The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1780-11-04 00:00:00, page 2

__"'ctB'O S T O N, October 2.
EDNESDAY last atrwcd here :: prize brigan
- fine hom buurh Carokina, laden wish fice,
bound to New Yark. caynued by the privateer ship
Wpshingwn, an Uva-dn ce.
dgy llik mwm . sicancl ftum Halisax, with
* oi " 'pr."oners. B this vessel we learn.
flfliheflmsim DeH-afes-Gpues (lalccon down],
buttaken :: zhcsr-u hwa-d) were fixingouunbapon,
fain! in he dtui ed For flns dull. . _
Ysfin-siay a-riud iKcto-sil azfflsi brig from Liver—
pool to New'Yor-k, with a v vable cargo; prize to
_ che lemr of spquugsi bctig Thomu, Capl. Stjlith
Bgrafld] . law jrc-nss Ne- ' London, 08-1.
'psi uijn ]Lassf'v. m fly,. _ Men. hu
rssdss'fbknsnfl ofI 3
. 10 thefish'ju7 .
\ .M .. ;.
en in'n since arrived, the Inner
quioshi—mfl " -ss, .si- _u*
t'? . ——'—*"si*_ _—
'sisisisictsi; OUGHKILEPSLE, 05. 14.
I but not ashyct upward], that any other prsogj
gr.): jollmssi ]} _ Smifh, use concerned in
As 'Mmsim. sssi fAnd ' when taken, was
a- yolfesid an achp-d'cscdpnzzsiof all the cerks
ct . - land;," she point. me.' Jailablesisi ct
- siss the ctgllflnm che danchmenn made ( _
" qsic'tfisigngd'xy msimv) a cnmylue ! si
' provismns, &c. 1 retuctqssqf
" 'ion unrmv, ndssfor'
. 'gjsiur,lzeida _ebe-j
! ljj' ld'tlun ss- "itjsiss
' "::ctfffisict T???" ass"
-si*t- inn,. , ib ::
ss- si eltkflepconmyfm Anxkcml .,ng
- : the penfound Andric; was des-F
lb M. ommmder in 'hief. so sex! to be
ct ,' but he hd lest that plzce Me the ex
-- signified there.*ss'she mosirning his Emllency
' . ched th: highlndfl, and while he wn vifitin the
son thepad Yz Arnold'l quarters ass: Robin on'n
case, Asimld (Occived an account of the clpture of
Alum. and with the utmfl precipieation and evident
Me of confusion. mountcd'hia horse, rode down
on the,;iver, Cook hic barge and wan: on board che
Vulwre, and to deceive hio bargemen, hoifled : sing,
pounded he had public]: business to negocizte;
' llsstitisi qlqcr dun, ssTbc despatchu ul'pecting
bflfiqot having been nceived by hit Excel
the Geuenl, he roceeded to visit Weh Point,
No sim- r'mew Robi-sictona house, whfisse he u
ct-ct " h hqctunql in I 's nuhle simation then I'p
> "ved she irfi evidence of the treason.
- ' hsindrie on him by three oung qen, of the mi
Bn'i' 'Wdchlsiet count , efl'ra. inling, Dezne, 4
-'un. Be them for hit liberty, him!
si oh, on! thousand guinen, and :- lar e :
of :: would choose w brin rom
(l. MAU ; verb? vinuz _ red
mlvmnmiss We: " were ment;,
fine to ct pokhaseil. ! "
" General M'Dougdlcommlndn at present in
,dp ghluds. The different garrisons are full)
_Wt for the defence of (he doth, lgainfl Sir
silhn'y'l who]: lrmy, and well supplied.
(With! balfnourfd :: with the, filb-wixg t'u
'- am: —
. , By account: from lie- York, Admiral Rodncy in
. inlhc city, in : very bad htc of hakh. The Sand
, M. up gpn ship, and four olhen of the line. were
tdflssfltmsishq my scaky, repairing, wooding,
1 munngaifl- 'ng in Fniiom. lad du: :: soon n
could be rendy, ehcv were to sail for Arbuehnon
him; that the other five shipt, with the seipm, s-ned
no join um fleet na lunday ming. Seven! de
- J'erunlef: the ship- at the entering pine, and confirm
- thin I-luchc. .
ctsi - .! Tbss-Ptincipal p_an of their umv. is on Long island;
mld gndwepkm is: making for an emblrkation .
'PHILADLLPHlA,Offi H..
HE continencal ffigflf: SMsiMQgI lus mkct-n two
si ship lnd two bxigs, bc-uud ncm ]am Ecu lo
New Yelk. One of they, the bng Chjssuiug PWY'
wal commanded Ca si Gillthatfurmcrlylhilcd on;
Jctnpoflss : _ct hfim "ved thus ", wkh schal
o . - .
