The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-09-06 00:00:00, page 2

'ADVERTlSEMEN'ctr.
ALEXANDRIA, thly 21, 1776.
HERE.\d it appears, b) certificsiucs
(now in my osi'clsion) under the
hnudsot'capt .john [r. Lavvc, mr. julm M .
Burgess, and mr. George Frazzr Ehwkins,
ofMaryland, that cap! . Robert Conway has
propagatcd a report much to the dishonour
of" the zdlh battahon of the militia of Ma
i-ylsimd, viz. that 3 or 430 Of said militia
betook themselves to flight as soon as the
ministelsshl row—galley began to hre: In
order, therefore, to remove every iH im
prcffiun made by the said report, ] take
this method of asserting that it is a malici
ou: infamous falsehood , as many gentlemen ,
who were present as spectaturs when capt.
Conway says this scene of cowardice was
actch, arc ready upon oath to testify.
(Signed) s. HANSON.
No man, mr. Pvnms, conscious of his
0Wn integricy, would lie lilcnc under such
Opprobrious cpithets; therefore, in vindi
cation of what I have already asserted,
which was altogether to the same effect
as the foregoing depositiOns, ! desire you
will publish the whole narrative, for the
truth of which ! appcal to eVery impartial
spectator, and remain. sir, your humble
servant, ROBERT CONWAY.
'W' A T E RbT 0 \V N, August 12.
- E hezu' that on Wednesday lust was
- sent into Portsmouth, by the Han
cock privateer of Phihdelphia, :. large
ship (formerly 21 20 gun ship) now mount
inz; 14 guns, bound from jamaica for
London, hnvin on board 7oo hogsheads
oi' sugar, zoo of rum, besides other valu
'ahles.---A fine prize.
sit
.N E W Y 0 R K, August 14.
8) his excellency GRORGE W AslllNU
TON, esq; general and comm mdc'r in
chief of the army of tho Unitcd States of
Non-ru AMER! .
HEKEAS a bomhardment and attack
upon the city ofNew York, by our
. cruel and inveterate enemy, may be hourly
expected; and as there are gre Ll numbers
of women, children, and infirm persons,
'yet remaining in the city, whuse continu
-ancc will rather be prejudicial than advan
-tageous to the army, and their person:
ciposed to great danger and hBerdS I
do therefore recommend it to all shch per
sans, as they value their own safety and
preservation, to remove with all expeditiun
out of the ssiiid town, at this criticnl period,
trusting, that, with the blessing r.;sl-Ieavcn
upon the American arms, they may soon
return to it in perfect security ; and I do
sienjoin, and require, all the officers and
suldicrs in the army under my command
to forward and affist such persons in their
cosigfliance with this recommendation .
iven under my hand, at head-quar
ters, New York, August 17, 1776.
GEORGE VVAdl-IING'l ()N.
Augu/f 19. Lalt Friday two hre-sh'lps,
cmmnanded by capts. Fosdyke and Tho
mas (gentlemen voluntcers of rank in the
Army of the, Unitcd States) proceeded up
the Vorth 'rivef, with intent to give a
suitable warming m those piraticnl gemry
that have infcsted it since the ] zth ok'july
last. The night was (lark, and savour
able to the design; and the enemy did not
perceive our vefllls till they were near
-ahoard osthem. C.1pt. Fossiz-k" grappled
the Phcnix; but the fire not communicat—
ing so soon as was expected, [he disen
ramg'led hers'e'siu about 20 minutcs, after
suffzdning c-)nsi-sslcr:\ble dunmge in her rig
ging. C npt. Thomas sell un bourd one
of the renders, which was soon consumed;
and we are truly sorry to inform the pub—
lick. that this intrepissl cumm-mder ix yet
'lnffling. ThYsi-si g.:llunc enterprise struck
so great a pansi'ck upon the Pn-mctv that
they thoughtit prusslcut tnquit tha-ir lhtiun ;
and yc-si'tenhv, taking the advantage usa
fresh wind at N. E. attended with csimsider
able rain, they ran the gaundet through
a great number uf'weu dirtttcd shut (sum
our battuies m and near this city,- which
undoubtedly must have damagtd than]
much. Our gsizllies played smsiutly, and
followed the ships a c ;niideraffle (iistarce
into the bay. The encmy's fire seemed
to be mostly directed upon the city, as the
tops of the huus—s were crctzwded uixh
spectatorz; but very little dam-ge was
done to the huildings, our an) lives lust
Upon the occasion.
