The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-05-21 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
With the freest ADVICES,
FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
DELAWARE LOTTERY,
FOR THE SALE OF LAND BELONGING TO THE EARL OF STIRLING, IN THE PROVINCES OF NEW YORK and NEW JERSEY.
Table with 4 columns: Prize Number, Value of each Prize, and Number of Prizes. Includes prizes ranging from £1 to £6100.
894 Land Prizes. 1518 Cash Ditto, at £. 5 each, 1 Ditto to balance. 2413 Prizes. 9862 Blanks. 2275 Tickets, at £. 4 New York Currency, or 46s. Sterling, or ten Dollars each, is £. 49100. About four Blanks to a Prize.
The Lands and Houses have all been appraised by impartial Persons appointed for that Purpose by the Managers, and the Titles inspected and approved of by Counsel of the first Reputation in New York. The Managers are Gentlemen of the first Reputation in New York, who will see that strict Justice is done, and will make a good Title to the Persons who draw the fortunate Numbers, without any Expense of Deeds, and without any Deduction. The Drawing to begin with all convenient Speed. A List of the fortunate Numbers will be printed in the New York and Philadelphia Newspapers; such Prizes as are not demanded in three Years after the Drawing are to revert to the Society of the Hospital in the City of New York, in America, and esteemed as generous Donations to a most benevolent Institution lately established, for the Relief and Recovery of the Poor, Diseased, and Distressed, of all Denominations.
The fortunate Adventurers distant from New York shall have their Prizes paid by, or their Deeds lodged with, the Persons who delivered out the Tickets, clear of any Expense.
444 TICKETS to be had at the POST OFFICE in WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA.
Advertisement.
BEING strictly enjoined by my late Instructions to enforce the punctual Payment of his Majesty's Quitrents, it is expected, for the future, that every Sheriff should settle with the Auditor, and pay the Money into the Receiver's Office, on or before the Day appointed by Law; and all Sheriffs who are yet in Arrear to this Revenue cannot expect any farther Indulgence. RICHARD CORBIN, D. R. G.
VIRGINIA, to wit. By his Excellency the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of DUNMORE, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the said Colony and Dominion, and Vice Admiral of the same:
A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS Complaint hath been made before me that Numbers of People have lately removed, and are daily removing, from the neighbouring Colonies, and settling themselves in the south western Frontier of this Dominion, upon Lands already granted by Patents to others, to the great Injury and Disquiet of such Patentees, availing themselves, in the said lawless Conduct, of his Majesty's Proclamation of the 7th of October 1763, wherein his Majesty is pleased to prohibit the Settlement of those Lands, by which they affect to think that all the Patents issued for granting any Part thereof are annulled and made void, and the said Lands thrown open to the Occupation of the first Adventurer: For putting a Stop, therefore, to such irregular and unjust Proceedings, I have thought proper, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Majesty's Council, by this Proclamation, in his Majesty's Name, to require all Persons coming under the above Description immediately to evacuate such their illegal Settlements; and if they shall refuse or delay so to do, that then the Sheriff of the County of Beresford do use all lawful Means for removing them, and all his Majesty's Officers, both civil and military, and all other his Majesty's legal Subjects within this Dominion, to be aiding and assisting therein, as they shall answer the contrary at their Peril. GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the Colony, at the Council Chamber, in the City of Williamsburg, this 5th Day of May 1772, and in the 12th Year of his Majesty's Reign.
DUNMORE. GOD save the KING.
VIRGINIA, to wit. By his Excellency the Right Honourable JOHN Earl of DUNMORE, his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the said Colony and Dominion, and Vice Admiral of the same:
A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS I have received authentick Advice of the Death of her late Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, and that his Majesty had been pleased, on that melancholy Occasion, to order in Council that in the Morning and Evening Prayers in the Litany, and in all other Parts of the publick Service, as well in the occasional Offices as in the Book of Common Prayer, where the Royal Family is particularly prayed for, the following Form and Order shall be observed, namely, Our gracious Queen Charlotte, his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family: I have therefore thought fit, by and with the Advice of his Majesty's Council, by this Proclamation, to give publick Notice thereof; hereby in his Majesty's Name, requiring every Minister and Reader within this Colony, in his respective Church or Churches, to conform henceforth to the above Direction. GIVEN under my Hand, and the Seal of the Colony, at the Council Chamber in the City of Williamsburg, this 5th Day of May, 1772, and in the 12th Year of his Majesty's Reign.
DUNMORE. GOD save the KING.
WARSAW, February 27.
CAPTAIN Wrangel, arrived this Moment from the Russian Army, hath brought the interesting News that the Preliminaries of Peace between Russia and the Porte had just been signed in that Army, by the Russian General Count de Romanzow and a Minister Plenipotentiary of the Grand Seigneur, both duly authorised on that Subject by their respective Courts; and that the Ottoman Minister had afterwards despatched Couriers to all the Courts in Friendship with his, to give them Information thereof.
PETERSBURG, February 22. Admiral Knowles set out last Month from hence, with the Land and Sea Officers who are appointed to execute an Enterprize which is to take Place in the Black Sea at the Opening of next Campaign. The Empress has given the Admiral six Hundred Roubles for his travelling Expenses, and has appointed his Daughter to be one of her Maids of Honour. It is assured that all the Officers, before they go to the Place of their Destination, are to pass through Jassy, to consult with Count Romanzow; that they may, in Concert with that General, take the surest Methods to succeed in their Undertaking.
BERLIN, March 15. A Major of Hussars, belonging to Colonel Ziethen's Regiments, brought an Account of the Janizaries to our Sovereign, who was sent by General Field Marshal Count Romanzow as a Present. He was taken Prisoner by the Russians, and defended himself in an extraordinary Manner. When he came before his Majesty at Potsdam, he was asked by the King if he wore a Sword: He replied, "Gracious Sovereign, I am now a Slave, and am not permitted to wear One;" whereupon his Majesty declared him immediately free, and made him a Present of a fine Sabre. He is kept here at the King's Expense; and as he desired he might be sent safe to his Country again, the King ordered eighteen Hundred Dollars to defray the Expense of his Journey home. He is upwards of six Feet high, speaks the Italian Language tolerably, is well versed in the Art of War, and defended himself against a superior Force of Russians till he was so much wounded he could fight no more.
PARIS, March 2. They write that seventeen Persons were poisoned in one Day at Monf. Marion's, a famous eating House in that Capital. After the strictest Inquiries made by the Police, and the Faculty, it was found that the Baker who furnishes that House with Bread had accidentally laid it on a Board where Marion had strewed a great Quantity of Ratbane, in Order to destroy the Rats; and as this Bread was put into the Soup that Day, the Persons who eat it were poisoned.
By the same Letter we are informed that the Cashier of the French East India Company at Port l'Orient had decamped with a Million of French Livres, but before he could effect his Escape to London he was taken Prisoner and conducted to the Castle of St. Louis.
HAMBURG, March 13. Letters from Copenhagen, dated the 10th Instant, advise that the Ministers of State Counts de Thott and Schalk Rathlou, accompanied by Mr. Keith, set out on the 8th for Heiligenberg (where the Queen is confined) on an important Commission.
HAGUE, March 14. According to the last Accounts from Cracow, the Confederates still remain Masters of the Castle. These Letters announce the Death of a crowned Head.
LONDON, March 17.
