The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-06-13 00:00:00, page 2

13 A s ]: T !: R'n ]! (in se. Christapher's)
April 12
E have collected the following parti
culars from persons lately arrived
from the Windward "lands, and from
English papers: _
'l'he'pirates have cut two vessels out of
prago, and there are 26 private vessels
out of Msi-xrlinico, cruiling to winclward,
for the outward bound ships, chiefly
manncd with Freuclnnen. One of tlusc
pirates, who took :: brig from Curkc,
after a short cngagcmenl, lud not not a
single man on board who could speak any
Eugsish but Strikc to Congrtj/J. So many : s
the Corke flee; have been carried into Mani
nicsso, that bees is now selling sor 403. par
barrel. The governour givn the pirates
every encouragcmcm; lhcy sit on: their
vessels there, or rather the French are all
turned pirates'. ln particular, they are
now cutting :: prize snow down to nuke
a piratd ps her. 'l'he English sailors cur—
ried in the prize: are encouraged to turn a
._se.w dolhrs in debt, and then have the
osi'ption of cing on board a pirate, or go
ing to jaif. We should not omit doing
- justice to the spirited behaviour of gover
nour Morris of St. Vinccnt's, who sent to
the French govemonr to demand the Erg—
Tishsiprisoners, offering to pay their debts.
The demand wan immediately cnmplied
with, and he recovered, at one time, to
his country, 26 stout fellows, who immedi
ately entered on board a privateer which
heis sitting out himself, He offer: com
missmnsto every man who will give a pro
per security, observing that, when every
_oowardly foreigneris fightingnnder pirate
sicolours, he Wii] run the risk of granting
letter: of reprisa] to his countrymen. '] he
prizu, amongst which a.e several Guinea
ships, brought into Martinico, are sold
im'mediuely and publickly, without con
demnationsi. The best flchl are sold sur
tenj-ctes a piece.
'l'he Seasord has taken three French
pirates and a fioop loaded with ami—nuni
tion, supposed to be one of those loaded
from the French ships that have been
f'reighted on account of Frrnklin, lately
arrived at Martinico, and conlig'ned to
the ngent Bingham, who commissiorc all
the French pirates.
April 16. So eager are the French sor
piracy, that many plantcrs in Minictnico
have said 1their property, and vcsted it in
pirate vessels, with the permisiion of theirct
governour. In sh'orc, St. Pierre is full of
piratee and their prizel.
BOSTON, May 15. ,
E have advice from Danmouth,
that :. privatcer belonging to one
of the U'niced Stace: has lately captured
six prize; bound From Europe for the rebel
army, under Howe, or the Howes, at
New York, laden with provilions and dry
goods, three of which are susc arrived in
Part, and the others hourly looked for.
_ We hear they were part of the provision
fleet, consistiug of about 40 sail, without
convey; and we doubt not of giving a
Earther account of some of the remain
er.
By capt. MctCloud, who arrived here
yesterday From Guadalonpc, we learn,
that a letter was received there from 4
gentleman of eredit at M -1rtiuico, dared
Aprii loth, alvising, that a fleet ofcrzmi
poru, wich booo trsioops on board, under
convey of 10 sail of the line, and 8 Fri
fates, had arrived there from Old France,
or their destinatictm was unknown.
Laflt Tuefflzy arrived at a s-zse. port :
large bark of [2 ("1"riage guns, laden with
English gsimds an lcorslage. She was From
W'hitehaven in England, bound to Que
beck, and was taken by cflpt. lsihrring
ton. in the 'l'yranniciJe vesselos war, ba—
longing to this state.
We learn from New York, Lhat a"
Amerioau prisoners, taken on the high
seas, arc confined On board : separate
guardship in that harbour, in'order to he
sent to England, to be lried as pirates,
agreeable to an act of parliament for that
purpose, which passed the royal tyrant os
Bricain and his bloody m'mistry the l7th of
Fcbruary lalf. , ,
At :: general court martial held the 9th
instant, one Pecttcr Pickman Fryc, ;! suldi
or of cnpt. King's company, on]. Mar
shxll's reglment, being found guilzy osdc
scrling from Lis regimem, with :! dcsign
to have gone to the enemy . was scotenccd
to be shot ; which is to be put in ex—sicmsiwn
on 'l'husssdsiy next, at. ]! u'clcck.
