The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1773-03-11 00:00:00, page 4

WNGWpGpp'
POETI CORNER)
WWOW
Thought: on DleINE and MORAL SUBjECTS
H ! Pleasum of the World m Sunne, defign'd
ss To catch the we:! and uncxperienc 'd Mind- .
L Nighxshlde,t ng to zhelonging Eye,
They bid uo can: the up: [mit and die- ,
While slge Admflly : swerd Blows
Reliemhe labsiouring Son] from keencr Woes.
In Virtue, oil me PM lies;
From Vice, Content and Comfort flies.
Caim and sercne the piom Man remains,
" ' smii'ee seem in Slavcry and Chainc- , :
lsi" L' We the Storms of human Life,
He Pltics Yice, and Folly ; noisy Strife;
Best'd in himself, he look: beyond the Gave,
' On' him whose Arm is vigorous to sue.
sijp Yovlhis (he Sezson when the Mind '
]! by heldflmng Passion blind, -
-Bless.'d !! the Face of ihofi who steer, '
Through Havetssi' ! bless'd Aid, from Enour dw
The Man who seeke che heavenly Priu
Must (top his Rue, must shut hi: Byn,
nen the Syren Paflloni bind
' Internal Shnckles on his Mind;
' 'B'eak through strong Chnim, more hml thin Steel,
With Courage fierce as Lions see].
The God whose Power directs our Ways,
.* ' Mcrits our Wonder, Love, nnd Praise ,
, ; To him should Ill ons 'shanks lscend,
** O-Jr first, our best, and (learen Friend. _
. Why should che Mifer, with unccasing Pain,
"' ss unsatisfyinz Gnin. ,
ld ther-ircier cringe to set : Place?
,ld Dorind-l mumph in her Fine. ?
mistaken Man ; Cloud pursue,
_ * , sicct'echiuio seemimz Good, end [light the true?
'- ; .ct:_.5:' [And hcwilder d m Perdition' : Read,
m sqek [hv Presn'ce, zreu mmil God!
.Timugli by thy Powcr alone our I'uises but,
Our Nerve- receive their Strength, our Hurt its Heat.
"l'il only in Retinmun we can find "
The cllm unchlnging Pleasuru of the Mind :
Here nue Com-m. and Silencf, Fn'cmi to Thought,
Displ. their Thousmd Charms, by Wisdom sought ;
Here hiiosophick Rason takes her Scn;
lien ce, and in Kindred Gnces, meet.
The Thovsand Bicsi'ingn here below '
From our Almighty Fnher flow;
'l'ixc wondered: Works, in every Part,
Dispny pun- great. Cream": Art.
\ In Yomh, whn Comfort can we lind?
south, the high Fever of the Mind, '
:,si'Jssv—z—sil-ssy - _ .
Atmctcd by each n-iflin; Thing, '
zesi.
ju osinly Cuatd Heaven' : mighty King;
with : Fther' s friendly Am,
.- Ell Hell of nll in Fore: difarm.
,:
UBM "he "in whom Henven pwwcta,
ghn, his Wordl, hid Stap- ducat;
in it form'd for Blisa below',
: . but Vinoc' ! Son; un know.
ss '- Virtue list. the Mind
si Dross of human! Kind;
" - puriflu our Dusifl,
- -ss with Biiso the Good lnd Jun
3 Mh Pleasun on the past.
, ; si Comfort Man un tane,
: ss- "finde:- lll his joy: com len,
.. Assljsil.Wukh md Onntneso &ny swoot.
Inch Plln! and Fimf
. 'Dis ycdy Pmr,
, .ct . potent nnd jush!
- Inch Leaf lull Phnt
ous View enchant, ct
Though form'd of nbject Dun.
'The sum Ambition' : airy Schemes,
Whom. v.— l-"ollss' I busyc Scent;,
nikhoodss:
' L' '
]uom l subnzminl ]o ;
si Mm' : odd! squefler d SM
;? (bulk, d heavenly Chrme lmy'd.
