The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-06-07 00:00:00, page 3

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learn that the whuie fleet of the enemy
had sailed from that plqce, the first divi
ision On VVeclnesday the zgzh of May, the
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' last on the Friday following. lc was,un
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certain which way they had steered their
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5 A course, aithouqh it was generally believed
" for South Cato inn, while others were of
' _ o inion they were bound for Virginia.
- The only exploit, worth notice,ct-wliich
this gallant army, under generals Clin
ton apd _Curnw:zllissi (said to consist of
of 5000 men) have performed, sinsice
their arrival in Ca'pe Fear, hue been to
burn down the hmise osbrigadiessr-gsimeral
Howe, after stsiibbing one woman , ' 'wo'urid
iug a second with'a mulket Ball, siand
knocking four teeth out of anbther.--—
si-Weil may the old songssssbc'uow applied,
' ctBritom, where': your great friagriantmity!
.Where': your W'rmted caurageflawn ! si '
" 'sisisi'* ll' l ]} n'. ] ...ss , ]
Ucncral Lunwn auu auuuueu a [nouc
niation to the mnpjish'ates 'of NoisissthCaro
lind, setting forth 'to them 'the conse
quences of the people in that prov'ince be
ing in a state ns rebelfion, andithat he had
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it in command to proceed against them
forthwith; but at the sizme time, out of
teriderness to the deluded multitude, ex
horts them most earnestly to appease the
vengeance of Great Britain, by a return to
. their duty, and offers free pardon to all
who shall lay down their arms, excepting
only from the benefit of such pardon Con
peuvs HARNETT and Roaen'r Hows;
of which he desires all persons to take no
tice, at their peril, and then concludes
with God save the King, &c.
Troops are stationed on the sea coast of
North Carolina, from the Virginia line to
' Cape Fear,_ for the purpose of preventing
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the British plundercrs from beingsupplied
with live-stock. " ct
_ 'Advice is just received from tH-Z'Eastem
si Shnrc, that mr. Bartlett Gopdrfi'ch, in an
armed vessed mounting fourieansiiage and
six swive] gous, from the West'lndies, is
taken in Cherrysione creek','sicthy_5"party of
'v- rifiemen, and, with his cargo of sail duck,
fruit, sugar, &c. properly secueed.
jon'N _VVILLl.-\M£, esq; is chosen ma
jorosthe Culpeper minute battaliqn, in
the room ok'nnjor THoMAs MAnsHALL.
Death.] Colouel RICHARD HULL, of
Northumberland, in his 59th year; for
many years zi representative in Assembly,
ssand magistrate for that county.
Mr. WlLLLAM GREGORY, of Charles
City county, cupmin in the 6th regiment ;
a very worthy man, and much esteemed
by all his acqufintances.
May 31,' 1776. About 2 o'ciock in the
mbrn'mg, ml'.JAMEs DILLARD, jun. an
amiable youth, was snctttched off in the
flower of his age, to the great grics of
his friends. In the miust qsliji: we rare in
death ! Of whom may wesee/e jbr fiwcour,
but oj'thee, O Lord!
Cujgy'ofa letter addrcsslz'd to the fi'bntier in
habitants, by mr. Stuurt, the British
superintrssvzdent of Indian affair: in the
fimtlwru ilistrict, which was delivered the
LBth of My lq/l, by a mq/kuger sent l/y
Wexprq/ify fbr that purpose:
S , 50". xizuc ago mr. Camero'n and my
sJfiwrolc you a letter by mr'. Thomas},
and enwlqstd you the talk we had with the
Indians respecting the purchase which it is
repsinrtczl yoctu lately unde oscsshem for the
rivers VVattauga'h and Nolachncky, &c.
