The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1770-04-05 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
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IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. — Suet. in Tib. S. 23.
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His Majesty's most gracious SPEECH to both Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday the 9th of January, 1770.
My Lords, and Gentlemen. It is with much concern that I find myself obliged to open this session of Parliament with acquainting you that the distemper among the horned cattle has lately broke out in this kingdom, notwithstanding every precaution that could be used for preventing the infection from foreign parts. Upon the first notice of its actual appearance my next attention was to endeavour to stop, if possible, its farther progress; and as the success of those endeavours must, in all probability, have been entirely defeated by any the least degree of delay in the application of them, I thought it absolutely necessary, with the advice of my Privy Council, to give immediate directions for every step to be taken that appeared most capable of checking the instant danger of the spreading of the infection, until I could have an opportunity of consulting my Parliament upon some more permanent measures for securing us against so great a calamity. And to your immediate and most serious consideration I earnestly recommend this very important object.
I have given my Parliament repeated assurances that it has always been my fixed purpose to preserve the general tranquility, maintaining at the same time the dignity and honour of my Crown, together with the just rights and interests of my people. The uncommon burthens which my subjects have born so cheerfully, in order to bring the late war to a happy conclusion, must be an additional motive to make me vigilant to prevent the present disturbances in Europe from extending to any part where the security, honour, or interest of this nation, may make it necessary for my Crown to become a party. The assurances which I receive from the other great powers afford me reason to believe that my endeavours will continue to be successful. I shall still make the general interests of Europe the object of my attention, and while I steadily support my own rights I shall be equally careful not to acknowledge the claims of any other powers contrary to the limitations of the late treaties of peace.
It is needless for me to recommend to the serious attention of my Parliament the state of my government in America. I have endeavoured, on my part, by every means, to bring back my subjects there to their duty, and to a due sense of their obligations. It gives me much concern to inform you that my endeavours have not answered my expectations; and that in my colonies many persons have been unwarrantably, and calculated to determine a division between them and the mother.
Gentlemen of the House of Commons. I have ordered the proper estimates to be laid before you. I am pe for my person and government, and good, will induce you to grant such as you may be assured that, on my part, the strictest economy.
My Lords, and Gentlemen. As the welfare and prosperity of the object of my wishes, and the rule of my government in your proceedings by the concurrence and support, in every measure those ends, you may always be now, more than ever, incumbent heats and animosities amongst your spirit of harmony which becomes the object in their view, and which may be most likely to give authority and efficacy to the result of your deliberations. Such a conduct, on your part, will, above all things, contribute to maintain, in their proper lustre, the strength, the reputation, and the prosperity of this country, to strengthen the attachment of my subjects to that excellent constitution of government from which they derive such distinguished advantages, and to cause the firm reliance and confidence which I have in the wisdom of my Parliament, as well as in their zeal for the true interests of my people, to be justified and approved both at home and abroad.
LONDON, Jan. 1.
SIR Francis Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, begins to cry peccavi, and he now makes no scruple publicly to declare that the acts of violence which have been attempted to be perpetrated at Boston, under his administration there, were entirely against the bent of his natural disposition, as much as they were contrary to the fundamental laws of the colony over which he presided, and that if he deserves blame other people ought to be brought to account for his conduct. In short, it is too evident that arbitrary rule is the determined principle of the present alarming era in this kingdom, and nothing but a steady perseverance in the people to vindicate their just rights can prevent them from falling under the most abject slavery.
The unfortunate Captain Gordon who was lately executed at Brest was an officer in one of our marching regiments on the Irish establishment, and possessed of an estate of 800l. per annum. Having some time since sought a duel at Lucas's coffeehouse, Dublin, and killed his man, he was obliged to go abroad, to avoid being brought to justice by the unfortunate person he engaged with.
Yesterday John Wilkes, Esq; gave a grand entertainment, to a great number of Gentlemen, at his apartments in the King's Bench prison, among whom were many members of the Bill of Rights society.
Jan. 2. The Court at St. James's yesterday, it being New Year's day, was very numerous and splendid, when their Majesties received the compliments of the Nobility and Gentry.
A correspondent remarks that Junius, in all his letters, never once shewed he wanted a head until his last long laboured epistle, in which he struck at the supreme head both in church and state.
We hear that a petition from Mr. Wilkes will be presented to the House of Commons, at the beginning of the ensuing session, desiring the House to examine the several parts of his former pe-
dition which have not as yet been inquired into, such as the evasion of the Habeas Corpus, the close commitment of their member for three days, without the permission of seeing any person but his jailors, although charged only with a misdemeanor, the breach of privilege, by serving a member of Parliament with a subpoena, the counter notices, signed Summoning Officer , sent to several of his jury the day before the trial, and the papers seized under the general warrant, produced as evidence on his trial.
We are assured, from undoubted veracity, that the present state of the nation will undergo very serious consideration at an ensuing meeting.
It is said that a Noble Lord, who lately matched a certain cast off Dutchess, is, in the jockey phrase, already sick of the lay , and would willingly pay for it .
From the 15th of November, to the 22d instant inclusive, the East India company have entered for their outward bound trade, of the woollen manufacture, and other home commodities, to the amount of 213,000 l. and as yet not near one half of their ships are freighted.
An evening paper of yesterday says that the marriage of the Duke of Gloucester with Lady Waldegrave is now publickly known. They have apartments at Windsor Castle, where she is addressed by her new title.
A private letter from Berlin says that a new treaty of alliance has been lately concluded between the Empress of Russia and the King of Prussia, by which the latter engages to assist the former against the Turks and the confederates of Poland with an army of 80,000 men, which are now on their march to Warlaw.
Jan. 4. A certain great man, whose appearance on the political stage has been long wished for, is preparing to exhibit a very spirited scene on Tuesday next.
Advices from Constantinople declare that the Grand Seignior has sent orders to the King of Morocco, and the other Princes of Barbary, to hold their naval force in readiness to oppose the entrance of the Russian fleet into the Archipelago.
We are well informed that Lord Chatham intends to support an entire new character on an ensuing occasion.
It is said an act of Parliament that passed the Commons 17th Charles I. for restraining Bishops and others from intermeddling with secular affairs, will shortly be revived.
The report of a war with France is again very current, and yesterday a Gentleman on change laid ten guineas that war will be declared before the first of July.
Jan. 6. Yesterday the Yorkshire, Worcestershire, Somersetshire, Herefordshire, Northumberland, and Newcastle petitions, were presented to his Majesty at St. James's.
A protest from the town of Liverpool was yesterday presented to his Majesty, at St. James's, against the petition now soliciting in the said town, desiring his Majesty, for certain reasons, to dissolve the present Parliament, which protest concludes as follows: "To say that the House of Commons is partial, unjust, or corrupt, or does any thing out of malice, is, in our opinion, highly criminal, and tends to raise a scandal upon the whole nation, whose representatives they are. For these reasons we cannot approve the matter, manner, or intent of these petitions, and hope to be justified in making publick the reasons of our dissent thereto. Our actions, in the most perilous and critical times, have proved us to be faithful subjects, and we trust our conduct and candour, in this affair, must prove us to be good citizens."
A Council was held this morning at the Cockpit Royal, when several important regulations, previously necessary to the meeting of Parliament, were determined upon.
Some very interesting papers are come from Ireland, which will shortly be laid before the publick.
A certain Nobleman, who labours under a very dangerous complaint, is not expected to live many days.
The Duke of Bedford's disorders are reported to be an asthma and a dropsy.
We are well informed that a certain unpopular American Governor has refused the offer of a Peerage.
Some of our patriotic petitioners begin to be alarmed lest the Parliament should in earnest be dissolved and their seats come to be purchased, which would make them look as wise as the Irish patriots did on the like occasion. It is supposed, therefore, that they will be content with the King's sending his Parliament to Coventry for a month, as the French King has formerly sent his to Pontoise; but some think it better that a Bed of Justice should be held at St. James's, the Commons and their journal sent for, and all their presumptuous votes about the Middlesex elections struck out by his Majesty's command, after the example of his Royal brother at Versailles.
