The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1770-02-15 00:00:00, page 1

THURSDAY, l-"csfivmv 15, 1770. si T H 12 !, NU M 13 5 11 197,
VIRGINIA ssctsscta GAZETTE..
Open to ALL PARTIES. ;, ' 'si' -si--. but influencedpy ssNONE. si
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ctfl'xsi'iiEMEMBnAchR. No.ll.
* ' ll'lm! Northern p-ttriotl are. here- in ,: 'l-{sx eve re,
Secb once was SrmVirginh—ol'l is? or ever !
N the preceding paper we lnted with
ensure those memornhle evenn. which re—
cd n blue of glory on Virginin. recom
nun-led her to every son of liberty in Europe,
end highly ende-red her to every sister eolony
in Atnerien: Every anette trumpeted onr same,
ptovlnoe on the continent echoed our prnise.
hnd npplzuded our conduct, spirit and sirmnesn; and
It even rerethented from (inn-Britain, Virginin
" Walled in eve company at the land of liberty,
end the health: Fits Bnrgesu drank us the he—
roen of petriotisnt; the Northern eoloniea in parti
ale: were ennptnred with our conduct, animated
by onr ample, filled with the wormes! affection for
ne, and ttuched in then-on enduring manner to us.
A. the used-lions" nen-imported"! wu : men
snre they in geoenl wisely come into, they were
trnns ted with the intelligence that such : judici
ou wu cleped here. and set on foot with the
led of aV'tl'lin'nn syirit; and from such an acces
expeded ligne] benefit; nor will they be
"and if the (one noble spirit which headed
of this made, bring: up the fear with
one; but wi out per/evening- all it los},
higher we here feared. the greater, the
'niou will be our full.
public hath often heen informed with what
(in: Much!) th'eGeotlemen at the northward
e to the nfl'oeintion. and with what just igno
' , they Rignutine those ubapy} nw, who either
refused to snhsctihe "the lscasillill. or having sub
sa'ihed it, hnsely devined from it. So my wife
' ne are taken in the on 'tnl town: and citiee.
Nit "n'-of in the power o many to import and
tend the prebifited true/er, is they Ire disposed to
doit. The cnptjstoru of once large importest; the
means 'mhousea replete with probibilrd goods,
so watched with Age!" eyen, and guerded with Her
ulce- sb'ength. that none an tend or buy them, to
the yrejudiee of their country: The indullry of La
diee, she cmodiy and frugalit of Gentlemen of
all rub; and thevisihle fusyenfiyon of British com
nerce, nre striking attelletions of the inte rity and
Mans: with which they adhere to the ociation,
ad invineibly persevere in it, and ere also glorious
monument of their (} trusted patriuifm.
The yelty colony Rbode [stand, long infamous
for s ling and illicit tude, having del-nel ilstlf
to Mix: jusany, by refusing to unite in the
* affectation with the other colonia, number:
of the Northan merchants, sired with just indig—
latin. enters! into (differ/go public"! their cost?
fyondenn in her—Britaie ippiu good: to the e
"lure:, who wanted to seagll on their cau
'r knelt, or "else those merchants would delisl
from nll farther dalinp with them. and seek new
mefyondeon, and form new connectiono. as they
'eould not 'continne oonunerce with any who would
(inly their insatuated neighbours with inisn to cut
eheir "nurse lbmr. "
This disylaye their wisdom. and lttesil their spi
rited zed to the common anse, in which they will
succeed, or die like noble nasty-: to the attempt.
' However their pitiful adversaries)! home and
nhrond may asyerse and calutnuiate them, with vari
'.tu insraflionsse of the nssociatlon, that under shelter
thereof they may screen themselvea from those vol—
lier of censore, which will ever be discharged at them
by all the foe. of (lavery and opprellion, it is de
monllrable the Northern coloniet,_in genernl, glori
nnlly "For"; and when a few dnllardly indivi
dnala hue not per/wend, or joined the noble army
of heroea. the public hath known what shisi't whol
the difdyline hath been adminislered to them. The
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odions nine: of some were dispersed nboot in hund
bllle. nd published with insuny in the newspepere;
they were sidieuled, des ' ed. end shnnned at the
open eoemiee of their do try. end the disgrnoe of
Americe : While othen were surrotmded with
thous-odn—not of a lawless mob—but of dispafio—
nate. teputzble charaflen—who forced them. by
their ewsul presence. end generous treatment. to
submit to the humilieting. fool mortifying tune:
of mule nen-renew. end solemn promise of
IKFOINATION, and they were glad to escape with
so much lenity from the iooeosed multitude, who
have so reined their zeel with the bridle of reason.
