The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-06-28 00:00:00, page 3

iz'a.-1.W*Ffundcr hi: command ; and that it
F*'l)-ct',
hereby declared, to all who are
or m :}; cszictatc-x for office;, civil or
military", in the p.:y oftlu': c01(m_)', that the
practice ofgamin and prosunc/wuaring (oil!
ever be cast/iJercl a: dishimouruble, and an
exclsi'g/ian' fi'um ailpulzliclz (fficc: orss'erhplsy
ments. - (A copy)
]ohn Tazcwell, clerk of the Convention.
Afrmsieur MEZ F. :. AY's advice to an English
nableman in the reign of [ring W ILL! A M .
\ ' [I had once (said he) in France, the
same happiness, and the same pri
vilegcs, Which you have. Our laws ucrc
, made by reprcfi-ntutive: afour own choq/iug:
Our money was not taken frbm us, but
by our own_conscm: Our kings were sall
si_ .ject to the rules of law and reason. But.
- mw, alas! we are mifi-rable, and all is lost.
Think nothing, sir, too dear to maintain
the!} siprqciou: advantage: ; ahd is ever there
be o'ccq/Lan, 'venturu your life, our estate,
., and all you have, rather than ubmit to the
cogzdition to which youfize us reduced.
'A: :! meeting ofthe president and master: of
the College, jane 25, 1776.
HEREAS, uponaninquiry, it appears
to this meeting that mr. Emmanucl
juues, sen. master, has removed one caik
' qsnails, No. 5, the property of the presi—
p dent and masters, as a public]: body, out
'ss of" their storehouse in the College, to his
; own plantation in' Gloucefler, under a
'Tsi mistaken notion, that any one of the pru
.fcssars is at liberty to borrow out of this
i storehouse wha't goodsorchattles he thinks
"; tit,__ without consulting the proprietors
therwf ; and whereas thistransaction seems
,{L tusisshrfik had its source more in the want of
'si' du: consideration than evil delign, and
! since mr. ]ones inte (1 to restore the
nails immediately, but casinnot now do
? it, as they have been seized for the use
, of the country: It is therefore ordered,
3 sithat no farther notice be takcnbf this affar,
, provided that these proceedings be imme
' :,diuteiy published is! the same printer's
; per wherein mrss joncs enctieuvoured 'to
uyail-himselfof—ucustom, which, ask'aras we
[3 know, or bel'tbsive, never existed', and has
si'unjullly, as well as weukly,-attempted
-si-t0makc-an arrai ment of the conduct of
'- w msssscsss "T,"?
his brethren serv as an apolcgy for his
own erroneom practice. '
(By order of'the ]bciety')
EMMANUEL JONES, clerk.
_ 7" 0 , be 8 0 [. D,
, ' TRACT of land on Monk's Neck, in
' the county ofDinwiddie, within [Z-ven
fctm'le: o] Petershurg, late in the poffEffion of
mr. Alexander Shaw, containing about
1 050 here:, of which a considerable proporti
-on i: low grounde, capable of being improv
-ct ed into thefinest meadow . xlpartimlar des
- eription i: avoided , as I would choose even):
perfim inclimzhle to purchase should view and
ss be fittixfied us the quality of the land . ?" he
P' term: of [ale, and time of credit, will be
made agreeable, and an undoubted title as
fizred to the purchaser. .
YOHN BANISTEK.
LL the residue as the said Alexander
- Shaw': estate. both real and perjbnal,
is conveyed in trust to the sub/cribers, for
the paymant of carg/iderable debt: respectively
due to them ; afier a dZ/Z'lmrge of which,
the flctrplu; is to be applied in satisfaction of"
his other creditors. All per/bm indebted to
the _/.'u'd Alc :mmler Shaw will take notice,
tz'ut their p.:ymcuts are to be made to
f' ABRAHAzW SMITH.
(\ ) YOHN BANISTER.
F () [( 8 A L E,
SHOEMAKER, who understands
both mens and womcns work com—
plctcly. He has about five years and &
lnls to serve, and worked many years with
mr. Didstlmy. For terms apply to the
subscriber, ss near Fresslcriskshurg.
RICHAKD BROOKE.
,,
W A N thsin' *si
STEWAKD for t' _sstau of'mr.
alderman Lec at GrmssSpi-ingss ssnear.
