The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1771-07-18 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
With the freshest 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.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 18.
To the Honourable WILLIAM NELSON, Esquire, President and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of VIRGINIA: The ADDRESS of the COUNCIL.
SIR, WE his Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Council of Virginia, now met in General Assembly, beg Leave to return your Honour our Thanks for your affectionate Speech at the Opening of this Session. The very great and heavy Loss which the Merchants and Inhabitants of this Colony have sustained, by the late Overflowing of the Rivers, is a general and extensive Calamity; and we think ourselves bound in Duty to concur in every Measure which may be thought necessary to relieve the unhappy Sufferers, in the most speedy and effectual Manner. The many and great Virtues of our late worthy Governor, the Right Honourable Lord BOTETOURT, call upon us, in the strongest Manner, to condole with you on the Death of that noble Lord, who made the real Happiness of this Colony the Object of his most ardent Wishes. At the same Time, permit us, Sir, to express our Satisfaction in the great Attention you have paid to the Affairs of Government since the Administration devolved upon you, and to assure you we think our Country happy in having a Native of your distinguished Abilities, and long Experience in Business, to preside over us.
To which his Honour was pleased to return the following ANSWER. Gentlemen of the Council, THIS obliging Address calls for the warmest Return of Thanks from me, both on Account of your Disposition to concur in relieving the unhappy Sufferers as well as for your favourable Opinion of myself. If there be any Part of my Conduct in the Administration of Government that merits Approbation, Justice requires me publicly to declare that I am indebted for it to the Candour, Wisdom, and Integrity, of the Advice I have, on all Occasions, received from you. To the Honourable WILLIAM NELSON, Esquire, President of his Majesty's Council, and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of VIRGINIA: The humble ADDRESS of the HOUSE of BURGESSES.
SIR, WE his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Burgesses of Virginia, now met in General Assembly, beg Leave to return your Honour our unfeigned Thanks for your very affectionate Speech at the Opening of this Session. Our deep Sense of the Loss this Country sustained by the Death of our late excellent and worthy Governor, the Right Honourable Lord BOTETOURT, cannot but excite in us all the Warmth of the most sincere Affection and Gratitude to his Memory; and we heartily lament, with your Honour, upon an Event so unfortunate to this Country.
When we reflect on his Lordship's unremitting Zeal in promoting the Cause of Religion and Virtue; on that Dignity, tempered with so becoming and proper a Degree of Affability, with which he filled his exalted Station; when we recall to our Remembrance his Excellency's unwearied Diligence and Activity in Business, and his uniform Exertion of every publick and private Virtue; we have the strongest Conviction that he made the real Happiness of this Colony the Object of his most ardent Wishes. We should therefore think ourselves wanting in Duty to his Majesty, and in the Regard we owe to our Country, did we not seize this first Opportunity of publicly paying a just Tribute to so high a Character. Our chief Consolation arises from a firm Persuasion that our gracious Sovereign will, in his great Goodness, be pleased to appoint a Governor to preside over us equally worthy of the Royal Confidence and of our dutiful and affectionate Esteem. But, Sir, however we may desire to do Justice to the Memory of One who so deservedly gained our Regard and Affection, we are very far from being unmindful of what is due to your Honour, and hope you will be persuaded that we enjoy great Satisfaction and Happiness in having a Gentleman of your Honour's distinguished Abilities, and known Attachment to the true Interest of this Country, to preside over us. We therefore most sincerely congratulate your Honour on your Succession to the Administration, which we consider as a just Reward of your long and faithful Services to his Majesty and his dutiful Subjects of Virginia.
Most earnestly concurring, with your Honour, in deploring the Calamities occasioned by the late dreadful Overflowing of the Waters, and heartily commiserating the Distresses of the unhappy Sufferers, we will proceed to take their Case under our immediate and serious Consideration; and we assure your Honour that we will, in the Course of our Deliberations, endeavour to follow, as our best and surest Guides, those Principles of Justice, Honour, and Humanity, which, we trust, in all similar Instances, and upon every other Occasion, have formed the Rule of our Conduct. To which his Honour was pleased to return the following ANSWER.
Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Burgesses, I RETURN you my sincere Thanks for this kind Address. It gives me particular Pleasure to find that in doing Justice to the Memory of the late Right Honourable Lord BOTETOURT, your Ideas of his Excellency's great Merit appear so conformable to those I had conceived of him. The Approbation with which you are pleased to honour my poor Endeavours for his Majesty's Service, and the Happiness of his Subjects of Virginia, affords me the highest Satisfaction; for which you will be pleased to accept my most grateful Acknowledgments.
The Honourable the House of Burgesses have resolved that the Proprietors of Tobacco inspected, and damaged in the several publick Warehouses by the late Fresh, except such Tobacco as had remained in the Warehouses above a Year, ought to be paid for their Losses by the Publick; and that the Proprietors of Tobacco delivered at the several publick Warehouses, and not viewed for Want of Leisure in the Inspectors to do the same, and damaged, ought to be reimbursed for their said Losses by the Publick.
They have also resolved that the Thanks of their House be given to the Reverend Mr. Henley, the Reverend Mr. Gwatkin, the Reverend Mr. Hewitt, and the Reverend Mr. Bland, for the wise and well timed Opposition they have made to the pernicious Project, of a few mistaken Clergymen, for introducing an American Bishop; a Measure by which much Disturbance, great Anxiety, and Apprehension, would certainly take Place among his Majesty's faithful American Subjects.
We hear that thirty Thousand Pounds is the Sum judged necessary by the Assembly to relieve the Sufferers by the late Freshes, which will be immediately issued in Paper Bills of Credit; to be sunk by a Duty on Tobacco, and continuing the Tax on Wheel Carriages, Wines, and Ordinary Licences.
The Inspection is still to be continued at Shocko and Byrd's, only the Warehouses are to be moved higher up the Hill.
Last Monday there was a general Meeting of the Gentlemen of the Association, at the Capitol, when it was agreed upon to dissolve the same; except as to Tea, Paper, Glass, and Painters Colours of foreign Manufacture, upon which a Duty is laid for the Purpose of raising a Revenue in America.
On Wednesday last, about Sunset, Colonel Edward Hack Moseley, of Princess Anne, had the Misfortune to have a Barn, with near six Hundred Bushels of Wheat, Corn, and other valuable Articles, struck with Lightning, which set the same on Fire; and in a few Minutes reduced it to Ashes. It was with Difficulty the adjacent Houses were saved.
We hear from North Carolina that his Excellency William Tryon, Esquire, with his Family, embarked for his Government of New York last Saturday fortnight, leaving the Affairs of that Province in Tranquillity. Six of the Regulators have been executed; and it is said that Hunter, one of their Chiefs, is taken.
By a Vessel from New York, there is Advice that his Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Dunmore intended for this Colony in a very short Time; and that Governor Tryon was arrived there.
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.
GENTLEMEN, I HAVE often thought that we should have been more strenuous in our Opposition to ministerial Tyranny, spoken out with more Boldness against it, and manifested a more genuine Abhorrence of Slavery, had we not been too familiar with it, or had we not been conscious that we ourselves were absolute Tyrants, and held Numbers of poor Souls in the most abject and endless State of Slavery. They whose Souls were engrossed with Avarice, and familiarized with eternal Bondage, Slaves to their blind Passions, Tyrants over those who are incessantly toiling to gratify them, could have no true Idea of Liberty. Provided they enjoyed their ill gotten Wealth they spared not their Fellow Creatures, cared not for their Fellow Citizens, spent not a Thought on Posterity; nor would they oppose any Power, however, unjust and arbitrary, that did not immediately thwart them in their selfish sordid Pursuits. An even the most disinterested, and truly patriotic, if they were possessed of a tolerable Degree of Generosity and Sensibility, must have experienced a sad Check to their Effusions of Patriotism. This, it is probable, the Ministry are sensible of, and will therefore endeavour to increase amongst us the Number of those unhappy People, and will never consent to an additional Duty to be laid on the Importation of them. The Duties which our legislature had laid, actuated by Principles of true Humanity, and agreeable to sound Policy, would have amounted to a Prohibition; but they are repealed. What then can our Associators do better than to make that Article which prohibits the Importation of Slaves perpetual, and most strictly obligatory? Let us endeavour to discourage a Practice which must for ever prevent our Country from flourishing as the northern Colonies have done, a Practice which is a never-failing Source of Ignorance and Vice, of Indolence and Cruelty, amongst us; in short, a Practice which Prudence should guard against and Humanity forbids, and which, above all, is directly contrary to the fundamental Principles of our holy Religion. Let us endeavour to make the Lives of those who are unfortunate enough to have already amongst us as comfortable as we can. Let us treat them as unfortunate Men; but let us never heighten their Misfortune by Cruelty, nor aggravate it by Insult. Let us not even mention the Name of Slavery before them. And let us never shock them with the dreadful Sight of free born Men dragged from their native Country, and forced to work among them. Let us beware how we remind them that this was once their Case. If we will resolve to import no more, and determine to treat those we have humanely, so that they cannot perceive the Yoke of Slavery, nor accuse us of Tyranny, then, and then only, may we, with Confidence, step forth and boldly assert our own Liberty and Independence. I am, your humble Servant, ASSOCIATOR HUMANUS.
To the Reverend Mr. CAMM, Professor of Divinity in William and Mary College.
THE Advice of Dr. RITZ, concerning Disputation, you, Sir, have followed with the strictest Attention. There can be no better Comment on the Text than that contained in your Letter. With what Judgment have you kept back in your Picture whatever might hurt your Design! What Knowledge, in Effect, do you discover, by the proper Disposition of Light and of Shade! How sweetly have you mellowed the Vividness of discordant Tints, by diffusing a Kindred Hue through the Whole!
