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Visit to Mount Ætna, by P. Brydone, F. R. S.
ON the 27th, by Daybreak, we set off to visit Mount Ætna, that venerable and respectable Father of Mountains. His Base, and his immense Declivities, are covered over with a numerous Progeny of his own, for every great Eruption produces a new Mountain; and perhaps by the Number of these, better than by any other Method, the Number of Eruptions, and the Age Ætna itself, might be ascertained.
The whole Mountain is divided into three distinct Regions, called La Regione Culta, or Piedmontese, the fertile Region; II Regione Sylvosa, or Nemorosa, the woody Region; and II Regione Deserta, or Scoperta, of the barren Region.
These three are as different, both in Climate and Productions, as the three Zones of the Earth; and perhaps, with equal Propriety, might have been styled the torrid, the temperate, and the frigid Zone. The first Region surrounds the Foot of the Mountain, and forms the most fertile Country in the World on all Sides of it, to the Height of about fourteen or fifteen Miles, where the woody Region begins. It is composed, almost entirely, of Lava; which, after a great Number of Ages, is at last converted into the most fertile of all Soils. At Nicolosi, which is twelve Miles up the Mountain, we found the Barometer at 27: 18; at Catania it stood at 29: 8 3/4. Although the former Elevation was not very great, probably not exceeding 3000 Feet, yet the Climate was totally changed. At Catania the Harvest was entirely over, and the Heats were insupportable; here they were moderate, and in many Places the Corn was yet green.
The great Eruption of 1669, after shaking the whole Country around for no less than four Months, and forming a very large Mountain of Stones and Ashes, burst out about a Mile above Montpelier, and descending like a Torrent hit exactly against the Middle of that Mountain, and they pretend has perforated it from Side to Side. However, this I doubt, as it must have broke the regular Form of the Mountain, which is not the Case; but it is certain that it pierced it to a very great Depth. It then divided into two Branches, and surrounding this beautiful Mountain joined again on its south Side; and laying waste the whole Country between that and Catania sealed the Walls of that City, and poured its flaming Torrent into the Ocean. In its Way it is said to have destroyed the Possessions of near 30,000 People, and reduced them to Beggary. It formed several Hills where there were formerly Vallies, and filled up a large deep Lake, of which there is not now the least Vestige to be seen.
As the Events of this Eruption are better known than any other, they tell a great many singular Stories of it; one of which, however incredible it may appear, is very well ascertained, and is a most undoubted Fact. A Vineyard, belonging to a Convent of Jesuits, lay exactly in its Way. This Vineyard was formed on an ancient Lava, probably a thin one, with a Number of Caverns and Crevices under it. The liquid Lava, entering into these Caverns, soon filled them up, and by Degrees bore up the Vineyard; and the Jesuits, who every Moment expected to see it buried, beheld, with the utmost Amazement, the whole Field begin to move off. It was carried, on the Surface of the Lava, to a considerable Distance; and though the greatest Part was destroyed, yet some of it remains to this Day.
We went to examine the Mouth from whence this dreadful Torrent issued, and were surprised to find it only a small Hole, of about three or four Yards Diameter. The Mountain from whence it sprung, I think, is very little less than the conical Part of Vesuvius.
There is a vast Cavern on the opposite Side of it, where People go to shoot wild Pigeons, which breed there in great Abundance. The innermost Parts of this Cavern are so very dismal and gloomy that our Landlord told us some People had lost their Senses from having advanced too far, imagining that they saw Devils and the Spirits of the Damned; for it is still very generally believed here, that Ætna is the Mouth of Hell.
We found a Degree of Wildness and Ferocity in the Inhabitants of this Mountain that I have not observed any Where else. It put me in Mind of an Observation the Padre della Torre (the Historiographer of Mount Vesuvius) told me that he had often made in the Confinés of Naples, that in Places where the Air is most strongly impregnated with Sulphur and hot Exhalations the People were always most wicked and vicious. Whatever Truth there may be in the Observation, the People about Nicolosi at least seem to confirm it. The whole Village flocked round us, and the Women in particular abused us exceedingly; the Cause of which we at last found was, that F——'s blooming Complexion, and white Skin, had made them take him for one of their own Sex. The Clamour was exceedingly loud, and it was with the utmost Difficulty we could appease them. The Person whom Recupero had appointed to accompany us, known by the Name of the Cyclops (the Man in the Island that is best acquainted with Mount Ætna) was absolutely ordered by them not to go with us; and if he had not at last obtained their Consent by Soothing and Flattery, the only Method with Women, he durst not have disobliged them. At first we had been obliged to shut the Gate of the Court, they were so very noisy and tumultuous; but when our Landlord (a Priest) for whom we had Letters from Catania, assured them that we were Christians, and came with no bad Intentions, they became more moderate, and we ventured out amongst them. This Confidence soon acquired them, and in a short Time we became good Friends and had a great Deal of Conversation.
We soon after left Nicolosi; and in an Hour and a Half's travelling, over barren Ashes and Lava, we arrived on the Confinés of the Regione Sylvosa, or the temperate Zone. So soon as we entered these delightful Forests we seemed to have got into another World: The Air, which before was sultry and hot, was now cool and refreshing; and every Breeze was loaded with a Thousand Perfumes, the whole Ground being covered over with the richest aromatic Plants. Many Parts of this Region are really the most heavenly Spots upon Earth; and if Ætna resembles Hell within, it may with equal Justice be said to resemble Paradise without.
It is indeed a curious Consideration that this Mountain should reunite every Beauty and every Horror, and in short all the most opposite and dissimilar Objects in Nature. Here you observe a Gulf, that formerly threw out Torrents of Fire and Smoke, now covered with the most luxuriant Vegetation, and from an Object of Terror become one of Delight. Here you gather the most delicious Fruit, rising from what was but lately a black and barren Rock. Here the Ground is covered with every Flower; and we wander over these Beauties, and contemplate this Wilderness of Sweets, without considering that Hell, with all its Terrors, is immediately under our Feet, and that but a few Yards separate us from Lakes of liquid Fire and Brimstone.
But our Astonishment still increases on casting our Eyes on the higher Regions of the Mountain. There we behold, in perpetual Union, the two Elements that are at perpetual War: An immense Gulf of Fire for ever existing in the Midst of Snows, that it has not Power to melt; and immense Fields of Snow and Ice for ever surrounding this Gulf of Fire, which they have not Power to extinguish.
The woody Region of Ætna ascends for about eight or nine Miles, and forms an exact Zone or Girdle, of the brightest Green, all round the Mountain. This Night we passed through little more than the Half of it, arriving some Time before Sunset at our Lodgings, which was no other than a large Cave, formed by one of the most ancient and venerable Lavas. It is called La Spelonca del Capriole, or the Goats Cavern; because frequented by these Animals, who take Refuge there in bad Weather.
Here we were delighted by the Contemplation of many great and beautiful Objects; the Prospect on all Sides is immense, and we already seem to be lifted up from the Earth and to have got into a new World.
Our Cavern is surrounded by the most stately and majestic Oaks, of the dry Leaves of which we made very comfortable Beds; and with our Hatchets, which we had bought on Purpose, we cut down great Branches, and in a short Time had a Fire large enough to roast an Ox. I observed my Thermometer, and found, from 71 at Nicolosi, it had now fallen below 60. The Barometer stood at 24: 2. In one End of our Cave we still found a great Quantity of Snow, which seemed to be sent there on Purpose for us, as there was no Water to be found. With this we filled our Tea Kettle, as Tea and Bread and Butter was the only Supper we had provided, and probably the best one to prevent us from being overcome by Sleep or Fatigue.
Not a great Way from this Cavern there are two of the most beautiful Mountains of all that immense Number that spring from Ætna. I mounted one of our best Mules, and with a good Deal of Difficulty arrived at the Summit of the highest of these; just a little before Sunset. The Prospect of Sicily, with the surrounding Sea and all its Islands, was wonderfully noble. The whole Course of the River Simetus, the Ruins of Hybla, and several other ancient Towns, the rich Corn Fields and Vineyards on the lower Region of the Mountain, and the amazing Quantity of beautiful Mountains below, made a delightful Scene. The hollow Craters of these two Mountains are each of them considerably larger than that of Vesuvius. They are now filled with stately Oaks, and covered to a great Depth with the richest Soil. I observed that this Region of Ætna, like the former, is composed of Lava; but this is now covered so deep with Earth that it is no Where to be seen, but in the Beds of the Torrents. In many of these it is worn down by the Water to the Depth of fifty or sixty Feet, and in one of them still considerably more. What an Idea does not this give of the amazing Antiquity of the Eruptions of this Mountain!
So soon as it was dark we retired to our Cave, and took Possession of our Bed of Leaves. Our Rest, however, was somewhat disturbed by the Noise of a Mountain that lay a good way off on our Right. It discharged great Quantities of Smoke, and made several Explosions like heavy Cannon at a Distance; but what is singular, we could observe no Appearance of Fire. This Mountain was formed by an Eruption in 1766, now upwards of four Years ago, the Fire of which is not yet extinguished, neither is the Lava by any Means cold. This Lava spent its Fury on a beautiful Forest, which it laid waste to the Extent of a good many Miles. In many Places it has run into Gullies of a great Depth, which it has filled up to the Height, we are told, of 200 Feet. It is in these Places where it retains the greatest Heat. On our Road to day we scrambled up this Lava, and went a considerable Way over its Surface, which appeared perfectly cold; but it is certain that in many Places it still emits great Volumes of Smoke, particularly after Rain; and the People say, what I can readily believe, that this will probably be still the Case for some Years, where the Lava is thickest. A solid Body of Fire of some Hundreds of Feet thick, and of so great an Extent, will certainly retain its Heat for many Years. Maffa, a Sicilian Author of Credit, lays he was at Catania eight Years after the great Eruption in 1669, and that he still found the Lava in many Places not cold. But there is an easy Method of calculating the Time that Bodies take to cool. Sir Isaac Newton, I think, in his Account of the Comet of 1680, supposes the Times to be as the squares of their Diameters; and finding that a solid Ball of Metal of two Inches, mad red hot, required upwards of an Hour to become perfectly cold, made the Calculation from that to a Body of the same Diameter as our Earth, and found it would require upwards of 20,000 Years. If this Rule is just, the Time may be computed that the Lava will take to become thoroughly cold.
