The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-08-21 00:00:00, page 2

flew (dony shall be obliged to advance : sum of money to pay
(he " , which 'I" be discounted hsicm the revenue.
We x: Commander in Chicf of the French tmpc, legally'nuthorised
in the King'e name by the Count d'LnAing. and Valentinesi Morris, Esq;
Gomonr in thief of the illnnd of St. Vincent, have agreed to end
sighed three coptel of the above thirty six articlu.
L: Cuevctmu m Fouonc no Ruuuu.
VALEN'rns: Mouus.
Per mire. DALLAN, Sectcta'n. - -
8) command. Ronu-r WESTHELD, Smew). '
__ss REFERENCES.
!R. As to the twenty ninth anicle, llthou !! Mr. Canonge had allowed
it, it has been agreed that the Curiabu he] be lent to that home, and
me!! be remained from doing any injury to the inhabituu end Red
Odribiu without disarming them. '
'id. Relniva to the twenty filth wide, after the word! in my eftbe
sum, there shlll be underlood. except in case: of en meek.
3d. The ships fro- Europe mnke an exception lo the ment fifth artiele.
Le CHIVALlll o: Fououc DU UlAlN.
Vnunnul Monu.
Pnr mlre, DALLAN, Sarcmsin.
]) mad, Ran" Wn-rnuo. study).
sssss' PAnIs,Mu-7.
. liF. M ussi- do I: Fnyette in going luck again to America, end
T will beflompnied by : soo chosen me., all officer: lad sohnterm,
1- 0. on their arrive]. will he dis rsed in the different ngimenn of the
United Snm, in order to pess them, with dl possible speed, in the
milituy discipline. _ _
Doluu, [pil 17. Yesierday. pursunttonotice tsi'ued by the l-ltgh
Sheriffs of the city, : numeroun body of the cure ate inhnhinnn
usemhled at the Thdsd, to take into Men e mol effectudl
nethod of promoting che tnde zud mundifie!!! of (hit counu'y,
R , that from and after the firfl of May next, they would not,
dj , 7 or indirealy, use any of the good. or "net of Gmt Britain,
ihid, ,pesspanufaflusdinthit kingdom. The resolutiommintlar
u ' into by the corpuntion of the er Assembly.
A' _ tdeshltomfumthepnbuc,thngovmmmtio
ct ly ahnned at the lssocinionl genenlly found tlu-onghout
_ llngdom, npinh the use as British numfnctum; which amof
vemment, our comfpondent thinks, nscdlent signes so I. -
,j_ i"; _ ss . \
'f . LONDOM'J/inv zssssi -
HE King he been pleased to unlike Ma'jot Gene lum
* Rohinson, to heCnptlin General and Go'ernottr in Chin! of his
_ ' 'a province of New York, in Amerim, in the mowajor
,. . ,
,— M.. Mothe Piequztfsniled sun hap: the Ithmsit'h
ss ' 14' no. m 14 ll- "! Go .
fi
WitthqssuhdehthlI-rkhdm Mr
ohnAdam,udothaAmuicn-nwhomin si mgoneo.
_ them. Atthesnmti-efailedfronlren naelhipeossi
then". 'I!) ne wkeshioMs-hwnmhw, lndthnnto
return. Twenty in more ships of the line cum lying It single lnchor,
in BreR m, lady to put to sea on : Mtice. Thin intelligence
ie gent] from Pith, on the Gth of Me . ;); (
1". ]ouu'n (i-Mn) : 1. . tom homeo lmnnhle
dismsnom mongn the mon illtTZ-ioue chlnlen in tho ny , with daily
nfimtione, slid to be win to the uquitnl of Mninl alliset, lad
the refignation of Adninla eppel And none.
