflcfflon ngcn at the meeting of the Assembly,
!! 7/1 be rsssmfizl tosale ar \Vakefield, in Surry county,
en 'l'hursday t/sivc garb instam (Uctober) for many
monly,
ElEVEN likely young Vir inia born Nacaozs.
At the same time will al () be sold, for ready
moncss, all the estate of Mrs. Szshmssab llarrijbn
decealcd, confifl'ing of caccle, sheep, and hogs,
scveral beds, and many other zrcicles necessity co
ward: housekecping, such as salt, iron pots of
different hzes, and many other things too tedious
to mention.——-'I'he subscribcr requests that all those
who have any demands ainst the said estate will
make them known vn : e day of sale, and chose
indebted to make immediate yment, to
NA'l'H. HARRlSs N , Administrator.
Buru. councy, N. Carolina, Squzf. 16, 1777.
IN Marrp 177 5 I gave my bond to some:: Ballanl
for the sum o 3451. rockmation money of
N.Cct1rolimr, which was zffigned to Arrbibald Cu
m'flm. As he is dead, ] do not know who has che
bond in ]posseffion; but whoezer has it is desired
to apply to me for paymenr, as ! will not ay any
interest On it after Man}: last, which was t de time
tie bond became due.
:: MA'l'KlN WILs-lAM WYNNS.
so be SOLD at publick vemlue, at the Batzery in Gloucclsi
ccr county, on Saturday the 18th instaut (Ocmbcr)
AQU A 1\ T l T Y of good &. Crc-ix RUM and
- SLTGAR, alsoa sew pounds osbcst H YSON
TEA. 2. ])
Wchumswac, Sepr. 18, 1777.
DESERTED how the llf/Usnl/urg company of
rcgulars belonging to thss state the following sol
diers, viz. fsamrs ll'sisiffim, Thomas Sutt'n, Garmr
Gum, Rizlssard M.- !son, Nsbfmiah ,MatrN-u's,
Natban Rust-H, and Tage siPuc/m, native; of said
county. If they will return in a month from this date,
and deliver tuamselves to the commandctzng officer in
this city, they shall receive their bounty money, and
be excused; but should they continue out after that
time, :: reward os Ten DOLLARS willbe iven for
each of them.-—Descrtcd likewise, _7o/.W' (omen, a
hlacksmith, who lately worked in Amelict counsy;
William Harris, who said he came from szlsqurz
join Harris, and William Harris, two brothers from
Caroh'na. TWENTY Dousins will be given for
each of them, and it is hoped that all wellwishers to
the Amnimn cause will he aclive tn taking them, as
they are vile ossensilers. T/Jom'as has cnhsted with two
or three officers, and the other three have received
yery considerable sums of money to take other men:
places. : ISAAC HOLMES, Ensign.
ONE hundred and thirty D O L L A R S reward
for apprehending EFDALE Comzs, JOHN
Lvnsyoan', jAMlas LEE, EVAN OWENS, Peru.
EAm—zs, ]AMES MAamzns, CnAnLEs Rmsszvsis,
]oxm Cnuctco'r'r, Bunm'rsir MlLLS, SlMON Pan—
BY, chaun Wmsn, EVAN PAYNE (a mulatto)
EPHRAlM szns, ansil ]mm CA<H. 'I he said Caj/z
rcmoved, some time after the draught, into Lon
dozin county, near the Mur ]: there; and it is re
Iuested of all officers, civ' and military, to make
iligcnt search after him. As the above men were
draughteJ, I cannot give any particular description
osthci- sizc, dress, or features. They sailed meet
inffi after proper notice was given, and therefore I
wi I give the above reward, or Tl-N DOLLARS for
each, is delivered to me at King George courthouse.
:" ]UHN TANKERSLEY, Licut.
ws WlLLl AM CAMPBELL, an Irisbmml, a
shoemaker by crade, about 35 years old, :, feet 7
inches high, of asair com lexion, dark hair, and
much pitced with the final pox, who enlisted last
:?Jmmbrr into the re ular service, and took the
bounty money, I wi ] give TWLNTY DOLLARS
rewald for, is delivered to me, or any contincntal
officer.
