The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1771-03-28 00:00:00

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GAZETTE.
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FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. — Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
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TREASURY OFFICE, MARCH 18, 1771.
I HAVE hitherto been willing to suppose that the great Delays, in collecting and accounting for the different Duties and Taxes imposed for the various Purposes of Government...
I am sorry to observe, that of the great Number of Executions I have been obliged to issue some are not yet returned to Mr. Secretary's Office...
RO. C. NICHOLAS, TREASURER.
ANCONA, November 18.
As the Accounts lately received from the Levant assure us that the Russian Fleet in those Seas receives daily Reinforcements of Ships and Men...
LONDON, December 15.
THE Riot in the Upper Room has shocked the Delicacy of Sir Fletcher Norton. Upon Occasion of some Clamour yesterday, he called to them...
December 18. If our present Dispute with Spain cannot be accommodated with Honour (says a Writer in one of the Papers) a War, of Course, must be inevitable.
On Tuesday a Petition was presented to the Lords of the Admiralty, by the Merchants trading to South Carolina and Georgia, praying that a Convoy may be appointed before the 1st of March next...
December 27. It is said that an exact Computation has been made, by Order of the Admiralty, of the Number of Sailors from the outward bound Ships now in the Port of London.
All the private Ships which sail from France and Spain for America have Convoy.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia has ordered an Account to be taken of the Number of Poor residing in the Neighbourhood of Gunnerbury House...
Lord Mansfield has given the Sum of five Hundred Pounds to be distributed to the Poor in and about Caen Wood and Highgate, according to the Number of their Families...
The following Extract of a Letter from France is handed about in this City. The English Ministry are universally derided, or pitied, on the Continent.
The Board of Admiralty have ordered several Frigates of War to be stationed on the Coast of Scotland, with their full Complement of Marines.
they require it; and this regards the Applications of the India Company and Carolina Merchants, as well as other capital Traders.
Extract of a Letter from Portsmouth, December 22. On Sunday last, after Post, arrived at Spithead, from Plymouth, his Majesty's Ship Prince of Wales...
We hear that there are to be built here, and at the different Dockyards, a great Number of flat bottomed Boats, on a new Construction.
Last Night Admiral Geary gave Notice to the Masters of such Ships as were bound to the Mediterranean not to sail without a Convoy...
A Letter from Yarmouth, dated the 19th Instant, says the Storm that Morning made great Havock among the Shipping on their Coast...
The Blacket, the Glory, the Thomas, the Union, the Good Intent, the Chance, and the Elizabeth and Anne, all Colliers, were lost last Wednesday Morning in Yarmouth Roads...
The Peggy Sloop of War was stranded near Harborough on Wednesday Morning, and forty of the Crew are lost. The Captain was taken up almost dead...
Extract of a Letter from on Board the Glutton East Indian, Captain Doveton, at Gravesend, December 25.
On Thursday last a Note was received from the Shore, informing us that in a few Hours an Attempt would be made to press all our Hands...
The next Morning the Captain of the Wasp Sloop, in his twelve oared Barge, and four others, came alongside and made a second Attempt...
Our Accounts from Newcastle are very melancholy, advising that of about seventy Colliers which sailed from that Port for London fifteen were dismasted on Wednesday Night...
We hear from Newcastle that a Ship belonging to Captain Cole, of Bolton, was, when within six Hours Sail of London, entered by a Press Gang...
By the general Bill of Mortality, from December 12th, 1769, to December 11th, 1770, it appears there have been christened, Males, eight Thousand seven Hundred and sixty one, Females, eight Thousand three Hundred and forty eight...
Yesterday there was a Levee at St. James's. Yesterday her Majesty paid a Visit to the Prince and Princess, who are under Inoculation at St. James's Palace.
Her Majesty's Attendance on the young Princess on Monday, rather than receiving the Compliments of the Court, does the highest Honour to her maternal Tenderness.
The grand Entertainment which was given yesterday by the Duke of Northumberland was not confined to the Minority, but many of the Nobility on the other Side were also invited.
We hear a great Person has declined any Command in any naval Expedition, until he has perfected himself in the Art of Navigation.
Certain Advices are said to have been received on Tuesday that twenty four Ships of the Line, with a proportionable Number of Troops, Transports, &c., had sailed from Spain...
It is positively asserted that the French Fleet now lying at Brest, and the Spanish Fleet in Cadiz Bay, are ready for sailing...
On Tuesday last Lady Grosvenor's Proctor produced at Doctors Commons two of her recriminating Witnesses...
A certain great Personage, having offered his Service to adjust the Disputes in the political World, has given the noblest Proof that he possesses a great and good Mind.
The Duplicity of the Conduct of the Bostonians has at Length awaked all the Colonies; at the very Time they pretended to be averse to Importation...
The Roman Catholic Priests of Ireland have for some Sundays past exhorted, from the Pulpit, their Congregations to behave in a peaceable and loyal Manner...
The Command of the Northumberland Man of War is said to be given to Captain King...
The Proclamation issued at Paris to prohibit any Person from losing more than ten Louis d'ors, at one Sitting, at Cards, does the highest Honour to French Policy.
A Correspondent, speaking of the Queries published a few Days ago in Lord Camden's Name, says: No Part of the Opinion contained in these Queries was ever stated by Lord Camden in the Form of Questions...
The Spanish Ambassador has had very high Words, within these few Days, with Lord Rochford. In one Part of their Conversation, the Ambassador was speaking in high Terms of the Honour of his Master...
Lord Howe's grand Fleet will be ready for Service in about a Fortnight. The Course which it is to steer, and which is to be immediate, will at once determine the great important Question, War or no War.
Chapter of Facts, or Materials for History. 1. The House of Lords, justly offended at the Accuracy and Precision with which a certain noble Duke's Oration has been delivered to the Public...
2. But, not to give Offence, the Exclusion is made general; their Lordships very properly considering that the Members of the House of Commons are no more fit to be trusted with the Debates of a publick Assembly.
than the Spies or Emissaries of a foreign Ambassador, or so many Jesuits in Disguise.
3. The Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of Lords was pleased to summon all the Lords to attend on Monday last, on Purpose to inform their Lordships collectively in what Corner of the House each Lord separately might find Waste Paper for his necessary Occasions.
4. The Bill for regulating the contested Elections was strenuously opposed by Lord North, and the rest of the King's Servants; yet every one of the Judges who went the Circuit last Summer...
5. So far from performing this Duty, it is a Fact notorious that one PURLING, a Carrickbawler, has been encouraged by Ministry to introduce a third Candidate at Shoreham...
6. Let it be known to Posterity, that, when Lord Mansfield was attacked, with so much Vehemence, in the House of Commons, on Thursday the 6th Instant...
GLASGOW, December 27.
We are informed from Greenock that for some Days past there has been a very hot Press at that Place and Port Glasgow...
Early on Friday Morning a Fire broke out in the Glasgow Sugar House, but by the timeous Application of the Water Engines, and the speedy Assistance of some People in the Neighbourhood...
It is said there are Letters in Town from London, giving an Account that the Merchants there are in daily Expectation of an Embargo being laid upon the Shipping in the River Thames.
Extract of a Letter from Turnberry near Girvin, dated the 16th Instant. I am extremely sorry to inform you of the melancholy Loss of the Belfast Trader, which happened on Tuesday Night the 11th Instant.
The Elligood, How, belonging to this Place, is lost on the Coast of Suffex. We hear above four Thousand Pounds ensued on this Vessel.
Yesterday Morning there was a very hot Press at Leith. Three Companies of the Regiment now quartered at Edinburgh went down to assist the Press Gang.
Extract of a Letter from London, December 29.
It was yesterday the strong Report, at the Coffeehouses about the Court, that War will be declared against Spain before the End of the next Week.
The Spanish Ambassador, it is said, has not paid a single visit to, nor received one, from any of the Ministry, these four Days.
By the Discoveries which the Russians have made, and are continually making, from Kamchatka, in the north Part of the South Seas, they have opened a Door into the Spanish Dominions in North and South America...
The last Letters from the Continent are filled with melancholy Accounts of the Damage done to the Shipping along the Channel, and on the Coasts of Holland and Flanders.
Mr. Alderman Wilkes has desired that Information may be given him of all the Publicans within the Ward of Farringdon Without that entertain common Prostitutes...
January 3. On the 2d Instant came on at Holyrood House the Election of one of the sixteen Peers, in the Room of the late Duke of Argyle...
On Friday last Sir Charles Knowles, lately appointed chief President of the Admiralty to the Empress of Russia, set out with his Family, and a grand Retinue, for Peterburg...
Our Accounts from the east Coast of England are very melancholy. The Weather, during the whole Season, has been remarkably severe...
ABERDEEN, December 24. The following very melancholy Accident happened in this Place, on Thursday Night last. A Gentleman from the Country, who had the Custom of swanning in his Sleep...

DAVID SIMPLE's Letter to his Father in the Country, dated LONDON, December 20, 1770.
