The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-09-16 00:00:00

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W A R S A W, June 16.
RUSSIAN Courier, despatched the 9th Instant by Field Marshal Count de Romanzow, is just arrived at the Hotel of Baron de Stackelberg, the Russian Minister here, and brought him the following Advices: "On the 29th of last Month General Weisman attacked a Body of 12,000 Turks in their Camp, killed 1200, made 1500 Prisoners, and put the rest to Flight. The Russians seized, on this Occasion, all the Artillery belonging to the Turks, the greatest Part of their Baggage, and six Flags."
COPENHAGEN, June 15. There are now at this Time in our Road nine Ships of the Line, three Frigates, and several Yachts, all which will sail from hence in a very short Time, in Order to perform some marine Manoeuvres.
HAMBURG, June 24. From the Frontiers of Turkey we hear that the Inhabitants of Bulgaria are destroying their Houses and Corn Fields, and flying towards Constantinople with their Effects, lest they should fall into the Hands of the Russians.
ALGIERS, May 3. The Bey of Tunis has prohibited, for near a Year past, the Entry and Use of Wine, or any spirituous Liquor, and the foreign Consuls are allowed to receive a certain Quantity once only in the Year. He has ordered Search to be regularly made among the Christians and Jews, and those in whose Possession above a certain small Quantity mentioned in the Order has been found had the Liquors staved at their Doors, their Effects seized, and themselves were made perpetual Slaves.
L O N D O N, June 21.
LORD Townshend's Marriage with Miss Montgomery so piqued the Pride of his Mother, the Lady Dowager, that the one Morning, during an Interview with her Son, burst into Tears, and exclaimed at the Folly of his Conduct. Lord Townshend tried every Method to sooth her Grief; he begged her to be composed, for, "Dear Madam (said he) why should you shed Tears at my Marriage?" "Why indeed (replied his Mother, recollecting herself) it is ridiculous in me to cry at what all the World laughs at."
The following may be depended upon as a Fact. Doctor Beattie rendered himself so great a Favourite to several of the Episcopal Clergy in England, that they were determined, if possible, to procure him some Church Preferment suitable to his Merit. Accordingly Doctor Law, Bishop of Carlisle, waited lately upon the King, as an humble Suitor, in Behalf of Beattie. In recounting his Merits, the Bishop enumerated the Service Beattie had rendered Christianity by his Book against Hume, and other Infidels. The King heard the Bishop with Attention, but in Reply to that Part of his Request which related to providing for Beattie in the Church of England, his Majesty said, "My Lord Bishop, I hear there are a great many Infidels in Scotland; if so, Doctor Beattie will do more Service to Religion by remaining there."
A Letter from Madrid gives an Account of a Mortality prevailing among the Dogs in that Capital to such a Degree that 800 of those Animals have died in a Day, and, which is a Circumstance still more singular, that of all those that have been opened, to discover the Nature of the Distemper, there has been a Worm or Maggot found in the Heart. It is said that for the future, whatever foreign Furniture, not the immediate Property of an Ambassador, will, when seized, be burnt directly.
We hear that a Lock of an entire new Construction, and of exquisite Workmanship, is making for a very great Personage, and the Price agreed for is 400 l.
Last Week died at his House in Leadenhall Street, John Company, Esquire, a very old reputable and eminent Merchant, &c. one to whom Thousands were obliged. He was taken ill in November last, and unluckily having, within a few Years, made some Acquaintance at what is called the polite End of the Town, and having been slighted by his old Friend Dr. Bank, he neglected his Friends the Physicians in the City, and applied for Relief to Doctor Noris and Doctor Parliament, two Persons of some Eminence; but they, quite mistaking his Case, gave him such Remedies as put an End to his Being.
June 22. The late Marshal Belleisle, on his Return from being a Prisoner in England, said if a Man was mad enough to purchase the British Crown there were Patriots ready to sell it.
Extract of a Letter from Bombay, November 26.
"Our whole Attention at present is taken up on an Expedition against Broach, a small Town to the northward of Surat. We made an Attempt last Year, and brought the Nabob to Terms, who paid us a Visit at Bombay, and settled Matters; but deceived us in the End, and trifled in so shameful a Manner as to render it absolutely necessary to subdue him, which we effected. He made a valiant Defence, worthy a better Character; he being dreaded by his own Subjects, and every Nation round us, as a cruel Tyrant. The Expedition was commanded by General Wedderburn and Mr. Watson, our Superintendent of Marine. The Troops consisted of about 1000 Europeans, and between two and 3000 Sepoys. The General, as I hear, rather disapproving of the Ground for the Encampment, went to reconnoitre on Horseback, was noticed by the Enemy, and shot through the Head with a Ginjawli, either from the Walls, or through Treachery, as the Nabob had made Proposals, but no Faith could be put in him. These People are so dexterous with the Ginjawli Piece, which is a very long Gun, that it is common for a Man to hit an Orange at the Distance of 150 Yards four Times out of six; and in erecting our Batteries, the People frequently play Tricks by putting a Hat with a Cockade in it on a Spunge Staff, which the Enemy fire at and often hit, to the Diversion of the Soldiers, who humourously call it sniping, and watch the Flash to return the Fire. In this unlucky Manner fell General Wedderburn, of extensive Abilities, indeed too great for the Field he had to act in, and well worthy a better Fate; he was a warm Friend, and possessed of many good Qualities. On the 23rd Instant we received Advice that Broach was attacked by Storm on the 19th, and that the Fighting had ceased when the Express came away. We have this Instant (since writing the above) received the agreeable News of the Fall of Broach, where we have been very successful, having only lost, in the Whole, the General and six Officers killed, and about ten wounded. Among the killed are, John Campbell, called tall Campbell, Lieutenant Blach of Artillery, Ensign L'Estrange, and a Cadet of the Name of Carrick."
Two Advice Boats have been lately appointed from Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, and two from Boston and New York, to sail every six Weeks for Pensylvania and St. Augustine.
June 23. Yesterday six Tuns of new Halfpence were shipped off on Board the Renown, Captain Roberts, at the Tower, for South Carolina.
June 25. About the Beginning of the Year 1772 an Account was laid before the House of Commons of the Number of Horses exported from England, from January 5, 1750, to January 5, 1772, distinguishing each Year, and the Ports from whence they have been exported, which were found to stand thus: During 14 Years Peace 21,248, being for the Average of one Year 1525. During eight Years War 7783, being for the Average of one Year 974. So that in 22 Years 29,131 Horses were exported.
A Plan is in Agitation to prevent the Smuggling Trade now carried on between the Isles of Alderney, Jersey, and the western Coasts of this Kingdom, it being computed that there is a Loss of 17,000 l. annually to the Revenue thereby.
An able Statesman was heard to say, that let the King of Prussia die when he may he would leave behind him a greater Character than any Prince History makes mention of, being an elegant Writer, a great General, and a subtle Statesman. The Alliance he is now cementing with the Court of Petersburg, by the Marriage of the Daughter of the Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt with the Duke of Russia, does Honour to his political Genius, being the surest Means of securing his Conquests to his Posterity.
The new French Settlement on the southern Side of the Cape of Good Hope is likely to prove a Bone of Contention between them and the Dutch. The latter, it is said, have so strongly remonstrated as to insist on its being immediately abandoned. The following is a correct Copy of General Monckton's Letter to the Chairman of the East India Company:
Gentlemen, BRUTON STREET, June 14. I HAVE received a Letter from your Secretary enclosing a Resolution of a General Court of the East India Company, by which they do me the Honour of recommending me to the Court of Directors, to appoint me Commander in Chief of their Forces in India.
The repeated Favours conferred on me by the Company are extremely flattering to me; but my Situation at present is such, both in Regard to my being excluded the Council, and his Majesty's most gracious Intention of providing for me, which was communicated to me the Day preceding the General Court, that I cannot with Propriety accept any Offers of Command or Power in India, however honourable or advantageous.
I must beg, Gentlemen, that you will assure the General Court of Proprietors that I shall ever retain the strongest Impressions of Gratitude for the Honour intended me, as well as the sincerest Wishes for the Prosperity of the Company. I have the Honour to be, &c.
To the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company. ROBERT MONCKTON.
June 28. A Correspondent expresses himself much pleased that his Majesty is extending his Reviews beyond the Army, and hopes, when the Portsmouth Review is over, he will take a Review of his own Ministers, as some of their Manoeuvres of late have given great Offence to many hearty Wellwishers of that Service.
The Dukes of Richmond and Dorset were the only Peers at Portsmouth who were not invited to dine with the King. The Omission of the Duke of Dorset was particular, as his Grace was at the King's Levee.
Letters from Corfou, the Capital of the Island of that Name in the Mediterranean, belonging to the Venetians, mention that a third Part of that City has been thrown down by an Earthquake, which has done considerable Damage on the Coast of Africa.
