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An ADDRESS to the ANABAPTISTS imprisoned in CAROLINE County, AUGUST 8, 1771.
THOUGH I have, upon former Occasions, endeavoured to explain the Reason and Legality of the Proceedings against you, yet I find Doubts remain with you, and others, whether your Imprisonment be legal; and you have, I hear, desired to see the Law by which you are condemned. This is what you have a Right to, and in which I propose to give you Satisfaction; though the Conduct of one of your Champions, in daring, by Letter to the Gentleman who has been discharging the Duty of an active upright Magistrate, in most of your Commitments, to consign him to Perdition, as your Persecutor for that Conduct, might provoke another Kind of Treatment. But we have learned another Spirit, from the Charity of that Church we profess ourselves Members of; and while you, magnifying yourselves into Prophets, and Apostles, threaten us with the Fate of a Pharaoh, Zedekiah, Darius, and Herod, we feel no Resentment but that of Pity and Compassion for your Mistakes and Sufferings, wishing you to rectify the former, and thereby avoid the latter.
To justify your Commitment, we first recur to the common Law, or that Law founded on the original Compact by which Societies are formed, or resulting from the unchangeable Nature of Things. That "Men could not live without Society" was a Lesson very early learned, from the Depravity of our Nature, which exposed the Weak a Prey to the Strong; left every Man at the Mercy of him that was mightier, and soon filled the World with Fraud and Violence. To remedy this, Men associated together under a Compact, to stand by and support each others Rights, introduced Rules for their common Conduct, under the Sanctions of Rewards and Punishments, to enforce the Observation of them, and submitted to Government to distribute those Sanctions. From hence it is evident that every Member of a Community is obliged to submit to such Laws as are made for the Good of the Whole, however contrary to his Inclination or Interest, which he must give up to the Opinion or Interest of a Majority.
When a Legislature is fixed, they have the Power of judging what Laws will best promote the true Ends of Society, and Submission becomes the Duty of all other Members; which may surely be more cheerfully allowed in our happy Constitution, where a Part of them are chosen by ourselves, are subject to be changed as often as they betray their Trust, and their Injuries removed. This Legislature would meet in a new Society to very little Purpose if they did not form a religious as well as a civil Establishment, not only because their Union has ever been found necessary to support Government, but that a State could not expect to thrive which should seem to rely on her own Strength, by providing State Regulations only, without endeavouring to conciliate the Divine Favour, by establishing Modes of Piety and Devotion. To these religious Establishments it becomes the Duty of every good Member of Society to submit; and an Opposition to them must be considered as Heresy and Schism, and a Breach of the Laws.
I do not mean to exclude Toleration to scrupulous Consciences: I am for that upon the broadest Bottom a due Regard to the publick Peace will admit of; but of that the Legislature are to judge, and to fix its Limits, to which Dissenters must conform.
I would also desire not to be misunderstood in these my Notions of Heresy: The private Opinions of Men are not the Objects of Law or Government; while they keep those to themselves, they may enjoy them without Interruption from the civil Magistrate. But if they go about publick preaching and inculcating their Errors, raising Factions tending to disturb the publick Peace, or utter Doctrines which in their Nature are subversive of all Religion or Morality, they become obnoxious to civil Punishment.
That you may not rely on my Word for this, I will read you some Authorities in Support of it. (New Abridgment, Volume 3d, 37th) The Author, treating of Offences against Religion, as punishable by the common Law, says: "Although Offences against Religion are, strictly speaking, of ecclesiastical Censures, yet where a Person, in Maintenance of his Errors, sets up Conventicles, or raises Factions which may tend to disturb the publick Peace, or where the Errors are of such a Nature as subvert all Religion and Morality, which are the Founda-
tion of Government, they are punishable by the temporal Judges with Fine and Imprisonment, and also such other corporal infamous Punishment as to the Court in Discretion shall seem meet, according to the Helmoufness of the Crime, lest the Publick should suffer a Detriment."
Among the Instances of such pernicious Doctrines, he put these; "Impostors in Religion, as falsely pretending to extraordinary Commissions from GOD, and terrifying or abusing the People with false Denunciations of Judgments, &c."
"Seditious Words in Derogation of the established Religion are indictable, as tending to a Breach of the Peace; such as these, your Religion is a new Religion, and preaching is but prattling, and Prayer once a Day is more edifying."
Trake's Case, Hobart, 236. "He, being a Minister, was charged with holding Opinion that the Jewish Sabbath ought to be observed, and not ours, and that we ought to abstain from all Manner of Swine's Flesh. Being examined upon these Things, he confessed that he had divulged these Opinions, and had laboured to bring as many to his Opinion as he could; and had also written a Letter to the King, wherein he did seem to tax his Majesty of Hypocrisy, and did expressly inveigh against the Bishops High Commissioners, as bloody and cruel in their Proceedings against him, and a Papal Clergy. Now he, being called Oretanus, was sentenced to Fine and Imprisonment, not for holding those Opinions (for those were examinable in the ecclesiastical Courts, and not here) but for making of Contention and Factions by that Means, which may tend to Sedition and Commotion, and for scandalizing the King, the Bishops, and the Clergy."
Here you must see plainly that you are liable to be indicted, fined, and imprisoned, nay, if we had that persecuting Spirit we are charged with, we might have gone farther, and added infamous corporal Punishment, instead of which we only endeavour to prevent these Mischiefs in future, by requiring Security for your good Behaviour, fairly letting you know that preaching at Houses or Places not licensed will be considered as a Breach of your Bond; and your Imprisonment is your own seeking, as it is only in consequence of your obstinately refusing to give this Security.
But you say for yourselves, that you have a Call from GOD to preach, and deny that your Doctrines or Practices are hurtful to Society. As to your Call, produce your Credentials; and, I will engage for the Court, they shall not be opposed.
Those Prophets and Apostles whom you pretend to imitate gave Proofs of their divine Mission in the Miracles they wrought, which could only be performed by the Power of GOD. Of this Kind you give us none. Have we Reason to expect, and therefore from Probability to believe, any such Calls? We are told that false Prophets will come, but no Hint given that we are to look for any true Ones.
And for what should you be called? Have you a new Redeemer to preach, or a new Revelation of GOD's Will to make to the World? You do not pretend it, but only that you are to preach that Saviour, and explain those Scriptures, with which the World have been acquainted for upwards of seventeen Hundred Years. Can you pretend to be better acquainted with them than others of as good Opportunities, having them in their Houses, and who will probably read them with cooler Heads, and be less liable to Error? Can you be so well able to expound them as those Teachers provided by the State, who have Educations suited to such a Work, and have no Interest in deceiving us, and therefore we cannot suspect them of such an Inclination?
