The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1773-11-04 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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L O N D O N, August 5.
A FEW Days since some Ladies being about to drink Tea at a Friend's House in the Neighbourhood of Cane Wood, and being in Want of some Cream, the Maid of the House (newly come) being sent for some to a neighbouring Farmer, was told by him that he had none, but if she would go to Farmer Mansfield's (pointing at the same Time to a great House) she might be sure of getting some there. Thither she went, and knocking at the Door, which was opened by Lord Mansfield himself, the Maid, with all genuine Simplicity, asked him if Farmer Mansfield lived there. Ay, ay (says his Lordship) I am Farmer Mansfield; what do you want with him? Only a Pennyworth of Cream, Sir, for some Ladies. His Lordship rang the Bell for the Dairy Maid, and ordered her to fill the Milkpot; which done, the Maid innocently offered him the Penny, but his Lordship refusing the Fee, added, that the Ladies were welcome. The Maid, on her Return, being questioned for staying so long, replied, that she could get none at the first House, but that the Master had directed her to Farmer Mansfield's. This gave the whole Company some Concern, well knowing that no Farmer of that Name lived thereabouts; and to prevent the Possibility of an Affront, it was thought prudent to send the Maid to make an Apology. The Girl went, and was again let in by his Lordship; to whom taling on her Knees, she sincerely asked his Pardon. His Lordship not only made her easy, but at the same Time, smiling, most politely sent his Compliments to the Ladies, and that whenever they came into the Neighbourhood to drink Tea they should be welcome to have Cream at Farmer Mansfield's.
The Lawsuit lately determined amongst the Heirs of the late General Stanwix, and his Family, is reckoned of so complicated a Nature, that the oldest Lawyers scarcely remember its Parallel. The only Thing like it was a Case about twenty Years ago, which was agitated between the Heirs of a Father and Son, who were both hanged in one Day, and which those of the latter carried, by its being proved the Son showed Signs of Life after the Father was quite dead.
As the Gallican Church will shortly abolish Lent, and lessen the Number of fasting Days, their Newfoundland Fishery may bear retrenching.
A few Days ago a young Lady, Daughter of Mr. Nettleton, Merchant at Hackney, was attacked with a putrid sore Throat, from which she appeared in so much Danger as to be given over by the Physicians. Being desirous of seeing a young Gentleman to whom she was shortly to have been married, an Express was immediately sent for him, and he accordingly came to her; but the Catastrophe was very unhappy, for he caught the Disorder and died on Saturday Morning, and she, contrary to the Expectation of every one, is in a fair Way of Recovery.
A Correspondent in Salop informs us that the late Firing at Portsmouth was distinctly heard two Days together at Cardiff, in Glamorganshire, and likewise in Herefordshire, near Ludlow, and also at Aeton Burnell, in Shropshire. The last Place is supposed to be, in a straight Line, distant from Spithead about 150 Miles.
Mr. Miller, the Printer of the London Evening Post, having been cast in a Verdict of 3000 l. Damages, Lord Sandwich being reminded that it is usual in Scand. Mag. to bestow the Damages on some worthy Object, or Institution of Charity, pleasantly remarked, "That his Poverty had been sufficiently announced to the Publick, to convince them that he himself was an Object of Charity; that as far as respected charitable Foundations, they were principally of human Institution, and therefore he thought he could not do better than attend to an old human Adage ratified by Custom, that Charity began at home; however, he begged a little Time to consider of it."
It is universally agreed that in the Cause tried at Westminster, Lord Sandwich against Miller, Lord Mansfield was exceedingly guarded and cautious in his Conduct. His Charge to the Jury was apparently as fair as possibly could be desired. The Rancour of the Attorney General was mitigated in some Measure by the strict Attention to the mere Matter sworn, which his Lordship recited in summing up the Evidence.
A Tavern Scene between Lord SANDWICH and SAMUEL FOOTE.
Lord FOOTE, you are a fad Dog, I don't believe there is a wickeder Fellow breathing.
F. My Lord, I own I am pretty well for a Commoner; but your Lordship is a Proof that I can't keep Pace with a Nobleman.
Lord. Hark you! tell me one Thing, do you think you shall die by the Pox or a Rope?
F. That, my Lord, will depend on two Contingencies; whether I embrace your Lordship's Mistress, or your Lordship's Principles.
The Spaniards keep still increasing their naval Power, and hold a very large Fleet in Readiness both in Ferrol and Carthagena. This does not alarm the Ministry, though our Ambassador has given every Reason to our Court to expect a severe and sudden Blow from that Quarter.
August 13. It is actually said that the King and Ministry of France, by some Means or other, have got the Hague Gazette in a Manner under their Influence, with a View (by getting any Thing inserted they think proper) of misleading the People of England, and then to take Advantage of our Credulity and turn it to their own Interest.
Sir Joseph Yorke, our Ambassador at the Hague, we hear, has lately transmitted some important Intelligence that he learnt a few Days ago to St. James's, supposed to be what is above related.
The Premier, we are told, lately declared that he would ensue England from a War with any of the neighboring Nations for twelve Months to come; but being asked whether by the neighboring Nations he meant to include Ireland, he answered No.
Within this Week there have been many Consultations at St. James's, about what Measures to take with the People of Boston. Gunpowder, it is said, was much talked of.
Some Whispers are circulated, but we do not pretend to say what that Foundation, that a certain Monarch (who we are told is now in a declining State of Health) has received a Compliment from the Jesuitical Body, the Remembrance of which he will bear to his Grave.
However flourishing Commerce may be on the Continent, it is told us, as a melancholy Truth, that our American Islands complain, and with Cause, that Times are much changed from what their Fathers experienced.
A French Officer, a Prisoner for Debt at Vienna, when released by the Empress Queen's Bounty, attended next Day to express his Duty, and declared no Action could endear her Majesty's Memory more to true Frenchmen, unless she could restore their Parliaments.
Letters from Gibraltar, by a Vessel which is arrived at Falmouth, say that three Algerine Corsairs have taken a Spanish Man of War and Frigate, as they were cruising near the Barbary Coast, and carried them into Algiers. The Engagement was very smart, and lasted two Hours, in which the Man of War staved several Planks, and became so leaky that she was obliged to submit to the Barbarians or go to the Bottom.
Extract of a Letter from Petersburg, August 4.
By all our Advices from Crim Tartary we learn of the constant Success of the rebellious Cossacks, Russians and Tartars, against her Imperial Majesty's Troops, who were sent to reduce them to Obedience. The Rebels at first did not amount to 6000, who mutinied at a long Omission of their Pay; and being daily joined by great Numbers of the Don Cossacks and Tartars, soon increased to a formidable Body of 30,000 Men, most of them well armed, and above 12,000 of them mounted. They possessed themselves of Bachisera, the Capital of Crim Tartary, and the Residence of the Kam, together with Ockzakow, at the Mouth of the
Nieper, Precop, on the Isthmus, and many other Places of Importance, defeating all Forces sent against them, and dispossessing the Russians of every Place they held in Crimea. At the Renewal of the War between the Sublime Porte and Russia, the Turk judged it his Interest, in Order to ensure the Dominion of the Crimea, to enter into Articles with the Rebels, which they eagerly complied with, and a Body of 40,000 Turks soon joined them. The Knowledge of this considerable Reinforcement from them did not arrive here till many Days after the Army marched from hence sent to quell them. This Army amounted only to 13,500 Men, but they were veteran Troops, and had a Train of Artillery. They met with some Success at first, taking the Town of Precop from the Rebels; but at last were drawn out to venture a general Engagement, near the City of Bachisera, where they received a total Defeat, above 5000 being killed and wounded, and 4000 made Prisoners. The rest, being Horse, escaped to Precop, and from thence have just arrived here with the Intelligence.
August 14. The Tranquility of the present Times is urged (by those who are dissatisfied with the Measures of Government) as a Reason why so considerable an Army, as that now in Pay, is unnecessary, expensive, and dangerous; but if we examine a little what this Tranquility is owing to, it will appear that the Wisdom of our Ministers (though some People will not allow them a Grain of Sense) and the Dread of our Arms, has procured us this invaluable Blessing. It is ridiculous to imagine that foreign Princes would long suffer us to enjoy our present Happiness, if they did not fear to molest us. The best Laws are ineffectual, without a Power to enforce the Execution of them; and it is in vain to talk of the Excellency of a Constitution, when a sufficient Force is wanting to protect that Constitution. The Soldier must be a Safeguard to the Legislator, though subject to the Laws.
Extract of a private Letter from Rome, dated July 12. His Holiness, ever attentive to the Duties of his sacred Character, as Head Bishop of the Church, is indefatigable in using his Authority for the Reformation of the Clergy more immediately under his Inspection. If he receives the least Intimation of the slightest immoral Stain upon the Reputation of the Priests, of whatever Order, he sends for them and gives them a gentle Admonition, after which he dismisses them with an extraordinary Benediction; and upon their Amendment (to be certified of which he has his Spies even upon their most secret Actions) he never fails to regard them with a paternal Affection, and provides for them in Proportion to the Degree of Sanctity they conceive they have attained. "I myself (he frequently says) was once a Prodigal, and fed upon the empty Husks of Sin, which nothing but the Bitterness of Repentance could digest; and now, perhaps, I have the higher Flavour for my spiritual Food, from the Difference I find in their respective Relishes." Such is the Character which obtains here of the Universal Bishop: I wish every Bishop in your Country merited the fame!
August 16. The Obelisk in St. George's Fields was split through one of the largest Stones, just above the Pedestal, by the Lightning last Friday Night. St. Peter's Church in Cornhill was also slightly damaged, and various other Buildings in and about London were affected by it. One Man is said to have been killed by it, between St. John's Street and Islington. A Dutch Ship, near St. Catharine's, was so affected by the Thunder and Lightning on Saturday Morning last, that even the very Nails flew out of her.