4-l_-_---- ..... --_____
ss W'WW
NORTH CAROLXNA, jauuar) !, 1773.
ct-i siHE ,Subscriber will be in the Neighbour
hood of Solishnr) during the Monhs of March, April, and My
um, in Order to treat with such Gentlemen as may be inclined to pur
M any of his Land: in this Province. Whn are now in his Hznds are
' wedde ofl'nenl urg- Surveyo, run as far back us the Year 1739, and
sillfeMos in seven] Hundred Trees, from two Hundred to : Thousznd
.... A _, The Soil in remnrkabl su'ued to the Cdnire of When md To
be &}le in generally nllcw to be equal in Goodness to my upon the
mm. Th' Time os Paymenl will be illowed :: may be agreed on
ndzhe- od- mny be viewed, lnd farther Particular: known, by apply
. .ss- 'anilu M'Cillxb, [(qu of Halffux County, "'t/[inn jatnstan
. ' ss Hole, Esquires, of Orange County, jobn Kimbauugb, Esquire,—
si _ ("a Conoty, "shame must, Esquire, of Ruwan County, ssno
Tquire, os Mtdkuburct County, and Felix Kenan, Esquire, of
ty. , '- HENRY E. M-CULLOCH. .,
'v LD. to the bj 'beirBidd'er, by Virtue of a
ssssT-m Mr.]knjamm 05; man to theSzzl-scriber,si
Ffday tb'e lst Of Aprllz if fair, otherwise
_ qzr Day, a: th'yFord, m Brunswick County,
" - ct _ ' pEM'os-ssthc bid Bajnm'u Chapun, mnflffing of twenty
— : , NEGR , many of whom are very choice Fellows, about
. ss good wons HORSES, oxen. s-rocxs of CATTLE,
: ss lP, ct-xs-loc's, &. ere. Credil will belllowed un che :5ch of
Dead" n ctffialf the Purchzse Honey, and ready Money m he
Mssfor she other . All Ronds are to bear lntesest from the Dace if
nie'pmctuallydischarged. The Publick may be assured (he: nothing will
"prey to disappoiut che Szle. (4) WlLlsilAM EDWARDS.
U N away from the Subscuber, m Fou
_, ysiitr, cnlbe : !: os Dmmhr un, . likely Virginia born Muluto si
Nay numd sic 5 A ;. s, who 1 und-shsspd edi- himself am!" Huln.
wi hy- be in nineteen ; he in about mYe-n old, five Feet four
, jyessjnehn hnd on, when he went um, . Virginia Cloth Can
An'd Wnistepn mited with black end white Yam and Cotton, lined with
hlhquloq-si apd stimmed with plainwhite Meal Bottom worked with
lick,, ll'nk of w Canon Breechudied ofq [ale Blue, wich Half of
wed Wlistb'l'nd me, : Pair of Plzid nnd : blue Duffil great Coat.
By ba been um up in Mssylctsid, ma- bi- nsc-pe from Mr. symb
29] , bin whomhc took p bright bay. "use, with : new small Saddle
ne? " 'a; botlnhe Had?- hind Peesstssuimkre Foot are white, has
Ill - M'ubs, onlssh IMCD. Whoevcrcon
" ;ct why 30 :— hue FO TY SHXl-UNGS Rewusid, end
.g 4' ,msiolfldc Colony TEN POUNDZ.
ss 0. _ si jonn CHUKCHll-L.
m Yprffifilzm-y hwsuppliqd with this PAPBR ac lzfi 60. : Year, and havc-onn'rlscMEN'rs (of a moderateLEngsh) inserted in it for
'_ , -/.;sst_hqieshWuln, lad 'a]. mh Weck after.—_-_-—*.*-All Sortact os-anrmc Woxx done at this Office inch: nearest Manner, with
s Land Mfi . _
c.