It (says a Correspondent) we for a Moment advert to our present extensive Dominions, Part of which very near us are so unsettled as to require the utmost Attention, to hold even these, "the West India Islands, and the whole Continent of North America," exceeds, I apprehend, the Grasp of Rome in her highest Power; and to add so extensive a Part of the Mogul Empire as we at present meditate, is to exceed the Conquests of Alexander, and the Fruits will infallibly be the same; first Division, and then a Train of Evils that will at length leave us, like them, only a Name, and an Example to Posterity.
June 29. The Enemies of Government cannot betray their Malice more than in censuring our amiable Sovereign for his Excursion to Portsmouth. It is hard, indeed, if he must be denied the Pleasure that the meanest of his Subjects are not debarred from, nay, in the worst of Times, will have their Sunday's Jaunt; but if he, for once in his Life, goes to see one Town in his Dominions, more than London, a whole Torrent of Abuse must accompany him. Shame on such Incendiaries! It is a Pity they have not a Mark on their Foreheads whereby they might be known, and kicked whenever they were met. How poor a Thing would such Wretches as these make a King of England, if they had Power! It is, however, a Blessing that seven Eighths of the Nation are happy in contributing to their Monarch's Pleasure.
On Saturday Evening the new born Princess, Daughter of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, was privately baptised by the Bishop of St. David's at Gloucester House, by the Name of Sophia Matilda. Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, were Sponsors.
A genteel Indemnity, and Jail Delivery, for Crown Prisoners, it is said, will soon take Place, at the Desire of a great Personage.
The famous Hero, General Paoli, has at last obtained a very considerable Post in the King of Sweden's Army.
Two great Officers, Russians, have incurred the Empress's high Displeasure, for their Conduct towards the English Officers in her Service. It is whispered their Heads are in Danger on this Account, unless something extraordinary transpires in their Favour.
July 1. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester is in good Health, and yesterday, with the Duchess, visited Mr. Cox's Museum.
Letters from Paris, by yesterday's Mail, advise that the Troubles in the Province of Guienne are at last appeased; the Arrival of 36 Ships, laden with Corn, having caused all Fears to vanish.
Yesterday the Court of Exchequer gave Judgment in the great Cause between Sir James Lowther and the Duke of Portland. The Court over-ruled all the Objections made to the Legality of the King's Grant to Sir James Lowther.
We are informed that a Negotiation is on Foot with the Court of Madrid for the English Logwood Cutters to be indulged with a larger Extent of Territory in the Bay of Honduras.
It may be depended upon that their Majesties will not honour the ensuing Installation with their Presence, as was intended.
In the Course of the last Session his Majesty went four Times to the House of Peers, and including the Bills signed by Commission the Royal Assent was given to 182 publick and private Bills, amongst which are the following: The Bill for granting to his Majesty a certain Sum out of the Sinking Fund, for the Service of the present Year. The Bill for raising 600,000 l. by Loans on Exchequer Bills. The Bill to enable his Majesty to raise 1,400,000 l. by Loans on Exchequer Bills, to be applied for the Relief of the East India Company. The Bill to prevent the counterfeiting of Bank Notes, or Bills, and to prevent obtaining false Credit by the Imitation of Bank Notes or Bills. The Bill to explain, amend, and to reduce into one Act, the several Laws for the better Preservation of publick Highways. The Bill to prevent the counterfeiting or diminishing the Gold Coin of this Kingdom. The Bill to regulate the Wages or Prices of Journeymen Weavers in Spitalfields, or within five Miles of London. The Bill to enable Messrs. Adams to dispose of their Buildings, in the Adelphi, by Way of Chancery. The Bill for the better Regulation of Lying-in-Hospitals. The Bill for the better Cultivation of common arable Fields, Commons, and Wastes. To several expiring Law Bills, and to such other Bills as were ready.
The Parliament is prorogued to Tuesday the 7th Day of September next.
July 2. A Correspondent informs us that the following is the general Tenour of the Bill for preventing the diminishing of the Gold Coin of this Kingdom, which yesterday received the Royal Assent: That all Monies paid into the Receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer after the 29th of September, that shall be found deficient in Weight, shall be cut, and pass for no more than its intrinsic Value; that in all Payments between Man and Man it shall be at the Option of the Person to whom it is tendered in Payment, if found deficient in Weight, to either refuse it or break it, and receive it on the same Terms as the Treasury; but that nothing, however, shall extend in this Act to prevent a reasonable Allowance for the Wear
of such Money, according to the Date of its Coinage, so tendered or paid away.
The Corsican General Paoli is preparing to set out for Petersburg, in Consequence of a strong Invitation from the Empress of Russia.
Next Sunday Morning Lord North, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (accompanied by Lady North and all his Lordship's Family) will set out of Town for Oxford, in Order to be installed there on Tuesday next.
We have already given two Accounts respecting the Aurora Frigate, which had been given over for loss. Willing to present our Readers with every Particular which transpires concerning her, we insert the two following, which, though differing in some Circumstances, will yet go far to convince us that she is still above Water, however melancholy the Fate of those Gentlemen who went out on Board her. On Tuesday Evening Mr. Henderson, of Fludyer Street, received a Packet from his Son, a Captain now abroad, informing him that the Aurora Frigate is now at the Cape of Good Hope; that some Years ago the Aurora being on her Passage, with the India Supervisors on Board, between St. Helena and the Cape the Men mutinied, and after killing Captain Lee and the Mates, the Supervisors, &c. steered for the South Seas, where they have been ever since committing the greatest Acts of Piracy and Cruelty on the Spaniards; that lately two Dutch Men of War appearing in those Seas, the Aurora fell down on them (imagining them to be Indians) and after a desperate Engagement, was obliged to strike to the Dutchmen; that on sending Intelligence to Admiral Harland of the Particulars, he has ordered the Hawke Sloop, well manned, to sail for the Cape, and conduct the Pirates to England to receive their just Reward. The Value on Board her amounts to more than the Manila Ransom.
Wednesday Evening a Person decently dressed, on Foot, going over Fincley Common, was stopped by a single Highwayman, but on assuring him that he had but eight Shillings to bear his Expenses to Coventry the Highwayman gave him five Shillings.
July 3. Mr. Le Maitre and Mr. Chambers have accepted the Office of Puisse Judges in the East Indies, and Fowler Walker, Esquire, of Lincoln's Inn, is talked of for the other.
The Russians and Turks have both lately published Memorials accusing each other for their Obstinacy in not giving up certain Points towards fixing a Peace. The above Courts differ very greatly in their Accounts of the Behaviour of the respective Ministers at the Congress. The Russians in their Memorial say, that on their Part the Congress and Treaties were managed with the utmost Reason, Temper, and Christian Calmness, but that the Turks were obstinate, impatient, and full of Passion, which were the principal Reasons for breaking off the Negotiations; while the Turks assert, that several Sittings were held, and the Time passed in reciprocal Discussions, but that ten Days before the Expiration of the Armistice the Sieur Obrescow became more inflexible than usual, and without abating a single Article of what he had demanded at the Commencement of the Negotiation, he added thereto certain Propositions equally oppressive and imperious.
On Wednesday Lord Stormont, his Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of France, arrived in Town from that Kingdom on his own private Affairs; he was yesterday at Court, and had the Honour of a Conference with his Majesty. He will return within two Months.
The Truth of the following may be depended on: Previous to his Majesty's leaving Portsmouth, Presents of various Kinds were made by the People, and accepted with great Condescension by his Majesty. Among the Persons anxious to display their Loyalty, an honest Fisherman, who thinking that he could not testify his Respect in a better Manner, as a Proof of his Allegiance, begged the King's Acceptance of a Lobster; his Majesty, with an Affability peculiar to great Minds, accepted the Lobster, brought it home with him in the Chaise, and he and his amiable Consort actually supped upon it the same Evening.
We are assured, from good Authority, that the following Changes are intended to take Place in the Law, namely, Lord Mansfield to retire with a Pension of 6000 l. per Annum, Sir Fletcher Norton is to be created a Peer and Chief Justice of England, Mr. Thurlow succeeds Sir Fletcher Norton as Speaker in the House of Commons, and Chief Justice in Eyre, Mr. Wedderburne is to be appointed Attorney, and Mr. Wallace Solicitor General.
The Report of the Aurora Frigate being found pirating gains but little Credit among the Intelligent in East India Matters. It is very well known that there is no Account of such a material Piece of Information from Captain Riddell, either in the Letters to the Directors or his Friends; and it is not probable he would have omitted it had there been any Degree of Truth in it, or if it had been any way current at the Cape, or even on Board his own Ship.
This Day, at a Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Stationers, Mr. John Beecroft was chosen Master, and Mr. Richard Walkden, and Mr. William Strahan, Wardens of the said Company for the Year ensuing.
A Vessel just arrived at Whitby, from Greenland, brings Advice that the Whale Fishery this Season has been more successful than for some Years past, several Vessels having caught from six to ten Fish.
A Letter from the North of Scotland says, that their Salmon Fishery is likely to turn out greater this Season than has been known for upwards of thirty Years.
