The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-07-22 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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Occasional THOUGHTS on JURIES.
IT is the Duty of a Jury to pay strict Regard to their Oaths and Consciences, and never to be biased in the least by any Judges before whom a supposed Offender shall be tried.
A Jury are the only Judges of the Offence laid to the Charge of the Defendant, and they swear "to well and truly try and true Deliverance make." The Duty of a Judge before whom any supposed Offender shall be tried is only to tell a Jury what the Law is, not to give it, and to sum up the Evidence in a fair and impartial Manner, not to bias a Jury, by giving them his Opinion of the Matter; for a Jury are the sole Judges whether a Defendant be, or be not, guilty of the Offences laid to his Charge.
It is the Duty of a Judge to be impartial; but if he leans at all, it should ever be towards the Side of the Party accused of a Crime, for whom the Law looks on a Judge as a Kind of Counsel: For which Reason, whenever a Jury shall perceive any Judge, upon a Trial, desirous of having a Defendant found guilty of the Offence charged upon him, it is the undoubted Duty of such a Jury to be the more cautious of believing what such a Judge shall say, and of agreeing with him in Opinion; because, by showing a Desire of having the accused Person found guilty, he swerves from his Duty, and proves himself to be a partial and wicked Judge. And whenever the Trial of any supposed Offender shall, by the undue Influence of Power, be brought before a Jury not chosen in the Neighbourhood, according to the usual Course of the Law, where the supposed Offence was committed, it is the manifest Duty of such a Jury to be extremely cautious of finding the Offender guilty of the Offence; because they have sufficient Reason to suspect, by such Alteration of the Course of Justice, that they have been pitched upon to be made the Instruments of Oppression. And of this they may be the more sure, when they find that enormous Damages have been laid for such a supposed trifling Offence as hath not done, nor could do, the Plaintiff any Damage at all. In such a Case, indeed, a Jury cannot err in bringing in a Verdict for the Defendant; as they should always remember, that Juries were instituted to guard their Fellow Subjects from every Kind of Oppression.
L O N D O N, May 21.
LETTERS from Madrid say that the Flota, which is now almost ready to sail for New Spain, will be convoyed thither by six Spanish Ships of War, which are equipping for that Purpose with all Speed at Cadiz.
Extract of a Letter from Gibraltar, April 25.
"Orders have just arrived here, over Land from London, for building some additional Forts, Outworks, &c. especially towards the Side of Old Spain, and to repair and strengthen all the Fortifications in general; likewise to pay the utmost Regard and Attention to the Discipline of the Soldiers, &c. in Garrison. The Preparations now making at Sea by the Moors, Algerines, and the other States of Barbary, are prosecuted with the utmost Affiduity, and in a short Time the whole Squadrons will be fit for Service. Two Shocks of an Earthquake were felt here a few Days ago."
Wednesday a French Ship, laden with Cotton and Silks, was seized at Rotherhithe, and the Cargo brought to the Customhouse.
Tuesday Evening nine Women, one dressed in the Uniform of a Captain of a Man of War, another like a Lieutenant, and the other seven in those of Sailors, with Cockades, &c. went about this City as a Press Gang, and frightened several young Fellows, who ran from them; but at length the pretended Lieutenant was taken into Custody and carried before Alderman Trecothick, at Guildhall, when, on her declaring that their appearing in that Manner was only to see how many young Fellows they could frighten, which were many, but not with any bad Design, and promising not to be guilty of the like for the future, she was dismissed with a Reprimand.
May 25. Yesterday came on in the Court of King's Bench a Trial on an Action of Damage, laid by one Tradesman against another, on the following Facts. A Person who had lodged in the Plaintiff's House having dropped an Apron, by Accident into the Defendant's Yard, the Plaintiff's Wife went to fetch it away, but a large Dog, who was chained in the Yard, flew on the Woman and tore and mangled her Arm in a most shocking Manner; but it appearing that the Yard was no Thoroughfare, and that the Dog was chained and pinned down, the Chief Justice recommended to withdraw a Juror, and allow some small Matter to the Plaintiff, on Account of the unhappy Circumstances, which was agreed to.
It is said that the Duchess of Gloucester being with Child, and near her Time of Lying in, this Circumstance has occasioned so much Alarm and Uneasiness that a Commission was directed to inquire into the Validity of the Marriage. The Persons appointed were the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishop of London. They have reported the Marriage legal, and that the Duke of Cumberland's Marriage is so likewise.
By Letters received the last Mails by the Merchants, War seems to be nearer than is generally imagined. It was rumoured yesterday on Change that the Spaniards are going to attack the Portuguese, and that we are to send six Ships of the Line up the Tagus.
The House of Bourbon has, it is said, openly declared its Resolution of taking no Part in the Affairs of the North.
Extract of a Letter from China, August 20, 1772.
"We have had the most violent Tiffon (or Hurricane) here, which began in the Morning, lasted twelve Hours, and destroyed an incredible Number of Chinese in Canton River; but we have not heard of any of the English Ships meeting with any Damage, except the London, which only had her Mainmast carried away."
At a Meeting held a few Days ago by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London, and the other Trustees appointed by the Will of the late Samuel Wilson, of Hatton Garden, Esquire, for lending out his twenty Thousand Pounds Legacy to young Men who have been set up one Year, or not more than two Years, in some Trade or Manufacture, &c. Application was made by two young Men, Hair Dressers, to be Partakers of the said Loan, whose Petitions were rejected; his Lordship, and the rest of the Trustees, being of Opinion that the said Occupation was not fit for young Men to follow, and were persuaded the Testator never designed his Money should be lent to promote so pitiful and unmanly an Employment, which did not seem to require a Capital of above five Pounds.
Two new Pieces are to be performed by our English Aristophanes this Summer; the one is called the Paragraph, and the other the Bankrupt.
By a Letter from Coventry yesterday, we are informed that the Waters were never so much out in the Memory of any Man there as at present. The Houses in the lower Part of the Town are all overflowed, and there is no passing or repassing without a Boat or Horse. Great Damage has been done there, and in the neighbouring Places.
May 26. Yesterday Evening died, aged about ten Years, the Honourable William Murray, second Son to the Earl of Dunmore.
May 27. We hear from Vienna, that the Emperor set out for Hungary on Tuesday the 8th Instant, attended by several General Officers of Distinction. Reports prevail on the Continent that the Intention of the above Tour is to concert Measures for attacking the Turks.
Yesterday Lord Clive was at Court for the first Time for some Months past, and had the Honour of a long Conference with his Majesty.
It is confidently said that a strong Squadron will sail the Beginning of next Month for the East Indies, where a strong Push is expected to be made this Summer.
Yesterday Morning a Gentleman, who lately arrived from Hamburg, was found at his Lodgings in Charles Street, Southwark, with his Throat
cut; a Razor was lying by his Side in the Bed. His having met with some great Losses is supposed to be the Occasion of his committing so rash an Action.
Within these few Days a large Sum of Money has been remitted from a House in the City, to serve the Exigencies of a great Lady in the North.
It is said that a Motion will soon be made in a certain Assembly, purporting an Address to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to declare to the House the Names of all such Privy Counsellors as have presumed to advise him to build Barracks in the Heart and Centre of the County of Middlesex, without the Consent of Parliament. This Motion, it is foreseen, will lead to a most serious Inquiry.
It is now commonly asserted that Lord North is determined to refrain the East India Company from making any farther Dividend till their Bond Debts are reduced to 1,500,000. l. should they continue to refuse the Loan.
In Case our Enemies do not exercise our Shipping this Summer, there will be many grand Sea Fights before his Majesty, when a certain Foreigner is gone out of this Kingdom.
If Lord North should persist in his Bill preventing the Proprietors of India Stock from making any farther Dividend till the Demands of Government are discharged, it is imagined it will occasion more Scenes of Distress, and Reverses of Fortune, than the South Sea or Mississippi Schemes did in England and France about the Year 1720.
Application, it is said, will be made by the above Company to all the other chartered Companies, for Relief in their present critical Situation.
It is confidently said that his Majesty will go some Time next Month to see his Fleet at Portsmouth, and that a grand Promotion in the Navy has been reserved to take Place on this Occasion, as also an Increase of Wages to the interior Officers, and it is for this Purpose all the Ships in Commission are now assembling at Spithead; and it is said that the Royal Yachts will be ordered to Portsmouth to attend his Majesty.
Tuesday Morning a private Board was held at Lord Sandwich's House in the Admiralty, at which all the Admirals on Halfpay attended.
It is positively asserted that a Reconciliation will take Place, in the Course of next Week, between the King and his Royal Brothers; and some think it will be declared on the Birth Day, the 4th of next Month.
We hear that the Count de Guignes will set out for France, on his own private Business, directly after his Majesty's Birth Day.
Sir James Lowther, it is said, is building a small Town on some of his waste Land in the North, and is peopling it with such poor Folk as might probably emigrate to America. He gives to each Family a House Rent free, and an Acre of Land on Leasehold. He engages to find the Men constant Work, and the Children will be employed in some Manufacture. To each Family he allows a Bushel of Coals a Week, and he keeps a Butcher in the Town whom he obliges to sell Mutton at twopence Half-penny a Pound.
The Shipwrights, Caulkers, and every Branch of naval Artificers, at Deptford, who are entirely out of Employ, are extremely numerous, and in almost as destitute and miserable a Condition as lately the Spitalfields Weavers were reduced to; and should the Business of East India Shipping at this Crisis abate, these unhappy People are without Hopes or Means of Subsistence.
The Report that upwards of 200,000 People had been lost in the River Canton, in China, in a Hurricane in August last, may seem extravagant; but when it is considered that the Fishermen on that River, and all others that carry Manure for the Cultivation of Rice, live with their Families at all Times in their Boats, it may not appear so enormous. China is said to contain 58 Millions of People, between the Ages of sixteen and sixty.
Extract of a Letter from Paris, May 20.
