The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-03-22 00:00:00, page 3

were 15,ooo Russmns, thc Chcrokecs,
Shawancse, Delauures, V\ yondols, Min
goes, and our nefrroes. -
Mr. VVutkins ]].lS (leposcd to this effect,
and desired that the substance of his dcpo
sniun might. be published . '1'0 diszqust our
suldicrs, he told him that four as them
obliged & father to stand zuzd see his (laugh
tcr l'sinished. And, to enable him to du
hzss business more cffidsstuully, he (sim'n'xilacd
him with l'cverul o lhc pupcrs published
on board his ship, contuining miniltcrial
news and 'l'ul'y cssays, culculutcd to imi—
midatc or deceive. His lordship has msiulc
an excdlent use of mr. liult's press, \\ hich
]uss' moved by \'i()i('ll('C out of Norlifik ou
board his ship, pubiilhinsiq :t wcckiy lmpci'
in m 0 half thcc-ts Which he culis thc \ n.
Gmm GAZET TE, and sentfs to such toois
as he would choose to work with; and this
is done at the cxpense ot'the crpwnl
Lord l)umnure'sbehaviour to mr. \\'.1t
kinslhows how nem-flhsctv it iq to put :] iiup ;
to ?" communication with him; and ti'um :
the quick intelligence his lordship has of
every transudtidn in this city, it becomes ss
highly 12) .to endeavour to discover who
are the spies amongst us. ]! m ty not he '
amisss to " arn such persons os liltil' danger, '
and to remind them how sc-Vct'c a ]nuziiih- (
ment must be inflicted on them by the law
of nature and nations. They will not he
held up to cwztcsimpt, wLich id the punish—
ment thsiit was adapted to oiisstnces bc-i'urc
the war broke out; but death, inflicted
by the sentence OF ;: cnurt—nui'tizil, or by \
the just imlignutiun oszui euragcd pmpic,
is the punilhment due to their crinu-s.
\Ve hear that lord Dumnorc'ct Royal Re
gimmt of Blctu'k Fusi/iZc-m is already recruit
fd, With runawuy and stuien nesi-ss'roes, to
lheformidublenumber os8si> (issthiVC men,
who, after doing the drudsisictcry ut'rhc tiiiy
(such as acting- us sculiionsi, &c. on board
the fleet) arc ordered upun rieck to per
,form the military exercise; and, to comsi
ply uith their native warlike gcnius, in
stead us the (iron sy drum and lite, will
be gratificd with the. use osthc tprighciy
and euiin-uing barrqfoa, am insh'umcnt ]
peculiarly adapted to the martial tune of !
" Hungrjy Niger, ])sitrc/i'si" Gum !" and i
which from hencesut'wurti is to be t'iyh—il, ,
by way as eminence, the BLALKBULD ss'ss
LIARCH.
General Howe has begn ,phrssed to pro
mnte :uijntant juiiiilbu to the rsimkotssmujor
of biigsstde in the cun'tincutul troops us this i
cuiony.
The Otter siopp of war, and two;tencl
ers, which have been hing at the mouth ".
of Patuxcnt, and 'cruiiing in the bay, tsiur i
some time past, took schmi prizes, and
i
burnt a ihallop loaded with oats; am],
!
their audacity increasing; with their time: is- ss
fulpiracy, capt.Squire tookit iutnhis head )
toFo up to Baltimore, with the tcncicss
an prizes, with the view, it was suppos
ed, to take (it destroy the Descnce priva
teer which .had been fitting out at !]!th
place. Capt. Nicholsun, liouewr, the .
cortmmnder, having got intelligence of his
(iz-hgu, imnirdiatei) gut his Dcscncc roa
uy, manneu With a number of brave
Heans osO:-=k, and towcal down the river,
to give battle to the ()ttcsir, seven] small.
vessels attending, crmx ded with men, to
lend theiraffil's.:mcc, isic lhouhi he wanted.
Upon being discovered bcm'ing down by
the renders, they puihcd off with precipi
tation, nbznnjoninp; lhx'ce m' lssuur shlsixl]
Prsirzc vcssclss', w'uh a large ship they had
taken loaded with nhc-zxt and flour, (siom
mzmchl by one Hndsun. The Dcllncc
having mzmmrd'lzhc prizv, um] si'c'si'nmss-j lhc
Octc'rg'ct under way, ('lusi-J up her ('um'si :;
and prepared isiur hxtllc, expecting" her 10
cmnc up; but thennes ll-si.=<1_ysi*]r\iu ssh'mt
two hours, as if warming; cupt. Hishulfhu
to come d-m ", at length bUI'L-Hn 'v\ , ;zz-sssil
in the ustzssnoon c.:mt- m muchsin'ohss Assnn I—
polis. () mt. Nichnhhn continued his [in—
tion some Lime ; and, hsin'ing pcrictormsid
this gallnnt action, returned with the
prizes to Buhimore.