Extract of a Letter from Vienna, June 12.
"All our Letters from Constantinople agree that the Turks are uncommonly embarrassed with the bad Success of their Arms. They have just received the News that the Turkish Army, commanded by Dargothan Ali Pacha, has been totally destroyed by the Russian General Potemkin; and though the Particulars were not exactly known, yet they were assured that the Loss was very considerable, and that the Commander himself, and Muderin Osman Pacha, were made Prisoners of War. This Loss was followed by another still greater, and of worse Consequence, for Abdi Pacha, Bostangi Pacha of Adrianople, and Chiaoux Pacha, expecting that Dargothan Ali Pacha would be attacked by the Russians, marched with their Troops to his Assistance, but as they came too late, and their Troops were much fatigued with their March, they were immediately attacked, and shared the same Fate; the three Commanders and a Number of Officers were made Prisoners, and their Army beaten and scattered. Count Romanzow, who was soon acquainted with the Victory obtained by his General, despatched an Army of 15,000 Men, which passed the Danube near Tulcia, to support him; and being joined by them, General Potemkin advanced, without meeting with any Opposition, near Carasow, in Order to besiege Varna, where they will have a Communication with the Russian Squadron in the Black Sea; so that in Case the Army of the Grand Visiar should be defeated, or meet with the least Check, Constantinople will very soon be blocked up."
July 5. Great Preparations have been making at Woolwich ever since Thursday last for the Reception of his Majesty to-morrow Morning. At eight o'Clock his Majesty will breakfast in the Warren, after which many curious Experiments will be tried in his Presence on the Water as well as Land; then, after viewing the Royal Academy and Foundry, his Majesty will proceed to the Dockyard, from thence to the Common, where the Royal Regiment of Artillery will be reviewed. About four o'Clock his Majesty will leave the Common, and proceed to St. James's. It is said her Majesty, the Prince of Wales, &c. will accompany him.
We now hear that a Scheme, prepared some Years ago for remedying the illicit Practice of smuggling Tea, and also for rendering that Commodity much cheaper, as well as contributing to the Emolument of Government and the East India Company, is now actually under Consideration of Administration, and it is thought will be adopted. The only

Reason why it was not put in Practice, when first proposed, was because at that Time (which is more than thirty Years ago) not one Half of the People in the Nation drank Tea. The Purport of this Scheme is to take all Duties off Tea entirely, and to lay a Duty upon every Family in England; the highest 20 or 30s. and the lowest 5s. a Year, to be paid in Proportion to the Number of Persons in each Family; and that all publick Houses, which sell Tea in Liquor, be rated accordingly. The Company will certainly be great Gainers thereby, as they will be the sole Venders of Tea; and the Consumers will find their Account in it, since by paying a small Tax they will have it at almost Half Price. The Shopkeepers will most undoubtedly be benefited by it, in many Respects; they will not be teized with Excise Officers, or keeping Account of Tea sold in their Shops, and their Profits they will likewise find better.
The Court of Great Britain is now certainly interesting itself very strongly with the Empress of Russia, in Order to bring about an Accommodation between her and the Porte; and this is done in such a Manner, that a Refusal to comply with our friendly Desires would probably induce us to endeavour to make an Accommodation by more prevailing Arguments.
Yesterday an agreeable Lady of large Fortune at Rotherhithe, aged 90, was married to the Apprentice of her late Husband, aged 20.
It is said that a categorical Answer will be demanded from the States General of the United Provinces relative to an Affair of the utmost Consequence to this Kingdom.
Extract of a Letter from Madrid, June 1.
The last Advices from South America confirm the Accounts of the general Rising of the Chiles, &c. and fully authenticate their various Successes against the Spaniards, inasmuch that they have scarce one Town or Place of Strength to retreat to; those which the Chilians take they mostly burn down to the Ground, immediately on taking Possession. They have fortified the City of Baldivia in a very strong Manner, and, as they are well acquainted with the European Discipline, bid Defiance to all the Spanish Forces in that Part of the World, and are likely to extirpate every Spaniard from their Country.
A few Days ago a Demand was made on the Treasury for Money to pay the Military, and for Want of Cash Clements was obliged to seize on 900 l. which was intended to pay the Interest to the Debenters. Stocks fall here every Day.
Extract of a Letter from Leghorn, June 3.
A French Ship belonging to Marseilles is just arrived here from the Archipelago, and brings certain Advice that the Russian Squadron had attacked the Island of Candia, and at last taken it entirely from the Turks, who made an obstinate Resistance for three Weeks; when most of their People being killed, the rest surrendered. The Russians took a great Number of Cannon, vast Quantities of Ammunition, and a considerable Treasure in the Island.
LIVERPOOL, July 9. Captain Swinhoe, of the Betty, who arrived here last Tuesday from Greenland, with 5 Fish, viz. 2 of 12, 1 of 10, and 2 of 7 Feet Bone, gives the following Account: Spoke the Leith, of Leith, the Captain of which told him the Perseverance of this Port had 2 Fish. Spoke the Rising Sun, of London, with 1 Fish; the Captain of which told him the Dolphin, of this Port, had 3100 Seals. Spoke the King of Prussia, of Hull, with 2 Fish; the Southampton, of Hull, with 5 Fish; the Ward, of London, with 1 Fish; and a Vessel belonging to Hamburg, with 1 Fish. The Whale, Otter, Golden Lion, Lord Molineux, Winnington, and Grampus, of this Port, all clean. The Steady, Gaden, and two other Vessels belonging to London, are lost in the Ice.
Extract of a Letter from Hull, dated July 2, to a Gentleman in this Town. On Tuesday Evening arrived here the Benjamin from Davis's Straits, with 5 Fish, viz. 2 of 12, and 3 of 10 Feet Bone; he left the Humber the 22nd of May, with 3 Fish of 10 Feet Bone. We have no more News from Greenland.
Monday se'nnight the Whole of the Royal Lancashire Militia, in Manchester, commanded by the Right Honourable Lord Stanley, were disembodied; they were publicly reviewed on Thursday following, and went through the whole of their Manoeuvres and Firings with great Credit to the Affluity and Instruction of their Officers, and to the entire Satisfaction of a great Number of Gentlemen, who came from all Parts of the Neighbourhood upon the Occasion. In the Evening there was a grand and elegant Ball given by the Officers to the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Town, and on Monday Night last another grand and elegant one was given by their Lordship.
On Friday last John Salladine, an Innholder of Chester, and Joseph Salladine, his Son, were committed to the North Gate Jail there, charged with having forged or counterfeited a Note as given by Mr. Anderson Davies, for the Payment of a Sum of Money some Years ago secured by a Mortgage, &c. from the Father of the said Davies, on his Tenancy for Life, in an Estate which on the Termination of that Estate descended to Mr. Davies, free from Encumbrances, whereby the Mortgage became obsolete. The Circumstances of this Transaction, on the Examination of the Witness on whose Oath he was confined, strongly evident a Policy of Villainy that has not been seldom practised by them and their atrocious Associates.
There is now living at Dunham, in Cheshire, the Property of Peter Hodgkinson, a Mare 33 Years old, which foaled a fine Filly on the 25th of May last.
Friday Mr. Aldridge's famous Horse called Old Trot, for a very considerable Wager, started with that Gentleman upon his Back on the Exeter Road, at the One Mile Stone, and trotted 18 Miles within an Hour; a Thing which has been often attempted, but never performed before, and which was only done now by that Gentleman's great Skill in Horsemanship. Considerable Bets were laid, and the knowing ones greatly aken in.
The following very singular Circumstance happened in the Neighbourhood of Glasgow, the Authenticity of which may be depended upon. One James Brown, Mason, in Calder, lost his Speech in a Fever a great many Years ago, and being seized with a Fever about ten Days since, he again recovered it. The Nurse who waited on him, knowing him to have been dumb for fourteen Years, was very much surprised upon his suddenly calling out to her to fetch him a Drink. He continues to have the Use of his Speech, although the Fever has not quite left him.
WORCESTER, July 1. Last Week a most remarkable Affair happened on the River Towy, about three Miles from hence: As two Watermen were coming up in a Boat, they observed a Swarm of Bees hovering over them; the Man that rowed the Bow Oar shook his Hat, thinking to keep them off, instead of which they hived about the after Man in such a Manner that all his Head and Face was covered, except one Eye, but without doing him the least Hurt. They got the Boat on Shore, and procured a Hive, in which they brought them to Town, and sold them.
BOSTON, August 16
ON Saturday last, being the Anniversary of the ever memorable 14th of August 1765, the Sons of Liberty from this and the neighbouring Towns, convened on Roxbury Common, to the Number of 400, where a superb Tent was erected, sufficiently capacious to contain the numerous Guests, under which they had an elegant Repast, and the following patriotick Toasts were drank, succeeded by a Pea de Joy from the Cannon, and the soft Sympathy of a select Band of Music.
