The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-06-25 00:00:00

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A SERMON to the LADIES.
a PET. i. 6. And to your Knowledge add Temperance.
MY FAIR HEARERS,
IT is a Fact too notorious to admit of a Dispute that the male Sex has almost wholly monopolized the Cultivation of the Arts and Sciences. They have even become so clownish and impolite as to call in Question the Abilities of the fair Sex for Improvements in Literature, urging the Tenderness and Delicacy of their Bodies as an Evidence of the comparative Weakness and Imbecility of their Understandings. Hence the Ladies have been too often neglected, witness the many Publications daily emitted from the Press, for the Instruction and Entertainment of Gentlemen, in which they are not so much once mentioned; which seems to imply an oblique Reflection upon them, as though their Happiness and Welfare were not of sufficient Importance to the Community to deserve Attention. But, in my Opinion, would we but for a Moment draw aside the Veil of Self-Partiality, we should be forced to confess, however strongly biased to the contrary, that it is to them we are indebted for the greater Part of the Happiness we enjoy in this World; and notwithstanding the many Disadvantages they labour under from Custom, as well as the Prejudices of the other Sex, yet (to their immortal Honour be it spoken) many of them have made such amazing Progress in the Sciences as affords a convincing Evidence that they are not inferior in natural Genius to the Men. It is well known that polite Literature has immortalized the Names of Madame Dacier, Agnesi, Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. Macaulay, and many other Women, among its most splendid Ornaments. I mention not these Things from a Principle of flattery Adulation, to feast your Vanity, or insinuate myself into your good Graces, but with a View to stimulate you to the Exercise of those glorious Faculties the Author of Nature has so liberally endowed you with, and thereby wipe away the false Aspersion cast upon your Sex by the Ignorant and Undiscerning.
The anonymous Author of Sermons to Gentlemen on Temperance and Exercise, whatever Pretensions he may make to Merit on Account of what he has done, in my Opinion has laid himself open to Censure for what he has not done; I mean in conforming so much to the vicious Taste of the Age as entirely to overlook the Ladies, hardly once mentioning them throughout his Sermons. Fired with Indignation for so egregious an Injustice on female Merit, and actuated by a sincere Regard for the Sex, as well as an earnest Desire to contribute the little in my Power for their Welfare, I shall now, by Way of Compensation for the Neglect of others, address myself wholly to them, on a Subject no less important than the Preservation of their Health.
As I have already exceeded the Limits of a moderate Introduction, I shall instantly proceed to inform you that Temperance in Diet has the greatest Influence on the Health, particularly of you my fair Hearers, who from a sedentary Way of living, and natural Delicacy of Constitution, are much easier affected from small Causes than the other Sex. This, therefore, shall be the Subject of your present Entertainment. In Order to treat the same in a plain and methodical Manner, I shall,
I. Speak of the Choice of Aliment.
II. The proper Seasons of taking it. And then conclude with an Application.
I. Of the Choice of Aliment. Notwithstanding all that has been said by Writers on this Head, little can be determined with Certainty. The ancient Proverb, that "One Man's Meat is another Man's Poison," is found by Experience to be strictly consonant to Truth. Each of you has it in her Power, by a Series of Observations, to form Rules for the Choice of her Aliment, better adapted to her own Constitution and Manner of living than any One else. I shall therefore only suggest a few Hints, to assist you therein.
As the Bodies of Women are more soft and flexible, and their Fibres less strong and elastic than those of Men, their Fluids circulate with less Impetus, on which Account they perspire much less in a given Time; to which add, that, using less laborious Exercise, the Discharge and Dispersion of their circulating Fluids are not so plentiful. Hence we learn that Women in general require not only much less Food in common than Men, but also that they do not stand in Need of so strong and hearty Aliment as the more active robust Sex. Animal and vegetable Food, properly combined, is the most salutary, though Women may safely dispense with less Animal Diet than Men. You should not, however, indulge yourselves in too great a Variety of Dishes at one Time, lest, by provoking the Appetite, for the Sake of Change, to take more Food than is necessary, and by forming a heterogeneous Mixture in the Stomach, Digestion be retarded; whence flatulent Eruptions, a painful Distension of the Stomach, and hysterical Symptoms, will ensue. Mean time, it matters not how much to-morrow differs from to-day. As I would not confine you to Hermit's Diet, nor debilitate your already weak and tender Frames by needless Restrictions, I willingly indulge you in the moderate Use of the various Dainties which Nature affords, provided Simplicity be studied, and single Covers grace the genial Board.
Such of you as are subject to the Heartburn, or abound with Acidities, should live chiefly on Animal Diet; such as have bitter Eruptions, and a Heat in the Stomach, should be liberal in the Use of Vegetables, particularly Summer-Fruits. As warm watery Liquors tend to weaken and relax the System, for that Reason Tea and Coffee should be sparingly used. Chocolate, Soups, Broths, Custards, Fruit Desserts, and the like, ought to be substituted in their Room. In fine, your Diet ought not to be too uniform; the constant Use of one Kind of Food might prove injurious. Nature points out this, by the great Variety of Aliments she affords.
It is not only necessary for Health that your Diet be well chosen, but also that it be taken at proper Seasons. A Consideration of this leads us to our second Head, namely, to speak
II. Of the proper Seasons of taking Food. The Calls of Nature, ever provident for the Welfare of our Bodies, if properly attended to, and not over-ruled by Custom, would always prove a faithful Monitor in this Respect; but, as the Dictates of Nature are often wholly suppressed by the powerful Usurpation of Habit, it is necessary to call in Reason for our Assistance. This teaches us that the Practice of eating four or five
Times a Day, which too much prevails at present, is prejudicial, as by that Means we generally take considerable more Food in a Day than is necessary for our Sustenance; and to this we are farther excited by the Variety of our Dishes, and the false Luxury of the Age. It is necessary, however, that Food should be taken frequently, as well to repair the daily Waste of our Bodies as to keep the Humours found and bland. Long fasting is particularly hurtful to you, on Account of your natural Weakness and Delicacy of Body. I appeal to yourselves, whether, upon long fasting, you have not been frequently troubled with Dizziness, Faintness, Wind in your Stomachs, and hysterical Symptoms; which, upon taking Food, were removed, or greatly alleviated. I would therefore advise you to eat at least two full Meals a Day, and I am persuaded you cannot long enjoy Health unless you do. Flesh should, however, in common, be eaten but once in twenty four Hours by you, and that at Noon. I would, agreeable to the good old Roman Practice, make Breakfast your other Meal, advising you to eat only a little Bread and Cheese, a Cup of Milk, with a Bit of Bread, a Cup of Chocolate, or the like, at Night, instead of a hearty Supper. It is true the ingenious Author of the Sermons to Gentlemen inculcates the eating of but one hearty Meal a Day, and that at Night; but here I must beg Leave wholly to dissent from him, especially while I am addressing the Ladies: For however able the more firm and robust Sex might be to bear the Imposition of so novel and rigid a Practice, I am confident the weaker Sex cannot follow such a preposterous Plan without greatly injuring their Health. I caution you, therefore, my fair Hearers, as you value those exterior Ornaments of a bright and rosy Complexion, and wish to preserve a just Relish for the Delicacies of bountiful Nature, not to suffer yourselves to be led astray by his ingenious Reasonings and specious Arguments, more especially where he endeavours to work the Reader into a Belief that our chief (and, according to him, only) Meal, should be eat at Night; while Reason, daily Experience, and the Practice of many Nations, teach us the contrary.
The Grecians, celebrated for their Wisdom and Politeness, made Dinner their principal Meal. This Practice was so universal among them, that, agreeable to the Peculiarity of their Language, they distinguished Dinner by an Epithet expressive of the Preference they gave it to every other Meal. The Romans also made Dinner their principal Meal. They had only two regular Meals a Day. The first they eat about nine o'Clock in the Forenoon, and the other about three in the Afternoon. This Practice has been adopted by many other Nations, and prevails at this Day in many of our southern Colonies, being handed down to them by our venerable Ancestors, the ancient Natives of Great Britain. The French and Italians, it must be confessed, have sunk so deep in Luxury and Debauchery as to make great Account of Supper; and the English in this, as in every other bad Fashion, appear too prone to follow the Example of their insidious Neighbours. But, even among these, the Disadvantages of going to Bed immediately after eating are so well known that they generally sit up an Hour or two afterwards, to settle their Suppers, as they term it, before they go to Rest, which in a great Measure obviates the Inconveniences of a hearty Meal at that unseasonable Time.
That light Suppers cause sound Sleep is true, even to a Proverb. Physicians, both ancient and modern, agree in condemning heavy Suppers, as being prejudicial, especially to delicate Persons and Valetudinarians. Those who eat much at Night, unless they are very hearty, and exercise much, or have rendered so pernicious a Practice habitual by long Custom, are certain to have uneasy Nights, and disturbed Repose, by the Oppression on their Stomachs. Brute Animals, it is true, lie down to Rest frequently after having satisfied themselves with eating; but this is owing to their being weary of Exercise in seeking their Food, as is the Case with most herbivorous Animals, or to their knowing no other Way of spending their Time but in eating and sleeping. The Custom of sleeping after Dinner, in Spain, and other warm Countries, is on Account of the excessive Heat about that Time of the Day for a great Part of the Year; rendering it very troublesome for the Inhabitants to use Exercise, or expose themselves to the scorching Rays of the Sun, in the Middle of the Day. I grant, however, that People generally feel drowsy after eating a very full Meal, owing to the sudden Distension of the Stomach by the Food, with its Effects on the Nerves of that Organ. It is therefore proper enough to indulge Half an Hour or an Hour after Dinner before we use much Exercise, but never longer; for the more inactive we are after that, the more dull and heavy we feel, and the less apt our Food is to be properly digested. This will appear evident, from considering that, in the first Place, the Secretion of Saliva, which should be constantly mixing with our Aliment during Digestion, in Order to promote its Dissolution, is suspended while we sleep. The Action of the Stomach is likewise necessary in Order to mix its Contents intimately together into an uniform Mash, and then urge it on into the Intestines; an erect Posture and Exercise are therefore required, especially in weakly People, to assist the Stomach in performing these Offices. Hence we find such People, in the Morning, after having eat a hearty Supper, complain of Headach, an ill Taste in the Mouth, acid Eruptions, and Sickness at Stomach; owing to the Food being imperfectly digested, and too long retained in the Stomach, for Want of those Assistances. If it be true, as the aforesaid mentioned Gentleman asserts, "that Digestion is chiefly carried on by Fermentation, and that Fermentation cannot take Place without Rest," two Thirds of the Meals commonly eat by Mankind are never digested; but this is contrary to the Experience of every One. And to say that the bad Consequences so often perceived after eating hearty Suppers are owing entirely to having eat a hearty Dinner before, is a mere Evasion. I appeal to you, my Hearers, who at any Time have omitted eating Dinner, and have eat a hearty Supper, whether you did not feel the same Inconveniences from it as when you had eat a hearty Dinner beforehand. Much more might be said on this Head; which, for Want of Time, I must pass by at present, and hasten to the Application.
