The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg [Va.], 1777-08-15 00:00:00, page 7

so Cm. THOMAS MATHIWI. estbe ub Vuomu
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00 are immediately to ""it to the Commonweuhh of Virginia. ll
& Superirundent of the recflming Service for our Regimem. You
ere thercfme to make particulusissjuqulry into the ondua and Behaviour
of the Officen, and examine th usifkccoume :! often uie eon m with
the Good of the Service. Th' eyho : L') _ ct
or met with the word Success, youzre to'delpz in to jo'n e
:; soon :: your recruiting Office" can mzkess up-jo Men. th le
ou m onserye during our Resydence in Virsiuia, n'Me'n in
; 'u genenlly meet wn better Accommodanone than when in hrge
Men. You Kre once a Month to tnnsmh me an Account of the Con
dud end Procecding: of each Officer, in Order (but (he eflive, diligent,
and obedient, mey taken pr :r Notice of, and the indoknt and can.
lese punished u (heir Crimn esme. Any Mectera not particular]
mentioned in these lnaructions are left to your qwn Prudence and Diz
ention —-——Given :! Middle Bml Camp, 71!) 8, 17".
.- ' CHARLES. SCO ['T, Brigadier General,
ROBEMW N, Lieutenant Colonelp.
5', * ' ss . Co " ' ' Regiment.'5\'fsi.?
ssss qumnnvnd. AW 5, :777.
! HE recruiting Office" of the eth Fingiuic Regimen! are desired w
attend It Mr. Smbad'u. in the City of "'a/liuyurg. on the first
Dly of Sepuulm' next, with their recruiting Account: properly lined,
in Order to make Senlement, and receive such lnflructionl as are abse
_lutely necessary for the Good of the Smice.
. . THOMAS MATHEWS, Clpfiin,
(a") Superintendent of the recruicing' Service
. for the 4th Virginia Regiment.
} T o B E 3 0 L D, _
- 0 the hi hest Bidder, on the loth os Septmbn- next, in small Lou,
- " the siittb LGding, in Nortbmptox Court , North Carolitm.
'lbout 1 or too Busheln of 5 ALT, Coolb. of GU POWDER. and
simw. of mmoo. of the bet! anlity.
. JOHN COWPER a Co.
CAmN Pom'l', Aug. 8, 1777.
f'l 'O be rented, or leased, on Friday the zzd
Instant (August) on the Premises, two
Plantati'ons in the lower End of Sun) County,
belonging the Estate of William Rzgffin, dcceased.
There is on one a Dwelling-House with five
Rooms below and three above, a good Kitchcn,
Storehouse, Stable, two new Granariesis, and
other necessary Outhouses ; upon the other a
f Dwelling-House, Kitchen, Go. the Planta.
?" tions are under good Fences, and in fine Order
sifor Cro ping. \ " "si
( (1 ) ]oHN H. Cosss, Exec.
; O_ be sold, on sithe lst Dayssofss'ssptcmber
— next, at the Shipyard in Nominy, West
!sinoreland County, a BRIGANTINE, now on
sithe Stock's.
ELIZABETH LEE.
ss! To Mgffi DgxssoN' C? HUNTER.
Bv'l'z, [Nrct Mn, jub 34. 1777.
I SAW in your Po dnod the 4rh ]ni. . whiliqu- Hua Muy'm
ba tdnnised I ne} of Land lying in the nbon Could . muinin
1300 Am, for Salt, I purchased the Land of 6 I mia. nnd
desire Mr. Men! art, or any other Person tlnt mny in 'ne to become .
Purchaser, to : Noticc ] chim che snid land as my nghund Pmpcny.
(15) PHlLEMON mwxms.
