The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-07-24 00:00:00, page 2

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_ m-Lffi "w that the pricee of gqodt andp prmifiehexsi "gin 59: ..
.o te _reguhtd at the following fetee :
Toh'eeeqyeeet. {:- !; cteo Wholesele. R
Wheussperhush be Molefet,perg_elhn. {.4 ab; 410
Flousirctperet. " 15 00 anfiugar, paid. : ..
. MI-Pfdo- xooo'Coffee. _13,* :!
M. perbushel. : oo Bohca ez, do. \ ,; no * 3 !:
,7eroo." 4 00 CmpnGrcsien, do.- 16 :: --n o'
Dun, per bushel. , oo Besi son, " do. 15 0 _ :] o
Blrley, per do. 4": oo Well ndiasikum, [my]. 8 0 . '9 0
_ Rye. per do. 4 'oo French Rum, Per do. 5 to 6 to
Beef,perpound'. 450' LafSuger, per lb., e-sisi-si en
n,7si-do. 60 do. I 4si,'si tto
- ssLImb nettes. ll60ss MZPZPWW per do. "6 . . : e
'Vealssgqssdo. 3uo Hard Solp, ,per do. - u '
_ Buwssapctpound. no Bulron, per tun too" o "'I"- .
(lendes, per do. : 50 Rew Bidet, per 7ound. ; '
Becon. per do. me Rew Calf Skinegzz 30 ' "
Allun Salt, bush. l_ ; 0 0 Sole end healed heathen pr. pehnctd 1'5
Frenehhcotmtrydo to o , Neeu dotassshsi-hde. . - _ si 9 0
Menebdk Thou, 9 9 0 Dxefl'ed flkine that I -' _ o
" -Womene lathe: &: 7 0 0 wiil ent fourpeiros Sheee ,
' deeneusimenco 8 0 0 Been 0'
u'ct'
'chqtsidosWood4mo \ - si :- _
goode et the nen of 0 enn'en for ,C. : fierlin essofl', the
geRtZe undoe of whiehflulllbes need t? committeevhsi uQuired,
ctepd tosibesuch, endonf thereof, commimeshellprieelhe
" :!et chct mteeniotheiropmioduheychhen been purehefed '
" at in !"
Wo'ctTsithzt "all other actielee whether imported or of the court
7r6duce, ought to be vended et nate ntee to the then,
ssthatthegmd peophof this lsiosiwn'flo efiud to pay lnemion lo thesllde:
RM thattheseVenllsicttofAfl'emhly : 'ellnflforefl imi
&" : tom"; h'od pnb'iiek wenches ougt to be inf
sigsstrsioflsssigngousiii 'end thu' :: ." the dutyssjo fevery good dtiam. bothe
dismsgent enqm lfter and give infomtatiun of all such he full honestl
oK'end : fishes: lawe. to the comininee of inspeainn end ohhnflen, _
si 't'vh'o m.] secute such oshden nmding :- lew. ,
!! that : committee of fifteen treehelden he ehefsiee by_ the
in]: itenu of the city, wholhzll he called : eommittee of-inspefiion end
obsemtionf the ma "ty of whom the!] heve te eft, The duty .
of which commune he to inspect the tun na of the iihehlmm of
this city, and inforce obedience to such resolution le fro. time to time
shall he agreedonhy tluegenenl wwn-meetiog held thanke sad cem
mittee be directed to zing-at such of their membere a they—lheu think
on any committee, or eom-imeeflmmllnd.
. gmw eofnspond
] hereafter he : inted within thie. ecmmonweelth, u eny eith
United Stetee, on the the: of these resolution "
Rl/blwl, that all personlctect the" Milk these resolution! ee' eny es,
sexsinshzllhehelduptothepoblnknmmudvthenghundhberflee
mea.
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" Whereuuhdei' si eeofs 7" Mfeflwcidm inthe ,
qneotitieefl ss WW unlde myedsinudtW-tyu
511 a of the ' resolution. _ _ _.
R.- tbtrdm. ssthlt i my pctode ezeeed the nine of zeal. shall
be removed or emmptddto be removed without e limit: ofthneity, the
ssmer or eu-rier not hnsiing Msilbtained : Wssssm thelfihnrm of,
the committee, a t e urge ongmg to t. unm- zeal-lay.
Seehgoods somfvsiejontmpud wbemnqved. nnllon d-l'eom-y,
be detained under thennes the ecmmittee not:] the next town-meedog,
and. the owner to abide the con ueneet. , .