You have no Evidence of the Call then but your bare Words, which this Court cannot take as Evidence, of which a few Instances of the Inconveniences must satisfy you: A Debtor may pretend an invisible Prohibition against paying his Debts; must we therefore not give Judgment against him? Offenders of every Kind may attempt to screen themselves by the same Pretence; and should one of these do Violence to your Persons or Properties, and endeavour to evade Justice by such a Pretence, you would no Doubt expect the Court to disregard them, as they undoubtedly would do, and must, upon the same Ground, reject your Plea of a divine Call, for which you have no Evidence, and proceed as the Law directs us, in which we adopt a Piece of Advice I would recommend to
you, and those who may incline to follow you, "Beloved, believe not every Spirit, but try them whether they be of GOD, since many false Prophets are gone out into the World."
But you say you do no Harm. Let us try the Tree by its Fruits, and see if you are not mistaken in this Point. Do you not denounce eternal Punishment upon all who die unconverted? What do you mean hereby Conversion? Not from Idolatry, or Paganism, to Christianity. Those you apply to are already, or pretend to be, Christians: I own I can fix no Meaning to this Term, as you use it, but their forsaking the established Church and becoming of your Opinion. Here then you impiously wrest the Power of Judgment from him to whom it belongeth, and condemn Man for only differing in Opinion from you. By this Means you terrify and frighten many honest, and, I will add, pious Men, to forsake their Church and the cheerful innocent Society of their Friends and Families, and turn sour, gloomy, severe, and censorious to all about them. Wives are drawn from their Husbands, Children from their Parents, and Slaves from the Obedience of their Masters. Thus the very Heartstrings of those little Societies which form the greater are torn in sunder, and all their Peace destroyed.
And what is the Good you pretend to give us in Exchange for all this Mischief? Why, you and your Followers, Pharisee like, appear unto Men to pray and be more righteous than your Neighbours; but, in Reality, have only exchanged orderly, pure, and rational Worship, for Noise and Confusion.
As by the former Doctrines you frighten People into your Sect, so you encourage them by another equally destructive to Society, that is, "that after Conversion a Man cannot sin unto Death;" by which you take off all religious Restraints from Men of abandoned Principles, who, having been once dipped in your happy Waters, are let loose to commit upon us Murders, and every Species of Injury, when they can do it secretly so as to avoid temporal Punishment.
These may serve as a few of the many Instances in which your Doctrines and Practices tend to disturb, if not to sap, the very Foundations of Society, and will fully justify the Proceeding against you. Indeed your publick Preaching at all as Dissenters subjects you to worse Punishment by the common Law than we have attempted, unless it be true that you are exempted and justified by the Act of Toleration, which you claim the Benefit of; and I am one among the few Lawyers in the Country who think you are entitled to all the Benefit of that Act, provided you comply with the Terms of it. I will endeavour to state that Matter faithfully to you. It was in the Reign of Edward VI. that the Book of Common Prayer and Church Liturgy was established, and an Act passed for Conformity to it; but as it was abolished by his Popish Successor Queen Mary, we date our religious Establishment from a Statute made the 1st of Elizabeth, Chapter 2d.
By that Statute, "the Book of Common Prayer and Church Liturgy was to be used in all Places of Worship; and every Person was to resort to his Parish Church every Sunday and Holiday, under the Penalty of twelve-pence, and Church Censures."
By the 23d of Elizabeth, Chapter 1st, "the Penalty is increased to twenty Pounds a Month for not going to Church; and the Non-Conformist may be continued bound to his good Behaviour from Time to Time, in the Penalty of two Hundred Pounds."
By the 28th of Elizabeth, Chapter 6th, and the 3d of James, Chapter 4th, "an Offender convicted for the Penalty of twenty Pounds a Month for not going to Church shall from thenceforth pay twenty Pounds a Month, until he conforms by coming to Church; and the King is empowered to seize two Thirds of his Lands, and Goods, in Satisfaction."
By the 31st of Elizabeth, Chapter 1st, "obstinate Non-Conformists were compellable to abjure the Realm, and subjected to other Penalties."
And in the 17th and 22d of Charles II. were Statutes still more severe against Dissenters; who had some Time before, under the Mask of Religion, brought their King to the Block, and overturned the Constitution.
Thus stood the Law when the Statute was made commonly called "The Act of Toleration;" and from that Title is supposed to be an universal Indulgence to Men to be of what Religion, or to practise what Mode of Religion, their Whims may suggest,

and to make Converts to their Visions, running to and fro and uttering them, and disturbing Society as much as they please. But this will appear to be a Mistake: That Statute, the 1st of William and Mary , Chapter 18th, is entitled "An Act for exempting their Majesty's Subjects, dissenting from the Church of England, from the Penalties of certain Laws;" and enacts, "that all Dissenters shall be exempted from the Penalties of the several Statutes before mentioned, and all others about Religion, provided they take the Oaths to Government, and make a Declaration against Transubstantiation, the Invocation of Saints, and the Sacrifice of the Mass, and come to some Congregation for religious Worship, in a Place registered in the Bishop's Court or Quarter Sessions, the Doors whereof shall not be locked, barred, or bolted."
"Teachers are to be qualified by taking the Oaths to Government, making the same Declaration, and subscribing Part of the thirty nine Articles. Quakers allowed to make a Declaration of Fidelity, &c. instead of the Oaths."
By an Act of Assembly, made in 1705, "if any Person shall absent himself from Church one Month (excepted as is excepted in an Act of Parliament, &c. and so gives the Title of the Act of Toleration) they shall be fined, &c."
This appears to me to enforce that Act here, and entitles Dissenters to the Benefit of it; but then they are to consider that Act as an Exemption only upon Condition: You must perform the Condition before you can claim the Exemption; that is, among other Qualifications, you must preach and assemble at registered or licenced Houses only.
Those Gentlemen who think the Toleration Act not in Force here found their Opinion upon our having no Bishop, Deacon, Archdeacon, or Quarter Sessions, to receive the Qualifications and do the other Things required by the Act; but this I think no Objection, the Legislature having adopted the Act in general, and not pointed out the particular Power to execute the Law: It belongs to the General Court, as the Supreme Court of Justice here, and having Jurisdiction over all Persons and in all Causes, and to them only, to receive your Qualifications and license your Houses, until the Legislature shall direct another Mode.
The General Court have exercised this Power; and while none but qualified Teachers assume that Office, and they meet only at licenced Houses, you will meet with Protection, and not Interruption, from Magistracy here; but as often as you break those Limits, and every One undertakes to preach every Where, you may expect to be proceeded against as the Law directs, and can derive no Advantage from the Act of Toleration.
You complain of not having Houses enough licenced; of that it is not our Province to judge. Not having Jurisdiction given us by Law, you must apply again to the General Court; if you think they are not liberal enough, you must represent it to the Legislature, and not make yourselves your own Judges of what is fit to be done.
I have thus endeavoured to lay before you a View of the whole Law on the Subject, and am desirous you shall call on the Gentlemen of the Bar to say whether my Exposition is just and sound. We are ready also to hear you, and will then determine whether you can be discharged without giving Security for your good Behaviour, according to a former Order.
USES of the LOOKING GLASS.