After getting a comfortable Nap on our Bed of Leaves in the Spelonca del Capriole, we awoke about eleven o'Clock; and melting down a sufficient Quantity of Snow, we boiled our Tea Kettle, and made a hearty Meal, to prepare us for the remaining Part of our Expedition. We were nine in Number; for we had our three Servants, the Cyclops (our Conductor) and two Men to take Care of our Mules. The Cyclops now began to display his great Knowledge of the Mountain, and we followed him with implicit Confidence. He conducted us over "Antres vast, and Deserts wild," where scarce human Foot had ever trod; sometimes through gloomy Forests, which by Daylight were delightful, but now, from the universal Darkness, the rustling of the Trees, the heavy, dull bellowing of the Mountain, the vast Expanse of Ocean stretched at an immense Distance below us, inspired a Kind of awful Horror. Sometimes we found ourselves ascending great Rocks of Lava, where, if our Mules should make but a false Step, we might be thrown headlong over the Precipice. However, by the Assistance of the Cyclops, we overcame all these Difficulties; and he managed Matters so well that in the Space of two Hours we found we had got above the Regions of Vegetation, and that we had left the Forests of Ætna far behind. These appeared now like a dark and gloomy Gulf below us, that surrounded the Mountain.
The Prospect before us was of a very different Nature; we behold an Expanse of Snow and Ice that alarmed us exceedingly, and almost staggered our Resolution. In the Centre of it is, but still at a great Distance, we observed the high Summit of the Mountain, rearing its tremendous Head, and vomiting out Tons of Smoke. It indeed appeared totally inaccessible, from the vast Extent of the Fields of Snow and Ice that surrounded it. Our Luidence was still increased, by the Sentiments of the Cyclops. He told us it often happened that the Surface of the Mountain, being hot below, melted the Snow in particular Spots, and formed Pools of Water, where it was impossible to go even for our Danger; that it likewise happened that the Surface of the Water, as well as the Snow, was often covered over with black Ashes, that rendered it exceedingly treacherous; that however, if we thought proper, he should lead us on with as much Caution as possible. Accordingly, after holding a Council of War (which you know People generally do when they are very much afraid) we sent our Cavalry down to the Forest below, and prepared to climb the Snows. The Cyclops, after taking a great Draught of Brandy, desired us to be of good Cheer, that we had Plenty of Time, and might take as many Rests as we pleased; that the Snow would be little more than seven Miles, and that we certainly should be able to accomplish it some Time before Sunrise. Accordingly, taking each of us a Dram of Liqueur, which soon removed every Objection, we began our March.
The Ascent, for some Time, was not rapid; and as the Surface of the Snow sunk a little, we had tolerable good Footing; but as it soon began to grow steeper, we found our Labour greatly increased. However, we determined to persevere; remembering, in the Midst of our Fatigue, that the Emperor Adrian, and the Philosopher Plato, underwent the same, and from the same Motive too, to see the rising Sun from the Top of Ætna. After incredible Labour and Fatigue, but at the same Time mixed with a great Deal of Pleasure, we arrived before Dawn at the Ruins of an ancient Structure, called II Torre del Filosofo, supposed to have been built by the Philosopher Empedocles, who took up his Habitation here, the better to study Mount Ætna. By others, it is supposed to be the Ruins of a Temple of Vulcan, whose Shop, all the World knows (where he used to make excellent Thunderbolts and celestial Armour, as well as Nets to catch his Wife when she went astray) was ever kept in Mount Ætna. Here we quitted ourselves for some Time, and made a fresh Application to our Liqueur Bottle; which, I am persuaded, both Vulcan and Empedocles, had they been here, would have greatly approved of after such a March.
I found the Mercury had fallen to 20: 6. We had now Time to pay our Adorations in a silent Contemplation of the sublime Objects of Nature. The Sky was perfectly clear, and the immense Vault of the Heavens appeared in awful Majesty and Splendour. We found that it struck us much more forcibly than below, and at first were at a Loss to know the Cause;
till we observed, with Astonishment, that the Number of the Stars seemed to be infinitely increased, and that the Light of each of them appeared brighter than usual. The Whiteness of the Milky Way was like a pure Flame, that shot across the Heavens; and with the naked Eye we could observe Clusters of Stars, that were totally invisible in the Regions below. We did not at first attend to the Cause, nor recollect that we had now passed through 10 or 12,000 Feet of gross Vapour, that blunts and confuses every Ray before it reaches the Surface of the Earth. We were amazed at the Distinctness of Vision, and exclaimed together, What a glorious Situation for an Observatory! Had Empedocles had the Eyes of Galileo, what Discoveries must he not have made! We retorted that Jupiter was not visible, as I really believe we might have discovered some of his Satellites with the naked Eye, or at least with a small Glass, which I had in my Pocket. We observed a Light a great Way below us on the Mountain, which seemed to move among the Forests; but whether it was an Ignis Fatuus, or what it was, I shall not pretend to say. We likewise took Notice of several of these Meteors called Falling Stars, which still appeared to be equally elevated above us as when seen from the Plain; so that, in all Probability, these Bodies move in Regions much more remote than the Bounds that some Philosophers have prescribed to our Atmosphere.
After contemplating these Objects for some Time we set off, and soon after arrived at the Foot of the great Crater of the Mountain. This is exactly of a conical Figure, and rises equally on all Sides. It is composed solely of Ashes and other burnt Materials, discharged from the Mouth of the Volcano, which is in its Centre. This conical Mountain is of a very great Size; its Circumference cannot be less than ten Miles. Here we took a second Rest, as the most violent Part of our Fatigue still remained; the Mercury had fallen to 20: 4 1/2. We found this Mountain excessively steep; and although it had appeared black, it was likewise covered with Snow, the Surface of which (luckily for us) was spread over with a pretty thick Layer of Ashes, thrown out from the Crater. Had it not been for this, we never should have been able to get to the Top; as the Snow was every Where frozen hard and solid, from the piercing Cold of the Atmosphere.
In about an Hour's climbing we arrived at a Place where there was no Snow, and a warm comfortable Vapour issued from the Mountain, which induced us to make another Halt. Here I found the Mercury at 19: 6 3/4. The Thermometer, to my Amazement, was fallen three Degrees below the Point of Congelation; and before we left the Summit of Ætna it fell two Degrees more, viz. to 27. From this Spot it was only about 300 Yards to the highest Summit of the Mountain, where we arrived in full Time to see the most wonderful and most sublime Sight in Nature.
But here Description must ever fall short, for no Imagination has dared to form an Idea of so glorious and so magnificent a Scene; neither is there, on the Surface of this Globe, any one Point that unites so many awful and sublime Objects. The immense Elevation from the Surface of the Earth, drawn as it were to a single Point, without any neighbouring Mountain for the Senses and Imagination to rest upon, and recover from their Astonishment in their Way down to the World; this Point, or Pinnacle, raised on the Brink of a bottomless Gulf, as old as the World, often discharging Rivers of Fire, and throwing out burning Rocks, with a Noise that shakes the whole Island; add to this the unbounded Extent of the Prospect, comprehending the greatest Diversity and the most beautiful Scenery in Nature; with the rising Sun, advancing in the East, to illuminate the wonderful Scene.
The whole Atmosphere by Degrees kindled up, and showed dimly and faintly the boundless Prospect around. Both Sea and Land looked dark and confused, as if only emerging from their original Chaos, and Light and Darkness seemed full undivided; till the Morning, by Degrees advancing, completed the Separation. The Stars are extinguished, and the Shades disappear. The Forests, which but now seemed black and bottomless Gullies, from whence no Ray was reflected to show their Form or Colours, appear a new Creation rising to the Sight, catching Life and Beauty from every increasing Beam. The Scene still enlarges, and the Horizon seems to widen and expand itself on all Sides; till the Sun, like the great Creator, appears in the East, and with his plashick Ray completes the mighty Scene. All appears Enchantment, and it is with Difficulty we can believe we are still on Earth. The Senses, unaccustomed to such Objects, are bewildered and confounded; and it is not till after some Time that they are capable of separating and judging of them. The Body of the Sun is seen rising from the Ocean, immense Tracks both of Sea and Land intervening. The Islands of Lipari, Panari, Alicudi, Stromboli, and Volcano, with their smoking Summits, appear under your Feet; and you look down on the Whole of Sicily as on a Map, and can trace every River through all its Windings, from its Source to its Mouth. The View is absolutely boundless on every Side, nor is there any one Object within the Circle of Vision to interrupt it, so that the Sight is every Where lost in the Immensity; and I am perfectly convinced that it is only from the Imperfection of our Organs that the Coasts of Africa, and even of Greece, are not discovered, as they are certainly above the Horizon.
The present Crater of this immense Volcano is a Circle of about three Miles and a Half in Circumference; it goes shelving down on each Side, and forms a regular Hollow, like a vast Amphitheatre. From many Places of this Space issue Volumes of sulphureous Smoke, which being much heavier than the circumambient Air, instead of rising in it, as Smoke generally does, immediately on its getting out of the Crater rolls down the Side of the Mountain like a Torrent; till, coming to that Part of the Atmosphere of the same specific Gravity with itself, it shoots off horizontally, and forms a large Track in the Air, according to the Direction of the Wind, which (happily for us) carried it exactly in the opposite Side to that where we were placed. The Crater is so hot that it is very dangerous, if not impossible, to go down into it; besides, the Smoke is very incommodious, and in many Places the Surface is so soft that there have been Instances of People sinking down in it, and paying for their Temptation with their Lives. Near the Centre of the Crater is the great Mouth of the Volcano; that tremendous Gulf so celebrated in all Ages, looked upon as the Terror and Scourge both of this and another Life, and equally useful to ancient Poets or to modern Divines, when the Muse or when the Spirit inspires. We beheld it with Awe and with Horror; and were not surprised that it had been considered as the Place of the Damned. When we think of the Immensity of its Depth, the vast Caverns and Caverns whence so many Lavas have issued; the Force of its internal Fire, to raise up these Lavas to so vast a Height, to support it as it were in the Air, and even force it over the very Summit of the Crater, with all the dreadful Accompaniments; the Boiling of the Matter, the Shaking of the Mountain, the Explosions of flaming Rocks, &c. we must allow that the most enthusiastic Imagination, in the Midst of all its Terrors, hardly ever formed an Idea of a Hell more dreadful.
