The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-11-22 00:00:00, page 2

3 0 8 T () N, October 24.
Y'a gentleman who was lately taken
in one ofthe prizes, wcleam that the
emnrc-ss of Russia had offered his Britannick
majesty from 20 to loo,ooo men for the
service of Amcrica; but that the people in
England seemed rather nverse to ]iiring
any more troops, being already burthened
with taxcs.
Ycstcrday capt. Daniel Harthorne arriv
ed at Salemss from : cruise. On his passage
be met with an armed packct, which he
attacked. In the en agemcnt (which
lasted two hours) he loffȝ men killed, and
-9 or to wounded, himselssiightly. Since
which, he has taken and sent into Cgpe
Asme a prize snow, with oats, &c.
The privateer csiommauded by cept.
Carleton, .which sailed from Salem, on :
cruise, about four Weeks since, was taken
ss neer Canceau by the brig Hoye, capt.
Davison, : few da ; after leaving port,
and carn'ed into Hahsax. Cspt. CarlCton,
withsome of the crew, mule their escnye,
by swimming zshore.
Lest Thursday was sent into Heyhanncss,
by capt. Silas Atkins, the ship Heasield,
from lteland, bound for New York, hav
ing on board 7o puncheons of spirits, 70
ditto of porter, 350 ticrces of bread, ;.
ditto oatmea], 61 ditto pease, 60 ditto
park, 70 ditto of bees , 1 00 cashs of better,
some sweet oil, raisins, candles , flour, and
a number of other articlea.
Same du was brou ht into this harbour
by capt. Atiina a brig rom Newsoundland ,
with 1500 quintaleof green codsish.
, _ Yestcrciayanjived in this port ? p_rize ship ,
lrom Anngua tor London, mcn about. :"
hugshuds oF sugar. She wan taken by
-thc Putnam.
Tuesday last affived at Falmouth, Casco
Day; : large brig, the Mary and James,
commanded by Thomas Moore. She was
from Falmouth in England, bound to
Naples, laden with halls, baxcs of goods,
coccon, pcpper, alum, tin, lead, &c.
sstaken by cupr. Forrester, in the privateer
floop Rover, from Salcm.
Extrad of :: kiter fi'om Huerlem, lutel
* October 8, 1776.
" The Hcffiam plunder all indiscrimi
nately, Torin as well al Whigs. If
they see any thin they want, they seize
it, and sny, che gZad for Hcffc-m. A
Tory complained te general How: that
he wan pluudered by the Hessxans, who said
he cook] nor help xt, for it was their way
of making war.—--So the friend: (flamm
ment are protected ! This is put encou
ragcment for Tories.
N EsiWB U KY P 0 R T, October 25.
'- Y ES TER D AY arrived here the ship
si_ Nancy, ]olm Cowzn mastctcr, burtbcn
* about zoo tun:, bound from Corkc, to
ssCEe-beck, taken by capt. john Lec of this
)) cc. Her targe consists osthc following
articlcl, viz. 80 barrel; of bees, 320 dine
of park, zoo sirkim of buttcr, loo barrel:
osoatmcal, 374 ditto offiour, ! zoo bushcls
of case, 68ssooolb. ofbrcad, 267 caflcs of
mi ,' 22 barrcls and 2 half ditto os gun
powdcr, 1 arms chest with halls, &c. 16
carriagsie guns and to swivels mounted.
We hear that a Salcm privatcer has
taken in the chops of the English Channel
two ships, one sromjamaica inwalsd bound ,
and the other outward bound.
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N E VV P () R T, Novcml/cr 4.
F E. W day: past arrived safe,. at an
castcm port, & 'cznuinental ship srom
France, having on board gooo stand of
arms, goc lmrrcls ospowder, loo chcsts
uf'tin, dry goods, &c. the captain onhich
fiys thcre were- great preparationsin France
for war, and :: declaration may be expect
cd very soon; she had 7 week: passage."
Somc very agreeable intelligence by this
um] it is thought not ades-sizblc to make
luxb'tid-si at pscssi'rrt. ss
PlllLADELPHlA, Novcmpcr 7.
