The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-06-28 00:00:00, page 2

8 0 3 —T O 'N, A'Ictfy 25.
UNDAY last x—riivcrl heie'astet a shalt cruise, his
Moit Chxiflim Mu eliy's hsiigate the Hermoine,
cmnmznd :! by M. la nue. te, who made a visit to
Penobscot, and mak ? ons view of the British fort at
Baggguluce. '1 he Nautillus and Albany, under the
commind' of the io'nmosius Niowatt, who burnt Fai
nmusith, were htcttuchor without the son t. but upon the
zpploach of the Hermoiae, immedi zieiy netiudbehind
The Hetmoi ne fix ]! :ippe'amd under Britifltcolour s.
which they did not choose to tmli, and afterwards
'find a gun ofsiiefimce, which they did- not dare m
lcctpt. she [nience of this tri; ire, under su brave
and Ifliveaeomrumder, it noinconlidesable addition
to the security us our lrpde.
Wc'e well informed that Captain la Touche hn
lash 6 British privzueu and 5 memhantmensssxudte
eetnent' at" the war. Among the ( tVro
* 0!!! taken together, each of moie then zo " in:; one
mourning n guns, was fitted out by ibmc
yfqullity in England, and named the Ladies
'lutiou.
NEW siLONDON, May 19.
55 UAY lest was brought into port, by the
. g Cromwell, Him and Sally privateeis,
sits ]enny, Capt Hnmbleton. from Wtitby, in
singen}, ound t) New York, bu-then about 400
fimbd laden" with coal, eordage, and duck.
dny arrived a Bag of "me from New York,
with no Amcricans, sent from the prilcn ship there
for eiclu
'Gmygenian who eamein the above Rag Ensc—rmt,"
thinke days before they szsii from New Yolk, ::
friar,: arrived them fm Engla with despatchet,
thetegnenu had no! mnspinfl; that (he tarried
M.: thlt ubout ten day: ago the woods near Ti
. and then sailed for Carolmn.
Muook asifire, which spread so: 30 miles round.
Mnefday five person. arrived in toun, who
Him in a bout from the prison- shipin
<.- wss . Muctr on) of Mortiliown, dattd
brought off the centr, with them.
Q'Ysi e "lb Um.
y-nmtsitinn ih'gence front York we lum,
rsg-t'e hid umd thrbr six weeks from
4. with despneiq fer thu- piece; also for
Ciintnn et Ca u-Tltose for New York
, _ : tom out sihole of the inlnbiunu
w " fnigue,' un order to cutnmnl acros
WeMwRo-t the mnine the cult river likewise
_--- , the LookQut, on Statcn Ld, also
' in the chanml, in consequence of a
- from ance. confiding of " sail
opoo m .to be'tmder the con
Iil de la ette, which might be
w ; , , ] Thti thedes tehee arrived
fi-Cfld'nl ' dy, Ild General (Hilnton had not
Whit'" t'in nducin that capital, hewu
" ss return to ew Yotk."
We im' thctsit som'tiuteers, time of them belong
ing to New Lotzdon, on Wednesdzy last drove a cyp
EBMW p Word Long ifland bench, 6 miles
hook; We mounted :: nine pounders,
and by sinne men sound on board proves to be the
London m, from Fllmouth. which place be left
the Was April. Hermw, 55 in number, esclped
wictditbmii. A London print, of the Sthof April, ss
tlken' in her, mention- tiut Gibralm !: lgain blocked 4
lpby : powerful Spanish fleet. Some valuable effect:
were. him from on board the pncket, but a fleet from
Neb York heuingin sight, and some frigatee standing
set in princes", they were obliged to leave her:
Thin leet na on bond between two of three thousand
two", which the enemy at New York gave out were
deflindfor Cmadn, while other account: from thence ]
say the troopl confined of Hefflam, bound to Europe. ss
PHLLA'DELPHLA, ym 7.
N che nds oslaR month, lest Sudy Book, under
convozlos ! he'l'hanm friguc, se've'nl tnnfpom,
wnhctrsseq cffian regimelu on bpnrd, bound for
met our last arrived upwards of twenty Iil of
"Us from different t£0fll in the Well !ndm, with
rum.ff1r. (all, on e, and dry oodl.
Tales)!- took and broug it in with lum the
de, lpmm Flncher, with 130 hogsheads of
:! ct 'on bond. sh- un bound from Tortola for New
'York. ,
Captain Gardener hu retzken the schooner willing
Maid, which was captuledin Chesapeake, by n-tugee
Thompson.