IF the Government does not establish a Settlement on the Mississippi, in North America, all the Benefits arising from the Industry of our Subjects in that Part of the World will flow into the Coffers of Spain, through the Channel of New Orleans; whereas, if a civil Establishment takes Place, Thousands of the back Settlers in the old Provinces, who are now commercially lost to their Mother Country, as they consume none of her Manufactures, will immediately remove to the Borders of so delightful a River, where they will be again able to renew an Intercourse with England, and to make a comfortable Provision for their Families. The Advantages, however, arising from the Establishment in Question, will not terminate here; for an incredible Number of Foreigners, from various Parts of Europe, are already preparing to embark for the Mississippi, upon the Opinion that the Wisdom of Government must necessarily grant them Protection, and think it better to add to the Opulence of Great Britain than to increase the Strength of an ambitious Neighbour, who is at best a jealous Rival, and may be (especially if we supinely compliment it with our Side of the Mississippi) a very dangerous Enemy in America.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman at Hamburg. "How hard the Fate of One who was lately flattered with the Title of a sovereign Princess! to be denied the Privileges granted to the lowest Wretch in the Country of her Nativity, which is, to be tried by their Equals, and to have their Accusers brought Face to Face before them. Directly opposite is her Situation: Accused and tried in her Absence by Wretches interested in her Destruction, her pretended Accomlices threatened with Tortures which Humanity cannot stand against, and consequently must answer such Questions the Inquisitors please to put in the Manner the Inquisitors choose to have them answered. Were the Accusations against her never so well authenticated from such a Tribunal, no honest or humane Person would give the least Credit to them. Well may she say, with David, "Let me not fall into the Hands of Men!"
Advice is received from Copenhagen that the King of Denmark had again earnestly entreated to see the Queen, but was absolutely refused. Upon this he endeavoured to go privately to her, which was discovered by the Queen Dowager, who thereupon placed some Gentlemen about him, whom she could trust, to watch him Night and Day, so that there is no Possibility of his obtaining his Desire.
Another Messenger was despatched this Morning to Colonel Keith, and one to Stockholm.
March 21. None of the Stories relative to the Affairs of Denmark, so far as respects the Movements of our Court therein, are in the least authentick. It is however a Fact that the Faith of the King of Denmark, with the Permission of the Queen his Mother, and Prince Frederick, has been pledged that no Step affecting the Honour and Life of the reigning Queen of Denmark shall be carried into Execution, without first laying the Merits of it before the Court of Great Britain, and obtaining the Concurrence, or, at any Rate, the Declaration of a Non-Interference of the King her Brother therein. This may be depended upon as the most authentick Intelligence of the State of the Affair between the Courts of London and Copenhagen hitherto given.
Letters from several Parts of the Continent mention the general Surprise which the Conduct of the British Court occasions there; as it was imagined, for numberless Reasons, the Queen Dowager of Denmark would have been called to a severe Account for her Proceedings.
Sir Lawrence Dundas, it is said, will shortly be complimented with a Peerage, but whether an English or Irish One is not yet determined. My Lord, however, founds as well with one as with the other, though the Privileges attending the former make it much the most desirable to any Resident of this Kingdom.
Private Letters from Warsaw advise that it has long been a Matter of Surprise how the Confederates supported themselves notwithstanding their great Losses, and it was generally believed that they were privately assisted by some foreign Power. This Supposition is at length verified, and it is discovered that France has from Time to Time sent them considerable Remittances, and continues so to do.
Notwithstanding the general Failure of West India Estates this Year, from the Badness of their Crops, their Value still continues to rise in the Opinion of our most sensible Merchants, who prudently distinguished between an accidental Evil and a permanent Misfortune.
They write from Brest that two French Men of War, one of seventy and the other of sixty four Guns, are both lost, together with their Crews, in the Gulf of Florida.
It is said to be a certain Fact that Lord and Lady Grovenor now co-habit together. His Lordship appears quite satisfied.
The last Advices from Copenhagen are said to be of the most disagreeable Import.
It is reported that frequent and repeated Advices have been received from the West Indies of the daily Inroads offered by the Spaniards in that Quarter of the World to the British Flag. Many small Vessels have been taken by the Guarda Costas, under Pretence of illicit Trade, and the Men confined in Prison; and that there are now above six Hundred English Seamen in Spanish Prisons, under the above Pretence. Every Express that arrives from Gibraltar comes fraught with Accounts of the Insolence of Spain to England in Europe.
March 24. By the last Packet from Dublin there is Advice that the Insurgents called the Hearts of Steel, and the White Boys, had united into one Body, and continued committing the most violent Outrages in the Counties of Mayo, Antrim, Ulster, and Kilkenny; and that at a little Village near Drogheda they had set Fire to and burnt several Barns of Corn, to the Amount of two Thousand Pounds. Several of them are taken, and committed to Jail.
Last Week several People of Dundalk, and the neighbouring Country, went on Board some Scotch Vessels in that Harbour laden with Oatmeal, which they forcibly brought on Shore, after cutting the Rigging and Sails of the Ships.
From the frequent Couriers that pass between the Courts of London, Madrid, Versailles, and the Hague, our Politicians prognosticate a fresh Rupture in Europe; and even the Peace lately concluded between the Russians and the Turks is urged in Support of their Opinion, as if the former was desirous of being at Leisure for a new Scene of Hostility.
Though the Tranquility of the East of Europe seems now to be restored, Politicians seem to be afraid that the three great Powers which have arbitrarily decided on the Affairs of Poland will quarrel about the Spoil.
An Event has happened, within these few Days, which is likely to be productive of a War. Certain Advices have been received by our Court that the French are embarking ten Thousand Troops for the East Indies. Lord Rochford immediately waited on the French Ambassador, who declared that the above mentioned ten Thousand Troops were only intended to relieve the like Number, now in the Island of Mauritius and Bourbon. This Answer not being satisfactory, a Courier was immediately despatched to Versailles, with a strong and very spirited Remonstrance. Some of the Troops, however, are failed; and it is supposed that a great Fleet will be immediately ordered to the East Indies, to watch the Motions of the French. The French regular Force in the East Indies, should the above ten Thousand be permitted to go, will amount to twenty five Thousand Men.
Certain Advice is received over Land that the Governor and Council of Madras, seeing Hyder Ali reduced to Extremity by the Marattos, have assisted him with Ammunition and Arms; which, it is much to be feared, will bring on us the Resentment of that very powerful Nation. It is greatly apprehended that French Councils already prevail at Puna; and

should the Troops of Mauritius, by some unlucky Chance, land in India, we may give up for lost our Possessions in that Country. The above Intelligence is authentic.
The Government is preparing to send out Major Rogers, with proper Assistance, in Pursuit of the North West Passage. The Lords of Trade have reported in Favour of the Measure, and it now lies at the Treasury Board, that a proper Estimate may be made of the Expense.
Yesterday, on casting up the Sums subscribed for reducing the Price of Butchers Meat, they amounted to six Thousand five Hundred and fifty Pounds.
On Monday his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland attended near four Hours in the Upper House, and was afterwards till near eleven o'Clock in the Gallery of the House of Commons.
Last Night Lord North waited on the Duke of Cumberland, at Cumberland House, in Pallmall, with whom he had a long Conference.
A Letter from Tunis, dated January 18, says: "A French Captain, who arrived here yesterday, says that an English Ship was lost off the Isle of Candia, the Crew of which, after having reached the Shore in the Boat, were upon the Point of being murdered by the Inhabitants, who took them for Russians; but the French Consul came to their Relief just in Time, and claimed them from the Pacha, who restored them, after great Hesitation."
A great Personage acts now as only Commander in Chief over the Army, the Secretary at War receives his Orders regularly relative to the Disposition of Commissioners and the Definitation of Regiments, so that the whole Revenues of the Chief Commander now into the Royal Coffers; and we can easily believe these Revenues to be great, when thirty Pounds a Day at least is allowed for the Expenses of a Table.
Friday last Sir James Stewart, Baronet, was presented by Lord Barington to his Majesty at St. James's, and most graciously received.
His Majesty has been pleased to confer on the Right Honourable Lord North the Blue Riband, vacant by the Death of the Duke of Saxe Gotha.
The Duke of Holstein Gottorp, Uncle to the King of Denmark, is expected very soon in this Metropolis; and it is said he will have Apartments in Carlton House.
