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What follows is the substance of the proceedings of the CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, extracted from their minutes, excepting what has been already published in a pamphlet, and in this paper.
JOURNAL, &c.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1774.
THE Congress resumed the consideration of the letter from Boston, and came to three resolves thereon. The committee brought in a draught of a letter to General Gage, and the same being read and amended, was ordered to be copied, and to be signed by the President, in behalf of the Congress.
TUESDAY, Oct. 11. A copy of the letter to General Gage was brought into Congress, and, agreeable to order, signed by the President. [This letter has already been published.]
As the Congress have given General Gage an assurance of the peaceable disposition of the people of Boston and the Massachusetts Bay,
Resolved unanimously, that they be advised still to conduct themselves peaceably towards his Excellency General Gage, and his Majesty's troops now stationed in the town of Boston, as far as can possibly be consistent with their immediate safety and the security of the town, avoiding and discountenancing every violation of his Majesty's property, or any insult to his troops, and that they peaceably and firmly persevere in the line they are now conducting themselves, on the defensive.
Ordered, that a copy of the foregoing resolve, and of that passed on Saturday, and the three passed yesterday, be made out, and that the President enclose them in a letter to the committee of correspondence for the town of Boston, being the sentiments of the Congress on the matters referred to them by the committee, in their letter of the 29th of September last.
Resolved unanimously, that a memorial be prepared to the people of British America, stating to them the necessity of a firm, united, and invariable observation of the measures recommended by the Congress, as they tender the invaluable rights and liberties derived to them from the laws and constitution of their country.
Also, that an address be prepared to the people of Great Britain. Ordered, that Mr. Lee, Mr. Livingston, and Mr. Jay, be a committee to prepare a draught of the memorial and address.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12. The Congress met according to adjournment.
The committee appointed to prepare a plan for carrying into effect the non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation agreement, brought in a report, which was read.
Ordered, that the same lie on the table for the perusal of the Members.
The Congress then resumed the consideration of the rights and grievances of these colonies, and after deliberating on the subject this and the following day, adjourned till Friday.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14.
The Congress met according to adjournment, and resuming the consideration of the subject under debate, made several DECLARATIONS and RESOLVES (which have already been published) and further DECLARE,
To these grievous acts and measures Americans cannot submit, but in hopes their fellow subjects in Great Britain will, on a revision of them, restore us to that state, in which both countries found happiness and prosperity, we have for the present only resolved to pursue the following peaceable measures: 1. To enter into a non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation agreement or association. 2. To prepare an address to the people of Great Britain, and a memorial to the inhabitants of British America. And 3. To prepare a loyal address to his Majesty, agreeable to resolutions already entered into.
A Letter being received from several Gentlemen in Georgia, was read.
SATURDAY, Oct. 15. The Congress resumed the consideration of the plan for carrying into effect the non-importation, &c. and after some time spent on that subject, adjourned till Monday.
MONDAY, Oct. 17. Mr. John Dickinson appeared in Congress as a deputy for the province of Pennsylvania, and produced his credentials, as follows:
"In F'mbry, Oct. 15, A. M. Upon motion by Mr. Ross, Ordered, that Mr. Dickinson be, and he is hereby added to the committee of deputies appointed by the late Assembly of this province to attend the General Congress now sitting in the city of Philadelphia, on American grievances. By order of the House,
CHARLES MOORE, Clk. of the Assembly."
The same being approved, Mr. Dickinson took his seat as one of the deputies for the province of Pennsylvania.
The Congress then resumed the consideration of the plan of association, &c. and after spending the remainder of the day on that subject, adjourned till to-morrow.
TUESDAY, Oct. 18. The Congress resumed the consideration of the plan of association, &c. and after sundry amendments, the same was agreed to and ordered to be transcribed, that it may be signed by the several Members.
The committee appointed to prepare an address to the people of Great Britain brought in a draught, which was read and ordered to lie on the table for the perusal of the Members, and to be taken into consideration to-morrow.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19. The Congress resumed the consideration of the address to the people of Great Britain, and the same being debated by paragraphs and sundry amendments made,
the same was recommitted, in order that the amendments may be taken in.
The committee appointed to prepare a memorial to the inhabitants of these colonies reported a draught, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.
Ordered, that this memorial be taken into consideration to-morrow.
THURSDAY, Oct. 20. The association being copied, was read and signed at the table. (which has been published in this paper.)
FRIDAY, Oct. 21. The address to the people of Great Britain being brought in, and the amendments directed being made, the same was approved. [For this we refer the reader to the extracts already published.]
The Congress then resumed the consideration of the memorial to the inhabitants of the British colonies, and the same being debated by paragraphs and amended, was approved. [For this also see the extracts of the Congress.]
Resolved, that an address be prepared to the people of Quebec, and letters to the colonies of St. John's, Nova Scotia, Georgia, East and West Florida, who have not deputies to represent them in this Congress.
Ordered, that Mr. Cushing, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Dickinson, be a committee to prepare the above address and letters.
The address to the King being brought in, was read and after debate,
Ordered, that the same be recommitted, and that Mr. Dickinson be added to the committee.
Upon motion,
Resolved, that the seizing or attempting to seize any person in America, in order to transport such person beyond the sea for trial of offences committed within the body of a county in America, being against law, will justify, and ought to meet with resistance and reprisal.
SATURDAY, Oct. 22. The Hon. Peyton Randolph, Esq; being unable to attend, on account of indisposition, the Hon. Henry Middleton, Esq; was chosen to supply his place as President.
An address from Christopher Tully was read, and ordered to lie on the table.
Ordered, that the Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress as corrected, be sent to the press, and printed under the direction of Mr. Biddle, Mr. Dickinson, and the Secretary.
Resolved, as the opinion of this Congress, that it will be necessary that another Congress should be held on the tenth day of May next, unless the redress of grievances, which we have desired, be obtained before that time. And we recommend, that the same be held at the city of Philadelphia, and that all the colonies in North America choose deputies, as soon as possible, to attend such Congress.