'WQ lunfng! ]lmaica, that the .B'siisish were t-bliged
lo nhnudon'msse son c-f dt. jobn, and other pufiT upon
Nicanguc, having lot} noo men out as :700, by
sickuh lnd-lbe vigoruus appofiticn they met with
h'ss she Spaniardl end the nuivea; also lhrn tfflfl'si
had auuofjamaica ' ciugrcat conflern=n:-n, upon
occount of the bpanifl having !; krn peril ffi-u- of. me"
principle British for: in the Day of Hunduras. _
Wfctgf (Murjrom St. Eu'luia. daud Sept. w
._ ctsffly w si _l from St. Kins we are
shth-cqi PMpKRTZ hzs been warned by Gener-t'
Vauzhun; m lashflbu, w prepa-Zagzhzit an zm'ck
by !he eragh, sev'n." dage monument nmghc be
momemly rxpssfie-i in [sin; wm—r, who womd im
ssmediach plosiced agm." u...l ..m; Amissuu; should
'this be !. : cas: w: Mad ccsslasinissv hau; shcm ry. uL'l'
neighbguz'sffsi (
.BALLIMPRhssmctsi
NEW YOKK paper, usxhsi- 4=si1 inn m: mcmiurb
. that Gernss'fl Al'm & rmsiz as z- Md) 'I Gu-elssl
ct the Sx'icish .siumy.
An emhfrscalim of " rrginzenn was, :: szw dajl
I , mkin 'He; at ew Yuk. ]: ix 'hcn un: [;
thmemy-Ml Wfizmps :u'c clsiflined fctoch-H shut ;,
' 'Visginia. . _
Con sets have, we I}! told, neca'e}. (}c—nemt (htes,
From e shmhwanhsi 'En'zsic- (;c'm-ral Sulhvm, (I"
there] Grtcne', i_ in me ,sisictm'd, ,will lupply his
place, Codgfffs bass i'sig [th th: asi-Fo "ment [Mely to
ss His Excelsency the Comm .ude- in Chi- !".
Acorps o! d'ragoons. it is l'asid, auc rmfmg in New
Ysissk, tosibe comqindsi-d by General Arnold.
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A NNAPOLlS, Scsipt. 22. 4
75: jbl/o-wing i: :: true (of) of 4 second bright " (diff—
j'ound in a Majar Rugeiy': lause, tl'irtuu m"
Clmbden, Sonth Czrclmu, li—e Mujarb
parted, on the afpr-narb of our troops. in
:? U'u Bm [mit go stam- in": ; en; !
have been compared fwilsib were ( . ran Lord
j stdon to the Baror'u de nlb andGueractGatee,
} me! on exafiymd my the same bu'ud writing.
(:???) CAMBDBN, Tuly 7, 1780.
. ISEND you the rude: of some of the field officers
,
: who me a! present 'under Generzl Sumpter's com
4 mand. Perhnpl you ma) have such ac uninunce
* with some osthem, at least with their changen, 'that
you may tempt then with proposnls without fear of
ss (Hbetraying you. The service which ! would have
them perform, ", to advise Sun- n—r ro advance and
she his encampmem behind Bu-k ey'l crcek, where
there in a v s ous osicion.
I will UZZM l.uqnd-ed gnineus to any of them
whowill pnuil on him to take that {fay; will give you
notice of in Msspiflffflimsc the enemy'o force, lnd
mark whn deuchmenu are made to seem: their camp
from surprise. VL'hoever undertake; it, may depend
upon the flrictefl secrecy being observed; for, upon that
head. ! am sure I may sely upon you. Very pllusiblq
arg-(nenrs mny be used for councefling Sumpter to
take (hat position; it may panicululy be represented,
thu he woukd thereby cvver'the Wax Saw: from the
inchfions of our cavzlry, and srcure all the grain of
dmdihict; that Meczn's detachmem, from its hnlt
ing at Hanging Rocn, is evi-ienciy weak, znd acting
on the defensivez and, that as we can support our lighn
troopl much more ruddy from Hanging Rock, thin
he can sufllin his presemposirion, his advanced panin
will alwlyl be circumi'cnhed in their range, and mufl
alwqye suffer when they Ell in with ours. To pre.
vent their having any flpprcfhenfion! from me, report:
mi hr be propagmd in this camp thar Caswell had
and M'Arlhur lad was prcffing forward agctinfl
me, their credulixy would ardemly embrace a tale so
4?
