The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-05-14 00:00:00

VIRGINIA
GAZETTE.
With the freshest ADVICES,
FOREIGN and DOMESTICK.
IN CIVITATE LIBERA LINGUAM MENTEMQUE
LIBERAS ESSE DEBERE. Suet. in Tib. S. 28.
Printed by ALEX. PURDIE, and JOHN DIXON, at the POST OFFICE.
DELAWARE LOTTERY,
FOR THE SALE OF LAND BELONGING TO THE EARL OF STIRLING, IN THE PROVINCES OF NEW YORK and NEW JERSEY.
Table with 4 columns: PRIZES, £, s, d. It lists various prize amounts and their corresponding values in pounds, shillings, and pence.
894 Land Prizes. 2518 Cash Ditto, at £. 5 each, 1 Ditto to balance, 2413 Prizes, 9862 Blanks, 32275 Tickets, at £. 4 New York Currency, or 46s. Sterling, or ten Dollars each, is £. 49100. About four Blanks to a Prize.
The Lands and Houses have all been appraised by impartial Persons appointed for that Purpose by the Managers, and the Titles inspected and approved of by Counsel of the first Reputation in New York. The Managers are Gentlemen of the first Reputation in New York, who will see that strict Justice is done, and will make a good Title to the Persons who draw the fortunate Numbers, without any Expense of Deeds, and without any Deduction. The Drawing to begin with all convenient Speed. A List of the fortunate Numbers will be printed in the New York and Philadelphia Newspapers; such Prizes as are not demanded in three Years after the Drawing are to revert to the Society of the Hospital in the City of New York, in America, and esteemed as generous Donations to a most benevolent Institution lately established, for the Relief and Recovery of the Poor, Diseased, and Distressed, of all Denomination.
The fortunate Adventurers distant from New York shall have their Prizes paid by, or their Deeds lodged with, the Persons who delivered out the Tickets, clear of any Expense.
144 TICKETS to be had at the POST OFFICE in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Advertisement.
BEING strictly enjoined by my late Instructions to enforce the punctual Payment of his Majesty's Quittents, it is expected, for the future, that every Sheriff should settle with the Auditor, and pay the Money into the Receiver's Office, on or before the Day appointed by Law; and all Sheriffs who are yet in Arrear to this Revenue cannot expect any farther Indulgence. RICHARD CORBIN, D. R. G.
From the Frontiers of POLAND, February 28.
THE Baron Viomesnil is at present at Tschien with the principal Chiefs of the Confederates, to concert with them the Plan of Operations for the ensuing Campaign, which, by all Appearance, will be very bloody in Poland, where the General Confederacy have several Regiments made up of Defectors from different Nations, who are all in Uniforms, and well disciplined; and it is added that the Money with which they are furnished, by the Bankers of one of the principal Cities in Germany, doth not amount to less than one Thousand Florins a Day. MITTAW, February 18. Count Tottleben is arrived at Riga, from whence he will set out soon to take the Command of a Corps of thirty Thousand Russians, who are to enter Lithuania and Poland next Spring. All the Advices we receive from Petersburg bring favourable Accounts regarding the Plague, and that the Contagion is entirely ceased at Moscow. HAMBURG, March 8. According to the last Advices from Poland, the Russians have entirely destroyed the Remains of the little Army of Count Oginski, Grand General of Lithuania, which only consisted of six Hundred and fifty Men, of whom five Hundred were killed on the Spot, and one Hundred and fifty taken Prisoners.
LONDON, March 1.
IN the Pocket of a Footman to a Lady of Fashion (who it seems had purchased the Chance of a Ticket in the State Lottery) was found the following curious Memorandum: "When I get the Ten Thousand Pounds I'll marry Bett Johnson, but because she was coy and saucy I'll use her lyke a Sarvant; she shall bring me every Morning a Mug of strong Bear with a Toast, Nutmeg, and Sugar; then sleep till ten, when I'll have a Sack Poffet; have Dinner on Table precisely at wan; lay in a Stock of Wine and Brandy; about five have Tarts and Gellies, and a Gallen Boul of Punch; a hot Supper of two Dishes, and if in good Humour ask Bett to sit down; go to Bed at twelve."
March 5. Many ill natured Reflections have been thrown out in the Newspapers an Account of Lord Bute's having been Preceptor to his present Majesty, and of his having had a Scotch Education. Query, who were the Preceptors to the rest of the Royal Family? As it appears, they have not got a Scotch Education.
It is currently reported that certain Advices have been received that a foreign Count has absolutely confessed his having been criminally concerned with a great Lady, in Consequence of which he is to be beheaded under the Lady's Window; and it now seems no longer a Doubt that the Lady herself, after first undergoing a Trial, will be sentenced to the same Punishment.
March 9. On Thursday his Excellency Baron Dieden de Furstentien, Ambassador from the Court of Denmark, arrived at his House in Harley Street, but he has not yet been at Court.
The last English Messenger that came from Copenhagen travelled in Company with a Danish Messenger, who likewise brought Despatches from the same Place.
We are informed that Orders are given for four Men of War, and one of the Royal Yachts, to be in Readiness to sail for the Port of Elsinour, supposed to bring over to England the Queen of Denmark from that Kingdom.
By his Majesty's Royal Order, the Guards which used to attend his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland are to attend him no more on any Occasion, either publick or private, nor have they attended his Highness since his late Marriage.
In one of the East India Ships which is expected home this Spring we hear they have got a wild Man on Board, taken in the Deserts of that Country; he is represented to be all covered over with Hair of the Caliban Kind, and comes as a Present to a Gentleman at Hampstead.
At Cornely's Masquerade, last Monday, a pretty Fruit Wench attracted so forcibly the Attention of Lord Grosvenor that for two Hours she was the sole Object of his Flattery and Admiration. At length, worked up into an irresistible Want of forming an Alliance with her, he told her his Name, offered a Carte Blanche, and begged she would not delay his Happiness. The Lady whispered her Consent, but insisted upon continuing masked. The amorous Lord, overjoyed at the Conquest he had made, conducted his fair Inamorata to the Nunnery in Pall Mall, where, having praised and re-praised every Charm he beheld and enjoyed, he obtained Leave to untie the odious Mask that concealed the Beauty who had made him happy. What Pen, or Pencil, could paint or describe the ghastly Astonishment of his Lordship at the Sight of that Woman! What! my Wife, muttered he, shaking in every Limb! Lady Grosvenor burst into Laughter and left the Room, thanking him ironically for the Right he had given her to taste with Impunity of the forbidden Fruit.
Extract of a Letter from the Hague, March 3.
Several of our Politicians do not scruple to affirm that the Emperour, and his Mother the Empress Queen, by no Means relish the Progress which the King of Prussia has made in different Provinces of Poland, and seem inclined to call him to Account for it. They also pretend that his Prussian Majesty not long since expressed himself in the following Terms to one of the foreign Ministers at his Court: "I had rather set about reducing the whole History of the Jews into Poetry than employ myself in reconciling three Sovereigns, especially when two of them are Women. If it depended upon me, the publick Tranquillity should soon be established every Where."
March 10. A Correspondent from abroad, to whom the Publick are indebted for a Variety of authentick Intelligence, assures us that he lately saw the Pretender at Berlin; that he appeared with an unusual Gaiety, and constantly attended the Court; that the Prussian Monarch affected to treat him with great Respect, and appeared to sympathise with that unfortunate Adventurer in his Sufferings; that the Pretender's Attendants were a few Scots Gentlemen, one of whom was extremely old, and seemed to be his greatest Intimate. He passed his Time (those Days excepted on which he attended the Court) in a very retired Manner, admitted few or no Visitors, and seemed averse to receiving the most trifling Compliments which some Persons were willing to pay him. He accustomed himself to much Exercise, rose early, and seldom omitted taking an Airing on Horseback every Morning. The various Accounts of the Chevalier's indulging a Propensity to Liqueur our Correspondent says he believes to have been ill founded, as during his Stay at Berlin he did not appear at all inclined to that Vice, nor had he in his Person the smallest Trait of the Kind. In his Manners he appeared affable and engaging to Excess, but there is a distant Reserve, a Kind of cloudy Suspicion, which manifests itself in a
Conversation with Strangers; not that this appears his real Temper, but it seems an acquired Habit, owing to Reflection, Chagrin, and the repeated Instances of human Perfidy which, during the Course of his Peregrinations, he has, to his Sorrow, experienced. The Chevalier arrived at Berlin just before the Revolution in Denmark was effected, and left that City the Instant it became a Topic of publick Conversation.
