The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1779-12-11 00:00:00, page 1

)DECEMBER in 3779. T H !. NUMBKk...
VIRGlNIA GAZETTE.
WILLIAMSBURG: PRKNTED BY DlXON &? NICOLSON.
sisissA _._
To Acmcou.
Knic WiLLlAn, Nofv- 14- 1779
F your bookcd :e-fl for the welkin of your caunn'y u nnsicre.
! lpplzud itg and should h: happy to see the produffions of
man of scimce aml abilisie- move siequently exhibiicd in
correction of public]: en'suurs and nbuses; but befm-z lh-y
muse men in office, they should be well informed, puintcssi, am]
dylicic in their chuge, lnd disu'iminuing betwixt ihe god and
th! bldz for general lccusalion is in k'tLl no accut'nion at all. but
My only to destroy the necessary cssmsidence which the puhkck
lould hue in their servanu, and to Up the loundztion us that
Pemmem they sum annious to supyar'x.
You hue,, Sir, published : charge of the highest crimimiity
Mnfl Conmlisariu and ache, who purclnsc ful" the puchL ol
cctosinmimsscm, no les- dun being inilrumenui with forcbhllxss And
nium, in subvming, in an exrcniive lltitudc, ihc weli'ue us
Unlnd Snteo, and escfiin iniurics which the mms of uur
nie- luu in vain attempt: . "Your piece being written in;]
Mfibcd in this flute, i: follows that you: lccusltion is founded, if
in, fannduion an ill, on obl'ezut'um you have made wimiu it;
Men it is incumben! on me, wnu have be:n the principal officer
jshcmnfifirim in this depmtmsut sos nearly foot years, to call
on for on explanm'on, and in the iuterim to nm'wer your
m ehvge. lcvckd, not only in Commisszriu, but all who
base set the publick on commission, and in which you un
oubMy heale: those who unto me :ppoiuuucnu : W'lm ; set os
v
IM inn. they he, who, hviug m opportunity of the molt
esiz'inlvc choice, have unsolicitedly Ahlefled the molt abandoned
umdn- in czilhncc to (apply kheirlrmics, and after repeated proof
ct Mr7WAW, to re-clcct then. an office; nay, to think them
fit theik setvices. 'And continue !ssxcm therein : great length of time.
line che Comissnsiu. lo your knuchdgc, given higher price! thin
v'eri'e-mnu !. . dollu in their hm-It of more worth dun in the
hndp'fl lo individual! Or wine ndvnnngc un resuk (a a Com
'w mite the wine of an article in order to incruse his com—
' ' when all nhentisc in due proportion? Whlt il ten pound
m than in liuinge. when it will purchase no mon? Cerninl
w, thy : "sotel itself; for : Commisslry [11le 5:
..- beseech: si du- his commiffiono; and no aruclu for the
My! month: have risen cctch month, week, or dty, supposing
[he Why ssimfiu to his interest as to appropiilte tu hie
"lull hbeommisfiom :: they become due, must he not, even then,
Went ytescntciitumstmccs, do it to 5 diszdvantage! But ] un
puts the emtnry to be the truth us the case. so sir as relates to
iysds; undthat the comn-iffinns due me hit year. when they com
dom, [Alum been apg-iicd to my own us: liH since ] resigned my
Milk it! ilhnt, but hath. w-trz mar.- money of my own, than
lcthue received from the commenccmesit us the wzr for my pu'nlick
him, been used in support of the crcdn of my office, not having
fimulppli itothen'ise; so sn- h'om henefiting by the depreciltion
& we], can tful say, that every shilhngl hue eamed for the
lost two yem, hlth sunk by it, with considcmble sum. in
Mu. uquifed by soccesusul connexion: in tsioscign trade. ] will
"Son..- inllm, in February hit, Wiliinm Goosiey. Esq; :!
" Yuk, who nngod . concern tlm ] was interested in, pumus. :!
I ny mld. ud with my money, too bushel: of nllum suit tus
flmy—lick, of which ! did not get an ::count till I month of two
dtnsnuethe "ny till the saltwould hue sold at zloo pound
,mflt. An inflame of the same sort happened lull year: ] had I
Wty of tabuco in theneighbourhood of Sooth Way, purehased
: ! connercial plln. nhne been conducted by Mr. Wzlter Ho
Knl. bull Butmudin 1rriving with : cu-go of lllum salt, or
!Bchhc mld ent, nh tobtcco, ( pzlrted with it to him at : price,
b'nchidge sorsalt, at o shining: per bushel, which when I received
[gui- the yw, when find occALi-m for the money, would not lum
mited! more than his the qumtiey ostobzeco; on the othei hand,
"I" by the salt of !! inennhdemch quantity of dlmlgcd flour,
chid! but for recinion would not luve fold for one third of the
end, nisedtsu ieat t to pay all the commisl'mna I have sc
ceived. ! [tention th ecircumflanccs to show thu it hath been my
imsi. [I well I! my duty. to support the credit of our cunency :
Thin ] m ( hue lltempted to the full extent of my zballni- ),
.nd with ]] . uxiety. and disngreementt tun ] would not
fill enchant- fot the whole wealth of the contincnt. Clu vuu
' se, thlt for the trifling yittznce of ten lhillings, and in
(laft! Ihc rezsom before given, nothing the riche: for it, that ]
ss mid lb dcblfe mysdf 11 to iuvulvc my country in : ful loss of one
hindred much? so: his per cem in the :]lownncc to the Commis.
My, ful My Commisu-in General. the assihm hue two per
all, but m sun msoninz mly be extended to them, lad they
um- idlldiahly connected with the Deputy Comis—ry General,
' Gut m cla- ims! he find]: to the same ucusation is supported .