"We have neither Credit nor Money, says an anonymous Author, who has published a Pamphlet under the Title Qui l'auroit cru, & Qui le croira? which Publication appeared in publick two Days after our Prime Minister told the Spanish Ambassador that the Finances of his Master were so low, and all his Farmers in such a considerable Advance, that he could do nothing for his Court, but advised him to submit, till a better Turn took Place. The Pamphlet says, that, since the Establishment of the French Monarchy, France has never been so badly governed as at present; the King is a Slave to his Ministers, and consequently the Subjects the Victims of their tyrannical Administration; Trade is lost, Emulation discouraged, Hypocrisy encouraged, Roguery protected, and the Subjects sacrificed. We are ruled by three ambitious and revengeful Tyrants, who have escaped the Sword by the Credit of a Whore, kept formerly by a Sharper. This is a short Abstract of the above Publication."
Letters received yesterday from Captain Webb, of the London, from China, give the very melancholy Account that no less than two Hundred and twenty Thousand Persons suffered in the late Hurricane in the River Canton.
They write from Lisbon, that certain important Advices from their Settlements at Goa will occasion a Portuguese Squadron, with Land Forces on Board, to make a Visit shortly to the East Indies.
Different Letters from Jamaica mention that 15 Spanish Men of War of the Line are now building, and in great Forwardness, at the Havannah, some of which are almost ready for launching. By the same Letters we are told that the Spaniards have introduced the Use of Row Gallies in their Settlements, on Board of which all Malefactors not guilty of capital Crimes, and refractory and runaway Slaves, are condemned to the Oar.
The Thetis, Richard Hayton, from Maryland, is arrived at Liverpool with a Parcel of Wheat and 1100 Barrels of Flower.
Extract of a Letter from Chatham, May 26.
"Last Sunday Morning, about eleven o'Clock, arrived here, in the Isle of Wight Yacht, Lord Sandwich, Lord Rochford, Lord Palmerston, Lord Suffolk, the French Ambassador, and Mr. Stanley, Governor of the Isle of Wight; who went on Board his Majesty's Ship Victory, of 100 Guns, and took a View of that noble Ship, which is supposed to be the largest in England. They did not come ashore at the Dock, but sailed up to Rochester and dined at the Crown Inn, and afterwards set off for London by Land."
Last Night the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, voted another Sum of 1000. l. to Mess. Adams, towards building a new House for the Use of that Body in the Adelphi.
The greatest Concurrence of Gentlemen and Ladies is expected at the ensuing Procession of the young Gentlemen of Eton School, on Whitson Tuesday; his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales having signified his Desire of visiting that Royal College, and honouring the Procession with his Presence, accompanied by several of the Nobility, whose Sons are educated at the School.
Tuesday a Black, Servant to Captain Ordington, who a few Days before ran away from his Master and got himself christened, with the Intent to marry his Fellow Servant, a white Woman, being taken and sent on Board the Captain's Ship in the Thames, took an Opportunity of shooting himself through the Head.
Last Night a Courier arrived at St. James's. He came over Land from Gibraltar, and is said to have brought Advice that Hostilities have been commenced by the Spaniards.
A Person lately arrived from the Havannah says that a large Boom and Chain, of an immense Construction, was extended, a little before his Departure, across the Entrance of the River, which required 3000 Workmen to heave it up by the Help of Windlasses, and other strong Purchases on each Side.
Letters from Madrid advise that three Ships of the Line, with two Frigates and a Tender, are fitting out at Cadiz for an Expedition to the Gold Coast.
Tuesday a Brewer's Clerk made off with upwards of 2000. l. the Property of his Master.
Yesterday in the Afternoon, as Mr. Dolby, Distiller in Thames Street, was returning from Dartford, he was stopped by a single Highwayman, who robbed him of his Watch, 27 Guineas, and three Shillings, but returned him the Silver, and then rode off full Gallop.
They write from Brest, that it is whispered there that the Ships of War fitting out with so much Diligence at that Port are destined for the East Indies.
It is reported that Beating Orders will in a few Days be issued out for raising Recruits, to complete some Regiments which are to embark on Board a strong Squadron shortly to sail for the West Indies.
They write from Corke, that two Transports are now loading there with Salt Provisions for Bermuda, on the Government's Account; where, we are informed, Magazines are ordered to be kept for the Supply of such of his Majesty's Ships of War cruising in the Atlantic as may have Occasion to touch at that Island in Want of Stores, the Neglect of which was severely felt on several Occasions during the last War.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Bishop of Osnaburg, and the Princess Royal, with a splendid Train of the Nobility, are to accompany their Majesties to Portsmouth, &c.
It is a real Fact that a great and amiable Lady subscribes herself, in writing to the Duchess of Gloucester, her affectionate Sister, &c.
It is reported that a Plan is under Consideration for a superb Monument to be erected in Westminster Abbey to the Memory of the late Earl of Chesterfield.
Extract of a Letter from Warsaw, May 3.
"The uncommon Motion and Despatch of Couriers which was observed amongst the Ministers of the three united Powers this Day se'nnight, we are now informed, was occasioned by the Answer which the above Ministers received from his Majesty, on their Request, at an Audience, when they petitioned the King, in the Name of their Imperial and Royal Masters, that his Majesty would be pleased to sign the Division of Poland amongst them, as he is at the Head of the new general Confederacy, whose Example the rest of the Members of this Confederacy would be obliged to follow, by which an immediate End would be put to the present War, internal Peace would likewise be restored to the Empire, and every Dispute in Europe would be settled; but, in Case of his Refusal, their Masters, whose Views only are to promote a general Peace and Harmony, as well within as without this Empire, would find themselves obliged to take other Measures to execute their Intentions, and to make Use of the political Right to oppose Force by Force, and Violation by Violation. But his Majesty, according to his Firmness and Intrepidity, and according to his Duty to his Country, which instructed him with the Protection of its Laws and Liberty, made them the following Answer: That he is by no Means inclined to be guilty of that Black Crime of High Treason; that he never will put his Hand to sign the Division of the Country whose Protector he is; that not the Risk of losing his Dignity, nor even his Life, could force him to betray his Nation and Country to everlasting Shame, and fix an eternal Stain on the Name of a King; no flattering Hopes, nor threatening Fears whatsoever, are able to bring him off from this Resolution; and that not the Ambition of reigning over a vast Empire is the Cause of this Resolution, but his real Zeal and Love towards Right in general, and the Law of Nations in particular; is the only Cause of his declining to put his Seal of Truth and Right to a Falsehood and Usurpation; that, had he found their Pretensions just, he would have nobly testified the Truth, and openly ceded the Throne which he possessed unjustly; but as he finds the most undoubted Right on the Side of his Country and Nation, he not only will refuse to sign the Division of the Empire, but will also publickly protest against it for ever, and call aloud to all the Princes of Europe, "Come ye and protect the ancient Laws of Nations; if ye remain silent, if ye permit an open Breach of those Laws and Rights, though but in trifling Matters, know then that your Thrones will shake in Time, as nothing but Force will take Place in Lieu of Right, and the civilized Nations of Europe will be reduced lower than Savages." If the united Powers have an undoubted Right to possess this Empire, why do they pretend to be their own Judges? Why do they not lay their Pretensions before the impartial World, or leave it to those who are Guarantees to Poland, or to any other impartial Jury? Must such a Right be decided by 100,000 Men with drawn Swords in their Hands? Let the Consequence be what it may, he never will sign the Division of Poland; but, according to the Duty becoming a Prince, in Defence of his Country, he publickly protests against it, and declares it a tyrannical Breach, and a publick disturbing of Nations, &c. This Answer was sent by the Ministers to their respective Courts, requesting farther Instructions, which we expect very anxiously."
Extract of a Letter from Turin, April 29.
"His Sardinian Majesty is making several new Dispositions in his Army, and is likewise making great Alterations in the civil Government of his Dominions. The Designs of the Courts of France and Spain, respecting the Provinces of Piedmont and Savoy, begin to manifest themselves more openly than ever, and every Precaution is taken to hinder their having any Effect, especially by concluding a Treaty with the Emperor of Germany, by which the above Provinces are to be guarded; and the Duke de Chablais is to espouse a Princess of the House of Austria."
HELSTONE, in Cornwall, May 13. Such Weather at this Time of the Year has not been remembered by the oldest Man in this Town. We have had Snow and Hail some Inches deep, and the Air exceeding cold, which has carried off many old People, and one in the 104th Year, a Tailor (named Gatty) who enjoyed a good State of Health, and worked at his Trade till within a short Time of his Death. He had 45 Apprentices, and has left behind him a Wife and nine Children, 39 Grandchildren, and seven great Grandchildren. Provisions are very dear; no Fifth in any Quantity comes to Market; and the Corn, now the Tanners are quiet, is getting up to its old Price of 20s. the Cornish Bushel, so that we are apprehensive they will rise again, and God only knows what will be the Consequence!
GLOUCESTER, May 24. The violent Rain that fell on Thursday Morning occasioned such Land Floods between this City and Bristol as rendered Traveling exceedingly dangerous. The two Miss Champions, of Henbury, had a very narrow Escape near Cambridge Inn. They had brought a Bristol Chaise all the Way, and the Driver, unacquainted with the Course of the Road, knew not how to direct his Horses, and drove into the Brook, which then overflowed the Road. The Horses were both drowned, and the Ladies must inevitably have perished, but for the Activity of the People that were present, who beat off the Head of the Chaise, and drew the Ladies out at the Top, when they were but just able to keep their Chins above Water.
LEEDS, May 25. Tuesday as a Gentleman, belonging to Durham, was crossing the River Wear at Frawwell Gate Ford, his Horse got into a Hole in the Bed of the River, and after remaining a little Time under Water came up without his Rider, and swam ashore. All Means were immediately used to find the Gentleman, by Dragging, &c. which could not be effected for about Half an Hour, when he was taken up apparently dead. A Surgeon being present, got him conveyed into a House, laid him before the Fire, and after rubbing his Body with Salt, and applying Tobacco Fumigations, he at length showed Signs of Life, by disgorging a great Quantity of Water, and is now so well recovered as to be able to walk about his Room.
