The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-12-10 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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WARSAW, September 2.
JUST at the Departure of the Post Captain Wilde and Mr. Brant arrived here, in Quality of Couriers, with the important News that the Peace between Russia and the Porte is happily concluded.
HAMBURG, September 11. The important News from Warsaw, of a Peace between Russia and the Grand Turk, is confirmed by Letters from Berlin.
PLOCKZO, August 23. Letters from Lithuania assure us that the Russians already occupy Polish Livonia, and that Russia will keep Possession of that Country as her own Right.
LONDON, September 1.
SO great is the Passion for Lands on the Mississippi, in North America, that one Petition only, now lying before the Privy Council, has one Hundred and eighty Names to it, many of them Persons of large Fortune, who are already sending to the Neighbourhood of the Rhine, and other Parts of Germany, for Emigrants, which they are likely to collect in great Numbers, from the Poverty of those Countries. So cultivated is the Spanish Side of the Mississippi (by the French indeed, who possessed the Country till the late Peace at Fontainebleau) that the Dwelling Houses and Offices of the Planters, which are built on the Edge of the River, form a Line above thirty Miles in Length. New Orleans, which is the Capital of the Place, is a very elegant Town, and has Assemblies as well dressed in it as can be met with in many Parts of Old France, notwithstanding Dress constitutes a Science in their Mother Country. An Officer of Distinction says he has set down to Tables on the Banks of the Mississippi consisting of two Removes, with eighteen Dishes in each, and accompanied by a Dessert that could not be purchased for twenty Pounds. The same Officer reports that the great Mistake of the English Negotiators at the Conclusion of the late Peace was their giving up New Orleans, which may be considered as the Key of the Mississippi to the Spaniards; for had we retained it in our own Hands, it would have always made us the Arbiters of Peace, and bound Spain to her good Behaviour, in Consequence of the Entrance which it opened into Mexico.
Extract of a Letter from an Englishman in Paris, August 27. "Within a few Days near seven Thousand Women of the Town have been confined in different Hospitals and Prisons; when cured, destined for Corsica and the West India Islands. The Police have resolved not to suffer any Ladies of Pleasure in Paris but what are acknowledged by some Abbess to be of her Convent, and Physicians are paid daily to visit those virtuous Retreats."
A Whispler circulates round St. James's, that, in Consequence of the great Rise in all the Necessaries of Life, as well as in Consequence not only of his Majesty's large Family, but of the Increase in civil Employments which he is obliged to maintain, his Allowance of eight Hundred Thousand Pounds will be made a Million annually, in the next Session of Parliament.
Lord Sandwich, during the Course of the Summer, has reformed several Abuses in the several Dockyards of this Kingdom; but he never more distinguished the Principles of an honest Man, and a Friend to his Country, than in a Visit he lately made to Greenwich Hospital, where, though he was sensible he should incur much ill Nature from several Persons, he was very assiduous in removing many Abuses that had crept into that Charity.
September 4. Sir Robert Murray Keith, we are told, was to have returned to Copenhagen in his former Capacity, but he gave to understand that he was apprehensive he should not return here alive if he did; at least his Situation would be rendered so disagreeable, by the Arts of a disappointed Crew, that he should not be capable of doing that Duty the Nature of his Office required.
September 5. The Receipts of the several great Boards, in the various Departments of Government, are much complained of by many People, as they put a Stop to many essential Measures; the Design, for Instance, of the new Settlement on the Ohio, which created the last Revolution in the American Secretaryship of State, being necessarily postponed, though absolutely determined upon, till the Meeting of the Lords of Trade in next November. Others say that the Lords of Trade have Nothing farther to do in the new Settlement on the Ohio, as they have already given their Opinion, which is against it, and that the latter now rests entirely with the King and Council. Be that as it may (says the Correspondent who has favoured us with the foregoing Paragraph) the Receipts of Government somewhere is the Cause of delaying a Measure which is acknowledged to be of the utmost Utility.
Nothing is more cruel, in these Times of Distress, when publick Credit is so insecure, as insinuating a Doubt with Respect to the Solvency of particular Houses. Such Doubts may occasion a Run upon many respectable Merchants, who otherwise were well able to stand their Ground, and reduce them in a Moment from a State of Affluence, to a Degree of the greatest Necessity.
From what we have said in the foregoing Paragraph, we would by no Means say that one Friend should not give another Intimation of any Man's Circumstances with whom he supposes him connected; but then he should speak upon certain Grounds, and not conjecturally, as the Consequences of his Kindness to one Man may be the certain Ruin of many other Families.
They write from Dantzick that the Spanish Agents have, within these two Months, laid out with the Merchants there, and at Stettin, upwards of three Hundred Thousand Pounds in Materials for Ship Building.
Extract of a Letter from Warsaw.
"In acquiescing to the Projects of Russia, against our Republick, the View of the King of Prussia has been to drive her into Enterprises above her Strength, which would necessarily weaken her, and consequently excite a Variety of internal Troubles, which he would turn to his own Advantage. He took particular Care not to give any important or decisive Succours to his Allies, under Colour of managing those Powers who were in Unity with the Poles. Accordingly he contented himself with quartering his Troops upon us at our own Expense, and with exacting different Contributions from us. In Proportion as we arrived at the unravelling of the Plot, that is to say, in Proportion as we perceived that Russia, the Porte, and Poland, were more tied than one could well believe with continuing a War which only tended to discover their respective Weakness and Disability, the King of Prussia feels himself arriving, or rather arrived, at the Point of Time when he expects to reap the Fruits of his Politicks. Perhaps he might have bounded his Ambition by doing no more Mischief to the Republick than he has already done, if the Armies of Poland had marked more Zeal for its own Interests; but his Hopes greatly exceeded those Bounds, when he saw that we had not Courage to defend ourselves, and he now flatters himself that he shall be Master of some of our Provinces without any Resistance, as soon as the Peace between the Turks and Russians shall have obliged the latter to evacuate our Republick. He is sure that his very Name and Reputation will impose upon all Europe, he has hopes that all the European Powers will remain inactive, he is morally certain that the Turks will not take up Arms again in Favour of the Poles, and that the Russians are too much harassed and tired with the present War to think of opposing his Invasion. If the King of Prussia makes himself Master of Polish Prussia, that Part of Pomerania which belongs to Sweden will necessarily, either by Convention, Purchase, or Conquest, become an additional Province to the King or Prussia's little Empire. I ask then all our natural Allies, that is to say all those Powers whose Interest it is not to see us crushed, how they will be able to exculpate themselves, in the Eyes of all Europe if they come not to our Succour and Defence. The King of Prussia is not as yet so far advanced in his Enterprise, but his Ambition, which is not that of a precipitate thoughtless Boy, may be easily checked; but if not checked now, doubtsless he has still farther Views. I therefore insist that it is the joint Interest of all the Powers in Europe to set Bounds to the Ambition of this enterprising Monarch, before it be too late. The whole Commerce that the foreign states have with Poland is negotiated and transferred in the Cities of Konigsberg, Stettin, Breslaw, Frankfort upon the Oder, and Dantzick. So long as the Poles are Masters of the Vistula, and of the Navigation of that River, so long will the Commerce be free. The King of Prussia, however ready to grasp every possible Means of encroaching his Treasury, does not dare to impose any new Duties or Customs in those Cities which are at present under his Dominion, because we (the Poles) are in the entire Possession of the Coast of Dantzick. It is on this Account that Strangers bring to, and take of us, all those Articles of Merchandise which compose a rich and important Commerce, and safely enjoy this Freedom by the happy Concurrence of our Vicinity and good Faith with the Dantzickers. But should the King of Prussia make himself Master of the Navigation of the Vistula, he will by that single Event, make himself Master of the whole Commerce of Poland, external as well as internal; for Poland is the Granary of all Europe, and in that Case all Europe will not be able to buy their Bread Corn from any other Merchant but the King of Prussia. It is not my Intention to inspire vain and visionary Disquiétudes and Trouble; my Request, my Entreaty, is only that the Conduct of the King of Prussia's whole Life, his arbitrary System of Politicks, and unmeasureable Ambition, may be examined by the different Powers of Europe with an impartial Eye; they will then see that he owes all his Importance to his constantly keeping a steady Eye upon the future, and that by thus foreseeing Events, and making all suitable Preparations before-hand, his Enterprises are always sure of Success."
It is said that a Measure has been hit upon to put an End to every Species of Maccaronism for the future, by laughing it entirely out of Countenance. Several Persons of Fortune, Ladies as well as Gentlemen, are subscribing a Sum to purchase a Number of Dresses in the highest Maccaroni Taste. These are to be given to Chairmen, Porters, Carmen, Watermen, and other low People, who are to be handsomely paid for wearing them, not only in their several Occupations, but in traversing the Park, and other publick Places, Arm in Arm, in Groups. Some of the Clubs for the Irish Chairmen's Hair are made as thick as the Wearer's Legs, and all their other Habilliments equally outré.
By Letters from Petersburg we learn that the greatest Expectations are formed on the Discovery of a safe and practical Navigation from the Coasts of Kamchatka to China and Japan; and that a Company is already formed, under the immediate Protection of the Empress, for the further Prosecution of opening a Communication and Trade with that Part of Asia.
On Sunday Morning last Mr. Hill, Son of Sir Rowland Hill, Baronet, preached at the Tabernacle in Tottenham Court Road to a very crowded Audience, and the same Evening he preached again in the Fields adjoining to White Conduit House to an amazing Multitude, consisting, as was supposed, of not less than five Thousand People, several Hundreds of whom had assembled early in the Afternoon waiting his coming, who were all remarkably silent and attentive during the Sermon. His Text in the Evening was from Mark, Chapter xvi, Verse 16th: "He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
There are three Russians arrived here in the Queen East Indiaman, who travelled on Foot from Russia to Canton, through the Deserts of Persia, which is upwards of five Thousand Miles. They were three Months in going it; they seem to be very sturdy Fellows, and much used to hard Labour.