Yesterday the following Gentlemen waited upon his Majesty at St. James's, with the petition of the citizens of Bristol, and were graciously received, viz. Sir William Codrington, Bart. Richard Hippesley Cox, Esq; Mr. Henry Cruger, and Mr. Samuel Span, merchant of that city. The two last Gentlemen were deputed by their fellow citizens to present it.
We hear that Lord Chatham has a plan in contemplation which if executed will entirely reconcile all parties, and give universal satisfaction.
A report strongly prevails that a number of very eminent merchants have a scheme in agitation for presenting a petition setting forth the necessity of taking the American affairs under immediate consideration.
We are informed that the Bristol petition was signed by 2445 freemen.
The petition of the county of York, which was signed by near 11,000 freeholders, was presented to his Majesty by the following Gentlemen, viz. Sir James Ibbetson, the High Sheriff, Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Sir George Armytage, and Sir William Anderson, Barts. John Stephen Hall, John Sylvester Smith, Richard Wilson, Benjamin Ferrand, John Milnes, and Samuel Shore, Esqrs. His Majesty was pleased to receive the same very graciously.
It is said the last despatches received in London by the French Ambassador have entirely removed the doubts of the Ministry respecting their present disclination to break the peace.
It is now confidently asserted that the celebrated Junius has set out on his travels into foreign parts.
We hear that at a meeting of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, some time ago, their Lordships took into consideration a memorial of several merchants, containing proposals for better regulating and encouraging the importation of pitch, tar,
and turpentine, whose propositions were as follows, viz. "First, that the bounty on the importation of green tar, made in the manner prescribed in the act which gives such bounty, be altogether discontinued, there being little or no green tar imported or used in the manufactures of this kingdom. Secondly, that the duty of 9s. 7d. per last, of 22 barrels, payable upon common tar imported from North America, be taken off, and the bounty of 44s. per tun upon such tar be reduced to 24s. but that no such tar be entitled to the reduced bounty, or exempted from payment of the duty, unless shipped in America, and imported into this kingdom in well hooped casks of 32 gallons. Thirdly, that the bounty of 30s. per tun, now payable upon turpentine imported from the colonies, be discontinued, and the duty of 38s. per tun reduced to 3s. per tun. Fourthly, that the duty of 9s. 7d. per last, of 22 barrels, of pitch, imported from the colonies, be taken off, and the bounty of 20s. per tun reduced to 10s." A bill, we hear, will be brought into Parliament, at the opening of the session, for the regulations above mentioned; and there is no doubt of its passing immediately, as the Treasury and Navy Boards have approved of the plan. Tar is risen in London to 9s. per barrel, on account of the above regulations, and the late hurricane in North Carolina.
Jan. 10. Last night there was a meeting of the Gentlemen in opposition at the Thatched House tavern in St. James's street, at which 29 new members were present.
By the many and early prudent precautions taken to stem the progress of the dreadful murrain that lately broke out among the horned cattle we can with pleasure assure the publick that it has been prevented from spreading even over the very county it first broke out in, that it is almost confined to a single part, of no very great extent, but that it has raged there with uncommon violence.
Last night there was a meeting of the Ministers friends at the Cockpit (as usual) previous to the opening the session of Parliament, when the number present was only 179.
The Devonshire, Derbyshire, and Herefordshire petitions, were yesterday presented to his Majesty.
Jan. 11. It is certain that the Welsh petition was yesterday delivered to his Majesty by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and most graciously received.
It is assured that the petition of the town of Liverpool was signed by 1200 persons, and the protest by only 300. The whole number of freemen belonging to that place, we are told, is but 1500. It is farther said that the protest was drawn up here, and sent down to be signed.
The House of Peers did not break up until past ten o'clock on Tuesday night, and the House of Commons sat until half an hour past one yesterday morning.
Yesterday the Earl of Chatham returned to his seat at Hayes.
The names of the following Lords will be revered from the 9th instant to the latest posterity, as friends to the British constitution, and assertors of the rights of their fellow subjects: The Dukes of Richmond, Portland, Manchester, Northumberland; the Marquis of Rockingham; the Earls of Suffolk, Stamford, Abingdon, Scarborough, Albemarle, Tankerville, Aylesford, Macclesfield, Effingham, Buckinghamshire, Fitzwilliams, Temple, Radnor, Chatham; the Viscount Torrington; the Lords Abercrombie, Byron, Craven, Boyle, Trevor, King, Monson, Chedworth, Edgecumbe, Fortescue, Ponsonby, Littleton, Wycombe, Grosvenor, Milton, Camden.
The odds on Tuesday were 89 to 36, and 254 to 138. A person of great eminence in the law has joined the minority, as also has another great lawyer.
We have the pleasure to inform the publick that a certain military commander, of the highest rank, who has ever been deservedly a favourite with the people, has joined the minority, and declared that "he shall ever look upon his conduct, during the last year, as the most reproachful era of his life."
It was currently reported yesterday, at the west end of the town, that this day would be the last that a noble and patriotick lawyer was to remain in office.
Jan. 12. In a certain assembly, on Wednesday, the Duke of Grafton spoke near half an hour. The principal speakers in the opposition were the Lord Chatham, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Temple, Lord Shelburne, who not only spoke but replied.
Mr. Burke, the same day, in a certain place, spoke near two hours. There were 31 speakers.
Jan. 13. The patriotick Lord Camden, and his friend Mr. Dunning, are still in place, and it is said they will not resign, so that if the Ministry do not choose to have an honest man among them they must be turned out.
It is said the Ministry, having had a consultation what they shall do with the Marquis of Granby, have resolved that it is not prudent to turn him out at this time.
Colonel Barre, the other day, declared in a certain place that the Ministry had alienated the minds of thirteen millions of people.
A certain Baronet of the most respectable character, and of very great and extensive influence, declared in a once august assembly that that assembly had betrayed the rights and interests of their constituents. This he not only asserted, but (on some very gentle animadversion from an opponent) claiming the right of explanation, he said, "Lest I should be misunderstood, this House has betrayed the rights and interests of their constituents."
In consequence of the above declaration, we are told, that our virtuous Ministers have resolved that he shall be expelled, and David Roche, Esq; commonly known by the name of Tiger Roche, is to be a candidate in his stead, for the largest county in England. No doubt can be entertained of his success, as two votes are already secured for that purpose.
About a fortnight ago a very pretty girl, supposed to be about 15, but meanly dressed, was taken in at a workhouse at the west end of the town as a casually poor, and was in a few days delivered of a fine boy. She appears to be the youngest daughter of a Gentleman of fortune, and is heiress to an estate of 800l. a year.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 3. This day came to Spithead Admiral Elphinstone of the Russian fleet, and was saluted by Admiral Garry; he sailed from the Sound with eight other men of war, but his ship only is arrived. They say the ship is very leaky, and must come into the harbour to be docked.
GOSPORT, Jan. 5. The Russian man of war that has been in dock some time is come out repaired, just sufficient to carry her home; she is not to proceed with their fleet.

BOSTON, Feb. 25.
