The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-12-19 00:00:00, page 4

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,,JTASLN tp in simliu, near Uaoie'sct'orflgc, ?
"ctsiss. fffinallctbay horse abour four see: svx inches high
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sisiss *' e; hr years old, his mane hangs on the wrung
side, is mutty on the offsidc oshis neck; is dockc,
"but not braudcd. A—psssiraised (o sourcrcn puu .d .
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-P :\VlLLlAM Glms.
TAK EN up in Orangr, a brindled and a hire cow
about four years old, her lest horn drooping
over her'sacc, marked With a long undeskcel in
the right ear, and a crop in 1hc l-ft. Appraiscd
to murpoundsss p Enwun Dammc.
"AKEN up in Orangr, a bay ram share about
. .twelvc years old, souricet save!) shches h gh,
her off hind socc white, and brandcssd on the near
" buttock P. Apprai'ed ro tcnpounds.
' p , Aij'rON Pmce.
?] AKEN up in Augctgsfa, 'n'car the Soml- river, ;!
black mare and bay'mare coit. Thn mare is about
eight years old, thirteen hands and a half" h'gh, has a
few white hairs in her forehead, is a natural cromr,
and bran'de'd on the off burmck with a sigutc of 8. Ap
prfifizd ro' soventccn pounds. _
' p si ADAM DUNLAP.
si... si -, ._-_ . - .
TAKEN up near &.azmth, in .silzsirz-sicta, :: red cow
about seven or eight years old, with : V-Jflfe facct-ss
: whitp sh'ch along ner onck, her bcllv nmffly white,
and some white on her !egs, & piece b'mkc off one of
lnsesihorns, and marked with a cr ) and she in both
can, Appraised to fix pounds zenozbillings.
.; __ ijss p - Josspu BLAlIssL.
TAQEN up "in Augusta, hear the ssPickrr moun
jffl, alightgrn horse: abouc fourteenhands high,
'fourctyears old, has tssree sshitc sect, paccs and not:,
Ibsid branded oxf che near oulder I .
" - p sict ]onn Hvs-rok.
'sA—KEN up in AugzL/la, hear Providm/ss mect
siL
ing hause, : say crsc twelve or thirteen years
osd; abf'ut twelve ands high; trors, and brandz-d nn
"ibe gear fde-of the o -ck and on the near_ buczcck l C.
Wgraasied tofix pounds.
_si_si -P WrLUAMSPROULL.
_ . Wruumwac, Z'flss'. 4, 1777.
A,? sundry inhzb-Emts of tizi: City, mm—esisii by the
,- shfflzrings of our soUiers under the command of
Hcts Ekeflenct-y Gcneml It'sirzshss'zsi'grw/f ac this inde
mbut [qzssh-u, have lately sent to my care scpcral pair
- qfstmzkings, blankets, and shoes, to be rmnsmitred
to me camp-with assrl possible expedition, it is hoped
that sin the good pEOpk of me shte will follow such
: ]nssusii-1b1eek-cmpl'e, and forward to some prope: and
conveniem place, in every councy, such ariiclcz as they
cno best fumi ,".1 toward: relieving the distresses ofour
brave men, subjectej ru unsiiergd another Winter's
campzign. ltrsist some gentlemen in ezch coumy
of me. state will take uson them the trouble of c0\
kcting and receiving spch necesszrfes as can be procur
ed, and signify thc quity and place; that 1 m ty send
for them. \V. FlN-XIE, 1). A M. GU
OST in Ne-w Kmt county, 'abuut seven o'r
.\ —4 eight miles below the courchousc, on qhmctfl'lay
the lgzh of Novmber, a black !ssi'nhcr pockct book,
rather worse fnrnxcar. 'There 'wcre about four
nunds cash in the book, :md several brvnds and' re
gsizipts, Efc. Any person that will deliver the shid
bsssi k, bonds, 81. to Mr. fshmns C.:rfusirsglt, nr Mr.
- Relief": C. W'anen at the cossurclmulb, Of the shbscribcr,
[hall receive forty shillings reward.