. ' , — ' nssnsixwmmt, March !, !173
' OST from Mr. Wild's Rack, on Saturday
;
._ m- :th of no Month, . um: bay 0 ! l. 01 N o lhmn lour see:
we ineffe- hzgh._ with : hlnghl Mpm and short va'rirch Tlil. thc Hair
much worn off hu- Side- by the Tracu of : Waggon, he pace. flow, m-u
z-sy. hns : spnzhtly Look, and is : likely Hare, exc-pc m- Rump, which
ussegmrknhly short. ]! is strongly suspeded he wn ldolen, but when "
l.:beny wnl attempt to reach Bm County, in Carolim, where he was
bred by one Grmt. Whoevcs brings him to me shall have FORTY
BHJLUNGS Reward, and any farther Reward that mny he adcquzu: to
thar Trouble. ]OHN RUFFIN, ]uuior.
STRAYED, or STOLEN out of; Stablc
" Ram" FessY- in Cht nssel-l Count), in 'he Night of tho zgth or
35>sh of last Month, : sorre H on sz about fourteen Hand: high, six
3 "TS Old, With l Swicch Tail and hangingMane, a Sur in his Fou-head,
" 5P01 0}! one of his Buttocks, nnd was shod when he went off, but his
Prand ('s he his lny) is no; remembered. Whoever delivers him to me
"! Pct'ct'ssi'fflz 0' (0 Ms- Cbaflml in Wllinm/lmrg, of whom ], bonowed
lum. nnu have 'nuuzs PQUNDS Reward.
HENRY LOCHEAD.
—_____l____________—-—-—- , ____.
c'Us'rOMHousn, Bos'rox, Dumlzrrls. 1772.
HEREAS there has been gressat Neglcct
on the Part of the meo of sundty Vesseln in the l'lantations,
in not complying with the Act of me 7th and bend of Wil/ime it]. Chap
ter sad, and more plrtienissuriy the nfl Section, wherein it a mefied,
" Thee no Ship'l Name regiltered than be afterwards changed Without
" regisiering such ship de now, which it required to'be done upon my
" 'I'rzntser of Property to another Part, end dehvermz up the former
" Certificate to be sincelled ; and in Care there be any Alteration of Pro
'* perty in the same Part, by the Sctale of one or more Sharcs in znysishnp
" after regiflering thereof, such Saie shall always be acknowledged by En
" dosssement on the Cestisicate of the Register, besit'ossqcttwo Wnnesses, in
" Order to prove that the entire Property in such Sh p remains to some
" of the Subject: o! Great Britain, If any Dispm nisi: concerning the
*' snme." And whereas all Velfel: trading' at, ot belonging to, my Pox:
in Annica, the Owners or Matter: of which shall omit to comply with
the Directions given in the said Act, will be liable to the same Prosecutionl
and Pemltssies :; is such Vefl'els were owned entirely by Foreigneu, the
Commifliorssen of his Majesiy't Cufloms therefore give thie Nptiee, the:
Ill Persom concerned may goven themselves accordingly.
By Order of the Commimcoers.
SAMUEL MATHER, Ptincipnl Secremy
HEREAS I intend for Great Britain in
: short Time, I request all those indebted to me to make Phy
ment to Mr. Devid Caliau of Ritbmoud, whom ] have appointed to trans
lct my Business in my Absence; end those who have Demmds against
me will likewise apply to him for Satissnflion.
ARCHlB'ALD M'KENDRlCK.
TOR G Rss A H A M.
lST and AURIST,
AT PHILADELPHIA;
" U s publickiy give- Notiee that he pu es to be at Willian/l-urg
about the Middle of Apri] next, where : ole Perfont whose Circum
shncu or bituxtion have ptecludcd them from the Bencsit os npplying for
Asiishnee M. Philgdelpbia may ecnsult him in all Disorden of the 'Eye end
in Appendages, and in every Species n' Dezsncst, HaMness o! Hearing,
Ulcerations. Noise in the Em. Ch. Those Persom likewise who have
been born deaf end dumb, or those who labour under any impediment in
the'r Speech, by :pplying personaliy, will probably be amfled. (ts)
HANOVER Town, Ftbrwq 18, 1773.
si H-EREAS, by the Death of Mr. jalm
Saith, the Partnership between him and myself, of Course, is
disi'olved, this in therefore to inform those indebted that it is expected they
will immediately make Payment of their respective Bilsncea, or close
their Account: on the Book: by giving Bondo. ] shaliattend, at usual,
at thin Place and the adjnining Count Courts, in Order to make a final
Clofe of thin Concern; and it is expe ed due Regard wril be paid to this
Advenisement, at no lndulgenee can pofflhly be given.
