The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1771-01-17 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
With the freest ADVICES,
FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERA ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
As the Publick have not lately been favoured with any Account from England of the Society of the Bill of Rights, we shall present them with the following Letter, which was sent by Robert Morris, Esquire, to the Chairman of the Supporters of the Bill of Rights, resigning the Office of Secretary to that Society.
GENTLEMEN,
THE Post which I have held in your Society I shall ever esteem to be one of the greatest Honours of my Life, and the only Sort of Place I ever desire to accept. With what Zeal, or Abilities, I have promoted the common Cause of Liberty, you are best able to judge. Such as these have been, they still shall never be wanting, for the same Purposes, when I conceive myself capable of exerting them to Effect. Some Success has, without Doubt, already attended the Operations of our Society; but my own Judgment is that an unhappy Necessity will require Operations of a different nature, before we shall have fulfilled the Duty which, as Patriots, we owe to our Country. In an Age spiritless and abandoned as the present it is Something to have proceeded thus far. It is through our Means that the Claim of a free Representation has not long ago been crushed in its Birth. Hitherto it has been suppressed by the mere Dint of superior Force, and now waits impatiently to be vindicated by the noble Resentment of an injured People. Through us the Perfection of an Individual, who by the Name of Countryman has every Title to our Support, has been rendered almost ineffectual; and the Abettors of it, however dignified, have become the Scorn and Hatred of the People. It has not been my Fault if that Gentleman has not been sufficiently rewarded for all his Troubles. I wish to see him superior to his Enemies, and easy in his Circumstances, as I know him to be independent in his Principles. This he deserves from the Humanity, the Gratitude, and, if we have a Desire not to see a similar Proscription repeated in our Days, from the good Sense of this Nation. As for those perpetual Candidates for Power, Pension, or Office, both within the Senate and without, I equally detest and adjure them all, whether they are possessed of present Confidence or not. I hold them Enemies to the Liberty of the common People, Impostors in Politics, and the Scourge of this Kingdom.
Much is wanting to give a Prospect of Success to our Opposition against the Ministers of Government. We are not without Abuses, but without the legal Means of reforming them. The whole Frame of Administration is corrupt. It is a Farce to call the Parliament a complete and adequate Representation of the People; against this more than the Middlesex Election stares us in the Face. It is in vain therefore to resort to them, or postpone our Hopes to the feeble Remedy of a septennial Choice; a Choice placed in such Hands as never to become expressive of the Sense of the Community. Petitions and Remonstrances have been tried, without effect. There remains, however, the good Courage of the English Nation, which I hope (though there has long appeared too great a Deficiency of Spirit) will never fail to show itself when the Measure of Oppression is fully completed. I am in little Doubt that both the Periods will soon arrive; until which, though I should wish to prevent the Occasion, I shall reserve myself, being of Opinion with those respectable Ancients who held it criminal not to take a Part in the Commotions of their Country.
Having given this Account of my Principles, and these Reasons for my Conduct, I must now resign the Office of Secretary, which I have been honoured with in your Society from its Commencement. I shall still be proud of being associated with Men who, I am persuaded, have effectually removed themselves, by the decisive Part which they have taken against the most favourite and determinate Measures of the Court, from Trust, Honour, or Employ, whilst the present System of Affairs continues. The Support of Mr. Wilkes, that Victim to a Woman's Wrath, is a Test to which the great Leaders of parliamentary Opposition will never submit. They behold, in him, an unfortunat Barrier to the expected Gratifications of all their Labours. We have seen them separate themselves from him and from his Cause (unless where they could make it subservient to their own Ambition) as they would from an Infection; and whilst they continue so separated I shall look upon them as interested Men, more studious to do themselves good than their Country. These are not the Persons from whom we are to expect Subscriptions, solemn Covenants, Stipulations, and Confederacies. Such are the Instruments and Resources of more honest Men, for which the Time already approaches, but to which these never will be driven, unless in mere Despair of obtaining Places; a Matter which it is not impossible may soon happen, through the happy Ordinacy of the superior Powers, and thus they, who never could be virtuous before, be rendered so from the Want of other Temptation, in Despite of themselves and their own evil Inclinations.
For my own Part, I will confess that the Cause of Mr. Wilkes, as an injured and persecuted Individual, has been the first and hitherto only Motive of my appearing in publick. I have the Satisfaction to say that I leave this Cause in a better Situation at least than when I found it, though not the Vanity to think that much of our Success (which indeed ought to have been greater) has been owing to my Endeavours. I am resolved, however, not to act any longer in the Office of Secretary. I should not have undertaken it at first but in Expectation that it would have soon fallen to the Lot of others, in Turn. I have repeatedly desired Leave to resign, and as constantly received no other Answer than your Compliments upon my Conduct. I must now therefore resign without Leave, because I cannot continue in my Office with the same Alacrity I have done, being tired of my Share of the Burthen, and having Something else to do. As for the Odium which may have fallen upon my Name, from the suspicious Part I have appeared in, I shall esteem that my greatest Reward, being satisfied it will come from a Quarter whose Enmity will be my greatest Honour. When you proceed to the Election of another Secretary, I hope your Choice will fall upon one much more worthy than,
Gentlemen,
Your devoted and obedient
Humble Servant,
ROBERT MORRIS.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY.
An Account of the DEATH and BURIAL of ROBERT MORRIS, late SECRETARY to the BILL OF RIGHTS.
NOTWITHSTANDING this Gentleman so sneakingly deserted the Cause of LIBERTY, yet no Resentment appeared thereon from that illustrious Body, the Supporters of the Bill of Rights. They charitably considered his former Services, and in Memory of them were determined to bury him in all funeral Pomp, as due to the Man who was once so instrumental and active in the Support of a Cause which it ought to be the Interest of every Englishman to support.
Yesterday, at twelve o'Clock at Night, being the Hour fixed for depositing the Remains of this quondam Patriot, the Sons of LIBERTY accordingly attended at Guildhall, in deep black; the Body standing in the Centre of the Hall, under the Figures of Gog and Magog, supported upon the Shoulders of four Welch Gentlemen. After continuing in this Position some Hours, and being surveyed and viewed by all the loyalist of the loyal Citizens, Mr. Beardmore, in the Character of the City Anthony , made a SPEECH, &c.
After the elegant Oration was pronounced by Mr. Beardmore the Funeral Procession began, in the following Order, towards St. Sepulchre's Church.
 The Ward of Farrington Without.  The Waiters to the London Tavern.  The Cook.  Parson Green.  The Lord Mayor, Half white Half black.  The Recorder, gagged.  Dryden Leach, hung with Middlesex Journals.  The Poet Kenrick, with an inkless Pen and empty Dram Glass.  A Printer's Devil, with the St. James's Chronicle, and Robert Morris's fatal Letter.  The Tsaibands,  Confables, and Death Hunters.  Forty Five Welchmen in yellow, trimmed with black, and Leeks in their hats.  The BODY, adorned with various Copies of the deceased Secretary's last Letter to the Province of CAROLINA.  The six chief Mourners, riding upon six Goats.  Buckhorse, crying the Elegy.  A Turtle Shell filled with all the Letters of Thanks written by Robert Morris.  Four Babes, that could scarcely speak, attempting to call out Life.  The Funeral Service being read by Parson Green, as Canna Sheehan was earnestly looking into the Grave, Dryden Leach gave him a Push, and he was earthed up with the unfortunate Robert Morris.  Sic TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI.
SAVANNAH (in Georgia)
Commons House of Assembly, Monday, November 5, 1770.
THE House being informed of the much lamented Death of the Reverend George Whitefield, which lately happened at Newbury Port, in the Massachusetts Government, and taking into Consideration the many and uncommon Instances of his friendly disinterested Regard and Attention to the Welfare of the Inhabitants of this Province, as well as his Benevolence to Mankind in general, and unwearied Assiduity in preaching the Gospel wherever he had the Opportunity; and this House being desirous to transmit to Posterity the Sense they entertain of the Virtues of the deceased, and to perpetuate the Commemoration of them, have unanimously come to the following Resolutions, viz.
Resolved, that this House will provide a sufficient Sum to defray the Expense of bringing the Remains of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield from Newbury Port, in the Massachusetts Government, to be deposited at the Orphan House in this Province.
Resolved, that this House will provide a sufficient Sum to erect a proper Monument, at the Orphan House, for depositing the Remains of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield.
Resolved, that this House will provide a sufficient Sum to defray the Expense of putting the Church of Savannah in Mourning, on Account of the Death of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield.
Ordered, that Mr. Ewen and Mr. Crooke do wait on the Rector of Christ Church, in Savannah, and request he will preach a Funeral Sermon in Memory of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield, next Sunday. Accordingly they withdrew, and being returned, Mr. Ewen reported they had, according to Order, waited on the Rector, and that he answered he would prepare a Sermon accordingly.
Ordered, that the Clerk do write to the Rector and Churchwardens of Christ Church, in Savannah, acquainting them that the House having come to a Resolution to defray the Expense of putting the Church in Mourning, on Account of the Death of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield, the House therefore requests they will be pleased to give Orders accordingly.
Ordered, that a Committee be appointed to inquire what will be the Expense attending the putting the foregoing Resolutions into Execution, and report their Opinion thereon to the House; and a Committee was appointed accordingly.
BOSTON, December 13.
AT the Superior Court now holding in this Town came on, Yesterday, the Trial of Edward Manwaring, Esquire, an Officer of the Customs, Mr. John Munro, Notary Publick, Hammond Green, and Thomas Greenwood, who had been charged with firing Guns out of the Customhouse on the Evening of the 5th of March, and indicted by the Grand Jury for the Murder of those Persons that were killed at that Time, and for which Manwaring, &c. were imprisoned. The Evidences against them being not credited, the Counsel for the Crown gave up the Cause, and the Jury acquitted the Prisoners without going from their Seats.
It is certain that at the Time when the Soldiers fired in King Street there were only two or three Women, and several small Children, besides a Son of Mr. Green's, in the Customhouse, nor was there a Gun in the House.