The committee appointed to prepare a letter to the colonies of St. John's, &c. reported a draught, which was read, and being amended, the same was approved, and is as follows:
GENTLEMEN, PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22, 1774. "THE present critical and truly alarming state of American affairs, having been considered in a General Congress of deputies from the colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, with that attention and mature deliberation, which the important nature of the case demands, they have determined, for themselves and the colonies they represent, on the measures contained in the enclosed papers; which measures they recommend to your colony to be adopted with all the earnestness, that a well-directed zeal for American liberty can prompt.
"So rapidly violent and unjust has been the late conduct of the British administration against the colonies, that either a base and slavish submission, under the loss of their ancient, just, and constitutional liberty, must quickly take place, or an adequate Opposition be formed.
"We pray God to take you under his protection, and to preserve the freedom and happiness of the whole British empire."
By order of the Congress.
HENRY MIDDLETON, President.
The committee to whom the address of the inhabitants of Quebec was recommitted, reported a draught, which was read, and being debated by paragraphs and amended, was approved. [For this address see the extracts lately published.]
Resolved, that the address of the Congress to the people of Quebec, be signed by the President, and that the Delegates of the province of Pennsylvania superintend the translating, printing, publishing, and dispersing it: And it is recommended by the Congress to the Delegates of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, and New York, to assist in and forward the dispersion of the said address.
Two copies of the address to the King, being engrossed and compared, were signed at the table by all the Members.
Resolved, that the thanks of this Congress be given to the Hon. Houle of Representatives of the colony of Pennsylvania, for their politeness to this Congress; and that the Delegates for this colony be a committee to communicate this resolution to the said Hon. Houle.
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CHARLES THOMPSON, Secretary.
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A MEMENTO FOR PRINCES.
IN a monarchy, the Prince and people may be both cheated; the Prince chooses the ministers, and the people are to look after them. If the Prince makes a bad choice, which is but too often the case, and those who act for the people suffer them to go on uninterruptedly in their iniquity, nothing but ruin can be the event of such a conduct; every man who has been conversant with courts must have seen that all the little cunning ministers possess is employed to conceal the true state of affairs from their master, and to palliate and disguise their own rogueries. When the nation calls aloud for justice against them, they treat the whole nation as a faction, and call their very blunders and robberies his Majesty's measures. Thus it sometimes goes on till the people can bear no more, till at last the Prince himself suffers for the crimes of his perfidious servants. Among the many fatal examples of this kind, there is one very affecting in the History of China, of which I shall give a short account.
Junchin, the last Emperor, had every good disposition requisite to incline him to govern mildly, yet he cannot be called a wise man who was so injudicious in the choice of his ministers and officers. These creatures made use of his authority to gratify their own passions and extend their ambition; the consequence was, that the people were oppressed, but their grievances and complaints never reached the ears of the Emperor, the ministers had filled the court with their tools and dependents, and stopped all passages of complaint to the Emperor. Thus they went on to abuse his good inclinations, and may justly be said to have sold both the empire and their master. A rebellion was begun by Ly and Chum, who had both been Generals in his army, and had been ill used by the ministers, probably for no other reason but because they would not be slaves to their power; they knew they should not be opposed by the common people, who would not fight to keep scoundrels in the administration, and render them more insolent. As to those who had the guard of the Emperor's person, and the government of the state, Ly, the rebel, was sure he could gain them over at any time; and accordingly, when the officers and magistrates, put in by these bad ministers, saw the rebellion look a little formidable, they entered into a conspiracy for securing themselves. Ly sent some of his people disguised as traders to treat with those fellows — and traders they were: When the city was delivered up, and the unhappy Emperor retired within his palace, he first, with his own hands, put to death his only daughter, then he and his Empress hanged themselves. Before he dispatched himself, he writ, with his own blood, what follows:
"The Mandarins are traitors, they have perfidiously betrayed their Princes, and all of them deserve to be hanged. It will be a glorious action to execute this piece of justice upon them, for it is most fit that they should suffer death, that those who succeed them may be instructed by their example to acquit themselves with fidelity of their trust. As for the people they are not criminal, and deserved not to be punished; therefore, to use them ill would be injustice. I have lost that great empire which descended to me by inheritance from my ancestors, by the treachery of the Mandarins. In me is finished the royal line which so many Kings, my progenitors, continued down to me with all the grandeur and fame suitable to their dignity. I will therefore for ever close my eyes, that I may not see the empire, so descended to me from successive generations, ruined and ruled by a tyrant: I will go and deprive myself of that life, for the continuance of which I will not be indebted to the basest and vilest of my subjects. I have not the confidence to appear before them, who, being born my natural subjects, are become my enemies and traitors. It is fit the Prince should die, since his whole state is now expiring; and how can I endure to live, having seen the loss and destruction of that which was dearer to me than life."
Thus died the monarchy of an empire as large as all Europe: He who commanded an hundred millions of subjects was reduced to destroy himself and family, all brought upon him by the villainy of his ministers, at only thirty two years of age.
BOSTON, December 29.
Extract of a letter from CAMBRIDGE, in ENGLAND, dated October 9, 1774.
ON Saturday last came on our election; the whole town were collected, early in the morning, on the market hill. The old members, attended by the Recorder, Mayor, Town Clerk, &c. and guarded by a numerous body of constables, came first to the town hall, through the hootings and hissings of the people, who signified every mark of disapprobation. Soon after came the other two candidates, Messrs. Meek and Eyde, with a number of Gentlemen, their friends, attended by a numerous body of respectable citizens, amidst the acclamations of the people, the Ladies at the windows, wishing them success through ever; greet they passed, wearing ribands of the colour of their favours. Before the business of the poll began, one of the Aldermen addressed the freemen, and endeavoured to read some articles, as a test of political principles of their candidates; but the party for Mr. Cadagan and Mr. Jennings would not suffer him to proceed, the Recorder and Mayor ordering them to proceed to the poll. Every system of violence and corruption was used in favour of the old members, who were declared elected by a majority of votes.