HONOURABLE FATHER, I got to my Uncle's, after a very wet and disagreeable Journey, last Tuesday fortnight. He received us in a very kind Manner, and made my Sister eat and drink to much that she has been sick every since. He is a very merry Man, and never wants Something to say to every Body, and upon every Subject. He makes a great Joke of your Learning, and of your Way of thinking. I am told he is a great Patriot, but he does not go much to Church. He has very near convinced me that your Principles are wrong, and that the Country will certainly be undone till John Wilkes, Esquire, is Prime Minister; and Mr. Belsize, who is very fond of falling, is at the Head of the Admiralty. I had the Honour of spending the Evening, with the last Gentleman, at my Uncle's. He is a fine spoken Man to be sure; but there was so much smoking, and such a Stink in the Room, I could not bear it for the Want of fresh Air, so I took a great Deal by not being able to sit in his Company. But by Ufe I shall be able, I hope, to say any Thing for the Sake of Information. Yesterday I saw the Lord Mayer, Aldermen, and Common Councilmen, Bedlam, and Newgate. I cannot say that this was a very diverting Day; to see Nothing but Folks who had lost their Wits, or their Liberty, can be no pleasing Sight to an Englishman, and a Christian. My Uncle will take us to-morrow to the other End of the Town, to see the Ministers and the great People of the Court, and afterwards to a Collection of wild Beasts; for he very pleasantly says, that he always shows them together. Indeed I am almost black and blue with walking along the City; they do so jostle and cudgel one with their Elbows that Sister and I now walk in the Middle of the Streets, I in my Boots, and she with her Petticoats tucked up. They laugh and hollow at us, but we trudge on. I remember the Story of Atalanta in Ovid's Metamorphoses, and so we never stop for any Thing till we arrive at where we are going. The Folks are very rude to be sure, but my Uncle says it is all owing to our Liberties handed down to us by Magna Charta; and so Sister and I are satisfied, though we are in such Pickle. I want sadly to see the King and Queen, whose Healths I have drank so many Years; but Uncle says it is Time enough, and is rather cross when I plague him about it. God bless them, I say; though I am no Courtier now, nor Sally neither, yet we will love the King and Queen as long as we have Breath to draw. I dare not say so to my Uncle, for when he comes from his Club he wears bitterly that he would not receive a Place or a Pension if he were starving. It is not my Business you know to contradict him a Rowland for his Oliver, if I durst. More of that any other Time. I forgot to tell you that the great Folks have been turning one another out of their Houses, and booting at one another! There is the Deuce to do! My Uncle wishes that they were all turned out of their Houses, and he had the Key in his Pocket. If so (says he) you should be a Bishop, Sally a Maid of Honour, and I a Sinecure, with an Embassy to a foreign Court; but he would not take a Place himself. I am not ambitious, but I wish you had a better Living, and our Family well provided for. I can no more at present, but Love to you all. Your dutiful Son, DAVID SIMPLE.
The Particulars of a late Affair at YORK.
THE renowned Count Kelly (an Irish Peasant's Son, who, by Gaming, Pimping, &c. has become a fine Gentleman) Proprietor of the celebrated Hare Eclipse, being at York Races, had engaged a Room at the principal Inn, to which, by some Mistake, a young Lady, Daughter to a Roman Catholic Baronet in that Country, had been admitted. The Count was that Evening amusing himself, with a few Friends, at the Coffeehouse, at that innocent and amusing Diversion called Hazard, which engaged him until near three in the Morning. Upon his Return, finding his Chamber Door locked, he forced it open; and meeting with so agreeable an Inmate, he begged that he might not interrupt her, but that they might repose together for the Remainder of the Night. The Lady, instead of consenting to this Proposal, flew out of the Room, naked as she was, and ran along the Gallery, crying out for Help, whilst the Count pursued her. This alarmed the other Lodgers, who presently came to her Relief; when the Hero thought proper to make a Retreat, and barricaded himself in his Room. This did but more incense the Lady's Friends; who immediately broke open the Door, and secured him. A Prosecution was commenced; which the Count, however, found Means to avert, by the judicious Application of a large Sum of Money.
The following is a Transcript from one of the Letters wrote by a Turkish Spy in PARIS.
A YOUNG Lord fell in Love with a Dutchess of singular Beauty; but knew not how to make her sensible of it. At Length fortune favoured him with an Opportunity beyond his Expectation. One Evening, as he returned from hawking, he passed through the Fields of that Dutchess, bordering on the Palace. The Duke, her Husband, and she, were walking together as the young Lord came by. The Duke, seeing his Train, and what Game they had been at, asked him some Questions concerning their Sport; and, being of an hospitable Disposition, invited him into his Palace to take a Collation. Nothing could be more agreeable to the young Lover. He accepted the Offer; and here commenced an Acquaintance, which made Way, in Time, for an Affection between the Dutchess and him. He was let into the Gardens one Night, and so conducted privately into her Chamber, where she lay ready in Bed to receive him. After some Compliments, the Dutchess said, my Lord, you are obliged to my Husband for this Favour; who, as soon as you was gone from our House, gave you such Commendations as made me conceive an immediate Passion for you. Is this true, Madam (replied the young Lover, already Half undressed) then far be it from me to be ungrateful to my Friend. With that he put on his Garments again, and took his Leave.
From the PUBLICK ADVERTISER of December 13. To the PRINTER.
IF our Opinions of War or Peace were to depend upon the Reports spread from Day to Day in the City, which are propagated by interested Men, and greedily swallowed by the ignorant, it would be impossible for us to have any fixed determinate Ideas upon the Matter. Those who talk most and loudest have some Views, in which the Price of the Stocks is either immediately or remotely concerned; while the poor People, who, finding themselves unable to talk, are therefore obliged to listen, accept of whatever is offered to them without Consideration, and very often take decisive Steps in the Management of their Fortunes, as if they had indisputable Facts, or incontrovertible Arguments, to proceed upon. It is very surprising, Sir, but very true, that in these Matters hardly one Man in a Thousand is directed by common Sense, or his own Understanding. If this was not the Case, how would it be possible for any Man to entertain a Doubt about the actual State, and necessary Consequence, of our present Difference with Spain! We see a protracted Negotiation; and, because it is protracted, we conclude that, of Course, it must produce an Accommodation. This, I am persuaded, is the only Foundation of those Hopes, which many People affect to entertain that we shall have a Peace. They are so possessed of this Idea that they will not suffer themselves to look to Facts, nor to be determined by fair Reasoning. But, Sir, prejudiced as we are, the Voice of Truth may still be heard.
One of his Majesty's Possessions is taken from him, in Consequence of a deliberate Resolution of the Court of Spain. The Governor is not punished; the Island is not restored; and, if we may believe the Advices brought by every successive foreign Mail, there is not a single Port in Spain in which there is not an extraordinary Appearance of military and naval Preparation. The Reason of their not giving a direct, decisive Answer, is plain. Their Preparations are not completed, and the longer they can keep us in a State of Hope and Suspence the better able they will be to strike a decisive Blow whenever they begin. Now, Sir, look at Home. I do not doubt that our Ministry would be willing to patch up an Accommodation upon any Terms that would bear a decent, ostensible Appearance; but they cannot do it, and they know it. I do not pretend to be in the Secret; all I desire is, that you will observe the following plain Facts. A great Fleet is certainly ordered to be equipped; Bounty and Impresses are employed as far as they will go; at least Application is made to Parliament, and forty Thousand Seamen are voted for the Service of the ensuing Year; the Army is now ordered to be augmented in the same Proportion with the Navy, and Orders are issued for raising Men as expeditiously as possible all over his Majesty's Dominions. On the British Establishment alone there is to be an Augmentation of thirteen Thousand Men. The Expense of these two extraordinary Services, to say Nothing of the Augmentation of the Army in Ireland, will amount to very little less than two Millions Sterling. Now, Sir, can you conceive it possible that the Ministry would run the Nation into this enormous Expense (knowing, at the same Time, that they were giving a mortal shock to publick Credit) if they had the smallest Reason to flatter themselves that they could accommodate Matters upon an honourable Footing? But I shall be told, perhaps, that all this is mere Matter of Precaution, and no more than what any piratical Spanish Governor may oblige us to every six Months, if the Court of Spain think proper. If this be the Case, we are in a blessed Condition. The Spaniards have Nothing to do but to take an Island from us whenever they have an Opportunity, put us to an Expense of two or three Millions, and then give us our Island Back again. But, if we may be allowed to judge from
Experience, I defy any Man to produce an Instance in the English History of this Country's having armed, in the Manner we now do, without its ending in an open War. But it will be asked, if all this be true, why not declare War immediately? The Answer is obvious, we are not yet ready. In a Fortnight, or three Weeks, I take it for granted Lord Howe's Fleet may be ready to sail, and then I make not the least Doubt that we shall have a Declaration of War.
We have inserted the following, for the Perusal of our female Readers.
THE reading of Romances is pernicious. I would have but very little Use made of them. They falsify the Understanding; because, being never founded upon Truth, and only on Illusions, they warm the Imagination, weaken the Modesty, disorder the Heart, and, if the young Readers are of delicate Feelings, hasten their Disposition, and precipitate them headlong into Errors. I would, however, not suppress them totally. All Prohibitions lay a Restraint on Liberty, and only augment the Desire; but one ought, as much as possible, to read solid Books, which adorn the Mind, and give Vigour to the Heart. Those which leave behind them unruly Impressions, and are difficult to be erased, may only be read by People who fancy Happiness can consist in the Pursuit of Vice.