From what has been said, my fair Hearers, you may easily infer that Temperance in eating consists not so much in confining ourselves to the same Round of Diet perpetually, or in a scrupulous Nicety in the Choice of Food, as in studying Simplicity and Moderation in all our Meals. Follow the simple Dictates of Reason, and you need not fear the Consequence. Let not the false Maxims of the Debauched and Intemperate lead you inconsiderately astray. The Infirmitates of Body consequent on irregular Living are always accompanied with a vicious and depraved Mind. If then you wish to be virtuous, you must be temperate. The natural Delicacy of your Sex, the domestick Life which Custom has prescribed you, and the numberless Infirmitates to which you are doubly exposed, as well from your partaking of the common Frailties incident to human Nature as of those peculiar to your Sex, are also powerful Motives to incite you to attend carefully to every Circumstance that may have a Tendency to keep so feeble and complicated Machines as yours in due Order and Regularity.
Health is the greatest Blessing you can enjoy, this Side of Heaven. Without Health, all the Dainties of Eastern Luxury, and all the Delicacies of European Refinement, are naught and insipid. This can only be preserved by a Life of Temperance. Discard those naught Infusions of exotic Plants, that, by relaxing your delicate Frames, and injuring your tender Nerves, prove so prejudicial to your Health, and which the depraved Taste of the Age has rendered so fashionable, together with all the glittering Pageantry of Tea Table Apparatus, and substitute in their Room the pleasant and healthy Productions of the Orchard and the Garden. Let the delicious Fruits of our own Country adorn your elegant Boards; and let the reciprocal Visits of your Sex be welcomed with Desserts of this Kind, instead of the poisonous Products of a foreign Soil. What a striking Scene is presented to our View when we behold a Woman, the fairest of Creatures, Heaven's last best Gift to Man, shamefully divesting
herself of every female Restraint, and giving Way to every Kind of Excess, sacrificing Health, Reputation, and every Thing that is precious and valuable in Life, to the short lived Pleasures of Sense! How strangely is she changed! Instead of that lively Countenance, and those sparkling Eyes, which formerly attracted the Admiration of all who saw her, a horrid Gloom is spread over her Face, her Eyes are become dull and tarnished, her Body emaciated; she is a Reproach to her Sex, shunned by her Acquaintance, and abhorred by all Mankind. At length, having dragged out a tedious Round of wearisome Nights, and painful Days, under all the Miseries of the most complicated Ills, she expires in deepest Agonies of Remorse and Despair. Be exhorted then, my fair Hearers, from such Scenes of aggravated Misery, to listen to the Voice of Wisdom before it be too late. Though you may go on heedless for a While with Impunity, yet be assured, that, sooner or later, Vengeance will take fast Hold on the Guilty, and hurl them headlong to Perdition; and all that obstinately persist in a Course of Intemperance shall be swept away, as with the Besom of Destruction. May Heaven avert such dreadful Calamities, and may each of you be entreated to meditate seriously on these Things; may they be so indelibly fixed in your Minds as that ye may give yourselves wholly to consider them, that, by a Life of continued Temperance and Sobriety, thy profiting may appear to all.
From the PUBLICK LEGER.
Cross-reading the Newspapers having lately become a fashionable Diversification, the Publick will no Doubt be obliged to me for entertaining them with the Effects of a Leisure Hour's Amusement in that laudable and improving Exercise.
YESTERDAY their Majesties returned from Richmond—and walked it with Ease in less Time than was allowed.
Same Day Lord North had a Conference with ——— A Widow Lady in the Minories.
The Author of Junius is certainly known to ——— H. S. Woodfall only.
An intimate Friend of Junius's was detected ——— in picking Pockets near St. Paul's Churchyard.
Yesterday the twenty two Convicts cast for Transportation ——— received the Honour of Knighthood.
Last Night a Journeyman Tailor, who was thought to be insane ——— opened the Ball with Lady Betty H.
To the Charitable and Humane ——— Mr. Wilkes moved the Society to consider his Affairs.
She swore a Bastard Child to ——— Lord Chief Baron Parker.
The present Dearth of Provisions is occasioned by ——— the annual Meeting of Ancient Britons.
Yesterday Mr. Sheriff Bull ——— was sold in Smithfield Market.
The smallest Donations are thankfully received ——— Watkin Lewes in the Chair.
Yesterday the Honourable Mr. Charles Fox ——— received a Hundred Lashes for Defection.
Mr. Wilkes was at Tyburn on Wednesday last ——— and behaved very penitently.
The Irish Patriots are alarmed at ——— the present Dearth of Potatoes.
Saturday last his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, and his Dutchess, returned ——— from the Old Bailey to Newgate.
The Patriots have made their Motions without Effect ——— Disorders in the Bowels being very obstinate at this Season.
Lord North, it is said, will resign ——— at Mr. Reynolds's Office in Lime Street.
Yesterday the Honourable Mr. Stephen Fox ——— performed the Part of Ranger in the Suspicious Husband.
A few Days ago there was a continued and almost universal Darkness ——— by a Rule of the Court of King's Bench.
An Impeachment against Lord Mansfield becomes more necessary ——— sworn before me, Bras Crosby, Mayor.
Lord Bute knows very well that ——— the Spring is now approaching.
Colonel Barré made a Speech worthy to be recorded in the Annals of ——— the Fifth Market in Billingsgate.
Mr. Seymour spoke excellently upon ——— Wigs to imitate Nature.
Sir Joseph Mawbey spoke with Spirit ——— easily distilled from Wheat.
Junius has proved to Demonstration that Lord Mansfield ——— has opened a Warehouse for Summer Silks.
Mr. Garrick's Health is precarious ——— by the Machinations of a wicked Ministry.
Yesterday Lord Mansfield came from Canewood, and had a Conference with ——— the Bosom Friend of three Scotchmen.
Yesterday a respectful Meeting of Patriots ——— were executed at Tyburn.
Same Day Mr. E. Burke spoke with Roman Eloquence, and proved that the Ministry ——— were concerned in the late Doings at Stockwell.
ON IMPUDENCE and MODESTY.
I HAVE always been of Opinion that the Complaints against Providence have been ill grounded, and that the good or bad Qualities of Men are the Causes of their good or bad Fortune, more than what is generally imagined. There are, no Doubt, Instances to the contrary, and pretty numerous Ones too, but few in Comparison of the Instances we have of a right Distribution of Prosperity and Adversity; nor indeed could it be otherwise, from the common Course of human Affairs. To be endowed with a benevolent Disposition, and to love others, will almost infallibly procure Love and Esteem; which is the chief Circumstance of Life, and facilitates every Enterprise and Undertaking, besides the Satisfaction which immediately results from it. The Case is much the same with the other Virtues. Prosperity is naturally, though not necessarily, attached to Virtue and Merit; and Adversity, in like Manner, to Vice and Folly.
I must, however, confess that this Rule admits of an Exception, with Regard to one moral Quality; and that Modesty has a natural Tendency to conceal a Man's Talents, as Impudence displays them to the utmost, and has been the only Cause why many have risen in the World, under all the Disadvantages of low Birth and little Merit. Such Indolence and Incapacity is there in the Generality of Mankind that they are apt to receive a Man for whatever he has a-mind to put himself off for, and admit his overbearing Airs as a Proof of that Merit which he assumes to himself. A decent Assurance seems to be the natural Attendant of Virtue, and few Men can distinguish Impudence from it; as, on the other Hand, Diffidence, being the natural Result of Vice and Folly, has drawn Disgrace upon Modesty, which, in outward Appearance, so nearly resembles it.
I was lately lamenting to a Friend of mine, who loves a Conceit, that popular Applause should be bestowed with so little Judgment, and that so many empty foreign Coxcombs should rise up to a Figure in the World; upon which he said, there was Nothing surprising in the Case. "Popular Fame (says he) is Nothing but Breath of Air, and Air very naturally presses into a Vacuum."
As Impudence, though really a Vice, has the same Effect upon a Man's Fortune as if it were a Virtue, so we may observe that it is almost as difficult to be attained, and is, in that Respect, distinguished from all the other Vices, which are acquired with little Pains, and continually increase upon Indulgence. Many a Man, being sensible that Modesty is extremely prejudicial to him in making his Fortune, has resolved to be impudent, and to put a bold Face upon the Matter; but it is observable that such People have seldom succeeded in the Attempt, but have been

obliged to relapse into their primitive Modesty. Nothing carries a Man through the World like a true natural genuine Impudence; its Counterfeit is good for Nothing, nor can ever support itself. In any other Attempt, whatever Faults a Man commits, and is sensible of, he is so much the nearer his End; but when he endeavours at Impudence, if he ever failed in the Attempt, the Remembrance of it will make him blush, and will infallibly disconcert him; after which every Blush is a Cause for new Blushes, till he be found out to be an arrant Cheat, and a vain Pretender to Impudence.
If any Thing can give a modest Man more Assurance, it must be some Advantages of Fortune which Chance procures to him. Riches naturally gain a Man a favourable Reception in the World, and give Merit a double Lustre when a Person is endowed with it; and supply its Place, in a great Measure, when it is absent. It is wonderful to observe what Airs of Superiority Fools and Knaves, with large Possessions, give themselves above Men of the greatest Merit in Poverty; nor do the Men of Merit make any strong Oppositions to these Usurpations, or rather seem to favour them, by the Modesty of their Behaviour. Their good Sense and Experience make them candid of their Judgment, and cause them to examine every Thing with the greatest Accuracy; as, on the other Hand, the Delicacy of their Sentiments makes them tedious left they commit Faults, and lose in the Practice of the World that Integrity of Virtue of which they are so jealous. To make Wisdom agree with Confidence is as difficult as to reconcile Vice to Modesty.
