The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-09-20 00:00:00, page 1

-"* SsiEPTBMBER— z'osi, n'as. sssictss " NUMBER 81'.
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VIRGINIAss
RICHMOND: Pmuxzssn ctctfl
T _x r;
BOST'ON, August u
E fincenly m.? mine m readen on
the capturc :; o great : pm of the
(Dehcck fleet, thehmoflimpolnsil; blow
. ,nun gq c Briti! ."? ssswce ! corn- ss
liemmfeiic of fmsi Lvar. p'FPM cagsiflgsifiss of}! in].
inn" comb}! of . Bfififl srigakff filsily laden W'RE
yrovifiunc, ordinance, and miliusy sifloreb. valuablc
merehlndnze, and Ill kznds ofsupplicc for th: province
ofC-na-sie'a. she British :cmy there, and the lndian :mdess
It contained, ind-ed, most, is not akl thosuppliu for
thu'quancr for the present year. [! lnd been lon
yrep-riug ansil uniting for conveys, nnd wan muc
vanhdnd expected in (land:. Thin fleet sailed from ?
Tail: she zoch of May; three days nfur, : French 1,
us'd" line fell in with it, which, according to she ss
mio we can obtain, took seven, nnd probably
don, ma l'cmmd the whole fleet. Ascmnrdl :
Idmbe? of Americnn pdmecn sonuutch mn with
this peey, and. we hue nlrendy l muin' ucount, 1
uptuud 19. Onl- crussiscn (some, ifuot I", of whom ?
[do- enlifle-J as many men fmmtbcl sine an it took to ss
0:an dum) were left in (suit o? che "minde: of
shlaelzsiand aaveknovrt weren numbn-osothir
Amriun armed "sisisi emifing at or na: the month
of St. Lawrenec, it I highly mthe that very by,
ifmy, will find their us to Whole. ?! , ssct
henswn in Enghldshnmb It finobscol 'a ]
bled us to 6! out cruistfl, _ si she! had . smzll '
may; ctlu-l Mindu'nprun. The vilueok'e-ch-Z
"le i. compared. on ln avera . :: .,ml. (using.
ey have masonmnt en y nda cttotho men
and occasion! of th Uniw] Sum. hlo- mnl
do terrible to the British in Clnzda, so the supplie
Glnnotbe Mthil ent: ThBrilifll um shere'
lo! feel it medy : In lndizn ende, whicsi gave
odnnemien .ili navel] an commercinl admugu,
('qu greatly y in 80 man the merchant: in
inin, &! weu :; in (hand:, panicularly tkcinshren.
num, ;: is no: nsy to compare whn che enemy hn
, And what we have gained by this fortune Groin.
, hn been rerutked, thzu ohe Americm winnen
pncemed in (his uprose all belong to thin Rue, and;
An some of the owner: of du vessel. led on the
pZpscoe expcdition arc larguly interested in this {
.. . .
', {4} chnosday nrrived here, the In: expected
fiupmul sripulhe Allilnce, Cupid- Lndnio, in
'we'ch :ndqnhyo from port L'Oriem, in France.
The Rnfflam ud Dutch lml deus-ined to carry :"
hctlwdl, without exupfion ofnny, under cover
Oftheir ne- oswu; lnd would encctu into n war with
Iriuindosicpport shi- poinr, is the latter did not cede
bit. No' prospect ospuee, hat Brinin hill lppezred
bent on carrying on the war. The French and Spa
liln men of wnr " Calen making upvsiordl of forty
(5! of the line, were every man!." upeacd to join
? Bled fleet for chasmel and other servicn "she
slitish home Been"! said w 'colill of lest thin thirty
ai .
- . light of the Tebeck he! have put inw-Rnlifax,
Mingpjned infornnion assent:] Anerican emizen
be'n; in fine rites St. Lamcc. Ricbu'd newe.
ne Go'm-nm offlalifu. is : inud Com
lbdofe In. Cbm in Chiefof Ill : : Britannick
. Wssintbosesen; can Ring at present. of t-ctvo fri am,
one loop of war, and two undern, exclufivc o Mr.
