The Virginia gazette (Williamsburg [Va.]), 1772-11-05 00:00:00

VIRGINIA GAZETTE.
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COPENHAGEN, August 18.
By Advices from Helsingborg, in Sweden, we are informed that the Garrison of Christianstadt had revolted a few Days before...
Colonel Falkenschiold having contrived to corrupt the Subaltern, and four Soldiers, that were escorting him by Sea to the Isle of Munkholm...
BRUSSELS, August 25. We have had in this Country the most plentiful Harvest that has been known for these several Years.
FRANKFORT, August 18. We learn from Vienna that the Emperor, accompanied only by a small Retinue, left that City on the 8th Instant...
HAMBURG, August 22. We have this Moment received Advice that a great Change hath just taken Place in a certain northern Court...
PARIS, August 27. Our Ships from the Isle of France having brought Intelligence that the Hurricane which ruined that Colony the End of February last had also destroyed the Ships which were cruising near the Isle of Bourbon, Madagascar, &c.
LONDON, July 25.
THE following tragico-comick Affair happened at the House of a Lady in the Neighbourhood of the Excise Office on Monday last.
Extract of a Letter from Paris.
The following very extraordinary Occurrence lately happened in this Metropolis, and still continues to make a Noise here.
This Letter was accordingly found, and carried to Monsieur de Sartine, who immediately took the Guard of the Police, and made a strict Search in every House of the Parish...
August 8. It is said that the Douglas Subscription is finally closed, after raising two Hundred Thousand Pounds on Annuities for Lives.
Tuesday Evening was performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, the Comedy of the Miser, for the Benefit of Mr. Shuter...
August 14. On Monday last the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers went up the River in their Barge to Richmond...
Company's Return from Richmond (where they dined on Board the Barge on a cold Collation) their Majesties, with the Prince of Wales...
August 17. The Duke of Cumberland has purchased of the Duke of Bolton his Seat called Cannons, in Hampshire...
On Friday was buried, in a military Manner, the Mistress of a Publick House at the Entrance of the Savoy.
August 19. The Supreme Council of Douai, on the 11th of last May, passed the following Sentence on Joseph Deflanders...
It is a Pity but our Executions for deliberate Murder were attended with some such Solemnity, as it might probably be a Means of preventing their Frequency.
A certain celebrated dramatique Writer, who lately absconded for a detestable Crime, has sent a written List to a certain great Personage...
A late celebrated Banker has, within these few Days, written a long Letter to one of his Assignees, wherein he has described, with great Ingenuity...
The Diamond lately sold to the Empress of Russia, by a Greek Merchant at Amsterdam, may serve to show how far that Article of Pride is diminished...
On Monday a Man who brings Lace to London out of Buckinghamshire went to an Alehouse near the Mansion House...
August 20. It is believed, by some, that Lord Dartmouth's Entrance into the Ministry is only a Prelude to other important Changes...
That France has no Inclination at present to commence Hostilities is pretty obvious; but ought that to be a Reason, if we have any Injuries unredressed...
The Duke of Cumberland, says a Correspondent, deserves the highest Applause for his present Conduct...
Monday last the Duke of Cumberland visited the Prince of Wales and Bishop of Osnaburg at Lord Holdernesse's Country Seat...
It is now generally believed that the Princess of Brunswick will accompany the Queen of Denmark to this Kingdom.
Bets are offered to be laid, that, notwithstanding the Crops all over the Kingdom are so fine and promising...
The noble Resolutions entered into by several capital Merchants of this City, to import American Wheat, must, it is believed, more effectually strike at the horrid Practice of forestalling...
Such Puppets are the English Populace that they are constantly played off against their own best Interests.
As Providence has blessed us with a bountiful Crop of all Sorts of Grain this Season, it is hoped the legislative Power will prevent it being converted into an artificial Famine this Winter...
A few Days since was discovered a new Coal Mine on the Estate of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland...
A Correspondent informs us, that Wheat of this Year's Growth has absolutely been seen carrying towards the Coast...
Orders are sent to Plymouth for the Government Cutters, now lying up at that Port, to be fitted out immediately to cruise in the Channel against the Smugglers.
A sham Lookout is now kept by the Channel Cruisers about the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey...
Last Night, as the Captain of a West India Ship, and another Gentleman, were coming from Bow, they were attacked near the London Hospital...
August 21. Mr. Fordyce will certainly appear to his Commission on the last Day of Examination...
August 22. On Tuesday last a Hair Dresser, of the Name of Glass, was apprehended at Woolwich, for committing a Rape on the Body of an old Woman...
We are informed that Lady Mary Hay, who was divorced from General Scott, was lately married in France to a young Scotch Nobleman...
Yesterday, soon after the breaking up of the Levee, an Express was immediately sent to the Princess of Brunswick...
It is now publicly talked of that a great Coolness has subsisted between the Duke of Cumberland and his Dutchess...
It is now confidently reported, that at the Beginning of the next Session the Parliament will take into Consideration the present Mode of Traffick in the Funds.
The Admirers of Lawn Sleeves were never so much distressed as by the late Behaviour of the Bishops...
Extract of a Letter from Saxo Gothia.
One John Nicholas Goldsmith, who followed the Occupation of a Cowherd, at a small Village called Eichelborn...
A Correspondent remarks on the dreadful Situation of Trade, that for the last fifteen Weeks there have been, upon an Average, about seventeen Bankrupts each Week.
Thursday Night a Merchant's Clerk was detected in going off with near fifteen Hundred Pounds, in Draughts and Cash.
Sunday last a Preacher at the west End of the Town, at the Close of his Sermon, arraigned his Majesty's Conduct in repining the Execution of Lieutenant Jones...
We are informed that as soon as Captain Jones is enlarged he is to be married to the young Lady whom he has paid his Addresses to these two Years...
The Pardon of Captain Jones, which is the Subject of Conversation in almost every Company, occasioned a whimsical Confusion in a Coffee-House...

Porter, takes a Letter out of his Hand. The Company, discovering who this Advocate for the particular Taste was, one walks up to him and pours his Chocolate over his Wig. The enraged Advocate asked the Meaning of that Treatment; it is my particular Taste, replies the Gentleman. The rest taking the Hint, this is mine, says another, pouring a Glass of Cardinale down his Neck; and this is mine, cries a third, pouring the Milk Pot into his Face. It is my particular Taste, cries the Bar Maid, to pour this Dith of Coffee into the Waistband of your Breeches; and mine, says the Waiter, who was an honest Irishman, to kick your Old Bailey Face out of the Coffeehouse. The Noise drawing together a Mob about the Door, the Advocate was now at Liberty to tell his Story to several of his old Friends, who immediately knew him; and taking Compassion upon his dirty Condition, carried him again to the Horse Pond in the Mews, and there sufficiently washed off the Milk, Capillare, and Chocolate, in that well known Water.
August 24. Yesterday Morning the Train of Artillery was reviewed before his Majesty on Blackheath. There were present the Duke of Gloucester, a great Number of the Nobility, and as great a Concurrence of People from all Parts as ever was known; but they were greatly disappointed, as it lasted but a short Time, only going through Part of their Rangs, &c. owing to the Populace breaking through the Lines. His Majesty was very near being hurt by a Horse next him rearing up, and was obliged to dismount.
His Majesty came to the Review on Blackheath about Half after nine yesterday Morning, in a Chaise and four. He immediately got on Horseback; and though a long and heavy Shower of Rain fell soon after, did not dismount, but covered himself with his Cloak, and rode repeatedly round the Field. The Wind blew exceeding hard from the West, which greatly annoyed the Spectators on the farther Side of the Heath, by driving the Smoke in their Faces. The Cannon Firing was very exact and satisfactory, but the Gentlemen of the Train made but an indifferent Figure with their Small Arms in the Platoon Exercise. The Field was uncommonly crowded, and the Carriages so numerous that at New Cross Turnpike there was a Stop for near Half an Hour before the Review; and many Gentlemen were so impatient that they left their Coaches, &c. and walked to Blackheath.
By the last Accounts from the Mediterranean and Archipelago we hear that those Seas swarm with Pirates of all Nations, so much that their Navigation is totally precarious and unsafe.
An Affair has happened in the fashionable World, which it is supposed will occasion some more Business for Doctors Commons. A Lady, long suspected, but never before detected, has occasioned the following comic Scene. Some Time since Lady M. went to Lady T.'s Route, and took a West India Lady, Mrs. S. who was admired because she had always Money enough to lose. Mrs. S. had the Misfortune to be particularly fond of burnt Champagne. Lady M. plied her with it, till it was quite proper for the West India City to go home, on which her Ladyship could do no less than order her Chair and Servants to attend her; soon after which Lady M. recollected she had appointed to call upon Lady B. Lady T. pressed her to make Use of her Chair and Servants; she would by no Means accept it, as it was such a busy Evening, and said a Hackney Chair would do as well. Accordingly one was ordered, and her Ladyship went off; but forgetting the Doctrine of Consequences, as Lady B. did not know of this Engagement she came very innocently to Lady T.'s Route, and being acquainted that Lady M. was gone to visit her, said it could not be, she knew of no such Intention. But as her Ladyship had been in the Oven, she was determined to search to the Bottom of this strange Affair; it required but little Pains to find out the Chairmen who carried the fair Offender, who it seems was deposited at a convenient House near Soho Square, and spent the Evening comfortably with a handsome Officer of the Guards. The Lady is at present at a remote Country Seat in Despair, and Lady B. triumphs in her Discovery.
A young Lady from Liverpool, possessed of a great Fortune, who came on a Visit to her Aunt in Holborne, went off (on a pretence of going to Vauxhall) last Wednesday Evening, with a Journeyman Linen Draper in Ludgate Street, for Scotland.
Extract of a Letter from Milan, July 29. The Experiment lately made upon two mad Persons from the Hospital of St. Vincent happily succeeded in one of them. After having been taken out of the Water, rubbed, and let Blood, he was seized with a Fever, which at length became pretty violent; but it is now abated, and the Patient has recovered his Senses. His Cure is attributed to the Fright at being thrown into the Water unawares, and perhaps to the Force of the Fever, which having put his whole Machine in Motion, changed the Course of the animal Spirits, and produced the looked for Effect.
It is said that a Proclamation will shortly be issued offering great Advantages to those People who embark for America in Order to cultivate the Country and facilitate the Mississippi Scheme.
Sunday Morning a patriotic Divine preached at his Church at the east End of the Town, and took his Text from the 8th Chapter of Ecclesiastes, at the 11th Verse, "Because Sentence against an evil Work is not executed speedily, therefore the Heart of the Sons of Men is fully set in them to do Evil." His Sermon was to the same Effect as he preached the Sunday before, excepting an Alteration he made, mentioning the general Act of Pardon that passed in the 22d of the late King, when it expresses the pardoning of all Crimes, excepting that of Sodomy.
On Wednesday last a Battle was fought between Slack's Son and a noted Coal Miner (both of Bristol) for 100 Guineas, on Thill Common; when, after a Contest of upwards of 30 Minutes, it ended in the Favour of the former.
August 25. From the Hague we hear that Prince Czatorinsky, his Princess, and two Children, have lately arrived there, with an Intention of residing there till the Troubles of his native Country shall subside.
The following has been handed about as a Card from a great Personage to a most Reverend Prelate.
My good Lord Prelate, I COULD not delay giving you this Notification of the Grief and Concern with which my Breast was affected at receiving an authentic Information that Rovers have made their Way into your Place. At the same Time, I must signify to you my Sentiments on this Subject, which hold these Levities and vain Dissipations as utterly inexpedient, if not unlawful, to pass in a Residence for many Centuries devoted to divine Studies, religious Retirement, and the extensive Exercise of Charity and Benevolence; I add, in a Place where so many of your Predecessors have led their Lives in such Sarcasm as have thrown Lustre on the pure Religion they professed and adorned. From the Dissatisfaction with which you must perceive I behold these Improprieties, not to speak in harsher Terms, and still more pious Principles, I trust you will suppress them immediately; so that I may not have Occasion to show any farther Marks of my Displeasure, or to interpose in a different Manner. May God take your Grace into his Almighty Protection. I remain, my Lord Prelate, your gracious Friend, G. R.