Allow me to introduce my Critique on your Performance, by supposing those Arguments unanswerable to which you have not replied. How successful you may have been in refuting the rest is what now remains to inquire. When I asserted that twelve Clergymen in Convention could transact no Business that concerned more than themselves, unless they were commissioned Representatives of the Clergy, I asserted a Proposition, self-evident, and which you accordingly have not attempted to disprove. Your Offer to put a "Supposition more favourable" is certainly what I do not desire; and though I cannot help being pleased with your Civility, I had rather my Assertion should remain as it originally stood, that it may abide another Effort of your Skill. The Principle you have established as that of the Clergy was the very Principle upon which I voted for asking the Opinion of the Bishop of London. What you next advance, on addressing the Governor and the King, for a Bishop, you may call any Thing but Reasoning; I will not quarrel with the Term. How happy must you be in being able to forget whatever you do not wish to remember! The Reason assigned in Convention against your Motion for addressing the King was, that it would be anticipating the Business of that Meeting. The COMMISSARY's Advertisement proposed the Consideration of, and not an Application for, an American Bishop; and yet, notwithstanding an Application to the King was voted against, without any Plan having been proposed, you proceeded to form the concluding Resolution. This was one Reason for my calling that Transaction of Convention contrary to all Order and Decorum; and you will find more Difficulty, Sir, in making me retract the Appellation than PISTOL found in forcing FLELLIN to eat the Leak which the poor Ancient himself was obliged, at last, to vomit.
Your Gloss upon the Term American Bishop, instead of freeing it from the Objections already opposed, affords me an Opportunity of presenting another. How will you contrive to get rid of that Law which makes it necessary for Induction to a Parish in Virginia that the Candidate shall have been ordained by a Bishop in England? Your Affection on the Existence of Episcopal Government is, to me, entirely new. If it hath before been made, it must have been in a third Edition of your Answer to the Protest; in the first it was not, nor yet among the Emendations of the second, and the third has not yet fallen into my Hands. But how does it appear, "as to actual Operation, that Episcopal Government in the Church hath ceased here for many Years?" If no Accusation hath been properly lodged against Delinquents, how should the Bishop know there are such? Hath his Lordship ever refused to proceed against Offenders? Is there not a suspending Clause in the Bishop's Licence to every Clergyman in Virginia? And hath he ever been inequitable, unjust, or harsh in a Process? If you have appealed to your own Heart, and have obtained no Decree on the Question referred, permit me to believe (not what you so willingly attribute to others, that a malignant Principle had taken Possession) but that the Judge was either taking or pursuing, or in a Journey, or per-adventure was asleep, it may be a-dreaming. Had the Charters or the Colonies contained aught in your Favour, no One would have been so ready as yourself to have quoted them. The Charters of all the Colonies have been published in one Volume, and are by no Means difficult to be found.
The Inhabitants of New England contending the Stamp Act as an Usurpation on their civil Liberty, opposed it with Violence. Your Scheme is not less subversive of religious Freedom, and of this they are still more retentive. The Persecutions of their Ancestors will be never forgotten; degenerate must be their Descendants if they are not remembered; History hath recorded them in Characters of Blood. From you if perhaps, and he says, no Change will be produced in my Argument from North Carolina. Wave your Pen as you please in Socks of this Kind, you will find it bath lost all its magick Incantations; more powerful than these will not clear up the Clouds in your Episcopal Horizon.
To the next Article the House of Burgesses have given the most proper Reply, by establishing your Character as a Prophet.
May I ask, Sir, if you never saw a Print of Mr. Bricht, within whose Waitcoat seven Men could be buttoned? The Author of the Country Gentleman brought it strongly to my Mind, for in him are included the other seven Episcopates. He hath at best promulgated their Plan, for writing against which I am blamed by you, till I really knew what it was. I cannot, however, think myself very culpable in this. When a Bishop was to be applied for, and we knew not of what Kind, it is possible it might be an infallible Bishop. Now, I choose to remain a Member of a fallible Church. But your Plan, although published, will not further your Project. You want a Bishop of more limited Powers than the Bishops in England possess, and you would apply to the King to transport such a One. But supposing the King could make a Bishop, can the King alone make the Laws by which he shall govern? Or must the British Parliament and the Colonies dispute which ought to interpose in the Matter? But you reply, let the King only make a Bishop, there are Laws already in Force. Yes, Sir, I grant there are; the Restrictions, however, to which the ecclesiastical Laws in England have been limited, can be of no Effect in Virginia, as they all are posterior to James the first. The Writ for burning Heretics was in Being under Charles the second, and every Bishop upon the Bench opposed its Repeal. Notwithstanding, then, your candid Pretensions, unless you are more ignorant than I can believe, such is the Bishop you want. As circumstanced at present, and with Prospects like these, let us view the Church in Virginia; she will no longer appear (to use the Words of St. Paul) as a chaste Virgin to Christ, but rather in the meretricious Attitude of a Danae all naked, beneath the purple Shade of an impending Curtain, every Feature glowing with the golden Splendour of Jove. No "Subtlety of Head, nor Refinement of Suspicion," was necessary to discover an Object of which you are so much enamoured. Durt I have introduced one other Scap of Latin, it would have been to have described the Inefficacy of the Insective you have joined to your Caution; but as I must not, let me remind you of the Viper and File. The Passage you bring from the Letter of your Friend doth you but little Credit. Was it generous, was it friendly, to expose him? I, though a Foe, will show him more Kindness, by advising him not to write till he can write to the Purpose.
Now, Sir, as to Seeker. Let the World judge whether you or I have done him least Honour. He is laid in the Grave; disturb not his Slumber. His Character, no more than his Body, can endure the keen Question of the searching Air. Unless you would give us another Proof of your Friendship, cause him not to stink to Futurity. Humanity will not rigidly exact from me a Compliance with that Precept, "give unto all their Dues," when Archbishop Seeker is Creditor; and to withhold Honour from the Bishop of London, I should openly violate Justice. Your Analysis of my Wit hath shown it to be something mercurial, by its having so glibly slipped through your Fingers. Have you cleanly, Sir, described all the Effects of your Dream? How do I pity the Agonies you must have suffered! Those dreadful Sounds, be assured, did not pass through the Eyes; they were closed. There is a busy Monitor that will sometimes tell us what is wrong, and syllable its Reproofs in our Ears. My tranchant Blade, however, shall no more make Night hideous to you: Rigs, reft, perwibid Spirit! The Account you give us of certain ingenious People who bear with their Eyes makes me remember an Anecdote of a blind Man, who saw with his Ears. Professor SAUNNERSON being once asked what he thought Seeker resembled, replied, the Sound of a Trumpet. "Mighty pretty Controversy this!" What better can be expected while you prohibit me from criticising the Inaccuracies of your Style, and afford me no Arguments to answer? I expected, I confess, from Mr. Cumm, none of the former, and many of the latter; but I must be contented with such as you bring, and at present subscribe myself your obliged humble Servant, S. HENLEY.
LONDON, May 4.
IT is said the following Motion was made on Wednesday last, by the Earl of Chatham, in the Upper House, "that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty, most dutifully and earnestly beseeching his Majesty, that, under the late Violations of the Rights of the Electors of Great Britain in the Election for Middlesex, still unredressed, and in the present Conflict which has so unhappily arisen between the Claims of Privilege of the House of Commons, on one Side, and those of the Magistracy, on the other, his Majesty will, in his paternal Wisdom, deign to open the Way to compose this alarming Warfare; and that, in Order to prevent the said House, and the Nation, from being involved in intemperate Discussions of undefined Powers, which in the Extreme may endanger the Constitution, and tend to shake the Tranquillity of the Kingdom, his Majesty will be graciously pleased to recur to the recent Sense of his People, by dissolving, after the End of this Session, the present Parliament, and calling, with convenient Despatch, a new Parliament." Twenty three for it, seventy two against it.
Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, when the Committee appointed to prepare Petitions to every Branch of the Legislature against the Embankment of the River Thames at and near Durham Yard reported a Petition to the King; which, being read, was very much approved, and agreed to with one little Alteration, and ordered to be delivered directly to his Majesty by the Sheriffs, attended by the Remembrancer, which was accordingly done.
It was ordered that Mr. Remembrancer be directed to take Copies of all the Evidence given the House of Lords relating to the Embankment of the River Thames at Durham Yard, together with the Lords Protests thereon.
It was moved that this Court, with the City Officers, be desired to attend the Right Honourable Bras Crosby, Lord Mayor, and Mr. Alderman Oliver, in their Gowns, in Procession, from the Tower to the Mansion House, on their Enlargement from their present Confinement; and on being put, was carried unanimously.
We are assured that upon the Day the Parliament is prorogued the whole City of London will meet upon Tower Hill, and Places adjoining, in Carriages and on Foot, to attend the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Oliver to the Mansion House. All the Bells in the City of London, and Suburbs, will ring the whole Day; and the Illuminations are expected to be more general than ever was known upon any other Occasion.
Mr. Alderman Wilkes, who stood foremost for the Discharge of the Printers, will attend the Lord Mayor to the Mansion House.
On Wednesday the Common Council and Inhabitants of the Ward of Dowgate waited on the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Oliver, with their Address. The Beadle rode on Horseback at the Head of the Procession, with the Mace new gilt, and a blue Sash, the Alderman having refused the Beadle his Clock.
A Patent is preparing for creating Sir Jeffery Amherst a Peer, The Earl of Halifax was yesterday much better, and out of Danger. On Monday last the Reverend Mr. Horne, and Colonel Littelton, walked and conversed together a considerable Time in the Mall in St. James's Park.
