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TREASURY OFFICE, FEBRUARY 27, 1775.
OBSERVING, from a ROYAL PROCLAMATION, published in the last Gazette, that his MAJESTY hath been graciously pleased to authorize the Currency of Copper Money throughout this Colony, agreeable to the Terms of an Act of our General Assembly, I do hereby give Notice that such Copper Money is now ready to be issued in Exchange, either for Gold, Silver, or any of the Treasury Notes. Those who have Demands, PROPERLY AUTHENTICATED, may receive what Proportion they please in Copper, but are not obliged to take more than 2/6 in any Sum above twenty Shillings, and not more than 1/ in any Sum under twenty Shillings. — Constant Attendance will be given at this Office, every Day in the Week, except Sunday, from eight to one o'Clock.
I must again call upon all such Inspectors, Clerks, and other Collectors, as have not settled their Accounts, and paid their respective Balances due to the Treasury. If they fail doing it longer than the next Meeting of Merchants, in April, they may be assured that I shall prefer regular Complaints, before PROPER AUTHORITY, against every Delinquent, and that I shall, moreover, without fail, publish Lists of all Defaulters, in the public Gazettes.
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[2] RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
BOSTON, Jan. 23.
The Printers in this and the other American colonies are requested to insert the following in their several news-papers.
To the PUBLIC.
THE committee appointed by the town of Boston, to receive and distribute donations for the charitable purpose of relieving and employing the sufferers by means of the act of Parliament, commonly called the Boston port bill, from a due regard to their own characters, and that of the town under whose appointment they act, as well as for the sake of the said sufferers, who depend upon the continual beneficence of their friends for necessary relief, think themselves obliged, in this public manner, to contradict a slanderous report raised by evil minded persons, spread in divers parts of this province, and perhaps more extensively through the continent.
The report is, that "each member of the committee is allowed six shillings, as some say, half a guinea, for every day's attendance, besides a commission upon all the donations received, and other emoluments for their trouble." The committee therefore thus openly declare, that the above-mentioned report is, in every part of it, groundless and false, and that they have hitherto attended and acted in their office, and still continue so to do, without any intention, hope, or desire, of receiving any other reward in this life, but the pleasure which results from a consciousness of having done good. So satisfied are they of their own disinterested motives and conduct in this regard, that they can safely appeal to the omnipotent Being for their sincerity in this declaration.
And whereas the committee have this evening been informed, by a letter from the country, of another report equally injurious, viz. that "the committee have employed poor persons in working for themselves, and Gentlemen of fortune with whom they are particularly connected in their private concerns, and paid them out of the donations received;" The committee do, with the same solemnity, declare the said report to be as false as it is scandalous.
They were early apprehensive that the enemies of Truth and Liberty would spare no pains to misrepresent their conduct, and asperse their characters; and therefore, that they might have it in their power to vindicate themselves, they have constantly kept regular books, containing records of the whole of their proceedings; which books, as the committee advertised the public some months ago, are open for the inspection of such as are inclined to look into and examine them.
The committee now challenge any person whatever to make it appear that there is a just foundation for such reports. Until this reasonable demand is complied with, they confide in the justice of the public, that no credit will be given to reports so injurious to the committee, and to this oppressed and insulted people.
If the friends of truth will inform the committee of any reports they may hear, tending to defame the committee, and by that means to discourage further donations for the benevolent purpose of relieving the sufferers above-mentioned, it will be acknowledged as a particular favour.
Signed, by order of the committee,
BOSTON, JAN. 20, 1775. SAMUEL ADAMS, Chairman.
A genuine letter from JANE SHORE to King EDWARD the fourth, taken from a very ancient history of JANE SHORE.
May it please my King and Master,
VOUCHSAFE to rayne thy royal couch with the poor inklings of thy servant and handmaide, whome, nathlesse, thou hast most graciously daygned to raise unto thy royal couch, as Abraham did his handmaide Hagar; though I with not to share her misfortune, and to be driven from my Master's presence. Could my unworthy pen give a decent colouring to thy Jane's
affection, then might words, which be the painting of the thoughts in the true heart, do justice to the loyal love she beareth unto thy worthy personne.
But how can the black rivulet, which my pen is eager to drinke, be worthily enabled to expresse, in becoming termes, the ocean of love, that aboundythe in my true heart! Would to my Saviour, that this ocean of love were not troubled with winds, which blow therein, and rayse the waves of affliction within my moody soul. — I am encompassed by three potent enemies; albe it, not the flesh, the world, and the devil, unless Lord Hastings be resembled to the first, for he worketh to withdraw my love from thee, and in thy absence to displace thee from the throne whereon the King is established in my heart.
The royal partner of thy bosom, the Queen, may indeed be likened unto the world, for she encompasseth me round with spies, who watche out for my thoughts. — And though I will not be so harrie in my thought or deed, to say thy noble brother Gloucester be, in any shape, like unto the devil, yet I do verily believe he be more dangerous than the other twain, though he beareth him towardly. There be some, and divers some, who say he wisheth not well unto thy government, nay unto thy children. — Among the rest, the noble Lord Hastings doubted very much, and witheth thee long to reign, in order that thou mayest the better survive to establish thy royal issue. Believe what I write cometh from my true heart's affection, and wish comfort to the wounded spirit of thy loyal servant, JANE SHORE.
From a late LONDON MAGAZINE.
On the PROCEEDINGS against AMERICA.
LOST is our old simplicity of times, The world abounds with laws, and teems with crimes. From justice fierce ambition wrefts the sword; Kings would be Gods—and Monarch ev'ry Lord. Law, place, subjection, order, pride confounds; And lust of rule despotic nothing bounds. In vain between this iron seat of pow'r, Where the state vultures every thing devour, And the new world, where Freedom's sons had fled, And bray'd a desert with untented head, The great Atlantic rolls its wat'ry bar, Oppression's fatal dart can speed so far. With vengeance pointed, see it mount the sky, And law-pretensions give it wings to fly. O'er violated charters Freedom weeps, And keen suspicion constant vigils keeps. Commerce, from frequent marts, no more her own, Exil'd, to foreign coasts compell'd, is flown. On useless keels, with helm neglected, ride Britannia's bulwarks and Britannia's pride. The hostile sword, dread thought! prepar'd we draw To rule by force,—the tyrant's only law. With eye uplifted, and with suppliant hands, Her empire shaken, true religion stands, With air astonish'd, trembling for her doom; And hears, or seems to hear, the chains of Rome. See, from the deep, Britannia's genius rise, Ardnt in pray'r—and thus address the skies: "Their freedom Heav'n defend!—avert the blow, "Crush the vile scheme, and lay the miscreants low, "Who counsel give, or lift the impious hand, "To stab our country in a foreign land. "Inspire each patriot breast with tenfold zeal, "And for our refuge save their commonweal; "And teach each little Monarch here below, "What tyrants ought to feel, or Princes know."
LORD KAMES'S Sentiments on AMERICAN Taxation.
Of all sciences that of politics is the most intricate, and there is no political subject of greater importance to Great Britain and the colonies than that of taxation. Either through the ignorance or inattention of our ancient and modern legislators, we have many taxes imposed, which hurt our manufactures and commerce, for the sake of increasing the public revenue for the present. We have even some taxes that are hurtful to manufactures and commerce without increasing the revenue, and some which can be proved even to lessen it.
In the present dispute between the Ministry and America on the subject of taxation, it is to be wished that the former would attend to the sentiments of that judicious and dispassionate writer, Lord Kames: Some of whose observations are here selected for the consideration of the reader.
"The exportation of British manufactures to our American colonies ought to meet with such encouragement as to prevent them from rivalling us; it would be a gross blunder to encourage their manufactures, by imposing a duty on what we export to them. We ought rather to give a bounty on exportation; which, by underselling them in their own markets, would quash every attempt to rivalry."