We hear from Machias, at the Eastward, that some Time last Month a Number of Persons, displeased at having a civil Officer appointed among them, waylaid the Justice, beat him severely, and threatened him hard if he offered to act in his Office; and that some Time after they broke open his House, and did him considerable Damage. The Magistrate, and a Number of the Inhabitants, have sent to the Authority here for Assistance and Direction.
December 17: Whatever may be the Opinion of the People in general relative to the late Trials, our Enemies themselves are desirous to point out a single Instance of Indecency either in or out of Court, through the whole. We mention this not because such Instances are common here; far from it. On the contrary, without Disparagement to any County in the Province, there is as much Respect paid to Courts of Justice in this as in any other. We pretend not to excel any. The posting up a Paper of Scurrility, if it was such, may have been a Piece of Craft in our Enemies, to bring an Odium upon the Town. If by this Means they could lay a Foundation for a Proclamation, they might think it would be sufficient Ground upon which to form some false Representation to those on the other Side of the Water, whose Interest, as well as Inclination, it may be to believe, or say they believe, every Word of it. We should be glad, however, if we might see the Piece, that the Publick, who are to advance the Reward, may form their Sentiments of it. The Soldiers were discharged from Court in high Daylight, and went their Way through the Streets with little, if any, Noise.
A very abusive Paper, which was said to be posted upon the Door of a publick Building a few Mornings ago, we are told, was taken verbatim from a Play called Venice Preserved, and that Mr. Otway was actually the Author. He and his Accomplices have been dead long ago, and can never be punished for it in this Life, unless the Doctrin of Transmigration is true. The impertinent Man who posted it up deserves all the Punishment which the Law can inflict for so heinous a Crime. We will not dive into the Heart of this imprudent Man; but if he really intended, as some say, to reflect upon the Powers that be, and to inflame the Minds of the People against them, he has missed his Aim; and always will, while every One so clearly sees that they are (if we may be allowed to quote the Scripture Language) "Terriers to evil Dots, and a Praie to them that do well." It will be the Wisdom of this People, as it is their Duty, to have a Guard upon their Passions, and be peaceable.
Friday last Kilroy and Montgomery, who were convicted of Manslaughter, at the late Superior Court held here, were branded in the Hand, in open Court, and discharged.
About the 20th Ult. a Son of Elihu Hall, Esquire, of Maryland, was baptized by the Name of GEORGE WHITFIELD, in Testimony of the Respect the Family bore to the deceased.
Letter 24: The Expectation of a speedy War leads us to think of the present happy Situation Britain is in with Respect to the Colonies. In former Wars, they were indebted to the Affections and Purse of Americans for any necessary Aids in Men or Money. To procure the former they will now have the Influence of Commissioners, Judges of Admiralty, &c. and for the latter, they have the whole American Revenue to apply to, without any Controul from the People.
It was Cause of Wonder to some among us that Mr. M——, one of Lord Hildesborough's reforming Magistrates, should embark for Great Britain at so early a Season; but their Wonder will cease by being told that the Event of some late Trials has plainly discovered to the People that Soldiers quartered in this Town may, when they judge it expedient, move upon and destroy the Inhabitants, without the Orders, or even Presence, of a civil Magistrate.
A few Days since a Number of young Ladies met at the House of Captain Martin Day, in the Town, and spun upwards of two Hundred Knots of one Thread; a most laudable Example of Industry, worthy of Imitation by all the Fair who wish well to America's Prosperity.
Several Watchmen of the Town say they have, for several Mornings past, seen a Star, as they call it, — a Meteor, about four o'Clock in the Morning, in the South East, which continues for some Time rising and setting like an ordinary Star.
We have a Account that on the night of last Month one Mary Harding, a young Woman employed in the Family of the Reverend Mr. Leonard, spun seven Pounds of Wool into twenty Knots and two Knots, being two Spheres over and above three Days' Work of three Spindles. She kept two Cadets employed, with the usual Diligence, the Whole of the Time; and, by an exact Computation of the Spins the Purse of the above mentioned Ladies was two Hundred and ten Yards.
Last Thursday the River Ship of War fell down to Nantasket Road. One or two of the Ships now in the Harbour are likely to sail soon to follow.
We hear from Dorchester that a Hog was bit by a mad Dog about ten Days ago, who, after biting several others, died. The Dog was killed a short Time after. Those Hogs that were bit by the other were killed a few Days ago, some of which were buried, others were flayed down, &c. &c. This may serve as a Hint to the Publick to examine what Pigs they purchase.
Last Saturday fe'night, at two Men, Messrs. Curtis and Gossland, were going from Nantasket to Braintree, in a Canoe, it overset a few Minutes after they went off, and they were both drowned. Mr. Curtis has left a Wife and nine small Children.
We hear from Portsmouth that last Saturday fe'night one Mr. George Fernald, with his wife and Son, about ten years of Age, were going from thence to Newcastle, in a Canoe, which overset, whereby the Woman and Boy were drowned.
The Earl of Dunmore has opened the Sessions of the General Assembly at New York with a short but very pointed Speech, which relates to the Expectations of what may be the Reply from both Houses. His Lordship esteems himself "peculiarly happy in being at the Head of a Province whose Example has been the happy Means of renewing that mutual intercourse between the Mother Country and her Colonies which is so much the Interest of both to preserve uninterrupted." His Lordship goes on "This salutary Reconciliation, effected by the Power of the Crown, cannot fail of endearing them, in a particular Manner, to our most gracious Sovereign." All this plainly refers to the Part taken by the Merchants and Traders of New York towards vacating the Non Importation Agreement, and breaking that Union among the Colonies, in this as well as other very important Points, which had proved so embarrassing to an Administration remarkably tender of the Rights both of Britain and America. His Lordship's Heart seems to be full upon this Occasion, and his Compliments are high. Some may perhaps imagine, at first View, his Partiality to his new Government may have biased his Mind on this Occasion; for the People of New York very warmly disclaimed the Honour his Lordship so liberally bestows upon them for this Measure, and very courteously endeavoured to transfer this Glory to the Bostonians. They warmly denied their having done any Thing to the Prejudice of the Non Importation Agreement, and freely gave the whole Merit of this recent Step to their Brethren in this Province. This they did in the most publick and explicit Manner, in which they were aided by our common Friends the Commissioners, and some very fair Publications from the Customhouse Books, said to have been printed under their Auspices. But, doubtless, his Lordship was thoroughly convinced, before he made his Speech, that the good People of New York were, in this Instance, too complaisant to their Neighbours, and were modestly declining an Honour which no other Province could justly claim. They have, however, lost Nothing by this singular Modesty; for his Lordship has, with great Justice, and a good Grace, given the Palm to those who merited it; and, doubtless, more substantial Rewards, if not already, will soon be conferred, by a grateful Administration, upon some Individuals, for so laudable and important a Service. It is, however, very unfortunate for this poor Town, that a Measure, while it is considered as base and odious, should be laid at our Door, and as soon as it begins to be viewed in a different Light that both the Honours and Gains should be transferred to our Neighbours.
NEW YORK, December 24.
To the FREEHOLDERS of the City and Colony of NEW YORK, and to all the Friends of Liberty in the BRITISH Empire,
GENTLEMEN,
WHOEVER is acquainted with the true End of Government in general, and the essential Principles of a free Government in particular, must grant that when a Subject of the latter is charged with a Crime against the State, or an Offence against an individual Member of it, the Laws of Justice forbid that any undue Measures should be practised, before his Trial, to prejudice the Publick, or the Judges, against the Person accused.
What then must the impartial Publick think of the Justice and Humanity of the Author of the DOUGLIAD, who, prompted by Malevolence, has laboured, in twelve long periodical Papers, published in Mr. Gaine's Mercury, to render me odious to the Publick, and prejudice my Judges against me, before my Trial. Number third of these Papers was pointedly addressed to the Grand Jury, in a Hand Bill, before they were qualified, to induce them to find a Bill against me. The Scurrility, Futility, and Falsehood, advanced in those Papers, would long since have been answered; but that I could not do it effectually without anticipating, before my Trial, the Reasons and Evidence of my Defence, which no Doubt emboldened him to take the base Liberty that appears so conspicuous in those Papers. The Publick may rest assured that the unmanly Productions and Artifices of this hidden Genius shall be fully answered, whenever I am freed from the above Embarrassments. The malevolent, not satisfied with all that liberal and unjoint Treatment, have, to render me still more odious to the Publick, not scrupled to declare that I have pointed away one of the principal Witnesses for the Crown, in the Prosecution depending against me, as the supposed Author or Publisher of the Paper signed A Son of Liberty.
The judicious Reader will find, upon a careful Perusal of the following Affidavits, what Ground there is for that malicious Charge; for by them it evidently appears that Michael Cummins, and two Boys of Mr. Parks's,

who are the only Persons who have left this City that belonged to Mr. Parker's Office at the Time of the Publication of the Paper in Question, and that the former did not work in the Printing Office when the Paper was published. And it is well known that no Dependence was put on the Boys Evidence, because they could not bring the Charge home to me. It also appears, from the Face of these Affidavits, that Messrs. Anthony and John Car were in Mr. Parker's Office at the Time of the Publication of a Paper signed A Son of Liberty, directed "To the betrayed Inhabitants of the City and Colony of New York," and that they have not at any one Time since that been twenty four Hours out of this City, but have prosecuted their Business in as publick a Manner as usual. These Promoters of Falsehoods must necessarily be drove, as there is no other principal Evidence that has left this City since the Publication of that Paper but Mr. Parker, to assert that I have poisoned him, or in some other Way put a Period to his Life, or confess that they have done me great Injustice.
The World will doubtless be at no Loss to determine why my Trial has been hitherto delayed, for it is evident that it proceeds from an Insufficiency of Proof to convict me.