Saturday a flag of truce was sent from
the ministerial fleet, and met in [he bay
by one of our barges, but we could not
learn its import.
Since our last six regiments os milhia,
from the state ot' Cunnccticut, have arriv—
ed in town. They are an exceeding sine
body oF-nen, well equip; ved .md disciplined .
Extract if a letter from Providence, New
England, datefa Augn/t 13.
" A ship from the (;lLlladCS, nf 300
tuns, has been taken by t.\u letter:- of
marquc, a fioop and brig belrnziv-g to
New Yurk, and carried into Bs.st()l"; hctr
cargo consists of zoo hogshcads A sugsisir,
[19 hogsheads of coffee, and 415 " .lcs us
Cotton. One or both of the abm-e letters
of marque took anothership, with between
4 and 500 hogsheads of sugar; she was
from one of the Windwards lfldtzds, and is
said to be safe arrived at the Lastward."
A brig belonging to this port arrived last
Sunday suse in a harbour on Long ]flsmd,
with a valuable cargo from Lisbou, chiefly
consisting of powder and salt. The cap
tain informs us, that a large French fleet
lay off Cape St. Vincent, and that two
British srigates were cruising about to
watch their motions. Another brig, also
belonging to this place, in company with
him, was taken by one of the B itiih pi
rates, off Bermuda. Z ::sissi' _
Troops from all quarters have been daily
arriving to our asiistancc since our last,
andyesterday afternoon 14suiloftransimrts,
full ofhearty trt-siops, arrived here from the
Eastward ; so that we canU-i'th the greatest
trulh assert, that we have now an army,
in and about this city, of at least upwards
of Sossooo men.
dugufl 22. We can assure the pufflic'k,
that the foreigners in Burgnyne's army are
beginning to desert in large numbers.
About 60 of them, in a boat, came over
to our troops the other day, at 'l'icon—
deroga. ,
Extract of :! letterfrnm Charlestown, South
Carolina, dutcd 7uly 31 , 1776.
" We are just now setting off for the
burning sands of Georgiu; an cxpeditinn
is planncd against part of East Florida.
Two brothers ofgovernnur Wright, with
many others, are intrenched, and have
polted themselves on St. Mary's river,
which divides Florida from Georgia ; be
sides a great number of negroes they have
of their own, others flock to them. Co].
Smner's Nnrlh Carolina regiment, and
mujur White, of th: ssstmeprovince, with
two companies ol volunteers, have march—
ed, and col. Rssluchlcnburg's regiment only
waits f-yr waggons to transport their bag
. - ::
gsslgsic
PHIL ADEL PHIA, Augzg/Z 20.
CUL. Beedle and to jor Buttersield.
lur bad conduct are broke, and ren
dcrcd' mcap. .ble of holding- a commission m
the army of the Unircd dtatcs; ctmd capt.
\Ventw0rih, so] dilubediencc of orders,
is (: sishiercd.
n'as;. 2.7 Sincethedeparturc ofthe able
bodiecl me" from the forks of Br'ssmdywme,
in Chcstcr county, on t]: c firvicc of their
cuun ry, che patriotick young women. to
prc \ ( nt the cxi! that v. ould follow the ne
glect () Fyvflng in the sun cn ]) m so si-ml,
]] we i infzd l'nc plounlss, fi'sisil ass? ]" !"_
"19 He— 1'shus ( n' thc i : \; nl1sle--n'-xl
thcil tssaters, blothcrs, andluvcrs, ba. m:—
cttz'mrd ::bmad in dcs-Jtcc ns 1}*c!f!*c,fl?cs (,s
lhsssc states, Lhc-y .-1'c uuu'n-imd lu Put
in Lhc crop thcmkhes. A \ ( r) !. udsi Ulc
example, and lnsi-My um'th) 11 in imkiun,
Lcu us from 'l'iconcsizcrogu me m iun , that
tvsiu dcl'crtcr-s num the Brunlmickcrs had
come in, who Lay that many more: cssunc
off with them.
WVe learn from New Yolk, that on;
Thursday evening lust there was & molt
violent lturm ol' ll-undcr and lighm'n-p.
Severalnshusirssiund prixznes, belonging so
the reginsi-c ni funuu!) 'cmnmamteu 11} ge
neral M' Duugu], were uulbnuzmtely killed
by it.