"Between the mother country and her colonies the following rule ought to be sacred, that with respect to commodities wanted, each of them should prefer the other before all other nations. Britain should take from her colonies whatever they can furnish for her use; and they should take from Britain whatever they can furnish for their use. In a word, every thing regarding commerce ought to be reciprocal, and equal between them. To bar a colony from access to the fountain head for commodities that cannot be furnished by the mother country but at second hand, is oppression; it is so far degrading the colonists from being free subjects to be slaves. What right, for example, has Britain to prohibit her colonies from purchasing tea or porcelain at Canton, if they can
procure it cheaper there than in London? No connexion between two nations can be so intimate, as to make such restraint an act of justice. Our legislature, however, have acted like a step mother to her American colonies, by prohibiting them to have any commerce but with Britain only. They must land first in Britain all their commodities, even what are not intended to be sold there; and they must take from Britain, not only its own product, but every foreign commodity that is wanted. This regulation is not only unjust but impolitic; as by it the interest of the colonies in general is sacrificed to that of a few London merchants. Our legislature have at last so far opened their eyes, as to give a partial relief. Some articles are permitted to be carried directly to the place of destination, without being first entered in Britain, wheat for example, rice, &c."
A VISION.
"The Parliament was never so embarrassed, beyond recovery. We are all venal cowards, except some few."
ANDREW MARVELL'S Letters.
I WAS never more pleased, upon reading the works of Andrew Marvell, than to find the judicious observation which he made upon the Parliament in 1665. I will not say how far it suits with other Parliaments we have had; such who are inclined to parallels may not think it unlike the last. Something ought to be said to its memory, and therefore I have thought proper to perpetuate it to the last revolving year of this Isle, with the following epitaph.
That thou art dead we all, with truth, rejoice, And in thy requiem join a cheerful voice; Such was thy life, that no good man could praise, While blotted infamy besmeard thy days. Low art thou laid, corrupted, venal, dead; No future hope shall ever raise thy head, No resurrection be thy happy lot, By virtue damn'd in this unhallow'd spot, By none forgiven, and by none forgot.
My spirits being weakened by a too violent exertion of them against those who have been esteemed the destroyers of my country, I dropped into a profound sleep.
Methought I was walking up Palace yard, and on a sudden a stream burst forth out of the grand door of Westminster Hall, in which were overwhelmed hundreds of members, all floating down this torrent of corruption, as you have seen dead dogs, cats, and turnip tops, in the Thames.
Acrofs this stream strode a colossus, or gigantick figure. His feet were fixed upon the two shores of bribery and tyranny: In one hand he held papers, on which were written places, pensions, and reversions; in the other hand he bore a torch, on which blazed America. Britannia stood quite disconsolate on the shore: Her shield and spear reverted on the ground, saying, "you have, ye venal ones, proved my country's ruin!" As the stream rushed down, an active man with a large broom, advanced: By the squint, I found it augean Wilkes, who acting vigorously against the torrent, waded forward and uttered, "I'll stem this stream of corruption." Amongst the numbers who were rolling down and bawling out, one had a voice more sonorous than the rest, which repeatedly sounded, "To order, Gentlemen, to order!" At this instant the COLOSSUS broke silence, which was like pent wind issuing from a monstrous cavern, or the roaring of Ætna upon a sudden eruption; the creatures floating between his legs, still looking with earnest and beseeching eyes to that hand which held the places and pensions, one and all cried out, "Dear him, bear him, bear him!" and thus he spoke:
—Rebelling rascals,
Blue, red, and green, or great or small, I see no deep can keep ye quiet, Form'd for oppression, vice, and riot; And though ye are oppress'd with rigour, Nought can subdue your hellish vigour. Lo! I am made by law, by right, To be your Captain in the fight. The gilded posts above the state May make you hope, and make you prate; But who can envy me my lot, Who may be drown'd, beheaded, shot! Then who would seek to raise his pain, By wearing of a leader's chain? With our advantage let us move, With union, faith, accord, and love; Still be ye venal, firm, and humble, And I'll reward ye till I tumble.
At these words the gigantick figure fell into the stream, and beat down many that might otherwise have got to shore. Some, through zeal, seized his Colossus limbs, and sunk with their great master. In attempting to bring Sir W— Merry-death to shore, I fell—and waked.
MADRID (capital of Spain) Nov. 28.
OUR woollen manufactures improve every day more and more, by means of the great numbers of foreigners (especially English) who are employed in them. There are near an hundred different places where this manufacture is carried on, and the Court has just given orders for setting up others in several places in this kingdom. It is computed, that since the year 1772 there have been 8000 pieces of cloth worked up in this kingdom, a great part of which (3000 pieces all broadcloth) was exported in the register ship.
PARIS (France) Dec. 4. All the maritime towns of France have charged their deputies in this city to make remonstrances against the orders they have received, to conform in future to the

conventions which the Court of Great Britain has obtained for the prohibition of sending foreign manufactures to their colonies. The deputies went upon this occasion in a body to M. de Trudenne, superintendent of the manufactures of France; but he told them, the demand made by the Court of Great Britain was nothing more than the execution of the treaties subsisting between the two Courts, and which his Majesty had lately renewed, and therefore they must not expect any alteration in respect to the affair in question.
L O N D O N, December 15.
WE have it from good authority, that a very respectable House in the Boston and Salem trade has very large orders from two of the best Houses in that trade at Boston, which they insist upon being shipped for them the first opportunity, notwithstanding all the resolutions of the Congress, the proceedings of the town meetings, or any measure that province may take in its present distressed state.
A correspondent remarks, that the Virginians have spirit and resolution worthy of ancient Romans, and are to leave off planting tobacco, in order to get off the oppressive acts for raising a revenue in America. If they succeed, our correspondent expresses his hope, that their noble spirit will have its due effects on this side the Atlantick, and that next year our English farmers will give over planting of wheat, in order to get rid of the oppressive tax on soap and candles.
Letters from Newfoundland, by a ship that is arrived at Torbay, bring an account that the English have met with great success in the fishery; that they have freighted more ships this season than they have done for many years past, but that most of the ships have carried their cargoes to foreign markets, where they can have a greater price than in any port in England.
A Gentleman just arrived in town from Cherbourg, in France, says, that whilst he continued in that place, which was only ten days, he saw six sail of English vessels, which came from Weymouth, and the coast of Norfolk, laden with wheat and live cattle, arrived there; which makes bread and other provisions much cheaper than in London, and that mutton, beef, and veal, sold at the rate of threepence halfpenny per pound, fat, and as good as any in town.
We have received accounts that the Industry, Capt. Drummond, belonging to Borrowstownness, in Scotland, bound for that place, from London, loaded with goods, was in the late storm driven on shore, about six miles north from Aberdeen. The ship went to pieces, and all on board perished. The body of a man, with a mourning ring on his finger, had come ashore when these accounts came away.
The damage done by the late tempestuous weather, on the coast of Suffolk and Norfolk, is almost incredible; the sea, for several days, has been covered with wrecks of ships and dead bodies, so that the people who live at Dunwich, and the adjacent places near the sea, have had great employ in burying the dead bodies (which they found cast on shore whilst they were looking out for plunder) in the sand. By the wrecks, we find that most of the vessels lost are Dutch and French.
Yesterday the sessions ended at the Old Bailey, when thirteen convicts received judgment of death, thirty seven were sentenced to be transported for seven years, and two for coining halfpence were branded in the hand, and ordered to be imprisoned one year.
The persons who have possession of the whole ticket, which was drawn a prize of 20,000l. on Saturday, are eight servants of Messrs. Dodd and company, merchants in Milk street, Cheapside, who bought it before the drawing began.
Dec. 17. A correspondent assures us, from his own knowledge, that the most formidable preparations are making in France, and that they wait only till our troops and fleets are engaged in America, to strike some fatal blow to this country.
In the debate on the address in the House of Commons, Mr. Burke spoke long and well; last year he said the Ministers affirmed that the punishment of Boston would strike terror into all America; that America would be prostrate at our feet, begging for mercy; that all the other colonies would abandon Boston to her fate. The very contrary of all this has happened, and all the colonies take up the cause of Boston as a common cause. The late acts, so far from having the effect which the Minister expected, have made Boston the Lord Mayor of America.
A great law Lord declared, in his place, that, were he an American, he would resist the present measures to the last drop of his blood.
It is thought, that as soon as all the proceedings of the Grand American Congress are laid before Parliament, a motion will be made for an act to make the whole of their proceedings high treason. 2. If this had been done last session of Parliament, how would they have got a man of any reputation or credit to be a Delegate at a Congress.
Besides the resolutions that have already appeared of the Grand Congress, there is an address from them to the King, Lords, and Commons, and a letter to the people of England, which is soon to be made public. This letter is said to be the most curious piece that ever the American press produced. There is a picture drawn in it of the last Parliament, that passed the Boston acts, and some strictures on their proceedings, of a free nature. The Ministry also comes in for a great share in the obloquy, as do many of the leaders in favour of Great Britain on both sides the water.