She is a chaste, a clean and comely Wife, And Washing is the blessing of her Life. DRYDEN.
I CAME this Morning down Stairs, very cold. My Wife had had the Rheumatism all Night, and so very bad that she neither slept herself nor even permitted me to sleep. The Atmosphere was heavy, charged with dripping Damps; the Sun totally bonneted; our Fire dull, without any Inclination to burn. I sat down in my Arm Chair; but feeling a piercing Wind at my left Shoulder, I rose hastily to shut the Door. "I won't have the Door shut, says she; don't you see the Room, the Passage, the Stairs, the Kitchen, the Hearth, are all wet? I'll have all the Doors open to dry them." "Consider, my Dear, said I, your bad Night, and what you suffered; if you don't regard me, pray, Mrs. Wash'em, consider yourself, your own dear Health, Mrs. Wash'em." "Health! says she, consider on a Saturday, when the House is to be cleaned! No, no, Mr. Wash'em, you know little of my Disposition, by attempting to enforce such dirty Arguments, in Opposition to a clean House. I'll die with a Mop in my Hands. I listen to any Preachments that indicate Dirt, or intimate the least Notion of leaving off washing Rooms on a Saturday!" At which she bounced out of the Room, worried the Servants, made them scald their Mouths to despatch their Breakfasts, and in an Instant set the whole House in a Swim, from Top to Bottom.
This, Sir, is my Case, and Misery, with such a very cleanly Wife. Though I carried her three Years into Scotland on Purpose to cure her, and make Dirt familiar to her Eyes, yet, alas! it has no Effect; and one may as well be in the Fens of Lincolnshire as in our House on a Saturday. However, by the Fireside, with my great Coat and Boots on, the Doors and Windows all open, I have attempted to describe our watery Mansion, and prove that Saturday kills more Folks than any Day in the Week. WILLIAM WASH'EM.
BRIDGETOWN (Barbados) December 15.
Extracts from a Letter, of the 30th of November, from one of the Honourable Council Board at Tobago.
"A Conspiracy of forty Coromantees has kept us in continual Alarm these seventeen Days past. Thank God, it is now quite over; as most of them are either killed, hanged, burnt, or taken. I had four out, who lay down near Rockley Bay, cut one another's Throats, and died mutually in each other's Arms."
From another Letter.
"Upon the Whole, we think those People argue not irrationally who propose great Benefit and Credit to accrue to us, in the Event, from this rash and unexpected Insurrection of the Negroes, in our Infancy, as we may term it; for it must necessarily cause the Planter to provide himself with able white Servants, and with Arms and Ammunition, and be ever watchful and upon his Guard. The Slaves, from the easy quashing of this, by our own Strength and Resolution alone, and by the Examples made of the Ringleaders, will be deterred from any more of the like Attempts; and the Legislature of Tobago will, no Doubt, apply to the Government at Home for more Troops to protect us; and it will very soon be convinced, from our Imports to Great Britain, how deserving we shall be of its utmost Attention, and that, from the Quantity of Sugar, and the peculiar Quality thereof, made in this Island, it will, in a short Time (scarce credible) be the Nonpareil, for its Size, of the whole West Indies for this Commodity."
QUEBEC, January 24.
Extracts of a Letter from a Gentleman at Berthier, to his Friend in this City, dated the 14th Instant.
I ARRIVED here last Saturday Morning, after much Fatigue. On Thursday last I found the Body of Donald Morrison, in the Parish of the Bai du Fevre, about twelve Leagues from this Place, who was most inhumanly murdered, on Sunday Morning the 30th of last Month, by one Jean Baptiste Dufourt, Native of France. by a Blow he gave him on the right side of his Head, with a Stone of a Pound and a Half Weight, which sunk into his Skull. The Body was carried by the atrocious Murderer, on the same Night, into a Wood behind his House, where he interred it, about two Feet and a Half under Ground. Myself and another Person apprehended the Murderer, who showed us where he had concealed the Deceased's Merchandise, for the Sake of gaining which, and the Cash the Deceased had about him (of which ninety odd Pounds have been found) he perpetrated his wicked Design; he also delivered the Stone with which he did the Execution. He is sent Prisoner to Montreal, where no Doubt he will be punished according to his Crime.
BOSTON, February 4.
A PARAGRAPH in the New Hampshire Gazette, of last Friday, says: "It is proposed that publick Prayers, in all the religious Assemblies in America, be every Lord's Day devoutly offered up to Heaven for the Preservation of the inestimable Life of the Earl of CHATHAM."
February 11. An extraordinary fat Sheep was brought a few Days ago to this Market. The four Quarters weighed, in the Whole, one Hundred and twenty Pounds; which sold for five Shillings old Tenour a Pound, and amounted to thirty Pounds, exclusive of the Skin, Head, &c. Last Monday was weighed at the Hay Market, in Portsmouth, a Bull Calf thirteen Months old, bred in that Town, which weighed six Hundred and sixty seven Pounds.
Saturday last we had here a very severe Storm of Wind and Rain, which has done considerable Damage to the Wharfs and Shipping in Town.
February 14. A Committee of the Clergymen of Maryland, lately held at Annapolis, hath directed an Application to the Crown for the Nomination of a Bishop in that Province, that the Students of Divinity in the American Universities may not be obliged to the Expense of a Voyage to England before they can obtain Orders; and that the Proficiencies of the Clergy, too numerous in America, may not, as hitherto, pass uncensured.
BRIDGEWATER, January 16. Nicholas Wade, a Farmer in this Town, observing one of his Sheep ready to lamb, put her into a Barn; the next Morning found her dead, out of which he took a lifeless Monster, much resembling an overgrown human Foetus, or a large Female Negro Child; the Skin was black, and perfectly smooth, except the Scalp, which was hairy; the Face was nearly in human Form, the Cheeks large and full, and a perfect Negro Nose; the Trunk, or Body, being much in Form, having a flat Breast, about ten Inches over, and the Length near that Proportion; the Limbs likewise resembling the human both in Bigness and Joinings, especially the Shoulders, Hips, and Knees, admitting of the same Turns and Motions. The Parts resembling the Sheep were the lower Jaw, Ears, Feet, and Tail, which was a Stub, about two Inches long. This Monster has been critically viewed by a Number of Persons, and they all agree in the above Description.
NEW YORK, February 11.
ABOUT one o'Clock on Friday Morning a violent Storm came on, attended with heavy Rain, which continued till eight the next Day. The Wind being at south east, together with the great Fall of Rain, caused such a prodigious high Tide that it overflowed the Wharfs, and carried off great Quantities of Lumber, &c. besides considerably damaging them. A Sloop lying at Cruger's Dock broke her Fast, and was drove ashore in Rotten Row, but may be got off again. The Ship New York, bound to Liverpool, ready for sailing, parted her Cable, and ran aground near the same Place; it is said her Cargo must be taken out before she can be got off. Captain Allboy's Sloop, lying at Murray's Wharf, had her upper Timbers stove in, besides receiving other Damage. A new Wharf, that was building for Doctor Brownjohn, is entirely destroyed. A Boat lying in the great Dock was stove to Pieces, and entirely lost; besides a great Number of small Craft. Most of the Cellars near the River were filled with Water, and the Goods therein greatly damaged.
Tuesday Morning arrived the Ship Rising Sun, Captain Anthony Askey, in fifteen Days from St. Eustatia. Two Days before Captain Askey left Eustatia there arrived a Brig and a Schooner from New England, and a
Sloop, Captain Wheaton, from New York; they had all been in bad Weather, the Brig and Schooner had lost their Foremasts, and the Sloop her Belsprit. Captain Wheaton brought in a Mulatto Man, whom he took from the Wreck of a Vessel foundered at Sea. One of the other Vessels also brought in the Captain and a Foremast Man, whom he took from the Wreck of another foundered Vessel, and were all that were saved from these two Vessels; a third Vessel shared the same Fate, and every Soul perished. These three foundered Vessels belonged to New England.
On Tuesday, between three and four o'Clock in the Morning, the City was alarmed with the Cry of Fire, and ringing of the Bells; but they soon ceased, the Fire being discovered and suppressed before it had done much Damage. It broke out in a back Parlour of Colonel Robinson's House, in Wall Street, and was said to have been occasioned by a Beam taking Fire which was placed under the Hearth; an injudicious Method of building, whereby a great many Houses have been destroyed.
February 18. Last Saturday the Earl of Dunmore went up to the Council Chamber, in the City Hall, and passed a great Number of Laws, amongst which are the two following, viz.
An Act for emitting the sum of twelve Thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit, to be put out on Loan, &c.
An Act for making a farther Provision of two Thousand Pounds for furnishing his Majesty's Troops quartered in this Colony with Necessaries, for one Year.
Yesterday the Post from Albany brought the agreeable News that the Honourable Mr. Justice Livingston (who has been three Times refused his Seat in the Assembly, upon the Vote of the House against the Judges) was elected again for the Manor of Livingston, without any Opposition.
As his Majesty has repealed the Act which disqualified the Judges from Seats in the House, it is said there is not the least Doubt but that the Electors of the Manor are resolved to insist on their Member, and their Right of electing any Person not disqualified by Law.