I had often been told of the great Effect produced by discharging a Gun on the Top of high Mountains. I tried it here, when we were a good Deal surprised to find that instead of increasing the Sound it was almost reduced to nothing. The Report was not equal to that of a small Pockey-Pistol; we compared it to the Stroke of a Stick on a Door, and found it is consistent with Reason that the thinner the Air is the less its Impression must be on the Ear; for in a Vacuum there can be no Noise, or no Impression can be made, and the nearer the approach to a Vacuum the Impression must always be the smaller. Where these great Effects have been produced must have been amongst a Number of Mountains, where the Sound is reverberated from one to the other.
It has likewise been observed, and from Experience I can say with Truth, that on the Tops of the highest Mountains, where the Air is so

pure and refined, and where there is not that immense Weight of gross Vapours pressing upon the Body, the Mind acts with greater Freedom, and all the Functions both of Soul and Body are performed in a superior Manner. It would appear that in Proportion as we are raised above the Habitations of Men all low and vulgar Sentiments are left behind, and that the Soul in approaching the ethereal Regions shakes off its earthly Affections, and already contracts something of their invariable Purity. Here, where you stand under a serene Sky, and behold, with equal Serenity, the Tempest and Storm forming below your Feet, the Lightning darting from Cloud to Cloud, and the Thunder rolling round the Mountain, and threatening with Destruction the poor Wretches below, the Mind considers the little Storms and Thunder of the human Passions as equally below her Notice. Surely the Situation alone is enough to inspire Philosophy, and Empedocles had good Reason for choosing it.
To the EDITOR of LLOYD'S EVENING POST.
SIR, I HAVE this Moment put out of my Hand the Roman History, which, for three or four Hours, I have been reading with great Attention. The Thoughts which arose in my Mind, as I went along, I hereby communicate to you, and through the Channel of your Paper, if you think proper, to the Publick.
The Struggles between Pompey and Cæsar for the universal Empire; the total Defeat of the former, one of the greatest Generals that ever appeared in the World; the ignominious End of that great Man, by a few lawless Fishermen, together with the Manner and Place of his Internment; shows us the Vanity of human Greatness, and the Vicissitudes attending every Condition and Character. No Man knows what he is born to; and when I read of the Changes and Exits of some that have made considerable Figures in the World, as Scholars, Historians, Statesmen, Generals, and Divines, I do not wonder at any Thing I either have or may meet with in the rough Voyage through Life. God only knows what Events are to take Place in our Lives; where, when, and how, we are to quit the Stage of Action. To be fitted, therefore, for the whole Will of Heaven, is a happy, a Christian Attainment.
The tragical End of Cæsar is truly affecting! I cannot see him in the Senate House surrounded by Conspirators and Assassins, and falling down at the Foot of Pompey's Statue, and there expiring, without a Tear. Alas! this is the End of great Achievements! extensive Power! victorious Arms! and worldly Honour! O cruel Cassius! O barbarous and ungrateful Brutus, thus to reward thy generous, thy noble Friend! Did not the dying Look and the faulting Voice of Cæsar stab thee to the Heart, when he said, Woe! my Son Brutus, and thou too! But Heaven, just Heaven, pursued and overtook these bloody Wretches, and brought them to a shameful and deserved End.
Those very Men who applauded the horrid Deed felt the Smart, and received the Reward of their impious Principles and Practices, under that tyrannical Triumvirate, composed of three bloody Men, Octavius, Anthony, and Lepidus; who divided the Empire of the World between them, as if it had been their paternal Inheritance.
The Roman Gentry once dreaded the growing Power, and usurped Authority, of a Cæsar. Liberty and Property they apprehended were at Stake; their Freedom was about to be sacrificed to the Humour and Ambition of an Individual. He must, therefore, be put to Death by desperate Villains; but what became of Roman Liberty when Octavius ascended the Imperial Seat? The Sons of Liberty became Slaves; and all they had became in a Manner the Property, and was at the Disposal, of an artful Man.
The Steps by which Octavius ascended the Throne, and the Measures he pursued to carry his Point, proved him to be a great Politician, and thoroughly acquainted with the Tempers and Constitution of Mankind, who are much easier led than driven.
Anthony betrayed astonishing Weakness throughout the Whole of his Conduct, after his first Interview with Cleopatra. She got the entire Possession of his Heart, and led him about under the Influence of her ambitious Views, till he lost his Character, his Hopes, and his Life; and now stands in the Annals of Antiquity as a sad Instance of human Inbecility, whilst under the attractive Force of a proud deceitful Woman. Anthony was doubtless a fine General, and possessed great Abilities; he was capable of performing Wonders in the Cabinet, the Senate, and the Field. But in him we are taught, that the greatest of Men may fall into Disgrace, Contempt, and Ruin, through the Pride and Lust of their Heart.
History leads us into the Designs, Motives, Self Interest, Hypocrisy, and the very Hearts of Men. Every Individual, whilst at the Head of an Empire, Kingdom, Society, or Party, pretends the Good, the real Good, of those he governs. The Royal Plunderers in the North have this Colouring for all their Rapine, Bloodshed, and Despotism. And when our English Nabobs cut off the poor Indians (who asserted the Rights of human Nature) by Millions, they pretended the Good of that vast Empire. But how easy is it to see that Self is the dear, the favourite Idol, which they are determined to aggrandize, and in whom all their Views and Actions centre.—Cursed is Man that trusteth in Man, &c.
Happy would it be for us if the Revolutions which take Place in Kingdoms, States, Societies, and Families, and if all the Changes and Weaknesses, as well as Depravity and Wickedness, that appear in ourselves and others, were to beget in us a Contempt of the World, a Distrust of Man, proper Thoughts of ourselves, and devout Apprehensions of God and his Providence. When the Mind is suitably impressed with what we read of the unfathomable Ways of God towards the Sons of Men, we are filled with Trembling, Adoration, and Wonder.
QUEBEC, September 19.
ON Monday last the Honourable Hugh Finlay, Esq; one of his Majesty's Council for this Province, and Surveyor General of the Post Roads in North America, set out from this City, attended by Mr. Launiere, an Indian Interpreter, and four Indians, with an Intention to steer a direct Course through the Woods, from Satigan, in this Province, to Fort Halifax in New England, in Order to ascertain the inhabited Distance, and to estimate the Expense of opening a Post Road that Way, if it should be found practicable; a Thing so long in Agitation, so much desired, and that must be of such mutual Advantage to both Provinces. He is afterwards to make a Tour to the Southward, to survey the several Post Roads in the King's Dominions on the Continent.
NEW YORK, September 30.
Extract of a Letter from London, July 17.
ALL our great Folks are dispersed through their several Counties, or gone to Paris, the Spa, and other Countries, so that the Summer Vacation is already commenced. The Spaniards will have occasion for a great Part of their Forces to defend their distant Territories, as you will find by the Newspapers that the oppressed Chileans have drove them out of almost every Town in that Province. The Czarina has relinquished all her Share of Poland to her partitioning Confederates, in Lieu of a Guaranty from Austria and Prussia of all her Claims upon the Turks, as announced at the Treaties of Fockzani and Bucharest; which will give her a free Communication with the Euxine, Archipelago, and Mediterranean Seas, besides other immense Advantages to her People, and their commercial Interest. The Ottoman Territories in Europe are now very likely to be divided between this great Power and the Empress of Germany, a Part of whose Forces, we have lately been told, by Persons immediately arrived from his well appointed Army, have marched in Order to second the Operations of Marshal Romanzow, whose Troops have again beaten the Infidels, and taken the important Post of Silistria. Mr. Crabb Bolton, Chairman of the India Company, carried his Point in the India House, a few Days ago, when it was determined that Tea should be sent to America; he was opposed, in very elegant and cogent Terms, by the Duke of Richmond, who is in the highest Esteem in this City.
The principal Pursuer of Ford and King, Mr. Scott, who, on Account of his particular Attachment to one of the present unfortunate Persons at Morris Town, was extremely interested in taking the first of these Men, is returned without being able to come up with them. The Persons he had chased, in Expectation of their proving to be those he went after, were two Indian Traders; all that he could learn from these was, that Richardson of Philadelphia, and Thomas Budd, joined Ford and King a little beyond Juniata, from whence they all set out together, well armed, for the Mississippi, so that there remain very little Hopes of their being secured.
Extract of a Letter from London August 10.
The Duke of Richmond opposed the favourite Object of the India Directors, the Exportation of Tea, to your Continent; but though he did it in very elegant Terms, Mr. Boulton, the Chairman, was very much hurt at this Resistance. However, the Question was put and carried; yet the Discouragement they have since met with, from a general Refusal of the Commanders in your Trade to take it on Board, has embarrassed the whole Direction to such a Degree that the sending of this Article is still very doubtful, although a Vessel is getting ready to receive it for Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and South Carolina. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, alarmed at the Prospect of meeting the Parliament in an ill Humour,
begins to with himself back again, in Old England, comfortably retired into the Seat of the Privy Seal, for which he has more than once expressed a Desire of exchanging his present high Station.—The Eyes of all Europe are fixed upon the very critical Situation of the Russian Army, which is now in Pursuit of the vanquished Grand Visar, among those Mountains which have hitherto proved insuperable to all the Attempts of foreign Invasion. How Mr. Romanzow's Detachments will acquit themselves, in such difficult Situations, it is impossible to conceive. He has lost his right Hand Man, Weisiman, a Saxon; his Fate was exactly similar to that of our glorious Countryman Keith, who fell fighting for the House of Brandenburg at Hochkirchen. If the two Generals, Stupuchin and Potemkin, who are acting as Pioneers for Count Romanzow, on the other Side of the Danube, should be able to pass the Mountains, and establish themselves, without heavy Losses, in such a Manner as may enable the Commander in Chief to bring up the main Body of the Army, the whole Affair will terminate in the Sultan's final Retreat to his Territories in Asia, and an entire Abdication of his European Dominions to the Empress of the Muscovites.