Extract of a Letter from Vienna, August 8. A Gentleman of a very good Family, whose Estate had been reduced to the pitiful Income of four Hundred Florins, or, in English Money, to about fifty two Guineas a Year, having a Wife and ten Children, and finding it impossible to maintain so numerous a Family on so scanty a Revenue, took the Resolution one Day, as the Emperor was going to Schönbrunn, to lay before his Majesty a true State of his distressful Situation. This Gentleman painted the Horrors of his Wretchedness in a Petition; and as it was concisely drawn up, in a very few Words, the Emperor read it instantly, and politely asked the Gentleman for his Address. The very next Morning the Emperor went in Person to this Gentleman's Place of Residence, not only to convince himself of the Truth of the Story, but also to learn by what Means so large a Family could possibly be maintained in Meat, Drink, Clothing, and Lodging, at twopence a Day a Head. The Emperor, presently after he had entered the House, observed to the Gentleman that there were eleven Children. The Gentleman replied, "Sire, but ten of these Children are mine, the eleventh was the only Son of a gallant Officer, who on his Deathbed entreated me to take Care of it and educate it as I did my own. I accordingly paid all due Respect to the dying Words of my deceased Friend, and I educated this Orphan in every Respect as if the Child had been my own. The Emperor, on hearing the Word Orphan, observed to the Gentleman, that in Vienna there was not only a very good Orphan House but a very ample Fund for the Maintenance and Education of Orphan Children. Yes, Sire, replied the Gentleman, there is so, but the Governors of it sink the Money whally in their own Pockets. Touch'd with the ocular Proof of so much real Distress, the Emperor immediately ordered the Gentleman an annual Stipend, or charitable Donation, of eleven Hundred Florins; that is to say, a Hundred Florins a Year for each Child; and instantly issued an Ordinance, commanding a strict Inquiry to be made into the scandalous Management of the Establishment for Orphans."
A Correspondent informs us that a certain northern Monarch has sunk into such an inactive State as to be totally indifferent about the Affairs of his Court.
The Polish Monarch has, it is said, received some encouraging Assurances from many Powers, but particularly from England, that a few Months shall restore him to his Throne and Dignities.
It is now generally believed that Lord Hillsborough will be the chosen Person to relieve the Viceroy of a neighbouring Kingdom; or, in other Words, heal the Discords of an oppressed People.
A fallen Kind of Inactivity, we learn by Letters from Vienna, now prevails at that Court, as it convinced that some spirited Measures were necessary to be taken, but doubtful of the Prudence of engaging in them at the present Conjuncture.
Lord Hillsborough, says a Correspondent, ought to be greatly honoured by all Mankind for his Motives of Resignation; for as it was impossible to convince him that a Settlement inaccessibile to our Navy could be advantageous to this Country, it was noble in him to forego his Appointment rather than prostitute his Opinion.
A certain newly appointed Minister and his Majesty have had a Conference on Masquerade, and it is said a Prohibition of them throughout the Kingdom will certainly take Place.
We are informed that a certain Prelate has wrote a very obliging Answer to a great Personage, humbly promising a strict Obedience to the Commands of the latter.
It is said that some very opulent Men are now in different Parts of the Country contracting for all the new Wheat they possibly can, so that something is in Agitation to prevent the Poor from receiving any Benefit from the greatest Crop of Wheat ever remembered in one Season.
The Manufacture of Cambric is now so much improved in Ireland as to be superior in Colour, Fineness, and Service, to any made in the other Parts of Europe.
August 26. Accounts from Vienna inform us that every Thing there wears the strongest Appearance of War; the Streets are full of recruit-Parties, and the Arsenals are daily emptied of large Quantities of military Stores. There have been no less than three Promotions of General and Field Officers, in less than a Month; nevertheless, the ultimate Views of the Imperial and Royal Courts, as well as the Intention of these hostile Preparations, remain a profound Secret.
August 27. Should the Settlement on the Ohio take Place, no Emigrants whatsoever are to be permitted from this Country except the actual Proprietors.
An extra Board is appointed to take Cognizance of the Mississippi and Ohio Schemes, at which the Merits of both will be finally determined.
From St. Alban's we learn that an Inhabitant of that Town keeps a tame Rat in his House; the Consequence of which is, that his Dwelling is infested by no other Rats, nor by Mice. As other Instances of the like Kind have been known, particularly on Ship Board, there is no Doubt but, from this Circumstance, a new Method might be put in Practice for getting rid of this troublesome and highly mischievous Vermin.
August 28. It is talked that the Duke of Gloucester will set out in a few Days for the West of England, from thence to Scotland, whence his Royal Highness proposes to cross by Way of Port Patrick to Ireland, in Order to pay several Visits in that Kingdom.
The Lords of the Council who voted on the Ohio Question, which caused the Earl of Hillsborough's Resignation, were, Lord Gower (the President) Lord Rochford, Lord Shelburne (the Secretaries of State) and Lord Falmouth, for the intended Settlement. Against it, Lord North, Lord Hillsborough, and Lord Barrington.
August 29. A Report prevails that a Revolution has again happened at Copenhagen, and that the Queen Dowager and Prince Frederick had been obliged to fly from that City.
We are informed that the French Merchants at Marseilles have imported, within these twelve Months, near forty Thousand Bales of fine Wool from the Kingdom of Morocco and Coast of Barbary.
The Cause of her Majesty's Indisposition was, we hear, a Cold caught by walking in the Gardens. It must, however, give perfect Satisfaction to all those who can admire Greatness, Goodness, and the brightest Virtue, united in the same Person, to be informed that her Majesty is much better.
It having been reported, in various Papers, that a great Personage is far advanced in her Pregnancy, a Correspondent assures us, if that amiable Person is again in that Situation, the Event cannot be known this Year.
On Sunday Evening last, about ten o'Clock, a Fray happened in a publick Street at the west End of the Town between a Captain and a Country Squire of a good Estate. It seems the latter kept a Lady whom he had debauched, and who eloped from him a few Days ago. The Event surprised him, and much chagrined him, as he had not the least Reason to suspect any Thing of the Kind; but guess his Astonishment when he met his most intimate Friend Arm in Arm with his Mistress! His Rage became ungovernable; he demanded Satisfaction instantly for that shameful Violation of Honour and Breach of Friendship; upon which they both adjourned to a Coffeehouse near at Hand, accompanied by two young Gentlemen, who by Accident were passing by when the Dispute began. They called for a private Room, locked the Door, and, after two or three Thrusts at each other, the Captain was wounded in the Sword Arm. The Seconds immediately interfered, and with the utmost Difficulty took their Swords away; or the Consequence, in all Probability, would have been fatal on both Sides. The Captain went home in a Chair; and a Surgeon being immediately sent for, declared the Wound not dangerous, as the Artery was not touched. The Circumstances attending the above Anecdote are somewhat remarkable: Upon the Seconds questioning the Lady, after the Affair was over, if it was her own Choice to go with the Captain, she said yes; and again, if she would persist to go home to the Captain's, she answered the would; that she was the Daughter of a Gentleman of small Fortune; that the Squire had ruined her, under a Promise of Marriage; that that had forgave, but from a few Days after, to this Hour, he had proved untrue. To the Honour of both be it said, upon the Interposition of the two Seconds, they have each agreed to charge their Estates with the Payment of an annual Sum to the injured Fair, and are both to abandon her, which she willingly accepts, declaring it was always her Intention to be virtuous, but, through her too great Credulity, her Virtue had been ensnared.
By Letters from Liverpool we learn that on Monday Night last, when the Theatre Royal was extremely crowded, a sudden Alarm of Fire was spread among the Audience, which, though very ill sounded (the Lamps only having set Fire to the Oil in the Tin Pans between the Stage and the Orchestra) occasioned such a Confusion among the Spectators, that, to several of them, the most fatal Consequences ensued; many Ladies were thrown into Fits, and one died of the Fright. The People in the Gallery, finding it impossible to get out at the Doors, were seized with a temporary Frenzy, and many of them dropped from thence into the Pit; by which many Arms, Legs, Ribs, &c. were broken, and the Midshipman of a Sloop, which lately arrived in the Harbour, was trod to Death. Farther Particulars of this fatal Disaster are daily expected.
They write from Cork that the Glorious, a French Man of War of sixty Guns, was wrecked near Bantry Bay, and only the Captain and forty of the Crew were saved.
Extract of a Letter from Madrid, July 18. Our Court has just received the very disagreeable News of an universal rising of the Natives on the Coasts of Chili, who are greatly reinforced and supported by the brave People in the internal Parts of that Country. The Chilians are the bravest People on the Continent, and ever had a most remarkable Antipathy to the Spaniards, which made them cautious how they trusted the Natives, who have before made Attempts to recover their lost Liberties, but were always subdued, by the Spaniards keeping Possession of the Coasts. The Insurrection that lately happened began at the Town of Baldivia, or Valdivia, where the Gold Mines are situated. It was thus: On the Night of the 14th of May a Body of near ten Thousand Indians came to the Mines, and fell up the Guards, whom they murdered; they then proceeded to set fire the Negroes, but slaughtered all the Whites they came near without Mercy. After this Action they proceeded to the Town, but found the People were alarmed, and had made some Preparations, having shut the inner Gates, and pointed some Guns on the Walls, which they fired incessantly on the Indians, and did great Execution. Finding themselves not able to gain Possession of the inner Town, they set Fire to the Suburbs, and burnt them to the Ground, in which were three fine Churches, an Hospital, and several religious Houses. Having vented their Fury as far as in their Power at Valdivia, and being joined by a Number of Indian and Negro Slaves that dwelt in the Suburbs, they left a Guard to prevent the Spaniards from escaping out of the Town, and proceeded immediately to the Town of Imperial, which they invested, but were obliged to raise the Siege with Precipitation. They marched off as if they intended to serve Villarria in the same Manner. A Vessel was immediately sent from Imperial with Intelligence; and, when the Advices came away from Madrid, an Officer was preparing to march out of Lima at the Head of four Thousand Men.
The King of Prussia's private Intercourse with the Swedes gives, it is said, no small Uneasiness to all the neighbouring Powers, inasmuch that Remonstrances have been presented, which that martial Prince has treated with great Haughtiness and Disregard.
It is generally believed that a Revolution is inevitable at a certain northern Court, as also that some Powers are concerned in it, who affect, at present, to be mere Spectators.
It is reported that the French have lately given very large Orders for Powder and Ball in the Ports of Holland, to be delivered into his Christian Majesty's Dockyards before Christmas next.
It is said that no superior Posts in the Army will, for the future, be disposed of, or exchanged, without the Consent and Approbation of his Majesty.
Letters from Vienna say that a League is forming there, between some northern, &c. Potentates, to put a Stop to the Progress of the Prussian Monarch in Polish Prussia.
Great Britain feels at this Hour the fatal Effects of her ill judged Conduct towards the Americans. The Balance of Trade to America was so great before the Division happened as to fill this Country with Gold and Silver, particularly the latter, the Want of which is now so grievously felt by every Man in Trade, from one End of this Kingdom to the other. The Division between the Mother Country and her Colonies gave the first Rise to the Extension of Paper Credit, the evil Consequence of which is now manifested.
August 31. By a Person arrived in Town from Birmingham we are informed that last Week fifteen Thousand Mules, with Haynets and Cartouch Boxes, were sent away from thence in Waggons for Bristol, to be shipped for Peterburg, on the Empress's Account.
Extract of a Letter from Mentz, August 6. A Man arrived in this City about six Days ago from the neighbouring Country, attended by a Retinue of several Hundred Country People, who followed him from their Habitations with Shouts of Admiration and Praise. The Account he gives of himself is very extraordinary: He says that he is endowed with universal Power, good and evil; that he can dethrone Kings and Emperors with as much Ease as he can cure the Dumb, the Lame, and the Blind. The infatuated Populace who follow him say that they have been Witnesses to many of these Cures performed in the Country, and the Impostor is so confident as to invite our Magistrates to be Witnesses of his Power in raising the Dead. He was conducted last Night to our Prison, where he is likely to remain some Time, notwithstanding his Power. He would accept no Money, but he had a Woman with him who refused Nothing.
This Morning, at nine o'Clock, their Majesties came from Kew to the Queen's Palace, at Buckingham House. Soon after their coming there Lord North and the two Secretaries of State had a private Conference for about Half an Hour with his Majesty.
Yesterday an Express arrived from Paris at the Secretary's Office, which was immediately despatched to his Majesty at Kew, and it is supposed was the Reason of his Majesty coming so soon to Town.
Last Saturday an Express arrived from Turin, which brings an Account that the King of Sardinia was so bad that his Majesty was quite given over by his Physicians, and it was thought he could not live many Hours.
They write from Gibraltar that the Dey of Algiers has ordered several experienced Engineers to take an accurate Survey of the defensive State of the different Ports in the Archipelago.
It is said that the Prussian Treaty with the Swifs is not to commence until a particular Number of effectual Men be enrolled; but as some will not quit the Service they are in, and others be prevented from obeying the Recall, the stated Number will not soon be completed. Ulysses will reverse the Proverb, of No Subsidy no Swifs.
Lord Bute's Power at St. James's is still as extensive as ever, and any Minister who refuses to obey his dictatorial Mandate is immediately dismantled and discharged. There is not a Man in Power can deny this Assertion. I challenge them all from the North to the West. Our very Royal Master has too long experienced the baneful Shade of this Scotch Fir, but it has taken Root so deep, that, in Spite of his most sanguine Wishes, he cannot eradicate it.