About six o'Clock on Saturday Morning a Gentleman's Watch was melted in his Pocket, near Islington, without the least Damage happening to his Person.
A Correspondent is of Opinion that if all the Artillery on Earth had been collected on one Spot, and together instantly fired, the Explosion could scarcely have been louder than that most awful Clap of Thunder heard nearly over this Metropolis on Saturday Morning last at about 25 Minutes after five o'Clock.
Extract of a Letter from Vienna, August 4. A Treaty is now on the Point of Conclusion between his Imperial Majesty of Germany, the Empress of Russia, and the King of Prussia, wherein these said Powers promise their mutual Guaranty to protect and defend all their Dominions, either in or out of Europe, with all their Rights and Privileges, particularly those of Trade, which the said Powers respectively enjoy; and if the contracting Powers should be attacked or molested in the above Particulars, that then the aforesaid Parties shall furnish respectively the following Succours, six Weeks after the Demand. His Imperial Majesty of Germany 6000 Horse and 12,000 Foot, the Empress of Russia 5000 Horse and 10,000 Foot, and his Prussian Majesty 4000 Horse and 8000 Foot. But if the Party attacked or injured chooses to be supplied with Ships of War or Transports, or Money, then the other Parties shall furnish Ships or Money, in Proportion to the Expense of the Troops above stipulated. And if the above said Succours are not sufficient to redress the Wrongs of the injured Party, the contracting Powers then agree to furnish more Forces, and even to declare War against the Aggressor.
Extract of a Letter from Constantinople, June 27. The Porte gave Notice, on the 14th of this Month, to all the foreign Ministers, that it was expected they should, without Loss of Time, communicate not only to their respective Courts, but also to their Consuls in their Ports of the Levant, the Resolution that has been taken by the Government, forbidding all Vessels, of what Nation soever, to approach the Port of this City by the Dardanelles, till their Passports, Letters, Papers, and Cargoes, have been visited by Persons appointed for that Purpose; and in Case of Disobedience thereto, that they shall be sunk by the Cannon of the Castle. In the Night of the 18th, as this Order could not be transmitted early enough to inform the Ships already on their Voyages, four Vessels (two French Merchantmen, a Venetian, and a Ragusan) passed the Dardanelles, under a very hot Fire from the Forts, without receiving the least Damage, and got into Harbour, which greatly alarmed the City; and the Guards were all in Motion, imagining it to be the Russian Fleet.
By the last Letters from Harrowgate, we are informed that the Company is very numerous at that Place, and that Provisions are so exceedingly cheap that the Innkeepers find the Persons who resort to that Spa, in every Thing but Wine, Tea, Sugar, &c. for Half a Crown a Day. At Whitby, and other Parts adjacent, all the Necessaries of Life are uncommonly plentiful, and Fish in particular so reasonable that fine Cod and Turbot are sold from 15 to 20 d. each.
In June last the Magistrates and Gentlemen of Forthross, in Scotland, taking into their Consideration the extraordinary Pitch the Importation of Porter has risen to (being to the Amount of 100,000 l. Sterling annually) in Order to encourage the brewing of Beer of different Kinds, came to a Resolution that they shall drink no Porter in any Publick House after the 30th Day of that Month.
August 18. Two Circumstances have contributed to procrastinate the War now carrying on between the Turks and Russians; the Intrigues of the King of Prussia, and the Artifices of the Court of France. The Conference at Bucharest was broken up solely by the Machinations of the Prussian Minister, who obeying, in every Title, the Instructions given by his Master; secretly promoted, whilst he affected to heal, the Differences between the two belligerent Powers. The King of Prussia acts with consummate Policy in procrastinating the Russian War: In Proportion as the Czarina's Force is weakened, the Prussian Influence in the North gains Strength; and as the Machiavellian Monarch's Object seems to be to acquire a maritime Power, the total Destruction of the Russian Force by Sea would accelerate the Accomplishment of his Projects. With Respect to the Court of France, the Levant Ports seem to be the Object to which their Schemes are directed: Hence, the French will intrigue with
the Turks, or secretly assist the Russians, as best suits their Purposes. But that they have done both the one and the other, to the unspeakable Injury of our Levant Trade, cannot be doubted by those who know the perfidious Policy that always prevails in the French Cabinet.
Extract of a Letter from Vienna, August 2. Every Thing here lately wears the Face of War. Three Regiments have received Orders to hold themselves in Readiness. Two different Couriers have been despatched to Peterburg, and one from Berlin is this Moment arrived. The Contents of these Despatches have not, as yet, transpired; but, from their Frequency, it is conjectured that the Emperor is about to declare against the Grand Seignor, and assist the Russians. Should this happen, a general War throughout Europe may be expected, as the almost inevitable Consequence.
Extract of Letter from the Hague, August 13. Fresh Letters have just arrived here from M. Rossignol, the Dutch Consul in Morocco, importing that the Emperor and Court of Mequinez still persist in their Resolution of sending an Ambassador, with a Fleet of Moorish Ships, to the States of Holland; and in Case of an obdurate Refusal of the States, the Emperor in Person acquainted the Consul that he would commence an immediate War against them. However, he informed M. Rossignol that he should be safe in his Person and Effects, if he chose to remain, or he might depart to Gibraltar, the latter of which he accepted.
We are credibly informed that the Measure so often proposed for keeping a formidable naval Force in the Mediterranean is now adopted, and several of the Men of War that are now fitting out in the different Dockyards are destined for that Purpose.
By a Survey already made of our Dockyards and Shipping, by the Earl of Sandwich, it appears that we have now upwards of sixty Ships of the Line fit for immediate Service, besides several others that may be fitted out in Case of an Emergency.
Extract of a Letter from Jamaica, July 12. The Vessel despatched by Sir G. Bridges Rodney, to demand of the Governor of Porto Rico the Restoration of some English Vessels lately taken and carried in there by some of the Spanish Guarda Costas, has returned with Advice that the Vessels so taken were fairly condemned, having been convicted of illicit Trade to the Prejudice of the Spanish Trade in the West Indies, and it would be inconsistent with the Governor's Duty to restore, or make any Reparation for them; but as to the Men taken in the Vessels, they should be enlarged whenever Sir G. Rodney chose to demand them.
Friday in the Afternoon an elderly labouring Man, who has worked many Years with Mr. Thomas Emmet, Gardener, at Peckham, hanged himself in his Master's Stable. He was 84 Years old; and in the former Part of the Day he told his Son, who was at Work with him in the same Field, that he had lived too long, and was tired of Life.
On Friday a melancholy Accident happened in Cadle's Rents, Southwark, by a Candle being left too near a Child about six Months old. While the Nurse went to a Chandler's Shop for some Candles, the Candle set Fire to the Sleeve of the Infant, which was thereby so terribly burnt that it expired in the greatest Agonies in a few Minutes. It is said the Nurse hanged herself soon after.
Yesterday a fine Elephant, brought from Bombay in one of the East India Company's Ships, and made a Present of to his Majesty, was carried to the Queen's Menagerie; he is so remarkably tame that he follows the young Man who has the Management and Care of him about like a Spaniel Dog.
The Bishops of the Holy See have received Orders to seize upon the Effects of all the Jesuits in the Ecclesiastical State, in the Name of the Papal Chamber.
August 19. A Number of Families are now preparing to set off for West Florida, to settle on that Part granted to Lord Dartmouth.
The Minister of a Parish in Southwark has raised the Price of searching his Register Sixpence, publishing the Bans Sixpence, and Marriage three Shillings and Sixpence, alleging, as a Reason, the present Dearness of Provisions.
Extract of a Letter from Vienna, July 30.
By a Courier arrived from Transylvania, the Day before yesterday, our Court received a full Confirmation of the melancholy News that the Division of the Russian grand Army, consisting of about 35,000 Men, which lately passed the Danube, has been totally defeated by the Troops of Saray and Osman Bassa, near Silistria. By this unfortunate Battle the Russians lost 18,000 Men, and they are still pursued by the Enemy, who make daily several Hundred Prisoners; so that, in all Probability, the rest that are left of that Division, and fled into the Woods and Mountains, will at last all fall into the Hands of the Enemy. But the most terrible Stroke for them was the Loss of their best Generals and Commanders. This Piece of Intelligence has occasioned inexpressible Affliction at our Court. The same Courier brought a farther Account of the present miserable Situation of the rest of the Russian Armies, being almost rendered helpless. The Army of General Count Romanzow, on this Side of the River, live in the utmost Scarcity of Provisions; and it is greatly feared, in Case they should not receive fresh Provisions very soon, that a Distemper or an Insurrection in the Army might be the fatal Consequence of it. The Enemy, being sensible of the Scarcity reigning in the Russian Army, have cut off the Passage at the different Parts of the Danube, that nothing could be brought from the neighbouring continental Provinces; and a Squadron of two Frigates of War and six Gallots is cruising in the Black Sea, at the Mouth of the Danube, so that no Provisions could be expected from that Side either, by which Means the Russian Army is surrounded on every Side, and really is in the most critical Situation, so that they will be obliged to fight desperately in Case they should not receive Succours very soon. The Russian second Army, commanded by General Goloruky, who is on his March towards the Crimea Tartars, is expected to share the same Fate, unless a mere Chance should turn out in his Favour; for the Tartars have at this Time an Army of near 70,000 Men together, among which are near 12,000 well disciplined Russian and Cossack Rebels. They possess all the Fortresses; besides, 6000 of the Artillery Train are daily expected with Crim Gairay, their Khan, from Constantinople. And the first Division of the Turkish Fleet is cruising near the Crimea, to assist the Tartars in Case of Necessity; so that it appears almost impossible, that General Goloruky will be able to conquer them. It is reported here, that our Army at Semlin received Orders to assist the Russian Army with their Magazines. This Report, if true, and of which we hardly have Reason to doubt, must necessarily be a final Declaration of War against the Porte; for the Turkish Garrison at Belgrade, and at the different Forts of Bosnia, will not admit the Passage on the Danube, and Hostilities will be commenced in Consequence, all which a short Time cannot but clear up. We are likewise informed that all the Russian Troops in Poland received Orders to quit that Kingdom, and to march towards Moldavia and Volachia, under the Command of General Bibicow.
