The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-02-28 00:00:00, page 5

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Fsi-hnm-U' 28- 1777
B () S T O N, jmz. 13.
I'EHSON who lately lcit Hnln'sinc 'm
A forms, that :: ew (hijsh bUsiure he
came away a sizh-si'oncr arrived thc-rc from
Fnhnnnth with despntches, part of which
she lest at that place, and proceeded with
the rest to general Howc at New York ;
and that he heard general Alcrcer (who
-comm mds at llss-tlisctax) the ncxtday (! TLII'JJ'C
on change, that a war with France was
inevitablc, and that the damned rebels (us
he stylctd us) would flill hold Amchm in
bssesiian. He also reports, that when
the Hcffims were paraded at Halishx they
took an oath to spare neither man, woman,
nor child.
It is atact that a Hcffian officer os rank,
who was lately unde a prisoner by the
army of the Un-ited Stzxtes, affirmed to an
officcrossidiliinction , that the Heffian troops
were nuw 4coo less in numbrr than they
were when they firfl landed in New York.
Several prizes have late.]y arrived in
this state, which xs ere taken hy the Union,
sYVl'asl'niugton, and Tyrannicide armed ves
c; 5.
N E VV L O N D () N, firm. 24.
15 are 'tnt'unucd that capasissin I'iziH-s,
who lately (:sC'ssspstl si'rum the {lust
at Ncwport, heard a letter read by ;: Hus
siss'm ufficsstr. Another H- ssizn win stood
by, and could sumk English, tolsii Phipps,
that the comss. nts were to rectzil 1! (: l-lrflian
troops, for the dum'msizons of the prince of
Hcsisi" wer-ss invaded by the French king'
T/ctze fiillawing is an extract of a letter fivm
:: gentleman olsi h-mour aud di/limssi'mn, a
pnfimer in New Yurk, dated Dec. 26,
1776.
** 'The distress of the prisoners cannot
be communictted by words, 20 or 30 die
every day; they lie in heaps unburied.
What numhcrs of my c untrymen have
died by csi-l-j and ]ssmnger'. pelished for
want uk'the common necessaries of life! !
have. seen iz. This, sir, is the boaflsicd
British clcmemy. I myself had well nigh
periihsisid under it. The New England
people can have no idea of such barbarous
policy; "()-thing can stop such treatment
but reml'xaticn. ] ever dcsiziscd private
revenge, but that as the pztblick must be
in this csizscjust and necefihry. it is due
to the mancs osour murdered countrymen,
'ami that alone cun protect the survivers,
in the like iituationss. Rather than experi
ence again th-siir barbarity and ivsults, may
I sail by the sword of the Hessians."
FISH KIL L, jeu. 23.
\ L' learn the recruiting ibrvice goes on
bxilkly in this state, and that the
regimencs ordered to be raised in it will
soon be full,
By the last accuunts from Long lfland,
we are credibly informed, that asler the
descat of the enemy at 'l'rcnton general
I'Iowe oulcred all the male inhabitants of
Long m ssnd cctsipctble Os bearing arms im
mrdszndy to repair to New Yurk, to rein
sucsi- tlu Bzi'ssisharm}; md that [he women
and children were reuuccd (o great extre—
mities, by being there lest deliituze, and
cxpnsi-d in the rctvctgcs of the: troops lest
for th': (]:smce (zsthfe ifl md.
Is ] c msixfently ;;ss. rted, that the kiwg
0." ('a-rent. Hriszin hrnhflgrch uilh th:
[zctmcc 0" H-sisic- to send 10 his !lighn-si-ss's
l'zssnctssdz'si-h )" =sisi' m'L'f'y' Assns-ricxn Trrsisiasisi: as
mss-r Its: :' sssixy :n rep} cc the Hsiffizlzts
v 'He.- sh s-i L.? LZZ-cd or taken prisoners by
thsssisi Aruezic :; .
P :! I L ; 3.- : !. ? H. 1 ssi, 1"1'15l'/lu'7'si\' ().
\,'*J 'l'):.n'(7.'.ss'-.- ]{st L'Jl. F.;L—sikr'r, wild
) 3-70 m- .1_ :nzmcked :] large inrsxctfjssmg
psimy ncsizr Unible town, who had. hx pisi—
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"&.
ces of'cannon. He was obliged, by supe
riority ut numbrrs, to retire with the loss
of seven men. By & descrter and & pri—
soner wc learn, that the enemy lust 25
men, and had a number wounded.