I)ESERTED from the Manly gallcy, two men,
-- viz. JOHN HARFORD, a sasilnr, who is about
shirt years oid, fivc fcct eight or ninc inches high,
hnsl ort black hair, a very dark skin, is much addict—
ed to ]iqun, and very talkativc when so; had on
when he went away a pair of canvas rrous-ss, an old
jackct, and a ch;ck shzrt. \VILLlAM WlLKlNS, a
scrj- untnf'marines, and formerly enlisicd by csilptain
jol-n C. Co. ke; he is slbOut twenty five years old, five
feet scvcn or eight inches high, and had on when he
went away an old pair of white lsirssrginia clnrh brezclnxs
and cotton shirt. Wsssimevcr delivurs che said mcn on
board, or sense: them so that I get them, shall have
'I'WENTY DOLLARS rcwnsj.
[] Vv lLLlAM SAUNDERS," Csptdn,
NEWC asnt, Srsivr. 24, 1777.
STOLEN from my tlantatiosii in King !! i/lmm,
two milss srom M-cvrrastls, ear y in this munth,
& BLACK MARB. 4 sccr 7 or 8 inches high, rather
dull, hennane thick. shou'ders much scarred h
working. and the end osone osher ears 15 cut usi;
she is allo scarr d on the right buttuck. h hue cr
delivers the said horse to me shall have zos. reward
and un cunvictiun us the thief 51.
Dsssimo l HY )OHNSON.
WILLIAMSBURG, in COU NCIL,
siS'tptrmptr 25, !77 7.
HEREAS se.eral us the officers rc ruiting
w for the regiment of artillery ha e sailed to
make. any return, and others ha . e nut re
cruited their quotas of men, I do hereby order all
such officers to attend the (jovernnur and (joumil
on '[Lssakrjilqv the 16th of next month, with ccstiti
cates o the enlistments, and re\ iews oi'thc men by
them recruited relpccth ely, when they w ill recei . e
such commiffiuns as their numbers of men entitlc
them to, according to the quotas fixed by the ward.
And all such as shall not then appear to be entitlej
to commilsions will be discontmued, and su 11 0
thers appointed in their stead as shall make appli
cation, and ha- e a prospect of recruiting their men.
By orsllr of COUNClL.
]O H N P AU E. Lieut. GOv
——_———_ct
IN CO U N C I L, ctcpt. 27, 1777.
PURCHASIAG commiflary os provisions for
the use of the A KMY' and I\ AV Y us this
state is wanted for the ensuing year. Any peisisons
inclined to engage in this buunels are _deured to at
tend the Board, on Friday the iyth otncxt month.
By order d' t/ : ch-arzl.
ARCHIBALD BLAIK, clerk.
H Lss A D QU A R T E R 5, \V1Lu AMSu'I'RG,
Stp/r/z'zlzrr 15, 1777.
HA V I N () received orders from his EXcellency
General ll'nctl'usigtm, commanding me to order
all the new raised troops in th's liart, as wch as thole
who have been nn sun] 'nugh, to be cnllt ctk (] and march
ed on to the town anI. xandria, there to be inoculaud,
] am therefore to command all rccruiting comin—sintal
officers Within this c-dmmnnweaith to my the strisi'ttst
obedience to thesc orders, and that ( y do wnhnut
delay forward to me ; list of all recruits, as well
draughtcd as Others; and the cnunty ]icutenants, where
there is no continental officer tu reCeve the draught;,
are hereby required to call on inme one. in the ncxz, or
an convenient county, and deliver said troops to such
o cer. They are a'so requested to transmit to me & list
osthe men by them draughttd, and to whum d'ss'hvcn-d,
that proper accsiunts may be transm vttcd to the General.
The gentlemen will also pay to sum: recru ting officer,
or officers, che several sums which by law they are liable
to pay where they fail to procure a man; and the said
offlcsi—r, oi- officers, are hereby directed to procure the
number of men Wlth the sa d money, ifm be had, and
to account for it in futurc.------'Ine great humamty
shewn to many impruuent soldicrs, n.:t considering
their own credit nor the gncd fifthe service, who, after
deferring, have filiikd to avail themselves of the scveral
pardon: that have been offered to them upon their re
tulsi'ning to their respective regimcnts, and still continue
out in desiance of the laws, ] (;lkc thisi nppe—rmmcy nf
once more admonishing to retum t') their duty, and,
in his Excellency General Wushirgron's name, mmise
them a free pardon if the. will dech-r them civcs to
any continental officer, Within six weeks from the eate
hereof, in order to join the grand army.---I am also to
entreat the several county licutcnants to pay proper at
tention to fiis Excellency the Covernour's proclamation
for apprending deserters, as well as to the act OfAssClll
bly for that purpose, that :] step, isposiibic, may be
put to that viie practice, __and our atmy Put on the most
respectabic fecting.