As the Reflections that have occurred to me upon this Subject of Impudence and Modesty, and I hope the Reader will not be displeased to see them wrought into the following Allegory.
Jupiter, in the Beginning, joined Virtue, Wisdom, and Confidence together, and Vice, Folly, and Diffidence, and in that Society set them upon the Earth; but though he thought he had matched them with great Judgment, and said that Confidence was the natural Companion of Virtue, and that Vice deserved to be attended with Diffidence, they had not gone far before Dissention arose among them. Wisdom, who was the Guide of the one Company, was always accustomed, before she ventured upon any Road, however beaten, to examine it carefully; to inquire whether it led; what Dangers, Difficulties, and Hindrances, might possibly or probably occur in it. In these Deliberations she usually consumed some Time; which Delay was very displeasing to Confidence, who was always inclined to hurry on, without much Forethought or Deliberation, in the first Road she met. Wisdom and Virtue were inseparable; but Confidence one Day, following his impetuous Nature, advanced a considerable Way before his Guides and Companions; and not feeling any Want of their Company, he never inquired after them, nor ever met with them more. In like Manner, the other Society, though joined by Jupiter, disagreed and separated. As Folly saw very little Way before her, she had Nothing to determine concerning the Goodness of Roads, nor could give the Preference to one above another; and thus Want of Resolution was increased by Diffidence, who, with her Doubts and Scruples, always retarded the Journey. This was a great Annoyance to Folly, who loved not to hear of Difficulties and Delays, and was never finished without her full Career in whatever his Inclinations led him to. Folly, he knew, though she hearkened to Diffidence, would be easily managed when alone; and therefore, as a vicious Horse throws his Rider, he openly beat away his Comptroller of all his Pleasures, and proceeded in his Journey with Folly, from whom he is inseparable. Confidence and Diffidence being, after this Manner, both thrown loose from their respective Companies, wandered for some Time, till at last Chance led them at the same Time to one Village. Confidence went directly up to the great House, which belonged to Wealth, the Lord of the Village; and, without staying for a Porter, intruded himself immediately into the innermost Apartments, where he found Vice and Folly well received before him. He joined the Train, recommended himself very quickly to his Landlord, and entered into such Familiarity with Vice that he was enlisted in the same Company along with Folly. They were frequent Guests of Wealth, and from that Moment inseparable. Diffidence, in the mean Time, not daring to approach the great House, accepted of an Invitation from Poverty, one of the Tenants; and, entering the Cottage, found Wisdom and Virtue, who, being repulsed by the Landlord, had retired thither. Virtue took Compassion of her, and Wisdom found, from her Temper, that she would easily improve; so they admitted her into their Society. Accordingly, by their Means, she altered in a little Time somewhat of her Manner; and becoming much more amiable and engaging, was now called by the Name of Modesty. As ill Company has a greater Effect than good, Confidence, though more refractory to Council and Example, degenerated so far, by the Society of Vice and Folly, as to pass by the Name of Impudence. Mankind, who saw these Societies as Jupiter first joined them, and know Nothing of these mutual Defections, are led into strange Mistakes by those Means; and wherever they see Impudence make Account of Virtue and Wisdom, and wherever they observe Modesty call her Attendants Vice and Folly.
R O M E, March 11.
T HE Duke of Gloucester, being desirous to be present at the Performance of the famous Miserere, which the Musicians perform during the Holy Week, on Sunday Evening he went to the Parish of Cardinal Albani who on that Occasion had invited many Cardinals, Ambassadors, &c. to whom were distributed Refreshments of the most exquisite Sort during the Performance of the Miserere, which was followed by an Oratorio on the Passion of our Lord. General Count Orlow, who has been here some Days, has presented the Duke of Gloucester with a Cloak made of the most rare Skins in Russia, valued at more than three Thousand Sequins, together with a Casket of most valuable Medals of the Emperors of Russia.
COPENHAGEN, March 28. The Attorney General Undahl, who is appointed to defend the Queen's Cause, and draw up her Justification within fifteen Days, has already had several Conferences with her Majesty at Kronenbourg. It is said that this Princess is indisposed, and that she had been blooded twice. It is thought the Sentence of the Judges will be a Divorce.
March 30. Yesterday Count Struenfee and his Brother underwent an Examination that lasted five Hours, and were confronted with Colonel Falkenstield, who charged them with many Things; to which the Count replied: I willingly take upon myself these Accusations, provided I can do you any Service. It is expected that the Prisoners will receive Judgment to-morrow. It is said that the Counts de Struenfee and de Bradt will be condemned to a rigorous Death, but that the Sentence will be mitigated to perpetual Imprisonment in the Castle of Monckelholm, in Norway.
L O N D O N, April 4.
N OTWITHSTANDING what has been said about the Neutrality of the King of Prussia in the Denmark Affair, it is now known to some of our People in Administration, that should Great Britain proceed to vindicate the Cause of the unfortunate Danish Queen by War, the above active Potentate would immediately declare himself an Advocate for the Queen Dowager. This, it is said, is the Reason why our Ministry are so cautious in their Proceedings.
They write from the Continent that the despatch Proceedings of the Court of Denmark are so little approved, and the Queen thought of in so favourable a Light, that if she was divorced she would not be thought an unworthy Consort for the Heir to the Empire; some Hints of which, it is said, have been thrown out in a proper Place.
The Orders at the several Dockyards in this Kingdom are, that the Men be kept constantly at Work for three Months to come, and that every speedy Measure be taken for putting our Navy upon the most respectable Footing. This, it is said, has caused some little Conversation between Prince Masserano and Lord North, but each had Address enough to give perfect Satisfaction to the other.
It is very apparent that the French are now meditating some great Stroke, and it is well known that their Solicitude about the Possession of the Island of Corsica is redoubled. The Courts of Versailles and Madrid were never on better Terms, the Spanish Monarch is careful, and his Acquaintance courted, by all the Noblesse of France; great Fights are firing out at almost every Port of France and Spain; a new Treaty is now forming with the Algerines, and a Loan of two Millions negotiating at the Hague; and that they are now carrying on a secret Treaty with the Court of Copenhagen is too apparent to be denied. These are Facts, which, though strove to be hid and contradicted, are well known to most of the Administration. It is the Characteristic of the French to be perfidious and ambitious, it is the Part of the English to chastise them; and it is to be hoped that the Spirit of the British Nation will rise, unspotted, and superior to all their Artifices.
April 8. We hear from the Isle of Sky, on the western Coast of Scotland, that near seven Hundred of the Inhabitants of that Island are now preparing to emigrate for America. One Vessel is already freighted to carry out three Hundred Persons, and the remainder are to follow them in June and July, after they have disposed of their Cattle and Effects. The great Advance in Rents, of late, has occasioned their taking the Resolution of leaving their Native Country for ever.
It is remarkable that directly after passing the Marriage Bill for the Royal Family the Pretender married.
It is said that two eminent Houses in the City, last Week, shipped off Goods and Merchandise, to the West Indies and North America, to the Amount of ninety Thousand Pounds Sterling.
April 11. Mr. Stephens, the celebrated Lecturer upon Heads, has introduced a new stroke into his Piece, which is a very happy One, at the political Projections. This is a Scheme for paying of the national Debt, by bottling up the Thames, and obliging the Watermen's Company to buy it at such a Price as will effectually answer the Purposes of the Publick.
Some Letters from Gibraltar mention that a smart Skirmish happened lately near that Place between twelve Soldiers belonging to the Garrison and a Party of Spaniards, in which four of the former were killed, and ten of the latter.
On Tuesday next his Majesty will go to the House of Peers to sign the Bills ready for the Royal Assent, among which will be the Insolvent Bill. The Parliament will rise the first Week in June.
Many people already prognosticate that the Day which sees the Prince of Wales of Age will see him at the Head of an Opposition to the late Marriage Bill, and it is said that the Court is already startled with some Remarks which he has made on that Subject.
The famous Colonel Keith, who is so justly celebrated for his late spirited Defence of the Honour of the English Nation in the Person of the unfortunate Queen of Denmark, possesses not only the Spirit and military Knowledge of his Uncle, the celebrated Marshal Keith, killed last War in the King of Prussia's Service, but understands the Danish Language so perfectly as to be able to write Poetry in it with great Taste and Precision.
The Death of a great Lady, who was supposed to influence all the political Operations of this Kingdom, having produced no Change whatever of a salutary Nature in the Cabinet, the most furious Patriots are now beginning to perceive that all the Reports propagated against her were downright Calumnies; and some even imagine, that, badly as Affairs have been managed, they would have been managed in a Manner still worse if her Royal Highness had not frequently interposed in Behalf of the People.
The Honourable Charles Fox never showed himself to such Advantage as an Tuesday last, on his Motion for the Repeal of the Marriage Act. His introductory Speech was a most masterly Assemblage of Arguments in Behalf of the Liberties of human Nature, in the essential Point of Marriage; and his Answer to the Opposers of the Motion the most solid, judicious, forcible, and persuasive, that could possibly be conceived. He brought his Reasons so home to the Bosoms of his Auditors, and so clearly evinced the Barbarity of the present Act, that no less than twenty three avowedly intended Opposers of his Motion absolutely voted in Support of it, from bare Conviction of its Equity and Necessity.
Letters from Rome, dated March 11th, advise that more than one personal Affront has been given there by the Chevalier Stuart (vulgarly called the Pretender) to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester; and notwithstanding that the Pope has sent his positive Orders to the Chevalier not to give any Affronts to his Royal Highness, yet the Chevalier (understanding that the Duke of Gloucester was to pay a Visit on the 3d of March to Cardinal Albani) chose that Opportunity publicly to meet the Duke of Gloucester's Equipage in a narrow Street, and insisted upon the Duke and his whole Retinue to give Way, which accordingly was done by the Duke of Gloucester, to the no small Triumph of the Chevalier Stuart. This Quarrel is not yet compromised, and probably may be attended with more alarming Circumstances. His Holiness the Pope, however, had on this Subject a Tete a Tete, with his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, in the Garden this Day (March 11). No living Creature was present at this long Conference between these two illustrious Worthies, but it is now publicly known to have been very agreeable to both Parties; and since this Meeting of Nisus and Euryalus his Holiness has ordered the Chevalier not to appear in publick any more, during the Duke of Gloucester's Residence in Rome.