Edmund Burke, Esquire, remains Agent for the Province of New York; the last Vote of the House, in his Favour, remaining unaltered. He has a Salary of five Hundred Pounds a Year, from the Day of his first Appointment. This Gentleman's distinguished Abilities, and firm Attachment to the American Cause, will, no Doubt, render his Appointment very disagreeable to our Enemies at Home.
Captain M'Dougall, who was charged for a Contempt of the House, remains still in the new Jail, for the Assembly was not prorogued, but adjourned; so that the Sessions is not at an End, and the Recess is only till the 25th Instant, when the Members are to meet again, upon Business, without Notice.
It has been voted in the House not to pay off the Arrears of the Barrack Money, &c. pursuant to the billeting Statute.
March 4. Some of the Letters received by the Packet mention War as doubtful, while others say it is inevitable. However, we hear a Company of Light Infantry is to be added to all the Regiments in America, and twenty private Men to each Company; also that another Battalion is to be added to the Regiment of Artillery; and that most of the Line of Battle Ships in the English Navy are put in Commission.
By the Packet we have a Confirmation that the Right Honourable John Earl of Dunmore, our Governor, is appointed to the Command of the Dominion of Virginia; that he is to be succeeded by Governor Tryon of North Carolina, and that Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Martin, of Long Island, is appointed Governor of the last mentioned Province.
The 22d of last Month a Highway Robbery was committed, between New Rochelle and Maroncke, on a poor Oysterman, whose Boat was laid up by the Ice, and who was returning to his Family. He stopped at a Tavern in New Rochelle, where he got a little Refreshment, and proceeded; but he had not travelled far before he was overtaken by three Men and a Woman, whom he recollected to have left drinking at the Tavern, and before whom, in paying the Reckoning, he had exhibited the Strength of his Pockets, which consisted of between seven and eight Dollars. They joined Company, and travelled together until they came to a convenient Spot to perpetrate their Design; when one of the Men demanded his Money, and threatened to blow out his Brains. Upon his not immediately complying, he put his Hand in his Bosom, as feeling for a Pistol. The poor Man, terrified at his repeated Threats, dropped his Money on the Ground, when the Wretch insisted on his picking it up and putting it into his Hand, damning him for a Rascal, and asking him if he thought he would stoop for his Money. He stripped him of a Shirt and Handkerchief, and what Money he had about him, and then made off. The Oysterman proceeded to the next House, where, getting Assistance, he pursued them, overtook two of the Men and the Woman, who were carried before a Justice of the Peace and committed to Jail at the White Plains. One of the Men has turned King's Evidence.
A Person who overheard the famous Doctor B—, of Connecticut, and his Deacons, talk upon Election, Reprobation, and Free Will, at his Departure left the following Lines on the Table.
IF all Things succeed, as already decreed, And immutabled Impulses rule us, To preach and to pray is but Time thrown away, And our Teachers do Nothing but fool us; And if we, by hard Fate, are drove this Way and that, As the Carman with Whip drives his Horses, Then no Man can stray, but must go the right Way, As the Stars that are bound in their Courses: But if, by Free Will, we can go, or stand still, As best suits each present Occasion, Then fill up the Glass, and conclude him an Ass Who preaches up Predestination.
NEW BERN, March 15.
ON Monday last a special Court of Oyer and Terminer was held here for this District, when a very respectable Grand Jury, summoned from the several Counties of the District, appeared, and were empannelled and sworn; to whom were preferred a great Number of Bills of Indictment, against the People called Regulators, sixty one of which they found, and then made the following Presentment.
The Presentment of the Grand Jury of the District of NEW BERN. WHEREAS a Number of unthinking and deluded People, Inhabitants of the County of Orange, and of the neighbouring Counties in this Province, under the Influence and Direction of several wicked, seditious, evil designing, and disaffected Persons, have assumed to themselves the Title of Regulators, and in open Defiance of the Laws of the Land, in great Numbers, under Arms, assembled together, violently resisted, insulted, and beat, the Sheriffs and other Officers in the Execution of their Office, and expressly refused to pay their Shares of the publick Taxes laid by the General Assembly of the Province for the Support of Government; and at the last Superior Court of Justice held for the District of Hillsborough, in the Month of September last, assembled together, in a riotous and tumultuous Manner, barbarously insulted and broke up that Court, cruelly beating and wounding the Officers thereof, destroying and pillaging the Houses of such Persons as were obnoxious to their Ringleaders, and have lately assembled themselves in great Numbers, armed and arrayed in warlike Manner, and publicly avowing their Intention of marching to Newbern, and of carrying into Execution by Force their hostile Measures: We, the Grand Jury of the District of Newbern, being thoroughly sensible that Actions and Attempts so execrable and mischievous (if permitted) are plain Usurpations of the Power of the Legislature, substituting in its Place armed and lawless Force, and thereby leaving as a Prey to the stronger the Lives, Liberties, and Properties, or our weaker Fellow Subjects; and that honest Industry can have an Existence no longer than Property, which is the Fruits of it, is secured by fixed and established Laws; and we being fully and perfectly sensible of the great Happiness and Liberty which the Subjects of this Province do enjoy under his Majesty's gentle and benign Administration thereof, and that such flagitious Crimes, in Proportion to the Success of them, must necessarily be subversive of these invaluable Blessings, and introductory of Anarchy and Confusion, do therefore present all such wicked, seditious, evil designing, and disaffected Persons, who, under the Title of Regulators, have hitherto perpetrated, or attempted to perpetrate, or may hereafter attempt to perpetrate, such enormous Crimes or Offences, as being Enemies to his Majesty's Person and Government, and to the Liberty, Happiness, and Tranquillity, of his good and faithful Subjects of this Province.
GIVEN under our Hands and Seals, this 15th Day of March, in the Year of our Lord 1771.
As these infatuated and deluded People who call themselves Regulators are often gathering themselves in Bodies, and still oppose the civil Government of this Province, the Grand Jury also drew up an Association, thereby solemnly engaging to support Government against the Insurgents, at the Risk of their Lives and Fortunes, and to adopt every salutary Measure in their Power for restoring Peace and Tranquillity, and enforcing a due Execution of the Laws of the Province; which Association was immediately signed by his Excellency the Governor, the President, and Gentlemen of his Majesty's Council, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, the Members of the Grand Jury, and a great Number of others. And we have now the most sanguine Expectations that such spirited and decisive Measures will be pursued as will restore Peace and good Government to a Part of the Province that bids fair to be the most respectable County in it, could Government entirely root out a Set of the most extraordinary Men of any Kingdom or Nation in the World that ever met together to disturb the Community of which they were Members.

On Tuesday last a Court Martial was held here, for the Trial of Jeremiah Pritchett, a Man belonging to the Craven Regiment of Militia; and it being fully proved to the Court that he was disaffected to Government, and had deserted his Colours, and endeavoured to breed a Mutiny at the last general Muster, when his Excellency the Governor was reviewing them, in actual Service of the Province, they sentenced him to receive one Hundred and fifty Lashes at the Halberts, which Sentence was in Part executed upon him next Day, by his receiving one Hundred Lashes at the Head of the Town Company, which was ordered under Arms for that Purpose. It is thought the other fifty Lashes will be remitted, on Account of the very great Contrition and Repentance he is under for committing a Crime of so dishonourable a Nature as deserting the Colours of his King and Country. While the Sentence was executing a Bylander was overheard making a Proposal to pelt the Executioner with Eggs, which being told to the Colonel of the Regiment, he laid Hands on the Person and put him under a Guard. At the same Time, with the true Spirit of a loyal Subject and brave Officer, drawing his Sword, he declared he would punish with his own Hand any Person that dared to insult the Fellow merely for executing a Duty he was put on by the Court Martial; which spirited Behaviour of the Colonel caused a profound Silence, and gave general Satisfaction to the numerous Company met on the Occasion, and must also reflect great Honour on his Conduct.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 28. We hear from Isle of Wight County that a large sailing Boat belonging to Mr. Thomas Day, of Day's Point, in that County, was over-set in a Gale of Wind, on Saturday the 2d Instant, in James River, by which Accident one John Bedgood and John Gray, of that Place, with two very valuable Negro Slaves belonging to Mr. Day, perished. As the Bodies have not yet been heard of, it will be esteemed a Favour by the Friends and Relations of the unfortunate Bedgood and Gray if the Person that should discover their Bodies would immediately give Notice to Mr. Day, that, if possible, they may be removed to that Place; if not, it is requested they may be decently interred, and the Expense will be willingly paid. Mr. Bedgood was aged about thirty, and clothed in a double breasted homespun Jacket bound with green, spotted Stockings, Leather Breeches, Check Shirt, and a Duffil great Coat almost new. He has left a Widow, and three small Children, in unhappy Circumstances. Mr. Gray was about forty Years of Age, and clothed in a blue Coat and Jacket, Osnaburg Trousers, Country made new Shoes, and a Duffil great Coat much worn. It is supposed he had some Cash, in Silver, with him, which may probably be found with the Body. The Bell, Porterfield, and Dunkirk, from Glasgow, and the True Briton, Atkinson, from Liverpool, are arrived in James River. ARRIVALS from GLASGOW, from VIRGINIA. Prince of Wales, Chalmers. Pearl, Speir. Paisley, Peter. Blandford, Troop. Virginia, Thompson. Bowman, Stevenson. Peggy, Ramsay. Brunswick, M'Larty. [MARRIAGES.] JAMES PARK FARLEY, Esquire, to Miss BETSEY BYRD, eldest Daughter of the Honourable William Byrd, Esquire. The following, in this dull Time, may serve for Amusement, as well as for a Specimen of the Author's epistolary Abilities. To Mr. B—, Razor Grinder in Williamsburg, with seven Razors to be ground. By Colonel P— J— I have sent you hereby seven of my Razors, which I desire you to grind thin and right good and well, and afterwards to set them on your Stone, to take the rough Edge off, that they may shave me well. You'll see I have marked all my seven Razors with my Name (that is, C— M—, Richmond Town) so that it will be impossible for you to make a Mistake, or send other Razors back to me but my own. And when my Razors are finished pray either carry them yourself, or else send your Man with the Razors to Colonel P— J—, and he will pay you for the grinding and setting of them, and he will afterwards convey them to me. The Reason why I so particularly desire you that you shall set my Razors very well upon your Stone, after they are ground, is this: Because Mr. S— D—, a Gentleman in whose Family I live as Schoolmaster, not long ago did send three of his Razors to you to be ground, and they were ground, but you did not set them at all upon your Stone, so that he could not shave himself with them, and neither he nor I could not get possibly a good Edge upon them. But I am in Hopes you will take better Care with these my Razors. When they are done wipe them over with Oil, that they may not rust; and wrap them carefully in the same brown Paper as you found them, and tie them close together in the Linen Bag; and give them into Colonel J—'s own Hands, and he will pay you for the grinding, &c. You see the Direction for me is already upon the Cloth. Take Care don't let them lie too long in your Shop, but when they are done carry them directly to Colonel J—. I am, Sir, Your most humble Servant, C— M—. P. S. When you take out these Razors then put the brown Paper where they were wrapped into, as also the Strings, all into this Bag, that you may readily find them when you pack them up again. N. B. Be sure tie them close up into the Bag, when you sent them to me, that they may not rattle together, or get Harm. When you have packed up the Razors pray get your Wife, or any Body else, to sew the Bag up again.
