The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1771-01-24 00:00:00

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On the Importance of a proper CONDUCT in LIFE.
A good Man's Steps are all with Gaudium trad, At once the Charge and Favourite of his God; And if he slips (as sure the best may err) He's still supported by Almighty Care.
T o show what is truly great, ornamental, or useful in Life, to call the Attention of Mankind to Objects worthy of their Regard as rational and immortal Beings, to lay down certain and established Means for attaining the true End of our Existence, must be a noble Work; even the Attempt would be laudable. The Business of Life is serious, not ludicrous. No Order of Beings, especially the rational, was brought in Existence wholly for Pleasure and Amusement; but to fill some useful Place, and answer some important End in the extensive Scheme of the beneficent Creator. It is therefore evidently the Interest, the Wisdom, and the Perfection, of every rational Creature, to be careful in properly performing the Duty of his appointed Station, as in it he will, in the End, find his Glory and his Happiness.
As young People have a Prospect, though a precarious One, of living to old Age, it is of Consequence that they be early put upon such Courses as will be likely to render their Passage through Life, whether longer or shorter, easy and comfortable. A Person's setting out with proper Dignity is of great Importance towards his future Prosperity; as, on the contrary, one false Step, at the first Entrance into Life, may prove irremediable. Mankind fix their Attention upon the Behaviour of a Person just setting out, and according to the Prudence, or Want of Judgment, they observe in the first Steps he takes, pronounce upon the Whole of his future Conduct. Men in active Stations, especially, ought to consider that at their first Entrance into Life they will have the ill Will and Envy of many Rivals and Competitors to encounter, and ought to remember that it will require no ordinary Degree of Sagacity to defeat the Designs of those who think themselves interested to make a bad Use of every Misfortune.
To this End there is Nothing so indispensably necessary as a certain Turn of Mind which puts a Person upon looking forward, and enables him to judge rightly of the Consequences of his Behaviour, so as to avoid the Misfortunes into which Rashness precipitates many, and to gain the Ends which a wise and virtuous Man ought to pursue.
It is evident, to the meanest Understanding, that there is a Fitness or Unfitness, a Suitableness or Unsuitableness, of Things to one another, which is not to be changed without some Change presupposed in the Things, or their Circumstances. A prudent Foresight is the Knowledge and Observance of this Propriety of Behaviour to Times and Circumstances, and probable Consequences, according to their several Varieties; and, like all other Endowments of the Mind, it is also a natural Gift bestowed more or less liberally upon different Persons. Some give Promises of Sagacity and Coolness almost from their Infancy, and others never arrive at the mature Exercise of Foresight or Reflection; but, in Spite of the Experience of many Years, seem Children to the last. Yet this Faculty, at the same Time, is capable of great Improvements in the weakest Heads, could they but be brought to bestow a little Thought and Attention, or to listen to Reason more than to Passion.
If we consider the Life we lead in this World as a State of Discipline, all is ordered as it should be. We enter into this Life with Minds wholly unenlightened with Ideas, Attachments, or Biases of any Kind. After a little Time we find certain Propensities begin to act pretty strongly within us, which, in the main, are necessary to move us to avoid what might be hurtful, and pursue what might be useful to the Support of the animal Frame; and these Propensities are appointed to anticipate Reason, which does not at first exert itself. As we advance in Life we become capable of reasoning upon Actions, and their Consequences; and, accordingly, do, in general, reason justly enough about Matters of Right and Wrong, where Passion does not blind or mislead us. When we come into the vigorous and flourishing Time of Life, excited by our Passions and Appetites, we enter upon various Scenes of Action; yet here is the proper Season for exercising our Virtue, for habituating ourselves to keep constantly on our Guard against innumerable Assaults, for watching over ourselves that we may not be surprised and fall before Temptation, or, if we fall, that, by fostering from our Errors, we may be moved to greater Diligence and Attention to our Duty, to a stronger Attachment to Virtue, and a more fixed Hatred to the Crimes which have brought such Sufferings upon us. Pleasure and Pain, Health and Disease, Success and Misfortune, Reward and Punishment, often, at a very great Distance of Time after the Action, are made the natural, or at least frequent, Consequences of our general Behaviour here; to suggest to us the Reasonableness of concluding that an extensive Uniformity prevails through the Whole of the divine moral Government, and that what we see here in Shadow will, in the future State, appear in Substance and Perfection, and that it not only will, but ought to be so, and cannot be otherwise.
If we consider the opposite natural Tendencies and Effects of Virtue and Vice, in the present State, we shall from thence see Reason to conclude that the former is pleasing to the gracious Author of our Being, and the latter the contrary. The natural Effects of Temperance are Health, Length of Days, and a more delicate Enjoyment of the innocent Pleasures of Life. The natural Effects of Gluttony, Drunkenness, and Lewdness, are Disease and Pain, Disgust and Disappointment, and untimely Death. The natural Effects of universal Benevolence, Justice, and Charity, are the Love of Mankind, Success in Life, and Peace in One's own Mind. The Consequences to be expected from ill Will, Injustice, and Selfishness, are the Contempt and Hatred of Mankind, and Punishment by the Laws of Nations. When we say such an Effect follows naturally from such a Cause, we mean that it does so by the divine Appointment; for what is natural is only so, because Rectitude requires it to be so.
Now if our bodily Frame is so formed that its Wellbeing consists in Temperance, and that an immoderate indulgence of Appetite tends to disorder and unhinge it; if the Make of the human Mind, and our social State in Life, are such that the social Virtues tend to produce universal Happiness, and all this by the Constitution and Course of Nature; if these Things be so, who is so blind as not to see in all this a moral Government already established, under God, even in this World, and going on to Perfection? And yet, that we may not, by a continued Course of Ease and Happiness, be led either to such Arrogance and Pride as to conclude ourselves the Lords of Nature, or to fix our Affections upon the present State, we are placed in the School of Affliction, to be broke and tamed to Obedience. That Happiness too easily come at, and a constant Series of Success and Prosperity, are by no Means proper for us, is too evident from the Effects of Ease and Affluence, which very few can bear without almost losing their Reason. The Scenes of Madcaps run into by ambitious Princes, the Excesses our Nobility and wealthy Commoners are from Time to Time guilty of, and the fatal Catastrophe of whole Nations whenever they arrive at the Pinnacle of Greatness and Riches, show the absolute Necessity of Affliction to force us upon Consideration, to put us in Mind of the frailty of our Nature and State, and to make us remember that we are under the Government of one who can raise or humble, afflict or relieve, reward or punish, as to him seems good.
That we may never lose sight of our Duty, nor have it in our Power to pretend Ignorance, and even to fill the poor Excuse of Thoughtlessness, Conscience, that ever watchful and faithful Monitor, is placed within the Mind itself, to be always at Hand to judge of our Characters and Actions, and to alarm us with its Stings and Reproaches, whenever we do amiss.
There is no Mind so gross and stupid as not to feel, at Times, some Fangs of Remorse; and not only Conscience within, but every Object in Nature, present us some moral Lesson. Tempests, Thunders, and Lightnings, from above; Inundations and Earthquakes, from beneath; the
Sword, Famine, and Pestilence, in our Cities; Diseases and Pains in our own Persons, or those of our nearest Friends and Relations; and Death, on our right Hand and on our left; what are all these but awful, and yet kind, Warnings from the tender and compassionate Father of Mankind, who shows himself willing to give his unthinking short-sighted Creatures all possible Advantages for Virtue and Happiness that might be consistent with their Nature, as free Agents; with their Condition, as being in a State of Discipline; and with the grand and universal Scheme, which must be equitable, unchangeable, and uniform.
Thus it appears plain that the present Life was intended for a State of Discipline, and is very well adapted to that Purpose. Nor does the actual Prevalence of Numbers of moral Agents prove that the State was not intended for training them up to Virtue, or that it is not properly adapted to that Purpose, any more than the amazing Number of Abortions which happen in the natural World proves that the general Design of Seeds was not to fructify and produce Plants and Animals. Naturalists show us that, in some Cases, Millions of Stamina perish for one that comes to Maturity; and, as we conclude every Seed of a Plant, or animal Egg, was formed capable of Fructification, so we may that every moral Agent was formed capable of attaining Happiness. The great Difference is, that in the natural World numerous Abortions are the Consequence of the common Course of Nature; but, in the moral, of fatal Perverseness, by making a bad Choice.
And, indeed, what State of Discipline for free Agents can be conceived, without supposing a Possibility of their behaving ill in it? Nothing but an absolute Restraint upon the Liberty of the Creature, which is wholly inconsistent with the Nature of free Agency, and of a State of Discipline, could have prevented their acting, in many Instances, amiss. But the all bounteous Creator has effectually put it out of the Power of the most presumptuously insolent of his Creatures to arraign his Justice; for if he has given to every accountable Being a fair Opportunity of attaining Happiness, if he has placed him in the direct Way towards it, and is ready to assist him in his Endeavours after it, he has, to all Intents and Purposes, done the same as if he had given it to every Individual: For he who points out the Way to get an Estate, or any of the good Things of Life, and who assists and supports me in my Endeavours to procure it, he it is to whom I am obliged for whatever I acquire in Consequence of his Advice, and by Means of his Protection and Assistance.
Every one knows that, with Respect to the present State, exclusive of futurity, there is great Difficulty in getting through Life without some fatal Misconduct which may imbitter and render it unhappy. It is a Matter of Doubt whether a new born Infant will get over the precarious Time of Youth without being drawn, through Rashness and Thoughtlessness, and the Temptations of bad Company, into such a Course of Folly as may effectually prevent his proving a useful and valuable Member of Society; yet we always look upon the Birth of a Child into the World as a Subject of Joy, not of Grief or Complaint, and upon the untimely Death of a young Person as a Calamity, because we take into our View the Consideration of its being in the Power of every Person to behave well in Life if he pleases, and we hope he will do so. The Warrior is sufficiently apprised of the Danger of engaging, a Danger which it is out of his Power to ward off; yet he longs to mix in the martial Tumult, and engages with Joy in the glorious Strife. Why should Man think himself hardly used in being placed in a Post attended with occasional Danger, but in which he must be egregiously wanting to himself if he misfortunes finally? But if I should not choose a Happiness attainable only through Peril and Trouble, but would rather, through sordid Stupidity and Inactivity, desire to decline existing upon such Terms, does it therefore follow that the infinite Author of Existence may not oblige me, in Spite of my Obstinacy or Stupidity, to go through what he may judge proper for me, and necessary for his great Ends?