There was the thinnest Appearance of the Nobles and Gentlemen of the Country at York Races this Season that was ever known. It is said to be owing to the many ill, and the Numbers in France, &c. for Yorkshire now boasts of as many Cognoscenti, Dilettanti, Macaroni, and Savoir Vivre Gentry, as any Province in France. Hospitality staid as long in this Country as she could get Lodgings, but since her Removal she is supposed to be gone off at the Head of the last Emigrants for America.
September 1. Yesterday a Commission passed the Great Seal, appointing the Lord Chancellor, and the other Ministers of State, together with William Earl of Dartmouth, Soame Jenyns, Edward Elliott, Lord Robert Spencer, George Greville, Bamber Gascoyne, William Jolliffe, Esquires, and Lord Garlies, to be Commissioners for promoting the Trade of Great Britain, and inspecting and improving the Plantations in America, and elsewhere, with a Revocation of the last Commission.
Also passed the Great Seal a reversionary Grant of the Office of Secretary of his Majesty's Province of New York to William Knox, Esquire, during his Life, on the Death, or any sooner Determination of the Interest therein, of George Clark, Esquire, the present Secretary.
Also passed the Seal, a Proclamation, promising a Reward of five Hundred Pounds for the discovering and apprehending any of the Persons concerned in burning the Gaspé Schooner, in Providence River, on the 14th of June last; also a farther Reward of five Hundred Pounds, and his Majesty's Pardon, to any of the Offenders, for apprehending each of the Ringleaders.
By Letters from Cadiz we learn that the Juno Frigate of War was lately arrived in that Port from La Vera Cruz, but last from the Havannah, with a Million and a Half of Piafres in Specie, on Account of his Catholic Majesty. On Board this Ship the Archbishop of Mexico took his Passage, being appointed Archbishop of Toledo, the richest ecclesiastical Preferment in Europe, except the Popedom.
The French and Corsicans are now at perpetual War, which is carried on by military Executions on one Side, and Murder and Assassinations on the other. So averse are the Corsicans to a French Government, that (it is said) they really poison the Wells, Cisterns, and Fountains, in that Part of the Country which the French inhabit.
The King has been pleased to grant unto George James Williams and Francis North, Esquires, the Office of Receiver General of all his Majesty's Revenues within his Colony and Dominion of Virginia.
They write from Paris that the Royal Academy of Sciences there have elected Doctor Franklin, of Philadelphia, to fill the Vacancy made among their foreign Members by the Death of Baron Van Swieten, and that the King has approved and confirmed their Choice. There can be but eight of those foreign Members by the Constitution of the Academy; and as they are generally of the most distinguished Names for Science in the different Parts of Europe, the Honour of being enrolled among them is in higher Estimation.
September 2. Yesterday Evening one of his Majesty's Messengers was sent to Lord North at Buthy Park, with some Despatches from the Secretary of State's Office, in Consequence of which his Lordship is expected in Town this Day.
A Council is summoned to meet to-morrow at St. James's, after the Drawing Room is over.
Yesterday their Excellencies the Russian and Prussian Ministers had a long Conference at the latter's House at Kensington Gore, in Consequence (as is said) of some recent Despatches from their respective Courts.
Yesterday a Courier arrived at the French Ambassador's, in Great George Street, with Despatches from the Court of Versailles.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and Bishop of Osnaburg, will shortly pay a Visit to both the Universities, under the Protection of the Earl of Holdernesse.
We hear that great Preparations are making at Northumberland House for the Reception of the Duke and Duchess, who are expected from Germany the Beginning of next Week.
Some of Mr. Wilkes's Friends, it is given out, have been entreating him to offer himself for the Office of Lord Mayor for the Year ensuing (which by the Bye his Soul longs after) but the plain Truth of the Matter is, by what we can learn, that the above Friends are only acting the Part that Buckingham did for King Richard III. in drawing the Mayor and Aldermen to entreat that Hypocrite to become their King. The above Friends are not less artful and artful in their Undertaking than Buckingham was, and Wilkes, it is thought, will act the Hypocrite's Part full as well as Richard; so that there is not the least Doubt of his Success, unless Aldermen in these Days have more than they had in former, which indeed is very doubtful.
They write from Lerwick, in Shetland, that the Fishery this Season has been beyond the most sanguine Expectations, the Dutch having cleared, by the Article of White Herrings only, above ten Millions Sterling; so that, allowing one twentieth Part to the Revenue, the Government has gained five Hundred Thousand Pounds.
Extract of a Letter from Altona, August 22. The last Letters received here from Stockholm confirm the News of a great Revolt in Sweden, which at first began to break out in Christianstadt, where the Burghers accused the States of not having employed proper Means to prevent the Dearness of Provisions, and the Oppression of the People; and saying they would have but one God, and one King, had joined the Garrison, who seized upon the Arsenal, and had arrested several Officers who refused to come into their Measure. These Letters add, that at the Departure of the Post the Gates of the Town of Christianstadt were shut; and that Prince Charles of Sweden was marching towards Christianstadt at the Head of a Regiment, with several Pieces of Cannon, to restore good Order.
Some Time ago, as a Gentleman was returning from spending the Evening towards the west End of the Town, he heard a terrible Outcry of "Watch! Watch!" and running towards the Place from whence the Noise came, saw several Women of the Town, and a Number of Watchmen dragging them to the Round House. Upon asking the Reason, one of them replied, "you shall know presently," and immediately

seized him. In vain did he expostulate on the illegality of the Usage; he was, with the rest, carried to the Sanctum Sanctorum. The pompous Governor of the Night paid little regard to his Story after the Charge had been given by the Gentlemen of the Staff, Rattle, and Lanthorn; all his Oratory on the Liberty of the Subject was lost; he was told, the Justice, in the Morning, would be the most proper Person to talk the Matter to, and therefore said he should be entered in the black Book for that Purpose. Finding he had no Chance to get released by Exploitation, he sent for a Gallon of Porter; the Company seemed pleased; he piled them with the Brown Stout till it had the desired Effect. The Judge of the Night was happy, and soon joined the rest of the Company in a loud Snore. Now was the Opportunity! the Gentleman immediately embraced it, and taking up the Key of the Watch House let himself gently out; he afterwards locked the Door, and flung away the Key, the Consequence of which was, the Lock was obliged to be taken off before the Guardians of the Night could be released.
The Augusta, and two other Yachts, are ordered to be got in immediate Readiness for some particular Purpose.
On Saturday twenty seven Thousand six Hundred and twenty Hundred Weight of Sugar was imported at the Customhouse from the West India Islands.
A Letter from Dolgelie, in Merionethshire, North Wales, informs us that a Methodist Teacher, attempting there to preach lately on a Market Day, the Inhabitants drove him out of the Town, and threw him and his Horse into a deep Pool, where they inhumanly set a great Dog at him, which seized the Horse by the Nose, and plunged him several Times under the Water, whilst they pelted the Preacher with Stones. This not satisfying their Brutality, they sent for more Dogs to worry the poor Man; but the Dogs, mistaking their Business, fell to fighting with each other, by which the Attention of the Mob being drawn off from the Preacher, he escaped with his Life.
Extract of a Letter from Hamburg, August 25.
"The Day before yesterday two Expresses were despatched from Stockholm, and passed through this City, one in the Forenoon, the other about six o'Clock in the Evening. In their Way through our City they left several Letters behind them; one of them is said to be despatched for France, the other for England. Each of them left a Letter at the Minister Monsieur Houze's, but it is no longer a Secret here. The following is the Intelligence they brought: "The four great Cities, Christianstadt, Jonkjoeping, Landskrona, and Gothenburg, have declared his Majesty the King of Sweden their absolute Sovereign. On the 13th of this Month, Prince Charles, who was then at Schonen, immediately put himself at the Head of the Troops and the Militia of Landskrona, and Prince Frederick Adolphus did the same at Gothenburg. These two Princes joined together, with an Army of about sixteen Thousand Men, and marched before the Walls of Stockholm. In their March they declared every Where the King to be absolute, and on their Arrival at Stockholm they demanded their princely Rights, which have been limited and oppressed by the present Deputies of the States; and that they insist the Deputies do recall the late Act, called the Assurance of the King , in which his Majesty is limited in Manner not to be suffered by an anointed King."
The private Letters received from thence, since that Date, differ only in one Article. Some say that his Majesty immediately left Stockholm, and retired to Jonkjoeping, to join his Troops there, in Order to force the States to discharge him of his Oath of Coronation; but others say, that his Majesty kept himself very snug at Stockholm until the Army came before the Walls, and then communicated his Design to the States. After a Resistance which was made by a great Part of the Clergy, and some of the Nobles, they found themselves obliged to discharge his Majesty of his Oath, and to declare him an absolute Sovereign. It is remarkable, that no Resistance at all was made by the other two States of the Peasants and Burghers. Other Letters say, that this important Revolution has been published already in a Manifesto.
A Letter from Copenhagen, dated August 18th, says: "The Frigate of War Christianian , which arrived here a few Months ago from the Mediterranean, went back for that Sea the Day before yesterday, and all our Ships, in their returning home from that Sea, received Orders to return again into the Mediterranean, the Reason of which is still unknown, but it is strongly reported that there will soon happen a great and important Revolution."
By Advices from Madrid we learn that Orders have been given for raising six Thousand Men in the Province of Biscay, who are to reinforce the Army now at Ceuta, and every warlike Preparation is making ready for carrying on the Moorish War with the utmost Vigour.
We learn from Leipzig that the Harvest in that Electorate is so profitable that a Bushel of Corn, which used to cost nine Dollars, sells now for four only.
The Defence, of sixty four Guns, was launched on Monday at Woolwich. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester was on Board her at the Time of her being launched.
The Prince George, of ninety Guns, was launched on Monday at Chatham.
The following Story is sent us by a Correspondent, for a Fact. Some Time since a Tradesman in the City waited on a Scotch Merchant, whom he found in his Counting House, with a Bill for six Shillings and Sixpence. The Merchant looked at the Bill, then returned it to the Tradesman, telling him, "he believed the Bill was a very just One, but that the Goods had been bought only four Months, and if he would call at the End of twelve Months he should most certainly be paid."
Orders are sent to Portsmouth for two Men of War to be fitted out for the Coast of Africa, for the better Protection of the Trade. On Thursday Afternoon a Horse belonging to Mr. Durant, of the Isle of Thanet, started from the Gentlemen's Stand, on Barham Downs, to run twenty Miles within an Hour, for fifty Guineas, which he performed by going five Times over the long four Miles Course in fifty five Minutes and a Quarter. On going the third Time the Rider had the Misfortune to break a Stirrup Leather, just as he was turning by the Stand, and was obliged to have another Saddle, which caused a Delay of two Minutes, and after he finished the fifth Round (it being hinted to him the Ground would be measured) he rode from the Stand to the Distance Post, and in turning short round rode against another Man and Horse so furiously that both Horses and Riders came to the Ground, but luckily received no Hurt; he mounted again, and came back to the Stand. The Horse was bought about twelve Months ago by Mr. Durant for eight Guineas, and immediately after the above Proof of his Abilities was sold to one of the Gentlemen of the Army for twenty five Guineas.
Orders are come from the Court of Denmark to their Agent here to pay to this Court sixty Thousand Pounds, which is the Fortune given to Queen Caroline Matilda, and which the Court of Denmark have thought proper to return; also twenty Thousand Pounds more, in Consideration of the Presents made to the Queen on her Marriage with the King of Denmark. The above Sums of Money, we hear, are to be appropriated for the future Maintenance and Support of the Queen of Denmark.
A certain great Lawyer has, it is said, by his Suggestions and Arguments, engaged Government to take a View of its Dependents and Dependencies, though for what Purpose is at present uncertain.
Yesterday a Boy was baptised at St. Dunstan's Church by the Name of Count Piper, from a remarkable Dream the Father had a Fortnight before the Child was born, by which he was informed he should have a Son, and that he must be called Count Piper, brought up to the Use of Arms, and be taught the Art of War, as he would be an Honour to his King and Country.
September 3. The last Ships which arrived from the Brazils, at Lisbon, give a long Detail of a dreadful Conspiracy which broke out in that Country. It was not suppressed but with great Difficulty and Effusion of Blood, there being killed in one Engagement two Hundred and seventy two of the Conspirators, and one Hundred wounded; and of the Portuguese fourteen were killed, and forty two wounded.
No less than eight Commissions of Bankruptcy passed the Great Seal yesterday, one of them against a Person who is said to have stopped for near three Hundred Thousand Pounds.
We hear that it is in Contemplation with a little truly patriotick Committee, to build, in convenient Parts of the Town, Ovens for baking the Bread made of American Flower, with Shops adjoining, where the Poor may purchase it on easy Terms.
We are credibly informed that five Men of War are now fitting out, as a Reinforcement for the Fleet on the Jamaica Station.
A Person just arrived from Lisbon reports that that Court had received some disagreeable Advices from the Portuguese Settlement at Goa, on the Malabar Coast.