By sundry letters tisium New Ytctrk, We
arc insurmcu thsstt :) body of ubctmit lo odo
British trovl-s hsisstl landul nn Long lilsict d
last. '] hlflstid) ; that on Fridcty their .:d—
vancul ]zgutjct. was attacked by ful Lisiuu's
regimcnt us t'iflesimcn, v.]zo beat thssnctss
back with sume luss. That in the. pcth-t :
of one .)l'thc killed was found a consider
ahlc sum of g-ssh! ; it i\ thought he is um
officer nslomc diffindtion. though (hsiciilsidss
as :: Cummnn shldie-r. That & rcimurcc-ss
ment of 6000 men hs'lli been sent by general
\\ alhington to Long [Hand, to nium) the
enun). That the encmy's ships only
waited for a fair mind to moie up lo the
cit) uksshew Yolk, where :m attsi.ck was
huurly expectcth (in:! our troops in high
spirits, waiting vtith imp :tiel cc sir it.
V\ e leum further, thsst the German
troops on Stuten iflsimd are much uisiatis
sied with their prci'mt sinice, and wish'
sorasavourahle opportunity oflayingduu n
their arms. Two or three of them, it is
said, have been execnzsi—d on tlsie iflsimd sot
rcsusiug to do duty in the prclbnt impiuus
war. ss
Extract ofa lfsitter from Albasiny, Ausig 19.
" An nfliccr who went un a recumsicjssac
to St. juhtz's and ('hsimihlce fell in saith a
reguhir officer on hmsis luck alone, on the
ruud between ].a Pssiize umi ht' jub! '3.
He summoned ]) '11 to surrender him'ssdf
prisoner.but,cl—oppinpsi*f}n:rtt0 his hu. sc' , isic
rodetrssssuponwhiththculht- ! lsim dandsh -t
him. ltturnsi out to ba" a grnsctral (]thl."
Extract of a let," jrom tizc est indies,
dutcd Anngsf 2.
" Capt. Wecks, us the contincntal Iip
Reprisssxl, arrived offfit. l'issctrrc's, Mnisiti!
niquc, on Saturday evening last. at which
time the Shark floop of war, csipt. juhn
Chapman, of 16 nine—pounders, just cume
out from England, was at archor there,
(lippcd his cahles in pursuitof the ship
with provincial colours, and coming pretty
near ordered them to strike, giving her
several shot, which Were brave!) returned
bv capt. Weeks, and an engztgcmcut en
suul which lasted near an hour, when the?
Shark bore away, and the pmtincia] ship
took the advantage of getting safe into
harhour. Capt ..\'\ eeks had mal} one man
wounded in thearm, by th' burning ()fsifl.
gan on board his ship ; the h sz thhe env
my is not known yet. (Tapt. Weeks on
landing met vsiith ajmsul l't ception, from
the commandcr in thus to the puqrest.in
hubimnts, the cuucnurfi; of .all ranks of
eoplc bcii-g vucty greet on the 00culion.ss
" Capt. (lh'ipxusim ]] .z; !i'rc-si- wailed nn
the genersisil m demand the (Lip for the
king his m.:stcr, as bdnngh'nssz to relzc-h
and tmilors. He was ;n'zsisacred, that he
had no orders of" this. "kind, f-ssut on thc- c--11
tmry to protect them, which he wnu'd
abide by. C.:pt. (;hsi it:!) 11: r- plFe-d, i!" z'nc
ship was not given n}: is -\1:ssnY-s he. at ii
dcred by h'13 m.:i-si-sty m— :1 su'd decinmri -n
()fwnr me the p .rt us Fi'simc- ; 'Hld .m "K
Prcss its ent home lzy-thsi-ss acl-mrctl. sin \=1
tigua, in ccmsiqucnce us th']. tmsins si'ti ct
' " Capt. Weeks, onhisssspsssiZ-xge from \ me
ric1,tonk threcsi verv !n ! ' si-rizz !n-ussd
homr sr-nn the VS'f ' iilmctict; m.! as me
put s.v1r._1"'n;-:n u-l ):sus! *_-.,_- ]z- zct-z, m
(ii'sy thrm ixto pan", !: hz-X 1.*-.- 126
men in hm ihisi) aL lh: Lsiizuc us xix.,- siuikasix.