. ct Eare informed, by authemick intellii
gencc, that an American floop of
war of 12 guns and 70 men sailed from
the D'ciawnrc the zlst of An ust. dhe
cruiscd between the latitude: of 39 and 33
N. and went to the eastward as far as the
longitudc of 50, having taken three
prizes, a wluler and two West lndiamcn,
and having had a very narrow escape from
an Engiish srigatc, after six hours chase,
part of her time within pistol shot. On
the [41]! ofScptembershe benther course for
Nova Scotia, and'on the zoth had another
action with an English frignte, and in the
course of an eight hours chase ridiculcd the
enemy, and answered his brozdside with
only a single mulket. The next day she
went into Cauceau, and took three English
seheoncrs with : Scotch Tory's iLxg, al
thou si h the Savage and Dawfon': brig were
withm : few lea es distance. The day
following she too five fail of Jerseymeu
in Narrow Hook, and four more in Peter
de Great. ltisremarkable, that although
their men were ten to one., they Were so
panick-sh'uck that they not only gave up
their ships, but even assiltcd to rig and
carry them out of their harbour. The
.floop then proceeded to the westward,
took mother whaler on St. George's bank,
and on the 7th of Octobcr'arrived suse at
Rhode [Hand, having manned and sent in
8 rizcs, viz. 6 brigantincs, 1 ship, and
! cop, and sunk, burnt, anddesh'oycdct 8
mo're, viz. 6 schoonerl, ! ship, and 1 bri
gantine, and finished her cruise in six weak:
and five days. ' '
Extrlct of a letter fi'on Providence, dated
Odobcr 12, 1776.
" The srigate called the Providence in '
(
one to New ort. The Warren was under
ail last Sun ay, and out—sctssdls all the boat:
in the river upon a wind, without 'mainsail
or top-gal'lant sail: being set. How the
Providence fails ! know not, es she went
down before the wind, directly from me.
They are two very fine ships, a credit to
our' little state. There have been brought.
into this port 32 prizn,---n Eretty good be
ginning. There are now ning out two
ze gun ships, and there will be soon two
new brign built on pu ose for the business,
to mount 18 six poun er: each. This ad
dition to our fleet will make no smell show
upon the; list of our naval departmenc."
We hear from Execer (N. England)
that a very valuable prize is carried into
Falmouth, snid to be worth 80 or 9o,oool.
sterling.
lxtrud of :: letterfl-om sort Lee, 06. 25.
" Head quarter: it now above :o miles
from this plnce, and we have but little
news we can depend upon till a. day or two
after the transaction. To-day, indeed, I
hard the following, which may be wonsih
communicating. (One ot'the vessels up the
North river came before Dohb's fury,
with an intention to cut off the communi
cation. Shelay there one day, undisiurb
cc! ; but last night two field pieces were
sent down, and early this moming began
to play upon hen They hulled her 11
times out of 15, upon which she hoifled
sail, but could make no way fof want of .
wind, and was obliged to put out her
boats and be tovvcd of, all the time she
was exposed to our fire. It is hoped' this
drubhing will prevent such manoeuvres for
the future, and oblige the pirates to keep
aloof. I am informed that several bri
gades of our army moch this day up to
White Plahv, so that almost :.H the army
is"now at that place. Littlc flsi'irnsixishcs
happen almost eve day, but 1hcy are
thought so little o that they are schlom
menuoned a: news. The most ccnsidcr—
able was that with Rogcrs's party , in which
: number were killed and wounded, 36
taken prisoners, with 60 stand ul' arms.
Two of the prisoners prove to he him,
and one :! deserter from us, 'i'hci'c, ]
hope, "will he made examples Os. Hn: v,-si.r.-i
llcffians have been taken since.
Octobar 26._ " P. S. dine:] v- rznc flic
nhuvcz, ] learn that the enemy );xss'usissssu
hetWecn Kingshr'zdge and White lsiiazctsi.
That ground was lcr't vacanc by the re
moval us the bligzzdes ] have menLuhc-ssc.
