The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-04-02 00:00:00, page 2

—_ B () S T O N, FEBRUARY 25.
PRIZE laden with Wines and dry goods, which wzs taken by the
Mulhorough privateer, and afterward: retzken b the eontinentz]
]] Providence, end mentioned to have been carried into Plymouth,
asnved sefe in'port on Friday last.
Since our lad arrived at an E.]tiern port, : prize scl.ooner, laden with
wine, fruit, &c. taken by the h'tzsizrd. Szte was bound to New Yolk.
By a person who ltfl Rhodc liland hit Thursdny, we are informed,
that there was then about 490 men m :hat garrisou.
PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 17.
'lxtfltct of a letter from Major Gom-a! Putnam, dais.! camp at Rcasi-ling,
M.:rrb :, 1779. '
DETACHMENT from the enemy at Kingshridgc consisting ofthe
17th, 44th. and 51th Btitish regiments. one of Hesiian, and two
of new ]evisisis, tmrched from the line: for Horseneck on the evening of
the isth ult. w-th an intention us surpriling our troops at that piece and
defiroung the salt works.
" A Captain end 30 men were sent from our advanced lines at Horse
neck, as : l'cout, who discovered the enemy at New Rochel in their ad
vance. They retired before them undifcovered " t'nr " Reyneck, where
it grsii-xinq light, the enern observed and attacked them. They defended
themselves as'well n hie, end med. their we good to Snwpim,
where they took the ntege of 1 rising piece o ground, and made
some little stand, but the superiotlr force of the enemy obliged them to
retire over Byrutn bridge, which they took up, by (hit means hid,!!!
apportunity gfreeching horsneck in safety. .
" As ] wll there to selftn see the situetion of the guardr, I had the
troopt formed on : hilsby the meetinghouse, ready to receive them it
they ldvenced. They came on brii'kly, and ! soon discovered that their
ssdesign me to turn our ihnke, end possess themselves of : destie in our
ner, which would Muwy prevent our retreat. [therefore brdered
jlrtiee outon both flznke, with direction to give me information of
their epproaeh, tlut we might retire in season. in the mean time:
alone edunud up the main road. where the remeinder of the troope
&m'nting only to about 60) were Polled. We diteharged some old
ltt piece: which were these, : few times, end eve them e small fire of
unite"? but without any eonsiderzhle effect; t e l'uperitmt' force of the
enem oon obliged our small detaehment to abandon the pllce
" therefore ordered the troope to retire and form on a hill : little
distance from Horseneck, whilst ] proceeded to Stanford and collected .
body of militia end : few eontinenul troopt thnt were there, with which
I returned immediately, and found that the enemy (after plundering the
thtbitann of the principal part of their effects. 'and deshoying : few salt
"he, : smell llonp nnd (tore) were on their return. The officer com
dnltding the continennl troops ltetioned et Horseneck, miRook my order;
and went much further then ] intended, so that he could not come up
with them to an ntlvannge. ], however, ordered the few troops that;
came from Stln ord to rsue them. thinking they might like an opponsi
tunity to pick up some ragglen. ln thin ! wn not mistaken, as your
Excellency will see by the unclosed litt of prisonen. Beside: these eight
or nine more were him end sent off, so that lcnnnot tell the pnticuhtr
regimente to which they belong. One lmmunition and one beggage
mggctn were :lt'o taken. In the former there ssvete about two hundred
round- os ennnitlen, grope, end round shot, isiuit'd to thlee poundert,
Me flow much, and ebout two hundred tubes: "she latter was filied
with plunder, which! hed the sltiofaction of relicring to the inhabitanu
whom it wn teken. At I have not vet t : return, ] cannot tssll
exactly thcrunnhetwe hue lot}, though ! on'tthink more thin ten
.:ldie'n end about thet number of inhabtuntu, but a few of which were
'ems."
("Was prisoners tlhm It Horseneek, the esth ult. t7th regiment, :;
find. "th ditto, ; printee. 57th ditto, 3 fiVIlel- Royzl
w regtment, 3. Emmerick'o wrpt, !. irR battalion of
hill] , !. Pioneen, !. "sotel 38.
I]. . Seven defence: from Emmesiek'e eorpe.
' Puin/bed 6} order qf Courts}.
_ - CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
., It u termed, that : fleet of Innspom, with troops on board, under
cteonvo n s veral men of wet, seiled a few drys ago from New-York,
suppo ed to be denined for South-Caroline, or Georgin.
