The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1774-10-13 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
With the freshest ADVICES,
FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSB DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
To the PEOPLE of the BRITISH EMPIRE.
HAVE already advanced, and I hope satisfactorily proved, that no real or pretended Parliament can abrogate or destroy the Liberties of the People; and I have said (what I now repeat) that a Prince who can give the Royal Assent to any Bill which should establish Popery, Slavery, and arbitrary Power, either in England or any of its Dominions, must be guilty of Perjury; for it is, in express Terms, contrary to his Coronation Oath.
It is easy for a King, or Tyrant, to bribe a House of Commons; it is in his Power to create a Majority in the House of Peers; he consequently may procure a vile, venal, and stupid Senate, to give their Sanction to his ambitious Purposes, even so far as to give up, in a single Day, the Liberties which our noble and valiant Ancestors so often purchased, and bled to support and maintain. It was the Case in a late Reign, in Denmark. A few Years ago, the Tyrant of Sweden also, being enabled to bribe most of his Subjects with French and English Money, which was absolutely given to him for that infamous Purpose, enslaved his Country in a single Hour. And now Men, who are equally remarkable for Duplicity and Cunning, confederating with a House of Commons, the most servile, corrupt, and contemptible, that ever disgraced this once free Country, have craftily established Popery and absolute Power; they have destroyed the Basis of our Rights, the noble Privilege of Trial by Jury; they have dissolved the Habeas Corpus Act; and (what no King of England ever accomplished) they have plucked up by the Roots the noble Fabric of the English Common Law, and substituted in its Place the vile, abject, slavish French Institutes. A Charles, and his Favourite lost their Heads, yet they never attempted a Crime so atrocious as the Canada Bill. A James was banished, but he never attempted openly to establish his favourite Religion, Popery, in any of the English Dominions. But one, who pretends to have an over Quantity of Piety, gives this slavish Religion, by Establishment, to a Province which (Lord Chatham says) may be possessed by thirty Millions of Souls, which is thrice the Number of the Inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland; and by this iniquitous Law, if there is any Truth in the Maxim, "that the smaller Number must, in Time, be swallowed up by the greater," the Protestant Religion in Britain will in a few Years be conquered in Canada.
To preserve our holy Religion, it was enacted at the Revolution, "that no Roman Catholic Prince should reign over us;" and the next in Succession of the Protestant Line was the Elector of Hanover, and besides being the nearest in Descent of the Protestant Race from the Royal House of Stuart, the People reasonably imagined that by lifting so low a House to such an elevated Dignity the Gratitude of the succeeding Princes would bind them to Moderation, and ensure the Liberty of the Subjects. But, however, for Fear of their degenerating into Tyrants, for Fear they should attempt to establish the Popish Religion in any Part of the English Dominions, before the People should be obliged to swear Allegiance to the King, he was first to take a Coronation Oath, thereby fixing this very important Point, "that if he should break his Faith to the People, and become perjured, he then should no longer be obeyed." This was a Security against corrupt Parliaments; for whilst the King preserves his Coronation Oath he will withhold his Royal Assent from any Bill that perverts the Laws, or establishes Popery in any Part of the English Dominions.
Let the Oath speak for itself: "The Archbishop shall say, will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the People of this Kingdom of England, and the Dominions thereto belonging, according to the (then) Statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the Laws and Customs of the same?" The King and Queen shall say, "I solemnly promise so to do." "Will you, to the utmost of your Power, cause Law and Justice, in Mercy, to be executed in all your Judgments?" Answer. "I will." "Will you, to the utmost of your Power, maintain the Laws of God, the true Profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed Religion established by Law?" Answer. "All this I promise to do." "After this, the King and Queen laying his and her Hand upon the Holy Gospels, the King or Queen shall say, "The Things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep, so help me God. Then to the King and Queen shall kiss the Book." What shall an honest Man say to all this? If I can read English right, in this Oath the King swears "to maintain the Protestant Religion as established by Law;" and if I trust to the Evidence of my own Senses, the King hath now established the Popish Religion in the vast extensive Province of Canada, which is in the English Dominions. I wish some of the King's Friends (if, in Truth and Sincerity, any such there be) would clear up this mysterious Business, and reconcile his Majesty's Conduct with his most sacred Coronation Oath. I must not say that our King hath committed wilful and corrupt Perjury, I will not say that he hath thereby been guilty of High Treason against the Majesty of the People, neither do I assert that the People are now absolved from their Allegiance; but we have an old fashioned Adage in my Country, extremely applicable to the Occasion, "that nobody can be banged for thinking." A SCOTCHMAN.
ANCONA, June 16.
THEY write from Ragusa, that the Pacha of Scutari, having assembled 30,000 Men, had attacked the Montenegrins in their own Country; but that the latter received him so vigorously that he was repulsed and beaten, and with much Difficulty escaped, with a Part of his Troops, to Scutari.
DANTZICK, July 14. The long Dispute between this City and the King of Prussia is now likely to be ended, as the Magistrates are now convinced, by the Empress of Russia's withdrawing her Protection, that a Compliance will be enforced. They have resolved to acknowledge the Right of the King of Prussia to the Pahr Wasser, and accept of the equal Use of that Canal and the Port, according to the Propositions made by his Prussian Majesty. Notice of this having been sent to the King, he has ordered M. Reichard, his Agent, who had left the City, to return, and has likewise ordered a great Part of the Troops to be immediately withdrawn from the City and Suburbs.
PARIS, July 20. It is generally reported here, that the Chancellor Maupeou has had some warm Altercations with the Duke de Choiseul and the Count de Maurepas, which has given so much Disgust that he has petitioned his Majesty for Leave to retire from his Employment. The King answered, that he would consider of the Petition. Should the Chancellor obtain Leave to resign, all the old Friends of the Countess de Barré will be then out of the Administration. That Lady is treated with the greatest Mildness, and it is imagined will soon be set at Liberty.
MARI, July 11. M. de Maurepas has signified to the Prussian Ambassador, that his Most Christian Majesty cannot refrain from interfering himself exceedingly in the Fate of the City of Dantziak; that the Utility of its free Commerce was an Object which concerned every Power in Europe, and that his Majesty was well informed of their Sentiments on this Head; and that he was instructed to give him no other Answer, and that his Demands required no other Reply; that his Majesty wished, and intended, to continue in Peace and Friendship with the King of Prussia, but that he could not refuse concurring with the other Powers in maintaining the Rights of a Republic in the Fate of which Humanity was materially interested. This Signification was made by M. de Maurepas on the 7th Instant, and on the 8th the Ambassador despatched a
Courier to his Court. The King of Prussia has too much Prudence not to make good Use of this Answer, which is concerted with England and Holland.
WARSAW, July 29. According to the latest Advices from Petersburg, a Conspiracy was discovered amongst the Russian Troops near Kaban, which was perpetrating by some Officers; and had it not been timely discovered, the whole Army must have surrendered to the Rebels, and the Empire would have been exposed to the utmost Danger. The Chiefs of that intended Conspiracy were secured, and will be brought to Judgment.
The same Misfortune happened among a large Body of Cossacks, who were encamped at Wylonia, under the Command of General Romanus; the whole Camp having deserted into the Ukraine and the adjacent Provinces, where they executed the most cruel Barbarity against the Inhabitants. The General has issued a Proclamation, that whoever shall bring one or more of these Cossacks, dead or alive, shall be duly rewarded; but whoever shall give them a Shelter in his House shall be declared a Rebel against the Empress of Russia. In the Meantime, the Circumstance is a very alarming one.
They write from Dantziak, that the Court of London gave the following Answer upon their Memorial: "That the Court is determined not to intermeddle in an Affair which concerns not the British Subjects, and is against the Interest of their Allies."
Prince Gallitzin has twice beaten Pugatschew. The Rebels best Generals are taken, and brought to Kaban, where their Trials will soon come on.
We have received Advice that the Austrians are extending their Frontiers into Moldavia, and that they have already posted up their Eagles in several Places.
LONDON, July 30.
A LETTER from Venice says: "I breakfasted with Wortley Montague, Esq; who lives entirely after the Manner of the Arabians; and I smoked a Pipe in the Arabian Manner, over a Pot of Coffee. He will not suffer a Drop of Wine to enter his House."
A singular Agreement was entered into at the New England Coffee-house, on Friday last, between an eminent Merchant here and a Gentleman of Fortune in the West Indies. The former deposited with the latter the Sum of 500 Guineas, on Consideration of receiving one Guinea per Day until the Acts relating to the Port of Boston are repealed; with a proviso, however, that the Bargain should be void if they were not repealed by the 25th of December 1776.