Sunday, about four in the Afternoon, there was a violent Storm of Hail and Rain, attended with Thunder and Lightning, by which the Shipping below Bridge received much Damage. The same Afternoon, in the great Storm, a Boat with a Sail was over-set opposite Chelsea, with three Persons in it, two of whom were Brothers; one of whom, being an excellent Swimmer, kept his Brother above Water some Time with one Arm, beating the Waves with the other, until they both sunk. The former soon came up alone, and swam ashore, but two out of three perished. The same Afternoon the Congregations in several Churches were struck with the utmost Terror by the Storm during divine Service, particularly at St. John's, Horsley Down; when the Hailstones breaking some of the Windows, a great Part of the People, in the Midst of the Sermon, precipitately ran out. Many Cloaks, Cardinals, Hats, &c. were lost. The same Afternoon, Mr. Goodson, a Master Tailor, in Craven Buildings, being at the late Mr. Whitefield's Chapel in Tottenham Court Road, was struck dead by a Flash of Lightning.
During the said Storm an eminent Timber Merchant of Reading, coming to London on Business, was struck dead on his Horse, near Knightsbridge.
They write from Lisbon that a Danish Man of War took Fire at Sea about thirty Leagues from the Port, and that all the Crew were either drowned or perished in the Flames.
Yesterday their Graces the Dukes of Manchester and Beaufort had the Honour of a private Audience of his Majesty. A Bill is preparing by those two Noblemen to reduce the Price of Provisions, a Plan of which they have presented to his Majesty.
It is reported that some of our Men of War have sunk a French Ship of forty Guns in the Mediterranean, for not paying the Honours due to the British Flag.
Yesterday Morning Orders were sent down to Portsmouth for the Carrysford Frigate to be got ready to sail with all possible Speed, with Despatches for Admiral Rodney at Jamaica.
A Correspondent observes, that the Marriage Bill is like an unpaid Bill of Exchange: It has been noted, and protested.
The following Conundrum is handed about, with the Answer: Why is Lord North like a raw Country Girl? Because he granted the last Favour for a Riband.
March 27. Last Night Letters were received from Doctor Jebb, at Rome, which give an Account that his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester was quite restored to a good State of Health and intended to set out for England in a few Days, and that he hoped to be in Town by the Middle of April.
It is said to be a Point agreed on, and settled, on the Return of the Duke of Gloucester, to England to publish the Marriages of both of the Royal Brothers, now the Marriage Act is passed.
Advice is received from Jamaica that the Spaniards are daily committing Hostilities in that Part of the World, under a false Pretence of an illicit Trade being carried on, so that few People on that Island care to ship their Goods, which has put a Stop to Trade at present, and there is not a sufficient Number of Men of War on that Station to cope with so powerful a Fleet as the Spaniards have in that Part of the World.
It is confidently reported that two Spanish Men of War have taken one of our Frigates in the West Indies, and carried her into the Havannah.
It may be depended on as a Fact that there is a Fleet of Spanish Men of War cruising near Jamaica, which strictly examine every Vessel they meet with.
DUBLIN, March 10. By Letters from the North of this Kingdom we have Accounts that late on Thursday Night last about two Thousand of the deluded People called Hearts of Steel attacked the House of Richard Johnson, Esquire, at Guilford, and fired several Shot into the Windows, which were returned by Mr. Johnson and twenty three others, by which four of the Rioters were killed, and many wounded. These turbulent People, not satisfied with doing every Mischief in their Power, murdered the Reverend Mr. Morell, a Dissenting Teacher of exceeding good Character, by the Shot of a Bullet through his Head, for advising them from the Pulpit some Days before to be amenable to the Laws and Constitution, which they resented in the highest Degree. After Mr. Johnson had consumed all his Ammunition, he made his Escape from the Back of his House over a high Garden Wall, plunged into the River Ban, and swam to the opposite Shore. During his Passage these wicked Insurgents fired several Times at him in the Water, but he luckily escaped unhurt; although their Malice did not end here, as they pulled his elegant House to the Ground, and destroyed the whole Village.
THE LEGEND of POVERTY.
A MERCHANT of tolerable good Sense, not altogether unimproved by Education, found, in Spite of all the Care he could take, his Affairs in such a Situation as rendered it necessary for him to strike out some better Way of employing his Fortune. Such was the Case of this distressed Trader, who, having unsuccessfully wearied himself in seeking to escape from a Labyrinth of Thought, at last sunk imperceptibly into a profound Sleep, Nature affording that Remedy which he wanted both the Will and the Power to apply.
His Eyes were scarce closed, when, to his full waking Mind, the Image of a robust Woman, about the common Size, presented itself. My Name is POVERTY; do not be startled; your being afraid is the only Thing that can be hurtful to you; calm your Thoughts, recollect your Spirits, and when you are cool enough to hear me I will go on. Having said this, she paused a While, and then resumed her Discourse. "My Parents (sad the) were Chance and Indiscretion; they made a Match almost without thinking of it, and although my Mother went her full Time I came into the World unexpectedly. She had been married more than once before, and I had a great many Sisters by different Fathers, most of whom have made their Husbands miserable. This doublet, you have heard, and therefore not without Reason seem embarrassed at the Sight of me; but have Patience, you are the Person I have chosen for my Spouse, and you cannot be rid of me, yet, if you will follow my Advice, we may live together very happily."
The poor Man sighed, but could not speak; he contented himself with bowing and beckoning her to proceed. "Most of my Sisters, (continued she) have been unable to gain the Love of their Husbands: They conversed with them by Force; and the Consequences, in most of them, hath been, the bringing into the World a Boy, black as a Negro, called SHAME, alike hated by Father and Mother, and yet sticking so close to them as never to be divorced."
A few of my elder Sisters have been more happy: Some of them have been matched with Country Gentlemen, settled for the most Part in Wales or the North; and the Men being sober and discreet, they have lived in Peace and Comfort. Most of their Issue have been Females, such as Temperance, Frugality, and Piety. With these Maids, when they grew up to Maturity, they passed their Time very agreeably, returning the World's Favour in Kind, and pitying, with good Reason, such as pited them.
Although I have no Fortune to brag of, yet the Possession of me is attended with some Blessings. For Instance, from the Moment we are united you will have no Flatterers; a Look of mine obliges a false Friend to unmask himself, and doubles the Tenderness of him who is really so,
Idle Visitors, and Gossips also, very rarely come where I am; so that, if I bring you no good Company, I shall at least keep you from the plague of the Bad, which, the Corruption of the present Age considered, is of no small Consequence.
I am a great Enemy to Luxury, and very fond of Exercise, for which Reason, Health, whose Company is so desirable, shows herself at all Times more ready to visit me than Ladies who make a much better Figure. I can also boast that Quiet is my constant Companion, and that there are very few Vices able to live under my Roof. The most troublesome, which you perhaps will think strange, is Pride; but she is an insinuating Hussy, and never wants some Art or other of recommending herself in Cottages, as well as Courts. When she becomes troublesome to me, I have no Remedy but listening a little to Rumour; for no sooner do I hear what other People say of me but I certainly recover my Wits.
You have a little Freehold in Warwickshire; let us go thither; make your Study to remember your Condition, and that you are taught by Experience that your Parts are not of the Kind to make it better, though it may become worse. Your Income, though small, will keep Necessity at the Door, if you yourself are not imprudent enough to let her in. Labour will supply many Wants, and at the same Time divert Care. He can never think himself a Slave who has no Master, or believe any Office beneath him Nature requires. You must shun Company, because you cannot entertain them. The ill judging World will call this Spleen, but your own right judging Heart will acquit you. Accustom yourself to go often to that Tribunal, and never dispute its Decrees. Time, which lessens all Evils, will make the Pains of which you are apprehensive become Pleasures. In the Course of a few Years, I shall render you so many Services you will begin to love me. I am so well persuaded of this, that I will venture to solicitate you on your Nuptials; for I know, my dear Spouse, that Providence matches for the best, and that Men owe their Miseries to a vain preferring their own Choice."
