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CONSTANTINOPLE, September 3.
AFTER the complete Victory gained by the Russians, on the first of August, over the Turks, who lost on that Occasion about sixty Thousand Men, in killed, Prisoners, drowned, and strayed, the Janizaries remaining, who were in Number about thirty five Thousand, immediately seized the Sandjick Cherif, that is, Mahomet's Standard, crying out, with a loud Voice, that they could no longer behold with an Eye of Indifference their Comrades thus totally destroyed by an unjust War; that they entirely renounced their Arms, and would never take them up again to make Use of them against a Nation which they already looked upon as their greatest Friends; and that they were all resolved to go that Moment to Constantinople and dethrone the Grand Seignor, and set up his Brother Bajazet in his Place. The Grand Vizier, being extremely embarrassed after a Declaration so unforeseen, had Recourse to the Rouznamedgi Effendi, who, having the Direction of the Military Chest, had great Credit with the Janizaries. He solicited him to make Use of all possible Means to dissuade them from putting in Execution a Resolution that seemed unavoidable. The Rouznamedgi represented to the Chief of the Janizaries the Consequences that would result from their abandoning the Army to the Pursuits of the Russians, who would avail themselves of that favourable Circumstance to massacre them all, and direct their March to the Capital of the Ottoman Empire. This Speech calmed their Fury a little; but they unanimously demanded that the Rouznamedgi Effendi be despatched from them to Constantinople, to represent to the Divan the Motives of their Discontent, and bring back to them a decisive Answer, conformable to their Will, in twenty one Days Time, in Default of which they would not fail to put their first Project in Execution. Their Demands contained the five following Articles, viz. First. That the respectable Body of Janizaries, who in all Times have been more attached to the Ottoman Empire than any other Corps, would continue to testify the same Zeal, and the same Attachment for the Person of the Grand Seignor, provided he would, in good Earnest, undertake to put an End to this War, which they could not but consider as contrary to the Will of God, in as much as it was unjust. Second. That Moussouf Oghlou, who was Vizier when this War was declared, and who was exiled with Osman Reis Effendi, for having, both of them, very wisely opposed it, be recalled and reinstated in their first Employments. Third. That M. Abreskof, the Russian Resident, be taken out of Prison and set at Liberty, in Order that he may return to his Palace in Constantinople, with all the Honours due to his Character. Fourth. That for the future the Russians be looked upon as the best Friends of the Porte. Fifth. That Peace be concluded immediately, and without the smallest Pretext to draw the Negotiation to any Length. The Rouznamedgi Effendi could not avoid taking this Commission upon himself; and in the mean While the Vizier, in Order to pacify them, promised to all, in the Grand Seignor's Name, a Pension of thirty Aspers a Day for Life, and under the Title of Ottourack, that is, a Privilege of not being sent to the Wars any more. [An Asper is a Turkish Coin in Value about three Farthings.] On the Arrival of Rouznamedgi, the Grand Seignor assembled a Ghalib Divan, or General Council, at which about fifteen Hundred of the principal Members of the State assisted. The Assembly were unanimous for Peace, and the Grand Seignor, seeing the Necessity of conforming to their Intentions, promised to condescend thereto, on Condition that they would not, hereafter, reproach him with having concluded a Peace shameful to the Empire. They answered his Highness that he might remain peaceably on his Throne, and that they would take upon themselves the Care of settling the Conditions; upon which the Grand Seignor, in Order to have Nothing more to reproach himself with, and to secure to himself the Possession of the Throne, demanded of them an Indemnification in Writing, which was immediately granted him, sealed and signed by the General Assembly, composed of fifteen Hundred Persons. All the Pains taken by the French Ambassador to engage the Porte to continue the War four Months longer have been ineffectual. The Divan hath taken the Charge of negotiating a Peace, and assured the Grand Seignor he may rest quietly on his Throne, without any Fear of being responsible for the Terms that shall be agreed to. The Ministry, on this Occasion, seem inclined to make Use of the Mediation of the House of Austria; but the People, on the other Hand, request that of England. It is presumed both of these Powers will act in Concert, the first as Mediator, the second as Coadjutor.
September 5. We are assured that the Inhabitants of Cavalla, near Salonica, having fired on the Russian Ships which went there in Quest of Refreshments, the latter, in Revenge, have reduced the Town to Ashes. MADRID, October 3. It is reported here that the Disputes between our Court and that of London will be amicably terminated. On Monday last a Courier arrived with important Despatches from our Ambassador at London; and next Day Mr. Harris, who is charged with the Affairs of Great Britain, received an Express from his Court, on the Contents of which he hath had some Conferences with the Marquis Grimaldi. The English Courier set out Yesterday on his Return to London, since which the Report of an amicable Termination of some Affairs in Dispute seems rather to gain Ground.
WARSAW, October 4. Some Letters from Walachia advise that a Body of Russians has been detached to invest Oczakow, at the Entrance of the Boristhenes, which is defended by several Castles, and where the Turks generally keep a Number of Gallies, to prevent the Incursions of Cossacks on the Black Sea. They add that General Berg has advanced to the Peninsula of Crimea, with Intent to invest Caffa, a very rich City on the Black Sea. As this Place is defended by only two Castles, they flatter themselves that they shall soon be in Possession of it.
October 10. Advices, from good Hands, import that a Russian Fleet of sixty five Gallies hath failed from Asof and Tuganfor on Trebisonde, in order to facilitate the Operations with which General Totleben is charged. There are two Hundred regular Troops on Board each Galley, and two twenty four Pounders, besides other Cannon, Muskets, Sabres, and a great Quantity of Ammunition.
VENICE, October 6. We have received no farther Accounts here of the Operations of the Russian Fleet; but several of our principal Merchants have received very interesting Letters from Egypt, according to which it is very certain that vast Country is entirely dismembered from the Ottoman Empire. Aly Bey has made himself Master of that fruitful Country, and has taken the Title of Sultan of Egypt. It is assured also that he has attempted an Enterprise against the Cherif of Mecca, who is dependent on the Porte, in Order to take the immense Riches of that Government, and subdue all that Province, where he will find wherewith to subsist his Army, and put himself in a Condition to maintain his Conquests. There is already Money coined with the Effigies of the new Sultan, who, it is said, intends to fortify the City of Alexandria, situated at a small Distance from the Mouth of the Nile, and take the two Castles, which, being situated on a Peninsula, cover the two Ports. His Views are to take proper Measures to reestablish the Navigation and Commerce of that City with the European Nations, whom he treats with the utmost Affability.
P. S. At the Departure of the Post it is given out that Aly Bey has succeeded in his Enterprise against Mecca; that he has not only conquered that Principality but also the Town of Gida, or Gidda, the first Seaport for all the Merchandise of Asia, and may be looked upon as the Port of Mecca, and that after this Conquest he communicated his Designs, and offered his Friendship, to the neighbouring Princes.
PARIS, October 15. Though it is hoped that the Differences between the Courts of Madrid and London will be settled amicably, yet our Ministry are determined to be prepared for the worst. In case of Need, we can fit out more than fifty Ships in a very short Time; and it is certain that Spain hath eighty Ships of the Line fit for Sea, and upwards of two Hundred and fifty Millions of ready Money in her Treasury.
LONDON, October 10.
LAST Night Lieutenant Aycough, of the Bellona, treated his Gang to the Play, where they behaved with the utmost Decency and Respect. One of the Tars addressed the Audience in Favour of the Sovereign and a Spanish War in a poetical Strain, which was received with repeated Acclamations. On the Conclusion of the Farce they assembled round their Officer's Coach, four leading the Van, two behind, one on each Side the Coach and Coachman, and a Party in the Rear to preserve Peace and good Order, all with lighted Torches. In this Manner they drove through the Strand, hallooing, "God save the King, and send us a Spanish War." And it is amazing to see the Emulation that appeared throughout all Ranks of People, old and young eagerly praying for an Opportunity to revenge the repeated Insults which this Country has received from that proud imperious Nation.
October 12. We are told that the Right Honourable William Earl of Chatham has six Motions to make in an august Assembly, some of which will draw the Attention of almost all Europe.
Wednesday an Order was issued by the Master of the Ordnance for shipping forty Thousand Weight of Bullets, and a Quantity of Cannon Balls, for the Use of the Garrisons of Gibraltar and Mahon.
There are now coining at the Mint sixty Tuns of Halpence, and fifteen Tuns of Farthings, which are to be delivered out before Christmas.
