The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-07-26 00:00:00, page 2

- L go N !) o N', um; .:8.
THE In: uptm of the Ameriun packec bound
from aneo the Copgress, he;. it in hid,
occlszmudct no [mill conirrnifion'tmong many Gan;
tleme- Nh :: thpnfl : ur- end of 15. lnetropolis.
Beside: :! ucoll] of : ] the intended miiiinrysio cra
tiono of the Punch this enshing suninm', bdt " in ,
Apertion lnd in Eumpect Ihere were found on board, ;ct
large Punch,- o'l prime lium, WorF-ch'
from one essninm hssupdl on thisfflde of she-Britifh
channel * Who; t'be cave of thia'evnu—wot :ir,
which 'li soon the the express nnived from Pons
bouth, two or three distingushed characters went im
mediately imo che count: "sor the beneit of their
health. Wim light . Isiich: (imsse may throw on chi
dafk business, is not yct ver} certain; but some - 4
' wh'muodw know a good del} of WHEN
_ __ i: will mi-n out robe _my seriaul. ]
, '.7 Thy write from bfhorn; that bin Highness ths
- W'pke of Toscany. hid sin: ordm to hicsi'Mi—
-' lined K'enin lad \ icnoa, lo ofix hi- interposilidq
Mz'tbc um power! to'pcteventct : :chure, which
,mt ml- n-ofionl in Italy veTy serious and
le.
FlSHKILL, Fine. 29.
m'uk lbtmt 90 sail of great and smell vessel!
Wild the north river, near.) opposite Col.
.srom hence it wan concluded that Sir Hurry
;sihdndd. w meek West Point , in consequence of
did: the militil to this county Kfll called out, who
Waypeved at their retzfflin "plau- of rendezvont with
atlienuesi. We huesince heard that most of the
wise]: havesellen down the river. It :: thought thin
meanen": unde to order to faciliutc the burning
'plan m New ]ersity. Thmgh they burnt the small
born of Springsicid, they paid dearly for it, having
hit m k'ti' ed and wounded, by the best aeeounts we
enn.co]le8t (tom 500 to 7oo men.
]xfmct - es ( bliss fiel- WeRehessfluc—wj, 7!!! 27.
I " 1 retyrnea fron over the river to day, it n'as
ct eonsvju * told me. that Sir Hurry Clinton out at
Ef: ter, that most of the Britill army were
' m ;; - that my, that en incursiin into Connefiicot,
{tkdnlly supposed, and that rect part of the
' )! ! ordered up the Sound*. Z
" ! 'He-this menting appetite the fleet at Philipess :,
?.Kconifled onefloopef of ver, m armed soon. elefen'
Wmspom and twenty smell vel'tk; —
part of the fleet were mking the be! oftheic
m— w Nchork. Anumberot the mymat
=Pbi1ipe' :, their piclm gold extends m nilee, our
! ,AsssiDELP Hlctctsszsiuln -
. dure,? !
_ ' i-lfiniy. Mjlbs
* ss AY: schoonvnsinived here no e short
." from St. Thomas e, the Czsitun_ ini
" the French lest undict-simy for mused.
vided et Mminique. on thei'r' way to Amerka:
;ctM " Will the shipeofthe linethete weee 50 sail. "
—.ct*'_;si*ct'
]! CON GRESS, ]un! 18, 1710.
'WHERBAS, Congiess, on the eighteen?! day of
dlfl, tefilved, in the words oilowing m.
uses; n'ill, as soon at may he, make such
Moon; - dishhngir. or cont-ruing the leane
that in we hm. made to theFe United State;, lonn-ofice
cenifi'utcs, ad th the loldcn of them shall sustain
' . no los: thciebn, y any depreciation of the bill:
*1naned,s.i useqnent to the respective dom of the said
cer! 5 1 es. " heresnre
**'*kesh!futdi the principll'of an loant, that hm
hczfflmde de Umted Gum, lull finally be dis
; "tary !, !: ving the full content value of the bill:
' v-he- ] :m which pa) ment: shall be mide
' & "filled olhn, or the current exnchangelaesreof
_ in other monev, at the time ospay-me
That "lue of the bill! when loued shall be
nscec the purpzse above- menttomd."
