The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-01-12 00:00:00, page 2

pyescrvafinn of that quarter osthe town
called B'quntscrrut, which fortunate!) lay
to windward, was effected by pulling
down several out—houscs and scnccs. All
the rest of the town was consumed, ex
ccpting messrs. Richaulson's, 'thc bon.
.mr. ertin's, and mr. Beaty's houses, on
the hfil; the secretar) 's offldc, mr. Kcnn) 's
house in St johu's street, the French
church, and the pricst's house, "
'We arc credibly informed, that his
majesty's secrctary at war'has siissued' orders
for th: angmentalion ofthe Goth regimcnt ;
to four battaliom, which are to serve in,
lhe West lndies. His majesty,: 61h'rei3cti-'
' ment, now quartesed in St. Vincent's, art:
xnder orders to proceed to North Americ'a-si
early .in the spring. The 48th regiment
is to he sent to Great Britain; but the
men fit for service in that cor'ps will be
draughted into the 61h,sswhichsiis to si'be '
augmented with two companies : Captain
licutenant Diwardsctuf the 6th is appointed
" a captain, and ensign Bradcock of the
same regiment a ]ieutenavt, in one of'those
additional companies; and they are under
orders to repair to London, as soon as pos.
.fible, and to take with them 'a sufficient
, party for recruiting. - -
. Nov. 25. The gale of wind which hap
pened at St. Kitt's extended to the neigh
bouring iflands, where its effects were also
severely felt. At St. Fustntia, many
buildings s offered considerahly by the great
sea that setin, and the heavy rains wathing'
down the clift; 48 sail ofvessels, that were
in' the road when the gale began, put out
to sea, excepting a fluop belonging to Sc.
YVincent's, which was driven alhure, and
totally lost; the Others have since returned,
except a snow, belonging to Amsterdam,
and two small vessels, which were light,
and are supposed to have fuundered. At
St. Martin's, seven vessels were lost; and
great damage was done on shore in molt
Of the Leeward lslands, particularly on
those estates which are contiguous to the
sea.
A similar disaster beselssSt'. Domingo on
the 28th of August, but im'initely more
prejudicial in its consequenccs. About
20 vessels were driven ashore and totally
lost,— with the greatest part of their ,crews.
The. best cultivated and most 1opulous
diitrict of the ifland, Called the Plluin, Was
entirely laid waite; almost all their sugar
erks and other buildiugs being either un
roufed or thrown down, their canes level
led or turn up by the roots, and almost all
their ground pissovilionsearried away by
the 'floods . \ ct
_ A king of truce from Martinicossbrings
advice,*.5sithat six battalions of infuntry,
consisting of about 4500 men, ssunder con
voy of several men of war of the line,
lately arrived at that island ; where, it is
alledged, they are to do the duty of the
militia, who are to be abolished.
Dcc. 2. By capt. M*Crackcn, who ar
rived here velterdav in 47 davs from Corke.
there is advice thasst the sirst'division of" the
troops; destined For America, cuusifling of
the l7th. and 55th regiments, sailed froth
that port for Boston on the 27th of Sep
tember; and that the second division were
to have sailed ,. a few days after his depar—ct
ture, sor Halifax in Nova Scotia, where
they had orders to remain during the win
ter. That the Roman Catholicks in the
county of'Corkc had offered a premium of
halfe guinea to every man that would en
list, for the American service. That the
sscrops 'l'n Ireland this year had been uncom—
ctmonly plentiful, and that provisions of all
kinds Were much cheaper than they luve
been for many years past. That mr. Saw—
bridge had been clected lord mayur of
London, in the room osmr. Wss'illusi-s; and
that the friends of the Americam in Eng
land, notwithstandiug the ] tle prochmm
tion, perscvcred in presenting Petitions,
memoriz-ssls, uud remonitrances, in their
savour,
C A Ks P- !} ! '.'-* "? F., Dz'cmnlzer 7.