BIRMINGHAM, August 12. On Monday Night twelve of the most respectable Gentlemen of Litchfield, invited by the Pleasantness of the Evening, agreed to spend it in the College Yard. A very gentle Table was spread, and each Gentleman furnished it with a Dish from his own House. What made the Repast more agreeable, the Cathedral Doors were thrown open, and the Company highly entertained with several full Pieces on the Organ. After Supper, some of the most approved Songs, Catches, Glees, &c. were sung, by three of the most celebrated Performers in England; and as most of the Gentlemen were Lovers of and understood Musick, the Chorus Songs were remarkable full. On the Whole, the Gentlemen present declared it was the most joyous Evening they ever spent.

DUBLIN, August 10. A Gentleman arrived at Liverpool, in the Queen Charlotte, Captain Booker, from New York, relates that on the 2d of July, the Day he failed, it was currently reported that the Mob of Boston, joined by more than 10,000 of the Country People, had rose, surprised Governor Hutchinson in his Bed, and obliged him to sign an Instrument, whereby he abdicated the Command of the Province; after which they confined him in his House, under a strong Guard, till his Majesty's Order of Recall, which is daily expected, shall arrive. They then elected a Council of ten Persons, with the Title of Administrators, who are invested with the Viceroyal Powers, to prevent Confusion. We hope this News may want Confirmation, as an Act of that Kind must cut off all Hopes of Reconciliation with the Mother Country, it being absolute Rebellion to displace a King's chief Governor, and consequently renders those brave Asserters of Freedom liable to the severest Chastisement, by pursuing such deliberate and unconstitutional Methods of Redress.
BOSTON, October 11.
L AST Saturday, towards Evening, a Duel was fought on Noddle's Island, with Pistols, between Captain Maltby of the Glasgow Man of War, and Mr. Finnie, late Lieutenant of Marines on Board the same Ship, when the latter received a Ball through his Neck, but it is thought will not prove mortal.
NEW YORK, October 18.
T HE Pursuit of Ford and King was continued until it was found that they were certainly making for the Ohio; the Party, not prepared for proceeding to so great a Distance, desisted, after having despatched a Man down to that River, who was to follow them to the City of New Orleans. From this Person no Accounts have been yet received, we are assured some Hopes are still to be entertained of apprehending them, as Colonel Guy Johnson, on hearing of their Escape, some time ago despatched a Mohawk Indian, one of the best Runners of that Nation, with exact Descriptions and proper Instructions to follow them down the Ohio. In Quest of these Fugitives there have not been discovered the least Traces of either Richardson or Budd, as has been reported; they are supposed to have taken another Route.
We are informed that the Seat of Government in the Province of New Jersey will be transferred from Burlington to Perth Amboy, his Excellency Governor Franklin intending to remove his Family and Residence to that City.
The Subscription entered into by the Gentlemen of Virginia, Maryland, and New York, is likely to produce a great Number of the principal Sportsmen of the first Rank at Hampstead Plains next May, when they propose to be present at our Races.
Extract of a Letter from Dublin, July 21.
Our publick Papers are crowded with anonymous Letters, to caution Lord Harcourt against the Union; but, if one may judge from his general Character, he is too good a Man to connive at what would be so injurious to this Kingdom. Nevertheless, it is said, by good Authority, that there is to be a double Tax on all Coaches, Chaises, and also on Cards; but that will affect the Rich only. However, the English Ministry, by whose powerful Influence our House of Parliament are governed, contrive every Pretence to drain poor Ireland of Money; the Consequence of which is severely felt by many, and in Time must diffuse its baneful Effects through all Degrees of People, if not put a Stop to. Thus, as you desired, I give you a short View of our Situation; and it is the Opinion of several, that America will in a few Years rival this decreasing Island."
PHILADELPHIA, October 13.
B y Captain Eve we are informed that a few Days before he left the Bay three of the runaway Negroes were brought in, when two of them were chained to a Stake and their right Hands cut off, and then set Fire to. The other was hung in Chains; he lived seven Days, then was taken down, and burnt. His Majesty's Ship Garland was arrived there from Jamaica, in Order to suppress the Negroes; and when the last were brought in there were only twenty left in the Bush, who it was supposed were lost.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 4.
A RRIVED in James River, the Eliza, Jack, from Glasgow, the Canadian, Abbott, from Madeira, the Seaflower, Stewart, from Boston, the John and Bella, Green, from Whitehaven, and the Bland-Troop, from Liverpool.
[Deaths.] Mr. ROBINSON DAINGERFIELD, of King & Queen, Merchant; a Gentleman of an Open generous Disposition, and beloved by all who had the Pleasure of knowing him.
Mr. JACOB ALLAN, Merchant in this City; whose Probity and Candour entitled him to general Esteem, and makes his Death regretted by all who set the proper Value upon an honest Man, a good Christian, and a valuable Member of Society.
FRIDAY, November 5. This Day the following Criminals received Sentence of Death at the General Court: Adam Rutter, John Currie, and Anthony Larkins, for Horse-stealing; and John Payne, and John Enot, for Burglary. Benedict Alderson, for Manslaughter, was burnt in the Hand; as were Davis Allen, and Charles Oates, for Grand Larceny.
To the PLANTER in LOUISA COUNTY.
SIR, WITH Pleasure I read your Piece in Mr. Purdie's last Paper, and with equal Pleasure can assure you that the Planters in general in this County are willing to associate and adopt such Measures as may seem most advisable to frustrate the ungenerous Designs of the Merchants. I have long expected that our great and learned Men would exert their Abilities in this very important Affair, but suppose they have their Reasons why they do not. If those who are chosen to represent and redress the Grievances or their Constituents remain silent on this Occasion, I am at a Loss to know what Use we have for such Men; when Liberty, Property, and every Thing we hold dear in Life, will, in a very little Time, fall to the Direction of a Set of mercenary Scotch Factors, if we are as credulous for the future as we have been hitherto. Tell me, ye more Discerning, is it decreed that the Natives of VIRGINIA are to be abject Slaves to such uncharitable Wretches! Forbid it, Policy. Oh! Heavens forbid it. My Desires only extend to see that Justice done to the labouring Man which his honest Endeavours justly entitle him to, and I would not that my Meaning should be construed in any other Light; yet the present Situation of the Planters may, possibly, draw more fatal Consequences.
I am, Sir, your humble Servant.
A PLANTER IN CAROLINE.
The Sale of the Honourable W. Byrd's Falls Plantation, which is advertised, in the last Page of this Gazette, to be on the 4th Instant, is postponed to Thursday the 25th; at which Time it will certainly be exposed to Sale before the Raleigh Tavern, to the highest Bidder.
Advertisements.
NORFOLK, October 30, 1773.
WHEREAS many Debts are still due to Mr. William Orange, late of this Place, and as no longer Indulgence will be granted, I request the Favour of all Persons indebted to make immediate Payment, as those who fail paying off before the first of January next will be sued, without farther Notice.
GEORGE GORDON.
PRINCE EDWARD, November 1, 1773.
ALL those who have any Demands against the Estate of the Reverend James Garden, deceased, are desired to make them known by the 1st of December; and those indebted to the said Estate are requested to make speedy Payment, to the Administrators.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 1, 1773.
ALL Persons indebted to the Partnership of A COCKE and WRAY are requested to discharge their respective Balances without Delay. They hope this Notice will be sufficient, to prevent farther Trouble.
To the DEBTORS of Mess. Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown, in the Colony of VIRGINIA.
SIRS, FREDERICKSBURG, October 26, 1773. I AM directed by several Gentlemen in London, Creditors of the said Mess. Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown, to insert the following in the Virginia Newspapers, viz:
GENTLEMEN, TAKE Notice, that a Commission of Bankruptcy, under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing Date the 4th of August, 1773, hath been awarded and issued against William Perkins and William Brown, late of London, Merchants, and Partners with Thomas Buchanan, of the Colony of Maryland, Merchant, and that you are not to pay any Debt, which may be due and owing by you to the Estate of the late Copartnership, to any Person or Persons whatsoever, without the Order, in Writing, of the Assignees, who shall be duly chosen under the said Commission, of which due Notice will be given as soon as they are chosen.
I am farther advised, that sundry Debts due to that Partnership in this Colony, amounting to upwards of 70,000 l. Sterling, a List whereof is enclosed me, and which I shall have at the ensuing Meeting of Merchants in Williamsburg, have been assigned over to Mess. Barlow and Company, who have Possession of the Bankrupts Books. Also, that they understand other extraordinary Assignments have been made by Mr. Brown; all which, they say, they have great Reason to believe will be set aside, not being executed by all the Partners. Until this Matter is determined, it is hoped the Concerned will, for their own Security, pay proper Regard to the Creditors Notice, and this Information, by their Order, from your humble Servant,
CHARLES YATES.