It has been asked why the beneficent Author of Being did not pursue such an effectual Scheme in the moral World as he has done in the natural, by planting in our Minds such a strong and irresistible Propensity to Virtue as would have effectually secured the universal Happiness of the Species. The answer is obvious, that he required the Obedience of free Agents, by a Love of Choice and a Love of Reason. To propose, by mere instinctive Attractions, mechanically to draw free Agents to the Love and Practice of Virtue, was contradictory to the Nature of his Design; because what is wanted is not so much that Mankind be brought to go, like Machines, in a certain Track, as that the rational Faculties be formed, in a rational Manner, to the entire Love and habitual Pursuit of Goodness. This shows mechanical Means to be improper, alone, for that Purpose, though they may prove, as we find, useful Helps; and that rational Means are absolutely necessary for acting upon rational Natures. And it is ever to be remembered that, as the inanimate World is made to concur with the divine Scheme in a mechanical, and the animal in an instinctive Manner, so rational Beings, if they concur at all, must concur in a Manner suitable to their Nature; that is, rational, free, and voluntary.
The requisite Concurrence of moral Agents, of whatever Rank or Order, or their Conformity to the grand Design of the universal Governor, which is the Ground Work of universal Harmony, Perfection, and Happiness, throughout the Creation, consists therefore in their acting according to Truth, Rectitude, and Propriety, in their respective Stations, whether higher or lower in the Scale of Being, whether in States of Discipline or Reward, in all Cases or Circumstances that regard either themselves, their Fellow Beings, or their Creator. Whatever moral Agent strictly and universally observes this Rule, he is of that Character which all rational Beings call good, is amiable in the Sight of the supreme Judge of Rectitude and Goodness; and it is as certain that every such Being must be finally happy as that the Nature of Things is what it is, and that perfect Wisdom and Goodness must act rightly in governing the World.
To suppliant Virtue Nothing is deny'd; For Blessings ever wait on virtuous Deeds, And though a late a sure Reward succeeds.
An ACCOUNT of some very extraordinary PRODUCTIONS of HUMAN ART.
ANTIQUITY , as well as the more modern Times, may boast of some exceeding fine and very exquisite Performances of human Art. Callimachus, as recorded by Pliny, had made, in Ivory, some Ants, and other Animals, so small that their Limbs, very exactly formed, were imperceptible to other Eyes but his own.
Myrmecides had constructed a Coach with four Horses, and the Coachman, in so small a Compass that the Whole could lie covered with the Wing of a Fly. A Vessel of the same Artist was covered with the Wing of a Bee.
Galen speaks of a Pheton represented on a Ring, in a Chariot drawn by four Horses, on each of which could be distinguished the Reigns and other Trappings, with their fore Teeth, and all their Motions.
Cardan makes Mention of a chained Flea in Germany, and of a repeating Watch in a Ring.
Solinus relates that the Iliad of Homer was written in Characters so small as to be contained in a Nut Shell. Huet fancied this to be very possible, and assures us he could do the same Thing himself, according to an Essay he had made in Consequence of a Dispute he had on this Occasion with the Duke of Montausier.
Dr. Power says he saw a golden Chain at Trefant's, of three hundred Links, not more than an Inch in Length, fastened to, and pulled away by, a Flea. Mr. Henry Baker, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and Author of The Microscope Made Easy, says that he had seen near Durham Yard, in the Strand, and had examined with his Microscope, a Chain made by Mr. Boverick, a Watchmaker, having four Wheels, with all the proper Apparatus belonging to them, turning readily on their Axles, together
with a Man sitting in the Chaise; all formed of Ivory, and drawn along by a Flea, without any seeming Difficulty. Mr. Baker adds, that he weighed it with the greatest Care he was able, and found the Chain, Man, and Flea, were hardly equal to a single Grain. He weighed also, at the same Time and Place, a Brass Chain made by the same Hand, about two Inches long, containing two Hundred Links, with a Hook at one End, and a Padlock and Key at the other, and found it less than the third Part of a Grain. He had seen, besides, made by the same Artist, a Quill-Table, with a Draw in it, an eating Table, a Sideboard Table, a Looking-Glass, twelve Chairs with Skeleton Backs, two Dozen of Plates, six Dishes, a Dozen Knives, and as many Forks, twelve Spoons, two Salts, a Frame and Cadors, together with a Gentleman, Lady, and Footman, all contained in a Cherry Stone, and not filling much more than Half of it.
We are told, in the German Ephemerides, that Oswald Neulinger made a Cup, of a Pepper Corn, which held twelve Hundred other little Cups, all turned in Ivory, each of them being gilt on the Edges, and standing upon a Foot; and that so far from being crowded, or wanting Room, the Pepper Corn could have held four Hundred more.
These are some of the most curious, and surprising Works of Art; but let us examine any of them with a good Microscope, and we shall be immediately convinced that the utmost Power of Art is only a Concealment of Deformity, an Imposture upon our Want of Sight, and that our Admiration of it arises from our Ignorance of what it really is. Such a Comparison must tend also towards humbling the Self-Conceit and Pride of Man, by giving him a more reasonable and modest Opinion of himself; and at the same Time may, in some Degree, conduct towards improving his imperfect Conceptions of the supreme Creator.
The Publick having been, for some Time past, amused with JUBILEES in Honour of our favourite Poet SHAKESPEARE, any Thing alluding to a like Solemnity may not be unfavourably received. We here, therefore, give an Account of the most magnificent One that perhaps ever existed.
TAMURBECK , known commonly by the name of Tamerlane, resolving, before he made his intended Expedition to China, to marry his Grandchildren, ordered a grand Jubilee, or Feast, to be spousal in the Plain of Khanb Gheul (that is, a Vine of Flowers) which he went to lodge on the 17th of October, in the Year 1404. The Governors of Provinces, Generals, and great Lords of his Empire, assembled in this Place, and pitched their Tents in Order. People from all Parts of Asia repaired to behold this solemn Rejoicing, where all Sorts of Diversions were exhibited, and the richest Curiosities sold in magnificent Shops. There was built an Amphitheatre, covered with Brocade and Persian Carpets, furnished with Seats for the Music, and Places for the Bumpers and Jesters to show their Skill. There was another Amphitheatre for all Sorts of Tradesmen, and a Hundred of a different Manner filled with those who sold Fruit, each of whom had a Kind of Garden of Pomegranates, Pomegranates, Almonds, Pears, and Apples. The Butchers dressed on Skins of Animals in very ludicrous Figures. Women painted Speaking Goats, with Horns of Gold, and ran after one another. Some were dressed like Fairies and Angels, with Wings; while others assumed the appearance of Elephants and Sheep.
The Skinners also appeared in Masquerades, like Leopards, Lions, Tigers, and Foxes, with whole Skins they were covered. The Upholsterers made a Camel of Wood, Reeds, Cords, and painted Linen, which walked about as if alive; and the Man within it, drawing a Curtain, discovered the Workman in his own Piece. The Manufacturers of Cotton made Birds of Cotton, and a high Tower of the same Material, with the Help of Reeds, which every Body imagined to be built with Brick and Mortar. It was covered with Brocades and embroidered Work, carried itself up, and on its Top was placed a Stork. The Saddlers showed their Skill in two Litters, open at Top, carried on a Camel, with a beautiful Woman in each, who diverted the Spectators by Actions with their Hands and Feet. The Matmakers gave a Proof of their Dexterity, by two Lines of Writing, in Kufick, and other large Characters, worked with Reeds.
Thus every One contributed to celebrate the Marriage of the young Princes. The Astrologers having chosen a happy Moment, the first Officer of the Household drew the Curtain of the Nuptial Gate. The Kadis, Sharifs, and Doctors of the Empire, met the Emperour, and having agreed on the Articles of Marriage, the great Doctor read them to the Assembly. The Grand Kadi received the mutual Consent of the Parties, which he registered; and then, according to the Hanafyan Rites, joined the Princes and Princesses together in Marriage, on which every One sprinkled Gold and precious Stones.
The Emperour being seated on his Throne, the Banquet was served up to the Brides, and other Ladies of the Court, by the most beautiful young Women of his Saray, who had on Crowns composed of Flowers. The Princes of the Blood, great Lords of the Court, and foreign Ambassadors, were seated under a Canopy, supported by twelve Columns, and distant about a Horse's Course from the nuptial Hall. Here were ranged earthen Urns, with Strings of precious Stones about them, filled with Gold, and Silver Pissers, on the Tops of which were Cups of Gold, Agate, and Crystal, adorned with Pearls and Jewels; all which Vessels were presented on Salvers of Gold and Silver to those who drank, the Liquors being Kammez (made of Mare's Milk) Oxymel, Hippocras, Brandy, Wines, and the like. It is reported that the Wood of several large Forests was cut down to dress the Victuals of this Banquet. There were Tables sur- rished in different Places throughout the whole Plain, and Flaggons of Wine set near them, with numberless Baskets of Fruit. Before these Preparations for the Court, there were Jars full of Liquors, ranged all through the Plain, for the Peoples drinking; and, that their Joy might be complete, they were allowed to purify whatever Pleasures they thought fit, without any Restraint, by Proclamation, in these terms: "This is the time of Feasting, Pleasure, and Rejoicing. Let no Person repine, or complain, of another. Let not the rich insult the poor, nor the strong the weak. Let no One ask another why you have done this." The Elephants, with Thrones on their Backs, were drawn out on this Occasion. When the Feast was over a vast Quantity of curious moveable Goods was, according to Custom, laid upon Mules and Camels for the new married Princes; among which were all Sorts of rich Habits, Crowns, and Belts, set with precious Stones. The Mules had coverings of Sam, embroidered with Gold; and their little Bells, as well as those of the Camels, were of Gold. This pompous Equipage passed before the admiring People. The Bridegrooms, with their Brides, were clothed three Times in different Habits, set off with Crowns and Belts. Each Time they changed their Dress they paid their Respects, as usual, to the Emperour; while the Ground was covered with Gold, Pearls, and precious Stones, which were sprinkled on it, and became the Property of their Dancers. At Night illuminations were made, with Lamps, Torches, and Lamps; and the new married Princes entered the nuptial Chamber. Next Day Tamerlane honoured them with a Visit at their respective Apartments, accompanied by the Empresses and great Lords of the Court. Nor was the Rejoicings confined to Khanb Gheul, for there was not one Place in the whole Empire where the Sound of Drums and Trumpets was not heard.