THE Looking Glasses which our Age abuses for the Purposes of Luxu, and by which the Ladies study the most pleasing Forms of Beauty, whilst they comb and adorn their Heads before them, paint their Cheeks, and pencil their Eyebrows, the Industry of intelligent Nature has projected for a Use; that is, that we may assiduously contemplate the Dignity of the human Frame, and the Excellency of the Workmanship. Plato gives good Advice to Drunkards, and those addicted to Anger, when he bids them consult their Looking Glass, and make remarks on their horrid Aspect. Socrates, from the same, reads a Lesson of sound Morality to the Youth of both Sexes: That, if of fine bodily Shape, and comely Aspect, they must be careful not to contaminate these Endowments with Vice, and, on the contrary, if Deformity should make them unseemly in Stature, or otherwise, they should endeavour to make themselves Amends by the Improvement of their Minds and Purity of their Morals.
Looking Glasses were therefore invented, as Seneca says, that Man should know himself. By them many have come to a Knowledge of themselves, and a Method of ordering their Lives: The Handsome, to avoid Infamy; the Deformed, to redeem bodily Defects by Virtues; the Young, to be admonished that Beauty decays with Age, and that an Acquisition is to be made of Goodness which old Age rather increases than diminishes; the wrinkled old Man and Woman, that, relinquishing the Blandishments of the Flesh, they may think of approaching Death, for indeed Nature may obtain the Faculty from the Looking Glass of viewing and contemplating herself, by inspecting the Countenance, the Eyebrows, and the Face, which are Indexes to many Things; she may make Business for a Multiplicity of Self Consideration, and so explore her Propensities. Thus we shall become the Physiognomists and Inspectors of our own Body, observing and remedying our Vices, if there be any pointed out as such to us by external Habits.
HASTY PUDDING, a Cure for the Quinsey.
DOCTOR Radcliffe was remarkable for a sudden Thought in extraordinary Cases. He was once sent for, into the Country, to a Gentleman who was dangerously ill of the Quinsey; and the Doctor soon perceived that no Application, either internal or external, would be of any Service. Upon which he desires the Lady of the House to order her Cook to make a large Hasty Pudding, and, when it was done, to let his own Servant bring it up. While the Cook was about it, he takes his Man aside, and instructs him what he was to do. By and by his Man brings up the Pudding, in great Order, and sets it upon the Table, in full View of the Patient. Come, John, said he, you love Hasty Pudding, eat some along with me, for I believe you came out without your Breakfast. Both fall too with their Spoons; but John's Spoon going twice to his Mouth to his Master's once, the Doctor takes Occasion to quarrel with him, and dabs a Spoonful of hot Pudding in his Face. John resents it, and throws another at his Master. This puts the Doctor in a Passion, who, quitting his Spoon, takes it up by Handfuls, and throws at his Man; who, in Return, battles him again in the same Manner, till they were all over both of them in the most woful Condition. The Patient, who had a full View of the Skirmish, was so tickled at the Fancy that he burst into a violent Fit of Laughter, which broke the Quinsey, and cured him.
Directions for the CONDUCT of LIFE.
FIXED in deep Meditation on the Condition of human Life, I lost myself in a pleasing Illusion, and glided imperceptibly into the visionary Region of Sleep. I seemed to be transported to a spacious Plain, where I viewed with Admiration the Beauties of Nature. The Swains watched over their fleecy Charge with Tenderness and Alacrity, beginning the Gloom of Solitude with their Pipes. The Lustre of the Sun diffused an universal Smile, and I breathed the Fragrance of Paradise. In this agreeable Situation I saw at a Distance a venerable Personage, at whose nearer Approach I was struck with silent Awe. His piercing Eye seemed to penetrate mine inmost Soul, his Countenance was furrowed by the Wrinkles of Age, and his Head brightened with silver Hairs; an elegant Vest adorned his Body, and his whole Deportment commanded Reverence. He soon relieved me from my Anxiety, and with a kind Aspect accosted me in these Terms: "My Friend, whither are you wandering without a Guide and Companion, exposed to the Assaults of Rapine and Artifices of Fraud?" To which I answered, "Venerable Sage, I am entirely unexperienced in the Ways of Men, and have not long trod the Path of Life. Unbiased by Prejudice, I am susceptible of any Impression. Duly sensible of the Want of Assistance, I should esteem it a singular Favour to receive the Benefit of your Admonitions. You are leaving that Theatre into which I am entering, and are able to direct me to a proper Choice of the Part which I am to act."
He then replied, with a Look of Complacency, "I applaud your Modesty and Diffidence, and will assume, with the most Heart-felt Satisfaction, the Office of a Preceptor." He thus began his solemn Harangue: "The ultimate End of human Industry is Happiness. From the sceptered Monarch, to the ruffick Peasant, all are in Pursuit of it. In this Pursuit they all agree, however they may differ in the Means of Attainment. I have surveyed every Scene of Life, and experienced every Vicissitude of Fortune, and at length find that true Happiness is not the Lot of Man. There are indeed some Intervals of Rest scattered round every Station, but there is Nothing that deserves the Name of Happiness; a Word which heaves the fruitless Sigh in every Breast. Every Moment this Globe hastens to its Dissolution, when a new State of Things will be exhibited; then will the Mystery of Nature be revealed, and the Dispensations of Providence justified; then will our future Fate be determined by our present Conduct, and the Actions of this World extend their Influence to the next: Therefore we should not center our Hopes in this transitory Life, but endeavour, by a Discharge of the Duties we owe to the Supreme Being, our Fellow Creatures, and ourselves, to secure hereafter a Station in the universal System which may adequately satiate the Desires of the Soul. It should be our constant Care to pass through Life with Innocence, with Gratitude for the Good, and Resignation to the Evil. In the Choice of your Station, I advise you to consider your Circumstances, and the Disposition of your Mind; for Men are generally formed by Nature with an Attachment to some particular Pursuit, and great Part of the Confusion that is in the World arises from those who possess Places, for which they have neither Ability nor Inclination. It should be the Business of Parents to study the Genius of their Children, and not predestinate them, as it were, to Employments that they will never be able to manage. Beware of external Appearances, lest, emerging from the Shade of Obscurity, you should be dazzled with artificial Splendour, and rendered incapable of seeing Things in their real Forms. The Wisdom of the Serpent must be mixed with the Innocence of the Dove; for a selfish Spirit animates the Mass of Mankind, and destroys the noble Principle of disinterested Generosity. Life is a Masquerade, where a fictitious Character is frequently assumed: Be not content with a superficial Survey of the human Race, but examine
them behind the Scene, as well as in the open Theatre. The Purposes of Society require a mutual Intercourse of good Offices: Cultivate, therefore, universal Benevolence; yet intrust to few the Secrets of your Bosom, and diligently explore his Heart to whom you intend to yield your own. A faithful Friend is a precious Jewel, and a strong Tower of Defence. Your Mind at present is contracted within a narrow Circle, but the Study of Men will expand its Faculties, and teach you to regard yourself as a Citizen of the World. Assert your native Liberty, and be not a Slave to any Sect or Party. Let your Principles of Religion be worthy of God, and beneficial to Man. Let your Ideas of Government be consistent with the Rights of Mankind. Constantly revere the Oracle of Conscience, and support the Dignity of your Soul." He then took a solemn Farewel, and a sudden Noise dissipated the Delusion of my Senses.