WHEREAS I am about moving to the Mississippi very shortly, to get a House built, and some Grain raised, to settle my Family there next Fall, I hereby give Notice to my Trustees that I propose to take with me two Men, two Women, four Children, and what Necessaries we have, to enable me to make proper Provision for my Family, and to leave the rest of the Slaves (fourteen) Oxen, and Horses, except my Riding Horse, to answer the Ends proposed by a Contract entered into with the aforesaid Trustees. And as I think they have not come up to their Engagement, and have acted such a Part towards my Family as has obliged me to complain to them, without obtaining any Redress, I am obliged to give them this publick Notice, as well to induce them to a speedy and amicable Adjustment of all Differences, by submitting them to disinterested Men, in Order to put a Period to them, as to prevent any Reflections when I am gone. I am authorised to say, my Wife would retire with a very small Pittance in Lieu of her Dower; but, under the present Situation of Affairs, she is determined to consent to no more Deeds that will affect her Dower hereafter. I should be glad to have a Settlement of all my Estate, which was put into my Trustees Hands, if for no other Reason than to select what is the Portion of my Creditors who generously gave me a Discharge. As it will be very inconvenient for me to return to Virginia again, I hope my Creditors will meet at Mr. Benjamin Johnson's, on the 30th Instant (November) to receive all the Information I can give of my Affairs, and to appoint an Agent to negotiate their Business. My Wife has consented to go, under the Care and Protection of Mr. Philip Barbour.
I must now beg Leave to inform my other Creditors, who would not fall in with those who gave me a Discharge for what I then had, that by their Conduct I have not been able to acquire Property ever since, and that by the Behaviour of some, who have been seeking all Advantages the Law could give them, to the Prejudice of the Innocent and Benign, I have not only been deprived of serving my Creditors, but rendered incapable of doing any Thing for my Family. As Time must convince them of their Error, it is hoped they will consider their Interest to assist and support rather than to persecute and harass me any longer. I would, therefore, recommend it to all those who would not join my other Creditors, in November 1767, to consider if it would not be for their Interest to grant a Letter of License for fifteen Years, and join in partaking of an equal Dividend with all my other Creditors at that Period, of what I may get hereafter; by which Means, if it should please God to crown me with Success, I might get some Lands which would prove valuable by that Time. A contrary Conduct may, and indeed must, prevent me from ever attempting to acquire Property, but only for those who may intrust me with their Property to procure Lands in their Name, and whom I shall be glad to serve to the utmost of my Power. This being a very serious and interesting Matter, it is hoped those concerned in the Event will be as speedy as possible in advising me of their Willingness to accept of the above Proposal. I would not have set down so long a Day, but there must be some Time before I can get any Money to enable me to take up Land; and as there is such a Quantity of Land to take up, it must be some Time before the Land can bear any Price near its Value.
B. GRYMES.
N.B. I should be glad to serve what Officers are unprovided for, that may choose to have Lands in that Part of the World, and will endeavour to get the Lands saved for them in Time, to prevent their Lapsing, and will take Pay for the Services and Fees in Part of the Land which may be saved; but it must be here understood the Title must inure to my Family, as the Needful must come out of their Fund. Those who choose to engage are desired to advise in Time, and send me a proper Certificate and Petition to his Excellency Peter Cleeves, Esquire, Governor of West Florida.
A PERSON just arrived from England, capable of making MALT and conducting a BREWERY, would be glad of Encouragement in the above Branches from any Gentleman, or Company of Gentlemen. He is ready to pledge his All, that he could bring the above Branches to as great Perfection as they are in Britain. Any Person, for farther Information, is desired to apply to Mr. Joseph Kidd, in Williamsburg.
NORFOLK, October 30, 1773.
AS I intend for Great Britain early in the Spring, I once more request all Persons indebted to the Estate of MATTHEW ROTHERY, deceased, also to ROTHERY and MOHUN, to come and make Payment. All who fail to do it before the 1st of January will be sued, without farther Notice. And those who have any Demands against said Estate are desired to make them known, that they may receive Payment.
MARY ROTHERY, Executrix.
N.B. To be SOLD a 100 l. Share in the Town Point Company Concern, likewise a very valuable Negro Fellow, who has worked at the Smith's Business some Time, and full continuance at the principal Shop in Town, sundry Smith's Tools, several exceeding good House Wencenes with their Children, and some very fine Negro Girls, all to be sold at private Sale.
Just IMPORTED from London, in the Bland, Captain Danby, and to be SOLD at my Shop in Williamsburg.
A LARGE and complete Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, the best and freshest in their Kinds. Doctor Noris's Antimonial Drops, at 5 l. the Dozen, and 50 s. the Half Dozen; Keyser's Pills, at 12 s. 6 d. a Box; James's Fever Powders, Turlington's and Friar's Balsams, Doctor Hill's Pectoral Balsam of Honey, Godfrey's and Freeman's Cordials, Essence of Water Dock, Elixir Bardana, Daffy's, Squire's, and Stoughton's Elixirs, Jesuits and Bateman's Drops, Anderson's and Lockyer's Pills, Greenhow's Tincture for the Gums and Teeth, Ditto for the Toothach. Also best Durham Flower of Mustard, Smitpeire, Sago, Salope, fine Sallad Oil, Anchovies, Capers, Olives, pickled Walnuts, fine Jar Raisins, Currants, Figs, candied Ginger, Nutmegs, Barley sugar, white and brown Sugar Candy, black Pepper, Ginger, Cinnamon, Cloves, Mace, a large Quantity of Gold and Silver Leaf, best London Lancets, Smelling Bottles, Ivory and Pewter Syringes, Tooth Brushes, Prussian Blue, Verdigrise, red and white Lead, Vermillion, &c. &c. &c.
WILLIAM PASTEUR.
N.B. I am in Want of a NEGRO CARPENTER, and will give a good Price for one that I like. W. P.
Just IMPORTED from London, in the Ship Bland, Captain Danby,
A GENERAL Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES; also most of the Patent Medicines, such as Noris's Drops, Keyser's Pills, &c. &c. to be sold by the Subscriber in Norfolk, Wholesale and Retail, for ready Money only. ALEXANDER GORDON.
For LONDON, With Liberty of Consignment to any House, at eight Pounds Sterling a Tun Freight,
THE BLAND, Michael Danby Master, being ready to receive TO-BACCO from James and York Rivers. Those Gentlemen who are inclined to ship by this Opportunity are requested to deliver their Notes and Orders to Mr. P. Lyons, in Hanover, or Mess. Field and Cault, in Peterburg. The Captain, who will attend the approaching Meeting of the Merchants at Williamsburg, may likewise be treated with for Freight.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 26, 1773.
FOR CHARTER to any Part of Europe, the SHIP Ritchie, William Robertson Master, Burthen about 380 Hogheads of Tobacco. She is immediately expected at Hampton. For Terms apply to Neil McCoull, who will be in Williamsburg about the 9th of November.
THE DELAWARE LOTTERY.
FOR RAISING THE SUM OF 5625 POUNDS (or 15,000 DOLLARS) FOR THE USE OF THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY. THE SCHEME.
 1 Prize of 6000 Dollars is 6000 Dollars.  2 - - - 2000 - - - are 4000  4 - - - 1000 - - - are 4000  10 - - - 500 - - - are 5000  20 - - - 200 - - - are 4000  30 - - - 100 - - - are 3000  60 - - - 50 - - - are 3000  6960 - - - 10 - - - are 69600 
7087 Prizes. First Ticket drawn, for the first 12 Days, 100 - - - 1200 12,913 Blanks. Last drawn, 1 - - - 200 N.B. These are not included in the Prizes numbered. 20,000 Tickets, at Five Dollars each, are 100,000 Dollars. Not two BLANKS to a Prize.
T HE growing Importance of the COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, for the Use of which the above Lottery is designed, is now generally known through every Province of America. It has hitherto subsisted, and been raised to its present Situation, entirely by the Favour of the Publick. In the Centre of North America, and in a pleasant healthy Country, it is well fitted for the most extensive Utility. The Success which hath attended the vigorous Efforts already made to raise its Funds, and furnish the Means of a complete and finished Education to all who are sent to it, has encouraged those concerned in the present Attempt, especially as several very judicious Persons have warmly recommended it, signifying their Surprise that at a Time when so many have taken this Method of promoting publick Undertakings a SEMINARY of such Importance should not also put in for a Share of the general Benevolence. This, added to other Schemes for the Support and Improvement of the College, will afford to many Friends of that Institution an Opportunity of contributing, with very little Risk of losing, and a considerably Chance of Gain to themselves, who would not incline that the small Sums they could spare should appear in a Subscription Paper.
As most of the Tickets are already engaged, many Gentlemen of extensive Acquaintance having interested themselves in this Measure, the Publick may depend that the Lottery will be drawn some Time in the Month of December, at Newcastle upon Delaware, under the Inspection of Gentlemen of Character, who are to be upon Oath for the faithful Discharge of the Trust reposed in them; and a List of the Prizes will be published in the Virginia Gazette, for the Satisfaction of those who purchase Tickets in that Colony.
TICKETS may be had at the Post Office in Williamsburg, where the Prizes (after deducting 15 per Cent. for the Purposes of the Lottery) will be paid to the fortunate Adventurers who purchased from thence.
YORK County, October 16, 1773.
ALL Persons having Demands against the Estate of Major Robert Shield, deceased, are desired to make them known to the Subscribers as soon as possible, properly proved; and those who are indebted thereto to make immediate Payment, as the Situation of his Affairs will not admit of any Indulgence.
There will be SOLD, on Thursday the 18th of November, at his late Dwellinghouse, sundry HOUSEHOLD GOODS, STOCKS of different Kinds, &c. Credit will be allowed to the 1st of June, on giving Bond and Security to the Executors.
SAMUEL SHIELD. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. HINDE RUSSELL. THOMAS PESCU.