Nunne'- picamoning fleet.
Tuesday nenin returned from ; eruise. the ship
, ]ohl older William, !sqsi command".
) .si ss" sssi th' ]p ' ]: chum}
flee; had [mass m fxz'siYsi'x' MMpUW
'. . 54)! _ct -' .,sictss .e, WIFE}. agnus
from the land, ju Wo- W. NM 'l-Vish !5' sin
of large shipl lnd um Erigam Iyihg am thy chased
him for some time. _ Pcrhapn my may be :: Spanish
siwadmn bound from Cadiz w magnum bad us:
the coast of Europe w n'oid (he northern winds, cum
mon in summer on the coast of Potmgal. _
in Bc'sil in a ship belonging to lhic port, onivc'fl
this ay from L'Orient. havmg sniled wish Czphin
Montgomery. He confirm; the account that the Bri
tish qhanncl fleet of 16 or 18 sail of the line", had -
ned of Ulhant, lnd saw, that the diflurbansicu :.
ndon, hnd risen to such m height, al to makc'il'
ndvictscable for the King and royal tamily to remove to
Windsot. Monk] law had taken placem Ehglzud, '
Yesterday morning the Czptainc, pafiingeu, and
snmcn osthe sh-p Lady Mnrgaree, Alendder Hugh}
from Glasgow, and the [loop Delight, ]ames Philipc,
from ]amlica, were brought prisonqn to this city.,
Both veil; were bound w New York, but were taken
by the GeneralfGreen, Holker. nnd inr Americln
'njc—en out o this n. Mr. Abraham Bernard,
23. of the Lieutemnaoos the Guldxionpe, I British
ffisszu, wu piss?!" olnlxonrd [he [looked
8..0nz em'ss'__
MZe—m-MWM M.?
ordm of hit Excellency Gmynl'Wlfiw. hncthe
vgvin consequence of : cmntemnd from him, q
I ice- ncenved from Em- . !! conflict of um
infantry, two companies ctnfflcr]. with 4 Piece! of
cannon, md : croopofligsih both. !
lu CONGRE 88. Avqm'r u- "lo.
HEREAS it in of the lmol imprwue
esseauall w praent the Mmflion, wale,
embeulemenl m! misaeflicnio'n oftbe publick stone
end pwviiom, e 'llch the exlflence of the union
of these United um my depend, and no Mequne
prpvision hath been made for the just punihmem of
delinquente, in the depaqinenn of ctQssuum Mdler
Genenl, Commisar General of Pnrchzsu. Com
nisiry General of sun,- Ciochier Generll, Com
nisary Generalof Milk.] Storei, Puneyorct the
llospitde and Hide deymment; therefore,
lfilfmd, that every in my of the said de
p'nmenu intrusied wi ,' the care of provisions, or
milinry al hosyml Aorn; sinr other. of these
United Queen, who bell ssbe convi ed .: : Gehenl
Court Mnnial of hvingjgld Medea! : order
for that purpose, embclld or wilful! muse ied,'
dunged or spoiled my of the provifiyom. * orsee.
sange, arms, clonhing. em'munhiol, orother .isiury
o: hospital- Bone. or zmeny belonging do the mited
flute- of Americn, safe: death, of such other
unishmen a shall be directed by : Generjl Court
mia] accordin to the nzmre and degree of the
offence nt the di csetion of such court: And every
rson in any of the said depzmnnn iumhed n afore
a' , who shall be convictl'd at : General Court Mminl
of having through neglect [offered an - of theum'clee
nsoressiu'd to be wasted, ( ailed or amaged, she]!
silffcrsuch punishmem :] : e said court shall in their
discretion direct according to the degree of the offence.
Am: vsr 13.