LAST Thursday morning, about ten o'clock, some boys and children set up a large wooden head, with a board, faced with paper, on which were painted the figures of four of the importers, who had entered into, and violated, the merchants agreement, in the middle of the street before Theophilus Lillie's door, who was one of them. Soon after it was set up Ebenezer Richardson, the famous informer, came by, and endeavoured to persuade a countryman to overturn it with his waggon, which he refusing to apply to a charitable man to drive his cart against it, but he said, he had no business with it, and would not concern himself about it. Richardson (as the boys say) pressed him to it, saying he was a magistrate in the town, and would bear him out in it. The man still denying to meddle therewith, Richardson laid hold of the horse and oxen, and endeavoured to shove them upon the pole which supported the pageantry; the cart, however, passed without disturbing it. Richardson then left the place, and came towards his own house, at about 50 or 60 paces distant, and meeting with Messrs. Edward Proctor, Thomas Knox, and Captains Riordon and Skilling, faced them in a very impudent manner, and cried out, perjury! perjury! often repeating it as he passed them. The Gentlemen halted in the street, until getting within his door he turned about and again repeated the insult. Mr. Proctor, with the other Gentlemen, stepped towards the door, and asked him what he meant by perjury. He said, I do not mean you Mr. Proctor; but, looking spitefully on Mr. Knox, said, damn you, perjury villains! Mr. Knox retorted the abuse, on which Richardson said, by the eternal God I will make it too hot for some of you before night. The boys, on hearing the words, began to gather round and call him informer; on which both he and his wife (or woman) went out and talked to them in a very provoking manner, flourishing their arms, and advancing out into the street with high threatenings, at which the children would retreat, and on their return advance with the squealing and noise they usually make on such occasions. This farce soon made a notable diversion in favour of Mr. Lillie. Mr. Richardson and Lady having drawn the whole attention on themselves. The boys at length began to throw light rubbish of one kind or other, as if to drive them into the house. This the woman often returned, until the matter became more earnest. They then retreated into the house, and speedily Richardson opened the door and snapped a gun presented to the people indiscriminately. This raised them so much that they then pelted the house, and broke some of the windows. In a few minutes after this Richardson fired out of the windows among the people, and wounded Mr. Sammy Gore, son of Captain John Gore, through both thighs, and two fingers of his right hand, besides which drove (one would think) a moderate charge into the breast and abdomen of Christopher Snider, a boy about 11 years of age, who lived with Madam Apthorp. The child fell, but was taken up and carried into a neighbouring house, where all the surgeons within call were assembled, and speedily determined the wounds mortal, as they indeed proved about nine o'clock that evening. The people, on hearing the report of the gun, seeing one wounded, and another as they thought killed, got into the new brick meeting and rang the bell, on which they soon had company enough to beset the house front and rear; by the latter of which they entered, and notwithstanding the menaces of Richardson, and his faithful aide and abetter George Wilmot, seized on both, and wrenched a gun from the latter, heavily charged with powder, and crammed with 179 goose and buck shot.
It is said that some persons went in to Richardson before he fired, and dissuaded him from it, but the event showed he was not to be diverted from his design. The criminals were first carried before Mr. Justice Raddock, who was pleased to send them to Faneuil Hall, under a sufficient guard, where three other magistrates, Richard Dana, Edmund Quincy, and Samuel Pemberton, Esqrs. with Mr. Raddock, took their examination before at least 1000 people, and committed them. The numberless affronts and abuses both these persons had heaped on the inhabitants exasperated them to such a pitch that had not Gentlemen of influence interposed they never would have reached the prison; but, to the satisfaction of every good man, they are now in safe custody, where we leave them, to observe that soon after the child's decease his body was opened by Dr. Warren and others, and in it were found eleven shot or slugs, about the size of large peas, one of which pierced his breast about an inch and a half above the midriff, and passing clear through the right lobe of the lungs lodged in his back. This three of the surgeons deposed before the jury of inquest was the cause of his death, on which they brought in their verdict wilful murder by said Richardson. The right hand of the boy was also cruelly torn, whence it seems to have been across his breast, and to have deadened the force of the shot, which might otherwise have pierced the stomach.
Doctor Warren likewise cut slugs out of young Mr. Gore's thighs, but pronounced him in no danger of death, though in all probability he will lose the use of the right forefinger by the wound received there, much important to a youth of his dexterity in drawing and painting.
The worthy Mr. M'Dougall of New York will be justly celebrated by posterity, as the full who has suffered actual imprisonment for asserting the cause of American liberty. A very distinguished patriot in this town was long before made the object of the fury of the cursed cabal, and by the good providence of God escaped an assassination evidently intended in September last, though not without the loss of blood; and the barbarous treatment this Gentleman then met with, though not yet revenged, is not forgot. Others have suffered in their reputations, others in their estates; having endured the fiery trial of modern Courts of Admiralty, where they have been harassed and distressed for no other apparent reason but their being steady and able advocates for the cause. This innocent lad is the first, whose life has been a victim to the cruelty and rage of oppressors! Young as he was, he died in his country's cause, by the hand of an execrable villain, directed by others, who could not bear to see the enemies of America made the ridicule of boys. The untimely death of this amiable youth will be a standing monument to futurity that the time has been when innocence itself was not safe! The blood of young Allen may be covered in Britain, but a thorough inquisition will be made in America for that of young Snider, which crieth for vengeance like the blood of righteous Abel; and surely, if justice has not been driven from its seat, speedy vengeance awaits his murderers and their accomplices, however secure they may think themselves at present. For who sheddeth, or procureth the shedding of man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.
March 1. Notice having been given in Monday's papers that the lad who was killed on Thursday last was to be buried in the afternoon, and that it was hoped none would be in the procession but the friends of liberty, a great multitude of people assembled in the houses and streets to see the funeral procession. It began about five o'clock, from Liberty Tree, the dwelling house of the parents of the deceased being but at a little distance from thence. The boys from the several schools, supposed to be between 4 and 500, preceded the corps in couples; after the sorrowful relatives and particular friends of the youth followed many of the principal Gentlemen, and a great number of other respectable inhabitants of this town, by computation exceeding 1500; about 30 chariots, chaises, &c. closed the procession. Throughout the whole there appeared the greatest solemnity and good order, and by as numerous a train as was ever known here.
By the last advices from London we learn that the non importation agreement of the merchants in America begins to be so fervently felt by the manufacturers as to render it very necessary for Parliament to do something for their relief; and that if we continue to be united, and firmly to adhere in that salutary measure, we may be sure of success. The Ministry begin to see that they have been deceived by the fallacious representations of some interested tools on this side the water; they no longer believe that the opposition in America is a petty dying faction; that instead of the
colonies being irresolute and divided they are more firmly united than ever, and that they can neither be intimidated nor amused. In short, that the Ministry had hitherto built much upon accomplishing their scheme for raising a revenue in America from the ditution of the colonies; that they now found themselves mistaken, and that they had built upon a wrong foundation. We farther learn that Sir Francis Bernard never will, or can, have any connections with us, or be able either to serve or hurt us.
March 12. The town of Boston affords a recent and melancholy demonstration of the destructive consequences of quartering troops among citizens in time of peace, under a pretence of supporting the laws and aiding civil authority. Every considerate and unprejudiced person among us was deeply impressed with the apprehension of these consequences when it was known that a number of regiments were ordered to this town under such a pretext, but in reality to enforce oppressive measures, to awe and controul the legislative as well as executive power of the province, and to quell a spirit of liberty which, however it may have been basely opposed, and even ridiculed, by some, would do honour to any age or country. A few persons among us had determined to use all their influence to procure so destructive a measure, with a view to their securely enjoying the profits of an American revenue, and unhappily both for Britain and this country they found means to effect it.
It is to Governor Bernard, the Commissioners, their confidants and coadjutors, that we are indebted as the procuring cause of a military power in this capital. The Boston Journal of Occurrences afforded many striking instances of the distresses brought upon the inhabitants by this measure, and since those journals have been discontinued our troubles from that quarter have been growing upon us. We have known a party of soldiers, in the face of day, fire off a loaded musket upon the inhabitants, others have been pricked with bayonets, and even our magistrates assaulted and put in danger of their lives, when offenders brought before them have been refused; and why those, and other bold and base criminals, have as yet escaped the punishment due to their crimes, may be soon matter of inquiry by the representative body of this people. It is natural to suppose that when the inhabitants of this town saw those laws which had been enacted for their security, and which they were ambitious of holding up to the soldiery, eluded, they should most commonly resent for themselves; and accordingly it so happened. Many have been the squabbles between them and the soldiery, but it seems their being often worried by our youth in these rencounters has only served to irritate the former. What passed at Mr. Gray's rope walk has already been given the publick, and may be said to have led the way to the late catastrophe. That the rope walk lads, when attacked by superior numbers, should defend themselves with so much spirit and success in the club way, was too mortifying; and perhaps it may hereafter appear that even some of their officers were, unhappily, affected with this circumstance. Divers stories were propagated among the soldiery that served to agitate their spirits; particularly on the Sabbath, that one Chambers, a serjeant, represented as a sober man, had been missing the preceding day, and must therefore have been murdered by the townsmen. An officer of distinction so far credited this report that he entered Mr. Gray's rope walk that Sabbath; and when inquired of by that Gentleman, as soon as he could meet him, the occasion of his so doing, the officer replied it was to look if the serjeant said to be murdered had not been hid there. This sober serjeant was found on the Monday, unhurt, in a house of pleasure. The evidences already collected show that many threatenings had been thrown out by the soldiery, but we do not pretend to say there was any preconceived plan. When the evidences are published, the world will judge. We may however venture to declare that it appears too probable, from their conduct, that some of the soldiery aimed to draw and provoke the townsmen into squabbles, and that they then intended to make use of other weapons than canes, clubs, or bludgeons.
