The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-05-30 00:00:00, page 1

T'H'E 'V-I'RG'INIA GAZETTE.
she Deum aftbe Press: it out ofzbe great Bulmrh asLipt-rty, and can never be "strained but by despotic Gmwnmenu.
[MAY 30, [m.] WxLLlAMSBunG: Printed by Dxxou &? Huu'rzn. (No. 1346.] si
Feon A LONDON PAPER 07 A un one.
T is impossible to read the seven pompous solio page: of zazette
intelligence without being moved with indignation agafnlt the
fomentera of this unnatural war. Every humane man must feel
see the unhap" soldiery who have dreedy been shirt. Accord
ing to our own lccount. we have lost the belt part of : (houslnd
men, officer. indude). in the different useles: (kin-nishes. The
ct ovincidt. it seem, hue lost but few, et the sume time they
have znswfled all the purpose. of the ptesent empzi n. ln nll the
man of Walhington, we pened" the ned eon ummate wisdom
ssand cookes" end who will sly theAt-eriem are so teifling an enemy
ne them Wind! alway: ! We have, by the present cam
pdgn, disewend That ' ifinticn have en-Iuvoured to conceal)
"th: them me:?" Ol'llo' me; it to pass thet thouszndt of
our two,: in (laugh ? it it very evident thot our army dare not
march sat into the-emu'y; set the mit dilate fro- NewYmk,
mtioutedin the am, no only te. miles, and this hath been marked
with British H all the way. If they continue to much with the like
smock, befonGnet-lljlm could seech Philldelphiz he would lose the
pened part of his mny. But the truth it, that the winter is set in,
old the eam 59 in". Thin, however, he been ( ne:- in th:
putte. Was by . mity}! when, be; saved it army for
um [bring, chide"! Genesis, Mydmg the grace!} put of their troops,
,mukpson, lmw building, in which : sewm an left,
without any shent ate. lad entry n. lsissiwuun. himself," under
such circ-tnm, m. here w. At the end of this (mous
' ' W-Mpieeeofmiioe, ,nmfifxly Irohe of
Le'td _ ,:feemethlrbein mld heqebleesit. This in no less
than aching the number of ' cttm take- at Long-lfiud, New York,
he. to the present W' though his l-ordlhtp made an excellent
dispby of the former wnh thes-ellmg me: of Brigldier Generalt, &c.
But wine k-the-mson thtti- this nupinlnin mood thia Wenimous
Minifler forgot tamen"..- the two regioun at um uhen m (laude,
the soun- 11de And "ty who were nhmllh Juno. . belonging to the
sil regioun, and the duty holdndl destroyed And tzken to other
place;. The knson idobvictna All ow little military explain, or
trishng Mrmibu. eft to he pinted and emhdlished, whild our defeat
and lose: eke to be buried in etern.) oblivion. To sum " the whole,
wepfl'ess in Ametiulmflof land of about twenty mien round in
on! of the paines, child! the Ancients, undishuhed, keep Georgiz,
North int] Sonth Guolinu, Virgind, Maryhnd, Pmnsylvznia, and
New Englnd, andurry on menensiveinde to man He of the world.
Thus hathnifflcmhhee- expendez. the country over :ed with me:,
and we l're :. ' eonqem'n merits as we were : see ears .
We bid then Bzsision, we hue,:gov! New York; so thzt, to oathe msiffi.
W'lmegr, the utmoi m llmy end fleet hath been capable ofper.
forming, is : mereshgflictg their position. ] A N U S.
LONDON,.Fe-br 3.
GRE AT versetyof letten have been brought over Ca :t. Duncan
A Drummondsios the nrtilkry, aid de ea to Genenl C inton. all
of With mention the high s into which the ing't troopt m in, the
17]th and nest of pmi om whi'ch they enjoy, and the oonfidence
they are, t n tn the course of thin ynr all Amid will be reduced to
pm obedience to the mother covn .
"Fie:- Anron, ]ohn thtehinson ma r. let! the Oxford, of Ghsgow,
taken by the mhelo, with : any of the 7!!! re 'menton board, and cur
ried into Virginia, it blpzfzt into Livefpool, adenwith 41: hoglteads
of toh-ceo, on lemnt theCosingrest, and bound to Hent: or Bour
deau- She was navignted sshsiy 15 men, end hld : Mr. Ball on hand,
in the capacity of : supctcngo. light of the crew were Englishmen,
. and had all been risonert in America. About the longitude of 16 w.
and in lzt- 47. illiam Tumer, boatsvnin of the ship, and who previ
My sounded the inclinationt of theEnglish slilon, and sound them wil—
ling to affifl in seizing the vessel, and carryin her to England, secured
theCzptzin and superrargo in the cahin, whi e his companions second
the Amerinn failen upon derk. They were all soon overpowered, and
Tumer, who took the command. shapedhis course for Liverpool, where
he arrived the zthant. All the Amerigan papers. were sc-cured, gtml
the cargo, at the present price of tobmo,
me, Msly be estimnted at
zo.ocol.