A captuin'a guard only was less. mer isssstsictc
provisi-m, till it could be moved: '1 ms
day, about noon, the captum driesswsirrd
absiuuc loo light hurl'e, am] asmctf: _v Lctlsisiu
try, making that. may towards lum; u-sisiznl
which he retresiztcd w p'sizrt lucie—pe-nd-simssc,
and the enemy continued their rcuzc.
VVh-L-lhcr this was only ;: l'oraghzg pfflctsilssv,
or whether sent to take the ground wincn
he had lest, I cannot tell. lf'che lutes,
I believe it. will not he dishgreeable ; for it is
probable the brigsszdes were moved higher
up on purpose to give the enemy an oppur
tunixy of' ettingjn, when they'wssill no:
be very li .. ly to'gcc out undiflurbcd." '
Extract q/"a latter fivm Forc Lec, Nov. 2.
" Six gentlemen who escaped from the
fleet inform-m, that there are how 70 sail
of transportsis lying ac Red Hook, m cake
in 3000 tropps who are to go sor Rhodc
lfland'." ss -
ct By authentickincelsigenc-e from on board
the last fleet srom En land, we are assur
ed, that of the boooss orei 1 tr'uop: in that
flccet one sonrth part at East were either
dead or greatly afflicted with the black
scurvy. '
Nowmbcr 12. It is said that 30 Hcssiam'
have desertcd, and brought a brasi field
piece into For: Washington;
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In Coueuu, Novembcr 5, 1776. *
ESOLVED, that all t'erry-keepcrs be
enjoined, as much as they are able,
to cxpcditc the pnflhge ofpost riden, and
other person: charged with letters, des
patchu . or mr ssages, from and tbCongress;
and vhat it be recommendcd to the several
]egillctuures of the Unitcd Statce to enforce
the o'bscrvance' of this resolution. - ct-ss -
That expresses and special messen ers,
employed. in the publick service, taiing
and earry-ing private letten or packets,
ought not to receive the wages they would
othcrwise be cnli'kd to.
WILLJAMSBURG, Navember 22.
AST ni in an cxpresq arrived fi'ozsin
Congreiic, to his Excellency The Go
vernour, with advice that. on "the lgtb
instant, about. 10 o'ciockin thc'moming;
: number of vessels appeared round the
point of Sandy Hook, outward bound ;
that at l-o'ciock thccty mounted to about
loo sail, two of them very large, and
seem'd to be standing to the southward.
A letter from col. Grayson, oneos ge—
neral VVnshington's aids-de—camp, daccd
the Bsh instant, says: " Thatlgcucral
'* Howc, having been bafflcd in all his
" schcmcs, was then retreating with his
" army towards New Ysiork; so that mat-L .
" ters seemed to be pr'ctty Wcii scttled sor
" this campaign. That Ticnnderugsia
" was not investerl the zbth oi'Octobcr;
" and lhsi-sit they had account: o'fgencmi
" Burgnync's (rolling lhc lzzkce, on his
" return to gluebc-gk." '
' We have a report limt coi. Christian
has concluded a trcuiy viz.}: the Chcrukcc
]ndians, upunthch delivering 24 11 :stagca,
and engaging to put into his hunds the in
ccndiaries Mnnrc :md Unmcrou, with
others win] Lsird been the occsialiun osthflsin'
falling nu: mia}: tlzc vxsiuilc pcupie; and
that they have also agreed to make ;sisi-rsishi
ths. cxsizcuscs of the war, by ccdiug Lo us
a proportion of'ikcir L-mls.
The Hnu. 'hc General Congrzss hive,
iuzlgss-c (1 it iiccasi'ssy to excuse tzu- f-F'sidra]
ss(Z-.nsi1iiilu'issuwsii i'ustnulicrs, w'nlc in office,
from 31! miiizzsix'y duty.
Under the 'i'ory isie'ui Os inifliiipssfs-ss—F
si'mi'i New York, wc- isscsiu'n that on? an'!
ji'icud 11..:c:.:'l ct'D mmorc had (z-ka a'P