Letters from Cadiz say that the Artificers are working with great Diligence in the several Seaports of Spain on a Number of Vessels, which when ready for Sea are to be sent to the West Indies. The same Accounts say that nearly one Third of the Shipwrights are Englishmen.
We hear that a capital Brewhouse has stopped for an immense Sum of Money.
September 7. Among other Reasons which are given for Lord Hillsborough's Opposition to the new Grant of Lands upon the Ohio, the true One was forgotten, which was, that by passing a Grant (at once) of two and twenty Millions of Acres, the Fees of his Office would be considerably diminished, and those Emoluments transferred to the Grantees, which have hitherto helped to enrich the Grants.
COURT INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY.
It is said, when a certain great Personage signed an unnatural Pardon, his Hands shook, and the Pen fell thrice from his Fingers; the most amiable Princess in the World thrice essayed to snatch away the Pen, and thrice the Fear of meddling in Politicks checked her righteous Intention; the Maids of Honour (wonderous to tell) blushed with indignation, and every Female about the Court cried, with one Voice, O he for Shame, Sir!
CAMBRIDGE, August 13. At the Affizes held for the Town and County of Cambridge, before the Honourable Baron Perrot and Mr. Serjeant Whitaker (who sat for the Lord Chief Baron) a remarkable Trial came on, wherein a very amiable young Milliner of the Town of Whittlesea was Plaintiff, and a wealthy Farmer's Son Defendant. The Action was brought for a Breach of Marriage Contract. It appeared by Evidence, of which her own Maid was the most sensible and material, that the young Lady would not accept of his Addresses till she knew they had the Sanction and Approbation of his Father; that, at his particular Desire, she gave up and discontinued a genteel and advantageous Business; that a Day was fixed for the Wedding, and a Bride Cake bespoke by the Defendant upon the Occasion, a Part of which, though rather stale, was produced, and thought a very material Proof to found the Plaintiff's Action upon, and was, in the Opinion of the Court, with other corroborating Circumstances, equal to any written Promise whatever; so it appears that Bride Cake is binding, and the Jury (which was special) gave her a Verdict for five Hundred Pounds and Costs, to the Satisfaction of the Court, except that the female Part of the Audience were of Opinion that a Thousand would have been more adequate to the Injury done to deserving and modest Merit.
EDINBURGH, August 12. We hear from Kirriemuir that on Monday se'nnight a Man went into a Publick House, somewhat merry with Liquor, and finding some of his Acquaintance there offered to join his Bottle, which the others agreeing to, one of them took an Opportunity to put in a large Quantity of Snuff into the Bicker, which the Man drank off; but presently finding himself not well, went home and expired in a few Minutes. The Perpetrator of this wanton Frolick was immediately apprehended, and (upon the Surgeon's declaring that he believed the Snuff to be the Cause of the Man's Death) was committed to Forfar Jail.
August 15. We hear from Glasgow that Mr. Golborne is not only carrying on his Operations in deepening the River Clyde with Despatch, but with the most promising Appearance of Success. About thirty jetted Dikes are now finished, which has greatly increased the Rapidity of the Current; and all the Fords betwixt Dunglass and the Bromilaw deepened about three Feet and a Half, by which the Gabbards and Lighters now pass up and down the River without waiting for Spring Tides as formerly. Great Progress has likewise been made this Season in the Monkland Canal, which is also carrying on with much Success, and when finished will considerably reduce the Price of Coals.
Anecdote of Mr. FORDYCE.
IT is now a known Fact that it was a determined Circumstance in the French Cabinet to declare War against England on the very Day succeeding that on which the Duke de Choiseul, Prime Minister of France, was removed from his Employment. The Disgrace of the Duke was the only Step his Enemies had to accomplish to effectually ward off the intended Declaration of the Minister, and prevent a War. They were successful in their Intrigues, and the Consequence was a most fatal Stroke to Mr. Fordyce. He had the Address to come at the secret Designs of Choiseul and the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Versailles; and from this Knowledge (attained by no other Person in the Alley) had sold such an immense Quantity of Stock for a Time, at a Price greatly below the then Market, but amazingly above what it must have been at in Case of a sudden intervening War, that the Difference would have been very near a Million Sterling in Favour of Mr. Fordyce had the proposed Event been carried into Execution. The contrary Incident, however, occurring, by the unexpected and extraordinary Removal of the French Minister, it was a Loss to Mr. Fordyce (at the next ensuing settling of Differences in the Alley) of considerably more than a Hundred Thousand Pounds, which he punctually paid. From this fatal Era is the Ruin of Mr. Fordyce to be dated; for, infatuated with the Opinion that from the State of Affairs between the Courts of London, Versailles, and Madrid, a War was inevitable, and that, notwithstanding the Change of Administration in France, Peace must be of a very short Duration, he inexorably persisted in squaring all his Bargains by that grand Object, and was consequently, at every succeeding Settling, such a considerable Loser, that at length he was no longer able to sustain the Shock.
CHARLESTOWN, (South Carolina) October 5. The Loss sustained in the West India Islands cannot as yet be estimated; some say the Loss in St. Christopher's alone exceeds three Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling. The Distress is so great, and general, that it is thought Application will be made for stopping the Proceedings of the Courts of Law for some Time.
His Excellency, Sir Ralph Payne, Governor General of the Caribbee Islands, appointed Wednesday, September 16th, as a Day of Fasting and Humiliation throughout all the Places under his Government.
Great Numbers of the Planters, Merchants, and others, in the British West India Islands, have afforded the most liberal and benevolent Assistance to their poor Neighbours in the Day of Distress. Governor de Windt of the Dutch Island St. Eustatius, and Governor Van Roepstorff of the Danish Island St. Croix, are much praised for their great Humanity and Kindness to the numerous Sufferers in their respective Governments.
The Master of a Vessel from the West Indies informs us that his Excellency Governor Leybourne, of Grenada, died in August last at St. Vincent.
WILLIAMSBURG, November 5.
THIS Day, at the General Court, John Moore and William Moseley, for Horsestealing, had Sentence of Death pronounced upon them. Charles William Montague, Thomas Robison, and Catherine Campbell, for Theft, were burnt in the Hand. And Sarah Hall, who was found guilty of Child Murder, received the Governor's Pardon.
Yesterday a Murder was committed in Hanover, by Nathan Philips of that County, on James Aylett, his Overseer, by shooting him through the Body with a Musket. Philips, we hear, has for some Time been disorderly in his Mind; and this Day delivered himself up to Justice, and is now in the publick Jail.
About the 18th of last Month was found in the Great Drum Shoal, near Metompkin Inlet, upon the Eastern Shore, a Vessel Bottom upwards, about fifty Feet Keel, or thereabouts, supposed to be a Whaleman, as there came several Barrels and Tierces of Oil out of her, of different Marks (some marked R C just under the Bung, and on the Side of the Bung H) and the Sea thereabouts was covered with Oil. Some of the Rigging, a Sailor's Chest of Clothes, and sundry Wearing Apparel, were found along the Shore, but no Papers.
[Marriages.] MR. THOMAS SMITH, of Richmond, Merchant, to Miss BETSEY WARREN, of New Kent.
To HONESTUS.
SIR, MISLED by Report, I confess I erred in my former Address. I had in View, at the Time, a Gentleman respectable for his Birth, his Fortune, and Abilities. Being better informed, I asked, and I hope obtained, his Pardon. I have since repented (the fitter, I presume, for hanging) first, that I censured him unjustly, and imputed to him a Work disgraceful to a Man of Sense, and again, that I wrote at all, since you are Honestus. You perhaps were wont, some seven Years ago, with heavy Hand and unrelenting Birch, to stain the little Backsides of little Boys with the Crimson Die of Blood. O Cruel! Cruel! Forgive me if I mistake, since you yourself may err. I am not an Attorney, nor am I a Physician; and yet, to do you Good, I will venture one Prescription; for fallen as you are, infinitely beneath either Notice or Resentment as a Writer, you rise, in my Estimation, as an Object of Pity. It is mild, and if it should not cure it will not kill. You seldom read, it seems; and although delivered after six Months painful Labour, of a crude undigested, fecal Matter, a foul Abortion, you say, you are not easy. These are dangerous Symptoms, and indicate an Indisposition, a active Habit of the Mind; which, if unregarded, may bring to Ruin the less ignoble Part of you, your Body. Read more, write less, and take a Clyster. Adieu, I have done with you. WILLIE JONES.
Advertisements.
SUSSEX, November 1, 1772.
AS I have a Mortgage of James Mudie's Land in Gloucester County, I think proper to give this publick Notice of it. JOHN THOMPSON.
THE Assignees legally chosen on a Commission of Bankruptcy against Messrs. Robert and Robert Boyle and Scott of London, Merchants, having, by a Power of Attorney, appointed Robert Gilchrist, James Robb, and William Boyle, jointly and severally their Attorneys here, we give Notice to all Persons indebted to those Gentlemen that one or both of us will attend in Williamsburg , during the Time the Merchants are doing Business this Court, in Order to receive such Debts. We hope, when Messrs. Boyle and Scott's present Circumstances are considered, that we shall be excused for doing immediate Diligence on such who fail paying off their Balances at this Court. Note, Messrs. Edward and Rene Payne have joined the Assignees in the Power of Attorney to us, and at the same Time have revoked their Power formerly sent to the Honourable John Taylor, Esquire, and Mr. Archibald Ritchie. ROBERT GILCHRIST. JAMES ROBB.
RICHMOND, November 1, 1772.
FINDING it very inconvenient to give Credit in our Business, we think it necessary to inform all those who may please to favour us with their Custom that we intend in future working for ready Money only, and, on those Terms, cheaper than usual. GALT & VALENTINE.
CHARLES CITY, November 1, 1772.
I INTEND leaving the Colony soon, and to return in a few Months. JOHN EDLOE.
CAROLINE, November 1, 1772.
AS I have great reason to believe that NED, a Mulatto Fellow belonging to me, intends procuring a Passage in some Vessel or other to get out of the Colony, in Order that he may pass for a Freeman, as he has been endeavouring to obtain a Pass for that Purpose, I hereby caution all Masters of Vessels from carrying him off at their Peril. He is about five Feet and a Half high, of a very light Complexion, ill legged, has large Feet, and walks badly. GILES SAMUEL, Senior.
WARWICK, November 1, 1772.
THE Subscriber has for Sale about five Thousand Acres of LAND lying in different Parts of Pittsylvania County, and mostly upon Nmih's River, the Soil of which is well calculated either for making Tobacco or Hemp. The Terms may be known by applying to John Rowland , who lives near the Land, and will show it to any Person inclining to purchase. PATRICK HUNTER.
WARWICK, October 25, 1772.
AS the Store formerly kept by Alexander Stewart at Rocky Ridge , for James and Robert Donald, and Company, is now broke up, and the Debts put into my Hands to collect, all those indebted for Dealings there are desired to pay off their Accounts immediately, or settle their Balances by Bond; and those who have any Demands against the Store are desired to apply to me for Payment. PATRICK HUNTER.
Who has for Sale a TRACT of LAND lying on the Forks of Roanoke , in Mecklenburg County, containing about six Hundred Acres, on which is an exceeding good Dwelling House, Storehouse, and other necessary Buildings, as also several valuable Improvements. As the Land lies within sixteen Miles of the Courthouse, and eighty from Petersburg , it would answer any Person very well who intends keeping a back Store.
HANOVER Town, October 25, 1772.
I HAVE appointed Mr. Alexander M c Auly, Successor to the deceased Mr. Alexander Henderson, in the Collection of the Debts owing to Messrs. Donald, Scott, and Company, at Bursell's . As the Accounts are now all due, and Indulgencies having been granted to many of the Debtors of that Store, it is now fully expected that they will make Settlements with, and speedy Payments to, the Collector; and any Failure in this Respect will occasion the most disagreeable, yet unavoidable Steps, to enforce Payments. JAMES DENNISTOUN.
JOSEPH FAULKLS, WHO HAS PERFORMED HIS EXPLOITS IN HORSEMANSHIP in the City of Williamsburg , with great Applause, intends performing at the Leeds Town Races , and again at Williamsburg on Monday the 16th Instant, at twelve o'Clock, for the last Time. His Performances are riding one, two, and three Horses, in many different Attitudes.
To be SOLD, on Thursday the 26th of this Instant (November) at my Plantation on Roanoke River , in Bertie County , North Carolina, about twelve Miles below Barnes's Ferry ,
TWENTY or thirty likely Virginia born SLAVES, four or five Hundred Barrels of CORN, and Stocks of CATTLE, HOGS, and SHEEP. Credit will be allowed until April next, and five per Cent, Discount for ready Money. (1) EVERARD MEADE.
