The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1778-01-23 00:00:00, page 2

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peas: chugflu her eomfls, then Amcria. as : manu- of course, will be
HI For ever emhi- ccumry! Should :h's inm- bc the case, and that she should
Msik: !his : pu'ss-Ec uowal of her smectimems, ry sopponing the cause of Ame
ctfld, Must" we bed he! five ships of w-r in the world, I should inshntly be
Mydfilsins Was nzninfl her, as the only repnneion that could pcffibly satissy
die Md honoufos : great nation, he (he went what i! migh}. His Lord
": M due House huc-xise of the prop'vli ic'm moved by his bin and mo
don, ezrly in 1775, before : drop of blood had been shed on either side;
wind out the ful policy which caused (heir njection, me! the Vesy vioient and
even: am ill which thy were rejeM. His Losdship spoke about flfly;
minum, me! then made the moshn.
BAL'l IM () R h, Vmuary 13.
Y Cipt Cordny, who is just nrxivrd at Sunnepuxem. in a short passage
from Cape Frenco'u, w: me inhzzmcd, the: a few days before he ssiiled,
u oco Frcmh regular t-oopi arrived (hue l'rom Frence.—That while he lay
on the ape, an :r-ned hrig from Somh Carolina. sell in with a British sligatc,
who gave her chase, end wouldmdi! undoubtedly have taken her, had non
French fripte uken the Carount-lmn ender proteflidn, end safely conveyed
her into port.
Lm FridlyCapt. Willitm Nneen, in the flonp Pensylnniz Farmcr, artived
here in :: dey: passe;- from Cuneon, who msorms us that the news or Bur
5oyne : hie army snrrendering themselves pris—ners to the Amesicms was
rewved there before he sliled, which efotded great satisfaction and joy to the
PGOPle there, who immedietely ceased : number of cannon to be dtschargcd,
and the eolouu onhe ping in the hnbour to be displaycd, &c.
hudnfct chew, lad lyenoqfflpul. Odober n., 1777. on hard the ship
. ss' " W: JNPW'
FDUn ['A-run.—
".YTHII'ie to Wild! ysidl the! lion here : prisoner of war, llso those that
maken in the Luna!!! ct "tar, lfles an engagementos 7 houre, with
. Who} of qsigum. nngnged her 10 leaguel off there, the day mer
hie 'po'ctn. Thin mglgemen: of 7 houre was at two different time:,
Ind . . er 11] our officers, but Cap: ]ohnsion, amouming to len, end
wounding 7 Men, our nm'mumnion expcnded, end oer ship shltlesed in such .
muner that we could scarcely keep her uhove water, we-e cbligcd to strike.
However, ] hlve che satisbaion to acquainr you also, ther we killed the Capuin
and 15 at their men. Aste which engngement, they took poss-ssion at the Lexing—
mprium, mhanged us All onboard theirvesse], snvingcwo Frenchmen. end
put in our need 77 men but as God Would have it, they all perished at sea,
they not being'nblc to the" ' n above water.-—ln short, here we
are hukhy end _well, the new " goo prisoners, emong whom me no
Frenchmen, some Chevalkn De hf: ii, who are no more noticed thin
common nen w _ hn consonant, _ : make our escape
our motes qu: , , The {English si roposed to us to let}
wnh them, b "'ct hood of tssheu- tem' - Never um . neeion
nose dun cture obliged si ukdsi ' pnmhom of unim
on board pt, nue ;: ed,. ' _si have not a third
llu] son, &c.
si wmflvirlhip. lemhde, ,
p- a'siGp-zltqu i: Can !: nucctonsigss
friend in sin":
"Ill, bid Dead" !; 1771."
si! ; siss
_ " Y o si Mieux 7 ' (! as the greet, tions the French
wed lnd 3 ' 'siplsiib'm FMRs _ ct, hpom am
DauAme - -ct - ' tmsfiom with — - ' - ded uMer
I sirongco so was laid, the : to the Ame
nwe, andt ' ; - by the British
Ambzfl'ador, " ,si ' ' ' ' _ , si _ " rts come under :
medy, :th the ' , , si sisi' " '
of war, And that he - "
rmhed the Wefl lndiesi ss _ ,ss - -t be the case, as it wu
hie Master's intention to keep up : 5- - - ing between the Court of
Gmt Britain, and thn of Funce and Spain, which he hoped would not tzke
the advantage of the time:, while he was queiling the unhappy rebeuion, that
now subsisted between Great Brita'm and the eolonies; and that he could not
help observin; to them, the lzvous shewn to the Amencan vessels in the
Punch yom. France. with he: usual policy, denied the Americms her rts,
lot : while, took off the embam, agreed to send her mnspoits to thei end.,
without convey. The tnnsporu swived here and at Martinico, leading "
Martinieo 7coo effeflive men 5 and at this place, was landed yesterday, [bout
6 500 stout, hearty fellows, among whom it : regiment of dragoom, with all
thl' implemems. he. but no horse, chiefly chthed in heavy woollen, nnd In
en] old end experienced officer. and soldiers. And likewise nrrived in the
Hovmmh to ship! of the line. and lo srigmet, with : number of trmsposta,
with foldiers - n beard, and as many more daily dpected. The people here
thought at finl, they were for ultingjamzicn; but since there :rrivnl, the po.
litjci m- ne offos that opimon, and judge, by their clothing. they lre destined
for zeolder climnte. Qictmj, Whether they in not [or Cnnadn, and thzt it is
ignuble to some ngnement of Doaor FRANUN.
u T nwntinental zgenl tefiding here, waited on General Dlrgour, ester
his m-ml here, and begged to know hil intention, in regzrd of admitting
Amer'nn "felt; he replied, that he had ordm from the King his Master,
" o'- zl Mwu, to thevci'eh belonging to the'rh'meen United Suteo.