Rejalfwd. that no eercificneu issued in the Amon—
Mattm and Comm— dqxunenn arm the qu
Zp-ictsiflsictsiss' T— __ a .si-sisid'siss-T— si)
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... ,.ss .- ;. si
dey of Seplembcr next: zifu-sid any chain upon M
3Uuilezl qua, unlesu sslusid under dy [Plhni' ;"
. , 1. , _ , ss -
m. 1"an ass bcfor (am. Munstnp
purcluszl, viqhin (bed ces &jssu ' ct ctss
> sizA. Tzssct mue sizssasssh mssuzumsmsi
.Gssmsia li-alsil : 'NZ sign. 41 Wm.si.
wrc nfl'ued in (hair nsp ivc depmsitmenfi.
(:
zd. All such mificam shall be (ne; form
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or okher custom. money cquivsisilent.
. ct -— ?
—si t'h- All contractfis or punchctasel sildidsih 'W ct T
sschzsigm bad be given, shsin be mdegslu'.
v us. _ , , . , _
5111. Theaniclcsso urchlsqdsish'nljb ctempq
in such wnficam wzctsi (he faces and ;:iqei
'and the price. shall be rusonsbk- whep :pc
circummmcn of our ctffain ne compaFQd with &
osaniqluuf like quality, orserviccsct-Wnssuqundin : ct -,
yea: 17", 01; When compnred wilh ths m * ct '
Congresq m the United Stassm al qssxprefl' ]: this _ "
('chion of the csth of Febs joli. . . :sst .
-, Rcpl-vd. lpn usu'ficacea ,' under And
3th so {he ssf9rcgoing resolution" shgu, beat]- _ '
mest of six persicene. per annum fron lb. (in. a -
had for pzympm unnl pnid. . . .-- .-_ fs ! _
szolwd, ,thn tho (Dun; Wert] all
CommissuyssGenefll be, and held), Io flfifily en
joined, _ctdp nqsinshsily morn. of ,:bdr muse. and
WsitgsheWL-f .Wu. ndluke many
tuum, unbind dpsiohzusiy molcbdo'h
, WELZIpBWZ MM ;: nion
si ss afintb " ". ,.
CBARLES'TRQ 3, Sk'
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ss'siRICHMOND, Septmbcr 20. .
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4 ' rit ' lb ' "
'W—sszfmffitfisssi-ffifct'WWJ
the month of May two pnsonm' old. & '
lucre: from the Indiam smute neu'hh Eu'c, _
sic iusiqutioh that a large body of lndianl In.
fflituhndidchd from Detroitusltuth
Pwup, on the Mylmi- river, with In intention p
proceed do'n} thesungh river into the Ohio, and
thezasrisonnLo-isvctn eandother mind:; si
country. The' Commandlnt nt fort itt hid meinsi
similar information :bgut the sun: time fm'n frien
lndiam. Notice 'of all 'which wn Mad
ovemsincnt in I letter si from 22? . du
sin stth May, nnd orders ' in conseque—
themsontheuthof Juq. The enemyldvnnl
lowly, building flockada nd block-hculh ltpr
llces n recepndu for provifiom, and hard "
vour : letten. Dispatches for Col. Cluke sent by
any of fort Pitt were taken on the Ohio, did a
the enemy informntion of what had been d
respecting ln npedition.
On the "th of ]une, early in the morning, IN
anon:] the: ing up Licking undiscovcnd, ?
mked Ridd e'e fort, where : heavy fire of sin]! Ir
wn kept up until about noon; it was then odd"
that the White: were erecting . hotter, for unm- s
un advantageout spot, which upon the first '
cnnvinced the besieged of their inlbility to hold out; '*
A Rag wu sent, and the following term nenbd upon;
That the gardson next morning should be given .
the Men, Women and children be considered"
sonero, and in nch under the caue oftbc Englifiw
to- Derroit; and each of them to renin one suild
clothes and o bhnke'. But no soone! did the ll
give up this lrmt, than the ["let-m ib A]