March 12. The Mississippi Government goes on with such flattering Prospects of Success that the Publick, in a very few Years, may expect to receive Silks, Wines, Oil, Indigo, and Hemp, for which we now pay Foreigners a most exorbitant Sum annually in ready Money, as an agreeable Exchange for British Manufactures.
The Expenses of the Establishment on the Mississippi, we are well assured, will not exceed three Thousand Pounds a Year, and the Trade is already estimated at three Hundred Thousand Pounds. The principal Part of this Trade is collected from the British Side of the River, but the Profits are entirely engrossed by the Spaniards; and we have hitherto wasted our Attention upon a barren Rock at Falkland's Island, while a Paradise belonging to our Dominions has been actually possessed by the Enemies of England.
I am surprised (says a Gentleman, with young Miss upon his Lap in the Tea Cellar) that so many People are against the Marriage Act, which protects their Daughters from hungry and rapacious Wolves. But that won't do (says Lady Bridget) unless you can protect them from the Foxes too. You need not give yourself any Trouble (says a Grave Lady Dowager) about whether there should or there should not be a Marriage Act, for Matrimony will soon be quite out of Fashion. This will be a happy Country then, says a young married Lady lately returned from Scotland; Happy Country! repeated Lady M——, to Lady B——; it will be Heaven upon Earth when there is no marrying or giving in Marriage, you know, my Dear.
This Morning his Grace the Duke of Grafton set off from his House in Arlington Street on a private Embassy to Paris.
It is strongly reported that a Yacht, with ten Sail of the Line, and three Bombs, will shortly sail for Copenhagen.
The two Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, in Pursuance of some Hints that were thrown out by several Members of the House of Commons in the Debate on abolishing the Subscription to the Articles, to that Purpose have come to a Resolution to appoint a Committee of nine Gentlemen (of whom the Vice Chancellor is always to be one) to inspect and examine the Records of the University, to ascertain how far their Power relative to the abolishing the said Subscription extends, and to take Measures accordingly.
Extract of a Letter from Fort Egmont, dated November 10, 1771. "We have settled very amicably with the Spaniards, and I really believe they have acted with good Faith in the Return of the Stores. I wonder much how they could be jealous of our settling in this miserable Country, where I assure you it is hardly possible to bring up any Produce to the smallest Perfection, more especially as they have the fine Country of Buenos Ayres so near. At any Rate, we can never defend a Settlement in this Part, so that it will be always a Prey to the Spaniards if they choose it."
The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, it is observed, are now stealing, as it were, into Life; and though not with the Countenance, yet with the Permission, of their late Enemies.
March 13. The Manner of conferring the Order of the Bath on Colonel Keith is reported by many Persons to have been as singular as the Resolution was sudden. Their Account is, that as soon as it was determined in the Cabinet, which was late in the Evening, a Courier was immediately despatched to that Minister with Ensigns of the Order, and a Letter, by which he was directed to invest himself, and appear at Court immediately. The Mail of the same Night was detained several Hours, to give the Advantage of so much Time to the Courier.
Extract of a Letter from Copenhagen, February 25.
Last Saturday Major de Falkonhiold, one of the State Prisoners, was released from his Confinement. The same Day Count de Brandt was brought before the Commissioners at the Citadel, in the same Manner as Count Struensee had been before; his Chains, which weighed eighteen Pounds, were taken off in the Antichamber. When he was brought into the Audience Chamber, before the Commissioners, he seemed at first somewhat disconcerted, but in a little Time recovered his Spirits, and behaved with becoming Resolution. When his Examination was finished, that of Professor Berger, the King's Physician, came on, which lasted above three Hours, and he has since been allowed the Use of Pen and Ink, &c. but the Depositions of the above Prisoners remain a Secret as yet.
"By Order of the Commission, the Equipages, Horses, &c. of Counts Struensee and Brandt have been sold by publick Auction."
March 16. One of the most extraordinary Causes was heard this Week in the Court of Chancery that perhaps ever came before a Chancellor. Some few Years since General Stanwix, his Lady and Daughter, were all lost (by the sinking of the Vessel) in their Passage from Dublin to Parkgate. The Lady was his second Wife, and the Daughter was by the first Wife. At his second Marriage, it was stipulated in the Settlement that if the General survived his Lady the personal Estate was to descend in such a Line; if the Lady survived the General, then in such a Line; and if the Daughter survived them both, then in such a Line. There were Claimants in the Cause under the Supposition of each of these Circumstances. The Party whom the General's Survivorship was to have benefited contended that the Ship, being lost in tempestuous Weather, it was more than barely probable that he was upon Deck, and that the Ladies (as is almost ever the Case in these Situations) were down in the Cabin, and of Course, so confined, were subject to more early Loss of their Lives than the General, who, as a Man of Arms and Courage, was, they asserted, more able and more likely to struggle with Death than Women, and in which he might probably have been assisted by broken Masts and other Parts of the Rigging. Those who claimed on the Supposal of the Wife's surviving her Husband contended that the General was old, and consequently feeble, and by no Means strong enough to resist the Shock of such a terrible Attack; that the Lady was considerably younger, and, though of the weaker Sex, proportionably stronger than her Husband, and, being fond of the General, not improbably was with him at the Time; therefore, in every reasonable Supposition, survived him. The third Party advanced, that the Daughter was younger, and of a more hale Constitution than either the General or his Wife; that undoubtedly the uncommon mutual Affection of the two latter rendered them insensible of their own respective Danger, in their Feelings for each other, so that it was on the Side of Probability that they sunk down in Death together; that the Daughter, on the contrary, though a dutiful, and perhaps affectionate Child, yet, being still younger than the Mother in Law, and having no such violent Attachment for any second Person as the General and his Lady reciprocally had for each other, and being too, from the Circumstance of Youth, to be supposed still more unwilling to part with Life than either Father or Mother, the Probability of being the last Survivor was infinitely in Favour of the Daughter. The Decree is not yet pronounced.
Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in the Suite of the Duke of Gloucester at Naples, February 12.
"I have the Pleasure to inform you that his Royal Highness is now quite recovered of his second Illness, and we are preparing to set out for Rome on the 25th of this Month."
"The 9th, being Sunday, the grand Fete was celebrated, which is called the Cuoconta, and without which the Lazzaroni, or Beggars, with whom this Place swarms, could not subsist. Two Days before the Cele-

bration of this Feast a Scaffold is erected, and Turkies, Pigeons, Geese, &c. are nailed on Posts alive; besides which are Beef, Salt Fish, Bread, and other Provisions. The King, Queen, and Nobility, attend; and on the Signal given, the Lazonari attack the Fort of Provisions, and carry it off in a few Minutes. Many are killed, and Numbers wounded on this Occasion, as all are armed with Knives.
The Account you read in the Papers of an Englishman murdering a Courtezan at Leghorn is well founded; the young Man's Name is R—H. She had bought him a Commission in the Grand Duke's Service, and he had other pecuniary Obligations to her; but on a Quarrel, he struck her a Blow of which she died. This was his Account of this Tragedy, though it was reported that he strangled her. His Fate is still in Suspense, the Grand Duke being a Prince of such great Clemency that he has not yet prevailed on himself to sign the Order for his Execution."
Extract of a Letter from Caithness, March 4. During a great Storm of Snow, which fell here on the 25th of December last, a very melancholy Accident happened. As a great Company, to the Number of sixty six Men, were attending a Funeral to a Churchyard on the other Side of Loch Shein, in the Shire of Sutherland, which was then frozen over, they agreed to pass over on the Ice, which unluckily gave Way, and they all perished. None of their Bodies, nor even the Corpse, have yet been found."
GLASGOW, March 19. We have been favoured, by a Gentleman in Town, with a Copy of the Letter from the Right Honourable the Earl of Suffolk, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, to Murray Keith, his Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of Copenhagen, which we here lay before our Readers, and hope it will be acceptable, as containing very particular Expressions of the distinguished Abilities of that Gentleman, and the honourable Marks of Approbation his Majesty has been pleased to confer on our Countryman.
