The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-09-27 00:00:00, page 1

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1" By his Excellency PATRICK HENRT,
7unior. E/E]; Gavernuur or Chicsij Mugi/l
tratcofthe Commanwealth [f Vuww m:
A I'ROC-LAMATXON.
WHEREAS it is expedient and neces
ss' "" Dry that proper persuns be appoint
zed to advise and prosecute in behalfot the
,' aid commonwealch in the different coun
fijsitics within the sctme, ] have therefore
thought fit, by and" with the advice ok'chc
Council otct State, to issue this my proch
Ysnation, hereby empowering the several
'5 epucy utcornie; under the late conffit ution
ctssto cpntinue- m' officilate :ssu such under the
: Trelent government, and to enjsssipy all emo
uments and pr'h ilc-ges which to the said
v
. ossflice may of right appertain.
sisi ' Aud ] do ffirthermore request, that the
qjusticcs. qs the peace for those counties in
Which; the former deputy atturnies may
Teithersirefusect'sito continue to act', be dead,
'_or Otherfflse,incapacitatcd, will inform
"EDMUp-D "'RANDOLPH, csq; am-mcy
generahsor the said commonwealth, of
.'the same, that-the vacancics may be im
-sidicffiatelyss "supplied .
Givm under my hand and sbal, this 23d
sissss ct day Qf September, in the year of our
.si- ' Lord ;776.
Fss ' PATIUCK HENRY, junior.
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osi-z. L OND ON, May 26.
RDERS were sent yesterday to the
..o victualling office to continue killing,
;.so Long as the weather remains'xoo], Valt
;:quamitico of salt provisions are wanted,
bend lreland can no lon'ger supply thcnavy,
"having been s0' muctch drained 'of eVery
jssneccssary of life, that the poor are in a
, 'starving condition.
;. The majority on the last night's question
sigas, as usual, large in support of the
'si'gninistry, 128 to 38, three to one. The
jsiflucstion; 'howchr, was of the utmost
Prct'importancc. At the opening oi'this sefiion
gan act was passed to prohibit all commu
fsicial- intercourse with the Americans; and ss
""the effect o'F this bill lord North insilted
f'Yflduld be, that Anterica, cut off from the
- si._ldvantages of the British conlmcrce, wouk!
side perettml all relources or wealm, auu
Fmvsequentl must fall prostrate, an'd con
' se nncondltional submifflon. to our com
imll. The consequentes, indeed, no
Brej-Cfossllowedss in .logick than they have in
, ; "'for the commerce of America will
at] its own-channel, in spiteos us. 'I be
thasoning, however, had its effect for the
& moment, and the good people of England
;' W'ere caioled into ruinous expensc; but
'sssibnthing was, at thetime, sarthcrsrom the
hct. . . .
_.mmlsters thoughts than shuttmg up the
"trado of the two countries . 'I'he object was,
' "to take a monopoly of the trade to America
ss into their own hand:. The minish'y reserved
: power to themselves of licensing ships to
carry provisionsxand, u_nder colourok pro
v'zsmns, every article of commcrce was en
}; lssqf'c] in under tlrcasury orders, and at the
tronsnry cxpensc. It appeared, by last
nighl's ex Lmiuatinn, that men who gsspuhl
'si not, on the 'u' own bottom, have got crefhc
si for a suit osclothcs , did, upon the authonty
ossir Grcy (:uupcr's letter, which made the
treasury unl'ctcrublc, , et credictt For valuablc
cargocs of all sorts ot goods. Mr. Paync
osthc'bdnk was examined, a_nd, thuugha
millisttsisii] man, he by no means defended a
job that took the tradc ot'Englamd out of
merounile hands, and threw it into the
lup of the minliier. ]: came out, that
mr. Payne had c<.-mp]ain'ed of this dirty
truffick tn ]urd North; and hat his lord
ship, thinking the stalc plea of p'smisinn;
tlpt had sctti fissxd his maiuricy, kulu con
tent a merchant, had made usc of it to
mr. Psiu/nc, who verylscnsiblv and lhrewdly
had answered his tlurdship, " that he
thought nails :: bad sort us provisiou for
the king's troops, and hard of digcsiion."
It appeared by his evidence, and mr.
Whitlock's and mr. W'ooldr'ldge, very
clearly, that sir Grey Cooper, with the
knowledge of lord North, si had opened,
under those siCCDsiIS, -an iihcit, clandelthle
trade with the culonies. To ny no worse
os it, this must throw the whole mercan
tile body at the feet ofthe minister. Some- .
times it answers for the purpose of paying
for addresscs, and other compliancts, and
it probably opens ;: door to the most ex
tensive corruption. It depends only on
the nicety ot lord Sandwich's honour, and
lord North's, what quantum of fortune
they may please to make, without appear
ing concerned. The mere sees'of ofiicrs,
for thusc ]icenses, enhance the benefit of
those ofliccs; but when a bankrnpt or a
party writer, or a school-hoy, the sun nsa
man in favour, obtains these ]icenses, and
turns merchant, one plainly sees that the
detection of the portion of profit the great
ones take to themscI\-'cs,_hr that the under
lings about them ge t, cannot be asccrtain
ed , though the corrupt benefits which must
arise cannot be doubled . bir Grey Coopcr,
and mr. Robinsun, will probably, by a
year's war or two, he rich enough to be
made lords, and lords as rich as jews,
though England may become as poor a:
a church wouse. But pcrquisite, and
'joh, are the glorv of the times!
