The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-04-15 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
With the freest ADVICES,
FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
NORTH CAROLINA.
THE General Assembly of this Province having met at Newbern according to Summons, and the Law for establishing Circuit Courts being near expiring, they proceeded to frame a Law for amending and continuing the old one, referring to the Inhabitants of the Province the Privilege of attaching the Effects of Foreigners, as heretofore had and used; when his Excellency the Governor was pleased to communicate his Majesty's Instruction to the House of Assembly, prohibiting the issuing out Attachments against Persons who had not been Residents in the Province, which gave Occasion to the following Messages and Resolves.
Message of the COUNCIL to the ASSEMBLY.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly.
UPON reading, the third Time, the Bill continuing an Act for dividing this Province into six several Districts, &c. we observe that you have deleted the following Clause, namely: And be it farther enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, that for the future the Estate of no Person who has resided in this Province, shall be liable to an Attachment otherwise than according to the Laws and Statutes of England in like Cases, and that every Clause and Section in the before recited Act contrary thereto shall be henceforth repealed. We apprehend this Clause is so penned as to give to the People of this Province every Benefit enjoyed by the People of England by the Method of Attachments. What that Benefit is, or how far restrained, will be left at large to the Construction of the Courts of Law. For these Reasons, and because, without the Clause, this Province is like to be without any Courts of Justice, we do not consent to part with it.
If your House agree to this Alteration, we conceive that the other Clause respecting twelve Months Continuance may be deleted.
We farther propose, to empower the Chief Justice and his Associates, or either of them, to open the Court of Salisbury on any of the first Days of the next succeeding Term.
If your House agree to these Alterations, be pleased to send two of your Members to see the same made.
In the Upper House, March the 31st, 1773.
Message of the ASSEMBLY to the COUNCIL.
Gentlemen of his Majesty's Honourable Council,
IN Answer to your Message of the 1st Instant, upon your reading in your House, for the third Time, the Bill continuing an Act for dividing this Province into six several Districts, 'this House agree to the Amendment by you proposed with Respect to empowering the Chief Justice and his Associates, or either of them, to open the Court of Salisbury on any of the first six Days of the next succeeding Term; but we can by no Means admit the Clause which you inserted upon a former Reading, and which upon the most mature Deliberation has been deleted in our House, to wit: And be it farther enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, that for the future the Estate of no Person whatsoever, who has not resided in this Province, shall be liable to an Attachment, otherwise than according to the Laws of England in like Cases, and that every Clause and Section of the before recited Act contrary thereto shall be henceforth repealed. '
We are of Opinion that it would be highly inconsistent with the commercial Policy of this Province to relinquish the Benefit of the Attachment of the Effects of those who are not resident here, as, from the Absence of their Persons, Creditors have no Security but what is derived from their Property in this Province, upon the Faith of which those Debtors have, in many Instances, obtained Credit.
We conceive that the Privilege we claim is exercised by many, if not all, of our Sister Colonies, varied agreeable to the Circumstances of each particular Place, and regulated by provincial Laws, and in some Instances by the municipal Customs in certain Liberties and Franchises of Great Britain; and, as we can discover nothing in our own Constitution that can vindicate a Distinction so injurious to this Country, we cannot, in Justice to ourselves and Constituents, assent to it. We notice that the Clause proposed by you is not confined to the Inhabitants of Great Britain, but extends its Influence to Persons resident in the other Colonies, whose Effects are thereby guarded from Attachments for any Debts they owe us; while ours may, at any Time, be made the Subject of Attachments at their Suits, for any Debts we may have contracted with them.
It is the Sense of this House, that by the Laws and Statutes of Great Britain no Provision whatsoever is made for Attachments; that as far as they are known in Great Britain they exist by municipal Customs, are confined to Liberties and Franchises, governed by the particular Circumstances of Place and People, and so essentially local in the Application of them as not to admit of being extended by any Analogy to this Province; and as we must be referred (in Case of our Amendment taking Place) to the Laws and Statutes of Great Britain for our Remedy by Attachment, such Application must, from what we have observed, be altogether nugatory and fruitless.
We doubt not but that the Judges of our Courts of Law, zealous for the Welfare of this Province, would give a liberal Construction to the Clause proposed; but by the Laws in Force must their Decisions be confined, and, fettered with this Restriction, we think no legal just Interpretation could be formed but what must operate as a Denial of the Benefit we seek from the Attachment Law. To secure a Privilege so important, the Mode of obtaining it should be grounded in Certainty, the Law positive and express, and nothing left for the Exercise of Doubt and Discretion.
We mention as a Circumstance, that cannot have escaped the Notice of your House, that the Law is to continue in Force only six Months, and from thence to the End of the next Session of Assembly; that, in the Manner this House have passed it, it is incumbent on the Creditor to give his foreign Debtor twelve Months Notice before he can bind his Effects by a Judgment; so that it is left altogether to Government to prevent this Law having any Effect whatsoever, with Respect to foreign Debtors, by putting an End to its Operation before twelve Months, or, which must necessarily be the Case, a longer Term expire.
This House bear the fullest Testimony to the Necessity of Courts of Law, and the many Disadvantages which must arise from a Failure of the due Distribution of Justice on the Criminal and Civil Side are too obvious to be mentioned. They doubt not but your House equally feel for the Honour and Interest of this Province; and, conscious of the Benefits that have been derived to us from the Right we have hitherto had of attaching the Effects of Foreigners, that you will not part with a Provision grounded in the Principles of mutual reciprocal Justice, the Privation of which must necessarily destroy that Confidence and Credit to Foreigners, and our Neighbour Colonies, upon which the Trade and Prosperity of this Province essentially depend.
JOHN HARVEY, Speaker.
In the Assembly, the 2d of March.
In the ASSEMBLY, the 6th of MARCH, 1773.
ON Motion, resolved, nem. con. that the Right of Attachment of the Effects of Foreigners has been long exercised by the Inhabitants of this Province, in common with other Provinces in America, and several trading Cities, Liberties, and Franchises of Great Britain; that it has been found greatly beneficial to the Trade and Commerce of this Country, and the Security of the Property of Individuals; and that this House cannot, by any publick Act of theirs, relinquish that Right, without at the same Time abandoning the Interest of their Constituents, and the Peace and Happiness of this Colony.
JOHN HARVEY, Speaker.
In the ASSEMBLY, the 6th of MARCH, 1773.
ON Motion, resolved, nem. con. In Consequence of an Instruction communicated to this House by his Excellency the Governor, relative to the Attachments of the Effects of Foreigners, that a Resolve entered this Day upon the Journal of this House respecting that Subject, and also the several Messages which have passed between this House and the Honourable Council thereupon, be published in all the Gazettes of this Province, Virginia, and South Carolina, and that the Clerk of this House see this Resolve put in Execution.
JOHN HARVEY, Speaker.
NORTH CAROLINA, &c. The foregoing Messages and Resolves are true Copies taken from the Journals of the House of Assembly.
JAMES GREEN, Junior, Clerk.
A DESIRE to oblige our Customers, with the earliest Account we could procure of the Transactions of the Assembly, induced us to publish, in our last, the first List we received of the Bills which passed the House of Assembly; but finding, that, from the Hurry in which it was taken, some Errors have crept into it, we must now inform the Publick that the Bill for dividing this Province into six several Districts, and establishing Superior Courts, did not reach his Excellency the Governor, but, after having passed the Assembly, it was rejected by the Honourable Council; that the Bills for regulating the Town of Salisbury, and for establishing Inferior Courts, were both rejected by his Excellency; and that the Bill for ascertaining Clerks Fees passed into an Act.
A Bill for regulating the Borough of Campbelltown, and erecting publick Buildings therein (the Purpose of which was to unite Crofs Creek and Campbelltown into one Town, and to erect the publick Buildings in the former) passed the House of Assembly three Times, but failed in the Council.
The Court Laws having expired at the End of the last Session of Assembly, no Courts can be held in this Province until the old Laws are revived, or new ones made. When either of these may happen, Time only can discover. The Right of attaching the Effects of Foreigners, or Non-residents, is so essential to the Interest of this Province that the People will not be easily prevailed upon to acquiesce with the Governor's Instruction, depriving them of that Right.
His Excellency the Governor has ordered Writs of Election to issue, bearing Test the 10th of April, and returnable at Newbern the 11th of May.
NORTH CAROLINA, &c. By his Excellency JOSIAH MARTIN, Esquire, Captain General, Governor, and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of NORTH CAROLINA.
A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it is necessary for his Majesty's Service that this present Assembly should be dissolved, I therefore, with the Advice and Consent of his Majesty's Council, issue this Proclamation, hereby dissolving the said Assembly; and the same is accordingly dissolved.
Given under my Hand, and the Great Seal of the Province, at Newbern, the 9th of March, 1773, in the 13th Year of his Majesty's Reign.
JO. MARTIN.
By his Excellency's Command. JAMES PARRATT, Deputy Secretary. GOD SAVE THE KING.
NEW YORK, March 22.
CAPTAIN Stewart, from the Straights, informs us that in the Month of December last no less than 12 Dutch Frigates, of 36 Guns each, arrived at Gibraltar, Lisbon, and Cadiz, in Order to protect the Trade of the States General, in that Part of the World, against the Barbary Corsairs; who have of late been very troublesome to the Dutch, by taking several of their Merchant Ships, and making Slaves of their People.