AS E' Lm'ss;'ss Li ssss, acts du'n cl-si-d, at the
rcvcrcnd v! . nsiplzlz -..-:1'.s church in xhls
hmn, in (31? ss.usi"x£cnc;c :sivi' his cxullulcy
general 'H'ashsnsimnss commzmderin chief
of the ;orccs us (he united tulunics, &c.
&c. &c . and several other generalufficers, _
by the rcvcrcusissl Abicl Leonard, a ver
aninuting, spiritcd, ;uullearncd discoursz
to the sulsiiiery, upon the necesiity and
importance ot their engaging and Continu
ing in the service osAmcrica, and of diff
play'mg true valour aml courage in thy
defence of siher rights and liberties, upon
the principjes of love to God and, sithc'u'
country, from the impired address of
Jacob to the host osssracl in : Sam . x. si12. _
Be 'octfsigaod couragcsi (liill let us play the man
for our people, undfb'r the citz'e: afaur God ,
andthe Lm'si'ldn that w/ziclz_/Z>cmct/z him good .
—-- Dec. 14. (juptss Riartimluch, in one of
our privalecrs, w'assk'ct lately decoycrd nezp' to
one of the enemy'sssships of war in the bav,
and Was uhhnppfly taken and carried into
Boston. _
Capt. Blanlcy has, within a few day
past, takcuanother-valuable prize, a floop
from Virginia, bound to Boitun, loaded
with corn and out;. She was fitted out
and sent by lord Dnnmure.
Last Friday night seven American mas
ters of yeflctcls, who had, at different
times, been taken by the enemy, and
carried 'mt'o Button, made _.llleir _eicapc
from that place. From one of them we
have obtained the' following intelligence,
viz. T hat all the drdgs and medicines in
the town had been seized for the use of the
army. That on the l4thct instant general
Howe issued orders for taking down the
old north meeting—house, and 100 old
wooden dwelling-houses and other build
ings, to make usc'of for sue]. That
vessels are fitting out for the West Indies,
in order to get supplics for the garrison.
That capt. Murtindalc, mentioned above,
with his oflicels and men, were sent to
England. That one Morrison, Who offi
cietes as a prcibyterian minister, being
appointed searchersisiof those-people who
were permitted to: leave thesitown, pro
mised, on receiving a brib'e, to let a per
son bring out 2ct4ol. sterling in cash and
"plate, but afterwards basely deprived
him of the whole of it. That recruiting
parties out ctof each regiment are gone to
England. That two regiments, and a
number oslight-horse, imder convoy of a
srigctute, were embarked for Halifax. And
that there were not in the town provisions
sufficient m supply the navy, and army,
for a longer time than six weeks.
silt, was yesterday reported, that the above
two regiments, &c. were sailed for Rhode
Isictnd. A , . '
Since our last 5000 os the'brave sons of
New England (gooo of this colony, and
zooo from New Hampshire) have joined
'thc continental army, under the command
of his excellencv gehera]. VVashington.
an: l m r- -\ .
v A 1 Ll\ 1 u " m, uecemoer 14.
SLOOP with 19—sshsiead ofcattle, bound
sspm NovasiSCOFiz-L for Boston, and a
bri laden w1fh Tory fumiture, from
Bo on, for Hdlifaat, Were taken to the
ea si'd about 12 days since. ' '
Saturday might the continental
troop's intrenched at Litchmore's point,
opposite to VVest Boston ; and, the weather
being very thick and soggy, the enemy did
not discowr them till ycsterdayssastemoon,
when they discharged about 40 orsi 50 can—
non and bombs, which we hear .ilightly
wounded one mrm .
N E W l' 0 [( 'l', December 11.
FROM Cape Nichola Mole, we are in
formed that & capta'm osa vessel there
irom North Curulinzl, at a tavern, drank
confusion to the Congrcss - and general
VVashing'ton, for which he was immedi—
ately turned out. of the house, and no one
would speak to himsi, and both French and
English treated him with contempt.