October 15. At the Common Council held last Friday, the Lord Mayor took the Chair at eleven, and after the Minutes of the last Court were read and confirmed his Lordship declared "that Nothing particular had happened since the last Court, except his having ordered a Court of Conservancy, in Order to empanel a Jury to inquire into the Encroachments on the River Thames, at Durham Yard." Mr. Alderman Wilkes then said, "that at the Opening of the last Court of Common Council the Lord Mayor had been so obliging as to state to them what had passed between the Lords of the Admiralty and himself relative to the Press Warrants lately issued, and therefore he hoped that his Lordship would indulge them with the Account of what had since occurred on that Subject, which was certainly of the highest Importance to the personal Liberty of very many Citizens, who were under his Lordship's immediate Protection." The Lord Mayor replied, "that he had received a Requisition, in Form, from the Privy Council, to give his utmost Assistance in the Service of the Press Warrants; and that in Consequence he had backed those Warrants, and sent to the several Constables, and other Civil Officers, to be assistant to the Military in the Execution of them." Mr. Alderman Wilkes then rejoined "that there was now a Suspension of Magna Charta in the City, by their chief Magistrate; that a Press Warrant was expressly contrary to the Words of the great Charter, and to the first Principles of the English Constitution; that he lamented the unjust and cruel Fate of so many of their Fellow Citizens, torn from their Families, who would be left perhaps destitute of the common Necessaries of Life, &c. That at the Durham Yard Committee, Mr. Alderman Oliver and himself had fully given their Sentiments to the Lord Mayor on the plain Illegality of Press Warrants, and their Hopes that they would never have the Sanction of the Name of the chief Magistrate of that City." The Lord Mayor then confessed the Illegality of Press Warrants, but declared "that in that Emergency the Fleet must be manned, and he could not risk the Danger of Delay." Mr. Alderman Wilkes said, "that he wished to see the Fleet speedily manned, but in a Way consistent with Liberty and Humanity; that if, instead of the paltry Sum of thirty Shillings, five Pounds per Man had been offered by Government, we might have had Sailors enough, promising likewise on the publick Faith their Discharge after a certain Number of Years; that this ought to have been done six Months ago; that fifty Thousand Sailors, on this Calculation, would only have cost two Hundred and fifty Thousand Pounds; that above twice that Sum had been squandered away at Kew, Richmond, and for most corrupt Purposes, and voted without any Accounts; that such a Method ought to have been first tried, but that now, in the very Capital, our Fellow Citizens were every Hour the Prey of lawless Russians, &c." My Lord Mayor then said, "he thought the Occasion justified his Conduct, and that it was unfriendly in Mr. Wilkes to mention it; but, however, he avowed having given all the Aid of the Civil to the Military in the City." Mr. Wilkes replied, "that it was a great publick Concern, that it was friendly to his Country, and that should always have the first Place in his Heart, as well as be the leading Principle of all his Actions." The Order was then read for resuming the Consideration of Mr. Recorder's Business.
October 24. It is said that a Plan is under Consideration for manning the Royal Navy much in the same Manner as the Militia is raised, obliging Merchantsmen, the Watermen's Company, Celliers, and other trading Vessels, to furnish a certain Number of Sailors, and also by obliging every Parish in the Kingdom to furnish a certain Number of able bodied Landmen for the Sea Service.
Considerable Wagers are laid that no War will be declared, nor Reprisals granted, for any Matter that has already passed between the Spaniards and English.
We hear that last Week a Thousand Barrels of Powder were shipped off from the Port of Dunkirk for Spain, as a Supply for the military Stores of his Catholic Majesty. These Barrels were entered and received in the Vessel as Ballast.
A Gentleman, who is just arrived in Town from a Tour along the Sea Coast of France, says that there are twelve Ships of the Line now ready at Toulon for an Expedition.
It is said that Captain Elliot, lately appointed to the Command of his Majesty's Ship the Portland, is so well respected by the Seamen, for his Bravery and Humanity, that his Ship was manned by Volunteers in about three Days.
The Lords of the Admiralty have sent an Order for five of his Majesty's Frigates at Chatham to be sent to Deptford, to be immediately fitted out for Sea.
Monday the Money Jobbers in the Alley were so languid in their Bids relative to a War that the Odds ran as ten to two that it would not be declared before March ensuing.
October 25. An Accommodation, we are assured, from the best Authority, is near at Hand between England and Spain, without the Interposition of any other Power.
Potter, the Messenger, is certainly set off again for the Court of Madrid. He is to return with the utmost Expedition. He went on Sunday.
We are told that it is the Opinion of the Premier that the great Expense attending the present Armament cannot, in its Consequences, be attended with any Loss to the Nation, as while it remains in our own Ports the Money that is spent will circulate among ourselves, and not enrich any foreign Power.
A Cabinet Council was held a few Days since in the Presence of the French King, when the Spanish Ambassador at that Court was so greatly disgusted at the Result of their Deliberations that he went away from the Chamber before it was quite up, on finding that the Court of France was not inclined to join in a War.
M. Moulin Pouchein, the Russian Minister here, has received authentic Advice of the Russians having taken Bender.
It is intoned to put six more Ships into Commission before the Expiration of this Month.
It is an undoubted Fact, notwithstanding the present Reports, that the Duke of Grafton has very little to do in the present Conduct of Affairs, and as certain that a Peer in voluntary Exile has the principal Direction.
On Tuesday Evening General Conway arrived in Town from Portsmouth, and Yesterday he kissed his Majesty's Hand on being appointed Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards Blue, in the Room of the late Marquis of Granby.
We hear that it was from the first proposed to raise no more than fifteen Thousand additional Seamen. When that Number is completed, we hope the Bounty and Press will be countermanded.
They write from Amsterdam that the States are putting into Commission four Ships of the Line now lying up there, and that they are destined for the East Indies.
Sir Charles Knowles has obtained Permission to enter into the Czarina's Service. He is to rank first Admiral of her Fleet, and have a Seat in her Council. His Pension is ten Thousand Rubles (two Thousand two Hundred and fifty Pounds) a Year, and a Thousand Pounds Sterling annually to be paid to his Lady and Family, with Benefit of Survivorship. A Complement of five Hundred Guineas is to be made for present Pocket Expenses, and he is to be received in his Journey at her Majesty's Expense, at his Arrival on the Edge of the Russian Dominions. Upon the Admiral's quitting the Czarina's Service he has a Promise of being reinstated in the present Rank; in the mean Time he, of Course, resigns his Half Pay.
Sir Charles Knowles, we hear, while he continues in the Czarina's Service, is to have the sole Direction of the Russian Admiralty, but never to command on any Expedition at Sea.
Letters by the William and Mary, Captain Dickson, from Gibraltar, say that several English Men of War are arrived there; and that the Fleet consists of twelve Sail of the Line, besides Frigates. Since this Recruitment the Spanish and French Men of War that were in the Mediterranean have disappeared. These Letters add that several Ships are arrived there from America with Corn and other Provisions, so that there is great Plenty in the Town and Garrison.
By the Master of a Vessel lately arrived from the West Indies we are informed that by the Behaviour of the Governors of the Spanish Settlements there to the English it seems as if they were thoroughly acquainted with the present Intention of their Court.
By Letters from Cadiz we are informed that the Regiment of Sayoy had just embarked there for Carthagena, in South America.
October 26. The Turkey Company, we hear, have come to a Resolution of putting an entire Stop to all Trade with Constantinople, and other Ports in that Quarter of the Globe, on Account of the Plague, which rages with amazing Rapidity through the Dominions of the Grand Seignor.
Accounts from France assure that there is more Business done in the several Ports of the Channel, the Mediterranean, and the Ocean, than ever was known before; and that many Ship Carpenters, both from Great Britain and Ireland, meet with such good Encouragement that they do not think of returning to their native Countries.
The State of Doubt in which the Publick at present are, with Respect to so material a Point as whether we shall have an immediate War with Spain or not, is some Kind of Proof of the unpleasing State of our Government Concerns. There seems Nothing less difficult than to determine such an Event. If the Ministry imagine the Honour of the Nation essentially injured, why hesitate to pursue Means to obtain Redress? Or why throw away the Opportunity in negotiations and idle Negotiations?
The Swallow Sloop of War, a new Ship, is put into Commission, and the Command of her given to Captain Hunter.
October 27. Letters received this Day, by the Holland Mail, confirm the Account of Bender being taken. It was taken by Storm, and the Slaughter was very great.
In a private Letter, just received from France, is the following odd Passage. "As to your Inquiries concerning the Disposition and Inclination of the French to a War at present, I do assure you that the Duke is Choiseul is totally averse to it; and that the King, and Madame D'Am, turn pale at the Mention of it."
A Treaty, it is said, is actually signed between the Emperor and the Prussian Monarch, in which no other Potentate is concerned.
The conjoined Army of the Troops belonging to the Emperor and the King of Prussia, now in Poland, amount to above forty Thousand Men; so that, in all Likelihood, the Affairs of that Kingdom will speedily be brought to a Conclusion.
Lucius O'Brien, Esquire, and the Honourable Thomas Craven, are promoted to the Rank of Rear Admirals of the Blue Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet.
The reported Fact of a Thousand Barrels of Gunpowder being sent last Week as Ballast from Dunkirk for the Service of Spain, has been, we are assured, not only authenticated to our Government, but they have also got positive Proofs that great Quantities have for some Time past been clandestinely conveyed from thence, and from Dieppe and Boulogne, under that and other Denominations, for the same Service.
Thursday Morning the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and the Sheriffs, went in Procession, with the usual Solemnity, to Saint Paul's Cathedral, where an excellent Sermon was preached by Mr. Meredith, his Lordship's Chaplain, on the happy Accession of his present Majesty to the Throne of these Realms, from the following Text: First of Timothy, Chapter second, Verses first and second.
"I exhort, therefore, that, first of all, Supplications, Prayers, Intercessions, and giving of Thanks, be made for all Men."
"For Kings, and all that are in Authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable Life, in all Godliness and Honesty."
A Letter from Scanderon brings the following Account.