1. The Patriot King, who regards the Rights of his People as the sacred Deposit of the first Magistrate. 2. May the elect Line of Hanover continue on the Throne of Great Britain, so long as they shall continue to support the Principles of the glorious Revolution. 3. May the Wretch who yields implicit Obedience to the lawless Commands of a Tyrant receive the Rewards of a Traitor to the Constitution. 4. A Governour unpenioned, Judges unbias'd, and a People uncorrupted. 5. North America, the Land of Liberty. 6. The patriotick House of Burgeffes of our ancient Sister Colony of Virginia. 7. A constitutional and permanent Union of the Colonies in North America. 8. May that glorious Contempt of Slavery, which distinguished the ancient British Barons, be revived in Great Britain. 9. The illustrious Asserters of the Rights of Americans in the British Parliament. 10. May the noble Spirit of Patriotism, which so eminently glows in America, triumph over the Arts of Corruption and Slavery. 11. To the immortal Memory of our venerable Ancestors, who, with the Expence of their Blood and Treasure, laid the Basis of this free and extensive Empire, which we their Children, by the Blessing of Heaven, are determined to support and perpetuate. 12. The Sons of Liberty throughout America. 13. May the Enemies to American Freedom live to reap the Fruits of their own Defeat. 14. The memorable 14th of August, 1765.
August 19. Stephen Sayre, Esquire, one of the Sheriffs elected for the City of London, is a Native of New York, and was in America a few Years since; a Gentleman well respected here, and in the Year 1765 received the honorary Degree of M. A. at Harvard College. And we hear that on his Return to England he married a Daughter of Dennis De Berdt, Esquire, and assisted that Gentleman in his advanced Age, when Agent for the Honourable House of Representatives for this Province; and since Mr. De Berdt's Death, upon Application made, he obtained Leave for the signing a Grant of fourteen Hundred Pounds Sterling, which Grant passed the General Court the last Session, for Mr. De Berdt's Services.
Doctor Lee was some Time since appointed Agent by the Honourable House, in Case of the Death or other Incapacity of Doctor Franklin. Doctor Lee is generally supposed to be the Writer of Junius Americanus , whose Pieces have often been reprinted in some of the Papers here.
NEW LONDON, August 13.
FRIDAY last the Sloop Mississippi, Captain Goodrich, arrived at New York from the River Mississippi, but left from Pensacola, in 25 Days, having Passengers Colonel Israel Putnam, Captain Roger Enos, Mr. Thaddeus Lyman, and Lieutenant Rufus Putnam, who were a Committee from the Company of Military Adventurers (so called) for exploring the Lands bounded west on the River Mississippi and north on the River Yaou, between Latitude 32 and 34, which Tract of Land was said to have been granted to General Lyman and the military Adventurers; and on Tuesday last Colonel Putnam and Lieutenant Putnam arrived here by Water from New York, after eight Months Absence. The general Account which they give is, that they went 450 Miles up the said River above the Island of Orleans, found the Lands to be extremely fine, but very little cleared, the Climate good and healthy, and that Passages up the River are performed with greater Ease (especially in the Spring Season) than has been represented.
The following Account is received from the above Gentlemen, viz. "In the Month of December last, as a French Boat was coming down the Mississippi, about 20 Leagues above the Natchez, she was robbed of about 600 Skins, 600 Dollars, and a large Quantity of Flower; and all her People were murdered, being three white Men and two Blacks. The Villains who perpetrated this Crime are supposed to be Joshua Haywood, Earnest Hooper, Charles Holmes, Reaason Young, Richard Holloway, and Absalom Hooper; most of whom, if not all, were of the Regulators of North Carolina, except Haywood, who was Servant to Colonel Fanning. They were all combined in a horrid Scheme, to rob all French Boats that should fall into their Hands; and the better to secrete their Villainies, Haywood set up for an Indian Trader, in Order to dispose of the Skins they should get. They all lived near the Natchez, and for the above Purpose went up the River, where lighting with the Frenchmen, they invited them on Shore, on Pretence of trading with them, where they perpetrated the horrid Crime, by each shooting his Man; the three Whites were killed outright, but the Blacks only wounded. These Villains propagated a Report that this, and some other Mischiefs, were done by the Savages; but the above Gentlemen found them of quite a different Temper, and think themselves bound in Justice to those Tribes, whom they found very hospitable, to give the above Information to the Publick."
PROVIDENCE, August 14.
A VERY valuable Lead Mine has lately been discovered between Richmount and New Canaan, near Pittsfield, a Sample of which has been brought to this Town. The Ore, we are told, is so rich that in melting it loses only one Quarter in Weight. It lies near the Place agreed on for running a Line between the Colony of New York and Province of Massachusetts Bay, so that it is not yet known in which Government it will fall.
A Copper Mine is likewise discovered at New Ashford, adjoining New Providence, a Sample of which has also been produced here, and promises much Advantage to the Proprietor.
NEW YORK, August 26.
BY Letters in the Albany we are informed that Mr. Hawksworth, Author of the Adventurer, has published the several late Voyages to the South Sea, from the Materials furnished by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallace, Cook, &c. These were given into his Hands by the Lords of the Admiralty to digest and publish in the most elegant Manner, which is effected, in three Quarto Volumes, at three Guineas Price. Dr. Robertson received only 400 Guineas for an original Work, the History of Charles the 5th, but Doctor Hawksworth for this Compilation has made the following Bargain for himself: The English Booksellers gave him six Thousand Pounds, and also two Hundred Sets of the Books for perpetual Right to the Copy; he has likewise received from a Bookseller at the Hague two Guineas for every Sheet of the Work, and the like Sum from a Paris Bookseller, for the exclusive Privilege of printing it in the Dutch and French Languages. The Lords of the Admiralty have also made him a Present of fifteen Hundred Guineas, to pay for the Copperplates that adorn these three Volumes. Doctor Hawksworth owes this good Fortune to Mr. Garrick's Recommendation of him to Lord Sandwich, through whose Interest he is just now chosen a Director of the East India Company. This is mentioned as a striking Instance of the Liberality of the London Booksellers to Gentlemen whose Talents are dedicated to their Emolument.
Extract of a Letter from Pittsburg, July 16.
The Design of establishing a new Government on the Ohio has excited a very alarming Jealousy amongst the Western Indians, Bets have been sent to all the Castles in these Parts, as well as to the Five Nations. We have the Satisfaction however to find they are in a State of Division and Discontent amongst themselves, and none have yet accepted the Bets have our old Inveterates the Shawanese and Delawares. However, there is no Doubt that the utmost Endeavours are conceited amongst the most mischievous of them towards a general Indian War, as the Nations in general seem determined upon opposing every Measure that may contribute to this near Approach of their Territory. In short, they never will be reconciled to us and to our Manners, being taught from Infancy to hate us. As these troublesome Folks may, in a short Time after they have gathered in their Harvest, become very formidable to the many Families settled in their Vicinities, it is hoped that Measures will be taken by every Province to prevent those dreadful Consequences that we felt from our last Provocation of them.
September 2. A scouting Party of the Oneida Indians about three Weeks ago returned from an Attack of some of their Enemies to the Southward, either Choctaws or Cherokees. They brought six Prisoners with them, not one of which has been adopted by the Inhabitants of their Castle, so of Course they are to be roasted alive, agreeable to the Indian Custom; and they have sent Notice of their Intention to the several Towns of the Five Nations, and invited them to be present at this horrible Feast.
A Correspondent observes, that his Heart bleeds for the worthy Citizens of London, and the illustrious Patriots, in Opposition to the King and Ministry; on Account of his Majesty's late Tour to Portsmouth. "For what (says he) must be their Feelings of those two great and good Bodies of Men, on finding that universal Applause attended his Majesty where he went, expressed with more Fervour and Affection than any British Monarch has experienced for Ages, notwithstanding all their laborious Endeavours to persuade the good People of England that they hated their Sovereign from their Hearts, and to convince the King that there were not five Persons in his Dominions, except Pensioners, who did not pray hourly for his Destruction." He likewise presents his Compliments to the Lord Mayor and Liberty of London, entreating them, in their next Address, Petition, and Remonstrance (a truly Cerberean Production) that they would not forget to make this Conduct in his Majesty and his Subjects, whereby the Lie has been given so palpably to all their Assertions of Disaffection and Disloyalty, an Article of Grievance, which calls for instant Redress; as the Nation must undoubtedly be ruined, unless his Majesty will take proper Steps to render himself as unpopular as his and the Kingdom's only true Friends will to make him."
On Tuesday Evening arrived the Brig Jamaica, Captain Farquhar, from Jamaica, who says that just before he failed an Express arrived here, on his Way to Kingston, to solicit Assistance against the rebellious Negroes at Houduras, who were murdering and destroying every Person and Thing in their Way.
It is an Incident most memorable and peculiar that the Citizens of London should this Year have made Choice of both Sheriffs from America, namely, Mr. Stephen Sayre a Native of Long Island, in this Province, and Mr. William Lee, who was born in Virginia, and is the Person who has so eminently distinguished himself as a political Writer, under the Signature of Junius Americanus. Indeed, the Liverymen have ever manifested the steadiest Support of all those who approve themselves heartily devoted to their Principles.