The Publick may remember that shortly after the Paper signed A Son of Liberty, directed "To the betrayed Inhabitants of the City and Colony of New York," made its Appearance, the General Assembly addressed the Lieutenant Governor to issue his Proclamation of a Reward of one Hundred Pounds to any Person or Persons who should discover the Author or Authors, Aiders or Abettors, of the Publication of that Paper, so that he or they might be convicted; and, over and above the Reward promised, his Majesty's Pardon was tendered to any of the Accomplices who should discover the Author, &c. as may be seen at large in Mr. Gaine's Mercury of the 25th of December 1769.
Early in February an Information was lodged against Mr. Parker, as the Printer of the said Paper, and a Council called, before whom he and one of his Boys, together with Messrs. Anthony and John Car, were examined touching the Author. In this Examination, it is said, he was threatened if he did not discover the Author, with a Complaint against him to the Government which might endanger his Place in the Post Office. Mr. Parker, knowing that his Journeyman and Apprentices had been examined, as he had no Opportunity to consult the Author, upon the Promise of the Lieutenant Governor and Council that he should not be prosecuted as the Printer, informed them, as is said, that I had brought the Manuscript to him to be printed. It is supposed that it was by Order of the Council that Mr. Chief Justice Horsmanden, on the 8th of February last, issued his Warrant to bring me before him, to be interrogated about the Charge. I was accordingly brought to his Chamber, where I declined to give any Satisfaction on that Head, and upon my refusing to give Bail I was committed to Jail. On April Term the Grand Jury for the Body of the City and County of New York found a Bill of Indictment against me, charging me as the Author of a Libel against the General Assembly, &c. &c. &c. &c. to which I plead not guilty; and as the Indictment was brought in so late in the Term that I could not be tried, I desired to be admitted to Bail, which the Court granted, when I entered into Recognizance, with two Securities, each in the Sum of two Hundred and fifty Pounds, and myself in five Hundred Pounds, for my Appearance at the next Term. Since that two Terms have elapsed. The Publick will therefore be surprised to be informed that on Thursday the 13th Instant, about Noon, I was served by the Serjeant at Arms with an Order to attend the House of Assembly then sitting, upon which I told him I would go with him immediately. Being brought to the Bar of the House, Mr. Speaker informed me that I was charged by a Member with being the Author or Publisher of a Paper signed "To the betrayed Inhabitants of the City and Colony of New York," and signed A Son of Liberty, and that I was, by an Order of the House, to answer to the Question whether I was or was not guilty. Upon which I asked who was my Accuser, or what the Evidences to support the Charge. Here I was interrupted by Mr. De Noyellis, who called me to Order, telling me I had no Liberty to speak; in which Declaration Mr. Speaker immediately joined, and added, that I was not to speak until I asked Liberty of the House, by the Speaker, to speak. I replied, that I understood I was ordered to proceed to answer the Question. Mr. De Noyellis again interrupted me, and declared "that if I was not silenced he would move for a Contempt of the House;" and added, "that he made no Doubt, from the Evidence that he was furnished with, and the presumptive Proofs he would make, it would appear that I was the Author or Publisher of the Paper." Upon this Mr. Clinton rose, and observed that, from what had passed in the House, he did not suppose that it was the Design of the House to prevent my offering any Suggestion or Argument why I should not answer to the Question on the Charge, provided I treated the House with proper Decency and Respect; to which the House agreed. I then asked the Speaker if I might proceed. Leave being granted, I proceeded in the following Manner. "Mr. Speaker, as I have not had any Time or Notice to prepare for defending myself against this Charge, and being unacquainted to speak in publick Courts, especially at so respectable a Bar as that of the Representatives of the People, it cannot be expected that I can say much on the Subject; and as I have the greatest Deference for the Representatives of the People, for these Reasons I hope the Honourable House will put the most favourable Construction on what I may say on the Occasion. Mr. Speaker, the Charge is too indefinite; but if the Honourable House means by the Paper in Question a certain Paper signed A Son of Liberty, which this House and the Grand Jury have declared to be a Libel, I cannot answer the Question, for two Reasons." Here Mr. De Noyellis again interrupted me, by moving the House to read the Paper signed A Son of Liberty, entered on their Journals of the last Session; to which the House agreed, and the Paper was accordingly read. After which Mr. Speaker told me I might proceed. Accordingly I told Mr. Speaker that two Reasons rendered it improper for me to answer to the Question. First, that the Paper just read to me had been declared by the Honourable House to be a Libel; that the Grand Jury for the Body of the City and County of New York had also declared it to be a Libel, and found a Bill of Indictment against me as the Author of it; therefore that I could not answer a Question that would tend to impeach myself, or might otherwise be improper for me to answer. Secondly, that this Honourable House had addressed the Lieutenant Governor to issue his Proclamation to offer a Reward of one Hundred Pounds to any Person that would discover the Author or Publisher of the Paper signed A Son of Liberty, in Order that he might be proceeded against according to Law; that in Consequence thereof Information had been made, and a Prosecution was commenced, and is now depending against me in the Supreme Court, where the Matter would be tried by a Jury of my Peers; that as the Honourable House was a Party in the present Question, and the Prosecution was commenced at their Instance, I conceived they ought not to take Cognizance of the Matter; and I questioned whether any Instance could be produced on the Journals of the House of Commons of their taking Cognizance of a supposed Libel against them, when the supposed Author or Publisher was under Prosecution in a Court of Justice; that I conceived such a Procedure would be an Infringement of the Laws of Justice, which forbid that a British Subject should be punished twice for one and the same Offence; for if he could be punished twice, he may be seven Times, and no Line could be run where the Punishment might end. These, Mr. Speaker, are my Reasons for not answering to the Question; but I desire the Honourable House would be pleased to remember that I would not be understood to deny, or affirm, any Thing concerning the Paper in Question." Mr. De Noyellis then rose and said that I might be made to answer the Question, for the House had Power to make me answer; that it is a Rule in the Courts below to oblige a Person charged to plead guilty or not guilty, or be subject to the Punishment of pain fort et dure . To which Mr. Clinton replied, that the House had Power to throw me over the Bar, or out of the Windows, but that the Publick would judge of the Justice of it. Upon which Mr. James De Lancey rose, and said that the House had indulged me to assign Reasons why I should not answer the Question; to which I replied, I wanted no Indulgence of the House. After a short Debate, Mr. Clinton rose and said that his Residence was so far removed from the Means of authentic Information respecting my Prosecution that he could not depend on what he had heard concerning it. He confessed that the Newspaper, and sundry Persons, had informed him that a Prosecution had been commenced against me, in Consequence of the Address of that House to the Lieutenant Governor, but he could not determine on such Evidence; he therefore moved the House to order the Clerk of the Council, and Clerk of the Supreme Court, to attend the House the next Morning at ten o'Clock, to inform them whether the Order of Council to Mr. Chief Justice Horsmanden, to issue his Warrant against me, was in Consequence of the Address of the House to the Lieutenant Governor, and whether I was in Consequence thereof indicted, and whether the Assembly was an Object of the Indictment.
The House, as I understood, agreed that those Gentlemen should accordingly attend. Mr. Speaker then asked the House what Entry they would have made on my Affair. Several of the Members answered, the common Entry, with the Substance of the Reasons I assigned why I would not answer to the Question. A Draught was accordingly made, which Mr. Speaker read to the House. Upon hearing it I apprehended that my second Reason for not answering the Question was not fully expressed, and therefore told Mr. Speaker that I should be glad if the House would order the Substance of the Reason to be more fully entered. Mr. De Noyellis then declared that if I persisted in the second Reason he would move the House against me for a Breach of Privilege. Upon this a short Debate commenced, in the Course of which I conceived that my Meaning was not clearly understood. I therefore desired Mr. Speaker to ask Leave of the
Honourable House to let me say a Sentence or two by way of Explanation. Leave being granted, I told the Honourable House that I had the highest Respect and Esteem for the Representatives of the People, but that in Exoneration of myself I must say that the precise Idea I intended to convey in the second Reason was that as the Prosecution had been commenced, and was then depending against me, at the Instance of the Honourable House, I conceived it would be an Infringement of the Laws of Justice for them to take Cognizance of the Matter again. Some of the Members appearing to have some Doubt about the strict Meaning of what I had said, Mr. Speaker desired me to commit my Answers to Writing, which I accordingly did in the Words following the Question put to me; which the Reader may see, at large, in the Extract of the Journals of the Assembly respecting this Transaction.
After Mr. Speaker had read my Answer to the House, he declared that what I had committed to Writing reflected more upon the Honour and Dignity of the House than what I had said before; upon which Mr. James Jauncy, and Mr. James De Lancey, declared it was clearly a Breach of Privilege. Mr. Clinton then rose, and said that he could by no Means consider my Answer as a Breach of Privilege, for that the House had put a Question to me and determined that I might assign Reasons why I should not answer it; that what I had wrote were only my Reasons, or Opinion, why I ought not to answer to the Question. Upon this Mr. De Noyellis observed that he was surprised that any Member of that House should attempt to vindicate an Inuendo offered to the Honour or Dignity of that House; to which Mr. Clinton replied that he was far from vindicating an Inuendo offered to the Honour or Dignity of the House, but that he conceived the Honour and Dignity of it would be better supported by Justice than by straining its Authority. At length the Question was put, as I understood it, whether I was not guilty of a Breach of Privilege and Contempt of the Authority of the House, which was carried in the Affirmative, in Manner as appears by the Votes. It was ordered that I should ask Pardon of the House.