"It is well known over Europe that the Basha, Governor of Egypt, having paid very little Regard to the Orders of the Turkish Court, has been for some Time raising Forces, as it was imagined, to maintain himself in a State of Independence. About the Middle of June, having filled his Magazines, and collected Carriages from all Parts of the Kingdom, he drew his Troops together and began his March towards Arabia, with a Design, as was supposed, to plunder Mecca, or perhaps to make himself Master of some Provinces in that wide extended Track, where he might have enjoyed the Pleasures of Royalty without the Crime of Rebellion. A Band of Janizaries, which he had persuaded to follow him, when they came to the Edge of the Desert, began to mutiny. This he had foreseen, and for this he had prepared. He immediately assembled the rest of the Army round them, and seizing upon those Officers who had been most remiss in obtaining them with their Rears shaven and their Robes cut short, a Punishment equivalent to that of being drummed out of a Regiment in European Service. He then distributed Money throughout the Army, and all promised to go forward with him. When he had advanced fifteen Days March into the Desert, a Messenger arrived in his Camp with the following Letter from Nisarededdin, an Arabian Prince, the Son of him who a few Years ago intercepted the Caravan of Pilgrims:
To the most illustrious and renowned Basha of Egypt. "That thou hast thus far advanced into Countries through which neither thou nor thy Master have a Right to pass, consider as the End of Nisarededdin's Clemency. I hoped that the Sight of the Desert would have taught thee Wisdom, and have therefore given thee Time for Reflection and Retreat. The Line of Separation is now drawn, and within two Days March is the Camp of Nisarededdin. If thou canst arrive the Air, and fall upon the Clouds, if thou canst mingle with the Waters, and glide through the Caverns, thou mayest then hope to view the Desert beyond the Desert. But the Surface of the Earth is given to the Owner of Lances, and to the sharpest Arrow; and he who dares to pass it must encounter that Nation whose Power no Man ever yet returned to tell."
"The Basha sent an Answer to this Letter, but (according to the Custom of Barbarians) by cutting off the Thumb of the Messenger. He then continued his March three Days, without any other Notice of an Enemy than the Clouds of Dust for some Time seen rising at a Distance; but towards the Evening of the fourth Day the Arabian Horsemen began to harass him, and the Night after attacked his Camp in all Quarters. By Turns, being now supported, now drew together, and maintained the Ground; until at last, when the Dawn of Day appeared, the Enemy, seeing their Strength and Stratagem, fled."

treacherous to a small Distance. The Turks, pursuing their Victory, pushed forwards, and let their baggage a little behind them; when a fresh Party of the Enemy, from another Point, set Fire, on a sudden, to their Carriages. Fire in a sandy Desert is not easily quenched. The Turks, thus entangled on all Sides, saw their Provisions and their warlike Stores almost totally destroyed. Nothing now remained but to return, and this was made very difficult by the Interruption of their Pursuers, and the Want of Water. About the third Part of the Army has perished, and the rest have regained the Frontiers of Egypt."
The following Verse was lately drunk at a noted Tavern in the City:
"May our Mayor clef over Crabs-Be To a corrupt despotick Ministry."
A few Days since some Sprigs of our hopeful Nobility, who were dining together at a Tavern at the west End of the Town, took the following sensible Conceit into their Heads after Dinner. One of them observing a Mazer come from a Liberator, which seemed to be uncommonly large, attempted to get it from his Companion, who, not choosing to let it go, was immediately offered five Guineas for it, which was accepted. He then proposed to run it against any other two Mazers that could be produced at Table. Matches were accordingly made, and the poor Insects were the Means of five Hundred Pounds being won and lost in the Course of a few Minutes. Such is the prevailing Rich for Gaming among our extravagant Squires of Fortune.
The young Gentleman who shot himself a few Days ago in Vine Street was to have set out for Scotland the Evening before, with a young Lady whom he had courted for some Time, and had obtained the Mother's Consent; but on a sudden it was broke off, by the Interposition of an interested Person, in Consequence of which the Parties agreed to elope to Scotland, and had prepared a Chaise. But as the young Lady, with her Attendant, were stepping in, she fainted away, and on her coming to herself declared she could not undertake the Plan, for Fear it should give her Mother so great Uneasiness, and persuaded the Lover to go back with her to the House; to urge farther Entreaties of Consent; where, meeting with a Rebuff, he went Home to his own Lodgings in Piccadilly, and was found dead, with a Pistol at his Ear, the next Morning.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, September 28.
The following is a Copy of the Remonstrance which the Court of Aids of Paris resolved on, concerning the Detention of the Magistrates of the Parliament of Brittany.
"SIR, the Contemplation is universal throughout your Kingdom; Reclamation must also be universal on the Parts of your Courts. Your Court of Aids is more nearly connected with your Parliament of Brittany, which is also a Court of Aids, than with most of the other Parliaments; but that Bond is not necessary to authorize a Step which its Duty dictates. Your Courts have the Advantage of being heard by your Majesty. They would be culpable if they did not avail themselves of that Right, at a Time when the Spirit of Revenge, and the Spirit of Despotism, are leagued together against the Magistracy."
Your Parliament of Brittany has been called to the Foot of your Throne. Two eminent Members of that Parliament have made their Appearance before your Majesty, only to be torn, as it were, from your Presence; and of their Fate we know Nothing. We cannot find out by what Imputation that Court could have been represented to your Majesty in such an odious Light, but we must needs observe to you that the Blows which have been struck at the Magistracy fall equally on every Order of the State. It is well known in your Kingdom that your Parliament of Brittany is, at this Time, the Depository of the Vows of the whole Province. The Noblesse have the same Sentiments as the Magistrates; and these Sentiments are also those of the Merchant, the Husbandman, and the Mechanic. It is necessary that your Majesty should know this; and if any personal Animosity can have influenced the Resolutions that have prevailed in your Council, you must not, Sir, be ignorant that it is a whole Province that is injured to that Animosity.
It is very remarkable, and some odd Conjectures are formed, from the Arrival of a Number of Spanish Vessels, all at once, in the several Ports of the and the neighbouring Provinces; one at Sumbury, and one at Savannah, the only Ports in Georgia; one at Beaufort, Port Royal, two here, and one at George Town, Winyah, all the Ports in this Province; and perhaps some may be arrived in every Port northward of us. They are all from Campêche, and the Number falls from thence for this Continent, at one Time, is by some said to be seventeen, by others no less than thirty. A general Dread is spread throughout the Spanish Provinces in and near the Gulf of Mexico, where a thirteen Months Drought is said to have prevailed, is the Presence of their visiting those Ports in Quest of Provisions; but does not their entering every Port look suspicious? We know not what is doing at the Isthmus; we know that the Spaniards have tampered lately with the Creek and other Indians; we know the State of all the Fortifications in this Province; and we know that the Spaniards do not allow theirs to be viewed, and the Navigation of their Rivers to be explored by Foreigners."
The Publick may depend on the Authenticity of the following Intelligence. The following Account is extracted from the Journal of Mr. Valentine Humbley, Sub-Consul and Deputy from the English Factory at Smyrna to Count Alexis Orlow, Count Orlow of the Russian Forces in those Seas, dated from Smyrna, August 17, 1770.
Soon after the Tumult and Massacre that happened here on the 8th past the Consuls proposed to the Magistrates of this Place to permit the Franks to land a Detachment to Count Orlow, the Russian Generalissimo of the Land and Sea Expedition now in the Archipelago, in Order to lay before him our alarming Situation, and endeavour, if possible, to persuade him to spare this Place. They consented to it, and I was chosen Deputy for the English; but just as we were embarking the Oda of the Janizaries, and others, represented that such a Step was not in any Wise honourable for them as Soldiers, who were obliged to defend the Place with their Lives, and that it might not be pleasing to the Porte. This put a Stop to that Deputation. Soon after arrived here a Janizary Aga, and forty one Turks, which Count Orlow set at Liberty, with Orders to come here and represent to the Magistrates their Cruelty in slaying poor unarmed Christians, and that he had in his Power to repay all such Bloodshed upon his Prisoners; but, on the contrary, if they would assure him that the Rays and Franks would be well protected by them, he would set at Liberty many more Turks. This set on Foot the Proposal of a Deputation again, and was much pressed by the Turks. We accordingly embarked on Board a Greek Boat the 21st of July, expecting to find the Fleet near Scio; but as we were four Days getting to Foggia, they were then not got beyond Cape Baba. Upon this News we resolved to write to Smyrna for farther Orders, whether to return or to go forward, and in Case they resolved we should proceed on our Voyage, we begged they would procure us a good Ship, in Order to perform the Voyage with some Degree of Safety; for in a Greek Boat we are the Risk of being cut to Pieces at the first Place we might touch at, the Shores being all lined with armed Men, very much irritated against the Greeks in particular. After waiting six Days, the Consuls procured us the Valague of Canbague, with eight Turks well armed. This was very necessary, as we could touch at any Place where we might get Information about the Russian Fleet. Accordingly we got on Board the Voligue the 27th of July. The 12th of August we stopped near Cape Baba, and were told that the Fleet was at Tenedos. The 2d we got to Tenedos, but found no Fleet. We were, however, told that they were watering their Ships at Imbros. The 3d we arrived there, and found Admiral Elphinstone in a three Decker of eighty four Guns. He had with him two Ships of seventy Guns, and two Frigates of about forty Guns. He used us very well, but would not receive us on Board, for Fear of the Plague. However, under his Stern we had much Talk with him. He told us that as soon as his Water was completed he proposed, with his Division, to block up the Dardanelles, and let no Frank Ship either go in or come out. In Short, he would permit of no Communication by Sea to any One, for he esteemed the Capital as a City besieged, and the Rules of War would not permit him to admit of any Communication by Sea; so that there is no likelihood of that Passage being free until a Peace, unless the French should join the Turks, as is supposed will soon be the Case. The 4th we set Sail from Imbros. On the west Side we met a Russian Cruiser, on going on Board of which, to show our Passports, I found he was commanded by Captain Demidoff. He had some Russians and Greeks on Board, with Russian Colours and Passports. They had brought him this Vessel at Tenedos; he carries twenty four Pounds on one Deck. The 5th we arrived at the Castle of Lemnos, and anchored near Count Orlow's Ship. He had in his Division only five Ships of forty six Guns, and the Rhodes County taken from the Turks, with four or five Captures of twenty four Guns, three or four Small Vessels full of Zanties, and some Brigs of small Guns. At Noon we went on Board. After several Inquiries concerning the Plague at Smyrna, we were admitted on the Quarter Deck. The Count came out soon after, and received us there. We delivered our Letters, and after a short Discourse he went on Shore to the Batteries, ordering us to return again next Day at nine o'Clock. We passed that Afternoon on Board, recommending our Cafe to Count Orlow's Brethren,
and to some Officers of Distinction, begging their Intercession. The 6th we went on Board again, as per Appointment. The Count was not stirring, having been on Shore until four o'Clock in the Morning. We had a long Discourse with the Captain of the Ship, Mr. Greig, who, having behaved very well, is now made an Admiral, and expects soon his Flag from Russia. He was very much affected with our Narration, and promised to do all in his Power for us, but as we had not expected a positive Promise from him not to appear here. He has never expressed any, but hoped that by making known our real Situation it would be a means of avoiding their Visit. The Count, having very much at heart the taking of the Castle, went on Shore again that Day, excusing himself for not receiving us, but that he was preparing his Answer, which would very soon be delivered to us. We returned on Board our Boat, very sorry that we could not go on Shore; for the Count begged of us, not to go, fearing any Accident might happen to us from the Irregulars, consisting of Albanese, Maniotes, Greeks, Selavonians, &c. Two Officers paid us a Visit that Afternoon, a Swiss and a Provincial. They gave us a long Account of their Battles in the Morea, and of their being obliged to evacuate all their Conquests, occasioned by the Maniotes Cowardice, who would not fight, but ran away, leaving the Russians to be cut to Pieces.