SIR, ST. JAMES'S, February 28, 1772. I cannot deny myself the Satisfaction of acquainting you with the eminent Merit of your Son, his Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen, and the honourable Testimony his Majesty has been pleased to give of his Approbation, by conferring on him the Order of the Bath. The Ability, Spirit, and Dignity, with which Sir Robert Keith has conducted himself in a very delicate and difficult Situation, has induced his Majesty to accompany the Honour he bestows with very particular Marks of Distinction. He has made the Promotion at a Time when no Stall was vacant.
The Instrument expressly recites eminent Service to have been the Inducement; the Dispensation with Ceremonies is carried farther than usual: His Majesty has directed me to inform Sir Robert Keith that he chose the Time previous to this Issue of his Negotiation, on Purpose to distinguish his Merit independent of his Success; and he has also been pleased to signify that the Whole is to be considered as his Act, and that Sir Robert Keith is not to inquire into the Expenses of the Present his Majesty has made.
The Messenger who sets off for Copenhagen to Night carries the Ensigns of the Order to him, and his Appearance with them at the Court where he resides will be the first Notice they will have of this signal Grace from his Sovereign.
You will allow me to offer my Congratulations to you on this Occasion, and to express the Share I take in the Pleasure this Event will give to a Gentleman for whose publick Character I have always entertained the highest Respect, though I have not the Honour of being personally known to you.
I am, Sir, yours, &c. SUFFOLK. Extract of a Letter from the Countess of M——n, now residing at Paris, to her Friends in Scotland.
A Number of People of Rank and Fashion in this Capital have been missing from Time to Time; some of them were found in the River, from which it was concluded that they had made away with themselves. However, one Night, as a Gentleman was walking along the Streets, he was accosted, as he imagined, by a Woman of the Town. Having articulated with her, she conducted him to her Lodgings. Entering the outer Door, she locked it and put the Key in her Pocket; after which she led him through several Entries, using the same Ceremony at each. Arriving at last at her Chamber, she left him on Purpose to fetch some Wine or other Cordial. In her Absence he began to reconnoitre the Room, and peeping into a Closet he spied two dead Men, whom he supposed had been newly deprived of Life. You may imagine what his Feelings were on such an Occasion; whatever they were, they did not bereave him of a notable Presence of Mind, which suggested to him the only Expedient that, in all Probability, could have saved him: At her Return he told her that he thought a small Collation would be proper for him before he went to Bed, for that he stood much in Need of Something to eat; and, if she pleased, he would go to a neighbouring Tavern and give Orders concerning it. She opposed his going; he still insisted, and added, that she need not be afraid of his leaving her. To convince her that he had no such Intention, he would let his Watch and Purse remain until his Return; and throwing them upon the Table, he permitted him to walk off. He soon returned, with a Party of Men; and upon searching the House two Ruffians were found in Arms hid in a large Chest, who being apprehended, and put to the Torture, confessed that they had robbed and murdered all those that were missing; that the two who were found in the Closet were so lately murdered that they had not Time to conceal them, and that the Gentleman who made the Discovery would also have been made away with if he had stayed a few Minutes longer in the House."
WILLIAMSBURG, May 14.
The Nancy, Barron, and Successor's Increase, Leitch, from London, the Tom, Clark, from Liverpool, Mally, Sturteet, and Blandford, Troop, from Glasgow, are arrived in James River. By Captain Troop we have Papers to the 2d of April, which contain very little News. The Royal Marriage Bill has passed both Houses of Parliament; Peace is concluded between the Russians and the Turks, which it is thought will only pave the Way for fresh Disturbances in Europe; there has Nothing transpired from Denmark, only their Ambassador at our Court is recalled, which is looked upon as no good Omen.
Advertisements.
CABIN POINT, May 6, 1772.
ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Mr. John Heath, deceased, are desired to make immediate Payment; and those that have any Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known to RICHARD COCKE, } Executors. LEMUEL COCKE, }
ELIZABETH CITY, May 10, 1772.
PURSUANT to the last Will and Testament of Henry Allen, deceased, and the Decree of the County Court aforesaid, on Thursday the 28th of this Instant (May) at the Courthouse, will be sold six Virginia born SLAVES, three of them Fellows, and brought up to the Plantation Business; the other three are Wenchies, one of which is a good House Wench. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers, on giving Bond, with good Security, to JOHN ALLEN, Junior, Executor.
NORFOLK, May 4, 1772.
WHEREAS it is become necessary to fore- warn any Person whatever from trusting my late Wife, Anne George, I hereby do it, and shall never pay any Debts she may contract from the Date hereof. WILLIAM GEORGE.
MILNER'S May 12, 1772.
I INTEND to leave the Colony in a few Weeks, and to return next Spring. In my Absence, the Business of Cuming, Warwick, and Company, will be carried on in the usual Manner by Mr. James Monroe, a Partner. ANTHONY WARWICK.
GRAY'S CREEK, May 12, 1772.
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon after the Oyer Court. JAMES BAIRD.
WANTED,
A DISCREET active Woman, as a Housekeeper in a Gentleman's Family. Such a One, properly qualified, may meet with Encouragement by applying to the Printer of this Paper.
ANY Person in Want of a STOREKEEPER, that can be well recommended, may hear of one by inquiring of the Printer.
WHEREAS I purchased a Tract of Land, lying in Dinwiddie County, of John Godwin, for which I executed Bonds to him for the Sum of four Hundred Pounds, bearing Date the 11th of October last, this is to forewarn all Persons from taking Assignments of them, as I will not pay any of them until a Suit, which is now commenced, for a good Right, is determined. THOMAS THWEAT.
THE Owner of the Lots drawn in Colonel Byrd's Lottery on the north Side of James River, Number 444, 472, 492, 447, 448, 494, 495, 419, 420, 513, and 514, may hear of a Purchaser by applying to the Subscriber, in Richmond Town. ROBERT DU VAL.
SEVERAL likely NEGROES will be sold, for ready Money, on Wednesday the 3d of June, at Charles City Courthouse, being Court Day.
THE Subscribers, having proved the Will of Captain Robert Carter, deceased (of Hanover County) request all those who are indebted to his Estate to settle and pay their respective Balances immediately, and those who have Demands are desired to make them known to us, that we may provide to discharge them. JOHN BLACKWELL, } Executors. JOHN CARTER, Junior. }
ELIZABETH STRACHAN and SISTERS have just imported, from London, a fresh Assortment of MILLINERY, in the newest Taste, and to be sold cheap, for ready Money, at their Shop in Richmond Town, among which are the following Articles: Full Suits of Blond and Mignonet Lace, scalloped Gauze and Book Muslin Ditto, Cockhat Caps, Mary Scott's Puff and Lappets, fashionable Gauze Caps, Riband and Shenell Ditto, Lace and Italian Flower Caps, French and Italian Breast and Head Flowers, worked Muslin and Lawn Aprons, flowered Gauze Ditto, penciled Gauze Ribands and others, Italian Stomachers and Knots, Riband and Shenell Ditto, Apron-wide Book Muslin, common Width Ditto, plain and flowered Gauzes, Mens Kid and Buckskin Gloves, Womens coloured and white Kid Gloves and Mits, black and white Silk Ditto, Mens Cotton and raw Silk Stockings, Tabby and Ticking Stays, Long Lawn, Humhums, thick Muslins, striped bordered thick Muslin Handkerchiefs, &c. &c.
WESTMORELAND, May 4, 1772.
AS I have found the Method formerly taken insufficient to satisfy all my Creditors, and notwithstanding I have given up all my Effects I am still likely to suffer, there having some Judgments lately gone against me, I now would beg all my Creditors, or their Representatives, to meet at next Westmoreland Courthouse, and I will there lay before them all that remains in my Power to do for them, and hope that those who have obtained Judgments will delay distressing me until they see what then may be done; and if Nothing but confusing my Person will satisfy them, they shall then have it in their Power. GILBERT CAMPBELL.
N. B. We, Mr. Campbell's Trustees, likewise beg his Creditors may meet at the above Time and Place, that we may make a Dividend, and do what is in our Power to serve him. WILLIAM FLOOD. HUGH HAMILTON.