Friday Night last Captain Hunt arrived here in 7 Days from South Carolina. Captain Blewer, for Philadelphia, was to sail from thence on the 30th Instant, in which Vessel Mr. David Douglass, Manager of the American Theatre, was to take his Passage, having secured the Patronage of the Gentlemen of that City, which will enable him to build and open an elegant Theatre before Christmas.
PHILADELPHIA, August 25.
ON Wednesday Evening last arrived here, to the Judges of our Supreme Court, an Express from Morris County, New Jersey, by whom we learn that one of the Persons lately tried and sentenced at Amboy, for coining Dollars and Half Johanneses, gave Information of several others concerned; on which Writs were issued, and Samuel Haynes, Eyres, Benjamin Cooper, Esquires, Doctor Barnaby Budd, Captain Joseph Morris, and David Reynolds, all of Morris County, were
immediately secured, and by Accounts since received four of them have received Sentence of Death for counterfeiting Jersey Money. The Purport of the Express was to bring an Affidavit against Captain Joseph Richardson, of this Province, for counterfeiting the Paper Money of this Colony; on which the Sheriff's Officers were despatched to apprehend him, but he kept them off from his House, where he was locked up, until Night, when he made his Escape out of a back Window. It is much to be wished that every one would use their Endeavours to destroy this Knot of Rogues, whose Business it has been for these three or four Years to counterfeit the various Kinds of Gold, Silver, and Paper Money, we have among us.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 16.
THE Royal Exchange, Woodford, from London, and Fly, Ashburn, from Liverpool, are arrived in James River; the Boyd, Dunlop, from Glasgow, is come to Rappahannock.
The Nancy, Barron, is safe arrived at the Port of London.
There had like to have been a Number of broken Limbs last Sunday se'nnight at the lower Church in Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County, by some Part of the Gallery where the Negroes sit giving Way; which alarming the Congregation, they every one made the best of their Way out. Many were violently squeezed, some fell down and were trod upon, particularly a poor Negro Woman big with Child, who was so much hurt that her Life is despaired of. A Negro Man likewise had his Legs much torn and bruised. After the Fright and Disturbance occasioned thereby were over, the Congregation, which was remarkably numerous that Day, again repaired to Church, where an excellent Discourse was delivered by the Reverend Mr. Giberne, exposing the dangerous Tenets of those Sectaries the Anabaptists, which are so very pernicious to Society, and subversive of almost every Christian and moral Duty.
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.
STAFFORD, August 15, 1773.
You will oblige many of your Readers by inserting what follows in your useful Paper.
To profit from Experience is the business of Wisdom, and happy is he who can derive this Advantage from the Good or Ill that has attended the Conduct of others; whereby Instruction may be obtained without feeling the Pressures of Adversity, or being hurt by the delusive Enjoyments of Prosperity. But very unhappy must they be, who, inattentive to the Injuries that other People have received, and insensible of the Mischiefs which past Transactions amongst themselves have produced, continue still to pursue Systems which such united Experience joins in condemning. I am led into these Reflections from considering the manifold Evils that many Communities, as well as this my native Country, have sustained from the Admission of Paper Money. To consider this Subject in Theory, it will appear reasonable to conclude that the Price of Provisions and Labour must increase in Proportion to the Increase of Money; an Inconvenience, indeed, that may with more Composure be submitted to when it is the Effect of publick Wealth and Prosperity, which are the common Wishes of all. But, if the Possession of the precious Metals be a Compensation from the Universality of their Value, and the Weight they give the Nation possessing them in all foreign Disturbances and Negotiations, still there appears no Reason for increasing the Inconvenience already mentioned, by a counterfeited Money which Foreigners will not accept, which any great Disorder in the State will reduce to nothing, and which, instead of being the Effect of Wealth, is here supposed to be the Offspring of publick Distress, and general Poverty. To enumerate the extensive Injuries which have lately been produced in Great Britain from Paper Credit would neither be an agreeable nor a necessary Business, because, being universally felt, they are universally acknowledged; but the ruinous Effects derived from this Cause nearer home may deserve more Attention, and be more immediately regarded. Mr. Pittman tells us, that "the Paper Money which circulated in this Province (Louisiana) has almost effected its Ruin." In the Massachusetts Government, it is well known how singularly destructive their Paper Money was before its entire Abolition, nor was Relief found but from the Interposition of the British Parliament. In this Country, we have sufficiently smarted under its evil Operation: Unbounded Extravagance and Dissipation, high Exchange, with its never failing Concomitant, an increased Price of all the foreign Goods we buy, without a proportionate Rise of our own Products, the almost total Banishment of Gold and Silver, Forgeries, and in Truth universal Injury, with only temporary Advantages to a few Individuals. Among its many other Mischiefs, I regard the Corruption of Morals as none of the least. More than 100,000 l. returned to our Treasury by the publick Collectors, where, having already answered the Purpose of its Creation, it ought to have been sunk for ever, could not have been lent out, and again pushed into Circulation, contrary to every Principle of publick Trust and publick Good, without having a very malignant Effect on the Morals of this Infant Country. A further Attention to this Subject will show it not only hurtful to our Virtue, but to our Interest also. Although the Causes are certainly many which contribute to the Rise and Fall of Exchange, yet I suppose it will not be denied that our Paper Money was the Cause of Exchange rising in this Country, in the Manner it did some Years ago. As little, I imagine, will it be denied that a Price was put on imported Goods proportionate to the increased Exchange. But 100,000 l. continued in Circulation some Years longer than the Law intended, or the publick Affairs required, did of Course keep up this Exchange. I think the Candid and Well Informed will allow that a Difference of 25 per Cent. at the lowest, was continued at least two Years longer than would otherwise have been the Case; and this Difference, placed on the Amount of our Consumption of imported Goods, will give the Loss sustained by this Country from our Paper Currency in this single Instance. It is generally agreed that our Importation from Great Britain only amounts to at least 400,000 l. annually, so that our Loss may fairly be estimated at 200,000 l. to which we may add near 20,000 l. the supposed Loss sustained by Individuals from the late Forgeries. A still farther Objection, and a very weighty one, to these Paper Emmissions, is, that they have driven, and with too much Certainty will continue to banish Gold and Silver from among us. So that, although our Assembly cannot make their Paper a legal Tender, yet the Countenance of an Act of the Legislature, with Want of Thought, and the Absence of other Money, together operating, occasion its general Reception among the People; and yet 1000 l. of this Money is not a Security to its Possessor that he shall not go to Jail for a Debt of 20 l. I am not without Authority for this Assertion, having lately met with an Instance, where a Gentleman of affluent Fortune, good Credit in England, and possessed of the Paper Money, was daily in Terror of a Jail, because his Creditor insisted on Gold or Silver. From this Distress he could not be relieved (as he told me) on Application to the Treasury, where he hoped to get his Paper changed for Specie. Can either Justice, Policy, or common Humanity, justify a longer Continuance in this destructive and delusive System? I will not now undertake to investigate thoroughly whether the late Act of Assembly, authorising the Emission of 36,834 l. was founded either on Wisdom or Necessity. As an Individual, I think it rested on neither. The Forgeries had been detected, the Means of distinguishing good from bad Bills were sufficiently notorious; nor was the new Money a Whit less liable to Abuse than the Emissions of 1769 and 1771, although it was certain that the new Emission must give Rise to a considerable publick Expense. I have not yet been furnished with a good Reason for empowering the Emission of so large a Sum as 36,834 l. for the Purpose of redeeming the Notes of 1769 and 1771. Mr. Treasurer tells us, that Taxes to the Amount of all the former, and 5948 l. 5s. 4d. of the latter Emission, had been already paid into the publick Treasury before the Meeting of Assembly, which left no more than 24,052 l. 1s. 5d. unaccounted for. The Amount of both these Emissions having been 40,000 l. and the Return to the Treasury by Taxes 15,948 l. 5s. 4d. left a Balance of only 24,502 l. 1s. 5d. I have said no good Reason, because it appears not a good one to say that old Notes had been received at the Treasury in Lieu of new ones. This is still another Objection to the long Catalogue against Paper Money, since Confusion in the publick Funds is a publick Mischief, and by all Means to be avoided; nor does it consist with Propriety in these Matters that Treasury Notes should continue in Circulation after the Period of their Redemption has expired. This is a Subject, Mr. Printer, of momentous Concern to the Publick; and I earnestly with my Countrymen would apply their most serious Attention to it, that we may, before it is too late, depart from a Plan so fatally pregnant with Ruin to the Community. The learned Montefequien, treating of Money, says: "Nothing ought to be so exempt from Variation as that which is the common Measure of all." Yet under our Paper System the Man who to-day is possessed of as much Treasury Money as entitles him to 100 l. Sterling may to-morrow, by a sudden Irruption of 30 or 40,000 l. from our Printing Office, find his Sterling Capital many per Cent reduced in Value.