It is said a certain American agent, who was present at a certain speech, when some persons around took notice that the Speaker did not articulate so clearly as usual, but seemed to sputter, cried out, I don't think he is well. He never looked better, says a by-stander. He is certainly ill, replies the agent. What, because he sputters in his speech, returns the by-stander. What do you suppose is the matter with him? The matter! repeats the American agent, he has been spitting blood throughout the whole of his speech.
When a certain great man fell upon his knee before a certain Assembly, "this man (cries an American) boasted, in the last slavish Parliament, that America should be brought to our feet," but Providence has brought him there before it.
It is said, when the Lord Mayor was told that a leading member of the Cocoa Tree had fallen on his knee in the House, what, on his bare knee! says he, whose health did he drink?
The New York mail, which arrived yesterday, has brought a great many letters for the government, but very few for the merchants, and those contain no orders for goods, which makes it conjectured that a stop is put to trade in that country.
This day a motion was made in the Court of Chancery, for an injunction, to stop the payment of a sum of money in the hands of Mr. Tatterfall, from being paid to the trustees of the Dutchess of Kingston, which arose from the sale of the late Duke's horses, dogs, &c. on the ground of her being an executor by false pretences, and being now indicted of felony; when the Lord Chancellor remarked, that as a noble law Lord had made it appear that there was no indictment against her, as it had been brought against Elizabeth Chidleigh, and there being no such person, he ordered the money to be paid into the hands of the trustees, for the payment of the funeral expenses, debts, and legacies.
The whole coast from Berwick to Newcastle exhibits such a scene of desolation, occasioned by the numerous wrecks of ships, as has never been known on that coast before.
On Thursday last, in the House of Commons, a strange defultory debate arose, relative to the propriety of taxing Ireland, which was occasioned by some expressions that fell from Governor Johnstone, alluding to opinions maintained on a former occasion on this subject.
Governor Johnstone said, I think a true determination upon this question can only be made after knowing the plan which Gentlemen in Administration are resolved to pursue with respect to American affairs. It is now clear that the people of America, actuated with the same firm and resolute spirit, and tintured with the same
enthusiasm, which enabled our ancestors to withstand the unjust claims of the Crown in the days of Charles I. are determined to resist the high doctrines of parliamentary supremacy held forth by this country, which must, in its consequences, reduce their liberties to a level with the colonies of France and Spain. If we are resolved to adhere to those incomprehensible tenets, echoed with so much applause in the last Parliament, and on the first day of the present sessions, nothing but the sword can now decide the contest. In that event, it is in vain to suppose that the peace establishment of the army now proposed will be sufficient; for every wise man must foresee, that our rivals in Europe cannot be idle spectators in such a scene. Supposing then a sufficient force is employed to subdue the Americans, this country must be left destitute of the necessary defence. No man is less desirous of augmenting a military establishment than myself. I foresee that the liberties of this country must, in the end, fall a sacrifice to that power which has annihilated the rights of mankind in other states. It has been asserted, that legislation existing in the Parliament of Great Britain, taxation, which is a part of legislation, must necessarily be included. The various privileges which subsist in every free state are hardly to be determined by my reasoning a priori . It is true that legislation may exist without the power of taxation. The kingdom of Ireland, within our own dominion, is a proof of what these learned Gentlemen assert to be impossible. For my part, I do not see what difficulty can occur in leaving the different colonies on the same footing of raising money, by requisition, as from the people of Ireland. If it is thought this manner of raising supplies might throw too much power in the hands of the Crown, that power might be limited, so as not to be exerted except upon the address of both Houses of Parliament, such as has been lately adopted respecting the prerogative in regulating the coin. I think I perceive the tone of the noble Lord is not so loud, or so lofty, as on some former debates on this subject. I hope it does not proceed from want of health, in which case no man could feel more sorrow for his Lordship than myself; but I hope it arises from a more serious and deep reflection on the subject, where his own good sense has had room to operate, free from those violent associates who seem to have precipitated his Lordship into such rash and cruel measures, contrary to his own natural good temper. Here then I shall conclude, as I set out, hoping, that generous, just, pacifick measures, will be adopted.
We hear the merchants and manufacturers are determined to petition Parliament for redress to our fellow subjects in America; to prevent the dreadful consequences of a civil war, and the total loss of our most valuable commerce.
The terms which the American Congress demand is a repeal of the acts imposing taxes upon them without their consent, those which take from them the trial by jury, those which infringe their charters, punish them without a hearing, and establish Popery and slavery over half the continent of America; they do not question the supreme legislative power of this country, nor the acts of trade and navigation.
The people in power now affect to blame one another; they did not think the Americans would have acted so stoutly, but did they know that oppression maketh a wise man mad, and that the very worm will turn when trod upon.
It is an alarming fact, that the number of effective men, besides those in garrison and in Scotland, now in Great Britain, not including officers commissioned and non-commissioned, does not amount to quite 7000; while, on the other hand, France is known to have at this instant 25,000 foot, besides a formidable and well provided train of artillery.
Dec. 20. Yesterday the House of Commons went into a committee of ways and means for raising a supply granted to his Majesty, when a land-tax of 3s. in the pound was agreed to, for the year 1775.
Yesterday morning a Council was held on American affairs, at the Cockpit, Whitehall.
Some expressions of very great importance arrived yesterday from Sir Joseph Yorke, at the Hague. They were immediately carried to Lord North, who waited on his Majesty with them, and had a conference.
It is reported a neighbouring power has offered the Americans assistance by sea and land, in case of a rupture with Great Britain, on certain advantageous conditions.
It is now said that some in the Ministry are ready to listen, if reasonable concessions are offered on the part of America, whilst others of them only lament that nothing of that kind has yet been offered.
A correspondent desires to know, if we sit still and see the people of America deprived of their liberties by a military force, what security we shall have that the same force will not then be employed to enslave us.
Letters from Copenhagen advise, that the King has expressed a desire of seeing, once more, the Queen his consort, but that his Privy Council had dissuaded him from it.
Mr. CRUGER'S SPEECH on Friday last, in a Great Assembly, on American affairs.
MR. SPEAKER, I rise to deliver my sentiments on this important subject, with all the diffidence and awe which must strike the mind on the first attempt to speak before so august an assembly. Had I remained silent on this occasion, I must have condemned myself for deserting a cause which it is my duty to espouse. I cannot but be heard with candour by Englishmen, when what I offer is dictated by a love to my country.
I am far from approving all the proceedings in America; many of their measures have been a dishonour to their cause. Their rights might have been asserted without violence; and their claims stated with temper, as well as firmness. But permit me to say, Sir, that if they have erred, it may be considered as a failing of human nature; a people animated with a love of liberty, and alarmed with apprehensions of its being in danger, will unavoidably run into excesses.
The history of mankind declares it in every page; and Britons ought to view with an eye of tenderness such acts of imprudence, to which their fellow subjects in America may have been hurried, not (as has been unkindly said) by a rebellious spirit, but by that generous spirit of freedom which has often led their own ancestors into indiscretions.
Acts of severity are far from having a tendency to eradicate jealousies; on the contrary, they must produce new fears, and weaken that attachment which kindness might have ensured. No country, Sir, has been more happy in her colonies than Great Britain; cemented by mutual interests (till the era of that fatal stamp act) they flourished in an intercourse of amity, protection, and obedience, supporting and supported by each other. Before that period, we met with no disobedience to our laws, no denial of the jurisdiction of Parliament, no marks of jealousy and discontent; but they ever loved liberty: That passion is coeval with their first emigration to America; they were persecuted for it in this country; they sought a sanctuary in the unexplored regions of that; there they peacefully cleared their inhospitable wilds, cultivated their lands, and cheerfully poured the first fruits of their industry into the bosom of their mother country. You protected them in their infant state, and they returned it by confining you to the sole benefits of their trade; whatever wealth they derived from agriculture and commerce, all centred with you. You regulated their commerce, for the advantage of this country; and they never discovered an opposition, either to the authority or the exercise of it. Are these evidences of a spirit of disaffection to Great Britain, or ingratitude for its protection? Are they not rather proofs, that if the same line of mild and lenient government had been pursued, the same cordiality and submission would have been continued?