We hear that our Minister, having lately made Representations at the French Court relative to the present State of the Harbour, Jetties, and Sluices of Dunkirk, was answered in a Style extremely different from that with which he was treated on his Application on the same Subject in the Month of September last.
Letters from Vienna mention the Arrival of General Conway there, and that he has been introduced to his Imperial Majesty.
August 2. A general Battle is expected between the Russian and Turkish Armies, in the Neighbourhood of Varna, which the former is determined to attack.
Extract of a Letter from Seville, July 1. "A large Armament is well known to be intended for the West Indies, but on what Expedition cannot be known, as the Officers are commanded to keep their Orders an inviolable Secret. The utmost Diligence is used in fitting out the Ships here, and the whole Fleet will sail as soon as 8000 Troops are embarked."
It is said that a Courier arrived with Despatches yesterday from Mr. Murray, his Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, said to be relative to a Pacification now in great Forwardness between the Russians and Turks.
Many People marvel at the Silence of Mr. Wilkes upon the American Affairs, while the whole World revere the Bishop of St. Asaph for his Spirit and orthodox Doctrine. A few such Bishops might save Church and State.
Five Thousand People have embarked, at Greenock, since the Month of March, for America.
Orders are sent to the Tower for forty Tuns of Halfpence and Farthings to be struck off immediately, for Exportation to New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, where Copper Currency is very much wanted.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY. We hear, that in Consequence of the passing two late Acts many Promotions will take Place, among which the following are said to be already determined on:
 Lord North, Commissioner of Supplies to the College of Jesuits.  Jeremiah Dyson, Esq; Clerk of the Holy Inquisition.  Thomas Bradshaw, Esq; Secretary to the See of Rome.  Charles Jenkinson, Esq; Runner to Ditto.  Charles Fox, Arch Treasurer of the Holy Romish Empire.  Edmund Burke, Professor of Oratory in the University of Padua.  Colonel Barré, Colonel of the American White Boys.  Mr. Sawbridge, Keeper of Liberty Tree, Boston.  Lord Chatham, Superior of the Holy House of Loreto.  Mr. Harley, Clothier to the Indian Bush Fighters.  Archbishop of Canterbury,---Sovereign Pontiff.  Mr. Horne, Crucifix Maker to his Most Catholic Majesty.  Mr. Wilkes, Moderator of the Meetings at Faneuil Hall.  His Majesty, King of Canada, by the Title of Chevalier de St. George.  Reverend Dr. Wilson, Cardinal Walbrook.  Sir Watkin Lewes, Bishop of Worcester.  Lord Mayor, Teaman to the Pope. 
BOSTON, September 19.
THE Committee of the Delegates from the several Towns in the County of Suffolk, who presented the Address to the Governor, on receiving his Answer, met together, and, having carefully perused the same, were unanimously of Opinion that his Excellency's Answer could not be deemed satisfactory to the County; and farther, that his Excellency, in his Reply, had been pleased to propose several Questions, which, if unanswered by the Committee, would leave on the Minds of Persons not fully acquainted with the State of Facts some very disagreeable Impressions concerning the Conduct and Behaviour of the People in this County and Province. And the following Address was unanimously voted to his Excellency.
May it please your Excellency, THE Answer you have been pleased to favour us with, to the Address this Day presented to you, gives us Satisfaction, so far as it relates to your own Intentions; and we thank your Excellency for the Declaration which you have made, that it is your Duty and Interest to encourage an Intercourse between Town and Country, and we entreat your Indulgence while we modestly reply to the Questions proposed in your Answer. Your Excellency is too well acquainted with the human Heart not to be sensible that it is natural for the People to be soured by Oppression, and jealous for their personal Security when their Exertions for the Preservation of their Rights are construed into Treason and Rebellion. Our Liberties are invaded, by Acts of the British Parliament. Troops are sent to enforce those Acts. They are now erecting Fortifications at the Entrance of the Town of Boston. Upon the completing those, the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston will be in the Power of a Soldier who must implicitly obey the Orders of an Administration who have hitherto
evidenced no singular Regard to the Liberties of America. The Town is already greatly impoverished, and distressed, by the Operation of the barbarous Port Bill. Your Excellency, we are persuaded, from Principles of Humanity, would refuse to be an Actor in the tragical Scene that must ensue upon shutting up the Avenues to the Town, and reducing the Inhabitants, by Distress and Famine, to a disgraceful and slavish Submission; but that cruel Work may possibly be reserved for a Successor, disposed and instructed thereto. Daily Supplies of Provisions are necessary for the Subsistence of the Inhabitants of the Town. The Country, disgusted and jealous at the formidable Operations now carrying on, survey, with Horror, a Plan concerted whereby the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston may be imprisoned and starved at the Will of a military Commander. They kindly invite them to abandon the Town, and earnestly solicit them to share the homely Banquet of Peace in the Country. Should their Refusal involve them in Miseries hitherto unheard of, and hardly conceived of, the Country must stand acquitted, and will not hold their Liberties so loosely as to sacrifice them to the Obstinacy of their Brethren in Boston.
Your Excellency has been pleased to order the Powder from the Magazine in Charlestown, to forbid the Delivery of the Powder in the Magazine of Boston to the legal Proprietors, to seize the Cannon at Cambridge, and bring a formidable Number from Castle William, which are now placed at the Entrance of the Town of Boston; and have likewise, in Addition to the Troops now here, been pleased to send for Reinforcements to Quebec and other Parts of the Continent. These Things, Sir, together with the Disposition of the Ships of War, we humbly think sufficiently justify the Proceedings for which your Excellency seems to be at a Loss to account.
Your Excellency has suggested that Nature has made it easy to cut off the Communication between Town and Country. Our only Request is, that the Entrance into the Town may remain as Nature has formed it.
If Security to his Majesty's Troops is the only Design in the late Maneuvre, we beg Leave to assure your Excellency, that the most certain, and by far the most honourable Method of making them secure and safe, will be to give the People of the Province the strongest Proof that no Design is forming against their Liberties. And we again solicit your Excellency, with that Earnestness which becomes us on this important Occasion, to desist from every Thing which has a Tendency to alarm them, and particularly from fortifying the Entrance into the Town of Boston.
We rely on your Excellency's Wisdom and Candour, that, in your proposed Representation to our common Sovereign, you will endeavour to redeem us from the Distresses which we apprehend were occasioned by the grossest Misinformation; and that you will assure his Majesty, that no Wish of Independence, no adverse Sentiments or Designs towards his Majesty or his Troops now here, actuate his good Subjects in this Colony, but that their sole Intention is to preserve, pure and inviolate, those Rights to which, as Men, and English Americans, they are justly entitled, and which have been guaranteed to them by his Majesty's Royal Predecessors.
A Copy of the foregoing was delivered to Mr. Secretary Flucker by the Chairman, with a Desire that he would, as soon as was convenient, present it to the Governor, and request his Excellency to appoint a Time for receiving it in Form. The Secretary informed the Chairman, the ensuing Day, that he had seen the Governor, and had given him the Copy of the Address, but that he declined receiving it in Form. The Chairman mentioned to him the Importance of the Business, declaring his Belief that the Troops were not in any Danger; and that no Person has, so far as he had been informed, taken any Steps which indicated any hostile Intention, until the seizing and carrying off the Powder from the Magazine in the County of Middlesex; and that, if any ill Consequences should arise that should affect the Interest of Great Britain, the most Candid and Judicious, both in Europe and America, would consider the Author of the Ferment now raised in the Minds of the People as accountable for whatever Consequences might follow from it. He therefore desired the Secretary, once more, to make Application to his Excellency, and to state the Air to him in that serious Manner which the Case seemed to require. The Secretary accordingly made a second Application to the Governor, but received for Answer, that he had given all the Satisfaction in his Power, and he could not see that any farther Argumentation upon the Subject would be to any Purpose. Upon this the Committee were again convened, and it was unanimously resolved that they had executed the Commission intrusted to them by the County to the utmost of their Ability; and, after voting the Reply to his Excellency's Answer should be inserted in the publick Papers as soon as possible, they adjourned without Day. It is observable, that every Vote passed by the Delegates of the County, and by the Committee appointed to wait on the Governor, was unanimous.
