The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1774-02-03 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
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FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE.—Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
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To the PRINTER.
SIR,
By publishing the following Extract from the Works of a GOOD MAN, you will oblige One who wishes Comfort to the Distressed in all Parts of the World.
OH, 'tis severely cold! Who is so hardy as not to shrink at this excessive pinching Weather? Every Face is pale; even the blooming Cheeks contract a gelid Hue, and the Teeth hardly forbear chattering. Ye that sit easy and joyous in your commodious Apartments, solacing yourselves in the diffusive Warmth of your Fire, be mindful of your Brethren in the cheerless Tenement of Poverty. Their shattered Panes are open to the piercing Winds, a tattered Garment scarcely covers their shivering Flesh, while a few faint and dying Embers, on the squalid Hearth, rather mock their Wishes than warm their Limbs. While the generous Juice of Madeira sparkles in your Glasses, O remember that many of your Fellow Creatures, amidst all, all the Rigour of these inclement Skies, are emaciated with Sickness, and benumbed with Age. Let their Loins bless you for comfortable Clothing; supply them with Food, with Fuel, and baffle the raging Year: So may you never know any of their Distresses, but only by the Hearing of the Ear, the Seeing of the Eye, or the Feeling of tender Commiseration.
"Methinks the bitter blustering Winds plead for the poor Indigents; may they breathe Pity into your Breasts, while they blow Hardships into their Huts! Observe those blue Flames, and ruddy Coals, in your Chimney: Quickened by the Cold, they look more lively, and glow more strongly; silent, but seasonable Admonition, to the gay Circle that chat and smile around them. Thus may your Hearts, at such a Juncture of Need, kindle into a peculiar Benevolence! Detain not your superfluous Piles of Wood; let them hasten to the Relief of the starving Family; bid them expire, in many a willing Blaze, to mitigate the Severity of the Season, and cheer the bleak Abodes of Want: So shall they ascend, mingled with Thanksgiving to God, and ardent Prayers for your Welfare, ascend more grateful to Heaven than curling Columns of the most costly Incense."
PARIS, October 5.
A MEMORIAL has just made its Appearance here, written with great Spirit, which took its Rise from the following Circumstance. In it a young Laundress makes Complaint of her having been beaten, and severely treated, by a regular Abbot of the Abbey Royal of Notre Dame D'Ablancourt. Perhaps we may hereafter know the real Cause for the Outrage, as the present Reason given for the Wrath of the Abbot seems little to deserve it; which was, her having lately held, with one of the Abbot's Domesticks, an Infant at the baptismal Font. Be that as it may, the Abbot had somehow been affronted, and resolved to be avenged; in Consequence of which he sent for the young Laundress, under Pretence of employing her in her Business, who immediately waited on him, but on her entering the Room he shut the Door, tore off her Bonnet and Handkerchief, and with a Whip, which he had prepared, gave her a Number of severe Strokes, which fetched Blood from her. The Cries of the Girl brought several of the Domesticks, who forced open the Door, and delivered her from the Abbot's Hands; and this Day the Girl has made a regular Complaint against the Abbot, in the proper Court, praying Damages for the Outrage against her. The Affair causes much Talk and Pleasantry among all Sorts of People, there being such a Difference in the Quality of the two Persons.
ROME, September 22. We are assured that the Whore of Babylon is on the Fall: The Pope hath destroyed the Jesuits, the chief Pillar of his Authority; and the same Avarice will make him go on in destroying the other Orders, for the Poverty of the Holy Chair, and of the Committee of Cardinals, makes it absolutely necessary for them to appropriate the enormous Wealth of the lazy Priests and Monks of various Orders to the Necessities of the State. Necessity hath no Law, and all that comes to Hand is useful to pay the Debts of Cardinals.
The Poverty of this City is inexpressible. The Funds that arose from the Superstition of Portugal and Spain have for some Time, by the Contempt the Government there shows to the Holy See, been stop-
ped. Poland, which was a good Milch Cow, by the War there hath deprived this City of the chief Streams that furnished its Revenue. The Wealth of the Jesuits does not turn out near so well as expected, but we hope the Forfeitures of Benedictine and Augustinian Friars will make up the Deficiency.
The Italians seem quite tired of Priestcraft, and with Pleasure declare for Free-thinking, and no Tithes, no Discipline, or ecclesiastical Dues.
HAGUE, October 5. Our last Advices from Bassora and Bagdad, in the Persian Gulf, are very alarming; 300,000 Persons have actually died, in those two Places, of the Plague. This determined the English Agent, and those of his Nation, to attempt the saving themselves, by leaving those Places for a Time; but there is Reason to fear they may meet with another Scourge, in their Enemy Kerim Khan, who is the last Conqueror of Persia, which Kingdom is under the same unhappy Circumstances in Asia as Poland is in Europe. The Enmity, however, of this Conqueror, is only looked on as a temporary Cloud hanging over the Heads of the English Traders; who, having been accustomed to many Vicissitudes in that Part of the World, doubt not of riding out the present Storm. Their Address in navigating the Indian and the Red Sea hath given Rise to many important Discoveries in those Parts, and among the rest, in their Voyages from Mocha to Gedda, they have discovered the Coast of Abyssinia to be laid down in the Charts 25 or 30 Miles too far west; neither do those Charts mark many small Islands and Rocks, which none can approach without the Assistance of the native Pilots. Notice is given, when a Ship arrives, by firing a Gun at the Rising of the Sun, and two at its Setting; which the Pilots, by laying their Ears to the Ground, declare they can hear at two Degrees Distance, and in Consequence put off in Canoes, and pilot the Ships safely through the Rocks and Shallows into the Red Sea.
CONSTANTINOPLE, September 10. The Sublime Porte has just issued Orders for a fresh Levy of Men to supply the Army of the Grand Vizar, which has lately been considerably decreased. Every Zaim and Timariot is desired to bring one Man in four more than formerly, which, on a moderate Computation, will produce a Body of 60,000 Men, which is to march for Bulgaria immediately; and 20,000 of the Zaims and Timariots who have been seven Years in the Militia Service are to be embodied, 8000 with the Spaniards, and 12,000 with the Janisaries. Another Body of 11,000 Men, called by the Turks Giomili, which are Volunteer Cavalry, who live at their own Charge, in Expectation of succeeding the Zaims and Timariots who fall in the Service, are likewise preparing to march with the other Troops, and will, no Doubt, prove the most considerable Aid to the Grand Vizar; who is ordered to keep the Field as long as the Season will permit, and then to put the Army into Winter Quarters in Moldavia and Wallachia, if practicable. For a further Supply to the Expense of maintaining the War, the Sublime Porte has thought proper to lay a fresh Tax upon all the Jews, Franks, and Greek Christians, of ten Aspers a Head per Annum, and has ordered the Kingdom of Egypt to raise one Million and a Half of Sequins in the Space of two Months; besides these, the Viceroys, Beglerbegs, Sangiacks, Bassas, &c. are ordered to be squeezed of large Treasures, and the Riches of the great Mosques are to be used on any particular Emergency. The whole Divan is in great Spirits, on Account of the late Successes of the Turks, and are exerting the most vigorous Measures to render the End of the present Campaign glorious for the Sublime Porte.
WARSAW, October 27. The last Sittings of the Delegates were very riotous, and Disputes rose very high between the Bishop of Wilna and Marshal Poininski. Prince Sulkowski, Palatinate of Gnesne, proposed to proceed to the Election of a new King in Case of a Vacancy, and recommended his own Family, as having rendered the greatest Services to the Country. Count Branicki, Sub-General of the Crown, was very much shocked at the Proposal; and, it is said, he threatened to proceed to the utmost Extremity against any One who should dare to speak of electing another King during the Life of the present Monarch. Many of the Confederates spoke to the same Effect, and would have drawn their Sabres, but were appealed by those who were not so violent as themselves.
OSNABRUG, October 26. The King of England, as Tutor to the Bishop of Osnabrug, his Son, has or-
dered the Chapter of our Cathedral to put in Execution the Pope's Bull which suppresses the Order of the Jesuits, to employ the Effects of that Order in useful Foundations, and to send his Majesty an Account how they have disposed of the Money.
LEGHORN, October 16. We learn from the Archipelago, that Admiral Spiritow is gone, with the greatest Part of his Forces, upon some Expedition; and that he was met off the Island of Samos with eight Ships of the Line, two Bombketches, several Frigates, and other light Vessels. It is thought he is going to Rhodes, to burn three Men of War that are upon the Stocks there.
LONDON, October 26.