Her Czarish Majesty has been pleased to present Lord Cathcart with his Picture, set with Diamonds, worth eight Thousand Roubles.
September 7. Commissions were on Saturday last issued from the Admiralty Office for buying up seven Hundred Barrels of Salt Beef, and five Hundred of Pork, in Ireland, for the Use of the Navy.
Orders are given from the Board of Works for repairing Carlton House, for the Winter Residence of the Prince of Wales and his Household.
There is now a Dispute subsisting between the two principal Colleges of the Empire, that of the Electoral College, and that of the College of Princes, concerning their several Rights, about which they have carried their Contention to a very great Length.
A Correspondent says, that it may be depended on Admiral Knowles has imparted some Discoveries, which he has lately made, that will be highly advantageous to the English Merchants trading to the Russian Empire.
September 8. There is to be a superb Ball at the Castle of Zell on the Anniversary of his Majesty's Coronation; her Majesty the Queen of Denmark has sent for an elegant Suit of Clothes of British Manufacture on the Occasion.
A Difference has lately arisen between the Protestant and Catholick Sub-delegates at the Imperial Chamber of Visitation, which seems to threaten the Tranquillity of Germany. M. Folke Sub-delegate for Bremen, had carried himself so haughtily as to give Offence to the Catholick Sub-delegates his Colleagues; and Complaint having been made to the Emperor, his Imperial Majesty caused a Memorial to be drawn up, and formerly presented to the King of Great Britain, as Elector of Hanover, demanding his Recall. To which an Answer was returned by the Hanoverian Minister, so little to the Satisfaction of the Complainants that they adjourned to Wetzler, and, without giving the least Notice to the Protestant Sub-delegates, separated themselves, and broke up the Assembly. How this Affair will terminate must be left to Time.
It is said that a great Personage, not contented with his Celebrity for his mechanical Genius, is now putting in his Claim to the literary also, as will appear in a short Time, by the Publication of an Epitaph on General Wolfe, which he is now composing.
We are credibly informed that the Messenger who brought the News of the Revolution in Sweden to St. James's brought also Letters to the Swedish Ambassador, with Instructions to negotiate a new subsidiary Treaty with the Court of London, the King being desirous to throw off his Dependence on France, and to form his Alliances with Protestant Powers only. Like Instructions, it is said, were despatched by his Swedish Majesty to his Minister at the Court of Berlin; and it is imagined that a new Treaty of Alliance, offensive and defensive, will speedily take Place between those two Powers.
September 17. The Peace between the Turks and Russians is entirely concluded, likewise the several Partitions of Poland are settled.
The French Ambassador at Constantinople died of a Blow he received with a Club from one of the Mob at a Riot, when he was going to the Council on the first of August.
At Stockholm, on the 18th of August an Attempt was made to seize the King; but the Baron Rudbeck, who was at the Head of the Plan, ran into the Streets, when the King was at the Senate, crying out, Brother Swedes, to Arms! to Arms! if not, your Liberty is lost! Instead of being joined he was quickly arrested and secured, as also a Number of others.
The Annals of Europe furnish not an Instance of so critical a Juncture as the present. The Sword of War for a Moment withheld in Suspence, whether to be sheathed, or again embrued in the Blood of the Subjects of the two mighty Empires of Russia and Turkey; the very extraordinary and interesting Proceedings of the Courts of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, in Regard to the unhappy Kingdom of Poland, threatening the Dismemberment of it; and the sudden and important Revolution in Sweden, whereby a Power little less than absolute has been given to a
young and enterprising Prince; these Events suggest Ideas big with Consequences, that, in a very short Time, may entirely destroy the Balance of Power, and in a Manner leave not a natural Feature in the Face of Europe. Add to the above, that it is very probable the Dowager Queen of Denmark, availing herself of the Commotion in Sweden, and the Engagements of the other Powers, will alarm us with the News of another Revolution, by cajoling the present puny Monarch of his Crown, in Favour of her own Son, and thus increasing the Confusion. No one doubts that the Instance of Peter III. is yet recent in her Memory. Nothing can save Poland but the Shame of her pseudo Friends, for that only seems to restrain them from putting the coup de main to their atrocious Designs.
September 21. Sunday Evening, in Consequence of a perfect Reconciliation being established between the Dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland, the latter, with his Dutchess, paid a Visit to the former at Cranborne Lodge, where they staid for some Time.
It is the general Opinion of those who seem best acquainted with the secret Operations of St. James's that Lord Hillsborough will be again in Office before the Expiration of a Twelvemonth, and a very remarkable Speech of a great Personage is universally mentioned in Confirmation of this Idea. When Lord Hillsborough resigned, the great Personage observed to the Premier that his Lordship gave up his Employment with as good a Grace as he received it. "Lord Hillsborough Sir (returned the Premier) is a Man of Sentiment, and never took an Office solely on Account of the Emoluments; he is now as warmly the Friend of Government as ever, and will give us his utmost Assistance where he thinks us right." Aye (replied the great Personage) this is Principle indeed, and we must not lose so worthy a Man if there is any Possibility of teaching us a Similarity of Sentiments on the Politicks of America.
September 22. On Saturday Afternoon died the Right Honourable George Henry Lee, Earl of Litchfield, Viscount Quarrendon, Baron of Spelsbury, and Baronet, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, President of the Asylum, Deputy Ranger of Hampton Park, Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, and Custos Brevium of the Court of Common Pleas, L. L. D. and F. R. S. He is succeeded in Title and Estate by his Uncle the Honourable Robert Lee, of Charlbury in Oxfordshire.
It is said that had Mr. Fordyce been only able to maintain his Ground till now, he must have necessarily acquired Half a Million of Money by the Fall of India Stock. But his Web was so finely spun, that it cracked prematurely, and left him a Beggar when he expected to be the wealthiest Man in the Kingdom.
By Letters from Vienna we learn that the Chevalier de St. George, and his Princess, have lately arrived in that Capital, but desire to be considered as private Persons.
A Resolution has been lately taken to keep up a standing Army of thirty Thousand Men in Hanover, to be ready against any sudden Emergency. This causes much Speculation.
A Squadron of Men of War, completely manned, with six Months Provisions on Board, is constantly to be kept at Spithead, to sail on the shortest Notice, wherever Occasion may require.
A Bow and Quiver were lately found in New Forest, Hampshire, supposed to have lain there ever since the Reign of King William Rufus, who was shot there about two Hundred and seventy six Years ago.
Letters from the Levant, dated the 24th of August, advise that the Plague hath ceased at Constantinople, Smyrna, and Aleppo; and that Hostilities by Sea between the Turks and Russians are suspended.
September 23. The Marriage of the Duke of Gloucester with Lady Waldegrave is no longer problematical; it is absolutely declared, and the Officers of the Duke's Household have already kissed her Royal Highness's Hand in her new Character.
It is reported that in Consequence of the Duke of Gloucester's acknowledging his Marriage, and giving Orders for his Lady to be acknowledged as Dutchess of Gloucester, he has been forbid the Court, and both Brothers are now on the same Footing.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in the East Indies, dated Trichanapoly, February 18, 1772.
"The Laboratory, where they were drying Powder, was the first that took Fire, and immediately communicated itself to the great Magazine, by which the lower Part of the Artillery Barracks, all the Storehouses, Artillery Park, and some adjoining Houses, were entirely destroyed. There is a very large Breach made in the Nabob's Garden Wall, and Stones of a prodigious Size thrown into the Palace, and other Places to a vast Distance. The Company has sustained a very great Loss, three Hundred and forty Thousand Ball Cartridges having blown up, all the Gun Carriages being destroyed, almost all the Stands of Arms, Tumbrils, &c. But, what is worst of all, and cannot be replaced, is the Loss of the brave Fellows, one Hundred and two Europeans being killed and wounded."
September 24. Yesterday Morning his Majesty came to the Queen's Palace at Buckingham Gate, by eight o'Clock, from Kew, when the Secretaries of State, &c. were ordered to attend him immediately, and had Conferences with him for about Half an Hour. It is supposed relating to the Contents of the express from Madrid.
September 25. Yesterday one of his Majesty's Messengers was despatched with an Express to Lord North, at Dissington, in Somersetshire.
We hear that the Lord Chamberlain has been ordered to give Notice to the Nobility and Gentry of the Court that those who visit two distanced Princes must not be surprised if they were not well received in the Circle.
Despatches are now preparing to be sent to the Governors and Commanders in America and the West Indies. Orders are stuck up at the War Office for all Persons (commissioned and private) absent from Regiments on Duty in the West Indies and America, to join them without Delay.
The Whale Fishery has been more successful than was ever known. A Correspondent informs us that Lord Dartmouth has signified his determined Resolution that the most lenient Measures shall be adopted towards the Americans.
Interest is making by one Party for Aldermen Halifax and Shakespeare for the Mayorality of London, and by the other Party for Aldermen Wilkes and Townshend.
The Parliament, which stands prorogued to the 29th Instant, will, we hear, be prorogued to Tuesday the 24th of November next, then to sit for the Despatch of Business.
Copy of a Letter from a Gentleman in full Character, to his Brother in London, dated at St. Jago de Compostella, in Galicia, ten Leagues from Corunna, July 16, 1772.