Extract of a Letter from St. Vincent's, February 2.
"This Day all the Transports from New York received Orders to get in Readiness for Sea, but their Destination is yet a Secret. It is certain, a few Weeks ago, the Charibs made an Offer to the General of surrendering; but we have heard no more of it. At that Time our Troops had them surrounded, and in great Distress. They have since escaped, and dispersed; and about three Days ago were so daring as to attack a Guard of the Militia, composed of the principal Men of the Island, not above two Miles from Kingston, and after a smart Fire, for upwards of two Hours, they retired. When they will be reduced, no Man here knows."
Extract of a Letter from Detroit, dated December 23, 1772.
"This Morning I wrote you that Cornelius Van Slyck was at St. Joseph's. He is this Moment arrived from thence, and informs us that about the 13th or 14th Instant six Indian Men and three Squaws came to that Place, and caroused with the French, and at his House, for some Time, and upon their going off asked him to accompany them, as he did the French when they came to his House; but he, having some Suspicion that they meant no Good, made an Excuse that he was fatigued. They then tomhawked John Mills, and killed Christian Weseneer, whereupon John Seger ran up Stairs and left Van Slyck engaged with the Indians, two of which he mortally wounded; and John Seger seeing one of them presenting his Piece at Van Slyck, being smarter than him, fired his Piece, and killed the Indian on the Spot."
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Lake Champlain, to his Friend in this City, dated Willsborough, January 20, 1773.
"Settlement goes on apace in these Parts now, and from the many Inducements that both Sexes have to marry young here, it is to be hoped this fine Country will, in a short Time, become populous, even by the natural Increase of the People here, not to speak of the Emigrants from other Parts. Within these few Days past there have been several merry Weddings on this Settlement, the last three of which were somewhat remarkable, on Account of the Similarity of their Names, three Williams having been married to three Elizabeths, by a Parson named William, and his Wife Elizabeth; Mr. William Wallace to Miss Elizabeth Day, Mr. William England to Mrs. Elizabeth Spry, and Mr. William Hay to Miss Elizabeth Williams. The Men are in good Circumstances, and remarkable for Industry and Activity, their Wives for Beauty and Goodness; they have therefore the greatest Prospect of conjugal Felicity. Two of the fair Ones (as you may observe by their Names) were married out of my own Family, one on the 15th, and the other on the 16th Instant. In short, they are taken away from me so fast that I am often at a Loss before I can be supplied with others, and this is my present Situation: Therefore, as soon as a good Opportunity offers, I request you will send me (if not Half a Dozen) at least one clever Woman, that you know to be capable of managing the Affairs of my Family; and if she is tolerably handsome, and not too old, she may be sure of getting a good Husband, perhaps sooner than I may conveniently spare her."
PHILADELPHIA, March 17.
WITH Captain Robinson, arrived at Wilmington, from St. Christopher's, came Passenger Brotheron Dagget, junior, late Mate of the Brig Leviathan, who informs that he failed in the said Brig, Thomas Lathrop Master, from Rhode Island, December 23d, 1772, bound to the Coast of Brazil, on a Whaling Voyage; and on the 25th of January they saw a Whale, which they pursued in their Boats, leaving the Brig to follow, but, it being calm, she was three or four Leagues astern,
when the Boats came up with and killed the Whale. It then being five o'Clock in the Afternoon, the Captain and People, in one Boat, set off for the Brig, leaving the other Boat, with the said Mate and five People along-side the Whale; when, it soon after growing dark, they were so far parted that in the Morning they had entirely lost Sight of the Brig. Being thus left without Provisions, or Water, they stayed by the Whale, feeding on such Parts of the raw Flesh as they could come at with their Knives, till the 27th, when they were taken up by Captain John Dessel, in the Ship Augustus Cæsar, from London, bound to Jamaica, who treated them very kindly, and on the 14th of February landed them at the Island of St. Christopher's.
March 24. Captain Bethel, from the Mississippi, informs that the Smallpox had made great Havock among the People in and about New Orleans.
By a Gentleman, in 19 Days from St. Eustatia, we are informed that Advice was received there from St. Vincent's that a Number of Charibs had surrendered themselves to General Dalrymple, on Condition of their being transported to St. Matthew's Island, and that more were daily coming in for the same Purpose. St. Matthew's is on or near the Spanish Main, where a Number of the Charibs are already settled, and not many Leagues from the Island of Tobago.
The City MACARONIES drinking Asses Milk, at the Latæum, in St. George's Fields. A Dialogue.
1st Mac. DEMME! if this is not the most perdigious ingenius Thought that ever was thought of.
2d Mac. Quite immense, egad, I'll bring Lady Betty and Lady Bridget; they will positively like it, to a Charm.
3d Mac. Asses Milk is the finest Thing for the Constitution in the World.
4th Mac. It is so, and shall for the future be called Macaroni Milk.
All four. Very well, very well indeed.
1st Mac. Here, give me some Macaroni Milk.
2d Mac. And me some, it is the finest Thing in the World for clearing the Head.
3d Mac. And removing all Disorders in the Brain.
4th Mac. I'm quite another Creature since I have drank Macaroni Milk, it is so congenial with my own Juices.
2d Mac. That is happily expressed, I vow.
1st Mac. It is the finest Thing in the World in nervous Cases, and even Hystericks.
3d Mac. Then positively I'll stick to it, for there is nothing I dread so much as Hystericks.
4th Mac. Pray, Master, what do you call Stirricks?
1st Mac. Oh! you Boor, you Barbarian, how should such a brutal Wretch as you know what Hystericks are! It is such delicate Men as we, Beings of superior Clay, whose fine Feelings are sensible of the slightest Pressure, that are acquainted with Hystericks.
4th Mac. Ha! ha! ha! I believe they are all mad; I wonder whether they are Men or Women.
4th Mac. Hold your Tongue, you Booby; they're neither, they are a Kind of Half and Half Breed.
1st Mac. I purtest it is very cold; I'll put my white Handkerchief about my Neck.
2d Mac. And so will I, for I vow it blows quite a Tempest. I am terrified for Fear it should rain.
4th Mac. Oh! I hope not; if I was to be in a Shower of Rain it would be the Death of me; I question whether Macaroni Milk would cure me.
3d Mac. I always carry an Umbrella when I make Excursions so far from the Capital, for Fear of the worst.
2d Mac. I purtest there is a Coach coming this Way. I hope it is empty; it will be the luckiest Thing in the World.
The Coach arrives, and they all get in.
4th Mac. What the Devil are those Things? Are they Monkeys or Men?
4th Mac. By their squeaking I take them to be your Opera Singers; I am sure they are not Men.
[Exeunt.]
ANECDOTE of a DUTCH BURGOMASTER.
THE following Affair, which makes a great Noise at present, lately happened in the City of Groeningen.
An old Burgomaster of that City, a Man of a respectable Character, and an Elder of the Church, having married a Daughter much to his Satisfaction, was prevailed on, by the Importunity of some Ladies at the Wedding Feast, to dance a Minuet with one of them. This getting Air, three or four Ministers of the Town, who had a Pique against this old Gentleman, and who (it is said) were farther exasperated at their not being invited to the Wedding, laid their wise Heads together to plan out a Scheme of Vengeance. With this View they searched the ecclesiastical Code of the Province, and found an old Law of the Year 1580, whereby it was enacted, that in Case any Elder of the Church should, on any Occasion whatever, presume to dance, he should, after full Proof of the Fact, be deposed from his Office, be excommunicated, and rendered incapable of ever resuming his ecclesiastical Function. Elated with their Success in having met with such a convenient Weapon, they were resolved it should not lie useless. They immediately notified their Success, and their Intentions to their Party. They then convened a Consistory, in which they declaimed, with great Vehemence, upon the aggravated Sin the Burgomaster had committed, the great Dishonour he had done to God and Religion, and the great Scandal he had thereby given to the Lord's People. The Fact, being too notorious to be denied, was admitted; the obsolete Law in that Case was read, and these Reverend Guardians of Religion insisted upon the Sentence being carried into immediate Execution. As they had previously taken Care to secure a Majority of Votes, their Motion was soon carried. The offending Burgomaster was deposed, and a Deputation of the Consistory, at the Head of which were these tender-conscience Ministers, was ordered to wait upon him and announce their Sentence.
The old Gentleman having heard of their Proceedings by his Son, who is a very sensible and learned Advocate, and who had spared no Pains, on that Occasion, to search the ecclesiastical Code, was prepared to receive, with the utmost Tranquillity, a Message from the Consistory to inform him, that at such a Time, if he was at Leisure, a Deputation from that Body would wait upon him, to communicate to him something of Importance.
Having fixed the Time for their Reception, he ordered four Elbow Chairs to be placed in the Parlour for the Ministers, whom, when they came attended with some other Members of the Consistory, he received with great Politeness at the Door, introduced them to the Chamber of Audience, desired them to be seated, and begged to know the Reason of his being honoured with such a solemn Visit. He then called for a little Stool, upon which, with all due Humility, he set himself down at the Feet of the Reverend Gamaliels.