A LETTER from Madrid has the following Passage: All Livery Servants, as well those of illustrious Blood as of low Extraction, except such as belong to the King, are forbid to wear Swords. There are Nobles of Gali Asturias, and Biscay, among the Valets of Spain; and, notwithstanding their humble State, they retain a great Part of the Prerogatives of their Birth.
The Newspapers and Playhouses will certainly feel the Effects of the Parliament's not meeting till the Middle of January. The former will probably receive some Benefit from the ill advised and imprudent Squabbles of the City Patriots. The Paper War between Black and All Black, and Worsted Stocking Mich. is the present Cause of Rescue from Newspaper Torpidity. The Bull Calf Mayor, confessedly, is subservient to his Drover; and, upon proper Goading, may give Rise to a Mob, and do much Mischief. Precious Sport to Newspaper Printers! The Playhouses already most wofully experience the Want of a numerous Company in Town, and the Scarcity of Money felt by those few who are in London. Albumazar is allowed to be an excellent Comedy; and yet it was performed on Thursday Evening, and for the second Time only, to empty Boxes.
Elfrida, and She Stoops to Conquer, were last Year Favourites with the Town. At their first Representation this Season, they have drawn but scanty Audiences.
It were much to be wished that the alarming Increase of Roman Catholicks among us could be made a Subject of Inquiry. Upon a late Computation, the Number of their Priests in this Metropolis was estimated at 600.
Orders are sent from the Admiralty Office, to the Commanders of his Majesty's Ships on the American and West India Stations, not to press Men out of any of the Merchant Ships, but in Cases of the most extreme Necessity; Complaints having been made by the Merchants to the Lords of the Admiralty of such Proceedings, which have proved highly detrimental to Trade.
October 30. We hear that the ingenious Mr. Benjamin West, of Panton Square, having signified his Inclination to paint the Martyrdom of St. Stephen, to be placed in the east Window of St. Stephen's, Walbrook, the Reverend Dr. Wilson, the Rector, eagerly embraced the Opportunity of engaging so celebrated a Painter, and desired Mr. West to accept 150 Guineas from him, to show the high Esteem he has for the ornamenting of Churches in general, and particularly a Church where he has been so long Rector. Mr. West has been pleased to accept this as a Present, not at all adequate to so noble a Design.
The Lords of the Treasury have desired the Opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor General upon the Verdict given in Favour of Mr. Fabrigas, against General Mottyn, Governor of Minorca. Three Thousand Pounds is a larger Sum than Government can conveniently part with, at this Juncture; therefore they are endeavouring, if possible, to evade the Payment, by moving for a new Trial. This is the most important Cause, as appears by the Trial just published, that ever came before an English Jury, even more than the Suppression of General Warrants. Mr. Fabrigas, a considerable Merchant in the Island of Minorca, is taken by a military Force from his House, confined several Days in a Dungeon appropriated to the Use of condemned Prisoners, and a Sentinel placed before the Prison, to prevent his Wife and Children administering to his Necessities, or coming within thirty Yards of the Gate. After he had experienced all the Miseries of this dreadful Situation, he was hurried on Board a Ship between three and four o'Clock in the Morning, and banished to Cartha-

gena for twelve Months, without the least Proof of Guilt, or even the Form of a Trial. He made his Escape from thence, and by the Assistance of a Nobleman, who is an Ornament to his Country, brought his Case before that Palladium of Liberty, an English Jury, a Tribunal which arbitrary Men will ever dread. They have expressed their Abhorrence of such Acts of Cruelty, by finding a Verdict for Mr. Fabrigas, with 3000 l. Damages. Serjeant Glyn, who was Counsel for the Plaintiff in this Cause, made a Reply to the Defence set up by the General, in which he distinguished himself more as an able Lawyer, &c. and a Friend to Liberty, than in any of the Causes in Behalf of his Friend Mr. Wilkes.
November 1. Some Intelligence, we hear, was last Night received at St. James's from Zell, which it is said will find much Employment for the Ministry; and farther, it is thought that the Parliament will be called together sooner than imagined.
Sir Joseph Yorke, by his long Residence in Holland, it is known is well acquainted with the Policy of the Dutch, as well as of the neighbouring Nations; and, we are informed, that it is from him our Ministry hear what is going forward in that Part of the World. We likewise hear he has very lately acquainted them that some Business is now in Agitation between the Prince of Orange and the King of Prussia, and he would advise England to provide against the worst. From the known plotting Head of this little-great Frederick, it is feared Something very dangerous to the Peace of this Nation is now in Birth; and, unless our Ministry are such skilful Midwives as to procure an Abortion, we shall be surprised with Something monstrous.
Monday the Friends of Mr. Lee waited on several of the Inhabitants of Coleman Street Ward, in Order to solicit their Favours for that Gentleman to succeed Mr. Alderman Aisoph.
Bets at the Coffeehouses in the City are four to one that Mr. Sheriff Sayre will be elected Alderman of Coleman Street Ward.
November 5. The India Company are again fallen into as great Distress as ever. Besides the 1,400,000 l. voted them last Session of Parliament, they now want 850,000 l. more, to enable them to go on. This Deficiency arises chiefly from their two last Sales falling some Hundred Thousand Pounds short of what they were estimated at, and even Part of what sold has not been paid for. The Distress of the Company is still more deplorable in India; the Revenue has fallen short there by the last Accounts very considerably; which has obliged the Settlements of Bengal and Madras to draw Bills on the Directors to the Extent of 250,000 l. more than what was allowed by the late Act for regulating their Affairs; but these Bills the Directors cannot, with Propriety, accept. Upon the Whole, the first Business of Parliament will be to consider of granting to the Company an additional Loan. Many Methods have been thought of, but none fixed upon that can effectually extricate the Company out of so great a Difficulty as it at present labours under. A Call of twelve and a Half per Cent. upon the Proprietors has been talked of very seriously, as the best Method, but this will only produce Half the Sum wanted. [The Remittance from Philadelphia, and the Sales of the Tea at Boston, will do towards making up the other Half.]
November 9. Yesterday the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, &c. met at Guildhall, when the Lord Mayor elect was sworn into his Office; afterwards the two Lord Mayors returned in the State Coach to the Mansion House, where the Aldermen, Sheriffs, &c. were entertained at the joint Expense of the two Lord Mayors.
Since it has been talked of that Lord Shelburne is likely to become a Favourite at Court, it is said a gouty patriot Lord has pricked up his Ears, and even walked without his Crutches, using every Effort to prevent such an Union.
November 15. A great Personage, we hear, has lately written a Letter to Lord Sandwich, in which the highest Acknowledgments are made, and the warmest Approbation given, for his Lordship's "particular and extraordinary Care of the Navy."
Friday Orders were given from the Ordnance Office to prevent the Exportation of Gunpowder from any of the Ports of Great Britain, except on Government Account, for three Months.
On Thursday Night last, in the Gale of Wind, the Britannia, Wade, from London to St. Vincent's, the Blessing, Cooper, for France, and the Marquis of Granby, Moran, for America, all lying in the Downs, parted from their Anchors and Cables, and were driven ashore on the Sandwich Flats; it is feared they will all be lost.
The Kingston, Clark, for Cape Fear, parted with her Cables on the Downs, on Thursday last, and is ashore to the westward of Ramsgate Pier, but it is hoped she will be got off.
The Queen of Denmark has lately desired Permission to come to England, said to be in Consequence of some alarming Intelligence she received from the Princess of Brunswick.
Should the Queen of Denmark come to England soon, as is expected, the Princess of Brunswick it is said will not be long after her.
We have received very authentick Intelligence that the French have actually at this Time in Commission sixty Men of War, two Thirds of which are of the Line.
BOSTON, January 1.
THE last Week it was currently reported that his Excellency Governor Hutchinson, in Conversation with some of his Council, spoke of the late Proceedings here of the United Towns as coming under the Denomination of Treason or Rebellion, and intimated his Design that the Attorney General should be heard upon the Matter before the Council; but the Matter not taking, his Excellency, when he met his Council to do Business at the House of Brigadier Brattle, in Cambridge, wisely changed his Tone, or Mr. Attorney wisely declined his Task, and the Subject of Consideration turned upon Burglary and Riots, instead of Treason and Rebellion, and Mr. Attorney gratified the Eyes of the Honourable Board at Dinner, instead of searing their Ears in the Council Chamber.
Saturday Night, and yesterday, the Wind being very high, considerable Damage was done to the Shipping, several Houses, Fences, &c.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at New York, December 25, 1773.