At these Words the decayed Trader started from his Seat, and stretching out his Hand, with great Alacrity, the sudden Motion awoke him. He recollected, he considered his Dream; and having bowed himself in humble Thankfulness, before his Maker, he readily embraced that State of Life which alone was left him, fully persuaded that a virtuous Poverty might afford as much Happiness as the most elevated Condition, and that Content, with a little, might prove as agreeable to him as Riches to others.
From the MASSACHUSETTS SPY.
A CARD, to the noble and patriotick Lord DUNMORE. It is an old and common saying, my Lord, that all Comparisons are odious! but this, like many other old Phrases in the World, is entirely without Foundation; for it is by Comparison principally that we arrive at our highest Degree of Knowledge in this World, which, Sir, you know, is but a low Degree at best. By comparing the Conduct of Men we gain the Ideas of Greatness, Nobleness, Goodness, &c. as also of Littleness, Baseness, Wickedness, and the like. Thus, my Lord, when your Conduct, in the late Abolition of the exorbitant Fees taken by the Clerks of your Predecessors in the Colony of Virginia, is contrasted (or compared) with the Conduct of a late Governor of North Carolina, your Lordship appears as a Brother, a Father, as a Guardian Angel to the Virginians, and a Friend to the human Race; while the other exhibits the Character of a Robber, a Murderer, a Hater of Mankind, an infernal Fiend, with a Soul more dark and horrible than the Midnight of Hell! Had that arch Devil, may it please your Lordship, been inspired with your noble Greatness of Soul, Alamoance would not have been stained with guiltless Blood; and many a better Man than himself might still have lived in Peace and Comfort with his Family, Friends, and Neighbours, and have been a great Blessing to the Community. Would you, my Lord, embalm your Name, and immortalize your Character, as the greatest, best Magistrate, ever in Authority in America (you see how Comparison is kept up) let one more noble, and very just Deed, mark your Administration: My Lord, set at Liberty the persecuted for Religion's Sake, and let the Prisoners go free who are confined in some of your loathsome Jails for preaching the everlasting Gospel. Supposing them to hold some Errors, let these of their Prosecutors who are without Sin cast the first Stone.
TOLERATION.
PHILADELPHIA, April 30.
ON Saturday Morning, between eight and nine o'Clock, two small Shocks of an Earthquake were felt by many People in this City, and Places adjacent; and a Gentleman at Cohanie, in New Jersey, writes that the Shocks were so sensibly felt there that Dishes, &c. in Cupboards, rattled one against another, and some were shook off of the Shelves.
Extract of a Letter from London, February 10.
"The Business of Parliament goes on, as I expected it would, exceedingly smoothly. There was not so much as a Word offered in either House against the King's Speech. The Commons have voted twenty five Thousand Seamen for the ensuing Year, without a Division. Every Thing else is carrying on without Opposition, occasioned, in a good Measure, from the Doors of both Houses being shut against all Strangers whatever; so that the Patriots having Nobody to declaim to, are quite tired out, and seldom give their Attendance. Lord Temple, I am assured, and Lord Chatham, I am told, will neither of them enter the House this Session. Lord Camden seems to lie entirely quiet. In the City we have an excellent chief Magistrate, by whose Means, and by the Divisions among themselves, the Patriots there are kept under. Even Junius has now fairly written himself down. This exceedingly factious Writer (who is still concealed) seems to point his Malevolence chiefly against the King, the Duke of Grafton, and Lord Mansfield, his last Letter to whom is universally decried, as frivolous and groundless in the highest Degree. We are at length, I hope, after a violent and tedious Hurricane, on the Eve of as long a Calm in Politics; indeed I can see Nothing to prevent it. Lord North goes on calmly, steadily, and firmly; and as his Hands are strengthened by the full Confidence of his Master, who delegates to him the Powers necessary to his serving him with Effect, I really believe our domestick Government will acquire some Stability, and of Course our Reputation with foreign States will soon be restored to that Standard to which our Strength, Riches, and Consideration, so justly entitle us."
WILLIAMSBURG, May 21.
THE Merchants, we hear, intend to postpone their Meeting at the Oyer Court till the 20th of July, as it was so late before they did their Business at the April Court.
The Anne and Mary, Power, from London, and Assistance, Farsih, from Whitehaven, are arrived in James River.
Advertisements.
WANTED , on Charter for Port Glasgow, a VESSEL that will carry four or five Hundred Hogheads of Tobacco. For Terms apply to
JOHN HAMILTON, & Co.
KINGSMILL, May 20, 1772.
IMPORTED in the Ritchie, Angus M c Larty Master, the following Parcels of GOODS, namely, L B M in a Diamond, No. 1 a Bale, 2 a Cask, 3 a Bottle, 4 a Box, 1 and 2 Casks, 3 and 4 Bundles, three Iron Pots, one Bundle of Steel, and three Gunloads. As the above Goods have never been delivered, it is supposed they are landed with some Person on Rappahannock River, and it will be taken as a Favour if the Person with whom they are left will give Notice of it to William Harrison, in Goochland, or to
LEWIS BURWELL.
TO BE LET, THE WELL ACCUSTOMED SWAN TAVERN IN YORK TOWN.
FOR TERMS APPLY TO THE SUBSCRIBER. THOMAS NELSON, Junior.
FALMOUTH, May 12, 1772.
I HAVE lately empowered Mr. JOHN EUSTACE of this Town (in Place of Mr. David Kerr) to collect the Debts due to the late Copartnership of Wadsworth and Neilson, and beg that speedy Payments may be made by those indebted to the Concern, as this and the next Week's Advertisement really will be the last in publick for that Purpose. 2 || ALEXANDER WODROW, Surviving Partner.
MILNER's, May 19, 1772.
IMPORTED in the Annie, Robert Pollock, last Fall, and not come to Hand, the following PACKAGES:
 C a Bale of DUTCH BLANKETS, No. 42.  B H Ditto, 1 Ditto - OSNABRUGS, - No. 48.  B H, with a Crow's Foot between the Letters, two Casks of NAILS, No. R and E E.  Ditto, a Bale of RUGS, No. 16.  AB the AB in a Piece, a Bale of COTTON, No. 4.  B H Ditto, three Casks of NAILS, No. D. E. F.  Whoever can give Information where any of these Packages are lodged will confer an Obligation on
BUCHANAN & CUNISON.
RICHMOND, May 12, 1772.
AS I intend for GREAT BRITAIN some Time in the ensuing Fall, I beg the Favour of all those who are indebted, either to the Store kept by me at Shacks, or to that kept by Mr. Thomas Reed in Ankeest, on Account of Messieurs Alexander Spotts, John Newman, and Company, of Glasgow, to have their Balances adjusted before my Departure; and as many of the Accounts have been long due, such it is hoped will make Payment, and prevent a more disagreeable Application, as no farther Indulgence must be expected. The Goods, after September next, will be sold at Shacks under the Direction of Mr. Robert Burton, and in Ankeest under that of Mr. George Wair.
JAMES M c DOWALL.
GRAY's CREEK, May 20, 1772.
ALL Persons indebted to me are desired to make immediate Payment, as they may depend no farther Indulgence will be granted. ALEXANDER, BOAKE.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 19, 1772.
LOST between this and Burwell's Ferry, or left at some House where I have been doing Business, two MEMORANDUM BOOKS. If they should be found I shall esteem it a Favour they may be left at Mr. Southall's, where a Reward will be given. They can be of little Use to any but the Owner. DANIEL HUTCHINGS.
MANCHESTER, May 12, 1772.
SOME Time ago Hooper and Jones's BOND was left with me to receive Payment, which I have obtained, but do not remember who put it into my Hands. I should be glad to pay the Money to the proper Person. JAMES LYLE.