This Jubilee lasted two Months, after which the Feast it was ordered, and the Licence which had been granted during the Feast recited; so that, for the future, no Person was allowed to drink Wine, or any other Thing unlawful. After this Tamerlane made a memorable Speech, to this effect:
"My Heart had hitherto been set upon enlarging the Limits of my vast Empire; but now I take up a Resolution to use all my Care in preserving Quiet and Security to my Subjects, and to render their Condition as flourishing as it is my Will that private Persons should retain their

who at Complaints immediately to myself; that they give me their Advice, in the Good of the Mussulmans, the Glory of the Faith, and the Ex-termination of the wicked Disturbers of the publick Quiet. I am unwilling, at the Day of Judgment, that my poor oppressed Subjects should cry out Vengeance against me. I am not desirous that any of my brave Soldiers, who have so often exposed their Lives in my Service, should complain against either me or Fortune; for their Afflictions touch me more than they do themselves. Let none of my Subjects fear to come before me with their Complaints, for my Design is that the World should become a Paradise under my Reign; knowing that when a Prince is just and merciful his Kingdom is crowned with Blessings and Honours. In fine, I desire to lay up a Treasure of Justice, that my Soul may be happy after my Death. Thus then returned to his Closet; where he thanked God for his Fa-vours, in raising him, from a petty Prince, to be the most mighty Mo-narch in the World, in giving him so many Victories and Conquests, maintaining him in sovereign Power and Authority, making him his chosen Servant."
Observation by the Doctors GARMAN and GRESALIUS on FEAR, a Remedy in the Tertian and Quartan Ague, with an Account of other Effects of Fear, or the Force of Imagination. — From the Ephemerides of the Curious.
THOMAS Bartholine, Cent. III. Hist. Anat. has observed that Fear has sometimes cured Epilepticks. There are Proofs that it has likewise helped the gouty, and the Examples I am going to relate are a Confirmation that it has often banished the Ague Fever.
A Woman of Condition, who was afflicted with the Tertian Ague, was so terrified by the Explosion of a Bomb, which was fired off during her fit, that the fainting away, and was thought to be dead. Having been cast for to be buried, her Pulse still pretty strong, I prescribed some slight Cerevals for her; and she soon recovered from her State of Weakness, without any Appearance of a Fever, which had afterwards no Return.
A young Lady, who had a Quartan Ague for several Months successively, was invited by some of her Acquaintance to take a Pleasuring on the Water, in the View of dissipating the melancholy Ideas occasioned by her Illness; but they scarce had got into the Boat when it began to sink, and all were terribly shocked with the Dread of perishing. After escaping this Danger, the Patient found herself cured, and she had no Return of her Ague.
A Man, aged forty two Years, of a hot and moist Constitution, subject to a Cholick, but the Fits not violent, was seized about Sunset with an internal Cold, though it was very warm that Day. Different Remedies, but all unsuccessfully, were administered to him. He died within eighteen or nineteen Hours, without the least Agitation, or any of the Convulsions that accompany the Agency of Death, so that it seemed to be as a placid Sleep. His Friends, surprised at so sudden and fatal an Accident, engaged me (Gresalius) to open his Body, and I found that he died of a Mortification of the Pancreas. He was an extraordinary fat Subject, and, what was more surprising in so copulent and large a Body, his Bones were as small as those of a young Girl, and his Muscles extremely weak, thin, and rather membranous than fleshy. As I made these Observations on the dissected Body, a Brother of the deceased, who had been absent for sixteen Years past, was of the same Size, the same Constitution, and a like Habit of Body, entered of a sudden. Having seen the Body of his Brother in that Condition, and heard a Detail of the Circumstances of his Death, of which he saw with his Eyes the Causes, in so extraordinary a Consumption, after having reasoned for some Time, in a sensible Manner, on the mournful Event, he appeared, all of a sudden, as quite astonished, became speechless, and fell into a fainting Fit, from which neither Balsams nor spiritu-ous Liquors, nor any of the Means usually employed in such Cases, could recover him. I counseled the opening of a Vein, but that Advice was not followed, and Consumption had occasioned the greatest Confusion among the Affected. The next Motion seemed to have neither Pulse nor Respi-ration; his Body felt all over in a cold Sweat, his Limbs began to grow stiff, and, in short, we judged he was going to expire. But of what is not an Imagination, forcibly struck, capable of it? I do not know why I took it in my Head to say aloud, Let us replace the Parts of the dead Body, and sew it up; in the mean Time the other will be quite dead, and I will also dissect him. I scarce had said these Words when the Gentleman in the fainting Fit rose briskly off the Floor, roaring out pro-digiously loud, and, whipping up his Clack, took to his Heels with all possible Speed, as if Nothing had happened to him; and since that Time he has enjoyed a good State of Health.
ANECDOTE, relating to the present Emperor of Germany, contained in an Extract of a Letter from Vienna, June 7.
I INFORMED you, some Time since, of the singular Disposition of our young Emperor; and that, though born to Empire, and posses-sing the highest Dignity in Europe, his happier Moments always are those wherein he can lose the Emperor for the Man; and yet it is necessary to remark that when he must assume the Sovereign, and the Pomp attending regal Greatness, he appears as nobly easy in his State as if the Carriage attending Grandeur and supreme Authority had been his only Study. His darling Passion seems to be the making little Excursions incognito, and for the most Part alone. These are almost ever consequent of some particular Good, either to the State in general, by his discovering and remedying some ill established or ill conducted Matter of Police or Government, or else to some Individual. To enumerate all of these, that have come to my Knowledge, would employ much more Time than I can spare in writing, or you, perhaps, in reading. Let one or two Anecdotes of this Kind serve for the Whole. Passing one Night along a Street, on one Side of which runs a Wall that terminates one of his Gardens, he perceived a young Female who seemed to be crying to herself. He asked her what gave her so much Uneasiness. To this she made no Reply, but sobbed on. He repeated his Question. She answered, that it would be of little Sig-nificance to tell, for he could be of no Service to her. "My Dress may not promise much Ability (returned the Emperor, who made, in Dis-guise, but rather a shabby Appearance) but perhaps it may, neverthe-less, be in my Power to remove those Tears from your Eyes." The Emperor still pressing to be informed, the young Woman reluctantly acquainted him that her Mother was in the greatest Distress, and very ill, and that she (the Daughter) was then going to raise Money on her only remaining Clothes (those she had on her excepted) for their present Sub-sistence. He inquired after her Family, and the informed him that her Father was an Officer, and died in the Service. He asked her if they had no Pension; she told him no. "Why have you not preferred a Memo-rial to the Emperor?" The Girl answered, that several had been delivered to a great Man belonging to the Court, to be presented by him to the Emperor, but they had all availed Nothing. "Do you think the Emperor received them?" She said there was no Doubt of that, but (continued she) they say the Emperor is a Miser." He told her he had some Interest at Court, and desired she would come with a Memo-rial in the Morning, at ten o'Clock, to such a Part of the Palace, and inquire for such a Person; that he would be there, and would recommend her Mother's Cause in such a Manner as, he doubted not, would be at-tended with Success. The Girl hesitated at the Proposal. "I will not deceive you (he returned) go, Child, Home to your Mother; spare your Clothes; take this (giving her three Gold Ducats) buy yourselves Food; and be sure do not disappoint me at ten Tomorrow." They parted; the young Woman, all amazed, ran Home, and recounted her Story. The Mother wept on the Neck of the Daughter; the Daughter, drowned in Tears, hung on that of the Mother. The Emperor had given the proper Orders, in the Morning, for the Reception of the young Woman. She not coming to her Time appointed, he made several im-patient Inquiries, from that Hour to near eleven, to know if she was yet come. Her Stay at Home was owing to a Delicacy, and a Fear that she could not account for. Indeed, Somebody had suggested to her (on hearing the Description of the Person who had so generously assisted her, and knowing it was the Report that the Emperor sometimes amused him-self in Excursions of this Kind) that, perhaps, it might be the Emperor came her Difficulties; and, as the Clock was striking eleven, she made her Appearance at the Part of the Palace where she had been directed to. There was a Person ready to receive her. She told him her Business. "The Emperor, Madam, has been waiting impatiently for you this Hour." The Apprehensions instilled into her now becoming a Certainty, and these attended with Fears (on Account of her having made, so free with the Character of the Prince on the preceding Night) at the Name of Emperor she was very near fainting; but presently recovering, her being arrived was announced, and she was ordered to be introduced. Her Sovereign was dressed with more than an common Elegance and Richness, perhaps for the greater Contrast to his Appearance the Night before. She fell on her Knees; she lost all Utterance. He condescendingly stooped to raise her up; he bid her be comforted; he asked for her Memorial; she gave it. He made a Point of knowing to whom her former Memorials were delivered, that he might inform himself of the Reason he had never seen them, and prevent such Occasions to himself and his Subjects (these were his Words) for the future. "I shall make particular Inquiries into the Truth of your Memorial (said the amiable young Monarch) if I find
"the Assertions are just, and your Distresses as represented, tell your Mother I shall order a Pension, for herself and Family, of one hundred Ducats." This was too affecting; she fell at his Feet, he raised her a second Time. She began withdrawing her Hand repeatedly at a Distance, as it departing. "Heavens (continued the Prince) take this sum (contain-ing two hundred Ducats) it is for yourself; and give it you because you told me I am a Miser; let it bear Witness for me to the contrary."