"Our Tea Ship is not yet arrived. Notwithstanding our Governor and Council had determined to land it (in which, however, I am persuaded they did not intend thereby any Injury to our Liberties) it will not, I believe, be suffered to be landed, but go back, or suffer the Fate of yours. Many People here think you have fully retrieved the Honour you lost, from your Importation of that Article by your late Conduct; and that, under your peculiar Circumstances, you could not have avoided what you did, as you could repose no Confidence in your Governor, or the Tea Commissioners, had it been landed, which we in this Province thought we could do in ours. God grant it may be a Means of procuring us the Redress we have a Right to expect, and discourage our Enemies at home from invading our Rights by any more unconstitutional Acts of Parliament. I plainly see a Spirit rising in America, that will, in less than thirty Years, dispose them to oppose other Acts of Parliament equally injurious to their Liberties, such as the Acts against Slitting Mills, the Act against Hats and Hatters, and to refuse receiving, and acting with, pensioned Governors and Judges, the latter of which has a manifest Tendency to enslave us. But he, who has hitherto preserved us from the wicked Designs of the Enemies of our Liberties, will deliver us from the Machinations of our common Enemies."
The People at Newport, Rhode Island, have advised the Tea Sellers to sell at the usual Prices; and that every One who gives more than 4s. 6d. lawful Money for the best Bohea by the single Pound will be deemed an Enemy to his Country.
January 6. Two Vessels arrived here since our last, from Cape Cod, with the Cargo of Captain Loring's Brig, lately stranded there, among which are the Lamps for the Use of the Town. Another Vessel, with the Tea on Board, arrived at the Castle on Monday last.
NEW YORK, January 10.
BY Letters from London, we learn that Mr. Kelly, late of this City, Merchant, has lost his Election for the City of Worcester; Mr. Ross being returned a Member of that Place, who was backed by the Interest of Lord Clive, and 25,000 Guineas.
The Neptune, Punderfer, and Lightfoot, Dunsley, are arrived at Gravesend, from Virginia.
Last Week some Pieces of Plate belonging to his Excellency our Governor were found among the Rubbish in Fort George, as likewise several of Mrs. Tryon's Jewels.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 3.
FROM Governor Teyon's Speech to the Assembly of his Government, which met on the 12th ult. we learn that his Excellency proposed soon to embark for England, having received the King's Instructions for that Purpose, in Order to attend the Discussion, before his Privy Council, of some Disputes that have lately arisen between New York and New Hampshire Governments, about their respective Boundaries.
FREDERICKSBURG, January 21. This Day John Whitney (alias Merryman) a Convict Servant, was executed, pursuant to his Sentence at the last Court of Oyer and Terminer in Williamsburg. He, with one Michael Kennedy, were of a Gang of notorious Thieves who have lately infested this Town and Falmouth, and brought thither, upon the Application of sundry Gentlemen to his Excellency the Governor, to suffer for their Crimes; as such a Measure, in their Judgment, would be attended with better Effects to the Community than if transacted at a Distance, and might probably deter their Accomplices (many of whom, it is well known, attended the Execution) from being concerned in the like Practices for the future, after receiving his dying Admonitions. He appeared very penitent, confessing his Crimes, and acknowledging the Justice of his Sentence. Some Circumstances appearing in Favour of Kennedy, his Execution is suspended until the Governor's Pleasures be known.
Entered in the Upper District of JAMES River.
January 29. Ship Success, Edward Curtis, from Rappahannock, with 500 Bushels of Coal.
29. Schooner Peggy, George Crombie, from Philadelphia, with 11 Wheat Fans, 12 Chairs, 1 Box of Soap, 2 Pumps, 1 Set of China Plates, and a Parcel of Ship Blocks.
February 1. Schooner Richard, Epes Greenough, from Piscataway, with 1 Hhd. 10 Barrels, and 20 Kgs. of New England Rum, 40 Quintals and 31 Barrels of Fish, 4 Kgs. of Cod Sowns, 4 Barrels of Pears, 5 Barrels of Onions, 6 Sides of Leather, 1 Hhd. and 2 Tierces of Clieele, 1 Pipe of Wine, and 30 l. in Cash.
3. Sloop Virginia Packet, Charles Jones, from Antigua, in Ballast.
Cleared Outwards.
January 29. Ship Lonsdale, Thomas Falcon, for Whitehaven, with 423 Hhds. of Tobacco, 4700 Staves, and 10 Casks of Flower.
29. Ship Mars, Isaac Mitchinson, with 2245 Barrels of Flower, and 14,600 Staves.
31. Ship Thomas, John Robertson, for Cadiz, with 10,765 Bushels of Wheat.
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.
GENTLEMEN, UNACCUSTOMED to write for publick Inspection, the Motive must plead an Excuse for the Impropriety of Diction. The Importance of the Subject demands an abler Pen, and the Enthusiasm of a zealous Romanist. Deeming America the favourite Child of England, nursed in her Arms, and nourished in her Bosom, I made no Doubt but she had instilled into her Offspring the same generous Sentiments of Liberty which inspired herself, and expected to find Freedom flourish with the Blossoms of Justice; but, just arrived from that happy Clime where Punishments prescribed by Law are inflicted with unerring Integrity, what was my Astonishment to see every Principle of natural and social Right subverted by the Refinement of the Judge, and the most malignant Rancour drowning the Convictions of Conscience. Ignorance in Magistrates has some Claim to our Compassion, but when the little Understanding they have is rendered subservient to the capricious Dictates of their Hearts we cannot help feeling Pity and Contempt united, and conceive a very despicable Idea of that Government which has vested such Men with Authority. It is a fundamental Principle in Law, that "the King is the Fountain of Justice;" and that, being always virtually present in her Courts, he sits there enthroned, to protect, as well as to punish, his People. If the subordinate Magistrates be, as most undoubtedly they are, Streams issuing from that Fountain, whence comes it, that, when collected into one Body, they become a Cistern of Oppression and Iniquity? These Animadversions are excited by the following Occurrence, of which I was a Witness during a short Stay in one of the maritime Counties of this Colony. The Court having thought proper (for Reasons, the Propriety of which shall not be questioned, as having happened before my Arrival in Virginia) to suppress a Tavern License formerly granted to one William Galcoigne, he ceased to act in the Capacity of an Innkeeper; but upon a Supposition (or perhaps Information) that he still continued to sell Liquors, a Prosecution was commenced against him, by Samuel Symonds, Esq; the King's Deputy Attorney, on the Act of Assembly imposing a Penalty of ten Pounds upon the Person adjudged guilty of such an Offence. Upon a Suggestion, that, notwithstanding this Prosecution, he still persisted in a Violation of the Law, a Warrant was issued against him, by one of the Magistrates of that Jurisdiction, and upon this Complaint (contradicted by several credible Witnesses) the Party accused was (though well known not worth a Groat) by this judicious and impartial Dispenser of Justice, ordered to enter into a Recognizance, in the Sum of 1000 l. for his future Appearance at Court, and for his good Behaviour in the Meantime; the Consequence of which was, that the poor Man (as was most undoubtedly foreseen) was obliged to go to Jail for Want of Security, and remain there till the succeeding Court. Stepping into the Courthouse just as the Warrant for his Commitment was read, which contained a Charge of his being a Person of ill Fame, and of lewd Life and Conversation, I readily believed that he had justly rendered himself obnoxious to the Community; but soon found, by the Opening of the Cause, that his supposed Offence was his having sold Liquor contrary to Act of Assembly, to prove which a Number of Witnesses were examined, every One of whom swore that they had not any Knowledge of his retailing any spirituous Liquors since he ceased to have a legal Right to do so, and many declared positively that they had heard him absolutely refuse to sell any; though he had provided several Dinners and Suppers, by particular Desire, and furnished the requisite Liquors; and that, although the Club, upon some of these Occasions, amounted to ten or twelve Shillings, yet no Charge for Drink was ever inserted in the Bill. This was, by the discerning Court, considered as a high Contempt of their Authority; and, notwithstanding all that was advanced by the Defendant's Counsel, he was bound over for six Months, in a Sum which, though not very considerable in itself, yet was so to a Man in his Situation. As the Law had, in express Terms, prescribed the Punishment due to such Offences (admitting the Testimony to have supported the Accusation) it was impossible for a Stranger to see such Severity of Proceedings, unwarranted by any Law, without being alarmed; as it was not improbable, that a Court, so jealous of their Prerogative, might consider my walking into Court as an Insult to their Dignity. But my Fears in some Measure subsided, though my Resentment increased, at being told (what indeed the Defendant's Counsel observed) that this unhappy Man had rendered himself obnoxious to the Majority of the Bench by having disobliged one of their Officers, whose vindictive Temper was, upon every Occasion, the Barometer of their Conduct.