THE Subscriber, at PITTENWEEN, just below the NEW DISTILLERY, near NORFOLK, has for Sale WEST INDIA RUM by the Hoghead, and a considerable Quantity of HONDURAS HIGHLAND MOHOGANY, equal in Quality to any Jamaica, from fourteen to forty Inches square, and from eight to seventeen Feet long, which he will dispose of on very reasonable Terms. As he has now removed from Norfolk to the above Place, and intends declining Trade till his old Affairs are settled, he requests that all Persons indebted to him may make speed Payments, and those who have any Demands are desired to apply soon, that they may be discharged. 10 || WILLIAM CHISHOLM.
THE repairing of the Chapel at CABIN POINT, and enclosing the Churchyard with Posts and Rails, will be let to the lowest Undertaker, at the said Chapel, on Monday the 1st of June. For Particulars inquire of the Subscribers.
 JOHN COCKE.  WILLIAM SHORT.  WILLIAM SIMMONS.  JAMES BELSCHES. 
To be SOLD , pursuant to a Decree of the Honourable the General Court, at publick Auction, on the Premises, on Tuesday the 14th of July, and entered on the 1st of January,
TRACT of LAND, in the County of Northumberland, belonging to the Estate of the late Mr. John Smith, deceased, known by the Name of Fleet's Bay, containing sixteen Hundred and eleven Acres, on which is a Brick Dwellinghouse in good Repair, and all necessary Outhouses; the Situation is very beautiful, and the Quality of the Land inferior to none in the lower Part of the Country. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond and approved Security. At the same Time will be sold, on three Months Credit, about sixty NEGROES, large STOCKS of all Sorts, and a considerable Quantity of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. And on Friday the 17th of the same Month will be sold, by the same Authority, in the County of Gloucester, and entered on the 1st of January, eight Hundred Acres of LAND lying on the Dragon Swamp, Part of which is good low Grounds, and about fifty Acres of Swamp. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, giving Bond, with good Security, to
 GEORGE PURDIE.  JOHN BOWDOIN.  JOHN SMITH.  JOHN LEE. 
Just IMPORTED by the Subscriber, and to be SOLD at his Store in PORTSMOUTH, for ready Money, or on short Credit,
A WELL assorted CARGO of GOODS suitable to the Season, among which are SHEETINGS from one Shilling and four Pence to six Shillings a Yard, DAMASK TABLECLOTHS, and in Suits, PORT WINE, Kenton's bottled PORTER, RAFFEE SNUFF scented and plain, RUSSIA SAIL CLOTH, best London waxed and grained CALF LEATHER, &c. &c. JAMES INGRAM.
To be SOLD at PUBLICK AUCTION, on
WEDNESDAY the 10th of JUNE,
TWO LOTS in the Town of Portsmouth, late the Property of Albert Nisbet, Esquire. Any Person inclined to purchase may see the Lots by applying to Mr. John Goodrich.
WILLIAM AITCHISON, Administrator.
For SALE,
SEVERAL Thousand Acres of LAND in the Counties of Mickleburg, Halifax, and Pittsylvania, from five to twenty Shillings an Acre, according to Quality and Distance. For Terms apply to Roger Atkinson, near Petersburg. 8
WILLIAMSBURG, May 20, 1772.
STOLEN, or STRAYED , from the Subscriber, the 9th Instant, a large bay HORSE about fourteen Hands high, branded on the Buttock B, some Saddle Spots, roached Mane and Bob Tail, one of his Sides galled, occasioned by his being rode hard about three Weeks ago. THREE POUNDS Reward will be given on Conviction of the Thief, or TEN SHILLINGS upon Delivery of the said Horse to
BENJAMIN BUCKTROUT.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, five Head of CATTLE, namely: A brindled STEER with a Star in his Forehead, and two Underkeels; a black STEER and a red pied COW of the same Mark; a black COW with a white Face, and white along her Back, marked with a Swallowfork in the right Ear, a Crop and Underkeel in the left; and a red BULL with two Crops and two Nicks. Posted, and appraised to ten Pounds. || NICHOLAS CONNER.
TAKEN up, in Amberst, nine HOGS, namely, three red Sows and a red Barrow, a black Sow and Barrow, a blue Sow and Barrow, and a sandy coloured Barrow, each marked with a Crop and Silt in the left Ear, and a smooth Crop in the right. || HUGH ROSE.
TAKEN up, in King William, two HEIFERS, one of them a brindled Colour, and the other a red and white, marked with a Swallowfork and Underkeel in each Ear, and were both with Calf when they came. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds five Shillings. THOMAS WALLER.

To be SOLD at WARWICK, on Saturday the 30th Instant (May) for the Benefit of the Ensurers, Sundry Goods damaged in the George , Captain Coats , consisting of SINDIAGOODS, DUROYS, WILTONS, CASIMIRS, and GERMAN OSNABRUGS. Six Months Credit will be allowed. JOHN LEITCH.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, in Chester- field , a bay HORSE, four Feet four Inches and a Quarter high, has had a Kick on his fore Footlock Joint, which is very remarkable, and is branded on the near Buttock with Something like G. Whoever brings the said Horse to me, or gives me Information so that I may get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. ARCHER TRAYLEN.
CABIN POINT, May 6, 1772. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. John Heath , deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment; and those who have any Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known to RICHARD COCKE, } Executors. LEMUEL COCKE, }
ELIZABETH CITY, May 10, 1772. PURSUANT to the last Will and Testa- ment of Henry Allen , deceased, and the Decree of the County Court aforesaid, on Thursday the 28th of this Instant (May) at the Courthouse, will be sold six Virginia born SLAVES , three of them Fellows, and brought up to the Plantation Business; the other three are Wenchs, one of which is a good House Wench. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond, with good Security, to JOHN ALLEN, Junior, Executor.
MILNER'S May 12, 1772. I INTEND to leave the Colony in a few Weeks, and to return next Spring. In my Absence, the Business of Cuning, Warwick, and Company , will be carried on in the usual Manner by Mr. James Moore , a Partner. ANTHONY WARWICK.
GRAY'S CREEK, May 12, 1772. I INTEND to leave the Colony soon after the Oyer Court . JAMES BAIRD.
WANTED, A DISCREET active Woman, as a Housekeeper in a Gentleman's Family. Such a One, properly qualified, may meet with Encouragement by applying to the Printer of this Paper.
WHEREAS I purchased a Tract of Land, lying in Dinwiddie County , of John Goodwin , for which I executed Bonds to him for the Sum of four Hundred Pounds, bearing Date the 11th of October last, this is to forewarn all Persons from taking Assignments of them, as I will not pay any of them until a Suit, which is now commenced, for a good Right, is determined. THOMAS THWEAT.
SEVERAL likely NEGROES will be sold, for ready Money, on Wednesday the 3d of June , at Charles City Courthouse , being Court Day.
THE Subscribers, having proved the Will of Captain Robert Carter , deceased (of Hanover County ) request all those who are indebted to his Estate to settle and pay their respective Balances immediately, and those who have Demands are desired to make them known to us, that we may provide to discharge them. JOHN BLACKWELL, } Executors. JOHN CARTER, Junior. }
ELIZABETH STRACHAN and SISTERS have just imported, from London , a fresh Assortment of MILLI-NERY , in the newest Taste, and to be sold cheap, for ready Money, at their Shop in Richmond Town , among which are the following Articles: Full Suits of Blond and Minionet Lace, scolloped Gauze and Book Muffin Ditto, Cockhay Caps, Mary Scott's Puff and Lappets, fashionable Gauze Caps, Riband and Shenell Ditto, Lace and Italian Flower Caps, French and Italian Breasts and Head Flowers, worked Muffin and Lawn Aprons, flowered Gauze Ditto, penciled Gauze Ribands and others, Italian Stock-machers and Knots, Riband and Shenell Ditto, Apron-wide Bock Muffin, common Width Ditto, plain and flowered Gauzes, Mens Kid and Buck-skin Gloves, Womens coloured and white Kid Gloves and Mits, black and white Silk Ditto, Mens Cotton and raw Silk Stockings, Tabby and Ticking Stays, Long Lawn, Humblums, thick Muffins, striped bordered thick Muffin Handkerchiefs, &c. &c.