From Letters, just published, of Joseph Baretti, giving an Account of a Journey from LONDON to GENOA, through Portugal, Spain, and France.
LISBON, August 30, 1766.
WELL, I am landed; and there is an End of Navigation. From a Cotecheche I sent my Messenger to inquire after the Balance, a faithful French Servant I had formerly in London. He was presently found out; and, hearing of my unexpected Arrival, ran hastily from his Shop, and came to me quite out of Breath with running, no Countenance but of Joy and Surprise.
This Battle took me to one Kelly, an old Irishman who keeps a Kind of an Inn on the Summit of a Hill called Estrella. I was quite fatigued when we reached it. Here I have taken up my Quarters for the Time I shall stay in Lisbon; and now let me come to the Description of my Voyage.
It was about ten in the Morning when our People had a full View of the Rock of Lisbon; that is, of a very high Promontory on the left Hand as you enter the Tagus, and at no great Distance from the Mouth of it.
That Promontory looks perfectly barren, and has the Appearance of a huge Heap of rugged Stones; yet I am told that up and down it there are many fine Spots, that in the lower parts it is embellished with Vine-yards, that in several Places it is covered with Trees, and that it has even some Flats where Sheep and Cattle are grazing.
I am told farther, that on the utmost Top of it there is a Convent cut into the Rock itself, called the Cork Convent by the Sailors, because the Friars there have most of their Utensils and Furniture made of Cork, as the Place is so damp that they cannot have them of any other Material. In short, so many curious Things were told me about that Rock, and about the Situation and Form of that Convent, that I have some Desire to go to see it.
Going up the River, I viewed the Shore on the left Hand of us. There are several Fortifications from Place to Place, besides numberless Buildings. We continued our Way up, and presently saw the Royal Village of Bellem, where I am told that the King has resided ever since the Earthquake.
In the Neighbourhood of a Town lately destroyed, I did not think I should see such a vast Number of Edifices as there are; but our Surgeon told me that the Earthquake vented itself chiefly upon Lisbon, and caused little Damage from Bellem down to the Sea. It would have been a vast Ad-dition to the Calamity Lisbon has suffered had so many Buildings been destroyed, to the utter Ruin of the many Thousands who live among that Shore. Those Buildings, some of which appear to be of a noble Construc-tion, are all white on the Outside, with Lattices and Window shutters painted green, which have a fine Effect from the River. Many of the Houses have Gardens and Terrasses ornamented with Vases, Statues, Tur-rets, and Obelisks; and, withal, so many Trees round them, that the Coup d'Oeil is rendered one of the grandest and most picturesque. No-thing can equal it that ever I saw, except Genoa, with its Suburbs.
I imagine that this proves much less striking when viewed near and walking along Shore, because the Sight cannot embrace so many Objects at once as it does from a Distance, nor discriminate the ugly Parts; but the Whole, surveyed from the middle of the River, looks like the Work of some benevolent Necromancer.
The Tagus is about two Miles broad at the Mouth, but widens by De-grees as you go up, and over against the Town is nine or ten Miles broad. Lisbon is about fifteen Miles distant from the Mouth, but, as it was quite dark when I reached it, I did not see it.
The next Day, the 31st, was Sunday. And how do you think I spent the Afternoon? I will tell you by and by. Let me first say Something of the Morning.
I got up about nine, and while I was busying myself about some Infectious Grapes beheld Batiste alighting from a fine Spanish Horse, and a Moment after his Wife, from a Chaise drawn by two Mules, and led by as fine a Blackamoor as King Jarba in Metastasio's Dido. Ah! how do you do, my little Polly? And abruptly kissed her in the Face of the Sun, perfectly forgetting that I was in Portugal, where Women must not be kissed in the Face of the Sun. But one is so glad to see old Friends!
It was in London where I first knew this Polly, a pretty and modest Girl. Batiste left my Service to follow her to Portugal, where she went to live with an old Aunt who was to bequeath her all she had; and that All was no inconsiderable Fortune for a Girl who had Nothing but a pretty Face, and no Inclination to hire it. The Fellow was madly in Love with her, and she had no Aversion to him; but the Aunt was somewhat cross, and would not have her marry just turned of fifteen. The Earthquake rendered him her Husband sooner than he expected, and in a Manner so peculiarly uncommon that I cannot forbear to relate it. Nor do you tell me that it looks odd for a Master to be the Historian of his Servant; because a good Servant, in my Opinion, is a Hero, and full as valuable as any other human Being.
Batiste had just walked out of the Town, on the Morning when the Earthquake happened. Seeing the Houses tumble on all Sides, instead of stopping where he was, as some other Inamorato would probably have done, he ran precipitately back to the Town and towards the House where his Mistress lived, and had the incredible good Luck of spying her on a Heap of Ruins where she had fallen in a Fit while she was endeavour-ing her Escape. Had he tarried but a few Moments longer she would have perished in the Flames, that broke out around her in a Hundred Places. Without staying to examine whether she was dead or alive, he threw her over his Shoulders, and Fortune befriended him so completely that he carried his Burthen safe out of the Town, though many Buildings conti-nued to fall about his Ears, and though Fire surrounded him on all Sides.
The poor Thing came to herself as they came out of the Danger. They both looked at the immense Desolation that was left behind, both screamed and wept, and did not know what to do. The Houses still tumbled, and the Fire still broke out in every Part, which made them think that the poor Aunt was buried in the Ruins. They grew impatient to be far from such immense Misery, and immediately resolved to go back to England. Both had some little Money about them; therefore, not well knowing what they were doing, they took the Road to Spain. At Badajoz, Madrid, and other Places, they met with some charitable Relief; but no great Matter, it seems, for fifteen Months after the Earthquake they reached London in a most miserable Plight.
When they came to me there, Polly had a Girl in her Arms about three Months old; but they had married in France a little before the Birth of the Child, as I was convinced by their Certificates. Polly, Polly (said I, after having read them) and so you are married! What could I do (an-swering she, blushing up to her Eyes) Sir, we were alone, and he swore so much he would always be true! Here she cried, and kissed her Child; and I kissed her, that she might not think me so severe a Censurer.
I thought it a Dream when they first made their Appearance, as the old Aunt had long before written Word from Lisbon to some Relation that they had both perished in the Earthquake. I told them this, and they applied her by Letter of the contrary. The poor old Woman was trans-ported with Joy and Thankfulness at the unexpected News, and insisted upon their going back to her, acquainting them that she had been lucky enough to save Something out of her former Fortune; and they complied with her Desire. But she did not enjoy them long, for she died soon after their Arrival, leaving them about a Hundred Mojdores, which was all that she had. With this little Stock Batiste turned out a Jack of all Trades, and Polly took kindly to her Needle. Thus I found them every Day more happy in each other, and in their little Girl; and as they are both indus-trious and laborious, I do not doubt but their Circumstances will grow better and better.
Now, said I, what is the Meaning of that Chaise and that Horse? Sir, said Batiste, they are for you. You cannot go about this Town, except you choose to be melted by the Heat, or killed by the Fa-tigue of going up Hill and down Hill. You must have a Chaise during the Time you stay here, and I am to attend you on Horseback.
Well, said I; you must know better what I am to do in Lisbon, and so we will have the Chaise and the Horse.
After Dinner I got into the Chaise, attended as above; and the Negro trotted to a Place called Campo Pequeno, which is about four Miles (perhaps five or six) from the Town, where I was to see what they call the Bull Feast or Bull Hunting. But before I attempt to describe it; I must premise that, being just come from a Country where the Lord's Day is not openly profaned, I could not help being shocked to see so many Christians, and especially so many Priests and Friars, present at such a Diversion, which to me seemed the most inhuman that ever could be invented by Men, next the Combats of the Gladiators in ancient Rome.
At Campo Pequeno a wooden Edifice has been erected for the only Pur-pose of exhibiting these barbarous Entertainments. The Edifice is an octagonal Amphitheatre, consisting of two Rows of Boxes, one Row over the other; and the Diameter of its Area is, as I take it, about two Hun-dred common Steps.
None of the Boxes has the least Decoration, except those of the Royal Family, which are hung with silken Stuff. The Row above is for the better Sort, and that of the Ground Floor for the Populace, who are likewise admitted into the Area, though their Danger is not small of being gored or trampled by the Bulls, whose Marches and Evolutions I take to be quite as rapid as those of the Prussian Troops.
In the Box where I took my Seat there were but three People besides myself, though the Box could contain ten or twelve. Two of the three had the Appearance of Gentlemen; the other was a Dominican Friar, as lean as a Lizard.
Before the Entertainment began I attempted some Converse with them, but even the humble Religioso seemed to look upon me with Disdain and Contempt. They all answered my first Words with so churchish an Air that I gave over presently, and like them kept silent the whole Time.
How I came to distrust them thus, at once, I cannot guess; but, by their frequent and affected Glances upon my Coat, which I held up at least to the Friar, not without some Resentment, that he might inspect it nearer, I suspected that they conceived a very low Opinion of me for not being dressed in Silk, like other Gentlemen. Yet it was not my Fault, having not yet had Time to do what I must do in this hot Weather.
The King, whose Box was not far from that in which I sat, was dressed in a plain Sky Blue, with some Diamonds about him. He had with him his own Brother, the Infant Don Pedro, who has lately married the King's eldest Daughter, called the Princess of Brazil.
The Queen was in another Box with that Princess, and her three other Daughters, all sparkling with Jewels.
In the Area, and just under the Queen's Box, there was a Man on Horseback, a Kind of Herald, I thought, dressed, somewhat like one of our Neapolitan Coviellos in our Plays, who held a long Rod in his Hand.