Yesterday the Committee appointed for erecting the statue of the late William Beckford, Esquire, in Guildhall, took Dimensions of the Place, in Order for its being put up next Week.
We hear that Mr. Beaton Wilkes, who took up his Freedom last October, is to be joint Sheriff with his Brother.
Some private Letters from Lisbon mention a very spirited Remonstrance, in the Name of the French King, having just arrived at Court, couched in Terms extremely humiliating to the Tide of the Portuguese Premier.
Yesterday some farther Complaints from the British Merchants at Lisbon, and Oporto, were received by the Lisbon Court.
By the last Accounts from Brest, twelve Ships of the Line had just been laid up there, and their Crews discharged.

Both Houses of Parliament will be prorogued on Thursday next, when the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Oliver will leave the Tower, and be escorted by the most respectable Bodies in the City to the Mansion House.
Yesterday an Address from the Grand Jury of the County of Cardigan was presented to the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Alderman Oliver, by Watkin Lewes, Esquire, signed by seventeen Gentlemen; in which they beg his Lordship and Mr. Oliver's Acceptance of their Thanks, as a Testimony of their Approbation, and highest Esteem, for their upright Behaviour as Magistrates, and their firm, manly, and intrepid Conduct, in Support of the Rights and Privileges of the Subject.
It is now conjectured, from some Advices lately received, that the Aurora Frigate by Accident took Fire at Sea, a few Days after she sailed from the Cape of Good Hope.
PHILADELPHIA, June 27.
Extract of a Letter from London, April 22.
Y OU have no doubt heard, before this Time, of the Lord Mayor's Commitment to the Tower, by the House of Commons. The Affair has made a great Noise here, but is likely to end very quietly. The Minority decline daily. Wilkes has lost his former Popularity, and several others who bade fair to succeed him in the good Opinion of the People have been bought off (as it is called) by the Ministry. This is notoriously the Case of Mr. Wedderburne, who, having accepted a Place under the Crown, contradicted, in one Week, every Thing that he had said in the House of Commons in the Week preceding. I said the Affair of the chief Magistrate's Commitment was likely to end quietly, by which I meant that it would end without Mobs in the City or Remonstrances at Court; but it seems the Lord Mayor, and Alderman Oliver, mean to prosecute Sir Fletcher Norton as the Signer of an illegal Warrant, and where that Prosecution will end the Judges of England must be called upon to determine. Much has been said lately about a War with Spain; but, by what I can collect, I do not believe that Event will take Place within the present Year, and yet it is very certain that Spain has been preparing herself for the Purpose. In general, People here do not seem disposed to enter upon a War. American Affairs have been absorbed this Session in Matters of more general Concern. We are really not of that Consequence to this Country which we have been taught to think ourselves. It would raise an honest Indignation in you to hear some Members of Parliament haranguing about "our American Plantations," as though the absolute Disposal of every Thing there was vested solely in themselves. Those Members who most warmly espouse our Cause are Burke, Barré, Sir George Saville, and Mr. Pownall. To these Gentlemen the Colonies are much indebted, for many excellent Defences."
Advertisements.
FALMOUTH, July 12, 1771.
ALL Persons having had Dealings with Wodrow & Neilson , at their Store formerly kept at Falmouth, or elsewhere, are desired to take Notice that the Death of my Partner, Mr. John Neilson, obliges me to authorize and empower Mr. David Kerr, of the said Town of Falmouth, to settle all the said Company's Accounts, and to receive all Debts due to them. I farther give Notice, that, for the Purpose of speedily discharging what Debts the Company may owe, there are for Sale sundry valuable Tracts of LAND, two GRISTMILLS, several Town LOTS, NEGROES and MULATTOES, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c. between this and the first of November next; and if not disposed of by that Time, they will be then sold, on Credit, to the highest Bidder. ALEXANDER WODROW. The Store and Dealings at Falmouth, in the Name of William Love and Company, continues as formerly.
FALMOUTH, July 12, 1771.
ALL Persons indebted to the late Copartnership of Messrs. Wodrow & Neilson are desired to take Notice that all Debts who shall fail to come and settle their Accounts before the first Day of November next will be immediately dealt with according to Law, without Respect to any Person or Persons whatever. DAVID KERR.
RICHMOND, July 15, 1771.
THE Subscriber intending to leave this Colony immediately, those who have Business with him are desired to apply to Mr. Neil Campbell of this Place, in whose Hands his Affairs will be left. GEORGE DONALD.
ANY Persons who have got Numbers 75, 76, 90, and 117, Half Acre Prizes in the Honourable William Byrd's Lottery , will be allowed a reasonable Price for them by applying to the Subscriber at Rocky Ridge. ROBERT GORDON.
WE the Subscribers hereby give Notice that Mr. John Swan, of Albemarle County , is by us appointed to draw for all Goods, Monies, Provisions, &c. for the Use of the Iron Works we are concerned with in said County; and that any Order, or Orders, drawn by any other Person, or Persons, will not be paid or accepted by the Company. WILLIAM CABELL. EDWARD CARTER. ALEXANDER TRENT. THOMAS WALKER.
IMPORTED in the Peggy, Captain Ashburn , in May last, a Chest marked ISM, the I and S in a Piece over the M, containing GUNS, which through Mistake, I expect, has been landed contrary to my Directions. Whoever has it in Possession, and will inform me where it may be received, will much oblige JACOB MICHAUX.
HAMPTON, July 15, 1771.
A MOSES Boat sixteen Feet long, six Feet wide, and two Feet four Inches deep , with a small Ring Bolt in her Head and another in her Stern, her upper Sheath neither payed or painted, was taken from two Sailors, supposed to be run away, about six Weeks ago, which the Owner may have by applying to JOHN JONES.
AMELIA, July 12, 1771.
WANTED as a Tutor in a private Family , a single Man who is master of the Languages, and will teach English and Arithmetick. Such a Person, properly recommended, as well for his Abilities as his moral Character, may find Employment, and suitable Encouragement, by applying to DAVID GREENHILL. N. B. The School is worth FIFTY Pounds a Year, clear of Board.
CHARLESTOWN, South Carolina, April 11, 1771.
THE St. CECILIA SOCIETY give Notice , that they will engage with, and give suitable Encouragement to, MUSICIANS properly qualified to perform at their CONCERT, provided they apply on or before the first Day of October next. The Performers they are in Want of are, a first and second Violin, two Hautboys, and a Bassoon, whom they are willing to agree with for one, two, or three Years. JOHN GORDON, President. THOMAS LN. SMITH, Vice President.
THE Subscriber intending to leave this Colony shortly, desires those who have any Demands against her to make them known to her or Mr. Lewis Tyler, as she is very desirous of adjusting her Affairs before she fails. EDITHA ROBINSON.
THE imported Horse VALIANT , formerly the Property of the Honourable William Byrd, Esquire, stands at Richmond, in great Perfection, and will cover Mares this Season at fifteen Shillings a Leap. ALEXANDER & PETERFIELD TRENT.
To be LET, at WARWICK, on SATURDAY the 27th Instant,
THE REPAIRING of the ROADS from FALLING Creek Bridge to WARWICK, and from thence to GRINDAL's Bridge.
ARCHIBALD CARY. JOHN ESDALE. ROBERT DONALD. JOHN LEITCH.
THE Subscriber forewarns all Persons from taking an Assignment of a Bond , he gave Reuben Station , of Buckingham, for seventy Pounds (thirty Pounds payable next December, and the Balance in December 1772) as the said Station has not complied with his Engagements. WILLIAM JORDAN.
LANDED from on Board the Ship Brunswick , Captain M c Larty , last Voyage, five Coils of ROPE, without any Mark. The Owner, on proving his Property and paying Charges, may have it by applying to WILLIAM BEATTIE.
HANOVER, July 12, 1771. I INTEND for ENGLAND soon.  RICHARD HARVEY.
WANTED, A DISCREET Person capable of teaching Children Latin, Arithmetick, &c. Any such applying to the Subscriber, near Aylett's Warehouse, King William County , will meet with good Encouragement from WILLIAM COWNE.
To be SOLD at King & Queen Courthouse, on Monday the 12th of August next, being Court Day, at publick Auction, or at any Time before by private Sale, under a Deed of Trust from Mr. William Hamlin, lately deceased.
ONE undivided Moiety, or Half Part, of eighteen Hundred Acres of LAND , with a FORGE and WATER GRISTMILL thereon, situate, lying, and being in the County of King and Queen; which said Land, Forge, and Mill, were drawn as a Prize in Colonel Bernard Moore's Lottery, by the said Hamlin , and Philip Parr Edmondson , Gentleman. The Terms to be made known at the Time of Sale. THEODORICK BLAND. JOHN RUFFIN, Junior.
To be SOLD, on the Premises, on Friday the 16th of August, by publick Sale,
THE LAND and PLANTATION whereon Mr. Joseph Watkins lately lived, in New Kent County , containing about six Hundred Acres, on Pamunkey River , adjoining next above the Land of Mr. Lewis Webb , who will be kind enough to show it to any Purchaser. It will be found to be a pleasant Seat and a level and valuable Farm. A good Title will be made, and, if necessary, Credit allowed, to be declared on the Day of Sale. Possession to be delivered on the first of January next. EDWARD WATKINS. WILLIAM CAMPBELL.
To be SOLD for ready Money, or on Credit, A TRACT of LAND containing seven Hundred Acres, in Goochland County , on Little Bird Creek , where the Subscriber now lives, upon which are the following Improvements, a Dwellinghouse thirty eight Feet by twenty eight, with two Brick Chimneys, well finished both above and below, all convenient Outhouses, and a good Storehouse, a large Garden well paled in, very fine Orchards, and the whole Plantation in excellent Order for Cropping. It is a healthy Situation, well supplied with fine Water, and the Soil fit for Tobacco, Corn, and Wheat. Also a Tract of three Hundred Acres near joining the other, whereon are two small Plantations, and Orchards. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber on the Premises, to Mr. Neil Campbell , Merchant in Richmond, or to James Lyle , Merchant at Rocky Ridge, who have Power to dispose of the Lands. Deeds will be made, clear of every Encumbrance. JAMES GEORGE.