DUBLIN, May 15. Monday Night a Sharper followed a Lady from the Door of Smock Alley Theatre to her Carriage, and observing the Moment she lifted her Foot to step in, flipped off one of her Shoes, with a Diamond Buckle, and escaped through the Crowd.

CHARLESTOWN, June 4. DE St. Pierre, in a Letter from New Bourdeaux in this Province, dated May 20th, says: "I have the Satisfaction to inform you that my Vineyard is thriving in Perfection, and well furnished with Grapes; others besides mine are in perfect good Order, and next Year we shall have a good Deal of Wine as well as Silk made here. The Progress made in one Year is surprising; of all the Vines planted last March, some of which I brought from Madeira, none have miscarried, but are now in full Growth." There are also some other very thriving Vineyards on Broad River, the Owner and Cultivator of one of which, by the publick spirited Assistance of his Honour the Lieutenant Governor, obtained a few Years ago a Premium of 50l. Sterling from the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c. in London. There is at present the greatest Number of new Negroes for Sale here that perhaps ever was known at one Time in this Province.
BOSTON, June 28. REPORT of the Committee of the Honourable Board on the Governor and Lieutenant Governor's Letters, with the Resolves about the Genuineness of said Letters, June 24. THE Committee having made Report to this Board on the six Letters of Governor Hutchinson, dated June 18th, August 1st, October 10th Dec. 1768, 20th January and 20th Octo. 1769, and written while he was Lieutenant Governor of this Province, and on the four Letters of Lieutenant Governor Oliver, dated 7th May 1767, 11th May 1768, 13th Feb. and 12th August 1769, and written when he was Secretary of the Province, all which Letters were referred to said Committee the 22d Instant, Unanimously RESOLVED , that the said six Letters clearly appear to this Board, both from the Letters themselves, and from the Declaration in the Governor's Message received this Day, to be truly genuine Letters of his Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, Esquire, and as such are to be considered. Also unanimously RESOLVED , that the said four Letters clearly appear to this Board, from the Letters themselves, to be truly genuine Letters of the Honourable Andrew Oliver, Esquire, and as such are to be considered. June 25, 1773, the Report of the Committee aforesaid was accepted, and is as follows:
IN considering the Letters referred by the Honourable Board to their Committee, the Committee thought it proper to select from them some of the Paragraphs that appeared the most exceptionable, and to make on them such Observations as naturally and most obviously arise from the Subject; and, from the Whole, to form a Result that the Paragraphs and Observations would justify. These Observations are made with the utmost Regret, not only on Account of the distinguished Stations of the Honourable Letter Writers, but also on Account of the Opinion which has been entertained of their good Disposition to promote the Interests and Welfare of the Province.
The Letters we shall first notice are the six with the Signature of his Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, Esquire, Governor of this Province. They were all written while he was Lieutenant Governor, and, except the last, in the Administration of Governor Bernard.
His Excellency's Letter dated Boston June 18th, 1768, gives an Account of the Withdraw of the Commissioners of the Customs from the Town, represented to be in Consequence of a Mob raised by the Seizure of a Sloop some Days before; and he is pleased to observe, that "no Notice was taken of their Extravagance in the Time of it, nor any Endeavours, by any Authority except the Governor, the next Day, to discover and punish the Offenders." "The Governor pressed the Council to assist him with their Advice, but they declined and evaded, calling it a Bruise, or small Disturbance, by Boys and Negroes, not considering how much it must be resented in England that the Officers of the Crown should think themselves obliged to quit the Place of their Residence, and go on Board a King's Ship for Safety, and all the internal Authority of the Province take no Notice of it." This Representation remarkably corresponds with Governor Bernard's. We shall here only remark, that no Notice could be taken of the Mob's "Extravagance in the Time of it," as it happened in the Evening, was sudden, and of short Continuance. That the next Day, being Saturday, not only the Governor, but the Council with him, agreed that an Examination should be made into the Affair, in Order to the Discovery and Punishment of the Offenders, for which Purpose the Governor appointed the next Monday Morning. But, for Reasons known to himself, he then put off the Examination, and never after renewed the Appointment for it. The Council, therefore, did not need the Governor to press them to assist him with their Advice, nor did they decline or evade it. All which is manifest from their Defence of themselves in their Proceedings on the 29th of July 1768, and in their Letter to Lord Hillsborough of the 15th of April 1769; which show, not only that Governor Bernard's Representation of the Conduct of the Council in this Affair, but also that Governor Hutchinson's similar Representation of it is unkind, injurious, and unjust. And this Unkindness, Injury, and Injustice, were increased by his referring Mr. Whately (or whoever this Correspondent was) to the Letter Bearer, "for a more full Account," and by so doing giving the Weight of his Authority to every Tiling which might be represented by one who went to England as a Complainant, and with a high Spirit of Resentment against the People here.
His Excellency's next Letter, dated August 1768, attempts to justify the Conduct of the Commissioners of the Customs, that is, "four of them," particularly in their Withdraw from the Town; and seems, in some Parts of it, calculated to invalidate what the Council had said concerning them in their Answer to Governor Bernard on the 29th of July 1768, wherein the Board declares, "that the Commissioners were not obliged to quit the Town, that there never had been any Insult offered to them, and that their quitting the Town was a voluntary Act of their own."
His Excellency says, concerning them, "it is now pretended they need not to have withdrawn; and that Mr. Williams had stood his Ground without any Injury, although the Mob beset his House. But there never was that Spirit raised against the under Officers as against the Commissioners, I mean four of them." There appeared a much higher Spirit against Mr. Williams than against the Commissioners, before they abandoned; and as he stood his Ground without any Injury, although the Mob beset his House, so it may be justly inferred that they also might have stood their Ground, at least until their Houses had been beset, which never had happened. "I do not believe (continues his Excellency) if the Mob had seized them, there was any Authority able and willing to have rescued them." There was no just Occasion for this Declaration, as the Commissioners had not been seized, nor the least Attempt made for that Purpose. If, "after they had withdrawn, the Town signified to the Governor by a Message that it was expected or desired they should not return," and if "it was then the general Voice that it would not be safe for them to return," which is affirmed by his Excellency, it would not from thence follow that "after all this the Sons of Liberty" were mistaken in saying "they deserted or abdicated;" for all this might be, and undoubtedly was, occasioned by their imprudent Withdraw.
By the said Letter, his Excellency appears to have encouraged the carrying into Effect a Measure which the Commissioners and Governor Bernard had been earnestly pursuing, namely, the procuring Regiments to be sent hither; for he is pleased to say, in that Letter, that "with all the Aid you can give to the Officers of the Crown they will have enough to do to maintain the Authority of Government and to carry the Laws into Execution. If they are discountenanced, neglected, or fail of Support from you, they must submit to every Thing the present Opposers of Government think fit to require of them." So far as his Excellency has been instrumental in effecting a Measure which has been productive of great Confusion and Bloodshed.
In the Letter of the 4th of October 1768, his Excellency mentions, that "many of the common People have been in a Frenzy, and talked of dying in Defence of their Liberties;" that "too many of Rank above the Vulgar, and some in publick Posts, have countenanced and encouraged them, until they increased so much in their Numbers, and in their Opinion of their Importance, as to submit to Government no farther than they thought proper. The legislative Powers have been influenced by them, and the executive Powers entirely lost their Force." That "there has been continual Danger of Mobs and Insurrections; that for four or five Weeks past the Distemper has been growing, and I confess I have not been without some Apprehensions for myself."
On the Representation here given, we would observe, that although the State of Things at this Time was greatly disordered, the Greatness of the Disorder more immediately arose from these Causes, namely, from the Conduct of the Commissioners about and in Consequence of the Seizure on the 10th of June; from the ministerial Order that the House of Representatives should rescind certain Resolves of the former House; from the Dissolution of the General Court for the Refusal to rescind; from the Rumours that Regiments were sent for; from the certain Information of their being ordered hither; from Governor Bernard's repeated Refusal to call an Assembly, in which the People, in these distressed Circumstances, could place their Confidence; and from the Apprehension among them, whether well grounded or not is immaterial, that they were to be subjected to the Will of the said Governor, who, if he ever had any, had lost all Regard for them, and was then manifestly undermining their Liberties and Privileges.
In such a State of Things, was it not to be expected that the People would be uneasy, and that they would manifest their Uneasiness by Disorders and Irregularity? But, notwithstanding the Variety of Causes operating to produce Disorder, it was not carried to the Height represented in the above mentioned Letter, the Tendency and Design of which could not be to allay the Resentment which former Representations had occasioned. The same Letter farther represents, that "while we were in this State News came of two Regiments being ordered from Halifax, and soon after two more from Ireland. The Minds of People were more and more agitated; broad Hints were given that the Troops should never land. A Barrel of Tar was placed upon the Beacon, in the Night to be fired, to bring in the Country when the Troops appeared; and all the Authority of the Government was not strong enough to remove it." It is very true, that on the News of those Regiments being ordered hither the Minds of People were in great Agitation; and at that Time the Barrel was placed on the Beacon, where it continued several Days, during the Violence of the Agitation. But when it had somewhat abated, the Sheriff, with one or two Assistants, went to the Beacon, and the latter, in the Presence of a Number of People, took down the Barrel, which, instead of a Barrel of Tar, proved to be an empty Nail Barrel, put there as a Scarecrow, or more probably put there by some wanton Lads to make for themselves Diversion. But however it got there, and whatever might be the Purposes to be answered by it, it was ill suited for a Signal to be fired in the Night to bring in the Country when the Troops appeared; and there was no Foundation for saying, that "all the Authority of the Government was not strong enough to remove it."