The old members were afraid to leave the town hall, and endeavoured to soften the resentment of the people, by sending them four barrels of beer, which they immediately staved, and burnt the dregs in which it was brought. Mr. Jennings escaped to the Rose by a back way, disguised in a waggoner's truck. Mr. Cadagan, under the protection of a crowd of constables, endeavoured to make his way to the Rose, which he at last accomplished, with several strokes of his own barrel staves.
In the evening the people grew very outrageous, and broke the windows of the Aldermen who had voted away their liberties,

broke into the room-where the old members, Cadogan and Jennings, were sitting in the Rose, and would certainly have brought on a new election, if the constables had not found means to protect them; and in order to escape, it was found necessary to head Jennings up in a sugar Cask, and roll him home, and to dress Mr. Cadogan in the woman cook's clothes, which were the only ones in the town that would fit him. By this means they escaped the fury of the mob, who otherwise were determined to prevent them from representing the town of Cambridge.
"As every species of bribery, corruption, and violence, was used, of which there are many proofs, there is no doubt the election will be set aside, as the other party intended to bring it before the House of Commons."
By a Gentleman from Liverpool, we are informed, that the merchants, and people in general, at Liverpool, and as far round as he could learn, were heartily disposed in favour of America; that Sir William Meredith declared openly, before and at his election for Liverpool, his sentiments against the measures of administration towards the colonies; and that the order of his Majesty in Council, prohibiting the exportation of gunpowder, arms, &c. had stopped ten or fifteen large ships there, almost ready for the sea, bound to the coast of Africa.
Jan. 5. Last week the marines, which lately arrived in the men of war from England, commanded by Major Pitcairn, were landed, and are now in barracks at the north part of the town.
We hear from New York, that a quantity of small arms, &c. purchased there for the use of the late incorporated companies of militia at Providence, were prevented from being transported from thence by the officers of the customs there.
Since our last, one hundred and fifty barrels of flour have been received from Pennsylvania, by Capt. Allen, and twenty pounds of dried sage and balm, from Mr. Hoar, of Cambridge, in this province, as donations.
SALEM, Dec. 30. By a letter from Cadiz, dated the 6th of November, we learn, that three days before, war was declared by the King of Spain against the Emperor of Morocco, both by sea and land.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 23. Since our last arrived here his Majesty's ships Canceaux, Capt. Mowat, and the Scarborough, Captain Bartlay, both from Boston, with 80 or 100 soldiers on board.
PROVIDENCE, Dec. 17. Joseph Thorp, who in June last ascended with a large sum of money, the property of Messieurs Curson and Seton, merchants of New York, and which he was to have delivered at Quebec, failed from Newport about the first of July, as a passenger, on board the brig Freedom, Gideon Crawford master, of this port, bound for London. Capt. Crawford landed said Thorp at Beachy, in England, and returned here from London in October last; but never saw the advertisement for apprehending him till yesterday.
NEW YORK, January 2.
A LETTER in town from Boston, mentions that Sir Jeffery Amherst and Sir William Draper, are expected next spring from England with ten thousand land forces; and we hear that the land tax will be raised to 4s. in the pound.
The Somerset and Swan men of war, are both arrived at the Lighthouse.
The company of Comedians, with Mr. Douglass, the manager, are preparing to embark for the island of Jamaica, and they will not return to the continent, until its tranquillity is restored.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21.
FROM Providence, in Rhode Island, we learn, that on the 8th Instant, the Hon. Stephen Hopkins, and Samuel Ward, Esquires, the Delegates for that colony at the late Congress held in this city, made report of the proceedings and resolutions of the said Congress to the General Assembly then sitting; which being read, and maturely considered, the two Houses unanimously resolved, that the same be accepted and approved; and ordered their thanks to be given to the said Delegates in particular, and to the Members of the Continental Congress in general, for the wise, spirited, and faithful discharge of the trust reposed in them. It was also unanimously resolved, that the above-mentioned Gentlemen do represent that colony in the Continental Congress to be held in this city next May.
To the PRINTER of the PUBLIC ADVERTISER.
LONDON, November 17, 1774.
THERE cannot be a worse symptom for a country than parties being carried so high that a moderate man is treated as a public enemy. The symptom is the worse in this country, because totally repugnant to the spirit of our constitution, which is a mixed government. It is neither an absolute monarchy nor a republic, but has sagely blended magisterial power with the freedom of the people. I take the present unfortunate and lamented quarrel between the mother country and the colonies to have flowed from each having departed from the true spirit of a mixed government. The colonies growing opulent, removed at a distance from the seat of government, and yet being treated by government with a haughtiness that must be feared the less it can be immediately enforced, have imbibed notions of independence that loosen the bands of connection between them and their parent. On the other hand, it cannot be denied but there is a party, I had rather call it a faction, in this country, who are desirous of increasing the power of the Crown beyond what the laws and the system of the revolution allow, and who have revived the dangerous doctrine of prerogative; a doctrine that will always shock a free country when made a contradistinction to the privileges of the subject. These claims, both of them destructive of the principles of a mixed monarchy, have almost brought on a civil war between Great Britain and North America, which, if not prevented, must end fatally for both, and may even light up a war in our bowels, as well as in the remoter members, because the standard of prerogative can never be hoisted at home without dividing the nation; and thus, while there is an union of principle in the colonies, the North Americans will have a large and increasing party among ourselves. The question of taxation will be lost in the heat of controversy and arms, and the administration, who set out on a principle of increasing the revenue, will seem to intend imposing arbitrary power by military force. In the mean time commerce, the vital principle of our greatness, will be destroyed; and both monarchic men and republicans would do well to reflect on the danger of pushing their different views to a decision. If the Americans prevail, with how many difficulties must they struggle before their total independence can be obtained; with how many more before it can be maintained! If the friends of high prerogative succeed, to how narrow limits will the power of the Crown be reduced! These islands depopulated and impoverished, and boundless beggarly tracts in America will constitute the miserable empire. Which is more powerful, a sovereign of a limited commercial monarchy, giving temperate laws to North America and the East Indies, and arbiter of Europe, or an Emperor of these little islands, the nominal despot of enslaved America receiving imperious laws from France and Spain, perhaps from Austria and Prussia, while Hanover is surety for Great Britain's submission?
