The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-03-19 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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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 in Arrear to this Revenue, and fail to settle with the Auditor and pay the Money into the Receiver's Office by the 25th of April, cannot expect any farther Indulgence.
RICHARD CORBIN, D. R. G.
WARSAW, November 4.
I F the Almighty, by his Providence, had not interfered, a Gang of the most desperate Villains would have perpetrated an Act which all true Poles would have read in their Annals with Horror and Astonishment. Yesterday Evening, about nine o'Clock, as the King was returning in his Coach to his Palace, from the Great Chancellor's, Prince Czartorinsky, his Majesty was suddenly attacked at the Corner of the Capuchin Street, near the Bishop of Cracow's Palace, by six Confederates, headed by a Captain of Horse, named Koczinski, who had formerly been in the Service of Prince Czartorinsky, but is now one of the Confederates. His Majesty, not being attended by his usual Escort of Uhlan's, but only accompanied by some Pages and Servants, the Assassins stopped the Coach, and immediately discharged their Carbines and Pistols, several of the Balls going through the Coach. Two Heyducks, who were behind the Coach with Flambeaus, immediately leaped down to defend it; one of them was desperately wounded, and soon after expired: the other received several Wounds from a Sabre. An Aid de Camp, who was in the Coach with the King, and a Page, were wounded; and Nothing belonging to his Majesty was found but his Hat. This happened in one of the most inhabited Parts of the Town, so that the greatest Alarm was occasioned among the People, who ran out on the first Noise; and the Troops of the Crown, and the Russians, who were patrolling in all Parts, came up, but could not trace the Road the Villains had taken. All that could be found was the King's bloody Hat, which caused an universal Consternation for his Majesty's Life. In the mean Time, Koczinski and his Gang had joined twenty five other Confederates, who were posted at a Corner of the Street, waiting the Event. As soon as they had dragged the King out of his Coach, they took him between two Horsemen, holding him by the Hands, and drew him in that Manner, by the Arsenal, over the Nalunze, out of the City, beyond Bilanow, a German Mile and a Half from Warsaw. They now found, by the Shouts they heard, that the Russians were in Pursuit of them; whereupon Koczinski, either through Fear or Remorse of Conscience, desired the Captain of the Horse who commanded this desperate Party to retire to some Distance with the greatest Number of them, thinking that otherwise they could not fail to be soon discovered, which Desire the Captain complied with, and left his Majesty in the Hands of Koczinski and four others, which four, however, Koczinski presently after contrived to get rid of, by sending them to see how near the Russians were come. He then threw himself at the King's Feet, and implored Pardon, with the strongest Assurances that he would carry his Majesty back safely to Warsaw. He produced a Paper, in which he was bound, with the others, by the strongest Oaths (which Transaction passed at Czenstochau) to deliver the King, dead or alive, to the Confederates. He received his Majesty's Pardon, and then led the King out of the Road amongst the Bushes by Bilanow. After they had travelled an Hour in the Dark, and excessive bad Roads, they arrived at a poor Cottage, where his Majesty threw himself down, quite exhausted, on a miserable Bed, and fell asleep. From hence Advice was sent to General Coccej, who came immediately with a Party of Horse, and had the Pleasure to lodge his Majesty, about four in the Morning, safe in the Castle. His Majesty, besides the imminent danger of his Life, had every Distress to combat with, and this aggravated by two Wounds on his Head, one by a Sabre, and the other by a Pistol Ball, which only grazed. As the Alarm and Consternation had been very great, so it is not easy to express the Joy every one felt at knowing his Majesty was once again safe in
the Castle. A general Thanksgiving was offered up to God for the Preservation of his Majesty's precious Life, and Te Deum celebrated in all the Churches, with the Discharge of one Hundred Cannon. The Conspirators had been in the City some Days, having got in by Means of some Waggons laden with Hay, but had not been able to find an Opportunity of getting Possession of the King's Person till the Evening this execrable Scheme was put in Execution, as above related.
MARSEILLES, November 29. By Advices from Constantinople, dated the 3d Instant, we are informed that a Fire broke out in that Capital on the 18th, and another on the 24th of last Month, which have reduced to Ashes a great Number of Houses, among which is the magnificent Palace of the Aga of the Janizaries.
According to the above Advices, Count Orlow, Commander in Chief of the Russian Forces in the Archipelago, came with his whole Fleet on the 12th of October before the Dardanelles, and cannonaded the Castle, situated in Europe, with some Ships of War, but did not greatly damage it. The Russian Squadron afterwards retired, having left four Frigates cruising at the Entrance of the Dardanelles.
A few Days after the above Enterprise a brisk Cannonading was heard on the Side of Tenedos, and it is thought that the Design of Count Orlow is to render himself Master of Lemnos. These Advices add, that the Khan of the Tartars is dead, through vexation, at Constantinople; and that the Sultan Bagti Guery continues there still.
VIENNA, December 4. Letters from Munich advise that the Elector hath caused to be fixed up there a very severe Ordinance against the Monopolizers of Grain, and especially against those who export it out of the Electorate. According to this Ordinance, all Offenders will be punished with Death, without formal Process, on the Spot where they shall be taken.
A Report is this Moment spread, that the Grand Seignior died lately at Constantinople.
LONDON, November 26.
IT is said that a Body of twelve Thousand Land Forces is to be kept on Foot in America, to consist of fifteen Regiments in the Pay of Great Britain, and ten Regiments of Provincials in the Pay of the Colonies.
December 18. It is assured that a certain great Lady, on hearing that her illustrious Kinsman had entered into the holy State of Matrimony, turned to one of her Gentlewomen in Waiting, and said, "I heartily wish he had chosen, instead of Colonel Luttrell's Sister, the Daughter of Mr. Wilkes, because he would then have gained largely by his Change of Condition; an accomplished Girl, and Popularity."
December 21. On Thursday Captain Stott, lately arrived from Falkland's Island, was at Court, and afterwards had the Honour of a Conference with his Majesty.
Yesterday her Royal Highness the Princess of Brunswick appeared in the Drawing Room at St. James's, for the first Time since her Arrival in England. Her Highness went in State, attended by the Guards, after the same Manner as the rest of the Royal Family.
The Neptune, from Nantucket, deemed a missing Ship, is arrived at Dover.
Extract of a Letter from the Russian Fleet, October 18. "The Campaign was not altogether inactive; several lucky Descents have been made on the Asiatic Coast, below Rhodes, in Negropont, in the Bays of Countessa, Cassandre, and Volo. Great Quantities of Timber, Cattle, and Magazines of Corn, have been taken, and what could not be carried away destroyed."
"A Part of the Russian Fleet is now at Imbro, in the Sight of the Castles of the Dardanelles. The Turks do not seem to intend any Attack upon it, but rather prefer to wait for Defence; they are in constant Work to fortify the Coast of that Channel, and to plant it with Cannon, as much as they can."
The following Toast is now very fashionable in Dublin, "May Doctor Clement administer the same Potions to Courtiers as his patriotick Predecessor Doctor Lucas."
On Tuesday last died, and on Thursday was interred in his Family Vault at St. Martin's in the Fields, Lucius O'Brien, Esquire, Rear Admiral of the White, descended from an ancient and noble Family in Ireland, yet not more conspicuous on that Account than
from his Courage, Conduct, and Experience, as an Officer. In the ever memorable Action in 1759, when the great French Fleet commanded by Conflans was defeated by Sir Edward Hawke, he was cast away in the Effex of seventy Guns, in the vigorous Execution of his Duty. He served under Admiral Rodney at the taking of Martinico, who sent him then Commander of the Temple, with a small Squadron, to reduce the Grenades, which Service he effectually performed, entirely destroying or taking the French Ships, and Fortifications that defended them.
The Answer, it is said, which has been lately obtained from the Court of Stockholm, relative to the Treaty of Commerce, was yesterday laid before a Cabinet Council, when some Points were adjusted, and we hear the Treaty will soon be ratified.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester is now at Rome; an Express arrived from him on Tuesday last, and we hear that his Royal Highness's Health is quite re-established.
The Duke of Cumberland has lately had several private Interviews with the Princess of Brunswick, and a certain great and amiable Lady last Night admitted him to an Interview.
Orders were sent yesterday for a third Rate Man of War, and a Frigate, to sail immediately for the Mediterranean, to reinforce the Fleet of Observation in that Sea.
December 25. The Court of Spain have issued Orders to their Commanding Officers in the West Indies to suffer no foreign Subjects to cut Logwood in the Island of Rattan, or even resort to that Place, on any Pretext whatsoever.
Orders are given for two Companies of the Artillery to hold themselves in Readiness to embark for Jamaica, to relieve those now on Duty at that Place.
A Correspondent informs us that within these ten Days past upwards of forty additional Workmen have been taken into Pay at Chatham Dockyard, by Orders from the Admiralty Board.
We hear that the Premier has written circulating Letters, in the most pressing Terms, to the King's Men, as they are called, requesting their early Attendance this Winter on extraordinary Matters, which are to come on at the very Opening of the Session of Parliament.
They write from Guernsey that five Sail of French homeward bound Ships, from Canada, have been lost on the Coast of Britany, near the Gaskets, between the 8th and 12th Instants.
The Duke of Cumberland has been advised by his Brother the Colonel to go and spend a few Months at Luttrell's Town, till the Fracas be a little over. The Tour of Ireland may help to finish his Education!