On Wednesday the 24th Instant, at Noon, will be SOLD on the Parade, in Norfolk,
THE Brig INDUSTRY, about five Thousand Bushels Burthen, with all her Furniture, just arrived from Sea. The Vessel may be seen at Captain John Hutchings's Wharf, and the Terms of Sale may be known, and Inventory seen, by applying to GILCHRIST & TAYLOR.
To be SOLD at Fredericksburg, on Monday the 23d of September, being Fair Day (the Sale formerly advertised being prevented by Badness of Weather)
ABOUT fifty choice SLAVES, used to Cropping and Farming. Twelve Months credit will be allowed, on Bond, with Security, bearing Interest from the Date. I have also some other SLAVES to dispose of at private Sale, among whom are two Carpenters and a few House Servants. I will also sell the Plantation whereon I now live, in King George County, opposite to Fredericksburg, with or without the Ferry. Credit (if required) will be extended to one, two, or three Years, to suit the Purchaser. JAMES HUNTER.
For SALE, SIX Hundred Acres of very good LAND lying between Bolling's and Sneed's Bridge , one Hundred Acres of it being very rich low Grounds. It is remarkable level Land, and a most pleasant Situation, about twenty seven Miles from Petersburg. Any Person inclined to purchase may be shown it by applying to Burwell Green , who lives on its Plantation adjoining, and know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, near Hog Island ; who would, if most convenient to the Purchaser, be glad to take Negroes (if they are rated at a proper Value) for a good Part of the Price of the said Land. J. HOLT.
STRAYED or STOLEN from Chesterfield a Forge, in May last, two likely bay Horses, with roached Manes and bob Tails. One is about thirteen Years old, four Feet seven or eight Inches high, a thick well made Horse, trots and gallops well, and has a Star in his Forehead. As he was often drove in a Carriage, it is probable he may have the Mark of the Breastplate. The other is about five Years old, four Feet eight or nine Inches high, has been lately broke, but has no particular Mark that can be remembered. Neither of them are branded. Whoever delivers the said Horses to Mr. James Coupland , at the said Place, or to the Subscriber in Cumberland, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. DAVID COUPLAND.
GLOUCESTER, July 11, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in February 1770 , a likely Negro Fellow named ADAM , by Trade a Cooper and Sawer, near six Feet high, of a yellow Complexion, down Look, rather slow of Speech, his Beard grows much under his Chin, has some gray Hairs on his Head, though but twenty five Years old, and one of his Shins has been Hurt. He was some Months advertised in the Virginia Gazette , and in the Night of the 25th Instant made his Escape from Mr. Spilsby Coleman , at an Ordinary in Henrico County , who was bringing him from Orange County, North Carolina (where he had indentured himself, by the Name of Thomas Jackson , to one Hugh Dobbins ) but has since been seen at the Plantation of Colonel William Mason , in New Kent . He had on, when he made his Escape, a Pair of coarse patched Rolls Trousers, a Cotton or white Plains Waistcoat much worn about the Sleeves, a pretty good brown Linen Shirt, but very dirty, a small new Felt Hat, and a Pair of old Shoes. He took Nothing with him but what he had on, which perhaps he may change the first Opportunity. He pretends to be a New-light, can read and write a little, and had when taken up a forged Pass. Whoever brings the said Negro to me in Gloucester County , or to Colonel William Mason of New Kent County , shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward if taken in this Colon and TWENTY FIVE POUNDS if out thereof. JOHN FOX.
THE STORE, adjoining the Subscriber's Shop , lately occupied by William Russell , is to be LET, and may be entered on immediately. JAMES GEDDY.
NORFOLK, July 17, 1771.
RUN away from the Subscribers, on the 14th Instant , a Negro Man named JOB , lately the Property of Messrs. Marshall, Wishart, Pennell, and Company , at Deep Creek Iron Works, in Maryland . He is a likely well made Fellow, about five Feet eight Inches high, and had on, when he went away, Osnaburg Shirt and Trousers, a large flounced Hat, a Cloth Jacket without Sleeves, over which he wore an Osnaburg Frock. Whoever conveys the said Negro to us, or secures him so that we may get him again, shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS Reward. WILLIAM & JOHN BROWN.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Lancaster , on the 9th of this Instant ( July ) a Virginia born Negro Fellow named GEORGE , about twenty six Years of Age, five Feet seven or eight Inches high, a well made Fellow, tolerably black, has a small Scar across one of his Eyebrows, and a Nick in the under Part of one of his Ears, but which I cannot be positive. He speaks clear, disfigures well, and plays well on the Fiddle. As he has some Time gone by Water, I expect he will endeavour to get on Board a Vessel, in Order to make his Escape. This is, therefore, to forewarn all Masters of Vessels either to harbour or carry him off. Whoever takes him up, and contrives him to me in the County above mentioned, shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward, if taken in Virginia , and if out of the Colony, TEN POUNDS, and all reasonable Expenses paid. RICHARD CHILTON. N. B. I would have any Person, should they take the said Runaway, to secure him well, as he is a very deceiving Fellow.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Chesterfield , on the 9th of Jan. last, a Negro Fellow that cannot tell his Owner's Name. He is a well made Fellow, has a remarkable white Spot on one Side of his Neck, and has on an Osnaburg Shirt and white Plaid Breeches. The Owner is desired to prove his Property and take him away. JAMES BALL, Jailer.
COMMITTED to James City Prison, on Saturday the 13th Instant , a likely young Negro Fellow, who calls himself Thomas Stewart , and says he belongs to William Greig of Dinwiddie . He is a middle sized Man, and of a yellowish Complexion, has long Hair, and says he is by Birth a Freeman. The Owner is desired to send for him, and pay Charges. WILLIAM RUSSELL, Jailer.
A BALE marked I m P, No. 7, was brought from Schock, by Mistake, and landed at the Subscriber's, in King and Queen County. The Owner is desired to take it away and pay the Charges. JOHN MEREDITH.
A Catalogue of BOOKS, STATIONARY, &c. to be SOLD at the Post Office, Williamsburg.
F O L I O S. THE Works of Flavius Josephus , translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange; containing his Antiquities of the Jews, their Wars with the Romans, &c. Burkitt on the New Testament, wherein the sacred Text is at large recited, the Sense explained, and the instructive Example of the blessed Jesus and his holy Apostles to our Imitation recommended. Beawes's Lex Mercatoria, or the Merchant's Directory; being a Complete Guide to all Men in Business, whether Merchant, Lawyer, Senator, or Gentleman.
Q U A R T O S. A System of Moral Philosophy by the late Francis Hutcheson, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Glasgow; with some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author, by the Reverend William Leechman, Professor of Divinity in the same University. 2 Vols. A general System of Surgery. By Doctor Laurence Heister. A Treatise on Venereal Diseases; giving an Account of their Nature, Cause, and Cure. By John Astruc, Physician. The History of the ancient Germans, including that of the several northern Nations who overthrew the Roman Empire and established that of Germany in most of the Kingdoms of Europe. By Doctor John Jacob Mascou. 2 Vols. Ferguson's Lectures on Mechanicks, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Opticks, with the Use of the Globes, the Art of Dialing, and a Calculation of the mean Times of new and full Moons and Eclipses. Swan's Designs in Carpentry, containing Domes, trussed Roofs, Flooring, trussing of Beams, Angle Brackets, and Cornices. Mrs. Macaulay's History of England. Volume the 5th.
O C T A V O S. The Life of Henry Prince of Wales , eldest Son of King James I. By Thomas Birch, D. D. The Anatomy of the Human Body, with forty Copperplates. By W. Cheselden. A critical History of the Life of David, King of Israel. By the late Reverend Samuel Chandler. 2 Vols. A Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, and Commerce, and all Sorts of Country Affairs; illustrated with a great Number of Cuts. 2 Vols. Dufresnoy's Chronological Tables of Universal History, sacred and profane, ecclesiastical and civil, from the Creation of the World to the Year 1743. 2 Vols. Dryden's miscellaneous Works, containing all his original Poems, Tales, and Translations; with an Account of his Life and Writings. 4 Vols. The Dispenfatory for the Use of the Royal Hospital in Edinburgh. The Oration and Epistles of Isocrates, translated from the Greek. By Mr. Joshua Dinsdale. Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematicks. By James Ferguson. The Farmer's Guide, containing an Examination of many Subjects of great Importance to the Gentleman and common Husbandman. 2 Vols. Tables and Tracts relating to several Arts and Sciences. By James Ferguson. The Roman History, from the Foundation of the City of Rome to the Destruction of the Western Empire. By Doctor Goldsmith. 2 Vols. Harris on the acute Diseases of Infants, to which are added medical Observations on several grievous Diseases. The History of the Roman Emperors, from Augustus to Constantine. By Monsr. Crevier. 10 Vols. The Christian Oratory, or the Devotion of the Closet displayed. By the late Reverend and learned Mr. Benjamin Bennet. Helsham's Lectures in Natural Philosophy. Moral and political Dialogues between divers eminent Persons of the past and present Age. The Art of preserving Health, giving an Account of all that has been recommended by Physicians and Philosophers concerning it, from the most remote Antiquity to this Time. By James Mackenzie, M. D. The History of Greenland, containing a Description of the Country and its Inhabitants. By David Crantz. 2 Vols. The History of California, containing an accurate Description of the Country, the Custom of its Inhabitants, &c. 2 Vols. Martin's Philosophical Grammar, being a View of the present State of Natural Philosophy. Milhes's Elements of Surgery, in which are contained all the essential and necessary Principles of the Art, with an Account of the Nature and Treatment of surgical Disorders, &c. Illustrated with Copperplates. Experimental Essays on Medical and Philosophical Subjects. By David Macbride, M. D. Medical Observations and Inquiries. By a Society of Physicians in London. 3 Vols. Nelson's Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England, with Collects and Prayers for each Solemnity. New Observations on Italy and its Inhabitants. By Mr. Nugent. 2 Vols. Le Dran's Observations in Surgery, containing a Hundred and fifteen different Cases, with particular Remarks on each, for the Improvement of young Students; to which is added, a new Chirurgical Dictionary. Le Dran's Operations in Surgery; with Remarks, Plates of the Operations, and a Set of Instruments. By Mr. Cheselden. Lind on the Scurvy, containing an Inquiry into the Nature, Causes, and Cure of that Disease. Miller's Gardeners Kalendar, directing what Works are necessary to be performed, every Month, in the Kitchen, Fruit, and Pleasure Gardens, as also in the Conservatory and Nursery.