WESTMORELAND, May 4, 1772. AS I have found the Method formerly taken insufficient to satisfy all my Creditors, and notwithstanding I have given up all my Effects I am still likely to suffer, there having some Judgments lately gone against me, I now would beg all my Creditors, or their Representatives, to meet at next Westmoreland Courthouse , and I will there lay before them all that remains in my Power to do for them, and hope that those who have obtained Judgments will delay distressing me until they see what then may be done; and if Nothing but confining my Person will satisfy them, they shall then have it in their Power. GILBERT CAMPBELL. N. B. We, Mr. Campbell's Trustees, likewise beg his Creditors may meet at the above Time and Place, that we may make a Dividend, and do what is in our Power to serve him. WILLIAM FLOOD. HUGH HAMILTON.
NEWCASTLE, May 1, 1772. AS the Subscriber intends to leave this Colony shortly after the ensuing June Oyer Court , he requests all those who are in Arrears to the Store kept by him at this Place, for David Cochran and Company , to settle their respective Balances before his Departure. The Store will be continued in his Absence, to its usual Extent, by Mr. Francis Irwin , who will be properly authorised to settle all the Company's Concerns. DAVID COCHRAN.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, on the Dividing Creek, in Northumberland , last December , a small ROWING BOAT, twelve Feet long and six in Width, valued at five Pounds. THOMAS INGRAM.
THE Brig LIBERTY, now lying at Lay- ton's, in Rappahannock River , will take in Tobacco, addressed to Tate, Alexander, and Company, Merchants in Liverpool , at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun. Those Gentlemen who incline to favour that House with their Consignments are requested to give their Orders with the Captain on Board the said Brig, or deliver them to the Subscriber, who will attend all the County Courts for that Purpose. CHARLES ALEXANDER.
THE expected Meeting of the OHIO COMPANY, on the 30th of March last, being prevented by the Sitting of the Assembly, a Meeting of the said Company, at Stafford Courthouse , on Monday the 25th of May next, on Business of the utmost Importance, is desired by G. MASON, Treasurer.
NORTHUMBERLAND, May 10, 1772. I INTEND to leave the Colony in a few Weeks. THOMAS MAIN.
A BOX, marked B S, No. 35, containing Silver Ware, Pocket Books, &c. the Property of Robert Gilmore of Northumberland , was, by Mistake of my Mate, sent to some Gentleman who had Goods last Fall by the Anne . Whoever sends the Box to the said Robert Gilmore shall be paid all Charges thereon, and will greatly oblige ROBERT POLLOCK.
THE Owner of the Lots drawn in Colonel Byrd's Lottery on the north Side of James River , Number 444, 472, 492, 447, 448, 494, 495, 419, 424, 513, and 514, may hear of a Purchaser by applying to the Subscriber, in Richmond Town . ROBERT DU VAL.
TAPPAHANNOCK, May 8, 1772. As it is now two Years since I discontinued Store-keeping on my private Account in this Town, and those indebted to me have had the greatest Indulgence, I must request them to come and pay off immediately, and those who have any Claims against me to bring them in, that they may be settled and paid. The Store I formerly kept at this Place has been under the Management of Mr. William Skedden , on Account of McCall and Skedden , since May 1770, where Customers may depend on a regular Supply of Goods, and the same civil Usage and Indulgence as formerly.
I have for Sale some Lots in this Town, on which is a genteel two Story House, with necessary Outbuildings and Gardens, pleasantly situated on the Bank of the River. Any Person inclined to purchase may have them on very reasonable Terms, either for ready Money, or Bond on Interest with a long Credit. The Purchaser may likewise have the Furniture, and House and Kitchen Servants, which are good, provided the Servants are willing to live with him. The Land and Houses where Mr. William Skedden formerly kept Store in this County will be offered for Sale, at this Place, on the third Monday in July , being Essex Court Day . Any Person inclined to purchase, by private Sale, may treat for them between this and that Time. ARCHIBALD MC'CALL.
I have also for Sale a very honest and capable Negro SKIPPER , well acquainted with the Bay and Rivers, and who has had the Charge of Bay Craft for upwards of twenty Years.
I INTEND to leave the Colony very soon. ANDREW CRAWFORD.
AS Mr. Andrew Crawford, late Factor, in Essex , for James Ritchie and Company of Glasgow, Merchants , intends to leave this Colony very soon, it is expected, and required, if any Person has any Claim against James Ritchie and Company for Transactions with Andrew Crawford , that such Persons shall immediately give in their respective Claims to Andrew Crawford and the Subscriber, and have the same settled and adjusted prior to the said Crawford's leaving the Colony, and that all Persons who had Store Dealings, in Hobb's Hole , with Andrew Crawford , and whose Accounts are not finally settled, will immediately examine their respective Accounts on the Books in the Possession of the Subscriber, and have their Accounts settled, as Claims against James Ritchie and Company for any Transaction with Andrew Crawford , although said to have been formerly given in, will neither be discounted nor paid by the Subscriber after the said Crawford leaves the Colony. WILLIAM WODDROP.
A BOX, containing twelve Pair of Did- bury's Shoes, marked D in a Diamond, N o 1, imported in the Betsy , Captain Dunbar , last Fall, is not yet come to Hand. Any Person with whom the said Box may be lodged will please to forward it to me at Warwick , and the Favour shall be acknowledged. SIMON FRAZER.
ARRIVED in James River, from Africa, the Polly , Captain Duncombe , with four Hundred and fifty fine healthy SLAVES ; the Sale of which will begin at Bermuda Hundred , on Monday the 25th Instant (May) and continue till all are sold. Credit will be given upon Merchants Notes, or other good Security, and a Discount allowed for ready Money. BURNLEY & BRAIKENRIDGE. As soon as the Sale is finished, the said Ship, which is a new Vessel, and in very good Condition, will sail for Bristol , and will take in Tobacco at six Pounds a Tun, delivered along-side.
GEORGE III. by the Grace of GOD of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Halifax County , greeting: We command you to summon Robert Wynne, Junior, John Wynne, and Llewelling Jones , to appear before our Justices of our said County, at the Courthouse, on the third Thursday in this Month, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against them by John Jamieson and Son, James Buchanan, Andrew Buchanan, Walter Brock, Robert Haffie, William Buchanan, and Duncan Rose . And this you shall in no Wise omit, under the Penalty of a Hundred Pounds; and have then there this Writ. Witness Robert Munford , Clerk of our said Court, at the Courthouse, the 12th Day of May , in the 12th Year of our Reign. ROBERT MUNFORD.
Just IMPORTED, in the Unity, Captain Gosley, a large Assortment of fine GOODS, and to be sold by the Subscriber, namely: PASTE Necklaces and Earrings, fine Paste Stomacher and Sleeve Knots, Buttons in Sets, Paste Sprigs, Garnet set in Gold, plain Gold and Paste Lockets, plain Gold and Paste Stock Buckles, Paste Shoe Buckles, Mocha Buttons set in Gold, plain and labelled Decanter Corks, Silver mounted chased and plain Corals and Bells, Tortoise-shell Toothpick Cases, Smelling Bottles in Ditto, neat Paper Snuff Boxes, fine Steel Scissors, Silver Pencil Cases, Silver Shoe Buckles, Silver Thimbles, plain Gold and Pebble Sleeve Buttons, Sword Canes, Didbury's Shoes, Wax Tapers on Brass Frames, very useful for Merchants, and many other Articles too tedious to insert. C. RATHILL.