The Rachel, Henry, from Boston to London, with Lumber, was drove ashore the 6th Instant, near the Bolt, at Plymouth; the Ship and Cargo are entirely lost, the Captain and Crew saved.
The Tryon, Farmer, from Jamaica to Bristol, is wrecked on the Newton Sands.
The Nelly, Hudson, from Virginia to London, is ashore upon the Knock, near South End; but if the Weather proves moderate, there are Hopes of getting her off again.
The Neptune, Shepherd, from Boston to Hull, is totally lost near Margate.
The Treaty of Commerce between the English and Russians is to be concluded next Week, as all Difficulties are now removed.
It was yesterday currently reported upon Change that the Grand Seignior, irritated by the bad Success of his Arms, had, in a Fit of Despair, poisoned himself, and was found dead in the Seraglio. This Advice is said to be received, two Days ago, from Holland.
Last Night an Alarm was spread among the Shipping below Bridge that Press Warrants had that Morning been issued, which occasioned a general Consternation among the Sailors.
We can assure the Publick that a Memorial was lately sent off from St. James's to the Spanish Court, demanding a Release of English Prisoners which have been at different Times taken by Spanish Vessels on various Pretences. From the same Authority, we also assert that there is not one Royal Seaport which has not, at this Time, a greater or less Number of English Prisoners in close Confinement. The above Point must be settled before the Disputes now subsist.

ing between England and Spain can be brought to any Termination.
At the last Board of Admiralty the stationing of the several Men of War fitting out for Sea in the different Dockyards was fixed, and Instructions were sent to the Commissioners for carrying the same into Execution.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, December 17. "The last Letters from Vienna advise that the great Advantages gained by the Russians over the Turks have made such an Impression upon the Empress Queen, and her Ministry, that there is Reason to hope her Imperial Majesty will be more inclined than heretofore to listen to the Terms proposed for bringing about a Peace between the Russians and the Turks."
A few Days since some Workmen were draughted off from the King's Yard at Plymouth, to embark for Scilly, to begin the Foundation of a new Lazaretto to be built the ensuing Spring.
Orders are given for one of the old second Rates now at Chatham to be cut down, in Order to be made a Store-ship to carry Stores to Falkland Island.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland is to keep Christmas at Windsor Lodge, in the old English solid Way, being determined to keep open Table for the Country People, for three Days, covered with Surloins of roast Beef, Plum Puddings, and minced Pies, the rich and ancient Food of Englishmen.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland bids fair for being the greatest Patriot that ever was in England.
An Express was yesterday received from the Earl of Grantham, at Madrid, which it is thought has brought some Concessions from the Court of Spain, as a Message and Invitation were sent yesterday from the Premier to the Spanish Ambassador.
The Leaders of Opposition expect to have their Cause greatly strengthened by some Intelligence relating to foreign Affairs expected to be brought home by Colonel Barré, who is now abroad on the Scent.
The very high Price that Wheat and Barley bears can be no longer a Wonder to the Publick, when they are informed, and from undoubted Authority, that a certain Distillery, near Limehouse, pays no less than sixty Thousand Pounds a Year to the Excise.
The Sicur Pain, a celebrated Mathematician at Paris, has just presented to the King of France, and to the Royal Family, a surprising Piece of Machinery. It represents the Figure of the God of Love as large as the Life, which arises from a Bank it is discovered on, pays its Respects to the Spectators, then writes several Lines with one of its Arrows, and afterwards plays two Opera Airs upon the Harpsichord. The Execution of this Automaton has given uncommon Satisfaction to all who have beheld it; and they are allowed to inspect the various Wheels, &c. by which it is put in Motion. The Commissioners appointed by the Royal Academy of Sciences for examining this Clef d'Oeuvre have certified that it moves solely by the Machinery contained within Side of it, and not by any other Assistance, Trick, or Collusion whatsoever.
December 26. It is said that a Suit is instituted against the Executors of the late Lord Baltimore's Will, for the Recovery of ten Thousand Acres of Land in Maryland, granted by the Grandfather of the late Lord. This Grant has never been claimed since the Year 1740.
Letters by the last French Mail say that Madam de Barré's Influence over the Grand Monarque decreases, to the no small Joy of several about the Court.
Several of the most respectable Gentlemen and Merchants in North America are expected in Town against the Meeting of Parliament, on Affairs of great Importance to Great Britain and her Colonies.
Mr. Wilkes calls the Rockingham Administration virtuosi . Where is the Wonder? They gave him a Pension, and would have given him a Place. His Creed is, that no Man is virtuous that does not bleed freely for the Support of his Extravagance.
Private Letters from France mention great Fermentation there; the French East India Company refuse to supply the King with any more Money, the Interest of the last Loan having been very ill paid.
The great Success of the Shelburne Party in the City, against Mr. Wilkes and his Abettors, it is imagined, will greatly facilitate the talked of Coalition. They have, indeed, reduced Mr. Wilkes to such humble Plight in the City, that he has not the sine qua non even of a petty Officer in Guildhall; which has so greatly affected that Gentleman's Spirits that he is gone to Bath for Recreation, and left the Command of his Adherents in the Hands of Reynolds.
The City Patriots having long declaimed on the Power of Expulsion exercised by the House of Commons, we shall now see how they themselves act in a similar Case, and see whether they will tamely submit to the Nomination of any Man as a Member of their Body merely because Mr. Wilkes declares he will return him.
A Letter from Leghorn says that the Grand Seignior had levied Contributions on all the rich Inhabitants in Constantinople, the Janizaries excepted, so quickly have his immense Treasures been reduced by the calamitous War with Russia.
December 27. The Estimate that is generally made by the French of their national Debt is two Thousand Millions of Livres, or one Hundred Millions of Pounds Sterling. The Debt of Great Britain is above one Hundred and forty Millions.
We are informed that our Ministry have a Plan in Agitation for making a Settlement upon that Side of the Island of Madagascar opposite to which the French have fixed a Garrison.
Four large Transport Ships are now lying at Cork, for the Embarkation of Troops to North America.
December 28. It is confidently asserted that a Remonstrance will shortly be sent to the States General, demanding an immediate Settlement of the Affairs relating to Surinam, which have been so long protracted, through the Puffianity of Administration, to the eternal Disgrace of the British Annals.
Yesterday forty Prisoners were brought to Bow Street for Examination before the Bench of Justices, among them several for capital Offences. The first of any Consequence that were let to the Bar were Lazarus Moss, Philip, and David, the three Jews who were examined last Week; but the only Evidence against them were Isaac and Zelic, and as what they alleged amounted only to presumptive Proof of their having been engaged in the Gang, without being supported by any collateral Evidence of positive Facts, which the Law requires previous to Conviction, they were ordered to have their Irons off, on Condition of their continuing in Prison till they could be sent with a Pass to Harwich, put on Board the Packet, and conveyed to Holland.
A Correspondent is surprised that our Sheriffs, when correcting the latter Abuses of their Office, do not proceed to the Suppression of capital Abuses, during the Period at least of their own Administration; and as a Ground for his Astonishment, acquaints us with the following Fact. A Broker near the Change having his Pocket lately picked of a little Book, containing, among other Things, a Bank Note for fifty Pounds, was lucky enough (as he imagined) to seize the Thief in the Course of a few Hours, with the entire Property upon him, only that the Bank Note was converted into Sterling Cash. The Fellow took his Trial at the Old Bailey, and was convicted; upon which the Broker, especially as the Convict confessed the Money to be what he received for the Note, expected to receive it from the Under Sheriff. But here he was miserably disappointed; the Under Sheriff claimed it for his Principals, saying, that the Conversion of the Paper into Coin had made the Sum in Question a Part of the Criminal's Effects, and that, of Course, whatever he possessed was lawfully forfeited to the Sheriffs of London. Thus the Broker had Nothing but the Trouble of apprehending and prosecuting the Culprit for his Pains, while the Profits of the Theft were shared by the upright Ministers of Justice.
The following Particulars are said to have transpired of a Conversation that passed, the Beginning of last Week, between the Earl of Rochford and the Spanish Ambassador. The English Minister reproached the other with the Pretences lately spread abroad of a dangerous Insurrection in the Island of Luconia, declaring, that, to his Knowledge, no Advices of that Kind had been received by the Court of Spain, and that the Report had been only raised in Order to cover the true Design of their Preparations against this Country; telling him, at the same Time, that it was looked upon, by all the King's Ministers, as an additional Insult, and that of the worst Kind, to choose to date their false Reports from a Place which had already been the Instrument of such scandalous Imposition on this Country, in the Affair of the Manila Ransom. The Spaniard, willing to evade the principal Point, replied, that the Manila Ransom was now a Matter of no Consideration to us, as it is well known the greatest Part of the Captors had sold their Shares to Jews and Brokers, who consequently would be the only Gainers by the Payment; to which the Secretary of State returned, that if they had taken so unadvised a Step
the Perfidy of Spain had been the Cause of it; that the national Honour was concerned; that the Money should be paid; and that the national Interest required that so considerable a Sum should not remain in the Hands of an Enemy, to enable him to equip himself for War at our Expense.