NEWCASTLE, May 1, 1772.
AS the Subscriber intends to leave this Colony shortly after the ensuing June Oyer Court, he requests all those who are in Arrears to the Store kept by him at this Place, for David Cochran and Company, to settle their respective Balances before his Departure. The Store will be continued in his Absence, to its usual Extent, by Mr. Francis Irwin, who will be properly authorised to settle all the Company's Concerns. DAVID COCHRAN.
TAKEN up by the Subscriber, on the Dividing Creek, in Northumberland, last December, a small ROWING BOAT, twelve Feet long and six in Width, valued at five Pounds. THOMAS INGRAM.
THE Brig LIBERTY, now lying at Lay- ton's, in Rappahannock River, will take in Tobacco, addressed to Tate, Alexander, and Company, Merchants in Liverpool, at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun. Those Gentlemen who incline to favour that House with their Consignments are requested to lodge their Orders with the Captain on Board the said Brig, or deliver them to the Subscriber, who will attend all the County Courts for that Purpose. CHARLES ALEXANDER.
THE expected Meeting of the OHIO COMPANY, on the 30th of March last, being prevented by the Sitting of the Assembly, a Meeting of the said Company, at Stafford Courthouse, on Monday the 25th of May next, on Business of the utmost Importance, is desired by G. MASON, Treasurer.
A BOX, marked BS, No. 35, containing Silver Ware, Pocket Books, &c. the Property of Robert Gilmeur of Northumberland, was, by Mistake of my Mate, sent to some Gentleman who had Goods last Fall by the Anne. Whoever sends the Box to the said Robert Gilmeur shall be paid all Charges thereon, and will greatly oblige ROBERT POLLOCK.
TAPPAHANNOCK, May 8, 1772.
As it is now two Years since I discontinued Store-keeping on my private Account in this Town, and those indebted to me have had the greatest Indulgence, I must request them to come and pay off immediately, and those who have any Claims against me to bring them in, that they may be settled and paid. The Store I formerly kept at this Place has been under the Management of Mr. William Shedd, on Account of McCall and Shedd, since May 1770, where Customers may depend on a regular Supply of Goods, and the same civil Usage and Indulgence as formerly.
I have for Sale some Lots in this Town, on which is a genteel two Story House, with necessary Outhouses and Gardens, pleasantly situated on the Bank of the River. Any Person inclineable to purchase may have them on very reasonable Terms, either for ready Money, or Bond on Interest with a long Credit. The Purchaser may likewise have the Furniture, and House and Kitchen Servants, which are good, provided the Servants are willing to live with him.
The Land and Houses where Mr. William Smedgraf formerly kept Store in this County will be offered for Sale, at this Place, on the third Monday in July, being Essex Court Day. Any Person inclineable to purchase, by private Sale, may treat for them between this and that Time. ARCHIBALD M'CALL.
I have also for Sale a very honest and capable Negro SKIPPER, well acquainted with the Bay and Rivers, and who has had the Charge of Bay Craft for upwards of twenty Years. NORTHUMBERLAND, May 10, 1772.
I INTEND to leave the Colony in a few Weeks. THOMAS MAIN.
ESSEX, May 1, 1772.
I INTEND to leave the Colony very soon. ANDREW CRAWFORD.
ESSEX, May 1, 1772.
AS Mr. Andrew Crawford, late Factor, in Essex, for James Ritchie and Company of Glasgow, Merchants, intends to leave this Colony very soon, it is expected, and required, if any Person has any Claim against James Ritchie and Company for Transactions with Andrew Crawford, that such Persons shall immediately give in their respective Claims to Andrew Crawford and the Subscriber, and have the same settled and adjusted prior to the said Crawford's leaving the Colony, and that all Persons who had Store Dealings, in Hobb's Hole, with Andrew Crawford, and whose Accounts are not finally settled, will immediately examine their respective Accounts on the Books in the Possession of the Subscriber, and have their Accounts settled, as Claims against James Ritchie and Company for any Transaction with Andrew Crawford, although said to have been formerly given in, will neither be discounted nor paid by the Subscriber after the said Crawford leaves the Colony. WILLIAM WODDROP.
A BOX, containing twelve Pair of Did- bury's Shoes, marked D in a Diamond, N o 1, imported in the Betty, Captain Darby, last Fall, is not yet come to Hand. Any Person with whom the said Box may be lodged will please to forward it to me at Warwick, and the Favour shall be acknowledged. SIMON FRAZER.
ALBEMARLE, May 2, 1772.
I HEREBY give Notice to all those who are indebted to John Fortune, Junior, deceased, of Albemarle County, to come and make immediate Payment; such as fail may expect no longer Indulgence. PETER DAVIE, Administrator.
ARRIVED in James River, from Africa, the Polly, Captain Duncombe, with four Hundred and fifty fine healthy SLAVES; the Sale of which will begin at Bermuda Hundred, on Monday the 25th Instant (May) and continue till all are sold. Credit will be given upon Merchants Notes, or other good Security, and a Discount allowed for ready Money. BURNLEY & BRAIKENRIDGE.
As soon as the Sale is finished, the said Ship, which is a new Vessel, and in very good Condition, will sail for Bristol, and will take in Tobacco at six Pounds a Tun, delivered along-side.
GEORGE III. by the Grace of GOD of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Halifax County, greeting: We command you to summon Robert Wynne, Junior, John Wynne, and Llewellyn Jones, to appear before our Justices of our said County, at the Courthouse, on the third Thursday in this Month, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against them by John Jameson and Son, James Buchanan, Andrew Buchanan, Walter Brock, Robert Haffie, William Buchanan, and Duncan Rose. And this you shall in no Wise omit, under the Penalty of a Hundred Pounds; and have then there this Writ. Witness Robert Mansford, Clerk of our said Court, at the Courthouse, the 12th Day of May, in the 12th Year of our Reign. ROBERT MUNFORD.
Just IMPORTED, in the Unity, Captain Goooley, a large Assortment of fine GOODS, and to be sold by the Subscriber, namely:
PASTE Necklaces and Earrings, fine Paste Stomacher and Sleeve Knots, Buttons in Sets, Paste Sprigs, Garnet set in Gold, plain Gold and Paste Lockets, plain Gold and Paste Stock Buckles, Paste Shoe Buckles, Mocha Buttons set in Gold, plain and labelled Decanter Corks, Silver mounted chased and plain Corals and Bells, Tortoiseshell Toothpick Cases, Smelling Bottles in Ditto, neat Paper Snuff Boxes, fine Steel Scissors, Silver Pencil Cases, Silver Shoe Buckles, Silver Thimbles, plain Gold and Pebble Sleeve Buttons, Sword Canes, Didbury's Shoes, Wax Tapers on Brass Frames, very useful for Merchants, and many other Articles too tedious to insert. C. RATHILL.
For SALE,
All that Tract or Parcel of LAND lying in Fauquier Parish, in the County of Gloucester, known by the Name of Paradise, containing, by a Survey, fourteen Hundred and forty six Acres. It lies very convenient to Portopotomac Inspection of Tobacco, on a Creek of York River, and within thirteen Miles of Urbanna; the Soil is exceeding good for Tobacco, Corn, or Wheat, and more than Half imagined to be Woodland, the greatest Part of which is very good, and well timbered. Mr. William Pollard, who lives near the Land, will be kind enough to show it to any Person who may choose to look over it. The Proprietors of this Land live in the Province of Maryland, who have authorised me to dispose of it, and possessed me with their Title Papers for the Inspection of those who may incline to purchase. JOHN LEE.
ESSEX, May 5, 1772. For SALE, at FREDERICKSBURG Fair, on the 25th Instant (May)
An extraordinary good BLACKSMITH, a good CARPENTER, and sundry other valuable Slaves, for ready Money. A good Title may be depended on. JOHN CARTER.
To be SOLD, on moderate Terms,
A TRACT of LAND lying on Mobjack River, in the upper Part of Southampton County, containing a Thousand Acres, two Hundred Acres, Part thereof, low Ground. Also another Tract, containing two Hundred Acres, lying in Prince George County, being the Land which formerly belonged to Mr. William Hamlin, deceased. JOHN RUFFIN, Junior.