The 7th of August we went on Board, as usual, collecting all those whom we thought had any Power to serve us. We heard that they expected this Winter six Ships more of the Line, with Provisions, Ammunition, &c. that they propose to attempt passing the Dardanelles until next Spring, only to block up the Passage with their Ships, in Order to hinder Provisions, &c. going up. The 8th Ditto Mr. Enlie and I went on Board, without any of the other Deputies. Count Orlow sent for me into his Cabin. I went in, and had about an Hour's Discourse with him. He spoke Russian, which the Secretary interpreted to me in French. I laid before his Excellency the miserable Situation we were in at Smyrna, and begged his Compassion in very moving Terms. He answered that he could not make publick his Intentions, as that would evidently hurt his Operations. He spoke of the English in a very kind and affectionate Manner, and assured me that the Prisoners he would present us with were entirely on Account of the English, for as to the others he was not desirous of favouring them; that as our Consul had begged of him not to show any Partiality, he proposed to present the Prisoners to us all, but that I should acquaint Mr. Hayes that they were entirely to favour him. When I came out Mr. Enlie was sent for in, and he had some Discourse also with Count Orlow. When we returned to our Voligue I proposed going on Shore a little, for I was quite tired of remaining on Board so long. They all declined my Proposal, upon which I went alone on Shore. I visited all the Batteries, the Camp, the Town, in Short every Thing that was to be seen. Amongst other Things, I heard several Cannon Balls fired from the Castle, whistling near where I stood. The Town was full of Muscovites, Maniotes, Albanese, and Selavonians. The Houses being open, I went into several, also into Mosques, Baths, &c. The 9th we were all sent for on Board, and had Permission to wait upon Count Orlow in his Cabin. After some Discourse he presented us his Answer to the Consuls, and we took our Leave. We were treated with Punch all that Afternoon by the Officers, and had a View of the Ship, which was cleared below on Purpose. Towards Evening we went on Shore, Enlie and I, with an Officer, and reviewed what I saw before. This Officer is Mr. Dugdale; he commanded a Fire-ship, and behaved so well that he is now Post Captain. The 10th Mr. Gode, the Commissary, who was formerly a French Merchant at Constantinople, brought the Prisoners on Board the Count's Ship. We were then on Shore, preparing to dine under the Trees, near a Fountain. We were sent for, and went immediately on Board. The Count ordered Coffee to be presented to all the Prisoners, and asked them, by Means of his Druggerman, if they wanted for any Thing. They came and killed his Waifcoat Pocket several Times, declaring that they had been treated very well, but hoped, as the Deputies from Smyrna were come to beg their Liberty, that they might be set free. But as the Janizary Aga, whom he had set at Liberty upon Condition he should return to him with an Account of what had happened at Smyrna, had not kept his Word, he would not release either the Serbetsge or the Cady, only four Choadors of each; so he gave us eight Men, four Women, and five Children, some of which were from fifteen to eighteen Years old. When this was settled there came out of the Cabin a Child, a Girl about seven Years old, the handsomest I ever saw. The Count took her in his Arms, and was very kind to her. Her Story is this. Ahmet Effendi Tarapani Imini, of Cairo, returning on Board a French Ship to Constantinople, when he came to Scala Nova, heard that the Turkish Fleet had burned that of the Muscovites, upon which he landed, and went on Horseback to Constantinople, to carry the News there, and sent forward in the Ship his Wives and Children, Choadors, &c. also his Haram and Servants, amounting to thirty seven Persons. This Ship was taken by a Russian Cruiser, and brought into the Fleet. Four Choadors and this Child came on Board, by Order of the Count, and gave this Account of themselves. The Count was so much touched with Compassion at the Sight of this Child that he gave her a Diamond Ring, and told them that from that Moment they were all free, and that he would send them all to Constantinople the first Opportunity. This Visit, when I was on Board, was the third Time he had seen the Child. All the Prisoners kissed her Hand, begging she would intercede with the Count for them. After this the Count gave her a fine Fur of Shamour, and sent her in his own Barge of twenty four Oars on Board her Vessel. The Count proposed, in a Day or two after we failed, to send her and that Family up to Constantinople to her Father Ahmet Effendi, in a Ragusan Ship, freighted on Purpose, and he himself would be at all the Expense. This Kindness greatly affected us, as it shows him to be a kind compassionate Man; and upon this we build our greatest Hopes that he will not come here, after having laid before him the terrible Consequences that would follow such a Visit. In the Evening we returned on Shore with Messrs. Godel and Dugdale, and dined together. After that I went once more into the Town, but was very near being shot from the Castle; for on jumping over a Wall, near the Mosque, a Shot passed just by my Ear. Next Day, the 11th of August, we failed. In the Evening met a Russian Cruiser of Metelin, who, seeing so many Turks on Board, without any Ceremony fired three Guns into us, but happily no One was hurt. I went on Board and threw the Passports, upon which he was frightened, and begged Pardon, hoping he had not hurt any Body. Next Day, the 12th of August, we arrived at Smyrna."
Copy of the Letter written by his Excellency Count Orlow, dated Lemnos, August 8, 1770.
"I received your Letter of the 21st past, by the Deputies of your Nations. The Picture of your Terrors affects me. I had imagined them, and have endeavoured, as far as it depended upon me, to prevent your Entreaties. I shall, in this Answer, acquaint you with my Way of thinking."
"In conforming to the Principles of my most august Sovereign I conform myself to those of Humanity. In following the Dictates of her high Will and Pleasure I follow the Law, ever inviolable with me, of affording every Assistance possible to the Nations, either Allies or neuter. Such are, and ever shall be, Gentlemen, the constant Maxims of my Conduct; Maxims which determined me, the Moment I was apprized of the Commotion of the Populace of Smyrna, to alter my Intentions with Regard to that City, that the Sight of her Imperial Majesty's Fleet, by augmenting the Consternation, might not increase the Tumult. To that Effect I set at Liberty the Janizary Aga, who was one of my Prisoners of War, with several other Turks. The Instructions I had given the former had for Object to put an immediate Stop to the Massacre, and especially to provide for the Security of your Persons. He engaged to execute this punctually. Has he done it? This is what I cannot warrant, having very good Reasons to mistrust a Man who, being released on his Parole, does not return. You see, Gentlemen, that even by preventing your Prayers I have neglected Nothing that could convince you of the Nature of my Disposition towards you."
"It would be a great Pleasure to me to grant all that you ask at present, if various Reasons, the Force of which you yourselves must Needs be sensible of, did not forbid it, and, at the same Time, did not excuse me. Can I be answerable, without committing myself, for what Time and Circumstances may happen to me to undertake? As to what you would fain make me believe, against all received Notions, that the City of Smyrna ought to be looked upon rather as a Colony, formed by divers European Nations, than an Enemy's Town, that seems to me inconceivable. According to the same Principles, I ought to look upon as such even the City of Constantinople itself, and after that all the other maritime Places in the Ottoman Dominions where there are European Establishments."
"As to what regards your Commerce, be fully persuaded that the Forces under my Command shall not only give them no Disturbance, nor do them the least Prejudice or Damage, but, on the contrary, so long as her Imperial Majesty's Flag shall reign over these Seas, you may depend on her Protection, of which you have already had convincing Proofs, provided there is Nothing contrary to the Rules of War; and if even the Sight of my Fleet off your City should happen to occasion any Tumult, I shall, in that Case, be as culpable as I am for the total Destruction of the Ottoman Fleet, the unhappy Fate of which has cost you such great Alarms."
"The Relievement of some of the Prisoners, and the humane Treatment of the others, has not produced in Turkish Hearts the Gratitude I had Room to expect, after such a Step on my Part. That Want of Gratitude might authorize me to alter my Way of thinking, and of acting, with them; but, in Consideration of your Instances, I am willing to set at Liberty a few more of them, and that merely to oblige you, and to show
you from all Instances, by destroying every Motive that might give Room thereto. May this Conduct serve as an Example to our Enemies!"