Wind, then]! ped'onewbo _ lllk or demand, offer, orgivemote
for my o: yrovifionss then the price: efonsaid, shall he considered
! ? an agunfl thesi'tefolutiom end dnlt with accordin ly.
Many other te ction- mey fmn time to time become :! y which
cannot him he ed or do not occur, hot uthe town- ' will be
frequent, Ill dther unsoft: that shall likely to palace happy
efefli wished see will be agreed on. :] we the civzene of thin town
who havehemmto subserihed our names, do herebyspledge our Honour.
to sop the said eommittee in the execution of the oregoing "Motions,
md : ] olhen the: may be aged on by the Bone! town-meeting.
The meetingthensi roeeed by hflot, to election ofsifmzpersone
to be : committee o inspeaion and obserntion for this city pu nant to
the fore cing resolutiom, and the person up "and to examine the ,
bnllote, :vin reported the majority to be in avouf of Sunne] Bell],
gamee lnnet, Fame: Southal], Humsihrey shrwood, Henry Tanwell,
amuel Griffln, Robert Andershn, ]0 :: Minson Gelt, Benjainix Powell,
Champion Travit. the Reverend Robert Ahdrewe, sisohn Du'oo, Edwnd
Archer, ]amet M'Clurg, and ]ohn Boush, Gentlemen.
Resohml, that they be eppointed of the (I mmittee. si _
Rtshl-ved, that the Chairman of the eomminee of inlpefiieu end obfer.
vation be authorised and. Empowered to ecnvene : gettest] town-meeting
whenever he shall judge !: cxpedient lnd advisuble, so to do.
And then the meetmg adjourned till the MctMonday in next month.
sweat,, ordered amgits em- may.' .
IOBBRT' WREWB, Chiron.
lmffl. " ct ]onu Blcntx, Clerk.
. 49- The principle: on v'rhieh the town-meetinf fixed the retail price
of imported goode at fifty fer. one, um the fol owing: Th'. present
disadvnntzget under which tude laboure, require that about m per cent
be hid on the sterling coh, to give the importer and mile: : living profit.
Suppofe the!; I yard of linen tn cost three shillin l sterling; it no Per
eent. it will mount to nine lhillinp, 'Neh mu tiplied by t6 , whleh
it a low at the ne of the advance of eountry ynduce, wi] produce,
150 shining: or fifty or one. Tobeeeo he: been nied lower then no!
uhcrssthipgt. because in-genenl it hat not it et needed ul.
hundred. it in expected however in the course ofye month or t-o, t it
all ptfii- thing} will be reduced to th}. Meal, end that estenm-dc
um, miqle—mll btrednced in Wsiiu ancient w si'si .
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BWSTON JULYsil-si
FRJDAY len tb'e privzteer ship Genet'nl Putnam, Capt. Saltonshu
bel on gin; to New Lynden, arrived at this you from : succea '
cruise. hmng tum six [nine, oneof which St'mighud with invaiidhj
leg or and"!!! each. bound from New Yofk
he permitted to'be refented w ghoir mestet, three other! arrived in s;
ewgnsssii'y HQM I snow Etmu'nponl foe New Yo'rk. laden with rovisi . . si,
ood'e, he brousit' in with him; the other prime,: ig (: - :
Lctivet'poofi arrived back igtu'nhy evening _
Nine priveuen, fron New' York, have been captured onq cmied um
Neth-n nfimtbeigictkday osMn-ch iessfl.
11! arrived" :- port, e bt'ig folded with rovisione, ud so . —
dry oode'; She me one 'siPWB nnmbg {tom he and, haunche N _.
) but not inchn ntgtossfifeeute their mtenZsessd voyage, they eon - -'
lpll'tt, theinin sithenig & proceeded keordingiy. m-siss - '
:mvedhsiisithggetetflsew Man, from Mutilniquem ct
imported! Me en ., w wercitsinmedine yf _
Phtiedelphie. _ , '
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PH ILADL sit.— P. H 1 A, jon 13.si:sict-ss
08 zfllfl'nedllm thedrsiig Holkee, thteinshffl " ct ssct.
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llzwkaqlnhleprin, bounds -
woe &the, thctlb hwshctss my. hie - '
num, the (In :
Big Mnj'ely, grew !" posesifion &! iheifleild diifsiss,ffice in. H: e_ .Y'
{bend lsieq-fm. manage, si ss
Mstinsof
nsvfmfisspu, (quppu'eetoueh Yetk, loa'dedwi igo man si ";
The thy lmudhefldhe Sehooaer 7 - "
And MTWZYp arrived" u- thit river, eMe ship' of zoo tone !: - .