Every American, who loves America, must wish the prosperity of England; and that their union may ever subsist, uninterrupted. If the parental trunk is injured, the branches must suffer with it.
A subordination on the part of the colonies is necessary to this union. I acknowledge, Sir, there must exist a power somewhere to superintend and regulate the movements of the whole, for the attainment and preservation of our common happiness; this supreme power can be justly and adequately exercised only by the legislature of Great Britain. In this doctrine the colonies tacitly acquiesced, and were happy. England enjoyed by it all the advantages of an exclusive trade with them. WHY THEN STRAIN THIS AUTHORITY SO MUCH, as to render a submission to it impossible, without a surrender of all those liberties which are most valuable in civil society, and were ever acknowledged the inestimable birthright of Englishmen? When Great Britain derives from her colonies the most ample supplies of wealth by her commerce, is it not absurd to close up these channels for the sake of a paltry, inexpedient claim of imposing taxes; which, though a young member, I will be bold to aver, never have, and probably never will, detract the expense of collecting them?
The expediency of coercive measures is much insisted on by some, who, I am sorry to say, seem to consider more the distresses into which they will involve the Americans than the benefits they can procure to this country from such vindictive conduct. Humanity, however, will prompt the generous mind to sweep over severities, though they may be even necessary; and a prudent statesman will reflect, that the colonies cannot possibly suffer without injury to Great Britain. The Americans are our customers; they consume your manufactures; by distressing them, if you do not drive them to other markets, you will most assuredly disable them from taking your commodities, and from making proper returns for what they have taken.
Let us suppose, for a moment, that coercive measures should reduce them to a recognition of the equity of parliamentary taxation, what are the advantages which will result from it? Can it be thought that mankind can be dragooned into a CONVICTION of what is right? Will severities increase their affection, and make them more desirous of a connexion with and dependence on the MOTHER country? Is it not, on the contrary, reasonable to conclude, that the effect will be an increase of jealousy and discontent, that they will seek all occasions of evading laws imposed on them by violence, that they will be RESTLESS under the Yoke, and think themselves happy in an opportunity of flying to the protection of any other power, from the subjection of a MOTHER whom they consider cruel and oppressive?
Sir, I would not be understood to deny the good intentions of Administration. The abilities of the Minister are, it seems, universally acknowledged; but I must add, humanum est errare . Though an American, Sir, I applaud his jealousy for the dignity and authority of Parliament, and think the impolicy and inexpediency of the late measures may be reasonably imputed to the difficulty of the occasion, and the unsettled and undefined nature of the dependence of the colonies on the mother country; but since, by sad experience, they have been found totally inadequate, since they have widened the breach, instead of closing it, diminished the subjection and obedience of the colonies, instead of confirming them, increased the turbulence and opposition, instead of allaying them, it may be hoped that a different plan of conduct will be pursued; and that some constitution, some firm and LIBERAL constitution, will be adopted by the wisdom of this House, which may secure the colonists in their liberties, whilst it maintains the just supremacy of Parliament.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 4.
LAST Wednesday, as the rider who carries the mail between Newcastle and Richmond was returning from thence, about ten miles before he had finished his stage, he found, in the road, a young child, carefully placed in a box, with ten pounds cash, and a letter, the purport of which was, that "whoever should pick up the child, and would take care of it, might apply the money to his own use, and, moreover, might expect a further Sum at a future day;" upon which, the man put the money in his pocket, carried the child to his own house, and is become its foster father. Jas. Lyle, Manchester
Deaths.—Col. ROBERT BOLLING, one of the Representatives for the county of Dinwiddie.
Mr. WILLIAM MOULSON, of Amelia.
On Wednesday the 15th instant departed this life, much lamented, Mrs. DEBORAH DUNLAP, the amiable consort of the Rev. William Dunlap of King and Queen; and on the Wednesday following, her remains, attended by a very respectable number of friends and acquaintance, were interred in Stratton Major church. About nine years ago it pleased God to visit her with a painful and tedious sickness that totally deprived her of sight, which she never recovered, although every human means were used to that end. Far from repining at this heavy dispensation, she was ever cheerful, perfectly resigned to the will of Providence, and possessed a perpetual fund of that heart-felt joy which results from real goodness, and tranquillity of conscience. As she was blessed with an extensive capacity and memory, her mind was well stored by reading, and improved by the most judicious observations on men and manners; so, to the last period of her life, she was an agreeable companion, qualified to support a part in every topic of rational conversation that might be brought upon the carpet, and, as the subject required, could be grave or facetious. In her temper, she was open, generous, and humane. In short, she was equalled by few, and excelled by none, in the characters of wife, mother, and mistress.
Several Pieces, Advertisements, &c. omitted for want of room, shall be inserted in our next.
AT a meeting of the freeholders of the county of King and Queen, assembled at the courthouse on Monday the 12th day of December 1774, for the purpose of choosing a committee, to see that the association is duly kept, agreeable to the resolutions of the Continental Congress, the following persons were elected, viz. Thomas Coleman, George Lyne, Gregory Baylor, Richard Tunstall, jun. Robert Hill, Gregory Smith, Tunstall Banks, Anderson Scott, William Richards, William Todd, Henry Todd, John Bagby, George Brooke, Henry Lumpkin, Richard Tunstall, Benjamin Pendleton, John Collier, Thomas Row, Stephen Field, William Lyne, Joseph Temple, John Lyne, Richard Anderson, and Matthew Anderson.
AND, at a meeting of a majority of the said committee, on Monday the 9th of January 1775, Richard Tunstall, Esq., was unanimously elected Chairman of the committee, and, in case of his absence, George Brooke, Esq., was appointed to act for the time, and John Tunstall appointed Clerk.
Ordered, that the Clerk of this committee transmit to the public printers a list of the committee chosen for the said county, to be advertised in the VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
(A copy.) JOHN TUNSTALL, Clk.
To the REAL ASSOCIATOR.
But soon as breath out of his breast did pass, The huge great body which the GIANT bore Was vanquish'd quite; and of that monstrous Mass Was nothing left, but like an empty bladder was.
FAERIE QUEENE B, I. C. viii, St. 24.
S I R,
IT is said of the leopard that, till he be provoked, the number of his spots is but dimly discerned. This remark is as just when applied to yourself. How much more immaculate would your heart have appeared, had you not been enraged by the present dispute? You accuse me of MANY suppositions, misrecitals, and unfaithful quotations, but produce two instances only, to support the accusation. In your last letter, you spoke of "a certain recantation of my own inditing," and now, charge me with unfairness, because, in alluding to it, I said, "you talk of my

recantation." Why, surely Sir, if the recantation was of my own volition , I could be guilty of no unfairness in calling it mine . But though it, now, should seem to be not mine , but Mr. Kidd's, yet you—by declaring you are possessed of proof "that it was of my own dictating , and written under the influence of my threats,"—it is plain, do, yourself, consider it as mine , notwithstanding, you, at the same time, charge me with misrepresenting your meaning for calling it mine . How ridiculously absurd! But, Sir, I appeal to any impartial understanding, whether, from the conspicuous manner in which the word RECANTATION was printed, and the stigma of infamy inseparable from it, when applied to a clergyman, you did not design, and hope it to be received in its new signification?—This it is to be a faint!
Your second instance of my " many suppressions misrecitals, and unfaithful quotations " is thus expressed: "His strictures on Lord Coke's maxim are exceedingly ingenious and prove that the words many times signify but seldom ." But, let us inquire how this matter stands. You had said "I think my old acquaintance Lord Coke used to tell me that a violent presumption amounts to a full proof." I, knowing this doctrine (which you intentionally had held forth for Lord Coke's) to be false and absurd, when admitted as universally true , produced the passage from Lord Coke; whence it appeared that you had false-quoted and misrecited him, by suppressing an essential part of his maxim, and observed that he, instead of laying it down as a doctrine universally true had evidently expressed himself with great limitation . The word seldom was not, at all, used.