After a few Hums and Haws, the Reverend the President began with observing, how exceeding grievous it was to him to approach any one, and especially a Person of his Rank and Importance, on an Occasion so disagreeable as that was which then brought him there; that the eminent Station of any Person inflamed the Guilt of whatever Sin he might commit; that it was remarkably so in this Case; that he had danced at his Daughter's Wedding, whereby he had dishonoured God and offended his People; and that therefore the Consistory, pursuant to an old Law of

the Church, did by him, as their Mouth, pronounce him deposed from his Eldership, and excommunicated; that it grieved them to announce this Sentence against him, but that private Regards must yield to publick Considerations, and Mercy, in all such Cases, give Way to Justice.
Under such a Thunderbolt, launched with such Force from the red right Arm of ecclesiastical Vengeance, the trembling Burgomaster immediately humbled himself. He assured them he was sorry for the Offence he had given; that he did it undesignedly; that he did not know there was such a Law in Being; that it was true he had daunced , but that as it was in his own House, and in a private Company, on so extraordinary an Occasion as his Daughter's Wedding, at the repeated Solicitations of some Ladies then in Company, and without the least Intention to give any Scandal, he humbly begged that they, and the Reverend Consistory, would take these mitigating Circumstances, together with those of his Age, his Rank, his past Services, and general good Character, into Consideration; and, in the Exercise of Christian Charity, revoke, or at least soften, the terrible Sentence they had pronounced.
They, in Return, told him this was impossible; that, for the publick Good, Justice must have its Course against him; that they wished him so to consider the Heinousness of his Crime as deeply to repent of it, and recommended him to the divine Mercy.
Upon this, he begged he might see the Law by which he was condemned. This, after some Demur, was granted, and it was read to him.
This done, they got up to take their Leave. "Stay, Gentlemen (said he) since you are inexorable I have something farther to say, in which you are all deeply concerned." They stared at him and one another. He then observed to them, that they must certainly have perused their ecclesiastical Code in a very partial and superficial Manner, or else they could never have overlooked a Law in the very same Book, "by which (said he) you, Reverend Gentlemen, and all the rest of your Fraternity in this Province, are ipso facto condemned and deposed." Here they stared yet more than before, like People Thunder-struck.
He then produced the Code, which his Son had procured him, with the useful Place ready doubled down.
I perceive, Reverend Gentlemen (said he) that you have totally overlooked an unrepeatable Law in this very Collection, which you have all notoriously transgressed, and still continue to transgress, with Impunity. Here he read a synodical Act, forbidding any Minister of the Church whatever wearing false Hair, or any Wig, of whatever Kind or Colour, like the French, even though they should not have a single Hair left upon their Heads, or should be assisted with Rheums or Toothach; all that was permitted in these Cases, or that of absolute Baldness, was to wear a black Silk Scullcap (called in the Edict a Calot ) and that all who presumed to offend should be suspended ex officio et beneficio , and, in Case they persisted, should be deposed from their Function, and excommunicated.
This, completed the staring Scene on their Side: They hung their Heads like weeping Willows, implored his Pardon in the most mean and abject Manner imaginable, and most earnestly begged that he would make up Matters with them. "No, Gentlemen (said he) I sued to you for some Lenity, in vain, and so shall you now to me. As we have been Brethren in Offence, we will be such too in Penitence. Mercy, you know, must give Way to Justice. Depart, Gentlemen, depart for this Time, and wait the Event of my Proceedings against you."
You cannot imagine into what a ridiculous Distress this motley Transaction has thrown all the Clergy of the Town and Province of Greeningen. They are setting all Engines at Work, to prevail on the Burgomaster to drop his Process; but he remains inexorable, and vows the Law shall have equally its Course in their Case as it had in his; that they shall be suspended, and if reformed, after making a publick Amende honorable , shall be obliged to throw aside their Wigs, and walk the Streets, and preach in their black Calots.
ANECDOSE.
THE following curious Account of an extraordinary Genius, now living at Valencia, a Town of Portugal, bordering on Galicia, a Province of Spain, is extracted from a Letter written by an English Gentleman of undoubted Veracity, residing at Porto, who dates his Account of him from Valencia in August last.
"I must not leave Valencia without mentioning one of the most extraordinary Geniuses I have ever heard of. He is a young Fellow of about 24, a Portuguese, and Lieutenant of Artillery here; he is of a poor Family, and without any of the Helps of Education, is, by the Strength of his own Genius, and great Application, become almost a Prodigy.
"He is so great a Mathematician, that Colonel Ferrer, who is himself very deep in this Science, tells me that this young Man is very far beyond him. He is Master of all Sir Isaac Newton's Works, even of those very deep Parts which are considered as difficult by the very best Mathematicians. He is consequently a complete Algebraist, and a good Astronomer; and has applied his Knowledge in the Mathematics to the particular Knowledge required in his Profession, which includes Engineering, Gunnery, and many other Things unnecessary in the pure Mathematics. But, what is yet more extraordinary, he has joined to a Study, which generally absorbs all the Attention of those who so deeply pursue it, a perfect Knowledge of History, Languages, and polite Literatures; and is a very good Poet. He is a great Critick in the dead Languages, and intimately acquainted with the Italian, French, Spanish, and English; and Colonel Ferrer, who is himself a complete Master of Languages, and a competent Judge, tells me that this young Man writes his own Language with greater Purity than most, if not any, of the celebrated Authors of this Country.
"He has translated not only some of Mr. Pope's best Works into elegant Portuguese, but also some of our celebrated Comedies, where a very intimate Knowledge of both Languages is necessary to understand and preserve the Wit and Turn of Expression, so that they may not lose their Force and Beauty. He has made into Portuguese some of the little Catches of the admired Greek Poet Anacreon, of which Colonel Ferrer, who is himself a good Grecian, says he thinks, if possible, the happy Turn and Ease of these little Pieces are improved in this young Man's Translation.
"He does not seem to give much Time to Study, and, from a great Bashfulness, will not converse, except with those with whom he is very intimate, even on the most common Subjects. He is awkward in his Person and Address, and seems as little acquainted with the common Modes of Behaviour as he is intimately so with Science and Literature. With his Friends he will sometimes repeat some of the best Works of our English Poets, particularly Shakespeare; but it has so much Effect on his Sensibility, that he is wrought up to a Pitch of Ecstasy, and in those Moments a Glass or two of Port Wine, of which he is very fond, will make him quite fuddled.
"This extraordinary young Man appears to a Stranger little better than a Simpleton: He laughs much, and in his whole Behaviour discovers none of the Excellencies of which he is so richly possessed."
THE LAWYER.
"TAKE a Judgment against him, and execute it immediately," said the Lawyer. The Man he addressed was a Christian, the Lawyer had only his Name to tell he was one. "It will ruin him if I follow your Advice," said the Client, who was a Man of Compassion. "If you consult the Interest of another more than you do your own (interrupted the Lawyer) why did you send for me?" I could hear no more; but I hope the Man of Compassion did not suffer Benevolence to be rooted from the Breast where it seemed to bud.
We know that the Law is good if a Man use it lawfully, but we should ever deal with others as we would with others to deal with us. And would the Lawyer like that any Man should take a Judgment against him and execute it immediately? No: Judgment belongeth only to one; and although we are all Debtors to him, he would readily give us all Liberty and Happiness for ever.
THE LEARNED ALDERMAN.
The following are the genuine Productions of a certain Country Alderman, not many Miles from C—e.
ALDERMAN N—G'S PROPOSAL.
WHEREAS a Multiplicity of Dangers are often occasioned by Damage of outrageous Accidents by Fire, we whose Names are hereunder for six have thought proper that the Necessity of an Engine ought by us for the better extinguishing of which aforesaid outrageous Accidents of Almighty God may unto us happen, to make a Rate to gather Benevolence, for the better propagating such good Instruments.
The following Note was sent by the same Alderman to a Person of Consequence.
Hon. Sir,
Have sent you a small Present, who humbly begs may prove worthy Acceptance, which is a Hare, who is Your very humble Servant, Alderman N—G.
ST. VINCENT, February 27.