His Excellency, mentioning the Arrival of the Troops from Halifax, says: "Two Regiments are landed, but a new Grievance is now raised: The Troops are, by Act of Parliament, to be quartered no Where else but in the Barracks, until they are sail. There are Barracks enough at the Castle to hold both Regiments. It is therefore against the Act to bring any of them into Town. This was started by the Council in their Answer to the Governor, which, to make themselves popular, they, in an unprecedented Way, published, and have alarmed all the Province; for although none but the most contracted Minds could put such a Construction upon the Act, yet, after this Declaration of the Council, nine Tenths of the People suppose it just." We have examined the Act of Parliament referred to, and the then Council's Construction of it, and we are clearly of Opinion that their Construction of it is just; although, by thus giving our Opinion, we involve ourselves in the Censure cast upon that Council. With Respect to their publishing their Answer in an unprecedented Way, to make themselves popular, they have wholly vindicated themselves against this Charge, which with great Virulence was urged against them by Governor Bernard, and which his Excellency Governor Hutchinson thought proper to adopt. He is pleased to add, I wish the Act had been better expressed, but it is absurd to suppose the Parliament intended to take from the King the Direction of his Forces, by confining them to a Place where any of the Colonies might think fit to build Barracks." There is manifestly Room for distinguishing between Forces on their March and resident Forces. With Respect to the latter, of which Character were the Regiments sent hither, it is not absurd to suppose that Parliament intended not to take from the King the Direction of them, but, in any Colonies where they are stationed, to confine them, during their Stay, to the Barracks there provided, if sufficient to accommodate them. "It is besides ungrateful, says his Excellency; for it is known to many that this Provision was brought into the Bill after it had been framed without it, from mere Favour to the Colonies." If this Provision was brought into the Bill to favour the Colonies, it was intended by Parliament to have an actual Operation in their Favour; and would have so operated in this Colony, had not Governor Bernard controuled it. But we cannot see with what Propriety the Council is chargeable with Ingratitude for endeavouring that the said Provision should answer the very Purpose for which it was brought into the Act.
In the Letter dated the 10th of December 1768, his Excellency writes, "that a Number of the Council have agreed upon a long Address or Petition to Parliament, and that it will be sent by this Ship to Mr. Bolland, to be presented. Mr. Danforth, who is President of the Council, told the Governor, upon Inquiry, that it was sent to him to sign, and he supposed the rest of the Council who had met together would sign after him, in Order, but he had since found that they wrote over his Name, by Order of Council;" on which he is pleased to observe, that this "makes it appear to be an Act of Council."
This Petition was for the Repeal of the American Revenue Acts. A similar one had been prepared, and was under Consideration of the Council at the Time of Governor Bernard's proroguing the General Court in June 1768, and could have been completed the same Day; but, though strongly importuned, he would not suffer it to be done. After the Prorogation and consequent Dissolution, the Council could not act as a Body without him, and it was with much Difficulty they obtained his Consent to their petitioning. However, the Petition was at length agreed to, and he was desired by the Council to send it to Lord Hillsborough to be laid before his Majesty. He sent it accordingly, but with such Comments as tended to defeat it. A Number of the Council, apprized of this, agreed to petition the two Houses of Parliament, in separate Petitions, for the repealing the said Acts. Governor Hutchinson's Letter above quoted relates wholly to one of those Petitions. The Petition itself will show that there was no Intention it should appear "to be an Act of Council." The printed Votes of the House of Commons, of the 25th of January 1769, show the same Thing. It is there said, that Alderman Beckford "offered to the House a Petition, purporting to be the Petition of the major Part of his Majesty's Council of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, signed Samuel Danforth, President of the Council, in the Name of the major Part of the Council aforesaid;" and the Petition itself farther shows, in the first Paragraph of it, that the Council, by the Dissolution of the General Court, were rendered unable, in their legislative Capacity, to address the House, and that the other Members of the Council live too remote to join with the Petitioners: All which demonstrates, that the Account above given of the Petition is erroneous, and that the Petition itself could not "appear to be an Act of Council."
The same Letter farther represents, that "it is proper it should be known that the Whole is no more than the Doings of a Part of the Council or only, although even that is not very material, since they had all been present without the Governor's Summons the Meeting would have been irregular and unconstitutional, and ought to be discountenanced and censured." "I have known no Instance here of the Council's meeting and doing Business without the Governor, until within three or four Months past."
It is manifest, from what is said above, that the fore-mentioned Petition was not meant to be, and could not be understood "to be an Act of Council," and therefore the Meeting of divers Members of the Council about it, though not summoned by the Governor, was neither irregular nor unconstitutional, nor ought to be discountenanced and censured; nor have the Council, thus censured, in any Instance whatever (except in their legislative Capacity during the Sitting of the General Court) done, or attempted to do, any Act of Council without the Governor, notwithstanding the unjust Suggestion to the contrary.
His Excellency "thought it very necessary the Circumstances of this Proceeding should be known," and that "it would be best it should not be known that the Intelligence comes from him."
The Knowledge of the true Circumstances of this Proceeding could not invalidate the Petition, nor prejudice the Characters of the Petitioners; but the Detail his Excellency has given, which in some Parts of it seems founded on the Information of Governor Bernard, had a Tendency, and probably operated to do both: And it were to be wished, that, as he thought it necessary the Circumstances should be known, he had taken Care to be rightly informed. But what Necessity he could lie under, or what official Call he could then have to give any Account about the Proceedings of the Council, is by no Means apparent. However, if there was a Necessity, it may be apprehended it might have more naturally operated to produce a Representation in Favour of the Petition; especially at a Time when it was known a former Petition of the Council had been treacherously marred by Governor Bernard, when he was doing every Thing in his Power to destroy the Constitution of the Province, and to subject it with the other Colonies to Revenue Acts, and when by the Dissolution of the General Court the regular Channel of petitioning Parliament was shut up. In such a State of Things, it was justly to be expected that every Friend to the Province, if he could not promote would at least do nothing to frustrate a Petition the Object of which was in any Sort the Good of the Province, but especially a Petition praying for the Repeal of the American Revenue Acts, which had been the Occasion of so much Uneasiness and Confusion in this Colony in particular, and the Colonies in general. But even this Petition could not escape the Animadversions of his Excellency Governor Hutchinson.
In the Letter of the 20th of January 1769, his Excellency expresses his great Obligations to his Correspondent (who appears to be of the best Authority) for the very clear and full Account of Proceedings in Parliament which he had received from him, and by which he had in a great Measure defeated the ill Designs of the Enemies of Government, in giving out, "that their Friends in Parliament were increasing, and all Things would soon be on the old Footing; in other Words, that all Acts imposing Duties would be repealed, the Commissioners Board dissolved, the
Customs put on the old Footing, and illicit Trade be carried on with little or no Hazard." He observes, that "what Marks of Resentment the Parliament will show, whether they will be upon the Province in general, or particular Persons, is extremely uncertain; but that they will be placed somewhere is most certain," that "this is most certainly a Crisis. I really with that there may not have been the least Degree of Severity beyond what is absolutely necessary to maintain, I think I may say to you, the Dependence which a Colony ought to have upon the Parent State; but if no Measures shall have been taken to secure this Dependence, or nothing more than some declaratory Acts or Resolves, it is all over with us. The Friends of Government will be utterly disheartened, and the Friends of Anarchy will be afraid of nothing, be it ever so extravagant." "I never think of the Measures necessary for the Peace and good Order of the Colonies without Pain; there must be an Abridgment of what are called English Liberties." His Excellency's Mind is here so clearly expressed, that it stands in no Need of Comments and Elucidation.
In the sixth and last Letter, dated October 20th, 1769, his Excellency says: "My Opinion upon the Combinations of the Merchants I gave you very fully." "It is not possible that Provision for dissolving these Combinations, and subjecting all who do not renounce them to Penalties adequate to the Offence, should not be made the first Week the Parliament meets. Certainly all Parties will unite in so extraordinary a Case, if they never do in any other." "I must beg the Favour of you to keep secret every Thing I write." All the Remark we shall make here is, that it is an Unhappiness his Excellency had Occasion, from the Errors of his Representations, to lay his Friends under the Injunction of Secrecy, that "the Party here" might not be informed "of the Contents of his Letters."
Thus have the Committee taken a general View of Governor Hutchinson's six Letters; on some of which, wherein the Council has been censured, or the Propriety of their Conduct questioned, we have been more particular in our Remarks, many of the present Board being Members of that Council, and concerned in the Proceedings complained of. The Committee now proceed to consider the Letters of the Honourable Andrew Oliver, Esq; Lieutenant Governor.
HIS Honour's Letter of the 7th of May, 1767, appears to have been wrote with an Intention to procure the passing of an Act or Acts of Parliament to raise a Revenue in America, after the Province has been restored to Quiet by the Repeal of the Stamp Act. This is apparent from his Assertion, calculated to excite the Resentment of Parliament, that those who had been busy in fomenting Disturbances plumed themselves much upon the Victory they had gained by the Repeal; his representing the Officers of the Crown as having lost all their Weight and Influence, and rendered perfectly insignificant by Means of their Dependence on the People for a Support; and, on this Account, struggling hard between Duty to the Crown and a Regard to themselves. He observes, that as they are very few they may easily be provided for; and expressly says, that such Provision is necessary to the Restoration and Support of the King's Authority. He suggests a Way in which new Revenue Acts may be carried into Effect, by showing how a certain Mode of Opposition to them may be defeated; adding, in a Kind of Triumph at the Prospect, that "then the Game would be over."
In his Letter of the 11th of May, 1768, he implicitly points out the Necessity of sending Troops into the Province; acquainting his Correspondent, that it had been given out that no Person who receives a Stipend from the Government at home should live in the Country, that Government wanted some effectual Support, that the People had at length got to act upon a settled Plan, and the Government here was too weak to subdue their turbulent Spirits.
