The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-02-16 00:00:00, page 4

GOOD OLD SPIRITS
O be sold by the barrel, by the sub
scriber, at mr. Edward Stab/ur's in
Peterstlzn'g, for ready money only.
(2) JOSEPH w HH'EHEAD. -
To be 8 0 L D,
HE remaining part of the tract in
Laui/Z: county, containing 672 acres,
belonging to the estate of mr. Frasizzfi:
Smith, decea'sed, and formerly advctsinied
With : particular description of the lame.
\ Twelve mouths credit will be allowed the
purchaser, upon giving bond and security
to THOMAS SMl'l'H, executor.
To be 8 0 L D,
HE plantation where] now live, con
taining gzc acres of land, about three
miles above Peterjfllurg, whereon is a large
new brick dwelling—house 54 feet by 32,
with four rooms, and a ilush passage, be—
low stalks, and 'five rooms above, very
commodiousiy contrived, and the building
well executed, a brick kitchen 32 feet by
16, two rooms below, and two above
stairs, with all other necessary offices, in
good repair, and several orchards of the
best kind of fruit trees. This seat being
well known, I think a more uccurate dc—
scription unnecessary. The time of pay
ment will be made easy to the purchaser,
and the terms known by applying to mr.
Thomas Ruffin, or - ,.
(csL - ROBEFsiT NEW SUM.
TAPPAHANOCK, Fab. 2, 1770.
U S T arrived from Antigua, and will
' sail For that isiand about the zoth in
itnnt, the brigantine COMMERCE, 70/171
Rolu'njbn master; she will go in bullnit,
and havegood accommodations for passen
Eers. T or passage apply to the master on
oard, or to
ARCHlBALD RITCHIE.
ssssssBLANDFORD, jan. 26, 1776.
To be SOLD at Blandf'ord, on Friday the
first of March next, to the highq/Z
bidder,
LEVEN valuablc NEGRO FEL
LO W S, among whom is a very good
ship carpenter ; also two schooner FLATS,
one 85 the other 70 hhds. burthen, with
' their boats ; and two smaller FLATS,
buthcn 35 and 32 lihds.ss six mouths cre
dit will be allowed, the purchasers giving
bond with approved security to
THOMAS CRAWFORD.
JOSHUA POYTHRESS, jun.
HAVE lost (by what means ! cannot
discover) FIFTY-SlX POUNDS, out
of a large quantity of money very lately
received from the treasury office in sheets,
I can assert,_ with positivenesi, that the
bills below were part ; and at it may lead
to & discovery, and tend to do justice, I
hope I may, without offence to any, heg
that any person having these bills will he
pleased to trace their progress, and com
municate the result.of their inquiries to '
mr. 7ames Mercer of Frederickshurg, but
generally (as a member of the Committee
of Safcty) in Williamshurg, or to their
very humble servant,
JOHN HARVIE.
' 2Bills£. 12 no.142 *
14108 and 14109
2 ; - L'. 1 - - - - the same numbers.
2--£.8 - -1'ff
15401 and 15402
2 - - L'. ,] - - 7 - the same numbers.
All on paper called the fame; river
bank.
AYLETT': warehouse, 7an. 25, 1776.
OR/ale, on easy terms, about 600 [.
sterling worth of European goods. A];
plicatian may be made to Archibuld Govan
in Hanover town, or to
YAMES GO VAN.