ON Wednesday the 17th Instant a Number of Charibs came into the grand Camp at Macarican, and a Treaty of Peace and Friendship was then concluded by his Excellency General Dalrymple, on the Part of
his Britannick Majesty, and by the Chiefs of Grand Sable, Massiraca, Rabacca, Maccarican, Bauera, Cubamarou, Iambou, Colonie, Canamarabou, Ouarawerou, and Espagnol, for themselves and the rest of their People, the Articles of which Treaty are as follows:
 I. All hostile Proceedings to cease, and a firm and lasting Peace and Friendship to succeed.  II. The Charibs shall acknowledge his Majesty to be the rightful Sovereign of the Island and Domain of St. Vincent, take an Oath of Fidelity to him as their King, promise absolute Submission to his Will, and lay down their Arms.  III. They shall submit themselves to the Laws and Obedience of his Majesty's Government, with Power to the Governor to enact farther Regulations for the publick Advantage, as shall be convenient (This Article only respects their Transactions with his Majesty's Subjects, not being Indians; their Intercourse and Customs with each other, in the Quarters allotted them, not being affected by it.) and all Regulations to receive his Majesty's Governor's Approbation before carried into Execution.  IV. A Portion of Lands hereafter mentioned to be allotted for the Residence of the Charibs; namely, from the River Bauera to Point Espagnol on the one Side, and from the River Analibou to the Point Espagnol on the other Side, according to Lines to be drawn by his Majesty's Surveyors, from the Sources of the Rivers to the Tops of the Mountains. The rest of the Lands, formerly inhabited by Charibs, for the future to belong entirely to his Majesty.  V. Those Lands not so alienated, either by Sale, Lease, or otherwise, but to Persons properly authorised by his Majesty to receive them.  VI. Roads, Ports, Batteries, and Communication, to be made as his Majesty pleases.  VII. No undue Intercourse with the French Islands to be allowed.  VIII. Runaway Slaves in the Possession of the Charibs are to be delivered up, and Endeavours used to discover and apprehend the others; and an Engagement, in future, not to encourage, receive, or harbour, any Slave whatever. Forfeiture of Lands for harbouring; carrying off the Island, a capital Crime.  IX. Persons guilty of capital Crimes against the English are to be delivered up.  X. In Time of Danger, to be aiding and assisting to his Majesty's Subjects against their Enemies.  XI. The three Chains to remain to his Majesty.  XII. All Conspiracies and Plots against his Majesty, or his Government, to be made known to his Governor, or other civil Magistrates.  XIII. Leave (if required) to be given to the Charibs to depart this Island, with their Families and Properties, and Assistance in their Transportation.  XIV. Defectors from his Majesty's Service (if any) and Runaway Slaves from the French, to be delivered up, in Order that they may be returned to their Masters.  XV. The Chiefs of the different Quarters are to render an Account of the Names and Number of the Inhabitants of their respective Districts.  XVI. The Chiefs and their Charibs, Inhabitants, to attend the Governor, when required, for his Majesty's Service.  XVII. All possible Facility, consistent with the Laws of Great Britain, to be afforded to the Charibs in the Sale of their Produce, and in their Trade to the different British Islands.  XVIII. Entire Liberty of Fishing, as well on the Coast of St. Vincent as at the neighbouring Keys, to be allowed them.  XIX. In all Cases, when the Charibs conceive themselves injured by his Majesty's other Subjects, or other Persons, and are desirous of having Reference to the Laws, or to the civil Magistrates, an Agent, being one of his Majesty's natural born Subjects, may be employed by themselves, or, if more agreeable, at his Majesty's Cost.  XX. No Strangers, or white Persons, to be permitted to settle among the Charibs, without Permission obtained in Writing from the Governor.  XXI. These Articles subscribed to and observed, the Charibs are to be rendered, secured, and fixed in their Property, according to his Majesty's Directions given, and all past Offences forgot.  XXII. After the Signing of this Treaty, should any of the Charibs refuse to observe the Condition of it, they are to be considered and treated as Enemies by both Parties, and the most effectual Means used to reduce them.  XXIII. The Charibs shall take the following Oath, namely: "We A. B. do swear, in the Name of the immortal God and Christ Jesus, that we will bear true Allegiance to his Majesty George III. of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and that we will pay due Obedience to the Laws of Great Britain and the Island of St. Vincent, and will well and truly observe every Article of the Treaty concluded between his said Majesty and the Charibs; and we do acknowledge that his said Majesty is rightful Lord and Sovereign of all the Island of St. Vincent, and that the Lands held by us, the Charibs, are granted through his Majesty's Clemency." 
On the Part of his Majesty, W. DALRYMPLE. On the Part of the Charibs: Jean Baptiste, Duiont Begot, Boyordell, Dirang, Simon, Lalime, Sen. Bouamont, Justin Bouamont, Chatoie, Douare Baramont, Lalime, Jun. Broca, Saioe, Francois Laron, St. Laron, Anisette, Clement, Bigot, Matthieu, Jean Louis Pacquin, Gadel Goibau, Jean Baptiste, Lonen, Boyudon, Du Vallet, Boucharie, Deruba Babilliar, Canaia.
BOSTON, March 19.
LAST Friday, about 3 o'Clock in the Afternoon, a Fire broke out in the Customhouse, but by the timely Assistance of the Inhabitants of the Town a Stop was put to its Progress before it had done much Damage. It is generally thought the Fire's not happening in the Night has prevented much Lying and Falsehood. If we may judge from the Representations sent home upon other Occasions, it would not argue the Want of Candour to suppose that the Commissioners, or some of their Tools, would have made a formidable Story of it, and influenced the Ministry to believe it was done on Purpose; either in Testimony of Resentment against the Customhouse Officers, or with a View to a mobbish Scramble for the Revenue Money, which is so wantonly taken from the Colonies, and worse than thrown away. Perhaps, some certain Persons might have repaired to the Castle, for Fear of their Lives, and more Regiments wrote for to keep the rebellious Town of Boston in good Order.
NEW YORK, April 1.
CAPTAIN M'Aroy, from St. Vincent's, who left it about the 28th of February, advises that the Charibs a few Days before his Departure came in and offered to lay down their Arms to General Dalrymple, who refused their Submission until they had delivered up all the Runaway Negroes. That a Packet had arrived from England, with Orders to the Commander in Chief to desist from prosecuting the War any farther, on which the Troops were ordered to embark by the 25th of March: The 14th Regiment for Augustine, and the 31st for New York; Major Ethrington to remain with the Royal Americans, and a Regiment lately from England.
WILLIAMSBURG, April 15.
THE Criminals from Pittsylvania, who are charged with forging the Gold and Silver Money and the Treasury Notes current in this Colony, were this Day brought before the General Court by a Habeas Corpus; when, after a very full and learned Debate, a great Majority of the Court was of Opinion that the Proceedings were legal, and the Attorney General will exhibit Bills against them this Court.
[Marriages.] Mr. JOHN AYLETT, Attorney at Law, to Miss BETSEY DANDRIDGE of New Kent.
[Deaths.] Mrs. REBECCA CARTER, Spouse to Doctor William Carter of Gloucester.
SURRY COUNTY, April 10. On Tuesday last was married Mr. BENJAMIN RHODES, aged twenty, to Miss ELIZABETH ADAMS, a MAIDEN LADY, in her fifty second Year.
To Mr. H
PRINCE GEORGE, April 5, 1773. PRAY what Imp of Hell formed thy malevolent Tongue to speak those obscurely-conjured Calumnies, which thou hast laboured incessantly to spread, on the Memory of a Man, on whose Character, before his Exit, not even thy bitter Tongue found Room for one black Dash! In the innermost Recefs of thy Soul dwells Suspicion; its Cottage is Guilt. Conscious of thine own disingenuous Intentions, thou lookest on thy Neighbour to be like thyself. No Heart less atrociously wicked than thine own could have conceived so obscure a Villainy to have been perpetrated by GR. much less have brought it forth without Foundation. MARTIN SIMPLE.
Advertisements.
ANY Person having one, two, or more likely NEGRO MEN to hire out may, by applying to the Printer, hear of one who will give good Wages for them the Remainder of this Year, or for twelve Months.
To Messrs. PURDIE & DIXON, GENTLEMEN, ANNAPOLIS, March 28, 1773.
IN your Gazette of the 20th of January last I observe that Mr. Wadsworth has again endeavoured, by the most malicious Falsehoods, to prejudice my Character. I have already given the Publick a short and true State of the Matter by which Mr. Love got Mr. Love's accepted Note, which I hope was sufficient to convince every unprejudiced Person that I intended no Fraud in the Transaction, but purely to secure myself while I had Mr. Wadsworth's Effects in my Hands.
Mr. Wadsworth denies that I became his Security with any Reluctance or Perfusion. I would willingly impute this Affection to his Want of Memory, did not the particular Conversation we had on the Subject put it out of Doubt that his Heart is the most treacherous of the two. When he applied to me to become his Security for the four Hundred and six Pounds, I told him the Impossibility of paying that Sum at the Day appointed; he told me there was no Danger, and mentioned a Sum of Money in the Hands of the Sheriff of Culpeper , and a Bond of William Love for a Tract of Land he had just sold him, payable about that Time, and some other Bonds which he thought might be received before that Time; and on the Strength of his Promise, that these Debts should be applied to the Payment of our Bond, I entered myself Security. On Application to the Sheriff of Culpeper , he told me that Mr. Wadsworth had given Orders for the Money to be paid to Mr. Adam Stewart ; and on applying to Mr. Love , he told me he was informed that Mr. Wadsworth had not a sufficient Right to the Land, for which Reason he would dispute paying the Money. On being thus disappointed in the Sum Mr. Wadsworth had made so sure of receiving, and the Expectation I had that the Creditors of Wadsworth and Neilson would, in a very short Time, push him for Payment, I thought it was full Time for me to take some Method of securing myself, and accordingly drew on Mr. Love for a Hundred and ninety seven Pounds twelve Shillings and Sixpence, payable to William Love and Company, for which I took Mr. Love's Receipt, for the Acceptance to lie in his Hands as Security in Case Mr. Wadsworth did not pay off our Bond before it became due. After he paid three Hundred and six Pounds, why did he not take up the Bond if the other Hundred Pounds was due to him? Mr. Love's keeping up the Bond could answer no End; but, as I looked upon myself to be still liable, I ordered Mr. Love to keep the Order fill in his Hands till he was fully satisfied. Mr. Love affirms to me that the Hundred Pounds, besides Interest, is still due on the Bond, notwithstanding what Mr. Wadsworth says to the contrary. The Debt which Mr. Wadsworth affirms I clandestinely transferred to the Debt of William Love was for a Negro sold at publick Sale; Mr. Moore being the highest Bidder, the Negro was charged to him. A short Time afterwards he (Mr. Moore ) informed me the Negro was bought for Mr. Love , and desired I would charge the same to his Account, which Mr. Love agreed to; and as Mr. Wadsworth did not choose to grant a Bill of Sale to any but the Purchaser from him, Mr. Love gave the Money to Mr. Moore when the Debt became due, who paid it to Mr. Wadsworth . Does not this Conduct show a Malevolence and Spirit of Contention in Alexander Wadsworth , hardly to be paralleled? Mr. Wadsworth also accuses me of absconding from the Employ, without assigning any Reason or settling my Accounts. This is another palpable Falsehood, which can be proved by undoubted Testimony.