FOR SALE, All that Tract or Parcel of LAND lying in Pasquotank Parish , in the County of Gloucester , known by the Name of Paradise , containing, by a Survey, fourteen Hundred and forty six Acres. It lies very convenient to Portopotank Inspection of Tobacco, on a Creek of Tox River, and within thirteen Miles of Urbanna ; the Soil is exceeding good for Tobacco, Corn, or Wheat, and more than Half imagined to be Woodland, the greatest Part of which is very good, and well timbered. Mr. William Pollard , who lives near the Land, will be kind enough to show it to any Person who may choose to look over it. The Proprietors of this Land live in the Province of Maryland , who have authorised me to dispose of it, and possessed me with their Title Papers for the Inspection of those who may incline to purchase. ESSEX, May 5, 1772. JOHN LEE.
To be SOLD at PASQUOTANK Courthouse (North Carolina) on the 10th of June next, to the highest Bidder, at publick Vendue, the following Tracts of LAND: BETWEEN three and four Hundred Acres on the north Side of Pasquotank River , about three Miles below the Courthouse, with three small Houses thereon; it is exceedingly well timbered, chiefly high Land, Part of which is cleared, an agreeable Situation, and commands an extensive Prospect.
About two Hundred Acres on Araways Creek , a little above the other Tract, with a large two Story Brick House on it; near sixty Acres of it is cleared Land, the rest is well timbered, and the Whole is on navigable Water for small Craft. There is a very fine Apple Orchard, and other Improvements upon this Tract. About five Hundred Acres on Pasquotank River , a little below the River Bridge, four Hundred and fifty Acres of which is rich Cypress and Juniper Swamp; the rest is high Land, well cleared, and under a good Fence, with several Improvements, particularly a good Cart Road from the Water Side a considerable Way up the Swamp; the Whole of it lies on ten to twelve Feet Water clear to the Bank. The Purchasers are to give Bond, with approved Security, payable in twelve Months from the Day of Sale. The Premises may be entered on immediately, and the Subscriber, who lives on Araways Creek , will show the same to any Person inclined to purchase. MATTHIAS ELLEGOOD.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, or at private Sale, the first Friday in July, at Chesterfield Court, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, in the same County, containing one Hundred and seventy Acres. It has a good Apple Orchard, a fine Spring, excellent Timber, and lies about five Miles above the new Town of Manchester , adjoining the Land of Stephen Pance . Six Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond and Security. THOMAS GIBSON.
ALBEMARLE, May 2, 1772. I HEREBY give Notice to all those who are indebted to John Fortune, Junior, deceased, of Albemarle County , to come and make immediate Payment; such as fail may expect no longer Indulgence. PETER DAVIE, Administrator.
To be SOLD for ready Money, before the Raleigh Tavern, this ensuing June Court of Oyer and Terminer , TWO Hundred and seventy nine Acres of LAND, situated in the lower Part of King William , and lying about three Miles from Ruffin's Ferry . Any Person choosing to buy the same privately will be satisfied by applying to Mr. John Tazewell, Captain William Anderson, or Thomas Lilly , that a good Right and Title shall be made for the same.
To be SOLD, on moderate Terms, A TRACT of LAND lying on Mackerin River , in the upper Part of Southampton County , containing a Thousand Acres, two Hundred Acres, Part thereof, low Ground. Also an other Tract, containing two Hundred Acres, lying in Prince George County , being the Land which formerly belonged to Mr. William Hamlin, deceased . JOHN RUFFIN, Junior.
To be SOLD at Tappahannock, pursuant to a Decree of Essex Court, on the 20th of July, if fair, other- wise next fair Day , TWO LOTS in the Town of Tappahannock , belonging to William Harbarway , late of the said Town, and mortgaged by him to James Ritchie and Company . The said Lots are situated near the publick Tobacco Warehouse, and have on them two Dwellinghouses in tolerable Repair, and numbered 33 and 69, as by the Plan of the said Town. Six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to ARCHIBALD RITCHIE.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub- scriber, in Richmond Town , some Time last Fall, two HORSES, one a Bay about ten or eleven Years old, four Feet five or six Inches high, branded on the near Buttock B, has Cuts round his Jaw which appear to be done with a Rope, likewise round the Feet; the other is a forrel, about twelve Years old, four Feet ten or eleven Inches high, but whether branded or not I do not remember. Whoever brings me the said Horses shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, or TWENTY SHILLINGS for either of them. ROBERT DU VAL.
To be SOLD by the Subscribers, Mortgagees of Mr. Peter Copland of Pittsylvania, and the said Mort- gager, in Parcels, for the Benefit of the Subscribers, and others, SIX Thousand Acres of valuable LAND, lying on Smith's River, Beaver and Reedy Creeks . It is laid off in small Lots; and we do guaranty and confirm the former Sales of the Lands made to sundry Persons by the said Mortgager, which were subject and liable to our Mortgage, provided the Bonds for the same already taken, or to be taken, are made payable to us. And we do empower the said Mortgager to sell and dispose of, for our Accounts, the above mentioned six Thousand Acres of Land, provided the said Mortgager shall take the sundry Bonds for the same payable to us; and we do confirm and guaranty any Bargain or Sale of his Lands, formerly made by him, agreeable to this Advertisement, to be good and valid, as if the same had been made and done by ourselves. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half, and two Years for the other Half. PETER COPLAND. PETER RANDOLPH BLAND. WILLIAM BLACK. PATRICK COUTTS.
STOLEN from along-side the Snow Cam- bridge, Robert Hutton Master, lying near Tarpley's Bar, on Wednesday the 6th Instant (May) at Night, a LONGBOAT and YAWL, both of which are well known at Leeds Town , the upper Part of the Stern of the Yawl being broke. Whoever secures the said Boats, or either of them, and delivers them to Mr. Archibald Ritchie at Hobb's Hole , Mr. Birker Davenport at Leeds Town , or to me in Fredericksburg , shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, or TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward for either. JAMES WARD.
STRAYED from Richmond, on Sunday the 3d Instant (May) two gray MARES, one of which is about four Feet nine Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, trots and gallops, and branded on the near Buttock S H; the other is about four Feet seven Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces very well, and branded on the near Shoulder with a Heart. They are both pretty old, and were shod before. Whoever will deliver them to Mr. James Buchanan, Merchant at Richmond , shall have TEN SHILLINGS Reward for each, and TWENTY SHILLINGS if delivered to me in Albemarle . PETER DAVIE.
STOLEN, on Saturday Night the 25th Instant, a dark bay HORSE about fourteen Hands high, with a blaze Face, hanging Mane and short Switch Tail, both hind Legs white, paces slow, and trots and gallops. At the same Time was stolen out of my Stable, a Man's plain hunting Saddle pretty much worn, and has been dyed black, a white Swanfkin Saddle Cloth bound with red, and a Snafile Bridle. I will give FORTY SHILLINGS Reward on Delivery of the Horse, &c. to Mr. Andrew Johnston in Petersburg , and on Conviction of the Thief FIVE POUNDS. NEILL BUCHANAN, Senior.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a small bay HORSE about five Years old, with a Half hanging Mane and Bob Tail, but has no perceivable Brand. Possed; and appraised to eight Pounds. KINNBROUGH JONES.
TAKEN up, in Fauquier, a black HORSE about thirteen Hands and a Half high, with a blaze Face, white Eyes, white Feet, Bob Tail, roached Mane, branded on the Buttock P P, and trots and paces well. Possed, and appraised to five Pounds. LEROY HEWLETT.
TAKEN up, in Spotsylvania, a yellow brindled STEER about four Years old, with crumpled Horns, marked with a Crop in the right Ear, and a Half Crop, Swallowfork, and Underkeel in the left. Possed, and appraised to forty five Shillings. CHARLES COSBY.