To be SOLD for ready Money, before the Raleigh Tavern, this ensuing June Court of Oyer and Terminator,
Two Hundred and seventy nine Acres of LAND, situated in the lower Part of King William, and lying about three Miles from Ruffin's Ferry. Any Person choosing to buy the same privately will be satisfied by applying to Mr. John Tazewell, Captain William Anderson, or Thomas Lilly, that a good Right and Title shall be made for the same.
To be SOLD at PASQUOTANK Courthouse (North Carolina) on the 10th of June next, to the highest Bidder, at publick Vendue, the following Tracts of LAND:
BETWEEN three and four Hundred Acres on the north Side of Pasquotank River, about three Miles below the Courthouse, with three small Houses thereon; it is exceedingly well timbered, chiefly high Land, Part of which is cleared, an agreeable Situation, and commands an extensive Prospect.
About two Hundred Acres on Araneus Creek, a little above the other Tract, with a large two Story Brick House on it; near sixty Acres of it is cleared Land, the rest is well timbered, and the Whole is on navigable Water for small Craft. There is a very fine Apple Orchard, and other Improvements upon this Tract.
About five Hundred Acres on Pasquotank River, a little below the River Bridge, four Hundred and fifty Acres of which is rich Cypress and Juniper Swamp; the rest is high Land, well cleared, and under a good Fence, with several Improvements, particularly a good Cart Road from the Water Side a considerable Way up the Swamp; the Whole of it lies on ten to twelve Feet Water clear to the Bank.
The Purchasers are to give Bond, with approved Security, payable in twelve Months from the Day of Sale. The Premises may be entered on immediately, and the Subscriber, who lives on Araneus Creek, will show the same to any Person inclineable to purchase. MATTHIAS ELLEGOOD.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, or at private Sale, the first Friday in July, at Chesterfield Court,
A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, in the same County, containing one Hundred and seventy Acres. It has a good Apple Orchard, a fine Spring, excellent Timber, and lies about five Miles above the new Town of Manchester, adjoining the Land of Stephen Panca. Six Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond and Security. THOMAS GIBSON.
To be SOLD at Tappahannock, pursuant to a Decree of Essex Court, on the 20th of July, if fair, otherwise next fair Day,
TWO LOTS in the Town of Tappahannock, belonging to William Hathaway, late of the said Town, and mortgaged by him to James Ritchie and Company. The said Lots are situated near the publick Tobacco Warehouses, and have on them two Dwellinghouses in tolerable Repair, and numbered 33 and 69, as by the Plan of the said Town. Six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to ARCHIBALD RITCHIE.
APRIL 20, 1772.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Sub- scriber, in Richmond Town, some Time last Fall, two HORSES, one a Bay about ten or eleven Years old, four Feet five or six Inches high, branded on the near Buttock B, has Cuts round his Jaw, which appear to be done with a Rope, likewise round the Feet; the other is a sorrel, about twelve Years old, four Feet ten or eleven Inches high, but whether branded or not I do not remember. Whoever brings me the said Horses shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, or TWENTY SHILLINGS for either of them. ROBERT DU VAL.

To be SOLD by the Subscribers, Mortgagees of Mr. Peter Copland of Pittsylvania, and the said Mortgager, in Parcels, for the Benefit of the Subscribers, and others,
SIX Thousand Acres of valuable LAND, lying on Smith's River, Beaver and Reedy Creeks. It is laid off in small Lots; and we do guarantee and confirm the former Sales of the Lands made to sundry Persons by the said Mortgager, which were subject and liable to our Mortgage, provided the Bonds for the same already taken, or to be taken, are made payable to us. And we do empower the said Mortgager to sell and dispose of, for our Accounts, the above mentioned six Thousand Acres of Land, provided the said Mortgager shall take the sundry Bonds for the same payable to us; and we do confirm and guarantee any Bargain or Sale of his Lands, formerly made by him, agreeable to this Advertisement, to be good and valid, as if the same had been made and done by ourselves. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half, and two Years for the other Half.
PETER COPLAND. PETER RANDOLPH BLAND. WILLIAM BLACK. PATRICK COUTTS.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, at Milner's Warehouse, a bay HORSE about five Years old, fourteen Hands and a Half high, with a Switch Tail and hanging Mane, but no Brand perceivable. Whoever brings him to me shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward. JOHN ROBBINS.
STOLEN from along-side the Snow Cambridge, Robert Hutton Master, lying near Tarpley's Bar, on Wednesday the 6th Instant (May), at Night, a LONGBOAT and YAWL, both of which are well known at Leeds Town, the upper Part of the Stern of the Yawl being broke. Whoever secures the said Boats, or either of them, and delivers them to Mr. Archibald Ritchie at Hobbs's Hole, Mr. Birket Davenport at Leeds Town, or to me in Fredericksburg, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, or TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward for either. JAMES WARD.
STRAYED from Richmond, on Sunday the 3rd Instant (May) two gray MARES, one of which is about four Feet nine Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, trots and gallops, and branded on the near Buttock SH; the other is about four Feet seven Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces very well, and branded on the near Shoulder with a Heart. They are both pretty old, and were shod before. Whoever will deliver them to Mr. James Buchanan, Merchant at Richmond, shall have TEN SHILLINGS Reward for each, and TWENTY SHILLINGS if delivered to me in Albemarle. PETER DAVIE.
DINWIDDIE, April 27, 1772.
STOLEN, on Saturday Night the 25th Instant, a dark bay HORSE about fourteen Hands high, with a blaze Face, hanging Mane and short Switch Tail, both hind Legs white, paces slow, and trots and gallops. At the same Time was stolen out of my Stable, a Man's plain hunting Saddle pretty much worn, and has been dyed black, a white Swanskin Saddle Cloth bound with red, and a Saffron Bridle. I will give FORTY SHILLINGS Reward on Delivery of the Horse, &c. to Mr. Andrew Johnston in Petersburg, and on Conviction of the Thief FIVE POUNDS. NEILL BUCHANAN, Senior.
PRINCE GEORGE, May 6, 1772.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a Negro Man named DERBY, about twenty five Years of Age, near six Feet high, a slim black Fellow, and plays on the Fiddle with his left Hand, which he took with him; he had on, when he went away, a Virginia Cloth Jacket, an Osnaburg Shirt, and a Pair of blue Broadcloth Breeches. I have some Reason to think he will make for Pittsylvania, as his Wife has been lately sent there to one of Mr. John Baird's Quarters. Whoever brings him to me, or secures him so that I may get him again, shall have THREE POUNDS Reward if he is taken within fifty Miles, and EIGHT POUNDS if above that Distance. ROBERT HUNNICUTT, Junior.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a likely Virginia born Negro Man named SIMON, about twenty eight Years of Age, five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, and well proportioned; he is of a yellow Complexion, is endeavouring to pass for a Freeman, and calls himself Simon Hermon. He has several Letters with him, which probably may be a Means of his escaping, as he is a very sensible Fellow, and I believe will endeavour to leave the Country. Whoever delivers him to me, at Colonel Donelson's, in Pittsylvania, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. MARY PURNEL.
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a small bay HORSE about five Years old, with a Half hanging Mane and Bob Tail, but has no perceivable Brand. Potted, and appraised to eight Pounds. KINNBROUGH JONES.
TAKEN up, in Fauquier, a black HORSE about thirteen Hands and a Half high, with a blaze Face, white Eyes, white Feet, Bob Tail, roached Mane, branded on the Buttock P P, and trots and paces well. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds. LEROY HEWLETT.
TAKEN up, in Spotsylvania, a yellow brindled STEER about four Years old, with crumpled Horns, marked with a Crop in the right Ear, and a Half Crop, Swallowfork, and Underkeel in the left. Potted, and appraised to forty five Shillings. CHARLES COSBY.
TAKEN up, in Prince Edward, a small Iron gray HORSE about four Years old, four Feet four Inches high, with a roached Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the near Buttock with a Horse Shoe. Potted, and appraised to six Pounds. FRANCIS BAINES.