ACADEMICUS.
M. de Voltaire on Physicians. From his Questions concerning the Encyclopedie.
PHYSICIANS live in great Cities; there are few of them in the Country. The Reason of this is obvious: In great Cities, there are rich Patients; and among those, Debouchees, the Pleasures of the Table, and the Gratifications of the Passions, give Rise to a Variety of Diseases. Dumoulin, the Physician, observed, at his Death, that he left behind him two great Physicians, Regimen and River Water .
I knew at London a Physician of the Name of Brown, who had practised in Barbadoes. He had a Sugar Work, and Negroes; and having been robbed of a considerable Sum, he called together his Slaves: My Friends (said he) the great Serpent appeared to me during the Night, and told me that the Person who stole my Money should, at this Instant, have a Parrot's Feather at the Point of his Nose. The Thief immediately put his Hand to his Nose. It is you, (cried the Master) that robbed me; the great Serpent just now told me so! By this Method the Physician recovered his Money. This Piece of Quackery is not to be condemned; but, in Order to practise it, one must have to do with Negroes.
A N E C D O T E S.
THE late King of Prussia used to dress in so plain a Manner that, when he travelled about his States, such of his Subjects as did not know him treated him with no other Respect than they would an ordinary Man. Once, as he was riding about Berlin, without Attendants, and very plainly clad, he perceived a young Woman digging in the Fields, of a gigantick Stature, being near seven Feet high. It is well known that the King had a particular Predilection for tall Men; and as his greatest Passion lay that Way, he spared no Expense to procure them from all Parts of Europe, for forming, as he did, his Regiments of Giants and Grenadiers out of them. At Sight of this tall Woman, he imagined that a Couple of the Kind must produce very large Children. He dismounted, and, coming up to the Peasant, entered into Conversation with her, and was overjoyed to hear that she was but nineteen Years old, still a Virgin, and that her Father was a Shoemaker. Hereupon he sat down and wrote the following Note to the Colonel of his Guards:
"You are to marry the Bearer of this Note to the tallest of my Grenadiers. Take Care that the Ceremony be performed immediately, and in your Presence. You must be responsible to me for the Execution of this Order. It is absolute, and the least Delay will make you criminal in my Sight."
The King gave this Letter to the young Woman, without informing her of its Contents, and ordered her to deliver it punctually according to the Directions, and not to fail, as it was on an Affair of great Consequence; he afterwards made her a handsome Present, and continued his Route.
The young Woman, who had not the least Imagination that it was the King that spoke to her, believing it was indifferent whether the Letter was delivered by another, so it came safe to Hand, made a Bargain with an old Woman, whom she charged with the Commission, laying an express Injunction on her to say that she had it from a Man of such a Garb and Mein. The old Woman faithfully executed her Message. The Colonel, surprised at the Contents of the Letter, could not reconcile them with the Age and Figure of the Bearer, yet, the Order being peremptory, he thought he could not, without Danger, recede from obeying, and fancied that his Master wanted to punish the Soldier for some Misdemeanor by matching him in so disagreeable a Manner. In short, the Marriage was celebrated before him, to the great Regret of the Grenadier; whilst the old Woman, exulting with Joy, assumed an Air of the highest Satisfaction.
Some Time after, the King, on his Return to Berlin, was eager to see the Couple he had ordered to be married. When presented to him, he fell into a very desperate Passion. The Colonel in vain endeavoured to justify himself, and the King was implacable till the old Woman confessed the Truth, finishing her Tale by raising her Eyes to Heaven, and thanking Providence for conferring on her a Benefit the more signal and acceptable to her as unexpected.
AT the Close of an Election at Lewes, the late Duke of Newcastle was so delighted with the Conduct of a casting Voter that he almost fell upon his Neck and kissed him. "My dear Friend, I love you dearly!

You are the greatest Man in the World! I long to serve you! What can I do for you?" "May it please your Grace, an Exciseman of this Town is very old. I would beg leave to succeed him as soon as he shall die. "Aye, that you shall, with all my Heart. I will, for your Sake, he were dead and buried now! As soon as he is, set out to me, my dear Friend! Be it Night or Day, insist upon seeing me, sleeping or waking. If I am not at Claremont, come to Lincoln's Inn Fields; if I am not at Lincoln's Inn Fields, come to Court; if I am not at Court, never rest till you find me; not the Sanctum Sanctorum, or any Place, shall be kept sacred from such a dear, worthy, good Soul as you are. Nay, I will give Orders for you to be admitted though the King and I were talking Secrets together in the Cabinet." The Voter swallowed every Thing with Ecstasy; and, scraping down to the very Ground, retired to wait in Faith for the Death of the Exciseman. The former took his Leave of this wicked World in the following Winter. As soon as ever the Duke's Friend was apprised of it he set off for London, and reached Lincoln's Inn Fields by about two o'Clock in the Morning. The King of Spain had, about this Time, been seized by a Disorder which some of the English had been induced to believe, from particular Expresses, he could not possibly survive. Amongst these, the noble Duke was the most credulous, and probably the most anxious. On the very first Moment of receiving his Intelligence he had despatched Couriers to Madrid, who were commanded to return with unusual Haste as soon as ever the Death of his Catholick Majesty should have been announced. Ignorant of the Hour in which they might arrive, and impatient of the Fate of every Hour, the Duke would not retire to his Rest till he had given the strictest Orders to his Attendants to send any Person to his Chamber who should desire Admittance. When the Voter asked if he was at home, he was answered by the Porter, "Yes; his Grace has been in Bed some Time, but we were directed to awaken him as soon as ever you came." "Ah, God bless him! I know that the Duke always told me I should be welcome by Night or by Day. Pray show me up." The happy Visitor was scarcely conducted to the Door when he rushed into the Room, and in the Transport of his Joy cried out, "My Lord, he's dead." "That is well, my dear Friend; I am glad of it, with all my Soul. When did he die?" "The Morning before last, and please your Grace." "What! so lately? Why, my worthy good Creature, you must have flown. The Lightning itself could not travel Half so fast as you. Tell me, you best of Men, how I shall reward you?" "All I wish for in this World is that your Grace would please to remember your kind Promise, and appoint me to succeed him." "You, you Blockhead! you King of Spain! What Family Pretensions can you have? Let us look at you." By this Time the astonished Duke threw back the Curtains and recollected the Face of his electioneering Friend, but it was seen with Rage and Disappointment. To have robbed him of his Rest might easily have been forgiven, but to have fed him with a groundless Supposition that the King of Spain was dead became a Matter of Resentment. He was at first dismissed, with all the Violence of Anger and Refusal. At length the Victim of his Passion became an Object of his Mirth, and when he felt the Ridicule that marked the Incident he raised the Candidate for Monarchy into a Post which, from the Colour of the present Times, may seem at least as honourable, he made him an Exciseman.