A Correspondent observes, that it is really strange that any Person, of common Understanding, should talk of paying for the Tea (as an Act of Justice) which was destroyed in Boston. All will allow that the Americans have a Right to Liberty, and it is equally certain they may lawfully use Means to preserve that Right; therefore, they may lawfully destroy the Instruments designed for their Ruin. This evident Truth must strike every Mind, and this was the Case with the Tea; for the Minister designed this to be the Instrument of our Destruction, and the India Company became the Tools of the Minister, and supplied him with this Instrument. And will any Man say, that we are guilty of Injustice by destroying the fatal Dart which was aimed at our Vitals? When Tyrants trample upon the Rights of the People, they never can get Redress by the common Forms of Law; therefore they must, when there is no other Remedy, appeal to the Law of Nature, which authorises all People to demand and secure their Rights, not only at the Expense of Tea, but of the Blood of the Tyrants. This Doctrine is incontestibly proved by that illustrious Patriot, Mr. LOCKE, and is justified by the Revolution Principles and Practice in Great Britain.
A great Number of Hands are now employed in erecting Barracks on the Common, for the Troops there encamped.
The Tea arrived at Portsmouth (30 Casks) was last Week sent to Halifax.
Extract of a Letter from Governor Hutchinson, dated London, July 8, 1774.
"Let the Tea be paid for, by or in Behalf of the Town, as soon as may be; and I hope you will do as much to promote this as possible. I find myself every Where to have more Weight than I could expect, and the Prospect of your speedy Relief to be fairer every Day. If finally obtained, I shall think it one of the most happy Circumstances of my Life."
NEW YORK, September 22.
ALL the Members of his Majesty's Council, that have not resigned their Seats, have retired into Boston; where the Board of Commissioners have also removed to, from Salem.
Great Numbers of Persons of Fortune are continually flocking into the Town of Boston, as a Place of Refuge, from the vehement Resentment of the Country People; who, in most Parts of the Province, and in very great Numbers, are daily under Arms.
We hear from Philadelphia, that the Congress will not break up till November next.
Extract of a Letter from London, July 29. "This Place is quite deserted by the fashionable People, who are retired into the several Counties, and eagerly canvassing for their Elections. There will be only one more Session of the present Parliament, which we expect to be called very early in the Winter.—By the Letters from

Boston, Government finds no Disposition in the Inhabitants to pay for the Tea they destroyed, nor to submit to the new Regulations they expect to receive in the several Acts some Time since sent to New England, from the Secretaries Office, by the Scarborough Man of War. There are many Letters in Town intimating that a continental Congress is to be held in one of the middle Colonies, which will attract the Attention of every Part of the British Empire."
We have Advice from Quebec, that both the English and French there were in general as much dissatisfied with the late Canada Bill as any of his Majesty's Subjects.
His Excellency Governor Tryon, whose Health has been greatly recruited at Bath, having obtained his Majesty's Leave to remain the ensuing Winter in England, will return hither very early in the Spring.
Extract of a Letter from London, August 5.
"Since my last Letter, I have procured the Act of Parliament mentioned in it relating to America, which enacts, that after July 1, 1774, Persons shipping Tools or Utensils used in the Cotton or Silk Manufactures, in Order to export the same, forfeit all such Tools, &c. &c. and 200 l. Officers are authorised to seize such Tools, &c. on Board the Vessels, which may be publickly sold, one Moiety to his Majesty, the other to the Officer. Masters of Ships permitting such Tools and Utensils to be exported, forfeit 200 l. If the Ship belongs to his Majesty, the Captain forfeits 200 l. and his Commission. Officers of the Customs allowing an Entry outwards of such prohibited Utensils, to forfeit 200 l. and their Offices. Since repassing this Act, I find there is no Probability of passing an Entry for any more Wool Cards, &c. for America."
On Tuesday last arrived the Sharp, Captain Rogers, from Glasgow, and last from Marblehead, where he landed 100 Passengers, and has brought 170 more to this Port.
Captain Falconer, arrived at Philadelphia, spoke with the Ship Endeavour, Captain Gordon, out fourteen Weeks, from Falkland's Islands, having on Board the Garrison; they acquainted Captain Falconer, that they had destroyed the Fort, and abandoned the Settlement.
Extract of a Letter from London, July 27.
"I observe you are to have a General Congress. Though most Persons fear the Consequence of such a Measure, I stand almost alone in Opinion that it will produce the most salutary Effects, both to this Country and America; as I am persuaded it will be a Means of drawing Proposals from America, and when that is once done, and a Negotiation set on Foot by Men of Understanding, all seeming Difficulties will soon subside."
ANNAPOLIS, September 22.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Redstone.
ON the 26th of July, our Troops, to the Amount of 400 Men, in eight Companies, commanded by Major McDonald, met at the Mouth of Fiss Creek, on the Ohio, about 120 Miles below Fort Pitt. A Council of War being held, it was unanimously determined to cross the Ohio, and proceed to destroy the Shawanese Town called Wappatomica, situated on the River Mufkingham, about 90 Miles from the said Creek. On the Sunday following, our advanced Party discovered three Indians coming towards them on Horseback; who, observing our Party, rode off, on our People firing one shot at them. On Tuesday, our advanced Party met three Indians, supposed to be Spies from a large Body, which we afterwards found had lain about Half a Mile from our Army. Upon our Men firing on them, they ran, giving the War Whoop; which our People hearing, immediately formed in three Columns, expecting to be attacked. In this Order we advanced about Half a Mile, when we were fired upon by the Indians who lay in Ambush; a Battle ensued, in which we killed four Indians, and wounded many more. We had two Men killed, and five wounded. We drove the Indians before us about a Mile and a Half, they firing upon us from every rising Ground, when at last they ran. Our Men being much scattered in the Woods, Major McDonald collected them; and, leaving a Party with the Wounded, marched about five Miles. On our coming to the River opposite their Town, we observed the Indians posted on the Bank, intending to dispute our Passage, each Party endeavouring to conceal themselves behind Trees, Logs, &c. watching an Opportunity to fire on each other. Here our Men killed one Indian. At a Council held here, it was agreed to cross lower down the River with a Party in the Night, to amuse the Indians. One of our Interpreters called to them across the River, when a Delaware spoke in his Language, asking who he was, and what he wanted. The Interpreter telling his Name, invited him over, with an Assurance that no Injury should be done him. The Indian knew him, and came across the River, and informed our Commander of the good Disposition of the Delawares towards the white People; but that John Gibson, and one Wilson, Indian Traders, had been sent from Pittsburgh to acquaint them that a Party of Virginians had marched against some of their Towns, but they did not know which. Major McDonald told him he had particular Instructions from the Governor of Virginia not to molest any Indians at Peace with us, and particularly the Delawares, who had, on many Occasions, behaved friendly to the white People, not only delivering several out of the Hands of the Shawanese and Mingoes, but had taken great Pains to dissuade them from striking the Whites. The Delaware expressed great Satisfaction that they were respected by the Virginians, who had been represented to them by the Pennsylvania Traders as a cruel barbarous People, that would spare none of the Indians; which had led the Delawares in great Suspense what Course to take. After this Conversation, he requested us to stay until he brought one Winganum, a Chief of the Delawares. We gave him Part of such as we had. Soon after his Departure he overtook two others of his Nation on their Way to Winganum's, and returned with them, bringing a Mingo, who had had that Day been fighting against us. The Delawares were exceedingly pleased with meeting with so friendly a Reception in that bloody Path (as they expected it) where the Shawanese and Mingoes had passed to murder so many of our People, especially as they had received from the Traders terrible Accounts of the Virginians intending to cut them off for the Sake of their Lands. But (said they) from our present Experience, we find you a good People, or, as we are but three among so many Warriors, you would now cut us in Pieces; but you treat us as Friends, which will make the Hearts of our great Men, and Nation, glad when we tell them this good News. We have called our People from among the Shawanese and Mingoes, and frequently advised the Shawanese not to strike the white People; but they refused to listen to our Counsel, when we told them we should give them up to be cut off by the Whites, which would be the Case, as they were only a Handful. After this, we parted in the most friendly Manner. To prevent our destroying the Shawanese Towns, it was proposed that the Mingo should bring over two of their young Warriors next Morning as Hostages, until their great Men and ours could talk together; and he left us for that Purpose. The Commander ordered Captain Michael Cresap, and Captain Houghland, to cross the River before Day, and secure the Banks, to cover the Landing of our Men; which they did. Here we waited the Return of the Mingo; but not coming as he promised, we proceeded towards their upper Town, when we met him within two Miles of the said Town, coming (as he said) to inform us that the other Indians would not agree to deliver up any Hostages; on which we advanced, but had not gone above 200 Yards before we discovered a Party in Ambush under a Bank. On our endeavouring to surround them, they ran off, when about thirty of our Men pursued them close, and a Battle ensued, on which Captain Michael Cresap tomahawked and scalped one Indian; and, from the Quantities of Blood on the Woods, many must have been wounded. The Indians running, we set Fire to the Town, and destroyed every Thing of Value. As the Mingo knew of the Ambush, and not informing us, we secured him; but as he had placed some Confidence in us, we did not scalp him, but brought him Prisoner. From this Town we proceeded to the rest, five in Number, all of which we burnt, together with about 500 Bushels of old Corn, and every other Thing they had. We also cut down and destroyed about 70 Acres of standing Corn. No Indians appearing, and Provision failing short, we returned to Wheeling. On our March we passed through a Delaware Town, which the Inhabitants had deserted; but as they were Friends, we did not touch the least Trifle except a little old Corn, which we were then in great Want of. Since the above, we have been waiting for Provisions, which are carrying out daily to Wheeling. In this Quarter are now about 700 Men, waiting for Lord Dunmore, who is expected every Day, and who will, no Doubt, put an End to this Indian War, and convince the Indians that their Interest in future will be to live in Peace and Friendship with the English, and never more put Confidence in a few villainous Traders, who (as will appear hereafter) have been the Cause of the Mischief that has happened.