, The report of the town of Ncwport (in
Rhodc lllcmd) bc'mg desiroyed, took its
rise from some smcks Os hay, on Prudence
ifland, nearthac place, being burnt, sup
posed by accident.
Fab. 12.- On Monday last general LEE
was brought to New York srom Brunswick,
and put into cultody osa strong guard.
A London print ui'the zd of December,
it is said, was sound in a prize lately taken
and carried into aport in the Massachusetts
siafe, wherlsiin was inserted an account
that an English cutter had taken and car
ried 10 England a vessel from France bound
to America with despatches, by which
they learned that the court of France
wexe determined to affist the Amcz'itms
with & powerful fleet in the spring; that
on the Brisiilh court's receiving thi— account,
they immetii .x-ly gave orders far-r fitting
several large (Lips, and that 1500 scamsn
Were prcsshi i'l one night to mann them.
Extract (] a letter fiam London, Nor). I .
nscruttlugct parties are scntinto disse
rent parts of Gc-rmsiny, on the part of
Great Britain. ]{ecruits are also daily
raising in the different parts of this king
dom. Add to this, that all Scotland is
musackcd sor men. One thousand Roman
(]athulicks arc already raised in Irelzznd,
to whom the oath of'sqpremacy is not ad
minisiered ; and the different ships of war
now building, not only in the publick but
private yards, show plainly that England
has no thcughts osa peace with America.
An cmbt rgo. just laid on the exportation
of przwiiions, the fall osstocks from 7 to
5pcr cent. 10 or 12 ships os thel'mc lately
put in coxmsiniision, the hottest press that
has been known for many years all m er
the kingdom. and 51. bounty offered to
steamen, influences every person to think
that a European war is inevitahle."
A large transijort vsirh Hcflim recvuits,
and part of the Scotch Fusile-sssi-rs. driven
off the coast us Amcricu and dismaflcd,
is arrived at .Montserrat.
On Friday last was brought to town a
number of Hessim and Brilish prisoncrs,
which, together with these mcsintiuned in
our last, muke near IOO brought in within
a week.
((I!)- 15'. An officer just arrived from
head quarters informs, that in the skirmish
]ns'c Saturday our troops drove :: large body
of the BriUsh surccs back to Brunswick,
after killing about 300 of them., and tak
ing & couiiderable number of cattle; and
that scarce a day passes but some of the
enemy are brought in prisoners, by our
scouting parties. '
N—mw—
B A L T I M 0 R E, Fubruary II.
Y the last accoums from New jeriey
we learn, that general LEE was siill
at Brunswick, under a strong guard, but
that he was treated with great respect by
most of the officers of" the British arm ';
that general Howe had refused to see him,
and that he had treated him with several
indignitics; that he had, notwithstonding,
:1 high sense of the szsirsmer'sill's military abili
ties, and wished sur a prchxt to excuse
him from enchzzngiug him ; chsizt general
LEE retained his i:.H.'-xib}e attachmem lo
the liberties olsi Americrz, and that hsss:
npc'lev nvnwcd it upon 31] occz-{Zffi1s. ];
ix ivnpsi {Zi'si' le for an Amss-riczm Lo l'ch: L'i. upon
the iznpflrtatsst serviCc:e this ;]luifriuus 'a
new] hsict' rendered [0 He Ucti'ss'er] Smlcsis,
by ronsingsi and directing- Lheir ufflix'u'y
spirit in the beginning" of the controvr- sy,
by fivrmiug their armics, lsizy exciting ;;
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spiric of" emuisiuion and lsi-siu-jsizbic ::mbi-isszn
among tssxcir (;iiisi'rrs, by his aticlz-siiun s.)
tsilzch-sisi-ui'sih, cinli-izrg, &c. ulctsiih. ii'lZ-Zsiisil: x's,
am! hffly, by hi-- ".:x-sizi in itzcuisiuiizssi; the
principio:; zzf'iibeny and good government
upon 11}! orders :.ssizd cizafl'es of in,.n, \\ ixh
out rcllsiis'ing Lo rul:;:.ct1niim, or (0 rendi
ate, with lenshid vengeance, the ]clzst
indignity or injury that is csserded to bid
pcribn or character.