] on, youre, &c."
!. 0 " 0 0 11, M 7. 4
Cow efa memorial lasts] pygsr-ud to 06: Mix _en :: Frunu. ]} Lord Stm, m
!!!ng Ambqsdu as ! : Court if anai-th. -
NUEPENDENT or what sovereign Statas owe to tlnmbivn, According to
the sacred laws of nzture and of nati , in uses when my of their peo
vir-cet may rebel; and, not to mention at should the efforts of the English
American coionies prove successful, the provincet appeihining' to other State.
might be induced to make : fimiinr atlem ; the subicrtbing party is shamed
to represent to the enlightened Minisiere o France, thn our eoloniel have nurly
formed themselves into m independent md formidahte empin. Should they
not be timely pnvcmcd, it will by no mean: be difficult (considering thod
powerful resources at every kind) for them to nttempt the conquefl or" other
p: .:vinces in America, riches end better situztid. France and Spdin hue
the-eiore every thing to apprehend for the saiety of their coioniea, should those
of Great Britain succeed in their delight.
The subscribing party hopes tbll these "WOF-S may induce his M Chris
tian M :jeny, not only to continue hisi pecisic intention: At this partinlns juncsi
ture, but nlso, that he mly so [er extend hie nutnlity md mendfllp. at to
prohibit the merchnnn in hi] dominiom from affordmg those of Am '
whom they now tude apenly) such vast shecom : n have hithei to been
Above all, it !: hoped, that Meffleurs Dead end Funklin mly he ss
those musures, which have been gradually unfoldcd, so :: to b West and
less equivocal. 'l'he paper: annexed to this memorial will so amply displzy the
nature and progress of Mr. Deen'e negocintiont, that After perus-l it might
rensonebly be expected (hit he should be delivered up.
(Signed! _ S T 0 R M 0 N T.
Ch—
in (7 0 N G it 15 s :. Uc'roen 14, :777.
WHEREAS the British nation hnve received into their pom, end con
demned in their comes of Admiraity, " hwsnl prize, (even] vessel:
and their eergoe- belonging to these State;, which the metten end merinen.
in breach of the trust and confidence reposed in tuem, hmbetnyed and de
livered to the officers of the British crown : si
Rq'olwd rba-cfeu, that every vel! or one the property of any British sub
ject, not en mhebhnt of Bennudn or any of the Bnhmn thods, brought into
my of the pom er herboim of any of these Unnited St-tee, by the maker or
mnine", shlll be :djudged hwful prize, end divided among the captort, in
the same proportion it if uken by my continentd vefl'ei of ver.
Extrea from the minae".
CHARLBS THOMSON. Sec'ry.
WI LLlAMSBURG. jarmary 23.
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LETTER from a G endeman in Cape Funcon to his friend here, dntal
December 53, 1777, says, " Then embly will be a French war very
oon, al there arettoopa arriving here daily, sinne as them are deflined tor Ca
nada in the spring, other: are in the Spanish pay, and an to go against ja
matca, ss
The drawing of the first claft of the United State- Iottery i: [30an un the
many of May next, when it will ahlolutely commence drawing.
The Hon. EDMUND PENLETON, GEORGE WYTHE, and ROBERT
C. NlCl-lOLAS, Esquins, are chosen judgea of the High Court of Chan
cery, with a falary ot' soo ]. per annum each,
General Washington, in general orders, has returned thanks to Capt. Henry
Lee, of the Virginia light horse, for his bravery and pliant behaviour during
the last campaign, for the material service be he: rendued the arms at" the Uni
ted Statea, and thegood example hc hat set others. -
Extract of.: lum from an qffistr, dared cup, December ; 5, x777.
" Captain be:, of whom too much cannot be said, [or his attw'uy and gal
Iantry, dusing this whoie campaign, hnd nearly fallen into the hand! at the
enemy; that young valuable officer has through the course of this eampaign
made [31 prisoners without losing : man; his ardor had liked to deprived us of
him, on a late occasion, having pushed the enemy so close at to separate himfilf
from all aid of infantry, sell m with 40 of l'reflon'a dragoona. supported by too
foot, he received the fire of a confiderahie body of the infantry with noeffect on
then tide, and just as he and his mue troop that only confined of n., made
their charge, which would have put them all in his hand:, he found himself the
object of the above body of horse, who had till that time concealed themselves,
they pursued 3 mile: in which distance he liven] times sormedsihit little sqvadron,
and finally by his dram, and prudence got off With the lost of 3 of hia troop
only, he vowed vengeance, and has Aiready taken it, the enemy being out two
day: ago on a foraginq party near Derby, m equiped himselsand With his Licu
tenants, Linsey and Peyton, who have also distinguished themlelvea on every
occasion, turned-out (or satisfaction. and this moment hlve fentin 13 of Presion't
horses and to of his dragoons. the other 3 men [suppose he killed by way of
retaliat-on sof those be lost. The countiy between the and Derby is plentifully
supplied With provislon and torage, and do expect Will be the theatre of thia
wmteru operation. wich Will be chiefl/ by detachment- tn the soragmg way, no
less General Howe come: out to fight this army, and that I believe will not be
the case." ' . .
,,"- A m " amid: andtbree cbtsiUnnni now it Lmi: 70?" in PRW]
wbosisay sin) fe/aflg to one Mrmfitb. nuns Hc-pmli in Virginia. ct " ;
WtLuAuuunsi, yanar) 16, l77l. '
HAVE appointed Mr. Ldglmm Wood to sign the treams, nate. of one, m
thirds, one third, and maxth down, in the roame! Mr. l.? who
has declined that buineb. ' 050 : Ell.