By a Vessel arrived from Philadelphia, we are furnished with their Papers to the 5th Instant, from which we have collected the following Intelligence.
BOSTON, September 22.
YESTERDAY the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Boston met at Faneuil Hall, for the Choice of Representatives, to serve in the Great and General Court, to be convened at Salem the 5th of next Month, when the following Gentlemen were chosen, viz. The Honourable Thomas Cushing, Esq; Mr. Samuel Adams, Honourable John Hancock, Esq; and William Phillips, Esq.
James Murray, Esq; is appointed Inspector of Imports and Exports, and Register of Shipping, in North America, in the Room of Thomas Irving, Esq; preferred.
A Reverend Divine in Charlestown, South Carolina, has been lately dismissed from his Congregation, for his Audacity in standing up in his Pulpit, and impudently saying that Mechanicks and Country Clowns had no Right to dispute about Politics, or what Kings, Lords, and Commons, had done. All such Divines should be taught to know that Mechanicks and Country Clowns (infamously so called) are the real and absolute Masters of Kings, Lords, Commons, and Priests; though, with Shame be it spoken, they too often suffer their Servants to get upon their Backs and ride them most barbarously.
September 26. At the Adjournment last Friday, the Town made Choice of Dr. Joseph Warren, Dr. Benjamin Church, and Mr. Nathaniel Appleton, to serve as Delegates in the Provincial Congress to be held at Concord on the second Tuesday of October next, in Addition to the four Representatives of this Town; and the following Instructions for our Representatives were voted, viz.
GENTLEMEN, AS we have now chosen you to represent us in the Great and General Court, to be holden at Salem on Wednesday the 5th of October next ensuing, we do hereby instruct you, that in all your Doings as Members of the House of Representatives you adhere firmly to the Charter of this Province granted by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, and that you do no Act that can possibly be construed into an Acknowledgment of the Validity of the Act of the British Parliament for altering the Government of Massachusetts Bay, more especially that you acknowledge the Honourable Board of Counsellors elected by the General Court at their Sessions in May last as the only rightful and constitutional Council of this Province; and as we have Reason to believe that a conscientious Discharge of your Duty will produce your Dissolution as a House of Representatives, we do hereby empower and instruct you to join with the Members who may be sent from this and the other Towns in the Province, and to meet with them at a Time to be agreed on, in a general Provincial Congress, to act upon Matters as may come before you in such a Manner as may appear to you most conducive to the true Interest of this Town and Province, and most likely to preserve the Liberties of all North America.
At a Meeting of the Selectmen and Committee of Correspondence, September 24.
OUR Friends in the neighbouring Towns, and the Country in general, having expressed their Uneasiness lest the Workmen in this Town, by assisting the Army in building Barracks, should give Occasion of Umbrage to their Friends who dwell more remote, whether in this or the neighbouring Colonies, particularly to our Brethren of New York, who have nobly rejected the Application of the Barrack Master for Mechanicks and other Assistants from that Place: Therefore, having debated this Matter, in Compliance with the Application of our Friends in the Country, it is the Opinion of this joint Committee, that should the Mechanicks, or other Inhabitants of this Town, assist the Troops, by furnishing them with Artificers, Labourers, or Materials of any Kind to build Barracks or other Places of Accommodation for the Troops, they will probably incur the Displeasure of their Brethren, who may withhold their Contributions for the Relief of the Town, and deem them as Enemies to the Rights and Liberties of America, by furnishing the Troops with Conveniencies for their Residence and Accommodation in this Town.
A Correspondent informs us, "that in travelling 300 Miles in New England he has not seen one Person who gave the least Countenance to the late tyrannical Measures of Parliament; but, on the contrary, the People, in every Part of the Country, are prepared to meet the last Efforts of Tyranny, and are determined to spend all their Treasure and their Blood in Defence of their Rights."
An old War-iour in the Country has constructed a Machine for fighting, which he says, for a close Attack, is much superior to a Bayonet, or any other Instrument ever yet in Use. The Art of War is the universal Study; all are animated with the highest Ardour for Liberty; and, "O save my Country, Heaven!" is the universal Prayer.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in Middleton, in Connecticut, to his Friend in Boston, dated September 15.
"I embrace this Opportunity to acquaint you that the Town of Hartford has subscribed about 1400 Bushels of Grain, to proceed to Boston next Week, and the Town of Middleton has subscribed about the same Quantity. The Towns of Kensington and Middle Haddon have each of them subscribed 600 Bushels; the Whole of which you may expect in Boston next Month, for the industrious Poor, &c. The false Alarm has enraged the People greatly; about 20,000 were preparing, and some of them already marched for your Relief; and I presume, in five Days, there would be 80,000 Men to assist you, which is more than Great Britain can spare. — A Kingdom divided against itself cannot stand. "
We hear Collections are making in the several Towns in the Colony of Rhode Island for the suffering Inhabitants here. It is said 5000 Dollars are already raised in the Town of Newport, and that the Honourable Joshua Babcock, Esq; of Westerly, has generously subscribed 100 Dollars for the like Purpose.
A great Number of Hands are now employed in erecting Barracks on the Common, for the Troops there encamped.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 13.
MONDAY last being the first Day of the General Court, all the Judges attended, and, after mature Deliberation, determined not to proceed upon the Trial of any other than criminal Causes, during the present Suspension of the Fee Bill.
Extract of Letter from Mr. Bennett Browne, dated York Town, on Tuesday last.
"I have enclosed you some Newspapers, which, from the Length of our Passage (in the Juno M'Cunn, from Glasgow, who arrived in Hampton Road yesterday, in nine Weeks and three Days) probably contain nothing new for you; however, you will take the Will for the Deed. — On the 20th ult. Captain M'Cunn spoke the Rising Sun, Peterson, from Virginia to London, in Latitude 40:24, Longitude 59:00, thirteen Days out, all well; and on the 30th he spoke the Ship Kitty and Peggy, Captain Norris Copper, from Barcelona to Philadelphia, in Latitude 37:37, Longitude 60:50, twelve Weeks out. Captain Copper had run short of Provisions, but was supplied by a Snow from St. Kitt's for Liverpool; and Captain M'Cunn offered to spare him more, which he declined accepting, as he thought he had enough to last him into Port. Providence was particularly kind to Captain Copper, as before he spoke the Snow for Liverpool he had been becalmed four Weeks, during all which Time he was employed in catching and curing Fish, which were constantly around him. — Arrived in Hampton Road yesterday, also, the Neptune, Captain White, from Barcelona; and the Moore, Captain M'Leish, from Glasgow, but last from Casco Bay and New York."
The Virginia, Captain Howard Effen, was safe arrived in the River Thames, and expected to sail for York River in the Month of August. Extract of a Letter from Colonel William Preston, dated Fincastle, September 28.
"That Part of the Army, under the Command of Colonel Lewis, which is to meet Lord Dunmore at the Mouth of the Great Kanawha, or New River, assembled at the Great Levels of Green Briar, to the Amount of about 1500 Rank and File. Colonel Charles Lewis marched with 600 Men, on the 6th Instant, for the Mouth of Elk, a Branch of New River, which empties some Distance below the Falls, there to build a small Fort, and prepare Canoes. Colonel Andrew Lewis marched with another large Party, the 12th Instant, for the same Place; and Colonel Christian was to march yesterday with the Remainder, being about 400, and the last Supply of Provisions. This Body of Militia being mostly armed with Rifle Guns, and a great Part of them good Woodsmen, are looked upon to be at least equal to any Troops, for the Number, that have been raised in America. It is earnestly hoped that they will, in Conjunction with the other Party, be able to chastise the Ohio Indians for the many Murders and Robberies they have committed on our Frontiers, for many Years past."
