The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-10-18 00:00:00, page 2

B () S T O N, Ssi'ptember 26.
AST Sunday was sent into Providence,
by capt. Munro, the prize ship Blaze
Caltle, from Barbados, bound For London,
having on board too pipes of Madeira
wine, 120 hhds. of sugar, 1800 weight
of whalcbone, 120 barrel: ofoil, &c.
Last Monday was sent into this harbour
by the Eugle, capt. Paine, a ship os 126
tum, lrom Grenada, bound to London,
having on board 150 'puncheons of tum,
109 hhds. ossugar, some cotton, &c.
Yesterday morning a floop, laden with
dry fish was carried into Salcm, by capt.
Waters, in the schooner Dolphin, mount
ing only 6 swivels. '
NEVVBURY PORT, Scpt. 27.
AST 'l'uesday was brought in here b
the Washington privateer a, bar]!
bound to the West Indics, to fetch soldiers
for the'enemy. ", she had,on board a quan
tity of provisions, and a few Pieces of
cannon. ! _ si
Yesterday was carried into Portsmouth
a ship of between 2 and goo tuns, laden
with about 250 hhds. of sugar, 50 of sum,
and some wine. We also hear that a
schooner of about 90 tuns, laden with salt,
]inen, and household surniture, was carri
ed into lpswich about two days ago.
PHILssA :) [ELLPl-XIA, Octobcr 8.
Y-Y a letter ssom Newurk, siNcw j-sirsey,
welczrn that besides tho-damage done—
by the fire in New York, mentioned in_
our East, Pearl sh'ec—t was an destroyed;
and that several person] were in jail on
that account. Thesi letter adds, that a
number oftransports with trog :, 'amon
which were Burgoyne's light horse, ha
actrrived at New York. '
Yesterdayssmorning arrived here his ex—
cellency general LEE, and we hear this
day sets out for the Amerssicah army near
New York. * '
Extract ofaletterfiomflconderogssa , Stpt. 2 3 .
" Our sick decrease fast, and the arm
it in highspirits; but whether we shasi
have the pleasure of giving Burgoyne a
rup upon his knuckles is uncertain, al at
present he does not seem disposed to come
this way. A serjeant who deserted from
the British army at Point aux 'Trembles,
between Montrea] and Sorel, the zlst df
Augult last, says, that colz Maclain's re
giment was 'quartered at Point aux Trem
bles, tzoo foreigners are at' Quebeck,
all the ȝ4th at Montreal, except tctwo com
panies with col. johnson, and his Indiam
at Le Chien; that he heard the officers
compute their army at 7050, in which
were the 9th, zoth, zlst, 24th, 29th,
gzst, 34th, 'and 49th, and the Germans.
There are none of the Canadians in the
king of ]Lnglund's service ; but they are in
a w-zrse iituation than the children of Israel
si. Egypt, fc'n' the regulars have robbed
; . :.- us every necessu'y of life, and now
' hun to work without any pros
\
A '- :"FZVsi'lectd
sluz- zmh'ersfly wish. we were in
.ss- .m-siz asictrsihsih- country again, dgplar'm
ss. -' -:_-,-(si> are Ict'OW fully opensie'dsi' That.
ss-ctj, z'sic had a {Ew gondolas,_. two_ floops,
-. H.)..umg bactcry, building at St.
ct's; that he frequently heard it said
- were to crosiz the lake Lo Crown
Ahsiut, as soon as their navedsn'qurations
wore perfectc-d; that the troops in general
were very sickly, thc foreigners in parti
cnhr, being afflicted with the fever and
1ux; and that 50 osthc soldicrs had signcd
an ."Agzsiccmcnt to desert together, but being
betrayed by age ostheir accomplices, some
of them wc're condemned to be sentjo
Scncgnl, and there to serve during ]isc."
A letter from general Gates at 'lssicon
dernss'zw, to the hon. governour Trum
bull of Connccticut, mentions, that our
army at that place consifls of 8500 men
(it so: duty, and in high spirits.
Extract ofa letterjiomStzfiustatisit, Scpt. 1 1 .'
" On the 5'th instant, about 2 o'clock
in the morning, a fire broke out at B.sissc
terreinSt- Chrittopher's, whichconsumed a
great part of the town, and the day aster—
a gale of wind came on, attended with a
deluge osrain, which hasdone them almost
as much damage as the fire. Many hous
es that escaped the flames were carried
into the sea, so they must have been in a
terrible condition; the provisions all burnt;
what goods were saved from the fire were
lost by the bad weather, and no lumber to
rebuild their houses. I am told the ifland
is in : worse situation than it was after the
great hurricane; a good deal es promision
has gone up from this island since it hap
pened. We suffered but little by the gale
of wind, only our paths are as much wash
ed as they were in the hurricane."
Anotherletter from the same place says,
" that the loss of St. Christopher's is com
puted at half : million sterling."
Extract of a letter 'fi'om St. Enstatia,
Sept'. 19.
" Every vessel that arrives brings ac
counts of more or less damage done bythe
hurricane. At Guadaloupe, it was more
severe than ever has been known, some of
their towns nearly destroyed, many vessels
wrecked, and a king's ship dismasttd , a'
number of island vesiels are misiing, and
their sate is much to be dreaded."
IN C O N G R E 5 8, August 21, 1776.
E 8 0 L V E D, that all persons not
member: of , nor owing allegiance to,
any of the United State: of America, as
described in a resolution of Congresi of the
24th of'june last, who shall be sound lurk
ing as spies in or about the fortisicationa
or encampments of the armies of the Unit
ed States, or any of them, shall suffer
death, accordingsito the law and usage of
nations, b sentence of a court-martia],
or such ot er punishment as such court
martial'shall direct.