Maxwell's practical Husbandman, being a Collection of miscellaneous Papers on that Subject.
The Preceptor, containing a general Course of Education, wherein the first Principles of polite Learning are laid down in a Way most suitable for trying the Genius and advancing the Instruction of Youth. Illustrated with Maps and useful Cuts. 2 Vols.
The Practice of Piety, directing a Christian how to walk that he may please God.
Potter's System of Practical Mathematics, with necessary Tables; the Whole in a most easy and plain Method, designed for the Use of Schools, and the Benefit of Carpenters, Joiners, Bricklayers, and other Artificers, to whom the Practical Mathematics are of great and immediate Use.
Robert Simson, of Glasgow, his Elements of Euclid, &c.
The principal Truths of Natural Religion defended and illustrated. By Reimarus.
The Religious Philosopher, or the right Use of contemplating the Works of the Creator; designed for the Conviction of Atheists and Infidels. 3 Vols.
A Revival of Shakespeare's Text, wherein the Alterations introduced into it, by the more modern Editors and Critics, are particularly considered.
A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery. By W. Smellie, M. D. 3 Vols.
Sharp's Treatise on the Operations of Surgery, with a Description and Representation of the Instruments used in performing them; to which is prefixed an Introduction on the Nature and Treatment of Wounds, Abscesses, and Ulcers.
An Account of the Spanish Settlements in America, their former and present Condition, their Climate, Produce, Trade, Manufactures, &c. the Genius, Disposition, and Number of their Inhabitants, their Government, and a Description of their chief Cities, with whatever else is remarkable.
A Practical Discourse concerning Death, by William Sherlock, D. D. late Dean of St. Paul's.
Archbishop Seeker's Sermons on several Subjects, to which is prefixed a Review of his Grace's Life and Character. 4 Vols.
Taylor's Rules and Exercises of Holy Living, together with Prayers containing the whole Duty of a Christian.
Van Swieten's Commentaries upon the Aphorisms of Boerhaave abridged, by Doctor Schomberg of Bath.
White's Cases in Surgery, with Remarks; to which is added an Essay on the Ligature of Arteries, by J. Aikin, Surgeon.
Walch's History of the Popes, from the Foundation of the See of Rome to the present Time.
Logick, or the right Use of Reason in the Inquiry after Truth; with a Variety of Rules to guard against Error in the Affairs of Religion and Human Life, as well as in the Sciences. By Isaac Watts, D. D.
Smith's complete Body of Distilling, explaining the Mysteries of that Science in a most easy and familiar Manner, containing an exact and accurate Method of making all the compound Cordial Waters now in Use, with a particular Account of their several Virtues. Adapted no less to the Use of private Families than of Apothecaries and Distillers.
Switzer's complete Body of Gardening, Agriculture, and Planting; illustrated with above fifty Copperplates. 3 Vols.
Galt's Rudiments of the Grecian History, from the first Establishment of the States of Greece to the Overthrow of their Liberties.
The True Briton. By the Duke of Wharton. 2 Vols.
The German Spy, or familiar Letters from a Gentleman on his Travels through Germany to his Friend in England.
Morgan's Physico-Theology; or a Disquisition concerning Human Nature, Free Agency, Moral Government, and Divine Providence.
Derham's Astro-Theology; or a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from a Survey of the Heavens.
Cunningham's Merchant's Lawyer, or the Law of Trade in general. 2 Vols.
Harrison's Accomplished Practiser in the High Court of Chancery. 2 Vols.
Gilbert's Law of Evidence, of Covenants, of Trespass, and of Devises.
Attorney's Practice in the Court of King's Bench. 2 Vols.
Doctor Tiffot's Advice to the People with Regard to their Health, particularly calculated for those who are the most unlikely to be provided in Time with the best Assistance; to which is added a Table of the most cheap yet effectual Remedies, and the plainest Directions for preparing them readily.
Wollaston's Religion of Nature delineated, with Notes; to which is added an Account of the Life, Character, and Writings of the Author.
Doctor Watts's first Principles of Astronomy and Geography. For the Use of Learners.
Thoughts on Religion, and curious Subjects, from the French of Mont. Pascal.
Mrs. Burnet, Wife of the late Bishop Burnet, her Method of Devotion; or Rules for holy and devout Living, with Prayers on several Occasions, and Advices and Devotions for the Holy Sacrament. To which is added, some Account of her Life.
Doctor Watts's Philosophical Essays, on various Subjects.
Discourses on the Joys or Sorrows of departed Souls at Death, and the Glory and Terror of the Resurrection; to which is prefixed an Essay toward the Proof of a separate State of Souls after Death. 2 Vols.
Sermons on various Subjects, divine and moral; with a sacred Hymn suited to each Subject.
Hammond's historical Narration of the Holy Bible, adorned with Cuts.
The Reflector; representing human Affairs as they are, and may be improved.
The Art of Cookery made plain and easy, to which is added a Number of new and useful Receipts. By Mrs. Hannah Glass.
An Account of the most remarkable Places and Curiosities in Spain and Portugal. By Udal ap Rhys.
Doctor Astruc's Elements of Midwifery; containing the most modern and successful Method of Practice in every Kind of Labour.
Doctor James's New Universal Dispensary.
Brookes's General Practice of Physick. 2 Vols.
Introduction to Physick and Surgery.
Chapman's Treatise on the Improvement of Midwifery, chiefly in Regard to the Operation; to which are added fifty seven Cases, selected from upwards of twenty seven Years Practice.
Cunningham's Poems, chiefly of the Pastoral Kind.
Bradley's general Treatise of Agriculture, displaying the Arts of Husbandry and Gardening.
Ogilvie's Poems, on several Subjects. 2 Vols.
Bishop Taylor's Contemplations of the State of Man in this Life and that which is to come.
Charlevoix's Journal of a Voyage to North America, containing the geographical Description and natural History of that Country, particularly Canada; together with an Account of the Customs, Characters, Religion, Manners, and Traditions of the original Inhabitants.
Mrs. Catherine Cockburne's Works, theological, moral, dramatick, and poetical; with an Account of the Life of the Author.
Sermons on various Subjects and Occasions. By the late Reverend Samuel Wilson.
The Animal World displayed; or the Nature and Qualities of living Creatures described, under the Denominations of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Serpents. Adorned with Cuts.
Hill's Family Herbal, giving an Account of all those English Plants which are remarkable for their Virtues, and of the Drugs which are produced by Vegetables of other Countries, with their Descriptions and Uses.
Mrs. Bradley's British Housewife; or the Cook, Housekeeper's, and Gardener's Companion. 2 Vols.
Warburton's Sermons, on the Principles of natural and revealed Religion. 3 Vols.
The Young Gentleman and Lady instructed in such Principles of Politeness, Prudence, and Virtue, as will lay a sure Foundation for gaining Respect, Esteem, and Satisfaction in this Life, and eternal Happiness in a future State. 2 Vols.
A new and complete Dictionary of Arts and Science, comprehending all the Branches of useful Knowledge, illustrated with above three Hundred Copperplates. By a Set of Gentlemen. 4 Vols.
No Cross, no Crown: A Discourse showing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of Christ; and that the Denial of Self, and daily bearing of Christ's Cross, is the alone Way to the Rest and Kingdom of God. By William Penn.
Kennett's Roman Antiquities, with Cuts of the principal Buildings, &c.
Doctor Leighton, Archbishop of Glasgow, his Sermons.
Sir Matthew Hale's Contemplations, moral and divine.
The Rational Amusement; being a Collection of Letters on a great Variety of Subjects, serious, entertaining, moral, diverting, and instructive.
The History of the Buccaneers of America, containing their Exploits and Adventures, dangerous Voyages, and bold Attempts.
The Works of the Reverend and pious Mr. Andrew Gray, late Minister of the Gospel in Glasgow.
The Attorney's Practice in the Court of Common Pleas. 2 Vols.
Jacob's New Law Dictionary abridged; containing the Definition of Words and Terms, and also the whole Law and Practice thereof.
Smith's History of England, from the earliest Accounts to the Revolution. 2 Vols.
on the Nature and Institution of Government, containing an Account of the Feudal and English Policy.
Blacklock's Poems; with an Account of the Character, and Writings, of the Author.
Sermons by the celebrated Mr. Charles Churchill.
A Treatise on Female Diseases, in which are also comprehended those most incident to pregnant and Childbed Women. By H. Manning, M. D.
A familiar Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Perspective. By Joseph Priestley.