Puovlnmsi'ca, May 10. By a gentle
man who arr'ved ]:sist wu'k i.! 11 ib); Of
truce from Newporc, we [cum that [he
cuemy's force a: Rh :de thz'} was than an
follows, viz. about 4000 sh'nsixih med Hes
sum troops, under the generzds Pcrcv,
Pscscut. Smiih, and l'sir l'uctctc'n; 2 ships of
53 gum, 4 lctrigzucs, 1 (] sin;) (s 18 guns, sil
large gmhy, ;uuss'z 2 smsisiHssr ones, the
sictl'lnis moumh-g 14 gurs, 18 pctzunders,
in her bow. He further inibrms. xhu a
large fire: was to sail from Porlsncusim
for Amcricsiz the lzth of M-;rc11 Lxst, wi'sih
2 regimmxs of'Hannu, 2 csllrssuns, : of
Bruul'wickWoolt'eubUs tle, : ol llghtho; se,
and British recruizs, sufficient to mctke in
the whole 9000 men ; that they are cl—siiafly
new undlsciplined troosi's, and lhat it was
said Clinton wzts to comnmnd them.
Last week ari'ind at an Eastern port,
from a succcs lsiul u u'zsc, the privatecr brig
Fanny, of Cunuccticut. She has taken
6 vnluable pr'z:s, (me osthem a ship lrom
England, buum] to jamnica. with a large
quamity of dry 'goods. 'l'he prize! have
uil arrivedin sake porls; sum" of'chem, be
iidez many more taken by other Ammsil
can cruisers, were carried 'mto Mnniniw,
and there pubsickly exposed to shle.
We learn that two sif-ops were tak-zn a
few days since in the Ectfleru Sound, and
canied into a safe harbcur 'm Ccmmcthiut;
they were bound from New York to New
port, laden wish fl-sinr, dry goods, &c.
A certain jvlm Frcebody, ufthe respect
able order of Newport 'l'orics, was taken
in one of the above si-JOPS; also (which
will be judged rather more valuabic) a
large sum of money, said to be about
20,ooo dollars.
le Loxmou, May 9. We learn
from the V\ est lndies, that great num—
bers of salt vesselssall into the enemy's
hands, and that no lest than 47 sail were
taken by one armed Vclssil as. Turk's
lflmd in the space oftwo or three Weeks.
A pzivazeer from a neighbouring part
has, in the course of:: few days, taken :
floops and ! schooncr, said tude of con
siderabk value. A letter wrote iu New
York (said to be by an officer) was sound
on board the schouncr, directed to a per
son at Ncwpnrt, which shys they lust loo
men in the Dmbury uft'I-zir. The fimze
letter adds, that the iicsiizlfls are a pack
of d---d poitroom, and that he (the
writer) hie? much rather have (leasings
with the rebels thus with them.
We learn that about loocs the memy's
horses, and & number of wagguns, were
lest by them on the shore, \\ hcu they em
barked ".ster their expediticn tn Danhury.
Msqv 19. A letter from agenticman in
Point Patre, Gunctlahmpc, to his brother
in this town, dnted Msixrch goth, says, that
four prizes have si-cen carried in there by
American privateers. worth hvc diillions olsi'
livres. near zoo,oool. this curreucv.
Last Tucsday morning 13 sin of shqu,
which had been ]) ing in the Sound about ::
WRLk (supposed to be owing tnthc enstezly
wind) came to sin] and went by this har—
bour, with a sreshnorth west wind, and
are Probably gone to Ncwpcrt.
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Nzwmvxu, May14, F.), inzcmganee
just recaivcd from hcw 'xzuk, v (: lcr—m
that it is g-ncrally agrem; among the B.}
tish tyrant'c officers, who were in the [sine
murderom expeuitinn to Danbury, that
they have lost about 400 men; and thnt
general Agncw (onc ot'thc ircounmnndcct.)
had declared in the csisscc-huul'e, that ye
nera] Arnold, at the hand oissa scw undis
ciplined mliit'm, opposed him with great
spirit and bravery, and that he (Agucu )
was now convinced the Amcricans wouid
sight, and that it'any person should in lu—
ture have the effictonccry to tell him " they
would not sight," he would comradict it
as a flalsehood.
F ] d lsil sifil 'A sit, AU-dCl-y 22.