We are since informed, that you are un—
der great apprchcnsions of the lndiuns (lo
ing mischicj'; but it is not the dcsign of
his msinjesty to set his friends and allies, the
]ndians, on his liege subjects. Therefore,
whoever OF you are willing to join his
mzojfsty's sorces, as soon as lhey'arrivc at
the (Ihcrokec nzltion, by repuiring to the
king's stanchxrd, shsilH find protection, and
their familics and estates hc secure from
all danger whatever. Yet, that hismn
itsty'a officers may be certain which of
you are wilsing to take up arms in defence
us the king's just rights, ] have thought
fit to recommend it to you, cverY one that
is-sidesirous of preventing inevituhlc ruin to
himself and samily, immediatclv to sub
scribc a written paper, acknbwledging
their allegiance tohis majesty king George,
and that they are ready and willing, when
ever called upon, to appear in arms in
destflbp-ssof- the British rights 'm Auterica;
w—hichf'pb'per, 'a's soon as his assigned, send
to' me b'fshtfle-sdse—hund. Should any of
the 'ssinhm'fsito 'pc' 'dEsir'ous os knowing
how they-'arectsito be ?: t free from every
kind'of iusult, usir d- &; imsurm them
that his'mujefly willsi- i'mhsitgfdiately land an
army in V\'cst leidfijfld march them
through the'Creek n'ai'ro'n Yffe Cllicasahs,
where 5'oo warriours ffi9ffl,, 53511 fi'fltion are
to join them, a'sid thep come hystlctlx Che
rokecs (who have alshsipsiqgltised theis as
sistance) then take posseffion-thhe-srqctn
ticks of North Carol'ma and Virginin, -at
the same time that his majesty's forces
make a diversion 'on the sea coastsosthose.
provinces. [( an of the inhabitantssshzn'ej.
cattlc, pack-hor es, or flour, to spurcz, by
applying to us, they shall hme :: good.
price for them, as socton as his majcsty's
troops are embodied .
I am, gentlemen, &c.
Hz N : ! ST ;: A RT , deputy superintendent .
Wattaugah, sc. '
F["I-"8 day came Nathaniel Read before
' me, ' one of the trulices nsilgned to
keep the peace for the distriet asorcsctid,
and made oath, on the huly evangchlls of
Almighty God, that a stranger rude up
to mr. Robertson's gate yelterday, in the
evening (but who he was he did not know)
and delivered act-wpetter, a true copy of
which is above.---Given under my hand,
this- 19th day of Mayr-inG. ss
.. - -- - j-OHN CARTER.
Tq/Isssijnuzs Sm'rn. ' ss
Mr. Punnte, -- ss -. si;
UNDERSTANDING fch-Lxc the army is
, suffering for want dlsi'tents, ;indthac
the country has ordered' a nursstihetct- of
wooden ones to be made"; whieh the car
penters cannot supply them with sinsi'w'ant
of Nsi-ULS, and being informed there was :!
considerable number imported by the-col
lege for the purpose of'building an addition
to it; and As that design seems at present
to be laid aside, ] cannot see any reason
why theConvention should not order those
nails to be taken for the uctse us the army,
more especially, as, ] am credibly insorm— -
ed, one of the prosessors has taken two
barrels for his o'wn use ('one of tod.
the other of 8cl.) containing man
thousands, and carried them to Glouccz
ter, unknown to the 'prelident, who,
when he comes to heatsi of'tt, ] make no
doubt will order them to be broti rht back,
and not suffer the college to be plundcred
by one nsits prufesilzrs. _.
Please to insert the above intelligence in
your paper, for the benefit of the coun
try, and you will oblige your constant
reader. '
A'FRlEND to AMERICA.
Mr. PURDLE, , - _
IN vour paper of the 3d of May, I ob
serve a savern-Keepet has endeavourcd
to confine the reasoni—ug of an Enemy to
, Impo/itiom, without effcct'mg any thing -
, more than throwing ounsssumc malignant
rcteflexions on the author, which may.bc
sufficient to indulge the vanity ofhis mind,
and exulc that hc'has obtained a complete
victory, in spite ot'reasun assncl justice, but
cannotconvincc any person, of common
understanding, that the Euemy to Impq/i
tion: has ussertcd any thing but what is
consistent with truth, and may have good 1
effects to all but such as himself appears i
to he, who wishes [0 misconstrue the (lC*_ (
sign of the author to cz'ucnd to all tavern:
keepers, many of whom'the author Knossf-t
to be pcssrsuns of veracily, Whose Ppsesiibn
does xhem honour, as use'sul men l-to
sociely, and is not degrading the ups
merit; and as pubfick gsievmces should.
be redresscd by publick authority, ss
publick" offehdcr's 'made public]: examgy
of, it. is still expected the tavern-keepe .
who dare fly "m the face ofjusiice, in de-si'
fianCe of authority, wi]! be punished ac-z
cording to his dcmcrit, notwitblkandiuz
his saint opposilion to '
An Enm'y' to [mpo/l'tiqy.