I confess that my whole hypothesis is built on the supposition of commerce being ruined, whether we conquer the Americans, or they establish their independence. It is the doctrine of saving our trade that I wish to enforce, and that I would impress both on the administration and the colonists. They, if they take up arms, will see their opulent cities reduced to ashes, their trade obstructed, their lands laid waste, and poverty succeed to wealth and ease: But, alas! those cities are ours, that trade is ours, those lands
are ours, those distressed merchants now enrich us. Shall we, for the sake of obliquely exacting a trifling revenue, cut off for fifty or an hundred years so immense a source of wealth and grandeur as the trade with America? Or is it the nature of trade to revive from its ruins? Are lands enriched by fire and sword, as fields by burning stubble? When trade is checked, does it not immediately seek other channels? And will it quit the new at the command of acts of Parliament?
What is the corollary from these arguments? Is it not, that too obstinate pursuit of the vain name of sovereignty will destroy the substance? Have the glories of the late expensive war so fascinated us, that our Parliaments, like the Senate of Rome, prefer conquest to the wise policy of their ancestors? Will they cease to be legislators in order to be a council of war? Must the merchants of Great Britain be forgotten, annihilated, that our Generals may obtain the glittering additions of Americanus, Virginianus, Bostonianus? But this is oratory, not argument; not temper, but rhapsody: And eloquence is fitter to enflame than cool. Indulgence, and patience, and foresight, are the only ingredients proper to warm a true patriot breast on the prospect of a civil war. If these lines were likely to reach America, I should say much more to dissuade our colonies from rashness, but as I can only hope to have a few readers at home, it is them I would persuade to harbour no acrimonious passions. The Americans are a misguided people. We call ourselves their parent country, and ought to feel lenity towards them as froward children, by whose refractoriness we must suffer both substantial loss and anguish of mind. They have given provocation; we have shown too vindictive a spirit. No man will be impious enough to say, slay the children to gratify the mother . There is a dignity, a Majesty in coolness, that commands respect more than arms. Let us hear their proposals with temper: Let us show them the impropriety of their proposals, if improper, by demonstration and proofs, not by anger, and mandates, and proscriptions, which make men desperate, never moderate. Let us keep a possibility of reconciliation in view, and endeavour it by a reasonable plan of Union. Let us make his Majesty father of all his subjects, not the enemy of so great a part of them. Let the Parliament convince North America that a mixed government under a Prince of the House of Hanover is the happiest form of government ever yet devised, and let us annihilate all republican ideas by exploding every doctrine that tends and leads to despotism; and as trade can only exist in a free country, and alone has raised us to so proud a height, let the preservation of trade be the chief object that predominates in our disputes with America. Tenderness to commerce can preserve us—we may conquer America and be undone.
NEUTRALIS.
P. S. It must be observed, that the principles of despotism and democracy, are not only enemies to each other, but destructive of the middle term which alone is the proper balance of both, a limited monarchy. They who are offended at the pretensions of despotism, fly to republicanism as a counter poison. They who are shocked at the licentiousness of the people, are for swallowing despotism as a preservative—whereas both a tyranny of one, or of the many, are equally ineligible; while the enemies of each have recourse to a counter poison, they forget they cast away the only real remedy for both, a government blended with the wholesome ingredients of each, and without the noxious qualities of either. The best friend to the best government, our own, will equally, if he has sense and honesty, oppose those who wish to give us one tyrant or a million.
LONDON, November 17.
A GENTLEMAN lately arrived from the south of France says, that the peasants in that country are in high spirits on the expectation of the new plan Economique taking place, to be at liberty to cultivate tobacco on such of their waste lands as are unfit for other produce, even though they should not be at liberty to sell it till the present monopolies be at an end.
Extract of a letter from Boston, Sept. 22.
"Our situation, with respect to political affairs in this province, is very unhappy. The spirit of the people is much raised, and they are determined to oppose the acts of Parliament regulating the government, and even treat all those very ill who are supposed to favour them; so that I know not how soon I shall be obliged to pay you another visit, for I believe they will suffer none of the Church of England to remain here, if they get the authority, for they suppose them all to be Tories: I have never heard from Mr. N— since my return, till this day. We have a report that he and all the episcopal clergy in Connecticut government have been ill treated by the mob there, who are more violent than in this province, with much less reason to be so, as they are not affected by these acts. This town is garrisoned and guarded by five regiments, so that we are safe from their insults, and hope we shall escape. If our present difficulties should subside, and peace and quietness be restored to our once happy land, I shall send you an order, and am, &c"
Extract of a letter from Paris, Nov. 7.
"However much this country may have been formerly oppressed by the King's Ministers, the present men in office seem to differ as much from their predecessors as they are opposite in their measures to those of Great Britain. The contrast is striking. The former are endeavouring to ease the subject by lightening the publick taxes, by taking off all restraint on trade, and by introducing a proper economy in every department, and lessening thereby the publick expense; they expect in a short time to double the King's revenue. The latter, in place of diminishing publick burthens would require to lay more on the subject, in order to supply the fund of corruption necessary to keep them in place, which is all they can aim at without thinking of reducing the national debt, diminishing the taxes, or increasing the revenue in any manner of way. On the contrary, for the poor duty of 3d. per pound on the tea sent to America, they bid fair to lose the valuable colonies on that continent, and all the advantages derived from the trade and navigation with our American brethren. This very 3d. per pound is likely to be the cause of much mischief; it caused the loss of the tea destroyed at Boston, and it now causes three American ships to wait at Port l'Orient for the approaching sales, to go loaded with French tea, bought with English money. The same 3d. per pound is likely to occasion to Great Britain an annual loss of near three hundred thousand pounds, for the French seem to give credit to the threats of the Americans to diminish their plantations of tobacco, and therefore intend to introduce the culture of it in their own dominions, and as they have five or six years provision on hand, they hope before that be exhausted to have enough of their own produce to supply their after wants. Their trade to the East Indies, since it was laid open, has succeeded beyond expectation, and ours, while it continues a monopoly, will, I fear, continue to be the prey of a few designing individuals, who enrich themselves at the expense of the Proprietary."