Upon which Mr. Speaker looked towards me, and, as I understood, put the Question. I answered, that rather than resign the Rights and Privileges of a British Subject I would suffer my right Hand to be cut off at the Bar of the House. Mr. Speaker then, by Order of the House, put the Question whether I should, yea or nay, ask Pardon of the House; to which I answered, that I had not committed any Crime. Some of the Members then ordered the Serjeant at Arms to take me into Custody. As no Order of the House had then been made to warrant him to do it, I told them that Mr. Serjeant knew his Duty better than to lay a Finger on me without a formal Order of the House, and charged him to do it at his Peril. Mr. Speaker was then ordered to make out his Warrant to the Jail Keeper of the City and County of New York, commanding him to receive me into safe and secure Custody, &c. While the Clerk was making out the Warrant, as I wrote my Reasons for not answering the Question in great Haste, I asked the Speaker for a Copy of them. Mr. James De Lancey answered, that as I had committed a Breach of Privilege I was not entitled to it. It was accordingly refused. The Warrant to the Jail Keeper being finished, it was given to the Serjeant at Arms; and as I could not gather, from what had passed in the House, that any Order of the House had been made, or entered, commanding him to take me into Custody, I told him that was no Authority for him, and therefore charged him at his Peril not to lay a Hand upon me without an Order of the House. Some of the Members then cried out to him to do his Duty; that there was an Order of the House. Upon which I came with him to this Place. Thus I have given the Reader a particular Account of the Cause for which I have been deprived of my Liberty, and hope he will pardon my being so circumstantial, and the Egotism in it. There have been so many Misrepresentations of this Matter artfully spread abroad that it was judged proper to enter into the former; and the frequent Interruptions I met with, which necessarily occasioned many short Sentences, unavoidably produced the latter; all which, I flatter myself, will sufficiently apologize for me to the delicate Reader. The principal Facts are incontestably proved by the following Extract of the Votes. Extracts from the printed Votes of the General Assembly now sitting, December 13, 1770.
A Motion was made by Mr. De Noyellis, in the Words following, viz.
Mr. Speaker, I MOVE that Alexander M c Dougall may be ordered to attend forthwith at the Bar of this House, to answer to a Complaint I have to make against him, for being the supposed Author or Publisher of a certain Paper, directed "To the betrayed Inhabitants of the City and Colony of New York," and signed A Son of Liberty, dated the 16th of December 1769. And a Debate arising upon the said Motion, and the Question being put thereon, it was carried in the Affirmative, in Manner following viz. For the affirmative, Mr. Boerum, Mr. Rapelje, Mr. Clinton, Mr. De Witt, Mr. Ten Eyck, Mr. De Noyellis, Mr. Gale, Mr. Jauncy, Colonel Seaman, Mr. Billop, Captain Seaman, Mr. Kiffam, Mr. Van Cortlandt, Captain De Lancey, Colonel Phillips, Mr. De Lancey, Mr. Van Kleeck. For the negative, Colonel Woodhull.
Ordered therefore , that Alexander M c Dougall attend the House forthwith. Ordered , that the Serjeant at Arms attending this House serve him with a Copy of this Order forthwith.
The Serjeant at Arms attending at the Door, was called in; and being asked what he had done with Respect to summoning Alexander M c Dougall to attend at the Bar of this House, answered that he was attending accordingly.
The said Alexander M c Dougall being then called in, Mr. Speaker acquainted him that he was charged by a Member of this House with being the Author or Publisher of a certain Paper, entered on the printed Journals of this House on the 18th Day of December 1769, directed "To the betrayed Inhabitants of the City and Colony of New York;" and the same being read, Mr. Speaker asked him whether or not he was the Author or Publisher of the same. To which said M c Dougall replied, "that as the Grand Jury and House of Assembly had declared the Paper in Question to be a Libel, he could not answer to the Question. Secondly, that as he was under Prosecution in the Supreme Court he conceived it would be an Infringement of the Laws of Justice to punish a British Subject twice for one Offence, for that no Line could be run; that he might be punished without End. But he would not be understood to deny the Authority of the House to punish for a Breach of Privilege, when no Cognizance is taken of it in another Court."
And upon Mr. Speaker's asking whether the foregoing Words of said M c Dougall were not a Contempt of the Authority of this House, a Debate arose, and the Question being put thereon, it was carried in the Affirmative, in Manner following, viz. For the affirmative, Mr. De Noyellis, Mr. De Lancey, Mr. Jauncy, Captain De Lancey, Mr. Billop, Mr. Kiffam, Mr. Boerum, Mr. Ten Eyck, Mr. Van Kleeck, Mr. Rapelje, Colonel Seaman, Colonel Phillips. For the negative, Mr. Gale, Mr. Van Cortlandt, Colonel Woodhull, Captain Seaman, Mr. Clinton.
Resolved therefore , that Alexander M c Dougall, in his above Reply, does deny the Authority of this House, and is therefore guilty of a high Contempt.
And the said M c Dougall refusing to ask Pardon of the House for the said Contempt, Ordered therefore , that the said M c Dougall be taken into Custody by the Serjeant at Arms attending this House.
Ordered , that the Speaker issue his Warrant to the Jail Keeper of the City and County of New York, commanding him to receive the said M c Dougall into safe and secure Custody, and him to keep Prisoner in the common Jail of the said City and County until he shall be thence discharged by due Course of Law; and that the Serjeant at Arms convey the said M c Dougall, and deliver him to the Keeper of the said Jail."
It may not now be improper to remind the Reader that I was, in the Law Sense, in Bonds, as the supposed Author of that Paper, when I was taken first by the Serjeant at Arms, by Order of the House, to be brought to the Bar; that when I was brought there, and charged as the Author or Publisher of the Paper signed A Son of Liberty, and the Question put to me whether or not I was the Author or Publisher, not a Spark of Evidence was exhibited to the House, before me, to prove the Charge; that, by the Determination of the House, I was allowed to assign Reasons, if I had any, provided I offered them with Decency and Respect to the House, why I should not answer the Question. The Publick then are left to judge whether there is any Inuendo or Contempt of the Authority of the House in the Reasons I assigned for not answering the Question, and whether the Liberties and Privileges of a British Subject can be secure if an Exception to the Jurisdiction of the highest Tribunal of the Nation is to be considered as a Contempt of its Authority. It is the dreadful Condition of a Slave, when he is injured, to be confined only to utter his Sense of it by Groans; but it is the peculiar Right and Privilege of Freemen, of British Freemen, not only to assert but to complain of a Violation of their Rights. This is the very Spirit and Genius of our glorious and much envied Constitution; a Constitution purchased at the Expense of Millions, and the Blood of Thousands. Let not my Friends then be concerned for my present Sufferings, but so far as the Cause of Liberty suffers. For myself, I feel none; and notwithstanding the Sneers of temporizing Sycophants about "my regaining Paradise," a Jail, for a noble Cause, with a self-approving Conscience, is to me a Paradise, compared to a conscious Baseness, even with all the Smiles of the Great.
For the many Visits I have received from my Friends, of all Ranks, I am affected with sincere Gratitude. They may rest assured that none of their Rights shall be silently resigned, by the Publick's
Most obedient humble Servant, ALEXANDER M c DOUGALL. NEW JAIL, December 22, 1770.
From the LONDON CHRONICLE.
What mighty Things from little Causes flow! How fleeting Empire! So revolves the Scene; So Time ordains, who rolls the Things of Men From Dust to Dust again.
Of all the various Scenes which human Folly has created to feed its own Vanity I know none more apt to dazzle weak and little Minds than the bustling Grandeur and unwieldy Pomp of Kings. The common Eye, removed far from the Centre of Royalty, makes large Allowances, and mistakes the tawdry Tinsel of Parade for solid Gold and Diamonds; and perhaps there is Nothing wanting to give us a more unadvantageous Idea of kingly State, than of any other in Life, except the Experience of it.
We view the outward Glories of a Crown, But, dazzled with the Lustre, cannot see The Thorns which line it, and whose painful Prickings Embitter all the pompous Sweets of Empire.
HILL.
Those great Revolutions of Empire, the mighty Storms of War, which often overturn or evict Kingdoms, as they frequently decide the Fate of Millions, so they seem to claim an uncommon Admiration from Mankind. These are but Effects ; and, without exciting any other Emotion in us than that of Horror, it is the Cause that astonishes me. The merest Trifles are generally the Foundation of the most bloody Wars. Six Feet square of Land, or an angry Look at an Ambassadress or a Whore, will often set Half a Dozen Monarchs together by the Ears. The great Switzer, ancient Bishop of Kemperauco, informs us, in the 17th Volume of his Corpus Historico-Universale , that in the Year 175 there lived in Kaffangi, in Africa, a Woman who had black Eyebrows, but that an unhappy Gentleman, who was troubled with the Jaundice, absolutely swore they were yellow; which so enraged the Lady that she applied for Satisfaction to her Gallant, the Parcel of the Parish, who had a Sister that was in great Favour with a Nobleman's Butler; which Butler applied to the Nobleman his Master, who reported the Affair to the Mistress of the Prime Minister; and this Mistress laid the Matter before the Premier, who explained the whole Affair to the King. These were the invisible Steps of the Stairs by which this humble Petition gradually ascended to the Ears of the King. His Majesty was enraged. "Yellow Eyebrows! (says he) I'll make the Knave know that they are black." The poor Gentleman was sent for to Court, but he had fled to another Kingdom. A Memorial was sent to the Monarch of that Kingdom to send the Criminal back, but that King would not trouble his Head about it. A War was commenced; and in the Space of fourteen Years all the vast Country between Makoko and Abatus, containing four Thousand Miles, was laid waste; nine Hundred Thousand People were killed; and the two Kings, tired of fighting each other, proclaimed a Peace, but the poor Gentleman was never found. The learned Father Glubberrmannus, in the seventy third Folio Volume of his Commentaries on the said History, confirms the above, and concludes with this sensible Reflexion, And all this to prove that a Lady's Eyebrows were black.
If we examine the Foundations of Wars, even in our own Times, it will be found, I believe, that they are pretty much of the Nature of the above. Suppose, for a Moment, that we introduce one or two crowned Heads into the common Sphere of Life, and listen privately to one of their Cabinet Tete a Tete , their high Resolves, translated into very plain English, will be to the following Purport.
Goodman LOUIS*, and Goodman CHARLES*.
Louis. Brother Charles, do you see yon snug Enclosure behind Neighbour Bull's Orchard, that surrounded by the high Trees? What a delightful Spot it is! how fertile and well laid out!
Charles. Very true, Brother Louis; but what of that? Louis. What of that! It is adjoining to your Farm and mine. How would you (but the Door there) I say, Brother, how would you like to have it for your own? Eh!