Our readers will doubtless expect a circumstantial account of the tragical affair on Monday night last, but we hope they will excuse our not being so particular as we should have been, had we not seen that the town was intending an inquiry and full representation thereof.
On the evening of Monday, being the 5th instant, several soldiers of the 29th regiment were seen parading the streets with their drawn cutlasses and bayonets, abusing and wounding numbers of the inhabitants.
A few minutes after nine o'clock four youths, named Edward Archbald, William Merchant, Francis Archbald, and John Leach, Jun. came down Cornhill together, and separated at Doctor Loring's corner; the two former were passing the narrow alley leading to Murray's barrack, in which was a soldier brandishing a broadsword, of an uncommon size, against the walls, out of which he struck fire plentifully. A person of mean countenance, armed with a large club, bore him company. Edward Archbald admonished Mr. Merchant to take care of the sword, on which the soldier turned round and struck Archbald on the arm, then pushed at Merchant, and pierced through his clothes inside the arm, close to the armpit, and grazed the skin. Merchant then struck the soldier with a short stick he had, and the other person ran to the barrack and brought with him two soldiers, one armed with a pair of tongs, the other with a shovel; he with the tongs pursued Archbald back through the alley, collared, and laid him over the head with the tongs. The noise brought people together, and John Hix, a young lad, coming up, knocked the soldier down, but let him get up again; and more lads gathering, drove them back to the barrack, where the boys stood some time as it were to keep them in. In less than a minute ten or twelve of them came out with drawn cutlasses, clubs, and bayonets, and set upon the unarmed boys and young folks, who stood them a little while; but, finding the inequality of their equipment, dispersed. On hearing the noise one Samuel Atwood came up to see what was the matter, and entering the alley from Dock square heard the latter part of the combat, and when the boys dispersed he met the ten or twelve soldiers aforesaid rushing down the alley towards the square, and asked them if they intended to murder the people. They answered, yes, by G—d, root and branch. With that one of them struck Mr. Atwood with a club, which was repeated by another; and being unarmed he turned to go off, and received a wound on the left shoulder, which reached the bone, and gave him much pain. Retreating a few steps, Mr. Atwood met two officers and said, Gentlemen, what is the matter? They answered, you will see by and by. Immediately after those heroes appeared in the square, asking where were the bougers! where were the cowards! But notwithstanding their fierceness to naked men, one of them advanced towards a youth who had a split of a raw slave in his hand, and said, damn them, here is one of them; but the young man seeing a person near him with a drawn sword, and a good cane ready to support him, held up his slave in defiance, and they quietly passed by him up the little alley by Mr. Silsby's to King street, where they attacked single and unarmed persons until they raised much clamour, and then turned down Cornhill street, insulting all they met in like manner, and pursuing some to their very doors.
Thirty or forty persons, mostly lads, being by this means gathered in King street, Captain Preston, and a party of men with charged bayonets, came from the main guard to the Commissioners' house, the soldiers pushing their bayonets, and crying, make way! They took place by the customhouse, and continuing to push, to drive the people off, pricked some in several places; on which they were clamorous, and it is said threw snow balls. On this the Captain commanded them to fire, and more snow balls coming, he again said, damn you, fire, be the consequence what it will! One soldier then fired, and a townsman with a cudgel struck him over the hands with such force that he dropped his firelock; and rushing forward, aimed a blow at the Captain's head, which grazed his hat, and fell pretty heavy upon his arm. However, the soldiers continued the fire, successively, until seven or eight, or as some say eleven guns, were discharged.
By this fatal manœuvre three men were laid dead on the spot, and two more struggling for life; but what showed a degree of cruelty unknown to British troops, at least since the House of Hanover has directed their operations, was an attempt to fire upon, or push with their bayonets, the persons who undertook to remove the slain and wounded!
Mr. Benjamin Leigh, now undertaker in the delf manufactory, came up, and after some conversation with Captain Preston, relative to his conduct in this affair, advised him to draw off his men, with which he complied.
The dead are Mr. Samuel Gray, killed on the spot; the ball entering his head, and beating off a large portion of his skull.
A mulatto man, named Crispus Attucks, who was born in Farmingham, but lately belonged to New Providence, and was here in order to go for North Carolina, also killed instantly; two balls entering his breast, one of them in special going the right lobe of the lungs, and a great part of the liver, m—t horribly.
Mr. James Caldwell, mate of Captain Morton's vessel, in like manner killed, by two balls entering his back.
Mr. Samuel Maverick, a promising youth of 17 years of age, son of the widow Maverick, and an apprentice of Mr. Greenwood, ivory turner, mortally wounded; a ball went through his belly, and was cut out at his back. He died the next morning.
A lad named Christopher Monk, about 17 years of age, an apprentice to Mr. Walker, shipwright, wounded; a ball entered his back about four inches above his left kidney, near the spine, and was cut out of the breast on the same side. It is apprehended he will die.
A lad named John Clark, about 17 years of age, whose parents live at Medford, and an apprentice to Captain Samuel Howard of this town, wounded; a ball entered just above his groin, and came out at his hip, on the opposite side. It is apprehended he will die.
Mr. Edward Payne, of this town, merchant, standing at his entry door, received a ball in his arm, which shattered some of the bones.
Mr. John Green, tailor, coming up Leverett's lane, received a ball just under his hip, which lodged in the upper part of his thigh, but was extracted.
Mr. Robert Patterson, a seafaring man, who was the person that had his trousers shot through in Richardson's affair, wounded; a ball went through his right arm, and he suffered great loss of blood.
Mr. Patrick Carr, about 30 years of age, who worked with Mr. Field, leather breeches maker in Queen street, wounded; a ball entered near his hip, and went out at his side.
A lad named David Parker, an apprentice to Mr. Eddy the wheelwright, wounded; a ball entered his thigh.
The people were immediately alarmed with the report of this horrid massacre; the bells were set a ringing, and great numbers soon assembled at the place where this tragical scene had been acted. Their feelings may be better conceived than expressed, and while some were taking care of the dead and wounded the rest were in consultation what to do in these dreadful circumstances. But so little intimidated were they, notwithstanding their being within a few yards of the main guard, and seeing the 29th regiment under arms, and drawn up in King street, that they kept their station, and appeared, as an officer of rank expressed it, ready to run upon the very muzzles of their muskets. The Lieutenant Governor soon came into the Town House, and there met some of his Majesty's Council, and a number of civil magistrates. A considerable body of people immediately entered the Council Chamber, and expressed themselves to his Honour with a freedom and warmth becoming the occasion. He used his utmost endeavours to pacify them, requesting that they would let the matter subside for the night, and promised to do all in his power that justice should be done and the law have its course. Men of influence and weight with the people were not wanting, on their part, to procure their compliance with his Honour's request, by representing the horrible consequences of a promiscuous and rash engagement in the night, and that such measures should be entered upon upon the able to their dignity, and a more likely satisfaction for the blood of their fellow citizens attended to these suggestions, and being ordered to the barracks, which they then separated, and returned at 10 o'clock. At three o'clock Captain Preston as were the soldiers who fired a few
uted a most shocking scene, the blood ng like water through King street, and he principal spot of the military parade Our blood might also be tracked up and through divers other streets and
abitants met at Faneuil Hall, and after becoming the occasion, they chose a able Gentlemen to wait upon the Lieutenant, to request of him to issue his orders of the troops.
was in these words: nous opinion of this meeting that they can no longer live together in safety; that nothing can rationally be expected to restore the peace of the town, and prevent farther blood and carnage, but the immediate removal of the troops; and that we therefore most fervently pray his Honour that his power and influence may be exerted for their instant removal.