"At Half an Hour past one o'Clock Yesterday Morning a furious Tempest arose, which began at Padron, a League to the Westward of this Place, when we heard a terrible Clap of Thunder, which was succeeded by a frightful Noise, accompanied by a furious Shower of Hailstones, which immediately broke all the Tiles and Window Glass of the Houses here, inasmuch that the Buildings of this Place are damaged to the Amount of a Million and a Half of Royals. During the Tempest a Cloud moved northward, which lasted ten Minutes in its Transit, and carried a Globe of Fire in its Centre that cast out great Flames, which made a continual Illumination, and caused a Light sufficient to have read the smallest Print by; but, by good Fortune, it all dissipated before it came to the Ground. The Trees remained shattered and without Leaves, the Fields and Gardens are ruined, but we are now acquainted that all the Country is destroyed from this Place to Cartal. The largest Hailstones that fell were as big as Eggs, and the largest as big as Oranges, and weighed a Pound, and some were found that weighed a Pound and a Half."

Extract of a Letter from Rome, July 4.
"I have seen some spurious Accounts in the English Newspapers, relating to Prince Charles Stuart and the Duke of Gloucester, where it is said that Prince Charles had obliged the Duke to give Way in their Carriages passing each other. Now I do assure you, Sir, it is all false; for, on the contrary, the Duke, much becoming a Gentleman, on their accidentally meeting three Times in the Streets, voluntarily ordered his Carriage aside; and, with the Glasses of his Coach down, very respectfully saluted the Prince in passing, which I judge highly proper to be told, as it does equal Honour to both the Persons, and is certainly more commendable and suitable to the Rules of good Breeding than if his Highness had done otherwise."
Mr. Fordyce the great Bankrupt is returned to England, and under Examination of his Creditors.
A Privy Council is summoned, said to be relative to Affairs on the Continent, on Tuesday next.
The Friends of Government have, we hear, been requested earnestly not to interfere in the East India Disputes, as repeated Experience amply convinces the Ministry that Nothing promotes their Views to much as an Appearance of Neutrality.
The Ministry are sensible of this Circumstance, that Lord North, being lately asked which Way Mr. Wilkes's Election to the Mayorality could be prevented, replied, "That it was a Matter of the least Signification who was Mayor, there being a very obvious Method of defeating his Election." "How so," demanded a great Personage, "Why, Sir (returned the Minister) by sending a Letter into the City, desiring our Friends to support him; for such is the Disposition of the People that they will even sacrifice their own Wishes, if they think such a Sacrifice any Way likely to oppose the Views of Government."
We have many Instances where the Property of publick Bodies has been bought up for the Service of the State, and this of the East India Company seems one of the most necessary to be so purchased; because, abstracted from the Disorders which prevail in British Asia, and the everlasting Squabbles for the Direction, the Peace of this Kingdom is at the Mercy of the Servants abroad, and a single Factor, perhaps, has it in his Power to involve England in a War with the Dutch or the French, which may cost us many Millions to terminate with Reputation.
September 26. It is reported that the King of Denmark has made a Demand of the Empress of Russia of a stipulated Number of Troops, which, by Treaty, she was to furnish him with whenever the Swedes entered Norway with an Army, which is said now to be the Case.
We learn from Berlin that the King had lately ordered a large Body of Engineers, with a Detachment of the Train of Artillery, to march from Potsdam to Thorn, in Polish Prussia.
Advices from Madrid mention a Treaty now concluding between that Court and the States General, relative to a War against the piratical States of Barbary.
Some Letters from Lisbon mention that the King of Portugal has published a Manifesto, promulgating all commercial Intercourse between his Subjects and those of France.
The Struggle for the City Chair seems to be greater than for some Years past, but the Bets are greatly in Favour of Mr. Wilkes at present.
GLASGOW, October 1. On Wednesday last the Foundation Stone of the Works for improving the Harbour of Ayr was laid, in Presence of the Right Honourable the Earl of Dumfries, Grand Master Mason of Scotland, and upwards of five Hundred of the Brethren, who were all elegantly entertained in one House at Dinner.
A Letter from Cumberland mentions that on last Thursday Night they had a prodigious Fall of Rain, which has done great Damage to the Corn. The Rivers Eden, Pettrill, and Lyne, were so much swelled, that for some Hours travelling was stopped, the Waters having overflowed the Passages to the Bridges so as to make them altogether inaccessible. At Carlisle all the Grounds below the Town were covered with Water, but as it came down in the Forenoon the Cattle were happily got off without Loss.
The French Ambassador is daily expected at Edinburgh, in his Way to Inverness, on a Visit to the Duke of Argyle.
Copy of a Letter from Mr. John Laurie, Surveyor of the Forth and Clyde Navigation, to Alexander Hart, Agent thereof, dated Kilsyth, September 27, 1772.
"I here send you an Account of the first Misfortune that has attended our Works, and it is but a small One. On Saturday Afternoon the Water of the Canal broke through at the north End of Seabeg small Aqueduct Bridge, and carried away about thirty six or near forty Feet of the north Bank of the Canal, and also one Side of the Aqueduct on the north End is carried away for thirty six or thirty seven Feet long. The Breach will be made up in two or three Weeks for about forty Pounds at most, so the Loss is not great."
We hear from Stranraer that there is a Number of Vessels and Boats at present in Loch Sunart fishing for Herrings, and that upwards of four Thousand Tuns of Shipping have been loaded there this Season, with Charcoal, Bark Timber, Lead, and Kelp.
We hear from Sky that they have had a plentiful Harvest in that and the other western Islands of Scotland, and Part of their Crop has already been made into Meal, and turns out very good.
DUBLIN, August 29. A few Days ago was married at Sligo William Money, Tobacco Spinner, aged eighteen, to the Widow Vincent, aged one Hundred and five.
CHARLESTOWN, October 22.
THIS Day the General Assembly of this Province met at the State-house in this Town, agreeable to the Prorogation. Soon after the Honourable the Commons House had met, and sent to acquaint his Excellency the Governor thereof, we hear his Excellency sent them a Message importing that he should order the publick Accounts to be laid before them, and recommending an Amendment of the Militia Act; whereupon the usual Committees were appointed, but beginning with one of Grievances.
Last Sunday upwards of two Hundred Irish Settlers arrived here, in the Snow James and Mary, Captain Workman, from Learne. Some other Vessels, with a great Number on Board, were soon to follow this.
November 3. The following is the Report of the Committee of Grievances on the 30th ult. and agreed to by the House this Day, which was ordered to be printed and made publick.
That they have considered the several Matters referred to them the 22d and 24th Instants, by the House; and though the Committee are of Opinion that the Governor's calling the Assembly to Beaufort, keeping them there three Days without permitting them to do any Business, and proroguing them on the very Day that by Law was the last that the General Assembly could be discontinued, were such Measures as call for the utmost Resentment of this House, and would well justify their coming immediately to a Resolution to do no Business with his Excellency until he had given them Satisfaction in the Premises; yet, as the People have been long deprived of the Benefit of Representation, and his Majesty's Service, and the Interest of the Colony, require the immediate sitting and proceeding of the General Assembly on the arduous Affairs of our Country, the Committee therefore recommend that the House do not carry Matters to that Extremity, but that they enter into the following Resolutions:
Resolved, That as this House did not exist when his Excellency formed his Plan of calling the General Assembly to Beaufort, his Excellency's Proceeding seems to be founded upon his Ill will to the Body of the Freemen of this Province, in as much as he thereby showed his Purpose of injuring and affronting whomsoever the Freeholders of the Colony should choose to represent them.
Resolved, That his Excellency's calling the General Assembly to Beaufort, a Place very distant from Charlestown, where such Assemblies have always been held (except when malignant and contagious Disorders rage therein) where all the publick Offices and Records are kept, at a Time highly dangerous to the Health and inconvenient to the private Affairs of the Members, was a most unprecedented Oppression, and an unwarrantable Abuse of Royal Prerogative, which hath never been questioned by the People of his Colony.
Resolved, That the Governor's keeping at Beaufort the fullest House ever met at the Beginning of any Session three Days before he would receive them with their Speaker, and then immediately proroguing them, was adding Insult to Injury, and plain'y manifested his Contempt of the People's Representatives.
Resolved, That his Excellency's proroguing the General Assembly, without suffering them to sit one Moment as a legislative Body, was at least an Evasion, if not a direct Violation, of the Election Law, which enacts that the sitting and holding of General Assemblies shall not be discontinued or interrupted above six Months, that Time being entirely expired when his Excellency prorogued the House.
Your Committee recommend that the Agent be ordered to make the strongest Representations to his Majesty of the arbitrary and oppressive Proceedings of the Governor, and to use his utmost Endeavours to procure the Removal of his Excellency from this Government, or such other Marks of his Majesty's Royal Displeasure as may prevent Governors for the future from thus oppressing the People, by abusing those Prerogatives which were intended for their Benefit. And as his Excellency's Speech at Beaufort seems wholly calculated to throw the Blame of all the Inconveniences which the Publick labours under upon former Houses of Assem-
bly, and his Charges having been sufficiently confuted by them, it is unnecessary to have their Conduct vindicated by this House.
November 2. New Rice is expected at Market this Week. The present is thought to be the largest Crop of that Grain ever made in this Province.
We hear from the West Indies that the Operations against the Black Charibs of St. Vincent's are commenced. Being amply provided with Arms and Ammunition, they have killed several of his Majesty's Subjects in the Island, and have cut off the Crews of two or three Vessels that were unfortunately becalmed where they could attack them in their Canoes. Sixteen of them have been made Prisoners, in a Skirmish they had with a Detachment of the King's Troops.
November 5. It is affirmed as a Fact that a Party of Cherokee Indians, not long since, fell upon and murdered Captain Guest of Virginia, and some other Gentlemen that accompanied him, as they were on the Business of viewing the Lands lately ceded to that Colony by that Nation.
BOSTON, November 12.
WE have Advice from England that Lieutenant Dudingston, who commanded the Gaffee armed Schooner that was burnt at Rhode Island, is promoted to the Rank of Captain, by his Majesty's express Command.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in England to his Correspondent in this Place, September 5.