TEN POUNDS REWARD,
RUN away from the Subscriber, in Norumberland , on Wednesday the 14th of October, a very likely young Virginia born Negro Man named DAVID, of a yellowish Complexion, and about five Feet five Inches high; had on when he went off an Onabrag Shirt, a Pair of Purple Virginia Cloth Breeches lined with white Linen, a Pair of Rolls Breeches over them, and a Fearnought Jacket with Horn Buttons. He carried with him a brown coloured Kersey Jacket, a blue and white Virginia Cloth One with coarse Onabrag Pockets, brown and white Linen Shirts, and sundry other Clothes which I cannot well describe; but, as he is a very cunning artful Fellow, I imagine he will sell and swap his Clothes as may suit him. Though his Hair is of the Negro Kind, he keeps it very high and well combed; but, as he wants to be free, I imagine he will cut it off, and get a Wig to alter and disguise himself. He had with him thirty or forty Shillings in Silver Money, and a Brass Medal with the Image of our present King and Queen on it, which he will endeavour to pass for a Freeman and get himself a forged Pass, and endeavour for some foreign Part, either by getting on Board of some Vessel or stealing some Gentleman's Horse and make for Carolina . He has always been my Waiting Man when I went from home, and is a good Waiter, Driver, and Hossler, understands something of Gardening, of combing and dressing Wigs and Hair, can plough, work at the Hoe and Axe very well, and is, on the Whole, a very clever active brisk Fellow. Whoever will apprehend the said Runaway, and bring him home to me, or secure him in any Jail in the Colony, so that I get him, shall have FIVE POUNDS Reward, and reasonable Charges allowed; if out of the Colony TEN POUNDS, and reasonable Charges for bringing him home. THOMAS GASKINS.
N. B. He is suspected to have carried with him a Drab coloured Sailor's Jacket with Slash Sleeves, Leather Buttons on the Sleeves, if not on the Breast, and lined through with red and white Swan skin; also a Pair of old white Plush Breeches, which are missing.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, in Goob-land , near Carter's Ferry , the 11th of May last, a likely IRON GRAY MARE, unbroke, about four Years old, four Feet and a Half high, has a long Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the near Shoulder. Also a BAY HORSE COLT, a Year old the 15th of June last, neither cut, dockt, nor branded. As the Mare was bred in Troy County , North Carolina, I imagine they have made that Way. Whoever conveys them to me shall have THREE POUNDS Reward, and it taken up in Carolina TWENTY SHILLINGS more. SAMUEL COSBY.
TAKEN up, in Chesterfield , a PIED COW three Years old, marked with a Slope in the upper Side of each Ear, and a Nick under each Ear. Also a BRINDLED STEER about two Years old, marked with a Crop, Sit, and Halfmoon, in the right Ear, and a Hole in the left, in the upper Side of the left. Poled, and appraised to fit. LD TRENT.

POETS CORNER. ODE on the Approach of WINTER.
SEE how the Silver-fringed Frost Invades the variegated Grove; No more the sweetly warbling Birds...
INSCRIPTION over a Chimney Piece in a Gentleman's Dining Room.
Vive la Liberté. To my BEST my Friends are free, Free with that, and free with me;
MEMOIRS of Sir ROBERT MURRAY KEITH and Madame P—LLE.
IT is with uncommon Pleasure we enter upon the Memoirs of a Gentleman who has so greatly distinguished himself in the Service of his Country...
and decline entering into the Spirit of them, lest they should outstrip the Bounds of Prudence, and create a Misunderstanding between the two Courts...
Having despatched the Business of his publick Character, he once more sunk into the private Gentleman, and failed not to visit the Mistress of his Affections...
Madame P—lle, the Heroine of these Pages, is by Birth a Parisian. She is rather short, but well made and genteel; has remarkable fine Hair...
We do not find that whilst she was in this Situation she had any particular Attachment, though it is well known that several Proposals were made her...
The Peer did not relish the Reply; but, in order to refute the latter Part of her Sarcasm, produced an Epistle from one of his former Mistressess...
She was soon after strongly solicited by Lord H— to yield to his soft Entreaties. His Lordship came to the Point at once, and stammering out a Proposal...
Thus the disappointed Lord laughed himself into his Chariot, and drove away to Arthur's, not a little mortified at finding Madame P—lle was his Wife's Milliner...
These, and many similar Proposals, she rejected from Men whom she could not esteem; for though Madame P—lle lays Claim to none of that Prudery...
In a Word, this is a Connexion of so agreeable, so rational a Nature, that it is almost beyond the Reach of Censure; and it is still supported with as much Warmth...
We acknowledge we have a secret Pleasure in recording this History; which, though blended with the Frailty of human Nature, may serve as a Pattern...
Advertisements.
CHARLES CITY, November 4, 1772. ON Saturday Morning of the 24th of last Month...
Month, some Time before Day, was set on Fire a Barn on my Plantation in York County, which contained almost my whole Crop of Tobacco...
N. B. I have not the least Reason to suspect any particular Person, as I am conscious I never have given any Body (that I know of) so much Offence...
WILLIAMSBURG, November 3, 1772. AS the Gentlemen Merchants do not intend meeting here till the 15th, I intend to leave this Place next Friday...
GLOUCESTER, November 1, 1772. IN my Absence to England, I have empowered Messrs. William and George Lyne, of King and Queen, to settle my Affairs.
To be SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of York Court, at publick Auction, on Monday the 16th of this Instant (November) being York Court Day...
PLANTATION in Warwick County, containing one Hundred and fifty Acres of LAND, or thereabouts, belonging to the Estate of Samuel Roberts, deceased.
Agreeable to my former Advertisement, on Thursday the 10th of December will be exposed to publick Sale, at the Storehouse of the Subscriber, in Northumberland County.
UPWARDS of sixty fine SLAVES, among whom are several valuable Tradesmen and House Servants. Also on the above mentioned Day will be exposed to publick Sale several HORSES and MARES...
To be SOLD, RENTED, or EXCHANGED, for back Lands, in any of the northern Counties in this Colony.
A TRACT of six Hundred ACRES, including about two Hundred of cleared Land on the north Side of Rappahannock River, opposite to the lower End of Fredericksburg.
COMMITTED to York Prison, a Negro Man named LEWY, who is about five Feet six Inches high, has a Scar on the Tip of his Nose, one on his Forehead, and Holes in his Ears...
COMMITTED to the Jail of Chesterfield, a middle sized black Fellow who says his Name is JOHN, and has a Flower in his Forehead made in the Form of a Diamond...
STRAYED or STOLEN from King William Courthouse, the 15th of October last, a BRIGHT BAY MARE, with a Saddle and Bridle; she is four Feet five or six Inches high...
BRUNSWICK County, October 17, 1772.
STOLEN from my Horse, when at Bland's Ordinary, in Prince George, in the Night of the 12th Instant, a Pair of black Leather Saddle Bags...
TAKEN up, in Mecklenburg, a BAY MARE four Feet four or five Inches high, six Years old, has some White in her Face, but has no Brand perceivable.
TAKEN up, in Stafford, a BRINDLED and WHITE STEER about six Years old, marked with a Crop in the right and a Hole in the left Ear...
TAKEN up, in Dinwiddie, a RED BULL with a white Face, some White on his Belly, marked with a Slit and Crop in the right Ear, and an upper and under Nick in the left.

The following genteel Assortment of MILLINERY, just imported in the Industry, Captain Lowes, is now selling off by MARY and ANNE STRACHAN, at their Shop in Richmond Town, for ready Money, or short Credit.
FULL Suits of rich Minionet and Blond Lace, Suits of deep and second Mourning, full Suits of plain Book Muslin and Gauze, Suits of Head Clothes for young Ladies of different Ages, Variety of laced Caps, Gauze ditto, dressed and undressed, Blond and Italian Stomachers and Knots, Riband, Sheneal, and Silk ditto, Net Hoods, plain and figured Patent ditto, black and white Patent Mits, Gauze Hoods, Childrens Saltes and Terefas, Boys Satin Caps and Feathers, Ladies riding Hats, Mode and Satin Cardinals and Bonnets of different Colours; Persian and black Russet Quilts, thick and Book Muslin, Half Yard wide ditto, striped Muslins, plain and figured Gauze, Spider Web ditto, coarse and fine ditto, striped bordered Gauze Handkerchiefs, Book and thick Muslin ditto, worked Muslin Aprons, Honeycomb and other new fashioned Riband Ruffs, Velvet Collars, beaded and spangled ditto, Variety of fashionable Necklaces and Earrings, genteel Wedding and other Fans in Cases, black Paper and Gauze ditto, fashionable Woolpacks, French Kid Gloves and Mits, coloured Lamb and black glazed ditto, Blond and Minionet Laces, Edging and Lappet ditto, Variety of Gauze and other fashionable Ribands, Jacob's Ladder, white and coloured Sack and Gown Trimmings and Shenicals, Bunch and Skeleton Wires, Head and Breast Flowers, French and Italian ditto, Satin and Calimanco Shoes, Mens Didbury ditto, Mens Buckskin and Kid Gloves, Tabby and Tickling Stays, long Lawn and Hummum, Paste Combs, plain Tortoiseshell ditto, Venetian Pearl, Marcasite, and Paste Pins and Sprigs, Paste Knee and Stock Buckles, plain Pinchbeck ditto, Womens Shoe Buckles double gilt, Marcasite and Garnet Lockets, Variety of new fashioned Morocco Pocket Books, Wire Chapel Needles, Pins, Threads, Tapes, Penknives, Scissors, Toothpick Cases, dressed Dolls, Toy Fiddles, Fiddlestick Watches and other Toys, &c. &c. All Kinds of MILLINERY made in the newest Taste. (2)
STRAYED or STOLEN from the Subscriber, in Westmoreland , a BAY MARE near fourteen Hands high, with a large Star in her Forehead, has two white Feet, and branded on the Buttock TC in a Piece. Whoever conveys the said Mare to me, at Mackadack Warehouse , shall have FIFTY SHILLINGS Reward, and on Conviction of the Thief FIVE POUNDS. (2) THOMAS CHANCELLOR.
TAKEN up , in Amelia , a black HORSE about fourteen Hands high, with a Star and Snip, three white Feet, some Saddle Spots, a Sprig Tail, and branded on the near Shoulder S. Potted, and appraised to three Pounds ten Shillings. (1) MATTHEW JACKSON.
TAKEN up , in Louisiana , a PALE SORREL MARE about four Feet seven Inches high, that appears to be with Foal, is a Trotter, and branded (as well as can be made out) on the near Buttock HC in a Piece. Potted, and appraised to eight Pounds. WILLIAM WHITE.
TAKEN up , in Augusta , a BLACK HORSE, seven Years old, with one white Foot, and branded on the Buttock S. Also a WHITE MARE, about ten Years old, with a Flesh Mark on the off Side of her Head, and branded on the near Shoulder with a Flower de Luce. Potted and appraised, the first to eleven Pounds ten Shillings, the latter to nine Pounds ten Shillings. (1) JOHN RISK.
TAKEN up , in Charlotte , a middle sized BAY HORSE, whose near hind Foot is white, had a Bell on tied with a Stirrup Leather, and is branded on the near Buttock S. Potted, and appraised to five Pounds. (1) THOMAS MARSHALL.
TAKEN up , in Halifax , a RED HEIFER about two Years old, marked in both Ears with a Crop and Half Crop. Potted, and appraised to thirty Shillings. (1) FRANCIS SKATES.
TAKEN up , in Mecklenburg , a BLACK HORSE about four Feet three Inches high, and branded on the near Buttock D. Potted, and appraised to forty five Shillings. (1) ROBERT BROOKES.
TAKEN up , in Ankerst , a BAY MARE with a SORREL COLT, the Mare about four Feet seven Inches high, has a Star in her Forehead coming down as a Piece, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, paces and gallops, and branded on the near Shoulder R B; the Colt has a Blaze Face likewise, and paces. Potted and appraised to eight Pounds. (1) EPHRAIM SIMMONS.
TAKEN up , in Orange , a BAY HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, with a large Star in his Forehead, a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the near Buttock LP in a Piece. (1) WILLIAM GRIFFIN.
TAKEN up , in Botetourt , a WHITE HORSE about eleven Years old, fourteen Hands high, and a natural Pacer. Potted, and appraised to fifty five Shillings. (1) HUGH MILLER.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, New York, November 1, 1772.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on Account of the new Regulation of the Post from Canada , which is to arrive every Tuesday Evening at this Office, and the weekly Post from the Eastward and Southward arriving every Wednesday, the Mail going from hence by the Packets will, for the future, be closed at twelve o'Clock at Night, on the first Wednesday in every Month (being the same Time it closes at the General Post Office in London for America) and a Packet despatched therewith the next Day for Falmouth . By Command of the Deputy Postmaster General. (T) ALEXANDER COLDEN, Secretary.
BEDFORD Courthouse, October 15, 1772.