WILLIAMSBURG, Jan. 28.
A LETTER by Capt. Hunter, of the William, just arrived at Norfolk, from London, says, "it is generally believed the unhappy disputes with the colonies will be amicably settled when the new Parliament meets, but that nothing can be determined on with certainty until the issue of the General Congress is known." — Capt. Hunter had 7 weeks passage, and brought papers to the 17th of November, which contain nothing very important.
Marriages.] Mr. THOMAS ANDERSON, Jun. of Hanover, to Miss SALLY HOWARD, late of Buckingham.
Deaths.] Mr. ARMITSTEAD BURWELL, a son of Lewis Burwell, Esq; of King's Mill.
[We have received several pieces, committee proceedings, &c. which, for want of room, we are obliged to defer till next week.]
NORFOLK, Jan. 19. We are informed, from King and Queen county, that several Gentlemen there have of late attempted to extract molasses from pumpkins (a plant easily raised in this country) and met with the desired success; the pumpkins yielded liquor of a good quality, and in such quantities that two rendered three quarts fit for distilling.—This being the case, the colony may, with a proper use of this information, be thoroughly supplied with rum without extra-imports of molasses.
At a meeting of the FREEHOLDERS of the county of ORANGE, on THURSDAY the 22d day of DECEMBER, 1774.
THE following Gentlemen were elected a committee for the said County, viz. James Madison, James Taylor, William Bell, Thomas Barbour, Zachariah Burnley, Rowland Thomas, William Moore, John Scott, James Walker, William Pannill, Francis Moore, James Madison, jun. Lawrence Taliaferro, Thomas Bell, and Vivion Daniel.
And at a meeting of the said committee, at the courthouse, on Monday the 2d of January, 1775, James Madison, Esq; was elected Chairman, and Francis Taylor Clerk of the said committee. Published by order of the Committee,
FRANCIS TAYLOR, Clerk.
TUESDAY, November 21, 1774.
A RESPECTABLE number of the freeholders of Elizabeth City county, pursuant to notice given by advertisements, met at the Courthouse of the said county, to elect a committee for the purposes mentioned in the association entered into by the American Continental Congress; after previously determining that the election should be by ballot, that the committee should be chosen for the town of Hampton and county jointly, they proceeded to the election, the same being conducted under the inspection of several worthy members, and the following persons were chosen:
William Roscow Wilson Curle, Henry King, John Tabb, Worlich Weltwood, Roe Cowper, William Armitstead, Joseph Selden, James Wallace, Cary Selden, Jacob Wray, George Wray, John Cary, and Miles King.
They then elected William Roscow Wilson Curle, Esq; Chairman, and Mr. Robert Bright Clerk.
From the minutes,
ROBERT BRIGHT, Clk.
At a meeting of the committee of Elizabeth City county, Friday the 20th of January, 1775.
THE Chairman acquainted the committee that Mr. George Graham of Hampton, merchant, had, on the preceding evening, informed him that he had then, just arrived at Hampton wharf, sundry goods lately imported in the Thomas, Capt. Robertson, from Britain, amounting, as per invoice produced, with freight, commission, and ensurance, to £64:14:6 3/4 sterling, which he was willing to deliver up, agreeable to the tenth article of the American Continental Association, to the committee to be by them disposed of.
Resolved, that this committee present their thanks to Mr. Graham for his candid behaviour on this occasion.
Resolved, that all the said goods be sold in Hampton, conformable to the tenth article of the said Association, at publick auction, in small parcels (except as to a set of Smith's tools) for ready current money, on Monday the 6th of February next, under the management of Messrs. Henry King, Worlich Weltwood, Roe Cowper, Cary Selden, Jacob Wray, George Wray, and Miles King, or any three of them, they previously advertising the sale thereof twice in the publick papers; and that they apply the money arising from thence according to the Direction of the said tenth article.
KING GEORGE, Jan. 16, 1775.
IN committee, present, Joseph Jones, Esq; Chairman, John Taliaferro, John Taliaferro, junior, John Skinker, Francis Conway, Horatio Dade, Francis Thornton, Laurence Ashton, John Pollard, junior, William Fitzhugh, James Kenyon, and Alexander Wodrow, Gentlemen. This being the day appointed for the sale of Mr. Andrew Wodrow's goods, the committee proceeded to determine in what manner they should be sold.
Resolved unanimously, that the goods be sold for ready sterling money, to the highest bidder, in lots not under five pounds, nor above twenty pounds, or as nearly thereto as packages and parcels can be most readily disposed of.
Resolved unanimously, that ten per cent. be allowed on the lots for the charges of the invoice produced, and that the exchange be settled at 35 per cent.
Ordered, that Joseph Jones and John Taliaferro, Esquires, in behalf of the committee, superintend the sale.
Account of sales.
  Prime costs and charges of the goods, sterling, £ 357 : 1 : 1   Goods sold for - - - - - do. 375 : 15 : 1   Balance - - - - - 18 : 14 : 0 
Col. John Taylor, Capt. William Woodford, and Mr. John Buckner, being offered 20s. for their bargain in two lots purchased by them, relinquished the same, and desired the 20s. to be added to the profits. £ 1 : 0 : 0
Total profit - - - - - £ 19 : 14 : 0
By order and in behalf of the committee, F. S. TYLER, Clk.
HALIFAX County, NORTH CAROLINA.