Charles. Hum! Louis. Ay, for your own, Brother Charles; give me your Hand. Suppose you and I were to join our Strength, and play a Trick upon John Bull. Eh! (you understand me) turn him out of the Premises, and we two go to Snacks.
Charles. Think you so? A good Hint, by the Mass. But, Brother, what Excuse shall we make for taking what we have no Right to? All the People in the Parish will cry Shame, and call us bad Neighbours.
Louis. Puh! puh! let us first make sure of the Game, and give our Reasons afterwards.
War is commenced, carried on, and then declared; and after spending much Money on both Sides, and spilling much Blood, a Peace is concluded, every Thing to remain as it was at the Beginning of the War†.
But, laying aside the Futility of the Causes which produce these Wars, what Advantages have accrued to any Country in Europe from such Calamities, the long black List of Rebellions, Treasons, Broils, and Bloodshed? Very few, if any. The Quarrels of twelve Centuries have made all of them unhappy, and none of them rich. So exactly has the political Balance been poised among the European Potentates, either through Jealousy or Envy, that almost all the great Nations have no other Boundaries than what they possessed a Thousand Years ago; nor has one been able to overcome the other, and so terminate the Contest. France, in Spite of the Contests of Edward III. and Henry V. notwithstanding the Efforts of Charles V. and Philip II. still remains within its ancient Limits. Spain, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, and the States of the North, are nearly still the same. What Effect then has the Blood of so many Thousands, the Destruction of so many Cities, produced? Nothing, either great or considerable. The Christian Princes, indeed, have lost much from the Enemies of Christendom, but have gained Nothing from each other; and, by preferring Ambition to Justice, they merit the Character of Enemies to Mankind.
In short, on whatever Side we regard the History of Europe, we shall perceive it to be a Tissue of Crimes, Follies, and Misfortunes, of Politics without Design, and Wars without Consequence. In this great Catalogue of human Infirmities a great Character may sometimes happen to arise, as we sometimes meet a Cottage or a cultivated Spot in the most hideous Wilderness. But for an Alfred, an Alphonso, or an Alexander III. we meet with a Thousand Princes who have disgraced Humanity,
* Kings of France and Spain.
† See the last Treaties of Peace.
PORTRAIT of a perfect MISER.
THE Miser does not consider himself such as he is; if he did, he would rather conceive Horror against than be ashamed of himself. His Thoughts stretch deep into Futurity. When we read the Miser of Plautus, and that of Moliere, we are tempted to believe that the distinguishing Characteristics of the Miser are exhausted. But the following is, perhaps, not less true, nor less energetick, than those represented by those great Masters.
An Original of this Species having heard of a famous Physician at Paris, whose Parsimony was carried to Excess, had the Curiosity to pay him a Visit. He was a faithful Disciple, who burned with Desire to be taught Lessons by a renowned Master. Having previously apprized him of his coming by a Message, he found him about eight o'Clock in the Evening, in Winter, in a smoky Room, with a small Lamp that scarce gave any Light. He said to him, at entering, "I am credibly informed, Sir, that you are the greatest Economist in the World. I am somewhat of the Economist myself, but would be glad to be better versed in the Art; and it would be an infinite Pleasure to me if you were so kind as to befriend me so far as to give me a few Lessons of Economy." "Is this all you come for (replied, rudely, the covetous Doctor, who imagined he was to have a Patient consulting him on his bad State of Health) if it be all, sit down there," pointing to an old crazy Chair, and with these Words he blew out his Lamp, telling him, "We have no Manner of Occasion to see in Order to speak, and in the dark our Thoughts will admit of fewer Distractions." "Hah! dear Sir!" cried the humble Disciple, "this Lesson of Economy is quite enough for me; I plainly see that I shall never be otherwise than a Scholar under the Tuition of so great a Master, but I protest to you that I will profit by what I have seen." So saying he withdrew, groping his Way down Stairs.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 17.
THE Brilliant, Captain Bennet, from Glasgow, via Bourdeaux, in seven Weeks Passage, says that the British Courier to the Court of Spain passed through Bourdeaux the 7th of November, on his Way to England, and seemed to hint that a WAR with Spain was unavoidable.
The Young, from Liverpool, and a Ship from London, which we have not been able to learn the Name of, are arrived at Norfolk. On Sunday the 25th of November last WILLIAM NELSON, Junior, Esquire, and his new married Lady, made their Appearance in Stratton Major Church, King and Queen County, for the first Time after Marriage; when an excellent Sermon, from the twenty fourth Chapter of Genesis, Verse twentieth, And Jacob served seven Years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a few Days, for the Love he had to her , was delivered by the Reverend Mr. Dunlap. In handling the Discourse, the Preacher, in his usual animated Manner, touched upon the tender Passion of Love, as a necessary Requisite in Courtship and Marriage; the Duty of

Husband and Wife, with Respect to acquiring and preserving domestic Happiness; concluding with some very pertinent Animadversions on the Conduct of Parties in Regard to the Disposition of Children in Marriage, and how far the Duty between both ought to be reciprocal. The whole Discourse was handled in a new and striking Manner.
An humble Address to the PLANTERS of VIRGINIA.
I BEG Leave to offer you a few Thoughts upon one Branch of your Laws respecting the almost universal Trade of Tobacco making, in which, of Course, we are all more or less concerned; and, doubtless, at a Time when there is so general a Struggle for the Maintenance of our Liberties invaded from abroad, it will be neither unseasonable nor improper to point out a single Instance in which we ourselves set the Seal to our own Bondage at Home. For what else can an insecure, obnoxious, and dependent State be but a State of Fear, Suspicion, and Servitude? And does not every Planter put himself precisely in this very Situation, by permitting a Couple of Men to determine whether his Wares or Merchandise, the Product of one whole Year, spent with incessant Toil, Care, and Fatigue, should be at last utterly consumed or not? And oh! alarming Thought, their Judgment once passed is decisive, and from which there can be no Appeal. Alas! such a distinguished and unlimited Prerogative surely ought never to be committed to any two merely human Beings, as it is an Attribute only of the Deity himself; for, to say the best we can of the Decisions of Mankind, they are many Times partial, or mistaken, a Falling from which Humanity can never totally divest itself. This then is to have our Interest insecure, obnoxious, and dependent, even under the best Circumstances the Case will admit of, not to mention the worst, for that is too shocking to be admitted. Though many Planters have, I suppose, been fortunate enough to be no great Sufferers by these deluded Judges, yet, to an attentive ingenuous Mind, the very Idea of their unlimited and uncontrolable Power creates Horror. I write not for a Revolution, or to abolish the Inspection Law, but only to abridge its Extent, and thereby to make it productive of such placid and salutary Effects as all Parties may cordially acquiesce in; and this, I think, may most effectually be done by allowing the Planter (for why should he not) to make the best Advantage he can of his condemned Tobacco, by shipping it at his own Risk, or making Sale of it to any One, without removing it from the Warehouse to which it was first brought, and judged at that Time not to be Staple Tobacco, though perhaps it may be found to be so afterwards. But it will be perhaps objected that if this new Regulation should commence, and be in Force, there would be no farther Occasion for Inspectors, Breakers, or Pickers. I answer, they could never be the less serviceable Men because they are restrained from doing Mischief; nor need they therefore be discouraged from acting still in their respective Places, as they are useful and honourable Employments, and for which our wise Legislature has allowed a handsome Pension, whether this small Alteration is admitted or not. For the Salary of Inspectors is fixed, and therefore cannot at all be affected by it; and as for the Breakers, or Pickers, the Pistrinaria Hoghead allowed to them, together with the picking of such Tobacco as they can mend by picking (and such as they cannot, without Doubt, ought not to be picked) which Business they will still have, as usual, ought to content them also. Now how reasonable is this Request we here offer? And it is all we ask for, or desire; and surely it would argue the most abject Slavery, Oppression, and Cruelty, could we not obtain it: That is (give me Leave, once more, to repeat it) that we may only be allowed to make the best Advantages we can of our own honest Labour and Toil, in a fair and honest way. But are we not utterly excluded from this our natural and incontestible Right by one Clause of the present Inspection Law? For can it be denied (however it happens) that many Hogheads of Tobacco, and therefore ought to have been refused, and picked, or sold to the Merchants at a lower Price. Yet even these are vendable at Home at some inferior Market, and at a considerable Price, to the Profit of the Merchants, and without in the least depreciating the staunch Tobacco. I know not what Reason can be assigned for our being deprived of these Advantages in this one Species of Staple Commodities, and in no other that I know of! Was it a Custom to co-oper up our Wheat for Exportation in Casks, as we do Tobacco, there would be as much Need for an Inspection of the former as the latter. Now can it be imagined that any honest Farmer could, with any Patience, bear to have his whole Hoghead of Wheat emptied, hawled about, wasted, and a considerable Toll taken thereout, only for one Bushel or two that happened to be badly cleaned at one Head, in the Middle, or any other Part of it; and besides, the Remainder to be left in a worse Situation by these Over-haulers than they found it? As has been the Case, very often, with Respect to Tobacco. We are all instantly alarmed at this Representation of Things; but in a Case quite similar to it, in every Instance, we seem almost unconcerned, which is really amazing! But perhaps it will be still further said that by this new Establishment we shall now drive on a fine Wheel of Commerce indeed, clogged with Dirt and Rubbish; a pretty Scheme to establish our Credit abroad, and get Vent for our exported Commodities. I grant this would be the natural Consequence, indeed, if Trash, or ill conditioned Wares, were to be mixed and incorporated with those of the genuine Kind, as they would in a Manner contaminate the Whole; but this can no more be the Case when our Wheat or Tobacco (as is supposed) is separated in small Bodies by intervening Casks, than a great Number of the meanest Sort of Horses, at the same Market, can prejudice the Sale of those of the best Kind. Nor is it reasonable to suppose that by this Indulgence there would be any more, if so much, bad Tobacco brought to Market as now is, since all due and proper Encouragement is here given to the honest Planters, and every Step taken, that the Nature of Things will allow, to detect the knavish Ones, whom no Law, or penal Sanction, can ever fully restrain. Much more might be said on the Subject, but I shall content myself with this for the present, in Hopes it will provoke some abler Pen either to illustrate my Meaning or to investigate my Errors. As the former cannot but be very pleasing to any Person on his first Essay, so the latter will not be in the least offensive to One who writes not for vain Ostentation or Applause, but for the Sake of the publick Weal. I am your most humble Servant, SOBRINO.