E are irjormcd that 200 wctggom lame
W l.:tcly (nen sent ]}(sim Long {slow} to
the mansiy'r head qsizm t; r; as sirzm/zuich, m
orssct'en it is /)z_-{rp/,_/al to (fist in runov'ug
tsi'seir !)..(gsimge. (ye. ]rcm thatp/ace.
M ay 29 . We lmrn that our mngm Irssj/Z
zvce/e found his! in the field; ut Paramm
(m Nrw Yex/ey) 6co wt. of tra, ayo (!
cusch and four horjk': in (: stable, built or:
purpose, in (: ]:rivute place in the wood;,
_/'i-pposod to [15 th;- propert] (J' W'iliict.m
B.!yctrdsi lsq; or Cerssnl De'windt, of Ncw
Tork. Them were two or three sZ-rvuntt
left to tate care- 0f it.
Extract of :: lever srmn Album, datcd
May 26. . si
" The Tary gon;; m mix part efthc coun
try is entire!) disfmsbd; however, sin;:c c-f ss
the m s} atroczims rffcndcr: are yet in some
hidden cq-r- er of tho u'untry, hat ] flatter
rsi-ysbf they wiss! all be sissssshc-nsiz'od. a: ;
the people are on)! vigilant md oct-ss-'vf; *
and well rm-y the)- he so, for thqsb d'sssi-sisded
mi/crczmtct haddete1 mitted. in ca/Ean oppor— 3
tmzity should offzr, to ]psi-zrc authrr men,
women mr children. But, thraxh God, the
ditch thcsiy had dug jlr otlrcr: they have at
lsi-zzgss'hjmlsisinintcthwfifvu. Several o] thcm
have bren tri: it and other: are trying. In ('ue
time I find acqzmint you 14 ith their names."
The wool: before hg/t, catt, ficqct/Zsiand hit ,
(Scutcmmt, two noted swim, [ateb' taken
in arms, as they won: murching toward: the
merry, were hanged at Ejbput, i}: this
state. a: (: suitable reward for their trea
stmable practicct. thy had dc-Indzd a
numZ-or of other poor uretche; si(u ha ucrc
taken along with them, and are now in can;
finmzmt) to go with them to New Tor/t ; .
offictrizg than, that when they had ]heun sisi
t/Pm/ehxet there they would be sitffk-rc'd to
rctmn immediate!) to their forms,- that in
a fbrtnight general Howe and army would
penetrate Utjtcr couuty, and reward their
loyalty by giving th: m pofflifflou of their
IVhig m issghhoor: ]armfl
—_—._.__
PHILA'DELPfilA, May 31.
N Wednqsdsy last major general Sdmy
ler left this city to repair to his cam
mmss/d in the northern departmcnt. The =
prcfidcnt, tm-si'l several member: of Gangrejt, .
accompanied hz'msrme mile:: out of town.
We hcrzr thut the beginning ssi-s lgg/i 1: :; ]:
a cttsiassty osssi'onnectz'cut ]F/rcw, under the C! m .
mancl (soul . Mfigs. jurdcd at Sugsz hmsibgmr,
ujmz the ea/Z end chang {slzzmlss winne ffssliy
attacked a jbraging party of general Debm—
cy': brf'gadc, Ailll'd a licusi'cmmt am! j-ct'mr
privatcs, and took przfizmr: un: copz'qzct'n,
two cc-1nrnffictries, am! so ccn mrn 21: 11.
They ul/o ccectffrqed 1 l _,sl<si'0j;; Inch will": My, .
killed a elptuin 0 am.- (j [sum, and luss-k 40
sailors. [! i: remarkable, cal. Mff'siqx'; n-cn '
went 90 milss, by lum] and water, in 27 .
hour;, carrv'sing !; wlmlchcat: me:" ss-z n-ss-zji- si
dzrab/e neck us lard, (wi had no! m-c- mrm _
[filled or wouna'eJ. Y/zc pri/Fm r: they
broughtsrzfe with ihflm to }'- ess [1 swan! ]} rzm
whence they set out upon tfzixgsizlctflmt ctm-J
jiwczsr/iol axpcditfm.
jlnc 3. is" e lzctefzr tl'c twenty ;-" 13"!th—
wick haue lady been r/ F's—rrc ( 'a ; ; fh 'u
brigade: from Rhode Z/ZMJ unJ New rush