conmmnt me if wjshep; md the cfl'ertev-ss '
sprudmgi'tj m a pamde ofhlsi'itcal. Then!
will be to procure ; psup'l imnli'u); ifhe would;
the business men, be than he ncwusid (] in
lo the impoltanc: of th vffi. "] her? :. " Us
camp .- Lieuwm- L'- _ Lia?! axnlum on ch
"Us, who, muse. u Ductshi Passchn ws "
his example;]:u b-sien confined, .md iosijurionfly d'elhd
bv Sumptery possflib-y that may he a good dun"! For
she b lines:- No ewii ca-x am": lmm a dikovery of (lie
man: Sumpter m-gfu. ixsssilsiu-d, pxetend to w
into the sun:,sind might ]a, sin amhuscude fay ",
but, an ( (lull march prepand For u-rry occurence, ] "
wightJ-mbobly draw as maz. h cria-"simnss' : from mon.
ing him in that manner, as 11 I hctzi n'cc" she assailun,
We moflsspnl sim cayc nm to-hc: mnss-d, for ifdn
Whom sin,, nevens th: arilnr to Su ,
: jlher may gohdlm wnh lum; m-d, to encttid- him
w lie money, nay ump up Bc-ktsi-ss eqek, one
afwmoon, uni gocflfmzt muming. Thc terms muflsi
be :];ar, and'bau side towards us :: mast. Strong:
Sumpusfigrninshrced, ] think him firmly to cake : '
step without inflization. Shew lh-s— inirez to Wju ,
M-sisian, and beside me, Sir. .
-- You. veny humble Servant,
[( At \V D 0 N.
Majcr !! on ?. LY.
duss-si :ne sshm mean art- the enemynow use in-ho'l
as suiming this cou-luy'. _ - w
:
RlLHMOND, Now. 4.
(;qu of a ltfltrfrom a Gentlemen t'u ( ldiz, to bit ta'
n/pomlmt i: Alexandrin (Vivginia) laud w
16. 1780. .
N the" 91]: inflame. at ! in the momi the
sqtudnm undei- the command es A ' Cor.
.] :va. co'd'fllfing of ;] um t ! ship; (a ' fld
14 Freuflt) of the line and Mfiipmm
7 1leagues N. W. of cape V'mcm, fell in with: ss
of between 50 and ye sail of mnehmmen and :: ' '
pos'd under vasif-y of the R " " '
"T
dettilled For M in "4 ,llflslg on'
a large Wsigwdo and woe Hi hlande'n.
qu/ffi prize-ct to : French My" L' the [qua
ron have already lnived here, ". si by the phze
masters and prisonm, milearn tl-a-t molt of the other
md Rruck before they wan out of sighs (Medu
five lndiamen, in which were emhafked ldb si
.nd that the red bein closely oursimssj, vcty si , or
none, have been abe to make their t-sn sictsi ept
probably the shipfl of war, whtcn ct gaffiou
(and abandoning the eonvory as soon I sheydiscwesed
their danger) ctmade off wi'h I" the siil they end!
pnsibly cmud; some of the sw-fiefi French shspdz
displtched after them, but mth wtut snccdfl
donhtful. Govemo-s Daliins me on bond the
with all his samily, but we do not know whn veffel,
prohabiy the Ramillin; hie couch and six issrsel are
in one of the prize! now in this ba , VQpMR the
others evctv moment. The Hulesifgundmn u (he
command of M. Bzrcelo, stationed of Gibralnr,
has aHo within these few days pan, taken 5 016 dip:
attempting to get in that plue with provistuqs (where
they are much wanted.) and chased : ship es weren
share on the coast oi Blrbua, Thirty 53] Of French
merchantmen which leit' St. Domingo in jane, eleond
by two srlgatel, have Ill got snte in."
Extractofa [meF/u- Col. [sue Shelbyro biljatbssn'
. 'spm Holl'on, daud Octabzr n, l7b.
" ] hue herewith the pleasure to acquaint you
that on Snurdny the 7th instant, in the astetnoon,
after : force march of 45 miles. we came up with
1Fergus't'm and his crew, who lly encnmped on the top
los Kinssg't mountain. The day was me:, and that
Providence who always rule: and govems all thing
sor the bed, so ordered it that we wete close around
them before we were discovered, and formed in M
position, so is to fire on them nearly about the same
time, though they heard us time enough to sotm. and
flood reldy. The battle continued warm [as an hour,
the enemy finding thcmlelves so cuubms-ssul on all
sides, surrenderedtssnsunentous atthlcrztit-n. 'l'hry
had taken pofl at that plrxrc with the cunfiehsince that
no force could rout (lum; 'h': mwmsin. wsi'n. h'Lh