1}: 1' Depoty Cenidl'uy Canon], who continue- :n assuiam,
aauned by such base principlet, after they come to bid knowledge,
makes himself an necessary," and so nunttve Inv- l been p
that "1;th instances ] hue gtvcn them dis victudc, by lurtbutin
too hnshly to them at you have done, the . of deprqcinion, of
which lublequeni circumliancu have proved them innocent, "5 15
jushce to those Gentlemen, ! en truly add, thn ] believe the con
tinent cannot boat! of men of greater integrity (Ill! may he found
amongst them, few of them hue been employed non thin twdu
mouths; thc business before wate chiely conducted by mytfdssi' th
firsi nine mouths at : lsi-Allzry oftwo dollzre; the out five, a m
am! I half; and the next ten, at five dollus per dly] and (inch
"th of Apti], 1773, the rewlrd hath been : commtsfion ;. [fonsi
said; and " you nuke that the crintton of yqur duty, 1 "ill
quotc the price] gwcn since for the puncipnl lrncln, to prin- you
are tniflzkett; to go further back may me greatly lengthen thin
edJrcss, let it then suffice thet 1 cn confidently ronottneez tho:
in point of modeutton, they were not to be excuSed, if equdled,
in the Umted Statel, whld'l, with the quantitiel lod seol'ombh.
ness of the supplin, procured me the winnen thmkl of the two
precteding Commisariet General; : third succeeded to the cic
about that time, lnd it um then du: [received, with the "
svltem giving commisstom, : resolution of Qongnsl, in answer to
an applicnion ] Iud made to rcsi n. mquu-ing m confinwee,
accompinied by : most polite and fnendly lenerof and from hi
Execllency Ptesident Lenunq " but finding my continued in
office produflive of much injury to my prince thin, end Ill
happiness to myself in but]; cut assent lsiny semily, lnd shbject :
the complaint: of many dtlyontcnned tndmdttllt, who like yotu-hll,
were unacquainted vidt cu'cumhncn, and to him theme} un.
favourable eonshuctione put upon my bcR invation, which m
more than once, occlsiomd me to claim : huring of the head",
to whom ! have been hlppy enough to give the m! perfect sack.
faction: I sey, notwiththndilg the grain! nsstion my seniu.
met with fron those who had the del} oppocmni jadjing of them,
these consideration. induced me to continue ny liemmtino reign,
which have been refined (with permiffion to remove my olia to my
own home) until lllcl , when the pnsettt Co-enil'u'y Genenl, ::
my molt urgent rcque (noted me I dtsotfliqn tn MIII of
bation, !]unkl, and friendlhtp, equaltopy when. cetoeayPlt-d
received before, but not before he had lgetn nquind mysseqqtjctum.
to the end of the clmyzign, when he Pin! himselflq mass,..
ln 177], m purchase: we:: chicly confined to sit: s-d ful
provisiom, on y :: much lou_r :: wan neufl'uy for dle lb
thoroughsaree in this Rm, n. from 1! to :; want. aid.
of szlc I hld been promiscd euly in the summer,]"h midd
importcd on continenml account. Llu in that full, findin : um!
dlszppomtmem like to take Ilnce, lad insiud of being silppfiql,
wan called upon to aid che mi dle departmenn ! begin .
which ( communicated to the Encutivc, who being much '
at the demand, on account of the inhabitants, cum.- do I usolncio.
for bidding me to purchase in thin Rue, ud mommending ny
dispalclling a messenger to Charleflom}, which I immedh youn
plied with, bctv sendinff the Mr. Hopkmc before mond . but it
wls (00 1!!! ton time )! supplyz therefore, in ]lnulry, the La.
bly pnsscd a law, authorising scnurel It five pound! pubuh-l, "4.
expencu, which raised the price of some quum'tin to fix or ..
poundl; noxwithflanding which, by subsequencurcbnsnoffiggp
mudim before mentioned, znd ochen, and ! e impomso'. sn
Charleflown, che avenge of the whole nmouminsi told:: In"
busheln, wn reduced to three pound. twelve shi ing] lnd line
peace hzlfpcnny per bushel. Our purchlslolsssllud MDW
to 71." blslsiell of Fork nd bees, but lmle of th. lanes, and
190,45s lb. of bacon, the former :: ehezvenp price of "1. 15. 54.
per bu rel, the [mer one shining ud tune penc- fmhin; WM
one fourth lowe] thou the lowe current price that en.
LG wimcr'l purchase lmoulted tolboln four mi lionepou-dsof
polk. hnf : million of which, 13, nnd undu- eighc Found" u
relssndue ("cept I very small qumm ) :! ten) lboul half: nillion
siiound: of bees. under :huverzge on. shalllin'; lndchinc, '
xh-msaml four hundred nnd sixty nine lad one fight bulhcll o!
(lucluJssmg lb. senuLu-of zheold flqck) which will daunted sm
rounds per bushel unrzgc, I muty susia—I for (he I.. und—
ensuing curing sczson, nnd : thousand bushel: Io spu- do the
nuddie depnuacnx. In ous wsshglt llydfloucdltnka, "Womb*
so::uuauc, . number of undul- cm-lncu, fmw '
' ter!) (bin coming lum WndMp-Mcn. si
tlmactu, " Im- journey to lb: scutbuga'l, ud Hhsimynx
pubhsi/b tbi: ;p-Wmc; nal i- tbu M. lb [Zsurm
acquaintance. ] bad lb! los Lily! Fig. IM ' W'
an bad m: aband (Witbjullq huh-cdiyshfl'"
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