(4) ZACHAIUAH CLARKE.
N. B. There i. : genteel Mintment of GOODS on Hand, suitable
the Spring, which ] will dispose of at a low Advanee.
I
' ! \H.l.S 18 to EWC publxck. Noncc that the
Bnfinese of the Cu omhouse of Soulb Pulo-wuad was discontinued
at La Hall (where the Office hat been kept for many Years) on Friday
the zgth of ja'mmr, lash and the Cusiomhouse Book: and Papen are re
moved to Homn] Hall, the Seat of the late Coionel jane: Stepm, vmich
it the second House above Sndjfoiut, and the Office is there opened for
the-Despateh os public! Bufinesu.
]QSEPH LANB, Deputy Collector.
GlLBERT CAMPBELL, Comptrolles
NANSEMOND, Febnmry 13, 1773.
AS ] intend for England by the first Oppor
tunity, all those who have Demands against me are desired to ap
ply td ne at Mr. jub- Hammw'e of thin Place, and they shall receive
psiymem. ' JOHN VAN VOORST.
LMPORTED, last Octaber, from Lt'ctverpool,
in the Sparliug, Captzin Priest-an, two H 0 0 5 H E ADS and :
TlERCE of STONE and BARTHEN WARE marked WA
in a Piece, numbered 5, 6, and 7. Any Person having these Packagee
in Pofl'eflion will much oblige the Subscriber by giving him Notice thereof,
who will pay all Charget for conveying them to him, in Hammer Town.
WILLl AM ANDERSON.
FOR SAssLE,
HE PLANTATXON whereon the Subscriber lives, in King and
Queen Cow, about a Mile and a Half from Todd's Warehouse,
containing fix " red and fifty seven Acres, in good Order sor Cropping,
having a lar Peach and Apple Orchard thereon beginning to bear. :
Anamity os ow Grounds which may be made good Meadow with little
Expense; the Dweu'inzhouse, Kitchen, and other Outhouses, have been
built between four and five Yeasa. Any Perfon indinable to purchase
may know ,the Termt by applying to
(tf) R. DAlNGERFlELD.
RUN avyay from the Suctbscriber, in Kin
Willia- County, near 'Todd's Bridgc, on the Sth of jznuar} lal ,
:: Convifl Servant named MARY DAVlS, but I understand has changed
it to PHlLlPS. She it a lusty Woman, of a swarthy Complexion, pitted
with the Smallpox, and had on a dark Camlet Gown, a black Hat, a
red Silk Handkerchief round her Neck, and Leather heeled Shoes. She
alwayt talk: at is she had : Cold, has been seen lurking about in Glumstct
and Mdd/e ex, passing as a Beggar, saying she has lost her Husband, and
has two C 'ldren to maintain. Whoever securea her so that ] may get '
her again shall have FORTY SHlLLlNGS Reward, and be paid reason
able Expensco it'bmught home. (") ]OHN CATLETT.
To be LET on CHARTER;
THE Brig JOHN, Raljn') Elliott Nlaster, Burthen
about two Hundrc'd and fifty Hogshends os To
bacco. Figr Terms apply to me, in Nusijolls.
(ts ) jOiiN GlU'ZF-NVVOOD.