CHARLES HULET, a famous English Comedian, had been placed out Apprentice to a Bookseller. By reading Play Books in the Shop he acquired a Taste for acting learned Parts, and repeated them in the Evening, when the Business of the Day was over. But this, his Amusement, often proceeded to the Destruction of some Chairs he had placed in different Positions to represent the Persons of the Drama. One Night, assuming the Character of Alexander, he took a great Chair to represent Clytus; and, coming to the Passage where the young Monarch kills the old General, he gave the Chair so violent a Rap with a Cudgel, that served him as Javelin, that the poor Representative of Clytus was dashed to Pieces, not without making a great Noise. The Bookseller, his Wife, and Servants, astonished by the Racket, ran out to know the Cause of it; and Hulet told them, with great Composure, "that they need not be frightened, it was nothing more than Alexander's having just killed Clytus."
IT seems that our University Education, by being over-much conversant with classical Learning, makes many of our Literati very awkward when obliged to appear in polite Assemblies. The famous Bentley is a Proof of this. In a Journey he took to France, he went to see the Countesses of Ferrers, then on a Party of Pleasure at Paris. He found with her so much Company that he was quite embarrassed how to behave, what to say, or what Countenance to show. Tired of this painful Situation, which he could not help feeling, he withdrew as awkwardly as he entered. So soon as he was gone, the Countesses was asked who that Man was they all thought so ridiculous, and on whom every One had Something to say and to remark. "He is so learned a Man (replied the Countesses) that he can tell you in Greek and Hebrew what a Chair is, but does not know how to sit on one."
ONCE, in a polite Circle at Lady Betty Germaine's, Dean Swift, in his usual Strain of Irony, giving broad Hints of the great Progress of Incredulity at Court. "Yes, Doctor (said a Lady to him) and what think you of a Society, that I know Something of (giving him broad Hints of the highest Class of the dignified Clergy) in which those that believe there is a God now only whisper it into each other's Ear!" "They must be sad Folks (cried out Lady Betty Germaine) for I always thought it was no Secret."
WILLIAMSBURG, February 20.
THE Justitia, Gillies, with Transports (among them John Eyre, Esquire) is arrived in Rappahannock, and the Watt, Boulsey, from Liverpool, in James River.
The Virginia, Robertson, in the Interest of John Norton, Esquire, and Son, is arrived safe in the Downs.
It is feared that the Planter, Cawsey, from James River bound to Bristol, is lost; as there were no Accounts of her the Middle of December last in England, and she left the Capes about the 17th of September.
The Gentlemen who propose encouraging the WILLIAMSBURG CANAL are hereby notified that the Subscription Paper is lodged at the Post Office, which now amounts to very near five Thousand Pounds.
Mr. PURDIE, S I R, YOU are desired to give the underwritten Lines a Place in your impartial and useful Gazette; and if the Gentlemen Representatives (after all that has passed of late Years) should hereafter think fit to call the College Trustees to Account about the Funds (which is only a Trust Estate, and the best of any on the Continent) probably it may turn out an useful Inquiry, and make them more cautious. And so, Sir, a Hint in your Prints cannot be amiss, as a Remonstrance to some genuine Patriots; for Pseudo-Patriots are plenty in Truth, alas! too numerous. I am your real Friend, and Subscriber, PHILANTHROPOS AMERICANUS.
LET Camm and Henley drop an angry Pen, Discord forbear,—Oh! turn out loving Men, Write gently, without too much Gall in Ink, Blessed Calvin did calmly write and think. A House divided 'gainst Self must decline, Then all Strife abhor, and in Peace combine. Let Christian brotherly Love abound, Nor talk of Pistols in that College Ground; In Tutors let good Example be found. Clamor e tenebris be Camm's Motto, Whether he writes in pleno or in petto. Learned Institutions are in vain, Where Churchmen the most sacred Rules profane. All, all, all, praise Visitors and Visited, How well all Schools are taught, all Youth well bred.
Advertisements.
A SINGLE WOMAN that has been used to take Care of Children, and can bring with her a good Recommendation, may hear of a Place by applying to the Printer.
E. ARMSTON (or perhaps better known by the Name of GARDNER) continues the School at Point Pleasant, Norfolk Borough, where is a large and convenient House proper to accommodate young Ladies as Boarders; at which School is taught Petit Point in Flowers, Fruit, Landscapes, and Sculpture, Nuns Work, Embroidery in Silk, Gold, Silver, Pearls, or embossed, Shading of all Kinds, in the various Works in Vogue, Dresden Point Work, Lace Ditto, Catgut in different Modes, flourishing Muslin, after the newest Taste, and most elegant Pattern, Waxwork in Figure, Fruit, or Flowers, Shell Ditto, or grotesque, Painting in Water Colours and Mezzotinto; also the Art of taking off Foilage, with several other Embellishments necessary for the Amusement of Persons of Fortune who have Taste. Specimens of the Subscriber's Work may be seen at her House, as also of her Scholars; having taught several Years in Norfolk, and else where, to general Satisfaction. She flatters herself that those Gentlemen and Ladies who have hitherto employed her will grant her their farther Indulgence, as no Endeavours shall be wanting to complete what is above mentioned, with a strict Attention to the Behaviour of those Ladies intrusted to her Care. Reading will be her peculiar Care; Writing and Arithmetick will be taught by a Master properly qualified; and, if desired, will engage Proficients in Musick and Dancing.
To the PUBLICK.
WHEREAS the Subscriber has actually erected a Mill, in full Size, to be worked by Water, for threshing Wheat, or other Grain, on which, at present, there can be no Experiment made for Want of a proper Quantity of Grain in the Straw; and as some Person, in the mean Time, may deprive him of the Benefit of this Invention, by copying his Model, he is therefore induced, by this timely Notice, to inform those few Gentlemen who were Subscribers to his Proposals, and all others who choose to encourage this Undertaking, that he intends, as soon as possible, to have the said Mill proved by a fair Trial, an impartial Detail of which shall be published in this Gazette, with the Observations of those Gentlemen, who will see the Experiment made, relative to every Convenience, and Inconvenience, attending the Machine.
The Subscriber will engage fifty Bushels of Grain to be beat out of the Straw in twelve Hours, with only three Hands to attend the Mill; and, on proper Encouragement, will warrant double that Quantity in the same Time. Should his Expectations be answered, Models of the Machine, to be worked by Hands or Horses, may be had, on easy Terms, for the Use of those who have no Streams of Water convenient.
It is hoped this Attempt will escape (at least till a fair Trial) the ungenerous Remarks of those who want publick Spirit themselves, and too often discourage it in others; as the Farmers of this Colony greatly want Something of this Sort, and can never have Experiments made on better Terms than are here proposed.
Persons of generous Sentiments will doubtless think it laudable to promote any Scheme apparently intended for publick Good, when Success is warranted by the Undertaker, although it may appear to them chimerical. With Zeal to serve the Publick, I am, NEW KENT, } Their humble Servant, FEBRUARY 15. } WILLIAM MASSIE.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 20, 1772. I INTEND to leave this Colony immediately. GEORGE MEARS.
To be SOLD, to the highest Bidder, for ready Money, before Mr. Moreland's Door, at Cabin Point, in Surry County, on Thursday the 12th Day of March next.