ABOUT the Beginning of last Month one Lewis brought a Waggon Load of Goods from Petersburg to this Place, in a Waggon belonging to one Dennis of Petersburg . After delivering the Goods, he carried his Waggon to a Blacksmith's Shop, and turned out his Horses. There was a Man along with him who called himself Adams , and said he was a Blacksmith, looking for Work. The Night after they delivered the Goods they both disappeared, and next Day two of my Horses were missing; which, as they were both raised in this Neighbourhood, would not run away. Lewis left the Waggon and Team here, and every Thing belonging to them, except two Saddles, and he and Adams have been since seen, on the Road that leads from Petersburg to Carolina , with three Horses. From this I conclude that mine are stolen, and that they are the Thieves. I will give TEN POUNDS to any Person that will apprehend either or both of them, with the Horses, and secure them so that the Law may take its Course; and FIVE POUNDS more for delivering the Horses to Mr. James Donald at Rocky Ridge , or to me at Bedford Courthouse . The Description of the Horses is as follows: One a white Gelding about four Feet ten Inches high, seven Years old, with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, is a natural Pacer, branded with I on the Shoulder, and A on the Buttock; the other a Bay, the same Height and Age, with a roached Mane and Switch Tail, is a natural Pacer, and branded B on one Buttock. (1) ROBERT DONALD.
SUSSEX, October 24, 1772.
AS the 20th of this Month proved a bad Day, which prevented any Person from attending the Sale of my Land and Negroes, this is to give Notice that I intend to make Sale thereof on the 12th of November (if fair, otherwise next fair Day) upon the same Terms mentioned in my former Advertisement. (2) JOHN THOMPSON.
NORFOLK, October 28, 1772.
THE Subscriber , intending to leave the Colony early in the Spring, requests all Persons who are indebted to him to pay off their Accounts by the first of January next, that he may be thereby enabled to satisfy those who have Demands against him. During his Absence, which will probably be for five or six Months, his Business, in all its Branches, will be carried on to its usual Extent by Isaac Hildreth, who will endeavour to give all possible Satisfaction to his Customers. ROBERT WALLER.
A T T H E GOLDEN BALL, WILLIAMSBURG,
A NEAT Assortment of JEWELLERY and SILVER WORK , with PINCHBECK BUCKLES and FINE CUTLERY, such as Ladies Steel Watch Chains, Pocket and Penknives, and a Variety of Scissors and Spectacles, just imported from London, are to be sold (as usual) upon the most reasonable Terms. WATCHES and CLOCKS cleaned and repaired there likewise, at an easy Rate, with Fidelity and Expedition.
WILLIAMSBURG, October 25, 1772.
THE Juno, Captain M c Cunn , in the Interest of Messrs. John Norton and Son, will be ready to take in a Load of Tobacco, at Cumberland Town, on York River, the first of next Month; it will be convenient to receive Tobacco from James and Rappahannock Rivers. Notes and Orders for her Loading will be received by Mr. Archibald Gowan at Aylett's, Colonel Snell in Hanover, and JOHN H. NORTON.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder , at Amelia Courthouse, on Thursday the 24th of December, being Court Day, PART of a Tract of LAND containing one Thousand Acres, more or less, known by the Name of Hougon's Old Field , about four Miles from Amelia Courthouse, and partly lying on the Carolina Road. It is convenient for a Store or Tavern; the greatest Part of the Land lies very level, and will produce good Corn, Wheat, and Tobacco. One Third of the Money to be paid the first Day of April, 1773; the second Payment, one Hundred and fifty Pounds, January the 1st, 1774; and the third and last Payment, the first Day of January, 1775. (1) JOHN HODGES.
Just imported, and to be sold by the Subscribers , at a low Advance, for ready Money (at John Woodside's House) in Norfolk,
AN Assortment of EUROPEAN GOODS , consisting of Linens, Woollens, Camblettes, Hats, Leather Shoes of all Sizes, Womens Calimanco ditto, Hardware, Tin and Pewter ditto, Earthen Ware of different Kinds in Crates, with Variety of other Articles too tedious to mention; also WEST INDIA GOODS. WOODSIDE & CARMONT.
To be SOLD at Aylett's Warehouses, in King William , on Monday the 15th of November, to the highest Bidders,
TWENTY valuable SLAVES , Men and Women, who are all young, likely, and healthy. The Purchasers will have Credit until the first of May, upon giving Bond and good Security, and the Bonds to carry Interest from the Date, unless discharged when they become due. (2)
On Wednesday the 25th of November next will be sold to the highest Bidder on the Premises, by the Subscriber, Executor of Colonel Hartwell Cocke, deceased, and to be entered on at Christmas,
A TRACT of good TOBACCO LAND on Bear's Element Creek , in Lunenburg County, containing about a Thousand Acres, together with all the CORN and FODDER, STOCKS of CATTLE and HOGS, PLANTATION UTENSILS, &c. The Plantation is in good Order, and sufficient to work seven or eight Hands. Any Person inclined to purchase may be shown the Land by applying to Captain Rogersdale , near the Premises. (4) JOHN HARTWELL COCKE.
Just imported in the Ships Neptune and Dawes, and to be sold very cheap, for ready Money, at JOHN CARTER'S Store in Williamsburg, the following Goods:
WHITE, Blues, Black, Greens, and Cloth Colours , superfine broad and narrow Cloths; Blue, Gray, Black, and Coloured German Serges; Barb Coating, and Friezes; White, and Striped Blankets; White, Blues, Greens, Black, and Scarlet Shalloons; White Tamies; White, Blues, Green, Yellow, and Pink Durants; Variety of Sewing and Barbers Silks; Blue and Green Halfthicks; India and English Dimities; Yard wide and Half Yard figured Dimities; India Persians; White, Blue, Green, Black, and Pink English Persians; Black Alomode; White Sarcenet; White and striped Silk Damascuses; White and Striped Lustrings; Crimson and White figured Satins; Black Satin; White, Crimson, and Black flowered Satin Cloaks; Wilson Carpets; Calicoes; Silk Ginghams; Manchester Cottons, and Check; Muslins, Cambricks, and Lawn; Variety of Silk and Coloured Handkerchiefs; best White, Blue, Pink, and Black Satin Pumps; best White, Green, Purple, and Black Calimanco Pumps; Childrens Calimanco, Black, Blue, and Morocco Leather Pumps; Didbury's Shoes and Pumps; Mens and Boys fine Hats; Mens and Boys Felt Hats; Mens and Womens Worsted, Cotton, and Thread Stockings; White, Black, and Marbled Silk Stockings; Black, Blue, and Green Worsted Breeches Patterns; Crimson Silk ditto; Damask Table Cloths and Napkins; fine and coarse Irish Linens, and Sheeting; Brown Rolls; Osnabrugs at thirteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen Pence an Ell; Wafers, Wax, and Playing Cards; best Hyson and Bohea Tea; best Jar Raisins and Currants; White and Brown Sugar Candy; Almonds; Barley Sugar; candied Orange Peel, as good as Citron; White and coloured Carraway Comfits; Coriander Comfits; Hawthorn Shawls; Anchovies, French Olives, Capers, and Walnuts; Double and Single Sugar; Verdigris, ditto ground; Dutch Pink, Rotten Stone, Umber, Prussian Blue, Vermilion, Brimstone, Alum, Copperas; Starch; Fig, Slate, and Powder Blue; Indigo; best Sallad Oil; Barbers Oil; Saltpetre; Sacks of Salt; Pepper, Allspice, Ginger, Cloves, Mace, and Cinnamon; Chocolate; Coffee; Passage Lanthorns; Variety of painted Paper for Houses, &c. &c. &c.
Just imported from London, a fashionable Assortment of MERCERY, MILLINERY, and JEWELLERY, to be SOLD at a reasonable Advance, for ready Money, by the Subscriber in Petersburg, viz.
RICH plain and flowered Satins and Lustrings , Sarcenet, Alomode, Persians, Satin Cloaks and Hats, Shades and Bonnets, best Satin Shoes, Calimanco ditto, Didbury's and Childrens ditto, Silver Stomachers and Knots, Italian and quilted ditto, a Variety of Drets and other Caps, Italian Nofegay and Breast Flowers, Silver Egrets, Boys Satin Caps and Feathers, Plumes, Feathers for Ladies Hats, covered and plain Woolpacks, a Variety of Minionet and Blond Lace and Edging, Ladies Hosiery, Gloves and Mits, Queens and Parfiet Gauzes, Mullins, Patent Net Hoods, Pearl, French Wax, Garnet, and Jet Necklaces and Earrings, fine Hats, Fans flowered with Silver, common ditto, Ribands, Silk Hose, French Paste Earrings, best Paste Shoe, Knee, and Neck Buckles, Garnet and Paste Lockets set in Gold, Ladies Morocco Pocket Books of different Colours, Paste Combs and Hair Sprigs, plain Tortoiseshell and Horn Combs, Gentlemens Tortoiseshell Combs in Cases, Watch Chains and Keys, and many other fashionable Ornaments, that will appear better from ocular Demonstration than any Thing I can suggest. MARY HILL.
To be SOLD at the Raleigh, in Williamsburg, on Thursday the 12th of November,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND in Gloucester , adjoining the Seat of Jonathan Watson, Esquire, containing about one Thousand eight Hundred Acres, on which are all necessary Houses for a Plantation in very good Repair, and Land enclosed sufficient to work thirty Hands. There is on the said Land a fine Swamp for a Meadow, about ten Acres of which is already cleared; also an Orchard of Hughes's Apples , and several other choice Fruits. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed for one Half of the Purchase Money, and two Years for the Remainder, upon Bond, with approved Security, being given to JOHN FOX.
N. B. The above Land is very convenient to Navigation, &c. and will be shown to any Person inclined to purchase it, by applying to John Dudley, Overseer on the Premises.
For SALE,
A VALUABLE TRACT of LAND lying on both Sides of Hunting Creek, in Halifax County , containing five Hundred Acres, the Soil of which is exceeding good for Tobacco and Corn. There is a small Plantation cleared on the Land, which has been tended but a few Years, and two Tobacco Houses, an Overseer's House, and Negro Quarter almost new. Any Person inclined to purchase may apply to Colonel Paul Carrington, in Charlotte, who will show the Land, and is fully empowered to dispose of it. (1)
To be SOLD on Monday the 16th of November, at the Plantation of George Christopher White, deceased, of Amelia, agreeable to his Will,
SIXTEEN likely SLAVES , all but one of them Virginia born; also all the Stocks of HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, and HOGS, with HOUSE and KITCHEN FURNITURE, CORN, WHEAT, FODDER, and all the PLANTATION UTENSILS. Credit will be allowed until the last Day of June next, for all Sums above five Pounds, the Purchasers giving Bond and Security to BENJAMIN WARD, } Executors. THOMAS JONES, }
Just imported from London, in the Dawes, Captain Brown, and to be sold at the Subscriber's Shop in Williamsburg,
A LARGE and fresh Assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES, viz. Best Jesuit's Bark, Rhubarb, Jalap, Ipecacuanha, Camphor, Glauber's Salts, Sal Rochelle, best Falloy and common Manna, Antimony, Flower of Sulphur, Spermaceti, Ether, Extract of Lead, Essence of Lemons and Bergamot, Indian Pink, Castor Oil, Magnesia; also fine Jar Raisins, Currants, Prunes, Figs, Barley Sugar, Orange Chips, Carraway Comfits, white and brown Candy, candied Ginger and Nutmegs, best Duran Flower of Mustard, Saltpetre, Shavings of Hawthorn, fine Sallad and Barbers Oil, Anchovies, Capers, Olives, Walnuts, Cloves, Cinnamon, Mace, and Nutmegs; Gold and Silver Leaf, Rotten Stone, French Chalk, Verdigris, Vermilion, Red and White Lead, Prussian Blue, Tooth Brushes, Ivory Syringes, small Marble Mortars, small Physical Seals and Weights, Court Plaster, Dutton's Corn Salve, Freeman's and Godfrey's Cordials, Daffy's, Squire's, and Stoughton's Elixirs, Jesuits, Bateman's, and Norris's Antimonial Drops, James's Fever Powders, Anderson's and Lockyer's Pills, Turlington's Balsam, Pectoral Balsam of Honey, Essence of Water Dock, Elixir Bardana, Smelling Bottles, best and common Lancets, Sago, Salop, Pearl Barley, &c. &c. WILLIAM PASTEUR.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, on Friday the 20th of November, at the Town of Beaufort, in Essex County, on Rappahannock River,
MY TRACT of LAND adjoining the said Town , containing one Hundred and fifty Acres, with a Number of Lots, some of which have good Improvements, suitable for both Merchant and Ordinary Keeper. There is a Ferry, and Ferry Boat, belonging to me, which will be sold with the Land. I have also several Horses, and a good Stock of Cattle and Hogs, to be sold the same Day. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed, the Purchaser giving Bond and Security to THOMAS LEY.