"On the 8th Instant, one John Henry was dangerously wounded, and his Wife and three Children taken Prisoners, on the Head of Clinch River. The Man at that Time made his Escape, but is since dead of his Wounds. The same Day a Man was taken Prisoner by another Party of the Enemy, on the north Fork of Holston. On the 13th, a Soldier was fired upon by three Indians, on Clinch River; but, as he received no Hurt, he returned the Fire, and it is believed killed an Indian, as much Blood was found where he fell, and one of the Plugs which burst out of his Wound was also found. The Soldier was supported by some Men who were near, and gave the two Indians a Chase; who, it is supposed, threw the wounded one into a deep Pit that was near. These Parties of the Enemy were pursued several Days, by Captain Daniel Smith; who could not overtake them, they having stolen Horses to carry them off."
"On the 23rd, two Negroes were taken Prisoners at Blackmore's Fort, on Clinch River, and a great many Horses and Cattle shot down. On the 24th, a Family was killed and taken at Reedy Creek, a Branch of
Holston, near the Cherokee Line; and on Sunday Morning, the 25th, Halloring, and the Report of many Guns, were heard at several Houses, but the Damage done was not known when the Express came away. These last Murders are believed to be perpetrated by the Cherokees, as two Men lately returned from that Country and made Oath that two Parties had left the Towns, either to join the Shawanese, or fall upon some of our Settlements; and that the Cherokees, in general, appeared in a very bad Temper, which greatly alarmed the Tracers."
"It is impossible to conceive the Consternation into which this last Stroke has put the Inhabitants on Holston and Clinch Rivers, and the rather, as many of their choice Men are on the Expedition, and they have no Ammunition. Two of these People were at my House this Day, and, after travelling above a Hundred Miles, offered ten Shillings a Pound for Powder; but there is none to be had, for any Money. Indeed, it is very alarming; for, should the Cherokees engage in a War at this Time it would ruin us, as so many Men are out and Ammunition so scarce. Add to this, the Strength of those People, and their Towns being so near our Settlements on Holston."
Mariage.] Mr. ALEXANDER GORDON, and Mr. THOMAS GORDON, Merchants, to Miss MOLLY MURRAY, and Miss PEGGY MURRAY, two very agreeable young Ladies (Sisters) of Prince George. Death.] PETER RANDOLPH, Esq; of Wilton, in Henrico, after a short Illness.
Mr. JOHN CLAYTON, Junior, Son of Jasper Clayton, Esq; of Gloucester County.
WE have the Satisfaction of acquainting the Subscribers to the VIRGINIA JUSTICE that the said useful Work is now completed, after its Publication having been a long While delayed, from sundry unavoidable Causes; and that the Copies are binding up with all Expedition, and will be ready to be delivered in a few Weeks. The Book being much larger than was Mr. Starke's original Intention, has enhanced its Price to 20s. as was before advertised; but its Usefulness will amply compensate, it being an Abridgement, not only of the Laws of this Colony, but of England also, and contains Forms and Precedents for all in publick Office.
To the PRINTER.
SIR, I HAVE sent you the Apologies made by Messrs. J. Gray and A. Shepherd, to a great Number of People collected at Fredericksburg to demand Satisfaction for their indecent Reflections upon the Measures now generally pursued by this Colony. Please to publish them in your Gazette, which will oblige many of the Friends of Liberty. MANSFIELD, October 4, 1774. MANN PAGE, Junior.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 4, 1774.
GENTLEMEN, ON the Subscription to raise a Sum of Money in each County, to defray the Expenses of the Delegates to the General Congress, being presented to me by the under Sheriff, it is reported, and now proved by the Testimony of Samuel Harris, that I should have said, "Can't the poor Dogs pay their own Expenses?" I therefore declare, that it was the farthest from my Intention to cast any Reflection on these Gentlemen, or the Measures adopted by the Deputies of this Colony, and am sorry I so inconsiderately expressed myself; as a Proof of which, I have since cheerfully acceded to the Association. JOHN GRAY.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 4, 1774.
HAVING, in a Conversation, accused the Delegates of the People for this Colony of Partiality, I do hereby declare that I had not the least Intention of reflecting on the said Delegates, or the Measures by them adopted; that what I said was spoke unthinkingly, and am sorry the same has given Offence to the People of this Community. ANDREW SHEPHERD.
FRIDAY, October 14. By the Virginian, Aselby, just arrived from Bristol, we have Papers to the 20th of August, from which we have collected the following Advices. The York, Rose, is safe arrived at Bristol.
VIENNA, August 3.
THIS Day, at Noon, a Courier arrived here with the News of Peace between Russia and the Porte having been concluded on the 17th of July, at the Head Quarters at Buyuk Cananorchi, and signed, on the Part of their respective Sovereigns, by Marshal Count Romanzow, and Achmed Effendi, Chaga to the Grand Vizar.
HAQUE, July 29. We learn, from all Parts, that the Harvest this Year is most abundant. Our Letters from Vienna, Smyrna, France, England, the Borders of the Baltic, as well as all the Countries adjoining us, confirm the above Accounts. The Letters from England mention, that there has not been so fertile a Year as the present since 1751. August 5. The last Letters from Vienna, of the best Authority, advise, that the Russian General Count de Romanzow, after having passed the Danube with all his Army, and rested his Troops a few Hours, marched at their Head with so much Agility against the Turks, that the Grand Vizar, not expecting to be so suddenly surprised, quitted his advantageous Situation very precipitately, and retired with his Army under the Cannon of Adrianople, abandoning his Camp, and the Towns of Silistria and Varna, to the Mercy of the Russians; who took Possession of them, and at the same Time became Masters of Bulgaria, and of the Danube. It is said, that the great Panic with which the Turks were seized, on Account of the late Advantages gained over them by the Russians, occasioned such a Defection among the Troops that the Vizar found himself obliged to make this Retreat.
PETERSBURG, July 12. The last Advices from Marshal Romanzow brought an Account of the Operations of the Russian Army. Soon after the Passage of the Danube, the Corps under the Generals Kamenofsky and Suwarow attacked the Body of Troops under the Command of the Reis Effendi, amounting to 40,000 Men; which, having made no Manner of Resistance, was instantly routed. The whole Turkish Camp was taken, together with 32 Pieces of Brass Cannon. Very few Men were killed on either Side. A separate Party of the Turks having attacked Court Soltikow, were vigorously repulsed, and 2500 Turks left dead in the Field. Her Imperial Majesty has made Marshal Romanzow a Present of six Pieces of the Cannon which were taken from the Turks.
LONDON, August 13.
AN Express was sent off three Weeks ago to Canada, to arm the Militia of that Country with all convenient Speed. The Reason of this Order may be easily guessed, to have a Body of Forces in Readiness to assist the Operations of General Gage in reducing the Malcontents of the Provinces.
It is said that Sir George Howard will very soon be appointed Governor to one of the principal Colonies in North America.
The Portugal Gold, that used to circulate in this Country, is now transferred to our Colonies; and the Trade for Corn, which used to supply England with the Coin of that Country, is now wholly carried on by the Americans. It is said they have exported, within those two Years, Wheat, Flower, &c. from three Provinces only, to the Amount of Half a Milion of Money; and that many of the Merchants of that Country are so rich as to have Thousands in the Hands of their European Correspondents.
The Wa. saw Gazette, of July 27th, gives the following Account of the Terms of the Peace concluded between Russia and the Porte on the 17th ult. Russia is to have twenty Millions Loewen Dollars as a Compensation for the Expense of the War; she is also to have a free Navigation on the Black Sea, and the Independence of the Crimea is to be allowed. According to that Gazette, the Peace was signed between Prince Repnin and Reis Effendi. Thus, at last, an End is put to a War in which it is thought not less than 3 or 400,000 Men have been carried off, and of which neither Side will have much to boast.
The Convention between our Court and that of St. Petersburg, relating to the Exemption of British Vessels from paying Duties of Entry in any of the Russian Ports, is concluded, and will soon be made publick.
Several Transport Ships are contracted for, on Government Account, to carry more Forces to America.
One House in this City only remits ever to Holland, Half-yearly, 80,000 l. for the Interest of Money which the Dutch have in our publick Funds.
Letters from Zell, by the last Mail, give an Account that the Queen of Denmark is in a bad State of Health; that she has requested to have the Happiness of seeing her Children; that Application has been made to the Court of Denmark for that Purpose, but her Request is absolutely denied.
Letters from the Continent continue to inform us, that the Business on which General Conway is despatched relates only to a Change of some Territories belonging to our King, as Elector of Hanover, and the King of Prussia; but that the Agreement could not be fully settled without the Consent of the Emperor of Germany, which was the Reason for the General's repairing to Vienna.

