The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-05-02 00:00:00, page 1

- s si E NUMBER 8
VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
FRIDAY, MAY 2,1777
CENERA L ORD'ERS.
H BA D Qn A 11" 5 R s, R'Imsiristown, A/zril 7, 1777.
18 excellency the commander ctiu chiesorders, in the
most pointed terms, that all the officers of the lst,
34ct4th, 5th, 6th, :md gin Virgini-t regimcnts, who are
absent, without leave in writing- tsimm himself or major
generai Stephcn, or are not upon any special command,
or not on the recmitinp; service (the two last cases by
proper authority) do immediately join their rcfpective
corps, without the smallefl: hcsitatinn or delay. Those
who have obtained-written k'urloughs must not exceed the
time allowed by them, a single hbur; and those who have
been sent upon particular.com'mandsss, or are employed in
the recruitiug service, must pay the utmost attention to
their orders, as they will answer the contrary. The
officers of the other Virginia'regiments in contincntal'
service must govern themselves" strictly by these orders,
&: far as they applv. No excuse can or will be admitted
for idlenesis or disiipation, at'a time when their own
honour And their country's interest call them to the field.
Hil excellency tion not wish to convey these ordels
through the channel of & newspapelj ; but the difficulty,
indeed impracticability, of 'transmitting them in time, in
—ahy' other way, render i: indispensably necessary
By hctis excellency's command.
G. jOHNSTON, 4. 1). c
oy m: exceumqy ['A T 1 1 c 14 H [. N :. !, esq; Govcmour
or Chief'llsagistratc ofthe camonwealth of Virginia:
A PROCLAMATLON.
HE RE A 3 ] have received information, that several
deserters sr-tnn the army of the United Statcs of
America are lurking within this commonweahh, and are,
probably harbomezl and concealed by unworthy people,
whn'scruplsse not "to prefer their mistaken attachmeht to
mishchsitving individual: to the real duty they owe to their
Country, at a time when their lives, their liberty, and all
which si'cemcn ought to hold dear, are invaded by an
armed force: To the end, therefore, that the utmost
advantage be made of th: opportunity which the present
crisis offer: of crushing so neshrious an attempt, I have
thought proper. by and with the adtice of the Council
of State, by this proelzunatinn, in the name of the com
monwealth, to call upon and enjoin all subjects of the
same, and mare especiaiiy the several COtl'lty licutenants
and other officers of the militia, to make diligent search
within theirseverai countics thrall suchdeserters and for the
more effectual apprehension of them, the county ]ieute
nants are hereby enjoined to direct each and everz cap
[Ill] Us mlllu] lu [BKC Wllll lllm a propu' armed force,
and diligently to patro] nnd search throughout his district,
and examine all places sisuspected of concealing desertcrs,
and them having found to convey to the city of Willi
amshurg under a proper guard, or deliver them to a
continental officer, taking his receipt for them. And for
the encouragement of such of the said deserters as may be
restrained from s u rrendcrin ;; themselves by no other motive
than the searoi'punishment. ] do hereby eng'zgc, that all
of them who shall voluntariiv return to their duty, within
one month from the date of this my proclamation, shall
be r-commemleol as proper objfcts of purJon.
lem under mv hand atsi'ss'\ illinnshnrq afizrqsaid, thi:
24th day of April, in the 1 ]? vcar of the commmwealth,
and in tlzcjear of our Lono 1777. _
si PA l'RlCK HENRY.
GOD save the United States.
,fi
IN COUNCIL, Apriln,1777.ct
ORDERED, that such recruicing officers as have been
appointed by this Board before the zolh day of
March lust, and have notssmade up their qlouu of soldi
crs, do forthwith make out and return a (late 'of their
eniistmenu, and account for the money by them received4
respectively. , (ACopy) ,. . < , '
_ ARCH: BLAm, derk;
ADvERTLSEMENTs}
ss Auxmoxu, April 26, 1777.
VE hundred DOLLARS rewardsor apprehendiqg the
following prisoners of war, who tiude their escip'c
.]att night about 12 o'clock, and it is supposed went down
the river Potowmack, viz. YJMES PARKER, GEORGE
BL/IIR. WILL/AM CUNING'HJM, YOHNKOTHERT,
7051/13 RO-GERS. YOHN TODD, WILLIAM
NIGHOLS, and 7OHN DUNKER, the' two last siilon.
W hocvcr deliver: said prisoners of war to the tommandffi
ing officer at any post occupied by the contincntal or '
coionia] troops shall be entitled to the abmfc reward . _
ABRAHAM BUFORD.
To be RENTED immediately,
ASTORE with : lodging room, : large granary with
lower and up er floor, and a kitchcn, also one acre
of ground essnclosc , pleasantly sitnatcd on Chickahomirgy
river, and verylconvenicnt to tradc and navigation. !! or
farther particulim inquire of the sublcribpr. .
Nzw Knl'r, April to. 1777 :! SAMUH. Ftn'fltsi
WlLLlAMlIUlG, .zpnl 22, 1777.
ROKE out of the publick jnil Iasl: night, DU N CAN
B M * CAR TE R, who was taken up in Prince/i Arm:
county. As he did not in a good account of himself,
he was supposed to be a py, but pretended to be a snldi
er in a Scotch Highland re iment. He is about 5 feet ;
' or 6 inches high, osa (len er make, thin visaged, dbdssa
very swarthy complexion, with black hair and eyes. H
was dressed it} a brown suit of clothes, with white bu'ttons
to the cost. Whoenr apprehend: and recommiu to me
publickj 1'11 the said Duncan M'Cartcr shall receive FIVE
POUNDS 'reward. - (2) PETER PELHAM.
DESE'RTED from my company of regulnrs, folli
Kersey, ahout 30 years old, between 5£eet 8 and to
inches high, well proportioned, and it is shpposed has
gone td Carolina, as he married the daughter of one
George Brown-oF-G'il/ord bounty. William Harri: Talid—
ferro, about 21 years old, 5 feet 11 inches high, remark—
able for his genteelity of shape, very much pock marked,
a cabinet maker by trade; his place of residence, he said,
was with his uncle, Peter 7' aliq/crra in Culpcpcr, near mr.
Henry Frjy's. Sixty dollars will be given for the above de—
serters, is delivered at William/burg, by
?" ' jOHN NlCHOLAS.' captain.
[four ]) ULLAMp reward.
STR -\YED or STOLEN from the subscriber living on
George's crack, near capt. _70hn Harden's, on the 16111
of March. a brown mare near 3 years old, about 14 hands
high, with alarge shrin her Forehead , a mealy nose, her
msime and leg: trimmed, a piece cut out of her right ear
with a gouge, and branded on the neck like asishssbook;
she is a natural xcer, but will trot out of hand. W hoever
will sccurc the lit. mare, fix that the owner mny have her
a .n'm, sh 4" have the above reward, and reasonable charge:
flgbrought home.
2] THOMAS IERRY.