Mr. Wadsworth cannot deny that I resided in Falmouth near three Months after he had virtually superseded the Power by which I acted by a subsequent one, to Mr. John Eustace ; who, in my Absence, and without my being advised by Mr. Wadsworth , had got Possession of the Books I had the Charge of. To him it is a Fact well known that my Account was fully closed before I left Falmouth . The consummate Stock of Impudence and Assurance Mr. Wadsworth alleges I am possessed of must make but a pitiful Figure when compared with his very modest Advertisement, in which it is hard to determine whether a total Disregard to Truth or good Manners is most apparent. I have all due Respect for Mr. Wadsworth's Philanthropy, but cannot help observing, that was his real Character as well known to the Publick as mine is at Queen's Town, Maryland , it would be effectually out of his Power to render the Publick the Service he has so much at Heart. Mr. Wadsworth , I hope, will excuse me should I for the future decline taking any Notice of his impotent Endeavours to prejudice the Publick against me. Before any Person pays the least Regard to any Thing Mr. Wadsworth has or may represent to my Prejudice, I beg they would inquire into Matters of the Gentlemen of Falmouth , where we are both well known. I have no Objection to any Persons who have Dealings with me, as Attorney for Mr. Wadsworth , to communicate the same freely to him. (11) DAVID KERR.
WANTED.
A MIDDLE aged Man capable to take the Charge of a Store, and who will give constant Attendance. Such a Person, coming well recommended, may hear of good Encouragement by applying to the Printer.
TAPPAHANNOCK, March 13, 1773.
I HAVE for SALE two Pair of French BURR STONES, four Feet Diameter, equal in Quality to any in the Colony. JOHN CORRIE.
WESTMORELAND, March 23, 1773.
AN Advertisement some Time ago published by Mr. Richard Hanlon , Attorney for Sir Lyonel Lyde , informing the Publick that several Negroes by me advertised for Sale, as the Estate of Mr. John Monro , deceased, had been mortgaged by Colonel Andrew Monro to the said Lyonel Lyde , to secure the Payment of a very considerable Sum of Money, gave me the first Information of that Transaction; since which I thought it incumbent upon me, as well to justify my own Conduct as to prevent any Uneasiness in the Purchasers of those Slaves, to make an Inquiry into the Matter, and I can now, with the greatest Certainty, assure them that Colonel Andrew Monro , previous to the Mortgage before mentioned, had not only given the Slaves aforesaid to his Son, the said John Monro , by a Marriage Contract recorded in the County Court of Westmoreland , but had also given him up the Possession of them at least twelve Months before the Execution of the said Mortgage. Colonel Monro may have imposed upon Mr. Lyde , but could not thereby effect the Title of his Son in an Estate given to him in the Manner aforesaid; and therefore I hope the Purchasers will immediately discharge their Bonds, which I presume some of them have been prevented from doing by Mr. Hanlon's Publication. (4) JOHN ASHTON.
DINWIDDIE, March 30, 1773.
I HAVE not yet sold the Land on Meberin River, which was formerly advertised; and as I am still inclined to dispose of it, and in my former Advertisement gave a very short Description of the Land, with its Conveniencies, I think it necessary now to mention some other Circumstances relative to it, which may perhaps be an Inducement to a Purchaser. The low Ground, containing two Hundred Acres, is superior to most, and inferior to none, on that Part of the River; Part of the high Land, without the Assistance of Manure, will produce large Tobacco, but the greatest Part is more suitable for Grain, being a light, lively, and fertile Soil, which may be worked with Ease and Advantage; the back Land is full lighter, but affords extraordinary Range for Cattle and Hogs. On the Tract there is a high, pleasant, and beautiful Situation for a Dwellinghouse and Plantation, very convenient to an excellent Spring. This Land is almost equally convenient to all the Warehouses established between Petersburg and Millers's , as likewise to several Mills; and, in a Word, was it in the Possession of a Proprietor who lived upon or near the Premises, I am not acquainted with a considerable Inconvenience that would attend it. But as it is entirely out of the Circle of my Business, and I confess that I am but a Novice in Husbandry, I would willingly turn it into something that may be more convenient to me. My Price is allowed, by several who are well acquainted with the Land, to be very moderate, and the Purchaser may fix the Time of Credit, confining himself within the Compass of three Years. (4) JOHN RUFFIN, Junior.
HANOVER, April 7, 1773.
AS soon as the Subscriber can dispose of his Effects and settle his Affairs, he proposes to leave this Colony. A valuable Collection of BOOKS in English, Latin, Greek, Mathematics, Philosophy, and other Subjects , with BOOK CASE, DESK, TABLES, and other Furniture, are for Sale. CHARLES MAC IVER.
To be SOLD, or LET on CHARTER,
THE Brigantine AMERICA, Captain William C. Latimer , Burthen five Thousand Bushels, or thereabouts, now lying at Kennon's Wharf, on James River . For Terms apply to the Captain on Board, or the Subscribers, in Charles City . (21) ACRILL & EDLOE.
Who have for Sale a Quantity of SALT.

THE Land, Negroes, and other Estate, conveyed by Robert Cunningham, of Mecklenburg, in a Deed of Trust to the Subscriber, for the Purpose of discharging a Debt due to Messrs. Buchanan and Simpson, will be sold at Mr. Pugh's Store, in the said County, on the 20th Instant, for ready Money, or Credit, as may be then agreed on. HENRY LOCHHEAD.
FOR LONDON, THE Snow NANCY, Richard Barron Master, Burthen about three Hundred and thirty Hogheads, lying at Bull Hill, in Appomattox River, will sail by the 10th of May at farthest, and take in Tobacco, on Liberty of Consignment, at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun. Orders sent to Mr. John King at Petersburg, or the Subscriber, shall be attended to. JOHN TABB.
SO little Attention was paid to Mr. James McDowall's Advertisement of April last that many of the Accounts remain unsettled on the Books kept by him for Messrs. Alexander Speirs, John Bowman, and Company, at this Place. As they are now in my Possession, I desire those whose Accounts are unsettled to come and ascertain their Balances by Bond, without Loss of Time, otherwise their Accounts will be put into an Attorney's Hands. Immediate Payment is expected from those whose Debts have been long due. Those who have Demands against Mr. McDowall, on the said Company's Account, are desired to apply to me for Payment. ROBERT BURTON.
Wanted, on Charter for GLASGOW, A VESSEL from three to four Hundred and fifty Hogheads of Tobacco Burthen. For Terms apply to Messrs. John Lawrence and Company, Merchants in Norfolk, or the Subscriber, in Warwicks. JOHN LEITCH.
I INTEND to leave the Colony for a few Months, and to return again. THOMAS HARVEY.
PURSUANT to the last Will and Testament of Mr. John Smith of Hanover County, deceased, will be sold, on the Premises, some Time next Fall, and to be entered on at Christmas, a valuable Tract of LAND in Hanover County, on the Brook Swamp, between four and five Miles from Richmond, and two Miles from the Meadow Bridges, known by the Name of Pickenocky, containing about two Hundred Acres, whereon is an extraordinary Piece of Dam Work, nearly finished, which will effectually keep off the Overflowings of the Brook from upwards of a Hundred Acres of exceeding rich well timbered low Grounds. Likewise a Tract of about two Thousand Acres of very rich and well timbered LAND in Goochland County, on James River, near the Mouth of the Great Bird, and opposite to Elk Island, having on it a Plantation in Order for working sixteen Hands; and the Soil is very suitable for Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn. This Land will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. Also the Reversion of a Tract of about five Hundred Acres of very good Tobacco and Grain LAND, in Goochland County, on the Branches of the Little Bird, contiguous to the Lands of Mr. Samuel Gift, at whose Death the Purchaser will have Possession. The Lands in Goochland will be sold by Mr. John Ware, near the Premises, and the Days of Sale and Time of Payment will be made known in a future Advertisement. All Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. John Smith, deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment, and those who have any Demands against the same are requested to make them known to (H) WILLIAM ANDERSON, Executor. N. B. For the Convenience of those who may have Accounts to settle with me for Transactions had with Mr. Smith, I shall attend at every Hanover Court, and the two succeeding Days in Hanover Town.