Clptain Ogleby, in the schooner Betsey, informs,
that in lnitude 23, he spoke the schoonu True Blue,
Czptain Stezhensun, al] well; and in ]atitttde 39, lon
itude 69, e sad: fleet of 40 tail, under convey of
four men of war, 'which he supposes was a ]amuica
fleet of merchnntusin bound to England. .
Exlract es :: letter frail an intelligent Gentleman !sil! th
ueigbbawboad of Morridown, daud Jm 9.
" Auhoughutxemety t'atigucd, ] catch : mbment
to inform you thy ] have jusi returned from Eiizzbeth
town where l have been 'recondoitering the edemy'e
suuetioo lnd heogth.
:? T 've you my tol bIe-idea of their ranges
end cr is Went] my eseriptive abilitiea. They
came out in so __ on Thesday night and Wednesdzy
morning, and landed in Elizabeth before day. Melt
observe" difler in the account of their numbere, from
my own observatctiom, l suppose them about zooo,
with 17 pieces ot artiUery, and every preparative ior :
lengthy march.
" They advanced to Connecticut farms, about
five miles diflmce, very early in the morning of Wed
nesday, and llthough they observed gr'eat discipline
and decosum in- Ehzabethtown. yet at the (arms,
every step wan marked with wanton cruelty and cause
less devahtion. They set fire to, and entirely de
ltroyed the Preshyterian church and fourteen dwelling
houset and bzrm, so that there ere (! think) but
two dwelling-houseo remaining in that sertile settle
nient, But alas Sir, this in only one pen of the horrid
scene. ' .
" The enemy hein opposed by : regiment of Col.
Dayton'e and such mi itiz, sin} could be suddenly col
lected, made a flow ad vunre, till they came to : bridge
It the "trance of Springfield, where the militin had an
old iron 4 pound field piece, ,which they used to such
put Os', that the enemy wote drove paek for some
con derable distance. Being thus encouraged, Col.
Dayton's regiment, and the militia together, pressed
upon them, end killed and wounded many of them;
the eneral elfimate is about too. As our people were
rein omd they gained sitm nest, end at night the enemy
had secured no farther than Connecticut fermt. In
the night, hevin teceived " express from Genenl
Clinton in Sooth Zarofimy they immediately began e
temet, ldd by IO o'cloek on Thursday, they had
gained Elizatxthtown point, From whence they sent
off til their waggons, : part of their artillery and some
of their ends" previeul to thin, Lord Stirling with
General Hnnd'e brignde and the militil, wu denehed
close on their tear, and between Ellnbethm end the
Rointhad : veey ssseve're ikirmilh, somelose on bothfidee.
everdid treopebehavebmetthnotm. Thenilitil
behaved bede thy thin ths: could huebeat ex—
pected. Tbecontiuentzl ten ve them shfimfl
credh. it it said the enem had npersua , that
after the taking of Charle ' n,' the militia mld Ill
submit, and the continual troops desert. it seems
as if the militil ]Ild known these suggestion. Never
did they so universally turn out on such (hest notice,
and never with better spirit. ] left thil morning, et
least zooo of them below the, mountains, and more
flocking down cootinunlly. Col. Dayton deserves
the granted credit, n doee nll bit officers, who behaved
;umesytionably. '_ss _
ssssct " The enemy were all dey yesterdey mlmruming
bring on I .enenl engageuent, god Gmrd Walln
ctngeoh trying to drew then from their strong possession
do the point, when it an impofliblessu unack'them
to advancze. Byth huefdled, nnd Genenl Wlsh
ington he drew; bid the main body of the army
'above Pinzfidd to "from them, as they were ex
ceedio y flagued with two days end two nighte lying
lo: the r arms. Every thing has been carried on with
\ great ropriety and we are m hopes their entry will
{be ob iged lo retire, notwithsiandin' (bees sanguine
; expeflatiom. Geneul Knyphnusen it 10 said, brought
over his eaniage, expecting to havesiconsiderach use
for it. There I : brigade left to wltch rhe'motiom at
Elizabethtovm, with: number aslhe militia. They
He in such for'ee, that ! am elczr of opinion, they
intend to penetrate the country, and from some hinta
that have dropped, they hue Peunsylvania in their eye ,
ifthey cnn beat General Washinglon." 1
Extract {se [mer from :: Gentleman m St. Pierre,
lrdniqm, dattdl ril 14, 1780.