AR TICLES of lnteUigcnce, Esihys, Advertisemcnts, Zyssc. arc thanksully received for this Paper, thc Pricc of
which is 12 s 6d. per Ammm; Advertisizmcnts inserted as uluul. PR I N T 1 N G_ VV o R K done with (lure and
Expedition, and on renlbnublc Tcrms. '
IIF C'u _ .sifzssf unj'si'si': to contract
71".- ' , ss. sirr l'; sssi -'sil/*fll)'i71ss:_r t/xsz
troops 'ZL- t/si'jr 1. , " si '*esfc.-'." .;c'd {si'efzusi-(sin
Ysin'lss rz'sssi'zsir .c. 5 '- -_*---*'--_mnock, uct/lb (me
rqsissimsiut tsi) bsi- _ct/:'..';'.' ma ; .ss,.> the lower part of
the Nmsitnex-n Zssctt. si. , ct, sir- (,;ze year. slily
jic'IJl/i'ls usi'zlisi'nj; :sssi- essi-Tr-r inicsict/si'zc'h (! s/wtrm'f
are dcj/z'rcd to consifsi-zss.ct-1:'c:zsc their prapssct'ct/si-zlx ((I
soon as p-uj/flrze. either jn-rjonufb' to the Com
mittee, nr [1-1' .si'si'or to this Pre/z'dcnt.
701-1N 1-Lsi'ND1.EsON,jzm. clerk.
Fcbrumsiy 9 , 17 fo . "
:fsssiYLsisiTT's, Fab. 8, 1776.
]NTEND tu 'zeave the, colony immedi
ately. {! jOHN Mct'l'AuGART.
AYLETT's, [ss'eb. 8, 1776.
INTEND to leave the colony immedi—
ately. " THOMAS KERR.
NORsOLK, Fu/z. 1, 1776.
INTEND to leave the colony for & scw
mouths.
A RCHlBALD CAMPBELL .
CULPEPZR, -_7mz. 21, 776.
- lNTEND to leave the colony immedi
ately.
ROBERT BOYD .
FALMOUTH, jan. 31, 1776.
HE subscriber intending to leave the
colouy early in the spring, and being
desirous to have every account upon his
books properly adjusted before that time,
earnestly entreats al] persons who have had
(leasings with him, or his predccessors, on
account of mess. Bogle, Somcrz'ull, and co .
merchants in quctg'ow, at their (ture in this
place, to comc'aud settlc them as soon as
possible, that no disputc may hereafter
arise, GEORGE IIAMILTON."
Dumzktzs, 7an. 29, 1776.
11 N T EN D soon to leave the colony.
- " _]0HN RIDDILL.
OMMITTED to the publick jail-in
Williangflzurg, a certain Walter Clarkc,
an [ri/hmrm, supposed to be a servant of
mr 70/111 (;,umjzbcll merchant, near New
London, in Beiiford. He ls about. 5 feet 6
or 7 inches high, about 21 years of age,
has black hair, and lsapert forward fellow.
The ownel is desired to apply for him
within one month from this date, and pay
charges, or he will be discharged.
PE'I'ER PELHAM jailor.
FREDE RlCKSBURG, [Ysi-(n. 24, 1776.
HE commiffi'onch of the GUN MANU
FAC TOKY' want a coii/iilerable quan
tity osBRASS, for mountings. Any old brass
(not mixed with bell nsiietal) will do. Mr.
Robert Niculsuu of \\ illisixmlburg will 76"
ccive, and jiay for, any quantity hthat may
be delivered ther e; and the commzffioner: b( g
the attention) of other gentlemen to this (le
crffiii) article. The cast) will be paid , an
notice, by
(4) The COIl/IzWISS/ONERS.
VVILLIAMSBURG, F(('; 1,1776.
HE fiib/criber has a large a[/()rtmcssut
osEUROPEANGOODS, uhic/i
he will di/pose of on 1eafl11mb'e tC]7ll.\, ]!)r
cnsh only. GEORGE RE/D.
sisi -* I have three larctre SEIN ES,
uhich I-z ill/cll C/lctlp, lbr cn/h
VVILLlANSBURG, 14':.-(').2, 1776.
HF su/fi'riber intuul; movin'ruptni' sc
clericksbutg, whuc he will ((or)! on
the sloc/eiiig (zzu/cing busijctssim/ to a a;- (!tu ix—
tent t/znnflnire1lyH( 'u'ili lu much
obliged to those who please to ]mmur him
with their zuurk, (md make: no doubt but
what work he does uill meet sslrctith [in a]:
prohation as the jmblic/ss", for which he will
we:] ect ready money.