As the King came in, two triumphal Cars, very meanly adorned, en-tered the Area, each drawn by six Mules. Eight black Africans were upon one, and eight copper coloured Indians upon the other. They made several Caracols round, then all leaped from the Cars, and bravely fought an obstinate Battle, with wooden Swords, one Band against the other. The Indians were soon slain by the Africans; and lay extended a While on the Ground, shaking their Legs in the Air as if in the last Convulsions, and rolling in the Dust before they were quite dead. Then, like Bayes's Troops in the Rehearsal, both the dead and the living went to mix with the Crowd, while the Cars drove away amidst the Acclamations of the Multitude, and made Room for the two Knights that were to fight the Bulls.
These Knights came in, both on Horseback, dressed after the ancient Spanish Manner, made fine with many Ribands of various Colours, with Feathers on their Hats, each brandishing a long and thin Spear. Their Horses were beautiful, mettlesome, and gallantly accoutred. One of the Heroes was clad in Crimson, the other in Yellow. Both looked very brisk, and both paid their Obeisance to the King, Queen, and People, making their Horses kneel three Times; then, clapping Spurs, made them caper and vault a While round the Area, with a surprising Dexterity.
When all this was over, the yellow Champion placed himself over against the Gate at which the Bulls were to come out; and the Crimson flood at some Distance from him, in the same Direction. A Man from without opened the Gate, and covered himself with it by getting behind. The Bull bursts out, and makes to the yellow Knight, who stands ready to receive him, with his Spear lifted high. The Bull's Horns had wooden Knobs on their Tips, that they might not gore the Horse if they should reach him. The courageous yellow Knight pushed his Spear at the Bull, left Half of it in his Neck, and made his Horse start aside in a Moment. The wounded Bull ran bellowing after him; but the Knight wheeling round and round, stuck two or three more Spears into his Neck and Shoulders. The Bull's Rage, as you may imagine, increased to a Degree that impressed Horror. And now the crimson Knight had his Turn; the Bull made at him, but got Nothing by changing his Attack, exert-ing some more Spears into several Parts of his Body, so that his Blood spouted out in several Rills.
When the Bull began to remit his Fury, by Loss of Blood, one of the Champions drew a heavy Broadsword, and gave him such a Cut on the Back, between the Ribs, as almost cleft him to the Middle. Down the poor Beast fell, with such Roaring as I think was heard at Lisbon. Then the Man in the Coviello's Dress, seeing the final Blow, galloped straight to the Gate at which the triumphal Cars had entered, and ordered in four Mules, which dragged the dying Beast out of the Amphitheatre, together with some of the Populace, who had got astride upon the bloody and mangied Carcase. The Applause of the Spectators was very clamorous.
But I must not omit to say, that the two Knights were not the only Enemies the poor Bull had to encounter. There were two other Cava-liers on Foot, holding fast the Tails of the two Horses, running as they ran, or stopping as they stopped, each making a red silken Cloak, to frighten, or rather exasperate, the Bull; while some others, on Foot likewise, slyly wounded him with Daggers in the Side and Buttocks.
The Agility of these Foot Champions is beyond all Belief. When the furious Beast made at any of them, they hopped aside, and were out of Danger. One of them, seizing one of the Bull's Horns, suffered himself to be dragged a While before he would let go his Hold; gave him several Cuts, with a Knife, while he was thus dragged; then let himself fall, got on his Legs in an Instant, and escaped. But a little Negro did still a bolder Thing: He stood full in the Bull's Way while running with the utmost Fury, and just, as I thought, he was going to be lifted on his Horns, took a Spring on the Bull's Back, and jumped clean over him.
Eighteen were the Bulls slaughtered in this Feast or Hunting, and each with some Variety of wanton Cruelty. Spears were stuck into some of them that carried Squibs and Crackers, whose Fire and Noise were more troublesome than the Wound. One of the most fierce leaped over the Barrier of a Box just under mine, and I expected him to do some Mischief; but the Portuguese are well aware of such Accidents, and the People in that Box were quick to quit their Seats, some throwing themselves over the Barrier into the Area, and some over the Partitions into the next Boxes. The Bull, embarrassed in the Benches, was presently despatched by many Swords.
The last Bull, however, was very near revenging all the rest upon the crimson Knight and his Horse. He ran them both down with a terrible Shock; and had it not been for the Knobs on his Horns, the Horse, at least, would have been sadly gored. Both the Horse and the Knight were within a Hair of being trampled upon, when the other Knight gave the Bull a great Cut across the Neck, while all the Fighters on Foot thrust their Daggers, some into his Mouth, and some into his Eyes. The Horse got up, ran frightened through the Crowd, and threw several of them down, while his unlucky Rider, who was no great Gainer by his Tumble, stood cursing and swearing at the Horse, at the Bull, and at himself.
Thus ended the Massacre of those noble Animals; a Massacre encou-raged as long as it lasted by a most outrageous Uproar, and concluded with a most thundering Clap of universal Approbation.
What Effect these cruel Spectacles (repeated almost every Sunday, as I am told) may have upon the Morals and Religion of this People, better Speculatists than myself may determine. To me, indeed, they appear most brutal and most unchristian. However, they have the Sanction of the Law of the Country, and the Government that permits and counten-ances them may have Reasons for so doing quite out of the Reach of my Intellects. Therefore, instead of yielding to the Temptation of blaming what to me appears very blameable, let me go on with Matter of Fact, and relate an Incident that suspended for about Half an Hour this horrible Entertainment.
The seventh or eighth Bull had been just slain and dragged out, and the Man at the Bull's Gate was going to let in another, when the People in the Ground Floor Boxes, opposite to that where I was, rose at once, out and all, with the most hideous Shrieks, leaped precipitately into the Area, and ran about the Place like Madmen.
This sudden Disorder terrified the Assembly, and few were those who had any Sanguirod left. All wanted to know what was the Matter, but the Noise of a Cataract could not have been traced through the Cries of such a Multitude. The King and Queen, the Princesses, and Don Pedro, raised their Hands, Fans, and Voices, as I could see by the opening of their Mouths; but it was a considerable While before a Word could be heard about the Cause of so violent a Commotion. Yet at last the Impa-tience of universal Curiosity was satisfied, and a Report went round that some People, where the Uproar began, had cried out Earthquake, Earth-quake!
In a Country where People are still fresh in their Minds the Effects of an Earthquake, it is no Wonder if such a Cry, that came at once from se-veral Quarters, proved terrifying; and if those who heard it, without giving themselves an Instant to reflect, sprung over the Barriers into the Area, to escape being crushed by the Fall of the Edifice.
However, the Fact is, that not the least Shock of an Earthquake had been felt by any Body. The Cry had been raised by a Gang of Pickpockets, in Order to throw the People into Confusion, and gain an Opportunity of stealing. The Scheme took, to a Wonder. Many Men lost their Hand-kerehiefs, and many Women their Caps; not to speak of Swords and Watches, Necklaces, and Earrings.
To frame such a Scheme, and carry it into Execution so undauntedly as it was carried, appears to me as valiant an Achievement as any of Or-lando's. I had often in London to admire the Boldness and Intrapidity of the British Pickpockets, and thought them the n the very cleverest in the whole Creation; but, away with them! they must not pretend to attempt Com-petition with the dextrous Pickpockets of Lusitania.

It is needless to tell that, on being apprised of the true Cause of that Disorder, the whole Assembly sat down again in Quiet; that the greatest Part, who had not been Sufferers by it, laughed at the thievish Ingenuity; and that a new Bull was let loose in the Area.
All here is the Account concluded of the most important Transactions of this Afternoon. What follows is merely set down by Way of Memorandum for my private Use, and not worth your reading.
I was told while at the Amphitheatre that one of the King's Chariot Horses had lost a Shoe; so that his Majesty was obliged to stop in the scorching Sun until another Horse was got ready, that he might proceed. I thought it very odd that a King should have Servants so careless, and asked if he was put in a Passion by it; but was answered, that he laughed it out. A petty Gentleman would have stormed.
This Country is one of the hottest in Europe, yet its Inhabitants are not melted into Slenderness. I never saw any Where so many fat Men, in one Place, as I have seen to Day.
In Lisbon both Men and Women, of the better Sort, seem to love Gaudiness in Dress. The Ladies, like those of Tuscany, and other Parts of Italy, wear many artificial Flowers stuck in their Hair. It is a pretty Fashion. I saw several beautiful Faces to Day, and many a Pair of brilliant Eyes.
Here, as in France and Italy, they have the absurd Custom of dressing their Children too much. I hate to see a little Girl with a Toupee, and a little Sword at the Side of a little Boy. The English are not guilty of such Folly. In England Boys and Girls, even when they are Sons and Daughters of Earls and Dukes, are never made to look like dwarfish Men and dwarfish Women; and this may be the Reason that England abounds less with Fops and Coguets than either France or Italy.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 24.
W E have not a Syllable of News for our Readers this Week, the Post from the Northward having brought none, and there being no late Arrivals.
We hear that the North Carolina Assembly have voted the Insurgents in that Province Rebels, and intend pursuing vigorous Measures to restore the publick Tranquillity. Herman Husband, one of the Ringleaders, and who is one of the Assembly, is committed to Prison.
FRIDAY, January 25. This Morning died, at his House near this City, Mr. FREDERICK BRYAN, for many Years Deputy Sheriff of York County; an Office which he discharged to universal Satisfaction, and by which, joined to his own good Conduct, he acquired a handsome Fortune, with the fairest Character.
Advertisements.
JANUARY 25, 1771.
THE Instructions I have lately received renders it my Duty to urge the Payment of his Majesty's Quitrents with the utmost Punuality; the several Sheriffs, therefore, herein concerned, are desired to take Notice that it is expected they will make their Payments immediately, for all Arrears, and in June and October next for the present Year's Collection. And whereas great Inconvenience attends the Payments being delayed until the Business of the General Court is over, Notice is hereby given that Merchants' Notes will not be allowed in the Office, unless made payable the 25th of April and October in each Court. RICHARD CORBIN, D. R. G.