ADVERTlSFZMENTS.
U N awsisscty tsi-unsinnz qusinncr un (Juncr'a
run, some time in May last, a negroct
wench named W IN NEY; she is about ; 'si
sect 3 or 4 inches high, and of ;! yellowish
complexion, The clothes she commonly
wore were a striped Virginia cloth j ackcc
and pctcicont, her shisc of our own manu
factory, and of two thread; but as she
took with her :: seat variety of clothes,
] imagine she wil frequently ch'mge her
dress, being an arlsul subtle wench. dhe
ran away about 4 years ago, and got into
Maryland, near Part Tobacco, where she
passed for a free woman, and hired herself
in that. neighbourhuod several mouths.
Whoevcr uilhlelivcr- the said wench to me
in Fauctuier county, near the cmn-thouse,
Or to my overstn' Thomas Neuwsill, on
Carter's run, in the fair] cnumy, [hall re
ceive a-rewzn'd us 5]. ln-si hsi's what the law
allows, and all rulsimuhlc church paid.
(us) JAMLS ScoTT, juuior.
_ Hctnovsil, Sept. 17, "fit?
ct HEREASa mistake was commig -
by some means. in advertisusiij;
land sor sale in Louisa belonging to"
estate of mr. Fra'nci: Smith, deceasgdsi, ,
which prevented my making the safi'si'mt-ss-i"
the time intended, ] ngw give notice 'that
the sctid ]:md, containing 6724acres,ctwifl si
sold on Yhussrfilay the 34 of October, at
Hanovcr courshouse, being- 'courtssda- (
Twelve mouths credic will be allowed,"— ' e _,
purchaser giving bond add approvcdsssech Ysi'si.
rnv. 'z' ct .
As many of the gentlemen subserDeklss-Z
to the Prince Ed-siward academy have failedctctsssi
to pay up their hast" sishscripzium (vihichssct?
became due in Octubcr lult) ] new ivcss'f'
nodce, that a consideralzle 'pari of (Fold ;
subscriptiom is in my hands, as elecdlor '
to my deceased fashcr's estate, Kho dn-'
dertook the building of she acadcmyict- !
hupe those in arrears will make payffle ( 8
soon as pofliblc, to mr. Franci: it! _
osPrince Edward, or to A .. _ ss'
'I'H().\'\-\S SMlTH, executok,
To [76 8 0 L D on the prarmscJ, to the ]: hast 4
bidder, for ready money, or otherij a: '
may be agreed upon, an 'l'ucsday the 19!!! I
of chmber next, : 5 si 'si'ct
HE tract of L A N D m Sphtsylvam'a _,
whereon mr. Yohn Chapman, deceajsi __'.
ed, lately lived, containing loog acrel ofctfss
exceeding good land, well improved, w i},
be fold altogether or in parccls, as may "
best suit the purchascrs; also 14 very fincsi.
Virginia born SLAVES. considerablc stock.
osall kinds, the household furnimre, 'lnd *
crop o'scorn, wheat; and sodder. At the
same time will be sold 346 Acnmn'f
LAND in Orange county, with. two valfl- ss
able NEGROES to be hired. All person: .'
having any just daims "against thcsisald
estate, or indebted to it, arc desired; loss sissss
attend the day before the salc. on the pre- sisssssi
misca, tosihave the same settled. t'. '
" WlLL: CHAPMAN, ct t
_ BEN: CHAPMAN, rxeuon.3
l'OLEN from the lubscriber in RXWW =,
mond town, the 15sih of Augufl last'; si
a large snrrcl roan horse nbom 4 seecss-4f
inches high, has been much, used to th!
waggon, one or both of his lsind sect whitc '
hanging m'anc and switch tail, is -ss,
round, _and brandcd on the nest buttock' —
but his brand forgot. Whocver brings th: '
said horse to me, or gives such imemgcnccp 7
as I may get himctagain, shall have not, .
reward, and on conviction osthe thief 5]; (
23! SMlT" BlsifiKYY—sif
TAKEN up in Ameliafsia bay mare abffi
6 years old, 4 seec 4 inches high, hasso gss'
s cddle spots, crots andfgallups, brandod fss
X, and had a bell on. Pofled. and ap-ss
praised to 10].
TAKEN up in Bcctljbrd, ;; lisihc flrasi-vctsilea' ?
Edward Book?
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gray mare. 4 scct 5 inches high, brqndea ;
on the near hmtockssA, and had on a bell. ;
Pusted, and appra'xscd to 71. si
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