2p \VlLl.f.\M .RATsicLLFn-Zsi
bTRAY'ED or STOLEN srom Mr. slz/ssls'rfim's
in lf/cttlliumhnrzz, about the first of Naveiwber, &
" chdstnut sorrelmarc shurrcm hands high, has on_e nre
Lg and, one hind leg Wffitc, a large blazefsicg hang
in 'manessnnd broom taii, and has been hurt ih the
]e hind leg, which makes her limp a little. Ten
sidoHars reward will be pafd to any person who shall de
liver the far'd mare in- W't'llmmlbmg. rm
? HENRY Toob.
STRAYFD or STULEN from the subscriher, in
*. Iss/mmstrr county, a likely Well made mare,
almost black, about thirteen hands and a halshigh,
has a white s pot in her forehead, 'a short tail, paces
and crots very easy. I expect she is forward with
soul, and was in good order when I lost her,
which was the z4th of f-rffc-lctsr. Whocvcr deli—
vers her to sbrmas abinskctrl, Esq; of Lam—ctct/M,
or Col. ] if -r'rqb of King ('ircrzr, shall receive
twenty dosiars. RlCHARP HALL.
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STRAYED srom I illiaulema', on the zd of
si Nosi'sh-z'zfr. a likely sozsel horse about five vears
siOld, near fifteen hands hzgh, trocs arsid ales,
has a small white s,\"-t in hzs face. with Eanging
mane and switch taJl. Ten dollnrs reward w'ill
be paid to any p-zri'on who will deliver the said
horscco ? ROBPRT Fav.
(_TRAVEl)nr dT()l.E\ from !! fs'l/sss'amsh/rss, a
_ L small white mare. about four sect tWO or three
' inches high, hanging mane and long tail, her lest
eye white, and trocs Well. Vv hocver delivers her to
mrj ["if-"5!" in Nsis—t" anf, or \\ 31] 'msorm me, li= ing
in Lnnv'la, so that I get her, shall have five dollnrs
reward." zp Asisirnom \\1sim,N,
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3. ' . ss -ct x!
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Amsisun csisiunty, Msir- 25; 777- -
OTICF. is hzseby given, thussl nm ready to
Psif All n'; manus ilgctunst :'1-— c are of lct-lmr ctf'cvriv'.
deccascd, as far .15 :.xc'mw require; mc, t-rssnsiid-ss-d tize_
accnunts be adjushzd InJ dcmctnsilcd by the ]- '- d act; ,.si
Isilbnmrctv next ensim-g; far ( Wx-lnvt si)" ;ttxlsiuxmbjc ." l'
any sum after 'that du}. . nal mly bsi- s-Jtsitsscrcr in inn En_
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szff the legiztces, th v;_;1 ] .:sstvc mkcn A.:(ifss'nhiifct- ::*
'J';
bond: shr lkcurjty.-Aud ax ! am accused by ,M—jI-J ,Lrssm s_
of refusmg m sdttle regusinrcty vsi ntZ-si him. 0)'_rc.l.. 1". Of
no recourlc tn law, this}; [I nzak:n:;t-utsi-st, that] am,
and always haxe been, ready and wirl'nssct : —, l- :tfc win
_h1m, acc m] ng as ] can pmvc he msirssx actncJ t'! ab;
u'z. bv arbirretci'm, he to be. usimn HJTh m :\:1!7,-.'sir m
the fos-m ot'a suit in ch.m:crct..---N. B. {l'lml'c who
are indebted to the llli-J estate are d-"fitud to m.:kc im
mediate paymcnt to 2" jumssr Bmocn, Adm.
with the will anncxsid.
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Cunuzanv, Mr. 27, 1777.
ANch-rson delirouam work aL0.=;, of XRUN (ss-RE
may be shCWn & very rich vein cfit by assjyzng to
the lubisicribtr, who un] se] sl-C mad whurc it is,
which isgr—c d, and has so it a fine grist mill, uyon
thcstrcnm of whzch (ne shFd ore ]nh; or he will trtat
upctn any tsirms that may best suit t; e p- r ssrn v— :.n in
chncs to work the are. 2 ? DAVl :: Means.
ALEXANDRIA, Nsi-z'. zsi, 1777.