, Mgffl-sif. 01on 83 HUNTER,
lNDlNG my Name mentioned in an Advertisement by one Richard
F "My, of mea County, with CircumRancet of ptsgme, which
the Circulation of your Paper may publish beyond the Lmuu of bu_or
ny im—dinte Acqnainunce, or the Raeh of any personal Suuslctwn
lus aodzeiout Fallny may entitle me to take of him, ! um eompelkd,
in my own ]uhificatton, to make thin A pen] to the Pubhe._ Some
Month: ago, being sick in Bed, I receiv : mon ahttsive and msulttng
Letter from Pbilhp: (whose Name " well at Person lwn an entire
Stnnger to) tequitin me to meet him at Bcdford Courthouse with :
Ne of his, who he aid me in my Possefflon; though the Behavlour
of r. Pbillt'pton this Occusion merited Nothin but Disngard and Con—
tempt, yet, desirous os knowing on what Fou tion he could claim my.
] had; 1 wrote him a true Account of my Situation, and hour
in flihle it was for me to meet him at that Time, and appointed him
: By to meet me at Mr. John lrnm't, in Cuberlmd County, : Place
much nearer hie own Home. and more convenient to me} on Account
of other Appointmentt. 'For what Reason Mr. Fully): did not think_
toper to meet me there ! know not; but from a Discovery of some ot
hit previous MancuVret, : very threwd Conjeflnre will immediately
\occur: Mr. Pbillr'px, it seems. had been some Time in Conscdencf
with J'dh'u Dun: and jub): Djer, two notosiotn Horse Tbievet; many
Letter; and Consultatiom passed, which .! Length ended in I wot! not:—
ble Platsito lie:] a N o they heard I had in the soug- Settlement,
and with this Luna Resolutio. they. set out under the Conduct of
Dun, but, unflrtmcy for them, the Lndef of thin Virtue: Trinm
vinte before they leached their Place of Rendezvout wn seized by the
Hand of the civit Mngish-ate and comMitted to Selijbury Gaol, forsien
deavouring to live by the Practice of his Pnffqffim. sz Pb' : : and
Djtr been honoured with the same Notice, the blic Printa mig t hate
brought in something more worthy of Notice t an the base and wiekrd
Calumniet of so atrociout :i Slanderer. "] should be thou bt to hate
departed in any Degreesrom the Line of commonsiDcccncy, et the I'si-z—ss
vocation ] hate received be my Excuse. ! am sorry to recriminm. i"\ t
Mr. Pbilbpz's un'ufl and unprovoked Attack upon me, has mad: it no
cessa . For aubt ! know, his Reputation may have been formchy
lefrZable; if so, he must excuse me for ztppl ing to him. the homelv
o] Proverb, " Birds of a Feather, Us." The "(odd will judge hinssi
by the Company he keeps. That he may have been told what he thus
confidently nflsiertt, in possibly true; but if his Authofpwmhy ofthc
smallest Credit, l ought to be called to: llricter Axcom7shan havin nr
ublished in : Gazette, and to such ] am always ready to answer. {a
et Mr. Phillip: beware of thus public] defnming Charaatri, upon the:
lnsormation of such Men as he has (: late afluciassd'with. The Bare
faced lneonsistency of his Persormance may not be thought to ddLn-e so
elaborate an Answer; but the bare-siced Audacity of Mr. Pbillip: de
servet much severer Treatment; and ! trust th: Public wiU excuse me.
for thou hreaking in upon their Amusementa, by holding up the [me
and maliciout Slandcrer as an object of general Execrntion.
lil- - JOSEPH COOK.
si 15 8 8 15 X Couu'nr, Jup 14, 1777.
L L Persons who have any Dcmandz;
against thcsi Estatc of Ambrose Wright,
deceased, or against my Wife, are desired to bring
in their Accounts by the lsi'. Day of September,
that they may be adjustcd and paid, as ! shall
ressccivc none after that Time; also those in—
debted to the absio've, arc desired to make spccdy
Paymct (ill) ]AMES '- Bookzk.
TAKEN up, in Orcugt, win coloured bluk nous: .bom. Feet
4 lnchea high, branded olde len Shoulder H, with : smnfl Bell
Lueher Collar, ic nbom lisVGll'l old, with some Saddh Spou.
I
ram, mdsilppnised m mue Potssmns,
m , ]AMES COURSEY.
AKEN u in s ! Mia'shnffi on PlED "LI. .
me usi'finnmctf'ct. vsissau, m whin m- km. YpQZ;
and appnised to TWBNTY m smunm. '
(I) _ . JonN wn-son.