The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-05-15 00:00:00, page 2

ss, RW—YSLN T 0 ctN, APRlL 28.
jMss & 'si'ss. Mflhurfi'm Albdny, lpril 17. 1719.
psi' _R OM the the ssrd viuhzv'g; in ucounts, that on Sunday last.
: lKss in inns :Tnsies came lar Sir William
'l 01 use, nnFtook 4 prihneq on. of wh " llowevec'luckily
'- oft and [: diet: ilmfion ba tonkc of hot: ' incipnl
, tnhaoitannto gainimeli me, but they missed then _aim. Wc_ uthey
" Wmffis fflfo 'effdeiiossutt-Tcttb csefapcsit'hefi' sange
ruesaq-Gnadw of sqm-figged mun- vznrs- putsitd h- from
Sndy-Hook. .
:,"an manam ship afflved'lfPhiladelphh, in a short passage,
from Czdiz, lzdcn with sdt, dry goodg, wine and fruit. Stveul other
wettekanszidwheinthebnyw . si
_ On s night the ad: ult.. a-puty of about so men, belonging to
Lteutennnt ol. Vlll Bufknrk'l corpl of Tosiel znd ,embodied refugees
zlniond 'n Hotbdck in the count, of Bersizen, who came out ::
sifn ;: Clofief, for the yurposc of Knsin horses, me! of ubbing
the inhabimm, m attacked nnd put to' ight by nine of the militia,
command!!! by Lieoumnt ]. Huyler. leaving their plundes behind them.
.lnd on: osthdr cient, the noted Peter Myes. cnsign in C . David
Pcak'l employ, dnd on the field. Another of their () cer: was
wounded un che am, on! the infamous Wczm antl, so nolosioss'lly
known so: kin complicncd villanies, theft: lnd robberics, wn sihot
(bren? - -t ;knecsssimgl it :: suppused will, by the amputztion as I Iimh,
be (I] zbsed lwm pring llld ];lunduing the loya] subject. dsi thu
3— "! We ' * \
'C-'H A" R L E S T O _\V N. APML 21.
As] \VWJG)' lsll'td hue from the West lndics with a large
L supp'ty ogmihwv notes, thehfi Hercules. Cept. ]osnh Young,
85. . si secosi-per Foy, Ca 1 . Charlu . organ.
Our adv-ccsiu hjsshcse ve eh ere, that the Coum D"Elhing'e squadmn,
;: Mlslinqut' he] on the :ath o! Fehnnn', been reinsorced, by the
R 'mfle'lnd & tgm'sique 0. 74 (um end, the Dnuphin Royal 0! 70, and
thss Vensi u-of 64. fxom France, under the coznmznd nt Count de Grisstg
And thn—he ssery (peedniy expected : further reinfoxccment at ! ships:
But diet Adtltut By-on hning also received : teinfoi cement at St. Luch,
Which retusestdcthii fleet much ('upn'ionr to thn of the Punch, nothing
offensive had he?- attempted on either side. That the Count DJ'Ilhing,
on the egth of Much, observmg 11 os Adminl B) son": l'qmdron come
out ufdt. Luciz. he put to sea likewise Wllh hit fleet, but Admtul Byron
then upon coming out with the un of hie dipt, he was obliged to put
Back to Mminiquez and thn thin wn the only time Admiul byron,
since hie ish'ulss !! St. Lucia, or the Count D'Eshtmg since tus return li-om
thence had put to su, notwithshnding the many account: we have had of
the Machine up of the French by the British fleet. 'I but the French fleet
consiked, ) weeks lfo. osonly : ship-of the line, ! of 59 guntsi, lad 9
shptu; and the Br tish, as :: o the line, 3 of 50 guns end :: trigntet.
Them!- French [hip- m ill clean end cons uentl might at an
whenever they thought popes, from 8 son. w use et were : ] son .
That the French stigfttee were very succe tful in ending. particularly the
Iphigenia. which'since the eaptun of the Cem, had teken seven] jltiflol
end Li dipt of no {sin- and ?wnrde. That on the gth inhlnt,
5 bench 'gunand soul nssclsilo war, :ndGEnglilt, mia sght
of each other the whole day, drawn q: in line of battle, without coming to
in enpgement; whence it in prodable the French on] mmmvred till
night. topntstte som'e more imPomnt object, front vhic it w:- itn :
my thin should divert them. Thlt the leeward thod: were si.
exceffive sitten: ssan uncommon dFought. lad also by he" duined os esi
their ' hshpt-ovifion to fupply the mny :nd _nl at St. Lucia,
yho ssm f'fl'ss fiekly. Thn tho npinl privatecr ned out from
pdWs :, " du! it wu not donhted would lnke ample fortune: for
every one cmeemed. it teken by : Bolon privateer. That \ Dutch than
of wu of 6! gunessand I sr'tg'ute of 31, had latdy nrrived at St. Euhtia,
with inn qmntity bf honey on board. And that on the lgth of March
: I , sent stent Mquc with 90 English prisoners, arrived at Nevie,
_ whip having fflknsi in with two Amcriean vessele under the lec of
Gnuddoupe, the English selmen on bond. under pntenee of tchzling
och bended them. And carried them at prime. into Nevie, w ere it wn
nid. they had heeAeondenn-t.