"I hope, before this, that the People in your Province begin to see, or rather acknowledge, the great Tenderness and Kindness with which Governor Hutchinson governs them, for it is very conspicuous to People abroad."
We hear that Sir Francis Bernard, Baronet, has lately had a large Estate left him and his Children, by a Relation that lately died in England, particularly a Seat in Aylesbury, which a few Years ago was elegantly fitted up by John Wilkes, Esquire.
By Letters from Barbadoes we learn that it was expected Sir Francis Bernard would be appointed to that Government.
Tuesday last arrived here Captain Benjamin Beal, from St. Vincent's, by whom we have Advice that the Troops that went from this Place under Colonel Dalrymple, also from New York, &c. were preparing for the Expedition against the Indians on that Island, who were daily burning some of the Plantations of the English, and frequently skirmishing with the Soldiers. That several had been killed on both Sides; but that the Troops could not proceed, by Reason of one Ship that had not arrived from New York with Part of the Troops on Board. Some said that Governor Leybourne had not given Orders to proceed. That a Body of Soldiers was marched to guard a narrow Passage, to prevent the Indians from coming from the Mountains, where a large Body of them is encamped. That the Troops began to be sickly. Captain Brabazon O'Hara, of the fourteenth Regiment, died there; and seven or eight Soldiers of that Regiment.
November 23. On Sunday the 15th Instant Captain Joseph Doane, Junior, sailed from Chatham Harbour, on the Back of Cape Cod, and soon after, about ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, saw a Schooner with a Signal of Distress; and going on Board found one Man only in her, who appeared to be in a great Fright, and gave the following Account, namely, that the Day before the said Schooner, Thomas Nickerson Master, sailed from Boston Harbour bound to Chatham; that about two o'Clock the next Morning they saw a Topai Schooner; that the Man who gave this Account, fearing he should be impressed, flung himself with a Rope and let himself down over the Stern; that four Boats with armed Men came on Board; that whilst he was thus hanging over the Stern he judges by what he heard that the Master, Mate, and one Man, were murdered, and a Boy carried away alive; that he heard Talk of burning the Vessel, but it was finally agreed to leave her to drive out to Sea with her Sails standing; that after they left her he came upon Deck, found none of the Crew, but saw the Marks of their being murdered; and Captain Doane says that when he came on Board the Decks were bloody, the Chests all broke open and plundered, and the Head knocked out of a Barrel of Rum, and two or three Gallons only left in it.
This Account was sent by Captain Doane to Edward Bacon, Esquire, of Barnstable, who immediately transmitted the same by Express to his Excellency the Governor, and went on the 16th from Barnstable to Chatham in Order to examine the Person found on Board, after which he was to send another Express to the Governor.
As soon as his Excellency had acquainted Admiral Montagu with the Intelligence (the Ships under his Command being all unrigged and laid up for the Winter) he ordered the Lively Frigate to be fitted for Sea without loss of a Moment's Time. This was about nine o'Clock on Tuesday, and the next Morning, by Day Light, the Ship was ready to sail, but waited for a Pilot until Noon, when she was towed down by Boats belonging to the Fleet.
On Thursday Evening the second Express came in with Advice that the Person found on Board had been examined before two of his Majesty's Justices, and that they had thought proper to dismiss him, the Father of the two Men supposed to be murdered having been present at the Examination and consenting to his Dismissal; but upon a View of the Examination, and consulting with such of the Commissioners for Trial of Piracies, &c. as were in Town, his Excellency thought fit to issue his Warrant for apprehending the Person, and the Express went off before Sunrise the next Morning, and reached Barnstable about Midnight. The Justices, upon farther Reflection, had thought fit to take the Person again into Custody by a fresh Warrant, and upon a second Examination had committed him to Barnstable Jail in Order to receive Directions from the Governor; and the last Evening, about seven o'Clock, he was brought under Guard to the Province House, and examined before the Governor, Admiral Montagu, the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary, and Commissioners as aforesaid, and about eleven o'Clock was committed to Jail in Order to his Trial. The Man's Name is Ansell Nickerson. Two of the Persons missing, namely, Thomas Nickerson and Sparrow Nickerson, were Cousins German to him; the third, Eliza Newcomb, married their Sister; the fourth, William Kent, Junior, was a Boy of the same Town, about thirteen Years of Age. The Persons who were murdered were all married Men, and have left three disconsolate Widows.
Yesterday the Lively Frigate, despatched by the Admiral, immediately upon receiving the first Account, returned again, without gaining any Intelligence of such a Pirat Schooner being seen in our Bay.
PHILADELPHIA, November 18.
LIEUTENANT Hutchings, who is employed as Engineer on the Coast of Florida, relieved twenty two Men on a desolate Island, about one Hundred and twenty Miles to the westward of Pensacola, where they had been shipwrecked twenty eight Days, and were in the greatest Distress, being at an Allowance of Half a Pint of Water a Day.
We hear a large Schooner, bound from Maryland to Barbadoes, with Corn, Pork, &c. put into Bermuda with the Loss of her Masts and Bolts, where she sold her Cargo, Provisions being very scarce there.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 10.
THE Trimley, Captain Page, in seven Weeks from London, is arrived in Rappahannock River; but brings no News, only that John Wilkes, Esquire, was elected Lord Mayor.
Mr. Fordyce, the Banker, surrendered himself to his Commission of Bankruptcy, at Guildhall, on Saturday the 14th of September, when he appeared quite calm, composed, and serene. The Commissioners were taken up until near three o'Clock with admitting and proving of Debts. Mr. Fordyce, after giving up his Watch, Gold Snuff Box, Rings, and some Money, then entered upon his Examination; in the Course of which he declared that he carried away no Money with him, and that he was sorry he brought so little back; that his Cash Books contained a regular and faithful Account of all Monies he had paid; that though he kept his Books in a peculiar Manner, he could soon explain it to any Man of Business so as to be intelligible; that he so much esteemed it his Duty to give his Creditors every Satisfaction in his Power, that he would have come from any Part of the Globe for that Purpose. Upon being asked how such large Sums could have been expended as appeared on the Books, he said that the extravagant Interest the House had paid for Money had run away with considerable Sums.
He appealed to the Feelings and Humanity of his Audience for an Excuse for the Assignments he had made to his Sister and his Brother, and said he had since advised the latter to give his up. He concluded with repeatedly declaring, that he would, at the Risk of every Thing dear to him, attend the Assignees at any Time and Place to give them every necessary Information. He was so affected during his Examination that it was with Difficulty he could sometimes speak. The Commissioners sat in the Court of Common Pleas, which was much crowded.
From the Northward we learn that they have great Apprehensions of an Indian War, they being much dissatisfied with our Settlements on the Ohio.
The Paisley, Hyndman, from Glasgow, gone up Potomack, took on the Crew of the Nancy, Ezekiel Hand Master, belonging to Philadelphia, in Latitude 32, Longitude 69, which had foundered at Sea, and landed them at Cape Charles.
The Unity, Goosley, Liberty, Outram, Russia Merchant, Carnaby, and Hanbury, Esden, are safe arrived in the River Thames.
The Boyd, Dunlop, from Glasgow, is arrived in Rappahannock.
On Tuesday last the following Criminals were tried at the General Court: Nathan Philips, from Hanover, for Murder, acquitted, but remanded to Jail, being judged a Lunatick. John Chavis, from Brunswick, for Manslaughter, acquitted. Isaac Freeland, from Lunenburg, for Horsestealing, guilty, and received Sentence of Death.
[Deaths.] Mr. JOSIAH GRANBURY, Merchant in Suffolk, a Gentleman universally respected.
Advertisements.
NEWCASTLE, December 9. 1772.
THIS is to give Notice that no Assignment, or Assignments, of Bonds or Notes, given by Mr. Joseph Thropp, late of this Colony, to Mr. Thomas Simpson, of Hanover Town, bearing Date some Time in September last, will be good, as I do not think myself liable for the Payment of any Part thereof.
All Persons indebted to Joseph Thropp, and Joseph and John Thropp, are desired to take Notice that Payment is to be made to Colonel John Syme, who is properly empowered to receive the same.
JAMES OVERTON, Junior.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 10, 1772.
ALI. Persons having Demands against the Estate of Sarah M c Andree, deceased, are desired to apply for Payment before the last Day of January next, as I purpose settling the Estate at that Time, JACOB BRUCE, Executor.
HENRY FLEMING, Saddler in Norfolk, for his Partners (Fisher and Bragg of Whitehaven) and himself, begs Leave to acquaint the Publick that since the Decease of Mr. Eldred Fisher, late Saddler in this Place, he has engaged a sufficient Number of the best Workmen, to serve any who may be pleased to oblige him with their Custom for any of the under mentioned Articles, upon more reasonable Terms than they have hitherto been sold here; and to assure them that as their Leather, Trees, and other Materials, are all imported, and of the best Kind, their Saddles, &c. shall not only equal in Appearance those imported and sold at the same Prices, but in Reality be what he will warrant. He also returns his warmest Thanks to those who have already made Trial, and, from the Satisfaction they have met with, been pleased to recommend him to others. His Shop, and Store, will shortly be removed to the House at present occupied by Maximilian Calvert, Esquire.
Mens and Womens Saddles, of every Kind and Fashion; Silver sprigged, ciphered, fringed, laced, leathered, buffed, or plain Houffings or Saddle-cloths; neat fashionable Turkey Striped and Swankin Saddle Cloths; Mens and Womens Furniture Bridles; full three Quarters, Half Curb, Weymouth, and Snaffle Bridles of every Kind, with plated, polished, or tinned Bits; Breaking Bridles; Martingales; Velvet and Leather Caps; Shot Belts and Bays; Boot Garters; Surcingles, plain or padded; Girts; Cruppers; Saddle Bags; Portmanteaus; Horse Clothes, plain or lettered; Body Rollers; Coach, Chariot, and Chair Harness, plain or ornamented; Wagon and Cart Ditto; Holsters, and every other Article in the Saddlery and Harness Branches.