"Make yourself, therefore, easy, Gentlemen, and rest persuaded that you will always find me disposed to render you all Kinds of Service; and that the Security, not only of the allied Nations, but even of their individuals, is dispersed and scattered among our Enemies, and of all those who have Recourse to the Protection of my august Sovereign, shall ever be a constant Object of my peculiar Care, knowing, with the whole Universe, that her Glory is equalled by Nothing but her Humanity; that she has taken up Arms only to punish the Infringers of the Path of Treaties, and that her just Indignation is as dreadful to them as her Attention to her Allies is merely. I promise you then, Gentlemen, in her Name, for as much and for as long a Time as depends upon me, without disordering essentially our military Operations, to secure your Persons, your Families, and your Effects, sacrificing even to that End some Trophies of her victorious Arms. As to my Part, my sole Ambition is that of conforming, as much as possible, to her generous Sentiments; happy to be employed in making the remotest Countries sensible of the rare Virtues that characterize her great Soul, and to make Use of her Power to inspire both Terror and Security. In short, I beg Messrs. the Consuls to execute my not having answered each of them separately. As all their Letters turn only on the same Object, I thought I had done it in answering the general One. The short stay of the Deputies here has deprived me of the Satisfaction of being serviceable to them. I hope, however, they will give you an Account of my Offers, and that yourselves, will do Justice to my Sentiments towards you. I am, with Consideration, Gentlemen, Your most affectionate Servant, Count ALEXIS ORLOW."
NEW BERN, December 7.
ON Wednesday last the Members of the General Assembly of this Province met here, and after taking the Oaths for the Qualification of publick Officers, and subscribing the Test, waited upon his Excellency the Governor at the Palace, to acquaint him thereof. His Excellency was then pleased to direct them to return to the House, and make Choice of a Speaker. The Members being returned, and acquainted that Colonel John Harvey, the late worthy Speaker, was much indisposed, and unable to give his Attendance, Colonel Richard Caswell was unanimously elected, and conducted to the Chair accordingly. The House then again waited upon his Excellency, and presented their Speaker; which Choice he was pleased to approve, and then opened the Session with the following Speech. Gentlemen of his Majesty's Honourable Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,
NOTHING can be more seasonable, or more grateful to me, than my meeting you at this Time, in so full Assembly, while Objects the most interesting to this Country wait your Deliberations. On this Occasion I purpose to declare my Mind with much Freedom; considering that I am now speaking to every Frecholder in the Province, through their Representatives, on Matters of the highest Importance to them. Setting aside therefore every lesser Consideration for the present, I shall confine myself chiefly to these four Points, which, in the most urgent Manner, I offer for your Consideration: The Abuses in the Conduct of the publick Funds, the general Complaints against publick Offices and Officers, the Evils arising from the Circulation of counterfeit Money, and the Injuries offered to his Majesty's Government at and since the last Hillsborough Superior Court.
It is a Matter of much Concern to me, and must be to every honest Man in the Country, that after the frequent Solicitations that have been made for a just State of the publick Revenue, no such Account has been hitherto produced. The Plan I laid before the last Assembly for keeping the publick Accounts stands ununanswered as to Propriety, Regularity, and Method. I refer it therefore to your Reconsideration, and with it may now be adopted by the Force of a Law, flattering myself it will give the fullest Satisfaction to the Publick. In my Opinion, Treasurers while in Office should be restricted, under severe Penalties, and the Loss of their Employment, from entering, either directly or indirectly, into any Kind of Commerce. Such a Restraint would guard against the Temptation of employing the publick Money as a Stock in private Trade, and allow them sufficient Leisure to attend the Duties of their Office.
The Liberty former Treasurers have assumed to themselves (for I know of no such Power given them by Law) of taking Monies, at Pleasure, from one Fund, to make up the Deficiency of others, has been a Conduct of much Prejudice to the Country; a Practice unknown in any well regulated State, and introductory of much Confusion in the publick Accounts. The Appropriation of publick Monies is ever held sacred to the Purpose for which they are raised. Nothing less than an Act of the Legislature, upon great Emergency, ought to carry them out of their proper Channel.
These are Suggestions that occur to me on the Subject of the publick Revenue. When you reflect that a considerable Sum of Money is already lost to the Publick, and more in Danger of being so, by the irregular Conduct of the Officers of the Revenue in keeping and settling their Accounts, I hope you will think, with me, that the Prosperity of the Colony immediately depends upon establishing such Regulations in the Treasurer's Office as will prevent future Irregularities, bring to publick View what are past, and remove the Jealousies entertained by the People with Respect to that Office.
Let me next recommend to you to make the most scrupulous Inquiries into the Complaints against publick Offices and Officers in the Government, and to provide as well for the Redress of those which have an Existence as to establish the Fees of Office in so express and determined a Manner as will put them beyond the Possibility of Doubt or Abuse. This will give great and just Content to the Publick. You shall be furnished with an Account of the Fees taken by me on each Instrument I have issued, that the Country may be informed of my Conduct in this Particular.
The Circulation of so large a Quantity of counterfeit Currency among us affords a Presumption that Persons of more considerable Property than those of moderate Substance have been concerned in this base and dishonourable Traffick; an Evil absolutely destructive of publick Credit, and operating to the Ruin of many honest Families. Were those who have passed Sums of that counterfeit Currency called upon by you to declare from whom it was received, very probably, by tracing it up, the Authors of this Iniquity might be discovered.
The Papers and Depositions I have received respecting the late Outrages at Hillsborough, which I shall lay before you, are the Proceedings of a seditious Mob; Men who, regardless of the Royal Clemency for former Trespases, and in open Contempt of the Administration given them by a Resolve of your House last Session, have (accompanied with Circumstances the most insolent and inhuman) torn down Justice from her Tribunal, and renounced all legislative Authority. Were these Men, who have thus broke through all the Bounds of human Society, and trampled under Foot the Laws of their Country, allowed to shelter themselves under those Laws, the Situation of this Country would be deplorable indeed. Social Liberty must then yield to brutal Licentiousness, and the wicked. I am told these Insurgents are determined in the Prosecution of their profligate Designs. Admit it to be so: Government has already shown itself able to controul them, and, when armed with your many Determinations, has sufficient Force, under the Providence of God, effectually to suppress these dangerous Commotions, to punish the Ringleaders, and to bring back the deluded to the Duty of good Citizens and good Subjects. For the Attainment of these desirable Ends, I am bound, in Justice and Duty, to recommend to you to provide for the raising a sufficient Body of Men, under the Rules and Discipline of War, to march into the Settlements of these Insurgents, in Order to aid and protect the Magistrates and Civil Officers in the Execution of these Laws now existing, or such others as may, at this critical Juncture, be found expedient for restoring the publick Tranquility of the whole Colony.
You have here my unreserved Sentiments of the present State of your publick Affairs. I have much to wish they may penetrate into your Hearts, with the same Warmth of Sensibility that they flow from mine; and that you, with a becoming Spirit, stand forth to vindicate the insulted Honour and Dignity of his Majesty's sacred Person and Government, in Justice to your own violated Rights, and in Humanity to the Duties you owe your much injured Countrymen, who, from the very Nature and Obligation of civil Society, claim from the Legislature full Security and Protection in their Persons and Properties. And I have also much to wish you may wipe away the Stain thrown, by these deluded People and their seditious Ringleaders, upon an Administration that has been unwearied in every possible Attention towards the Advancement of the Prosperity and Perfection of this Community.
I gladly embrace the Opportunity here offered me of making my grateful Acknowledgments to the Country for their Gift of this very elegant and noble Structure, for the Residence of myself and Successors in Administration; a Palace that is a publick Ornament and Credit to the Colony, as well as an Honour to British America. A Construction, I am persuaded, from the Strength and Choice of its Materials, the Integrity, Diligence, and Ability of the Architects, with the Skill of the several Artificers employed, will stand in a lasting Monument of the Liberty of this Country. I have the Satisfacti

Gentlemen of the House of Assembly. I am to apply to you for a Continuance of the present Establishment of Fort Johnston, and to make immediate Provision of Powder and Lead, for his Majesty's Service and the publick Safety. Let us not longer remain unprovided with Articles so essential to our Defence against the Attempts of a foreign Enemy, who may possibly, at this Day, be in a State of War with Great Britain, the Guardian of our Commerce, and Protector from hostile Invasion.
I am directed to lay before you a Memorial from some Merchants in London, to one of his Majesty's Secretaries of State, respecting the packing and shipping of naval Stores to the Mother Country; therefore I hope you will give due Attention to the Regulations recommended in the same. If these Times had permitted, I should have recommended to you to establish a publick Seminary, in some Part of the back Country of this Colony, for the Education of Youth. An Institution of this Sort, and in those Parts, would be very beneficial, by instructing the rising Generation in the Principles of Religion and Virtue, in that healthy and fertile Climate. Possibly you may not lose Sight of this Object, on a more favourable Opportunity.
Gentlemen of his Majesty's Honourable Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly,
It is a pleasing Consideration to me to reflect I have been happy in the favourable Attention of this Country. I confess I feel an ardent Desire to experience the like Testimony at this important Crisis; and that we may with Candour, Sincerity, and Firmness, cooperate in Measures for the publick Good. Believe me, the Cause before us is not the Cause of an Individual, or an Opposition merely to Administration, but to the Constitution. If therefore these Seditions are not speedily suppressed, they may spread their Contagion through the Continent, and disturb the internal Tranquillity of every Colony in his Majesty's American Dominions. Suffer not then the malicious Humours of dark designing Malice, nor the Intrigues of Sedition, to turn us from the Road of Justice, or stagger us in the Path of Honour. These are the invaluable Rights of honest Men, and lead to Virtues which cast the brightest Lustre on Acts of Legislation.