For CHARTER,
The Ship GREENVALE , John Bowie Master, Burthen about one Hundred and fifty Tons, an extraordinary good Vessel. For Terms apply to Mr. David Cobban, at Newcastle, Hepburn and Mitchell, Captain Bowie, on Board the Ship at Portsmouth, or HUGH M'MEkin.
THE Subscriber has for SALE several valuable Plantations on Roanoke River, in Halifax County, North Carolina, with a Quantity of the best Tobacco low Grounds to each, and all in good Order for Cropping, and well improved; some like y Slaves, and Stocks of all Kinds. EDWARD MONTFORT.
For SALE,
TWENTY Thousand Acres of Land, in the Counties of Frederick and Hampshire; which was advertised some Years ago in this Colony, and the neighbouring Provinces; and its Situation and Qualities then described; therefore think it needless to repeat them now. It will be sold very cheap, and reasonable Time of Payment will be allowed the Purchaser, or Purchasers, for one Half of the Purchase Money, who may be shown the Premises by applying to the Subscriber, in Winchester. BRYAN BRUIN.
On Wednesday the 13th of February next will be SOLD, in the Town of Blandford, to the highest Bidders, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Walter Boyd, deceased,
A PARCEL of very valuable NEGROES, consisting chiefly of good Watermen, House Servants, and a Man Cook and Gardener. Also several Fats that will carry from twelve to forty Hogheads of Tobacco, completely fitted with Mats, Sails, &c. Likewise some valuable Lots, in the said Town, whereon is a commodious Dwellinghouse, with all convenient Office Houses, and a large Garden, formerly the Property of Mr. Peter Randolph Bland. At the same Time will be sold a good Stock of Horses and Cattle, a single Chair, Carts, Drays, &c.
And on Friday the first of March will be sold, on the Premises, his Plantation, in the Fork of Nansemond (Amelia County) containing about four Hundred Acres of very fine TOBACCO LAND, with Houses and Land cleared sufficient to work eight Hands; also the Crop of Corn and Fodder, and Plantation Utensils thereon, a large Stock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Hogs, about twenty choice Plantation NEGROES, mostly Virginia born. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for the Lots, Houses, and Land; and for the Negroes, Stock, &c. to the 15th of June next, for one Half, and for the other Half to the 15th of December following. Bond, with sufficient Security, will be required by THE EXECUTORS.
All Persons who have any Demands against the Estate of Mr. Boyd are desired immediately to let them be known to the Executors, that they may provide for Payment; and all those indebted are requested to discharge their Balances, or give Bond between this and the 25th of April next, for after that Time all open Accounts will be put into the Hands of an Attorney.
MARY HILL, PETERSBURG, has just imported, from LONDON, a Variety of SILKS, MILLINERY, and JEWELS, which she will sell at a very low Advance, for ready Money, or Merchants' Notes.
BEST white Lustrings, plain and flowered white and black Satins, white Saracenet, Alamode, white and black Persians, superfine white and black plain and flowered Satin Cloaks, Saracenet and Persian Shades, Terefin, satin Bonnets, black and white Silk Gloves and Muffs, red do. plain and netted Gauze, Book Muslin, Stomachers and Sleeve Knots, laced and plain Caps, Boys caps and Feathers, do. Hats, best black and white Satin Shoes, Calimanco do. Mens Leather Shoes, Breast Flowers, Plumes, black and white Blond Lace, best Handkerchiefs, common do. a Variety of Ribbands, Fans, sewing Silk, Silk Laces, Tape, Bobbin, Jacob's Ladder, Footing, Pins, Needles, Martels, Skeleton Wire, best French Wax Necklaces, common do. Silver Watches, Paste Shoe, Knee, Ht., and Shirt Buckles, Silver Thimbles, plated Spoons, Steel Watch Chains and Keys, best French Paste Earrings, common do. a Variety of Paste Hair Springs and Pins, Marcasite do. Paste Combs, plain Tortoise-shell and Horn do. Bristol Sleeve Buttons and Studs, and a neat Assortment of Country made GOLD and SILVER WORK.
I expect a genteel Assortment of Jewels and Milinery Goods, with some Silks, early in the Spring. M. H.
GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Southampton County, greeting: We command you that you summon Captain Williams, and Bear at Law of Captain Williams, deceased, to appear before our Justices of our said County Court, in Chancery, at the Courthouse of the said County, on the second Thursday in February next, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against him and Stephen Williamson, by Thomas Williamson, and John Hyndman, Merchants; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the Penalty of one Hundred Pounds; and have then there his Writ. Witness Richard Kelso, Clerk of our said Court, at the Courthouse, the 15th Day of January, 1771, in the eleventh Year of our Reign. RICHARD KELSO.
Pursuant to the last Will and Testament of the late Reverend Charles Jeffrey Smith, deceased, will be SOLD, to the highest Bidders, at Providence Forge, New Kent County, on Monday the 18th of March.
O NE undivided Moiety of a Tract of good level LAND, well timbered with Pine, Oak, and Cypress, containing, by old Surveys, two Thousand five Hundred Acres, with the Appurtenances, situated in the Counties of New Kent and Charles City, on both Sides of Chickahominy River, whereon are several Plantations in good Order for making Grain of all Sorts, which it produces very plentifully. There is on the Land a well built FORGE, in good Repair, with every thing necessary for carrying it on in the most profitable Manner; also two well built WATER GRIST MILLS, with three Pair of Stones, and a BOLTING MILL that goes by Water, which are well accustomed from both the said Counties; likewise a well built SAW MILL. All which Works are convenient to Navigation, and on a large and constant Stream of Water. Also several Dwellinghouses with Brick Chimneys, a large Storehouse, Granary, Smith's Shop, and many other convenient Houses, all newly built, in the best Manner; and a good FISHERY.
Also to be sold, at the same Time and Place, one Half of a VESSEL, Burthen about twelve Hundred Bushels, lundry European and West India GOODS, STOCKS of all Kinds, PLANK, SCANTLING, SMITHS TOOLS, and other Things; possessed by Mr. Smith, in Partnership with Mr. William Holt.
At the same Time and Place will likewise be sold a TRACT of good LAND, containing five Hundred Acres, adjoining the former, on which is a Brick Dwellinghouse, and lundry Outhouses; a delightful Situation, with an agreeable Prospect. Also two NEGROES, and a large and valuable Collection of BOOKS, of which Mr. Smith was sole Owner. Credit will be allowed for one Half the Purchase Money for all Sums above fifty Shillings until the 30th of April next, and for the other Half until the 30th of October, the Purchasers giving Bond, with good Security, to JULIUS KING BURRIDGE, BARTHOLOMEW DANDRIDGE, } Executors.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of the
Reverend Charles Jeffrey Smith, deceased, or to the Partnership of the said Smith with William Holt, are desired to make Payment before the 18th Day of March next, or they must be sued without farther Notice. Mr. Smith's Executors having no Power to grant any Indulgence. All Persons who have any Demands against Mr. Smith, or the said Partnership, are desired to make them known.
J. K. BURRIDGE, B. DANDRIDGE, } Executors. WILLIAM HOLT.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND in Powhatan County, on Dan River, containing nine Hundred and forty three Acres, great Part of which is extraordinary good low Grounds, with two Plantations now in Order for Cropping. Also one other Tract of LAND, on Sandy River, containing four Hundred Acres, with two Plantations thereon. The Land is good, and the Range inferior to none. For Terms inquire of the Subscriber, on the Premises. THOMAS OWEN.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, at Suffolk, on the second Monday in February, being Nansemond Court Day, for Money, or Bills of Exchange, April Credit, THE Schooner WINDSOR , a well built new Vessel, Quarter decked, square Top sails, and completely rigged and furnished, Burthen about three Thousand Bushels. Any Person inclined to purchase before the Day of Sale may know the Terms by applying to Messrs. Tobias Granberry, John Driver, or the Subscriber. She has only made one Trip to New York, and may be seen at Suffolk. JOHN KING.
NORFOLK, January 14, 1771.
R UN away last Night from the Ship Boyes , at Grafton, a Sailor Lad named DANIEL JOHNS . He is about eighteen or nineteen Years of Age, well made, five Feet six or seven Inches high, and wears his own Hair, which is short and black; had on a short blue Jacket, and Canvas Trousers. It is imagined he went off in Company with three Seamen, from the said Ship, viz. GILES HAMMOND , thick, short, and stout made, of a fair Complexion, and has white Hair, tied behind; had on an old blue Jacket, and Canvas Trousers. PHILIP ROLLINGS , slender made, five Feet ten Inches High, of a sallow Complexion, and has short black Hair; had on an old red Jacket, and Check Trousers. ROGER GOUT , thick, short, and stout made, has dark Hair, is full faced, and much pitted with the Smallpox; had on a brown Jacket, and Canvas Trousers. Whoever secures the said Daniel Johns in any of his Majesty's Jails in this Colony, and will give Information thereof to the Subscriber, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward. INGLIS & LONG.
Who have for Sale Loaf, Lump, and Muscovado SUGAR; Jamaica, Antigua, Grenada, and Northward RUM; Jamaica SPIRIT; Barbadoes Cane SPIRIT; CHOCOLATE; SOAP; TALLOW CANDLES; Sassafras River HERRINGS; Madeira WINE five Years old, London Quality; a small Quantity of Prunias and Frontiniac WINE; a Parcel of WHEAT FANS, of the best Make; MARBLE FLAGS, twenty four Inches and a Half and twenty Inches square, blue and white veined; double OIL FLINTS, &c. HEMP, WHEAT, FLOWER, and Indian CORN, taken in Payment.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the Subscriber , in Fredericksburg, on the 26th of December last, a bay MARE about thirteen Hands high, with a roached Mane and bob Tail, her Brand I have forgot, though believe it was WF. She trots and canters very well, and is about nine Years old. Whoever will bring her to me shall receive FIFTEEN SHILLINGS Reward. GEORGE WEEDON.