Ycsterduy co]. Graysun wrote the sol
lowing letter to the president ufthe Com-ss
miltcc Os Sascty, religning-his appcr'mt
ment as culoncl to the Prince: William
minute b'simulion.
Aud , sls'illitlisfflillrg, March 21, 1776.
MANY obvious rcuibns huvc determin
ed me. to rclisisin mv uppuinnncnt us
(.ulune] to -lhc Prince \si\* illiam minute but!
lzzliml. lmlccd ] should have taken this
shrp lm'gsi finre, bad ] nut conceived it to
be (lilkmcdsiul to quit mv post until ] had
your poiix'n'c command for that purpose.
You \\sil" therefore be ph-nsul to consider
me us no longer siacting in that eanpucity.
I am, hr,
Your humble servant,
H H.].lAM ()unsoy.
Kse arc (chlrm to fitlbuj/z the following ad
(x'rq/Zs to PATMCK lctlENRY, jzm. esq;
;
l.:lc cummmzder in chid'of t/zc Virgini-sit
- js-rscs, u'lzissc'h i.: slss'zsued [LV u/nuard; (s 90
: (ctct'flsi'urs, at Kcmp'd lmzdiug, ounolk, and
- inllsilamll.)urg. 2
8 ] ]i,
DILEPLY concerned for the good osnnr
Country, we linccrcly lament the
[unhappy ncccssny of your rcsssignmion;
and with all the wurmlh ol'usscchon aflurc
you, that, whutever [mar have given rise
lo the imhguily ];x'sicly osscrsisid toyou, we
join u'uh the gssnclil] voice ofthc people.
and think it our duty to make this puhlick
dccharulinn of our high rclpcct lur ssvuur
distinguished merit. 'l'o )our v'rgilu-zcc
muljmlssssmcnt, us ;\ senator, this united
commcnt bears ample testimony, while
she prusccutss her stezzdy opposixizm 10
those destrucstjve neiniltclirss] nwzxsurcs
which )ourcloqucncc first poinud ( m um]
taught to l'esan, and your resolution h d
stsiorwsiu'd to rf list. 'l 0 your cxtenlix e l'U"
!puhriry the service :zssohz great!) indchn—cl,
ssl'or lhc c-xpcdisiiou uhh which the troops
'vcrc ruiissed ; and v. !.Zlc thcy xurc continu—
cal under yeimctcommjnnd, the sirmness,
csiuzdour, and puhtencss, which formed
the complexion, ofyupr conduct towards
them, obunimcl :h-ss- iigsi-nsill approbutiun of
t2.c\wisc um! drmouz, and wiol ]cssssue upon
our m'nuh. the most sisi'rnusul impression.
Although retired from the immedmtc cou
ccrns of war, we solhi; sithe continuance
ofyour kindly attention. \\'e know your
attachment to the best osCnuscs ; wc'have
the sullefl: confi h-nce in your abililies,
and in the rfctccikmlc os-your \i<:\\b; _a_13_c_L
however wifssiozsi' .sesicnvious may be to un—
acrmhee an rstalzfsiffid reputation, we trust
fhctessday ufflctcoznc whcnjuilicc [hall pre
vJZ], am! xlv.-rub) si'cu.'c)uu an honourable
and hsizppy ruum lo the giosious employ;
mcnt of coudusssiting our cuuncha, um]
hctzctrahng your [is; in the dd'cucc of )our
country. ct
With the most gralcsu] scnlimcms us
regard zmsil cllcem, we are, sir, very res—
pcsiisully , . . \
Your most ohhgec],
Aml ohs-liem humlfle s'ss-v-vann_
ADVLRT [sum l-ZNTS.
&]llfilRl—IAS capx. SQh'HZL'l A'mkuacti, ut'
\ [li'st Augzg/ld, in Yanmnjy hit, llnod
suspcctc-d ulssbcing unsricmHv lo the Ame
ricmz cause, on account of sinne expressi—
ons he dropped in company with lumc
gcnthssm n nsth'ls citv. vx c me subscribcrs,
with si-vcru] other officers, cxuminecs [he
uiLHt-hctsis who had heard his expressions,
nnai the v\ hulc of us Were szsidlsi-t'k] that he
n-cctsz mnhhlginimch], but thctk he ought
to stand in the {sinne refinsitctt'sihle puint us
xi.-w uilh al} si'iu-ds uf .fi'lm'risz! as he for
mcrly did. \\1L1.1AM (jnnlsTuN.
(l.; ORGF. Clnwx.
\E UOLVECH hctsix one or two REURO
13 (:xl'siH—sszx = =.-*z1_s m aispsirsi- oisi'mszy
lio-n- - s :; ])!lrdmsu' by zlpplpxxg lo the
PRlNTER. si
" '
BLANDFORD, Asarch 12, 1'75.