An unusual Plenty of Money is now daily dissipating in the several Boroughs preparatory to a new general Election. Corruption has already increased the Idleness of the People, and a great Neglect of Manufacture succeeds both in the North and West of England.—The Citizens of London seem determined to return Mr. Wilkes again, with their Favourite Mr. Bull; so that the popular Party will this Year have a Mayor, as well as both the Serjeants, to their Liking.
Although it is positively asserted, in some Parts of New Jersey, that Ford, Budd, and King, have made their Escape on Board a Vessel bound to the West Indies, there are few here that give Credit to it. The counterfeit Specie lately put off by them amongst the Indians, on Susquehannah, is an incontestible Proof of their Flight towards the Ohio, as they were exactly described to the Pursuers by the very Indians who had received the Bills in Payment from them.
October 11. We hear from Charlesstown, South Carolina, that Mr. Powell, Printer, has unfortunately fallen under the Displeasure of the Honourable House of Assembly, by printing in his Gazette, No. 1966, a Matter purporting to be Part of the Proceedings of the House on the 26th of August, for which he was ordered to the Bar of the House, where he declared that the Copy had been given him by the Honourable William Henry Drayton, Esq; a Member of that Honourable Assembly. The House ordered him into Custody, from whence he was four Days afterwards admitted to Bail, on giving Security for his Appearance. The Honourable Mr. Drayton entered his Dissent and Protest on the Occasion.
The Eastern Papers inform us that there has been in New England, for upwards of two Months past, the most severe Drought that was ever known, so that the Wells were generally dried up, and many Families were obliged to go three or four Miles for Water, fodder their Cattle for Want of Grass, and pound their Grain, &c. the Mills being all dry, and that they had the dreary Prospect of a Famine; but that on Wednesday the 29th of September they were providentially relieved, by plentiful refreshing Showers.
Advices from North Carolina mention the like Drought there, and that in August last 500 Settlers arrived from Ireland.
PRINCETOWN, September 30.
ON Monday last, the 27th Instant, the GRAMMAR SCHOOL here was examined in Presence of the President and Officers of the College, and several other Gentlemen of Letters; when, after a full Trial of all the Classes, seven of the senior Class were approved, and admitted into the Freshman Class. Judgment was passed upon all the other Classes, and Prizes distributed to the Victors in each. In the Evening, the Ladies and Gentlemen in the Neighbourhood, and Strangers who came to the Commencement, were entertained in the College Hall with three Oration, two in Latin, by DANIEL JENIFER, of Port Tobacco, in Maryland, and JAMES BAYARD, of Philadelphia; and one in English, by JOHN JORDAN, of Port Tobacco. All Members of the Class admitted into College.
The Day following was spent in a voluntary Competition among the under Graduates, for Prizes, on the following Subjects.
1. Reading English with Propriety and Grace, and answering a Variety of Questions (the same Questions being put to each Candidate) of Orthography, and on the Grammar and Construction of the Language.
2. Reading Latin and Greek properly and justly, with a particular Attention to true Quantity.
3. Writing a Latin Version.
4. Speaking Latin.
5. Pronouncing English Oration: The Preference was determined by seven Gentlemen, chosen by the President, for each Competition.
The Oration were pronounced in the Evening in the College Hall, in Presence of a very crowded and polite Audience.
And in the Exercises of the next Day, at the annual Commencement for conferring Degrees, among the several young Gentlemen who distinguished themselves were HENRY LEE and CHARLES LEE of Virginia; the first of whom delivered an Oration on the Liberal Arts, and the other received the Premium for speaking Latin with most Propriety, likewise one of the Prizes for pronouncing the best English Oration.
PHILADELPHIA, October 6.
BY Captain Hawkins, from Barbados, we learn that on the 11th ult. about six o'Clock in the Evening, it came on to blow there, and continued all Night, in which several Vessels parted their Cables, but received no other Damage.
Extract of a Letter from St Eustatia, September 7.
Last Friday Night the Wind shifted from E. by N. to S. E. and S. by E. and blew very fresh, with Rain. A Schooner belonging to Norfolk, Virginia, is drove ashore, and it is imagined will not be got off again.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 28.
MONDAY last being the Anniversary of the Accession of his present Majesty, our most gracious Sovereign, to the Throne, in Honour thereof his Excellency the Governor gave a Ball and elegant Entertainment at the Palace, to a numerous and brilliant Company of Ladies and Gentlemen.
This Week arrived in Town the Reverend JOHN WOTHERSPOON, President of the College at Princetown in the Jerseys.
The Molly, Younghusband, from Liverpool, and the Bland, Captain Danby, from London, are arrived in James River.
[Deaths.] Captain WILLIAM ASHBURN, of the Ship Fly at Bermuda Hundred.
The Members of the Society lately instituted in Virginia for the Advancement of useful Knowledge are desired to meet in the Capitol, on Wednesday the 3d of November, at four o'Clock in the Afternoon.
As there are several Matters of Importance to be settled at this Meeting, it is hoped that every Member, who can make it convenient, will attend.
Advertisements.
THE Subscriber has a neat Assortment of EUROPEAN and INDIA GOODS for Sale, which he will lump off cheap for Cash, Bills of Exchange, or Tobacco; and will give long Credit, if desired, upon Bond with Interest, and approved Security. (5||) G. MASON.
LESTER'S FERRY, October 25, 1773.
THE Report that was spread, by some malicious Person, of my having the FLUX in my Family extremely bad, is a palpable Falstity. There are not, nor ever have been, the least Grounds for such a Report, not one of my Family ever having any Species of that Disorder.—The Publick is hereby informed that my Boat is in good Order, having lately had a thorough Repair; and proper Attendance will be given, as usual, by their much obliged humble Servant, ROBERT LORTON. (1||)
GARDEN SEEDS.
A FRESH Assortment just imported, viz. EARLIEST PEASE, WINDSOR BEANS, CABBAGE SEEDS of sundry Sorts, GARDEN CRESSES, WHITE MUSTARD, fine COLLIFLOWER SEED, WHITE and PURPLE BROCOLI, TURNIP SEED (of a very large Kind) with all the other small Seeds commonly used in private Gardens. ROBERT NICOLSON.
For BRISTOL,
THE SNOW Elizabeth, John Sampson Master, a fine new British built Vessel, now lying at Bull Hill, on Appomattox River. She hath good Accommodations for Passengers, will take in 250 Hogheads of Tobacco on Freight, with Liberty of Consignment, and will be ready to sail by the Middle of December.
For Freight or Passage apply to the Captain on Board, or to the Subscriber in Peterburg.
(2) EDWARD STABLER.
NORFOLK, October 20, 1773.
FOR CHARTER, to any Part of Europe, the SHIP Sparling, William Priestman Master, Burthen about 500 Hogheads, or 12,000 Bushels. For Terms apply to
(5) JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co. Who have for Sale a Quantity of Liverpool SALT.
NEWCASTLE, October 21, 1773.
I INTEND to leave the Colony very soon. (1||) JOHN THROAP.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 6, 1773.
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon. PETER SCOTT.
WANTED, A DISCREET WOMAN, to act in the Capacity of a Housekeeper in a respectable Family; such a Person, with a good Recommendation, may hear of a Place by applying to the Printer.
ALL Persons indebted to Charles Minnis, deceased, of York County, are requested to make immediate Payment, as the Circumstances of his Estate will admit of no Indulgence; and those who have any Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known to
AUGUSTINE MOORE, Executor.
** The HALF WAY HOUSE between York and Hampton to be let. For Terms inquire as above.
A Journeyman Tailor
who understands his Business, and can come well recommended, will have good Encouragement by applying immediately to me in Cobham.
(2||) JAMES MOIR.
A YOUNG Man who can be well recommended as to his Sobriety and Diligence in Business, and properly qualified to transact the Business of a COUNTY COURT CLERK, in all its Branches, may hear of good Encouragement by applying to the PRINTER.
LANDED from on Board the London, Captain Robertson, three Casks of PIPES marked F with a Crow's Foot with Co at the Top & W Crow's Foot M, also a Box and a Cask of GLASS marked S Crow's Foot N, No. 1 and 2, which are with Mr. William Reynolds in York. (1||)
HANOVER, October 25, 1773.
FOR SALE, a TRACT of LAND on the main Road, about three or four Miles above the Courthouse, containing 164 Acres, on which is a good Dwellinghouse with three Rooms, each having a Fire Place, and a Passage upon the Ground Floor, a large Room with a Fire Place, a small Room, and Passage above Stairs, good Cellaring, good Dairy and Smokehouse, Kitchen, Quarter, Barn, Stable, two Tobacco Houses, and a very fine and convenient Spring. This Place is remarkable for its pleasant and healthy Situation, standing on a high Hill which commands a beautiful Prospect of the fine Estates of North and South Wales. It is very convenient for a Merchant, Doctor, or a Gentleman to live at, or retire to during the sickly Season of the Fall; as it is not only free from those Disorders, but remarkable for recovering those labouring under them.
Also another Tract of LAND containing 148 Acres, within three or 400 Yards of the above, being only parted by a narrow Gore of South Wales. There are upon the two Places about five or six Acres of very good Meadow. They may be entered on the first of January. One Half of the Purchase Money to be paid at the next Meeting of the Merchants, or perhaps at the January Meeting, the other as can be agreed on.
I should be glad to treat with any Gentleman professing Physick and Surgery for my Lots and Houses in Hanover Town, with large Part of my Shop Utensils and Medicines. Any such may depend this Place is inferior to few in the Colony for Practice. The Terms as above. (1||) JOHN WALKER.
