The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1776-04-05 00:00:00, page 4

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WH EN we consider the infinite pains
that the ministerial cools have taken
to stir .up si the Canadians, lndians, and
flaves, against us, and how happily they
hue been disappointed in their attempts,
ma how the were detected in their plots,
we must think we have experienced an
ills-el'p4-7sit'ton ofProvidence in our savour;
and when we reflect on the number of
sifflrmishes, and indeed heavy cannonades,
Wherein our men have been engaged in
different parts ofAmerica, without hardly
losing &! man. and the loss of the enemy on
man of'theseoccasions, it musiconfirm this
ss zopimo'n. Who can be told of the number
si Qs transports, bound to Boston with ltores
- and provisioa, that have been taken by our
Privateers, one of them inss our bay by a
.. 'lot boat, of- one cast away on the Eng
_ ' l—coast, loaded with live-stock, another
T' full of soldiers, of one putting into Lis
bon, another back to Corke after being
. out above ȝo de :, osanother loaded with
! dey burnt ]) fightning near Boston har—
bt'mr, and o 'several others puttin into
" Antig'ua to refit, zooo miles out o their
Any, without acknowledgin that these,
- joined'to the above—mentionefi circumstan
ons,, are evident proof! of the divine inter
po tion! We should * reflect on these
things with pleasure and ratitude, should
endeavour eamestly to eserve a continu
ation of the divine savour, and should ex
ett.ourselves to the utmost in seconding
sithesiviessws of Heaven.
' ALOVER qf my COUNTRY,
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Mr;- Pctvnon,
? siMONG the various wits that weekly
w si shine in the enalted sphere of a news
Pdpcr, a certain mr. MATTHEW Mui
. AILE seems lately to have attracted no
ct final! share of the mblick attention.
-_ While some scribble ofty heroicks, to
si decarate the Poet': Corner, some declaim
on the State of Politickct, some on the
Manusacture rffSaltpetre , he , more humbly,
hot not less usesul, vents his firibbling itch
si' on the pestilent Race of Ovec/een. Why
it] not mr. Marable inform that. wealthy
ratemity of the'grievous complaints he had
ib lay against them at the bar of the pub
lipk? 'l'hey, 'doubtless, would have con
. uted their mite towardsindemnisyin
lum for the hcav lusses he has sustainefi
firm their brother mad, rather than suffer
t cmselves to be exposed, with that
Wghtness of wit. and keenness of satire,
si' which- so remarkably distinguish that learn
. ed andjngcnious gentleman. But to be
ss fcfivus, mr. Printer, is it not very extra—
ordinary that a gentlemancannot inform
ct fie world that he has some plantations to
ss_ mo'without at the same time letting them
- know the situat'wn of his private affairs,
ldsidsssubscrifflng himself, in capital letters,
'AWFOOLP is it not still more extraordi
jjary, that while ]ibelling a single person
WsQVerely punishihle by the laws, this
nay mode ofljbelling a whole society of
nie'n man of whom, it is to be honed,
, hFVec ara ersmuch morerespectabh than
agr- Maruble's) should pass unccnsured?
: But let that gentleman be informed, that
there is one personin Virginia, who hopes,
und believes, that his character will never
be viewed by the world in the same light.
with mr. Mamblc's, yet is not ashamed to
subscribc himself AN OVER s'EER.
- N. B. If tsinr. Marable is desirous as be
, ing acquainted with me, he may know my
shame, mhd present place ofabodc, by in
quiring OF the PRlNTER.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
. (;HssTanFlzLo, [March 26, 1776.
]NTEND to leave the colony immedi
ately. jAMI—ZS SPlLLER.
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Esihys, Advertisements. (yf. are thanksully received issor thls Paper, tue l'nce or
A R TIC LES of Intellsigence,
si ted as usual. PR 1 N "1" 1 N G \V o R x done with Cure and
which is 12 s 6d. per Annum; Advertifizments inscr
Wpedition, and on reasonable Terms.
HE_ (}ommictec- of Safcty being in
formed that doubts had arisen in the
colon whether minute companies, reduc
ed b cnliltments into the xcgqlar service,
ought to meet. and perform training duty
monlhly, before they are again complete,
are of opinion, upon consulcring the ordia
nunce, that such training duty should not.
be performed ssumil th; company so re
ducedshallbc recruited to the sun number.
EDMUND PENDLETON, president.
HE subscriber having removed to Cu
pahosic/e serry, -whic-h mr. Thomas
Harwood lately kept, promises the strictcst
attention to the speedy pusihgc of travel
lers, and good entertainmeuc for them
selves and horses.
THQssMAs sssrumzs.
URSUANT to the last will and testa
ment of William Eaton, jun. deccased,
will be soh] at private sule about 1200
acres of valuable land lying on the north
side of Ruano/ee river, near the said Eaton's
ferry (commonly called Ra-wlings's ferry)
in the upper end of Northamptou county,
North Carolina. There are on the said
tract of land three plantations, in but in
different order. It is needless to say any
thing more of the quality and advan
tages attending the said land than that it
contains about 300 acres of valuable low
grounds, and no gentleman would choose
to purchase so valuable a tract with
out first viewing it. Three different pay
ments will be allowed the purchaser, or
Butchasers ; the first on the 25th of Decem
er, and two yearly payments for the re
sidue, on giving bond with approved secu
rity.---And to be sold to the highest bid
ders, the first day of May next, on the
lplantation where mrs. Rehekah Eaton now
ives, several valuablehorses , amongst them
five hsii h-blooded mares, also all the stocks
os catt e, hogs, and sheep, belonging to
the said estate. Six months credit will be
allowed the purchasers, bdtsito pa interest
from the date if not punctually di charged .