THE Schooner POLLY, Burthen about sixty Tons, with all her Rigging, Tackle, and Apparel; also eleven very likely NEGROES, consisting chiefly of Men, among whom are Ship-Carpenters, Blacksmiths, and Sailors, being Part of the Estate of Archibald Dunlop, taken to satisfy a Judgment and Execution obtained against him by Messieurs Wilson and McSween. ETHELDRED GRAY, Sheriff.
* A SLOOP to be sold at the above mentioned Time and Place.
Just published, and to be sold at the Post Office, Price 1s 3d.
LETTER TO THE CLERGY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, OCCASIONED BY An ADDRESS TO THE EPISCOPALIANS IN VIRGINIA.
By the REVEREND THOMAS GWATKIN, PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICKS, AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, IN WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
I' the Progress of this Business, Ere a determinate Resolution, He (I mean the Bishop) did require a Respite. SHAKESPEARE. but now the Bishop Turns Insurrection to Religion. IBID. Who art Thou that judgest another Man's Servant? To his own Master he standeth or falleth. ST. PAUL.
TAKEN away from off Todd's Marshes, a GRAPLIN about two Hundred Weight, with a Cable about fifty Fathoms long, and seven Inches thick. It was slipped and left there in the Gale of Wind of the 26th of January last, with a large Skip for a Slip Buoy. Whoever conveys the same to me, at York Town, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS for his Trouble. THOMAS LILLY.
THE Badness of the Weather having prevented any Person from attending the Sale of Mr. Benjamin Grymes's Estate, on Monday the 3d Instant (February) this is to give Notice that on Monday the 9th of March (if fair, otherwise next fair Day) will be sold, at the Place where the said Grymes lived, about six Miles from Fredericksburg, on Credit till the 25th of April 1773, upwards of ONE HUNDRED SLAVES, mostly young Men and Women, amongst whom are several good Forgemens, a very good Furnace Keeper, several Watermen, Coilers, and Carters; about fifty HORSES and OXEN, several WAGGONS, CARTS, &c. sundry HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and BOOKS, a BRIG and SCHOONER about a Hundred Tons Burthen each, which the Subscriber will agree for at any Time between this and the Day of Sale; also a TRACT OF LAND, containing two Thousand Acres, lying near Lewis's Bridge, in Spotsylvania, which will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchasers. The Purchasers must give Bond and Security to the Trustees of Mr. Benjamin Grymes, who will attend the Sale, and make a good Title. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money; and all Bonds not discharged in the Time of the April General Court, 1773, to bear Interest from their Dates. ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior, AGENT to the TRUSTEES.
ON Monday the 2d of March, being Henrico Court Day, will be sold, at Richmond Town, the Remainder of the damaged TOBACCO saved in the Fire at Byrd's and Stocke Warehouses.
To be SOLD, A TRACT OF LAND, in Prince Edward, containing two Thousand Acres of good Tobacco Land, on Snail's Creek, about sixty Miles from Petersburg, and convenient to the Courthouse, Church, and Mill. Also another Tract of LAND, in Amelia, containing eight Hundred Acres, fit for Tobacco, Corn, or Wheat; it lies on Nottoway Creek, about twenty Miles from Petersburg, and on the main Road to that Place. The Terms may be known by applying to me, in Amelia. WILLIAM WATSON.
To be SOLD, for ready Money, on Monday the 13th of April, altogether, or in Parcels, FOUR Thousand Acres of exceeding good Corn and Tobacco LAND, lying on the Rivers Rappahannock and Pianketank, in the County of Middlesex. It will be shown by Benjamin Hackney and Benjamin Herrin. And on the 20th, being the following Monday, will be sold, for ready Money, at Urbanna, eighty four NEGROES, among whom are Carpenters, Coopers, Wheelwrights, and all Kinds of House Servants. The above may be sold privately, before the Day of Sale, by applying to me, at Wilson. WILLIAM CHURCHILL.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 16th of March, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, being Court Day, TWELVE likely Virginia born SLAVES. Credit will be allowed until December next, the Purchasers giving Bond, with good Security. I will take Tobacco, passed at any of the upper Warehouses, at the Market Price. WILLIAM DABNEY.
To be SOLD, at York Town, on Wednesday the 26th Instant (February) THE personal Estate of the late Armistead Lightfoot, Esquire, consisting of a great Variety of very good HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, PLATE, BOOKS, and many other Things; also four SLAVES. Six Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above twenty Shillings, on giving Bond, with approved Security, to the Sheriff of York County. At the same Time some Things attached for Levies, &c. will be sold for ready Money. WILLIAM MITCHELL, Sub Sheriff. N. B. The Sale to begin at ten o'Clock, and continue that, and the following Days, till all is sold.
YORK Town, February 13, 1772. RUN away from my Plantation, in Warwick County, a Negro named WILL, commonly called WILL BUTE, a very likely Fellow, of the middle Stature, about seventeen or eighteen Years of Age, with large full Eyes, and a Scar under his right Eye. He has behaved himself remarkably well till lately, having been punished by the Overseer for some Misconduct. He had on a light coloured Fearnought Waistcoat, with Metal Buttons, and told some of the People that he should go to Mr. William Tabb, of Bute County, North Carolina, the Place from whence he came. I will give, to any Person that will deliver him to me, FORTY SHILLINGS if taken in this Colony, and FIVE POUNDS if out thereof. ALLEN JONES.
ISLE of WIGHT County, February 18, 1772. ROBERT SMELT having advertised that there is a Dispute about the Title of two Negroes (a Boy and a Girl) which he purchased of me about eight Years ago, which Claim I am conscious is groundless, I hereby call upon Mr. Smelt for the Name of the Person who sets it up, that I may learn from him what Right he has for so doing, and satisfy Mr. Smelt that his Apprehensions are causeless of suffering in the Purchase he made from Andrew Mackie.
SPOTSYLVANIA, February 11, 1772. RUN away from Mr. Doncajle's Ordinary, the first of November last, a likely Negro Boy named TOBY, about seventeen Years old, a thick, strong, well made Negro, has lost one of his fore Teeth, is very sprightly, and seldom at a Loss for Words to make out a plausible Tale. He had on, when he went away, a Kersey Coat, and green Cotton Waistcoat and Breeches. Whoever delivers him to me, between this and the 9th of March, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward. ANTHONY THORNTON, Junior.

POETS CORNER.
POETRY and POETRY.
'T WAS sung of old, how one Amphion Could, by his Verses, tame a Lion, And, by his strange enchanting Tunes, Make Bears and Wolves dance Rigadoons;
HALIFAX (NORTH CAROLINA) February 1, 1772. THOSE who have any Connexions with this Province will take Notice that, by a Clause in the Act of Assembly passed at Newbern the 23d Day of December last, for emitting Debenture Bills to the Amount of sixty Thousand Pounds Proclamation Standard, every Bill of that Emission which shall have Paper, or any other Thing whatever, pasted, glued, or sealed, on the Back thereof, is declared to be thereby rendered of no Value, and not redeemable at the Publick Treasury.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a red and white COW YEARLING about three Years old, marked with a Crop and Hole in the right Ear, and a Crop in the left. Posted, and appraised to twenty five Shillings.