TAKEN up, in King William, a dark bay HORSE about four Feet six Inches high, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, a Star in his Forehead, a Snip on his Nose, some Saddle Spots, and branded on the near Buttock with three Strokes. Potted, and appraised to three Pounds fifteen Shillings. THOMAS OAKES.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick, a large Chestnut forrel HORSE about four Feet nine or ten Inches high, with a flaxen Mane and Tail, no perceivable Brand, and paces and trots. Potted, and appraised to ten Pounds. WILLIAM VAUGHAN.
TAKEN up, in Goochland, two BARROWS and two SOWS, marked with a Crop in the left Ear, and a Slit and Underkeel in the right. Potted, and appraised to three Pounds. THOMAS FLEMING.
TAKEN up, in Albemarle, a young red STEER with a white Face, both Ears cropped, a Slit in one Ear, and a Slit and Underkeel in the other; also a red and white STEER marked as the above. Potted, and appraised to three Pounds ten Shillings. ROBERT ADAMS.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, May 5, 1772.
NOTICE is hereby given, to all whom it may concern, that his Excellency and Council will sit for the Hearing of the several Cavesats on the Council Docket on the Wednesday immediately following the Court of Oyer and terminer in next Month. JOHN BLAIR, Clerk to the Council.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 7, 1772.
GENTLEMEN Surveyors, and others, may be supplied with Mr. THOMAS MARSHALL's new invented Instrument for finding the VARIATION of the NEEDLE by the Subscriber. This Instrument is extremely simple and cheap, and will be particularly serviceable to Surveyors if the Act takes Place which obliges them to return Plot and protract their Surveys by the true Meridian. EDMUND DICKINSON.
THE Treasurer, Trustees, and Subscribers to the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans of Clergymen, collected last Sunday, from the two Audiences, thirty nine Pounds ten Shillings and nine Pence, for which they beg Leave to return their Thanks to the generous Contributors. On the Day following they ordered sixty eight Pounds to be distributed among six Widows and the Orphans of three Clergymen, and appointed Officers for the ensuing Year, namely, the Reverend Messieurs John Camm, Treasurer, William Willie, Henry Skyring, James Maury Fontaine, Samuel Klug, William Bland, and Thomas Lundy, Trustees, William Harrison Morning Preacher, and Price Davis Evening Preacher.
Two unknown worthy Gentlemen are desired to accept the Thanks of the above Association for the several Sums of two Pounds six Shillings and two Pounds three Shillings, sent by Colonel Carter and the Reverend Mr. Fontaine.
The very liberal Donation of one Hundred Pounds to the Fund, conveyed through the Hands of the Reverend Mr. Fontaine, by a charitable Person who desires to have his Name concealed, could not but be received by the Friends and Supporters of the Fund with those peculiar Marks of Esteem and Approbation which it so eminently deserves. By Order. JACOB BRUCE, Clerk.
HAVING several Debtors removed to North and South Carolina, I purpose (God willing) to pursue them next Fall. Any Gentlemen Merchants, or others, having Money due from Persons in either of those Provinces, properly proving or ascertaining their Accounts, and lodging them with me by the last of August (as I intend to set off about the first of September) may depend on the utmost I can do to serve them, at a reasonable Rate. Apply to me near Culpeper Courthouse. N. PENDLETON.
NORFOLK, May 2, 1772.
WANTED, on Charter for Liverpool, a VESSEL from three to four Hundred Hogheads Burthen, that may be despatched quickly. JOHN GREENWOOD.
AS the Sheriff of Charles County, Maryland, hath given Notice that he is possessed of my Bond to Mr. Robert Horner for conveying to him, or his Assigns, eight Hundred Acres of Land, Part of a Tract called the Kettle Run Tract, belonging to the Estate of Charles Carter, Esquire, deceased, and that the Sale of the Land will shortly be advertised, it may be necessary to inform the Publick that the said Horner gave his Bonds for the Consideration Money, namely, a Hundred and fifty Pounds payable in December 1770, and two Hundred and fifty Pounds in October 1771; that he paid only a Hundred and seventeen Pounds ten Shillings of his said Bonds, and the Executors of Colonel Carter will expect the Balance of Principal and Interest before they part with the legal Title, and on Receipt thereof will be ready, at any Time, to convey the said Land to Mr. Horner, or his Assigns. CATESBY WOODFORD.
LANCASTER, May 4, 1772.
THE Subscriber intends for England in a few Weeks. S. S. MCROSKEY.
WILLIAMSBURG, May 7, 1772.
A NEAT Assortment of JEWELLERY, SILVER WORK, &c. just imported, to be sold on reasonable Terms by JAMES CRAIG.
DENBIGH, April 25, 1772.
WANTED, by the 25th of October next, an industrious, sober, single Man, who is a good Planter, to act in the Capacity of a Steward. Such a One, well recommended, will meet with Encouragement from WILLIAM DIGGES, Senior.
WANTED,
A YOUNG Man who has been bred in an Apothecary's Shop, and understands the Composition of Medicines. Such a One, by applying to the Subscriber, in Petersburg, will meet with good Encouragement. DAVID BLACK.
Just IMPORTED in Captain WOODFORD, and to be SOLD on reasonable Terms by the Subscriber, in Williamsburg,
A NEAT Assortment of JEWELLERY and MILLINERY, namely, Paste Shoe Knots, Ditto Shoe, Knee, and Stock Buckles, Marcassite and Paste Necklaces and Earrings, French Bead and Jet Ditto set with Marcassite, enamelled, Garnet set in Gold, plain Gold and Marcassite in Silver, Lockets, Paste and Marcassite Crosses, Paste Cocque de Pearl and Marcassite Sprigs, Gold Wire Earrings, French Bead, Pearl, Agate, and Garnet Necklaces and Earrings, fine Minionet, Brufels, Macklin, and Blond Lace, Italian Flower and Riband Stomachers and Sleeve Knots, Suits of Childbed Linen, Egrets, Breast Flowers, Nofegays, Fancy, laced, and Gauze Caps, Cambric, Lawn, Gauze, Catguts, fine Book and thick Muslin, Gauze Aprons and Handkerchiefs, Gold Bands, Buttons, and Loops, set Combs, Plain Tortoiseshell and Horn Ditto, Gresham's white and coloured Satin Pumps, white and black Silk Gloves and Mitts, Kid and Lamb Ditto, Boys blue Satin Caps, white and coloured Silk Hose, Cotton Ditto, white Satins and Silks, coloured Silks, Trimmings for Ditto, &c. &c. JANE CHARLTON.
THE fine thorough bred Horse KING HEROD stands this Season at my Quarter in King William, where Mr. Thomas Baker lives. He is a fine bay, sixteen Hands high, came out of a Mare called Kitty Fisher, that was got by Cade, and imported by Mr. Braxton. The Terms are twenty Shillings a Leap, and the Money to be paid when the Mare is covered. RALPH WORMELEY.
On Tuesday the 26th Instant, at this Place, will be LET to the highest Bidder, for a Term of Years, THE FERRY from COBHAM to JAMESTOWN; also the Building of a good Ordinary, and other convenient Houses, for the Accommodation of Travellers and Passengers. The Proposals will be made known at the above Time and Place. The Trustees will give their Attendance to grant Deeds to such Persons who have taken up Lots, and built upon them, agreeable to Law, and to such as may be willing to renew their former Entries, or become Purchasers of new Lots. Those inclining to become Purchasers are desired to apply to William Hay, at the aforesaid Time and Place, with whom will be lodged a new Plan of the Town for their Inspection, to make Entries in Writings of such Lots as they choose to purchase, specifying the Number and Time of Entry. All Entries after that Time must be left with the same Person, who is appointed by the Trustees to receive the same. And in Order to prevent Disputes among Purchasers, they are to take Notice that the Conditions of building are as follows: "On every Lot there shall be built a good House, to contain four Hundred Feet of square Flooring, within two Years after the Date of the Grant for the same." The above will be strictly adhered to by the Trustees.
To be LET to the lowest Undertaker, at Urbanna, on Saturday the 16th of this Instant (May)
THE Building of a BRICK CHURCH, in the Form of a Cross, sixty by thirty each Way in the Clear, with one Gallery. RALPH WORMELEY, Junior. } Churchwardens. JAMES GREGORIE, } To be SOLD, at private Sale,
A THOUSAND Acres of Land (or more, if desired) whereon the Courthouse of Prince Edward stands. Credit will be allowed on the Purchaser giving Bond, with approved Security, to PETER JOHNSTON.