" l shall just give: small etch ofthe war in these
(cas; four weeks :go, we had :Nctinforcemem from
Franci', confiM of 16 i : Me Hne, 4fn' am,
and about 80 Msspmo, &;an on bhazd Gooo-trgopn
thu make; no vesify fliongz we hue now 23 line of
baulc ships, nnd only one ofi sum, all the Mind
80 to 64. The Keeu that in moanded hy Admihl
,Rodney, consists of " line csssbmc'c shictsi's, amongst
{which in 4 sistiee, andlbvrr-11ohhxl'ctznipe came from
Europe with'the Admila], in (11 si-rf, thsiy only make .
] flgum; they are leaky, insomuch tht they can hard]
he kept zbove water, both the flcets s ldw the 161
instant'in 'sight of each other, and on the will they
had a shirmish for about two huurund a half, or three
houn, the particulars of which we have not hennhss
[both fleet! me now out.- Tha- French thndron i!
1 oommaqded by General De Bouli- e, andis thought
will sh-ike some great blow befoce they come'in again."
Yeflerda arrived here in 50 dnz s hom cap: Fran—_
coin, the! r Wayne, Capt. lelicmson, locded'
with sugar and c'offee. ss ss
_RlCHMQND, Fame 28.
Extract of a [mar _ : Gentleman at Philadelphie
to [n'] fit'mdix i: tum, dared sun: !], "lo.
HE eyen of nll'ss Anterica Ire now turned to the
, Virginil Assembly. Alf the since north &
this heve already, eltogether or nearly cot- the
lcheme of fioqnce ;dopttd in Februery and end last.'
Pennsylvenia like agilnt int! nnkened from his Wine.
-is laymg about her, seizing pmvifiomand herb foe
the army, nnd mnRering her nu-neroushondl of M
flantjal yeomanry. The gtlncral' end cum with
otsi the honett whigl here, il, that Ques- Clinton my;
retu and figure any in New May.. or the neigh
bouxdosid, rather than visit V'txginiz. Hu- len
wu dephwed; but now the usniuu'onp of her- Coun-y
cilt spread eflonishment silnd universal constemltlon
(except among the torius.) ' "
" The new to it Rmck. Conncffient hn le-ct
ceived her (hate. he Ftnch [geon ofitspecie for
thin money, lhilling for shining; Mthefi wise and
frugal people are uking the ndvm e &" getting spe—
cie' in thetr trees at the rate forty for one,
whereu here, and twinkled with you. it it sixty
fossr one.
" Imment'e must be your exertion to mply with
the paymenu thn Who made tokeep the now I- .
gether. The, wisdom of ,our Connctll, no dosiuht,
will provicp t'o: it; b- to Me for the d—andt
which will- continually increase with the depseeiation,
( seatt-Ssiwill eallfiu the utmol seech of your wisdo—
Lend ' .
" Strange! that the landed interefl of Virginin
should lgree to increase the burden of their tun, by.
continuing it to be every nun'o interest to help on
with depteeietion ! ' -
" Virginin ssut wise: She is yet wise; but her
friends sey, she it in thedelitium of : seven : paper
money dream, like opium, hn relaxed her poweu. ]
for my part wish as we did about Charleflown, hope
for better thinge to the last. Politickt! thou an in
migmn; an tgm falm; : lamp to light one into
safety and to ce."
Extract of a tw- dared Springfield, saven "'th
Elizabethtown, Juice n. l7lo.
" On the night of the 6th instant, General Knyp.
hznsen ( :: supposed) with the grace!} part of the force
at New York, moved to yithin three qultten of a
mile of thit place, not ho'uever, without opposition
and some lost; for tho:}h we httd only : smell con
tinenttl brig-de advane , ther, with the help of th'
militil thlt had time to ssibmb e, kept up : eonhnl
fkirmishing withthem, end we hue the gmtefl reason
to believe galled them much. Whnt prevented their
enten'ng the town of 8 ringfield ] know not, unless :.
small field piece there,_ or the apprehcnsion of
the CWW] force, which, shortly after the alzrm,
cemq to the height: above the town. Their numbers
from the generality of utountt, do not exceed zeoo,
end noue mzke them more thin sooo. The miliu'a
never on any occnsion turned out with more spitit.
The enemy have retreated to Elizlbethtown point, lnd
remain there iqn' _ plete a pound as ever : body of
troops were , ' ? The army are in high spiriu,
and the ne't' bo'ur ng states seem muse.! again to :
proper sense s heir duty. ] hope am! believe, with
all our misfortunes, that by the help of um good alliet,
this m kill terminate well.
I clntmt conclude without mentiuning the harbarity
ofthe enemy: They murdered the wife as a Cletgy.
man because he had been nctive in oppesing them,
although ten helpless children were by her Me; they
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