I shall detain you no longer than to inform you, as his Majesty has been graciously pleased to indulge me with Leave of Absence from this Government, I shall esteem myself honourably rewarded for my invariable Endeavours to discharge the Duties of my Station, in promoting the Welfare of this Province, if I have the Happiness, on my Return to England, to give my Royal Master the Assurance that by your Wisdom and Vigour I have been enabled to give Stability and a permanent Regularity to the interior Police of this Country, and to restore among you the Blessings of Peace.
To his Excellency WILLIAM TRYON, Esquire, Captain General, Governor, and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of North Carolina. The humble ADDRESS of the COUNCIL.
May it please your Excellency,
WE his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Members of his Council, return your Excellency our sincere and affectionate Thanks for your Speech at the Opening of this Session. We acknowledge the Importance of those Objects recommended to us by your Excellency. The just State of the publick Accounts, and the most regular Method of keeping them, the Inquiry into the Abuse of publick Offices and Officers, and the Discovery and Detection of the Counterfeiters of Paper Currency, are Matters of real Concern to the Publick; and we will, with all the Powers we are possessed, unite in every salutary Measure to rectify the Abuses complained of, and to punish the guilty.
We cannot repress our Indignation when we consider of the Outrages lately committed at Hillsborough, by a deluded People, under the Direction of their factious Leaders; and we sympathize with your Excellency in the apt and suitable Reflections you make upon a Subject which in every Circumstance is so disgraceful to civil Society, and indeed to human Nature itself. We are truly sensible how much it behoves the Honour of Government to vindicate its Authority, and to enforce the Laws; and we assure your Excellency that we will, with our utmost Zeal, join in any Measure that may best tend to wipe away a stain thrown upon an Administration which every honest and intelligent Man among us must confess has, with uniform Uprightness, sought the Prosperity and Perfection of this Community.
We take this Opportunity to congratulate your Excellency upon your Removal into the elegant and noble Structure lately erected for the Residence of yourself, and your Successors in Administration. We are not ignorant how much the Publick is indebted to your Excellency for adopting the Plan and Construction of a Palace which will remain as a Monument equally expressive of their Bounty and of your Excellency's correct and judicious Application of it.
The Idea of a publick Seminary in this Province for the Education of Youth, as suggested by your Excellency, is a fresh Proof of your tender Concern for its Prosperity. The Object is important. Morals and good Government depend greatly on early Instruction and virtuous Example; and we hope in this, or some future Session, a Foundation may be laid for so desirable a Purpose.
Your Excellency's intended Absence from this Government, by Leave from his Majesty, would be more unfavourable to our Wishes if we did not hope it would be attended with perfect Reestablishment of your Health; but however Providence may dispose of you, Sir, we shall always retain the most grateful Remembrance both of your publick and private Virtues, and we shall ever most cheerfully bear Testimony that your Excellency has omitted no Part of the Duties of your Station to render stable and permanent the Peace and good Order of this Country. And from hence we have the surest Confidence that your Excellency will receive from his Majesty that Approbation which he ever bestows on good and virtuous Actions.
To which his Excellency was pleased to return the following ANSWER.
Gentlemen of his Majesty's Honourable Council, IT affords me much satisfaction to find you concur with me in Sentiments, with Respect to the present Situation of the publick Affairs of this Country. Your Determination to join in such Measures as will immediately tend to vindicate the Honour of Government, enforce the Laws, and wipe away the Dishonour thrown upon the present Administration, corresponds with that uniform Attachment you have always shown for the Interest of our most gracious Sovereign and this Government.
I thank you, Gentlemen, for your good Wishes for the Reestablishment of my Health, and for the honourable Opinion you entertain of my exertions in the Duties of my Station. I shall take a sensible Pleasure, on every proper Occasion, to acknowledge that much of the Success of my publick Endeavours has been owing to your Counsel and Advice.
To His Excellency WILLIAM TRYON, Esquire, Captain General, Governor, and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of North Carolina. The humble ADDRESS of the ASSEMBLY.
May it please your Excellency, WE his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Members of Assembly of the Province of North Carolina, return you our humble and hearty Thanks for your Speech delivered to us at the Opening of this Session.
The tender Concern for the Welfare of this Province with which your Excellency has pointed out the State of our publick Affairs, and the Means of redressing Grievances prevalent and oppressive, deserve our warmest Acknowledgments. The Interest of those we represent, Justice to publick Creditors, and the Honour of Government, equally require at our Hands a clear and exact Settlement of the publick Accounts; and to this important Object your Excellency may rely we shall, with unwearied Diligence, apply ourselves.
The Conduct of publick Officers in some Parts of this Province, perhaps, has given just Cause of Complaint. This, Sir, we would willingly believe hath not wholly arisen from a Depravity of Morals among the Servants of the Publick. In some Instances, we are inclined to think it the Consequence of an inconsistent and oppressive Fee Bill. That Act has annexed Fees to unnecessary Services, which in this Country are never performed; yet, ideal as they are, they are carefully attended to, and often received. In other Cases, much to the Prejudice of the Officer, it has left Services, necessary and incumbent, wholly unprovided for. To remedy this Evil, as far as we can, we consider as being indispensably our Duty; and permit us, Sir, to assure you that to discharge it, in this as well as in every other Instance, with Cheerfulness and Fidelity, is an Object to which we shall ever be attentive.
The great Quantity of counterfeit Certificates and Proclamation Bills, circulating among us, is a Circumstance truly alarming to the whole Province. It is injurious to Individuals, and destructive of publick Credit. We conceive that Nothing less than passing an Act for calling in all publick Certificates and Paper Currency circulating in this Colony can put an End to the sad Consequences attending so iniquitous an Imposition on the Inhabitants of this Country.
The late daring and violent Attack made on the Superior Court at Hillsborough, by the People who call themselves Regulators, we hold in the utmost Detestation and Abhorrence. The deliberate and preconceived Malice with which it was contrived, and the brutal Fury with which it was executed, equally bespeak them unawed by the Laws of their Country, insensible to every moral Duty, and wickedly disaffected to Government itself. The obnoxious Principles and factious Spirit by which these People are actuated, and fraud united, render them too formidable for the ordinary Process of Law. Some of this, Sir, we owe it to our Sovereign, our Constitution, and ourselves, to adopt Measures at once spirited and decisive.
The Palace erected by this Province, for the Residence of your Excellency and Successors in Office, is truly elegant and noble. To your unvaried Attention and Influence, and to the Abilities and Diligence of the Architects, the Inhabitants of this Country owe that Honour and Credit it may reflect upon them.
We entirely agree with you, Sir, in the Measure you propose of establishing a publick School in the Frontier Part of this Province. We are convinced that the Peace and Happiness of Society must depend on a pious and liberal Education of its Members. To neglect an Object so interesting and important is to withhold from this Country a Blessing that will necessarily derive to it from a rising and instructed Generation.
To continue and provide for the Garrison at Fort Johnston, at the Eve of a War, is both prudent and necessary. The Safety and Security of one of the principal trading Ports in this Province depend on it. We shall therefore pay due Attention to this Measure, as well as every other your Excellency has been pleased to recommend.
Your approaching Departure from your Government is a Circumstance truly detrimental to the Interests of this Province, and is justly to be lamented. It is a Misfortune peculiar to this Country that as soon as its Governor becomes acquainted with its Constitution, and the Temper of its Inhabitants, he is, by some ill-fated Means or other, removed from us. Nothing, Sir, on this affliction Occasion, can afford us Consolation but a firm Reliance that the well known Benevolence of your Disposition, and friendly Concern for the Welfare of Mankind, will dispose you to use that Influence your Merit and Station justly entitle you to in Favour of the constitutional Liberties of North America in general, and the Interests of this Province in particular. Your steady and uniform Endeavours to render every Service to this Country have a just Claim to the warmest Return of Gratitude and Respect; and whithersoever you may go, you have the united and unfeigned Wishes of this People for the Peace and Happiness of yourself and Family.
To which his Excellency was pleased to return the following ANSWER.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, I THANK you for your truly loyal, spirited, and affectionate Address. The highly honourable Testimony you give me of your Approbation of the several Matters I have offered for your Consideration, with your Resolution to pursue vigorous and decisive Measures in Support of Government, give new Life to my Hopes, and reanimate my Zeal for your Service. You cannot too much cherish and cultivate the liberal Sentiments you have, at this Juncture, embraced; Sentiments nobly generous towards your King and Country, and most honourable to yourselves.
I receive, with Sentiments of Gratitude and Esteem, the Assurance you give me of the unfeigned Wishes of the People of this Province for the Felicity of my Family. Though many powerful Considerations require my Return to England, you may rest in Confidence that in whatever Circumstances I may be placed, or whatever Part of his Majesty's Dominions may be my Residence, I shall be happy to take a Part, as far as the narrow Sphere of my Influence may reach, in Favour of the true Liberties of his Majesty's Subjects in America, and the peculiar Interests of this Province. Neither Time nor Distance can ever efface from my Mind the just Sense of the Obligations I owe you for your favourable Opinion of my publick Services, and Assurances of Support against the secret and open Adversaries of the Inurgents.
This Day arrived here from Charlottetown Mr. John Owens, who in the Month of August last failed from London in the Brig Serjeant Glyn, Captain Morgridge, for this Place, with a valuable Cargo of Goods on Board. This Vessel, after a very tedious Passage, came on the Coast, and was up with the Bar three Times; but no Pilot going out to bring them in, they were, by a violent Gale of Wind, driven to the southward; and proving very leaky, and their Pumps choking with the Sand Ballast they had on Board, she went down under them, about fifty Leagues off Charlottetown Bar. The Crew took to their Boat, and were seven Hours at Sea, until happily taken up by a Vessel and carried into Charlottetown.