It hath, rather, an unlucky appearance, as you boast so many instances of my suppressions, misrecitals, and unfaithful quotations that you should produce only two . And still more so, as the first of them rests upon a palpable prevarication , to say no worse; while the second, you could not have produced without a previous, though silent, confession that I had convicted you of the very crime, with respect to Lord Coke, which you labour, but in vain, to fix upon me. Yet, this is not all! For, the instance you bring to establish your charge is, absolutely, the creature of your own invention, and which, till it escaped through your laxative pen, had a being only in your own crotchet brains. The public, in general, will infer, that if my letter had afforded any more examples for your purpose, you would have certainly brought them: while some, who implicitly confide in your judgment, will be fully convinced that, were there more, yet you must have, unquestionably, selected the best . Having thus discussed the whole of your reply to the arguments in my letter, I appeal to the public whether—as the points you undertook to prove were "that I was the author of the Queries, or, else, that they were approved of and published by me "—you have not virtually submitted to every plea that has been urged in confutation of your arguments, and, consequently, confessed the inaccuracy and contradiction, misreasoning and misquotation, with all the other subsequent absurdities, into which you have been driven? And, if this be so, whether you will relinquish, or not, your original charge, is a matter of but little importance. An ingenious acknowledgment of error is too severe a trial for a heart like yours. If self-complacency will still endeavour to throw a shade over your own convictions, and take refuge behind, hatred to me, your own vanity, or the inattention of the public, I freely indulge you in all the satisfaction that may result from the fancied laurels you have won, and the consciousness of pertinaciously maintaining an idle suspicion in opposition to fact. But, were I disposed to press the matter still further upon you, I would produce a declaration, upon oath, by the author of the Queries, "that the WHOLE and ONLY concern I had with them entirely arose from his having accidentally desired me to leave them at the Printers."
But, so thoroughly, however, were you convinced that I was both author and publisher of the libel , that, had DECENCY permitted, I should long since have been personally applied to (and, perhaps in a gentleman-like manner ) under both these capacities." Some persons might be glad to know from you, who are unquestionably the very pink of politeness , what could make ANY gentleman-like manner offensive to decency ? However, as your intended mode of application was such as decency would not permit, and as, I, you think, "should hardly have approved," it was, no doubt, obliging in you to decline it. But is there not something here a little darkly expressed? You have taxed me with timidity . As the world goes, this charge might have been as properly brought against a woman . Were it not that I am a clergyman, I cannot forbear thinking, but that DISCRETION , which as Falstaff wisely observes, is the better part of VALOUR —would have confined you within the limits of infini . A black gown seems to inflate you, as much as a red one does a cock-turkey; and it is to this I attribute your present strutting and swelling. Why should you so eagerly catch at opportunities to repeat to the world the mightiness of your courage, if you did not think the world a little shy in believing it? Whether what the fat Knight says of Poins—that he had no more valour than a wild-duck —be true of you I will not determine; but in my own opinion you would have been no ill match for the magnanimous Pistol; who would not swager with a Barbary hen , if she turned back her feathers, in any show of resistance. Should I be wrong in this particular, the following hint will enable you to correct me:—There are some clergymen who do not always wear a gown.
As to the charge of persecution : Did you think I expected you to confess it? Has it not even been the language of inquisitors, that the tortures they inflict are for GOD's sake; that the rack is an engine of mercy ; that while they declare Heretics to be in a state of damnation, they commit them to the flames, out of a pure and holy love to their souls; and, that it is slander in the extreme to term this persecution ?
I cannot forbear noticing what artifice you have shewn in conducting this dispute. The Queries were the original ground on which we set out, but, like a fox, when hard pressed you have eluded the pursuit by wallowing in all the filth of abuse you could
* You have mentioned Mr. Kidd's recantation; it is fit that affair should be known. When (previous to the election of a Minister in this parish) Mr. Kidd was employed to procure the names of subscribers to a paper in opposition to me, the arguments used by him to persuade the parishioners were "that I did not believe the articles of the Church; and that I was a Deist." A Magistrate of this city, with whom I was but slightly acquainted, shocked at so black a contrivance, informed me of it. I, immediately, went to Kidd and expostulated with him: At first, with much confusion, he denied the fact. However, as the Gentleman had authorised me in the fullest manner to use his evidence and name, I told him my author. He then began to equivocate, at last, confessed, named you as his authority for what he had said, and to avoid (what you, conscientious, Sir, have most pathetically denominated) "the terrors of the law," not only expressed a willingness to acknowledge the injustice of the calumny, but, more than once, thanked me for my lenity to him. In what words this acknowledgment was expressed "the strength of my memory" will not now inform me. But, this, I affirm, that it was neither dictated, nor indicted by me, and, that (whatever may have been written upon the subject to his employer, by this pious undertaker, correspondent and fellow-labourer in the Lord) if he declares that it was, I must say his assurance is equal to your own; for greater, I think, it cannot be. After Mr. Kidd had undertaken the business I believe every person will allow that he acted with propriety. For, when he found that, from the goodness of my evidence a prosecution could be carried through with effect, and, perhaps, doubted whether the purse of his principal would expand, his wisest method was to secure himself with me, and, in his own way, relate the matter to him. Thus much for the original letter of Mr. Kidd written about the time; YOUR share in keeping me out of the parish; and all the happy reflexions which an exertion so pious and meritorious may excite!
nd. Having at last however got upon your foot, I hope the chate will be soon at an end. S. HENLEY.
If Vocativo Caret be desirous of knowing who were the persons I ranked among the first of the age, what their testimonials were of my qualifications for the office I hold, and where they may be found, I refer him to the Register of the Bishop of LONDON . FEBRUARY 20, 1775.
A FEW BOXES OF KEYSER'S FAMOUS PILLS TO BE SOLD AT THE POST OFFICE.
WILLIAMSBURG, March 4, 1775. IT being necessary for me to go to England this Spring, I shall esteem it a particular Favour if those who are indebted to me would be as early as possible in discharging their Accounts, without which it will not be in my Power to accomplish my Intention, and will not only be a great Disappointment, but a Disadvantage to me in my Business. I therefore flat-ter myself this Requisition will have the desired Effect, which will greatly oblige Their humble Servant, MARGARET HUNTER.
BEDFORD Courthouse, Feb. 5, 1775. THE Creditors of Jeffery Grisley , deceased, are desired to meet at KING WILLIAM March Court, with their respective Claims, properly authenticated, in Order that the same may be discharged. I am offered, by his Mother, a Sum of Money, in Part Payment of her Bond to her Son (which does not become due till her Decease) on certain Conditions. I believe the Sum offered is nearly, or quite suffi-cient, to pay all the Creditors. In this Case, it will be convenient for me to comply with the Conditions offered, and to draw a Bill of Exchange immediately to discharge the same. JOHN HOOK, Administrator.
CHARLES CITY, February 20, 1775. THE SUBSCRIBER has on Hand, about FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS STERLING WORTH OF Goods, suitable for a Store, which he will sell for Cash or Tobacco, Wholesale or Retail, on reasonable Terms. AS I intend to leave the Colony this Summer, all Persons indebted to me are desired to pay off their Accounts; those who cannot pay I hope will give Bond; for which Purpose Mr. Edward Morecock will attend at the Store until the last of April. ROBERT WALKER.
MANCHESTER, Feb. 11, 1775. THE Subscriber intending for Britain by the ensuing Fall, proposes to sell the following Tracts of LAND, viz.—About 2000 Acres in Bedford County, lying on both Sides of the north Fork of Otter River and Hurricane Creek , about 100 Acres of which are cleared, and produce Tobacco of a fine Quality; there are several Houses upon the Land, large Peach and Apple Orchards, and a good Meadow. The Land lies well, and is a remarkable good Place for raising Stock of all Kinds, having excellent Range upon the Mountains joining it.—Also another Tract of Land containing about 300 Acres, a Mile below the other, with a Grist Mill upon it, lately built, a Stone Dam, and a never-failing Stream. There are little more Improvements upon this Tract, but the Soil is good, and would make a valuable Settlement.—A valuable and well known Tract of Land in Hanover County, called Half Sink , on Chickahominy River , containing, by a late Survey, 667 Acres, a great Proportion of which is rich low Ground, affording a vast Quantity of large white Oak Timber. This Plantation lies 11 Miles from Richmond Town, is in good Order to work ten Hands, and has the necessary Houses upon it, lately built.—Also four LOTS in the Town of Richmond , where Mr. James Vaughan formerly kept Ordinary, with Houses thereon, two of which are new, and the Pasture fenced with Posts and Rails. It is a suitable Place for a Tavern, or would afford Conveniencies for three private Families. The above Lands may be entered upon next Fall, and the Lots at the Expiration of the present Year they are rented for. I shall be glad to treat with any Person who inclines to purchase. ALEXANDER BAINE.