THE immediate Settlement of my Affairs being at this Time absolutely necessary, all Persons, therefore, indebted to me, are requested to be speedy in their Payments; and those who have open Accounts are required to come and settle them, and give Bonds or other Specialties, as all Accounts that remain unsettled the 1st of May next will then be put in Suit. The HOUSES and LOTS whereon I now live are for Sale; they consist of a large Dwelling-house, Storehouse, and every other necessary Building for a Merchant and a Family. The Terms may be known by applying to JAMES ROBB.
AS the Bonds taken by Messrs. Tayloe, Thornton, and Fitzhugh, on Account of Mr. Benjamin Grymes's Estate, will very shortly become due, I take this Method to inform those whom it may concern that they are put into my Hands to collect, for which Purpose I will attend in Williamsburg the 25th of April; and for the Convenience of such as may not have Business in Williamsburg, I will also attend in Fredericksburg from the 15th to the 18th of April. As those Gentlemen are largely engaged for that Estate, and their Creditors very pressing, I hope all Persons indebted, either by Bond or Account, will be punctual and speedy in their Payments, as no Indulgence can or will be granted to such as fail. I am desired by the said Gentlemen to request a Meeting of Mr. Grymes's Creditors, in Williamsburg, the 27th of April, when a State of their Engagements, as well as Debts due to them will be laid before them, in Order to see if the Whole will pay the Trustees, and, if so, what will remain for the Creditors. (2) ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior.
WHEREAS John Woody, of the County of Hanover, did some Time ago purchase a Negro Girl from Samuel Allen, of Henrico County, for which we gave our Bond for a Balance of thirty seven Pounds, payable to the said Allen this Month, and at the same Time we gave our Promise to pay fifteen Pounds, in Part of the said Bond, to Mr. Patrick Coutts, and have paid ten Pounds in Part of the said Promise, since which the said Woody has been informed that the said Allen had no Right to the said Negro Girl, this is therefore to forewarn any Person from taking an Assignment of the said Bond, as we will not pay any more of it until the said Woody has a good Right to the Negro. HOGG and ROWLAND.
ANY Person who drew the HALF ACRE LOTS in the Town of Manchester, No. 285 and 288, may hear of a Purchaser by applying to the Printer. HANOVER TOWN, APRIL 7, 1773.
THE Debts contracted with Mr. John Smith, late of this County, on Account of Mr. Samuel Gift of London, by proper Authority are now in my Possession to be collected. The Indulgencies already granted ought to be a sufficient Inducement for all those in Arrears to make immediate Payment; those who fail may depend that their Accounts will be put into the Hands of Attorneys, without Respect to Persons, or farther Application. The Books are in my Possession, at Hanover Town, where those concerned may apply. I shall regularly attend the adjacent Courts, for the above Purpose. THOMAS SMITH. N. B. I shall be much obliged to those Gentlemen Attorneys that have Business of Mr. John Smith's, relative to the above, to transmit me a State of it, that I may be enabled to know in what Manner to proceed.
TO BE SOLD, THE House whereon I now live, in the City of Williamsburg, with four Lots of Land, and all convenient Outhouses thereon. For Particulars inquire of HALDENBY DIXON.
IMMEDIATELY after the ensuing General Court I shall leave this Colony. As there are many Debts still due to me which were contracted when I was formerly in the Country, Iatter myself that the several Debtors will now think it Time they were discharged. This I request of them as a particular Favour. Those who fail complying may be assured that their Bonds will, without farther Notice, be put into the Hands of a Lawyer. If there are any Demands against me, I beg they may be made known, and they will be instantly paid. ALEXANDER DONALD.
AS I intend for Britain in June, I propose selling, on Monday the 24th of May next, being Fredericksburg Fair Day, or privately, as may be agreed upon before, four Hundred Acres of LAND upon the Fall Hill, three Miles from Town, with TWENTY SLAVES, and STOCKS of CATTLE, &c. Ten and one Third Acres of MEADOW LAND, adjoining the Town. The FERRY and FERRY LOTS, together with the Store and Warehouses thereon. For ready Money, Bills, or Tobacco, as may suit the Purchasers. (6) JAMES HUNTER, Junior.
NONPAREIL STANDS in my Lots at this Place, to cover Mares at 20s. the Leap, and 3l. the Season. He is a fine Dark Bay, full fifteen Hands and an Inch high, is as full blooded as any Horse in America, and in the Year 1769 beat Mr. Galloway's famous Horse Selim. THOMAS LILLY.
To be SOLD, on Tuesday the 27th of this Instant (April) before Mr. Robert Anderson's Tavern, in Williamsburg,
A TRACT of LAND in York County, late the Property of John Goodwin, deceased, containing 196 Acres. It is to be sold for ready Money, and Security will be given to the Purchaser that a good Right shall be made to him. RICHARD ANDERSON.
To be SOLD, on Friday the 30th Instant (April) at five o'Clock in the Afternoon, before Mr. Southall's Door, in Williamsburg,
THE Dwelling-house, Outhouses, Lots, and Pasture, where Colonel Philip Johnson formerly lived, in this City. The Commodiousness of their Situation need not be described, as it is so well known. Any Person inclining to purchase may in the mean Time treat with Peyton Randolph and Robert Carter Nicholas, Esquires. The Tenement may be entered upon immediately, and the Purchaser will have Credit till next Christmas, paying Interest from the Day of Sale, and giving Bond, with approved Security. (2)
RUN away, from on Board the Ship Donald, lying at Four Mile Creek, on Friday Night last, the following Convicts: DANIEL SUTHERLAND, a stout young Man, his Dress unknown; LAUCHLANE WILL, WILLIAM M c WILLIAM, WILLIAM ELDER, DONALD ELDER, and ALEXANDER M c DONALD, all Highlanders, and three of them habited in their own Country Garb. They may easily be discovered, as Sutherland is the only one among them who can speak English distinctly. It is imagined they will endeavour to get on Board a Ship. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from harbouring or carrying them out of the Colony, at their Peril. Whoever secures them in any Jail, or delivers them to us, shall be amply rewarded. JAMES M c DOWALL. ROBERT BURTON.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, on Wednesday the last of March, a small dark bay or black MARE with a Star in her Forehead, one hind Foot white a little higher than her Hock, a Switch Tail and full roached Mane, several Saddle Spots on her Back, her two fore Feet shod, and branded on the Shoulder and Buttock, but the Brand is not known, nor on which Side. Whoever takes her up, and conveys her to me in Williamsburg, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. JANE VOBE.
STOLEN from the Subscriber, at the Widow Gray's Plantation, near Frederick Zimmerman's Ordinary, in Culpeper, on the 1st of December last, a bright bay MARE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, seven Years old, a little Hip-shotten, very forward with Foal, paces very well, and branded on the near Buttock B. Whoever conveys her to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. WILLIAM PEIRCE.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a MARE and YEARLING COLT. The Mare has a bay Rump and Back, her Belly and the under and upper Part of her Neck are mostly white, has a Glass Eye, a Blaze in her Face, which breaks down the right Side to her Nose, one hind Foot and Part of both her fore Feet white, paces very well, and branded on the near Buttock FIF; the Colt is a Bay, with a Blaze in her Face, which breaks down the left Side to her Nose, both hind Feet white, and paces and trots. Potted, and appraised to six Pounds. (H) RICHARD D. HINES.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, two Yearlings, one a dark Brindled BULL, marked with a Crop and Slit in each Ear; the other a red Brindled STEER, marked with a Swallowfork in each Ear and an Underkeel in the left. Potted and appraised, the Bull to twelve Shillings and Sixpence, and the Steer to twenty five Shillings. (H) GEORGE BROWN.
TAKEN up, in Henrico, a bright bay MARE four Feet five Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a Star in her Forehead, her off hind Foot white, and branded on the off Buttock S. Potted, and appraised to eight Pounds. (H) DAVID BOWLES.
TAKEN up, in Halifax, a bright bay Horse, about four Feet seven Inches high; he trots and gallops slow, has a Star in his Forehead, a small Bell upon him, and is branded on the near Shoulder and near Buttock II, and on the off Shoulder and Buttock T, but very dull. Potted, and appraised to seven Pounds four Shillings. ABNER ECHOLS.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a brown pied Cow, marked with a Swallowfork and Underkeel in each Ear. Also a brown Cow Calf marked with a smooth Crop in each Ear, and an Underkeel in the left Ear. Potted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. (H) WILLIAM LOURY.
TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a small black YEARLING FILLY, with a small Bell on, trots, and is branded on the near Shoulder R. Potted, and appraised to four Pounds ten Shillings. (H) DAVID SMITH.
TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a bay HORSE about fourteen Hands high, supposed to be eleven Years old, a natural Trotter, has been lately trimmed behind the Ears, is shod before, docked short, but has no perceivable Brand. Potted, and appraised to seven Pounds ten Shillings. (H) DAVID SMITH.
TAKEN up, in Prince Edward, two COWS, one of them without Horns, one is a red Cow with a short Crop in the right Ear, and a Hole in the left, the other is a Brindled one, has a short Tail and white Face, with a short Crop in the right Ear, and a Hole in the left. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds ten Shillings. (H) ISHAM RICE.