NORTHUMBERLAND, February 7, 1772. SOME of the Creditors of Mr. John Smith, late of Northumberland, being of Opinion that sufficient Notice was not given of the Sale of his mortgaged Slaves, on the 20th of last Month, and in Order to obviate this Objection, and satisfy every Person concerned, the aforesaid Sale is set aside, but the same Slaves will be exposed at publick Auction again, and proper Notice given of the Time and Place in this Gazette.
NORFOLK, February 13, 1772. AS I intend for England in a short Time, for the Recovery of my Health, and being desirous, before my Departure, to have my Affairs settled, I hereby desire all Persons to whom I am indebted to apply for Payment, and those who have Accounts on my Books to settle them, by Bond or otherwise, between this and the first of April next.
PETERSBURG, February 12, 1772. I INTEND to leave the COLONY soon.
For SALE, An exceeding valuable Tract of old patented LAND, containing twelve Hundred and eighty Acres (though we are of Opinion there are two Thousand Acres within the Bounds) agreeably situated on Caby River, where the Bridge crosses, in Bertie County, North Carolina, with a Plantation cleared on the said Land, whereon stands the Courthouse, Prison, and a commodious large new Ordinary, with other convenient Houses belonging thereto; also, at a convenient Distance from the Ordinary and Courthouse, stands a new private Dwellinghouse, with necessary Outhouses, and a new Apple and Peach Orchard on the Premises.
For SALE, TWO Thousand two Hundred Acres of LAND, on Mattaponi River, seven Miles from Aylett's Warehouse, on which is a large new Dwellinghouse, with convenient Outhouses, a good Garden, Orchards &c. For Terms apply to
STOLEN out of my Pasture, on the 15th of January, a dark roan HORSE about four Feet seven inches high, ten Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, his Face and hind Legs white, is a natural Pacer, and goes very well; not branded that I remember. Whoever conveys the said Horse to me, at Stewart's Shop, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward.
STRAYED, on the 1st of October last, from Thomas Parker's, in Northampton County, North Carolina, a light sorrel HORSE four Years old, four Feet eight inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a Star on his Forehead, not branded. Whoever conveys the said Horse to Mr. Richard Kelle, in Southampton, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS; to Mr. Benjamin Crocker, in Suffolk, FIFTY SHILLINGS; or to me, in Norfolk, THREE POUNDS Reward.
STOLEN from the Falls Plantation, on the 17th of January, a sorrel HORSE about four Feet ten inches high, with a Switch Tail and hanging Mane, paces slow, but no Brand that can be remembered. He has been used to Work, and is rubbed with the Harness. Whoever will give such Intelligence that I may get him again shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a bright bay MARE about four Years old, four Feet six inches high, branded on the near Shoulder with a large Block C, and on the Buttock, with a small Star in her Forehead, both Shoulders have been rubbed with Geers, and had on a Bell, tied with a small Leather Strap. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds.
TAKEN up, in Charlotte, a small black HORSE with a small Snip in his Nose, and branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock S. Posted, and appraised to thirty Shillings.
WILLIAMSBURG, February 6, 1772. I BEG Leave to acquaint my former Customers, and the Publick in general, that I have just opened Tavern opposite to the Raleigh, at the Sign of The King's Arms, being the House lately occupied by Mr. John Carter, and shall be much obliged to the Gentlemen who favour me with their Company.
NANSEMOND, January 25, 1772. I am in Want of a good COOK, and would be glad to hire or purchase one. WANTED, on Charter for Port Glasgow, a VESSEL of about three Hundred and fifty Hogheads Burthen. For Terms, apply to the Subscribers.
RUN away from my Plantation, called New-Port News, on the 17th of January, a very likely Negro Fellow named Shrewsbury, about thirty Years of Age, has lost most of his fore Teeth, and had on a Cotton Waistcoat and Breeches, Plaid Stockings, and Negro Shoes. The Negroes upon the Plantation saw him go away with two Sailors; he can read, and I imagine will attempt to go out of the Country on Board a Vessel. I do hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from carrying him away, as they shall answer it at their Peril. Whoever brings the said Negro to me, in York County, shall have TEN POUNDS Reward if he is taken in this Colony, and TWENTY POUNDS if out thereof.
Six Thousand three Hundred Acres of LAND to be sold at Frederick Town, on Thursday the 28th of May next.
By Virtue of an Act of Assembly of the Province of Maryland, empowering the Executors of Colonel Thomas Calvert to grant Deeds to Mr. John Scoble, his Heirs or Assigns, for a certain Tract of LAND called Merryland, in Frederick County, and Province aforesaid, containing six Thousand three Hundred Acres, we the Subscribers, being Assigns of the said Scoble, and having received from the Executors of Colonel Calvert sufficient Deeds for the Land aforesaid, do hereby undertake to dispose of the same, at the Time and Place above mentioned. It is laid off in Lots, in the most advantageous Manner, so that only one of them will make one, two, or three good Settlements, as will appear by the Plat, a Copy of which may be seen at the Coffeehouses of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Annapolis, in the Hands of Cumberland Wilson at Dumfries, Adam Stewart at George Town, and Charles Beatty at Frederick Town, who will direct those desirous of seeing the Land to a Person acquainted with the Boundaries, on or near the Premises, who will show them the same; but as we intend to meet on the Spot ourselves, a few Days before the Sale, in Order to run the Lines, &c. those inclined to purchase will have an Opportunity of viewing it with us, by attending from Monday the 25th of May till the 28th, being the Day of Sale.
This Land is very suitable for Planting or Farming, being well watered and timbered, no Settlement having ever been made on it, and is a very good Soil. It lies along the Banks of Potomack River, adjoining it for a considerable Way, near to Harper's Ferry, the main Road from which to Frederick Town (a very flourishing, populous Place) runs through it, from which Place it is only distant about nine Miles, from George Town, the Seaport of the County, forty five Miles, and from Baltimore about sixty five, at each of which Places a constant and ready Market may be found for all Kinds of Produce. Its Situation on Potomack River must be of considerable Advantage to it, and in Time may add immensely to its Value, when the Navigation is opened, which may be done, without any great Difficulty, for a considerable Distance, there being at present a tolerable Navigation both below and above, it lying near the Shenandoah Falls, from whence, up to Fort Cumberland, a Hundred and ten Miles, Battoes now frequently pass, and downwards, to the Seneca Falls, twenty five Miles, which is within twenty Miles of George Town. It will be sold in separate Lots, or altogether, for Sterling or current Money, as may best suit the Purchasers; one Third to be paid down at the Sale, another Third payable in twelve Months, and the other in two Years, on giving Bond and Security, with Interest till paid. A most undoubted Title will be made the Purchasers.