April 14. From Scotland we learn that several Villages are in great Necessity and Distress, having neither Cheese, Butter, Corn, nor Flesh. We hear that the Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland has been lately, more than once, invited to Mr. Burke; which he unhesitatingly refused, except Lord Rockingham was to be the Viceroy. The Object of Administration was, by this Offer, to have an able Advocate for their Designs on the other Side of the Water, as well as to take off a Spy upon their Actions here.
April 16. A Letter from Poland, dated March 17th, mentions that a Gang of Wretches, calling themselves Confederates, had visited the Cot of the Miller who in the fatal Night of the 3d of November last afforded an Asylum to the King, and so cruelly treated the poor Man that he was found almost expiring. They wanted, it seems, to carry off the Miller's Son, to whom the King stood Godfather; but the Mother escaped with the Infant, and in Revenge they set Fire to the Mill.
They write from Leghorn that two large French Vessels, which were bound to Constantinople, have been taken by a Russian Man of War, and brought into that Port.
The Earl of Bute has had no less than three Conferences within this Fortnight with a certain great Lady, not far from Buckingham Gate.
April 18. Yesterday the House of Lords broke up at three o'Clock, and adjourned till Thursday se'nnight.
A Letter from Brussels, dated April 3d, says: "The Princess of Stolberg, who was married by Proxy to the Chevalier de St. George, is the youngest Daughter of the Prince de Horne, by his Lady, a Daughter of the late Thomas Bruce Earl of Aylesbury, who settled in this Country."
Notwithstanding France has long since ostensibly abandoned the Family of the Pretender, it is asserted that the late Marriage of the Chevalier St. George is the Fabrication of the French Court; and that the Purposes of its originating there will show themselves in a few Months, as soon as some Matters can be previously settled with the Court of Madrid.
The Face of Affairs in Denmark is greatly clearing up, respecting the reigning Queen. Since the Arrival of the last Messenger, on Tuesday, their Majesties have, for the first Time, spoke of the State of Things at Copenhagen before their principal People in waiting, and in such a Manner as if the Clouds would be succeeded by a speedy Sunshine and a clear and serene Sky.
It is not known whether any political Business between the Courts of London and Petersburg, relative to the War with the Porte, was the Occasion of the frequent Interview at Rome between the Duke of Gloucester and Count Orlow, the Russian General; but it is certain their Meetings were frequent and often private, and that also their respective Secretaries were engaged by his Royal Highness and the General in a long epistolary Intercourse.
Letters received by the last Dutch Mail remark that his Britannick Majesty had actually ordered all his Electoral Troops of Hanover to assemble immediately at Hamburg. This Advice was received from the River Elbe, on the 27th of last Month; and as the Town of Hamburg is situated so that a few Thousand Troops quartered there, and in its Neighbourhood, may, with great Facility, take Possession of all his Danish Majesty's Dominions in Germany, it is generally conjectured that the Elector of Hanover will avail himself of the Troubles reigning at present in Copenhagen to seize and make himself Master of such Danish Dominions as may lie contiguous to the Electoral Dominions of Hanover.
SALISBURY, March 16. On Thursday last some Workmen, employed by Mr. Wyndham in making a Road near the College in this City, discovered several human Skeletons, one of which had its Skull enclosed in an Iron Helmet, which was fastened under the Chin with several thin Plates of Brass rivetted together. From the Form of the Helmet, it is supposed to be as ancient as the Reign of William Rufus, for the broad Seal of that King represents him with a Helmet exactly fashioned, and fixed in the same Manner, as the above, it weighed fifteen Ounces. By the Side of this Skeleton was found the Iron Head of a Spear, ten Inches in Length, and two in Breadth.
WATERFORD, April 7. By a private Letter from a Gentleman in the North, to his Friends in this City, we learn that whole Villages have embarked at different Ports there for America, and that Numbers of others were preparing to follow their Example; so that in a short Time we shall see that once flourishing Province reduced to Beggary, and entirely depopulated.
CHRISTIANSTADT (in St. Croix) April 28.
B Y a Gentleman arrived from Antigua we learn that a Ship from Dublin for Philadelphia, having put into Antigua through Stress of Weather, amongst other Passengers who landed was a certain supposed Adventurer, calling himself Captain Price, and attended by two Servants. This Person frequenting some of the second-rate Taverns, had a Bill brought for his and Servants Expenses, of which he, scrupling to pay some Article, was arrested; but by some Means finding that the Publican had not the proper License for retailing of Liquors, he brought Information against him, and had him condemned in the Fine, of which our Captain had Half, thereby paid his Bill, and put Money into his Pocket. Finding this likely to turn out a good Trade for him, he declared he had on his List forty more Punch Sellers, under the same Predicament. This bringing a general Odium upon him, he was pointed at as an Informer; and some People proposed to punish him with the modern Manner of Savage-making, Tar and Feathers. This was attempted one Night, and the House wherein he was surrounded; but the Captain found Means to withdraw, and getting through a Prickly Pear Fence, deemed impassable, he sought Refuge in the House of a Clergyman, who, dreading a Mob,
was conducting him to the Guard, when they were met by a great Number of People, some with Bludgeons, a Blow from one of which over turned the Clergyman's Hat, and felled the unhappy Price to the Earth, from which, taken up speechless, and carried to the Hospital, he expired in two Days. The Coroners Inquest sat on the Body, and brought in their Verdict wilful Murder; since which four suspected Persons are committed to Jail, and the Hue and Cry gone out after several others.
B O S T O N, June 1.
W EDNESDAY being the Anniversary of the Day appointed by the Royal Charter for the Election of Counsellors for this Province, the Great and General Court or Assembly met at Harvard College in Cambridge, at nine o'Clock in the Morning; when the usual Oaths were administered to the Gentlemen who were returned to serve as Members of the Honourable House of Representatives, who also subscribed to the Declaration. The House then made Choice of Mr. Samuel Adams for their Clerk; after which they chose the Honourable Thomas Cushing, Esquire, their Speaker. About nine o'Clock his Excellency the Governor, his Honour the Lieutenant Governor, with those Gentlemen of the Council who resided in Town, set out from the Province House, escorted by the Troop of Guards, and arrived at Harvard College at ten o'Clock. Being in the Chair, a Committee of the House presented the Speaker elect to his Excellency, who afterwards sent a Message in Writing, agreeable to the Royal explanatory Charter, that he approved of their Choice. At eleven o'Clock his Excellency the Governor, accompanied by the Honourable his Majesty's Council, the Honourable Admiral Mountague, and a Number of other Gentlemen, preceded by a Company of Artillery commanded by Captain Gardiner, went in Procession to the Meeting House, where a Sermon suitable to the Occasion was preached before his Excellency the Governor, and both Houses of Assembly, by the Reverend Moses Parsons of Byfield, from these Words in Proverbs xxi. 1. The King's Heart is in the Hand of the Lord, as the Rivers of Water; he turneth it whithersoever he will. After divine Service the Procession returned to Harvard Hall, where an Entertainment was provided, at which were the Honourable Admiral Montague, and a Number of other Gentlemen who had been invited by his Excellency the Governor and Council. At Noon the Guns at the Batteries in Boston were fired, and at the Castle at one o'Clock. On Thursday his Excellency was pleased to make the following Speech to both Houses.
Gentlemen of the Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives. IN Conformity to the Powers and Privileges granted by the Royal Charter, you have been convened at this Place, in Order to the Election of Counsellors for the ensuing Year; and this Business being finished, you have now an Opportunity of proceeding to the Consideration of such other publick Affairs as may properly come before you. In every Measure, as far as shall consist with my Duty to the King, and with the Welfare and Prosperity of the Province, I will cheerfully concur with you.
I have Nothing in special Command from his Majesty to lay before you. Most of you are so well acquainted with the usual Business of the General Assembly, at this annual Session, that I need not particularly point it out to you.
I transmitted, by the first Opportunity, to his Excellency the Governor of New York, a Copy of the Act of the last Assembly appointing Commissioners in Order to the Settlement of the Line between the two Provinces. I doubt not I shall soon receive an Answer, and be able to communicate it to you. In the Course of the Session I shall probably propose to you by Message the Consideration of some other publick Matters, for which at present I am not fully prepared.
On Saturday last a Committee of his Majesty's Council waited on his Excellency the Governor with the following Address, in Answer to his Speech:
May it please your Excellency, WE have taken into Consideration your Excellency's Speech to both Houses, and thank you for the Readiness you express to concur with them in every Measure consistent with your Duty to the King and the Welfare of the Province. As, from the Nature and End of Government, that Duty and Welfare should result from, and be inseparably connected with each other, we hope there will never be any Militation between them.
We are obliged to your Excellency for the early Care you took to transmit to the Governor of New York the Proceedings of the General Court relative to the Settlement of the Line between the two Provinces, and hope you will soon receive an Answer.
The Settlement of that Line is, for many Reasons, greatly to be wished; in particular, that all Occasion may be taken away of farther Disturbances between the Borderers. We hope the Answer you expect from the Governor of that Province will show that the necessary preparatory Measures on their Part have been, or soon will be, taken, for the amicable and final Adjustment of that Line.
We are fully in the Sentiment intimated by your Excellency that the Royal Charter ought to be conformed to in the Powers and Privileges granted by it; but however conformable to the Charter, in your Excellency's Opinion, the convening of the General Court at Cambridge may be, its sitting out of Boston is, in many Respects, very inconvenient. We therefore pray your Excellency to remove it to the Courthouse in that Town, which, for more than a Century, has, with very few Exceptions, been uninterruptedly the Place of its sitting; and where, in our Opinion, it will be more for his Majesty's Service, and the true Interest of the Province, the Court should be held.
To the several publick Matters your Excellency expects to propose to our Consideration, we shall give the closest Attention, and the utmost Despatch.
The same Day a Committee from the Honourable House of Representatives waited on his Excellency the Governor, with the following Answer to his Speech to both Houses at the Opening of the Session.