\ [SOUT eleven month: .130 wexe (omni'tesii in he
jl jsstil in this town swolkci)" nc_;ro mcn, TOM and
DICK, the formsir of whom is nbctuc five sect ten inches
high, hasislolt two of his uctu f'vre teeth, and there is
a heart and severai letters on hss right arm ; the cther
is about five feet eiqht inches high, with three scnrs
. on each szde ofhis face. _ They are .') Yth Jsnsicam, and
[by they belong to yctbn Da-flisau on Gujb crack, who is
now decrased. Immediatcly on recexpt of them I ad
veniscd them in the i'irgiuia Gazet te, three times, ac
cording to law ; but no owner appeared to claim them.
Some time after they made their escape, but my. son
]uckily found them in a quarter for." few days 'ago,
and safely conveyed them to me, at a very considerablc
expensssc. ] therefore once more advertise thepwner
to make application for them, and pay chargessi_
p MICHAEL GRATER. iailer.
FALMOuTn, Not). 19, 1777.
\\ HER EAS l gave my bond to Mr. janm
Rnbinon. late ofthistown, merchant, for asum
of money Whlsl} bsi'cnmts due some time this month,
and the send Robipyln-having since left this stare, ]
therefore take this methfld of informing the sh'd Rzpin
]Zm, or any person legaUy acting fcsir him, that [am
ready to discharge thc said bond on demand.
p_ _ PETER Powsns.
E ]) U C A T I 0 N.
IN _7ammry next the s ubscriber will open a school
at the louker end of [zing & Queen, where youth
may be infiructed in the xlmln'clz, Greek, Latin, French,
and [talian languages, as also in Rhetorick, Lngick,
ancient and modern History, Gcography, the use of
the Globes, . Writing, Arithmctick, Book-Kee ing,
and some branches of the Mathemzricks. hose
gentlemen who favour him with the cducatinn of their
children shall have them instrucrcd after the most ap
Pl'OVCd methods, and may be assured that an unremit—
ted affiduity, as well as :: constant attention to the
'improvemftnt of his llzhnhrs, shall be the invnriuble
rule of his conducr. There is a convenient neigh
bourhcod for the rcception of boardcrs. The terms
of tuition arz, for one, or more, of the (hid languages,
five pOunds currency; for any one branch of the ma
thematicks, five pounds; for writing and ;lcmunts,
f—rzy shiliings; and for English alone, thirty shillings.
One half to be paid at admission, the other at the ex
ysiration of the year. .
'- The scholars are to be entered with Mr. Ljne
Sbujkeffird.__
, ; p" DANll—ZL H. W. MARA, A. M.
CIIARLOTTE counn, Olmupfr 4, 1777.
FOR salc, one thousand acres of land on .Lcui/Zz
crcek; in Ckarhtn counry, theloi] of which ib ex—
ceeding good, and will produce iursige tobacco, wheat,
tye", ban'ey, oats, Imlian Corn, &c. There is ' :] it &
dwellino-housc, apple and peach orchards, and cleared
land su cient to woxk a few hands, 'and a good cm
of tflbaCCD may he made the emuing year. The high
price tobacco now selis at, and which will most cer
tainly continue during the war, renders this tract of
land ver valucttblc, especially as the planters in this
art of lite country mcct with purchal'ers of their m
Eaccn who take it fmm their burns. without being at
any further trouble or expenl'c. it is convenient to
church., the cmnthousc, swerai mills, and within
three or four miies of three. valuahle fisherics on
Stmmton rivsssr. I wouhl gladly exchange this land
for negrnes, and would allow a high price fnr them.
Any pcrsn'n inflinable to purchase wit] be shewn the
land by applying to the subscriber, living near thus
to. \VlLLlA M Human.
; '/-'-'.*H/'f_V DOLLARS Re-fwss'rd.
STRAYED or STULEN from the subsuiher in
Alzxnmlrin, the 23d (s ().7050-, 21 hkcly ycl—
low hay horse snur yerrs old next s ss'mz, fourteen
hands andahctli'hiqh, brsindedont "nearhuttock
IA, his nesilrhind foot white, and hisutctncr hind
hoosspiit up tnthc hus', sum? whi'c hairs in his
Forehead, a ship on his nose, loss-g lsivsiitch tail,
pacas. tmtS, ;md cnntcrs vcrv well. thncsser
takes up the siid horse, and brings him to mein
Altxnm/ric, shill have the above; reward, pzxii by
5p EDW'ARD SAsi'mnD.