Advertisements. THE Subscriber having been bred to Physick in his younger Years, and having attended particularly to this Study for these three Years past, now purposes to practise on the most moderate Terms. He cannot with Sincerity boast of having attained the Ne plus ultra of the Esculapian Art, nor yet of acquiring any superior Degree of Knowledge in this Science; but flatters himself that, by a vigilant and due Attention to the Indications and Efforts of Nature in those sick Persons who should, through Choice or Necessity, be committed to his Care, he may be able to afford them proper and timely Assistance. W. STARK. The Copartnership in a medicinal Shop between Doctor Bland and myself being dissolved, the Debtors are desired to be as expeditious as possible in making Payment. The Shop will be furnished as before, with Medicines of the best Quality, and Prescriptions made up in the most accurate and elegant Manner. LOUISA, March 1, 1771. THE Partnership of William Anderson and Company being discontinued, the Subscriber requests all Persons indebted thereto to settle their Accounts immediately, by Payment, or otherwise. This Advertisement, it is hoped, will save farther Application, as all those who do not comply with it may expect to have their Accounts put into an Attorney's Hands, without farther Notice, or Respect of Persons. The Goods on Hand will be sold at a very low Advance, for ready Money, or Tobacco; and the Trade carried on, after the first of September next, by WILLIAM ANDERSON. MATTOX BRIDGE, March 15, 1771. THE Trade carried on at this Place, for Messrs. Andrew Thomson and Company of Glasgow, being discontinued, all who are indebted to the Store are requested to come and settle their Accounts, and make speedy Payment. Those whose Debts have been long due are desired to regard this as the last gentle Intimation; and, unless they are discharged this Summer, must blame themselves for the Consequence. The Goods on Hand, consisting of a neat Assortment, most of them lately imported, will be sold at Wholesale, on reasonable Terms. ARCHIBALD BRICE. A MEETING of the Creditors of Mr. David Galloway, at the Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, on the 7th May, is requested by the Trustees. IMPORTED in the Katie, Captain Clark, from Glasgow, in December last, A BOX containing two black Satin Cloaks, some Satin Hats and Bonnets, Calimanco and Satin Shoes, and Egrets. I am not certain if it has any Mark. Whoever has got the said Box will please to send it to Messrs. M c Keand and Buchanan, Merchants in Richmond, who will pay all Charges. JOHN HART.
To be SOLD, on reasonable Terms, HIS Majesty's PATENT, or Grant, for twenty Thousand Acres of LAND in West Florida. Any Person, or Persons, inclined to purchase may be informed of the Particulars by inquiring of John Ogden , at the Sign of the Cross Keys , the Corner of Chestnut and Third Streets, Philadelphia. WANTED. A VESSEL that will carry between eighty and one Hundred and twenty Tuns (twenty four neat Hundreds to the Tun) to transport Ore from Patapsco to Rappahannock, and to carry out Pig Iron. The Terms are six Shillings a Tun, with Liberty of sending out Pig Iron gratis to any Part of Rappahannock, Corn, or any Thing we may have to send to Patapsco, we may send out. Four Hands will be found to assist to load, and unload. Sixty Tuns of Ore at least may be put in a Day; and a Trip may be made in twenty four Days, on an Average, with Ease, as many Trips have been made in sixteen. Employment for such a Vessel may be depended on the whole Season. ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior. Recovery Furnace, January 23, 1771.
JOURNEYMEN TAILORS, by applying to the Subscriber, in Blandford, may depend on meeting with good Encouragement. ANDREW HAMILTON. Just ARRIVED, at LEEDS Town, the Ship JUSTITIA , with about one Hundred healthy SERVANTS, Men, Women, and Boys, among which are many Tradesmen, viz. Blacksmiths, Shoemakers, Tailors, House Carpenters and Joiners, a Cooper, a Bricklayer and Plaisterer, a Painter, a Watchmaker and Glazier, several Silvermiths, Weavers, a Jeweller, and many others. The Sale will commence on Tuesday the 2d of April, at Leeds Town, on Rappahannock River. A reasonable Credit will be allowed, giving Bond, with approved Security, to THOMAS HODGE. I have an assorted Cargo of GOODS from London, suitable for the Season (about two Thousand Pounds Sterling worth) which I will lump off, on reasonable Terms, at a Credit with good Security. Just IMPORTED, and to be SOLD by the Subscribers, in NORFOLK, A QUANTITY of very fine Jamaica COFFEE, PIMENTA, GINGER, MUSCOVADO and REFINED SUGARS, LIVERPOOL SALT, Crates of EARTHEN WARE, &c. &c. &c. BOLDEN, LAWRENCE, and Company.
To be SOLD at Petersburg, on Saturday the 13th of April, TWENTY LIKELY VIRGINIA BORN SLAVES, belonging to the Estate of the late Mr. Thomas Gray, deceased, of Southampton County. Also to be sold, at Southampton Courthouse, on the 9th of May, all the said Thomas Gray's LAND, in the said County, consisting of the Tract whereon he lived, and a small Tract called the Wolf Pit; the last is very conveniently situated for a Store, or Ordinary. These Lands and Slaves are to be sold in Pursuance of a Decree of Dinwiddie Court. Nine Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond, with good Security, to Gray Briggs. Also to be sold, at Brunswick Court, on the 22d of April, a Tract of Land in that County, whereon Richard Raines formerly lived, and by the said Raines mortgaged to me. Twelve Months Credit will be given for this Land, which is sold under a Decree of Brunswick Court. Bond and Security will be expected from the Purchaser. GRAY BRIGGS. To be SOLD at publick Auction, on Thursday the 25th of April, before the Raleigh Tavern, in Williamsburg, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing four Hundred and eighty Acres, commonly called and known by the Name of Timson's Neck, lying in York County, about five Miles from this City, and is bounded by York River and Queen's Creek, where there is a great Variety of Fish and Oysters. The Time of Payment will be agreed on at the Sale. ORLANDO JONES. To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Port Royal, on Monday the 8th of April, BETWEEN thirty and forty very likely Virginia born SLAVES, for ready Money, or Merchants Notes payable on or before the 25th of April next ensuing, at the General Court. A good and indisputable Title will be made the Purchasers by complying with the above Terms of Payment.