In his Letter of the 13th of February, 1769, he seems to confirm what he had in the last mentioned Letter suggested of the Utility of sending Troops. He speaks of the quiet Reception they met with at their Arrival as not at all surprising to him, though he was "sorry there was Occasion for sending them." He misrepresents the Conduct of the Council for that Year, apparently with the same Temper and Disposition that actuated him the Year next ensuing, in giving a certain Deposition respecting the Measures of the Board to procure a Removal of the Troops from the Town of Boston. He makes the Address of a Number of the Council to General Gage, in which they intimated that the sending of Troops was unnecessary, a Subject of Ridicule; with Pleasure recites, and adopts, an impertinent Burlesque of one Mr. Ingersoll on a Part of that Address, and refers to the good Sense of the Gentleman to whom he writes to make other Remarks thereon, and to trace the Influence of the Populace under which it was penned; acquainting him, that the Disturbers of our Peace had taken great Advantage of such Aids from People in Office and Power. He tells the Gentleman, he was confirmed in an Opinion he had long before taken up, that if there should be no Way to take off the original Incendiaries they would continue to poison the Minds of the People; which Opinion of his Honour, thus communicated, might possibly give Rise to the extending the Act of Henry VIII. to the Colonies. While he mentions that some with Fear and Trembling soon expect the Decision of Parliament on American Affairs, he sufficiently hints the Pleasure which would be derived to himself from their adopting severe Measures against the Colonies; which it seems he was encouraged to expect by a Letter from the Gentleman to whom he was writing, communicated by the then Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson. He proposes an essential Alteration of the Constitution of this Province; and to engage the Gentleman who had, in his Letter above mentioned, observed upon some Defects therein, heartily to attempt such an Alteration, he speaks with great Dislike of the Method of appointing Grand Juries established by the Provincial Laws, and mentions the Exceptions to which the present Mode of Election of Counsellors is liable. Upon the latter he greatly enlarges and furnishes his Correspondent with entirely a new Plan for modelling the Government in future, both as to the first Appointment of Counsellors and the Means of providing for a Succession. And although he is pleased to call this Plan a Reverie, he does not fail to intimate an Expectation that the Person to whom it was addressed would endeavour to apply it to some good Purpose.
In his Letter of the 12th of August, 1769, he resumes the Subject begun in his first Letter, respecting the Necessity of making Provision for the Support of the Crown Officers, and thereby rendering them independent of the People. He speaks of the Assembly's withholding the usual Grant to the Chief Justice, which might naturally be understood of their withholding all Support from him, though they only withheld an additional Grant, made sometimes, but not every Year, to the Chief Justice, over and above the Salary he had in common with the other Justices of the same Court. He asserts, that while the Friends of Government, and the Officers of the Crown, are left to an abject Dependence on the very People who are undermining its Authority (which must be understood of the General Assembly on whom they depended for a Support) Great Britain will never recover that Respect which the Colonies have been wont to pay to the Parent State; and he concludes with soliciting a Pension of 300l. Sterling per Annum, for himself.
On the Whole, the Committee are humbly of Opinion, that, from the Letters of his Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, Esq; it will clearly appear, that in giving an Account of the Seizure on the 10th of June, 1768, his Excellency erroneously affirmed that no Endeavours were used the next Day, by any Authority except the Governor, to discover and punish the Offenders; and, when the Council was called upon by the Governor to assist him with their Advice, unjustly charged them with Evasion, and with declining to give him that Assistance.
That the Commissioners of the Customs having unnecessarily deserted the Town, his Excellency, by his Letter of August 1768, endeavouring to exculpate them, declares that he did not "believe if the Mob had seized them there was any Authority able and willing to have rescued them." By which Clause, and by other Clauses in the same Letter, recommending that farther Aid and Support be given to the Officers of the Crown, to enable them "to maintain the Authority of Government, and to carry the Laws into Execution," his Excellency did excite to the prosecuting a Measure which had been efficaciously recommended to Administration, viz. the sending of Regiments hither, which has been productive of so much Confusion and Bloodshed.
That his Excellency's Letter of the 4th of October, 1768, contains a very exaggerated Representation of the disordered State of the Province, and greatly tended to inflame the Resentment of Administration still farther against the Town and Province.
That, in the same Letter, his Excellency unjustly censured the Council, and says of them what had a Tendency to bring on them the Displeasure of his Majesty for their Conduct about quartering the Troops, and charged them with Ingratitude for proceeding according to the Requisitions of the Mutiny Act; in which Proceedings they acted not only agreeable to the Letter, but agreeable also to the Spirit and Intention of the said Act.
That his Excellency's Letter of the 10th of December, 1768, unjustly censured a Number of the Council, and had a Tendency to bring on them the Censure of Administration, for what is represented in the said Letter to be their Conduct in petitioning Parliament for the Repeal of the American Revenue Acts.
That the said Representation being greatly erroneous, and reflecting great Dishonour on the Petitioners, manifestly tended to defeat the Prayer of the Petition, and would have been at any Time unkind and injurious to the Province, but was more especially so at a Time when all regular Approach by Petition to Parliament had been, and then was, by Governor Bernard, interrupted and prevented.

That his Excellency, who does not appear to have thought the sending of Troops hither indicated a sufficient Resentment, did, by his Letter of the 20th of January 1769, manifestly approve, and therein intimated the Propriety, of farther Marks of Resentment to be shown by Parliament, either on the Province in general, or on particular Persons.
That, by the same Letter, it appears it was his Excellency's Opinion that other Measures than declaratory Acts and Resolves were necessary to secure the Dependence of the Colonies, and strongly recommended such Measures; and declares, that there must be an Abridgment of what are called English Liberties.
And from the Letters of the Honourable Andrew Oliver, Esq; it will clearly appear,
That he had it in Design to promote the passing of Acts of Parliament for the Purpose of raising a Revenue in America, with a View to his own personal Emolument, and rendering the Officers of the Crown Independent of the People.
That by the Representation contained in his Letter dated May 11th, 1768, of the Temper of the People, and the Want of some effectual Support to Government, which he speaks of as too weak to subdue their turbulent Spirits, he not only had it in his Intention, but probably became instrumental, to introduce a military Force into the Province.
And that by representing the Council as wholly under the Influence of the Populace, in his Letter of the 13th of February 1769, he intended to prepare the Way for the Adoption of his Plan, proposed in the same Letter, for subverting the Constitution, and in a great Measure destroying the Liberties of this People.
And it farther appears, That the Exaggerations and Misrepresentations contained in the said Letters of Governor Hutchinson and Lieutenant Governor Oliver , collectively considered, have had an unhappy Tendency, and have probably operated, to bring upon this Province the Displeasure of our gracious Sovereign, to procure the Armaments which have been sent hither and are expressive of it, to prevent a Redress of our Grievances, and to alienate the mutual Affection, and dissolve the Union, which ought always to subsist between Great Britain and her Colonies.
Wherefore, as Duty and Loyalty to the King, Affection to the Mother Country, and Regard for this Province, must influence the Friends of them to desire the Removal of Causes productive of such Effects, they must influence them to desire the Removal of his Excellency Thomas Hutchinson , Esq; and of the Honourable Andrew Oliver , Esq; from the Offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor of this Province.
And it is the humble Opinion of the Committee that Resolves be passed by the Honourable Board conformable to this Report. [They were passed accordingly, June 25th.]
WILLIAMSBURG, July 22.
THE London, Robertson, in six Weeks from London, is arrived in Rappahannock River; the Betsey, Ramsay, Jenny, Kerr (via Barcelona) and Christie, Lee (via Havre de Grace) from Glasgow, in James River.
[DEATHS.] Reverend Robert MacLaurin , Rector of Southam, in Cumberland, on the 5th Instant.
To the PUBLICK.
As several Gentlemen of this Colony have engaged in the Scheme of establishing a Society for advancing useful Knowledge, it is thought proper to acquaint the Publick with their Motives and Designs.
The Object of their Hopes is to direct the Attention of their Countrymen to the Study of Nature, with a View of multiplying the Advantages that may result from this Source of Improvement. If it be acknowledged that every useful Discovery is derived from Experience, it is also obvious to perceive that the Observations of unassociated Individuals must be confined within narrow Limits; and that the most extensive of these, either from Diffidence in the Observer or the Difficulties which attend a Publication, are frequently suppressed. It is therefore the Intention of this Society to rescue from Oblivion every useful Essay, and they hope that the Efforts of their Members will furnish them with a Collection which may at once both amuse and instruct.
Little Penetration is sufficient to discover a mutual Connexion between the different Branches of Knowledge. Hence, those who are engaged in different Pursuits may receive from the casual Observations of others such Information respecting their own Inquiries as might otherwise have escaped their Attention.
That Societies of this Kind are most likely to promote Science; by collecting, preserving, and reasoning from Discoveries and Experiments, cannot be doubted; and of what Benefit they have been to Mankind, since the last Century commenced, every civilized State in Europe hath clearly evinced. The Advantages resulting from them being thus evident, it is surprising that such an Association hath not long ago been introduced among us. Virginia furnishes a Field both spacious and almost untrampled. Who can tell what may accrue to the Inhabitants from an Acquaintance with the Nature and Effects of the Climates and Soils? The Minerals, Fossils, and Springs, in which the Country abounds, may yield the greatest Emolument both to their Owners and the Publick. The Multiplicity of Vegetables and Animals may conduce to the Purposes of Commerce and the Comforts of Life, in Modes with which, at present, we are not acquainted. In a Community where Labourers are few, and those chiefly Slaves, mechanical Inventions will be peculiarly serviceable. From prosecuting the Inquiries proposed by the Society, we shall not only become acquainted with the Advantages we already possess, but shall also discover what we may farther need, and the proper Means of supplying our Wants.
Though these be the general Objects of our Plan, yet others less apparently useful will not be excluded. We wish to be assisted by every one who will make Observations, and faithfully relate them. Let no Person plead Incapacity who reflects that the accidental Discovery of certain Properties in a rude Stone provided a more infallible Guide through the pathless Ocean than all the Investigations of Philosophy.
Advertisements.