His Honour's reply, which was laid before the town, then adjourned to the Old South Meeting House, was as follows: Gentlemen,
I AM extremely sorry for the unhappy differences between the inhabitants and troops, and especially for the action of the last evening; and I have exerted myself upon that occasion, that a due inquiry may be made, and that the law may have its course. I have, in Council, consulted with the commanding officers of the two regiments who are in the town. They have their orders from the General at New York. It is not in my power to countermand those orders. The Council have desired that the two regiments may be removed to the Castle. From the particular concern which the 29th regiment has had in your differences, Colonel Dalrymple, who is the commanding officer of the troops, has signified that that regiment shall, without delay, be placed in the barracks at the Castle, until he can send to the General and receive his farther orders concerning both the regiments; and that the main guard shall be removed, and the 14th regiment so disposed, and laid under such restraint, that all occasion of future disturbances may be prevented.
The foregoing reply having been read, and fully considered, the question was put whether the report be satisfactory? Passed in the negative, only one dissenter out of upwards of 4000 voters.
It was then moved, and voted, that John Hancock, Esq; Mr. Samuel Adams, Mr. William Molineux, William Phillips, Esq; Dr. Joseph Warren, Joshua Henshaw, Esq; and Samuel Pemberton, Esq; be a committee to wait on his Honour the Lieutenant Governor, and inform him that it is the unanimous opinion of this meeting that the reply made to a vote of the inhabitants, presented to his Honour in the morning, is by no means satisfactory, and that nothing less will satisfy than a total and immediate removal of all the troops.
The committee having waited on the Lieutenant Governor, agreeable to the foregoing vote, laid before the inhabitants the following vote of Council received from his Honour.
His Honour the Lieutenant Governor laid before the Board a vote of the town of Boston, passed this afternoon, and then addressed the Board as follows:
Gentlemen of the Council, "I lay before you a vote of the town of Boston, which I have just now received from them, and I now ask your advice what you judge necessary to be done upon it."

The Council thereupon expressed themselves to be unanimously of opinion "that it was absolutely necessary, for his Majesty's service, the good order of the town, and the peace of the province, that the troops should be immediately removed out of the town of Boston, and thereupon advised his Honour to communicate this advice of the Council to Colonel Dalrymple, and to pray that he would order the troops down to Castle William." The committee also informed the town that Colonel Dalrymple, after having seen the vote of Council, said to the committee, "that he now gave his word of honour that he would begin his preparations in the morning, and that there should be no unnecessary delay until the whole of the two regiments were removed to the Castle."
Upon the above report being read, the inhabitants could not avoid expressing the high satisfaction it afforded them.
After measures were taken for the security of the town in the night, by a strong military watch, the meeting was dissolved.
The 29th regiment have already left us, and the 14th regiment are following them, so that we expect the town will soon be clear of all the troops. The wisdom and true policy of his Majesty's Council, and Colonel Dalrymple the commander, appear in this measure. Two regiments in this populous city, and the inhabitants justly incensed, those of the neighbouring towns actually under arms upon the first report of the massacre, and the signal only wanting to bring in a few hours to the gates of this city many thousands of our brave brethren in the country, deeply affected with our distress, and to whom we are greatly obliged on this occasion, no one knows where this would have ended, and what important consequences, even to the whole British empire, might have followed, which our moderation and loyalty upon so trying an occasion, and our faith in the commander's assurances, have happily prevented.
Last Thursday, agreeable to a general request of the inhabitants, and by the consent of parents and friends, were carried to their graves, in succession, the bodies of Samuel Gray , Samuel Meverick , James Caldwell , and Crispus Attucks , the unhappy victims who fell in the bloody massacre of the Monday evening preceding. On this occasion most of the shops in town were shut, all the bells were ordered to toll a solemn peal, as were also those in the neighbouring towns of Charlestown, Roxbury, &c. The procession began to move between the hours of four and five in the afternoon. Two of the unfortunate sufferers, James Caldwell and Crispus Attucks , who were strangers, were born from Faneuil Hall, attended by a numerous train of persons of all ranks; and the other two, Samuel Gray , from the house of Mr. Benjamin Gray, his brother, on the north side the Exchange, and Mr. Meverick , from the house of his distressed mother, Mrs. Mary Meverick , in Union street, each followed by their respective relations and friends, the several hearses forming a junction in King street, the theatre of that inhuman tragedy, proceeded from thence through the main street, lengthened by an immense concourse of people, so numerous as to be obliged to follow in ranks of six, and brought up by a long train of carriages belonging to the principal Gentlemen of the town. The bodies were deposited in one vault, in the middle burying ground. The aggravated circumstances of their death, the distress and sorrow visible in every countenance, together with the peculiar solemnity with which the whole funeral was conducted, surpass description.
A military watch has been kept every night at the town house and prison, in which many of the most respectable Gentlemen of the town have appeared as the common soldiers, and night after night have given their attendance.
A servant boy of one Manwaing, the ridewaiter from Quebec, is now in jail, having deposed that himself, by the order and encouragement of his superiors, had discharged a musket several times from one of the windows of the house in King street hired by the Commissioners and Customhouse officers to do their business in. More than one other person declared, upon oath, that they apprehended several discharges came from that quarter. It is not improbable that we may soon be able to account for the assassination of Mr. Otis, some time past, the message by Wilmot, who came from the same house to the infamous Richardson, before his commission the gun which killed young Snider, and of villainy, acted by a dirty banditti, as such.
It is supposed that there must have been people, from town and country, at the time of the massacre of the soldiers, than were ever upon any occasion.
A more dreadful tragedy has been acted in Boston, New England, than was in St. George's Fields, London, in October last, instead of beacons for both countries.
Had those worthy patriots, not only rejected the Commissioners as a faction, but as a nation between Britain and the colonies contemplation than the preservation of things back to their old foundation, would have been given them!
Among other matters in the warrant for this day is the following clause: "Will any measures that a publick monument be where the late tragical scene was acted, of that horrid massacre, and the destructive troops being quartered in a well regulated"
BOSTON jail, Monday March 12, 1770.
Messrs. EDES and GILL,
PERMIT me, through the channel of your paper, to return my thanks, in the most publick manner, to the inhabitants in general of this town, who, throwing aside all party and prejudice, have, with the utmost humanity and freedom, stepped forth advocates for truth, in defence of my injured innocence, in the late unhappy affair that happened on Monday night last; and to assure them that I shall ever have the highest sense of the justice they have done me, which will be ever gratefully remembered by their
Much obliged and obedient humble servant, THOMAS PRESTON.
Extract of a letter from London, Dec. 5, 1769.
"We are induced to believe that a war with France is not at a great distance. This perhaps may expedite a redress of the grievances you are under, but let us beg you to preserve your calmness. Relax not one jot until you are completely redressed."
Extract of another letter from London.
"The success of the Russians, some suppose, will hasten on a peace between them and the Turks, but I am otherwise minded; for I take it the former will now insist upon higher terms than the latter will comply with, and thereby the war will be prolonged, until other powers are at length drawn in to take part. We have had lately strong rumours of a war with France, and notwithstanding what is asserted of a contra tendency, by the ministerial party, I cannot but apprehend there is something in the wind. The French appear, by the Dutch papers, which usually furnish good intelligence, to be fitting out a fleet at Toulon; and if so, they mean to use it. I am afraid they will be ready to strike the first blow before us, but hope the colonies will be on their guard. I would have your militia be as well disciplined as the regulars, and was I among them should be ambitious of seeing them excel."