DAle MASON. Col. fifteenth l'irz. I'CQ.
Rlcsimmn, &pr. 22, 1777.
IN TE si D for Great Brirzn'si-z by the first oppor
__tunity. __p_______ ]OHN siblx'ELTuN.
77) bf LET, on Monday rl's zoslss isisssistmzt ( ()ctobcr )
T HE serry in 'Prime Grovsinr councy, commonly
known by the name of lssilkim's. Any pcrshn
inclinable to rent it may know the terms by attending
that day on the prenisis. :"
CAROLINE, S/pl. sq, 1777.
W7HEREAS th: luplnibcr, who has be_siu a
ibldicr in Captain Woman silleriru-ct-h'er's campzny,
but has obtained a dischargc, nn cond (inn that he pro
vide an able bndivd man to take his place, this ;5 ()
acquafnt Captasn A-[niusies/cr, and others whnm it may
concern, that ] have hiwd ;! Certain Cl—m-lu rspy:, ;m
able bodicd man, who is prcqcsiwly cnhstcd, and mks'n
the oath of a ibldicr, who shall be sent to the Nmth
ward by the sll'st oppm'sunity m join the company and
regiment to which I fonncrly did l-ss-l mg.
21] HLNRY Lp\V-[S.
\/V A N T [5 1), a master so: the ship ] A -\ F.,
now lying at (si'zmxberland. vn ['amm/ke} river,
loaded, and Will sid] the sink f'ssn'numblc npp'n'tunity
for Europe. She isa strong, tight chid, Well cquipped,
with a very commodious ('ab-n. h-aod wage: will be
allowed, and a tun privilcve.
WlLLlAM KYLLTT, 4. c. v.
W A N T E o, _
ASURGEOA for the llrro gal'lcy, now lymg ::
[sum] ton. ,
PHlLlP CHAMBERLAlN, Cap"
Hon QpAn'rlns ncar WlLMlNGTQN,
&] m/si'm- :, 1777.
B Y direction of the Hon. Mnjor General
Grem, (he officers as'd syldiers of the fifth Virgin!]
regim: m now in l'irginia arc hereby ordtsissn-d to join
their ngsmc-nt without loss of time, as (wral spldierl
us the z- g'ment were l-si f: in l'irfymia when (he battalina
lest it, and some have since got surloughs. They must
take th': advantage of this publiucion, and j\in (heir
scgimcnt imnu-dissucly, or v'xpcct to be apprehendedu
dclLrtcrs, and trcan-d as such.
oslAn PARKER, Cnl. fifth Virgin}: regimenc.
\\ll.L1AMsaukc, Sts/ss'flill'tr lc, 1777
THE subscribcr havmg been late] appointed by
siCsmgrcss commissact-y gfrnvral purcha'si's for
the lnuthern dcpartment, which enmysehcndslsinmct,
thc Carduus, and Gmgia, gives notice, that he issirsiead]
to trs. at fsi-r fat czlttlc, pflrk, boa ns, prase, and vinegar,
svr rhc- army of'the Unit-sid States, to be delivered at
such times, during the falland winter, as may be most
: rceaplc to the lsillcrs. And whcrsias ] have been cre
d_tbly msotmed that a number of people, pra-t-zndsin'
that they were employed to purzhase fsizr the army,
have for some month past been busily en aged in the
back country in fnresialling carde, eic er to avail
themselvct of the demand which the army may have
for them, or for some im'mica] purpose, nl have also'
been informed that some of them have circulated '
rid snf cssuntcrset money, and that others had drivesin
their cattle to the :flasld of Pasula, at the much of
Susqnel—annab, where they have fallen into the encmy's
hands, I therefore think it my duty to guard al) friend;
to slnm-lm against them, by making it known, tha},
by : nshzunnn of Congress, no person can Purchls,
an cnntinrntal amount, wFthin my department, with"
our authmity from me; and I must here add, that if
my csiunn-ymcn attempt unreasonable exactiom hnhz
will throw the advantage of these purchasi's (w '
Cnngrch intended to make as diffusive as possible, by
dividing the continent into four dcpartmenu, lnd
appointing a general purchaser In cach) inn the Eas
tern states, where catch: are had at prssssscnt nn much
better terms than in this, and, salt bzingchraper, m
visinn may be easily cured. W. AYLE .