The Farmer's Kalendar, or Monthly Director for all Sorts of Country Business, in every Season of the Year.
Grose's Voyage to the East Indies, begun in 1750, with Observations continued till 1764.
Broughton on Futurity, or Dissertations on the Nature and Circumstances of the Life to come; with a preliminary Discourse on the natural and moral Evidence of a future State, and an Appendix on the general Conflagration or burning of the World.
The Expedition of Cyrus into Persia, and the Retreat of the ten Thousand Greeks. Translated from Xenophon; with critical and historical Notes, by Edward Spelman, Esquire. 2 Vols.
A new and general Biographical Dictionary, containing an historical and critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the most eminent Persons in every Nation, particularly the British and Irish, from the earliest Accounts to the present Period. 11 Vols.
Potter's Antiquities of Greece, treating of its civil Government, Religion, military Affairs, and other Customs.
D U O D E C I M O S.
Calistus, or the Man of Fashion, and Sophronius, or the Country Gentleman, in three Dialogues. By Thomas Mufso, Esquire.
The Connoisseur. By Mr. Town, Critick and Censor General.
Eloisa, or a Series of original Letters that passed between two Lovers, Inhabitants of a small Village at the Foot of the Alps; displaying the Eloquence of the Passions, the Charms of Virtue, and the Force of Imagination. By Mons. Rousseau. 4 Vols.
Hervey's Meditations and Contemplations. 2 Vols.
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his Friend Parson Adams. By Mr. Fielding. 2 Vols.
Kettlewell's Companion for the Penitent, and for Persons troubled in Mind.
Letters supposed to have passed between M. de St. Evremont and Mr. Waller. Collected and published by Mr. Langhorne.
Memoirs of the Marquis de St. Forlaix, translated from the French of Mons. Framery. By Mrs. Brooke.
Memoirs, containing the Lives of several Ladies of Great Britain; an entertaining Novel, interspersed with several curious Thoughts on Religion. Written by the Author of John Bunce. 2 Vols.
Medical Essays and Observations, published by a Society in Edinburgh. 7 Vols.
The ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin. 10 Vols.
Rollin's Method of teaching and studying the Belles Lettres. Designed for the Use of Students in the Universities. 4 Vols.
A Collection of the moral and instructive Sentiments, Maxims, Cautions, and Reflexions, contained in the Histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison.
Solyman and Almena, a beautiful little Novel, written by Mr. Langhorne, with a View to promote the Cause of Truth and Virtue.
Swift's Works, being three additional Volumes, lately published, of his poetical, historical, and other miscellaneous Productions.
Letters written by a Turkish Spy, who lived five and forty Years undiscovered at Paris, giving an impartial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable Transactions of Europe from the Year 1637 to the Year 1682. 8 Vols.
The Triumvirate, or the authentick Memoirs of Andrews, Beville, and Carewe. By the Author of the Adventures of a Guinea. 2 Vols.
The whole Works, in Verse and Prose, of the celebrated Mons. de Voltaire, translated from the French, with Notes historical and critical. 35 Vols.
The Winter Evening's Companion, or compendious Library; being a Collection of instructive and entertaining Relations, taken from the best and most authentick Histories, both ancient and modern. 3 Vols.
The Works of the Minor Poets; namely, the Earl of Roscommon, the Earl of Dorset, the Earl of Halifax, Sir Samuel Garth, George Stepney, William Walsh, and Thomas Tickell, Esquires, and of Bishop Spratt.
The Works of the celebrated Doctor Young, consisting of his Poems, Plays, and Treatises on different Subjects.
Attorney's Complete Pocket Book. 2 Vols.
Guide to the Practisers of the Law. 2 Vols.
Shower's Reflections on Time and Eternity.
Fenning's Ready Reckoner, or Trader's most useful Assistant in buying and selling all Sorts of Commodities, either Wholesale or Retail.
Mrs. Rowe's Devout Exercises of the Heart, in Meditation and Soliloquy, Prayer and Praise.
The Works of Edmund Waller, Esquire.
Fordyce's Sermons to Young Women.
Doctor Watts's View of Scripture History, by Way of Question and Answer.
The Revere, or a Flight to the Paradise of Fools.
The Travels of Cyrus. By the Chevalier Ramsay.
William Hamilton, Esquire, of Bangour, his Poems.
History of Sir George Ellison. 2 Vols.
Spinckes's Companion in the Closet, or a complete Manual of private Devotions.
Love Letters between a Nobleman and his Sister, with the History of their Adventures.
Dodd's Reflexions on Death.
A new Historical, Biographical, and Classical Dictionary; for the Use of Schools.
Smollett's Don Quixote. 4 Vols.
Gil Blas. 4 Vols.
The Travels and Adventures of James Massey; translated from the French of the celebrated Mons. Bayle.
Mrs. Harrison's Housekeeper's Pocket Book, and complete Family Cook. History of Miss Betsey Thoughtless. 4 Vols.
Adventures of Jack Wander; written by himself.
The Countess D'Anois's Collection of Novels and Tales of the Fairies. 3 Vols.
Peruvian Tales, related in one Thousand and one Hours, by one of the select Virgins of Cusco, to the Inca of Peru, to dissuade him from a Resolution he had taken to destroy himself by Poison. 3 Vols.
Beattie's Poems, on several Subjects.
Rochefoucault's Moral Maxims.
An Unfortunate Mother's Advice to her absent Daughters. In a Letter to Miss Pennington.
Monsieur Guellette's Tartarian Tales.
The Visitor, by several Hands. Published by William Dodd, M. A. Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty.
Tiffot's Essay on Diseases incident to sedentary Persons; with proper Rules for preventing the fatal Consequences, and Instructions for their Cure.
A new Collection of Fairy Tales; containing many useful Lessons, moral Sentiments, surprising Incidents, and amusing Adventures. 2 Vols.
Arabian Night's Entertainment, consisting of one Thousand and one Stories. 4 Vols.
The Gentleman's Companion, and Tradesman's Delight.
Ball's New Dispensatory. A Work of general Utility; designed, and properly calculated, as well for the Benefit of private Families as of young Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries.
The Life and Adventures of Joe Thompson. 2 Vols.
Bracken's complete Treatise upon the Art of Farriery. 2 Vols.
Friendship in Death; in twenty Letters from the Dead to the Living; to which are added, Letters moral and entertaining in Prose and Verse. By Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe. 2 Vols.
Doddley's Collection of Poems. 6 Vols.
Mrs. Brooke's complete English Cook, or prudent Housewife.
The Matrimonial Preceptor. A Collection of Examples and Precepts relating to the Married State; from the most celebrated Authors, both ancient and modern.
Bouffier's Universal History. 2 Vols.
The Midwife's Pocket Companion, containing full and plain Directions for the Management and Delivery of Child-bearing Women in the different Cases, and the Cure of the several Diseases incident to them and new born Children. By Doctor John Memis, of Aberdeen.
The Accomplished Housewife, or Gentlewoman's Companion; to which are prefixed some serious Instructions for the Conduct of the Fair Sex with regard to their Duty towards God and towards their Neighbours.
Lord Dun's friendly and familiar Advices; adapted to the various Stations and Conditions of Life, and the mutual Relations to be observed amongst them.
Langhorne's Translation of Plutarch's Lives, adorned with Cuts.
Amiroe's War with Devils, and Ministration of and Communion with Angels.
The Rise and surprising Adventures of Donald McGregor, a Novel. 2 Vols.
La Belle Assemblee, a curious Collection of some very remarkable Incidents which happened to Persons of the first Quality in France, interspersed with entertaining and improving Observations.
The History of two modern Adventurers. 2 Vols.
Clarissa, or the History of a young Lady, comprehended in the most important Concerns of private Life. By Mr. Richardson. 8 Vols.
Boyle on Specifick Medicines.
Salmon's Modern Gazetteer, or a short View of the several Nations of the World; absolutely necessary for rendering the publick News, and other historical Occurrences, intelligible and entertaining.
The School for Wives, in a Series of Letters.
Selden's Table Talk, being his Sense of various Matters of Weight and high Consequence.
A general History of Sieges and Battles, by Sea and Land, adorned with Cuts. 12 Vols.
History of Sir Charles Grandison, in a Series of Letters. 7 Vols.
Yorick's Sentimental Journey through France and Italy. 2 Vols.
The Christian's Support under all Afflictions, being the divine Meditations of John Gerhard, with Prayers suited to each Meditation.
The Life and Travels of Robinson Crusoe, by David Defoe, Gentleman of Wales; exhibiting a Series of most remarkable Occurrences during his seven Years Travels abroad, five of which were spent with a Lady he released from Slavery, with farther Particulars since his Return with her to England.
Professor Formey's Elementary Principles of the Belles Lettres.
Historical Account of the Curiosities of London and Westminster, describing particularly every Thing curious in the Tower of London, Tombs and Inscriptions in Westminster Abbey, and other old and new Cathedral of St. Paul's, &c.
The Poetical Miscellany, consisting of select Pieces from the most eminent English Poets. Designed for the Use of Schools.
The Virgin Unmasked, or Female Dialogues, betwixt an elderly Maiden Lady and her Niece.
The Family Instructor, in three Parts; first relating to Fathers and Children, second to Masters and Servants, and third to Husbands and Wives. 2 Vols.
The Works of Plato abridged; with an Account of his Life, Philosophy, Morals, and Politics. Translated from the French of Madam Dacier. 2 Vols.
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At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, May 4, 1771.
John McDowall, Plaintiff, against Ebenezer McCulloch, and George Young, of Edinburgh, North Britain, Bankrupts, Alexander Baine, James Gibson, and Hugh McMeikin, Defendants, and John McDowall, and Alexander Gray, Plaintiffs, against Ebenezer McCulloch, and George Young, of Edinburgh, North Britain, Bankrupts, Alexander Baine, and Hugh McMeikin, Defendants, In Chancery.