SADDLES, HARNESS, &c. carefully repaired. COACHES, CHAIRS, &c. lined, MATRASSES made, and fundy other UP-HOLSTERERS Work done upon reasonable Terms.
N. B. HARDWARE, NAILS, and imported SADDLERY, of Fisher and Bragg's Manufacture, and a neat Assortment of other Goods, sold as usual, by Wholesale.
Chairmakers will have a reasonable Allowance on taking a Quantity of Harness.
DECEMBER 9, 1772.
BERKLEY is now clear of the SMALLPOX, and the Publick may be assured there is no Danger of any Infection remaining, as every necessary Care has been taken to cleanse the People and Houses.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
AS I have just opened TAVERN at Hanover Town, in the House lately occupied by my Father (Thomas Tinsley) and intend keeping as good, or the best Entertainment in the Colony, I shall be much obliged to those who will favour me with their Custom, as they may depend on being genteelly entertained by Their most obedient Servant, CRUTCHFIELD TINSLEY.
WANTED.
A PERSON about forty Years old, and past the Vanities of Life, who is judicious, accurate, and acquainted with the most intricate Accounts. If he could be of Service in teaching a Child or two, he would be the more acceptable; good Wages will be given. Inquire at the Post Office in Williamsburg.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY.
A JOURNEYMAN BARBER who understands HAIR DRESSING. Such a One will meet with good Encouragement by applying to me, in Williamsburg. GEORGE LAFONG.
WANTED, on CHARTER for MADEIRA, A GOOD Vessel that can carry from six to seven Thousand Bushels of Grain. For Terms apply to Alexander Donald, in Richmond.
JUST arrived, the Trimley, Captain Page, with about seventy choice healthy SERVANTS, among whom are many Tradesmen, namely, Tailors, Weavers, Masons, a Tallow Chandler, Shoemakers, Carpenters, Gardeners, a Baker, a Book-keeper, a Schoolmaster, a Mantua Maker, with many Farmers and Labourers. The Sale will commence at Leeds Town, on Monday the 21st of this Instant December. A reasonable Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to JAMES MILLS, & Co.
AYLETT'S Warehouse, December 3, 1772.
IMPORTED in the Mercury, Captain William Scott, from Glasgow, this Fall, a CASK of CUTLERY marked M S Number 7, which is not yet come to Hand. It will be deemed a Favour of any Person who knows where said Cask has been landed to inform me thereof. There was a Cask of Copperas from said Ship landed here, which does not belong to me. JAMES GOVAN.
CUMBERLAND, December 9, 1772.
WE intend to leave the Colony for a few Months. (211) EDMUND LOGWOOD. JESSE WALTON.
FALMOUTH, December 8th, 1772.
Mess. PURDIE & DIXON,
IN your Gazette of the 26th Ultimo, I observe an Advertisement signed by Alexander Wodrow, acquainting the Publick that I had in my Possession an accepted Note of Mr. Gavin Lawton's, for near two Hundred Pounds, payable to William Love and Company, which Note Mr. Wodrow affirms was fraudulently obtained. Be pleased to acquaint the Publick that the said Note is still in my Hands, and any Persons who will give themselves the Trouble to inquire into the Matter of Mr. Gavin Lawton, or the Gentlemen of Falmouth, may be satisfied that there was no Fraud done or intended in this Transaction. (212) WILLIAM LOVE.

I INTEND for ENGLAND soon. WILLIAM ATTWOOD.
THIS is to give Notice that my COURTHOUSE , and six Hundred Acres of LAND , in Lunenburg , are for Sale. There is a Plantation in Order to work six or seven Hands, with all Kinds of Houses, and both Apple and Peach Orchards thereon. Any One inclineable to purchase may apply to the Subscriber, on the Premises.
(1||) ROBERT ESTIS, Senior.
To be RENTED for a Year, or LEASED for a Term of Years, THE noted ORDINARY at Wetham , with Stone Chimneys, about six Miles above Richmond Town, on the main Road leading to the Mountains; also a BLACKSMITH'S SHOP and DWELLINGHOUSE on the said Land. I will also treat with a good Bricklayer who will make and lay about a Hundred Thousand Bricks. The above Houses and Land may be entered on next Christmas Day.
(1) SAMUEL DU VAL.
ON the 1st of January next will be exposed for Sale, on the Premises, the Land and Plantation belonging to the Estate of George Turner , deceased, containing one Hundred and thirty Acres, with three Hundred Acres leased during the Life of Rice Curtis of Spottsylvania . The Land lies about two Miles from Aylett's Warehouse , in King William , whereon is a very good Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and other convenient Houses, a Garden, and good Apple and Peach Orchards. The Time of Payment will be made known on the Day of Sale.
(2) REUBEN TURNER.
FOR SALE,
TWO LOTS in the Town of Portsmouth , lying on the south End of Crawford Street , and bounded by the southern Branch of Elizabeth River , and South Street . These two Lots contain two Hundred and twenty six Feet Front on Crawford Street , and so down to the River. On the Water Part are three large and one small Warehouse, and a Dwelling-House with four Rooms on the lower Floor. The fourth Warehouse stands on the Extremity of the Lots, and is within sixty Feet of Ship Water, but has no Pen yet built. The middle Warehouse stands about the same Distance, and has a good Wharf in Front of it running into Ship Water. The northerly Warehouse, which is also built on South Street , and the Extremity of the Lots, stands about the same Distance from Ship Water, and has a good Wharf, run so far that a middle sized Ship may lie so near as to make a Bridge of her Spars. The small Warehouse stands above this, and on South Street , on the east Side of a thirty Feet Street running through the Middle of these Lots, as well as those of Mr. John Gilchrist , as a Water Street. The Dwelling-House stands with its Front to Water Street , and the End to South Street . These Lots, with the Improvements, Scales, Weights, Boats, &c. now occupied by Love, Mitchell, and Company , will be sold on the Premises on Friday the first of January (if fair, otherwise next fair Day) at publick Vendue, either in Thirds or altogether as may best suit the Purchasers. If sold in Thirds, the Money to be paid in October next; if altogether, one Half in October , and the other Half in April 1774. Bond and Security will be required, and a good Title made, by
JAMES GLASSFORD. HUGH M'MEKIN. LOVE, MITCHELL, & Company.
N. B. The Premises will be shown by any of us, to any Person inclineable to purchase, at any Time before the Sale.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND lying in the upper End of Westmoreland County , containing about seven Hundred Acres, upon which is a good Dwelling-House, and all other necessary Houses for Cropping. It will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may suit the Purchasers. For Terms apply to Major William Berryman , or the Subscriber on the Premises. Possession will be given immediately, or as may be agreed on.
BENJAMIN BERRYMAN.
TO BE SOLD,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND , containing about seven or eight Hundred Acres, in Granville County, North Carolina , about four Miles from Harrisburg , well known by the Name of Knighton's Ferry , and lies on the Fork of two main Roads that lead to the back Country. Any Person may know the Terms by applying to Robert Reed , Merchant in Harrisburg , who will show the Land, to William Park , Merchant in Bute , or Patrick Ramsay in Blandford . It not sold before May , it will be set up to the highest Bidder on the second Day of Granville May Court .
For SALE, in the Town of NEWCASTLE,
A LARGE two Story DWELLINGHOUSE , with three commodious Rooms on a Floor, each with a Fireplace. It is exceedingly well calculated for a Tavern, and is pleasantly situated near the River. The Terms may be known of the Subscriber, near the Premises.
(1||) W. JOHNSON.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 21st of this Instant (December) at the House of Eldred Fisher, deceased, in Norfolk,
ALL his Estate , consisting of NEGROES, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, SADDLERY, and SADDLERY MARERIALS. The Time of Payment will be agreed on at the Day of Sale, and Bond and approved Security will be required. All Persons who have any Demands against the Deceased's Estate are desired to make them known to the Executors, that they may thereby be better enabled to finish and complete the Trust reposed in them agreeable to Law; and those who are indebted are desired to make immediate Payment to us, or to Mr. Thomas Claiborne , whom we have appointed our Attorney, and into whose Hands all the Delinquent Accounts will be put, as the Circumstances of the Estate will not admit of any Delay.
JAMES MARSDEN, JONATHAN EILBECK, } Executors.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 21st Instant (DECEMBER) if fair, otherwise next fair Day, at the late Dwellinghouse of THOMAS SMITH, deceased, in King William,
ELEVEN exceeding good SLAVES , mostly Virginia born, among whom is a good SHOEMAKER, and some very valuable HOUSEWENCHES; for which a good Title will be made. Also the Remainder of the personal Estate, with the Crops of CORN, FODDER, and PEASE. Ten Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond, with good Security, to
WILLIAM SMITH, } Administrators. HARRY SMITH, }
N. B. The other Sale being prevented by the Heir at Law.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Tuesday the 29th Instant (December) at Bedford Courthouse,
TWO Hundred and thirty Acres of rich TOBACCO WOODLAND , lying a little above Mead's Mills , on Elk Creek , in Bedford County , about six Miles from the Courthouse. Six Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond and Security to
ROBERT DONALD.
To be SOLD at Charlottesville, on Thursday the 14th of January next (being Albemarle Court Day) if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
SIXTEEN likely Virginia born SLAVES , being Part of the late Colonel Richard Johnson's Estate , consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls. Credit will be allowed till the 29th of October next, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security. Those Bonds which may remain unpaid any Time exceeding one Month after they become due to carry Interest from the Date.