0- The su'cl'crihcr apprehending that the aypoint
mcnt he has lately accepted from C'mgrr-ss will not Id
mit us a due utmntffm t.) thchusmcss of the common
wct-alth hitherto under hss dimcti'm, ['mpsysfs to give":
up th.- tqth day of next mPnth, and therefsi-rc request
thc favour of all pusons who have acct-ounts with him,
as agent or man or of the pubiick siffirc, m cvme to
an immcdhtc set't rmcnc, and those who have demand!
to apply fmsi paymcnt. W. AYLETT.
TEN DOLLA R S R EWAR D.
b'sOthN or SsRAYlil) from the subscribcr, the
eighth insiant, a dark bay horse abmn Purtecn hand!
and a half l1igh,'sour years old, and hranded on the
ncar buttnck 000 . He has a rssiached back, and I
sm'd] star in his forehead. I will give the above reward
to any pcrl'm that will deliver htm (0 me.
]AMES COCKE.
Wnumsnunc, SIj/t. 17, 1777. *
s STATlas Ncw York, jub 13, 1777
: R,
* {) ( ) N after receiving your appointment
si (while I was about to leave camp for Virgiflil) !
met with Co]. Hazen, who generoufly osiircd me :
majnrity in his regim :nt, provided his Excrlkncy Gene
ral !Vqsi'Z-ingtm should approve of it. The Gencnl'ctt
consent being obtained, ! instantly received a com
misiinn, and am now happily situated. Tnisl thought
proper to acquaint you with through the chaunel of 'I
newssapcr, as the uncc-rtainty of [( tcers succeeding at so
seat a dishncc make.; it in a manner nesicssary, which
m case ofa miscarriage might prc'jujicc the s-sirvice, as
you cou!d not for a considcr-ibfe tfmc- learn my situation
and appointannthcr m inccssw d me. I am your obedient;
servant, TARLTON WOODSON.
Col. CHARu-zs M. TnRvsTm-i.
UN away from thsi= subscrihcr in [s/mmm', two
ncgrss) follows, viz.. Llfw1s and PMNCE, the
former was advcrr scd l'wmc tvm: last May by ]obu WH
san to be delivcrvd to the subk'ribcr, and is a well set
fellow about five f:ct six or seven inches hi , has
thick lips, and when spsi-kc to a downcast ]no ; had
on whom he went away a white hunting shirt, :: 'i!
of short breechessssfww and cotmn. and a small ac. '
I expect he will <-nd<-avour to pass fVl' a frecman, be
having zmcmprcd m pnss as such. Prince is an outlaw
dish fellow, about lix tsisi'sss't high, sioutmndc, fullcyed
talka very fast, and not plain ; had on ] pair of shoe.
skin brcc-chc 5, A wrmiien jzzckct ssssirgc wovc, strsped "!
the filling with bhck and white wool, :: white cocmn
shirt, and toc-k ;mffthcr us the same kind with him,
and had on;! sm'iH bound black itzu. H: formed}!
was the propcn} of mr. Brown of King William, and
in;]: bccn mu::1 usid to the tending nfgcmlc'men, and
is well acquziTnud with m "} of .lnmica- I expxt he
will cndcavour to get to Hawe's army, as he has once
urtmnpr'sssid toioin Dm/mcre. Wsihmssvfr will delivcdthe
lin'd nunawsiiys tsv t.'.c anlsssicribsisir shll" have ten dollars
for such, m halfrhc sum t'sssi svcuring them in in:], (5
I ger them again, I will 11]! or swap either of them,
to any person they may incline to ('0 to,
NELSON ANDERSON, inn.,