I want to purchase the Half Acre Lot at Rocky Ridge , No. 132, drawn to Ticket No. 373 in Col. Byrd's Lottery . A. B.
The noted Horse MARK ANTHONY STANDS at my Plantation in Bute County, on the north Side of Roanoke River , about two Miles below Col. Thomas Eaton's Ferry, and will cover Mares the ensuing Season at 30s. the Leap, 31. the Season, or 51. Virginia Money to ensure a Colt. Good Pasturage for the Mares, and Entertainment for Gentlemen's Servants, gratis. Great Care will be taken of the Mares, but I will not be answerable for any that may get away. HERBERT HAYNES.
SURRY, February 23, 1775. THE Commanding Officers of the Southern District are requested to appoint their General Musters upon the following Days, which will put it in my Power to make a full return of the Militia; when they will be waited on by Their most obedient Servant, COLIN CAMPBELL, Adj.
  SURRY, Friday, MARCH 17   PRINCE GEORGE, Monday, 20   CHESTERFIELD, Wednesday, 22   CUMBERLAND, Friday, 24   PRINCE EDWARD, Monday, 27   AMELIA, Thursday, 30   BRUNSWICK, Monday, APRIL 3   DINWIDDIE, Wednesday, 5   SUSSEX, Friday, 14   SOUTHAMPTON, Monday, 17   ISLE OF WIGHT, Wednesday, 19   NANSEMOND, Friday, 21   NORFOLK County, Monday, 24   Borough, Wednesday, 26   PRINCESS ANNE, Friday, 28 
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Williamsburg , on Monday the 12th of February last, an indentured Servant Man named ISAAC GELDING , a House Carpenter by Trade, a short, well made Man, about 5 Feet 5 or 6 Inches high, wears short brown Hair tied behind, and has several Moles in his Face. He had on, when he went away, a Bearskin Coat and Waistcoat, and a Pair of light coloured Worsted Shag Breeches, with Metal Buttons, brown Linen Shirt, and a new Hat. He took with him a broad Axe, and a Hand Saw. It is suspected he is gone to Suffolk , as he left Norfolk last Monday, intending to go there. Whoever delivers him to me in this City, or secures him so that I get him again, shall have 51. Reward. JAMES SOUTHALL.
TO BE SOLD At BERMUDA HUNDRED , to the highest Bidders, on Monday the 17th of APRIL , if fair, otherwise next fair Day, ALL the Household and Kitchen Furniture belonging to the late John Hylton , deceased. Credit will be allowed till the 25th of April 1776 for all Sums above forty Shillings, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security, to FRANCIS EPPES, JOHN HYLTION, Executors.
TO BE SOLD, On Monday the 13th Instant ( MARCH ) at the House of the late ELIZABETH BALSAM , in the City of Williamsburg , All the Household and Kitchen Furniture of the said Deceased, together with the HOUSE, a valuable young COLT, And every other Article belonging to the said Estate. Six Months CREDIT will be allowed for all Sums above 40s. John Conrad Ginter , Administrator.
ALL Persons who have any Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known as soon as possible. STRAYED from a Plantation near William Bumpass's , at the Head of Appomattox River , the latter End of November last, a likely BLACK MARE about 4 Feet 9 or 10 Inches high, with a Star in her Forehead, and a Snip on her Nose, one hind Foot white, has a Switch Tail, paces tolerably, and trots well in a Carriage, but is rather dull. She is defective in the Sight of one of her Eyes (the left I think) by Means of a Film, or something of that Kind, but has no Brand that I remember. It is supposed she supposed she will make down towards Warwick . Whoever delivers her to the said William Bumpass , Henry Bayley , at Fine Creek , in Cumberland County, Daniel Wisfeaker at Warwick , or to me in Henrico , shall have 20s. Reward from ROBERT PLEASANTS.
TAKEN up, in Hanover , on Little River , near the Fork Church , a dark bay MARE about 4 Feet 7 Inches high, her near Hip somewhat higher than the other, a few white Hairs on her off Buttock, a long hanging Mane, appears to be about 10 Years old, has an old Bell, no Brand perceivable, and hath been appraised to 71. SHADRACH WATTS.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Public that he has just opened Tavern in the House formerly occupied by Mr. James Vaughan . Those Gentlemen who choose to favour him with their Custom may depend upon the best Usage, from their humble Servant, GABRIEL GALT.
THREE young likely VIRGINIA born NEGROES (one Man and two Women) to be sold for ready Money, on Monday the 13th of March , before Mr. Maupin's Door, in Williamsburg . (21) JOHN HARRISON.
A PERSON who understands teaching English and Latin, and comes well recommended, will meet with good Encouragement, by applying to HENRY DELONY.
IT is now become indispensably necessary that the Claimants in the Patent to Mr. John Savage and others, who were with Col. Washington at the Battle of the Meadows , for 28,627 Acres of Land on the River Ohio and the Sandy Creeks , should come to a speedy Division of the said Land: They, and every of them, or their Representatives, are therefore desired to attend at the Confluence of the Great Kanawha , on Monday the 8th of May next, in Order to proceed to a Division. It will also be expected that the Costs attending the original Survey be by each Claimant then paid. VAN SWERENGEN, ROBERT RUTHERFORD, ISAAC LAREW, JAMES MCCORMACK.
Just come to Hand, and to be sold at my Store in Williamsburg , for Cash only, A large and well chosen ASSORTMENT of IRISH Linens, Ladies' black and other coloured Silk quilted Petticoats; Didbury's neat black Calamanco Pumps; some white figured and striped Lustrings; Ladies' and Gentlemen's Silk, Thread, and Cotton Stockings; Men's spun Silk, gray Thread, and Worsted Ditto; some Pieces of beautiful coloured Irish Muslins; fine Buff coloured Dimity, suitable for Ladies' Riding Dresses; with many other Articles not enumerated. C. RATHILL. N. B. At the same Place may be had a Parcel of LOAF SUGAR.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Octo- ber, and from Time to Time since, a Negro Man by Name ISHAM , to which he adds sometimes RANDOLPH , at others ALLEN , about 21 or 22 Years old. As he has worn out his Clothes, and I hear supplied himself out of his Fellow Servants Stock, I know not how he is dressed. He is not very dark complexioned, and has a white Spot rather behind the right Cheek Bone; as near as I can guess, he would measure 5 Feet 8 or 10 Inches in Height, and is slender. As I have Reason to expect he is in Stafford or King George , my Reward, over what the Law allows, is twenty Shillings, though the Trouble being increased by the Distance, I would willingly satisfy the full Inconvenience of delivering him to me at Norman's Ford , in Fauquier County. All Persons giving Countenance to said Slave will be prudent enough to take necessary Warning from this, as I will level the utmost Rigour of the Law against such Offenders. LANDON CARTER.
SURRY BEGINS to cover the 1st of April next, at 40s. the Season, or 15s. the single Leap. Either Cash, or Corn at 10s. a Barrel, must be brought with the Mares, or they will not be received. Pasturage gratis, but I will not be answerable for Accidents. LANDON CARTER.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from Mr. John Dorefsing's , in Warwick County, last Christmas Eve, two Mares, viz. one a forrel, 4 Years old, about 4 Feet 9 or ten Inches high, trots, gallops, and paces slowly, branded on the near Buttock I PR (the P in a Piece, and the P inverted) but hardly perceivable, has a small Ulcer on her right Cheek, caused by a Kick from a Horse some time ago, and appeared to be forward with Foal. The other is a light Iron gray, 5 Years old, about 4 Feet 5 Inches high, trots and gallops, and branded on the near Buttock 3 . They had both hanging Manes and Switch Tails. Forty Shillings Reward will be given on their being delivered to Mr. Dorefsing , or the Subscriber, in King William , and if stolen, 101. on Conviction of the Thief. JAMES RUSSELL.

POETS CORNER.
A PROPHECY of the FUTURE GLORY of AMERICA.
To years far distant, and to scenes more bright, Along the vale of time extend thy sight, Where hours and days and years, from yon bright pole, Wave following wave, in long succession roll; There see in pomp, for ages without end, The glories of the WESTERN WORLD ascend!
See, this blest LAND in her bright morn appears, Wak'd from dead slumbers of six thousand years: While clouds of darkness veil'd each cheering ray; To savage beasts and savage men a prey. Fair FREEDOM now her ensigns bright displays, And peace and plenty blest the golden days. In mighty pomp AMERICA shall rise, Her glories spreading to the boundless skies: Of ev'ry fair the boasts th' assembled charms, The Queen of empires, and the nurse of arms.