That very elegant and noble Structure the Palace, which has been erected here by this Province for the Residence of his Excellency the Governor, and his Successors in Office, being now very near completely finished, the Opening of the same, together with the King's Birthday, were celebrated here on Wednesday last. At Noon a Royal Salute was fired from the Battery, and in the Evening his Excellency gave a very grand and noble Entertainment and Ball at the Palace, at which were present the Honourable his Majesty's Council of this Province, the House of Assembly, a very great Number of Gentlemen and Ladies from different Parts of the Country, and the principal Gentlemen and Inhabitants of this Town. About eight in the Evening the Company were entertained with a very grand and surprising Exhibition of Fireworks, which were played off in the back Yard of the Palace; a Bonfire was also lighted up, and great Plenty of Liquor given to the Populace.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 10.
WE hear from Prince George County that the considerable Improvements to be made upon the Glebe of Martin's Brandon Parish, as advertised in our former Papers, are let to a considerable Undertaker. As these Improvements, when completed, will make the Glebe of that Parish one of the most convenient in the Colony, the Gentlemen of it flatter themselves some Clergyman of Learning and Lushington will be induced to offer himself, as the Parish will be kept open for some Time for that Purpose.
The Brigantine Thomas and Mary, Captain Dunsley, arrived in York River from London, in Latitude 35:40, Longitude 73:20, fell in with the Sloop Unity, John Buchanan Master, from Philadelphia, bound to St. Vincent, which on the 18th Instant, about twelve Leagues from Cape Henry, carried away her Mast about twenty Feet from the Deck. She intended for Charlottetown, or Bermuda, to refit.
The Golden Fleece, Captain Goosey, the Hazard, Peterson, and Betsey, Howard Esten, are arrived in the Downs; and the York, Menethewet, at Bristol.
[Deaths.] GABRIEL CAY, Esquire, Comptroller of his Majesty's Customs for the Port of Hampton.
Mr. THOMAS JAMESON, Merchant, of York Town.
SOUTHAMPTON, December 29. This Morning, at seven o'Clock, departed this Life, in the seventy third Year of his Age, GEORGE GURLEY, father of the Reverend George Gurley, Rector of St. Luke's Parish, in this County. He enjoyed all his Faculties entire to the last, blessed with a remarkable Share of Health for many Years before his Death. About twenty Minutes before he died he arose out of Bed, in perfect Health, to Appearance, and opening the Room Door, and looking out, said, "it rained, and he would retire and go to Sleep;" and reclining himself on his Pillow, was immediately seized with an apoplectic Fit, and expired in a few Minutes!
Advertisements.
To be RENTED,
THE SHOP next Door to the POST OFFICE, which may be entered upon immediately. For Terms inquire of the Printers.
To be LET upon FREIGHT, to Whitehaven or Glasgow,
THE Ship BROTHERS, of Whitehaven, Thomas Williamson Master. British built, five Years old, Burthen one Hundred and seventy Tons, or thereabouts, now lying at Sack Point, Nansemond River. For Terms apply to the Captain, on Board.
THE Ship INDUSTRY, belonging to Whitehaven, now lying at Norfolk, James Lowe Master, carries four Hundred and forty Hogheads of Tobacco. Any Person inclined to charter the said Ship may know the Terms by applying to the Master, on Board; or to John and Jonathan Elbeck, in Norfolk.
On the 4th of March next, at Prince William Courthouse, will be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND containing about eight Hundred Acres, within three Miles of Lanchford, on which is a neat DWELLING HOUSE, pleasantly situated, and other convenient Houses for cropping. And on the 20th Day of April next, at Winchester, will be sold a Tract of LAND in Frederick County, containing two Hundred Acres, known by the Name of David Wood's Creek. The said Lands were directed by Captain William Bennett, deceased, to be sold by his Executors, to satisfy his Creditors. Long Credit will be given for great Part of the Purchase Money. 6 WILLIAM CARR.
To be SOLD at Urbanna, on the 28th of this Instant, being Middlesex Court Day,
ALL the Estate of William Urie; there is an exceeding good PILOT BOAT, not quite two Years old, remarkable for being a fine Sailer. Six Months Credit will be allowed, Bond and Security being given to GEORGE LORIMER, Administrator.
PRINCE EDWARD County, January 3, 1773.
THE Subscriber having lately purchased of James Roberts, of Pittsylvania, a Negro Man Slave named Jupiter; and as a Report prevails that the said Slave is under several Mortgages, or other Encumbrances, he therefore requests those who may have any Claim to the said Slave to make the same known to him before the 10th of June next, as he is bound by that Time to pay the Purchase Money. JOHN MARTIN.
CHARLOTTE County, January 1, 1773.
THE Subscriber having lately purchased of James Roberts, of Pittsylvania, five Negro Slaves, namely, a Woman named Betty, and her four Children, Jude, Beck, Fanny, and Samson; and as a Report prevails that the said Slaves are under several Mortgages, or other Encumbrances, he therefore requests those who may have any Claim to the said Slaves to make them known to him before the 10th of June next, as he is bound by that Time to pay the Purchase Money. STEPHEN BEDFORD.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, on Thursday the 31st of this Instant (January) at the House of Colonel Bernard Moore, in King William,
EIGHTEEN Hundred Acres of LAND for the Life of Colonel Moore lying on Mattaponi River, in the said County, being the Land whereon Colonel Moore now lives. Also the Fee Simple Estate in seven Hundred and twenty five Acres of exceeding fine well timbered Land, lying in the said County, on Pamunkey River, below Hutton's Ferry, where Colonel Moore formerly lived. The above Lands are subject to Mrs. Moore's Dower. At the same Time will be sold all the personal Estate of Colonel Moore consisting of Plate, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Horses, Hogs, Sheep, Cattle, Corn, Fodder, Plantation Utensils, and Kitchen House Servants.
And on Tuesday the 5th of February, being the Day after Harris Court, will be sold to the highest Bidders, at Richmond Town, the Remainder of Colonel Moore's Slaves, being near one Hundred, amongst which are Tradesmen of several Sorts. All the above Estate has been conveyed to the Subscriber, as Trustee, for the Purpose of paying Colonel Moore's Debts. As it is the Desire of the Trustee to make the most of the Estate, for the Benefit of the Creditors, they request that all Persons who have Mortgages on, or Demands against, the Estate, may attend the Sale, to assist them, and see that every thing is conducted to their Satisfaction. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for the above Estate, the Purchaser giving Bond, with approved Security, to
DARTIN BRAXTON, GEORGE WEBB, THOMAS WALKER, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JACK POWER, } Trustees.
Just imported in the Ship Industry, from Limerick,
SIXTY indentured SERVANTS, for five Years, amongst them several valuable Tradesmen, which will be sold at Shakspear's, on Monday the twenty eighth of this Instant (January) by DAVID ROSS.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, by Virtue of a Decree of Hanover Court, at the Courthouse, on Wednesday the 23rd of this Instant (January)
THIRTEEN likely Virginian born SLAVES, consisting of Men, Women, and Children, belonging to the Estate of James Darden, Junior, to satisfy his Creditors. Three Years Credit will be allowed for great Part of the Money, and twelve Months for the Remainder. Bond and good Security being given.
At the same Time and Place will be exposed to publick Sale about twenty valuable Virginian born SLAVES, Men, Women, and Boys, for ready Money; taken, by Virtue of Execution, by the Sheriff of Hanover. (2)
PRINCE GEORGE County, January 3, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, near Whitehaven, a tall likely Virginian born Negro Wench named LUCY, about eighteen Years of Age, formerly the Property of Mr. John Cole, of this City, deceased. I have great Reason to believe she has boarded in or about Whitehaven. TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward will be given for apprehending her. FREDERICK BRAXTON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, the 27th of May last, a Negro Wench named HANNAH, twenty eight Years old, about five Feet five Inches high, will be found, if she speaks French and Fursy, and the Whither of her Eyes, remarkably galled, had on when she went away a black Yarn Sarsnet Jacket and Blue Yarn Serge Petticoat, Osnaburg Shift, and carried with her some other Clothes. She is supposed to be lurking about Mr. John Moffat's Quarters, on Mattaponi River, in Southampton County, where she has known Relations. Whoever will apprehend the said Wench, and bring her to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; and if taken out of the Colony, FIVE POUNDS. JOHN STEWART.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, in Chowan County, North Carolina, a Negro Fellow, who calls himself ADAM, and branded on the Cheek I.C. He is about forty Years old, about five Feet five Inches high, and says he belongs to Indians. The Owner may have him on proving his Property, and paying Charges. JOHN COFFIELD.
TAKEN up, in Pittsylvania, two HORSES, one black and the other bay; the black is branded on both Shoulders IC, has some Saddle Spots, and is a Trotter; the bay is branded on the near Buttock GJ, on the near Shoulder T, and is a natural Pacer. Potted, and appraised, the former to eight Pounds, and the latter to five Pounds. FREDERICK RIVES.
TAKEN up, in Louisa, a Mouse coloured young HORSE about four Feet four Inches and a Half high, has a black Mane and Tail, a black Streak down his Back, a few white Hairs over the right Eye and in his Forehead, branded on the near Shoulder Y, and on the near Buttock S. Potted, and appraised to seven Pounds. RICHARD COLE.
TAKEN up, in Warwick, Chesterfield County, a black HORSE about four Feet six or seven Inches high, with a hanging Mane and switch Tail, is branded, but not plain enough to be discerned, having been galled, but has a remarkable white Stroke down his near Cheek, as if done by a Halter. Potted, and appraised to eight Pounds. MATTHEW BRANCH.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a bay MARE about four Feet four Inches high, four Years old, but has no Brand perceivable. Potted, and appraised to forty Shillings. PETER STAINBACK.