A VIRGINIAN.
* See Present State of the European Settlements on the Mississippi, Page 13.
† It is a remarkable Truth, that in those Years when our Exchange was so unreasonably high our Commodities in general were low; and now again Exchange rises, and our Staple falls.
‡ See Letter to a London Correspondent, Virginia Gazette, 29th of July last.

Advertisements.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 14, 1773.
THE publick Hospital established by an Act of the General Assembly for the Reception of Idols, Lunatics, and other Persons of unsound Minds, being now completed, Notice is hereby given that the Court of Directors will meet at the said Hospital, on Tuesday the 12th of October next, to receive all such Persons as may be sent thereto according to the Directions of the said Act, and that the Court, for the same Purpose, and the better ordering the general Business of the Hospital, will meet on the same Day in every succeeding Week, till farther Notice.
It is hoped that the Magistrates in the several Counties will in every Instance distinguish between such Persons as have no Estates and those who are able to defray the Whole or Part of the Expense of their Support and Maintenance as the Law requires, and that none but such as are proper Objects of the Act of Assembly will be sent to the said Hospital. by Order of the Court of Directors. (4) JACOB BRUCE, Clerk.
BEING desirous of paying every Shilling that I am indebted, I will sell to the highest Bidder, on Tuesday the 26th of October, on the Premises, my Plantation commonly known by the Name of PURTON, containing from 2500 to 3000 Acres, and lies about six Miles above Queen's Creek, on the north Side of York River. Great Part of the Land is very fine, has Abundance of good Timber on it, consisting of red and white Oak, Pine, and some black Walnut; also some Hundred Acres of fine Marsh, most of which, with little Trouble, may be made arable Land. There is a Mill on the said Land, supplied by a constant Stream. The Times of Payment to be as follows: One Third next December, another Third in April 1774, and the Balance the succeeding October. Bond and good Security will be expected, and an undoubted Title will be made by LEWIS BURWELL.
N. B. Those of my Creditors that do not approve of the Credit mentioned in the above Advertisement, it is hoped will be so kind as to acquaint me in Time; for notwithstanding the great Loss I shall sustain, and particularly several Children, whose Dependence is entirely on what may hereafter be raised from my Estate, two Thirds of which are entailed, I will sell on any Credit they shall think proper.
YORK TOWN, September 16, 1773.
THE Gentleman who advertised lately that he had 100 Hogheads of Tobacco, at the Inspections on York River, which he wants Freight for immediately, is hereby notified that I have just Room for that Quantity, on Board my new Ship the Planter, which I will take in at 81. Sterling a Tun. THOMAS LILLY.
BUCKINGHAM, September 7, 1773.
THE Subscriber intends to leave the Colony in February or March next. WILLIAM HAY.
HANOVER TOWN, September 8, 1773.
HAVING declined Business in this Place, in Favour of my Brothers, John and Richard Burnley, and intending to leave this Country as soon as my Affairs can be settled, this is to desire all Persons indebted to the Store kept by me to come and settle their Accounts, and give Bonds immediately. Those who fail to do so by the last of October, it will be supposed intend to dispute; and their Accounts, without Respect of Persons, will be put into the Hands of an Attorney to collect. HARDIN BURNLEY.
FREDERICKSBURG, September 7, 1773.
NOTICE is hereby given that the CO-PARTNERSHIP of HUNTERS and TALIAFERRO is discontinued. All Persons having Demands against the said Company, or indebted thereto, are to apply to the Subscriber in Fredericksburg, who has the Settlement of the said Concern. Those indebted, who fail to come and settle their Accounts, and pay the Balances, or give Bonds for the Payment thereof, will meet with no Indulgence. There are upon Hand, for Sale, about 700 l. Sterling Worth of GOODS, which will be lumped off at a moderate Advance, and reasonable Time of Payment allowed. JOHN TALIAFERRO.
CUMBERLAND, September 3, 1773.
WHEREAS I gave my Bond, payable in December 1773, to Mr. Robert Gordon, for 65 l. in Confidence for a Negro I purchased at Colonel Byrd's Sale, in December 1772, and the said Negro never being delivered to me, I therefore forewarn all Persons from taking an Assignment of the said Bond, as I shall not pay without I am compelled. CHARLES CLAY, Senior.
THIS is to give Notice to all Persons who have any Demands against the Estate of William Rand, deceased, of Isle of Wight, to bring in their Accounts on or before the first Thursday in October next, that they may be discharged. After that Time they will not be answered at any Rate. SOPHIA RAND, Executrix. LEWIS ALMAND, Executor.
MIDDLESEX, sc.
GAWIN CORBIN, Gentleman, a Justice of the Peace, and one of the Judges of the Court of the said County, to all Sheriffs, Mayors, Constables, and Headboroughs, within his Majesty's Colony and Dominion of Virginia, greeting: Whereas Caesar, alias James, alias Reuben, alias Harry, a light coloured Negro Man Slave, middle sized, about forty Years old, lately a Prisoner in Custody of the Jail of the said County of Middlesex, and examined before a Justice of the said County for Felony, and by his Order sent by the Sheriff to Essex, where the Felony appears to him to be committed, to take his Trial, did, on the Way to Essex, escape from the said Sheriff, and is going at large: Therefore, in his Majesty's Name, I command you, and every of you, in your respective Counties, Cities, Towns, and Precincts, to seize and retake the said Caesar, alias James, alias Reuben, alias Harry, and him convey to the Prison in the County where he shall be retaken, and deliver to the Keeper thereof, together with this Warrant; and I charge and command you the Sheriff, or Keeper of the said Prison, to receive into your Jail and Custody the Body of the said Negro Man Slave, who says that he belongs to the Estate of Philip Sowerby, deceased, late of Fredericksburg, until he shall be discharged by due Course of Law. Given under my Hand and Seal, this 30th Day of August, 1773. GAWIN CORBIN.
WANTS A PLACE,
A YOUNG Man who can be well recommended as a Storekeeper. Inquire of the Printers. (1||)
AT NORFOLK for CHARTER,
A SHIP of about 400 Hogheads of Tobacco BURTHEN,
For any Part of GREAT BRITAIN, or elsewhere. EILBECK, ROSS, & Co.
NORFOLK, September 15, 1773.
JUST imported, and to be sold by the Subscriber, a small Cargo of choice MADEIRA WINE, such as he will pass his Word for to be good. Those who choose to be supplied may apply to their humble Servant, (2) CORNELIUS CALVERT.
NORFOLK, September 5, 1773.
FOR CHARTER to any Port in Britain, the Ship NEPTUNE, John Wilson Master, now lying at NORFOLK, Burthen about 350 Hogheads. For Terms apply to the Master on Board, or NIEL JAMIESON, & Co.
N. B. A Quantity of LYMINGTON SALT on Board said Ship.
To be SOLD, by the Subscriber in NORFOLK, At about the first Cost, a few CHESTS of
MEDICINES, Fresh and properly assorted for Country Practitioners, Value about 18 l. Sterling each Chest, just imported from London, in the Diana, Captain Woodford.
(1) JAMES ARCHDEACON.
To be SOLD,
FIVE Hundred and twenty Acres of good Land, lying in the Fork of Tassawass Creek, in James City County, and about ten Miles from Williamsburg, joining the Land of Mr. John Shermer and Mr. John Blair; there are upon it a tolerable good Dwellinghouse, Barn, Kitchen, &c. a fine Marsh, great Plenty of Hay, good Timber, as fine Water as any in the Colony, the Creek affords good Fishing and Fowling, there are few better Places for Stocks of any Kind, and about 50 or 60,000 Corn Hills cut down since April last. The Land will be surveyed to the Purchaser. Any Person inclining to purchase may view the Land, and know the Terms, by applying to the Subscriber near the Premises. WILLIAM RICHARDSON.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Charlotte Courthouse, the 1st Monday in October, being Court Day, about thirty likely VIRGINIA NEGROES, for ready Money. If it rains there will be a Sale, and continued to the next Day unless all are sold the first. (2||)
To be SOLD,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND on lower Bellenger's Creek, in Albemarle, ten Miles above the Byrd Ordinary, and sixty from Richmond, containing about 600 Acres, on which is a good Dwellinghouse 32 by 16, with two outside Stone Chimneys, and good Apple and Peach Orchards. Through the Land runs a Stream of Water, on which was built a Grist Mill about nine Years ago, which, through the Carelessness and ill Conduct of the Tenants, is of little Use at present, but with a very small Expense may be made valuable to the Purchaser. The Land is suitable for Corn, Wheat, and Tobacco, and has the Benefit of as good high Land Summer Range for Cattle as any on this Side of the Blue Ridge. About fifty Acres of this Tract may be easily converted to Meadow. As I am desirous to sell the said Tract, in Order to purchase Land more convenient to my present Habitation, my Demand shall be moderate, and the Payments easy. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Captain George Thomson, near the Premises, Mr. John Lyle, Merchant, in Albemarle, or to the Subscriber in Cumberland. I have also two small Tracts of Land contiguous to the above, one of 360 Acres, and another of 200, which I would dispose of on very reasonable Terms. (||) CHRISTOPHER MACRAE.