For SALE,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND lying in Chesterfield, containing 1800 Acres, with a fine Apple Orchard, a great Quantity of Meadows and Marshes, with fine Fishing and Fowling. It does not exceed five Miles to Peterburg, nor six to Osborne's.
A TRACT of LAND lying in the aforesaid County, containing 1600 Acres, which is well timbered, and lies level. At a very small Expense may be erected upon it a fine Grist Mill, on Swift Creek. It is convenient to Peterburg and Osborne's, not exceeding six Miles to either. I will sell this Tract of Land altogether, or in Parcels, as may best suit the Purchaser.
Also a TRACT of LAND in Amelia, containing 1250 Acres, with a very good Dwellinghouse, Kitchen, and all other necessary Outbuildings, a fine Apple and Peach Orchard, an exceeding good Grist Mill, and the Plantation is in good Order for Cropping.
Any Person, inclined to purchase the above Tracts of Land, may know the Terms by applying to the Subscriber in Chesterfield. (6) JOHN RANDOLPH.
By Virtue of a Deed of Trust from James Walker to Mess. William Cuningham and Company, of Glasgow, will be SOLD at Peytonburg, in Pennsylvania, on Tuesday the 23d Instant (November) for ready Money,
THIRTY VALUABLE VIRGINIA BORN SLAVES. Also 444 Acres of LAND on Mory Creek, Halifax County, a likely NEGRO FELLOW, sixteen Head of CATTLE, sixteen Head of SHEEP, and sundry HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE; the Property of Francis Arnold, and made over, by Deed of Trust, to satisfy a Debt due to the above mentioned Company. THOMAS GORDON.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Thursday the 25th of this Instant (November) before the Raleigh Tavern, in Williamsburg,
A TRACT of LAND on Chickahominy River, in James City County, containing upwards of 650 Acres, just above Barrett's Ferry, and about twelve Miles from Williamsburg. It is good for Grain or Tobacco, a fine Place for Stock, Fishing, and Fowling. Wheat will be taken in Part of Payment; and six Months Credit will be allowed for one Half the Purchase Money, and twelve Months for the Remainder. GOODRICH BOUSH.
JAMES MARTIN, Plaintiff, against RICHARD OGLEBY, and THOMAS OGLEBY, Defendants. In Chancery.
GEORGE III by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Bedford County, greeting: We command you that you summon Richard Ogleby to appear before the Justices of our said County Court of Chancery, at the Courthouse of the said County, on the fourth Monday in next Month, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against him, and Thomas Ogleby, by James Martin; and this in no Wise omit, under the Penalty of 100 l. and have then there this Writ. Witness James Steptoe, Clerk of our said Court, the 30th Day of September, in the 13th Year of our Reign. JAMES STEPTOE.

GEORGE III. by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Bedford County, greeting: We command you that you summon Peter Finney to appear before the Justices of our said County Court of Chancery, on the 4th Monday in next Month, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against him by James Robinson; and this he shall in no wise omit, under the Penalty of 100 l. and have then there this Writ. Witness James Steptoe, Clerk of our said Court, the 30th Day of September, in the 13th Year of our Reign.
JAMES STEPTOE.
JAMES LYLE, Plaintiff, against GEORGE PHILLIPS, EDMUND JENNINGS, JAMES CALLAWAY, and JEREMIAH EARLY, Defendants, In Chancery.
GEORGE III. by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Bedford County, greeting: We command you that you attach the Body of Edmund Jennings, so that you have his Body before the Justices of our said County Court of Chancery, at the Court-house of our said County, on the fourth Monday in next Month, to answer as well of a certain Contempt by him to us offered, as it is said, as upon those Things which to him shall then and there be objected, and farther to do and receive what our said Court shall in that Part consider; and have then there this Writ. Witness James Steptoe, Clerk of our said Court, the 30th Day of September, in the 13th Year of our Reign.
JAMES STEPTOE.
STRAYED or STOLEN, from Mr. Buck- trout's, in Williamsburg, about the 24th of October, a small BAY MARE about four Feet three Inches high, a small Star in her Forehead, never was docked, and had a small BAY COLT with her. Whoever brings them to Mr. Bucktrout, in Williamsburg, or to Mr. John Bailey, on Back River, Hampton, shall have 15 s. Reward.
ROBERT KING.
N. B. It is supposed she is gone towards Back River, as she was bred there.
STRAYED from New London, in June last, a CHESTNUT SORREL HORSE about ten Years old, four Feet nine Inches high, a small Star in his Forehead, his Neck is sunk at his Shoulders, had on a small Bell with a round Buckle to the Collar, trots and paces, and branded on the near Shoulder TM in a Piece. Whoever brings him to me shall have 20 s. Reward.
JOHN CALLAWAY.
STOLEN about the 13th of August, from the Subscriber's Plantation, in Prince George, on the main Road from Cabin Point to Blandford, a small SORREL HORSE eight Years old next Spring, his Mane hangs on the right Side, a Sprig Tail, his hind Hoofs are much wore by Dragging, and he has no white Marks about him. Whoever brings him to the said Plantation shall have 20 s. Reward.
AMY HOBBBS.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 2, 1773.
STRAYED or STOLEN, from the Sub- scriber, about the Beginning of this Court, a BAY HORSE about thirteen Hands and a Half high, a Star in his Forehead, a roached Mane, but has no Mark that I recollect. Whoever brings the said Horse to me shall be amply rewarded for their Trouble.
JOSEPH KIDD.
RUN away from the Subscriber the 17th of July last, in the lower End of Mecklenburg, a Mundingo Negro Man named TOM, five Feet ten or eleven Inches high, about 25 Years of Age, spare made, very black, red Eyes, has been in this County about eighteen Months; he lived this Year under the Direction of Mr. Edward Giles, and if he should be strictly questioned can tell either Mr. Giles's or my Name. I will give 20 s. to any Person who will deliver him to me, if taken twenty Miles from home, or will pay in Proportion for a greater or less Distance, as the Law directs. I will well reward any Person that can give me Intelligence where he is, either by Writing or otherwise, if in or out of Prison.
JOSIAH DALY.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 4, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, the Negro Boy so well known in this City by the Name of FIDDLER BILLY, who is of a yellowish Cast, smart, and likely. He belongs to the Estate of Edward Nicholson, deceased; and I hired him of Mr. Benjamin Weldon, the Executor. Whoever delivers him to me shall have 20 s. Reward, besides what the Law allows; and I hereby forewarn all Persons from harbouring him.
WILLIAM FEARSON.
COMMITTED to the Jail of Mecklenburg, a new Negro Fellow about five Feet three Inches high, has lost Half of his left Ear, a Scar on his left Cheek, he cannot (or will not) tell his Owner's Name, has on a Pair of old Crocus Trousers, and an old Blanket. The Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges.
RICHARD SWEPSON, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Cumberland, a ROAN MARE about twelve Years old, four Feet high, and branded on the off Shoulder and near Buttock \square . Posted, and appraised to 3 l.
MOSES HUDGENS.
TAKEN up, in Brunswick, a GRAY MARE about three Years old, four Feet three Inches high, neither docked nor branded. Posted, and appraised to 5 l.
WILLIAM FERGUSON.
TAKEN up, in Fauquier, a YELLOW BAY MARE seven or eight Years old, about fourteen Hands high, with a Star in her Forehead, a Snip on her Nose, three white Feet, shod all round, her Mane Half roached, a Sprig Tail, paces very well, and branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock L. Posted, and appraised to 15 l.
JOHN LUTTRELL.
TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a DARK BROWN MARE about thirteen Hands high, five Years old, and branded on the near Shoulder and Buttock I. Posted, and appraised to 5 l.
JAMES SCOTT.
TAKEN up, in Buckingham, a RED COW and CALF; the Cow is marked with two Crops and two Underkeels in the left Ear. Posted, and appraised to 4 s.
JOHN PHELPS.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, three SHEEP; two white Ewes and a black Ram, with a Bell on; the Ewes have both Lambs, marked with a Crop and Overkeel in each Ear. Posted, and appraised to 2 s.
MARY CRENSHAW.
THE Subscriber has a neat Assortment of EUROPEAN and INDIA GOODS for Sale, which he will lump off cheap for Cash, Bills of Exchange, or Tobacco; and will give long Credit, if desired, upon Bond with Interest, and approved Security.
G. MASON.
GARDEN SEEDS.
A FRESH Assortment just IMPORTED, and to be SOLD by the Subscriber, in Williamsburg, viz. EARLIEST PEASE, WINDSOR BEANS, CABBAGE SEEDS of sundry Sorts, GARDEN CRESSES, WHITE MUSTARD, fine COLLIFLOWER SEED, WHITE and PURPLE BROCOLI, TURNIP SEED (of a very large Kind) with all the other small Seeds commonly used in private Gardens.
ROBERT NICOLSON.
NORFOLK, October 20, 1773.
FOR CHARTER, to any Part of Europe, the SHIP Sparling, William Priestman Master, Burthen about 500 Hogheads, or 12,000 Bushels. For Terms apply to
JOHN LAWRENCE, & Co.
Who have for Sale a Quantity of Liverpool SALT.
For BRISTOL,
THE SNOW Elizabeth, John Sampson Master, a fine new British built Vessel, now lying at Bull Hill, on Appomattox River. She has good Accommodations for Passengers, will take in 250 Hogheads of Tobacco on Freight, with Liberty of Consignment, and will be ready to sail by the Middle of December.
For Freight or Passage apply to the Captain on Board, or to the Subscriber in Petersburg.
(2) EDWARD STABLER.
NEWCASTLE, October 21, 1773.
I INTEND to leave the Colony very soon. (11) JOHN THROAP.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 6, 1773.
I INTEND to leave the Colony soon. PETER SCOTT.