TAKEN up, in Prince Edward, a small Iron gray HORSE about four Years old, four Feet four Inches high, with a roached Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the near Buttock with a Horse Shoe. Possed, and appraised to six Pounds. FRANCIS BAINES.
TAKEN up, in King William, a dark bay HORSE about four Feet six Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a Star in his Forehead, a Snip on his Nose, some Saddle Spots, and branded on the near Buttock with three Strokes. Possed, and appraised to three Pounds fifteen Shillings. THOMAS OAKES.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick, a large Chestnut forrel HORSE about four Feet nine or ten Inches high, with a flaxen Mane and Tail, no perceivable Brand, and paces and trots. Possed, and appraised to ten Pounds. WILLIAM VAUGHAN.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, two BARROWS and two SOWS, marked with a Crop in the left Ear, and a Slit and Underkeel in the right. Possed, and appraised to three Pounds. THOMAS FLEMING.
TAKEN up, in Albemarle, a young red STEER with a white Face, both Ears cropped, a Slit in one Ear, and a Slit and Underkeel in the other; also a red and white STEER marked as the above. Possed, and appraised to three Pounds ten Shillings. ROBERT ADAMS.

POETS CORNER.
An ELEGY written when a long Course of ill Health threatened the Author with a Consumption.
WHERE now are all my golden Hopes of Youth? Youth, nor its Hopes, are mine; for Health is fled: On my green Years Disease hath fix'd her Tooth...
STRAYED from the Subscriber, at Milner's Warehouse, a bay HORSE about five Years old, fourteen Hands and a Half high...
PRINCE GEORGE, May 6, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Negro Man named DERBY, about twenty five Years of Age, near six Feet high...
ROBERT HUNNICUTT, Junior.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a likely Virginia born Negro Man named SIMON, about twenty eight Years of Age...
MARY PURNEL.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 7, 1772.
GENTLEMEN Surveyors, and others, may be supplied with Mr. THOMAS MARSHALL's new invented Instrument...
EDMUND DICKINSON.
THE Treasurer, Trustees, and Subscribers to the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Clergymen...
Two unknown worthy Gentlemen are desired to accept the Thanks of the above Association for the several Sums of two Pounds six Shillings...
The very liberal Donation of one Hundred Pounds to the Fund, conveyed through the Hands of the Reverend Mr. Fontaine...
By Order. JACOB BRUCE, Clerk.
LANCASTER, May 4, 1772.
THE Subscriber intends for England in a few Weeks. S. S. McCROSKEY.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 7, 1772.
A NEAT Assortment of JEWELLERY, SILVER WORK, &c. just imported, to be sold on reasonable Terms by JAMES CRAIG.
WANTED.
A YOUNG Man who has been bred in an Apothecary's Shop, and understands the Composition of Medicines.
DAVID BLACK.
Just IMPORTED in Captain WOODFORD, and to be SOLD on reasonable Terms by the Subscriber, in Williamsburg.
A NEAT Assortment of JEWELLERY and MILLINERY, namely, Paste Shoe Knots, Ditto Shoe, Knee, and Stock Buckles...
JANE CHARLTON.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, May 5, 1772. NOTICE is hereby given, to all whom it may concern, that his Excellency and Council will sit for the Hearing of the several Cavesats on the Council Docket...
THE fine thorough bred HORSE KING HEROD stands this Season at my Quarter in King William, where Mr. Thomas Baker lives.
RALPH WORMELEY.
Text"> On Tuesday the 26th Instant, at this Place, will be LET to the highest Bidder, for a Term of Years, THE FERRY from COHAM to JAMESTOWN...
To be SOLD, at private Sale,
A THOUSAND Acres of Land (or more, if desired) whereon the Courthouse of Prince Edward stands. Credit will be allowed on the Purchaser giving Bond...
PETER JOHNSTON.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 18th of May, before Mrs. Mitchell's Door in YORK TOWN,
A TRACT OF LAND, lying in York County, between Mrs. Digges's and the E D Plantation, on York River, containing two Hundred Acres...
THOMAS DIGGES.
To be SOLD at Edenton, North Carolina, on Tuesday the 16th of June next, by publick Vendue,
TWENTY five valuable SLAVES, HORSES and CATTLE, several SEA VESSELS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and a Quantity of EUROPEAN and WEST INDIA GOODS.
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For SALE,
A TRACT OF LAND in Halifax County, containing two Thousand and seventy five Acres. The Soil is good, and fit for Tobacco or Corn.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, near Peter's Bridge, in Sussex (but supposed to be stolen by a Negro belonging to John Neally of Sussex) a sorrel HORSE...
CHARLES KNIGHT.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a few Days ago, two Servant Men, namely, EDWARD EAGE, about six Feet high...
WILLIAM WITHERS.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Tuesday the 17th of December last, a likely Virginia Negro Fellow named PETER...
JOSEPH CRENSHAW.
N. B. The said Slave is a Shoemaker by Trade, and I suppose lives by that Craft.
PRINCE GEORGE, April 28, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 1st of this Instant, a young Negro Fellow named NED, about two or three and twenty Years of Age...
NATHANIEL HARRISON.
To be SOLD, on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, on Wednesday the 29th of July,
SEVENTEEN Hundred Acres of LAND, formerly the Property of Mr. Nathaniel Edwards, Junior, deceased, lying on the fourth Side of Meherin River...
WILLIAM EDWARDS.
NORFOLK, March 27, 1772. THE Subscriber, Executrix to the Estate of her late Husband, Matthew Rothery, deceased, hereby requests all those who have any Demands against the Deceased to bring in their Accounts...
MARY ROTHERY, Executrix.
For SALE,
THE following Tracts of LAND, in Pittsylvania, namely, four Hundred Acres on Banister River, seven Hundred and seventy on Beaver Creek...
JERMAN BAKER.
Six Thousand three Hundred Acres of LAND to be sold at Frederick Town, on Thursday the 28th of May next.
BY Virtue of an Act of Assembly of the Province of Maryland, empowering the Executors of Colonel Thomas Colvill to grant Deeds to Mr. John Semple...
It is laid off in Lots, in the most advantageous Manner, so that only one of them will make one, two, or three good Settlements, as will appear by the Plat...
This Land is very suitable for Planting or Farming, being well watered and timbered, no Settlement having ever been made on it, and is a very good Soil.
Its Situation on Potomac River must be of considerable Advantage to it, and in Time may add immensely to its Value, when the Navigation is opened...
It will be sold in separate Lots, or altogether, for Sterling or current Money, as may best suit the Purchasers; one Third to be paid down at the Sale...
ADAM STEWART. THOMAS MONTGOMERIE. CUMBERLAND WILSON.
To be SOLD, or RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon immediately,
A COMMODIOUS well built STORE in the Town of Petersburg, adjoining the Tobacco Warehouses, three Stories high, with a good Room fronting the Main Street...
JOHN GREENWOOD.
WARRASQUEAK Bay, November 18, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Isle of Wight, a Negro named JACK, about five and thirty Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high...
NATHANIEL BURWELL.
JAMES HALDANE, COPPER SMITH and BRASS FOUNDER from Philadelphia, in Church Street, near the Church, Norfolk.
MAKES and sells all Sorts of COPPER and BRASS WORK, namely, Still, Brewing Coppers, Sugar Boilers, Fullers and Hatters Coppers...
All Orders from the Country will be punctually attended to. N. B. He deals for Cash, or Country Produce.
Those who have old Brass, Copper, Pewter, or Lead, to dispose of, are desired to apply to Mr. Joseph Kidd, in Williamsburg, or to Mr. McCall, in Hampton...
To be LET on LEASE,
A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the Town of Petersburg, built for a Tavern, and well fitted for that Business; it is two Stories high...
THOMAS EGLETON.
For SALE,
THE LAND whereon I live, in Middlesex, containing about two Thousand two Hundred Acres, in good Order for Cropping, with Orchards and Buildings...
AUGUSTINE SMITH.