To Mess. PURDIE & DIXON.
GENTLEMEN, HAVING lately read some Paragraphs in your Paper in which the Writers signified their Joy at the Prospect of a War, I could not help making a Remark, which I beg Leave to communicate to the Publick by your Favour.
What is War? It is the Reign of Violence; the License of Robbery and Murder; the Fatigues, the Dangers, the Sickness, the Wounds, the Death of Thousands; the Desolation of Provinces; the Waste of the human Species; the Mourning of Parents; the Cries and Tears of Widows and Orphans.
Why do People wish for so great Calamities? Forsooth, that Trade may be brisker, that Money may circulate, that they may add a wretched Sum to their Estates. Are they not ashamed to confess, and even to profess, such a miserable Selfishness, so contrary to Christianity, and even to Humanity?
If rich, proud, overgrown Nations, must have a foreign War to prevent a domestic One, which, without Doubt, is more lamentable, let it be so; but I cannot help bewailing the Imperfection or Corruption of human Nature, that seems to require one great Misery to prevent a greater. D. R.
Advertisements.
CAROLINE, January 10, 1771. THE Subscriber takes this Method to advise all whom it may concern that the two Negroes now in the Possession of Wm Coleman, named Ben and Dinah, were only lent to the said Coleman on his Marriage with the Subscriber's Daughter; and that the said Negro Dinah has since had Increase: Yerry, Fanny, and Harry, the Property of all which has never been parted with by JAMES LINDSAY.
JANUARY 10, 1771. EXCLUSIVE of the twenty Negroes advertised to be sold at Hanover Courthouse, on the 23d Instant, under Execution, for ready Money, as also the fifteen advertised to be sold on the same Day and Place with Credit, there will be the farther Number of ten or twelve very likely Virginia born SLAVES offered for Sale, for ready Money only, or Merchants Notes payable at the April General Court, which will make near fifty Negroes that will be sold on that Day.
To be SOLD, on WEDNESDAY the 6th of MARCH, pursuant to the last Will and Testament of Mr. Anthony Hay, deceased.
THAT noted and well accustomed Tavern in Williamsburg called the RALEIGH, which has every Convenience to it, and an exceeding fine Stable and Pasture adjoining. At the same Time will be sold the Stock of LIQUORS, a great Quantity of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, some CHAIRS and HARNESS, CARTS and HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, &c. Also a very good DWELLINGHOUSE on the back Street, where Mr. Hay formerly lived, with large Cabinet Maker's Shop and Timber Yard, and all necessary Out-houses for a Family. And on Tuesday the 7th of May will be sold, before the Raleigh Door, nineteen NEGROES belonging to the said Estate among them a very good Cabinet Maker, a good Coachman and Carter some fine Waiting Boys, good Cooks, Washers, &c. Six Month Credit will be allowed for all Sums above five Pounds, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security; and for the Raleigh, the Time of Payment will be agreed on at the Day of Sale.
WILLIAM TREBEL, ROBERT NICOLSON, Executors.
N. B. All Persons who have Demands against Mr. Hay's Estate are requested to make them speedily known, that Provision may be made for discharging them; and those indebted thereto are desired to make immediate Payment. It is hoped none of the Creditors will put the Estate to any unnecessary Charge, by Suits, when we assure them the best Means will be used to pay the Debts with all Speed, and when it is considered that Mr. Hay has left a large Family, whose tender Years entitle them to some Indulgence.
JAMES CITY County, January 17, 1771.
THE Ordinary late Abbeys, and formerly kept by the Subscriber, which is on the main Road to Williamsburg, and about six Miles distant from it, is again occupied by him; when Travellers, and others, will meet with good Entertainment for themselves and Horses. ALEXANDER WALKER.
WILLIAMSBURG, January 17, 1771.
GOOD Encouragement will be given to Journeymen SHOEMAKERS, who are acquainted with their Business, by THOMAS SKINNER.
RUN away from Petersburg, on the 26th of last Month, a Negro Man named GABRIEL, a likely well made Fellow about two and twenty Years of Age, and entitled to Freedom at the Age of thirty one. He formerly belonged to the Estate of Mr. Benjamin Hubbard, in Caroline, to which County it is probable he may be gone. A Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS, besides what the Law allows, will be paid to any Person who delivers him to me, or secures him so that I may get him again. JOHN McNABB.
To be LET upon FREIGHT, to Whitehaven or Glasgow, THE Ship BROTHERS, of Whitehaven, Thomas Williamson Master, British built, five Years old, Burthen one Hundred and seventy Tons, or thereabouts, now lying at Sack Point, Nansemond River. For Terms apply to the Captain, on Board.
THE Ship INDUSTRY, belonging to Whitehaven, now lying at Norfolk, James Lowe Master, carries four Hundred and forty Hogheads of Tobacco. Any Person inclined to charter the said Ship may know the Terms by applying to the Master, on Board; or to John and Jonathan Eilbeck, in Norfolk.
On the 4th of March next, at Prince William Courthouse, will be SOLD.
A TRACT of LAND containing about eight Hundred Acres, within three Miles of Dumfries, on which is a neat DWELLINGHOUSE, pleasantly situated, and other convenient Houses for cropping. And on the 2d Day of April next, at Winchester, will be sold a Tract of LAND in Frederick County, containing two Hundred Acres, known by the Name of David Wood's Creek. The said Lands were directed by Captain William Bennett, deceased, to be sold by his Executors, to satisfy his Creditors. Long Credit will be given for great Part of the Purchase Money. WILLIAM CARR.
To be SOLD at Urbanna, on the 28th of this Instant, being Middlesex Court Day.
ALL the Estate of WILLIAM URIE; there is an exceeding good PILOT BOAT, not quite two Years old, remarkable for being a fine Sailer. Six Months Credit will be allowed, Bond and Security being given to GEORGE LORIMER, Administrator.
PRINCE EDWARD County, January 1, 1771.
THE Subscriber having lately purchased of James Roberts, of Pittsylvania, a Negro Man Slave named Jupiter; and as a Report prevails that the said Slave is under several Mortgages, or other Encumbrances, he therefore requests those who may have any Claim to the said Slave to make the same known to him before the 10th of June next, as he is bound by that Time to pay the Purchase Money. JOHN MARTIN.
CHARLOTTE County, January 1, 1771.
THE Subscriber having lately purchased of James Roberts, of Pittsylvania, five Negro Slaves, namely, a Woman named Betty, and her four Children, Jude, Beck, Fanny, and Sampson; and as a Report prevails that the said Slaves are under several Mortgages, or other Encumbrances, he therefore requests those who may have any Claim to the said Slaves to make them known to him before the 10th of June next, as he is bound by that Time to pay the Purchase Money. STEPHEN BEDFORD.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidders, on Thursday the 31st of this Instant (January) at the House of Colonel Bernard Moore, in King William.
EIGHTEEN Hundred Acres of LAND for the Life of Colonel Moore, lying on Mattaponi River, in the said County, being the Land whereon Colonel Moore now lives. Also the Free Simple Estate in eleven Hundred and twenty five Acres of exceeding fine well timbered Land, lying in the said County, on Pamunkey River, below Ruffin's Ferry, where Colonel Moore formerly lived. The above Lands are subject to Mrs. Moore's Dower. At the same Time will be sold all the personal Estate of Colonel Moore, consisting of Plate, Household and Kitchen Furniture, Horses, Hogs, Sheep, Cattle, Corn, Fodder, Plantation Utensils, and sixteen House Servants. And on Tuesday the 5th of February, being the Day after Henrico Court, will be sold to the highest Bidders, at Richmond Town, the Remainder of Colonel Moore's Slaves, being near one Hundred, amongst which are Tradesmen of several Sorts. All the above Estate hath been conveyed to the Subscribers, as Trustees, for the Purpose of paying Colonel Moore's Debts. As it is the Desire of the Trustees to make the most of the Estate, for the Benefit of the Creditors, they request that all Persons who have Mortgages on, or Demands against, the Estate, may attend the Sale, to assist them, and see that every Thing is conducted to their Satisfaction. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for the above Estate, the Purchasers giving Bond, with approved Security, to CARTER BRAXTON, GEORGE WEBB, THOMAS WALKER, THOMAS JEFFERSON, JACK POWER, Trustees.
Just imported in the Ship Industry, from Limerick, SIXTY indent SERVANTS, for five Years, amongst them several valuable Tradesmen, which will be sold at Stock's, on Monday the twenty eighth of this Instant (January) by DAVID ROSS.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, by Virtue of a Decree of Hanover Court, at the Courthouse, on Wednesday the 23d of this Instant (January)
THIRTEEN likely Virginia born SLAVES, consisting of Men, Women, and Children, belonging to the Estate of James Blackwell, Junior, to satisfy his Creditors. Three Years Credit will be allowed for greatest Part of the Money, and twelve Months for the Remainder, Bond and good Security being given.
At the same Time and Place will be exposed to publick Sale about twenty valuable Virginia born SLAVES, Men, Women, and Boys, for ready Money; taken, by Virtue of Executions, by the Sheriff of Hanover. (2)
N. B. The said Vessel will take in TOBACCO, or DEPENDENTS, for Liverpool, at a very moderate Freight.
FIFTY CHOICE VIRGINIA BORN SLAVES will be SOLD at Rich's Rules, on Monday the 4th of February; the Time of Payment for which will be convenient for Purchasers, and an undoubted Title made by HUGH MUMMERT.
To be SOLD, on FRIDAY the 9th of FEBRUARY, at MECKLENBURG Courthouse.