RUN awazss from the Suhscriber, in the
Night of the gzh ns Alnctn-l-sis last, two Nsigl—v Fch-Ws, mn-eiy :
N<'\T, a tall ziout made Ncgm, knock kneed, a liuichnl-i, W01<l Ttuse
when he went (.ff, wmss-i. num,, pssihnbiy huvt on fi'ilLfl lalsst-n, is : good
Cooper, and understands Somethinsi; o] xhc Caipenteicts 'l'mde. CATO,
: small nmn issi'i'l'uv, vqssy black, not lf'hgi-xsct born, hut spcnki toietable
Plnin. 'l'huy prehahly may say they belupg to Mrs. )].silflnal) Prict," or
may have changed their N .une--, ;md got some Vill-xin to write them I Pass,
by which Means they may endeavour to pass sor Fi'ecmen, and attempt to
get out of the Country. All Masters ot' Vcflils axe ioscwnrned from has
bouring ur carrying them out of the Colony. Whoever conveys them to
me in flictfzstulx shall [we 'i'HRl-ZE i'OUNDS Rewaid tur each, of
HFRTY dHilctLiNCS ivr each is seemed in any jsinl whithin Virginisii,
lud givmg n.: such Notice tluit ! may get them again. ss
(5) GEORGE BIRD.
W H E R E AS I intend shortly to remove
from the Piece where I now live to Finmsisfle County, on ti :
Wtfiern Warm, it is expected thnt all those Gentlemen who have Buflnesu
to do with me will attend at the Ra/sigb Tavcin in li'ill'iaer/lvur , where !
shall be from the lsth oi' Apri/ next to the zsth of the nid Eionth, in
Order to have all those Accuunts which am now unfettied properly ed
_usted. (Ts) lEZRssAElct CHklsTlAN.
]
HUNTlNGTOUR, jannarj 23, 1773.
IWlLL sell twelve or fiitcen Hundred
Acce- oi' rich LANI) on each Side os Fg'lz PenJ Crcsi-k, in the lower
End of Busiingldm, Whereon me all necessary Houses for Cmppiiig, with
the Com, Foddti, end Stoek, on the said Land, and fix valuable Firginia
bom Sl.AVE$.
lt my chtom had not nnjttsil kept me out of considerable Sunu of
Money for a long Time, ] should have had no Occasinn to have fold Lend
or Negrces to have paid my Dehtu. Land that ] sold eleven Years lgo (
am not yet paid. for, end for : Cargo of Goods which I intrusted : no
torioue Villftin with several Years ago ! have not received forty Found",
and he refuses to let me see the Boolu, to copy them, or to seule with
me. (6) ANTHON Y WINSTON
N. 8. The Land'shall be hid of in Pnrceis, is not fold soon.
TO BE SOLsiD,
4 VALUABLE Tract oi' LAND, containing about sixteen Hundred
Acres, more or less, lying on the River Sbsiss-ctnusm'o, in Bzrb't] County '
( rmcriy Fralt-rid ) which is one of the t'nost' nourishing Countiel 'insi
0
Vminissi. The Land is exceeding ood, well li'mbcred, and adapted to
the raising of all Kinds of Grain, as well as Tobacco," and has the Ad
vanuge of : my fine Strenm of Water, on which is : Biomery with two
Firu, a good Stone Merchant Mill with two Pair of Stones,-n Sev- Mill,
a Disiillcry conveniently sitnated, : Smith's Shop, : Cooper's Shop, and
many other Outhouscs. There are about : Hundred and fifty Acres of
Land cleared, and about fifty Aeres of Meadow mny he made with a very
small Expense, cne Half of which may be watered any Day in the Yenr.
" A Stoek os Cattie, Hoisea, and Hogs, some Houfehoid Fumiture, end all
Kinds of Utensils proper for carrying on the :hove different Branchee of
Bulincss, will be ("old with or without the Land. For farther Pmieullre
inquire of. Mr. H'ilfim- Linle, on the Psemiset. Credit will be allowed
for Part of the Purchasc Money, the Purchaser giving Bond, with Secu
r'tty is required. For Teimt apply to the Honourable Geer : William
I'Jirfax, Esquire, Carb-Ic'siend Dulmi in Alexandria, ot Prujfn now;;
in A'orfal't. (Ts) t
H E Subscribcr will sell, on- reasonable.