Order: are sent to New Yozk, for all she prisoner: of war, wh'ch :ke
not exchznged, to be sent to England by the utum of the n'anfsspmu.
under guard of the invllidc, who are llso ordered home.
Feb. ;. The recruiting service for one No anm'es in Amelicn, goe
on with much success. and the leviee will be ready thou! lht; Mnty fihh
'of Much. We expect from Calsel : new come of chaffare, eonf-Mn
of love chosen men, and Another body is considenbie fnem Bsunswief'
lnd Hzrzu ; by which meam the ynmnm of the M'mifler flamr then
selvet we shall hue. the succeeding eampaign, an "my of new vtguhr
troops in Cmada, and now under Genera! "owe. Whnt ; pity fiwnld
the I'Cffltsl, wedding Washmgton take it in his held to find] so tiu- end
exact I aleulatiou.
!: he been very [ately discovered (but the copperplne which is mld:
useos to Rrike the American pipes cumncy. wan engravedjn London
in the ear 1766 for : Gentleman who-ie now : member 44 Congress;
which add us to believe the the neojectof sendering the colonies inde
pendent iwa: formed long since hy_ ome fafiioun people, dex-quus (nough
at eovernj'th'eir unhinidue defignl undeflthe mplk of plulolum.--si—o
[Jsgadwe-dy'cnur) !] . si _
Fefi. 35. 0- F—unday night ('aptain-Whlte of the land forces, tend
Captain Rohinson of the royal navy, arrived at Lord George Gernmne's
house is- PaHmall, with despntches fron. lord and General Hone- "
New Ysissk, brsiught by the Bv'iflol nen of m, wluch were ended
efftrrh "r. I::s Lordship to hnsi Majelylt the Qgeep'a palace. C n
{Via- (; 43, - ftd, and had the honour'd! minute! filth his Majesty.
Th: m:-.-lss guise brcugh! by these osieen n ehiely thu- the {skin;
of Lee :; sm-l to be true; _he :: confined nsslzrpnsynek. fhssukmgof
nine hundred " mare (but last night the mnxlknaljzdople find the loth
wu only seven hundred) of the Man n'lsi'tessmgnunffo mdsiek The,
behaved indiferemly. having an eye on the pfekudfzostheu plnnd
more than to fighting. Soon after thn afar, the qeflcamss unde:
w WaNngton, w m M'flle, wa Prmm.
wheretheymuleazgrluud My mach?!- thxm usant! who
were roQ-Ithen, ' thedimupnfnessmneuc, th " bum
ed the college, and other fenm. Wzshm o_n m obhssd to
with the loss o between four and in hand:! . Thfissnce tmopn,
(lceonli to thil account, which in odmitted the modern}! friend.
be mue lost about two hundred end fifty. "th pen: bad
umnie of one hundml killed. 1n_consequenee of these tom,_ .u
thoughts formerly entu-ui-ed of gem; to Phnladelphn me emnel,
* en eyes; :nd it wu resolved to man or lesensi the mentum"; of
! mny, in order to keep them nearer tqether dpnng the mover; and
that no farther opentiom would be {moved till summer, ssu e
part of the jrmy were going into winter quarters. 'ctI'hect sne si
Govemment admit, that, upon the ujhole, the news :; ggsqteeabje;
me! the military Gentlemen call_the lffatr at Punceton a mshm-y edge}.
Lord Shuldham came_p}lsenger_MnloLv _
The Minilen confess thatw Wsisicert oyt
officers m ]essey y. After the defei! if the M.."ns n'! (ended, Lzld
Commllil collected all the British and son? nen in ]egfiy, wish,
invention of annking Generzl Wzshin on :! mngm. bucsiqsiwmsi.
noixring his simlisson, Lord Can n d-clincd "n. Msicu. wfik ;
detachment [mn- General \V.1shiu,mnched lqcuwl hio Lady .
reneat w Trincmon, sell m with l7l'h end "lb mfuqmn, lull. sisiu
reiusorceLdeol-nwallis, an JRlon ensued, mites" he ynmmn
were toully defeated. But !his lction " Conmzssllctk :: 'W'
mnity to get away, w 'lich he did us in] an bctq emid ,]
attempted lo face 0 11 che Amicam, but _m mach in
them.. A" the He: in colonrd Ire tikima "(I May: . , m
the umy, which had been colkcted andm hidzz bpna sin
canon; and what in of me" moi "lus,- I:,"
lzfl will prove 3 21! lof- to our e:st'my.
be glad oi ". nr s'oss m thers ctljhmlthbeabU; son"
)ssiilcd, and ten officers, and an (twe bundsissdflasiessms, shffl
Xions of whom behived veryll}
lt iteflkulawd du! lenmg the soul sond- simu odd dom GW]
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