ADAIVI //LLAN.
MECKLENBURG county, Yctm. 1776.
*liEli1bisscribcr. srnm iong experience,
] bcinglidi) convinccd th.tt thc ll'uliinsisisi
,cthntutions and Haves to the management.
ofa set ui'pcoplc calling thcmlclvcz (n'er
sZ'lfrs, 'wili never" produce any thing but
ruin and destruction, is therefore dctcr
mined to draw the management us what
s-si-w ilavcs he possesses within the compass
of his own pcrsunul ubilitics in looking
over them, and, by this dcterminosstion,
has, and will have by next ful], between
20 and go very beautiful tenemc-nts,
with a plantutiun to each, to rent out,
-either for a single year, or term of years,
and can supply the tcnzmts with cum,
wheat, foddcr, and stock oszdl kinds.
Any woman of good character, who
understands house-kceping, teaching
young children to read, girls the semp—
stress business, cmbroidcring, (zsic. and
comes wellrecommendcd, shall meet with
very agreeable and sittisfactory encourage
ment by upplsiing to
_ (ts) MA'lzTHEW MARABLFct
VVARW1CK, Fc/si. 1, 1776.
[NTEND to leave the colony immcdi.
ately. H _]AMES FARLIE.
URBANNA, Yzm. 25, 1776.
HE subscriber having removed from
Capalzq/ic/e serry, begs lcavc to t'e
turn his molt grateful thanks to all gen
tlemen and others for their savours while
he lived at that place ;. and, being now
scttlcd in the house in this town sormeriy
occupied hy mr. Hugh [Val/ccr, he hopes
for & continuanoe of their savours, and
shall do every thing in his power to merit
them. THOMAS HAR\VOOI).
'l'ucsi sino, 71111. 29, 1776.
- ().OD encouragcmcnt will be given to
a VV 15 A VE si, that understands his
business well, by applying to the fubscri—
ber, living in Goochlaml cousinty.
'l'HOMAS M. RANDOLPH.
OMMlT'I'siI 0 [0 Nurtlmmberlandjail,
the glst os November last, a white
si man who says his name is BENYAB/l IN
HAWA'INS, andsithat he came into this
country in the year 1767, and served his
time with mr. Harpiron of Dunmore coun
ty. He is & native of England, about ;
feet IO inch_es high, has a down look, thin
visage, and dark hair; he is clothed in ::
lead-coloured coat of the country manu- '
faccttory, ablucjacket, huckikin breeches,
old coarse hat, and shoes and stocLings.
The owner is desired to pay chargcs, and
take him away. " The _]A!LER.
TAKEN up on W'ard'sjork, in Charlotte,
a BLACK S'TEER about 3 year: old, mark-'
ed with a_/lit in the right ear, aml_/-wal/mu
fork and zmder-Lecl in the lefl ; al/ba PIED
COIV and her (}ALF, mar/(cd with an un
der and ovcr-lsisieel in the right car, and a
smooth crop in the hsist. Posted and ap
jzraZ/Zfd, the ever and czzsf'tn 455. and the .
steer to 40]. 70le YONES.
TAKEN up On Goldminc creck, in Lozufiz,
a BAY HORSI—Z about 4 scet 5 inches high,
has a small star in his forehead, some sud
(He spots, a sow white hairs in his upper
lip, trots, had a' bell on tied with a siirrup
leather, and hrunded on the near buttock
P. Postod, and appraised to 6].
" . WlLLIAM WHITE.
'lsiAKENss up in far]? county, & white Hea
hittcn horse about 14 hands high, with
white snce and eyes, his body whitcr
than his other parts, his hooss white, his
mzme, which is thin, hangs on the off side,
he has a short broum tzlii, pziccs nuun'qu,
was shod before, and is hmndcd, but the
brund cannot be made out. Polied, and
nppruiscd to jos.
FLEKHNC BATFS.