I N 'I" E N ]) t.) lemssc she colyulys.
LAWRENCE- Punxynrcq :
Luuouuu, March 1}, 17704
L L thosc indebted to mrz; slndrcw
_ Leiich, merchant in Dzmzfi'ich si"
(leasings i." the (tore, arc hereby desired
tu muke'paymcnt to the substriberg and
to take notice, that no other person half
any right to grant dischargea for the shew..
HUGH S'sEUARTs_
N. 8. The said Stmart also giveanoss
ticc, llut he is no way concerned in trode;
with hid Lc-itch. - -
si si For .5 A 1. 5, . ,rsi
LnssctLY NEGKO WENCH, link;
mordthan 30 years usage; who is ass
very good house servant, and can, npot'l
()CCltsitssnl, be very serviceable in the heid."
lctm- terms apply to mr. Richard Broussmsshy
Turk town, or the ,PMPr. ct " ;
Lsss—six, Murclz 12, l77b._
I :m-iv. (zfl) jYFN ct DUVVJ."
]NTEND to leave the colnny immedi-ss
"" 0 5 "1" in or near )cts/r/e town, &: GOLD;
WA T-CH, with gold hands,. the.
nuker's nsinnc Delander; sl'e run on a.
hjiamond, and had to her a-lady'ssisteelr
Chztin, with it seal os Virginia stone set lids
gold, ornumcntcd with acuat of ssdm'nsi
\\ hue vrsizr delivers il-to the printer shall w;
sig-cntcclly rewarded. _ ss
LovtsA, March 18, 1770. si
I UN away from me shbl'crihet' on'thss
16th instanc (Marqh) a likely negrosi
tsiituw named 7/10'18, who is about-j',
sect 5 0; 6 imcthes high, 30 years old,,
ssiiune and well made, is very black, and
lus a down look; hct'id on; and took With,
him, a coarse blue cloth great coat, :sit fine
lmmn mixt coloured hroadcloth body,
um, duuhic—breastcd scarlet closh vuaist-yct
c-mt, :: anr us \'e:y good lmcklkin
hnuhes, nit yzun ltmkinge, very good;
hat nnd short, and allio susiu'u] shit'ta of
white and brown lfm-n, andshtnc money.
He was burn in Peiznct/jslvm/ia, bred a fare;
mcr, pretends to gt'csitt ikiil' in tltr-.'ief$",
speaks in the Scatclz-lrtsh dictl-ssct, a-td An,
tuznssersttiun frequently uses thc wot a
o'mrc'c-vcr and likuu'rfl- ; and as he ent! renctd
;!nd write, hill probably sunge a pufit/
fishofsiver takes up'sitid [lawe, and set __ !)
lim sin that his master may get him again:
(21 :" have ,;os. is tuken in Loni/Zl, Albesi'
marle, ur Orargc; is in :my ulhtr county
in the cult-ny 5]. and if taken obtssos the
culony to]. paid by
_ si nsiwm npggjsiss
si
U N away from the lubtutbsis, un,
Sundqy the loth insiaut, a ncgro man
nsinuc-d YAM'BS, who is a shnrc'thick'.
silnat s- llssm , marked with the small post,
has a rcmsiz'knbhct flat nose, tpeaks bad Eng-p
list), and is very nel] known in and atht'
t\ is town. V\ hoesiv-r tlkcs np the fist?
sss'tlow, and conveys him t'u me, shall haVcsi
nos. bcsidcs what the law ullows. _
( tt') PETER Psiflsifflgss—
OMMl'lsil [50 to the pubhck jail, .;
runnway boy named CHARLES. who
[up he lnlungs tu mr. Richard Hussison' us
['t-tersl-urg. He wassormcrl the propcsirlysi
oisi nn'. Juno! thm'ell, of w 0nct1 mr. Hrm- "
jbn ]ourchzlscd him. He is about 5 sect 5
inches high, hsis :: remarkable prominent.
mouth, zl {light sczuf, or scmlch, ucrosssi
]zis surchcsisinl, and a little black bump on.
his right check, near his nose, much like
;: war:. His owner isssclclirul to apply forct
him, pay churges, and take him away.
(tf') PE'lsiFK PELHADI.
ss'lsiILct-H lzisi) m' Hulcn lsisimm lhc !ublsicri
&) her in Smih'zficLl, the 51]! instant, a
middle siud black horse with & star insisshisi
forehead. hsius a mached nmne and bobsi
tzail (.. hich hzzs hcen 1:u1v trimmed) is a.
]iz'. : sigrlchd on his lu'mhsi vhh hamess,
pacctes (low, 55 in Very good order, but has
nc lvrxem] perceivahlc. \\ huever delivels'
the said horse to me shall have 40 5 . reward -
21! _ ]OHN LLE.