Extract of a letter from London, Dec. 1769.
"Bernard was at Court last week, and very little attended to; and, I am told, attends the doors of the great frequently without admission."
"One day last week a number of patriot Ladies met at the house of John Gore, Esq; of this town, when their industry at the spinning wheel was at least equal to any instance recorded in our papers. It is principally owing to the indefatigable pains of Mr. William Morris, and it will be said to his lasting honour that the laudable practice of spinning is almost universally in vogue among the
female children of this town, whereby they are not only useful to the community, but the poorer sort are able in some measure to assist their parents in getting a livelihood. The use of the spinning wheel is now encouraged, and the pernicious practice of tea drinking equally discountenanced, by all the Ladies in this town, excepting those whose husbands are Tories, and friends to the American revenue acts, and a few Ladies who are Tories themselves."
America's genius presents his compliments to the Ladies of Boston, Charlestown, and Virginia, who have distinguished themselves in the important cause of liberty, and informs them that he hopes soon to supply them with American tea, far more delicious than ever grew in the gardens of China, and with American silk superior to that which adorns the Queens of Persia. These, and many other important services, he is waiting to perform; and wishes them every blessing, joined with the high satisfaction which will result from their noble conduct, and that they may meet with the bright reward due to such distinguished merit, while the trump of praise proclaims their glorious deeds, and the wings of fame bear their names round the world!
In the small town of Middletown, which does not contain above ninety houses, the eae between seventy and eighty looms; and we hear that from January 1769 to January 1770 there have been wove there 20,522 yards of cloth, which is something more than forty yards a piece for every man, woman, and child, in the whole town.
NEW YORK, March 12.
ON Thursday night last, between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in Scotch street, and it is generally agreed that it began in a house belonging to Mr. Hampton, and known by the name of the Lodge, and that it must have consumed a considerable part of the inside before it was discovered, as the building was reduced in less than twenty minutes after the discovery was made; this was observed by a person who was unable to assist. The rapidity with which it burnt, and the extreme scarcity of water, together with the narrowness of the street, and the wooden materials of which the neighbouring buildings were composed, baffled the most active vigilance of people of all ranks and conditions; so that in less than two hours from its first appearance it extended itself to fourteen dwelling-houses and stores, on both sides of the street, the greatest part of which were consumed in about two hours and a half. The impetuosity of the flames rendered it impossible for several of the sufferers to save their wearing apparel, much less their furniture, &c. so that they are really become proper objects of charity, more especially the aged and fatherless, some of whom have neither food nor raiment, or place to lay their heads, but what their humane friends and neighbours provide for them, some of whose circumstances will not long afford them relief; so that their case calls for the most speedy and benevolent assistance, which it is not doubted but the well disposed will afford them.
The paper signed JUNIUS, which has been published in Boston, Philadelphia, and this city, has also been reprinted in the South Carolina gazette of the 19th of February last, from the St. James's Chronicle of December 21st. At the bottom of that paper it is observed "that the opinion of four of the first counsel in the kingdom was taken on that letter before it was committed to the press."
No prosecution has as yet been set on foot against the author or publisher of that paper. How different is the conduct and opinion of the government at home, with regard to libels, from the conduct and opinion of some people among us! This conduct seems to show us that the Star Chamber doctrine relative to libels is conceived in England to be as unfriendly to the liberty of the press as it is dangerous to the rights of the people.
Quare . Is or is not the piece lately published here, signed Son of Liberty , for which Captain M c Dougall suffered imprisonment more than a common libel, when JUNIUS's letters are printed in one of the most notorious papers in England noticed?
March 19. In the Boston Gazette of this day fortnight we find a new political paper called The Watchman , No. I. dated supposed to be sent, from New York. We shall make some observations on its being sent to Boston privately to be printed, only that it evidently shows that the attempts to prevent the liberty of the press in this province will be in vain while there is a free press on the continent; and as all causes gain ground by refutation, so it is to be feared that such attempts to restrain the liberty of the press will only be like oversetting a bee hive, or ousting a nest of hornets. French, Spaniards, or Turks, may bear the yoke, but true Englishmen will never yield.
The same paper we find also reprinted in the Philadelphia newspapers, as will doubtless be done in every place where liberty prevails; and even here it is safer for one man to steal a horse than for another to look over a hedge.
The anniversary repeal of the stamp act is to be commemorated this day, by the Sons of Liberty, in this city.
Extract of a letter from Albany, March 10.
"My heart bleeds for Mr. M c Dougall (an entire stranger to me) to think that a man of such open generous patriotick principles as he appears to be should be deprived of his liberty, and brought to cost. I hope there will be found those that will take part in his cause. I think I could freely contribute my mite to it, that his purse may not suffer."
Friday last was killed at Jamaica, on Long Island, by Benjamin Carpenter, a cow, nine years old, that weighed, in clean beef, hide and tallow, 1318 lb. She was bred by Mr. John Alpinwall, at Flushing, on Long Island.
Extract of a letter from London, Dec. 20, 1769.
"I have just now been informed, from good authority, that the East India company's petition to Parliament is to take off the duty on tea imported into America, and to lay sixpence sterling a pound on all teas exported from Great Britain, which duty is to be paid before it can be shipped. From the best information I have been able to procure I make no doubt but our trade with the colonies will be very soon opened, by a repeal of the revenue acts."
PHILADELPHIA, March 15.
CAPTAIN Crew, from Sardinia, informs that the Admiral, with four sail of Russian men of war, and several transports, were arrived at Port Mahone, which is destined for their rendezvous. The Russians had begun to build several small vessels, the frames of which were carried there on board the men of war, which small vessels are to take on board a large number of Greeks, who are to proceed with the fleet to the place of their destination.
Captain Currey, from Barcelona, touched at Gibraltar the 20th of January last, and informs that a day or two before he got in there about 30 sail of Russian men of war and transports sailed from thence for Mahone, and that a great number of Russian soldiers, &c. were sick.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 5.
CAPTAIN Hylton, from the Straits, informs us that he saw the Russian fleet lying at Minorca as he passed by that island; and that an Algerine corsair which had been cooped up in Gibraltar bay, for three months, by a Spanish man of war, at last made her escape in the night, but was pursued in the morning, and taken. He likewise says that two or three more vessels, belonging to that nest of pirates, have lately been taken by the Spaniards.
By the Gannville, Ritchie, from London, arrived in York river, we learn that Captain Walker was to sail a few days after him; he passed by Gravesend the 12th of January. The Captains Fox and Lilly were arrived.
His Majesty's figate the Hussar, Captain Corner, is failed to the Northward.
Last Sunday Mr. William Eaton, of York county, had his house burnt to the ground, and but little of his furniture saved.
On Monday night Mr. John Carter's store, in the most publick part of the main street of this city, was broke open and robbed of sundry goods; and some time before Mr. Joseph Scrivener's store, likewise on the main street, was robbed of a considerable sum of money, by the thieves entering at his cellar window and getting up through a trap door. We hear likewise of several smokehouss having been stripped of their useful contents, by under-mining, &c. So many robberies, one might imagine, would put our rulers in mind to fall upon some scheme to prevent them; and we humbly conceive that a set of watchmen, under proper regulations, would answer that desirable end, who might likewise be of infinite service in the case of fire. Many of the inhabitants, we are well assured, are ready and willing to contribute largely to the support of such an useful institution, whenever it is adopted, which cannot be too soon.
[DEATHS.] M c THOMAS CHISMAN, of York county, on Monday last, after a short illness. He was much esteemed by all his acquaintances.
Entered in the upper district of James river.
March 30. Prince George, John Fawn, in ballast. 31. Phoenix, John Lawmont, from Barcelona, in ballast. 31. Shirley, John Hylton, from St. Ubes, in ballast. 31. Blandford, Andrew Troop, from Glasgow, with European goods. 31. Endeavour, James Stuart, from Accomack, with 12 kegs of lobsters, 13 axes, 2 kegs of salmon, 5 boxes of candles, 4 barrels of cranberries, 6 pair of shoes, 16 barrels of rum, 18 dozen of snuff, 1 bag of coffee, 3 casks of raisins, and 7 boxes of chocolate.