TAKEN up, in Pittsylvania, a dark bay MARE about four Feet six Inches high, four Years old, with a white Spot on her off Side, several notable Flesh Marks, some Saddle Spots, a small plain Star in her Face, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, her Mane pretty much mixed with white Hairs over her Withers, paces naturally, shod all round, and branded on the near Shoulder H. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds. (H) DAVID KERBY.
AS I have been publicly mentioned among the Number of Persons accused of counterfeiting and passing the Treasury Notes of this Colony, it is necessary the Publick should have some better Testimony of my Innocence than can be circulated by those few who are acquainted with the Circumstances attending that Accusation. For that Purpose I shall wait on two Justices of Prince Edward County, at the House of Colonel John Nash, Senior, the 24th of next Month; where all Persons who can give Evidence, or any Information tending to promote the Suspicion or confirm the Charge, are desired to attend, in Order to fix it in a legal Manner, or let the Reproach fall on the Heads of the atrocious Villains who could suggest it. This Method, disagreeable as it is, my Profession and extensive Acquaintance require me to take. And that my Justification may be as publick as the Voice of Calumny, which gave Wings to the Report, I am determined to take every Advantage the Law will put in my Power against such illiberal and malicious Slanderers as may in future presume to propagate any such unjust Insinuations to my Prejudice, especially those who seem to have no other Motive than to bring down every good Character to a Level with the Malignity and Corruption of their own Hearts. It is expected that all Officers of Justice, who may have received any Informations against me, will think it their Duty to transmit them, with their proper Vouchers, for which Purpose I have previously addressed his Lordship. MILLER WOODSON.
THE Subscribers, being empowered by a late Act of Assembly to contract for the building an Addition to the House appropriated to the Use of the Keeper of the publick Jail, are ready to receive the Proposals of such Under-takers as may incline to engage in the Work. The Addition is to be of Brick, thirty one Feet in Length, and of the same Height and Width as the present House. (2) RO. C. NICHOLAS. JOHN BLAIR. JOHN TAZEWELL.
I PURCHASED of Robert Tunstall his undivided Part of the Land surveyed for the Officers and Soldiers late of the Virginia Regiment, on the River Ohio, and the Branches of the same, which the said Tunstall had in Right, as a Serjeant in the said Regiment, and is one of those mentioned in a Patent that has since been obtained for the said Land. And whereas I have sold the said undivided Right of Land to Mr. Robert Barterford, this is to caution all Persons against making a Purchase from the said Robert Tunstall, or any claiming under him. JOHN CREAGH.
THE Sale of Captain James Walker's Land, advertised to have been sold on Thursday the 25th of March last, was prevented by the Day's proving so rainy. It will now certainly be exposed for Sale, to the highest Bidder, for ready Money, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, on Monday the 19th Instant (April) being Court Day. (2H) ROBERT WALKER, } Trustees. GRAY BRIGGS, }
THE Badness of the Weather preventing the Sale of James Pugh's Land and Negroes, advertised to have been sold at the last Brunswick Court, the same will now be exposed for Sale, to the highest Bidders, for ready Money, at Brunswick Courthouse, on Monday the 26th Instant (April). F. RAMSAY, } Trustees. N. RAINES, }
THE Subscriber having purchased from Captain Thomas Flournoy, of Prince Edward, a Tract of Land, for which he gave his Bond payable in June next; but as he has since found that the said Flournoy deceived him, in showing him, for his own Land, great Part of another Man's, he hereby gives publick Notice that he shall neither pay the Bond nor take the Land, and desires that no Person will take an Assignment of his Bond. (2H) JOHN PETTUS.
I INTEND to leave the Colony, and to return in a few Months. DANIEL MONTGOMERIE.
AS I shall have the most pressing Call for Money, at the Meeting of the Merchants this Month and June next, I hereby inform all Persons that are indebted to me for Negroes, as well those that I have sold on Commission as on my Account, that Suits will be commenced, without Respect of Persons, immediately after the Oyer Court in June next. I shall take no Paper Money in Payment, but on Condition that it passes at the Treasury. JOHN HAWKINS.
LEFT with me to be sold, a large, elegant, and fine toned SPINNET; also a small Collection of BOOKS, among which are Ainsworth's Dictionary, and Translations of the greatest Part of Cicero's Works by Guthrie. JAMES LYLE.
IMPORTED in the Speirs, Captain Lusk, from Glasgow, last Spring, a Bale of Osnabrugs marked W Crowsfoot R, No. 2. Whoever has such Bale in his Custody is desired to make it known to CUMING, WARWICK, and Co.
To be SOLD, at Wood's Mill, in Stafford County, on the 10th of June next, SEVEN Hundred Acres of LAND on the south Side of Potomack Run, now under Lease, and pays twenty five Pounds annual Rent. Credit will be allowed till April 1774, and Bond and Security will be required, by CHARLES CARTER.
To be SOLD, THE HIGH BLOODED IMPORTED HORSE ARISTOTLE, A FINE Bay, fifteen Hands three Inches High. The Colts got by this Horse are equal to any in the Colony. If he is not sold in fifteen Days, he will stand at Berkley, and cover at twelve Shillings and Sixpence the Leap, or fifty Shillings the Season. BENJAMIN HARRISON.
For SALE, A TRACT of LAND in Princess Anne County, containing, by Estimation, two Hundred and fifty four Acres and three Quarters, whereon is a good new Dwelling-house, with two Rooms on the first Floor, a large Passage, three Rooms above, and all convenient Outhouses. There is a remarkable fine Orchard on it, the Land is capable of great Improvement, and it is situated on a Creek where is great Plenty of Fish, both Summer and Winter. Whoever inclines to purchase the above will be shown the same, and may know the Terms, by applying to the Subscriber, on the Premises. (2H) ROBERT WILLIAMSON.
SEVERINUS DURFEY, TAILOR, WILLIAMSBURG, BEGS Leave to inform his Friends and Customers, and the Publick in general, that he has removed to the House lately occupied by Mrs. Catherine Blaikley, nearly opposite to John Blair, Esquire's, and next Door to Mr. Charles Taliaferro's, where he hopes for a Continuance of their Favours, as they may depend on their Work being done in the best Manner. He has both WEST INDIA and DRY GOODS of most Sorts to sell on reasonable Terms, for ready Money. N. B. He will be much obliged to all who are indebted to him more than twelve Months, by Bond, Note, or open Account, to pay off their Balances, as he cannot possibly give any longer Indulgence.

POETS CORNER.
THE MOON.
WITH vulgar Minds, which judge from what they see, Science and Truth are found to disagree; Nor is it strange, in such a World as this, That plain Simplicity should judge amiss.
THE BEAUTIFUL HIGH BLOODED HORSE
REGULUS, LATE the Property of his Excellency Lord Dunmore, stands at the Falls Plantation, in Chesterfield County, and will cover Mares this Spring at twenty Shillings the Leap, or three Pounds the Season.
THE BEAUTIFUL BAY HORSE
MERRY TOM STANDS at Captain Edward Wade's, in Halifax County. He is in high Perfection, and will cover Mares at fifteen Shillings a Leap, forty Shillings the Season, or three Pounds ten Shillings Enurance.
COMMITTED to the County Jail of Norfolk, on the 15th of March last, a Negro Man Slave, who says he belongs to one Mr. Henry Young of Charles City, and calls himself by the Name of DICK; he is a short Fellow, and speaks plain English.
JUST arrived from Limerick, and now lying at City Point, the Ship Jenny, Captain Welch, with about seventy SERVANTS, amongst whom are sundry Men whose Time of Servitude may be redeemed on the Payment of their Passage, and such Clothes, &c.
GLOUCESTER, April 1, 1773. I HAVE a BRIG that will sail in three Weeks for Madeira, and shall be much obliged to any Gentlemen who may want Wines from thence to favour me with their Commands.
WANTED, On CHARTER for LONDON, A VESSEL OF ABOUT Eighteen Hundred or two Thousand Barrels BURTHEN. FOR TERMS Apply to Mr. JOHN GILCHRIST in Norfolk, Or to the Subscribers, in Suffolk. GIBSON, GRANBERY, & Co. (5)
WANTED immediately, on CHARTER for PORT GLASGOW, A VESSEL between three and five Hundred Hogheads Burthen. For Terms apply to the Subscribers, in Nansemond. JOHN HAMILTON, & Co.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Plantation known by the Name of the Beaversdam, containing twelve Hundred and forty Acres, chiefly good-low Grounds, with a very extensive and fine Range for Cattle and Hogs.
MY Wife, ELIZABETH JONES, having
left me, and I imagine with an Intent to ruin me, this is to forewarn all Persons from trusting her, or transacting any Business with her on my Account, as I will not pay any more Debts she may contract, nor will I allow her Receipts to be good; and I also forewarn all Persons from receiving any Orders in my Name, either for Money or Goods, or any Thing else of what Nature soever, for I will pay no such Orders.
RUN away from Burwell's Ferry, about the
1st of February last, a Negro Boy named POMPEY, about eighteen Years old, five Feet three Inches high, remarkably black, and proportionably made; he is a Native of Africa, speaks English tolerably, stoops when he walks, and plays on the French Horn.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Mecklenburg,
about three Weeks ago, an indentured Irish Servant Man named JOHN RILEY, about nineteen Years of Age, six Feet one Inch and a Half high, large made, very full faced, wears his own Hair, has fore Eyes, and is a little pitted with the Smallpox; he had on a dark Bearskin Coat with redish coloured Basket Buttons, a red and white striped Flannel Wrapper, a Pair of white Kendal Cotton Boots, Country made Shoes double soled, with Strings, and a Pair of Country made yellow Buckskin Breeches.
