The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-02-19 00:00:00, page 3

That the firfl mentioned bills, as they are brou ht into the treasurieo
and loan officee, be immediately croflcd and [true through with : cir
cuhr punchof one inchdiametcr, to be afterwards examined and burned,
as Congress shxll direfl.
R! chid. that it be recommended to the seven] states to take the most
.spce y lnd effectual musurcs for publishing the above resolution: in
their several counties, towns, nud dillricts, and for encouraging the
wulthy inhabitnnn thereof to_unite_in afflshng the indigem, by exchang—
ing, wnhout discount, btllo tn (hctr posillsiutt of the emisstons of May
30, 17", and Apsil ", 1778.
Extmt) from the minutu. 5
CHARLES THOMSON, Su'q.
WILLlAMSBURG, FeL—ruary 19.
Fton THE UNlTED STATES MAGAZ] NE.
llE fourth campaign is cfcstd, and our army is drawn offiuto
wiltIt-r uartct-s. 'l'hc-y ;i-c siavtoned at Harttotd m Connccttcut,
Providence, ?):tnbuly. lhvcinH-v in the high ].tnds of New York,
Alhany, Eliubeth town, and Mrddie Brook tn New jerl'ey. . _
llio Eaeeilency Genetal Washingtun is in the city ot Phtlsiidelphta,
and spends a great patt of every day wish a Committee of Congrets, tti
settling matters for the next campaign. . ss
Congsese have done themltlvcs honour by a late resolve psisot'idmg set
the Gnisiting of the puhliek dehts, and the immediate letiemng of the
qttantiny of paper currency in Circulation. An ajticle in this resolye
relztive to the emifl'tom of the zoth of Mzty, ] 777, and : tth of Apnl,
1778, h-n occasioned loss and inconveniency to many individuais. _ doe
verthcless every love: of his country, nnd et'cl'y man who can lift htt eye
beyond the present moment, and look_ a little to the time to come, [!
sensthle of the general good rolley of this measure.
lt was the lztl result of ong deliberation with the Congress, they
s;- th conntl'y deloged with paper currency; and from the sum: which
evety day issued from the malury, to pay the arrny, to keep up the
navy, and Hny eapenses of every other nature, it wat eonsiantly in
emit! , Thy sin, in consequence oi thtsss that the necessaries of lite,
and alfconmoditiu of merchandise; were uttng in their yricet. it was
in vain to Ippl) to the virtue off the pubhck. or to add-els the atriotism
ofindividuals; forthe evil tesulted not to much from the sel shncse or
immoderate avarice of any, u from the nature of the ciretstnllance,
vhich equally involved all, and obliged'evssery man to keep an equal pace
vith those around him, in the price: ot lus commodities to be dispoled
of, or He in the exchange or (ale of them. Our sizuation wae like that
of the cannot osmotehantmen who travel tlttough the sandy countries
si
on the horden of Anbia and Egypt. When the ltorm triset, it excite:
the sand, and dtifte it on the long and open plaint around them. The
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muln and e hanta and dromedartet are unable to move forward, and
by tending 'll they would he overwhelmed with the whirlwind, but
; they keep meinfi their feet continually, and at the mountain ristt. rise
it. Thin no! be taken away, and the journey he made l'ohd,
' lum" a different mode of travell'ing can be adopted in these counttiet.
it is said, that the two emiflions of May :o, 1777. and April tt,
'177l, ie neatly the one half of the whole publick debt; which is [ctiJ
to heahout toa millione of dollan. "] but, by the art-cle of the last
nsolve of Congrese. to which we have a reference, is taken, for two
month: after the firfl of ]nne. t779, wholly out oseireulation, and from
the nature of the eirenmttanee, is so checked in the mean time, that a
gleat part of it will revert to the Lublick treasury, and- so prevent the
neeellity, under which the Congrels would otherwise have fouhd them.