TWENTY five likely Virginia born SLAVES, among them several young Hope Wenches; the others Men, Women, and Children. They will be sold for ready Money, or Merchants Notes payable in April General Court next. The Title is indisputable, and will be made to the Purchasers on the Day of Sale. FRANCIS WILLIS.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Goochfield County, on the 13th of December, a large Negro Man, that cannot, or will not, tell the Name of his Owner. He has a Cotton Jacket and Breeches, and appears to be about forty Years old. The Owner may have him on proving his Property, and paying as the Law directs. JAMES BALL, Jailer.
To be LET on CHARTER, for any Port in Britain, or to any Port to the Eastward. THE new Ship MORANT BAY, James Craig Master, which will be ready to take in her Load by the first of February next. Any Person inclined to charter may know the Terms by applying to said Master, or of the Subscribers. She has excellent Accommodations for Passengers. TF LOGAN, GILMOUR, & Co. NORFOLK, December 25, 1770.
TAKEN up, in Stafford, a brindled pied COW with a Crop, Slit, and Underkeel, in each Ear. Pofed, and appraised to forty five Shillings. SOLOMON GALLAHAN.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a gray MARE about four Feet two Inches high, with a raw Nose, her Brand not discoverable. Pofed, and appraised to three Pounds. MILES BOTT.
TAKEN up at the Hon. Thomas Nelson's Plantation, in Hanover, near Taylor's Ferry, a likely gray MARE about six or seven Years old, four Feet five or six Inches high, with a hanging Mane and switch Tail, trotts and gallops, but has no Brand perceivable. Pofed, and appraised to nine Pounds. JAMES FRAZER.
TAKEN up, in Bedford, a bay HORSE four Feet four Inches high, about five Years old, branded on the near Buttock PS in a Piece, and had on a small Bell marked H. Pofed, and appraised to five Pounds. THOMAS SCRUGGS.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, four BULL YEARLINGS, unmarked; two of them black, one red, and the other brindled. Also a brindled Cow, marked with a Halfmoon in each Ear, in the under Side of the right, and the upper Part of the left, Pofed, and appraised to seven Pounds five Shillings. THOMAS WILLIAMS.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a white HORSE about four Feet four Inches high, ten or twelve Years old, a little gray about the Hams, has a hanging Mane and switch Tail, and branded on the near Buttock C, Pofed, and appraised to twenty five Shillings. THOMAS WILLIAMS.
TAKEN up, in Hanover, a red and white STEER about five Years old, with sawed Horns, marked with a Crop and Underkeel in the right Ear, and a Crop in the left. Pofed, and appraised to forty Shillings. NICHOLAS CRENSHAW.
TAKEN up, in Prince William, a middle sized dark gray MARE about five Years old, about thirteen Hands and a Hali high, has a Star in her Forehead, her hind Feet white, had on a good Bell, and is branded on the near Buttock with a Swivel Stirrup Iron. JOHN WELCH.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a bay MARE about two and twenty Years old, has a Star in her Forehead, branded on the near Shoulder T, and on the near Buttock B. Pofed, and appraised to thirty Shillings. JOHN CURRY.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a bay HORSE eight Years old, about thirteen Hands high, is a natural Trotter, branded on the near Shoulder M, and on the Buttock R. Pofed, and appraised to four Pounds ten Shillings. WILLIAM LONG.
TAKEN up, in Stafford, four Head of pied CATTLE, three of them Steers, marked with a Swallowfork in each Ear. Pofed, and appraised to eight Pounds five Shillings. JOHN WATSON.

To be SOLD at the Plantation where Mr. Robert Alcock lives, in the County of Culpeper, on the last Day of February,
TWELVE Thousand Acres of Land, lying in the Fork of Rapidan and Robinson's River, in the said County. Credit will be given until the 25th of October following, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Executors of the Honourable Philip Grymes, Esquire, and a Discount allowed, at the Rate of five per Cent. per Annum. for prompt Payment. The Land will be sold in Parcels, and Mr. Alcock has Directions to show it to any Person who is desirous of seeing it before the Day of Sale. CHARLES GRYMES. BENJAMIN GRYMES, Junior.
RUN away from the Subscriber, at the Falls of James River, the Middle of last Month, a Negro Man named DAVY, belonging to the Hon. William Byrd, Esquire, about thirty Years old, five Feet eight Inches high, and very stout made; he is of a yellow Complexion, has a down Look, and a Defect in some of his fore Teeth. He is supposed to be lurking about Hanover Town, Petersburg, or gone towards Carolina. Whoever will apprehend the said Fellow, and bring him to me, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward; and if taken out of the Colony, FIVE POUNDS. TF DAVID PATTESON.
For SALE. A PLANTATION situated in Nansemond County, Distance from Suffolk seven Miles, from Norfolk twenty seven. It contains one Hundred and seventy nine Acres, one Third of which is not yet cleared, has on it a very good two Story Brickhouse, with Outhouses proper. Any One inclining to purchase may know the Terms by applying to James Mordaugh in Nansemond, or Bryan Croft in Portsmouth. TF
VIRGINIA, sc. At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, November 5, 1770.
John Spear, and Matthias Spear, executors, &c. of John Woolrich Spear, deceased, plaintiffs, against John Judah, late of Frederick county, Virginia, and Henry Grauel, defendants, In Chancery.
THE defendant John Judah being beyond sea, and not having entered his appearance according to the rule of this court, on the motion of the plaintiffs, by their counsel, it is ordered that the other defendant, who hath effects of the said John Judah in his hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete such effects, until the further order or decree of this court concerning the same; but that he deliver up such effects, or so much thereof as will be of value sufficient to satisfy the demand of the plaintiffs, unto the said plaintiffs, upon their giving security to the clerk of this court for the return of such effects, in such manner, and to such persons, as the court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is ordered that the said defendant, John Judah, do appear here on the first day of the next court, to answer the bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be, within fifteen days, inserted in the Virginia Gazette, for two months successively; and published on some Lord's day, some Lord's day, immediately after divine service, in the church of the parish of Frederick, in the county of Frederick; and be also posted up at the front door of the CAPITOL, in the city of Williamsburg. BEN. WALLER.
VIRGINIA, sc. At a GENERAL COURT held at the Capitol, November 6, 1770.
Samuel Gordon, and Patrick Ramsay, plaintiffs, against George Thomas, Peter Lyons, George Webb, John Perks, Joseph Thorp, and James Drew, defendants, In Chancery.
THE defendant John Perks being beyond sea, and not having entered his appearance according to the rule of this court, on the motion of the plaintiffs, by their counsel, it is ordered that the other defendants, who have effects of the said John Perks in their hands, as is suggested, do not pay, convey away, or secrete such effects, until the further order or decree of this court concerning the same; but that they deliver up such effects, or so much thereof as will be of value sufficient to satisfy the demand of the plaintiffs, unto the said plaintiffs, upon their giving security to the clerk of this court for the return of such effects, in such manner, and to such persons, as the court shall hereafter adjudge. And it is further ordered that the said defendant, John Perks, do appear here on the first day of the next court, to answer the bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be, within fifteen days, inserted in the Virginia Gazette, for two months successively; and published on some Lord's day, immediately after divine service, in the church of the parish of St. Paul, in the county of Hanover; and be also posted up at the front door of the CAPITOL, in the city of Williamsburg. BEN. WALLER.
A CATALOGUE of BOOKS, &c. to be Sold at the POST OFFICE in Williamsburg.
ANSON's Voyages. Dufresnoy's Chronological Tables. Astruc on Venereal Diseases. Du Freval on Charity. Armstrong on the Diseases of Children. Duke of Wharton's True Briton. Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Dittion on the Resurrection. Alleine's Alarm to Unconverted Sinners. Derham's Astro-Theology. Atkinson's Epitome. Don Quixote. Arabian Nights Entertainment. Doddridge's Pleasing Instructor. Byron's Voyages. Diltworth's Arithmetick. British Zoology. Emerson's Mechanics. Butler's Remains. Erkin's Sermons. Burch's Life of Henry Prince of Wales. Gospel Sonnets. Baxter's Saints Everlasting Rest. Edinburgh Dispensary. Bennet's Christian Oratory. Epistles for the Ladies. Brooke's Crookery. England's Gazetteer. Buchanan's Dictionary. Edinburgh Medical Essays. Brown's Sunday Thoughts. Emily Montague. Beveridge's Thoughts. Farmer's Guide. Brooke's Introduction to the Practice of Physick. Fox on the New Testament. British Plutarch. Fordyce's Art of Preaching. Baron Bieldfield's Letters. Fleming's Arithmetick. Bartlett's Farriery. Fielding's Works. Barclay's Apology. Ferguson's Astronomy. Biographical Dictionary. Lectures. Boston's Fourfold State. Tables and Tracts. Baxter's Call to the Unconverted. Family Companion for Health. Bunyan's Holy War. Farrier's Dictionary. Chandler's Life of King David. Grand Tour. Campbell's Present State of Europe. Goldsmith's Roman History. Crevier's Roman History. Guthrie's Epistles to Atticus. Cheselden's Anatomy. Gerard on Taste. Culpeper's Midwifery. Gordon's Geographical Grammar. Cincinnatur. Gentleman's Dictionary. Clarissa. German Spy. Complete Gamester. Gay's Fables. Chambeaud's Geography. Hume's History of England. Commentaries of Marcus Antoninus. Harris's Life of Cromwell. Calisus, or the Man of Fashion. History of Cape Breton. Castle of Otranto. of California. Cambray's Dialogues on Eloquence. of Greenland. Cambray on Charity. of Lewis XI. Crosby's Navigation. of the Germans. Cottey, by Miss Minifie. of Kuli Khan. Cotton's Works. of Classick Authors. Cocker's Arithmetick. of the Spanish Settlements. Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. in America. Drelincourt on Death. History of the Bible. Dryden's Works. Harris on the Globes. Fables. on the Diseases of Infants. Howell's Letters.