We Forth: time creed I:] by ]ennny Twiteher and Snrtine for the
" fand: of the' lee squ oo'lt the moudt of the chennel, expires in
sev' e. when they on to retire into port, and Sir Hugh! with :
nalmuto when him. They en'neithetos them to do any mischief
onthet nation, but pmly support the honour of the new] miniflen, end
httgh'at the crednluut People; onsiboth side. the channel. lt ie presttmed
that our student Admtul will pwvide himself with : sufficient flock of
' ' gludsplfflnsionthit amenhle cruize, that he may have noocccttsion
_ ' lietherqnergency. Way, whether Sir llogh'e ship wu
Iot too mnsined. _ot the might oth ise have spoiled hu spliein by
standing "ny With him ihto nition,? urdy commandet thou]: be
{law into 1 hnsk veflel; and it t not lnswer. he should be
true , 'vith rope thn never wants splicing, but land for life.
The hme serLeant jasper (who so gtllnnt] , during the hand] (if the
reof Sir Peter uker'l squadron upon fort ltsie, in l776. took up
hgfhnt had been shot down, end planted it upon the rampnrts) has
btfly given : new proof of hil_cour:tge md nddsesn He, with another
serjennt. : few dove ago. crofled szmh river, took, and brought to
jot Geneul Lincoln'e head quarten, two C-ptzins, nlmed Seosstt m.]
n , of the British troopc in Georgil.
- A tlemanhtel exchanged, whois'ufl arrived front Georgil. szyl.
out Fore on boerdt e Priscn ship: these ie, from ten to twelve in ldny.
That t e Amcncan prisoner: are not allowed more than ten ounces of
sondemned pork and : int of fice per dzy each. And that neither the
kcontinentn] office". lol iers, militim or cituent, who are prisoners there.
ye treated with my degree of that generosity and humunity which formerly
did honour to the tree t of Btitsissm.
si ss Lalt Friday ; sing o truce, with upwards of 40 Antericau prisoners,
;msiv d here from New Providence, where, we are told theu- present
ei mmltnncet make them wild, that we Would exchmcte qur pmtitiono
for this turtle. and lunu, or give them'in payment for the [hight us
the pritonm they hue sent ut.
.si'ssW ; ctlsi'ctss'G-qqct;
: WlLLIAMSBURG, Mtv Lip
Y a Gentleman who returned sh-m Nansemond on Wednetday l..
who had been sent to obtain intelli nce res Ettng theeuqny
blings the following nccount: That on os-day afiut : o'c-tuk sith'
enemy'e' ships got absent of the mouth of the Wcttem Branch. and .
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cover as their guns lindtsid about uoo men up the branch at Tmt-iq
int (the glede) that Major Nlatthews having mtelligen-ee of che. sea
is ammumtion up the Southern Branch to the Great Bridge, and im.
Mediately evacuatedthe th't,_leating his eolcturs fiyin . and spikim t:
:" h'tssigu'na, except one field'piece (supposed to be the tas: cne) wnj.
he cumed with him. The large vessels off Pot'tt'mouth were bmnt by th.
Mztjor't orders, and the small ones pmceeded up the Souzhern Branch,
On 'suetsiday the enemy pursued them up the liver, and burnt and destroyed
them all; they also burnt several houses; and the same day hlij-t
Matthews, on receiving account. that the enemy were near htm on all
' quarten, destroyed all the powder that he.- ltad with him that he could
not carry off, and ordered : retreat by way of the Northwett Laudipg. H.
wa: by the last account at Pequimina (North Carosma) and it vull he
some week: befote he can beexpected in thtsltate, a.- he must match quh-a
round the Dillml Swamp. Yettaday at ] I n'elock the above Gentleman
wat at a Mrs. Slrmghu's, who told hmt thtt four of the enemy h-djbem
there about half an hom- before him, and had lumltrctt hcr honey,
clothet, and most valtt-tble surniture, and shewet him her lord singen.
from whence -hey had tak. n her lings. \\".'tlle he was Ult'l'r. two tun"
came riding btilkly up, and tt-sitl him that about et hty of the ent mv with
four waggom were at that place, uh-re he?- h.\ sihalud t"r btukfall'
that another pllty of them were at !lullidv I on the upper side of th
Wesh-rn Branch, about one or twu milet trom H-tll'sg that they ken
plunderinss1 and the inhahttsnn in the x'lttldsi ctsh-cso. He saw Mr.,
Skinner. rs.M'Connicss-. Mn Browne. Mn. Calvet-t, Must Ramtav.
am] Milsis Calvert, with four usMu. Ca test": children, all on tout, exct-H
Mrs. M'Connico, who were endrzwouting to make thar ttsicnpe, :mtl
apprared in the tttmofi dtsh' se, and knew not where to fly to. Th'
enemy have a_chain ot'centties from Tinnie's point to Gospel t, and to: tsituss
[the tnhabitattn of Povtsmuuth to the tt-vtn._ lt ]. [hid they have forced
three young Ladies on board their lh-ps, to win Msss Hcrhett. us! two
othets, one of whom wu on the pomt of being married. si .