To be SOLD at Dumfries, on Monday the 2d of March, being Prince William Court Day, The valuable PLANTATION whereon Mr. William Bennett, deceased, lived, containing between seven and eight Hundred Acres, on which is a good Dwellinghouse pleasantly situated, with Outhouses, and fine Orchards of Apple, Peach, and Cherry Trees; it is fit for Cropping or Farming, and lies about three or four Miles from the said Town of Dumfries. Credit will be given for Part of the Purchase Money, by the Administrator.
To be SOLD, or RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon the 1st of March, A COMMODOUS well built STORE in the Town of Petersburg, adjoining the Tobacco Warehouses, three Stories high, with a good Room fronting the Main Street, four good Rooms with Fireplaces, and a Granary, with a Cellar that will hold sixty Hogheads; also a Warehouse forty Feet by twenty, built last Year, Stable, and Kitchen that is also new. The Lot is well enclosed, and the Whole is in good Repair. For Terms apply to Richard Lamb, on the Premises, or to the Subscriber, in Norfolk.
PETERSBURG, January 4, 1772. STOLEN out of my Stable, by a Negro, on Friday the 27th of December, a bright sorrel HORSE, five or six Years old, about fourteen Hands and an Inch high, with a blaze Face, a hanging Mane, short Switch Tail, and white Feet. TWENTY SHILLINGS will be paid on the Delivery of the Horse to me, in Petersburg, and on Conviction of the Thief FIVE POUNDS.
GOOCHLAND, January 13, 1772. RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time ago, a likely Negro Man named SUBA, talks but indifferent English, and squints pretty much. He ran away twice before, was once apprehended at Hobb's Hole, and another Time at Essex Courthouse, and is now supposed either to be in that Part of the Country or lurking about Mattax Warehouse, as he once lived there with Mr. Archibald Bruce. I will give FIVE POUNDS for taking him up, and SIXPENCE a Mile for conveying him to me from the Place where he may be apprehended; and in Case it should be inconvenient to bring him to me, I will give the above Reward for securing him in the Jail of the County where he is taken.
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 sly 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.
THE Subscriber has for Sale about seven Thousand Acres of LAND, four Thousand of which lie in the County of Buckingham, known by the Name of the Buckingham Tract, and is all very valuable high Land; the other Tract, which lies on both Sides of Willis's Creek, in the Counties of Buckingham and Cumberland, contains upwards of four Hundred Acres of exceeding rich low Ground, and very good high Land, with Tobacco Houses, and others; sufficient for twenty Hands. It will be sold in Lots, or altogether, as may be agreed on, and will be shown by Mr. Guy Harrison, at the Fork of Willis's Creek. For Terms apply to
JAMES HALDANE, COPPER SMITH and BRASS FOUNDER from Philadelphia, in Church Street, near the Church, Norfolk, MAKES and sells all Sorts of COPPER and BRASS WORK, namely, Still, Brewing Coppers, Sugar Boilers, Fullers and Hatters Coppers, Capuchin Plate Warmers, Tea Kitchens, all Sorts of Ship, Fish, and Wash Kettles, Stew Pans, Dutch Ovens, Tea Kettles, Saucepans, Coffee and Chocolate Pots, Brass Mill Work, Furniture for Coach and Chair Harness, Fenders, Andirons, Candlesticks, Cocks, &c. at the most reasonable Rates. Also tins and mends all Sorts of old Copper and Brass Kitchen Work, and gives the best Prices for old Copper, Brass, Pewter, or Lead. All Orders from the Country will be punctually attended to.
WILLIAMSBURG, December 19, 1771. WHEREAS the Revenues of the College, unless more Care and Exactness be used in the Collection of them, cannot continue equal to the Expenses; and whereas a considerable Amount is due to the College, which arises from small Sums easy to be paid by each individual Debtor, all Persons concerned are therefore desired to take Notice of the following Regulations, passed at a late Meeting of the President and Masters: If any Person who owes Money to the College on Bond does not either pay off all the Interest, that is or shall be due, on or before the 10th of May next, or in the mean Time give a new Bond, with approved Security, for the whole Debt, both Principal and Interest, his Bond shall be put into a Lawyer's Hand on the said 10th of May, with Orders to bring Suit, and obtain Satisfaction for it as speedily as the Forms of Law will permit. If, after the said 10th of May, the Interest due on any Bond be not regularly paid, at the Expiration of each Year, the Bond shall be put in Suit without farther Notice or Delay. A salutary Order of the Visitors and Governors, directing every Boarder, on his Admission into the College, to pay for six Months Board in Advance, is evaded and rendered nugatory if the like Sum be not paid per Advance by every Boarder at the End of each Half Year. All, therefore, who are in Arrears for Board, are required to discharge them by the said 10th of May. On Failure, the Boarder shall be dismissed from the College until the Accounts against him be discharged, or recovered by Suit. And after the 10th of May next, if Payment for Board in Advance, as above mentioned, be neglected, the Boarder shall not be suffered to continue in the College for more than one Month after such Neglect, but shall, in that Time, be sent away with his Account, and shall not be received again till it be discharged. All Surveyors who have not yet settled with the Burfar of the College, for all their publick and private Surveys since the General Court in April last, are required to settle with him before the 10th of May next, under the Penalty of being superseded, and having their Bonds sued. If among these Surveyors there be any from whom Nothing is due to the College, it is demanded of them, under the same Penalty, to transmit to the Burfar attested Declarations of there being Nothing due from them to the College. And, after the 10th of May next, if any Surveyor shall omit sending attested Accounts or Declarations (as above specified) annually, he shall be superseded, and have his Bond sued. That this Advertisement may not be treated with that Contempt which several Notices of the like Kind have met with, and that no Body may hereafter plead Want of due Information concerning the Premises, this Advertisement is to be printed weekly in the Gazette until the 10th of May next ensuing. By Order of the President and Masters.
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 as advantageous a Situation as any on the Continent. Apply to the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises.
To be SOLD, A TRACT of LAND containing five Hundred and forty three Acres, on Butterwood, in Amelia County, formerly belonging to Mr. Samuel Gorden, of Blandford. The Land is good, and there are valuable Improvements on it. Also to be let on Lease, or sold, two LOTS in the Town of Blandford, on Appomattox River, at present in the Occupation of Mr. Patrick Ramsay, with a Storehouse, and every other necessary Building for a Merchant in considerable Business. For Terms apply to
To be SOLD, altogether, or in Lots, ABOUT two Thousand seven Hundred Acres of good LOW GROUNDS on both Sides of Roanoke River, and two Hundred Acres of HIGH LAND two Miles distant, lying in the Counties of Halifax and Bertie, twenty five Miles below the Town of Halifax, North Carolina. There are about six Hundred Acres of the Land cleared, with an Apple Orchard, a good Dwellinghouse, Dairy, Smokehouse, Negro Quarters, &c. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber, in Prince George.
For SALE, THE LAND whereon I live, in Midsex, containing about two Thousand two Hundred Acres, in good Order for Cropping, with Orchards and Buildings equal to any in the Colony; also thirteen Hundred Acres on the River Piankatank, in the County of Gloucester, with a Mill, and good Orchards. The Stocks, which are very large, may be had with the Lands. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to