The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1778-05-01 00:00:00, page 4

"0 B—E sozsiz),
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ATRACT ofLAM) containing nboot rzco acrcs, plea
ihq'dy suuzled (m Cs'wssz-p'nlcmiu) nur, .rb'vut (ctncsi: miles
from the mouth, and abouxtcn from ls'illfamlsiurg. T .z: bgiLsi
ings on i; me an OVcrs-ss'cr's house With a duck csifnrssȝg {sim
taining two ronms and a find, a ncw quarter wish b-sssiss-sl: cz-sissn
niez, abam 43 by 20, newly repaired, acom (rit, cflc. . 1 ::c
land is well limbsi-red with pinv, oak, &ssr. for buildng m
Plamation use, and very cnnvcnicnt f-si'r transssuting & tr 11?!
Uiunubnrg by Water. The high land cct'ssmsts 0r*;\L\-1ut .:Lzo acrsis of
both stiff and lighz, suitable for tlbaccn, all kinds of grain,
hcmp, and flux, knd would be a very flncplace for an vrcnard,
ach trees there are seldom or cvssr
as what few apple. and pc
miss 'of being Yel'Y' fall. The rest of the tracx is very fine
nzarfi}, easy reclaimed, aqd,che whole a fine [date Fnr all kinds
o stock, 'and may be enclosed with about half .1 mix; nr ditch
ing, us the rest is all namraliy boundcd. [: ?551 good flshing
- lace fnr net or line, and there is great plenty of crabs, bmh
soft and hard, all the summer; and no pch in the coumry
siexceeds it so": fowsictng. :: there have been upwards of an hun
dred doze'n' bf-irildfowl killed in the season. For terms appiy
to ,F- 1; ' Goobtucn Bousz-r.
JMLZes ClT'siY, .Ftbmar] :, 1278.
ss -' 55 HANOVER, A-ss'ihs, 1778.
MANY yeirs have elapsed, since] quittej the General
' si Court bar; md'those gentlemEn, whoy'csiging'v engag
,Qssd to finish the caoscictl had been rem-si'ned in, h'ax-e, ] believe,
al] declined their pieckicc. Some of the suits fliZ] rcmaining
undetermined," i: wffl 'be nsseCcssz - fossssthc parths, without loss
Of time, to engage othEr cdmse , ssnsis the appnctntmsnt I have
lately been honoured yss'ith wilsim: pfrmi: my suche: concern
in transiccing their husifiness. uch material pnpcrs, as ] :.as
sipdsiesi'ednf, are in theahands of Col. Grnge Nicl-olct: in H'siilctlsictnctvs
sing, of whomsitdcy ss 'ype had. Beside: thnse, ! have many
bond), &c. which ! ould glad'ly deiiwsi-r to the owncrs'; isZr
will' he more convehiesim't'o receive them at I/f'ik'iambursiz, they
fbnll'be lodged there,;si it'gssheh-g intrmatcd to me. In some
'Tcwsiof- the suits ] :: hast received parts of the sees, which
hill ctbe'cheersully re ct ed, ifc'cte services performed fi-nuld be
judg'd inadcqunc to su'c 1 partia] p'aymenu: , Those,_ who still
sitcmain indebted to me for fsiesct-Tn cause's long since finished, arc
desired so pay-ssthcm go Crfl. Nicholds. Uponjeaving the bar,
[formerly ex reflkd thy acknowledgments to. all those who'
hid been pleetssed to favour me with their business.
" . Ro. C. NlCHOLAS.
FOR [ale, the brig (iENTlL, about one hundred and
eighty hsigshcads Burthen, now lysiing at Broudwcty's on Ap
pamumx. She is com lcte] ' fitted (thh new fails and rigging,
and fisi m proceed to ea.- : terms apply (9 Mr. Robert Gil—
Ilion, near fefmburg. -
' () 'l' [05 is hereby given, that a General Court will be
' hild at the Capitol in Williambuvg on the tenth of October
next, and win su; twenty four days for the despaxch oftlzc
btsilsmch which Was'dependisin' and ready for hearing before the
lace General Court, cxeepfluics in Chanccry, and acrinns &:
the recovcry of debrs dhe 'ro BritL/l} subjectssi !: is therefore
expeeted that all persons ccncerned therein win be prepared
acchrdingly, and those who have business on the rule dogkc:
are direcccd to take notice that ruFes are appointed to be held on
t're chirtiech day of every month between the March and
Octobev courts, and on the eighth day of every month between
the Offiber and March courts, unless any of those day. should
happen on Sundayx, and then on the Monday: following; but in
order.!o give time: for th necessar prepnmtifsins, no ruksis will
thdtil] M4) ncxt. ] HV MAY, c. 0. c.
HT, General Court held at the Capitol in lsfsilliamsburg, the
4: 'lfrb day of Marssdo 1778, the court doth authorise and
apaid: the accmg justicggsiof the ace Within this common
wgalch, who are of the quorum, evesastyto cake recognizan
ces of special ball within their rcspectivc'countics, in actions
that nbw arc, or whith may hereafter be, depending in the
General Court. - ( A up,) sictf- _
"si _ JOHN MAY, c. 6. c.
"] Hammer! high bred'sborse LOIxSDALE stands at my
housz. tsims lesson, and wilsil cover mares at zos. the leap,
31. the ssizson, and 6]. to cnlure. Good pascumae for the
many, and me greatest care will be tzlkcn of them, siLut ] will
not bcnnswerablc for accidents. Lot/sdalz is as high bred horse
Is any on the contincnt, and his pcdigrec so well known that
] think it needless to insert it. RlCHARD TAY LOR.