To be SOLD by publick Auction, at Fredericksburg, on the 29th Instant (December) if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
THIRTY six choice SLAVES , among whom is an exceeding valuable COACHMAN about twenty eight Years old, and an elderly but very valuable HOUSE SERVANT , capable of waiting on a Gentleman's Person, managing a Garden and Stud, and used to drive a Coach. Credit will be allowed till the 29th of April next for one Half, and till the 29th of October following for the other, bearing Interest from the Sale. The Purchasers are to procure the Engagement of some Merchant of my Acquaintance to pay the Money by the last Days of each General Court, and give Bond themselves to
JAMES MERCER.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Peterf- burg , about the Middle of September last, a very likely Negro Man named PHILIP , about twenty Years of Age, of a yellow Complexion, and about five Feet nine Inches high, proportionably made. He is a Native of Africa , but speaks broken English , having been some Years in the West Indies , and has lost two Joints off two of his Fingers on his right Hand. Had on, when he went away, an Cnaburg Shirt, an old Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, with a new Negro Cotton Jacket over it, and a Pair of old Check Trousers. As he has been used to the Sea, he will probably endeavour to get on Board some Ship and make his Escape out of the Colony; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring or carrying him off, at their Peril.
I will give THREE POUNDS Reward to any Person who will deliver said Slave to me, or to Mr. Esai M'Mekin at Portsmouth , and FORTY SHILLINGS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof.
(1||) THOMAS GORDON.
CHESTERFIELD, December 9, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the Middle of June last, a Negro Man about twenty Years old, has a remarkable Lump, or Knot, on the Outside of his right Foot. I will give FIVE POUNDS to any Person that will bring him to me, or TWENTY SHILLINGS for securing him in any Jail of this Colony, and giving me Notice.
PHILIP TURPIN.
To be SOLD, on the Premises, on Monday the 21st Instant (December)
THE Subscriber's PLANTATION on Pianketank River , containing between four and five Hundred Acres of good Land, with a good Brick Dwellinghouse, Storehouses, and Granaries, a Windmill not above two Years old, and all necessary Outhouses for a Family. The Situation is very healthy, as pleasant as any in the Colony, and as convenient for Fish and Oysters as any Plantation can be. A Creek runs up each Side of the Land, wherein Fish may be caught all the Winter; in each of these Creeks a Vessel that will carry a Hundred and fifty Hogheads may lie along Shore, and a Fence from one Creek to the other fences in about two Thirds of the Land. One Third of the Purchase Money to be paid in April next, and several Years Credit allowed for the Remainder, if required.—Also, at the same Time and Place, will be exposed for Sale fourteen valuable Virginia born SLAVES , among whom is a likely Mulatto Boy fit to wait on a Gentleman. Twelve Months Credit, or longer, if required, will be allowed for the said Negroes.—At the same Time and Place the PLANTATION UTENSILS, STOCKS, &c. will be sold for ready Money, or short Credit.
(2||) THOMAS STOUBLEFIELD. N. B. An undoubted Title will be made for both Land and Slaves.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 26th of this Instant (December) at the COURTHOUSE in the Town of Hampton,
SEVERAL Virginia born SLAVES , for ready Money, belonging to the Estate of James Westwood , deceased.—All Persons who have Demands against the said Estate are desired to apply for Payment to
(2||) ELIZABETH WESTWOOD, Executrix.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, a fleabitten gray HORSE about seven or eight Years old, four Feet nine or ten Inches high, with several remarkable black Spots on him, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces naturally, but has no Brand perceivable. Posted, and appraised to twenty Pounds.
(||) AUGUSTINE WEBBER.
TAKEN up, in Charles City , a likely red STEER about four or five Years old, marked with a smooth Crop in the left Ear, and a Slit in the right, with remarkable long Horns. Posted, and appraised to forty Shillings.
THOMAS BRADLEY.
TAKEN up, in Louisa , a large red COW , marked with an Under-keel in the right Ear, and a Crop and Slit in the left, had on a Bell, and a wooden Collar. Posted, and appraised to fifty Shillings.
(||) JOHN DICKEN.
FREDERICKSBURG, December 1, 1772.
HAVING still a very large Assortment of European and other Goods (suited to both Fall and Spring Seasons) on Hand, I would willingly lump of the Whole, or in Parcels afforded, at a very low Advance for Cash, Tobacco, Bills of Exchange, or at a short Credit, with Security.—Mean Time I will sell them in smaller Parcels, or by Retail, at fifty per Cent. Advance on the first Sterling Cost (by real Invoice) for ready Money, or Tobacco. Among the above is a full Assortment of striped Duffles, of various Prices, Blankets and Rugs of almost all Kinds and Prices, also Coverlids, &c.
(4||) GEORGE MITCHELL.
N. B. I must earnestly request all those whose Bonds and Accounts are due to make speedy Payment, and save me from the disagreeable Necessity I am under of putting to immediate Diligence all Bonds and Accounts, over due, that are not paid this Fall, or very early next Spring, and that without Respect of Persons. The Gentlemen, and others indebted, paying a particular Attention to this, will very greatly oblige
G. M.
GOSPORT, December 1, 1772.
LITTLE or no Regard having been paid to the Advertisement inserted in this Paper last January , requiring all Persons indebted to the Estate of Messrs. Sprewle and Crooks , deceased, to make speedy Payment, this is to notify to all concerned, that, unless they discharge their respective Balances immediately, the Accounts will be put into the Hands of an Attorney, with Orders to commence Suits.
(2) ANDREW SPROWLE, Administrator.
I HEREBY give Notice that I shall attend, with Mr. Douglas, and such other Assistant Surveyors as it may be thought necessary to appoint, by the 19th of April, on the Ohio, opposite to the Mouth of the Soto River, in Order to survey the Lands claimed under his Majesty's Proclamation, also any other Claims that I may be directed to survey; therefore recommend it to the Officers and Soldiers that do not personally attend their Surveys to appoint Agents to see it done, and receive their Lands.
THOMAS BULLITT, Surveyor.
LEFT for Sale at the Post Office in Williamsburg, some exceeding fine TURKEY RHUBARB , Price three Dollars a Pound; also a few very neat WATCHES , from seven to nineteen Guineas each.
PETERSBURG, December 1, 1772.
I WILL give the best Encouragement to one or two CABINET and CHAIR MAKERS , and pay them their Wages weekly if they desire it.
(2||) WILLIAM STAINBACK.
KEYSERS PILLS,
FOR EFFECTUALLY REMOVING EVERY APPEARANCE OF A CERTAIN FASHIONABLE DISTEMPER, and curing Infections of more than seven Years Continuance.
MANY Gentlemen, who have been long tormented, without the least Prospect of getting rid of the French Malady , have lately tried this Medicine, and been perfectly recovered by it. Any Person desirous of being made more particularly acquainted, than can be decently communicated in an Advertisement, with the astonishing Recovery, even of Infants at the Breast, who had been born with horrible Degrees of the Infection, by applying where they are sold, will meet with the greatest Encouragement to try a Method the safest and fastest, and so secret that the Patient may be cured without any Person about him, Servant or others, harbouring the least Suspicion of poor Pill Garlick's lamentable Circumstances.
None need to dread being condemned to a painful Salivation, be his Symptoms ever so shocking, for it cures when that and every other Resource have failed; and it cures too without Pain, Confinement, or blasting a fair Reputation. Indeed, the only unfavourable Tendency in Doctor Keyser's Pills is, they recover the Patient without chastising, and thereby give him a Patent to sin again.
Great Effects have been very lately produced by them in the Rheumatism; several, whose Knees, Shoulders, Elbows, and other Joints, have been increased to treble the usual Size, unable to walk, denied the Comforts of Life, with total Loss of Appetite, and altogether deprived of Sleep at Night, have, after several Years Affliction, been restored to the most comfortable Enjoyment of every Faculty.
They are sold, in Boxes of five Dollars, and two Dollars and a Half, at John Minson Gale's Shop in Williamsburg .
To be SOLD at publick Sale, on the Premises, on Tuesday the 15th of this Instant (December)
A BRICK DWELLING-HOUSE , with its APPURTENANCES, situated at the Corner of Church Street , in the Borough of Norfolk , at present in the Occupation of Mrs. Davis , very convenient for a Merchant, Tavern Keeper, or Tradesman. One Half the Purchase Money to be paid at executing the Conveyance, and the other Half on the 29th Day of April next, giving Bond and approved Security to
(2) JOHN COAKLEY.
For SALE, FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE ACRES OF LAND, IN HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.
THE said Land lies about six Miles above Halifax Town , is well wooded and watered, the Soil good for Corn, Wheat, &c. and affords as good Range, for Stock of all Kinds, as any Land in the County. There is a remarkable fine Apple Orchard on the Place, a good Dwelling-House, and sundry Outhouses. For Terms apply to Mr. William Hendrie , who lives near the Premises, or to.
(10||) JAMES AULD.
To be HIRED for a Year, and delivered on New Year's Day,
FOUR Negro MEN , five young WOMEN, and a BOY. Also to be rented, for a Year, or Years, a Plantation in Prince George County , called Harris's , containing about five Hundred Acres. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, in Williamsburg ; who would dispose of, on reasonable Terms, her Thirds, or Dower, in the following TRACTS of LAND : Four Thousand one Hundred and fourteen Acres in one Tract, and four Hundred and thirty four Acres in another Tract, in Bedford County ; two Thousand one Hundred and forty five Acres in Lunenburg , a Thousand and ninety Acres in Mecklenburg , eight Hundred Acres in Orange , and four Hundred Acres in Pittsylvania , which Lands did belong to the Estate of the late James Blair , deceased; also her Dower in five Hundred Acres in Chesterfield County , now the Estate of Brett Randolph , deceased.
(||) ANNE BLAIR.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in New- Kent , a Virginia born Negro Woman named BETTY , about twenty seven Years old, of a middle Stature, and has a Scar on her Breast occasioned by a Stroke from her Overseer; her Clothing Virginia Cloth, but probably may change her Dress. She is supposed to be lurking about Williamsburg . Whoever conveys the said Slave to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and THIRTY SHILLINGS to secure her so that I get her again.