]} bit Exullmg George Washingtun, Esq; Crural ad Ca-mctler in
ard'eftbrsortu qu Uctiml Side: qf Amesice. *
A_t'llss0CLAMATION.
w who have bebn induced from divert motives to desert their cospt,
HERBAK it hlth been represented, that many of those soldien
ud ere now dispershd in different yarts of these states, having seen their
m, would be ghd to return co their duty, bm are retinuud by the
of punishment. ln Osdrl' to quiet such npprehenslono, end give
them no o portunity to put in practice these good dil'pnsitions, ] do hereby
,melnim 'ull pnrdon to 21] those who shall rejoin their respective corps by
dle silsi of Mny next. At the fime time declaring lo all such who shall
neglect to nail themselvet of the present offer of mercy, and who shall
persifl in their delin uenc beyond the period herein appointed for their
nmm, that the mo else ual measureo lhzll be pulsved to detect them,
wheresoever concealed, and to bring them to the most rigorou and ex
tm \ry pumshment.
' at bred quarter: Middlebsook. Mtrrb lo, 1779.
GEORGE WASHlNGTON.
, Hud Ossuurns, Middlebrcok, March 9, 17".
LL officer! Ind soldlere lbsent on surlough from any part ofthe army,
' either immediately under the commander in chief or elsewhere, are
_ neshd without slil, lo 'oin their co before the first of May next.
mni- order is not to life those whoserssa
ct ve of absence will expine before
QW who will benpected to return punctdly it the expiration of
e
Mr! of the Virginil line who having been on furlough, have
Snub'sil inted to I particular duty under Brigadicr Genenl, Scott,
un ." , Extractfnn general "den,
si _ si! ALEXR- SCAMMELL, ldjt. gen.
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CHARLESTOWN, FEBRUARY 25.
W E hsvc received llze following nuthcnnc'r. intelligence fuom (ample
Bosizgy gux, viz. " Tsut two pm ,:ketl sisin the :7tfi :: night
unde their tsclpe from the enemy, who repuu that in vh: zction ofdle JGth,
thcssenemy had, men kishd end : 5 woundzd; (}m Loconeh, Brown, and
Thomas, were among 13",- hmsisir; Cnl. Brown hax ing: rvsiceived : unlike:
ball through the arm asid .uwchr in me side, whl .h shdlescd one of He
ribl, aml Ccl. Thomnsiss had Lisi uypcr lip shot away.
Extract ofa lem-rfrom awry, near Actamsilfirr}. Ftbruaor 10.
" A any of men u der ( ui P.ck.m, couhfling of about 400, have
acquinectgrcat reputation and honour. hau ing on the um inflnm defeated
in Georgia, between Cm"s and Phi lip's sort, ;: ].Hctz'ct: body of the (lns
affcfled. horn 6 to Son; kilicd Col. Bovd;111dIVIaj-ctsrdriuose then leaden,
than an princes, wounded mal y, lunk :: priluun-s, and remok 36 of
our people, they were carryin along with them. 'shis t'm-tumue even!
prorpisn toput an end to toryifm, and pncvczzl any fmthcr mutual com
monous.
" Genneral Ashe'n division will cross Snmnah this evening, und Gen.
Williamson'l follow: to-morrow, with isim wasigom, &c. 10 placed in
the ren- of the enemy, who from authmzick account: sim- retrczud below
Bryar [meek1 We will soon hnve such : force as will ob!i_ : the enemv to
qun the fine of "11; Col. Hammond surprired :: pol? of the cut"
nem- Brynccnell, ! 4. officers, and " rivales prisoners." . ..
Extract of: lm'u- fron acsutlem al siafl'ezteere, slain! Now. ll
" The cum ofDomin-u it is imagined, when known in London,
will create more confusion, and be produflive of more hlnckruptciz ., ths.
any even: lhu llo- hppened these twenty ycan past. " ii cernin sin
of the firl! seldom in chn iflwd set out on fpecnlmon only, some of wh
having met with success, lured other: on to their ruin. The IW
mue of the London merchant was then and in; so that, at the lind ss
tho ilhnd on Men. inned mon dun it would sell for at pub'ick fix ;
Is the a of (bin the will now nen themselves. there may soon
another , in the southern quarter of mia. '
Wl'LLtAMSBuaG, Amz. :.