See where her HEROES! mark their glorious way, Arm'd for the fight, and blazing on the day: Blood stains their steps; and o'er the conq'ring plain, 'Mid fighting thousands, and 'mid thousands slain; Their eager swords promiscuous carnage blend, And ghastly deaths their raging course attend, Her mighty pow'r the subject world shall see, For laurel'd conquest waits her high degree.
See, her bold vessels rushing to the main, Catch the swift gales, and sweep the watery plain; Or led by commerce, at the merchant's door, Unlade the treasures of each distant shore; Or arm'd with thunder, on the guilty foe Rush big with death and aim th' impending blow; Bid ev'ry realm, that hears the trump of fame, Quake at the distant terror of her name."
WILLIAMSBURG, January 20, 1775.
THE several Counties and Corporations in this Colony are requested to elect Delegates to represent them in Convention, who are desired to meet at the Town of RICHMOND, in the County of HENRICO, on Monday the 20th of March next.
PEYTON RANDOLPH, MODERATOR.
CHARLOTTE, Feb. 1, 1775.
SOME Time past I executed a Bond to Charles Adams, as Guardian to Henry Atwood, for £. 112:10, payable the 25th of December next, it being Part of the Consideration Money for a Tract of Land devised to the said Henry Atwood by his late Father, James Atwood: And whereas, by the said Contract, the said Adams, and Henry Atwood, were to have conveyed me, in Fee Simple, the said Tract of Land, which they have not complied with, I do therefore forewarn any Person or Persons from taking an Assignment of said Bond, as I will not pay it until I have a proper Title to the said Land.
JOEL JACKSON.
For Sale, on long Credit,
A TRACT of LAND contiguous to Cabin Point, known by the Name of Huntington, containing 6000 Acres of well timbered Land, which runs a never-failing Stream, whereon stands a Saw and Grist Mill, not more than two Years erected. There is likewise, on the said Land, a Dwelling-House 40 by 18, 12 Feet Pitch, with three good Rooms below, and two above, neatly finished off; also a Kitchen, Dairy, a new Granary 40 by 24, a Brick Stable 38 by 24, both two Stories high, and about 600 Apple Trees in one Orchard. The Terms may be known by applying to Col. Herbert Claiborne of King William, Nathaniel Harrison, Esq; of Prince George, Capt. James Belfches at Cabin Point, Walter Peter, Esq; at Hood's, or the Subscriber, on the Premises. The Land will be divided into Lots, so as to suit the Purchasers.
CHARLES HARRISON.
FREDERICK County (Maryland) Feb. 3, 1775.
WENT away from the Subscriber, a few Days ago, a Servant Man named BRYON DRUM, a Native of Ireland, about 5 Feet 6 or 7 Inches high, well set, of a ruddy Complexion, and has a remarkable Scar on his left Cheek, from the Corner of his Mouth to his Ear. He had on, and took with him, a Broadcloth Coat and Jacket of a reddish Mixture, an Irish Linen Shirt, two Osnabrug Do. a Pair of Osnabrug Trousers, an old brown Coat, a Pair of black Breeches much patched, an old Castor Hat, and old Shoes and Stockings. He is fond of spirituous Liquor, and it is probable (being without Money) that he will dispose of his Clothes to get it. Whoever takes up the said Servant, and secures him so that I get him again, shall be handsomely rewarded; and if brought home, SIX POUNDS, paid by
PHILIP CASSAY.
TO BE SOLD,
At HANOVER Town, on FRIDAY the 3d of MARCH,
TWO FLATS,
WITH THEIR APPURTENANCES.
ALSO,
Six NEGRO FELLOWS,
Who have been used to go by Water.
Credit will be allowed till the 25th of August next, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to the Subscribers; the Bonds to carry Interest from the Date if not discharged punctually.
THOMAS SIMPSON.
ARCHIBALD GOVAN.
TO BE SOLD,
On the Premises, to the highest Bidder, for ready Money, or Tobacco, on FRIDAY the 10th of MARCH, by Virtue of a Deed of Trust from JOHN BROOKS to DINWIDDIE, CRAUFURD, and Company, and HENRY DELONY,
ATTRACT of LAND, fit for Tobacco, in Lunenburg County, containing, by Estimation, 200 Acres; and one Acre of land on Meherrin River, in Mecklenburg County, on which there is a very good Grist Mill.
MECKLENBURG, Feb. 3, 1775.
RUN away from the Subscriber, near Westham, in Henrico, about the first of December last, a Negro Fellow named BOB, about 30 Years of Age, 5 Feet 8 or 9 Inches high, outlandish, talks not very plain, if sharply spoke to, seems much terrified, and one of his Eye-Teeth, or near it, is out. He had on common Cotton Clothes. Whoever brings him to me, or secures him in any Gaol in this Colony, so that I get him again, shall have 40s. Reward, besides what the Law allows.
LEWIS BALL.
I forewarn all Masters of Vessels employing him, or carrying him out of the Country, as I am apprehensive he will endeavour to get on Board a Vessel.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Ches-terfield, on Wednesday the 24th of January, a tall slim Negro Fellow named ROBIN, who is a very good Blacksmith, and was dressed, when he went away, as Negroes commonly are; he stoops much when he walks, and is the Property of Mr. John Fox of Gloucester County. Whoever brings him to me, or to the said Mr. Fox, shall have FIVE DOLLARS Reward.
THOMAS BRANCH.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at Bor-ton's Tract, in Augusta, a Convict Servant Man named THOMAS HÖRBERT, about 30 Years of Age, 4 Feet 7 or 8 Inches high, of a sandy Complexion; had on, when he went away, an old brown Cotton Coat, Leather Breeches, white Cotton Leggings, and a brown Linen Shirt. He is a Silver-smith, and it is supposed will make for some Town, and endeavour to get Employment. Whoever secures the said Servant, so that I may get him again, shall have 40s. Reward.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER.
RUN away, about the last of January, a Negro Man named CHARLES, about 38 Years old, 5 Feet 6 Inches high, well set, his Teeth are blacker than common, and very short before. He had on, when he went away, a gray Kersey Jacket and Breeches, white Negro Cotton Boots, and also carried with him a new pale blue Coat. He formerly belonged to Mr. Thomas Cole, but I purchased him of his Cousin, one Mr. John Brown, who lives about 12 Miles from Williamsburg, and it is supposed he will make that Way. He once ran away from his former Master, and was some Time lurking about upon Back River, where it is also probable he may be at this Time. The said Negro plays exceedingly well on the Bangor, and generally carries one with him. I hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from harbouring or carrying him out of the Country, and offer a Reward of 30s. to any Person who secures him so that I get him, or 50s. if brought to me, near Suffolk Town.
JOHN GILES.
FEBRUARY 11, 1775.
RUN away from the Subscriber, the 24th of January last, a Negro Fellow named CHARLES, about 19 Years old, 5 Feet 5 or 6 Inches high, very black, had Clothes of Cotton, such as Negroes usually wear, two Osnabrug Shirts, and a Felt Hat. I bought him, about 10 Days before he ran away, at a Sale of Mr. Ravencroft's, sold by Mr. Bolling Starke, near Petersburg. He was raised on Blackwater Quarter, of Ravencroft, and has been hired out for several Years past. I have Reason to believe he will endeavour to go to Blackwater, in Prince George, or to Mr. Edward Pegram's in Dinwiddie, where he has a Brother, or is harboured about Petersburg and Blandford. Whoever will take up the said Negro, and secures him, so that I get him, shall have 40s. Reward, and 31. for delivering him to me, near Stewart's Shop, in Brunswick.
LAWRENCE HOWSE.
NEW TOWN, King & Queen County, Jan. 31.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in December last, JOHN DANCER, a Mulatto Servant Man, about 25 Years of Age, well made, and wears his Hair; he had on, when he went away, a blue Duffel Jacket, an Osnabrug Shirt, and a Pair of Buckskin Breeches. He writes intelligibly, and it is supposed will make use of that Qualification to pass for a Freeman. Whoever apprehends the said John Dancer, and delivers him to me, or secures him in Gaol, so that I get him again, shall have 40s. Reward, and reasonable Expenses allowed.
JOHN HIPKINS.