By order qf thesissCongrd}.
JOHN HAncocx, president.
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WILLlAMSBURG, October18-.
IT was last Thesday resolved in the
House of Delegates, that six new
battasions of insantry be raised and em'
played in the continental service, upon
the terms and according to the requisition
of the General Congrels, and that provi
sion be made for com letingthe nine bat—
talions formerly raise , and extending the
additional bounty to susich of them as shall
be willing to enlist on the like terms; and
a bill is ordered to be brought in pursuant
to the said resolution.
The following bills are now depending/
in the House, viz. A bill to enable tcnant:
in taille to convey their land: in fee simple ;
read the second time. A bill declaring
slave: to be per/bnal estate. A bill fbr the
naturalizatimz of forcigner: ; read the se
cond time. And, A bill for the removal
oftlzejimt ofgovemmcnt ;_ for the discussion
of which a general call of the' House is
ordered the 1 lth of nczlct month.
A small Baltimorc rivateer has taken,
and brought into a sail; port, a Jamaica—
man of zoo tuns burthen; her cargo, 260
hhds. of rum, 150 hhds. of sugar, and a
quantity osxoffee. . . -
Last Thursday evening, as mr. Robert
Norris, and mr. Henry Duke, were cros—
sing James river, on their return from a_
sale in me of VVight county, by a sudden
(Quall their boat oversct, when they un
fortunatcly perished, with two ucgro
men.
By a letter of the 8th instant srom
Philadelphia, we have the melancholy
news of' the death of the brave major
LElTClI, after having been in a fair w ny
of recovcry .
Death.] Rev. ALEXANDER 'ern,
redtor ot'bt. waid's, in King V. iiiiam.
A D V ] (;L s jum- the sins}.- 'Z-C/zu
FROM lsi] ths.
N Thursday the zozh oi' :z'e-sivrvmbsi-r :.
sohlier belonging m capt. ()ihn-siut'si
company was Lilicd and Raipcd 1.c,-:.-r (he
main camp of'uur army. Alsi-ut lin- [I:mz
time one of the inhabitants u ;!o Lish (!
,. am}
another taken prishncr — -ct().
I dishciuy she
29th our si-ies came in (11le iusormul, [But
they had di'lbovorcd the (male:,- us a large
party of the enemy making towards the
scnlcmcms; upon which, that sivu'y same
evening, col. Christian went in qsi-clt Of
them with about 5'00 men, who after
marching part oF the night, and most of
the next day, sound that the cncmv had
tacked about suddenly, and made (,fl' m
wards their ton 1'1s.-*--On Tncfflny and
Thursday, the [& and gd inffums, our
whole unity;." cc'nsiffing of about zooo
med, health ', well cqqippcd, and in high
spirits, cro _9d the river, together with
the pack—lctzorses and bpllockb; .andsiud.
Christian expected 10_be at Broad rivcr-in
8 or lb dasiyssi within 40 miles of the enc
my's toWnp, "where he had infizrmatiou
they intended to sight hinsi-siAdx-Pssusi had
been redeived, sithat general Ruzhgrfurd;
with thesiNprth Carolina troops, sihad pe
netrated as finr as the Chenkec middle
'sZttkments," and that the' suvages were
flyingpre cipitssssately besore him.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
IN the HOUSE Of-D-ELEGA l'ES.
SATURDAY, Octabcr 12, 1776. _
/
O court clerksdoimmediatcly tranlsimit
R D E R E D, that the several county
to this House copies of the list of tithables
in their counties, and also the publick ac
counts, to enable the Commiuqe of Claima
to lay the publick levy.
4 (A copy.)
]OHN TAZEWLLL, c. n. D.
'Ifxusvn Orrice, October 16, 1776.
R. YohnssCarter Littlepage being un—
M able through sickness to compktc
the treasury notes of one third and one
sixth of a dollsiar, ] have appointed mr.
Thoma: Davi: to fign the remainder of
them in his stead. ,
RO. C. NICHOLAS,- treasurer,
Hild' is to give notice, [hat m.. hctxi:
' rentcd the FULLIN G. MILL in
Chq/Zerfield comit'y; on Swist creck, near
Petedburg, formerly kept by Riclun'd
jack/bn and William Bragg, where we do
intend carrying'on theFu LLIN a , W' LA v
ING, and DYls G business; also, any per—
son mny'havc old clothes dyed. All per
sons that will please to savour us With
sithcir custom miay depend on having their
work done in the best and cheapcfl; mun—
ncr, for ready money only. _
1 JOHN sssrom'.
' SAMUEL DEVENPORT.
To be REN TED, and entered upon the
zoth of {hit instant (October)
HE house: and lots in the town of'
Falmouth lately occupied by mr.
William sz'th as a tavern, for which pur
pose it is well adapted, but inay be appro
priated to the usi's: of a private fumily cr
merchant. The terms, wh'x'ch will be
reasonable, may be known bv applying to
William Fitzhugh, .esq; in W'illiung/burg,
or to the proprietor in Falmouih.
OMMlT'l'EDto thcjailut NorIs/mm -
ton county, three ncgro m-s-n, and
one woman, viz. HUMPHRET', ulm
says he beshngsis m Daniel Dgsiul in Pssirfssi
mouth. SUSSEX, belonging to ss/hwmu
Spcncer in King & Queen ; 7/11WES, be—
l-zngiug w 7HWCI [Iluntaguc in King; &
Queen; and EACHEL, belonging to
George Bird in ]Lfiddle/Ectx. The owucrs
arc desired to take them away, and pay
charges to
EDMUND CLANVlLLE, jzsiz'sirr.
N. B. 'l'hc above ztsisi-gmcs bstika: si'.ct-.;siss74
mac/s jzxil . : sig ,