Hollis's Lecture. Pringle on the Diseases of the Army. Hoyle's Games. Pardon's Arithmetick. Hether's Surgery. Pope's Works. Huxham on Fevers. Partizan, or the Art of making War. Hutchinson's System of Moral Philosophy. in Detachment. Prior's Poems. Pilgrim's Progress. Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty. Pemberton's Dispensatory. Hervey's Meditations. Ruffhead's Life of Pope. Letters. Review of Nations. Hughes's Poems. Religious Philosopher. Instructions for the Indians. Revival of Shakespeare's Text. Impartial Inquiry into Faith. Rudiments of Grecian History. Johnson's Dictionary. Richardson's Asep. James's Dispensatory. Roderick Random. James on Gardening. Rabelais's Works. Joseph Andrews. Rollin's Ancient History. Kettlewell's Companion. Belles Lettres. Love's Surveying. Royal Farrier. Lewis's Pharmacopeia. Smollett's History of England. Ledran's Observations. Gil Blas. Operations. Sheridan on Education. London Medical Observations. Smith on Distilling. Dispensatory. Simpson's Geometry. Lind on the Scurvy. Simson's Euclid. on Diseases in Hot Climates. Smith's Moral Sentiments. Life of Charles XII. Stewart's Tracts. of Duke of Marlborough. Sir Isaac Newton's Universal Arithmetick. and Adventures of a Lap Dog. Stanhope on the Epistles and Gospels. Lord President Forbes's Works. Sharp's Surgery. Langhorne's Letters. Smellie's Midwifery. Consolations. Swift's Works. Letters on Physiognomy. History of the four last Years of Queen Anne. Models of Conviction. Spectator. Montesquieu's Spirit of Laws. Soliman and Almena. McLaurin's Algebra. Secret History of Persia. Melmeti's Translation of Cicero's Letters. Seneca's Morals. Mono on Diseases. Spincke's Devotions. Mihles's Surgery. Steel's Poems. Mackenzie on Health. Shakespeare Illustrated. McBride's Essay. Taylor's Holy Living and Dying. Martin's Philosophical Grammar. Tom Brown's Works. Manners. Telemachus. Memoirs of Ladies of Great Britain. Turkish Spy. Milton's Works. Thompson's Works. Morgan's Physico-Theology. Tom Jones. Marquis D'Argens's Philosophical Dissertations. Tristram Shandy. Maxims of Christina Queen of Sweden. Voltaire's Works. Mariner's Compass. Age of Lewis XV. New Calendar. Letters on the English Nation. Mair's Arithmetick. Vernon's Reports. Messiah. Watts Logic. New Whole Duty of Man. Poems. Practice of Piety. Psalms. Week's Preparation. Hymns. Nelson's Festivals. Wesley's Poems. Naval History of Great Britain. Welsh's History of the Popes. Nature Displayed. Whale's Poems. Omer on Horses. Works of the Minor Poets. Poet's Way's Dictionary. Wild's Surveying. Present State of the British Empire in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Winter's Evening Entertainment. Potter's Antiquities of Greece. Wilshire Beau. Mathematicks. Young Man's Best Companion. Preceptor. Young's Works. Yorick's Sermons.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Ainsworth's Dictionary. Profodia Confused. Gradus ad Parnassum. Sterling's Ovid. Castalio's Latin Bible. Terence. Dialogues. Florus. Mair's Tyro's Dictionary. Phaedrus. Lilly's Grammar. Maittaire's Homer. Ward's Grammar. Virgil. Christie's Grammar. Horace. Ruddiman's Grammar. Ovid. Rudiments. Salust. Clarke's Introduction. Justin. Grammar. Cicero's Orationes. Cordery. Juvenal, and Alop. Terence. Eutropius. Pearce's Longinus. Florus. Trapp's Praelectiones. Erasmus. Martial's Epigrams. Ovid's Metamorphoses. Latin Common Prayer Book. Duncan's Caesar. Greek Testament. Cicero's Orationes. Sententiae. Davidson's Virgil. Bondon Vocabulary. Horace. Hutchinson's Xenophon.
A great Variety of History and other Pretty Books for Children. Spelling Books of all Kinds. Church Bibles. Prayer Books. Family do. Pocket do. School Bibles. Testaments. Psalters. Morocco Pocket Books, of all Sizes. Pounce and Boxes. The Beggars Opera set to Musick. A great Variety of other Musick, by the best Masters. Blank Musick Books. Musick Ruling Pens. Cremona and Steiner's Violins, with best Screw Bows. Silver Bases and best Roman Strings. German and Common Flutes, of different Sizes. Surveyors Instruments. Best Temple Spectacles, Green and Plain. Common Spectacles. Instructions for the Flute. Reading Glasses, for different Ages. Best Penknives. Pewter Ink Chests and Stands. Edinburgh Inkpots. Message Cards, plain, gilt, and mourning. Broad and narrow red Tape. Ivory Memorandum Books. Ivory Folders. Best Wafers. Dutch Sealing Wax. Slates and Pencils. Sand Boxes. Black and Red Lead Pencils. Black and Red Ink Powder. Gold Leaf. Best Dutch Quills and Pens. Hudson Bay Quills. Playing Cards. Blank Books, and Alphabets, of all Sorts and Sizes. Paper, of all Sorts and Sizes. Parchment, and every other Kind of STATIONARY.
Also the following MEDICINES, from Dr. Bateman's original warehouse in London.
Dr. Bateman's Pectoral Drops. Dr. Radcliffe's Famous Purgin Elixir. Dr. Hooper's Female Pills. Squire's Grand Elixir. Dr. Fraunce's Female Strengthening Pills. Godfrey's General Cordial. Swinfin's Electary for the Stone and Gravel. Cheape's Balsamick Pills. Dr. Belderson's never failing Worm Cakes. Right French Hungary Water. Betton's True and Genuine British Oil. Fine Lavender Water. Bateman's Golden and Plain Spirits of Scurvy Grass. Eau de Luce. Dr. Stoughton's Great Stomachick Elixir. Pike's Patent Ointment for the Itch and all Cutaneous Eruptions. The true Daffy's Elixir. Issue Plaisters, which stick without filing; and Madden's Sovereign Oil for Bruises and Strains. We have a few of the late REVIVAL of the LAWS, neatly bound, more than what were printed for the Use of the Country, to dispose of. Also MERCHANTS, COUNTY COURT, and a Variety of other useful BLANKS.
HARDWARE River (ALBEMARLE) December 10, 1770.
WHEREAS Messrs James & Robert Donalds and Company, of Glasgow, have discontinued their Trade at this Place, I hereby give Notice to all those who have open Accounts on my Books (or Messrs. Peterfield Drew and Hector McAlister) to come and settle them; and in Order to prevent Disputes hereafter, Bonds will be required for their respective Balances, for which Purpose I will attend regularly at this Place after the first of January next. Those who fail to come and settle their Accounts after that Time may depend upon their being put in Suit, without farther Notice; and must blame themselves for Being put to Expense and Trouble, which I would willingly avoid. As it will be out of my Power to make personal Application to every One with whom I have Business, it is expected those concerned will pay strict Regard to this Advertisement. PETER DAVIE.
SHOCKO, December 17, 1770.
THE Subscriber, having given up the Management of the Store kept by him at Shocko, on Account of James and Robert Donald and Company, of Glasgow, requests that all those who are indebted to him, on open Account, will come and settle their respective Balances. Bond, or other Securities, to prevent Disputes, will be required; for which Purpose he will attend regularly, at this Place, until the first of September next. This Advertisement, together with the Indulgence already given, will, he flatters himself, prevent a more disagreeable Application. The Goods at that Store are now sold under the Direction of Alexander Buchanan, where the Customers may be supplied on reasonable Terms. JAMES BUCHANAN.
For SALE, or to be RENTED for one Year, and entered on immediately.
EIGHT Hundred and fifteen Acres of LAND in Albemarle County, lying on Hardware River, on which there is a large Store, a good Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, Barn, Stable, and other convenient Houses. The Land is very level, and will produce good Corn, Wheat, or Tobacco; and the Plantation is in very good Order. Any Person inclining to purchase, or rent, the above Plantation, may come and see the Place. The Terms, and Time of Payment, will be made known by James Buchanan, Merchant at Richmond; or by the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises. PETER DAVIE.
HANOVER, Town, July 25, 1770.
THE Subscriber having discontinued the Store kept by him in this Town, requests all those who are indebted to him to settle their Accounts immediately, by Payment or otherwise. This Advertisement, together with the Indulgence he has already given, he hopes, will save farther Application, as all those who do not comply with it may expect to have their Accounts put into an Attorney's Hands, without other Notice, or Respect of Persons. He has a Quantity of Goods, which he will sell on reasonable Terms, for ready Money or short Credit. JOHN SMITH.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about the 26th of September last, two young Negro Men; the one named JACK, the other SAM. JACK is about five Feet six or seven Inches high, very black, is well made, and of a pleasing Countenance; had on when he went away a blue short Jacket, pretty much worn, an Osnaburg Shirt, and a Pair of Osnaburg Trousers, blackened much with Tar, as he had been lately working on Board a Vessel, but had neither Shoes nor Stockings. SAM is of the yellowish Cast, a low squat Fellow, has remarkable bow Legs, and of a surly Countenance; had on when he went away a Jacket of a light Colour pretty much worn, an Osnaburg Shirt, a new Felt Hat, and a Pair of Osnaburg Trousers much like Jack's, and has neither Shoes nor Stockings. These Negroes left a Waggon on the Road to Mr. Charles Irving's in Albemarle County, and I expect will make for Norfolk, as they were brought from thence by Captain John Kerr, of whom I purchased them. Whoever delivers the said Negroes to me, at Richmond Town, or secures them so as I can get them, shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS Reward for each, besides the Allowance by Law. NEIL CAMPBELL.
THIS is to forewarn all Persons from trusting the Wife of the Subscriber, or to transact any Business with her, on my Account, as I will not pay any more Debts of her contracting, nor allow her Receipts to be good. THOMAS YOUNGHUSBAND.
ALL Persons may be supplied with this PAPER at 12s. 6d. a Year, and have ADVERTISEMENTS (of a moderate Length) inserted in it for 3s. the first Week, and 2s. each Week after. * * All Sorts of PRINTING WORK done at this Office in the neatest Manner, with Care and Expedition.