IF Elizabeth Holland, Daughter of William Holland, heretofore of James River, in Virginia, Shipwright, and of Agnes his Wife (and which said Elizabeth Holland is supposed to have lived in or near New York, or on or near James River, or York Town, in Virginia, in North America) be living, or (if dead) hath left any Issue, she, or such Issue, may hear of Something greatly to her or their Advantage, by applying to Alexander Calden, Esquire, Postmaster at New York, or Mr. John Dixon, Postmaster at Williamsburg, in Virginia; and any Person who knows of the Death of the said Elizabeth Holland, when she died, and whether she left any and what Issue, is requested to give Information thereof to the said Alexander Calden, Esquire, or Mr. John Dixon.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 3, 1773.
JAMES GARDNER, Carpenter and Joiner, begs Leave to inform the Publick that he has opened Shop behind the Church. All Gentlemen who please to favour him with their Orders may depend upon his punctuality, and their Business being well executed. N. B. He makes Window Sashes, on reasonable Terms.
JUST imported from Liverpool, in the Ship Young Samuel, Robert Smith Master, and to be SOLD by the Subscriber, SALT, COALS, CORDAGE of all Sorts and Sizes, SAIL CANNVAS, ANCHORS, REFINED SUGAR, &c. &c. &c. BOLDEN, LAURINCE, and Company. N. B. The said Vessel will take in TOBACCO, or DEERSKINS, for Liverpool, at a very moderate Freight.

POETS CORNER.
A MORAL SENTIMENT. THE flowing Tide that thunders o'er the Shore, Finding its Period, back recoils again;
FIFTY CHOICE VIRGINIA BORN SLAVES
will be SOLD at Rocky Ridge, on Monday the 4th of February; the Time of Payment for which will be convenient for Purchasers, and an undoubted Title made by HUGH McMEKIN.
To be SOLD, on FRIDAY the 9th of FEBRUARY, at MECKLENBURG Courthouse, TWENTY five likely Virginia born SLAVES, among them several young House Wenchies; the others Men, Women, and Children.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Chesterfield County, on the 13th of December, a large Negro Man, that cannot, or will not, tell the Name of his Owner. He has on a Cotton Jacket and Breeches, and appears to be about forty Years old.
WE hereby give Notice that for the future there will be no TOBACCO shipped from MILNER's Warehouse, in Nansemond County, without the INSPECTION MONEY is paid at the Delivery of the Tobacco. READE & GODWIN.
As the Partnership between John and Thomas Gilchrist will expire in February next, they request all Persons indebted to them to settle their Accounts by that Time, and those who have any Demands to apply for Payment. JOHN & THOMAS GILCHRIST.
I intend to leave the Colony soon. THOMAS GILCHRIST. Pursuant to the Will of Dr. John Sutherland, will be set up to the highest Bidder, and SOLD in the Town of Fredericksburg.
To be CHARTERED to any Port in Europe, THE Snow HIBERNIA, Captain JOHN ROBERTSON Master, Burthen one hundred and fifty Tuns, or thereabouts.
For SALE, A CONVENIENT HOUSE in Portsmouth, with Half a Lot, situated upon Court Street, now occupied by Mr. Thomas Atchison;
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 17th of January, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Benjamin Du Val, deceased, on the Premises, in Henrico County,
ALL the ESTATE of the said Benjamin Du Val, consisting of a valuable TRACT of LAND on Tickabo Creek, containing three hundred and eighty six Acres, with twenty five Bushels of Wheat sown thereon,
STOLEN from the Subscriber, in Surry, about the 28th of October last, a slender made Half blooded bay MARE, with a hanging Mane and switch Tail,
TAKEN up, in Stafford, a brindled pied COW with a Crop, Slit, and Underkeel, in each Ear. Posted, and appraised to forty five Shillings.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a gray MARE about four Feet two Inches high, with a raw Nose, her Brand not discoverable. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds.
TAKEN up at the Hon. Thomas Nelson's Plantation, in Hanover, near Taylor's Ferry, a likely gray MARE about six or seven Years old, four Feet five or six Inches high,
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a bay HORSE four Feet four Inches high, about five Years old, branded on the near Buttock PS in a Piece, and had on a small Bell marked H.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, four BULL YEGLINGS, unmarked; two of them black, one red, and the other brindled. Also a brindled Cow, marked with a Halfmoon in each Ear,
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a white HORSE about four Feet four Inches high, ten or twelve Years old, a little gray about the Hams, has a hanging Mane and switch Tail, and branded on the near Buttock C.
TAKEN up, in Hanover, a red and white STEER about five Years old, with sawed Horns, marked with a Crop and Underkeel in the right Ear, and a Crop in the left.
TAKEN up, in Prince William, a middle sized dark gray MARE about five Years old, about thirteen Hands and a Half high, has a Star in her Forehead, her hind Feet white, had on a good Bell, and is branded on the near Buttock with a Swivel Stirrup Iron.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a bay MARE about two and twenty Years old, has a Star in her Forehead, branded on the near Shoulder T, and on the near Buttock B.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a bay HORSE eight Years old, about thirteen Hands high, is a natural Trotter, branded on the near Shoulder M, and on the Buttock R.
TAKEN up, in Stafford, four Head of pied CATTLE, three of them Steers, marked with a Swallowfork in each Ear. Posted, and appraised to eight Pounds five Shillings.
HARDWARE River (ALBEMARLE) December 10, 1770. WHEREAS Messrs James & Robert Donalds and Company, of Glasgow, have discontinued their Trade at this Place, I hereby give Notice to all those who have open Accounts on my Books (or Messrs. Peterfield Trent and Hector McAshe) to come and settle them; and in Order to prevent Disputes hereafter, Bonds will be required for their respective Balances,
THE Subscriber, having given up the Management of the Store kept by him at Shocko, on Account of James and Robert Donald and Company, of Glasgow, requests that all those who are indebted to him, on open Account, will come and settle their respective Balances. Bond, or other Specialties, to prevent Disputes, will be required; for which Purpose he will attend regularly, at this Place, until the first of September next.
For SALE, or to be RENTED for one Year, and entered on immediately, EIGHT Hundred and fifteen Acres of LAND in Albemarle County, lying on Hardeacre River, on which there is a large Store, a good Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, Barn, Stable, and other convenient Houses. The Land is very level, and will produce good Corn, Wheat, or Tobacco; and the Plantation is in very good Order.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Chesterfield, on the 30th of June last, a Mulatto Man Slave named AARON, who brought Suit against my Father (Henry Randolph) in the General Court, for his Freedom, in the Name of Aaron Griffin.
To be SOLD at the Plantation where Mr. Robert Alcock lives, in the County of Culpeper, on the last Day of February,
TWELVE Thousand Acres of Land, lying in the Fork of Rappahannan and Robinson's River, in the said County. Credit will be given until the 25th of October following, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Executors of the Honourable Philip Grymes, Esquire, and a Discount allowed, at the Rate of five per Cent. per Annum, for prompt Payment.
THE Subscriber having discontinued the Store kept by him in this Town, requests all those who are indebted to him to settle their Accounts immediately, by Payment or otherwise. This Advertisement, together with the Indulgence he has already given, he hopes, will save farther Application, as all those who do not comply with it may expect to have their Accounts put into an Attorney's Hands, without other Notice, or Respect of Persons.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the 26th of September last, two young Negro Men; the one named JACK, the other SAM. JACK is about five Feet six or seven Inches high, very black, is well made, and of a pleasing Countenance; had on when he went away a blue short Jacket, pretty much worn, an Osnaburg Shirt, and a Pair of Osnaburg Trousers, blackened much with Tar, as he had been lately working on Board a Vessel, but had neither Shoes nor Stockings.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at the Falls of James River, the Middle of last Month, a Negro Man named DAVY, belonging to the Hon. William Byrd, Esquire, about thirty Years old, five Feet eight Inches high, and very stout made; he is of a yellow Complexion, has a down Look, and a Defect in some of his fore Teeth.
For SALE, A PLANTATION situated in Nansemond County, Distance from Suffolk seven Miles, from Norfolk twenty seven. It contains one Hundred and seventy nine Acres, one Third of which is not yet cleared, has on it a very good two Story Brickhouse, with Outhouses proper.
THIS is to forewarn all Persons from trusting the Wife of the Subscriber, or to transact any Business with her, on my Account, as I will not pay any more Debts of her contracting, nor allow her Receipts to be good. THOMAS YOUNGHUSBAND.
VIRGINIA, sc. At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, November 5, 1770.
John Spoor, and Matthias Spoor, executors, &c. of John Westrick Spoor, deceased, plaintiffs, against John Judia, late of Frederick county, Virginia, and Henry Grapel, defendants.
THE defendant John Judia being beyond sea, and not having entered his appearance according to the rule of this court, on the motion of the plaintiffs, by their counsel, it is ordered that the other defendant, who hath effects of the said John Judia in his hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete such effects, until the farther order or decree of this court concerning the same;
VIRGINIA, sc. At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, November 6, 1770.
Samuel Gordon, and Patrick Ramsey, plaintiffs, against George Thomas, Peter Lyons, George Webb, John Perki, Joseph Thorp, and James Drew, defendants.
THE defendant John Perki being beyond sea, and not having entered his appearance according to the rule of this court, on the motion of the plaintiffs, by their counsel, it is ordered that the other defendants, who have effects of the said John Perki in their hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete such effects, until the farther order or decree of this court concerning the same;