putin n : peogr'eflive rm of depnedionkxd
meneiog with the dy of Wtembof, 1777. end
geometrical pre n wffietime, from pened to pe
riod, an hereafter nued, zsuming the depreebion at
" e several riodctobe n follows, viz. , ss
On lcthc rit d-yos 'Much, l7lo, one dolln and,
three :! ofss—l dolar of the said bills, it! one
sjpa miflcd dull" e'h the sirfl of September, 1778.
ssn four of the some for one of the later; on the first
t' Much..." 9... ten of the fame: fox one uf_the
latter; ontblel ofSeptembes, 1779,.as eighteen
of the former for one of the Inner; lnd on the nlth
day of Much, "lo, al forty of the fokmer for one
of the latter: -
That the principlctzll certisiates that have been
! taken outfictnczthdgbdmh du of March lafl, shall
\ be dischlrgedn thraldom penish milled dollar,
ssor the current ned: eqipreof in other man at the
time of p-ycnnt; Toe orty dollan of the said 'llo of
chdit, received on lum;
Th'! the pfindpdof dlcenificltes thlt-shall here
"efterbc nkeu'out, lsstil the further order of Congresu,
be dischuged at the ame rate end in the same manner
:; those that hue been taken out since the eighteenth
day of Much lull. ct
That tle intend on ell lun—ofice certifiute- at
the rate ofsix per cem. yet annmu. computed on the
pri'ncipa) ascemined as lfbnslid, she" be dil'clurged
unullly; in like manner as the principal, until the
principl (lull be pid : Prosvided nevertheless; thnt the
same :nterefl and made of pa ment onsssseertificatel
taken out before the sir! day 0! March, 1780, shall
be continued al at [intent, until the principzi zscer
thined as aloneszid, shall be fed to be discharged.
Ordrld. that the Board of a'rezsury prepare the
proper tables for direction of the Commiffianen of
the epuinenul lom-offim in the several Gates, in
11: ihg off the pi'ineip'al lnd interest of loam, agree
nb ; to be foregoing resohltion'e.
' Bltract from the nilm'ru,
CHARLES THOMSON, sun..
RICHMOND, 7sszy 26.
'ALETTBR from W'tlfilmshurg informs us, the
[date schoener Alsilnce, Captlin siStsatton, in
co'mpnny with Gaptuim Ralh and Tucker, not sm
ftorn'the CW were aptured and carried off by the
enemy on Sund- the'sixteemh inhm.
"We m 'credi ly informed the enemy have 'got
several smell yicsroon privateen cruifing ' hysiflct
The money which pan stolen, from Col Boon
end Mr. Grymn, :: Bitd'c n'ere in James City,ss
it msidwk by actmssl the Prsidkdan of the robery
m um npplyiu to :. nRo-wsa in
wsisi'ctictsin ' 1 ! ph 1 ,
". ! ty,"!mycoun ,ob'elmeto
make the fol _ ' fact! ynbliclt'? A cesigtain ]ohn
B ofmon, vhosoroerlyenjdyed the greatest
[na the Mftfln this! him to Ponupl, and by
which bein- amefidxvery' considerable fortune, hu
fine the countenance: o!" the present war, been
chief eyne! of three Britilssl ivateeu, employed lo
emit}: lgninl'hie fame: bene Icton, althou it it the
same due, he murdly prosesses himself a fiend to
Ameq'u, die undoubtedly bedoe- in hope: to deceive '
hie former mespondenn, and reap the s' me belsesil ss
he has before done, whenever : communication is
openpi bow tlut kingdom and the United Sena.
GEORGE ANDERSON.
Ram! nal? ofdff'mbb, entitled!- actfergivng
fmbzsi'fpemn . lb: Gwmud Cmcil udfir
"5" Mffictf 4.
ND wheel (neral foldien lately called intoY
savic under the said recited act have llreedy
desested. u ;: !. ukcly many may desert who are to
be raised un Man, and may not be taken until
the militil shall he dishanded, to the great injury of"
the publick Be it flm'lm mefied, ttnt the Com
mmding Osimpf eva-y county where such deserter
or deserten may be found, it hereb directed to call
: court martial, to cousin of five o ten, not under
the sink of I Czpnin, who shall cause silch desener
or deserten to be : ehended, conveyed, end deli—
vered to thessneue officer, having command in the
troope of thil commonwealth, to serve in the said
troops for ei ht mouths. And such deserten she"
moreover be Febjefl to such rule! ud "tides of war
_n the troopt lforesaid are subjefl to. And the Com
nlssddlngosicet oflny county siwho shnll fail to sum—ss
. . 7 4
ss * ...a. ct- _ Mans.