To be SOLD, on Monday the 18th of May, before Mrs. Mitchell's Door in YORK Town, A TRACT of LAND, lying in York County, between Mrs. Digges's and the E D Plantation, on York River, containing two Hundred Acres, whereon are a Quarter, Barn, Cornhouse, and a fine Hogshead's Orchard. Credit will be allowed until the 25th of April next, on giving Bond and Security to THOMAS DIGGES.
To be SOLD at Edenton, North Carolina, on Tuesday the 16th of June next, by publick Vendue,
TWENTY five valuable SLAVES, HORSES and CATTLE, several SEA VESSELS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, and a Quantity of EUROPEAN and WEST INDIA GOODS. Six Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to the Executors of Mr. George Blair, deceased. 5
For SALE,
A TRACT of LAND in Halifax County, containing two Thousand and seventy five Acres. The Soil is good, and fit for Tobacco or Corn. On this Tract there is a complete Grist Mill lately built, and extremely well situated for Custom. Also another Tract on the River Hyco, about eight Miles distant from the other, containing two Hundred and fifty six Acres of exceeding rich low Ground, equal to any on Dan River, on which is a Dwellinghouse, and every Convenience for Cropping. For Terms apply to Alexander Shaw, in Petersburg.
YORK, May 4, 1772.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from this Town, on Saturday Evening last, a dark roan HORSE about ten Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail; his Brand, if any, forgot. TEN SHILLINGS Reward will be given upon Delivery of the said Horse to J. AMBLER.
STRAYED, or STOLEN, from the Subscriber, near Peter's Bridge, in Sussex (but supposed to be stolen by a Negro belonging to John Neally of Betsworth) a sorrel HORSE about four Feet nine Inches high, with a Blaze in his Face, a Snip on his Nose, a roached Mane and Bob Tail, some white Hairs in his Mane, but no Brand that I remember. Whoever brings the said Horse to me, or gives me such Intelligence that I may get him, shall have TWENTY FIVE SHILLINGS Reward. CHARLES KNIGHT.
RUN away from the Subscriber, a few Days ago, two Servant Men, namely, EDWARD EAGE, about six Feet high, of a swarthy Complexion, wears his own black Hair, and had on, when he went away, an old Felt Hat, a Lead coloured Broadcloth lapelled Coat, a Cotton Jacket with Sleeves, Leather Breeches, a Pair of old Gambadoes the same Cloth of the Coat, and old Country made Shoes Half soled. WILLIAM NIVES, a low squat Fellow, about twenty Years of Age, wears his own short black Hair, had on an old Hat, a Lead coloured Sagathy Coat, a Pair of Leather Breeches, a Pair of Cloth Ones, a Pair of old single channelled Pumps, and large Silver plated Buckles. Whoever delivers the above Servants, or either of them, to me, in Fauquier, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward for each. WILLIAM WITHERS.
RUN away from my Plantation in King and Queen, the 11th of last Month, a likely Negro Man named ABRAHAM, about five Feet seven Inches high, has lost Part of the fore Finger of his left Hand, and plays on the Violin. He got on Board a Ship at Newbern some Years ago, but was apprehended, and, as he is a Waterman, I imagine will attempt it again. All Masters of Vessels, and others, are hereby cautioned from entertaining or carrying him out of the Colony. Whoever brings him to me, or secures him so that I may get him again, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. SAMUEL MEREDITH, Senior.
RUN away from the Subscriber, on Tuesday the 17th of December last, a likely Virginia Negro Fellow named PETER, about five Feet ten Inches high, lets his Hair grow from his Temples Half Way down his Face, very long and frizzed, has a large Scar on his right Leg, is a very artful Fellow, well set, and very active; he had on, when he went away, Negro Cotton Jacket and Breeches, and white Yarn Stockings. I suppose he will change his Name to Peter Winn, or Peter Harris, and get on Board a Vessel under Pretence of being a Freeman; all Masters of Vessels are therefore forewarned from harbouring or carrying him out of the Colony, at their Peril. Whoever brings him to me in King William, or to Mr. Henry Gilbert in New Kent, at Colonel George Washington's Plantations, shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward if he is taken in the Colony, and FIVE POUNDS if out thereof, besides what the Law allows. JOSEPH CRENSHAW. N. B. The said Slave is a Shoemaker by Trade, and I suppose lives by that Craft.
Just IMPORTED from London, in the Randolph, Captain McNABB, and to be SOLD at a very low Advance for ready Money, next Door above the Coffeehouse in Williamsburg,
A VERY large and elegant Assortment of JEWELLERY, MILLINERY, &c. namely, beautiful Paste Bows with Solitaires and Collars, Ditto set in Silver and full of Work, large Cluster Branch Earrings with three Drops, Ditto blue Agate, Pearl, French Wax, Wax Pearl, Garnet, Jet, Marcassite, and Paste, in Form of Diamonds, Stars, Hearts, and True Lovers Knots, set and plain Necklaces suitable to Ditto, Paste and Jet Stay Hooks, handsome set Sprigs and Pins of various Kinds, set Combs, Garnet and Paste Crosses, plain Gold Lockets, Garnet set in Ditto, Silver Cluster, Pinchbeck, Marcassite, and Paste Ditto, Cluster Stone Rings, Garnet and Marcassite Ditto, Bristol Stone Buttons, Mocho and Paste Ditto set in Gold, fine Blond Lace Hoods, Shenell and best Italian Branches, fashionable Lace Caps for a full Dress, Gresham's Shoes and Pumps, equal to Satin in Beauty, full dressed Stomachers, Lustrings, Tafetas, Chintzes, &c. various Sorts of Necklaces, Earrings, large Sprigs and Paste Pins, plain and set Combs, Lockets and Crosses, Garnet and Marcassite Hoops, Ditto Tortoiseshell lined with Gold, many little curious Watch Trinkets, set Shoe, Knee, and Stock Buckles, Gold Bands, Buttons, and Loops, Sword Knots, fine China Hose, &c. Ladies Riding Hats, Boys blue and black Satin Caps and Feathers, Satin Cloaks and Bonnets, blue and white Satin Pumps, white and blue Satin Quilts, Blond and Minionet Laces, Gentlemen fine Minionet Lace Ruffles, complete Suits of Ditto for Ladies, Ribands, Riband Lace, Italian and Silver Stomachers and Knots, true Italian Fancy Caps, Nofegays and Breast Flowers, Egrets and Plumes, fine striped bordered Muslin and Lawn Handkerchiefs, laced and flounced Ditto, Cambricks, fine Book and thick Muslins, Gauzes, Catgut, Queen's Net-worked Muslin Aprons, Lawn and Gauze Ditto, Gentlemen and Ladies Silk, Kid, and Lamb Gloves, Woolpacks with Drop Curls, netted Hoods, Gauze and laced Caps, and many other Articles too tedious to mention. MARY DICKINSON.
N. B. She expects another Cargo by the June Court, and returns her Thanks to those Gentlemen and Ladies who have favoured her with their Custom; they may be assured the Goods are excessively well bought, nicely chosen, and will be sold very cheap, which she flatters herself will preserve a Continuance of their Favours.
TREASURY OFFICE, April 29, 1772.
I TAKE the Liberty of reminding the several Purchasers of the publick Tobacco, at different Warehouses, that their Bonds are payable the first Day of next Month. It is hoped the utmost Punctuality will be observed, as NO INDULGENCE CAN BE GIVEN. RO. C. NICHOLAS, Treasurer.
N. B. To prevent Disappointments, the Office will be open every Day, throughout the Court, from Sunrise till two o'Clock; and occasionally, in private Times, as Business may offer.
NORFOLK, April 27, 1772.
HAVING taken Mr. James Ballantine into Partnership with me, we beg Leave to inform the Publick that at our Shop, facing the Parade, we mend and make all Sorts of PLAIN, REPEATING, and MUSICAL CLOCKS; also PLAIN, REPEATING, and HORIZONTAL WATCHES, with or without Gold Cases, in the neatest Manner. As we both served a regular Apprenticeship to our Trade in London, and worked some Time after in several principal Shops there, such Gentlemen as will favour us with their Custom, either in the making or mending Way, may depend on having their Work faithfully done, by their humble Servants, WILLIAM SKINKER. JAMES BALLANTINE.