A MEETING OF THE OHIO COMPANY IS DESIRED At Stafford Courthouse , on Tuesday the 27th of August , On Business of the utmost Importance. (55) G. MASON , Treasurer.
DUMFRIES, July 10, 1773.
ALL Persons indebted to Messrs. William Craufurd, Thomas Dunmore, and Company , for Dealings with Mr. Edward Conner , deceased, and Mr. William Craufurd , at Alexandria , are desired to make immediate Payment to the Subscriber, who is properly empowered to receive and give Acquittances for any Sums of Money due to them. As a sufficient Indulgence has already been given, it must be expected I shall close the old Accounts in the most expeditious Manner. The Books and Papers are now with me at Dumfries ; and, to make it more convenient for those at a Distance, I shall attend Fairfax Court in the Months of August and September , after which Time Suits will be ordered against every one indebted to the said Company. I am also authorized to receive the Debts due to Mr. William Craufurd , Junior, for lumping Parcels of Goods sold by him. WILLIAM CARR.
To be LET on CHARTER, A new SHIP, William Witherald Master, BURTHEN 450 Hogheads of Tobacco, Will be ready to take in about the Middle of August. For TERMS apply to JOHN GREENWOOD, Norfolk. (ti)
WARWICK, July 12, 1773.
PUBLICK Notice is hereby given, that the Concern carried on under the Firm of James and Robert Donald and Company is to be dissolved at the 1st of September next, and that all the Debts due to their Stores kept on the South Side of James River will be collected by Mr. Patrick Hunter, to whom all Persons indebted are requested to make Payment, and to whom those who have Demands against the said Company are desired to apply, that they may be discharged. ROBERT DONALD.
The Store at Warwick , at Elam's , in Chesterfield , and a Store in Prince Edward , will be continued (though to a smaller Extent) under the Firm of Robert Donald, Junior, and Company , and under my Management.
RICHMOND Town, July 15, 1773.
THE Creditors of JAMES PATTERSON, deceased , are desired to make known their Demands against the Estate of the said Deceased as soon as possible, as I shall not pay, or assume to pay, any Debt until I can ascertain the whole Amount of the Debts due from the same. As he formerly lived in Williamsburg , I suppose he may have left some Effects there, and will be much obliged to any Gentleman who will give me Intelligence of it, that I may obtain an Order for Appraisement from the County Court of Henrico , where Administration of the Estate was lately granted me. (24) MILES TAYLOR.
N. B. There are some Watches left in his Shop, which I shall be glad the Owners will apply for, and prove their Property to them, as they cannot be otherwise delivered.
YORK, July 19, 1773.
The BRIG LIGHTFOOT, CAPTAIN DUNSLEY, Will sail from LONDON, for YORK RIVER, About the 1st of October. Shall be obliged to Gentlemen ordering Goods out about that Time for their FREIGHT. W. GOOSLEY.
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Sundry DAMAGED GOODS, consisting of Irish Linen, Bedtick, Blankets, &c. Imported in the Randolph, Captain McNabb, From LONDON, Will be SOLD at publick Auction, on Saturday the 7th of August, at Morgan's Ordinary, in Amelia, for the Benefit of the Ensurers. FRANCIS EPES.
To be SOLD, at next Prince Edward August Court, A TRACT of LAND in the said County, where Miller Woodson formerly kept Store, containing about 300 Acres, on which is an exceeding good Storehouse, a Dwellinghouse, and other necessary Buildings. The Terms will be known on the Day of Sale. I have also for Sale the Tract of LAND formerly advertised, where Archibald McNabb kept Store, and about ten Acres in Chester Town , known by the Name of Booker's Point ; likewise two or three remarkable fine HOUSE SERVANTS, several Articles of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and a Quantity of DRY GOODS which I will sell on reasonable Terms. WARWICK, July 12, 1773. PATRICK HUNTER.
Just IMPORTED, in the London, Captain MOSES ROBERTSON, from London, A CARGO of well assorted GOODS, suitable for setting out a new Store, or for supplying a deficient one. They will be disposed of on moderate Credit, with suitable Security. Letters conveyed to Mr. James Mills at Urbanna, or to Mr. Archibald Ritchie at Hobb's Hole, will be attended to, by JOHN MILLS.
To be SOLD, on the Premises, on Monday the 6th of September, and may be entered on next January, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND on the Fork of Herring Creek and Dorel Swamp , in King William , containing 735 Acres. It has the Advantage of a fine Stream of Water, wherein might be built an excellent Grist Mill, well situated for Custom; the Soil is good for Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn, the Land is well timbered, and has on it an Overseer's House, a Quarter, and other Houses convenient for Cropping. A good Right will be warranted, and the Terms made known on the Day of Sale. Any Person inclined to purchase may see the Land by applying to the Subscriber, near Aylett's Warehouse . REUBEN TURNER.
To be SOLD by Auction, at Prince George Courthouse, on Tuesday the 14th of SEPTEMBER, being Court Day,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND on Warwick Swamp , in the said County, being the unimproved Moiety of the Tract on which Mr. John Thompson , Junior, now lives, containing about 792 Acres, and will be sold at, either, or divided, as may suit the Purchasers: also a small Piece joining the former, containing 60 Acres. Credit will be allowed till the 1st of January 1775, on giving Bond, with approved Security. These Lands were formerly in Dispute between Captain John Thompson and his Son John ; but as they have both joined in a Conveyance to me, the Title is now indisputable. Any Person desirous to purchase may see the Land by applying to Mr. Nathaniel Harrison of Suffex , near the Premises. (8) W. GOOSLEY.
RUN away from the Subscriber, two Negro Men , namely: JACK , a well set, full faced, Country born Fellow, about thirty five Years of Age, five Feet seven or eight Inches high, was lately seen lurking about Mr. Sterling Thornton's at Verina , where he has a Wife, and has been absent from my Service since February last. JOE , born in the Spanish West Indies , speaks English very indistinctly, is remarkably stout and well made, about the Age of Jack , five Feet nine or ten Inches high, and has been absent about a Fortnight. They are both Watermen, and carried with them the Clothes usually wore by such Negroes. Jack has for some Time gone as Skipper of one of my Flats, and Joe is well known on James River . Whoever apprehends the said Slaves, and conveys them to me in Petersburg , or secures them in Jail, and advises me thereof, shall be well rewarded for any Trouble and Expense they may be at. EDWARD BRISBANE.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Hanover , an indented Servant Man named JOHN COWGILL , about twenty five Years of Age, five Feet seven or eight Inches high, a thick well set Man, with short light coloured Hair, and had on an Osnaburg Shirt and Trousers, a Pair of Shoes, and a Hat. As he has been used to the Sea, I imagine he may make down the Country: All Masters of Vessels are therefore cautioned from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony. Whoever brings him to me in Hanover , or to Mr. John Brooke in Richmond , shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward, and be paid all reasonable Charges. JOHN HARRIS.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Chesterfield , near Oshorne's Warehouse , on Wednesday Night the 7th Instant ( July ) a Negro Fellow named STEPNEY , near thirty Years old, about five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, very black, and spare made; he plays a little on the Fiddle, is a Shoemaker by Trade, and had the Misfortune, some Years ago, to have one of his great Toes cut off, which I believe to be that of the right Foot. I imagine he will make for North Carolina , and endeavour to pass for a Freeman, as he took his Shoemaker's Tools with him. Whoever brings or contrives him to me shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS if taken in the Colony, and FIVE POUNDS if out thereof. (24) JOSEPH BASS.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber's Plantation in Prince George , about the 20th of June , a brown bay HORSE about four Feet six or seven Inches high, appears to be old, but is not more than eight or nine Years; he was poor when taken, but is remarkably high, is much rubbed about the Shoulders and Sides by working in the Plough and Cart, and banded on the near Buttock E. I imagine he may have made out either to my Plantation on Rowanty (where he belongs) or to Captain Edward Booker's , where he was bred. Whoever brings him to me, to Mr. Thomas Collins , Overseer at Rowanty , or to John Parkinson , Overseer at Amelia old Courthouse, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. (11) NATHANIEL HARRISON.
WESTMORELAND, June 22, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, last Sunday Night, two WHITE SERVANT MEN , namely: WILLIAM WALKER , alias SMITH , who came in the SCARSDALE , Captain REED , in 1771, by Trade a Gardener, about five Feet nine or ten Inches high, slim made, brown Complexion, a thin Face, coarse Voice, blue Eyes, black Hair, a remarkable Swing in his Walk, has a Cough, and is fond of Drink. This is the third Time of his running away; he has got Osnaburg and Check Shirt, Kersey and Cotton Jacks and Breeches, and Sailors Clothes. THOMAS PUTTERILL , a Lincolnshire Man, and an indented Servant, who came in the LIBERTY , Captain RAYSON , this present Year; he is by Trade a Butcher, and can do many other Things, such as Gardening and Farming, is a short well made Fellow, of a fair Complexion, with Hazzle Eyes, his Hair is brown, and curls in his Neck, he speaks rather quick, can read, write, and keep Accounts, and generally wears white Feathers in his Hat. He had on a brown Cloth Coat, a Second Mourning Jacket, a pair of black Breeches, gray Worsted Stockings, and took with him four Check, white, and Osnaburg Shirts, three Pair of Shoes, a Butcher's Steel and Knife, several Dollars and other Money, and a Parcel of Rings and Sleeve Buttons for Sale. Whoever apprehends the above mentioned Servants, and delivers them to me at Lee Hall , or secures them in Jail, so that I get them again, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward for each. As it is supposed they will both endeavour to pass for Seamen, all Masters of Vessels are forewarned from harbouring or carrying them out of the Colony. RICHARD LEE.