To be SOLD, at the Meeting of the Merchants in Williamsburg,
TWO FORTY HOGSHEADS FLATS, which have been running about eighteen Months; likewise five NEGRO MEN, who have been used chiefly to the Crafting Business. Six Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond and Security to
FRANCIS IRWIN, and the Executors of Mr. John Smith. October 28, 1773.
To be SOLD on the Premises, publicly or privately, on Thursday the 11th of November, being the Day after the Fair,
THE LOT whereon Hogg and Rowland kept Store, on the Top of Shocks Hill. There is on it a new Storehouse conveniently formed for the Retail or West India Trade, has two Side Sheds, a Lodging Room, Counting Room, and one of the best Cellars in the Colony, also a Dwellinghouse sixteen Feet square just finished, which has a very good Room for a single Man below, a good Lodging Room with a Fire Place above Stairs, a Cellar that will answer the Purpose of a Kitchen, a good Granary, and Stable entirely new. It is situated on the Country main Road, so that the Commodities brought to Town from above must come by the Store Door. The Situation is high and healthy, and commands one of the most beautiful Prospects in the Colony. The Time of Payment will be made easy to the Purchaser, and agreed on at the Day of Sale. ZACHARIAH ROWLAND. RICHMOND, October 20, 1773.
To be SOLD at Fredericksburg, on Wednesday the 10th of November, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, twenty likely Virginia born SLAVES. Credit will be allowed to the 1st of May 1774, the Purchasers giving Bond and approved Security. The Bonds to bear Interest from the Date if not punctually paid. JOHN TALIAFERRO.

HANOVER Town, October 29, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about two Months ago, FOURTEEN NEW NEGROES, ten of whom were taken up in King William, and the remaining seven were lately seen near West Point in that County. I will give THREE POUNDS Reward for each of them, besides what the Law allows, to any Person who shall bring them to me. JOHN BURNLEY.
COMMITTED to Cumberland County Jail. North Carolina, the 1st of August, a likely Negro Man, about 24 Years old, and near five Feet seven Inches high. He says he belongs to Charles Smith near the Great Bridge, Norfolk County, Virginia. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take him away. (2) ALEXANDER M'ARTHUR.
BENEDICT Town (Maryland) October 11, 1773.
I HAVE received Letters from the Creditors of Mess. Perkins and Brown, of London, Merchants, Copartners with Thomas Buchanan, of this Province, Merchant, who have taken out a Commission of Bankruptcy against them, bearing Date the 4th of August last, by which I am desired to give publick and immediate Notice to all Persons indebted to the said Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown, not to pay any of their Debts, to any Person or Persons whatever, without the Order in Writing of the Assignees duly chosen under the said Commission, or their Attorney authorized for that Purpose, of which due Notice will hereafter be given; and for the farther Satisfaction of those who may be herein interested, I have inserted an Extract of Part of the said Letter underneath. JAMES FORBES.
Mr. JAMES FORBES,
SIR, THIS possibly may not be the first Information you may have had of the Situation of the House of Mess. Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown; nor have we now Time to acquaint you with the whole State of their Affairs, the Packet being to be made up in a few Hours. Let it suffice, that many of the Creditors resolved upon, and have actually taken out, a Commission of Bankruptcy against Perkins and Brown, and make Choice of you for their Attorney in so important a Concern as we are certain this will prove; and they most earnestly solicit your Acceptance thereof, and by the next Opportunity you will be more powerfully armed and authorised by the Assignees under the Commission to execute this Business, for which you will be allowed the usual Commission. We here are of Opinion, and conclude, that the accompanying Notice be inserted in your Newspapers; and we are also advised it will be necessary to give the same Notice to all the Debtors mentioned in the enclosed List, and all Debtors with whom your Knowledge or Information may furnish you. Mess. Barlow and Company have got Possession of the Books, which prevented our sending you a particular List; but we have great Reason to believe that their Assignment will be set aside, not being duly executed by all the Partners. We understand there are also other extraordinary Assignments given by Mr. Brown, with which we apprehend no Person will be safe in complying, as the Validity of them will be also contested under the Commission of Bankruptcy which we have taken out against Perkins and Brown, as Partners with Buchanan. We are yours, &c.
JOHN & THOMAS HARDY. JONES & CLARKE. PERKINS & RUSSELL. Signed by JOHN PLATT. MAUDUIT, WRIGHT, & Co. DARBY & MORGAN.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 13, 1773.
THE Ship Noble Bounty, John Dutch- man Master, now lying at Hobb's Hole, on Rappahannock River, will take in TOBACCO, upon Liberty of Consignment, to any Gentleman in London, at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun. Those who choose to ship are desired immediately to leave their Notes, or Orders, with James Mills, Esquire, & Co. at Urbanna, the Captain on Board, or with William Porter in Fredericksburg, as the Ship will certainly sail by the Middle of next Month. (2)
THE Subscriber has just opened TAVERN in the Town of Newcastle, in the new House lately built by Mr. Charles Tinsley for that Purpose, and very adapted for the Business, having an extraordinary good Pasture very convenient to it. All who will favour him with their Custom may depend they shall be well accommodated, and great Care taken of their Horses. (1f) DAVID CLARKE.
BLANDFORD, October 14, 1773.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick, that he has opened TAVERN in the Town of Blandford, opposite Boyd's Warehouses, where all who shall please to favour him with their Custom may depend upon the best of Entertainment, by their humble Servant, (2) INSTANCE HALL.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick that he has got an extraordinary good PAINTER, who understands his Business as well as any Man in the Colony. He is a good Limner, Landscape Painter, &c. and an excellent Hand at painting all Sorts of Signs, Coats of Arms, and Ciphers on Carriages. He can paint any Kind of Pictures as well, and as much to the Life, as those imported from England. All those who want such Painting may depend on having it done in the best and most expeditious Manner, by applying to me in Newcastle. (1f) CHARLES TINSLEY.
Journeymen Weavers will meet with good Encouragement by applying to me, in Norfolk. GARDNER FLEMING.
GERMAN Osnabrugs, And ROLLS, ALSO A PARCEL OF WELL ASSORTED SADDLES, To be SOLD, at a very low Advance, by the Subscriber in Manchester, JAMES LYLE.
NORFOLK, October 12, 1773.
The Subscribers have for SALE a Quantity of LONDON SINGLE REFINED SUGAR. (2||) JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co.
FOR CHARTER, the SHIP Neptune, Archibald White Master, Burthen about 400 Hogheads, or 10,000 Bushels. For Terms apply to the Subscribers. (5||) JOHN GREENWOOD. JOHN LAWRENCE.
Just IMPORTED, and SELLING by the Subscriber, at her Store opposite the Raleigh, a large Assortment of MILLINERY and JEWELERY, &c. on the most reasonable Terms, namely,
WHITE Satins and Lustings, Satin Cloaks and Bonnets, Dresden Ruffles, Stomachers and Knots, Italian Flowers, Rolls and Curls, quilted Puddings, black and white Silk Aprons, Satin and Sarcenet quilted Petticoats, Patent Net Aprons and Hoods, Breast Flowers, Lawn and Cambricks, Silk Breeches Patterns, Ribands, a great Variety of Didbury Shoes, white and coloured Silk Hose, Silk and Leather Gloves, Mens and Boys Hats, Silk Purse, Childrens Stays, Flannel under Waistcoats, under Stockings Nightcaps, Boys Hussar Caps and Feathers, Irish Garters, Wafers, Freemasons Sashes, Satin and Queen's Silk Shoes, Tambour Sword Knots, Table Croffes and Salts, Paste Stay Hooks, bordered Cambricks and India Silk Pocket Handkerchiefs, Buck, Woodstock, Silk, and other Gloves, Trimmings of all Sorts, Gauze, Catguts, Blond and Thread Laces, Thread and Cotton Hose, Christening Baskets, Childrens Shoes and Stockings, white and other Fans. Paste and Bead Necklaces and Earrings; Gold Wires; Stone, Silver, London gilt, and black and blue Silk and Knee Buckles; Gold, Paste, Silver, and black Stock Buckles; Combs, Lockets, Paste and Garnet Sprigs and Pins, Soup Ladles, Salt Shovels, Knives, Scissors, Steel Watch Chains, Pocket Books with Tweezer Cases, Toothpick Cases and Brushes, Decanter Corks with Labels, Corals and Bells, Shoe Claps for Children, black Pins, Sword Canes, Riding Hats and Feathers, Pugh's famous Eye Water for weak or sore Eyes, Snuff Boxes, Shaving Boxes, Sewing Silks, &c. &c. with a Number of other Articles too tedious to insert. C. RATHBELL.
FOR SALE, a TRACT of LAND in Frederick, containing, from an accurate Survey lately made, 800 Acres, upon which are convenient good Buildings, and Outhouses for twelve or fifteen Negroes. There are eleven Acres in choice Timothy Meadow, twenty Acres in exceeding fine Pasture well set with Timothy, both expected to be in their Prime next Year; sixty Acres of rich high Ground sown in Wheat this Fall, well fenced in; and about forty or fifty Acres cleared for a Crop of Corn next Summer. It is situated in the most convenient Part of the Country, being only six Miles from Shenandoah, and ten from Winchester, and is convenient to Church, Mill, and Blacksmith's Shop. It joins Mr. Thruston's Estate, and is inferior to no Land in that Neighbourhood. For Terms apply to Mr. Francis Willis, Junior, at Belvoir, in Fairfax, or to the Printers of this Paper.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, the 29th of November (being Court Day) at Bedford Courthouse, 1846 ACRES of LAND lying upon Falling River. The Terms will be agreed on at the Day of Sale, by JOHN T. BICKERTON.
Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, which has obtained the Royal Assent, will be SOLD on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, at twelve Months Credit, on Friday the 29th Instant (October)
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND in King and Queen, situated in the Fork of Timber Branch and the Dragon Swamp, and about eight Miles from Turner's Warehouse, containing, by an old Survey, 1084 Acres, 5 or 600 of which are fine low Grounds suitable for the Growth of Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, or other Grain, and Part of it is well adapted for Meadow, being cleared and now in excellent Grass, and a larger Quantity of the same Kind of Land might be got for that Purpose. It is in fine Order for Cropping, has about one Half cleared, and on the other Half is Plenty of Oak, Cypress, Ash, and other Timber. It is now the Property of William Todd, and Possession will be given the 1st of January. Any Person inclined to purchase may be shown the Land by applying to Mr. John Gardner, who lives near the Premises. Bond and Security will be required, by
GEORGE BROOKE, GREGORY BAYLOR, WILLIAM LYNE, JOHN TAYLOR CORBIN, RICHARD TUNSTALL, Junior. } Trustees.
N. B. The aforesaid Plantation will be sold altogether, or laid off in Parcels.
On the 3d of November (being Charles City Court Day) will be exposed to SALE,
TWO HUNDRED ACRES of LAND, whereon the said Courthouse stands. There are upon the Land a very commodious Dwellinghouse now occupied as an Ordinary, and all convenient Outhouses. It may be entered upon next New Year's Day. One Third of the Purchase Money to be paid the 1st of January 1774, one Third in October following, and the Remainder in October 1775. Also a MERCHANT MILL, with eight Acres of Land, and a Stream sufficient to carry two Pair of Stones even in the greatest Drought. It will be delivered up immediately. Bond and Security will be required.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Elizabeth City, some Time in June last, a likely Virginia born Negro Wench named RACHEL, near thirty Years old, about five Feet one or two Inches high, has large Eyes, and the End of one of her fore Fingers broke; she had on a blue Jacket, and an old Cotton Petticoat. I expect she is about Norfolk, or got on Board some Vessel, and gone up James River. Whoever takes up said Negro, and conveys her to me, or confines her in any Jail, so that I get her again, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward. LOCKEY COLLIER.
RUN away from Eaton Hill, in Gloucester County, on Monday the 4th Instant (October) a very likely Mulatto Fellow named JAMES, about five Feet seven Inches high, and has very long Wool, which he combs high before. Whoever takes him up, so that I get him again, shall be handsomely rewarded for his Trouble. (2||) AGATHA RANDOLPH.
N. B. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from carrying him out of the Country.
COMMITTED to King and Queen Jail, a Negro Man, who says his Name is Shadrach, but is sometimes called Caesar and Abraham, has run away more than twelve Months, and belongs to Major Ephraim King, on the Eastern Shore, in Somerset County, Maryland. He is very likely, appears to be about twenty Years old, and five Feet ten Inches high. His Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. CHRISTOPHER HARWOOD, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a BRIGHT BAY MARE about four Years old, about thirteen Hands and a Half high, with a small Star in her Forehead, is a Trotter, had a Bell on, and branded on the near Buttock & S. Posted, and appraised to 5 l. 10s. (||) THOMAS RATCLIFFE.
TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a BAY MARE about six Years old, twelve Hands high, has a Wart growing on her Nostril, had on a Bell, and branded on the near Buttock 1 T. Posted, and appraised to 45s. (||) WILLIAM M'CLURE.
TAKEN up, in Accomack, a THREE YEAR OLD STEER, of a dark red Colour, marked in the right Ear with a Crop and Slit, and a Crop and two Slits in the left. Posted, and appraised to 50s. (||) CHARLES LEATHERBURY.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a GRAY MARE about two or three Years old, twelve Hands and three Quarters high. Posted, and appraised to 5 l. JOHN WINN.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a SORREL MARE about thirteen Hands and a Half high, flaxen Mane and Tail, branded on the near Shoulder R, and on the Buttock an obscure Brand. Posted, and appraised to 10 l. SAMUEL SHERWIN.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 7, 1773.
ALL Persons indebted to the Partnership of Purdie & Dixon are hereby requested to make immediate Payment, as every Account which remains unsettled after the ensuing Court will be put into the Hands of an Attorney. Mr. William Russell will collect the Debts due to the said Partnership in York and James City Counties. PURDIE & DIXON.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a DARK BAY MARE thirteen Hands and three Quarters high, had on a Bell, and branded on the near Shoulder P q and on the near Buttock MM in a Piece. Posted, and appraised to 10 l. GIDEON WINFREE.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a SORREL HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, ten Years old, a Blaze Face, his off hind Foot white, branded on the near Shoulder J, and on the near Buttock C. Posted, and appraised to 10 l. JOHN NORRIS, Junior.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 13, 1773.
By the DEATH of two of our principal PARTNERS, it is become absolutely necessary that all ACCOUNTS should be IMMEDIATELY SETTLED. We must therefore desire every Person indebted, whether by BILLS, BONDS, or OPEN ACCOUNTS of twelve Months standing, to discharge their respective Balances without Loss of Time, as no farther Indulgence can be given. The Trade will be carried on to its usual Extent, and we do not mean by this Advertisement to press such of our good Customers as have been punctual in their Dealings with their obliged humble Servants, JOHN PRENTIS, & Co.
Just IMPORTED, and to be SOLD, By M. HUNTER, in WILLIAMSBURG,
A GENTEELE Assortment of MILLINERY and other GOODS, consisting of Suits of Blond, Blond Caps, fancied enamelled Stomachers, Italian Ditto, Barb, Brussells, Minionet, and Blond Laces and Edgings, black Laces and Edgings, Silver Blond, Coxcomb Ditto, a Variety of plain and flowered Ribands, white Lustings, flowered and plain Patent Net, a rich black Patent Net Apron, Patent Net Hoods, Book Muffin Yard and Yard and a Half wide, flowered Ditto, striped and flowered Muslin Yard and Yard and a Half wide, thick Ditto; black, blue, and white Satin for Cloaks; black, blue, and white Persian Ditto; black Mode, white Sarcenet, Suits of Dresden Work, Suits of Childbed Linen, Baskets, Pincushions, Lines, Robes, Cradle Quilts, Paste Necklaces and Earrings, Sprigs and Pins Ditto, Lockets set with Garnets, plain Ditto, Gold and Silver Lockets for Necklaces, Paste and Marcasite Croffes, Foil Stone Ditto, Wax Necklaces and Earrings, Paste and plain Tortoise Shell and Horn Combs, Silver Corals, Paste Buckles, mock and real Garnets; Wax, Coral, and Agate Beads; Ladies Riding Hats, Childrens Beaver Hats, black and blue Satin Caps, quilted Puddings for Children, white and coloured Bone and Ivory Stick Fans, Filagree Toothpick Cases, Silver and Tortoise Shell inlaid with Silver Ditto, white and brown Thread Stockings, ribbed Ditto, Ladies and Gentlemens white Silk Stockings, coloured Ditto, Gresham's Ladies Calimanco Shoes, green and purple Ditto, Ladies black and white Silk Gloves, white and coloured Kid and Lamb Ditto, Mens white Silk Gloves, Wash Leather Ditto; blue, Pink, and white Satin Coats; blue, Pink, white Satin, and Queen's Silk Shoes; Tortoise Shell and Glass Smelling Bottles, Gentlemens and Ladies Pocket Books, Rings, Silver Thimbles, Italian Breast Flowers, small Ditto, Models of Lord Batoury, Hyson and Bohea Teas, Chip Hats, Cane Ditto, Bonnets, Stuff Petticoats, spotted Gauzes, Aprons Ditto, Calicoes and Cottons, Babies of all Prices, a Variety of Toys, green Silk Purse, India Fans, black Pins, Snuff Boxes, Strasburg and Watson's Snuffs, Coal Seals, Cottons, Threads, and Tapes.
KING & QUEEN, October 10, 1773.
THE Subscriber, from several Years Experience of the very bad Management of Overseers, together with his own Want of a proper Knowledge in the Business of either the Farmer or Planter, though in Possession of Lands extremely well calculated for raising Wheat, Tobacco, or Indian Corn, has come to the Resolution to offer for SALE the following TRACTS of LAND, all of which may be entered upon at Christmas, namely,
That beautiful Seat and Plantation on Mattaponny River, in King and Queen, whereon John Robinson, Esquire (late Treasurer) lived, containing 1381 Acres of high Land, and about 650 Acres of very valuable Marsh, also a very good neared Water Grist Mill in proper Repair, the Toll of which maintains near sixty in Family, besides several Horses, stands within 100 Yards of the River, and, at a small Expense, may be constructed into a very convenient Merchant Mill. The Improvements on this Seat, I am credibly informed, cost better than 5000 l. and in Point of Convenience, Taste, or Situation, is exceeded but by very few in the Colony, and so well known that a particular Description is unnecessary. The Marsh is remarkably rich and high, and the Subscriber, intending to reclaim the Whole, has already done a considerable Length of very substantial Bank; a good Quantity of inland Marsh has been for some Time laid dry and in Meadow, and, from the Trial made, he is well satisfied it is practicable, at a much less Expense than is generally thought to attend Works of that Nature.
A Tract of very valuable Land in King William, formerly the Property of Colonel Bernard Moore, and known by the Name of Waremonkshoe, containing 1780 Acres, and running near three Miles on Pamunkey River; the Soil is remarkably good for Wheat, Tobacco, or Corn, and is generally allowed to be as valuable and convenient a Plantation, for the Number of Acres, as any in the lower Parts of the Country. There are on this Tract a Dwellinghouse seventy Feet long and twenty wide, in which Colonel Moore formerly lived, with many good and convenient Outhouses, and very fine Reach Orchards. There also is, belonging to and adjoining this Land, a good Water Mill lately rebuilt on a fine and constant Stream sufficient to carry two Pair of Stones in the driest Times, situated between the Branches of York River, not above a Mile from either, and is capable of being easily made a very valuable Merchant Mill, Mattaponny being navigable up to it. When the late Speaker's Administrators advertised some Part of this Tract, in two Parcels, they say of the lower Part, containing 586 Acres, "It abounds with such a Quantity of White Oak, that it is thought 1000 l. Worth of Plank and Timber may be got off it." See the Gazettes, May 10, 1770.