Last Tuesday Evening the following daring Robbery was committed in Crosby Square, Bishopsgate Street. A Person well dressed went to a Gentleman's House, and desired to speak with him; the Servant said that his Master was not well, and could not see Company. The Person then replied, that he had Something to communicate to him of the utmost Importance, and therefore he was certain he would see him; accordingly the Servant showed him into the Parlour, went up and told his Master, who soon came down Stairs, and went to him. The Servant being withdrawn, and the Door shut, the fellow presented a Pistol to the Gentleman's Breast, and swore that if he did not deliver his Money immediately, or made the least Noise, he was a dead Man; whereupon the Gentleman pulled out his Purse, in which were twenty Guineas, and gave him, with which he got clear off, for the Gentleman was so surprised at the Boldness and Impudence of the Man that he had not Power to call his Servant for some Minutes.
We are informed that a Rear Admiral will next Spring have the Command of a Squadron composed from the Guardships at Plymouth, Portsmouth, &c. which will be ordered to cruise in the Mediterranean, and other Seas, for the Purpose of exercising the Officers and Men.
The Spirit of Intrigue has got to such a Height in the polite Part of the Town that in one House near Berkley Square there are no less than six unlawful Connexions publickly known. Her Ladyship has an Affair with the Butler, his Lordship pays his amorous Respects to his Wife's Waiting Maid, the Chamber Maid is intimate with the Valet de Chambre, a Footman and the House Maid are upon very good Terms, the Dairy Maid lives very cordially with the Man Cook, and the Coachman gallants Madame la Gouvernante .
Advices received from Algiers say that they are busy in fixing up a Boom and Chain for the Defence of the Harbour, being apprehensive of a Bombardment.
   A Plan for discharging the NATIONAL DEBT.     A Tax on all Bachelors in England, Scotland, and Ireland, above thirty Years of Age, suppose Half a Million of People, at one Pound per Annum, £. 500,000   A Tax on all Frequenters of Places of publick Entertainments, in Town and Country. Reckon this Article, in the Gross, at the moderate Sum of 50,000   Abolish all Pensions under the Government. This Article may be rated at 300,000   Tax every Race Horse kept in this Kingdom at twenty Pounds per Annum (reckon one Thousand) 20,000   Ten Pounds per Annum on every Negro Servant kept in these Kingdoms (suppose five Thousand) 50,000   Five Pounds per Annum on each Livery Servant kept by any Nobleman, Gentleman, Merchant, &c. (reckon one Hundred and ten Thousand) 550,000   A Tax of ten Shillings per Annum on every Dog kept by any Person except a Butcher, or others whose Business may demand the Assistance of that Animal. We cannot allow a less Sum for this Article than 300,000   A Tax of twenty Shillings per Annum on all Butchers, &c. keeping Dogs under License (suppose twenty Thousand) 20,000   A Tax on thirty Thousand Lawyers, at twenty Pounds per Annum, 600,000   Ditto on ten Thousand Pawnbrokers, at ten Pounds per Annum, 100,000   Ditto on fifty Thousand Publicans, at five Pounds per Annum, 250,000   Ditto on the Bulls and Bears in Change Alley (suppose one Thousand) at fifty Pounds each per Annum, 50,000   £. 2,790,000  
Let all Taxes hitherto imposed for the Purpose of paying the Interest of the national Debt be continued, and it is certain that the Taxes above recited will discharge the Principal in a reasonable Number of Years.
[DEATHS.] In the Isle of Anglesey, in the Hundred and Seventh Year of his Age, one Ap Jones, a Shepherd, who had four Wives; the last he married when near ninety, and had Children by her. He never knew any Illness during his long Life, and filled his Occupation till within a Day or two of his Death.
At Ramsgate, in the Isle of Thanet, one John Dowson, a Husbandman and Gardener, in the ninety sixth Year of his Age. What was extraordinary in him, and perhaps not to be paralleled by any other Man in this or the past Age, he constantly reaped Wheat every Harvest for eighty successive Years.
At Colpit Heath, in Gloucestershire, Mr. Isaac Nash, a Farmer, aged one Hundred and four; and the Day after he was buried his Wife died, aged one Hundred and fifteen Years.
John Lees, Huckster, in Manchester; buried his twenty fifth Child. He has had thirty five Children born to him in all, and his Wife is big with Child at present.
At Magdalena, in Greenland, Mr. Marshall, Surgeon. He has left the Bulk of his Fortune to a poor Cobler in Spittalfields, who in the former Part of his Life gave him a Night's Lodging when in the greatest Distress, and turned out into the Street.
At Cultivoe, in North Yell, one of the Shetland Islands, Andrew Tait, aged about one Hundred and twenty Years. His Age cannot be ascertained by any Session Records, as there are none extant of so old a Date in the Parish in which he was born; but he was Ploughman to a Gentleman in Yell in 1672, which renders it probable that the Age here mentioned is not too high.
At Alquerinas in Murcia, a Province of Spain, a Man named Hyacintha Rofa, just as he had completed his 117th Year.
GLASGOW, December 19. By sundry Letters from Carlisle this Week we are assured that the Solway Moss still continues to discharge itself, and that it has now covered seven Hundred Acres, or more, of fine Holm Land; also that the Matter has now got into the Esk, and it is feared will destroy the valuable Salmon Fishery near Longtown.
On Thursday last died at Willwood Doctor Joseph Godwin, Son of Thomas Godwin, Esquire, of Virginia, much regretted by all who had the Pleasure of his Acquaintance.
CHARLESTOWN, February 4. Extra of a Letter from a Gentleman in Grenada to his Friends in this Town, January 4.
IT is with the greatest Concern that I acquaint you of the dreadful Calamity that has befallen the Inhabitants of the late flourishing and opulent Town of St. George, which, with the greatest Part of the Goods and Merchandise therein, was, on the Night of the 27th Ultimo, consumed by Fire. The Store occupied by me was among the first, in which were thirty five Tiers and two Half Tiers of Rice, the Residue of the Suke and Nancy's Cargo; thirty Tiers belonging to Captain Saltus, and thirty five Barrels of Bread and Flower of my own; which, together with my Cash, Clothes, and Effects (Books excepted) were burnt. The Fire raged with such Fury that it was impossible for me to save any Thing, especially as I had no Assistance; even those whose Situation was remote from the Place the Fire began at were prevented, by their Terror and Consternation. No Person that was not present can form an Idea of the Horror of this dismal Night, or imagine the Distress it has occasioned; many worthy People, who before lived in Affluence, are now reduced to the most abject Misery. The Number of Tenements burnt is computed to be upwards of four Hundred. An Estimate of the real Damage sustained has not yet been made; but as many of the Merchants are ruined, the Consequence must be very fatal.
NEW YORK, February 24. MR. Barend Cuyler, of this City, Merchant, who went from hence for the Island of Barbados, for his Health last Fall, died there a few Days after his Arrival.
We hear from Holland that Monsieur De Voltaire has lately published a Book called REPENTANCE , in which he publickly confesses and recalls the horrible and abominable Sentiments and Vices he for so many Years has been attached to.
His Majesty's armed Schooner the Magdalen, Captain Collins, arrived here since our last from Boston.
No. 23,614 in the present State Lottery, a Prize of ten Thousand Pounds, is the Property of Mr. Thomas Fisher, of this City, Merchant, who some Time ago generously gave a Quarter of the same to his Brother, Mr. John Fisher, and his Nephew, Mr. John Shatford Jones.
PHILADELPHIA, February 27. Extract of a Letter from London, November 29.
THE Duke of Cumberland's Marriage with Mrs. Horton has been the Subject of much Dispute and Conversation for some Time past. Some People suppose the Marriage to be unlawful, and others are of a different Opinion, while all confess the extreme Folly of
it. For my Part, I know of no Law that restrains the King in the Choice of a Queen, unless it be a Statute passed in the Reign of William III. which forbids the King to marry a Roman Catholick, under the Penalty of a Forfeiture of his Crown. It is usual, it is true, and, for obvious Reasons of State, highly proper, for the King to consult his Parliament before he marries, but he is obliged by no Law to do it. Edward IV. and after him Henry, married with their Subjects, without acquainting the Parliament with their Intentions. If this is the Case with Respect to Kings, I am convinced much greater Liberty is allowed to the Princes of the Blood. The Duke of York, Brother to Charles II. although presumptive Heir to the Crown, married the Daughter of a private Nobleman, not only without consulting the Parliament, but in direct Opposition to their Petitions and Remonstrances. Upon the Whole, then, it appears that the Duke of Cumberland has committed an imprudent, but not an illegal Act."
By Captain Allen, from Barbados, we learn that the Schooner George, Captain Sibbald, from Newfoundland for this Place, on the 5th of December, in Latitude 32, Longitude 72, met with a violent Gale of Wind at N.W. which lasted two Days, and obliged him to lie to a Hull, when the Wind shifting, a Sea struck the Vessel, and overset her, carried away the Boat, Companion, Binnacle, and every Thing off the Deck, shifted the Ballast, and stowed all the Water Casks in the Hold, started the lower Deck, and carried away all his Sails, except the Fore sail and Jib, but by cutting away her Foremast she righted again, though Haul full of Water; in which dismal Condition they continued (having no other Provision than the Salt Fish that floated about the Hold, nor no Water but what the Heavens afforded) till the 20th, when they were luckily met with by Captain Steel, from this Port for Barbados, who took them on Board, twenty one Souls in all, among whom were a Woman and Child, and carried them in with him.