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]oaded with possess! :, retalen tho enemy by Cape. ,] - -
Montgomety; in u£p Seneca! Gum. ss -
' sssi Extract {& am lotion, While 31. . . - '
"- All kindeofq'oode have len (] meed We). e] Mmsi _
within ess foetni lit. '
E.: red d' (: lmctfrm Fishkill, laid Juiy' L' .
" 'fltk methe!!! thee stem post arrived, conff rming there "
['My-3ac
enemy e divine "been at ew thven, and that they were o
with lose}?
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WILLlAMSBURG, juu 24,
_ RE Boshm and Dean frigates put in here: few deye end setoe.
shore the master. and crews of two {tinued whichl hid tcta
lafl week, the vessel: they have sent to ? iladelphie; one of them !! th
Enteiprise of New York, Thomas Jolly, wonder. of 16 gone end "
men; the other the Maremeid, a tender to the Vigilant, ]emn An!
zfl'et, osq. : end 16 men; the srigetu Raid only one dny' m Hempt '
end,:d dgsi proceeded to see egain; the pnsonen came tom
Kes .
ye Twoylarge lhi are just nrrived' m Yotk river from che, loaded ent.,
. great varietyo military Ram, eonsiflin of 16 bnse cuation. from one
4, pounden, seven] bres: how'itzere and urge wonne, with bomb- Mh
end the necessary apparatus, &c. all for the use of this (late.
t
-* — ss _- Noupu, 79 50, "79.
THE owner. of the bvig lum not! he:- engo, present their ss
' Me to Clplct. ! . ofthe Ran ship Tmsherofian an ,
crew, for the given trouble, a en in suit} brig when mrfet : s"
day! of Ncwporml. Capcain'Bss si moded ally cum,
.- e llucri andvm'etpod of unnslctiug snch' bu mesofsued dis
v e] god ezxo ram : ton] loss. Cppnin Mulconin the fine ship
Duged llso red w render every servie'ein hid poMr to Certain Lcwirisi
and to layiy the wreek if necessary. for which he but our fiueeu thigh. ct
HEAD QUARTERS (M clumswa) jub 4. 17".
ANY desertione having within these sey dlyc past taken place nsi
M this pen, fmm che troops undenhe coovention os Sirdoga, usi:
hfup fed with an invention of joinin thessenemy; some of.whom,si
\to fulliuee their escape; having such pafl'pofn, while yeden havesi
offered, and mny hay. lflnally taken : e oaths of allegiance to rhelshuql
all the eivil find mistaky offlqm and inlubiunu in the seven! since,," 1.
' hereby ueRed )o and seeme every uon-eoqnmissionees officer or
private be on'ginj to : troop- of the cqnveou'on (unde: what renne, _
soevet) who m y be ;] p: :] greater distance than fifteen mi et from
the bamcks n r ss'fbarl ' ;; me} no they ne deemed deserteu, ups '
hm thereby forfeited the ptjvilegee they we:; unicled eo-ulder the '
convention of tardogu, to send dien to the must place where prisoneqv-isi
of- war are kept, there to be w out to the Commifl'arysiof prisonen. ,.
who on the meipt of them in hereby required to send : remm of them,
specif ing their name:, iment, tune of deliv . Uc. Us. sighed by'sssi
him;, m. \ usoobglcx m. no. Col. Cpm-si
- ' ALlXANdl-XA,si7uly n. 1779.' ss
MPORTED from Nun: in the ship GenenI-Pcshmglh," end to be
I fold fnrrndy money in thinown. an "0qu the 16!!! inland. acargo'
of ;; confining of ccurse and fine clothe, trimmingl, ]inens, sail
,;lo , eordnze, sml mine, pnmed calicoel, cmbrickl, (bread,.sewin ' '
filk, silk lundkerchiefi, woolen, worked, thread; rotten, and s _
nogkinp, edimancoet. blankets, Kbmds, bohea and g'reen ten,.logf
sqgar—putmegl, mice, clovei, cinplmon, Men! shoes, clarel, qu f
bundy, black pepper, knives, kmvu and folk:, buckln, buuon !
snufi' born, ivory lnd horn eombs, scisson, pins and needlec, w *
and anon ends, se: compasi'es, buntin , ban nnd sheer lead, shog'
window glzse, and Mwor'c punv, " in paper, Holy pan, mil._
untied inr'e, glasa ware, chin, salt, and an. ' ss " ss
_ si noon & numswss '
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