FRANCIS TYREE, Senior.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Surry County
a Negro Man who says his Name is TOM , and that he belongs to Benjamin Clements of Suffolk ; he is five Feet seven or eight Inches high, appears to be of the Indian Breed, and is marked on each Cheek R. R. The Owner is desired to prove his Property, pay Charges, and fetch him away.
DRURY WARREN.
Mess. PURDIE & DIXON,
GENTLEMEN, SUFFOLK, November 16, 1772.
I KEEP a Tavern in the Town of Suffolk , and have always behaved so as to give Satisfaction to my Customers. In the Month of September last the Reverend Patrick Luman came to my House, and staid four Days, treating every Person that would condescend to drink with him, until his Account amounted to two Pounds fourteen Shillings and ten Pence current Money. When I demanded my Money, he refused Payment: I brought a Petition against him in this County Court; he employed an Attorney, and took Shelter under the Act of Assembly where no more Credit than twenty Shillings is to be given to any one Person. The Attorney, at the same Time, declared he acted by the particular Direction of his Client. I now desire of you, Gentlemen, to insert this in your Gazette, that thereby others in my Situation may know how to treat him, the said Mr. Luman , for the future; and you will oblige
(||) Your humble Servant, WILLIAM DIXON.
NORFOLK, November 25, 1772.
AS the Partnership of the Subscribers will expire on the first of January next, and they are solicitous that the Affairs of the Concern should be brought to a speedy Conclusion, they expect that all Persons who are indebted to them will, without Fail, discharge their Accounts by that Time.
WILLIAM & JOHN BROWN.
** The Business, to its usual Extent, will be carried on under the Firm of Brown, Grier, and Company; who have imported, by the last Ships from Britain, an Assortment of Goods suitable to the Season, which they will sell at a low Advance, for Cash, or short Credit.
MESSIEURS Brown and Zuille of Liverpool shipped, in the Jenny , Captain Kerr , in June last, two BOXES marked T H , which were to be delivered to Order. The Owner may have them by applying to Captain Kerr , at Broadways , paying the Freight, and the Charge of this Advertisement.
EDWARD BRISBANE.
NORFOLK, November 26, 1772.
BEING under the Necessity of settling my Brother's Affairs as soon as possible, I desire all Persons indebted to James and John Taylor to discharge their Accounts on or before the 25th of April next; and those who have Demands against them, or John Taylor, deceased, may apply for Payment.
(4) JAMES TAYLOR.

POETS CORNER.
ODE TO ENVY.
CHILD of Ill-Nature! on whose ruffled Brow Stern Malice knits her unspacious Frown; Fell Canker to the Bud of growing Worth! Proud selfish Imp! and Foe to young Renown.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, New York, November 1, 1772.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on Account of the new Regulation of the Post from Canada, which is to arrive every Tuesday Evening at this Office, and the weekly Post from the Eastward and Southward arriving every Wednesday, the Mail going from hence by the Packets will, for the future, be closed at twelve o'Clock at Night, on the first Wednesday in every Month (being the same Time it closes at the General Post Office in London for America) and a Packet despatched therewith the next Day for Falmouth.
By Command of the Deputy Postmaster General. ALEXANDER COLDEN, Secretary.
NORFOLK, November 25, 1772.
SUNDRY Packages of Goods imported in the Mary, Captain Rowntree, having lost their Marks and Numbers by the Sea Damage, whoever have Goods undelivered are desired to apply to us. WILLIAM & JOHN BROWN.
NORFOLK, November 24, 1772.
THE Subscriber, having convenient Stores for the Reception of Goods, still continues to receive and sell Goods at publick and private Sale, on Commission, and begs Leave to inform the Publick that the greatest Punctuality will be observed in Payment of the Proceeds, at any Jundure. He also returns his Employers and Friends his most hearty Thanks for their Favours heretofore received, and hopes for a Continuance of them, so long as they find him punctual, which shall be his constant Endeavour to abide by. GEORGE KELLY, V. M.
FOR LIVERPOOL, The Ship YORK, THOMAS FELL Master, Lying at NORFOLK, Will take in TOBACCO, on Liberty of Consignment, At EIGHT POUNDS a TUN. Apply to the said Master on Board, or to the Subscriber, In FREDERICKSBURG. JAMES WARD.
NOW loading for London, at Broadway, in Appomattox River, the Snow Prince George, Edward Boxman Master, and will take in Tobacco, with Liberty of Consignment, at seven Pounds ten Shillings Sterling a Tun. Any Gentlemen inclineable to ship will please to send their Orders to Messieurs David Russell in Blandford, Thomas Gordon in Petersburg, James McDowall in Richmond, James Belfches at Cabin Point, or the Subscribers, in Prince George. CHARLES GREGORY, & Co.
THE Part of Roger Dixon's Estate which was advertised to be sold on the 15th of next Month is still designed for Sale on that Day. After thankfully acknowledging the Kindness of the Creditors, I have still to beg, that, as they see I have advertised the whole Estate for Sale, and intend to administer it with the strictest Justice, as far as the Law charges me, they will be satisfied with the Terms advertised; and as the Estate is at present, and after the Sale my Person and Estate, will lie at the Mercy of several Creditors, who have had Judgments, I shall take it kind of any who will not wait for the Time of Credit advertised that they will let me know it before the Sale, that I may make Provision by selling a Part for ready Money, which will be a great Detriment, not only to the Widow and Orphans, but likewise to some Creditors. The Consciences of the Debtors too, I hope, will stimulate them to make just and speedy Payment, when they reflect how much Distress they have brought on the Family of a Man who has been indulgent to them to Excess. JOHN DIXON, Administrator.
ON the 24th of December will be SOLD a Tract of LAND on Bush River, before advertised; together with thirty SLAVES, CORN, STOCKS, and PLANTATION IMPLEMENTS. RYLAND RANDOLPH.
THE Subscriber has for Sale about seven Thousand Acres of LAND, four Thousand of which lie in the County of Buckingham, known by the Name of the Buckingham Tract, and is all very valuable high Land; the other Tract, which lies on both Sides of Willis's Creek, in the Counties of Buckingham and Cumberland, contains upwards of four Hundred Acres of exceeding rich low Ground, and very good high Land, with Tobacco Houses, and others, sufficient for twenty Hands. It will be sold in Lots, or altogether, as may be agreed on, and will be shown by Mr. Cary Harrison, at the Fork of Willis's Creek. For Terms apply to ARCHIBALD CARY.
FOR SALE, ABOUT eleven Hundred Acres of LAND in Orange County, thirty Miles from Fredericksburg, on the Road to the Courthouse. For Particulars inquire of Captain Rowen Daniel, who is empowered to treat for the same. The Land may be laid off in Parcels, as best suits, twelve Months allowed the Purchasers, and an indisputable Title will be made. GEORGE DANIEL.
To be sold at Richmond Town, on Wednesday the 23d of December, at publick Auction, TWENTY VIRGINIA BORN SLAVES, mostly young Fellows, among whom is a good CARPENTER. The Time of Payment to be agreed on at the Sale.
To be SOLD, at the Plantation where Mr. Benjamin Robinson, junior, formerly lived, near Robinson's Mill, in Caroline, on Monday the 21st of December, A PARCEL of choice Virginia born SLAVES, and a large Quantity of CORN and FODDER, belonging to his Estate. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of April next, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security, to the Administrators.
FIVE POUNDS REWARD WILL be paid by the Subscriber for apprehending DICK, a light Mulatto Slave, by Trade a Shoemaker, and was lately the Property of James Walker. He is about thirty five Years of Age, well set, near five Feet ten Inches high, can read, and may attempt to pass for a Freeman; it is therefore necessary that all Captains of Vessels should be cautious of carrying him out of the Colony. It is supposed he is harboured about Brandon, or with the Indians on Pamunkey. Whoever delivers him to me, in Dinwiddie, shall have the above Reward. ROBERT WALKER.
RUN away, some Time last May, from a Sloop in Maryland, John Wells Master, at Menokin River, on the Eastern Shore, FRANCEWAY, a yellow lusty well set Fellow, born in the French West Indies, who is five Feet six or eight Inches high, has black straight Hair, a small Scar near one of his Eyes, and stamped with Blue on his Arms, between the Wrist and Elbow, with the Figure of an Anchor; he is apt to stammer, when spoke to harshly. He has been fourteen or fifteen Years in Bermuda, and speaks tolerable good English. Whoever brings the said Fellow to me, in Norfolk, or secures him in any Jail, shall have five Pounds Reward, besides what the Law allows, and all reasonable Expenses paid. WRIGHT WESTCOTT.
TWENTY POUNDS REWARD FOR apprehending JOHN HUTCHINSON, who ran away last Night from the Subscriber, in Lancaster. He is a Blacksmith by Trade, a likely stout Man, about five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, wore his own short dark Hair, and is a Yorkshireman, which may be easily known by his Dialect, is much given to Drink, and in which he is apt to be very noisy. He took with him a brown Duroy Coat lined with white Durant or Tammy; also a brown Water Dog with a white Face, which I expect is still with him, as he was a great Favourite. A short Time before he ran off he broke open the House of Mr. Anthony M'Quade, and stole about forty Pounds. The above Reward will be paid to any Person who delivers the said Runaway and Calf, or TEN POUNDS for him alone, and FIVE POUNDS to have him secured in any Jail within this Colony. NOVEMBER 4, 1772. THOMAS POLLARD.