FIFTEEN POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from NEASCO Furnace , two Convicts, and an indented Servant, belonging to the Honourable John Tayloe , Esquire, JOSEPH LOVE DAY , from the West of England , about twenty three Years of Age, five Feet seven Inches high, of a ruddy Complexion, with sandy coloured Hair, a red Beard, a pretty smooth Face, very squeaking Voice, a large Scar on his Throat, and his Knee has been disjointed when he was a Boy, which makes him trail his Leg when he walks. He went off some Time last Fall, and was seen, I am lately told, about Mr. Zee's Iron Works, in Frederick County ; so that it is presumed he is still in that or some of the back Counties, and may be employed in the Farming or Team-driving Business, which he professed, but is very ignorant of both. He carried with him a blue Fearnought and a white Cotton Jacket, long Trousers dyed brown with Tan Bark, and in other Respects was clothed as Servants commonly are. The other Convict is named TYNIE ROACH , a Lad about twenty Years of Age, five Feet seven or eight Inches high, and ran away, last Month, from a Sloop of Colonel Taylor's , then in Rappahannock ; he is fair, though of a ruddy Complexion, somewhat pitted with the Smallpox, has a smooth insinuating Tongue, light coloured Hair, and has been a Sailor ever since he came in the Country, which is about four Years ago. He had on, and took with him, a new blue Fearnought Jacket with Horn Buttons, a blue double breasted Jacket with large Metal Buttons, a red Silk Handkerchief, a good many Osnaburg Shirts which he stole from the Sloop's Crew, besides a white one he stole from the Master, a Pair of Leather Breeches, a new Felt Hat bound round with red Ferret, and a Band of the same. The indented Servant is named JAMES M'LANE , a Scotchman , of the most unparallelled Ingratitude, and ran away, last Winter, from a Schooner in Potomack River , which I imprudently had made him Skipper of. He is a short well made Man, of a brown Complexion, with black Hair tied behind, and had a Variety of Clothes of his own which he carried with him, after selling his Bed Clothes, and those allowed him by his Master. He talks very much of his Feats in the last War, and of having been in most Parts of the World. Whoever secures the said Servants, or either of them, so that they may be had again, shall have the above Reward for each, and be paid all reasonable Charges. THOMAS LAWSON.
N. B. It is imagined that each of the above Servants have got forged Passes and Discharges with them. All Persons are forewarned from harbouring or concealing them, and Masters of Vessels from carrying them out of the Country, at their Peril. (6)
WARWICK, June 7, 1773.
I THINK it necessary to inform the Publick that the 7600 Acres of Land, lying in Bedford County, with the Improvements thereon, consisting of a Forge and Saw Mill, &c. which were lately advertised by Robert Harper and Thomas James for Sale, are made over, by a Deed of Trust, to James and Robert Donald and Company, as Security for a Debt due them for Dealings at their Rocky Ridge and Bedford Stores. (ti) PATRICK HUNTER.

P O E T S C O R N E R.  C A M P A N A F U N E B R I S. D EAR Myra, lift! yon solemn Bell Tells us Sufannah is no more! So we, ere long, must bid farewell; She's gone, and just but gone before. For should we live the Term of Years Which David does allot to Man, Yet still this Life, this Vale of Tears, Is but a Dream, a Blast, a Span. O may it ever be our Care The Paths of Virtue to pursue; Each Moment for our End prepare, And, like Sufannah, smile adieu.
Just IMPORTED from LONDON, in the George, Captain Coates, by JAMES GEDDY, and to be sold reasonably, at his Shop, near the Church, in William- sburg, a neat Assortment of
PLATE and JEWELLERY, consisting of pierced and plain Salts; Table and Tea Spoons; Tureen Punch and Pap Ladies; Silver, plated, and Pinchbeck Buckles; Patte Shoe, Knee, and Neck Ditto; Paste Combs and Pins; Brooches of Gold and Silver; Mocha and Crystal Buttons in Ditto; Triangle and other Seals in Ditto; Gold Lockets; Chain, Loop, and Stud plated Spurs; Thimbles; Ladies and Gentlemens Chains; Corals; Patte and Crystal Earrings; Finger Ditto; Wedding Ditto; Gold Stock Buckles; Paste Hoops; plain Tortoiseshell and Horn Poll Combs; Morocco Pocket Books, and a Variety of Materials in the Watchmaker's, Jeweller's, and Goldsmith's Business.—The highest Price will be given for old Gold and Silver in Exchange for new Work.
N. B. I would be glad to take an Apprentice, a Lad of good Parts, not more than fourteen Years old, whose Parents or Guardians will find him Clothes. Such a one shall be taught the Business I now follow, in its different Branches.
A R I C H  A R M O I S I N S I L K  G O W N,  CASSOCK, and SASH, IS FOR SALE At the Printing Office, at 50 per Cent. on the STERLING COST.
TO BE SOLD, TWO Thousand five Hundred and twenty Acres of LAND in Cum- berland, commonly known by the Name of SAINT JAMES'S; one Thousand four Hundred and twenty Acres in the Counties of Goochland and Cumberland, on both Sides of James River, opposite to Elk Island; and one Thousand four Hundred and eighty Acres on Herring Creek, in Charles City County. 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.
GIVEN to some Craft, by Mistake, a PORTMANTEAU TRUNK directed, on a Card, to Mr. Gavin Hamilton, Merchant in Norfolk. Whoever brings it to me, on Board the Ship Virginia, in York River, or to Mr. Richard Brown in York Town, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. HOWARD ESTEN.
AS the Partnership of Hogg and Rowland is expired, I earnestly request the Favour of all those indebted to the same to settle their Accounts immediately with me, either by Payment or Bond. I shall attend Hanover and Goochland Courts, and will be con- stantly at home the rest of my Time, for that Purpose. I give this timely Notice that I may settle the Affairs of the Partnership, and pay the Debts due therefrom, by the 1st of October next, at which Time I intend for Britain. All those who have open Accounts on the Books the 1st of Sep- tember may be assured they will be put into an Attorney's Hands, without further Notice, or Distinction of Persons. ZACHARIAH ROWLAND.
To be SOLD, RENTED, or LEASED, SEVERAL Tracts or Parcels of valuable LAND, in Culpeper, very cheap. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, near the Courthouse, in the said County. NATHANIEL PENDLETON.
To be SOLD, at the late Dwellinghouse of Doctor William Torborn, deceased, in Charles City, on Thursday the 26th of August,
ALL the personal Estate of the said Torborn, consisting of HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, and SHEEP, all Kinds of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, a Quantity of Books on Physick, and Surgeons Instru- ments. Six Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond and Secu- rity to PETER DUN, Executor.
N. B. All Persons indebted are desired to make speedy Payment, and those who have Demands against the Estate are requested to make them known.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Saturday the 24th Instant (July)
THE DWELLINGHOUSE, and several LOTS, belonging to Mr. Joseph Thropp, in the Town of Newcastle, made over in Trust to Mr. John Smith, deceased; also all his HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, together with a RIDING CHAIR, a likely NEGRO Man Servant, two HORSES, and sundry other Things. Credit will be allowed for all Sums above twenty five Shillings till the 1st of April next, on giving Bond and Security, to carry Interest from the Date if not punc- tually paid. The above mentioned Estate will certainly be sold that Day, and the Sale begin at ten o'Clock. (2) WILLIAM ANDERSON.
DANIEL GRANT, Who lately kept TAVERN at the Sign of the BUCK, near PHILADELPHIA,
BEGS Leave to inform the Publick that he hath opened an INN and TAVERN, at the Sign of the Fountain, in that large and commo- dious House lately built by Mr. GOUGH, in MARKET Street, BALTI- MORE TOWN, MARYLAND. He hath provided every Thing for the Accommodation of Gentlemen, their Servants, and Horses, in the best Manner; and those who choose to favour him with their Custom may be assured of his best Endeavours to merit their Approbation. He takes this Opportunity of returning his most grateful Thanks to the Gentlemen who did him the Honour to frequent his former House; and as it shall ever be his Study to please, he hopes for a Continuance of their Favours.
TEN POUNDS REWARD. RUN away from Providence Forge, in New Kent, on the 7th Instant (July) two Negro Men, namely: COOPER, about thirty five Years of Age, about five Feet ten Inches high, stoops a little when he walks, shows his Teeth much when he talks, is a slim made Fellow, wears a Truss, and is clothed in an Osnaburg Shirt, and Trousers of Hempen Rolls. The other is named BEN, about five Feet eight Inches high, about the same Age of the other, well made, of a grave Counte- nance, and clothed as the other. They both had Shoes, one Pair of which has the Soles thick set with Hobnails. They formerly belonged to Colonel Benjamin Grymes of Fredericksburg, where it is expected they are gone. Whoever delivers them to Mr. William Douglas, at the said Works, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward for each, and FIVE POUNDS for either if taken at a greater Distance than twenty Miles, with a reasonable Allowance for conveying them to the Forge.
We also offer a Reward of THIRTY SHILLINGS each for appre- hending and conveying to the said Forge two other Runaway Negroes, namely: GUY, about fifty Years of Age, about five Feet ten Inches high, had on a blue Jacket, and Osnaburg Shirt and Trousers of Hempen Rolls. He formerly belonged to Captain Thomas Dixon, near Hampton, and is supposed to be lurking about Williamsburg, or gone down to his former Master's Neighbourhood. The other, named JOE, is about thirty five Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high, well made, and belongs to Mr. Julius Allen of James City, in whose Neighbourhood it is expected he is lurking. (11) JORDANE & HOLT.