RUN AWAY from the PRINTING OFFICE, last SATURDAY Night, JAMES CAREY,
A Lad about seventeen Years of Age, whom (out of Compassion, and through his Importunity) we paid thirteen Pounds for, to release him from being sent to Maryland and sold as a Servant. Although he might have been held as a Servant here, we rather chose to get him bound as an Apprentice, to put him on a Footing with the other Lads in our Office. He has been well used, and gently clothed, which any One will easily discover from the Goodness and Quantity of the Clothes he has taken with him. He has ten Shirts, four of them quite new; a new Suit of Clothes, of a dark coloured German Serge, with yellow gilt Buttons; a new fine Hat, several Pair of good Worsted and other Stockings, new Shoes, and wears a black Silk Cravat. He has, besides, a good Suit of Fustian, a light coloured Cloth Coat and red Flannel Jacket, and lundry other Wearing Apparel. He is fresh coloured, wears his own Hair, generally tied behind, which is dark coloured, walks short and quick, is stout made, speaks thick, and much on the Brogue, he being a Native of Ireland. Whoever secures the said Apprentice, so as we get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. He is supposed to be gone to the Southward. PURDIE & DIXON.
JAMES CITY County, January 17, 1771.
THE Ordinary late Asbley's, and formerly kept by the Subscriber, which is on the main Road to Williamsburg, and about six Miles distant from it, is again occupied by him; where Travellers, and others, will meet with good Entertainment for themselves and Horses. ALEXANDER WALKER.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 17, 1771.
GOOD Encouragement will be given to Journeymen SHOEMAKERS, who are acquainted with their Business, by  THOMAS SKINNER.
CAROLINE, January 10, 1771.
THE Subscriber takes this Method to advise all whom it may concern that the two Negroes now in the Possession of Wyatt Calmes, named Ben and Dinah, were only lent to the said Calmes, on his Marriage with the Subscriber's Daughter; and that the said Negro Dinah has since had increase Jemmy, Fanny, and Harry, the Property of all whom she has never been parted with by JAMES LINDSAY.
To be SOLD, on WEDNESDAY the 13th of February, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr. Anthony Hay, deceased,
T HAT noted and well accustomed Tavern in Williamsburg called the RALEIGH, which has every Convenience to it, and an exceeding fine Stable and Pasture adjoining. At the same Time will be sold the Stock of LIQUORS, a great Quantity of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, some CHAIRS and HARNESS, CARTS and HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, &c. Also a very good DWELLINGHOUSE on the back Street, where Mr. Hay formerly lived, with a large Cabinet Maker's Shop and Timber Yard, and all necessary Out-houses for a Family. And on Tuesday the 7th of May will be sold, before the Raleigh Door, nineteen NEGROES belonging to the said Estate; among them a very good Cabinet Maker, a good Coachman and Carter, some fine Waiting Boys, good Cooks, Washers, &c. Six Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above five Pounds, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security; and for the Raleigh, the Time of Payment will be agreed on at the Day of Sale.
WILLIAM TREBELL, ROBERT NICOLSON, } Executors.
N. P. All Persons who have Demands against Mr. Hay's Estate are requested to make them speedily known, that Provision may be made for discharging them; and those indebted thereto are desired to make immediate Payment. It is hoped none of the Creditors will put the Estate to any unnecessary Charge, by Suits, when we assure them the best Means will be used to pay the Debts with all Speed, and when it is considered that Mr. Hay has left a large Family, whose tender Years entitle them to some Indulgence.
The Executors have thought proper to alter the Day of Sale to the above Date, as it will enable the Purchaser to get the House in Order against the April General Court.
TAKEN up , in Caroline, a bay HORSE about fourteen Hands high with a small Star in his Forehead, shod before, but no Brand perceivable; likewise a black MARE about four Feet six Inches high, with hanging Mane and switch Tail, but not branded. Posted, and appraised, the Horse to eight Pounds, and the Mare to five Pounds. JOHN BELL.
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. Posted, and appraised, the former to eight Pounds, and the latter to five Pounds. FREDERICK RIVES.
RUN away from Petersburg, on the 26th of last Month, a Negro Man named GABRIEL , a likely well made Fellow about two and twenty Years of Age, and credited to Freedom at the Age of thirty one. He formerly belonged to the Estate of Mr. Benjamin Hubbard, in Caroline, to which County it is probable he may be gone. A Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS, besides what the Law allows, will be paid to any Person who delivers him to me, or secures him so that I may get him again. JOHN MCNABB.
To be LET upon FREIGHT, to Whitehaven or Glasgow, THE Ship BROTHERS , of Whitehaven, Tonnage Eighty Tons, British built, five Years old, Burthen one Hundred and twenty Tons, or thereabouts, now lying at York Point, Nansemond River. For Terms apply to the Captain, on Board.
THE Ship INDUSTRY , belonging to Whitehaven, now lying at Norfolk, James Lewis 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 Eilbeck, 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 Dumfries, on which is a neat Dwellinghouse, pleasantly situated, and other convenient Houses for cropping. And on the 2d 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. WILLIAM CARR.
To be SOLD at Urbanna, on the 28th of this Instant, being Middlesex Court Day,
ALL the Estate of WILLIAM USIE ; 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 1, 1771.
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, 1771.
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 Sampson; 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 Mattaponny River, in the said County, being the Land whereon Colonel Moore now lives. Also the Fee Simple Estate in eleven Hundred and twenty five Acres of exceeding fine well timbered Land, lying in the said County, on Pamunkey River, below Ruffin's Ferry, where Colonel Moore formerly lived. The above Lands are subject to Mrs. Moore's Dower. And on Tuesday the 5th of February, being the Day after Herrin's Court, will be sold to the highest Bidders, at Richmond Town, the Remainder of Colonel Moore's Slaves, being near one Hundred, among which are Tradesmen of several Sorts. All the above Estate hath been conveyed to the Subscriber, as Trustees, for the Purpose of paying Colonel Moore's Debts. As it is the Desire of the Trustees 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 affirm them, and see that every Thing is conducted to their Satisfaction. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for the above Estate, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security, to CARTER BRAXTON, GEORGE WEBB, THOMAS WALKER, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JACK POWER, } Trustees.
RUN away from the Subscriber, near Williamsburg, a tall slim likely Virginia born Negro Wench named LUCY , about eighteen Years of Age, formerly the Property of Mr. John Cokes, of this City, deceased. I have great Reason to believe she is harboured in or about Williamsburg. TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward will be given for apprehending her. FREDERICK BRYAN.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, in Charles County, North Carolina, a Negro Fellow, who calls himself ADAM , and branded on the Cheek 140. He is about forty Years old, about five Feet nine Inches high, and says he belongs to Indian. The Owner may have him on proving his Property, and paying Charges. JOHN COFIELD.

POETS CORNER.
ADVICE, or Moral Maxims.
To God give Glory, as he does command; Consider Will ere aught you take in Hand. Let your Companions still be worthy Men, And of your own Perfections be not vain. Rather with others in Opinion join Than fondly think they should conform to thine. All that's said to you with Attention hear; Ann not to make too much of Wit appear. In Conversation ever be sincere, And strive to suit it unto each Man's Sphere. In Point of Promise use not too much Haste, But firmly stick to't when it once is past. Be courteous, affable, of gentle Mind, And with no haughty Airs receive Mankind. Though not familiar, be in Carriage free. Let Not without Thought decided be. Love without Interest, pardon without Fear, Respect to Nobles, without cringing, bear. Carefully strive to gain the Love of all; Shun the litigious Bar, and Lawyers Brawl. Into th' Affairs of others do not pry, And to conceal your own with Caution try. Lend with good Grace, yet with Discernment too; Place your Rewards but where you're sure they're due. Whatever Figure in the World you bear, Know your own Force, and don't exceed your Sphere. On the unfortunate Compassion take; Bear with Mens Failings; don't your Friend forsake. When griev'd, your Sorrow struggle to subdue; And with too poignant Railery none pursue. Strive amongst Friends to make Contention cease; Where Discord reigns, endeavour after Peace. Reprove with Mildness, without Flattery praise; Receive a Test, no noisy Laughter raise. Judge of each Person on his better Side, And do not censure with too great a Pride. Upbraid Nobody with a Service done, But keep that Secret in your Breast alone. Refrain your Anger, check your boiling Blood; Of Persons absent Nothing say but good, Unless it be for their peculiar End, That no such Person should censure your Friend. Be not ungrateful, to be bether choose; Play for Diversion, without Passion lose. To your poor Debtor don't a Tyrant be; To him, and all Men, show Humanity. Of Nothing boast; keep your own Secret well; Tell no Tales yourself, nor mind what others tell.
Just imported in the Ship Industry, from Limerick, SIXTY indent SERVANTS, for five Years, amongst them several valuable Tradesmen, which will be sold at Shocko's, on Monday the twenty eighth of this instant (January) by DAVID ROSS.
PRINCE GEORGE County, January 1, 1771. 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, well made, has a down Look, speaks short and surly, and the Whites of her Eyes remarkably red; had on when she went away a black Yarn Serge Jacket and white Yarn Serge Petticoat, Osnaburg Shirt, and earned with her some other Clothes. She is supposed to be lurking about Mr. John Mafin's Quarter, on Mokerin River, in Southampton County, where she has some Relations. Whoever will apprehend the said Wench, and bring her to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; and if taken out of this Colony, FIVE POUNDS. JOHN THWEAT. N. B. As she has a Notion of Freedom, she may perhaps pass as a free Wench where she is not known.
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 M'MEkin.
To be LET on CHARTER, for any Port in Britain, or to any Port to the Eastward, THE new Ship MORANT BAY, James Craig Master, which will be ready to take in her Load by the first of February next. Any Person inclineable to charter may know the Terms by applying to said Master, or of the Subscribers. She has excellent Accommodations for Passengers. LOGAN, GILMOUR, & Co. NORFOLK, December 25, 1770.