To be SOLD, on the 1st of January next, THE HOUSE in which Mr. Thomas Egleton lives, in the Town of Petersburg, exceedingly well contrived and situated for a Tavern. The Payments will be made easy to a Purchaser. JERMAM BAKER.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Cumberland, about the 10th of October last, a Mulatto Man named JIM, who is a Slave, but pretends to have a Right to his Freedom. His Father was an Indian, of the Name of Chesire, and very likely will call himself JAMES CHESHIRE, or CHINK. He is a short well set Fellow, about twenty seven Years of Age, with long black Hair resembling an Indian's; and had on, or took with him, a Virginia Cloth Jacket without Sleeves, lined with Osnaburgh, the Outside striped in the Warp with Copperas dyed Cotton, and shot in with Cotton and Yarn; his other Clothing was such as Negroes commonly wear. When he went away I expected he was gone to the General Court to seek for his Freedom, and has been seen at Rocky Ridge, on his Way, as he said, to Williamsburg. Whoever brings him to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward if he is taken in the Colony, and FIVE POUNDS if out thereof, besides what the Law allows. PAUL MICHAUX.
OCTOBER 14, 1772. RUN away from my Plantation, in BUTE County, North Carolina, about three Weeks ago, a Negro Wench named JOAN, whom I bought last Winter of Mr. Douglas Hamilton, at Halifax, and suppose she has made for some of the lower Counties in this Province or Virginia, as she had her from below. She is about thirty Years of Age, stout, and well made, and has a smiling Countenance; she carried away a Rug, Blanket, and all her Wearing Apparel. Whoever will secure her, and acquaint me thereof, or bring her to me, shall be well rewarded for their Trouble, and paid Expenses. WILLIAM PARK.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, about the 26th of October, out of Mr. Richard Adams's Pasture at Richmond Town, a sorrel HORSE about fifteen Hands high, with a hanging Mane and short Tail, some White in his Face and about his hind Feet, paces, trots, and gallops well, and has been drove in a Chair, as may be seen by the Hair on his Breast being rubbed. Also a small bay MARE, with a hanging Mane inclined to fall on the left Side, some White in her Face, trots fast, and with great Spirit. Whoever delivers them to Mr. William Gosley at York Town, or to me in Richmond, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward for each, and no Questions asked. THOMAS ADAMS.
TAKEN up, in Lunenburg, a dark roan MARE about four Feet five Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock 3. Pasted, and appraised to ten Pounds. FRANCIS LANDRUM.
TAKEN up, on the Subscriber's Plantation near the Seven Islands Buckingham, an old white HORSE about four Feet five or six Inches high, who has been docked, but has no Brand perceivable. Also a red pied STEER seven or eight Years old, marked in the right Ear with a smooth Crop, and a Nick in the left. Pasted, and appraised, the Horse to four Pounds ten Shillings, and the Steer to five Pounds. ROBERT BOLLING, Junior.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a red OX marked with a Crop and two Slits in his right Ear, and a Swallowfork in the left. CHARLES TURNBULL.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, near Hardin's Mill, on Appomattox River, a red brindled STEER about three or four Years old, marked with a Swallowfork in the right Ear, and a Halfmoon in the under Part of the left. Pasted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. NATHANIEL CROWDEN.
A V E N D U E, For the SALE of MERCHANDISE, &c. is held by JOHN HART, In PHILADELPHIA, at the Corner of South and Front Streets. Those that please to favour him with their Custom may depend on his best Endeavours to render satisfactory Sales.
WANTED, A YOUNG Man capable of waiting in a Tavern; likewise a good COOK, either Man or Woman. Any such, that can come well recommended for their Honesty and Sobriety, may hear of a Place by applying to the Printers hereof. None else need to apply.
KING GEORGE, November 12, 1772. AS I intend for Britain next Spring, I would be glad to dispose of the Plantation whereon I now live, containing about four Hundred Acres of LAND, whereon are several valuable Peach and Apple Orchards. The House is large and commodious, with all necessary Outhouses, and commands a most agreeable Prospect of both Potomack and Rappahannock Rivers. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, on the Premises, within two Miles of Leeds. THOMAS OSWALD.
On the third Thursday in December will be SOLD, at King William Courthouse, by publick Auction, A VERY valuable Tract of LAND called Tuckerman's, lying a little below Ruffin's Ferry, on Pamunkey River. By a late Survey the high Land belonging to this Tract amounts to six Hundred and fifty Acres, and adjoining to it there are upwards of a Thousand Acres of exceeding valuable Marsh, which may, with great Ease, be reclaimed. If any Person, having an Inclination to purchase the said Land, chooses to view the same, he is desired to apply either to Mr. Holt Richeison or to Mr. William Claiborne, who live near, and will show the Land and its Bounds. As some Doubts have arisen formerly about the legal Conveyance of this Land, it is necessary to say, that at the Day of Sale all the Mortgages will concur in the Disposal of it, as well as the Proprietor, and the Purchaser may rely on having an indisputable Title. The Time of Payment will be made known on the Day of Sale.
To be SOLD on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, on Monday the 28th of December, MY ORDINARY in the Town of Blandford, with all the Improvements thereunto belonging, which are good, and not more than seven or eight Years old. As to being particular in them, I think it needless, for they are now under Rent at twenty per Cent. for all fold in the Ordinary Way, and at that Rate will bring me more than ninety Pounds. It will be sold with or without the Household and Kitchen Furniture, as may best suit the Purchasers, and Credit will be allowed until the next Meeting of the Merchants, whose Notes will be taken in Payment. JOHN BUTLER.
To be SOLD at the Rocky Ridge, on Tuesday the 15th of December,
ALL that exceeding fine PLANTATION, and TRACT of LAND, belonging to the Subscriber, lying at the Falls of James River, in Chesterfield County, containing upwards of two Thousand Acres; which, on Account of its Richness and Situation, is deservedly esteemed the most valuable Plantation in this Colony, and equal to any in America. It is in good Order for Cropping; about two Hundred and fifty Acres of it are sowed in Wheat this Fall, from which may be expected to be reaped at least five Thousand Bushels. There is a very good Dwelling-House on it; and although it has been thought the low Grounds were much injured by the great Fresh, yet the present Crop, which was planted where the Fresh was supposed to do most Damage, is as flourishing as could be wished for. Any Person inclined to purchase may satisfy himself by viewing and examining it before the Sale. THE TOBACCO WAREHOUSES at the Rocky Ridge, the profitable FERRIES on each Side of the River, and the very valuable FISHERY known by the Name of Sandy Bar, with several of the Hundred Acre LOTS in Henrico County, will then also be offered for Sale. At the same Time and Place will be sold upwards of a Hundred fine SLAVES, among which are many valuable Tradesmen; also the Stocks of CATTLE, HORSES, &c. belonging to the Falls Plantation. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for the Whole. Bond and good Security to be given by all the Purchasers of the Lands, Slaves, and Stocks; and the Bonds to carry Interest from the Date, if not discharged when due. W. BYRD, and his Trustees.
WARWICK, October 25, 1772. AS the Store formerly kept by Alexander Stewart at Rocky Ridge, for James and Robert Donald, and Company, is now broke up, and the Deuts put into my Hands to collect, all those indebted for Dealings there are desired to pay off their Accounts immediately, or settle their Balances by Bond; and those who have any Demands against the Store are desired to apply to me for Payment. PATRICK HUNTER.
Who has for Sale a TRACT of LAND lying on the Forks of Roanoke, in Mecklenburg County, containing about six Hundred Acres, on which is an exceeding good Dwelling-House, Storehouse, and other necessary Buildings, as also several valuable Improvements. As the Land lies within sixteen Miles of the Courthouse, and eighty from Petersburg, it would answer any Person very well who intends keeping a back Store.
WARWICK, November 1, 1772. THE Subscriber has for Sale about five Thousand Acres of LAND lying in different Parts of Pennsylvania County, and mostly upon Smith's River, the Soil of which is well calculated either for making Tobacco or Hemp. The Terms may be known by applying to John Rowland, who lives near the Land, and will show it to any Person inclining to purchase. PATRICK HUNTER.
FOR SALE, A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND lying on both Sides of Hunting Creek, in Halifax County, containing five Hundred Acres; the Soil of which is exceeding good for Tobacco and Corn. There is a small Plantation cleared on the Land, which has been tended but a few Years, and two Tobacco Houses, an Overseer's House, and Negro Quarter almost new. Any Person inclineable to purchase may apply to Colonel Paul Carrington, in Charlotte, who will show the Land, and is fully empowered to dispose of it. CHARLES CITY, October 20, 1772.
RUN away, upwards of two Years ago, from Mr. Richard Holt (but now my Property) EDITH, a Negro Woman five Feet two or three Inches high, about forty Years of Age, full breasted, has remarkable black Lips, and two of her Toes on one Foot join together. FIVE POUNDS Reward will be given to any Person who delivers her to me, near the Long Bridge. WILLIAM GREGORY.
To be LET on CHARTER, to any Part of Europe, THE Ship NEPTUNE, Archibald White Master, Burthen about four Hundred Hogheads. For Terms apply to NORFOLK, JOHN LAWRENCE. September 24. JOHN GREENWOOD.
To be SOLD, FOURTEEN Hundred Acres of exceeding good TOBACCO LAND in Stafford County, on the Branches of Aquia and Potomack Runs, extremely well timbered and watered, twelve Miles from Falmouth, and ten from Aquia. One Half the Land rents for thirty Pounds a Year; there is a small Plantation on the other Part the Land, and a Mill near the Plantation, if not privately sold, will be set up at twelve Hundred Pounds, on the 10th of October next. Also eleven Hundred Acres of Land on Rocky Run, in Fauquier County, the Rents of which amount to four Thousand one Hundred and thirty Pounds of Tobacco; either in Lots, or altogether, as may suit the Purchasers. An indisputable Title will be made to the Land, by the Trustees of Charles Carter.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12s. 6a. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3/. the first Week, and 2/. each Week after. All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.