It is privately whispered, that within these few Days some very disagreeable Things have passed between our Ministers and the Dutch Ambassador...
JAMES GEDDY, GOLD SMITH, NEAR THE CHURCH, WILLIAMSBURG, HAS for Sale all Sorts of Country made GOLD and SILVER WORK...
PATRICK BEECH, At the BRICK SHOP opposite Mr. TURNER's Store, WILLIAMSBURG, BEGS Leave to inform the Publick, that he makes and sells all Sorts of Gold, Silver, and Jewellery Work...
Inoculation, which was lately out of Repute in France, is now become so much in Vogue that an Hospital is going to be erected for the Practice of it in the Environs of Paris.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 13, 1774. I BEG Leave to inform the Publick, and particularly those Gentlemen who were pleased to take my Subscription Papers to their respective Counties...
PORT ROYAL, September 22, 1774. WHEREAS, by a Decree of the Honourable the General Court, April 13, 1773, in a Suit in Chancery, Edward Dixon, and others, Complainants, against Thomas Turner, and others, Defendants...
Advice is received from Jamaica, that Sir George Bridges Rodney had despatched a Man of War and a Schooner to the Havannah, to desire the Governor to deliver up all the English Shipwrights, Artificers, &c. employed there...
AT the Request of Mr. James Tait, I do hereby certify that he hath lodged in my Hands his Bond with such Securities, as I am persuaded will be approved, for his diligent and expeditious Prosecution of his Scheme of making Salt...
To be sold at Cabin Point, on Thursday the 13th of this Instant (October) a new SLOOP, with her Sails, Rigging, &c. Burthen about 3000 Bushels. She will be sold for ready Money.
WILLIAMSBURG, FRIDAY, October 14. THIS Day an Express arrived from his Excellency the Governor, who has sent Copies of several Speeches that passed between him and the Chiefs of the Six Nations and Delawares...
PURSUANT to an Order of Halifax County Court, will be let, at the Courthouse of the said County, on Tuesday the 1st of November, to the lowest Undertaker, the Building of an elegant new Wooden Courthouse...
ALL Persons are expressly forbid hunting or fowling on the Falls Plantation. Whoever trespasses after this Caution may depend on being prosecuted.
Advertisements. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1766. ORDERED, that the Clerks of the several County Courts in this Colony do transmit to the Clerk of this House, in the first Part of every Meeting of the General Assembly, a List of the Titables in their Counties...
For SALE, THAT valuable and well situated Lot in Williamsburg where the Coffeehouse is now kept, which may be entered upon the 1st of April next. Also a Tract of Land in Nansemond County, within three Miles of Suffolk...
To be SOLD at publick Auction, before the Raleigh Door, on Friday the 29th Instant (October) at four o'Clock in the Afternoon, THAT valuable Tract of Land, near the Mouth of Archer's Hope Creek, where Mrs. Tate lately lived.
To the Reverend the CLERGY. GENTLEMEN, YOU will be pleased to observe, that, according to the Agreement entered into by those of you who honoured the late Convention with their Attendance, the 10th of next Month falls out to be the Day on which our Body is to meet at the College.
To be SOLD at publick Auction, to the highest Bidder, at New Kent Courthouse, on Thursday the 10th of November, being Court Day, THAT well accustomed Ordinary, lying about two Miles above the Courthouse, on the main County Road leading to Williamsburg...
JUST arrived in James River, the Elizabeth, Captain Leitch, from London, with a Parcel of healthy indented Servants, consisting of Shoemakers, Tailors, Rope-makers, Curriers, a House Maid, and a Schoolmaster; which are to be sold by the Captain on Board, or the Subscriber in Petersburg.
AS the Store kept by me on Account of Logan, Gilman, and Co. at Mr. James Belfcher's is discontinued, all Persons indebted thereto are requested to make immediate Payment to Mr. John Mackay, who is properly empowered to receive the same.
YORK TOWN, October 10, 1774. RUN away from the Subscriber, last Friday, a likely Virginia born Negro Man called JOHNNY, about 22 Years of Age, five Feet eight Inches high, has a down Look, and walks upright; he carried with him a Variety of Clothes, is fond of Liquor, in which he is very talkative and insinuating...
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 27th Instant (October) Mecklenburg County, near Ingram's Ford, on Meherrin River, TWO Plantations with about 1000 Acres of Land, about 200 Barrels of Corn, and the Fodder, as it stands, Stocks of all Kinds, and a great Deal of Household Furniture.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Blandford, on Tuesday the 4th Instant (October) an indented Servant Man named JAMES TURNBULL, by Trade a Tailor; had on, when he went away, a dark blue Coat with Silver Basket Buttons, Scarlet Waistcoat, light blue Breeches, fine Worsted Stockings, a Pair of Silver Buckles in his Shoes of the Macaroni Taste, and a small round bound Hat floured. He walks very lame, but rode a small CHESTNUT SORREL MARE with a Star in her Forehead.
To be SOLD, for ready Money, on Thursday the 20th Instant (October) if fair, otherwise next fair Day, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Thomas Adams, FIFTY FOUR Acres of LAND about five Miles above King William Courthouse, whereon is a good Dwelling-House, Outhouses, and Garden, situated on a publick Road, and commonly called the Burnt Ordinary...
THE Subscriber has for Sale a likely Negro Fellow, who served a considerable Part of his Time at the Shre Factory at Norfolk, and of Course understands that Business. He is 24 Years old. Whoever wants such a Fellow may know the Terms by applying to JOHN STEWART.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Northumberland, the 13th of September, a new Negro Man who says he belongs to a Captain of a Ship, and as well as I can understand calls himself SAM. He is about five Feet six or seven Inches high, and well set. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges.

POETS CORNER.
A N E W S O N G.
WHILE Beauty and Pleasure are now in their Prime, And Folly and Fashion expect our whole Time, Ah! let not those Phantoms our Wishes engage, Let us live so in Youth that we blush not in Age.
Though the Vain and the Gay may attend us a While, Yet let not their Flattery our Prudence beguile; Let us covet those Charms that will never decay, Nor listen to all that Deceivers can say:
"How the Tints of the Rose, and the Jasmine's Perfume, The Eglantine's Fragrance, the Lilack's gay Bloom, Though fair, and though fragrant, unheeded may lie, For that neither is sweet when Florella is by."
I sigh not for Beauty, nor languish for Wealth, But grant me, kind Providence, Virtue and Health; Then richer than Kings, and as happy as they, My Days shall pass sweetly and swiftly away.
When Age shall steal on me, and Youth is no more, And the Moralst, Time, shakes his Glass at my Door; What Charm in lost Beauty or Wealth shall I find? My Treasure, my Wealth, is a sweet Peace of Mind.
That Peace I'll preserve, then, as free as 'twas given, And taste in my Bosom an Earnest of Heaven; For Virtue and Wisdom can warm the cold Scene, And Sixty may flourish as gay as Sixteen.
And when long I the Burthen of Life shall have born, And Death, with his Sickle, shall cut the ripe Corn, Resign'd to my Fate, without Murmur or Sigh, I'll bless the kind Summons, and lie down and die.
WE the Subscribers, having for some Time
past experienced very great inconvenience arising from the Uncertainty of the Time of our Meeting in Williamsburg, have now resolved, and are determined, for the future, to meet there every 25th Day of October and April; of which we give this publick Notice, that those who have Business to transact with us may know when to attend.
James Lyle, Archibald Ritchie, Daniel McCallum, Robert Donald, James Fairlie, James Donald, Alexander Baine, John Fisher, William Mitchell, Richard Adams, Alexander Buchanan, Andrew Chalmer, Edward Johnson, Ninian Minzies, Thomas Main, Robert Rutherford, Archibald McCall, McCall & Shedden, Adam Fleming, Thomas Russell, Hector Ross, Neil McCall, John Lindsay, James Gibson & Co., John Johnson, Robert Burton, Archibald Bryce, Archibald Govan, Andrew Johnston, Jun., Edward Beisane, William Johnson, Thomas Younger, Simon Fraser, Thomas Hodge, James McDowall, David Cochran, Neil Jamieson, James Glassford, Wills Cowper, Matthew Phipp, John Hamilton, Thomas Simpson, John Gilmore, Charles Gilmore, John Hay & Co., Benjamin Bailey & Co., Anthony Warwick, Inglis & Long, Fielding Lewis, Archibald Cunison, Henry Mitchell, James Robison, James Somervell, William Henderson, John Glassford, Andrew Crawford, Richard Hanson, James Ingram, William Harrison, Edmund Pendleton, Jun., John Baird, Thomas Shore, Patrick Coutts, Moss Armistead, Elbeck, Ross, & Co., John Tabb, Cornelius Calvert, Robert Pleasants & Co., Thomas Evans, Edward Stabler, David Russell, George Purdie.