that the politieel execution of these (sinful! hath
enerelly beeo'eondufled with greet decorum; while
me of the ulprilr. under the warm wing of the
petriotic mulurnde, hue been bard—ed anew into the
eommnnitv. and from movellioz worm: were inns
formed into nsesul been.
And_do not the noble Virginians crown the firm
ness and spirit of their applauded "tour-non—
of their glorious nffm'arim for non-inpomtion of
British commodities with PERSEVERANCE equal
to their Northern brezhren ? How painful is the in
terrogation ! How morsi/jving that it should be called
in oxen-ton! Oh ! tlnt it in: uncluritable to-en
tertaia sue]: : suspicim, end ground/ths: :: erst" to
answer the interrogation with : NE A lVE AS—
SERTlON !
" Vi 'nianl attend : Be worth like thin inrov'd,
" A shew you have the virtue to be mosir d:
" Oh ! let your breesh with patriot ardour rise.
" And pent with zeal-(or nunon'u noble prize.
" For your dear counry'l cause be brave and hold,
" Live o'er each/cur, find Pewter! ye helm! ."
, PHILO HOMINIS.
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7 Advertisement.
TREASURY-OFFlCE, m m. me.'
A L L Persons havm Demands
on the Public Trensury are elited to present
them, end the she] be immediztely discharged.
It is ho "the nemErnisBon os Treasury Notes
it effectually gon-ded epinll Forgeriet. Beside: the
mtny Chech. whidt the different Devioes, end the
great Vuiety of Typet nssord. the pmicular Kind
of Paper,-on which the Money it tmprest'd, must
odd grenly to it": Security. In the Bill: of five
tnd two Foundt the Capitol Letten T. W and in
those of three Poundo and twenty Shillingt the letten
KER ere wrought in white Letter! in the Paper itself,
and nuy he easily perceived thro' the Signert Name:;
on'the upper Marjn runt : white Chtin wrought
likewise in the Paper, and equally discernehle: the
o 'pofite and lower Edge il indented to "serve u :
'lall with the Boots, which will be they: kept in
the sin. This," idded to other Precautions used
on the Occalioo, will surnilh an almost lnsallible Cri—
terion to difflngullh the genuine from counterfeited
Billt, if Forgeriet should he attempted. rovided the
Holdert of" the Money can be prevai ed with to
preserve it from elip ing. end to avoid pulling Paper
on the Baclu of the otet. sils they will not. I shall
not think the Treasury obliged to exchange other
Money for defaced Bills, unless they happen to be
injured thro' Accident. .
RO: C. NlCHOLAS, Treasurer.
son-m CAROLlNA, A'owml'rr =7, 1769. si
Mr. RIND, .
MYtelidenee lor some mouths past heir-gin the south
ern part of this provincc, to which your (Jazettes
'lre irregulatly sent. in the reason whv ! have not
sooner taken notice of : late polirical writer. who
mtlltt hintselsunder'the all'umed name_os Awerirnnur;
?- red-37 oftmdfliov, thou: he it, had laud your
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readen under shch cum-um mtuibntinn of "(fl
cule. nnd imposed upon then she]: mew:-spoil .
ol llup'rdiiy and dulnesl. tho:-deemen :pd !
dsispus of eiadiq-nng the imprefiom os_insi - time:
imprinted on their mmds, by the splcmuc e tion: of
shi- amhor'l brane-The East of these thraldom!
that came into the world, us;-nted it is m_such_l
(but of imponince. 'flm : inch:- pspenemuon will
instantly discovcrit to bathe ofter-na of one ashes
sciibblini; poliiicilm who writ: inflend ofpraxkct. [of
their dui y bread. Thus. we God \he first effq : of
his pen employed in : vindicnion of the ple-(del.- .