AT a meeting of the committee for the said county, on the 21st of December, 1774, present, Willie Jones, Chairman, Nicholas Long, John Bradford, James Hogan, Benjamin McCulloch, Joseph John Williams, William Alston, Egbert Haywood, David Sumner, Samuel Weldon, and Thomas Haynes.
It being represented to the committee that Mr. Andrew Miller, merchant in Halifax town, has refused to sign the association: Ordered, that Mr. Egbert Haywood and Mr. Thomas Haynes wait on him, and desire his attendance before this committee: Upon which he attended accordingly, refused to sign, and gave the following reasons, to wit, "for that I am largely indebted, and have effects in my hands belonging to persons residing in Great Britain, which debts and effects I cannot remit for by next September, after which time I should be bound by this association not to export any merchandise or commodity whatever to that country (without certain laws are repealed) which I think would be unjust, as it may be out of the power of my creditors or friends to procure the repeal of any law, however willing they may be to exert their interest for that purpose. And as I think it unjust to withhold from any person (even in a country at war with this) the property which might belong to him in my hands, I must therefore object to signing that part of the association respecting a non-exportation to Britain, and shall continue to do so while I have any property in my hands belonging to people of that country."
Since, therefore, there is nothing peculiar or satisfactory in his reasons, but that on the contrary, they indicate an intention to export (if he can) after the first day of September next.
Resolved unanimously (to shew our disapprobation of his conduct, and to encourage such merchants who have signed the association) that we will not, from this day, purchase any goods, wares, or merchandise, of any kind whatever, from said Andrew Miller, or any person acting for or in partnership with him; and that we will have no commerce or dealings with him after paying our just debts, and fulfilling the contracts already entered into for commodities of this year's produce. And we also recommend it to the people of this county in particular, and to all who will well to their country, to adopt the same measure.
Signed, by order of the committee,
A. DAVIS, Clk.

POETS CORNER.
On SLEEP.
O SLEEP! What though of death thou art To be an image laid, I with the still, with all my heart, The partner of my bed.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 2, 1775.
HAVING thought fit to entrust the Settlement of our late Partnership Books, and the Collection of our Debts, to Mr. HENRY LAUGHTON of this City; we shall be much obliged to all Persons in Arrears to us to discharge their Accounts by the last of the ensuing General Court, after which Time such as remain unpaid will be sent out to the Sheriffs of the different Counties; and those who have any Demands against the Concern, preceding this Date, are desired to send in their Accounts immediately. ALEXANDER PURDIE. JOHN DIXON.
THOUGH I advertised, not long since, my Coal at 10 d. per Bushel, ready Money, yet, from the Difficulty of receiving the Cash, and obtaining the Coal out of deep Pits, I am induced to declare that I will not take less than 12 d. a Bushel ready Money, or the Assumption of some substantial Merchant in Warwick, Manchester, or Richmond, for the Payment of the same in six Months from the Delivery of the Coal. Those who have hitherto been punctual may expect the same Credit as formerly. SAMUEL DU VAL.
FREDERICKSBURG, Jan. 10, 1775.
ALL Gentlemen Planters, Farmers, and others, will be pleased to take Notice that the Store lately kept by Mr. George Mitchell of Fredericksburg, for Account of Robert Jardine of London, is now managed and directed by the Principal, who is come in for that Purpose; therefore all Debts due to that Concern will be received by him and his Assistant, John Monroe, who is properly authorised: And the said Robert Jardine, for the Encouragement of all Gentlemen indebted to his Store, will allow, over and above every Store in Fredericksburg, 1s. per Hundred for Tobacco, and 3d. per Bushel for Wheat, in Payment of their Debts, till the 4th day of September next. He has for Sale a Quantity of very neat HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, with some very fine large LOOKING-GLASSES, and a large Quantity of the most excellent PORT WINE that ever was in this Colony, which is now above 5 Years old; also about 50 Dozen of LONDON PORTER, fine OLD SPIRIT, WEST INDIA and CONTINENT RUM, SUGARS, &c. which will be sold exceeding cheap for ready Money, or short Credit, by their humble Servant, ROBERT JARDINE.
CABIN POINT, Jan. 3, 1775.
RAN away from the Brig Innermay, lying at Branton, on the 27th of December, an Apprentice Lad named WILLIAM JOHNSTON, about 17 or 18 Years of Age, 5 Feet 6 or 7 Inches high, is of a swarthy Complexion, a little pitted with the Smallpox, and knock-kneed. He was born in or near Williamsburg, where it is supposed he is now harboured; and was bound by Order of James City Court to a Staymaker in Surry County. He carried away a new Sailor's Jacket and Breeches of blue Duffel, with white Metal Buttons, and lined with white Plaid, a green Jacket pretty much worn, a blue and white broad striped Cotton and Thread under Jacket, Country made Shoes and Stockings, one or two Pair of Sailor's Trousers, and his Bed Clothes. Whoever secures him so that I get him again shall have 15s. Reward. All Captains of Ships, or Masters of Vessels, are forewarned from carrying him out of the Country, or employing him. JAMES BELCHES.
THREE POUNDS REWARD.
RAN away from the Subscriber, on the 1st of January, a middling dark Mulatto named STEPHEN, about 21 Years of Age, and thick made; had on, when he went off, a Negro Cotton Waistcoat and Breeches, an Osnaburg Shirt, and Negro made Shoes, with Pegs drove in the Soles; his Hair is cut off the Top of his Head, and but little remains at the Sides. He carried with him a white Mulatto Woman Slave named PHEBE, whose Hair is long, straight, and black; she had on a blue Waistcoat and Petticoat, and took with her two new Osnaburg Shirts, and a Suit of striped Virginia Cloth; she is about 21 Years of Age. They also carried off two Osnaburg Shirts, 6 or 7 Ells of Rolls, a new Dutch Blanket, and one about Half worn. It is imagined they will make for Carolina, and endeavour to pass for free People. All Persons are forewarned from harbouring them, at their Peril. Whoever brings them to me, or secures them in any Gaol, so that I may get them again, shall have the above Reward. HENRY HARDAWAY.