SEVENTY Thousand Weight of TRANS- FER TOBACCO to be SOLD, for ready Money, at Southampton Courthouse, on Thursday the 12th of August, being Court Day, by the Churchwardens and Sheriff. (11)
For SALE, in the Town of Newcastle, THREE LOTS on the main Street, whereon is a large and commo- dious Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, Dairy, and Smokehouse, a Garden newly paled in, and every other Convenience for a Family. The Whole is in very good Order, and will be sold at the October HANOVER Court. In the mean Time, we would treat privately with any Person that wants to purchase. SAMUEL PEARSON. WILLIAM JOHNSON. CHARLES TINSLEY.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 1st of April last, a Mulatto Slave named DAVID, about twenty two Years of Age, five Feet eight or nine Inches high, a cunning artful Fel- low, with a fly Look, slim made, a little knock-kneed, has small Legs, says he is of the Indian Breed, and went down to the General Court, as I imagined, to sue for his Freedom, but has never returned. Whoever brings him to me in Dinwiddie, about twenty Miles from Peterburg, shall have THREE POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS Reward, or THIRTY SHILLINGS if secured in Jail, and Notice given me thereof. WILLIAM CUSZENS.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub- scriber, 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-hammond, and I believe has a Brand, but it cannot be described. He was raised by James Worham, deceased, in Brunswick, near Eaton's Ferry. Whoever brings him to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. (11) ARCHIBALD DUNLOP.
NORFOLK, July 4, 1773.  THE Subscribers intending to send a VESSEL to Madeira, will be much obliged to any Gentle- men for their Orders for Wine. MATTHEW PHRIPP. THOMAS NEWTON.
TO BE SOLD, AT AUGUST SUSSEX COURT NEXT, ABOUT FIFTY THOUSAND WEIGHT OF TRANSFER TOBACCO, FOR READY MONEY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUSSEX COUNTY, AND ALBEMARLE PARISH.
WHEREAS many of the Gentlemen who purchased Negroes of the Subscribers last Summer have hitherto made but very partial Payments, this is therefore to inform all those who are still indebted to us, that, unless they are punctual in discharging their Bonds and Notes at the ensuing Meeting of the Merchants, in Williams- burg, the same will be put in Suit immediately after, without any farther Notice, or Respect of Persons. (5) JOHN LAWRENCE, WILLIAM CALL, & Co.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 8, 1773.  BRICKLAYERS or PLAISTERERS May have good Encouragement, For the remaining Part of the Season, by applying to SAMUEL SPURR.
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. On the Plan- tation is an exceeding good Dwellinghouse, underpinned with Brick, with three Brick Chimneys, a Kitchen with a Brick Chimney, and all other Outhouses necessary for a Family and Cropping, all new built; also a very fine Apple and Peach Orchard. The Land lies within twelve Miles of Hicks's Ford, and joins the Road to Eaton's Ferry. A good Title will be made the Purchaser, and the Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, at Cabin Point. (11) ADAM FLEMING.
STOLEN from the Subscriber, on Saturday the 1st of May last, out of Mr. John Throckmorton's Pasture, in Prince George, a dark bay HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, ten Years old this Spring, has a thick Mane and Tail, paces, trots, and gallops, and branded on the near Buttock with a Heart, and a long Stroke near it which happened by a Scald, and has some white Hairs in it. Whoever delivers him to Mr. William Parsons in Prince George, or to me in Norfolk, shall be well rewarded. JAMES NICHOLAS PARSONS.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 8, 1773.  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. As there is Reason to believe he has not the Clothes on in which he made his Elopement, a Description of them is unnecessary. He is about five Feet eight Inches high, appears to be about twenty five Years of Age, of a pretty dark Complexion, with a Scar deeply impressed in his Forehead resembling a Hook, and, being a new Negro, cannot speak to be understood. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take him away. (12) PETER PELHAM.
COMMITTED to Isle of Wight Jail, a Negro Boy who calls himself BILLY WICKETT, and says he belongs to David Copeland of Cumberland. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, and pay Charges to JOHN TAYLOR, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Prince Edward, a bay MARE about four or five Years old, four Feet six or seven Inches high, with a small Star in her Forehead, and branded on the near Buttock O. Potted, and appraised to six Pounds. (11) JAMES SCOTT.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a small bay roan MARE and COLT; the Mare is about five or six Years old, a natural Pacer, blind of the Right Eye, and branded on the left Shoulder TB; the Colt is about nine Months old. Potted, and appraised to six Pounds ten Shillings. (11) GARETT GREEN.
TAKEN up, in Orange, a dark bay MARE about six or seven Years old, four Feet four or five Inches high, but no Brand perceivable; also a bay COLT about two Years old, with a Star in his Forehead, and a Snip on his Nose, neither docked nor branded. Potted, and appraised, the Mare to three Pounds, and the Colt to five Pounds. (11) JOHN BICKERS.
TAKEN up, in Henrico, a large black and white STEER, marked with a Crop and Underkeel in the right Ear, and branded on the left Horn I. Potted, and appraised to fifty five Shillings. (11) WILLIAM PERKINS.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 26th of August, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, A VERY valuable Tract of LAND on James River, in Amherst County, a few Miles below Doctor William Cabell's, containing about six Hundred Acres of high and low Grounds, running above a Mile on the River. It is about Half the Tract on which John Howard formerly lived, including the Dwellinghouse, &c. and a beautiful Situa- tion to live on, with cleared low Grounds sufficient for a good Plantation, a remarkable natural Fish Pond, and a Fishery for white Shads. The Place is suitable for Wheat, as well as for Tobacco or Hemp. At the same Time will be sold, if a suitable Price should be offered, an Island adjacent, and the remaining Part of the afore mentioned Tract of Land, either Separate or altogether. Part of the Purchase Money will be wanted at the Day of Sale, on the Premises, or in October next at farthest, and the Remainder will be made easy to the Buyer, by sundry Payments, as shall be then agreed on. THOMAS PROSSER, NEIL CAMPBELL, } Trustees. WILLIAM PRESTON, }
N. B. An undoubted Title, in Fee Simple, will be made by the Trustees, and, if required, I also myself will join in the Conveyance. JOHN HOWARD.
HANOVER, June 17, 1773.  THE Subscriber intends to leave the Colony very soon, and desires that all Persons who have Demands against him will apply for Payment before the 1st of August next. The Concerns, in this Colony, of Messrs. Farell and Jones of British Merchants, will be left under the Direction of Mr. John Winston, Merchant in Hanover; to whom all Persons indebted to the said Gentlemen, and who have declined their Correspondence with them, are desired to pay their respective Balances. It is hoped no one will compel him to the Necessity of pur- suing disagreeable Methods to enforce Payment, after the great Indul- gence that has been already given. (6) THOMAS EVANS.
TO BE SOLD, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing 1800 Acres, lying on Swift Creek, in Chesterfield County, very convenient to Trade, not exceeding five Miles from Peterburg or Osborne's Warehouses, and with a very little Expense a good Mill may be erected on it. I will sell it alto- gether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. The Terms may be known by applying to me, in Chesterfield. (6) JOHN RANDOLPH.
N. B. Any Person inclined to purchase may see the Land by apply- ing to me, or to my Brother, P. Randolph, in the said County.
For SALE, or to be LEASED for a TERM of YEARS, A LOT in the Town of Newcastle, conveniently situated on the main Street, whereon is a large commodious Storehouse thirty six Feet by twenty six, a Granary fifty Feet by thirty two, a Stable, Chair House, &c. and the whole in very good Order. For Terms inquire of (11) SAMUEL PEARSON.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD. RUN away from the Subscriber, in Charles City, last March was a Twelvemonth, a very light Mulatto Fellow named JESSE, about eighteen Years of Age, five Feet eight or nine Inches high, his Hair is long, and usually tied, has lost some of his fore Teeth, and I expect he will endeavour to pass for a Freeman. Whoever brings him to me, or secures him so that I may get him, shall have the above Reward. (611) CHARLES CHRISTIAN.
YORK Town, June 9, 1773.  THE Subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the Will of their Testator, the late Honourable Wil- iam Nelson, desire that all Persons who were indebted to him will endeav- our to make as speedy Payments as possible. Those who have Accounts open on his Books, and who cannot immediately discharge the Balances, are desired to give their Bonds. This Request is the more necessary, as most of the Legacies bequeathed by the Testator are to be paid in Sterling Money, and he has directed that his younger Sons Fortunes shall be placed out at Interest upon undoubted Securities, so soon as it can be done. Those who have any Demands are desired to make them immediately known. THOMAS NELSON. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. HUGH NELSON. RO. C. NICHOLAS.
SUFFOLK, May 26, 1773.  WHEREAS, by the Death of Mr. Josiah Granbery, the Partnership of Gibson, Granbery, and Company, is dissolved, it is therefore requested that all Persons indebted to that Con- cern do settle their Accounts, without Loss of Time, either by paying them or giving Bonds for their respective Balances, in order that the Books may be closed. The Business is now continued under the Firm of James Gibson and Company, and Orders complied with in the same Manner as heretofore. All Persons who have any Demands against the said Concern, or the Estate of Josiah Granbery, deceased, are desired to give in their Claims, that they may receive Payment. (6)
TO BE SOLD, ABOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pittsylvania. For Terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose of Amherst, who will treat with any Person inclined to purchase, and be empowered to make a legal Title. CAROLINE, May 7, 1773. (11) THOMAS LOMAX.
TO BE SOLD, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing about sixteen Hundred Acres, more or less, lying on the River Shenando, in Berkley County (formerly Frederick) which is one of the most flourishing Counties in Virginia. The Land is exceeding good, well timbered, and adapted to the raising of all Kinds of Grain, as well as Tobacco, and has the Ad- vantage of a very fine Stream of Water, on which is a Blomery with two Fires, a good Stone Merchant Mill, in two Pair of Stones, a Saw Mill, a Distillery conveniently situated, a Smith's Shop, a Cooper's Shop, and many other Outhouses. There are about a Hundred and fifty Acres of Land cleared, and about fifty Acres of Meadow may be made with a very small Expense, one Half of which may be watered any Day in the Year. A Stock of Cattle, Horses, and Hogs, some Household Furniture, and all Kinds of Utensils proper for carrying on the above different Branches of Business, will be sold with or without the Land. For farther Particulars inquire of Mr. William Little, on the Premises. Credit will be allowed for Part of the Purchase Money, the Purchaser giving Bond, with Secu- rity if required. For Terms apply to the Honourable George William Fairfax, Esquire, Carlyle and Dalton in Alexandria, or Preston Bowdoin in Norfolk. (11)
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