CABIN POINT, Feb. 10, 1775.
STOLEN out of the Subscriber's Pasture, on Tuesday the 30th of last Month, a bright BAY MARE, four Years old last Spring, 4 Feet 9 or 10 Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, one hind Foot white, trots very hard, is inclined to be dull, but works well, either in a Cart or Plough. A Reward of 20s. is offered for the said Mare, and 31. on Conviction of the Thief.
CHARLES HARRISON.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield, a dark red OX, with a white Belly, the End of his Tail and Dewlap white, a Star in his Forehead, in the Middle of which is a red Spot, an Underkeel in his right Ear, and the Ends of his Horns are cut off.
BLACKMAN WARD.
TO BE LET
For one or two Years, on very reasonable Terms,
THE valuable Ordinary, Storehouse, and Ferry, at Boyd's Hole, belonging to the Estate of John Bland of London. The Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, who lives near the Premises.
ANDREW GRANT.
STAFFORD, Feb. 1, 1775.
RICHMOND TOWN, Jan. 30, 1775.
RAN away from the Subscriber, at Norfolk, on the 25th of December last, a likely brisk Negro Boy named JIM, or JEMMY, about 14 Years of Age, dressed in a Suit of coarse green Cloth, with large white Metal Buttons, a Leather Cap, &c. He is well acquainted on both Sides of James River to Maycox, from thence to Suffolk and Norfolk, and is probably lurking about some Gentleman's Negro Quarter. Whoever brings him to me, or secures him so that I get him again, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides Expenses. I forewarn every Person from carrying him out of the Country, or harbouring him.
ROBERT BROWN.
HANOVER TOWN, Jan. 19, 1775.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Debts due to Messrs. Andrew Cochrane, Robert Donald, and Co. and Messrs. Murdoch, Donald, and Co. of Glasgow, lately in the Hands of Mr. Alexander Donald and Mr. John Johnson for Collection, and under them Mr. Richard Morris and Mr. John Davies, are now under the Direction of the Subscriber. Great Indulgence having been already given, all those who are still indebted to both, or either of the above Companies, are requested to be very speedy in discharging their respective Balances. Any Payments made to Mr. Malcom Hart will be good.
ARCHIBALD GOVAN.
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Caroline County, near Capt. James Upshaw's, on Tuesday the 3d Instant (January) a very likely Mulatto Fellow named LEMON, about 26 Years old, 5 Feet 10 or 11 Inches high, had on, and carried with him, a light coloured Wilton Coat, a Beaver Coating great Coat, and a Pair of red Plush Breeches, but may change his Clothes, and have many others with him. As he is an artful designing Fellow, and once before attempted his Escape, and got as far as Hobb's Hole, I suppose he will try to pass for a Freeman, having endeavoured to procure an Indenture. I forewarn all Masters of Vessels, &c. from carrying him out of the Colony. Whoever brings the said Fellow to me shall receive 31. Reward, besides what the Law allows, and if taken out of the Colony, 101.
JOHN MARTIN.
WHEREAS we, the Subscribers, have laid out a Town on James River, below the great Mountains, in Amherst County, Virginia, and near the upper End of Navigation with small Craft in said River, in a very healthy convenient Place for Trade and Tradesmen, where good Wheat may yearly be bought at 2s. 6d. a Bushel, and Indian Corn from 1s. 6d. to 2s. a Bushel, and other Grain on very reasonable Terms, also good fat Beef from 15d. to 2d. a Pound, and fat Hogs from 2d. to 3d. a Pound; and being determined to do every Thing in our Power to promote the said Town, and encourage all Inhabitants: We hereby give public Notice thereof, and likewise that we rent Lots in said Town (called BETHEL) for Lives, or any Term of Years, 5s. per Year the first seven Years, 10s. per Year the next seven Years, and 15s. per Year the next seven Years; also will rent several Acres of Land convenient thereto, at 2s. 6d. an Acre yearly Rent, and give the first Settlers some Timber for building. The Trades most wanting in the said Town, at this Time, are, a good Blacksmith, a Tailor, a Shoemaker, a Weaver, a Cutler, a Cabinet-Maker, a Wheelwright, and Persons that understand Mines, there being great and many Signs of Tin, Lead, and Copper; and as the Lands thereabouts are very fertile and kind for Flax, Hemp, or any Sort of Grain, we are desirous of establishing a Linen Factory, a Rope-Walk, and a Brewhouse; so that all Persons well skilled in said Trades, and who settle in said Town, may expect all reasonable encouragement from
NICHOLAS DAVIES, HENRY LANGDON DAVIES.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber in Williamsburg, the first of January last, two BAY MARES, one of them is a dark bay, 14 Hands and a Half high, her hind Feet white to the first Joint, and with Foal. The other a LIGHT BAY, 13 Hands and a Half high. Whoever brings them to me shall receive 20s. Reward.
MILES SELDEN.
A Journeyman Stocking-Maker, WHO UNDERSTANDS THE BUSINESS, Will meet with good ENCOURAGEMENT BY APPLYING TO ME, IN WILLIAMSBURG, ADAM ALLAN.
TO BE SOLD, or RENTED,
(Preference will be given to the first)
A PLANTATION on Allen's Creek in Mecklenburg, within a Mile of Roanoke, consisting of about 120 Acres of Land, the Property of Messrs. Alexander Donald and Co. and whereon the Subscriber now lives. The Land of itself is valuable, exclusive of the Improvements, which are a good Dwelling-House, with other necessary Outhouses, and a large and convenient Storehouse, 32 by 44 Feet. There are about 20 Acres of the low Ground well set in Timothy and Clover, and notwithstanding this dry Summer, 15 Acres of it have yielded above 30,000 Weight of Hay, which, with about 300 Bushels of Oats in the Straw, some Indian Corn, 40 Head of Cattle, 50 Head of Sheep, and some Hogs, will be sold on reasonable Terms. The Purchaser may have Possession of the Premises as soon as he pleases, and long Credit (if required) will be allowed for the Land, on his giving Bond and Security. It is expected the Store will be continued, and of Course the Purchaser will have the Benefit of the Board of the Storekeepers, and besides the Situation of the Place (being on Taylor's Ferry Road) makes it well calculated for a Tavern.
EBENEZER MACHARG.
PRINCE GEORGE, November 10, 1774.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Mulatto Boy named SAM, about 16 or 17 Years old, of a very light Complexion, and will endeavour to pass for a free Boy, has gray Eyes, brown Hair, a smooth artful Tongue, is a great Villain, but a very good Barber. In the Month of June last he was put in York Jail, on Suspicion of having stolen some Money in Williamsburg. He made his Escape from thence and got to Norfolk, where he was put in Jail and sent to me by Water. The next Day (September 20th) he made his Escape from my Overseer, and has not since been heard of. He was born in Frederick Town, Maryland, has lived in Fredericksburg, Norfolk, and York Town, and is well acquainted with most Parts of Virginia. He was very meanly clad, having been so long in Jail, but it is probable will procure Clothes. I will give 40s. Reward to have him committed to any of his Majesty's Jails, if taken in the Colony of Virginia, and if out of the Colony 51. All Captains of Ships, or Masters of Vessels, are hereby forewarned from carrying him out of the Country, or employing him.
JOHN BLAND.
FOR CHARTER,
The BRIGANTINE
A B B Y,
JONAS HERBERT MASTER,
BURTHEN about 240 Hogheads, or 8000 Bushels. For Terms apply to
GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.
NORFOLK, November 5, 1774.
FOR SALE,
MY DWELLING-HOUSE, &c. in York Town. Five Years Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser give Bond (with approved Security) bearing Interest from the Time the Bargain is concluded upon. For Terms apply to me, in this Town.
JOHN H. NORTON.
YORK TOWN, November 23, 1774.
FREDERICKSBURG, January 3, 1775.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership betwixt HORNER and WARD, of this Place, is dissolved; and all Persons who stand indebted to them are to pay the same to William Horner, who will discharge any Debts due from them.
WILLIAM HORNER.
JAMES WARD.
MY Affairs requiring my Return to England as soon as possible, I shall be greatly obliged to those Persons indebted as above that will enable me to do so, by a speedy Payment. I have a few European and other GOODS remaining on Hand, which I will dispose of, Wholesale or Retail, on the most reasonable Terms, for ready Money, Tobacco, or Wheat.
WILLIAM HORNER.