May it please your Excellency, THE House of Representatives have deliberately considered your Speech at the Opening of this Session. Your Excellency is pleased to say, that, "in Conformity to the Powers and Privileges granted by the Royal Charter, we have been convened at this Place in Order to the Election of Counsellors for the ensuing Year." It is a Charter Right that a General Assembly shall be convened on the last Wednesday in May annually, for the Choice of Counsellors; but the convening and holding the General Assembly at Harvard College, in Cambridge, is a Measure very grievous to us? and it requires the greatest Degree of Candour to suppose it to be for the Good of the People, which is the sole End for which the Powers vested in you by the Charter were granted.
The Townhouse in Boston is the accustomed ancient Place for holding the General Assembly, and where alone Provision is made for it. It does not appear to us that there was any Necessity for convening the Assembly in this Place, nor can we conceive of any for continuing it here. Without such Necessity, the continuing the Assembly in any other Place than the Townhouse in Boston will be a very great Grievance, and an undue Exercise of your Power. And as we cannot, without the greatest Inconvenience, proceed to the Consideration of the publick Business in this Place, which is very pressing, and greatly in Arrears, by Reason of the Prologations of the last Year, we are constrained to lay before your Excellency our earnest Request that you would be pleased to remove the Assembly to the Townhouse in Boston, where we may, with the greatest Advantage and Despatch, transact all such publick Matters as are now before us, together with such others as your Excellency shall propose for our Consideration.
To the Answer of the House of Representatives his Excellency the Governor sent, by the Secretary, the following Reply.
Gentlemen of the House of Representatives. I AGREE with you that the Powers vested in me by Charter are to be exercised for the Good of the People, and I have made this the great Object of my Administration. I wish to avoid every Thing which shall appear to you to be grievous; and although I cannot agree with you that unless there be a Necessity of holding the Court in some other Place than the Town of Boston it must therefore be a Grievance to remove it from thence, yet I will take the Subject Matter of your Message into Consideration: And if it shall not appear to me necessary for his Majesty's Service, and the Good of the Province, to continue the Court in some other Place than the Town of Boston, I will comply with your Desire, and remove it there. If it shall appear to me to be necessary to continue it in some other Place, although by the Constitution I am made the Judge of that Necessity, yet I will endeavour, by another Message, to convince you of it, that you may proceed in your Business with the greater Satisfaction.
On the 30th of May the Reverend Messieurs David Macluer, and Levi Fribbie (both educated by Doctor Wheelock) were ordained at Dartmouth College for the Work of the Ministry, with a special View to a Mission among the Indians at Muskingham, beyond the Ohio about eight Hundred Miles Distance from hence, where it is said a remarkable Door is opened for the Propagation of the Gospel. This Mission is in Consequence of a Request, and to be carried on in Concert with the Honourable Board of Correspondents in New Jersey, who propose sending a Missionary in Company with the above Gentlemen.

ALBANY, June 1. W e hear that David Ramsey, an Indian Trader, who has resided some time past to the westward of Niagara, happened some Time last Spring to be assaulted by, or had a Difference with, some of the Natives, a Scuffle ensued, in which three of them were killed. These he buried under the Snow; and imagining it was not safe for him to remain longer there, he put his Effects into a Canoe, and retreated, with his Brother, and an Indian Child their Attendant, to a Place nearer to the Fort at Niagara. He had not long been there until a Party of Indians came to trade with him, to whom (as he understands the Indian Language) he overheard his Attendant relate his Adventure with their Brethren. As it was not possible for him to escape, he ordered his Brother to give them as much Rum as they would drink, hoping that they would get intoxicated, and give him the Opportunity to get off; however, they seized, bound, and poured a Pint of Rum down his Throat, then sat down to deliberate in what Manner they should put him to Death. His Brother supplied them plentifully with Rum; and, taking the Advantage of its Operation upon their Intellects, secretly conveyed a Knife to him, with which he soon disentangled himself, and despatched four of his Antagonists, together with the Urchin who betrayed him; the rest escaped. He then came and delivered himself up to the Garrison at Niagara, from whence a Party of Soldiers went and brought in his Goods. A Gentleman who lately came from Cherry Valley informs us that, coming down the Mohawk River, he fell in with a Company of Indians who were on their Way to complain to Sir William Johnson of the above related Affair. It is hoped that Sir William's extensive Influence among the Indian Nations will produce an Accommodation, and prevent their making Reprisals upon the defenceless Traders and Settlers upon the Frontiers; and, in fine, the unspeakable Calamities of an Indian War.
On Sunday the 24th Ultimo James Lipsead, a Grenadier of the 26th Regiment (the third Division of which was then on their Passage from New York to this City) standing on the Gunwale of the Sloop Beggar's Benison, dangling a Child in his Arms, unfortunately fell overboard. The Sloop being then under Way, the People could give him no Assistance. He kept the Child above Water, and swam a great Way; but his Strength failing, he let the Child go, and immediately sunk. The Child was soon after taken up by a Canoe; and, having Blood let, perfectly recovered.
NEW YORK, June 4. O N Tuesday last the 21st Regiment, or Royal North British Fusiliers, under the Command of Major Southerland, was reviewed near this City by General Gage, his Excellency William Tryon, Esquire, our Governor, being present, and a great Number of the principal Gentlemen of this Place. The Exercise was continued for several Hours, and exhibited a great Variety of Manoeuvres and Modes of Attack, Defence, Advance, and Retreat, &c. with Firings and Movements suitable to every Occasion in actual Service; all which were performed with surprising Dexterity and Exactness, to the great Delight of every Spectator, but cannot be described, with Justness and Propriety, by a Person not Master of the Subject. The Notice of every One was particularly attracted by Corporal George Boff (called the Fugal Man) who stood at a Distance, a little to the right, and gave the Motions, which he made with inconceivable Vivacity and Gracefulness. We hear the 1st Division, consisting of three Companies of this Regiment, embark to-morrow for Albany, on their Way to Quebec. Yesterday Morning three Companies of the 60th Regiment, or Royal Americans, arrived here from Quebec. We have just received the following melancholy Account, brought to Town last Night by one Mr. Richardson, late Mate of the Sloop Sally, Captain Jesse Hunt, of this Port, who failed from hence the 29th of April, bound for Charlestown, South Carolina. Captain John Hunt, in the Sloop Sally, from New York to Charlestown, was cast away the 4th of May, on Cape Lookout Shoals, ten Leagues from Land; the Vessel and Cargo entirely lost, with seven Persons, namely, one Sailor, by Name Swane, a young Woman named Trigler, two Children of Mrs. Jacobs, a Jewess that was going as a Nurse for Major Butler, another Woman that was going to her Husband who is a Blacksmith in Charlestown, and a Negro Boy of the Captain's. The rest of the People, with much Difficulty, got safe to the Shore, fifteen in Number, in the Boat, after being in her fifteen Hours. The Captain was once knocked overboard, but with much Difficulty he was got in.
June 15. Lord William Campbell and his Lady passed by here last Thursday, in a Schooner from South Carolina bound for Rhode Island, but did not come ashore, his Lady being much indisposed. Thursday last two Companies of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, under the Command of Colonel James, marched from this City, to encamp on Hempstead Plains for the Summer Season. By Letters from New Orleans, received by Captain Offut, from Pensacola, we hear that French Vessels are not suffered there, and obliged to return with their Cargoes unladen; also, that the French Inhabitants of Louisiana are so disgusted at the Tyranny they groan under that most of them will soon quit that Province.
PHILADELPHIA, June 8. T HURSDAY last being the Anniversary of his Majesty's Birth Day, the same was observed here by the Ringing of Bells in the Morning and during the greatest Part of the Day; at Noon twenty one Pieces of Cannon were fired at the Barracks; and in the Evening a Number of eminent Friends to our happy Constitution met, when several loyal and patriotick Toasts were drank, with other Demonstrations of Joy. Letters from North Carolina inform us, that some wicked and malicious Persons had, in the Night of March 16th, wilfully set on Fire and consumed to Ashes, the Stillhouse and all the Utensils belonging thereto, also a large Quantity of Flax, the Property of John M'Gee, Esquire, of Guilford County in that Province. The same Gentleman had his Barn, with a large Quantity of Wheat, and his Stable, burnt some Months before. His Excellency Governor Martin has issued a Proclamation, offering a Reward of fifty Pounds Proclamation Money, for apprehending the Perpetrators of those horrid Crimes, supposed to be some of the desperate Outlaws, who, it is thought, were the Gang that stabbed the Horses of one of the Associate Judges and one of the Attorneys, a few Weeks ago, when going the Circuit.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 25. T HE Prince George, Bozeman, from London, Friendship, De Cartet, from Guernsey, and the Molly, Younghusband, from Liverpool, are arrived in James River. Captain Bozeman, on Saturday June 6th, in Latitude 36 : 40 N. Longitude 39 W. spoke the Ship George, Samuel Mann, ten Days from Philadelphia, bound to Lisbon, all well on Board.
RICHMOND, June 23. On Thursday last Mr. WILLIAM DU VAL, Attorney at Law, was married to Miss NANCY POPE, eldest Daughter to Captain Nathaniel Pope, of Louisa; a handsome young Lady, endowed with every Accomplishment to render the Marriage State happy.
MR. PAINTER. O N sundry Thoughts being offered respecting Circuit Courts in Virginia, I hope the Publick will not take amiss a Hint of mine on the Subject, which I allow better Hands to improve, for lessening the publick Expense. Let two Oyer Courts be appointed, one about Culpeper County, and one about Prince Edward County, for the Trial of all Criminals on Bills of Indictment, the same as in Williamsburg; let the Judges be the ablest Men that can be got the most convenient in the adjacent Counties, the Grand Juries the same; let the County Courts, in every Respect, stand as they do, unless Juries be chosen annually, and a Majority agrees on the Verdict. This, in all Cases (that do not affect the Crown) will greatly add to the Despatch of Business.
A VIRGINIAN.