BOSTUN, tuum.
lSTERDAY two prim were sent in , when I: the bren
, Capt. Mmly in the private med thip the ]nlbn, [neiy captured
trantheenetny. Theprimarebri theonee 'nteerfm " ,
ofss :] ne, well nnnned lnd fit , the other Scotlandj " ne
3 ( Blue. They clme out from" sinksixnmtw tht'oye't'nil'e,
"in theirown Inngth, wen- e: 'r ' ni
meet, And have the honour of niting : sunge frfgcte. nin Mns;
behaved in thiewholeatsairwith greet e, iudgnentnn inuepidityt
He never returned the fire of the cited t! he came close up with them;
then running between them he first gave the Liverpool 'nuer : bmdfide
int inundtnely flung her into ,the utmost eonfu n, and killed and
vanded 30 of her nen; the other broldside wn inhnt} given to the"
Sooth [lium, when both ttruek without en farther Ram. "
1 By : Gendemln who :n-ived in town yctte ny from Poetsmnth, we
are informed, that : vessel is arrived there from Mminique, lind brin :
un account that Admin] Byron, with hi whole fleet had sailed or
]lmuu, upon heu-in dut a_large eet ad nrrived at the Hevamu,
from New Speinz [night Can: &] Eflaing had sailed upon a secret
expedition.
PHlLAD'E [. PH ] A, ijY 31.
CORRESPONDENT': compliments to Genenl Tryon and Sir
George Colher; would insonnssthem, least they might hue forgot,
the: the town: in Engluzd, siat we" as Americn, ere mnde ot' mnemh
which an liable to be consumed." It is an indisputable sea, .when the
hw of ntnliution (With we heve' hitherto mercifully deferred) take
pllce, two or tbru um- our will effect more at burning in Great Britain,
than in army of tomooo men can in Ameriea.
Men? tfc letter fr— :: Gentian: at St. Euhtia, z-y ", 1779.
" ] hue the ple-shn ot' consirming the capitnhtion o Grenldl, the
pesticulm havin; just come to hand. The French troopt landed on the
evening of the ad to thdmomt'of ] goo men, the enemy out in polseffion
of th"! ' tw ] h'll," very the and difficult of aceest. it
mffl 't. ndnfoot, I three intrenchmente one
over the M. jm'y leet wet expected every moment, the
French MWMME-g it [) three different ltncks on the
aside, lld w, Mmonfl tsi—Il'silish commend- (Lad
M'Cnrtnq) to sunrcnder, who gave for answer, thnt knowing his onsi
shcngtlt and bring tyjnut'flct ( f the French force, he wan determined to;
defend the ['ost to thc htu. The. French immediately began theatuck. .
the sight was cutvnyrdu! by Viscount Noulle, the ccnlel' by Could E. 4
Dillsisin. and the ledt b) Connt A. Diklon. The alfmll wan prosecutossd.
wtth g-e-t stsittil, and the sun was nken after : vmlent engnsicment of
one hour, 'l'hr aruHery was som- 34, sout- !, and 6 mortal. At du}
break the amllcry were turned against the other son. and upon fin'itj the
first tcun an officer appcucd with a Bag, demandin : capitulltio'n.
The termhoposed to the French General being techt- . the ishnd sur
rendered : iicsefion : 7oo wisonen m tuken, viz. 6 Cotonels lM-jon
34. Capusiw, 75 Lit'utelun'ls, 33 Enfigm, 390 pnntn. 3 pair .
colours, nz pieces of cannon, and 16 mornn. The French lo. "
men killed. and 7: wounded. Adminl Byron in at St. Kin'o with bit -ct
shattered fleet. 3 - i
" 5 P. M. ! have the ylcasun to infom. thn Conne D'Ehilzn ct
with 40 fail of men of war, m inn having in fight of-Sl. misl- _'si-. ,'
" The Connt D'Ehin du nku Gnnub. nfus an '
ltist ht Tobago dal en thio, inhilpofision. hlvi .
Adminl yron in : late smart dien off Gunda, and disd- bind";
his ships so much, they were lll obligcd no bet usy} sc- cs ;!
have gvne into St. Kitt't. otben drisnd so sine leeward, msi
to go to ]min to nfit. The Count sulsend little or no ding'i, k" --
is now out on another expeditiqn. ]: is npaed Antigo: nfl I
will by the next object, nnd :. they nent- could in."; msnou' _ ('t.
opfommity. there ;; hardly . doubt tm m am w tona- wilssl ;
so low. This fill at our nflaiu on : favourable "8- nd- w'cts-ss
cumot but latter our elm will used! the full mplctio-qfctdl "'W
in securing the independenee of Ameriu." - ssss .si,. ,ct
ssWILLlAMSBURG, Avausr uss. .?
CAPTALN Goosiey in twelve day: from the Havann'a, bring. na li. *
important ne-a ofa Spanid declaration ofwar on the ud of M..