A certain Author (whose Name is not material) relates a Story of a Tragedian, who having an implacable Resentment against his Brother Actor, instead of a Foil carried a sharp pointed Sword upon the Stage, and in the Reencounter in the last Act mortally wounded his Antagonist. In like Manner, these unworthy Magistrates, in Place of holding the Scales of Justice, grasp the Sword of the Executioner; and, under the Sanction of their own Authority, give a mortal Stab to the Liberty of the Subject. Unhappy Country! where Want of Erudition is a Recommendation to Places of Honour and Power; where the Dogmas of long established Laws are banished, and Rancour and Malignity rule triumphant, and the Seat of Wisdom is made the Temple of Revenge; where the Weakness of the Head is an Apology for the Vices of the Heart, and Justice, rendered precarious, eludes the Pursuit!
The Law of the Land constitutes the Liberty of the Individual, nor can the human Mind entertain a more disagreeable Idea than a despotick Power, lodged in the Hands of Men who have neither the Courage to be openly wicked nor the Virtue to be just, but waver between their Wishes to injure and their Fears to oppress; who, by their Office, Arbiters of Law, are, from their Passions and Inclinations, the Engines of Faction; and support the guilty Friend, while the innocent, but suspected Foe, becomes the Victim of their Wrath. No Government can long exist where every petty Magistrate becomes a Tyrant; but the People, harassed with illegal Exertions of Power, will resume the sacred Trust which they had deposited in the Hands of their Fellow Subjects. Conservators of the Peace and good Behaviour is an Institution which does Honour to the English System of Jurisprudence, as they were appointed for the most wise and salutary Purposes; not to distress, but to guard the People from Oppression: For, as the elegant Judge Blackstone expresses it, preventive Justice is in itself more amiable, and consistent with the Feelings of Humanity, than punishing Justice. The summary Method of binding to the Behaviour, most certainly, was never intended as a Punishment for past Transgressions, but to deter from the Commission of any intended Injury to the Individual, or the Community, by the Breach of any moral or social Obligation; and, as it a Restraint upon the natural Privileges of Mankind, it ought never to be exercised upon slight Suspicion, or trivial Occasions. If supplying the Hunger with Food be a Breach of any Law whatever, it is of a particular positive Law, which has specified the particular Mode of Punishment, which cannot be inflicted till the Party accused has been found guilty by his Peers; nor has it ever, except in the present Instance, been adjudged criminal in itself, dangerous to Society, or injurious to the Individual, to furnish others (not Enemies) with the Necessaries of Life. The Power of obliging Persons, whose past Conduct has given just Ground of Suspicion that their future Intentions are of a noxious Quality, to give Security for their good Demeanor, is a Power which, when properly used, is certainly replete with numerous Advantages; but yet, it cannot be too cautiously exerted. The highest and most valuable Birthright of a British Subject is that of being governed by known and established Laws, which consider Liberty as his noblest Inheritance, and of which no One ought to be deprived but for weighty and important Causes. The Magistrate who wantonly invades this glorious Privilege, for trivial Reasons, is surely not the proper Executioner of the Laws of Britain; but when a Court of Justice openly violates this inestimable Blessing, from Motives of private Resentment, it is no Wonder that it should become equally the Object of our Fear and our Detestation. And, in Matters so very consequential to our Happiness and Security, an Ignorance of those Laws, which they are ordained to administer to all with equal Impartiality, can neither be admitted as an Excuse, nor a Palliation; because, were they really conscious of such Ignorance, common Honesty would teach them to resign their important Offices, and not to aggravate their Crime by a Perverseance in an Employment for which they are so ill qualified: For how exceedingly disgusting must it be to reason with Men, on Points of Law or Equity, when their Knowledge is confined to their own domestic Concerns, or their Judgments biased by Prejudice! To think of convincing them would be an Attempt equally fruitless and disagreeable, "When (as Churchill says)
"the Magistrates, all the While, "Mechanically frown or smile; "Or, with a stupid Kind of Stare, "A Vacancy of Sense declare; "Or, with down-bended Eyes, seem wrought "Into a Labyrinth of Thought; "Where Reason wanders still in Doubt, "And, once got in, cannot get out; "Act without Sense, talk without Thought, "Do every Thing but what they ought; "And all their utmost Wishes mean, "Is to indulge their Rage unfeen."
VIRGINIA, January 14, 1774. INSPECTOR.
To Mr. PURDIE.
THOUGH I cannot but admire the Ingenuity of your Correspondent, QUARTUS CUNCTUS PEDANTICUS PHILOLOGUS, yet I think it might not have been altogether amiss, if, before he began to write, he had observed one Piece of Advice: Understand first, then rebuke. However, as he not only discovers a Desire of acquiring Information, but also a Disposition to receive it, I shall humbly attempt to communicate it to him. The Maxim, that Similes should run on All-Fours , was introduced by the Professor not as a Rule of his own, but as One that had long been established in the Schools . Since it seems to Pedantius of so novel a Nature, I attribute his Surprise to his Ignorance of the Science. If the Position it contains be not garnished to his Taste, the Quarrel lies with its Author. It is, notwithstanding, obvious to Remark, that the Term

against which his Gorge rises is far from being uncommon; and though, I dare say, the Professor will not contend for it as strictly proper, yet I see not why, on this Account, he may not quote the Rule itself, as it has been long known, and generally received. The sole Question, relating to him, is, whether he hath misapplied it or not. The Effect of this strange Expression on Pedantius may appear extraordinary to your Readers in common. He tells us, that if the same Person who had said that a Dog, or a Cat, or a Coach, runs upon four, should say that a Dog, or a Cat, or a Coach, runs upon All-Fours, he should find himself surrounded by a thick Mist. The Professor, I am confident, had no Suspicion of its containing a Power so marvellous. It seems to have been the Intention of his Quotation only to convey this Idea, "that no two Objects can be compared together any farther than as they resemble each other." The Observation, I cannot but think, was properly applied in the Case of Mr. Bracken, and will very well suit the Instances before us. If Pedantius could have construed the Passage in Homer, he would have avoided the Mistake into which he has fallen. It is here translated as literally as possible: And Paeon, sprinkling upon him the Pain-assuaging Medicament, cured him, for he was by no Means mortal; and as when the Juice of the wild Fig inspissating the white Milk, which was liquid, causes it to coagulate, and it in Curing is very rapidly concentrated, so then he suddenly healed impetuous Mars. The most superficial Reading is sufficient to show that it is not the Cure of the Wound which is here compared to the Curing of MILK, but the Speed of the Cure to the Suddenness of the Coagulation. The Blunder arose from an Inaccuracy of Pope:  Sudden the Fluids five, the Parts combin'd; Such, and so soon, th' ethereal Texture join'd.  IL. B. V. V. 1114.  In the other Example, Pedantius informs us that Butler compares the Phenomena of a certain Morning to the Change wrought in a Lobster by its being boiled. Unluckily, this too is wrong. The Words of the Poet are these:  And, like a Lobster boil'd, the Morn From Black to Red began to turn.  HUDIB. Part 2. Canto 2. V. 31.  Is it the Lobster itself which is here compared to the Morning? Or, is it not a Change of Colour in the one similar to that in the other? Would not any Object whose Colour underwent this Turn (whatever were its Qualities in other Respects) be as much like the Morning as a Lobster? Pedantius hints a Design of considering whether in an berick , or mock-berick Poem, Things may not resemble one another in such Circumstances as are totally dissimilar. Rhetoric will owe much to the Investigation of so original and ingenious a Principle; and the Professor, I doubt not, will receive a Largess from his Sportula, with all the Acknowledgments of humble Gratitude. As a Friend, however, I would with Pedantius, before he resumes his Pen, to recollect an old Saw: No Man whose House is made of Glass should begin to throw Stones. That my Admonition is not quite out of Season will appear from his Attempt at a Pun upon Junius , his using the Word Phenomena in the singular Number, his But enough!  Who breaks a Butterfly upon the Wheel?  There is one other Circumstance, relating to the Professor, which I cannot pass over in Silence. It seems an unpardonable Offence that his Style should, at all, resemble the Language of Junius . His staunchest Antagonist first opened the Cry, and now the little Dogs, and all, see, they bark at him. Some vulgar Critics may imagine a wool Model might have been chosen. If such be their Opinion, they err. The Best Judges of Literature have condemned him, and from their Decision there is no Appeal. Be this, nevertheless, his Consolation: It is the only Crime his Opponents can fix on him, and that they are reduced to the most miserable Shifts your Correspondent Pedantius abundantly shows.  I am, Sir, your humble Servant,