Advertisements. FALMOUTH, June 12. 1772. T HE Subscriber gives Notice that he is obliged to make a final Settlement of the Copartnership of William Love and Company (now under his Management) by the 10th of November next, and therefore requests all Persons who have any Claims against the said Company to give them in before that Time, that they may be adjusted and paid off; and those indebted to the Concern are desired to make speedy Payments, at any Rate to come and settle their Accounts before the above mentioned Time. Goods which belonged to the late Copartnership of William Love and Company , to the Amount of about two Hundred Pounds Sterling, will be sold to the highest Bidder, on Saturday the 27th Instant, for ready Money, or such Credit as can be agreed upon. WILLIAM LOVE.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 23, 1772. A S several Applications have been already made to the Directors appointed to conduct and superintend the Building and Management of the publick Hospital to receive different Patients, they think it advisable to inform the publick, that, very soon after the Act of Assembly passed appointing them to this Trust, they, by publick Advertisement, invited the different Undertakers who might incline to engage in the Work to give in their Proposals; that several Months elapsed before they could engage with a proper Person agreeable to their Wishes, but at last contracted for the Building to be completely finished on or before the 18th of January 1773, the shortest Period that could be agreed on. To prevent fruitless Applications, and future Disappointments, they take this Method of assuring all whom it may concern that so soon as the Hospital is completed, and fit for the Reception of Patients, they will not fail to give publick Notice of it.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 25, 1772. B y Order of his Excellency, in Council, the several COUNTY COURT CLERKS are requested to send to the AUDITOR'S OFFICE, by the first Opportunity, Copies of the Bonds entered into by the present and all future Sheriffs of their Counties, respectively, for the regular collecting and accounting for the Quittents. JOHN BLAIR, Clerk to the Council.
HANOVER Town, July 1, 1772. I WILL leave this Colony before, or soon after, the October General Court next, and beg those concerned in my Stay will accept of this Notice. The Store at this Place, now kept by John M'George for Messrs. Donald, Scot, and Company, of Glasgow, will be declined by him on the 1st of September next, in Favour of Thomas Simpson, who, for the same House, will continue to conduct that Business thereafter to its usual Extent, and I hope with Satisfaction to its Friends. As will likewise Richard Anderson the Business at Charlottesville, in Albemarle County, and Samuel Temple at Brown's, in Hanover County, the Company's present Factors at these Places. Donald, Scot, and Company's Business at Colonel John Boswell's, in Hanover, being now discontinued, those indebted for Goods sold, or Money advanced to them, at that Store, are requested to make all possible Payments before October next, and in the mean Time to give Bonds for their Balances to Alexander Henderson, with whom the Debts were contracted; who, for the Purpose of settling Accounts, will, from this Time, give constant Attendance at Boswell's, that no Disputes may afterwards arise, when these Transactions must be finally closed. JAMES DENNISTOUN, Attorney in Fact for Donald, Scot, and Company.
PURSUANT to a Decree of the County Court of Surry, will be sold at Cabin Point , to the highest Bidders, on Monday the 20th of July, six valuable Negroes, consisting of Men, Women, and Children. Six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to JAMES BELSCHES. ALEXANDER ADAMS.
KEYSER'S CELEBRATED ANTI-VENEREAL PILLS. T HE vast Success of this Medicine, certified by the first Practitioners in England and France, having engaged the Attention of several Gentlemen of the Faculty in New York, it was determined to put it to the severest Trial, and to select the most desperate Cases that could be found. Three Men, and one Woman, were fixed upon. Of the four Patients, three were recovered in a short Time; but the fourth, the most horrible in Nature, contiguously unaltered a very long Time. The Circumstances attending it proving, beyond all Doubt, the superior Efficacy of this Remedy to every other, it is thought proper to publish the following Certificate, given under the Hand of Doctor Hammond Beaumont , Surgeon of his Majesty's twenty sixth Regiment, then in Garrison at New York.
THE CASE of THOMAS FLACKFIELD, private Soldier in his Majesty's twenty sixth Regiment, aged twenty one Years.
A BOUT two Years and a Quarter ago he contracted, in the City of New York, an inveterate Lues. He applied to me about a Month afterwards, and then had a very violent Running, with several large spreading ill conditioned Chancres. After the Inflammation had been reduced by the common antiphlogistick Methods, he was put under a Course of mercurial Pills, continued in that Course one Month, and was then discharged from the sick List, to all Appearances perfectly cured; but presently afterwards he applied to me, saying the Distemper had broke out again, and positively denying his having contracted any fresh Infection. The Symptoms then were raging nocturnal Pains , large Ulcers on different Parts of his Body, violent Headaches, and, in short, with all the Symptoms of confirmed and rooted Lues. He then underwent a regular Salivation, and all the Sores healed; his Pains were gone, and he was put on a Course of Decoction of Sarsaparilla, which he continued a considerable Time, with all apparent Success. But before he had finished the intended Quantity, he again broke out in different Parts of his Arms, Legs, and Thighs, with large deep seated Ulcers, discharging a fetid bloody Ichore, and shooting up large Portions of Fungus, in Spite of all Applications; for neither of a caustick, or lenient Nature, neither mild Digestives, soft healing balsamick Applications, Poultices, or dry Dressings, could in the least alter their Complexion, or produce a Discharge any Ways laudable. I then put him upon a Milk Diet, and ordered him a strong Decoction of Sarsaparilla, with the Sublimate Solution twice in the Day, drinking besides three Pints of the Decoction in twenty four Hours. During this Course the Sores again gradually healed, yet before the Whole was found he again broke out in similar Ulcers on Parts of his Body hitherto unaffected, on the Centre of the Os Frontis, which eat quite down to the Pericranium, another on the Scrotum very deep, and at length a large Swelling appeared on his Nose, which soon degenerated into a rank foul Ulcer. Those on the Os Frontis and the Scrotum healed in due Time, but that on the Nose continued spreading, together with others breaking out in different Parts of his Body. At this Time he was much emaciated, and I consulted Messrs. Mallet and Anderson on his Case. We agreed to put him entirely on a Milk Diet, to give him Bark with Elixir Vitriol very plentifully, together with the Sublimate Solution at the same Time. He continued this Course for nine Weeks, which was attended with the same flattering Kind of Success; but, alas! a very short Time convinced us that this was only a Respite, for in less than a Fortnight, a fresh Swelling broke out in his Nose, that soon became an Ulcer, which, with the former, ran into each other. The Septum Nasium was soon destroyed, and the spongy Bones were found carious, and came away in large Splinters at different Times. In this Situation I showed him to Doctor John Jones , who recommended the simple mercurial Solution with Argent. Viv. and the Mucilage of Gum Arabick. After he had continued this Course for six Weeks, with no better Success than any of the former, I was applied to by several Gentlemen of the Regiment to let them try DOCTOR KEYSER'S PILLS, to which I consented, and the following is an exact Account of his Condition when he began to take them.
He had one Hundred and twenty nine venereal Ulcers on different Parts of the Body, which had left large deep indented Scars. His Nose was entirely sunk, with an ill conditioned Ulcer upon it, and the few small Portions of the spongy Bones remaining were very foul; he was greatly emaciated, had little or no Appetite, and slept very badly. He began to take Doctor Keyser's Remedy on the 26th of December 1771, and continued them according to the Doctor's own Directions till the 28th of April 1772, during which Period he has taken eleven Hundred and seven Pills, all which Mr. James Rivington , Bookseller in New York, presented him with, having a Correspondence with Doctor Keyser . The Operation was in general imperceptible during the whole Course, never in the least affecting his Mouth but twice, and then only slightly warming it, although for a great Length of Time he took twenty Pills in twenty four Hours. His Sores have been all healed a considerable Time past, his Constitution greatly amended, his Strength is surprisingly recruited, and he is to all Appearance perfectly cured.
H. BEAUMONT, Surgeon to his Majesty's twenty sixth, or Cameronian Regiment. New York, May 10, 1772.
These famous PILLS, which have performed great Cures in the Rheumatism, Asthma, Apoplexy, Palsy, Giddiness of the Head, Dropsy, the Sciatica, or Hip Gout, the Diseases of the Eyes, the Fluor Albus, and afforded vast Relief in the Gout, are to be had, with full Directions for their Use in all Cases, at JOHN M. GALT's, near the CAPITOL in WILLIAMSBURG.
JUST arrived, the Thornton, Captain John Kidd, with about one Hundred and fifty healthy SERVANTS, Men, Women, and Boys, among which are many Tradesmen, namely, House Carpenters, Joiners, Bricklayers, Stone Mason's, Smiths, Tailors, Coopers, Shoemakers, Weavers, and many others. There are also many Farmers and other Country Labourers. The Sale will commence on Monday the 6th of July, in the Wholesale Way, at Leeds Town, but will be as soon as the Ship arrives there. A reasonable Credit will be allowed, giving Bond, with approved Security, to THOMAS HODGE.
WANT A MILLER that understands the Management of a Water Mill; also one or two Journeyman SHIP CARPENTERS that can carry up the Side of a Ship. Apply to me, in Charles City. BENJAMIN GIBSON.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 16th of July, at the House of Mr. Christopher Robinson, deceased, in Middlesex, A LARGE Variety of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, such as Beds, Chairs, Tables, China, Glass, Linen, &c. &c. Six Months Credit will be allowed for the above twenty Shillings, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Executors.
THREE POUNDS REWARD. R UN away from the Subscriber, on Tuesday the 6th Instant (June) a Convict Servant Man named WILLIAM JENKINS, by Trade a Cabinet Maker, about forty five Years old, five Feet one or two Inches high, of a fair Complexion, and wears his own short dark coloured Hair. He carried with him an old dark Kersey Coat, and an Osnaburg Shirt and Trousers. He very likely will endeavour to pass for a Sailor, as he has been on Board several of his Majesty's Ships. Whoever takes up the said Servant, and conveys him to me in Frederickburg, shall have the above Reward. THOMAS MILLER.
COMMITTED to Isle of Wight Jail, A Negro Man who says his Name is PHIL, and that he belongs to Messrs. Young and Company, of Edenton. He is a black Fellow, about six Feet high, thirty Years of Age, and well made, but speaks bad English. The Owner may have him on proving his Property and paying Charges. JOHN TAYLOR, Jailer.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 25, 1772. T AKEN up by the Subscriber, a Negro Woman named MOLLY, formerly the Property of Mr. James Hubbard of this City, and says she now belongs to Mr. David Rost of Goochland. ROBERT HYLAND.
T AKEN up, in Lunenburg, a red COW with a white Face, and white under her Belly, her fore Legs are partly white, marked with a Swallowfork and Underkel in the left Ear, and a Swallowfork in the right. Posted, and appraised to two Pounds five Shillings. JOHN EPPES.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 18, 1772. A LL Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. Thomas Hornsby, deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment to Joseph Hornsby, and those who have open Accounts in the Store, and cannot pay off immediately, are desired to close them, by giving Bond, with approved Security, payable to Joseph Hornsby, residuary Legatee. Such as have Demands against the said Estate are desired to bring them in to Joseph Hornsby. BEN: WALLER, JOHN PRENTIS, JOSEPH HORNSBY, WILLIAM HORNSBY, } Executors.