Extract of a Letter from Barbados, January 19. "I am well assured, from good Authority, that no Person could have more Humanity and Tenderness than Captain Steel, or take more Pains to save a Parcel of miserable People from perishing; for which he well deserves the Thanks of every good Man. A few Days ago a Sloop called here, and put ashore a Gentleman from the Grenades, who confirms the dreadful News of the total Destruction of the Town of St. George. The unhappy Sufferers had only Time to save their Books and Papers; what Goods were turned out of Doors from the devouring Flames were generally stole by the Negroes. This Gentleman said the Loss was computed at four Hundred Thousand Pounds."
We had last Week so sudden a Thaw, that, notwithstanding our River's being froze from Side to Side on Wednesday, Saturday following there was not any Ice to be seen on the Shores.
Saturday last was the warmest Day we have experienced here, at this Season, for many Years past; and all the Vessels heretofore mentioned to be detained by the Ice, at different Places in the River, came up.
Monday last arrived here Captain Craig from Grenada, which he left the 22nd Ultimo, who confirms the melancholy Account of the Fire at St. George's, in Grenada, which began in a Bakehouse, about ten o'Clock at Night, and consumed two Hundred and eighty or ninety Houses, and left only five standing in the lower Town, and between seventy and eighty in the upper; the Whole of which must have been consumed had not the Wind changed, and thereby stopped the Progress of the Flames. On his Passage, off Indian River, last Thursday, he spoke Captain Abraham Gallahan, in a Schooner from St. Vincent's for Virginia, who had split his Mainstay, and was in Want of Provisions.
Captain Hanke, from Jamaica the 19th Instant, in Latitude 38: 19, Longitude 72, spoke the Ship Chester, Captain Weeks, from Lisbon for Virginia, off sixty Days, all well; the 22nd, in Latitude 38: 32, Longitude 74, spoke Captain Kemp, belonging to Liverpool, from Barbados for Virginia, out thirty eight Days, all well.
Extract of a Letter to a Gentleman in Burlington, from a Correspondent in London.
"You will soon have a strong Proof of the Attention of Government to those who have supported the Power of Parliament in America, in the Appointment of Z. H. Esquire, to the Government of Maryland, it being now no Secret that that Province will fall into the Hands of the Crown. It is said that Mr. H—— is to succeed him in his Office in Pennsylvania."
WILLIAMSBURG, March 19.
LAST Night there was a Ball and elegant Entertainment at the Capitol, given by the Gentlemen of the Honourable the House of Burgess to his Excellency the Governor and the People of Rank in this City.
The Industry, Lowes (with Servants) from Whitehaven, and the Walter, Hunter, from Glasgow, are arrived in James River.
In the Innermay, Laughton, which sailed from Hampton Road the 11th Instant, went Passengers Sir Nathaniel Dukinfield, Baronet.
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.
GENTLEMEN, OBSERVE, in Mr. Rind's Paper of the 5th Instant, a Piece signed AMICUS, the Author of which, whose Sentiments ought to have corroborated with his Name, appears rather to be in a violent Passion, and in a very unmanly and general Way denies the Facts published in your Gazette the 6th of January last. I therefore think it only necessary to re-assert that there is not a Word in that Publication which is not undeniably true. Can AMICUS deny that Samuel Boult, Maximilian Calvert, Thomas Newton, Senior, Ramsay and Taylor, and John Hutchings, Gentlemen of known Honour and Probity, are Securities for Rioters and Disturbers of the Peace? Namely, John Fife, a notorious Villain, and others, convicted of a Riot, and who were bound to their good Behaviour. If he does, let him have Recourse to the Records in the Secretary's Office, where he may find those Gentlemen's Names at large, as Securities for common Disturbers of the Peace, who would never have committed the Offence had they not known to whom to apply for Protection. Will AMICUS say the Records of the General Court, and those of the County of Norfolk, are false? If they are, then what I have asserted is false also. Having pointed out to AMICUS where he may satisfy himself of the Truth of my Affertions, I hope he will do it; and, by retracting, show the World he is worthy of the Name he assumes, and that he is possessed of those amiable Qualities so much wanting in me. If he does not, I shall consider him, as I believe him to be, an Encourager of Riots, Disorder, and Confusion, and no Friend to the Laws of his Country. I shall therefore take my Leave of Mr. AMICUS, and rest fully satisfied, that, had himself, his Wife and Children, been treated in the Manner that mine were, he would have done every Thing in his Power to have exposed the Persons who not only countenanced such Usage, but assisted themselves in the inhuman and barbarous Transaction.
I am, Gentlemen, NORFOLK, March 12, 1772. } Your most humble Servant, CORNELIUS CALVERT.
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.
GENTLEMEN, Having been for some Time at Cape Fear, I did not see the Piece signed HONESTUS, published in your Paper, till lately. The following is intended as an Answer to some Reflections thrown out therein against the late Mr. Robert Jones, and myself. Be pleased to publish it, and oblige, Gentlemen, your humble Servant, WILLIE JONES. NORTH CAROLINA, February 24, 1772.
To HONESTUS.
SIR, I SHALL not enter into a formal Justification of the late Mr. Robert Jones's Character; to do so would imply a Suspicion injurious to his Memory. I am not well informed of the Part he took in Sims's Affair; yet if he erred therein, which I do not admit, you, in Charity, taking in the Tenour of his Conduct during a Course of twenty odd Years, might have imputed it rather to the Fallibility of human Nature than to a deliberate Purpose of introducing or encouraging Slavery and Oppression. You, Sir (for I am informed who you are) luckily born Heir to a Fortune, which you have been too supine to improve, and happy in a good Understanding, officiously employed to serve the little dirty Purposes of Spleen, may well conclude that a Man who, from a small Beginning, has acquired a reasonable Share of Property, must have made Use of indirect oppressive Means. The Son of Mr. Jones, with Truth at least, if not with Modesty, may say that bountiful Nature made large Amends for his humble Birth, and gave him, all he had to give, superior Understanding, joined with solid Judgment, and no depreciable Share of Eloquence, a graceful Person, cheerful Disposition, an open generous elevated Soul. Think you, then, that a Man thus accomplished, with unwearied Application to Business for a Number of Years, might not honestly acquire a moderate Estate? His Character, in short, is too well established, both in Virginia and Carolina, to be shaken by the random Abuse of a captious anonymous Writer. Phocion need not be uneasy; I think the Ghost of Mr. Jones rests undisturbed.

A Word with Respect to myself. You honour me, among others who were concerned in breaking open Mr. Person's Desk, with the Application of a Ruffian. In the late Expedition against the Regulators, I served merely as a common Soldier; and never advised, nor was consulted in, any one Step that was taken. I had not been in the Camp, nor exchanged a Word with the Governor, for upwards of a Week preceding the Orders for that Transaction. The Governor desired me to attend Captain Bullock, who headed the Party, without explaining the Nature of the Service; and I readily assented. When Captain Bullock told me our Destination, I declared it was the only disagreeable Duty I had been put upon, and that I was not satisfied of the Legality of the Measure. We arrived at Mr. Person's Plantation in the Night, and having previously searched the Out-houses for one Winkler, a Captain of the Regulators, who lived there, civilly demanded Entrance into the Dwellinghouse, and were admitted. After Break of Day, Captain Bullock made known to Mrs. Person the Purpose of our coming, and requested the Keys of the Desk, which she refused to deliver, alleging that such Proceeding was determined to be illegal in the Case of Mr. Wilkes. I told her, although there was an obvious Distinction between the two Cases, I myself was not satisfied of the Propriety of the Measure; but, as Soldiers, we were bound to obey our Orders. Captain Bullock then forced one Lock, after which I requested her to save me the Trouble of breaking a second, since the civil Rights of her Husband were as effectually invaded by that single Act as by a Repetition of the same Thing twenty Times over; and she complied. Mrs. Person, I am confident, will be so candid as to own that our Behaviour was polite to her, and that our Conduct in the Search was moderate, flowing from the absolute Necessity of complying with our Orders, as Soldiers, and not from Malice to her Husband, as Men. Had we sought this Occasion to gratify a pithy Resentment, we should have eagerly pried into every Hole and Corner; on the contrary, we examined Nothing more than the Desk and a Book Case, and barely looked into an old Chest that stood unlocked. From this State of the Matter, I surely do not deserve the Name you so politely bestow on me. I am not, I assure you, a Friend to Oppression. If any great Occasion should call for Resistance against arbitrary Measures, I am bold to say that I will go at least as far in asserting the Liberty of my Country as Honeutus shall dare to lead. It appears to me, Honeutus, that your simple Nature is either, willingly, abused by the Art of Mr. Person; or that you have, willfully, misrepresented Facts. In the first Case, I only pity and despise you; in the last, I must tell you, in plain Terms (for I, like you, am not very choice in my Expressions) you are a LIAR. WILLIE JONES.
Advertisements.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, March 12, 1772.
WHEREAS many of the Books belonging to the Council Chamber are not to be found there at this Time, and the free Use which many Gentlemen have been permitted to make of them renders it impossible to apply for them in any other Manner, this is therefore to request all such Gentlemen as are in Possession of any of the Books to return them, or else to give Information of what Books they have; and, to prevent the like Inconveniences for the future, Notice is hereby given that an alphabetical Book is provided, in which it is expected that any Gentleman who shall borrow any Book shall write the Title thereof, under the proper Letter, and his Name opposite thereto. By Order of the Council, JOHN BLAIR, Clerk to the Council.