Another Tract on Roanoke, in Mecklenburg, Virginia, known by the Name of Black's Ferry, 65 Miles from Peterburg, about 250 Acres of which are very rich low Grounds well adapted for raising good Tobacco, a fine natural Meadow, and good Range for all Sorts of Stock. There is, at this Place, a publick Ferry established by Act of Assembly, already very profitable, and promises to be as much so as any on the River, being thought the nearest, from Appomattox, to the large Tobacco Settlements in Bute County, and other Places in North Carolina.
On the two first Plantations there are and will be put in the Ground 250 Bushels of Wheat, and as the Mills do more than maintain all the Hands and Horses necessary to be kept on these Plantations, all the Corn made thereon will be always for Market. There are large Stocks of all Sorts at all the three Places, which the Purchasers may have, with Corn, Fodder, Hay, and most Sorts of Plantation Utensils. The Terms of Sale are, one Eighth of the Consideration Money next Christmas, when Deeds are passed and Possession given, another Eighth the April Term following, and the remaining three Fourths to be paid in three annual Payments, without Interest, upon Bond and Security being given to WILLIAM BLACK.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 14, 1773.
INTEND to leave the Colony in a few Weeks. PATRICK BEECH.
GERMAN OSNABRUGS, JUST IMPORTED in the Royal Exchange, Captain Windford, extremely well assorted, and bought upon the best Terms, to be SOLD WHOLESALE ONLY. Any Person, disposed to purchase, may know the Terms by applying to RICHARD HANSON. PETERSBURG, October 6, 1773.

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H O P E.
A LL the Splendour which Wealth can display Is so vain that it quickly must cloy; Like a Bubble, it soon melts away, If HOPE does not heighten the Joy. Sweet Passion! without thee the Soul In the Midst of Fruition would tire; Into Times yet unborn thou canst roll, And expand on the Wings of Desire. It was HOPE that first planted my Vine, And its Clusters luxuriously spread, Reard my Fig Tree, whose Branches entwine, And so gracefully shadow my Head. HOPE comforts the Mourner's sad State, Soothes the Wretch who is struggling with Pain, Bids the Captive support his hard Fate, And to Home turns his Eyes back again. Bright Charmer! ah! live in my Breast, Round my Temples thy Garland full bind; Thou shalt calm all my Sorrows to Rest, And cheer with thy Sunshine my Mind.
To be SOLD on THURSDAY the 4th of NOVEMBER next, before the RALEIGH Tavern, to the highest Bidder.
T HE exceeding fine Plantation and TRACT of LAND in Chesterfield County, at the Falls of James River, belonging to the Subscriber, which contains upwards of 2000 Acres, and, on Account of its Richness and Situation, is deservedly esteemed the most valuable in the Colony, nay equal to any in America. It is in good Order for Cropping; and about 250 Acres will be sowed in Wheat this Fall, from which may be expected to be reaped at least 5000 Bushels. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond and approved Security to (11) WILLIAM BYRD, and his Trustees.
Just IMPORTED, in the latest Vessels from London, and SELLING by the Subscriber, next Door above the Coffee House, for ready Money,
A GENTEL and very elegant Assortment of JEWELLERY and MILLINERY, &c. consisting of fine Blond Hoods, Italian and Lace Ruffs, Fancy Caps, Ereets, Breast Flowers, Fillets, Lace and Gauze Caps, &c. handsome Agate Necklaces and Earrings set with Marcasites, Paste Ditto, French Wax Bows and Soutures, Wax Pearl, real Garnets, Jet Ditto, Velvet Collars, Paste Fins of various Kinds, Sprigs suitable to all, which are beautifully set, Paste and plain Combs, set Shoe Buckles, Garnet, Marcasite, Paste, and plain Gold Lockets and Crosses; Italian and Blond Lace; Fancy, and Silver Stomachers; Ribands, Fans, Bobbins, Tapes; Gentlemen and Ladies Silk, and other Goods; Gresham's Pumps Sewing Silk, Cotton Thread, Book Muffin, thick Ditto, Cambricks, Lawns, Gauzes, black and white Sarcenets, calling Handkerchiefs and Terejas, Lawn, Muffin, Pocket, and Gauze Ditto, worked Muffin Aprons, Lawn and black flounced Ditto, Gauze Shades, Boys Satin Caps with Feathers, Hats, Bonnets, Cloaks, Ladies fashionable Riding Hats, with black, blue, and white Ostrich Feathers for them, and Gloves suitable; complete Suits of Gauze, and Blond Lace; Gentlemen's Lace Ruffs, Minionet and Blond Laces; rich white, flowered striped, and plain Lustring; plain, and striped Tafetas; Persians, black Mode, Chintzes, Calicoes, Gentlemen's Bags and Rofes; Silk, Cotton, Thread, and Worsted Hose; Morocco, and Silk Pocket Books, with or without Instruments; Tortoise Shell, and other Sorts of Memorandum Books; Washalls, undressed Dolls, Childrens Tea Sets; Silk, and fine black Russel Quilts; very fine Bambafin, and Crape. Also a Variety of other Things too tedious to insert.
I have on Hand a small Assortment of CLOTHS, and proper TRIMMINGS, which I would sell Wholesale on low Terms, for Cash or short Credit. I take this Opportunity to return Thanks to those Gentlemen and Ladies who have favoured me with their Custom, and to assure them they shall be served upon the most reasonable Terms by their much obliged humble Servant, MARY DICKENSON.
Pursuant to the Will of Mr John Smith, deceased, will be SOLD, on Friday the 3d of December, at his late Plantation in King William,
A VALUABLE Stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, a large Crop of Corn, Fodder, and Plantation Utensils. And on Tuesday, the 7th of the same Month, will be SOLD, upon the Premises, a very valuable TRACT of LAND known by the Name of Pickenocky, lying in Henrico, situated on the Brook Swamp, about four Miles from Richmond, and contains, by an old survey, 200 Acres, 100 of which are very rich well timbered low Grounds drained by an extraor- dinary Piece of Dam Work, and the Place is in good Order for Cropping, having a sufficient Quantity of Wheat now sowed upon it. Likewise all Kinds of Stock, together with the Crop of Corn, Fodder, and Plantation Utensils.
And on Tuesday the 21st of December will be SOLD, on the Premises, a TRACT of rich and well timbered LAND containing above 2000 Acres, and lies in Goochland, on James River, near the Mouth of the Great Bird, and opposite Elk Island. There is upon this Land a Plantation suf- ficient to work sixteen Hands, and the Soil is very suitable for Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn. For the Convenience of Purchasers it will be di- vided into several Lots, before the Day of Sale. At the same Time and Place will be SOLD 91 valuable SLAVES, fifteen of whom belong to the Estate of Mr. Joseph Smith deceased, likewise a large Stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep, with the Crop of Corn, Fodder, and Plantation Utensils.
One Half of the Purchase Money for the Lands to be paid the 1st of May, and the Balance twelve Months after that Time. Credit for the Slaves, Stocks, &c. will be allowed till the 1st of July, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security, which is to carry Interest from the Date, if not punctually paid.
(10) WILLIAM ANDERSON, Executor of John Smith, And Administrator of Joseph Smith. N. B. If it should rain on any of the above mentioned Days, the Publick may depend the Sale will be the next fair Day.
NORFOLK, October 9, 1773. T HE Subscriber intends to remove shortly out of this Colony. All Persons indebted to him are requested to come and settle their Accounts, and such as have any Demands against him to send in theirs for Payment. F. A. DOEBER.
N. B. A Quantity of DRY GOODS to be sold, Wholesale or Retail, at a low Advance.
For S A L E, T HE commodious and well situated HOUSE and STORE on the main Street in Williamsburg, formerly the Property of Messrs. Turpley and Thompson, and at present occupied by Mr. James Hubbard. For Terms inquire of the Printer, or of the Subscriber in York Town. RICHARD BROWN.
To be SOLD, and entered upon immediately, A TRACT of LAND containing 1300 Acres, more or less, on Pianketank River, in Gloucester County. It is needless to be par- ticular about it, as it is the same I advertised last Year, and then gave a full Description of it. Since then I sold it to John Attaway, Clerk of Maryland; but as he refuses to take it, Necessity obliges me to offer it once more to the Publick. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to me in Middlesex. I want Part of the Money at the Meeting of the Merchants, and reasonable Credit will be allowed for the Remainder. AUGUSTINE SMITH.
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a DAPPLE GRAY MARE three or four Years old, four Feet five Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, no Brand perceivable, a natural Pacer, but not broke. Posted, and appraised to 6 l. (11) JAMES TUCKER, Senior.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a BAY MARE four Feet six Inches high, about eight Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, several Saddle Spots on each side of her Withers, both hind Feet white, the left above the Footlock behind, a natural Pacer, and branded on the near Shoulder H G. Posted, and appraised to 8 l. FRANCIS MARSHALL.
TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a PIED COW marked with a Crop in the left Ear, and a Hole in both, the Tops of her Horns sawed off. Posted, and appraised to 2 l. 5 s. (12) FRANCIS MELHINEY.
To be SOLD at Smithfield, pursuant to an Act of Assembly, on Thursday the 4th of November, A BOUT 300 Acres of well timbered level LAND in Isle of Wight County, belonging to Mr. James Burwell. It is laid off into eleven Lots, lies within eleven Miles of Smithfield, five of a large Mer- chant Mill, and exceeding fine Oysters and Fish are to be had within three. Any Person, who has thoughts of purchasing, may know the Terms by applying to Mr. James Burwell, in York County. (4) LEWIS BURWELL. DUDLEY DIGGES. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. NATHANIEL BURWELL.
W O O L L E N S.
JUST IMPORTED in the Kingston Packet, Joseph Turner Master, a few Bales of WOOLLENS, consisting of low priced BROAD- CLOTHS, DUFFILS, FRIEZES, with suitable Trimmings; a few Bales of DUTCH BLANKETS, also a Quantity of SEINE TWINE; which I will sell on reasonable Terms, for ready Money or short Credit. (13) JOSHUA STORRS. NORFOLK, September 28, 1773.