Terms, his LAND end HOUSES whereon he now lives, known
by the Name of HOOD's, in Prim- George, on j'mes River. As to itl
Situaticn, it is hardly worth While to,!"zy-any Thing about it, though it is"
looked open to be the most pleasant Place, and has the finest View, of my
Beu on Fame's River. ] have just now finished :: House upon it, in the
besi Manner, thirty three Feet-hy thirty, with two large Roome and :
lame Passage below, end three Rooms above; there is else : Garden
lately plied in with good Cypress Pales, with all necessary Outhouses, :
veiy good Storehouse, sundry Lumbet Housee, and : Set of very good
Tobzeeo Wnehouset. ] think, with very little Trouble, there might be en".
Inspection erected there again, as it is the gentsiu] Cty of the People for it;
end in the Place it very well flcuated for- carrying on both the lnimd end
West India Trede, any Person, with I pretty good Clpitllsi may carry
them on to a very great Extent. Whoever is inclinnhle to purchase may
know the Terme by epplying to Mr. thlliam M'nsbenn, Merchnnt in
Blandfird, or to the Subsctiber, on the Premisee.
(Ti') DAVID SCOTT.
For SALE, in the Town of Nzwc ASTLE,
LARGE two Story DWBLLlN'Gl-IOUSE, with three commodious
Rooms on a Floor, each with I Fireplace. It is exceedingly well
ulculated [or a Tavem, and jl pleasumiy situated near the River. The
Terms may be known of the Subscsiber, near the Premiset. 4
T - W. ]OHNSON.
RUN away from the bubscnbcr, at Peffljsi
burg, about the Middle of Septmber last, a very likely Negro Man
named PHiLL. about twenty Yeais of Age, of :: yellow Complexion,
and about tive Feet nine ]nchca high, proportionably made. He- in :
Naiive of Afrim, but speake broken English. having been some Yean
in the Wsiss lndiu, and has lost two ]oims off two of his singen on his
right Hand. Had on, when he went away, an Osnaburg shirt, an old
Virgim'a Cioth Waisicoat, with a new Negro Cotton ]aeket over it, and
a Pair of old Cheek Trousers. As he has been used to the Sea, he will
probably endeavour to get on Board some Ship and make his Escape'out
of the Colony; all Master; of Vessels are therefore sorewamed from her.
bouring or cnrrying him off, at their Peril.
! will give THR EE POUNDS Reward to any Perfon who will deliver
said Slave to me, or to Mr. Hugb M'Mekiu it Pars mouth, and FORTY
Sl-"IIJNGS to secure him in any ]ail, and give otice thereof.
(n') THOMAS GORDON.
TWENTXV-POUN DS REWARD
OR apprehending jOHtJV—lUTCHiNSON. who ran away last Night
from the Subscriber, in Lancastzr. He is a Blacksmith by Trade,
: likely stout Man, about five Feet ten or eleven inches high, wore his
own short dark Hair, and is : Yorkshimpwn, which may be easily known
by his Dialect, is much given to Drink, and in which he is apt to be veryI
noisy. He took with him : brown Duroy Coat lined with white Durant or
Tammy; also a brown Water Dog with awhite Face, which ] ex & ia
still with him, as he was a great Favourite. A short Time before : ran
off he broke open the House of Mr. Antbun) As'beae, and stole about
sorry Poundt. The above Reward will be paid to any Person who de- '
iivers the said Runaway and Cash, or T POUNDS for him alone, and
I-"lVE POUNDS to have him secured- any ]ail within this Colony.
Novnun 4, 1772. (Tf) 'l'HOMAS POLLARD.
For 8 A L E,
VALUApLB TRACT os LAND lying on both Sides of Hniing
_ Creek,_in H-ljfax County, containing five Hundred Acres, the
I] of which is exceeding good for Tobacco end Com. There is a small
mution cleared on the Land, which has been tended but a few Years,
and two Tobacco Housessi an Overseer't House. md Negro Osiumer almost
new. Any Person inclinable to purchase m apply to Colonel Paul
Cum'npan in derklte who will show the!. and is!" ]] em ere}—
sso difposesifit. ' (ts) _ ' " , vow
!