CAROLINE, March 12, 1772.
THE Bonds taken for the Sale of Colonel Bernard Mear's Negroes, having been due the 5th of last Month, are lodged with the Subscriber to receive; and those indebted are desired to be prepared to discharge them at the ensuing April General Court, where I shall attend in Order to collect the Money. No Indulgence will be granted after that Time. EDMUND PENDLETON, Junior.
••• I shall be at next Henrico Court, where it may be more convenient for some to pay their Bonds than coming to the April Court.
TAKEN up, on the 8th of December last, on the South West of Potomack River, about two Miles below Presley's Creek, a small ANCHOR of one Hundred and a Quarter, with a four Fathom BUOY ROPE; the Buoy appeared to be Part of a Boat's Mast, eight Feet long. The Owner may have them on proving his Property, and paying Salvage to Mr. William Flood, in Wehnmoreland County. Also taken up, on the 10th of the said Month, opposite to New Point Comfort, an ANCHOR weighing five Hundred, two Quarters, and twelve Pounds, with a nine Inch Cable about sixty Fathoms long; the Buoy Rope is about eight Fathoms, and the Buoy two Pieces of Oak Plank lashed together. The Owner may have these on proving his Property, and paying Salvage to Mr. Maximilian Calvert, Merchant in Norfolk.
BALTIMORE (MARYLAND) January 30, 1772.
NOTICE is hereby given that the large, commodious, and well built BRICK WAREHOUSE and SHIP WHARF, on Fell's Point, formerly known by the Name of Long's, with a good enclosed Yard, is now open for storing all Kinds of Goods, Grain, and Lumber; where constant Attendance is given, also at his Office of Enturance in Baltimore, as formerly advertised, by THOMAS BRERETON, Commission and Enturance Broker.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Parish of Saint Thomas, in Orange County, is become vacant by the Resignation of Mr. Thomas Barnett, the late Incumbent.
CHESTERFIELD, January 2, 1772.
I HEREBY forewarn all Persons from hunting on my Lands, as those who persist in so doing may expect to be prosecuted. BLACKMAN WARD.
NANSEMOND, March 16, 1772.
FOUND by the Subscriber, Part of a Silver SPOON marked IB, the I in a Line below the B, supposed to belong to the Estate of James Bradly, deceased, and, by strong Presumption, dropped by one WILLIAM PERRITT, who, after robbing me, has made off. The Owner may have it on paying the Expense of this Advertisement. BENJAMIN MINTON.
YORK Town, March 16, 1772.
A NEGRO, belonging to me, carried to his Overseer a FORTY SHILLING and a TWENTY SHILLING BILL, supposing them to be Fifteen Bills, to ask if they were good Money. He says he received them, about the first of this Month, of a lusty Negro Fellow, clothed in an old Virginia Cloth Waistcoat and Sailor's Trousers, who told him he was travelling from Williamsburg to Hampton. I have the Bills, and shall be glad to deliver them to the proper Owner. DAVID JAMESON.
For SALE,
THE Sloop NANCY, a strong stout Vessel, that will carry three Thousand Bushels of Grain, or a Hundred Hogheads of Tobacco. Her Sails, Rigging, and Cables, are about Half worn; she is now fit for the Country Business, and may be fitted for the Sea in a few Days. Those who incline to purchase may have the Time of Payment made easy. YORK, March 16, 1772. ROBERT ROBERTSON.
To be SOLD, on Wednesday the 10th of June next, on the Premises,
A TRACT of LAND on North River, in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, containing two Hundred Acres, pleasantly situated, and well timbered; the Soil is well adapted for the Culture of Tobacco, Wheat, and other Grain. One Half the Purchase Money to be paid down, and twelve Months Credit allowed for the other. Further Particulars may be known of the Subscriber, in Isle of Wight, who would be glad to treat with any Person that may be inclined to purchase at private Sale. JOHN HAYES.
To be SOLD,
A TRACT of LAND, well situated, lying on East River, in Gloucester County, containing six Hundred Acres, with several Improvements. The Terms may be known by applying to me, near the Premises. HENRY WHITING.
To be SOLD, at the April AMELIA Court, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from PETER FARAR to ROBERT DONALD, and Company,
ALL that Tract of LAND, in Amelia, whereon Mrs. Roberts now lives, containing two Hundred Acres of good TOBACCO LAND, with every necessary Building thereon, subject to the Widow's Life. Half the Money is to be paid in June, and the other Half in October following. MILLER WOODSON.
To be SOLD for ready Money, or short Credit,
EIGHT Hundred and twenty six Acres of rich TOBACCO LAND, in Albemarle County, joining the Lands of Mr. John Winston, Benjamin Brown, and James Harris. I am informed three Thousand Weight of Tobacco a Share may be made from this Land; there is a small Plantation on it, with sundry Houses, and a fine Apple Orchard. It cost me forty five Pounds a Hundred, ready Cash, seven Years ago, and now I will take fifty Pounds a Hundred for it, rather than be in Debt; twenty Shillings an Acre for Part of the Tract was offered several Years past. If the Land is not sold in six Weeks, I will lay it off in Parcels, and sell it for ready Cash. The Money is due to Mr. John Winston, of Hanover Town, who has given me as much Indulgence as I required. Whoever agrees with that Gentleman for the Land, and makes the Time of Payment agreeable to him, shall immediately have a good Title. ANTHONY WINSTON.
STOLEN, or STRAYED, from Elk Island, in Goochland, last June, after the Fresh, a large young forrel MARE, branded JW; also a bay MARE about three Years old, and two Iron gray COLTS, neither docked nor branded. Whoever brings them to me shall have FOUR POUNDS Reward, or TWENTY SHILLINGS for each, besides reasonable Charges. JAMES AUSTIN.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, some Time in January last, near the Long Bridge, in New Kent, a black HORSE about four Feet four or five Inches high, eight or nine Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, no Brand perceivable, and trots. Whoever brings the said Horse to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. SARAH MITCHELL.
FREDERICKSBURG, March 11, 1772.
FIFTEEN POUNDS Reward for taking up, and delivering to me, my Man CHRISTMAS. He is a lusty, well made, genteel Fellow, has waited on me from my Infancy, can shave and dress extremely well, and is about thirty Years of Age; his Complexion is rather light (his Father being a light Mulatto) very pleasant, and well featured. He has been inoculated for the Smallpox, but has no Marks except the Scar of the Incision on one Arm, and at present a large Cut on his Shin, the Effect of a late Night Revel; he can read, is very fluent of Speech, speaks with great Propriety, and is so artful that he can invent a plausible Tale at a Moment's Warning, which makes me suspect that he will now pass unobserved, under some Pretence or other, as a Freeman, which I presume will be most desirable to him; though he has lived little short of it with me, having been too much indulged, and being very idle during my present Indisposition, he has grown wanton in Licentiousness, and several gross Acts of ill Behaviour this Week past, are now completed by an Elopement last Monday Night. It will be in vain to describe his Dress, as he has already changed his Livery, and it seems has taken a brown Kersey Waistcoat belonging to my Cook, which I presume he will retain as Part of his Dress. The above Reward will be proportioned, and paid according to the Distance he may be taken up and brought home, namely, FIVE POUNDS if above twenty and under fifty Miles, TEN POUNDS is above fifty and under a Hundred Miles, and FIFTEEN POUNDS for any Distance above a Hundred Miles in this Colony; but if he is taken out of the Colony, I will give TWENTY POUNDS. JAMES MERCER.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Tuesday the 25th of February, two Apprentices, namely, JOHN WALKER, about fifteen Years of Age, of a very small Growth, talks very fast, and had on, when he went away, an Osnaburg Shirt, Yarn Stockings, Shoes tied with Strings, a small brimmed Hat bound with black, a black Virginia Cloth upper Jacket, double wove, lined with single wove Ditto, blue Breeches filled in with Wool, and a dark coloured Duffil under Jacket; the other, named BRITAIN ADAMS, had on, when he went away, light coloured Duffil Jacket and Breeches, pretty much wore, a reddish striped under Jacket, and Shirt, Shoes, Stockings, and Hat, like Walker's; he is a Head taller than the other, and about two Years younger, of a yellow Complexion, and very thin made. Whoever will secure them, so that I may get them again, shall have TEN SHILLINGS for each. I forewarn all Persons from entertaining them, at their Peril. THOMAS LLEWELLIN.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Fredericksburg, on Sunday the 5th Instant (March) JOHN COCKIL, an English Convict Servant, by Trade a Barber, about twenty five Years of Age, five Feet eight or nine Inches high, has been between four and five Years in the Country, of a fair Complexion, fresh coloured, very talkative, and ready of Speech, wears short curled Hair, and had on, when he went away, a dark blue French Frock Coat and Waistcoat, with Mohair Buttons, black Stocking Breeches, white Cotton or light Worsted Stockings, a new Nequamark great Coat of a mixed dark brown Colour, with high topped yellow Buttons, and commonly wears a red and white Handkerchief round his Neck, with a hunting Song round the Borders of it; he carried away a light brown Coat, pretty much worn and mended, and very greasy about the Arms and Breast; he went away in Company with one Frank Martin (a Freeman) a very tall well made Person, on Horseback with a Negro Waiting Boy, the Colour of the Horses unknown. JOHN ATKINSON.