and in avening the infamy that shrensiudhflu, a}
being openly char ed with violati _d\e dnup qf hll
office, of abusing (fie confidence of uSoveiqsin, who
had so highly nnked him, and of embezz us the
Mllonll treasure. [meum as lhll durst is to the
noble Lord, on whom it wax ed. And as justly as it
appcsinsin to have been sounded, yet it du bell lu
pecuuar nnsrortune to rematn vnthout an advoute till
this despicable writer flept forth; and. to the, utter
ruin of that Noblcman'a character. undertook to de
fend him. Unt'urtunatelsi for him. hie condua du -
been tepresented in so:: imhesent end unnatural _
colouring, that he is univerfully believed to be ty,
in verification of that memorable ltne ol' Mr. ope'l.
that nor/zing blue-len: lite [be in!" off-all. , _
! should have been under : renl gone;-an to see such
a put drawn in the cause of the will Americane
for fear of seein the law and unblemilhed dpottm't n
eonstirutional li y, detaced_and pollnte hy'soch :
feeble, inconed', nnddisingenroes defend". _
As often atthe Parliamentary tenett in the lete ths
putu have been wounded b the shalt-of their own
adherenta. they have never o effectually felt the ta'
turu of zealoua nonsense. as bnee thit writer corn—
menced -. ministerialilf. ] should take upon myself to
examine these extraordinary produflitgul; sentiment
by sentiment; every one of whtch wool ave proved
to be repu ant, either to mson, den-ney, ortm ,
had ] not ound it already done to my hand in : sell -
ble and polite piece, wrote by A M Ell l 6 A NUS
V E R U S: Thin Gentleman has so obvtoufly refiud
erer assertion of the few that deserved to be noticed,
and o minutely traced them to that touroeofmd (to
use one of his words) where they were nnginally en
endued, that it would be an tnsult upon common
ense to suppose the_moll.t norantpf yourselden,
proselyted by the mister: doctrine of due (are:
nolitiuan.
Thu write'r (sor ! annot force o pen into the
tp [lation osGentIeman) like ; fish- wile-t : gin- ,
it etermined however to hue the left word, fri
again upon the literary theatre of your press, proh
tutet the sacred pogeos the immortol Dieu-run,
convent his pure, judrcions satire! totlte hnilou
utposes of Grub street abuse. ud_nfter ventitrgthe
urnet of hit taplajb on me, laund-she! hie pen, te-_
inspires himself with a draught of [1qu liquor,
which ! suppose it Sem-b ; , nnd,_vmh the nssnrnnee
of being universally ncltnovleged vndor in theootnbnt.
informs Mr. Amerienn Very, that he is to ended
no mercy. for that he it resolved nor to let Singe! of,
wilbou! yielding up bit inqgixcrjct (riour sibct Lia hest
thou not Vena to see this llalhrng mal s e
ransackin his scmber filled pericrnntum (or ! little
shrewdnc , to ilirt at thee, and endeavouring to
confine thy serious end manly relic-ning with the
smoke of argument-tion? By all the power: of nature
:sironzdofi lough, and by the same power: lined with
et;
To examine this wretched production, pen ph
by pamgrnph. would be treatingit with an un'degisid
dishoction; ] shall therefore content myself with
making some generll remarks, and consi it to the
oblivion that awaitt it. The principal de in of both
these pieces is to stigmatize the Lord Mlyor and the
Livtrymen of London for accustng Lord Holhnd of
corruption, however just-liable they might be. by the
record: of the Excheqtter. where the Pa' stern
accounts ought to be annually qunidated. 'l' : mode
of petitioning too is condemned by our tuthor, in the
most virulent manner, and the whole continent of A
nterica impliedly called: oontemptible mob, an un
rnl populace, void of honour, probity or reason.
At ertions, dictated b the Entering respect deem
favour, and pointed y thin-arm owing: ioil-ano
rary rewards. or lucrfflve eshhli to, Never
"commndtd by the deeme of age, or inge