ADVERTlSEMENTS.
In co MMIY'TEE of SAFE Tr.
Wuuamsauxoss, jane 6, 1776.
T being represented w (his board, that
the counnanding-offi'cers psthc- mil'nia,
in many couuties i'n-jthis colony , have omit?!
ed to arrangc the shrine into celjtg'm divisi-q
ons, pursuunc to 'a'sin ordinance 'of the {in:
Convention, from'a' misconstruction of thy
ordinance. " .. "
Kqsolved thsiercjbresi, that it be recom- _
meuded to thcm'lo ]nsioceed, wizhoupdp-ss
;}gy, to make sisu'ch' rcg'u'laiion, accoflfixgg'si'
10 che directions of the sad ordinance; ...si,
: By order of the cominsiutce. , _ si
EDMUND PENDLETON, presidgntfct'sict
" JonN PENDLETou, defkctsv
To be SOLD, pursuant to in! order of thy
Hon. Commiuee os Sasety, for rcldyct:
money, on Saturday the 15th 'mshmp
(Yuue) before the Ralcigh tavern, in '
the city of Williamstmrg, ' _
G ENTEE L CHARIOT and HJR-si
NESS, also two HORSES, lutebv the
property of a certain mr; Logan, and 'can
demned under the ordinance qs Convcutiausi
shr puni/Zzhg the enemies of Amcrssica.----'
At thefime time will be ]old :; Iikely—youflg
NEGRO IpIAN, u'zha is a very good tailur,
ha: been u/Z-d to u-aiting an gentlemert, 'and
taking care of hmfi-six, and it :: remarkable
active well di/pofizd lad.. ss ' - -. . ct
(1) TWILLMM AIFLETT. -
To be SOLDfor readym ',' lo the highe]?
bidder, at nyrstare in (HȜZuccster count],
on Thursdassy the .lgth instant, iffair,
ss' otherwi/Z- next fllir dqy, '
QpAN'l'lTY of German osnabrugs,
ticklengbur , cheeks, sheetingcts,
white linens, [eat er breeches, hats, writ.
ing paper, carpenter: tools, narrow hues, ss.
coffee, snuff, and 'a great number of other
articles too tedious to mention. \ 5.
(1) .M. ANDERSON, junct.._,
I have about 1500 wc. us BAR ] _0Nct,
which will likewise be fold that day,sil notsi
before. ' '
Now scllirg by the subscrtber, m w iiliamsi
burg', for study yssmpnq, at the car :
store qs doctor William Csiu-xch : brief
house, the follow dfijcles, viz. ssct,
UM, geneva, co'rdials of different
sorts, Philadsscphza steel, suleleather,
talk flcins, sine ahssd coarse hacs, fine and
coarse liucns, brodn do. coarse woollcu
Cloths, and coffeect
xu si ADAM EKAR'i'. '
Dinxomz court-house May2'8,1776.
Mr. Punoxs, -- -
ACOMPLAINT being lodged against"
Richard Hanscm, and Others, for '
having wilfully violated an order oathe
Continental Cungre ess respecting the n':
FAST, thc culpritp personally appeared
this day before the commitlce, and of _
their own accords made the most humble
:oncesiions for their contemptuous beha
vioul on that solemn occasion. For tar-_
:hcr particulars, we bcg leave to refer to .'
.hc enclosed memorial and confession au—
1cxcd, both which you me requestcd to
nscl t in )our Gazene, at thcjoint expenle
if [he said dchnqucuu, and you will oblige
M A N ! .