COROTOMAN, Dec. 28, 1774.
THREE or four SHOP-JOINERS, who are capable of executing the best Wainscot Work, may meet with Employment, and good Wages, from the Subscriber, in Lancaster County. CHARLES CARTER.
JANUARY 3, 1775.
THE PARTNERSHIP between Charles Hammond and myself being dissolved, the several Persons indebted to the Stores kept by him on Broad Run, and in Fauquier County, are to settle with, and pay their respective Balances to CUTHBERT HARRISON.
WANTED,
A PERSON who can come well recommended, unexceptionable in Point of Character, willing to undertake the Education of Children and Youth of both Sexes, and is qualified to teach the English, Latin, and Greek Languages in their Purity and Elegance; also Writing, Arithmetick, Accounts, and the Mathematicks. Such a Person will meet with good Encouragement from the Inhabitants of this Town, which is pleasantly situated on the River Rappahannock, in the Neighbourhood of a plentiful and thick inhabited Part of the Country. Here is a commodious School-House, lately built on the publick Lots, the pure Use of which, for a Term of Years, will be granted, for the Purpose of establishing a Seminary, to any Gentleman who is properly qualified, and will settle here in the above-mentioned Capacity. There is no Doubt but a comfortable and genteel Living may be made of the School by a Man of Character, Diligence, and Abilities: It will be useless for any other to apply. PORT ROYAL, December 28, 1774.
FREDERICKSBURG, January 3, 1775.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership betwixt HORNER and WARD, of this Place, is dissolved; and all Persons who stand indebted to them are to pay the same to William Horner, who will discharge any Debts due from them. WILLIAM HORNER. JAMES WARD.
MY Affairs requiring my Return to England as soon as possible, I shall be greatly obliged to those Persons indebted as above that will enable me to do so, by a speedy Payment. I have a few European and other GOODS remaining on Hand, which I will dispose of, Wholesale or Retail, on the most reasonable Terms, for ready Money, Tobacco, or Wheat. WILLIAM HORNER.
To be SOLD
At BLANDFORD, to the highest Bidders, on THURSDAY the 2d of FEBRUARY, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
TWELVE or thirteen exceeding likely SLAVES, belonging to Mr. Neil Buchanan, Senior, consisting of Men, Women, and Boys. Most of the Women are valuable House Servants, and can sew, spin, wash, iron, and cook. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of April 1776, on giving Bond, with approved Security; the Bonds that are not discharged when due to bear Interest from the Date. BOSLIN, ) CHARLES DUNCAN, near Blandford, Jan. 2.) Attorney for Mr. BUCHANAN.
TO BE SOLD,
On the fourth THURSDAY in MARCH next, being PITTSYLVANIA Court Day, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from Mr. JAMES ROBERTS,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND lying in the said County, containing about 400 Acres, being the Land whereon the Courthouse stands, near 100 Acres of which are cleared, and in good Order for Cropping. It is well calculated for a Taverner, as there are sundry Houses built for that Purpose, and is rented, this Year, for sixty Pounds. There are 50 Acres laid off in Lots for a Town, on several of which are Houses built that will suit Tradesmen. At the same Time will be sold, several NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, and Children, among whom are two valuable Women House Servants; also Stocks of all Kinds. A good Title will be made, and the Terms agreed on at the Day of Sale, which shall be as convenient for the Purchaser as the Cash will admit. WILLIAM TUNSTALL.
BERKLEY (Charles City) January 9, 1775.
RAN away from the Subscriber, the 8th Instant, a clear Mulatto Fellow named NICK, by Trade a Mill-wright, is about 25 Years of Age, about 5 Feet 5 Inches high, well set, speaks and walks very quick, has a Scar over one of his Eyes, and his Fingers much marked, by being often cut. He generally wears Leather Breeches, and a gray Great Coat, but has a Variety of Clothes. Some little Time since he was whipped, and has many fresh Marks on his Back. Whoever brings him to me shall have 31. Reward, or 40s. for securing him in any Gaol, so that I may get him again. He is so very artful that he will escape from any One who is not extremely careful. He ran away some Time ago, and hired himself as a Freeman at a Saw Mill, either in Isle of Wight or Nansemond, and it is supposed may take the same Route. (tf) BENJAMIN HARRISON.
AMELIA, January 7, 1775.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the 10th of May last, a light Mulatto Fellow named DICK, about 19 or 20 Years old, 5 Feet 6 or 7 Inches high, has dark Eyes, a bushy Head of dark Hair, a Scar on his upper Lip, and a down Look. He was taken up in Norfolk last October or November, and brought up James River as high as Mrs. Cocke's, in Charles City, but made his Escape, and is supposed to be returned to Norfolk, or Portsmouth, as he was employed there by several different Persons as a Freeman. He was formerly the Property of Dr. Strachan of King William, and understands something of the Carpenter's Trade. I will give 40s. Reward for having him committed to any of his Majesty's Jails, if taken in the Colony of Virginia, and 51. if out of the Colony. All Masters of Vessels are hereby forewarned from carrying him out of the Country, or employing him. (tf) ANTHONY LAMB.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a bright bay MARE 4 or 5 Years old, 5 Feet 6 or 7 Inches high, with a Star in her Forehead, a Snip on her Nose, and branded on the near Buttock, but not intelligible enough to be described. Posted, and appraised to 151. GEORGE CARRINGTON.
TO BE SOLD
For ready Money, at HANOVER Courthouse, on the first THURSDAY in FEBRUARY, by Virtue of a Bill of Sale, FIFTEEN VIRGINIA born SLAVES, consisting of Men, Women, and Children. An indisputable Title will be made to the Purchasers. 4
FOR SALE,
MY DWELLING-HOUSE, &c. in York Town. Five Years Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser give Bond (with approved Security) bearing Interest from the Time the Bargain is concluded upon. For Terms apply to me, in this Town. (tf) JOHN H. NORTON. YORK TOWN, November 23, 1774.