STRAYED or STOLEN, about four Weeks ago, a bay HORSE about thirteen Hands and a Half high, with a roached Mane and Switch Tail, trots well, and branded on the near Shoulder I P, though hardly perceptible. Whoever conveys the said Horse to me, in Williamsburg, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. THOMAS BRAMMER. RUN away from the Plantations of Mr. Butt Randolph, deceased, in Cumberland County, on the first of January last, two Negro Men, viz. CHARLES and CLAIBORNE. CHARLES is about twenty four Years of Age, five Feet six or seven Inches high, of a lively Countenance, walks quick and upright, of a yellowish Complexion, has lost one of his upper fore Teeth, has had a small Piece cut off one Ear, and had on, when he went away, a Jacket made of Cotton, with Cuffs, and a Cape; his other Clothes such as usual for Negroes. CLAIBORNE is about eighteen Years old, five Feet nine or ten Inches high, well made, has remarkable thick Lips, and very black; he is an African, but speaks plain, and had on such Clothes as Negroes usually wear. Whoever will bring the said Slaves to Charles Rice, in Cumberland County, at the aforesaid Plantations, or to the Subscriber, in Chesterfield County, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS for each, besides what the Law allows; and if taken out of this Colony, FIVE POUNDS for each. BERNARD MARKHAM. TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a small black HORSE about four Years old, branded on the off Shoulder IR. Potted, and appraised to six Pounds. JACOB KENT. TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a small bay Horse, about seven Years old, has a Scar on his near Cheek, and is branded on the near Shoulder R C, and on the near Buttock 3C. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds. JAMES BARNETT. WILLIAMSBURG, March 20, 1771. THE next MEETING of the Treasurer, Trustees, and Subscribers to the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Clergymen, is to be held at the College on Saturday the 4th of May. Trustees for the present Year: The Reverend Messrs. HENRY SKYRING, JAMES MAURY FONTAINE, ARTHUR HAMILTON, WILLIAM WILLIE, THOMAS WILKINSON, and ALEXANDER WHITE. Preachers: The Reverend Messrs. JOSIAH JOHNSON in the Morning, and SAMUEL HENLEY in the Afternoon. Treasurer: Mr. JOHN CAMM. By Order. JACOB BRUCE, Clerk. To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on the Premises, pursuant to an Act of Assembly, on Wednesday the 15th of May, TWO Thousand eight Hundred Acres of LAND, being the upper Part of a Tract belonging to Armistead Lightfoot, Esquire, in Brunswick County. It will be laid off into Lots, to make it convenient to the Purchasers; and any Person inclined to buy may be shown it by applying to Thomas Gholson, who lives on it. Credit will be allowed until the first of November next, upon giving Bond and Security to LEWIS BURWELL, JAMES BURWELL, THOMAS MANN RANDOLPH, JOHN WOODSON, } Trustees.
For SALE, and may be entered on in NOVEMBER next, THE LAND whereon I now live, containing two Hundred and seventy four Acres. It is exceeding good for Grain, Tobacco, &c. and lies so level that one Team may be plowed with the greatest Ease. The Improvements on the same consist of a Plantation, in good Order, sufficient for working seven or eight Hands, the Whole lying to the Plow; an Ordinary House fifty four Feet long, finished off in a complete Manner, has three Rooms with Fireplaces below Stairs, besides lodging Rooms, and three Rooms above Stairs, one of which has a Fireplace; a House twenty Feet in Length, and sixteen in Width, with two Rooms below, and one above Stairs, wherein lives the Clerk of the County, and keeps the Office; two Kitchens, one of which is very valuable; a Dairy, Meathouse, Barn, fine Strong Stables, Corn Houses, two fine Gardens, of the best sowed Framing and Palings; and, in short, every Convenience that is necessary for the Ordinary and Plantation Uses. There are also, on the same Plantation, two large standing Stores kept, of very considerable Trade; the Storehouses are large and commodious, the cheapest of which did not cost less than a Hundred and fifty Pounds; to each Storehouse belongs a House for the Residence of the Merchants, one of which cost upwards of a Hundred Pounds, the other upwards of seventy five; there also belongs to the Stores fine Strong Stables, &c. There are two Tailor's Shops, with Kitchens, and other Conveniences, belonging thereto; as also three Blacksmith's Shops, &c. The Rents of which, in the Whole, amount pretty considerably. Besides these two Stores on my Plantation, a third, of considerable Trade, is settled (for the Convenience of their Diets, &c. in the Ordinary) within, or about, three Hundred Yards from my Ordinary Door, on Land that does not belong to me. This Place is more commodiously situated, and better calculated for Trade, than perhaps any of the back Parts in this Colony at least, if not on the Continent. To every Dwellinghouse, Store, &c. &c. (Tailors and Blacksmiths Shops excepted) are good Brick Chimneys, the Houses underpinned with Bricks, and good Cellars, and all in good Repair. The Whole of the Buildings are placed uniform, in Lines and Squares, so as to resemble a Town. None of the Buildings have been built over eight Years, and almost all the valuable healthy, commanding a delightful Prospect of the Mountains and Country round. It lies about eight Miles from Amherst Courthouse, on the main Carolina Road, which is greatly used by Travellers, and, together with the great Resort of Gentlemen to this Place, consumes as much Liquors as cost me annually three Hundred Pounds, besides Provisions for Men and Beasts. As Persons at a Distance inclined to purchase may better judge whether it would be worth their While to come and see the Place, I think it not amiss to inform them that I will take eight Hundred Pounds for the Place, and give a reasonable Time for Payment, which is many Hundred Pounds below the intrinsic Value of it. I will also sell to the Purchaser (if required) most of the Furniture belonging to the Ordinary, at least ten good Feather Beds, with Furniture to the same; Walnut and Mahogany Tables, Chairs, &c. &c. GABRIEL PENN. N. B. All the Merchants, Storekeepers, Clerk of the County, their Servants, &c. are boarded in the Ordinary, the Profits of which are pretty considerable to me.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick that he has just opened Shop opposite Maximilian Calvert's Door, in Norfolk, where he makes and sells different Sizes of Dishes, Bacons, and Plates, either hammered or turned. He likewise makes and mends Still Worms, Candle Moulds, Soup Spoons, Table and Tea do. &c. Any Persons may be supplied by Wholesale much cheaper than they can import from England. He also works up old Pewter at a reasonable Rate, makes House Lead, and Lead Work for Ships. All Persons who please to favour him with their Demands may depend upon being served in the nearest Manner, and with great Expedition. JOHN NORSWORTHY. YORK, March 13, 1771. I INTEND to leave the Colony immediately. In my Absence my Business will be carried on in this Town by my Brother, Mr. Cary Goochey. W. GOOSLEY. To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, for ready Money, on Monday the 8th of April, at the Store of Mr. Robert Newsum, in Petersburg, TWO LIKELY VIRGINIA BORN NEGRO WENCHES, being Part of the Estate of Captain Joseph Newsum, deceased. JAMES PRICE, MATTHIAS MARRIOTT, } Administrators.
The ENGLISH Horse STERLING, IMPORTED some Years ago by Captain William Evans, is full fifteen Hands and a Half high, well proportioned, and in good Order, will stand at my House this Season, to cover Mares on the following Terms, namely: Ten Shillings a Leap, twenty Shillings the Season, and forty Shillings to ensure a Colt. I have a large Pasture, under a good Fence; and great Care will be taken of such Mares as are sent to the Horse, but will not be liable for those that may get away. SUSSEX, March 10, 1771. DAVID MASON. The beautiful high bred Horse MARK ANTHONY, near fifteen Hands high (and for Swiftness, either a short or long Distance, is scarce equalled by any on the Continent) stands at the Indian Fields, in Charles City County, in Order to cover Mares at twenty five Shillings the Leap, or fifty Shillings the Season, and one Shilling to the Keeper, provided the Money be paid the first Day of October next, otherwise it is expected the Owner of the Mare will pay fifty Shillings the Leap, and five Pounds the Season. MARK ANTHONY's Sire was PARTNER, and his Dam SEPTIMA, a fine imported Mare; PARTNER's Sire was the noted Horse TRAVELLER, and his Dam SELIMA; SEPTIMA's Sire was OTHELLO, and her Dam MOLL BRAZEN; MOLL BRAZEN's Sire was SPARK, who belonged to Governor Ogle, and was given to him by Lord Baltimore, who received him as a Present from Frederick Prince of Wales; SPARK's Dam was Miss COLVILL. MARK ANTHONY covered a Number of Mares last Spring, and I have not heard of one that has not proved with Foal. LITTLEBERRY HARDYMAN. RUN away from the Subscriber, in Albemarle County, on Sunday the 10th of March, an Irish Servant Man named JAMES GORGAN, about twenty six or twenty seven Years of Age, five Feet five or six Inches high, with light Hair, his Beard inclining to red, pretty much pockpitted, and has a little of the Brogue in his Speech. He had on, and carried with him, a Sailor's Jacket of dark Kersey, and Breeches of the same, a Scarlet under Jacket much worn, a Check Shirt, and one of Dowlas, a Felt Hat, a Pair of Yarn Stockings, and Scotch Shoes. Whoever will deliver the said Servant to me, in Albemarle County, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides the Allowance by Law; or, on giving such Intelligence as will enable me to get him again, FORTY SHILLINGS. ANTHONY HADEN. He is a pretty good Sailor, and will likely endeavour to pass as such. All Masters of Vessels are cautioned against harbouring or employing him.
STOLEN from the Subscriber, on the 21st or 22d of last June, in York, or Williamsburg, two MOURNING RINGS ; each of them has a large single Diamond, and were for one of the Family of the Honourable John Grymes, in Middlesex; also a Pair of STUDS, Stone set in Gold, with the Letters I. G. under each Stone. Whoever will deliver them to Doctor Griffin, in York Town, or to the Subscriber, in Lancaster, shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS for each of the Rings, TEN SHILLINGS for the Studs, and no inquiry made, but the Favour greatly acknowledged by THOMAS B. GRIFFIN. COMMITTED to York County Jail, on the 14th Instant (March) a Negro Woman who cannot, or will not, tell her Owner's Name. She is with Child, has a thin Visage, and is about four Feet nine Inches high. The Owner may have her on proving his Property, and paying Charges. MITCHEL.