W A N T E D,
A DISCREET WOMAN, to act in the Capacity of a Housekeeper in a respectable Family; such a Person, with a good Recommendation, may hear of a Place by applying to the Printer.
ALL Persons indebted to Charles Minnis, deceased, of York County, are requested to make immediate Payment, as the Circumstances of his Estate will admit of no Indulgence; and those who have any Demands against the said Estate are desired to make them known to
AUGUSTINE MOORE, Executor.
** The HALF WAY HOUSE between York and Hampton to be let. For Terms inquire as above.
A Journeyman Tailor
who understands his Business, will have good Encouragement by applying immediately to me in Cobham.
(211) JAMES MOIR.
A YOUNG Man who can be well recommended as to his Sobriety and Diligence in Business, and properly qualified to transact the Business of a COUNTY COURT CLERK, in all its Branches, may hear of good Encouragement by applying to the PRINTER.
LANDED from on Board the London, Captain Robertson, three Casks of PIPES marked F with a Crow's Foot with Co at the Top & W Crow's Foot M, also a Box and a Cask of GLASS marked S Crow's Foot N, No. 1 and 2, which are with Mr. William Reynolds in York. (11)
HANOVER, October 25, 1773.
FOR SALE, a TRACT of LAND on the main Road, about three or four Miles above the Courthouse, containing 164 Acres, on which is a good Dwellinghouse with three Rooms, each having a Fire Place, and a Passage upon the Ground Floor, a large Room with a Fire Place, a small Room, and Passage above Stairs, good Cellaring, good Dairy and Smokehouse, Kitchen, Quarter, Barn, Stable, two Tobacco Houses, and a very fine and convenient Spring. This Place is remarkable for its pleasant and healthy Situation, standing on a high Hill which commands a beautiful Prospect of the fine Estates of North and South Wales. It is very convenient for a Merchant, Doctor, or a Gentleman to live at, or retire to during the sickly Season of the Fall; as it is not only free from those Disorders, but remarkable for recovering those labouring under them.
Also another Tract of LAND containing 148 Acres, within three or 400 Yards of the above, being only parted by a narrow Gore of South Wales. There are upon the two Places about five or six Acres of very good Meadow. They may be entered on the first of January. One Half of the Purchase Money to be paid at the next Meeting of the Merchants, or perhaps at the January Meeting, the other as can be agreed on.
I should be glad to treat with any Gentleman professing Physick and Surgery for my Lots and Houses in Hanover Town, with large Part of my Shop Utensils and Medicines. Any such may depend this Place is inferior to few in the Colony for Practice. The Terms as above.
JOHN WALKER.
To be SOLD, at the Meeting of the Merchants in Williamsburg,
TWO FORTY HOGSHEADS FLATS, which have been running about eighteen Months; likewise five NEGRO MEN, who have been used chiefly to the Crafting Business. Six Months Credit will be allowed, on giving Bond and Security to
FRANCIS IRWIN, and the
Executors of Mr. John Smith.
October 28, 1773. (2)
To be SOLD on the Premises, publickly or privately, on Thursday the 11th of November, being the Day after the Fair,
THE LOT whereon Hogg and Rowland kept Store, on the Top of Sbocks Hill. There is on it a new Storehouse conveniently formed for the Retail or West India Trade, has two Side Sheds, a Lodging Room, Counting Room, and one of the best Cellars in the Colony, also a Dwellinghouse sixteen Feet square just finished, which has a very good Room for a single Man below, a good Lodging Room with a Fire Place above Stairs, a Cellar that will answer the Purpose of a Kitchen, a good Granary, and Stable entirely new. It is situated on the Country main Road, so that the Commodities brought to Town from above must come by the Store Door. The Situation is high and healthy, and commands one of the most beautiful Prospects in the Colony. The Time of Payment will be made easy to the Purchaser, and agreed on at the Day of Sale.
ZACHARIAH ROWLAND.
(2) RICHMOND, October 20, 1773.
To be SOLD at Fredericksburg, on Wednesday the 10th of November, if fair, otherwise next fair Day, twenty likely Virginia born SLAVES. Credit will be allowed to the 1st of May 1774, the Purchasers giving Bond and approved Security. The Bonds to bear Interest from the Date if not punctually paid. (2) JOHN TALIAFERRO.
COMMITTED to Cumberland County Jail, North Carolina, the 1st of August, a likely Negro MAN, about 24 Years old, and near five Feet seven Inches high. He says he belongs to Charles Smith near the Great Bridge, Norfolk County, Virginia. The Owner is desired to pay Charges, and take him away. (2) ALEXANDER M'ARTHUR.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 7, 1773.
ALL Persons indebted to the Partnership of Purdie & Dixon are hereby requested to make immediate Payment, as every Account which remains unsettled after the ensuing Court will be put into the Hands of an Attorney. Mr. William Russell will collect the Debts due to the said Partnership in York and James City Counties.
PURDIE & DIXON.
HANOVER Town, October 20, 1773.
RUN away from the Subscriber, about two Months ago, FOURTEEN NEW NEGROES, ten of whom were taken up in King William, and the remaining seven were lately seen near West Point in that County. I will give THREE POUNDS Reward for each of them, besides what the Law allows, to any Person who shall bring them to me. JOHN BURNLEY.
BENEDICT Town (Maryland) October 11, 1773.
I HAVE received Letters from the Creditors of Mess. Perkins and Brown, of London, Merchants, Copartners with Thomas Buchanan, of this Province, Merchant, who have taken out a Commission of Bankruptcy against them, bearing Date the 4th of August last, by which I am desired to give publick and immediate Notice to all Persons indebted to the said Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown, not to pay any of their Debts, to any Person or Persons whatever, without the Order in Writing of the Assignees duly chosen under the said Commission, or their Attorney authorized for that Purpose, of which due Notice will hereafter be given; and for the farther Satisfaction of those who may be herein interested, I have inserted an Extract of Part of the said Letter underneath. JAMES FORBES.
Mr. JAMES FORBES,
SIR, THIS possibly may not be the first Information you may have had of the Situation of the House of Mess. Perkins, Buchanan, and Brown; nor have we now Time to acquaint you with the whole State of their Affairs, the Packet being to be made up in a few Hours. Let it suffice, that many of the Creditors resolved upon, and have actually taken out, a Commission of Bankruptcy against Perkins and Brown, and make Choice of you for their Attorney in so important a Concern as we are certain this will prove; and they most earnestly solicit your Acceptance thereof, and by the next Opportunity you will be more powerfully armed and authorised by the Assignees under the Commission to execute this Business, for which you will be allowed the usual Commission. We here are of Opinion, and conclude, that the accompanying Notice be inserted in your Newspapers; and we are also advised it will be necessary to give the same Notice to all the Debtors mentioned in the enclosed List, and all Debtors with whom your Knowledge or Information may furnish you. Mess. Barlow and Company have got Possession of the Books, which prevented our sending you a particular List; but we have great Reason to believe that their Assignment will be set aside, not being duly executed by all the Partners. We understand there are also other extraordinary Assignments given by Mr. Brown, with which we apprehend no Person will be safe in complying, as the Validity of them will be also contested under the Commission of Bankruptcy which we have taken out against Perkins and Brown, as Partners with Buchanan.
We are yours, &c.
JOHN & THOMAS HARDY.
JONES & CLARKE.
PERKINS & RUSSELL.
JOHN PLATT.
MAUDUIT, WRIGHT, & Co.
DARBY & MORGAN.
THE Subscriber has just opened TAVERN in the Town of Newcastle, in the new House lately built by Mr. Charles Tinsley for that Purpose, and well adapted for the Business, having an extraordinary good Pasture very convenient to it. All who will favour him with their Custom may depend they shall be well accommodated, and great Care taken of their Horses. (tf) DAVID CLARKE.
THE Subscriber begs Leave to inform the Publick that he has got an extraordinary good PAINTER, who understands his Business as well as any Man in the Colony. He is a good Limner, Landscape Painter, &c. and an excellent Hand at painting all Sorts of Signs, Coats of Arms, and Ciphers on Carriages. He can paint any Kind of Pictures as well, and as much to the Life, as those imported from England. All those who want such Painting may depend on having it done in the best and most expeditious Manner, by applying to me in Newcastle. (tf) CHARLES TINSLEY.
Journeymen Weavers will meet with good Encouragement by applying to me, in Norfolk.
GARDNER FLEMING.
GERMAN Osnabrugs, And ROLLS,
ALSO A PARCEL OF WELL ASSORTED
SADDLES,
To be SOLD, at a very low Advance, by the Subscriber in Manchester, JAMES LYLE.
Just IMPORTED, and SELLING by the Subscriber, at her Store opposite the Raleigh, a large Assortment of MILLINERY and JEWELERY, &c. on the most reasonable Terms, namely,
WHITE Satins and Lustrings, Satin Cloaks and Bonnets, Dresden Ruffles, Stomachers and Knots, Italian Flowers, Rolls and Curls, quilted Puddings, black and white Silk Aprons, Satin and Sarcenet quilted Petticoats, Patent Net Aprons and Hoods, Breast Flowers, Lawns and Cambricks, Silk Breches Patterns, Ribands, a great Variety of Didbury Shoes, white and coloured Silk Hose, Silk and Leather Gloves, Mens and Boys Hats, Silk Purse, Childrens Stays, Flannel under Waistcoats, under Stockings Nightcaps, Boys Hussar Caps and Feathers, Irish Garters, Wafers, Freemasons Sashes, Satin and Queen's Silk Shoes, Tambour Sycord Knots, Table Cresses and Salts, Paste Stay Hooks, bordered Cambricks and India Silk Pocket Handkerchiefs, Buck, Woodstock, Silk, and other Gloves, Trimmings of all Sorts, Gauze, Catgut, Blond and Thread Laces, Thread and Cotton Hose, Christening Baskets, Childrens Shoes and Stockings, white and other Fans.