A Vcssc'. belonging tu .] :..rk 'l'csi-sv (,.3'
this town was luzsi-Zy lZ-zzul .Lxl Cape Iz-psisssi
cuis, it is said, bccause she bcluxegcd to &
viilzx'm who was an enemy lo Amcriczn;
and we hear the peopk at the Cape intend
to make the Cungress a present' in pow—
der, equal ctto the value of the above vessel
and cargo. "
A person from Boston informs, that
the Boync man of war, with general
Burgoyne on board, sailed for England
last Wednesday, and carried off a number
of masters and mates of vessels who had
been taken bv the enemv on this can".
I
NEW YOKK, Dec 28.
_WE are credibly inmrmcd, that the
people of the Mzsissczchusetts Bay
have compleied 13,ooo suits of sohhcrs
clothes entirely of their own won], flux,
and a manufactory, since the battle" of
Lexington. '
\\- e are im armed; by a gentleman siwho
]cst the camp at Cambridge on 'l'nesday
week, that a partyofthe contineutalarmy,
vz ho had intrenchcd (m Lizchlnorcfsssyoint,
were oblcrud by .L sngzate of 20 guns,
that was I-. ing within msixikei shot of them,
who susim [) gan u' ucssuct. ( n_uunadsi1nZfloh
them, which ( ur people siimmediatelct'y re
turned with knew it, and hred thrLsi-e shut
through her qusin-tcr. and two imo her
stew, which (lctm :;ged tln riggingsi consi
dcmbly, and uccpsslsituned her to move her
stutiun.
By act vessel from the .}Rjest ]ndies, arriv—
ed at Providence, w lear.:n, that: :: Prncla
nlalsiluu trom dt. _j, mtsi'ss \\ as lately pub
lished n [he. lilctum : : H.;sshsiuios, shrbidd'm
the idhsstb-LML : ' Autsi ifland holding any
corrcipun .. u- - -. ix'n !he united colonies,
on pain 01 l - :. med rebel: an-"a traitour.
Similur pruufir =->;.s, it was expected,
would be ,mssizsissss. ss- m all the English West
ctIndia ifiasitds. -
ss Yeltemay z-si-sictct- " sito town two of the
gentlenen m-sictsin med under the Cambridge
head, ,whu. reisisitc ths- ssr'ullowing sheen;:
particulars, viz. That the ministerial
army was suppohsid. to ctmsisi of, about
6000 effective men ; that sithe welle
greatly diltressed, especially sincet estorect
ship was takenzby capt. Manley, " wsihfsicp
had much dis irited them"; that sue] asidd
provisions o ,' all sorts ,wer'e exceeding]?
scarce, the armv being at an all<>wmi'c"_e
of four pounds of'pork, and two loaves 'o'f
bread, per week,.each man"; that 30 men
from each company were ordered with
saws and axes to cut up the wharss, old
meet?.Jg—house, &c. . for she] ; that there
were seldom any fresh provisions to be had,
and that, when there were, it sold, in ster
ling money, at the following prices, viz.
bees perspuund 1 s. bd. to 2 5. 3 sheep} [.
two gee (: zos. and other thin rs in propor—
tion, salt butter ; 5. 6 d- rum >y the hogs
head ] 2 8. by retail two dollars; that our
battery at Litchmore's point _ is within
about half a mile of Boston, and will,
siwhen finished, command a very consider—
able part of the town.
A letter datcd November zlst, srom col.
Arnold's camp at point aux Trembie. eight
ieagues from Quelzeck , mentions; that their
little army, confisting of about 600 men,
are in good health and spirits, waiting the
arrival of general Montgoniery to attack
Quebeck, which they expect will soon be
forced to surrender, though their forces
consisted of about 2000 men, viz. srom St.'
john's 150, col. MsiLean's irregular's 170,
marincs and seamen from several armed
vessels 450, French and English inhnbituntsis
Igo, (litto compelled to bear arms 700,
neutrais in the town 4ooo. Co]. Arnold
twice scnt an officer with a sing, but he
was sircd upon both times. He had good
intelligence that the inhabitants in gcnchl
were averse to. taking up arms against us,
and were short olct' provision. General
Carieton got into Qnebcck the zoth us
November. on which there was great 1;—
joicing by his party.