Just imported, and to be sold by the Subscriber, a GENTLE ASSORTMENT of GOODS suitable for the Season, where Customers will meet with the same good Usage as formerly.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 17, 1772. I INTEND for GREAT BRITAIN soon. JOHN ROWSAY.
For SALE, T HE Reversion of four Hundred and ninety Acres of Land after the Death of Mrs. Cowan, and now in the Possession of William Cowan, Gentleman. The said Land lies in King William County, about four Miles from Crutchfield's and Page's Warehouses, and is very good for Tobacco and Grain. For Terms inquire of the Subscriber. SAMUEL PEARSON.
A PERSON who is well acquainted with the Business of a COUNTY COURT CLERK, and has good Recommendations, would be glad to engage in that Business as a Deputy, for a Term of Years. Inquire of the Printers hereof.
Just IMPORTED from London, in the Virginia, Captain Robertson, and to be SOLD, Wholesale or Retail, by the Subscriber, at his Shop in Williamsburg, A LARGE and complete Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES; also Pickles and Spices of all Sorts, fine Sallad Oil, Sack and Rhenish Wines, best Durham Flower of Mustard, Gold and Silver Leaf, &c. &c. &c. WILLIAM PASTEUR.
To be SOLD, in Charles City County, to the highest Bidders, on Wednesday the 15th of July, at the late Dwellinghouse of Agnes Finch, deceased,
T WENTY eight likely young Virginia born NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls; also HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Stocks of CATTLE, SHEEP, and HOGS. Credit will be allowed to the 25th of December next for all Sums above twenty five Shillings, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to WILLIAM FINCH, Executor.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 17, 1772. T HE Subscriber, having served a regular Apprenticeship to the noted Mr. Joseph Carraway, of the City of Dublin, COACH-MAKER, and for many Years past carried on the COACH-MAKING TRADE, in all its different Branches, in Ireland, and in New York, where he had the Honour of making a Coach, Pheton, and Chaise, for his Excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Dunmore, is now removed, with his Family, from New York to Palace Street, in this City, where he proposes to make and repair all Sorts of Coaches, Landaus, Chariots, Post Chaises, Phetons, Curricles, Chaises, and Chairs, with Harness of every Sort; also Steel Springs, and Iron Work of every Kind relative to the Coach-making Trade; likewise Painting, Gilding, and Japanning. The Subscriber being determined to do all his Work in the best Manner, and on the lowest Terms, humbly hopes those Gentlemen that are pleased to employ him will pay Cash, at least for any Piece of new Work, on Delivery of the same; and will be truly thankful to every Gentleman or Lady who will employ him to repair Carriages, even if the Repairs do not exceed Half a Bit. The utmost Care, and Despatch of Business, shall be the constant Study of the Publick's most humble Servant, ELKANAH DEANE.
Having two or three spare Rooms, he would be glad to accommodate Gentlemen with private Lodgings. He will also take two Apprentices, who can be well recommended, and whose Friends are willing to give a Cratuity to have them accomplished in their Business.
WILLIAMSBURG, June 16, 1772. STRAYED or stolen from the Subscriber, O n the Night of the 3rd of May last, a middle sized dark bay HORSE, with his Mane new roached and Tail bobbed, and branded on the near Buttock I c. Whoever will bring the said Horse to me shall have TEN SHILLINGS Reward. ROBERT NICOLSON.

The RECLUSE. An Elegy.
TIR'D with the splendid Toil of publick Life, Philonor sought true Happiness to find, And far beyond the Reach of noisy Strife Retir'd, and left the busy World behind. In the deep Bosom of a Grove he found A Grot, by Nature form'd in Days of old; Thick-arching Oaks high o'er the Mansion frown'd, Beneath a Brook in murmuring Mazes roll'd. From Winds defended by the spreading Trees, Woofe Shades in Summer screen the piercing Rays; In Winter shelter'd from the northern Breeze, And Heat and Cold's alternate Rage allay. To this Retreat the Sage with Joy withdrew, Nor felt a Wish for aught he left behind; Here taling Pleasures pure, refin'd, and new, To Contemplation he his Soul resign'd. In Solitude the circling Hours he spent, No Cares corroding wound his peaceful Breast, But with the Heaven-descended Nymph, Content, His Days he pass'd in un molested Rest. No more Ambition fires his peaceful Mind, The Voice of Fame no longer charms his Ear; No more to Pomp and noisy Mirth inclin'd, Or bound to Wealth by golden Chains of Care. In this sweet Haunt, where Wisdom loves to dwell, To her Instructions his Attention pays; With her delighted, in his humble Cell, He learns her Precepts, and repeats her Lays. Each Morn awak'd by Philomela's Lays, Ere Sol with Crimson decks the Purple East, He rises vigorous, and his Tribute pays, While Joy sublime dilates his grateful Breast. While pure Devotion rising in his Soul, The Lord of Nature humbly he adores; While in his Breast serene Reflections roll, The various Scenes of Nature he explores. The circling Seasons he observes with Care, And marks the Progress of the rising Spring; How spicy Gales perfume the genial Air, How Flowers expand, and Birds harmonious sing. Each Plant and Shrub that circled round his Cell He prun'd, and fashion'd just as Fancy led; Their Names and Natures none could better tell, Or why they towering rose or widely spread. The tuneful Tribes, that vocal made the Grove, By him were taught t' assemble at his Call; Perch'd on his Hand, or round the Grot to rove, Or fill with Mufick sweet his rural Hall. There he would teach to imitate the Sound Of Notes arduous, and human Song; Which made the Grove with Harmony resound, And Eve's cool Hours did pleasingly prolong. Fair bloom'd the Flowers around the peaceful Cave, The Violet, Primrose, and their Kindred Train; No wanton Hands of him their Sweets bereave, But sweet they flourish on the smiling Plain. Contentment here, with sleek-ey'd Peace, resides, And Joy and Temperance pitch their Tents around, And shining Health o'er all that breathe presides, And harmless Pleasure frolics o'er the Ground. Twas here Philonor found substantial Joy, Joy unexperienc'd by the Son of Care; Unmix'd with Pain, untemper'd with Alloy, His Days were cheerful, and his Evening fair.
NORFOLK, June 17, 1772.
WHEREAS little Regard has been paid to the Advertisement lately published by Mr. John Atkinson, requesting his Debtors to meet on the 13th Instant, in Order to pay or settle their respective Accounts, and as there is an absolute Necessity to collect those Debts with the utmost Despatch, I hereby give Notice to all concerned that I propose again to attend at Mr. Atkinson's Store in Sussex County, on Monday the 8th of July next, when all Accounts, remaining unsettled at my Departure from thence, will be put into the Hands of an Attorney, without Respect to Persons, or farther Notice. There will be some likely Slaves to be sold at the same Time and Place, the Terms for which will be agreed on at the Sale. BENJAMIN CROOKER, Attorney for Messrs. Eilbeck and Lawrence, Trustees of Mr. Atkinson.
TAKEN up, in Pittsylvania , a light gray MARE about seven Years old, four Feet six Inches high, shod all round, and branded on the near Shoulder I R. Potted, and appraised to four Pounds. USABUS STONE.
STAFFORD County, June 4, 1772.
WHEREAS Wilford (alias Woodford) Kelly, formerly of Stafford County, Virginia, did, on the 12th Day of last Month, sell to me a certain Tract of Land in the said County, containing fifty Acres, for the Consideration of fifty two Pounds current Money, which Sum I then paid him, on his giving me a Bond obliging himself to convey the said Land to me, but the said Kelly has since absconded without performing his Agreement, I give this publick Notice to forewarn other People from being cheated by him; and if any Person will be so kind as advise me where he settles, the Favour will be gratefully acknowledged. WILLIAM THOMPSON.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, the 1st of March last, at Mr. James Taylor's, in Louisa County, a likely light sorrel Mare about four Feet seven Inches high, branded on the near Buttock W B, though so badly done it is not easily understood; she has a small Wound on the right Side of her Face, which matters and runs sometimes. I expect she is with Foal, though I am not certain of it. It is thought she will make towards Graves's Mill. Whoever brings the said Mare to me, in Caroline County, or gives Intelligence so that I get her again, shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward. RICHARD SEGAR.
RUN away from the Subscriber's Plantation on James River, in Warwick County, a Negro Slave named LONDON; he is a stout well made Fellow, not exceeding twenty Years old, and frequently smiles when spoken to; he was taken up last Month at the Great Bridge, above Norfolk, where it is likely he may be gone, or to Petersburg, as he took with him a Cypress Canoe. Whoever secures him in any Jail, so that I get him, or delivers him to me, in York Town, shall be entitled to FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. ALLEN JONES.
To be SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of Caroline County Court, at the Plantation of Mr. John Wily, in that County, near Burk's Bridge, on Friday the 26th of this Instant (June)
A TRACT of LAND on which he lives, containing about two Hundred Acres, and is very valuable; a Moiety of a FULLING and SAW MILL Seat, with two Acres of Land in the Neighbourhood, with sundry Utensils for such Mills; also several SLAVES, STOCKS, and HOUSEHOLD GOODS. The Terms of Sale will be declared on the Day. EDMUND PENDLETON. JAMES MILLER. HARRY TOMPKINS.
IMPORTED in the MILLHAM, Captain James Whitefield, last April, a Cask of STOCKING THREAD marked A Crow's Foot T, which was to have been left at Burwell's Ferry, but was neglected. The Captain is desired to send it there immediately, as it is greatly wanted. ALLAN & TURNER.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, two SOWS and seven SHOATS, one of the Sows is marked with a smooth Crop in each Ear, and the other Sow and Shoats are marked with a Half Crop in the under Side of each Ear. Potted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. JOHN WILLIAMSON.
To be LEASED for a Term of Years, or SOLD, MY Plantation on the Western Branch, containing two Hundred Acres, lies convenient to Trade, within one Mile of a Landing, and three Miles from Milner's Warehouse. There is on the said Land two Dwelling-houses, a very good Kitchen and Smokehouse, a Warehouse with a Cellar under it, and a Storehouse. Any Person inclinable to purchase, or lease the said Land, may apply to me, in Nansemond. CHRISTOPHER GODWIN.