Thia the Caplain had From the Spanish Gomour and Mminqupo
had dis tched an aulheutiek account of it to Congnsasia day or meint
thedecm'nion was made. r
The Spanish Admiul sue thia vessel every affiflance he lond in and
of; and she behaviour of all ranks of people :: she Haaanna maw ss
'lnn anachmam to the Americana. They hom-ly expect the nailflf .
si twelve fail of the line, and have every thing in readuksa lot suneinponaac
expedition. _ sictzlsi
Exlrnct d' : ldm' frnm :: Gntkmm i. Philzadelphia, :!le m 10. 4
" We congntuhxe you on the late success os Coum D'Enaing'a len,
!) a vessel lkis day from Martinique, we have advice that a I-sinnch [lead: —
0 15 sail of the line won: gone to Cow unns, then to join ae fail of Spanish,
to make : descent upon lreland wiuh 30,oco land form." g
A [e- da : ago docd at his planulion near lllis city, lnwauni
Claurlou nuns, Esq; of : dwply. in the "th year of hsin ago. 4
TpLAI'S a s-Jla rsuof cal , on idal. du W
bYMwbc-Iussctd [L.] ss ,ct f' " - -s
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WAR OFFKCB. ,? M. !" ,ss- I .
REAS thesiBoard hm received ihfemtltiol ton Col.. '
, commanding at the eouvention haunche. nem- MMM j
s'nztn'c, that eonfidenble deseniom have taken Place anon; the _ '
of the eonvetltion. many of'hom leave the pofl with an intent to n'oissm
enemy; Ill officers in the servieeof the United Statee are therefore Jinfiqflsi
to be vigilant in Wine and apprehending delerteu from those troop- ,
The eivil officers in the respefiive nate: where inch desenen may be
found, ate earnekly neqnehed to in their nsiifilnce in seeming them;
and the well affected inhabitante wyll do essential knit: to their country,
by taking into euhody all Bn'rbi desertert travelliag from the southwarp.
and delivering them to the next Commissny of priloncrs, or containing
them to the hearen jail. A practice of adminilcring the date oath of
allejianee todesertm from the eonvention tnoops, and then supplyin
them with passen. hu heretotore been too prevalent, and prodtictive o
ieions consequence, by afford-ng them : safe and easy method
of elcaping to place: in the yofi'eslion of the British army. ] hose
ma iflntet and other officen of ]uhiee, who have been induced to rec- ive
such oaths, and grant passes in consequence theues, are earneltly called
upon to discontinue a practice so injurious to the Rates: And as these
passe: have been obtlined merely with : design to facilitate their esea
to the enemy. the lbldien possessed of them are notwithltanding to e
seemed, and treated as deserten. They are generally clad in short coal se
]inen coat: or coatecs, and Iinen ovesalls; and (Jl'ly their :egimental
coat: in knapsacks. The troops usscr the convention of Surntoga consttt
of the 9th. :oth, uflsi, "th, 47t , :tnd Gad reglmems, : delachuxent
of the 33d regiment, Lord Balsam'p's coryo, and the royal artillery, '
British; and of the Brunfu-itb dragoom, regimente of Rllsscllsll, Bones,
Rl'nz, Splcbt, Hnjc 'Hmu, Htffian millery and hattalion ot grenldim,
Gm-un. The regimenu and eorps are particularized, as the number:
and device! on the bottom of many ostheir unit'orms may tend to dlscotrs
the descrtion of the owne". &] order of (17! Beans,
?. SCULL, Serum,).
For SALE, and my be entered " :! CHR187'Ml-S'.
MY plantation in the lower end of Brulajwid county, containing 385
am- os land, whereon in a good dwellinghouse, with two room:
on : floor, and all neeeffar out houses. with a good pearh and apple
orchard. The land lies on sioth sides the Thru- ereelu, end is good so:
tobaeco, wheat, or corn. A more particular description ;} needless, u
] gresume no person would choose to purchase without flowing the plaee
T e terms may beknovm of me, on the premil'el.
(I) SAMUEL MA]OR, jun
thLlAunu-sio, Any} n. 1779.
ALL persom indebted to the eltate of Mn. An: Mattbnw, late of
Tor} town, deeeascd, ere desmd to make immedine plymcmt and
those to whom the said cflate are indebted to bring in their accountu pro
perly attefled that provision [my be made for the ymcnt. -
(ll) ]AMES MQ : Adminiflntor.
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