FOR CHARTER,
THE new BRIG Mentor, John Carraway Master, Burthen about a Hundred and eighty to two Hundred Hogheads of Tobacco, sheathed on the Stocks, and well calculated to take the Ground in a dry Harbour. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Norfolk.
Who has for Sale LISBON WINE in Quarter Casks, BARBADOS RUM and SPIRITS, GRENADA RUM, MUSCOVADO SUGAR, GINGER, PIMENTA, and a few Crates and Hogheads of EARTHEN WARE, well assorted.
Wanted immediately, on CHARTER for
PORT GLASGOW, A VESSEL of about four Hundred Hogheads Burthen. For Terms apply to the Subscribers, at Milner's Warehouse. (6) CUMING, WARWICK, & Co.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, near Baltimore Town, Maryland, on the 10th of February last, an Irish indentured Servant Lad named PATRICK MALONE, about twenty Years of Age, five Feet five or six Inches high, well set, with short brown Hair, speaks quick, and a good Deal on the Brogue; he had on, when he went away, a Felt Hat, a Fearnought Jacket, Cotton Breeches, coarse Yarn Stockings, and Country Shoes; it is supposed he stole, and carried with him, a blue Coat trimmed with flat Metal Buttons, a blue Jacket and Country Cloth Breeches, a white Linen Shirt, and a Pair of white Yarn or Thread Stockings.
To be SOLD, on Wednesday the 5th of May next,
ABOUT ten LOTS OF LAND, situated in the Borough of Norfolk, and on the main River, on one of which is erected a Brick GRIST WINDMILL in good Repair. One Half the Purchase Money to be paid on the 23d of July 1774, and the Remainder on the 23d of July 1775, upon Bond, with good Security, carrying Interest. The Lands, &c. will be shown at any Time before the Day of Sale by applying to Mr. John Smith.
COMMITTED to the publick Jail, from
Orange County, a Negro Man named JEFFREY, five Feet six Inches high, about twenty two Years old, pretty black, has a pleasant Countenance, is bow-legged, marked O-E on the Breast, and such a Stranger to English that he cannot give any Account of either his Owner or the Place from whence he came. It is needless to describe his Dress, as that has undergone many Changes in the Country from whence he was brought. The Owner is desired to apply for him, and pay Charges. (6) PETER PELHAM.
WHEREAS I intend shortly to remove
from the Place where I now live to Fincastle County, on the Western Waters, it is expected that all those Gentlemen who have Business to do with me will attend at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, where I shall be from the 15th of April next to the 25th of the said Month, in Order to have all those Accounts which are now unsettled properly adjusted. (Tf) ISRAEL CHRISTIAN.
FREDERICKSBURG, February 24, 1773. WHEREAS some of those indebted on the
Books here have not paid due Regard to my Advertisement of the 1st of December last, I give them this last Notice, that all and every Account not paid off, or a good Part of it, before the 20th of April, or our May Fair at the farthest, or settled by Bond or other Specialty before that Time, will most certainly be put into the Hands of a Lawyer, without Respect of Persons. Unavoidable Reasons will oblige me to this, which I shall probably in Time acquaint them with. Those who may be put to Trouble and Expense cannot now blame me for Want of Notice. I have sold Part of the Goods now on Hand, but so as not to distort the Store, and have still a large Assortment on Hand, which I will sell by Wholesale or Retail, on the Terms formerly advertised. Any Person who will purchase the Whole shall have them on Terms which they themselves will say are very low and reasonable. (tf) GEORGE MITCHELL.
DOCTOR GRAHAM, OCULIST and AURIST, AT PHILADELPHIA,
THUS publicly gives Notice that he purposes to be at Williamsburg about the Middle of April next, where those Persons whose Circumstances or Situation have precluded them from the Benefit of applying for Assistance at Philadelphia may consult him in all Disorders of the Eye and its Appendages, and in every Species of Deafness, Hardness of Hearing, Ulcerations, Noise in the Ears, &c. Those Persons likewise who have been born deaf and dumb, or those who labour under any Impediment in their Speech, by applying personally, will probably be assisted. (tf)
FOR SALE,
THE PLANTATION whereon the Subscriber lives, in King and Queen County, about a Mile and a Half from Todd's Warehouse, containing six Hundred and fifty seven Acres, in good Order for Cropping, having a large Peach and Apple Orchard thereon beginning to bear, a Quantity of low Grounds which may be made good Meadow with little Expense; the Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and other Outhouses, have been built between four and five Years. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to R. DAINGERFIELD. (tf)
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing about sixteen Hundred Acres, more or less, lying on the River Shenando, in Berkeley County (formerly Frederick) which is one of the most flourishing Counties in Virginia. The Land is exceeding good, well timbered, and adapted to the raising of all Kinds of Grain, as well as Tobacco, and has the Advantage of a very fine Stream of Water, on which is a Blomery with two Fires, a good Stone Merchant Mill with two Pair of Stones, a Saw Mill, a Distillery conveniently situated, a Smith's Shop, a Cooper's Shop, and many other Outhouses. There are about a Hundred and fifty Acres of Land cleared, and about fifty Acres of Meadow may be made with a very small Expense, one Half of which may be watered any Day in the Year. A Stock of Cattle, Horses, and Hogs, some Household Furniture, and all Kinds of Utensils proper for carrying on the above different Branches of Business, will be sold with or without the Land. For farther Particulars inquire of Mr. William Little, on the Premises. Credit will be allowed for Part of the Purchase Money, the Purchaser giving Bond, with Security if required. For Terms apply to the Honourable George William Fairfax, Esquire, Carlyle and Dalton in Alexandria, or Presley Bowdoin in Norfolk. (Tf)
The Subscriber will sell, on reasonable
Terms, his LAND and HOUSES whereon he now lives, known by the Name of HOOD's, in Prince George, on James River. As to its Situation, it is hardly worth While to say any Thing about it, though it is looked upon to be the most pleasant Place, and has the finest View, of any Seat on James River. I have just now finished a House upon it, in the best Manner, thirty three Feet by thirty, with two large Rooms and a large Passage below, and three Rooms above; there is also a Garden lately paled in with good Cypress Pales, with all necessary Outhouses, a very good Storehouse, sundry Lumber Houses, and a Set of very good Tobacco Warehouses. I think, with very little Trouble, there might be an Inspection erected there again, as it is the general Cry of the People for it; and as the Place is very well situated for carrying on both the Inland and West India Trade, any Person, with a pretty good Capital, may carry them on to a very great Extent. Whoever is inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. William M'Whann, Merchant in Blandford, or to the Subscriber, on the Premises. (Tf) DAVID SCOTT.
For SALE, in the Town of NEWCASTLE,
A LARGE two Story DWELLINGHOUSE, with three commodious Rooms on a Floor, each with a Fireplace. It is exceedingly well calculated for a Tavern, and is pleasantly situated near the River. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, near the Premises. (Tf) W. JOHNSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Peterf-
burg, about the Middle of September last, a very likely Negro Man named PHILL, about twenty Years of Age, of a yellow Complexion, and about five Feet nine Inches high, proportionably made. He is a Native of Africa, but speaks broken English, having been some Years in the West Indies, and has lost two joints off two of his Fingers on his right Hand. Had on, when he went away, an Osnaburg Shirt, an old Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, with a new Negro Cotton Jacket over it, and a Pair of old Check Trousers. As he has been used to the Sea, he will probably endeavour to get on Board some Ship and make his Escape out of the Colony; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring or carrying him off, at their Peril. I will give THREE POUNDS Reward to any Person who will deliver said Slave to me, or to Mr. Hugh M'Mekin at Portsmouth, and FORTY SHILLINGS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof. (tf) THOMAS GORDON.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD
FOR apprehending JOHN HUTCHINSON, who ran away last Night from the Subscriber, in Lancaster. He is a Blacksmith by Trade, a likely stout Man, about five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, wore his own short dark Hair, and is a Yorkshireman, which may be easily known by his Dialect, is much given to Drink, and in which he is apt to be very noisy. He took with him a brown Duroy Coat lined with white Durat or Tammy; also a brown Water Dog with a white Face, which I expect is still with him, as he was a great Favourite. A short Time before he ran off he broke open the House of Mr. Anthony M'Quade, and stole about forty Pounds. The above Reward will be paid to any Person who delivers the said Runaway and Calf, or TEN POUNDS for him alone, and FIVE POUNDS to have him secured in any Jail within this Colony. NOVEMBER 4, 1772. (Tf) THOMAS POLLARD.
For SALE,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND lying on both Sides of Hunting Creek, in Halifax County, containing five Hundred Acres, the Soil of which is exceeding good for Tobacco and Corn. There is a small Plantation cleared on the Land, which has been tended but a few Years, and two Tobacco Houses, an Overseer's House, and Negro Quarter almost new. Any Person inclined to purchase may apply to Colonel Paul Carrington, in Charlotte, who will show the Land, and is fully empowered to dispose of it. (tf)