selveo os tri ' non w soflain the public]: eredit. Besidee, at the re
atnhle of the lve itself inform- ut, the counterfeit: of these'emi ons
nere very numerous, and hence it was the more immediately necessary to
'a 'these etnifflona a particular attention. _ ,
weight of this artide of the resolve Wl" fall chiefly upon the state
ofPennlylvaoia; for in this Rate the greater part of these two cmtssionl
have ehaneed to eentre. The poor of the city, though not greatly, yet
an lose sensthly :flfled than the monicd Gentlemen, not being so well
' able to susta- a dedubtion in the exchange of one dollar, as the others in
'-the exchange of one thousand. The firtt have to pmvide the neeafi'siuics
of life fof their familiet : the second are above necessity, and are Pstffii-g
after splendour and opulencc. si
['t-order to' relieve the r, an office has I-een opened to exchange the
curreoey, without Mnmsh it has been set on foul by a socitty ot'
Gentlemen who call themselves The Republican Soeiety. The institu
tion ie mdl and patrioticky and though ] am not informed of the
names osthc Gentlemen to whom it owes its exiltenee, ] mult neverthe
lesa take the liberty to say, that in thin inliance, they delet'tte well of
. their country.
The above proofs of wisdom in the Congrfss, and virtue among private
peefom. Imfl increase the spirit of Antericsit, and full - ettabhlh hesein
the opinion, that having nothing to fear from a want o liable smoting to
herfinancet; the in safe, and may hid detiance to all the wrathsul policy
and hofiile measures of Great Britain,
lo om- next number of the magazine, we shztll take a view of the sitti—
ct ation osthe enemy; who, like the Devil when he was driven from the
eonfineaoflight, have flil] continued to hover on th-ct- coast, and to enter
tain the vain hope of assaulting, with some advantage, the phcc which
th have qitted with preeipimion. ,
yon Antigua paper of the t9th of December, as well as rivate
iletten from St. Eostatia. contain account: of a number of Dutc mer
chantmen, some say too, being taken by the British cruisers: The date:
highly tesenting thie conduct, had insirnaed Count Welderen, their
Ambafl'adout at the Court oslondon, to demand resiitutionsi and in order
.to give vei ht to their temonltrancet, at well as to protect their com
lnette, h ut a-numher of eapita] ships in commifflon.
We heat- in the northv-ard. that Count Pulaflti with his legion.
was on t ' arch to the southward. to join General Lincoln.
The hri y Washington, Capt. Roundtree, from Bfurdeaux, was
taken near t coast la! week by some of the enemy's cruilsien, who put
the Ciptain and crew on (hote at the cnpcs.
Let} Thursday morning between one am! two o'eloek,__ctdied Mfse
]Ane FlNNlE. dau hterof Mn. ]oanna Finnie of PtineoGeorgeq-na
ty, in the thirteent year of her age.-—She was : mon W_and
exemphry pattern sos those of her age to imitate.'—-—8he m Ml. . _
even to admiration—in virtuous knowledge, equallcd by very M.,
COULD mournful sadness, mix'd with flrelmtof flowing tun.
Raise up from death. thu putern of her tender yem;
How soon must lovely maid! should we see thee rise,
And vanish sorrow, from all our one in eyes. !
But me thinks, I hear that spirit, so ate y taken flight, ss
('aH to her friend. from endless joy, from everllfling light;
Grieve not sur me 0! ye my friend:, ] once did love,
] dwell with God'my Saviour, now in Heaven above..
An: Court of Admirallj bell in (be (it) of Williamshurg, lb: th do; of
Febiunry, 1779.
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RDERED, that proclamation be made in the Virgin": Gnetde, for
three weeks l'uccelstvely, requiring all person! interested in the ship
Grorgia packet and cargo, lately captured by the Belly"- privateer belong
ing to the flate of Nortb Carolina, to come into court and claim the same
us the law directs, otherwise the man will proceed to condmnltion.
an i dtltribution of the money ariling from the sale thereof at the in- re
quire:. ( " ) VHLLIAM RUSSELL, c. c.
si HAMI'TON. Ftliruazy 9, 1779.
OR sole, ;! very genteel CHARRH) F, with harness for two horses.