' mon such court-mmialj or tdtlse his hest Mdeavoon
lo cause the t'nctid desestcro to be'nppsehcnded nnd deli—
si vered n asoresaid, shall folfeit, for every offence,
ss five hundred poundl, to be recovered in any Cook! Of
chord, by bisi'l,. plaint, pr insormdon, and to
intire. one half to the fnformer, '_lnd the other man.,
the phblicssk: vaid " thaf my Qsisinpcr ol-Menonin
ordered into service b 'this or the In recited 36}, and
sailing to much, or desiring, shall he cursed from
rsonal service, but in cvtry such cale- v ln'ch !,ath
appened, or may happen, the (founty Lieutcnant or
Commandin Officer of the militia, shnll direct the
eojiflment o : subltitute, ard liv'y the expense thereof
on such of the religious suciety to which the Jelinquent
bejongs, as rrsides within his ccumctv, in the same
manner u is directed by the act herein first recited, in
the case et: Quaken and Mcuonifis drafted for the
continual service."? '
_. . . , . v . . )
Exp-ctxfim th'qxliumd AKTlCl-BI ;! WAl
' q/ sin)!- w, l776. ct .
_SECT10N VI.
. ' ssHATSOEVER officerol' soldief
lfl'ctct 4' (lull he couvided of havingnelvised "
or persuldzdsany other officer or soldier to defer: th
service of dnflnired Statn, shall suffer such punish
ment u shln'be inflsified upon_him by the sendenccos
1 court-martill. '
SE'CTlON Xlll..
lct-t. 18. Whosoever shall relieve the enemy with
money victuah, or ammunition, or shall knowing],
harbour or protect un enemy, shall suffer death. of
such other punishmcnt'u by :: coun-mamal shall be
inflicted.
lrl. 19. Wbosoever shall be convict holding
correspondence with, or givin intelli ce to, tho
enemy, either dinfllyos indire ly, shafl suffer dead:,
or sheh-mher punishmcm as by a court-mnrtial shall
be inflifled.
n- ib: noUsz of DELEGATEQ. .7-11 6. "80.
A " chain uobligc ib: Mntnu as the Guzut.
asul LY, to give w! liven! : o th'!
arm tlu east q' gueucctmct ]
WHER As it il necessary, in the resent grene
critit,' m mnke the molt u-esffll efforts for
nfihing with esieaedy the deflrn in desi . of the
common enemy, an such indispensable :: on: may
be impeded end interrupted, if the sullelt confidence
in the utachment of-those. who conflitude the Legis.
lawn, doe- not nail. "
Rlplwd, : contraditmtc, that every member
of the GeneralsiAffembly shall give an nnequivocal
proof ofhis uniform and Ready determination w sup
port nnd maintain the cause of [merite, and the in
dependence of hie country, by taking the following
oath or asinmtion, to wit: " ! A. I. do solemnly
and sincerely declare end swear, oreffirm, 'that the
nate of l'irgr'uic ia, and of ri ht ought to be, a free.
sovereign, and independent ate; and ! do for ever
unounce and refuse nll allegiance, subjection, and
obedience to the King or crown of Gru! Maius
And I do farthei- swear (or solemnly, sincerely, and
trul declare and firm) that ! never have, since thd
dec nation of independence, directly or indited],
aided, affilbd, abetted, or in any wise countenanced
the King of Grut Britait, hil Generala, fleets, or
make, or their ldherenu, in their claimuu these
United State;: And that ! have ever since decla
ration of the independence thereof, demeaned myself .
as : Iaithful citizen and subject of thin, 'or some one
of the United Stateax And that ] will .: all time:
maintain and support the freedom, so si ty, and
independence thereof," which oath, (hall ndmini
Kered by the Speuker of either house, to the member
of each, on the day after this resolution shall have
passed; and in the presence of the respective houses
assembled, each of the said Speaken having previonl
taken the said oath before the Governour. and sue
memben at my not be in town to take: oath in
manner befon directed, shall talce the saine in the
court of his county, at the next court to be held,
after thin resolve shall reach such members, and pro
duce : certisicate thereof from the derk of the court,
to the'meeting of the General Assembly. _
]OHN BECKLBY, c. !. o.
Agrmi to [51 ib! Satan. '
WlLLlAM DREW, c. ;.