COMMITTED to Suffex Jail, a Negro named PETER, who says he belongs to John Neles, of the County of Bedford; his Clothing is Negro Cotton, and a Dutch Blanket Coat. The Owner may have him on paying Charges. ROBERT OWEN.
COMMITTED to Smithfield Jail, last November, an outlandish Fellow who says his Name is JACK, sometimes that it is JOE, and that his Master's Name is either Jamie Andros, or Jamie Allen; he speaks very bad English, is very black, and about five Feet six Inches high, has a large bare Place on the right Side of his Head, occasioned by a Burn or a Scald, and three Marks on each Side of his Breast. He has been before advertised, but still remains in Jail for Want of an Owner. His Master is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. JOHN TAYLOR, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a black Steer, marked with a Crop in the right Ear, and a Nick in the under Side of the left. Posted, and appraised to three Pounds five Shillings. BLACKMAN WARD.
TAKEN up, three Miles above Paefferburg, a bay MARE about five Years old, four Feet five or six Inches high, with a bushy Mane and Brush Tail. Posted, and appraised to eight Pounds. ROBERT NEWSUM.
WHEREAS I some Time ago sold to one Daniel Lovel a Tract of Land, in the County of Powhatan, and gave him my Bond for making him a Title thereto, on his paying me a certain Sum of Money, at a certain Place, on a certain Day, and at that Time was likewise to make me secure for the Balance of the Purchase Money, which he hath altogether failed in, this is therefore to give him, and all others concerned, Notice, that I shall not comply with my Bond to him, unless he performs his Part of the Agreement on or before the 10th of April. JOHN HIX.
CABIN POINT, February 26, 1772.
THE Subscriber has two NEGRO SHIP CARPENTERS which he would gladly hire out by the Year, or any considerable Part of the Year; they are stout able young Fellows, and understand their Business. JOHN HEATH.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 12, 1772.
MR. BAKER, SURGEON DENTIST, begs Leave to express his Gratitude for the Favours he has received while in this City, and hopes that those who doubted of the Safety of his Art, from its Novelty in this Country, are now convinced both of its Safety and Usefulness. He will leave this Place in a short Time, and, if no unforeseen Accident happens, intends returning next October; when, should he unfortunately have failed of Success with any, who have obliged him by their Employ, he will gladly renew his Operations gratis. He is rather inclined to mention this, as he is sensible the best Endeavours may often prove ineffectual, from Inattention or Neglect; and that from thence the Man, and his Profession too, are frequently brought into Disrepute. Until he leaves this City he continues at Mr. Manpin's, and will wait on Ladies and Gentlemen on receiving their Commands. He performs all Operations upon the Teeth, Gums, and Sockets; likewise transplants natural Teeth, and makes and fixes artificial Teeth, from one single Tooth to a complete Set, so as to escape Discernment, without Pain, or the least Inconvenience; and Persons may eat, drink, and sleep with them, as with natural Ones.
His ANTISCORBUTICK DENTIFRICE is quite free from any corrosive Preparation, and is a certain Cure for all Disorders of the Teeth, Gums, and foul Breath. Its superior Efficacy over any Thing yet offered to the Publick will be evinced in once using: It concocts the vitiated Juices, and renders a juvenile Fragrance to the Breath beyond Description; which no nausous Tinctures, or cloying Odours of perfumed Essence, can give. It also makes the Teeth white and beautiful, causes the Gums to grow firm to the Teeth, makes the Saliva pure and balsamick, is perfectly innocent, will eradicate the Scurvy, and restore the Gums to their pristine State if the Teeth and Gums have been thoroughly cleaned by some skilful Dentist. The Dentifrice, which is infallible, may be had, with proper Directions, at his Lodgings. Each Pot is sealed up with his Coat of Arms, as in the Margin of the Directions, to prevent Fraud. Viciat Veritas.
THE Subscriber, who keeps the Ferry, in King and Queen, known by the Name of DUDLEY's, hopes he shall be favoured with the Custom of Travellers, as he has furnished himself with as good Boats and Hands as any in the Colony, and is determined to exert his utmost Endeavours to gain the Favour of the Publick, and to re-establish the Custom of the Ferry, which has been lost by its having been very badly kept for several Years past. WILLIAM DUDLEY.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 9th of April,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, containing a Hundred and seventy six Acres, lying on Potomack Run, in the County of Stafford, about twelve or thirteen Miles west of the Courthouse; thirty or forty Acres of it are Meadow Ground, the greatest Part of which is sown with Timothy; there are also, on the said Land, two Dwellinghouses, a Barn, Stables, and other Out-houses, a very good geared Merchant Mill and Saw Mill, which goes as fast as any Mill in Virginia; and as there is a great Plenty of Oak and Poplar on the Land, the Saw Mill might be made very profitable, as well as the other, being within ten Miles of Aquia or Falmouth, is in the Heart of a thick settled Country, which is very healthy, and so convenient (as is evident) to Trade, that it must be profitable to any Person who is able to make the most of its great natural Advantages. Half the Money is to be paid on the Day of Sale, and the other Half in twelve Months. The Sale will begin at twelve o'Clock, at the House where the Subscriber now lives. THOMAS WOOD.
To be SOLD, on Wednesday the 25th of this Instant (March) at Mr. Digges's Plantation, near Snead's Ordinary, in Caroline County,
THIRTY five choice SLAVES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls, of all Sizes. Credit will be given till the 25th of July, on giving Bond, with Security, to bear Interest from the Day of Sale if the Money is not paid when due. The Publick may depend that the above Number of Negroes will be exposed that Day, if fair, otherwise the next fair Day. LE ROY HIPKINS.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 6th of APRIL, on the Plantation of Mr. John Wily, in Caroline,
SUNDAY SLAVES, STOCKS, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, and a Moiety of a SAW MILL and FULLING MILL, with some LANDS adjoining to them, for Part ready Money, and Part Credit, to be then made known. EDMUND PENDLETON.
To be SOLD, on Wednesday the 1st of APRIL, at the Manor Plantation of Armistead Lightfoot, deceased, in Goochland County,
ALL the personal Estate of the said Deceased, consisting of CORN, TOBACCO, HOGS, SHEEP, CATTLE, and HORSES, among them the noted Horse PARTNER. Credit will be allowed until the 26th of August, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to WILLIAM MITCHELL, Deputy Sheriff of York County.
To be SOLD, at the late Dwellinghouse of GEORGE VAUGHAN, deceased, in Amelia, near Henderson's Store, on the 2d of April,
TWELVE very likely Virginia born NEGROES, Stocks of HORSES, CATTLE, and SHEEP, HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, and PLANTATION UTENSILS. Merchants Notes, payable the 25th of October, will be taken for all Sums above forty Shillings. SAMUEL VAUGHAN, Executor.
YORK Town, March 10, 1772.
HALF PINT INJECTING SYRINGES, Apparatus complete, quite new, to be sold for first Cost. Inquire of the Printer.
SIXTY POUNDS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Little Pipe Creek, in Frederick County, Maryland, the five following SERVANT MEN, namely, EDWARD RYLOT, about twenty seven Years of Age, five Feet six or seven Inches high, with a pale yellow Countenance, straight brown Hair, black Eyes, very bad sore Shins, and had one of his Ankles put out of Place; JOHN POLLARD, a well set Fellow, about twenty five Years of Age, five Feet six or seven Inches high, with a middling clear Skin, down Look, gray Eyes, straight brown Hair, and a large Scar on his Breast, occasioned by a Scald; JOHN BISSEY, about twenty Years of Age, five Feet six or seven Inches high, has a bold saucy Look, gray Eyes, straight black Hair, and is much pitted with the Smallpox; WILLIAM NORRIS, about five Feet four or five Inches high, a well set Fellow, with a fresh Countenance, Pot Belly, flat Nose, and straight brown Hair; HENRY WITMORE, about five Feet four or five Inches high, a slim Fellow, with brown Skin, freckled Colour, black Eyes, and curled black Hair.
All the above Servants had on under Jackets of white Linsey, Breeches of white Kersey, white Yarn Stockings, coarse Country made Shirts, Country made Shoes, the Bottoms of which are well nailed, and old Felt Hats; three of them had on old blue Fearnought Jackets, and two had on white Kersey Jackets; they carried with them a new Felt Hat, a Country Cloth great Coat, a new gray Bearskin close-bodied Coat, an old white Cotton Ditto, and an old Linen Jacket. They took away four WAGGON HORSES, and a black RIDING HORSE about fifteen Hands high, three Years old, with a Scar on his near Side, and some white Hairs; the Waggon Horses are shod all round; one of them is a black Stallion about fifteen Hands high, eleven Years old, has some Saddle Spots, and paces; another is a large bright bay, about fifteen Hands and a Half high, ten Years old, and paces also; a dark bay about fourteen Hands high, nine Years old, branded on the near Buttock N O; and a bright bay about thirteen Hands and a Half high, seven Years old; they both trot.