To the Reverend Mr. BRACKEN. SIR,  As to Men are to covet the Goods of their Neighbour, but few have ever covetted their Neighbours' Understandings. Though possessed of Abilities inferior to your own, I repine not at the Portion allotted by Heaven. If my Productions be the Offspring of Labour (and as such you, I know, consider them) it should not be forgotten, that the Bee is less swift than the Vulture. This, I hope, will, to you, be a competent Excuse for not having yet answered the Whole of your Letter.  Some busy Persons commend, with a Sneer, your Resolution to disregard anonymous Scribblers. The Difficulty of the Schoolboy, on the Monument of Hargrave , hath (for aught I know) been thought not ill suited to you; but I, who am better informed, impute your declining it to a modest Confidence of your own Importance. One Scribbler has appeared, who affects to argue on the Subject, not knowing that Geniuses of your Order are entitled to an Exemption from the established Maxims of common Sense and of Reason. We should look up for Illumination to Minds like yours. It soothes my Vanity to reflect that I, first, perceived the Worth of your System. Though you, like COLUMBUS , have discovered a World, I have been foremost to describe its Nature and Extent. Its rhetorical Treasures I touched on before, and now I congratulate you on the Acquisition of another Adventurer, whose Capacity I respect as only less than your own. From you he might have learned, with his Inventives, to have done Execution. I acknowledge, however, the Defect of his Design; though, like another Priam ,  his trembling Arm essay'd to throw The dull, dead Javelin, that scarce reach'd the Foe; The Weapon languishingly lagg'd along, And guiltless on the Buckler faintly rung.  Your logical Investigations now call for Attention; and while, in adhering to your Principles, I copy your Example, you will not, I hope, withhold the Reward of a Smile. That I wrote the PARISHIONER OF BRUTON , in the following Manner, you have undertaken to evince. You knew and approved of it, say you, before it was published; therefore, you must be the Author. Now, Sir, let me try whether I, also, cannot bend the Bow, and shoot through the Rings of Ulysses . Observe! A War is declared against France, the Prime Minister issues Orders for equipping a Fleet, Mr. Bracken hears of and approves the Design; therefore, Mr. Bracken issued the Orders. [Hence, by the Bye, it appears too that you, Sir, are Prime Minister .] Though I am satisfied you meant no more by the above Conclusion relating to me than simply to display your new Dialectick, yet, lest, for Want of Information, the Affection might be credited, I am confident you with the Publick set right. The Fact then stood thus: I did know a Letter was designed to be written, but by whom I was ignorant at the Time. Without my Privy to its Contents, the Letter was written. It follows, therefore, that it must have had the Sanction of my Approbation. How amazingly profound are the Powers of your Mind! Lock, Sir, to you was an Aha! But, to make another Attempt: You inform us, that, previous to the Publication, you knew of this furious Attack. According, then, to your own Mode of deducing Conclusions, you must have been the Author yourself. But, was it perfectly compatible with the Delicacy of Friendship to palm your own Letter on me? This once, I, however, forgive you. To proceed: How, or when, I was commissioned to address you, in the Name of a Majority of your Parish, you say, does not appear. Design then to receive Information. Before you were ever heard of in the Parish, I had been long and universally known. In obliging its Inhabitants, I had ever shown a Pleasure. On applying in the Vacancy to several of the Vestry, I was told they would vote with the Sense of the People. At the Suggestion of One, a Paper was carried round to collect the Names of Approvers for you; and the most malignant Calumnies (since, indeed, publicly retracted) were not unusefully employed to obtain them. On the Day of Election, notwithstanding, it appeared that the Number in my Favour was greatly superior. Had those Gentlemen adhered to their repeated Engagements, you would not have been chosen the Rector of Bruton. It was affirmed, that more than one of them, since, hath relented at his Choice. Be this as it may, my Subscription Paper for the Lecture bears some Show of Proof; and I believe it at present, if contrasted with yours, neither inferior, in the Value of the Sum, nor the Number of Subscribers. So much for the How and the When of my Commission. What you add to your Doubt, Sir, in Relation to this Matter, being Nothing more than the naked Truth, I shall beg Leave to transcribe. Every Mode, it seems, bad been ineffectually used to induce a Compliance with their Wishes; and nequero , si nequeo , superos Atheronta movebo , the only Resource left was that of unmanly Abuse in a Newspaper . Adopting these Words, Sir, which originally were yours, I have ventured an Explanation of the Passage from Virgil, prefacing it only with the Context preceding: "Let us leave no Stone unturned to make our
Adversaries' Character odious, for which holy Purpose let us run into Company, betray Conversation, invent Scandal, and, to support it, print Children and old Wives Tales; nay, to serve the Church, let the Saying of Junio be written in all our Hearts:  Fletere, si nequeo, superos, Atheronta movebo.  That is,  To serve our Cause, if Heaven should prove uncivil, We'll humbly crave Assistance of the Devil."  For the present, I am, Sir, your humble Servant,  S A M U E L H E N L E Y.  4 See the Conclusion of Bishop Fleetwood's first Letter to Dr. Snape, 3d Edition, London, reprinted for Cadell, &c. 1763.  The CATHOLICK CLERGYMAN will have a Place as soon as possible. PHILALETHES in our next. The Person who signs himself One of BRUTON PARISH can hardly be in earnest, we should think, when he expects us to publish his Piece, as it would certainly expose us to a Prosecution.
Adversaries' Character odious, for which holy Purpose let us run into Company, betray Conversation, invent Scandal, and, to support it, print Children and old Wives Tales; nay, to serve the Church, let the Saying of Junio be written in all our Hearts:  Fletere, si nequeo, superos, Atheronta movebo.  That is,  To serve our Cause, if Heaven should prove uncivil, We'll humbly crave Assistance of the Devil."  For the present, I am, Sir, your humble Servant,  S A M U E L H E N L E Y.  4 See the Conclusion of Bishop Fleetwood's first Letter to Dr. Snape, 3d Edition, London, reprinted for Cadell, &c. 1763.  The CATHOLICK CLERGYMAN will have a Place as soon as possible. PHILALETHES in our next. The Person who signs himself One of BRUTON PARISH can hardly be in earnest, we should think, when he expects us to publish his Piece, as it would certainly expose us to a Prosecution.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 1, 1774.  THE Court of Directors appointed to superintend the publick Hospital in this City, finding that the Act of Assembly by which it is established hath not, in several Instances, been properly attended to, judge it necessary to give some farther Cautions, to save the Trouble and Expense of sending such Persons to the Hospital, as, in their Opinions, are in no sort proper Objects of the Law. From the Preamble of the Act of Assembly, it is evident that the Legislature had only those unhappy Ideots, Lunatics, and Persons of unfound Minds in their Contemplation, whose Cases were not become desperate, and therefore might probably be cured, and such also as might be dangerous to Society; but it seems far from their Intention to exonerate Parishes of the Expenses of their Poor, by having them placed in the publick Hospital, unless they come under one of the above Descriptions. There may be many Instances of Persons disordered in their Minds from whom no Kind of Danger is to be apprehended, and who, from the long Continuance and Inveteracy of their Complaints, can have no Prospect of being relieved in the Hospital. Many others, from being frequently intoxicated by Liquor, may become troublesome in their Neighbourhoods; but such are not thought proper Patients, and are, therefore, returned to their former Residence.  It is once more recommended to the Magistrates to attend and conform strictly to the Act of Assembly, and particularly to the Preamble, and the third, fourth, and seventh Sections. The Persons supposed to be disordered in their Senses are not only to be examined by the Magistrates, but the Magistrates are also required to take such Evidence in Writing touching his or her Insanity, and the CAUSES of it, as they can procure; and, if it appears EXPEDIENT AND NECESSARY, such disordered Persons, together with the Depositions taken before the Magistrates, are to be sent to the Hospital, &c. and if it shall appear to the Court of Directors that such Persons are proper Objects of the Act, they are to enter their Names in a Book to be kept for the Purpose, and pursue such Measures as each Case may require. From hence, it becomes the Duty of the Directors to be careful in not receiving improper Objects; and the better to enable them to form a right Judgment, it is necessary that they should have the Evidence before them: The Causes of the Disorders, if they can be discovered, may be of singular Service to the Court, but more especially to the Physician who attends the Patients.  If any of those unfortunate People, described by the Act, are possessed of Estates sufficient to defray the Expenses of their Support and Maintenance, the several County and other Courts are required to settle the Allowance to be made to the Hospital for such Support and Maintenance out of their Estates, having Regard to the neat Profits thereof. Should Persons sent have no Estates, it will be taken kindly if the Magistrates will be pleased to certify this also, as it will save the Trouble of making farther Inquiries upon this Head.  