Paste and Bead Necklaces and Earrings; Gold Wires; Stone, Silver, London gilt, and black and blue Shoe and Knee Buckles; Gold, Paste, Silver, and black Stock Buckles; Combs, Lockets, Paste and Garnet Springs and Pins, Soup Ladies, Salt Shovels, Knives, Scissors, Steel Watch Chains, Pocket Books with Tweezer Cases, Toothpick Cases and Brushes, Decanter Corks with Labels, Corals and Bells, Shoe Clasps for Children, black Pins, Sword Canes, Riding Hats and Feathers, Pugh's famous Eye Water for weak or sore Eyes, Snuff Boxes, Shaving Boxes, Sewing Silks, &c. &c. with a Number of other Articles too tedious to insert. C. RATHBELL.

POETS CORNER.
An ELEGY.
THE pleasing Gales that gentle Summer yields, Amid the gay Profusion of its Store, The Smiles of Nature, and of verdant Fields, Are all, alas! but Blessings of an Hour.
To be SOLD on THURSDAY the 4th of NOVEMBER next, before the RALEIGH Tavern, to the highest Bidder,
THE exceeding fine Plantation and TRACT of LAND in Chesterfield County, at the Falls of James River, belonging to the Subscriber, which contains upwards of 2000 Acres, and, on Account of its Richness and Situation, is deservedly esteemed the most valuable in the Colony, nay equal to any in America. It is in good Order for Cropping; and about 250 Acres will be sowed in Wheat this Fall, from which may be expected to be reaped at least 5000 Bushels. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond and approved Security to (11) WILLIAM BYRD, and his Trustees.
FOR CHARTER, the SHIP Neptune, Archi- bald White Master, Burthen about 400 Hogf- heads, or 10,000 Bushels. For Terms apply to the Subscribers. (51) JOHN GREENWOOD. JOHN LAWRENCE.
FOR SALE, a TRACT of LAND in Frederick, containing, from an accurate Survey lately made, 800 Acres, upon which are convenient good Buildings, and Outhouses for twelve or fifteen Negroes. There are eleven Acres in choice Timothy Meadow, twenty Acres in exceeding fine Pasture well set with Timothy, both expected to be in their Prime next Year; sixty Acres of rich high Ground sown in Wheat this Fall, well fenced in; and about forty or fifty Acres cleared for a Crop of Corn next Summer. It is situated in the most convenient Part of the Country, being only six Miles from Shenandoah, and ten from Winchester, and is convenient to Church, Mill, and Blacksmith's Shop. It joins Mr. Thruston's Estate, and is inferior to no Land in that Neighbourhood. For Terms apply to Mr. Francis Willis, Junior, at Belvoir, in Fairfax, or to the Printers of this Paper.
KING & QUEEN, October 10, 1773.
THE Subscriber, from several Years Ex- perience of the very bad Management of Overseers, together with his own Want of a proper Knowledge in the Business of either the Farmer or Planter, though in Possession of Lands extremely well calcu- lated for raising Wheat, Tobacco, or Indian Corn, has come to the Res- olution to offer for SALE the following TRACTS of LAND, all of which may be entered upon at Christmas, namely, That beautiful Seat and Plantation on Mattaponi River, in King and Queen, whereon John Robinson Esquire (late Treasurer) lived, contain- ing 1381 Acres of high Land, and about 650 Acres of very valuable Marsh, also a very good geared Water Grist Mill in proper Repair, the Toll of which maintains near sixty in Family, besides several Horses, stands within 100 Yards of the River, and, at a small Expense, may be con- structed into a very convenient Merchant Mill. The Improvements on this Seat, I am credibly informed, cost better than 5000 L. and in Point of Convenience, Taste, or Situation, is exceeded but by very few in the Colony, and so well known that a particular Description is unnecessary. The Marsh is remarkably rich and high, and the Subscriber, intending to reclaim the Whole, has already done a considerable Length of very sub- stantial Bank; a good Quantity of inland Marsh has been for some Time laid dry and in Meadow, and, from the Trial made, he is well satisfied it is practicable, at a much less Expense than is generally thought to attend Works of that Nature.
A Tract of very valuable Land in King William, formerly the Property of Colonel Bernard Moore, and known by the Name of Wormsloe, containing 1780 Acres, and running near three Miles on Pamunkey River; the Soil is remarkably good for Wheat, Tobacco, or Corn, and is gene- rally allowed to be as valuable and convenient a Plantation, for the Num- ber of Acres, as any in the lower Parts of the Country. There are on this Tract a Dwellinghouse seventy Feet long and twenty wide, in which Colonel Moore formerly lived, with many good and convenient Outhouses, and very fine Peach Orchards. There also is, belonging to and adjoining this Land, a good Water Mill lately rebuilt on a fine and constant Stream sufficient to carry two Pair of Stones in the driest Times, situated be- tween the Branches of York River, not above a Mile from either, and is capable of being easily made a very valuable Merchant Mill, Mat- aponi being navigable up to it. When the late Speaker's Administrators advertised some Part of this Tract, in two Parcels, they say of the lower Part, containing 536 Acres, "It abounds with such a Quantity of White Oak, that it is thought 1000 L. worth of Plank and Timber may be got off it." See the Gazettes, May 10, 1770.
Another Tract on Roanoke, in Mecklenburg, Virginia, known by the Name of Black's Ferry, 65 Miles from Petersburg, about 250 Acres of which are very rich low Grounds well adapted for raising good Tobac- co, a fine natural Meadow, and good Range for all Sorts of Stock. There is, at this Place, a publick Ferry established by Act of Assembly, already very profitable, and promises to be as much so as any on the Ri- ver, being thought the nearest, from Appomattox, to the large Tobacco Settlements in Bute County, and other Places in North Carolina.
On the two first Plantations there are and will be put in the Ground 250 Bushels of Wheat, and as the Mills do more than maintain all the Hands and Horses necessary to be kept on these Plantations, all the Corn made thereon will be always for Market. There are large Stocks of all Sorts at all the three Places, which the Purchasers may have, with Corn, Fodder, Hay, and most Sorts of Plantation Utensils. The Terms of Sale are, one Eighth of the Consideration Money next Christmas, when Deeds are passed and Possession given, another Eighth the April Term fol- lowing, and the remaining three Fourths to be paid in three annual Pay- ment, without Interest, upon Bond and Security being given to (4) WILLIAM BLACK.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, the 29th of November (being Court Day) at Bedford Courthouse, 1846 ACRES of LAND lying upon Falling River. The Terms will be agreed on at the Day of Sale, by JOHN T. BICKERTON.
COMMITTED to King and Queen Jail, a Negro Man, who says his Name is Shadrach, but is sometimes called Caesar and Abraham, has run away more than twelve Months, and belongs to Major Ephraim King, on the Eastern Shore, in Somerset County, Maryland. He is very likely, appears to be about twenty Years old, and five Feet ten Inches high. His Owner is desired to take him away, and pay Charges. CHRISTOPHER HARWOOD, Jailer.
TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a BRIGHT BAY MARE about four Years old, about thirteen Hands and a Half high, with a small Star in her Forehead, is a Trotter, had a Bell on, and branded on the near Buttock 8 S. Posted, and appraised to 51. 10s. (11) THOMAS RATCLIFFE.
TAKEN up, in Botetourt, a BAY MARE about six Years old, twelve Hands high, has a Wart growing on her Nostril, had on a Bell, and branded on the near Buttock I T. Posted, and appraised to 45s. (11) WILLIAM MCCLURE.
TAKEN up, in Accomack, a THREE YEAR OLD STEER, of a dark red Colour, marked in the right Ear, with a Crop and Slit, and a Crop and two Slits in the left. Posted, and appraised to 50s. (11) CHARLES LEATHERBURY.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a GRAY MARE about two or three Years old, twelve Hands and three Quarters high. Posted, and appraised to 51. JOHN WINN.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a SORREL MARE about thirteen Hands and a Half high, flaxen Mane and Tail, branded on the near Shoulder R, and on the Buttock an obscure Brand. Posted, and ap- praised to 101. SAMUEL SHERWIN.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a DARK BAY MARE thirteen Hands and three Quarters high, had on a Bell, and branded on the near Shoulder P q and on the near Buttock MM in a Piece. Posted, and appraised to 101. GIDEON WINFREE.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a SORREL HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, ten Years old, a Blaze Face, his off hind Foot white, branded on the near Shoulder 3, and on the near Buttock 3. Posted, and appraised to 101. JOHN NORRIS, Junior.
Pursuant to the Will of Mr. John Smith, deceased, will be SOLD, on Friday the 3d of December, at his late Plantation in King William,
A VALUABLE Stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, a large Crop of Corn, Fodder, and Plantation Utensils. And on Tuesday, the 7th of the same Month, will be SOLD, upon the Premises, a very valuable TRACT of LAND known by the Name of Pickenocky, lying in Henrico, situated on the Brook Swamp, about four Miles from Richmond, and contains, by an old Survey, 200 Acres, 100 of which are very rich well timbered low Grounds drained by an extraor- dinary Piece of Dam Work, and the Place is in good Order for Cropping, having a sufficient Quantity of Wheat now sowed upon it. Likewise all Kinds of Stock, together with the Crop of Corn, Fodder, and Plantation Utensils.
And on Tuesday the 21st of December will be SOLD, on the Premises, a TRACT of rich and well timbered LAND containing above 2000 Acres, and lies in Goochland, on James River, near the Mouth of the Great Bird, and opposite Elk Island. There is upon this Land a Plantation suf- ficient to work sixteen Hands, and the Soil is very suitable for Tobacco, Wheat, and Corn. For the Convenience of Purchasers it will be di- vided into several Lots, before the Day of Sale. At the same Time and Place will be SOLD 91 valuable SLAVES, fifteen of whom belong to the Estate of Mr. Joseph Smith, deceased, likewise a large Stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, and Sheep, with the Crop of Corn, Fodder, and Plantation Utensils.