FOR SALE, TWO Thousand five Hundred and twenty Acres of LAND on Notoway River, in the Counties of Dinwiddie and Brunswick, about thirty Miles from the Towns of Petersburg and Blandford, to which Places there is a fine Road from the said Land; there is a good Water Grist Mill on the said River, with two Pair of Stones and a Bolting Mill. The Land is a proper Soil for Corn, Wheat, and Tobacco, and has all necessary Houses for Cropping. The Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, in Prince George County. Long Credit will be allowed for one Half the Purchase Money. THEODORICK BLAND.
To be SOLD, on Saturday the 5th of SEPTEMBER next, on the Premises,
THE PLANTATION and HOUSES of South Quay, lately occupied by Thomas Fisher, deceased. As the Place is well known for its convenient Situation to Trade, the Warehouses just repaired, and in the best Order, it is needless to amplify on that Subject. An Account of the Warehouse Rents has been kept for a Year, and amounts to about thirty Pounds. The Lands are subject to the Widow's Dower. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond and Security. Any Person inclinable to purchase by private Contract may apply, before the Day of Sale, to the Subscriber, in Nansemond. JOHN HAMILTON, & Co.
To be SOLD by the Executors of Colonel RICHARD COCKE, on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, the 25th of November next, and to be entered on at Christmas,
A TRACT of good TOBACCO LAND lying on Bear's Element Creek, in Lunenburg, containing about a Thousand Acres, together with all the Corn, Fodder, Stocks of Cattle, Hogs, Plantation Utensils, &c. The Plantation is in good Repair, and sufficient to work seven or eight Hands. Any Person inclinable to purchase may be shown the Land by applying to Captain Ragsdale, near the Premises.
To be SOLD on the Premises, by Virtue of a Decree of the County Court of Surry, obtained by a Mortgage made by Mr. RANDOLPH HOLT, late of the said County, deceased, to the Subscriber, on the 23d Instant (June) if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
A TRACT of LAND containing fifteen Hundred Acres, more or less, lying in Surry County, beautifully situated on James River, adjoining Hog Island, with several Improvements on it; it is very good for Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, or any Kind of Grain, is very level, has a large Quantity of valuable Timber on it, and is generally esteemed to be as good a Place for raising Stock as any in the lower Part of the Country, having a large Quantity of fine firm Marsh adjoining it. The Land is subject to the Dower of Mrs. Elizabeth Holt. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to WILLIAM SPRATLEY. WILLIAM CLAYTON.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, in the upper End of New Kent County, the 29th of last May, a middle sized black Horse with a Switch Tail and Half cut Mane, branded on the near Shoulder R P, and on the near Buttock C. I have Reason to believe the said Horse was rode from my Pasture by a Negro that belonged to Robert Carter Nicholas, Esquire, or Mr. John Wormeley. The Negro suspected was thought to be a Runaway, and was seen the same Night near where the Horse was taken from. Whoever brings him to me, near Bottom's Bridge, in the said County, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward. PHILEMON FRASHER.
BERMUDA HUNDRED, June 3, 1772.
RUN away from the Ship POLLY, Thomas Duncomb Master, two Seamen. WILLIAM SCREECH, an elderly Man, about five Feet ten Inches high, of a dark Complexion, and has black curly Hair tied behind; he had on when he left the Ship a Crimson Coat and Waistcoat, and black Breeches. WILLIAM STEVENS, an elderly Man, of a dark swarthy Complexion, about five Feet eight Inches high, wears his own Hair, which is brown, short, and curls behind; he had on when he went away a Scarlet Jacket (better than Half worn) and short Canvas Trousers. Whoever apprehends either, or both of these Seamen, and will deliver them on Board the said Ship (now lying at Bermuda Hundred) shall have THIRTY SHILLINGS Reward for each, with the customary travelling Charges allowed for bringing them up. THOMAS DUNCOMB.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a likely young Virginia born Negro Fellow named NED, about five Feet eight Inches high, with a remarkable Scar on the Back of one of his Hands (I believe his right) occasioned by a Burn or Scald when very young. He has been much used to keeping and riding Race Horses, and carried away with him a blue Cloth lappelled Coat with yellow gilt Buttons, blue Waistcoat, and Leather Breeches, a light blue Duroy and a Russia Sheet Coat, two Pair of Russia Drill and one Pair of black Everlasting Breeches, some Virginia Cloth Waistcoats, some Thread and some Worsted Stockings, a Velvet Cap, and a Hat. Perhaps he may go to Norfolk, and endeavour to get on Board a Vessel. Whoever apprehends him, and will bring him to me, in Mecklenburg, shall have TEN POUNDS Reward. HENRY DELONY.
To be SOLD on the Premises, the last Thursday in July, pursuant to the Will of John Price, deceased,
A TRACT of LAND containing about three Hundred Acres, with good Improvements, and lies convenient to Churches, Grist Mills, and Layton's Inspection of Tobacco on Rappahannock River. Possession to be given the 1st of January next, Credit for Half the Money to that Time, and for the Balance to the 1st of April next, on giving Bond and Security to ANNE PRICE, Executrix. JOHN LEE, Executor.
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 Burk'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.
TAKEN up, in Pittsylvania, a dark bay HORSE about four Feet four or five Inches high, Half his Mane is ridged, has some Saddle Spots, one hind Foot white, and a Switch Tail. Potted, and appraised to seven Pounds. PYRANT EASLEY.
For SALE, ABOUT twelve Hundred Acres of very valuable LAND on each Side of Great Ducters Creek, in the lower End of Buckingham County, none of it cleared, is well watered and timbered, and an exceeding fine Place for Stock. The Land on this Creek produces as large Tobacco as I ever saw grow on high Land. Any Person inclinable to purchase may know the Terms by applying to me, in Buckingham. ANTHONY WINSTON. N. B. The Land lies about ten Miles above Mr. George Wright's, in Cumberland County.
THE Subscriber, at PITTENWEEN, just below the New DISTILLERY, near NORFOLK, has for Sale WEST INDIA RUM by the Hoghead, and a considerable Quantity of HONDURAS HIGHLAND MOHOGANY, equal in Quality to any Jamaica, from fourteen to forty Inches square, and from eight to seventeen Feet long, which he will dispose of on very reasonable Terms. As he has now removed from Norfolk to the above Place, and intends declining Trade till his old Affairs are settled, he requests that all Persons indebted to him may make speed Payments, and those who have any Demands are desired to apply soon, that they may be discharged. WILLIAM CHISHOLM.
To be SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the Honourable the General Court, at publick Auction, on the Premises, on Tuesday the 14th of July, and entered on the 1st of January,
A TRACT of LAND, in the County of Northumberland, belonging to the Estate of the late Mr. John Smith, deceased, known by the Name of Fleet's Bay, containing sixteen Hundred and eleven Acres, on which is a Brick Dwellinghouse in good Repair, and all necessary Outhouses; the Situation is very beautiful, and the Quality of the Land inferior to none in the lower Part of the Country. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchaser, on giving Bond and approved Security. At the same Time will be sold, on three Months Credit, about sixty NEGROES, large STOCKS of all Sorts, and a considerable Quantity of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. And on Friday the 17th of the same Month will be sold, by the same Authority, in the County of Gloucester, and entered on the 1st of January, eight Hundred Acres of LAND lying on the Dragon Swamp, Part of which is good low Grounds, and about fifty Acres of Swamp. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, giving Bond, with good Security, to GEORGE PURDIE. JOHN BOWDOIN. JOHN SMITH. JOHN LEE.
For SALE, SEVERAL Thousand Acres of LAND in the Counties of Mecklenburg, Halifax, and Pittsylvania, from five to twenty Shillings an Acre, according to Quality and Distance. For Terms apply to Roger Atkinson, near Petersburg.
For SALE, ALL that Tract or Parcel of LAND lying in Petworth Parish, in the County of Gloucester, known by the Name of Paradise, containing, by a Survey, fourteen Hundred and forty six Acres. It lies very convenient to Portpatank Inspection of Tobacco, on a Creek of York River, and within thirteen Miles of Urbanna; the Soil is exceeding good for Tobacco, Corn, or Wheat, and more than Half imagined to be Woodland, the greatest Part of which is very good, and well timbered. Mr. William Pollard, who lives near the Land, will be kind enough to show it to any Person who may choose to look over it. The Proprietors of this Land live in the Province of Maryland, who have authorised me to dispose of it, and possessed me with their Title Papers for the Inspection of those who may incline to purchase. E S S E X, May 5, 1772. JOHN LEE.
To be SOLD by the Subscriber, Mortgagees of Mr. Peter Copland of Pittsylvania, and the said Mortgagee, in Parcels, for the Benefit of the Subscriber, and others,
SIX Thousand Acres of valuable LAND, lying on Smith's River, Beaver and Redy Creeks. It is laid off in small Lots; and we do guarantee and confirm the former Sales of the Lands made to sundry Persons by the said Mortgagee, which were subject and liable to our Mortgagee, provided the Bonds for the same already taken, or to be taken, are made payable to us. And we do empower the said Mortgagee to sell and dispose of, for our Accounts, the above mentioned six Thousand Acres of Land, provided the said Mortgagee shall take the sundry Bonds for the same payable to us; and we do confirm and guarantee any Bargain or Sale of his Lands, formerly made by him, agreeable to this Advertisement, to be good and valid, as if the same had been made and done by ourselves. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half, and two Years for the other Half. PETER COPLAND. PETER RANDOLPH BLAND. WILLIAM BLACK. PATRICK COUTTS.
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 smooth tongued, and has been five Years accustomed to the House. They worked in the Dismal Swamp about two Years, under Mr. John Washington, 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, Stills, Brewing Coppers, Sugar Boilers, Fullers and Hatters Coppers, Capuchin Plate Warmers, Tea Kettles, all Sorts of Ship, Fish, and Wash Kettles, Stew Pans, Dutch Ovens, Tea Kettles, Saucepan, Coffee and Chocolate Pots, Bras 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 Bras Kitchen Work, and gives the best Prices for old Copper, Bras, 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 Bras, Copper, Pewter, or Lead, to dispose of, are desired to apply to Mr. Joseph Kidd, in Williamsburg, or to Mr. McCaa, in Hampton, who will receive it for me, and pay them the Value; they will likewise receive old Work to be repaired.
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.