Published by Order of the Court of Directors. JACOB BRUCE, Clerk.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 3, 1774.  A SMALL NEGRO BOY was brought to my House, in the Night of the 9th ult. by some Person unknown, and left there. He says his Name is John , that he belongs to Mr. John Johnson of Hanover , and that his Master sent him to me by a Man who brought down a Cart Load of Wheat. I will deliver him to the Owner, upon his proving his Property and paying Charges.  JAMES SOUTHALL.  NEW KENT, February 1, 1774.  ALL Persons who have any Demands against the Estate of John Clayton , late of Gloucester County, deceased, are desired to apply for Payment; and all those indebted to the said Estate are requested to make immediate Payment, to  WILLIAM CLAYTON, Executor.  NORFOLK, February 1, 1774.  WE have just imported a Parcel of choice MA-DEIRA WINE, of the London, New York, and Virginia Qualities, which we will sell on the most reasonable Terms.  (7) JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co.  FEBRUARY 3, 1774.  SEVERAL likely Virginia born SLAVES will be sold for ready Money, before the Kaleigh Tavern , on Wednesday the 16th Instant.  (2||)  JUST IMPORTED,  A NEAT and elegant Assortment of PAPER HANGINGS for Rooms and Passages, a few Sets of Richard's famous TYPES for marking Linen and Books, some very fine SADDLES, Calimanco SHOES, &c. &c. which are selling off cheap, for ready Money, by the Subscriber in Williamsburg.  BENJAMIN BUCKTROUT.  To be SOLD, by Virtue of a Writ of Venditioni Exponas, for ready Money, at King William Court-house, on Wednesday the 16th of this Instant (February)  THE following TRACTS of LAND, viz. The Plantation of Mr. Roger Gregory , on Mattaponi River , near Frazer's Ferry , containing about 600 Acres, whereon is a very commodious and valuable Brick Dwelling-House, with all necessary Outbuildings; also the Plantation of Mr. Richard Gregory whereon he lives, containing about 320 Acres; likewise the Plantation of Mr. Holt Richison whereon he lives, containing about 782 Acres; together with one Half of a MILL called Cuboke , lying near Pomunkey River .  At the same Time and Place will be SOLD, by Virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias, the two TRACTS of LAND above described belonging to Messrs. Roger and Richard Gregory , and also a Tract of Land belonging to Mr. Ferdinando Leigh , near Ruffin's Ferry , containing about 850 Acres, together with the CROPS of CORN made on each of the above Plantations.  THOMAS ROSE, Sub Sheriff.  To be SOLD, by Virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias, at King William Courthouse, on Wednesday the 16th of this Instant (February)  A TRACT of valuable LAND, about three Miles below the Courthouse, containing about 500 Acres, also about eight NEGROES, to satisfy Upsher's Affignees  THOMAS ROSE, Sub Sheriff.  To be SOLD at Mr. Giles Harden's Ordinary, in Goochland County, on Tuesday the 22d of this Instant (February) if fair, otherwise next fair Day,  ABOUT twenty likely VIRGINIA born SLAVES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls; for ready Money, or short Credit.  THOMAS ROSE.  All Persons having Demands against the Estate of the late Mr. William Neale are desired to make them known.  T. R.
For CHARTER,  THE Brig Hartley , Edward Fisher Master, six Months only off the Stocks, Burthen about 400 Hogheads, or 10,000 Bushels. For Terms apply to  GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.  Who have for Sale Whitman COALS, and a Quantity of Kandal COTTONS, just arrived in the last Brig.  NORFOLK, January 31, 1774.  For CHARTER, to any Port of Europe, or the West Indies,  THE Ship Nestor , John Heston Master, Burthen 250 Tuns, a prime Sailer, and has excellent Accommodations for Passengers. For Terms apply to the said Master, or to  (2) JOHN BROWN, & Co.  Who have for Sale Jamaica and Leeward Island RUM, Muscovado SUGAR, Macha and Port WINE, COFFEE, PIMENTA, a few NEGROES, and an Assortment of EUROPEAN GOODS.  To be SOLD, on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, for ready Money, on the 16th of February, agreeable to the last Will and Testament of Richard Pyland , deceased,  A TRACT of LAND in Surry County , lying on the main Road leading from the Courthouse to the lower Church, containing 170 Acres. The Improvements are a Dwelling-House, Kitchen, &c. a good Apple Orchard, and some Peach Trees.  (2) ROBERT PYLAND.  COMMITTED to the publick Jail, a Runaway Negro Man, named BEN , middle sized, very black, has lost his right Eye, stoops a little when he walks, and appears to be above forty Years old; being an African , he speaks bad English, but gives me to understand that he belongs to the Estate of William Smith , deceased, whose Widow used him ill, which induced him to run away, but he cannot, or will not, inform where she lives. His Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges.  (tf) PETER PELHAM.  COMMITTED to the Jail of Middlesex , a Mulatto Man Slave, who says he belongs to Mr. John Beccadin of Northampton ; he is about 29 Years of Age, and five Feet six Inches high. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges.  (||) ELIZABETH DANIEL, Jailer.  WILLIAMSBURG, February 3, 1774.  RUN away, a Negro Girl named JUDITH , about fourteen Years old; she has a Mother at Mr. Hornby's Plantation in James City , and very likely may be harboured by her. Whoever brings her to me shall have TEN SHILLINGS.  (tf) JOHN CARTER.  NORFOLK, January 19, 1774.  AS the Copartnership of James Campbell and Company expires in August next, all Persons indebted thereto are desired to make speedy Payment; and as there is a great Number of Accounts which have been long outstanding, those who fail to pay, or settle by Bond or otherwise, at or before the Meeting of the Merchants in Williamsburg, may depend upon being sued. In the Meantime, the Business will be carried on as usual.  PRINCE GEORGE, January 4, 1774.  THE Creditors of the late Mr. SAMUEL GORDON are desired to give in their several Claims against his Estate to Mr. John Eayrd , in Order that they may be discharged as soon as the Money can possibly be raised, as I am determined to bring Matters to a Conclusion as soon as it is in my Power. The Debtors cannot therefore think of longer Indulgence.  ALEXANDER GORDON, Administrator.  For CHARTER to any Part of Europe,  THE Ship Margaret , Robert Speirs Master, a fine new Vessel, Burthen 400 Hogheads, and now lying at Norfolk . For Terms apply to Andrew Sproule , of Gosport , or the Master on Board.  PETERSBURG, January 14, 1774.  THE Subscriber has six Bales of ROLLS (imported last Month in the Themas ) which he will sell at a very low Advance, for Tobacco or Cash. They cost from 5d. three Farthings to 6d. Half-penny, and are very good at the Price.  HENRY LOCHHEAD.  To be SOLD, to the highest Bidder, at March Pittsylvania Court,  MY Plantation on Turkey Creek , near the said Courthouse, with 1100 Acres of Land. As I have already given some Description of the Land and Plantation, it is needless to say any Thing more on that Head. About 250l. of the Purchase Money is to be paid down; or if the Payment thereof can be made certain by the latter End of the ensuing General Court, it will be sufficient. Two Years Credit will be allowed for the Balance, on giving good Security; and the Bond to carry Interest from the Date, if not paid in Time.  GEORGE JEFFERSON.  N. B. I shall be ready at the Time above mentioned to treat with any Person for any other Part of my Lands in the said County.  To be SOLD, to the highest Bidder, on Tuesday the 15th of March, on the Premises, and may be entered on immediately,  A VALUABLE Tract of LAND on Dan River , Halifax County , containing 1758 Acres, Part of which is rich low Grounds, and there are all convenient Houses on it. A farther Description is thought needless, as it is presumed no Person will purchase without viewing it. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half the Purchase Money, and two Years for the Remainder. Mr. John Baird will treat for the Land and attend the Sale, to whom Bond and Security is to be given. Mrs. Perrin's Dower is laid upon this Land. I will show the Land at any Time before the Sale.  (7) WILLIAM WADE.  KING & QUEEN, January 12, 1773.  WHEREAS a certain John Jeek (alias Teek ) of the Parish of South Brent , in Somersetshire , left England and came to this Colony, but hath not been heard of for eight or nine Years past, and it is said was employed as Bailiff, or under Sheriff, to one Mr. Jones , this is to request the Favour of that Gentleman, or any other Person acquainted with the said Jeek (alias Teek ) to inform the Subscriber, by Letter, whether he be alive or dead, which will be thankfully acknowledged by their humble Servant,  HUMPHREY HILL.  To be SOLD for ready Money, or Credit not exceeding five Years, or RENTED upon good Terms,  THE beautiful and pleasant Seat known by the Name of OXFORD , together with the Land adjacent, containing 1000 Acres, whereon Graville Courthouse and Jail now stands. The Land lies very level, Part of which will produce Tobacco, and most of it is very good for Wheat, Indian Corn, Oats, &c. The Improvements consist of a large well finished Dwelling-House, Kitchen, Tavern, Granary, and other convenient Buildings, almost new. There is on the Plantation an Apple Orchard of about 350 Trees of exceeding good Fruit, just beginning to bear. The Water is perhaps as fine as any in the World, and the Place is in good Order for Tavern-keeping. Any Person inclined to purchase or rent the same may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, upon the Premises.  (12||) JESSE BENTON.