Extract ofa lettcrfivmPhiladelphia , Fab. 8 .
" A letter of marquc brig, bclonging
to this port, is just arrived here witha va
lunbic prize. She is :: bi'ig, laden with a
large quantity osexccilem sum, coniigned
to general Howe."
(m Sunday last a detachment of Virgi
nia trooPS, who wereon theii' way to juiu
general W'ashington's army in Jerscy , and
part of the milizia of this town, embarked
and sailed srom F-sirll'z. point for the: Eastern
Shure of this (hue, in order to asiist in
queiling the insurgents of 'sisihe coumics of
"Worcsstcr, Somerld, and Dorsit. Ano—
ther body, with :] tra'm osarxillery, are to
Join them from Annapolis. Brigadicr ge
neral Smallwood is to command on this
expcdition. Co]. Mordecai Gisi, of this
town, Who set out yesterday, we hear,
15 lsconu m command.
Feb. 19. The General Assembly (rstlis
state have clectcd che: hon. TH OMAS _] on N
SON, jun. esi]; governour; Charles Car
roll, scn. josiah Polk, john Rogsiers,
Edward L105d, and jnim Contee, esqrs.
are chosen members of the Ccuncil; and
Samuel Chase, Bcnjamin Rumsey, VVil
lium Smith, Charles Carroll, of Carroll
ton, Thomas Stone, and VS illiam Paca,
csqrs. are appointed dclcgates to represent
this state in the Hon. szgrclss.
Cnpt. Fish, of the Tyramvsiidde armed
vessel, in the service of the Massuchusetts
sta-sie, has taken and sent into an Eastern
port & ship of \6 guns, bound From Lon
don m Antigua, loaded with English goods,
valued at 40.oool.. sterling.
Extruct of a lettss-zrfi'sifmz Phihdelphia, dated
t/zc 151/1 in/lant.
" A vessel just" arrived srom Martinico
brings advic-sszsi, that on the 5sih of ]anuary
last an A ssncr'zcan Vcssc] was chased by two
Engiish l'rlgatcs near that island. The
govcrnsimr bzing'insurmcd thereof, imme
dinulcty scnt soule Frex-ch si'igatcs to pro
tect her. The English fircd a brczzdsidc
into one of the Frsi-zxch vessels. but in a
little time the Eugctiish si'igates were both
tasiken and carried into Marlixiico."
Extract ojsia letter from an officer of distinc
tion, datcsidat (Jhatham (between Morris
town and Elizzssbeth town, New jersey)
Fcbmmgy 3, 1777.
" We have hemmed the enemy in,
and begin to pinch them. On the 23d
ult. we trimmed two rcpssiments near to
VVoodbridgc, kl'lcd ȝo privntc-s, andssse
veral officers. Hsifd .;ul. Buckncr, who
commanded, szsictzvcd well, we should
have desh-oycd ous regiment. He is now
undcran arrest. We lust nu men that day.
" On the lstinstant', gx-oo Of th? (sinc
my, under c01mn-m.d ossu' William Esi {kine,
c.:mc out of Brunsh-ick to image. 'l'hcy
had tight pieces (s cammn. Several us
our scouzingsipctrlies joinuf, to the amounc
osboo men. unrkr command us cal. Scott
of the 51}: \sisi.:' izl rczjmcnt. A disposi
tion wusi' msiufsisi m :z'siinck xhc ( men:; . Cul.
Scuit. uilh 90 \ss.ssr'ss0'i!;*ll;lsisi5 on she right,
a'si'sincked :oo Hriiilf}grensch'x, :"?! drove
them to their c.:r'ncm. 'i hsi <= ]r-si. ;- ;nics
nnL mnrching su ln'lshly up to silx-tz ."sisiuuck,
the celcmc] was" rngnsiz-ss'si-d to.! miz-uxcs by
]:iznsils; am! goozz'csh rn-sssin b-si sizctsszsi is.:ssctgsiizzst
him, was obliged to give way, but surmcd
again within goo yards ()Fthe cncssnly. By
this time two other divilions had """ "