GEORGE III by the Grace of GOD of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Buckingham County, greeting: We command you that you summon James Voss, Son and Heir at Law of John Voss, deceased, to appear before our Justices of our Court of Chancery of our said County, at the Courthouse, on the second Monday in next Month, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against him by Robert Pleasants, Executor, &c. of John Pleasants, Senior, deceased, who was the surviving Partner of John Pleasants, Junior, deceased; and this he shall in no Wise omit, under the Penalty of one Hundred Pounds. And have then there this Writ. Witness Rolfe Eldridge, Clerk of our said Court, at the said Courthouse, the 14th Day of April, in the 12th Year of our Reign. ROLFE ELDRIDGE.
GEORGE III. by the Grace of GOD of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to the Sheriff of Buckingham County, greeting: We command you that you summon David Flowers to appear before our Justices of our Court of Chancery, of our said County, at the Courthouse, on the second Monday in next Month, to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against him by William Jones; and this he shall in no Wise omit, under the Penalty of one Hundred Pounds. And have then there this Writ. Witness Rolfe Eldridge, Clerk of our said Court, at the said Courthouse, the 15th Day of May, in the 12th Year of our Reign. ROLFE ELDRIDGE.
MIDDLESEX, October 14, 1772.
COMMITTED to the Jail of this County, JAMES SMITH , a square well made Man about five Feet seven Inches high, about twenty Years old, of a ruddy Complexion, has short light coloured Hair, and wore a Sailor's Dress, Trousers and a red Jacket. He is supposed to be a Runaway Servant from Maryland, and had with him the Boots and Russia Drab Clothes that Mr. Thomas Crawford, of Brunswick, mentioned in his Advertisement that his Man Barnaby carried off with him; he confessed that he had been several Days in the Neighbourhood with him and his Wife, and had them of him. I have the Clothes in my Possession, which I am ready to deliver. JAMES WORTHAM, Sheriff.
STRAYED from the Subscriber, living in the lower End of Louisia, upon Flk Creek, TWO OXEN , one a black Brindle, and the other a Red with a Stump Tail. Also FOUR COWS and FOUR CALVES, marked with two smooth Crops, and a Hole in the right Ear, and an Underkeel in the left, or two smooth Crops only; which of the two Marks I do not remember, as some of the Cattle were marked with two smooth Crops before I came of Age. I will give FORTY SHILLINGS Reward to any Person that will bring me the said Cattle, or contrive me Word where they are. GEORGE BARCLAY.
RICHMOND Town, October 20, 1772.
STRAYED or STOLEN from the Subscriber , on the 7th or 8th of September last, a very likely DARK GRAY HORSE, about four Feet eight Inches high, seven or eight Years old, with a Switch Tail and hanging Mane, cloudy faced, and has white Hairs at the Root of his Tail; he paces slow, but trots and gallops well, is high spirited, and used to work in a Chais; he was bred before, and the Shoes half worn; if he had any Brand, it is forgot. Whoever will bring the said Horse to me shall have FORTY SHILLINGS Reward, but on Conviction of the Thief FIVE POUNDS. PETERFIELD TRENT.

To be CHARTERED for LONDON, A FINE NEW SHIP built for private Use, which will carry five Hundred Hogsheads of Tobacco, and be ready to take in a Cargo about the Middle of next November. The Terms may be known by applying to Mr. Thomas Hopton at Norfolk, or the Subscriber in Baltimore Town, who intends to be at Williamsburg a few Days about the first of November. WILLIAM MCGACHEN.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 18, 1772. THE Gentlemen of this Place and Fal- mouth have raised, by Subscription, the Sum of FIFTY POUNDS, which is deposited with Mr. George Wadsworth, as a Reward for apprehending and bringing to Justice any Person or Persons who shall, after the Date hereof, steal any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, the Property of a Subscriber. Twenty five Pounds to be paid on the County Court's committing the Thiet for further Trial, and twenty five Pounds on Conviction at the General Court. (II)
WILLIAMSBURG, October 22, 1772. AS I am duly empowered by Judith Bankes, of Liverpool, Widow of the late Captain George Bankes, to collect the Debts due to his Estate in Virginia, this is to desire those indebted to pay their respective Balances as soon as possible, which will prevent having Recourse to Law; and such as have any Demands against his Estate are desired to make out their Accounts, properly attested, and the same shall be paid, when in Cash, by JACOB ALLAN.
FALMOUTH, October 13, 1772. ALL Persons indebted to Messrs. William Gunningham and Company, of Glasgow, for Transactions with the deceased Mr. John Neilson at Dumfries, are desired to pay the same to Mr. Francis Hay. Those who do not make immediate Payment will please to settle their Accounts, and grant Bond, or other Specialty, for the Balances. Mr. Hay will hereafter conduct the Business at that Place, on Account of the said Company. JAMES ROBISON.
TAPPAHANNOCK, October 10, 1772. I HAVE for Sale a genteel TWO STORY HOUSE in this Place, pleasantly situated on the River, with necessary Outbuildings, a Warehouse, and Garden well paled in, which may be had on reasonable Terms. All Persons indebted to me are requested to make immediate Payment, and those who have any Demands to make them known. (4) ARCHIBALD M'CALL.
THE Sale of Mr. ROGER DIXON'S Estate, formerly advertised to be on the 21st of September, being prevented, on Monday the 9th of November (if fair, otherwise next fair Day) will be sold to the highest Bidders, on the Premises, a TRACT OF LAND lying on Pretty's Creek, in Albemarle, containing two Thousand Acres, together with STOCK of all Sorts, CORN, FODDER, and PLANTATION UTENSILS. And on Monday following, the 16th, at Culpeper Courthouse, two improved LOTS, and a well accustomed TAVERN, with sundry vacant LOTS in the Town of Fauquier, and about sixty six Acres of LAND adjoining; also one Thousand five Hundred Acres on the Rappahannock River; two Hundred Acres known by the Name of Redick's; and three Hundred Acres, with valuable Improvements, called Jones's, in the said County of Culpeper; and four Hundred Acres in Orange, called Bickett's. There are also two other Tracts, one at Cane's Ford, of five Hundred Acres, and the other on the Rappahannock, of four Hundred. The Time and Place of Sale of which will be made known at the first Sale. And on Tuesday the 15th of December will be sold, at Fredericksburg, the LAND, HOUSES, FERRY, and MILL, with sundry LOTS, vacant and improved; also a Tract of LAND three Miles Distance, called Chalybeate. The Widow's Dower will be given up, and Credit allowed till the 15th of December, 1773, on Bond, with approved Security, for the mortgaged Part of the Premises, being given to Robert Pleasants and Thomas Bates, Attorneys for the Mortgagees, who will attend the Sales to give Acquittances, and for the Remainder to JOHN DIXON, Administrator. Who purposed to sell at Fredericksburg, at the same Time, all the HORSES, CATTLE, and SHEEP; together with CORN, FODDER, and PLANTATION UTENSILS; also all Kinds of HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE; and lastly, many very valuable SLAVES; for all which Credit will be allowed until the first of May. N. B. Five per Cent. Discount will be allowed for ready Money, and all Bonds not duly paid are to carry interest from the Date.
Pursuant to an Act of the last Session of Assembly, will be leased for the Term of twenty one Years, to the highest Bidders, on the 23rd of November next (if fair, otherwise next fair Day) on the Premises, and to be entered on immediately, ABOUT three Thousand ACRES of LAND, the Property of the Nottoway Indians, and lying in the County of Southampton, on the south Side of Nottoway River; the Whole of it is very good Corn Land, and the greatest Part will produce good Tobacco. It is to be laid off in Lots, not exceeding three Hundred Acres each. The Rents are to be paid annually, for the due Performance of which, Bond, with approved Security, will be required by the Trustees. At the same Time and Place will be sold, all the Lands belonging to the Nottoway Indians on the north Side of Nottoway, consisting of two Parcels, containing about thirty Acres each. N. B. The former Advertisement for the above Purpose not getting to the Press Time enough to be inserted according to the above Act of Assembly, will, we hope, be a sufficient Apology for not leasing the Land according to the Time therein appointed. (4)
Just IMPORTED in the last Ships from London, and to be SOLD by the Subscriber at her Store opposite the Raleigh in Williamsburg, A VERY large and neat Assortment of MILLINERY and JEWELLERY, consisting of white Satin and Lustrings, Trimmings for ditto, black and coloured Hats and Bonnets, Silk Petticoats, Wedding Fans and Breast Flowers, Queen's and Satin Shoes, a new Assortment of Patent Net Hoods, Mouselin, Gauze, Cambric and Wire, Dresden worked Linen, quilted Satin Quilted Baskets and Pincushions, a large Assortment of Ribands, ribbed and plain Silk, Cotton, and Thread Hose, Childrens small Cotton ditto, Patent Net Aprons, and Pieces for Ruffles, &c. Silk Gloves and Mitts, Ladies Drefs Tupes and Cors, Necklaces and Earrings, Garnet ditto set in Gold, Paste Sprigs and Pins, Paste Combs, Garnet, Paste, and plain Gold Lockets, Ladies Paste Breast Buttons and Stay Hooks, Garnet Steel Buckles set in Gold, plain Gold, Paste, and Silver ditto, exceeding neat Shoe and Knee Paste, gilt, plated, Pinchbeck, and Silver ditto, enamelled and plain Gold Sleeve Buttons, Mocha and Pebble ditto set in Gold and Silver, plain and labled Silver topped Decanter Corks, chased and plain Corals and Bells, Smelling Bottles with Silver mounted Tortoiseshell Cases, Toothpick Cases in ditto, Silver Pencil Cases, Paste Bows and Crochets, Silver fluted Butter Ladies, plated Soup ditto, plated Candlesticks, Chamber ditto with Extinguisher, &c. Tuttenague Salt Cellars, Snuffers and Snuff Pans, plated ditto, plated Table Crocks, Silver Salt Shovels, Ladies Silver and other Etwees with Instruments, neat Reading Glasses set in Mother of Pearl, Tortoiseshell, and Silver, Tambour, Gold, and coloured Sword Knots, Ladies Razors, Silver and Steel Cork Screws, Silver Pap Bots and Shoe Claps, Gold and Silver Hatbands, Boys Silk and Beaver Caps, Ladies and Gentlemen fine Beaver Hats, Riding Whips for ditto, Silver fluted Knives and Thimbles, Silver and Ivory Bodkins and Toothpicks, Watch Trinkets, Hunting Knives and Forks, Irish Penknives, Silver Teaspoons, Tea Tongs and Nutmeg Graters, gilt Leather for Doors, a very great Variety of Morocco and Velvet new fashioned Pocket Books, Soap Boxes and Bubbles, a large Quantity of Dillwyn's Mens, Womens, and Childrens Shoes, Flannel under Jackets laced with Satin, Toys, Bush, Doe, Kid, Lamb, and Fawn Gloves and Mitts of all Sizes, Salts for Children, five India working Cotton, Hemet (Dentist to her Majesty) his Essence of Pearl and Pearl Powder for the Teeth and Gums, with proper Brushes, Nail Nippers, Ivory and Box Combs, Shaving Powder, Sword Canes and Walking Sticks, Travelling Razor Cases, Childrens Stay and quilted Puddings, with a Number of other Articles, which will be sold on reasonable Terms by C. RATHBELL. N. B. She purposed, if a House can be got, to retire at Petersburg from the End of this Court until April, where Ladies and Gentlemen who please to favour her with their Commands may be supplied with the above Articles.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 18, 1772. AS HORSE-STEALING is become so common, and the Difficulty of Conviction so great (as proved by a recent Instance) in Justice to myself, I am obliged to inform all Gentlemen who put up with me that I cannot be answerable for the forthcoming of Horses put into my Pasture or Stable hereafter, the Profits being very inadequate to the Risk. In the Instance now alluded to, I was within five Minutes of being answerable for two Beasts worth a Hundred Pounds; and though my Stable and Yard are as well secured as possible, a Villain found Means to possess himself of two valuable Mares, the Property of Mr. Henry Whiting and Mr. John Throckmorton of Gloucester. He was taken within fifteen Minutes after he had committed the Robbery, with the Creatures in his Possession; and yet he has escaped! It may be relied on that the best Care which human Prudence can suggest shall be taken, as formerly; but I will not be answerable for Robberies. (II) GEORGE WEEDON.
WARWICK, October 14, 1772. AS the STORE lately kept by Mr. Andrew French, of Prince Edward County, for Messrs. Alexander Spier, John Bowman, and Company, is now under the Management of Mr. Andrew Mackenzie, all Persons that have Accounts open and unadjusted on that Store's Books, for Dealings with Mr. French, are required to apply before the first of December next, as no Discount or Contracts of his will be admitted unless made known before he leaves the Country. The Business at that Store will be carried on to its usual Extent. (4) JAMES FAIRLIE.
To be SOLD, A TRACT of LAND containing about three Hundred Acres, in Fauquier County, joining John Raines and Fielding Turner, and not far from Mr. John Carter. The Land, I am told, is good. Those who may incline to purchase will be shown the Land, by applying to Colonel William Blackwell, who lives near it. One Half the Purchase Money to be paid down, and the other Half in six Months; upon Bond, and good Security, being given to HOBBS'S HOLE, October 15, 1772. (4) JOHN CORRIE.