FALLS OF POTOWMACK, Dec. 22, 1774.
At a Meeting of the Trustees for opening the Navigation of Potowmack River, held at George Town the first Day of December, 1774, present, THOMAS JOHNSON, Jun. Attorney at Law, WILLIAM DEAKINS, ADAM STEUART, THOMAS JOHNS, and THOMAS RICHARDSON, of George Town, Merchants, WILLIAM ELLZEY, ROBERT ALEXANDER, and PHILIP ALEXANDER, of Virginia, who ordered and directed that the Subscriber should, on the Credit, and at the Risk of the above-named Trustees, hire fifty Slaves to labour in cutting the Canals round the several Falls of said River: And at another Meeting of Trustees, for the Purpose aforesaid, held at Alexandria the 19th Day of the same Month, present, GEORGE WASHINGTON, JOHN CARLYLE, JOHN DALTON, and WILLIAM RAMSAY, Gentlemen, together with many of the Trustees at the former Meeting, who recognized and approved of the Order for hiring fifty Slaves, and agreed to become equally liable. In Consequence of which Order of the Trustees, I hereby give Notice that I want to hire Negro Men for the ensuing Year, for the Purpose above-mentioned. Any Person inclining to hire the Whole, or any Part of them, may see the Proceedings of the said Trustees, subscribed by and with their respective Hands, in my Custody. JOHN BALLENDINE.
THE DISTILLERY at Alexandria in Virginia, with other Improvements, to be let for a Term of Years. Inquire of Mr. William Holt at Williamsburg, William Davies, Esq; at Norfolk, Mr. George Gilpin, or Mess. Harper & Hartsborne, at Alexandria, Mr. John Cornthwait, at Baltimore, or of Daniel Roberdeau, Esq; at Philadelphia. The Distillery and Improvements consist of a Distillery built of Stone, 71 Feet by 39; a Stone Store 50 by 50, with Granaries, in two Stories above the Ground Floor; and a Sail or Rigging Loft above, the whole Length of the Building; a Molasses Store, framed, that will contain 140 Hogheads; and a framed Cooper's Shop 16 by 23, with a suitable Chimney. The Distillery is furnished with two new Stills about the same Size, that will hold to work 2500 Gallons; and the Working Cisterns, twenty in Number, will contain the same Quantity each. It is also furnished with a third Still, that contains to work 600 Gallons, for Low Wines. Each of these Stills have suitable Worms and Worm Tubs. There is also a suitable Low Wine Cistern, and five very ample Return Cisterns outside of the House, and under Cover. The Whole, and every Part of the Improvements, are entirely new, executed by Workmen from Philadelphia, and the Distillery under the immediate Eye and Direction of a Gentleman of eminent Capacity in Distillation. The Works are supplied with good cool Water from an ample Spring, by two Pumps with Bra's Chambers six Inches Diameter; and the Cisterns are charged with two other Pumps, with Chambers of Block Tin five Inches Diameter, through Suction Pipes of yellow Poplar. All these Pumps are worked by a Horse, in an adjoining Mill-house of large Diameter, well constructed. There is also a Woodyard, boarded seven Feet, that will contain much more than necessary for the Distillery, into which the Wood may be thrown from the Water. The Whole of these Improvements are situated in Alexandria, below the Bank; the Distillery on fast Ground, and the Cisterns fixed above the highest Tide Waters; the Stores and Yard on a Wharf which, with the publick Wharf adjoining, of 66 Feet, makes an Extent of more than 200 Feet in Width, 156 Feet of which run 300 Feet into Potowmack.
As it does not suit the Owner of these Improvements to remove his Residence from Philadelphia, he will let them at a moderate Rent, with a Contract for 300 Cords of Ash Wood yearly, or five Years, cut into four Feet Lengths, and delivered on the Maryland Shore, directly opposite to the Distillery, and so near the Water as to render any Carriage unnecessary, by the Heirs of Thomas Addison, Esq; deceased, at the Rate of a Dollar per Cord. Any Person inclining to lease the Premises, may be furnished, on a speedy Application, with about 160 Hogheads of good well chosen Molasses, with Indulgence for Payment. Inquire as above. (tf)
FOR CHARTER, The BRIGANTINE
A B B Y,
JONAS HERBERT MASTER,
BURTHEN about 240 Hogheads, or 8000 Bushels. For Terms apply to GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH. NORFOLK, November 5, 1774.
PRINCE GEORGE, November 10, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Mulatto Boy named SAM, about 16 or 17 Years old, of a very light Complexion, and will endeavour to pass for a free Boy, has gray Eyes, brown Hair, a smooth artful Tongue, is a great Villain, but a very good Barber. In the Month of June last he was put in York Jail, on Suspicion of having stolen some Money in Williamsburg. He made his Escape from thence and got to Norfolk, where he was put in Jail and sent to me by Water. The next Day (September 20th) he made his Escape from my Overseer, and has not since been heard of. He was born in Frederick Town, Maryland, has lived in Fredericksburg, Norfolk, and York Town, and is well acquainted with most Parts of Virginia. He was very meanly clad, having been so long in Jail, but it is probable will procure Clothes. I will give 40s. Reward to have him committed to any of his Majesty's Jails, if taken in the Colony of Virginia, and if out of the Colony 51. All Captains of Ships, or Masters of Vessels, are hereby forewarned from carrying him out of the Country, or employing him. (tf) JOHN BLAND.
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 Johannesses, 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. Priym, of Albany, and took with him a blue Calumir 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 501. when convicted. Apply to Curson and Seton of New York, Joseph Wharton, Junior, of Philadelphia, Robert Christie of Baltimore, James Gibson and Co. of 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)
TO BE SOLD, or RENTED,
(Preference will be given to the first)
A PLANTATION on Allen's Creek in Mecklenburg, within a Mile of Roanoke, consisting of about 120 Acres of Land, the Property of Mess. 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 about 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.