Canace Cny, ,:sipss-il 5, 1778.
(')Nl'; Hundred dullzzfs n-ssctsim nal :ct-si'vr 'Issbpsfhcssf. M. .
.\ si. ,
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- livesmg m tbisi garrilnn, [UHN si'v'si'FLsi. 1': uvuizzjr' m th'.
fi:;('z1.!>'jrssz_risi.sssi-si.ct, cmssnincnzctxi rcgfixztcnt, w}. )Es ::nJcr {cntczzsi'si
nssiicnth so; dc'sscrcim, and iczisstcinss; 01}..':'s ruthe like vii.
lainons practice. !sszc mad.; his cissczzpc last l-znj/Jzy' night
(sum the pubhck just, v-ith fsisi'si'm'f. (m LZ: !:sspsi's. He is
zhnuc twenty five years os.{;si: n, lkkcict; fcl'mxs', mxhrr
tall, is well known to the l'simshv..si-:d for his msssiny bass
ractices, and ctssaill pro'nzzbly cnsiisi-zwvzzr to reach (;:qu ,
where he livcd several years. He has giscn a list O.?
a number of horses, and other artizlcs, rhn' In:- has,
with his companions, stolen smm sundry persuns, zfiso the
names cftholc from whom they were taken, and in what
manner they were disposed of. Any gentlemen who b2.e '
reason to suppose: they have suffcrc; by him, or his ac m
plices, may robably be made ;.cqunintcd vui !] such tir—
_cumst;mccs, y applying to me, "as may enable them to
regain theirpropcrcy; nndiz is hoped, t'mczszhc aid flam
hns been a notorious cillain. the greatest cxerti-sizns win be
used for apprehending and securing him, the: justice may
'bc done to the publick.--Iisimd quarters, Williamsburg',
Apri] 14, 1778.
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Dm—m Nctzsoss, C91._XVth rcg.
To be Soco at the Rome WALK adjoining the townes Smiss'hsteld,
LARGL' quantity of white work, wiz. {opc of ail .uzcs,
.Lsi trace :md stink: dittn, bed corcsi, leading, deep (La, and
lead since, all kind (:f fishing ditto, scinc and scwing wine;
marlin huusc line, Us. and in a very fl'ort time we find] have
a.) kind of tarrcd rrrpe, cvcty thing being ready fer that pur
lzose bu: fzxing rhc kuzlrs. l'xz-ncxz, TAYLOR, & Co
:. Also to be fold ac said walk, a large lRON-Bounn, (s
near zno gallons.
sssi A gnnd SPlNNIZR is wanted, to whom the best encou- -
ragcment will bcssgivm. 2"
UN away from the subscriber in (Prim- Ed-zrard, : ne
'gro man nalnr'd BEN, asinail fellow, about thirty years
of ass, by tradc a shoemakcr, has lost one of his son: teeth,
haz a scar'acrds his nose, and has something rch-mbling :
ringworm on the back cf one of his hands, about the size of ;.
shining. Ill: carried wish him a suit of jcans yam clothes, :
boun'd hat, and several Cthcr clothes. H-si Was burn in AMJI-si
cx county, and his mother belongs to [1 illlam )b'mhtguis esizte,
]where prssbablssv hE'may be lurking. Also : negm man named
SOLLAR, a large well made felirw, near six fee: high,
abrut thirty years of age, and was born in [(if-((by; pansh,
Glmcejler ccumy. Hfs mother belongs to Ranflmesss e! are in said
Farish, where ( expect he may be harboured. This fellow I
surchased of Job: Iax ns said county, where w he n'zzy be
lurking. I will give fifty pounds reward on being
delivered to the publick jailcr in lVilliamburg.
zp jnms Sco'r'r.
A P R I_L 8, 1778.
RUN away from the fubscriber, living in Brun/szvick countv,
two ncgro fellows formerly the property ofthe Rev. ]ciw
Dixm, viz. ]Acx, a large likely fcl'ow about five Feet cl.-vcn
inches high, dressed in a !siirginfa cloth jacket and breechcs,
with a furrcd cap. NAT, about five fccc tcn inches high. with
thin lips, pretend: to be very religious, and is & Baptist leader.
They got away last night at Capass'ssqsiz'ck fcrry, ironcd tnucrhcr.
I will give FH- TT DOLLARS reward for each to anv persZn that
will sCCUre them in W'iflianuburg jail. '
4! TURNER BYNAM.
N. B. I expect they will be lurking about Mr. ]cbn Dixm's
quarter: in Glcuctstn.
'TOLEN out of the subscriber's stable, the :zrh of March, at
night, :! call rcd roan horse about f.f:ccn hands high, three
ears old this spring, short dockt, ] think he: I::zs :: lmafl star
lp his forehead, and brandcd on the near buxpzck with thesibnt
tom ofa three barrcd stirrup iron, alsh .1 \'crv good sadd] it
is supposed By ohe Po") Palln'st-n, .1 sshich',q a short w ] so.:
young man, ofa fair complexion, brown short curled hair,
appears to be country burn, hEs dorhcs regimcntal, his-cogc
blue, the buttnn holes bound with white, his jaclzet and pyee—
ches white cloth, .1 mean small brimmcd hat. ]: is thought hctc
will part from the horse the first opportunity. \Vhoevcr will
bring she said horse to me shall have er DOLLARS rewarsid,
paid by the shbicrlbcr, living in Fauquier county, l'irgmia. '
21] Tnomsixs Pon'rm.