Extract ty" ( lum- frou ('olsilgwson to bcz Excellent) tlsie Cumm
duus! Smithfield, May 11, 1779. '
" ! presume your E-eelieney by thio time it preny well infordted o!
the strength and m-m-ments of the enemy. From umuunt- which I hav
reeeived, the true] and honid ,deptedztiom and npine committed on the
unsnnumte end detsienceiest itthzbiut u who hue fallen within thd'
seech, exceed elmoll any thing yet hard of within the circle of th.)
trzgick dis lay of sange bashnnty, houteholu (utnitun. Roch of
kind, bon ee, and in short almolt every ('t-seint of perishnble ptopetty
effectually destroyed, with unrelenting fury by these dtwik inclin
mntder, npe, nptne end violence, 61] I the dark mnlngtte of tl '
deteflable tnnsnctione. T dey surprised : took : smell body of an
me. it the Great Bridge, whom they murder'd immediettly on the
to the amnt of leven. The feeling: of hunlnity m ly you
with Men: on the various and pointed entdtiee exercise tomttb
suffering connttymen. md call aloud for the nel vigomul end spiiite.
exertionl. The mililil ll this place. on being-informed that am: we _
coming dt wn for them, are much spirited up. and plosese the pen;.
desire of revenge and reuliation."
Extract ojfnmber letter fist: the same Gentian, te bit 51:qu
- Mater. . - si.
" On m way down (from Smithfield meed. Suffolk) I net-mtmhe
of the untzrttmate and dinressed inhabitants. Iyin from the npid a
ptoach of the enemy, with such circumflaneu of ihse. 11 in tta
cannot paint. ! see] no yiensure-(l believegour Excellency will t in
in enumeuting and dwelling uyon the dillre ee of our unhappy count
men and fellow emturet, but on the present occlston, the, exceed ;"
thing in imagination. The enemy are now in—pofli-siion of Snffolk. . ye
of which is nctmuy in tlemen, and the whole uill probnhly be so m
small time."
By : Gentlemen srcm.Sussoilt, we lre inscrmed that Mr. Bt'ielrell, ]
delcgate for Nansemond csiounh. the Rev. 'I home Davis, and the Pu'v.
Henry John Bttrgess, have unfortunately fallen into tht enemiet hands.
that (our young Gentlemen who were reconnoiteri " sun ( .mtztnee from
the town, wct'e llso captumi, and Clpt. Richard nvit killed by : part,
of Heffiuu. The enemy after niting posikffiun of the town. brok: up
the bridg'e and hutsint two vessels belonging to Mr. Cowper. _
An express this momen arrived in town, hnngs a.politive :eeouut
the eneniy'e having hutnt all Suffokk, exce; t the civil and religion: housz
that : party of their men (mounted on stolen horses) were gone wScut
Quny, the other: advancing towards Smithsield, but on hearing the mili
tin, &c. were on the load, they changed :hcir cout, llld Ire now sentim
ing towards Pmsmouth. " ss
By bit Excellcngt PATRICK HENRY, Compare" Cbbf Magt'stru
(s t-L-e Commoltfwraltl— ty" Virgihil.
dPROCLAMA=LTlON0
HEREAS a British fleet arrived in thie-u—tmonweaith on So
dey last, and the next day landed w who took the st-t't
Purtsmottth, and also delirnctved many vessels these, end have since march
end takcn the town of Sunolk, end burnt eyen thereof, eommitting o.
their way thither, horrid sunge: and depredatiom, such ne plundesi
and hurnirg houses, killing and carrying nwzy flock of all sorts. a
exercistng other ahomin iblc cruehies z-ntl barbaritiet; and it is suppnsss
that they will carry their tlej-rcdations mto other pam of thin since.
have therefore, by and with the advice if the Council of State, ifli
this m proclama-ton, rrttlutl'ing the tntlnly Lietttenam- and other mili *
tary (: ters in this commcnwealth. and t-lpecisitlly those on nai-Fgahi
waters, to hold their itspeetnt mi i-i;t-= m rt-ztsiimess to opposethc .tt'tmp
of the enemy whereso- ter thcv man.' be mldc.
Gll'L'N under my hand and ri-estm' q'si sl'e Conm-—::<wm!!{', a! fly (up:
in !lsi! city ty \\ iliinn'flzurt-ct, th'; 14!!! du P—i .), in Ilv ridn/sivd
cy'lln Cewnoucmhb, (is.. --.ct.-_L'qmm, [77-t.
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