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RE-inhahitante of Betmufia are in the greatest distress, not hu'izi
ss more than three weeks provision in the itland.——-'T he Council I
General Assembly have told the (Jovemour, that the people :: ,
to have a full and potitive account of what may be determined usi—ss .
which there can be no rm-dium observed. They must eithet had I elensivsi
mode of ohtnining mvisit-ns pointed out, or must be told, thlt nothin ;,
can be done.— dey must quit the ifllnd or deyntd upon Ptovid'ezsiss'
alone. . . ss. '
We are informed the Govemour os Bermudl hn permitted swelsi
vessels to load with salt for the eontinent, to procure ptm-isionu ths.
vessek are protected from being t'eived by any of the British eruisen. 3;
A Bemuda floop from Turks tiland, with uoo bushel! ofsnlt.—Tbc.,
Van Tmmp, Cept. Marlhall, and : schooncr f-om Bispanioll, m (as.
arm-ed in ]amel river. with tum, sugar, and molofl'es.
/ We have the satitfaction to infotm our readen, that the sqvndm.
under Czpt. Callander, is now joined with two large galliel sm.
lmd, e xmmanded by Commodore Grayson and Capt. Nieulson, menting
four [8 and ten 4 poundetsis each, and well manned; ltkewisl that lb
Cape- have been clear of the enemy to: some time past. .
DEATHSJ Mr. ]OIIN WARE of King & Qsileen, in the "dy."
of hit use. He was one of the best of men and a good (hl'iffiln, cum,"
alw-oye tpoke as he thought, actcd :; he spoke, and the! what he ought.
]nltead of : \Vare, lte waa ! Nathlniel, an lsi'alite, in whom " lo
guile, one whose tongue, hind, and heart, alway. went together.
73- William Drewry, of Granvillc countyflorth Caroliz'l, will heat
of :: eonsidenble lesiaey having hecn lest htm by I deceased friend. by
applying to M. K. Godda-d, printer in Balti
:. fleARTICLESrleR ictjtgfl n', ml-wffi
al tbi: Qfia.
WlLLlAMSIUKO, March 31. 17".
OR sale, best blown sugar, French sum and coffee, by the ho'silzead
or bag. sihlue cloth lsiuitahle for negtoes, and : ftw pilu onme —
I will give cash tur built on I-ctnmre, Halt'wsilsi. England, or the is:] ladi
illmdl. Any Gentlemen that have money due them, and cannot ascettain
the amount, l will take their hill: cunditiumlly, :tud charge nodlssun (:
on ptmesh. Good: wyll he exchanged at a mudetate price, fossi &,
hundred pounds osuew feathers. SAMULL BE , .
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R sale, the land whereon 'he subscriber now live*,_ in t'e ss' " of
Homer on Northern river, ubottt ten miles from the ufflsst of
the county. containing ] —9o acrcs by old'l'urveys. on this tmfl then in
: eontiderahltsi quantity of very valuablc low grounds, two nen me [on
of well wateru timothy meadow, good ore'nnrds, and a great variety of
exceeding gss-ud buikdinge, moffl) new. The high [and is generally very
settile. t'te pllce remarkably healthy, and not more than one third of the
land cleared. For tum: at-ply to 45 lSAAC WXNSTON.
HEREAS by & late :tfl of Assemffly, the diffiHation of gnin il
prohibited provided pub'itk eonuuctors will purch-tse it It ".,
per bushel; to put a stop to such ; pernicictus practice, us well all to supply
the maguim plentifullx, ] do her- hy give notice, that a generous price
exceedtng l5e. po- bushel, will be pand for all [rdrmt mrn, rye, barley,
whctn! or spehsie, drlivued to the tun misi'uy ot' purth-tt'es sitt Wimbfiar,
[zest-my, Alexandria. Dansi-ss'ssin. Frss-Jtriss'E/F'tr'jg, Staszan. Charlcuts-m'lle,
Hrmo-ver town, Riss'bsivzaml, Mnnrl-ssssflrr, Prltvjsil-urg, and SmitlL/t'eld, who
will likewise contract wn'silt those who cannot deliver it, to take it from
tlteu'plunations. W. AYLETT, D. C. 0. ?.
TRAYED or 5 l'OLEN from Rul/Jerforcfs ordZn-try, in G"(62w'
S late in jane:)- lalt, .1 ltkelv 'ss) :, hsi-rle about [41] mds high, singing
matter and sprig t i], bt'nnzl (ut' t-n) forgot, (".-me saddle (pots, and .
spot of hnis grows in a cutsiling manner on both his hind legs, he if lpt
to chew or break his bridie. is high lpirited nnd young. 1 will in no
dollan for insotmation when: he may be had, Illd too on ccnvigion of
the thief ts stolen. W. AYLITT. "
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