Whoever takes up the said Servants, and Horses, shall be entitled to the above Reward, under the following Conditions, namely, for each and every Horse FORTY SHILLINGS, and for each and every Man FOUR POUNDS, if taken within a Mile from home; if taken within a Hundred Miles, FORTY POUNDS; and if within two Hundred, SIXTY POUNDS, as in Proportion for each Man and Horse. The above will be paid if they are brought home to me, but if secured in any Jail, so that I may get them again, shall be paid the Reward as above proportioned. EDWARD STEVENSON.

P O E T S C O R N E R.
An occasional Prologue, spoken before a Charity Play, for the Benefit of the Edinburgh Workhouse.
WHAT Virtue more distinguishes the Heart Than that soft Sense which teaches to impart? What are the Goods which Fortune can bestow, Unless in Streams benevolent they flow? Plac'd on the transitory Stage of Life, Wide Scene of Envy, Buffle, Care, and Strife, Kings on their Thrones, and Peasants in their Cots, Have Bitter mingled with their several Lots, And those who highest mount on Fortune's Wheel Are often taught most pungently to feel: Human Felicity is never sure, The Rich to-day to-morrow may be poor. A Merchant once (allow a simple Tale) Whole Freight, for Years, ne'er met an adverse Gale, Swell'd with Success, look'd down with scornful Eye On the sad Mansions of chill Poverty: When pining Wretchedness approach'd his Door, He wonder'd any Mortal could be poor; The weeping Widow, and the Orphan's Moan, Could never penetrate his Heart of Stone. At length, behold, a just Reverse of Fate, This Man of Gold observe no longer great; Tempels and Bankruptcies disperse his Store, From his proud Height he falls, to rise no more: Pinch'd by his Wants, that barely he may live, He seeks that Bounty he would never give; And feels the Grecian Sage's wise Reply, That none are truly happy till they die. To see this Circle in so kind a Cause From every feeling Mind commands Applause; Even gloom'd Enthusiast must for once be right, And cease to rail against the Stage this Night; Since Charity, that Sweet of social Care, Can never brighter Marks of Virtue wear Than thus encourag'd by the Good and Fair.
COMMITTED to the County Jail of
Hanover, on the 26th of December last, a young Negro Man who says his Name is BILLY, and that he belongs to Robert Stanford, of Cumberland County; he is about five Feet five Inches high, well made, has on an Osnaburg Shirt, a Waistcoat and Breeches of Plains, and Shoes and Stockings. He was purchased of Mr. Benjamin Gwynn, of Frederickburg, and says he ran away from his Master before he got him home. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. PAUL TEILMAN.
RUN away, some Time last Summer, two
Slaves belonging to Colonel William Lightfoot's Estate; one of them is named SAMPSON, a tall black Fellow, with a down look, who is supposed to have made for Gloucester, as I have been informed he was purchased from the Estate of one Blackhall of that County; the other is named HARRY, a Mulatto Fellow, rather tall, has remarkable large Eyes, and generally wears a long Beard; he is a noted Runaway, and is now imagined to be gone to Brunswick, as he has a Wife at a Quarter belonging to Colonel Lightfoot's Estate, in that County, known by the Name of Brandy Quarter. FORTY SHILLINGS Reward will be given for each of them, if they are delivered to me at Sandy Point, in Charles City County. JOHN PIERCE. All Masters of Vessels are forewarned carrying them out of the Colony.
TAKEN up, in Prince George, a small bay
HORSE, with a Blaze Face, a Switch Tail and hanging Mane, but no perceivable Brand. Posted, and appraised to six Pounds. BENJAMIN WILKINS.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick, a sorrel HORSE about four Feet eight
or nine Inches high, with a large Star in his Forehead, but is not branded. HENRY CHAMBLIS, Junior.
TAKEN up, in Loudoun, a red and white STEER about three Years
old, with a Crop and two Slits in the left Ear, and a Swallowfork in the right. VINCENT LEWIS.
SURRY, February 26, 1772.
THE Commanding Officers of the Southern
District are requested to appoint the GENERAL MUSTERS upon the following Days, when they will be waited upon by Their most obedient Servant, COLIN CAMPBELL, Adjutant.
  SURRY, - - - - - MONDAY 16th March.   PRINCE GEORGE, - - - - - WEDNESDAY 18th   CHESTERFIELD, - - - - - FRIDAY 20th   CUMBERLAND, - - - - - WEDNESDAY 25th   PRINCE EDWARD, - - - - - FRIDAY 27th   AMELIA, - - - - - MONDAY 30th April.   BRUNSWICK, - - - - - WEDNESDAY 1st   DINWIDDIE, - - - - - FRIDAY 3d   SUSSEX, - - - - - MONDAY 13th   SOUTHAMPTON, - - - - - WEDNESDAY 15th   ISLE OF WIGHT, - - - - - FRIDAY 17th April.   NANSEMOND, - - - - - MONDAY 20th   NORFOLK County, - - - - - WEDNESDAY 22d   Borough, - - - - - FRIDAY 24th   PRINCESS ANNE, - - - - - MONDAY 27th 
To be LET on CHARTER to any Port in Britain,
The Brig ELIZABETH, Thomas Archdeacon Master, now lying at Bermuda Hundred, Burthen about three Hundred Hogheads of Tobacco, and a strong, well built, new Vessel. For Terms apply to Hether McAlister and Company at Norfolk, or to me at Warwick. SIMON FRASER.
For SALE,
THE following Tracts of LAND, in Pittsylvania, namely, four Hundred Acres on Banister River, seven Hundred and seventy on Beaver Creek, three Hundred and forty five on Burth's Creek, three Hundred and eighty on Leatherwood, and four Hundred on Snow Creek. These Lands were formerly the Property of Mr. Samuel Gordon, deceased. The Price, and Time of Payment, may be known by applying to me in Petersburg. JERMAN BAKER.
To be SOLD for ready Money, before the RALEIGH
Door, in Williamsburg, on the 30th of April, SECOND-HAND CHARIOT, with HARNESS for four Horses. Any Person inclineable to purchase before the Day of Sale may apply to WILLIAM COSBY.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, about the latter
End of December last, a yellow bay MARE, with a SADDLE and BRIDLE; she is about four Feet six Inches high, three or four Years old next June, has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, one hind Foot white, trots and gallops, but has no perceivable Brand. Whoever brings her to me, near Saint Peter's Church, in New Kent, or gives me such Intelligence that I may get her again, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. NATHANIEL PERKINS.
STOLEN from my Plantation, near Colonel
Blund's Ordinary, in Prince George, in the Night of the 11th Ultimo, a black HORSE about four Feet five Inches high, with a large Blaze in his Face, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, some white Feet, branded on the near Buttock with three Dots, and paces and gallops; also a small black MARE, with a bay COLT foaled last Grass. The Mare is about four Feet three Inches high, has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, some white on her Forehead, no Brand, and paces naturally; the Colt is neither cut, docked, nor branded, and is a natural Pacer. Whoever will give me such Intelligence that I may get them shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. DAVID GOODGAME.
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Dinwiddie, on Sunday the 16th of February, a likely Virginia born Mulatto Fellow named DICK, about thirty Years of Age, a thick well made Fellow, five Feet seven or eight Inches high, with gray Eyes, short Hair curled close to his Head, a very large black Beard, and a Sore on his right Leg; he is a Shoemaker by Trade, and very handy about any other Business. He may probably attempt to pass for a Freeman, as he can read and write; he wore, or carried with him, a light coloured Duffil Great Coat, a Negro Cotton double breasted short Coat, died purple Breeches of the same, a red Frieze Waistcoat labelled, which is rather too large for him, a white Lin n Shirt marked I W, a Beaver Coating short Coat, of the Pompadour Colour, but much altered, with slash Pockets, double breasted, and lined with Shalloon. He ran away about three or four Years ago, and then harboured about Mr. Harwood's, at Wyonke; he has a Brother belonging to Mr. David Scott of Prince George, who has been run away for a Year or two, and was several Times brought from among the Indians on Pamunkey River; they probably may make that Way together, or to Urbanna, as they are both acquainted with Mr. Mills's Negroes. I hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from employing the said Slave, or carrying him out of the Colony. I will give the above Reward, besides what the Law allows, to any Person that will secure him so that I may get him again. He is outlawed. JAMES WALKER.
RUN away from the Subscriber's Plantation,
Joseph's Swamp, Sussex, on Thursday the 27th of February, two Negro Men, namely, DICK and JOE; they are Brothers, and have a great Resemblance of each other, both black, and very likely. The former is twenty six Years old, about five Feet seven Inches high, and stout made; the other is twenty four Years old, near the same Height, and is rather slim made. Their Clothing is Virginia Cloth, Cotton Warp filled in with Wool; Dick had a Cape of red Plains about four Inches wide to his Waistcoat, the other has Nothing remarkable in his Dress. Whoever takes up the said Slaves, and will bring them to me, shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS for each, besides what the Law allows; and FORTY SHILLINGS if they are secured in the Jail of the County where they are taken, and Intelligence given me so that I may get them again. NATHANIEL HARRISON.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on James
River, Buckingham County, in August, a Negro named TOM, about forty Years old, of the middle Size, and has an Impediment in his Speech. He formerly belonged to John Randolph, Esquire, and I bought him of Colonel Archibald Cary last December Twelvemonth. It is supposed he is lurking about Williamsburg. Whoever secures the said Negro, or gives me such Information that I may get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and FIVE POUNDS if brought to me. HARDIN PERKINS.