For SALE, A PARCEL of the celebrated Dr. NORRIS's DROPS, which will be sold at prime Cost and the Charges. For Terms, inquire of the Printer.
THE Ship Jean, Captain Ritchie, lying at Broadway, will take in Tobacco on Freight for Glasgow, or Freight for 1 or 200 Hogheads may be exchanged. Apply to the Subscriber, in Petersburg. HENRY LOCHHEAD.
Who has for Sale a Quantity of Sherry WINE, imported in the said Vessel, which he will sell very reasonably.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 8, 1774. THE Legatees of Mr. Joseph Scrivener, deceased, being very pressing to receive their respective Dividends of his Estate, it is expected that all Persons indebted thereto, by Bond, Book Debts, or for Goods purchased at the Sale, will make Payment by the ensuing October Court, as no longer Indulgence can or will be given by the Executors. WILLIAM TREBELL, ROBERT NICOLSON.
IMPORTED in the Virginia, Captain Thompson, from Glasgow, last October, two Casks marked ML (the W in a Diamond and the L at the Top of it) No. 23 and 24, containing PORT WINE. As those two Packages have never come to Hand, it will be taken extremely kind of any Gentleman with whom they may be lodged, to forward them by the first Opportunity to Richmond; the Expenses will be cheerfully paid, and the Favour acknowledged, by THOMAS MITCHELL.
Pursuant to an Act of Assembly, will be sold at Smithfield, on Thursday the 3d of November next, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED and SIXTY EIGHT Acres (the remaining Part of a Tract) of well timbered level Land in Isle of Wight County, belonging to Mr. James Burwell. This Land is laid off into seven Lots, is within eleven Miles of Smithfield, and five of a very fine Merchant Mill. Any Person who has Thoughts of purchasing may know the Terms by applying to Mr. James Burwell, in York County. LEWIS BURWELL, DUDLEY DIGGES, THOMAS NELSON, Junior, NATHANIEL BURWELL.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 29, 1774. COMMITTED to the Publick Jail, on the 3d Instant, a Negro Man named CHARLES, who told me he belonged to Doctor Corbin Griffin of York, which I have repeatedly notified to the Doctor; but no Application having been made from him for the said Fellow, it is probable he has told me a Falstity. From his own Story, he was lately the Property of Mr. James Pride, from whom Doctor Griffin received him last February, and kept him in Possession till the July following, at which Time he eloped. He is about 25 Years old, five Feet nine Inches high, slim made, well dressed, and fit to act in the Capacity of a Waiting Man. His Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. PETER PELHAM.
Just IMPORTED, and to be sold at John Carter's Store, in Williamsburg, the following Articles, viz.
BEST broad and narrow Cloths, Bath Coating, Halfthicks, Osnabrugs, Mens and Boys Hats, Womens white French Kid Gloves, best Jar Raisins and Currants, Preferred Figs, Sugared Almonds and Almonds in Shells, Barley Sugar, White and Brown Sugar Candy, Candied Orange Peel and Chips, Candied Barberrys, Candied Ginger, White and coloured Comfits, Pickled Samphire, Walnuts, Anchovies, and Capers, best Mangoes, French Olives, Mushrooms, Catchup, Mustard, White Ginger, Nutmegs, Mace, Cloves, Cinnamon, Pepper, Allspice, Saltpeetre, Ground Verdigris, Prussian Blue, Vermilion, Dutch Pink, Umber, Linseed Oil, Alum, Brimstone, Rotten Stone, Indigo, Fig and Powder Blue, Starch, Copperas, Bottle Corks, Chocolate, Coffee, best Strauburg Snuff, a Variety of Needles, Marble Inkstands and Dolls, Artificial Fruit, such as Apples, Pears, Nectarines, Lemons, and Eggs, whole and cut into Quarters, Almonds, &c. &c. He also expects, in a few Weeks, a large Assortment of STAYS and GARDEN SEEDS, which will be sold for ready Money only.
COMMITTED to Chesterfield Jail, two Negro Men, one of whom says his Name is PETER, and that he belongs to William Cooper. He is a tall Fellow, and much scarified in the Face with his Country Marks; has on a Virginia Cloth Waistcoat, striped and filled in with blue Yarn, a good Felt Hat, and other Clothes as usual for Plantation Negroes. The other says his Name is BRISTOL, and that he belongs to Josiah Ellington. He is a tall Fellow, smooth and full faced; his Clothing a Virginia wove Thread and Cotton Shirt, and Virginia Cloth Jacket and Trousers. The Owners are desired to prove their Properties, pay Charges, and take them away. JAMES BALL, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a BLUE ROAN MARE eighteen or nineteen Years old, four Feet eight or nine Inches high, with a Switch Tail and roached Mane, and is a natural Trotter. Posted, and appraised to 3l. ALEXANDER FITZPATRICK.
TAKEN up, in Amherst, a GRAY MARE four or five Years old, four Feet seven Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, has a Glass Eye, is a natural Pacer, and branded on the near Shoulder 3. Posted, and appraised to 9l. SAMUEL CROUCHER.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a SORREL HORSE about four Feet ten Inches high, with a flaxen Mane, much scarred on each of his Sides, and branded on the near Shoulder C. Posted, and appraised to 9l. JAMES GUNN.
For CHARTER, THE Ship Lonsdale, James Grayson Master, Burthen about 430 Hhds. British built, two Years old, a very good Vessel, well fitted and found. For Terms apply to Richard Squire Taylor, in King William County. (tf)
For SALE, A TRACT of LAND in York County, about four Miles from Williamsburg, containing 250 Acres. It lies in about three Quarters of a Mile of York River, and about the same Distance from the Oyster Rocks, joins Colonel John Tabb's, and Colonel Landon Carter's Land, and has as much Timber as will pay for it in one Year, by felling Wood to the Inhabitants of Williamsburg. It is under a Mortgage to Mr. William Graves of York County, for about 190l. which Sum must be paid him at the Acknowledgment; for the Remainder of the Money one or two Years Credit will be given, as can be agreed on, and Possession may be had at Christmas. For Terms apply to Captain William Gregory of Charles City, or the Subscriber in the same County, about three Miles from the Courthouse. (tf) AMBROSE JACKSON.
Wanted immediately, A JOURNEYMAN SHOEMAKER that understands the Business well in all its Branches. Such a One, that can come well recommended, for an honest, industrious, sober Man, will meet with Encouragement to his Satisfaction, a good Seat of Work, and his Money paid every Saturday Night if he chooses it. Inquire for the Subscriber, near the upper Church, in Middlesex County. (tf) SAMUEL DANIEL.
To be SOLD or RENTED (Preference will be given to the first)
PLANTATION on Allen's Creek in Mecklenburg, within a Mile of Roanoke, consisting of about 120 Acres of Land, the Property of Messrs. Alexander Donald and Co. and whereon the Subscriber now lives. The Land of itself is valuable, exclusive of the Improvements, which are a good Dwelling-House, with other necessary Outhouses, and a large and convenient Storehouse, 32 by 44 Feet. There are about 20 Acres of the low Ground well set in Timothy and Clover, and notwithstanding this dry Summer, 15 Acres of it have yielded above 30,000 Weight of Hay, which, with about 300 Bushels of Oats in the Straw, some Indian Corn, 40 Head of Cattle, 50 Head of Sheep, and some Hogs, will be sold on reasonable Terms. The Purchaser may have Possession of the Premises as soon as he pleases, and long Credit (if required) will be allowed for the Land, on his giving Bond and Security. It is expected the Store will be continued, and of Course the Purchaser will have the Benefit of the Board of the Storekeepers, and besides the Situation of the Place (being on Taylor's Ferry Road) makes it well calculated for a Tavern. (tf) EBENEZER MACHARG.
For CHARTER to any Part of Europe, THE Ship Sparling, William Priestman Master, Burthen about 500 Hogheads, 13,000 Bushels, or 2500 Barrels. For Terms apply to the Subscribers, in Norfolk. (8) JOHN LAWRENCE & Co.
Who have just imported in said Vessel, from Liverpool, Irish Linens, Osnabrugs, Kendal Cottons, Felt Hats, Sail Canvas, Mould and Dipped Candles, Hard Soap, Nails, Loaf Sugar, Fine Salt, Coals, Queen's China Plates in small Crates, Seine Twine, Bottled Beer, Cheeses, &c. &c. They have also for Sale West India Rum, Old Spirits, Muscovado Sugar, Coffee, Ginger, Pimenta, Molasses, Madeira Wine, &c.