'so be SOLD,'ssa;-d nras' (t' n/m-rd on atsi Christmas,
TRACT of LAND r'n Almlirx t' unty, containing i
near :! t'musand acrsis, bring the hnd where Cilpt. '
Lewdlinijrmu lived. Tl'sicre 7: a new dw-"lling—lm'llb
wrth Four room: and :! brick chimnf'y, a kitchen, and "
all other necessary nnuscs, & g'sirzd garden, clear sid land
sufficirsnt to work t-ss'n or twcrv: imvds, and tlsirc is a
large quantit of wheat shwcd. F-wr terms apply to '
Cut [. Philip onu nF Dizs-wr'ddie, Mr. Daniel jane: of "
slmelia, or to the subseribcr.
PASCHAL GREENHILL.
I. OR sale, a tract of land, containfng two hun—
dred acres, within three miles of t-"mlnirk -
bm-g, 'lying on 'Rzz/zpsszbssmm-Lk river. one half of
which is & .ee simpfc estate, and rhc other leased
at the moderate rent of five pounds sur nsi'num. for
three lives. The v. hole is in good repair; there
isa new house twenty six by twenty, a ood bam,
a final] a ple orchnrd, and a large peacffi orchard.
Any perssin inclining to purchase may know the
terms by applying to the subscribcr. on the premi—
ses. z p Aussm Wnn.
SI'RAYED or STOLEN orrt of my stable near
Carr's bridgc, in the upper end ossiS/zot/j'lwnit!
county, a large black mare about five sect six in
ches hizh; but has no brandperceix'nbic. She was
in very good order whsin stolen, but perha s, b
hard riding, may be reduced, as she \\ as witssh soa .
She is very well made, and trots exceedingly well.
She had hanging mane and ("wirch tail, and is ra
ther crt-hammcd. \\ hat is very remarkable, she
has a white spot on the, left side of her rump, also
on her lest side she has two or three white spots.
from her flank forward, and behind herears she has
a White sheak, occasioned by a hilltCs. She is about
four yea:s old last spring. Any person who wsill
deliver the shid mare tO me, on the promises, shall
have five pounds, and on convississiiun of the thief
I will give twensiy pounds reward.
zp STTFHEN Tormsi-mt.
,ssss. ct_..-.___.._.._______._ ss
UN away From the subschbrzr in lfivderiskslmrg,
about r.:c— mfcctu'le of ()L'ssi'sl) r last. :; mulatco wencssh
named .sisi-ALLY. She is r—Fthsi: rzzicsd'Ssi-zuure, strafsiqht
and well fl nsi—rd, has & bufi y Mad, but generally wears
her hair dlcl'cd up, axzz'J'I-ssns !m'} sum of in sore
teeth. She uc—m cff with .1 we: th bel'mging tn Miss
Dissl'ctfru, and] l'ear thy hx'ss'c- ['fln !] cn l-sth sn ful
and ]] i/Iiarfslt-s'rr. srt m uh'vh "as} ['nrc I suschascd
her, of Mr. A/csixnsi'n l'l-rssfsie. !"! L' Isia'ssl szn ;: brown
wmsh'd damaek coat 3: (1 ,ffiaclu'r, [m n.:ss'j change lier
annrcl, as fie l-rd :! wu- ny r—ss" Hsishfls. \Vlmevcr
dclnuslzer to me flall have IctJ F. " L'ND' reward
\'\si'nctn.ct*.m Sm'rn'.