POETS CORNER. SONG. AD INFINITUM.
Tune, ————— Which Nobody can deny. [From Songs, comic and satirical, by GEORGE ALEXANDER STEVENS, just published.] SINCE Life's but a Jest, let us follow this Rule, There's Nothing so pleasant as playing the Fool;
PRINCE GEORGE, April 28, 1772. RUN away from the Subscriber, on the 1st of this Instant, a young Negro Fellow named NED, about two or three and twenty Years of Age, five Feet six or seven Inches high, of a yellowish Complexion, and frowns very much when spoke to;
DR. KEYSER's famous PILLS are to be had, with full Directions for their Use in all Cases, at JOHN M. GALT's Shop, near the Capitol, in Williamsburg,
WHO takes the Liberty to give the Publick some Particulars relating to them, that such Persons as are suffering under any Degree of a CERTAIN DISEASE may be encouraged to use the Means for their Recovery, which have hitherto been successful beyond all the other Inventions of human Subtlety. The Preparation has been discovered only eleven Years.
And underneath by their respective Secretaries, with the Seals of their Arms annexed. They are sold in Boxes, with printed Directions for taking them, at two Dollars and a Half and five Dollars each.
THE Subscriber intending for Britain soon after the October General Court, those indebted to the Store kept by him in this Place, to prevent Disputes in his Absence, are requested to come and adjust their Accounts, either by making Payment or giving Bonds for their Balances.
To be SOLD by publick Auction, at HAMPTON, on Thursday the 28th of May, being Court Day, A VALUABLE Tract of well timbered LAND, containing a Hundred and fifty six Acres, with convenient Houses and other Improvements thereon, lying within five Miles of Hampton, and two Miles from a good fishing Place on James River.
To be SOLD at Sussex Courthouse, in July next, THREE likely SLAVES, namely, BOB, a young Fellow, who is a good Shoemaker; a Negro Woman named SUE, and her Daughter FORTUNE, a very likely young Wench.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a gray MARE about ten Years old, four Feet five Inches high, very much away backed, trots naturally, and branded on the near Shoulder. Posted, and appraised to five Pounds ten Shillings.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a bay MARE between twelve and thirteen Hands high, six Years old, with a small Star in her Forehead, but no perceivable Brand. Posted, and appraised to six Pounds.
To be SOLD, on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, on Wednesday the 29th of July, SEVENTEEN Hundred Acres of LAND, formerly the Property of Mr. Nathaniel Edwards, Junior, deceased, lying on the south Side of Mobjack River, in the County of Brunswick, great Part of which is good for Tobacco.
EIGHT POUNDS REWARD. RUN away, on Monday the 6th Instant (April) from my Plantation in Culpeper, near Frederick Zimmerman's Ordinary, an English Convict Servant Man named JOHN BOOKER, born in Yorkshire, about thirty three Years old, five Feet six Inches high, with a narrow Visage, ruddy Countenance, a little pitted with the Smallpox, and dark Hair untied; he speaks broad, is fond of Liquor, and talkative, has been near two Years in the Country, and is an excellent Ditcher.
For CHARTER to any Port in BRITAIN, THE Brigantine BETTY, now on the Stocks at Alexandria, Burthen about three Hundred and twenty Hogheads, and will be launched on or about the 15th of May. For Terms apply to Mr. William Templeman in Fredericksburg, or to me in Alexandria.
THE convenient, well built Brick House, on the main Street, in Fredericksburg (formerly advertised) being still unsold, with two Lots, or Half Acres of Ground, adjoining, together with a Water Lot, on deep Water, and a back Lot at a small Distance, will be offered for Sale, on Tuesday the 26th of May, being the second Day of the Fair.
THE Subscriber, Executrix to the Estate of her late Husband, Matthew Rothery, deceased, hereby requests all those who have any Demands against the Deceased to bring in their Accounts, properly attested; and those who are indebted to the said Estate, or to Rothery and Mahan, are earnestly entreated to an immediate Compliance of their Contracts, and Payment of their respective Dues, at the April General Court.
THE Weather setting in very bad on the third Day of the Sale of Mr. Benjamin Grymes's Estate (before advertised by his Trustees) prevented the Whole from being sold, this is to give Notice that on the fourth Monday in May next, being Fair Day, will be sold, in Fredericksburg, on Credit till the 25th of April 1773, between twenty and thirty SLAVES, a Tract of LAND, containing two Thousand Acres, near Lewis's Bridge, which will be sold altogether, or in Parcels, as can be agreed on at the Sale;
For SALE, THE following Tracts of LAND, in Pittsylvania, namely, four Hundred Acres on Banister River, seven Hundred and seventy on Beaver Creek, three Hundred and forty five on Burch's Creek, three Hundred and eighty on Leatherwood, and four Hundred on Snow Creek. These Lands were formerly the Property of Mr. Samuel Gordon, deceased. The Price, and Time of Payment, may be known by applying to me in Peterburg.
ALL Persons who have any Demands against me, on Account of the Estate of Robert Walton, deceased, late of Cumberland County, are hereby requested to make them known by the last Day of August next, as on that Day I purpose to sell, to the highest Bidder, at my House, sundry back LANDS belonging to the said Estate, in Order to satisfy all Demands that may then appear against it, and that my Executorship may be finally closed and discharged.
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 Calvill to grant Deeds to Mr. John Semple, his Heirs or Assigns, for a certain Tract of LAND called Merylands, in Frederick County, and Province aforesaid, containing six Thousand three Hundred Acres, we the Subscribers, being Assigns of the said Semple, and having received from the Executors of Colonel Calvill 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, or RENTED for a Term of Years, and entered upon the 1st of March, A COMMODIOUS well built STORE in the Town of Peterburg, 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.
GOOCHLAND, January 13, 1772. RUN away from the Subscriber, some Time ago, a likely Negro Man named SUBA, talks but indifferent English, and squints pretty much. He ran away twice before, was once apprehended at Hobbs's Hole, and another Time at Essex Courthouse, and is now supposed either to be in that Part of the Country or lurking about Mattox Warehouse, as he once lived there with Mr. Archibald Brice. I will give FIVE POUNDS for taking him up, and SIXPENCE a Mile for conveying him to me from the Place where he may be apprehended; and in Case it should be inconvenient to bring him to me, I will give the above Reward for securing him in the Jail of the County where he is taken.
WARRASQUEAK Bay, November 18, 1773. RUN away from the Subscriber, in Isle of Wight, a Negro named JACK, about five and thirty Years of Age, five Feet ten Inches high, a slim, clean made, talkative, artful, and very saucy Fellow. Also a Negro Woman named VENUS, thirty two Years old, five Feet four Inches high, stout made, very smooth tongued, and has been five Years accustomed to the House. They worked in the Dismal Swamp about two Years, under Mr. John Washington, and carried with them several different Kinds of Apparel. Whoever delivers the said Negroes to me, or secures them so that I may get them, shall have a Reward of FORTY SHILLINGS for each.
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, Saucepan, Coffee and Chocolate Pots, Brass Mill Work, Furniture for Coach and Chair Harness, Fenders, Andirons, Candlesticks, Cocks, &c. at the most reasonable Rates. Also tins and mends all Sorts of old Copper and Brass Kitchen Work, and gives the best Prices for old Copper, Brass, Pewter, or Lead.
All Orders from the Country will be punctually attended to. N. B. He deals for Cash, or Country Produce. Those who have old Brass, Copper, Pewter, or Lead, to dispose of, are desired to apply to Mr. Joseph Kidd, in Williamsburg, or to Mr. McCall, in Hampton, who will receive it for me, and pay them the Value; they will likewise receive old Work to be repaired.
To be LET on LEASE, A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the Town of Peterburg, 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.
For SALE, THE LAND whereon I live, in Middlesex, containing about two Thousand two Hundred Acres, in good Order for Cropping, with Orchards and Buildings equal to any in the Colony; also thirteen Hundred Acres on the River Pianketank, in the County of Gloucester, with a Mill, and good Orchards. The Stocks, which are very large, may be had with the Lands. Any Person inclined to purchase may know the Terms by applying to