One Half of the Purchase Money for the Lands to be paid the 1st of May, and the Balance twelve Months after that Time. Credit for the Slaves, Stocks, &c. will be allowed till the 1st of July, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security, which is to carry Interest from the Date, if not punctually paid. (10) WILLIAM ANDERSON, Executor of John Smith, And Administrator of Joseph Smith. N. B. If it should rain on any of the above mentioned Days, the Publick may depend the Sale will be the next fair Day.
WOOLLENS.
JUST IMPORTED in the Kingston Packet, Joseph Turner Master, a few Bales of WOOLLENS, consisting of low priced BROAD- CLOTHS, DUFFILS, FRIEZES, with suitable Trimmings; a few Bales of DUTCH BLANKETS, also a Quantity of SEINE TWINE; which I will sell on reasonable Terms, for ready Money or short Credit. (tf) JOSHUA STORRS.
NORFOLK, September 28, 1773.
WE have lately imported a Quantity of EUROPEAN GOODS, in small assorted Packages, which we will sell at a low Advance, for Cash or short Credit; namely, KENDAL COTTONS, SADDLERY, IRISH LINENS, OSNABRUGS, low priced HATS, CHECKS, stamped COTTONS, SUITS OF CLOTHES with TRIMMINGS, RUSSIA LINEN, DUFFILS, &c. We have also for Sale, a Quantity of Cadiz and Lamatta SALT, GINGER, PI- MENTA, and choice Lisbon WINE in Quarter Casks. (tf) GREENWOOD, RITSON, & MARSH.
To be SOLD on the Premises, the 15th of December, A VALUABLE Tract of TOBACCO LAND, in Albemarle County, containing about 2300 Acres, Part of it excellent low Grounds, through which runs Buck Mountain Creek. There are upon it an Overseer's House, a new Tobacco House, and Apple and Peach Orchards. Any Per- son inclinable to purchase the Whole, or any Part thereof, may know the Terms on the Day of Sale, which will be advantageous, as long Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond and approved Security.
At the same Time and Place will also be sold the Stock of CATTLE, HOGS, HORSES, CORN, FODDER, PLANTATION UTENSILS, &c. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for all Sums above 25 Shil- lings. (3) JOHN GARLICK. SAMUEL GARLICK.
To be SOLD, and entered upon the 1st of January, A TRACT of LAND on Dan River, Halifax County, containing 1758 Acres. There is a considerable Quantity of rich low Grounds suitable for Tobacco and Grain, good new Houses and Barns, and many Conveniencies needless to describe, as it is presumed no Person will purchase without viewing the Premises. Should the Purchasers agree to divide the Land, it will be agreeable to the Seller. The Time of Payment will be made easy. For Terms apply to Mr. John Baird, in Prince George, to whom Bond and Security is to be given, or to the Sub- scriber, on the Premises, who will show them. Mrs. Perrin's Dower is laid on this Land. (6) WILLIAM WADE. N. B. All Persons indebted to the Estate of Hampton Wade, deceased, need not expect any longer Indulgence.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Wed- nesday the 11th of November, at Albemarle Courthouse, 23 likely VIRGINIA born NEGROES. Credit will be allowed to the 1st of October 1774, on giving Bond and Security, to carry Interest from the Date if not punctually paid. (6) GEORGE MERIWETHER.
For SALE, sundry Tracts of LAND, in Orange County, North Carolina, namely,
FIVE Hundred and thirteen Acres on Dan River, formerly the Pro- perty of George Lumpkins, has on it convenient Houses, good Or- chards, and a good Quantity of fine low Grounds.
147 Acres on Hagan's Creek, on which is a remarkable good Seat for a Mill, and is convenient to the above Tract.
320 Acres on Mill Creek, which formerly belonged to Abraham Miles, has on it some Improvements, and is good Land for Hemp or Tobacco.
270 Acres on North Hico River, which also belonged to Abraham Miles, and is exceeding good Land.
Also one Tract of Land in this Colony of 25 Acres, being an Island in Dan River, Pittsylvania County, which is said to be the best Fishing Place on that River.
The above Lands are about 140 Miles from the Falls of Appomattox. For a more particular Description of them any Person, inclining to pur- chase, may be informed by applying to Mr. Roger Atkinson, or Mr. John Jones, at Petersburg. I shall be in Williamsburg at the November Meetings, and will there let such as want to know the Price for the Whole, or any separate Parcel, and allow a reasonable Credit. Bond, with approved Security, will be required at the Time Deeds are executed. (9) CHARLES YATES, Attorney in Fact for the Assignees of Younger, Wilkinson, & Co. FREDERICKSBURG, September 15, 1773.
WILLIAMSBURG, September 10, 1773.
COMMITTED to the publick Jail, from Cumberland, a Runaway Negro Man called TO M, five Feet ten Inches high, remarkably black, his Face much scarified with his Country Marks, both Ears bored, his right with four Holes and his left five, ap- pears to be upwards of forty Years old, and cannot speak to be under- stood, had on a Crocus Shirt and Trousers. His Owner is desired to take him away and pay Charges. (12) PETER PELHAM.
TO BE SOLD.
FIVE Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND in the County of Charles City, with a convenient Dwellinghouse and other Improvements. Two Hundred and twenty Acres, in the same County, pleasantly situ- ated on James River.
Two Thousand five Hundred and twenty Acres in the County of Cum- berland, commonly known by the Name of Saint James's.
And one Thousand four Hundred and twenty one Acres in the Counties of Goochland and Cumberland, on both Sides of James River, opposite to Elk Island.
The above TRACTS of LAND were of the Estate of the late John Wayles, deceased, devised to the Subscribers, and are now offered for Sale. Persons disposed to purchase may be informed of the Terms, on Appli- cation to any one of the Subscribers; and the Times of Payment will be made easy, on giving Bond and Security to
THOMAS JEFFERSON. FRANCIS EPPES. HENRY SKIPWITH. (tf)
WOOLLENS.
THE Subscriber has now upon Hand several Bales of coarse Wool- lens properly assorted for a Store, from 60 to 80 L. Sterling Value, also a large Quantity of COARSE CLOTHS and TRIMMINGS, in small Bales, from 3s. 6d. to 12s. Sterling a Yard, which he intends selling by the Bale, or retailing by the Piece. He expects more coarse Woolens, of all Sorts, in very soon. He sells at a low Advance, for Cash or short Credit. Any Person applying to him, at Mr. John Wood- side's in Norfolk, or at the General Courts, may depend on being served to Satisfaction. (tf) JOHN STONEY.
For SALE, immediately, altogether, or to any Num- ber of Persons that will agree on a Division among themselves,
TWELVE HUNDRED ACRES of LAND, in Sussex, one Mile below the Courthouse, and joining Nottoway River for about a Mile, which affords Plenty of Fish, and makes near 100 Acres of low Ground well stocked with Cypress and other Timber; in the Banks are Plenty of Shells very good for Lime. Great Part of the high Land is rich, on which there is a pretty Situation for a House, and sufficient cleared for ten or twelve Hands to cultivate Grain on. Mr. Clements, Mr. Hoome, or Mr. Balfour, will show the Lands; and for Terms apply to David Ross, Esquire, Merchant at Petersburg. (tf) J. SYME.
NEWCASTLE, July 14, 1773.
THE Subscribers have on Hand between six and seven Hundred Pounds Sterling Worth of EUROPEAN and EAST INDIA GOODS, which they will dispose of at a low Ad- vance, by Wholesale, and make the Terms of Payment convenient to the Purchaser. We request the Favour of all those indebted to us to come and settle their Accounts immediately, by Bond or Payment, otherwise they may be assured their Accounts will be put into an Attorney's Hands, without Respect to Persons. (tf) JOHNSON & TINSLEY.
TO BE SOLD.
And may be entered on immediately, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND in Brunswick, containing about 1000 Acres, of which about 100 Acres are cleared. On the Plan- tation is an exceeding good Dwellinghouse, underpinned with Brick, with three Brick Chimneys, a Kitchen with a Brick Chimney, and all other Outhouses necessary for a Family and Cropping, all new built; also a very fine Apple and Peach Orchard. The Land lies within twelve Miles of Hicks's Ford, and joins the Road to Eaton's Ferry. A good Title will be made the Purchaser, and the Terms may be known by applying to the Subscriber, at Cabin Point. (tf) ADAM FLEMING.
YORK Town, June 9, 1773.
THE Subscribers being very solicitous to comply with the Will of their Testator, the late Honourable Wil- iam Nelson, desire that all Persons who were indebted to him will endea- vour to make as speedy Payments as possible. Those who have Accounts open on his Books, and who cannot immediately discharge the Balances, are desired to give their Bonds. This Request is the more necessary, as most of the Legacies bequeathed by the Testator are to be paid in Sterling Money, and he has directed that his younger Sons Fortunes shall be placed out at Interest upon undoubted Securities, so soon as it can be done. Those who have any Demands are desired to make them immediately known. (tf) THOMAS NELSON. THOMAS NELSON, Junior. HUGH NELSON. RO. C. NICHOLAS.
TO BE SOLD.
ABOUT fourteen Thousand Acres of exceeding good LAND in the County of Pittsylvania. For Terms apply to Mr. Hugh Rose of Amberly, who will treat with any Person inclinable to purchase, and is empowered to make a legal Title. CAROLINE, May 1, 1773. (tf) THOMAS LOMAX.