COMMlTTEDto the pulvhck jail, a runzwny
' outlandzsh negrn, man x-xZ—nsssn'cs very baiEn-siqsfsslvs
scarcely tn Le understond. Hn-u'vsisir, by when I can
gather from him, his r.:zmsi is W'HL, and belnnffs m
Mr. Brz'rjmnn, .\\'}m lucpsss S'ssct-f'w (ssvurzhfzuse. He Fs sf
a pl'c'tty blsivk comp!'-xi-z.1. & Fm-rsi m nlsi. sel'siow, five
fcv't slx Or lbvcn inssln s kiss}. And .ss-pmrs to be ab'mr
fssrsy ye'm's r—lxl. "35 F rc'si-c He} is a ;;'ss ' ! des? wrfsfiss'pd.
and lu: lms ] -st Two nr rss !. , of" !!1- "in:: teeth of Pus
nss-pcr j'1v:. Hss nwn-rr :s LZ-ss'lsi'r'sizi t'! n'siakc as spf'cdb
npplf"flrfn'1 s'n' him as p'fiflfbss-sisi. thar fv may no: suffi'
in jct'xil b- shs: in:!cmcncy of the: si Man.
n' ' l'. PELHAM'
] " 5 ActLE, fsi'r fsid."/'7i " "
"si, !' , "] sil ]; ctsssssih'c . and man;; ;1— — !!" 2 In
s-si' .*' ' -" at. Laouctilcssrum P.-!.-;- -- ' ' (" :rsi' ;,
am! . ! ;} m rh- mwn of ]h/rxu/r/n on Ksspgctl-AL
1,'.si .'- risi i' ] .. si Ezmd is broken, but all nsi-Yct'ulc, and
dumlflsi ; inn: :-. mng bsicn worked ninsty )hlis, and
xsi: 3 mo, Pn l':.'sssi:;'m.1s]( run, which gssrcs rlnmss'h ;
(.u'u' r n-si-ss: .ctu [xlv.-pull". There are :lb'Jth fifty acr-s
of for: S'si'ss'si-ct' {"a-ending valuctbfc, ::nd (h-sssi'strcnm
isa verss ,..si: m bra mill. Tncre arc on it five
tcnssnnfs', 21" .l; will, except one, who holds nnc hun
dr (; .ncrzs s'msi (hrsc lives, fix pistolcs rent, and a very
uant'nt wrm; ::, u'hssm I have promised not to mWe
during her "Life, 0.) si'lsTJOUHZ of her age and the health
of he: ph-"sisi, sh: bss'ing,the eighth pc rlsi-n that has lived
that, and a: :h place :xdjvining. who have avcraged
nizzcty yezm. My price is lzcol. Also three mou
iimd nght hundred and thirty two afrcsi belongsing to
the estate of Mrs. n'm/e .llmer, dcceascd. in the counry
of f'ct.u.tct.'n:'.*r, about fn'c miles from (szkr's nrdinar
(Crsiu'jd Miz-kcr'si nr lhc-Red House) abrut forty five
miles sr nn sm'n-si—nth. and thirty from Dumfriu. This
!and is on uxsirctinnus, but exceeding Fcrtilc, reckoned
equal to the hsi sr m this state For cobac'cn. ]: includes
part or" the [),-:]! Rsm ;nctuntafns; and From snmc ;ullzys,
and the opinion ct'gnnd judges, is supposed to cnmuzn
an in-exi-ss'uzjlsitsblctquantsry nsiron me Then: ma cnn
sun:: lcrmm, fsiu by ;: Z'sissrin; t"*.1t risis nx as tffc bzst
shows z—f "se, m-sir: than shfficimt .sinr ;! sinchizw Furss.
nacc. The price OF this cncr may be knn-ctxn by a
i-nyng m hercxccuznr. (ts) _) 'mzs MERCLR.
E'REDamcncssch, Ncteml—er 15, 1777.
P'UR {L'}, a tract of ].1 ld, contzlnzim: simo r:.ousimdss
nuns, lvfng in Orange county, abffus twenty five"
milca si'r-m rcderiz-kctburg, where'sim Is :] plssmmrsson with
some Smitrs vcmcnts. The Lmd ]icsi rcmssuan-fly leve],
is excelfienr for ali kinds osf'csick, and very good for
grain. le will be suld nhctgcahcr nr m pan:c's. to suit
the purchasers; and tfsse terms may be known by a
plying to ctMr. John ct'lkbck in Sides, .'-:*.mid, ("sir to the silk
scriberin Culpesider. —ss ]] Rooch ALFOCK.