W E have lately imported a Quantity of EUROPEAN GOODS, in small assorted Packages, which we will sell at a low Advance, for Cash or short Credit; namely, KENDAL COTTONS, SADDLERY, IRISH LINENS, OSNABRUGS, low priced HATS, CHECKS, stamped COTTONS, SUITS OF CLOTHES with TRIMMINGS, RUSSIA LINEN, DUFFILS, &c. We have also for Sale, a Quantity of Gadus and Lomaria SALT, GINGER, PI- MENTA, and choice Lisbon WINE in Quarter Casks. (14) GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.
To be SOLD on the Premises, the 15th of December, A VALUABLE Tract of TOBACCO LAND, in Albemarle County, containing about 2300 Acres Part of it excellent low Grounds, through which runs Buck Mountain Creek. There are upon it an Overseer's House, a new Tobacco House, and Apple and Peach Orchards. Any Per- son inclined to purchase the Whole, or any Part thereof, may know the Terms on the Day of Sale, which will be advantageous, as long Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond and approved Security.
At the same Time and Place will also be sold the Stock of CATTLE, HOGS, HORSES, CORN, FODDER, PLANTATION UTENSILS, &c. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above 25 Shil- lings. (8) JOHN GARLICK. SAMUEL GARLICK.
To be SOLD, and entered upon the 1st of January, A TRACT of LAND on Dan River, Halifax County, containing 1758 Acres. There is a considerable Quantity of rich low Grounds suitable for Tobacco and Grain, good new Houses and Barns, and many Conveniencies needless to describe, as it is presumed no Person will purchase without viewing the Premises. Should the Purchasers agree to divide the Land, it will be agreeable to the Seller. The Time of Payment will be made easy. For Terms apply to Mr. John Baird, in Prince George, to whom Bond and Security is to be given, or to the Sub- scriber, on the Premises, who will show them. Mrs. Perrin's Dower is laid on this Land. (6) WILLIAM WADE. N. B. All Persons indebted to the Estate of Hampton Wade, deceased, need not expect any longer Indulgence.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Wed- nesday the 11th of November, at Albemarle Courthouse, 23 likely VIRGINIA born NEGROES. Credit will be allowed to the 1st of October 1774, on giving Bond and Security, to carry Interest from the Date if not punctually paid. (6) GEORGE MERIWETHER.
FOR SALE, and to be entered on at Christmas, the LANDS that were the Property of the late Mr. Joseph Morton, in James City County, on Chick- ahominy River. For Terms apply to Mr. James Hubbard, in Williamsburg, or to the Subscriber, in Westmoreland. (15) DANIEL M'CARTEY.
For S A L E, T HE three following TENEMENTS in the City of Williamsburg, which formerly belonged to the Honourable Philip Ludwell, and are now held by William Lee, Esquire, of the City of London, in Right of his Lady; namely, the large wooden House, on the Back Street, next Door but one to Mr. Speaker's; the Brick House on the Main Street, where Mrs. Rind lives; and the House called the Blue Bell, below the Capitol, opposite to the Playhouse, and in which Mr. Brammer formerly lived, together with all the Lots and their Appurtenances. The Terms may be known of the Subscribers. If these Tenements should not, in the mean Time be, disposed of, they will be offered at publick Sale, be- fore Mr. Southall's Door, on Friday the 29th of October, at four o'Clock in the Afternoon. (5) RICHARD HENRY LEE. FRANCIS L. LEE. RO: C. NICHOLAS.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 4th of November, before the Raleigh Tavern, in Williamsburg,
A TRACT of LAND on Chickahominy River, in James City County, containing upwards of 650 Acres, just above Barrett's Ferry, and about twelve Miles from Williamsburg. It is good for Grain or Tobacco, a fine Place for Stock, Fishing, and Fowling. Wheat will be taken in Part of Payment; and six Months Credit will be allowed for one Half the Purchase Money, and twelve Months for the Remainder. (6) GOODRICH BOUSH.
For SALE, sundry Tracts of LAND, in Orange County, North Carolina, namely,
F IVE Hundred and thirteen Acres on Dan River, formerly the Pro- perty of George Lumpkin, has on it convenient Houses, good Or- chards, and a good Quantity of fine low Grounds.
147 Acres on Hagan's Creek, on which is a remarkable good Seat for a Mill, and is convenient to the above Tract.
320 Acres on Mill Creek, which formerly belonged to Abraham Miles, has on it some Improvements, and is good Land for Hemp or Tobacco. 270 Acres on North Hico River, which also belonged to Abraham Miles, and is exceeding good Land.
Also one Tract of Land in this Colony of 25 Acres, being an Island in Dan River, Pittsylvania County, which is said to be the best Fishing Place on that River.
The above Lands are about 140 Miles from the Falls of Appomattox. For a more particular Description of them any Person, inclining to pur- chase, may be informed by applying to Mr. Roger Atkinson, or Mr. John Jones, at Petersburg. I shall be in Williamsburg at the November Meetings, and will there let such as want to buy know the Price for the Whole, or any separate Parcel, and allow a reasonable Credit. Bond, with approved Security, will be required at the Time Deeds are executed. (9) CHARLES YATES, Attorney in Fact for the Assignees of Younger, Wilkinson, & Co. FREDERICKSBURG, September 15, 1773.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 10, 1773. C OMMITTED to the publick Jail, from Cumberland, a Runaway Negro Man called TOM, five Feet ten Inches high, remarkably black, his Face much scarified with his Country Marks, both Ears bored, his right with four Holes and his left five, ap- pears to be upwards of forty Years old, and cannot speak to be under- stood, had on a Crocus Shirt and Trousers. His Owner is desired to take him away and pay Charges. (12) PETER PELHAM.
TO BE SOLD, F IVE Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND in the County of Charlotte City, with a convenient Dwellinghouse and other Improvements. Two Hundred and twenty Acres, in the same County, pleasantly situ- ated on Jones River. Two Hundred and five Hundred and twenty Acres in the County of Cum- berland, commonly known by the Name of Saint James's. And one Thousand four Hundred and twenty one Acres in the Counties of Goochland and Cumberland, on both Sides of James River, opposite to Elk Island. The above TRACTS of LAND were of the Estate of the late John Wayles, deceased, devised to the Subscribers, and are now offered for Sale. Persons disposed to purchase may be informed of the Terms, on Applica- tion to any one of the Subscribers; and the Times of Payment will be made easy, on giving Bond and Security to THOMAS JEFFERSON. FRANCIS EPPES. HENRY SKIPWITH. (15)
W O O L L E N S.
T HE Subscriber has now upon Hand several Bales of coarse Wool- lens properly assorted for a Store, from 60 to 80 l. Sterling Value, also a large Quantity of COARSE CLOTHS and TRIMMINGS, in small Bales, from 3 s. 6 d. to 12 s. Sterling a Yard, which he intends selling by the Bale, or retailing by the Piece. He expects more coarse Woolens, of all Sorts, in very soon. He sells at a low Advance, for Cash or short Credit. Any Person applying to him, at Mr. John Wood- side's in Norfolk, or at the General Courts, may depend on being served to Satisfaction. (16) JOHN STONEY.
For SALE, immediately, altogether, or to any Num- ber of Persons that will agree on a Division among themselves,
T WELVE HUNDRED ACRES of LAND, in Sussex, one Mile below the Courthouse, and joining Nottoway River for about a Mile, which affords Plenty of Fish, and makes near 100 Acres of low Ground well stocked with Cypress and other Timber; in the Banks are Plenty of Shells very good for Lime. Great Part of the high Land is rich, on which there is a pretty Situation for a House, and sufficient cleared for ten or twelve Hands to cultivate Grain on. Mr. Clements, Mr. Homes, or Mr. Baufour, will show the Lands; and for Terms apply to David Rofs, Esquire, Merchant at Petersburg. (17) J. SYME.
For SALE, in the Town of Newcastle, T HREE LOTS on the main Street, whereon is a large and commodious Dwelling-House, Kitchen, Dairy, and Smokehouse, a Garden newly-paled in, and every other Convenience for a Family; the Whole in very good Order. They were lately the Property of William Muir, of the said Town, and will be sold at the next October Hanover Court, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from him to SAMUEL PEARSON. WILLIAM JOHNSON. CHARLES TINSLEY. (18)
NEWCASTLE, July 14, 1773. T HE Subscribers have on Hand between six and seven Hundred Pounds Sterling Worth of EUROPEAN and EAST INDIA GOODS, which they will dispose of at a low Ad- vance, by Wholesale, and make the Terms of Payment convenient to the Purchaser. We request the Favour of all those indebted to us to come and settle their Accounts immediately, by Bond or Payment, otherwise they may be assured their Accounts will be put into an Attorney's Hands, without Respect to Persons. (19) JOHNSON & TINSLEY.
TO BE SOLD, And may be entered on immediately, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Brunswick, containing about 1000 Acres, of which about 100 Acres are cleared. On the Plan- tation is an exceeding good Dwellinghouse, underpinned with Brick, with three Brick Chimneys, a Kitchen with a Brick Chimney, and all other Outhouses necessary for a Family and Cropping, all new built; also a very fine Apple and Peach Orchard. The Land lies within twelve Miles of Hicks's Ford, and joins the Road to Eaton's Ferry. A good Title will be made the Purchaser, and the Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, at Cabin Point. (20) ADAM FLEMING.
YORK Town, June 9, 1773. T HE Subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the Will of their Testator, the late Honourable Wil- iam Nelson, desire that all Persons who were indebted to him will endeav- our to make as speedy Payments as possible. Those who have Accounts open on his Books, and who cannot immediately discharge the Balances, are desired to give their Bonds. This Request is the more necessary, as most of the Legacies bequeathed by the Testator are to be paid in Sterling Money, and he has directed that his younger Sons Fortunes shall be placed out at Interest upon undoubted Securities, so soon as it can be done. Those who have any Demands are desired to make them immediately known. THOMAS NELSON. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. HUGH NELSON. RO: C. NICHOLAS. (21)
TO BE SOLD, A BOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pittsylvania. For Terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose of Amberst, who will treat with any Person inclined to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal Title. CAROLINE, May 1, 1773. (22) THOMAS LOMAX.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12 s. 6 d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3 s. the first Week, and 2 s. each Week after. All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.