To be SOLD at the Subscriber's Plantation, on Thursday the 7th of October,
All the personal Estate of JOHN HOWLE, deceased, consisting of one NEGRO Fellow, a Variety of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, also the Stock of HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, and HOGS. Credit will be allowed until the 1st of October 1774, on giving Bond and Security to ABSALOM HOWLE, Executor, NEW KENT, September 16, 1773.
NORFOLK, September 1, 1773.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, the 23rd Instant, at Norfolk, three prime young NEGRO FELLOWS, namely, a Bricklayer, a Tailor, and a Field Negro. The Terms of Payment will be made known at the Sale. JOHN LIVINGSTON.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, on Thursday the 7th of October next, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, on the Premises,
THE PLANTATION and Tract of LAND whereon I formerly lived, situated in Dinwiddie, on Namozee Road, about thirteen Miles from Petersburg, whereon is a good Dwellinghouse 28 Feet square, four Rooms on a Floor, with two Brick Chimneys, several convenient Outhouses, good Orchards both for Peaches and Apples, the Crop of Corn growing, and the Utensils of Husbandry belonging to the said Plantation. Also a Tract of GOOD TOBACCO LAND, containing 200 Acres, adjoining the Glebe Land of Bath Parish in the aforesaid County, with necessary Improvements for Cropping, and good Orchards thereon. Likewise six Negroes, two Waggons, and four Work Steers well broke, with several other Articles too tedious to mention. The Payment of one Half of the Purchase Money for the Lands to be secured, by good Bond, to Richard Booker, David Roff, and William Beattie, Gentlemen, twelve Months from the Day of Sale; and the Residue to be ready Money, or payable at the ensuing Meeting of the Merchants in October. (||) STEPHEN DANCE.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 30th Instant (September) pursuant to the Will of Alexander Carver, deceased, at his Dwellinghouse in King William,
A TRACT of LAND, near the said Place, containing 196 Acres, a large Stock of Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, five Horses, Plantation Utensils, and Household Furniture; also a likely Negro Woman with two Children. Six Months Credit will be given the Purchasers for all Sums above twenty Shillings, on their giving approved Security to ROBERT KING, Executor. (||2)
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Amelia Courthouse, on October Court Day,
FIVE Hundred Acres of very good LAND, lying in the said County, about four Miles below the Courthouse; the Plantation is in good Order for Cropping, and sufficient to work six or eight Hands, with a good Dwellinghouse, all convenient Outhouses, and a good Apple and Peach Orchard. Three Hundred Pounds to be paid next October Court, one Half the Remainder to be paid October twelve Months, and the other Half to be paid October two Years. An incontestible Right will be made to the Purchaser by the Subscriber. WILLIAM MARSHALL.
To be SOLD for ready Money, at Amherst Courthouse, on Monday the 4th of October next, being Court Day, twenty choice VIRGINIA BORN SLAVES. The Title will be indisputable.
APOLLO (a beautiful Bay, fifteen Hands two Inches high)
WILL stand at Newport, and cover Mares at FIVE POUNDS the Season. He was got by Fearnaught, out of a bay Mare the Property of Colonel Nathaniel Harrison, on Potomack, which Mare was got by the Cullen Arabian, her Dam called Lady Teigh, by Partner, her Grandam by Greyhound, her Great Grandam by Curvin's bay Barb, which Mare was the Dam of Sophonisba. This Pedigree of the Mare was signed by his Grace the Duke of Kingston. On the 1st Instant (September, 1773) at Leeds, he beat with Ease Colonel Lloyd's bay Mare, Nancy Bywell, a four Miles Heat, ten Stone Weight.
Good Pasturage will be found, and all Mares that require Feeding shall have Corn three Times a Week gratis. I request all Gentlemen, upon sending for their Mares, either to send me the Money or an Order on their Merchant, as the Price I gave for my Horse, and the Trouble and Expense I shall be at in keeping him as a Stud Horse, will not admit of my lying out of my Money. ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD.
N. B. I will not be answerable for any MARES that may get away.
STRAYED or STOLEN from Newcastle, about three Weeks ago, a bay MARE about four Feet eight or nine Inches high, a Star in her Forehead, a small Blaze down her Nose, hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces and trots, and branded O. Whoever brings the said Mare to the Subscriber, in Newcastle, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. JOSEPH ARBUTHNOT.
STOLEN from the Subscriber's Plantation, in York County, about eight Miles below York Town, on Saturday Night the 20th of August last, a large gray Horse about fourteen Hands and a Half high, Bob Tail, the left Side of his Mane roached, has been used to draw in a Chair, which he will show by his Shoulders and Sides, the Brand, if any, forgot. Whoever gives me Information, so that I get him again, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. DIANA CHISMAN.
RUN away from the Subscriber in Norfolk, on Monday the 30th of August, a likely young Negro Fellow, named ZOPHIR, about twenty two Years of Age, five Feet nine or ten Inches high, of a yellowish Complexion, Northward born, had on and took with him when he went away a black Jacket without Sleeves, black Breeches, a Check and Osnaburg Shirt, and as he has been used to the Sea, and can read, it is very probable he may pass for a Freeman, and endeavour to get on Board some Vessel. Whoever takes up the said Slave, and conveys him to Norfolk, shall have TEN DOLLARS Reward. WILLIAM FREEMAN, Senior.
N. B. I forewarn all Masters of Vessels from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 10, 1773.
COMMITTED to the publick Jail, from Cumberland, a Runaway Negro Man called TOM, five Feet ten Inches high, remarkably black, his Face much scarified with his Country Marks, both Ears bored, his right with four Holes and his left five, appears to be upwards of forty Years old, and cannot speak to be understood, had on a Crocus Shirt and Trousers. His Owner is desired to take him away and pay Charges. (12) PETER PELHAM.
COMMITTED to Sussex Jail, the 4th of this Instant (September) a Virginia born Negro Fellow named FRANK, who says he belongs to Mr. Calderhead in Norfolk, and ran away from a Vessel at Petersburg; he is about twenty five Years old, five Feet six or seven Inches high, had on an Osnaburg Shirt and Trousers. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. (1||) JOHN BERRYMAN, Jailer.
JUST IMPORTED, by the Subscriber, a choice Cargo of the best Sorts of ENGLISH LEATHER for all Manner of Mens Shoes and Pumps, and excellent LONDON DRAWLEGS for BOOTS, with which he will be glad to accommodate Gentlemen. He returns his most grateful Acknowledgments to those who formerly favoured him with their Custom, and hopes his past Workmanship will merit a Renewal of it, and he will make it his constant Study to give Satisfaction to all who shall please to favour him with their Commands. GEORGE WILSON, & Co.
N. B. Two or three JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKERS, who understand making of BOOTS and Mens plain and WOOD HEEL SHOES, meet with good Encouragement by applying immediately to me, next Door to Mr. Greenhow's Store in Williamsburg.
TO BE SOLD,
FIVE Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND in the County of Charles City, with a convenient Dwellinghouse and other Improvements. Two Hundred and twenty Acres, in the same County, pleasantly situated on James River.
Two Thousand five Hundred and twenty Acres in the County of Cumberland, commonly known by the Name of Saints James's.
And one Thousand four Hundred and twenty one Acres in the Counties of Goochland and Cumberland, on both Sides of James River, opposite to Elk Island.
The above TRACTS of LAND were of the Estate of the late John Wayles, deceased, devised to the Subscribers, and are now offered for Sale. Persons disposed to purchase may be informed of the Terms, on Application to any one of the Subscribers; and the Times of Payment will be made easy, on giving Bond and Security to THOMAS JEFFERSON. FRANCIS EPPES. HENRY SKIPWITH. (tf)
I PURCHASED, some Time ago, a Tract of LAND of a certain William Hay, and executed two Bonds to him, one for 100 l. payable in May, 1774, the other for 200 l. payable in May, 1775. I am assured the said Hay cannot make a proper Title to the Land, therefore give this early Notice to the Publick that I will not discharge the said Bonds. August 30, 1773. JOHN COX.
To be SOLD at Henrico Court, on Monday the 4th of October,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND, in the said County, containing 400 Acres. It is very level, has a vast Quantity of fine Timber, about seventy Acres cleared, which produces good Corn and Wheat, also a pretty good Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and Corn House, and lies near the best Market in any Part of the Country, being within four Miles of Richmond, where Grain bears the best Prices. There is very good Corn on the Plantation this Year. The fresh Ground will bring between three and four Barrels of Corn to the Thousand. And as fine a Range for Stock as any in the Country. One Hundred and seventy five Pounds to be paid down, and the remainder in two Years from the Day of Sale. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to me in King William. (2) JACOB VALENTINE. P. S. The Land is to be surveyed before the Day of Sale.