POETS CORNER.  THE COMPLAINT, an ODE to CUPID.  By a Lady of Wit, Sense, and Accomplishments, but neither young nor handsome. Addressed to a GENTLEMAN.
C APRICIOUS Power! to whom all Nature bends, Who giv'st the sharpest Pain, the highest Joy, Why, to compel Mankind thy Sway to own, Dost thou no Arms but Beauty e'er employ? In vain shall Virtue grace the female Mind, Exalt the Soul, and humanize the Heart; In vain the Muse her Garland shall bestow, And to her Votary all her Stores impart. In vain thy Handmaid, Neatness, shall attend, And lively Wit the social Charm supply; Vain all that Nature, all that Art can give, Without the rosette Bloom, and sparkling Eye. How hapless they, who form'd to own thy Power, To feel, alas! what they can ne'er inspire! Shall meet, at most, with frozen cold Esteem, In Change for generous Love and chaste Desire! Let those to whom thy Favours are deny'd, And on whose Birth thy beauteous Mother frown'd, To calm Indifference only pay their Vow, With whom Content and careless Ease are found. Thou, sober Nymph, by tuneful Greville sung*, To her's I join my far less tuneful Voice; For wise are they, who, flying wayward Love, To dwell with thee have made their safer Choice.
CUPID'S REPLY.  By the GENTLEMAN.
UNJUST to mine and Reason's Power, Who say I but employ The Charm of Beauty, transient Flower! To give my Votaries Joy. The rosette Bloom, the sparkling Eye, By Nature fram'd to charm; They raise in every Breast a Sigh, And every Heart can warm: But if, alas! a pleasing Form Be all the Fair can boast, Like Lightning in a Summer's Storm, Her Glare's but seen and lost. While she whose nobler Mind is fraught With more unchanging Grace, By long Experience shall be taught Her Sway cannot decrease. Th' enlighten'd Mind, th' impassion'd Heart, Give Lustre to the Eye, And can to the pale Cheek impart A Bloom that shall not die. Worth, Wit, and Virtue, still must be Admir'd by Men of Sense; Then, prithee, let the Fop go free, And with the Fool dispense. To Boys or Dots make no Claim, Whose slight inconstant Fires Are figur'd by the Stubble Flame, Which crackles and expires.
* Ode to INDIFFERENCE , by Mrs. Greville, a beautiful Poem.
Pursuant to a Decree of the Worshipful Court of Southampton, will be SOLD, to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 10th of March, at the Courthouse, being Court Day,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND , containing by Estimation 750 Acres, whereon Mr. Thomas Willis formerly lived. Any Person inclined to purchase may be informed of the Quality and Situation of the Land by applying to the said Thomas Willis, in Southampton. Three Months Credit will be allowed to the Purchaser, on giving Bond and Security to
JOSEPH and WILLIAM SCOTT.
To be SOLD, in Fauquier County,  A VALUABLE Tract of LAND , containing 5 or 600 Acres, whereon are high, dry, and healthful Situations, with fine Prospects of the Mountains, convenient to Court, Churches, Meeting Houses, Mills, &c. within 26 Miles of Dumfries, 35 of Falmouth, and 40 of Alexandria. The Land is in the Heart of a fine Wheat or Tobacco Country, either of which, or any other Commodity, may be advantageously disposed of at either of the above mentioned Markets, or in the Neighbourhood, where are several Stores. For Terms apply to the Subscriber, near the Premises. (4) JOHN CHILTON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in August last, a stout well set outlandish Negro Fellow named TOM, talks but indifferent English, and perhaps cannot tell his Master's Name and Place of Residence, is marked on his Back, and I believe Breast, with his Country Marks, has filed Teeth, a large Scar or Dent on one Side of his Head, a large Scae across the Outside of his left Wrist, and, if I mistake not, one or more of his Fingers are somewhat crooked or contracted, and he is very Parrot-toed. Had on when he went away an Osnaburg Shirt and short Rolls Trousers, and carried with him a Cotton Jacket. Whoever brings the said Negro to me, in Amelia, shall have 40s. Reward, besides what the Law allows, and 5l. if taken out of the Colony. FRANCIS EPPES.
N. B. I have still for Sale the several Tracts of Land, near Petersburg, belonging to the Estate of Mr. Thomas Williams, deceased, formerly advertised in this Paper, and particularly described.
RUN away, on Monday the 18th of October last, a likely Mulatto Girl named FANNY, about fourteen or fifteen Years of Age; she formerly belonged to Mr. Augustine Smith, of Middlesex, with whom I am informed her Mother, named Joan, now lives as Cook. I have great Reason to suspect that she has been harboured by a Negro Fellow named Moses, belonging to Peyton Randolph, Esq.; about his Quarter in Merchants Hundred, from whence, I suppose, she will endeavour to cross about York to go to her Relations in Middlesex. Whoever apprehends the said Slave, and secures, her in any of his Majesty's Jails, and gives me Notice thereof, shall have 3l. Reward, or 4l. if delivered to me in Williamsburg. JOHN LEWIS.
NORFOLK, January 15, 1774.  THE Subscribers have removed from Portsmouth to this Place, and have for Sale, at their Store on the Town Point Wharf, West India and Northward RUM , old Barbados CANE SPIRIT , Muscovado and Loaf SUGAR , COFFEE , PIMENTA , Madeira WINE , from two to six Years old, of the London Market Quality , Tenerif, Calcaravella, Malaga, and St. Michael's WINES , a few Holland made IRON CHESTS , MARBLE SLABS , a Quantity of best GUN FLINTS , and a small Cargo of very fine Lisbon SALT . INGLIS & LONG.
THE Person who has got a Plan of the Lots at the College Landing, or a Plan of Johnson's Lots, in the City of Williamsburg, is desired to send them to MATTHEW DAVENPORT.
For SALE, on reasonable Terms, at NEWCASTLE, Choice MADEIRA WINE. Kenton's BOTTLED PORTER.  West India RUM.  C H E E S E , of different Sorts.  Cadiz SALT. Several Pair of very handsome large gilt LOOKING GLASSES.  DRESSING GLASSES of different Sizes.  O S N A B R U G S.  BAR IRON and GERMAN STEEL.  BRASS CHARIOT WHEEL BOXES, &c. F. S. Y. M. E.
ALL Persons are forewarned from Hunting, Fowling, or Fishing, on any Part of the Lands belonging to the Estate of William Lightfoot, Esq; deceased, by the Executors. (||)
FREDERICKSBURG, January 15, 1773.  THE 29th of this Instant being appointed by the JOCKEY CLUB for one of their quarterly Meetings, it is desired that those Members who can make it convenient will attend on that Day. (||) GEORGE WEEDON, Secretary.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 19, 1773.  A PERSON who understands the Business of a DRAWER, and comes well recommended, will meet with good Encouragement by applying to ROBERT ANDERSON.
GLOUCESTER, January 12, 1774.  I INTEND to leave the Colony very soon. JOHN THROCKMORTON.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 3d of March, at Gloucester Courthouse,  THE upper GLEBE in Ware Parish , containing 300 Acres. It is esteemed one of the best high Land Plantations in Gloucester County, a fine Swamp runs through it, abounding with Ash, and the Range is excellent. Credit will be allowed until the 1st of December, Bond and Security being given to the Trustees. The Reverend Mr. Fontaine will show the Land to any Person inclined to purchase it.
For SALE,  A VALUABLE Tract of LAND on Nottoway River, near Burche's Bridge, Brunswick, containing 750 Acres, 250 of which are exceeding fine low Ground, and some of it at a small Expense may be converted into fine Meadows; the high Land in general is very strong and rich, fit for Tobacco and Wheat, and for the latter a Market may be had within three Miles of the Place. This Plantation, at a small Charge, may be made a very handsome Settlement for a private Family; having on it a good Dwelling-House and other Outbuildings, with Apple and Peach Orchards, and is about thirty Miles from Petersburg. The Payments will be made easy to the Purchaser, and the Terms known by applying to the subscriber, on the Premises. (||) BURGESS WALL.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in October last, a middle sized Negro Woman, named PHILLIS, and was late the Property of Counsellor Carter; she is about 35 Years of Age, has a few Specks of Black about the lower Part of her Face, some Scars on her Breast, and has a very impertinent Countenance; she was formerly the Property of Mr. Morse, at Paganoff. Her common Dress, when she went away, was blue Plains. I expect she may be in Norfolk or Hampton. Whoever secures the said Negro in any of his Majesty's Jails shall receive a Reward of 20s. from me, in Williamsburg. JOHN DRAPER.