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 McAlister) to come and settle them; and in Order to prevent Disputes hereafter, Bonds will be required for their respective Balances, for which Purpose I will attend regularly at this Place after the first of January next. Those who fail to come and settle their Accounts after that Time may depend upon their being put in Suit, without farther Notice; and must blame themselves for being put to Expense and Trouble, which I would willingly avoid. As it will be out of my Power to make personal Application to every One with whom I have Business, it is expected those concerned will pay strict Regard to this Advertisement. PETER DAVIE.
SHOCKO, December 17, 1770. 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. This Advertisement, together with the Indulgence already given, will, he enters himself, prevent a more disagreeable Application. The Goods at that Store are now sold under the Direction of Alexander Buchanan, where the Customers may be supplied on reasonable Terms. JAMES BUCHANAN.
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. SAM is of the yellowish Cast, a low squat Fellow, has remarkable Locks, and of a surly Countenance; had on when he went away a Jacket of a light Colour pretty much worn, an Osnaburg Shirt, a new Felt Hat, and a Pair of Osnaburg Trousers much like JACK's, and has neither Stockings nor Shoes. These Negroes left a Waggon on the Road to Mr. John Mafin's in Albemarle County, and I expect will make for Norfolk, where they were brought from thence by Captain John Kerr, of whom I purchased them. Whoever delivers the said Negroes to me, at Richmond Town, or to any one in my Power to get them, shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides the Allowance by Law. NEIL CAMPBELL.
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 Hardware 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. Any Person inclineable to purchase, or rent, the above Plantation, may come and see the Place. The Terms, and Time of Payment, will be made known by James Buchanan, Merchant at Richmond; or by the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises. PETER DAVIE.
HANOVER, Town, July 25, 1770. 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. He has a Quantity of Goods, which he will sell on reasonable Terms, for ready Money or short Credit. JOHN SMITH.
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.
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 Rappidan and Robinson's River, in the said County. Credit will be given until the 26th 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 Land will be sold in Parcels, and Mr. Alcock has Directions to show it to any Person who is desirous of seeing it before the Day of Sale. CHARLES GRYMES. BENJAMIN GRYMES, Junior.
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. He is supposed to be lurking about Hanover Town, Petersburgh, or gone towards Carolina. Whoever will apprehend the said Fellow, and bring him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; and if taken out of the Colony, FIVE POUNDS. DAVID PATTESON.
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. Any One inclineable to purchase may know the Terms by applying to James Mordaunt in Nansemond, or Bryan Croft in Portsmouth. TF
VIRGINIA, &c. At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, November 5, 1770.
John Spear, and Matthias Spear, executors, &c. of John Woolrich Spear, 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; but that he deliver up such effects, or so much thereof as will be of value sufficient to satisfy the demand of the plaintiffs, unto the said plaintiffs, upon their giving security to the clerk of this court for the return of such effects, in such manner, and to such persons, as the court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is ordered that the said defendant, John Judia, do appear here on the first day of the next court, to answer the bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be, within fifteen days, inserted in the Virginia Gazette, for two months successively; and published on some Lord's day, immediately after divine service, in the church of the parish of Frederick, in the county of Frederick; and be also posted up at the front door of the CAPITOL, in the city of Williamsburg. BEN. WALLER.
A CATALOGUE of Books, &c. to be SOLD at the POST OFFICE in Williamsburg.
ANSON's Voyages. Afric on Venereal Diseases. Armstrong on the Diseases of Children. Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Alleine's Alarm to Unconverted Sinners. Atkinson's Epitome. Arabian Nights Entertainment. Byron's Voyages. British Zoology. Butler's Remains. Birch's Life of Henry Prince of Wales. Baxter's Saints Everlasting Rest. Bennet's Christian Oratory. Brooke's Cookery. Buchanan's Dictionary. Brown's Sunday Thoughts. Beveridge's Thoughts. Brooke's Introduction to the Practice of Physick. British Plutarch. Baron Biefeld's Letters. Bartlett's Farriery. Barclay's Apology. Biographical Dictionary. Boston's Fourfold State. Baxter's Call to the Unconverted. Bunyan's Holy War. Chandler's Life of King David. Campbell's Present State of Europe. Crevier's Roman History. Cheselden's Anatomy. Culpeper's Midwifery. Connoisseur. Complete Gamester. Chamblaud's Geography. Commentaries of Marcus Antoninus. Caliste, or the Man of Fashion. Castle of Otranto. Cambay's Dialogues on Eloquence. Cambay on Charity. Crosby's Navigation. Cottage, by Miss Minifie. Cocker's Arithmetick. Dictionary of Rustick. Drelincourt on Death. Dryden's Works. Dryden's Fables. Du Fresnoy's Chronological Tables. Du Fresnoy on Charity. Duke of Wharton's True Briton. Dutton on the Resurrection. Derham's Astro-Theology. Don Quixote. Doddridge's Pleasing Instructor. Doddridge on Religion. on the New Testament. Dilworth's Arithmetick. Emerison's Mechanicks. Fluxions. Erskine's Sermons. Edinburgh Dispensary. Epistles for the Ladies. England's Gazetteer. Edinburgh Medical Essays. Emily Montague. Epistolary Correspondence. Farmer's Guide. Fox on the New Testament. Fordyce's Art of Preaching. Fenning's Arithmetick. Book of Knowledge. Female Spectator. Fielding's Works. Ferguson's Astronomy. Lectures. Tables and Tracts. Family Companion for Health. Farrier's Dictionary. Grand Tour. Goldsmith's Roman History. Guthrie's Epistles to Atticus. Gerard on Taste. Gordon's Geographical Grammar. Gentleman's Dictionary. German Spy. Gay's Fables. Gould on Ants. History of Cape Breton. of California. of Greenland. of Lewis XI. of the Germans. of Kuli Khan. of Classick Authors. of the Spanish Settlements in America.
History of Miss Puffborough. of Persia. Hume's History of England. Harris's Life of Cromwell. Howell's History of the Bible. Harps on the Globes. on the Diseases of Infants. Howell's Letters. Hellman's Lectures. Hoyle's Games. Heister's Surgery. Huxham on Fevers. Hutchinson's System of Moral Philosophy. Historical Companion. Hogarth Moralized. Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty. Hervey's Meditations. Letters. Hughes's Poems. Instructions for the Indians. Impartial Inquiry into Faith. James's Dispensary. James on Gardening. Joseph Andrews. Kettewell's Companion. Love's Surveying. Lewis's Pharmacopoeia. Ledran's Observations. Operations. London Medical Observations. Lind on the Scurvy. on Diseases in Hot Climates. Life of Charles XII. of Duke of Marlborough. and Adventures of a Lap Dog. Lord President Forbes's Works. Langborne's Letters. Constellations. Letters on Physognomy. Maxwell's Husbandry. Miller's Gardener's Calendar. Models of Conversation. Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws. M'Laurin's Algebra. Melmoth's Translation of Cicero's Letters. Monro on Diseases. Milnes's Surgery. Mackenzie on Health. M'Bride's Essay's. Martin's Philosophical Grammar. Manners. Memoirs of Ladies of Great Britain. Milton's Works. Paradise Loft. Paradise Regained. Morgan's Physico-Theology. Marquis D'Arsens's Philosophical Dissertations. Maxims of Christina Queen of Sweden. Mariner's Compass. New Calendar. Mair's Arithmetick. Messiah. Noah. New Whole Duty of Man. Practice of Piety. Week's Preparation. Nelson's Festivals. Naval History of Great Britain. Nature Displayed. Omer on Horses. Philosophical Dissertations. SCHOOL BOOKS. Ainsworth's Dictionary. Gradus ad Parnassum. Castalio's Latin Bible. Dialogues. Mair's Tyro's Dictionary. Lilly's Grammar. Ward's Grammar. Christie's Grammar. Ruddiman's Grammar. Rudiments. Clarke's Introduction. Grammar. Cordery. Aesop. Eutropius. Florus. Erasmus. Ovid's Metamorphoses. Duncan's Caezar. Cicero's Orations. Davidson's Virgil. Horace. Hutchinson's Xenophon. A great Variety of History and other Pretty Books for Children. Spelling Books of all Kinds. Church Bibles. Prayer Books. Family do. Pocket do. School Bibles. Testaments. Psalters. Morocco Pocket Books, of all Sizes. Pounce and Boxes. The Beggars Opera set to Musick. A great Variety of other Musick, by the best Masters. Blank Musick Books. Musick Ruling Pens. Cremona and Steiner's Violins, with best Screw Bows. Silver Bases and best Roman Strings. German and Common Flutes, of different Sizes. Surveyors Instruments. Best Temple Spectacles, Green and Plain. Common Spectacles. Instructions for the Flute. Reading Glasses, for different Ages. Best Penknives. Pewter Ink Chests and Stands. Edinburgh Inkpots. Message Cards, plain, gilt, and mourning. Broad and narrow red Tape. Ivory Memorandum Books. Ivory Folders. Best Wafers. Dutch Sealing Wax. Slates and Pencils. Sand Boxes. Black and Red Lead Pencils. Black and Red Ink Powder. Gold Leaf. Best Dutch Quills and Pens. Hudson Bay Quills. Playing Cards. Blank Books, and Alphabets, of all Sorts and Sizes. Paper, of all Sorts and Sizes. Parchment, and every other Kind of STATIONARY. Also the following MEDICINES, from Dr. Bateman's original wholesale warehouse in London. Dr. Bateman's Pectoral Drops. The true Daffy's Elixir. Dr. Hooper's Female Pills. Dr. Radcliffe's Famous Purgine Elixir. Dr. Fraunces's Female Strengthening Elixir. Squire's Grand Elixir. Swinifen's Electary for the Stone and Gravel. Pike's Patent Ointment for the Itch and all Cutaneous Eruptions. Britton's True and Genuine British Oil. Madden's Sovereign Oil for Bruises and Strains. Dr. Stoughton's Great Stomachick Elixir. Turlington's Original Balsam of Life. We have a few of the late REVIVAL of the LAWS, neatly bound, more than what were printed for the Use of the Country, at disposal. Also MERCHANTS, COUNTY COURT, and a Variety of other useful BLANKS.