Williamsburg . As the busisin'esds consider
able, and the trust great, any person wil
ling to undertake che same'wifl meet with
the most generous and satisfactory encou
ragemcnt, by a plying to Thomas Ludrwell
Lec, csq; ofBe view , inStaffordcounty,
cln- the subsc'riber at Chantiily, m 'Westmore
and .
(ts) RlCHARD HENRY LEE.
Carg'zssztuziwssal Pq/Z-Office, Williamshurg,
]une 28, 1776.
HE Postmaster-Generll having em
powered and directed me to receive
the quarterly accounts of the following
oflices, and toscttle with the riders, it is
eipccted the'scveral postmastera will strict
ly comply with those ingructiom, that !
may be cnabled to pay t e'riders punctu
aily, for whose services the General Post
Office is now considerably in advance,
owing to many of the poltmafters neversi
having rendered any account to the Secre
tary and Cumptroller, R. BAcni, csq;
since the first establishment of the Anteri
can Post-Officc.—--A_list of the offices that
are comakc theirQun'rnu Pnnznn
to me : Hampton, To'rk, Peter/burg, Cabin
Point, Smithfield, Suffolk, Richmond, New
cafllc, Aylett's Warebouse, Hobb'l Hole,
Urbanna, and Part Rosial. . ct_
ALEX. PURDlE, D. Poshnaster.
WLLLmrunvxa, Juno 18, 1776.
OST, goo odd SHEEP. upon the read
. from Joseph Scott's store in Nanse-si
mundq to Petersburgss. "T si arepart of a
flock of 900 and odd that cro' ed Broadwacer
fierry, in Sourhampton, abbtd the not]: of
May lctg/i. A: the subseribersii: necessarily
employed upon publich service, he will be
much obliged to sia'ry- per/bnsithat, mill send
intelligence of the sheep, either to himself,
- or doctor john Reade at Broadwatcr, 'and
all expm/Z-s shall be paid. si
" i ssERANK EWPEH
. WILLIANSBURG, Fame 28, 1776.
' OHN MOODT , smith and fnrrier, fi'om
Philadelph'rcta, but late fi'om 'Norfolk,
begs leave to inform the publiek, that he
has ofenedshap in this city, oppq/ite to mr.
Char es Taliascrro's, near the church,
where he pxojbffe: to shoe horse: in all the
different method: Practi/ed in Europe and
America, and cures-them of most prefiailidg
difizrders. He also zmdeftakessmith: work
in geneml, for all kinds of carriagex, houfi:
work, farmer: work, edge tools, &c. and
shall be much obliged to all those. who favour
him with their custom. :]
' si ] U NE 19, 1776.
HlSis toinform the publick, that] cook
from two negro men a qhantity of
paper currency of North Carolina, who
say they had it. of col. Edmund Taylor's
hegro man Ben, lately from Halzfax jail in
the province asoresaid. "he owner, by
applying to rue in A/[ecklenburg county,
shall have the money by paying'thc charge
of this advcrtisemenc.
JOHN LYNGH.
DESER'I'ED from the Mujlczto armea
vessel, I/Zzac Tounghusband, esq; com
mander, on Saturday the Schinstant (June)
jAMES DONOHO, about 5 feet lo inches
high, near 30 years of age, a portly well
set man, has a down look, and the remains
of an old sore upon one oF his logs, which
" is not yet perfectly cured . He carried with
him two brown lincn shirts, a pair of old
blue brccchcs, old yarn stoqkings, new
shoes, and a pair osnew wrappers ofcoun
try made How. I imagine he is gone to
Bedford, as his parents'ivc in that coumy,
near New London. VV hocver brings the
said desertcr to me in Richmond town, or
to the vessel, lying at Warwick, shall have
31. reward .
21] jACOB VALENTlNEg
1?