Bond, with approved security, will be re
quired by si
VVlLLIAM EATON, executor.
N. B. All persons indebted to the said
estate are desired to make speedy payment,
and those who have any demands against
the same are desired to apply at the day
of sale, and make them known
Wanted immediately,
ONEY For BlLu of ExanNGz,
drawn by
ALEXANDER HENDERSON.
Counms'rn, March 23, 1776.
\ BAULLLL stands this season at Craddoc/z
unghan's , near Lunenburg courthouse ,
to cover marel at zos. the leap, ready
money, and jos. for the season. Good
pasturage for mans, and the utmost care
shall be taken of them, but we will not be
answerabic for any that may get away.
DOUGLAS (? WILKlNS.
FALMOUTH, March 25, 1776.
ILLIAM SMITH taisscs this method
to acquaint his friends, and the
publick in general, that he intends to open
tavern, on Monday the zzd day of April
next, in the house lately occupied by col.
George Weedon, in the town of Frederic/es
burg. He has laid in :; good stock of
liquors, and will use his utmost endeav ours
to give general satisfaction.
N. B. A good COOK WENCH
wanted , on hire
'1 AKLN u in (ct'harlutte, on Cub creck,
a brindled 1 cer about 5 years old, white
Under his belly, marked with & crop,
hole, and undcrkeei, in the right ear,
and with a crop, (lit, and hole, in the left.
Postcd, and appraised to 50 5.
JOHN PAULETT.
OME time, in the" yearsi1769, or 1770.
my brother fame: Bym ot' fieduzc/e
cunnty, borrowed a sum o muuc) h'om
one 701171 Routy, and as security tur the
paymcnt thereof mortgaged his land to
him, after which he removed to Fincastle;
but, before he went away, I puuchaltd
the land of him, and undertook to take
up the mortznge he had granted th lt'outy.
Agreeable thereto, on the giit ot Octobcr
!775, I went and tendered him the mone
my brother had borrowed of him, mt
(he interest which had acqyucd. !lis an
swer was, that he could not settle with
me till he got the murtgage deed, put
promised that week to get it from the uflzee,
and scttle the matter. )Su far, however,
from complying with his word, ] saw him
no more till Nuv. 28th, following, when
I went to make the second tender ofthe'
money, amounting to 491. 11 5. 1 d. prin
cipal and interest, in Virgiuia paper cur
rcncy, pilterecns, and duilars ; but the
laid Kuuty, although he charged my bro
ther 63. a piece for dollars, and 485. for
hult—jues, refused taking dollars us, more
than 5s. 9d. ] expostulated with Routy
upon the injuliice of his demand, but,
deaf to reason , and I think honesty likewise,
he crammed the money into his miser's
bag, wh. re it is suspctted there is about
5001. more, which he keeps hid in r'ockl
and holes. I now leaVe the publick to
jud e whether the above proceedings of
70 :: Routt, alias Ruutte, alias Routy, are
not rather the actions of a rogue than an
honest man; and to corroborate this opi
nion, he is shrewdly suspected to be' an
enemy to America, has had three bastardl
by as many poor girlnf one of which he
now lives with in the state offomication.
11} jOSEPH BYRN. _
TRAYED from Brown's Quarter, in
Charles City, on Saturday the zd of
March, a BAY' Mans. 5 )ears QId this
spring, 4 feet 6 or 7 inches high, with
a hanging mane and long tail, three sect
white up to the sootlock, and some black
spots in the white join: hoofs, branded on
the near buttock, but I do not remember
what. ] had the mare of mr. Edmuid
Duke, in Goochland, where I expect shc is
one, as she was at capt. Royfler's the"
lVednq/day following, and since then !
have not heard of her. l will give so:;
to any person that will bring her to me,.
and los. ifdclivered to mr. Edmzmd Duke,
in Goochland ; and if stoken, 1 will give
4os. on comiction of the thief .
HENRY DUKE.
S T R AY E D from Freemhn's bridze,
SuffZ-x county, the last day ofFebmatȝ',
two mares, both with soa] ; one a farre],
which was very forward, and must be
near soaling; the other a gray, with one is
not both glass eyes; their brand, ifany, for
got. lwillgivc 4os . to have them retumed.
(ts) WlLLlAM CLAIBCRNE.
TAKEN up in Brzm/wick, :: cow with a
young calf; she is a sutty red and white '
pied, marked with & swallow-sork in each
ear, and has a half-moon under the right. .
Also four hogs, two of them red sows, one
with black spots, each marked with a trap
and hals-mOon over the right ear, and nick
under, in the left ear with a crop-and flit;
one unmarked boar, sandied, with black
spots, and one unmarked sandied sow,
'with three unmarked shoats. Posted and
appraised, the cow and calf to 405. the
hogs tn 395. 'I'HOMAS BOOTH.
TAKEN up on Miry creck, in Halifizx, a
red bui] about 3 years old, market] with
a crop in the right ear, and a crop and
hole in the left. Postcd, and appruised
m 353. WAm EASLY.
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