THE Defendants Ebenezer and George being beyond Sea, and not having entered their Appearance according to the Rule of this Court, on the Motion of the Plaintiffs, by their Counsel, it is ordered that the other Defendants, who have Effects of the said Ebenezer and George in their Hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete such Effects, until the farther Order or Decree of this Court concerning the same; but that they deliver up such Effects, or so much thereof as will be of Value sufficient to satisfy the Demands of the Plaintiffs, unto the said Plaintiffs, upon their giving Security to the Clerk of this Court for the Return of such Effects, in such Manner, and to such Persons, as the Court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is farther ordered that the said Defendants (Ebenezer and George) do appear here on the first Day of the next Court, to answer the Bills of the Plaintiffs; and that a Copy of this Order be, within fifteen Days, inserted in the VIRGINIA GAZETTE, for two Months successively, and published on some Lord's Day, immediately after divine Service, in the Church of the Parish of Elizabeth River, in the County of Norfolk; and be also posted up at the Front Door of the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg. BEN: WALLER.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Lunenburg, on the 18th of April last, an outlawed Negro Man named ADAM, a Shoemaker by Trade, about five Feet eight Inches high, a slim black Fellow, with small Legs, has a naked Spot on the Top of his Head, and is a very sensible Fellow. Whoever secures the said Fellow so that I get him again, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. JOHN PETTUS.
NORFOLK, July 6, 1771.
RUN away, on Tuesday last, an indentured Servant Man who goes by the Name of THOMAS FAY. He is about eighteen Years of Age, wears his own Hair tied behind, walks bad, and had on, when he went away, a spotted Flannel Jacket, light black gray Breeches trimmed with black, and took with him an old Snuff coloured Cloth Coat. Whoever takes up the said Servant, and delivers him to me, shall be handsomely rewarded for their Trouble. FREE ARMSTON.
TAKEN up, in Prince William, an Iron gray MARE about thirteen Hands high, with a bushy Tail, dark Mane hanging on the off Side, spotted in the Face, undockt, but her Brand is unknown. THOMAS MASTERS.
NORFOLK, July 1, 1771.
AT our RUM DISTILLERY here may be had a constant Supply of that Article, and MOLOSSES, which we will sell on the lowest Terms. Those who favour us with their Orders may depend upon being well used; and they will please to address them to Mr. William Calderhead, who conducts the Business of the Distillery, or to JAMIESON, CAMPBELL, CALVERT, & Company.
WILLIAMSBURG, July 4, 1771.
ANTHONY SINGLETON, Jeweller and Goldsmith, begs Leave to acquaint the Publick that he has just opened Shop opposite to the RALEIGH Tavern, where such as please to favour him with their Custom may depend upon being furnished with all Sorts of Work in those Branches on reasonable Terms, executed in the neatest, most fashionable, and Workman-like Manner. * * * MOURNING RINGS made on the shortest Notice.
FREDERICKSBURG, June 25, 1771.
THOMAS HOLMES, Saddler and Harness Maker, hereby informs the Publick that he has opened Shop opposite to the Long Ordinary, where he intends carrying on his Business in all its Branches; and as he has just imported a large Assortment of Materials in his Way, those Gentlemen who please to favour him with their Custom may depend upon having their Work done in the neatest and best Manner, and on very reasonable Terms.
For SALE,
THE Plantation whereon William Stubbs formerly lived, in Gloucester County, containing between three and four Hundred Acres, upon which is a good Dwellinghouse, and some Outhouses. Any One inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Mr. Lewis Booker, in Gloucester. — I will likewise sell the Land where I now live, in Amelia, with the Crop of Corn, Fodder, and Stock, on eighteen Months Credit. NELSON JONES.
KING and QUEEN, July 1, 1771.
BEING determined to remove, as soon as I can make it convenient, into the Frontiers, this is to acquaint the Publick that I have a Tract of Land on Mattaponi River, known by the Name of FLEET'S FERRY, containing a Thousand Acres of high Land and Marsh, which I would sell. There are good Buildings, great Plenty of different Sorts of Fruits, and it is a pleasant Situation. The Ferry is worth about fifty Pounds a Year, it is one of the best Fisheries on the River, and there is a good Gristmill near the House. — I have also another Tract for Sale, about four Miles distant, and near King and Queen Courthouse, containing three Hundred and sixty six Acres, whereupon are all necessary Buildings for a Quarter, with great Plenty of fine Fruits. — They will be sold together, or separate, as Purchasers may incline; and Credit will be allowed for Part of the Money. For Terms apply to me, living at the Ferry. WILLIAM FLEET.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Friday the 20th of September, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, on the Premises,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND containing upwards of eight Hundred Acres of high and low Grounds, lying on Buckkin Creek, in the County of Dinwiddie, within twenty Miles of Petersburg, being the Land whereon the Subscriber now lives, with very good Improvements thereon, and to be entered on at Christmas next. It is very convenient to Church, Mill, and Courthouse. One Third of the Purchase Money to be paid down, or Merchants Notes payable in the October General Court; the Residue to be paid at two annual Payments. The Situation is remarkably pleasant, and very healthy; it is well calculated for farming, being extremely good for Stocks of all Kinds, and with a small Quantity of Manure produces good Tobacco. The Purchasers are to give Bond and Security. JOHN JONES.
To be RENTED for one Year, or a term of Years, and may be entered on in three Months,
THE LOT and HOUSES, near Cabin Point Warehouses, which are now occupied by the Subscriber. There are six Acres and a Half of Land, a good Dwellinghouse with all necessary Outhouses, Storehouse with a Counting Room, a Lumber House forty by twenty, and an exceeding good Garden. The Whole will be put in the best Repair and Order, and any Alterations or Additions that may be judged needful will be made to the Storehouse. Any Person inclined to rent the same may know the Terms by applying to JOHN AUSTIN FINNIE. N. B. If the above Lot and Houses should not be rented, I would dispose of them. The Terms of Payment, in that Case, would be made very easy to the Purchaser.
RUN away from the Subscriber's Plantation in Bute County, North Carolina, some Time in July last, a Negro Fellow named WILL. He is about thirty eight Years of Age, thick set, and well made, much scared with Whipping, and one of his great Toes off, I believe, at the second Joint. He formerly belonged to Colonel John Tabb, deceased, of Elizabeth City, and is supposed to be lurking in that Neighbourhood, or that of Mrs. Lydia Jones of the said County, who owns a Brother to the said Negro. FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows, will be given for apprehending and securing him in any of his Majesty's Jails, or FIVE POUNDS if he be taken out of the Colony.
Also run away from my Plantation in Prince George, about the Beginning of this Month, a Negro Lad named BACCHUS. He is thick set, and well made, about seventeen or eighteen Years of Age, and speaks broken English. I understand he has been taken up at Sewell's Point, but made his Escape, and will probably do it again, if taken up, without the utmost Precaution. I am apprehensive he is endeavouring to make out of the Country, having made an Attempt of that Kind once before. Whoever apprehends him, and will commit him to Jail, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and if taken up out of the Colony FIVE POUNDS. JOHN AUSTIN FINNIE.
HIS Majesty's Postmaster General having (for the better facilitating of Correspondence between Great Britain and America) been pleased to add a fifth Packet Boat to the Station between Falmouth and New York, Notice is hereby given that the Mail, for the future, will be closed, at the Post Office in New York, at twelve of the Clock at Night, on the first Tuesday in every Month, and despatched by a Packet, the next Day, for Falmouth. By Command of the Deputy Postmaster General. ALEXANDER COLDEN, Secretary.
RUN away from the Subscriber in Culpeper, near Thornton's Pass, on the 30th of May last, a Convict Servant named PETER BACHELOR, an Englishman, about three and twenty Years of Age, five Feet eight or nine Inches high, a sturdy Fellow, of a clear and ruddy Complexion, has black Hair, and blue Eyes. He had on a new Felt Hat, an Osanbrug Shirt, old Leather Breeches patched in the Seat with Virginia Cloth, and a Pair of turned Pumps made of Dogskin, with the Hair outward. It is supposed that he has taken with him a Negro Man belonging to Captain John Strother, named AVERY, a lusty well set Fellow, five Feet six or seven Inches high, who took with him an old red great Coat, an old red Cloth Waistcoat, and a Felt Hat. They have with them sundry other Clothes. Whoever delivers the said Servant to me shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward, besides what the Law allows, and THIRTY SHILLINGS for the Negro. JOSEPH STROTHER.
DUMFRIES, June 6, 1771.
WHEREAS the Subscriber carried on a Trade in Charles County, in the Province of Maryland, in Company with John Semple, now of Prince William County, in the Colony of Virginia, from the Year 1757 to the Year 1763, when the Partnership was dissolved; and in the Year 1760 the said Semple purchased of Messrs. John Carlyle and John Dalton, for the Behoof of that Concern, a Lot of Land in the Town of Alexandria, for which the Subscriber paid the Purchase Money, by Semple's Bill of Exchange drawn on him on Account of the Company, on which Lot the Company made several valuable Improvements; and afterwards, in the Year 1764, the said Semple took a Deed in his own Name for the said Lot and Improvements; and whereas, by the Articles of Copartnership, the said Semple bound himself not to draw any Money or Effects from that Concern, until the whole Debts due by it were fully satisfied, and totally paid off: This, therefore, is to forewarn any Person or Persons whatsoever from taking any Assignment of the said Lot, without the Consent of the Subscriber, who solely manages and transacts the Business of the said Partnership (Mr. Semple not having had any Management therein these six Years past) otherwise his or their Right will be of no Validity, as I shall dispute the Title John Semple may presume to assign him or them, it being diametrically repugnant to the Spirit, Meaning, and express Words of the said Articles of Copartnership, recorded in Charles County aforesaid. JAMES LAWSON.