Cuqxdflctisiw, MActctnLAup, jape fy. ?
ask subscrzberz haVe sittecl out, and
; 'prov'tdedc with every necessary, a '-;
sicommodious house for the purposi: off
lNOCULATlON, where they actre ready" ss
to receive such as incline to take the small- ,
pox, at the rate of 51. Mmyland currency' si
each. .. The diiidnce of the hohse being
little more than five miles from any pare !
of Potowmack river, betwcen the lower 1
end of Fairfax and the upper end of West- si
moreland countiee, in Virginia; will render ss
it very convenient for the inhabitants of :;
the included counties. Those who will '
savour the subscribers with their" corflpany
may depend on their utmost gate .smd, ,
attention. G . R. RQWN. ;- fl
" jAMES ALLACE .'*-_ ssg
_ fist Such as presercoming by wate; :;
may do it very convexsssieqfly,'in the house ss 3*
stands on Burdett's steel;, onljfpylct' mile: ?
from its mouth. . Ass _ss
- ' ;u— T
, sisi-si U'N 15, 18, 1776_ i
TfllS is to informe pubkljck, (but I 7;
sound*in'tbe '_ Aibno ,simy si
man Ben, who was?]atsiffipinsiHdfi/jijffiiflfq
North Caralina, , a- qodttityssbf lsihe pnperi-{sifss
currency ok'that prossvfsi. j';'-f_-'Lsiss_ssss9siss si ssctrsssictj'
by applying to me in. !.sissfss --- r-si-m-lt siss"
shallhave themoneyctfi ssct _ ctss ss
ofthil advertisementn; ss'r-z-sictz ct' si
su sit E - '
\VOMEN whoss cauwash, ctssct
,wflljrmcte flith d,
by applying to the sifd r
miem'i'f-z ' siz-Lsi
omm'nm,:o du; lick " ""
Wiuizmlh-rg, -a maw}? -
who calls himself PHH-Aluflll . :pbf
long. to- George, smhm yf Dor cum!
on the Eqflem Shorej WM " -
master is desired to W'appsicafisoh-si " ct
the said fellow, pa chargezlsssilnd Whimsi'ss
aWay. PETE PELHAN, :. ?. 'Gss
- .-—- I
TAKEN up in Oranges, on the little Momsi
tain: nisi: flfpmaqlczbazsibiy Ends: about 3 ss--'
Ila'ze siih hit face, his nosqgafithsiMZss-ct-Y; si
earso , _ecc9m ' ' 'a'
saw, three white feet, '- sireaksi siof whit
on the insidc of'sshis' fightihiud and for
lcgs, whicesispocs osin bssojh' hit bamz' anct
undcr his jaw, if shod bcshssr'cysi dfflkt, be
not brandcd. Posted,si-and-np ed cox
zol. {] - GEORGE SML' H., sea.};
TAKEN up on Wwd's fork, int'haxbgu, si
:: sorrcl mare 3 ezirs old, aboutfi ect- 4"
inches And :: h high, has ablaZe_faee,'ct'
but is neither clock: nor brandcd. "Mad",
and ap raised 'to slsi. 10]. ' _ 'sict
'si Josspusi Mad . I
TAKEN up in'lflpemalc, a. black kers; .;
Feet 6 or 7 inches high, ,withaflarjnbil
orchcad, paces and work: well, but has )
no brand petcoivablc. 'Poficd, and ap
Praised to 11]. ]OHN siSCOTT.
T AK EN up in King & Queen, at the plan— ,
tation of Yolm Parkc Custix, esq; :! black "
horse 7 or 8 years old, about 4 sect 7 in- f
ches high, has a few white hairs on his
back, a hanging mrme and switch tail, ;
branded on the near shoulde: in the form
of a diamond, and on the near buttock
with a large dot. Posted, and apprrdsed
to 15]. CHARLES PEARSON.
,
TAKEN up at King ac queen courmomc, ,
' a dark gray horse 4 sect 6 or 7 inches high, &
_ much flea—bictcn about the head, is well
made, had a yoke on, trots, gallops, and
paces flow, and brancled either ! L or H. L, _
. very dull. Pofled, and appraiscd to 10]. ss
]} JoHN HARW oon.
TAKEN up near Sailor creek, in the lowcrr—ss
end of Prince Edward, a black mare 4 feet; '
3 inches and a half high, about 15 yearcf
old, with a star in her forehead , some white; _
hairs in her man:, some saddle spou, has
a roached mane and sw'nch knit, gld branddsissx
ed on the offbuuock S. Postidsi ghdsi ape.
raised to 51. . " 'ct__. ssct . ss_
P zll , jOHN cmmkgisy _