POETS CORNER.
ODE to MORNING.
THE sprightly Messenger of Day, To Heaven ascending, tunes the Lay That wakes the blushing Morn; Cheer'd with th' inspiring Notes, I rise, And hail the Power whose glad Supplies Th' enliven'd Plains adorn. Far hence retire, O Night! thy Praise, Majestic Queen! in nobler Lays Already has been sung; When thine own Spheres expire, thy Name, Secure from Time, shall rise in Fame, Immortaliz'd by Young. See, while I speak, Aurora sheds Her early Honours o'er the Meads, The springing Vallies smile; With cheerful Heart the Village Swain Renews the Labours of the Plain, And meets th' accustom'd Toil. Day's Monarch comes to bless the Year, Wing'd Zephyrs wanton round his Car, Along th' ethereal Road; Plenty and Health attend his Beams, And Truth, divinely bright, proclaims The Visit of the God. Aw'd by the View, my Soul reveres The great first Cause that bade the Spheres In tuneful Order move; Thine is the fable-mantled Night, Unseen Almighty! and the Light The Radiance of thy Love. Hark! th' awaken'd Grove repays With Melody the genial Rays, And Echo spreads the Strain; The Streams in grateful Murmurs run, The bleating Flocks salute the Sun, And Mufick glads the Plain. While Nature thus her Charms displays, Let me enjoy the fragrant Breeze The opening Flowers diffuse; Temperance and Innocence attend, These are your Haunts, your Influence lend, Associates of the Mufe! Riot, and Guilt, and wasting Care, And fell Revenge, and black Despair, Avoid the Morning's Light; Nor beams the Sun, nor blooms the Rose, Their reftless Passions to compose, Who Virtue's Dictates slight. Along the Mead, and in the Wood, And on the Margin of the Flood, The Goddef's walks confefs'd; She gives the Landscape Power to charm, The Sun his genial Heat to warm The wite and generous Breast. Happy the Man! whose tranquil Mind Sees Nature in her Changes kind, And pleads th' Whole surveys; For him the Morn benignly smiles, And Evening Shades reward the Tolls That measure out his Days. The varying Year may shift the Scene, The sounding Tempest lash the Main, And Heaven's own Thunder roll; Calmly he views the bursting Storm, Tempests nor Thunder can deform The Morning of his Soul.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, New York, January 22, 1771.
HIS Majesty's Postmaster General having (for the better facilitating of Correspondence between Great Britain and America) been pleased to add a fifth Packet Boat to the Station between Falmouth and New York, Notice is hereby given that the Mail, for the future, will be closed, at the Post Office in New York, at twelve of the Clock at Night, on the first Tuesday in every Month, and despatched by a Packet, the next Day, for Falmouth. By Command of the Deputy Postmaster General. ALEXANDER COLDEN, Secretary.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 14th of this Instant (March) an Apprentice Boy named EDMUND HOBDY, about nineteen Years of Age, by Trade a Tailor. He is a well set Lad, has dark Hair, which grows very low on his Forehead, and dark Eyes; he is a lively brisk Boy. He had on when he went away a dark Virginia Cloth Pea Jacket, a light coloured Bearskin do. a Wilson under Waistcoat, and a Pair of white Russia Drill Breeches. As he understands the sewing Part of his Trade very well, may soon change his Clothes. He readily tells who he served, and endeavours to pass for a Freeman; but as I never taught any other, he cannot pass under that Pretence. Whoever brings the said Apprentice to me, in Charles City, shall have a Reward of FIVE POUNDS. FRANCIS DURFEY.
TAKEN up, in York, two bay HORSES with short Manes and bob Tails, one unbranded, the other marked with three Dots on the near Buttock. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds each. JOHN ELLIS.
TAKEN up, in Prince George, a small dark bay HORSE, thirteen Hands high, seven Years old, branded on the near Buttock with a Pot Hook, has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, is a Trotter, and much foundered. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds. JOHN BAIRD.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 26, 1771. WILLIAM R. DRINKARD begs Leave to inform the Publick that he intends to open TAVERN in the House lately occupied by Mr. William Holt, nearly opposite the Post Office, by the ensuing April Court. Those Gentlemen who please to favour him with their Custom may depend on good Accommodation.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Drury Stith, late of the County of Brunswick, deceased, are desired to make speedy Payment; and all Persons who have any Claim against the said Estate are desired to signify their respective Demands to me, by the first Opportunity, that Preparation may be made for Payment thereof. As there are several Tracts of Land subject to the Payment of the Debts, I believe there will be sufficient for that Purpose without selling any of the Slaves; therefore hope the Creditors will wait a reasonable Time for their Demands. THOMAS STITH, Administrator.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 28, 1771. THE Subscriber has taken the House lately occupied by Mr. Southall, where he hopes to be prepared, by the ensuing General Court, for the Accommodation of Gentlemen. He returns Thanks to those Gentlemen who have formerly frequented his House, and hopes to merit a Continuance of their Custom. ROBERT ANDERSON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Prince Edward, some Time in June last, a Negro Lad named WINDSOR, who for several Years past has waited upon me, and is acquainted with most Parts of the Country. He is a sensible and artful Fellow, about five Feet high, a handsome lively Look, and speaks quick. He was taken up by Mr. William Mitchell of York, and committed to that Jail, at which Time he called himself William Florence, and said he was free, and, by the Assistance of some other Negro imprisoned with him, broke the Prison. He has since been seen about Williamsburg, near which Place perhaps he is still concealed. He carried away with him a brown Holland Coat, blue Broadcloth Waistcoat, two white Linen Shirts, two Pair of Osnaburg Breeches, and good Shoes and Stockings. As I have Reason to apprehend he will endeavour to get on Board a Vessel, in Order to make his Escape out of the Colony, I do hereby forewarn all Masters and Commanders of Vessels from taking him on Board. I will give TEN POUNDS to any Person that will contrive him to me, and FIVE POUNDS for such Intelligence that I may get him. TF WILLIAM WATT.
TWENTY Thousand Acres of LAND, in the Counties of Frederick and Hampshire, which was advertised some Years ago in this Colony, and the neighbouring Provinces, and its Situation and Qualities then described; therefore think it needless to repeat them now. It will be sold very cheap, and reasonable Time of Payment will be allowed the Purchaser, or Purchasers, for one Half of the Purchase Money; who may be shown the Premises by applying to the Subscriber, in Winchester. BRYAN BRUIN.
Pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr. Anthony Hay, deceased, will be SOLD, on TUESDAY the 7th of MAY, before the Raleigh Door, in Williamsburg, NINETEEN NEGROES belonging to his Estate, among them a very good Cabinet Maker; a good Coachman and Carter, some fine Waiting Boys, good Cooks, Washers, &c. Six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to WILLIAM TREBELL, ROBERT NICOLSON, } Executors.
N. B. All Persons who have Demands against Mr. Hay's Estate are requested to make them speedily known, that Provision may be made for discharging them; and those indebted thereto are desired to make immediate Payment. It is hoped none of the Creditors will put the Estate to any unnecessary Charge, by Suits, when we assure them the best Means will be used to pay the Debts with all Speed, and when it is considered that Mr. Hay has left a large Family, whose tender Years entitle them to some Indulgence.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Saturday the 26th of January, an indentured Servant Man named WILLIAM READ. He is a well set Fellow, about five Feet ten Inches high, and speaks the West Country Dialect pretty broad; had on, and took with him, a dark coloured Duffel short Frock Coat, a Pair of blue Plains Breeches with a spotted Cotton Waistband, a Pair of Yarn Stockings, Check Shirt, and Virginia made Shoes. He is a Farmer, and understands Something of making and laying Bricks. Whoever delivers the said Servant to me at West Point, in King William County, or secures him so that I may get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. TF JOHN WEST.
Wanted on CHARTER, to load Tar and Turpentine in NORTH CAROLINA, A VESSEL of about fifteen Hundred Barrels Burthen. For Terms apply to James Marfden in Norfolk, or the Subscribers at Richmond; who have for Sale a Quantity of good SEINE TWINE. TF STORRS & ELLIS.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at the Falls of James River, the Middle of last Month, a Negro Man named DAVY, belonging to the Hon. William Byrd, Esquire, about thirty Years old, five Feet eight Inches high, and very stout made; he is of a yellow Complexion, has a down Look, and a Defect in some of his fore Teeth. He is supposed to be lurking about Hanover Town, Petersburg, or gone towards Carolina. Whoever will apprehend the said Fellow, and bring him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; and if taken out of the Colony, FIVE POUNDS. TF DAVID PATTESON.
A CATALOGUE of BOOKS, &c. to be SOLD at the POST OFFICE in Williamsburg.