Any person incimabic to purchase, are reqnefled to zpply to me it
this place, when they may treat with me for the same. ct
" (un) . HANNAH VALENCKER.
FOR SALE,
FlFTY likely VlRGlNlA BORN NEGROES, on Tbmfdg the
iSth ,os Mnrrb next, at dnrlia courthuusc, [or elshg Loan Office
Certisica'tep: or toblcco.
THOMAS B. MUNFORp.
Far Silk," for nay many, noble in [an dice tem'fium 0" lb:
[m a Maryland,
fsHE LAND I live on, Wthh ] bought for zoo act'ea more dl- lest,
but think containa m, situate in Fairfax. county. in V'nziou'c,
distant from Coltbqfler one mile and an half, from Dumfriu eight mika, -
and from Alexandria sixteen miles, binding on quum bay and jane.
tbau's creek, where fish may he had in plenty all the year, the fitoation
beautiful, with a view os Polo-wmad river sor twenty milea, the land
well timbered, and about too si-crea cleared, ]oinin the bay and creek,
level and good, has on it (beside: 5 acres not yet tained) :: nere; of
exceeding rncu well improved meadow, yielding annually 40 tom of hay,
several springe of good water, some fruit treca, a good arden. a dwel
ling-houte with 3 rooma below and : above, and two brtck chimntp, a
kitchen :! fret by 16, wich a brick chimney and two fire placea, a_ spin
ning house z6 feet by 16, a weavcr'o shop as sect by 18, a smoke-house,
si datry, &: ble, burn, fish hogse, and o'her necessary outhousea. The
plantation it well senced and in good order, afford: good paflurage, and
adjoining it is an entensive range it-r flock; it it convenient to church
and about 4 miles by water s-om : snrnacet, a forge, and the bed grii
mill in the commonweulrh The land shall he conveyed to the haser
upon delivery of the certificatel. but lwiil not yield up po eflion of
the house: and plantation (lll the middle of Aprtl, unlesal find it con
venient to remove soom-r. My price for this land it less than 4 and .
halfyeara purchase on :: nere- of it. LEE MASSEY. '
FAllPAX, Februmy to, 1779. (ill) .
]ANUARY as, 1779. '
HE under-mentioned is :: list of tobacco sold at Ba-wler'a wmhmse,
lpril 1778. The proper owner may have the money of me any
time beforethe loth of dprtl next, otherwise ] (hail deliver it into the
treasnry o! Virgiuia. ss
No. Weight. Cold at
34 1037 351. cd. pa- th.
. a16 tooo ' 43 6
' 144 9' 8 37 6
10! 1046 40
69 too: 47 6
al] JOHN DUNN.
To be 8 0 L D by fvimu qsa dun: eftb: Hon. (sours qf [birds], t'n lb:
town of Purtsmouth, on Thurlday lb: a5tb inflalt, for ready nen),
HE prize sh'p G EORG] A ? AC K ET, bufthen aboutno
tone. munnting : nine pounders. 8 double fortisied four pounden,
and some swivels, togethet with her rigging, tackle, apparel, and for
mture; also the cargo on board, confiding of a large quantity of choice
moho any and logwood, about zco pair of mens shoea, a large quantity
of sudflealher, and a few (kin:, lately captured by the Below privateerps
the [tate of North Caroh'na. An inventory of the above dy be sun by .
applymzz tuo the Captatn on poard. or to the subscsihef'.
4" BzNjAMlN POWELL, Marfltal.
I .
WtLuAMsauac, Feb.'6, 1779.
To be SOLD to the high:]! biJ-ier, for "my mon , before Mr. Smllbalh
door, on the t]! du) of March next. 4: 4 a't :! in the asundaa,
ASMALL tract ofland of about tzo acret, formerly the , 7
of Mr. J'nm Sjyaau, in fort county. about six miles
Wifflmnshurg. ROBERT NlCOLSONct'
TOBESOLD,
[FTY or SIXTY BUSHELS of FLAX SEBD, near lh'q—
F'chureh. in Glounfler county.
(sin) ROGER Bmdb'asinsict ssss