PORTSMOUTH, February 27, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, two white
indenteds SHOEMAKERS, upon Sunday the 23d Instant, namely, James Bruce, aged about twenty six Years, about five Feet six Inches high, short curly brown Hair, and pockpitted; Adam Walker, aged about twenty one Years, about five Feet seven Inches high, short curly brown Hair, and pockpitted. Although they carried their Clothes with them, I imagine they will attempt to pass for Sailors, as they have both Jackets and Trousers. Whoever delivers the said Servants to me, or secures them so that I may get them, shall have a Reward of THREE POUNDS for each. WILLIAM FORSYTH, and Company.
TAKEN up, in Pittsylvania, nine HOGS,
some of them grizzled, and some spotted, marked with a Crop, two Slits, and an Underslice, in the Right Ear, and a Swallowfork in the left; also an unmarked white Shoat. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds eight Shillings. PETER PERKINS.
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 Colwell to grant Deeds to Mr. John Semple, his Heirs or Assigns, for a certain Tract of LAND called Maryland, in Frederick County, and Province aforesaid, containing six Thousand three Hundred Acres, we the Subscribers, being Assigns of the said Semple, and having received from the Executors of Colonel Colwell sufficient Deeds for the Land aforesaid, do hereby undertake to dispose of the same, at the Time and Place above mentioned. 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, a Copy of which may be seen at the Coffeehouses of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Annapolis, in the Hands of Cumberland Wilson at Dumfries, Adam Stewart at George Town, and Charles Beatty at Frederick Town, who will direct those desirous of seeing the Land to a Person acquainted with the Boundaries, on or near the Premises, who will show them the same; but as we intend to meet on the Spot ourselves, a few Days before the Sale, in Order to run the Lines, &c. those inclineable to purchase will have an Opportunity of viewing it with us, by attending from Monday the 25th of May till the 28th, being the Day of Sale.
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. It lies along the Banks of Potomack River, adjoining it for a considerable Way, near to Harper's Ferry, the main Road from which to Frederick Town (a very flourishing, populous Place) runs through it, from which Place it is only distant about nine Miles, from George Town, the Seaport of the County, forty five Miles, and from Baltimore about sixty five, at each of which Places a constant and ready Market may be found for all Kinds of Produce.
Its Situation on Potomack River must be of considerable Advantage to it, and in Time may add immensely to its Value, when the Navigation is opened, which may be done, without any great Difficulty, for a considerable Distance, there being at present a tolerable Navigation both below and above, it lying near the Shenandoa Falls, from whence, up to Fort Cumberland, a Hundred and ten Miles, Battoes now frequently pass, and downwards, to the Seneca Falls, twenty five Miles, which is within twenty Miles of George Town.
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, another Third payable in twelve Months, and the other in two Years, on giving Bond and Security, with Interest till paid. A most undoubted Title will be made the Purchasers. ADAM STEWART. THOMAS MONTGOMERIE. CUMBERLAND WILSON.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub-
scriber, some Time in December last, a bright bay HORSE about four Feet seven or eight Inches high, eight or nine Years old, paces very little, trots and gallops, has a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and is branded on the near Buttock with a Piece. As I understand he was bred by Charles Lewis, at Buck Island, Albemarle County, he may have made that Way. Whoever delivers him to Andrew Chalmer, in Richmond Town, or to the Subscriber, in Amberst, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. THOMAS LUMPKIN.
KINGSTON Parish (Gloucester County) February 14, 1772.
ANY Person that will be in Want of any
PINE PLANK for House Building, or any Thing else, may be supplied by the Subscriber in a short Time, who has ten Hands employed that Way for this Year; also Scantling of any Kind, good Pine Heart Shingles, which I will warrant to be as good as any Cypress, Laths for plastering upon, Garden Posts, Palis, &c. or, in short, any Thing in the Timber Way. I would undertake small Buildings, and find the Whole if agreeable. Any Person in Want of the above may depend on having them on good Terms, and as good Timber as any in the lower Parts of the Country. EDWARD HUGHES. I shall have a twenty five Hoghead Flat built by May, and then can lend Plank, &c. to any convenient Landing.
To be SOLD, or RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon the 1st of March,
ACOMMODIOUS well built STORE in the Town of Petersburg, adjoining the Tobacco Warehouses, three Stories high, with a good Room fronting the Main Street, four good Rooms with Fireplaces, and a Granary, with a Cellar that will hold sixty Hogheads; also a Warehouse forty Feet by twenty, built last Year, Stable, and Kitchen that is also new. The Lot is well enclosed, and the Whole is in good Repair. For Terms apply to Richard Lamb, on the Premises, or to the Subscriber, in Norfolk. JOHN GREENWOOD.
GOOCHLAND, January 13, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time
ago, a likely Negro Man named SUBA, talks but indifferent English, and squints pretty much. He ran away twice before, was once apprehended at Hobbs's Hole, and another Time at Essex Courthouse, and is now supposed either to be in that Part of the Country or lurking about Mattax Warehouse, as he once lived there with Mr. Archibald Brice. I will give FIVE POUNDS for taking him up, and SIXPENCE a Mile for conveying him to me from the Place where he may be apprehended; and in Case it should be inconvenient to bring him to me, I will give the above Reward for securing him in the Jail of the County where he is taken. JOHN BOLLING.
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, a slim, clean made, talkative, artful, and very saucy Fellow. Also a Negro Woman named VENUS, thirty two Years old, five Feet four Inches high, stout made, very loquacious tongued, and has been five Years accustomed to the House. They worked in the Dismal Swamp about two Years, under Mr. John Worthington, and carried with them several different Kinds of Apparel. Whoever delivers the said Negroes to me, or secures them so that I may get them, shall have a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS for each. 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, Sills, Brewing Coppers, Sugar Boilers, Fullers and Hatter Coppers, Capuchin Plate Warmers, Tea Kitchens, all Sorts of Ship, Fish, and Wash Kettles, Stew Pans, Dutch Ovens, Tea Kettles, Saucepan, Coffee and Chocolate Pots, Brass Mill Work, Furniture for Coach and Chair Harness, Fenders, Andirons, Candlesticks, Cocks, &c. at the most reasonable Rates. Also tins and mends all Sorts of old Copper and Brass Kitchen Work, and gives the best Prices for old Coppers, Brass, Pewter, or Lead. 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, in Williamsburg, are desired to apply to Mr. Joseph Kidd, who will receive it for me, and pay them the Value; he will likewise receive old Work to be repaired.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 19, 1771.
WHEREAS the Revenues of the College,
unless more Care and Exactness be used in the Collection of them, cannot continue equal to the Expenses; and whereas a considerable Amount is due to the College, which arises from small Sums easy to be paid by each individual Debtor, all Persons concerned are therefore desired to take Notice of the following Regulations, passed at a late Meeting of the President and Masters: If any Person who owes Money to the College on Bond does not either pay off all the Interest, that is or shall be due, on or before the 10th of May next, or in the mean Time give a new Bond, with approved Security, for the whole Debt, both Principal and Interest, his Bond shall be put into a Lawyer's Hand on the said 10th of May, with Orders to bring Suit, and obtain Satisfaction for it as speedily as the Forms of Law will permit. If, after the said 10th of May, the Interest due on any Bond be not regularly paid, at the Expiration of each Year, the Bond shall be put in Suit without farther Notice or Delay.
A salutary Order of the Visitors and Governors, directing every Boarder, on his Admission into the College, to pay for six Months Board in Advance, is evaded and rendered nugatory if the like Sum be not paid per Advance by every Boarder at the End of each Half Year. All, therefore, who are in Arrears for Board, are required to discharge them by the said 10th of May. On Failure, the Boarder shall be dismissed from the College until the Accounts against him be discharged, or recovered by Suit. And after the 10th of May next, if Payment for Board in Advance, as above mentioned, be neglected, the Boarder shall not be suffered to continue in the College for more than one Month after such Neglect, but shall, in that Time, be sent away with his Account, and shall not be received again till it be discharged.
All Surveyors who have not settled with the Burfar of the College, for all their publick and private Surveys since the General Court in April last, are required to settle with him before the 10th of May next, under the Penalty of being superseated, and having their Bonds sued. If among these Surveyors there be any from whom Nothing is due to the College, it is demanded of them, under the same Penalty, to transmit to the Burfar attested Declarations of there being Nothing due from them to the College. And, after the 10th of May next, if any Surveyor shall omit sending attested Accounts or Declarations (as above specified) annually, he shall be superseated, and have his Bond sued.
That this Advertisement may not be treated with that Contempt which several Notices of the like Kind have met with, and that no Body may hereafter plead Want of due Information concerning the Premises, this Advertisement is to be printed weekly in the Gazette until the 10th of May next ensuing. By Order of the President and Masters. ROBERT MILLER, Burfar.
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, has a Number of very convenient Lodging Rooms, and large and small Rooms for the Entertainment of Guests. Any Person qualified for the Business of a Tavern Keeper, with a proper Capital, may find this an advantageous a Situation as any on the Continent. Apply to the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises. 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 equal to any in the Colony; also thirteen Hundred Acres on the River Pianketank, in the County of Gloucester, with a Mill, and good Orchards. The Stocks, which are very large, may be had with the Lands. Any Person inclineable to purchase may know the Terms by applying to AUGUSTINE SMITH.