ANSON'S Voyages. Afric on Venereal Diseases. Armstrong on the Diseases of Children. Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Atkinson's Epitome. Archbishop Secker's Sermons. Buchan's Family Physician. Baretti's Travels. British Zoology. Butler's Remains. Birch's Life of Henry Prince of Wales. Baxter's Saints Everlasting Rest. Bennet's Christian Oratory. Buchanan's Dictionary. Brown's Sunday Thoughts. Beveridge's Thoughts. Brooke's Introduction to the Practice of Physick. British Plutarch. Baron Bichfeld's Letters. Bartlet's Farriery. Barclay's Apology. Biographical Dictionary. Boston's Fourfold State. Bunyan's Holy War. Complete Letter Writer. Chandler's Life of King David. Campbell's Present State of Europe. Crevier's Roman History. Chefelden's Anatomy. Churchill's Poems. The Connoisseur. The Complete Gamester. Court Martial. Chamblaud's Geography. Commentaries of Marcus Antoninus. Califus, or the Man of Fashion. Castle of Otranto. Cambridge on Charity. Crosby's Navigation. Cocker's Arithmetick. Dictionarium Rusicum. Drelincourt on Death. Dryden's Fables. Works. Dufresnoy's Chronological Tables. Du Freval on Charity. Duke of Wharton's True Briton. Dinsdale's Isocrates. History of the Spanish Settlements in America. Hunter's Observations on Tacitus. Dittren on the Resurrection. Derham's Astro-Theology. Don Quixote. Doddsley's Pleasing Instructor. Doddridge on Religion. on the New Testament. Dilworth's Arithmetick. Emerson's Mechanicks. Fluxions. Erkine's Sermons. Edinburgh Dispensary. England's Gazetteer. Edinburgh Medical Essays. Epistolary Correspondence, being the third Volume of Letters on Theron and Aspasio. Farmer's Guide. Fox on the New Testament. Fordyce's Art of Preaching. Fenning's Arithmetick. Book of Knowledge. Female Spectator. Fielding's Works. Ferguson's Astronomy. Lectures. Tables and Tracts. Family Companion for Health. Farrier's Dictionary. Fool of Quality. Grand Tour. Goldsmith's Roman History. Guthrie's Epistles to Atticus. Gerard on Taste. Gordon's Geographical Grammar. Gentleman's Dictionary. German Spy. Gay's Fables. Gould on Ants. Harrison's Practice in Chancery. History of Cape Breton. of California. of Greenland. of Lewis XI. of the Germans. of Kuli Khan. of Classick Authors. of Miss Pittborough. of Persia. of the Civil Wars in Ireland. Naval History of Great Britain. Nature Displayed. Osmer on Horses. Potter's Antiquities of Greece. Mathematicks. The Preceptor. Harris's Life of Cromwell. Hurd's Dialogues. Harris on the Globes. on the Diseases of Infants. Howell's History of the Bible. Howell's Letters. Helsham's Lectures. Heister's Surgery.
Huxham on Fevers. Historical Companion. Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty. Hervey's Meditations. Letters. Hughes's Poems. Hunter's Character of the late Lord Bolingbroke. Impartial Inquiry into Faith. James's Dispensary. James on Gardening. James's Exposition of the Pentateuch. Joseph Andrews. Kettlewell's Companion for the Penitent. Kenrick's Epistles, Philosophical & Moral. Love's Surveying. Ledran's Observations. Operations. London Medical Observations. Lind on the Scurvy. on Diseases in Hot Climates. Life of Charles XII. of Duke of Marlborough. Lord President Forbes's Works. Langhorne's Letters. Consolations. Solymon and Almena. Letters on Physiognomy. Lives of the Spanish Painters. Lewis's Church Catechism. Marquis de St. Forlaix. Maxwell's Husbandry. Miller's Gardener's Calendar. Models of Conversation. Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws. M'Laurin's Algebra. Melmoth's Translation of Cicero's Letters. Monro on Diseases. Miles's Surgery. Mackenzie on Health. M'Bride's Essay's. Martin's Philosophical Grammar. Memoirs of Ladies of Great Britain. Milton's Works. Morgan's Physico-Theology. Marquis D'Argens's Philosophical Dissertations. Mariner's Compass Rectified. New Calendar. Mair's Arithmetick. Introduction. Messiah. Mr. Burke's Considerations on the Cause of the present Discontents; and Mrs. Macaulay's Answer. Nunnery for Coquets. Noah. New Whole Duty of Man. Practice of Piety. Week's Preparation. Newgent's Account of Italy. Nelson's Festivals. New Collection of Poems, being the Sequel to Doddridge's. Poflethwayt's Dictionary. Present State of the British Empire in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Pringle on the Diseases of the Army. Pope's Works. Partizan, or the Art of making War in Detachment. Pilgrim's Progress. Pemberton's Dispensary. Ruffel's Sermons. Rushhead's Life of Pope. Religious Philosopher. Reimarus's Dissertations. Revival of Shakespeare's Text. Rudiments of Grecian History. Richardson's Aesop. Rollin's Ancient History. Belles Lettres. Royal Farrier. Smollett's History of England. Gil Blas. Sheridan on Education. Smith on Distilling. Simpson's Geometry. Simson's Euclid. Stewart's Mathematical Tracts. Sir Isaac Newton's Universal Arithmetick. Stanhope on the Epistles and Gospels. Sharp's Surgery. Smellie's Midwifery. Swift's History of the four last Years of Queen Anne. The Spectator. Secret History of Persia. Seneca's Morals. Spincke's Devotions. Steel's Poems. Seaman's Daily Assistant. Switzer on Gardening. Sherlock on Death. Sentiments, &c. of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison. Telemachus. Turkish Spy. Thompson's Works. 'Tis well 'tis no Worse, a new Play. Tom Jones. Tristram Shandy. Van Swieten's Abridgment. Voltaire's Works. White's Cases in Surgery. Watts Logic. Poems. Psalms. Hymns. Wesley's Poems. Walsh's History of the Popes. Whaley's Poems. Works of the Minor Poets. Wild's Surveying. Wingate's Arithmetick. Winter's Evening Entertainment. Young Man's Best Companion. Young's Works. Yerick's Sermons.
The COURT CALENDAR, and LADIES and GENTLEMEN'S POCKET BOOKS for the PRESENT YEAR.
The 5th, 6th, and 7th Volumes of Yorick's Sermons. Dr. Swift's Posthumous Works, in three Volumes. The 33d, 34th, and 35th Volumes of Voltaire's Works.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Ainsworth's Dictionary. Gradus ad Parnassum. Castalio's Latin Bible. Dialogues. Mair's Tyro's Dictionary. Lilly's Grammar. Ward's Grammar. Christie's Grammar. Ruddiman's Grammar. Rudiments. Clarke's Introduction. Grammar. Cordery. Aesop. Eutropius. Florus. Erasmus. Ovid's Metamorphoses. Duncan's Cæsar. Cicero's Oration. Davidson's Virgil. Horace. Hutchinson's Xenophon. Profodia Construed. Sterling's Ovid. Perseus. Florus. Phædrus. Maittaire's Homer. Virgil. Horace. Ovid. Salust. Justin. Cæsar. Cicero's Oration. Juvenal, and Florus. Pearce's Longinus. Trapp's Practicæ. Martial's Epigrams. Latin Common Prayer Book. Creek Testament. Sententiæ. London Vocabulary. A great Variety of History and other Pretty Books for Children. Spelling Books of all Kinds. Church Bibles. Prayer Books. Family do. Pocket do. School Bibles. Testaments. Psalters. Morocco Pocket Books, of all Sizes. Pounce and Boxes. The Beggars Opera set to Mufick. A great Variety of Mufick, by the best Masters. Blank Mufick Books. Mufick Ruling Pens. Cremona and Steiner's Violins, with best Screw Bows. Silver Baffes and best Roman Strings. German and Common Flutes, of different Sizes. Surveyors Instruments. Best Temple Spectacles, green and plain. Common Spectacles. Instructions for the Flute. Reading Glasses, for different Ages. Best Penknives. Pewter Ink-Chests and Stands. Edinburgh Inkpots. Messager Cards, plain, gilt, and mourning. Broad and narrow red Tape. Ivory Memorandum Books. Ivory Folders. Best Wafers. Dutch Sealing Wax. Slates and Pencils. Sand Boxes. Black and Red Lead Pencils. Ink Powder. Gold Leaf. Best Dutch Quills and Pens. Hudson Bay Quills. Playing Cards. Blank Books, and Alphabets, of all Sorts and Sizes. Paper, of all Sorts and Sizes. Parchment, and every other Kind of STATIONARY.
Also the following MEDICINES, from Dr. Bateman's original wholesale warehouse in London.
Dr. Bateman's Pectoral Drops. Dr. Hooper's Female Pills. Dr. Frances's Female Strengthening Elixir. Swinfen's Electary for the Stone and Gravel. Betten's True and Genuine Britifh Oil. Dr. Staughton's Great Stomachick Elixir. The true Daffy's Elixir. Dr. Radcliffe's Famous Purging Elixir. Squire's Grand Elixir. Pike's Patent Ointment for the Itch and all Cutaneous Eruptions. Madden's Sovereign Oil for Bruises and Strains. Turlington's Original Balsam of Life.
*** We have a few of the late REVIVAL of the LAWS, neatly bound, more than what were printed for the Use of the Country, to dispose of. Also MERCHANTS, COUNTY COURT, and a Variety of other useful BLANKS.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12s. 6d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3s. the first Week, and 2s. each Week after. *** All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.