To be SOLD or RENTED, on reasonable Terms, and may be entered upon the 1st of November,
A LOT in the Town of Petersburg, whereon William Stainback now lives, on which is a good Dwellinghouse with four Rooms below, and two above, a good Brick Cellar, all convenient Outhouses, and a Garden and Yard plank in. This Place has been kept as a Tavern for many Years past, and is well calculated for that Purpose. For Terms inquire of (4) ROBERT NEWSUM. PETERSBURG, September 1, 1773.
BY Virtue of a Deed of Trust to the Subscriber, from Robert Read, late of Brunswick County, will be exposed to publick Sale for ready Money, on Wednesday the 6th of October, upon the Premises, thirteen very likely SLAVES. Also three Tracts of very valuable LAND, in said County, containing about 1400 Acres, likewise the Crops of Tobacco and Corn now growing thereon. DAVID RUSSELL.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Chesterfield near Rocky Ridge, on Sunday the 29th Instant, a WHITE SERVANT MAN, named William Rollins; he is middle sized, wears his own short black Hair, has a freckled Countenance, is much pitted with the Smallpox, about 21 Years of Age, and lately from London: He had on, and carried with him, a blue Broadcloth Coat and Waistcoat, a Pair of black dyed Leather Breeches, a Sailor's double breasted red Jacket, and three Shirts, one white, the other a Check, and the third of brown Linen, a very good Hat, and a black Neckcloth. As I expect he will endeavour to get on Board some Vessel, I hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from harbouring him. Any Person taking him up and confining him in Jail, or giving me such Intelligence that I get him again, shall receive FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and if taken out of the Colony FIVE POUNDS. FRANCIS SMITH, Junior.

POETS CORNER.
Written at an INN on a particular Occasion.
TO thee, fair Freedom! I retire, From Fraternizing, Feasting, Dice, and Din; Nor art thou found in Do's much higher Than the low Cot, or humble Inn.
To be SOLD on THURSDAY the 4th of NOVEMBER next, before the RALEIGH Tavern, to the highest Bidder,
THE exceeding fine Plantation and TRACT of LAND in Chesterfield County, at the Falls of James River, belonging to the Subscriber, which contains upwards of 2000 Acres, and, on Account of its Richness and Situation, is deservedly esteemed the most valuable in the Colony, nay equal to any in America.
CHARLESTOWN, South Carolina, August 6, 1773. STOLEN from my Plantation near Dorchester, on Sunday the 1st Day of this Instant (August) a large bay GELDING, bred to the Northward, above fifteen Hands high, had Shoes on his fore Feet and on his off hind Foot.
COMMITTED to Surry Jail, the 28th of August, a NEGRO MAN, who calls himself Jemmy Moore, says he formerly belonged to Len Brooks, of Essex County, but is now free.
COMMITTED to Surry Jail, on the 31st of August, a NEGRO MAN, who calls himself Jack Scott, says that he belongs to Peter Hunter, in Warwick Town, and that he runs away from the Brig Christie, Andrew Lee Master, in Hampton Road, and bound to Glasgow.
WHEREAS very little Regard being paid to our last Advertisement relative to the Estate of Mr. Thomas Hornby, deceased, we do now acquaint those Persons whom it may concern, that unless they do settle their respective Debts, due to the said Estate, with Joseph Hornby, by the ensuing October General Court, that they will be put into an Attorney's Hands, with Orders to commence Suits without Respect to Persons.
AS Mr. Neil Campbell gives up the Charge of Messrs. Henderson, McCaul, and Company's Business the 1st of September, it will then be put under the Direction of Mr. William Mitchell, who will carry it on.
WARWICK, August 22, 1773. ALL those indebted to the Estate of Robert Paterson, deceased, late of Hanover County, are again requested to pay Mr. Malcolm Hart, of Hanover Town, who is properly empowered to receive the Debts.
THE Subscriber is empowered to sell the LAND whereon James Murrell lives, lying in Amherst County, on Rock Fish River, and about twenty Miles from James River, containing about 300 Acres, a considerable Part of which is low Ground.
AS I am desirous of discharging all the DEBTS of the late Mr. William Drummond, in the speediest Manner, I purpose to sell the well known, beautiful, and conveniently situated Place called PORTO BELLO.
I CONTINUE to RECEIVE and SELL GOODS, at publick and private Sale, on COMMISSION, and sometimes receive them to be forwarded to different Places, for which I charge an Equivalent to the House Rent and Trouble in storing and delivering.
To be SOLD at Vendue, at Accomack Courthouse, the last Tuesday in September, 40,000 Weight of TRANSFER TOBACCO.
KINGS MILL, September 2, 1773. BURWELL'S FERRY To be LET. For Terms inquire of LEWIS BURWELL.
For SALE, A PARCEL of exceeding good OSNABRUGS just imported, for which Credit will be allowed until the 25th of January next, the Purchaser giving Bond with approved Security.
To be SOLD at Newcastle, on the 25th of October, TWO FORTY HOGSHEADS FLATS, which have been running about eighteen Months; likewise five NEGRO MEN, who have been used chiefly to the crafting Business.
To be SOLD, by Virtue of a Deed in Trust made to the Subscriber, at Hanover Courthouse, on Thursday the 7th of October, for ready Cash,
BULL FIELD, a fine Tract of low Grounds, and level Land, containing about 600 Acres, on the North Fork of Pamunkey River, in the said County.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Norfolk County, on the 26th of August, a NEGRO MAN, who says his Name is Charles, and that he belongs to Mr. John Cabell of Buckingham.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, on Juniper Creek, a small RED ROAN MARE, about six Years old, near four Feet four Inches high, branded on the off Shoulder, with a hanging Mane, a Switch Tail, a small Bell on, and paces well.
WOOLLENS. THE Subscriber has now upon Hand several Bales of coarse Wool-lens properly assorted for a Store, from 6s to 8s. Sterling Value, also a large Quantity of COARSE CLOTHS and TRIMMINGS, in small Bales, from 3s. 6d. to 12s. Sterling a Yard, which he intends selling by the Bale, or retailing by the Piece.
AS I no longer propose doing any Business on my private Account, it is therefore requested that all Persons indebted to me do settle their Accounts, without Loss of Time, either by paying or giving Bonds for their respective Balances; and such as have any Demands against me are desired to make them immediately known, in Order that my Books may be closed.
BEING very desirous to give Satisfaction to the Creditors of my Brother William Ruffin, deceased, in the Discharge of their Debts, I request them immediately to inform Major William Browne, Colonel Richard Taliaferro, Junior, Mr. John H. Cooke, or myself (all of whom are nominated Executors) with their several Demands, that proper Provision may be made for the Payment thereof.
For SALE, THE following TRACTS of LAND in Buckingham County, viz. 3270 Acres on Sharp's Creek, about four Miles from the Mouth of Slate River, near 100 Acres cleared, about 200 bearing Apple Trees, a considerable Peach Orchard, and several other Kinds of Fruit.
WHEREAS a young Man of the Name of WILLIAM TOPPING, who lived in Chowan County, North Carolina, some Time in the Month of January last set off from home on a Journey to Philadelphia, where he was soliciting the Recovery of an Estate, and has never since been heard of, his Friends anxiously request any Person who may know any Particulars concerning him to be kind enough to mention them in a Line directed to Mr. Topping at Edenton, and to convey the Letter by Post.
For SALE, immediately, altogether, or to any Number of Persons that will agree on a Division among themselves,
TWELVE HUNDRED ACRES of LAND, in Sussex, one Mile below the Courthouse, and joining Nottoway River for about a Mile, which affords Plenty of Fish, and makes near 100 Acres of low Ground well stocked with Cypress and other Timber; in the Banks are Plenty of Shells very good for Lime.
For SALE, in the Town of Newcastle, THREE LOTS on the main Street, whereon is a large and commodious Dwelling-House, Kitchen, Dairy, and Smokehouse, a Garden newly paled in, and every other Convenience for a Family; the Whole in very good Order.
THE Subscribers have on Hand between six and seven Hundred Pounds Sterling Worth of EUROPEAN and EAST INDIA GOODS, which they will dispose of at a low Advance, by Wholesale, and make the Terms of Payment convenient to the Purchaser.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, at Cabin Point, a DARK BAY HORSE about four Feet five or six Inches high, with a Star in his Forehead, a hanging Mane and long Bob Tail, is a little Cat-hamm'd, and I believe has a Brand, but it cannot be described.
TO BE SOLD, And may be entered on immediately, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Brunswick, containing about 1000 Acres, of which about 100 Acres are cleared.
COMMITTED to the publick Jail, from Prince George, a Negro Fellow named TOM, who either knows not or will not tell to whom he belongs.
THE Subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the Will of their Testator, the late Honourable William Nelson, desire that all Persons who were indebted to him will endeavour to make as speedy Payments as possible.
TO BE SOLD, ABOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pittsylvania.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12s. 6d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3/, the first Week, and 2/. each Week after. All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.