NEW YORK, July 27, 1774. FIFTY POUNDS REWARD,
WHEREAS, on the 19th of June last past, a certain JOSEPH THORP was intrusted with a considerable Sum in Half Johanneses, of nine Pennyweight, to be delivered by him at Quebec, and as he has not yet made his Appearance there, with other suspicious Circumstances, it is apprehended he is gone off with the Money. He is a Native of England, about six Feet high, swarthy Complexion, very dark keen Eyes, and pitted with the Smallpox, of a slender Make, stoops as he walks, talks rather slow, with some small Impediment in his Speech. He lived some Time in Boston, from whence he removed to Quebec, assuming the Character of a Merchant in both Places; he was also once in Trade in Newcastle, Virginia, and has a Brother settled there. It is believed he went on Board Captain John F. Pruyn, for Albany, and took with him a blue Casimir and a dark brown Cloth Suit of Clothes. Whoever secures the said Joseph Thorp, in any of his Majesty's Jails on this Continent, shall be entitled to ten per Cent. on the Sum recovered, and the above Reward of 50l. when convicted. Apply to Curson and Seton of New York, Joseph Warton, Junior, of Philadelphia, Robert Christie of Baltimore, James Gibson and Co. Virginia, John Bondfield of Quebec, Melatiah Bourne or John Rowe of Boston. It is requested of those who may have seen this Joseph Thorp, since the 19th of June last past, or know any Thing of the Route he has taken, that they convey the most early Intelligence thereof to any of the above Persons, or Greenwood, Ritson, and Marsh, in Norfolk, or to Robert Pleasants and Co. at Four Mile Creek, Henrico County; the Favour will be gratefully acknowledged. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned from taking him off the Continent. (tf)
W O O L L E N S.
THE Subscriber has just received, by the Kingston Packet, Captain Joseph Turner, from Hull, a large Assortment of coarse Woollens, viz. Six Quarter Cloths with necessary Trimmings, and other small Packages (of about 40l. Sterling Value each) consisting of coarse Duffils, Friezels, Fearnought, Halfthicks, Bearskins, Kendal Cottons, Negro Blanketing, Bed Blankets, White Plaiding, Rugs of different Kinds, and other Goods which he will sell reasonable for Cash, or short Credit. (tf) JOHN STONEY.
He has also for Sale SEINE TWINE in small Packages, SHOT in Barrels, West India RUM, Flat and Square BAR IRON of a good Quality, and a Quantity of COALS in said Vessel.
NORFOLK, September 20, 1774.
To be SOLD,
TRACT of LAND in Surry County, containing 450 Acres, known by the Name of Cabin Point, on which are a new Set of Brick Warehouses, which bring in about 70l. a Year, and a new Brick Merchant Mill completely fitted with two Water Wheels on a never-failing Stream, within 100 Feet of the Wharf. The Land is very good for Grain, and has about 40 Acres that may be made fine Meadow. This is one of the most improvable Estates in the Country. Half the Purchase Money to be paid in twelve Months, the other Half may lie for seven Years, on good Security being given, and punctual Payment of Interest. If the Land is not sold by Christmas, it will be rented out. (tf) BENJAMIN HARRISON.
FOR SALE,
TWO THOUSAND Acres of LAND, lying on the River Shenando, in the County of Frederick, eight Miles above Abby's Gap. One Third of the Purchase Money to be paid on the Day of Sale, and an extensive Credit will be given for the Remainder. Mr. James Brown will show the Land to any Person inclined to purchase, and I shall be on the Premises the 15th of November next. (tf) NATHANIEL BURWELL.
ISLE OF WIGHT, July 19, 1774.
Pursuant to a Decree of the Honourable General Court, and by Letter of Attorney from Colonel George Mercer of Virginia, now in London, will be sold at publick Auction,
ABOUT 3500 ACRES of LAND in the County of Loudoun, near West's Ordinary, about twelve Miles from Leesburg, forty from Alexandria, and thirty five from Dumfries, on Potomack. This Land is well known, by the Description of Bull Run Mountains, and is very fertile. Also 6500 Acres on Shenando River, in the County of Frederick, opposite to Snicker's Ordinary, and binding on the River about seven Miles. As this Tract is Part of a Survey one of the first in that Part of the Colony, its good Quality cannot be questioned, it is well watered, will admit of two Mills on Land Streams, and others on the River; there are now on it six Plantations well improved for Cropping, 110 Slaves, and very large and choice Stocks of Horses (some of the Dray Breed) black Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep; which, together with the Crops of Corn and Wheat now growing (expected to be upwards of 2000 Barrels and 5000 Bushels) will be sold on the Premises, on the 24th Day of November next, or next fair Day. The Loudoun Lands will be sold at West's Ordinary, on the 21st Day of the same Month. Both Tracts will be laid off in Lots to suit every Kind of Purchaser, who may see them by applying to Mr. Francis Peyton, near the Loudoun Land, and Mr. William Dawson, who resides on the Shenando Tract. Among the Slaves are two good Blacksmiths, two Carpenters, and an exceeding trusty and skilful Waggoner. The aged black Cattle, and grown Hogs, will be fattened for Slaughter. Purchasers above 25l. will be allowed twelve Months Credit, on giving Bond and Security to the Subscribers, who will be prepared to make Conveyances. (20) JOHN TAYLOR, GEORGE WASHINGTON.
For LIVERPOOL,
THE Ship GREENWOOD, Mackey Reed Master, loads at Norfolk, has two Thirds of her Cargo already engaged, can take in 200 Hhds. of Tobacco on Liberty of Consignment. Any Gentlemen inclined to ship by her will please to send their Orders to Mr. Richard Taylor of Petersburg, Mr. Richard Squire Taylor in King William County, or to us at Norfolk. (tf) GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.
To be RENTED, from Year to Year, or for a Term of Years,
BELVOIR, the beautiful Seat of the Honourable George William Fairfax, Esq; lying upon Potomack River in Fairfax County, about fourteen Miles below Alexandria. The Mansion House is of Brick, two Stories high, with four convenient Rooms and a large Passage on the lower Floor, five Rooms and a Passage on the second, and a Servants Hall and Cellars below, convenient Offices, Stables, and Coach House adjoining, as also a large and well furnished Garden, stored with a great Variety of valuable Fruits, in good Order. Appertaining to the Tract on which these Houses stand, and which contains near 2000 Acres (surrounded in a Manner by navigable Water) are several valuable Fisheries, and a good Deal of cleared Land in different Parts, which may be let altogether, or separately, as shall be found most convenient. The Terms may be known of Colonel Washington, who lives near the Premises, or of me in Berkeley County. (tf) FRANCIS WILLIS, Junior.
NORFOLK, April 23, 1774.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Number of Vessels will be wanted this Summer to bring about 6000 Tons of STONE from Mr. Brooke's Quarry on Rappahannock, and land the same on Cape Henry, for the Lighthouse. Any Person, or Persons, inclined to engage in such Work, are desired to treat with Matthew Prirpp, Paul Loyall, and Thomas Newton, Esqrs. The Directors of the Lighthouse will also be glad to purchase one or two FLAT BOT-TOMED VESSELS, from 80 to 120 Tons Burthen. (tf) BASSETT MOSELEY.
FOR SALE,
TRACT of LAND in Amelia County, containing 500 Acres, about four Miles below the Courthouse, it is remarkable fine Land for Grain, and will bring good Tobacco. The Plantation is in good Order for Cropping, sufficient to work six or eight Hands, with all necessary Houses. Any Person inclined to purchase may depend on having a Bargain, and know the Terms by applying to (tf) WILLIAM MARSHALL.
For SALE,
ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO LAND, in Amherst County, whereon are several Plantations and Improvements sufficient to work forty or fifty Hands. There is on the said Land for Sale a very valuable GRIST MILL, lately built, with a Stone Dam and a Pair of good Cologne Millstones, which Mill has for two Years past got upwards of 100 Barrels of Toll Corn, and is situated on a never failing Stream. The Land will be shown by William Womack, who lives at one of the Plantations, and the Prices of the Land made known by him. One or two Years Credit will be allowed, Interest being paid for the second Year, and also for the first, if the Money is not paid agreeable to Contract. The Land is to be laid off and surveyed by Colonel William Cabell, at the Expense of the Purchaser. Deeds will be made upon Bond and approved Security being given, either to Colonel William Cabell, or the Subscriber. Six per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, or good Merchants Notes. If any Person will choose to exchange Lands in the lower Part of the Country, on or near some navigable River, that are good, it is more than probable we should agree. (tf) CARTER BRAXTON.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12s. 6d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3/. the first Week, and 2/. each Week after. All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.