To be SOLD on the Premises, to the highest Bidder, the 16th of November, THREE HUNDRED ACRES of LAND, with the notable RIVER MILL known by the Name of Staunton's, which is on the North River, about twenty Miles from Fredericksburg and Falmouth, and convenient to the Roads that lead to either of those Towns. She is suitable for a Merchant Mill, was rebuilt two Years ago, with two Pair of Stones on a Floor, and a Bolting Cloth, all going by Water. Any Gentleman that inclines to purchase a Merchant Mill cannot suit himself better, as Nature has wrought so much in the Convenience of the Place for a Mill that she certainly will be a Mill to the End of Time; her Dam is just now rebuilt, and was built about twenty Years ago. The Land is well timbered, but has no Improvements excepting about the Mill, and those but trifling to mention. One Half of the Purchase Money to be paid down on the Day of Sale, the other Half that Day Twelvemonth. The Sale will begin at one o'Clock, and if not sold that Day will be sold any Time after at private Sale. A Plan of the Land will be shown on the Day of Sale. Good Security will be required of the Purchaser, who will have an undeniable Title made to him by CULPEPER, October 8, 1772. DIANA STANTOUN. WILLIAM STANTOUN.
IMPORTED in the last Ships from Britain, and to be SOLD by the Subscriber at Norfolk, A LARGE and complete assortment of GARDEN SEEDS, also GARDEN TOOLS; he likewise furnishes PLANTS and HERBS, of all Kinds, in their respective Seasons. Orders from the Country will be punctually executed. (II) JOHN EDWARDS, Gardener and Seedman.
BROKE the Jail of Charles City, on Wednesday the 14th Instant, two Negroes, one named ROBERT, the Property of Mr. Johnson of Albemarle, the other called HARRY, who belongs to Mr. James Cooke of Henrico. They were committed on Suspicion of Felony. I will give TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, upon the Delivery of either, to JAMES EPPES, Jailer.
PORTSMOUTH, October 15, 1772. RUN away from the Subscriber, an Apprentice Boy named WILLIAM BRASENTON, between eighteen and nineteen Years of Age, about five Feet five Inches high, of a fair Complexion, has light brown Hair, a Wen over his left Eye, and a Mark on his left fore Finger, occasioned by the Needle, as he was learning the Tailor Business. He had on a dark brown Serge short Coat, and took with him several Suits of Clothes I had in my Shop, to make up for my Customers, also a green Chest. I hereby forewarn all Masters of Vessels from carrying off the said Apprentice, and I will give a Reward of FIVE POUNDS to any Person who will deliver him to me. (II) GEORGE COLLINS.
CHARLES CITY, October 20, 1772. RUN away, upwards of two Years ago, from Mr. Richard Holt (but now my Property) EDITH, a Negro Woman five Feet two or three Inches high, about forty Years of Age, full breasted, has remarkable black Lips, and two of her Toes on one Foot join together. FIVE POUNDS Reward will be given to any Person who delivers her to me, near the Long Bridge. (8) WILLIAM GREGORY.
RUN away from the Vineyard, near Williamsburg, a Negro Fellow named CUFFY, about thirty Years of Age, five Feet three or four Inches high, had on a gray Coat and blue Waistcoat, and I imagine will endeavour to get to Norfolk. Whoever brings the said Negro to me, or secures him in any Jail, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward, besides what the Law allows. ANDREW ESTAVE.
TAKEN up, in Amelia, a middle sized GRAY HORSE with a hanging Mane and Switch Tail, and branded on the near Shoulder (duly) resembling M. Posted, and appraised to seven Pounds. (II) JACOB SEAY.
TAKEN up, in Augusta, a BRIGHT BAY MARE near thirteen Hands high, five or six Years old, her Mane trimmed and Tail bobbed, has some gray Hairs down one Side of her Face, some Saddle Spots, is a Trotter, but has no Brand perceivable. Posted, and appraised to fifty Shillings. (II) WILLIAM HERRING.
TAKEN up, in Stafford, a DARK BROWN STEER, marked with a Slit in both Ears. Posted, and appraised to four Pounds. (2II) JOHN ROBINSON.
NORFOLK, October 10, 1772. THE Subscriber has just brought in with him, from Hull, some BALES of WOOLLENS, from seventy to a Hundred Pounds Sterling Value, which he will sell at a reasonable Advance for Cash, or short Credit. Each Package contains Broadcloths, Shalloons, and necessary Trimmings, Buckram, Calimanco, shiped Linen, Kendal Cottons, Tamies, Camblets, Fvarpoups, Halfhicks, Duffs, and Baiz Coating. Also a Quantity of REAP HOOKS. He will be at Williamsburg during the General Court, and at present is at Mr. Woodside's in this Place. (II) JOHN STONEY.
To be SOLD on Wednesday the 25th of November next, at the late Plantation of Captain Leonard Price, deceased, in Goochland, FOURTEEN valuable Virginia born NEGROES, consisting of Men, Women, Boys, and Girls, one of them an exceeding good Sawyer; together with the Crop of CORN and FODDER, three good WORK HORSES, and all the PLANTATION UTENSILS. Credit will be allowed until the 25th of October 1773, the Purchasers giving Bond and good Security to the Executors. (6) N. B. The Executors will sell Captain Price's Right to three Thousand Acres of LAND, which he was entitled to by his Majesty's Proclamation.
WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE, October 1, 1772. BY Direction of the President and Masters, I am to give Notice to the several Surveyors who have executed Bonds for the Proportion of their Fees due to the College in Tobacco, to be discharged at any particular Rate, that they are required to give new Bonds for one sixth Part of whatever they receive for surveying, before the 15th of next Month, or they will be superseded. I am also directed to inform those Surveyors who doubted their Right to a Proportion of the Fees for private Surveys, that the Society have had the Advice of Counsel, who are of Opinion they are well entitled thereto, and that the Question was so determined by the General Court in April last. (6) ROBERT MILLER, Burfar.
To be SOLD to the highest Bidder, at Williamsburg, on Tuesday the 13th of November, before the Raleigh Tavern,
A TRACT of LAND in Albemarle County, lying on both Sides of Hardaway River, about three Miles below the Green Mountains, containing eight Hundred and fifteen Acres. The greatest Part of the Land lies very level, and will produce good Corn, Wheat, and Tobacco. Upon it is a Dwelling-House, Storehouse and Compting Room, Kitchen, Barn, Stables, and several other convenient Outbuildings. The Plantation is under good Fences, in Order for Cropping, and may be entered on at Christmas. The Terms will be made known on the Day of Sale. (5) PETER DAVIE.
To be LET on CHARTER, to any Part of Europe, THE Ship NEPTUNE, Archibald White Master, Burthen about four Hundred Hogsheads. For Terms apply to NORFOLK, September 24. (II) JOHN LAWRENCE. JOHN GREENWOOD.
For SALE, ENFIELD, in Halifax County, North Carolina, containing about a Thousand Acres of Land, on which are good Peach and Apple Orchards, a large commodious Brick Dwelling-house with four Rooms on a Floor, and other good Houses. The Storehouses are at present rented to Mr. Alexander Telfair for eighteen Pounds a Year. Part of the said Tract may be made a fine Meadow. Any Person inclineable to purchase may know the Terms by applying to Colonel John Bradford, adjoining the said Plantation, Allen Jones of York, or to the Subscriber. (TI) MATTHEW JONES.
To be SOLD, FOURTEEN Hundred Acres of exceeding good TOBACCO LAND in Stafford County, on the Branches of Aquia and Patowmack Runs, extremely well timbered and watered, twelve Miles from Falmouth, and ten from Aquia. One Half the Land rents for thirty Pounds a Year; there is a small Plantation on the other Part the Land, and a Mill near the Plantation, if not privately sold, will be set up at twelve Hundred Pounds, on the 10th of October next. Also eleven Hundred Acres of Land on Rocky Run, in Fauquier County, the Rents of which amount to four Thousand one Hundred and thirty Pounds of Tobacco; either in Lots, or altogether, as may suit the Purchasers. An indisputable Title will be made to the Land, by the Trustees of Charles Carter. (II)
TEN POUNDS REWARD. RUN away, on the 18th of August, from the Subscriber, in Essex, near Hobb's Hole, a Negro Man named LUKE, alias JACK, about twenty five Years old, five Feet six or eight Inches high, had on, when he went away, a Pair of old blue Cloth Breeches, Gingham Shirt, and a short Cotton Vest, and carried with him a green Cloth Vest, a Pair of Russia Drill and a Pair of Nankin Breeches, a white Linen Shirt, and two Pair of Yarn Hose. He is a likely, well set Fellow, remarkably bow-legged, of a very black Complexion, has very white Teeth, and I believe one of his fore Teeth is out; he has some Scars on one or both of his Buttocks, which he got when a Lad. This Fellow formerly belonged to Mr. Lewis Aliman, of Isle of Wight, from whom he ran away when he was a Lad, and passed as a Freeman in this Neighbourhood for seven or eight Years, until he was condemned by Essex Court for Felony, when he confessed he had a Master, and was reprieved by the Subscriber. He was bred a Carpenter, but during the Time of his Elopement went several Years by Water. He may attempt to change his Name again, and pass as a Freeman, or transport himself out of the Colony; all Masters of Vessels are hereby forbid to carry him off, at their Peril. I will give the above Reward to any Person who will deliver the said Slave to me, or FIVE POUNDS to secure him in any Jail, and give Notice thereof. (TI) JOHN EDMONDSON, Junior.
To be SOLD on the Premises, on Friday the 4th of December next, TWO Hundred and sixty three Acres of LAND in Amherst County, adjoining to the Tobacco Row Mountains, whereon is a Plantation, with all convenient Houses on the same, in good Order for Cropping, sufficient for working seven or eight Hands; the Land is exceeding rich for Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, or Hemp. At the same Time will be sold twelve very valuable SLAVES, mostly Men and Women, amongst which is a good Sawer, and one that has worked several Years in a Blacksmith's Shop; as also all the Stock of Horses, Cattle, and Hogs, belonging to the said Plantation, with all the Crop of Corn and Fodder made thereon, and all the Plantation Utensils. Twelve Months Credit will be allowed the Purchasers of the Land, or longer, if found necessary at the Day of Sale, and nine Months Credit for the Slaves, Stock, Corn, and Utensils, upon good Merchants Bonds, or Notes, bearing Interest from the Day of Sale, payable unto John Barnes, Esquire (to whom the Estate belongs) the Sale of which will be conducted by AMHERST, July 16, 1772. (17) GABRIEL PENN.
NORFOLK, July 29, 1772. THE Subscriber having provided convenient Warehouses for the Reception of Goods, purposes selling on Commission, either by private Sale or publick Vendue, and begs Leave to assure the Publick that his best Endeavours shall be used to dispose of any Goods given him for Sale to the most Advantage, and that they may expect the greatest Punctuality in the Payment of the Proceeds, being determined to continue the Business no longer than he finds he can do so; and, in Order to enable him to do this, he hopes every Person purchasing at any of his Sales will be punctual in their Payments, without which he must labour under Difficulties in supporting his own Credit. He has also opened an ENSURANCE OFFICE; any Orders from the Country for Ensurance will be as punctually complied with as if the Persons were present, the greatest Care taken to have good People to the Policies, and that they shall be sent by the first safe Conveyance. Gentlemen who do not regularly attend the General Courts, and Courts of Oyer, are requested to forward the Premiums with their Orders, as it is customary here to pay them at signing the Policies; those who attend the Courts may pay the Premiums there. (5) JAMES ARCHDEACON.
To be LET on LEASE, A VERY large and commodious HOUSE in the Town of Petersburg, built for a Tavern, and well fitted for that Business; it is two Stories high, has a Number of very convenient Lodging Rooms, and large and small Rooms for the Entertainment of Guests. Any Person qualified for the Business of a Tavern Keeper, with a proper Capital, may find this an advantageous a Situation as any on the Continent. Apply to the Subscriber, who lives on the Premises. THOMAS EGLETON.
DINWIDDIE, June 13, 1772. STOLEN from the Subscriber, on Friday Night the 12th Instant, a bay HORSE about four Feet seven Inches high, with a short Switch Tail and hanging Mane, paces, trots, and gallops very well, has remarkable good Spirit, was shod before, but his Brand, if any, is not remembered. I will give TWENTY SHILLINGS Reward on Delivery of the Horse to me, and FIVE POUNDS on Conviction of the Thief. (TI) NEILL BUCHANAN, Senior.
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 Barick's Creek, three Hundred and eighty on Leatherwood, and four Hundred on Snow Creek. These Lands were formerly the Property of Mr. Samuel Gordon, deceased. The Price, and Time of Payment, may be known by applying to me in Petersburg. JERMAN BAKER.