VIRGINIA, &c.
At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, May 7, 1771.
Thomas Blackmore, Dorsey Pentecost, Thomas Speake, James Lindsey, Nathaniel Barrett, and Thomas Wadlington, Plaintiffs, against James Fowler, of the Province of Pennsylvania, Edward Snickers, Thomas Colson, George Jump, Joseph Eldridge, William Bilbow, Stephen Johnson, David Abley, and Thomas Shepherd, Defendants, In Chancery.
THE Defendant James Fowler being beyond Sea, and not having entered his Appearance according to the Rule of this Court, on the Motion of the Plaintiffs, by their Counsel, it is ordered that the other Defendants, who have Effects of the said Fowler in their Hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete such Effects, until the farther Order or Decree of this Court concerning the same; but that they deliver up such Effects, or so much thereof as will be of Value sufficient to satisfy the Demand of the Plaintiffs, unto the said Plaintiffs, upon their giving Security to the Clerk of this Court for the Return of such Effects, in such Manner, and to such Persons as the Court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is farther ordered that the said Defendant (Fowler) do appear here on the first Day of the next Court, to answer the Plaintiffs' Bill; and that a Copy of this Order be, within fifteen Days, inserted in the VIRGINIA GAZETTE, for two Months successively, and published on some Lord's Day, immediately after divine Service, in the Church of the Parish of Frederick, in the County of Frederick; and be also posted up at the front Door of the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg. BEN: WALLER.
To be SOLD, on long Credit, the three following Tracts of LAND, viz.
ONE Tract containing four Hundred Acres, lying in Spotsylvania County, on the Head of Bluff Run, about eighteen Miles from Fredericksburg. One other Tract lying in Amherst County, on Owen's Creek, containing four Hundred Acres; it is well timbered, and a good Soil for Tobacco and Indian Corn. One Tract lying in Pittsylvania County, on Sycamore Creek, near Captain Benjamin Clement's, containing two Hundred Acres; this is likewise good Tobacco Land. Any Person inclined to purchase either of the above Tracts of Land may know the Terms by applying to Mr. Charles Irving, Merchant in Albemarle County, or to the Subscriber in Richmond Town. The above Lands are the Property of John Loving, Senior, of Amherst County, but made over by a Deed of Trust to the Subscriber. Two Years Credit, or longer if required, will be given, on Bond and approved Security. WILLIAM MITCHELL.
For SALE,
And may be entered on immediately,
THE LOT and HOUSES, near Cabin Point Warehouses, at present occupied by Mr. Walter Peter. There are four Acres of Land well enclosed, a good Dwellinghouse, with all necessary Outhouses, also a Storehouse, Counting Room, and two Lumber Houses. Any Person inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to JAMES BUCHANAN.
N. B. If the above Lot and Houses are not sold they will be rented for a Term of Years, not exceeding three.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at the Falls of James River, the Middle of last Month, a Negro Man named DAVY, belonging to the Hon. William Byrd, Esquire, about thirty Years old, five Feet eight Inches high, and very stout made; he is of a yellow Complexion, has a down Look, and a Defect in some of his fore Teeth. He is supposed to be lurking about Hanover Town, Petersburg, or gone towards Carolina. Whoever will apprehend the said Fellow, and bring him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; and if taken out of the Colony, FIVE POUNDS. DAVID PATTESON.
POETS CORNER.
PICTURE of LIFE.
WHAT is this Life, that Mortals idly crave? The noisy Passport to the silent Grave. Each Moment sinks the Value of the Prize, And Death is daily marching 'fore our Eyes. Drunk with the Joys of Life, we heed him not, Till Sickness warns us of the common Lot; The Lot which levels all on equal Terms, And gives an Olio Banquet to the Worms, That rudely gnaw, in undistinguish'd Graves, The Flesh of Emperours, and Flesh of Slaves. Abashing, humbling Thought! enough to force Srong-wing'd Ambition from her Eagle Course; Enough to curb the self-sufficient Will, And bid the Lust of earthly Praise be still. What is this Life? A temporary Stage, Where divers Men in divers Parts engage; The fleeting Forms in quick Succession glide, As one moves off his Absence is suppy'd; And should some favourite Actor quit the Scene, Into his Place another steps serene; Serene, and full of Self, he tries to soar, And reach a Height that ne'er was reach'd before. Behold the wither'd, sapless Tree of Fame, That boasts no other Virtue but the Name, Yet, by the Dupes of Adoration view'd, Its Trunk appears magnificently rude; In shatter'd Pomp it still attracts the Sight, And warms each Novice with a strange Delight. In vain, for Souls renown'd in ancient Days With greedy Hands have pre-engross'd her Bays, Each Twig so ris'd that no Modern now Can find one Leaf to dignify his Brow. Yet, though her Branches gradually fade, Man still seeks Refuge in her scanty Shade. Vain, foolish Man! when all the precious Fruit Is torn away, to reverence the Root.
NORFOLK, July 7, 1771.
IN Consequence of a legal Survey and Condemnation, as unfit for Sea, on Tuesday the 30th Instant will be sold at Portsmouth, for ready Money, for the Benefit of the Owners or Ensurers, the Hull, Materials, &c. of the Ship HANOVER PLANTER, Muice Livingston late Master. GILCHRIST & TAYLOR.
IMPORTED in the Boyd, Captain John Hartwell, from Glasgow, without a Bill of Lading, a CASK marked I & P, No. 1. The Owner may have it on applying to the Subscriber at Port Royal. JAMES DUNLOP.
IMPORTED in the Prince George, from London, just arrived in James River, two Casks marked RH, No. 1 and 2, for which there is no Bill of Lading, neither is it known who shipped them or to whom they are consigned. The Owner may have them on proving his Property, paying Freight, and the Charge of this Advertisement. JOHN FAWN.
JOHN BRUCE, M.A.
HAS opened a PUBLICK SCHOOL over against the Church, at the Head of Cumberland Street, Norfolk; and proposes to teach the GREEK, LATIN, and ENGLISH Languages, NAVIGATION, BOOK-KEEPING, ARITHMETICK, and MATHEMATICKS; where those who choose to favour him with the Instruction of their Children may depend on all due Attention being paid to their Education. 2||
Wanted on Charter for Liverpool, A VESSEL from two Hundred and fifty to three Hundred Hogheads Burthen, to load at Norfolk, with a Cargo that can be put alongside at a few Days Notice. I have for Sale choice Barbadoes RUM and SPIRIT, Grenada and Jamaica RUM, MUSCOVADO SUGAR, COFFEE, GINGER, PIMENTA, and large SALT. 2 JOHN GREENWOOD.
YORK County, July 8, 1771.
WHEREAS several Persons who became Purchasers at the Sale of the late John Howard's Estate have failed in complying with the Advertisements, in not giving Bond and Security, as required, this is to let such know that unless they come and give Bond and Security by the last Day of this Instant (July) their Purchases will be deemed as prompt Payments, and Suits commenced without farther Notice from the Executors. 2||
To be LEASED for a Term of Years, and entered upon by the 25th of November next,
A TRACT of LAND pleasantly situated, opposite to the Borough of Norfolk, commonly called Windmill Point, on which are two Brick WINDMILLS completely fitted for grinding, with a large BAKEHOUSE containing four Ovens and three Bolting Mills all under one Roof, a large Granary sufficient to contain four or five Thousand Bushels of Wheat, with some Negroes, among whom are Millers, Bakers, and a Wench; also a commodious Dwellinghouse with four Rooms on a Floor, and all necessary Outhouses belonging thereto. Any Gentleman inclined to take a Lease of the above Place may know the Terms by applying to Matthew Phipps, Esquire, of the Borough of Norfolk, or to the Subscriber on the Premises. TF ROBERT TUCKER.
AS I intend to remove up the Country next
Fall, I would sell my Plantation in King & Queen County, which consists of six Hundred and fifty five Acres of LAND, pleasantly situated on Mattaponi River, about six Miles above West Point, and has on it a very good neat convenient Brick House with two large Rooms, two Closets, and a Passage on a Floor, with good Cellars under it, two very pleasant Porticoes, one above and the other below Stairs, neatly finished, with Banisters and India Work, a very convenient Storehouse sixty Feet long, with two Floors and a Cellar, and all other Outhouses necessary, Garden, &c. in good Order. The Land is good for Corn, and with Manure will produce fine Tobacco. There is also belonging to the above mentioned Tract one Hundred Acres of Marsh, lying opposite, on the other Side the River, which is very convenient for getting Hay, &c. Any Person inclined to purchase may be shown the same, and know the Terms, by applying to JOHN MEREDITH.
Who has also for Sale another Plantation in King & Queen County, just below West Point, known by the Name of Gaugh's Point, containing two Hundred Acres, adjoining the Land of Mr. Samuel Meredith, on which is a good Deal of Marsh that with little Expense might be made a valuable Meadow. The Land is well timbered, but no Improvements on it. I have also three LOTS in West Point for Sale, whereon is a neat little Dwellinghouse with two Rooms on a Floor, and an old Kitchen. The above mentioned Land will be sold together, or in separate Tracts, as may best suit the Purchasers. TF
To be SOLD at Publick Auction, on Thursday the 22nd of August, being Orange Court Day, at the Courthouse,
ALL the remaining Part of Offonia Tract, about five or six Hundred Acres. As this Land was formerly advertised, and fully described, it needs no farther Description. The Terms will be agreed upon by the Trustees, who will attend the Sale. 5