Advertisements.
To be SOLD,
THE two valuable Tracts of LAND, lying on Pamunkey river, in King William county, drawn by Colonel Bernard Moore as prizes in his lottery. One contains 550 acres, and has on it a good dwelling-house 70 feet long and 20 feet wide, with three rooms below and three above (in which Colonel Moore formerly lived) and many good and convenient outhouses; the situation is high and pleasant, the land is very good for corn, tobacco, and wheat, and the plantation in good order for cropping. The other tract contains 586 acres, and lies on the river, below the above mentioned land; it abounds with such a quantity of white oak that it is thought 1000 l. worth of plank and staves may be got off it, the soil is very fertile, and produces fine corn and tobacco. Colonel Moore will show the land to any person inclined to purchase, and the terms may be known by applying to the subscribers, to whom the purchase money is to be paid. Mr. Garland Anderson, of Hanover, is empowered to sell the 100 acre lots in Caroline county, drawn by Colonel Moore in his lottery. A Negro man named Ralph, about 22 years old, who is an exceeding good finer, and a Negro man named Toby, who is a very fine master collier, drawn by Colonel Moore as prizes in his lottery, are also to be sold, on reasonable terms, by EDMUND PENDLETON. PETER LYONS.
NORFOLK, April 2, 1770.
IN the night between the 20th and 21st of last month my store was broke open and robbed of sundry goods, as also of about forty pounds in silver and paper currency. The goods were chiefly printed cottons, fine table cloths, mens fine hats, do. worsted and yarn ribbed stockings, black cotton velvet, a crimson silk breeches pattern, nuns thread, &c. And among the money there were bills of the following numbers, No. 860, a 60s. bill, No. 4139, a 40s. bill, No. 4176, 7376, 2496, 1489, 13090, 12356, 14292, 3452, 4131, 4291, 7505, 2402, 6192, 13808, 4456, 7246, 5089, all 20s. bills. I am not certain of the date of the emission of these notes, and have only advertised their numbers in case they should be offered in payment by Negroes, or persons who may be suspected not to have come honestly by such money. I will give TEN POUNDS reward to any one that discovers who committed the above robbery, upon my recovering the money and goods, and in proportion for any part. JOHN MACLEAN.
YORK county, sc.
To all Sheriffs, Mayors, and Constables, within this colony and dominion of VIRGINIA:
WHEREAS William Mitchell, under sheriff for the county of York, this day made oath before me, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said county, that WILLIAM EVANS, late of the county of Brunswick, was a prisoner in his custody in the jail of the said county, charged in execution at the suits of the several persons hereunder mentioned, viz. John Norton, James Mitchell, Neil Jamieson and Co. John Mallory, Arthur Smith, and William Rand, and that the said William Evans did on the 30th of this instant make his escape from the said jail, these are therefore, in his Majesty's name, to command all and every of you, in your respective counties, towns, and precincts, to retake the said prisoner, and forthwith to convey him to the jail of the county where he shall be retaken, there to be kept until he shall be thence discharged by due course of law.
GIVEN under my hand and seal, this 31st day of March, 1770. THOMAS NELSON, jun.
To be SOLD to the highest bidder, on Wednesday the 18th of April, at HOOD's warehouses, on James river, for ready money,
THE sloop BROTHERS, that drove ashore in the gull, with her sails and rigging. The Schooner Mulberry, burthen about two thousand bushels, with her sails and rigging. Also several valuable NEGROES, among whom are some good pilots to any part of the bay, and one a very good sail maker. If the Schooner should not sell, shall be glad of a freight to any part of the West Indies.

POETS CORNER.
LOVE and JEALOUSY.
HOW much are they deceiv'd who vainly strive, By jealous fears, to keep our hopes alive!
On Monday the 30th of April will be SOLD at Williamsburg, on the premises,
THE HOUSES and LOTS in the back street, belonging to Mr. Robinson's estate, now in the occupation of Mrs. Chiswell, which are pleasantly and con- veniently situated; also the HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE in and be- longing to them, several valuable SLAVES, being the servants usually employed in and about the house and kitchen, a CHA- RIOT and HORSES, a good COACHMAN, some MILCH COWS, &c. At the same time and place will be sold a TRACT of LAND in James City county, called Lilliput, adjoining the plantation of Mr. Benjamin Weldon, containing about 400 acres. On Tuesday the 1st of May will be sold, before the Raleigh tavern, in Williamsburg, that beautiful SEAT and PLANTATION on Mattaponi river, in King and Queen county, whereon John Robinson, Esq; late Treasurer, lived, containing 1300 acres of high land, and about 600 acres of marsh, whereon is a large genteel two story brick house, with four rooms and a large passage on a floor, all convenient outhouses in good order, a large falling garden enclosed with a good brick wall, and a very good geared water grist mill. At the same time and place will be sold the very valuable TRACT of LAND known by the name of Scotch Town, lying on Newfound river, in Hanover county, about 16 miles above the courthouse, which is remarkable for producing the finest sweet scented tobacco, containing (according to a late survey) 4620 acres, whereon is a large commodious dwelling- house, pleasantly situated, with eight rooms and a very large passage on one floor, all convenient outhouses, and a very va- lueable water grist mill, in good order. The land belonging to the Lead Mine company, and Mr. Robinson's share of the lands and slaves belonging to the Dismal Swamp company, will also be sold at the time and place last mentioned. Twelve months credit will be allowed the purchasers, on their giving bond and security to
EDMUND PENDLETON. PETER LYONS.
RUN away from the subscriber's plantation on Namozee, in Dinwiddie county, the 15th of March last, a very likely Ne- gro fellow named FRANK, about 20 years of
stands at Oliver Day's, in Occoquene- neck, and will cover at 3 l. proc. this season, 20 s. a leap, or 5 l. ensurance. The pasture is good, and great care shall be taken of the mares, but I will not be answerable if any should get away.
A. JONES. NOTHAMPTON county, No. Carolina, March 20, 1770.
To be SOLD at seven years credit, or longer if required,
A SQUARE of eight Lots in the city of Williamsburg, with the following improvements: A new brick dwelling-house, with four rooms below and three above, a good kitchen, granary, and stables, with every other house necessary for a family, and a well of good water. The lots are all enclosed, garden well paled in, the situation near the college, and very pleasant. The premises may be seen by applying to Dr. James Carter, and may be entered upon the first of May next. The price will be made known by SURREY, March 26, 1770. WILLIAM ALLEN.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 23d of April next, at Brunswick courthouse, for ready money,
TWENTY very likely Virginia born SLAVES,
chiefly young men and women; among whom are fellows that can saw, get boards, tan, &c. some good house wenchers that can sew, wash, and iron, and one of them a good cook.
YORICK will cover this season at Mount Airy, until the middle of June, at 3 l. 5 s. leaps and trials; afterwards he will stand the remainder of the season at Gwynfield, a plan- tation of the Hon. John Taylor's, in Essex county, for the greater convenience of the southern customers. Proper care will be taken of the mares, by
JAROT EATON.
To be SOLD, A VALUABLE and well situated LOT of LAND, in the town of York, opposite the subscriber's late dwelling house, and adjoining Mr. David Jameson's lower garden. For terms apply to Mr. Seymour Powell, merchant in York town, or to myself on Hillfield, in James City county. JAMES PRIDE.
To be SOLD for the first cost, AN elegant new POST CHARIOT, and HARNESS for four horses, to drive with postillions, painted in the newest taste, French gray, the mouldings carved, roped, jagged, and gilt, lined with green morocco leather, a large trunk to fit behind, with an oilcloth cover, in every respect quite complete for a family, and made (under the particular di- rection and inspection of a Gentleman at London) in Piccadilly, by Richard Gray. For particulars inquire of Mr. Anthony Hay in Williamsburg, Mr. Richard Lewis in Fredericksburg, or Mr. John Whitlock in Tappahannock.