She is fond of Liquor, and apt to sing indecent and Sailors Songs when so. It is probable she will endeavour to pass for a free Woman. All Masters of Vessels, and others, are hereby forewarned from harbouring her.
TAKEN up, in Caroline , a small BAY HORSE about eight Years old, four Feet three Inches high, a cut Mane and Switch Tail, had a fore Back, and branded on the near Buttock 7. Posted, and appraised to 7l. 10s. (||) RICHARD BOOKER.
TAKEN up, in Amelia , a DUN COLOURED MARE about six Years old, four Feet four or five Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, trots and gallops, and has a small Star in her Forehead. Posted, and appraised to 6l. 6s. 3d. (||) SAMUEL BENTLEY.
COMMITTED to Surry Jail, the 2d of November last, a Negro Man who says his Name is JACOB ARMSTRONG, that he belongs to Mr. Cornelius Collick, in Lewis Town, Maryland, and ran away from a Vessel in Roanoke River, the Master's Surname Wife. He is about five Feet seven Inches high, had on a Woollen Coat, Sailor's Jacket, Check Shirt and Trousers. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. MICAIAH COGGIN, Jailer.
For SALE in the Town of Richmond, on the Main Street,
A LARGE well finished STORE HOUSE, WHEAT HOUSE, LUMBER HOUSE, KITCHEN, and STABLE , with one Acre of LAND enclosed; there are good Brick Cellars below the Store, and Wheat House the whole Extent. The Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, in Manchester. (6) JAMES LYLE.
HALIFAX, December 22, 1773.  AS I have given over Trade in this County, I beg the Favour of all those who have Accounts unsettled on my Books to come and settle them immediately, by Bond or other Sureties. Such as fail may depend that Suits will be commenced against them, without Respect of Persons. Those whose Accounts are settled, and have been long due, I hope will pay proper Regard to this Advertisement, as longer Indulgence neither can or will be given. I would willingly rent my Storehouses, which are very convenient to Trade, and situated in the Centre where four Stores formerly were occupied that are now broke up, viz. Buchanan and Haffie's, in Charlotte, Ditto in Halifax, Donald and Company, and this here. Those who have seen it declare it to be one of the most pleasant Situations in the back Country, and the Houses are built after the best Manner. Any Man in Trade, who may incline to rent, could either board with me or keep House himself, as there are all Manner of Conveniencies for that Purpose. I likewise could be of Service to any One who might be a Stranger in Trade here, as my Acquaintance is extensive in those Parts. (4) WALTER ROBERTSON.
NEWMARKET (Caroline) December 1, 1773.  RUN away from the Subscriber, the latter End of October 1772, a likely Mulatto Man named RANDOLPH, about thirty Years of Age, and five Feet eight or nine Inches high; he had on, when he went away, a Suit of Green, with red Livery. As he has many Acquaintances about Williamsburg, it is probable he is lurking about that Place. Whoever delivers the said Slave to me shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. (||) ROBERT BAYLOR.
For SALE, the LOT and HOUSES near Cabin Point Warehouses, at present possessed by the Subscriber.
THE Lot consists of four Acres well enclosed, a good Dwellinghouse with all necessary Outbuildings, a Storehouse, Counting Room, and two Lumber Houses, all at present in very good Repair. A TRACT of LAND in Surry , about six Miles from Cabin Point, containing 335 Acres, on which there is a Dwellinghouse, a small Apple and Peach Orchard, and a Quantity of very good Pine Timber. Another TRACT in Brunswick , containing 355 Acres, known by the Name of Smokey Ordinary, with a good Dwellinghouse, necessary Houses, a Storehouse, Counting Room, and Lumber House, all lately built, and well adapted for either a Merchant or a Tavern Keeper. For Terms apply to Thomas Simmons, in Brunswick, or to (||) JAMES BUCHANAN.
FOR SALE,  THE HOUSES and LOTS, in the Town of York , where the Subscriber now lives. The Dwelling-House is a very commodious One, with four Rooms above and four below, a very large Brick Storehouse, a large and well cultivated Garden, Stables, Kitchen, Wash House, &c. in good Repair. Also about one Hundred Acres of cleared high Land, and about sixteen Acres of exceeding good Meadow, making together a very square compact Parcel of Land; and will make a convenient little Farm for any Gentleman residing here, as it does not exceed two Miles and a Half from Town. For Terms inquire of (||) JACQUELIN AMBLER.
For SALE, at our Store in Norfolk,  O S N A B R U G S , SADDLERY, low priced HATS and CHECKS in assorted Packages, Cadiz SALT , Barbados and Grenada RUM , Barbados SPIRIT , choice Lisbon WINE in Quarter Casks, Madeira WINE in Pipes, Hogheads, and Quarter Casks, of Sterling, New York, and Virginia Quality. COFFEE, GINGER, PIMENTA, Muscovado SUGAR, LOGWOOD, EARTHEN WARE, and European made CORDAGE. (||) GREENWOOD, RITSON, and MARSH.
N. B. Our Brig Betsy , Captain Solomon Eddy, will sail for Madeira in fourteen Days, and return directly to Norfolk . Any of our Friends, or those connected with the House of Messrs. Lamar, Hill, Bissett, and Company, will oblige us by their Orders for Wines by her.
For SALE,  ABOUT twelve Thousand Acres of exceeding rich TOBACCO LAND, in Amelia 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. (||) CARTER BRAXTON.
To be SOLD, SEPARATELY or TOGETHER,  TWO TRACTS of LAND. One lies in Albemarle County , on Hardaway River , about five Miles from the great River, containing 370 Acres, 100 of which are the best Kind of low Grounds, and situated so as always to have the best Range for Stock of any Land between the Capes and Little Mountains.
The other Tract lies in Goochland County , on Lickinghole Creek , near the Three Notched Road , and contains 700 Acres. The high Land is equal to any in these Parts, fine for Tobacco and Wheat, or any Kind of Grain or Meadow. About 200 Acres are cleared, now under good Fences, laid off in three Fields, and in fine Order to work about ten Hands to great Advantage. The Improvements are a good Dwelling-house, Kitchen, Smokehouse, a Dairy, four good Tobacco Houses, with Negro Quarters, and other convenient Buildings, also a fine Apple and Peach Orchard. The Place is pleasantly situated, has fine Water, is as healthy as any Part of the Colony, and is convenient to Church or Providence Meetinghouse, and several Mills, besides one on the Land turned by a Spring Branch to grind for three or four Families the whole Year, and is not in the least unhealthy, as the Water may be ground off every Day. Credit will be given for Part of both Tracts. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. William Mitchell, Merchant in Richmond, or to the Subscriber, who will show the Land. (||) WILLIAM PRYOR. GOOCHLAND, November 1773. 3.
TO BE SOLD,  FIVE Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND in the County of Charles City , with a convenient Dwellinghouse and other Improvements. Two Hundred and twenty Acres, in the same County, pleasantly situated on James River.
Two Thousand five Hundred and twenty Acres in the County of Cumberland, commonly known by the Name of Saint James's. And one Thousand four Hundred and twenty one Acres in the Counties of Goochland and Cumberland, on both Sides of James River, opposite to Elk Island.
The above TRACTS of LAND were of the Estate of the late John Wayles, deceased, devised to the Subscribers, and are now offered for Sale. Persons disposed to purchase may be informed of the Terms, on Application to any one of the Subscribers; and the Times of Payment will be made easy, on giving Bond and Security to THOMAS JEFFERSON. FRANCIS EPPES. HENRY SKIPWITH. (||)
YORK Town, June 9, 1773.  THE Subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the Will of their Testator, the late Honourable William Nelson , desire that all Persons who were indebted to him will endeavour to make as speedy Payments as possible. Those who have Accounts open on his Books, and who cannot immediately discharge the Balances, are desired to give their Bonds. This Request is the more necessary, as most of the Legacies bequeathed by the Testator are to be paid in Sterling Money, and he has directed that his younger Sons Fortunes shall be placed out at Interest upon undoubted Securities, so soon as it can be done. Those who have any Demands are desired to make them immediately known. THOMAS NELSON. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. HUGH NELSON. RO. C. NICHOLAS. (||)
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