To be SOLD to the highest bidder, on Tuesday the 24th of April next, before Mr. Anthony Hay's door, in Williamsburg, for ready cash,
THE manor plantation belonging to the estate of Joseph Morton, Gentleman, deceased, in James City county, pleasantly situated on Chickahominy river, about 8 or 9 miles from Williamsburg, containing about 2000 acres of land and marsh, with a large commodious brick house, two story high, 64 by 22, a good kitchen, several outhouses for the re- ception of Negroes, and a large barn newly built, 48 feet square. This plantation is as remarkable for raising and support- ing all kinds of stock as any in the country, there being a large quantity of fine good marsh adjoining thereto, which affords a great plenty of exceeding good hay. It is well timbered, and the soil exceeding good for tobacco, corn, wheat, and pease; and the waters afford a great plenty of fine fish and wild fowl in their proper seasons.
Also one other tract of land, belonging to the said estate, ad- joining the waters of Chickahominy, containing about 1100 acres of very good land for tobacco, corn, and wheat, is well timbered, and has an exceeding good stream for a grist mill, there having been one built thereon which never lacked sufficient custom. This plantation is more convenient to Williamsburg than the aforesaid tract, is extraordinary for flocks of all kinds, has many good landings to the place, and the waters afford great plenty of fish and wild fowl.
Likewise a small tract, lying between the aforesaid plantations, and adjoining the waters aforesaid; it contains about 175 acres. This is a very compact pretty place, and would suit a man with a small family extremely well, it being good for cropping, and raising flocks of cattle and hogs. There are houses on the two last mentioned plantations, in tolerable repair.
JONATHAN BECKWITH, Executor.
N. B. These three tracts of land will be surveyed by the county surveyor before the day of sale, and the plats thereof (def- ining the quantity and situation) will be shown by the subscriber to any person inclined to purchase at any time between the 10th of April and the day of sale. J. B.
£.2 Reward.
RUN away from Westover, on Sunday last, a very likely Negro man named EDM, of the middle size, about 25 years old, by trade a bricklayer. It is supposed he will go into KING WILLIAM county. I will give the above reward to whoever delivers him to me at Westover, or to Mr. David Pattison, at the falls of James river.
Tf W. BYRD.
MARCH 26, 1770.
Forty Shillings Reward.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the subscriber, near Mr. Robert Moore's shop in Cumberland, a black horse, about 4 feet 8 inches high, 6 or 7 years old, with a small star in his forehead, a small white spot on his near flank, part of one of his hind feet white, some white between his fore legs, paces slow, had on a middle sized bell, was in very good order when lost, which was about the 15th of February, and branded on the near buttock B, not plain in cold weather.
Whoever brings the said horse to me in Bedford, to Mr. John Austin in Cumberland, to Mr. Robert Moore, or to Mr. James Lyle at Rocky Ridge, shall have the above reward.
LEONARD HALL.
CAME to my plantation in the month of November, a small bay mare, I very well remember. She is thirteen hands high and four years old, With a star in her forehead, and her eyes they are wall'd. Her mane it is roach'd, her hind feet they are white; No brand is perceivable, if I can see right. Her tail it is bobbed, so I shall conclude She's well describ'd, if it can be understood. She's potted, and apprais'd to only two pound; The owner may have her of
WILLIAM BROWN.
PARTNER stands this season at Col. Thomas M. Randolph's, at Tuckabato, in Goochland, where he will cover mares at 20 s. the leap, 3 l. the season, or 5 l. ensurance. The money for single leaps to be paid at the stable door.
N. B. Good pasturage for mares gratis, and all possible care taken of them, but will not be answerable for any that get away. The money to be paid when the mares are taken away.
JAS. PATTERSON, WATCHMAKER, In WILLIAMSBURG, WILL repair all sorts of WATCHES
and CLOCKS at a much lower rate than ever was done in Virginia, has the best materials that London can afford, and will take great pains to please.
N. B. He will be much obliged to those indebted to him to discharge their accounts the ensuing April court, as some of the debts are of ten years standing.
Thirteen Pounds Reward.
RUN away, on Saturday the 10th instant, from the subscriber, living in Baltimore town, Maryland, the following servant man, viz. JOHN CHAMBERS, an English convict servant man, about 21 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, of a pale complexion, gray eyes, and bandy legs; had on and took with him sundry suits of clothes, nine ruffled shirts, a brown bush wig, a pair of single channel boots, a blue cloth great coat, and 150 l. cash, which he robbed his master's house of on the night of his elopement.
MARGARET GRANT, a mulatto, about 20 years of age, 5 feet 1 or 2 inches high; had on and took with her sundry women's apparel, but has since disguised herself in a suit of mens blue cloth clothes, attending as waiting boy on the above John Chambers. She is an artful hussy, can read and write, has been in Barbados, Antigua, the Grenades, Philadelphia, and says she was born in Carolina. Whoever apprehends the said servants, and secures them and the money, so that their masters may have them again, shall have the above reward, and reasonable charges, if brought home, paid by
MARCH 14, 1770. HENRY JAMES. MORDECAI GIST.
N. B. All masters of vessels are forbid to carry them off, at their peril.
I HEREBY give notice to all those who are indebted to the store lately kept at Major John Bostwick's, in Hanover county, to settle their respective accounts with Mr. William Donald, who will give constant attendance for this pur- pose at the above mentioned place until the 1st of September next. As great indulgence has been granted to many of the customers, it may reasonably be expected they in return will immediately give bonds for the balances now remaining due, that being pro- perly ascertained they may be collected with less expense and trouble than if the accounts stood open. Those who refuse to comply with this reasonable request may depend on their accounts being put into a lawyer's hands, without farther delay, or respect of persons.
Tf JOHN JOHNSON.
THE debtors of the late SEDGLEY, HILHOUSE, and RANDOLPH, merchants in Bristol, are desired by the assignees to pay off their respective balances the ensuing General Court, to prevent suits being commenced by their attorney,
RICHARD RANDOLPH.
On Monday the 16th of April, at Dinwiddie courthouse, being court day, will be sold to the highest bidders, for ready money,
FOUR hundred acres of LAND, belonging to FRANCIS EPPES, of the said county, in pursuance of a de- ee of Dinwiddie court, to e to Peter Randolph Bland.
be SOLD,
THREE Tracts of LAND, lying in Buckingham county, one of 390 on Slave river, the soil good for tobacco, able improvements, cleared ground suf- for working five or six hands, a good apple, and cherry orchard, with many 750 acres, lying on Walton's creek, on be made, and is well watered and tim- bered; another containing 200 acres, on Willis's river, which is exceeding good for corn and tobacco. Persons inclined to pur- chase may know the terms by applying to the subscriber, in Buck- ingham.
GEORGE MURDOCH.
Forty Shillings Reward.
RUN away from the subscriber, in York county, about the 11th or 12th of November last, a very black Negro man named BEN, about 5 feet 6 inches high, 35 years old, square made, by trade a carpenter, and understands something of the coopers business, his upper teeth rotten; he has many clothes, so it is impossible to describe them. He took with him sundry car- penters and coopers tools. I expect he will en- deavour to pass for a freeman, as he can read tolerably well, and am doubtful of his obtaining a pass from some evil disposed person, and leave the colony. This is to desire all masters of vessels, and others, from harbouring him; and I will give the above reward to any person that will deliver him to me, at Mr. James Shields's, near Williamsburg.
JOSHUA JONES.
THE executors of Colonel CARTER, late of Clive, hereby desire to give notice that the lands upon Broad run and Kettle run, in the counties of Fauquier and Prince William, appertaining to that Gentleman's estate, will be exposed to sale, on Tuesday the 19th of May next, for ready money, to the highest bidders, for the several lots into which those lands will be laid off. Their value and convenience have been suffi- ciently set forth in a former advertisement for this purpose, and it is presumed every person intending to purchase has long before this time made himself sufficiently acquainted with their goodness. They contain upwards of 12,000 acres. The sale to begin at Captain George Newell's, in the county of Fauquier, and continue until the lots are all sold. Tdf.